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#SPOTTED: JOE TALBOT + JIMMIE FAILS IN TORONTO FOR “THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO”
After winning much acclaim at Sundance this year including the US Dramatic Directing Award and Special Jury Award – Creator Collaboration, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO made its way north to Toronto for a special screening at TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX. Here to ring-in the occasion was Director/Writer Joe Talbot and star/Co-Writer Jimmie Fails, whom the Film is based loosely on. Moderating the post-Film Q&A was Sarah Tai-Black.
The stylish Drama, produced among others by Brad Pitt, centers on an African-American man named Jimmie (Fails) and his best friend Montgomery (Jonathan Majors) determined to reclaim the home his grandfather built. The Film is a passion project for Talbot and Fails, sporting matching sneakers, both San Franciscans who dreamed of making a Movie together as teens.
Talbot talks about his relationship with Fails which goes back several years.
Talbot: “Jimmie and I grew-up in San Francisco. We started making movies when we were teenagers. Seven years ago, we talked about making this Movie, several parts which are based on Jimmie‘s life. Then five years ago, we began and we didn’t even know how Features were made, but we shot a funky Concept Trailer where we followed Jimmie around the city and he tells his grandfather’s story. We put it online and people started reaching out to us. And they became a part of our core team… It felt like we were wearing ten hats at all times.” .
Fails talks about this love letter to San Francisco and how they achieved authenticity.
Fails: “San Francisco is such a beautiful city in so many ways. I feel like all natives are kinda obsessed with the old San Francisco, the architecture, all the history it has, and all the movements like the Hippie movement, the Beatniks were there. It had a very vibrant culture. We pride ourselves on such a crossover culture.” .
“Whenever they shoot movies there they don’t actually use locations where natives actually are. It was important to make a Movie by people who were actually from there. We felt it was important to get that authenticity on-screen.” .
Both Talbot and Fails were thrilled to get fellow San Franciscan Danny Glover aboard the Film, joining about two weeks prior to filming. Fails recalls getting a call from Glover, who introduced himself only as “Danny” and they got so caught-up talking for 20 minutes about their love for San Francisco that they didn’t even talk about the Film itself. You can imagine how Talbot felt about that!
See some of Talbot + Fails’ Chat below:
Check-out the Trailer for THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO:
See some Snaps from the evening:
Loved their unintentionally-matching shoes!
levelFILM release THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Friday, July 5, 2019.
It sees a VOD release October 2019.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
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#SUNDANCE: “THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Jimmie Fails (Jimmie Fails) has one dream in life: to reclaim the Victorian house his family once lived in and grandfather built. When Jimmie and his only friend Montgomery (Jonathan Majors) find out the current owners of the house have moved out, they squat there and recreate the home Jimmie once knew.
The Last Black Man In San Francisco is the astonishing first feature debut of Director Joe Talbot. The Film is a sophisticated examination of gentrification and the effects it has on communities and individuals. Through focusing on one man’s story, the real-life story of Jimmie Fails, the themes are specific and therefore become universal. Fails, in playing a fictionalized version of himself, is enthralling to watch. His subtle performance adds texture to the already flawless Script and direction, while Majors gives a breakout performance as Fails’ supportive Playwright best friend. This is an essential viewing experience and will be watched and revisited years from now.
The Last Black Man In San Francisco screens at Sundance on Jan 26 at 12:15PM at Eccles PC, Jan 27 at 9:30PM at Redstone 1 PC, Jan 31 at 6PM at Library Theatre SLC, Feb 1 at 8:30PM at Prospector PC, and Feb 2 at 8:45AM at Library PC.
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#SUNDANCE: DAY FOUR SIGHTINGS + RECAP AT 2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
If there’s one Film coming out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with a lot of buzz, that would be THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. The Drama directed by Joe Talbot centers on a man searching for home in a city that seems to have left him behind. It stars Co-Writer Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Thora Birch, Danny Glover and Finn Wittrock. Our Amanda Gilmore spotted Fails, Majors and Morgan causing a commotion with autograph seekers after the Film receive a warm reception last night at the Festival. A24 distributes the Film, while Brad Pitt‘s Plan B Entertainment produces. We hear there were 100+ people on-standby to screen the Film tonight!
Biographical Sports Dramedy FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY which is based on the true story of WWE star Paige is a surprise addition to the Festival, set to premiere tomorrow. Paige who is played in the February release by Florench Pugh, was spotted about and about with Pugh. Many are wondering if Dwayne Johnson might be making an appearance at Sundance now too!
While we know Wendi McLendon-Covey mostly for her comedic work, she comes to Sundance with IMAGINARY ORDER. The Drama sees an obsessive-compulsive suburban mom’s sexual and moral unravelling and fans went wild for the star who was seen out doing press.
Oscar-nominated Chiwetel Ejiofor makes his directorial debut with THE MAN WHO HARNESSED THE WIND, based on the Novel by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Ejiofor also writes the Adaptation and stars in the the Drama. Amanda spotted him out being very giving to fans!
She speaks highly of THE FAREWELL which sees breakout star of Ocean’s 8 and Crazy Rich Asians, Awkwafina, stretch her dramatic wings. Check-out her review here. The Film sold for $7 million to A24.
And of course, she was lucky enough to get into a screening of hotly-buzzed EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE starring Zac Efron! He really is that good in it we’re hearing. More here.
Some Snaps from Amanda:
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jimmie Fails, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Rob Morgan, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Wendi McLendon-Covey, Imaginary Order
WWE star Paige, Fighting with my Family
Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Man Who Harnessed the Wind
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Norwegian Air lays off 4,700 pilots and crew members, declares Swedish and Danish subsidiaries bankrupt
by Nadarajah Sethurupan | @ | April 26, 2020 5:03 pm
Due to the ongoing spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) most countries have advised against or have banned non-essential travel. The closure of borders and quarantine restrictions has effectively brought the entire airline industry to a halt. Consequently, almost all of Norwegian’s flight operations have been cancelled, while the costs for air crew remain. The pilots and cabin crew in Scandinavia are employed in subsidiaries in the Norwegian Group. Unfortunately, despite the measures that the company has already taken to reduce costs, the Board of these companies are left with no choice but to apply for bankruptcy.
The decisions about filing for bankruptcies in the four crew subsidiaries were made by the respective boards on Monday April 20, 2020.
”The impact the Coronavirus has had on the airline industry is unprecedented. We have done everything we can to avoid making this last-resort decision and we have asked for access to government support in both Sweden and Denmark”, said CEO of Norwegian, Jacob Schram.
“Our pilots and cabin crew are the core of our business and they have done a fantastic job for many years. It is heart-breaking that our Swedish and Danish pilot and cabin crew subsidiaries now are forced to file for bankruptcy, and I’m truly sorry for the consequences this will have for our colleagues. We are working around the clock to get through this crisis and to return as a stronger Norwegian with the goal of bringing as many colleagues back in the air as possible,” Schram said.
In Norway, there are efficient furlough opportunities which means that the government pays for all salary related costs throughout the duration of the furlough period. Unfortunately, there is not the equivalent coverage in Sweden or Denmark schemes.
Despite the measures that the company has already taken, coupled with the lack of significant financial support from the Swedish and Danish governments, we are left with no choice. The Board of the below companies in the Norwegian Group today Monday 20 April decided to file for bankruptcy:
Norwegian Pilot Services Sweden AB
Norwegian Pilot Services Denmark ApS
Norwegian Cabin Services Denmark ApS
Norwegian Air Resources Denmark LH ApS
Due to the extraordinary situation (“force majeure”), Norwegian has also notified OSM Aviation that it has cancelled the crew provision agreements with several of its jointly owned OSM Aviation subsidiaries. These companies have crew based in Spain, UK, Finland, Sweden and the US.
The above actions will affect 1,571 pilots and 3,134 cabin crew. About 700 pilots and 1,300 cabin crew based in Norway, France and Italy are not affected.
The process of the subsidiaries filing for bankruptcy is now being managed by bankruptcy courts and bankruptcy trustees in the respective countries.
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The Universal Language: Tara Bennett-Goleman interviews Sinhalese peacemaker A.T. Ariyaratne
Addressing the concept of psychological modes of connection and disconnection, one of the topics in Mind Whispering, Tara Bennett-Goleman speaks with the “Gandhi of Sri Lanka,” A.T. Ariyaratne about his experiences with nonviolent conflict resolution, overcoming group differences, and his personal motivations and insights into the power of broad political and socioeconomic reformation grounded in collective spiritual rehabilitation. Dr. Ari, as he is affectionately known, began the Sinhalese Sarvodaya (“awakening of all”) movement.
A Conversation with Dr. Ari & Tara Goleman from Tricycle on Vimeo.
From Them to Us – an excerpt from Mind Whispering
An ominous message reached Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, founder of the Sarvodaya Movement, a grassroots community development organization in Sri Lanka. His movement was becoming too popular, threatening powerful parties in the small nation’s elite.
Word came to Ari (as he’s popularly known) that there was a plot to assassinate him. An underworld boss named Choppe Aiyah had been paid to kill him at a lecture Ari was to give at a Buddhist center. Tipped off, Ari went to the home of Choppe—nicknamed “the king of killers”—and presented himself to the crime boss.
“Choppe Aiyah,” Ari calmly announced as he gazed into the eyes of the surprised thug, “I am Ariyaratne whom you are planning to kill. Please do not desecrate that sacred Buddhist seat of learning with the blood of a beggar like me. Kill me here instantly.”
Shocked, Choppe replied, “I cannot kill you.” From that time on, I’ve heard, Choppe supported Sarvodaya, and became one of Ari’s admirers, calling him a respectful, “Our Sir.”
That courageous tactic of direct, nonviolent confrontation epitomizes the strategy Dr. Ari has taken from his model, Mahatma Gandhi. The very name of Dr. Ari’s movement, “Sarvodaya,” says it well: in Sanskrit, the root sarvo means “all” or “embracing everything,” and udaya “awakening.” The movement awakens its members to that open embrace in many ways.
Even during the ferocious Sri Lankan civil war that pitted Buddhist Sinhalese against Hindu Tamils, people lived at peace with one another in Sarvodaya villages—not just Hindus and Buddhists, but also Christians and Muslims, co-existing in friendship as neighbors working together for common goals.
“We have to give the power back to the people,” he says in the spirit of movements from the Arab Spring to Occupy.
In these villages, Sarvodaya brings everyone together to provide health care, to put in water pumps, and to build roads and housing for villages that otherwise would lack these necessities. “Power should be placed at the village level,” he says.
From a mode perspective, this work means establishing a shared secure base, both individually and collectively: a safe space where people who otherwise might be enemies can join up as a “we” rather than Us and Them. “When selfishness dissolves, Us and Them evaporate,” he says.
When I met with Dr. Ari he emphasized the link between individual and collective transformation. “The root causes of suffering are greed, ill will, and ignorance,” he told me. “Organized greed widens the income gap between rich and poor, multiplies pollution, and creates a host of other troubles. Organized anger becomes hatred and violence, ending in war.”
“But we cannot address only one problem independently. Everything is interrelated. We need dialogue rather than force, and internal disarmament to create outer disarmament. Peace is more than not fighting.”
The Sarvodaya movement blends Gandhi’s social principles with Buddhist philosophy, focusing them on rural development. The central principle is self-reliance to promote economic self-sufficiency. But, as Dr. Ari points out, the crucial factor is cultivation of what he calls “self-reliant minds.”
Meditation is one dimension of the movement. I heard Dr. Ari tell a group of American social activists, “Gandhi was trying to transform himself, transform his mind. If one individual is awakened, then the family, the village, the nation, the whole world can awaken.”
“Heal society through nonviolent direct action,” says Ari. “Transform politics and economics, heal the environment. For this, we first need to heal the mind, to transform our thinking. Each moment is an opportunity to be mindful of thought, of speech, of action—with less greed, less hatred, less delusion. Meditation is an ancient practice to develop wisdom. This is how to heal our world.”
Reflection:
What human qualities have we given free reign to that foster using the most advanced technology for wars, lead us to ignore the environmental impacts of what we do, and has created divisions among us and a pervasive sense of separateness? What qualities are now needed to help us evolve into more civilized, caring societies, using our advanced technologies for the common good?
When we fail to see these forces at work, in our lives and communities, we’re more readily deceived by their empty promises. These underlying forces of bewilderment fuel misguided modes that harm our planet and the species that live on it as well as degrade our collective good will. We need a shared secure base among our global community to begin to heal ourselves and our world.
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by Jack O'Higgins on November 28, 2018
An Interview with First Man Makeup Artist Donald Mowat
All The Devil's Men
5th November 2018 (VOD Premiere)
With his true love captured by the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, the legendary Robin Hood and his crew of outlaws execute a daring rescue to save her.
Martyn Ford, Kristian Nairn, Brian Blessed
There’s a scene about 30 minutes into Robin Hood: The Rebellion in which everything started to make sense. After Robin Hood and his intrepid cohorts sneak into the Sherriff of Nottingham’s castle to save Lady Marian, the group heads to the practice armory to access wooden swords. As the three men struggle against one guard, take a solid five minutes to open a shaky wooden door, only to get cornered in the armory itself, it suddenly dawns on them that perhaps wooden swords aren’t worth the effort.
It was then that I realized that Robin Hood: The Rebellion (or RH:TR, as I will hereby refer to it in order to preserve my sanity) works best as a Naked Gun-esque farce. The kind that portrays everyone as woefully ill-equipped for the swashbuckling adventure at hand. And on those terms, it’s a pretty charming way to pass the time, provided you have a couple of friends and an industrial amount of beer at hand.
Only an idiot would go into a low-budget VOD Robin Hood film expecting something that adheres to our classical notions of “good” or “competency.” But RH: TR takes a while to find its campy groove. Instead it spends its opening act hopelessly trying to ape the gravity and solemnity of Game of Thrones.
To that end, it casts Kristian Nairn, he of Hodor fame, in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role. Nairn stumbles into the film for about 30 seconds to warn Robin Hood of imminent danger before succumbing to arrow wounds. Presumably he shot the part while on his lunch break for another, better production.
Elsewhere, the Sheriff’s men hunt Robin Hood’s followers, but you have to wonder why he’s spending so many resources squashing a rebellion that consists of ten extras hanging around a hut in the woods. We’re also introduced to the new, empowered version of Lady Marian, who shows her badass bonafides by clipping a soldier’s leg with a sword before immediately getting captured.
Though Lady Marian’s prompt capture is a blow to those hoping to buck gender roles, it does give the movie a much needed shot in the arm. Once Robin Hood launches his endearingly crap rescue attempt, RH: TR begins to show its goofy, crowd-pleasing heart.
Gone are the ponderous speeches about loyalty and taking a stand against the powers that be. Instead we get an enormous cannibal henchman called Brimstone and a secondary villain who spends a good ten minutes of the film stark naked, cupping his junk while he screams at his lackeys. I cannot overstate how much of an improvement this is.
Best of all, director Nicholas Winter knows how to keep his silly (mis)adventure moving. RH: TR is the very model of economy, clocking in at a brisk 85 minutes. It’s never too long before you’re into the next overwrought sword fight, or hammy monologue by the Sheriff of Nottingham (played here by James Oliver Wheatley, who seems inspired by Nicolas Cage’s habit of shouting HALFWAY THROUGH A SENTENCE).
Yes, the sword fights seem like half-speed rehearsals that were filmed “just in case.” Sure, the jagged editing occasionally has you wondering what the Christ just happened. But the important thing is the pace, which Winter never allows to drag. In the VOD arena, dodgy fight scenes and dumb characters can be excused, if not celebrated. But boring your audience? That’s unforgivable. Robin Hood: The Rebellion is many things, but dull is not one of them. For the love of God though, do not forget the beer.
Goofy tone
Zippy pace
Solid performance by Ben Freeman as Robin Hood
Leaden first act
Occasionally incomprehensible editing
A surprisingly charming Robin Hood movie that’s greater than the sum of its parts. For the love of God though, do not forget to bring beer.
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Jack O'Higgins is a freelance journalist based in Dublin. He covers film, music, and the overlooked citizens of Dublin. If you want to read more of his brilliance, you can follow him on twitter at @jackohigginz And yes, that is a Fant4stic hat.
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In our Podcast Series Review Avenue Streetlight, we discuss and dissect a different film each episode. We go through the film in depth, discussing the plot and pivotal scenes so fair warning for SPOILERS! On this episode, we’re talking M. Night Shyamalan’s elemental abomination The Last Airbender. Frequently featuring on many ‘Worst Films of All […]
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Eagles music lyrics
Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971. Currently consisting of vocalist/drummer Don Henley, vocalist/guitarist Glenn Frey, guitarist/vocalist Joe Walsh and bassist/vocalist Timothy B. Schmit, the band had five Number 1 singles and six Number 1 albums. the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. The Eagles’ album, Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 was named as the best-selling album of the 20th Century with 26 million sold, and, along with the album Hotel California, was ranked among the ten all time best-selling albums by the Recording Industry Association of America. The band’s recording and touring schedule gradually slowed until they broke up in the f...
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Hell Freezes Over lyrics
1. Get Over It
2. Love Will Keep Us Alive
3. The Girl From Yesterday
4. Learn To Be Still
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Hotel California
7. Wasted Time
8. Pretty Maids All In A Row
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. New York Minute
11. The Last Resort
12. Take It Easy
13. In The City
14. Life In The Fast Lane
15. Desperado
The Long Run lyrics
1. The Long Run
3. In The City
4. The Disco Strangler
5. The King Of Hollywood
6. Heartache Tonight
7. Those Shoes
8. Teenage Jail
9. The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks
10. The Sad Cafe
Hotel California lyrics
2. New Kid In Town
3. Life In The Fast Lane
5. Wasted Time Reprise
6. Victim Of Love
8. Try And Love Again
9. The Last Resort
One Of These Nights lyrics
1. One Of These Nights
2. Too Many Hands
3. Hollywood Waltz
4. Journey Of The Sorcerer
5. Lyin' Eyes
6. Take It To The Limit
8. After The Thrill Is Gone
9. I Wish You Peace
On The Border lyrics
1. Already Gone
2. You Never Cry Like A Lover
3. Midnight Flyer
4. My Man
5. On The Border
6. James Dean
7. Ol' 55
8. Is It True?
9. Good Day In Hell
10. The Best Of My Love
Desperado lyrics
1. Doolin-dalton
2. Twenty-one
3. Out Of Control
5. Desperado
6. Certain Kind Of Fool
7. Doolin-dalton (instrumental)
8. Outlaw Man
9. Saturday Night
10. Bitter Creek
11. Doolin-dalton/desperado Reprise
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7. Take The Devil
8. Earlybird
9. Peaceful Easy Feeling
10. Tryin'
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Mic McCreadie
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CD Group 1
I Know My Love. CD – Mic McCreadie.
Party Pieces. CD – Mic McCreadie.
“Clive -Live”. New Clive Palmer CD.
“Live” at Ludgvan. Volume #01. CD. Mic McCreadie & Keith HIlls.
“Live” at Ludgvan. Volume #02. CD. Mic McCreadie & Keith Hills – Larry Law & Fiddler Jennings.
“The Mermaid Tapes” CD – Mic McCreadie & Larry Law.
Billy Mac – “Radio Relubbus” CD
Clive -“Live”. New Clive Palmer CD. (Un-Numbered Copy)
Colin’s Birthday Bash CD – Mic McCreadie, Larry Law, Chris Maskell, Billy Mac & Friends
Folk Songs: “Live” at The Grill CD. Mic McCreadie
Juggling at Ricardo’s CD. Mic McCreadie & Larry Law
Larry Law & Fiddler Jennings – “To Air Is Humane” CD
more – Cabaret Comedy CD
On A Natural High – Cabaret Comedy CD
Outstanding In His Field – Cabaret Comedy CD
Revival 2000 – Grand Session Series CD – April 2002.
Revival 2000 – Grand Session Series CD – Feb 2000. Vol #01
Revival 2000 – Grand Session Series CD – Feb 2002- Vol. #01
Revival 2000 – Grand Session Series CD – March 2002- Vol. #01
Risque Business – Cabaret Comedy CD
Roger Brooks. “Live” at Pipers Folk Club, circa 1979-80
Songs & Stories – Cabaret Comedy CD
The Backroom Bash CD – Volume #01. Various Artists.
The Backroom Bash CD – Volume #02
The Turnpike Tapes CD. – Mic McCreadie & Larry Law.
This Guy’s The Limit! – Cabaret Comedy CD.
Tony Capstick Box Set
“It’s Good To See You”. The Alistair “Larry” Law Charity Benefit Memorial DVD.
Niall Timmins Memorial Concert DVD
The Clive Palmer Memorial Concert DVD
The Folk Cottage at Mitchell Reunion 2015 DVD
Mic and Larry
Mic and Keith Hills
Mic & Tom
ATomMic Fusion
Articles & Jottings
Mic & Adrian
PLEASE NOTE: The musical content of this audio CD has been salvaged from vintage recordings made on non-professional recorders. Although it has been cleaned, processed and digitised as far as is possible, there will be some extraneous noise and slight distortions on some tracks. It is however a very rare, historical and valuable archive of Clive’s live performances.
Some Reviews of “Clive: Live”.
Grahame Hood. Author of, Empty Pocket Blues: The Life and Music of Clive Palmer.
Produced by Mic McCreadie with material taken from recordings made informally at Pipers Folk Club by Denis Clixby, a regular attendee, who recorded pretty well every performance in all its different locations over the years. I am listening to the CD as I type this, and it is very enjoyable. It consists of 20 tracks which date from between 1975 and 1985. The CD has sleeve notes from Billy Connolly, Mike Heron, Ralph McTell, John Bidwell and Mick Bennett. I have never heard any of the recordings before but have heard some of the tracks in other versions. The CD is very good indeed.
Billy Connolly. Comedian, Musician & Composer.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. These songs and tunes have become the background music to my life, I feel sure they will become as important, and comfortable, to you.
Malcolm Pinch. Musician & Composer.
Thanks for a fantastic concert last night! Enjoying the “Clive – Live” CD this morning.
Colin Smith. Musician & Composer.
I really enjoyed the CD too – well done Mic for all the research and skill in getting a good sound from Denis’s old reel to reel tapes.
Stephen Hunt. Writer, Musician & Composer.
Listening to the “Clive – Live” CD this morning. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.
Tony Corden. Musician & Composer.
Absolutely love the CD. Been playing it non stop. A truly fascinating document.
Ben Kingsbury. Former Radio presenter who broadcast a Clive Palmer ‘special’ on BBC Radio Cambridge in 2014.
I am pleased to say that the CD was waiting for me when I got in! It looks fantastic and I look forward to listening to it later today. What a fantastic thing, I am so glad that it exists. You have done such a fantastic job.
Colin Bodiam.
Brilliant, atmospheric – and energetic – recordings given the circumstances, a nice listen!
John Bidwell. (Ex-Stockroom Five, C.O.B.)
Clive’s version of “The Cuckoo” is really interesting. I had an LP of Kodaly’s “Hary Janos Suite” and “Dances of Galanta”, which was so hauntingly beautiful, that between us we played it almost to extinction, through one summer at the Sawmills. I remember him having the idea of singing “Cuckoo” to the tune of a melody in the “Peacock Variations” from that record. It works beautifully doesn’t it? I’ve never been able to find a copy of the specific record, which was vastly superior to any others I have heard. If anyone knows of a copy of Kodaly’s “Hary Janos Suite” and “Dances of Galanta”, played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti, I’m interested! But, once again, what a sublime fusion Clive dreamed up there!
A Whole-In-One Production.
"Clive -Live". New Clive Palmer CD. quantity
A Brief History Of The “Clive – Live” CD.
Denis Clixby, a St. Ives hotelier and avid Folk Music enthusiast, was a regular attendee at Pipers Folk Club from its glory days with Brenda Wootton and John the Fish in Penzance through its many and varied locations until its dying days. Denis recorded each and every club session he attended, and in doing so documented all the performances that took place, including visiting Guest Artistes, (the list of ‘names’ is staggering!) itinerant singers, and the Club’s Resident Singers. Thus it was that a comprehensive recordings archive was brought into being. Sadly Denis died in 1999 and I, eventually, took on the stewardship of the Denis Clixby Recordings Archive. I quickly realised that it was a veritable treasure trove! When I discovered the amount of material Denis had collected featuring Incredible String Band founder member Clive Palmer, with whom I’d shared a friendship since 1972, I at once began a salvage on this aspect of the Archive and took the salvaged material to Clive who was delighted to hear it, remarking how ‘strong’ his performances were and that he’d love to have it made into an album release. Sadly Clive passed away before this could become a reality but, with the unstinting and invaluable assistance of Ralph McTell, I’m very pleased to say that Clive’s wishes have been brought to life in the production of this audio CD.
Clive had sent his old pal Ralph a copy of the rough master disc I’d produced and Ralph had me provide a copy for Clive’s old friend Billy Connolly. Billy was also very impressed and so a project was planned for Ralph and I to get the CD into production but, with his professional commitments and incredible work load, it was soon clear the CD would never be ready in time to be launched at the Clive Palmer Memorial Concert I was to stage on November 29th 2015. So I took on the whole project, seeing to all aspects of its publication i.e. re-mastering, financing, art work, & distribution etc. With sleeve notes by admirers such as Billy Connolly, Ralph McTell, Mike Heron, John Bidwell, and Mick Bennett it is a professionally replicated and packaged, numbered, limited release product – 500 copies only!.
Mic McCreadie. December 10th 2015.
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My sister and I are rather disappointed that we'll be going to France after the World Cup. How much fun would that have been to see them play?
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Alex Morgan’s 5 goals matched the USMNT’s output in the past 2 World Cups.
The team’s 13 goals surpassed the USMNT’s output in the last 3 World Cups.
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Quote from: MusicMan on June 11, 2019, 05:40:49 pm
It's almost like many of the best female American athletes play soccer while many of the best male American athletes don't. Or something.
They not only outmatched Thailand but showed the rest of the field that they are here to play. The passing was sharp and precise and Thailand was on their heels all night long. If I'm allowed the mixed sports analogy: it was like watching those mad skilled cross-over dribbles against average defenders. When you see defenders look to close on a play only to already have the other team get pass you and make two additional passes before you're even back in the play, at which point the shot is going on-goal, well... it's pretty much telling you the other side is ready to play at a very high level and you're not.
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Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on June 11, 2019, 06:01:47 pm
It's not just athletes. Our USMNT is not made up of bad athletes. They're just not as skilled at soccer as Europeans or Latin Americans. We have a population 4x the size of the reigning world champions. There are more than enough athletes to go around.
The best American soccer players at lower levels typically either score goals or play keeper. We've had plenty of those guys at the national level that were good enough for US Soccer to make a splash internationally. The USMNT struggles in the midfield and backfield because we do a poor job at developing those roles. Our soccer leadership is more concerned with getting power than developing a national system, and because of that we continue to fail.
Participation in youth soccer has exploded the past 20 years and ranks highest of all team sports in the US, but where other countries push these kids to academies and develop them from an early age, in the US we have a pay-to-play system and rely more on colleges to produce our top stars. It's not conducive to building a strong national team, regardless of the quality of athletes, yet the first thing anyone ever says is that to compete on the national level we need Lebron James out there.
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I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure the current US men's team could be competitive against the Men's Thai team.
Quote from: drew corleone on June 12, 2019, 10:47:45 am
Dead spot on!
Adding a few things:
1. There is no viable sports league to engender the type of "Lebron" athlete in the US. Face it, until we have the type of league that the European and South American countries have and pay the type of money they do (and provide the type of competition they do), it's hard to attract US athletes to the game and time and development it takes to be involved. Many of the leagues before the current MLS shot themselves in the foot by trying to change the game and the approach to the game to be more Americanized (as it were) and fail with the gimmicks. Think about it this way: The NBA is where all great basketball players want to be. But there are European, Asian and South American versions of basketball leagues as well. But they can't hold a candle to the NBA in terms of attracting top talent. The NBA is wise in investing in the world game though in order to sustain a presence for all players as the elite league to play in and keep that stranglehold in place.
2. This is the part of being American is all about: Melting Pot of Nationalities. As such, you don't get one set style of play for futbol. Futbol is a world game and the style is dictated by the part of the world you live in. In America, there is no one definitive "American" style of play. Instead, it is a mulligan stew of styles that don't really make it conducive to success. However, the women's game is styled to fit the women's strengths and there is buy-in by the players. The men, however, get taught so many different styles and influences, not one of them sticks long enough to make a difference. This is why Greg Burkhalter and his unique "American" approach to the game is an experiment the USMNT is willing to make. Finally, someone has realized you have a makeup of many different nationalities and influences for the men's style of play, it's practically useless. Now, after all these years, they are going back to the one time they tried to make the style of play "American" and had success doing it. With Burkhalter, he's either going to push them forward with the athletes he has been given or they are once again going to panic and decide to change it again to whatever version or style of play that is the flavor of the month. Makes for more setbacks and never moving forward as a National team.
I don't disagree with any that but it doesn't explain why the USWNT so much more successful that the USMNT?
Extremely non-uniform asymmetries of men and women soccer participation by country. Also, the US has a competitive college athletic soccer program which act as a proxy pro league. Given most of the world doesn't have any kind of post-high school support for women's soccer beyond say Olympic teams, this is a big advantage.
Quote from: subnuclear on June 12, 2019, 03:55:28 pm
Right. The US has an infrastructure for the development of women's soccer that the rest of the world doesn't have. Meanwhile, much of the soccer world has an infrastructure for the development of men's soccer that the US doesn't have.
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You all make good points and they are all factors in the success divide between genders, however, I think it is wrong to discount the favored status of other sports in America of having a negative effect on the talent pool for men's soccer. Also in a different vein, VAR is changing the way the game is played.
Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on June 13, 2019, 10:32:44 am
You all make good points and they are all factors in the success divide between genders, however, I think it is wrong to discount the favored status of other sports in America of having a negative effect on the talent pool for men's soccer.
I think it's all part of the same issue. The fact that other men's sports are more favored in the US is why there's more of an infrastructure for those sports than soccer.
Also in a different vein, VAR is changing the way the game is played.
I'm not sure the sort of athletes that are good at soccer necessarily overlap with the athletes in US popular sports. Most US sports don't require the stamina and foot-eye coordination and probably 12 other things that a good soccer athlete needs. Conversely, I'm not sure Messi has the size for the NFL or NBA and would need totally different motor skills for MLB.
On the other hand, we'd all like to see someone like Kawhi Leonard play goalie.
Ugh. Not sure what you meant by the Leonard comment, but this is the sort of impressions I got from sports enthusiast when I was a kid. (So it's not what you are saying of course, it's what I used to hear from people that irked me). The black players should be goalies if they ever decide to play soccer because that is where they fit best with their *current* skills. Ugh, ugh, ugh! It used to be a well-known thought process that people said black athletes were also not meant to be quarterbacks in football because they were skilled to do other things... plus not having the mental aptitude for that position. Then there was the mindset that blacks could not play hockey because of the wrong skillset... and of course, they could never compete as Olympic swimmers because of skillset as well.
All those attitudes have changed of course, for the better. An athlete is an athlete is an athlete. It's not a pre-disposition of skillset, it's a pre-disposition of passion. There is more passion for a sport, not a lack of skill. Skill is learned but said work is only going to happen if the passion to play a sport at a very high level is there. So what do young athletes in America see most on television? NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL way before they see MLS or anything else. I've seen great basketball players fail at playing volleyball because they don't understand how to apply a skill they already have. For example, it's a different approach to jumping in volleyball than it is in basketball. In volleyball, you take the same approach to jumping as a rebounder does, but you jump up not forward before you strike the ball. In basketball, you jump forward to grab the ball, not strike it. I use the same skillset I used while throwing a baseball that I use to properly strike a volleyball. The arm action, the square of the shoulder, everything is the very same thing... it just needs a translation.
So in short, it's not a lack of athletically gifted players in America, it's a lack of passion to play a game nobody watches and no money can be made unless you are like Pusilic and go to Germany and excel. And I think Messi could do what Altuve did if he had the same passion as Altuve, not the same skillset. Or do what Spud Webb used to do in the NBA.
I thought he meant Leonard in goal because he has huge hands.
Quote from: BudGirl on June 13, 2019, 05:40:45 pm
Yes, I know. I'm saying what I used to hear as a kid was myopic, not what SN was saying. It just reminded me how some folks view athletes in a compartmentalized view. It was wrong back then, it more wrong now.
Watch this kid play volleyball and then think to yourself "How many coaches in basketball probably thought to themselves... he's playing the wrong sport, he should be playing basketball for me and I can coach him up!". Why? It's not a lost to the sports world that he loves volleyball and one day this will be the best USMT Olympic player (like Loy Ball who made the same decision to play volleyball and gave up basketball and scholarships to great basketball colleges to do so). This kid is amazing with his skills and yes, some of that vertical is all about the same muscles and approaches that the best basketball rebounders and dunker use. That 10 meter spike is incredible and you only see that sort of attack from professionals playing in Russia, Brazil, France and Italy (where American players go to hone thier skils too). In those European nations, volleyball is a passion for atheletes so they train young. But the Americas started to take back the game American's invented and we get some very passionate players in the West Coast and Northeast and Upper MidWest. Almost the same passion as Football is in Texas and Basketball in Indiana (where Loy Ball is from).
So even without a pro league for those kids growing up, it's still a game of skill they love to play and excel at. But after college, they have nothing left but to pursue it in Europe. America invented this game but gave it up to Europe and Brazil to make into an avenue of pursuit professionally. But see how if you have a passion to play (again like Pusilic going to Germany) you will find a way to make it "your" game. The only thing missing is the passion that Pusilic has for soccer and Loy Ball had for Volleyball and apparently this kid has for volleyball.
America has the best athletes in the world but some of the games they love to play have no avenue of pursuit for a life-long endeavor by said athlete... like track and field, volleyball, soccer, swiming, alpine sports, et. al.
And is a fantastic rebounder overall. Does it translate into being a goalie overall? Don't know. Would like to see.
Quote from: Noe in Austin on June 13, 2019, 05:32:18 pm
And I think Messi could do what Altuve did if he had the same passion as Altuve, not the same skillset. Or do what Spud Webb used to do in the NBA.
I disagree. I think being able to track a baseball as well as Altuve does is a very rare gift and the same for Messi and ball control (and whatever else he does) and I don't think one translates into another and it can only be learned to a certain extent.
Tim Tebow is an amazing and passionate athlete, but can he learn to hit a baseball at the MLB level? What's missing if he can't?
I think athletes like Myles Straw or Mike Trout or Russell Wilson or Steph Curry or Sidney Crosby could have been great soccer players if it were their passion and they played from an early age.
Ding, ding, ding!
I disagree. I think being able to track a baseball as well as Altuve does is a very rare gift
What does "track a baseball" mean?
and the same for Messi and ball control (and whatever else he does)
You are missing the bigger picture of what it means to be elite at whatever sport you want to give your god-given skills and passion to. Don't ever sell any athlete short of what they can do once that clicks inside of them. There were people in futbol who doubted Messi just as there were people in baseball who doubted Altuve. By compartmentalizing athletes and saying "you should try playing X because you're not made for this game" is selling short the athlete and that is just not right (IMHO). We would never have a movie like "Rudy" to applaud as well.
and I don't think one translates into another and it can only be learned to a certain extent.
So you say that they chose the right sport given their skill and not so much their passion? So who gets to tell an athlete "You're a basketball player and you over there you are a baseball player and you over there, it's football for you". What criteria would you use... where they are from and what height and weight and current skill they have? That is sad to me. Again, IMHO.
Tim Tebow is an amazing and passionate athlete, but can he learn to hit a baseball at the MLB level?
You want to tell him no before he tries?
What's missing if he can't?
Nothing because he tried it and while he may not perform to your standard, he gave it a shot and proved to himself that he can't perform at a very high level (but certainly can perform at a level well above a mediocre or average level athlete). I love it when we fans get to decide what excellence means for a stud like Tebow. He's out there trying and that is commendable to me. Again, IMHO. Making up one's mind before giving the kid a chance is par for the American course I guess and why we will never tap resources available to us to build a solid soccer athlete in America. We don't believe athletes are made here to even try.
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Your original question about the USMT in soccer was a good one and while we all have opinions that vary (and we are entitled to said opinions), one thing that intrigues me is how success can be achieved once we take the status quo or things we are currently trying and throw it out the window and really refuse to accept we as American's suck at soccer and thus accept our standing in the world as also-rans at the World Game.
It took guts for a Herb Brooks to say "no" to the status quo. It took guts for the USMT in Volleyball to refuse to let the other nations of the world to take our game and make it their world game. The criticism I have of the USMT in soccer is the fragmented, disjointed, very vague and lacking depth leadership for the team. Cut off the head the rest of the snake dies. I've never been impressed by what the USMT leadership does here in America. I think they've settled and are okay with status quo. It took being absolutely embarassed by losing in the Concacaf and missing out on the World Cup altogether for *others* to call out this leadership and say "enough"! Herb Brooks did not let the USMT Hockey dictate to him lower expectations, he said to them "We can beat them!" (meaning the Russians)... "we have to take their game and shove right back at them!". That was met with pure disbelief that anyone can think that way in a game that is dominated by the Russians and other Scandinavian countries. Yet Herb Brooks proved he was right by building a team, not just a bunch of skilled players.
Leadership.
All the best leadership you can find in American spend their time teaching, coaching, testing and thinking of new strategies in *other* sports rather than futbol. Along with skilled passionate players, you need equal skilled passionate and great leaders. But you don't have a Bill Belechick teaching soccer strategy and studying his opponents to learn how to beat them... he does that in the NFL. A Greg Poppovich in Basketball and so on... even in the college ranks. The USMT in Volleyball has a team that is World Class and none of the players play in American Professional Leagues. But when they come home to prepare for World Cups, Olympics, and FIVA Championships, they are considered top five in the World. Only Brazil, Russia, France and Italy can hold a candle to the US Men's team in Volleyball. Why? The coaches and strategist for volleyball aren't professional league coaches... they are all invested college level coaches who are darn good... Herb Brooks-like.
So until the ranks of leadership in the American soccer world get up there in leadership, even a grealty skilled American side is just running around chasing a football wondering what they hell they're supposed to be doing to try and beat Brazil. Hell, what to do to beat Belize even.
As far as college sports go you can't overlook the influence title 9 has had on men's college soccer. There are many colleges that have women's soccer balancing men's football, like at UT.
And you can't name a world-class level coach at any American college that matches club or academy-level soccer coaches around the world. But you can in terms of basketball and even volleyball. The college coaches in America are very respected around the world as better or even with the best coaches around the world when it comes to basketball and volleyball and even track and field.
Soccer, not so much.
But then again, as a for instance, in club-level academy coaching, you have men like Davi coaching at the lower levels of the Barcelona club (waiting his turn perhaps to be promoted to the big club). Davi could out-coach any professional level coach in America and much more when it comes to American college coaches. So very little get's passed on to great skilled players by coaches and peripheral coaching such as you see in the MLB with the trainers and coaches like at DirectLine that make good major leaguers into elite major leaguers. Nothing like that exist in soccer unless the player decides it's better to be a professional in another country at a very young age to go through the better process and leadership they have. But when the same player comes back here to play for the National team, do they have better or more refined coaches with high level strategies to ultilize what the player has learned. I say no, no they don't.
Let me add one more element of this. I think the high school sports structure also impacts this. One son's peers was a great soccer defender and a good quarterback. He quit soccer after his freshman year because it was the "wrong" type of off season exercise. He was trying to bulk up and all the running of soccer was not helping him do that. The kid signed to play QB at Army so the choice worked out for him but American Football is king in most high school in America. I think this is changing some with concussion information but that will take a few decades to show up in the USMNT.
Let's also not discount the power of winning the world cup on home turf. That has made soccer the desirable sport for girls to play. I know it was among my kid's peers. It was either Soccer or Basketball. Other sports were what you did in the off season.
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Quote from: Duman on June 14, 2019, 07:44:20 am
There is also the discussion of urban versus suburban sports for youngsters. Like baseball, soccer in America, where kids have more training and opportunities to play are in suburban areas. That is why the MLB runs it's Urban Baseball programs to try and cultivate more opportunities and in turn more love and passion to play for young urban athletes. Face it, only basketball is tops when it comes to being available for young urban kids to hone their skills to play a game. My days as a sandlot playing kid are over. To play baseball at a high level requires fields and most of the suburban fields are for very exclusive leagues and many of them are select in nature. Very few urban kids get a chance to play there unless they are scouted and recruited and even then, there are not that many people looking at urban areas to find baseball players. Basketball players? Yes. Baseball? Not so much until the money the MLB is giving to raise fields and equipment for urban baseball takes it's hold and turns some of what we've built in America as to the "Haves and Have Nots" in sport development for children.
This takes us back to the conversation about soccer (futbol). What is the predominent way to get talent to play the game in America? Yes, it's a suburban sport much like select baseball. Are their any avenues to hone the skills of urban kids, mostly those kids in love with basketball because it is easy to develop one's skills on the blacktop? I see some delapitated fields for soccer in the urban area and mostly see Hispanic kids running around playing the game with much older Men competing in the same leagues. It's not really the same type of development as the suburbs and I don't think we have a mature enough league sponsored help. Of course, the MLS is using strategic areas where they can foster a realtionship with rural areas, like the Rio Grande Valley. It's a start, but in order to tap into urban athletes, you have to be very intentional like the MLB and open up avenues where they live.
Else, go ahead and live with the fact that you will never tap into the urban athlete and let them all play basketball instead. Ironically, both baseball and soccer draw from other countries that in the urban streets, their sport is played and the talent thrives.
Marisnick and Springer would be my Astros nominations.
It's pretty typical that 75% of a thread about women's soccer is a bunch of dudes talking about men's soccer.
I count 15/29 posts about women's soccer which is barely a majority. The other posts weren't exclusively about men's soccer.
Ugh. Not sure what you meant by the Leonard comment, but this is the sort of impressions I got from sports enthusiast when I was a kid. (So it's not what you are saying of course, it's what I used to hear from people that irked me). The black players should be goalies if they ever decide to play soccer because that is where they fit best with their *current* skills.
They did the same thing to Hakeem when he was a kid.
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Stamina and foot-eye coordination is not a talent that kids outside the US are born with and kids in the US are not. They are acquired skills. Kids in the US could become just as proficient as kids in say France, if they worked at it the same from a young age. Kids play football, baseball, and basketball because those are more popular sports, not the other way around. There is nothing in the history of global athletics to suggest the US simply produces second-rate athletes.
The rules of distinction were thrown out with the baseball cap. It does not lend itself to protocol. It is found today on youth in homes, classrooms, even in fine restaurants. Regardless of its other consequences, this is a breach against civility. A civilized man should avoid this mania.
Apparently you're missing that some people are better at things than others. Just because Tim Tebow is not a Major League hitter does not mean that Jose Altuve doesnt have the athletic skills to have ever become a soccer player. Furthermore, there are tons of kids in every soccer crazy country who will never develop into world class players. That doesnt mean that country can't produce great soccer players. Your argument here is seriously flawed.
I never said that the US couldn't produce world class soccer players. In fact I said the opposite.
Quote from: subnuclear on June 15, 2019, 11:15:45 am
I read you wrong then because you definitely sounded parochial and fragmented in your assessment of athletic talent. People often do when talking about talent, usually assigning people groups and geographical areas to only being skilled to do things based on gender, body types (size and weight) and other factors. Skiers are better from Norway because they are geographically advantaged and people from Kenya are better marathoners because they are geographically advantaged. Well, no, they're not. They are passionate about those athletics probably more than people outside of their region. That sort of thinking is myopic and really narrow-minded. Not saying you, but I hear it all the time and cringe because it is usually from well meaning, well informed fans of sports that will not listen to facts that when a kid is passionate about a sport, you've got half the battle won.
Scotland got screwed by the VAR today. Speaking as an ex goal keeper.
The technique she used to cut down the angle and give her the agility to go left or right has been used by goalies in futbol for ages. There is no way you can leap to the left or right from a dead start. You are taught to use a forward motion to get the body in motion to leap in the direction you *think* the strike will be. That's why goalies look foolish when they ultimately leap right and the ball is struck to the left. She did everything absolutely right, in the sense that this is futbol 101. So to use a technicality of leaving your line in such a critical point in the match is very disheartening. I was very annoyed that some were saying is was a good call because she technically broke a rule. If so, then take away the farce and let them take a free shot on goal from further out, sort of like a free throw in basketball. You have to give the goalie a chance to have as much momentum as the ball striker has moving onto the ball. Asking a goalie to make a play from a dead start is crazy. No one does it.
Replay used to nitpick calls that are correct by the letter of the rule but completely ignore the way the game has been played for a century?
Who could have seen that coming?
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Quote from: MusicMan on June 20, 2019, 11:01:12 am
Cameroon's goal in added time was great technique by the goal scorer. It was, however, bad sportsmanship to continue celebrating like they did. And then have the player get injured because of it was a bit much to deal with. Why? Just score the goal, celebrate and then get ready to play out the remaining seconds in the match. But then again, celebration in the Woman's World Cup seems to be a issue nowadays and no one seems to be following Carly Lloyd's golf clap sarcastic celebration.
Sure seems like the USWNT dominated that first half more than a 1-0 score reflects.
Tobin Heath is a beast! That was an absolute great play on her goal. Her dribbling is World Class and I doubt there a defender who can stay with her. Beautiful! Scary when they decided to let VAR take a look at whether Carly Lloyd was offsides on the same play.
Norway vs Australia is one of the most exciting matches I've seen in a good long while. Shame it has to go to penalty kicks. It should have ended in a dramatic late goal score. Here we go...penalty kicks to declare a winner.
And Norway advances on a 4-1 penalty advantage. Shame it ended this way, both sides had great chances to win in the regular 90 minutes and Norway had excellent chances to win in extra time. Had it not been for the Australian keeper, Norway would have advanced with a one or two goal advantage after the extra time. Still, in spite of the anti-climatic penalty shootout, the match was worthy of great applause for drama and excitement by both sides. If England advances past Cameroon, these Viking women from Norway will give England a run for their money.
If England advances past Cameroon, these Viking women from Norway will give England a run for their money.
If the Norwegian women don't play Ride of the Valkyries when they storm the field, it's a damn shame.
England advances past Cameroon, these Viking women from Norway will give England a run for their money.
Inglaterra leads Camerun 3-0. 60 minuto marca
Cameroon got a potentially game-changing goal taken away because a player had about 1 inch of their back heel ruled offside on replay.
England will have to play a lot better to beat Norway. The Norwegians won't miss those sitters, and if the English defense plays like they did today, Norway will also create a lot more of those sitters.
I remember all the good times me 'n Miller enjoyed
Up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy
But the future has to change - and to change I've got to destroy
Oh look out Lennon here I come - land ahoy-hoy-hoy
Quote from: HudsonHawk on June 23, 2019, 09:22:36 am
Absofreakinglutely! Helga the ax weilder... err... the goalie on the Norway team is one scary Viking. She could be in any Viking movie that features a shield maiden warrior and everyone would be convinced she has to be a product of CG and not a real person. The fact that they play a solid defense and just enough offense is a testament of how they will not only defend their turf, but also get on their horses and attack your land as well... and take it! Can you tell I kinda like this Norway side?
6:34 mark Rapinoe scores on a penalty kick. 1-0 USA over ESP
Sloppy play by USA allows Spain to tie it at 1-1 at 9:00.
Spain is going toe to toe with and not intimidated at all by the US squad.
2-1 USA in a tough hard fought victory over Spain
It was a good match for Spain, kind of sloopy for the USA. But that is what is going to happen for the rest of the tournament, hard marking, slowing down the ball, don't let the US get going in any way shape or form. The USA squad will have to be patient with what is going to be the opposition's approach and work in to win matches like they did today.
Certainly would help if the US ladies had any accuracy what so ever on their balls in the box. So many whiffed chances thanks to bad passes.
Quote from: MRaup on June 24, 2019, 02:17:25 pm
Also would help if the coach didn’t insist on playing a clearly hobbled Alex Morgan for 80 minutes.
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town.
Y todo lo que sube baja
pregúntale a Pedro Navaja
Quote from: chuck on June 24, 2019, 02:57:35 pm
Hang on, Chuck.
I think I just typed up a pooductive word!
Quote from: austro on June 23, 2019, 12:41:42 pm
Quote from: Limey on June 27, 2019, 10:04:53 pm
I only saw bits and pieces of the game, but it seemed that England played much better and forced Norway to play worse. Congrats to them.
The USWNT's showing on Monday against Spain has me feeling uncomfortable about today's match against France.
Quote from: austro on June 28, 2019, 06:21:03 am
I actually think France will win Hope I'm wrong.
My sister thinks the same. I hope you are both wrong.
It's tough that three of the top four are on one side of the bracket, but if you're going to win you have to beat good teams. This should be a great game.
Megan. Fucking. Rapinhoe.
I wonder if Trump is going to keep talking trash to her.
That could be her gangster rap name
They call me Megan the fucking Rappin' Hoe
I take no shit from tha mutha fuckin Trump Troll
Ain't goin to the white house, I said fuck no
But if you need me to, I'll score a fuckin goal!
That’s up there with John Barnes’ rap on “World in Motion”. I’ll let you decide if that’s praise or not.
Quote from: Limey on June 29, 2019, 11:46:04 am
Don't know or care.
A true artist. 😊
Rapinoe is out, no reason why is given. No problem, here replacement Press scores a header at 9:08 mark.
18:00 minutes and it's tied at 1-1
Morgan's header puts the US up at 31 minutes. On her 30th birthday.
Quote from: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 02, 2019, 02:33:46 pm
Saved penalty saves the day!
Quote from: MusicMan on July 02, 2019, 04:05:27 pm
She really did. Great anticipation and great execution.
Astros Fan in Big D
Great game. What a huge play on the pk.
I liked the demeanor of the official. MLBUA will probably want footage of her performance suppressed.
Sounds like a great game and a tough loss. I didn't see it because I thought is was today.
So glad Rose Lavelle got her goal, didn't want the team to win on just a penalty kick.
USWNT making America great!
Quote from: BudGirl on July 07, 2019, 01:06:16 pm
Yeah, I wouldn't say that the penalty was undeserved, but I think it still would have been a bit controversial if it wound up being the deciding margin. I'm glad that LaVelle put a no-doubter up there to seal the deal.
They also had many more chances in the last 20’ that would have been more aggressive in a 1 goal game.
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Last Mountain Man #07 - War of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone released his seventh ‘Last Mountain Man’ book in May of 1990 for Zebra. “War of the Mountain Man” continues the adventures of paperback warrior Smoke Jensen and his westward war with land barons, rapists, outlaws and criminal fast-draws. At this point in time, it’s all rather cookie cutter as Johnstone seemingly just phones in the action by recycling fights and enemies and placing them in subsequent books. At one point, two characters shockingly absorb Smoke’s account of killing over 200 men in prior adventures. It’s a testament to the series' high body count and the protagonist’s own immortality. Smoke may be grazed by bullets or fists, but his unwavering legacy just continues on – maybe at the expense of the reader.
The book’s opening chapter explains that Smoke and his wife Sallie have sent the kids abroad via a steamship. Sallie wants to spend some time alone with Smoke and wants the two of them to go visit an old school colleague, Victoria, in Montana. Victoria and her husband Robert have inherited a ranch in Hell’s Creek where a land baron named Max Hutchins resides. Smoke is weary of the visit, but is reading between the lines – Sallie needs Smoke’s skills to liberate the two ranchers. The two arrive at a small town on the Swan River where Smoke is informed that a survivor named Jake Lewis is still alive. Readers may remember that Smoke avenged the death of his first wife in a camp called Uncomphagre in the series’ first book. Jake, a survivor of Smoke’s Uncomphagre raid, is working for Hutchins which is an easy connect-the-dots for the author and an inevitable showdown for readers to anticipate.
Barlow is a corrupt little place where Hutchins has killed off the paper editor, Marshall, and tarred and feathered the minister. He’s replaced them all with his own men, something that Smoke corrects instantly upon arrival. Collectively, he rallies the town’s 30 willing citizens to fight back against Hutchins and his 100 gunners. The town votes to elect Smoke as the sheriff and soon the town is rebuilt – bank, shops, school, police force, etc.
Barlow is an unusual spot geographically. The north end is controlled by Hutchins and the south is ruled by an equally vile criminal in Red Malone. The two split the gambling, whoring and raping equally and Smoke soon cuts off all supply trains in and out of Hell’s Creek. There’s no railroad to this part of the country…so needless to say Smoke prompts the ultimate war with Malone and Hutchins. A bulk of the book’s story is hit and run tactics by both men, some rapes, burning and, of course, some death. The finale is predictable as the town defends the raiders in the not so epic showdown.
Johnstone never seems to run out of books, yet he is clearly out of ideas here. Malone and Hutchins are molded from the same elements as the series’ prior bad guys – Potter, Stratton, Richards, Hanks and McKorkle. These books wouldn’t be nearly as lethargic if we actually saw Smoke injured or simply pressed face first to the boards. Instead, Smoke is arrogant to the point of annoying because he, like the reader, knows he is invincible. It’s nearly pulp fiction as Smoke runs around, often completely alone, and kills off dozens upon dozens of bad guys. We love the hero, but at the same time we need vulnerability. Smoke is never in danger. It’s unfortunate, but this series is rather stale and lifeless with a barrel-chested hero that has immortality.
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Labels: Last Mountain Man, Western, William W. Johnstone
Dakota #01 - Dakota Warpath
Author Gilbert Ralston is better known for his writing credits in Hollywood. Ralston helped create the “The Wild Wild West” show and wrote for similar television pieces like “Laredo”, “The Big Valley” and “Gunsmoke” in the 1960s. Ralston, born in Newcastle, Ireland, attended college at Sierra Nevada College, worked as a journalist and was a member of the Western Writers of America. All three of these experiences, combined with his screenplay skills, contribute to the look and feel of this series, ‘Dakota’. The series debut, “Dakota Warpath”, was released by Pinnacle in 1973 under the guise of just another hard-hitting action series. It isn’t necessarily in the mold of a ‘Death Merchant’ or ‘Destroyer’. This is more of a white-knuckle detective vehicle…that still manages to delivers the same goods.
Dakota is a half Piegan, half Shoshoni detective working out of the Sierras in Nevada. He’s an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam as a talker for an advanced unit. Apparently, Dakota and his two brothers were surrounded in the bush and only Dakota survived. There is a slight discrepancy to this story later as Dakota tells a Marine pilot he was a Ranger. In my research, only Army had Rangers but this could be associated with Dakota attending Army Ranger school at one point and possibly learning demolition. Regardless, Dakota emerges from the war and becomes a police force in New York before moving back to the Sierras to work his family’s ranch while simultaneously doing investigative work (and rodeo). All of this seems like a whole lot of hyperbole on the part of the author – but I’m going to say I absolutely love this character. In a lot of ways Dakota is the perfect merger of Craig Johnson’s dedicated sheriff Longmire and his loyal friend Henry Standing Bear. Again, this book was released in 1973 but is nearly the perfect precursor to Longmire. Dakota embodies the intelligent, western working man in the able hands of a brilliant writer.
“Dakota Warpath” performs its obligations as a series debut – introducing the character while also building validity. In the early pages we gain most of the above through a conversation between Dakota and a longtime friend named Sam Lew. Dakota is introduced to a potential new client, unknown at the time as Amy Rainey. She explains her husband was murdered in a Nevada town called Poison Springs and those same killers are targeting her. Before Dakota can take the case, Sam’s car explodes killing both Sam and Rainey. It’s Dakota’s crime to solve – did the killers target Sam or Amy and why? The town’s sheriff deputizes Dakota and soon the location is moved to Poison Springs. It’s your typical one-horse town controlled by a millionaire named Burton Ashley. He runs the place including its casino and ranch brothel. Dakota plays nice with Ashley for a little while, and later teams with the town’s deputy, Phillips, a journalist named Spring and a brief love interest in Janet. Dakota also teams up with a Navajo kid named Louis as he investigates the Rainey murders and Ashley’s complex criminal empire.
Ralston writes this book as a testimony to his screenplay experience. It reads like a movie or television episode where a lot of “on page” action isn’t necessarily described in exhaustive detail. For example, Dakota can walk into a familiar place and just know some of his hometown’s residents and friends. The burden isn’t on Ralston to explain how Dakota knows them or what they are wearing or where they are standing during dialogue. I actually prefer this style of writing and it certainly trims the fat off to leave room for the “meat and potatoes”. It keeps the book moving at a fairly high pace even if you were to cite the slow burn build up of the first half. The books finale is a firestorm for the last 40-50 pages, placing Dakota in the desert hills with a .38 against a half-dozen armed bad guys. That portion of the writing is very western oriented and captures intense cat and mouse tactics as Dakota defends his position. Nestled in between detective work, fist fights and gun battles s are some really touching moments where Dakota consoles a senile, elderly man, calls his mother nightly and returns a 15-year old girl to her father. It isn’t bravado, bullet belts and bare chests – Dakota is a human that makes mistakes throughout the book and isn’t afraid to admit it. There were four more books in this series and I wish there were more. Sadly, Ralston passed away in 1999 at the age of 87. He leaves behind a legacy of quality media including this career highlight - in my opinion. ‘Dakota’ comes highly recommended and should please fans of the ‘Longmire’ series.
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Labels: Dakota, Gilbert Ralston
Doc Savage #08 - The Land of Terror
I’m notating this review as “Doc Savage 08” due to Bantam releasing these in paperback order. “The Land of Terror” was originally released as the second ‘Doc Savage Magazine’ issue in April, 1933. The confusion may lie in the fact that Bantam released their books out of the series' original publishing order (under house name Kenneth Robinson). I’m still a new reader of this character and many sources advise me to just read them in any order. So, with that explanation clearing the air…
“The Land of Terror” picks up after the events of the series debut, “Man of Bronze”. Savage is now receiving his pipeline of funds and can afford to travel the world righting wrongs. In one early effective scene Savage hands a fistful of cash to a woman experiencing blindness. He encourages her to use the money and a personalized handwritten note to seek out a surgeon friend of Doc’s. He does this while chasing a bad guy, which is ultimately the book’s setup and early premise. It turns out Doc’s friend and chemist Jerome Coffern is melted by a mysterious substance released by the villain Kar. In furious opening chapters, the reader is tagging along as Savage is on a highspeed foot chase to capture Coffern’s murderer. The killer is attempting to dodge Savage’s advance by running through New York streets, downtown apartment buildings and onto a tourist ship in the Hudson River. It’s a long but entertaining sequence of events that culminates in the killer escaping.
Later, Savage does a little detective work and learns that the melting substance being used is called the Smoke of Eternity and Kar’s gang plans to use it for robbing banks and other dastardly deeds. As a gumshoe, Savage learns that Coffern, a taxidermist named Bittman and a guy named Yuder traveled to a remote New Zealand location known as Thunder Island. After asking Bittman, an old friend of Doc’s father, about the trip, Bittman suspects that Yuder could really be the mysterious Kar and that the Smoke of Eternity could have originated from Thunder Island. After another furious chase scene that involves Monk being captured, the team pursue the bad guys from New York to Thunder Island. From here it falls into what I perceive as the typical Doc Savage adventure tale - exotic location, strange creatures, gunfire and a quest or chase to thwart some evil mastermind.
It’s only Dent’s second issue of writing this character but it’s clearly evident he has a firm grasp on what he wants to express to the reader. The first half of the book works really well as a simultaneous chase scene while still asking probing questions as an investigative pursuit of plot. The second half is by far the best as Doc’s team faces dinosaurs and Kar’s henchmen inside of a volcano. Fans of the series often point out the fact that this entry includes five killings, something Doc’s team doesn’t do much (if any) of in future volumes. High body count on a pursuit of vengeance. I’m okay with it.
Labels: Doc Savage, Lester Dent, Pulp
Outrider #05 - Built to Kill
Robert Tine’s ‘Outrider’ series comes to a premature ending with book five, “Built to Kill”. Genre fans hold the series in high regard – keeping in mind that it’s a fun, senseless ride that doesn’t convey any realism or seriousness. It’s 80s post-nuke fiction with all of the characteristics or stereotypes that go with it. The publisher, Pinnacle, was sold shortly after this book’s release in 1985, bringing to a halt the series with a promised book six (pictured below) never reaching fruition. Regardless, this closing chapter has a great makeshift ending that wraps up storylines and characters from the past four novels. I’m extremely satisfied with calling this book the ultimate finale.
Each of the past four novels had our hero Bonner battling marauders, gangs and tyrants in each of North American’s new territories – Slavestates, Hotstates and Snowstates. Chicago, where Bonner and other loners live, has always been a neutral city surrounded by dried up lake Michigan. It’s a hard area to attack, made even more difficult with the amount of firepower possessed by these loners and renegades. However, arch enemy Leatherman poses a scheme to align the territorial leaders into a collective combat force to take Chicago. It sounds awesome on paper…but realistically we just know Leatherman plans to eliminate everyone but his own forces. He wants to rule the whole continent and thinks the downfall of Chicago will be the best opportunity.
The author brings in all of the familiar characters of the series – Beck, Bonner, The Means, Clara, Lucky and even a surprise visit from a guy named Starling. At times it’s intentionally humorous and I found myself laughing out loud at the antics of Starling and Beck. Lucky actually plays a big part in the book, moving him from under the hood to a spot in the front seat. I always liked the character and it was really entertaining to see more of him. From an action stance, the novel does spend a lot of time setting up what is essentially a 10-page fight. I thought the inevitable confrontation between Leatherman and Bonner was more fizzle than spark. The book could have been fleshed out with a little more action but publishing and time restraints probably limited the author’s creative force. Overall, this series was highly entertaining and closed out perfectly in my opinion. Grab copies of these books and keep them safe and dry. Pass them on down the line and let the next generation explore this wacky and wild genre we know and love.
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Labels: Biker, Outrider, Post Apocalypse, Richard Harding, Robert Tine
M.I.A. Hunter #05: Exodus from Hell
Stephen Mertz is widely considered the main creator of the ‘M.I.A. Hunter’ series. He, along with Bill Crider and Joe Lansdale, wrote a majority of the series’ 17 books. For book five, “Exodus from Hell”, popular action and western author Chet Cunningham apparently came on board. I’ve spent a great deal of time digging under stones and bridges to provide the definitive verification of this – but just can’t seem to gain anything other than Joe at the Glorious Trash blog sourcing the book’s author in his review. It would certainly make sense as Cunningham also wrote the non-numbered book “Stone: M.I.A. Hunter” between books five and six. However, jury still out at the time of this review.
“Exodus from Hell” is another Jove paperback, released in 1986 under house name Jack Buchanan. Fans of the series know exactly what to expect when they flip open the novel – Mark Stone, Hog Wiley and Terrance Loughlin kicking serious jungle ass. This fifth entry in the series does plenty of that, but is unique to this line because it reverses the order of events from the series’ predecessors. While prior books followed the same formula, this book surprisingly does things just a little differently.
As the book begins we have a familiar scene unfolding with Stone and his mercenaries deep into Cambodia. The trio, along with hired assistance, quickly dispose of a small unit of Vietnamese soldiers before approaching a prison camp that’s housing three American prisoners of war. We are introduced to two of these characters as the author describes in graphic detail their daily rituals, struggles and punishment. In a furious opening scene, the camp is liberated and the trio are able to rescue two of the three soldiers. The third had perished under the harsh conditions before the rescue. Here’s where things get a little bit divergent. Instead of the book focusing on the heroes receiving the assignment, scouting the location and then making the finale rescue, this book reverses the order of events. “Exodus from Hell” is true to its name. This book captures the escape and trek out of hostile land.
If we assume the book is written by Cunningham, then his descriptive combat throughout the book would be at least partially written from experience. Cunning served in the Korean War, fought in two battles and, according to his website, participated in numerous line-crossing and prisoner patrols. All of that is presented with detail and authority here. He’s an engaging storyteller and really brings focus and clarity to the dangers awaiting Stone and company – the jungle environment, fatigue, opposition. As Stone attempts to get his company out of harm’s way, they can only watch in horror as the rescue chopper explodes. Thus, the premise of the book, hiking on foot through 200 miles of jungle to cross over into safehouse Thailand. Along the trek the group has one P.O.W. completely delusional, strong guy Wiley being injured and carted and a missionary that is attempting to transport six children out of harm’s way. All of these elements collectively create a perfect storm.
I hold this series in fairly high regard overall. It’s connected to my childhood and with that comes a certain kinship. But these books are just really well written, whether it’s Lansdale, Mertz, Cunningham or whoever. “Exodus to Hell” is a series highlight for me and one that definitely stands the test of time. It’s saturated with combat violence, presenting a gritty story of survival, but occasionally muffles the bang with heartfelt strives for peace. It’s a great story and I highly recommended it even if you aren’t a fan of the series. If you love this genre…you simply can’t go wrong here.
Labels: Chet Cunningham, Jack Buchanan, M.I.A Hunter, Prison, Team-Based, Vietnam
U.S.S.A. #01 - Book One
“It’s 1996. The Fight to Save America Has Just Begun”. This slogan adorns the top of Tom De Haven’s ‘U.S.S.A.’ debut, “Book One” (also seen online as “Top Secret”). With its Avon release in 1987, this young adult novel paints a disturbing portrait of a future Dystopian America. De Haven borrows a bit from Ray Bradbury’s iconic ‘Fahrenheit 451’ to fuel this nightmarish vision of the United States of Secure America, a military controlled, ultra-right-wing state that has aligned closely with the Soviet Union. While “freedom” is still a viable option, its sacrifices are free speech, independent media and privacy. While the book was written and released in the 80s, a lot of the author’s themes and ideas predict what is happening in our own present day. It’s unsettling, yet a vivid reminder of how liberty is a hard fought and precious commodity.
In the book’s premise, a coup occurs in Washington on January 19th, 1995 that eliminates the government’s infrastructure. Congress is ultimately fired, along with the president. The military, led by a de-facto leader named General Sawchuk, takes control of the US proclaiming it the U.S.S.A. They align with the ultra-right-wing policies of the Soviet Union and, together, begin a worldwide campaign to tackle the Middle East and Mexico. All of this is recounted in the early chapters by the main character, Eddie Ludlow, in first person narrative.
At the beginning of the novel we learn that one year has passed since the coup, and patriotic “renewal” is enforced by aggressive New Cops and the military. Eddie is a high school student living in a small, midwestern town. The novel’s opening pages has Eddie and some friends sneaking off to a secret bazaar that allows students to sell and swap banned music. In a horrifying scene that echoes Bradbury, we see the New Cops arrive, dousing all of the outlawed media with flamethrowers. While that sort of imagery doesn’t envelope the entire novel, it definitely sets the tone that this is a foreign US.
A majority of this series opener is spent on just the day to day activities in and out of high school. It’s catered to the young adult crowd (arguably 12-17) so you won’t find heavy gunfire. There’s some, not a lot. Instead this one really soaks up the atmosphere of a very different “land of the free”. There’s one news channel and it is state controlled. Robotic birds serve as roving “big brother” cameras. The school only uses state propaganda and regularly replaces teachers with new government heads. One of Eddie’s teachers, Mr. Graham, asks, “Is patriotism – the love of one’s country – always the same thing as the love of one’s government?” This is during a discussion of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’. Later, Eddie learns that Mr. Graham has been fired and seemingly homeless after challenging his students to think outside of the box.
While Eddie’s day to day is outlined, De Haven introduces some lovable characters in Mike, Roger and Eddie’s love interest, B.J. As the kids start to question their existence in the new regime, they team with an underground resistance group headed by “Denim Guy”. He challenges the group to think about the USA and how important it was and still is. They all strive to fight back, but understand “freedom isn’t won in an hour”. There’s a number of smaller plot lines – Eddie’s father is a reporter and is filming various protests across the country. B.J.’s father is employed as a scientist by the military and questions his country’s morals and ethics. The book’s finale is a bullet ridden chase scene that propels the story into later books.
De Haven was born in 1949 and I can see where his life experiences factored into the story. 50s and early 60s rock and roll could have been a bit taboo for him as a young man, perhaps an inspiration for some of the anti-media tactics of the New Cops. The author has written several fantasy novels, a Superman book and comes back to this series for it’s last entry, book four. I think he did a fantastic job placing himself into Eddie’s “young” thought process. The pacing is about right for this introductory tale, but will need to pick up as the series progresses forward. I own book two also but will need to locate and purchase the others. Based on this volume, it should be money well spent.
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Labels: Post Apocalypse, Young Adult
Outrider #04 - Bay City Burnout
Richard Harding’s ‘Outrider’ series rolls along with entry five, “Bay City Burnout”. It was released in 1985 under Pinnacle’s “Crossfire” line of action and adventure. The odd numbered books in the series are clear standouts with book two being the series’ low point. The author remains on task of documenting the iron-fisted adventures of the protagonist, Bonner, through nightmarish post-nuclear North America. However, the series can get subjugated by a more comical conquest, thus the failures of “Bay City Burnout”.
The book starts off in a familiar location, Dorka’s bar in neutral Chicago (the rest of America is controlled by feudal tyrants). Bonner and the series’ regulars like the Mean Brothers typically hang out here prior to the book’s plot unveiling. After a really funny opener with the Mean Brothers carrying in a piano to introduce music to the gang, the book’s premise is revealed. The western portion of the former US is now controlled by a land baron aptly titled The Rich Man. He has a wealth of supplies and treasure but locked into defensive combat with feudal gangs. He’s sent an expedition into Chicago to rally troops to his cause with the promise of wealth for their services. The convoy is led by a one-dimensional idiot named Roy. Bonner notices that Roy is holding a lighter that belongs to his friend Seth (a character from prior books) and the two butt heads. Bonner declines the offer and heads to Lucky’s garage to fuel up his armored car.
I’m not sure if the author had enough of a plot created to have Bonner just chase Roy to the west coast looking for Seth. That’s a bit thin and had already existed as a theme in the last book. To counter that, Roy’s gang brutally rapes Bonner’s girlfriend while he is gone. The next morning the convoy heads west with about sixty Chicago recruits. Bonner, furious about the attack, heads out with The Mean Brothers to follow Roy back to The Rich Man’s compound. He can kill two birds with one stone; revenge the rape and rescue Seth. Along the way he teams up with his old colleagues from the first book, Clara and her motorcycle sisters.
I think generally speaking this should have been a fairly good entry. The idea of Bonner and the gang crossing the Rockies, braving the elements and running a few guerilla tactics to take out pieces of Roy’s small army sounds great on paper. But, Harding never expands on any of these ideas, instead dwelling on senseless, comical dialogue between Roy and his misfit crew. Often the book reminded me of that 1979 film ‘The Villain’ with its slapstick chase scenes. There’s a few hit-and-run tactics thrown in but Harding portrays Bonner in God-like status as he single-handedly kills nearly 50 members of the gang (with assistance) before they arrive in California. The last 15 pages rewards the reader with another Leatherman and Bonner confrontation…but it’s short lived with very little payoff. Overall, it’s not as bad as the second book but definitely fails to rekindle the fire and intensity of the series debut. Let’s hope the series finale ends with a bang instead of a comical whimper.
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Outrider #03 - Blood Highway
Richard Harding’s third ‘Outrider’ entry is “Blood Highway”. It was released in 1984 through Pinnacle. Unlike it’s predecessor, “Fire and Ice”, and contrary to the book’s title, Harding actually slows the highway action down for this stock-still adventure starring our hero Bonner and his “strong man” friends The Mean Brothers. While the series first novel, “The Outrider”, worked extremely well with the “road warrior” styled mentality, “Fire and Ice” was a little too sporadic and uneven to fully expand the book’s elementary plot – finding gasoline. After the second entry, I had really decided not to pursue the series any further. Thankfully, I had a change of heart.
“Blood Highway” centers the action in the southwestern US, an area now known as the Hotstates. Here, the Mississippi River dried up and what’s left is a barren wasteland. Like the Slavestates ran by the tyrant Leatherman, the Hotstates are ruled with an iron fist by a guy named Berger. He runs his own gang of enforcement known as the Devils. As the book begins, Bonner and The Mean Brothers are in the Hotstates (Texas I believe) grabbing a supply of meat to return for supplies in Chicago. They clash with a group of Devils where Bonner sees a peculiar little .22 rifle bearing a familiar slogan – “Bobby. His Gun”. This inscription apparently means a lot to Bonner and Harding soon explains why.
In prior years, Bonner had met a warm, wholesome family in a community aptly title Almost Normal. Here, things are the closest to what we know as everyday suburbia – houses, lawns, fences and barbecues. At one point, Bonner was even asked to stay, but he declined knowing his rebel spirit would never let him settle down. Bonner had befriended a boy in the community named Bobby and taught him to shoot using that same rifle. Fearing that the community had been attacked, Bonner and The Mean Brothers head north to check on the town. To their horror, they find the whole community wiped out and its residents hanging on poles. Bonner knows the survivors have been taken as slaves by the Devils and a slave farmer named Farkas.
Harding really carves out a simple plot – rescue the good guys from the bad. It’s elementary, redundant…but so much fun here. Bonner teams up with a motorcycle gang of midgets called The Lashmen to attack Farkas’ compound and free all the slaves. The author moves the pace along without dwelling too much on Bonner’s strategic plans. Its simple efficiency is ultimately its best asset. While it reads comparably to an ‘M.I.A. Hunter’ book (scout the camp, attack the camp, freedom!), it works extremely well here. Farkas is the despicable character we love to hate while a little focus on The Mean Brothers is exactly what ‘Outrider’ fans wanted.
“Blood Highway” certainly doesn’t pave over any unfamiliar territory. We’ve read this story numerous times. Yet Harding is a crafty storyteller and the heart of the book is it’s good versus evil clash with a clear winner. Gunfights, fistfights, car chases and a great sense of humor are winning ingredients for this entry. “Blood Highway” picks up the same sense of enjoyment as its debut and hopefully will propel that vibe into the fourth volume. I’m riding shotgun for this.
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Hanging Woman Creek
‘Hanging Woman Creek’ was released in 1964 by Bantam Books. For me, it’s considered one of L’Amour’s early books due to being released about 15 years into his writing career. At 150 pages, it fits snugly into the author’s “short but exceptional” western template. Set in frosty Montana, L’Amour introduces us to the rough and tough Pronto Pike. He’s a down on his luck journeyman who drifts from job to job all over the country. Like many paperback cowboys, Pronto is decent with his fists and Hell with a rifle. He’s a great cattle guy, a hard worker…but his temper has been the bane of his existence. So, it’s fitting that the book opens with Pronto being released from an overnight stay in jail along with a couple of other drifter types – Van Bokkelen (who may be wanted for murder) and an older African American boxer named Eddie Holt.
After separating themselves from Bokkelen, both Eddie and Pronto team up to find work before the bulk of winter hits the Montana timbers. After asking around, the duo find a great stint punching cattle for a rancher named Bill Justin. It’s a good gig – warm cabin, plenty of wood, a few books and the calm day to day activities of babysitting cattle through the winter. Eddie, while not a skilled rancher, earns his keep by preparing good meals and teaching Pronto some boxing lessons. In turn, Pronto shows Eddie how to punch cattle. However, the good vibe at Hanging Woman Creek doesn’t last long.
L’Amour slowly envelopes the story with an impending sense of gloom, enhanced by the cold, rural landscape. After learning that cattle rustlers are among them, Pronto finds a murdered man in the snow (with a bit of mysterious horseprints). With tensions high and both men feeling watched and unsettled, Pronto rides into town to present the dead man and to make a sworn statement. There, he finds an Irish beauty named Ann Farley, the sister of a nester named Philo Farley, an old friend of Pronto’s. Ann explains that her brother could be in trouble and needs a ride out to his cabin just shy of Hanging Woman Creek.
I am recommending this one to any action and western fans, and with that being said, I don’t want to elaborate too much further for fear of spoilers. The heart of the book is ultimately a classic western…but it’s loaded with atmosphere and mystery. Where’s the rustlers, who’s leading them and what’s behind the murders? How is Philo and Ann Farley tied to it? While the first third of the book develops great characters, the middle really expands on that and introduces mystery and intrigue. The last third is Hell bent for leather, matching the book’s cover perfectly.
L’Amour is a master storyteller and this one has all of his best ingredients. Action, mystery, interesting (and lovable) characters and a frantic sense of pacing. It’s a short read packed with atmosphere and firepower. ‘Hanging Woman Creek’ is highly recommended…and won’t let you down until that noose snaps tight.
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Deathlands #01 - Pilgrimage to Hell
‘Deathlands’ is yet another series that has periodically slipped through my hands over the years. The covers were always inviting, promising an entertaining trip through post-nuke America. For whatever reason, I just never bothered purchasing or reading any of them. Now, as I get further and further through westerns, crime and apocalyptic styled yarns (and yawns), I’m revisiting the books that just never made the cut initially. Thus ‘Pilgrimage to Hell’, the first book of the series and my first taste of this long-running, highly recommended series.
The series was introduced in January, 1986 by publishing giant Gold Eagle. It has run for 130 books as well as an ill-conceived SyFy film. The concept was created by U.K. author Christopher Lowder, a talent that contributed to science fiction and adventure stories for the likes of ‘The House of Hammer’, ‘2000 A.D.’ and ‘Thunder and Lion’. Lowder worked on the series’ first entry, ‘Pilgrimage to Hell’, but had to stop writing it due to an illness. This led to Lowder arguably writing the first ¾ of the novel before conceding the book, and a majority of the series, to fellow British writer Laurence James. James was a member of the “Piccadilly Cowboys” and wrote 12-14 novels a year under various pen-names. Before working on the ‘Deathlands’ series, James had contributed to motorcycle, Viking, science fiction and post-apocalyptic novels.
The book’s opening pages presents a detailed history of how Earth was ravaged by a nuclear exchange in 2001. It’s lengthy (on paper almost 20 pages), and documents a ton of information that I thought I might need to remember…but it turns out none of it even matters other than Earth has changed significantly due to bombs and radiation (yes, it’s the inevitable Soviet-US fiery transaction). Geography consists of various hot and cold spots with dark clouds that seemingly burn the sky. Mutants, sickness and plagues take over and cull the weak, resulting in decades of famine and death. The opening chapter puts us in 2101, 100 years removed from the big bang and roughly two to three generations after the civilization that we know. The end result is a barren wasteland that resembles some sort of alien landscape than the Earth that we all know and love. Mutants, telepaths, warriors and Barons (leaders) populate what was once the US, ruling small villages and towns and recreating the shambles of what life once was despite the “nuclear winter” effects. It’s medieval, putting this book and series more in line with the fantasy genre than the typical post-nuke adventure.
No disrespect to Lowder, but his writing style for the first half of the book is very restless. About 100 pages in I was seriously questioning my decision to read this and if I had enough focus to retain much of the information presented. There is a lot to unpack after several chapters, including multiple characters that could be major or minor characters early on. At one point I couldn’t keep track of which character was saying the dialogue and how they were related to the group. The book’s opening half centers around a telepathic mutant named Kurt who is assisting a group of bandits. They are attempting a journey north into a frosty wasteland known as The Darks. It’s here that a fabled treasure of supplies and wealth exists…yet no one has ever returned from the area safely. As soon as the group enter the area…tentacles and claws emerge from the fog and they are seemingly killed off.
From that point we are then introduced to a mysterious guy named Trader and his motorized convoy as they travel to the ville of Mocsin. Trader runs three large trucks (what I would think of as armored tractor trailers) and about 40 men and women - including his comrade, and series main star, Ryan Cawdor. This group are legendary traders and travelers and do business with the Baron Jordan Teauge, a notoriously bad man that has quite the reputation for raping, killing and stealing. The group is attacked by mutants led by a character named Scale before eventually rescuing another series mainstay, the beautiful Krysty Wroth (I told you there were a ton of characters). The convoy engages in road combat and run ‘n gun with a host of baddies including mutants named Stickies (they literally pull flesh from bones on contact) and Teauge’s rogue baddie Cort Strasser. Eventually, the convoy arrives near Mocsin where the book settles into a groove at the halfway point.
Lowder finishes off his portion of the book with a bit of western styled storytelling. Ryan, Krysty and company are captured by the now crooked Strasser and Teauge. During their capture, they meet an interesting character named Doc Tanner who may, or may not be, from another time period all together. He speaks in Victoria era broken sentences, but seems to know more about The Darks than anyone else. The gang breaks free of Strasser and eventually reunites with Trader and the convoy. More skirmishes and gunfights occur as the group attempts to escape Strasser and an army of mutants. Along the way we learn Trader is dying, Ryan is in love with Krysty and the whole group is embarking on a trip to The Darks to learn the secrets or seal their fate.
In what is essentially the whole premise of the book, the gang fractures off into a main cast of just eight characters as they learn that “redoubts” exist all over the country. Think of these as teleportation stations that allow them to jump all over the country in seconds. We assume that they somehow lead to time travel based on Doc’s misplacement in 2101…but future volumes will address that (I hope). The book finishes on a cliffhanger that promises a second book will continue the current storyline.
The book’s much more focused and arranged with James writing the last fourth and I’m glad that we slimmed down on the number of characters. While the first half was a bit messy, I’m a bit sympathetic with Lowder’s monumental undertaking. He had a lot of ground to cover, a huge storyline to introduce and just under a few hundred pages to accomplish the feat. While I’m sorry he couldn’t finish his effort, James really comes in and makes it his own. I’m looking forward to more of this series. Science fiction, fantasy, action adventure? Really it is all three with a slight nod to Lovecraft horror. This was a surprising concept that definitely puts ‘Deathlands’ outside of the typical post-nuke novels of the 80s and early 90s.
Labels: Deathlands, James Axler, Laurence James, Post Apocalypse
Doc Savage #01 - The Man of Bronze
Predominantly, my Paperback Warrior musings are catered to 70s and 80s fiction, but I’m leaping through time to cover this iconic pulp warrior. Shamefully it has taken me 41 years on Earth to read my very first Doc Savage title. Over the years I’ve discovered the character while browsing a multitude of media including novels, comics, magazines and audio. For some reason, I just never had any interest in delving beneath the surface until now.
‘Doc Savage Magazine’ was first published in March, 1933 via Street & Smith publishers. Street & Smith was a New York company formed in 1855. It released its first pulp, ‘The Popular Magazine’, in 1903. By the mid-20s the pulp market had exploded, led by what many claims as the “Big Four” – ‘Argosy’, ‘Adventure’, ‘Blue Book’ and ‘Short Stories’. Street & Smith publishing agent Henry Ralston and editior John Nanovic had a hit on their hands with ‘The Shadow’ and were pursuing a second title. They pitched their Doc Savage hero concept to author Lester Dent with a dangling carrot of $500-$750 paychecks per book. It was a triumphant transaction that led to Doc Savage appearing a whopping 181 times for the magazine and related media. In 1964, the title regained popularity with Bantam reprinted each magazine as an individual novel. The books were handsomely presented with new artwork by James Bama and listed under house name Kenneth Robeson. These books are mostly out of chronological publishing order except the first – ‘The Man of Bronze’.
As the forerunner to the modern superhero, ‘The Man of Bronze’ starts the series as the obligatory origin story. It begins by introducing us to Doc Savage and his “Fabulous Five” team members. Each are introduced by name and what their overall skill is. Monk is a strong type that doubles as an industrial chemist. Ham is an accomplished attorney with a sword cane. Renny is the team’s brawn and construction engineer. Long Tom is an electrical wizard and Johnny rounds it off as the team’s archaeologist, complete with magnifying lens over his damaged left eye. Savage himself is sort of the conglomerate of all his team’s skills, only he has perfected each due to a strenuous two hours daily spent exercising his body and mind. Author Lester Dent describes Savage as a physical specimen with a chiseled “bronze” body.
Savage and his teammates served together in WWI, yet it wouldn’t be until Philip Farmer’s 1991 novel, ‘Escape from Loki’, that the full details are explained. The group is assembled on the 86th Floor of what is presumably New York’s Empire State Building after learning of the murder of Savage’s father. Doc, in distress, learns that his father was poisoned while exploring a remote location called Hidalgo in Central America. During the assembly, a red-handed assassin attempts to assassinate Doc. Through the book’s opening chapters, the group run from building to building chasing the assassin before learning that Savage’s father left a hidden message behind. This message pushes the book’s focus to the team traveling to Hidalgo to investigate not only the murder, but the land that has been willed to Doc.
From one fast-paced frenzy to another, Dent presents a riveting adventure for the team. From deep underground caves and primitive villages to sea and air battles, ‘The Man of Bronze’ covers a lot of ground and, for the 1930s, took the imagination into foreign and exotic lands. Collectively, the team uses all of their resources to foil the enemy and solve the inevitable mystery. Who’s the assassin? Why did he murder Doc’s father? All of this comes to fruition in a climatic, mountainside finale that finishes one chapter while introducing elements that will be key in future editions. The author’s clear boundaries of good and evil are questionable in 2017, but one has to remember this was written in a much simpler time with black and white social and cultural outlines. It’s easy to dismiss the fantasy and incredible writing style, often putting Doc Savage at Godlike strength and mind, but that’s the whole idea, right? It isn’t really supposed to make sense.
It’s written as an escape from the factory work and mundane daily rituals. For my own interpretation, Savage is one-part Indiana Jones, one-part Bruce Wayne and one-part Captain America. His skillset or power? I think it could easily just be perfection. He’s seemingly human perfection. Who wouldn’t want to be this bronze, intelligent hero? I say bring on book two – ‘The Land of Terror’. I can’t get enough of this stuff.
Apache #01 - The First Death
I had been reading up on the U.K. westerns of the 70s and stumbled on a series entitled ‘Apache’. Further reading brought me up to speed on a familiar name in western fiction – Piccadilly Cowboys. This group consisted of writers Terry Harknett, Kenneth Bulmer, Mike Linaker, Angus Wells, Laurence James, Fred Nolan and John Harvey (if not more). Collectively, they wrote a ton of westerns and individually contributed to science fiction and men’s action adventure genres. ‘Apache’ was a bit of a snowball effect resulting from the tremendous success of the violent western series ‘Edge’. According to the excellent blog "Western Fiction Review", ‘Edge’ was published by George Gilman, a pseudonym for authors Terry Harknett and Laurence James. Harknett (under the name William M. James) wrote the debut ‘Apache’ novel “The First Death”, released in February, 1974 through Pinnacle. The series would run from 1974 through 1984 – 27 books written by Harknett and John Harvey (later). Thankfully, I was able to track down an Ebook copy of “The First Death” using a nifty online library – openlibrary.org.
Although the year is never mentioned, the book is set somewhere around 1861. There is a mentioning of a possible rebellion against the Union in the East, thus the beginnings of the U.S. Civil War. The book begins with Lieutenant Pinner riding troops into an Apache rancheria in the Arizona Territory of the Department of New Mexico. He’s looking for a Native American that he suspects stole his prized golden dagger, a cherished gift from his father. Pinner is a royal dick and routinely takes his aggression out on what is now a peaceful tribe of Apache. Their chief, Black Horse, allows Pinner’s troops to run through the tepees searching for the dagger, putting aside frustration and pride for the greater good. 18-year old brave Cuchillo sees the invasion from a rock outcropping and races in to protect his wife Chipeta and his newborn son. In a shocking early revelation, Cuchillo produces the dagger from inside of his shirt. Pinner and the troops take Cuchillo back to nearby Fort Davidson for trial. Pinner asks his superior, Major Anson, to execute Cuchillo, but the leader suggests removing Cuchillo’s index finger as a suitable punishment. Pinner, in a prime asshat move, actually removes two fingers in a disturbing and graphic scene.
Harknett introduces a solid backstory outlining Cuchillo’s place in the tribe, a feud with fellow brave White Dog and his friendship with the white John Hedges, whom has educated Cuchillo with English culture. Cuchillo provides a valid explanation as to why he had Pinner’s dagger, and later, tangles with the violent father-son due of Nathan and Armstrong Ford – two pivotal characters in the book’s ultimate plotline. Cuchillo attempts to settle the dagger transaction, only to run afoul of the Fords, killing one of them. Before he can return back to the rancheria, the cavalry arrests Cuchillo’s wife and retains his son until the brave returns to Fort Davidson to confess and ultimately hang. This puts Cuchillo in the worst situation – trading his own life for his wife and son’s.
The book’s violent finale has Fort Davidson’s scum run the rape train on Cuchillo’s wife. It’s a brutal scene, but done with just enough detail to paint the revenge scenario facing Cuchillo and the reader. It’s tough to read, but isn’t a grizzly, squeamish scene. I’m glad the author held back a bit…enough is enough with the cruelty. The climatic ending is a shocker, but a mandatory finale to set up the long running series. I’ve got to have book two…right now.
I’ve read a ton of western fiction but I’m going to put ‘Apache’ in the upper echelon. It’s a quick read at under 200 pages, with just enough violence and a good mystery to saturate the book’s contents. I’m hoping this series will expand on the Cuchillo and Pinner conflict while also furthering the development of White Dog’s feud. I can’t say enough good things about this book. Based on this debut, ‘Apache’ looks like a winning formula.
Labels: Apache, Laurence James, Western
The Executioner #06 - Assault on Soho
At the end of 'Continental Contract', Bolan was in a furious nighttime run 'n gun with the mob in France. He's attempting to escape Europe with a still-beating heart. The beauty queen knockout from the last book (does her name even matter) helps Bolan into the English Channel. Now, 'Assault on Soho' begins with Bolan in London, trying to punch a ticket to fly back to America. His interference is another short-skirted bombshell, Ann Franklin, who warns Bolan of goon danger and escorts him to a sex palace called The Club De Sade. Really. Why? I have no Earthly idea...and I'm not sure author Don Pendleton knows either. This is unfortunate series filler while thinking of the next good adventure for Bolan.
After the stellar 'Continental Contract', Pendleton messy-shits the whole bed with 'Assault on Soho'. I'm not sure if his prior erotic writing was creeping in or if he was asked to insert a bunch of kinky stuff. The end result is a big poo-poo in the series and one that should probably have been better off with some sort of 70s spy jazz that was booming at the time. I'm not sure what the story was really about...other than Bolan escaping the mob by going back and forth from London's streets to the sex palace...over and over.
There's a Major Stone involved, a leftover mobster named Danno Giliamo from 'Miami Massacre' and this Ann Franklin bimbo that has somehow fallen in love with the five minutes she's spent with Mack Daddy. There's a really good action sequence early on...and the rest of the time Bolan takes a backseat to a wacky sex mystery. Our hero is sitting front row while people mysteriously die...and none of it makes any sense. The only interesting bit is that the mob has now formed an alliance to kill Bolan...and I'm sure this will come up in future volumes. Otherwise, stay clear of this one.
Labels: Don Pendleton, Executioner, Mack Bolan, Vigilante
The Executioner #05 - Continental Contract
Don Pendleton's fifth book in his "Executioner" saga continues with "Continental Contract". This book will be the first of the series to export the action to Europe. It only makes sense to travel abroad after the highly intense mafia conflict fought domestically over the last three volumes. With that being said, the book's opening pages has Bolan arrive at Dulles International Airport in DC. Quickly, he realizes he's walked into mob gunners and has a furious action sequence before donning a disguise and jumping on a flight to Europe. Oddly, Bolan finds out that a celebrity passenger on the plane, Gil Martin, looks exactly like him.
Now, the cat and mouse tactics move to Paris where Bolan assumes the identity of Martin in a clever switch-a-roo. In one of the book's key action sequences, Bolan annihilates a house ripe with whores, moving the beauty goods downstairs while he topples the upper levels with his "machine pistol". This ultimately proves to be a notoriously bad deal for the whores. But, more on that later. In vintage "Executioner" style, Bolan gets escorted to a hotel by some British writer/tramp and the two try to get undressed as quickly as possible. Later, Bolan meets a British celebrity in her own right named Cici. Early, she thinks Bolan is the Gil Martin guy but later figures out he isn't. None of this makes much sense and it's all swept under the rug.
The whole premise of the book arises when Bolan learns that the mob goons are taking their revenge by transporting all of the well-fed, pampered whores to Africa where they can be starving, throw-rug whores. Bolan doesn't like it, communicates with a news anchor and reports that he will execute a mobster every hour until the whores are placed back where they belong - on their backs in the Paris hotels making bank. In some of the best "Executioner" scenes thus far in the series, Bolan "hits" a mobster an hour before tangling with the thickest of the crew in Monaco.
Pendleton writes a ton of different angles into 'Continental Contract' - some backstory on the mobsters, the celebrity stuff, Bolan questioning his longevity - but the most under-developed is the one that peaked my curiosity the most. Early in the book the mob contracts one of Bolan's ex-Nam teammates to meet up with Bolan and betray him. There's a passionate moment when the two eventually meet at the end...but I wish more focus had been provided on this whole angle. Nevertheless, 'Continental Contract' is an early highlight of the series. Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. How does Bolan get stateside again? It's coming up in 'Assault on Soho'.
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Indio, CA – Destiny’s Child is reportedly reuniting at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California on Saturday night (April 14).
According to Page Six, an inside source said, “Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child are reuniting. It was teased, rumored, squashed, so nothing much else was said … But it’s happening.”
The source also added, “[It’s] to make up for the fact she was unable to perform last year [when pregnant]. The girls really wanted it and felt they owed it to the fans.”
Destiny’s Child — Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland — formally disbanded in 2006 after they wrapped up the Destiny Fulfilled… and Lovin’ It Tour.
Formed in 1997, the R&B trio released five albums, culminating with 2004’s Destiny Fulfilled.
The group’s third album, 2001’s Survivor, spawned the massive singles”Independent Women,” Survivor” and “Bootylicious.”
In 2013, Destiny’s Child reunited for Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Kim Keyer-Scott Wins Women’s Southern Senior Amateur Championship
Briefly: Rainy weather and difficult conditions proved to be no match for Kim Keyer-Scott of Estero, Florida who posted two consistent rounds of 3-over par 75 to win the Championship Division of the Women’s Southern Senior Amateur Championship. Keyer-Scott finished at 6-over-par 150 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi. In the Tournament Division, Maria Malone of Greensboro, North Carolina finished with a 27 hole score of 16-over-par 124 to win.
Beatriz Arenas of Wellington, Florida carded a 14-over 86 Final Round, finishing at 20-over-par 164 to win the Championship Division Super Senior title. Rhonda Haynes of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas posted a 27 hole score of 21-over-par 129 to claim the Super Senior title in the Tournament Division.
Golf Course: Old Waverly, founded in 1988 and sitting on 360 acres, is one of the most unique private clubs in the nation. The club, right in the heart of the Mississippi Black Prairie, was created as a result of the vision of the George and Marcia Bryant family, who sought to create a world class destination for hospitality and golf; the club is now well acknowledged by many “Best Of” lists. Old Waverly was crafted and designed by US Open winner, Jerry Pate and designer Bob Cupp; they didn’t skip a beat on this masterpiece.
Weather: A cool and overcast morning gave way to a breezy and partly sunny afternoon. Temperatures hovered around 55 degrees with wind blowing out of the West at 17 mph with gusts of up to 30 mph.
In Contention: Laura Coble of Augusta, Georgia, Marilyn Hardy of Magnolia, Texas, Amy Ellertson of Free Union, Virginia, and Kelley Nittoli of San Antonio, Texas finished just 2 strokes behind Keyer-Scott with an 8-over-par total of 152.
In the Tournament Division, Lori Holibaugh of Marietta, Georgia posted a 27 hole score of 18-over par 126 just two strokes behind Malone. In third place, Lisa Horsley of Jackson, Mississippi finished with a 27-hole total of 19-over par 127. Cynthia Birch of Cypress, Texas claimed fourth place with a 27 hole 20-over-par 128.
What’s Next: The Women’s Southern Golf Association Amateur & Mid-Amateur will be hosted at the Falls Club of the Palm Beaches June 7-10, 2021. The Women’s Southern Golf Association would like to extend our immense gratitude to the staff and members of Old Waverly Golf Club for hosting and making this event memorable for all who took part.
More Info: For more information on the WSGA Senior Championship, click here.
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2020 WSGA Senior Championship Round 1 Recap
Hardy, Malone, Holibaugh lead after Round 1 of Women’s Southern Golf Association Senior Championship
Briefly: After the first round of the Women’s Southern Senior Amateur Championship, the leaderboard at Old Waverly Country Club features some of America’s top players. Sitting solo at the top of the Championship Division is Marilyn Hardy of Magnolia, Texas with a score of 3-over-par 75. Play was suspended due to darkness with one group remaining in the Tournament Division who will complete their round Wednesday morning. As of now, in the Tournament Division, Maria Malone of Greensboro North Carolina and Lori Holibaugh of Marrieta, Georgia hold the lead with a score of 10-over-par.
Leaderboard:
Championship Division:
1) Marilyn Hardy Magnolia, TX 75
T2) Kim Keyer-Scott Estero, FL 76
T2) Kelly Nittoli San Antonio , TX 76
Tournament Division:
T1) Maria Malone Greensboro, North Carolina 82
T1) Lori Holibaugh Marrieta, Georgia 82
T3) Debra Fanning Cordova, Tennessee 84
T3) Lisa Horsley Jackson, Mississippi 84
T3) Debbie Magee Bossier City, Louisiana 84
Round 1 Results | Round 2 Pairings
Weather: Consistent temperature in the low 70s and high 60s throughout the day. Slight variable breeze blowing northeast at about 3mph with a visibility of about 5 miles. A foggy morning gave way to a humid afternoon.
In Contention: Kim Keyer-Scott of Estero Florida and Kelley Nittoli of San Antonio, Texas posted rounds of 4-over-par trailing Hardy, who is only holding onto a one stroke lead heading into the second round. The tight leaderboard means we are in for an exciting finish in the Championship division. With only two shots to make up on the leaders, Debra Fanning, Lisa Horsley and Debbie Magee are all in great position to chase the lead in the Tournament Division.
What’s Next: Round 2 starting times begin at 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at beautiful Old Waverly Golf Club.
More Info: For more information on the Women’s Southern Golf Association Senior Championship, click here.
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Updated WSGA Statement on COVID-19 (March 30)
Updated WSGA Statement on COVID-19 (April 9)
The Women’s Golf Association has been closely monitoring all information available regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19. With the health and safety of our players and volunteers as our main concern, the WSGA Amateur/Mid-Amateur Championship, originally scheduled for June 1-4, 2020 at the Falls Club of the Palm Beaches in Lake Worth, Florida has been postponed to June 7-10, 2021. Participants registered for the WSGA Amateur/Mid-Amateur Championship will receive full refunds. Refunds will be processed within the next 3 – 5 business days. PLEASE DO NOT WITHDRAW ONLINE.
Thank you for your patience and continued patronage in this sensitive time. We wish you all good health during this challenging time.
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The Event: Season 1 Episode 8 - For the Good of Our Country
Hello Eventers! Welcome back to another round of THE EVENT recapping. Another exciting, informative and suspenseful episode this week. And if all past week's are any indication, I'm sure less people will have seen this week's episode than last week. NBC believes they have a plan to reboot the show in 2011, but it sure is sounding a bit like a FlashForward strategy. So, last episode of this year will be 11/29. And then we will return on 2/28 with a 2 hour episode including a 1 hour retrospective. Let's be honest, no one watches TV in December anyway. But waiting 2 months into the new year to relaunch your high concept show that everyone will have forgotten in 3 months? RISKY, very risky. Anyway, enough of my sidebar, we have a new episode to recap. We're finding ourselves into the meat of this first season. The story is moving forward and we have a few things to discuss. Let's get going!
There were a couple major storylines in this episode and a couple of ancillary ones that supported them. The Sean/Leila drama slowed things down a bit with a little shooting and recovery. It all pretty much was to show us how resourceful Leila could be when Sean is out of commission. At the Whitehouse, President Eli Martinez and Blake Sterling start to uncover the pieces that were involved in the assassination attempt at Coral Gables. And, someone on this blog can finally say "I was kinda right about something!" And yes we dig deeper into that crazy Dempsey guy.
Sean/Leila
Not too much to ponder in this storyline. First, we revisit like 5 minutes of last episode just so they can show us that one guy survived that explosion in Peter's apartment. We got to hear Sean ask Leila is she was okay for the umpteenth time and then watch the whole speech where he said they're going to grow old and he's going to do everything (i.e. incomplete sentences that don't go together!). The plan is to go to Los Angeles and check out these SHELL COMPANIES where Samantha might be housed.
Anyway, survivor guy drops off a building and takes a miraculous shot at Sean and it looks like it goes through his heart. But maybe it was a little higher and to the right. Anyway, he still has enough strength to run away with Leila into a dark alley and choreograph the ol' diversion with a rock while he swings a dirty pole at the guy. How he had the strength to take that swing with a bullet in his upper torso? Adrenaline? Anyway.
Are YOU Okay???
The police are coming so Sean needs to instruct Leila on how to break into a car, conveniently have a screwdriver handy and start a car with it in seconds. Meanwhile, all the kids at home know how to do this now too. And I'm sure they'll be sorely disappointed at how it probably isn't that easy!
Leila puts her foot down regarding Sean's health situation (and on the gas pedal). She wants to take him to a hospital. Sean knows he's still a wanted man so that ain't gonna work. No fear, Leila just happened to find a surgeon wandering around the parking lot, lured him to their stolen vehicle with her "girl in distress" charm and then the gun comes out! FIX MY BOYFRIEND OR ELSE!
The plan? Go to Rite Aid (or some pharmacy equivalent), get the supplies needed for a surgery, and go back to this guy's house. Things don't go that simply. Cops show up at the pharmacy which scare Sean out of the van. Leila followed Dr. Taylor into the store with the gun under her jacket. I gotta say that the pharmacist probably thought the situation was pretty suspicious as the Doc just ordered enough stuff to open his own operating table business and then dropped like $200 cash and told him to keep the change. Here's how I see the next episode beginning for these guys. Pharmacist tips off the cops to some shady behavior, they find the bloody truck and then pursue Sean, Leila and the Doc.
But before we get to that, we have to save Sean! The Doc and Leila are able to do some disgusting and audience flinching operating to save Sean. (how about sticking that needle into the bone marrow? nice) The Doc said to get him to an ER or "abduct another doctor". Nice!
Does anyone think that Sean will regenerate from his wounds quicker than your average human? Something tells me if we're going to find out he is a human/EBE hybrid, it might be a reveal later this season or even further down the road. But it's nice to ponder something out of this storyline as it really was just all suspense and nothing to chew on. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. I still enjoyed it! It's just fun to pick on some scenes now and then, isn't it?
The Executive Branch Mobilizes
This episode didn't really seem like it was a Vice President Jarvis-centric outing. But we certainly focused on his story when we visited some flashbacks to some important moments.
2 Years Ago - Campaign Season
We see Senator Jarvis giving at one of the party's National Conventions giving a rousing speech to screaming political junkies. One of his biggest supporters is there to talk to him.
It is none other than Dempsey. It is revealed to us through Dempsey that Martinez was going to win the Presidential seat and that he is in an opposing party from Jarvis. Martinez wanted the 1st bipartisan presidential ticket. I'm not even sure this is possible, but whatever!
It was interesting that Dempsey said "it is already done" when referring to Martinez winning, almost like the election is rigged Martinez's favor for his benefit.
Dempsey convinces Jarvis to run with Martinez and "bring balance" to the White House and bring the ideals of THEIR party in.
As they brought up several times in the episode, Dempsey appealed to Jarvis's Patriotism to sell him on his ideals.
Flashback - Coral Gables (1 Hour before Assassination Attempt)
These flashbacks were seen out of chronological order. Once Martinez says that he is going to release the Inostranka detainees, Jarvis runs off to his limo. If you recall in the pilot, we learned that both Jarvis and Sterling went missing right before the press conference. It was then that I began to suspect Jarvis has having something to do with the assassination attempt. And then, of course, when he was the one questioning Sterling. I believe I said something like "he who smelt it dealt it!"
Anyway, we see Jarvis make a call to Dempsey telling him that Martinez was going to go through with it. We do see that Jarvis is having a hard time with what the alternative was. There were 200 innocent people on that plane. Some of them are children. This is not what he signed up for. But Dempsey said that this was "for the good of the country" to avoid a worse fate.
You like pictures of people on phones? It's back in full force this episode!
Present Day - White House
The day started with a News update on Avias Flight 514. The "lie" told to the American Public was that a biological agent was released by Brazilian separatists onboard the flight. The passengers were then taken to a stateside facility and examined. But now they will be released and set home. Everyone, that is, but Michael Buchanan who has been declared dead to the public. I guess Martinez was okay with this considering that the man did try to kill him.
Sterling suggested to Martinez that he wasn't able to complete his interrogation of Buchanan and would like to continue to question him. Jarvis did not look too excited about this and tried to dispute the idea. But Martinez went along with Sterling. In fact, he wanted to question Michael himself.
Buchanan looks like he has seen better days. He apologized profusely to the President saying that he wasn't in the right state of mind. Apparently Dempsey's clan "DID THINGS" to him to make him not think straight. And he only cared about the welfare of his children. Naturally, Martinez got a few jabs in at him saying that there are always options and he almost killed him AND his family along with almost 200 passengers aboard flight 514.
But then Eli started asking if Buchanan could remember ANYTHING while he was held captive. What he did remember was that they almost didn't go through with the assassination plan. But then he was given the go ahead. What time was it when that happened? 1:08pm of course. These references to LOST numbers are definitely not a coincidence. But I would only look at them as paying homage to the show, not tying them together in any way!
President Martinez realizes at that time that the decision occurred right after his meeting with Sterling, Jarvis, General Candyman and knew it had to be one of them that was involved. He cleared Sterling right away, saying that he trusts him. But of course he checked out his cell phone records too and he checked out. Nice jab Mr. President!
Sterling and President Martinez come to the realization that Jarvis was involved. But it was Sterling that says the VEEP couldn't have been the man in charge. He suggested tapping phones and tracking Jarvis to catch him in communication with the big guy. Probably would have been the smartest idea, but the impulsive President wanted answers and wanted to yell at somebody!
They go on the hunt for Jarvis but can't seem to find him.
Jarvis calls Dempsey
Once the VP realizes they are getting close to linking all of the bad stuff to him, he calls Dempsey in a desperate act. I think we all knew how Dempsey was going to react in this situation.
Dempsey made a comment to Jarvis during their conversation before the assassination attempt "You've been a great public servant for our country, but sometimes we don't choose the moment it chooses us." He kind of made it sound like Jarvis has done his job and he has no interest in preserving his usefulness as Vice President.
So when Jarvis calls Dempsey complaining that he's going to get caught, it didn't seem like it was going to go well for him. And he made it even worse by threatening to take down Dempsey with him when he goes down. Dempsey said that they should meet and set up an appointment at their usual meeting place.
Meanwhile Dempsey brings in Vicky Roberts to question her on the Texas incident with losing Sean and Leila. Vicky comes up with some excuse and Dempsey pretends to buy it.
Note: we see Dempsey dropping something into his coffee. He says it's some kind of sugar substitute that he is cutting out of his diet. But based on what we see later, probably not.
Dempsey orders Vicky to take out her next target, Vice President Jarvis. She agrees even if she seems to hesitate for a second.
The Secret Service at the White house meanwhile were communicating with Jarvis's Secret Service to find out where he was. Martinez wanted him back PRONTO. But Jarvis had already disappeared in his secret exit at a Doctor's office. He finds himself surrounded by Vicky and the other hitman. Vicky says that she has been sent to kill Jarvis and, as if we didn't see it coming, she shoots the other hitman instead of Jarvis. She says that they both have been used/manipulated and she wants out. It's up to Jarvis to clear their names.
Jarvis calls the President and admits to being involved, being manipulated and is going to turn himself in. He says that there is an evil evil man behind the assassination attempt and he hesitates just enough to not be able to provide the name before a van blows up in the vicinity of the Vice President. One of his agents and him suffer a blow in the explosion. Jarvis doesn't look like he's in good shape but he wasn't directly in the blast. There is a chance that he survived. The man that set off the explosion ran off.
Dempsey gets a call saying that the job is done and that he had to use the backup plan. He is upset that Vicky did not go through with her mission. We see Dempsey consuming from the same dropper again. He gets up and heads to the mirror. He looks at himself as he begins to reverse in age to a younger man. A smile grows on his face for a brief second and then he returns back to old age and a frown.
NICE! Well, we called it folks! It would appear that Dempsey is definitely interested in the EBEs evolved ability to slow down the aging process (or possibly stop it completely). And surely the fact that he has been able to get as far as making himself younger for seconds has motivated him to pursue a more permanent solution. Of course the question is what is that medication he is drinking? Is he sucking the youth out of these little girls like some have suggested? Are any of them EBE or Hybrid EBE/Humans? Still lots of questions there. So what's next? Well, we abandoned the EBEs for an episode so I'm sure we'll rejoin them next week. Martinez will want to find out who this BIG boss is and I'm sure they'll confirm if Jarvis is alive or not. And I already predicted that Sean and Leila are going to have to lose those cops at the pharmacy before they make it to Los Angeles. Should be another entertaining thrill ride!
And that's all I have for this week folks. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the episode as well. And also, what are your thoughts on NBC going for the 3 month hiatus similar to FlashForward's 4 month hiatus (caused by the Winter Olympics last year)? I still think December is not an issue, but I thought for sure they'd return in January. I hope you enjoyed my ramblings and I'll see you next week!
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Posted by Mike V. at 12:37 AM
Labels: The Event
gnni4 said...
I feel like I'm going, going gone. That's right, as a doctor on a medical drama might call out in angst, "we're losing her!"
I'll keep watching next week, but, I haven't even been interested enough to know any of their names, or care. I wouldn't miss it much if it didn't come back in a few months. I wanted to like it, but, ehhh. The girlfriend is about as compelling to me as Nicky and Paulo. Oh, who am I kidding, less.
The event was uneventfull for me.
But I appreciate your quick recap and am glad that you are covering Fringe, which is just too awesome for words!
Hey Gnni, thanks for appreciating my efforts! And no argument from me on the greatness of Fringe. It's really a shame not many are watching it. Though, I haven't checked the ratings for last Thursday to see if it was back up. I've been singing the praises of The Walking Dead lately, and I highly recommend you check that one out too! Look past the gore factor for great character drama (in LOST-like fashion).
As far as The Event goes, what can I say? I'm not going to pretend that it's my favorite show on TV. But it still does lend itself best to my recapping stylings! lol I do enjoy it every week (well...most weeks) but there are other shows that I am more excited about during the week (see paragraph one of this comment). I think sometimes it takes a whole season for a show to find its legs. Flashforward got REALLY good in the 2nd half of season 1 and no one was watching. And season 2 had a lot of potential. I feel like The Event is in a similar position now. I just hope NBC treats it better. And from what I am reading, it sounds like they will. They have a lot of faith in the Winter relaunch and then the season 1 DVD/Blu-Ray "catchup audience". I think The Event would be a really good show to watch one after another.....if you can stomach the angst and questionable dramatics of Leila Buchanan, that is! lol
Now, I won't compare her acting skills to Nicki and Paulo...because the actors that portrayed them were decent actors...just the mere idea of introducing them as main characters and 815 passengers we haven't met yet was a poor decision! Sarah Rohmer (i.e. Leila), I just don't know. Maybe it's her...maybe it's the material she is being given. In either case, it has been pretty rough the past couple weeks. And it has resorted to me kind of creating a joking recap for that storyline. It's the only way I can get through it! (but like I said...I'm still enjoying it for what it is)
Totally hear you if this show is not for you....but I admire your determination to stick with it. It could be that show that if you drop out...you'll be missing out on that GREAT EPISODE that turns everything around! then again, in this day and age, it's easier than ever to catch back up! lol
Thanks for your thoughts as always gnni!
Just a follow up, yep...the Fringe ratings dropped a light bit again. (4.98 to 4.82)....UGH!!! I may be going to Midnight Potter on Thursday, but I will make my best efforts to watch FRINGE live! lol
Chuck was great last night ! But I expected more Firefly references - I don't thing they had even one ! That disappointed me a little
HIMYM was hysterical !
I'm totally enjoying the Event. Another creepy ending. I feel it's getting better each week (mostly).
I usually avoid Potter the first weekend. Probably hit the Imax sometime next week though.
I gotta catch up on Chuck, Dexter and HIMYM...The Mrs. has been away so I only watched the shows I needed to for the blog! lol I hope to remedy that tonight! Good to know they were great though. I had no doubt!
Definitely, besides some questionable acting here and there I too think The Event's mythology is growing more interesting with each episode!
As for Potter...yeah probably a good idea, but it's been a bit of a tradition to go at some point on opening weekend. But Midnight IMAX showing? Yikes...this will be my first time! lol can't wait to see all the crazies out! And hey, it was a great excuse to take a 3 day weekend!
Hmmm...I read a good point and totally forgot about Doc Jensen's theory last week. The whole Hal Holbrook cliffhanger. Whatever he was drinking could actually be making him look OLDER as opposed to him trying to return to his youth. He could actually BE one of the EBEs trying to maintain his aging. That wasn't Doc's theory, but someone's comment on EW's recap. I like that idea too. Plus, I can't imagine in either case that Hal Holbrook would be signed up for the long haul of this show. The man is 85 years old!
ok, i've figured out how i can truly enjoy this show- laugh my butt off at the ridiculousness of it! the time-warped speed driving, the fact that the VP was JUST about to tell Eli the name of the head honcho and then he got conveniently blown up, the "oh what a coincidence, here's a screwdriver with which you can very easily start the car".. it's all really really funny to me. i figured if i can't beat 'em, i'd make fun of 'em.. and it makes it so much more rewarding!
in support of the theory that sean may be an EBE or half-EBE, did you notice that the doc that was working mentioned that he was having a hard time finding the artery? isn't that one of the characteristics of the EBE's?
surprisingly i didn't notice the 1:08 reference! my brain must be deviating away from Lost.. *sniffle sniffle* :(
i think the hiatus is a stupid idea. coming back in january would be the best bet, i have no idea why NBC is being that stupid! did they not learn any lessons from it's predecessors?? but whatever, if this show gets canceled i won't be upset like i was with flashforward.. i'm still annoyed about that one, it had so much potential.
ANYWAY, great recap as always! i look forward to ridiculing this show next week, haha
@Kelly - LOL....whatever works for you! Clearly, I've resorted to laughing at some of the laughable plot devices on the show too. I don't think i commented enough on the VP not being able to get the words out to the President besides being interrupted by who knows what and then eventually the explosion. It was pretty rough! lol But, like I said, I'm still enjoying the concepts being introduced on the show and sometimes I'm even enjoying the execution of them! (Flashforward I believe it was mostly the concepts I enjoyed and always hoped for better execution lol)
Very good point on the artery comment with Sean. I have no idea if that is a trait of the EBEs or not but it could be!
Don't let go of LOST! EVER! You gotta keep your mind alert by rewatching old episodes at all times lol I've been currently rumaging through season 5 again. I swear that season is the most rewatchable of all of them! I really gotta go back to the beginining and watch them all again for the zillionth time. I'll get there eventually! Ironic that I said don't "LET GO" of LOST when that was basically the entire theme of the show lol
Yeah NBC is bringing on another Crusader show "THE CAPE???" Really? It doesn't sound like a Batman knockoff to me...it sounds like it should be another teenage drama in a beach setting lol So that is what will be replacing The EVENT in January. So, is it meant to only be a short episode order? What if, by some miracle, it's a success? Does The Event get bumped and The Cape live on? Yeah, the hiatus isn't very bright at all. Sure, it means when it comes back there will be no reruns through to May but they making a huge risk with retaining an audience that cares at all. 3 months is enough time for people to find other shows to watch. Oh well, we'll see what happens!
Thanks for the props Kelly and I hope to keep trying to balance taking the show seriously and laughing at it all at the same time!
What's this about a hiatus ? So after november we won't see the event until Feb ? What frakkin morons ! They are gonna kill their own show. This is why NBC is in last place. I heard about some new shows coming on, and except for the comedy I wasn't interested so I guess I did not notice that one of them was replacing Event for a month.
Like we need another 'caped' show ? Ordinary Family was quite the snooze.
I figure Holbrook isn't doing much be sitting in most scenes - so he's good to go for awhile. LOL
I can't make up my mind about his character. I first thought he was working for the EBE's and giving them some drug to keep them young. Then they showed how he def thinks they are dangerous and that is why he wants to take out the pres when the pres threatens to go public. Then we see him take some meds and go young for 10 secs then age again. He certainly acts like he thinks they are dangerous though.
Hope I didn't spoil Chuck for you - with my chatter about Firefly and lack of references !
Hmmm - trailer for a new comedy in Jan on showtime. Looks good to me. I've seen many a great brit show get ruined on this side of the atlantic. Coupling (the orig) was hysterical. Loved Being Human too - afraid to see what they will do to that one now. MI-5 (Spooks over there) was brilliant - almost a realistic 24.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/11/episodes-watch-the-trailer-for-matt-leblancs-new-comedy.html
Yeah..it's ridonk...I posted a link to EW's article in the first paragraph of my recap and ranted on a bit about it lol It's very flashforward-esque. Not liking it! (the hiatus that is)
No spoilage of Chuck considering I never watched Firefly...I know it's all streaming on netflix so maybe I'll try to catch it sometime.
I have heard about Matt LeBlanc's comedy "episodes"...it has some of the writers/producers from FRIENDS attached too. So, I'll definitely be watching. It looks hysterical. And I hear you on the British imports. Although, I do love the "american" OFFICE even if it is way past its prime!
yeah i can't make up my mind on Dempsey either but I guess it's semi-fun to speculate until we get a new episode! lol I don't know if I'll get any more interested in a 3 month hiatus though!! Not like a 9 month hiatus of LOST when my mind never stopped churning. (not that I'm comparing of course :-) )
I enjoyed most of the show this week, with the exception of the Leila and Sean scenes. I wish she would have gotten shot instead of Sean, but you know how I feel about Leila! I just watched it last night, so I think everyone has already made most of the observations and/or comments that I would have made regarding the screwdriver (PUH-LEASE!!!!!), VP getting attacked before he could name names, finding the doctor and then going to RiteAid to purchase the type of stuff he did, etc. I'm with Kelly on her comments -- sometimes it's just laughable!
One thing I do like about this show is we do get some answers every week, as opposed to LOST having more questions than answers.
I think I am more critical and nitpicky on whether or not some scenes make sense or push the limits of believability because the events are happening in settings that are realistic and familiar to us. Whereas with LOST, you knew early on that the island was special, mysterious and magical place, and that just about anything could happen!
I am very intrigued by Dempsy and his overall agenda. I wonder why nothing happened to his appearance the first time we saw him use the eyedropper (I think he was talking to Vicky). I am anxious to see how this ties in with the girls we saw at the end of last episide. I definitely think there is a connection.
Thanks again Mike for the recap! I look forward to it! Cajun QT
NBC is messing with Chuck too ! It's off the first 3 weeks of Dec for some singing show, then it's xmas week. SO that's a month with no Chuck !
No problem Cajun, thanks for continuing to read!
I'm with you on the Leila/Sean stuff. It's getting a little repetitive and cringe-worthy. But I too have adopted Kelly's mentality and try to embrace the unintentional (or hey...maybe intentional) humor of it all!
See...I'm all for answers but I really did enjoy LOST leaving stuff up for interpretation and pondering. I loved having to invest multiple seasons to get some of the answers. It sometimes made the answers more rewarding. Of course, other times it was probably better off left a mystery! (i.e. the whispers!) Yes, sometimes it was frustrating and in the end, if we didn't get answers to some stuff, it ended up being a dead end. But, as we went through the journey, it just left open so many possibilities to discuss endlessly and we rarely got tired of it! I think that was a similar issue I had with Flashforward. They didn't leave us much to ponder. But, I don't think FF ever pretended to be a mystery show. Just a slow unraveling of a large conspiracy.
The issue with LOST is that we had so many questions that some of the questions we came up with were never MEANT to be questions. (Although, I still think their Walt excuse was a cop-out but understand they had to write him off the show for aging reasons)
Yeah...it definitely is a setback for The Event that we're in the "real world" for the entire show. That is the issue with even trying to compare it to LOST. That's why I think The Walking Dead is a better comparison. Yes they're still in the real world, but the world has changed into unfamiliar territory where danger lurks around every corner. AND, the characters are all strangers from different backgrounds forced to work together, rebuild civilization and unite against a common enemy. Those themes are what made LOST a special show. And the strong characters, stories and fantastic music are what made the show so appealing, rewatchable and timeless.
Anyway, I'm straying from the topic at hand...THE EVENT. I like the speculation that the eyedropper medication is continuing to make him look OLD instead of trying to regain his youth. Perhaps every so many hours he has to take more to continue to appear older. Hence why he changed back for only a second before the new meds kicked in. I do hope it is the reverse and that he is trying to regain his youth. But either way it is an engaging story.
But the other way may help explain your question about why he didn't change one time and did the other. I agree, I think it does tie in with the girls somehow.
We'll find out more next week!
MJ - I think we're fine with no new episodes of anything in December. For selfish reasons, I'm going to be away most of the time! lol But, really...December is a bad time to be airing anything. Besides...Chuck probably doesn't have enough episodes in the can since they just got their additional order. They probably need time to write additional story arcs to come back with. Remember how last season they completed their 12 episode arc and then took a week break and then came back with like 6 more episodes? That is because they got an extension. They weren't sure they were going to get more eps that season. They probably wrote this season the same way. Just a thought.
BTW...watched Chuck and HIMYM last night. Agree - they were fantastic! I had a feeling we were going to be left with a cliffhanger. And I get your firefly reference now considering Summer Glau and Adam Baldwin were both on that!
Candidate said...
I will still Watch The Event but have to agree that it's just not to par or near the bar that they raised. (shameless self promotions as the next Lost and 24.) The storylines are good but your recapps make them much better. The government actors are pretty good, Sean and Leila just aren't seasoned enough actors to handle serious lead roles such as this. The whole doctor at Leila's gun point bit was exceuted so poorly on her part...laughable at best...I still think the show is pretty good for what T.V. is currently offering but if it weren't for your recap I don't know if I would bother with it.
BTW I just recently opened my Lost box set and have been watching S6 episodes w/the commentaries. I loved the accross The Sea comments w/ Damon and Carlton w/their good cop bad cop type personnas. Haven't watched The End comments yet. I think you mentioned something about the comments audio track of that ep on the Lost blog as being defensive. I say shame on those critics who slammed that beautiful episode. The Walking Dead is much more close to a spark of Lost brilliance wheras The Event just is not. Like I said I do like the storylines and love the way you recap them and will keep watching and reading
Namaste lol
@Candidate - Thanks for the props on the recaps! I aim to entertain, even when the stories just don't measure up to our lofty expectations! lol If I wasn't recapping, I'm sure I'd still watch the show. But I'm definitely paying a lot more attention to it than I probably would be if I wasn't! (i.e. listening to podcasts, reading additional information about the show.) I do enjoy the show, but like I said...we all have lofty expectations. And I do agree, it could be due to NBC's marketing. But they can't really be blamed that much...they knew there was a hungry audience out there left waiting for a "replacement" show to take LOST and 24's place. But, they are big shoes for ANY show to fill, especially when being compared directly to it. It's almost not fair for THE EVENT.
Okay, back to LOST! BTW - There is no commentary on THE END. I know that Darlton kept saying they were going to do it, but they never did. I think one of them jokes at one point that when they do an extra special edition of the LOST Complete Series they'll do a commentary on the finale. I believe the commentary on Across the Sea is what I would have referred to as defensive. But I still enjoyed it! I could listen to those 2 talk about paint drying and find it humorous. Damon is just hysterical and Carlton gets some good lines in there too. Totally agree on The Walking Dead. It really is just a great show. I'm almost sad that season 1 will only be 6 episodes and we'll have to wait almost a year for more. But, that may just raise the appeal of the show. I'm definitely hooked! Anyway....thanks again for your props and I appreciate the encouragement to stick to my recapping style! NAMASTE indeed!
Based on your comments, Mike, I'm going to have to start watching the Walking Dead. Do you know if the episodes are posted anywhere?
Humgry audience...you betcha. Lost being a 6 course organically prepared meal and the rest...is like getting weened to frozen dinners. lol I agree that it's not fair for The Event to be marketed as a replacement for Lost although I do understand marketing so I get it. I am happy that the networks are indeed scrambling to find something to fill those shoes. Overall I do think the quality of TV shows overall has gotten better since Lost found a big audience. In general I think even the LCD audience expects more. Personally I'm pretty nitpicky when it comes to T.V in general. So In true Lost fashion I feel like making a list of my top 3 currently running T.V shows not in this order. Again I haven't watched Fringe yet, therfore is not on my list. I want to start Fringe in full Ble Ray quality from the beginning during rerun and hiatus season. I have tivoed this season so far with hopes it will still run next year...
with 1 more episode to air this season,I give high marks for a gripping action packed season 3
fun mindless humor and entertainment w/ great cameos and landmarks.
@Cajun - Glad you're gonna check it out! I'm surprised I was able to sell you guys on this one! lol
Looks like Episode 1 is available on the AMC site here's the link:
Walking Dead Episode 1
Episode 2 and 3 are available via iTunes, Amazon, PS3, XBOX. They may be on demand if you have a cable box. Episode 3 is also reairing at 4:30am on November 18th, 10pm on November 19th and 1AM on November 20th (all eastern time). So it may be just episode 2 you'd have to purchase. It's totally worth it to catch up! Episode 4 will be new and air on Sunday at 10pm on AMC.
@Candidate - I highly recommend getting on board with Fringe. Hopefully it will get renewed for a 4th season. I know FOX is behind it...but the ratings are definitely struggling this season. I'm gonna pick up s1 and 2 soon and start rewatching. It's really good. SOA I'm planning to watch next summer. Entourage I'm all caught up on...I hear there is a 6 episode final season this summer then they're hitting the movies. The show was getting old but this past season was pretty decent. Season 2 with Aquaman was definitely its high point.
That's all I have for now!
I just have to vent. I can't stand the Leila and Sean storyline!!! I don't think it adds anything to the show. I don't think either of them (esp. her) are good at acting!! To be honest, I fast forward when their stupid story line is on (gun shot, kidnap MD, pharmacy, sew-em-up boys). YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!!! There, I feel better, I think. The rest of the episode I liked, but it was predictable. They, gotta get back to the EBE's... I won't be surprised if they cancel the show all together. I guess it makes me sad because I wanted to like something like I liked LOST. Wishful thinking... Guess I'll give the Fringe a go. Thanks for the recap!! Have a super Thanksgiving!!
MJ,
I loved the idea that Hal Holbrook is dosing to look old, that would be awesome!! The flash of the younger him looked like him, but was someone else...familiar. Anyone know or guess the actor that was that flash of a younger him?
Haven't read Doc since Lost left us.
Haven't Dexter'd since Jimmy Smits, not enough time in my weeks for too much TV.
I really like Modern Family, and Terriers on Wednesdays, not much to recap on them, terriers has something about it that I like.
@Char - I don't think you're alone with the Leila/Sean story. It's getting a little ridiculous! I think it's something they can probably fix, but right now it just seems like stalling and a waste of time. Glad you got that out of your system though! Yeah, they do have to get back to the EBEs but I appreciate their efforts to explore other characters that haven't had as much time front and center just yet. I also hear you on wanting to have a new obsession. It's not quite happening for EVENT just yet...but sometimes these things take time. You never know, the 2nd half could be mesmerizing, many people will talk about it...people will pick up season 1 on DVD and then BAM season 2 has a huge following. With NBC being the lowest rated network, there's a chance that they will give THE EVENT a chance to catch on. What do they have to lose? That all being said, I recommend giving FRINGE a go, but definitely give it time to grow on you. It's awesome!
@Gnni - Not to take anything away from MJ, and she may have made the comment too, but I think I commented on Dempsey "TRYING" to appear old. :-) MJ may have too though! lol I looked up on IMDB to see who the guy was but it wasn't on there. Someone on thetvevent.com (where I also post my recap) mentioned that they thought it was a younger version of Hal Holbrook. I'm having a problem accepting that as I don't really think they're planning on keeping Hal around for the long haul. But I could be wrong!
Wow, you left Dexter right before it got REALLY good! I recommend picking up season 4 (or netflixing). Totally worth it! Modern Family is hysterical and last night's episode has become an instant classic as well. Haven't watched Terriers but I've heard good things!
Gnni - I also watch Terriers. Something about it - charming and quirky.
Candidate - I also love SOA - but am three weeks behind due to being sick and a vacation. Plan on catching up this weekend. Been a great season.
I def think that the morphed pic of Hal is the actor himself as a young guy.
Mike - if you go to Potter tonight have a great time !
Okay well that's 2 votes to 1 now on Young Hal Holbrook lol So, maybe I'm wrong. I just figured a future episode would depict Dempsey as a young man...but hey...maybe it's just the CONCEPT will be introduced by Dempsey but he won't be along for the long haul. I guess there are different ways to go about it!
As for Potter, oh yes I'm going! I got our tickets a month ago and reserved tomorrow off. No way I'd miss out! I'm sure waiting to get in line until after Fringe is a bad idea though. It's going to be Sheldon informing me thusly about Indiana Jones all over again! lol
Thanks for the info on Walking Dead. I'll try to check it out this weekend. On Dexter, finally caught up to where I started watching it last season. When I started watching it, Deb and Lundy had just been shot. What an awesome episode that was! I can't believe she hasn't been nominating for anything, probably because they couldn't show a clip of her on an awards show without bleeping half of her dialogue! :) Cajun
I don't think that was an actor portraying Hal Holbrook as a younger man, I thought it was just technological morphing -- Cajun
Cajun - I think most people are thinking the same thing. Maybe I was just overthinking things with Hal because of his age! :-)
No problem on The Walkind Dead info. Enjoy it, it's great stuff. I just rewatched episode 3 and loved it again! I love Deb's dialogue on Dexter...it's fantastic. I still haven't watched last week's episode but it's nice to hear that you're all caught up! I've been loving season 5. Wasn't sure where they were going to go with it is cool to see that Dexter's "comeback" kill has evolved into something a lot bigger. Can't wait to see what happened this past Sunday!
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Syndication Material
STAR TREK: VOYAGER 99/00 BARTER PERIOD GENERIC INFORMATION
General Information - Please direct this page to Programming
The 99/00 Season (Syndication Barter Period, Year One) of STAR TREK: VOYAGER runs 09/13/99 through 09/10/00.
The STAR TREK: VOYAGER license terms begins with a barter period, the length of which will depend on the number of seasons produced. The license terms also includes a non-barter period, which will begin immediately after completion of the barter period. Information on servicing of the non-barter period will be made available prior to its commencement.
STAR TREK: VOYAGER is a one-hour show. It will be delivered on a "Stripped Basis" airing 5 days a week Monday through Friday, or as a single Weekend episode. Delivery will be via satellite; stations may not library STAR TREK: VOYAGER during the barter period. Satellite information follows on the next page.
All barter period scheduling of STAR TREK: VOYAGER is done by Paramount. Two schedules will be provided: a Strip schedule and a Weekend schedule. Stations will still be responsible for tracking plays and maintaining accurate usage on file at the station (do not send in usage.) Stations are required to air STAR TREK: VOYAGER, in either Strip or Weekend version, at all times during the barter period. Stations may not air the Strip and the Weekend during the same week.
For servicing reasons, stations need to contact both Program Lineups and Broadcast Services whenever switching between Strip and Weekend airings.
Year one of the barter period will include the first five seasons of STAR TREK: VOYAGER. 116 episodes will be scheduled initially, with 4 being held back for additional network runs; these four will most likely be scheduled for syndication later in the season.
STAR TREK: VOYAGER will be rated by Paramount and will include a TV Ratings icon and any necessary content codes. A complete ratings list will be sent when available.
Contact Information for STAR TREK: VOYAGER:
Advertising & Promotion 323-956-xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx; Synopses, episodics
Program Lineups 323-956-xxxx Makegoods, preemptions, time changes
Globecast 310-845-xxxx Satellite trouble number
Broadcast Services 323-956-xxxx Formats, schedules, tape orders, satellite feed and general information
Please contact Paramount Broadcast Services at 323-956-xxxx with any questions.
General Information - Please direct this page to Programming and Master Control
Satellite Information for Strip Episodes:
Each of the five weekly STAR TREK: VOYAGER Strip episodes is fed twice. The feeds are three business days before air, i.e. Monday's episode feeds twice on the preceding Wednesday. Tuesday's episode feeds twice on the preceding Thursday, etc.
Feeds begin Wednesday 09/08/99.
Monday-Friday 2:00 am - 3:00 am Eastern (0200-0300 ET)
Telstar 6, Transponder 12
Monday-Friday 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Eastern (1800-1900 ET)
Satellite Information for Weekend Episode:
There are two feeds for the Weekend episode. The feeds are on the Tuesday before the weekend of air.
Feeds begin Tuesday 09/14/99.
Tuesdays 3:00 am - 4:00 am Eastern (0300-0400 ET)
Tuesdays 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Eastern (2100-2200 ET)
Audio on all feeds is 6.2 left; 6.8 right and 5.8 mono.
STAR TREK: VOYAGER is closed captioned and in stereo.
Episodes are fed with the national spots already integrated and pulled-up local blacks; you must recue your tape.
If you are experiencing problems during a feed, please call Globecast at 310-845-xxxx. If you need to schedule a refeed, contact Globecast. The cost is $480 per hour, $250 per 1/2 hour, and $135 per 1/4 hour. The cost may be more if outside space needs to be booked.
If you miss a feed of STAR TREK: VOYAGER you may also order a tape. The charge is $120 for 1" tape, $80 for BetaSP Stereo and $45 for 3/4" tape. There are no spot reels. Contact Paramount Broadcast Services at 323-956-xxxx to order tape. STAR TREK: VOYAGER can not be libraried during the barter period, so tapes will need to be erased after airing.
Dear Promotion Director:
PROMAX '99 was an exciting time for all of us working in the television business. Regardless of whether you were able to attend out STAR TREK: VOYGER PROMAX workshop, we wanted to give you some highlights of what you should expect to receive this summer for the show launch:
Promo Kit/On-Air Campaign: For starters, the STAR TREK: VOYAGER promotion kit (being shipped the week of July 12) will provide you with the various print, synopses, publicity, radio and other promotional tools that you'll need to help launch the show. A complete on-air campaign will be sent to you via satellie over the next few months.
Theme Weeks: To help even further bolster your promotional push and make sure your viewers are going to watch VOYAGER "five flights a week," we are doing something that no syndicator has ever done before. Starting with the VOYAGER launch on September 13 through the end of November sweep (December 3), you will have individual theme weeks supported with special on-air generics and theme week episodic graphics - EVERY WEEK! Here's a list of the theme weeks with their air schedule dates and "working" titles:
THEME WEEKS
THEME WEEK NAME
1 9/13/99 Launch Introduces the series
2 9/20/99 Time Travel Traveling across time
3 9/27/99 Big Bad Aliens They're big; they're bad
4 10/04/99 Destination Earth: Pt 1 There's no place like home - storylines evolving around the crew visiting/remembering earth (part of national 3rd party promotion)
5 10/11/99 Reality Check Someone or something is altering the crew's reality
6 10/18/99 Strange New World Crew visits strange worlds, battle weird space phenomenons
7 10/25/99 Possessed (Hwn) Great visual aliens for Halloween
8 11/01/99 Borg On Board Assimilation Week
9 11/08/99 Five Days Of "7 of 9" Shows What more can you ask for?
10 11/15/99 Destination Earth: Pt 2 2nd part of national 3rd party promotion
11 11/22/99 Aliens Run Amok Out of control aliens
12 11/29/99 My Favorite Aliens Famous aliens from Star Trek legacy
Contest/Promotions: A national 3rd party promotion contest is in the works that will offer a grand prize winner the chance to win a trip to all seven continents in the new millennium! And that's not all! We're also putting together a contest for promotion directors, entitled "Destination: Promos," that's targeted just for you. The promotion director that delivers the most exciting, effective, unique and creative promo campaign is also eligible to win a trip of a lifetime - a trip for two to any one of seven continents. Look for more details of these promotions later this summer.
The Launch Campaign: Our exciting, targeted launch campaign takes all of our VOYAGER research and demographic information into consideration. Entitles "Are You a Voyager?" this campaign has been created to draw in potential new viewers, as well as the already addicted VOYAGER core audience. In an effort to simplify your overall launch campaign planning strategies, below is an outline of some of the on-air and print materials you'll be receiving, as well as a general delivery schedule:
"ARE YOU A VOYAGER?" :60/:30/:20/:15/:10 Theatrical trailer style generics featuring some of the best special effects and action adventure clips from VOYAGER. Satellite fed 6/23 and 6/24
"Intrepid Souls" :30/:20/:15/:10 These spots were shot by the Oscar-winning director of photgraphy, Allen Daviau ("ET," "The Color Purple," "Bugsy") and target the users of the fastest growing pop-culture phenomenon in media today - Cyberspace. Week of July 26
"The Voyagers" :30/:20/:15/:10 Also filmed by Allen Daviau, these spots are designed to appeal to new and already committed VOYAGER watchers. Week of July 26
"JERI RYAN" Generic :30/:20/:15/:10 These spots have been designed to take advantage of the growing popularity of the Borg character, "Seven of Nine," played by the lovely Jeri Ryan. Week of August 23
Episodics :30/:20/:15/:10 One of the most critical elements of your on-air schedule should include topicals, which will be sent to you in complete packages to allow for maximum scheduling flexibility. Beginning in August
Theme Week Generics :30/:15/:10 We'll be providing you with special Theme Week generics and episodic end graphics to use in conjunction with your air schedule for 12 weeks beginning September 13-December 3. Beginning in August
Graphics Package/
Contest Footage Misc Includes "Are you a Voyager?" campaign graphics as well as Paramount contest footage to use for special promotions. Week of July 26
Sales Presentation Approximately 2-3 Minutes Designed to use for local ad sales support, this dynamic tape introduces the characters, action and adventure of the show; being provided with and without announce tracks. Week of July 26
Program Filler Approximately 2-3 Minutes A breakout of the local as sales tape, this program filler is perfect for use at the end of shorter movies, sports programs and other places where you have longer avail times. Week of July 26
Radio - Generics :60/:30 "Are you a Voyager?", "Sounds" and "Quiz" generic radio spots are all being sent to you via audio CD and 1/4" tape via your promotion kit. Week of July 12
Radio - Episodics :30 Radio episodics are another important element in your promo campaign. :30s for every episode will be supplied - all you have to do is tag them, place them, and you're done. Beginning in August
Generic ads "Are You a Voyager?," "Five Flights a Week," "New Millennium," and "The Ultimate Search Engine" generic TVGuide print ads will be shipped to you in Full Page, 1/2 Pagem 1/4 Page and Spreads in the promo kit in July. Week of July 12
Theme Week/Episodic Ads Theme Week/Episodic shells: Three different ad layouts have been created to use for episodic or theme week print and will be shipped to you in July. Week of July 12
Janeway/Seven of Nine Generic Ads "Janeway - The Only Way" and "Seven of Nine - There's Only One" are provided in half-page verticals that can run individually or on both sides of your TVBook or TV Guide, and will be shipped to you in July. Week of July 12
CD-ROM Included in your promotion kit: an advertising material CD-ROM containing ads, ad copy, photos, suggested outdoor layouts, logos and various as elements (in various computer formats) as well as publicity information. Week of July 12
Photography Also in your promotion kit: hard copies of an extensive collection of episodic, gallery and reaction shots of the cast, aliens, space shots and the U.S.S. VOYAGER. Week of July 12
Sales Sheets Under separate cover from the promotion kit, these are designed for you to customize for your local advertising sales support. Week of July 12
Posters Under separate cover from the promotion kit, 100 posters will be shipped to your station to use for contest giveaways, local events and lobby postings. Week of July 12
We are looking forward to working with you this summer to make STAR TREK: VOYAGER a big hit on your station, and we hope that this information is useful in your launch planning efforts.
Feel free to call me at 323-956-xxxx if you have any questions or specific needs. And remember, as the marketing Borg collective would say, "If you use all of these tools at maximum warp speed - VIEWER RESISTANCE WILL BE FUTILE!"
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Show Manager, STAR TREK: VOYAGER
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The Last Two Kmarts in Maine Have Closed
As things come to a close for 2019, so do the doors for the last two Kmart stores in Maine.
The Augusta and Auburn spots are sadly no more. These two locations were left as the remaining Kmarts in the state after the Waterville one had closed in February.
It's hard to believe that there will be no Kmarts left in Maine heading into 2020.
Back in early 2019, the Kmart locations in Maine looked to be in danger of closing when the company that owns them seemed on the verge of bankruptcy. A last-minute deal saved the company, but not without a major restructuring.
It wasn't until near the end of August that the announcement was made that about 100 stores were slated for their end, including the ones in Augusta and Auburn, according to Yahoo.
Here's a few Facebook posts below from Mainers mentioning the closures, and one photo of the Augusta Kmart even has a closed sign right on the front door.
Interestingly, the two stores are still listed on Kmart's official website as of December 26, but calls to both the numbers listed ring with no pickup.
According to a November 2019 USA Today article, the numerous closures will leave the company that owns Sears and Kmart with only 182 stores remaining.
As for New Hampshire, it was reported by WMUR in November that the Salem and Hooksett locations would close by February 2020. The liquidation sales have already begun.
Once those two stores close, that will leave only 1 Kmart left in New Hampshire: West Lebanon.
No more Kmarts in Maine certainly feels like the end of an era.
Source: The Last Two Kmarts in Maine Have Closed
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The Final Season of ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Air in the ‘First Half’ of 2019
E. Oliver Whitney
The wait has been far too long for new Game of Thrones. It’s been almost a full year since the climactic Season 7 finale, and we still have to wait even more for the final six episodes to arrive. But now we know roughly how long that wait will be. Likely no less than six months and no more than 12.
That’s still a pretty vague time frame, but it’s the most HBO would share when pressed for an answer at the TCA summer press tour this afternoon. HBO boss Casey Bloys revealed that Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season will arrive in the “first half” of 2019, so one can assume that means a winter premiere at the earliest, and a summer premiere (which would be similar to Season 7) at the latest.
The other bit of Westeros news out of TCA today was regarding the first prequel series. Last month, HBO handed a pilot order to Jane Goldman’s Thrones spinoff series, said to be a prequel about Westeros’ early, dark history with an origin story for the White Walkers. That series, which was recently location scouting in Scotland, is currently searching for a director and will officially kick off production early next year. While George R.R. Martin previously said there’s still four other potential spinoffs said to be in active development at HBO, Bloys told Indiewire there are “no plans” to make other prequels beyond Goldman’s. For now, we can look forward to seeing Game of Thrones stars at the Emmys this September considering the show swept with the most nominations.
In other HBO news out of TCA, Bloys revealed that Veep will finally return next year. After taking a hiatus following Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ cancer treatment recovery, the show’s seventh season will being production this fall with an expected premiere next spring. Deadwood fans will also be thrilled to learn the movie has officially been greenlit with HBO aiming to debut it in spring of 2019. And it still sounds like David Benioff and Dan Weiss’ slavery drama Confederate is (thankfully) still dead in the water, with Bloys saying nothing has been written yet.
Gallery – The Best Dressed GoT Characters:
16 LINGERING ‘GAME OF THRONES’ QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN SEASON 8
Source: The Final Season of ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Air in the ‘First Half’ of 2019
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Looking At The 2020 Red Sox Roster
We are closing in on Opening Day for Major League Baseball. The 2020 Red Sox roster will look different this season, mainly because of the protocols that are in place for COVID-19. Major League teams will be allowed to carry 30 players on the active roster, while having other players at an alternative site. For the Red Sox, that alternative site will be McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, RI. Here, players will be waiting for the call up to Boston. At McCoy, players will be able to workout and practice so that they will be ready in case they have to go to Boston.
Like 2020, this season will be different for the Red Sox. The 2020 Red Sox roster will start off with 30 players, then go down to 28, and end with 26 after a month. While there won’t be an All-Star Game, and we won’t get a chance to see certain teams like the Astros or the Dodgers, there will be a trade deadline at the end of August. The fun begins on Friday, so let’s see what the Red Sox will be bringing to the table.
Breaking Down The 2020 Red Sox Roster
At the catcher’s position, odds are the Red Sox will have Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Lucroy and Kevin Plawecki on the roster. The Red Sox brought in Lucroy and Plawecki this past offseason on one year deals, following the trade of Sandy Leon. They will be fighting for the prime backup catcher position once the rosters go back down to 26, unless Ron Roenicke plans to keep all three catchers.
The infield will have many familiar faces in it. Mitch Moreland will be at first base, Xander Bogaerts at short stop, and Rafael Devers at third base. Michael Chavis will be on the roster, and most likely be platooning with Moreland at first. The Red Sox brought in Jose Pereza this past offseason to play second base. Tzu-Wei Lin and Jonathan Arauz will also be key utility infielders for Boston.
The Red Sox outfield has a few new faces in it. Joining Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr are Alex Verdugo and Kevin Pillar. Red Sox fans will remember Pillar, who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and the San Francisco Giants. Verdugo, who came to Boston in the Mookie Betts and David Price trade, will be looking to make a name for himself in the outfield.
The Red Sox have their designated hitter in slugger JD Martinez. After signing a five-year deal prior to the 2018 season, Martinez has decided to stay in a Red Sox uniform for the 2020 season, despite the opt out option in his contract.
The Starting Rotation and Bullpen
Right now going into the 2020 season, the Red Sox have Nathan Eovaldi, Martin Perez, Ryan Weber and Brian Johnson in their starting rotation. Eduardo Rodriguez will be joining the rotation at some point during the season, but there isn’t an exact timetable on that yet. Rodriguez didn’t report to camp until recently due to recovering from COVID-19. The Red Sox brought in Collin McHugh in March to fill in for a rotation spot, but he opted out of the 2020 season due to an arm injury. McHugh, who had elbow issues entering the season, didn’t think he would be ready for the 2020 season.
The Red Sox bullpen will look similar to last season, with a few new faces in the mix. Closer Brandon Workman is back for his role with the Red Sox. So will Matt Barnes, Ryan Braiser, Marcus Walden, and Colten Brewer. Newcomers Josh Osich, Jeffrey Springs, Chris Mazza, Austin Brice and Matt Hall will be looking to make a name for themselves in Boston this season.
The Red Sox play two exhibition games starting Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. Ryan Weber will get the ball for Boston, and Nate Pearson will get the ball for Toronto. Both games will be at 7:30pm.
The Red Sox will have an off day on Thursday, before welcoming the Baltimore Orioles to Fenway Park for Opening Day. Ron Roenicke announced recently that Nathan Eovaldi will be the Opening Day starter for Boston, since Eduardo Rodriguez is still getting ready for the season following a delayed start. John Means will be Baltimore’s Opening Day starter this season.
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Red Sox Journal: Sox won 5 of 7 in the last week
Posted on May 7, 2019 by yawkeywayreport
A week ago today, the Sox defeated the Oakland A’s in the second of a three-game series at Fenway Park. Rick Porcello had his best outing of the season. He pitched 8 shutout innings and allowed just 2 hits and 2 walks. The Sox won the game, 5-1.
A day later, on a rare Wednesday afternoon game, Boston was gunning for their first home sweep of the season. Hector Velazquez started and pitched 2 innings of one-run ball. Marcus Walden, who has pitched exceptionally well after starting 2019 at Triple-A, pitched in relief and hurled 3 scoreless innings. Andrew Benintendi broke the game open in the sixth inning when he scored two runners on a bloop single to center field. Final score: Boston 7, Oakland 3.
On Thursday, the team sent second baseman Dustin Pedroia on a rehab assignment to Double-A Portland. The veteran has since played in three games for the Sea Dogs. He has recorded 3 hits and 1 RBI.
Also on Thursday, the Sox were in search for a season-high fourth straight victory. But, mistakes in the ninth inning by third baseman Rafael Devers and closer Ryan Brasier resulted in a White Sox win on a walk-off home run.
Boston responded by winning the final three games of the series in impressive fashion. After the game 1 loss, they outscored Chicago 30-to-5. By the end of the weekend, the Red Sox had captured their third three-game winning streak of the season.
In-season Acquisitions
The team made several other transactions last week. On Friday, they added infielder Cody Asche to their 40-man roster. Pedrioa played in two games over the weekend in Double-A Portland. Asche most recently played at the Triple-A level for the Sugar Land Skeeters of Sugar Land, Texas. His last major league appearance came in 2017 with the White Sox.
On Saturday, Boston placed shortstop Tzu-Wei Lin on the 10-day Injured List (left knee sprain). The team recalled Eduardo Nunez from Pawtucket. Since being activated, Nunez has started two of three games.
Also on Saturday, first baseman Joey Curletta was added to the 40-man roster after being claimed off waivers from Seattle. The 25-year-old has no major league experience, but was named the 2018 Texas League Player of the Year (Double-A) after posting 23 home runs and 94 RBI in 129 games. Curletta was assigned to the Paw Sox roster.
Yesterday, before opening up a three-game series in Baltimore, the Red Sox placed starting pitcher David Price on the 10-day Injured List due to elbow tendinitis on his pitching arm. Price had been the team’s most consistent starting pitcher this season (1-2, 3.75 ERA, 1.14 WHIP). Right-handed pitcher Ryan Weber filled the roster spot after being called up. Weber pitched 4 scoreless innings last night in relief for starter Josh Smith.
After losing last night in Baltimore 4-1, the Sox will send Hector Velazquez to the mound tonight. Chris Sale will pitch the series finale on Wednesday.
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April Awards: Hitters, Pitchers, Fielders
April has come and gone. The Sox finished the month on a strong note – two wins at home against the Athletics. Their overall record is 13-17, good for 7 games back in the AL East. After some fast starts (Mitch Moreland: 10 extra base hits in first 14 games) and slow starts (Rick Porcello: 11.12 ERA through first 3 starts) to the season, the team heads into May with some optimism, as they look to capture their second sweep of the season today. The following are April awards for Red Sox players:
Player of the Month: Mookie Betts
Betts has batted second in the lineup for most of the season. He leads Red Sox hitters in at-bats, runs, walks, on-base percentage, and OPS. He has also been very efficient in the field, as he leads all Boston outfielders with 5 assists. He has permitted zero errors in mostly right field and some center field. After batting as low as the Mendoza-line through the season’s first three weeks, Betts has turned things around. He batted .452 in the final 11 games of April.
Best starting pitcher: David Price
This April award was easy to hand to Price, not because Price’s stuff has been dominant, but because everyone else’s hasn’t been great. Chris Sale and Eduardo Rodriguez have ERAs above six. Rick Porcello’s ERA is above five-and-a-half. Nathan Eovaldi made four starts (6.00 ERA) before going under the knife. Price owns an ERA of 3.60 and a WHIP of 1.07. He finished April with two quality starts.
Best reliever: Ryan Brasier
The Red Sox started the season without a firm understanding of their team’s closer. Brasier has become their guy. Six saves in seven opportunities is good for 5th in the American League. His 1.32 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, and .188 batting average against are all elite numbers. Matt Barners, Marcus Walden, and Brandon Workman have all been stellar as well, but Brasier takes the cake here.
Best hitter: J.D. Martinez
Martinez, who is batting .312 on the season, edges out Betts by a hair. The former leads the team in batting average and hits (34), and is third in on-base and slugging. Martinez led the led in hits, home runs, and RBI last year. I expect him to do the same this season.
Best fielder: Christian Vázquez
The April award could have gone to Betts, or Mitch Moreland, or Xander Bogaerts. Vázquez’s presence behind the dish has been extremely valuable, with the unexpected departure of Blake Swihart and easing-in of Sandy León. Vázquez has caught 5 base runners stealing, which ranks 3rd in the AL. However, more spectacularly, his zero errors ranks first in the AL.
Best rookie: Michael Chavis
Of all the April awards, this was an easy one – not just because Chavis is the only Red Sox rookie to receive regular looks this year. His numbers are terrific. His batting average is above .300, on-base above .400, and OPS above 1.000. He has earned an everyday role at second base, and has even seen time at first and third. His bat is for power (3 home runs), and he seems to feel comfortable with his glove while lined up at several infield positions.
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Red Sox Plummet To 6-13, Swept By Yankees
Posted on April 18, 2019 by yawkeywayreport
At the onset of each matchup, the Sox keep setting out to win games with high hopes of winning series.’ Through 19 games in their championship-defending season, however, the club has yet to win a series and has split just two: one against Toronto and one against Baltimore. Both Toronto and Baltimore combined for 120 wins last year. Boston won 119 games. Last night’s loss to the Yankees had the Red Sox plummet to 6-13. They have now distanced themselves 8.5 games behind Tampa Bay in the division.
The Astros were 2017’s defending champs, and garnered a record of 12-7 through their first 19 games in 2018. A season earlier, after winning the World Series in 2016, the Cubs won 11 of their first 19 the following year. Both the Astros and Cubs made the postseason following their WS titles.’ The last defending champ to have six wins or less through their first 19 games (the following season) was the 1998 Florida Marlins. They started 5-14 and finished with 104 losses. Dombrowski oversaw both the ’98 Marlins team and this ’19 Red Sox team.
Red Sox Plummet To 6-13: “When you’re going bad, it’s pretty bad”
Chris Sale is now 0-4 with an ERA of 8.50. After his start on Tuesday, he spoke with reporters and shared his disgust:
“It’s as frustrated as I’ve ever been on a baseball field,” Sale said. “It sucks. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. I flat-out stink right now. I don’t know what it is. When you’re going good, it’s good. When you’re going bad, it’s pretty bad.”
Despite the ace’s struggles, he did throw 93 pitches and recorded six strikeouts, which were both season highs. He was also able to uptick his velocity to the 97 MPH range for the first time in 2019.
In terms of positional players, Dustin Pedroia exited Wednesday’s game due to left knee soreness after his first at-bat. He is most likely on his way back to the Injured List. Mookie Betts is batting .200, Jackie Bradley Jr. is hitting .148, and everyday third baseman Rafael Devers has an OPS well below .700.
After a strong start as a cohesive unit, the bullpen has been bad lately. Since throwing a collective shutout in Arizona on April 7th, the brigade has warranted a run in seven of the eight games since. Heath Hembree, Tyler Thornburg, Colten Brewer, Marcus Walden, Erasmo Ramirez, and Brandon Workman have all warranted at least 3 earned runs in that span. They have surrendered a total of 21 earned runs in those eight games.
Red Sox Plummet To 6-13: Some bright notes
Nathan Eovaldi had his best outing last night. Six innings, three hits, and zero earned runs. In addition, he struck out six and eclipsed the 100-pitch mark for the first time.
J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez both homered last night. Martinez’s OPS sits above 1.000 and Vázquez’s .438 slugging percentage ranks 5th amongst American League catchers.
After an off-day today, the Sox begin a three-game set at the Trop on Friday. Eduardo Rodriguez will look to build off his impressive start last Friday against Baltimore. Rick Porcello and David Price are scheduled to start on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. They face a Tampa team that is off to their best start in franchise history and has the best record in baseball. Boston has the most road losses to date with 10.
The Sox have no choice but to continue to stay positive and look ahead. It’s better to be slumping now rather than in September. After Sunday’s game, the team will head home for a 10-game home-stand. One would say that now would be the perfect time to stop slumping.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Sox Salvage One Victory In Arizona
Posted on April 8, 2019 by yawkeywayreport
The Red Sox weekend wrap-up began Friday night in the desert with the opening contest of a three-game set against the Diamondbacks. Rick Porcello started his second game of the season. Porcello, after allowing 4 earned runs against Seattle in his first start two Sundays ago, got shelled again. He gave up 7 earned runs in 4.2 innings. What was encouraging to see, however, was the right-hander’s emotions when he returned to the dugout following the bottom half of the 4th inning. A camera showed him throw a Gatorade cooler against the dugout wall. It was nice to see some nerve from Boston’s lousy start to the season. Porcello, now in his eleventh season, has never accumulated an ERA above 4.92, nor a WHIP above 1.53.
Porcello was relieved with two outs in the 5th by Brian Johnson. Johnson, like Porcello, went on to allow 7 earned runs himself, including a grand slam, in just 1.1 innings. When the left-hander finally exited the game after the 6th, the score was 14-1 Arizona.
The Red Sox ended up scoring seven runs in the final two innings. The game was still far out of hand, though. Final score: D-backs 15, Sox 8.
Weekend Wrap-Up: Sox lose a tight one in second game of series
Saturday’s game was another loss, but this time much closer, 5-4. The Red Sox scored first for the third consecutive game. They put up three runs in the top of the 2nd inning. One of those runs was knocked in by pitcher David Price, which was his first career RBI. The Sox could not hold the lead, however. The D-backs responded promptly in the inning’s bottom half with four runs off Price to take the lead.
The game’s next run was not scored until the 7th inning when Mookie Betts drove in Jackie Bradley Jr. with a sacrifice fly to right field. Arizona 4, Boston 4.
The D-backs had a runner on second base, Eduardo Escobar, with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Then Nick Ahmen hit a grounder under Moreland’s glove at first. Escobar came around third base and headed home for the winning run, only to be thrown out by Betts on a one-hopper. Carson Kelly was up next and socked a liner down the left field line that scored Ahmed easily from second. No throw. Final score: Arizona 5, Boston 4.
After losing Saturday’s game, the Red Sox fell to 2-8, which tied the franchise’s worst start through the first ten games.
Weekend Wrap-Up: Boston bullpen captures the team’s first shutout
Manager Alex Cora elected to start reliever Hector Velazquez in the series finale yesterday. The decision proved to be a good one. The right-hander pitched 3 innings and allowed no runs on one hit. The final six innings were handled by Brandon Workman, Marcus Walden, Matt Barnes, and Ryan Brasier. Just two hits and one walk were permitted. Walden and Barners each pitched two innings. Brasier earned his second save of the season.
Mookie Betts was given the day to rest. Mitch Moreland supplied the team its only run of the game. He sent a ball over the fence in the 7th inning for a solo shot. It was Moreland’s third homer of the campaign.
The Sox have their first break of the young season today. They get back to it tomorrow afternoon in the team’s home opener against the Blue Jays.
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Red Sox Update: Two Days Until Opening Day
With two days until Opening Day in Seattle and with ample activity occurring in the past week, here is a quick Red Sox update. Chris Sale signed a 5-yr/$145 million contract on Saturday to remain with the team through 2024. Also on Saturday, the Red Sox made the final cuts to their bullpen. Darwinzon Hernandez was sent to Double-A Portland, while Bobby Poyner and Marcus Walden were optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. Manager Alex Cora stated that Jenrry Mejia would not make the Opening Day roster as well.
Bullpen is set…for now
The Sox bullpen will consist of Matt Barnes, Ryan Brasier, Colten Brewer, Heath Hembree, Brian Johnson, Tyler Thornburg, Hector Velazquez and Brandon Workman to begin 2019.
On Monday, Sandy Leon, who had been with the Red Sox since 2015, was placed on waivers. Later that day, Rick Porcello was hit in the head with a ‘comebacker’ by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras. He “laughed” it off and stayed in the game. What?!?
Arguably the most substantial news happened last Wednesday. In an interview with reporters, reigning AL MVP Mookie Betts was asked about Angels outfielder Mike Trout’s new record breaking contract. “I love it here in Boston. It’s a great spot. I’ve definitely grown to love going up north in the cold. That doesn’t mean I want to sell myself short of my value.”
Also in this Red Sox Update
It was announced very early this morning that reigning World Series MVP Steve Pearce will begin 2019 on the Injured List (IL) due to a left calf injury. Sam Travis will serve as Boston’s backup first baseman in Seattle.
Just over a week ago on March 18, Cora announced that second baseman Dustin Pedroia will also begin the season on the Injured List. Pedroia could make his debut on April 9th on Boston’s first home game of the season versus Toronto.
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Barcelona Shore Excursion
This impressive Shore Excursion touches the most significant highlights In Barcelona for those with limited time, this tour takes you to see the most important sights : • Sagrada Familia • Park Güell • Passeig de Gracia • Casa Batllo • Casa Mila Skip-the-line tickets to Sagrada Familia and Park Güell are included in Private Tour option. Upgradable with local licensed tour guide in Private option. Pickup and Dropoff your ship. Private or Shared Tour available options. Worry-free Shore Excursion: We will ensure your timely return to Cruise Port Port for this activity. In the rare event your ship has departed, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call. See terms and conditions for full details.
Private Walking Tour of Barcelona
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Private Gaudí and Modernism Walking Tour Barcelona
A guided walking tour of Modernist Barcelona architecture with an expert and passionate local guide. On this tour you will discover the most outstanding and surprising buildings that were built between the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Casa Milá, Casa Batlló the Sagrada Familia, and learn of the genius Antoni Gaudí . A journey into the luxury and madness of belle epoch Barcelona , among dragons, fairytale towers and secrets hidden at first sight.
Small Group Outdoors Walking Tour of Sagrada Familia and Gothic Quarter
Take part in a great overview panoramic walking tour and get to know the different sides of Barcelona's history and Enjoy a fabulous overview of Barcelona's diverse history and landscape. Tour as part of a small group of a maximum 10 people in the company of a fun and knowledgeable liscensed guide. You will leave the tour with a great introduction to the Sagrada Familia and Gaudi, as well as the Gothic Quarter, the medieval district of Barcelona.
Barcelona in a Day for Kids and Families with Sagrada Familia and Gothic Area
Get your kids excited about exploring Barcelona on this full-day family-friendly tour. This walking tour explores the city’s highlights and historic center with a strong focus on the kids. Activities and games abound as you visit sights such as the Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, Casa Batllo and La Pedrera, and much more. Learn about Barcelona’s history and culture as you follow your guide around town.
Welcome To Barcelona Electric Scooter Tour
Discover the historical neighborhoods of Barcelona and be amazed by the city’s gleaming Mediterranean coast - visit the Olympic Port, the iconic Sagrada Familia, the luxurious Passeig de Gràcia, the city's own Arc de Triumph, Ciutadella Park, the last bullfighting arena in Catalonia and much more.
Barcelona and Montserrat: small-group, skip-the-lines, pickup from hotel or port
Visitors with limited time in bustling Barcelona often face a tough choice—you can explore Barcelona's top attractions, or visit the scenic Montserrat mountains, situated just outside of the city. With this attraction-packed guided tour, you can actually do both, in only a few hours. Let your guide lead the way to many of Barcelona's must-see attractions—from Gaudi's architectural treasures to sun-soaked Park Guell—and stop at Montana de Montserrat, with admission included in the tour price.
Barcelona Gaudí Segway Tour
The works of Antoni Gaudí—Spain’s celebrated architect—are spread throughout Barcelona. But you’ll cover all the top landmarks on your own set of wheels during this in-depth Segway tour. Cover more sights in less time, from the Sagrada Familia to the Passeig de Gracia, the city’s famous boulevard. Tours also include a stop in the Gothic Quarter for a peek at centuries-old buildings and trendy boutiques.
Gaudí Segway Tour
See the ever-present works of the master of Gothic architect, Antoni Gaudi, on this half-day, guided, Segway tour. Let the Segway do the walking as you glide with your guide to see the unusual shapes, materials, and curves that define Gothic buildings and monuments like the Arc de Triomf. Ride among the modernist buildings on Passeig de Gracia and visit one of Gaudi’s greatest achievemnts: La Sagrada Familia.
Private Tour - Gaudí & Barcelona Legends
Immerse with us into captivating legends from the past that can be seen everywhere in the city once you know them. Understand how architects like Gaudí were inspired by them and left a lasting impact on Barcelona. Why is there a dragon on the roof top? Why was a bat decisive in a battle? Where is the House of Bones? What´s the legend behind the Catalan flag? How to put this into the context of the current independence movement? During the two-hours walk we will make the connection from medieval Catalan history and legends to what inspired Gaudí and other architects when designing the residential buildings along the grand boulevard of Passeig de Gracia. From street pavement to lamp posts – all have a story that we want to tell you! If you love history brought to life by passionate storytellers and you want to enjoy the intimacy of a small group then this is your experience. After these two hours you will discover details you have not noticed before. See the city with different eyes!
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Cava & Chocolate – the perfect combination for your senses and a tradition here in Catalonia! Join us on this exclusive Cava & Chocolate experience in the picturesque town of Sant Sadurni – just 40 minutes away from Barcelona in the middle of the wine country of Penedés. We will visit a small traditional, family run Cava winery and learn about the production of this special sparkling wine that is so inherent to the region. After the tour on their premises we will sit down in the beautiful courtyard and taste several organic, premium Cava´s. Afterwards it is possible to have a delicious four course lunch menu in the best restaurant in the center of Sant Sadurni. In the afternoon we will visit the local chocolate factory and learn more about their 140 years of skills in making fine chocolates. We finish this experience with a stroll through the narrow streets of Sant Sadurni before returning back to Barcelona by train.
Exclusive Champagne & Chocolate Experience
Savor the acclaimed cava (sparkling wine) and chocolate of Catalonia on a tour of a winery and chocolate factory. Traveling outside of Barcelona to the wine country hub of Sant Sadurni provides an authentic winery experience that you can’t get in the city. Throughout the full-day excursion, chocolate and wine enthusiasts can tour facilities while learning about the processes and traditions.
Feel like Gaudí: Barcelona Mosaic Workshop with Tour
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Gaudí and Barcelona Legends Walking Tour
Discover the unique history and legends that surround the Spanish city of Barcelona during this walking tour through Passeig de Gracia and the El Born district. Listen to engaging commentary about Catalonia’s rich history from medieval times to today; see where Antoni Gaudi got his inspiration for his famous buildings; and admire examples of modernist architecture including Casa Mila and Palau de la Musica Catalana.
Barcelona E-bike Tour City Highlights
Start your day in Barcelona with an electric bike tour! With the help of the electric bike, you will be able to cover a lot of ground, introducing you to Barcelona and some of its main attraction in just two hours. Weave your way through the charming streets of the Old City before exploring Barcelona’s more modern areas. This morning tour will help you beat the crowds and the heat.
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Sagrada Familia bike tour
Why does not La Pedrera use air conditioning? And why is this famous Gaudí building called exactly like that, the quarry? How did the Quarter of Discord appear in Barcelona? Why Gaudi was not the first person who begin to build Sagrada Familia? Mysterious genius-architect may seem even more mysterious after you learn the answers to these questions in our bike tour of the most famous buildings of this artist. Each of them can reveal to you a whole world of fantasy, magic, but also prosaic irony with a lack of financing for these branded objects without which now it’s impossible to imagine Barcelona.
Private 4h Tour Of Camp Nou And Most Emblematic Sites Of Barcelona with pick up
Take a private tour around one of the world’s most spectacular stadiums during this excursion to Camp Nou, the ground of FC Barcelona. Gain fascinating insight into the history of the team and stadium in the museum; stroll through the locker room and see the iconic shirts of players hanging on hooks; and pamper your palate with a lavish lunch in the renowned Barcelona Royal Polo Club (Real Club de Polo).
Private 8hour Tour of Barcelona with driver and official tour guide with pick up
See the best of Barcelona on this full-day private tour. You’ll cover the city’s principal landmarks and attractions, traveling from point to point in a private vehicle with your family and friends. This tour is customizable, allowing you to explore the sights at your own pace. In the afternoon, your guide will lead you on a walking tour through the leafy plazas and winding alleyways of the Gothic Quarter.
Private 8hour Barcelona Tour and La Roca Village with driver & guide w/ pick up
Maximize time in Barcelona with a private full-day tour by luxury vehicle. Get picked up at your hotel and cruise through the city to see important sights including the Sagrada Familia cathedral and Casa Batlló with a local guide. Drive to La Roca village for free time to shop at dozens of stores with significant discounts off retail prices. Transportation back to your hotel in Barcelona is included.
Private Half Day Walking Tour in Barcelona with walking pick up
Explore the sights of Barcelona on foot with a private guide on this 4-hour walking tour. Stroll around the leafy plazas, grand avenues and intricate alleyways, passing some of the city’s most famous architectural works and attractions. Your expert guide will share the city’s history, as well as provide local tips for you to plan the rest of your trip.
Barcelona Private Walking Tour with Skip the Line La Pedrera and Casa Batllo
Explore Barcelona and two of its most famous pieces of architecture on this private 4-hour walking tour. Your guide will lead you through Antoni Gaudi’s famous works – La Pedrera and Casa Batllo, before heading to the historic alleyways of the Gothic Quarter and to Las Ramblas and Plaza Cataluña.
Private Full Day City Tour of Barcelona and Monastery of Montserrat w/ pick up
Skip the crowds and rigid itineraries of typical group tours.This private tour of Barcelona takes you around the city in a private vehicle in the company of just your party, a guide, and driver. See such landmarks as the Olympic Stadium and Villa, Palau Sant Jordi, Paseo de Gracia, and Gaudi’s Casa Batllo and La Pedrera int he morning, then head for Montserrat mountain to explore its monastery.
Explore Barcelona on this 4-hour private tour. Your expert guide will bring you to some of the city’s principal landmarks and most interesting neighborhoods in a private vehicle. Visit Montjuic to take in stunning views and see the 1992 Olympic Park, check out Barcelona’s famous shoreline and discover the bohemian neighborhood of Gracia. This tour is customizable, allowing you to see the sights at your own pace.
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Arts/Lit
‹‹ Alibi V.17 No.12 • March 20-26, 2008 ››
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Ophelia Screams
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at the Albuquerque Little Theatre
By Steven Robert Allen
Here’s to you, Willy Shakespeare.
Courtesy of Albuquerque Little Theatre
There once was a time when the Albuquerque Little Theatre (ALT) catered exclusively to the prim and proper. You could bring your grandma or your 8-year-old and you wouldn’t have to worry whether they might take offense at a soft-core penis joke or some simulated retching.
Those days, thankfully, are over. The ALT still caters to a more conventional audience than most other theaters in town. They have a family theater series for the kids, for example, and they do standard vanilla fare like their pre-Christmas staged version of It’s a Wonderful Life. This is a good thing, and not only because these shows pay the rent. Albuquerque is a large enough city to deserve the broadest theatrical palette, from the comfortingly ordinary all the way to the oddball fringe.
That said, it’s nice to see Albuquerque’s most venerable theater throw in some dirty surprises now and then, challenging its audience with material you would usually only find in hipper, grubbier venues. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is an enjoyable example of this. This isn’t weirdo experimental theater but it is just a little bit smutty, and it’s strange enough to satisfy those eager for something a wee bit different.
The premise is a fun one. Three actors attempt to cram the entire output of William Shakespeare into a two-hour show. We’re talking everything—every play, every sonnet. For good measure, they even throw in a bit of mangled bard biography.
Of course, to make it all work, they have to cut a few corners, and the creative solutions provide much of the entertainment value. The verbal agility required to accomplish some of the scenes is ear-popping, particularly when they smash all of Shakespeare’s comedies into a single machine-gun monologue or transform Othello into a freaky white-boy hip-hop number.
We’re in good hands with this production, which is directed by Lee Francis and Jason Witter, two of the masterminds behind the local comedy troupe Eat, Drink and Be Larry. For one thing, these boys have plenty of experience making fun of Shakespeare. Original shows like Hamlet the Vampire Slayer and Macbeth in Space have been fixtures of Albuquerque’s late-night comedy scene for years.
Two of the three performers—Scott Bryan and Daniel T. Cornish—are Eat, Drink and Be Larry veterans. The third performer, Ryan Jason Cook, is an impressive and seamless addition.
It’s hard to talk about the actors as individuals because they work so well together as a unit. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is an energetic, athletic show with the threesome doing handstands, flips, rolls, spectacular falls and slides. They stomp. They shout. They force the audience to take heed.
This show is all about having a good time, and that’s about it. Still, the membrane between audience and performers gets pierced at several points during the play, as a reminder, perhaps, that Shakespeare isn’t merely about dead poets and kings but can also offer up a powerful exploration of the here and now.
In one crucial scene, the threesome forces a bewildered audience member to become Ophelia. In that moment, the membrane gets torn away entirely, and we see, to our horror, that there’s no division at all between the folks cowering in their seats and the exuberant bozos on stage. It’s a transcendent point in a show that expels most of its energy mocking Shakespearean pomposity. In that moment, all the world really is a stage, and all of us merely players—making exits and entrances, taking on different roles, forced to change with new circumstances.
Yet The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) will be just as appealing to people who hate Shakespeare as to those who love him. Just sit back and enjoy the ingenious, fluffy stupidity of it all. And if your grandma is offended by simulated retching, leave her at home.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) , a play by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, directed by Lee Francis and Jason Witter, runs through March 30 at the Albuquerque Little Theatre. $22 general, $20 seniors, $18 students, $10 children. 242-4750.
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Nigeria: Govt Spurns UK Parliamentarians' Threat of Sanction Over Rights Abuse
By Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Deji Elumoye, Wale Ajimotokan and John Shiklam
Abuja and Kaduna — The federal government yesterday said it was unperturbed by resolutions of the United Kingdom parliamentarians for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in the alleged violation of #EndSARS protesters' rights as it did not represent the position of the British government.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, told THISDAY in Abuja that the UK government will not sanction Nigerian officials based on a fake report.
He was reacting to Monday's resolutions taken after the parliamentarians had considered a petition signed by 220, 000 signatories in the aftermath of the alleged shooting of protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, calling, among others, for sanction against indicted Nigerian officials.
However, while the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) hailed the decision of the UK parliament, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said it was losing confidence in the UK lawmakers.
Also yesterday, there was an uproar on the floor of the Senate as senators demanded the setting aside of one per cent of proceeds from the Value Added Tax (VAT) to compensate Lagos State and others affected by the violence associated with the #ENDSARS protests nationwide.
Meanwhile, despite the federal government's protest over its earlier report on the Lekki Tollgate shootings, for which it demanded a retraction, the CNN yesterday aired a second report on the incident, in which it analysed CCTV footage tendered before the Lagos State Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing the matter, to show that soldiers fired at the protesters.
The UK Parliament's Petitions Committee had on Monday debated the motion "that this House has considered e-petition 554150, relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime."
Petitions debates are general debates, which allow members of parliament from all parties to deliberate on crucial issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to government ministers.
A member of the Petitions Committee, Theresa Villiers MP, opened the debate, while the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office sent a minister to respond.
However, Mohammed in an exclusive interview with THISDAY said there was no reason for the federal government to be worried by the UK Parliament's resolution.
The minister stated that what the UK Parliament relied on to arrive at its resolutions were fake news and hearsay.
Mohammed said: "The federal government is not panicky at all. The resolution of the UK Parliament is not necessarily the decision of the UK government.
"And no responsible government will consider sanctioning the federal government based on fake news and hearsay without getting in touch with the government.
"Two issues - the resolution of the UK Parliament doesn't represent the position of the government of the UK and only the government can sanction and parliament can only make resolutions.
"Secondly, we are very confident that no responsible government, no serious government, is going to consider imposing sanctions on other countries based on fake news and unverified videos.
"They will also do their own painstaking investigations and also ask for the side of the country. So, we have no reason to panic at all because we know that all the evidence before them is fake news- nothing of big news."
Also reacting to CNN's second report, the minister said he had watched the video and there was nothing in it to disprove Nigeria's position that there were no fatalities arising from the Lekki Tollgate shootings as soldiers only fired blank bullets.
He added: "Nothing new - CNN is desperate and they are grasping at straws. I have watched the video. We have asked questions: where are the bodies they are claiming? And it is very important to do that. CNN was never at the gate on 20th October
"The BBC reporter that was there reported that the soldiers did not shoot into the crowd. And then the CNN is being clever by half.
"The same CNN on October 23 on its Twitter handle tweeted that 38 lives were lost. A month later after their so-called intensive investigation, they came out and said only one person was killed.
"And people are not even noticing this inconsistency. The truth of the matter is that CNN has been caught in the glare of its own fake news and misinformation and it is just struggling and you know we have written an official letter to CNN.
"The facts are clear. All the videos they are using, none of them can show us dead bodies. They claimed soldiers went and dumped the bodies elsewhere, so those people have no relations.
"They have no parents, and a month after they can't come out and say my son and daughter went to the tollgate and did not come back. CNN was unprofessional, unfair and reckless."
Afenifere, ACF, PANDEF Differ on Threats of Sanctions
In their reaction to the parliamentary decisions, Afenifere and PANDEF hailed the resolutions to sanction Nigerian government officials.
The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, told THISDAY that Afenifere welcomes the decision to impose sanctions "on those with bloody hands to show that enlightened humanity is not impressed with their conduct and they are ostracised by decent people."
According to him, "Listening through the parliamentarians' debate was some therapy to the horror we are going through in Nigeria which fascists unleashed on the polity and the Lai Mohammeds dancing on the graves of our young ones murdered in cold blood.
"The debate was a mark of honour for our shared humanity and a serious indictment of our rulers without any milk of humanity for human lives. Those who protect cows with all they have and even confess to paying a ransom to Fulani who lost cows in Kaduna years after having no tear for our massacred young ones and continue to malign them in death as if there is no God who rules in the affairs of men."
PANDEF's spokesman, Mr. Ken Robinson, expressed the hope that the action of the British parliamentarians would serve as a warning to the federal government.
He said: "The decision of the British Parliament is understandable. It has been said that no country is an island on its own. Nigeria is part of the global community, whatever happens in this country, good or bad, could directly or indirectly, affect the whole world.
"Therefore, the global community cannot afford to sit idle and watch things go wrong in Nigeria, and indeed any other country.
"There is no gainsaying the fact that the handling of the EndSARS protest was awful; things could have been done better. This is a democratic government and citizens have the right to express their disaffection peacefully.
"That's what the young Nigerians did in the peaceful #EndSARS protests but unfortunately, they were brutalised and are now being demonised."
He added that the hiring of armed thugs to unleash terror on the peaceful protesters and the deployment of the military and police against the demonstrators were unnecessary.
But on its part, ACF said it was beginning to lose confidence in UK Parliament and will not want to make any comments on its deliberations about Nigeria.
Speaking in a telephone interview with THISDAY yesterday, the spokesman of the ACF, Mr. Emmanuel Yaweh, said the allegation against the former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), by a member of the UK Parliament made ACF lose confidence in them.
"We at the ACF are beginning to lose confidence in the UK lawmakers.
"Only today a member of UK Parliament by name Mr. Tom Tugendhart took a swipe at our respected former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, by accusing him of stealing half of the money in Nigeria's central bank, the CBN, and taking it to the UK.
"Until the UK Parliament substantiates such wild claims, it will not serve any purpose discussing any of their proposals.
"The ACF is convinced that Gen. Gowon is the cleanest former Nigerian leader surviving.
"Where is the money this UK Parliamentarian has alleged he stole and kept? In which bank and under what name is it kept?
"Raising such wild allegations without substance in the UK against all Nigerians has become a hobby to its leaders. May be they want to recolonise us and steal our wealth as they did before and created a kingdom where the 'Sun never set'.
"If not barefaced theft, what were they doing all over the world, holding innocent Africans as slaves and plundering the weather of India.
"Gen. Gowon resided in UK as a student at Warwick University. All those who knew him said he lived modestly. He has no property in Nigeria or any other place in the world.
"He is today in Nigeria living modestly. Until the UK Parliament provides evidence that Gowon stole half of the money in Central Bank of Nigeria when he was deposed, we at the ACF see the comments of their member as racially motivated to destroy African leaders, no matter how honest they may be.
"We at ACF have no time to discuss with such bigoted people."
Senate Seeks 1% VAT to Compensate Riot-ravaged States
There was an uproar on the floor of the Senate yesterday as senators debated a motion seeking to compensate states wracked by the violence associated with the recent #ENDSARS protests.
The Senate, after the debate asked the federal government to reserve one per cent of VAT proceeds for Lagos and other states badly hit by the violence.
However, the two senators from Lagos State, which was the most affected by the violence, Senators Oluremi Tinubu and Olamilekan Adeola, did not contribute to the debate.
While Tinubu sat all through the time the debate lasted, Adeola, left the chamber and didn't return until deliberation on the #EndSARS motion had ended.
The Senate in its resolution called on the federal government to set aside one per of VAT proceeds as compensation for Lagos and other affected states.
It also asked the government to set up a visitation panel to evaluate the extent of damage in the affected states.
It mandated its Committee on State and Local Government Affairs to ensure compliance by the panel.
The Senate resolutions were sequel to the adoption of two motions moved by Senator Olujimi Abiodun and Senator Gershom Bassey calling on the National Assembly to compensate states affected by the crises.
In their arguments, the two senators disclosed that large-scale destruction of public and private property, including police stations and other public facilities, and the residence of a serving and former lawmaker in Lagos and Cross River States, occurred during the violence.
Olujimi lamented the extent of destruction suffered by the South-west and Lagos State in particular.
She said private and public assets destroyed by hoodlums in Lagos were estimated to be over N1 trillion by the state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Bassey also lamented the crisis in Cross River State, saying that "it is unfortunate that what started as a peaceful protest was hijacked by hoodlums, unleashing terror on innocent citizens."
However, the debate took a different dimension when Senator Sani Musa (Niger East) said the compensation should include states suffering from banditry and Boko Haram attacks.
Musa, in his contribution, said: "Any intervention by the government should be holistic and not restricted to Lagos State or Calabar."
Other senators also said their states should be compensated.
Senator Abdullahi Adamu said any legislative motion on #ENDSARS will be prejudicial to the outcome of the judicial tribunals set up by states.
He suggested that the Senate should wait for the outcome of the tribunals.
On his part, the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, stated that the nation has not done enough to create jobs for the youth.
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Senator Christopher Ekpenyong noted that politicians, especially the executive and the legislators, are fond of using the youth during electioneering and abandoning them after the election.
In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, said there was a need to do more to provide better economic conditions for youth employment.
He added that the Senate needs to support security agencies to ensure the enforcement of law and order.
CNN Airs Second Report on Lekki Shootings
Despite the federal government's protestation, the CNN yesterday broadcast a second report on the Lekki Tollgate shooting.
In the follow-up report, the international news channel said it obtained the CCTV footage of the October 20 incident submitted by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) ahead of the judicial panel sitting.
The footage shows soldiers allegedly shooting at unarmed protesters on October 20.
The fresh report also showed the Commander, 81 Division, Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo, admitting, for the first time, before the judicial panel in Lagos that his men took live ammunition to the tollgate.
The CNN report also highlighted the fact that Taiwo's claim is at variance with the minister's who had claimed last week that the army fired blank bullets.
The fresh report also showed protesters running as soldiers opened fire.
In its analysis, CNN said the footage reviewed at the panel sitting corroborated the timings it reported for the gunshots fired by soldiers but that it did not capture everything that happened.
"The footage corroborates the timings CNN reported for the gunshots fired by the army. It also shows soldiers approaching protesters and firing shots. What is perhaps most notable is what's missing.
"At 6:47 p.m., the moment when CNN has video of the army appearing to fire directly at protesters, the surveillance camera pans away from the area.
"The surveillance camera pans left and tilts up before reframing and struggling for focus. It is unclear if the camera pans away deliberately or whether the pan away is a poor choice by the CCTV operator," it stated.
In its report, CNN quoted Taiwo as admitting that soldiers carried live ammunition to the protest ground.
"For the protection of the force, we carried live bullets in case they were attacked. But the soldiers who formed the firing team, who fired as you could see in the video [... ] carried magazines charged with blank ammunition," he said.
The Nigerian government had tagged the CNN investigation as fake news, threatening to sanction the broadcasting station for "irresponsible reporting."
On Monday, in a letter addressed to the Vice President Communications at CNN, Jonathan Hawkins, Mohammed said the report "did not just fall short of journalistic standards but reinforces the disinformation that is going around on the issue."
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Nigeria: UBA - Becoming Depositors' Favourite
By Goddy Egene
Goddy Egene writes that United Bank for Africa Plc grew its deposits to N5.2 trillion for the nine months ended September, indicating strong customers' patronage following the bank's technology-led initiatives targeted at improving customer experience over the past few years.
There is competition in every sector of the economy given the challenging environment. Competition in the banking sector is very fierce as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) tightens its regulation in a bid to manage the economy amidst another recession. In the difficult economic situation and increasing inflation, consumers' purchasing power continued to weaken. Hence, the major concern of most people is to have enough money to take care of basic needs and survive. Those who manage to save part of their meager income want to ensure that the savings are well secured in a bank.
They must have high level of confidence in such a bank and United Bank of Africa Plc has become one of the preferred institutions by depositors.
Hence, the pan-African bank grew its deposits by 35 per cent to N5.2 trillion for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, from N3.8 trillion December 2019.
UBA has been able to attract high patronage by customers using its technology-led initiatives targeted at improving customer experience over the past few years.
In highly challenging environment affected by COVID-19, UBA was able to record a very impressive nine months results, which stakeholders are very confident would be improved upon at the end of 2020.
The pan-African financial institution reported a growth of 5.9 per cent in gross earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, despite the difficult operating environment. UBA grew its gross earnings by 5.9 per cent from N428.7 billion in the nine months of 2019 to N454.4 billion in 2020.
Net interest income rose by 17 per cent to N186 billion compared with N158.9 billion. Impairment charges printed at N11.476 billion, up from N6.663 billion in 2019.
The pan-African financial institution reported a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N90.4 billion compared to N98.2 billion recorded in 2019. Similarly, it recorded an after-tax net profit of N77.1 billion, thus putting its annualised return on average equity at 16.4 per cent. Operating income also improved by 10.4 per cent year-on-year to close at N293.7 billion, up from N265.9 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2019.
The bank continues to maintain a very strong balance sheet with total assets improving by 26 per cent to N7.1 trillion, compared to the N5.6 trillion recorded at the end of December 2019. The shareholders' funds remained very strong at N655.3 billion rising by 9.6 per cent from N598.0 billion recorded in December 2019, thus reflecting a strong capacity for internal capital generation and growth.
Commenting on the results, the Group Managing Director/CEO, UBA Plc, Kennedy Uzoka, said: "In spite of the current turbulence in the operating environment, occasioned by the global pandemic, we have continued to record significant progress in our business segments. Notably, our innovative financial inclusion propositions have helped us moderate cost-of-funds to 3.2 per cent (4.0 per cent in FY 2019), as low-cost deposits (which accounts for 76.2 per cent of our customer deposits) grew 40.8 per cent by the end of the third quarter.
"Our direct sales agents, agency banking network, and digital banking propositions have positioned us at the forefront of financial inclusion across geographies where we operate."
According to him, the bank was able to provide support to customers across its footprint, assisting them to navigate the negative impact that Covid-19 pandemic has had on livelihoods, businesses and social life.
"Since March 2020, we have provided transaction fee waivers to customers, rescheduled loans where business cashflows have been impacted, and donated generously to governments and communities to help catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic," he added.
Speaking on the expectations for the rest of the year, Uzoka said: "Whilst the outlook for the rest of 2020 is expected to remain challenging, our diversified model provides sufficient resilience, enabling us to continue to delight our customers with innovative banking products within our robust risk management framework."
Speaking in same vein the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ugo Nwaghodoh said: "We achieved substantial growth in the underlying business, having grown loans by 15.6 per cent (to N2.4 trillion) and deposits by 35.7 per cent (to N5.2trillion) within the period as interest and fee income from loans settled at N172.9 billion and N8.9billion respectively.
"Credit impairment charges increased by N4.8billion (to N11.5 billion), providing adequate reserve for impaired loans, which should help moderate the need for further reserves later in the year. Non-performing loan (NPL) ratio and cost-of-risk settled at 5.2 per cent (5.3 per cent in FY 2019) and 0.64 per cent (0.9 per cent in FY 2019) respectively."
According to him, as they deploy rigorous balance sheet management strategies to protect their margins, they will sustain cost discipline to push cost-to-income ratio to their desired sub-60 per cent target in the short-term.
"The group continues to target 15 per cent loan growth, a NIM of >6.0 per cent and ROE of >16 per cent for the 2020 financial year, but targets remain subject to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on the operating environment," the GCFO said.
Assessing the UBA's Q3 2020 results, analysts at FBNQuest Research said, the performance beat forecasts across most key headline items. "Relative to our forecasts, PBT and PAT beat by 27 per cent and 18 per cent respectively due to positive surprises in funding income, impairment for credit losses and income tax. In marked departure from the double-to-triple-digit y/y impairment growth reported by other banks that have published their results, UBA's impairment for credit losses was up by mere single digits (+4 per cent). On an annualised basis, UBA's 9M PAT implies an ROAE Of 18.4 per cent. Although management has not provided an ROAE guidance for 2020, the annualised ROAE implied from its results falls with the 18-20 per cent range that management had typically guided to in prior years," they said.
According to the analysts, pre-provision profits expanded by 17 per cent on the back of funding income growth of 37 per cent.
"Similar to other banks, UBA's funding income growth benefitted from a moderation in interest expense, largely because of the low yield environment, and the regulatory induced reduction on interest expense on customer deposits.
The y/y expansion in pre-provision profits overshadowed a 16 per cent y/y rise in opex and was the major driver behind PBT growth of 19 per cent y/y.
UBA's cost of risk declined by 30bps q/q to 0.6 per cent, thanks to a 29 per cent q/q reduction in impairments for credit losses. Further down the P&L, PAT growth accelerated by 42 per cent y/y, driven by a lower effective tax rate of 1.6 per cent vs. 11.0 per cent in Q3 '19," they said.
Going forward, UBA is expected to witness improved performance as it deepened its retail products and services with an aim to delivering services aimed at meeting the needs of its customers across Africa.
These services and product offerings, targeting at all classes of customers have been specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of individual customers of the bank, in line with the Customer First policy of the bank.
Head of Retail Liabilities, UBA Plc, Ogechi Altraide, explained that the bank was well prepared ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic and had rolled-out a number of products that enabled customers to carry out their daily transactions with ease from the comfort of their homes.
She said: "At UBA, we have developed very deep and customer-centric solutions that have given us number one ranking over time. Our retail footprint cuts across 20 African countries, where we serve over 20 million customers through well researched platforms including over 20,000 POS as well as 3,000 ATMs deployed across the continent. We have well over 10 million active cards, while our very active and highly applauded Mobile App and USSD platforms serve several millions of subscribers every second."
According to her, the bank's retail banking platforms cater to all ages and classes with the Kiddies and Teens Account - where parents can earn rewards and bonuses for saving for their kids, while also enjoying support in terms of scholarships and health insurance.
"There is Next Gen Account, which caters for young adults; Mass Marketing segment - made up of low to mid income earners; Affluent Banking for the premium banking experience as well as SME banking, which caters to meeting the needs of a niche industry essential for the growth of any economy," she added.
Highlighting the bank's increasing support for the MSMEs, she explained that the bank offers both financial and non-financial services to this all-important sector as well as access to loans.
"At UBA, we recognise that SMEs are important to economic growth, therefore our various offerings for MSMEs is positioned to support them in this regard," she said.
Altraide noted that other retail propositions the bank has developed to promote financial inclusion are Diaspora Banking where customers can enjoy the same quality of services in all locations around the world through UBA Connect and Africash; and Agency Banking, which makes use of digital channels that allow customers to access UBA banking services right in their neighborhoods from our dedicated agents.
"Apart from UBA mobile banking, USSD, internet banking and LEO - UBA's virtual assistant other innovative platforms that drive the bank's retail business include UBA's Click Credit - a much loved and accepted facility that makes instant cash available to customers with salary accounts within minutes," she said.
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The impressive performance of UBA made it to win two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay's Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI). UBA won the 'Bank of the Year' in recognition of its consistent effort in outperforming its peers using a composite of financial metrics, strategic foresight, execution discipline, world-class governance and global vision.
UBA also won the award for 'International Bank of the Year', a keenly contested category, that pitches Nigerian financial institutions that have expanded on the continent against their international peers operating across Africa.
Commenting on the awards, the Deputy Managing Director, UBA, Ayo Liadi, said: "These awards mark another milestone for UBA Group and is a testament of the diligent execution of the bank's strategic initiatives on customer service.
Being recognised as Nigeria's best bank complements positive feedback from customers and is a recognition of our improving efficiencies, service quality and innovation. I therefore dedicate it to our growing loyal corporate and retail customers, who are our essence. Given our heritage commitment to Africa's development, we continue to impact lives through our service as well as funding to individuals, businesses and government."
He pointed out that the bank remains focused on its goal of democratizing banking in Africa, leveraging on new technologies and emphasised its determination to change the narrative of financial services in Africa.
Publisher of BusinessDay Newspapers, organisers of the event, Frank Aigbogun, said that UBA had excelled in the key areas of prioritising customers, which according earned the bank the double honours.
While explaining the rationale behind UBA winning the two prestigious categories in its December issue, Aigbogun noted that the bank stood out in prioritising customers as has been evident in the significant rise in customer deposits.
He noted that even though Africa's economic landscape has been unpredictable in recent times which resulted in recession in Nigeria and some of Africa's best performing economies, the bank still found its rhythm and excelled.
He said: "In these conditions only the most diversified and innovative of regional banks can prosper. And this is precisely why UBA has scooped the BAFI 2020, Best Bank of the year and International Bank of the year, a testament to hard work, resilience. For one, the lender registered impressive top- and bottom-line growth over the review period."
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Court rules that Cloud music lockers are legal
Seth Weintraub
- Aug. 23rd 2011 12:43 am PT
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Wired‘s got some good news for Amazon, Google, Dropbox and anyone else who stores music in the Cloud. The practice is legal and doesn’t infringe on record company rights. Additionally, Cloud companies need not store multiple copies of the same song, so long as each users file is the exact same copy, including MD5 hash (same bit rates, album art, etc).
In a complicated federal court decision Monday (see Threat Level’s write-up), a New York federal court judge ruled that the practice was legal — but only insofar as the single storage method is done for exactly unique copies. So for instance, all people who bought “Stairway to Heaven” as an MP3 from Amazon would have the exact same file (as determined by an MD5 Hash) and MP3tunes could just store a single copy.
However, the ruling makes clear that if MP3tunes scanned a customer’s music collection and found “Stairway to Heaven” ripped from a CD with a slightly different file size, the company could not simply substitute a master copy. Instead, that customer would have to upload the file.
The decision also said that allowing “sideloading” of songs was legal. That was the feature of MP3tunes that let users add songs they’d found on webpages, such as music blogs, directly to their online locker.
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17 02 2020 by flares
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Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer (Barbican Music Library, 16 January-2 May 2020)
Trevor Paglen: From ‘Apple’ to ‘Anomaly’ (The Curve, Barbican, 26 Sep 2019—Sun 16 Feb 2020)
So, the Barbican – aka the alcohol-free concert hall – was heaving and so the slightly complicated but with good sight lines for a rendezvous foyer turned out not to be a smart move. Especially when Dennis was playing havoc with the trains. But that didn’t dissuade the thousands of people who had descended for a wellness fête (and who were queueing in their hundreds for the ladies loos hidden in the bowels of the building).
The Sorrows of (Not So) Young Werdna
1971 films, seventies, wip
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Wyndham, Quest for Love, Random Quest, Walter Benjamin, wip, works in progress
Inevitably this contains several plot spoilers
In criticism we – I – start from where we know and head into new territory. We have a political or critical viewpoint – Marxism, feminism, aesthetics – and apply it to a new text. Or we use a text to explain an idea or an idea to explain a text. (There’s a line somewhere from Mallarmé – shameless name drop – about the folly of saying clearly what the author has said opaquely.) We needn’t reinvent the wheel, of course, we build on the shoulders of giants. Sometimes people haven’t seen the giants, so we get people suggesting that no one has written about Katherine Burdekind or that everything thinks John Wyndham is cosy, when, in fact, he isn’t.
Upon this Key, Time Will Slide
aura, eighties, Music, nostalgia, seventies
art, culture, eighties, Music, seventies
I don’t recall how it was I first got into Tangerine Dream in the early 1980s. With Neil and Paul I shared an interest of making music although I was always on the production side. I don’t recall whether we got into Tangerine Dream because Neil had a keyboard or whether Neil got a keyboard because we were into Tangerine Dream. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and Genesis were hanging around, perhaps drifting from older brothers’ bedrooms and there were two drama teachers who were to be our gurus to alt.culture. Jean-Michelle Jarre had released three albums – Oxygene was too abstract for me, Magnetic Fields felt too commercial and Equinox was just about right.
We were considered to be old enough to be allowed to go into town with friends or even on our own without adult supervision, and not only were there two or even three HMVs, but Selectadisc had two branches, probably three shops, and WH Smiths still sold vinyl. Brothers in Arms was yet to convince us that plastic boxes were the way forward. There may have been an Our Price and an (ho hum) Andy’s Records, and a market stall and – a miraculous discovery – Good Vibrations, a secondhand music shop raising money for Greenham Common protestors with a psychic cat who sat on the precise stack of LPs you wanted to look through next.
Of course, we must have heard some – it was regularly used in documentaries and we watched Horizon most weeks – or got into it somehow because one day I went into town and went from shop to shop checking prices. The cheapest two available were Phaedra and Rubycon and I suspect that I just thought that the ghostly blues of the sleeve were more pleasing than the drop of water on Rubycon.
It would be ten years or more before I was to read Walter Benjamin but already I got aura. A gatefold is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The twelve inch of cardboard already gives a fantastic canvas, but a gatefold gives you a landscape. In time it gives you Roger Dean (and you end up with Avatar) and a whole new world. (Triple albums on the other hand I was in two minds about. Maybe they were a little … decadent? Pretentious?) The album held a magic that CDs never did – they were regressive in design terms, mere functional – and I cannot embrace to download, as a child of objects rather than services. I scoured the sleep for information – dates, personnel, who played what and noted a child’s face (a boy? a girl?) hidden in plain sight in the artwork.
And having got the bus home and the not then so Aged Ps being out at work, I could listen to Phaedra on the stereo in the living room. There is that moment of anticipation when you buy a record you know nothing about – if I could remember church services I might compare to the vicar raising the host or something – the moment of not knowing what sound is going to emerge or whether the stylus will not just scrape across that disk.
I can’t write about music and I can’t dance about architecture, but then you knew that. A seventeen minute thirty nine seconds instrumental using moogs, mellotrons, organs and sequencers – the flob flob flob running water/fan of the VCS3 – and somewhere in the mix guitars and bass and flute. It felt – at an age too young for drugs – like I’d been taken on a trip. Certainly I was already hooked.
Meanwhile Neil had gone out and bought Rubycon. He played it to me and I liked it but obviously it wasn’t quite as good as Phaedra, although it had that secret head hidden on it. We had a kind of unspoken agreement – home taping was killing music and so we would each buy a Tangerine Dream album and allow the other to record it. We went into town and – trust a thirty year memory – we bought Stratosfear and Tangram. (Might it have been Exit with its sell-out five minute tracks or Ricochet?) I can’t remember if Neil’s version of Tangram had an inner sleeve design or an insert, but some versions had them. We researched tangrams. We looked up the strange words from the track titles in dictionaries and thesauri. We went out and bought Force Majeure and Hyperborea and I liked both them rather more than Neil did who wasn’t sure if that had been a fiver well spent.
At some point Paul joined in – I think we let him buy Cyclone (oh poor pretentious children) and I think he bought White Eagle and I had this sense that was risking the pact because we weren’t keeping up in buying them all together (really? What was I thinking?). Over the next two years we collected all the Virgin studio albums and two live albums. The local library had – why I have no idea but someone must have ordered it – the OST for Sorcerer and one of us must have bought Thief and Le Parc. The double live album Poland came out and was maybe a little meh. The Virgin years were behind us. TD wise.
And we saw them live at Nottingham Concert Hall, sat in the front row and then we had everything they’d released (or we assumed) and the new stuff was too electronica my tastes. I saw them live again and again too much BPM. By then we were at uni and I listened to taped copies and the albums gathered dust – I bought some of Paul’s cast offs and filled in my gaps. Vinyl was over though.
How did we know what the gaps were? I suspect we scoured microfiche in the library and maybe there was a reference book. I’d borrowed Atem, Alpha Centauri and Zeit (“Shite”) from the library, but a boxset scored me copies along with Electronic meditation. Klaus Schulze had gone solo and I think I was the only one to really like him – although the fake strings of X (“Heinrich von Kleist”?) nearly swayed Neil’s classical loving Dad. Peter Baumann released two albums – poppy technoish – and so did Steve Joliffe – one about extra bodily experiences the other butterflies. Edgar Froese released solo work – but that was pretty well Tangerine Dream anyway, although I was less of a fan. I tried atonal music and Bach and dipped into Eloi, but never quite went the krautrock route. I collected Bo Hansson’s four albums and some of Gong and… the pretentious progrock of Yes.
Vinyl was dead. My brother bought me CD compilations and when I saw the other CDs in Fopp for a fiver I picked them up. I put some on my hard drive. My brother burnt me later albums onto CDs, I found bits on Spotify and YouTube but it lost the aura.
And now Edgar Froese is dead. Chris Franke aside, he was for me Tangerine Dream.
I’d only just played one of their CDs but don’t blame me.
It’s a whole chunk of my teen years – my eighties as uncanny echo of the then hated (by others) seventies, the decade that taste forgot. Did I write about them in Solar Flares? (I dance on the inside.) It was technology and culture and internationalism; it was Saturday mornings; it was friendships and altruism and rivalries; it was teenage bedrooms and joss sticks and a row of trainers by the front door; it was playing with keyboards and home made multitrack; it was a pile of TDK D90s. It was a way into baroque and to minimalism, although for me it wasn’t the diddly diddly diddly music our parents scorned but the minimalism that would change, the abstract that shifted into tune – the unexpected melody of a piano, the screech of electric guitar disguised. It was analogue fucking with digital. It was the thrill of the hunt, it was that pile of record sleeves. It felt real and it would last forever.
It didn’t. It probably wasn’t.
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Secondary Level Organization and Exclusion in Community Forestry: A Case Study of Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN)
Ang Sanu Lama
Research Associate, Social Science Baha, Nepal
Although community forestry (CF) in Nepal has been considered a successful program in terms of improving forest conditions, supporting forest-based livelihoods and enhancing local level community engagement, its exclusionary outcomes have been well documented. However, more focus has been given to the socio-cultural, economic and institutional factors at the community level as the causes of exclusion of women, Dalits, people living in poverty, and ethnic minorities. These marginalized groups are seen as being excluded from benefit sharing and decision making in CFUG as a result of community level elite capture and socio-economic attributes of marginalized groups themselves. Thus CF policy guidelines see Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) as the main actors in addressing exclusion. Although recent studies have looked at the impact of external actors, power relations, and macro-level institutions on exclusion, not much attention has been paid to how secondary level organization, i.e. organizations that represent local level community organizations, understand and address or do not address exclusion. Taking the Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) as a case study of such an organization, this study looks at how FECOFUN sees itself in relation to exclusion in CF. Through its elaborate organizational network at multiple levels FECOFUN has strengthened the community forestry movement in Nepal, challenged the forestry sector’s techno-bureaucratic hegemony, and democratized forest governance. This study provides an analysis of various perceptions of exclusion within FECOFUN, and how these perceptions shape FECOFUN’s role. Research methods used were primarily qualitative. Data was collected primarily through 26 semi-structured interviews and secondary data in the form of documents and reports from FECOFUN. Coding was done for concepts and themes most closely related to the research question and concerns as suggested in existing literature, along with identification of emerging concepts and themes from interview data wherever appropriate. Coded data was analyzed by sorting, comparing, and combining coded data units within and across the interview data to identify patterns and linkages. The study found that there were significant differences in the way local level officeholders interviewed and those at the district and national level of FECOFUN understood exclusion in CF. At the local level FECOFUN, there was more focus on equal distribution of forest products, equal involvement in CF activities, and proportional representation. They see inclusion as happening and not a problem. Officeholders in the later levels spoke of proportional representation, equitable benefit sharing and involvement of marginalized groups in decision making. They recognized elite control at the CFUG level as a cause of exclusion. Some of the reasons for this difference could be due to lack of resources and training in the lower levels of FECOFUN, and lack of adequate interaction between its various levels. The study further argues that because of the dominant understanding of exclusion in CF and because of FECOFUN’s dependence on powerful actors like donors and forestry sector for resources, it is unable to challenge the role these actors play in sustaining exclusion.
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A Fleeting Visit To Los Angeles
December 15, 2018 July 19, 2020 Clazz - An Orcadian Abroad
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of LA.
After my brief stop there ten years ago, I always said I wasn’t bothered about ever going back. But it felt kind of unavoidable on a road trip that was leading us down the coast of the USA, and in some ways I did want to go back one day to prove my past self wrong. Surely my more travelled self would find all of LA’s redeeming features and my experience would write off everything I hated about the city in the first place.
I took this exact photo 10 years ago (also pleased to see a billboard for Bohemian Rhapsody made it into this photo because it’s bloody fantastic!)
After all, my trip to the States in 2008 was one of my first ever trips abroad. It was my first time travelling “solo” (I was in LA as part of a TrekAmerica group) and it was my first time really seeing homeless people, drugs, and – dare I say it – it was probably the most multicultural place I had experienced. I didn’t feel unsafe as such, but as a sheltered, naive 19-year-old on the other side of the world, parts of it did make me feel uncomfortable. But now that I’d been all over the world and seen all of this on larger scales, I was convinced it wouldn’t be as bad as I remembered it.
But that is kinda why we only planned one day there.
And that meant I wanted to pack a lot in.
First thing on the list? The Warner Brothers studio tour! (I have of course done the UK version which is all Harry Potter, and while this does have a tiny bit of HP, it focuses on absolutely loads of Hollywood movies, and one highlight for most people is the Friends’ Central Perk set!)
I had no idea what to expect from the traffic in LA (well, I did – I was pretty sure it was going to be a shit show) so we left our motel bright and early to head over to Burbank.
The traffic, incredibly, was not a shit show. In fact, we got to the general vicinity of Warner Brothers’ studio a full hour and a half before our slot tour, so we decided to whizz on by and go up to the next thing on my list: Griffith’s Observatory.
10 years ago, I was really, really underwhelmed by the Hollywood sign. It’s tiny. So I wanted to get a bit closer (if we’d had more time, I’d like to do the hike up to it).
I quite enjoyed the drive up there – through a fairly nice neighbourhood (for LA!) and along the side of the hill.
We also made a massive mistake because we, idiotically, paid for parking approximately 20 seconds before realising we didn’t need to. So for reference – if you go up there before midday, you do not need to pay for parking.
Then the observatory was closed. Our second mistake. Again, for reference – if you want to go into the observatory, it’s closed on Mondays.
It was also smoggy as hell.
Despite the clear skies in one direction, we literally couldn’t even see the city from up there!! A completely wasted opportunity for a great view, and we’d accidentally paid for the privilege. I think if we hadn’t done that, it wouldn’t have been such a bummer.
And the Hollywood sign? STILL TINY.
It’s okay guys, you don’t need to get your glasses. I zoomed in a bit.
Overall: a fantastic detour to Griffith’s Observatory!
But no matter, we were about to have a GREAT time on the Warner Brother’s tour!
The price of the tour is really good for what you get; the parking is not. We had to pay a whopping $12 which technically lasts all day but realistically you’re only going to use it for a couple of hours. But at least we had been expecting that.
The great thing about the tour is you never really know what you’re going to get or what you’re going to see. This is because it’s a tour of live, working sets. Obviously if they’re filming, you don’t get to watch, so you don’t get to see that lot.
But we did see the Gilmore Girls’ café, a theatre building that’s been used in loads of films, and we walked around the New York which has been used for countless movies and TV shows including Friends.
I could be completely off the mark, but is this where Jean Claude Van Damme is filming that movie in Friends? And Monica is standing in one of the alleys?
The productions that shoot on the Warner Brothers’ lots aren’t all Warner Brothers. Other studios regularly rent out the lots, and they can do what they like to them as long as they’re returned to the state they were rented out in. Therefore a lot gets repainted, things can get blown up, and there’s a square of tarmac where they shot an advert (of all things) where they broke the ground and had to re-tarmac it so now it looks really obvious. I cannot remember what the advert was!
Anyway, it was really cool getting to walk around on sets, and we even got to go into Conan O’Brien’s studio (strictly no photos, though) – obviously while it wasn’t filming. We saw Ellen’s building, but didn’t get to go in.
Just a couple of the absolutely massive sound stages and studios – these are where people like Ellen film their daily shows, as well as big shows like The Big Bang Theory
The stop at an exhibition building full of superhero and Harry Potter costumes and props – two of my favourite things! Unfortunately, I’m a Marvel girl and it was DC… and it was mostly Fantastic Beasts rather than Harry Potter… it was a bit like when we went to Hobbiton excited to see all the cool LOTR things in the shop, and it was full of Hobbit movie merch instead, which let’s face it, just isn’t quite as cool.
But – I loved it in here! While I’m not a huge fan of DC, it had loads of Wonder Woman stuff which was really cool!
AND! AND! We got sorted!
BY THE SORTING HAT!
For the record – after always being convinced that I would be in Gryffindor, I am officially a Ravenclaw. I’m actually okay with that. Is it okay that Ash is a Gryffindor, though?
The other highlight was the freaking warehouse of Batmobiles.
Like, for real, does it get any cooler than this?!
After our fun drive back through the back lots, passing little buggies for various TV shows and we even got a sneak peek at the Camp Crystal Lake set for Freddie Vs. Jason, it was off to Stage 48 where the guided tour ends.
This is where the infamous Central Perk set is, and also an actual Central Perk café (without the couch, but you can get a cup of coffee in a Central Perk cup!).
It’s also got an incredible exhibition of costumes and props through the ages, as well as interactive bits and pieces and even photo opportunities like flying on a broomstick.
There is some seriously cool stuff here – like check out these outfits from Casablanca, and James Dean’s infamous red jacket!!
There are props and sets from absolutely loads of movies like Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, Gravity, Interview With A Vampire and Nightmare On Elm Street, just to name a few. You could watch audition tapes of lots of stars, scripts that I wondered whether they had been used or rejected, photos from the filming of some ace movies like 300, Inception and a ton of classics. It was just endless.
Even the gift shop is fun!
I had SO MUCH FUN on this tour, and it was definitely my highlight of LA.
Next on the agenda was, as a natural progression of course, the Hollywood strip. I think if Ash had been to LA before, we might have skipped this, but it’s sort of a must-do on your first visit.
And so we found ourselves on the chaos that is Hollywood Boulevard.
I had amazed myself by successfully driving there, and not only that but we managed to park at the Hollywood & Highland shopping centre car park, which is $2 per 20 minutes, but if you validate your ticket at a participating retailer, it’s 2 hours for the $2 instead. Much better than the $12 we had just paid.
And that’s how we found ourselves on Hollywood Boulevard with hot chocolates in our hands in the Californian heat. Because we panicked and we wanted our $2 parking, dammit.
Anyway, I sort of had fun following the stars and finding the people I wanted.
We had to take this photo so quickly that I accidentally got Ash’s feet in it!!
But it was soooooo busy, to the point that Ash almost had a panic attack. When we were in Bangkok, we were “warned” about how chaotic this market was near the Grand Palace. That was a walk in the park, especially compared to other places in Asia, and we laughed about it afterwards. Hollywood? It was just crazy. I was having to time my photos of the stars between people’s legs. People dressed as Bumblebee and Batman and storm troopers were just constantly in our faces.
We ducked into the Chinese Theatre courtyard, thankful to “get away” from it all.
I actually sort of missed the Chinese Theatre last time. I don’t remember looking at the hand prints and foot prints at all. But it is SO much cooler than the stars! It’s almost like a piece of the stars, rather than “another plaque”.
Ash was very proud that he has bigger feet than Bruce Willis. But smaller – unsurprisingly – than Samuel L Jackson. (Also my hands fit snugly into Emma Watson’s!)
We also looked for the oldest one – the earliest one we could find was Jackie Cooper (aged 8) in 1931! But apparently there are a few from 1927.
And the Star Wars ones are cool, too!
But soon, we were getting overwhelmed again and we headed back to the car to attempt the drive to our next destination.
Not realising that we would be directed ONTO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. I DROVE DOWN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. FOR FIVE WHOLE MINUTES. (Because we were stopped for 90% of it.)
White knuckles, white knuckles, white knuckles
Anyway, we were off to Santa Monica. Santa Monica is the only place I remember enjoying last time I was in LA, and it was short-lived because at that time we didn’t know how far apart everywhere is in LA, and two of us had a flight to catch. So as soon as I knew I was coming back to LA, Santa Monica was the one place that immediately made the cut.
If the day had been longer, we might have rented bikes and cycled down to Venice beach and back, but remember when I said parts of LA had made me feel uncomfortable? One part was a homeless guy shouting that he wanted money for drugs at Venice beach. I remember being shocked by how run down it was, considering it was VENICE BEACH.
So I definitely didn’t feel like going there when there was only limited daylight left.
Santa Monica was the perfect way to end the day.
We wandered down the pier, grabbed some unhealthy pier food, and waited for the sunset to roll in.
I wasn’t expecting much, being that it was cloudy and the sun was so obscured that colours were scarce. But I’m glad I kept a look out, because suddenly:
We continued our wander – mostly to make sure we avoided the worst of rush hour – but it was time to head south, utilising our spare day to visit San Diego! We were glamming it up in a rest stop for the night, making our last-minute motel reservation the night before very worthwhile (it meant I didn’t look like a tramp in LA!).
So I came away from LA feeling surprised about three things:
The traffic was nowhere near as bad as I expected. I had factored in way more time than necessary for our journeys – as you do in LA – but found ourselves getting between places in more or less the time it said it should take. I feel like we just got lucky, though!
As much as I still wouldn’t call myself “a fan” of LA, I do think we could have easily spent more than one day there. We did all the main things on our list, except go to an In N Out burger which luckily we did in San Francisco AND Las Vegas! But there are some other really cool things I’d like to do (um, hello Disneyland and Universal!), it wouldn’t be bad to have a beach day, and we could have been more choosy about when we went up to Griffith Observatory too. We could have found some cool bars or eaten great food too, but at the end of the day we achieved what we wanted from LA.
I wouldn’t actually rule out going back to LA one day! I won’t go out of my way to, but if I have the opportunity then I won’t immediately write it off.
Have you ever gone back to somewhere you didn’t like? How did you find it the second time around?
While you’re here, you might also like some of my other posts about our USA road trip:
⭐ The Perfect Day(ish) In San Francisco
⭐ Yosemite In A Day: All Of The Incredible Views In Yosemite National Park
⭐ Hiking Angel’s Landing In Zion National Park
⭐ Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend: The Gems of Page, Arizona
⭐ Finding The Weird, Wonderful & Awesome: Driving From LA To Las Vegas
⭐ Ticking Off A Bucket List Road Trip: Driving Highway 1 & Big Sur
⭐ Hikes, Sunsets and a Crazy Camping Adventure at the Grand Canyon
⭐ That Time We Were Trapped In Monument Valley
⭐ Arches National Park and a Surprising Stop In Moab
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13 thoughts on “A Fleeting Visit To Los Angeles”
I must LA isn’t at the top of my list, but I’m glad you had a better time the second time round! The studio tours looked like a lot of fun though – and wayyy better than Friendsfest 😄
Clazz - An Orcadian Abroad says:
Haha, it was sooo good! Yeah, I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit, to be honest. 😛
Bennett Raines says:
I’m glad you had a better experience this time around. Santa Monica is beautiful. For me, the best part of LA is the people. I just moved here in October and it seems nearly everyone I meet in coffee shops or places has a dream they’re going after. Which even if they aren’t “making it” yet, they’re still going for it, which I love. Homelessness is certainly a big issue that needs immense help to solve, but I found it actually worse in Seattle when I lived there.
Aww that’s really cool to hear! People do often make a place. And I totally agree, I spent 6 months in Vancouver this year and homelessness is WAY worse there than I’ve ever experienced. Though it was mostly “confined” to one area, and LA probably has those areas too. To be honest, as I’ve learned over the years, it’s no way to judge a city anyway – we found ourselves in a dodgy part of San Francisco and that’s one of my favourite cities.
invertedsheep says:
I didn’t know you could go to Central Perk in LA. That’s reason enough to go there!
Haha, right?!? I think that was half our reason for going!
Riana.AngCanning says:
Love this! I was in LA back in 2016 and enjoyed a short visit. With that smog and traffic, I can’t imagine ever living there. But a short visit is always good! I also loved Santa Monica and Venice Beach. I can’t believe I didn’t go on that WB Studio Tour – it looks awesome! And the Griffith Observatory looks super cool too!
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Santa Monica is a really nice area! You’ll have to do the tour if you go back, it was definitely our highlight!!
So cool you got to revisit my hometown! I was born and grew up in LA my entire life, so I’m accustomed to the loads of traffic and otherwise fast-paced life (technically, I grew up in the suburbs, so I can’t say how it’s like growing up in other parts, like Downtown). Aside from Hollywood, Santa Monica, and the Arts District, there really isn’t much to see in LA– honestly, I think what LA is known for is its food scene, so it’s more of a city to visit for eating. There are so many different authentic cuisines, from Little Ethiopia/little Armenia on the Westside to the Chinese/Vietnamese neighborhoods in East LA (aka the 626)…and of course, plenty of Mexican food! I think LA is a place worth visiting just to eat good food and enjoy the West Coast vibes, which may or may not be up everyone’s alley, but still an experience to be had. Glad you got to *somewhat* enjoy it more your second time around!
EXACTLY! That’s what I’ve heard too, about the food! If I was more of a foodie, I would have focused a bit more on that, but if I do go back there then that will be something I think about more!
wanderlustandlife says:
I was like you. The first time I visited LA it scared me. The second time it was better but I wish we had more time there.
It’s funny how your opinion changes, isn’t it? I’m still not a fan, but there is a lot to do there once you’ve finished scraping the surface.
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Home»Reviews»KATHLEEN TURNER ON ACTING
KATHLEEN TURNER ON ACTING Conversations About Film, Television, and Theater
by Kathleen Turner, Dustin Morrow | Read by Kathleen Turner, Dustin Morrow
Biography & Memoir • 14.25 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2018
In an Audible exclusive, Kathleen Turner answers questions on acting posed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dustin Morrow. In her unmistakable deep, sultry voice, Turner tells us what it takes to make it in the world of show business. A Golden Globe winner for PRIZZI'S HONOR and ROMANCING THE STONE, Turner is a cultural icon. The singer Falco wrote a song called "The Kiss of Kathleen Turner," and there's a Toronto punk rock group called Kathleen Turner Overdrive. This audiobook is Turner's exploration of the craft of acting, not a tell-all about scandals, lovers, or showbiz gossip. While she presents valuable acting and directing insights, using her personal experiences to illustrate each of her acting tips, Turner's performance also offers a masterclass on life and living. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2019]
Digital Download • Audible, Inc. • 2019
DD ISBN $24.95
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Pope Francis. Do you agree with call to abolish the Death Penalty?
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Why won't Harry Reid let the Senate vote on the budget?
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I'm a-pauled at all 10 choices.
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Is the Republican Nomination Primaries just a Beauty Contest for Ugly People ?
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RCWs > Title 19 > Chapter 19.28 > Section 19.28.071
19.28.061 << 19.28.071 >> 19.28.081
RCW 19.28.071
Licensee's bond—Action on—Priorities—Cash deposit, payment from.
Any person, firm, or corporation sustaining any damage or injury by reason of the principal's breach of the conditions of the bond required under RCW 19.28.041 may bring an action against the surety named therein, joining in the action the principal named in the bond; the action shall be brought in the superior court of any county in which the principal on the bond resides or transacts business, or in the county in which the work was performed as a result of which the breach is alleged to have occurred; the action shall be maintained and prosecuted as other civil actions. Claims or actions against the surety on the bond shall be paid in full in the following order of priority: (1) Labor, including employee benefits, (2) materials and equipment used upon such work, (3) taxes and contributions due to the state, (4) damages sustained by any person, firm or corporation due to the failure of the principal to make the installation in accordance with the provisions of chapter 19.28 RCW, or any ordinance, building code, or regulation applicable thereto: PROVIDED, That the total liability of the surety on any bond shall not exceed the sum of four thousand dollars and the surety on the bond shall not be liable for monetary penalties; and any action shall be brought within one year from the completion of the work in the performance of which the breach is alleged to have occurred. The surety shall mail a conformed copy of the judgment against the bond to the department within seven days.
In the event that a cash or securities deposit has been made in lieu of the surety bond, and in the event of a judgment being entered against such depositor and deposit, the director shall upon receipt of a certified copy of a final judgment, pay said judgment from such deposit.
[ 2001 c 211 § 5; 1986 c 156 § 8; 1969 ex.s. c 71 § 3; 1965 ex.s. c 117 § 4; 1935 c 169 § 5; RRS § 8307-5. Prior: 1919 c 204 § 4. Formerly RCW 19.28.180.]
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How do we simplify eastwest security The imperative path is upon us
Keshav Kamble
East-West Security,DevOps Security,Firewall
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Keshav Kamble in Security Monday, December 5, 2016
Ahhh, the endless saga of streamlining hazards around application security: let’s talk about the East-West component of the conundrum. But first, it’s important to clarify the variances of ‘East-West’ vs. ‘North-South’ traffic in a typical data center environment. By definition: North-South traffic is the communication that occurs between server applications deployed inside data centers and internet based client applications. Theoretically, it can also include inter-data center traffic.
East-West communication can be loosely defined as traffic between various application instances within the data center. Most often, East-West traffic is an initial result of North-South traffic. In example, in a data center of a search engine, one search query from an internet based end-user can result in large amounts of internal communications between multiple application servers, attempting to resolve the query in the best possible manner.
Various studies performed on data center traffic statistics suggest that the ratio of North-South traffic to East-West traffic is 20%:80%. Clearly, data centers are designed to scale and perform swiftly by deploying faster computing, storage and connectivity solutions, which in turn is meant to provide quicker execution. Enterprise data centers are virtualized and multi-tenant based on various purpose-driven factors.
80% of total traffic in a data center is internally generated and consumed by assorted applications within the data center. A mere 20% of traffic comes from the outside (e.g. via the internet), and then makes its way back outside. Why do I bring this point to light? To emphasize the threat surface and vulnerabilities associated to a data center based application eco-system. Virtualized, multi-tenant data centers, be it Service Provider or Enterprise Data Centers, require complex internal hierarchies of services to secure and scale them. One can imagine the substantial complexities of deploying Service Function Chains (SFC) for all East-West traffic.
In 2014, we were designing connectivity solutions for within the data center, using 40GbE and 100GbE form factors on servers. As such, was the need for performance and bandwidth. It just so happened that to the contrary, the SFC performance was bottlenecking already virtualized computing and storage environments. Even the security services only chain was overwhelmingly frustrating, let alone the NAT and load balancers.
At one point, adding security SFC became more of a feeling as though we deliberately added choking points, knowing it was inadequate to protect the workloads. Inefficient application security and segmentation deficiencies have compromised applications in many ways. It was a matter of ‘when’ - not ‘if’ the deployment would get compromised. But then again, everything was done in the name of compliance.
Typical hierarchies of security services included Edge Firewall, Segment Firewall, Application Firewall, and DPI Services (IPS/IDS of limited set of functionality) Monitoring. I’ll not mention the vendors and appliance names here, but many of the services were aggregated - and in some cases - the same appliance would perform different services, depending on the position of deployment.
Virtualized multi-tenant data centers unfortunately suffer, due to performance and expansion limitations of virtual security appliances, which are part of security services chaining. Furthermore, it does not stop there: architectural complexity further hinders scalability, manageability and increases costs.
How about an out-of-box approach?
How about one which provides same or better functionality - in a real-time deterministic manner, while removing performance bottlenecks, complexities and allows infinite scalability? Those with a good comprehension of scaled-out distributed systems would instantly understand this concept. The question is, where do you start breaking down - and how far down do you go? The answer is out there! (Just like the saying goes “The truth is out there!”, this coming from the X-Files fan in me.)
Another way of looking at it is a little more complicated, but mathematical in nature. It starts with defining the term ‘Threat Surface’, which is the number of vulnerabilities (of each kind) associated with a software module under consideration. For simplicity, the unit I assigned is τ (τρωτό) (in English trotó). Consider a vast application eco-system with large numbers of diverse applications - interacting with one another. The Threat Surface of such a system is massive. Even a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) would crumble under its own weight if the application environment is not streamlined. Therefore, security provisioning methods by appliances or chain of services (SFC) won’t be scalable, deterministic, or real-time in nature.
What we need is an approach - and thought process, where the applications get a non-penetrable, deterministic layer of protection built into the application itself. The application can be legacy or new, simple or complex, web- or database tier, data center or cloud based; the intelligent segmentation and deterministic security capabilities can be selected by an Application Security Administrator working with DevOps. Once chosen, the application security springs into action whenever an application comes up, stays with the application, moves with the application and disperses with it. With that, the application not only defends itself from legacy and current sets of threats, but at the same time – addresses emerging threats.
It clearly is not as simple as I’ve spelled out here. It requires complex mathematical analysis which involves applications, their attributes, communications, security aspects, and more, including methods to parameterize them. The aim is not to simply inherit the technology used by Service Function Chains, namely the security services - but to develop more spoof-proof methods to protect resources - in a real-time and deterministic manner.
And there you have it: your applications and systems of applications are protected!
This can be a lifetime exercise, or even a PhD thesis for some. But what comes out of it is simplified security architecture with:
- Application Self-Protection capabilities, less the bottlenecks of security service appliances. Removing them entirely
- Applications are enabled to carry their own protection anywhere - namely private, public or hybrid cloud environments
- Infinite scale: as provisioning starts at the lowest level
- Speed of rise-to-action is as fast as the application itself. No more worries of micro-workloads or containerized workloads.
- Highly programmable while empowering auto-formation capabilities along with the application itself
- Costs and/or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is reduced by more than 80%
A Compelling Result
Now, your data center or cloud deployment for access layer becomes much simpler, smarter, faster and agile. It should take form as illustrated in the following figure.
Other Advantages of vRASP?
There are many, including:
- Simplified DevOps via OpenShift, CloudFoundary and others
- Deployments and upgrade management using Puppet and Chef
- Next Generation security delivered & managed in a simplified manner
- Provides more time for security engineers to focus on understanding emerging threats, vs. struggling with security layers
- Built-in intelligence sharing across hierarchies, including Application to Application, B2B, and B2C for business excellence
- Built-in forensic extraction capabilities: providing added capabilities for security analytics to share threat intelligence across organizations
I believe the ultimate success of an Industry 4.0 phenomenon depends entirely upon how experts view the IT infrastructure and application security. Instead of trying to patch existing techniques in security provisioning, we must adopt emerging methods of security which are more effective, efficient, scalable and seamless. Cybercrime isn’t going away: hence, the fact remains that we need to be aware and diligent – but we can heighten our defenses and revolutionize options to defy the hazards.
This content is made possible by a guest author, or sponsor; it is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of App Developer Magazine's editorial staff.
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Home » Best Reviews » Best Power Drills 2021 – Buyer’s Guide
Boring holes, driving screws, stirring mortar — these are some of the many tasks that a power drill can perform. If you pick the right model, it’ll enable you to carry out various DIY projects without having to resort to the “brute force” approach!
In this post, we’re presenting seven of the best power drills on the market. How powerful are they? What accessories come along? And what factors do you need to consider before purchasing? Let’s find out!
The Best Power Drills – Our Top Picks
Best Power Drills
Power Drill Buying Guide
BEST HAMMER DRILL: Blue Ridge BR2808K2 Cordless Hammer Drill
Batteries: two 1.5 Ah
No-load speed (low/high): 400/1500 RPM
Impact rate (low/high): 6400/24000 BPM
Torque: 42 Nm
Drilling capacity: 35 mm in wood, 13mm in steel/masonry
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AMAZON'S CHOICE
BEST CORDLESS COMBI DRILL: Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ 18 V ONE+ Cordless Combi Drill
Drilling capacity: 38 mm in wood, 13 mm in steel/masonry
BEST AFFORDABLE DRILL: Terratek FUT18V01-3 Cordless Drill Driver
Battery: 0.8 Ah
No-load speed (high): 650 RPM
Drilling capacity: 20 mm in wood, 8 mm in metal
Blue Ridge BR2808K2 Cordless Hammer Drill
Our favourite power drill is the Blue Ridge BR2808K2 drill. With its impressive 21 torque settings, this drill is geared toward professionals who must perfect their fastening accuracy.
Although this is a professional level drill, it is more than suitable for beginners and DIYers. We found this cordless drill to be sturdy, yet lightweight. The performance is as good as the high-end models.
To provide the best value for customers, Blue Ridge ships the following accessories: two 1.5 Ah batteries, 1-hour fast charger, a robust carrying case, and a total of 43 bits that suit different tasks. And don’t worry, these extras don’t fatten up the price tag — it actually comes at almost half the price of other high-end models, such as the Dewalt DCD776C1.
If you are looking for the best power drill for the money, we would recommend the Blue Ridge BR2808K2 without any hesitation.
Intricate torque adjustability
Comes with 43 bits and a carrying case
Come with two batteries
We dislike
For once, nothing to say!
This Blue Ridge cordless drill offers the best value for the money. In addition to the lavish accessories, it also comes with a 2-year warranty, proving that Blue Ridge is confident about its build quality.
Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ 18 V ONE+ Cordless Combi Drill
With a maximum torque of 50 Nm, the Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ beats all of the other power drills we reviewed in terms of efficiency and ease-of-use.
Because such a robust performance will devour a lot of power, Ryobi sends two 1.5Ah batteries with the drill. This way, you can work with one and leave the other standing by for sudden outages.
With the battery installed, this drill weighs about 3 kgs. While this isn’t really unwieldy, it can affect the manoeuvrability to a moderate extent. Then again, that’s the inevitable cost of getting a strong tool.
On the downside, Ryobi doesn’t ship any free accessories with this drill — there’s no carrying case or drill bits. But to be fair, you can’t really expect such perks at its affordable price.
High value for the money
Premium build quality
Comes with two batteries
Features powerful LED light
Weighs a bit more than the average
If you’re searching for a brawny drill to bore holes in masonry, the Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ should be your best bet.
Terratek FUT18V01-3 Cordless Drill Driver
Although Terratek markets the FUT18V01-3 as a combi drill, it doesn’t sport a hammer-action feature, which makes it fall into the “drill driver” category. Is that bad? Not necessarily.
The absence of the hammer-action feature means that you can’t use this drill to bore holes into masonry. However, you can still drill into wood and metal with a pretty efficient performance.
With the performance out of the picture, the ultra-affordable price becomes the most distinctive feature of this drill. If you do the math, you’ll find that Terratek charges more than half the price of high-end models.
We only wish if Terratek could send a bigger battery with this drill — the 0.8Ah capacity might restrict the amount of work you have to do before pausing for a recharging session.
Lightweight build
Comes with 13 accessory pieces
No hammer-action feature
The Terratek FUT18V01-3 is powerful enough for driving screws and drilling holes into wood and metal, but it’d be too weak for masonry.
Bosch 06039C8171 Universal Impact 18 Cordless Combi Drill
The Bosch UniversalImpact 18 can only provide 30 Nm of torque, which is considerably weaker than the Blue Ridge BR2808K2. But does that mean it’s useless? No. This drill would be powerful enough for general DIY work, even if you have to bore holes in masonry.
Despite its low power, this drill comes with two batteries, allowing customers to use it non-stop. And because it weighs only 1.3 kg (with the batteries installed), you can use it for hours without worrying about straining your wrists.
Unfortunately, Bosch doesn’t ship any free drill bits with the package. As a result, the overall cost might amount to a sizable sum at the end.
Impact rate (low/high): N/A
Lightweight yet robust build
With its intermediate power, this drill is best suited for infrequent DIYers. It’s a bit pricey, but we think the top-notch Bosch quality is well worth it.
Einhell 4513861 Cordless Impact Drill Driver
Einhell is one of the most renowned German power tool manufacturers, notorious for excellent build quality and unrivalled performance. The 4513861 drill can deliver up to 60 Nm of torque with a speed of 1800 RPM, making it ideal for undertaking both professional and DIY tasks.
As you might already know, using this drill at full capacity will incur considerable vibration rate. The good news is, Einhell installed a secondary handle at the side to relieve some stress off of your joints.
Unlike most high-end models, this drill weighs 1.7 kg only, making for satisfying manoeuvrability in action.
To meet the high performance demand, Einhell provides two 2.0Ah batteries with this drill. Better yet, it also ships a fast charger that will save even more time.
Batteries: Two 2.0Ah
Drilling capacity: N/A
Features a secondary handle for better stability
A bit expensive
The Einhell 4513861 is a drill you can depend on if you’re constantly taking on demanding DIY projects.
Black & Decker BCD700S1K-GB Cordless Combi Drill
If you’re searching for a drill that can take on occasional DIY projects, the Black & Decker BCD700S1K-GB should be good enough. With a maximum of 21000 beats per minute, you’ll be able to drill large holes into masonry, although it might be a bit slower than expected.
Since it’s mainly intended for home use, it features only ten torque settings. And again, this doesn’t make it a horrible tool, but you’ll need to be careful not to overdrive your screws.
On the positive side, this drill comes with a 1.5Ah battery, which should be large enough for lengthy home projects.
No-load speed (high): 1400 RPM
Impact rate (high): 21000 BPM
Drilling capacity: 25mm in wood, 10mm in steel/masonry
Economical price tag
Comes with a carrying case
Doesn’t feature an LED light
Although this drill won’t suit a professional worker, it’ll be ideal for a recreational DIYer, especially because of its budget-friendly price tag.
Dewalt DCD776C1 18V Cordless Combi Drill
Needless to say, Dewalt is second to none in terms of build quality and durability. Although the DCD776C1 isn’t its most powerful product, it didn’t fail to amaze us.
The thing we appreciated most about this drill is the XR battery. Even though it’s rated at 1.3 Ah, it can actually provide up to 33% more capacity, according to Dewalt.
Upon testing, we also loved the ultra-sensitive trigger featured in this drill, which allowed for excellent speed control without the annoying choppiness that we usually notice in other brands.
With a torque of 42 Nm, this drill will be able to handle challenging materials with relative ease. However, we didn’t like that it only features 15 torque settings — it’s not a crucial flaw, but it might slightly affect the screwdriving precision, especially when working with delicate materials.
Generous battery capacity
Comes with a heavy-duty carrying case
Although it’s pricey, we recommend the Dewalt DCD776C1 for people who want to invest in a quality product.
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Here are the things you need to consider before buying a power drill.
Drill Type
Brands categorize drills according to their use into three main types: drill drivers, hammer drills, and combination drills.
Drill drivers are the most basic type of power drills. You can use them for drilling holes into wood and metal, in addition to driving screws.
Owing to their modest motors, these drills will struggle considerably in tough materials, such as concrete. Then again, their affordable cost makes them highly valuable for recreational DIYers.
As the name suggests, hammer drills add a powerful pounding motion to the typical rotation of the normal drill. Such a hefty force will enable you to drill easier through concrete and masonry, making them more useful for a broader range of jobs.
Since these drills are bound to produce tons of vibration, they’re usually equipped with double handles, so that you can stabilize them with two hands.
Combination Drills
Combination drills, or “combi drills” for short, combine the previous drill types into an efficient, 3-in-1 tool.
They have a basic drill mode, which generates enough force to drill through wood and metal without shredding them. And they also incorporate a hammer-action feature to suit challenging materials. Last but not least, you can use them to drive screws with adjustable torque.
Needless to say, this type provides the best value for the money.
Corded vs Cordless Power Drills
Although corded drills have lighter builds and virtually unlimited working duration, we don’t really recommend them.
Unlike other power tools, drills are required pretty much everywhere around your home. Say you want to adjust your rain gutter, bolt the outdoor furniture down to the patio, or drill holes into the fence to make a vertical garden — all of these jobs would be tedious ordeals with corded drills.
Voltage and Amperage
The voltage rating is the main factor that determines the range of jobs a drill can efficiently perform. Tools ranging from 4 to 8 volts are generally weak, but they would be ideal for light drilling. Ratings between 12 and 18 volts are the go-to options for most DIYers. Lastly, ratings up to 24 volts are the brawniest models meant for frequent, heavy-duty work.
On the other hand, amperage denotes battery capacity. These ratings are measured in amps per hour (Ah), and they range between 1.5 to 4 Ah. As you might’ve guessed, the larger the number, the longer the battery will last.
Torque vs Speed
Toque denotes the force exerted by the bit on the drilled material, while the speed merely describes the bit rotation speed.
When drilling through softwood, you should increase the speed and dial down the torque to yield smooth cuts. On the contrary, masonry requires the maximum torque possible to effectively break the material, while the speed should be moderate to avoid spreading drill dust.
Search for a Brushless Motor
As the name suggests, drills featuring brushless motors operate without physical brushes. Because this design generates less friction and heat, it excels in terms of durability.
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Ofcom finalises spectrum auction
By Colin Mann
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published the final outcome of its auction to release more airwaves for 4G mobile and future 5G services.
On April 5th, Ofcom announced which companies had won the right to use spectrum in two bands through the ‘principal’ stage of the auction, and the amounts they would pay. It has now concluded the ‘assignment’ stage of the auction, which allows companies who won the right to use spectrum in the principal stage to bid to determine where in the frequency bands their new spectrum rights will be located.
As a result of this stage:
EE Limited has been allocated the spectrum frequencies 3540 – 3580 MHz, paying an additional £1,002,000 (€1,151,754) from the assignment stage.
Hutchison 3G UK Limited has been allocated the spectrum frequencies 3460 – 3480 MHz, paying an additional £13,133,000 from the assignment stage.
Telefónica UK Limited has been allocated the spectrum frequencies 2350 – 2390 MHz. As the only company to secure spectrum in this band, there are no additional fees to pay. The company has also been allocated the spectrum frequencies 3500 – 3540 MHz.
Vodafone Limited has been allocated the spectrum frequencies 3410 – 3460 MHz.
There were no assignment stage bids for the 3.4 GHz frequencies awarded to Telefónica UK Limited and Vodafone Limited, and they are therefore not required to pay additional fees from the assignment stage.
The total amount paid as a result of the assignment stage is £14,135,000. Added to the amount paid during the principal stage of the auction (£1,355,744,000), this means the companies taking part in the auction have paid a total of £1,369,879,000, with all money raised from the auction being paid to HM Treasury.
The winning bidders have been issued with licences to use their relevant spectrum holdings, and the auction has now concluded.
UK spectrum auction raises £1.35bn
FCC spectrum auction to wrap March 30
Ofcom proceeds with spectrum auction
Ofcom outlines rules for mobile spectrum auction
Ofcom reveals 4G spectrum auction plans
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Research ArticleEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Vocalizing in chimpanzees is influenced by social-cognitive processes
View ORCID ProfileCatherine Crockford1,2,*,†,
View ORCID ProfileRoman M. Wittig1,2,*,† and
Klaus Zuberbühler2,3,4
1Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
2Budongo Conservation Field Station, Masindi, Uganda.
3School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St. Mary’s Place, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK.
4Cognitive Science Centre, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
↵*Corresponding author. Email: crockford{at}eva.mpg.de (C.C.); wittig{at}eva.mpg.de (R.M.W.)
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.
Science Advances 15 Nov 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 11, e1701742
Catherine Crockford
ORCID record for Catherine Crockford
For correspondence: crockford@eva.mpg.de wittig@eva.mpg.de
Roman M. Wittig
ORCID record for Roman M. Wittig
Klaus Zuberbühler
Adjusting communication to take into account information available to one’s audience is routine in humans but is assumed absent in other animals, representing a recent development on the lineage leading to humans. This assumption may be premature. Recent studies show changes in primate alarm signaling to threats according to the receivers’ risk. However, a classic problem in these and other perspective-taking studies is discerning whether signalers understand the receivers’ mental states or simply are responding to their behavior. We designed experiments to exclude concurrent reading of the receivers’ behavior by simulating receivers using prerecorded calls of other group members. Specifically, we tested whether wild chimpanzees emitted differing signals in response to a snake model when simulated receivers previously emitted either snake-related calls (indicating knowledge) or acoustically similar non–snake-related calls (indicating ignorance). Signalers showed more vocal and nonvocal signaling and receiver-directed monitoring when simulated receivers had emitted non–snake-related calls. Results were not explained by signaler arousal nor by receiver identity. We conclude that chimpanzees are aware enough of another’s perspective to target information toward ignorant group members, suggesting that the integration of signaling and social cognition systems was already emerging in early hominoid lineages before the advent of more language-specific features, such as syntax.
A major question in science is when in evolutionary history did animal communication become influenced by another’s rather than one’s own perspective or knowledge (1–6). Some primate alarm calling is influenced by the receivers’ behavior, such that signalers appear to modify their alarm calling according to the receivers’ level of risk in the face of a threat. Harem male monkeys, for example, alarm call more when group members are close to a threat [Cercopithecus mitis (7)] and stop calling only after group members have also alarm called [Presbytis thomasi (8)]. Chimpanzees are more likely to call when group members have not seen the threat (9, 10) or not heard threat-related calls (9) and are more likely to stop alarm calling after others have climbed to safety (10). Previous studies suggest that signalers may take into account the perspective of receivers with respect to a current threat when signaling. We call this the “receiver knowledge hypothesis.” However, previous studies (7–10) do not rule out the possibility that signalers simply change their signaling after reading the receivers’ behavior in threat contexts (approaching, climbing, or behavior associated with alarm calling) rather than because of what receivers could see or know. A classic problem in these and other perspective-taking or mind-reading studies is finding an experimental paradigm that convincingly excludes the possibility of concurrent behavioral cueing, which could enable signalers to predict the receivers’ subsequent behavior through simpler mechanisms such as associative learning rather than requiring mental state attribution (5, 6).
Some studies have examined the influence of perspective-taking on vocal signaling in food rather than alarm contexts. In these studies, chimpanzees changed their signaling depending on whether they could be seen by a human experimenter with access to food (11, 12). Chimpanzees called more when the human experimenter had his or her back turned or eyes closed rather than when facing chimpanzees with his or her eyes open. In contrast, chimpanzees gestured more when the human experimenter faced them or had his or her eyes open. In addition, they changed the vocalization emitted depending on whether a human might facilitate food retrieval (13). When only food was present, chimpanzees emitted food grunts. When a human stood next to the food, chimpanzees emitted attention-getting vocalizations. Together, these studies indicate that chimpanzees change their vocal production depending on the attentional state of the human receiver with respect to themselves, in contexts where they can gain a food reward. Motivation to vocalize could either take into account another’s perspective or be based on associative learning processes. Further research is required to determine the extent to which social cognition might influence vocal production.
Here, we examine whether chimpanzee vocal production is influenced by another’s perspective in the context of threat. We present two studies. Experiment 1 is a new analysis of nonvocal behavior, drawn from a previous experiment that focused exclusively on vocalizations, to assess what aspects of receiver behavior signalers attend to. Experiment 2 excludes the possibility of reading the receiver’s behavior besides the vocalization presented, by using calls played back through a loud speaker to simulate receiver presence. The experiment contrasts conditions in which receivers are apparently aware or unaware of a threat, through information expressed only in the playback vocalization. Some seconds after hearing the playback, subjects then see a snake model, and without presenting further receiver behavior, we examine any subsequent changes in the subjects’ vocal output and speaker-directed attention.
The receiver knowledge hypothesis predicts that in the presence of threats—here, snakes—chimpanzees motivated to inform ignorant rather than knowledgeable others would invest more in signaling and monitoring receivers when receivers had not seen the snake or emitted snake-related calls. The hypothesis also predicts that the signaling effort drops once the receivers express awareness of the snake, by either looking at the snake in experiment 1 (Fig. 1) or by emitting snake-related alarm calls in experiment 2 (Fig. 2). Thus, each experiment required subjects to monitor the receivers’ awareness of snakes in a different modality: visually in experiment 1 and auditorily in experiment 2.
Fig. 1 Experiment 1 setup and predictions: Chimpanzee behavior while seeing a snake model.
We placed a partially hidden snake model (fig. S1) along the anticipated travel path of a subject. We tested whether marking behavior took the visual perspective of receivers into account (whether the receiver could see a snake model). Black chimpanzee, subject’s position and orientation with respect to the snake model and receivers; gray chimpanzee, the receiver’s position and orientation. Behavior of the subjects upon seeing the snake when both arrive from the left side: (A) Subject’s attention is snake-focused. (B) Marking, strictly defined as repositioning oneself to have direct visual access to both the snake and the receiver and to alternate gaze between the snake and the receiver. Gaze alternation was defined as head-turning between the receiver and the snake without intervening looks in other directions. Receivers were defined as having seen the snake once they had an unobstructed view to the model. (C) The subject leaves the snake. Predictions: H1 (receiver knowledge), the subjects engage in an initial phase of (A) but rapidly switch to (B). The subjects only switch from (B) to (C) once the subjects have seen that the receivers see the snake. H2 (signaler habituation), the subjects engage in (A) and (C) only. H3 (receiver identity), the subjects are more likely to engage in (B) if at least one receiver is a bond partner. H4 (receiver behavior), the subjects are more likely to stop engaging in (B) when the subjects see that the receivers are no longer at risk, such as when leaving the snake. Green line, trail; log, hiding snake model; snake model, gaboon or rhinoceros viper.
Fig. 2 Experiment 2 setup and illustration of the results: A two-stimulus design where chimpanzees first hear a playback and then see a snake model.
Arrow thickness indicates chimpanzees’ level of attention. Speak bubbles represent number of calls and rate of calling. (A and B) Presentation of stimulus 1. (C and D) Presentation of stimulus 2. The subject walks along a path and hears a playback of either a rest hoo (A) or an alert hoo (B), simulating a receiver. The subjects hearing a threat-related call (an alert hoo) looked more to the speaker than after hearing a rest hoo, a call not associated with threats. After reacting to the speaker, the subjects then continued walking and then saw a snake model hidden behind a log, some seconds after hearing the playback of a hoo. No further receiver behavior is presented. We asked: Does the subjects’ behavior change upon seeing the snake in a way that is consistent with them monitoring in the receivers’ perspective? (C) In the rest hoo condition (receiver-ignorant), consistent with the subjects keeping track of the receivers’ perspective, the subjects persisted in monitoring the speaker and were highly likely to call and mark the position of the snake. (D) In contrast, in the alert hoo condition (receiver-knowledgeable), the subjects dropped interest in monitoring the speaker, and called and marked little. Slower calling rate in (C) compared to (D) is better explained by the receiver knowledge than the signaler habituation hypothesis. There was no change in attention given to the snake across conditions. In the absence of visual cues, it appears that the subjects not only monitored the receivers’ awareness of a threat but also changed their communication depending on the receivers’ awareness of the threat. Green line, trail; box, speaker hidden behind vegetation; snake model, gaboon or rhinoceros viper hidden behind a small log. Relative distances at the time of playback were 5 to 10 m between the subject and the speaker, the subject and the snake, and the speaker and the snake.
We tested the receiver knowledge hypothesis (H1) within the context of three alternative, not mutually exclusive hypotheses. The signaler habituation hypothesis (H2) predicts that, during each trial regardless of nearby receivers, signalers with, rather than without, previous exposure to the snake (seeing the snake or hearing snake-related calls) (14, 15) will be less aroused upon seeing the stimulus and will have a shorter overall reaction due to a simple habituation effect (14–19). The receiver identity hypothesis (H3) predicts that alarm calling is influenced by the subjects’ relationship with the receiver, because previous studies (9, 10, 20) show that signalers alarm call more when receivers are bond partners. The receiver behavior hypothesis (H4) predicts that alarm call production is driven by the signaler monitoring the risk behavior of receivers, such as approaching the snake (10, 21), rather than monitoring the information available to receivers. In this case, signalers should stop signaling once the risk to receivers is reduced, such as when they leave the snake rather than when they approach or sit in closest proximity to the snake.
Most snakes are only dangerous to chimpanzees until detected (22), after which they cease to be a threat. Hence, informing group members of the presence of snakes could function to bring group members into a position of safety. Chimpanzees produce both quiet (“alert hoos”) and loud (“alarm barks”) alarm calls to snakes in ways that suggest an underlying intention to change another’s behavior [sensu Dennett (23)]. When they produce such calls, they typically look back and forth between the snake and the receiver and persist in both of these behaviors until the apparent goal has been achieved (10, 24, 25). Gaze alternation and persistence in signaling until the goal has been met have long been used as operational definitions of intentional communication in both developmental psychology and ape research (25–27).
Alert hoos are produced in response to serious threats, like snakes (9), and they direct the receivers’ attention to the general vicinity of the snake (28). However, further cues are likely required to locate these highly camouflaged snakes (see fig. S1 and video S1), such as following the gaze of signalers (28), a widespread capacity among primates (29). Chimpanzees can show sentinel-like behavior (9, 10, 28), sometimes appearing to wait next to a snake as if to “mark” the position of the hidden threat for others (Fig. 1 and video S1). Marking, in addition to alert hoos, potentially assists receivers in locating camouflaged snakes. To test whether marking was influenced by receiver presence or behavior, we determined whether the onset and cessation of marking behavior were influenced by whether receivers could see the snake (H1, receiver knowledge) or by the three alternative explanations (H2, signaler habituation; H3, receiver identity; and H4, receiver behavior). We defined the receiver’s first sight of the snake as occurring when receivers had the first unobstructed view of the snake and simultaneously showed an interruption of their current behavior, such as pausing while walking. We operationalized “marking” as repositioning oneself to have direct visual access to both the snake and the receiver and as alternating gaze between the snake and the receiver. Given the dense vegetation, we deemed repositioning to be necessary for effective monitoring of receivers with respect to the snake: to enable visibility of both simultaneously (see Fig. 1). Marking onset was the first look toward receivers after repositioning. Marking cessation was when the signaler either left the snake model or engaged in no further gaze alternation. Gaze alternation was defined as head-turning between the receiver and the snake without intervening looks in other directions.
Experiment 1: Snake model placement
Marking is influenced by receivers’ awareness of the snake. In experiment 1 (9), we placed a snake model (fig. S2) along the anticipated travel path of chimpanzees and videoed their behavior in proximity to the snake model (Fig. 1) (9). Previously, we examined the calling behavior of subjects from this data set (9), whereas we examined here the nonvocal behavior using a series of generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) (see Materials and Methods). Marking occurred in 14 of 37 trials (n = 22 chimpanzees). In the first model, subjects were more likely to engage in marking (see Fig. 1) if receivers had not seen the snake and if receivers were bond partners (Table 1A). Whether subjects were the first to see the snake, or receivers were still approaching the snake and hence were approaching danger, did not show significant differences (Table 1, A and B).
Table 1 Experiment 1: Chimpanzee marking behavior at snake models with respect to receivers.
(A and B) The likelihood of subjects to initiate marking. (C) The impact of signal type on receiver behavior. Binomial GLMMs: Marking, reposition oneself to see both the snake and the receiver and gaze alternate between the snake and the receiver. H1, receiver has seen the snake before signaler calls or marks (yes/no); H2, subject is first to see the snake (yes/no); H3, receivers include a bond partner (yes/no); H4, subjects could see or hear receivers approaching when first to see the snake. Random factors include subject identity and event. Bold: P < 0.05. Model significance versus null model built of control predictors (for H2 to H4) and random effects: (A) χ² = 9.91, df = 1, P = 0.002; (B) χ² = 4.2, df = 1, P = 0.038. n = 37 cases, 22 subjects, and 12 snake placement events. We conducted two models instead of one due to model stability issues with four predictor variables. After running model (A), we removed the nonsignificant variable, replaced it with the remaining predictor variable, and reran the model [model (B)]. All significant variables remain significant with a Bonferroni correction [required across models (A) and (B)]. Model (C) included only receivers who had not seen the snake. n = 27 cases, 17 subjects, and 12 events: χ² = 6.41, df = 1, P = 0.011. See table S1 for the source data.
It should be noted that, in all cases, whether marking occurred, there was an initial period of exclusively snake-focused attention, where subjects did not look in other directions (table S1). In a second model, examining the relative duration of marking, the subjects marked significantly longer before than after the receivers saw the snake (GLMM: β = 1.07, SE = 0.26, t = 4.15, P = 0.0003; Fig. 3A: mark duration before, mean ± SD = 55 ± 42 s; mark duration after: 15 ± 6.3 s; video S2). When examining cessation of marking, in all cases in which marking occurred, the subjects stopped marking only after the receivers had seen the snake (Fig. 3B). In contrast, cessation in marking did not coincide with the behavior of the receivers that reduced their risk, specifically as the receivers left the snake (only 2 of 14 cases) (Fig. 3B). A small number of trials suggested that cessation of marking occurred more rapidly when receivers also emitted an alert hoo upon seeing the snake: Receivers emitted alert hoos in five trials in which marking occurred. In four of these five cases, signalers stopped marking rapidly, within 5.4 ± 5.7 s (mean ± SD; range, 1 to 14 s; n = 4 subjects). In sum, receivers seeing the snake influenced the occurrence or cessation of marking, rather than the subjects’ own exposure to the snake (Table 1A) or other aspects of receiver behavior, such as whether receivers were in the process of approaching the snake (Fig. 3B and Table 1B).
Fig. 3 Experiment 1: Subjects’ marking at a snake model is influenced by the receivers’ perspective and influences receivers’ responses.
(A) Relative duration of the subjects’ marking: before (mark 1) and after (mark 2) receivers have seen the snake. Dots joined by dashed lines, data per subject averaged across trials. Mark 1 + mark 2 = total marking time. Inspect, duration over which the subjects’ attention remains snake-focused before engaging in marking (mean ± SD, 24 ± 13 s; range, 10 to 46 s; marking defined in Fig. 1). Mark 1, duration from the beginning of marking until the receiver sees the snake (mean ± SD, 55 ± 42 s; range, 7 to 140 s). Mark 2, duration over which marking continues after the receiver has seen the snake until the subject leaves snake or no longer looks to the snake (mean ± SD, 15 ± 6.3 s; range, 4 to 22 s). Darker dots, more data points per value. *P < 0.05, ***P ≤ 0.001. Model significance versus the null model: χ² = 12.99, df = 2, P = 0.002, n = 8 subjects, 10 cases, and 7 events. GLMM estimates: inspect versus mark 1: β = 0.58, SE = 0.26, t = 2.25, P = 0.03; mark 2 versus mark 1: β = 1.07, SE = 0.26, t = 4.15, P = 0.0003; inspect versus mark 2: β = −0.49, SE = 0.26, t = −1.89, P = 0.067. (B) Marking cessation with respect to receiver behavior (first bar) or when receiver sees the snake (second bar); y axis, proportion of cases. The bars show the subjects that stopped marking after witnessing the following receiver behavior: left bar (risk-reducing behavior): white, leave the snake (not risk-reducing behavior); light gray, still approaching the snake; dark gray, closest approach to the snake; black, no movement during marking; right bar: black, subjects stop marking after receiver sees the snake; 14 cases from n = 10 subjects (8 events). (C) The receivers’ behavior toward the snake depends on the subjects’ signaling. n = 37 cases, 22 subjects (12 events). Table 1C shows the test result. Three bars show the differential signaling of subjects: no signal, call or mark (calling, n = 8; marking, n = 2), and call and mark. Blocks of color indicate different receiver behaviors with respect to the snake model after the subjects’ signaling behavior. Approach, cautious approach to see a snake model; avoid, a detour of >5 m around the snake; pass 1 m, pass within the biting range of snake model—apparently unaware of the snake; passed, receiver had either already passed the snake or did not change position while the subject could see the snake model.
Receivers use alarm calling and marking behavior to locate snakes. In a third model, receiver behavior varied depending on the subjects’ signaling, with receivers being more likely to see the snake when both signals (calling and marking) were given rather than just calling or no signal (GLMM: χ² = 6.41, df = 1, P = 0.011; Fig. 3C and Table 1C). Specifically, receivers were more likely to cautiously approach rather than avoid the snake in the 12 trials when marking by signalers co-occurred with calling (cautious approach, 10 of 12 trials; table S1 and video S2) compared to when calling occurred alone (cautious approach, 2 of 8 trials; video S3). Signaling ensured greater safety for receivers in that when subjects signaled, whether calling or marking (22 trails), receivers never passed within 1 m (biting distance) of the snake (Fig. 3C and table S1). In contrast, in 40% (6 of 15) of trials, when subjects gave no signal, receivers passed within biting distance (1 m) of the snake, apparently unaware of the snake’s presence. Given that marking behavior showed signs of being highly receiver-sensitive, we included it as a key variable in experiment 2.
Experiment 2: Simulation of chimpanzee receiver
Signaling at snakes is influenced by a simulated receiver’s previous vocalization. In a second experiment (Fig. 2), as chimpanzees walked down a path, we played a call from a hidden speaker, simulating the presence of another chimpanzee. After reacting to the playback, the subjects continued to walk down the path for a further 5 to 10 m. The subjects then saw a second stimulus, a previously placed snake model hidden behind a log (fig. S1), some seconds after hearing the playback. We tested whether the subjects’ reaction to the snake changed depending on the call type they had heard some seconds earlier. No further cues representing the simulated chimpanzee (the receiver) were presented. Using a within-subjects design, we aimed to expose subjects to two trials counterbalanced for call type so that subjects were played either a “rest” hoo or one to three “alert” hoos. We tested the receiver knowledge (H1) and signaler habituation (H2) hypotheses and controlled for receiver identity (H3) and receiver behavior (H4) in the experimental design. The subjects’ vocal and nonvocal behaviors upon seeing the snake differed depending on the call type they had heard some seconds earlier [permutation test correcting for multiple testing (30): χ² = 62.47, P = 0.004, n = 10 subjects; Fig. 4 and Table 2]. The pattern of behaviors mainly supported H1 (receiver knowledge) but not H2 (signaler habituation). Specifically, the subjects emitted more alert hoos after hearing a rest hoo (not associated with snakes and thus indicating that the receiver is not aware of the snake) rather than an alert hoo (associated with snakes and thus indicating that the receiver is aware of the snake) (Fig. 4A and Table 2). Note that, similar to the study by Crockford et al. (9), the subjects never emitted alert hoos until they had seen the snake. The subjects were also more likely to engage in speaker-directed marking and to combine marking and calling after hearing rest hoos rather than alert hoos (Fig. 4D, Table 2, and videos S4 and S5). Speaker-directed monitoring, after compared to before seeing the snake, dropped in the alert hoo condition but persisted in the rest hoo condition (Fig. 4F and Table 2).
Fig. 4 Experiment 2: Subject’s signaling behavior toward the snake model differed depending on experimental conditions—the playback stimulus heard previously.
(A to D) Comparison of response to alert versus rest hoo stimulus. Dots joined by dashed lines, data per subject averaged across trials within conditions. Larger dots, more data points per value. *P < 0.1, **P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01. Bar plot shows mean + SD with 95% confidence interval. GLMM results are shown in Table 2. n = 10 subjects, 21 trials, and 12 dyads. Note that sample sizes and thus statistical power in (B) and (C) are particularly small, because only cases where calling occurred could be included; x axis, experimental condition (playback stimulus played). (E) Speaker-directed scans after the playback before seeing the snake. (F) Post/prior speaker-directed scans comparing subjects’ scans after seeing the snake with those before seeing the snake.
Table 2 Experiment 2: Subjects’ vocal, nonvocal, and monitoring behavior at snake models is best explained by the receiver knowledge, not signaler habituation, hypothesis.
Subjects’ overall responses across all tests differed significantly across conditions (permutation test correcting for multiple testing: χ² = 62.47, P = 0.004). Parentheses denote the variable level that reflects the estimate when tested against the alternative level. GLMMs: H1 (receiver knowledge), supported or tentatively supported by models (B) to (H); H2 (signaler habituation), not supported by models (B) to (H). n = 10 subjects, 21 trials, and 12 dyads. Bold: P < 0.05; italic, P < 0.1. Test predictor for all models, experimental condition (rest hoo and alert hoo). Random factors for all models include subject identity, dyad identity of subject, and call provider. Binomial, models (B), (E), and (F); Gaussian, models (A), (C), (D), and (G) to (I). Model significance versus null model, effect size (marginal R2): (A) χ² = 10.31, df = 1, P = 0.006; R2 = 0.16; (B) χ² = 6.7, df = 1, P = 0.009; (C) χ² = 3.12, df = 1, P = 0.077; R2 = 0.30; (D) χ² = 3.96, df = 1, P = 0.046; R2 = 0.32; (E) variable “alone” excluded due to model stability: χ² = 7.89, df = 1, P = 0.005; (F) χ² = 9.9, df = 1, P = 0.002; (G) χ² = 6.4, df = 1, P = 0.25; R2 = 0.26; (H) χ² = 2.65, df = 1, P = 0.10; R2 = 0.17; (I) χ² = 6.9, df = 1, P = 0.0085; R2 = 0.41. For models (C) and (D), cases containing zeros were excluded; thus, P values are likely affected by low power (see Fig. 4, C and D, for paired data plots, table S2 for source data, and table S4 for additional analyses of control variables).
Against the signaler habituation (H2) hypothesis, the subjects’ rate of alert hoo production was slower, and the latency to the first call tended to be slower in the rest hoo condition rather than in the alert hoo condition (Fig. 4, B and C, and Table 2; see Materials and Methods). There was also no significant effect on the number of alert hoos played (whether one or three hoos) on the subjects’ own likelihood of emitting an alert hoo, and there was no effect across conditions on the duration that subjects looked at the snake (Table 2).
Speaker-directed marking and calling were not significantly influenced by possible confounding factors, the relative dominance rank of subjects compared to simulated receivers, and the latency from playback to seeing the snake (table S4), nor whether subjects were alone or traveling with a maximum of two others when hearing the playback (Table 2). The one exception was that the presence of other chimpanzees was associated with a tendency for slower rates of calling across conditions.
Two different experiments have revealed that chimpanzee vocal and nonvocal responses at snakes are modified according to the receivers’ relation to a current threat. In experiment 1, in one-third of cases, usually when bond partners were present, the signalers marked the location of the snake model, alternating gaze between the receivers and the snake model (hereafter, snake). Signaling provided greater safety and more threat-related information for the receivers. When no signals were given, the receivers passed within biting distance of the snake in 40% of cases. When only alert hoos were given, the receivers avoided the snake in 75% of cases. When marking also occurred, the receivers were more likely to cautiously approach rather than avoid the snake. It seems that although alert hoos advertise the general location of a hidden threat, marking points out the precise location, enabling others within visibility of the signaler to gaze-follow and to safely detect the hidden threat (for example, videos S1 and S2).
In experiment 2, after the subjects saw a snake model, they called and marked more toward the speaker when a call not associated with threats was played back some seconds earlier. Strikingly, the subjects also showed a speaker-directed attentional shift from before to after seeing the snake model, rapidly losing interest in the speaker direction in the alert hoo condition but maintaining interest in the speaker direction in the rest hoo condition, although no further receiver behavior was presented. Rest hoos, which typically elicit least speaker-directed attention compared to alert hoos (28), elicited greater persistence in attention to the speaker after the subjects had seen the snake. The observed changes in attention within and between conditions are hard to explain in terms of the signalers’ arousal state or habituation to the stimulus or in terms of the subjects merely expressing a simultaneous interest in both the speaker and the snake (31). Experiment 1 findings also suggest that the latter explanation is unlikely to be the case, because the signalers only stopped marking after the receivers had seen the snake. In addition, in three trials in experiment 1 where the receivers were slow to see the snake, the signalers temporarily stopped attending to the snake, although they remained within sight of the snake. In each case, eventual interest or approach from the receiver toward the snake precipitated the subjects’ re-engagement with the snake, until the receiver saw the snake (see video S2 at 2 min 45 s).
In terms of calling behavior in experiment 2, against H2 (signaler habituation), calling was not more rapid in the rest hoo condition compared to the alert hoo condition. Rather, the opposite occurred—the latency to the first hoo and the average latency between calls were significantly longer in the rest hoo condition than in the alert hoo condition (Fig. 4, B and C). Given that receivers were too far away for the snake to represent an urgent threat, signalers may have invested in monitoring receiver activity (H1, receiver knowledge) as much as in calling. To effectively monitor the movements of out-of-sight chimpanzees, individuals need to remain silent and still to listen for audible cues from the other (this is a frequent pattern seen in chimpanzees in their low-visibility habitat, such as when engaged in long-distance contact call exchanges: Individuals may stop traveling to call and then listen, a pattern that may be repeated several times before continuing to travel, personal observation). A simultaneous motivation to both inform and monitor could result in the observed slower rate of calling after hearing a rest hoo rather than an alert hoo.
It should be noted that although more alert hoos were elicited in the rest hoo conditions than in the alert hoo conditions, alert hoos were nonetheless elicited in both conditions. Chimpanzees only extremely rarely emit alarm calls when they cannot see a threat (9) and do not alarm call merely in response to another’s alarm call, in contrast to forest monkeys (15). Thus, alert hoos may be associated not only with a snake but also with a signaler seeing a snake. Our results from experiment 1 suggest that alert hoos occasionally emitted by receivers may function as “confirmation” of having seen the snake. This may have motivated subjects (in the “role” of receivers) to emit an alert hoo upon seeing the snake after they heard a playback of an alert hoo, but this requires further testing.
In sum, subjects engaged in greater signaling and monitoring effort when simulated receivers had not emitted snake-related calls. This result could not have been due to signalers responding to concurrent behavior from receivers related to the playback call, given that there was no additional behavior after the initial played back call. Using a simulated receiver enabled us to keep receiver identity—and hence the relationship between signaler and receiver—constant across conditions. Although primate studies show that signaler habituation, receiver identity, and receiver behavior do affect on the subjects’ responses to predators or threats (7–10, 32), experiment 2 showed that chimpanzee signaling at snakes is also apparently driven by the subjects’ monitoring of the receivers’ current relation to a snake. This is a not a spatially driven relation because receiver proximity to the snake was held constant across conditions. The results mainly supported H1 (receiver knowledge) and not H2 (signaler habituation), suggesting that signaler arousal and habituation to the snake stimulus had a weaker influence on the subjects’ behavior than the information expressed by the receivers about a threat or the receiver’s perspective with respect to a threat.
We excluded some additional explanations. Given that alarm calls can also function as a recruitment call for predator mobbing purposes in some species, we excluded the influence of mobbing behavior in our experimental design by selecting a stimulus that rarely elicits mobbing—a nonpredatory snake (see the Supplementary Materials). In addition, subgroup size (receivers within earshot) (21) cannot explain our results, given that we kept subgroup sizes to a maximum of three individuals including the subject and controlled for the influence of these individuals on signaler response patterns in statistical models.
Bringing together the results from both experiments, the two experiments elicited consistent signaling and receiver-directed behavior from the subjects, specifically increased marking and calling at snakes when the receivers expressed less information about the snake. This was the case although the subjects had access to different receiver behaviors in each experiment. In experiment 1, calling and marking were more likely when the receivers had not seen the snake model. In experiment 2, calling and marking were more likely when the receivers had not heard a snake-related call. The subjects’ behavior was generalized irrespective of the modality in which receiver ignorance was presented, suggesting central cognitive processing (33) of the relationship between the snake, the receivers, and the receivers’ status with respect to the snake. In experiment 1, marking stopped soon after the receivers saw the snake. Unlike in previous experiments where subjects try to attain a personal gain, such as a food item (5, 34), the apparent goal of the subjects was simply that the receivers see the snake, with no immediate personal gain. A possible motivation for this was that once the receivers had seen the snake, the snake ceased to be a threat to the receivers, given the sedentary and likely nonpredatory nature of these snakes to chimpanzees, bringing receivers into a position of safety (22).
We cannot completely rule out “killjoy” explanations (35), such as that subjects could be behaving on the basis of learned associations between the presence of a snake and the behavior of others, although these experiments make this possibility less likely. For example, in experiment 2, it could be that chimpanzees behave differently when they are the first to see the snake [although here (Table 1A) and previously (9), we find little support for this]. Previously, an analysis explicitly only including subjects who were not the first to see the snake likewise found that the subjects’ calling behavior varied depending on the information available to receivers (9). In addition, previous studies (9, 10) have shown that when new receivers arrive at the snake, subjects increase their rate of calling.
Perhaps a more plausible alternative is that in the presence of a snake, subjects perceive receivers who have neither seen the snake nor emitted snake-related calls as being under threat. It may be this perception, rather than perspective-taking processes, that precipitates subjects’ informing and receiver-monitoring behavior. In this scenario, given that the threat faced by the receiver is not directly perceivable (given that there is no receiver nor further presentation of receiver behavior), we suggest that cognitive processing is still required to determine that another individual faces a threat because they have not visually or vocally “engaged” with a third entity, a snake. Here, in a situation from which subjects do not receive any apparent immediate gain (such as a food reward), they apparently invest in monitoring the threat faced by another, even when the threat is spatially (5 to 7 m) and temporarily (mean ± SD, 25.9 ± 21.1 s) separated from the simulated receiver. Together, this indicates that social-cognitive processing is influencing signaling behavior.
Overall, the results suggest that chimpanzee social cognition is not only supported by concurrent behavior reading. Bugnyar et al. (34) recently reached a similar conclusion for a playback experiment with ravens (Corvus corax). They used a playback of sounds of raven movement to indicate receiver presence in a competitive food-caching context. The results indicated that ravens took into account visual access of receivers, indicated by a peephole, even when no receivers could be seen. Bugnyar et al. (34) concluded that “reduced” theories of mind, such as a “minimal” theory of mind (36) or Whiten’s “intervening” variable (37), provided closer explanations of the subjects’ observed behavior than of concurrent behavior reading or of “full-blown” theory of mind (5). A more recent study using an anticipatory looking paradigm in chimpanzees indicates that they, like small children, use implicit theory of mind to solve false belief tasks (38). In other perspective-taking tasks, chimpanzees can infer the target of another’s attention, behave strategically depending on what another can and cannot see (39, 40), and show anticipation of another’s goal-directed action in situations where there is no direct gain from doing so (38). However, perspective-taking is a complex topic. Whether one individual understands that another seeing an object—or giving a call highly associated with an object—indicates another’s current knowledge and hence demonstrates mental state attribution is much debated (5, 6) and will not be resolved here.
Nonetheless, it seems relevant that we consider this body of work when interpreting the results of this study. Here, chimpanzee subjects’ signaling and receiver-directed monitoring in both experiments are consistent with the hypothesis that subjects were not only motivated by their own perspective but also took the receivers’ perspective with regard to the threat into account. When determining whether this constitutes mental state attribution, minimal theory of mind (36), or, more simply, an awareness of the receiver’s status with respect to the snake and associated threat level, the cross-modal nature of the receiver behavior available to the subjects in this study will need to be taken into account in further debates on this topic (6).
In addition to the social cognition involved in our two experiments, we are also interested in the impact of social cognition on signaling. Although perspective-taking has rarely been shown to influence vocal communication (3), apes are more likely to gesture when they can be seen by the receiver (11, 13, 24) and to vocalize when they cannot be seen by the receiver (11, 13). Here, subjects changed their signaling and receiver-directed behavior depending on the relationship between the snake, the receiver, and the receiver’s status with respect to the snake, which was either explicitly visible (experiment 1) or inferred from a vocalization that subjects heard before they had seen the snake (experiment 2).
Thus, it seems highly likely that vocal production depends on social-cognitive processes rather than being entirely emotionally driven (6). In a recent review, Fischer and Price (31) suggest that primate vocal communication is goal-directed rather than limited to the expression of emotional states, although it is not yet clear what social cognition this would entail. Comparative studies are required to examine other species’ signaling behavior using comparable experiments to determine the extent to which social cognition influences vocal production. These experiments would be of particular interest in primate species that have already indicated that alarm calling is influenced by a complex relationship between the threat and the receivers, such as has been shown in two primate species with a harem-male social structure (7, 8).
Our results support those of previous studies (41, 42) with captive chimpanzees, which demonstrated that chimpanzees use a gestural point more to human caregivers who are unaware compared to those who are aware of the location of an item (a tool or food) to request the item, although this pointing gesture is not typically seen in the natural gestural repertoire of this species. The pointing aided retrieval of food for the ape subjects; however, Zimmermann et al. (41) questioned whether the apes would have pointed in the absence of an immediate food reward. In our study, informing ignorant others of a snake offered no immediate benefit for signalers. Studies on language-trained apes have shown informative pointing in the absence of immediate food rewards (43). However, it has remained unclear whether these communicative abilities are natural to chimpanzees or are limited to chimpanzees trained by humans (3).
In a natural context, it seems that chimpanzees’ vocal, nonvocal, and monitoring behaviors at snake models are influenced by social-cognitive processes that are not limited to concurrent behavior reading to an extent not yet demonstrated within the natural communication of nonhuman animals. Here, we show a function of communication in nonhuman animals, which seems to go beyond expressing own current motivations, desires, or needs and suggests a motivation to inform others who have not seen a threat or emitted threat calls. Although this certainly falls short of humans’ avid capacity to share thoughts and feelings, this shows initial awareness of what information might be needed and relevant for another, relevance being a central feature of human language usage (4, 44). We demonstrate that chimpanzees likely have a key motivation for developing complex communication, previously thought to be absent in all natural nonhuman communication—to fill another’s need for information. This is despite chimpanzees apparently having a limited vocal repertoire and combinatorial capacity, which likely restricts message complexity (20, 28). For the evolution of language, this study suggests that the required cognitive capacities for honing informing in situations when others need the information were to, some extent, in place in our last common ancestor shared with chimpanzees, more than 8 million years ago (45). This capacity to integrate communication and social cognition systems is a possible foundation of language evolution, arising before the advent of more language-specific features, such as recursive syntactic structure.
Our study was approved by the St. Andrew’s Psychology Department Ethics Board and complies with the ethics of both the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Max Planck Society and the ethics policy of the Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (www.eva.mpg.de/primat/ethical-guidelines.html).
Study site and subjects
Subjects were wild-living chimpanzees of the Sonso community in Budongo Forest (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtii) (46), Uganda, habituated to human observers since 1995. Of a total of 77 chimpanzees, we tested 22 subjects in experiment 1 with a snake model [8 adult males (>15 years), 2 subadult males (10 to 15 years), 7 adult females (>14 years), and 5 subadult females (10 to 14 years)]. Chimpanzees were tested opportunistically, depending on who arrived at the snake (table S1). In experiment 2, we tested 10 subjects using a playback and the snake model placement experiment (5 adult males, 2 subadult males, 2 adult females, and 1 subadult female). Using a within-subjects design, we aimed to test each subject in each experimental condition (table S2). We selected subjects based on their travel habits, choosing individuals that most commonly traveled in central parts of the territory so that multiple trials would be possible in the area where travel paths were easiest to predict (fig. S1; see tables S1 and S2 for source data).
Experiment 1: Snake model placement. We analyzed data from a previously published experiment (9) where chimpanzees saw a snake model placed on the anticipated travel trail. Experiments were conducted from October 2008 to July 2010. Necessary criteria for inclusion were that both the subject and the receivers were either visible on video or continuously observed during the trial, resulting in 37 cases of 22 chimpanzees from 12 separate snake placement events (see the Supplementary Materials for variables measured).
Experimental setup
We placed a snake model along the anticipated travel path of a subject (Fig. 1) (9). We used partially hidden placement so that the snake would not be visible for more than a distance of 5 to 10 m (videos S2 and S3) but that at least one chimpanzee would be likely to find the snake. We filmed chimpanzees as they approached and saw the snake and continued filming until chimpanzees moved out of sight of the snake or continued with other behavior, such as feeding. Although we aimed to film all the chimpanzees in a given subgroup, this was not always possible due to vegetation. In 4 of 14 marking cases, coding when receivers could see the snake was not visible on video and hence was excluded from relevant analyses (Fig. 3, A and B). Two to four human observers were stationed within 50 m of the snake. They monitored chimpanzees within earshot (<50 m) and observed when receivers were or were not able to see the snake. Three model snakes made of chicken wire and plaster of Paris were used and painted to resemble either local rhinoceros (Bitis rhinoceros) or gaboon vipers (Bitis gabonica; fig. S1).
Experiment 2: Simulation of chimpanzee receiver. We exposed the subjects to two sequential stimuli, mimicking scenarios that occur naturally using a within-subjects design (Fig. 2). First, as chimpanzees walked down a path, we played a call from a hidden speaker, simulating the presence of another chimpanzee. After reacting to the playback, the subjects continued to walk down the trial for a further 5 to 10 m. The subjects then saw the second stimulus, a previously placed snake model hidden behind a log (fig. S1), some seconds after hearing the playback (Fig. 2). Using a within-subjects design, we aimed to expose subjects to two trials counterbalanced for call type so that the subjects were played either a rest hoo or one to three alert hoos. Rest hoos are commonly produced in close-range contact contexts not associated with threats, potentially indicating that the simulated caller was unaware of the snake. Alert hoos are highly associated with the presence of hidden threats, potentially indicating awareness of the snake. We kept the call provider per subject constant across conditions to control for influences related to receiver identity. We controlled for receiver behavior, the playback being the only receiver behavior presented. We filmed the trials from when subjects approached the speaker to after they either left or had finished looking at the snake model. We conducted 21 trials on 10 subjects. Because we could not completely control which chimpanzee was the first to see the snake, three individuals were exposed twice to the same condition. Playbacks could be heard on the videos. We entered the number of hoos played and whether subjects were alone as control predictors in statistical models.
Playback experiments were conducted from April 2010 to August 2010 and from June 2011 to July 2011, when subjects were alone (n = 9 trials) or in small subgroups (maximum of two other independent chimpanzees), as they walked past or rested within 5 to 10 m of a concealed speaker (Fig. 2). Considerable care was taken that the animals whose call was being played, the “call provider,” would not hear their own calls. To this end, one observer followed the call provider and communicated via handheld radios when they were >200 m away from the subject, well beyond the acoustic range of either call type (<100 m).
Considerable care was also taken that the speaker was hidden in dense vegetation 5 to 10 m away from the trail along which the subject was expected to travel. The speaker was positioned at an angle of 60° to 90° from the subject’s expected head orientation when walking along the trail. In all trials, the experimenter continuously filmed the subject using a Panasonic NV-GS 330 DV camera with an MKE 400 external Sennheiser microphone for a minimum of 10 s before the playback until at least 10 s after having seen the snake model. Eighteen different stimuli from six call providers [one adult female and one subadult female (individuals KW and RE), three adult males and one subadult male (individuals NK, KT, SQ, and PS)] were used across the 10 subjects. Experiments were not conducted if the subjects traveled with more than two independent other chimpanzees. The “subject” was defined as the first to see the snake to control for habituation effects toward the snake on calling behavior. The strength of social bonds was calculated using the composite relationship index (47), and rank differences used matrices based on standard chimpanzee criteria, submissive pant grunt vocalizations [see the study by Wittig et al. (48) and the Supplementary Materials in that article for analyses]. To avoid habituation to any of the playback stimuli, we conducted experiments below the frequency of naturally occurring hoos, and subjects rarely, if ever, heard playback stimuli on consecutive days (see the Supplementary Materials for further details including variable measured and selection of playback stimuli).
Predictions specific to experiment 2
The sedentary nature of gaboon and rhinoceros vipers (22) means that snake models only represent an urgent threat to chimpanzees when in close proximity (<2 m)—the case for all subjects in this experiment but for none of the simulated receivers. A previous primate alarm call playback experiment (15) showed that Diana monkeys (Cercopithecus diana) who had not previously heard stimuli associated to a specific predator, either an eagle or leopard, called more rapidly upon first presentation of the eagle or leopard call compared to Diana monkeys who had already heard the specific predator-associated vocalization, whether this was a conspecific alarm call or from the predator itself. Taking this into account, if signaling is principally arousal-driven, relating to the signalers’ own perspective (H2, signaler habituation hypothesis), then signalers without previous exposure to snake-related stimuli should be more aroused upon finding the snake, and hence, signalers should call more rapidly when naïve to the snake’s presence (after hearing a rest hoo rather than an alert hoo).
Crucially, however, if subjects take the receivers’ perspective or knowledge into account, then seeing the snake should change the subjects’ behavior toward the receivers. The subjects saw the snake model some seconds after hearing the playback of a hoo, but no further receiver behavior was presented. The question is whether the subjects’ track the associated shift in the putative receivers’ perspective that is provided by the presence of the snake. If the subjects take the receiver’s perspective into account, we expected the subjects’ attention to the speaker and calling behavior to change after seeing the snake, depending on the call type heard some seconds earlier. A previous study (28) showed that a playback of an alert hoo elicited more attention (scans) to the speaker than a rest hoo, where scans are the number of moves of a chimpanzee’s head position while looking at the speaker (see the Supplementary Materials). Here, we expected a similar result until the subjects see the snake model. However, after seeing the snake, we expected a shift in speaker-directed attention. For H1 (receiver knowledge), we expected a decline in speaker-directed attention in the alert hoo condition (if the signaler understands the receiver is aware of the snake) but an increase in the rest hoo condition (if the signaler understands that the receiver is not aware of the snake). For H2 (signaler habituation), no such snake-dependent or condition-dependent shift in speaker-directed attention was expected. Instead, the duration in attention given to the snake should be longer in the rest hoo condition (the signaler has no previous information about the snake) than in the alert hoo condition (the signaler has already been primed to the snake’s presence).
Thus, H1 and H2 have opposite or different predictions in the following three behavioral variables: calling, marking, and attention given to the snake and the speaker (table S3). Using a playback to simulate a receiver enabled us to keep receiver identity (H3) constant across conditions and to exclude all concurrent behavior reading by receivers, beyond the playback stimulus (H4). We also expected that the subjects’ marking and calling might be motivated by present, rather than playback, individuals, in trials where subjects were not alone. To account for this, we coded marking only when marking included gaze alternation between the speaker and the snake. Gaze alternation between other chimpanzees and the snake was not coded as marking. All alert hoos were counted as speaker-directed, because vocalizations are nondiscriminatory for audiences within earshot.
Statistical analysis for experiments 1 and 2. We conducted a series of linear and GLMMs (49) using R version 3.0.2 (R Core Team, 2013) and the function lmer for Gaussian, and glmer for binomial and Poisson, models from the package lme4 (50). We compared the fit of both full models with that of a respective null model lacking only the test predictors but otherwise being the same as respective full model in all other terms, using a likelihood ratio test. For experiment 1, to test the duration of marking relative to when receivers saw the snake, we ran the GLMM Gaussian model (Fig. 3A). The response variable duration was transformed to log + 1 to comply with model assumptions. Random factors were subject identity, snake placement event, and subject trial per event. Random factors were subject identity and snake placement event (see the Supplementary Materials for further details). No test was conducted for Fig. 3B because the result provided no variation for the test predictor (receiver sees the snake), and the small sample was small.
In experiment 2, to test the impact of the experimental conditions on the subjects’ signaling and monitoring behavior, we ran a number of GLMMs to determine the impact of test and control predictors on different signaling behaviors of subjects. In these models, we did not include control variables of social bond and dominance rank, because we controlled for social bond by using call providers with a neutral relationship to subjects and because rank did not show significant effects on signaling behavior in experiment 1 (see the Supplementary Materials) (9). To correct for multiple testing across GLMMs, we used the permutation-based modification of Fisher’s omnibus test to account for nonindependent data (30). Gaussian models used maximum likelihood estimates. Binomial models used a logit link function. For all models, we compared the fit of the full model with that of the respective null model lacking only the test predictors but otherwise have the same terms as the respective full model (51), using a likelihood ratio test. “Blind”-coded interrater reliability tests on key variables showed good overall interrater reliability: Cohen’s κ = 0.74, z = 3.7, P = 0.002 (see the Supplementary Materials).
Supplementary material for this article is available at http://advances.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/3/11/e1701742/DC1
video S1. Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in the Tai National Park, Ivory Coast, see real, highly camouflaged rhinoceros viper (www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXU9C-Oq2k; see fig. S3 for stills).
video S2. Experiment 1 with marking: Kato alert hoos and marks a gaboon viper model for an ignorant receiver with whom he shares a bond (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, Budongo Forest, Uganda).
video S3. Experiment 1 without marking: Squibbs alert hoos but does not mark a gaboon viper model for ignorant receivers with whom he does not share a bond (P. troglodytes schweinfurthii, Budongo Forest, Uganda).
video S4. Experiment 2: Rest hoo condition (P. troglodytes schweinfurthii, Budongo Forest, Uganda).
video S5. Experiment 2: Alert hoo condition (P. troglodytes schweinfurthii, Budongo Forest, Uganda).
Supplementary Methods
table S1. Source data for experiment 1: Marking behavior in relation to test and control variables.
table S2. Source data for experiment 2: Vocal and nonvocal behaviors of subjects per trial after seeing a snake model.
table S3. Experiment 2: Predictions for receiver knowledge (H1) and signaler habituation (H2) hypotheses.
table S4. Experiment 2: Control predictors have little influence on chimpanzee calling and marking behavior.
fig. S1. Typical scenario upon viper (B. rhinoceros) detection by chimpanzees.
fig. S2. Vipers photographed in the Budongo Forest and replica snake models used in the experiments.
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Acknowledgments: We thank S. Adue, J. Alyo, M. Gideon, and J. Okuti for their hard work in the field; C. Boesch, C. Girad-Buttoz, M. Carpenter, D. Cheney, J. Fischer, D. Leavens, A. Mielke, and M. Tomasello for their very insightful comments; L. Samuni for coding videos for interrater reliability testing; and Budongo Conservation Field Station and the Ugandan Authorities (Uganda Wildlife Authority and Uganda National Council for Science and Technology) for permission to conduct the study. We thank the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland for providing core support for the Budongo Conservation Field Station. Funding: The study was funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy, the Max Planck Society, the Leakey Foundation, and the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement nos. 679787 and 283871). Author contributions: Study design: C.C., R.M.W., and K.Z.; data collection: C.C. and R.M.W.; data analysis: C.C.; responsibility for validity and correctness of the figures: C.C.; and writing of the manuscript: C.C., R.M.W., and K.Z. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Data and materials availability: All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and the Supplementary Materials (tables S1 and S2). Additional data related to this paper may be requested from the authors.
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By Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig, Klaus Zuberbühler
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A study in wild chimpanzees shows that cognition-influenced vocalizing is not only a human trait but also occurs in chimpanzees.
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QQuddús
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Quddús
IN June 2, 2018 Researched by Bahá'í Chronicles 4957 views
Quddús, Letter of the Living
Place of Birth: Barfarush (Babul)
Location of Death: Barfarush (Babul)
Burial Location: No Cemetery Details
Quddús (the Most Holy), title given to Mullá Muhammad-‘Alí Bárfurúshí.
He was immortalized by the Báb as “Ismu’llahi’l-Akhir (the Last Name of God)” and on whom Bahá’u’lláh “later conferred the sublime appellation of Nuqtiy-i-Ukhra (the Last Point)” and elevated him in another Tablet to “a rank second to none except that of the Herald of His Revelation”. He was designated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha as the “Moon of Guidance” and his “appearance the Revelation of St. John the Divine anticipated as one of the two ‘Witnesses’ into whom, ere the ‘second woe is past,’ the ‘spirit of life from God’ must enter.”[1]
Quddús accompanied the Báb on His pilgrimage to Mecca (1844–45). He was present at Badasht and subsequently arrested and detained in Sárí for more than three months. He was released through the efforts of Mullá Husayn, and then joined the Bábí forces at Shaykh Tabarsí in late 1848.
Quddús played a leading role in the Bábí defense and was taken prisoner on May 10, 1849, following the final siege at Shaykh Tabarsí, tortured, and then killed on May 16, 1849 in Barfurush (Babul), the town of his birth.[2]
1 Effendi, Shoghi. God Passes By. Wilmette, IL: US Publishing Trust p. 49
2 “Quddus” Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project. bahai-encyclopedia-project.org
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Californication – “The Whore of Babylon” (1.03)
David Duchovny as Hank Moody in “The Whore of Babylon” (Californication, Ep. 1.03).
Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. To celebrate the ever-growing American tradition of Black Friday, here’s a guy known for wearing black…
David Duchovny as Hank Moody, womanizing novelist with substance abuse issues
Venice Beach, Summer 2007
Series: Californication
Episode: “The Whore of Babylon” (Episode 1.03)
Air Date: August 27, 2007
Director: Scott Winant
Costume Designer: Peggy A. Schnitzer
In the third episode of Californication, we learn more about Hank and see him in different settings: a book reading, on a date with a woman he actually likes, and being bailed out of jail. Of these three, viewers should get most accustomed to seeing the latter.
During a book reading in Venice Beach, Hank dresses up his usual look with a charcoal linen blend sportcoat that is just one notch darker than the shade of his charcoal shirt. He still wears the shirt untucked with jeans, but the jacket – while somewhat rumpled and wrinkled due to its linen suiting – is still dressier than his well-traveled smoking jacket.
Hank’s wrinkled blazer, untucked shirt, and jeans present a tougher and more masculine image to Meredith than the white-collared asshole in the V-neck sweater and khakis that she is on a date with. (To see a white shirt, V-neck sweater, and khakis pulled off effectively, see Don Draper in the “Three Sundays” episode of Mad Men.)
In addition, Hank wears his usual accessories and his brown Timberland “Tortrance” suede Chelsea boots, which he wears over black socks throughout the episode.
Underneath, Hank has on a pair of small black boxer briefs with a thin gray band across the waist. When Karen comes over for coffee after his impromptu date with Meredith, Hank insists on going out to get coffee with her while wearing only the boxers and button-down. Given that Hank lives in Venice Beach, this would not be an odd sight.
Why buy a robe when you can just wear last night’s shirt?
As usual, Hank wears a T-shirt (black, of course) and jeans to a meeting at Charlie’s office. And, as usual, he takes off his boots and lays down on the couch.
Rather than worry about his career, Hank coins the word “broner”. Yet another productive meeting.
For his real date (“20th century style,” according to Hank) with Meredith that evening, he layers a lightweight black button-down on top of it all. This is the last time, for a while at least, that Hank layers a button-down over a T-shirt.
Hank embraces his “20th century style” date by wearing a nice shirt, followed by a B&E and stealing a dog.
Hank’s Accessories
As covered in the pilot episode entry, Hank has four distinct accessories that he is almost never without: sunglasses, a ring, and two wrist straps. The sunglasses are dark brown Izods (model #725), often mistaken for Ray-Ban Highstreets on other blogs and Hank-related posts.
On his left wrist, he wears a black snap bracelet with silver round and hexagonal studs around it. He also wears a thin black braided leather bracelet that is tied around his wrist. All available at Urban Wrist.
Hank simultaneously sneaks up on Karen AND shows us his ring and bracelets. Thanks, Hank!
Hank’s silver ring is finally established in this episode as the medium-width ring with two ridges. It will remain unchanged for several episodes.
Hank takes it a little easier in this episode, only seen drinking two glasses of Scotch (although several more are implied). He lights a well-deserved cigarette after getting the wind knocked out of him by an unusually violent Bill and also promotes the use of safe sex with a Trojan Magnum. Kudos to you, Mr. Moody!
No better time than this to light up a Camel.
In this episode, we hear:
She Died, “I’m Ten Feet Tall”
Josh Blake, “Pain & My Misery”
Creosote, “The Ballad of Whiskey and Tears”
Betty Davis, “Walkin’ Up the Road”
Dawn Landes, “Toy Piano”
Of these songs, “Pain & My Misery” by Josh Blake is the most Hank-like. He hears this blues-rock piece while drinking away his sorrows in a bar after being beaten up twice and arrested all in the same night. Pain and misery indeed.
What to Imbibe
Same as usual: Scotch and cigarettes.
This one is easy, as Hank has two distinct looks in this episode. The ingredients for both are:
Hank puts on his boots after taking them off for a meeting in Charlie’s office. No, Charlie is not Japanese.
Dark charcoal gray linen-blend single-breasted 2-button sport coat with notch lapels, jetted breast pocket, straight flapped hip pockets, and a single vent
Charcoal gray dress shirt with black buttons
Black lightweight casual button-up shirt with swelled edges and an open breast pocket
Black short-sleeve James Perse cotton T-shirt
Medium-dark wash blue denim jeans
Brown sueded leather Timberland “Torrance” Chelsea boots with black elastic side gussets
Black boxer briefs with a gray stripe around the waist
Silver ring with two ridged bands, worn on the right index finger
Black leather bracelet with silver hexagonal and round studs, worn on the left wrist
Thin black braided leather bracelet, also worn on the left wrist
A more Hank-like look, as seen in “The Whore of Babylon”, would be a half-open black shirt rather than a seldom-worn robe.
Buy the first season
. To really show your Hank fanship, you can also pick up your own copy of God Hates Us All
. (Yes, it’s a real book! Written for the show, of course, but the content is definitely something Moody would write about.)
You have a dog named Cat Stevens? Holy fuck!
Hank’s bracelets are available at Urban Wrist.
Written by luckystrike721 Posted in Casual Tagged with 2000s, Californication, Casual, Chelsea Boots, David Duchovny, Gray Shirt, Hank Moody, Jeans, Los Angeles, T-shirt, Venice Beach, Writer
December 21, 2012 - 10:22 pm caduceus
Do you know what brand Hank’s button down long-sleeve shirts are? Like this one? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hank+moody+clothes&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=hank+moody+clothes&sc=1-18&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=F523A896168E3E487CB66700DB40375084B39C4A&selectedIndex=1
December 22, 2012 - 11:53 am luckystrike721
caduceus,
Unfortunately not. I’ve heard some unconfirmed stuff about Hank’s shirts being Prada, but that seems a little too high end for someone who wears clothing to be practical and functional. (Especially because I think that shirt gets pooped on by a bird in that episode if it’s the fourth season one I believe it is)
I’ll keep looking and maybe I’ll get lucky with a link, an eagle-eyed fan, or even communication with the show’s costume department. Also, as I keep screencapping the episodes, I will hopefully glimpse a label. The shirts steadily change during the show and I’ll likely try and do a post to track the changes.
January 3, 2013 - 12:48 am Mike450ike
That would be much appreciated! Between that and the button down black one – much harder to find than one would think, especially since they are so simple looking! Thanks for keeping an eye out!
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‘I Hate This County:’ Dem Congressional Candidate Lashes Out During DUI Arrest
Peter D'Abrosca
A Congressional candidate from Florida’s 14th District was caught on police dashcam footage cursing America during a DUI arrest in 2017.
“Eleven years I served this county,” Steven Lamar Foster told police in the dash-cam video. “I hate this county. I prayed to God that he would curse it. And guess what? He did. Man, I saw it hit and cursed, and I saw people laid off right and left — white people. I hate this county …”
Foster’s unflattering words are unlikely to win over many voters in the district, but he will not drop out of the race, according to Dan Lovingwood, the chair of the Democratic 14th Congressional District.
He was booked into county jail after being convicted of Driving Under the Influence on Monday. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for next week.
The candidate berated officers during his field sobriety test, subsequent arrest and ride to the police station, making several bizarre comments during the episode.
He demanded several blood samples be taken.
“I would like to have two independent [blood tests],” Foster said. “I would like to have one sent to Canada, which I have the right to have it sent to Canada — Toronto. I’d like to have one sent to Foggy Bottom.”
Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood in Washington D.C., and former home of the CIA. It has become a metonym for the clandestine intelligence service.
“Go right ahead, I’ve had them pinched before by Columbian police,” Foster said as he was handcuffed. “It’s all right, I’ve been in jail in six damn countries and the state of Mississippi.”
The tirade included a racial component, too.
“It’s all right, they can’t help it,” he said as he was being led to the police cal in handcuffs. “They’re not going to arrest no Hispanics. They are not going to arrest somebody that is a damn Arab. They are not going to do that because guess what …”
The arresting officer slammed the door to the police car before he could finish his sentence.
TROLLED: Pelosi For Prison Banner Flown Over Her San Francisco District
It calls for Pelosi to be locked up for her “crimes against America.”
Luke Rohlfing
Liberals in San Francisco were immediately triggered Thursday morning by the sight of an impossible-to-miss 25-foot by 80-foot “Pelosi for Prison” banner flying in the spy upon the left-wing stronghold.
I’m flying a #PelosiForPrison banner around @SpeakerPelosi’s district today!
Her lawlessness, ignorance and corruption have gone on for too long!
Sign the petition at https://t.co/tpidJDBtgA to support the movement!
Go to https://t.co/n9dL8joJPS to support MY campaign! pic.twitter.com/QT5pggL8E1
— DeAnna for Congress🇺🇸vs Nancy (@DeAnna4Congress) February 6, 2020
The banner, paid for by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Republican opponent, DeAnna Lorraine, directs those who see it to a petition, located at PelosiForPrison.co, which calls for Pelosi to be jailed for her “crimes against America.” With the banner coming just a day after President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Pelosi-driven impeachment hearings, it is a sign that some conservatives are moving off of the defensive, and instead focusing on offensive attacks against left-wing figures like Pelosi.
Speaking with Big League Politics, Lorraine states that the banner was a part of her plan to expose Pelosi’s record while in the Congress, along with her “egregious crimes against America.”
“I am running for Congress to clean out the corruption that is Nancy Pelosi. Instead of caring for the people of
San Francisco and advancing their issues on a national scale, she spends her time conducting asinine
impeachments and investigations that amount to absolutely nothing” said DeAnna. “It’s past time we start
hitting her hard on her record of poor leadership and egregious crimes against America, and I look very much
forward to retiring her in November.”
This banner definitely gets that message across, and surely has Nancy Pelosi shaking with rage.
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Zoological treasures in Archeological, Historical and Ethnological Museums
Publiziert am 11. November 2018 von Markus Bühler
This blog is devoted to the wonders and marvels of the animal kingdom and natural history. Many of the photos in my articles were taken in zoological or paleontological museums. But you can also often find a lot of really interesting zoology-related artifacts in other museums as well. I have a longstanding interest in archeology, history and ethnology, and for that reason I visited countless museums about those fields over the years.
I have seen there innumerable and sometimes really surprising exhibits which can be also of great value for people interested in zoology. Not everyone can spend several hours analyzing the construction of ancient arms and armor or the carving techniques of old wooden spoons as I sometimes do. But even if you are not really an avid fan of archeological, historical or ethnological museums but interested in animals (I suppose you are, otherwise you would not read my blog), I can encourage you to take a closer look at those locations. I think I can not emphasize enough the potential of such collections, and sometimes you can even find amazing and fully unexpected zoological treasures that you will rarely find even in natural history museums.
The vestigal narwhal tusk featured recently is such a case. The Inuit tools made from the teeth of Greenland sharks were the very relics of Somniosus I have seen anywhere. Another example would be the mandible of a pygmy sperm whale in the Oceania exhibition of the ethnological museum at Berlin (I already wrote about it several years ago here).
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) mandible, Ethnological Museum Berlin
The mandible was sadly labeled as the jaw of a dolphin. I tried to contact the museum to inform them about the true identity and rarity of this mandible, which belongs to a species which is really rare even in the collections and archives of museums with many cetacean specimens. Sadly I received no answer.
This leads to another thing. This is really not meant to discredit the scientists, curators or the staff of those museums, but over the years I have seen a whole lot of erroneously labeled exhibits in archeological, historical and ethnological exhibitions. For this reason it can be really beneficial if people with a more profound knowledge of zoology take a closer look at them. Of course no one likes a smartass (ans yes, I am fully aware of my strong tendency to be one), but museums have an educational purpose and labels should be corrected if they are erroneous. At the end, that’s also beneficial for those museum and their visitors, in particular if a „boring“ object becomes suddenly much more interesting.
This is even more important if erroneous identifications lead to erroneous interpretations, what’s especially problematic in the archeological context. I hope to feature such a case in the near future.
But enough with the criticism, in the vast majority of cases the identifications of animals in such museums are correct, an you can learn a lot from them.
Real physical remains of animals are of course especially interesting, the more so if they belong to unusual or now extinct species. I have seen many subfossil aurochs skulls and horn cores, and even some full skeletons, and a great number of them in archeological museums. This included even a particularly spectacular (perhaps even the most spectacular) specimen which I will spare for a future blog post. So if you are a fan of Bos primigenius, you can likely expand your specimen count in archeological museums to a substantial degree.
Aurochs (Bos primigenius) horn cores (on the top) in the archeological museum Strasbourg. Did you notice the warthog model?
But even the skeletal relics of lesser uncommon animals are always worth to take a closer look at them, no matter if they are wild or domestic animals. Sometimes you will also see bones of animals which are now extinct in the area where their relics were found, like Central European mooses. Some animals which greatly suffered from trophy hunting over many centuries have also often decreased in size. For that reason you can often find especially massive deer antlers or huge wild boar tusks which come from archeological excavations or which are from historical hunting collections.
A huge neolithic wild boar skull with enormous tusks from the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Ethnological collections are sometimes real treasure chests, as they often include really exotic animal remains. Anatomy, behavior and ecology of animals are all fascinating things, but I think the interaction of animals with humans are always important to look at as well. The cultural or economic role or value of animals, the way in which they were hunted or caught or what was made from them. This are all really interesting topics of themselves, but they often get not that much attention in zoological museums.
Necklace made from hornbill beaks, likely from New Guinea. How often can you take such a good look at the inside of their mandibles? Photo taken at the Ethnological Museum Munich
You are sometimes really surprised by the weird hunting methods invented for certain species or the curios use of certain animal parts. Sometimes such processed body parts can give you even insights into anatomy that you will usually not see at a taxidermy specimen or a mounted skeleton.
A very nice collection of Crocodylus porosus skulls and boar skulls. Ethnological Museum Munich
In exhibitions about Oceania you will often find especially many artifacts made from animals.
Necklace made from sperm whale teeth. This gives you a pretty good idea about the variation in shape of sperm whale teeth. The big blunt tooth is quite interesting, as it shows severe abrasion. Photo taken at the Ethnological Museum Berlin
Native American artifacts can be also very interesting, for example if they give you a chance to take a close look at bison skulls.
Bison skull with painted ornaments, Ethnological museum Berlin
But not just physical remains can be valuable objects of interest, but artistic animal depictions as well. In some cases they can tell you things about now extinct animals that you can’t see if you just look at their bare bones. Colours, patterns, even certain typical kinds of behavior and interaction with other animals and humans can be found in ancient art or historical depictions.
Mammoth ivory figurine of a cave lion from Vogelherd Cave at Schloss Hohentübingen. Could the pattern carved on the body indicate that some cave lions had more or less pronounced spots?
One especially worthy field to discover in archeological museums are old forms of domestic animals. You can for example look which unusual traits typical for domestication were already present. You can take a look at ear shape, length or structure of the fur, the pattern and colour of the hides or other traits you can not judge from skeletal remains alone. Many old breeds of domestic animals became fully extinct, others changed so much that they bear no more much similarities with their ancestral forms.
A greek bronze helmet from 300-400 BC. The engraving of the bull is just wonderful and incredibly naturalistic. It reminds a lot on a Spanish fighting bull.
A small roman bronze figurine of a domestic bull with strongly developed dewlap.
Roman bronze bull, Landesmuseum Stuttgart
Terracota model of a South American dog breed. This small, short-legged dogs had strongly wrinkled skin and were bred for their meat.
Ethnological museum Berlin
Domestic dogs were already quite diverse in antiquity, and very different breeds already existed millenia ago.
A greyhound-like breed of dog on a Greek amphore, ca 440 BC. Photo taken at Landesmuseum Stuttgart
You can for example see typical traits of domestication in some of those old breeds, like floppy ears of a curled tail.
Dog with floppy ears and curled tail on Greek amphore, 480-470 BC, Antikensamlung Berlin
A very nice life-sized sculpture of a hunting dog from ancient Greek. This is in fact a cast from gypsum and not the original.
Greek hunting dog, Schloss Hohentübingen
Of course you always have to keep in mind that there can be a lot of artistic freedom in such old depictions. Sometimes more, sometimes lesser. But to get a better idea and understanding of that, it is important to study the various art styles of different cultures. In some cases you will be really surprised by the level of accuracy of those ancient artists. Some of the ancient Egyptian paintings and reliefs are so naturalistic that it is easy to identify even a lot of animals to species level.
On occasion you will even see quite unexpected scenes of human-animal interaction, like apparent attempts to tame wild animals. It is also sometimes really surprising to see the degree of human translocation of animals which happened already hundreds or thousands of years ago.
How to transport an elephant on a ship, Roman mosaik from Veji, 300-400 AD, Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
The depicted elephant was most likely the now extinct small North African subspecies Loxodonta africana pharaohensis.
You can also sometimes see unusual curiosities from historical collections, like anomalous antlers, horns or tusks, or bezoars which were thought to have healing powers, similar to the inevitable narwhal tusks. In other cases there are very early examples of exotic animals or animal parts which found their ways into cabinets of curiosities or early zoological collections. You will find such collections much more often in historical than zoological museums, and they can give you interesting insights into the history of modern zoology.
Bird of paradise in historic cabinet of curiosities, Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
Here you can also see a wonderful mug made from narwhal tusk. You can see that was from the base of the tusk, as the surface is unabraded and highly textured.
Narwhal tusk mug, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
An original copy of Conrad Gessner´s (1516-1565) Historia animalium, one of the very first zoological books of the world. The same exhibition also had an original print of Dürer´s Rhinoceros.
Historia animalium by Conrad Gessner, photo taken at a special exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
I hope I could show you with this blogpost why it can be always worthy to think outside the box, and to visit as many museums as you can, even if they are not always restricted to natural history alone.
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2 Antworten zu Zoological treasures in Archeological, Historical and Ethnological Museums
Milan Hepner sagt:
I like reading your blogs. It´s interesting. But only one thing in this one – there is wrong latin name below first photograph. It´s not Koga but Kogia. Just a little thing. 😉
Markus Bühler sagt:
Oh thanks, this was of course a typo. This was a really extensive post to write, and even if I re-read it for several times, it can happen that I just miss even such obvious typos or grammar errors. In the original post where I wrote more about pygmy sperm whales, I used the correct name. Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales are really fascinating animals, and there are also some fossil forms on record, about which I wanted to write anytime too.
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Washington Wizards Trade Deadline History
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2019-20 Trade Deadline Activity[-]
Jerome Robinson and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, the draft rights to Yusuf Sanon and a TPE. Marcus Morris, Isaiah Thomas and a TPE were acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Maurice Harkless, Jerome Robinson, a 2020 1st round pick (LAC own), a Swap 2021 1st round picks and a 2021 2nd round pick (DET own). Maurice Harkless, the draft rights to Yusuf Sanon, a 2020 1st round pick (LAC own), a Swap 2021 1st round picks, a 2021 2nd round pick (DET own) and a TPE were acquired by the New York Knicks in exchange for Marcus Morris.
Shabazz Napier and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for: Jordan McRae and a TPE.
Wesley Johnson and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards from the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for: Markieff Morris, a 2023 2nd round pick (WAS own) and cash.
A conditional 2019 2nd round pick (ATL own) and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for: Sheldon Mac and cash.
Markieff Morris was acquired by the Washington Wizards from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for: DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries, a conditional 2016 1st round pick (WAS own) and a TPE.
Ramon Sessions and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards from the Sacramento Kings in exchange for: Andre Miller, cash and a TPE.
Jan Vesely and a TPE were acquired by the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Andre Miller and a 2016 2nd round pick (DEN own). Andre Miller, a conditional 2014 2nd round pick (PHL own) and a TPE were acquired by the Washington Wizards in exchange for Eric Maynor, Jan Vesely and a 2015 2nd round pick (NOP own). Eric Maynor, a 2015 2nd round pick (NOP own) and a 2016 2nd round pick (DEN own) were acquired by the Philadelphia Sixers in exchange for a conditional 2014 2nd round pick (PHL own).
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Jordan Crawford was acquired by the Boston Celtics from the Washington Wizards in exchange for: Leandro Barbosa, Jason Collins, cash and a TPE.
Nick Young and a TPE were acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Brian Cook, a 2015 2nd round pick (NOP own), a 2015 2nd round pick (MEM own), cash and a TPE. Brian Cook, Maybyner Nene and a 2015 2nd round pick (NOP own) were acquired by the Washington Wizards in exchange for JaVale McGee, Ronny Turiaf and Nick Young. JaVale McGee, Ronny Turiaf, a 2015 2nd round pick (MEM own), cash and a TPE were acquired by the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Maybyner Nene and a TPE.
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Lawrence Moten signed a contract with the Washington Wizards.
Lawrence Moten, previously with the Washington Wizards, became a free agent.
Gaylon Nickerson signed a contract with the Washington Bullets.
Kevin Pritchard signed a contract with the Washington Bullets.
Greg Grant, previously with the Washington Bullets, became a free agent.
Players Becoming Free Agents[-]
Feb 19, 1998 Lawrence Moten
Feb 22, 1996 Greg Grant
Free Agent Rights Renounced[-]
Feb 20, 2014 James Singleton
Feb 20, 2014 Jason Collins
Feb 20, 2014 Maurice Evans
Feb 20, 2014 Morris Almond
Signings[-]
Feb 20, 1997 Gaylon Nickerson
Feb 22, 1996 Kevin Pritchard
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Feb 6, 2020 Jerome Robinson
Feb 6, 2020 Shabazz Napier
Feb 7, 2019 Wesley Johnson
Feb 18, 2016 Markieff Morris
Feb 19, 2015 Ramon Sessions
Feb 20, 2014 Andre Miller
Feb 21, 2013 Leandro Barbosa
Mar 15, 2012 Brian Cook
Mar 15, 2012 Maybyner Nene
Feb 22, 2001 Christian Laettner
Feb 22, 2001 Courtney Alexander
Feb 22, 2001 Etan Thomas
Feb 22, 2001 Hubert Davis
Feb 22, 2001 Loy Vaught
Players Waived[-]
Feb 22, 2001 Felipe Lopez
Feb 22, 2001 Gerard King
Feb 22, 2001 Mike Smith
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GOLDEN BEARS WIN SIAC BASKETBALL TITLE
Posted on March 4, 2019 by Tee Mack
BIRMINGHAM — After years of disappointing starts, finishes, and a bunch of other things in between, the Miles men’s basketball program finally gets to stamp a phrase into its history.
SIAC Champions.
The Golden Bears completed a stunning one-year turnaround, dismantling LeMoyne-Owen 70-46 Saturday night at Bill Harris Arena to win their first conference title. LaByron Harris had 19 points, five rebounds, two steals and two blocks to earn tournament Most Valuable Player honors as Miles (21-8) earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Division II South Region tournament.
Miles’ trademark defense, which is tops in Division II in points allowed and field goal defense was on display against the Magicians, who had averaged 84 points over their first three tournament games. LOC became the eighth opponent that failed to get to 50 points against the Golden Bears this season. But the offense went to work in the title game, and LeMoyne-Owen (19-10) did little to resist.
The Magicians never led by more than three points, which last happened midway through the first half. But with the game tied at 15, the Golden Bears took control. All-Tournament team selection Jelani Watson-Gayle began a torrid stretch with a 3-pointer that gave Miles the lead for good at the 8:40 mark.
For the next four minutes, LOC was blanked, missing its three field goal attempts and turning the ball over five times. Meanwhile, Watson-Gayle (15 points, five rebounds, four assists) drained two more 3-balls and Harris got a couple of buckets, the last as part of a 3-point play to cap a 16-0 run that put Miles ahead 31-16. The lead would grow to 18 before the Golden Bears went into the half with a 39-25 advantage.
Any thoughts LeMoyne-Owen had about getting back into the game in the second half were quickly doused as its halftime deficit was the closest it would be to the lead for the remainder of the game. The Magicians missed their first six shots of the second half and buckets by Damian Archer, All-Tournament selection Devonte Fuller and Harris had the Golden Bears lead to 20 points less than three minutes into the half.
Miles shot nearly 50 percent from the field in the second half while LOC could only muster 31 percent, including misses on all six 3-pointers. The final four minutes were more a coronation and celebration than it was a competition as the entire Miles bench and the partisan crowd knew the celebration was imminent.
With the win, head coach Fred Watson tied Kirk Patrick for the most wins by a head coach in his first season at the school and he took home honors as the top coach in the tournament.
Tyrone Banks had 11 points and Tory Mason had 10 points and nine rebounds for LeMoyne-Owen. Archer (12 points, seven rebounds, five assists), Fuller (12 points, five rebounds), and Jose Roman-Angueria (six points, eight rebounds) had solid efforts for Miles.
All-Tournament Team
Devonte Fuller, Miles
Jelani Watson-Gayle, Miles
Tyrone Banks, LeMoyne-Owen
Devin Booker, LeMoyne-Owen
Joshua Holliday, Paine
LaByron Harris, Miles – Most Valuable Player of the Tournament
Fred Watson, Coach of the Tournament
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Twelve thousand miles, 5 grants, ∞ cups of coffee, 4 universities, 53 written reports, 1 master thesis, four countries. No, this is not the streamlined synopsis of some Sci-Fic blockbuster hit. It is, however, a glimpse into my life before a PhD study about unravelling the hidden potentials of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) dimers swept me over.
However, my master degree course, taken at the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and later, at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) first developed my curiosity in the field of analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical technology.
After some experience gained from working in the pharmaceutical industry and a placement year in Sydney (Australia), I was granted a summer placement at UEA, School of Pharmacy with Dr Lesley Howell. I thoroughly enjoyed this research project about peptide synthesis and after Dr Peter McCormick introduced me to his GPCRs, this initial interest was further propelled. I found myself eager to learn more, not only about the chemical synthesis of the peptides, but mostly on how these long stretches of amino acids can be applied in biochemical GPCRs studies.
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The Untold Truth Of Iván Martínez’s Brother – Emilio Martinez
By Benjy P. March 17, 2020
1 Early life and family
2 Educational background
3.1 Getting to “Team 10”
3.2 Other controversies in “Team 10”
3.3 Music career
3.4 Further social media career
5 Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
6 Appearance, clothing style
7 Net worth and salary
Emilio Martinez is a well-known social media influencer, who with his twin brother, Ivan, has developed their online careers on their YouTube channel and Instagram accounts.
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Early life and family
Emilio Martinez was born on 10 May 1999, in Catalonia Spain, so his zodiac sign is Taurus, and nationality Spanish. He has an older sister, Rebecca, who is a professional tennis player. Emilio’s mother is Marisol Perez; she only speaks Spanish and doesn’t understand English, though her sons tried to teach her some words and phrases – she instantly forgot them, so uses the translator in her smartphone. Marisol divorced the twins’ father, and now lives with her new husband, Enrique Romero Palma.
when you break my heart? ? @allshotbyme
A post shared by Emilio (@emiliovmartinez) on Mar 3, 2020 at 10:51am PST
Emilio and Ivan matriculated from the local high school in Catalonia in 2017, then moved to Los Angeles to further their YouTube career they had started in 2015.
Getting to “Team 10”
In January 2017 Emilio and Ivan joined “Team 10”, which is a popular squad of social media influencers. “Team 10” was originally founded by Jake Paul, and the company’s YouTube channel with the same name soon reached the point of 2.5 million subscribers. Jake Paul, who is a professional fighter in real life, also has a channel of his own, which has 20 million subscribers. In their video “The Truth…” (which gained over 10 million views) the twins shared that Jake met them in Barcelona and suggested that they moving to Los Angeles.
They moved into Jake’s mansion where other members of “Team 10 lived, promised a separate room to live in, but in fact had to live in the living room for more than four months without privacy. As at that moment they spoke little English, they couldn’t even understand what other people around them were talking about, and Jake used this situation to make fun of the twins. He filmed pranks on them every single day, bonding them with handcuffs to their beds or waking them up by throwing snowballs on them, even pouring dirty stinky liquid on them while they were trying to make their own videos for the channel of “Team 10” – Ivan even puked after smelling the liquid Jake poured on him.
Posted by Emilio Martinez on Thursday, June 20, 2019
Emilio and Ivan left “Team 10” in November 2017, after Jake destroyed the room they had just decorated with their own money, while the twins were vacationing in Spain with their family – they weren’t the first nor the last ones to leave.
Other controversies in “Team 10”
There were more than 10 people who joined the team and soon left with no regrets and never wanting to return. Alissa Violet left the incubator in 2017, stating in her Twitter that one couldn’t even imagine what the guys from “Team 10” would do to get views and subscribers. Alissa insisted Jake faked their relationship, saying they were dating while in fact they were not, but Alissa shared that she knew that concept and accused Jake of using the rumors about their never-existing romance to attract more views.
Another person who left “Team 10” in 2017 was Neels Visser, who accused the members of the group of being racists, abusers, etc. Emilio was a good friend of Neels, and it was the moment when both Emilio and Ivan first thought that they were in the wrong place, and thought over their leaving “Team 10”.
“Team 10” also had the Dobre twins, Marcus and Lucas, who left the group soon after their joining. To make even more drama of the Dobre twins’ leaving, Jake Paul confronted the Martinez twins and the Dobre twins, insisting that Marcus and Lucas were mean and didn’t want to follow their fellows from “Team 10” on their social media accounts.
Emilio Martinez
Fed up with the lies from Jake’s side, the Martinez twins followed other members of the group and left. They were also supported by Erika Costell, Max Beaumont, AJ Mitchell and many others, who also left “Team 10” in less than a year after joining.
Emilio and Ivan returned to Spain, and recorded their first song “Fake Friends”, inspired by the events happening in Jake Paul’s crew. The music video was released on 28 September 2017 and has more than 20 million views, and featuring such performers as Chad Tepper and Julian Martel. In November 2017 the twins released another music video, “That’s My Lambo”, which also has almost 20 million views.
In that song Emilio and Ivan focused on Jake Paul and his lies to the twins: ‘Jake? You bought a mansion / You fly in private jets / You take amazing vacations / And you got a Lambo’ / And you still owe us money / And that money can change my mom’s life’. The fans also appreciated including Spanish in the song, which made the track sound much better than the first one.
Further social media career
As of 2020, the Martinez twins keep pushing their popularity to new limits. Emilio is very close to getting seven million subscribers on his Instagram account, while Ivan has around 6.4 million subscribers. They also work a lot on their YouTube channel “Martinez Twins”, which has almost five million subscribers, but they haven’t uploaded anything new since 22 June 2019 and was entitled “WEARING LONG ACRYLIC NAILS FOR 24 HOURS!!”.
They’ve also tried to develop another YouTube channel “Martinez Twins 2”, on which they posted Spanish language videos. Even though Emilio and Ivan were very good at filming pranks, they’ve stopped updating their YouTube channels, focusing on their Instagram accounts.
Both Emilio and Ivan are often invited to work as models by such brands as Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, etc. Emilio has recently posted a fake photo of Ariana Grande hugging him. His followers understood at once it was a Photoshop, as Emilio put his face on the photos of the popular singer and her ex-boyfriend Ricky Alvarez. Ivan did the same thing, and posted several fake photos of him hugging Billie Eilish.
Neither Emilio nor Ivan have shared any details about their former or present girlfriends, or boyfriends for that matter!
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
Emilio likes playing tennis with his sister, Rebecca. He also learnt how to play the guitar. Emilio has a cat named Lucas. Emilio and Ivan once posted a video “Identical Twins Switch Places | Will their Mom tell about it?” in which they played a joke on their mother: Emilio started interviewing her, and then changed places with Ivan, checking if their mother would notice the changes – both Ivan and Emilio wore the same clothes, the same hairstyles, but their mother got it in a few seconds, stating that they changed.
Hey guys, we open our new p.o box back home! The address (third picture) you can send us whatever you want? and we will put everything in our home town, love u! pic.twitter.com/dBnwo01i6Z
— Emilio Martinez (@emartineeez) November 15, 2019
Appearance, clothing style
Emilio has naturally dark brown hair, but he bleaches his bangs blonde; he has grey-blue eyes. Emilio is 5ft 8ins (1.78m) tall, and weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). As to his clothing style, he likes such brands as Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, and enjoys wearing bomber jackets, sneakers and white T-shirts.
Net worth and salary
As of 2020, Emilio owns a net worth which is estimated to be around $600,000. He also owns a BMW M3. His Instagram account helps him to earn up to $22,600 per sponsored post, while his brother Ivan earns up to $21,400 per post on his Instagram account.
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Benjy is currently a reporter for BiographyPedia based in Adelaide, Australia. Prior to joining BiographyPedia in July 2019, he was a Bizarre TV reporter and theatre critic at TheSun. Benjy has also written for DailyMail and TMZ. Benjy studied journalism at Goldsmiths University of London, graduating in 2009. You can contact him at [email protected]
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Thomas Jefferson University and BioVaxys LLC enter into exclusive worldwide license
Posted on July 9, 2018 September 12, 2020 by Biovaxys
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thomas Jefferson University, a Philadelphia-based professional university with a national reputation for transdisciplinary learning and innovation, and BioVaxys LLC, a privately-held, clinical stage biotechnology company, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for a technology comprising highly-targeted, patient-specific, immunotherapeutic vaccines to treat ovarian cancer, melanoma, and other solid tumor types.
New York City-based hedge fund Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd. an early backer of the company, has named BioVaxys’ co-founder, biopharma industry veteran, and life sciences adviser Kenneth Kovan and clinical oncologist, former Thomas Jefferson University cancer researcher, and inventor of BioVaxys’ technology, David Berd, MD, as Advisors to the Company. Kovan stated that “this potentially life-saving cancer vaccine is based on research from Jefferson, which is no surprise, given its spirit of entrepreneurship and reputation for medical innovation.”
“Jefferson is extremely excited about the merging of this potentially lifesaving technology with the excellent team of scientists and business leaders at BioVaxys,” said Rose Ritts, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Jefferson.
BioVaxys’ immunotherapeutic approach is based on the established immunological concept that modifying proteins with simple chemicals called haptens makes them more visible to the immune system. Haptens were first identified by Karl Landsteiner, one of the founders of modern immunology and winner of the Nobel Prize for his discovery of ABO blood groups, in 1904.
BioVaxys’ technology is supported by strong scientific principle, a well-understood mechanism of action, and promising clinical data. In previous stage III and IV melanoma cancer studies conducted at Thomas Jefferson University, a vaccine produced by modification of autologous cancer cells by a single hapten was proven to be safe and appeared to be efficacious in phase II trials. Follow-up studies suggested that using two haptens—which were ultimately developed into BioVaxys’ bihaptenized autologous vaccine—provided modification of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic amino acids and a more robust immune response.
“An abundance of experimental evidence supports the benefit of using two chemically-distinct haptens in these formulations,” Dr. Berd noted, “yet this novel concept has only been tested in preliminary clinical trials in advanced cancer patients.”
BioVaxys’ development strategy includes co-development of its autologous bihaptenized vaccine with an immunomodulating drug that should greatly increase efficacy. A BioVaxys internal discovery program will also work to identify new cancer antigens to which bihaptenized vaccines may be targeted. BioVaxys’ co-founder and Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd. Director James Passin stated “this effort will greatly increase the commercial value of the BioVaxys approach and potentially lead to the development and marketing of purified antigen vaccines, which is further justification of our interest.”
Biovaxys plans to submit an IND for a Phase I/II study in the upcoming months. Although previous attempts with hapten-modified autologous cancer vaccines appeared promising in the clinic, the commercialization of these early efforts was hindered by regulatory uncertainties at that time as well as manufacturing issues. “We now have the benefit of hindsight in that we know what worked and what went wrong with prior development efforts, and should be able to mitigate or eliminate the risks which entangled others in the field,” said Kovan.
The company is currently based in New York City and also has offices in Radnor, PA.
About Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University)
Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) is a leader in interdisciplinary, professional education. Jefferson, home of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, is now a comprehensive university delivering high-impact education in 160 undergraduate and graduate programs to 7,800 students in health, science, architecture, design, fashion, textiles, business and engineering. The new Jefferson is re-defining the higher education value proposition with an approach that is collaborative and active; increasingly global; integrated with industry; focused on research across disciplines to foster innovation and discovery; and technology-enhanced. Student-athletes compete as the Jefferson Rams in the NCAA Division II Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.
About BioVaxys LLC
BioVaxys LLC, a privately-held, clinical stage biotechnology company that is developing highly-targeted, patient-specific, immunotherapeutic vaccines to treat various solid tumor types. The Company’s lead clinical program is a bihaptenized autologous vaccine that will initially be developed and marketed for melanoma and ovarian cancer. Earlier stage internal drug discovery efforts are focused on identifying new cancer antigens which may lead to the development of novel next-generation cancer vaccines.
About Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd.
Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Firebird Global Master Fund Holdings, Ltd., a Cayman-registered hedge fund managed by FGS Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Firebird Management LLC.
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“I know how to watch my back. I’m the only one that ever has.”
India Maxwell hasn’t just moved across the country—she’s plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It’s taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she’s living in one of Boston’s wealthiest neighborhoods with her mom’s fiancé and his daughter, Eloise. Thanks to her soon-to-be stepsister’s clique of friends, including Eloise’s gorgeous, arrogant boyfriend Finn, India feels like the one thing she hoped never to be seen as again: trash.
But India’s not alone in struggling to control the secrets of her past. Eloise and Finn, the school’s golden couple, aren’t all they seem to be. In fact, everyone’s life is infinitely more complex than it first appears. And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what’s left are truths that are brutal, beautiful, and big enough to change them forever…
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“India, I’m not using her. I mean, I am, but it’s not like that. Eloise is getting what she wants out of this relationship, as well.”
“I can’t tell you.”
“You are using her.”
“I’m not.” His chair screeched as he pulled it closer so our knees touched. His dark eyes moved over my face and I sucked in my breath at the open appreciation I saw there. “I’m not using her…but we are in a relationship together. I guess it just never occurred to me that I might actually meet someone in high school. Someone I…”
That feeling in my chest, that thick, hot feeling, threatened to overwhelm me at all the things he wasn’t saying. “Finn, Eloise is going to be my family.”
He looked so forlorn it took everything within me not to reach for him.
“What is it you’re hiding?”
“I can’t tell you. Please, just trust me.”
Hurt and frustration swept through me in equal measure but I tamped it down. It wasn’t my place to demand his secrets.
My frustration was suddenly mirrored in his eyes as he looked up at me. “I wish things were different.”
But they weren’t different. And yet they were the same, history repeating itself. I cared about someone and they didn’t care enough about me back to be honest about what was really going on.
I didn’t know if I was angry at Finn or just angry that nothing ever seemed to be easy for me. Everything was always a fight.
It felt like I lived in a constant clusterfuck.
I gave a huff of laughter. “Story of my life.” I shook my head, grabbed up my bag and, unable to look at him, said, “Thank you for your help tonight.”
“You’re not leaving without me.”
His protectiveness confused and pissed me off even more. “I’m not? Funny, it looks like that’s exactly what I’m doing.”
His familiar scowl was back in place at my sarcasm. “You’re also not going home alone after what happened here. I’ll give you a ride.”
“Finn.” I slumped, suddenly feeling exhausted. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Sadness flittered through his eyes before he managed a carefully blank expression. “I think I can handle driving you home.”
Still a trembling mess after everything that had happened, I gave in and followed Finn out to his car.
The tension that we’d shared before was nothing compared to how it was now. Now that Finn had in a roundabout way admitted he liked me and I’d realized that what I was feeling for him was attraction, the tension could not be mistaken for anything else but sexual.
I’d never felt anything like it before—it was the most frustrating, scary and exhilarating feeling in the world.
When we eventually pulled up outside the house, the guilt washed over me. I shouldn’t be feeling this way about Eloise’s boyfriend and he certainly shouldn’t be feeling this way about me.
I felt like we were to blame for the whole thing but I didn’t know why.
I hadn’t asked the universe to make Finn like me.
And I had definitely not intended to like him in return.
“India,” he said just as I moved to get out of his car. “I’ve never really cared what anybody thought of me before…but I really don’t want you to think I’m a bad person.”
I stared into his beautiful eyes. “I can’t imagine ever thinking you’re a bad person. I meant it earlier…thank you for coming for me tonight. I’ll never forget it.”
“This feels weirdly like a goodbye,” he said with a bitter twist to his gorgeous lips.
“Maybe it is. I guess we’re both just a complication the other doesn’t need.”
Slowly, so slowly my heart had time to increase in hard, steady thumps, Finn slid his hand over the center console between us and stroked his thumb along the side of my hand. I felt that simple touch in every nerve, my body reacting to it in a way it never had to the touches and deep kisses that had come before it.
I stared at our hands for a moment, wondering how different my life could be if Finn wasn’t Eloise’s boyfriend, if we’d just met as strangers at school, felt the inexplicable bond between us and were free to do something about it.
Suddenly very aware of how long I’d been sitting outside the house in his car, I fumbled for the door handle. “See you around, Finn.”
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Marking six figures of death in COVID19
May 17, 2020 · by Brooklyn Culture Jammers · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment
my death shroud is ready to wear
I’m following the daily COVID19 casualties totals being tabulated by a number of health groups including the WHO and Johns Hopkins. As of this minute (10 am on May 16), the US has had 1,487,077 cases of COVID19, of which 88,603 people have died. Another 328,000 cases have ‘closed’–the patient got better (though there appear to be complications and longterm issues with some survivors such as severe kidney damage and scarring of lung tissue). The US has a third of all the COVID 19 cases worldwide, and our social failings as a body politic (no universal single-payer healthcare, large numbers of economically vulnerable people who are homeless, and no promise of financial aid to the 30 million plus people who’ve lost their jobs) are reflected in this. The other people whose countries are in the G20 aren’t facing these challenges.
This is a worldwide pandemic, and it has serious people frightened, not to mention the rest of us. I won’t try to follow the story back to ‘patient zero’, because I’m not sure that the journalists who’ve been following the outbreak from the beginning have the story yet. I’ve seen doctors arguing that this is all from the ‘wet markets’ of China, where RNA from multiple strains virus were mixed between bats and pangolin. Wuhan hosted the ‘Military World Games’ last October. It was a sort of Olympics for service members of various countries to compete against each other, and it’s thought by some that the first cases of Corona Virus were spread amongst the attendees. Most journalists point at the first cases of the virus showing up in Wuhan in late December per this Chronology from the New York Times. The first cases in the US began showing up in January.
The controversy has been the way the Trump administration responded (or failed to respond). The threat of pandemic was clearly on the radar by late January, but the Trump administration treated it as a non-issue. This is not a place to go through all the arguments and controversies that now dog the US response (or lack thereof). The Times addresses this, and you can also look at other sources. There’s been consensus on one issue only. There’s never been a plan articulated for addressing the crisis–nobody on the task force has even given a timeline for when the crisis might be over (either due to development of a vaccine or achievement of herd immunity). The fact that the US has not been aggressively testing people for the virus leads many of us to believe that Trump DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW how pervasive the virus has become.
New York City (and my part of Brooklyn) have had the highest infection and case counts in the US. New York has not embraced the call of ending shelter in place the way a few other states, where stand-down orders have brought angry protesters into the streets. Those wanting to ‘go back to normal’ are for the most part in states with very low infection rates. In NYC, attempts to use law enforcement to mitigate people who aren’t masked and/or aren’t maintaining social distancing has (once again) pointed out that people of color will always be the first victims of enforcement. In my neighborhood, a funeral director was found to be storing bodies in unrefrigerated U-Haul trailers. He’s not technically violating any laws–all city morgue space is in use, and refrigerated trucks have all been rented out already. It’s hard to explain this to people who don’t live here–that the virus is a real thing, and it’s killing people. And not just elderly people, either–younger people who mistakenly think that their youth protects them from the disease are finding themselves mistaken. To me, the iconic American story belongs to the 70 University of Texas students who chartered a plane to Cabo San Lucas for Spring Break, defying the warnings of pretty much everyone. 44 of the 70 were infected. Youthful exuberance and arrogance mixed with stupidity is no match for what Peak Prosperity’s Chris Martenson calls the Honey Badger Virus.
Which brings us to the present where (as I wrote) ‘Murica still has large numbers of new cases every single day. We are rapidly closing in on six figures of deaths from the virus that was supposed to just go away at some point–as recently as today, Trump repeated his stock answer that the disease would just disappear. This is an understandable response from a Faux billionaire with a ‘fixer’ like Michael Cohen on call, a man who’s never had a problem that couldn’t be solved by opening a checkbook, but I digress.
New York is Trump’s home city, no matter how much he wants to pretend otherwise. New York State (and New York City) have suffered more COVID19 deaths and illnesses than anywhere else in the NY. And where are the protests? Trump’s maladept handling of this crisis has cost NY 28,000 lives. Where are our protesters? Oh dear–You didn’t notice how quickly Mayor de Blasio acted to make protest illegal in New York? I knew things were going to go against the first amendment when Reverend Billy took it upon himself to protest Franklin Graham’s ‘SAMARITAN’S PURSE presence in hospital tents erected in Central park. The protest was a simple act of putting up LGBT flags in the park, to call out Graham’s blatant anti-gay policies and discrimination, but a phalanx of NYPD descended on the Good Reverend (Billy, not Franklin) and bundled him off.
Reverend Billy, arrested for the high crime of planting a rainbow flag too close to evangelicals during a pandemic.
And so naturally, the first amendment loses:
The city leaders pointed to the need to maintain social distancing in order to prevent greater spread of COVID-19, stating that this takes precedence over people’s rights to exercise their First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly.
So garden variety protest is out in New York, even as armed protesters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Kentucky and other states laid siege to Capitols and state houses for their right to go back to work and risk life and limb for jobs that didn’t pay enough to keep people’s food and rent paid. I had hoped to take to the streets myself, complete in death shroud, to point my finger at Trump Tower in Manhattan. But going to jail in a holding cell ripe with COVID virus doesn’t appeal to me. Dan Uhlfelder, a Florida attorney who was appalled by the state keeping the beaches open, has been trouping out to local areas dressed in death shroud. there’s a video of his protest on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKWOCOk6YU8 He’s trying to widen out his protests to other states with beaches that aren’t treating the pandemic with any sense of urgency. You can also follow his exploits on twitter. I think what he’s doing is great, but you can’t protest in NYC the way he has and stay out of handcuffs.
My Point is this–sometime next week, as early as Monday night, but probably no later than Thursday, the US will have the 100,000th COVID19 death. There can be no candlelight vigil in the state a third of those people called home. Many of their deaths could have been prevented by a government that had treated the pandemic seriously starting last January.
We ought to mark the date.
I found a PDF copy of activist and historian Gene Sharp’s book 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action and read through for ideas on how nonviolence can speak to power when Nonviolence is blocked from the streets. Here’s an idea. It’s quick, it’s cheap, it doesn’t target you for arrest and you don’t have to be in NYC to participate. You need a Sharpie and a medical mask (preferably white). Good handwriting helps. THIS is how you can protest on the day we get the news that six figures worth of Americans have died (roughly a third of all COVID deaths worldwide).
Mark the 100,000 death from COVID19 by marking your mask this way.
My last thought–I’ve been following Chris Martenson’s excellent podcast series on the pandemic, and he’s had lots of insight on how it could have /should have been handled differently. But he’s ended nearly 100 of his productions with an overview of new information. And he’s virtually always used the phrase ‘It didn’t have to be this way’ as a sort of signoff. Use your mask to remind people of that..
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Film In Conversation
Jehane Noujaim
By Mridu Chandra
Control Room gives us an account of the first 6 weeks of the war in Iraq from the inside of Al Jazeera, the satellite news network based in Qatar and watched by millions in the Arab world. The Rail’s Mridu Chandra recently engaged award-winning documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (co-director of Startup.com) in a conversation about the multitude of perspectives on the war in Iraq.
Mridu Chandra (Rail): You went to Qatar to shoot this film about a month before the war started, when a lot of us were protesting the war and seeking new sources of information to understand what was about to happen. It was probably the first time a lot of us ever even heard of Al Jazeera. Was making this film your own personal act of protesting the U.S. war in Iraq?
Jehane Noujaim: It wasn’t necessarily a protest against the war because the moment I went back to Egypt, I met Iraqi exiles and they supported the U.S. going in to remove Saddam. I didn’t feel educated enough to go out there and protest; all I could say is that violence shouldn’t be the way to remove a leader, that violence produces more violence.
I guess the impetus was really that I didn’t want to watch the war from my living room and be throwing things at the TV screen. I definitely wasn’t for the war, but to make a film about the politics of war versus no war, like something Michael Moore would do, it’s something you make if you really feel sure about all those questions. I would say it was a way to find out what was going on for myself, and I wanted to be around people who are very motivated to think about it.
Rail: I imagine reporters at Al Jazeera would definitely be motivated to think about it. But how was Al Jazeera going to help you figure it all out? They were declared enemy propagandists by the U.S., and lots of Arab leaders banned it.
Noujaim: Yeah, but if they’re hated by everybody, there has to be something interesting going on there. The people who go to Qatar, leaving state-run journalism in countries like Jordan and Sudan, to live in a desert in the middle of nowhere… you have to think that these people will be like revolutionaries. I was inspired by these people who are trying to create an understanding on both sides. I’ve spent my whole life trying to bring the two worlds together. Living back and forth between Egypt and the U.S., I was always looking at what one side thinks and then what the other side thinks. There were very different stories being told about the same subject. We forget how perspective means everything. Where you stand, I mean literally stand, means everything. I wanted to make a film about this issue of perspective.
Rail: Interestingly enough, you didn’t end up taking sides with Al Jazeera. You show Lt. Josh Rushing, who is the U.S. military’s press officer also based in Qatar, as a complex character. He speaks about being disgusted when he saw Al Jazeera’s controversial first broadcast of U.S. POWs, until he remembered that he had seen similarly graphic images of Iraqi soldiers killed the night before and hadn’t felt disgusted.
Noujaim: When I was introduced to Lt. Rushing, he basically blasted every stereotype I had about the military. I thought that they wouldn’t be able to talk about how they felt about what was going on. I was very intrigued by him. I knew he would be challenged constantly because his job was to explain the U.S. presence in Iraq to people that were very hostile to it. He said to me, "I wouldn’t be able to do this job if I didn’t really truly believe in what I was doing." And I believed him when he said that. I came to respect him for engaging the other side. He didn’t give flat answers. He talked to Al Jazeera journalists for hours. He didn’t have to do that—he could have given them the military line that he had for that day.
Rail: So how did it all come together as a film?
Noujaim: You don’t know when you are starting a doc project whether it is ever going to get funded, seen, if you are going to get a story, if you will find interesting characters…. So you better be doing something that interests you and puts you around people who you want to be around.
Most people who worked on the film were inexperienced people. It was a funding decision because we had no funding. A close friend of mine who is a great photographer offered to come to Qatar to come help me shoot the film. I was dating him at the time, so that helped. Like I said, you have to have an interesting time making the film, you have to go with somebody who you trust has a similar vision. You also have to just enjoy waiting with them. There was so much waiting involved. We sat in the guards’ office for a week before getting into Al Jazeera. We finished shooting after 6 weeks. And then I went back to Egypt to edit it.
Rail: There are a LOT of editors listed in the credits of the film. Did you edit it in Egypt to remain true to a certain perspective or mindset that you wanted to have in the film?
Noujaim: It’s interesting how we got it edited. It was a conscious decision to do it in Egypt, because it was a lot cheaper, and I could afford having everybody live there. We lived and worked in my family’s house in the Sinai, which is on the beach. It was the only way to convince a couple of interns to come work through the summer and work for free.
Basically, we slept upstairs and worked downstairs. We set up an editing facility with 6 computers. We learned Final Cut Pro, and each of us took a character. I took Hassan Ibrahim. And it was nice, especially with such a difficult and emotional subject, to be able to go outside and see the moon and take a swim; it made a huge difference.
There were other reasons to stay in Egypt. If I needed to shoot anything more, it was close to Qatar, and I wanted to use Arabic music. I had to go find the musicians and see them perform… All these facilities existed in Egypt. But I also edited in the U.S., and that helped give the film its final perspective, which shows complexity on both sides.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at the recent Full Frame Documentary Festival, Control Room recently opened at the Film Forum in New York and will be released nationally in June.
Mridu Chandra
Mridu Chandra is a filmmaker and writer living in New York.
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June 5, 2009 May 24, 2012 Chance Miller
So today was Andy Read’s birthday. What a mess that was.
I woke up early, about 5am, worried I was going to be the last one to start the all day boozin’ that’s usually associated with the occasion. To my surprise, no nudity, no screaming and running around, no blaring music and keg stands, just Victor, the electronics tech, and an otherwise empty ship. Everybody was asleep.
I thought everyone might be in the hold playing beer pong, but when I ran through screaming “READ RULES!” I was met with only an echo. The party hadn’t even started yet.
Maybe things were a little hazy from last year, but nonetheless I remember the nonstop ticket to trainwreck town left bright and early the morning of Andypant’s birthday day. Where was the parade? Where was the panda shaving competition? The spirit of Andy’s birthday was somehow seriously forgotten. I must do something.
I got on the phone right away, calling my old friend Doug Nowacek. He’s the big man around here, sometimes I drop his name to get a good table at midrats, sometimes I drop his name to get things done. Every now and then, I gotta drop his name, to him.
“Doug, wake up. Doug sent me. Says it’s Andy’s birthday and there’s no party.”
“What? Do you know what time it is? Who is this? Chance? That’s it I’m sick of…”
“LOOK DOUG, maybe you didn’t hear me, I’m calling because Doug Nowacek, the chief scientist, said you needed to get something together for Andy’s birthday. This is serious, there’s not even penguin baseball, no toothfish tacos, nothing’s right, you’ve got to do something.”
“I am Doug, I mean, this is Doug, what are you talking about? It’s 5am!”
“And! nobody’s drunk yet.” I knew I had made my point because Doug hung up. You drop Doug’s name, things start happening. Enough said.
Five minutes later Doug shows up in the galley, shirtless. “ANDY READ ROCKS” still wet in safety orange painted on his stomach, head shaved into a crooked mohawk, clumps of hair still hanging on his shoulders.
“Where’s the pudding?” he confounded, his maniacal grin fading
“No pudding.” I replied
“No pudding? Well jelly, then, certainly jelly…”
“No Jelly.”
“What the… I thought I was going to be late…”
“I know right? That’s what I’m saying, do something.”
“well, I mean… like what? Should we set the ship on fire?”
(some people need a lot of guidance)
“Doug, Christ, put the torch down, we can’t light the ship on fire until midnight anyway, it’s tradition. How about we take a break, go ashore, hang out, have a barbecue… wait… isn’t Dave from Hawaii? Lets luau a whale! DUDE! It’ll be gorgeous, look, I got it all worked out…”
“Luau, with a whale? You mean Kahlua pig… with whale? Are you nuts? It takes forever to cook a pig Chance we’ll never have time. Not to mention I have to check but I think that might be against the ACA”
“Don’t be such a quitter. Even if it doesn’t work, whale can’t be all bad raw. Just try to follow me here…”
Over the next twenty minutes and a lot of scribbling on scratch paper, I finally convinced Doug that we should stop by at the seasonal port Lockroy station now empty for the winter and check things out. Awesome was in the air, and things started happening.
The ship heeled over, hard, the Nowacek/Bridge conversation had been brief: “Port Lockroy, step on it or I step on you.” Soon we were doing 11 knots towards the most visited place in Antarctica.
Port Lockroy is an old whale processing station. You can look through tens of meters of crystal clear water and see actual whale bones from years back. It’s truly amazing, very humbling, and in a way, sad. Both Doug and I knew this hallowed whale graveyard would be the perfect place to spark up a delicious party. We arrived in the first boat, before the unsuspecting Andy, and started preparations. There’s a museum of sorts there with all kinds of tools for maintaining the place in the back; including bits of dynamite from the original construction effort back in the day. We had to act fast; so Doug and I hashed out the duties as quick as possible.
“You, whale. I’ll dig us a hole and get things toasty. Don’t screw around we don’t have time” Doug spat out, exasperated after kicking in a locked tool shed door and wrenching open a nailed box labeled “TNT”.
“Whale? You’re the whale guy, Doug, I’m the MT, let me blow stuff up, you get the whale.”
“Don’t argue. You know who I am?”
“Yes Doug…”
It sucked when he remembered. I hoped he wouldn’t make too much of a mess as I fired up the zodiac and hammered it for the nearest spout. The whales here are so thick, I knew finding one wouldn’t be the problem, but bringing it back would. As the logging beast quickly grew larger on the horizon, I’d have to think fast. An explosion blew bits of rubble into the zodiac from kilometers away. Doug used too much dynamite again. Amateur.
Thirty minutes later I was back, forty feet of hydrodynamic neutral buoyancy moving as fast as the 40 horse would go dragged behind the boat. I swung out of the way and let its momentum float it close to shore. Doug waited, completely covered in soot, standing like the devil in front of a glowing hole in the ground. The museum was gone.
“Don’t ask” he said. “How the hell did you make it back so fast? How did you get the…”
all that was left
“Don’t ask.” I replied. “I blew its mind with the “what wouldn’t meatloaf do for love?” question and put it in a sleeper hold. Forget about it, just help me get this thing in the pit.”
Now I’m no wimp, and Doug hits the gym every morning, but I’m ashamed to say the two of us had a hell of a time pulling that whale out of the water and setting it into the coal pit. We finally had to use an old hand crank winch on the beach; I’ve got to lift more often, getting chubby. By the time the kids made it ashore we had the beers cold and that whale so hot you could smell it from the ship, turns out Doug managed to melt down some kind of nuclear reactor they had been experimenting with. Nuking a whale is like deepfrying a turkey, done in 30 minutes. Pure awesome. By the end of the day, things were nearing happy birthday Andy normalcy, pudding and all.
And to think; it almost didn’t happen, Thank you meatloaf and shady energy sources; and Happy Birthday Andy!
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Hey I was doing some searching around and came across you post about being out at sea and having a birthday to celebrate. It looks like the day was a hit after all with the slow start. What a great way to celebrate a birthday, aside from the whole orange paint on the chest, shaved head and all. It looks like you all know how to celebrates one birthday. Keep it up till the next birthday!
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Doug Meal and David CohenPosted on October 12, 2020
The legal risks associated with cybersecurity continue to increase, as regulators and plaintiffs’ lawyers become more and more aggressive in bringing cybersecurity claims under existing laws and as legislatures continue to enact new ones. A key element of many of the cybersecurity claims brought under these laws is a requirement to show that the company in question failed to implement “reasonable” security for personal information. California’s new Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), for instance, allows consumers to sue businesses for statutory damages when specified types of personal information are subject to unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure because of a failure to implement and maintain “reasonable” security measures and the business has not cured the alleged violation within the CCPA’s pre-suit period. Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.150. Even though consumers often suffer no injury in a data beach, the CCPA provides for statutory damages of $100–$750 per consumer per incident.
But what, exactly, is the legal test for determining whether a company has implemented “reasonable” cybersecurity? Unfortunately, the answer is not clear. And this is a particularly serious problem given that the consequences of being found not to have “reasonable” security in place can be so severe.
In a new paper just released for public comment, Commentary on a Reasonable Security Test, the Sedona Conference—a renowned research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law—seeks to fill the gap by proposing a test for “reasonable” security. The proposed test is of use not only to adjudicators tasked with applying the nebulous “reasonable security” requirement, but also to businesses and other entities seeking to assess whether they pass the requirement.
The Commentary explains that its proposed test is designed to be consistent with models for determining “reasonableness” that have been used in various other contexts by courts, in legislative and regulatory oversight, and in information security control frameworks. In that regard, the Commentary notes that all of these regimes have used a form of risk analysis to balance the costs and benefits of a proposed course of action. Consistent with those approaches, the Commentary posits a cost/benefit test for reasonableness, namely, that an entity’s “information security controls for personal information are not reasonable when implementation of one or more additional or different controls would burden the [entity] and others by less than the implementation of such controls would benefit the claimant and others.”
At the same time, the Commentary also acknowledges that courts have often looked to industry custom to inform a reasonableness analysis. It therefore suggests that noncompliance with custom can establish that an entity’s security was not reasonable, although the entity is free to counter the effect of this evidence with, among other possible arguments, a cost/benefit analysis. The Commentary also notes that, in some instances, legislatures and regulatory agencies have already deemed particular security controls to be worth the cost of implementation and have required them by statute, regulation, or ordinance. The Commentary therefore suggests that evidence of noncompliance with such a law requiring implementation of specific security controls will be sufficient to establish a presumption that an entity’s security measures were not reasonable.
To demonstrate the practical utility of the proposed test, the Commentary includes three illustrations in an Appendix, where it shows how the test could be applied to particular hypothetical facts.
Orrick partner Doug Meal, head of our cyber and privacy litigation practice, and David Cohen, Of Counsel in our cyber and privacy litigation practice, were both heavily involved in the preparation of the Commentary. Doug is the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11, which produced the Commentary, and he serves as the Steering Committee Liaison to the team that drafted the paper. That drafting team included David, as well as a diverse group of judges, lawyers, and information security professionals.
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Where things stand.
I remember when I first realized that Mark Richt was taking the program some place it hadn’t been in a long time. Ironically, that time came during a loss – the ’02 Florida game. But it was at some time during the first half when I saw the defense routinely (key word, there) stuffing an offense that had given it nothing but fits for more than a decade that I knew those guys could play with anybody. There was an attitude, a confidence about the way they went about their business that made me feel like that. And it started with the guy at the top.
So if you’re expecting me to start raving about how it’s time for Richt to go, or how Damon needs to start issuing ultimatums today, by Gawd, then this post is going to be a disappointment. Mark Richt is a good man and a great head coach. He hasn’t stopped being either of those.
But… but. I’ve read Macon Dawg’s reasoned, thoughtful comments about how this isn’t the first time Georgia’s suffered a humiliating loss, and while I agree to a point with his reasoning, I think there’s more going on than that. Mark Richt wakes up this morning as the captain of a very dysfunctional ship. I doubt there’s anyone in the Dawgnation, including the head coach, who feels same way about the program today as I did in Jacksonville seven years ago.
If I had to put my finger on what’s wrong, I’d call it a crisis of faith. I don’t mean that in a religious sense. (By the way, of all the arguments I’ve seen about what’s wrong, blaming Coach Richt’s religious convictions for the slide has to rank as the dumbest.) Rather, it’s a systemic doubt: the coaches lack faith in the players to execute and the players lack faith in the coaches’ ability to deploy them efficiently and effectively.
Speaking of irony, how else can you describe that in Richt’s self-proclaimed year without stars, this team seems more reliant than ever on hoping that it can ride sheer talent to get through a game? That’s why the offense goes through complete games where the winning strategy is little more than throw it to A.J. And that’s why you see dumb decisions on the field every week, like Prince Miller electing to return a punt from his goal line.
I’m certain Miller knows in the aftermath it was a silly thing to do. We’ll probably hear an acknowledgement from him of that some time this week, just like we heard from Brandon Boykin last week about his decision to run back an interception from deep in his end zone. But in the heat of the moment, look for these kids to keep doing things just like that – because that’s what Georgia football boils down to these days, hoping that somebody can pull off a game saving play all by their lonesome. It’s certainly entertaining, but it’s no way to sustain a program over the course of a season. Or seasons, as it’s starting to appear.
And that’s why I have to beg to differ with Macon Dawg, at least a little. What depresses me the most about what I saw yesterday is that none of the bad happened in a vacuum. There were plenty of little instances and bigger things that echo developments we’ve been observing for some time now.
Here are three of those things for you to ponder as much as I have:
Blair Walsh. Here’s a stat that should blow you away – Walsh leads the SEC in touchbacks. Let me say that again. Blair Walsh has had more kickoffs result in touchbacks than any other kicker in the SEC. He’s made all his PATs and he’s 9 of 10 in field goal attempts. 50+ yard field goals are getting to be the norm for him. In short, he’s having an all-SEC season. Yet to hear it from his coaches, you’d think he’s a significant part of Georgia’s special teams problems. The insistence on directional kicking in the face of Walsh’s leg strength has gone from puzzling to frustrating to absurd. Insane is just around the corner, I’m afraid.
Jonathan Crompton had a career day. Willie Martinez’ epitaph? If not his, sad to say, it may wind up as Richt’s. You simply can’t survive as a head coach at Georgia if your teams can’t play defense competently. And at this point, I’d settle quite happily for competence. There’s no other way to say it than that Georgia’s defense is flat out bad right now. The team’s Pavlovian reactions to misdirection and play action are predictable, to the point of being reliable – just ask Kiffin – and are exacerbated by poor fundamentals. The number of quarterbacks (and tight ends) who have enjoyed Georgia’s defensive bounty grows at a consistent and alarming rate. That’s the worst part of Crompton’s performance: nobody was surprised.
Spiking the ball with one second on the clock. I don’t know who made that Reggie-Ball-on-fourth-down-esque decision. But it’s embarrassing that anyone associated with this program did. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to think of another SEC coach that would try something like that.
If it sounds like I’m putting the onus of the situation on the coaches’ shoulders, you’re right. The first responsibility of a good coach isn’t recruiting or scheme or play calling, although they’re all important. It’s motivation. It’s getting your kids to buy into what you’re doing and believing that the program has an identity. It’s why Tennessee smoked Georgia yesterday. It’s why Georgia is going to struggle to win seven games this year.
And there simply isn’t a valid excuse as to why this program, with all of the talent and resources it has at hand, should have to struggle to do that. The rock music critic Greil Marcus had a great line about Rod Stewart – rarely has a singer betrayed his talent so completely – that isn’t on point for Mark Richt, at least not yet. But it concerns me that it still came to mind unbidden after watching yesterday’s loss. Right now, if there’s a bigger underachiever in college football than this Georgia squad, I can’t think of it.
It’s not realistic to expect changes between now and season’s end. And I don’t want Richt rushing off half cocked on big changes, anyway. (Besides, who could he bring in midseason, even if he wanted to make a change in coaching?)
But there’s one change he could and should make now. They need to quit throwing kids under the bus in public. That’s not to say that there aren’t some decisions on the personnel front that are due. But the comments in the press need to stop. In some cases, like Walsh’s, they’re not only disheartening, they’re increasingly stupid in light of the performance on the field. And whatever else Richt has to say to Martinez this week, something needs to be said about behaving like a petulant adolescent during a game when a player makes a mistake. Throwing a clipboard after a penalty may feel good, but it looks bad. There’s a reason Spurrier is mocked for acting like that. There’s also a reason he gets away with it. And Willie doesn’t have that luxury.
It’s apparent from their post game comments that these kids are hurting. Yet they’ve managed to acknowledge how things are falling short without pointing fingers in the press at themselves or their coaches. There’s a dignity in kids like Rennie Curran that deserves our support. And that of the coaches.
One last thing. I hope this is just a sentiment of the moment, and I know it’s hard to resist circling the wagons when things are going badly, but Mark Richt needs to reconsider and reject this kind of thinking:
“If you’re a leader or a player and you are brave enough to be in the arena, there’s going to be people outside the arena that want to throw things at you and say things about you,” Richt said. “But there’s honor in being in the arena, and a lot of people don’t understand it because they’ve never been in there.”
Coach, you’re better than that. We’re not the issue here. The real problems you face are fixable, although the fix won’t be pleasant. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work. After all, it’s not like you haven’t done it before. I’ve no doubt you’re capable of doing it again.
129 responses to “Where things stand.”
Senator – well said.
Excellent Post.. in some ways it hurts to read, too.. but… the truth hurts.
JasonC
We have gotten by on individual performances and you can’t do that.
It’s time for the coaches to say, “We (the coaches) need to do a better job, because we aren’t getting it done” and lay off the kids. We know the kids are making mistakes; we can see it. We don’t need the coaches to accentuate it.
BlunderingAmerican
Good post, though I’m not sure Richt has the fire in his belly to do what it takes. It’s not always easy to recapture it once it’s lost.
By the way, are you the same Senator on the DawgVent?
Senator Blutarsky was my handle on the pre-Rivals Vent. When Rivals took it over, it required re-registration and that gentleman beat me to the punch, unfortunately.
So the short answer is no.
Someone else has a “Get the Picture” handle but that person doesn’t strike me as being the same person, but I wonder how much confusion there is.
cjwestbrook
Oh, I just assumed it was the same. I guess I’ll stop making a priority to read that guy’s stuff now. Though he does strike a resemblance.
SilverDawgFrank
I plead on the altar of forgiveness, Senator, for my passions running amuck yesterday and yanking tangential arguments of the air (and elsewhere). Usually a more reasonable man prevails in my old frame. My better spirit was decidedly undercoached.
Great column. Well said. Richt can right the ship.
That I do believe.
Nice commentary.
I have a different opinion of what a coach’s first responsibility is. I think teaching technique is co-equal with motivation. Technique is molecular level football: where do linemen put their hands, how many steps in a pattern, who do I look at to do my reads.
The position coaches are supposed to teach technique, and the coordinators and head coach are the motivators and planners. The head coach and coordinators tell the position coaches what techniques to teach.
The combination of technique and motivation produces confident well trained 20 year olds. The closest analogy is military basic training.
I don’t know enough X’s and O’s to judge where the fault lies here, but I think our coordinators have lost faith in themselves, and players can tell when that happens.
Dead on man, a scene from the movie Patton has been popping through my head since yesterday, the scene where General Patton says: ”You want to know why this army got the hell kicked out of it at Kasserine, a blind man could see it in a minute, they don’t look like soldiers, they don’t act like soldiers, why the hell should they be expected to fight like soldiers”. It is obvious our defense is poorly trained and disciplined, we are not lacking raw talent. One of the reasons I have always thought Richt had a chance to be a great one was that he did not appear to have too much pride to see his own faults, learn and adapt. He appears to have a blind spot when it comes to his friend Willie Martinez though, I have the feeling he would not tolerate that kind of failure out of himself. I know he is a loyal guy and I respect that but as head football coach at UGA his duty to his players and his fans must override his duty to his friend. Willie has got to go and Richt has got to find someone who can light a fire under the defense again (not Muschamp).
The Original Chuck
I think that’s fundamental, and unfortunately, it appears to be the thing Richt least understands. All this talk about execution in very vague terms rather than as a biproduct of process is not good.
Great post Senator.
During the game, I was bothered by what I perceived to be Richt’s lack of emotion, almost looking aloof even. After a night to sleep on it, I’m wondering if what I saw was more like a man who is appalled at what he’s seeing and knows he’s going to have to fire some people that are very close to him. He’s a good man to be sure, so if he’s feeling that way (and I hope he is), then that’s the only rationale I can see for his demeanor yesterday. Any thoughts?
Richt usually doesn’t get too emotional on the sidelines- he has, but usually he doesn’t. It is part of who he is and also was developed while he was an OC, so that instead of venting, he could call the next play. This point was commented on by several writers and announcers back in the good days, stating that while at times some fire would be good, the calm would also help when things got bad, the team wouldn’t panic and would just go to work at rallying.
NebraskaDawg
Will Richt wind up like Fulmer and fall on the sword instead of firing some of his assisstants? I hope not. But if Richt continues with the status quo then he may go that route. How long have we been talking about the same problems under Richt? The team looks poorly coached. We look so predictable on both sides of the ball it is pathetic. They make no adjustments and continue to fall for the same shit on defense (especially play action pass of which you’d think our defense would be good against since it the same exact damn thing we run on our offense). If Richt decides not to make any changes then accountablility lies squarely on his shoulders.
rbubp
Accountability always lies squarely on the head coach’s shoulders. It’s one of the beautiful things about college football–you can’t blame the meddling owner, the salary cap, or the idiot GM.
Actually there is a “meddling owner” and “idiot GM.” He’s called an AD and his name is Damon Evans. I will not go into everything he has done to facilitate where we are now in this post but, suffice to say, he definitely deserves at least some of the blame.
You sound like prototypical message board guy.
“I’m not gonna say anything, but I know something that you don’t, thereby increasing my anonymous credibility when anything happens, allowing me to point back to me saying I knew something. Granted what I knew wasn’t what happened, but it was something, so I was still right.”
You must be new to this blog. I have made NUMEROUS detailed posts here over the entire course of the season about Damon Evans’ deficiencies as AD. First, the entire season got off to an awful start when he subjected his team to the indignity of opening on the road as cannonfodder for the grand reopening of a top 10 ranked team’s stadium where they got mercilessly home-cooked by the refs. I figure in an honestly reffed game the Dawgs win that one 17-10 or at worst it goes into OT.( I bet you didn’t know that Jerry Jones offered $8.5 Million to move that game to the new Dallas Cowboy Stadium-a neutral site-and Okie State turned it down. I wonder why?) Second, by now it is beyond argument that something rotten has been going on with the Dawgs and SEC referees. What has Damon Evans done about that? Nothing! The theft by the refs of what should have been a win over LSU had as much to do with the TN loss as anything ( I wrote a detailed post on how fragile the confidence of 19 year old kids is) and our AD does nothing. Third, the scheduling miscues that have come to fruition this season are monumental. UGA had at least 4 “trap games” on the schedule this year. We finish the season against KY and GT back to back and both of them have a bye week before playing UGA but UGA does not. This is systematically setting your team up for failure. So, if you don’t know about what is going on, just read and maybe you’ll learn something.
The usual BS.
Conspiracy-laden crap with no actual information, just pure outlandish speculation–“the refs are agin’ us”–come on.
and by the way, the referees didn’t make us give up a huge kickoff return after the TD–for the umpteenth time this year!!!, or make us miss a field goal that would have changed the last LSU series, or allow a running play to go 30+ yards with the game on the line.
Refs didn’t do any of that. Shut your face about the damn referees already.
Excuse me? How do refs have anything to do with scheduling games where the other teams have an extra week to get ready and your team doesn’t? We have THREE of those ( Arkansas was one, too) on the schedule this year.
Ooh, three? In one season in the last 6 or 7, Alabama had 7 such games.
I didn’t know that. What year, and what was ” Bama’s record that year?
You’re the one who brought up not addressing the so-called ref conspiracy.
And as for scheduling, well, f’ing grow a pair. Wasn’t it Richt who whined about Jacksonville, too?
You want to play with the big boys, start freaking being one.
Go check Tennessee’s schedule from last season, Mayor.
the tri guy
Dude, KY doesn’t have a bye before playing us, and even if they did, they are KY. We really shouldn’t need them to be worn out to beat them.
Tri guy, I checked it out and you are right–my bad.
Dawggonepanic
We are a football program in trouble! We can’t block anyone and we can’t tackle anyone. This is the worst secondary I can remember in UGA history. Yet week after week we see the same people make the same mistakes and they still remain starters. It make me wonder what is going on in Athens w/ our coaches. This year has been unbelievable. Are the players really this bad or are the coaches this bad. According to the recruiting rankings it is the coaches. I thought they could turn things around after last year but I was wrong and this is unacceptable. Some changes must be made!
Oh by the way, solid anaylsis Senator.
Section Z alum
i’ve wondered before about richt’s staffing choices (duh). he’s had remarkable stability in terms of low turnover. i thought last season that stability played a role in keeping martinez – take a chance on him improving so that you don’t have turmoil in the ranks with coaches vying for the dc slot and the silver-medalist leaving (i.e. – rodney garner going somewhere else in the conference). but dear lord he’s going to have to do something now. no revelations here, but i wonder how this shakes up beyond the dc level.
bobo is more of a puzzle. does richt resume play calling and keep bobo on? i dunno. but he certainly appears to be the one who is most lost without stafford and moreno.
i completely agree that richt is a great coach and person having one hell of a bad year. but when he has screwed things up before he has taken responsibility (recall the jasper-dive with seconds evaporating against auburn, and richt ‘fessing up to his own fault and addressing it explicitly in the off season).
lastly – i think we now more fully understand just how good of a coach van gorder is…
God I hope not…Bobo does what he can although lately his game calling has been off and I can give no reason why that should be. I think it’s as the great senator said, its a crisis of faith.
I saw Richt try to do things that didnt work until they did way more than bobo ever has. Bobo is good for a few failed plays before he moves onto something else, rather than trying it the whole game. Richt doesn’t always seem to have that going for him.
Athens Avenger
Excellent treatment. Richt has a tough road ahead to get back to where he was, but I believe he will get there.
I am going to write off the “honor in the arena” remark as regrettable words spoken in a moment of personal crisis. In a world where the average fan lives in fear of the next mortgage payment, I know (hope?) that Richt would never intentionally imply that only he and his well-paid staff understand the “honor” inherent in fighting to survive.
I’ve also been perplexed at the lack of confidence in Blair Walsh. The kid has been for the most part fantastic. He is one of only a handful of kickers in the country that is almost automatic from 50+. They bring in yet another scholarship kicker in the off season when Walsh could kick it in the endzone all along. Fabris is a joke.
S.E. Dawg
On-point and well said Senator. If changes are to be made and I doubt that will happen, I hope it’s after signing day. If changes are made mid-stream I’m afraid some of the kids will jump ship. I don’t think re-evaluating is going to cut it this time. That was supposed to have already been done last year. I know Coach Richt knows 100 time more about football than I and I’m sure he knows what the coaches are capable of, but when you have a former player that was a receiver coaching running backs and a former running back coaching receivers there is doubt that they are up to the task. I wish we all knew what the answers are and I guess the coaches do too. It’s sad that we can’t compete against a new coaching staff as in Tenn. and ours have been there for 9 years. I think coach Richt is trying his best to be a head coach without being an actual coach but he may need to be more hands on again and that’s tough row to hoe.
Excellent post, Senator.
I too am very disheartened by Mark Richt’s increasing penchant for blaming the players or the critics. It doesn’t look good, it doesn’t set a good tone, and most of all it won’t work.
from a buddy...
This came from a buddy of mine…
“Check out these stats:
Season Highs (For most Career Highs)
Arkansas Ryan Mallet 408 yards vs UGA (next best game was 309 yards vs Missouri State)
South Carolina Stephen Garcia 313 yards vs UGA (next best game was 222 yards vs Florida Atlantic)
Tennessee Jonathan Crompton 310 yards vs UGA (next best game was 259 yards vs Auburn)
Next Best Game
LSU Jordan Jefferson 212 yards vs UGA (best game was 233 vs Mississippi State)”
Telling.
We just can’t execute, I guess.
Nice post, Senator. I enjoy your work.
When hiring partners or C-level execs, venture capitalists often talk of “pattern recognition.” They’re looking for people who’ve seen enough startup trajectories to see parallels, to ask the right questions and to understand the implications of acting and not acting.
I look at Richt from 2006 on, and I’m unshakably led to Fulmer, 2005-2008; Donnan, 1998-2000, Dooley, 1984-1988; Tuberville, 2006-2008; Majors and Dye, 1990-1992. Each coach saw the competitive landscape around him change, and each was eventually overwhelmed.
Some stood pat, wrongly thinking that football strategy is a carved-in-stone thing: what works, works — always and forever.
Others flailed about, juggling staff. But the new hires were hired by the same guy who hired the last batch. Sometimes they caught lightning in a bottle (Borges, 2004; Garner, 2000). But, in the big picture, it amounted to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
I want to see Richt succeed. I like him as a person. But I don’t see many second acts in this game, and Richt is at the end of his first.
I haven’t felt this grim about Georgia football since my student years (1993-1996). Going forward, we can be occasionally good under Richt, but the longer we accept good, the longer we postpone great.
Problem is too many people here are fine with good. Talk to people at the game, and to a man they’ll tell you how come you’ve got crazy expectations if you’re unhappy with the fact that we win roughly 10 games a year. They tend to ignore the ways we’ve managed to loose the other 3ish games each season, however. The amount of excuses after last years amazingly disappointing 10-3 was completely stunning on so many levels I almost gave up then.
Texas_Dawg
Do you really think the coach is the reason a team shot through with injuries and an OL with no one older than their sophomore year is the reason UGA didn’t beat Florida and win the MNC? How many SECCs or MNCs have had such problems?
Yeah, you do have very irrational expectations if you think firing a head coach who had Georgia (historically, an upper Tier 2 program, by the way), in the top 10 6 of his first 8 seasons including 2 SECC seasons and 2 seasons that have been good enough to make the MNC game for other SEC MNC winners this decade (who simply got a better luck of the draw, which the MNC game requires), is a good idea.
The problem isn’t people settling. The problem is all yours… and it is a very common error made by CFB fans with tunnel vision on their own team.
Um, we finished #2 in the country in 2007, fwiw. Where does that fit in the patterns of the others you mentioned?
Pretty consistently, I’d say. Fulmer rebounded after 2005’s 5-7 season to kick our asses twice in a row and went to Atlanta in 2007. We thought Ray Goff was on to something in ’92. Auburn was ranked #5 coming into Athens in ’07. All were mirages.
I’m glad you brought up 2007, because that’s lynchpin for every status-quo-er in our fanbase. That was a great team that had no business watching the SECC from home. That said, way too much has been made of the strong finish. That ’07 Florida team was a broken one, as was Auburn. Gailey was on the way out at Tech, and Hawai’i, well, come on. We beat those teams like we should have, and we lost to SC and Tennessee like we shouldn’t have.
I don’t know that I’m ready to see Richt fired. But when I ask myself if I believe Richt is going to get us back in Atlanta in early December, I look at what’s brewing in Gainesville and Knoxville and no rational part of me can come up with an argument for why I should say yes.
“Status quo-er.”
That’s cute. (Especially coming from someone who admits he too supports the status quo (keeping Richt).)
Nice downplaying of 2007, fwiw, but it is what it is: a year in which, comparing the full resumes of every CFB program that year, Georgia had the 2nd best performance of all of them.
And the Fulmer comparison is cute… but his 2006 and 2007 teams each lost 4 games. He then had a 2008 that completely melted down. Richt’s 2007-2009 is not even remotely close to that.
I’m not going to get in a pissing match online, especially with someone who appears to be in violent agreement with me.
I’ve acknowledged the possibility that Richt could surprise me by radically overhauling his staff (Mack Brown is a case study of how episodes like this can be overcome), while expressing my skepticism that he’ll do so.
But who knows? Richt has surprised me before. When a 9-year veteran of the league and a full roster of top-10 recruiting classes gets run out of the stadium by a rookie coach with an incomplete roster, it would be hard to see that as anything other than a cataclysmic event. Richt just hasn’t acknowledged it as such, hence my skepticism.
Senator – very well put.
I agree completely that throwing kids under the bus is ludicrous. But I’m amazed at the expectations of many bloggers/posters that the coaches are going to say something really introspective or uplifting in a post-loss press conference. Some act like they want to hear Richt/Willie/Bobo/Fabris throw each other under the bus or bang on the table and act like lunatics to prove they’re angry about losing. That’s a ridiculous expectation that wouldn’t do a damn thing to change anyone’s feelings about the loss. They probably understand that the more they say, the more ammunition they give to their critics. Specific tactics are easier to assail than general remarks.
Frustration is high after such a brutal loss and accountability should be expected in any profession. But it’s not going to be debated publicly by the coaching staff or administrators and no changes are going to be made mid-season. I realize that many feel like changes were due at the end of last season so they’re extrapolating to the end of this year and assuming that the same will hold true (because of Richt’s “loyalty”). I say let it play out before making judgments. Even though the beginnings of the “systemic doubt” may have come last year or earlier, I didn’t really expect that UGA would make changes after finishing #2 in 2007 and starting #1, finishing #10 and winning 10 games in 2008 (that hardly sounds like rock-bottom where change would be a given).
This year, the confusion and lack of productivity on both sides of the ball is, I believe, apparent to everyone – including the coaches. Candidly, I don’t expect or want Richt to start publicly stating that things need to change in the next six games or someone’s getting fired. But I do hold hope that appropriate personnel decisions are made if/when (depending on your perspective) the same problems continue through the remainder of the season.
As self-serving as they may have been, Bobby Bowden’s comments aired during last night’s game were applicable – “a head coach ain’t nothin’ but a dadgum problem solver” (or something very close to that). UGA needs to solve some problems and it’s looking like personnel changes may be warranted at the end of the year. If Richt has truly transformed from position coach to head coach, then he’ll manage change for the good of the program rather than the good of his staff and friends. I’m not going to assume he won’t act in that manner. It appears that this might be the kind of season where it’s a lot easier to make those kind of decisions when the season is done.
The only thing that I’m virtually certain of is that Mark Richt will be UGA’s coach next year. Any speculation about next year should focus on who would be part of Richt’s staff – not who will replace Richt and who will he bring with him. I do wonder about the staff dynamics at UGA versus at other schools. I’m quite sure that the everyday environment at UGA (under Richt) is quite different than at places like Tennessee. The kind of coach that will be attracted to some places won’t be attracted to UGA. And, if they would be offered and accept, the fit might be dysfunctional (see Tony Franklin at Auburn). Could you ever see a guy like Orgeron working with someone like Richt?
It’s likely that coordinator selections would have to come from lower divisions, second-tier BCS conferences or second-rate teams in first-tier BCS conferences. Sometimes, selections work out OK (Fresno State OC to Bama; Malzahn to Auburn – so far) and other times not so well (Richmond coach to UT; Franklin). Unfortunately, many Dawg fans seem to think we should be able to attract Tony Dungy as our D.C. and Bill Walsh (if he wasn’t dead) as our O.C. I very much doubt that UGA’s selections will come from the NFL. And, if they do, they’ll probably be someone we’ve never heard of (no, it won’t be Van Gorder).
Last, Richt will have to concern himself with how his hiring decisions affect current coaches he wants to keep. Will Garner leave if he doesn’t get the D.C. job? Given his recruiting prowess, he may be the one person that is deemed irreplaceable on the staff. What would the reaction be if we hire unknown coordinators and Garner bolts?
Most of the short lists that are thrown out by bloggers and posters focus on head coaches. And most of them are crazy (Gruden, Cowher, D. Dooley). Some are coordinator suggestions but typically “homers” (Muschamp, Smart). I think it would be interesting for more educated fans than me to speculate on who the most interesting coordinators are (i.e., who is this year’s Malzahn? where’s the up and coming Charlie Strong?)
Putting things in perpective (as you have here), I was listening to a national sports call-in show after Southern Cal lost a few weeks ago. Wouldn’t you know it, people were screaming for Carrol’s head, that he’s lost his touch, the game has moved past him, that he can’t recruit anymore, ad nausem.
That crazy talk sure did sound familiar, and all I could do was chuckle at those comments.
Thanks for the perspective. I absolutely agree about all of the coaching stuff; it will be people we’ve not heard of–college coaches, come on no NFL guy wants to step down from college and have to recruit unless they are just run completely out of there or came from it first, like Kiffin–unless we’re lucky enough to score perhaps Tommy Tuberville (which would seem to depend of personalities and how/if TT would want to get back in the game). But it would be nice to have a substantial discussion on this, and even whether CWM would be able to resume as secondary coach.
But I do have to dissent about the coaching comments. No, Richt is not going to blame his coaches or discuss strategy in a detailed way, and he is right to do that.
But what gets people so hopping, including me, is that he seems to want to lay blame everywhere else in subtle ways, i.e. Blair Walsh, Joe Cox’s “regression” non-denial yesterday, the constant execution excuse, the scheduling, being number one pre-season, having “stars,” being the favorite, the travel between games…
It seems that this crap didn’t happen a few years ago.
In that vein, I’d say shoot for Dana Holgoren (Houston OC, former Texas Tech OC but they had a 1,200 yard rusher last year and put up solid #s against every auto-BCS team they faced) for OC and TCU’s Dick Bumpas for DC.
And longshot (maybe) DC? Tuberville. He was DC for wrecking crew Texas A&M and Miami under Jimmy Johnson, and other than against us, his last few Auburn squads weren’t giving up 40 spots (plus he held that record-breaking 2007 Florida team to 17 points.)
His biggest weakness before the Tony Franklin Project fizzled was losing to teams he shouldn’t, but was excellent at beating rivals and Florida.
Also, it doesn’t get said enough, but Jancek should join Willie on the way out–other than Rennie we don’t hear much about our linebackers, and it’s the entire back seven biting on seemingly every play-action fake.
Those are the kind of interesting names (Holgoren, Bumpas) that I ‘m talking about. I agree that Tuberville is a longshot and, probably, a poor fit. But I think fans and players could get excited about coordinators that would put us in a position to win with a combination of scheme and athleticism rather than athleticism alone. (Even then, Richt and Evans will never please everyone – I’m sure you can imagine the reaction of some long-time Dawgs about hiring a Texas Tech coordinator)
Next year, whoever the coordinators are, I’d like to see opposing defenses looking confused and desperate (like our D often looks). And I’d like to see opposing offenses looking confused and timid (like our O often looks).
Another thing I’ve wondered about is what goes on in the offseason amongst a long-tenured staff like Georgia has. I believe one of the reasons that staffs wear out their welcome is because of their tenure and tendency to keep doing the same things year in and year out. Over time, there’s plenty of film to use to see what works and what doesn’t. Rather than solely thinking about how we’re going to scheme for other teams and their tendencies, are our coaches asking “how do other teams scheme for us” and “how can we make changes to make sure our schemes are evolving/unpredictable”? I really haven’t seen much evidence that’s the case.
We’re not going to get that kind of insight from our current SEC competitors but I would think ex-coaches like Tuberville and Croom would be able to provide great insight that would help our coaches to improve scheme. It’s apparent that coaches have learned how to prepare for UGA and there are quite a few game tapes that now act as a handbook for game prep.
I just don’t see Tubberville taking a step back to DC. I think he will wait for another HC job. Maybe at A&M or something like that.
One other thing I wonder about on offense is whether Richt is married to the idea of having QBs read the defense and make adjustments at the line. That’s an area that I think was ripe for evolution this year with a first year – albeit “experienced” – quarterback. Next year will be even more pronounced with a RS sophomore or freshman starting at QB with no game experience.
I recognize that UGA’s pro-style approach with the QB making the reads and running the offense is what attracts guys like Stafford to sign up. And reading comments like Schwartz’s about Stafford’s preparation for the NFL are flattering to UGA’s approach. But isn’t it too much to ask a typical 20 year old kid at ground level to make the necessary adjustments to beat top-notch defenses?
I will one-up your crazy….
We get Monte Kiffin as DC.
DallasDawg
“Georgia Embarrassed” That’s the headline in today’s Dallas Morning News which gives quite a bit of coverage to UGA; the lasting impact of Stafford I guess.
Seriously, as I’ve watched our opponents (even the losers) this season I generally think they’ve come into the game with a plan that plays to their strengths and exploits our (many it seems) weaknesses yet I don’t see that UGA approaches the games with any real plan at all. We seem to trot out the same the same group and tell them (via the play calling and defensive schemes) to do the same things regardless of who we are playing. Maybe a break a the directional kicking thing isn’t an example of this but otherwise I think I’m right. Are we not looking at who’s on the schedule and trying to come up with a plan to beat that specific team?
While we’ve still got time maybe we should start practicing with only one thing in mind: beating Tech. I don’t see us doing much else at this point that would salvage the season any meaningful way.
It is pretty obvious that this is happening. Along with the play-action, Kiffin determined that a. his QB sucks under pressure but can roll out ok; b. our LBs cannot cover any receivers; c. we blitz up the middle this year, for personnel, scheme, or whatever other reasons.
So a and b we can’t much help in-game. But C, we can do something about that. Did we try to bring pressure from the edges? I gave up on the game in the 3rd after it was 31-19 and wasn’t looking for this. Anyone?
There is one simple problem with our team (hint it’s NOT Richt): it’s Van Gorder vs. Willie….that’s almost the only difference here (we run the same offense – I think Bobo is better than Richt was).
Simple fact is, we haven’t had a defense play WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT since 2004. In 2005, we had the Auburn collapse and West Virginia. 2006, Tennessee 2nd half. 2007, Tennessee again. 2008, umm….Bama, Florida, Kentucky, Tech…lol. 2009, we have South Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee. These are all absolute utter collapses. I was in Knoxville yesterday, and I was laughing it was so bad. We will never again win consistently with Willie has our defensive coordinator. Yes our offense is horrible this year…..but in the past, that didn’t mean an automatic loss.
There is one thing to do and everyone either knows or SHOULD know what it is by now. Facts don’t lie, and our defense is terrible. They even cracked during the Florida-LSU game about LSU driving late in the game that, “this isn’t any Georgia defense” and laughed and said, “True.” We’re the punch line to jokes about defense in the SEC.
If that isn’t enough to make something happen, I don’t know what will do it. When we’re the national laughingstock for defense, Georgia has fallen hard and fast.
“They even cracked during the Florida-LSU game about LSU driving late in the game that, “this isn’t any Georgia defense” and laughed and said, “True.” We’re the punch line to jokes about defense in the SEC.” -WOW …I did not hear that. Sad.
Farsider
“…. I had to put my finger on what’s wrong, I’d call it a crisis of faith…….”
Brother you read my mind. All night I was thinking about things and I kept coming back to a phrase of “lack of belief” or “crisis of confidence” in describing this team. But motivation is not all on the coaches. Players have to buy in and motivate themselves, too. And as you pointed out so well, that just is not happening because the players don’t have faith/confidence/belief.
It would really, really, really behoove the coaching staff to stop the passive-aggressive bullsh*t with the fans.
The fans say directional kicking isn’t working. The fans are 106% right. Admit it and move on.
The disheartening part is that the team had “faith” in the pre-season and up to the LSU game. That game seems to have broken the players. The offense hasn’t moved the ball effectively in the past 3 games. The Defense must be getting tired of playing all game. Seems as though they are sensing that something isn’t working.
We were unquestionably outcoached AND out played against Tenn. The offense and defense were completely out schemed. They had a plan to exploit what we have been doing: the same plays over and over, the same offensive and defensive formations. I believe that Richt can turn it around, but wish the bye was this week.
The sad part is that being from the NFL they didn’t have to work too hard to scheme us. On both sides of the ball the Pro’s handled the amateurs with great ease.
I see very few people blaming his religion. Instead, I see people pointing out that our fans use his religion as an excuse so as to never put any pressure on the man. I’m thrilled he’s a great human being and a wonderful Christian, but the amount of people who that placates after every loss is ultimately the most frustrating thing about our team. “Well, he’s a good Christian man.” Wonderful, but we’re paying him to be a good coach first. I just wish the fanbase would stop using his faith as a reason behind keeping him as coach.
Tenn_Dawg
My thoughts exactly. Our fans are using his Christiany as a crutch. I am a man of faith and I am glad he is a man of faith as well…..but he is paid for running a clean program and winning football games.
I have realistic expectations. I know we are not going to win every game, win SEC championships every year and NCs every five years. I do however expect the team to compete at a certain level given the resources of our program and the recruiting prowless. Getting blown out by comparable teams and barely beating teams that are not on our level is getting old.
Is it just me or does it rub others the wrong way that Richt has very little interaction with the players during the game. I never see him coaching guys up, calming them down, getting in their face, etc. He seems almost disinterested. I hate to bring the guys names up but Saban and Meyer both do this. They seem like they are involved with every aspect of the game during the game. They are interacting with the position coaches, players and co-ordinators. I know it is probably not Richt’s style but the current approach is not working.
I’ve seen this critisism several times and think it’s just way off base. Mark is very involved with the players coming on and off the field. He just doesn’t nuzzle and kiss like Meyer does to the Chosen One…thank God.
“I hate to bring the guys names up but Saban and Meyer both do this. They seem like they are involved with every aspect of the game during the game.”
So is Richt.
And FWIW, not sure what you’re seeing with Saban. 90% of the time that guy looks like he’s just strolling around.
I heard Loren Smith defend the continued employment of CWM on the grounds that his daughters go to UGA and that they bleed red and black.
BTW, I tuned into radio broadcast. The current broadcast team is great with Butler, Green, Zeier, Dantzer, Howard, Loren Smith, Williamson nd Dowdle.
But it was comical when they went to Loren on the sidelines for a comment in the 2nd half, with the score 24-19, and Loren’s sideline comment is about the good fishing in Donaldsonville, GA, where Bacarri Rambo is from.
Loren is a total douche that is a sycophant and needs to do the world a favor and retire. Did I make my feelings clearly known?
The hardest part about all of this for me is the faith that I’m losing in Richt. Since he came to UGA, I’ve been as big a supporter of Richt as anyone. I just love so many things about the guy. He’s a great man; a wonderful husband; and an outstanding father.
But as of right now, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t quickly losing faith in his ability to coach, part of which involves making whatever tough decisions are necessary for the good of the program. Surely he realizes what is involved in being a CEO-figure. I mean, … surely.
If you’d told me back in 2007 (the year of the emergence of Evil Richt) that I’d be thinking the sorts of thoughts that I am now, … I’d have said you were crazy. But if some sort of decisive changes are not made between now and Jacksonville, I’m afraid my days of Mark Richt apologia will be numbered.
Do you really think there is any way we beat Florida now? I mean, at this point I’m just hoping to upset Auburn and Georgia Tech. Asking for a victory over Florida with this group, when Richt’s GREATEST teams couldn’t pull that off, seems like asking too much.
Oh, absolutely not. I’m just thinking that, if Richt makes some sort of drastic change between now and Florida, I’d at least take that as a sign that he still recognizes that his job is first-and-foremost about winning games. But if, between now and what is arguably the biggest game of our season each year, Richt makes no observable effort whatsoever to right the ship … then I’ll take that as a sign that he’s simply conceding the rest of the season, which no coach should ever do. (The Vandy game, as far as I’m concerned, is totally irrelevant.)
There is no way that Richt or any other college coach (so no “But Saban…,” witness 2007) would make drastic changes on the order of what you’re wanting at mid-season.
Well, I never specified what sorts of changes I want made, so I find it impossible to understand how you could be so confident that Richt would never make the sorts of changes I want made mid-season.
In agreement here, but food for thought (and perhaps faith) is that CMR has made changes before (2006 and 2007, for example).
This year does seem different, though.
I fully expect to take a huge beat down by Florida, probably the worse loss ever at the hands of the gators and possibly in program history. Tebow will want to do once more just to pay us back for beating him once. I’ll beat Meyey holds all of this time outs to the last minute and calls them then just to relish in the moment.
I’d gladly take the inevitable massive loss one more time if we played Murray or whomever we think the QB of the future is just to give him some PT and put a bad taste in his mouth that I hope would turn into motivation for revenge. If he’s all people have said he is he won’t stay four years anyway so why bother with the redshirt?
To be clear, I absolutely expect us to lose to Florida. But the loss will be much easier for me to swallow if I think that, between now and then, steps have been taken to turn this back into a respected, winning football program.
I have zero hope that any action will be taken during the season. As far as UF bend over and grab your ankles because it’s not going to be pretty.
http://www.firemarkricht.net . It’s the opposite of the eric berry campaign.
If I am an OC and I look at our D I’m a happy man if I have a semi-competent passer and a good TE. We do as we have done for 9 years and I think Lane pointed it out nicely. If an NFL coach (even a bad one)can’t beat a cover 2 then he would have never been in the NFL no matter who his father was.
In defense of the O, Monty was doing back flips and said as much to see a pro type O coming to town. The man did not have to scheme for us he invented the D to stop us and he cut our heart out. Anyone that thinks Mike Bobo could make a Monty Kiffin D break a sweat is just plain nuts. We are lucky we made any 1st downs at all.
All day I watched some really great SEC D’s and what I saw made me sad. We used to have great D’s that rose up and stopped the opponent, now we have Rennie trying to cover the entire field to make saving tackles on D and kickoffs. He is being wasted. Our DC reminds me of Donald Duck as he waves his arms and whistles to get the attention of the players who are looking at him like they don’t know what the heck is going on.
Great D’s like great soldiers perform on instinct honed by training. When things start to go bad you act decisively you don’t stop to think. Lack of training causes hesitation and that causes the kind of play we are getting from our D.
Having followed UGA football for 50+ years and seen plenty of good, bad and ugly teams this is the first time I have just felt sad. I guess it comes with getting old and knowing that there are so few next years to wait and see if the Dawgs can do it.
Couldn’t agree more re: the “Arena” quote, which obviously borrows liberally from Teddy Roosevelt. Very disappointing coming from Richt. I really expect more accountability from him.
Mark really needs to consider the “Pride goeth before a fall” quote. All the great coaches of the past would never ever point fingers at anyone except themselves. Bear, Dooley, Dodd etc. they were not going to lay it off on anyone. CMR lost a lot of points with me when he made the statement about Blair’s KO’s. Just say it’s my fault and leave it at that.
The staff did the “let’s blame the best player” crap with Lumpkin in 2006. Dude whiffed on one (1) block, and he was in the doghouse the rest of the year, despite being the only offensive weapon grounded in sanity (unlike that year’s version of Stafford).
CataulaDawg
The only thing that disappoints me more than the trajectory of the season is the ruthless, irrational reaction of some of the “fans”. I appreciate seeing an articulate assessment like the Senator’s and I agree that radical coaching changes during the middle of a season won’t usually turn the season around (see: Felton, Dennis).
It’s been my observation that in leadership, if your team isn’t producing, it’s your responsibility to do something about it. If you don’t, someone up the food chain will make those decisions for you and you may not agree with the outcome.
Paging Mark Richt: please don’t let this happen.
We’ll have to see this season through, but hopefully at its conclusion we will have a coaching staff that can leverage the abundant talent and resources to maximum potential.
“I agree that radical coaching changes during the middle of a season won’t usually turn the season around (see: Felton, Dennis).”
It’s worth noting that Georgia managed to essentially knock both Florida and Kentucky out of the NCAA tournament field after Felton was fired. No, the team didn’t really get worlds better, but they at least won a few conference games.
PNWDawg
I’ll gladly forgive Richt for any quotes considered in bad taste. He’s a very good man and is human like the rest of us. I’m sure it’s a very difficult day for him.
I know from personal experiences that sometimes you have to hit an all-time low for change to occur. That’s even if you knew change was necessary to begin with. I believe great things will come from this.
We all have talked about the problems over and over now. It’s no secret anymore what’s going wrong. There’s really not a whole lot we can do to change how the staff manages the team. IMO, the ONLY thing we can do is to show an unwavering support of our team and help them back onto their feet. No, that’s not looking at the season with rose-colored glasses. It’s called being a fan. Let’s not take our frustrations out on the players by continuing to bitch about the same things. Yeah, it sucks our coaches continue to do things that drive us crazy and I have done my fair share of bitching this year. I just think a strong showing up support will do a lot more for the team at this point. Go Dawgs!!!
As someone said on another forum, the players were NOT running to Richt before the game (on the field) and have not been ALL SEASON LONG
The players did not respect the coaches and it shows
We are poorly coached, under-performing almost all over, and are losing by BLOWOUTS
Major changes do in fact need to be made and if we keep coming up with new excuses….we will go another 4+ years without a single SECCG appearence
Wes G
I was never a “Fire Willie Martinez” guy (out loud anyway), though I wouldn’t have been upset to see him go.
But I guess now I have to be. It’s awful to see great players killing themselves on the field, betrayed by scheme and a lack of practice against certain plays (play action bootleg, anyone?).
So I say he has to go. I think Richt will fire him. Richt is a competitive guy, and he doesn’t want to get fired (which he will be in a few years if he doesn’t let Willie go). So I look forward to that problem getting fixed.
But Richt isn’t the problem. Richt is a great coach. And our players are great players. And out program is a great program. It’s still great to be a Georgia Bulldog, and this ship will right, one way or another.
As of 2:00 pm there were 1,385 comments on one of the AJC stories. That tells me the natives are restless. People certainly do not like what’s going on with this program.
It also goes to show how positively giddy Georgia Tech fans are at this point in the season.
1st win over Georgia in 8 years + turmoil in the Georgia fanbase = the only thing better than a great night of drinkin’ Zimas and playin’ World of Warcraft.
Has Richt ever demoted or fired an assistant? serious question, and I don’t know the answer.
He did fire our first running backs coach, apparently for some indiscretions, but the details were never made public.
Richt needs to realize our player talent deserves the same level of coaching talent.
I don’t think so. I don’t think any have ever reached a point where assistants are normally fired at major programs though. It just doesn’t happen as often as many people think.
Is Richt too loyal? Maybe. But we have no way of knowing at this point given there haven’t been any situations where a coach under Richt has reached a situation that usually results in firing/demotion elsewhere in CFB.
Great post, Senator.
Even great programs occasionally have bad teams. And we have one this year.
And seasons with bad teams are never pretty. They are filled with errors, bad coaching decisions, etc. But you don’t just fire proven coaches with great track records because of one (or even two) bad years. You let them work through it. Not just because they have earned that right, but because it is more often than not going to be the best choice for future results.
Richt was a good enough judge of coaching talent to shock us all by giving the DC job to an obscure defensive coach at Western Illinois. We need another wise pick like back then.
—Enlightening Article from 2001 season.—
VanGorder has defense on upswing at end of season
Charles Odum
DawgPost.com Nov 27, 2001
ATHENS, Ga. — It doesn’t require a great deal of technical football knowledge to see the difference in the Georgia defense in the last few weeks.
Most obviously and simply, Georgia is making the tackles that it missed only a few weeks ago.
In last Saturday night’s 31-17 win at Georgia Tech, the Bulldogs held Tech’s highly ranked offense to only 63 yards rushing and 242 total yards.
The week before against a Mississippi offense that ranked second in the Southeastern Conference in scoring, Georgia’s defense was similarly impressive in a 35-15 win. The Rebels were held to a net of 28 yards rushing and 261 total yards.
Is Georgia tackling better?
“I don’t think there’s any doubt about it,’’ said defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder before Monday’s practice for Saturday’s final regular-season game against Houston.
VanGorder said he and the other defensive assistants discussed the decline in missed tackles in meetings Monday.
“The missed tackles between Florida compared to the last two weeks are dramatically different,’’ said VanGorder, who wouldn’t release any numbers on missed tackles. “Poor tackling is a cancer on defense and we’ve been able to do better in that area.’’
Through most of the season, VanGorder was most proud of his unit’s effort in a 14-9 loss to South Carolina in the second week of the season. The last two weeks were the best efforts in consecutive games and have provided encouragement that the players have become more comfortable with VanGorder’s defense and what he demands of players.
“I think we’re playing better football and I think we’re preparing better, with a better focus,’’ he said. “That obviously has given us the momentum.’’
The key to improved play has been improved practice.
“What you see out there is how we prepare in practice,’’ said senior rover Jermaine Phillips. “I think it’s the way we are practicing that’s made the biggest difference.’’
Now when VanGorder sends in a play, each player on defense has a better grasp of his responsibility.
“I think everybody knows now what to do and what their assignment is,’’ Phillips said.
Said VanGorder: “As coaches, it has definitely been a big part of our mission statement to create a tempo in practice that carries over into the game.’’
Georgia has not allowed as many as 30 points in a game this season, but after allowing big yards in midseason games against Kentucky, Florida and Auburn, there were concerns about the defense under VanGorder.
Now No. 16 Georgia ranks fourth in the Southeastern Conference and 24th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 20.1 points per game. The Bulldogs rank third in the SEC and 19th in the nation with their average of 115.1 yards rushing allowed per game.
Coach Mark Richt is especially happy with the way VanGorder has devised schemes to combat the opponent’s strength.
“That’s about what I was expecting from Coach VanGorder when I hired him,’’ Richt said. “He’s not a guy who’s gonna put a cookie-cutter defense out there. He does a great job, he along with our staff, of really dissecting what teams will do and taking away what they do best.’’
The defense has stiffened late in the season even after losing starting defensive end Bruce Adrine to a season-ending knee injury and, in a more devastating loss, starting defensive tackle David Jacobs to a stroke.
The defensive line is left with very little depth, but still the plan is to have another week of physical practices.
“That is a tough thing in making that decision,’’ VanGorder said. “That tempo issue is so important, you don’t want to lose that edge.’’
Good lord, I’m not particularly into bashing Willie (or at least I wasn’t), but that article is damning. Considering how we use to speak about our D coordinator, Willie’s tenure has definitely been a disappointment.
Great post, Senator. I woke up on Sunday not sure what I thought about that disaster. I finished your post pretty darn certain about it.
The Richt reaction caught me off guard, primarily because he’s ended the last two seasons with a defining narrative about leadership and team chemistry. In 2007, he says he righted the ship when he realized that the seniors weren’t leading, the team was adrift, and he had to do something to create fun and focus. Hence, the Celebration, the Blackout, and a #2 ranking.
In 2008, we spent the offseason committed to the meme that last year’s team was too complacent, that they waited for one of the future draft picks to bail them out. Richt led us all to believe that this line of thinking wasn’t too far wrong, and that this offseason was mostly about getting back to working hard, playing as a team, and not waiting for someone else to make a play.
Now here we are again – a team in disarray, a locker room in the dumps, and a coaching staff looking for a magic bullet. Richt may very well find a way to pull it together and get us to a bowl game. But even that won’t change the fact that we’ll have had three straight years (and possibly four, if you count the multi-QB, lost half-season of 2006) where our teams are total headcases needing psychological (and strategic) interventions to maintain the level of success Georgia fans have come to expect from the Richt Era.
Like you, Senator, I remember the days when I didn’t worry about whether we were ready to play. Even when things didn’t go well, it was because of good play by the other team, or a known chink in our armor. But beginning with the trend in 2007 of sleepwalking through entire halves, and continuing through yesterday, we’ve completely lost that most important characteristic of a big-time program: reliability. No temporary patch imposed by Richt for this season will restore it — only time, stability, and success can do that. Without it, we’re a program in decline.
I think there’s a bit of revisionism going on with UGA fans thinking UGA was unbeatable the first half of Richt’s tenure. I’ve read some variation of this “I remember when I didn’t worry about…” thing in several places now.
UGA has only had one 7-1 SEC season under Richt. And it came with several very close calls (including a game-ending goalline fumble, a last minute field goal, and a virtual Hail Mary on 4th and a lot). It also came in one of the weakest SECs in the past couple decades, thanks largely to Florida being in the tank.
The other early Richt years were no better than 6-2. And in two UGA got very good breaks (in addition to Florida still being in the tank) to get into the SECC game… breaks it didn’t get in its 6-2 seasons in 2007 and 2008.
Texas_Dawg, I don’t disagree about the revisionism. My concern isn’t that we lose – it’s HOW we’re losing. During the first 5 years of Richt’s tenure, I don’t recall his teams having the problem that has been in evidence of late – that they disappear for entire halves, or in the case of yesterday, entire games. We may not have played our best in every contest, but we didn’t just s**t the bed as we have lately.
For the first three years of Richt’s tenure, we only lost one game by more than one score — Florida in 2001, 24-10. We didn’t lose again by more than one score until we lost to the undefeated 2004 Auburn team 24-6. We didn’t lose by more than one score after that until … 2006, when we lost to Tennessee 51-33. Since then, we’ve lost five games by more than one score: Tennessee 2007, Alabama 2008, Florida 2008, OK State 2009, Tennessee 2009.
That doesn’t even take into account our team’s recent penchant for getting into high-scoring contests. From 2001 to 2006, the Dawgs averaged one game a year where the opponent scored more than 28 points. From 2007 to the present, they are averaging four per season (3 in 2007, 5 in 2008, 3 so far in 2009).
I agree that we weren’t perfect in the early years, but we knew who we were — a team that didn’t beat itself, ran the ball well, and played very-good-to-great defense. When we lost, it was usually in a squeaker. That’s not the case anymore, and things seemed to change in a fundamental way somewhere around 2006-07.
I don’t really get into margin-of-victory.
I look at Ws and Ls over full seasons, and the 2007/2008 teams were 6-2 SEC teams in a stronger SEC than the 2003/2004/2005 6-2 SEC teams played in.
Part of the problem here is that UGA fans got huge expectations after a very fast start by Richt. So the more recent 6-2s feel less impressive and rewarding… even though they were arguably tougher accomplishments (that didn’t get the benefits of Florida going in the tank or the luck of the draw in the division tie (as 2003 did)).
Even if it’s true that the SEC of 2007-09 was stronger than the SEC of 2003-05, I think most people would say that our talent level kept up with that. Aside from the O-line, which was decimated in 2007 due to recruiting issues beyond comprehension, I can’t think of a single position where, on paper, Georgia was supposed to have taken a step back.
So taking your perspective, are you saying that Georgia’s success in the early part of the decade is less-impressive than Florida and LSU’s at the end of it? And should Georgia fans just get used to being 5-3 in the East, going to the Outback Bowl, because everyone else has caught up?
Like you, I’m not in the “fire Richt” camp. But if it’s true that the rest of the league just “caught up,” that catching up seems mostly to have involved other programs hiring new coaches, who then beat our coaches (or at least our teams). If this was basketball, it would mean it was time to get a new coach. This isn’t basketball, and I think the answer is more nuanced. But I don’t think it just comes down to saying that Georgia fans were irrationally exuberant about their program in the early part of this decade.
I think we took advantage of some good breaks and a down time for Florida and others in the SEC.
That said, the 2002 team was good enough to win even in today’s SEC and got a terrible break in having 2 other undefeated BCS conference teams.
Florida has had a run, based mainly off a 2006 class that is done after this year, that is one of the best in CFB history. We just got a bad break that it happened at the same time we had some of our best players come through the program (and additionally had a ridiculous run of injuries gut the best opportunity with that group). But fortunately, such a run isn’t permanently sustainable. Yes, Florida will still be very good as long as Meyer is there… but it will be a little more beatable once Tebow and Spikes are gone (the offense has already taken a big step back with the loss of Harvin… it’s the 11 starters returning defense that is carrying them this year).
I’m not worried about Mark Richt. He is among a select few (out of thousands who have tried) at the top of the list of men who have tried their hand at coaching CFB players over the last 2 decades. And he still badly wants to win, and the recruiting pipeline continues to be as strong as ever.
We came 5 more yards by Kentucky in 2007 (at the end of their game with UT) from playing a very inexperienced Ryan Perrilloux in the Georgia Dome in what would have been the de facto MNC game. Those 5 yards and this year’s rebuilding year is treated for what it is with hopes of more good things to come in the future, with all of this Richt doubting permanently erased.
5 yards may often be the difference in a lot of frustration or not in CFB… but it isn’t the difference in Mark Richt knowing how to coach CFB or not.
Don’t forget about the missed Vandy field goal at the end of the 2007 UT-Vandy game. If that goes through UGA is in the SECC game, too. Plain old bad luck.
TexasDawg are you Mark Richt in disguise?
No. Why?
God forbid anyone point out that a coach who has put UGA in the top 10 6 of his 9 seasons doesn’t completely suck as a coach…
Urban helped ’05 Georgia by epic choking in Columbia…but know what? DJ Shockley got hurt. I say it evens out.
That team still had to win the SECCG. Which they did. By a lot.
I know, but we still got into that game as a 6-2 team. Without the rest of the division being 6-2 or worse, we don’t get the chance.
If the division (i.e. Tennessee) had done the same in 2007 as it did in 2005 (and 2003), we’d have won the MNC and all these conversations about Richt would be permanently ended. (Ask Mack Brown.) Unfortunately it didn’t. But that’s just the luck of the draw in CFB… not some indictment of Richt’s coaching abilities.
Concerning Mack Brown- That 2005 team was the only time he’s ever won the Big 12. Ever.
The problem is the questions about Richt aren’t “when should we fire him?” but “when will he man up and do what needs to be done?”
In other words, unlike Mac Brown who does a good job of getting the top talent at Coordinator positions (specifically D), Richt is willing to sink or float with what he’s got currently. Now, if firing Willie means giving Rodney Garner a shot, fine. I’m alright with that happening, since Garner is so obviously important to our recruiting, but I do not want it to dictate how we’re going to play forever. If Garner can’t get it done in a couple years coordinating, then he’s not worth his salt (look at Coach O at Ole Miss). BUT DO SOMETHING. Don’t play your oboe as the Titanic sinks around you if you can make it into the lifeboats!
Here’s where things stand to me:
To fill air time during the massacre, one of the two announcers made a comment I think after Tennessee got 45 that Tennessee had not scored that many points on Georgia since 2006 when they scored 51 against Georgia.
It’s 2009. Three years ago they scored 51 on us. That year Tennessee lost to Florida, LSU, Arkansas and Penn State.
This is Tennessee. It’s not like it’s Florida who everybody rightfully expects will beat Georgia. Florida is the better program. This is Tennessee, the dysfunctional program that ran off its coach last year.
Then I read a comment from Lane to the effect that he told his players he never wanted Tennessee to lose to Georgia because, among other things, he needed to recruit the state of Georgia. This is Lane. It’s not Knute Rockne. Lane Kiffin.
So not only do we make opposing QB’s look like Heisman candidates, we make Lane look like Mack Brown.
And as someone mentioned above or elsewhere, how can Richt look so calm on the sidelines during the beating. Had I been him, I would have been trying to kill something. But I guess that’s why they don’t let people with explosive temper disorders coach.
That’s you.
Tom Landry, Bill Walsh, Bear Bryant, and a long line of other great football coaches have had similar demeanors on the sideline. Not sure why people are so into this. The coach freaking out and acting like a child doesn’t really do much for me. Certainly doesn’t change the scoreboard.
Totally agree. It’s a comfort that our coach is reliably classy. Not only does it help in recruiting, but it rubs off on players and speaks highly of our program and our school.
Yeah, I don’t give a crap about Richt’s demeanor.
Everyone said Tony Dungy was too nice. They won a super bowl and built a dynasty.
I care about wins and losses, and our team showing up for games being fully competitive and delivering up to their talent.
I also care about coaches being held ACCOUNTABLE for their failures.
And for god sakes, stop throwing players under the bus.
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Ugh. How embarassing:
FRONT PAGE of rivals.com:
“Georgia coach Mark Richt should be safe, but that doesn’t mean changes aren’t coming in Athens. The Bulldogs’ struggles continued in a blowout loss to Tennessee, and it could spell trouble for some on Richt’s staff. Get the scoop on that and much more as we find out what our Rivals.com experts learned in Week 6.”
I saw that as well, Muckbeast, but for those who want Martinez (and/or others) gone, that is a good sign.
CFB coaches aren’t usually fired when it’s only the fanbase saying the firings should happen. They are fired when outside, impartial and rational CFB observers are widely suggesting the firings as well.
As bad as the defense was last year, or has been in other games even before that, there have not been outside CFB observers from reputable organizations or publications saying Willie Martinez should be fired. They are starting to say that now though…
That makes Richt’s job somewhat easier should he decide to make a move. And it also raises the possibility that Martinez just makes the move himself.
Martinez, sensing the heat coming down on his good friend and boss, offers to take a demotion back to DBs coach.
UGA brings in Tuberville as DC.
No. Freaking. Chance.
Tubs wants a head coaching job, as he’s said on numerous occasions. No way he coaches D for Richt. Maybe for the Bear if he returned from the Crypt, but not for Richt. Good friend and all, he didn’t go down in flames so bad that he needs a coordinating job to get his name back out in the market. Now, Larry Coker a couple of years ago should have angled for an offensive coordinating job, and he would’ve done better than that D-III team he’s coaching now.
Not likely of course, but does he really want to move to the obscurity of coaching in, say, Arizona? Really? I mean, yeah, sure… we all want to be the boss… but at what cost? Half empty stadiums and 11PM ET kickoffs on Fox Sports Pacific… for years? Fonk that.
Take the DC job, flip the tables on UF and Bama in recruiting and the field, win the SECC/MNC, have a lot of fun for a few years doing it, and then jump to the first major program HC opening available.
This is a sale that could be made.
a former redcoat
that would be absolutely beautiful, wouldn’t it?
honestly if we threw about a million and a half in with that sales pitch (and why not “associate head coach” to go with the DC job), maybe we get tubbs. fire bobo and let coach richt take over QBs and OC again. ya gotta question bobo’s abilities as a QB coach since he’s had cox all to himself for a while (i know richt worked with stafford… but since he wasn’t officially the QB coach any more, maybe he didn’t pay any real attention to cox) and cox makes some pretty bad decisions, can’t look off defenders, etc. honestly, best deal is fire bobo, do ANYTHING for the offense and find a great DC. we definitely have the money, the fans, and the players to attract one. plus we could always point out how many YEARS of poor coaching you can get by with before you have a chance to actually lose your job
Dude, Richt was HORRIBLE as OC. Total revisionist history going on here. Go check out our production against the other “Big 6” in the SEC when Richt was OC. It was as bad as, or worse, than Bobo.
might want to re-read my post there. never said he was a great OC here. he was a great OC at FSU though and it’s hard to say he’d be worse than bobo is right now. but, no revisionist history. maybe you just didn’t read what i wrote in the first place…
but, remember that we managed to score 10 points against florida last year and get shut out in the first half against bama with stafford, moreno, massaquoi, and AJ green all on the roster. that’s gotta fall on bobo.
my point was more that richt would be better than bobo and it would be worth doing that if it made it possible to get an incredible DC.
It’s really tough to be head coach and OC at the same time. very few have been able to pull that off long term and be successful. Richt needs an OC rather than to do it himself.
Gen. Stoopnagle
Tubs is going to be at the top of a lot of team’s lists for HC *this* year. He won’t need a DC job to find it. He’s not Tommy Bowden or anything…
Amazing did no one watch this game ?UGA rushed for nothing that counted(could not gain 1 yd on 3rd and short). Remember when CJD hired the bozo from ut ? Can’t anyone else see CSS is that same guy ? It looks like he talks to players , same as the media. Wake up , you must run the fb in sec or at least appear you can).CMB is not ready for this league as oc.
CMR doesnt need to go…yet..but theres something systemic that needs fixing and if CMR has a flaw it’s loyalty to the point of stupidity (Tereshinski ?)
I’ll also say this. And its not directed at any one individual here or anywhere else but is more directed at the vibe I’m getting from a lot of people I know in many areas of the world, work and friends, people online and off:
If nothing else we’re thinning out the fan heard. Take your fair weather and shove it up your ass. You want a team thats easy to root for? Go buy some jorts…but go on and sell all your early 90s FSU memorabilia on ebay as one wouldnt want to be too much of a hippocrate.
Your reward for loyalty is upgraded season tix.
And remember ye this, the year isnt shot although plenty of people act like it is. As someone who’s been a die hard falcon’s fan his whole life (Suwanee native, so the falcon inn kinda helped things along); I’d like to remind people that it could be much much worse.
Enjoy the rest of the season….
Brady Ackerman of “Talkin’ Football” on CSS made the following comment on this week’s show about what happened to UGA this season: “Georgia really needed to open up with a couple of cupcakes to get into their offense and defense. They couldn’t because the schedule was too tough.” This is why top programs open up at home with a walkover team before they start playing their regular schedule. It gives the new players a chance to get game experience and gives the coaches a chance to evaluate players in a real game to see what they have and make necessary adjustments. It also builds confidence for the young players. Suppose instead of going to Stillwater and being cannonfodder for the grand re-opening of T. Boone Pickens’ $300 Million playground (with his name on it) the Dawgs had opened up between the hedges with a Western Carolina-type team. Maybe they get some of the bugs out. They certainly don’t lose the first game. Maybe they are covering kicks better and tackling better at the end of the LSU game and LSU doesn’t score and they win that game and are 5-0 going to UT. Even if Willie and Bobo do get outschemed and the Dawgs lose they are only 5-1 (or at worst 4-2). Think about it. There is a reason why Florida opened up with 2 walkover teams back to back. That’s why Florida is Florida. Not because they have better athletes. They don’t make bonehead decisions.
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The enemy of my enemy… is still Notre Dame. →
“We missed the call.”
That’s from Steve Shaw, who says the conference is reviewing Quinton Dial’s questionable hit on Aaron Murray in the second quarter of the SECCG.
Will Mike Slive make the call to suspend Dial from the national title game as a result? Stay tuned.
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135 responses to ““We missed the call.””
LoveTtown
There were several missed calls for both sides, speaking as a Bama fan. While I agree he should have probably been flagged – not sure that he tried to go head to head – I think Dial is just a lot bigger, check this one out. Bama player got the personal foul on this…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze9FrbEBp9k
Either way, it was a hard fought game. Kudos to UGA
I don’t say this to be a prick, but intention is irrelevant. I didn’t notice too much chippiness out of the players, (with the exception of one of our guys getting flagged and subsequently chewed out by our coaches, both the flag and the asschewing were warranted) but I do agree with you that it was probably not intended. Now go kick some Notre Dame ass and make the SEC proud!!
Excuses.
And Harvey Updike wasn’t really trying to kill those trees, just make the leaves stay on longer into the fall.
“probably”? I hope you don’t serve on a jury anytime soon.
“I think Dial is a lot bigger”.
Well they should have coached him up a little more on pad level!!!
He should miss the game if not the players suspended earlier for similar hits have a legit beef for selective suspensions. I hope they do send the message that Bama players don’t get special breaks.
Wow, I thought the comments on the AJC were bad, but the comments on the AL.com link were amazingly bad. Makes me happy for blogs like this.
Thought the exact same thing about their comments section. How some of them were saying it wasn’t even helmet-to-helmet is beyond me. Not sure of his intention or what the definition of a defenseless player is, but helmet-to-helmet is pretty clear there.
Welcome to the world of bammer..I live it , unfortunately, every day. There are more bammers in the Florida panhandle than FSU Seminoles.
It definitely should have been a foul. Ogletree put more shoulder into his hit on McCarron than Dial did on Murray. And it’s not like Murray was ducking his head, so a hit intended for his chest ended up being a hit to the head. That’s understandable. Murray was jogging along and made an easy target for Dial. Either the intention was for Dial’s helmet to contact Murray’s chin, or Dial is just awfully clumsy and uncoordinated.
raleighdawg
Whether you’re a UGA or BAMA fan you have to know that it was intentional.
The GA player who gouged the eyes should sit too. After what happened to our player when FL did that you would think he would realize that it is wrong. GO DAWGS!!
Sheldon Dawson.
I don’t recognize that name but he deserves to be sat by Coach Richt. That was as wrong as when it was done by Brandon Spikes. Is Sheldon a freshman or sophomore?
He’s a freshman and I love him as a player and seems like a good kid too. Convinced we will hear his name a lot over next couple of years in a Brandon Boykin type way. Emotions of the big game probably, but yes he should sit.
This man is already hedging. It seems cut and dried to me. Look I get it that the next game is big, but if you’re going to diet in between meals just don’t bother. That said, there is one more angle to this which is the publicity it has gotten. We’all see if it’s enough.
A. Nonymous
If Alabama had been flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct/targeting a defenseless player, would UGA have retained possession? If so, that would be quite a game-changer, given what transpired following the interception.
No. Penalty came after the pick.
no, but they would have started that drive at the 35 instead of the 50. That drive lead to the 3 before the half, so yea it could have been a game changer.
(I only yesterday could go back to view the wreckage of that game)
And another thing: watch the 2nd-and-2 play Alabama runs just over midfield following that interception. Maybe I am foggy on the rulebook concerning intentional grounding but how is THAT not called on McCarron when he launches a mortar shot into the 2oth Row after being pressured through the A-Gaps? I mean, it did not appear in doubt.
If that is whistled Bama is facing 3rd-and-about 7, and maybe the FG never goes on the board. You think those three points were not big? The entire face of the game changes because Saban no longer has reason to run the 2-pt. play down 21-13.
Then, run out the logical sequence of events and the game is 28-28 with that final possession to UGa. All things playing out as they did, which of course who knows given different variable. But … ouch!
I won’t watch the replay any more for fear of what I might find.
David (not that one)
It was after the interception. So Bama would still have posession just 15 yards on the penalty.
My updates are slow!
oceanfront dawg
If anyone thinks Slive is going to do a damn thing, I’ve got oceanfront property in Rome (Georgia or Italy) to sell you.
For us all to obsess on a missed call is not worthy of the game that was played. It won’t deflect the hurt nor change the score. It seems the ref was blocked from the h-h shot and there was no reason to flag the play when he missed that part. The league will take care of it , but it would be sportsmanlike for the Bama player to state to Murray there was no intention to hurt. The liability placed on the hit is not unfounded, but to cut Bama’s team up because of an unintended h-h is just a waste of angst.
Why do I continue to say unintended? Because Aaron would not be waking up until this week if he intended to blast him in the head. Same reasoning goes with ‘Tree’s hit.
Aaron was very slow to get up and the official was right there. I don’t care if the hit affected the game or not it is illegal for a reason and if you selectively enforce then you allow certain teams to get away with dirty play. Two players this year were suspended under the same circumstances what would you say to them?
I thought it was intentional, but I don’t think that is a requirement. Who knows if it would have changed the result anyway. My issue is the head trauma and permanent damage.
The rule doesn’t require intention to hurt. Knowing nothing about Dial, I would assume that he did not intend to cause Murray to suffer a traumatic brain injury. You think he deserves a lollipop for that noble position?
The rule says you don’t go helmet to helmet and Dial did. Arguing that Dial only meant to knock the crap out of Murray, but not kill him is a curious position to take.
If he woke up later in the week (as I stated) then he wouldn’t be dead, would he and knocking the crap out of somebody is part of the game (no, I’m not saying it’s ok to take any kind of head shot). Don’t rachet a statement about personality and intent into something not said. And Debby, no one is proposing selective enforcement. I maintain that the block was legal because the ball had been intercepted, but many earlier indicated through their angst that they didn’t know the rule.
Makes no difference about opinions, folks, since the head office will decide whether it was illegal or not. Me? I’ll try not to introduce more than one way to look at any play in this angst milieu. I should have known better.
I don’t believe the Tree shot was a penalty.
Bobby Fenton
Punishment should fit the crime. It’s a helmet-to-helmet hit that should have gotten a 15-yard flag, but you cannot suspend the player for the biggest game in a lifetime. That is completely unreasonable and is not a proportionate response.
And to those who are saying that if other players have been suspended a game then this guy must also be – you are ignoring that there are degrees to things in life, it is not all black and white.
Being suspended for Western Carolina or Ole Miss is nowhere near the same as the National Title game. It’s absurd to suggest a suspension from the title game just because that happens to be the next game.
So maybe they should change the rules to say the player sits for “the next unimportant game.” Would that be more up your alley? Rules are rules. After AJ Green got suspended for FOUR GAMES for selling his own jersey (and thereby partially causing one of the worst UGA seasons I can remember), I’ll be damned if I’m gonna overlook something another team’s player does that CLEARLY warrants a suspension based on the rules and prior precedent, especially when we’re at the receiving end. It’s like we’re getting screwed twice: once with AJ Green’s absurd suspension and once with them letting another kid off the hook for an absurd play that under any other circumstances would most definitely result in a suspension.
If you rob a bank to buy diapers they don’t send you to Walmart they send you to jail.
It doesn’t matter what the next game is. The hit was illegal. In the NFL that’s a 50-75k fine. It’s bullshit and it couldve put Aaron out.
See Ohio State delayed suspension for bowl game. Didn’t work out too well.
You’re right, Bobby, it ain’t all black and white. CBS ran a full-color video replay about 8 times of Dial running 5 yards to deliver a brutal hit on a guy looking the other way, well after the ball was thrown.
Fuck that guy. A suspension’s too good for him. I hope he never sees a football field again.
If you don’t want to be suspended for big games, don’t play dirty the week before.
Selective punishment? I don’t think so. He gets to play just because he is a senior? He could have ended Murray’s career. No way in hell Saban lets this kid miss the game. Make him sit and fire the referee who missed the call. I don’t know how the hell he missed it because I saw it from the endzone second deck.
My issue is more with the ref. I saw it from the opposite of the dome -no way he didn’t see it.
I have alot of issues with the refs (sadly, because it was a very exciting game). See my post at 10:59 AM.
Proportionate in whose eyes? This is always a subjective opinion. This is why the exact penalty is fixed (ie holding is 10). I think to start making exceptions for a bowl is bad precedent. And it smacks of Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl 2 yrs ago.
So if dude walks in a liquor store and blows away a clerk who is 70 years old, he should get less time in prison than he would for killing a 30 year old clerk. Is that what you mean by proportionate Bobby?
Ha ha. Sounds like it.
Little Bobby Fenton, still working on his logic arguments.
Dcdawg
The game is over and done let’s move on.
It would be easier to move on if this were mid-season and we had something to move our attention to. However, this game will be in our minds until New Years, when we play Neb.
I agree, don’t want to get the two fanbases into a war over this, they should enjoy the memories of a great game. Both of those calls regarding the eye gouging and the needless hit on Am should have been flagged, and both players should be punished. No place for that in football. While we all agree the hit on AM was missed, the referee was standing right there and I cannot see how he missed it. Obviously calls get missed in every game and we cannot debate all of them. This game turned on so much more than those situations.
If you’ve never lived in Alabama, you will question my intelligence and judgement. Slive lives and works in Birmingham. I would be shocked if he suspends Dial. (I was going to say, “No way he suspends Dial”).
Is it just me or does it seem we get a lot of calls of “We missed the call” from the SEC office? I guess that’s why we call it PWG.
All I want for Christmas is a whole new SEC officiating organization, with the present refs going to the Guilitine to insure their permanent banishment.
Chi-Town Dawg
In games like this one, there are always going to be questionable or missed calls. The eye gouging was missed and deserved a penalty and the Dial hit was also a clear penalty in my mind. In terms of invoking a suspension, the league hasn’t been consistent in how they apply this punishment all year, so why try to make an example at this point of the season – let him play. The real question in my mind is what (if anything) will happen to the official who watched the cheap shot happen less than 10 yards away and didn’t throw a flag? Why the hell isn’t anyone talking about his “punishment”?
That’s probably the most violent football play I’ve seen in a while.
IMO it should have been flagged for helmet to helmet or whatever.
However, I don’t think it was a dirty play. It was nasty and Dial wanted to break him up, but I don’t think it was dirty.
Should he be suspended? Doesn’t seem fair seeing how he wasn’t penalized during the game, but times are changing.
comming from a bama fan
There is only one word for that play: chicken shit. That was an effort to remove the quarterback from the game with a cheap shot. Whether it was within the rules or not it was a chicken shit move and if the shoe was on the other foot the howls would be unbearable. Mainly cause your guy wouldn’t have gotten up.
Definitely not chicken shit but not in the classical use of the term, since chicken shit moves are rarely that violent. . And no way you can make a tasty chicken salad out of it. Except possibly in Alabama.
I meant definitely IS C.S. sorry
I’m not crazy about the kid missing the Natty, but there have been other suspensions this season where a flag wasn’t thrown and Bama shouldn’t be above the rules. Sit him.
Based on the Ole Miss DB sitting, I’m guessing he will.
And that is the relevant point. Being called a penalty in the game has already been shown to not be a pre-requisite for a suspension. I also think CMR should sit Dawson for the bowl game, no place for his actions in football either. We do not need the SEC to do it for us, it is against our code. These players have to be disciplined, and publicly.
+1 – Sit ’em both for at least a half.
You’re a good dude, BD. Your comments on this blog are usually well thought out and always welcome. But this comment is a lesson in rationalization: ‘nasty but not dirty’? Come on.
As to your supposition that Dial will be suspended… there’s no chance in Hell that will happen. Absolutely none. If he is, I’ll make sure to post a public mea culpa on this blog, but it ain’t happening.
Mr. Tu
I think the SEC should take the United Nations approach and tell Mr, Dial that if he does not behave they will be very, very angry with him, and then write him a stern letter stating the same
Nice, don’t forget to wag your finger.
Concussion are very serious injuries in sports. They can have long lasting impacts. Intentional or unintentional does not matter and is not a factor in the rule. Refs can not question players before a jury of peers and ask did you do it on purpose. This is football and it is on a time track. But safety is the most important rulea and factor in any sport at any level. Does not matter about the size of the players either. If you leave your feet and go above the shoulders, you should be flagged and possibly ejected. Head inuries are damn freaking serious. They can not be tolerated and does not make a damn who the player is, the game, or the damn score. It is all about safety!!!!
Pushing is one thing,but going to the head is a different matter. The question I have about the rule is it reviewable. Ritter and Company lost a lot good officiating by missing that play. They are instructed to watch for this on interception. Ref was there, but for some reason he did not see it. Like for him to respond. Did or did you not intentionally miss the call? Well, hell that question does not count either. Look ref, you sit out a few games until you understand this rule and see if you can get your head on a swivel to look for it.
This rule in football is like the rule in baseball. When a pitcher throw high toward the head….you can damn well know the benches will clear. Spent three days at Turner Field in June watching the O’s. First game back for O’s 2nd baseman after dealing with a concussion from sliding into second base. Virtually ended a great player’s career. Was out for over a year and a half. That is a very long time in baseball.
Aaron Murray’s career playing football. And nobody knows what that is or could be. But that does not matter, A concussion could have impacted his life like it did Roberts for a long time. Not the way you want to live your life or play a sport.
I’m not saying concussions aren’t serious or that I want to see Aaron Murray seriously injured.
I think it’s easy for us folks sitting around typing to say how things should have been. The reality is every football player in the country would have taken that shot. In the nfl this is preached every day and fines are still handed out every week.
I did not see this play live. I was at a wedding. :). When I saw the video clip it almost turned my stomach it was so violent. However, I don’t think it was dirty. I think it was a heat of battle kill shot.
Had it been McCarron, I would have been upset, but I would understand that this is football.
I’ll tell you this BD. Your guy’s hit was pretty bad looking. But, one can never tell whether the forbidden motive is present, or it’s just over enthusiasm. However, our Sheldon Dawson got away with a fast one. He intentionally eye gouged a Bama player, and Bama got flagged for the retaliation. Georgia had already been flagged for unsportsmanlike for retaliation.
You are wearing your Bama colored glasses on this one, BD. Maybe it doesn’t matter from a penalty standpoint, but your own language suggests you know exactly what was on Dial’s mind. Sometimes you can make a reasonable assumption as to motive by looking at an the manner an action is performed. As you point out, he was going for “the kill shot” – intending to do harm, not just a tough hit but to eff somebody up when they were not prepared. It is obvious from the trot of AM that he was not even a threat at that point. So dress it up however you want, if one of my kids or friends was involved in that play, on either side, I would be righteous pissed.
What fresh hell is this?
Conflicted on this one. There should absolutely be a suspension, but I’d like the Bammers to have all hands on deck for a proper ass-thrashing of the domers.
Quintong Dial has been re-tweeting comments celebrating his hit of Murray.
Stay classy Bama!!!!
Take a look yourself…one retweet?
https://twitter.com/BigQD90
Still it shows he has no regrets.
I agree with you…but you could say 1) he was just playing football and 2) Murray was ok…so at this point what does he have to apologize for?
HobnailedBoots
One could also say that Quinton DIal is a piece of shit and that one hopes he gets a concussion the next time he sees a football field so we can ask him if he thinks it’s so cool anymore.
He can apologize for the helmet shot to the head. But it doesn’t matter. He is going to get suspended. The hit was dangerous and illegal. It was seen by an outraged national audience and was a hot topic on the halftime show. The Swearinger and Elston hits that drew suspensions pale by comparison, and at least those guys were going for the ball carrier. Now you have an AD basically asking for punishment. So which way do you go if you are Slive? To me it adds up to Dial having played his last game for Alabama. But gimme me a break, it is not like they need him. Dial is not even the starter, right?
Murray should be coached to lay out on the ground for at least five, prime time television minutes after a dirty hit like that. You can bet Slive would get sick of seeing it run over and over and over on the replay, while the team docs saw to Murray. Then maybe the ref would have gotten his due. Sometimes you have to make your case in dramatic fashion…
Still I don’t think Slive should be in the position of judging what wasn’t called on the field. It’s a Pandora’s box he’s already opened, but it needs to be closed. It’s just not a good idea. He will spend all of his time watching film and trying to explain why he doesn’t apply the rule equally to all teams. It should be up to Saban to punish this player..not Slive. Then everyone can judge what Saban’s values are concerning such things….Slive should suspend or fire the ref for a year…that’s what would really change this crooked crap.
ChilliDawg
Nick Saving doesn’t have time for that sh*t.
No, Murray should have been trained to get right back up and immediately whine to the closest ref like McCarron did on the Ogletree hit. Seemed to work for him. F-ing SEC refs. Felt like Penn Wagers was in disguise reffing that game.
Just watched the DVR of the game and saw the hit again. I don’t care what anyone says, Dial looked for Murray and then took the shot knowing his head was turned. It looked to me, though I cant be sure, that the play was over too. He came off his feet and led with his head. Suspension is warranted IMO.
Coastal Dawg
In the wide angle replay Dail circles to further to Murray’s blind side for a better shot at him. Clearly he intended to take him out. It was a cheap shot at best and best head hunting at least.
It was a punk move, plain and simple. And remember Bama/Dial, payback is hell.
magnusdawgus
Chick Graning/Darwin Holt and Bama shrugging off career endangering cheap shots. The more things change…
Only us old farts will get that. That still sticks in my mind including the photo of Granning’s teeth with only the stubs sticking out of the gum next to a blank space between the teeth. Holt should have been banned from football.
Disappointed the cheap shot didn’t fire up our defense enough to get a stop on the next series.
Check my upstream post…
Here’s a post game interview with Murray. Go to about the 2:10 mark for his comments on the hit.
He said it didn’t have anything to do with his head that he got the breathe knocked out of him.
The breath too. 🙂
In something unrelated, I can’t believe you went to a wedding Saturday. In December. If you weren’t a relatively decent person with insightful posts, I’d think the Senator should ban you just for that. Very disappointed BD, very disappointed.
As I said before, if it had been a relative, I would not have gone.
It was the wedding of a guy I go to church with and I just couldn’t miss. He’s lucky to be getting married and the wife is from Memphis…guess she’s an Ole Miss fan or something.
No lie…around the time the FG was blocked someone’s phone blared crowd noise. Generated a little chuckle and loosened everyone up.
Rhymer Dawg
Okay, I am going to get on here and just let you know that I do not appreciate you trying to justify the actions Mr. Dial. I could argue that Murray just does not remember the hit to the head only that he found himself on the ground without any breath.
I get it. You want to make sure that your trip to Miami is not tarnished so you are going to go to leaps and bounds to make sure that your conscience is clear. Well, I am not having any of it.
You usually are classy on here and I appreciate your comments but this time you are just plain wrong. It was a cheap shot, it was dirty and it was helmet to helmet. You can’t talk about motive because you don’t know. There is a equal chance that is was intentional as it was not intentional. So lets just leave this argument in toilet where it belongs. We know the facts and the facts are that it was a cheap, lame helmet to helmet hit on a defenseless player.
I said above it should have been penalized.
There are Georgia fans on here expressing sentiments for sitting him and playing him.
I’m just saying, “what if he was just playing football?”
Regardless of my thoughts on the subject, we are in an era now where we are on the clock regarding head injuries. We will continue to see after-the-fact penalties, etc. and those will be used to curtail these kinds of hits – regardless of intent.
BD- I’ve already learned today not to try to talk a mob out of a hanging. You and I agree fully. Thanks for the film clip. It exonerates us both, but-Lookout!, they’re rushing the jail again!
BS. A lot of reasonable people on this blog have entertained a lot of angles on this. If you want to join BD and call that shot “just football” be my guest, but the conversation hardly has the tone of a mob mentality.
BD has been treated with the same respect he himself brings to this blog….or at least as much respect as the rest of us treat each other….:)
Who the hell cares? That has nothing to do with whether the hit was dirty or illegal.
Jesus, you just can’t seem to find your way to the actual point, can you?
Some people are saying it was a dirty play.
Are you saying it was a dirty play?
A thing of beauty, this.
BigNCDawg
The hit was blindside, defenseless, full speed, and leaving the feet. It could have ended Murry’s football playing days.
So the conference coordinator of officials is an Alabama grad and the conference headquarters are in Birmingham. What a conference.
From this replay it appears there is a ref looking right at the hit. Did they “miss” it or “ignore” it?
That hit gets replayed a million times on Sportscenter if it’s a punt return and someone lays out a tackler. I guess special teams guys don’t count.
1) He did not launch. He got low and drove through, but the legs didn’t “spring” into the hit.
2) His shoulder-pad/helmet caught Murray’s around the bottom of Murray’s facemask and on the side – it was not crown to crown. That doesn’t make it any less violent, but NFL suspension hits usually involve leading with the crown.
3) He drives his shoulder into the hit. Again – brutal, but not leading with the helmet.
4) Murray became a defender once the ball was picked. Normal pocket rules no longer apply. Again – still 15 yards, but blind-siding a QB watching his receiver run for a TD versus jogging towards an opposing player trying to run back a pick are two different contexts.
Will suspending Dial make me any happier? No. It was a football play, not an intent to injure, maim, or go outside the rules. Just my opinion. Definitely worth 15 yards, but hardly worth suspending a player for any game.
Watching it over and over. His shoulder is fully into Murray’s chest. Seems to me he’s attempting to go low and through the body, not high and through the head. There is definitely significant helmet to helmet contact – but I don’t think that’s where Dial was “targeting,” to use the popular term. And that’s the criteria for suspension: clear targeting of the area above the neck.
above the shoulders. Argh.
Dude, you need glasses.
You’re a fucking idiot dude. You’ve got to be nothing short of a fucking idiot to be able to watch that vid and come away saying “it wasn’t helmet to helmet.”
And by that I mean you’ve got to be a COMPLETE fucking idiot to make an argument that Dial wasn’t head hunting. Just in case I wasn’t clear.
Maybe he failed Anatomy badly in h,s, and is mixing up the shoulder and head.
Hmmm. Frame by frame rewind, back and forth. Shoulder into chest. Leading with arm into chest. Helmet blasts Murray’s helmet. Clear 15 yarder. Not so clear “sit a game.”
I never said it wasn’t. I said it didn’t look like a classic “go for the head with intent” shot to me. Big difference, and I went out of my way to make it, just to avoid the classic f-bomb overreactions I expected to get.
And by that I mean you didn’t bother to really read the post and went off anyway,, just in case I wasn’t clear.
Hey, when they’re rushing the jail……
Uh oh! See below. They are getting liquored up now!
What did you reckon about the Tree penalty?
Gee, by those standards Nick Fairley’s shot on Murray was just a “love tap.” I suppose you could throw in that Aaron made a “racial slur,” which made the whole thing justified.
Only one problem with your explanation. This exact type of play- a defender on a turnover going after the QB- was a SPECIFIC point of emphasis for the SEC officials this season. Right or wrong, the SEC officials were told not to let these types of plays happen.
And they flat out missed it. Absolutely inexcusable.
They flat out “missed” all sorts of Bama shenanigans. I surely do not want this all to sound like sour grapes, but I have consistently been coming around to the Mayor’s side on some officiating issues per conference “favories.”
Check my upstream post @ 10:59
Am i the only one who thinks it looks like the receiver was open and that a good throw not only prevents a pick but could’ve been a big pick up and maybe even 6?
Murray said he made a bad throw and under threw it.
I’m very proud of Murray. He took one of the biggest cheap shots I’ve ever seen, got up, dusted himself off, and very nearly lead us to the promised land. He is one tough SOB. Reminds me of Rocky taunting Clubber Lang at the end of Rocky III. “Come on, my grandmother hits harder than that!”
Amen- have thought he was one tough SOB since Auburn 2010
New study released today linking football hits to the head and traumatic brain disease.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/sports/study-bolsters-link-between-routine-hits-to-head-and-long-term-brain-disease.html
Bryant Denny, now do you get it ?
TiftonDawg
Anybody notice that both Mike Slive and the SEC officials headquarters are located in Birmingham? Tell me Slive didn’t choose the crew he wanted for that game. I’m sure glad they finally threw one flag for unsportsman like conduct on Bama to give some illusion of fairness for the ‘Bammers to fall back on. Ogletree’s hit on A.J. was shoulder to shoulder immediately after he released the ball; shouldn’t even have been called.
Totally there with you, dawg. Luckily, that scewjob was dodged.
Insert the “r” at your leisure.
The first thing that makes contact is the top of Dial’s helmet into the side of Murray’s facemask. That hit is illegal, regardless of intent, and hits equal to this have garnered suspensions this year. Those are the facts. Intent is irrelevant. The fact that Murray was not concussed is irrelevant.
Tim Killen
Are Georgia fans still talking about this? This play did not cost you the game. 340 rushing yards on your defense and a missed field goal did that. A loss stings but let it go. It was a classic game. Dial’s replacement is better than he is so it wouldn’t affect Alabama. But if you insist, fine. Suspend Dial and the Feorgia eye gouger. Then everybody’s happy and we can move on.
The link is to an Alabama article.
How could you and officials miss such a flagrant call and i do not want to hear that everyone is human and makes mistakes you and that whole officiating crew should hand in your resignations and be thankful that aaron murray did not sustain spinal injury causing paralyzation you and crew are pitiful excuses for human. Beings and so is mr slive for letting dial play in championship game while swearinger and other suspended player sit out a game hypocrits all of you.
.Hey quinton would be a shame if 2 irish players chop blocked you so bad that it would blow out your knee and break your leg in two but thats just football huh. Roll irish quinton u r a no good piece of shit dirty player period roll irish roll.
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Blood markers of fibrinolysis and endothelial activation in canine babesiosis
Josipa Kuleš1,
Jelena Gotić2,
Vladimir Mrljak2 &
Renata Barić Rafaj3
BMC Veterinary Research volume 13, Article number: 82 (2017) Cite this article
Canine babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia. The disease can be clinically classified into uncomplicated and complicated forms. The aim of this study was to assess the level of endothelial activation and alterations in the fibrinolytic pathway during canine babesiosis.
Blood samples were collected on the day of admission and on the 6th day after treatment with imidocarb propionate, from 30 dogs of various breeds and of both sexes with naturally occurring babesiosis caused by B. canis. In this prospective study, plasminogen activity was assessed using a chromogenic assay, and concentrations of high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB-1), intercellular adhesive molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular adhesive molecule-1 (VCAM-1), soluble urokinase receptor of plasminogen activator (suPAR), thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI), soluble thrombomodulin (TM) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) were determined using a canine specific ELISA. Concentrations of TM, HMGB-1, VCAM-1 and suPAR were increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dogs. After treatment, concentrations of TM were lower in infected dogs compared to healthy dogs. Dogs with babesiosis also had increased concentrations of TM, ICAM-1 and HMGB-1 and decreased plasminogen and PAI-1 at presentation compared to day 6 after treatment. Dogs with complicated babesiosis had higher concentrations of TM, HMGB1 and TAFI at admission compared to the 6th day.
Biomarkers of endothelial activation and fibrinolysis were altered in dogs with babesiosis. Further studies into their usefulness as biomarkers of disease severity or prognosis is warranted.
Canine babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia [1]. Three main species of large Babesia infect dogs, namely B. vogeli, B. canis and B. rossi [2]. The disease can be clinically classified into uncomplicated and complicated forms with a wide range of clinical presentations from a mild, subclinical illness to complicated forms and death [3].
Inflammation and hemostasis are tightly interrelated pathophysiologic processes that may affect each other considerably. Extensive crosstalk between immune and hemostatic systems occurs at the level of all components of the hemostatic system, including vascular endothelial cells, platelets, plasma coagulation cascade, physiologic anticoagulant pathways and fibrinolytic activity [4]. The presence of hemostatic abnormalities [5–8] and alterations in the inflammatory response [9–11] are well documented in canine babesiosis. However, whether there are alterations in the fibrinolytic system has not been previously examined.
Endothelial cell activation can be damaging if it is uncontrolled, persistent or widespread [12]. Endothelial dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis of a variety of potentially serious infectious diseases and syndromes [13]. The vascular endothelium has an important role in the pathogenesis of canine babesiosis [6]. Differential cell surface molecule expression between quiescent and activated endothelial cells influences the degree of adhesion of circulating blood cells, as well as the relative balance between pro- and anti-coagulant activity [14]. Given their specificity for endothelial cells in the activated state, the soluble forms of cell-surface molecules, shed from endothelial cells after activation, have been widely studied as diagnostic and prognostic markers in a variety of infectious diseases. Intercellular adhesive molecule-1 (ICAM-1) mediates the firm adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium and the subsequent transmigration to inflammatory sites, while vascular adhesive molecule-1 (VCAM-1) contributes to the adhesion of activated lymphocytes and monocytes to endothelial cells in acute inflammatory tissues [15]. Thrombomodulin (TM) is a an endothelial receptor that prevents dissemination of pro-coagulant and proinflammatory molecules, and by doing so, allows these molecules to act locally at the site of injury [16]. TM promotes thrombin-mediated activation of protein C and is essential for thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) activation. High mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB-1) is a highly conserved component of eukaryotic nuclei and is known as a DNA binding protein [17]. HMGB-1 is actively secreted by certain inflammatory cells and endothelial cells, and is passively released by necrotic or damaged cells [18]. Once released into the intravascular space, HMGB1 amplifies local inflammatory responses by enhancing the release of cytokines and chemokines from monocytes-macrophages and interacts with endothelial cells by up-regulating surface receptors and inducing the secretion of soluble proinflammatory mediators [19].
Components of the fibrinolytic system are mainly synthesized in the vascular endothelium and disturbances in vascular endothelium may induce an imbalance in fibrinolysis. Plasmin, as a result of plasminogen activation by plasminogen activators, cleaves fibrin and other important components of blood clots by initiating a proteolytic cascade leading to fibrinolysis and thrombolysis [20]. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) are the most important mediators of plasminogen activation. Inhibition of the fibrinolytic system may occur at the level of plasminogen activation, mainly by a specific plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) or by thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI), and at the level of plasmin, mainly by α2-antiplasmin [21]. It has been shown that bacteria, viruses and parasites utilise the plasminogen activation system for their biological needs [22–25].
It has been reported that a proinflammatory state occurs in babesiosis that is associated with increased concentrations of markers of endothelial cell activation and altered hemostasis [6, 26]. Because canine babesiosis could be accompanied by endothelial dysfunction, the relationship between endothelial function and fibrinolytic balance needs to be examined in more detail. Biomarkers of activated endothelium might indicate increased endothelial dysfunction during canine babesiosis. Our overall hypothesis is that markers of endothelial cell activation and alterations in fibrinolysis are increased in dogs with babesiosis and that these markers may be useful in monitoring disease progression. The specific aims of this study were: i) to determine whether markers of endothelial cell activation and fibrinolytic activity are different in dogs infected with B. canis at the time of diagnosis (day 0) and 6 days after imidocarb treatment, compared to healthy controls; ii) whether there are differences on day 0 compared with day 6 among infected dogs; iii) and whether there are differences between dogs with complicated and uncomplicated infection.
Blood samples were collected from 30 dogs of various breeds and of both sexes with naturally occurring babesiosis caused by B. canis, who were admitted to the Internal Diseases Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. This study was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. There were 12 females and 18 males, aged from 2 months to 10 years (median, interquartile range: 24 months, 11–60 months). Half of all dogs were mixed breed, and additionally there were 4 Labrador Retrievers, 2 Golden Retrievers, 2 American Staffordshire Terriers, and one Croatian Sheepdog, Alpine Dachsbracke, German Shepard, Doberman, Siberian Husky, Irish Red Setter and Alaskan Malamute. The diagnosis of babesiosis was confirmed by demonstration of the parasites within the infected erythrocytes in thin blood smears stained with May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain. Species were confirmed using PCR, as described previously [8]. One dose (6 mg/kg) of imidocarb dipropionate (Imizol® 12%, Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ, USA) was administered to all the dogs subcutaneously on the day of admission. As needed, other supportive therapy was given mostly to dogs with complicated babesiosis. Supportive therapy included 0.9% saline solution and metoclopramide to treat nausea and vomiting. No reference was found about possible effects of this supportive therapy on endothelium function or fibrinolysis, except changes in hematocrit as consenquence of fluid compensation. Therefore we hypothesised that these differences in treatment among dogs didn’t have significant effect on investigated parameters. Blood was collected on the day of admission (B0), and on the 6th day (B6) of treatment.
The control group consisted of 10 healthy dogs. At the time of enrollment, none of the healthy dogs had histories of previous illness. Routine hematologic and biochemical analysis with urianalysis were performed, and all of the obtained results were within reference ranges. PCR was performed as for infected dogs, to rule out sublinical infection. All dogs were mixed breed, aged from 2 to 10 years, 6 of them were males and 4 females.
Serum samples from dogs with babesiosis and healthy dogs were screened for simultaneous qualitative detection of circulating D. immitis antigen and antibodies, both immunoglobulin G and M, to E. canis, B. burgdorferi sensu lato and A. phagocytophilum with the SNAP®4Dx® test (IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, Maine, USA) and antibodies to L. infantum with the SNAP Leishmania test (IDEXX Laboratories). Dogs with evidence of coinfection were excluded from the study.
On the basis of clinical manifestations and laboratory data (hematologic and biochemical analysis with urianalysis) at admission, the affected dogs were divided into two groups, complicated (N = 11) and uncomplicated (N = 19) babesiosis. An animal was classified as complicated if one of the following criteria were fulfilled [27]: renal dysfunction (serum creatinine concentration of more than 155 μmol/L in the absence of pre-renal azotemia), hepatic involvement (both alanine aminotransferase (ALT) greater than 176 U/L and alkaline phosphatase (AP) greater than 360 U/L), central nervous system dysfunction (a score on the modified Glasgow coma scale of less than 9), respiratory system dysfunction (radiographic evidence of pulmonary oedema, or increased effort to breathe), pancreatic dysfunction (all samples with increased amylase and lipase values in our lab are routinely checked by IDEXX SNAP cPL test for canine pancreas-specific lipase) and muscular involvement (creatine phosphokinase (CPK) more than 600 U/L). The noted complications were muscular involvement (7/11 dogs), respiratory system dysfunction (4/11), pancreatic dysfunction (1/11) and hepatic dysfunction (1/11).
Blood was collected by jugular venipuncture, using the Vacutainer blood collection system (Becton, Dickinson and Co., Rutherford, NJ). Blood samples were drawn atraumatically into EDTA and trisodium citrate tubes. EDTA plasma was separated by centrifugation at 1000 × g at 4 °C for 15 min, within 1 h of collection, and citrated plasma by centrifugation at 2000 × g at 4 °C for 15 min. Aliquots of plasma were stored at −80 °C for 2 to 8 months before analysis. Previous studies showed stability of fibrinolytic variables, soluble cell adhesion molecules and endothelial markers after long-time storage at −80 °C [28–30]. Concentrations of HMGB-1, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, soluble urokinase receptor of plasminogen activator (suPAR) and TAFI were measured in EDTA plasma, while concentrations of TM, PAI-1 and plasminogen (PLG) activity were measured in citrate plasma.
Plasminogen activity was assessed using a chromogenic substrate test on the ACL 7000 analyzer (Instrumentation Laboratory, Milan, Italy) using reagents from that manufacturer. The assay was calibrated using a pool from 10 clinically healthy dogs. Canine-specific ELISA kits were used for following analytes: TM, ICAM-1, and HMGB-1 (USCN Life Science, Wuhan, China), PAI-1 (Blue Gene Biotech, Shanghai, China), and VCAM-1, TAFI and suPAR (Biotang Source International, Camarillo, USA). For ELISA analyses, intra-assays precision were CV < 10%, and inter-assays CV < 12%, while spike-recovery were 92–107%, according to the manufacturers.
ICAM-1 correction
For any given quantity (ng) of soluble ICAM-1 in the circulating blood, anemic animals will distribute that amount over a larger volume of plasma compared with non-anemic animals, resulting in a lower measured plasma concentration. To correct for anemia the following formula was applied for all samples to convert the measured plasma concentration of ICAM-1 to the concentration expected in whole blood [31]:
$$ \mathrm{Blood}\kern0.37em \mathrm{ICAM}{\textstyle \hbox{-} }1\kern0.37em \left(\mathrm{ng}/\mathrm{mL}\kern0.37em \mathrm{blood}\right)=\kern0.37em \left(\mathrm{plasma}\kern0.37em \mathrm{ICAM}{\textstyle \hbox{-} }1\kern0.37em \left(\mathrm{ng}/\mathrm{ml}\kern0.37em \mathrm{plasma}\right)\right)\times \left(1{\textstyle \hbox{-}}\mathrm{Hct}/\%\right), $$
where Hct stands for hematocrit.
Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical computer application, Statistica 8 (StatSoft Inc., Tulsa, OK). Distribution of data was tested by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Differences between healthy and diseased dogs were assessed by t-test for normally distributed data, and Mann-Whitney U-test for nonparametric data. Wilcoxon matched pairs test and dependent t-test were used to access differences between dependent samples (dogs with babesiosis at admission and on the 6th day). Spearmans rank test was used to access correlations. Differences with a P-value <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Markers for endothelial activation, such as TM, HMGB-1 and VCAM-1, were significantly increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dogs (Table 1). Comparing day 0 and day 6, increased concentrations of TM, ICAM-1 and HMGB-1 were found on day 0. On day 6, concentrations of TM were decreased compared to healthy dogs. In case of fibrinolysis markers, suPAR was significantly increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dogs, while PLG activity and PAI-1 concentration were decreased compared to day 6.
Table 1 Concentrations of blood markers of fibrinolysis and endothelial activation in canine babesiosis
Markers for endothelial activation, such as TM and HMGB1, were significantly increased in dogs with complicated babesiosis at admission compared to day 6, while compared to dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis VCAM-1 was increased. Dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis on day 0 had higher TM, ICAM-1 and HMGB1 concentrations compared to day 6. In case of fibrinolysis markers, dogs with complicated babesiosis had higher concentrations of TAFI at admission compared to day 6, as well as compared to dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis, while dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis on day 0 had lower PAI-1 concentrations and plasminogen activity compared to day 6 (Tables 2 and 3).
Table 2 Concentrations of blood markers of endothelial activation in complicated (CB) and uncomplicated (UB) canine babesiosis
Table 3 Concentrations and activity of blood markers of fibrinolysis in complicated (CB) and uncomplicated (UB) canine babesiosis
Correlations between parameters in dogs naturally infected with Babesia canis at admission and on day 6 are presented in Table 4. Significant correlations were found between HMGB-1 and ICAM-1, PAI-1 and ICAM-1 on day 0 and 6, between PAI-1 and TM on day 0, and between TAFI and TM on day 6.
Table 4 Correlation between parameters in dogs naturally infected with Babesia canis canis at admission (B0) and on the 6th day (B6) (Spearman rank order) (*P < 0.05)
In this study, markers of endothelial activation were found to be increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dog controls (TM, HMGB-1 and VCAM-1) and compared to day 6 of treatment (TM, ICAM-1, and HMGB-1), as well as between dogs with complicated and uncomplicated babesiosis (TM, HMGB1, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1). Fibrinolysis markers were also altered in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dog controls (suPAR), and compared to day 6 (PLG and PAI-1), as well as between dogs with complicated and uncomplicated babesiosis (PAI-1 and TAFI).
HMGB-1 has been shown to play a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases in humans [32]. As a proinflammatory mediator, HMGB-1 induces expression of two key adhesion molecules, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 [19]. A few reports are available on blood HMGB-1 concentrations in veterinary medicine, including dogs with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and dogs with lymphoma and canine prostate cancer [33–35]. In this study, concentrations of plasma HMGB-1 were increased in dogs with babesiosis compared to healthy dogs at admission, as well as on day 6 after treatment. Concentrations of VCAM-1 were increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to healthy dogs, while ICAM-1 concentrations were increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to day 6. An increase of ICAM-1 compared to healthy dogs was reported previously in canine babesiosis [6]. Dogs with complicated babesiosis at admission had higher concentrations of VCAM-1 compared to dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis. Expression levels of soluble adhesion molecules are also increased in animal models of sepsis [36, 37]. In malaria, increased margination and sequestration of neutrophils is explained by the increased expression of cell adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and VCAM-1) [38]. This mechanism of neutropenia that has been postulated for malaria might also be applied to the neutropenia present in babesiosis [39]. An increase in circulating adhesion molecules might either result from increased cytokine-induced expression by endothelial cells, increased proteolytic cleavage of endothelial-bound adhesion molecules secondary to endothelial damage and/or reduced soluble molecule clearance [40]. In this study, a strong positive correlation between HMGB1 and ICAM-1 (P < 0.05, r = 0.711) was found. Thus, the study suggests that HMGB1 activates components necessary for recruitment, adhesion, and transmigration of leukocytes across an activated endothelium in babesiosis.
The fibrinolytic system plays a key role in maintenance of vascular potency and thrombolysis by dissolving fibrin, and it is also involved in several physiological and pathological processes, such as local inflammatory reactions, neoplastic invasion and tissue remodeling [20]. The current study found lower plasminogen activity in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to activity on day 6 (P = 0.011). Various pathogens have plasminogen-binding capacity, playing a role in the pathogenicity of these agents. Plasminogen interaction with the surface of various parasites or with their secreted molecules has been shown [25]. Decreased plasminogen might therefore be the result of its increased use by the parasite and/or consumption due to the hypercoagulability reported in babesiosis [7]. The latter is strengthened by the fact that lower concentrations of fibrinolysis inhibitors, PAI-1 and TAFI (only in complicated babesiosis), were found in dogs with babesiosis at admission, followed by their increase on the 6th day, so it can be proposed that inhibition of fibrinolysis may be impaired in dogs with babesiosis.
Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is the most recently discovered fibrinolysis inhibitor. TAFI is activated by thrombin, the key component of the coagulation system, either free or in complex with TM [41]. In dogs, TAFI activity has been described only in experimental models of thrombosis [42, 43] and in studies in dogs with various spontaneous diseases [44]. Higher TAFI concentrations were found in dogs with complicated babesiosis on day 6 compared to dogs with uncomplicated babesiosis and also compared to dogs with complicated babesiosis at admission. Low concentrations of TAFI at admission, together with low PLG concentration, may suggest consumption from increased fibrinolysis due to the hypercoagulable state present in babesiosis cases. By day 6 the TAFI concentration had returned to normal.
Concentrations of TM were increased in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to day 6 and compared to healthy dogs, while on day 6, concentrations in dogs with babesiosis were decreased compared to healthy dogs. Increased concentration of soluble TM has been proposed as both a diagnostic and prognostic marker of endothelial activation [45]. One study found that plasma TM concentrations were significantly higher for dogs with leishmaniasis [46], especially those with severe clinical signs, suggesting that TM can be used as a non-invasive marker for endothelial activation in dogs. In malaria, TM concentrations are increased with infection and decline with convalescence [38]. After treatment, TM concentrations were also decreased in our study. It is known that inflammatory cytokines and elastase released from activated leukocytes reduce TM expression and cleave the molecule when activation of inflammatory processes takes place [47, 48], thus the same mechanism is also possible in canine babesiosis.
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a primary physiological inhibitor of tPA and uPA [49]. Similarly to TAFI, concentrations of PAI-1 were lower in dogs with babesiosis at admission compared to day 6, with concentrations approaching normal values with time. These findings contribute to documentation of fibrinolysis inhibitors consumption and increased fibrinolytic activity in this study. Contrary to TAFI, changes in PAI-1 concentrations were more profound in uncomplicated cases of babesiosis, probably due to faster resolution of endothelial and hemostatic alterations than in complicated babesiosis. The increase of PAI-1 during the course of babesiosis could lead to suppression of fibrinolysis. This study found a positive correlation between PAI-1 and ICAM-1 (P < 0.05, r = 0.689) at both time points, demonstrating an association between markers of endothelial activation and fibrinolysis, showing that increased expression of ICAM-1 and PAI-1 might be a result of the proinflammatory state in babesiosis.
suPAR is a new and promising inflammatory biomarker for various infectious diseases in humans [50]. Dogs with babesiosis had a higher suPAR concentration at admission compared to healthy dogs. In veterinary medicine there are no studies on suPAR as a plasma marker. There are only two studies of uPAR expression in histological samples of the canine urinary tract and prostate, where they found increased uPAR expression in inflammatory and neoplastic tissue [51, 52]. Increased suPAR concentrations have been reported in people with viral, bacterial or parasitic infections, as well as with autoimmune diseases [53]. A few studies on malaria in people showed increased suPAR concentrations in plasma and increased uPAR expression on endothelial cells, suggesting that uPAR might be an additional adhesion molecule for parasitised erythrocytes [54, 55]. The acute phase response in babesiosis is triggered by the overproduction of inflammatory mediators and leads to activation of the coagulation cascade and endothelial activation [6], which might cause increased expression of uPAR. Increased expression of uPAR on endothelial cells may modulate vascular permeability as uPA binding and plasmin generation at the surface of endothelial cells induces loss of cell-cell contacts, retraction of endothelial cells and increased permeability [56], all of which might contribute to the pathogenesis of babesiosis. Finally, it has been demonstrated that hypoxia stimulates uPAR-expression on a protein and mRNA level in cultured endothelial cells [57], suggesting that sequestration-induced hypoxia, previously documented in babesiosis [58, 59], could also contribute to high circulating suPAR concentrations in babesiosis. Therefore, increased suPAR concentrations in babesiosis may be a reflection of an inflammatory response.
Biomarkers of endothelial activation and fibrinolysis were altered in dogs with babesiosis. Markers of endothelial activation are increased in babesiosis as a reflection of host inflammatory response and shift the hemostatic activity towards the procoagulant state. Decreased plasminogen activity and lower concentrations of both fibrinolysis inhibitors at admission (PAI-1 and TAFI in complicated cases) might result from increased consumption and lead to increased fibrinolytic activity due to the procoagulant state in babesiosis. These biomarkers might be clinically useful as biomarkers of disease monitoring in babesiosis. Further studies into their usefulness as biomarkers of disease severity or prognosis are warranted. Furthermore, studies of the complex mechanisms linking inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and hemostatic systems deserve more attention in veterinary medicine.
ALT:
Alanine aminotransferase
CPK:
Creatine phosphokinase
Hct:
HMGB-1:
High mobility group box-1 protein
ICAM-1:
Soluble intercellular adhesive molecule-1
PAI-1:
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PLG:
suPAR:
Soluble urokinase receptor of plasminogen activator
TAFI:
Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor
Thrombomodulin
tPA:
Tissue plasminogen activator
uPA:
Urokinase plasminogen activator
VCAM-1:
Soluble vascular adhesive molecule-1
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Experimental work was done at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Part of this work was presented as an abstract at the 16th Congress of the International Society of Animal Clinical Pathology (ISACP), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2014.
Experimental part of the study was supported by the Fond for development, University of Zagreb, and publishing was supported by FP7 ERA Chair project “Upgrading the research performance in molecular medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb” (grant agreement No 621394).
All the data supporting the results are included in the article.
Conceived and designed the experiments: RBR, JK. Sample collection, ELISA analyses, coagulation test performed by: JG, JK, RBR. Conducted data analyses: JK, VM, RBR. Prepared and revised the manuscript: JK, JG, VM, RBR. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
None of the authors of this paper has a financial or personal relationship with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper.
This study was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (No. 251/61-01/139-13-2).
ERA Chair team VetMedZg, Internal Diseases Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
Josipa Kuleš
Internal Diseases Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Gotić & Vladimir Mrljak
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Jelena Gotić
Vladimir Mrljak
Correspondence to Vladimir Mrljak.
Kuleš, J., Gotić, J., Mrljak, V. et al. Blood markers of fibrinolysis and endothelial activation in canine babesiosis. BMC Vet Res 13, 82 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-017-0995-6
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Community meeting report: Residents don’t want independence
in All News / By: Davion Smith on September 4, 2018 at 7:53 AM /
The majority of locals across the four main islands of the territory do not want independence from Britain.
That was from a report arising out of a series of community meetings held to document residents’ opinion on what they want the future of the relationship between the BVI and the United Kingdom to become.
“I don’t recall even one person advocating for independence at this time. Many people were saying we need to prepare for that eventuality but I think constitutional advancement isn’t something that … will be necessary at this time,” said local attorney, Jamal Smith – a member of the Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie-led committees that organised the meetings.
The attorney told journalist on Monday that while residents are not eyeing constitutional advancement, they are interested in the BVI getting constitutional reform.
He said several residents wanted such constitutional reform to reflect ‘better governance’.
“What people want to see is a reformed system of governance that puts the proper checks and balances in place and ensures that we have better systems,” Smith added.
“Although all of that didn’t specifically relate to the relationship between the UK and the Overseas Territories, it was tied to it because of that trust that the people place in Her Majesty to act in our best behalf. And so, we got a lot of comments in relation to what people perceive as the current mismanagement or apparent dissatisfaction with the current leadership,” Smith explained.
He continued: “I suspect a constitutional reform must be something that the British government sees as important out of this report.”
The responses of residents in relation to what they want the future of the BVI/UK to be was submitted to the United Kingdom on Monday, September 3, as part of an inquiry being conducted by Britain.
The inquiry is assessing how effectively the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office manages its responsibilities towards the BVI and other OTs.
Persons were given until September 3 to submit responses for the inquiry but the UK recently extended that deadline to September 18.
Hmmmmm says:
—— —— is the same l—– who they said would take —- to court if he wins because his mother and Father isn’t from here? It look like this whole g— who were in on this were working together on the UK consultation… hmmmmm
Never had a say! says:
Come out of the Commonwealth VI, we never had a say in this relationship with the colonists, just like we never had a say when they made us SLAVES!
We settled for what they offered us after slavery, which was to keep us back and limit us by placing us in their Commonwealth!
We are a free and independent people, we must strive for equal dealing with all other nations. UK don’t know us like we know us. We don’t need crumbs from their tables.
Unfortunately the Dr Pickering and Dr Smith brigade (not the premier the other methodist preacher one – Angel Smith) won’t agree and they will continue to push for Independence then they can do absolutely what they want without any governance or proper controls (much as it is now actually!)…prepare for a country soon that resembles Haiti!
…..legit the stupidest thing I evah hear. You blowing it out yuh @** now
yes we do at some point but not under the ndp
Kinte says:
Independece under either party is lose lose situation. The B.V.I. now nor in the future cannot survive. We are an importer not an exporter.
Simalo says:
What community redidents? The community residents are dominantly folks from other countries ,immigrants with little or no status,education ownership of any kind.little knowledge of history,their own or the VIand no stake in the future of the vi.
They need to go back home and put their 2cents opinion in the concerns of their own country which they have destroyed and abandon.
Freedom for the mellanated in the Caribbean is the goal.Colonialism is out!!!
Brad Boynes says:
Independence on/with what?
@Brad Boynes says:
Your exact question was asked by the enslaved repeatedly 100 plus years ago and continues to be asked by victims of abuse as an excuse for their fears and uncertainty and insecurities.
Freedom is now,if not now when?
Cudjoe says:
With What?
With your pride.
With your dignity.
What? the proud people of the BVI who cry down other Caribbean residents and call them island people don’t want independence? they too afraid to stand on their own? such a shame…I would have thought that such a proud group of people would be happy to say that they are independent…I guess not.
VGB says:
We don’t have to make the same mistakes as so many of you have? When going independent, we need to know how we are going to have the same or a better quality of life – not independence for the sake of saying that we are independent. (Too many of you seem to loathe the BVI, yet you stay on. Why not try to enjoy life where you have chosen to come and let the people know that you are happy to live among us? Try speaking to the older folks who came here many years ago and ask them how they managed to get along with the locals. Take a page from their books!)
Blah Blah Blah Blah
Ancestor Spirit says:
Freedom of the mind will continue to be negligible amongst our people.
Our people are still ignorant; still brainwashed and mentally blind.
Proper evolution of the mind will take another thousand years, and even after the passage of that time they will still be bowing to their slave master.
Their sense of nationhood, self determination and master of one’s own destiny has died with their ancestors.
Sad to know that so many of our people still wants to be ruled by the slaver and hater man. What a pitiful people!!
Django says:
What’s really pitiful is that you cannot see that if you are also a BVIslander and we are ” still ignorant; still brainwashed and mentally blind” then you too are ignorant; still brainwashed and mentally blind. So the likelihood of you being wrong is really high.
Alternatively we may be smart people who know that having the British governing us is better than the Muppets we have here governing us.
To Django says:
No one, it is not yet known, with the house negro mentality has ever contributed to the upliftment, progress and freedom of the Black man.
I am already independent in my mind body & spirit so until they pay reparations we can be part of their world order. Why reclassify ourselves over someone’s false pride? & why is the NDP pushing for this when they themselves wish their own ppl no good? We good right with our status as is. We have other more local battles to fight b4 we fight that one
I have no idea what that means but I do know that stuff is sometimes stronger than you think. Try a different supplier.
E. Leonard says:
The VI(BVI), though one of smallest countries in the region, boast of having one of the highest standard of living, quality of life, per capita income (~$38K), and having an approx $1B GDP (2018 GDP lower due to 2017 devastating storms) in the region. Nonetheless, BVI, a resource-poor (primary and most important resource is human capital), tiny dot of 59 square mile, and comprising of 36 islands, islets and rocks spread over the Caribbean Sea and with an approximate population of 30K (100+ different nationalities) is not at this juncture ready for political independence. In my opinion, the BVI needs to pursue economic independence before attaining political independence that it has the right to without obstruction consistent with UN charter.
The VI lacks the natural resources to establish either a primary (forestry, fishing, oil, precious metals, strategic minerals) or a secondary (manufacturing) economy. Its economy is service-based; financial services and tourism, two fragile sectors, formed the twin pillars of the economy. Both sectors are susceptible to external shocks, ie, weather systems, poor economic conditions.etc. While strengthening, deepening, improving and sustaining these two sectors, it must work aggresively to diversify its economy. Diversifying the economy is insurance that prevents the stumbling of one sector causing the tumbling of the whole economy. Further, its small size poses some disadvantages to its economic and political independence.
Moreover, though the territory is not curently economic independent nor ready for political independence, it should still have a national discussion on self-determination and/or independence. It should take a 3D approach to independence: Discover, Debate and Decide. Additionally, it needs to collaborate with the UK on more autonomy. It currently shares joint governing responsibility with the UK. Local government is responsible for internal affairs and finance; UK, external affairs, internal security, defense, civil service, police, jail (partial) and the judiciary.
Socrates says:
Interesting take on independence and food for thought:
1. Political vs Economic Independence
2. Twin Pillar Fragile Economy vs Diversified Economy
3. Small Size vs Disadvantages
4. Resource-poor vs Natural Resources
BVI Enclave says:
Ok. In this blog, along with other writings, ie, article on BVI independence in the VI Daily News……..etc, you are not supporting BVI political independence at this juncture. You are advocating for economic independence b4 political independence. Further, you have rightly proclaimed that the BVI is resource-poor without the resources to develop either a primary or secondary economy. Its economy is geared towards service, ie, tourism and financial services. But you tagged both of them as fragile. So what do you suggest the BVI do to pursue economic independence?
Fuselage says:
Playing the mind game by the colonisers and their debtor with a soul for sale sale is tired and predictable. As someone previously mentioned,VI communties are made up mostly of transient immigrants who outnumber BVIslanders and have little or no stake in the future of the VI.
Not surprisingly,this attempt at international embarrassment and collusion with the colonisers is spearheaded by the F
and is apropos of his actions in destroying the VI and its Gov.
Pay Attention ! Things are not what they seem.
Give all the OTS representation in the U.K. Why not move the relationship to countries within the united kingdom with equal status just self governing provinces or special administrative districts
Quiet Storm says:
@Idea, nice try. But it is not highly probable that the UK will be granting each of the 14 OTs an individual seat in Parliament. It is more likely that it may grant OTs a single rep in Parliament. The question is how will the rep be elected?
Haiti says:
Like haiti if independent
Much food for thought E.Leonard.
Curacao is practically an independant country it governs its own affairs it just have the netherlands for cutizenship,international representation and defense. It operates as an independant country within the netherlands. They have their own local laws and can deport anyone even people from the netherlands. If the bvi does decide to go independant this is the only way it would work sensibly. But the better option is the have a representative from each ot send a minister or have one based in the u.k to voice the concern of their territory. Another option is to integrate the ots as special autonomous self governing integral parts of the u.k.
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‘Essential services’ list: Who is allowed to go to work during lockdown?
in All News / By: on March 27, 2020 at 7:59 AM /
Health Minister Carvin Malone has announced a list of services that goverment considers to be essential to the territory while government rolls out several restrictions to contain the spread of coronavirus locally.
These services and their workers are permitted to venture out during the territory-wide curfew slated to commence at 8 pm on Friday until 6 am on April 2.
Malone said the list will be continuously reviewed to add or remove service providers as necessary. And while persons might fall in the essential service worker, the minister said it only applies when they are on duty.
Security and emergency personnel
Police officers, Customs and Immigration officers, emergency call handlers, private security officers and service providers, the public and private sector waste management services, fuel distribution and delivery services, public and private sector social care providers, the courts, senior magistrate and coroner, mortuary services, humanitarian support, freight courier and cargo distribution have all made the list of persons and services that are considered to be essential.
Malone said other essential services include “laundry services, media and broadcast providers, farming, agriculture, fishery and veterinarian services as provided. Transportation services — those providing transportation to essential and critical operations — supermarkets and restaurants providing services to and for essential services and critical operations, [as well as the] health and emergency operations centre.”
Remain home if not on duty
Meanwhile, Malone urged persons employed in the aforementioned sectors to remain home if they are not on duty for the safety of themselves and others.
“This period is short compared to some of the territories that have a month, two months. If when it is lifted we do not abide by it and we cause concern for the spread of this virus we would have to relook this,” he stated.
Government’s list of essential workers.
Appreciative Farmer says:
I have my hogs to feed and my grounds to take care of – harvesting ground food soon – yams tania potatoes cassava ?
Didnt u see FARMER on the list?
@Orange says:
Appreciative Farmer. Showing gratitude
Reading is Fundamental says:
(o) farming, agriculture, fisheries and veterinary service
That’s a long list of people out on the road. Hope they don’t be the ones to get it and spread it and take home to their partners.
maytay says:
What about the politicians are they on this list too ???????
IRGIN ISLANDS IMPOSITION OF A CURFEW (NO. 2) ORDER, 2020 says:
(a) persons employed in the essential services as defined in section 3 of the Labour Code, 2010, if they are on duty;
(b) officers of private security service providers as defined in section 2 of the Private Security Industry Act, 2007, if they are on duty;
(c) customs and immigration officers, if they are on duty;
(d) public and private sector waste management services;
(e) fuel distribution and delivery services;
(f) public and private sector social care providers;
(g) Courts (Senior Magistrate and Coroner);
(h) mortuary services;
(i) humanitarian support;
(j) emergency call handlers;
(k) freight, courier and cargo distribution;
(l) Apostille and related statutory services;
(m) laundry services;
(n) media and broadcast providers;
(o) farming, agriculture, fisheries and veterinary service;
(p) transportation services (providing transportation for essential and critical operations);
(q) supermarkets and restaurants (providing services to and for essential and critical operations); and
(r) health and emergency operations centre.
Hmmmmmm says:
That is everybody.
Help. says:
Why is laundry services on the list. Makes no sense.
The Spanish people can’t go on the road so they will disturb a whole neighborhood with their noisy preaching. Please help in the Purcell area.Dont need to be disturbed while I trying to meditate and pray.
heyy says:
PUT *TORTORLA EXPRESS* ON THE LIST PLEASEEEEEEE
Frigup says:
Tortola Express would come under courier service. So allowed…
@frigup says:
bear in mind a lot can read words but not everybody can comprehend. The list so long, some people probably stop reading after the 3rd line. Forgive them
Garbage disposal says:
Are we allowed to take garbage to the bins that are about five minutes away once our garbage bags at home are full?
Stay says:
Your backside home. Some of you can’t stay home for 1 minute. Always have to be on the streets and for no reason. Your sh!t can’t kill you.
Why can’t you hold your garbage bags for a mere 6 days?
How much trash do you produce anyway?
Disinterested says:
This is a damn a…s long list of whom can be out and about. It look like a better and shorter list is a list of whom should not be out and about. Under the stay at home directive, the people that should be out and about is hospital staff, RVIPF customs and immigration(?), radio station and DDM(?). The stay at home directive was a planned event so residents should have procured food, water, medication, cash……etc for least at least 6 days. Truly non essential workers need to take their a..s home and stay home. The territory is at war with the Coronavirus and having to stay is a small contribution to the war effort.
Wtf says:
Dumbest a§$ comment on here… Smh
This COVID19 is as a result of the whor€$ and murderers in the place. Death was to be on these people.
Stupid says:
How stupid can you get.
@2020 says:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
John 3:16-17 God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear
1 John 3:6-10 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come
@@2020 says:
The ? knows the Scriptures too.
Amazing quotes.
Extract of 1 John 3: 6-10 says:
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
ONLY says:
ONLY if you confess you will be forgiven. Many still hiding their sins deceiving some but not all. They behave as if they are truthfully walking with God. Wow!
Disgusting Filth says:
COVID 19 should wipe them out.
So you really telling me that when the baby pamper piling up during those 6 days we really can’t go to the garbage to dump the pampers? This doesn’t seem reasonable at all. There should be some discretion used at this time during the curfew for stuff like that.
People dying all over the world because of this virus and all you could think about is baby pampers? Go n face the consequences! Put the baby pampers outside in a bag or something… we need to take this thing serious… keep safe everyone and pray pray pray?
Natural Selection. says:
You fail the test. You have no imagination and would die if left on your own.
hmm says:
What about water, telecommunication, and electric utilities? Pretty essential I would think
(a) above says:
“essential services” means the Police Service, Prison Service, Water and Sewerage Services, Fire and Rescue Services, Electricity Generation and Distribution Services, Telecommunication Services, Health Care Providers, Transportation Services and Port Services;
Stay safe says:
Does “laundry services” mean I can go to the laundrette I don’t have a washing machine at home and East End don’t have water this morning either.
Laundry Services says:
The Laundry Services one funny. If I can’t throw away my garbage how can I got to the laundry.
Really??? says:
It’s always been about interaction with people especially those that are infected. You will not get the virus if you just go outside to throw garbage or take a walk.It’s about interaction with the infected or potentially infected. Keeping garbage in or around your house is another health risk so it negates the purpose of the curfew which is ironic. Trade one potential health issue for another. Leave it outside your home and rats, mice and flies will come. After they realize that this is a new “restaurant” they will keep returning and make it their home. Leaving it inside your home is not even an option as it only takes a few hours before the stench of rot becomes overbearing and detrimental to your health.
I do not understand this curfew, there are too many people who may be on the streets, we would be at risk of contracting the virus if we have to go to work, I think it is a danger because nobody knows who may be infected with this disease, I am concerned about this. situation since the majority of the residents here have family and young children, so our children will not be safe in our homes if so many people have the right to go to work that this worries me our children could be easily infected even if they are calm At home, I can only say that God help us and have mercy on all of us
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LectureHop: Future Mayor Chris Quinn
By Bwog Staff on Mar 29, 2013 4 Comments
Speaker Quinn and DSpar
Last night, Speaker of the City Council Christine Quinn stopped by Barnard to campaign for mayor discuss the problems facing women and those facing the city. Bwog’s City Hall bureau chief Peter Sterne reports.
The Diana Event Oval auditorium was packed with Barnard (and a few Columbia) students hoping to hear from Quinn, who is the first woman and first openly gay Speaker, as well as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Mayor Bloomberg.
Quinn began her talk by praising Barnard—”a place where women are encouraged to take risks”—and noting that more people working on her campaign came from Barnard than any other college. Later, she explained that she is a fan of single-sex education in general, and Barnard in particular. A plurality of people working on her mayoral campaign, she added, are Barnard graduates. Later, DSpar asked her a question submitted by a member of the audience—”a man, judging by the sloppy signature”—about whether single-sex education was worth it. Quinn, who attended an all-girls high school and a co-ed college, insisted it was because it provides “less distraction.” Single-sex schools, she added, have a “much better impact in creating leaders than co-ed schools.”
Bwog expected Quinn to deliver a stump speech and was surprised that she instead talked about how the young women audience should seek to break out of rigid gender roles. She explained that breaking free of gender expectations saved her grandmother, who was a passenger on the Titanic and only survived because “when the other girls got down to pray, she started running.” She also encouraged the audience not to trust “naysayers,” including their own “internal naysayer voice.” She recounted her run for City Council Speaker, when “naysayers” told her that she could never win since she was a gay woman who represented the West Village. Of course, she ignored those concerns and proved them wrong. The lesson for young women? “Every time they tell you, you can’t do something, it’s not because you can’t do it. It’s because they’re afraid they can’t.”
Quinn also alluded to her mayoral run, at one point reminding the audience that the Democratic mayoral primary will be held on September 10th. During her interview with DSpar, she pointed out some of her specific policy achievements, such as increasing affordable housing and getting tax credits for tech companies based in the city. DSpar was, to say the least, a sympathetic interlocutor. Once the floor was opened to questions from the audience, Quinn received some pushback.
Austin Heyroth, CC ’15 and the Media Director for CU Dems, passionately asked Quinn how he could support “stop and frisk” given its discrimination against black and Latino men. Quinn gave her standard answer, explaining that she wanted to leave “stop, question, and frisk” (note the language change) as a “tool” for police officers to use, but opposed unnecessary and excessive stops. She added that stops have gone down since Commissioner Ray Kelly implemented better training, and alluded to her plans to create an independent NYPD Inspector General. In other words, she dodged the question.
Another tough question came from Irin Carmon, Salon’s insightful politics and culture reporter, who asked about her opposition to paid sick leave. (Some background: for the past three years, the City Council has considered a bill that would mandate all employers in the city provide their employees with paid sick days. A majority of the Council supports the bill, but Mayor Bloomberg opposes it, and Quinn has used her power as Speaker to prevent the Council from bringing it up for a vote.) Carmon noted that many feminists, including Gloria Steinem, consider paid sick leave a feminist issue and have refused to support Quinn since she opposes it. “I believe you consider yourself a feminist,” Carmon told Quinn, so what did she think about feminists being upset with her for opposing the bill?
In response, Quinn said she was “just going to punt on that [question]” because negotiations over the bill were ongoing. At that exact moment, the Times reported that she had compromised and decided to allow a watered-down version of the bill to be voted on by the Council. (The next morning, she held a press conference about the bill and received praise for making New York one of the first cities to mandate paid sick leave. She’s a good politician.)
The final question of the night came from DSpar, who asked Quinn what she would do if she had a “magic wand” and could change one thing about government. “I would make Congress work cooperatively,” she said, to huge applause. And then it was over. Barnard students filed out of the auditorium, considering the advice they had just received from one of the most successful women in New York City.
Photo via Barnard College/Askiya Khaki
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@Anonymous wha- wha. I’m not part of the “young women”,apparently since i don’t go to Barnard i’m basically a guy,
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is this a joke or something? says:
8 years ago at 5:05 pm
@is this a joke or something? Later, DSpar asked her a question submitted by a member of the audience—”a man, judging by the sloppy signature”
she’s being ironic, right?
@Anonymous not going to post a link since Bwog will mark as spam, but google Alec Baldwin’s “The Mighty Quinnberg” and please do not vote for this woman.
@Peter We promise that we won’t mark it as spam.
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YouTube will start penalizing channels that post election misinformation
Anthony Ha
January 7, 2021, 12:55 p.m. ·2 min read
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 4: Detail of the YouTube logo outside the YouTube Space studios in London, taken on June 4, 2019. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future via Getty Images)
YouTube just announced that channels publishing "false claims" about the U.S. presidential election will be penalized with a strike, which would temporarily suspend them from posting videos.
If you're wondering why it took this long, YouTube announced last month (a full month after the presidential election, but right after the "safe harbor" deadline for audits and recounts) that it would remove videos alleging widespread fraud or errors in the election. However, there was a grace period during which videos would be removed without additional penalty to the account.
YouTube says that grace period was supposed to expire on January 21, after Inauguration Day. But since the election results were certified early this morning, after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, the Google -owned video platform says it's ending the grace period now.
YouTube also says it has already removed "thousands of videos that spread misinformation claiming widespread voter fraud changed the result of the 2020 election, including several videos President Trump posted to his channel." That includes taking down a video Trump posted yesterday in which he told rioters, "Go home, we love you. You’re very special.”
1. Due to the disturbing events that transpired yesterday, and given that the election results have now been certified, starting today *any* channels posting new videos with false claims in violation of our policies will now receive a strike. https://t.co/aq3AVugzL7
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) January 7, 2021
The penalties for a strike differ depending on the number of offenses. A first strike results in a one-week suspension of the ability to post videos or livestreams, edit playlists or share other content on YouTube. If an account gets a second strike in a 90-day period, they'll be suspended for two weeks, with a third strike resulting in permanent removal.
A Google spokesperson provided the following statement on the changes:
Over the last month, we’ve removed thousands of videos that spread misinformation claiming widespread voter fraud changed the result of the 2020 election, including several videos that President Trump posted yesterday to his channel. Due to the disturbing events that transpired yesterday, and given that the election results have been certified, any channel posting new videos with these false claims in violation of our policies will now receive a strike, a penalty that temporarily restricts uploading or livestreaming. Channels that receive three strikes in the same 90-day period will be permanently removed from YouTube.
Facebook and YouTube remove Trump video calling extremists ‘special’
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British Gas owner Centrica today revealed its group chief financial officer is to step down after just seven months. Johnathan Ford, who joined the troubled firm from HomeServe in June last year, will leave at the end of the month and be replaced by company insider Kate Ringrose. Ringrose will join the small list of about 50 women heading up the financial strategies of major UK-listed companies.
Happening on Sunday, 17 January at 8 PM ET, the live-streamed fundraiser will be hosted by Keegan-Michael Key and Debra Messing
Honor Plaques Homes For Heroes is now accepting submissions for honor plaques. CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Homes For Heroes Foundation (H4HF) honours our Canadian Armed Forces heroes at all of their tiny home villages and is doing so again with the new Edmonton village which will begin construction this spring. Each of the Homes For Heroes Foundation tiny homes are named after, and in honour of, one of our fallen Canadian military heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. An informative, commemorative “Honour Plaque” is installed outside of each home and serves as a permanent tribute to our fallen. “We believe this is an important tribute to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice and an opportunity to educate future generations of the sacrifices so many made in support of Canada. On a monthly basis the villages host students to give them insight to those that stood on guard for our country and the amazing work our Canadian Armed Forces do,” stated David Howard, President of the Homes For Heroes Foundation. Homes For Heroes Foundations is inviting next of kin of our Canadian Armed Forces fallen who wish to have their loved ones commemorated at the Edmonton tiny home village to submit online at the Homes For Heroes Foundation website www.h4hf.ca. Once submitted, the H4HF team will contact the next of kin to develop the biography that will be presented on the plaques. Next of kin and their family members will be invited to the grand opening of the Edmonton village, and will receive a framed print of the plaque honoring their loved one. The Edmonton ATCO Evandale Village will be the second tiny home village H4HF is opening following the successful opening of the ATCO Homes For Heroes village in Calgary on November 1st, 2019. With a third village being planned for Kingston Ontario, there are several opportunities to honour our fallen and Homes For Heroes encourages all who are interested to submit through the H4HF website today www.h4hf.ca. “Our goal is to end the issue of Veteran homelessness across Canada. At the same time, we believe it is important to recognize those that have stood on guard for this great country and educate future generations on the amazing work our Canadian Armed Forces members have done and continue to do around the world,” stated Howard. Homes For Heroes Foundation is a registered charity developed in response to the growing number of military veterans returning to civilian life who are facing crisis and find themselves on the path to homelessness. Home For Heroes Foundation has great corporate support from groups like CP Rail, ATCO, PCL Construction, Canadian Legacy Project, and support from the municipal, provincial, and federal governments as they pursue their mission to end the issue of Veterans homelessness in Canada. For more information on the event and to donate please visit www.h4hf.ca Contact:Lisa McCannThe Event Grouplisa@eventgroup.ca 403-589-9518 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5be87e93-0996-4f84-b321-26d4937e97dc
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment roughly a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns. But law enforcement officials said there was no threat to the public and the fire was not believed to be a threat to the inauguration. Local firefighters put out the blaze quickly. The evacuation of some participants and the lockdown were ordered by the acting chief of Capitol Police in an abundance of caution, officials said. Biden was not participating in the rehearsal, nor were other VIPs who will attend Wednesday's ceremony. But the fast decision to lock down underscores the fear that has gripped Washington since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters and prompted extraordinary measures ahead of the inauguration. Armed protests planned for this past weekend around the country were mostly a bust, but anxiety is still skyrocketing. U.S. Secret Service tightened security in and around the Capitol a week early in preparation, and the city centre is essentially on lockdown with streets blocked, high fencing installed and tens of thousands of National Guard and other law enforcement officers stationed around the area. But U.S. defence officials, worried about a potential insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing the event, pushed the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into the area. President Donald Trump has refused to attend the inauguration, the first time a sitting president has not attended since Andrew Jackson, though Vice-President Mike Pence will be there as well as other former presidents. Capitol police spokeswoman Eva Malecki said there were currently no fires on or within the campus. “Members and staff were advised to shelter in place while the incident is being investigated,” she said in a statement. Participants were ushered from the West Front of the Capitol. Those who had gathered for a walk-through, including a military band, were directed to head indoors and moved in the direction of a secure location inside the Capitol complex. People involved in the rehearsal said security officials yelled “this is not a drill.” The lockdown was lifted about an hour later. Five people died in the Jan. 6 riot, including a police officer. ___ Associated Press writers Zeke Miller and Michael Balsamo contributed to this report. Andrew Taylor, Colleen Long And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
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Justin Timberlake confirms he and Jessica Biel welcomed their second child, a boy named Phineas
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have welcomed their second child, a boy named Phineas, the singer revealed Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
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Adaptation of the modalities for participating in the Ordinary General Meeting of 29 January 2021
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SSi Canada Partners with SES Networks to Deliver New Satellite Capacity into Northern Canada
Vital new satellite capacity will be delivered to Canada’s north, including all 25 communities of Nunavut, following a partnership signed between SSi Canada, the developer-operator of QINIQ broadband and SSi Mobile services in Nunavut, and SES Networks, the leader in global content connectivity solutions.
Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid death toll but has seen delay and discord over vaccines.
Beerschot's Hernán Losada hired as coach of DC United
WASHINGTON — Hernán Losada was hired Monday as coach of Major League Soccer's D.C. United. Losada had been manager of Belgium's Beerschot since the middle of the 2018-19 season. Ben Olson was D.C. United's coach from August 2010 until he was fired Nov. 8 and Chad Ashton followed as interim coach. Losada, a 38-year-old Argentine, will be MLS's youngest active head coach. He was an attacking midfielder in Argentina for Independiente (2003-05) and Universidad de Chile (2005-06), then in Belgium for Beerschot (2006-08, 2011-13, 2015-18), Anderlecht (2008-11), Charleroi (2010-11) and Lierse (2013-15) and in the Netherlands for Heerenveen (2009-10). He became an assistant coach at Beerschot for the 2018-19 season and led the under-21 team before taking over the first team and guiding it to promotion from the second division to the first tier. Beerschot currently is 10th among 18 teams, with nine wins, nine losses and three draws. “We believe wholeheartedly in Herna´n’s approach to the game and his desire to play high-energy soccer with and without the ball," D.C. general manager Dave Kasper said in a statement. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The Associated Press
More COVID-19 measures may be necessary as community cases rise: Lawrence Wong
The government is monitoring the COVID-19 situation carefully and considering if more measures are necessary, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong.
Groups nationwide are taking to grassroots efforts to ensure vaccine access for people of color, as early roll out shows disparities and inequities.
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Coronavirus pandemic “accelerating”, WHO warns, as Brazil tops one million cases
The coronavirus pandemic is “accelerating”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned.
The WHO”s Director-General told reporters on Friday that more than 150,000 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours, in what was the highest number of new infections per single day on record.
Nearly half of the newly reported cases were from the Americas, where Brazil announced it passed one million cases but significant numbers also came from South Asia and the Middle East.
“The world is in a new and dangerous phase,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated, adding that confinement measures, such as social-distancing, mask-wearing and hand-washing, are still needed to halt the pandemic.
He also addressed his concerns over “the very real and present danger of widespread transmission of COVID-19 in refugee camps, where the pandemic “is exposing many refugees to even more severe hardship”.
“We have a shared duty to do everything we can to prevent, detect and respond to the transmission of COVID-19 among refugee populations,” Ghebreyesus stressed.
Over 8.6 million cases have been reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic, and more than 460,000 lives have been lost, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
The US remains the worst-hit country, accounting for 119,00 deaths, followed by Brazil, with nearly 49,000 fatalities.
There is still no vaccine for coronavirus, however this week scientists in the UK found that a low-cost steroid called dexamethasone may reduce mortality by up to a third in COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory complications.
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US-Russia nuclear talks: Washington condemns ‘no-show’ China at Vienna summit
Russia and the United States have resumed talks on extending a major nuclear disarmament treaty but Washington”s insistence that China should be part of the deal may hamper dialogue.
Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, and Marshall S. Billingslea, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, are meeting for two days of talks in Vienna on Monday and Tuesday, to negotiate an extension to the New START treaty.
Progress is in doubt amid President Trump’s continued call for China to be involved. His envoy confirmed on Twitter on Monday that “China is a no-show” and accused Beijing of “still hiding behind a Great Wall of Secrecy on its crash nuclear build-up”.
However, the US would still proceed with talks with Russia, Billingslea added.
Earlier this month China repeated its stance that it has no intention of taking part in the talks as it is “not yet the right timing”. China’s estimated nuclear arsenal is dwarfed by those of the US and Russia and Beijing says these two countries have the primary responsibility to disarm.
Both the US and Russia suspended their obligations last year under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which required them to permanently eliminate nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 kilometres.
The two countries accused each other of violating the treaty’s obligations but continued to adhere to New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which limits the number of nuclear warheads Moscow and Washington can have at any one time.
The treaty, however, expires in February 2021.
Ryabkov described the upcoming talks as “good news” in a videoconference with the Council of Foreign Relations.
“We need to hear loudly and clearly what this [US] administration wants, how it believes it would be possible to do something positive and not just dismantle one arms control treaty or arrangement after another,” he added.
The Russian senior official said however that he was “surprised” by the US’ call that China join the meeting.
It followed a war of words between Billingslea and the Chinese foreign ministry, as the US envoy called for China to behave with “Great Power responsibility”, and Beijing accused Washington of “dragging China into the issue” to “deflect responsibilities to others”.
Ryabkov said Moscow “knows about China’s stance and treats it with respect” and instead called on Britain and France to join the talks, arguing that “we cannot simply ignore capabilities of some others”.
Nine countries around the world have nuclear warhead inventories. Together, Russia and the US own about 91% of all nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
Washington, Moscow and London are reducing their capabilities, while France and Israel have kept relatively stable inventories, the FAS said in April. But China, Pakistan, India, and North Korea, are all increasing their inventories.
Beijing is estimated to have over 300 nuclear warheads.
Steven Pifer, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institute who focuses on arms control, welcomed the announcement of the June 22 meeting but advised it as “wise to keep expectations modest”.
He also expressed doubt that Billingslea’s “attempt to Twitter-shame China will get Beijing to [the] negotiating table”.
Kingston Reif, Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy at the Arms Control Association, also warned that the possibility of a breakthrough later this month seems narrow.
“There’s no chance of negotiating a new agreement before New START expires. None,” he wrote on Twitter.
He stressed however that “there’s nothing incompatible” with “pursuing more ambitious trilateral approach” that would include China.
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Germany to Spend up to $7.3 Billion on Virus-Vaccination Drive
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Germany will spend as much as 6 billion euros ($7.3 billion) on vaccinating its population against the coronavirus.
“That’s a lot of money,” Health Minister Jens Spahn said at a conference in Berlin on Saturday. Still, the cost of “not getting it under control is higher,” he said.
The cost of drugs, vaccination stations and digital tools will likely be between 5 billion euros and 6 billion euros, Spahn said. By contrast, the nation will likely spend as much as 20 billion euros on November support for restaurants and cafes, he said.
Germany aims to beginmass vaccinations by the summer of next year, Spahn said earlier in an interview with T-Online. European Union nations will probably trail other Western countries in rolling out vaccines, potentially prolonging economic risks from the pandemic.
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Spahn also reiterated that citizens won’t be obliged to get vaccinated.
Tanzania’s Re-Elected President Retains Biteko as Mines Minister
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Tanzanian President John Magufuli reappointed Doto Biteko as his mining minister in cabinet postings following his re-election in October.
Medard Kalemani retained his role of energy minister, State House Chief Secretary John Kijazi announced on the state’s Tanzania Broadcasting Corp. on Saturday.
Magufuli, who won a second five-year term, left several key ministerial posts unchanged. Last month, he reappointed Philip Mpango as finance chief and Palamagamba Kabudi continued as foreign minister.
Tanzania is Africa’s fourth-largest gold producer, with miners includingBarrick Gold Corp. operating there. The East African country also has an estimated 57.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves.
Scottish Power Takes on Yorkshire Energy Customers Post-Collapse
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Scottish Power Ltd. will take onYorkshire Energy Ltd.’s customers after the gas and electricity company went bust this week.
Ofgem appointed Scottish Power to supply Yorkshire’s 74,000 domestic customers and some non-domestic users after a competitive tender, the regulator said in a statement Saturday. The switch will take place on Sunday and customers won’t be charged exit fees if they decide to go with another supplier, Ofgem said.
Rising commodity prices and difficult trading conditions from the Covid-19 pandemic have hurt smaller U.K. energy suppliers this year. The problems have raised concerns larger players could face less competitive pressure in the market in future. The total number of U.K. suppliers has fallen from more than 70 a few years ago to about 50, according to Royal Bank of Canada.
Yorkshire Energy, also known as Daisy Energy, started two and a half years ago as one of a number of small companies looking to get into the market. Another small player, Bristol Energy, was acquired by Together Energy in September.
Barack Obama Has 1 Key Tip For Drake To Play Him In His Biopic
Barack Obama is down with Drake wanting to play him someday in a film about his life.
And on Friday’s broadcast of “The Tonight Show,” the former president shared a tip that could boost the Canadian rapper’s performance (if it ever happens).
“Well, apparently, based on all the people who do imitations of me, the key is to talk really… slowly,” Obama told host Jimmy Fallon.
“And… the… slower… the more… strange pauses there are… in your speech,” he lightheartedly added.
Check out the video here. (The Drake comments start at about the 8:52 mark.)
Drake expressed his desire to play Obama back in 2010.
“I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him,” the musician told Paper. “That’s the goal.”
“I watch all the addresses,” he went on. “Anytime I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel, I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m pretty good at impressions.”
Obama, in an interview with Complex News last month, described Drake as a “talented, talented brother” who would have “my household’s stamp of approval. I suspect Malia and Sasha would be just fine with it.”
Pope Francis has boosted the supervisory powers of the Vatican’s financial intelligence and anti-money laundering unit, the latest salvo in his push to turn the page on money scandals.
Under Pope Francis’s plan, the agency will be split into three parts: vigilance, rules and legal affairs, and financial information, the Vatican said in a statement on Saturday.
The changes follow a visit by inspectors of the Council of Europe’s Moneyval agency on measures to prevent money-laundering and funding terrorism. The Moneyval team is due to report on its findings in the spring.
The overhaul is part of reforms wanted by Francis to ensure “transparency and reinforce controls in the economic-financial sector,” the agency’s president Carmelo Barbagallo, previously at Italy’s central bank, told Vatican media in an interview.
Francis has issued edicts to reform Vatican finances in the wake of scandals including over a London property deal involving losses of between £66 million and £150 million. His attempts, which have multiplied in the past year, have met with resistance from officials in the Curia, the bureaucracy that runs the Roman Catholic Church.
As part of the overhaul, the Pope also changed the name of the agency to the Supervisory Financial Information Authority, previously known as the Financial Information Authority.
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Genealogies of Loss and Biographies of Violence of the Deliberately Silenced and Preferably Unheard
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“So, the beginning of this was a wom(x)n and she had just come back from burying the dead.”
– Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
“Nothing mattered much. Nothing much mattered. And the less it mattered the less it mattered. It was never important enough. Because Worse Things had happened. In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening.”
– Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
There is a harrowing wail ebbing from the pit of my stomach and I do not know how to silence it. There is a crippling terror that has a hold of my body and I do not know how to settle it. There is a war being raged against the most vulnerable in this country and we are the only ones counting the lives lost and mourning for them. Violence is our nation’s anthem, and “text me when you get home” the national prayer of the femme and preferably unheard. That incoming message we wait in bated breath for; “made it home okay” our not always guaranteed amen. Nkosi mayishe iAfrika.
Some weeks back I was walking home after work, my only company the darkness and my singing out loud voice, and my only audience the high walls and electric fences of Craighall Park. A car pulled up some way in front of me on the dimly lit street and a figure got out of the passenger seat, my steps began to slow and runrunrunrunrunrunrun buzzed in my head. I stood hesitant configuring emergency exit strategies in my head, doing higher grade equations of survival. It was only after I had removed my earphones, recognized the voice calling out baby and the shape of the figure’s head through the darkness that my heart began to slow as I realized it was my partner and not some stranger come to steal me away in the night. Before this realization, however, “I was the only witness to this event; my body its memory. My body its memory: to share a memory is to put a body into words” (Ahmed, 2017, pg. 23).
What words figure the femme body in the tapestry of South Africa’s violent patriarchal national imagination? What possibilities of language do we have to talk about our lives and embodied experience that do not flow from fear’s family tree? Stranger danger a constant noose around our necks. There is nothing sacred about the mathematics of being made through gender, especially when one is being made ‘girl’, what Sara Ahmed calls in Living a Feminist Life “girling”. Becoming a girl here is about how you experience your body in relation to space; “a body in touch with the world, a body that is not at ease in the world; a body that fidgets and moves around. Things don’t seem right” (Ahmed, 2017, pg. 23). Often when engaging with the politics of gender and gendering, we speak about them as theoretical abstractions that exist outside of our embodied experience and psyches. We dilute and make sterile with academic trick-speak the chaotic, confusing and tearing asunder affective geographies of being orientated in the world through your body; how you are seen and not seen, however, without your consent.
It is imperative to pay heed to the varying complexities that intersect when talking about Femicide within this country. One of which is how we cannot separate South Africa’s pandemic of Femicide, from the country’s biographies of violence and genealogies of loss; call him colonialism and call him apartheid. Especially when one takes into account that those who are often survivors or victims of it are poor Black femmes across the spectrum. Nor can we ignore the fact that the ripples of anger and outrage reach further when some measure of privilege be it racial, socio-economic or institutional, form the winds that carry them. Our notions of the Stranger embedded in Stranger Danger are also highly codified by these violent histories, as Ahmed says “… some bodies become dangerous, others endangered… violence becomes instructions when it is accompanied by a narrative” (2017, pg. 24). Our socio-historical and political instructive narrative is one of white capitalist hetero-patriarchal supremacy. We bodies that have been made bags heavy with the past. Body bags weighted by biographies of violence, with wounds of shame that have seeped into the sentence of our self-articulation.
Somewhere down the line, a brutal Black patriarchy came to replace a brutal white patriarchy, and we; the femme, Trans and queer were still left out in the hunting ground, prey for snatching. What are the radical possibilities of liberation and creation of a Black masculinity that does the intentional work of refusing to articulate itself in wounded attachment to a racially gendered masculinist historical order? One that chooses rather, to queer the creations of Black masculinity, and one that ultimately ponders “when, beneath the black mask, a human being begins to make himself felt one cannot escape a certain awful wonder as to what kind of human being it is.” (Baldwin, 1955: n.a). We often talk about a new day coming, close your eyes can you hear her? I used to think I knew what this meant and looked like but now I accept with a defeated humility and exhaustion that I in fact, have no idea. All that I do know is that these histories that have birthed such violence and pain are not Infallible Fathers and perhaps Disavowal as a tool of dismantling may be the beginning of their end.
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Cara is the author of the book, From Heartbreak to Healing: Resolving Parental Alienation After 43 years as an alienated parent with a professional background in child development and family relationships where she managed child development programs serving working parents and their children, plus a doctorate in children’s [innate]spirituality, she finds answers to her questions: “Why me? How did this happen? and What is the purpose?” Through a process of deep introspection, she overcame decades of depression, despite remaining unreconciled with her son. She has now discovered resources, formerly unavailable, that could have led to a different outcome.
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Why Reject a Loving Parent?
Creating a safe transition bridge requires understanding the importance of parental bonds for a child's well-being. Adversarial family separation/ divorce is one of the greatest, least-recognized health risks to our children because it creates psychological trauma that can last a lifetime. This public health issue could be better addressed by investing in earlier, safer, more cost-effective measures than the family law system offers. Measures such as well-targeted education of children, parents and society at large; could provide prevention and intervention. They could include creative apps and online tools to help kids and parents navigate family separation and foster healthy relationships during and after separation. Quality conciliation and, where necessary, an arbitration process instead of hostile court proceedings would become the norm. Measures that give families a chance to reinvent themselves rather than guaranteeing their destruction would be a creative alternative to our current system that pits parents against one another.
Transition Bridge
The term “transition bridge” was coined by therapists Karen and Nick Woodall. It refers to the psychological space between divorcing parents that children must bridge when their family splits into two parts. Sometimes the space created is not very wide, in which case the transition bridge is less difficult to cross. In other cases, the span can be so vast it is difficult or impossible for children to successfully negotiate. The breakup of a family causes a serious disruption of relationships for the children involved if they cannot find their way to successfully bridge the transition.
When a safe, intact family system is altered through divorce, the children suddenly must obtain their security and sense of self from two separate sources that are no longer in the same family relationship. The ability of children to adapt to the change in their family is influenced by such variables as the age of the children, their birth order, their existing level of self-esteem, and the kind of relationship the separating parents can establish.
When children must separate from one parent and go to the other, they need to cross the “transition bridge.” If the parents can maintain a civil attitude and they both support the children’s relationship with the other parent through these transitions, the children can adjust successfully. On the other hand, if children are too stressed by a hostile relationship between their parents, this pressure can force them to choose one parent over the other to reduce the intolerable stress. The degree to which children reject one parent when this happens determines the level of parental alienation that occurs. It is important to recognize that the point of pathology is in the relationship, not the children.
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Discover KFUO Radio News Break Concordia Wisconsin ranked among top tier of national universities
Concordia Wisconsin ranked among top tier of national universities
U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 “America’s Best Colleges Guide” has ranked Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW), Mequon, Wis., among the top tier of national universities. CUW rose 23 places this year, even after moving into the more competitive “national universities” category due to a growing portfolio of doctoral programs. The ranking considers a total of 17 indicators, including test scores, retention rates, mission allegiance and alumni engagement.
Concordia Ann Arbor has a new program
In a related story, the Academic Resource Center of Concordia University, Ann Arbor (CUAA), Mich., has launched Destination Cardinal, a summer “bridge” program geared primarily toward first-generation or low-income students. Students will begin the program the summer before they officially start at CUAA in order to ease the transition from high school to college. The program is also open to students who are already enrolled at CUAA and has proven useful for many this year as they navigate academics during COVID-19.
LGBT advocacy group lobbying against Christian schools
The nation's largest LGBT advocacy group is urging the future Biden administration to help pull the accreditation of Christian colleges and schools if they don't have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Human Rights Campaign posted its goals for the Biden administration in a Nov. 11 document, “Blueprint for Positive Change.” The 22-page brief includes dozens of objectives for the Biden White House, but its targeting of Christian institutions would have a major impact on religious schools. Under a current law known as the Higher Education Opportunity Act, accrediting agencies are told to ensure their standards "respect the stated mission of the institution of higher education," including a school's "religious" mission.
Forcing abortion coverage again goes to court
Attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom go to court today in San Francisco representing three California churches seeking exemption from a Golden State rule mandating they pay for abortions. The case originated in a suit filed by the Foothill Church in Glendora, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino and Shepherd of The Hills Church In Porter Ranch. The three congregations are challenging the department’s mandate on appeal in Foothill Church v. Rouillard.
Pro-life activists are arrested
Pro-life activists were arrested Tuesday outside of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where first and second-trimester abortions are committed, and the bodies of aborted children are used for research at the University of California San Francisco. Terrisa Bukovinac, executive director of Pro-Life San Francisco, Lauren Handy of Red Rose Rescue, and other pro-lifers including Cheryl Conrad of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, were protesting outside of the hospital when they were arrested. The activists were charged with trespassing, but claim they were on public property. Pro-Life San Francisco announced it will be pursuing legal action regarding the arrest and are confident it will win in court.
Wedding photographer fights state law
Christian persecution up worldwide
Abortions stop in Missouri
Turkey rejects an American pastor’s appeal
LCMS schools face the new year
Concordia Seminary offers online visitations
Judge awards Planned Parenthood $13 million
Planned Parenthood’s ‘wish list’
Virginia Christians oppose new law
Arkansas pro-life laws allowed
NSLA School Shepherd Award given
Religious schools’ accreditation threatened
Church wins discrimination case
Attendance is up at Concordia, Ann Arbor.
Concordia Chicago delivers face masks
LCMS may delay conventions
Lutheran principal is honored
Giving Tuesday exceeds goal
Concordia Nebraska names new president
The Rev. Paul McCain enters Glory
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Feeling anxious during pandemic? Colonial Cannabis in Pittsfield says: Roll on in
PITTSFIELD — After quietly opening its doors to cannabis consumers in mid-November, Pittsfield’s newest pot shop has rolled out pandemic-friendly curbside pickup.
“Things have been tailored to the current conditions with COVID,” said Jack Carney, the manager of Colonial Cannabis Co., the city’s fourth adult-use dispensary.
The shop, at 1021 South St., just across from Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, held a “soft opening” Nov. 16, Carney said, and has ramped up staffing levels to about 15 employees offering customers an array of flower, concentrates, edibles and vaporizers.
Jack Carney, manager at Colonial Cannabis Co. in Pittsfield, said that, despite opening the dispensary in the middle of surging coronavirus infections in Berkshire County, he hopes that ramping up curbside pickup will ease any nerves that customers might be feeling about in-store shopping during the pandemic.
STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Despite opening the dispensary in the middle of surging coronavirus infections in Berkshire County, Carney said he hopes that ramping up curbside pickup will ease any nerves that customers might be feeling about in-store shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.
Customers can preorder online, head to the dispensary and park outside, then call a number displayed on a sign outside to request curbside service, he said.
“We’re hopeful that’s something people appreciate if they’re anxious about going out and shopping but they want to come out and shop,” he said. “This provides them an avenue to do that, while staying safe.”
Debit card payments can be made curbside, as long as everyone in the car is at least 21 years old. Carney said cash buyers will make their transactions inside the front vestibule at the shop. In-store shopping also is underway.
“We are still letting people come into the store if they’d like to do full service,” he said.
At Colonial Cannabis Co. in Pittsfield, customers can preorder online, head to the dispensary and park outside, then call a number displayed on a sign outside to request curbside service
Green Biz LLC, doing business as Colonial Cannabis, has its roots in Washington, where Carney worked in horticulture sales with the company’s owner, Hai Qing “Jimmy” Huang, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported. The two eyed opportunity in Massachusetts and began selling hydroponic equipment in the state before opening the first Colonial Cannabis dispensary, in Northampton, over the summer.
The company executed a host community agreement with the city in June 2018 and will pay the city an impact fee for five years. The fee for the first year is $60,000, and it gradually increases to $200,000 annually for the fourth and fifth years. Also, the city will collect a 3 percent sales tax.
Opening up two dispensaries during the pandemic has not been without its challenges, Carney said. The state shut down just before the company was due to open its Northampton retail shop, he said, and in Pittsfield, pandemic-related delays held up inspections required by the Cannabis Control Commission.
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This Rapidly Growing Cannabis Software Company Is Helping Retailers and Brands Connect with Consumers
Exclusive Interview with springbig Co-Founder and CEO Jeffrey Harris
Jeffrey Harris, the Co-Founder and CEO of cannabis marketing software company springbig, last spoke with New Cannabis Ventures in January. Since then, more consumers have started using the platform, the company earned HIPAA certification, and it launched a new offering for brands. Harris spoke with New Cannabis Ventures about springbig’s major 2020 milestones and what he sees for the future of the company. The audio of the entire conversation is available at the end of this written summary.
Keeping Up with Growth
At the beginning of 2020, springbig had approximately 51 employees. Now, at the end of the year, Harris expects the team to be about 100 people strong. The team has had to nearly double in size to keep up with the company’s growth.
Inside the springbig Office
springbig currently has more than 800 clients, spanning across every state where cannabis is legal for medical use or adult use. That growing footprint has propelled the company to hit the milestone of more than 25 million consumers on its platform.
Over time, the company has seen a rise in interest from larger cannabis companies. As such, springbig has begun to see a bifurcation of its customer base. It is working to differentiate its product and service offerings to adequately serve the different needs of large multi-state operators and smaller cannabis companies.
When speaking with New Cannabis Ventures in January, Harris pointed to opportunities for his company in markets making the transition to adult-use. Now, springbig is preparing to take that advantage in markets like Arizona and New Jersey. In Arizona, the company has more than 50 percent market share and only expects that to increase with the advent of adult-use, according to Harris. He expects the New Jersey market to ramp up pretty quickly, and the company is preparing its sales and marketing teams for the opportunity in that state.
springbig has organized its U.S. sales team into two groups: one that focuses on more mature markets and one that targets emerging markets.
In addition to the U.S., springbig has made a big push into Canada this year, and Harris expects the company to have more news about the company’s efforts in this market soon.
Brands Platform
Over the summer, the company launched springbig Brands, a platform that empowers brands to connect directly with consumers. springbig is currently marketing its brands platform in Colorado, California, Washington, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona, and it plans to expand that offering to more states.
The platform allows brands to create custom content that they can share with retailers selling their products. Retailers are then able to use that content to directly communicate with consumers via texting. Doing so allows the retailer to send the message for free, reducing its marketing expense or boost the amount of messaging for the same budget.
springbig Brands Helps Cannabis Brands Connect Directly with Consumers.
While the COVID-19 pandemic did not slow springbig’s sales velocity, it did cause the company to delay the launch of the brand platform, originally slated for March. Unable to physically meet with brand teams, it was a slower launch than anticipated. But, the pandemic has only heightened the need for cannabis companies to communicate with their customers, which is a plus for springbig.
HIPAA Certification
This fall, springbig completed the process of becoming HIPAA-certified, the first company of its kind to do so. The company underwent this intensive process to demonstrate its commitment to data security and privacy for both clients and consumers.
Developing New Features
springbig is also developing new features to augment its platform’s offerings. The company is looking at ways to give its clients enhanced value around data, offering more sophisticated insights. For its larger clients, springbig is planning to launch a suite of enterprise solutions. It has also developed an AI-based algorithm to help its clients predict the next day consumers will visit based on previous purchase behavior. Armed with this information, retailers can market directly to consumers in advance of their next anticipated visit.
springbig is Looking for Ways to Enhance Data Insights for Their Clients.
Exploring the SPAC Route
springbig closed its $11.5 million Series B over the summer, placing it in a strong financial position, according to Harris. The company’s current burn rate is low, and its sales are growing month over month. So, it is looking to leverage that funding round to drive faster growth, both organic and inorganic.
Roughly a year ago, a public market strategy was not on the table for springbig. Now, some of the company’s board members are exploring opportunities in the SPAC market to determine if this approach makes sense for springbig, according to Harris.
Harris expects springbig to double its business in 2020 compared to 2019. In 2021, the brand platform and new states opening for the company’s retail business will be significant growth drivers. Additionally, the possibility of nonorganic growth could fuel springbig’s business next year.
The springbig team looks at five key metrics on a regular basis: new customer acquisition, customer churn, month-over-month revenue growth, number of consumers on the platform and the volume of messaging on the platform.
Two years ago, springbig had around 100 clients. Now, it has more than 800. The company is constantly challenged to keep up with the needs of its customers as the cannabis industry matures. With the company’s set to grow exponentially, springbig will remain committed to executing its plan and delivering what its growing set of customers wants.
New Cannabis Ventures provides a customized landing page for springbig, which is a client of New Cannabis Ventures. Listen to the entire interview:
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Still photograph, Under Pressure from the series Seat Assignment, 2014
* Video not available for viewing on-line*
Two-channel video
Edition of 8; 1/8
Under Pressure, the third lavatory music video in the Seat Assignment series, features the 1981 David Bowie/Freddie Mercury duet, "Under Pressure." The title alludes to the pressure to perform well, the pressure of time and the mandate to work quickly, the pressure of a small space to perform in, the psychological pressure on a traveler during a long flight, or even the pressurized air of the cabin. The song follows a musical arc that moves from constraint to an overflowing of emotion back to constraint, and the performance here aims to follow a similar trajectory.
Improvising with materials close at hand, the series Seat Assignment consists of photographs, video, and digital images all made while in flight using only a camera phone. The project began spontaneously on a flight in March 2010 and is ongoing. At present, over 2500 photographs and video, made on more than 70 different flights to date, constitute the raw material of the project. Katchadourian's videos from Seat Assignment are not available for viewing online--exhibition venues and art fairs provide the rare chance to view Katchadourian's videos from this series.
*Email [email protected] for a private viewing link
Lavatory Self-Portrait in the Flemish Style #14, 2011
From the series Seat Assignment
C-print
Edition of 8 + proofs
10.667 x 8 inches
Improvising with materials close at hand, the series Seat Assignment consists of photographs, video, and digital images all made while in flight using only a camera phone. The project began spontaneously on a flight in March 2010 and is ongoing. At present, over 2500 photographs and video, made on more than 70 different flights to date, constitute the raw material of the project.
8.267 x 6 inches
Lady Jane de Bataille, 2014
Pigment print on canvas
"My current work makes reference to European renaissance portrait painting. It targets the ability of paintings to convey power and desire through a discrete arrangement of signs. I take my source images directly from the web in order to explore further elements of commodity, and power in painting today. Pixel resolution is made evident in these images, as a kind of formal signifier of each portrait’s meaning in the contemporary world of web media deluge.
In the Dutch portraits, I focus on the symbolic function of seventeenth and eighteenth century portraits that represent the power of aristocrats, emperors, kings and soldiers through elements of dress, gesture, and other signifiers of accumulated wealth and power. The hybrid image that is developed with the merged images of women selling sexy fantasy, fetish and thematic costumes, elevates maids, widows, nurses and brides above the rank and file and makes them the new royalty.
This work creates a play with the institution of painting, as an institution that arranges these signs to actually construct power and desire through salability.
The adornment of both the women and the men solicit questions of long held beliefs about liberation, desire, bondage, hierarchy, sex and power." - Deborah Oropallo
Lady Jane Moor, 2014
Hanauma Bay/Wikiwiki Tour, 1982
21 3/8 x 77 inches unframed
Hanauma Bay/Wikiwiki Tour (detail), 1982
Sarah and Octopus/Seventh Heaven, 2001
29 Color woodblock print on Hosho paper
10 3/8 x 15 5/8 inches
31 Flavors Invading Japan/Today's Special, 1980-82
Thirty-five-color woodcut printed from hand-carved blocks of cherry wood with natural dyes and with additional hand-coloring on handmade Hosho paper
11 1/16 x 16 9/16 inches
AIDS Series/Geisha in Bath, 2008
Wood block print; 48 colors 34 blocks
19 ½ x 13 ½ inches
Ukiyo Sushi Meguir-Waiting for Sushi Delivery #2, 1981
Black watercolor
6 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches image
15 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches unframed
21 x 16 1/4 inches framed
Study for Sunset Beach, 1988
3 x 10 ¾ inches unframed
9 ¾ x 17 inches framed
Quarry, 2015
Study for Hard Rain, 2010
Not the Cliff, but the Idea of the Cliff, 2009
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, 2013
77 x 90 1/4 inches
The Dark Sea of Oblivion, 2013
Fan-Base I, 2009
Fish Dinner Box, 2013
High-fired clay with glaze and decals
Gold Digger, 2014
High-fired clay with glaze
Mao I, 2008
Mask Warrior II, 2010
Fired clay and glaze
27 ½ x 11 x 8 ½ inches
Red Tie Warrior, 2015
Red Coat, 2014
29 x 8 x 9 ½ inches
Two Treasures, 2010
Mao II, 2008
Day and Night (Tank Man), 2008
26 x 11 x 7 ½ inches
Drizzle, 2008
Impossible I, 2009
Fired clay with glaze and decals
18 x 34 ½ x 17 inches
Dragon Lady, 2013
High-fired clay with decals
5 ½ x 5 x 4 inches
Where is my Kingdom?, 2011
Small Skull, 2002
SOL, 2014
Vintage Commodore 64 computer and speech module, BASIC code, quote from Sol LeWitt’s “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art”
slepian-sol-media-sculpture-2014
Readymade (library catalog subject search), 2014
Archival inkjet print on stretched canvas
Waste_Generation, 2011
Single-channel digital animation
6:28-minute continuous loop
doyle-waste-generation-2011-video
seattleartfair.com
Exhibition Press Release (PDF)
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MY FAVORITE RECORDINGS
Due to the enormous amount of my favorite records this page is divided into several sections:
1970-present | 1960's | 1920-1959
Bent, by Matchbox 20 2000
Then the Morning Comes, by Smashmouth 2000
Bad Touch, by The Bloodhound Gang 2000
Rock DJ, by Robbie Williams 2000
Sleepwalker, by Wallflowers 2000
Me Neither, by Brad Paisley 2000
With Arms Wide Open, by Creed 2000
I Try, by Macy Gray 2000
Steal My Kisses, by Ben Harper 2000
Teenage Dirtbag, by Wheatus 2000
Higher, by Creed 2000
Only Gods Knows Why, by Kid Rock 2000
Who Let the Dogs Out?, by The Baha Men 2000
Do It All Over Again, by Spiritualized 2001
Fell in Love with a Girl, by White Stripes 2001
New York, New York, by Ryan Adams 2001
God Is In the House, By Nick Cave 2001
The Distance, by Evan & Jaron 2001
Dracula from Houston, by Butthole Surfers 2001
Last Night, by The Strokes 2001
Babylon, by David Gray 2001
Imitation of Life, by R.E.M. 2001
Angel, by Shaggy 2001
It Wasn't Me, by Shaggy 2001
Let's Build a Home, by White Stripes 2001
Public Park, by Ballboy 2001
I'm a Believer, by Smashmouth 2001
Te Tengo aqui, by Mark Anthony 2002
Logical Song, by Scooter 2002
Insatiable, by Darren Hayes 2002
Broadway, by The Goo Goo Dolls, 2002
Do You Realize?, by The Flaming Lips 2002
The Boy Looked at Johnny, by The Libertines 2002
Wherever You Will Go, by The Calling 2002
What a Waster, by The Libertines 2002
Here Is Gone, by Goo Goo Dolls 2002
PDA, by Interpol 2002
Hard to Explain, by The Strokes 2002
Say Hello to the Angels., by Interpol 2002
Feel, by Robbie Williams 2002
Don't Turn Off the Lights, by Enrique Iglesias 2002
Stop Living the Lie, by David Sneddon 2003
The Hardest Button to Button, by The White Stripes 2003
Solsbury Hill, by Erasure 2003
Time for Heroes, by The Libertines 2003
Tal Vez, by Ricky Martin 2003
Unwell, by Matchbox 20 2003
Why Don't You and I, by Santana featuring Alex Band of The Calling 2003
Into You, by Richard X f. Jarvis Cocker 2003
If Tomorrow Never Comes, by Ronan Keating 2003
Spirit in the Sky, by Gareth Gates & Kumars 2003
Jogi, by Panjabi MC 2003
Bright Lights, by Matchbox 20 2003
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems, by Kenny Chesney 2003
Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks, by The Rapture 2003
Blackout, by British Sea Power 2003
Hey Ya, by Outkast 2003
Smells like Happiness, by Hidden Cameras 2003
Carrion, by British Sea Power 2003
Frantic, by Metallica 2003
Hollywood, by Young Werewolves 2004
Take Me Out, by Franz Ferdinand 2004
Never Never, by The Libertinees 2004
I Miss you, by Blink 182 2004
Seven Swans, by Sufjan Stevens 2004
Somebody Told Me, by The Killers 2004
The Reason, by Hoobastank 2004
Have a Nice Day, by The Stereophonics 2004
Ocean Avenue, by Yellowcard 2004
Duality, by Slipnot 2004
Dry Your Eyes, by The Streets 2004
End of the Movie, by Cake 2004
Rip It Up, by Razorlight 2004
Does He Love You, by Rilo Kiley 2004
What Became of the Likely Lads, by The Libertines 2004
Evil, by Interpol 2004
Michael, by Franz Ferdinand 2004
I Don't Want You Back, by Eamon 2004
Jesus Walk, by Kanye West 2004
L.S.F., by Kasabian 2004
Solitaire, by Clay Aiken 2004
Little House of Savages, by The Walkmen 2004
Music Is My Boyfriend, by The Hidden Cameras 2004
Red Light, by Jonny Lang 2004
Walkie Talkie Man, by Steriogram 2004
Someplace We Only Know, by Keane 2004
I Want More, by Faithless f. Nina Simone
Mississauga Goddam , by The Hidden Cameras 2004
Run, by Snow Patrol 2004
Cha Cha Slide, by DJ Caspar 2004
100 Years, by Five for Fighting 2004
The Rat, by The Walkmen 2004
The Bucket, by Kings of Leon 2005
Somewhere Else, by Razorlight 2005
Ashes, By Embrace 2005
Emily, by Adam Green 2005
Denial Twist, by White Stripes 2005
Billy, by James Blunt 2005
You're Beautiful, by James Blunt 2005
Army of Lovers, by Lee Ryan 2005
So Here We Are, by Bloc Party 2005
First Time Mother's Joy (Flying), by Mercury Rev 2005
Goodbye My Lover, by James Blunt 2005
Easy/Lucky/Free by Bright Eyes 2005
High , by James Blunt 2005
Outrageous, by Paul Simon 2006
Louisiana, by The Walkmen 2006
Unfaithful, by Rihanna 2006
Danny's at the Wedding, by The Walkmen 2006
Don't Forget Me, by The Walkmen 2006
The Rejection, by Dangerous Muse 2006
I Predict a Riot , by The Kaiser Chiefs 2006
All My Friends, by Franz Ferdinand 2007
Closer, by Travis 2007
Advice for Young Mothers-to-be, by The Veils 2007
Bathroom Gurgle, by Late of the Pier 2007
Fake Empire, by The National 2007
Hospital Beds. by Cold War Kids 2007
Roscoe, by Midlake 2007
Heavyweight Champion of the World, by Reverend & the Makers 2007
Stuck Between Stations, by The Hold Steady 2007
The Pieces Don’t Fit Anymore, by James Morrison 2007
Red River, by The Walkmen 2007
Amsterdam, by Peter Bjorn & John 2007
Hang Me Up to Dry, by Cold War Kids 2007
My Party, by Kings of Leon 2007
Salvador, by Jamie T 2007
First Love, by The Maccabees 2007
Sexyback, by Justin Timberlake 2007
All in My Head, by Good Shoes 2007
Chelsea Dagger, by The Fratellis 2007
<>Umbrella, by Rihanna 2007
Four Winds, by Bright Eyes 2007
Smoke without Fire, by Bright Eyes 2007
Tourist Trap, by Bright Eyes 2007
Belief, by John Mayer 2007
Timebomb, by Beck 2007
All My Friends, by LCD Soundsystem 2007
Portland, Oregon, by Loretta Lynn and Jack White 2007
Electrtic Feel, by MGMT 2008
Cassius, by Foal 2008
Focker, by Late of the Pier 2008
Time to Pretend, by MGMT 2008
A Punk, by Vampire Weekend 2008
Supernatural Superserious, by R.E.M. 2008
Kids, by MGMT 2008
White Winter Hymnal, by Fleet Foxes 2008
I'm yours, by Jason Mraz 2008
Young and Beautiful, by The Raveonettes 2008
Use Somebody, by Kings of Leon 2009
I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas 2009
Two, by The Antlers 2009
Boom Boom Pow, by Black Eyed Peas 2009
Fairytale, by Alexander Rybak 2009
Need you now, by Lady Antebellum 2009
Kings and Queens, by 30 Seconds to Mars 2009
Winter Winds, by Mumford and Sons 2009
Mercy, by Duffy 2009
Cousins, by Vampire Weekend, 2010
Just the Way You Are, by Bruno Mars 2010
Take Me Into Town, by Dr. Dog 2010
Promise, by Bruce Springsteen 2010
Helicopter, by Deerhunters 2010
I Can Change, by LCD Soundsystem 2010
Grenade, by Bruno Mars 2010
The Last Leaf, by Ok! Go 2011
Birdhouse in Your Soul, by They Might Be Giants 1990
It's Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday, by Boyz to Men 1991
Smells like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana 1991
Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. 1991
Unbelievable, by EMF 1991
Where the Streets Have No Name/Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, by The Pet Shop Boys 1991
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, by PM Dawn 1991
Love Is a Stranger, by The Eurythmics 1991
Tennessee, by Arrested Developoment 1992
Letter to Elise, by The Cure 1992
Psychotic Girlfriend, by Chirs Gaffney 1992
Oh Carolina, by Shaggy 1992
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, by Nick Cave (WITH SHANE McGOWAN) 1992
Take a Chance on Me, by Erasure 1992
Indians, by King Missile 1993
Hey Jealousy, by Gin Blossoms 1993
My Heart is A Flower, by King Missile 1993
Hallelujah, by Jeff Buckley 1994
I Swear, by All for One 1994
Let's Get Married, by The Proclaimers 1994
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm , by Crash Test Dummies 1994
Laid, by James 1994
Loser, by Beck 1994
Do You Remember the First Time?, by Pulp 1994
Turning Japanese, by The Vapors 1995
Perfect Day, By Duran Duran 1995
Tonight Tonight, by The Smashing Pumpkins 1995
Where the Wild Roses Grow, by Nick Cave w/ Kylie Minogue 1995
Soul City, by Southern Culture on th Skids 1995
1979, by Smashing Pumpkins 1996
Trampoline, by Joe Henry 1996
Spiderwebs, by No Doubt 1996
Henry Lee, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1996
Susan's House, by The Eels, 1996
Novocaine for the Soul, by The Eels, 1996
6th Avenue Heartache, by The Wallflowers 1996
Popular, by Nada Surf 1996
High and Dry, by Radiohead 1996
Don't Leave, by Faithless 1996
Pepper, by Butthole Surfers 1996
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth, by Primitive Radio Gods 1996
The Distance, by Cake 1996
Common People, by Pulp 1996
Bullet with Butterfly Wings, by Smashing Pumpkins 1996
Insensitive, by Jann Arden 1996
Stars of Track and Field, by Belle and Sebastian 1996
The Drugs Don't Work, by The Verve 1997
Even After All, by Finley Quaye 1997
Where It's At, by Beck 1997
How Bizarre, by OMC 1997
One Headlight, by the Wallflowers 1997
Lucky, by Radiohead 1997
Quality, by Paul Simon 1997
Semi-Charmed Life, by Third-Eye Blind 1997
The Freshmen, by Verve Pipe 1997
You Showed Me, by Lightninig Seeds 1997
Push, by Matchbox 20 1997
Late in the Day, by Supergrass 1997
Three Marlenas, by The Wallflowers 1997
3AM, by Matchbox 20 1997
Wonderful Tonight, by Damage 1997
Tubthumping, by Chumbawamba, 1997
It's Oh So Quiet, by Bjork 1997
Cheapsakte, by Supergrass 1997
5, 6, 7, 8, by Steps 1998
The Way, by Fastball 1998
Dancing the Night Away, by The Mavericks 1998
God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You, by NSYNC 1998
Closing Time, by Semisonic 1998
Never There, by Cake 1998
Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), by Offspring 1998
Torn, by Natalie Imbruglia 1998
No Surprises, by Radiohead 1998
Slide, by The Goo Goo Dolls 1998
Disco 2000, by Pulp 1998
Heroes, by The Wallflowers 1998
Brimful of Asha, by Cornershop 1998
Late Night Conversation, by Josh Rouse1998
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, by Manic Street Preachers 1998
Driving Home for Christmas, by Michael Ball 1998
Carnaval de Paris, by Dario G 1998
Creep, by Radiohead 1998
And Then She Says, by Evan & Jaron 1998
I Don't Want to Get Over You, by Magnetic Fields 1999
All Star, by Smashmouth 1999
Smooth, by Santana featuring Rob Thomas 1999
I Think I Need a New Heart, by Magnetic Fields, 1999
Army, by Ben Folds Five 1999
I Need to Know, by Mark Anthony 1999
Balaimos, by Enrique Iglesias 1999
Tender, by Blur 1999
Mambo No. 5, by Lou Bega 1999
Put Your Lights On, by Santana f/ Everlast 1999
Millenium, by Robbie Williams 1999
Summergirls, by LFO 1999
I Knew I Loved You, by Savage Garden 1999
No Matter What, by Boyzone 1999
Love Will Tear Us Apart, by Joy Division 1980
Rock Lobster, by The B-52's 1980
You May Be Right, by Billy Joel 1980
Academy Flight Song, by Mission of Burma 1980
Going Underground, by The Jam 1980
Ashes to Ashes, by David Bowie 1980
People Who Died,, by Jim Carroll 1980
Stranger, by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Late in the Evening, by Paul Simon 1980
Don't You Want Me, by The Human League 1981
Caribbean Carnival Medley, by Lobo 1981
Release the Bats, by The Birthday Party 1981
Ain't No Pleasin' You , by Chas and Dave 1981
Same Old Lang Syne, Dan Fogelberg 1981
Giving It Up for Your Love, by Delbert McClinton 1981
1999, by Prince 1981
The Tide Is High, by Blondie 1981 / Atomic Kitten 2002
Tainted Love, by Soft Cell 1981
Poison Arrow , by ABC 1981
Goody Two-Shoes , by Adam Ant 1982
Jack and Diane, by John Mellancamp 1982
A Town Called Malice, by The Jam 1982
Hot in the City, by Billy Idol 1982
The Safety Dance, by Men without Hats 1982
Love My Way, by The Psychedelic Furs 1982
Puttin' on the Ritz, by Taco 1982
Buffalo Gals, by Malcolm MacLaren 1982
Mexican Radio, by Wall of Voodoo 1982
Gloria, by Laura Brannigan 1982
(Keep Feeling) Fascination, by The Human League 1983
Electric Avenue, by Eddy Grant 1983
Come Dancing, by The Kinks 1983
Burning Down the House, by Talking Heads 1983
Let's Dance, by David Bowie 1983
Radio Free Europe , by R.E.M. 1983
Modern Love, by David Bowie 1983
Lawyers in Love, by Jackson Browne 1983
White Lines, by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel 1983
Dancing in the Dark, by Bruce Springsteen 1984
Heart on a Sleeve, by Tom Russell 1984
One Night in Bangkok, by Murray Head / Robey 1984
Tear Stained Letter, by Jo-el Sonnier 1984 / Richard Thompson 1984
Gallo de Cielo,, by Tom Russell 1984
Unwed Fathers, by John Prine 1984
I'm on Fire, by Bruce Springsteen 1984
I 'm Falling, by The Bluebelles 1984
When Doves Cry, by Prince & the Revolution 1984
An Innocent Man, by Billy Joel 1984
You Take Me Up, by The ThompsonTwins 1984
Self Control, by RAF 1984 / Laura Brannigan 1984
Purple Rain, by Prince and the Revolution 1984
Careless Whisper, by George Michael 1984
Hold Me Now, by The Thompson Twins 1984
I Just Called to Say I Love You, by Stevie Wonder 1984
Young at Heart, by The Bluebelles 1984
Thank God for the Radio, by The Kendalls 1985
Nikita , by Elton John 1985
Obsession, by Annimotion 1985
West-end Girls , by The Pet Shop Boys 1985
All You Zombies, by The Hooters 1985
Walk of Life, by Dire Straits 1985
Money for Nothing, by Dire Straits 1985
And We Danced, by The Hooters 1985
Just a Gigolo, by David Lee Roth 1985
Everytime You Go Away, by Paul Young 1985
Tupelo, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1985
Burned Like a Rocket, by BiIlly Joe Royal 1985
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, by Paul Young 1985
Agadoo, by Black Lace 1985
Paul Revere, by The Beastie Boys 1986
A Different Corner , by George Michael 1986
Kiss, by Prince 1986
The Singer, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1986
Peter Gunn , by Art of Noise with Duane Eddy 1986
Word Up , by Cameo 1986
Suspicious Minds, by Five Young Cannibals 1986
Bring on the Dancing Horses, by Echo and the Bunnymen 1986
Pump Up the Volume, by M/A/R/R/S 1987
Faith, by George Michael 1987
You Might Think, by The Cars 1987
First We Take Manhattan, by Leonard Cohen 1987
I Still Haven't Found What i'm Looking For, by U2 1987
Fairytale of New York, by Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl 1987
C'est la Vie, by Robbie Neville 1987
Father Figure, by George Michael 1987
What Have I Done to Deserve This?, by The Pet Shops Boys w/ Dusty Springfield 1987
Strangelove. by Depeche Mode 1988
Bamboleo, by The Gipsy Kings 1988
Handle with Care, by Traveling Wilburys 1988
Ain't No Cure for Love, by Leonard Cohen 1988
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart, by Mark Almond and Gene Pitney 1988
Mercy Seat, by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1988
Me, Myself and I, by De La Soul 1989
She Drives Me Crazy, by Fine Young Cannibals 1989
Bust a Move, by Young M.C. 1989
Wicked Game, by Chris Issak 1989
Compared to What, by Les McCann and Eddie Harris 1970
Ohio, by Crosby, Stills & Nash 1970
The Boxer, by Simon & Garfunkle 1970
Evil Ways, by Santana 1970
Arizona, by Mark Lindsay 1970
The Thrill Is Gone, by B. B. King 1970
How I Love Them Old Songs, by Gene Vincent 1970
Fire and Rain , by James Taylor 1970
Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell 1970
For the Good Times,by Ray Price 1970
Cecilia, by Simon & Garfunkle 1970
Mama Told Me Not to Come, by Randy Newman 1970
Fernando, by Abba 1970
Hold On (Have You Seen My Baby), by Randy Newman 1970
I Hear You Knockin', by Dave Edmunds 1970
Teach Your Children,by Crosby. Stills & Nash 1970
Tennessee Birdwalk, by Jack Blanshard and Misty Morgan 1970
Coconut, by Nilsson 1971
Tears of a Clown, by The Miracles 1971 / English Beat 1980
Johnny Reggae, by The Piglets 1971
Happy Xmas (War Is Over), by John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band 1971
Hot Love, by T Rex 1971
Maggie May, by Rod Stewart 1971
Albert Flasher, by GuessWho 1971
She Went a Little Bit Farther, by Faron Young 1971
Help Me Make It Through the Night, by Kris Kristofferson 1971
Illegal Smile, by John Prine 1971
Truckin', by The Grateful Dead 1971
Ride a White Swan, by Tyrannosaurus Rex 1971
Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west), by Bennie Hill 1971
It's Four in the Morning, by Faron Young 1971
Burning Bridges, from Kelly's Heroes, by The Mike Curb Congregation 1971
Go on Fool, by Marion Williams 1971
Butterfly, by Danyel Gerard 1971
Bang a Gong (Get It On), by T Rex 1971
Never Been to Spain, by Hoyt Axton 1971
Desiderata, by Les Crane 1971
Daniel, by Elton John 1972
Vincent, by Don McLean 1972
Ben, by Michael Jackson 1972
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, by B. J. Thomas & the Triumphss 1972
Air That I Breathe, by Albert Hammond 1972 / Hollies 1974
Heart of Gold , by Neil Young 1972
Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed 1972
Taxi, by Harry Chapin 1972
If You Don't Know Me by Now, by Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes 1972 / Simply Red 1989
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, by Jane Olivor 1973
Kodachrome, by Paul Simon 1973
Fairy Tale, by the Pointer Sisters 1973
I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday, by Wizzard 1973
Seasons in the Sun, by The Terry Jacks 1973
Gloria, by Patti Smith 1973
You Make Me Feel Brand New,by The Stylistics 1973
This is my life (La Vita), by Shirrley Bassey 1973
Pick Up the Pieces, by Average White Band 1973
You never even call me by my name. by David Alan Coe 1973
Tiger Feet, by Mud 1973
Nabucco (Fly My Thoughts-Chorus of the slaves), by Waldos de Los Rios, 1973
Hosea, by The Monks of Weston Priory 1973
Merry Christmas Everybody, by Slade 1973
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, by Johnny Rivers 1973 / Heuy Smith & the Clowns 1957
WOLD, by Harry Chapin 1973
Working on a Building, by The Blue Ridge Rangers 1973
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, by Bryan Ferry 1973
These Foolish Things, by Bryan Ferry 1974
Stay the Night, by Jane Olivor 1974
One Day at a Time, by Marilyn Sellars 1974
My Melody of Love, by Bobby Vinton 1974
I Can Help, by Billy Swan 1974
Get Dancin' , by Disco Tex and the Sex-o-Lettes 1974
Waterloo, by Abba 1974
Christmas Dream, by Maynard Williams 1974
You're My First, My Last, My Everything, by Barry White 1974
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, by Paul Simon 1974
And I Love You So, by Don Maclean 1974
Hot-Buttered Rum, by The Red Clay Ramblers 1974 / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum 1999
The Cat Crept In, by Mud 1974
Barbados, by Typically Tropical 1974
It's Time to Pay the Fiddler, by Cal Smith 1974
Rocket, by Mud 1974
Shake Some Action, by The Flamin' Groovies 1974
Anthem, by The Hello People 1974
Kung Fu Fighting, by Carl Douglas 1974
The Air That I Breathe, by The Hollies 1974
More, More, More, by The Andrea True Connection 1975
Still Crazy After All These Years, by Paul Simon 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen 1975
Fantasy, by Anthony Louis 1975
Brazil, by The Ritchie Family 1975
La Paloma Blanca, by George Baker Selection 1975
Back to the Island, by Leon Russell 1975
El Bimbo, by Bimbo Jet 1975
Redondo Beach, by Patti Smith 1975
Lyin' Eyes, by The Eagles 1975
Blanket on the Ground, by Billy Jo Spears 1975
Hold Back the Night, by The Trampps 1975
A. E. E. (A Mwana), by Black Blood 1975
Shame, Shame, Shame, by Shirley and Company 1975
I Dreamed Last Night, by The Bluejays (Justin Hayward and John Lodge) 1975
Tangerine, by The Salsoul Orchestra 1976
Sailing, by Rod Stewart 1975
Before the Next Teardrop Falls,by Freddie Fender 1976
Stand Tall, by Burton Cummings 1976
Cathedrals, by D.C. LaRue 1976
New England, by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers 1976
Roadrunner, by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers 1976
Kiss and Say Goodbye, by The Manhattans 1976
Livin' Thing, by Electric Light Orchestra 1976
Here Comes the Martian Martians, by the Jonathan Richman and Modern Lovers 1976
Cherchez la Femme, by Dr. Buzzard and the Original Savannah Band 1976
Country Bumpkin, by Cal Smith 1976
Long May You Run, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1976
You Sexy Thing, by by Hot Chocolate 1976
Slip Slidin' Away, by Paul Simon 1977
The Pretender, by Jackson Browne 1977
I Knew the Bride, by Dave Edmunds 1977
Sound and Vision, by David Bowie 1977
Young Hearts Run Free, by Candi Staton 1977
She Never Spoke Spanish to Me, by Joe Ely 1977
Gary Gilmore's Eyes, by The Adverts 1977
Human Fly, by The Cramps 1977
Frankie Teardrop, by Suicide 1977
Southern Nights, by Glen Campbell 1977
It's Over/It's Over medley, by Gene 1977
Black Betty, by Ram Jam 1977
Telephone Line, by Electric Light Orchestra 1977
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey ,by Paul McCartney 1977
So You Win Again, by Hot Chocolate 1977
Mull of Kintyre, by Wings 1977
Rockaway Beach, by the Ramones 1977
Fly into the Mystery ,by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers 1977
Fire, by The Pointer Sisters 1979 / Robert Gordon with Link Wray 1978
Rivers of Babylon, by Boney M. 1978 / Melodians 1970
I Will Survive, by Cake 1997 / Gloria Gaynor 1978
Darlin', by Frankie Miller 1978
Because the Night, by the Patti Smith Group 1978
Radio Radio, by Elvis Costello and the Attractions 1978
Wonderful Tonight, by Eric Clapton 1978
Take a Chance on Me, by ABBA 1978
Miss You, by the Rolling Stones 1978
(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea, by Elvis Costello 1978
Psycho Killer, by Talking Heads 1978
Take the K.A.S.H. , by Wreckless Eric 1978
TVOD, by Normal 1978
Victim, by Candi Staton 1978
Northern Lights, by Rennaisance 1978
I Will Survive, by Gloria Gaylor 1978 / The Cake 1996
Heart of Glass, by Blondie 1978
One Step Beyond, by Madness, 1979
Being Boiled, by The Human League 1979
You're Only Lonely, by J. D. Souther 1979
I Have a Dream, by Abba 1979
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, by Queen 1979 / Dwight Yoakam 1999
Good Girls Don't, by The Knack 1979
Kiss You All Over, by Exile 1979
Amanda, by Waylon Jennings 1979
I Want You to Want Me, by Cheap Trick 1979
All the Gold in California, by The Gatlin Brothers 1979
The Logical Song, by Supertramp 1979
Escape (The Piona Colada Song ) by Rupert Holmes 1979
Rapper's Delight,m by The Sugarhill Gang 1979
Backside of Thirty, by John Conlee 1979
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Trump administration tries to hamstring Biden on student loan forgiveness
by Cassondra Kame on January 14, 2021 in Education News
The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to throw up a bureaucratic roadblock to progressives’ push for the incoming Biden administration to cancel large swaths of outstanding student loan debt through executive action.
Education Department officials released a memo, signed by an outgoing political appointee, that concludes that the agency lacks the power to unilaterally forgive federal student loan debt on the scale that some Democrats want.
The eight-page memo says that “the Secretary does not have statutory authority to provide blanket or mass cancellation, compromise, discharge, or forgiveness of student loan principal balances, and/or to materially modify the repayment amounts or terms thereof, whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic or for any other reason.”
The legal opinion is not necessarily binding on the Biden administration, which could reverse or change its interpretation of the laws that govern federal student loans. But the memo comes as President-elect Joe Biden is already signaling that he will not accede to growing progressive demands that he employ executive action to cancel student loan debt.
The document was signed on Tuesday evening by Reed Rubinstein, who is serving as the acting general counsel of the Education Department. It was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Rubenstein addressed the memo to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, even though she resigned last Friday in the wake of a pro-Trump mob violently storming the Capitol. Rubinstein writes that DeVos had asked for his office to “memorialize” the department’s legal view on the issue of student loan forgiveness.
DeVos has previously called Democrats’ proposals to cancel student loan debt “crazy.” In her farewell letter to Congress earlier this month, DeVos urged lawmakers to reject the incoming administration’s push to cancel student loan debt.
Pressure from Democrats: Some Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who will become the Senate majority leader next week, have called on Biden to cancel as much as $50,000 of federal student loan debt per borrower. “You don’t need Congress,” he said in December. “All you need is the flick of a pen.”
While campaigning, Biden endorsed $10,000 in student loan cancellation as an immediate coronavirus pandemic response. But he has signaled in recent weeks that he sees that as a legislative, not executive, priority.
A top economic adviser to Biden said Friday that Biden wants Congress to act on the loan forgiveness proposal, though the incoming administration will unilaterally extend the pause on most federal student loan payments and interest amid the pandemic. Biden also said last month that he is “unlikely” to pursue student loan forgiveness through executive action.
A Democrat-controlled Senate could use a tool known as budget reconciliation to pass widespread student loan forgiveness with a simple majority vote. The Obama administration used the tool in 2010 to make sweeping changes to the federal student loan system, including eliminating federal guarantees for private student lenders.
But it’s not yet clear whether Democrats will charge ahead with budget reconciliation or how much support there is in the caucus, especially among more moderate members, for widespread student loan cancellation.
House Democrats last year initially proposed up to $10,000 in student loan forgiveness per borrower as part of their Covid relief proposal, though Democratic leaders significantly scaled back the proposal amid concerns about the price tag.
Separately, the House last year passed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would have canceled up to $10,000 of private student loan debt, though it did not survive negotiations with the GOP-controlled Senate, which has been opposed to widespread loan forgiveness. The amendment won a handful of GOP votes in the House, though some moderate Democrats voted against it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is among the progressives pushing for Biden to cancel, was the first Democratic presidential candidate last year to make the case for adopting the policy through executive action. Her campaign released a legal memo written by Harvard Law School’s Project on Predatory Student Lending that charted a path for the Education Department to wipe out large amounts of debt unilaterally.
The legal opinion published by Trump administration on Wednesday is effectively a rebuttal to those legal arguments, which have been widely embraced by progressives. The memo also seeks to explain that the Trump administration’s various executive actions in 2020 to provide relief to borrowers — all of which were taken without Congress — were limited in scope and don’t open the door to widespread debt relief.
Advocates for widespread student loan cancellation have argued that the Trump administration created a precedent — if not a legal one, then a political one — for Biden to use executive action to cancel loans.
The memo says that last year DeVos had “considered her authority to provide blanket or mass cancellation” as the administration sought to provide student loan relief during the pandemic but that the Education Department, in consultation with the Justice Department, had “concluded she would lack statutory authority to do so.”
Looking to the HEA: Progressives have cited a part of the Higher Education Act — section 432 — that discusses the Education Department’s power to “compromise” and “settle” student loan debts as the primary way that they hope the Biden administration cancels student loan debt.
The Education Department and White House previously said that the Trump administration had invoked that law as part of its executive actions to provide pandemic relief to student loan borrowers.
Angela Morabito, a department spokesperson, told POLITICO last year that the agency had used section 432 of the Higher Education Act to unilaterally suspend interest on federal student loans.
“The Secretary exercised her authority under Sec. 432(a)(6) of the Higher Education Act to allow a temporary waiver of interest based on the unique and special facts presented by the COVID-19 pandemic interruption and the resulting declaration of a National Emergency by the President,” Morabito said in an email last August.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany similarly cited that law as giving the Education Department “broad” powers to take action on student loans during a press briefing on Aug. 10.
The latest Trump administration memo appears to concede that the Education Department did rely on section 432 to forgive the interest on certain federally-held loans last March for several weeks before the CARES Act took effect. But the memo, in a footnote, describes that action as the “far outer boundary of its authority.”
That part of the Higher Education Act “is best construed as a limited authorization for the Secretary to provide cancellation, compromise, discharge, or forgiveness only on a case-by-case basis and then only under those circumstances specified by Congress,” the memo states.
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Comrade Mao
I Have Nine Female Disciples Chapter 1139
The Flying Race is also one of the few evil races today.
This race is very powerful, and its acting style is very tough.
Even if it is facing the Taixu clan, the flying clan is not afraid.
Just like now, after struggling to get up from a distance, Fei Changxiu came to the front of Crown Prince again, with a provocative expression on his face, and said: “This is it?”
“…” Crown Prince was stunned for a moment, secretly thought that if it weren’t for Heavenspan Garden, you would have to be scrapped just now!
“All stop.”
At this moment, the mountain guard spoke and glanced at Crown Prince and Fei Changxiu indifferently, not at all blaming them for doing it in private.
Just because, Heavenspan Yuan originally encouraged the fight between dísciples, cultivation, and cultivation.
“Crown Prince, I really didn’t mean you, you can’t mix now, how can you be with a Human Race?” Fei Changxiu patted his chest, taunted: “Is it almost impossible to mix? “
“Your mouth really smells bad.” Crown Prince said coldly, staring at Fei Changxiu.
After a few breaths, I saw Crown Prince grabbing Fei Changxiu’s neck and said, “I can’t get used to you!”
After that, Crown Prince held it up. Fei Changxiu, moved towards the distance, should be planning to discuss life philosophy with Fei Changxiu.
At this moment, Jiang Chen is helpless. Without the token, he can only participate in the ceremony.
After the time it takes half an incense stick to burn, the mountain guard suddenly spoke.
He glanced at the Heavenspan Court and seemed to be waiting for who, but he didn’t wait.
Outside the mountain gate, it is already overcrowded.
“The assessment Elder seems to be absent today, so I will preside over this assessment,” said the guardian.
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but stunned. Are the assessments of the secretly thought Heavenspan Court so casual? !
Looking at the other people all around, Jiang Chen was surprised to find that these people were not at all.
It seems that Heavenspan Garden has always been so casual…
“Actually, the assessment is quite simple, as long as you can hold on to 2.5 minutes of time in my hands.” said with a smile: “My assessment at Heavenspan Court has always been easy.”
“The assessment at Heavenspan Court is notoriously difficult!”
Many people cursed in their hearts, this Oriental Star Domain is so academy, the evaluation of Heavenspan Court is considered to be Hell Level difficulty!
weng!
And at this moment, the imposing manner on the mountain guard broke out, and it turned out to be a god!
Immediately, the deity’s coercion permeated, like layers of clouds and mist, covering everyone!
At this moment, Jiang Chen is also a little confused.
This assessment may seem simple, but in fact…it is really difficult!
To insist on 2.5 minutes of time under the coercion of a deity, not to mention his titled deity, even the average Divine King can’t do it!
At this moment, Jiang Chen’s face is red, the skeleton is crackling, and even the meridian and internal organs within the body are distorting!
If it weren’t for Myriad Transformations Tianzhan and Sanwei Primal Chaos Qi were supporting them, Jiang Chen would have fallen down!
And all around, many people have fallen on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and fainted on the spot.
In just a dozen breaths of time, nine out of ten people fainted outside the gate of Heavenspan Garden!
The rest of the people looked pale, their bodies swayed, and some were bleeding from their seven orifices, but they were still struggling to support them.
“Enter Heavenspan Court, it is ascending to the skies with a single leap!”
“You must survive!”
The people who are still standing are cruel, even if it is burning blood essence, they must stick to it!
At the same time, many people’s eyes fell on Jiang Chen.
Be aware that for those who are still standing, the lowest cultivation base is Low God!
Only Jiang Chen, a titled god, still stands there, standing tall.
This makes many people wonder, and even more shocked in their hearts. What is going on secretly thought Jiang Chen?
The title of a god, can resist the pressure of the god! ?
Even the guardian was stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Chen a few more times.
“Fortunately, there are Myriad Transformations Tianzhan and Sanwei Primal Chaos Qi, otherwise… This Heavenspan Garden is really not easy to enter!” Jiang Chen secretly thanked.
However, seeing that 2.5 minutes of time is almost here, the corners of the guardian’s mouth are slightly upturned, and the pressure on his body has suddenly skyrocketed!
Puff!
In an instant, many people fell down, and the eighteenth generations of the ancestors of this mountain guard were scolded all over!
Because the coercion erupting from the mountain guard at this moment has reached the Low God!
“How can I insist on this!? I’m just waiting for Divine King!”
“Not a human being!”
Many people scolded in their hearts, and their bodies couldn’t bear it. Not only were they crushed on the ground, they fainted.
After more than a dozen breaths, looking beyond the entire mountain gate, there is only a “single seedling” like Jiang Chen!
It’s not how strong Jiang Chen is, but the three strands of Primal Chaos Qi within the body are really extraordinary!
Three strands of Primal Chaos Qi turned into silky mists and circulated on Jiang Chen’s body surface, and even resolved most of the coercion!
At this moment, the mountain guard looked at Jiang Chen a few more times, and he was also a little confused.
“How can a titled god block the coercion of God Emperor Level?” The guardian thought in his heart, then glanced at the time, and couldn’t help whispered: “that’s all, just accept one.”
Be aware that there are so many dísciples in Heavenspan Court, and now they can’t live anymore!
That’s why the assessment of Heavenspan Court is getting harder and harder, because Heavenspan Court doesn’t want to accept dísciple anymore!
If not, which academy’s assessment can be so abnormal! ?
However, although Heavenspan Garden is almost no one to live in, one or two people are still fine.
even more how this guardian also sees that Jiang Chen is indeed out of the ordinary.
“Boy, go in, from now on you will be the dísciple of Heavenspan Court.”
After a few breaths, 2.5 minutes of time arrived, the mountain guard pointed to Jiang Chen and pointed to He pointed at the Heavenspan Court and said: “After you enter, someone will come to pick you up.”
“Okay.” Jiang Chen lightly said, then stepped out and finally entered the Heavenspan Court.
However, Jiang Chen was a little shocked, and even a hint of palpitations appeared!
Just because, under the pressure just now, the three strands of Primal Chaos Qi seemed to have been stimulated, and at this moment they were “boiling” in Soul World!
The three strands of Primal Chaos Qi seem to have turned into three pools of water, constantly bubbling water vapor, and more bubbles rise one by one.
At the same time, in the water pool where the three strands of Primal Chaos Qi have turned into, something seems to be vaguely coming out!
“Could it be…is going to change?!” Jiang Chen was nervous.
He knows that Primal Chaos Qi out of the ordinary, according to those legends, it is very likely that a birth spirit will be born!
If his three strands of Primal Chaos Qi really metamorphose into a living being, it is not necessarily good or bad for him!
Even more how, Primal Chaos Qi San Wei is in his Soul World, as if something went wrong, Jiang Chen’s soul was the first to suffer!
And the soul is the root of everything. If something goes wrong with the soul, Jiang Chen estimates that people will be gone!
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Administrative medical assistants often fill out insurance forms or code patients' medical information. They often answer telephones and schedule patient appointments.
Clinical medical assistants have different duties, depending on the state where they work. They may do basic laboratory tests, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments. They may have additional responsibilities, such as instructing patients about medication or special diets, preparing patients for x rays, removing stitches, drawing blood, or changing dressings.
Some medical assistants specialize according to the type of medical office where they work. The following are examples of specialized medical assistants:
Ophthalmic medical assistants and optometric assistants help ophthalmologists and optometrists provide eye care. They show patients how to insert, remove, and care for contact lenses. Ophthalmic medical assistants also may help an ophthalmologist in surgery.
Podiatric medical assistants work closely with podiatrists (foot doctors). They may make castings of feet, expose and develop x rays, and help podiatrists in surgery.
Work Environment for Medical Assistants[About this section] [To Top]
Medical assistants hold about 725,200 jobs. The largest employers of medical assistants are as follows:
Offices of physicians 57%
Hospitals; state, local, and private 15%
Outpatient care centers 8%
Offices of chiropractors 4%
Medical Assistant Work Schedules
Most medical assistants work full time. Some work evenings, weekends, or holidays to cover shifts in medical facilities that are always open.
How to Become a Medical Assistant[About this section] [To Top]
Get the education you need: Find schools for Medical Assistants near you!
Most medical assistants have a postsecondary education award such as a certificate. Others enter the occupation with a high school diploma and learn through on-the-job training.
Education for Medical Assistants
Medical assistants typically graduate from postsecondary education programs. Although there are no formal educational requirements for becoming a medical assistant in most states, employers may prefer to hire assistants who have completed these programs.
Programs for medical assisting are available from community colleges, vocational schools, technical schools, and universities and take about 1 year to complete. These programs usually lead to a certificate or diploma. Some community colleges offer 2-year programs that lead to an associate's degree. All programs have classroom and laboratory portions that include lessons in anatomy and medical terminology.
Some medical assistants have a high school diploma or equivalent and learn their duties on the job. High school students interested in a career as a medical assistant should take courses in biology, chemistry, and anatomy, and possibly business and computers.
Important Qualities for Medical Assistants
Analytical skills. Medical assistants must be able to understand and follow medical charts and diagnoses. They may be required to code a patient's medical records for billing purposes.
Detail oriented. Medical assistants need to be precise when taking vital signs or recording patient information. Physicians and insurance companies rely on accurate records.
Interpersonal skills. Medical assistants need to be able to discuss patient information with other medical personnel, such as physicians. They often interact with patients who may be in pain or in distress, so they need to be able to act in a calm and professional manner.
Technical skills. Medical assistants should be able to use basic clinical instruments so they can take a patient's vital signs, such as heart rate and blood pressure.
Medical Assistant Training
Medical assistants who do not have postsecondary education certificates learn their skills through on-the-job training. Physicians or other medical assistants may teach a new assistant medical terminology, the names of the instruments, how to do daily tasks, how to interact with patients, and other tasks that help keep an office running smoothly. Medical assistants also learn how to code both paper and electronic health records (EHRs) and how to record patient information. It can take several months for an assistant to complete training, depending on the facility.
Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations for Medical Assistants
Medical assistants are not required to be certified in most states. However, employers may prefer to hire certified assistants.
Several organizations offer certification. An applicant must pass an exam and have taken one of several routes to be eligible for each certification. These routes include graduation from an accredited program and work experience, among others. In most cases, an applicant must be at least 18 years old before applying for certification.
The National Commission for Certifying Agencies, part of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence, accredits five certifications for medical assistants:
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) from the American Association of Medical Assistants
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) from American Medical Technologists
National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) from the National Center for Competency Testing
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) from the National Healthcareer Association
Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) from the National Healthcareer Association
Some states may require assistants to graduate from an accredited program, pass an exam, or both, in order to practice. Contact the state board of medicine for more information.
Advancement for Medical Assistants
With experience, medical assistants can specialize and move into leadership roles. With more education they may advance into other healthcare occupations such as registered nurse, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.
Medical Assistant Salaries[About this section] [More salary/earnings info] [To Top]
The median annual wage for medical assistants is $34,800. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $25,820, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $48,720.
The median annual wages for medical assistants in the top industries in which they work are as follows:
Outpatient care centers $36,810
Hospitals; state, local, and private $36,080
Offices of physicians $34,870
Offices of chiropractors $30,870
Job Outlook for Medical Assistants[About this section] [To Top]
Employment of medical assistants is projected to grow 19 percent over the next ten years, much faster than the average for all occupations. The growth of the aging baby-boom population will continue to increase demand for preventive medical services, which are often provided by physicians. As a result, physicians will hire more assistants to perform routine administrative and clinical duties, allowing the physicians to see more patients.
An increasing number of group practices, clinics, and other healthcare facilities will also need support workers, particularly medical assistants, to complete both administrative and clinical duties. Medical assistants work mostly in primary care, a steadily growing sector of the healthcare industry.
Job Prospects for Medical Assistants
Medical assistants are expected to have good job prospects; however, those who earn certification and have familiarity with electronic health records (EHRs) may have better job prospects.
Employment projections data for Medical Assistants, 2019-29
725,200 864,400 19 139,200
Careers Related to Medical Assistants[About this section] [To Top]
Dental assistants perform many tasks, ranging from providing patient care and taking x rays to recordkeeping and scheduling appointments. Their duties vary by state and by the dentists' offices where they work.
Dental hygienists clean teeth, examine patients for signs of oral diseases such as gingivitis, and provide other preventive dental care. They also educate patients on ways to improve and maintain good oral health.
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) provide basic nursing care. They work under the direction of registered nurses and doctors.
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
Medical records and health information technicians, commonly referred to as health information technicians, organize and manage health information data. They ensure that the information maintains its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper files and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients' medical and treatment histories.
Nursing Assistants and Orderlies
Nursing assistants, sometimes called nursing aides, help provide basic care for patients in hospitals and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. Orderlies transport patients and clean treatment areas.
Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
Occupational therapy assistants and aides help patients develop, recover, improve, as well as maintain the skills needed for daily living and working. Occupational therapy assistants are directly involved in providing therapy to patients; occupational therapy aides typically perform support activities. Both assistants and aides work under the direction of occupational therapists.
Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists dispense prescription medication to customers or health professionals.
Phlebotomists draw blood for tests, transfusions, research, or blood donations. Some explain their work to patients and provide assistance when patients have adverse reactions after their blood is drawn.
Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
Physical therapist assistants, sometimes called PTAs, and physical therapist aides work under the direction and supervision of physical therapists. They help patients who are recovering from injuries and illnesses regain movement and manage pain.
Psychiatric Technicians and Aides
Psychiatric technicians and aides care for people who have mental illness and developmental disabilities. Technicians typically provide therapeutic care and monitor their patients' conditions. Aides help patients in their daily activities and ensure a safe, clean environment.
More Medical Assistant Information[About this section] [To Top]
For more information about becoming a medical assistant, including information on certification, visit
American Association of Medical Assistants
American Medical Technologists
National Center for Competency Testing
National Healthcareer Association
Institute for Credentialing Excellence
American Optometric Association
American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
American Medical Certification Association
For lists of accredited educational programs in medical assisting, visit
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Medical Assistant Schools Directory
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Coyote Love
Category Archives: Spirit
by coyotelove | July 4, 2016 · 4:59 am
Take Me to Church! Help produce our new album!
Hi folks!
Coyote here to tell you that the composer’s residency at “The Church” has begun! I went up last Sunday eve and made good on my goal to make a children’s record the first week.
We are still crowd funding for the Coyote Love record being recorded this week! Please pre-order the CD and/or become an Associate Producer on the album by donating to the cause. We have already raised over $2600 thanks to our amazingly supportive extended coyote family! But we are still about $2400 short of our goal. Your donations can not only get you cool hand-made merch and producer credits on the album, but also access to works in progress as we go, and our daily videos and/or streams! Go to https://www.gofundme.com/CampCoyote2016 to pre-order and contribute!
Here’s a bonus! Just for reading this post, I’ll share with you the link to the works in progress for children’s album!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lfwu710niuya7d1/AAATkyKm_8xgoHPqwXvI5zmNa?dl=0
password: coyotepupsdonor
Plus here’s a video about my first day! For more videos about the trip become a contributor and share the LOVE! https://vimeo.com/173310162
The trip to the church was as inspiring as arriving was.
Hope you dig!
Coyotehank
Filed under Catskills, Coyote, Indie Bands, Music, Newsletter, Spirit
Tagged as Coyote Love
by coyotelove | February 28, 2016 · 8:14 pm
If you ever said “I wanna see you guys but I…”
If you are broke…it’s free!
If you don’t want to hear cover songs…it’s only songs by Coyote!
If you feel like you are too old…it’s an early show.
If you hate seeing bands in bars…it’s a Cultural Center with a swank auditorium and no alcohol is served.
If you don’t like to walk much…it’s about a block from a train with an elevator.
If you are a staunch republican…you should still come.
To the best of my knowledge, you only get one chance to play the Artists for Peace series at SGI’s NY Cultural Center; and we are the 100th act to put our positive energy out in to the universe by playing this show for these dynamic and enthusiastic chanting Buddhists. We totally want you to come hear it!
This show is ENTIRELY FREE, its on 15th St just off Union Square, and is at 7:30pm! If you’ve ever been like, “I totally want to see you play, but I just can’t do late nights…” or “I’m on the wagon, and you always play in places with alcohol…” then this show is for you. So come on down and share the love…the coyote love that is.
SGI’s NY Cultural Center. Possibly also the place where the X-Men live.
Tues March 1st
SGI’s NY Cultural Center
7 E. 15th St
New York, NY 10003 (between 5th Ave and Union Sq. West)
Peace and love to youwooowoooowoooooooooooooo
team coyote
Filed under Coyote, Indie Bands, Music, Spiriritual, Spirit
Tagged as Blues, Cari Cole, Clifford “Moonie” Pusey, Coyote Love, Dan Yeager, Free Music, Funk, Hank Coyote Wagner, harmony, indie rock, Jonathan Vergara, Kevin Harris, Moonie Pusey, New York City, NY Cultural Center, Pancake Studio, Rachel Grundy, Sergio Bustamante, SGI, SGI USA, Soul, Vanessa Cruz, Vinnie Presite
Coyote Love is the 100th Artist for Peace at SGI on 3/1
Any of you want to see a Coyote Love performance, early in the evening, downtown, in the most accessible location in Manhattan, in comfort, with great sound and where we only play coyote music, in a concert hall devoted to world peace and enlightenment…..FOR FREE?
We are so very proud to announce that on Tuesday March 1st, Coyote Love was chosen to play the 100th Artists for Peace Concert at SGI USA/NYC. (The NY Culture Center, 7 E. 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 – bet. 5th Avenue & Union Square West)
This to us is a high-point in a year of high-points. Both Rachel, and Kevin Harris (currently playing bass with us) are members of SGI, an empowering Buddhist organization, that I’ve only ever had great traffic with as well. And Rachel and Kevin are in good company, some of the most noteworthy artists, and movers and shakers you know of are also Buddhists associated with this lovely practice and the organization that represents it. That being said, the honor of being asked to play our original music, for anyone that wants to attend, for FREE ADMISSION, in their lovely hall in Union Square…was completely unexpected. See below!
(FORWARDED FROM SGI-USA/NY)
>On Tuesday, March 1st, at 7:30pm at the New York Culture Center, Artists for Peace will be presenting our 100th concert! We are so proud to present at this special event, a most exciting and dynamic band, Coyote Love!
Founded in 2009 with the release of their self-titled debut CD, white boy from the ghetto, turned city boy in the country, turned Coyote Man, Hank Coyote, joins forces with British multi-instrumentalist and singer, Rachel Grundy to bring lush harmony, energetic live performances and old school entertainment value to the front of the stage, backed by a funky, NYC-based horn and rhythm section, including music director and alto sax supremo Sergio Bustamante and former Steel Pulse lead guitarist Moonie Pusey. With a mission to make Music Every Day, Coyote Love is an army of positive vibes, music and passion.
You can learn more about Coyote Love and check out their music at www.coyotelovemusic.com.
Our e-flyer is attached to aid you in kindly promoting the event-thank you very much!
We sincerely hope that you and your friends will join us for a great evening!
Artists for Peace<
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Tagged as Blues, Clifford “Moonie” Pusey, Coyote Love, Dan Yeager, Funk, Hank Coyote Wagner, harmony, indie rock, Jonathan Vergara, Kevin Harris, Moonie Pusey, New York City, NY Culture Center, Pancake Studio, Rachel Grundy, Sergio Bustamante, SGI USA, Soul, Vanessa Cruz, Vinnie Presite
by coyotelove | October 21, 2015 · 5:03 pm
This Saturday at Inwood Gourmet
Hmmmmm can you smell the hot apple cider? It’s fall and my daughter has made her third jack ‘lantern. Picked out your favorite sweater yet? I sure have. This Coyote’s coat is getting longer and, outside, the leaves are a fallin’. Plus, our Rachel freakin’ loves the fall. She’s been living the “this is my cup o’tea” reality for weeks now. For all you “Fall is my favorite season” people, the next few shows are dedicated to you!
INWOOD GOURMET REDUX!
The weather was supposed to be horrid last time we wanted to support Inwood Gourmet with our acoustic, blues-based, funkrockin’ folk explosion. Joaquin was blowin’ and, while it didn’t rain as was forecast, it was cold as a well digger’s booty that day, so we postponed…until THIS SATURDAY! (Oct 24)
We’re going to play a few sets between 4 and 6pm. We’ll likely be in the store squeezed between the cheeses and the olive oils, so it will be tight….and EPIC!
mmmmmmmm…Cheese!
Lauren Skoulatos has a great thing going with her little Greek-flaired farm-to-table store. She’s got an ever-rotating selection of tasty local and imported cheeses, and breads and things, and she even sells sausages from Castkill Food Company! (That’s Jonah Shaw’s company, he’s the same dude who organizes the yearly “Taste of the Catskills Festival” that Rachel and I support so whole heartedly. We were just up there having a blast and eatin’ up a storm. I love how it all comes together.) Lauren also has the best coffee I’ve had in this neighborhood, and we have some very good coffee up here, so that’s not easy.
Come on up to Inwood Gourmet this Saturday. 4-6pm. The store is on Cooper Street (1/2 block West of Broadway) between 207th and Isham, about 1 minute walk from the 207th St A train. Let us serenade you while you sample some culinary delights!
Howwwwoooooooowoooooooo
Senior coyote
Filed under Coyote, Foodie, Music, Newsletter, Spirit
Tagged as 10034, Acoustic Music, Bues, Coyote Love, Farm-To-Table, Folk, Hank Coyote Wagner, indie, Inwood Gourmet, Inwood NYC, Lauren Skoulatos, Rachel Grundy, Rock, Uptown NYC
by coyotelove | September 29, 2015 · 12:14 pm
Keep it Small, Keep it Local, Keep it Healthy
While the electric band is on hiatus for a few more weeks, the next three acoustic shows are hitting the bull’s-eye, when if comes to our mission. We’ve always wanted our music to be a soundtrack for people who want to create a sustainable society. And these gigs, coming up, are all about serving local community efforts.
This Wed, Sept 30th we play our monthly 9pm acoustic set at Inwood Local. The plan is to pack the place! This little show has been lovely for us, and our community. In connection with it, we just had an amazing house concert at the home of Inwood resident, super-networker, and massage-therapist, Elizabeth Bower, to promote all things local in our neighborhood. Thanks Elizabeth! The food from our local restaurants and stores was amazing! And it was great to meet so many uptowners, and to learn about your lives. We’d love to see all of you there!
One of the wonderful business owners whose food we gleefully ate at the party was Lauren Skoulatos, from Inwood Gourmet. Having met Lauren at Elizabeth’s, I had an excuse to go and buy some of her amazing farm fresh cheeses, jams and one of the best iced-coffees I have ever tasted. While there, we decided to have a Coyote Love Acoustic show right out front of her door at 95 Cooper St, this Saturday, Oct 3 so that we can promote her store and our band! It’s about ½ a block from the Inwood Farmer’s Market (and basically behind Inwood Local, as well). We are playing from 11am-1pm so come and get your “foody” on while we serenade you for your positive choices in nutrition and music.
Finally, Oct 10th and 11th we’d like to invite anyone who can make it up to the Catskills, during this lovely fall season, to enjoy the sights, sounds, and farm-to-table delights of the “Taste of the Catskills” Festival in Delhi, NY. BIG shout out to promoter/musician Todd Russell, coordinator and local food merchant Johan Shaw, and to Jay and Abby Wilson of Maple Shade Farm for successfully organizing yet another festival that brings local food, beer, wine, crafts, fun, and music to all who attend!
Wed Sept 30th – Inwood Local – 9pm
Sat Oct 3 – Inwood Gourmet – 11am
Sat Oct 10 at 4pm and Sun Oct 11 at 1pm – Taste of the Catskills Fest 2015
Filed under Catskills, Coyote, Music, Newsletter, Spiriritual, Spirit, Uncategorized
by coyotelove | September 2, 2015 · 7:10 pm
What Bearsville, Kirk Bromley, and Donald Fagan have in common…
Bearsville (left), Woodstock (right) and the foot of Mount Guardian in the center.
I’m in Bearsville.
I love Bearsville.
Bearsville is the even artsier town, nestled in the little valley in the Catskills Mountains of New York, where Woodstock lives.
It is also where my heart lives. Where I became Coyote. Where I was a magic boy in the hills. I’m sitting at a tiny plaza on a river in between a group of restaurants called “The Bear”, “The Little Bear”, and “The Saloon”. The compound also houses The Woodstock Barn, and WDST-Woodstock Radio, in a separate building, once used by Todd Rundgren as his video studio.
WDST at night. The gorgeous vast wood building once housed Todd Rundgren’s Video studio.
All of this is about a mile from Bearsville Studios (some of my favorite music in the last 50 years recorded there), and about two miles from The Byrdcliffe Colony. The Byrdcliffe Colony was once an utopian colony where they made furniture and searched for American style Christian nirvana. Now it’s an arts colony that houses theater and writers and musicians. I saw The Fugs play in yet another awesome old structure on Byrdcliffe land (my fate as a granola eating, tree hugger was sealed that night). I have stayed there with my old theater company, and made art, and observed raccoons successfully busting into the theater at night. Further up that road is sophisticated rock God, Donald Fagan’s house, previously owned by Bob Dylan. This is on Mount Guardian. Up the mountain, on State land, but not far from Mr. Fagan and his neighbors on a little flat, level area in the woods in between but just far enough away from hiking trails…is the spot where I lived in a tent, not once, but twice, for entire summers, while I worked at “The Bear” and in the restaurant across the stone plaza that is now called The Saloon, where I sit now…having a nice glass of local whiskey, and some kale salad, and fries, served by adorable young waitresses, serenaded by crickets and post-millennial hippies with guitars.
The Woodstock Barn. I want one ,Mommy.
Here, working in the kitchen, in the 90’s, and sleeping at night on the mountain (getting coded, numeric love messages from my wife in my tent, on a beeper), I once cooked tuna and tofu for the singer, Jewel, and her band as they workshopped new music. About 20 years later I read a book by Lenedra Caroll, Jewel’s mom, that blew my mind, and is still doing so.
A fantastic book about new paradigms in business and financial sustainability that connect with world sustainability and the evolution of consciousness.
Ari, my friend and my band’s official arranger, is a maniacal fan of both Donald Fagan and Todd Rundgren. Cari Cole, my indie music entrepreneur mentor, who recommended Lenedra Caroll’s book to me, is also Donald Fagan’s vocal coach. She is also how I met Ari, who took the same course with her as I did.
Donald Fagan has the same taste in magic mountains and voice coaches as me. Go figure.
Sarah K. Lipman and Josh Spafford in the Inverse Theater postcard for “Midnight Brainwash Revival.” That I was cast as Coyote, a singing trickster of many guises…said a lot about who I was becoming.
On Mt. Guardian, I was howled at by a coyote, who sat 5 feet away from me, on a full moon night, my last night that I worked at this restaurant that I’m sitting at. I had a fire going, it was too big, I was too loud (high on 50 year old Anejo from my last night party thrown by my bosses at the restaurant) cracking logs on trees to break them. The coyote easily creeped up on my blind side, sat next to my bonfire, and howled what in human language amounts to “shut up asshole”. I can be an asshole, and often need to be told to shut up.
A few years later, my friend, playwright Kirk Bromley, later asked me to play the role of Coyote in his millennial play, Midnight Brainwash Revival. Kirk can be an asshole. I once told him to shut up.
It was in Kirk’s theater company, Inverse, that I met Rachel Grundy. She’s never an asshole, but sometimes tells me to shut up. We were friends long before I found out she played sax and could sing on key. I was starting to play my own tunes when I found this out about her. We’ve been friends and band mates ever since. Before that I was in a band with Christine Mascott. She was in Kirk’s first play at Todo Con Nada. We later did a rock opera about a guy on acid. This newsletter sounds like I’m on acid.
Panoramic view of The Saloon from the wood fire burning courtyard, complete with hippies busting out guitars after dinner.
I stopped here tonight almost by chance. I came up here to go to court in Shandaken, to refute a speeding ticket I got while driving home with Coyote Love, from a show in the area. So I had to drive back upstate to plead my case. Thankfully, my 71mph in a 55mph zone was reduced to a $75 parking ticket. The road through Bearsville holds great memories for me to drive down and I felt compelled to come see what they made of these restaurants and to grab a bite. I thought about all of these connections as I sat here. And there you go. This is why I believe in a spirit-that-moves-through-all-things. This is why I am coyote. This is why God spelled backwards is dog. HOWOOO
Filed under Catskills, Coyote, Music, Newsletter, Spirit
Tagged as Ari Shagal, Bearsville, Cari Cole, Coyote, Coyote Love, Donald Fagan, environmentalism, Gaia, Hank Coyote Wagner, Inverse Theater, Joshua Spafford, KIrk Bromley, Lenedra Caroll, Rachel Grundy, Sarah K. Lippman, The Fugs, Woodstock
Still to Come!
Terrifying and Thrilling
Why ‘Da Blues?
What does it take to….
New Album…just sayin’
Exhausted but Stoked!
Produce an Indie Album With Us
Next Sat May 7th, music and earth love!
Inwood Local, Sarah St. Grill, and “Camp Coyote”!
Coyote Love · Spirit-Infused, NYC style Rock & Soul
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Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder, BBL 2020-21, Fantasy Pick, team predictions
by Digital Galiyara January 6, 2021 January 7, 2021 00
Fantasy suggestions for Match No. 31 of BBL 2020-21
Jan 7: Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder, Perth
Pro Tip:After a couple of consecutive golden ducks, Alex Hales has been unstoppable with scores of 35, 71, 45 and 46. It is hard to look past him as a captain for this game.
Our XI: Usman Khawaja, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson, D’Arcy Short, Dawid Malan, Ben McDermott, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, Colin Ingram, Riley Meredith, Sandeep Lamichhane
Substitutes: Sam Billings, Nathan McAndrew, Tim David, Scott Boland.
Player availability: Keemo Paul will not be available for Hurricanes for the rest of the season due to injury.
We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant) updates, so please finalise your team after the toss
Captain: Alex Hales
The second-highest scorer in the BBL last season with 576 runs in 17 games, Hales carried that form to this season too. He has looked in brilliant touch so far scoring 243 runs in seven games at a strike rate of 176.08, 188 of those runs have come in boundaries, the most in the tournament.
Vice-captain: Dawid Malan
Malan, the No. 1-ranked T20I batsman, was the highest scorer for his side twice in his four games so far with scores of 39 (32) and 75 (56). Perth Stadium’s true pace and bounce is likely to assist his batting style. In 2020, he scored 397 runs in ten T20Is at an average of 49.62 and a strike rate of 142.29.
Callum Ferguson: The Thunder skipper has led from the front this season, scoring 243 runs in seven games, the joint-most for his side, with three 50-plus scores so far. He recorded his personal highest T20 score and the highest at Perth Stadium ever when he scored 113* off 53 balls in 2018 against Scorchers.
Ben McDermott: After a sub-par BBL season last year, where he scored only 265 runs in 15 games, McDermott has come extremely this season where he has already surpassed his last season’s tally in just six games. He has scored 277 runs at an average of 55.40 and a strike rate of 136.45. He is also among the top six-hitters with 15 sixes.
Daniel Sams: The 28-year-old allrounder, who recently made his T20I debut for Australia, has been in stunning form with both bat and ball for Thunder. He is the only player to score 100-plus runs and take 5-plus wickets in this edition of the tournament so far.
Differential Picks
Usman Khawaja: The stylish opener has not yet scored a fifty in seven attempts. However, he has shown signs of his class in knocks of 48(34) and 34(16) recently. He has recorded three 30-plus scores against Hurricanes in his last four innings.
Sandeep Lamichhane: Lamichhane has 29 BBL wickets in 23 games. The last time he played in Perth Stadium, he bowled a breath taking spell of 3-1-7-2 against Perth Scorchers.
Alternate Scenarios
Sam Billings or Tim David can replace Colin Ingram.
Riley Meredith and Scott Boland can be swapped.
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ICC to investigate the horrible episode of Sydney crowd abusing Mohammed Siraj & Jasprit Bumrah
by Digital Galiyara January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021 00
ICC set to investigate racial abuse matter concerning Bumrah and Siraj.
Siraj was targeted by the crowd on the fourth day as well.
The Day 3 of the ongoing third Test between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) witnessed an ugly moment as India’s bowling pair Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were racially abused by the crowd at SCG.
Post the serious claims by Indians, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to investigate the allegations of racial abuse.
After the stumps on Day 3, India’s stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane reported the matter to onfield umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson. Even, Siraj and Bumrah were spotted talking to Cricket Australia (CA) staff and security officials after the day’s play.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, the ground operator along with Venues NSW, are working with the ICC to track down the people responsible for the incident after staff positioned on one of the boundaries were also made aware of the abuse.
Moreover, the venue has access to over 800 security cameras around the ground. Due to COVID-19 regulations, they have details of all 10,075 spectators who walked through the gates to watch the battle between Australia and India.
Meanwhile, more than six members of the crowd were ejected from the stands in the SCG on the fourth day of the ongoing Test after concerns raised by the Indian team.
It was Siraj once again who raised the issue when play was stopped for a brief. The onfield umpires and security officials combined to take action and removed the concerned spectators before play resumed again.
Speaking about the match, Australia have set an imposing 407-run target for the visitors after declaring their second innings on 312/6 at tea on the fourth day.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne shined with the bat yet again for the home team. While Smith scored 81 off 167 balls, Labuschagne made 73 from 118 deliveries. All-rounder Chris Green also played a crucial knock of 84 runs.
For the tourists, Navdeep Saini and Ravichandran Ashwin picked up two wickets each. Burmah and Siraj bagged one wicket apiece.
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AFI – The Missing Man EP review
crowntimes / December 11, 2018
It is a seemingly rare feat in today’s music industry for a band to continuously reinvent themselves and in doing so, top their previous works. AFI is one of those rarities.
The quartet keep pushing the envelope and create work that is unique from their previous releases, yet sound so distinctly “AFI.” The Missing Man EP is no exception to this as it is one of their most sonically dynamic records to date.
Immediately Adam Carson’s punching drums fills the room with the EP’s opening track, “Trash Bat.” Expertly, the group uses sudden stops to drive this song’s momentum. Each instrument has its moment to shine during short and sweet verses before joining together to bring listeners a chorus that is classic AFI featuring a melodic chorus and the band’s signature gang vocals. Lead single “Get Dark” is another fast-paced track where Jade Puget’s guitar solo really makes this otherwise mediocre track (in comparison) shine. “Break Angels” is another uptempo song that exemplifies the new direction they are exploring. The synths add an ethereal element, which brings the listener to an otherworldly place that is enforced by Davey Havok words, “You are the light, I am the way.”
The Missing Man’s shining stars are “Back Into the Sun” and the EP’s title track. The former slows things down and keeps the simple, allowing for Havok’s vocal ability to shine through. His delivery adds to the poignant soundscape. While the latter, is truly what sets this EP apart from their previous works. Starting with an acoustic guitar and distorted vocals, it builds from there to eventually feature an emotionally haunting cello. It’s everything we didn’t know we needed in an AFI song.
Each song can stand on its own, yet when they are separated from each other, it becomes easier to pick out the weakest parts of the EP. However, The Missing Man EP as a whole blends seamlessly together to create an experience that allows longtime fans to be comforted by familiar past influences and also be enamored with their new direction. If this is just a taste of what’s to come during the band’s next era, old and new fans will be ravenous for AFI’s next chapter.
Recommended Tracks:
“Back Into the Sun”
“Missing Man”
Review by Leah Dickerman
December 11, 2018 in album reviews, new music, reviews. Tags: a fire inside, AFI, album reviews, ep, leah dickerman, music, new, new music, review, reviews, the missing man, the missing man ep
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HACKERS FREE PRISON INMATES USING BACKDOOR EXPLOIT
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Hackers were even able to program clothes onto escaping prisoners.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — More than one thousand inmates escaped from their prison cells across the United States Wednesday following the release of a volatile computer bug used mainly in the hijacking of nuclear weapons control systems.
Last week at Defcon, the hacker conference, a technological flaw in prison security software was discreetly showcased before a handful of onlookers, provided spectators promised not to say anything about it.
The massive breakout occurred just before 3 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Latest reports say 1,233 of the more than 5,000 prisoners awoke to their cell doors opening. Usually that means breakfast, but guards were nowhere to be seen. All but two fled and only seven were captured alive. Many were fatally wounded.
CITIZENS: LOCK YOUR DOORS. BE ADVISED: The cell blocks affected by Wednesday’s hack housed only inmates serving sentences in excess of 25 years. In other words, there are violent criminals roaming the streets of Southern California, as usual.
Convicted for armed robbery, loves Antisec.
These include more than 1,000 convicted murderers, rapists, gang members, blacks, and worst of all, Mexicans likely inhabiting the barren lawless California desert of San Quentin. If anyone in an orange numbered jumpsuit ask you for a ride, just say no, unless you think he looks legit.
San Quentin State Prison Warden Mike Martel said, “Sure, we might lose a few prisoners, but those .commies will fill their places. I fucking hate kids, and their damn computers. So when are we doing this interview?”
One prisoner who escaped by way of the hacked beta version of the hack-in-progress said he is grateful for the efforts put forth by anonymous computer hackers, “whatever the fuck that means.”
Many dozens of prisoners scrambled over top of each other just to get through the open doors. Video surveillance tapes played back scenes of utter chaos as a herd of inmates bottlenecked, taking gunfire at the open bay doors near the front of San Quentin State Prison.
Scooter McLintock, 39, is serving two life sentences for the 1997 rape and murder of his two elderly South Beach neighbors. McLintock – along with many others – opted to take their chances and bum rushed the open front doors to the prison, where outside, freedom awaited survivors.
“We was thinkin’: what if we jus all rush out dat door at once, ya know? The guards can shoot at us, but they can’t kill us all. They ain’t kill me. But I had this big colored man on top a me get shot an’ he was screamin’ like a lil’ bitch. Like a scared little bitch wit blood squirtin’ out his mouf an’ shit.”
Famous Unknown People
Last year, a cyber worm known as Stuxnet disabled Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, slowing or possibly crippling their once-thriving nuclear weapons program. The Stuxnet worm is still considered the most sophisticated cyberweapon ever made. It disabled the centrifuges by attacking a “programmable logic controller,” which is the same type of computer used, ironically, in America’s prisons.
Martel explained why they use such sophisticated, yet flawed technology in San Quentin’s holding facilities. “In America, prisoners are considered a commodity where prisons are privately operated. That’s why we treat them with the same level of protection as Iran treats its controversial nuclear program. Because we care. About money.”
David Blanche of Lebal Drocer Correctional Authority said the most recent outbreak is the largest in world history, and authorities are actively searching for someone to blame. Critics of hacker culture point at Defcon for condoning cybercrime, but “mainly because they are older, they still blame MTV.”
A group of unidentified and highly-skilled hackers – not to be mistaken with the club of misfits going by “Anonymous” – bought a programmable logic controller for testing purposes. Such computers are commercially available for less than $2,500.
Using this hyperrealistic computer simulation, hackers were able to determine the possible effects of remotely opening a prison door.
Within days of testing, hackers achieved success by way of a simulated attack on their own machines using their newly developed cyberbug.
Chronicle.SU editor and Anonymous insider Kilgore Trout abused his anonymous credentials and dug into their possible involvement. Once again, his skepticism proved itself.
You read it here, folks: Sabu has openly admitted to orchestrating the Antisec cybercrime of the century.
While talking with Sabu in a private IRC, Trout bragged about the completion of his latest cyberbug. Because all anons care about how cool people think their fake online identity is, Sabu’s inner anonfag came crawling out to bite the hook. He said, “That’s one hell of a bug, but guess who just released a bug into San Quentin State Prison?”
lol, #freetopiary
Sabu instructed Trout to “Keep it on the dl bro,” but the Chronicle.SU is not some pussy collective that respects the meaning of ‘off the record.’ “I’m not trying to get v&,” Sabu pleaded. But Trout said, “Tough shit.”
The bottomless compulsion to achieve notoriety based on a seemingly endless stream of pointless, shitty attacks caused many in the hacker community to doubt whether the world may ever again blame Anonymous for anything outside of ruining an online forum. But Sabu came through.
While anons and fanboys fapped mercilessly upon their prepubescent penises with thoughts running through their heads of meth lab informants being hunted down and killed after mass d0xing of police contacts, more people are now being raped and killed – this time because of criminals they helped free from prison.
The Final Solution
Prison guard Antonio Rueda, 43, responded with force to the security breach. He said they tried to preserve lives, but then were just like, fuck it. “Following the ineffective use of non-lethal bullets and pepper spray,” Rueda said, “we resorted to rifle fire and rape sticks. Still, some escaped and we’re really kicking ourselves for failing to run autoupdate on Windows XP Home Edition.”
After news of the breakout went public, prison technicians around the globe began looking into alternative security measures and solutions that couldn’t be so easily hacked.
“We’re going to take a look at our router settings, make sure NAT’s turned off. That’s probably the issue.”
This breaking coverage was brought to you graciously by your friends here at Lebal Drocer, Inc. We are pleased to announce the Grand Opening of our Megajail™ next week. It will feature brand new locking mechanisms designed using the latest in Iranian lockdown technology, operated directly by the mind of dead Lebal Drocer president, Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Megajail™ reminds you, once you’re in, you’re in. We own everything that matters, and now jails.
(disclaimer: Lebal Drocer, Inc., is not responsible for limbs lost by closing cell doors. The system is fully automated, as is our transcendental President’s brain, and the prisoners must learn to adhere to the times doors open and shut.)
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November 10, 2019 · 19:26
Bezos Asked Michael Bloomberg To Run
What Arrogance!
Jeff Bezos asked Michael Bloomberg to run for President in February. According to Vox:
Sometime after Amazon pulled the plug on plans for a New York City headquarters in February of this year, the city’s former mayor Mike Bloomberg received a call from a top company executive.
It wasn’t just any Amazon executive — it was Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder and CEO and the world’s richest man.
Bezos was calling with a question for his fellow billionaire and media mogul: Would Bloomberg consider entering the 2020 presidential race?
Bloomberg told Bezos no at the time, according to a person briefed on the phone conversation.
But he had a question of his own for Amazon’s CEO: Would Bezos reconsider his decision to cancel plans for an Amazon headquarters — dubbed HQ2 — in New York City? Bezos’s response matched Bloomberg’s — he wouldn’t.
Now Michael Bloomberg is running. As a Democrat. This is a perfect example of why voters are so cynical about politics. The Rich feel they’re entitled to buy control of the country if necessary. Bloomberg will self-fund his campaign, which puts all other Democratic candidates at a huge disadvantage.
His rationale for running is that Joe Biden’s campaign was struggling financially. Instead of putting his money behind Biden, the Mayor’s over-blown sense of self says the country needs him. We don’t.
Like Trump, Michael Bloomberg IS Wall Street
Michael Bloomberg, though a champion for certain Democratic causes, is no Democrat. His views on women and minorities are enough in themselves to reject him. Then there’s his defense of Wall Street’s business as usual. In September, Bloomberg Magazine boohooed the mere $23 million Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer David Solomon was paid last year. It seems his predecessor earned three times that much in 2007. In fact, they report:
Investment bankers had their pay reduced by about a third, with a mid-level banker now getting $600,000 to $950,000, Bell said. Compensation for managing directors has fallen roughly 30%, to an average of $1.5 million to $2 million.
Awww… at the same time the article states, and I quote, “…pay was never as significant for the [bank] branch staff, [You know- the “little people”] but it’s been holding up too, rising along with average wages.”
As Slate’s Matt Yglesias put it:
When the question is gigantic sodas, Bloomberg sees exploited marks and decides to rescue them from themselves. But when the question is financial products, Bloomberg sides with the con artists and says the marks are only suffering because they’re not smart enough.
Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Democratic race could blow everything up. If voters have to choose between two oversized egos, they may just keep the one we’ve got. Bernie voters probably won’t vote at all, making Bloomberg the spoiler, as he admitted.
The Mayor’s autocratic, my-way-or-the-highway, style, coupled with his disdain for women and minorities should make his candidacy a non-starter. Democrats need to stand up to this attempted hijacking of our primary.
WILL THEY?
Filed under 2020 Election, Banking regulation, Elections, Michael Bloomberg, Politics
Tagged as 2020 election, banking regulation, Campaigns, Michael Bloomberg, politics
January 20, 2015 · 18:57
Rick Santorum Makes a Despicable Play
Rick Santorum can’t sink much lower.
If you’re Rick Santorum, and you got your “Christian” ass kicked in your last attempt to become President, what do you do? Evidently, you put on some “blue collar” type clothes (to hide the fact that you’re a millionaire) and start whipping up the Republican base about “those immigrants”.
Not the undocumented folks that your party usually denigrates, oh no, you’re going to get the angry white guys to start hating on legal immigrants, too. It’s a despicable ploy and Santorum should be ashamed of himself:
Rick Santorum claims to be a Catholic, yet he sinks so low as to literally create another avenue of hate for the hateful, with a bald-faced lie:
Since 2000 there have been a little over six million net new jobs created. What percentage of those net new jobs are held by people not born in this country? Half? Sixty? All of them.
Santorum’s statement comes from a report by the Center for Immigration Studies, a not-so-pro-immigration group:
…who’s Senior Policy Analyst Stephen Steinlight told the Inter Press Service News Agency in 2005 that immigration threatens “the American people as a whole and the future of Western civilization.” –SPLC
Here are a few of the report’s errors, courtesy of PunditFact:
First, that study focused on workers between 16 and 65 years old. In a footnote, the authors acknowledge that the results would look quite different if they had included older workers.
The center’s study also noted that the time period you pick will change what the data show. The report said, “Since the jobs recovery began in 2010, 43 percent of employment growth has gone to immigrants.” That, obviously, is much less than “all” of the new jobs.
…the study lumped legal and illegal immigrants together.
[it] …is correct that foreign-born workers, both citizens and noncitizens, do disproportionately well in the job market. But the actual numbers fall well short of the 100 percent…”All” is an overstatement.
One of Pope Francis’ messages in the church’s 2014 “World Day of Migrants and Refugees” declared:
“Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.”
Would Rick Santorum change his statement if he were shown its inaccuracy, probably not. His anti-immigrant stance is a cornerstone of conservative politics. I’m not sure his campaign can stoop any lower this in the future, but nothing would surprise me.
He couldn’t win as a religious zealot, so now he’s re-invented himself as a “blue collar” kinda guy; thing is, he’s never had a blue collar job in his life. Rick wants to be President, and he’ll say and do whatever it takes to get his party’s nomination.
cross-posted@ All Things Democrat
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November 3, 2014 · 15:55
I’m Sick Of Spineless Democrats
I’m pretty damned sick and tired of spineless Democrats refusing to stand up for this President’s policies, most of them policies that the Democratic Party is all about. What they should have been doing is touting the President’s record and educating voters on the current state of the economy. They could have made the point that he did it in spite of six years of obstruction by Republicans. From the Boston Globe:
Since January 2013, the economy has improved significantly. All the dire predictions made by Republicans in 2012 have been refuted. A jobless recovery? The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.9 percent in January 2013 to 6.2 percent today. A health care disaster? The number of uninsured adults has plunged by 25 percent, thanks to Obamacare. Spiraling health-care costs? The years that Obama has been in office have seen the lowest rates of increase in a generation. Out-of-control deficits? A 2014 deficit of $514 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — almost half what it was during the 2012 campaign. As a percentage of GDP, the deficit is about the average of where it’s been the last 40 years.
Instead of spending their super PAC money to take down individual Republican candidates, the national Democrats should be aggressively countering the view that Obama’s policies have left him, and the nation, at a difficult crossroads. The nation’s vital signs are better today than in 2012, and the political climate for the party in power should be, too. If he wants to continue and expand policies that are working, Obama — the most diffident of political crusaders — must first persuade voters to give him some credit.
But they’re not, they’re campaigning with their tails between their legs, doing anything to distance themselves from this President. It’s despicable.
Vote For Me, I Shoot Guns
Case in point, Alison Lundergan Grimes as reported by Politico:
Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes uses a shotgun in her new campaign commercial to distance herself from Barack Obama.
The 35-year-old is shown skeet shooting in Mark Putnam’s newest spot for her campaign against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“I’m not Barack Obama,” she says firmly. “I disagree with him on guns, coal and the EPA.”
Here’s a report on guns and the President from Huff Po:
The president said he respects gun rights, but he lamented the fact that even a modest bill to expand background checks failed to pass in the Senate last year. That legislation, which would have required universal background checks for all gun purchases, fell victim to a GOP-led filibuster amid intense pressure from the National Rifle Association.
“Most members of Congress are terrified of the NRA,” Obama said. “The only thing that is going to change is public opinion. If public opinion does not demand change in Congress, it will not change.”
Lundergan-Grimes never says exactly what she disagrees with on gun policy. Does she mean expanding background checks, something 92% of voters support, including 92% of gun owners and 86% of Republicans? And the coal thing – according to Industry analysts in a Business Week report:
…let’s go to industry analysts helpfully assembled by Bloomberg News’ Mario Parker in a June 3 dispatch that deserves close attention in Washington and around the nation.
Under the Obama plan, coal still will be used to generate 30 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030, down from 39 percent in 2013, according to the EPA. “While it stifles increases in demand,” Parker notes, the Obama plan “isn’t fatal” to the coal industry or to that portion of the utility business that burns coal. In fact, he adds:
Utilities are seen by analysts as boosting consumption of the fuel at their most efficient plants to ensure power-grid reliability. “If anything, it’s a little bit better than expected,” Jeremy Sussman, an analyst at Clarkson Capital Markets in New York, said yesterday by phone. “There’s no change to coal burn for at least the next six or seven years and that’s not talking about legislation or any litigation that will come from this.”
Lundergan-Grimes actually sounds like a Republican on her campaign site’s issues page:
Washington’s regulatory barriers and burdensome taxes threaten this critical development in Kentucky.
My God, that’s straight from the GOP playbook. In a bizarre dichotomy, she both promises to protect the coal industry, while claiming she’ll help those suffering from Black Lung:
I would also support the pending Black Lung Health Improvement Act sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
Among other provisions, the bill would make it easier for coal miners to apply for and collect black lung benefits, provide more accessible legal representation for coal miners during the black-lung claims process, and create grants for research into black lung.
I can pretty much state, with no research at all, that mining coal causes Black Lung; at least she wants to help miners die easier. How about helping them not get it in the first place? As one coal miner’s grandson wrote:
Black lung disease contributed to 3,007 Kentucky miner deaths from 1972-1994. One in 10 Kentuckians has asthma, which is exacerbated by air pollution and 574,000 acres of Kentucky have been strip-mined.
We must [use] common sense, like EPA’s Clean Power Plan, as well as government incentives for renewable energy like those fossil fuels have always enjoyed. That could provide Kentucky 28,000 renewable energy jobs in 10 years – twice the number of its coal jobs.
Too bad he’s not running.
Barack Who?
Here’s Bill Maher’s take on the Democratic cowards via Politicususa:
It didn’t have to be this way. If Democratic candidates would just stop throwing their own people and achievements under the bus and distancing themselves from their own president. That is never a winning strategy. Just ask President Al Gore. Clay Aiken, who’s running in Congress in North Carolina, recently said about the president, “I have nothing to do with him, and I can find several areas where I disagree.” Okay, but come Wednesday, Obama will still have a job whereas I don’t know what Clay will be doing, but I assume it involves a cruise ship and a cover of Copacabana.
But the one I feel bad for is Obama. Sixty-three straight months of economic expansion. A depression averted. A deficit reduced by two thirds. A health care law that’s working and lowering costs. Two women on the Supreme Court. Bin Laden’s dead. The stock market at record heights. An unemployment rate that dropped from 10.2 to 5.9. If you’re a Fox News viewer trying to do the math, that’s less. Gas prices are down.
Is it really that hard of a record to get behind?… The Democrats have three Senate candidates who won’t even admit to having voted for Obama.
Kentucky’s Alison Grimes was an Obama delegate. How do you explain that? Uh, hey, that’s why they call it a convention. I was drunk. It’s like if someone asks do you have sex with your husband? And you replied, I’d rather not say. But I will say that when my husband does want to have sex, I often disagree. I mean, c’mon Democrats. You gave people healthcare, not herpes. Own it. Instead of chasing polls, move them.
Absolutely right.
Benedict Arnolds
The biggest turncoats are those campaigning in southern Red States who, if they had any brains, would have made an issue of how the conservative legislatures in those states have failed the working class voter. As I pointed out in a post for All Things Democrat, southern states are failing in practically every measurable category, except of course, tax breaks for the wealthy.
Instead we have spineless Democrats like Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, West Virginia Senate candidate Natalie Tennant, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. These candidates have campaigned with Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, but distanced themselves from the President. They could have made the case that his policies are actually working, that historically, Democratic policies have been far more successful than Republicans’; instead, they threw the President under the bus.
I don’t expect these candidates to agree with every Obama policy, the Democratic Party is not a mindless goose-stepping party like the Republicans. I do expect them to give him credit where it’s due. Cowardly Democrats disgust me.
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Do You Like Your Chicken Extra CRISPR?
Home Bonvie Blog Do You Like Your Chicken Extra CRISPR?
By Linda Bonvie Bonvie Blog October 20, 2020
Last month I wrote about some scary new changes that the poultry industry is fighting hard to bring about. Industry is hoping to ditch a long-standing USDA regulation that mandates any chickens with lesions discovered during processing must be “condemned” and not sent forth into the food supply.
Those lesions, or tumors, which can appear internally or on the skin of a bird (and, according to some experts are not merely cosmetic, but systemic as well), are tell-tale signs of a devastating and deadly retrovirus called avian leukosis. Current USDA rules require that such diseased birds are not fit for consumption and must be disposed of.
Enter the National Chicken Council (NCC), which believes that such rules are ridiculous, a waste of good food and an unnecessary delay in processing time. Oh, and avian leukosis isn’t really a problem in the poultry industry anymore, but… should a chicken have the disease, it’s fine and dandy to just cut any tumors off and send the bird down the line. Apparently the NCC wants consumers to have a choice over which selling point they feel most comfortable sitting down to dinner with.
But here’s where things get really interesting: While the NCC claims that avian leukosis is basically nonexistent these days, scientists have been scrambling to genetically “fix” chickens so that they are no longer susceptible to the disease.
Utilizing the controversial, powerful, and highly sophisticated genetic editing method known as CRISPR, researchers first attempted to alter “primordial germ cells” from chickens, inserting those altered cells back into chick embryos. That was in 2016, and the method failed more often than it succeeded.
Chicken in formaldehyde
But Jiri Hejnar, group leader at the laboratory of viral and cellular genetics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, thinks he may have cracked the egg problem.
Three years ago Hejnar (who is quoted as saying that avian leukosis is a problem for poultry farmers around the world) took those altered germ cells and used them to restore fertility in previously sterilized young roosters (called cockerels), which enabled him to create a cockerel that hatches with a specific gene deleted. That, Hejnar claims, has allowed him to produce a flock of genetically modified “white leghorn chickens” that are immune to avian leukosis.
Now, CRISPR, aside from its remarkable potential to cure humans of genetic diseases, comes with a lot of unknown risks. As biotech expert Dr. Greg Licholai told Yale Insights recently “we think we know what we’re doing…but there’s always the possibility that either we miss something or our technology can’t pick up on other (inadvertent) changes that have been made.”
What kind of uh-oh changes is the doctor referring to? Uncontrollable mutations that could create “incurable disease(s)” or even antibiotic resistance, for starters. Then there’s the issue that it’s reasonable to presume these genetically modified chickens will at some point send their manipulated genes forth to the rest of the poultry world, making a “normal” chicken or turkey or any other fowl a thing of the past.
But knowing if your eggs or drumsticks came from a GM chicken or not (should Hejnar’s fowl go forth in farming) will prove to be even more difficult than determining the GMO status of wheat, corn or any other bioengineered or cross-contaminated foodstuffs.
The Mushroom Chronicles
Another application of CRISPR technology is in crop cultivation. China is working on manipulating rice, the EU is attempting to create wheat with no gluten, and the U.S. is hard at work making CRISPR-modified cacao and oranges. And those are the advanced examples; dozens more from coffee to watermelon are in the works.
Then there are mushrooms — white button mushrooms, to be precise.
Several years ago, Dr. Yinong Yang, a plant pathologist at Pennsylvania State University, used CRISPR to create a white button mushroom that is resistant to bruising and browning. Since Yang’s “frankenfungi,” as it’s been called, were created by deleting genes in the mushroom that produce a browning enzyme – rather than inserting a “foreign” gene, virus or bacteria – it easily zipped by any regulatory scrutiny. In fact, four years ago the USDA announced that it had no intention of regulating the cultivation or sale of Yang’s fungi, which can take its place in the supermarket alongside any other mushroom, no labeling required.
At the time, plant biologists in China applauded the USDA’s sidestep, saying they are “confident” many more crops will fall “outside of regulatory authority.”
And be it fowl or fungi, that seems to be the end goal.
As far as avian leukosis goes, the chicken council is eagerly awaiting the publication of its cancer chicken rule in the Federal Register, at which point consumers and industry alike will be able to comment. We’ll know more next month when the fall agenda is issued.
But be it trimming tumors off the birds or hatching genetically modified ones that may be immune, it sure seems as if avian leukosis is a far bigger issue than industry would like us to believe.
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Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health: Phase Two
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On June 3, I gave an update on the second roll-out of bills associated with the Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health. At the time, I did not have the bill numbers associated with each of these new bills nor did I have the information on where they were sent to. Now I do. Here’s that information.
Curbing Political Interference in Providers’ Medical Decisions:
H.B. 2303 will soon be introduced by Rep. Dan Frankel (D—Allegheny) to protect the doctor-patient relationship from directives to practice care in a manner that is not in accordance with standards of care. Senator Mike Stack (D—Philadelphia) has agreed to introduce the Senate version of this bill
Identifying gaps in health care for women veterans:
S.R. 262 has been introduced by Senator LeAnna Washington (D—Philadelphia and Montgomery) establishing a 17-member Task Force on Women Veterans’ Health Care that will study health care issues unique to women veterans, along with the quality of and access to care for women veterans. It is currently in the Senate VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Committee. The House version is sponsored by Representatives Pam DeLissio (D—Philadelphia an Montgomery) and Kevin Schreiber (D-York); their co-sponsorship memo is currently being circulated, but no bill number has yet been assigned.
Fighting deep poverty among women with children:
There are three different bills designed to address this issue.
S.R. 62 has been introduced by Senator Chuck McIIhinney (R—Bucks). This resolution “directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) to study approaches to family work support programs which will increase income, keep families working and mitigate the circumstance referred to as the cliff effect. This effect occurs when working parents receive a minor increase in their income that makes them ineligible for various programs that allow them to work such as child care assistance, transportation, food stamps and free and reduced school lunches. The phenomenon often creates disincentives for poor families to achieve self-sufficiency.” It was sent to the Senate Aging and Youth Committee for review. On June 10, this committee unanimously voted in support of the bill and the bill is now waiting for the next review by the full Senate.
H.B. 2305 will soon be introduced by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D—Montgomery). It will increase the monthly Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits for women in need. This bill will increase the maximum TANF grant amount to 50% of the Federal Poverty Level and would allow annual adjustments to be made based on revisions to this index of poverty.
H.B. 2306 will soon be introduced by Rep. Michelle Brownlee (D—Philadelphia). It will increase in the TANF Earned Income Disregard from 50% to 75% to encourage individuals to work by acknowledging that working families have unique expenses that take up a large percentage of their take home pay. This increase would help offset the additional taxes, transportation, clothing, and child care co-pays associate with working. The current disregard level is not enough to offset these additional costs. A Senate version to be introduced by Senator Judy Schwank (D—Berks) is circulating a co-sponsorship memo to introduce this same legislation in the Senate; a bill number has yet to be assigned.
Ensuring widows of state and municipal employees get fair pensions:
There are two different bills designed to address this issue. These bills require that a public employee select a retirement plan payment structure that provides no less than a fifty percent (50%) survivor annuity to the employee’s surviving spouse. These bills would bring spouses of public employees the same survivor protections that all other employees currently have. This is necessary since the federal Retirement Equity Act of 1984 does not cover employees of the state, local municipalities, or public schools. These bills mirror the spousal protections provided in federal law. Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D—Bucks) is circulating the co-sponsorship memo in the House for H.B. 2307 and H.B.2308. Senator Vincent Hughes (D—Montgomery and Philadelphia) is circulating the co-sponsorship memo in the Senate to introduce similar legislation in the chamber.
Protecting all employees against sexual harassment:
H.B. 2300 has been introduced by Rep. Michael Schlossberg (D-LeHigh) to amend the PA Human Relations Act to extend the prohibition on sexual harassment to all employers in the state. Currently law only affects employers with four or more employees. This bill is currently in the House LABOR AND INDUSTRY Committee.
Taking Action on the PA Agenda for Women’s Health
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And FYI, my local chapter of the National Organization for Women — Ni-Ta-Nee NOW — will be circulating a petition in support of this Agenda at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, PA on July 10-12, 2014. Our table will be located in front of Freeze Thaw Cycles, 109 S Allen St, State College, PA 16801 from 10 am to 8 pm each day. Please drop by, learn more about this Agenda, sign the petition, register to vote, and join NOW.
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Pennsylvania for Women’s Health Agenda Update
Last September, a bicameral, bipartisan caucus was created in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to review, discuss, and propose legislation to improve the health of women in the Commonwealth by addressing the genuine needs and concerns of women in the state. The Pennsylvania Agenda for Women’s Health was created as a comprehensive plan to address the real-life stories and concerns of women in terms of protecting and expanding women’s reproductive health, improving women’s economic security, and improving safety in their lives.
The First Set of Bills
On December 11, the first five bills were presented and introduced into both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The first set of bills addressed a variety of concerns for women by:
Making sure that women receive pregnancy accommodations in their workplace;
Creating a 15-foot buffer zone around entrances to health to make sure women seeking reproductive healthcare are able to access it in an orderly and safe manner;
Addressing “pay secrecy” and the “factor other than sex” loophole will help to end practices that have enabled employers to pay women less than men for the same work;
Expanding access to cervical cancer treatment. This bill is a state Pay Equity bill similar to the federal Paycheck Fairness Act;
Eliminating local ordinances that penalize landlords and/or tenants who call the police or emergency services “too frequently;” and
Outlawing “revenge porn,” a form of digital intimate-partner violence.
Of the first six set of bills, four have had some movement since my first detailed look at the bills on January 22.
Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act
The House version of the Pennsylvania Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (HB 1892) was formally introduced and referred to the House Labor and Industry Committee where it is still awaiting a hearing. The companion Senate bill (SB 1209) was introduced on March 31 and was referred to the Senate Labor and Industry Committee; it too is awaiting its first hearing.
The Pay Equity Bill basically hasn’t moved since being introduced. The House version (HB 1890) was introduced and referred to House Labor and Industry Committee on February 19. The Senate version (SB 1209) was introduced and referred to Senate Labor and Industry Committee on March 31; it has not moved since its introduction. However, the House sponsors of HB 1890 have filed a “Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration.” This was filed on April 7. This type of resolution is a rarely used tactic to force debate on a bill when the chair of the committee the bill is assigned to refuses to hold hearings on the bill. We are now waiting to see how the full House will respond to this resolution.
The bill protecting victims of crime by eliminating local ordinances that penalize landlords and/or tenants who call the police or emergency services “too frequently” (HB 1796) was introduced on October 22. After its introduction, the House Local Government Committee amended the bill to clarify that bill only applies to cases that involve victims of violence, abuse, or “individuals in an emergency” if the person making the call had a reasonable belief that police intervention or emergency assistance was needed. It unanimously passed House January 14, 2014. It was then referred to Senate Local Government Committee. January 21, 2014. Unfortunately, on March 11 the Senate Local Government Committee was tacked on an ALEC bill as an amendment, turning this good bill into a bad bill. This local ordinance sick-leave preemption bill undermines the safety of domestic violence victims. Under the amendment, local governments would lose their authority to require employers to offer paid or unpaid leave to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Leave from employment is often critical to a victim’s survival in both the short- and long-term. This amendment adds another purpose and intent to HB 1796 that conflicts with its original commitment to protect victims. Advocates, including but not limited to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Women’s Law Project, and Pennsylvania NOW, are urging the legislature to support the version of HB 1796 that was passed by the House of Representatives and to remove the problematic language that was adopted in Senate Local Government Committee. We still support the portion of HB 1796 that would eliminate local nuisance ordinances that penalize a victim for seeking help from emergency services. As a result of our subsequent lobbying to remove this amendment, the Senate has temporarily tabled the bill.
Revenge Porn Prohibition
The “Revenge Porn” bill is the most successful of this first round of bills. The Senate version (SB 1167) was amended in Senate Judiciary Committee January 14, 2014 and sent to the floor for 1st consideration. It unanimously passed the Senate on January 28, 2014 and is now residing in the House Judiciary Committee alongside HB 1901.
The Second Set of Bills
Today, the Women’s Health Agenda Caucus announced the second package of bills to be introduced. They include five bills intended to:
Curb political interference in providers’ medical decisions. This bill protects the doctor-patient relationship from directives to practice care in a manner that is not in accordance with standards of care;
Identify gaps in health care for women veterans by establishing the Task Force on Women Veterans’ Health Care to study health issues facing women veterans;
Fight deep poverty among women with children. This bill Includes a study of family work support programs in the Commonwealth, increases the monthly Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits for women in need; and increases in the TANF Earned Income Disregard;
Ensure that widows of state and municipal employees get fair pensions by requiring public employees to obtain spousal consent for benefit payment structures that do not provide at least a 50% survivor benefit; and
Protect all employees against sexual harassment by extending the prohibition on sexual harassment to all employers in the state.
Pennsylvania NOW is one of the organizations supporting this full agenda to improve women’s health. I am their lobbyist. At the press conference this morning, I handed out our statement of support. In that statement, I supported each of these bills, saying, “It’s high time that doctors were supported in their right to refuse to provide medically inaccurate information. The increases to TANF cash assistance grant levels and the eligibility asset limit will encourage saving and financial independence. We’re also glad to see sexual harassment protections extended to all workers, and see that female veteran’s health concerns finally get the attention it deserves.”
As advocates for women’s health and equity we are pleased to see the legislature taking a pro-active stance to help improve the lives of women here in Pennsylvania. As Caryn Hunt said in the Pennsylvania NOW press release, ““The women of Pennsylvania need – and now finally have – champions in the legislature who recognize that government must work for all of the people, women included.” We are pleased and “strongly support this Agenda that puts the health and well-being of women and their families first.”
(note: The bill numbers associated with each of these bills will be announced on this blog as soon as I know what they are or will be.)
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Pennsylvania’s Proposed Women’s Health Agenda
Kate Michelman discussing strategy with women’s health care advocates and members of the General Assembly Health Care Agenda Caucus.
Yesterday (Monday, September 30, 2013), I attended a two-hour meeting with Pennsylvania’s House and Senate members of the joint Women’s Health Agenda Caucus led by Representative Dan Frankel of Pittsburgh. Some of the advocacy groups attending the meeting included the Women’s Law Project (WLP), Women Vote PA, and members of the Pennsylvanians for Choice coalition including Pennsylvania NOW whom I represented.
For a very long time Pennsylvania has focused on restricting women’s access to abortion services – currently accounting for over 1270 pages of legislation and regulations in the state. This wrong-headed approach to health assumes that women’s sole need is to protect them from safe, legal access to decent abortion care services. In other words, the state has wrong-headedly been crafting laws and regulations to deny access to abortion, sending more and more women to the back alleys similar to the Gosnell clinic and ignoring the broader issues of women’s health equity.
Women’s concerns about their health are broadly based in bias based on gender. Terry L. Fromson, Amal Bass, Carol E. Tracy, Susan Frietsche of the Women’s Law Project created a report entitled Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania’s Women in 2012. The WLP is Pennsylvania’s feminist legal organization that engages in litigation, advocacy, and education to ensure women’s equality and treatment in Pennsylvania. This report set the context for yesterday’s meeting. The WLP framed the health care agenda as follows in this report and in the meeting this morning:
The legal and social status of American women has changed dramatically in the last fifty years. Half a century ago, it was legal to segregate jobs by sex, to refuse to hire or promote on the basis of a person’s sex, to fire women who became pregnant, and to limit the number of women admitted to professional schools such as law and medicine. Sexual and domestic violence were hidden from public view and public policy. Abortion was illegal and the birth control pill was not yet on the market. Today, women have taken their place in the working world and educational opportunities for women have expanded exponentially. Sexual and domestic violence are recognized as crimes and some resources are available to its victims. Abortion is legal and birth control is available.
Despite these advances, deeply embedded cultural biases and stereotypes about women’s place in society continue to impede women’s equal participation in society. In our homes and communities women are subjected to violence, poverty, and the burden of care taking responsibilities. In the workplace, women are paid less than men for the same work, remain concentrated in stereotypically female low-paying occupations, are subjected to sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and care giving, and are denied advancement to managerial and higher paying positions. In school, young women are denied their fair share of sports opportunities and are sexually harassed and violated. Women are denied essential reproductive health care and subjected to discrimination in access to insurance coverage. Women pay more than men for the same coverage, and pregnancy is a preexisting condition that often denies pregnant women access to insurance coverage and therefore maternity care. Access to abortion has been limited by burdensome legislative requirements, and providers and patients have been terrorized by an increasingly violent opposition. Attacks on access to contraceptive services have grown.
While many laws have been adopted to eliminate sex discrimination at work and at school, gaps persist that must be filled and enforcement needs to be strengthened. This is particularly true in Pennsylvania. While some Pennsylvania cities have outlawed employment discrimination on the basis of care-giving responsibilities and provide other accommodations for women who work, the Pennsylvania legislature has failed to adopt a statewide prohibition on discrimination on the basis of caregiver status or to provide family leave for caregivers. In Pennsylvania, the law permits insurers to price the cost of health insurance higher for women than for men, resulting in women paying more for individual health insurance policies and small employers paying more for health insurance for a predominantly female workforce. Pennsylvania’s sexual assault laws have for the most part eliminated discriminatory provisions, but the myths and stereotypes that continue to infect the criminal justice system hinder the investigation and prosecution of these crimes. The health care perspective on domestic violence and sexual assault is far too limited. Sexual assault is treated as a health care matter primarily in the immediate aftermath of a rape, even though the physical and emotional health consequences can be long lasting. Although a number of health care providers recognize that domestic violence is also a health issue, screening for domestic violence in health care settings is not universal. Poverty, which disproportionately impacts women, exacerbates the impact of sex bias in all of these realms….
Pennsylvania, with 6.5 million women, has consistently been found deficient in national studies on women’s health care measures. In their 2010 health report card, the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health & Science University placed Pennsylvania 32 among the 50 states and graded it unsatisfactory with respect to the status of women’s health….
To alleviate women’s health problems, it is necessary to eliminate adverse experiences — discrimination and bias — early in life and throughout life — and to improve access to health care, with an emphasis on care essential to women (pp. x-xii).
Representative Frankel heard this call to refocus the legislature from attacking women’s reproductive health to focusing — just like New York state’s “10 Point Plan for Women’s Equality” — on redirecting legislation in the General Assembly towards a women’s health equity agenda. So yesterday, almost 20 legislators from both houses attended a meeting with advocates seeking to improve women’s lives and health through a broad review and revision of Pennsylvania law. The agenda covers reproductive health, women’s economic security, and women’s safety.
The ideas for change come from real-life stories of women in the state. Calls to service agencies. Cries for help on hot lines. Requests for advocacy. And of course lots of research to back up the anecdotal stories. The 24 suggested changes to Pennsylvania law that were presented are in areas where either no legislation has been introduced or where legislation to improve the bias are lagging or need to be revisited. We, as advocates, understand that there are other areas of concern, but believe these health care agenda items are a good start.
Some of these ideas are conceptual at this point. Some have some preliminary model wording for new legislation, and some are already in the works. Here’s the agenda:
Protect and Expand Women’s Reproductive Health Rights
Pregnancy Accommodations: Require employers to provide accommodations to pregnant employees with temporary pregnancy-related conditions to allow workers to remain employed throughout their pregnancies while imposing minimal burdens on employers.
Support for Breastfeeding Mothers in the Workplace: Require all employers to provide compensated break time and a private, sanitary (not a bathroom) for all employees who need to express milk.
Buffer Zones: Enact a statewide reproductive health care clinic buffer zone statute to protect safe access to essential health care.
Inmate Shackling: Strengthen pregnant inmate shackling law (Act 45 of 2010) to cover the entire pregnancy and a reasonable post-partum period for mother-child bonding and to eliminate the tasering of any woman known to be pregnant.
Medical Professional Conscientious Right to Refuse to Deliver Medically Inaccurate Information: Protect physician-patient relationships from political intrusion.
Improve Women’s Economic Security
TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Grant Amount: Increase TANF cash assistance grant levels.
TANF Asset Limit: Increase the TANF eligibility asset limit to encourage saving and financial independence.
Earned Income Disregard: Increase the earned income disregard and apply it to applicants as well as recipients. FYI, the earned income disregard allows very-low income workers to continue receiving TANF, food stamps, and Medicaid if they make 50% or less of the poverty level. This proposed legislation would raise this “disregard” level to 75% and would apply to applicants as well as recipients.
Childcare Works Waiting List: Eliminate the childcare works waiting list.
TANF Pre-Application Job Search: Eliminate or modify the TANF pre-application job search requirements.
Minimum Wage: Increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00/hour.
Gender Wage Gap: Strengthen Pennsylvania law to eliminate the 24% gender wage gap by prohibiting retaliation against employees for discussing wages (“pay secrecy”) and closing the “factor other than sex” defense to apply only to bona fide business-related factors.
Family Responsibilities Employment Discrimination: Prohibit family responsibilities discrimination in employment by amending the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to prohibit family status discrimination in employment pursuant to an expanded definition of familial status to encompass the true scope of familial responsibilities shouldered by employees.
Paid Family and Sick Leave: Require all employers to provide employees with paid family and sick leave
Spousal Pension Benefits: Require spousal consent when a retiring state employee chooses how his or her pension benefits should be paid consistent with federal law protecting each spouse from his or her spouse’s selection of a pension benefit in all privately-sponsored pension plans and laws adopted by other states.
Domestic Worker Protection: Amend Pennsylvania anti-discrimination laws to provide domestic workers protection from employment discrimination
Sexual Harassment: Extend the prohibition on sexual harassment in employment to all employers, even small employers.
Protect Women’s Personal Safety
Paid Leave for Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking Victims: Require employers to provide paid leave to obtain assistance for and pursue legal protection against domestic and sexual violence and stalking.
Housing Discrimination: Prohibit private and public housing discrimination against domestic violence victims.
Civil Orders of Protection for Sexual Violence and Stalking Victims: Authorize courts to issue civil orders of protection for sex crime and stalking victims.
Absolute Privilege for Student Victims: Protect victims/witnesses of sexual assault who testify in school grievance proceedings from being sued by their harassers.
Human Trafficking: Strengthen Pennsylvania’s criminal statute on human trafficking.
Veterans’ Real Estate Tax Exemption: Amend Pennsylvania law to provide veterans real estate tax exemption for veterans suffering from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) due to sexual victimization during service and appoint women representatives to the House and Senate Committees on Veteran Affairs and to the Pennsylvania State Veterans Commission.
Voting Reform: Reform voting rules to provide online registration, same day in person registration, early voting, including early in person voting on weekends.
These ideas will be discussed in continuing meetings between members of the General Assembly’s Health Care Agenda Caucus and advocates for women’s equality. I’ll post more on these issues as this legislative program becomes better defined.
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Ohio Governor Signs Bill Requiring Women To Cremate Or Bury A Fetus After Abortions
By Veronica Wells
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill this week requiring that people who receive abortions also bury or cremate the remains from the surgical procedure.
According to Cincinnati Enquirer, Senate Bill 27, which has been signed into law, reads: “the pregnant woman is responsible for the costs related to the final disposition of the fetal remains at the chosen location.”
If the woman does not choose a location for the zygote, blastocyte, embryo, or fetus, the abortion facility will select a location for the burial or cremation. If the clinic does not do so, individuals could face a first-degree misdemeanor. If convicted, those who do not dispose of the remains could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Opponents to the bill say the additional requirements invade women’s privacy and add additional pressure on abortion providers.
Those who are in favor of the bill say it is about adding “dignity” to the unborn.
Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life said, “Whether pro-life or pro-choice, everyone should be able to agree that the bodies of babies should never be thrown into the trash. The unborn victims of abortion deserve the same basic decency that we afford to all humans: a dignified burial.”
Lauren Blauvelt-Copelin, vice president of government affairs and public advocacy at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, said, “Not only is Senate Bill 27 unconstitutional and medically unnecessary, but it also adds yet another barrier for patients who are trying to access abortion services – which is the legislature’s real goal.”
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DeWine’s fight against abortion and abortion clinics began in 2015 when DeWine served as attorney general. At the time, he launched an investigation to determine whether or not Planned Parenthood was selling fetal tissue.
They were not.
The investigation found that remains were being transported to a Kentucky landfill. Ohio law stated that the disposal had to be human. DeWine argued Planned Parenthood’s procedures were not that.
In addition to the disposal of the remains, DeWine has consistently sought to reduce access to abortions.
Last year, he restricted abortions after six weeks into pregnancy. The law, commonly referred to as “the heartbeat bill” is currently being challenged in court.
This article was originally posted on MadameNoire.com
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Just when you think this country can’t possibly get any worse for women, it proves you totally wrong. In a ridiculous chain of events this week, the new conservative majority in the Senate decided to place a ban on abortions in several states. The Missouri Senate passed a bill early Thursday that prohibits abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy, followed by Alabama who passed a similar restrictive bill on Tuesday. Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp has already signed a bill that would make performing an abortion illegal once a heartbeat is detected, and the law is set to go into effect as soon as January 1, 2020. So what’s the penalty for when/if abortions are officially deemed a crime? According to the Georgia Crime and Offenses Code, breaking abortion law in can be punished with imprisonment “for not less than one nor more than 10 years.” It’s unclear whether the patient or the doctor performing the procedure would be held liable for the crime. However, folks are concerned that since the bill recognizes unborn children as “natural persons,” that women who choose abortion and the medical professionals who help them, could face murder charges. With Alabama’s new bill, the abortion provider who performs a procedure would be charged with a Class A felony – punishable by life or 10 to 99 years in prison. The controversial laws (rightfully) has most women across the world (and men with sense) afraid and upset. @ChewyBNut: “You can have your own set of beliefs and opinions, that’s perfectly fine. But you cannot apply those beliefs onto another person without their consent. It’s not right, it’s not legal and it’s not moral.” #AbortionIsAWomansRight @KenzieCantDraw: “Women are not Easy Bake Ovens for babies. We have hopes, dreams and plans and for a lot of us, that doesn’t include a child in the near future. Men aren’t forced to undergo major bodily and emotional distress because they chose to have sex. Why are we? “ Celebs also took to social media to speak out about the atrocious ban. Some have even been candid, revealing their own abortion stories. @Ava: Don’t move forward after reading this like everything is normal. Don’t shake your head at Alabama and then keep going about your day. Realize that this is a warning. It’s Alabama and abortion today. It’s you and your rights tomorrow. Your silence will not save you. So speak up. @Busyphillips: 1 in 4 women have had an abortion. Many people think they don’t know someone who has, but #youknowme. So let’s do this: if you are also the 1 in 4, let’s share it and start to end the shame. Use #youknowme and share your truth. Rihanna: Take a look. these are the idiots making decisions for WOMEN in America. Governor Kay Ivey…SHAME ON YOU!!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhnhOAnWdF/ Even our male allies shared their disdain for the horrid abortion bills. @JohnLegend: These statehouses are waging all-out war on women and their right to control their reproductive decisions. This is awful. @ChrisEvans: This is absolutely unbelievable. If you’re not worried about roe v wade, you’re not paying attention. This is why voting matters!! But as with most things in history, women aren’t sitting down quiet and letting ish go down without a fight. Thousands of women and female allies have taken to the streets all across the globe to protest the the new abortion laws. Let’s be clear, this is a war on women. Check out some the most powerful photos from abortion ban protests all over the world.
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Maxine BROWN/CHUCK JACKSON
I Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight (7")
Kent Dance
Cat: CITY 071. Rel: 01 Sep 20
Maxine Brown - "I Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight" (2:25)
Chuck Jackson - "Two Stupid Feet" (2:32)
Review: Maxine Brown and Chuck Jackson are two of Wnad Records's finest singing talents, as well as being firm favourites of the Kent label. For that reason they are paired up on this vital 7", which provides DJs with some high grade weaponry. They tackle popular songs from Van McCoy and Luther Dixon respectively. with Brown serving up the super short but sweet "I Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight", a soul gem that will make your heart soar. Chuck Jackson's "Two Stupid Feet" is more slow motion and mellow, but makes just as much of an emotional impact.
Played by: Juno Recommends Soul, Soul Music
Terry CALLIER/JERRY BUTLER
Ordinary Joe (reissue) (7")
Outta Sight
Cat: SEV 006. Rel: 01 Dec 20
Terry Callier - "Ordinary Joe" (4:14)
Jerry Butler - "Ordinary Joe" (3:26)
Review: On the latest edition of their excellent Soul Essentials series, Outta Sight has decided to bring together two versions of 'Ordinary Joe', a seemingly perennial favourite written by the late, great Terry Callier. His celebrated 1972 recording - all bold, sing-along choruses, organ stabs, jangling piano and lolloping grooves - breezes its way across side A, while Jerry Butler's earlier version, laid to tape in 1970, sits on side B. His version is much more expansive and musically detailed than Callier's take, with superb production from Gamble & Huff and some brilliant orchestral arrangements courtesy of Donny Hathaway. Both versions are, or course, incredible.
Played by: Mukatsuku Records Chart, The Allergies, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, I Love 45's!, Soul Music, Dynamite Cuts
CANDY & THE KISSES/VAL SIMPSON
Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby (7")
Cat: OSV 187. Rel: 17 Apr 19
Candy & The Kisses - "Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby" (2:39)
Val Simpson - "Mr Creator" (2:11)
Review: Candy & The Kisses burst onto the Northern Soul scene with their first single and all-time classic "The 81" co-written and produced by the late Jerry Ross. "Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby" is a storming soul number that went under the radar for the most part, but is good as any of other hits of theirs like "Chains Of Love" and many others. Flipside "Mr Creator" co-written by Valerie Simpson of Ashford & Simpson was taken up by The Apollas in 1967 on Warner Bros. and went on to become an all-time classic.
Played by: Soul Music, Dynamite Cuts
Barbara CARR/ROY ROBERTS/EDDIE FLOYD
It's Only You (7" limited to 250 copies) (1 per customer)
Izipho Soul
Cat: ZP 47. Rel: 21 Aug 20
Barbara Carr & Roy Roberts - "It's Only You" (4:05)
Eddie Floyd - "Guess It Wasn't Meant To Be" (3:46)
Mickey CARROLL
I've Got Plenty Of Nothin' (remastered) (7")
Cuero Spain
Cat: CR45 004. Rel: 05 May 20
I've Got Plenty Of Nothin' (2:47)
Think Love (2:18)
Review: Blue-eyed soul singer Mickey Carroll made his name in the late 1970s, offering up a handful of singles and a couple of rock-solid albums. His musical journey began much earlier though, as "I've Got Plenty Of Nothing" proves. It was recorded in 1969 but never officially released, presumably because Carroll couldn't find a label to put it out on. This then is the track's first release. It's well worth picking up, not least because it fixes his country-tinged, crooner style vocals to a stomping, Northern Soul style backing track with added big band horns. Flipside "Think Love" swings more than it stomps, with an arrangement and vocal delivery that reminded us a little of Terry Callier's "Ordinary Joe".
Played by: I Love 45's!, Juno Recommends Soul, Soul Music
Justin CARTER
Know It All (7")
Mister Saturday Night US
Cat: MSNSEVEN 001. Rel: 11 Nov 16
Know It All (3:20)
Know It All (version) (3:24)
Review: Although he built his reputation as party-starting DJ, Mister Saturday Night co-founder Justin Carter has always been a singer-songwriter at heart.This debut solo release sees him delivering evocative, folksy vocals over plucked acoustic guitar lines and ghostly backing vocals. The song's fragile, slightly woozy nature comes to the fore on the flipside "Version" mix, which only emphasizes the weary beauty of Carter's lyrics and vocal performance. It's a bit of a sideways step for Mister Saturday Night, but then the label has never played by the rules.
Luther 2 (7")
Bridge Boots
Cat: BB45 007. Rel: 06 Oct 20
Luther 2 (Caserta & The Gang mix) (5:25)
Luther 2 (Caserta & Natasha Diggs Incense dub) (5:32)
Review: Last year Caserta and friends had their wicked way with a classic Luther Vandross acapella, brilliant re-framing the soul maestro in a late 1980s NYC club style. A year on they're at it again on 'Luther 2', which naturally repurposes another superb performance from the legendary vocalist. On the A-side, Vandross's vocal rides a smooth revivalist disco groove created by an all-star cast including Serge Gamesbourg (bass) and Natasha Diggs (piano, Fender Rhodes). It's a genuinely impressive revision that sounds like it could have been recorded sometime in the early 1980s (despite being made during lockdown). Diggs plays an even bigger role on the flip, a hazy and groovy deep house version in which she adds her own sassy spoken word vocals in reaction to the Vandross acapella.
Played by: Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, JKriv (Razor-N-Tape), Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
Diana (7")
Cat: BB 45003RP. Rel: 05 May 20
Diana (Caserta 7 The long Way mix) (6:00)
Diana (Caserta Sing-A-long dub) (5:17)
Review: Bridge Boots main man Caserta has previously proved to be one of the most talented re-editors around, up there with higher profile artists such as the Reflex and Joey Negro. His latest offering, a red seven-inch single featuring new rearrangements of Diana Ross hit "I'm Coming Out", is another beauty. On the A-side he offers up a "Long Way Mix" that gives more prominence to Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards' killer backing track (partly via stripping it back to the groove at key points) while retaining most of Ross' vocals. On the flip you'll find a "Sing-A-Long Dub" that strips it back further during key instrumental passages to allow the Motown legend's vocals to shine.
Played by: JimmyTheTwin, Juno Recommends Disco, Kenneth bager, Caserta / Bridge Boots
CAT BOYS feat YUIMA ENYA
Feel Like Makin' Love (7" + MP3 download code)
Cony Japan
Cat: CONY 0012. Rel: 26 Nov 20
Feel Like Makin' Love (4:08)
Sing A Simple Song (3:36)
Played by: I Love 45's!, Dynamite Cuts
Cornell CC CARTER
Say Yes (blue vinyl 7")
Cat: ZP 35. Rel: 14 Oct 19
Say Yes (4:48)
I Could Never (4:31)
Played by: I Love 45's!, Soul Music
CEZAIRE
Attraction (12")
Roche Music France
Cat: RM 068. Rel: 20 May 20
You Came In Time (feat Phabo & Jordan Lee) (3:28)
Beyonce (3:10)
The Answer (feat Ayelle) (3:32)
The West Coast (interlude) (1:04)
Je Plane (feat Crenoka) (3:35)
Review: If smooth, synth-powered soul is your bag, we'd suggest checking out this EP from French future R&B star Jean Janin AKA Cezaire. It begins with a sumptuous slice of '80s soul revivalism featuring guests Phabo and Jordan Lee (the really rather good "You Came In Time") and ends with a bubbly chunk of deep electro-soul ("Je Plane", featuring Crenoka). In between, Janin treats us to some sparse, drowsy and distant lo-fi soul ("Beyonce"), a spacey slown jam featuring immaculate lead vocals by Ayelle (the synth-bass-propelled goodness of "The Answer"), and an all-to-short tribute to talkbox-sporting Los Angeles synth-funk jams of the 1980s ("The West Coast").
Played by: Juno Recommends Soul
Say Yeah (Record Store Day 2018) (7")
Rain & Shine
Cat: RSR 001. Rel: 28 Apr 18
Say Yeah (3:21)
Search For Tomorrow (3:28)
Played by: Scratchandsniff, JimmyTheTwin, RUSTAM OSPANOFF., Frank Booker, Andrea passenger, Admin, Juno Recommends Soul
The Water (7")
Who Can You Trust? Germay
Cat: WHO 40. Rel: 03 Jun 20
Get In Line (radio edit) (3:32)
Freak Funk (radio edit) (2:33)
Funky Frankenstein (2:01)
The Water (4:30)
The Glow Of Love (coloured vinyl 12")
Cat: PROA 914X. Rel: 01 Jan 90
The Glow Of Love (long version) (8:25)
The Glow Of Love (short version) (3:40)
Played by: Soul Music
Love 4 Love (12")
Cat: EXPAND 120. Rel: 16 Aug 19
Love 4 Love (Joey Negro extended mix) (6:39)
Make Me (Go Crazy) (Opolopo remix) (6:49)
Played by: Dave Lee ZR, Paul Starey, I Love Disco!, Osmose, John Kong, Charlie bucket/ dancing in space, Juno Recommends Soul, Sean McCabe
The CHARISMA BAND
Ain't Nothing Like Your Love (7")
Cat: EX 7012. Rel: 19 Jul 16
Ain't Nothing Like Your Love (4:02)
Bless The Day (5:09)
Review: Sun-kissed soul from 1975, not a lot is known about the Charisma Band besides their powerful musical abilities and their two 45s on Buddah and Columbia. "Ain't Nothing Like Your Love" is a horn-blessed feel-good summer get-together while "Bless The Day" takes us straight to the bedroom with its gliding guitars, velvet falsetto and spellbinding harp. It's not hard to see why originals of this have been known to pass hands for several hundred bob.
Played by: Sundae Soul Recordings, Expansion Records, I Love 45's!
The CHARMAINES/FRANK DELL
I Idolize You (7")
Cat: TOWN 132. Rel: 27 Jun 08
The Charmaines - "I Idolize You"
Frank Dell - "He Broke Your Game Wide Open"
Played by: Kent Ace BGP
The CHARMELS/LV JOHNSON
I've Done It Again (7")
Cat: DEEPSOUL 09. Rel: 26 Oct 18
The Charmels - "I've Done It Again" (3:23)
LV Johnson - "Seeing Is Believing" (4:54)
You Just Don't Know (What You Do To Me) (red vinyl 7" limited to 150 copies)
Cat: OSV 065RED. Rel: 02 Oct 20
You Just Don't Know (What You Do To Me) (2:28)
Discotheque (2:31)
The CHECKERBOARD SQUARES/THE TANDELS
Double Cookin' (7")
Cat: TOWN 164. Rel: 27 Jul 17
The Checkerboard Squares - "Double Cookin'" (2:44)
The Tandels - "Is It Love Baby" (2:43)
The CHI LITES
Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So) (7")
Brunswick US
Cat: 55442 P. Rel: 05 Dec 18
Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) (2:59)
Stoned Out Of My Mind (2:58)
Review: This reissue of American R&B/soul vocal group The Chi-Lites' "Are You My Woman?" (Tell Me So) from 1970 features a very familiar hook that was sampled on Beyonce and Jay Z's 2003 hit "Crazy In Love". Formed in 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, the group was led by Eugene Record and originally called Hi-Lites before adding on 'Chi', which derived from their hometown. They went on to release 15 albums between 1969 - 1990 and are best known for their classics "Have You Seen Her" and "Oh Girl".
CHOCOLATECLAY
The Cream Is Rising To The Top (7" + insert)
P-Vine Japan
Cat: P7 6235. Rel: 10 Apr 19
The Cream Is Rising To The Top (4:21)
Free (I'll Always Be) (4:32)
Played by: I Love 45's!, Juno Recommends Soul
Don't You Care (limited 7")
Cat: BGPS 046. Rel: 27 Mar 15
Don't You Care (2:47)
Never Did I Stop Loving You (2:32)
Review: Two powerful soul sessions from Alice Clark's eponymous debut 1972 album. "Don't You Care" is a hard-hitting soul standard (that became very popular in acid jazz scene in the early 90s) where Alice opens her heart for all to see while her incredible band ebb and flow with Clark's emotions. "Never Did I Stop Loving You", meanwhile, languishes in sentiment at a slightly lower tempo that allows her to really dig deep for those low notes. The real fun happens as we reach momentum towards the end and every band member brings out their A-game and bounces off each other - backing up Alice every step of the way. You will care about this.
Played by: Scratchandsniff, Mukatsuku Records Chart, Tunguska Sound, Andy Smith, Pete Haigh, Suonho, Marc Hype, I Love 45's!, Hundred Strong, Juno Recommends Soul, BGP Records, Soul Music, Philou Louzolo, 45 Live, ChoiProductions, LEGO EDIT
Ronn COLBERT/RONN & SELAH
Just One Kiss Away (7")
Ronn Colbert - "Just One Kiss Away" (3:56)
Ronn & Selah - "Tell Me What I Wanna Hear" (4:42)
Review: Stand by for the much anticipated follow up to the unreleased Ronn Colbert 7" on this label earlier in the year. "Just One Kiss Away" is an ultra rare soul stepper from 1981. It finds Ronn and Selah Colbert go up against one another, and both serve up super sultry, seductive vocals that tease and please. Add in steamy chords and soaring strings and you have one helluva smoocher. "Tell Me What I Wanna Hear" is another romantic to and fro between the pair, with a little more tension and build in the rhythm edition that adds an extra element of spice. Both are sure to become re-found classics.
The COMO MAMAS
Hold On To God's Unchanging Hand (7")
Daptone US
Cat: DAP 1125. Rel: 17 Jan 20
Hold On To God's Unchanging Hand (feat The Glorifiers Band) (3:46)
You've Got To Move (feat The Glorifiers Band) (4:18)
Played by: Dynamite Cuts
Lew CONNETA/JIMMY ROGERS
You Got Me Crazy (7")
Popcorn/Jazzman
Cat: POPC 155. Rel: 15 Sep 16
Lew Conneta - "You Got Me Crazy" (2:35)
Jimmy Rogers - "What Have I Done" (alternative) (2:24)
Review: The Jazzman cometh! Gerald Short's long-running label is back with a new 7" serving on its Popcorn subsidiary featuring the moody and malevolent styles of jazzy crooner Lew Conetta. "You Got Me Crazy" originates from a '57 45 on the legendary Decca label and was one of only three releases from Conetta. On the flip, Popcorn present an alternate take on "What Have I Done" by bluesman Jimmy Rogers which is so similar to the Conetta track the label suggest it provided the inspiration for "You Got Me Crazy."
Played by: Juno Recommends Rock/Indie, Jazzman/Juke Box Jams/Soul/Jazz45, I Love 45's!, SOUL 45
CONNIE KAYE TRIO
I'm A Woman (7")
Tramp Germany
Cat: 98769. Rel: 12 Jul 18
I'm A Woman (3:01)
Review: One of the leading cuts from Tramps' Moments Vol 9 collection, Connie Kaye Trio's super rare "Woman" playfully riffs on Peggy Lee's "Fever" riff but comes with a completely subverted message and mood behind the lyrics and a powerful northern soul stomp. Strident, striking and full of drive, this special 45 release has been long overdue. Catch it while you can.
Played by: Juno Recommends Rock/Indie
Norman CONNORS
Be There In The Morning (7")
Cat: EX 7017. Rel: 08 Nov 16
Be There In The Morning (feat Adaritha) (4:14)
I Don't Need Nobody (feat Al Johnson) (3:51)
Played by: Scratchandsniff, JimmyTheTwin, Rowed Out Records, I Love 45's!, Skyline Recordings Chart
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COOKIE THOMAS/THE C T BAND
Black Velvet Soul (7")
Cat: TR 274. Rel: 02 Apr 20
Black Velvet Soul (part 1) (2:46)
COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS
This Girl (7")
Soul Messin Australia
Cat: FSR 7057. Rel: 03 Dec 14
This Girl (feat Kylie Auldist)
Four 'N Twenty
Played by: Scratchandsniff, Ennio Styles, Koichi Sakai, Mo-Matic, Aldo Vanucci, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, DJ Sigher, Tripeo, Manmade / CMC-Silenta, Diesler, Record Kicks, Da Wiesel Sunsetsoul, Juno Recommends Funk, RICHIO SUZUKI, LANCE FERGUSON, Suonho, Freestyle Records, CheckTheGuns, Juno Classics, I Love 45's!, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Juno Recommends Soul, Professor Shorthair, Soul Music, GLYN THORNHILL, Choi Records Australia, SPASIBO RECORDS
Mind Made Up (7")
Cat: FSR 7080. Rel: 15 May 14
Mind Made Up (feat Kylie Auldist)
Losin' Streak (feat Daniel Merriweather)
Review: Two big cuts taken from the Melbourne trio's sixth album Blind Bet, here the band flip two sides of a ridiculously funky coin. "Mind Made Up" features the vocals of Tru Thoughts starlet Kylie Auldist. Her rich emphatic vocals fit the 70s soul licks perfectly. Smooth and dynamically delivered with big horns, subtle strings, major chords and an instantly catchy chorus, you'll make your mind up on this long before the last horns blast a final cheerio. "Skeletor", meanwhile, is a much more party-focussed jam where big breakbeats provide the back bone for sharp horns, heavy Hammond slapping and warm gravelly vocals.
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Boy Oliver, Sundae Soul Recordings, Freestyle Records, Calamity Jade (Willwork4funk), Iga, Juno Recommends Soul, Choi Records Australia, SPASIBO RECORDS
CORNICHE BAND
Dance (reissue) (limited 7")
Kalakuta Soul Bahlo
Cat: KABA 002. Rel: 03 Dec 20
Dance (3:50)
Can't You See Me (4:02)
Marvin COTTERELL
Try Walking In My Shoes (7")
Cat: CHD 90001. Rel: 16 Dec 20
Try Walking In My Shoes (3:20)
Midnight Shingaling (3:15)
Review: Charles Dickens Records makes its bow with a first record from Marvin Cotterell, a big lunged soul singer in whom the spirit of Northern Soul lives large. His first tune 'Try Walking In My Shoes' was written by Clive Scott and Ian Levine, the legendary Blackpool Mecca resident and pivotal Northern Soul DJ, so its credentials are unquestionable. 'Try Walking In My Shoes' is the attention grabbing a-side with its slick, high speed rhythm section and big horn stabs, but 'Midnight Shingaling' makes a more lasting impression - the Motown tambourines, the swinging drums, the constantly uplifting arrangement - it's an impossibly feel good tune that you cannot resist but dance to.
Played by: Mukatsuku Records Chart
Lou COURTNEY
I Don't Need Nobody Else (7")
Soul Brother
Cat: SB 7008D. Rel: 13 May 10
I Don't Need Nobody Else
I Will If You Will
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk, Skyline Recordings Chart
COW/AUNT NELLY
Misery (7")
Heavy Soul Australia
Cat: ROR 93. Rel: 31 Jul 18
Cow - "Misery" (2:27)
Aunt Nelly - "I Need A Friend" (3:22)
CRACY COCONUTS
Rubberdub Dance (7" + insert)
Edition Hawara
Cat: EHAW 003. Rel: 04 Nov 20
Rubberdub Dance (4:14)
Rubberdub Dance (Sing Along version) (4:20)
Played by: Manu•Archeo
Carolyn CRAWFORD/HODGES JAMES SMITH & CRAWFORD
Ready Or Not Here Comes Love (7")
Carolyn Crawford - "Ready Or Not Here Comes Love" (2:26)
Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - "What Made You Think" (3:11)
Review: We'd advise serious soul heads to take a look at this one. Part of the "Kent Select" series of dancefloor-focused 45s, it features two previously unissued 1971 recordings, both of which were produced by Mickey Stevenson. In some ways, it's incredible to think that Carolyn Crawford's "Ready Or Not Here Comes Love" has never previously been released; it's a genuinely inspired, up-lifting slab of soaring, stomping soul that will get Northern Soul enthusiasts racing for the dancefloor in their droves. Flipside "What Made You Think", credited to Hodges, James, Smith and Crawford, is almost as good, even if it lacks the rushing, celebratory positivity of the sublime A-side. In a word: essential!
Played by: Pete Haigh, Juno Recommends Soul, Soul Music
Just You & Me (7")
Athens Of The North
Cat: ATH 058. Rel: 22 Feb 18
Just You & Me (4:26)
Blame It On Me (5:47)
Review: Another tape extracted from the Sony vault for the first time since the record was released in 1980. A floaty disco masterpiece by an American group that has been on the soul scene for time, but deserves a broader appreciation. Edinburgh's Athens Of The North (premium licensed rare music done right!) present this in a rare issue format, with the emotive and uplifting soul power of "Just You & Me" on the A side and the beautiful ballad "Blame It On Me" on the flip - apparently most original copies are missing this track. How the band never made it past one single is a complete mystery, as both of the tracks are incredible.
Played by: Scratchandsniff, JimmyTheTwin
Frankie CROCKER/WILLIE & THE MIGHTY MAGNIFICENTS
Ton Of Dynamite (reissue) (red vinyl 7" limited to 150 copies)
Frankie (Love Man) Crocker - "Ton Of Dynamite" (2:41)
Willie & The Mighty Magnificents - "Funky (8) Corners" (part 2) (2:21)
CRUSHED VELVET & THE VELVETEERS
Good Thang (limited 7")
Vintage League Music US
Cat: FVLM 041. Rel: 07 Aug 20
Good Thang (feat Kim Dawson) (3:16)
Good Thang (instrumental) (3:15)
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Voodoocuts, Juno Recommends Funk, I Love 45's!
Stay With Me (reissue) (7") (1 per customer)
Cat: UIK 75071. Rel: 18 Dec 19
Stay With Me (3:57)
You're So Unreal (4:47)
Review: Soul doesn't come much bigger or more dramatic than this 1980 stone cold classic from Crystal Clear. It now gets a first ever reissue on a today 7" from Universal and will have you emptying your lungs, swinging those hips and clapping along throughout. To say the vocal is impassioned is an understatement, and strings don't come much sweeter than those in main highlight "Stay With Me". Over on the flip is the more romantic and revered "You're So Unreal", one that still reaches some pretty moving heights along the way.
Played by: Charles Maurice, Mike Shawe ✮ Hot Buttered Soul, Pete Haigh, I Love 45's!, Dynamite Cuts
CRYSTAL MOTION
You're My Main Squeeze (7")
Cat: EXS 004. Rel: 31 Aug 17
You're My Main Squeeze (part 1) (3:01)
Played by: JimmyTheTwin, Soul Music
The ELECTRIFYING CASHMERES/CONTINENTAL SHOWSTOPPERS
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (7")
Cat: OSV 094. Rel: 20 Jun 13
The Electrifying Cashmeres - "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)"
Continental Showstoppers - "Not Too Young"
Played by: Outta Sight
FRED/COLD DIAMOND & MINK
Sweet Thing (7") (1 per customer)
Timmion Finland
Cat: TR 732. Rel: 03 Dec 20
Sweet Thing (4:27)
My Baby's Outta Sight (Amen!) (4:30)
Review: Some four years after making his debut with crossover soul gem 'Love Can Last Forever' - the first release on occasional Timmion Records offshoot Styleart, no less -Fred (real name Frederik Lof) finally returns for round two. This time, he's joined forces with Timmion's in-house revivalist 60s soul and funk band, Cold Diamond & Mink, who return to base following a surprise outing on San Francisco's Ubiqiuty Records. A-side 'Sweet Thing' lives up to its title, with Lof's slick, high-register vocals rising above a deliciously positive backing track rich in hazy horns, sweeping strings, and a nostalgic soul groove. Over on the flip you'll find instrumental number 'My Baby's Outta Sight', which appears to be a languid, vocal-free take on the sublime A-side.
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Soul Music
Bobby GARRETT/CURTIS LEE
I Can't Get Away (7")
Cat: TOWN 123. Rel: 01 Jan 90
Bobby Garrett - "I Can't Get Away"
Curtis Lee - "Is She In Your Town?"
Mike JAMES KIRKLAND/COLD DIAMOND & MINK
Stay Don't Go (7")
Ubiquity US
Cat: FUR 7394. Rel: 11 Dec 20
Stay, Dont Go (4:13)
Stay, Dont Go (instrumental) (4:12)
Review: Mike James Kirkland is an American soul and rhythm & blues original. He's best known for his early 1970s albums on Bryan Records, Hang On in There and Doin' It Right, but he continues to perform and record to this day. Pre-pandemic, Ubiqiuty Records and Timmion Records joined forces to get him in the studio with the latter's house band, Cold Diamond & Mink. 'Stay Don't Go' is the one of a number of simultaneously released singles by the Kirlland/Cold Diamond combo. It sees him adding his distinctive, life-affirming vocals to a typically breezy, Hammond-and-horn-heavy backing track from the classic soul revivalists, in the process creating a timeless modern soul anthem.
Closer (7")
Closer (4:26)
Closer (instrumental) (4:23)
Review: Pre-pandemic, Ubiquity Records helped Timmion Records house band Cold Diamond & Mink get into the studio with American soul original Mike James Kirkland, whose two early 1970s have long been favourites of serious soul-heads. The result is a string of new singles, of which 'Closer' is one of the strongest (admittedly in a very strong bunch). Kirkland is at his smooth and seductive best singing tales of love over a typically classic-sounding Cold Diamond and Mink backing track (think hazy horns, languid grooves and glistening guitars). As usual with the Finnish combo's releases, you'll find their impeccable instrumental take on side B.
JEREMY TURGEON QUINTET/CLEVELAND P JONES
Blessed (7")
Jeremy Turgeon Quintet - "Blessed" (feat Cleveland P Jones) (5:04)
Cleveland P Jones - "Mistakes" (4:15)
Carlton JUMEL SMITH/COLD DIAMOND & MINK
Ain't That Love (7")
Cat: TR 742. Rel: 21 Nov 19
Carlton Jumel Smith, Cold Diamond & Mink - "Ain't That Love" (4:25)
Cold Diamond & Mink - "Ain't That Love" (instrumental) (4:25)
Review: Like Daptone house band the Dap-Kings, Timmion's go-to combo Cold Diamond and Mink are absolute masters at delivering revivalist soul and funk cuts that offer authentically old sounds and fuzzy production with new beats, grooves and melodies. They're at it again here with regular collaborator Carlton Jumel Smith. As usual, you'll find the full version on the A, with Smith delivering a raw, impassioned lead vocal above the Finnish band's languid, sweet, sixties-style soul backing track. That instrumental can be enjoyed in all its jazzy, sun-kissed, horn-tooting beauty on side B. As with their other instrumentals, it's near perfect.
Played by: Osmose, Calamity Jade (Willwork4funk)
Carlton JUMEL SMITH/COLD DIAMOND/MINK
Help Me (Save Me From Myself) (7") (1 per customer)
Cat: TR 745. Rel: 06 Aug 20
Carlton Jumel Smith - "Help Me (Save Me From Myself)" (feat Cold Diamond & Mink) (3:31)
Cold Diamond & Mink - "Help Me (Save Me From Myself)" (instrumental) (3:34)
Review: Since first joining forces with Timmion's in-house band Cold Diamond & Mink two years ago, New York singer Carlton Jumel Smith has delivered a string of sublime singles and a must-check album, 2019's "1634 Lexington Avenue". It's from that set that his latest single is taken. "Help Me (Save Me From Myself)" is another emotive, 1960s soul style gem in which Smith passionately cries for help from a mystery woman over a typically on-point Cold Diamond & Mink backing track rich in hazy horns, wah-wah guitars and a laidback mid-tempo groove. The quality of the group's playing and production is laid bare in all its glory on the flipside instrumental version, which is naturally exclusive to this "45" release. Like the rest of Smith's singles, this is a must-have.
carlton jumel smith
cold diamond
cold diamond & mink
chairmen of the board
absoulutely
ain't nothing like your love
ain't that love
amen brothers
are you my woman? (tell me so)
are you trying to get rid of me baby
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Eva by Thirdway Industries
Eva was a first for Thirdway Industries. Never before had Giovanni designed a deck with explicit nudity, and it remained his only such available deck with this feature until Odissea Mythica. But this is not Eva's only interesting quality: in a testament to its title, the court cards of this deck are entirely feminine.
This listing is for a rare unsealed versions of the decks. Eva was officially a limited run of 1,999 decks; however, Giovanni prints a few extra decks of some limited runs which remain unsealed, and are distributed as "bonuses" to his best clients. In our opinion, these unsealed decks are even more attractive than the sealed variety, as the flap printing integrates so nicely with the back of the tuck case. Also, you can enjoy the cards without feeling guilty about breaking the seal, or possibly damaging something in the process.
The tuck case features two intricate illustrations of the original sinner, each as erotic as can be without earning an "R" rating. Symbols of all kinds are also hidden throughout the design, and will only be noticed by a careful eye. Printing was handled by Clove St. Press, the leader in letter-pressing for the playing card industry.
The back design is the same found on the tuck case, except that it oozes a vibrant, blood red that truly suits the gravity of the original sin. As mentioned above, the court cards of Eva are all women, some of whom have their assets on display. The aces each feature a gorgeous pip set against a background of an alternate representation of the woman featured on the king of the same suit.
The pips are simple and elegant, and each suit features a set of hieroglyphs with a different meaning. Spades represent Pandora's Box, hearts the apple and the snake, clubs the great flood sent from Olympus to Earth, and diamonds the battle between Adam and Lilith.
This deck is available in some of our curated sets. We assemble these sets to provide a more cost-effective means of acquiring premium playing cards.
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Shawn Kemp's Seattle Dispensary Responds to Controversy – Wikileaf
Source: @kempscannabis
It’s been a while since legal dispensaries have been seen as controversial, but one in Seattle is causing quite the stir. The trouble arises from a statement made by Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis, a new dispensary that just opened October 30th, which falsely labeled itself the first Black-owned dispensary in the area.
Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis
On October 21st, the six-time All-Star’s new company issued a press release about its opening the next week, announcing a ceremony where Hall-of-Famer Gary Payton would cut a ribbon before the first customers were allowed in.
“My name is on this company and I have worked hard to bring Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis to fruition,” said Kemp in a statement included in the release. “I want to provide nothing short of the best selection, customer experience and prices in Seattle. I have incredible partners in Matt Schoenlein and Ramsey Hamide to make sure we deliver on that promise to our customers, who are our top priority.”
The two men mentioned in that statement are the co-founders of Main Street Marijuana, which is the largest cannabis retailer in Washington State. Between the three shops all owned by that brand, the company has sold $150 million of cannabis since 2014. In Washington, that amounts to $55 million in excise taxes going back to the community. Kemp made no mention of John Davis, the Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Patient Resource Center, who holds the company’s licenses.
The Controversy
Here’s where things got sticky: The headline of the release labels Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis as Seattle’s first black-owned dispensary, and states that Kemp looks forward to, “Being a role model for future license recipients through the state’s upcoming social equity program.” That program was enacted earlier in the year.
← Viola celebrates Missouri-entry at Olive St. dispensary groundbreaking – Greenway
Plan to give losing pot shop applicants a 2nd chance moves forward after court victory – Chicago Sun-Times →
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Misión, Visión, Valores y Acción
Servicio Integral en Materia Laboral
Unidades de Negocios
LaborNet
Which Is the Aim of the Comprehensive Bill on Employment Regularization Proposed by the Government?
An ambitious bill on employment regularization -maybe the most comprehensive and generous bill in the latest years- fosters the relief of tax and social security debts concerning any worker who is not duly registered in whole or in part when the law is enacted.
Published in El Cronista on April 09, 2019
First off, the law forgives any criminal, administrative and judicial debt in its entirety, and any fines as well, so that employers are totally exempt from any penalty under the laws currently in force.
In turn, debt relief applies to any tax and social security debt arising out of workers’ partial or total non-registration or false start date, non-registered partial income, and all social security contributions or withholdings for AFIP-ANSES.
Debt relief also applies to debts arising out of employers’ acknowledgment of anomalous registration and any pending administrative or judicial actions seeking verification or pending claims at the collection agency.
Social security regularization benefits workers for six years only in relation to the Basic Universal Old-Age Pension [Prestación Básica Universal], and not the Additional Benefit [Prestación Adicional por Permanencia].
Debt relief has no limits, and neither does debt forgiveness. However, if employers report non-registered workers in part and keep some of them outside the law fraudulently, employment regularization expires and they must pay penalties, interests and charges for the unpaid amounts.
There is a very generous job promotion scheme in place from the date of law enactment and for one year, whereby employers are exempt from social security contributions, except for social health care [obra social], during two years for new hires registered in such term, with a view to encouraging employment. There are some doubts as to whether this scheme applies to non-registered workers who become new hires in the system as a result of this employment regularization program.
There is an amendment in the penalties scheme under the National Employment Act [Ley Nacional de Empleo], establishing a 25% of the Adjustable Minimum Living Wage for the unpaid amounts plus another fine for the Secretary of Labor or the Department of Production and Employment. These penalties are imposed on those cases where workers are not registered at all, workers are registered in part, or where their start date has been misrepresented by entering a date after the actual one.
Employment certificates will be issued online at AFIP-ANSES page under the responsibility of employers, and workers should search online their certificate simply by entering their Employees’ Identification Number [CUIL]. If employers do not provide workers with their certificate, workers may ask their employer to do so within 30 days, and once this term is completed, a penalty of three months’ wages will be imposed.
The question is whether such a comprehensive employment regularization program offends once again those who pay their taxes appropriately, who do not receive any reward for compliance, as it is usually the case under comparative law.
With regards to the chances of success of this reform at Congress, it is impossible to make any forecast. However, Workers’ General Confederation [CGT] and unions in general seem to be OK with it because it also helps increase the number of members or represented workers, and creates mechanisms to modernize industrial relations with mutual benefits.
A final question would be whether this scheme may be successful, once it is approved. It will surely enjoy some relative success because the issue of high labor costs in Argentina is that work on the books and additional amounts with all social security contributions and taxes duly paid are unfeasible in a context of stagflation where most activities are falling to record low levels in the economic history of Argentina. This hurdle may be overcome if the chapter on job promotion includes those workers who have been regularized as a result of the two-year debt relief program for social security contributions, excluding social health care.
The bill is based on a project by Jorge Triaca, which has been amended and rewritten to include other contents, but with the same erratic vision of the National Government assuming that the labor reform is a fundamental pillar but at the same time is not attached the importance that a structural reform needs mainly because State policies do not give priority to a serious reform of the old-time labor system that we all have gone through.
By Julian A. de Diego
Director of the postgraduate course on Human Resources at the School of Business at UCA.
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Growing Story Forest Online from Massive Breaking News
03/01/2018 ∙ by Bang Liu, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share
We describe our experience of implementing a news content organization system at Tencent that discovers events from vast streams of breaking news and evolves news story structures in an online fashion. Our real-world system has distinct requirements in contrast to previous studies on topic detection and tracking (TDT) and event timeline or graph generation, in that we 1) need to accurately and quickly extract distinguishable events from massive streams of long text documents that cover diverse topics and contain highly redundant information, and 2) must develop the structures of event stories in an online manner, without repeatedly restructuring previously formed stories, in order to guarantee a consistent user viewing experience. In solving these challenges, we propose Story Forest, a set of online schemes that automatically clusters streaming documents into events, while connecting related events in growing trees to tell evolving stories. We conducted extensive evaluation based on 60 GB of real-world Chinese news data, although our ideas are not language-dependent and can easily be extended to other languages, through detailed pilot user experience studies. The results demonstrate the superior capability of Story Forest to accurately identify events and organize news text into a logical structure that is appealing to human readers, compared to multiple existing algorithm frameworks.
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Bang Liu
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Kunfeng Lai
Linglong Kong
Yu Xu
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StoryForest
This repository implements the system described in "Growing Story Forest Online from Massive Breaking News"
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With information explosion in the fast-paced modern society, tremendous volumes of articles on trending and breaking news are being generated on a daily basis by various Internet media providers, e.g., Yahoo! News, CNN, Tencent News, Sina News, etc. In the meantime, it becomes increasingly difficult for normal readers to digest such a large amount of streaming news information. Search engines perform document retrieval from large corpora based on user-defined queries that specify what are interesting to the user. However, they do not provide a natural way for users to view what is going on. Furthermore, search engines return a list of ranked documents and do not provide structural summaries of trending topics or breaking news.
An emerging alternative way to visualize news corpora without pre-specified queries is to organize and present news articles through event timelines (Yan et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2016) , event threads (Nallapati et al., 2004) , event evolution graphs (Yang et al., 2009) , or information maps (Shahaf et al., 2012; Shahaf et al., 2013; Xu et al., 2013) . However, till today few existing news information organization techniques are turned into large-scale deployment due to several reasons:
First of all, despite research efforts in Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT) (Yang et al., 2002; Allan et al., 1998) , it remains challenging to extract distinguishable “events” at a proper granularity, as building blocks of the news graph, from today’s vast amount of open-domain daily news. The news articles may cover extremely diverse topics and contain redundant information about a same conceptual event published by different sources. For example, simply connecting individual articles (Shahaf et al., 2012) or named entities (Faloutsos et al., 2004) in a graph will lead to redundant and entangled information. On the other hand, connecting co-occuring keyword sets in an information map (Shahaf et al., 2013) can greatly reduce the fine details of news graphs. But even with the keyword graph, a user still needs to put additional efforts to understand the large number of articles associated with each keyword set.
Second, many recently proposed event graphs or information maps try to link events in an arbitrary evolution graph (Yang et al., 2009) or permitting intertwining branches in the information map (Shahaf et al., 2013) . However, we would like to point out that such overly complex graph structures do not make it easy for users to quickly visualize and understand news data. In fact, unlike a novel or a complex story about a celebrity queried from a search engine, most breaking news stories follow one of a few typical developing structures. In fact, for breaking news summary that will appeal to commercial uses, simple story structures are preferred.
Most importantly, most existing event timeline or event graph generation schemes are based on offline optimization over the entire news corpora, while for a system that visualizes breaking news, it is desirable to “grow” the stories in an online fashion without disrupting or restructuring the previously generated stories. On one hand, online computation can prevent repeated processing of older documents. On the other hand, an online scheme can deliver a consistent story development structure to users, so that users can quickly visualize what’s new in the hot events that they are trying to follow. Furthermore, given the vast amount of collected daily news data, the entire online computation to identify new events and extend the existing story graphs will incur less delay.
In this paper, we present our experience of implementing StoryForest, which is a comprehensive system to organize vast amounts of breaking news data into easily readable story trees of events in an online fashion. We make careful design choices for each component in this large system, with the following contributions:
First, our system can accurately cluster massive amounts of long news documents into conceptually clean events through a novel two-layer document clustering procedure that leverages a wide range of feature engineering and machine learning techniques, mainly including keyword extraction, keyword community detection, a pre-trained classifier to detect whether two documents are talking about the same event, and a graph-based document clustering procedure. On a labeled news dataset, our proposed text clustering procedure significantly outperforms a number of existing text clustering schemes.
Second, our system further groups the discovered events into stories, where each story is represented by a tree
of events. A link between two events indicates the temporal migration or a causal relationship between two events. Compared with existing story generation systems such as StoryGraph
(Yang et al., 2009) and MetroMap (Shahaf et al., 2012) , we propose an online algorithm to evolve story trees incrementally based on daily news, without any churn of reforming the graph when new data arrive. As a result, each story is presented in one of several easy-to-view structures, i.e., either a linear timeline, a flat structure, or a tree with branches, which we believe are sufficient to represent story structures of most breaking news.
Finally, we evaluated the performance of our system based on 60 GB of Chinese news documents collected from all the major Internet news providers in China (including Tencent, Sina, WeChat, Sohu, etc.) in a three-month period from October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, covering extremely diverse topics in the open domain. We also conducted a detailed and extensive pilot user experience study for (long) news document clustering and news story generation to evaluate how our system as well as several baseline schemes conform to the habit of human readers.
According to the pilot user experience study, our system outperforms multiple state-of-the-art news clustering and story structure generation systems such as KeyGraph (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) and StoryGraph (Yang et al., 2009) in terms of logical validity of the generated story structures, as well as the conceptual purity of each identified event and story. Experiments show that the average time for our Java-based system to finish event clustering and story structure generation based on the daily data is less than 30 seconds on a MacBook Pro with a 2 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, and 8 GB memory. Therefore, our system proves to be highly efficient and practical.
It is worth mentioning that our work represents the first system that is able to efficiently process vast amounts of Chinese news data into organized story structures, although our proposed algorithms and schemes are also applicable to news data in English (and other languages) by simply replacing the word segmentation and NLP tools with the counterparts for the corresponding language.
Figure 1. The story tree of “2016 U.S. presidential election.”
2. Problem Definition and Notations
We first present some definitions of key concepts in the top-down hierarchy: topic → story → event to be used in this paper.
Definition 2.1 ().
Event: an event E is a set of one or several documents that contain highly similar information.
Story: a story S is a tree of events that revolve around a group of specific persons and happen at certain places during specific times. A directed edge from event E1 to E2 indicates a temporal evolution or a logical connection from E1 to E2.
Topic: a topic consists of a set of stories that are highly correlated or similar to each other.
Each topic may contain multiple story trees, and each story tree consists of multiple logically connected events. In our work, events (instead of news documents) are the smallest atomic units. Each event is also assumed to belong to a single story and contains partial information about that story. For instance, considering the topic American presidential election, 2016 U.S. presidential election is a story within this topic, and Trump and Hilary’s first television debate is an event within this story.
We now introduce some notations and describe our problem formally. Given a news document stream D={D1,D2,…,Dt,…}, where Dt is the set of news documents collected on time period t, our objective is to: a) cluster all news documents D into a set of events E={E1,…,E|E|}, and b) connect the extracted events to form a set of stories S={S1,...,S|S|}. Each story S=(E,L) contains a set of events E and a set of links L, where Li,j:=<Ei,Ej> denotes a directed link from event Ei to Ej, which indicates a temporal evolution or logical connection relationship.
Furthermore, we require the events and story trees to be extracted in an online or incremental manner. That is, we extract events from each Dt individually when the news corpus Dt arrives in time period t, and merge the discovered events into the existing story trees that were found at time t−1. This is a unique strength of our scheme as compared to prior work, since we do not need to repeatedly process older documents and can deliver a set of evolving yet logically consistent story trees to users.
Figure 2. Different structures to characterize a story.
For example, Fig. 1 illustrates the story tree of “2016 U.S. presidential election”. The story contains 20 nodes, where each node indicates an event in 2016 U.S. election, and each link indicates a temporal evolution or a logical connection between two events. The index number on each node represents the event sequence over the timeline. There are 6 paths within this story tree, where the path 1→20 indicates the whole presidential election process, branch 3→6 is about Hilary’s health conditions, branch 7→13 talks about television debates, 14→18 depicts the investigation into Hilary’s “mail door”, etc. As we can see, by modeling the evolutionary and logical structure of a story into a story tree, users can easily grasp the logic of news stories and learn the main information quickly.
Let us represent each story by an empty root node s from which the story is originated, and denote each event by an event node e. The events in a story can be organized in one of the following four structures shown in Fig. 2: a) a flat structure that does not include dependencies between events; b) a timeline structure that organizes events by their timestamps; c) a graph structure that checks the connection between all pairs of events and maintains a subset of most strong connections; d) a tree structure, which represents a story’s evolving structure by a tree.
Compared with a tree structure, sorting events by timestamps omits the logical connection between events, while using directed acyclic graphs to model event dependencies without considering the evolving consistency of the whole story can leads to unnecessary connections between events. Through extensive user experience studies in Sec. 4, we show that tree structures are the most effective way to represent breaking news stories as compared to other structures, including the more complex graph structures.
3. The Story Forest System
Figure 3. An overview of the system architecture of Story Forest.
An overview of our Story Forest system is shown in Fig. 3, which mainly consists of three components: preprocessing, document clustering and story tree update, divided into 5 steps. First, the input news document stream will be processed by a variety of NLP and machine learning tools, mainly including document filtering, word segmentation and keyword extraction. Second, steps 2–3 will cluster documents into events in a novel 2-layer procedure as follows. For news corpus Dt in each time period t, we form a keyword graph (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) from these documents based on keyword co-occurrence, and extract topics as subgraphs from the keyword graph using community detection algorithms. The topics with few keywords will be discarded. After each topic is found, we find all the documents associated with the topic, and further cluster these documents into events through a semi-supervised document clustering procedure aided by a pre-trained document-pair relationship classifier. Finally, in steps 4–5 we update the story trees (formed previously) by either inserting each discovered event into an existing story tree at the right place, or creating a new story tree if the event does not belong to any existing story. Note that each topic may contain multiple story trees and each story tree consists of logically connected events. We will explain the design choices of each component in detail in the following.
3.1. Preprocessing
When a new set of news documents arrives, we need to clean, filter documents, and extract features that will be helpful to the steps that follow. Our preprocessing module mainly includes the following three steps, which are critical to the overall system performance:
Document filtering: unimportant documents with content length smaller than a threshold (20 characters) will be discarded.
Word segmentation: we segment the title and body of each document using Stanford Chinese Word Segmenter Version 3.6.0 (Chang et al., 2008) , which has proved to yield excellent performance on Chinese word segmentation tasks. Note that for data in a different language, the corresponding word segmentation tool in that language can be used instead.
Keyword extraction: extracting keywords from each document to represent the main concepts of the document is quite critical to the performance and efficiency of the entire system. We found that traditional keyword extraction approaches, such as TF-IDF based keyword extraction and TextRank (Mihalcea and Tarau, 2004) , are not sufficient to achieve good performance for real-world news data. For example, the TF-IDF based method measures each word’s importance by frequency information; it cannot detect keywords that yet have a relatively low frequency. The TextRank algorithm utilizes the word co-occurrence information and is able to handle such cases. However, its efficiency is relatively low, with time cost increasing significantly as the document length increases.
Word feature
Named entity or not, location name or not, contains angle brackets or not.
Structural feature
TF-IDF, whether appear in title, first occurrence position in document, average occurrence position in document, distance between first and last occurrence positions, average distance between word adjacent occurrences, percentage of sentences that contains the word, TextRank score.
Semantic feature
LDA222We trained a 1000-dimensional LDA model based on news data collected from January 1, 2016 to May 31, 2016 that contains 300,000+ documents.
Table 1. Features for the classifier to extract keywords.
Figure 4. The classifier to extract keywords.
To efficiently and accurately extract keywords, we constructed a supervised learning system to classify whether a word is a keyword or not for a document. In particular, we manually labeled the keywords of
10,000+ documents, including 20,000+ positive keyword samples and 350,000+ negative samples. Table 1 lists the main features that we found critical to the binary classifier.
A straightforward idea is to input the raw features listed above to a Logistic Regression (LR). However, as a linear classifier, LR relies on careful feature engineering. To reduce the impact of human judgement in feature engineering, we combine a Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) with the LR classifier to get the binary yes/no classification result, as shown in Fig.
. GBDT, as a nonlinear model, can automatically discover useful cross features or feature combinations from raw features and discretize continuous features. The output of the GBDT will serve as the input of the LR classifier. Finally, the LR classifier will determine whether a word is a keyword or not for the document in question. We also tried SVM as the classifier in the second layer instead of LR and observed similar performance. Our final keyword extraction precision and recall rate are
0.83 and 0.76, while they are 0.72 and 0.76 respectively if we don’t add the GBDT component.
3.2. Document Clustering and Event Extraction
After document preprocessing, we need to extract events. Event extraction here is essentially a fine-tuned document clustering procedure to group conceptually similar documents into events. Although clustering studies are often subjective in nature, we show that our carefully designed procedure can significantly improve the accuracy of event clustering, conforming to human understanding, based on a manually labeled news dataset. To handle the high accuracy requirement for long news text clustering, we propose a 2-layer clustering approach based on both keyword graphs and document graphs.
First, we construct a large keyword co-occurrence graph (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) G. Each node in G is a keyword w extracted by the scheme described in Sec. 3.1, and each undirected edge ei,j indicates that wi and wj have ever co-occured in a same document. Edges that satisfy two conditions will be kept and other edges will be dropped: the times of co-occurrence shall be above a minimum threshold (we use 3
in our system), and the conditional probabilities of the occurrence
Pr{wj|wi} and Pr{wi|wj} also need to be bigger than a predefined threshold (we use 0.15), where the conditional probability Pr{wj|wi} represents the probability that wj occurs in a document if the document contains word wi.
Second, we perform community detection in the constructed keyword graph. This step aims to split the whole keyword graph G into communities C={C1,C1,...,C|C|}, where each community Ci contains the keywords for a certain topic (to which multiple stories may be associated). The benefit of using community detection in the keyword graph is that each keyword can appear in multiple communities, which makes sense in reality. We also tried another method of clustering keywords by Word2Vec
. However, the performance is worse than community detection based on co-occurrence graphs. The reason is that using word vectors tends to cluster the words with similar semantic meanings. However, unlike articles in a specialized domain, in long news documents in the open domain, it is highly possible that keywords with different semantic meanings can co-occur in the same event.
To detect keyword communities, we utilize the betweenness centrality score (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) of edges to measure the strength of each edge in the keyword graph. An edge’s betweenness score is defined as the number of shortest paths between all pairs of nodes that pass through it. An edge between two communities is expected to achieve a high betweenness score. Edges with high betweenness score will be removed iteratively to extract communities. The iterative splitting process will stop until the number of nodes in each sub-graph is smaller than a predefined threshold, or until the maximum betweenness score of all edges in the sub-graph is smaller than a threshold that depends on the sub-graph’s size. We refer interested readers to (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) for more details about community detection.
After we obtain the keyword communities, we calculate the cosine similarity between each document and a keyword community. The documents are represented by TF-IDF vectors. As a keyword community is a bag of words, it can also be considered as a document. We assign each document to the keyword community which gives the highest similarity and the similarity is above a predefined threshold. Up to now, we have finished document clustering in the first layer, i.e., the documents are grouped according to topics.
Third, we further perform the second-layer document clustering within each topic to obtain fine-grained events. We also call this process event clustering
. An event only contains documents that talk about the same semantic event. To yield fine-grained event clustering, unsupervised learning is not sufficient. Instead, we adopt a supervised-learning-guided clustering procedure in the second layer.
Specifically, we train an SVM classifier to determine whether a pair of documents are talking about the same event or not using a bunch of document-pair features as the input, including the cosine similarities of content TF-IDF and TF vectors, the cosine similarities of title TF-IDF and TF vectors, the similarity of the first sentences in the two documents, etc.
For each pair of documents within a same topic, we decide whether to connect them or not according to the prediction made by the document-pair relationship classifier mentioned above. Hence, the documents in each topic will form a document graph. We then apply the same community detection algorithm mention above to such document graphs. Note that the graph-based clustering on the second layer is highly efficient, since the number of documents contained in each topic is significantly smaller after the first-layer document clustering.
In a nutshell, our 2-layer scheme groups documents into topics based on keyword community detection and further groups the documents within each topic into fine-grained events. For each event E, we also record the set of keywords CE of the topic (keyword community) which it belongs to, which will be helpful in the subsequent story tree development.
3.3. Growing Story Trees Online
Given the set of extracted events for a particular topic, we further organize these events into multiple stories under this topic in an online manner. Each story is represented by a Story Tree to characterize the evolving structure of that story. Upon the arrival of a new event and given an existing story forest, our online algorithm to grow the story forest mainly involves two steps: a) identifying the story tree to which the event belongs; b) updating the found story tree by inserting the new event at the right place. If this event does not belong to any existing story, we create a new story tree.
a) Identifying the related story tree. Given a set of new events Et={E1,E2,...,E|Et|} at time period t and an existing story forest that has been formed during previous t−1 time periods, our objective is to assign each new event E∈Et to an existing story tree S∈Ft−1. If no story in the current story forest matches that event, a new story tree will be created and added to the story forest.
We apply a two-step strategy to decide whether a new event E belongs to an existing story tree S formed previously. First, as described at the end of Sec. 3.2, event E has its own keyword set CE. Similarly, for the existing story tree S, there is an associated keyword set CS that is a union of all the keyword sets of the events in that tree.
Then, we can calculate the compatibility between event E and story tree S as the Jaccard similarity coefficient between CS and CE: compatibility(CS,CE)=|CS∩CE||CS∪CE|. If the compatibility is bigger than a threshold, we further check whether at least a document in event E and at least a document in story tree S share n or more common words in their titles (with stop words removed). If yes, we assign event E to story tree S. Otherwise, they are not related. In our experiments, we set n=1. If the event E is not related to any existing story tree, a new story tree will be created.
Figure 5. Three types of operations to place a new event into its related story tree.
b) Updating the related story tree. After a related story tree S has been identified for the incoming event E, we perform one of the 3 types of operations to place event E in the tree: merge, extend or insert, as shown in Fig. 5. The merge operation merges the new event E into an existing event node in the tree. The extend operation will append event E as a child node to an existing event node in the tree. Finally, the insert operation directly appends event E to the root node of story tree S. Our system chooses the most appropriate operation to process the incoming event based on the following procedures.
Merge: we merge E with an existing event in the tree, if they essentially talk about the same event. This can be achieved by checking whether the centroid documents of the two events are talking about the same thing using the document-pair relationship classifier described in Sec. 3.2. The centroid document of an event is simply the concatenation of all the documents in the event.
Extend and Insert: if event E does not overlap with any existing event, we will find the parent event node in S to which it should be appended. We calculate the connection strength between the new event E and each existing event Ej∈S based on three factors: 1) the time distance between E and Ej, 2) the compatibility of the two events, and 3) the storyline coherence if E is appended to Ej in the tree, i.e.,
(1) ConnectionStrength(Ej,E):= compatibility(Ej,E)×coherence(LS→Ej→E)×timePenalty(Ej,E).
Now we explain the three components in the above equation one by one. First, the compatibility between two events Ei and Ej is given by
(2) compatibility(Ei,Ej)=TF(dci)⋅TF(dcj)∥TF(dci)∥⋅∥TF(dcj)∥,
where dci is the centroid document of event Ei.
Furthermore, the storyline of Ej is defined as the path in S starting from the root node of S ending at Ej itself, denoted by LS→Ej. Similarly, the storyline of E appended to Ej is denoted by LS→Ej→E. For a storyline L represented by a path E0→…→E|L|, where E0:=S, its coherence (Xu et al., 2013) measures the theme consistency along the storyline, and is defined as
(3) coherence(L)=1|L||L|−1∑i=0compatibility(Ei,Ei+1),
Finally, the bigger the time gap between two events, the less possible that the two events are connected. We thus calculate time penalty by
(4) timePenalty(Ej,E)={eδ⋅(tEj−tE) if tEj−tE<00 otherwise
where tEj and tE are the timestamps of event Ej and E respectively. The timestamp of an event is the minimum timestamp of all the documents in the event.
We calculate the connection strength between the new event E and every event node Ej∈S using (1), and append event E to the existing Ej that leads to the maximum connection strength. If the maximum connection strength is lower than a threshold value, we insert E into story tree S by directly appending it to the root node of S. In other words, insert is a special case of extend.
Figure 6. The number of documents on different days in the dataset.
We evaluate the performance of our system based on 60 GB of Chinese news documents collected from all the major Internet news providers in China, such as Tencent and Sina, in a three-month period from October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 covering different topics in the open domain. Fig. 6 shows the amounts of documents on different days in the dataset. The average number of documents in one day during that period is 164,922. For the following experiments, we use the data in the first 7 days for parameter tuning. The remaining data serves as the test set.
4.1. Evaluate Event Clustering
We first evaluate the performance of our two-layer graph-based document clustering procedure for event extraction. We manually annotated a test dataset that consists of 3500 news documents with ground-truth event labels, and compare our algorithm with the following methods:
LDA + Affinity Propagation: extract the 1000-dimensional LDA vector of each document, and cluster them by the Affinity Propagation clustering algorithm (Guan et al., 2011) .
KeyGraph: the original KeyGraph algorithm (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) for document clustering, without the second-layer clustering based on document graphs and document-pair relationship classifier.
We use the homogeneity, completeness, and V-measure score (Rosenberg and Hirschberg, 2007)
as the evaluation metrics of clustering results. Homogeneity is larger if each cluster contains only members from a single class. The completeness is maximized if all members of a ground true class are assigned to the same cluster. The V-measure is the harmonic mean between homogeneity and completeness:
V-measure=2×homogenity×completenesshomogenity+completeness
Homogeneity
V-measure
KeyGraph
LDA + AP
Table 2. Comparing different event clustering methods.
Table 2 shows that our approach achieves the best V-measure compared with other methods, partly due to the fact that our method achieves the highest homogeneity score, which is 0.96. This implies that most of the document clusters (events) we obtain are pure: each event only contains documents that talk about the same event. In comparison, the homogeneity for the other two methods is much lower. The reason is that we adopt two layers of graph-based clustering to group documents into events with more appropriate granularity.
Yet, the completeness of our approach is a little bit smaller than that of KeyGraph, which is reasonable, as we further split the clusters with the second layer document-graph-based clustering supervised by the document-pair relationship classifier. Considering the significant improvement in homogeneity, the loss in completeness is ignorable.
4.2. Story Forest vs. Other Story Structures
We evaluate different event timeline and story generation algorithms on the large 3-month news dataset through pilot user evaluation. To make fair comparisons, the same preprocessing and event extraction procedures before developing story structures are adopted for all methods, with 261 stories detected from the dataset. The only difference is how to construct the story structure given a set of event nodes. We compare our online Story Forest system with the following existing algorithms:
Flat Cluster (Flat): this method clusters related events into a story without revealing the relationships between events, which approximates some previous works in TDT (Yang et al., 2002; Allan et al., 1998) .
Story Timeline (Timeline): this method organizes events linearly according to the timestamps of events (Sayyadi et al., 2009; Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) .
Story Graph (Graph): this method calculates a connection strength for every pair of events and connect the pair if the score exceeds a threshold (Yang et al., 2009) .
Event Threading (Thread): this algorithm appends each new event to its most similar earlier event (Nallapati et al., 2004) . The similarity between two events is measured by the TF-IDF cosine similarity of the event centroids.
(a) Percentage of incorrect edges
(b) Percentage of inconsistent paths
(c) Number of times rated as the most readable structure
Figure 7. Comparing the performance of different story structure generation algorithms.
(a) Histogram of the number of events in each story
(b) Histogram of the number of paths in each story
(c) Numbers of different story structures
Figure 8. The characteristics of the story structures generated by the Story Forest system.
Correct edges
82.8% 73.7% 66.8% 58.3% 32.9%
Consistent paths
77.4% − 50.1% 29.9% −
Best structure
Table 3. Comparing different story structure generation algorithms.
We enlisted 10 human reviewers, including product managers, software engineers and senior undergraduate students, to blindly evaluate the results given by different approaches. Each individual story was reviewed by 3 different reviewers. When the reviewers’ opinions are different, they will discuss to give a final result. For each story, the reviewers answered the following questions for each of the 5 different structures generated by different schemes:
Do all the documents in each story cluster truly talk about the same story (yes or no)? Continue if yes.
Do all the documents in each event node truly talk about the same event (yes or no)? Continue if yes.
For each story structure given by different algorithms, how many edges correctly represent the event connections?
For each story structure given by story forest, event threading and story timeline, how many paths from ROOT to any leaf node exist in the graph? And how many such paths are logically coherent?
Which algorithm generates the structure that is the best in terms of revealing the story’s underlying logical structure?
Note that for question (3), the total number of edges for each tree equals to the number of events in that tree. Therefore, to make a fair comparison, for the story graph algorithm, we only retain the n edges with the top scores, where n is the number of events in that story graph.
We first report the clustering effectiveness of our system in the pilot user evaluation on the 3-month dataset. Among the 261 stories, 234 of them are pure story clusters (yes to question 1), and furthermore there are 221 stories only contains pure event nodes (yes to question 2). Therefore, the final accuracy to extract events (yes to both question 1 and 2) is 84.7%.
Next, we compare the output story structures given by different algorithms from three aspects: the correct edges between events, the logical coherence of paths, and the overall readability of different story structures. Fig. 7(a) compares the CDFs of incorrect edge percentage under different algorithms. As we can see, Story Forest significantly outperforms the other 4 baseline approaches. As shown in Table 3, for 58% story trees, all the edges in each tree are reviewed as correct, and the average percentage of correct edges for all the story trees is 82.8%. In contrast, the average correct edge percentage given by the story graph algorithm is 32.9%.
An interesting observation is that the average percentage of correct edges given by the simple flat structure is 73.7%, which is a special case of our tree structures. This can be explained by the fact that most real-world breaking news that last for a constrained time period are not as complicated as a novel with rich logical structure, and a flat structure is often enough to depict their underlying logic. However, for stories with richer structures and a relatively longer timeline, Story Forest gives better result than other algorithms by comprehensively considering the event similarity, path coherence and time gap, while other algorithms only consider parts of all the factors.
For path coherence, Fig. 7(b) shows the CDFs of percentages of inconsistent paths under different algorithms. Story Forest gives significantly more coherent paths: the average percentage of coherent paths is 77.4% for our algorithm, and is 50.1% and 29.9%, respectively, for event threading and story timeline. Note that path coherence is meaningless for flat or graph structure.
Fig. 7(c) plots overall readability of different story structures. Among the 221 stories, the tree-based Story Forest system gives the best readability on 187 stories, which is much better than all other approaches. Different algorithms can generate the same structure. For example, the Story Forest system can also generate a flat structure, a timeline, or a same structure as the event threading algorithm does. Therefore, the sum of the numbers of best results given by different approaches is bigger than 221. It’s worth noting that the flat and timeline algorithms also give 88 and 52 most readable results, which again indicates that the logic structures of a large portion of real-world news stories can be characterized by simple flat or timeline structures, which are special cases of story trees. And complex graphs are often an overkill.
We further inspect the story structures generated by Story Forest. Fig. 8(a) and Fig. 8(b) plot the distributions of the number of events and the number of paths in each story tree, respectively. The average numbers of events and paths are 4.07 and 2.71, respectively. Although the tree structure includes the flat and timeline structures as special cases, among the 221 stories, Story Forest generates 77 flat structures and 54 timelines, while the remaining 90 structures generated are still story trees. This implies that Story Forest is versatile and can generate diverse structures for real-world news stories, depending on the logical complexity of each story.
4.3. Algorithm Complexity and Overhead
Figure 9. The running time of our system on the 3-month news dataset.
In this section, we discuss the complexity of each step in our system. For a time slot (e.g., in our case is one day), let Nd be the number of documents, Nw the number of unique words in corpora, note Nw<<Nd, Ne the number of different events, Ns the number of different stories, and Nk represents the maximum number of unique keywords in a document.
As discussed in (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) , building keyword graph requires O(NdNk+N2w) complexity, and community detection based on betweenness centrality requires O(N3w). The complexity of assigning documents to keyword communities is O(NdNkNe). So by far the total complexity is O(NdNkNe+N3w). There exist other community detection algorithms requiring only O(N2w), such as the algorithm in (Radicchi et al., 2004) . Thus we can further improve efficiency by using faster community detection algorithms.
After clustering documents by keyword communities, for each cluster the average number of documents is \sfracNdNe. The pair-wise document relation classification is implemented in O((\sfracNdNe)2). The complexity of the next document graph splitting operation is O((\sfracNwNe)3). Therefore, the total complexity is O(Ne((\sfracNdNe)2+(\sfracNwNe)3)). Our experiments show that usually 1≤\sfracNdNe≤100. Combining with Nw<<Nd, the complexity is now approximately O(Ne).
To grow story trees with new events, the complexity of finding the related story tree for each event is of O(NsT), where T is the history length to keep existing stories and delete older stories. If no existing related story, creating a new story requires O(1) operations. Otherwise, the complexity of updating a story tree is O(T\sfracNeNs). In summary, the complexity of growing story trees is O(NeT(Ns+\sfracNeNs))≈O(TNeNs), as our experience on the Tencent news dataset shows that 1≤\sfracNeNs≤200. Our online algorithm to update story structure requires O(\sfracNeNs) complexity and delivers a consistent story development structure, while most existing offline optimization based story structure algorithms require at least O((\sfracNeNs)2) complexity and disrupt the previously generated story structures.
Fig. 9 shows the running time of our Story Forest system on the 3 months news dataset. The average time of processing each day’s news is around 26 seconds, and increases linearly with number of days. For the offline keyword extraction module, the processing efficiency is approximately 50 documents per second. The performance of keyword extraction module is consistent with time and doesn’t require frequently retraining. The LDA model is incrementally retrained every day to handle new words. For keyword extraction, the efficiency of event clustering and story structure generation can be further improved by a parallel implementation.
5. Related Work
There are mainly two research lines that are highly related to our work: Text Clustering and Story Structure Generation.
The problem of text clustering has been well studied by researchers (Aggarwal and Zhai, 2012; Jing et al., 2005, 2010; Guan et al., 2011)
. The most popular way is first extracting specific text features, such as TF-IDF, from documents, and then apply general clustering algorithms such as k-means. The selection of different feature and setting of algorithm parameters plays a key role in the final performance of clustering
(Liu et al., 2005) . There are also approaches which utilize the document keywords co-occurrence information to construct a keyword graph, and clustering documents by applying community detection techniques on the keyword graph (Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) . (Mele and Crestani, 2017)
combines topic modeling, named-entity recognition, and temporal analysis to detect event clusters from news streams.
(Chakrabarti et al., 2010) proposed an evolutionary clustering framework to cluster data over time. A more comprehensive study of different text clustering algorithms can be found in (Aggarwal and Zhai, 2012) .
The Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT) research spot news events and group by topics, and track previously spotted news events by attaching related new events into the same cluster (Allan et al., 1998; Allan, 2012; Yang et al., 2009; Sayyadi and Raschid, 2013) . However, the associations between related events are not defined or interpreted by TDT techniques. To help users capture the developing structure of events, different approaches have been proposed. (Nallapati et al., 2004) proposed the concept of Event Threading, and tried a series of strategies based on similarity measure to capture the dependencies among events. (Yang et al., 2009) combines the similarity measure between events, temporal sequence and distance between events, and document distribution along the timeline to score the relationship between events, and models the event evolution structure by a directed acyclic graph (DAG).
The above research works measure and model the relationship between events in a pairwise manner. However, the overall story consistency is not considered. The Metro Map model proposed in (Shahaf et al., 2013) defines metrics such as coherence and diversity for story quality evaluation, and identifies lines of documents by solving an optimization problem to maximize the topic diversity of storylines while guarantee the coherence of each storyline. However, new documents are being generated all the time, and systems that are able to catch related news and update story structures in an online manner are desired.
As studies based on unsupervised clustering techniques (Yan et al., 2011) perform poorly in distinguishing storylines with overlapped events (Hua et al., 2016) , more recent works introduce different Bayesian models to generate storyline. However, they often ignore the intrinsic structure of a story (Huang and Huang, 2013) or fail to properly model the hidden relations (Zhou et al., 2015) . (Hua et al., 2016) proposes a hierarchical Bayesian model for storyline generation, and utilize twitter hashtags to “supervise” the generation process. However, the Gibbs sampling inference of the model is time consuming, and such twitter data is not always available for every news stories.
In this paper, we describe our experience of implementing Story Forest, a news content organization system at Tencent, which is designed to discover events from vast streams of trending and breaking news and organize events in sensible story trees in an online manner. Our system is specifically tailored for fast processing massive amounts of breaking news data, whose story structures can most likely be captured by either a tree, a timeline or a flat structure. We propose a two-layer graph-based document clustering algorithm to extract fine-grained events from vast long documents. Our system further organizes the events into story trees with efficient online algorithms upon the arrival of daily news data. We conducted extensive performance evaluation based on 60 GB of real-world (Chinese) news data, although our ideas are not language-dependent and can easily be extended to other languages, through detailed pilot user experience studies.
Extensive results suggest that our clustering procedure is significantly more effective at accurate event extraction than existing algorithms. 83% of the event links generated by Story Forest are logically correct as compared to an accuracy of 33% generated by more complex story graphs, demonstrating the ability of our system to organize trending news events into a logical structure that appeals to human readers.
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Holder Statement on NC Redistricting Maps
Today, former Attorney General and NDRC Chair Eric Holder released the following statement on new maps that will be reviewed at a North Carolina Senate Committee on Redistricting hearing today at 2PM:
“North Carolina’s legislature must reject the new gerrymandered maps before the redistricting committees today and tomorrow,” said Holder. “This week, North Carolinians packed meetings across the state to make clear that these maps would divide communities and diminish the value of their votes. The citizens of North Carolina have spoken clearly: The new maps are just as bad as the old illegal maps.”
“These new maps do nothing to fix the illegal 2011 maps that were struck down by the Supreme Court as racial gerrymanders. New maps should ensure that the voters in North Carolina pick their representatives, instead of politicians picking their voters. The current proposal fails that basic test of democracy. It’s time for the legislature to produce fair maps that represent North Carolina’s diverse communities.”
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Home Dept of Posts 2020 Dept of Posts – Modified timeline for office Inspections
Dept of Posts 2020
Dept of Posts – Modified timeline for office Inspections
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File No.10-01/2020-Inspn
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Inspection Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi, dated: 26.05.2020
Subject: Inspections of Administrative and Operative Offices.
In accordance with the directions of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), guidelines on lockdown measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in all parts of the country were issued vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A) dated 24.03.2020 under the Disaster Management Act 2005 for a period of 21 days with effect from 25.03.2020. Under further directions of the NDMA, the lockdown period was extended up to 03.05.2020 vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A) dated 14.04.2020 and consolidated revised guidelines were issued vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A) dated 15.04.2020. Under further directions of NDMA, the lockdown period was extended with new guidelines for a further period of two weeks with effect from 04.05.2020 vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A) dated 01.05.2020
2. Now, under further directions of NDMA, the lockdown period has been extended with new guidelines for a further period up to 31.05.2020 from 18.05.2020 vide Ministry of Home Affairs Order no. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A) dated 17.05.2020.
3. With reference to Directorate letter no. 15-1/88-Inspn dated 29.08.1988, inspections for both Administrative & Operative Offices are to be carried out within the earmarked quarters in a calendar year as per percentage fixed i.e. 15%, 35%, 30% and 20% in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th quarters respectively.
4. Now, therefore, taking into consideration the outbreak of COVID-19 across the country, it has been decided by the competent authority that the inspections to be carried out within the earmarked quarters as per percentage fixed for Administrative and Operative Offices in the approved Annual Inspection Programme for the year 2020, will undergo a change as explained in para 5 below.
5. As 35% of offices are to be inspected during the months from April 2020 to June 2020, which has perhaps not been carried out due to Covid-19 outbreak and consequent lockdown declared throughout the country, the following guidelines are to be followed:
(i) As per extant guidelines, annual inspection should be carried out within one year from the date of last inspection. In view of the prevailing unprecedented situation, the said timeline is extended to 15 months from the date of last inspection. This is allowed strictly as a one-time measure in respect of the inspections originally scheduled to be carried out from March 2020 to December 2020 only.
(ii) 10% of the total inspections out of 35% scheduled during the 2nd Quarter of 2020 shall be carried out during the said quarter, which leaves a balance of 25% of inspections to be carried out in the 3rd Quarter.
(iii) Remaining balance of 25% of the total inspections of 2020 originally scheduled during the 2nd Quarter as mentioned in para 2 above and 10% out of 30% of the total inspections of 2020 originally scheduled during the 3rd Quarter shall be carried out during the 3rd Quarter. The revised inspection programme shall be prepared in such a manner that 35% of the total inspections of 2020 are carried out during the three months of the 3rd Quarter in the above manner.
(iv) Similarly, the balance of 20% of the total inspections of 2020 already scheduled during the 3rd Quarter and 10% of the total inspections of 2020 scheduled during the 4th quarter shall be carried out during the 4th Quarter. In other words, 30% of the total inspections of 2020 shall be carried out during the three months of the 4th Quarter in the above manner. This leaves a balance of 10% of inspections originally scheduled for 4th Quarter of 2020.
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(v) Remaining 10% of the total inspections of 2020 already scheduled during the IVth Quarter shall be carried forward to the first Quarter of 2021.
(vi) Inspection programme at all levels shall be revised and submitted for approval of the competent authority on or before 31.05.2020.
(vii) Time limit for submission of Inspection Reports shall continue as per the extant instructions.
(viii) Staggering of inspections shall be applicable to inspection programmes of all inspecting authorities of the Sub Division/Division/RO/CO (i.e. Sub Divisional Heads, Divisional heads, DPS, PMG, CPMG).
(ix) Orders for change in the inspection programme of 2020 of Members PSB and Addl. DG (Coord.) will be issued separately.
6. For convenience of understanding, the following is illustrated and tabulated:
%age of inspections originally scheduled in 2020
%age of revised inspections scheduled in 2020
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
I January – March 15 15
(No change) 25
(10 C/F of 2020 + 15 of 2021)
II April – June 35 10 35
III July – September 30 35 30
IV October-December 20 30 20
Total 100 90 110
Note: (i) Half yearly verification of balances of GPOs/ Head Post Offices however will undergo no change in schedule and will be carried out as per the guidelines on the subject.
(ii) From 2022 onwards, the percentage of distribution of inspections will be as per column (c) above.
(iii) The inspections if any, that could not be carried out in March 2020 due to lockdown from 25.03.2020 may be completed in the quarter ending June-2020.
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7. In respect of Post Offices (inspection of which are carried over to the next quarter), the Inspecting Officers shall scrutinize the financial transactions of the Post Offices from the data available in SAP. Any abnormal variations in cash flow/ transactions and cash management may be examined thoroughly, documented and brought to the notice of the competent authority. Shortcomings, if any, found may be followed up immediately.
8. Modified timeline with respect to the number of days of inspection to be followed in respect of the following Offices is given below for strict adherence:
Category/th>
Prescribed days of inspection
Modified days of inspection
(a) (b) (c)
GPO/HO Annual Inspection 8 6
GPO/HO Verification 4 3
SO (HSG I/II) and MDG 4 3
SO LSG and MDG 3 2
Note: (i) The inspecting officer shall inspect the office with all the basic data regarding transactions and balances extracted from SAP before commencing the inspection.
(ii). However for non-CSI offices, the prescribed number of days for inspections will continue to be as per the existing instructions i.e. column (b) above.
2. Notwithstanding the above guidelines, inspections of bad / fraud prone offices shall be carried out by the inspecting officers strictly within the stipulated timelines.
3. CPMG, PMG, DPS, Divisional & Sub Divisional Heads may continue with the visits to the field offices (Postal & RMS) as per existing guidelines.
This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
AD (Inspection)
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Attempts at new treatments and cures have focused on suppressing large portions of the immune system — sometimes using powerful drugs developed for other conditions, such as the blood cancer lymphoma. Steinman called this the "big hammer" approach.
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Steinman and his team designed a molecule that contained the gene for making proinsulin, the precursor to insulin. The molecule also included instructions for triggering the killer cells' response and then shutting it down.
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After successful trials with diabetic mice, the team prepared to test its vaccine on humans. They selected 80 volunteers ages 18 to 40 who had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes within the last five years. After that time, many Type 1 sufferers have already lost all of their insulin-producing cells, Steinman said. (Although many people with Type 1 diabetes are diagnosed as children, the researchers avoided testing their reverse vaccine on kids because of safety concerns.)
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It was licensed 10 years ago and more than 100,000 patients in the UK use it despite on-going concerns linking it to heart problems.
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The drug - generic name rosiglitazone - is also used in combination with other drugs under the names Avandamet and Avaglim.
A spokeswoman for the regulator said: "Patients who are currently taking these medicines should make an appointment with their doctor to discuss suitable alternative treatments.
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Posted by Scott Lucas | Oct 27, 2020 | 2
Amy Coney Barrett listens as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks, September 29, 2020 (Susan Walsh/Getty/TNS)
UPDATE, 1145 GMT:
I also spoke with talkRADIO’s Julia Hartley-Brewer about the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett and the prospects for the Presidential election next Tuesday.
Listen to full discussion from 23:00 in 0630-0700 Segment
The myth is that the Supreme Court is separate from politics. Even if Donald Trump loses next week, the Republicans have got someone who will try to implement his plans and their plans in an arch-conservative way.
Politics professor Scott Lucas says the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court could allow Republicans to implement “arch-conservative” plans, even if Donald Trump loses next week’s election.
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— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) October 27, 2020
ORIGINAL ENTRY: I joined Monocle 24’s Georgina Godwin on Tuesday to evaluate the rushed confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hoping to pack the Court — affecting issues such as healthcare, women’s rights, LGBT rights, immigration, and environmental protections — and Donald Trump looking for a lifeline if he loses the November 3 election.
If we do have a conservative Supreme Court which is ruling politically, while Democrats hold the White House and control Congress, there are going to be fundamental questions about the American system.
What type of reform do we need maintain checks and balances and not have it fall apart in a polarized America?
We continue by looking at the interaction between the push to confirm Barrett and the surge in the pandemic: “While Mitch McConnell gets the type of courts which he wants, all other Americans — with more than 225,000 who have died — have no hope of Coronavirus relief in the near-future.”
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Asian Community Emergency Relief Fund
Update – January 11, 2021: The Asian Community Emergency Relief Fund (ACERF) has reopened to continue supporting beneficiaries who continue to be disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Please consider making a donation by February 15, 2021 to ensure more emergency funds can be granted to individuals and families in need.
While countless communities are severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American community in Greater Boston is being hit harder than most. Many are immigrants who work in food, hospitality, home care, and child care sectors that have been closed. Consequently, these workers have lost their incomes. Because of language barriers and immigration status, not everyone can access public benefits like unemployment and the new stimulus dollars. These families are in jeopardy of not having enough money to buy basic necessities and pay for housing. To make matters worse, our community is also facing rising anti-Asian sentiments.
Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), in partnership with Chinese Progressive Association, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Asian American Resource Workshop, Greater Boston Legal Services’ Asian Outreach Unit, and Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association, launched the Asian Community Emergency Relief Fund for our community. The fund provides immediate and direct financial support to people in our community who have lost work and are having trouble meeting their basic needs, and may not be eligible for other public benefits.
In 2020, we raised and distributed over $350,000 and helped 327 families, totaling 946 individuals. Our applicants were predominately Chinese, Vietnamese, and Khmer immigrants from Boston, Quincy, Malden, Lowell and Randolph. Of the individuals funded, the majority of languages spoken included Cantonese, Mandarin, Khmer, and Vietnamese, and a smaller percentage included Thai, Nepalese, Bengali, Laotian and Urdu.
55.5% of the fund went to families with undocumented members, and the remaining fund helped families that were ineligible for other public benefits because of their immigrant status, because they had been paid in cash, or because they had been self-employed.
OUR 2020 FINDINGS
The First Touch Point
For many applicants, the Fund intake phone call was the first time they learned about resources they were eligible for. Most required language assistance to apply for benefits they previously had not known about and were referred to partner organizations for help.
More Hate Crimes
A number of applicants reported being verbally or physically assaulted, from being spit on at a grocery store, attacked on public transit, to violently intimidated at work.
Immigration Barriers
Immigrants who have been in the US for less than five years are ineligible for most public benefits. Some applicants immigrated as recently as Jan 2020. There is also fear that becoming a “public charge” will prevent them from gaining citizenship or petitioning for family members.
Not Enough Money
Many households live intergenerationally or have college-aged students who recently moved back. While applicants expressed gratitude for the aid, we know these gift cards are insufficient to meet the mounting back rent and basic expenses due to continued unemployment. Each partner organization continues to deliver much-needed programming and services to its respective constituents to achieve long-term stability after the pandemic. In the meantime, distributing these emergency funds can help relieve immediate financial pressure on families struggling to pay for essential expenses such as housing, food and bills.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Ensure Equal Access to Unemployment Benefits
We urge the Dept. of Unemployment Assistance to increase accessibility for non-English speakers by offering unemployment applications in Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer, & other languages.
Stand Against Hate Crimes
We call on MA Attorney General Maura Healey to commit to prosecuting any reports of hate crimes, as Asian immigrants and Asian Americans are victims of increased xenophobic violence.
Suspend Public Charge Rule
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Division of Environmental Analysis - District 11
The Division of Environmental Analysis was formed in the 1970's in response to the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Division is obligated for managing Caltrans' responsibilities under all applicable federal and state environmental laws and regulations. In so doing, the Division ensures consistent and uniform application of environmental policies, standards, procedures, guidelines, and practices.
The Division consists of an interdisciplinary team of planners, engineers, archaeologists, architectural historians, paleontologists, historians, biologists, and landscape architects who play an integral role in the delivery of environmentally sound transportation projects.
The Division Of Environmental Analysis serves the environmental needs of District 11 and administers Caltrans' responsibilities under federal and state law in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) & the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The Branches For Environmental Engineering are responsible for providing technical environmental engineering studies required for the environmental approval of projects in the District. The Office also provides technical support to Design, Construction, and Maintenance offices in all matters related to air quality, noise, vibrations, dredging, and hazardous waste.
The Branch For Cultural And Paleontological Resources is responsible for identifying cultural resources that may be affected by Caltrans projects and for developing measures to mitigate impacts to those resources.
The Branch For Stewardship And Ecological Studies is responsible for preparing natural environment memos and studies, biological evaluations and assessments, and for identifying mitigation that is required for project approval. The Branch is also responsible for coordination during construction for all environmental related activities including environmental commitments. The Branch also provides functional support to Design, Construction, and Maintenance offices in securing and ensuring compliance with permits and regulatory approvals from the California Department of Fish and Game, the California Coastal Commission, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The Branch For Stormwater And Water Quality is the District focal point for stormwater and water quality related issues. The Office is responsible for providing technical studies, obtaining permits, providing support to the District on environmental mitigation work and functional PS&E support on roadway projects. The Office of Water Quality ensures the Department's Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) is implemented in the District. The Office also provides technical support to Design, Construction and Maintenance offices in all matters related to storm water and non-stormwater discharges.
The following environmental documents are available by request. Please contact the District 11 Public Information Office by phone at (619) 688-6699 or e-mail to the following address: CT.Public.Information.D11@dot.ca.gov.
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Caltrans News Flash #195 - Caltrans Work Zone Speed Reduction Initiative
District: Headquarters
SACRAMENTO – Speeding in a work zone is like gambling with lives. In the last five years, over 3,000 people nationwide lost their lives in work zone collisions and more than 85 percent of them were the motoring public. Speed was a factor in 28 percent of those crashes. At the 2018 Caltrans Safety Summit, Caltrans Director Laurie Berman made a call to action and is implementing three new safety initiatives to end work zone fatalities.
One death on our highway system, whether it’s a Caltrans employee, a resident or someone visiting our great state, is one death too many. After a Caltrans worker and four contractors were killed in 2018 in the line of duty, Berman asked, “What do we need to do differently as an industry?” She called a Safety Summit for experts in transportation and construction to develop a plan to help make work zones safer.
As a result, Caltrans is rolling out three new safety initiatives: to reduce work-zone speeds, allow more space between workers and traffic, and expand work windows giving work crews more flexibility to work safer and get projects done faster, which means less impact to the public.
In the first of three videos, Caltrans Public Information Officer Alisa Becerra will show you the importance of staying alert and reducing your speed in work-zones.
Caltrans News Flash 195
This video can also be viewed at: https://youtu.be/om8SCJDDafM
This Caltrans News Flash is the 196th in a series of videos highlighting Caltrans' activities that present the wide-ranging and critical work that Caltrans does to enhance California's economy and livability. To see more of these and other videos, search for #CaltransNewsFlash on Twitter or visit Caltrans News Flash on YouTube.
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Climate change20. September 2019
New EU Commission faces turning climate pledges into reality
By Agence France-Presse
Brussels – The next European Commission taking charge of the EU from November has made an ambitious, global-leading fight against climate change the centrepiece of its mandate, putting a super vice president in charge of the issue.
The challenge has become all the more urgent as scientists say current UN projections of global warming are outdated and that average temperatures are rising faster than forecast.
Frans Timmermans, a Dutchman who missed out on being the Commission’s top dog, is the appointed green czar of Brussels, charged with pivoting the bloc towards a future of clean energy and carbon-neutral activity.
What happens if we don’t curb climate change?
The vast task means he will supervise the work of the commissioners handling energy, fishing, agriculture, transport and food safety, all under the title of executive vice-president for the “European Green Deal”.
He will also inherit the office for climate action, from which the outgoing post-holder, Spain’s Miguel Arias Canete, negotiated the 2015 Paris climate accord in the name of the EU’s 28 member states.
“He’s one of the main politicians in the world with a lot of power in his hands,” said Pascal Canfin, the head of the environment commission in the European Parliament.
“He understands very well that he has an exceptional political window. He has the means to succeed.”
The five main greenhouse gas emitters
– A carbon border tax? –
But some, like Jeremy Wates, head of the European Environmental Bureau, a Brussels NGO, lamented what he said was the lack of “significant” ecological credentials of the candidates of the incoming Commission.
The Greens party in the European Parliament was even more acid in its criticism that not enough was being done.
“The word ‘climate’ doesn’t appear in the portfolio titles,” noted one Green MEP, Karima Delli.
Her colleagues Michele Rivasi and David Cormand said they expected the new executive would back free-trade accords they see as harmful to the planet.
New climate data predicts higher global temperatures
The new Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to make battling climate change one of the top priorities of her five-year mandate.
The former German defence minister has given her team 100 days to come up with a pact that eventually will make Europe the first continent to go carbon neutral.
To get there, she wants to see the European carbon emissions trading system extended to also cover shipping, reduce free allowances for the aviation sector, and adopt a carbon border tax that would slap higher tariffs on imported goods made through greenhouse-gas intensive processes.
EU heavyweights France and Germany back the more muscular approach to tackling climate change. Paris has long argued for the carbon tax idea, while Germany is expected this week to reveal a multi-billion-euro plan to fight global warming.
Ursula von der Leyen unveils EU Green Deal
– Ambitious targets –
Von der Leyen’s task will be to persuade four hold-out EU member states — the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Poland — to get behind the ambition to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050.
Those countries, all reliant on burning fossil fuels, argued earlier this year that the cost of transitioning to clean energy would be too burdensome.
In response, von der Leyen has proposed a transition fund to help spread the cost around. But that has raised the hackles of other member states already under pressure to cough up more to cover the budget shortfall from a likely Brexit.
The other challenge will be to set more ambitious targets to reduce EU greenhouse gases by 2030.
EU nations lead the way in embracing carbon tax proposal
Currently they are set at 40 percent of what they were in 1990, but von der Leyen wants to go further to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord — as much as 50 percent reduction, or even 55 percent.
Brussels wanted to present those hiked ambitions at a UN climate summit next week, but is still fleshing out its revised plan.
Von der Leyen’s ability to have her zealous pledges turned into reality will be under scrutiny in the months and years to come.
“That is probably the issue that will most define her mandate,” Canfin said.
Where different countries stand in their efforts to become carbon neutral
By Marine Laouchez
carbon emissions, carbon neutral, Climate change, environment, European Commission, European Green Deal, European Union, Frans Timmermans, Global warming, politics, zero-carbon
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Home » Books » Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia
Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia
Written by Shicun Wu
Safe navigation of the seas is of global importance. Sea lanes provide vital connections for the growth of the global economy and the wellbeing of people everywhere. The sea lanes are of particular importance for the East Asian region, as most trade is undertaken on the ocean. Booming economies in the region such as China and Vietnam put more pressure on sea lanes, triggering concern for the safety of navigation. Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia identifies salient issues for academic debate, and further explores those that have practical implications for the safety of navigation in East Asia. Contemporary maritime security concentrates on safe navigation and inhibiting transnational crimes, including sea piracy and maritime terrorism. Maritime environmental security and search and rescue at sea are also important. Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia is structured into four sections: the first part introduces the topic, and looks at the safety of navigation and the search for a cooperative mechanism. The second part considers the international legal framework and its implications for East Asia. The third part presents national perspectives on the safety of navigation, and fi nally part four considers navigational issues in the South China Sea. Places a special focus on East Asia Accommodates national perspectives in East Asia on navigation given by scholars from China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore Presents a special section on the South China Sea, located in Southeast Asia and connecting the Indian and Pacific oceans; a critical sea route for maritime transport
Author : Shicun Wu
Release : 21 November 2013
CLICK HERE TO GET THIS BOOKSecuring the Safety of Navigation in East Asia
Author : Shicun Wu,Keyuan Zou
GET THIS BOOKSecuring the Safety of Navigation in East Asia
Safe navigation of the seas is of global importance. Sea lanes provide vital connections for the growth of the global economy and the wellbeing of people everywhere. The sea lanes are of particular importance for the East Asian region, as most trade is undertaken on the ocean. Booming economies in the region such as China and Vietnam put more pressure on sea lanes, triggering concern for the safety of navigation. Securing the Safety of Navigation in East Asia identifies salient
Chinese-Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex
Author : Jeffrey Reeves,Jeffrey Hornung,Kerry Lynn Nankivell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
GET THIS BOOKChinese-Japanese Competition and the East Asian Security Complex
This volume examines contemporary diplomatic, economic, and security competition between China and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region. The book outlines the role that Sino-Japanese competition plays in East Asian security, an area of study largely overlooked in contemporary writing on Asian security, which tends to focus on US–China relations and/or US hegemony in Asia. The volume focuses on Chinese and Japanese foreign policy under President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and regional security dynamics within and
Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia
Author : Suk Kyoon Kim
Publisher : BRILL
GET THIS BOOKGlobal Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia
In Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia, Suk Kyoon Kim offers a multi-disciplinary perspective on various issues of maritime safety and security, focusing on East Asia. Ranging from the definitions of maritime safety and security, this book provides insights on a wide range of maritime safety and security regimes and issues.
Maritime Security in the South China Sea
GET THIS BOOKMaritime Security in the South China Sea
Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China. The adjacent countries have rendered overlapping territorial and/or maritime claims in the South China Sea which complicate the situation of maintaining maritime security and developing regional cooperation there. This book focuses on contemporary maritime security in the South China Sea as well as its connected sea area, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. It identifies
Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
Author : Kwa Kwa Chong Guan,John Skogan
GET THIS BOOKMaritime Security in Southeast Asia
This book confronts both the maritime security challenges and responses. In Southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the last twenty years, taken on a much greater importance, due to the Law of the Sea convention, which has resulted in a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). As well as traditional security threats to maritime security, there has also emerged a range of non-traditional threat, such as those emanating from piracy and international terrorism that spill over into the maritime domain.
Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia
Author : Nicholas Tarling,Xin Chen
Release : 21 April 2017
GET THIS BOOKMaritime Security in East and Southeast Asia
This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics. The articles in this collection present case studies on Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia as a whole and focus on domestic definitions of threats and conceptualisations of security. These studies map the differing understandings of danger in this region and explore how contending narratives of "threats" and "security" affect the national maritime security
Regulation on Navigation of Foreign Vessels
Author : Ted L. McDorman,Keyuan Zou,Seokwoo Lee
GET THIS BOOKRegulation on Navigation of Foreign Vessels
This edited book, Regulation on Navigation of Foreign Vessels: Asia-Pacific State Practice, is a collection of country papers focused on one of the more contentious and diverse subject areas of the international law of the sea – foreign vessel rights of navigation in national waters.
Political and Security Dynamics of South and Southeast Asia
Author : Daljit Singh
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
GET THIS BOOKPolitical and Security Dynamics of South and Southeast Asia
Provides perspectives from India and Singapore on some of the major security and political issues facing the two regions. Looks at regional integrations trends, roles of the major powers, maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, and political and security developments within Southeast Asia.
Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
Author : Michael Leifer
GET THIS BOOKDictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
This comprehensive Dictionary provides descriptive and analytical coverage of the turbulent political history and striking changes which have occurred both regionally and in key countries since the end of the Second World War. Substantially rewritten to take into account the dramatic political events and developments since 1995, the third edition of this acclaimed Dictionary will provide non-specialists and specialists alike with an essential resource on this constantly changing and volatile region. Including new entries, updated country profiles on Indonesia, Malaysia and
Author : Dr Shicun Wu,Professor Keyuan Zou
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Security in East Asia
Author : Robert John O'Neill
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
GET THIS BOOKSecurity in East Asia
Forfattere: Paul Dibb, Robert A. Scalapino, Yukio Satoh, Kenneth L. Adelman, Gerald Segal, Takashi Tajima, Michael Leifer og William T. Tow.
East Asia, the West and International Security
Author : Atsushi Tokinoya,Marc Bentinck,R. B. Byers
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IDSA News Review on East Asia
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Cats strike delicate balance between gravity and inertia when lapping milk
US researchers unveiled the secret of how cats lap water or milk with such elegance, a phenomenon that happens so fast it cannot be followed by human eyes. A cat lapping milk strikes a delicate balance between gravity and inertia, the research finds.
Unlike dogs, which use their tongues to scoop water into their mouths, a cat uses the tip of its tongue to pull water upward, closing its jaws before gravity pulls the column of liquid back toward earth.
The method requires cats to lap at just the right speed to balance the inertial force that keeps the water moving upward with the gravitational force pulling the water back down, CBS reports.
An average house cat, the team found, can make four of these mini-streams per second.
"What we found is that the cat uses fluid dynamics and physics in a way to absolutely optimize tongue lapping and water collection," said Jeffrey Aristoff, now at Princeton University but who was one of the four researchers who began the study out of curiosity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Nobody had ever studied it before, so nobody knew how the water went from the bowl into the cat's mouth," he said. Not surprisingly, they found that cats lap at precisely the rate that would get them the most water for the effort expended, Washington Post informs.
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EuroMillions Mega draw in April 2018 guarantees a huge jackpot €130 mio
Submitted by Alex Miras on 07.04.2018
EuroMillions, the legendary Euro lottery, has announced the next superdraw, the second one in 2018, which will raffle off a minimum of 130 million euros on Friday 20th April.
Of course for those who desire to win big money the lottery, the mega draw of the biggest Eurolotto presents a huge chance to find themselves in the historical list of EuroMillions winners and, as a consequence, in the world ranking of euro millionaires.
All that residents of those countries which are not the organizers of EuroMillions have to know for participation in the special draw is the date when it is held, and a reliable source for buying lottery tickets online.
Actual information on holding the mega draw in April 2018
Date of holding the mega draw: April 20, 2018
Time of holding: 21:00 GMT
Minimum jackpot amount announced: 130 million euros
You can find detailed information about the draw: on the webpage of EuroMillions superdraw
Select the internet operator of lottery tickets: on the world’s lotteries webpage
Brief information on the superdraw facts and rules
The organizers of EuroMillions hold a superdraw of the lottery 3-4 times per year and announce a guaranteed jackpot amount from 100 to 130 million euros irrespective of the size of the lottery’s prize pool on the eve of the megadraw.
This is with the exception of superdraws where the progressive current jackpot of the lottery exceeds the announced size of the mega draw’s prize pool.
Most historically big winnings of the EuroMillions lottery took place due to superdraws during holding of those or during the subsequent, later draws, when the jackpot grew naturally by way of rollovers to exceed the amount announced in the superdraw.
As for the rules of the game and filling in lottery tickets for participation in the mega draw, there are actually no peculiarities as compared to the common, ordinary of the EuroMillions draws.
How to buy a ticket for the megadraw
If you have already reached the age of 18, and can online gambling, then don't hesitate to start participating in the marathon race for the jackpot of the EuroMillions lottery superdraw.
Everyone who desires to buy a EuroMillions ticket, including those players who live outside the lottery’s organizing countries, has a possibility to choose a suitable operator in the world’s lotteries section or to play EuroMillions online at once alter going to the main page of the website.
As soon as you have finished the process of selecting the main and additional numbers in the lottery ticket, you can select the superdraw date as 20.04.2018, and then proceed to the easy registration of a new player and to buy EuroMillions ticket, which will result in a real chance for you to win more than 100 million euros playing the lottery.
If you find it difficult to determine the lucky numbers, you can use automatic typing to fill in the lottery form, or, for example, invent something based on the birth dates of your family and friends and your own birth date, because everything is possible in the lottery.
We wish good luck to all the participants of the draw: may the EuroMillions Superdraw in April become a historical event and the beginning of a new era in your life where the most cherished dreams come true. Of course, super drawing necessary wait a few more days but you can tickle your patience playing instant lottery or onlinebingo right now.
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Disney Kingdoms’ ‘The Haunted Mansion’ #2 Scares Up A Second Printing
April 28, 2016 Derek McCaw Comics, Reviews, Theme Parks 0
I’m using that announcement to talk about the book itself. Written by Joshua Williamson with art by Jorge Coelho, The Haunted Mansion had a road ahead of it both seemingly simple and tough. It’s one of the Disney resorts’ most popular attractions, with versions in almost every location. Unlike the earlier titles in the Disney Kingdoms line, it’s one that already has a built-in popular mythos, with elements that fans have sometimes decided upon for themselves. (I highly recommend Jason Surrell’s recently published history of the attraction — though if you’re a fan of the Haunted Mansion, you’ve probably already read it.)
Though I’ll be very interested if and when Marvel takes on Pirates of the Caribbean, it’s no wonder they haven’t tried to approach it — thanks to the movies, the publisher won’t have a lot of freedom to create something truly new as they have with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad or Figment. In the vein of being free from expectation, the strongest and best Disney Kingdoms book was the first — Seekers of the Weird, because it was based on an attraction never actually built. Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump’s unrealized Museum of the Weird would have been adjunct to… the Haunted Mansion.
Williamson’s take has not itself connected to that earlier title any way but spiritually (which is appropriate). Like the family films that Disney produced in the 1960s and 1970s, the story centers on a young teen who feels a little lost. The one person who understood him, his grandfather, passed away, calling for help from beyond the grave. There’s this creepy old mansion full of ghosts, and the most powerful of the ghosts, the Captain, holds all the others prisoner.
The second issue, which Marvel is reprinting in May, focuses on an iconic setting from the attraction — the ballroom. A great party of ghosts celebrates eternally, partially because they have no choice, and also because the effect of the mansion (or the Captain’s curse) is to fog their memories. Even if they try to escape, they may forget they’re trying halfway through the attempt. It’s a sly chapter, balancing the menace of what is after all a ghost story with a liberal dose of good humor. That’s also why people love the actual Haunted Mansion.
Coelho’s art fits the book well. It’s cartoony and intricate, full of emotion. Like the Haunted Mansion itself, it conveys menace when it has to. It’s just not quite on model with the more iconic look of Marc Davis’ original designs for the attraction — and that’s okay. When SLG had the comics license for the Haunted Mansion, that publisher went full-on indie with the art, and it made for a fun book then. (That was an anthology — with the intention of telling 999 separate stories about the 999 ghosts.)
It’s clear that Williamson and Coelho are hardcore fans; this book is steeped in affection for the Disney legacy, and though “the Captain” has recently made a much more affable appearance at the Disneyland Resort, a much darker version of the character was the original impetus for the attraction way back in the 1950s. (Thanks, Mr. Surrell.) It also works well as a kids’ adventure book — just enough hot and cold running chills to make it suspenseful and a fun read.
From Marvel:
The world famous attraction returns to haunt comic shops once more! Marvel is pleased to announce that HAUNTED MANSION #2 has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail) and will immediately return for a second printing! The newest series in the Disney Kingdoms line brings the 999 happy haunts of the Haunted Mansion to (after)life like never before. Rising star creators Joshua Williamson and Jorge Coelho throw open the doors of the mansion and take you, dear reader, on a spine-tingling tour you won’t want to miss. Don’t believe us? The critics are already dying for this comic!
“Williamson, Coelho and Beaulieu really pulled out all the stops to create a horror comic that could appeal to all ages while capturing the wonder and awe of the attraction itself.” – Multiversity Comics
“The moment I reached the end of the story, I just wanted to know more and can’t wait for the next issue.” – DisKingdom.com
“Visually interesting and tons of fun, HAUNTED MANSION is a spookily good time.” – ComicsVerse
Don’t miss your chance to see what has everyone talking and why THE HAUNTED MANSION is perfect for Marvel and Disney fans alike. Now is the time to jump on board and snag a copy when HAUNTED MANSION #2 returns to comic shops this May!
Plus – don’t miss out on an exclusive Disney Parks variant covers to Haunted Mansion #1 and Haunted Mansion #2 – available at Disneyland’s Pieces of Eight and Memento Mori in Walt Disney World!
HAUNTED MANSION #2 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR168452)
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by JORGE COELHO
Cover by E.M. GIST
FOC – 05/02/16, On-Sale – 05/25/16
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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He performs with ComedySportz San Jose and ShakesBEERience, in addition to occasional screenwriting and acting jobs. If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at editor@fanboyplanet.com.
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