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Documentary, Politics, Tallinn 2015, Venice 2015
Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs
Sergei Loznitsa investigates the events that took place in Leningrad, after a failed coup d’état and marked Soviet Union's end, by creating a grainy prequel of his previous doc, Maidan.
Combat de Boxe (1927)
The impressive avant-garde debut short film by Charles Dekeukeleire
Cotillard & Dardenne Brothers
Marion Cotillard will be the lead actress of the upcoming film bu Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne entitled Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night).
Bezúčelná Procházka (Aimless Walk, 1930)
Alexandr Hackenschmied directs the landmark of Czechoslovak avant-garde cinema and one of the most influential of its genre.
Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20
Isa Quosja directs a slow burning drama that is dealing with one of the most delicate and tabu issues in modern post-war Kosovo.
Je vais au cinéma…
Je vais au cinéma... / I go to the cinema... Jean-Luc Godard, 3x3D
Introduction to Faces by John Cassavetes
Society must chuck its petty prejudices and false idols and if necessary start again from a new beginning where men as well as women can be kind to themselves.
Jodorowsky on filmmaking
Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles
But the cinephile is…
But the cinephile is… a neurotic!
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Woman who ‘took laptop’ from Pelosi’s office in Capitol riot ‘planned to sell it to Russian spies’
The Latest: Homes burn as fire breaks out in Los Angeles
December 7, 2017 3oliver
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local):
Two homes are burning in a wildfire that has erupted in an exclusive ridge-top neighborhood in Los Angeles, the latest to hit fire-plagued Southern California.
The fire broke out before dawn Wednesday on the east side of Interstate 405 in the Sepulveda Pass and raced up steep slopes into neighborhoods at the top.
The Los Angeles Fire Department has deployed hundreds of firefighters and called in helicopters and airplanes.
Evacuations have been ordered and a wider area has been told to be ready for orders to leave.
It’s the same region of Los Angeles where hundreds of homes burned in the famous 1961 Bel Air Fire.
Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in an exclusive ridge-top neighborhood in Los Angeles as a dangerous new wildfire burns in Southern California.
The fire erupted before dawn Wednesday on the east side of Sepulveda Pass, which carries heavily traveled Interstate 405 through the Santa Monica Mountains on the city’s western side.
Helicopters are making water drops and more than 200 firefighters are battling flames close to homes.
In addition to the mandatory evacuations, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart says a wider area on the east side of the pass has been advised to get ready in case of evacuation orders.
A brush fire has erupted on the east side of Los Angeles along Interstate 405 in Sepulveda Pass.
Fire Department spokesman Margaret Stewart says the fire was reported at 4:52 a.m. Wednesday and is burning uphill, driven by topography rather than winds.
Stewart says 47 firefighters are on the scene, setting up protection for homes at the top of the steep slopes. Two firefighting helicopters have been assigned.
Sepulveda Pass carries heavily traveled Interstate 405 through the Santa Monica Mountains between the western neighborhoods of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley to the north.
The same vicious winds that made three Southern California wildfires so destructive are also making the firefight itself more difficult.
The water-dropping planes and helicopters essential to fighting massive fires have been mostly grounded because it’s too dangerous to fly in the strong gusts.
Commanders hoped to have them back in the air on Wednesday morning, but all indications are the winds will be whipping then too.
The blazes brought evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 people, destroyed nearly 200 homes and have remained mostly out control.
The largest and most destructive of the blazes, an 85-square-mile wildfire in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles, had nearly reached the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday night after starting 30 miles inland a day earlier.
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Biodegradability of Plastics
Making Sense of Science for Policy
Food from the Oceans
Cyswllt
SAPEA
Providing scientific evidence to inform policymaking, especially at European level, is an important part of our work.
About the Scientific Advice Mechanism
In 2015, the European Commission (EC) set up a new Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) to support the Commission with high-quality, timely and independent scientific advice for policymaking. SAM is formed by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA), the SAPEA consortium (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) and a dedicated Unit staffed by the EC’s Research and Innovation and Joint Research Centre Directorates General.
About SAPEA
Academia Europaea is a member of the SAPEA consortium, together with the European academies:
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SAPEA produces independent evidence review reports that are used by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to make policy recommendations to the EC. This transparent process ensures that the EC’s proposals for policy and legislation are well-informed.
Our work in SAPEA
The Cardiff Hub was given responsibility for most of the management and delivery of the SAPEA work on behalf of Academia Europaea, and is the lead coordinator of three projects to date:
Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment
SAPEA Evidence Review process within the European Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM). Source: SAM website
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Sergio Mora responds to Marquez
By Michael Campbell
BT: Sergio, recently Raul Marquez made some comments directed at you and we wanted to give you a chance to respond. He’s making his first return to the ring since his loss to Jermain Taylor in June 2006, and has targeted you as a potential opponent. In our last interview together, you described the type of opponent you next wanted to face as a former champion, with a very recognizable name. Raul seems to fit that description perfectly, and he’s sought a fight with you both publicly and via contact by his manager to your team. He feels your lack of response and refusal to accept his challenge is unworthy of your Hispanic warrior mentality and questions “whether you are a real Mexican or not.” "Well, ESPN gave us a list of fighters from which we could choose our opponent, and Raul Marquez wasn’t on the list. We did recommend him to them before, despite his being a southpaw, and us trying to avoid the “southpaw jinx.” They gave us a list and we ended up picking Archak shark attack on May 4th."
BT: Archak TerMeliksetian is coming off of two straight losses, including one to your rival Sechew Powell in which he was nearly shut out. Is this the type of opponent you had said that you wanted to face after your last victory?
SM: Well, you know what, he is a tough hard punching guy, he’s tall, and he IS coming off of two losses to two undefeated guys, but it’s not like he got knocked out. But it’s ESPN that wanted him, we recommended other guys, and they declined them. Guys like from my hometown, Enrique Ornelas, we suggested Vargas’s last couple of opponents, and even threw Javier Castillejo’s name in there. I don’t really know the politics behind choosing an opponent for national TV. Basically they gave me a list and you know most of them were legitimate tough opponents. I ended up going with one who I think suits my style the best, and that’s Archak.
BT: Raul is scheduled to fight April 29th at Cousatta Casino in Louisiana against Miguel “Macho” Hernandez from Chicago. Is he an opponent that you were offered?
SM: He’s short, like 5’7” from Chicago, right? Yeah yeah, we got a DVD on him. You know what, we watched it for one round, and we decided to take him. Real tough dude, but ESPN declined him too.So, like I said, in the beginning I had a big say in who I got to fight and it became a big headache, so in the end I just left it up to my trainer and they ended up telling me this last week-end that it was going to be Archak. And I said, yeah, I’m familiar with Archak. But yeah, instantly we wanted Macho Hernandez, we woulda beat him up badly. He’s short, he sits down on his feet, doesn’t have one punch power, but hasn’t ever been down.
BT: But Archak now has a low ranking, it just doesn’t really seem to fit the bill with what you wanted to go after in this fight. You were looking for someone who was or had been top 10, who has a name that would be nice to add to your record.
SM: Yeah I guess so, but we did recommend Raul Marquez to them and we didn’t really pressure them, I wish we would have, but maybe next time we can.
BT: Well, now you both have fights scheduled pretty close to one another so maybe that sets something up possibly in the future.
SM: Yeah, that’ll be good for Raul to get back into the mix instead of just commentating. But Raul is a tough dude, he comes to fight. He’s one of those tough southpaws, he’s gritty. He knows the game, back in the day he went to the Olympics, so he’s experienced. But his career hasn’t really blossomed like I’m sure he wanted it to, even though he became champ. It hasn’t really amounted to anything that I want to amount to.
BT: So it’s going to be May 4th at the Aladdin in Vegas versus the Shark Attack. How’s your training going? Who’ve you been sparring with?
SM: Training is going well. I’ve been sparring with this kid, James Patterson from San Diego, he’s 5-0 as a pro, Kingsley Ikeke of course, and Jonathan Reid comes in this week. There’s always good sparring in LA.
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Arts & Culture > Film
Love Story at 50
By Ella Taylor 01/13/2021 01/13/2021
Ella Taylor reminisces about the corny moments and wide impact of the top-grossing 1970 film "Love Story."
The Plight of Gab
By Sara Black McCulloch 01/09/2021 01/11/2021
Sara Black McCulloch follows the history of radio panic leading up to Andrew Patterson’s 2020 film "The Vast of Night."
Delicate Matters: Borat & Central Asia in the Western Imagination
By Erica X Eisen 12/22/2020 12/21/2020
Erica X Eisen provides an inside look at the portrayals (and lack thereof) of Central Asia in the recent "Borat" sequel.
A Replenished Earth
By Ellen Sklarz 11/29/2020 11/23/2020
Ellen Sklarz reviews the recent climate-concerned film "Kiss the Ground" by filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell.
La Llorona Reimagines Justice for Guatemala
By Alisa Bohling 10/21/2020 10/20/2020
Alisa Bohling reviews Jayro Bustamante’s horror film "La Llorona," and traces echoes of the Guatemalan Civil War.
It’s Over
By Francey Russell 08/20/2020 08/20/2020
Francey Russell inspects Amy Seimetz's "She Dies Tomorrow," hailed as the first COVID film.
Home Again Diary
By Callie Hitchcock 05/21/2020 08/24/2020
Callie Hitchcock watches the 2017 Reese Witherspoon rom-com more times than is advisable.
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← Boys: 01/18/11 schedule
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Girls: Tuesday Scoreboard
Posted on January 18, 2011 by Josh Newman
Asbury Park at Henry Hudson 4 p.m.
Sydney Belicose’s 16 points and 14 rebounds led Henry Hudson past Asbury Park, 41-32.
Monsignor Donovan at Toms River North 5 p.m.
Kelly Milana went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final minute to help Monsignor Donovan extend a two-point lead to the final margin in their 46-39 win over Toms River North.
Matawan at Raritan 5 p.m.
Lauren Postell scored seven of her team-high 17 points in the first quarter as Matawan raced to a 15-3 lead and beat Raritan, 47-27. Katie Sire led Raritan with 17 points, including eight in the second quarter.
Pinelands at Jackson Liberty 5 p.m.
April Szymczyk scored 11 of her game-high 19 points after halftime and Courtney Titus added 10 as Jackson Liberty defeated Pinelands, 58-48.
Monmouth at Colts Neck 5:15 p.m.
Kaitlyn Schullstrom scored eight of her team-high 25 points in the third quarter as Colts Neck downed Monmouth, 57-49. Monmouth’s Jazmine Davies scored 13 of her game-high 30 points in the third quarter.
Freehold at Long Branch 5:15 p.m.
Camerin Spahn scored a game-high 17 points and Erica Esdaile added 12 points to lead Freehold over Long Branch, 45-35. Sphan scored 12 points in the first half as Freehold opened leads of 19-8 after the first quarter and 28-16 at halftime. Maegan Cerruti totaled 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead Long Branch.
#5 Red Bank Catholic at #1 Neptune 5:15 p.m.
Syessence Davis scored 20 points to go along with seven steals and six assists and Chyna Golden and Shakena Richardson went for 15 and 13, respectively, as Neptune overwhelmed Red Bank Catholic in the second half on its way to a 67-41 win that gives it control of Class B North.
Manchester at Jackson Memorial 5:30 p.m.
Christa Evans scored 11 of her 13 points in the second quarter to lead Jackson Memorial past Manchester, 73-29. Hannah Missry netted a team-high 15 points, while Gabrielle Valmon added 15 of her own for Manchester.
Toms River East at Lacey 5:30 p.m.
Angela Coon scored a game-high 21 points, including 15 in the first half, and Emily Kunzman added 15 points to lead Toms River East to a 59-38 win over Lacey. Jenna Fleck and Taylor Batalla scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, for Lacey.
Freehold Township at #7 Howell 5:30 p.m.
Christina Justiniano scored a team-high 12 points, Sarah Olson added 10 and Howell held off a late Freehold Township charge to down the Patriots, 44-41, in a key Class A North contest. The Rebels are now the only unbeaten team in division play at 5-0.
Keansburg at #3 St Rose 5:30 p.m.
Samantha Clark scored 11 points and Nicole Donahue added 10 more as St. Rose downed Keansburg, 70-16.
Middletown North at Manasquan 6 p.m.
Katelynn Flaherty scored a game-high 29 points, Michaela Mabrey added 25 and Manasquan came away with a 87-42 win over Middletown North.
Brick at Brick Memorial 6 p.m.
Shaniece Hardy scored a game-high 23 points, including 15 in the first half, to lead Brick over Brick Memorial, 50-42. Kathleen Canlon added nine of her 12 points in the second half for Brick. Justine Mangiafico led Brick Memorial with 12 points.
#10 Midd. South at Marlboro 6:30 p.m.
Meghan McGuinness scored 15 of her game-high 17 points over the final three quarters to lead Middletown South past Marlboro, 47-46.
Shore at #4 Rumson-Fair Haven 6:30 p.m.
Nicole Isaacs knocked down six triples and scored all of her game-high 24 points over the first three quarters as Rumson downed Shore, 76-26. Ashley Cooper added 19 points for the Bulldogs.
About Josh Newman
Josh Newman has worked for the Press since September 2004, covering a variety of high school beats in addition to college sports and the New York Jets. A 2004 graduate of Springfield College, he is currently the beat reporter for Monmouth University.
For the latest in Shore Conference Basketball news, analysis, commentary and live updates.
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Sherlon Christie
Sherlon Christie is a sports reporter at the Asbury Park Press. He joined the APP in the fall of 2004. He grew up in Massachusetts, has a BA in Journalism from Northeastern University's School of Journalism. He is also the secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Girls Basketball: SCT Finals History through 2017
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Boys Basketball: 2016 NJSIAA Tournament Package
Boys Basketball: New Shore Conference coaches for the 2015-2016 season
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Sacyr Vallehermoso buys Sufi Group (ES)
Sacyr Vallehermoso Group has bought the Sufi group, the leading Spanish independent company specializing in environmental services and in the water management. The transaction implies for SyV a significant step forward in its growth strategy in the services sector and in diversifying its business structure, which already has four well-defined and consolidated business lines: construction, housing development, rental properties, and transport infrastructure concessions.
The agreement with Sufiâs shareholders, Naranjoâs family (64%) and Torreal (36%), will entail the acquisition by SyV of 100% of the company for 142 million euros. Today, the board of directors of the Sacyr Vallehermoso group has approved the terms of this transaction, which have received three favorable independent opinions.
After this acquisition, the group foresees quadrupling its 2005 versus 2004 turnover and reaching 380 million euros in the services area, obtaining ebitda margin upper than 10%.
In 2004, the Sufi group recorded turnover of 110 million euros, with EBITDA of 13 million euros. It focuses its activity on several areas of business totally complementary to those of Valoriza:
Solid urban waste (cleaning and pick-up, exploitation of treatment plants);
water management (treatment and use of sewage and muds, water supply, drainage/plumbing);
multiservices (gardening, interior cleaning, parking meters);
wind energy (projects and studies of more than 300 MW); the SyV group reaffirms its commitment to this business;
others (roads maintenance, special civil works, consulting).
The integration of Sufi will allow Valoriza to have:
a greater growth potential in the services sector;
leadership in waste treatment technology and mud purification;
national presence;
highly-qualified professional team;
significant long-term revenue portfolio (23 years on average);
a better position to provide integral environmental services to public and private customers.
Source: Grupy SyV
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gipuzkoakultura.net
Bertan > Bertan 20 Los poblados en la edad de hierro en Gipuzkoa > Versión en inglés: Everyday life
1-The first important transformations
2-The geographical setting
3-Cultural background: the late neolithic and bronze age
4-The sites
5-Spatial organisation
6-Defences: walls and fosses
7-Homes
8-Materials: stone, pottery and metal
9-Everyday life
10-The world of the dead
11-The end of an era
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126. Inside the fortified settlements and in the surrounding area, the people worked the land and tended their herds. The drawing shows a representation of the south side of the Intxur enclosure.© Fernando Hierro
For a contemporary picture of the Iron Age inhabitants of the region, we have to turn to the Greek geographer, Strabo, whose "Geography" - written between 29 BCE and 7 BCE with additions dating from 18 CE on - gives us a precise portrait of these people:
All these mountain inhabitants are sober people, generally drinking little more than water. They sleep on the ground and wear their hair long like women, although when fighting they tie a band around their heads. Their staple meat is goat; to Ares they sacrifice goats and also captives and horses; they often make hecatombs of all sorts of victims, in the Greek fashion, and as Pindarus says they "sacrifice a hundred at a time`. They practise gymnastic, hoplitic and equine combat, and train for boxing, racing, skirmishes and pitched battles. For two thirds of the year they eat only acorns, which they dry and grind down to make bread which keeps for a long time. They drink beer and when they have wine, which is in scarce supply, they drink it immediately at great family feasts. They use lard instead of oil. They eat sitting on benches built around the walls, arranged by order of age and social position; the food is passed round from hand to hand; while they drink, the men dance to the music of flutes and trumpets, jumping high in the air and falling in an attitude of genuflexion. In Bastetania the women also dance with the men, holding hands. The men dress in black, most wearing the tunics with which they sleep on their straw beds. They use wooden tumblers, like the Celts. The women wear dresses with floral decorations. In the hinterland, instead of coins, they barter with spices or small plates of trimmed silver. Murderers are thrown off precipices and parricides are led beyond the borders of their homeland or city and stoned to death. They marry in the Greek style. Like the ancient Egyptians, they set the sick down by the wayside to be cured by others who have suffered the same illness. Before Brutus' expedition, they only had small leather boats with which they made their way through the estuaries and marshes; today, however, they use vessels made of tree trunks, although their use is still rare... This is the way of life of the mountain people who inhabit the north of Iberia; the Kallaikoi, Astoures and Kantabroi, as far as the Ouaskones and the Pyréne, all of whom live in the same way". (III.3.7.).
129. Flax, documented at the Intxur settlement, was used to make fabrics of a very high quality.© Iñaki Zorrakin
128. The development of clayworking allowed numerous different vessels to be made for use in everyday life. The use of the potter's wheel was one of the great innovations of this period.© Jose Lopez
127. The occupants of these open-air settlements conducted many of their activities around the fire, by whose light, they could work on beyond sunset.© Lamia
Archaeological investigations at protohistoric fortified sites have gradually given us a clearer picture of the everyday life of these ancient inhabitants of Gipuzkoa. Important changes in arable and livestock farming, the introduction of new technologies such as ironworking and improved potting, advances in construction techniques, and increased trading relations, show that these societies were well organised and developing fast.
ARABLE FARMING
132. Peas (Pisum sativum) and broad beans (Vicia faba).© Lamia
Materials found at many settlements in continental Europe show that arable farming was one of the main activities throughout protohistory. Evidence for the practice has been found dating as far back as the Palaeolithic in caves such as Kobaederra, in Bizkaia (J.J. Ibáñez, et al, 1998) and from a later date at dolmens such as Zorroztarri in Gipuzkoa (J. Mujika, 1991). The research of the last twenty years shows that crop farming was introduced gradually into Gipuzkoa, as the inhabitants made increasingly efficient use of the land they had recently reclaimed from the forests and scrubland.
130. Iron sickle from the Intxur settlement.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
A large number of pieces of stone, pottery and metal have been found dating from this period on, as well as remains of different plants. These are commonly found in areas of greatest human activity, in or around and give us precise information on the way these tasks were performed.
131. Areas of cultivated land.© Fernando Hierro
Saddle querns had been used since earlier stages in the development of arable farming; they are common in Iron Age settlements and in Gipuzkoa have been found at Intxur and Basagain. Rotary querns, introduced later, have also been found in Basagain. These utensils were used to make flour from grain or acorns.
133. Ear of spelt.© Xabi Otero
Many large vessels have been found for storing produce, including grasses; these were made by hand or on a potter's wheel and sometimes occupied a specific place inside the home, where they acted as small larders. Hand-turned vessels have been found at all the sites excavated.
At the same time farm tools and other utensils were developing considerably; after the introduction of iron working, well into the first millennium BCE, many tools were manufactured in this metal and iron sickles and ploughshares have been found at the sites in Gipuzkoa.
136. Charred grains of wheat from the Intxur settlement.© Edurne Koch
But the best evidence of arable farming practices comes from the actual crops grown at the time. Large amounts of burnt grain have been found from cereals such as spelt, barley - husked and naked - and millet, as well as pulses such as peas and broad beans. These plants were combined with wild species, such as wild oats, brome grass, plantain and brambles. The grain found at Intxur came from inside dwellings dating from between 2,260±80 and 2,070±80 years ago.
135. Ploughshare from the Basagain settlement.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa, Xabi Otero, Grafismo
In some cases, there is evidence of crop rotation and processing of the seeds. Crop rotation made for better use of the land. At Intxur cereals alternated with pulses, with sowing seasons in autumn-winter and in spring. Seeds found in one house at the same site contained many impurities while in a separate dwelling, clean grain was found. This shows that after harvesting the seeds were processed in some way. From this time on, cereal and pulse farming was to play a central role in these settlements, allowing highly nutritional harvests, which could easily be stored and eaten throughout the year. In some cases, harvests wree large enough to produce surpluses.
134. Reconstruction of an Iron Age plough.
Other plants such as flax (Linum sp.), documented at some sites, such as Intxur, was perhaps used to supplement wool for fabric-making as it was in many settlements from this period.
137. As the settlers cleared the woodland, they gradually established meadows in which their livestock could graze.© Fernando Hierro
138. Iron needles like this one found at the Basagain settlement, were essential for making garments.© Lamia
139. Sheep (Ovis aries).© Xabi Otero
Gipuzkoa contains a considerable range of terrains for livestock farming; from the Atlantic coast to the mountains of the Mediterranean watershed, there are many intermediary terrain types, with plenty of suitable spots for grazing herds all the year round.
140. Cow (Bos taurus).© Xabi Otero
The settlements discovered to date are located at medium elevations, and all are near land which is suitable for grazing cattle. As is still the case, the highest pastures are only used in the warmer months.
141. Pig (Sus domesticus).© Xabi Otero
Judging from the remains found at Basagain and many other sites near Gipuzkoa, the stock consisted mainly of sheep, goats, cows and pigs. However, although no bones have been found, other animals such as horses, donkeys, dogs and hens were probably also raised. In La Hoya, in the neighbouring province of Araba, remains of hens have been found dating from the Second Iron Age. The soil at most of these sites is very acidic, and the bones have note been preserved in good condition.
By studying pollen from the digs, we can form an idea of the type of vegetation that existed in nearby areas. Forests near inhabited areas were often felled for timber and also to clear the land for crops and pastures. Some of the cattle that grazed in the adjoining areas were moved to higher ground during the summer, a practice which is still common today. The herds were driven to mountains such as Aralar, Aizkorri or Ernio. The first archaeological evidence for this transhumance is beginning to emerge in areas such as Urbia (Ugalde, Tx.; et al, 1992-93).
143. Plants from the pastureland documented at Intxur.: Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis), Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne), Sweet clover (Melilotus altissima), Medicago hybrida, Red clover (Trifolium pratense), Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)© Iñaki Zorrakin
Domestic livestock provided Iron Age people with meat, fat (possibly used for a range of purposes as well as a substitute for olive oil) and milk, but also raw materials such as wool, hides and horn with which they made fabrics and other basic items. Oxen and horses were used to plough the land and pull carts and were also ridden.
Evidence from some sites shows that the inhabitants made cheese and other dairy produce, using leather or wooden vessels and pots with perforations, as well as sieves.
142. Cows, sheep or goats and pigs were the most common species of livestock in the latter part of the prehistoric period. Remains of all of them have been found in Basagain.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
Sheep - common farm animals in this period - provided wool, which was probably the most frequent material for making clothes and other fabrics, as the discovery of remains of looms in houses in various settlements and occasional pieces of cloth attest.
HUNTING, FISHING AND GATHERING
144. Iron Age settlers supplemented their diets by gathering fruit, nuts and seeds. Acorns.© Lamia
Although the farm economy was developing fast, some hunting was still practised, mostly to provide supplementary sources of food. A similar trend can be seen with plants; crop farming was supplemented with the gathering of fruits and other plants for food and - in the case of bramble leaves (Rubus fruticosus) and elderberries (Sambucus nigra) for healing purposes.
No evidence of hunting has been found in Gipuzkoan settlements, but it has been documented at other nearby sites and it seems likely that such proof may come to light here in the next few years. The animals most commonly hunted were probably deer and wild boar. By this period, however, hunting played a very secondary role to the breeding of domestic animals.
The inhabitants of several Iron Age sites are know to have fished. They used bronze -and later iron - hooks, and possibly also nets; however, we have no clear evidence of this activity from the sites excavated in Gipuzkoa.
147. Large storage pots such as these ones found in the Munoaundi settlement, were used to hold much of the produce they gathered.© Edurne Koch, Xabi Otero
150. Salmon.
145. Hazelnuts.© Lamia
146. Hunting of deer and wild boar continued, but played a secondary role.© Xabi Otero
As well as practising arable farming the inhabitants of these fortified settlements continued to gather a number of wild plants from nearby areas, as they had since the dawn of Prehistory. If we turn back to the passage from Strabo, we read: " For two thirds of the year they eat only acorns, which they dry and grind down to make bread which keeps for a long time.". While we should be cautious about taking these accounts at face value, many remains of acorns have certainly been found at settlements in this area (Buruntza, Basagain). They may have been used to supplement crops of cereals and pulses: cereals were harvested in summer, whereas acorns, which provided very similar nutrients - carbohydrates, fat, proteins and fibre - were gathered in early autumn. S. Mason (1995) suggests that an average of 700 kg of acorns could be gathered per hectare in the SW. Iberian peninsula, as compared to 650 kg per ha of traditional cereals.
They also gathered hazelnuts - rich in fatty oils and vitamins, elderberries and blackberries.
148. The use of seafood has been documented from the earliest prehistoric periods.© Lamia
149. Trout.© Xabi Otero
152. The many rivers and streams in the region formed an important source of food for the settlements.© Xabi Otero
151. Blackberries.© Lamia
153. Goethite.© Lamia
155. Limonite.© Lamia
157. Malachite.© Lamia
156. Chalybite (siderite).© Lamia
Bronze working was to continue throughout the first millennium although the introduction of ironworking relegated it to a second place.
154. Metalworking relied on the existence of outcrops of mineral ore.© Lamia
Although bronze was not widely available locally, there is ample evidence that it was being worked. A variety of pieces have been unearthed, made by smelting the metal and pouring it into moulds. The people of the area probably traded with areas where bronze was available, purchasing ingots or cake for smelting as well as melting down old pieces or resorting to local resources, however poor in ore. Bronze was used to make a range of tools, and also for weapons and ornaments.
Iron working is thought to have been first introduced in the Ebro basin from the eighth century BCE; however, many of the iron utensils unearthed date from 500 BCE on, although a variety of items may have been imported before this time through trade with more technologically advanced areas.
160. Auriferous pyrite.© Lamia
159. Pyrite.© Lamia
158. Oligist.© Lamia
161. Different types of furnaces were used to achieve the temperatures required for metalworking.© Xabi Otero
Once they had acquired the technological skills required and mastered the various phases of the ironworking process, the people of these settlements began to make their own pieces, although no large deposits of ore were available at this time, and they may have had to resort to mining small deposits. The discovery of iron slag at Basagain and Munoaundi shows that iron was being worked in the region.
162. Iron sickle from Intxur.© Xabi Otero
It soon became the principal material for metal tools, with bronze generally only used to make ornamental items, such as clasps, bracelets and rings. Iron was used for farm tools (sickles and ploughshares); utensils (knives and scissors), building tools (nails and staples), and weapons.
163. Bronze accessories from Basagain.© Lamia
Several iron objects from Intxur have been carbon dated at between 2,030±80 and 2,260±80 years. Other items from the nearby village of Basagain have been similarly dated to between 2,170±80 and 2,360±120 years ago.
166. Iron nails from Basagain.© Lamia
165. Fragments of iron from Basagain.© Lamia
164. Slag from the Basagain settlement.© Lamia
167. Glass beads from Basagain.© Lamia
171. Some decorative objects were the result of trade with distant peoples.© Xabi Otero
The great strides made in arable and livestock farming, and the important technological developments of the era - the most important of which was iron working - helped increase agricultural output, and in some cases provided a surplus. These excess products were traded for other materials. We have discovered a number of items which help us trace the route of this trade. Metal weights have been found at some sites with different marks and different weights. One of the most important discoveries is a set of weights from La Hoya, in Araba, which contains parts in bronze and iron from the Celtiberian level. In Gipuzkoa a bronze weight recovered at Munoaundi has a series of marks on the top. These discoveries are proof not only of trading relations, but also of a knowledge of mathematics.
168. This glass bracelet, rebuilt from a fragment found at Basagain, gives clear evidence of long-distance trade.© Xabi Otero
Some glass pieces found at sites in Gipuzkoa - such as Intxur and Basagain - suggest that the inhabitants may have traded with other parts of Europe. These magnificent jewels give us some idea of the level of development of these late prehistoric farmers.
169. Fragment of glass bracelet, from the La Tène period, found during excavations at the Basagain settlement.© Lamia
170. Bronze clasp, found in Munoaundi and probably manufactured at the settlement or nearby.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
173. Cord-decorated pottery from Buruntza.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
172. Bronze weight from Munoaundi.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
174. Gold bowls from Axtroki, dating from the Hallstat period. Found in Eskoriatza.© Aranzadi Zientzia Elkarteko Gordailu Zentroa
Among the items imported-sometimes from great distances-are the golden bowls found in Axtroki (Eskoriatza), dating from 850 to 500 BCE. They are hemispherical in shape and decorated with a range of geometrical motifs, similar to those excavated at digs in Central Europe.
179. Building the wall at Basagain.© Angel Benito Gastañaga
Many archaeological finds show evidence of armed conflict throughout the late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, or at least of the potential risk of war. A good example is the violent destruction of the settlement at La Hoya, in Araba, during one period of occupation.
180. Detail of the inner face of the wall at Basagain.© Lamia
Defensive walls and fosses are a feature of all the settlements excavated to date; together with the strategic locations of the settlements, generally built overlooking the surrounding land, suggest that defence played an important role in the lives of these people.
175. Iron spear ferrule found at Munoaundi.© Edurne Koch
As well as providing land for crops and pasture, the felling of the surrounding woods served a strategic purpose, offering clearer visibility of any potential attackers.
176. Iron spear ferrule found at Basagain.© Lamia
As surplus produce increased, so too did the risk of theft and looting.
178. Reconstruction of parallel defensive walls on the south side of Intxur.© Fernando Hierro
Many items have been discovered that are directly related to warfare; weapons - swords, shields and lances - are common in the protohistoric settlements themselves and also in graves. As well as the strong defensive walls and complementary fosses, the sites in Gipuzkoa, such as Basagain and Munoaundi, have also yielded iron weapons, such as spear tips.
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Schoeneck Containers Comes Out Ahead with Free-Cooling System
By Mike Grennier, Chiller & Cooling Best Practices Magazine
Schoeneck Containers, Inc. (SCI) is a company that thinks a lot about its future – and how to continue to maintain a long track record of profitability and reliability while meeting a growing demand for its quality plastic containers for customers throughout North America. It’s the kind of thinking driving the decision to install a closed-loop adiabatic fluid cooler and central chiller with free-cooling capabilities at the company’s new 250,000-square-foot production facility in Delavan, Wisconsin.
Central Chiller Plant Upgrade Helps Plastics Extruder Grow
At the company’s production plant employees manufacture a complete range of engineered, high-performance polymers. At the heart of the operation are numerous extrusion lines and related equipment that operate 24 hours a day, five days per week to produce and ship as much as five million pounds of high-performance polymer pellets each month. The process of producing pellets begins when the rotating screw on each extruder accepts a carefully calibrated mix of thermoplastic materials, as well as additives, from a hopper and pushes the mixture into the extruder’s barrel.
Show Report: Chillers, Vacuum & Compressed Air at the NPE 2018 Plastics Showcase
By Rod Smith, Chiller & Cooling Best Practices Magazine
The NPE 2018 International Plastics Showcase was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, May 7-11. Setting all-time records, the Show attracted 2,180 exhibitors — including Chiller & Cooling Best Practices and Compressed Air Best Practices® Magazines! Over 1,200,000 square feet of exhibition space was used, breaking the all-time NPE record. Held once every three years, NPE 2018 registered attendance was 56,000.
Flow – The Most Important Factor for Injection Molding Heat Transfer
By Al Fosco, Marketing Manager, Frigel North America
A common misconception in plastics injection molding is that coolant temperature is the one true path to achieve productivity and profitability. The reality, however, is that turbulent flow is the primary force behind efficient cooling and a key driver in the ability to achieve operational efficiencies, increase profits and consistently produce high quality products.
Process Chiller Water Treatment Basics for Plastic Injection Molding
By E. Michael Ostermeier, Technical Sales, Apex Engineering Products
One of the most important steps in the mold making process is a consistent and proper cooling cycle. This is due to the fact cooling rates can have a significant influence on the overall quality of the finished item. The cooling cycle must remain consistent throughout the entire production run to ensure all items are equal in quality.
Process Cooling Evolves to Advance Plastics Processors
By Al Fosco, Global Marketing Manager, Frigel North America
Plastics processors are looking to advanced process cooling equipment to lower operational costs, and in many cases, improve the quality of products and achieve sustainability goals. But it’s more than just a matter of finding a better mousetrap and putting systems to work. Instead, it requires a keen understanding of the processes involved, followed by the design and installation of advanced technology in combination with the right process cooling systems matched to a company’s goals.
The Process Cooling System Assessment - Linear Low-density Polyethylene Film Cooling
By Tim Dugan P.E., President, Compression Engineering Corporation
Controlled cooling is an essential part of manufacturing polyethylene stretch film. The process starts with granulated polyethylene raw product with very low strength, and develops thin, clear, strong film used in a variety of applications. It does this by melting, extrusion, “casting” and winding. See Figure 1 for a typical system diagram. “Casting” is forming and cooling at the same time. The extruded polymer is stretched and cooled on large, chrome-plated rollers with cooling water flowing inside. Thinner film is for manual use, like wrapping around food products. Thicker, stronger product is made for machine use, like automatically wrapping pallets of concrete bags.
Understanding Intelligent Process Cooling
By Frigel Corporation
Intelligent process cooling describes an approach to cooling in beverage production and packaging that moves beyond evaporative cooling towers and the use of traditional central chiller systems that rely on ammonia as a refrigerant. Unlike traditional methods, it intelligently matches process cooling systems to individual cooling loads without an evaporative process or the use of ammonia to gain verifiably better results in energy efficiency, water use, and safety.
5 Sizing Steps for Chillers in Plastic Process Cooling
By Bob Casto, Cold Shot Chillers®
No matter what your application, there is a single formula for determining the size of chiller you need. There also industry-specific, rules-of-thumb for chiller sizing. These may vary depending upon the application. These guidelines and formulas may be used for sizing chillers for plastic process cooling applications.
Plastics Machinery Shipments Continued to Rise in Q3
Market demand for plastics machinery continued to grow in the third quarter of 2014, according to statistics compiled and reported by SPI: the Plastics Industry Trade Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES).
Energy Management at Intertape Polymer Group
By Rod Smith, Chiller & Cooling Best Practices
Chiller & Cooling Best Practices interviewed Michael Jones, Corporate Energy Team Leader, from Intertape Polymer Group (IPG). Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) is a manufacturer of tapes, films, woven fabrics, and complementary packaging systems for industrial and consumer use. The company operates 10 production plants and employs approximately 1,800 people. IPG has developed a robust energy management program by using ENERGY STAR energy management tools and actively participating in the ENERGY STAR partnership. IPG is receiving ENERGY STAR recognition for the growth of its energy program and leadership as a medium-sized manufacturer.
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Physics and Astronomy (64)
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Tubular compression fossils from the Ediacaran Nama group, Namibia
P. A. Cohen, A. Bradley, A. H. Knoll, J. P. Grotzinger, S. Jensen, J. Abelson, K. Hand, G. Love, J. Metz, N. McLoughlin, P. Meister, R. Shepard, M. Tice, J. P. Wilson
Journal: Journal of Paleontology / Volume 83 / Issue 1 / January 2009
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2016, pp. 110-122
Abundant tubular macrofossils occur in finely laminated siltstones and shales of the 548–542 Ma Schwarzrand Subgroup, Nama Group, Namibia. The Nama tubes occur in both the Vingerbreek and Feldschuhhorn members commonly in dense populations and always in fine-grained, lower shore-face lithologies deposited below fair-weather wave base. The tubes are preserved mostly as compressed casts and molds that range in width from 0.6 to 2.1 mm; apparently incomplete specimens reach lengths up to 10 cm. All specimens show sinuous bending and occasional brittle fracture, indicating an original construction of strong but flexible organic matter. Feldschuhhorn specimens preserve fine longitudinal pleats or folds that record pliant organic walls, but the older Vingerbreek populations do not. Similarly, some specimens in the Feldschuhhorn Member display branching, while Vingerbreek tubes do not. The abundant Feldschuhhorn tubes are assigned to the widespread Ediacaran problematicum Vendotaenia antiqua; however, the distinctive Vingerbreek population remains in open nomenclature. The most abundant fossils in Nama rocks, these tubes resemble populations in Ediacaran successions from Russia, China, Spain, and elsewhere. Beyond their local importance, then, such tubes may turn out to be the most abundant record of Ediacaran life.
Photo-oxidation and the Absence of Photodarkening in Ge2Sb2Te5 Phase Change Material
Bong-Sub Lee, Ying Xiao, Stephen G. Bishop, John R. Abelson, Simone Raoux, Vaughn R. Deline, Min-Ho Kwon, Ki-Bum Kim, Byung-ki Cheong, Heng Li, P. Craig Taylor
Journal: MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 918 / 2006
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, 0918-H02-04
Ge2Sb2Te5 is under intense investigation for phase-change memory devices, including rewriteable DVDs where optical illumination is used to switch between the glassy and crystalline states. We investigate the influence of optical irradiation on amorphous phase. Many chalcogenides display photo-oxidation, photodarkening or photo-bleaching, but little has been reported on the Ge-Sb-Te system. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and secondary ion mass spectrometry, we determine that the samples have a strong tendency to photo-oxidize; if this is not accounted for, then the analysis of SE data appears to show photodarkening. Other authors recently reported photodarkening in nonstoichiometric GexSb20-xTe80 [Pamukchieva et al., Proc. SPIE 5581, 608 (2004); Pamukchieva et al., J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater 7, 1277 (2005)], but our analysis suggests that the changes were also the result of photo-oxidation. The oxide has lower value of (n, k) than Ge2Sb2Te5, and can be etched by hydrofluoric acid or water. The photo-oxidation is presumably the result of free carrier generation in the Ge2Sb2Te5. Our observation of negligible photodarkening is consistent with previous works that found less photodarkening in tellurides compared with selenides or sulfides, and that an increase in the mean coordination number, here by Ge addition, further reduces the photodarkening effect.
Measuring the Characteristic Length Scale of Medium Range Order in Amorphous Silicon Using Variable Resolution Fluctuation Electron Microscopy
L N Nittala, R D Twesten, P M Voyles, J R Abelson
Journal: Microscopy and Microanalysis / Volume 11 / Issue S02 / August 2005
Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 31--August 4, 2005
Investigation of the Causes and Variation of Leakage Currents in Amorphous Silicon P-I-N Diodes
Todd R. Johnson, Gautam Ganguly, George S. Wood, David E. Carlson
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, A7.7
Excess leakage currents under reverse bias (known as shunting) and spontaneous reductions of this excess leakage under increased reverse bias (known as curing) were investigated in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based single junction p-i-n type diodes. An increase in the frequency of shunting was observed when the front contacts were switched from tin oxide to zinc oxide, most likely due to defects in the previously deposited zinc oxide coated glass was observed. Storage in the dark and light soaking up to 100 hours were both observed to independently increase the leakage current in previously leaking diodes. Models for the distribution of shunt-causing defects within a given cell area were considered. Comparing the measured frequency of shunting using cells of varying area (1 to 16 mm2) to the models' predictions indicate a distribution of point defects separated by relatively large average distances that are slightly larger for tin oxide (5-6 mm) than for zinc oxide (4 mm).
Hole Drift-Mobility Measurements in Contemporary Amorphous Silicon
S. Dinca, G. Ganguly, Z. Lu, E. A. Schiff, V. Vlahos, C. R. Wronski, Q. Yuan
We present hole drift-mobility measurements on hydrogenated amorphous silicon from several laboratories. These temperature-dependent measurements show significant variations of the hole mobility for the differing samples. Under standard conditions (displacement/field ratio of 2×10-9 cm2/V), hole mobilities reach values as large as 0.01 cm2/Vs at room-temperature; these values are improved about tenfold over drift-mobilities of materials made a decade or so ago. The improvement is due partly to narrowing of the exponential bandtail of the valence band, but there is presently little other insight into how deposition procedures affect the hole drift-mobility.
Electronic Properties of Microcrystalline Silicon investigated by Photoluminescence Spectroscopy on Films and Devices
R. Carius, T. Merdzhanova, F. Finger
Photoluminescence spectroscopy has been applied to investigate localized states in microcrystal-line silicon (μc-Si:H) films and to address the problem of the changes of the electronic properties of this material upon changes of the hydrogen dilution during film growth. By a comparison of photoluminescence and Raman spectra on device grade sample series prepared at different silane concentration in hydrogen (SC) by PE-CVD and HW-CVD a correlation between the micro-structure and the photoluminescence energy is found. It is proposed that the density of band tail states is reduced with increasing SC leading to the increase of the PL energy as well as to the increase of Voc of solar cells. The reason for the tails and their reduction is not clear but strain might play a crucial role and the amorphous hydrogenated phase might be effective for strain reduction.
Thin Film Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy and Second Harmonic Generation on Thin a-Si:H Films
I.M.P. Aarts, B. Hoex, J.J.H. Gielis, C.M. Leewis, A.H.M. Smets, R. Engeln, M. Nesládek, W.M.M. Kessels, M.C.M. van de Sanden
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, A19.8
A set of 8 rf deposited a-Si:H thin films of various thickness (4-1031nm) have been used to explore the applicability of two optical techniques, thin film cavity ringdown spectroscopy (tfCRDS) and second harmonic generation (SHG), for the measurement of small defect-related absorptions. In this paper we will give a first overview of the different aspects of these techniques, which are novel in the field of amorphous silicon materials. It is shown that tf-CRDS is capable of measuring defect-related absorptions (associated with dangling bonds) as small as 10-7 for a single measurement, without the need for elaborate calibration procedures. The results are compared with photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) for a broad spectral range (0.7 – 1.7 eV) and show good agreement. Furthermore the existence of a defect-rich surface layer with a defect density of 1.1×1012 cm-2 has been proven. The absorption spectrum of a 4 nm thin film has revealed a different spectral signature than a bulk dominated (1031 nm) film. The SHG experiments on a-Si:H films have shown that the second harmonic signal arises from the surface states and polarization dependent studies have revealed that the surface states probed have an ∞m-symmetry. From this it can be deduced that the absorbing surface states are isotropically distributed. A spectral scan suggests that the second harmonic signal, whose origin has not been unrevealed yet, has a resonance at an incident photon energy of 1.22 eV.
Laser Interference Structuring of a-GeN for the Production of Optical Diffraction Gratings
M. Mulato, A. R. Zanatta, D. Toet, I. E. Chambouleyron
In this work, we study the pulsed laser crystallization of hydrogen-free amorphous germanium-nitrogen alloys (a-GeN). We discuss the role of nitrogen during phase transitions and the possible application of the resulting structure as an optical diffraction grating. The crystallized region results of pure microcrystalline germanium (μc-Ge). An indication that Ge-N bonds have broken and nitrogen outdiffused of the film is obtained from infrared spectroscopy and confirmed by Raman spectra. A pattern of alternating a-GeN and μc-Ge lines with a period of about 4 μm acts as an optical diffraction grating due to the difference in optical properties between the two materials, and the three dimensional surface profile, caused by N2 effusion, that is formed on the sample.
Evolution of Charged Gap Statesin a- Si:H Under Light Exposure
M. Zeman, V. Nádaždy, R.A.C.M.M. van Swaaij, R. Durný, J.W. Metselaar
The charge deep-level transient spectroscopy (Q-DLTS) experiments on undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) demonstrate that during light soaking the states in the upper part of the gap disappear, while additional states around and below midgap are created. Since no direct correlation is observed in light-induced changes of the three groups of states that we identify from the Q-DLTS signal, we believe that we deal with three different types of defects. Positively charged states above midgap are related to a complex formed by a hydrogen molecule and a dangling bond. Negatively charged states below midgap are attributed to floating bonds. Various trends in the evolution of dark conductivity due to light soaking indicate that the kinetics of light-induced changes of the three gap-state components depend on their initial energy distributions and on the spectrum and intensity of light during exposure.
Polymorphous Silicon Films Produced in Large Area Reactors by PECVD at 27.12 MHz and 13.56 MHz
H. Águas, L. Raniero, L. Pereira, E. Fortunato, P. Roca i Cabarrocas, R. Martins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, A5.13
This work refers to a study performed on polymorphous silicon (pm-Si:H) at excitation frequencies of 13.56 and 27.12 MHz in a large area PECVD reactor. The plasma was characterised by impedance probe measurements, aiming to identify the plasma conditions that lead to produce pm-Si:H films. The films produced were characterised by spectroscopic ellipsometry, infrared and Raman spectroscopy and hydrogen exodiffusion experiments, which are techniques that permit the structural characterisation of the pm-Si films and to study the possible differences between the films deposited at 13.56 and 27.12 MHz. Conductivity measurements were also performed to determine the transport properties of the films produced. The set of data obtained show that the 27.12 MHz pm-Si:H can be grown at higher rates with less hydrogen dilution and power density, being the resulting films denser, chemically more stable and with improved performances than the pm-Si:H films grown at 13.56 MHz.
Structural Evolution of Nanocrystalline Germanium Thin Films with Film Thickness and Substrate Temperature
William B. Jordan, Eric D. Carlson, Todd R. Johnson, Sigurd Wagner
The structure of germanium thin films prepared on glass by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition was characterized by Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Crystallinity, surface roughness, and grain size were measured as functions of film thickness and deposition temperature. Grain nucleation was apparent for films as thin as 10 nm. Over the thickness range studied, grain size increased with film thickness, whereas average surface roughness started to increase with film thickness, but then remained fairly constant at approximately 1 nm for a film thickness greater than 25 nm.
Microstructure and Optical Functions of Transparent Conductors and their Impact on Collection in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
G. M. Ferreira, ChiChen A., S. Ferlauto, P. I. Rovira, Ilsin An, C.R. Wronski, R. W. Collins, G. Ganguly, Joong Hwan Kwak, Koeng Su Lim
We have developed new procedures for determining the microstructure as well as the index of refraction and extinction coefficient spectra {n(E), k(E)} for textured SnO2 thin films on glass used as the top contact layers and superstrate for amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) p-i-n solar cells. These procedures combine (i) multichannel Mueller matrix spectroscopy using a dual rotating-compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer in reflection from the surface of the SnO2, a measurement that is most sensitive to microstructure and n(E), and (ii) transmission spectroscopy through a double-thick SnO2 sandwich contacted with index-matching fluid, a measurement that is most sensitive to k(E). An important optical loss in a-Si:H p-i-n solar cells is reflection from the SnO2/p-layer interface. In this paper, we characterize this optical loss through modeling the solar cell optical quantum efficiency and demonstrate the extent to which microscopic roughness at this interface can serve as an anti-reflection layer for enhanced collection.
Atomistic Character of Nanocrystalline and Mixed Phase Silicon
R. Biswas, B. C. Pan
Materials grown close to the phase boundary of amorphous and microcrystalline growth have the best electronic properties for solar cells. Systematic molecular dynamics methods have generated such nano-crystalline silicon, consisting of a mixed phase of nano-crystallites in an amorphous matrix, using an embedding method. An excess density of H resides on the surface of the nanocrystallites. The structure of this heterogeneous phase will be characterized by atomic distribution functions and structure factors. The electronic band structure of smaller models of nanocrystalline silicon reveals no midgap states and is similar to a-Si:H. There is a highly strained region surrounding the crystallites. The presence of localized strain region may increase the stability of the material.
Physicochemical Characterization of Porous Silicon Surfaces Etched in Salt Solutions of Varying Compositions and pH
Mariem Rosario-Canales, Ana R. Guadalupe, Luis F. Fonseca, Oscar Resto
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, A17.19
We prepared porous silicon (PSi) structures by standard electrochemical processes using aqueous sodium fluoride (NaF) solutions. We report the dependence of the porous structure on the variation of pH and salt concentration of the etching solution, and the applied current density. The PSi structures were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) to determine the pore size and distribution and the surface chemical composition. Results obtained from SEM show that the PSi grown has two different structures depending on the current density. Low current densities produce a uniform, high-density arrangement of pores while high current densities yield a sponge-like structural network. SIMS results indicate that the porous framework is covered with a silicon oxide layer.
Combinatorial Approach to Thin-Film Silicon Materials and Devices
Qi Wang, Leandro R. Tessler, Helio Moutinho, Bobby To, John Perkins, Daxing Han, Dave Ginley, Howard M. Branz
We apply combinatorial approaches to thin-film Si materials and device research. Our hot-wire chemical vapor deposition chamber is fitted with substrate xyz translation, a motorized shutter, and interchangable shadow masks to implement various combinatorial methods. For example, we have explored, in detail, the transition region through which thin Si changes from amorphous to microcrystalline silicon. This transition is very sensitive to deposition parameters such as hydrogen-to-silane dilution of the source gas, chamber pressure, and substrate temperature. A material library, on just a few substrates, led to a three-dimensional map of the transition as it occurs in our deposition system. This map guides our scientific studies and enables us to use several distinct transition materials in our solar-cell optimization research. We also grew thickness-graded wedge samples spanning the amorphous-to-microcrystalline Si transition. These single stripes map the temporal change of the thin silicon phase onto a single spatial dimension. Therefore, the structural, optical, and electrical properties can easily be studied through the phase transition. We have examined the nature of the phase change on the wedges with Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES), ultraviolet reflectivity, and other techniques. Combinatorial techniques also accelerate our device research. In solar cells, for example, the combinatorial approach has significantly accelerated the optimization process of p-, i-, n-, and buffer layers through wide exploration of the complex space of growth parameters and layer thicknesses. Again, only a few deposition runs are needed. It has also been useful to correlate the materials properties of single layers in a device to their performance in the device. We achieve this by depositing layers that extend beyond the device dimensions to permit independent characterization of the layers. Not only has the combinatorial approach greatly increased the rate of materials and device experimentation in our laboratory, it has also been a powerful tool leading to a better understanding of structure-property relationships in thin-film Si.
Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposition of Microcrystalline Ge-based Thin Films
Matthew R. Wills, Ruth Shinar, Alan P. Constant
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) was used to grow microcrystalline thin films of germanium (Ge) and Ge-carbon (Ge,C) alloys on fused quartz and silicon substrates at substrate temperatures 25°C ≤ Ts ≤ 325°C. The films were analyzed structurally with x-ray diffraction (XRD), optically, electrically with four-point probe measurements, and chemically with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XRD results displayed a varying degree of crystallinity, with the most crystalline films obtained at Ts > 150°C. The resistivity of the Ge films decreased with increasing temperature, displaying a significant decrease for the films deposited at Ts ≥ 230°C. The growth conditions for Ge films served as a starting point for low-temperature deposition of Ge,C alloys with up to 5% C. The effects of Ts and carbon concentration on film properties are discussed.
Adsorption and Oxidation Effects in Microcrystalline Silicon
T. Dylla, F. Finger, R. Carius
Electron spin resonance and conductivity measurements were used to study adsorption and oxidation effects on microcrystalline silicon with different structure compositions ranging from porous, highly crystalline to compact, mixed phase amorphous/crystalline. We found a correlation between active surface area and the magnitude of observed meta-stable and irreversible effects.
Development of Vertically Integrated Imaging and Particle Sensors
N. Wyrsch, C. Miazza, S. Dunand, A. Shah, N. Blanc, R. Kaufmann, L. Cavalier, G. Anelli, M. Despeisse, P. Jarron, D. Moraes, A. G. Sirvent, G. Dissertori, G. Viertel
Integrated imaging and particle sensors have been developed using thin-film on ASIC technology. For this purpose, hydrogenated amorphous silicon diodes, in various configurations, have been optimized for imaging and direct particle detection. These devices were first deposited on glass substrates and later on CMOS readout chips. With an optimization of the material properties and of the diode, a dark current of 1 pA/cm2 could be achieved on p-i-n structures at reverse bias voltage of 1 V. CMOS imagers, incorporating these optimized diodes were then fabricated and characterized. Very thick diodes (with thicknesses up to 50 μm) were also optimized and deposited on glass and on CMOS readout chips. Particle detectors in TFA technology with 12 and 30 μm a-Si:H n-i-p diodes have been fabricated and characterized using light pulse illumination. Direct detection of single low-energy beta particles has been demonstrated.
Correlation Between the Tunnelling Oxide and I-V Curves of MIS Photodiodes
H. Águas, L. Pereira, A. Goullet, R. Silva, E. Fortunato, R. Martins
In this work we present results of a study performed on MIS diodes with the following structure: substrate (glass) / Cr (2000Å) / a-Si:H n+ (400Å) / a-Si:H i (5500Å) / oxide (0-40Å) / Au (100Å) to determine the influence of the oxide passivation layer grown by different techniques on the electrical performance of MIS devices. The results achieved show that the diodes with oxides grown using hydrogen peroxide present higher rectification factor (2×106)and signal to noise (S/N) ratio (1×107 at -1V) than the diodes with oxides obtained by the evaporation of SiO2, or by the chemical deposition of SiO2 by plasma of HMDSO (hexamethyldisiloxane), but in the case of deposited oxides, the breakdown voltage is higher, 30V instead of 3-10 V for grown oxides. The ideal oxide thickness, determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry, is dependent on the method used to grow the oxide layer and is in the range between 6 and 20 Å. The reason for this variation is related to the degree of compactation of the oxide produced, which is not relevant for applications of the diodes in the range of ± 1V, but is relevant when high breakdown voltages are required.
Large-Area Pulsed Laser Deposition of Silicon Carbide Films
D. Yang, L. Xue, C. M. Mccague, P. R. Norton, C. S. Zhang
Silicon carbide (SiC) thin films are attractive for a wide range of applications ranging from microelectronic and opto-electronic devices to protective and tribological coatings. In this paper, we will demonstrate that silicon carbide films can be successfully deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique over large areas, with good uniformity in thickness, composition, and film-specific properties.
Amorphous SiC films were grown on silicon wafers of 75-mm diameter over a temperature range of 25 – 650°C using a KrF excimer laser at a wavelength 248 nm and a repetition rate of 100 Hz. The large-area uniform coverage was obtained by rastering the laser beam over the radius of a rotating SiC target of 90-mm diameter, while the substrate was rotated simultaneously. The uniformity of film composition over the 75-mm wafers was characterized by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), while the crystallinity of films was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphology of the films was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The thickness of the coatings, and the index of refraction, n, along the wafer radii were measured optically using a spectrophotometer.
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TW Hydrae: multi-wavelength interferometry of a transition disk
J. Menu, R. van Boekel, T. Henning, M. Benisty, C. J. Chandler, H. Linz, C. Waelkens, S. M. Andrews, N. Calvet, J. M. Carpenter, S. A. Corder, A. T. Deller, C. P. Dullemond, J. S. Greaves, R. J. Harris, A. Isella, W. Kwon, J. Lazio, L. G. Mundy, L. M. Perez, L. Ricci, A. I. Sargent, S. Storm, L. Testi, D. J. Wilner
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 8 / Issue S299 / June 2013
For over a decade, the structure of the inner “hole” in the transition disk around TW Hydrae has been a subject of debate. To probe the innermost regions of the protoplanetary disk, observations at the highest possible spatial resolution are required. We present new interferometric data of TW Hya from near-infrared to millimeter wavelengths. We confront existing models of the disk structure with the complete data set and develop a new, detailed radiative-transfer model. This model is characterized by: 1) a spatial separation of the largest grains from the small disk grains; and 2) a smooth inner rim structure, rather than a sharp disk edge.
A VLT/X-Shooter study of accretion and photoevaporation in Transitional Disks
C. F. Manara, L. Testi, A. Natta, L. Ricci, M. Benisty, G. Rosotti, B. Ercolano
We present preliminary results of a detailed study of the accretion, stellar, and wind properties of transitional disks (TDs) carried out with the X-Shooter spectrograph. Combining new and archival spectra, we collected a sample of more than 20 TDs from different nearby star-forming regions. Our sample includes objects with both small (<5-15 AU) and large (>20–30 AU) known inner hole size from the literature (either from mm-observations or IR SED fitting). We check their stellar parameters (Teff, L*, AV, M*) and derive their accretion properties (Lacc, Ṁacc) in a self-consistent way, which makes use of the wide wavelength coverage of X-Shooter, and study their wind properties by mean of different forbidden emission lines analysis.
The different faces of transitional discs
M. de Juan Ovelar, M. Min, C. Dominik, C. Thalmann, P. Pinilla, M. Benisty, T. Birnstiel
Recent imaging observations of transitional discs have revealed discrepancies between the structure observed at different wavelengths. In some targets, the gap measured using sub-mm observations disappears when observed using near infrared polarimetry, suggesting that the empty region is actually filled with small particles of dust (Dong et al., 2012). Assuming the gapped structure observed in transitional discs is caused by the presence of a planet, we try to explain such discrepancies simulating observations of physical models of disc/planet systems with VLT/SPHERE-ZIMPOL, Subaru/HiCIAO, VLT/VISIR and ALMA.
The VLTi/PIONIER survey of southern TTauri disks†
Fabien Anthonioz, F. Ménard, C. Pinte, W-F. Thi, J.-B. Lebouquin, J.-P. Berger, M. Benisty, O. Absil, G. Duchène, B. Lazareff, F. Malbet, R. Millan-Gabet, W. Traub, G. Zins
Studying the inner regions of protoplanetary disks (1-10 AU) is of importance to understand the formation of planets and the accretion process feeding the forming central star. Herbig AeBe stars are bright enough to be routinely observed by Near IR interferometers. The data for the fainter T Tauri stars is much more sparse. In this contribution we present the results of our ongoing survey at the VLTI. We used the PIONIER combiner that allows the simultaneous use of 4 telescopes, yielding 6 baselines and 3 independent closure phases at once. PIONIER's integrated optics technology makes it a sensitive instrument. We have observed 22 T Tauri stars so far, the largest survey for T Tauri stars to this date.
Our results demonstrate the very significant contribution of an extended component to the interferometric signal. The extended component is different from source to source and the data, with several baselines, offer a way to improve our knowledge of the disk geometry and/or composition. These results validate an earlier study by Pinte et al. 2008 and show that the dust inner radii of T Tauri disks now appear to be in better agreement with the expected position of the dust sublimation radius, contrary to previous claims.
First images from the PIONIER/VLTI optical interferometry imaging survey of Herbig Ae/Be stars
J. Kluska, F. Malbet, J.-P. Berger, M. Benisty, B. Lazareff, J.-B. Le Bouquin, F. Baron, C. Dominik, A. Isella, A. Juhasz, S. Kraus, R. Lachaume, F. Ménard, R. Millan-Gabet, J.D. Monnier, C. Pinte, W.-F. Thi, E. Thiebaut, G. Zins
The close environment of Herbig stars starts to be revealed step by step and it appears to be quite complex. Many physical phenomena interplay: the dust sublimation causing a puffed-up inner rim, a dusty halo, a dusty wind or an inner gaseous component. To investigate more deeply these regions, getting images at the first Astronomical Unit scale is necessary. This has become possible with near infrared instruments on the VLTI. We have developed a new imaging method adapted to young stellar objects where we process separately the stellar component from the rest of the image to reveal the environment by using the spectral differences between these two components. We present the result of this method on the first imaging survey of Herbig stars carried out by PIONIER on the VLTI.
High Angular Resolution and Young Stellar Objects: Imaging the Surroundings of MWC 158 by Optical Interferometry
J. Kluska, F. Malbet, J.-P. Berger, M. Benisty, B. Lazareff, J.-B. Le Bouquin, C. Pinte
Journal: European Astronomical Society Publications Series / Volume 59 / 2013
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2013, pp. 141-154
In the course of our VLTI young stellar object PIONIER imaging program, we have identified a strong visibility chromatic dependency that appeared in certain sources. This effect, rising value of visibilities with decreasing wavelengths over one base, is also present in previous published and archival AMBER data. For Herbig AeBe stars, the H band is generally located at the transition between the star and the disk predominance in flux for Herbig AeBe stars. We believe that this phenomenon is responsible for the visibility rise effect. We present a method to correct the visibilities from this effect in order to allow “gray” image reconstruction software, like Mira, to be used. In parallel we probe the interest of carrying an image reconstruction in each spectral channel and then combine them to obtain the final broadband one. As an illustration we apply these imaging methods to MWC158, a (possibly Herbig) B[e] star intensively observed with PIONIER. Finally, we compare our result with a parametric model fitted onto the data.
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By Gary Kleiban 214 Comments
You know, it’s been with me for a long time, but I finally aired it out via twitter.
So in less than 140 characters … another fortune cookie:
When it's 50/50 jungle ball soccer, results are mostly random with an edge to whoever has better players at 50/50 jungle ball soccer.
— Gary Kleiban (@3four3) September 27, 2012
Applicable to every single level of the soccer pyramid, everywhere.
And particularly in the US, this is precisely the state of the game.
Think about it …
It’s not the ‘best players‘. It’s the best players for jungle ball (ie tactics free) soccer.
What players ‘make it’ in MLS?
Those who are among the best at 50/50 jungle ball soccer.
When it’s crunch time – when it really matters – what players are selected across the US Soccer pyramid?
What coaches are considered good, or even great, across the US Soccer pyramid?
Well … those who win of course. And who generally wins most? Yep … you guessed it … those who’ve consistently gotten the best players for 50/50 random, roulette spinning, dice-rolling, jungle ball soccer.
This is not global gold standard football. Global gold standard football is a science, it’s tactical, it’s choreographed.
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BillR says
Yep. It is the mindset that provides the basis for selecting physical characteristics over developing skill and intelligence. It creates robots over creating artists, and keeps the USA an also-ran.
Arsenal Coach says
Question is:
As a coach how do you know if you are a 50/50 jungle ball soccer coach or you are a Futball (soccer) coach ?
Travis Clark says
Ever since seeing you Tweet this, I couldn’t agree more.
Having a domestic league is important, and I’ll support MLS in spite of its massive shortcomings because it’s better than no top flight.
But it’s concerning to me that while officials will trump out stats about soccer’s growth, great crowds, TV deals, etc, the level/style of play is as you put it — jungle ball. I’d really like to see the league/teams focus on playing the game, and not the rough and tumble game you see out there. Actually develop your players, don’t just throw them into the meat grinder. However, I’m aware that requires having coaches who know how to develop players, something you rarely see. That’s without mentioning the absence of playing opportunities for 18-22 year olds, as teams snap up old Mexican/European/(enter whatever nationality here) players from abroad who were actually taught how to play soccer.
Hope my ramblings make some sense.
AS says
I look at the 2011 Philadelphia Union and see a team that tried to play the right way and got taken apart in the playoffs by a bigger, more “jungle ball”-ing Houston Dynamo. They since tried to fix that problem and we all know how that went in 2012.
At the end of the day, pro sports is about winning. Are there any examples of MLS teams who have won playing the “right” (non-jungle) way? If not, why not?
Jacques Pelham says
I’ll disagree with you slightly here AS (or maybe just take it in a slightly different direction). Winning is an obvious metric to judge progress or relative quality, no doubt. But pro sports is primarily about $ and finding ways to take the on-field product and monetize it.
Nowadays, the golden geese of professional sports are television rights contracts. MLS owners dream of an NFL or even NBA size national TV and sponsorship deal. The NBA’s national TV and sponsorship revenue sharing agreement sends, at a minimum, about $30 million to each team. In comparison, MLS’s TV revenue and sponsorship probably comes out to about $30 million for the entire league (this is a rough estimate, MLS/SUM doesn’t publish the numbers).
The NFL and NBA can command significantly more TV money because more people watch those leagues than the MLS. Why don’t more people watch MLS? For a number of reasons, but the most obvious is that the on-field product isn’t worth sitting down and watching when the games are on, especially when higher quality soccer is a click away. Even a novice fan can turn on MLS and see that it looks like total chaos compared to most La Liga, Serie A and even Barclay’s Premier League games (I’d argue that some fans watch Premier League games for the atmosphere alone regardless of the quality of football, heck I include myself in that group).
Why would I pay for the infrastructure necessary to watch Toronto F.C. and Philadelphia when I can go down the street and watch a San Francisco men’s league game played at about the same level (with several ex-MLS guys in fact) for free?
Jacques,
Many of your points are well taken (though I would differ as to the quality of MLS play or the benefit of supporting a local team (together with its infrastructure)).
However, the point of this article, and the blog in general, is to argue for a particular style of play. It sounds like what you are saying is that the style of play is irrelevant if the caliber of the players isn’t higher.
Good point AS! I think if you check out my blog or look at the stuff I’ve written for 3four3 you’ll see that Gary and I are pretty aligned when it’s comes to ideology and assessment of the state of footballing competence within MLS and USSF leadership.
The point I’m trying to make here has to do with identifying a pretty big disconnect between MLS owners and the coaches/technical staff (who are all pretty much purveyors of the jungle ball Gary describes) they have hired. I’m sure it’s sort of satisfying for MLS owners to dominate MLS or win an MLS trophy. But it seems to me that it would a lot more satisfying if they actually made a profit.
Fans want to see a show in exchange for tuning in or paying for admission and for most soccer fans that means professional displays of technical and tactical competence on par with or at least in the model of gold standard clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. MLS is delivering an inferior product (coaches, players, playing styles etc…) and the primary result is that fans have chosen not to engage with the league at a level that would make it profitable.
The players necessary to develop a better product already exist in the U.S. Unfortunately, the current coaching infrastructure at the professional/pre-professional level has largely overlooked them on account of their own incompetence. MLS’s incentive structure is still pretty screwed up, but the profit motive still exists. I’m just hoping at least one MLS owner will figure this out and take the steps necessary to lead the MLS towards progress.
I have my fingers crossed for Merrit Paulson/Caleb Porter in Portland.
There is a common theme we here from Gary, that you are repeating here regarding MLS. That the problem is not a lack of quality players, but rather that bad management and bad coaching is leading to the selection of the wrong players.
I personally have a problem with this. I believe that the problem with MLS is actually a lack of skilled players. Speed and athletics easily beat skill, if the skill level is not high enough. At the higher end leagues, players don’t pressure the ball, because they know that if they do, they will get beat by a skilled move or a skilled pass. In MLS, players pressure the ball because it works. An un-skilled player knows this, so they get rid of the ball quickly and safely. A short, un-skilled pass is trouble. A long 50/50 ball is safe.
Gary Kleiban says
MLS teams pressure?
I am yet to see it happen. Certainly not in any concerted way.
Gary, when does the barca usa curriculum come out?
oscar vega says
Jacques Pelham: hey wassup man I live in San Francisco as well. Do you play in the SFSFL.
SDW says
Totally agree. While ball winning is important…you cannot have an entire team of them…but too many coaches and teams do. Being “scrappy” , “fighter” to many coaches is paramount for all players at al positions.
I remember at a high school soccer all state selection meeting, a coach came in with all types of player stats….and one was 50/50 balls won for his players….you can guess how his team played.
I remember the Real Madrid squad from a decade ago full of galacticos….but in my opinion one key player was Claude Makele…he allowed Figo and Zidane and Raul and others to do what they do.
It kills me every time the US National Team has three ball winners in center of midfield….ridiculous. We can win the hell out of the ball…and have many, many opportunities to because we never have it!
ThiKu says
MLS player selections are ridiculous. It’s going to take 1 coach, 1 GM, and 1 owner to drastically change the approach and have success for any of the others to follow. Until then the HG signings will continue to flounder, and the college draft will continue to be trumpeted and guys like Mattocks will still get the top spot in 24 under 24. Yes, I am a huge Whitecaps fan and still say there is NO WAY Mattock is #1 under 24. Not by a county mile. VIllanueva – outstanding technical player. There are others as well who are way ahead.
Youth soccer jungle ball? YEP! I’ve got 2 tiny little technical players. They are 11. They have NO CHANCE in our “elite” league. (elite simply equals the top tier in their region – it’s not “elite” compared to the gold standard – my own team included.) They’ll be just fine come 14 or so, but until then…..I worry about them physically and mentally. This isn’t to say the rest of my team is some fantastic gold standard team. I do go watch the league two tiers down where my other team plays that also had a lot of smaller guys, and the opponents in that league tend NOT to have small players either. So I am uncertain where they all are! Not playing sports???
I may be biased, but to me, the Red Bulls are playing possession soccer, could be why there’s so few Americans in their starting 11. Henry demands it… he can win balls but he wants the build up so he can do his magic with passes and through balls. I think Seattle plays on the ground mostly too. But most of the MLS is jungle ball.
MG says
ThiKu, I hear you regarding the jungle ball in youth soccer. My son’s U10 team has a number of smaller, quick, techincal players and we rotinely battle much bigger teams. It’s not hard to see when a coach selects his players based on size and aggressiveness – a perfect fit for the jungle ball style. Their primary “tactic” is to hoof a long ball over the top and try to outrun and outshove the opponent for a 50-50 balls. By the way, from a parent’s prospective, hats off to you because you care about your players, particularly those who struggle – many coaches don’t. In terms of physical play, I think the size is less important than the attitude. Some of our smallest players are feisty and relentless in fighting for the ball and do really well in 50-50 balls against much bigger opponents. When we line up next to our opponents pregame, the parents usually chuckle because our players are so much smaller. My son’s coaches understand that the team will not win many games playing the jungle ball so they try to beat the opponent with passing, quickness and skill. When they move the ball well, it is a lot of fun to watch. They have their ups and downs, but I feel they are developing better as players than the kids who play kick and run style. I do feel that the US youth soccer is behind the top soccer countries in terms of tactical understanding of the game. I recently read an interview with Messi, where he said “Just yesterday I was watching the seven-year-old boys training beside us. They were being taught to play with the ball, to look after it, tactical things, how to understand the game. They were playing just like us. It still surprises me.” I wonder why the prevailing view in this country is that tactical things should not be taught in soccer until later age groups? One explanation I heard that the kids are less savy than their European or South American counterparts because they don’t watch soccer regularly. I generally agree that the kids here do not watch enough soccer, but this would seem to make the need to develop their soccer brains even more accute. Pushing this development off to later ages would seem to exacerbate the problem. If Spanish coaches teach tactics and understanding of the game to seven year olds and on, and we largely delay this to U12s or later, our U12 youth players are at least five years behind Spanish kids of similar age. Of course, if the prevalent style is the jungle ball, why bother with developing the soccer brains? A couch can simply select the athletes, who are best in this style, and have a winning season with very happy parents and very little risk taking.
Wolfgang says
You ask why we don’t teach tactics to younger players. The same reason we don’t teach any real tactics to older players, too many US “couches” (your typo is actually quite profound) lack the skill and know how to teach these things to our kids. I watched the “best” U14 boys team in the state of Oregon over the weekend. (Best based on standings in the tables of the OPL) They were average and consistent at best. They won because they were the more athletic team and because sadly the other team displayed poor ball skills and decision making for a team in the top flight.
R2Dad says
Just finished reffing a class 3 tournament, and am appalled as these kids throw themselves at every tackle to win the ball, only to turn it over with the next touch. I’m surprised there aren’t more injuries with all these punts and 50/50 balls. The GU14 final had 4 girls down in the first 30 minutes, and none of them came out despite the tears and pain.
Our local league only offers Rec up to U14, but kick and run Rec coaches have migrated to class 3 travel teams and unwitting parents who don’t know better buy in to this. The bad news is that not only will your kid not play in college, they may not even play on their high school team and no one knows better until it’s too late.
The real shame is the class 1 wanna-be teams, which can never hold possession but retain players with real potential but never develop their decision-making skills and passing ability.
Where are all the ex-pro youth coaches? Even the hispanic teams, which play a more skillful version of kick and run–can’t retain possession. There are 2 possession-oriented boys coaches in my area: one doesn’t have a team at my kid’s age group and the other (Zack Ibsen) just left.
Is Class 3 the top level where you live? Man, I wish every province in Canada used the same names and every state in USA used the same names for their leagues!
Ex-pro’s? Prob running their own academies, coachin in pro youth clubs, retired, or simply living elsewhere. There are plenty of ex-pro’s where I live, for example. Every club here has a few that generally are all trying their best to promote a skillfull game. Not say we achieve it necessarily! (I am not an ex-pro).
No, class 1 is the top, class 3 is a less competitive/skilled travel team, class 4 is Rec. Everyone wants to referee class 1, but the class 3 matches actually need better referees to protect these kids from themselves…
You are assuming ex-pros will teach quality soccer. If what they played jungle ball in the pros you can pretty much expect them to carry that torch forward and teach jungle ball to their students.
You mention rec coaching coaching lower flight competitive. Tons of clubs do this all over the USA. Why charge a kid $75 for a soccer season when you can charge that same kid $500 for the same coach, the same team and the same quality of games. That is how clubs increase their revenue. They are not really worried about player development. They are worried about revenue.
Dr Loco says
Our team recently played a tournament. We went all the way to the finals and lost. After the 1st game the refs came over and were amazed at the level of our soccer. 2nd game was more of the same. Our possession game was impressive against weaker teams. 3rd game was brutal against quick, physical players winning most 50/50 balls. So far only 1 goal scored against. 4th game 4 goals scored against. Players were fighting to death for the ball and pressuring us constantly. Kids coming off the field every 5min hurt or bloodied. We could not control the game since it was too fast and physical. The entire tournament we only played with 1 extra player with no injuries. Other teams need 3-4 extra players due to injuries and fatigue like hockey or football. The same refs from the 1st game congratulated me and said keep playing the way you do out the back.
What sucks the most is our players and parents do not understand the beauty of our team. We are doing it the correct way but it seems they don’t really care. They just want wins no matter what.
Congrats on making to finals! However, I think many believe technical soccer/possession soccer is a weaker and more fragile style of soccer that is in some way also less aggressive on the ball. Most teams can pass around weaker competition. You should not be awarded a medal or prize for stringing together 10 passes against “rec” teams. I’m not saying you did but you did indicate they were a much weaker side. You struggled against better athletes because your kids possibly didn’t move well without the ball, move into space correctly, didn’t support when necessary. They can’t foul what they can’t catch. I get jungle ball is often hard to beat at young ages because the kids aren’t as comfortable on the ball as a more mature player should be. A bad first touch will cause problems even at the highest level. Sounds like you’re doing a great job so keep it up. But the wrong message is being sent if a small technical player believes that shouldn’t be in each and every 50/50 ball with the same fight as the “athletic” kid.
Our team tries not to foul because I don’t want players getting hurt (only 1 sub). One time we play an entire tournament with no subs or 1 man down and made it to the finals. 50/50 balls are mainly won by “athletic” kids good at jungle ball so we let them and wait for them to hock it up the field to regain possession.
We want to use our intelligence. “It’s science, it’s tactical, it’s choreographed.”
I’ve read many of your intelligent posts on this blog and agree with much. I must disagree with you completely on this issue. “50/50 balls are mainly won by “athletic” kids good at jungle ball”, this is complete nonsense. I have many smaller players winning balls with intelligence, spped, and most of all anticipation. I could never coach a player to let another win a ball so we could “tactically” win it later down the field. I would rather play down a player than tell a player something like that. So is messi “athletic”? Have you ever seen him fight for a ball like it’s last time he might ever play again? Can someone please define “athletic” for me! I have players that are small but technically gifted or some would say through hard work and dedication very comfortable with the ball. They also fight like starving dogs to win and possession of the ball. Are they not intelligent?
Arsenal Fan says
Tim, well said. Soccer is more than just what is being talked about here, think we are forgetting about the passion of the game, and nothing to me highlights that more than a competition for a 50/50 ball in a crucial passage of the the game.
I get you.
You have to understand that many of our players have slow pure speed and slow mental speed. They have not learned how to anticipate the ball well. Unless we have a good chance of winning a 50/50 ball there is not a big risk in letting the other team take it. We try to play a controlled, relaxed game.
It totally depends on the players you have on your team. A big problem I see in youth and college sports is ‘unlimited’ substitutions. I have to protect the players and manage them for an entire game. If I lose a player due to injury because I want them to die for every 50/50 ball then the team suffers. Yes, we fight to keep and regain possession but intelligently not recklessly like jungle ball — “ can be dangerous as several players may go for the same ball”
I agree with your sentiments about 50/50 balls 🙂 What about winning 1st balls & 2nd balls; where a lot of 2nd balls can be attributed to the team shape?
ASO says
Have you shared this blog with the parents on your team? Educating parents who may have many different levels of soccer savvy can be challenging. Not only does Gary do a great job of distilling down the important issues, but the comments provide lots of addition angles at looking at the problem. There are nuggets of knowledge for everyone here.
Kana says
Dr. Loco,
My son and I often talk about desire to play better teams since they try to play properly. We find some established clubs and many upstarts (smaller clubs) playing to hurt someone rather than football. And almost always refs let it happen. They allow games to get out of hand. Then like to red card coach or player who says anything. It’s not just bad coaching, it’s referees as well that enable jungle ball.
On my son’s team, the better players are smaller and not physical. It jungle ball, the coach puts in the linebackers and jungle ball ratchets up. He doesn’t like to do that, but he’s protecting players. And he’s given up on refs.
Unfortunately, Kana, there are plenty of marginal referees out there who forget the primary role of the job is to protect the players. It’s difficult to change leagues, but the least you can do is steer away from tournaments that have a reputation for poor refereeing. Don’t forget to ask your coach, team manager and club director the next time they sign you up for a tournament–that’s information they should know and should be able to tell you. re: inadequate center referees, there are a few warning signs:
1) The 3 Step Ref – will only take 3 steps outside of the center circle when officiating a match–misses calls because he/she didn’t bring the telescope
2) Homer Simpson – grossly out of shape ref, maybe in the distant past used to be a grade 7 or 6 but now cannot run so cannot get close to the action. Still insists on refereeing U16+ boys matches because he’s buddies with the assignor. You’re always afraid he’ll keel over during your match.
3) Mr. Old School – despite USSF’s drive to keep everyone fit and up to speed on developments in the Laws Of The Game, this guy thinks fondly back to the Premier League of the 70s when a tackle that required a splint and an IV was just getting stuck-in.
4) Mr. Solo – so used to doing solo matches that he (it’s always a he) never looks at his ARs, who might as well be knitting on the sidelines.
5) Mr. Whistle – usually very young referees will exhibit this trait but occasionally adults who like attention will look for any reason to use the whistle. 200 times per match is not uncommon. Fine for U8 Rec matches but little else.
6) It’s All About Me Referee – related to Mr. Whistle, this referee wants a close personal relationship with the coaches and players but not ARs. Narcissistic and tyrannical, will bend the laws of the game to suit his mood. Absolutely ruins matches for everyone.
7) Mr. Foreign Language – Referee who forgets or gets sucked into discussions in his native language, thereby inadvertently aligning himself with one team over another. Brawl(s) ensue. Police are called to protect players and fans from each other.
8) Mr. Oblivion – coasts through matches without a care, blatant fouls begetting blatant fouls. Likes to “let them play”. Kids often require stitches. Police are called to escort referee to safety.
9) Mr. Card – Nary a word is spoken before the first of many cards come out. Often threatens to call/abandon matches if you don’t do as he says.
“it’s referees as well that enable jungle ball.”
This is the best experience so far. We play many top quality games as friendlies. No refs. The players follow the rules in honesty. You should see how much fun the players have and how clean/fluid the game is. There is no fighting or complaining over who kicked the ball out or fouls, handballs, etc. The players involved know exactly so no refs needed.
Refs fees are huge! No need to pay them.
On issues with refs: We had a brutal game in our tournament this last weekend – lost two kids to injures and just about everyone was bleeding from stupid tackles after the game. I think it is the responsibility of the coach and parents to keep their kids under control as much as the ref. Most of the refs are young kids just learning how to ref. The adults should take some responsibility and keep their kids under control. When kids are getting hit 3 seconds after the ball is gone and elbows to the face it’s more then a 13 or 15 year old referee can be expected to handle. I kept my boys calm through the game and yelled at my parents across the field to shut it! We ended up winning 4-0, by playing great possession soccer. The other coach came up to me and said he wanted his team to play like mine. I was thinking – you could start with stop trying to kill people. All joking aside that coach will probably re-think his tactics after that game, because he lost. We need people to win the “right way” if we want to change youth soccer.
Wow, never thought of it in this way. “jungle ball”, brilliant name for the style we so often watch on weekends and then unfortunately again watching MLS on television. I was just discussing with a friend how violent soccer appears to be in America compared to most international play. Yes the EPL and other leagues play aggressive and hard with many “professional fouls”, but it doesn’t appear with the same intent to injure and take a player out of a tournament as we see here begining as early as u12. I could be wrong but that’s what i see. The only way this will change is when parents are educated and when “jungle ball” is no longer an effective way to win a soccer game. However, we live in a country of “winning” and as long as “jungle ball” is successful on weekends and the trophy shelf is full, it might just be here to stay.
“jungle ball” ….bunch of monkeys kicking the ball
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jungle%20ball
I often blog on other soccer sites on articles on the USMNT. My stance is always that we can do better, be better, that we should be developing creative players rather than juggernauts, that we choose the wrong players to develop, etc. 9 times out of 10 people call me a ‘troll’ and tell me I do not know shit about soccer. And the main argument they have against me is, “if we are so terrible at soccer, then why did we beat Spain 2-0?” Beating Spain that one, and only one, time has been the worst thing we could have done as a soccer nation because it has given the ‘soccer retarded’ a basis for arguing for the shit soccer we see every time the USMNT takes the field. These are the same people that are proud that we crushed Scotland this year, that we lucked out and beat Mexico in a friendly, and “dominated” Jamaica in last month’s WC quals. These people are the trolls and US soccer is geared toward making these guys happy rather than making people who comment on sites like this happy, who probably are not proud or excited about beating Scotland 5-0. The marathon continues…
Jim Froehlich says
Know exactly what you mean. This site is one of a kind. SBI and MLS Talk are absolutely pathetic.
There’s a lot of focus here on what style or brand of soccer of soccer ought to be the goal. As Gary says “Global gold standard football is a science, it’s tactical, it’s choreographed.”
Let’s assume that this is way to coach a team. My question is what do you tell your 11, 12 or 13-year old boys when they lose a game trying to play the “gold standard” way. When bigger, stronger, faster, more aggressive boys succeed by pushing them off the ball, dominating balls in the air and knocking them to the ground every time they try to possess the ball in midfield? Do you tell them, don’t worry about losing 5-0, we are pursuing the “gold standard”?
You/re making an assumption that the gold standard can’t beat jungle ball if the other team is quicker and bigger. I don’t see evidence of that. Plus 50/50 ball is ugly. Of course they should stick to the gold standard. You always play YOUR style… the complexity comes when you have to adjust it to the opponents weaknesses. That takes good coaching at youth and probably all levels. Arsenal year in and year out are in the top 4 in the EPL, they always play their style. They usually have the smaller more technical team on the field. They signed Cazorla he’s 5’7 max, he’s already making a huge mark on the team.
How else are you supposed to play against a more physically imposing team?
Perhaps I’m showing my weakness as a coach, but I have seen time and time again that our team, which is mostly average size and average athleticism, can dribble and pass rings around comparable boys, but do get pushed around and beaten by stronger, faster, bigger kids. I’m not saying they are fouling or cheating, I’m just saying our possession game wilts in the face of pressure by superior athletes.
They can’t push you off the ball if you don’t have the ball when they get to you. Their team play has to improve. It’s that simple. If you’re passing around them you shouldn’t be losing. If they’re dribbling and getting pushed off the ball… they’re dribbling to long.
My son’s team just got beat by a team because they didn’t pass well enough, not good enough by a mile, the coach’s response was conditioning training because they were running out of steam. Bad sign, they ran out of steam because they couldn’t hold onto possession and were constantly trying to win the ball back. Pisses me off that the coach thinks it’s the players… and not the lack of team cohesion, the blame is really on the coach.
” I’m just saying our possession game wilts in the face of pressure by superior athletes.”
I see the same thing. I also have noticed that the few possession teams out there have average players competing at silver/bronze level. Fast, athletic kids play premier/gold level. I recommend you keep the team at a lower level until they master technical/tactical skills required to win against superior athletes. Parents might not like it. I tell my players it’s better to lose playing well than win an ugly game. I’m sure parents just hate and blame the coach.
“The hardest thing for any coach is to realize that players and parents aren’t the coach’s “friends”, that the coach does not own the team, and that the coach is responsible for the technical, tactical, physical, and mental development of the team.”
AS, it’s a tough one. It is very hard for the kids, parents and coaches to swallow a lopsided loss, when the team was physically overwhelmed. If your kids gave good effort, you can tell them that they lost to a very strong and physical team and that they lost because the opposing team was able to disrupt their possession game. Tell them that they need to continue to work on their their ball skills and teamwork to be able to move the ball faster and break the pressure even against fast, athletic teams like this. Perhaps playing possession games on smaller fields would help because smaller spaces will force your players to be more comfortable under pressure (which will arrive much faster on small fields – sort of like what the fast team did to your boys) and move the ball faster. You have to stay true to your philosophy, if you are convinced it is the right one. I agree with Steve that your question contained a questionable assumption about jungle ball leading to better results and perhaps you did not mean it this way. Your boys with average speed, size and athleticism will not beat a physically dominant athletic team by playing the jungle ball style. It would be suicidal to try to play it. Your team could have been blown out 15-0 if it tried to do it. Trying to play out of the back under pressure may have cost your team a couple of goals, but I don’t think that hoofing the boy downfield against bigger, stronger, faster opposition would have been a smarter tactic.
Thanks, MG. You and Steve have it exactly. I’m really not suggesting we try to play any way other than the right, skillful, possession-oriented way. Trust me, I’ve seen what happens when the boys abandon that base and try to boot and bash against a high pressure group of stronger athletes. As you say, it gets worse not better. I tell the boys, “there is no plan B”, and I really believe it. But we sure do take some lumps from time to time and I really feel for the boys when that happens.
Good point with making the possession space smaller. I’m working through similar stuff with speed of play. making the space smaller will help the technical side, but the smaller space won’t force players to move off the ball to support, like they must do on the big field(tactical side). This is a huge issue – timing and anticipation of support angles for possession. What would you do to work on that aspect?
Alec, I think you are asking the right kinds of questions, but an answer that fits one team/kid’s situation might be a wrong answer for another team/kid. This is where the art of coaching comes in. The basic principles of supporting a player who has the ball should work on both small and big fields (althought the field size may present different challenges to the players). Also, as you noted, the size of the field alone will not them more tactically savvy with their positioning and angles. You should study your team carefully (maybe even tape them) and identify what specific issues cause the problems for your team’s supporting play (e.g. tendency to run forward instead of support, not moving without the ball, etc.). Once you’ve identified these issues, you can start addressing them. You can try to use possession games as a teaching tool, but keep things simple so the kids are not flooded with two much information. Just pick one thing that you want to teach them at a particular practice session, feed them small amounts of information without talking for too long, and have them work on this issue until they do it well. You probably already explained them the general principles of support and positioning, but you would have to work on the details and that is the hard part. Give the the kids some guidance, but also let them make their own decisions on the field. When you teach them to play out of the back on the goal kicks, for example, you can show your left defender what options he might have for passing the ball (left mid, central mid, keeper, etc), but let him decide what option is the best once the ball is in play. As a disclaimer, there are coaches on this board that are more qualified to help you with advice.
Yup, exactly what you tell them! I coach a U12 Gold level team and we have played 3 games and lost everyone by one goal, (competitive games). We have lost to the “jungle ball” teams, physical, direct, maybe two passes and then vertically down to the big man up front. It’s terrible and drives me insane. In all three games, we had possession about 75%, outchanced opponent, switching balls from side to side, etc…. the referree and parents from other team came up to me after the game saying how impressed they were with the style of play of our team. in one game, the other coach asked, “how do you get them to pass like that?”
The players know this is not about results, right from the first training session, yes they are upset that they lost, but they know that they ar part of a project. the project is for me to give me them as much as I can to teach them the game so when they try out for the highest level in the Spring (we have a top tier starting U13 in our province), they have a much better chance of making…..that to me is development! The coach at the tryout will not ask each player, “did you come in first last season?” “What was your record?” how many goals did you score?” it does not matter, what matters is how that player shows his technical ability, soccer IQ, how he/she processes decisions, etc…. when they are trying to make it.
If you have a team of 11 players and more than half of them make the highest level the following, you have succeeded as a coach.
as a nation, we seem to be swinging back and forth .. like a pendulum.
do we focus on development (player & team) vs winning (team)?
do we develop the “player” or the “team”?
do the coaches select 1 position for the player (team-oriented) vs more than 1 (player)?
do we put the big strong players in the attack (player) or on defense (team & other smaller skillful players)?
do we teach zonal marking (team shape) or allow for interchange & fluidity in the movement (player)?
do we focus on technique (player) vs tactics (player & team)?
do we focus on individual dribbling (individual attacking) vs passing (team-oriented)?
Since this blog has a lot Barca followers, I will say Barca philosophy is focused on the team oriented passing skills first & foremost; then the individual brilliance .. in that order!
Yes, we are lost as a nation. Too many cooks in the kitchen making crap. No common culture, language, traditions, religion. It’s like presidents – democrats and republicans always swinging back and forth.
Meh. All over rated. Especially religion. Diversity can be a strength.
Have you coached a team with players from different religions?
Please explain how religion does not affect a team.
I have. It wasn’t an issue. I take that back… the more religious missed games going to sunday school and church. It was an issue for them. Not for the team or me.
I agree, but what’s interesting is that all of us coaches are here at this blog. Why are we here? WE are here because Brian and Gary have found a way to WIN, with a totally dominate style of possession soccer. If they didn’t win, but they talked about playing like Barcelona, we would all laugh at them. Winning changes everything and they have found a way to win. They have broken the glass ceiling and now there are no more excuses for coaches. Yeah it’s really hard and it takes more effort to learn a totally new system. It is a far more complex system then juggle ball, so it’s going to take more effort to learn. But it leads to total domination if you learn it well.
“They have broken the glass ceiling and now there are no more excuses for coaches.”
Well said Alec! Pre- Brian and Gary it would have been easy to quit. Damn! I love you and hate you for it.
🙂 I wish Alec.
The excuses keep on coming. When threatened, the creativity of the rational mind knows no bounds.
Rob A says
Totally, Gary. Too many of the games I watch — youth games, not of my team and Serie A 😉 are “jungle ball”. I see it as a bunch of chaos until some kid, near the opponent’s goal, makes sense of the ball (controls it). I HATE seeing actions on the field that have no idea behind it and too often this is the case in the US.
goddy says
how many kids in your program have been called up to youth national teams…any?
What’s the point of your question?
Have you coached or trained anyone who has been called up at any level of the national program?
are you joking here because I thought the purpose of this blog was to change the status quo. IMO, that includes any US coach that is satisfied with US college &/or MLS quality player development.
Exactly… making it to the national program isn’t exactly the climax of a career… that’s why players go over seas. To get better coaching and better competition.
That’s telling.
Making it to the national team at your age level is a climax at that age level. So, have you trained or coached someone who has made to any level of the youth national team?…simple question!
Goddy, if you ask people if they coached anyone who made it to the national level at their age, you may have missed the entire point of Gary’s post. Let me repeat one of his statements: “When it’s crunch time – when it really matters – what players are selected across the US Soccer pyramid? Those who are among the best at 50/50 jungle ball soccer!” Was the USSF after Ben Ledermann before FC Barcelona invited him to join their academy (the very same academy that produced Messi, Xavi, Iniesta)? Gary’s and Brian’s kids are making a small dent in the current system (and their success starts getting more attention), but the jungle ball continues to rule at all levels of US Soccer pyramid. People, who post on this blog, are mostly regular folks with diverse backgrounds (coaches, parents, players) who want to change the status quo in the US soccer at the grass roots level.
I get your point, but Lederman was about 10 years old or so when he went to Barca. Why would USSF “be after” him at that age??
Canada has made the same mistake. A player from Ontario completely ignored. He played on high level teams and won a few provincial cups, to give you an idea. But never considered for Ontario provincial team or the TFC academy. He was starting in the Russian Premier League at age 18-19, and now is allotted one of the very limited foreign spots in the Lithuanian league. Not a huge level, Lithuania, but a technical one, and he’s still only 19 or so.
It happens up north too, and no doubt happens in every country around the world. But the problem comes in Canada and USA in this regard because we don’t have the critical masse of players and coaches to cover-up those missed selections.
For the same reason, they invited four players from Barcelona FC USA U11 team to participate in the national team training camp this summer. Ben was invited too, although he is obviously older now. Things are starting to change a bit, but it’s only a drop in the bucket.
ThiKu, I agree with you that the US and Canada lack the “critical mass” of properly developed players (you need a good number of clubs teaching and developing the kids properly to achieve it), but I also think that people, who make selections for the Academies, State, Regional, and National youth teams, might not be using the right set of criteria so the missed selections might be more of a systemic issue.
pulguita says
Yes! What’s your point?
No I am not joking but rather asking a simple question. Have you done it or not ?
Yes – she leaves for her fourth camp in 3 weeks. Now what?
90% or more of kids I know of are in ODP or called to National tryout out due to size. Average players who are man-child types. Skill, smarts, tactical should be size agnostic . . . but in USA it’s the primary test of a player’s potential.
Lets try not to swing the pendulum too far in the other direction when making statements such as ^This.
e.g., Pique & Busquets are tall. So is Ibra & Torres; They all all World Class players of Gold Standard quality.
Hall97 says
None of this should surprise any of us. First thing you have to understand is that youth clubs are not in the business of developing players. It is a ‘factory’ that churns out the “youth soccer experience”. It’s always easier to take shortcuts.
Second, I came to the realization a while ago that I alone am responsible for my son’s development as an individual player. So I have spent thousands of hours studying, reading and watching the game. I try to learn something new every day.
I think too many people confuse possession and ‘creative’ play. Possession is largely unselfishness on the individual player’s part. (Lots of movement without the ball and simple 1 and 2 touch passing.) Encouraging ‘creative play’ all too often promotes selfish play. The kid with all the skill in the world but loses the ball due to piss poor decisionmaking.
Skill without the appropriate decisionmaking is worthless. And when it comes to player selection, the 2 players ‘identified’ the most are what I call the ‘dribblitos’ and the ‘manchildren’. Big, strong, but technically and tactically dumb defenders.
And the kid who can do every Ronaldo move but yet can’t make it happen when it matters.
The tactically smart, “simple” players are the ones overlooked.
But isn’t there a place on every team for the dribbilitos AND manchildren AND tacticians IF they are ALL tactically trained?? Barca has its athletic beasts (imagine going against Puyols in the box on a corner) and Messi is a primo dribbilito at times BUT they all have the tactical knowledge to play together and exploit their strengths for the team. Again the issue goes back to quality coaches who can teach tactics.
“But isn’t there a place on every team for the dribbilitos AND manchildren AND tacticians”
From my experiences at the youth level no, not on the same team. Generally speaking man-children go to premier teams, tacticians gold teams, and dribbiliots to silver teams. Something like that. There is no intelligent thought in selecting players for youth teams.
You’re right, Dr. Loco. But all too often these kids are encouraged to rely only on their “strengths” in order to achieve a result. The coaches enable them by encouraging them to play selfishly and even recklessly.
I’m not against teaching players to get ‘stuck in’ and otherwise fight for the ball. (They have to learn sooner or later.) But they first need to learn to control the ball properly and pass. In other words, to keep possession should come first.
I see this happening with the coaches in our area. many competitive teams are stocked with hispanic players, coached by an hispanic guy (I’ve seen just 2 female hispanic coaches). these coaches are not teaching the 4-3-3, are not teaching possession–they seem to revert to the style of their homeland rather than embrace claudio’s strictures. they never play out of the back, and there are no negative consequences as long as they can find some big lugs to hoof it out of the back. i’d like to see all class 1 tournaments limit to 3 the substitutions allowed–at least after the group stages– in order NOT to reward the high-pressure, kick-it-to-the-big-tall-fast kid type teams. can claudio & sunil insist on that? i can’t believe we still allow unlimited subs at the highest levels of youth soccer. are we the only country that does?
“i can’t believe we still allow unlimited subs at the highest levels of youth soccer.”
Yeah, right. That’s what I mentioned above. Unlimited subs hinders the development of players by not allowing them to learn how to conserve their energy, play intelligently, play under physical/mental exhaustion, the brain is not trained to deal with the stress of a full match.
US players appear to always be looking for a “time-out” or “lifeline” when in trouble.
Alberto says
First of all, Hall: man-child, driblito? Muy bien! You nailed it.
ASO, I see what you are getting at, but I think that is a false choice. Tacticians, man-children, and dribilitos are not mutually exclusive. You can have a big kid who is an excellent dribbler and a great tactician. (His name could be Busquets, or Torres.) You can also have kids that are short, slow, and stupid. Nature can be cruel.
One of our main coaching problems is precisely that we do not INSIST that everyone play the right way, regardless of his alleged individual gift. If you try to develop a team that is tactically sophisticated, you shouldn’t need to pay attention to distracting questions such as, “do I have enough mindless dribblers? Do I have enough man-children headless chickens?” You simple work to get all your players to play the right way, and if you have the opportunity to switch out the ones who don’t get it for ones that do, you do it, regardless of their physical attributes.
By the way, on a related matter, this false choice also comes up in discussions about our national team with their clueless fans. You often hear how US players are such “great athletes”, and if we could just play a bit better we would rule. Excuse me: what makes you think that other countries aren’t already doing that? Do you think that to get to the top of the pyramid in Holland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, etc. you can be non-athletic? Let me tell you, the vast majority of those guys have it all. Do the athlete-worshiping US fans really think our soccer “athletes” are more athletic than those other soccer players? Or is it just that the others don’t have to rely exclusively on their athleticism to resolve soccer problems on the field?
BINGO! a voice of reason 🙂
The last time I checked, the USMNT was lacking PACE on the outsides. I thought the USA was a country of superior athletes e.g., PACE. In pursuit of the players with good technique we seem to have wrongfully spend the pendulum too far in the other direction.
p.s., sorry Gary for using the word “PACE” in bold even 🙂
I would not come to that same conclusion. My logic would be: Our fastest athletes in the US are black/of African extraction. There are very few black Americans playing soccer. If we increased the number of black players, perhaps we would have enough candidates with the pace you say we so desperately need a that position. Just another way of thinking about this issue.
R2Dad, I see plenty of black players on the youth national teams. Some of them are good. Some aren’t. I don’t necessarily think that having more blacks playing soccer will automatically make the US better.
Further, I would say the racial makeup of foreign leagues is fairly balanced. You tend to see a higher percentage of black players in France’s Ligue 1. Not sure why except that perhaps this has something to do with the number of immigrants from former French African colonies/protectorates.
I’ve always held the belief that, to make it to the highest level, a player has to have the right ‘mix’ of technical, tactical AND physical gifts.
Most players are going to be stronger in certain areas and weaker in others.It really comes down to position. You aren’t going to play fullback for Arsenal unless you have exceptional speed. And you aren’t going to play central midfield for Barca if you don’t have exceptional vision/passing ability. (No matter how fast you are.)
Because the majority of youth soccer in the states is built around results at all costs, you end up with one dimensional players. The other issue is that, by and large, the bulk of American players just don’t train enough on their own and/or play enough unstructured football.
Coaching is certainly a factor, but the core issues are the ones I mentioned above. Most kids don’t want to spend 30-45 minutes or more working on their control or banging a ball off of a wall.
Zidane, Platini, Best, et. al, did not receive “elite, high level tactical coaching” in their formative years. They didn’t join ‘pro’ clubs until they were 16 or older. What they did do was learn to play the game in a more ‘organic’ fashion.
Out of necessity, I have taken that same approach (as much as it can be where I live) with my own son. We are 200+ miles from the nearest DA club. And, with the exceptiion of FC Dallas, I don’t think any of these DA teams can make him better anyway. The only thing they can offer is “exposure”.
“Most kids don’t want to spend 30-45 minutes or more working on their control or banging a ball off of a wall”
I have been pushing my U9 Son to do a set of drills – 30 minutes a day – mostly footwork for about a month. Even he can tell it’s working.
There is a lot of talk about the 10,000 hr rule. As with most things 20% of the work get’s you to the 80% level. It takes the remaining 80% of the work to get you to 100%. Maybe we can’t convince our youth to go to 100%, but I’ll take 90% right now.
We need to push for more time on the ball. This is the number one problem, and yes there is probably a parent, culture, coaching reason we are not doing it.
Lack of pace is not the problem that plagues the US soccer. There are plenty of althletes with pace at all levels of US soccer, but they lack skill and intelligence to play at the highest levels. When at high school, Marvel Wynne ran 10.39 in a 100 meter dash, but putting him on the wing for the national team would be a disaster.
I tried for a few years to watch MLS, but it’s crap! In mornings I would watch La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga — then catch an MLS game in evening and it was like a cold splash in the face. Many MLS players have basic dribbling skills and poor passing. But they are strong and fast and physical. This trickles down to college and youth soccer.
Jungle ball that has metastasiized to infect coaching ranks across youth soccer. So what’s the cure?
No. Have you? If yes, then how many? .. And please tell what is troubling you about this blog
&/or user comments since it seems that you don’t
agree with some of the user comments. Please
Sorry. My last post was directed to goddy in the above thread.
Lothar says
Larry, I’ve been reading this blog for a long while now, and all of the comments. I have coached a kid who was selected for the US women’s youth side, but helped to make her quit fighting over her playing for my team vs. another. You’re missing the point completely! i will die before I make a kid quit playing the game like that again, national team or anything else below it.
I’m now coaching U8s and the parents are all so focused on winning every game that I struggle to even stay with it, and I even have one dad who actually did play a few MLS games and is quite the legend locally for the former A-League team. I played with and against him, but can not get him to stop “coaching” his son during games. Same goes for all of the other parents. They just won’t let their kids play and leave it at that. It’s a peculiar American thing and until and unless it changes, we will never be able to produce world-class players because the stupid parents think telling their kids what to do during games (whether they know what they’re talking about or not) is happening and it makes the kids “respond” to the parents, not what is happening around them on the field. The kids will literally look over at mom/dad while the ball is in play and even when they get it at their feet.
I read all of this here for inspiration that things will change because I have been subjected to the whole “the best coaches get the best teams” mentality. That is, when my former U11s won a state title (not saying much in this state, but whatever) they were immediately taken from me the next season by the DOC/A-Licensed coach, who promptly won his first, only, and probably last state title with what I had produced before wrecking it all and making the kids play jungle ball where I had them playing the right way.
The politics of it are, again, maddening, and luckily for me I’m at a small club now where I’m free to do what I want and the DOC lets me, yet I still have to argue with the parents that we should be “winning” at U8. Really? They don’t even have the mental focus to keep shape right now, but don’t you tell someone’s dad that his son who is “playing” center mid in a 2-1-2 shouldn’t be out on the wing collecting and distributing a ball or you’ll never hear the end of it. Or, “you need to put Player XYZ in goal because he knows what he’s doing and we won’t win otherwise!” Really? I played GK, and there isn’t a U8 I have ever seen who knows how to do it aside from being a great athlete, good with hands, and aggressive – those 3 things alone will define a “successful” keeper at a young age.
Anyhow, just wanted to finally contribute something here. I’m on board with the site’s philosophy but am struggling and in the trenches with the ridiculous and frustrating demands of what youth coaching are here in the USA right now.
I hear you Larry. Parents put me over the edge sometime too. Hold to your guns. Preach in season and out of season – the barcelona gospel. 🙂 Once you get the right parents and right kids – the sky will be the limit.
I feel for you, Lothar. I’d like to see a side-by-side comparison of various parents from around the world (Brazil, France, Italy, US, etc) attending their kids U8 matches and how they behave. This could be a useful tool in shaming US parents into learning how to support their child’s game in an appropriate manner. Seriously, almost every parent here with U8 kids knows nothing of the game and it shows. If parents demanded possession, they would eventually get it. Too bad they don’t even know what Possession is…..
DO: cheer, clap, and yell encouragement for skillful play not just goals
DON’T: encourage them to Boot It, Kick It, Clear It or any other command to randomly react
I tell my parents in our first parent meeting, “Cheer the result, not the action!”… And then I remind them on the sideline :).
CoachJ says
Lothar,
You need to have a meeting or send out an email to the parents telling them, “There is absolutely NO coaching allowed from parents during matches. If you would like to coach, please feel free to take the necessary classes to become a qualified coach, find a team of your own, and coach away! But as for THIS team, you will not be permitted to “coach” ANY players on this team during matches. If you cannot control yourself, you will be asked to leave the field and you can watch the rest of the matches from the parking lot. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.”
If they still continue to “coach”, have your assistant coach escort them to the parking lot. They will shut up then…….a little public humiliation usually does the trick!
Please hang in there against the pushy parents. They drive other parents crazy too!! As a parent I am VERY grateful that my son’s coach has firmly mandated no instructions from the sidelines. In fact we all know that one parent is in risk of being banned from the games and chip in to remind him to can it when his emotions get the best of him. It completely changes the tone of the game and allows us to focus as a group on the good passes and runs that occur even in the face of the jungle ball teams. Also, we (the silent majority) are all rolling our eyes and truly feeling for you when “soccer expert dad” starts jawing about his precious snowflake after the game. We are all hoping you tell him to take a hike even if he takes his “star” player with him….
My recent favorite horrid parent remark was at a U7 rec game my son was refereeing. One kid was calling (appropriately) to another to pass the ball to him. The parent of the kid with the ball yelled “Don’t listen to him-you don’t have to do what he says!”
CoachJ and ASO,
Thanks for your support. However, I have in fact sent out (multiple) emails and had a parent meeting where I said no coaching from the sidelines. They ignore it, for whatever reason(s) they have, from the MLS dad down to the ghetto mom who hasn’t paid even the minimal fees for club dues (and I literally worked a club camp to pay for her son to be able to play this season). I just try and ignore it now and tell the boys to ignore their parents and just play, and if they get in trouble for ignoring their parents to let me or my assistant coach know, and we will then address the parent in question directly on the kid’s behalf. That said, last weekend a boy played a goal kick across the front of our goal that the he simply didn’t hit hard enough to get there in time to a teammate before an opponent took it in to score, putting us on the wrong side of the scoreline. The berating he got, loudly and in front of the entire park, from both of his parents was embarrassing for him and should have been for them also, but almost everyone “agreed” you should NEVER play the ball across the middle. Well, really? Where the fuck do you think the goal is, and how are you going to score if every damn pass should go to the wings? Idiots, all.
I’m not a newbie to coaching, and it is, as I said, a peculiar American thing and a sign that we do not, as is often discussed here, have a/the “culture” to develop players properly.
There is no quick fix for mom/dad yelling at their kid during games and even practices, no matter the number of emails I send or meetings we have. They simply continue doing it, and I truly feel sorry for their kids that they are so over-invested in the individual performance that they can’t see, let alone appreciate, the larger team performance and their son’s role in how it all comes together.
I am trying to do it the right way, but between the clueless parents and the “superclubs” swooping and taking every player of ability for the money, I’m hard-pressed to keep doing this much longer.
I must have a really good group of parents this year. We are on the wrong sides of the scoreline every week- but every kid is coming to practice eager and with a big smile. We have a long weekend coming up and it’s been a busy season so far so I gave them 2 of our 3 practices off and all the boys were upset. A lot of the parents speak a different language than I do so they may be coaching from the sideline, but it hasn’t been hampering the players’ enjoyment, nor their ability to learn from their mistakes.
I did tell the parents pre-season that I am paid to be the coach so let me be the coach. I went on and on about coaching from the sidelines confusing the 11 year olds, and that they just want to please everyone so it makes life for difficult for them. I also told them they are free to apply to the club to coach the team if that is their desire. And I gave them the contact info of how to go about that application.
Why are we losing? Not because we are trying something totally different than our opponents, not because we’re all much smaller. It’s a fairly enlightened league where most players and coaches are looking to try and play a good style of play, most of the time. We’re just not as good at this point in time as others at it. We’re also the smallest club in the league from a registration standpoint. Ie, we regularly play clubs with 5x the population to us. But we’re competing and improving and the gap will close! 🙂
But yes, it’s a cultural issue. Here’s where the problem is. In North America the dads and moms are watching football, basketball, and baseball all weekend – hockey too. So they think they know sports. Go watch an American football practice. See how many dads are out there coaching. Stopping and micromanaging every single moment. Then go watch a soccer practice and see how many are meekly off to the side loathe to help.
ps-American footbal should be considered abusive for anyone under the age of 13-14!! 🙂 Pushups in full gear for 8 year olds? are you kidding me!
“I’m hard-pressed to keep doing this much longer.”
FUCK you sound just like me. Where do you coach?
I had very similar experiences and had to leave the team because there was no discipline and every parent was out of control.
Right now I have a team that I built from scratch with “good” parents but after 1 year they have started changing. The demands on winning are more. Parents want the so called best for their bratty kids so are starting to look for “bigger” clubs. Parents want, want, and want but they don’t realize they have the best already.
Personally I am exhausted emotionally, psychologically, and economically.
Gary, how long should a coach be involved with a particular team?
I hear some coaches have been with the same team 8+ years but now I really do not believe it. It’s hard to imagine that I could coach the same team for more than 2 years. I do love developing players the right way but there is little patience among parents. Ideally I would like move on to high school and college players and leave the youth behind. My worries is without the youth developed properly what would I experience at the older ages?
My suggestion is switch youth coach ever 2-3 years at the top level. At lower/rec levels it’s not much of an issue. But at the elite levels its good to expose the players to different methodologies – it’s up to the club to make sure the methodology does not contradict the philosophy of play, which we here of course all hope is a smarter, technical style.
Well….you are assuming there are competent coaches what will take over.
So should I leave and let another coach expose the players to “jungle ball”?
” they were immediately taken from me the next season by the DOC/A-Licensed coach, who promptly won his first, only, and probably last state title with what I had produced before wrecking it all and making the kids play jungle ball where I had them playing the right way.”
Same shit happened although my DOC had no license and it was not a state title just some stupid league title. All the good work I did just wasted with jungle ball. Parents love it though so clubs still continue and good coaches flounder.
http://therealyouthsoccer.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-older-youth-coaches-refuse-to.html
“Why the older youth coaches refuse to mentor the younger youth coaches”
“Oh, no we only hire coaches worse than the Director”.
I feel like shit tonight! Besides the fact that I pulled my hammy, I feel terrible for causing aghast among the coaching ranks on this blog!
Full disclosure on my part ..
Is it that obvious that I’m just a virtual wannabe youth Development parent/coach for my only child ie son who is playing Both U10 norcal silver & bronze 2 this fall with 14 other players?
Well it is true. I’m not in the trenches like a lot
of you; though, I’m a Barca team oriented advocate at my son’s soccer academy.
Nuno says
Sounds familiar??
“The ‘moneyball’ secrets of a successful lower-div team, as explained to me today (brace yourselves, Barca fans)..
1. Never pass back to keeper, hit the ball back up field 2. Never let keeper throw it out 3. Work constantly on set pieces….
4. Create culture where shooting is the end, not possession 5. As many diagonal balls into box as poss 6. Work on shooting power..
7. Press high to regain possession in attacking half 8. Don’t lose ball in your half, if in doubt, smash it down the middle
That theory based on 75%+ goals in D2 scored from <3 passes, 50%+ scored from <1, 9 shots=1
Follow the rules, or so theory goes, & you'll get 150 'possessions' in shooting range, take 20+ shots, score 2+ goals & win 92pts!
I didn't say it was my theory! But I'm enjoying your guesses at which team tried it…let's be honest, it's about half of them
The Moneyballer ended by quoting Bob Paisley: "I don't care if it's a long ball or a short ball, as long as it's the right ball"
As vexed as I was by this, it's Trevor Brooking I worry about. A decade's work totally ignored by the 'practitioners' he appeals to
By Matt Slater @mattslaterbbc “
Know your “enemy”…
An now for something completely different…
“There are two types of football. There’s physical football and football talent. Luis Aragonés, the [former] coach of the Spanish national team, when he had three or four talented players, he lined them all up. In contrast, there are managers who having four talented players will only start two, but they’ll line up all four workers. The ones who are going to make a difference in the game are the talented ones.”
Inside Barcelona: Xavi’s passion, ambition evident on field, in person:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/grant_wahl/10/03/barcelona-xavi-spain/index.html
“I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back: with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that.”
“I’d like to be remembered, as a team that evolved the sport and that people enjoyed watching.”
Pep Guardiola teaching his soccer principles on the field:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB0PZKdmQro&feature=related
Rough translation from catalan via castilian
The 5 basic principles of how Guardiola wants his team to play are:
1. – Offensive football . The style that Guardiola has in mind and try to convey to his players is attacking, dominating football . Want to take the initiative always, keep the ball and look for the goals. This is a risk because the exposure to dangerous counter attacks
2. – The third man. To avoid counterattacks Guardiola recommends to players that, whenever possible, seek out the companion closest to the opposition goal and pass him the ball. If there is no option to make the pass, then played it short. This concept was taught to him by Cruyff.
3. – The free man. According to the coach, that’s the key to keep the ball and the essence of the positional game. During possession, players move to find free space and get open to receive a pass.
4. – Collective zonal pressure. For Guardiola the defensive player should never be static, and he should stand between opposing players to go to different pressuring places depending on how the rival attacks
5. – Ball circulation. For Guardiola the purpose of possession “is not moving the ball, but move your opponent.” The objective should be to move the rival to a given area, and surprise it, attacking in a different, neglected space.
What he is actually saying..from catalan via castillian..google translator
1. always leave the risk of attack
in football, 99% of rivals say I give you the ball and hope. You do a 3-4-3 I hope.
I know that sooner or later you will lose the ball, and when I steal, I’ll hit you. This is the great drama
because the attack and defense is something attached, which can not be separated
then, everyone expects attacks to, when you lose the ball, attack
• 2. free men, the key to keep the ball.
where are the free men? from the last
through ball circulation, reach positions of attack with the possibility of getting ball to people that can imbalance as Ronaldinho or Messi
• 3. the third man and deep
What is to prevent the possibility of a turnover, we make a counterattack?
the concept that to me have taught me so much, the third man.
is to look away, to touch and open face. With this avoiding risks million
• To me, Cruyff told me: “When you have the ball, look at (player) deep. Romario, Laudrup if he plays.’s Deep”
no space? play here, play next. but the first thing to look at is if you can play along
because that, in addition to being an action in which you are attacking, avoiding million counterattacks.
• 4. move the opponent to find gaps
the intention is not to move the ball, but move your opponents. I mean, I took the ball here
because my opponent come because at the right time has come, step, step and go
this is one of the keys: take the computer where you want
football and any team sport is played on the right and the left end
play on the left, go back and play on the right
• 5. be among the contenders for the pressure
Defensive far, from my point of view, is to be among the players
no never declare that I am with him, never
• should always be between two positions. The good thing is the feeling that the player reaches the center and reaches the lateral this other player is knowing that you can get here and, if you choose, you can also get there
and that he has at his press here and press go beyond
the player who is attacking the opposing team does not know where its defense
who thinks he has no defense and suddenly, it does have because this or that arrive
From current Soccer Nation article on Manchester City Academy:
In order to help develop the great player/person, Manchester City is working on multiple levels and with multiple areas of focus. As Lowe explained, it comes down to “hard skills” and “soft skills,” and developing top players requires focus in both areas through a Talent Profile.
The Talent Profile, which on a chart looks rather like a colorful donut, breaks down the skills into three “Hardskills” (Physical, Technical and Tactical) and four “Softskills” (Constructive Self-Evaluation, Mental Toughness, Motivational and Working Traits, and Mindset). All of these skills are centered around Learning Styles, which can vary with the player.
As Lowe pointed out, while the hard skills are what are generally most apparent when scouting a player, “That’s not a great means of actually depicting how good a footballer might be.”
At Manchester City Academy, it comes down to providing the right environment to help players develop these critical soft skills because those are ultimately what make the difference between good and great. Decision making is crucial in any sport, but particularly in soccer,
Jungle ball soccer doesn’t care about above. Only size and power. ODP and National Team is same. Even on my son’s team the coach complains about players not showing skill or smarts, yet he sticks with them as starters because they are big and strong. Funny because he claims to be fan of Barcelona, yet doesn’t 100% practice what he preaches.
Not saying he’s a jerk (cause he’s not and is a good coach). More I’m saying he is human and hard for many coaches to be strict followers of tiki-taka possession and ignore bigger players who may not be as talented. Why? For short-term gain! Clubs like Barca and Manchester are looking to the future and vested interest, so they can be true to philosophy. A problem unique to pay-to-play.
Good points Kana
System incentives are certainly a major issue..as are convictions, know-how, environment, culture…it’s a daily battle out there
Also it is one thing to declare and post principles of intent, a different one to have a track record of producing a quality product…even for very rich pro academies as Man City…how many quality “possession” own academy players does Man City tend to start in their first team?
Following up on my above post: youth soccer clubs in USA have to do best with what they got. No line of hundreds or thousands of kids to choose from in privileged world of pro club Academy. Some kids don’t have right mentality, some aren’t quick learners, some just don’t have physical / agility / coordination to make it to higher levels, some still play multiple sports and aren’t committed to soccer, and the reasons go on and on . . . .
In pay to play, cards are stacked against a coach implementing true tiki-taka possession soccer due to luck of draw of players. There are outlier teams who get lucky every now and then, but by and large most teams have more than half who are average players, but for whatever reason lack some combination of hard and soft skills to succeed at tiki-taka possession. And the fallback for coaches is jungle ball to varying degrees.
Implementing tiki-taka is many times harder and time consuming than variations of jungle ball. Players / teams need to stay together and coach must be disciplined to philosophy. This is difficult to achieve in current USA club soccer as player movement is frequent, clubs lack philosophy, pressure to win, and coaches come and go and bring different philosophies.
From the outside, it seems to me this consistent, stable environment at FC Barcelona USA is what contributes to their successful teams. Interested to hear your thoughts Gary.
So true. There are many reasons for this, first our players are not used to create and play freely,
In other countries with much less resources and parks available, kids at a very young age play futbol freely in parks and corners without coaches, instructions, or referees. Just like Basket ball here in the U.S. This allows young players First, to enjoy the game,Second to play creatively. When we have player who lack creativity and are not allowed to play freely, then we rely on size and power.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/blog/post/2012/10/02/armchair-analyst-love-long-build-part-2
PG19 says
Just a bit coming from someone who has been a fan of the recent push from US Soccer promoting the development of the technical skills of our players. I felt the move was in a direction that would lead into Barcelona style play. My belief has been/is that Barcelona’s ability to play Tiki Taka possession is because their individual technical skills are better than any other clubs.
Their first touch is often great. They are comfortable with the ball at their feet, regardless of pressure. They are unselfish because they know their teammate they are passing to has the ability to keep the ball, not turn it over, and that it very likely will come back to them (often important to the team’s play maker(s)). Their passing is accurate in weight and where it is played. Considering for the most part it is on the ground, that is a very basic fundamental skill demonstrated with consistent precision, something I work quite a bit on with the teams I coach. It’s a wonderful thing when it starts to occur regularly.
For the coaches experiencing frustration; are you selling what you do and promoting the hell out of it? Any change will be met with resistance. I believe the previous topic was why you got into Barcelona possession soccer? My question; was it immediate or did you have to be sold, did you have to research it, did you have to see it before you believed it?
Your passion will be your best friend and worse enemy. If you’re passionate, it’s hard for someone to counter the argument as your belief overwhelms them. Their recourse is by ganging up on you, don’t allow that to happen. If you’re passionate, you will become frustrated by those that don’t see what you now see. Sell them on what you believe. Show them the end product that will be yours given some time to develop.
I guarantee any coach that promotes direct soccer isn’t selling their concept as “hey, we’re going to run twenty 50 yard dashes with very little rest and in our games, maybe each player will be lucky to get 10 touches on the ball.” They sell winning. Once that is displaced by teams playing possession soccer, what substance can they sell their product on? Their kicks go farther? They can turn the ball over more than their opponent? They cause more injuries?
I think the move is occurring with US Soccer toward Barcelona style possession. With this site and its growing army of passionate coaches as a catalyst, the change is going to occur much more quickly than what we’re currently giving it credit for. Go viral on the positives, latch on and push forward. Each coach converted >> is a team converted >> a group of parents converted
>> a club converted >> etc.
Master Coach –Candidates who successfully complete the curriculum should become what Andy Roxburgh (Technical Director – UEFA) terms a “Da Vinci Coach” and be positioned to be an influential figure in the evolution of an American soccer culture.
I’m not familiar with the differences, but maybe American coaches would benefit more by earning UEFA coaching badges. Maybe this would go a long way in how the game is taught in the states.
The traditional NSCAA method obviously isn’t the answer.
I’m not a coach, but I believe the benefits and tactics of possession are taught at E & D levels, are they not? The coaches know what they should be doing, but seem to ignore this. There seems to be a big hurdle over passing the ball from keeper to the back line, which typically has the lowest level of foot skills. No one wants to turn the ball over there, but they’re happy for their keeper to punt it straight at the opposition’s most skilled attacker….
Thank you for bringing this to light. The u9,10,11, and u12 keeper will most likely have the footskills of a good u7 field player. Why else would they fall in love with the only position on the field they can play. They couldn’t compete on the field so mommy bought some gloves and magic, he is now a first team starter playing every min of every game. We should ban allowing a young player from playing “keeper” for more than 25% of any game until u13. If the back line is such an important component to “possession” soccer or working the ball from the back then explain why most coaches place their “weakest” players in defense and goal. I know this is not all but the majority. From u8-u12 the back line including the keeper tend to have below average ball handling skills. This is the reason parents on the sideline yell, “just boot it”. They can longer watch little timmy hand the ball away for another easy goal.
Will this ever change????? We should mandate no child can play with gloves more than 1/4 of each game and never 2 games in a row. This would greatly improve moving the ball out of the back as well as greatly improve the chance of a “true” keeper developing the must needed ball control at an early age.
I’m not sure whether to agree with this or to disagree.
Our U9 team has a Great Keeper, and the back line has some of our best athletes and skilled players (Although skill on our team is pretty even all around).
We also try to play out of the back, up until we hit a team with superior speed, size,and agressiveness. Then the boys switch on there own to kick and run (agains’t the coaches wishes).
R2Dad,
I can tell you that “Possession” is NOT taught at the E License course. All they teach is how to do a training session that has a “theme” and each part of the training session builds upon the previous one. It is VERY basic and does not talk about tactics at all. The word “Possession” isn’t even mentioned let alone taught.
The D License course goes more into tactics but “Possession” is not a central theme and it certainly is not taught to those taking the course. NOBODY teaches coaches HOW to coach possession oriented soccer. I can promise you that how I coach my team to play possession soccer was not learned at a course……beacuse nobody teaches it!
The courses just teach you how to run a training session that builds up during the session…..which is fine. BUT, if you want to learn how to coach possession soccer you will NOT learn it by taking the E or D License courses.
Thanks for confirming something that I suspected all along.
follow-up .. Are there any coaching courses and/or clinics which teaches team oriented possession soccer?
I’ve spent thousands of dollars on coaching courses. They all are basically useless in practice, mainly describe organization and structure. Courses never discuss the real important “art of coaching”. I think only 20% of coaching is really about the sport. 80% is child psychology, parent education, effective communication, leadership, public speaking, and many non-tangible qualities that are difficult to learn without a true mentor.
I’m still waiting for a REAL course from Gary.
I’ve went back & reviewed some earlier blogs ..
It was mentioned soemwhere .. that BUSA U10 play like the U11; where the U9 are still a work in progress. IMO, this is the key phase & what curriculum BUSA is using for the U9s is very very important 🙂
Can you comment?
Curriculum?
There is no formal curriculum (as in down in print). That’s what I am slowly developing.
At the moment, Brian is mentoring the coaches at the younger age groups.
p.s. I disagree with the U9’s being some critical age group.
you are kidding, right!? Your web site lists a bunch of club partners. what are you feeding them?
With the USSF courses, you start to get into possession themes with the C license (addressing technical issues within tactical training) and B license where the training is more functional. These licenses cover a ton of concepts, which possession oriented soccer is a culmination of many elements geared toward a certain style of play. It’s up to the coach to take from the courses what they feel is useful for their teams or philosophy. It’s simply adding tools to your toolbelt. Some of it will be useful to you, some will not, depending what your goals are.
What licenses are not, is curriculum to go back to your respective clubs/teams to start programming players with. Meaning there is not an agenda being taught to get everyone playing the style of soccer that we believe US Soccer currently is playing or gearing towards. Personally the licensing has been quite helpful in developing my coaching style and introducing coaching theory that is specific to soccer with special attention given on how to approach (teach) each age group taking into account childhood developmental differences. I think what many coaches get wrong is they try to teach young kids as if they were little adults, thus getting frustrated and worst, turning a bunch of players off to the sport.
Can’t speak of any of the NSCAA course, haven’t taken any. I think you get from any course what you want. If you’re pursuing a license, then you end with a license. If you are pursuing learning, you will learn a ton. More importantly, you get to hang out with a bunch of people that share your passion as a soccer coach from all over the world and those connections can go pretty far.
“These licenses cover a ton of concepts” Herein lies the problem!
“It’s simply adding tools to your toolbelt.” Trust me you don’t need that many tools. The simpler the better.
“you get to hang out with a bunch of people that share your passion as a soccer coach from all over the world and those connections can go pretty far.” Yes, hang out with a bunch of people doing it the “wrong” way. Connections go far if you want to get a job.
I don’t mean to insult all you coaches out there but honestly for U14 players and under all you need to teach is how not to play “jungle ball”. Everything else is just for your ego.
“Most kids don’t want to spend 30-45 minutes or more working on their control or banging a ball off of a wall” There are no coaches involved here.
Youth coaching is way overrated. Unless your players/teams are in the top 1% just apply the basics. That is roughly only 10 teams per age group per state. All the unfortunate coaches, myself included, need to just eliminate “jungle ball”.
The younger the player I agree 100%; the simpler the sessions have to be. The simpler the tactics have to be. For 4, 5, and 6 year olds, I don’t allow passing as much as their parents may tell them to. Instead of yelling at a player to hang out by their goal and play “defense” or who needs to be on the left side, right side (those of you doing that, how’s that going for you?); I simply ask the players without the ball, to get behind their teammate that has it (simple tactic). It helps prevent them from getting in their teammates’ way (soccer concept 1) or them “helping” their teammate by taking the ball away from them (concept 2). It also creates safety for the dribble by getting numbers behind the ball (concept 3) so if it is lost (concept 4), we’re already in a “defensive” position (concept 5), close to the ball to re-win it (concept 6). The player that was dispossessed knows where to run to get in support of the ball (concept 7) by getting between it and their goal. All accomplished with very little instruction coming from me (concept 8, let the kids figure it out) as a coach and in a manner than even a four year old will get it. This tactic isn’t something taught in a course, but the understanding of the concepts is what led me to developing the method. That’s what “tools” do. You become a craftsman, not an assembly line worker with one tool waiting for the next great drill to replicate. You start to create your own works of art.
If possession soccer at the Gold Standard was easy, everyone would be doing it. Jungle Soccer is much easier to teach as is the kick and chase direct soccer game. If you want quick results with unskilled players, there you go. If your job is on the line, there you go. Coming from a guy that coaches rec soccer that is not paid for what he does, who has also invested thousands of dollars and time into the craft of coaching soccer, if it was a waste of either I wouldn’t be advocating it like I am. I also understand there is no one way of developing your craft nor a singular ideology. Brian and Gary’s understanding of the game goes much deeper than any course I’ve taken and this blog with everyone’s contribution reveals many levels of understanding exposing areas of thought I once was at and areas of thought I have yet to achieve, hence why I’m here. If Brian/Gary finally put something out that is “concrete”, I believe it’s going to require every bit of conceptual understanding I can muster to come close to replicating the results they’ve achieved. If they do not, maybe I too can figure out the solution on my own by remaining a student of the game. Heck, I’ve already convinced myself I need to start learning Spanish. My choices are:
• Take courses in college (possible)
• Buy a computer program (highly probable)
• Find some Spanish speaking friends (very probable)
• Move to a Spanish speaking country (most effective, but not likely)
I have a question about your tactic of having your players stay behind the player with the ball. How exactly does this work? It seems that one player will be attacking while everyone else is behind him. I like the idea because of your explanations attached to each reason, I just need it clarified a bit more to see if I want to apply it in a practice or two. Thanks.
In our area, we play small sided soccer for U6 (3v3) and U8 (4v4); neither has a goal keeper. Often a U6 game will not be 3v3, but more like 1v5 as teammates without the ball will sometimes try to “help” by taking the ball from their teammate. I know some believe to just let the kids play at this age and by doing so, a player that learns how to take on 5 defenders may become something special when they get older. For me, it was just too much “jungle ball”. Most coaches try to sort through the mess by assigning a pseudo keeper planted on their goal and by assigning a left and a right position which without constant instruction, never works (doesn’t work with instruction either).
Instead, I’ve simply asked my players to trail their teammate with the ball. That way all players are involved in an attack. There still is herding around the ball, but it is behind it. If the player with the ball loses it, the next closest player (players determine this, not the coach) immediately presses to try and win it, and the players cycle through.
The more dominate players will still take up most of the possession but it will be dominated by skill, not speed as speed without skill on a small pitch equals the ball going out of bounds. The lesser skilled players are forced to learn how to dribble the ball under pressure, so they develop as well versus being taught early to boot the ball up field and being permanently labeled a “defender.” Granted this isn’t passing possession, it is still possession dominate on the most basic of levels, hence why 4 year olds can learn it.
In terms of how close the trailing players ought to be, don’t worry about it too much. Just remind the players to trail their teammate with the ball and they will eventually figure out spacing relative to ball/teammate which again will be useful down the road when covering shape and support relative to the pass. Most of it is self teaching with a little guidance.
One of the earlier comments was about managing parents. If you run this tactic you have to manage the parents in what they say on the sideline. If you lay out what you want and why, such as I’m trying to teach the players how to be good dribblers, ball handlers and that is the objective for the season, you may get parents to yell encouragement for their kid in support of what you are trying to accomplish in a constructive way that capitalizes on their eager support to cheer for their kids. A win/win/win for you, parents and the players.
I understand your approach and can say that over the past 15 years of coaching U6 thru U8 soccer I have seen and tried to deal with all the issues you describe above. Back when the youth modules were being first rolled out I attending the sessions for each of the age groups at the USYS national convention. Based on what the modules teach I stopped trying to teach U6-U7 to pass and instead focused on dribbling. But I started to notice that every year there were at least a few kids across the teams who could pass quite well. One year I had a set of twins that were able to pass to each other and the other members of the team quite easily. I also played against teams that had two or three Hispanic players that not only dribbled around us but also passed around the rest of the players. The module teaches that kids that age are not developmentally ready to learn passing. As I coached the older ages groups as well I started to notice that they did not do any better at passing. I never found the magical age where the light bulb went on and they started passing.
I started wondering why some of the U6s have no problem understanding the concept of passing. I watched other sports at that same age. I watched what I did with my own kids. I started really paying attention and considering what was the capacity of a 5 or 6 year old. Heck my 18 month old daughter will sit down and roll a toy school bus back and forth with me on the kitchen floor. Isn’t that passing? My 5 year old loves to go out with our track ball set and throw the ball back and forth. Sounds like passing to me.
I decided the modules and the child development concepts are wrong. Kids are far more capable than a lot of people give them credit for. If my 4 year old can go out and throw the Frisbee back and forth with me then he can learn how to pass the ball. I realized that the kids at 5 and 6 that were steps ahead where NOT extra ordinary. The kids that were ahead got that way because someone started showing them and teaching them how to do it. Someone set the expectation and demonstrated the how. We are simply setting the bar too low and not asking enough of these very capable kids.
I will tell you right up front that I came to this revelation within the last 30 days. I started making changes to my practice plans for my U7 team immediately. The first week after the change I was thrilled that the boys attempted at least 10 passes during the game. We had one break thru moment when the player taking the goal kick passed the ball wide to an open player who passed it ahead to another open player who scored the goal. Two passed that left the 4 players on the other team standing in the dust. Boy did I pump that play full of positive feedback making sure to highlight how it was accomplished. The next week we scored 4 goals directly off of passes to open players. I am now convinced that I have been doing it wrong for the past 15 years.
I can speak only to the “D” and “C’ courses, but they don’t advocate a possession-oriented style of play as the WAY to go. There are certainly topics on how to keep possession, possession vs. penetration, etc.; however, by instructors by no means say, “go back to your clubs and advocate possession-oriented” soccer. Like the “D”, it is more about making your coaching points and appropriate tactical freeze.
I learned zero at either of the coaching courses I took aside from that I was supposed to wear a shirt with a collar and stay out of the grid or I’d get points deducted on my final exam. Listen, folks: coaching courses and licenses are nothing but a union to keep OUT competitors. Do you think any NFL, NBA, or MLB coaches have to get licensed to coach? No, they don’t. They get hired and fired based on what they succeed or do not succeed in doing. There isn’t an AAU basketball coach in the country with an “A” license but somehow we have the best basketball league and players in the world? Same with football and baseball. The courses are NOTHING but anti-competitive and don’t give me the crap about UEFA licenses, either. Can you learn from them? Sure, but try telling me that making a Zidane go through a course is going to make him know any more, or less, about the game? Some people are just naturally good coaches and others get licenses to get paid more by idiot parents who just assume, “Well, he’s got an A license so…” or “That club has the most coaches with higher licenses, so…” They are part and parcel of the reason that the big clubs can, and do, get all the “best” players and we are still stuck with a shoddy level of play all across the board. Sorry for the rant before I go put my useless D-National and Youth National licenses to work with my U8s… who I couldn’t coach without said useless licenses due to the union that the USSF promulgates.
Thank you for reminding everyone what a load off crap the license process is. I’m pretty sure Cryuff and Maradona didn’t take some silly course to coach in the World cup. I don’t know for sure but would bet they didn’t.
Top license coaches get the “best” players and ruin them.
Oo2b says
If you can swing the trip to FL, look for this coaches clinic in summer of 2013. Taught by some of the FCB Escola coaches flown in from Catalunya: http://www.fcbarcelonasoccercamps.com/2012-fcbarcelona-coaches-clinic-florida/fcbarcelona-clinic-orlando/.
Much too short (just a weekend) but they cram a lot of information and they are very generous with their knowledge. If you speak Spanish, even better, as you can really pick their brains. The Escola follows the same program as the academy and as has been mentioned here previously they are parent paid but high quality as some of their graduates go on to the professional Academy.
Thanks. I just became aware of the Florida Barca camps.
This past Summer, I enrolled my son in the Barca Summer camp that was held in San Jose. It was a life changing experience for both my son & me! They focus on the group chemistry from minute 1. From minute 2, they focus on “piggy in the middle” keep away games & passing into space.
I am going to play devil’s advocate and explain what a coaching license has done for me (not that anyone cares 🙂 ), since there is a lot of negativity toward the licensing program. Now, getting a coaching license didn’t teach me anything I didn’t already know, nor has it made me into Pep Guardiola anything. What is has done for me as a coach is, it has allowed me to promote within my club from a lower skilled league into a higher skilled league. Gaining this access to a higher skilled player pool is what has improved my coaching abilities and not the license itself, as having skilled players at my exposal facilitates in a better execution of my coaching concepts, leading to the fine tuning of my coaching craft. I am blessed to coach for a club with great facilities, a large talent base, and where the coaches are allowed to forge our own paths within the club and build our reputations. If you are a good coach, it is recognized, and you can, and most likely will, be asked to coach at a higher level. Unfortunately, the higher the level you want to coach in, the higher the license you will need. This can be seen as a negative, but I think it shows your sense of commitment and desire rather than showing an ability to coach.
“Gaining this access to a higher skilled player pool is what has improved my coaching abilities” … “leading to the fine tuning of my coaching craft.”
I think you have it backwards. The more skilled players mask coaching inabilities. This is what clubs with great facilities do. They attract the talent pool and ruin it. My Prof used to say if you can’t teach it to your grandma you don’t know anything.
“If you are a good coach, it is recognized, and you can, and most likely will, be asked to coach at a higher level.”
“11. The highest levels (from youth to pro) are full of mediocre, to thoroughly incompetent, coaches.”
You just need some dirt field and passionate kids.
Soccer in Salone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ0AU3reVtU
@Dr Loco – I understand what you meant when you said “I have it backwards” but I think you missed my point a bit. Either that or I didn’t explain it well enough. For me, I just started coaching 2 years ago. I have coached both types of players, skilled and unskilled, and I have coached them with the same weighted passion and desire to make them better players. Yes, skilled players can mask poor coaching, but they can also heighten a coach’s abilities as well. What I was trying to convey was, the skilled players allow for more precise and advanced coaching methods to be taught, e.g. working on tactics, triangle passing, offensive movement, defensive positioning, etc. On a different level, the unskilled player will not allow you work on those types of things; instead you will focus more on proper passing and shooting techniques, dribbling with head up, etc. That was my point. Does that make sense?
You seem to suggest that you can only be an amazing coach if you take the most unskilled players and sculpt them into Lio Messi. Even Barcelona can’t and doesn’t do that, they have a skill standard they go by, so they can fine tune that player into what they want for their club. So are they incapable coaches because they do not choose players from an unskilled player pool?
Let’s be realistic here, all clubs are full of mediocre coaches, but which club isn’t? All clubs have their great coaches as well, the one I coach for included. Not every club can be Barca where every coach can manage a World Cup team. Like I said, I am no Pep, but I do try developing kids in a manner that you and other commentators here describe, meaning I do not coach “jungle ball”. Now, how well I accomplish that is left to someone else to judge and not me.
I do agree with you 100% that all you need is a dirt field and some passionate kids, but that really doesn’t exist here in the US on a large scale, like say, playground basketball exists. So what do we have to work with? We have soccer clubs with good to great facilities and it is the luck of the draw whether or not a player gets a good coach or not, just like in any sport. I guess the major issue here is identifying great coaches and rewarding them based on their end product, and not rewarding coaches just because they have a coaching license. I want to be recognized because of the end product and not because I paid money for a coaching license.
” I am blessed to coach for a club with great facilities, a large talent base, and where the coaches are allowed to forge our own paths within the club and build our reputations”
This statement confounds me … not about the license issues … but I see it everywhere … successful clubs and many coaches “forging their own path “. I have a U9 son, frustrated as our trainer is “delaying passing until later” and I have seen a U8 group of boys communicating and saying “4 passes” then shoot. It was very nice.
Our club has over 200 teams and then has the strongest upper level with the best boys teams in the city. BUT the reality is this – Because they have so many teams sure a few fill make it to the top tier teams later – not because of good coaching but simply because they have the numbers. They have the largest pool of players, claim to “develop more players ” than any other club … but it’s no different than any other club. Now if I saw 80% of the club teams playing games of a higher caliber then their opponents … then I would be impressed. The real truth is that when you have so many bodies, you can have pathetic coaching, a few will still weather the storm and you can have a strong team at the older levels … and the best players still leave other clubs to join because of the “myth” . I am sure this has to be true in other cities.
So sadly, 95 % of the kids get shit for training and are average later.
Yes, Mark, as your club goes, so goes the country. “Development” has turned into a marketing term that has no meaning, like “New & Improved” or “Natural”.
We’re in the process of finding a new team for our U10, and I don’t think I can trust anything the coaches or DOCs say about the D word, style of play–or anything. We’ll have to watch each team play games and practice to see if they can play on the ground. They are mostly all flavors of kick-and-run.
@Mark, I think what you were trying to convey was that clubs should have one set curriculum for coaching. Is that correct? What skill level is your son? Travel, rec, etc. Interested to know if the club he plays for has a set coaching curriculum.
We are all waiting for Gary/Brian to put something together that gives other coaches CONCRETE information on how to properly teach possession soccer. In the meantime, we do the best we can.
I know I tape hundreds of Barcelona matches and watch them over and over again to learn every detail possible of how they play the way they do. I do slo-mo over and over again to see EXACTLY what they are doing. Who is making runs, who is giving support, who is finding space to be an option, how is the ball circulating out of the back…etc. Until someone comes out with something concrete on how to teach possession soccer, we do what we can and make it work.
Gary/Brian….we are waiting 🙂
Global gold standard football is “scientific”.
3four3 needs to provide a curriculum to standardize development for players U14 and under. We are all developing players in a non-scientific manner with no clear progress and accountability. By the time players are 14 they must be competent in many scientifically proven skill sets in order to progress to the top-levels.
Thanks everyone for good feedback. I’m home from my U8 training and with all 7 of them (2 couldn’t make it), I just let them play for the most part, in a small grid, 4v3. Two of them will absolutely not look to pass, let alone give the ball up, but you know what? Those two kids are the ones who are going to dominate/control a midfield some day. That is what so many American coaches miss/misunderstand. Yes, you can teach possession and passing but without the kids (future adults/professionals) being able to hold onto the ball to actually find the next/best pass, you’ve got nothing. It’s why I don’t get on them for dribbling all over the place while 3 defenders chase them and still can’t win the ball off of them. I was actually playing with them and passing the ball back to the goalkeeper so he had to think and play with his feet – build from the back – while his dad looked on in horror telling him to just clear it while I was telling him to control it and find the outlet. I may have lost the dad on that one, but the young man figured it out and started switching the ball away from pressure so, well, I won that one.
We also played a shooting game where I had to keep begging/reminding them to hit it on the first touch and I didn’t care if they missed the ball completely with their “off” leg (mostly left; pure biology).
You know what? They were all smiling and having a great time out there for 90 minutes. They will come back and want to be at practice working on things, and given they’re so young, that’s the point. In another year, they will mature so much mentally that I can actually get them to start playing possession ball, but for now, they’re just learning “how” to possess the ball individually and when a pass is on and they make it, great. If they don’t, I could care less and even when they intend to do the right thing they get praised for the idea/effort, not whether it was successful or not.
Slowly we go and I still have parents yelling at them (even in a 4v3 small-sided game at training) but I refuse to give it up just yet in spite of all the drama, politics, etc.
Lothar – can’t you just tell the parents to let you coach and not to scream instructions from the sidelines? I have to my parents and they parents respect it. Maybe I am just blessed to have a crop of great parents who believe in my coaching and respect my lead, but laying down ground rules before the season started has worked wonders for me and it would for you as well. I actually have a drafted Parent/Coach agreement that states that parents must avoid yelling instructions during games and practices. The only thing they are to do is to encourage and defnitely not to coach.
As I mentioned previously, the parents don’t listen. I’ve sent emails, had private conversations, and they all have signed a club agreement to that effect.
It is, as I said, a peculiar American problem. They aren’t even paying all that much ($35 state fee for player card, $50 for a 10-game league fee) but I can’t get them to stop so I just tell the kids to ignore their parents. However, that’s not enough as the kids will still listen to dad (usually) and mom (occasionally) but the fact of the matter is that until and unless the parents are not paying ANYTHING for their kids to play, the clubs/coaches are at their mercy to some extent. There is something wonderful in being able to tell an unruly/uncooperative parent who insists on trying to do your job (that I am doing for free, in fact, as a volunteer): “Guess what? You can’t shut up so your kid will never play for Manchester United. Go home and enjoy your life. Your mouth may have just cost you and your son 50 thousand pounds/dollars a week in wages down the road.” THAT would make a difference. As it stands, most parents are paying a lot of money to be at the “big, best” clubs and even those fools don’t shut their mouths. Trust me, I used to be at the biggest club in this state and when Doctor Daddy and Lawyer Mommy are paying for Super Johnny to play, they WILL run their mouths no matter what license you have and take their money for having, whether they truly believe you’re a better coach or not for having it – it’s a freaking social stratification/identification thing here. Hell, there are parents shelling out hundreds of dollars a month so their U8 can play in the eighth team of 80 players in the academy just so they can buy their “Club FC” sweatshirts for Super Johnny to wear to school and they can tell all their friends at cocktail parties the boy does, in fact, play for that club – whether he’s any good or not.
Lothar, this problem is everywhere, and you are right about the solution. Last year, I was discussing this topic with an LA Galaxy Academy parent, who told me a story about one of their teams. It seems there was such a parent on one of their academy teams, and he was particularly obnoxious. In addition, his son was the best player on the team. Allegedly, the Galaxy kicked the kid off the team because his obnoxious, know-it-all father wouldn’t shut up.
Now THAT sets an example. I would argue that you can do this in a “pay to play” system, as well. You just need gonads.
In our current club, as parents we all sign agreements at the beginning of each year promising not to do this stuff, yet still about half of the parents on our team run up and down the sideline, marshalling the troops on the field. The other half of the team rolls their eyes, just as someone described here earlier. The coach obviously doesn’t like it, but he doesn’t want to step on any important patron’s toes– he wants to keep his job.
Some of these people have no clue about the sport, but, as you describe, they are economic alpha dogs, so they feel an entitlement shove it up there on everyone else. Several years ago, one of my boys was thrown off a team at another club because I confronted just such a parent, who was coaching my kid during a game (his kid was the “backbone” of the team). They thought I was the disruptive one.
As I said, the clubs need a set of gonads to solve the parent problem. As always, it starts at the top.
Got this email.
http://www.sfvikings.com/about/silent_sat.htm
Personally I do not believe kids can play very well on their own with limited instruction. They just resort to “jungle ball” unless they have a higher understanding of the game passed on from their family, culture and environment.
Chad Ponie says
Coaching possession style soccer is not enough, it’s the beginning, but still not enough. You can coach possession all you want but that won’t get you goals. The most lacking skills in the US game which I see are in the build up and finishing aspects of the game. Look at the USMNT. There have been games where they have had good possession of the ball, not Barca-esque, but possession nonetheless, However, they are completely impotent in the final third of the pitch. Possession, yes, but it has to end with a finish on goal or at least an attempt on goal. Possession leading to the build up, leading to a finish of explosive, creative, and deadly precision is what is needed. Through balls behind the defense, short creative wall passes in our opponent’s goal box, perfectly weighted floating passes over the defensive line, crosses leading to headed goals, dink passes, chip shots, etc, all absent from our game. It is rare to see our Nat’l team score a goal not from a set piece or from a defensive mistake of which we capitalize on in the form of a random tap in. Until finishing skills are better coached, I am afraid we will be developing players who can hold onto the ball but can’t take it to the next level and create quality chances and finishes on goal.
Reading a manual will not teach you how to coach possession soccer or any other type of soccer frankly. Putting cones and looking all organized is great, but it is about coaching the drill that is key. Knowing how and when to make coaching points, demonstrating what you want, allowing players to play and figure things out, not stopping the session too many times but enough times to get your message across. Anybody can put a bunch of cones out , but getting what you want out of the session simply takes time, patience, and lots of trial and error. You can be working on possession in a 4v4 grid, but you make the grid too big and the teams are holding possession wonderfully…..you may think everything is going well but when your team plays on the weekend, you realize they cant keep the ball because they cant deal with the pressure and the opposition shutting down space. i see too many sessions where the organization is good but the players are not being corrected and basic things are let go.
This is a topic that has surfaced, been either dispelled or agreed upon; that the US doesn’t have enough street/open soccer opportunities and the reason we excel so much at basketball and not soccer. So let’s look at this from a different perspective; how is Spain/Barcelona doing in basketball?
In a short period of time Spain has progressed in basketball to now only be second to the US. In a few years, it’s conceivable they may possibly surpass the US considering the last Olympics. Their structure to youth basketball is similar to how their training is from their clubs for soccer, which is infinitely more organized than youth basketball is in the US with an emphasis in teaching basketball versus just playing games.
If soccer is more organized than most any other sports in the US, we have more kids playing soccer in leagues than any other country, and Spain has demonstrated that a club organized model can be used to progress a sport in their country that is native to ours and produce results; then what is holding US Soccer back? It’s going to come down to what we teach and our understanding of how to teach it. We have to know the fundamentals of our craft and how you achieve that knowledge base (playing experience, coaching experience, courses, etc); will be unique to you, no better no worse. The more you learn, most likely the better you are going to be. This requires you, as a coach to remain a student of the game and not limit yourself to any one idea because that is one of the reasons why “jungle ball” is so prevalent in the US in spite of everything going our way to achieve something much greater.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/06/how-basketball-players-are-groomed-in-spain-vs-usa/
There are a lot of theories floating around this site, in this post, and others that try to explain why the US is lagging in soccer.
Gary even begins this post by implying that our problem is not a lack of quality players, but rather that we are selecting the wrong players. We float ideas about bad coaching, bad culture, a lack of unified playing style. We talk about our kids not playing enough (My personal favorite).
The basketball analogy is good, because it asks the right question. However, when I hear about Kobe Bryant, or Lebron James, I don’t think, “boy they must of had really good youth basketball coaches” (Kobe grew up in Italy, not sure how many years). I don’t think “US Youth Basketball is really good”. Mostly I think Kobe worked his but off and was totally driven. I don’t think about the system, I think about the person.
I got no answer, but I am going to motivate my son to work hard, really hard, and to be passionate about the game. Ultimately, though, it will be up to him.
An interesting piece, and again, one of the reasons I read this site and comments – to expand my mind. However, as a native of Indiana and who grew up in Kentucky where basketball is religion in the same way soccer is in the rest of the world, I can assure you that basketball development and soccer development end at about, oh, 6v6 (5+GK) in soccer.
Can you call a timeout in soccer? Do you get TV timeouts every 2 minutes to script plays? Are you playing in literally 1/3 the distance, all the time, and the equivalent of being inside the penalty box on every possession? Can you set a pick-and-roll to get a striker open for a shot on goal? No, no, no, and no.
I understand the learning aspect of it – how to teach, etc., but there is simply no comparison between the two games at the professional level. and even trying to do so is not going to help soccer development here. And I say that quite respectfully, in case I haven’t been clear.
They are two completely different games even if they may look similar to some extent at the small-sided soccer games kids play, but not on a full field of 11v11.
By the way, Indiana basketball is going to kill it this year and Kentucky, while cheaters throughout (personal experience growing up; long stories) will be up there again. 🙂
Thank you for the basketball article.
“Their structure to youth basketball is similar to how their training is from their clubs for soccer, which is infinitely more organized than youth basketball is in the US with an emphasis in teaching basketball versus just playing games.”
I have been involved with AAU basketball for a year now and have witnessed the lack of player development and high costs. I know I’m “loco” but my goal is to marry soccer and basketball player development. I train a basketball team and cross-train a soccer team. The results have been impressive.
At U8 I took unskilled players that nobody wanted. We started at low bronze level. My challenge is to make them a premier team by U12. It is a bitch but I seem to be on the right path.
3four3 give me more!!!
TDSoccer says
You’re on the right track. i believe the two sports are very interlinked (as is hockey). Its about reading space, timing of “runs”, passes, understanding passing lanes, support positions.
See this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/sports/basketball/18lakers.html?_r=0
TDSoccer, good stuff thanks.
“Foot skills, naturally, apply well to basketball. Nash once said that when he began to play basketball after years of playing soccer, it almost felt unfair to be able to use his hands.”
It does seem like many young basketball players are like fish out of water.
great points. Agree. The Spaniards take an ‘academic’ approach to teaching the game. Basketball is largely a pickup sport in the states. Nothing wrong with unstructured play. But you have to teach the game.
Granted, soccer is way more complicated and fluid than basketball.
That said, the terms “academy” and “club” have been largely bastardized in the states.
We need more ‘soccer schools’ (that are heavily subsidized so that cost isn’t a factor for the students) that teach fundamental technique and the basics regarding tactics.
learning to play correctly takes precedence over everything else.
“The Spaniards take an ‘academic’ approach to teaching the game.” Soccer is played with the brain and your #1 weapon on the pitch is your brain. These are famous sayings. Any wonder why Spain is so good? American soccer is played with size, power, speed. Any wonder we aren’t as good?
I would add Hall97 Spain sticks to their philosophy on the pitch and in player selection. But remember we are comparing Spanish professional clubs to youth clubs in USA. Again, WE ARE COMPARING SPANISH PROFESSIONAL CLUBS TO YOUTH CLUBS IN USA. The money, conveyor belt of youthful prospects, experience level of coaching staff, and vested interest in developing professional level players is vastly different. As big as the Atlantic ocean that separates us!
Academy = a higher level of learning in a special school of instruction. The Academy model in USA is to do that as part of a youth club. EU and SA model attaches soccer higher learning to professional club, which is the special school of instruction. We think because we use “Academy” for USDA, it’s equivalent to EU and SA . . . It’s not!
The gap between youth soccer and professional soccer “Academy” is as big as the ocean’s that separate us. MLS needs to step in. They are inferior to EU and SA, but better incubator than club soccer. And when MLS ups the ante on playing quality, it will in turn up the ante on youth development. At least in theory.
Great points Kana.
However, it is important to keep in mind that many of the MLS coaches/decisionmakers come from the ‘typical’ American youth club/college environment.
In other words, they have brought their bad habits and lack of knowledge with them.
Mico says
My son plays SCDSL in SoCal. U15 Flight 1. We have a center mid and forward problem. Center mid plays jungle ball or lack passing. Forwards are all energy and no skill or tactics. The coach wants to make change, but stuck with team he has. Dumb ass parents of big players want to play jungle ball and complain to coach. They don’t understand tiki-taka, just jungle ball.
I would say there are maybe about 5 or so players at U15 I consider seriously good players. And on most teams there are maybe 1-3 advanced level players. This is the normal curve of statistics. Most are average and outliers on either side (very good, very bad). This applies to coaching as well.
Spain and La Masia are talked about a lot on this blog. We are worlds apart. I agree with Gary that our competition is the world (he mentioned in different thread), but we aren’t in that league. We need perspective. Understand where USA soccer is and isn’t. For us to compare to La Masia, we need to get out of elementary school and not think about a PhD soccer develoopment. We can dream it , compare to it, but can’t live it as we are still young and inexperienced as a soccer nation.
Youth clubs in America need to be more selective about adding players to team. But we fill rosters for profit. Once we are selective, teach them how to play proper soccer and just play tournament after tournament. Teach them how to be A+ soccer knowledge and not jungle ball. If La Masia didn’t select players with right mentality, tiki-taka would be nothing. You need to be smart, patient, composed, able to read game to play tiki-taka. American soccer clubs seem to have attention deficit and myopic vision with long term development goals.
Coaching (or lack of) is biggest problem if you ask me. Spain and rest of Europe have a right-skew on coach, not normal curve. That is, they have more top class coaches at their academies teaching hand selected players. We have coaches with low level soccer education and knowledge and not very high playing level when they were younger. Compare to Europe where many coaches came up on professional academy.
Mico,
What you say is true, but so what. Are we supposed to just throw up our hands and give up? The purpose of knowing how Barca and other first rate academies work is to take what is applicable or adaptable to the environment that we operate it. If you don’t know the “gold standard” than you can’t strive to achieve it.
I believe that many of the best practices of Barca, the Dutch and Spanish youth development systems can be applied here if people are creative in their thinking.
The areas you have to address:
1) Coaches’ education. How do you get high quality, knowledgable coaches who know the gold standard, know how to select players and develop players to the gold standard?
2) Funding for playing so “pay to play” is not an issue.
3) Developing a network of other coaches/teams that coordinate rules, etc that favor long term development over winning.
4) Refereeing. Developing refs that call the game in such a way that nurtures development (think about how Spanish and Dutch refs call youth games vs. American refs-it makes a difference).
These all seem to be major problems that are insurmountable, but in fact, they are not with a little creativity. I have personally seen places that have already moved to overcome these problems.
Convince the Kleibens to host a conference where these issues (and others) are discussed.
I am going to offer a new concept/direction for all after several seasons with my U9 son … I know many of the theories … all I do is read about youth development AND also use my own imagination. So this will be long and lets realize – there are the standard arguments against some of my ideas … but unless you have had two similar groups of young kids, trained them two different ways and compared the teams 5 years later … unless you have done this, than any criticism are just theories.
I am letting my thoughts go forward having read this – —-
Dr Loco says:
******* So I am offering help. I will state fro the record that I have no license and can only advise for the lower levels … it’s probably too late for older kids to try this stuff … like the car dealer looking for “salespeople” that have never sold cars before … you already have been programed”
I also have been waiting for the magic bullet from 3four3 … but I don’t see it anytime soon… so I am starting the conversation. I love reading all this stuff … but let me start the new Soccer Bible.
Thoughts will be scattered … and more in depth if asked … but I am giving it a shot.
Simply put, I have seen many groups of boys at camps, games and practices … and elemental simplistic notions about what soccer is are nowhere to be seen.
Two truths – kids do not free play enough and there isn’t enough time during practices. Because of this, and until it changes – practice time is very precious.
Every time I have watched a session, I ALWAYS tweak the drill I see and can figure out how to achieve the same goal with more touches and movement in what I call a more “organic” method – like soccer – not static or standing in lines … but with movement.
LEARN FROM WHAT WE DO WELL … Back to free play – in basketball, a kid will start shooting, eventually a friend will show up, they both shoot ( and dribble) and move around. Then they do a little 1v1 eventually. So from the beginning they start learning the whole activity – dribble, move, shoot and an attempt to defend. As more kids show up, the same but passing is added and they learn to spread out – you can’t do shit if it’s too crowded.
After several hours,days, months – they might get on a team – but they already figured it out on their own.
With soccer, it’s the opposite – lines, drills, positions yelling coaches and idiot parents.
I HAVE SIMPLY SEEN, EVERY TIME A GROUP OF YOUNG KIDS GET TOGETHER – THEY HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT TO DO – NO CLUE HOW TO PLAY THE MOST BASIC FORM OF SIMPLE SOCCER.
SO …. practice has to be as similar as possible in the early stages to what free play should be. Yes, exactly what I said. let two kids pass, let them learn a move ( start with a simple cut or fake and then cut ) and try it , let them be a team and shoot a goal and let them go 1v1. VERY MINIMAL INSTRUCTIONS.
And let them all do this at the same time, spread out – get rid of the lines!
Teach them how to go the length of the field with a ball, each kid takes several steps then they pass on the 5th or 6th …each has a ball – they switch. Now they learn to pass while moving.
Then simple keep away, 2v1, them 3v1, 3v2 and so on as they get better. Eventually have 2 with the ball vs. 3 then 4 trying to take it away. Hell, when you can do this – a game situation will be cake. So ever so slowly, make practice situations harder than game situations.
OF COURSE THIS WILL TAKE TIME –
Yes, teach them simple moves, let them repeat slowly, go the length of the field and then the last 10 yards let them go at the goal and kick it in. CONNECT THE DOTS. Later, have a parent be a defender in the last 10, they have to go around that person then shoot.
Then teach them another move next week ,,, show them the first step about properly defending a player coming at you, let them work on this as the defender backs up slowly, attacker practices his move – then goes to shoot.
Funny thing about passing, gets the head up, “weighting” of the pass starts to develop as wall as accuracy …. AND “touch” is being developed. And like the kid playing basketball alone, he DRIBBLES while he moves and changes positions to shoot – NATURALLY.
Allowing kids to move and pass to each other will cause those small touches to happen because they are constantly adjusting the ball to pass it back.
I AM SO TIRED OF SEEING YOUNG KIDS WITH OK FOOT SKILLS TRY TO DO SIMPLE PASSES – AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME … AND WHEN THEY DO PASS … NO ACCURACY AND NO DISTANCE CONTROL … AND THE RECEIVER HAS TERRIBLE TOUCH.
PASS, DRIBBLE ( try some moves ), SHOOT GOALS, LEARN TO GO WITH THE BALL and learn to create a shape ( triangle or square ) and move as a group …. learn to move as a unit then once in a while someone shoots at the goal …WOW, SOUNDS LIKE SOCCER … AND LOOKS LIKE SOCCER
Sure, I’m sarcastic, but in our second year of club soccer, I see all the short comings of traditional soccer training. I also see how the simple things I do with my son have created well balanced left and right feet, he drops the ball at his foot during drills at practice, is by the far at passing accuracy and distance … and I realized this the past summer when at 8 he was with 10 and 12 year old players … and his touch was better than 90% – and these were all club players.
Then, to watch MLS slop – it’s what we deserve.
LETS FACE IT, WE DO NOT PLAY SOCCER IN THIS COUNTRY … WE PLAY SOCCER DRILLS AND WONDER WHY THE GAMES ARE HORRIBLE.
It’s not everything, it’s a plea to keep it simple, offer all the pieces and a bit of knowledge along the way – from day one. And soccer is a fluid game – practices usually are not.
Later I would love to tell you about the “Hyper” passing drills I have in my head – again, game situations would be cake – and they would get 5 times as many touches as in a normal soccer practice.
“Youth clubs in America need to be more selective about adding players to team. But we fill rosters for profit.”
We definitely fill rosters for profit. I see many youth teams where you have good players playing with bad players, young players with older players, girls with boys. There is no real thought into selecting players for a team. Just pay, buy a uniform and put them on the same team.
I don’t want to win a state, regional, or national title. Therefore, I just select players with the same qualities as the other players on the team. I don’t want players that are too good or too weak. Players need to be on the appropriate team based on their level of development.
The rest can all be taught at the youth level. You don’t need to worry about a ‘proper’ mindset or selection of players who are best in a particular style. Coaches are not selecting the wrong players. All players that are passionate for the sport are the correct players. It is up to qualified coaches to not interfere with the development process but only enhance it.
At the professional and national level select all you want. Let the youth learn until they are ready to be selected.
Im tired of reading the same thing over & over
About how incredibly great the barca and the EU’s youth system is. If this is so guys, then someone please explain to me why they spend millions & millions each year buying young players from south america ? These TOP players worth Millions are produced mainly in Argentina, Brazil etc. then exported. My guess is that the best youth soccer formation is not comming from the EU. They just pay the big bucks for them.
There is no doubt that South American countries produce many great players. And there are some great centers of player development, such as Rosario in Argentina, However, I believe that South America (and especially Brazil) produces soccer talent less because of its structured youth development programs, which lag overall, than the sheer numbers of talented players that are developed in less structured environments. I would equate it to basketball in the U.S. where youth development in basketball in the U.S. is atrocious (AAU) but the U.S. still produces great players because they develop largely outside any structured developmental program.
In a perfect world, it would be a combination of both.. lots of street soccer melded with great development programs. However, in the U.S., player development relies less streetball and more on structured programs, so its more instructive to look to European development models that are similar.
However, as I said above, there are some unbelievable hotbeds of soccer development in Argentina that would be well worth studying. And the same in Spain and the Netherlands. Barca and Ajax get all the attention, but there are other clubs and youth programs, far well less known, that are doing fantastic jobs at the local level in those countries (and other countries)creating superb players.
Identify them, study them, apply or adapt what would work for the environment in which you operate.
Soccer is a world sport. European clubs have the big bucks, hence they buy best talent. And many come from SA. That doesn’t mean EU doesn’t develop to players. If you go lower than 2nd or 3rd tier league clubs in EU, vast majority are local lads. Why? Because a 4th tier team can’t buy talent from overseas. Bottom line is EU and SA are great at developing talent capable of playing in top leagues . . . which happen to be in EU. Simple supply and demand at work.
@Paul. I respect your opinions but you don’t think Barca’s youth system is incredible? What about Benfica’s, Ajax’s, and Bayern Munich’s? Monetary worth does not mean a player is amazing. Andy Carrol sold for 35million and look at him. Torres for 50million! Yes, Oscar and Moura, just sold for huge amounts but who knows if they will be worth it? Moura isn’t even playing for PSG and probably won’t for a long time! The one young PSG player who is is playing is Marco Verratti and he is Italian. These rich clubs are just hoarding the youth so no one else will have them. No development at all, just hoarding. So which top players are you referring to? Neymar, Damiao, Ganso? not top players and not yet sold to the EU market. Moura, Oscar, ? Not even close. Hulk? If Hulk was amazing, he wouldn’t be playing for Zenit. The top young players are currently from the EU. Maybe a decade ago South America produced the cream of the crop, but now EU is where it is at. Look at Belgium. They have amazing talent. Hazard, Fellaini, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Lukaku, Witsel, Kompany, Dembele, Courtois. Spain has developed….well everyone knows who. France and Portugal? Do I have to list them? Argentina and Brazil are lagging behind right now…in my opinion.
@ Chad. I do believe Barca’s system is incredible as a Professional Futbol Club, BEST team I’ve seen, but we are talking about youth development, and so we should be talking about a minimum of the past 10 years, since we can not predict the future 10.
Which top player am I talking about ? really ? I don’t believe the players you mentioned can be considered as international TOP players but that’s just my opinion. Since you mentioned PSG well how about Pastore, Lavezzi, Maxwell Thiago Silva. Other REAL top players : Messi, Dani Alves, Mascherano, Alexsis Sanchez, Higuain, Di Maria, Marcelo, Zanetti, Tevez, Aguero, Forlan, Lugano, Thiago, just to name a few, I could win the World Cup over and over again with just these players developed in South America.
Neymar already has been pre sold to Barcelona for 50 mil. and that not the final number. There are many other future promises, like Lamela, Ocampos, Mauro Caballero, Douglas Costa, Danilo, Lucas. All I’m saying is that I can admire Barcelona’s system, style of play, players etc. but come on ! Take out Messi from the team and lets see just how great they are.
@ TDSOCCER. You’re absolutely correct on the basketball soccer comparison. Also remember that U.S soccer is very very young, it has not been culturally inserted in our veins yet.
ChrisP365 says
Aren’t they called the Spanish Men’s National Team when you take out Messi? They can usually be counted on to get out of the group stage of whatever tourney they are in 🙂
“U.S soccer is very very young”. It’s not that young. In fact it’s rather old. Soccer is much younger in other developing countries.
“it has not been culturally inserted in our veins yet” You really mean our various cultures does not bleed “red”, “white”, and “blue”.
Dr loco.
Do you know of any US soccer teams before the New York Cosmos 1968 ?
Basketball, Baseball, Football bleed red, white & blue. Unfortunately soccer or futbol not yet.
History of US Soccer from USSF up to 1967:
The American Football Association was organized in Newark, N.J., uniting the numerous metropolitan area enclaves of the East to maintain uniformity in the interpretation of rules and provide an orderly and stable growth of soccer in America.
The U..S. and Canada played a game a year against each other, representing the first “international” soccer games to take place outside the British Isles.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was formed in Paris on May 21. Charter members included: France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The International Board, the authority over the rules and their interpretation continued under the jurisdiction of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, even though they were not affiliated with FIFA. The Olympic Games of 1904 in St. Louis included soccer as an official Olympic sport where club teams competed under the national team banner. FIFA did not become active in Olympic soccer until 1908.
FIFA became a member of the International Board, increasing their influence on the interpretation of rules. The U.S. Football Association (USFA) was granted provisional membership by FIFA on Aug. 15.
The USFA was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York, May 30, and was granted full membership in FIFA at the annual congress at Oslo, Norway, June 24.
The first USFA Men’s National Team traveled to Norway and Sweden. The Americans played six matches on this tour, finishing 3-1-2.
Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel became the first American professional team to play in Europe when they toured Sweden.
The original American Professional Soccer League (APSL) began. Franchises were granted to Fall River, Mass.; Philadelphia; Jersey City Celtics, N.J.; Todd Shipyard of Brooklyn, N.Y.; New York FC; Falco FC of Holyoke, Mass.; and JP Coats of Pawtucket, R.I.
The world’s first indoor soccer league with 11-a-side teams on a full-sized field opened the winter season at the Commonwealth Calvary Armory in Boston.
The USA was one of 13 nations to compete in the first FIFA World Cup competition in Montevideo, Uruguay. Bert Patenaude (Fall River, Mass.) was the third-leading scorer in the tournament and was the first player to tally three goals in World Cup play.
At the 10th Olympiad in Los Angeles, soccer was eliminated due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of an amateur and the reluctance of most of the strong soccer countries to travel to California because of the expense involved.
West Chester State College and Salisbury College played in the first intercollegiate soccer game under floodlights.
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) was organized by 10 coaches attending the annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association of America in New York.
The USFA changed its name to the U.S. Soccer Football Association (USSFA).
Joe Gaetjens’ goal lifts the USA over England 1-0 at the World Cup in Brazil. It was called the biggest upset ever in international soccer. The first college bowl game was played in St. Louis Jan. 1. Penn State University tied the University of San Francisco 2-2. The National Soccer Hall of Fame was organized by the Philadelphia Old-timers Association. There were 15 inaugural inductees.
In an agreement with the Old-timers Soccer Association, the USSFA assumed administration of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
The American Soccer League (ASL) was granted permission from the USSFA to create an International Soccer League (ISL), made up of top-class European, South American and U.S. professional league teams that would operate in the cities throughout the United States.
The first NCAA championship tournament was held in Storrs, Conn. St. Louis defeated Bridgeport University 5-2. The first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics college championship was held in Slippery Rock, Pa.. Pratt Institute was victorious over Elizabethtown College 4-3.
The International Soccer League began play under the sponsorship of William Cox and the ASL. For more than a decade foreign teams visited the USA to play American teams. The new league, composed of first class European, British and South American teams, was an attempt to test the support of American soccer fans for a top-flight league.
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), the governing body of soccer in this part of the world, was recognized by FIFA.
Two new major professional leagues made their debut in the USA, the USSFA-sanctioned United Soccer Association (USA) and the independent National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). By the end of the year, the leagues merged at the request of FIFA and the North American Soccer League (NASL) was established.
The modern game and explosion of the sport in USA really starts in 1990.
Japan, Ghana, Croatia, Korea seem to be developing some talent. How old are their soccer leagues?
Are there national teams that have no playing league in their country? If so, how do they compare to the US?
Curious what happened to US soccer between 1967-1990?
I’ve been to Japan and Korea on business travel. Drive around and you see soccer fields all over. The J-Leage and K-Leage are big and well supported. If you read “Soccer Nomics”, it predicts these countries to be soccer powerhourses in near future. I liken Japan and Korea to Germany — great work ethic, committment, build in mentality to do things right. Japan and Korea are also big on group think. Do what’s best for the group as opposed to individual in USA. I have no proof, but think this helps them focus on proper development versus short-term win now in USA.
@Paul. yes of course those players. I was only referencing the younger South Americans that everyone is talking about and the ones that have recently sold.
A thought (or two) on developing defenders.
If you look at past history, you will notice that the most elite central defenders have been Italian. That’s the consensus anyway. Along with Argentines and Brazilians. (With a few brits mixed in…but I digress for a moment..)
Germany also has some currently ranked up there.
Puyol and Pique are the only current or even past Spaniards receiving accolades.
With the italians (Maldini is my favorite) is that because of their style of play?
Brazil, Spain and Argentina are generally considered proponents and traditionally been attacking sides.
Anyone have any thoughts/opinions on this? I have my own theories. But they are just that. Theories.
Tim S. says
Gotta be honest and disagree with much this stuff about teaching, coaching, developing players that are 2nd or 3rd team players. I have been around soccer my entiire life and never have I never seen a player after 12 years older ever outperform his peers he struggled against since 8 years of age. The reality of player development is most often a coach takes/gets more credit then they deserve. A coach spends 4 hours a week with a 9-12 year old and he deserves credit for making a kid better. This is nonsense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A child 12 and under spends 80% of his time playing away from his coach and often teammates, the better players anyway. So why give so much credit to the coach??? Coach “A” coached 5000 kids at 10 years old but only developed 1 professional player. Did he not explain the same soccer ideas to the other 4,999? Of course he did but they just didn’t have it! Perhaps they didn’t have the mental, physical, or emotional or perhaps they didn’t have the technical or tactical or perhaps lacked the determination or desire. Something was missing and shouldn’t be blamed on the coach and for the 1 that had “it”, Well they shouldn’t take or deserve credit for that child either. Can’t have it both ways. Lets give credit to the kid and his devoted parents. Much more important before 12 then the local coach or club.
Let me add a correction. The average child 12 and under spends 0% of his time playing away from his coach and teammates.
“A coach spends 4 hours a week with a 9-12 year old and he deserves credit for making a kid better.” That is why I keep saying most youth coaching is overrated. There are a few exceptional coaches that actually accelerate player development but most just interfere with it. These exceptional coaches are following a scientific method whether they realize it or not.
” I have been around soccer my entiire life and never have I never seen a player after 12 years older ever outperform his peers he struggled against since 8 years of age. ”
http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
Maybe that’s because we as a country do a terrible job of finding those late-bloomers that CAN make the grade. We know they’re out there.
Given the very poor returns for all that has been invested over the past 20 years, and the very low soccer IQ of our current crop of players, I don’t think past performance should be indicative of future results.
Tim S….. i agree with what you are saying if I understand it correctly, to summarize it, there is not enough “unstructured play” with our kids. Too many cones, private academies popping up everywhere and claiming they are developing the player. I played with so many talented players but most of them went nowhere because of one simple fact, “DESIRE and COMMITTMENT”, that is something no coach can teach nor develop. Our job as coaches is to culture and enhance what the kid has in them.
Here is an example, there was a local boy here that signed with Barcelona about 2 years ago. The parents moved to Spain etc… When the news came out, every team and academy this kid was ever associated with put his picture on their website claiming the player to be their product. So i know what you are trying to say, the right answer is that everyone contributed to this kids development, staring from U6, more impotently, the kid wanted and his parents provided the right environment….. the story ends with the player coming back after one year, sources say Barca felt they made a mistake in their selection.
@Mario, Lederman is no longer a Barca player?
wrong player, i cant remember the last name for the life of me, and this kid is Canadian
NOVA Mike says
Gianni Patino? http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=78812c6c-48b9-4442-a9c0-9e5021543e3f&k=52199
According to some people here it turned out to be kind of a scam. Solicited donations and sponsors, buot into FCBEscuela – the pay-to-play school — not the Academy. . http://www.cansoc.org/showthread.php?41045-update-on-giancarlo-patino-at-barcelona/page3
Yes, that is him, thanks! the real deal came out when he returned.
Anyways, the point of my post was regarding coaches taking credit for “developing players”. I guess the merits of this boy’s case is a discussion for another thread.
Hall97….defenders are not what they used to be, nowadays defenders need to be good technically and have the ability to play like midfielders. The game is so much more technical, fast, and cognitive that the look of a defender has changed dramatically in the past 6 years alone. if you look at the 2006 world cup with Cannavaro who was player of the tournament, and then compare him with Spain in 2010 with their defenders..completely different types of players, not sure if Cannavaro would have made the starting line up! Defenders these days are more converted midfielders than real defenders. The days of Franco Baresi, Metzelder, Stilike (Germany 1982) are over. The general traits of a good defender are one who shuts down space quickly, patience with 1v1 and understanding of other outnumbered situations. Of course, aggressiveness and tackling are key attributes and ability to win balls in the air, reading the game but a huge component these days is can he play with his feet? some of the best players on a team are fullbacks these days.
i do not believe size is a big of an issue as some people, i just gave an example of Cannavaro, Puyol, not big guys at all. If look at other big defenders, Rio, Lescott, John Terry, big boys but not exactly great defenders because they are not good with their feet. They do reasonably well in the EPL, but internationally they struggle.
if you have a player on your team that is tenascious on the ball, shuts down space well, and can play when in possession contributing to the offence, you might have a good future defender on your hands.
Thanks Mario. My U15 son has recently ‘converted’ to a centerback/fullback. He’s always been a central midfielder until now. Including his state select team. I was a little concerned at first. But the reality is he has adjusted exceptionally well.
For many of the same reasons you listed above. He has the skill set of a midfielder but reads the game, has the athleticism and positional sense of a centerback. He’s fairly tall (just under 6 feet and still growing) but I think height is a secondary consideration.
Definitely not a one dimensional, ‘pure destroyer’ type of player. I think he will actually stand out there more than he would as a midfielder. Why? Because most American centerbacks are too one dimensional. Win and strictly clear the ball types.
He brings the ball out and initiates the buildup play. Even (intelligently) gets forward. Like Pique and Vermaelen for example. His brain though is his greatest asset.
Fullbacks have been getting forward for awhile now. But the modern, effective centerback has to be able to control and distribute the ball.
Hall97…you raise a good point where your son was a centre midelfielder and now a CB of FB. I am going to assume that he played CMF because he was the best player on the team?, but his attibutes were more of a defensive midfielder. You have described my 13 year old, same type of player. I find coaches play their best players in positions to “solidify” the team rather than play the player in posiitions according to his attributes where he can excel (i am talking about U12 and older mostly). I have this battle all the time, even with my own asst. coaches, where they think a player should play in a given position because it helps the team, but it is not that player’s real position. I think a real disservice is given to the player to not allow him/her to perfect their positon once they reach an age that they need to become experts at their postion. This is one of the reasons perhaps we do not develop true “artigians” of any position, like a Pirlo, Iniesta, Pique… We develop a bunch of athletes without any real expertise.
Yes, mario, he was always a central midfielder. because he could impact the game most there. He could win the ball, distribute the ball and attack. (Deadly inside the 18..)
Of course, the higher you move up, the more you specialize. I hate to use baseball for an analogy, but in little league, usually the ‘best’ players are shortstops, centerfielders and also pitch.
but as the game becomes more complicated, the need to specialize arises. He’s playing up a year on a high level team. So, the fact that he has the intelligence and all the other technical attributes to play in the center of defense (I hope) speaks highly of his potential.
I think playing in the midfield for as long as you can probably provides the best ‘development’ for a youth player. From there it’s easier to adjust to another role.
jamalwallace says
New as a poster but have been enjoying the discussions immensely for a while now.
In case you haven’t seen this video from the girls’ side- it is definitely worth a watch and I think most of you would appreciate it. Their coach is a native of Barcelona and has been able to build a highly successful team espousing possession and attractive soccer.
http://youtu.be/tQFlrRW2ZlI
http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/the-key-to-de-anza-force-is-in-the-details_aid26616
I know Andres Deza follows a scientific approach to player development.
Good stuff. Similar to the Santa Clara Sporting GU17 team.
Santa Clara Sporting GU17 team is what year? Send a link.
It’s this group of kids:
http://www.santaclarasporting.com/girlsteams/338842.html
can’t find a good video.
The short girl in the back row is their field general. I’ve centered a couple of their matches and they play the best possession at that age in norcal.
What happened to 95G Green? I thought they were the better team. Why don’t they play in the ECNL?
Sporting 95G white is not as impressive as DEANZA FORCE 98G. Overall I am not a fan of Sporting, there trainers and recruiting methods.
Not sure, I don’t follow the club just occasionally referee their teams. There is a huge drop-off in the number of girls teams and the quality of of those teams at U16, as key players go to greener grass with an eye towards college and consequently their teams fall apart. Every club is trying to get to ECNL from NorCal, NorCal has pulled the better teams from CCSL and CCSL has inflated team numbers to back-fill the space. I remember the quality players I see and the possession sides I referee. That Sporting team was good, and their maestro is the smartest kid on the pitch. I centered a De Anza match vs Castro Valley a while back (95G?) and the Castro Valley midfielder was an absolute beast–don’t remember the name since I don’t keep game cards but she was the quickest player on the pitch–dispossessed De Anza left right and center. That british De Anza coach would know who she is–I wouldn’t be surprised if De Anza, MVLA and Mustang didn’t recruit her–she’s a special player, too.
Dr. Loca,
What is the scientific approach? I’d also like to hear opinion on “what is a smart player”.? I think the two are related. Maybe “total footballer” sums it up.
Reason I’m asking is I think coaches fall short on developing tactically superior, intelligent players who can think ahead, read and understant the game and react. I can count on one hand the players I think “have it” (U12-U18).
Most people notice goals, crunching tackles, dribbling past seveal opponents, and things like that. But I see it differently. I try to watch the players who do the little things right and often go unnoticed. Timing a run, looking for a que to react and think ahead, understanding how to support, first touch away from danger, playing with calmness / poise / balance / control, playing simple passes on the ground, moving every few seconds to create chances or shut down opponent options, calling for backup when he moves out of his area, ability to play intrechangeable positions, keeping head up when game not going good, double footed.
I haven’t seen a definition of scientific approach, but hopefully it when a coach teaches types of things I point out above. I don’t see coaches doing that. They teach “X” and “O”. Understanding above needs a mentor, time and attention, reviewing videos and expalining movement. This is what USA players lack.
I do all of above with my son because he doesn’t get it at club. Looking forward to your thoughts Dr. Loco.
Loca …Loco…same thing!
I want Gary to discuss the scientific approach. I’ll write something briefly.
Sorry for typo Dr. Loco.
“Soccer Development Through Education” is the mantra of this forum. My recent posts (rants) is where I was going. Coaches / clubs aren’t “educating” players to fullest extent. I think we need to talk more about that here. Are we educting them or just funneling them through the system (like graduaitng dunces from high school who truly don’t have basic eduation)?
I recognized long ago my son’s coach / coaches aren’t educating him on tactical awareness, how to play and understand the game. Do’n’t just say “you move here”, explain why. What are the consequences / impact of not moving “there”. How does it help the team to move “there”.
This is no different than the fact that learning ball skills rests almost exclusively on the playre and his devotion to doing it on his own time.
Does US club soccer (especially USDA) need to do more “educating”?
Looking for ward to Gary’s perspective.
I have no concept of what professional EU or SA clubs teach, but I would be surprised if they didn’t spend a good amount of time on tactical awareness. Explaining the why and how. Knowledge of what you are doing and why and how it impacts the team. Understanding how the game is played . . . from every position . . . and why a team’s formation, tactics, player capabilities affect what we do and how we do it. Do players just play, react to the ball . . . . or do they read the game, understand the dynamics of the situation? They need to be able to do this without thinking . . . just knowing what to (in DNA). They know how to play proprerly. This takes repitiion and reinforcement via things like review of videos, watching games on TV or in person, and a coach who can teach / mentor / englighten them.
I watched last installment of El Classico with my son. Focus only on Barca. Notice how players are always balanced, controlled, pass well. They don’t rush and this allows them to be calm and think. They don’t force anything. As a result, they don’t lose the ball that much.
Shots on goal are 95% of time within the 18-yard box. Shots aren’t wild. They are accurate with technique. They don’t take low probability, hopeful shots from outside 18-yard box. This helps maintain possession and minimize fast breaks (they keep possession so long that forwards / wingers can’t cherry pick from mid-field).
When they attack in final third, they send bodies forward and pressure defenders from all sides. They are small but know how to cut off dribbles by using bodies to disrupt point of attack / dribble. They can make one-touch passes like they were playing a game of keep away on practice pitch.
The build up in midfield is slow and defense keeps proper distance. They save their energy for attack in final third (this is something Cruyff and Dutch style taught them).
This is what I call smart soccer. Are we teaching that?
Jungle ball is total opposite, just kick and chase. Nothing “scientific” or “smart” about it. Exchange of possession every few seconds and kids running around like headless chickens! Is this what we are teaching? Why!
The easy answer is “no”. Most of the clubs really aren’t in the business of developing players. Because teaching the game properly takes a back seat to taking the path of least resistance. meaning, taking ‘shortcuts’ in order to get results.
Even parents of the perceived ‘elite’ players have the mindset that, if the results are there…their child is progressing. That team success equates to individual player success.
The reality is that no club, team or coach is going to create/develop an elite player. Yes, coaching is important. But 80% or more of the equation is up to the individual player. That said, teaching the game properly, with an emphasis on fundamental technique and tactical awareness (built around keeping the ball) can and does go a long way.
The big clubs, including and especially the DA clubs, only recruit the best players. or try to anyway.
I’m not negating the importance of coaching or competition. But, if it was all about “competition” (depending on age) then we’d see a lot more quality players coming through the youth ranks.
“It’s not defined by a single variable,” said Carles Folguera, the academic director of La Masia. “There are many influencing factors that explain our success that is being recognized worldwide. It’s a long process. It’s not good to be in a hurry, so there’s patience here. In that process you have good coaches, and you look not only for talent for the game, but you also look at personality — how the kid tries to overcome obstacles and difficult moments, an injury or a coach who doesn’t believe in him. So it’s also about character, values.”
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/grant_wahl/10/04/barcelona-youth-academy-la-masia/index.html
“We’re turning into the Premier Liga! ”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2214767/Jamie-Redknapp-Martin-Keown-analyse-Premier-League-season-far.html
Ya, but the problem for England is that it is not the english players that are playing the La liga style! Without the foreign influence and money that has brought them, EPL would be jungle ball again. obviously has not helped the national team.
Indeed Mario
“We play football in a unique manner with players who are made with our unique idea of football,” says the club’s senior football director, Andoni Zubizarreta, also a legendary goalkeeper for Barça and Spain. “We feed ourselves through that same process and it allows us to compete at the highest levels. But you can only achieve that through conviction, sometimes not even a conscious conviction. It’s not written down, it’s lived. It’s something you have in you. The youth in our system play that way not because somebody tells them to, but because they’ve internalized it.
“Barça is an evolution of football, a new operating system,”
“Asumir riesgos supone provocar al miedo, pero asumirlos supone también estar + vivo q nunca…
Una de las causas + comunes del fracaso es el hábito de abandonar cuando uno se ve presa de una frustración temporal…”
(To assume risks means to provoke fear, but to assume them also means to be alive more than ever…One of the more common causes of failure is is the habit of abandoning when one is prey of a frustration of the moment…)
Carles Puyol @Carles5puyol
Culture, convictions, soccer…can you separate them??
Gary, how would an athletic director allow the Stanford men’s team to play jungle ball while the women’s team excels at possession? Same question for the Akron women’s team playing jungle ball while the men’s do not.
It does not make any sense that a university athletic program would have a top men’s/women’s team and a bad team of the opposite gender in any sport. Don’t these coaches share the same offices? Is there any communication and learning going on?
Waiting on Gary, but some quick thoughts on scientific approach:
1. I’d suggest we call it the “Holistic Approach”. Look at soccer from the whole, sum of parts (total football) rather than scientific which is more hypothesis, test, observe. Maybe it’s a combination of the two?
2. Players should be taught to: keep possession, attack, and keep pressure (defensive / offensive)
3. Technical skill and tactical awareness is more important than size and physical strength, especially at younger ages.
4. Ball should always be at feet during practice. Even when running laps. The more you have the ball at your feet, the more it improves technique.
5. Develop / Identify players who show aptitude for technique, tactics, quickness of thought, composure.
6. Have a coaching / playing philosophy and stick with it
7. Spend a lot of time on very small sided games, with limited space or play piggy in the middle often. This helps build first touch, quick passing, thinking ahead, movement, composure.
8. During games, coach only say things like
a. Watch spacing, look for your que, keep composure, think, look around, communicate, keep it simple. Say things that forces players to think on their own and learn, not make them robots following orders. Don’t tell them what to do, just give advice things to think about.
9. Use creating leaning (i.e., holistic) learning methods
a. Have players who sit on bench analyze a teammate on the pitch and provide coach / player with feedback on what they saw. Do same with games on TV. Ask you son to watch a game, you leave and then have him tell you what he learned. What worked, what didn’t, and then ask for the why.
b. Review videos of past performance as learning tool. This is huge eye opener! I did this few times with my son and it opened his eyes. Not only to what he was / wasn’t doing, but his teammates. A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is a novel.
c. Assign the smartest or most complete player to be captain as opposed to the biggest, tallest, strongest as seems to be the norm (a vestige of gridiron football soccer hasn’t shed off)
I could go on, but wanted to see if any of above makes sense . . . .
Your holistic approach sounds nice in theory. The problem I see is that you are assuming players are good enough and willing to execute this approach.
1. Total football can’t be played until players have a fundamental skill set
2. Right, but how?
3. True but how do you teach it?
4. Running laps? Ball at your feet does not directly translate to technique.
5. All players should be developed
6. Well what if your philosophy is wrong? Perhaps it should evolve.
7. Yes SSG are good in practices but does not guarantee anything.
8. Some players can’t think on their own at least not while playing. Many kids are not thinkers.
9. Yes, but which?
The players I see don’t communicate let alone analyze games. Reviewing games sound nice but most kids will fall asleep or spend their time talking.
Let’s examine the scientific approach.
I got most of above from: http://www.soccerclassroom.com/coaching-blog/the-magic-of-barcelona-soccer-unveiled/
Did it to prove a point. As I can tell by an initial response, we are reluctant to accept change and better way . . .even if La Masia. So we have inertia and never change.
Good stuff. I don’t disagree with anything you said. It’s just not the complete solution.
“The Spaniards take an ‘academic’ approach to teaching the game.”
You have to understand that La Masia is like MIT. They only accept the best of the best. Those same methods do not apply to everyone. Of course we can learn from them.
“Research shows that focusing on technical skills is more important than fitness related work – especially at younger ages.” Research is scientific. Developing technical skills is too.
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The Curious Case of a Girls' School
Almost everyone who has seen my class 10th marksheet has asked me this very question "Did you appear for class 10th exam as a private student?" and they had a reason to ask, for my marksheet mentioned the school name as "St. Joseph's Convent Girls' Hr. Sec. School" and only possible reason they could think of, was that it might've been the exam centre. I no longer show the marksheet to anyone, since owing to technological advancements made in these years, people may change the question. For the record, No, I didn't convert!
Then why did the marksheet had that weird occurrence of "Girls'"? This question is what I want to address in this post once and for ever.
My father, now retired, worked for a public sector bank and as such had a transferable job. After I had finished class 5, he had to move to this city called Saugor. I guess there were fewer schools in the city at that time (we are talking about 33 years ago). There was a state run school called "Model school" that catered only to boys. Then there was another called "Maharani Laxmi Bai school" that catered only to girls. The preferred acronym for this school was MLB but people, including the students of the school themselves, found it funnier to call it by its Hindi acronym "Malaba" which translates to "Debris" in english. My father zeroed in to St Joseph's Convent which was a co-ed school and surely did not have that "Girls'" in its name.
Things went fine for a few years and then suddenly the school management begin to realize that it was very hard to keep the adolescent boys in discipline, and the city didn't deserve a co-ed school. For record again, this decision had nothing to do with me. The school name was thus changed on papers, and new admissions for boys were stopped.
I gave my exam for 10th class and since my father had another transfer, we moved to Indore. When the results were declared, I made a short trip to Saugor to collect the marksheet and the school leaving certificate, and then realized that the changed name had made way into our marksheets too, something that I could do nothing about.
It's not surprising that, later in Indore, I selected Tilokchand Jain school for next two years. It was a boys-only school and probably I didn't want to take another chance.
Years later, I was posted at a place called Satna and that city Saugor fell enroute. It was during one of my travels that I happened to meet few students, all boys, who claimed to be student of St. Joseph's Convent.
"But isn't that a Girls' school now?", I surprisingly asked. No it was not, and the students were not even aware of the the events that took place years ago.
What happened to the decision to make the school a girls-only school? This is a question that I don't have answer to, and I end this post without one. It's not to leave the possibility for a sequel post, but with a hope that someone, someday, would post the answer in the comments section below. Are you the one?
down the memory lane
Where's it Streaming?
I normally don't watch a lot of movies in Multiplex. 4 to 8 a year is much more than I can wish for. For the rest I wait for the official digital release on Streaming portals/Apps. Sometimes it miss following up on which streaming platform a film would end up on. So I took out some time to compile all movie releases of 2019 and the platforms they are streaming /would stream on. Original Release Date Title Streaming On Director Cast 11-Jan-19 Uri: The Surgical Strike Zee5 Aditya Dhar Vicky Kaushal 11-Jan-19 Battalion 609 Netflix Brijesh Batuknath Tripathi Shoaib Ibrahim 11-Jan-19 The Accidental Prime Minister Zee5 Vijay Ratnakar Gutte Anupam Kher 11-Jan-19 Evening Shadows Netflix Sridhar Rangayan Mona Ambegaonkar 18-Jan-19 Why Cheat India Zee5 Soumik Sen Emraan Hashmi 18-Jan-19 SP Chauhan Xtreme Manoj K Jha Jimmy Shergill 18-Jan-19 Fraud Saiyaan Amazon Prime Sourabh Shrivastava Arshad Warsi 18-Jan-19 Soni Netflix Ivan Ayr Geetika Vidhya Olyan 18-Jan-19 72 Hour
Sketching Jigsaw Sudoku - Using ProcessingJS / Part 2
It's almost a month since I last posted on Sketching Sudoku using ProcessingJS . Let's take that code ahead to draw a Jigsaw Sudoku. Jigsaw Sudoku, also referred as Irregular Sudoku by some sites, also has 9x9 grid similar to a Classic Sudoku. What makes it different is the shape of 9 regions which were 3x3 grids in a classic one. In Jigsaw Sudoku each region would have 9 cells but grouped in somewhat random shapes. Technically speaking, we had hard-coded the locations where the thick lines would be drawn in previous post. Now we would have to remove that and write a code that can draw a Jigsaw Sudoku. Let's target the Jigsaw Sudoku that appeared on sudoku.org.uk today . Let's assign a number 1-9 to each region and represent the entire puzzle layout in a single string. layout="111222223111222233111444333555543336555546666577746666777444888779999888799999888" The command below will break the string into a two dimensional array of size 9x9. Of course
Learning ProcessingJS, While Sketching Sudoku Puzzle
Sudoku has been sort of "Hello World" for me, whenever I sat down to learn a new computer language or framework. This lead to various versions of "Sudoku Tutor" that I developed using Excel (yes, that Microsoft one!), VBScript, vanilla Javascript, JQuery, Chrome App framework and so on. When I drew first Sudoku using Canvas element in HTML, it didn't impress me. The code I had to write was much complicated then any others I had previously written. Then I found ProcessingJS on Khan Academy . It made working with Canvas much simpler and soon I could prepare printable Sudoku, Kakuro, Loop-the-Loop and Hitori puzzles. That was in 2015. Back to present... I decided to sit again relearning ProcessingJS sans Khan Academy, and develop Sudoku player to play on mobile phone. The result, as of now, is something that you can see in video at bottom where I solved 2 Sudoku, 2 Loops and one each of Kakuro and Hitori in around 35 minutes. We will start with a plain ske
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Use of chemical dispersants against oil spill questioned
BY THE FLORIDA TRIBUNE
Officials battling an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico can’t claim victory simply by keeping the oil offshore with the use of chemicals, a Florida State University researcher said Monday.
BP says 315,000 gallons of chemical dispersants have been used since the oil spill began April 21 off the Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard says it prefers to battle the oil offshore to prevent ecological damage caused by having it wash ashore.
But Felicia Coleman, director of the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory in St. Teresa, told the Florida Tribune that those chemicals and the dispersed oil could harm a variety of species, including gag grouper, and their offshore habitats. A National Academy of Sciences report in 2005 said the dispersants can kill fish eggs and that dispersed oil in Oregon had accumulated in mussels, according to the publication ProPublica.
FSU’s Coleman said corals may be relatively unaffected by a slick that passes over them but may be harmed by dispersed oil and chemical dispersants. Likewise, gag grouper could be affected as they move from being eggs on the sea bottom far offshore with chemical dispersants “raining down on them” to their larval stage in the water column. Or if the oil slick isn’t broken up, those gag grouper could be affected as juvenile fish growing to maturity in the sea grass meadows closer to shore.
Coleman said the impact on the environment is being changed — not eliminated — with the use of chemical dispersants to keep the oil offshore. “You’ve traded being able to view it in a coastal environment with not seeing it in the offshore,” she said. “Does that make it less damaging ecologically? I doubt it. It just makes it less visible.”
Jack Rudloe, a manager of the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Panacea, told an oil spill response meeting in Franklin County on Monday that the chemical dispersants should not be used. “I would rather deal with the thickest blob of the nastiest oil there is than to see the oil broken into micro-particles,” he said.
Chris Doolin, representing the Small County Coalition of Florida, said he wasn’t sure where he stood on the use of the chemical dispersants but he added, ” I don’t want it (oil) on my beach in St. Teresa.”
Andrew Jubal Smith, executive director of the Apalachicola Riverkeeper group, said the Waterkeeper Alliance was opposed to chemical dispersants. BP officials could not be reached for comment.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz. Story copyrighted by Bruce Ritchie and FloridaEnvironments.com. Do not copy or redistribute without permission.)
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My schedule at Readercon 25
East, West and Everything Between: A Roundtable on Latin@ Speculative Fiction
Panel: Matthew Goodwin, Carlos Hernández, Daniel José Older, Julia Rios and Sabrina Vourvoulias
This freeform conversation will look at where we've been, where we're going, the challenges of representing our own particular cultures within the umbrella term "Latin@," and the challenges of being Latin@ within a overwhelmingly Anglo genre. Are there insurmountable differences in regional Latinidad? Do we have to choose between being “vendidos” (sell-outs) or “pelados” (surviving—barely—by our wits)? Can we build platform in two languages (and if so, how)? How are we combatting the “Latinos don't read/Latinos don't write” fallacy?
Latin@ Writers Read
Reading: Carlos Hernández, Daniel José Older, Julia Rios and Sabrina Vourvoulias
In concert with the 'East, West, and Everything Between' roundtable about Latin@ SFF, panel participants will read from their own work and/or work of other Latin@ writers.
• I'll be reading from my story, Skin in the Game, which is slated to be published by Tor.com in late 2014 or early 2015.
Long Hidden Group Reading
Rose Fox, Claire Humphrey, Michael Janairo, Ken Liu, Sunny Moraine, Daniel José Older, Sarah Pinsker, Sofia Samatar and Sabrina Vourvoulias
Long Hidden (edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older) is an anthology of speculative stories from the margins of history. Our participants will read from their stories, which dive deep into the hidden truths of marginalized people throughout history and around the world.
• I'll be reading from my story, The Dance of the White Demons, which closes out the book. Look for it for purchase as ebook or in print at the Crossed Genres table in the bookshop.
Rape, Race & Speculative Fiction
Panelists: Chesya Burke, Mikki Kendall (leader), Rose Mambert and Sabrina Vourvoulias.
Rape as a plot device can be highly problematic. We've certainly seen it used as the only trauma or the worst trauma that can happen to a woman in fiction. But what happens when writers from marginalized communities include it in their fiction as a way of exploring painful history that has gone unacknowledged? We will discuss Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death, Andrea Hairston's Redwood and Wildfire, and other examples. This panel will cover some very sensitive topics, so please be respectful of yourself and others.
Tabula Rasa Group Reading
Reading: Jennifer Marie Brissett, Justin Key, Barbara Krasnoff and Sabrina Vourvoulias.
Tabula Rasa is an NYC-based writers group made up of experienced, published science fiction/fantasy/horror writers. Each member will be reading a portion of a story, published or not yet published.
• I'll be reading from my story, The Bar at the End of the World, from the anthology The Many Tortures of Anthony Cardno (fresh off the press at Readercon!) which benefits the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Look for it for purchase as ebook or in print at the Lethe Press and/or Crossed Genres tables in the bookshop.
When the Other Is You
Panelists: Chesya Burke, Samuel Delany, Peter Dubé, Mikki Kendall, Vandana Singh and Sabrina Vourvoulias.
Being part of an underrepresented group and trying to write our experience into our work can be tricky. We might have internalized some prejudice about ourselves, we might not have the craft to get our meaning across perfectly, and even if we depict our own experience totally accurately (as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observed in her TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story"), we do so while struggling against the expectation that our experience is or isn't "representative" or "authentic." How do we navigate the pitfalls and responsibilities of being perceived as spokespeople? What potentially pernicious dynamics allow us that dubious privilege in the first place? Which works make us cringe with their representations of us, and which make us sigh with relief and recognition?
Solo reading
• I haven't decided yet whether I'll read from my novel, Ink (Crossed Genres); or another story that will be published in 2015 by Tor.com, The Way of Walls and Words; or one of the stories or novellas for my planned collection of short stories, Sin Embargo; or perhaps even a section of my work in progress, a Sci Fi space opera, tentatively titled Tierras Huerfanas/Orphan Lands.
You can, of course, purchase Ink as ebook or in print at the Crossed Genres table in the bookshop, but for the other, you'll just have to wait.
Anyway, help me make the decision about which to read. Let me know in comments which sounds most interesting to you. You'll have my eternal gratitude, because I really, really, really can't seem to decide on my own.
And if you've never been to Readercon, what are you waiting for? I'd love to see/meet you there!
Labels: ink, Long Hidden, Readercon, Sin Embargo, The Many Tortures of Anthony Cardno, Tordotcom
Competing fandoms: Philadelpha Comic Con vs. the World Cup
RB Silva & company at Philly Comic Con
Sometimes fate conspires to pit two interests against each other. Since June 13 I’ve been watching every soccer match in the undisputed king of world soccer tournaments — the World Cup. But even beyond the matches and surprises (Ghana matching Germany? Costa Rica beating Uruguay and Italy?) is the spectacle of fandom, and the creative ways it shows its love and support for the national teams. There’s been everything from face-paint to full-on costume, and I love it.
On Saturday, June 21 there were three World Cup matches: Argentina vs. Iran (1-0); Nigeria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (1-0); and the aforementioned Germany vs. Ghana stunner (2-2), and I didn’t see even one match. That’s because I was at another event that is all about the spectacle of fandom and creative ways to show love and support for the world of comics, sci fi/fantasy/horror and gaming — Philadelphia Comic Con.
It’s funny, because there is probably not a whole lot of overlap between the two fandoms. In fact, the individuals involved in each often hold deprecating views of each other — the antagonism between geeks and jocks is standard in television shows and coming-of-age literature and films. And yet, the expression of fandom is indisputably the same.
Marvel’s Ironman fan vs. Spain’s La Furia Roja fans
Ironman at Philadelphia Comic Con
La Furia Roja fans before Spain's second match
Nintendo’s Attack on Titan fans vs. Japan’s Samurai Blue fans
Attack on Titan cosplayers at Philly Comic Con
Japanese national team fans at the first match
Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier fans vs. Chile’s La Roja fans
Two sets of Captain America: The Winter Soldier cosplayers
Chile's La Roja fans before the second match
Dr. Who fan vs. Costa Rica’s Tico fan
Dr. Who cosplayer at Philly's Market East station.
Tico fan at a friendly preceding World Cup play
Marvel’s Captain America fan vs. United States’ Stars & Stripes fan
Captain America cosplayer at the PA Convention Center
U.S. national team fan in face paint
Sometimes, of course, the twain do meet in more ways than costume amd custom.
At the Philly Comic Con booth of artist R.B. Silva, who draws DC’s comic book Superman, we talked about the stunning Brazil and Mexico draw of last week. Silva is from Santos, Brazil, and we did a little trash-talking — me extolling El Tri’s vigor, Silva and his cohort minimizing everything but Mexican keeper Memo Ochoa’s ability to shut down Brazil’s prodigious striker Neymar.
And, on the way home from Comic Con — on a train with tired fans full of Dr. Who and Captain America: The Winter Soldier cosplayers — the first thing I checked? The scores of the fantastic three games of the day.
We are all part of communities within communities within even larger communities.
For me, much of the joy of attending an event like the Philadelphia Comic Con or following the World Cup, comes from the unpredictable and the wonderfully predictable. No matter who we are rooting for every four years, or dressing in tribute to every year, we come to celebrate our affections — creatively and unabashedly — together.
Cosplayers at Philadelphia Comic Con
Labels: Attack on Titan, Brazil, Captain America, Comic Con, cosplay, DC, Dr. Who, El Tri, Ironman, Marvel, philadelphia, R.B. Silva, World Cup
Dream cast and playlist (sort of) for my novel INK
I took a page from mystery writer Carmen Amato, who recently posted the dream cast for her book Hidden Light of Mexico (along with a playlist of songs to read by) and decided to do the same for INK. Not that the novel is imminent danger of being filmed — can you see Hollywood optioning a book that has been described as "a call for justice;" an immigration dystopia set in the near future, with significant Latino roles? But it is fun to imagine anyway. So here goes ...
Character: Mari
"I am their storyteller.
Others try: Francine retelling myths, Abbie turning tweet to story. But the children always come back to me. Satchel only hears my stories once a month, when he comes up to the woods to visit his father, but he's got the kind of mind that holds forever. Even as the years pass and Gus gets tall, Lucero fills out, Satchel turns contemplative, they come for the stories.
I tell them the one about the boy shapeshifter, and the star girl, and the child who bridges worlds. I tell them other tales, too, so they will know that everyone is made of stories.
Each of them at a different time obsesses about my tattoo."
Actor: Dalia Hernández
29. Mexican. Film credits include Apocalypto, Miracle Underground and Soho Square. She has Mari's quiet intensity.
Character: Finn
"I can't remember when we started calling them inks. After all, it isn't until know it's certain they'll be tattooed when they enter the country. Actually, unless I'm misreading the soon-to-be-law even the permanent resident and citizen inks will end up with tattoos, with a color scheme to indicate terminal status.
I lean back a moment and stare across the newsroom while I consider how to best shape the lede. There isn't a single ink in the Gazette's newsroom, never was. Even at the big papers there hadn't been a glut of them. Melinda catches me looking around and glares at me. They must teach that look in journalism school because all my cohorts go silent and lean into their monitors as if to convince her they haven't been goofing off.
Me, well, I keep smiling. I'm her favorite reporter even though I haven't seen a day of j-school.
I file the story a full five minutes before she expects it. She edits it in two. A minute after the new media dude gives us the thumbs up, we watch as my lede floods the fall."
Actor: Ryan Reynolds
38. Canadian. Film credits include R.I.P.D., Green Lantern, The Proposal, Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, among many others. Reynolds isn't as stocky as I'd imagined Finn, nor at 6' 2" quite as tall — but almost...
Character: Meche
"Cuban. A former chemist. Well, I guess she's still a chemist, just no longer employed by the pharmaceutical company that holds her patents. On her own she's developed this absolutely dead-on synthetic skin. All you need is a small jar of the compound, one of the powdered catalyst, and water to activate it. Sets up quickly. Can ve dyed to match different skin tones so it's perfect to cover tattoos. And it's undetectable. For a few weeks at least, until it starts degrading. Some of the Cuban inks have been paying through the nose to get it at her peña. As long as you have money and don't have an accent it's the way to go."
Actor: Jessica Alba
33. U.S. Latina. Film credits include Sin City, Machete, Valentine's Day, Fantastic Four, among many others. Meche is almost a goddess — all gold surface and grit beneath — so is Alba.
Character: Del
"I cross behind the cabin, down to where the stream has nearly iced over. Up the steep bank roughly parallel to the cabin's south window I start scanning the ground looking for the tracks I spotted earlier.
Moonlight pools in the glade as I squat down to them. I put one hand on the footprint, digging into it until my fingers hit ground, and close my eyes.
It is a slide I take, down to the chambers of my heart. I can count the seeds slumbering in this piece of land, and the fiddleheads curled under snow waiting for a distant wake-up call. My blood can course along the sappy viaducts of birch and oak, the resinous gullies of hemlocks. And deeper still, I can hear the molten buzz of a mantle perpetually in motion.
And the footstep? The land lets me know where its owner headed from here, and how long ago."
Actor: Freddie Prinze Jr.
38. U.S. Latino. Film credits include To Gillian on her 37th Birthday, Scooby Do, I Know What You Did Last Summer, along with many TV roles. Since Del isn't Latino, it would be a nice switch on the more commonplace non-Latino playing Latino role (I'm looking at you, Ben Affleck).
Character: Abbie
"I convince my mother to put me on computer work for the duration of my community service so I don't have to grapple with what the inkatorium is, and my part in it. I particularly don't want to run into Pete.
I do some of the work I'm supposed to, but mostly I try my hand at sabotage. First I hack into the state public health consortium's system, into the human resources department server.
They've got dirt on all the inkatorium's administrators. My father's DUI is in my mom's file, along with her terrible credit rating and the lien on property taxes she hasn't been able to pay in full yet. Also the number of inks who have escaped the inkatorium under her watch."
Actor: Adelaide Kane
24. Australian. Film credits include Donner Pass, The Purge, Louder than Words, along with TV roles. She plays a credible teenager and the camera loves her without making her look too perfect.
Character: Toño
"Each line is really a number," he says, then recites them as he glides his finger across the tattoo.
"It tracks everything the government cares to know about me. From who I was born to and where, to whether I get the full rights of citizenship or not. Their measure of who I am."
"Someday it won't be that way," I say.
"They'll still see me as they want to see me," he says. "That's really the mark inks bear that you'll never understand, America."
Actor: Alex Meraz
29. U.S. Latino. Film credits include The New World and four of the films in the Twilight Saga, along with TV roles. Let's see what he really can do as actor, shall we?
There was only one secondary character I wrote with a film actor in mind — I pictured Chato as veteran Chicano actor, Danny Trejo.
To my utter delight I was able to meet him and be part of an AL DÍA interview with him in advance of the release of the movie Machete Kills.
And, no, I didn't manage to screw up my courage and tell him he had been the inspiration for one of the characters in my novel. But I did get him to autograph one of my INK book cards, and that makes me unaccountably happy.
Unlike Amato in the post that inspired this one, I'm not going to include a playlist fitted to different scenes in the book (I'm far too lazy). But I did write the book to music (I dance around while I type) and Los Lobos, Chris Isaak and Three Days Grace are all mentioned in the book.
If I were to include a playlist La Santa Cecilia's El Hielo/ICE ; Aloe Blacc's cover of Avicii's Wake Me Up, and Las Cafeteras' wonderful La Bamba Rebelde would be on it. All of which draw attention to our current broken immigration policy which separates families and loved ones from each other, which detains without due process, and which is considering electronic monitoring of immigrants ...
One of the minor characters in my novel says this near the end of the book: "Don't let the future be written for you." The time to prevent the dystopia outlined in my novel is now. Urge your congress person to support just and humane immigration reform that:
• Provides a path to citizenship for undocumented persons in the country
• Restores due process protections to immigration enforcement policies
• Preserves family unity as a cornerstone of the national immigration policy
• Provides legal paths for low-skill immigrant workers to come and work in the United States
• Addresses the root causes (push factor) of migration, such as persecution and economic disparity
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Let's talk about the price tag - the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Latino Catholics
At Our Lady of Fatima Church in Bensalem, Pa., where the Latino population increased 102% from 2000 to 2010.
Last weekend the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced another round of parish closures and mergers, the latest in their cost-cutting efforts that have reduced the total number of parishes in the five-county region to 219. One of the churches affected is Our Lady of Fatima in Bensalem, a church with a large and thriving Latino community. (You can read more about the impact on Latino Catholics in AL DÍA's editorial.)
It is the latest in a number of closures of ministries and structures — or their disposition as parish concerns rather than archdiocesan ones — that were significant to Latino Catholics in the Philadelphia area: La Milagrosa on Spring Garden Street; the Catholic Institute for Evangelization, and the Cardinal Bevilacqua Center, both in the Kensington section of the city. Staffing reduction decisions have also had tangible and symbolic effect on the Latino Catholic community. There once was a vicar for Hispanic Catholics; an archdiocesan office for youth and young adults with a staff member dedicated to Latino youth specifically; a ministry team led by the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima led by the dynamic Sor Alba Bonilla — none of these are in place anymore.
The Archdiocese denies it is reducing outreach and services to Latinos, saying instead that it is shifting from archdiocesan-centric to parish-centric ministries and services.
But if it is effectively shuttering the strongly Latino parishes like La Milagrosa or Our Lady of Fatima, doesn’t it amount to the same thing?
Moreover, members of the Latino Catholic community have been openly critical of the archdiocesan administration, alleging that it has consistently refused to meet with them and that it hasn’t been transparent or open with the Latino community in the matter of the sale of La Milagrosa.
While the Archdiocese would like to believe it is just a small group of vocal and disgruntled Latino Catholics who are disenfranchised by its actions of the last few years, it simply isn’t the case. In fact, they might be surprised to learn that even those who have not openly expressed their opinions about this, nevertheless, have some very strong ones. Take, for example, this assessment — from an active non-Latino Catholic (who prefers not to be named):
“There is a pattern of combining parishes with Spanish-speaking congregations with primarily English-speaking ones. It is (a little) like the Catholic Indian boarding schools of the early 1900s that stripped the American Indians of their ways and got them to assimilate to the white man’s ways. They were not allowed to speak their native language, wear native clothing and would be be punished if they did. It may be a bold comparison but when you think about it, is it so far off? The Church is prohibiting the Latinos from practicing the faith the way they want and are accustomed to. They are forcing them to assimilate to the Anglo way and hoping they will leave their deep-rooted rituals and practices. Pretty soon there will be no Spanish-language Masses in these churches — but only after they recruit all the young Latinos to fill the religious leadership vacancies, because the Church is hurting and realizes it needs young Latinos to fill those. Mixing cultures is a beautiful thing, as long as it does not involve having to give up one's cultural identity.”
A mariachi plays at a Mass at Our Lady of Fatima.
Mergers of parishes with distinct demographic compositions intrinsically prioritize the parish designated to remain open and receive the parishioners from the other. In the case of Our Lady of Fatima’s Latino parishioners, it means coming into a St. Charles Borromeo parish that is neither attuned to Latino concerns and needs, nor necessarily receptive to them. A longtime immigration reform advocate recounts an experience at St. Charles:
“In 2012 I was organizing a panel discussion in Bensalem with Reform Immigration for America. I went to Monsignor Duncan at St. Charles and asked if I could put out flyers about the event in the church. He agreed. So before Mass I went into the church and was placing flyers around and saw an older parishioner, who was there early, pick up the flyer to see what it was. He mumbled under his breath and proceeded to take the whole pile to the trash can to throw them out.”
As noted in the AL DÍA editorial, the closures and mergers affect many communities. There is generalized sense among those Catholics affected that the Archdiocese favors wealthy showcase parishes over those that, however fervent and devoted the congregation, are economically disadvantaged.
“It seems as if they are choosing mergers of parishes that are economically weak with those that are more affluent,” says the non Latino quoted earlier. “It is all about the money.”
Perhaps sensible for an Archdiocese mired in a financial mess of its own making. But if it wasn’t crystal clear before, Pope Francis has made it so: money isn’t supposed to determine who the Church serves or how well or grudgingly those services are rendered. After all, what the Church — any religion — sells us isn’t supposed to be about the price tag, is it?
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Posted on October 5, 2007 April 19, 2010 by Gareth
Another mixtape of Teh Interwebs:
First, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launching of Sputnik: Lou Reed – “Satellite of Love.”
Katerine Gierak is a French rock singer who records under the name Mademoiselle K. Her first album, Ça Me Vexe was released last year, and in addition to having a very sexy album cover, has the merit of featuring good music as well. Here is the title track, whose title, for the non-Francophones among you, means “That Upsets Me”: Mademoiselle K – “Ça Me Vexe.”
Kate Nash is a singer/songwriter from London whom I discovered earlier today, thanks to a post by . I’m fascinated, and I want to hear more. Kate Nash – “Foundations.”
I’ve posted this before (waaaay back in the early days of Friday Music), but it came up in coversation last night, and it has a tendency to get stuck in my head, so here it is — a cover of a song from 1968. The original vocal version of the song (by Barbara Acklin) never became a hit, but the instrumental version, called “Soulful Strut” hit the top 10, and can still be heard on oldies radio today. This version is a cover of the vocal version, recorded in 1992, which was a minor success: Swing Out Sister – “Am I The Same Girl.”
Some goofiness in honor of Friday: Todd Rundgren – “Bang on the Drum All Day.”
A major gear-shift — away from goofy pop songs and into musical scores from film. This is my favorite piece from the score of Last of the Mohicans, which is the track that plays during the final chase up the mountain: Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman – “Promentory.”
Moving into the more modern, yet still instrumental — a really excellent bit of dub techno. The only nitpicking drawback: It is based around a sample of “Ja Ren Qu (The Beauty Song)” from House of Flying Daggers–which is a Chinese song–and yet the group decided to title their track with a Japanese name. Learn the difference, guys. Still, an excellent bit of music: The Others – “Bushido.”
One of my favorite tracks from Donald Fagen’s first solo album, 1982’s The Nightfly. The song is a synth-heavy version of Latin Jazz, with Fagen wryly providing sarcastic lyrics that mix the traditional caribbean-paradise expectations of the format with the realities of Juntas and Bannana Republics: Donald Fagen – “The Goodbye Look.”
Lastly, one of my favorite tracks of the early 70s soul movement — not very well known, outside of its occasional use in soundtracks (I first discovered it via the 1995 Hughes Brothers film, Dead Presidents).The Undisputed Truth – “Smiling Faces Sometimes.” (The file is mislabeled as “the Dramatics” — trust me, there were only two versions of this song, The Undisputed Truth, and a 12-minute version by the Temptations. This is the Undisputed Truth.)
There you go. Hope you liked this week’s selections.
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Will you pour me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen?
LOVE that Fagan song, thanks.
Might you be putting up any Halloween stuff early (please)? I’m going to be gone the Friday before & I know you have WONDERFUL stuff appropriate for the holiday.
Re: Will you pour me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen?
Wasn’t really planning on doing any theme-y stuff this year, early or otherwise. I did an entire entry of Halloween songs in 2005, and a couple of songs in an otherwise normal entry last year…..my repretoire of themed music I like is pretty much exhausted after those.
corone says:
I’ll have to bring you a copy of Kate Nash’s album next time we pop over :-)
She seems to have only one out at the moment called ‘Made of Bricks’.
bodandra says:
What a great collection today
Some I’d never heard before – ‘the Goodbye Look’ and ‘Smiling Faces’.
Madame K is a great musical artist.
Thank you for the music.
starstraf says:
If you don’t know this you might enjoy it
http://freealbums.blogsome.com/
Oh and on topic — Todd is Godd
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Joss Whedon Spy TV Series….
Can’t believe I missed this….
Right before the writer’s strike hit, Variety reported that Joss Whedon has a seven-episode order from Fox for a new TV series, called “Dollhouse.”
The show will star Eliza Dushku (Faith from Buffy) and follows a top-secret world of people programmed with different personalities, abilities and memories depending on their mission, after which they have their memories wiped clean, and are sent back to a lab (dubbed the “Dollhouse”). The series will supposedly focus on Dushku’s character, Echo, as she slowly begins to develop some self-awareness, which impacts her missions.
The article says that “barring a strike, Fox hopes to have the show in production by spring” — so obviously that’s no longer happening. But the contracts are signed, so once the strike gets resolved, we should be getting new Jossy Goodness — and dealing with Spy Girls, even!
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allandaros says:
I just hope it doesn’t get shown out of order then canceled.
Naaah, Fox would never do something like that, right?
gamera_spinning says:
Conceptually, I’m right there with you, however…
But the contracts are signed, so once the strike gets resolved, we should be getting new Jossy Goodness
Until it gets cancelled three episodes in because Fox Execs didn’t really “get” the plot and because they didn’t market it correctly and they shuffle it’s timeslot and day, it never finds an audience.
Re: Conceptually, I’m right there with you, however…
Meh. In which case, it gets released on DVD, and we still get it. To quote Catherine Tate: “I’m not bovvered.”
what did you think…
of the (deservedly to my mind) short lived psychic detective series Dushku tried a few years back?
Re: what did you think…
Never saw it….so…..not much, I guess. :)
pastmagic says:
A few weeks ago I think I saw the commercial for this on TV, and then heard nothing else about it. Can’t remember if it was on channel 4 or on one of the cable channels (G4, SciFi, etc.) but it was only about 45 seconds long.
Glad you found out about it because I certainly forgot.
radcliffe says:
Spy Girls!
ross_winn says:
not being a huge fan of either Joss Whedon or Eliza Dushku I cannot say that I am impressed. It sounds to me a lot like a lame remake of the pretender with a little la femme nikita thrown in. Some people thought it sounded vaguely interested, but the fact that Fox will air all of the episodes out of order and change nights four times will probably have a negative effect as well.
wyckedgood says:
SQUEE!!!!
Ive really missed Whedon’s writing.
longwing says:
It’d be lovely to see more work from him, but I’ll echo (heh) everyone else’s concerns. Fox doesn’t know how to sell smart television, it’s really weird that Joss would go back to them after the whole Firefly snafu.
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Julian Assange arrested
Quote: The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.
The 39-year-old Australian denies allegations he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden.
Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested on a European Arrest Warrant by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT.
He is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of one count of unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation and one count of rape, all alleged to have been committed in August 2010.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN
fuck you american government
Re: Julian Assange arrested
BaronVonStrangle Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11937110
He was arrested in the UK on a Swedish arrest warrant.
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Not that I am for his imprisonment, because what he did was awesome. But I think he may in fact have sexually assaulted two women....and for lack of better words: thats not cool =(
Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Vatman Wrote: Not that I am for his imprisonment, because what he did was awesome. But I think he may in fact have sexually assaulted two women....and for lack of better words: thats not cool =(
The rape charges seem to come at a convenient time.
did you actually believe that
are you mad
I have a nagging feeling that he didn't do what they are acusing him of and it just seems like a convienient way to get him in jail and stop publishing stuff
Im just saiyan
Comrade Wrote: I have a nagging feeling that he didn't do what they are acusing him of and it just seems like a convienient way to get him in jail and stop publishing stuff
Are you accusing the american government of LYING!!?
Seriously man the government wouldn't lie and hide stuff from us now would they?
First of all it was sweden that accused him not us we just want him for being a quote "traitor"
Comrade Wrote: First of all it was sweden that accused him not us we just want him for being a quote "traitor"
Damn I put american instead of sweden.
It was sarcasm I of course believe they are lying but when you control the courts and I love the use of the word traitor.
HeartofShadows Wrote:
Trust me I am never one to overlook government corruption, and when I heard it was sexual assault they were arresting him for...well I thought it was just a pretty desperate scheme. But the women in question whom are accusing him of rape; they are quite convincing.
Its important to get people off a pedestal.
I hope they realize that putting Assange under arrest isn't going to change a thing. He is not vital to keeping Wikileaks alive. The people keeping up the website will continue to add information, and with the support of the world, it will be nearly impossible to take down Wikileaks or spread information from it without having to completely deny users access to the internet.
As for the rape charges, if he actually did it, then he deserves just as much jail time as the next rapist. However, I have a feeling his charges are going to be blown out of proportion just to get him into jail faster, and for a longer period.
"When government surveillance and intimidation is called "freedom from terrorism" or "liberation from crime," freedom and liberty have become words without meanings." - Deus Ex
Wingless Wrote: The people keeping up the website will continue to add information.
Not if th3 je5t3r keeps hacking his sites.
Wingless Wrote: it will be nearly impossible to take down Wikileaks or spread information from it without having to completely deny users access to the internet
The Desert Fox Wrote:
As desert has shown its very possible plus they can make an example out of Assange and intimidate and other would be figure.
Bob Dole
http://wikileaks.ch/
Funny thing about censorship, there's always a way around it.
There's over a hundred mirror websites up that have the same exact thing too... ^
The reason it's being hosted on wikileaks.ch is because they had to change their hosting over to the pirate party to continue their business.
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Ralph J. Perk signs legislation authorizing the creation of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
City Club Forum: Sandra Pianalto, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland [video]
City Club of Cleveland; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Forums (Discussion and debate); Freedom of speech; City Club Forum; Learning; History; Pianalto, Sandra; Federal Reserve Bank Of Cleveland; Banking; People associated with politics &...
Friday Forum: ''A national voice, a regional view,'' with Sandra Pianalto, president and ceo, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. ''Our competitive advantage in the world is not going to come by providing cheap labor. It's going to come by...
City Club Forum: Brian Lamb, CEO C-Span [audio]
City Club of Cleveland; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Forums (Discussion and debate); Freedom of speech; Local government; City Club Forum; Public affairs television programs; Public interest; television broadcasting; Television broadcasting...
Brian Patrick Lamb, chief executive officer, C-Span. In 1977 Lamb proposed the creation of a non-profit Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network, C-Span, that would broadcast the official proceedings of the U. S. Congress. C-Span was launched in...
Section of 1905 USGS map showing Mentor shoreline
Mentor; Mentor Marsh; Lake Erie; Maps; Salida Beach
This section of a USGS map shows Mentor Marsh in the early 20th century. At the time railroad companies owned much of the marsh, although they havd failed to secure a tract of land at the western edge of the swap needed for the creation of a...
Blueprint with proposed lots for the "Mentor Marsh Development"
Mentor; Mentor Lagoons; Mentor Harbor Yacht Club; Mentor Marsh; Housing developments; Blueprints; Mentor Harbor Company
The Mentor Harbor Company's plans included not only dredging Mentor Marsh to create a harbor and lagoon, but to sell hundreds of lots for the creation of an exclusive boat-oriented community. Here plans for "Area 1" around the lagoon and "Area 2"...
Blueprint plans for "Mentor Marsh Development" by the Mentor Development Company
Mentor; Mentor Marsh; Mentor Lagoons; Lake Erie; Housing developments; Blueprints
This early blueprint for the "Mentor Marsh Development" shows just how extensive The Mentor Development Company's plans were in the mid-1920s for the creation of a harbor and lagoons and the sale of hundreds of house lots. Only the lagoons, the...
Interview with Bruce H. Akers, Vincent C. Campanella and Richard A. Ganim, May 6, 2011 [video]
Akers, Bruce H.; Campanella, Vincent C.; Ganim, Richard A.;Perk, Ralph J.;Mayors; Mayoral Administration of Ralph J. Perk; Politics and Government; Oral histories; Recollections; Interviews; Klein, Richard
Bruce H. Akers served the Perk Administration first as Special Executive Assistant (1975-76) and then as Chief of Staff (1976-77). He also served on the Pepper Pike City Council for many years (1971-75, 1979-91). Mr. Akers further distinguished...
Panoramic view of Cleveland's Public Square, 1910
Panoramic photographs; Public Square
Panoramic photo of Cleveland's Public Square during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the creation of Cuyahoga County out of Warren County in 1810. The view is eastward, across the Square and out Superior Avenue. To the left of Superior,...
Crile Hospital site urged for poverty school
Crile Hospital; Vanik, Charles; Poverty; Military Hospitals
Congressman Charles A. Vanik promotes the creation of an anti-poverty youth training camp at the Crile site.
Put college on Crile site, says Feighan
Universities & colleges; Crile Hospital; Feighan, Michael Aloysius; Military Hospitals
Congressman Michael Feighan and Parma Mayor James Day promote the creation of a community college at the Crile site.
Mural on Osborn Building
Cleveland (Ohio); Huron Rd.; Murals; Public art; Buildings
"GLAMORIZING DOWNTOWN - Clevelanders have shown great curiosity about the rather fascinating murals gracing downtown buildings. This one on the Osborn Bldg., 1020 Huron Rd., is a tantalizing creation by artist Joseph Carl Hruby that tends to hide...
Fashion designer adjusting dress on model
Cleveland (Ohio); Fashion designers; Fashion models; Women; African Americans
"Fashion designer Mildred Allen of 8305 Cedar Ave. fits her latest creation on model Carolyn Thompson of 7114 Carnegie - Negroes - Cleveland - Krawcheck Series" - photo verso.
Bakers decorating a wedding cake
Bakers; Wedding cake; Saint John Cathedral (Cleveland, Ohio); Cakes
"[A] week of work went into this wedding cake, a replica of St. John Cathedral made by Gene Cheraso (left)and William Baraona of Baraona's Bakery, 11908 Kinsman Rd. The cake will be cut tonight at Swiss Hall, 2710 Walton Ave., for the wedding...
"How to institute children's home garden projects in your school or system," Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program, Cleveland, Ohio
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"How to institute children's home garden projects in your school or system:Today, the necessity for growing plants including trees is a paramount effort toward improving our deteriorating environment." A step-by-step outline for the creation of a...
Feeding Cleveland: Urban Agriculture Collection Gallery Exhibit, May 6, 2009
Agriculture; Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program; Agricultural exhibits; Victory gardens; Vegetables; Photographic prints; People associated with agriculture; Food relief; Food supply; Gardening; Mall gardens
The Feeding Cleveland: Urban Agriculture gallery exhibit is a representative selection of images from the online digital collection with the same name. The gallery exhibit is scheduled to run from May 1 through August 31, 2009 in the Campbell...
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Polka Dot Dreams
Beautiful thoughts and romantic reads by Julia Douglas
Nashville Cinderella extract
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Closer! extract
Polka Dot Dreams extract
A Midsummer Night's Circus - short story
To bring some sunshine into the dark nights of winter, here's a heart-warming short story about a gang of young dreamers who decide to start a circus in the 1980s...
“A circus, eh?” With face and hands as red as raw meat, the burly butcher stared at Summer Day’s beautifully designed, hand-printed poster. “How many elephants ‘ave you got?”
“I’m afraid we don’t have any elephants.” Summer, a 20-year-old vegetarian, tried not to feel queasy amid the split carcasses hanging from every wall.
A mince-splattered transistor radio in the corner was quietly playing the summer’s big hit, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart by the Eurythmics.
“Oh, that’s a shame.” The butcher’s sausage-like fingers were leaving bloodstained creases on the poster’s edges. “I love the elephants, when Smart’s come to town. Have you got any lions?”
“We don’t actually have any animals,” Summer admitted.
“No animals?” The shopkeeper’s meaty features shifted from disappointment to concern.
“It’s a different sort of circus.” Summer could feel her cheeks becoming as red as his. “A new sort of...”
“Any clowns...?” The butcher asked with little hope.
“Ahem.” Summer pointed two index fingers at herself.
She was wearing bib and brace overalls decorated with multi-coloured patches, a hooped t-shirt and Doc Martin boots spray-painted with metallic purple and silver swirls. Her top hat had a large plastic daffodil sticking out of the band.
The meat vendor looked her up and down and frowned.
“So where’s your red nose?”
Summer sighed as she left the shop. It had been the same story up and down the high street. Although most of the retailers had let her put a poster in their window, their reactions made her wonder why she was spending the holidays promoting a show that defied everyone’s expectations of what a circus should be.
The reason, of course, was Raphael, the dashing, raven-haired English Lit student she’d met at the university’s juggling club. The always inspired and contagiously inspiring Raphael, who had decided to combine his passion for Shakespeare with his new love of circus skills to stage Romeo and Juliet with stilt-walking, fire-eating, a tightrope and clowns.
“Can I be a clown?” she’d heard herself ask, and the moment Raphael’s dark eyes and warm smile turned her way, her fate was sealed.
Oh, Raphael, Raphael! Wherefore art thou, Raphael?
Just the thought of him melted her innards like a Curly-Wurly left in the sun, and brought the skip back to her step as she headed to the park where their tent, a former wedding marquee, stood bedecked with bunting in the sunshine.
Olly was outside, wearing a court jester’s costume as he balanced on a unicycle and juggled with three clubs in a effort to draw attention. None of the passers-by were taking any notice of him.
Still, it was hours until show time, Summer consoled herself. She was sure an audience would come, because Raphael’s idea was such a brilliant one.
“Is Raphael around?” Summer asked, keen to tell him she’d placed all her posters. Maybe it would make him fall in love with her, she thought, giddily.
“Um, not sure.” Olly’s face was strained. Summer thought he sounded worried, but put it down to him trying to keep his balance.
She went into the tent and found it empty apart from its mismatched chairs, standing unevenly on the grass, and the plywood scenery that she’d spent so long carefully painting - picturing Raphael’s sublime features as she applied every stroke.
As well as directing the production, he was starring as Romeo, and Summer doubted that anyone had ever been better cast as Shakespeare’s most famous lover.
Blinking as she re-emerged into sunlight at the back of the tent, she saw the van and minibus that they’d borrowed from uni. The sliding side door of the ‘bus was open and the sound of giggles drew her to it.
At first, she thought there was no one inside. Then she saw a tangle of limbs writhing happily on the back seat. Raphael and Nicole, who played Juliet in the show, were doing a lot more than rehearsing their lines.
“Are you alright, Summer?” Olly asked.
She was sitting alone on a park bench, in the warm, still darkness at the end of the evening. The only light was a pale glow from a nearby streetlamp around which moths fluttered fruitlessly.
She was still wearing her bib and braces and holding her top hat with its plastic flower in her lap.
“Fine.” She looked away from him, her frizz of dark brown curls shading her smudged makeup, as Olly sat down beside her.
For what could she say? Neither Raphael nor Nicole had done anything wrong. There had never been anything between Raphael and Summer except a hope in her heart. But hope, she’d learned, was the most painful thing to lose.
“Beautiful show, wasn’t it?” Olly pulled the ring from a can with a ftt. “Shame no one turned up.”
Back at uni, Summer stopped going to the juggling club, and could offer no real reason when Olly asked her why. Luckily, she, Raphael and Nicole were reading different subjects, so she didn’t have to hang around and watch their relationship unfold. But it still brought her up short, like a punch to the heart, whenever she turned a corner on campus and unexpectedly saw them laughing together or talking closely, so clearly a couple.
For a while, she went out with a boy called Aide, but like a moth she found herself drawn back into Raphael’s orbit.
At a graduation party in a noisy pub, she was surprised to hear Nicole regaling her friends with her plans for a gap year in India - apparently without her Romeo.
“So what have you got planned?” Olly asked Raphael, who was looking distinctly sidelined.
Raphael shuffled his stylish winkle-pickers and looked up shyly from under his black fringe as he said, “I’m thinking of giving the circus a proper go.”
“You’re kidding me?” Olly had a job lined up with a city bank, his juggling days behind him.
“No, I’m serious.” Raphael stood straighter, his chin level. “If I can get a tour of arts festivals I think it could work.”
“Course it will,” said Summer, daring to move closer. “Shakespeare and circus is a brilliant idea.”
He turned, smiling gratefully, as if he hadn’t seen her for a long time. With an inward sigh, Summer wished she hadn’t that very morning accepted a job in Spain, teaching art to primary school children.
It was two years and a broken heart later that Summer found herself back in England. With the job market tougher than she’d expected, she was strolling through the sunny park when she heard shouts and saw the flapping colours of a small circus tent being erected.
With memories of juggling balls bouncing out of her past, she headed towards the small group of longhaired young people struggling with their ropes and poles.
Her heart quickened when she saw a single-decker bus painted like a rainbow, with the words Shakespeare’s Circus emblazoned like graffiti on the side. Then a raven-haired man straightened up from tying a rope, to wipe his glistening brow.
“Raphael!” Summer exclaimed.
Tanned and broad-shouldered from working outdoors, he glanced her way and did a double take.
“Summer!” His beaming face radiated health. “Long time, no see!”
He hugged her, and his muscular manliness left her light-headed.
“How’s it going?” she asked.
“Hand to mouth,” he admitted. “Still get ten people a day ask where the elephants are, but we’re getting there.”
“Need any clowns?” Summer asked.
“Got too many!” Raphael laughed.
At that moment, two men and a pole fell to the grass and the far side of the tent collapsed.
Raphael grinned at her and said, “I could use a good designer, though.”
Three years later, the orange and blue-striped big top was set up in the corner of an arts festival field. With Jimmy Sommerville singing You Make Me Feel Mighty Real on the sound system, people were milling around enjoying pre-show drinks and food.
“Summer, can you take over the barbeque a moment?” Raphael called.
“Sure.” But when she reached the smoking grill, the sizzling fat turned her stomach.
“’Scuse me!” Hand over her mouth, Summer dashed for the Portaloos.
“Summer...?” Raphael stared after her.
“So when are you and Summer going to tie the knot?” asked Olly, when the burger queue had died down.
“You can’t keep a woman waiting forever.” Nicole fluttered her hand to show off Olly’s ring.
“It’s alright for you two,” Raphael joked. “You’re both loaded.”
“If only!” Olly laughed, but everyone knew he was making a mint in the city. Nicole, meanwhile, was a successful TV producer.
The previous year, Nicole had made a documentary about Raphael using circus tricks to make Shakespeare accessible to underprivileged communities that wouldn’t normally experience the bard.
Raphael sighed and said, quietly, “Between you and me, we’ve been going through a rough patch. It might be time to call it a day.”
Nicole looked at him curiously, remembering how mildly he’d taken it when they broke up at uni. They’d both been young and flighty then, but she’d come to think he and Summer were much more serious about each other.
“Ah, here comes Summer now,” Olly cut in, too brightly.
Stunned and pale, Summer looked at the three troubled faces.
“Feeling better?” Raphael asked, nervously.
“Fine,” she said, quietly. “I better get changed for the show.”
The next morning, as the cast were taking down the tent, Raphael came up behind Summer and wrapped his arms around her.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” he asked.
Summer wriggled free.
“I’m just tired, okay?”
“Aren’t we all?” Raphael huffed.
“I have to get something from the shops,” Summer said, without looking at him.
“Whatever.” Raphael headed back to help the others.
As Summer walked into town, her mind replayed for the thousandth time what she’d overheard Raphael tell the others about calling it a day.
He was right, they had lost the magic. They’d been preoccupied, trying to get the grant or sponsorship that would let them give up their part time jobs as supply teachers and run the circus full time. There hadn’t been much time for each other.
But if things were that bad, why hadn’t he said anything? Or was he just plotting his escape, the way that sneaky Miguel had in Spain?
Summer recalled the first time she and Raphael had fallen into each other’s arms, one scented summer night after a show. They hadn’t discussed the future, because it felt so right she’d taken that for granted. Now she wondered whether, to Raphael, their relationship had been just a convenience all along.
At the local chemist, her fingers trembled as she bought a pregnancy test. She knew it was more than a stomach bug that had put her out of sorts for the past week.
Sitting on the edge of a fountain in the town square, not wanting to go back to the circus to face her fate, she wondered what she would do if all her suspicions were correct.
That evening, with the circus packed away, Summer went into their little caravan to find Raphael had laid a table for two. A fine-smelling dinner was on the stove.
“What’s the occasion?” she asked, nervously.
“Take a seat,” Raphael said solemnly. “I need to talk to you.”
Feeling faint, Summer was glad to take the weight off legs that had suddenly gone weak. Her stomach tightened as he sat opposite, his smile tense.
Was this it, then? she wondered. The big break-up speech?
“I know things haven’t been so smooth between us lately,” he began. “And it’s probably my fault. We’ve been so busy trying to get funding...”
Her chest tight, Summer wondered if she should get her news in first. Would knowing she was pregnant change what he was about to say? Knowing Raphael, she reckoned it would. But she didn’t want to live a lie. If he was tired of her, she wanted to know.
“But this isn’t about the circus,” Raphael was saying. “It’s something I’ve been meaning to say for a while. Nicole made me realise I can’t put it off any longer.”
He reached out and took her hand. “Summer, my darling, will you marry me?”
“Marry you?” she spluttered. “I thought you were going to split up with me.”
“Why on earth would I want to do that?”
Tears sprang from Summer’s eyes. “I heard you tell Olly things were rough... you wanted to call it a day.”
“You heard...? I meant the circus!” Raphael protested. “I love what we’re doing, especially taking Shakespeare into schools. But unless we can get proper funding... I don’t want the way we’ve been struggling to come between us.”
“Nothing could ever come between us.” Summer tearfully squeezed his hand in both of hers. “I love the circus as much as you do.”
“Is that a yes, then...?” he grinned, hopefully.
“Of course it’s a yes!” Summer laughed. “And by the way, I have some news, too...”
Before she could finish, their chunky mobile phone rang.
“Hold on a moment... Oh, hi, Olly.” Raphael listened with an increasing look of disbelief, then clicked off the phone and beamed at her.
“Olly’s finally talked his bank into sponsoring us! We can do the circus full time, on a scale like never before!”
For a long time, Raphael talked excitedly about his plans for their next show. Summer watched him happily, full of the admiration and love she’d felt when he first had the idea of staging Shakespeare with circus.
She loved the way it had never been just about him or making money. His motivation had always been finding ways to help other people enjoy and understand the bard’s timeless beauty as much as he did.
Recently, he’d been so down, because it had seemed they’d taken their mission as far as it could go, but suddenly it was like a weight had been taken off his back and he was flying again.
Summer’s heart soared with him.
Eventually, Raphael said, “So what were you about to say?”
Summer blushed and said coyly, “Only that if we’re going to get married, perhaps we should do it sooner rather than later.”
Perplexed, his eyes flicked from her face to the hand on her belly, then the penny dropped.
“You’re not...?”
She nodded, smiling.
Raphael raised his eyes and spread his arms to the heavens as he declared, “Oh, the news just gets better!”
They both stood and she melted into his arms as he kissed her passionately.
“This calls for a toast!” Raphael pulled a champagne bottle from the fridge and popped the cork off the caravan’s ceiling. “To you! And to us!”
“And to Olly,” Summer reminded him.
“And to Olly, of course. It’s good of him to remember his old friends isn’t it?”
“It’s not just the sponsorship,” Summer grinned. “Didn’t he ever tell you? He only took me along to the juggling club in the first place in the hope that I’d distract you from Nicole!”
Raphael laughed and raised his glass. “In that case, here’s to Olly! And here’s to Shakespeare’s Circus!”
A Midsummer Night's Circus first appeared in the popular women's magazine My Weekly. If you've ever fancied writing for the women's magazine market, try my ebook How To Write and Sell Fiction to Magazines. Click here to buy it from Amazon.
If you're in the mood for another circus story, click here to read Murder at the Circus.
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Get the new updated edition of Circus Mania before anybody else!
Nothing like opening the mail and finding the new 2nd edition of Circus Mania! The book the Mail on Sunday called "brilliant" is back with a new yellow cover (seen here with one of the purple first editions) and a new chapter bringing the stories of Circus of Horrors, Danny and Clive, Circa, Gerry Cottle, Zippos and others up to date.
Timed to celebrate the forthcoming 250th anniversary of the circus, my continuing journey behind the scenes of the circus world also finds me visiting the traditional sawdust under canvas show Peter Jolly's Circus and meeting Britain's last lion tamer, Thomas Chipperfield.
You won't find the new edition on Amazon yet, but you can get it early by buying direct from Peter Owen Publishers on 020 8350 1775 (London). Be sure to ask for the new edition!
Click here to read the Mail on Sunday's review of Circus Mania.
Celebrating 250 years of the circus
with Gerry Cottle and Dr Haze from
the Circus of Horrors
(Pic from the original Circus Mania book launch)
That warm feeling when the editor trails your new serial at the front of the magazine...
What does it mean when you dream you're a clown?
I had a funny dream last night. I dreamt I was a clown doing a cookery routine with an Invisible Shelf. I kept putting things like the kettle on the Invisible Shelf and, because there wasn't a shelf there, they kept clattering to the floor and bashing me on the foot. At the end of the routine I had a tray with a plate of salmon sandwiches and a cup of tea. I put the tray on the Invisible Shelf and a pair of hands came through the wall and held it. The hands were wearing orange gloves, the same colour as the wall, so the audience couldn't see them. After the crowd applauded, I left the tray on the Invisible Shelf, drank the tea and passed around the sandwiches to show they were real.
Douglas McPherson's review remembered... 20 years on!
Not circus, but it was nice to open the new issue of Country Music People and see my name in the above paragraph by BBC broadcaster and broadsheet writer Spencer Leigh.
It's gratifying to know that something as ephemeral as a review can stick in someone's memory twenty years on.
And if my reviews are that memorable, think of the impression my books must make!
Ever wanted to write about the circus? A memoir of your life in the big top, perhaps?
Many people have a notion to write a book... one day. Others nurture a dream of writing a best-seller... in the same way that they dream of winning the Lottery. That is, without any real hope of it ever happening. Which of course it won’t, if they don’t buy a ticket. But writing isn’t something that anyone needs to put off. Nor is success limited to best-selling novels.
The fact is that anyone with something to say can start writing today and realistically be published in the very near future. Your first success may not be a best-seller, or even a book, but it will be a step towards growing a writing career with no limit on where it will end.
Based on a series of articles in Writers Forum, Start Writing Today, will show you how to take that first step and many others. The twenty-five chapters show you how to write, and most importantly how to sell, magazine features, reviews, news items, short stories, memoirs and books.
Start Writing Today reveals the three-step trick to selling any article or book, and how to nurture professional relationships that will help you earn for years to come.
Everything in this book is based on my personal experience of being a full time writer for more than twenty years, and at every step of the way includes examples from my own work to show how the techniques, tips, cheats and hacks worked for me and how they can work for you.
Most of all, this book will show you how you can start writing today.
Click here to buy Start Writing Today.
How To Write And Sell Fiction To Magazines
If you've ever fancied writing short stories for magazines, here's the book for you!
How To Write And Sell Fiction To Magazines takes a unique ‘show don’t tell’ approach to selling short stories to the magazine market. Instead of telling you how to write, Douglas McPherson shows you how he wrote a dozen stories published in some of the UK’s best known and biggest-selling magazines.
Each chapter follows the step-by-step process of how the stories were conceived, developed, written and often re-written. The genres include romance, sci-fi, ghost stories, historical and twist in the tail, and each story is reproduced alongside the chapter that describes its creation, so you can see the finished product as well as how it was written.
The stories were chosen to demonstrate different aspects of the writing process from creating characters to coming up with titles that are sure-fire sellers. So as the book unfolds you’ll get a candid insight into the tricks of the trade, including:
- The foolproof formula for a romantic story.
- How to write convincingly about countries you’ve never visited.
- How to reuse old plots.
- How to rewrite a story to meet an editor’s requests and cut the length to suit the market.
- How to overcome rejection and sell initially rejected stories.
All this for around the price of a coffee!
Unlike most books about writing, which are mostly theory, all the advice in How To Write and Sell Fiction to Magazines is proven to work, since the stories it relates to have all been published.
Get a sneak preview here on the Huffington Post! And click here to read a review by Rosie Amber.
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"Fun, fresh, cute and comforting - and it had me hooked."
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"From reading this I found a new love for music I thought I'd never find."
"Highly recommended if you're looking for a new romantic novel to bury your head in."
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"Totally believable... I was constantly wondering which real-life country singers the characters were based on."
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Minister Okendro appeals against commercialisation of school education
IMPHAL, January 24: The education minister M Okendro Singh has today appealed against commercialisation of education by both private or government schools and at the same time urged the public to extend cooperation for the growth of education in the state.
The above statement was made by the minister while speaking at the closing function of the silver jubilee foundation day of the KM Blooming Higher Secondary School, Khangabok in Thoubal district. The school authority has been celebration the silver jubilee since January 21.
The minister further said that human efforts for change and development should get fruit adding that the enterprise for a change in education sector and its related field should reach its desired goal provided it receives the assistances of the government and general public alike. But, a certain amount of sacrifice and sincerity is necessary in accomplishing the desired goal, he added.
Okendro continued that all the government school teachers should be trained within 2015; likewise, it is also mandatory for private schools to do so and fulfilment of guidelines under RTE should also be followed. He further added the state administration will soon be enforcing TET as mandatory criteria for teacher recruitment before adding that government India is planning to enforce RTE to private school across the country in letter and spirit.
The education minister expressed that KM Blooming School is not only becoming prominent in Thoubal district but also in the entire Manipur and urged the school authority to open its branches in other district also so that the government’s plan of self sufficiency in education sector could be achieved.
During the function, Ph Nandakumar Sharma, joint secretary of BOSEM (academic) stated that the purpose of education is to teach the students so that necessary human resource of the society could be produced adding that the education policy should aimed at awakening people from ignorance and make possible for them to understand what is wrong and what is right. He also mentioned the usefulness of introducing dance, song, fine arts, thang ta etc in the school syllabus from the coming academic year.
As part of the function, the Konjengbam Kusumani Devi Memorial Award for position holders in HSLC Exam was presented to N Binita of the school. The award carries cash prize of Rs 10,000 and it was donated by K Shyam of Lamding Charapur, Thoubal.
The founder of the school also distributed gifts to the best teachers, students and pensions to 75 plus old people. Later on, the students of the school displayed various cultural program.
The silver jubilee celebration was also attended by PHED minister I Hemochandra, MLA K Ranjit, the chairman of BOSEM and council, director of the MOBEDS.
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SONGS OF MY FATHER (1969)
SANDIE SHAW ‘Coconut Grove’ Reviewing The Situation LP June 1969
My old man loved Sandie Shaw or Gravel Beach as he used to call her every time she appeared on some BBC end of the pier, light entertainment show. Young Sandie/Gravel even had her own show for a while. I could have used ‘Puppet On A String’ here but she was a lot better than that so here’s a Lovin’ Spoonful tune from one of her better albums I found in my Dad’s record rack.
THE SUMMER OF ’71 (1971)
ASHTON, GARDNER & DYKE ‘Resurrection Shuffle’ Single A Side January 1971
I made my first couple of life changing discoveries in the summer of 1971. The first was the shocking realisation that girls were sugar and spice and all things nice, The second was the power of pop and rock’n’roll glamour. While my first ‘proper’ LP was over a year away, the first record I bought with my own money was a cheapo Music For Pleasure Hot Hits LP from the local newsagent. With twelve dodgy oompah loompah approximations of recent chart hits, it was my first shaky step on the never ending path to musical nirvana.
MY FIRST BAND (1973)
ELTON JOHN ‘Midnight Creeper’ (Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player LP February 1973)
There were a bunch of nerdy fourth formers in my school who just happened to be the best musicians. Geeky outsiders, they were never a part of any ‘in’ crowd so when they asked me to drum in their band I faced something of a dilemma. Discarding my ridiculous, self-imposed notion of cool wasn’t a problem, nor was the small matter of never having drummed in my life. But their excretable taste was. So I set to work by renaming them Midnight Creeper and drafting in my Rod Stewart lookalike mate on vocals before weaning them off their rotten Beatles set list and turning them onto the Stones, Bowie, Roxy and Lou Reed.
At such a youthful age it was a brilliant grounding in what it took to be in a group. We played a few shows and wrote a few songs although we no real belief they were any good. The fact that the best school bands (T.N.T. ruled the roost at my school) were no more than human jukeboxes, their sole purpose to sound as close to the original records as possible goes some way to explaining the lack of musical ambition in the mid-seventies. We never did play that Elton John song either. It was just a good band name. At least it was in 1973!
TEN FAGS, CHURCH HALL DISCOS AND A FUMBLE IN THE PARK (1974)
SHIRLEY & COMPANY ‘Shame Shame Shame’ (Single A Side November 1974)
When you first hit your teens, the kids you knock about with, the places you go and the things you do are easily defined. My mates and I would be out all day and half the night yet we’d never roam more than a couple of miles from our estate. We were stuck with hanging around the shops smoking our ten Park Drive from the machine outside the newsagent, and the Saturday night church hall disco where ‘Shame Shame Shame’ was guaranteed to get the girls dancing. And if we were really lucky, there was the ultimate thrill; a kiss and a grope in the park with the Debbie, Jane, Tina or Jackie we’d been eying up since junior school.
BRISTOL AND THE FIRST LIVE SHOW (1975)
STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL ‘Back To The Farm’ (Best Years Of Our Lives LP March 1975)
I was captivated by Cockney Rebel from the moment I heard the lush orchestration of ‘Sebastian’. Oozing arty sleaze and decadent decay, Steve Harley’s embrace of literate composition, kitsch and the avant-garde turned our teenage heads. On the cusp of young manhood, he promised a host of Loretta’s, Lorraine’s, Ruthy’s and Ramona’s were awaiting us and he was right! We showed our devotion by penning their logo on our arms and ignoring the abuse of schoolmates openly mocking us for liking such a ‘mincing dummy’. Yet there was nothing mincing about the vaudeville madness of The Psychomodo or The Best Years Of Our Lives when ‘Make Me Smile’ turned Steve Harley into a bonafide star beloved by those same kids who’d ridiculed us so mercilessly.
Living in a place like Reading there was no chance of seeing anyone live, let alone Cockney Rebel. Apart from the festival no-one came to Reading, and at 14 years old travelling to London seemed like one adventure too far, not that my parents would have allowed it or provided the necessary cash. So neither I nor my equally infatuated best friend could quite believe it when his sister got us tickets to see Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel at Bristol Colston Hall, the bonus being that we were to stay at her place in Clifton for the weekend. It was such a momentous coming of age, such an incredible experience before, during and after that the date of 23rd March 1975 remains etched on my memory.
PRE-PUNK SLUMBER (1976)
IAN HUNTER ‘Irene Wilde’ (All American Alien Boy LP May 1976)
1976 was an extraordinary year split asunder by the Sex Pistols. They changed everything but the first six months wasn’t such a great time to be in your mid-teens, my smalltown, small minded world as grey and bleak as ever. When it all got a bit much I’d retreat into my bedroom to play Ian Hunter’s new record and vow to ‘be somebody someday’ like the scorned teenager in ‘Irene Wilde’. 36 years old and a generation older, he was one of the few cool things we had, which tells you everything you need to know about life as a pre-punk suburban boy. Of course, a month later life would be very, very different indeed and Ian Hunter would be history.
THE ROXY (1977)
THE BEARS ‘Insane’ (Single A Side March 1978)
In 1977 I spent far too many nights in the shit pit that was The Roxy in Covent Garden. During that long, hot summer, just as punk began its descent into farce, The Bears played bottom of the bill a couple of times. It was obvious they wanted to be Wire and equally obvious that my own group The Kaotix wanted to be The Bears! The brilliant ‘Insane’ took a full nine months to finally give them the two minutes 45 seconds of fame they deserved. To this day its fuzzy undertow reminds me of all those other similarly short lived, no hope punk outfits.
WEIRD SHIT AND THE CURE (1979)
THE CURE ‘Grinding Halt’ (Three Imaginary Boys LP May 1979)
When 1979 came around I was a jabbering, burnt out wreck living in a damp, basement bedsit with a girl I didn’t much like, fucked on too many cheap drugs, not enough cheap food and a mind conjuring up nightmare after terrifying nightmare. Stuck in a paranoid, schizoid state, as the real world sped by like a surreal, speeded up Charlie Chaplin flick I came to a grinding halt, retreating into my own world to find solace in the handful of records I’d managed to keep hold of, Robert Smith’s Three Imaginary Boys keeping me company through many a long, lonely night.
ANARCHO PUNK AND THE SMELL OF HIPPY (1982)
THE MOB ‘Prison’ (Let The Tribe Increase LP April 1983)
I guess I’ve always been looking for a way out of the rat race. In the early eighties, following my mushroom motivated brush with hippy, the puritanical Crass ethic read like another viable alternative until I discovered that in practice it was more or less the same; laudable, worthy but impractical and full of shit unless you happened to have use of a farm cottage in Epping Forest. The Mob operated inside yet existed outside the joyless Crass manifesto, even if the dog on a string, anarcho punk lemmings didn’t know it. They made one brilliant single and an even better LP which informed me in no uncertain terms that no matter where you go or what you do, no-one can ever opt out completely because the world will always to be there to sneak up and bite you on the arse.
THE STORY OF JOSEF X (1984)
THE WATERBOYS ‘Church Not Made With Hands’ (A Pagan Place LP May 1984)
Josef X was one of the original Reading punks who found each other in the summer of ’76. Almost exactly the same age we shared many a misadventure, but I knew little about him until he happened to mention that he played a bit of guitar and joined me initially in The Kaotix and then in the cacophonous, intentionally offensive Jesus Fucks. In fact, I soon discovered that Josef could play any instrument he cared to. He didn’t need the rest of us self-taught amateurs so it was no surprise when he moved to Notting Hill where he got to know Mike Scott and Nikki Sudden and formed The Chain Gang. In the early eighties they began forging a minor reputation of their own before mysteriously disappearing off the radar.
It was only when Josef moved back to Reading that I realised his occasional heroin use had got the better of him and he was no longer able to bend his art around his addiction. Prone to shoplifting and pawning his instruments and gear, I saw him for the last time after an extended stay in hospital. He had jumped off a road bridge and was fortunate to have survived. Clean for the first time in years he was as bright and breezy as I’d seen him since the early days, spending most of our time together raving about The Waterboys and A Pagan Place. I went out and bought it the next day purely on his say so. Sadly just a month later, having given his life over to heroin once more, he OD’d and died an ignominious death in a public toilet down the Oxford Road. ‘Church Not Made With Hands’ will always remind me of him.
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The 5-Second Trick For Affordable Aluminium Windows For Sports Club
November 17, 2019 November 17, 2019 Ellen Schmidt
Various examples of windows A window is an opening in a wall, door, roofing or car that permits the passage of light, noise, and often air. Modern windows are normally glazed or covered in some other transparent or clear product, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are likewise described as a window. [2] Lots of glazed windows may be opened, to enable ventilation, or closed, to leave out inclement weather.
Types include the eyebrow window, fixed windows, single-hung and double-hung sash windows, horizontal sliding sash windows, casement windows, awning windows, hopper windows, tilt and slide windows (frequently door-sized), tilt and turn windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows, skylights, roofing windows, roofing lanterns, bay windows, oriel windows, thermal, or Diocletian, windows, image windows, fire escape windows, stained glass windows, French windows, panel windows, and double – and triple-paned windows.
Cost of aluminium sliding windows was economical and commonly utilized in ancient China, Korea, and Japan. In England, glass ended up being typical in the windows of ordinary homes only in the early 17th century whereas windows made up of panes of flattened animal horn were used as early as the 14th century.
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Modern-style floor-to-ceiling windows ended up being possible only after the industrial plate glass making processes were completely perfected. The English language-word window originates from the Old Norse ‘vindauga’, from ‘vindr– wind’ and ‘auga– eye’, i.e., wind eye. [3] In Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic the Old Norse form has actually endured to this day (in Icelandic only as a less pre-owned word for a kind of little open “window”, not strictly a synonym for gluggi, the Icelandic word for window [4], in Swedish the word vindöga stays as a term for a hole through the roof of a hut, and in the Danish language ‘vindue’ and Norwegian Bokmål ‘vindu’, the direct link to ‘eye’ is lost, much like for ‘window’.
Window is very first taped in the early 13th century and originally described an unglazed hole in a roof. Window replaced the Old English eagþyrl, which actually indicates ‘eye-hole,’ and ‘eagduru’ ‘eye-door’. Lots of Germanic languages, however, embraced the Latin word ‘fenestra’ to explain a window with glass, such as standard Swedish ‘fönster’, or German ‘Fenster’.
In English the word fenester was used as a parallel until the mid-18th century. Fenestration is still used to explain the arrangement of windows within a façade, in addition to defenestration, indicating to throw something out of a window. Piece of a Roman window glass plate dated to 1st to 4th century A.D.Note the apparent curvature; this is not a flat pane.
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Alabaster window in the Valencia Cathedral. Note the asymmetrical, inclined left side of the wall frame, which lets sun rays reach the chancel. In the 13th century BC, the earliest windows were unglazed openings in a roofing system to admit light throughout the day. Later, [when?] windows were covered with animal hide, fabric, or wood.
In the Far East, paper was utilized to fill windows. [1] The Romans were the very first known to use glass for windows, an innovation likely first produced in Roman Egypt. Particularly, in Alexandria ca. 100 AD cast glass windows, albeit with bad optical homes, began to appear, however, these were little thick productions, little more than blown glass containers (cylindrical shapes) flattened out into sheets with circular striation patterns throughout.
Over the centuries methods were developed to shear through one side of a blown glass cylinder and produce thinner rectangular window panes from the exact same quantity of glass product. This generated high narrow windows, typically separated by a vertical support called a mullion. Mullioned glass windows were the windows of choice amongst European well-to-do, whereas paper windows were economical and commonly used in ancient China, Korea, and Japan.
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The Innovation Lab Network At CCSSO
Next State of Learning
"We had gotten ourselves into a situation where we were really chasing numbers. But now I know we’re doing the right things for kids. We’re giving them chances to be successful -- and that feels very good."
Stephen Hoel, Principal, Rocky Mountain Elementary
In Colorado, state policymakers are following the lead of local communities -- not issuing edicts from above. According to Gretchen Morgan, the Colorado Department of Education’s Interim Associate Commissioner of Innovation, Choice, & Engagement, that’s the sort of arrangement more states should be preparing to follow. “I think our role at the department isn’t necessarily to seek specific legislation. But we are in a unique position to know who’s doing things in different parts of the state. And so, being able to bring them together so they can learn and build momentum is our role; it’s to help facilitate those conversations.
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St Vrain School District (SVVSD) decides to recast Skyline High School to have a STEM focus
SVVSD secures a $189 million bond to fund extensive renovations of Skyline High School
SVVSD provides leadership training for its parents
SVVSD receives a $3.6 million Innovation in Education (I3) grant
SVVSD aligns all of its strategic goals to be standards-based
SVVSD receives a $16.5 million Race to the Top-District grant
The Colorado legislature passes HB 1270
Patty Quinones
"Teaching is an art. And we’ve gotten sidetracked to where it’s testing and assessments -- and we need those things -- but we need to bring back the art of teaching and we need to give people back the sense of how important this work is."
Stephen Hoel
"That’s the beauty of what’s happening right now -- some of our kids haven’t been successful at any academic thing ever, but they get in front of one of those design challenges and then they do something that blows you away."
Gretchen Morgan
"I think there is a very important tension right now between having a way to hold the system accountable for not leaving anybody out and being able to personalize to kids and help ignite what is unique and awesome about each of them."
Heidi Ringer
"This was a building where there were a lot of fights. There was a lot of clash of cultures that no one really had addressed or looked at."
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Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photographic Slides
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photographic Slides, 1900-2000 | Sargeant Memorial Collection
Title: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photographic Slides, 1900-2000
Primary Creator: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order (generally by neighborhood and section).
Date Acquired: 00/00/2017. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Berkley (Norfolk, Va.), Buildings, Businesses, Economic development--Virginia--Norfolk, Ghent (Norfolk, Va.), Lamberts Point (Norfolk, Va.), Naval Station Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Norfolk State University (Va.), Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.), Old Dominion University, Urban renewal
Forms of Material: Aerial photographs, Municipal government records, Slides (photographs)
The collection consists of approximately 21,000 35mm color photographic slides of various neighborhoods and development projects around Norfolk, Virginia. Also covered are historical sites around the city, copy images of historical drawings and photographs, informational presentations, maps, and NRHA meetings and events. Most slides date from 1960-1990, although historical content dates to circa 1900-1920.
Berkley (Norfolk, Va.)
Economic development--Virginia--Norfolk
Ghent (Norfolk, Va.)
Lamberts Point (Norfolk, Va.)
Naval Station Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--History
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Norfolk State University (Va.)
Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.)
Accruals: The collection includes a series of approximately 6,200 slides (originially housed in metal cabinets) that were donated by NRHA in 2016. These slides are housed in Boxes 4 and 5.
Acquisition Source: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority by transfer
Preferred Citation: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photographic Slides, RG 06-2017-002, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information: Processed in October 2019.
[Box 1],
Subject headings include: Attucks Theatre, Brambleton, Calvert Square, Church Street, Ghent, Hunters Square, Huntersville, Lambert’s Point, Liberty Park, MacArthur Mall, Martin Luther King Monument, Middle Towne Arch, Midtown Industrial, Mission College, Norfolk State University, Roberts Park, Waterside, and Miscellaneous Aerials.
Item 1: Photographic slides, downtown central business district, circa 1920-2000
This district includes the downtown area from the Granby Street corridor east to the Broad Creek area, and north to the Barraud Park area. Key sections and neighborhoods include central downtown, Church Street and Huntersville, Calvert Square, and Norfolk State University area. Contains approximately 5,700 slides.
Subject headings include: Downtown Central Business District, Freemason, Ghent, Lamberts Point, Pagoda, Park Place, Villa Heights, and Miscellaneous and Historical Topics.
This district includes the downtown area from the Granby Street corridor east to the Broad Creek area, and north to the Barraud Park area. Key sections and neighborhoods include central downtown, Church Street and Huntersville, Calvert Square, and Norfolk State University area. Contains approximately 300 slides.
Item 2: Photographic slides, Ghent and Lamberts Point sections, circa 1920-2000
This includes the Freemason area north to the Lafayette River. Key neighborhoods included in the collection are East and West Ghent, the Hague area, Lamberts Point, and Park Place. Contains approximately 2,200 slides.
Item 3: Photographic slides, miscellaneous and historical topics, circa 1920-2000
Contains approximately 600 slides on NRHA events and presentations, unidentified locations, and images of historical sites around the city.
Subject headings include: Ballentine, Bayview, Berkley, Campostella, central Norfolk, Diggs Town, East Ocean View, Merrimac, Naval Base and northern areas, Northside, Oakmont, Titustown, West Ocean View, and Winona.
Item 1: Photographic slides, Naval Base and northern areas, circa 1920-2000
Covers the area north of the Lafayette River, from the Naval Base east to the Wards Corner/Granby Street corridor. Key neighborhoods included in the collection are Northside, Merrimack Park, and Titustown. Contains approximately 140 slides.
Item 2: Photographic slides, Ocean View area, circa 1920-2000
Covers areas from Willoughby east to Little Creek and south to Bayview. Key neighborhoods included in the collection are East Ocean View/Cottage Line, West Ocean View/Willoughby, and Bayside. Contains approximately 4,800 slides.
Item 3: Photographic slides, central Norfolk, circa 1960-2000
This area covers the Norview area east to the Airport area and south to Barraud Park. Key neighborhoods included in the collection include Norview, Ballentine Park, Winona, and Oakmont. Contains approximately 340 slides.
Item 4: Photographic slides, Campostella and Berkley areas, circa 1960-2000
Key neighborhoods included in the collection are Berkley, Oak Leaf Park, Bell Diamond, and Diggs Town. Contains approximately 580 slides.
Contains approximately 2,000 slides on NRHA events and presentations, NRHA staff and other people, various unidentified locations (including slum scenes prior to redevelopment), and images of historical sites around the city.
This district includes the downtown area from the Granby Street corridor east to the Broad Creek area, and north to the Barraud Park area. Key sections and neighborhoods include central downtown, Church Street and Huntersville, Calvert Square, and Norfolk State University area, the downtown waterfront, and the city civic center. Contains approximately 3,300 slides. A number of slides document major redevelopment projects during the early 1960s.
This area covers the Norview area east to the Airport area and south to Barraud Park. Key neighborhoods included in the collection include Norview, Ballentine Park, Winona, and Oakmont. Also includes the Norfolk airport. Contains approximately 50 slides.
Covers the area north of the Lafayette River, from the Naval Base east to the Wards Corner/Granby Street corridor. Key neighborhoods included in the collection are Northside, Merrimack Park, and Titustown. Contains approximately 20 slides.
Key neighborhoods included in the collection are Berkley, Oak Leaf Park, Bell Diamond, and Diggs Town. Contains approximately 40 slides.
This includes the Freemason area north to the Lafayette River. Key neighborhoods included in the collection are East and West Ghent, the Hague area, Lamberts Point, Old Dominion University area, Colonial Place, and Park Place. Contains approximately 500 slides.
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Geoduck Market Experiences a Collapse: Washington considers it a junk clam for a reason.
The Junk Bond of Clams
They taste like they look. Unless you're Chinese.
Like the collapse of the junk bond market
so too is the market for geoduck collapsing.
(Picture from the Seattle Times)
Most Washington citizens have considered the geoduck clam to be little more than a junk clam. Beyond its size, there was little it had to offer. It was difficult to dig, difficult to cook, and difficult to chew. It had no intrinsic economic value beyond its odd shape.
The junk clam becomes a phallic symbol
with marketers in WA convincing Chinese men...
(From BBC)
I've got the cure for what ails you.
Then somebody discovered a weak point in the Chinese culture, men specifically, convincing them a Puget Sound clam was the cure. The junk clam became the item in China which would solve whatever it was Chinese men felt they were lacking. With a wink and a nod, and disbelief to Washington State citizens, a market exploded in China and the junk clam experienced a demand never dreamed of. Like shark fins, Manta Ray gills, Black Bear gall bladders, a superstition was born. An extraction business in Washington's tidelands exploded. Geoduck over 130 years old (believed to be the longest living species) began to be clear cut from subtidal lands and commercial farms with PVC tubing appeared in the intertidal areas.
You too can become rich.
We'll keep 85% of the revenue
and farm whenever we think it's best,
however much we think we should.
Your tidelands? No, you can't use them now.
That's fair, isn't it?
A fungus spreads in Washington's tidelands.
With the demand for geoduck came the demand for tidelands which never naturally supported the densities planted, let alone the plastic tubes and netting required for this mono-culture to take hold. Like the carpet baggers of the south, growers knocked on doors, left fliers and called tideland owners who were unaware of the value they had in those tidelands. Worse was the control they were giving away. Not known was when their lease was signed, the percentage of revenues paid was nothing more than an amount agreed on among a few growers as "fair" (as low as 10%, predominantly 15%, maybe higher if someone signed a decades long lease). It is an oligopoly in the classic meaning of the word. Their properties became encumbered for decades, with the commercial operations in some cases reducing the value of their neighbors' property.
"Don't I have some say
in when you harvest these clams?"
Didn't read the fine print in the lease.
If you don't know the value of what you have...
Of significance today, given up by tideland owners in their leases to these few growers was control over when their tidelands would be harvested, as well as use of them. Today, as written about in the Seattle Times, as a result of a tariff war between China and the USA, and changing "tastes", the geoduck market has collapsed. The "wild" geoduck are now fetching $6/pound versus $16/pound in the first quarter of 2016, a drop of over 60%. Cultured prices, depending on who you listen to at what point in time, have dropped from 25% to 45% from their peak.
Like a bank, geoduck growers are insulated
when a market collapses.
"Why were geoduck on my tidelands harvested
at the low point of the market?" Good question,
but a little late to ask.
A tariff war is never good, especially when product is available from other countries.
In any business there is risk which, in theory, is taken on by the producers, or in this case, those leasing tidelands to grow geoduck or those bidding on wild geoduck. In the case of wild geoduck, Washington's Department of Natural Resources provided "financial relief" to the bidders when tariffs initially caused prices to drop. Those leasing tidelands weren't so fortunate. Instead, they found growers who had leased their tidelands were harvesting at the lowest price in recent history, and they had no say in whether they should wait for higher prices to arrive. That control they gave away, along with encumbering the title of their property for decades. Meanwhile, Canada, Mexico and New Zealand benefited from the battle between China and the USA, selling their geoduck, tariff free.
Think politics doesn't matter?
It will when it comes to tariffs.
He who put tariffs on
can take tariffs off and claim
a "great deal" has been made,
whether real or not.
Your geoduck are gone, but mine are just waiting for prices to rise.
Anyone who believes the current tariffs between the United States and China will remain in place as the election approaches is naive. Too much is at stake during election cycles, and this is no different. Between now and election time, there will be a "great deal" made between the US and China, and with it the removal of tariffs. And when those tariffs are gone, geoduck prices will once again rise to levels significantly higher than today. But those who leased their tidelands will have nothing to sell, having had them harvested by growers who, because prices were low, paid even less to those whose tidelands were leased (lower revenue times X% means less paid out to the lessor). On the other hand, geoduck growing on tidelands owned by the growers, tidelands purchased with the immense profits generated in years past, simply waited for higher prices to return, and can now begin harvesting.* A "great deal".
*Seattle Shellfish, Arcadia Point Seafood and Taylor Shellfish, directly or indirectly, separately or together, have purchased large tracts of tidelands over the past decade in South Puget Sound, on which they have planted large tracts of geoduck. Examples include tideland parcels purchased in Spencer Cove on Harstine Island; Totten Inlet's Totten Shores; and Fudge Point on Harstine Island. Even well paid "scientists", involved in creating studies, purchased tidelands along the shoreline of Totten Inlet. All tidelands growing geoduck which don't have to be harvested at low prices because all have leased tidelands which have geoduck which can be harvested, and from which a lower rent will be paid.
Banks don't lose and tideland owners likely aren't too happy. But business is tough.
The two markets - wild and cultivated - have experienced a significant loss in revenue and with it planning. Bank loans made based on prices now driven down by the current tariffs are in question. The Seattle Times article mentions salmon restoration projects being impacted because DNR's revenues are expected to be lower, leading to less in the Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account (ALEA).* (The Times notes $28 million from geoduck auction, of which the LEAP legislative document shows $6.6 million being allocated to ALEA.) And tideland owners wonder whether that lease they signed and encumbered their property with for, in some cases decades, was such a good deal after all. But that's business.
*A portion of revenues received by DNR from aquatic leases and wild geoduck harvest are allocated to the Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account (ALEA) which was intended to enhance public access to aquatic lands and for "restoring shorelines for salmon habitat." The LEAP document for 2019 shows projects in the ALEA account totaling $6.6 million. The Seattle Times notes revenues from geoduck auctions for wild geoduck totaling $28 million. It's not known where the $21.2 million difference was allocated to.
Business is tough. Products whose price is artificially inflated are laden with risk. Risk which has now come home to roost in the geoduck market.
Posted by Protect Our Shoreline at 6:05 PM
Labels: china tariffs, department of natural resources, geoduck, geoduck auction, Puget Sound
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Tag Archives: July 17 1918
TODAY IN PHILADELPHIA – WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 1918
There will be cloudy skies over the city this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures. Rain is also likely later this afternoon. Today’s high will only reach 76° with the low tonight about 70°. Tonight the Philadelphia Band will be performing at City Hall courtyard. And the Municipal Band will entertain at Ringgold & Mayfield Streets. Both concerts are free.
The employees and management of the Eddystone rifle plant of Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company are rightly proud today. The plant has established a new national record by producing 130,000 rifles in the month of June. In fact on one June day the workers turned out 6000 rifles.
In Washington D.C. it was announced that President Wilson will nationalize and assume control of the country’s telephone and telegraph lines tomorrow. Postmaster General Burleson is expected to be placed in charge. The President assured the members of the press that notwithstanding the Federal government takeover of the wire services, freedom of the press will be upheld.
It was announced today that Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of the former President was killed in battle near Chateau-Thierry on Sunday morning. Lieutenant Roosevelt was flying inside enemy lines when he was engaged by 2 German airplanes. His cousin, Captain Philip Roosevelt, witnessed the battle from his position in the trenches but did not know until later that it was his relative who fell. Lt. Roosevelt joined the signal officers’ reserve corps shortly after America entered the war. He quickly transferred to the aviation corps and rapidly progressed through training. He was made flight commander of the 95th Aero Squadron in June of 1918 and recorded his first confirmed kill on July 10. Quentin Roosevelt was 20 years old.
Quentin Roosevelt
In sports, last night at Shibe Park “Lefty” Lew Tendler of this city had the better of “Irish” Patsy Cline of New York. The fight was the featured match and was viewed by 12,000 boxing enthusiasts. In the six round contest Tendler used skill and craftiness to get Cline to tire himself out. The first round went to Tendler, the second was a draw, Cline took the third and fourth. But then he looked spent and in the fifth and sixth rounds Tendler turned on his speed and administered a whirlwind beating on the New Yorker, hitting him almost at will. When the fight was over and Tendler awarded the decision the crowd rushed the ring to show their appreciation for the home town victor.
Philadelphia has given another of her sons in the cause of liberty. He is Corporal William M. Salvador, U.S.A., of 1243 South 53rd Street. Corporal Salvador was 18 years old. Also listed as severely wounded are Sergeant Joseph Hibbert of 6240 Reedland Street, Corporal Harry M. Hall of 5114 Baltimore Avenue and Luigi Mezzanotte of 185 West Logan Street. Additionally Private Effim Lehukey of 936 North Franklin Street is listed as a prisoner of war.
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The abuser of the "pipe" oligarch Andrei Komarov was sent to prison for 4.5 years
A former employee of the GUEBC and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Astafurov, was sentenced for "falsifying" evidence of commercial bribery from the owner of the ChTPZ Group Andrei Komarov.
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The Moscow City Court today sentenced to four years and six months of imprisonment of the former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs GUIBiPK Sergey Astafurov and the general director of the FSUE "Promresurs" Vladimir Spiridonov. The first was found guilty of abuse of office, and the second - complicity in this. According to the investigation, the officer and his assistant falsified the materials of the operational-search activities. As a result, an innocent co-owner and a member of the board of directors of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant) Andrei Komarov and lawyer Alexander Shibanov were under investigation for attempted commercial bribery.
During the debate of the parties, the prosecution requested for the defendants Sergei Astafurov and Vladimir Spiridonov for six years in prison. And if the operative was charged with "clean" part 3 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code ("Excess of official authority with causing grave consequences"), Mr. Spiridonov was additionally accused of forging a diploma on higher education and illegal storage of weapons (Article 327 and Article 222 of the Criminal Code). Since the trial, given the neckline "top secret", assigned to the case, was held in closed session, the judge Oleg Muzychenko announced only the resolutive part of his decision.
Given the various circumstances mitigating the guilt of the defendants, they were sentenced to four and a half years in prison each, and as an additional punishment, Mr. Astafurov is deprived of a special rank - police major. The defense is going to appeal the verdict, considering it unreasonable and illegal. During the debate of the parties, the defendants insisted on their acquittal, calling the criminal prosecution "revenge on the part of the oligarch Komarov."
The Court of Cassation and the court found that Astafurov, the employee of the 12th department of the "T" administration, and his voluntary assistant Vladimir Spiridonov in 2014 falsified the materials of operational and search activities against the owner of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant Andrei Komarov and his lawyer Alexander Shibanov. From materials ORM it followed that the businessman and his lawyer offered the general director of "Promresursa" Spiridonov $ 300 thousand for the correction of the certificate of Chelyabinsk Tube Inspection. To Lord Komarov and Shibanov, the Investigative Committee incriminated commercial bribery (Article 204 of the Criminal Code) - both were arrested.
In June 2015, investigator of the State Security Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, Denis Sinditsky, completed the investigation of this criminal case and sent it to the Prosecutor General's Office for approval. However, a month later the case was returned for additional investigation. It was found by the investigator for especially important cases under the chairman of the TFR, Mikhail Tumanov, who terminated the case on February 8, 2016. As follows from his decision, in the course of an additional investigation it was established that "the transfer of money by Komarov, with the complicity of Shibanov, was carried out as a result of the inflammatory actions of Spiridonov himself and law enforcement officials."
In the course of the investigation, investigator Tumanov established that Vladimir Spiridonov's statement about the crime was registered on February 27, 2014, while Major Astafurov conducted a complex of investigative activities several weeks before. In turn, the operational experiment, during which the conversations of Mr. Shibanov, Komarov and Spiridonov were recorded, the investigation was considered illegal, since at that moment the major "combined the procedural powers of the operational officer and the investigator".
Misters Komarov and Shibanov recognized the right to rehabilitation, and those arrested at the request of the GSS of the SKR Basmanny District Court, Mr. Astafurov and Spiridonov, are charged under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code. In turn, colleagues of the new investigators believe that it was only a part of the actions of the FSB and TFR officers against the members of the team of the former head of the anti-corruption department, Denis Sugrobov, who was convicted of organizing the criminal community (Article 210 of the Criminal Code) by the Moscow City Court for 22 years. Subsequently, the Supreme Court reduced his sentence to 12 years. Significant changes were made to the Supreme Court and the sentences of former subordinates of Mr. Sugrobov.
Komarov Andrey
Shibanov Alexander
Astafurov Sergey
Spiridonov Vladimir
ChTPZ Group
Moscow City Court
GUEBiPK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
FSUE "Promresurs"
Andrei Komarov is trying to plug financial holes with bonds
Denis Nikandrov laid Alexander Draymanov not in vain
Crime | 17.08.2018
General Denis Nikandrov received 5.5 years in prison
In the criminal case of the brothers Magomedovs a new figurant appeared
Anatoly Motylev will be searched all over the world
The owner of the ChTPZ Group Andrei Komarov started playing politics
Large diameter drop
Leonid Melamed is almost innocent
Gazprom got another pipe supplier
Stagnation of pipe manufacturers: the crisis and the reduction of the construction changed the industry significantly
Fall and rise of Andrey Komarov
A new fraud case is prepared against ChTPZ shareholder Andrey Komarov
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Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus
Ronald Fricke, Daniel Golani, Brenda Appelbaum-Golani and Uwe Zajonz - 2018
Sci. Mar. 82(3): 169-184
Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus n. sp., a new species of flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, probably a new case of Lessepsian migration
Ronald Fricke, Daniel Golani and Brenda Appelbaum-Golani - 2017
Diplodus levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the Diplodus sargus species group
First record of the Indo-Pacific fish the Jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua) (Osteichthyes: Terapontidae) in the Mediterranean with remarks on the wide geographical distribution of this species
Daniel Golani and Brenda Appelbaum-Golani - 2010
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Jemima Wyman
Putting On
Putting On, 2008, Installation view.
Putting On, 2008, Digital video, length: approx. 5 minutes
Putting On (soft sculpture #1 and #2), 2008, 48 x 24 x 10 inches each
Putting On (soft sculpture #1 and #2), 2008, 48 x 24 x 10 inches
More Jungle then Paradise, 2008, Digital photograph, 43 x 33 inches
Australian artist Jemima Wyman’s installation Putting On draws on the style of such subcultures as street gangs and liberation armies. She displays her novel uniforms balaclavas (the head gear or ski mask often associated with terrorists or robbers) with fake eyes and plaid flannel shirts embroidered with facemask logos against a patterned, digitally collaged wallpaper mural. Playing on the idea of urban camouflage, her garments suggest the masking of individual identity. A video appropriating training films for hand-to-hand combat has the grainy look of a hand-held night vision camera. Wyman’s video, the wallpaper and her soft sculptures resembling bodies create a psychedelic arena for decorative display and voyeurism.
Jemima Wyman was born in Sydney in 1977 and currently lives and works in Brisbane. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Queensland University of Technology (2001). In 2005 Wyman received the prestigious Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship enabling her to enroll at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia where she earned an MFA (2007).
Jemima Wyman creates highly patterned paintings, sculpture, collage and video that utilize non-traditional materials and techniques to investigate the clothing and masks worn by protesters including paisley bandanas, keffiyehs and camouflage.
Wyman was born in Sydney in 1977 and earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Queensland University of Technology (2001) and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (2007). She has had solo exhibitions at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2008 & 2013); Milani Gallery, Brisbane (2010 & 2012); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2009); and had work included in the Liverpool Biennial (2012) and the 17th Sydney Bienniale (2010). Wyman lives and works in Los Angeles.
Born 1977, Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Los Angeles
BVA, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
MFA, California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles
Jemima Wyman, Steve Turner Contemporary (upcoming)
Piecing Together Core Concerns, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
The Will to Deceive, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
The Declaration of Resemblance and Fluid Insurgents, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Putting On, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
Combat Drag: Lessons in Unlimited Expansion, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
More Jungle then Paradise, IMA (TCB Space), Brisbane, Australia
The Difficult Word Is Born At Last, A402 Gallery, California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles
Whak’emall, 507 Rose, Los Angeles
Off Their Heads! Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Pets or Meat, D301 Gallery, California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles
Catastrophe Theory: Earthquake Girl and other Stories, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Minnie Peep, 18th St. Arts Center, Los Angeles
See-Saw, The Farm, Brisbane, Australia (catalogue)
Chroming, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Lightweight Poncho, Palace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (catalogue)
Pink Bits, Palace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Chockablock, University Art Museum, Cal State University, Long Beach
Collective Coverings, Communal Skin, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Inner Voices, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Museum, Brisbane
The Open Day Book Exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles
The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, Sydney Biennale
GPS, Cypress Collage Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Total Nowhere Emotional Expansion, Brisbane Powerhouse
The Art Resort, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Pap Spears, Karen 19, Gold Coast, Australia
IDAP, Yokohama Art Centre, Japan (catalogue)
The Juice is Loose, 507Rose, Los Angeles
2006 IDA, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, ACMI, Melbourne (catalogue)
Someone Shows Something to Someone, CCAS, Canberra (catalogue)
OUT of THE INTERNET (MAAP), State Library of Queensland
Rectangular Ghost, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (catalogue)
Twofold, Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan (catalogue)
Prime, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Not Worried, Raid Projects, Los Angeles
Talking about Abstraction, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney (catalogue)
Colour, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Sub-Topic, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay, Australia
Unit 197, Gamma Space, Melbourne (catalogue)
The Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
QUT Alumni Exhibition, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Virtually Furniture, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
Next Gen, Metro Arts, Brisbane (catalogue)
(painting), Monash University Gallery, Melbourne (catalogue)
Colourfield, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Griller Girls. Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Fragility, Smith & Stoneley on Stratton, Brisbane
After Image, Development Space Metro Arts, Brisbane
Selected Live Performances and Screenings
Engagement Party, MOCA, Los Angeles
Social Clothing Experiments, The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Outside the Box, Bongout Gallery, Berlin
The Fish Bowl, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
Whak’emall, San Pablo Arts Distrit, Oakland
Short Play, Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne
Drift, Volta, New York
4th Monkey Town Semiennial, Monkey Town, New York
Pillow Talk Foreplay with Blue Skies and Scissors, 29025 Eveningside
Greatest Hits and Previously Unreleased Tracks, IMA, Brisbane
You/Me (Puppet Cabaret), CalArts, Los Angeles
[PAM] Cinema-scope program, Scope Miami, Miami
Chromophonozone, Don’t Tell Mama, Brisbane
Cat Theory, Director’s Lounge, Berlin
Video works 2001–2003, Art LA, Los Angeles
Love it or Leave! Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles
Video Works 2000–2004, Project Artaud, San Francisco
Homegirl, 18th St Arts Center, Los Angeles
Body Double, (Participant Prime Two event) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Awards, Grants and Residences
Arts Queensland, Career Development Grant
QANTAS Foundation Art Award, Australia
Elam International Residency Program University of Auckland, New Zealand
Creative Sparks Grant, Brisbane City Council & Arts Queensland
The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship, Los Angeles Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts
Graduate Award (Honours), Software Engineering Australia
Melville Haysom Scholarship, Queensland Art Gallery
Kim, S. Looking Back/Looking Forward, Frieze Magazine, Issue 136: Jan-Feb, p. 90
Dick, L. Jemima Wyman: Incognito, Eyeline, Issue 69: p. 29-33
King, S.S. Santa Fe Summer Preview, Art in America, No. 6: June/July
Stratton, Shannon. CamLab, ArtUS, Issue 18: May–June, p. 44
Mayer, Anna. Jemima Wyman: Whack’emall, Eyeline, Issue 61: Spring, p. 55
Mackinlay, Dan. Under the City’s Skin, RealTime, Issue 75: October-November, p. 7
Fitzgerald, Michael. Finding Their Inner Spring, Time Magazine (Australia), October 3, p. 70–72
Jackson, Beth. A Sensorial Abstraction, Eyeline, Issue 57: Winter, p. 22–26
Butler, Rex. Smart Art, Australian Art Collector, Issue 33: July–September, p. 128
Stevens, Grant. Video National//Queensland, Photofile, Issue 74: Winter Flash Art News.
Samstag Scholarships, Flash Art, Issue No. 240: January–February
Brand, Sally. You Know What They Say, UN. Magazine, Issue 2: p. 55-56
Webb, Mark. What the? See-Saw? The Farm, January 31
Butler, R. Surface Tension, Australian Art Collector, Issue 21: July–September, p. 144
Webb, Mark. The Body, The Imago, and The Intermezzo, Eyeline, No. 45: Autumn/Winter, p. 32-35 (and cover)
Kubler, Alison. (You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real, Art Monthly, No. 130: June
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No more excuses EDITORIAL 04/30/2011
Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has resigned from her post and obviously, Noynoy must be overjoyed by the latest turn of events.
He immediately accepted Merci’s resignation.
But now that Merci is gone, he may be facing an even bigger hurdle as he no longer has that excuse he always uses to blame his failure to get rid of corruption in his government, due to what he and his allies call their major “stumbling block” now that she has resigned.
When scandals start to rock his government too, who else will he be blaming for the corruption?.... MORE
Good choice? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/30/2011
Good choice?
The Makati Business Club (MBC) is really riding high under the Noynoy administration, what with an additional appointee to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner in Gus Lagman.
Lagman was reportedly apppointed by Noynoy on the strength of his IT credentials. Fine. But his track record — at least during election quick counts in the past — always held a partisan color and this may prove disturbing to many when election time comes.
True, Lagman did question the reliability of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in 2010 as well as the anomalous Mega-Pacific deal during the time of Benjamin Abalos Sr. And Lagman, even as a commissioner, pushes the release of the source code and other documents which Jose Melo and his Comelec commissioners refused to release, despite a Supreme Court order for the Comelec to free these.
But it has also been noted that, despite all his and his Namfrel colleagues’ opposition to the PCOS machines, they all seemed to have stopped all complaints after their candidate won the Comelec “unofficial” precinct count that was pretty questionable. Even the provincial and municipal count failed to match the precinct count, as there was a clear 4 to 5 million votes in excess of the official precinct ballot count..... MORE
Bosnian Croats feel squeezed in Muslim-shared entity focus 04/30/2011
Bosnian Croats feel squeezed in Muslim-shared entity
MOSTAR — More than 15 years since the end of Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war, Muslims and Croats still avoid each other in this picturesque southern town.
They were allies against the Serbs during most of the conflict, but also fought each other for a period, notably in the region around Mostar.
Under the Dayton settlement they were forced into an autonomous but shared federation, with the Serbs having their own entity, the Republika Srpska.
Now demands are building among Croats to be given their own autonomy amid feelings that the majority Muslims are squeezing them out of a voice..... MORE
CHR Decision on Fil-Am Activist Case to Perpetuate Impunity – Rights Groups
Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, “the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Commission on Human Rights’s (CHR) report on the abduction of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and two others has drawn criticisms from human rights groups.
Roxas, a member of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-USA chapter, and her two companions Juanito Carrabeo and John Edward Jandoc were forcibly taken by armed men on May 19, 2009 in La Paz, Tarlac. Roxas suffered torture for six days before she was freed by her captors. In her affidavit and subsequent testimonies before the CHR and Congress, Roxas maintained that her captors were members of the military.
In its recent findings, however, the CHR said there is insufficient evidence to support Roxas’s allegations that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) took her and subjected her to physical and mental maltreatment.
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) bewailed the CHR resolution saying it “practically clears” the military of any wrongdoing.
While the CHR resolution states that there is “enough evidence to find that complainant has suffered cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment by persons unknown,” it also states that there is insufficient evidence to support Roxas’s claim of torture because, according to the rights body, there was not enough evidence to determine the identities of the abductors.
Melissa Roxas testifies during the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) investigation on her abduction and torture in 2009.(Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com)
“In the light of the lack of evidence against the persons who inflicted the physical and psychological maltreatment on the complainant, it is not possible for the Commission to reach any findings on torture, the definition of which includes elements of State party or agent and certain intentions, purposes and motivations,” the CHR resolution said.
The same report states: “The CHR has received information that indicates the possibility that members of the NPA committed the kidnapping and other human rights violations on Roxas et al. These sources have been found to be credible. However, no specific names of individuals have been provided to the CHR, thus the Commission, with its limited resources, is unable to further follow up and identify specific persons as the possible perpetrators.”.... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/chr-decision-on-fil-am-activist-case-to-perpetuate-impunity-%e2%80%93-rights-groups/
Kin, Writers and Artists Launch Campaign for Release of Detained Poet Ericson Acosta
“His works as a writer, poet, thespian, singer and songwriter have remained relevant especially to the succeeding generations of UP activists in and out of the university. His bias for the poor and oppressed dates back to his campus days.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Mrs. Liwayway Acosta is graceful in keeping her pain hidden; but sometimes it becomes too much and tears fall and she struggles to regain her composure.
For over two months now, Mrs. Liwayway and her husband Isaias Acosta and have been worried because one of their two children, their son, writer and poet Ericson, 37, had been detained and falsely and maliciously charged with illegal possession of firearms in Catbalogan, Samar. Both mother and father are now at the lead of a campaign pressing for their poet-son’s immediate release.
“At least we know that he’s alright and that he’s not being hurt. That was our greatest worry in the beginning. Our son is made of stronger stuff and we know that he’s holding up in prison. This is not the kind of thing that will break Eric,” said Mrs. Acosta.
Mr. Acosta in the meantime is the unashamedly proud father. He even has a list of his only child’s achievements since grade school, and at the drop of a hat can enumerate the various literary, theatrical and scientific awards Ericson has received since he was in shorts and attending grade school in St. Mary’s College,and eventually when he went to the University of Sto. Tomas for his secondary education.
“He has never been anything but a good son, an intelligent student, and a loving parent to his own son Emmanuel,” said Mr. Acosta.
Artists Rally Behind Campaign for Poet’s Release
Two weeks ago, the family and Ericson’s friends and former colleagues officially launched the Free Ericson Acosta campaign in Quezon City. It was a reunion of sorts for Ericson’s friends from his university days, and an event that saw some of the most respected names in the Philippines’ literary circles placing their support behind an artist who chose a path of human rights activism.
Family, friends and supporters from the art community commit their support to the Free Ericson Acosta Campaign. At the lead are father Isaias Acosta and mother Liwayway (not in picture)..(Photo by Ina Alleco R. Silverio / bulatlat.com)
At the time when Ericson was arrested earlier last February 13, he was a freelance journalist documenting the human rights situation in Western Samar. He was arrested in the company of various community leaders from a farmers’ organization who staunchly defended him and affirmed his work as a writer.
During the campaign launch press conference, Ericson’s former editor-in-chief in the Philippine Collegian Michael John Ac-ac said that the former had true artist sensibilities and that he, Ericson, honed it through the years by voracious reading, prolific writing and by constantly discovering developments in the cultural scene.
.... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/27/kin-writers-and-artists-launch-campaign-for-release-of-detained-poet-ericson-acosta/
Think Tanks Refute Malacañang’s Arguments Against Wage Hikes
“Since July 2010, skyrocketing commodity prices coupled with stagnant wages have eroded workers’ wages in lightning speed, which is unmatched by the previous administration,” said EILER executive director Anna Leah Escresa.
As Malacañang thumbs down the demand of government employees in the country for a substantial wage increase, research groups have taken turns debunking government claims that salary and wage hikes are impossible to implement given the current economic conditions.
Current Wage Provides Only 41 Percent of What Families Need
The IBON Foundation said the value of the daily minimum wage in Metro Manila has dropped and is only able to provide for about 41 percent of the amount needed for a family to live decently. This is less than the figure 10 years ago, in 2001, wherein the minimum wage was about 52 percent of the cost to live decently.
According to the IBON Foundation, the daily minimum wage of P404 (US$9.39) is just 2/5 of the estimated average family living wage (FLW) of P988 (US$23) in the National Capital Region (NCR) as of March 2011. The family living wage is defined as the minimum amount needed for a family of six members to meet their daily food and non-food needs plus a 10 percent allocation for savings. The latest living wage estimates are based on the 2008 family living wage computation of the National Wages and Productivity Commission of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
According to IBON data, the daily minimum wage of P265 (US$6) in 2001 was half of the amount a family needed to live decently, which was then pegged at P509 (US$12).
(Photo by Ina Alleco R. Silverio / bulatlat.com)
As the DOLE and the wage boards deliberate on whether to give a wage hike next month, the research group urged government to raise wages to a decent level and approximate the wage increase to the estimated family living wage.
Nonstop Price Hikes
Adding to the urgency of a wage increase, a labor research group said, is the fact that the combined wage increases in the past decade had been totally eroded within only eight months by nonstop price hikes under the Aquino administration..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/23/independent-think-tanks-refute-malacanangs-arguments-against-p6000-and-p125-salary-wage-hikes/
Media Groups Urge Aquino to Take Concrete Action to Stop the Killings
“As we pause from daily routine in this period of spiritual contemplation and renewal, we ask once again that you draw strength from our advocacy to end the impunity that has punished the Filipino people for so long.”
MANILA – In an open letter, media organizations called on President Benigno S. Aquino III to take concrete action to put a stop to the killings of journalists.
The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, Inc. (FFFJ), a national network of press oriented organizations, together with other media organizations and mass communication professors and students, said the action should “send a signal that the executive will do all that is necessary and within its power to counter impunity.”
Six journalists have been murdered since Aquino assumed the presidency. An unidentified gunman shot at broadcaster Miguel Belen of Camarines Sur on July 9, 2010; he later died on July 31. On January 24, Gerardo Ortega was gunned down in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. A woman broadcaster Marlina Flores Sumera was shot dead on March 24. The FFFJ noted that the first two killings are work-related and said that the murder of Sumera could also be work- related..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/04/21/media-groups-urge-aquino-to-take-concrete-action-to-stop-the-killings/
Merci resigns By Arlie O. Calalo and Gerry Baldo 04/30/2011
SAYS NATION, INSTITUTION, FAMILY COME FIRST
Merci resigns
By Arlie O. Calalo and Gerry Baldo 04/30/2011
Catching her detractors by surprise, embattled Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez yesterday personally submitted her resignation to President Aquino 10 days before her impeachment trial at the Senate would have started, earlier scheduled for May 9, when sessions resume.
Gutierrez submitted her one-page resignation letter to Aquino around 10:30 a.m. in Malacañang and proceeded to her office in Quezon City where she held a news conference wherein she read a prepared statement regarding her sudden decision to resign from her post.
In her letter to the President, she said her resignation will take effect on May 6 or three days before her impeachment trial at the Senate was set to begin.
Scheduled to retire in December 2012, Gutierrez stressed that her “undivided loyalty” was to the Filipino people, and not to the former President, although she said she is grateful to the former President for having appointed her to this post.... MORE
High court reverses Desierto ruling on behest loans 04/30/2011
High court reverses Desierto ruling on behest loans
The Supreme Court has reversed the 1998 ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman as it ordered to indict officials of a local company for an anomalous behest loan it allegedly obtained 35 years ago.
The high court’s First Division, through Associate Justice Jose Perez, reversed the findings of former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto who had dismissed the case along with 17 others filed by the Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee on Behest Loans.
Desierto dismissed all of these cases on the ground of prescription and insufficiency of evidence.
Named respondents in the particular case were Mohammad Ali Dimaporo, Abdullah Dimaporo and Amer Dianalan, stockholders and officers of the Mindanao Coconut Oil Mills (Mincoco), a domestic corporation established in 1974..... MORE
Police confiscate guns from Cagayan farmers By Ted Boehnert 04/30/2011
Police confiscate guns from Cagayan farmers
By Ted Boehnert 04/30/2011
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Policemen confiscated several firearms believed to be unregistered owned by three farmers in a remote town here last Wednesday, police report said.
Senior Supt. Mao Aplasca, Cagayan police director, identified the farmers as Solito Cabbuag, Loreto Cabbuag and Jayson Banad, all residents of Barangay Mauanan in Rizal town, Cagayan Valley province.
According to Aplasca, confiscated were M16 Armalite rifle with 14 alloy magazines and 300 live rounds of ammunition, a 12-gauge shotgun with 6 live rounds of ammunition and a .22 caliber pistol with a magazine and 38 live rounds of ammunition.
The guns and ammunition were confiscated based on a search warrant issued by Judge Edman Castillo of Tuao Regional Trial Court Branch 11, Tuguegarao City.... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110430nat10.html
Know RH, RP bills first before supporting them, urges solon By Angie M. Rosales 04/30/2011
Know RH, RP bills first before supporting them, urges solon
Amid the increasing tension between the Malacañang and the Catholic Church on the raging debates over the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill or Responsible Parenthood (RP) bill, a senator is appealing to the public to get themselves fully educated to the issue before taking any position on the matter.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV made the call as he took note of the apparent misconception of some individuals as to the advantages and disadvantages of the bill.
“The public is unwittingly supporting the RH bill because they are being led to believe that the measure would control population growth and allow access to contraceptives.
“But the thing is, contraceptives can be accessed freely now and the Department of Health (DoH), in fact, has been distributing contraceptives even without the RH bill. Also, there is no provision in the RH bill that would help control the population,” he said..... MORE
Over 1 million toddlers enrolled in DepEd’s kindergarten schools By Jason Faustino 04/30/2011
Over 1 million toddlers enrolled in DepEd’s kindergarten schools
By Jason Faustino 04/30/2011
Over one million pre-school children signed up during the early registration campaign conducted last January giving the Department of Education (DepEd) a head’s up before universal kindergarten is implemented in all public schools starting June 2011.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the universal public kindergarten program for five-year-old will give new entrants to basic education the proper preparation on the rigors of schooling. “Studies have shown that school children who went to pre-school are better prepared for schooling and have greater chances of finishing school.”
Universal kindergarten is the first step under the 12-basic education programs of the government which aims to prepare high school graduates for the world of work, for college education and for the global arena.
“We always say that education is a great equalizer. This universal kindergarten program will do just that as it democratizes access to pre-school education which used to be enjoyed only by those who can afford it in private schools,” Luistro said..... MORE
Security at Laperal Compound tightened By Pat C. Santos 04/30/2011
Security at Laperal Compound tightened
Concerned over the safety of informal settlers at Laperal Compound in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, Mayor Jejomar “Erwin” Binay has reiterated his appeal to the 400 families whose houses were razed by fire recently to avail themselves of the relocation sites and financial support offered by the city government.
This came after Binay ordered the Makati police to enforce tight security measures to prevent residents from rebuilding their houses after a violent confrontation they had with police-backed demolition team.
Binay said the compound is a danger zone and forbade residents to return after last week’s fire that razed more than 900 houses and left some 2,700 families homeless..... MORE
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Anteon canabense Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619: 115-117 115-117
Microporus lautipennis Krüger, Andreas & Lis, Jerzy A., 2019, Notes on Afrotropical Cydnidae (Heteroptera) with emphasis on vehicle-mounted net samples and description of a new species from Liberia, West Africa, Zootaxa 4559 (3), pp. 559-567: 564 564
Wadicosa oncka comb. nov. Torbjörn Kronestedt, 2015, Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa, European Journal of Taxonomy 132, pp. 1-19: 14-15 14-15
Digitonthophagus fimator new species Génier, François & Moretto, Philippe, 2017, Digitonthophagus Balthasar, 1959: taxonomy, systematics, and morphological phylogeny of the genus revealing an African species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 4248 (1), pp. 1-110: 61-65 61-65
Modisimus culicinus Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44: 10 10
Physocyclus globosus Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44: 14-16 14-16
Smeringopus pallidus Huber, Bernhard A. & Kwapong, Peter, 2013, West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 59, pp. 1-44: 17-19 17-19
Echthrodelphax migratorius Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619: 407-409 407-409
Meganola pyrrhomorpha László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on, Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182: 172-173 172-173
Meganola mesonephele László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on, Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182: 159 159
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Paige Announces Series C Funding Round of $100 Million to Accelerate Transformation of Digital Pathology
Casdin Capital and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. led financing
Company has raised over $195 million to date
Funds will accelerate development of AI-based clinical applications, biomarkers and diagnostics
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Paige, a global leader in AI-based digital diagnostics, today announced a Series C funding round of $100 million to accelerate the Company’s efforts to transform digital pathology by unlocking insights from each patient’s sample so pathologists, care teams and researchers can make decisions more confidently and efficiently to optimize outcomes.
The Series C financing was led by Casdin Capital and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), the strategic venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson. Existing investors and other funds are also participating in the round.
“Paige is building a transformational portfolio of computational pathology products to serve clinical needs and drive precision medicine,” said Leo Grady, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Paige. “This investment reaffirms the vast potential of the Paige platform for clinical and biopharmaceutical drug development applications. These funds will enable us to build additional AI-based products within and outside of oncology, deliver these products to laboratories and clinicians globally, and invest in our talent across engineering and commercial functions.”
In addition to accelerating the development of AI-based clinical applications, biomarkers and diagnostics, Paige will also invest in sales and marketing efforts to rapidly scale product adoption by hospitals and labs. Accordingly, the Company will further expand by building out its engineering and commercial teams with plans to hire about 70 new employees in 2021, doubling the size of the company.
Eli Casdin, Chief Investment Officer of Casdin Capital, adds: “Bending the mortality curve on cancer is a humbling and critical goal requiring big data, big technology and big talent. Paige combines all three: Robust AI capabilities, access to millions of digital pathology images linked to the key clinical data modalities of imaging, genomic, and clinical/EMR data, and a growing team purpose built to deliver. This is a unique opportunity to transform data into a next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, with clear application beyond cancer, and we are excited to be joined by JJDC to fuel the company to deliver on this opportunity.”
Paige was founded in 2017 by Thomas Fuchs, Dr.Sc. and colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). The company builds computational pathology products designed so patients and their care teams can make effective, more informed treatment decisions. With this new class of AI-based technologies positioned to drive the future of diagnostics, Paige created a platform to deliver this novel technology to pathologists to transform their workflow and increase diagnostic confidence and productivity. Paige’s products deliver insights to pathologists and oncologists so they can arrive efficiently at more precise diagnoses for patients. Paige is the first company to receive FDA breakthrough designation for computational pathology products.
For additional information, please visit: https://www.Paige.ai, https://www.paigeplatform.com, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Festive Greetings & Happy New Year!
Christmas Offer, 2016 Titles & Submissions
Christmas is coming, so V. Press is getting in the spirit with a special Xmas Poetry Bundle offer, plus news of our 2016 plans.
Xmas Poetry Bundle
In the run-up to Christmas, we are offering a package of all three V. Press 2015 poetry pamphlets for £14.00 (including P&P in the U.K. only).
The paypal button for this poetry bundle is below and information about the individual pamphlets can be found in the following links: Ransom Notes by Jacqui Rowe, art brut by David O'Hanlon and The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile by Claire Walker.
V. Press Xmas 2015 Poetry Bundle
(£14, including P&P in U.K. only)
(The offer still stands after December 18, 2015 but with no guarantee of arrival in time for Christmas 2015.)
The New Year & New Titles
Our publications lined up for the first half of 2016 are: Book of Bones, a full-length poetry collection by Kathy Gee; Hometown, a flash fiction pamphlet by Carrie Etter and The Old Man in the House of Bone, an illustrated poetry pamphlet written by David Calcutt, with illustrations from Peter Tinkler.
Strong submissions during this year's submission window has made our final selections particularly hard. We are now working with a number of poets on various projects and manuscripts…so hopefully more announcements soon about publications for later in 2016 and into 2017.
For those interested in submitting to V. Press
The past two years, we have run a month-long submission window in August. Next year we anticipate a few changes. These include widening submissions to flash fiction pamphlets, as well as poetry. We may have a slightly longer window period, a different timing for our submission period, and possibly two submission windows instead of just one. If you are considering submitting your manuscript to us, please keep an eye on the website from February 2016 onwards.
National Poetry Day Pamphlet Offer
Today is the UK's annual National Poetry Day. This year's theme is light, so we've lightened our already light prices to create a special poetry day offer.
For 24 hours only, U.K. readers can buy a package of all three V. Press 2015 poetry pamphlets for £12.50 (including P&P in the U.K.) - a saving of more than £5 on our full price!
The paypal button for this special offer was below (removed after the 24 hours), followed by a sample poem from each pamphlet.
Happy National Poetry Day!
From CLAIRE WALKER'S THE GIRL WHO GREW INTO A CROCODILE
The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile
When she was young, they'd swim. Take off
sandals and frilled ankle socks and jump
into the river. She loved to feel the water pull
ribboned hair to float behind her.
The games started with smiles: splashing; testing
who could hold a breath longest. They never matched her.
She was born to lie in wait, to feel the kiss
of the current in her ears until her head turned light.
But children wish to win. The others turned
as green as the rushes lining their pool. They plotted, held her
down too long. The water swilled round her lungs and she coughed
her heartsong out with it.
That night, she lay awake under a sky that was turning
tides with its dust covered ball. She pulled the cold rock
down, seethed until scales replaced skin, found the biting point
of a new jaw and wished for the crunch of bone.
Next time, she waited in the shallows, camouflaged
in the rushes, cold blood immersed. Eyes broke
the surface, webbed feet treading water. The sun hit
her back and she felt her armour shine.
Then she made her move. Opened up
her huge grin. Felt never-ending enamel sink through flesh
as easily as arms stroke water. She snapped her jaws shut.
Swallowed the damage whole.
From The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile
From DAVID O'HANLON'S ART BRUT
So, after my swirling black abyss, a work
still in progress, we turned to Sophie’s landscape:
a jazz-hands sun, the wide Vs, almost Ms
of birds, a green ribbon, edge to edge,
and, poking their heads up out from the grass
five earthworms, five pink splodges
more finger than worm, with blobbed eyes
and there’s-no-bad-in-life smiles.
Are they supposed to represent real people
or a specific event, maybe?
It’s a fascinating choice of subject matter.
Worms usually have quite negative associations,
particularly death, but yours are content,
blissful. Do you think maybe there’s
something in that, a desire to make
positives from even the worst situations?
She didn’t take it with her.
Like others left behind, it ended up
on the wall where, my sentimentality
assures me, it remains, unfaded.
David O'Hanlon
From art brut
From JACQUI ROWE'S RANSOM NOTES
but light was not his field
dirtier in busy doors and tightly
woven doorways shades
of its refraction dimmed
and skimmed dishevelled ladies
his brain kept flaming
spills alive in bell jars birds
fell dead out of the sky his phantasy
revelled at length in patterns
of great earthquakes the certain
stars showed smiles
of loosened hair that wicked
away all terrible appearances
and unforeseen in time he went
for phlogiston and weeping said within
himself the first breath of a word
Jacqui Rowe
From Ransom Notes
Launching The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile
V. Press is very proud to announce the publication of The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile by Claire Walker.
Daughter, wife and mother; femme fatale, object of study and maker of myths…The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile explores what being a real woman has been, is, and could be in today’s society of celebrity, stereotypes and media spin. Beneath the poems’ sometimes quiet surfaces, a strong voice, pared word choices, precise images and thought-provoking metaphor make this a powerful pamphlet. The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile is very vivid and very resonant.
"Claire Walker's debut pamphlet The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile is a riveting meditation on motherhood and transformation that crackles with drama. There are moments of lyrical delicacy and oceanic longings, and Walker's perceptual acuity pitches the reader into a world where nothing is taken at face value – a girl might be a crocodile, a mermaid could become captor, and seeds are studied for their mnemonic potential. This is a work to be savoured." Carolyn Jess Cooke
"A confident and impressive debut by Claire Walker. The alluring qualities in this collection are the sense of mystique in many of her poems which at first glance appear elucidating. The stylistic fusion of narrative and illustrative poetry see-saws from the adult experience of life to a fabling account of the innocence and fragility of childhood and adolescence. Claire Walker is a writer who clearly cares about her craft and some of the dreamlike qualities of this collection are reminiscent of Joy Davidman’s work." Antony Owen
"These are poems of growth, fertility and flow – rivers, plants, women. Claire Walker skilfully combines nature, myth and the everyday, and when reading her work, it’s difficult to imagine a world where things are ever any other way. The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile is a stunning, quietly powerful debut pamphlet, full of wistful smiles and blissful tears." Kate Garrett
Buy a copy of The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile now:
Pamphlet with P&P for U.K. £5.99 GBP Pamphlet with P&P in the E.U. £8.99 GBP Pamphlet with P&P for rest of the world £10.99 GBP
The pamphlet's official celebratory launch is on October 10 in Worcestershire. The event is open to the public and full details can be found on Claire's blog here.
A sample poem from the pamphlet can be read below.
Free Verse: London's Poetry Book Fair 2015
V. Press had a fabulous time at this year's Poetry Book Fair, where we were delighted to share a stand with Mother's Milk Books, next also to Fairacre Press and The Journal.
As last year, it was a busy day and one full of poetry buzz. It was wonderful to see so many people interested in and enjoying poetry, with a warm audience too for Jacqui Rowe's V. Press reading from Ransom Notes and Sarah James's Mother's Milk Books reading from Hearth.
September and the start of autumn - season of mists, but also a season splashed with colour.
V. Press will be heading up to London for Free Verse Poetry Book Fair in Conway Hall on Saturday (Sept 26).
The event is a highlight of the poetry press year for us and we are delighted to be sharing a stand there with Mother's Milk Books.
V. Press poet Jacqui Rowe will be reading from her very serendipitous and very idiosyncratic pamphlet Ransom Notes at 2.30pm. We will also be taking along copies of David O'Hanlon's very real and very gripping art brut, now on its second print run, and advance copies of Claire Walker's very vivid and very resonant The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile. One of the poems from Claire's pamphlet is also included in the Free Verse anthology that is given out to visitors on the day. (If you are at the Poetry Book Fair, please do come by our stand and say hello.)
Looking slightly further ahead, we had a strong batch of submissions in the last open window, which meant a hard job narrowing the shortlist down to just five poets. We are now looking forward to reading full submissions from these poets before making the hard choice of which two to take on to publication. (With other manuscripts already in the pipeline for 2016, it should be a busy and exciting year for V. Press!)
Meanwhile, October sees the official launch of Claire Walker's pamphlet The Girl Who Grew Into a Crocodile. For those in or near Worcestershire, the event is open to the public and full details of the launch on October 10 can be found on Claire's blog here.
Chez Nous Recommendations for ART BRUT
art brut by David O’Hanlon is the kind of poetry collection you want to savour with a smoky single malt or a peaty real-ale.
As you muse on the poems and their literary connotations, I would recommend a Laphroaig 10 Islay Single Malt whiskey: its mix of iodine rich medicinal notes, upsurge of pepper and chilli spices, with just a dose of saltiness, is a perfect match for O’Hanlon’s sharply focussed trek through his teenage experiences.
"I open a drawer, the one where things
Rarely come out. With the old love letters,
The plectrum thrown into a crowd
By James Hetfield, and my leaver’s book.."
(from 'Report')
Add a measure of water to open up the flavours, the hint of vanilla ice cream that evokes the child-like perception of the dark unknown and the taste of plasters and medicine that evoke institutional life.
"It was rumoured, and wry smiles confirmed,
That somewhere within that labyrinth
Of wards, units and clinics in a dark corner
Like a repressed desire, was..."
(from 'Contained')
Or try these poems with a ‘Peat Smoked Ale from Loch Lomond brewery’: its tarry black texture and hints on the palate of honey, pine and caramel biscuit will mellow the senses as you imbibe the profound truths and insights of these poems, discovering wit, light and warmth in the midst of darkness.
"...understand the worth
of what you write. Speak it. Go on.
Like ink into a fish tank, pour it into the air:"
(from 'The Summerhouse')
Jane Campion Hoye
www.inspire2speak.com
For sample poems or to buy a copy of art brut, please click here.
Jane Campion Hoye is a poetic writer, storyteller and performer, who has gathered knowledge of a diversity of wines from around the world…whether filming in a German vineyard or sampling the liquid silk of a smooth cabernet on Stellenbosch’s wine route in Cape Town. And not only wine. Her poem 'Waterfall Glory', recently selected for international publication Inspired By My Museum, was first penned on a visit to the Guinness Museum in Dublin.
Submissions open for August 2015
V. Press submissions open for August!
Yes, it's that time of year again. Most people are off to the sun, beach, relaxation, while we open our doors to submissions....
What are we looking for? Well, maybe poetry that opens, or closes, doors inside, that shines a light where most people walk past or that illuminates the familiar in a different way. Or however else a poet chooses to interpret 'very, very' in a meaningful/crafted/awe-inspiring way.
Full guidelines can be found here or under the submissions tab in the menu above. Please do follow these, or poems are likely to be returned unread, or may not even be acknowledged at all.
We are looking for pamphlets/collections for publication possibly later this year, but most likely at some point in 2016.
N.B. While we are also delighted to be publishing a pamphlet of flash fiction by Carrie Etter next May, our open submissions window this year is for POETRY ONLY. However, we do hope to extend the remit to include flash fiction in our 2016 submissions reading period.
Latest Chez Nous Recommendation
The latest news from our Chez Nous section is a series of delicious recommendations to enjoy with Jacqui Rowe's Ransom Notes.
Obviously, we think our V. Press pamphlets are great, otherwise we wouldn't publish them. The idea behind Chez Nous then is to offer something very different to a traditional review and a reminder that poetry isn't just words on a page but an experience. To this end, our readers/poetry-sommeliers recommend what they have found to be the perfect accompaniments to bring out the full flavours of each V. Press pamphlet. Today, Angela Topping's recommendations for enjoying with Ransom Notes.
RANSOM NOTES BY JACQUI ROWE
"This fascinating narrative built up from fragments of unlikely found texts and poem drafts by Rowe, would be a great accompaniment to a blue soft cheese like Cambozola, the name of which is a cunning combination of Gorgonzola and Camembert. It resembles a blue Brie, and Rowe’s poems offer the same surprising pockets of salty unexpectedness, such as in these lines from ‘GHAZAL’:
sanctified by silverpoint mistaken
pinioned by the evening star anyway
I put you in a century
The deliberate lack of punctuation allows the readers to spread the creaminess on their crackers in any size portion they like, and nibble or gobble as the poem requires. ‘HENNA’ is definitely a nibbling poem for me, so every morsel can be savoured. From the start, it needs to be taken slowly:
I go on like a henna labyrinth
contact print of onion skins
mildewed rose crushed into the weave
Now isn’t that just lush? A supper for a poet, to be washed down with a crisp, dry Chablis on a summer evening, sitting outdoors as dusk falls. I love the faded colours of the henna and the rose. The poems might appear as random as a cottage garden but the careful crafting and shaping makes it a well tended one. Each poem has a single word title and takes the reader into a meditation which is often dreamlike, for example in ‘GLACIER’:
inside this glacier of art
the wolverine dived back
into the sea and felt his limbs
retract into a dolphin
When you have scoffed your Cambozola and drunk a few glasses of the Chablis while relishing these poems, you too may feel like the wolverine."
For sample poems or to buy Ransom Notes, please click here.
Angela Topping was born in the year post-war food rationing ended. Perhaps this is the reason for her lifelong love affair with food and all good things. Another of those good things is poetry, of which she has written seven collections and four pamphlets. Over the years, her prowess in wine appreciation has graduated from Blue Nun and Mateus Rose into a liking for the finer fragranced and fuller bodied. And since she has become more full bodied and likes perfume, this is very appropriate. For years, wine was a balm after a hard day in the classroom and now she is freelance again, it is an inspiration and a treat.
Launching art brut by David O'Hanlon
V. Press is delighted to announce the launch of art brut by David O'Hanlon. The official blurb for this wonderful pamphlet can be found below. As an editor reading through manuscript poems submitted during last year's open submissions window, this pamphlet stood out from the start. Why? Well, there's the gripping and moving characters and background narrative. Also the way O'Hanlon plays with syntax, pushing sentences to do as much as they can go without snapping...But that's just a fraction of my thoughts. Here's what the cover has to say:
Set against a background of literary and artistic allusions, art brut is a precise and moving sequence on childhood and teenage institutionalisation. Tackling the nature of trying to reshape memories and carve out something positive, this pamphlet is a concentrated crafting of raw experiences into a poetry that is alive with characters and thought-provoking truths. Stripping back the sometimes over-romanticised notions of institution life, David O’Hanlon creates his own sharp and haunting art that is very real and very gripping.
"The poems in David O’Hanlon’s first collection are ‘epiphanies of sun’ which shine a light on the poet’s experiences of psychiatric illness; to read them is to experience serial insights into a much overlooked and frequently taboo aspect of the human condition. Through poetry which is both lucid and engaging, O’Hanlon manages to transform his intensely personal experiences into something more universal: poems which can resonate with everyone (and not just those who have regular appointments with a psychiatrist). Bright lights cast dark shadows, and there are references to padded cells, catatonic states, self-harm, suicide attempts, OCD, et al, yet the deftness with which they are revealed, and the resilience, honesty and humour of this highly promising young poet’s writing, will leave you feeling uplifted. David O’Hanlon shows us that while the past can have a powerful hold over us, beauty, truth and poetry can emerge from the depths of anguish and despair. An astonishing debut." Fergus McGonigal
"If David O'Hanlon had written this sentence, you'd have shed a tear by now." Jenni Pascoe, JibbaJabba
A sample poem from the pamphlet may be read below.
art brut with P & P
art brut with P&P in the U.K. £5.99 GBP art brut with P&P in the E.U. £8.99 GBP art brut with P&P for Rest of the World £9.99 GBP
Meanwhile, behind the scenes at V. Press, a lot of other plans are in motion for new titles, launches, readings, and, hopefully, re-opening our open submissions window in August. As they say, watch this space, because it won't stay unfilled for long!
Launching Ransom Notes by Jacqui Rowe
V. Press is very proud to launch Ransom Notes by Jacqui Rowe, her fourth published pamphlet.
This is a sequence of little poetry fictions that are simultaneously very serendipitous and very idiosyncratic. Each poem is an abstraction from the lives of characters conceived by chance and who emerge through the writing without ever fully explaining themselves.
Originating from a process of cutting up and randomness, fragments of writing, sketches, poem drafts and found texts were initially combined to form documents resembling a kidnapper’s ransom notes. These were then crafted and shaped. It may be that the same people recur throughout the poems, heard variously in different voices from diverse points of view, or that they are several characters, interacting in and populating the same world.
“Ransom Notes is a beguiling construct of abducted and redeemed words, still trailing the resonances of unknown former contexts. From them, Jacqui Rowe has teased and finessed new narratives, characterized by dissonant echoes, tonal shifts, sudden depths and elliptical insights.” Alasdair Paterson
“Beautifully crafted poems which reveal themselves slowly with each read. This is a pioneering work by a poet on top of her game.” Antony Owen
One of the things that so strongly appealed to me as an editor when reading Jacqui’s manuscript was the vividness and startling freshness of the images. Also, the space the texts leave for the reader to interpret and participate, and the fact that every re-reading gives me something new – an aspect that can be hard to find and very welcome after reading a large pile of poetry manuscripts. I’d even go further and say that for me this pamphlet was not only highly re-readable but gets stronger and more addictive the more I read it.
It was great then to see these and other aspects of Ransom Notes picked out in the pamphlet’s first, and detailed, review, by Alice Tarbuck on Sabotage Reviews. She comments on how “Rowe enjoys playing with meaning, but is also aware of the potency of the non-meaningful in found poetry” and concludes: “the tantalizing lack of punctuation makes this poetry text flexible, as if what is found there might alter according to the reader’s whim. A fascinating pamphlet.” The full review may be found here.
The pamphlet can be purchased from our bookshop, with a direct link here.
I’m also very excited to say that we have another two debut solo poet pamphlets in the pipeline for this summer and autumn. More details about these to come soon, but suffice it to say that they are very, very much as exciting as Ransom Notes, but very, very different in style and subject matter – so watch this proverbial space!
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Judge Rook: Grant was a “very dangerous man capable of committing heinous crimes”
Serial sex attacker Delroy Grant has been sentenced to life in jail for attacking at least 203 elderly people in their homes, during a 17-year campaign of terror.
53 year-old Grant was told on Thursday, by London’s Woolwich crown court that he would serve at least 27 years behind bars.
He was convicted of 29 charges in relation to indecent assaults, rapes, burglaries and attempted burglaries against elderly people between October 1992 and November 2009.
During the proceedings, the Metropolitan police force apologised for mistakes, which led to 146 attacks being committed after Grant should have been arrested.
The court also heard about the impact of Grant’s crimes from his victims, with Judge Peter Rook saying that Grant was a “very dangerous man capable of committing heinous crimes and causing incalculable harm,” guardian.co.uk reported.
The former minicab driver received four life sentences for three rapes and one attempted rape of elderly women. Grant also received concurrent sentences for seven indecent assaults and 18 burglaries and attempted burglaries.
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Os ingleses do Maths and The Moon depois do brilhante álbum de estreia Night Train Daydream, soltaram o primeiro aperitivo de seu próximo trabalho, Futurist é o primeiro single de Familiar Strange que virá ao mundo no próximo mês.
Futurist é uma basicamente uma continuação lógica do que o Maths and The Moon fizeram em Night Train Daydream, com uma pequena diferença, acrescentaram um peso maior no mix de pos punk e noise da estreia. Mas o conteúdo extremamente britânico com doses poderosas de sarcasmo, escola Mark E. Smith esta toda intacta.
Certamente um grande álbum esta por nascer.
***** Interview with Maths and The Moon *****
Q. When did Maths and The Moon start, tell us about the history...
Andy: The band formed in Southampton in 2009 after the previous band we were all in had run its course. We wanted to explore some musical territories that perhaps we weren't ready for before. We have been making music together for a long time and are really lucky to still be doing so. We released our first album ‘Night Train Daydream’ in 2013 and are just about to release its follow up ‘Familiar Strange’ in Spring 2016.
Andy: In terms of sound, we have very much been influenced by bands like Deerhunter, Can, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Boards of Canada, MBV, Primal Scream, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, Autolux, etc. But influence or desire to write and create can come from anything, good or bad.
Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time:
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Can - Tago Mago
Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power
Campag Velocet – Bon Chic Bon Genre
David Bowie - Low
Q. How do you feel about playing live?
Matt: Playing live is a big part of what we intend to do. We have been playing together in other forms for a lot of years now and we have shaped our albums with recreating the live sound in mind. We’ve had a lot of fun playing over the years and are looking forward to playing the new album to people soon.
Futurist by Maths and the Moon
Q. How do you describe Maths and the Moon's sounds?
Andy: It jumps around really, from post-punk to krautrock inspired grooves, and from grungey sounds to textured soundscapes. We like to mix it up and not limit ourselves. It’s great to lose yourself when songwriting, see where you can go mentally and then hopefully come back with something different from the last song.
Q. Tell us about the process of recording the new album?
Luke: We knew that we wanted to make a more direct representation of the live show with this album, so we decided that the main part of the recording would be made up of us playing together. We have a new rehearsal space which was large enough for us to do that, so we set up in the same room, got everything balanced and played. It was fun and we were able to get the main part of the recording done over a long weekend. We then spent a little time doing guitar and vocal overdubs and that was it.
Andy: Not necessarily new, but we’ve been enjoying the Fat White Family and Thee Oh Sees. Closer to home, Melt Dunes and Dead Rabbits are making some really great music.
Q. Which bands would you like to cover?
Luke: We have always loved '2000 Light Years From Home' by The Rolling Stones. We used to listen to it a lot when we first started playing together and have always said we'd love to play our own version of it one day.
Night Train Daydream by Maths and the Moon
Q. Whats the plans for the future?
Matt: We are about to release our second album ‘Familiar Strange’ and are looking forward to playing many shows to promote it. Then we will start on our neo-space jazz record!
Keep it strange!
New album ‘Familiar Strange’ is out May 2016. Available on all digital platforms and also on www.mathsandthemoon.bandcamp.com
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Bad clocks, black Wendys, and Brian
April 8, 2009 By Jeff
While waiting for my Marlene Carpenter frozen lunch to cool and congeal, I walked from room to room and made a note of the time displayed on our various clocks.
And here’s the hard-hitting report:
my nightstand: 12:04
Toney’s nightstand: 12:04
upstairs bathroom: 4:50
living room mantel: 12:07
microwave in kitchen: 12:06
downstairs bathroom: 11:26
DVR in family room: 12:08
What’s the story with clocks in baffrooms? As you can see in my extensive research, both are letting us down in a big way. I’m fairly certain the downstairs bathroom is showing 11:26 PM, and not AM. Possibly a PM from a couple of days ago.
Does the humidity of the showers play havoc with the inner workings, or something? Or maybe it’s the rich tapestry of aromas in there? I simply don’t know.
Surf Report Rule of Thumb: After researching an illness or abnormality at WedMD, you will be convinced it’s cancer. Even if the problem has something to do with ingrown toenails, or earwax.
Here are some more things that are true.
I have a feeling we’ll be having “visitors” over the coming weekend. The eBay packages are starting to pile up, and that’s an indication we’ll be seeing Eninen soon, very soon.
Some people can predict weather via joint pain, but I can predict Nossy in our living room by the number of UPS trucks that have visited our home recently.
It’s all LEGO, and at least semi-expensive. Nancy spends tons of money on that crap, and all of it comes here — to avoid postage costs to Canada. We’re Nancy’s personal LEGO mail-drop.
I’m thinking the wind-up car will be pulling into our driveway on Saturday afternoon. We’ll see how good of a predictor I am… Pass the yogurt balls.
I recently downloaded this obscure Matthew Sweet album at eMusic, and have been playing it semi-continuously ever since.
It was originally released as a “gift” to his loyal Japanese fans, but I think it finally made it to U.S. record stores as well. In any case, it’s power pop perfection, and I’m loving it.
I also grabbed this old fave, a few days ago. Oh yeah.
Now I have a follow-up to a story that dates all the way back to 2002… Sometimes it takes a while, but we usually get to the bottom of things around here.
Back in the early days of this site I mentioned in passing that I’d encountered Wendy’s restaurants in the South, with the “Wendy” on the signage adjusted to match local demographics. In short: I’d seen several black Wendys.
I can’t remember all the details, but think some of you challenged my memory or truthfulness, and said it couldn’t possibly be true. I ended up writing Wendy’s corporate about it, and received a reply — denying everything, of course.
Well, check this out: Black Wendy is NOT a myth! CitizenX has brought the proof, and it sure doesn’t look ‘shopped to me. And so, seven years later, I told you so.
Ahhh, that feels so good….
Today’s my Friday, and the big outsize weekend will begin at 1:30 AM. Or, as the upstairs bathroom calls it, 7:48. Oh, there’s electricity in the air, my friends.
I’ll leave you now with a simple Question of the Day. Have you ever known a Brian? If so, tell us about him. Use the comments section to let loose of all your pent-up Brian emotions. Do you like your Brian(s), or is he irritating in some way? We need to get a handle on it, and quick.
And that’s all I have time for today, boys and girls.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Now playing in the bunker.
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zoe says
Rusty says
NDfaninAZ says
Funky says
CitizenX says
I am just here to make sure the black Wendy was mentioned.
:: EPIC! ::
Carry on ….
Dogberryjr says
And what happened to all the Sambo’s restaurants?
Top ten and first Brian.
I love Matthew Sweet. I have a few of his cd’s, but I haven’t listened to them in a while. I’ll have to dig them out.
My best friend is a Brian. He’s the shit.
Clocks in the bathroom? I suppose that’s not unusual, but I’ve never had a clock in any of my bathrooms. It might give me performance anxiety on the toilet.
Also, I think that Wendy’s sign is the result of a burned out bulb or two. Always a skeptic.
I used to work for a guy named Brian. He was a 7 foot tall, blonde haired, blue-eyed douchebag.
slr says
My youngest son’s name is Brian. He has been a challenge to say the least. 22, unemployed, living at home, etc etc.
Phantom Railfan says
That Wendy’s sign is from Canada. Notice the maple leaf where the apostrophe usually is.
All of the Brians I’ve known have been cool. Bryans, on the other hand, tend toward the douchiness…
HBIC says
is it really that much cheaper to drive all the way to your house to pick up the Lego packages versus having them shipped to Canada?
i’ve known several Brian/Bryan’s. Brian K was pretty cool. Bryan W was a smartass but his older brother was HOT so we’d just ignore him and drool over his brother. now Brian C…he’s an ex – in several ways actually. an ex boyfriend and an ex convict so needless to say i don’t have anything good to say about him. his best quality is that he’s a pot and coke head…
I have an uncle brian who is the self-professed black sheep of the family. moves from job to job, only married once for a short time, and obsessed with collecting knives and guns.
Mark T says
I’m sorry for my lack of faith, but I have to agree that the Wendy’s sign is the result of poor illumination. I’d sure like to see a picture of it in daylight.
Besides, how would changing the color of Wendy’s skin appeal to a demographic? I mean, how many black girls have you met with bright red pig-tails? And I mean in real life, not some weird porn site, thank you very much. That would be a first for me.
Got no quarrels with any Brians. Went to high school with several of them, most notably a Brian Barker and a Brian Butt. I have an uncle Brian as well who married in, and he’s one of the coolest people I’ve ever met.
tony tony tony says
I love my Bryan. I know that sounds gay, but screw it.
Oh, let me follow that up… I can’t recall any specifically, but I have a strong suspicion that the ones who spell their name “Bryan” are huge douches. I could be wrong, though.
Of couse that just had to post right after Tony’s praise of a “Bryan.” Sorry, Tony, that was unintentional.
Swami Bologna says
Between the ages of about 10 and 13, in the early ’70s, a family straight from Merry Old England moved next door. The eldest son, about my age, was named Brian. In time, the whole family was ostracized by all the kids in my suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood because of their “foreign” ways (though at first we tried to be friends with them). Looking back, the perceived infractions didn’t exactly deserve ostracism, but when you’re a gang of 12-year-old American boys, anything that doesn’t fit the norm is reason for condemnation.
Brian and his younger brother and sister weren’t allowed outside “in the garden” on Sundays, as that was the solemn Sabbath. If they were “naughty,” Mum would come out with a wooden spoon and smack the bad child on the “bum.” Brian also had the first uncircumcised wiener I ever saw (no, we didn’t go around comparing dongs, but boys of that age would simply whip it out and go when they were playing in the woods and had to urinate, so all us neighborhood kids felt nothing strange about whizzing right in front of each other [sometimes even having contests to see who could create the highest arc or farthest trail — I always won that contest, due more likely to a narrow nozzle rather than anything brag-worthy]).
Eventually Brian and family moved to California. If you’re out there, Mate, I’d like to apologize on behalf of the whole neighborhood for the way we treated you.
Shiny Rod says
Top 20 – jus markin my spot, move along nothing to see here…
Lee Harvey Ramone says
That’s a very specific demographic: The red pig-tailed African-Canadian hamburger frau.
Sorta reminds me of Sammy Davis Jr (one-man demographic): African-American Jewish song-and-dance member of the rat-pack with one glass eye.
A Brian is someone who is an overachieving fannypack-wearing dude who’s wife is a boozer and kids secretly hate him. There are no Bryans, to my knowledge.
Tyrosine says
One of my best friends in my younger years was a Brian and he was a great guy. Unfortunately he got married, neutered, and is no longer allowed to have friends (I’m not joking BTW. His wife will not let him see any of his old friends or have any social contacts that don’t involve her. He’s officially the most p-whipped guy I know).
I’ve seen the “Black Wendy’s” signs before and I agree with others: It must be a problem with the lights or the sign itself. Here’s one where the hair is black: http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/janabanana767/DSCN8257.jpg
I suspect that there’s a defect with the sign and certain colors are discolouring under UV light, causing Wendy to appear Black (or more Mulatto when you consider the hair). That or some photoshoppin’ been going on.
@ Mark T – I know a few but they only come out late at night and they are always asking if I want a date, strange…
Trisha aka Mrs. Wally says
WebMD told a buddy of mine that his symptoms all pointed to HIV. Considering the poor kid has gotten laid in a while I doubt it. Even though his whore bag ex-fiancee cheated on him while he was in Iraq. I hate women like her. The diagnosis freaked him out so bad he went to the VA and got tested.
As far as Brian’s are concerned. I have never dated a Brian. I have been buddies with a few and they are a good time. I must agree with the other commentors that Bryan’s are douches.
Evil Twin's Wife says
My best male friend is Brian. He was my senior prom date, too. Of course, he’s gay and we ended up at the Grand Palace watching gay porn after the prom. I would have had him be my “Man of Honor” at my wedding, but we kept the wedding party small, so that was out. He is unbelievably good looking and funny as hell.
WHAT are they doing to that poor cat in the Bunker Cam anyway???
Most recent Brian: Good, but young and not-too-bright guy who wrecked on his motorcycle and was badly injured. Still rides, and STILL does not wear a helmet…*sigh*
Previous Brian: A former (married with kids) boss who liked to call me into the office to try to give him backrubs and then grab my ass. Nice.
tadpolegal says
I know someone who named their Golden Retriever Brian.
Kim in Ohio says
My first serious boyfriend in high school was Brian. He was a year older, and funny and smart and drove a blue Ford Ranger. I think I heard that he got married and had about 4 kids, but I’m not sure. He was great…I can’t remember why we broke up, though.
I worked with a Bryan (with a Y) for a while. He was a douchbag.
@ Stephanie – Thats the Clinton’s cat Socks doing a photo shoot for his up and coming book about life in the White House with Bill, Hillary and Chelsey. It going to be called “Look what the cat dragged in”.
I worked at Wendy’s when i was in college. That was the worst job I ever had, BUT – I highly recommend that all of you go there and get hired just so you can go through the first day “orientation”. They teach you to make various menu items by means of awesome music videos. And by awesome, I mean really, really bad.
I guess they work, though. That was ’96 and I still remember the order in which you put toppings on a burger. I only worked there for a week.
junkfood says
I can think of two Brians. The first was a grade-school classmate who was deaf. The other was a co-worker who was an equal-opportunity religious bigot: he hated them all and did not let a day go by without making sure everyone around knew it. That got tiresome in a hurry.
Bill in PA says
Brian (my wife refers to him as Brain),
is a bartender at a local restaurant/bar that has
“the world’s best bar food”. He’s a great guy and funny as hell.
I’m on his email list and he sends me some of the funniest
and/or obscene photos and links that the internet has to offer.
When I get an email from him, I’m sure it’ll be bizarre.
@ Brandy: I worked at Wendy’s for many years in the late 80s/early 90s. At one point I was what was known in those days as a Crew Trainer and had to show those videos to new hires, many of whom came from tough, crime-ridden areas. On more than one occasion, a prospective employee would take one look at Grill Skill or Sandwich Sam and say “This some stupid shit!” and walk out. Good times.
I think the GrillSkill video is on YouTube.
Lucie in Tampa says
So I have been unemployed for 3 months now and the 6 months before that I worked at a place that DIDN’T have internet. So folks if you remember me than Hello again, if not I was a long time surfer. I have taken to staying up until 5-6 in the morning than sleeping all day. I have never been out of work this long and I am freaking out & getting VERY lazy at the same time. so lazy I barely go online. I just happen to be at the local collage waiting on my younger sister to see her Honors lady, so I am sitting here with a computer in front of me…. how many of you out there are finding themselves out of a job? any advise? anyone have a office job for me? oh well look forward to hearing from you, hope you drop me a line Jeff, we have not communicated forever!
ohiogirlintampa@yahoo.com
SkullyWV says
Brian – Best drummer ever from/in WV
Other Brian – Stunk like hell all the time and wouldn’t work,
Another other Brian – Very much a smart-ass, I’d say a class 3 smart-ass (the rankings go to 5) I am a class 4 smart-ass, I enjoy the company of other smart-asses…like here.
Punk Rocker Brian, yet another one.
Dumbass Brian from grade school.
tiff says
Clocks. In that bathroom. Would never have occurred to me to put one there. Now I feel a strange compulation to chuck the coffee maker in ther (with its clock) to see if somehow time slows down or speds up in comparison with what time the oven says it is. Or is it the microwave?
The one Brian I know that comes to mind once threw himself in the path of an oncoming bullet for a former housemate of mine. Nice guy. Too bad the slug got him in the lung – took years for him to fully recover and she STILL got killed.
“compulation” = compulsion.
‘speds up’ does not, in fact, mean to become more like someone who needs a helper monkey in school. No, it actually means “speed up,” which I’m sure people can agree makes a whole lot more sense in the context of my comment.
WTF was THAT about, fingers?
hootie mcboob says
My sister was married to a scumbag lowlife named Brian.
I would give a years salary to punch that pig in the throat.
Drug Delivery Guy says
Lucie, good to see you’ re back, but sorry about your job situation. That sucks. I know the gubmint is hiring in DC.
Apropos of nothing, why is the time stamp on these comments always central time, but Jeff is in PA?
“We need to get to the bottom of this people.”
i have a long time brian friend – good guy but has an annoying habit of disappearing for months at a time.
Alice in WV says
My brother, Bryan, is a great brother and Dad.
We have a friend, Brian, who is unreliable, but funny or used to be. he’s become really bitter over the years. We have a lot of great stories about him that involve him saying ‘trust me’ and then something gets blown up, burned down, or a boat gets beached, etc. Good times.
We have an antique electric clock that we had purchased, paid to have it refurbished, then used it in our kitchen for about 6 months. Then it started to run backwards. It spooked me so I took it down.
Brian…. hmm… only one I can think of it the dog on Family Guy.
Wait – i think the 1 armed kid in my elementary school may have been a Brian. Smelled funny.
IT guy at work was named Bryan, not a douchebag. But he did have a lame skinny moustache. Ugh.
@ karin – with one arm, that could be the reason…
2Tall says
Three Brians…my boss, who you can NEVER tell if he’s serious or joking; my neighbor Brian, who wouldn’t say “shit” if he had a mouthful; and some damned fool in my office who grunts,wheezes and moans his way through the work day…in between naps at his desk.
Clocks in the bathroom…hmmmm…Are they alarm clocks? RRIIIINNNNGGGGG!! Turds are ready!!!!!
Knucklehead says
Lucie – welcome back! I’ve been out of work for 5 months as well. Haven’t been able to find anything and can’t afford to live in this house on the ‘generous” unemployment checks I receive. Putting the house on the market and moving to Italy. Screw it.
I love my Brian. He works in rock merchandising for some VERY big metal bands, so I get great stuff for free and usually find out about shows before anyone. For instance, he called me this morning to tell me of a surprise show this Tuesday – VERY big band playing VERY small venue. And he’s got me on “the list”. Yes, I love my Brian. One of the few things I will miss terribly when I live overseas. Trade offs, my friends, trade offs.
Happy Wednesday, Surfers!
Gawd I sound like such a selfish bitch sometimes –
That’s by far not the ONLY reason I love Brian. He’s just a cool guy. But that just happened this morning and was fresh in my mind.
Jeez, you’d think I picked my friend by what they have to offer me….
Funny you mentioned Brian. Today is his last day in our office. I work for a City & we have had massive layoffs. His layoff was set for tomorrow, but he (gasp!) found another job, so he is leaving today. He’s ok. Very tall, very quiet & all-around serial killer-ish. I’m convinced there is a torture chamber somewhere…..
Another Brian I know is my brother in-law. He’s a middle school teacher & a former coach for a football team (varsity high). He’s okay too, but sometimes I think he thinks way too highly of himself….
WTF is up with clocks in the bathroom? You in a rush?
I knew a Brian once, or was it Bill. He was an industrial engineer or something like that. Never married and had a butler. He had a swanky apartment on Park Avenue in New York city. He ended up raising his sisters three kids. A teenage girl and a boy and a girl who were twins. The kids put a crimp in his dating scene and they drove the butler bonkers. Lost track of him after his younger adopted daughter died of an overdose.
Having a clock in the bathroom is weird. But I have a radio in all three showers. So whatever blows your hair back, I guess.
I knew one Brian in High School and he was a great guy. We’d get drunk and chase tail together. I just met a guy named Bryan and he’s a walking dildo. He has a little girl named “Willow”. What’s that tell ya?
I’d like to meet a black Wendy and show her the ways of the street.
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Accommodation - Tours - Packages
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A Traditional Achill Wedding
A fantastic night was enjoyed by all who attended a recent performance of a traditional Achill Wedding. It was held in conjunction with Achill Heritage Weekend. Emmett Callaghan was compere for the nights events which included a talk by Kevin Toolis and readings from John F. Deans book, Give Dust a Tongue, which were signed and donated by the author. The Bride was played by Siobhan McGinty who also wowed the crowd with her Sean Nó's dancing on a barrel, she was accompanied by Cian McNamara on accordion who also played the Groom. The Strawboys entertained the packed hall with their dancing and The Caileach & The Sean Fear were there to mingle with the unsuspecting crowd. Laoise Kelly played the Harp and John Butler played the Uileann pipes with Diarmuid Gielty playing the fiddle. The performance was all put together by Achill.ie who promotes the Culture and Heritage of Achill Island through their page on facebook. Vincent English said he was delighted with the night and the attendance. It was a fundraiser for the Franciscan Monastery in Bunnacurry and would hope to put on other events in the future. He went on to say, Thank you to all who took part in the event, it is so good to see such talent on one stage, promoting the strong traditions that are still in everyday use on an island so rich in culture and heritage. Special word of thanks to Olivia Sweeney of Achill Island Flowers for providing a bouquet of traditional wild Achill flowers and heather for the Bride"
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Music and Composition
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It’s been a hard 25 years since Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) was king of the boards for his High School basketball team. So, when the opportunity to coach his alma mater is dropped in his lap despite a broken marriage, an emotional disconnect and a drinking problem, perhaps this could be the thing to turn his life around and get back on his feet? Directed by Gavin O’Connor and written by Brad Ingelsby and O’Connor this trope laden tale of dusty sports champ redemption is an odd mix of parts. While Affleck is clearly flexing his acting muscle effectively, the story’s overall inability to make us care for any of the rest of the cast is a missed three pointer and ultimately what keeps this film from advancing from passable to great. Simply put, the best intentions are all outlined but their final execution just doesn’t feel entirely fleshed out, sincere or deserved. To that end, perhaps consider this a film to fold laundry to later as a rental. The Way Back is Rated R.
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Tripartite partnership stressed for development
Representatives of different levels of society including businessmen stressed on the Tripartite partnership for the overall development of the country. They urged government, non-government and corporate sectors to come forward unitedly regarding the issue.
This came out from a seminar on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ on 19 June 2013 held at VIP lounge of National Press Club in the city. With the support of United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) and Lions Club of Dhaka Oasis jointly organized the seminar. The FBCCI President and Chairman of Standard Bank Ltd Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed was present as the chief guest while Inspector General of Prisons Md. Ashraful Islam Khan Brigadier General (Rtd) Ashraful Islam Khan, Executive Director of BARAT Group Ln Sheikh Anisur Rahman, Regional Expert of HIV and AIDS, UNODC Gunashekar R and Country Coordinator of UNAIDS Leo Canny were present as special guests. DAM President Kazi Rafiqul Alam presided over the seminar. Media and Advocacy coordinator Taifur Rahman presented the key-note paper.
DAM Assistant Director Iqbal Masud facilitated in the seminar while team leader of FHI360 KSM Tarique and Chairman of Urology department of Bangladesh Medical College Hospital Prof. Dr. M Fakhrul Islam spoke on the occasion.
Speakers said, Government and non-government organizations along with development associates have the opportunity to play significant role in overall development activities.
They said, for sustainable development Tripartite partnership identified as an approach to address prison health through the combined efforts of public, private, and development organizations in Bangladesh. UNODC envisages bringing in private players in the country through various sensitization and training programme to ensure increased involvement in development activities in the changing global scenario where sustainable development is given prime focus.
They also said, business is not an outside phenomenon of the society. Society is operated by people. So, different companies or business organizations have a moral accountability to participate in social development activities.
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Covering Continental event (from shutterbugs' perspective)...
One of the aims of this blog is to expand its coverage beyond the S.League into the continental level, which I'm glad to say that I managed to fulfil that task as an obscure blogger.
Just as people tend to see the glamour side of these continental tournaments (i.e.:the Asian Champions League and the second-tier AFC Cup), I thought it would be an eye-opener to take a look behind the scene of running the events, which is an arduous task for those who were involved.
THE ACCESS PASS...
(Picture above) Colour code of various type of passes and bibs were clearly illustrated on this glass panel.
Credit to this volunteer whose task was to sort these passes.
Being prided as the top-two continental tournaments, it's inevitable that the organizers - the AFC and the relevant local sub-organizers would have various pass issued to those involved behind the scene.
From the AFC officials, players, coaches, team officials to the media, security, ball boys and even cleaners were being given a pass for identification purpose.
FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
I applied for a photographer pass, therefore, due to regulations my "working area" was behind the goal during the game.
While the only time when those in the orange bib were allowed to roam along the touchline was after the end of the teams' warming up session till the coin-toss before we hurried back to where we supposed to be.
"The working area" where I positioned during the ACL matches, notice the space constraint between the wall and the billboards (due to regulations).
Muangthong United of Thailand - posed for this shot, it wasn't an easy task to get your camera focused and snap when there were a dozen beside you jostled for better positioning in a matter of seconds.
Unless you are one of those in the green bibs, if not, this was how we worked during the matches (poor Antony Sutton of "Jakarta Casual"- pictured left had to lean against the wall 'because of the regulation.')
THE POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE
Due to the strict regulations imposed (that come with a heavy fine by the AFC with any breach of it), I can only made my way out of the stadium to the venue of the press conference at the second level of the building by taking a "detour" route, instead of the "express" way from the field.
As compared to the ACL, the AFC Cup (pictured above after the Geylang's 1-0 lost to Thai Port) seems to be funded solely out of the coffers of the AFC as we don't get to see the setting plastered with sponsors' name as in the elite tournament (pictured below).
(Pictured above) Noticed the two bottles of "Pocari", the matchball and label of the mike-stand in front of SAFFC's coach Richard Bok?
Meeting the deadline is always the most important task for every journalist, like the lady Japanese reporter filing her story on her laptop while the post-match press conference was still on-going.
If there's not enough to satisfy the thirst for more juicy information, this was how things turned out after heavy-spending Muangthong United lost to SAFFC, where the man in the focus (apparently is some top guy from the Thai club) was surrounded by cameras and microphone answering in Thai what could have went wrong.
THE VISITING FANS... (of course)
And lastly, the visiting fans as vibrant and colour as always...
We need to be more expressive ... take a cue, guys....
Classifed as: AFC, AFC Cup, blogger, Jalan Besar Stadium
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Ukraine 2 hryvnia 2013 - Olha Kobylianska
New low mintage commemorative:
'150th anniversary of the Birth of Olha Kobylianska'
Olha Yulianivna Kobylianska (1863-1942) was a Ukrainian modernist writer and feminist. Her writings were influenced by George Sand and Friedrich Nietzsche. She was interested in the Ukrainian peasantry, and often wrote about the lives of these people. She depicted the struggle between good and evil and the mystical force of nature, predestination, magic, and the irrational in many of her stories of peasant life. Her works are known for their impressionistic, lyrical descriptions of nature and subtle psychological portrayals.
(news and image from Gijs Vlothuizen and Pabitra Saha)
(biographical information taken from Wikipedia)
Composition: CuNiZn
Morocco 25 dirhams 2012 - Moroccoan Mint
'25th Anniversary of the Moroccoan Mint'
(news and coin image by Egon Conti)
Etiquetas: 2012, africa, bimetallic, morocco
Netherlands Antilles 5 gulden 2013 - Colour flags
These two 5 gulden coins have been released in base metal. They are exactly the same, but bear the small coloured flags of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
This 2013 year is supposed to be the last for Netherlands Antilles coinage, which will be replaced by the Caribbean guilder, the proposed currency of the Caribbean countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
(news and images by Jo Hoogeveen)
Etiquetas: 2013, america, curaçao, netherlands antilles, sint marteen
Germany 10 euro 2013 - Georg Büchner
New CuNi and silver commemoratives:
"200 years of the Birth of Georg Büchner"
Karl Georg Büchner (1813-1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose. It is widely believed that, if it were not for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller.
(news from Jo Hoogeveen)
(CuNi image and biographical data from Wikipedia)
Etiquetas: 10-euro, 2013, europe, germany, silver
Russia 10 roubles 2013 - Bryansk
"Cities of military glory: Bryansk"
(information by Taigawirbel)
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, russia
Ukraine 2 hryvnia 2013 - Nestor Makhno
'Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine: Nestor Makhno'
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (1888-1934) was a Ukrainian anarcho-communist revolutionary and the commander of an independent anarchist army in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War. He is also credited as the inventor of the tachanka, a horse-drawn platform mounting a heavy machine gun.
Hungary 3000 forint 2013 - Brazil FIFA World Cup
"Brazil FIFA World Cup in 2014"
Artist: Áron Bohus
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, hungary, silver
United Kingdom 50 pence 2013 - Benjamin Britten
"Centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten"
Edward Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Born in Suffolk, he showed talent from an early age. He was a central figure of 20th century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.
(news and image by Serhiy Dzhyshkariani)
(biographical data taken from Wikipedia)
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, united kingdom
Vatican 2 euro 2013 - World Youth Day
"28th World Youth Day - Rio de Janeiro"
Etiquetas: 2-euro, 2013, bimetallic, europe, vatican
Aruba 5 florin 2013 - Colour flag
(news and image by Jo Hoogeveen)
Etiquetas: 2013, america, aruba
Turkey 50 lira 2013 - Turkish Airlines
'80th Anniversary of the Turkish Airlines'
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, turkey
Gibraltar 3 pounds 2013 - Treaty of Utrecht
New legal tender commemorative:
'300th anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht'
(news and image by Serhiy Dzhyskariani)
Ukraine 5 hryvnia 2013 - Liberation of Melitopol
New CuNi commemorative:
"70th anniversary of the Liberation of Melitopol from the Nazi Invaders"
(news from Gijs Vlothuizen and Pabitra Saha)
Finland 2 euro 2013 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
This special coin features Sillanpää wearing his characteristic skullcap. It is the same image used on Mint of Finland's silver commemorative coin launched in tribute to Sillanpää in January.
Russia 10 roubles 2013 - Volokolamsk
"Cities of military glory: Volokolamsk"
(information by Taigawirbel and Dmitry Petrov)
Ukraine 2 hryvnia 2013 - 150 years of the National Philharmonic
'150 years of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine'
(news and image from Gijs Vlothuizen)
Artist: Volodymyr Atamanchuk
Russia 10 roubles 2013 - Republic of Dagestan
New circulating bimetallic commemorative:
"Russian Regions: Republic of Dagestan"
Kazakhstan 50 tenge 2013 - International Space Station
'International Space Station'
(news by Gijs Vlothuizen and Taigawirbel)
Mintage: 100 000
Russia 25 roubles 2014 - Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch
'The torch of the Sochi Olympics Games 2014'
(news by Taigawirbel and Dmitry Petrov)
Edge: corrugated
Mintage: 20 000 000
LINK: Sochi 2014
Nagorno Karabakh 2013 - New fauna 'fantasy' set
New fauna set in 2013:
The common sides:
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a republic in the South Caucasus recognised only by three other non-UN states (Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria). Recognised as part of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh controls most of the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and some of the surrounding area, giving it a border with Armenia to the west and Iran to the south.
The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh was disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan when both countries became independent in 1918. After the Soviet Union established control over the area, it created the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. In the final years of the Soviet Union, the region re-emerged as a source of dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In 1991, a referendum held in the NKAO and the neighbouring Shahumian region resulted in a declaration of independence. Large-scale ethnic conflict led to the 1991-1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which ended with a ceasefire that left the current borders.
The Nagorno-Karabakh dram is a monetary unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Although it is legal tender, it is not as widely used as the Armenian dram. The set of coins from 2004 is included in Krause catalogue, with codes from KM#6 to KM#12. Also, some precious metal collectors coins are listed.
We still need some extra information: who minted this set? is it legal tender also? will these seven coins be included in Krause catalogue like new KM types? Every answer I have received by email makes me think that they are only fantasy pieces!!.
News from Gijs Vlothuizen: I asked the seller of the 2004 set about this 2013 set, and he said "These 2013 Nagorno Karabakh Coins are fake to the best of our knowledge. We checked with the issuing authority that assisted us and they have no knowledge and did not approve the design."
(information taken from Wikipedia)
Etiquetas: 2013, asia, europe, nagorno karabakh
Bulgaria 2 leva 2013 - Zlatyu Boyadzhiev
New collector's issue:
'110 Years since the Birth of Zlatyu Boyadzhiev'
Zlatio Georgiev Boiadjiev (1903-1976) was a Bulgarian painter, known for his portraits and landscapes, depicting mainly the Old Town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city.
Born in the village of Brezovo, Boiadjiev graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1932. His work is generally divided into two main periods: until 1951, when he suffered a stroke and temporarily gave up painting, and from the time of his partial recovery a few years later until his death in 1976. After the stroke, he worked with his left hand and in a completely different manner.
Lithuania 50 litas 2013 - Christening of Samogitia
'600th Anniversary of the Christening of Samogitia'
Samogitia is one of the five ethnic regions of Lithuania. It has a long and storied cultural history, including it's own distinct language. In 1413, the region became the last in Europe to be converted to Christianity, a significant event in the history of the European continent.
LINK: Bank of Lithuania
Composition: Silver Ag 925
Quality: proof
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, lithuania, silver
Kazakhstan 100 tenge 2013 - AIBA World Boxing Championship
'AIBA World Boxing Championship at Almaty'
LINK: AIBA - International Boxing Association
Etiquetas: 2013, asia, europe, kazakhstan, silver
East India Company 1/12 anna 1835 & 1848
Sorry, I know this is no new type, but I need help and opinions!
While I was sorting my Indian coins, I found these two pieces that Krause lists under same catalog number KM#445. How can that be possible? if you check carefully you will find tons of differences!
Do you have info of any other specialized catalogs and the way they classify them?
(scans from my own collection)
LINK: East India Company coinage at Chiefa Coins
Etiquetas: asia, india
Ukraine 50 kopiyka 2013 - Steel type
On 1 October 2013, new 50 kopiyka coins made of low-carbon steel with galvanized coverage of aluminium-bronze entered into circulation. Until then, the coins were struck on the planchets made from an aluminum-bronze alloy.
(news from ciscoins)
(image from Numizmat_UA)
Panama 50 centesimos 2013 - Discovery of the Great South Sea
This is the 4th coin of the series of 10 coins 'Old Panama':
"500 years of the Discovery of the Great South Sea (later known as Pacific Ocean) by Vasco Núñez de Balboa"
(image and news byPabitra Saha)
Etiquetas: 2013, america, panama
Denmark 20 and 500 krone 2013 - Danish scientists
New circulating and silver commemoratives:
'Scientific theories developed by Danish scientists'
To mark the centenary of the publication of Niels Bohr's atomic theory, Danmarks Nationalbank has issued a new series of coins with scientific theories developed by Danish scientists as their common theme.
The series comprises four coins. All in two versions, CuAlNi 20 kroner (in both circulation and proof finish) and silver 500 kroner:
Niels Bohr's atomic model showing the orbit of the electrons around the nucleus (1913):
Hans Christian Ørsted's experiment demonstrating electromagnetism (1820):
Ole Rømer's diagram describing the speed of light (1675):
Tycho Brahe's constellation Cassiopeia accentuating the star Stella Nova (1572):
The common face of the four coins:
(news by Taigawirbel, Egon Conti and Jo Hoogeveen)
(images and data from Danmarks Nationalbank)
LINK: Danish Royal Mint
Etiquetas: 2013, denmark, europe, silver
Estonia 7 euro 2013 - Raimond Valgre's birth centenary
'Centenary of the birth of Raimond Valgre'
Raimond Valgre, born Raimond Tiisel (1913-1949) was an Estonian composer and musician, whose songs have become some of the most well known in Estonia. During World War II, he was a member of the orchestra of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps of the Red Army and, as a result of his service on the Eastern Front he became an alcoholic after the war. His music was banned in 1948 by the Soviet authorities. Raimond Valgre died in an accident on 31 December 1949.
(biographical data from Wikipedia)
Etiquetas: 2013, 7-euro, estonia, europe, silver
Iran 5000 rials 2013 (SH1392)
(news by Wolfgang Schuster)
Etiquetas: 2013, asia, iran
Luxembourg 2 euro 2013 - National Anthem
'National Anthem: Ons Heemecht (Our Homeland)'
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
Netherlands 2 euro 2013 - 200 years of the Kingdom
'200 years of the Kingdom of the Netherlands'
(news by Gijs Vlothuizen)
Mintage: 3.5 million
Etiquetas: 2-euro, 2013, bimetallic, europe, netherlands
Solomon Islands 2008 & 2010 varieties
Let me show here some varieties I found in my collection for Solomon Islands coinage before the recent and new 2012 coin family.
Starting with the 10 cents, we can see that the 2010 (does a 2008 exist also?) type has a different typography than 2005 (KM#27a):
Exactly the same happens with the 20 cents 2008 and 2010. Both have a different typography than 2005 (KM#28):
For the 50 cents, we can see also the different typography in 2008 (I wonder if there is also a 2010 issue). Besides, this denomination has now a magnetic core, it's not CuNi like 2005 (KM#29):
And finally, the 1 dollar coin, once again we find the different typography in 2008 (is there a 2010 issue?). And it too has a magnetic core, so not CuNi like 2005 (KM#72):
Any confirmation about the smallest denominations (1, 2 and 5 cents) for years after 2005 and before 2012 would be great! (my latest Krause just lists 1 cent 2010 and 2 cents 2006)
Updates from Antoine Clerc:
1 cent 2010 also has the narrow lettering of the other 2008 and 2010 denominations.
2 cents 2006 has two interesting mint marks (meaning?). See them both in Antoine's PDF.
(news from Antoine Clerc and Wolfgang Schuster)
Etiquetas: 2006, 2008, 2010, oceania, solomon islands
Finland 5 euro 2013 - Provincial Buildings: Tavastia & Ostrobothnia
New bimetallic commemoratives:
"Tavastia and Ostrobothnia"
Ukraine 5 & 10 hryvnia 2013 - Liberation of Donbass
"70 years of the liberation of Donbass from the Nazis"
Etiquetas: 2013, europe, silver, ukraine
Poland 2 zlotys 2013 - Mentally Handicapped
'50th anniversary of the Polish Society for the Mentally Handicapped'
Poland 2 zlotys 2013 - European Bison
'Animals of the World – European Bison'
Kazakhstan 5 & 20 tenge 2013 - Magnetic core
The 5 and 20 tenge 2013 denominations have magnetic core, like we reported for 1 and 10 tenge. They are new KM types then:
So, right now only the 2 and 50 tenges 2013 still need to be confirmed to be magnetic core (or not).
(news by Gijs Vlothuizen and ciscoins)
Ukraine 2 hryvnia 2013 - 150 years of the National...
Kazakhstan 50 tenge 2013 - International Space Sta...
Kazakhstan 100 tenge 2013 - AIBA World Boxing Cham...
Panama 50 centesimos 2013 - Discovery of the Great...
Estonia 7 euro 2013 - Raimond Valgre's birth cente...
Finland 5 euro 2013 - Provincial Buildings: Tavast...
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HomeNewsVolvo Trucks launches new I-Save engine option
Volvo Trucks launches new I-Save engine option
Volvo Trucks has announced a new I-Save option for the FH tractor unit, which it says offers fuel savings of up to seven per cent for long-haul operators.
I-Save models feature the new D13TC Euro 6 Step D engine with wave-shaped piston crowns, which improve combustion and increase efficiency by guiding heat and energy to the centre of each cylinder.
Excess energy in the exhaust gases is then recovered to power the flywheel via an extra turbine in the exhaust flow, known as the turbo-compound unit.
The D13TC engine produces up to an additional 300Nm of torque, which means less acceleration and fuel is needed to maintain a steady speed in motorway traffic – Volvo says this makes it beneficial for long-haul operators typically exceeding 160,000km per annum.
Other features of I-Save include new fuel-efficient rear axles and an updated I-See system, Volvo’s predictive cruise control system which uses GPS and the truck’s sat nav system to ensure the engine is in the correct gear for the conditions.
“We have tailored every aspect of I-Save to suit long-haul operators,” says Mats Franzén, Volvo’s powertrain strategy director.
“The longer they drive, the more they can potentially save. It is a powerful engine which delivers a highly fuel-efficient and smooth driving experience.”
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Genre: 8 part TV Drama series made for BBC One. Co-produced by BBC America
Producers: Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point
Writer: created by Richard Warlow (Mistresses, Waking The Dead)
Synopsis: From the BBC Press Release--
Ripper Street is an extraordinary new drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel.
Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Matthew Macfadyen Role: lead role as the detective in charge of the investigation--Detective Inspector Edmund Reid
Other Cast Members:
Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn)
Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg)
Status: Shooting began on location in Dublin on March 12, 2012. Filming is expected to continue until late July. Ripper Street is expected to air on BBC1 and BBC America during the fall of 2012
Darcylicious Links:
BBC Press Release
Ripper Street another detective story (Guardian)
More about H Division
Available for Purchase:
Itunes UK
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Rural issue, anti-corruption high on CPC agenda
(Xinhua)
BEIJING -- The battles to raise farmers' income and curb corruption were highlighted at a senior Party meeting here Tuesday.
At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC) presided over by President Hu Jintao, participants discussed the policies to balance the development in urban and rural areas as well as to fight against corruption, said a statement issued after the meeting.
"The Party has always made the development of agriculture, farmers and rural areas a priority... but we must see that there are quite a few challenges," says the statement, noting that the foundation of agriculture remained weak and the gap between the urban and rural development kept growing.
The participants at the meeting agreed the government would invest more in agriculture and rural development projects and work out more policies to support and benefit agriculture, rural areas and farmers.
At the meeting, a number of policies on agriculture were announced, including more investment in infrastructure and irrigation facilities in rural areas, better conservation of farmland, more new agricultural technologies and support for industrialized farming.
Special efforts would be made to improve basic healthcare services in the countryside and include more villagers in the social insurance network, the statement says.
China has picked up a series of policies to benefit rural areas and agriculture and increase the farmers' income, including more investment from the central budget and fewer taxes.
In the first three quarters this year, the average cash income of a rural resident stood at 3,321 yuan ($448), up 14.8 percent over the same period last year.
The meeting also stressed that the CPC will intensify its fight against corruption and give such work a "more prominent place" on its agenda.
The meeting urged China's Party discipline organs and government supervision departments to speed up their work on setting a new plan to improve the anti-corruption system between 2008 and 2012.
The plan was designed to collect new ideas and measures to prevent corruption and punish corrupt officials.
"Party committees at various levels must realize the perennial, complex and arduous nature of the anti-corruption fight, and implement the guidelines issued at the CPC's 17th National Congress," the statement says.
The CPC is to hold its annual conference on rural work but the date is yet to be set, and the second plenary session of the CPC's 17th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be held in January, according to the statement.
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All companies within the Emtek Group have a commitment to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of their employees and their families as well as the local community.
The Emtek Group, through its subsidiaries, participates in a range of social activities, through the Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli kasih , a charity initiative formed by SCTV and Indosiar to manage social care programs that include education, health, environment, and Humanitarian Aid .
The One Indonesia Charity Concert
PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk (Emtek) is holding an One Indonesia Charity Concert that is broadcast live on SCTV, Indosiar, O Channel and Vidio.com with involving 300 celebrities.
The One Indonesia Charity Concert collected donations from viewers of Rp2,804,786,624. Since March 2020, Emtek Group through SCTV and Indosiar, BukaLapak users and Liputan6.com readers have succeeded in collecting donations from the community reaching Rp12,515,173,734 through Emtek Cares Corona activities.
While the acquisition from the sponsors of One Indonesia Charity Concert amounted to Rp6,350,000,000, all of which were offered by Emtek Group to help overcome the Covid-19 pandemic.
All donations from viewers, sponsors, and all profits collected from One Indonesia Charity Concert were handed over to the Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih Foundation for the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The One Indonesia Charity Concert was held as a form of Emtek Group's high appreciation of the nation's heroes in fighting Covid-19. They included the President of the Republic of Indonesia, the BNPB, the Central Government, the Regional Government, the medical team, the TNI, the Indonesian National Police and all levels of society who obeyed the government's recommendations.
Press Release can be found at http://www.emtek.co.id/release
Emtek Peduli Corona through Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih (YPP) distribute Personal Protective Equipment (APD) such as Hazmat, Safety Goggle, Face Shield to the hospitals, health centers, and medical teams. YPP also provided cloth masks and basic necessities for communities affected by COVID-19.
YPP cooperated with the ministries, institution, and JNE - logistics company to facilitate the distribution of APD and speed up delivery of APD to medical teams in several provinces in Indonesia. All is done by YPP to realize and distribute donations which was received from viewers of SCTV, Indosiar, O Channel, Vidio.com, Liputan6.com and BukaLapak's Pengguna Serbu Seru to communities affected by COVID-19.
Further information can be found at www.ypp.co.id.
Environment / Community
Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih in the field of environment/ community carried out several developments throughout Indonesia such as the construction of the ASA Bridge in Taluduyunu Village, Kab. Pohuwato, Gorontalo Province where the construction was carried out with the Ministry of Social Affairs of Republic of Indonesia and was completed on May 25, 2019. This bridge was built to help mobilize the local community. The 56 Meter bridge with a width of 1.7 Meter is the 21st Asa Bridge of all bridges built in the Asa SCTV Bridge program since 2015.
Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih in the humanitarian sector provides humanitarian assistance such as the distribution of 9,500 masks dated 24 September 2019 to the people affected by smoke from forest and land fires that occurred in Pontianak and Pekanbaru.
Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih planted thousands of mangrove trees on the coast of Lampung Province on May 2019 and Pandegelang district, Banten Province on July 2019. Hopefully the mangrove can help reduce the impact of the tsunami in the Sunda Strait.
In addition, the Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih also distributes emergency response assistance to victims affected by the Sunda Strait tsunami.
Yayasan Pundi Amal Peduli Kasih in the field of education donated computers to a number of PAUD and educational institutions. Hopefully that the computer can be useful and increase the enthusiasm of learning of the Indonesian children.
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Take a Look at Martha Stewart’s New Wayfair Shop
April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 Nancy
Martha Stewart knows exactly what it takes to achieve a well-decorated home, and now she’s giving consumers a chance to bring her timeless aesthetic into their own abodes with the launch of her new brand shop on Wayfair.
Inspired by her own homes, Stewart’s Wayfair shop offers affordable furniture (think seating and side tables) and decor pieces, ranging from patterned rugs to wall art, for just about any type of design lover. And, to no surprise, along with the support of her team, Stewart was personally involved in designing the items that are available for purchase.
The products in Stewart’s Wayfair shop are categorized according to the aesthetic of her four residences. There’s her Perry Street property in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, which boasts a modern vibe; Lily Pond, a cozy Hamptons beach cottage; Bedford, an inviting country farmhouse in Bedford, New York; and Skylands, an elegant and traditional property on Mount Desert Island in Maine. In a MarthaStewart.com interview last year, she expressed her deep connection to her residences. “Each of my homes offers a very different way of living from rural country, remote seaside, sophisticated city, and relaxed and beachy,” Stewart said. “All of them are truly my favorite and are like children to me so I could never say which I prefer the most.”
Shop some of our favorites from Martha Stewart’s brand new Wayfair shop, which are all good candidates for a spring home refresh.
Our Picks from Martha Stewart’s New Wayfair Shop
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Game of Thrones (TV Series 2011-2019) Full HD 1080p/720p
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Title : Game of Thrones (TV Series 2011-2019)
Director : David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Writers : David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Stars : Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington
Genres : Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Release Date : 17 April 2011 (USA) - Continue
Country : USA | UK
Filming Locations : Iceland
IMDB Rating : 9.5
In the mythical continent of Westeros, several powerful families fight for control of the Seven Kingdoms. As conflict erupts in the kingdoms of men, an ancient enemy rises once again to threaten them all. Meanwhile, the last heirs of a recently usurped dynasty plot to take back their homeland from across the Narrow Sea.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 XVIII (Shout! Factory DVD)
Picture: B- Sound: B- Extras: B Episodes: A+
For a show that spanned eleven seasons and 198 episodes, it should not be shocking to see the giant Roman numeral XVIII emblazoned on the boxed set cover, but one still cannot help but be taken aback by the sheer volume of material produced by the cast and crew of this incredible series. For those late to the game, MST3K enjoyed a long life in the late 1980s through the 1990s, serving up a campy brand of bad-movie humor while watching some of the worst movies in the history of cinema. The show aired on two networks (Comedy Central and Sci-Fi), delighting fans (known as “Mysties”) the world over.
Shout! Factory has done a tremendous job with the series since taking over from Rhino, and this release might be one of their strongest, as it contains a wonderful mix of the show’s various eras, and some of the best/worst films that the show ever tackled. These films include: Lost Continent, Crash of the Moons, The Beast of Yucca Flats, and Jack Frost (1964).
Lost Continent represents the earliest episode included in this box, and was in fact the 8th episode of season two. As such it features the hilariously laconic Joel Hodgson in the feature role as the good-natured guy forced to watch horrible movies by a pair of mad scientists. Lost Continent itself is a tour de force of movie badness, featuring Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont cashing a paycheck and making the best of a bad situation. The extended scenes of silent rock-climbing have taken their place in the show’s lore alongside the soul-destroying “sandstorm” scenes from Hercules against the Moon Men (from season four, and included in Volume VII of this series).
Crash of the Moons takes us to season four, and Joel Hodgson and the cast have rounded into near perfect form by this time. This “movie” is an awful pulp romp spliced together from the Rocky Jones, Space Ranger TV series. This episode features a hilarious, ongoing riff on John Banner (of Hogan’s Heroes fame) who happens to play a role in Crash of the Moons. It’s punctuated by a visit from “Banner” on the hex-field view screen.
The Beast of Yucca Flats features the talents of none other than Tor Johnson, and from that point on, the jokes really must have written themselves. Notable for his many appearances in various Ed Wood films, here he is directed by the equally awful Coleman Francis. This episode features Mike Nelson in the feature role, and it is early on in his long tenure on the show. Although the riffs on the main movie are clever and funny, the two shorts that precede it almost steal the show. The first is Money Talks, a 1950’s short that purports to teach kids the value of money and setting a budget, and the second is a 1970’s promo called Progress Island USA, which strives to lure investors to Puerto Rico. Mike and the bots land more than a few zingers during these two warm-ups.
If the other three discs in this set had been terrible, the inclusion of Jack Frost would make it a must-buy. This Russian-made, 1966, drug-induced fever dream of a movie comes smack in the middle of season eight. By this time, Dr. Clayton Forester and TV’s Frank have moved on, and the show has matured to the point where it is firmly in the hands of Mike Nelson and Mary Joe Pehl (Pearl, Dr. Forester’s evil mother). This episode represents some of the best of the show’s later era, and it shows in both the zingers thrown out while watching the film, and the in-between antics. At one point, Crow brings in “Yakov Smirnov” to comment on the deeper mythic and cultural implications of the film, and of course, pays for his appearance using Mike’s credit card. The bizarre treatment of the Slavic mythology and the sketchy dub of the dialogue into English create dozens of priceless moments during the film, and the guys manage to hit most of those comedic opportunities out of the park.
Shout provides some solid extras in this box, including introductions by Frank Coniff (TV’s Frank) and Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo, Bobo the Chimp), a short on The Beast of Yucca Flats, original trailers, and four nifty MST3K mini-posters from artist Steve Vance.
It must be tough assembling a new MST3K boxed set. Any editor or producer would be spoiled for choice among the dozens of episodes remaining to be included. Undaunted, the folks at Shout have put together another winner with Volume XVIII, and no self-described Mystie should be without it.
- Scott Pyle
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Mona Spa Announces Its October 19th Washington Grand Opening
Celebration Includes Free Workshops, Demonstrations and Giveaways
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Three sisters, each in different career paths and until recently, living in different corners of the country, have come together to open the Mona Spa and Laser Center in Vancouver Mall in Vancouver, Washington. Mona Spa is a luxury medical and relaxation spa and offers state of the art skin rejuvenation services. Mona Spa will host its grand opening celebration October 19th with free educational workshops, demonstrations, and giveaways for new clients.
First opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by founder Mona Sappenfield 15 years ago, the three sisters are proud to carry on the Mona Spa tradition of innovative and effective laser and light treatments, as well as luxurious spa services in Vancouver. Nuha Sulieman, the youngest of the three sisters who moved from Boca Raton, Florida, is a master esthetician and the center’s spa director. “We knew we wanted to live closer to each other and we all have a natural interest in feeling and looking our best,” says Nuha. Zane Handoush, the “big sister” of the trio and the manager and administrator of the center, moved from the San Francisco Bay Area. The third sister, Zaha Hassan, an attorney who has lived in the Pacific Northwest for the last 10 years, works behind the scenes for the most part negotiating lease agreements, drafting employee contracts, and dealing with other nuts and bolts of the business. Together the sisters express, “watching the doors finally open is wonderful after all the planning and work we did together to have the best equipped laser skin rejuvenation center in the area.”
The October 19th Grand Opening events will include workshops on the treatments offered by Mona Spa and Laser Center, which include:
Medical Spa Treatments
— TriActive LaserDermology: for cellulite reduction and for pre and
post-surgery clients. Also a great treatment for postpartum edema.
— New Titan: reduces appearance of wrinkles and tightens skin, known as
the “non-surgical facelift.” This treatment is also very effective at
tightening sagging skin around the abdomen after giving birth.
— Photo Genesis (also known as Solar Genesis): reduces the appearance of
brown spots and freckles on the face and body
— The CoolGlide Excel reduces the appearance of red and purple spider
— The CoolGlide and pulsed light: for permanent hair reduction
— Visia: skin scans for assessing skin damage
— Botox and Restalyne Treatments: (physician administered)
A make-up artist from Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics will be offering free makeovers during the grand opening and representatives from the luxury skin care lines of June Jacobs and Peter Thomas Roth will also be on hand to discuss their product lines exclusively available at Mona Spa and Laser Center Vancouver.
Dr. Sammy Hassan, medical director of Mona Spa and Laser Center Vancouver, plans to hold a workshop on the Botox and Restalyne treatments offered by the Center. Dr. Hassan received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine, completed a residency in Anesthesia at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, and a fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in cardio-thoracic anesthesia. He has published an article on the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients in the Journal of Head and Neck. Dr. Hassan holds an active license in California, Oregon and Washington.
ABOUT MONA SPA & LASER CENTER
Mona Spa & Laser Center is a Eurostyle luxury medical and relaxation spa. The first Mona Spa and Laser Center was opened in Memphis, Tenn., by founder Mona Sappenfield 15 years ago. Ms. Sappenfield is a CIDESCO Diplomate and a multi-state licensed esthetician. Mona Spa & Laser Center offers only the most innovative and effective laser and light treatments, as well as luxurious spa services. Mona Spa is one of only eight spas in the United States to receive beauty center accreditation from the prestigious CIDESCO Association.
For more information about the Grand Opening events, please contact Zane Handoush at 360-891-0100 or at zane@monaspaandlasercenter.com.
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Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour Celebrates Grand OpeningEVERETT, Wash., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ — The Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour (NYSE:BA) celebrated its grand opening today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by state and local officials. The event took place at the new 73,000 square-foot facility, which is located at...
Barcelo Hotels & Resorts Announces the December 23rd Grand Opening of its Two New Luxury Five-Star Hotels at the Riviera MayaThe Barcelo Maya Colonial & The Barcelo Tropical Beach Hotels Open for the Holiday Season RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico and MIAMI, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Barcelo Hotels & Resorts announces its two new five-star all-inclusive luxury Riviera Maya Hotels will celebrate their grand opening as scheduled...
The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman On Track for Late Fall OpeningSales Brisk for Luxury Residences as Last Stage of Construction Shifts into High Gear GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, May 31 /PRNewswire/ — The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman is nearing completion and remains on track for a late fall opening, according to developer Michael “Mike” Ryan. Meanwhile,...
Cabela’s Plans Grand Opening EventsGlendale Festivities to Include Celebrities and Hunting, Fishing Experts GLENDALE, Ariz., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is planning its Grand Opening activities August 18-27, 2006 at its new 160,000-square-foot store in Glendale, Ariz. The 10-day...
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What a dearth of choices
There has been so much that has been said about the 2G scam and the corruption in India that I don't think I can add anything of value on the subject.
However, I was just thinking about the recently concluded Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. People are very gung-ho about the way the DMK government has been booted out and the very low number of seats they have won this time. Yes. Totally agree. Good that they were booted out. They deserve this. Probably more.
But think for a moment. Who has come in the DMK's place? Jayalalitha, the mother of corruption. And she has the gall to actually say that the mandate was not only against the DMK but decisively for the AIADMK. Apparently she is going to foist more corruption cases on the Karunanidhi family.
The people of Tamil Nadu always give a decisive mandate in favor of one party. So, turn by turn these two people come to power, loot the state and its people and then lose power, smug in the belief that they will get their chance after five years.
Talk about being having to chose between the devil and the deep sea!
Abhi tak hum zinda hain!
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Emerald Bound by Teresa Richards - Excerpt & Giveaway
Favorite 5 reasons why books are better than boyfriends
by Teresa Richards
1. Books don’t have a curfew.
2. Books can go with you anywhere. You can even carry them around on your phone which, sadly, is something you can’t do with that hottie in your Bio class.
3. Went too far with your book last night? No worries, all you lost is a little sleep. Your self-respect is still completely intact.
4. A good book makes you forget about all the drama in your life, while boyfriends only heighten it.
5. Reading a book gives you a certain amount of creative license. You can imagine the scenes just the way you like, filling in the details that aren’t filled in by the author. Wouldn’t it be great if boyfriends came the same way? For example: “To your ink-black hair and powder-blue eyes, I’ll add some bulging muscles, a talent for whipping up delicious kitchen creations and, oh yeah, how about an Italian accent?” Now you are perfect.
Emerald Bound
Teresa Richards
Fantasy, Romance, Suspense
Evernight Teen Publishing ~ 83,000 words
A princess, a pea, and a tower of mattresses. This is the sliver that survives of a story more nightmare than fairytale...
Maggie Rhodes, high school junior and semi-reformed stalker, learns the tale’s true roots after a spying attempt goes awry and her best friend Kate ends up as the victim of an ancient curse. At the center of the curse lies an enchanted emerald that has been residing quietly in a museum for the past fifty years. Admirers of the gem have no idea that it feeds on life. Or that it’s found its next victim in Kate.
Enter Lindy, a school acquaintance who knows more than she’s letting on, and Garon, a handsome stranger claiming he knows how to help, and Maggie is left wondering who to trust and how to save her best friend before it’s too late.
If only Maggie knew her connection to the fairy tale was rooted far deeper than an endangered best friend.
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A part of me died long ago.
It was the part of me that feels, and it was Calista’s fault.
What happened tonight was nothing new—innocent victims welcomed into our home, not knowing they would never leave. I learned long ago I could not help them, so I stopped trying.
But this time something was different. This time I was awake, burning with a gut-wrenching guilt, as the next victims slept downstairs. This time I knew the victims. And they didn’t deserve what was coming.
It had always been hard for me to make friends. I’d been called loner, loser, outcast, and freak. Even still, I remembered Maggie offering to show me around when I first transferred to their school.
Through her, I met Kate and Piper. The three of them were always nice to me, while other kids kept their distance and spread rumors behind my back. I told myself I didn’t care—I wasn’t like them.
But being a loner was lonely.
So tonight when I saw Maggie and her friends here, something inside me snapped. Or, perhaps it was the dead piece of me coming back to life. Now I cared desperately about what was happening in the room below mine.
But there was still nothing I could do.
Calista usually lured in victims from out of town to avoid arousing suspicion. Pregnant ones were a particular favorite—easy prey, she called them. But Maggie and her friends came here all on their own. The opportunity was too good for Calista to pass up.
Everyone thought Calista was my mother, but she wasn’t.
Back in my day, almost four centuries ago, Calista had an alternate method of luring in victims. She and her husband, Theodore, advertised for hired help with their inn. The number of parents willing to sell their daughters into a life of servitude in exchange for a forgiven debt or a clean slate was staggering.
My father was one of them.
By the time my mother found out what he’d done, it was too late. There was no escape. I was bound.
My story was well known in this land, whispered as a bedtime tale to ease children into sleep. But, just like any other story passed down through time by rumors and idle gossip, the fragment that survived was woefully incomplete. It began something like this:
There is rumored to have been (once upon a time, of course) a princess, a pea, and a tower of mattresses.
That much was true, though in actuality it was only one mattress, not twenty. The pea was also real, though most would call it a precious stone—an emerald, to be precise.
The gem that sealed my fate was now in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. Calista was furious when she found it missing. She thought I’d stolen it until she remembered my limits. The identity of the true thief remains unknown.
Even though the emerald is no longer in our possession, we are still bound to it, as it is bound to us.
Admirers of the opulent necklace where it rests don’t understand it. Like me, the gem is a prisoner, struggling against its fate.
Even now, centuries later, I don’t understand all the details of what happened to me that night. But it began with a troubled slumber on a bed of enchanted emeralds.
Teresa Richards writes YA, but loves anything that can be given a unique twist. Her zombie stories 'Are You My Mombie?' and 'The Zombie Code' can be found in Z Tales: Stories from the Zombieverse by The Fairfield Scribes.
When Teresa’s not writing, she can be found either chasing after one of her five kids, or hiding someplace in the house with a treat her children overlooked. Emerald Bound is her debut novel.
You can connect with her on twitter @BYUtm33 or atauthorteresarichards.com.
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New Release Alert: Unfearing by Shane Morgan - Excerpt & Giveaway
Check out the promo event for the second book in Shane Morgan's YA Fantasy trilogy.
Series: The Unresisting #2
Synopsis via Goodreads:
Natasha has finally learned the truth about herself, but she’s also discovered that having so much power comes with a price.
After a close encounter with dark forces, Nat decides to trust the one person Chace warned her against, traveling to a dangerous place where no Ledarian is welcomed.
Love is tested and more secrets are uncovered as Nat seeks a way to relinquish her vulnerable state and face her most powerful threat ever.
~EXCERPT~
My heart felt as if it would burst from my chest as I watched hopelessly while Ethryen ascended into midair, his fingers tightly wrapped around Chace’s neck. "Chace!" I cried, running towards them.
Jesse grabbed my arm and tugged me back. "Don’t!" he warned as Ethryen floated over the dark pit with Chace. "He’ll drop him."
"Do something!" I screamed at him, and then looked across at Ophelia and the man with long gray hair.
They took slow steps forward but halted when Ethryen yelled, "Back! Or I’ll release him to the depths of this pit!"
"Why can’t you just give up?" Chace choked out. "It’s over!"
Ethryen growled. "It’s never over!" He drenched himself in a massive amount of red flames. It seeped from his body and trailed along the rocks to the ground of the cave, blazing all around us. "Give me the amulet or watch them die!"
Chace struggled to free himself, clawing at Ethryen’s fiery hand at his neck.
I moved forward again. Jesse wrenched me back. "We have to help him!" I shouted through clenched teeth.
Ethryen glared down at me, cackling viciously. He commanded his flames to blaze higher. It flared in front of me and Jesse, forcing us back against the rocks. Jesse moved me behind him, protecting me from the flames. I tightly grasped his arm, desperate, wanting so badly to stop Ethryen once and for all.
The monster spun back to Chace. "The amulet!" he barked. "Release the power to me! Now!"
Chace gazed down at me with widened eyes, remorse veiling his face. Then with his left hand he started to rifle in his pocket.
"Don’t do it!" Ophelia urged. She tried to diminish Ethryen’s flames with her own, but it was useless. The fire only blazed more, keeping us back.
Fearing for our lives, Chace snatched the amulet out of his pocket and held it up before Ethryen.
"No!" Dorin, the older man, and Ophelia shouted all at once.
"Speak the words!" Ethryen ordered. "Now!"
"Stop your flames first!" Chace bargained, tight-lipped and fuming.
Ethryen growled, "Do you really think you can bargain with me, boy?" He waved his free hand and the red flames edged closer to us. Our backs pressed against the rocks. Should his fire touch our bodies it would have the same impact on the others as it did on me earlier. And I wasn’t sure I’d survive another hit like that.
"I’ll do it!" Chace hollered fearfully, his hand shaking with the amulet. He looked down at me, and I knew what he was about to do. Chace would give Ethryen what he wanted just so he could protect me.
I couldn’t allow it.
There must be a way to stop this.
Shane Morgan is an author of Young Adult and New Adult fiction. She enjoys contemporary, fantasy, romance, and horror. Shane currently lives in Rhode Island with her husband, where she spends her days blogging, writing and listening music.
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Doll Parts by Azzurra Nox - Giveaway
Doll Parts
Tales of Twisted Love
Azzurra Nox
Twisted Wing Productions
A haunting trio of short stories about love, obsession, and secrets. Each short story is titled after a song, The National's Apartment Story, Placebo's Scared of Girls, and Skunk Anansie's Post Orgasmic Chill.
Apartment Story
A lonely married woman nostalgically rekindles a friendship with a former lover and the apartment they shared. Dark secrets and mysteries surround the apartment building and its new tenants that delve deep into the woman's psyche and prove to be fatal.
A glamorous go-go dancer and a failing university student are bound by a dark secret that may change their fates forever.
Post Orgasmic Chill
The destinies of a cynical rock star, a groupie, an arrogant DJ, and naïve university student intertwine in a rainy London that serves as the backdrop to their tormented lives. Secrets and lies coincide in this dark tale of love gone wrong.
Hauntingly spare, beautiful, and twisted, Doll Parts is a disquieting and at times darkly morbid collection of short stories about normal people who suddenly discover their own dark possibilities.
It all began with a scent. I'm not quite certain when I first became aware of it, although it was a recent occurrence. Maybe the scent was always there, hidden and obscure. I couldn't quite pin-point a way to describe it. It was a mixture of fallen rain on asphalt and musk. The first time I noticed it I was sitting on the bus, inching towards midnight, returning home. Another time, I was at the entrance of a theatre, where a young man wrapped in melancholy handed me a ticket without looking up. The scent came suddenly and randomly.
The only thing these two events had in common, was that in each case, I was thinking about a certain moment from my past. That moment was my stay in Milan when I was a student at the Bocconi University. My parents kept the apartment I stayed at while I was a student there long after I got married and moved to Bologna. I hadn't thought about that apartment in a long time until my mother recently passed away and I was sent a letter notifying me that she had left me that apartment, while my brother and sister got everything else that remained.
I was a promising student. I had graduated with a score of 110 with honors in Art History. I had written a thought provoking thesis on the influence of religion on art, and how paganism as opposed to Christianity stunted creativity. I really thought I was going to go places. My parents thought the same thing. Nobody was expecting me to become a famous artist, but at the very least to become an art critic for an important literary magazine. But after graduation, none of that occurred.
I grew so depressed that I would sit around the house watching afternoon TV like a bedridden old lady. My boyfriend at the time, Stefano, who would later on become my husband, ended up getting a job in Bologna as a chemist for a cosmetic brand and he asked me to move with him. I had nothing to keep me in Milan, and so I uprooted all my dreams and followed him. My husband couldn't begin to tell you the difference between a Monet and a Van Gogh, and yet, people hung upon his very words for an opinion. I know that not everyone breathes and lives art, as I did at the time, but I'll admit that I was a little jealous that my intellect went overlooked, while my husband was invited to conferences around the world for launches of new products all the time.
So maybe it's been my recent feeling of dissatisfaction over having to wait weeks for Stefano to return that has made me think of about my college years in Milan. And perhaps that's why I started to notice that scent again. To be honest, I'm not even quite certain that one could even call it a distinct scent, as it's so faint. But it lingers, almost throbs with a heart of its own. But no matter how much I strained to capture it, to fully grasp its identity, I always fail. The scent is always vague, and although I feel as though it reeks of rain and musk, I could be entirely mistaken. All I'm capable of grasping is the sensation I'm left with after noticing its presence. It's an empty sort of feeling. The kind of feeling you get when you hug a lover goodnight and then get into your car, and notice that no matter how much time they spent holding you prior to that moment, you are now alone, in your car, and cold. But maybe, even having this description won't render the true feeling of the scent.
A call came from a former lover on a cold, rainy afternoon in the middle of February. It was a miserable day that I spent it wrapped up in a bulky cashmere sweater and hiding out in bed. I was too lethargic from apathy to get up and feed the cat, despite its numerous attempts to get my attention.
“Sorry to call you after all these years,” she said. At first I didn't recognize her voice. “It's been almost sixteen years, and I don't expect you to remember me, but at the same time, I kind of hope that you still do.”
“How did you get my number?” My tone was far more accusatory than I intend it to be. But a part of me was guarded as to why she had gone by all these years without a word, and to suddenly show up out of the blue uninvited.
“Nowadays you can find anything on the internet.”
This was true, but it didn't quite answer my question. Why now?
Born in Catania, Sicily, she has led a nomadic life since birth. She has lived in various European cities and Cuba, and currently resides in the Los Angeles area. Always an avid reader and writer from a young age, she loved entertaining her friends with ghost stories. She loves horror movies, cats, and a good rock show. She dislikes Mondays and chick-flicks. CUT HERE, her debut paranormal urban fantasy was inspired by a nightmare the writer had a few years ago. Some of her favourite authors include Anne Rice, Oscar Wilde, Chuck Palahniuk, and Isabella Santacroce.
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A Look at the History of Expansions - Part Three
A Look at the History of Expansions - The Series
Previous Entry: Castor
The second expansion, Castor landed with barely a ripple in the water of Eve space physics. Eve Online was launched in the days of Ultima Online. Ultima was at its peak in 2003. World of Warcraft would not enter the scene until 2004 and EverQuest was king. But Eve was a spaceship MMO and it was churning through a world of uneven reviews while hitting its first year.
Currently, CCP is on a bi-yearly expansion schedule. However, there were eleven long months' between Castor's launch and the release of the next expansion: Exodus. Eleven months is a long time. Why so long? It turned out that the answer was not what I expected.
Following Castor CCP was not sitting back and hoping that Eve would run along smoothly. There are eleven patches that create the Castor expansion and one hundred and four dev blogs written during 2004. Exodus's release date is December of 2004. I was curious about why it took CCP so long to do their next expansion? I thought that it was a side effect of a time when bi-yearly expansions were not a normal event. Many people still purchased Eve off of the shelves. That alone is going to slow down any production cycle for an expansion. But it turns out that no, it was not that at all.
There is a missing expansion and it was called: Shiva.
Come walk with me through time.
It is now 2004. This is a more common time to find players starting from. Eve was in a weird spot. A gamespot review from June of 2003 is labeled, "There's something to be said for EVE's unusually slow-paced approach to the online role-playing genre, but a strong recommendation isn't it." People were used to being handed a goal and missions and the lack was startling. However, it is a review from April of 2004 that shows Eve has appeal to a certain type of player:
"Many people when playing this game for the first time FAIL to see the depth of the game. There is a lot going on here. Very much of the game can be, if you want it to be, politics between rival corporations and alliances of corporations. Huge wars and many minor fights are going on often."
That sounds awful familiar. It is obvious that Eve at its start is still Eve at its current. The soul of the game is the same. The words typed by reviewers are identical to the ones today. But, the mechanics must keep the soul in the body and the mechanics are what we looked at before the release of the third expansion.
According to the above reviewer, most of the launch bugs had been worked out. That is good. It must be noted that he wrote in April. That means people were dealing with these bugs for a full year. That is going to mean a lot of frustrated people chomping at the bit. Buggy launches are the norm now and they frustrate us. I can only imagine the frustration back in 2003 when games tended to be released well polished.
It is January, a month after Castor's release. It is also January 1st, the New Year and Eve players are celebrating in game. All five thousand, six hundred and five of them. Hellmar is optimistic. Eve will capture the world record of players playing in the same world in no time. I smile because I know the future. But what I also notice in the Dev blogs from this time is that CCP is in touch with their player base. Requsts for images, videos, blogs, and write ups are made to the player base. They ask about reviews. MMORPG rated them at 6.9 for fun. It is now up to 7.4 but it reflects the truth. Eve is fun but Eve is more interesting than fun. When we sit down and describe this game and drown in the depths of it fun is one of the last words many use. Intense, deep, absorbing, fascinating, vast, may all fall from the lips or trail from finger tips. But fun? "Yeah, we do have fun in there, but we are busy doing stuff. It will be fun later."
Alliances were in the game. I was not sure if alliances, like coalitions, were player made instead of game supported. However, from this Dev blog comes our current standing systems and makes it seem that alliances appear to have existed. It seems that standings, originally, were from -10 to +10. They changed it to a series of .5 jumps. This is the same standings system we still work from. This is also one of the longer Dev blogs that I have seen. They start to flesh out a bit after this, depending on who is writing them. Hellmar has a tendency for short notes to the players. He does better now.
But the alliance system was messy. The initial alliance system appears to have been standings based. That changed a few weeks later and CCP decided to introduce what is amost the current alliance system which is a mirror of the corporation system. Instead of players as the members, corporations are the members. This was also back when war costs were dictated by the number of players in the corporations. With these chances an entire alliance would gain the wars of a corporation. That sounds rather familiar.
It is now the end of January, 2004 and Eve is about to break seven thousand consecutive users in one universe. CCP is obviously excited about this. Just under two weeks later they create the first Buddy Invites. Three days free for a friend to get a taste of Eve Online. It is new. It is bold. It is inventive and it is still here and one of the ways that we draw people into the game.
The patches are also hitting the game at a fairly steady pace and Eve is stablizing somewhat. Content is coming with each patch they add. New missions, better agents, new items. The agents were nicer then as well.
High sec agents won't send you to low sec areas, specifically an agent cannot send you deeper into pirate space than current sec status - 0.25.
Gyrostabalizers used to give a rate of fire bonus. Missiles no longer have splash damage except for Torpeods. Area effects are mostly being removed already. There is too much lag and basically, people are killing each other with it. Whoops.
Missions were more interesting. Level 4 agents are being introduced. But notes such as, "NPCs now sometimes drop Ships logs giving directions to scenarios," show an interest in PvE. In storylines and an interconnected world. There are escrow missions that you have a week to complete. Insurance policies are now three months long and base line insurance has been added. That faucet is an old faucet.
The interface is still primitive. Unassembled modules will not assemble themselves and fit to the ship. Not yet, anyway. But what strikes my interest is the note about what happens if you fit a module to your ship in space.
Previously, it was possible to load an unassembled module on a ship. Now, if a ship has an unassembled module fitted to it, the module will be moved into the cargo hold. If there is insufficient space in the cargo hold and the ship is in space, the module will be jettisoned. Otherwise, the module will be destroyed. This is a bug fix. (Castor V.1413)
Does this mean we could once refit on the fly without station, capital, or POS module?
A live event happened. What familiar names! CCP t0rfifrans enters with a Dev blog looking back over an event. Sadly, the links are all broken to the screenshots collected by the players during the siege of Crielere. There is a video link to the Event, with a note about how Dev's used to run Live Events.
Oh ECM, our ECM... welcome the birth of Falcon.
The modules in the category of Electronic Warfare are: ECM Target Jammers, Jump Scramblers, Stasis Webifiers, Remote Sensor Dampeners and Tracking Disruptors. The changes wanted are dimmishing effectness by range and a random factor. The proposed change is to give these modules Optimal Range (where effectiveness of stats are 100%) and add to it Fall Off Range (where the effectivness would dimmish from max at end of Optimal Range to 0 at the end of the Fall Off Range).
We are only a quarter through the year. CCP is working hard at the game. The official patch note archives are announced. What is now casual reading once did not exist. And the first incarnation of the Eve store was formed. That one, we were told, was handled by the front desk of the office shipping out orders as they had spare time.
The content is still pouring in. Medium drones are added. Hulls are getting dual bonuses. The T2 ships are in the game and being used. Undocking speed enters the game so that ships leave the station at a constant speed no matter the size. Cloaking restrictions happen and warping to bookmarks is very much a thing.
The Guardian-Vexor, oh holy of holy drone boats, is born.
It looks as if Officers spawns are introduced here too, but they are introduced as pirate faction spawns that may sometimes dropped named loot and:
Advanced Learning Skills that boost character attributes are now available on the market. (Cator v.1755)
Learning skills! Yay! Now everyone will train faster with just the tiniest of time investments for a big payoff. I'm sure the game is overcome with delight.
Eve has broken eight thousand players on at one time. The ISD system is created. They are already debating player retention and flirt with the idea of giving ISK to groups that take in new players. In this day and age I cringe, but Eve was a simpler more innocent game then. The buddy invite extends to seven days from three. The first rounds of rebalancing starts. The goal is to make frigates more survivable against larger guns. The very core of Eve, the abandonment of a rigid advancement system is right here. Mines, something that do not exist now, once did. They were meant to be used as well, mine fields. Scattered around gates and outposts they would help defend the player possession.
Eve is now a year old. There is no celebration blog. Instead, just after Eve's first birthday a series of Event Missions went up involving the buying and selling of Jovian bodyparts. This is interesting considering CCP has recently removed a lot of Jovian art assets from the game. Players were introduced to the Jovian's in Eve's first year and now, into the eleventh, Jove is still a something that has never been fully realized. This particular subject is also one of the dev events that older players speak of.
There is an expansion looming. It is named Eve Online: Shiva after a Hinud God. Does anyone have warm memories of Shiva? The name is unfamiliar on the tongue. It is the expansion that never was. Due the summer of 2004 Shiva suffered from testing problems. Eve was having stability issues. Shiva was delayed from its original summer schedule. The last patches for Castor were hitting instead. Shiva was supposed to be a thing. But all the links lead to nothing. It is Eve Online's missing expansion.
In current times we stand upon the edge of an abyss labeled, "Power Projection". It is a dark, dark place and one that we will be diving head first into soon. In July of 2004 Eve was involved in a love and hate situation with instabookmarks. That's right, bookmarks that let you just warp to a gate and jump, bypassing gatelock downs by groups and the important travel time that made Eve feel big and tasks matter. It was risk free movement. Who wanted such a thing?
During this time there were also lots of hardware fixes. Eve was breaking the machines it was running on. With so many people in the game (50,000 subscribers) and people who had subpar machines with 256megs of ram trying to run a game such as Eve, a lot of work was going into reducing lag and improving performance both client and server side. Eve is is now flirting with periods of 10,000 consecutive users.
The first Fanfest is scheduled. In the summer. Not in the cold, cold bitter not really summer but they said it is so its still snowing lol that Fanfest is now. The tickets were also fifty US dollars. Oh the sweet days a decade ago. How cheap a Fedo hunt was back then.
The first year is done. The first Fanfest has come and gone. It is now August and Shiva? Well Shiva has been delayed again. It has been six month's and the expansion keeps getting pushed back and back and back. Behind it, CCP is struggling with hardware problems as they attempt to handle the load Eve is putting on the servers. They are behind and they are having service issues and hardware problems. The last Castor patch is pushed and winter is far, far away.
But there is a promise to be delivered. There are features that CCP is determined to bring forward. But we know there is no expansion named Shiva on CCP's list of expansions for Eve Online. Somewhere, in the next six months, Exodus will be born.
Resourses:
2004 Eve Online Dev Blogs
Eve Online Launch Review (Gamespot)
Neoseeker Reviews
MMORPH Eve Online Review
Eve Online News: Crielere Labs --The End of the Experiment?
The Spirit of Crielere - Lore
Eve Travel - The Crelere Project
Crielere Event (YouTube)
April 14, 2014 Labels: history
I love these expansion posts!
Sugar Kyle April 16, 2014 at 9:20 PM
Louis Robichaud April 14, 2014 at 4:42 PM
This is definitely worth writing (and reading)
They have been fun so far.
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From Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown
Sierra Leone News : Country Director of ‘FORIKOLO’ e.v Sierra Leone Poises to do More
By Emmanuel I. Kamara
The Country Director of FORIKOLO e.v Sierra Leone, a Non-Governmental Organization, Abu Mansaray has embarked on massive development in the Port Loko district in the Northern part of Sierra Leone.
In an exclusive interview with Awareness Times Newspaper, Mr. Abu Mansaray said his organization was born out of the desire to help the people of Sierra Leone. Her said it was formed in 2003 in Germany with his colleagues after they have come to monitor the 2002 presidential election. He said, he studied in Germany. He narrated that when they came to Sierra Leone after the war, they saw the sufferings of the people and they decided to form the ‘FORIKOLO’ e.v SL chapter which means ‘Respect for Elders from the SUSU tribe’
“We went back to Germany and decided to come together to help our people based on what we have witnessed in our tour across the country” Mr. Mansaray said.
The ‘FORIKOLO’ Country Director went on that since the inception of the organization, which has now clocked fifteen (15) years of uninterrupted service to the nation in different areas. In education, they have built and furnished fourteen schools, in health, they have built and currently running a health clinic in KAalagba Junction that is doing well. He continued that during the Ebola scourge, they distributed medicines, medical equipment and food items to Kafu Bullom, Lokomasama and BKM chiefdoms that worth over seventy million Leones. In the agriculture sector, he said they are also helping vegetable farmers, ‘FORIKOLO’ e.v Sierra Leone have built bakeries in different communities that have provided jobs for hundreds of young people both male and female in Portloko district, have provided furniture and school materials and many more.
Mr. Mansaray maintained that they got support from their sister organization based in Germany, ‘FORIKOLO’ e.v German, it is the sole sponsor of ‘FORIKOLO’ e.v Sierra Leone.
The villages/towns and chiefdoms that have benefited from this organization in Education, Health, Agriculture, business to name but few, in Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom are; Maloko, Gbanti, Lungi Town and Conakry Dee, in Lokomasama Chiefdom are; Forikolo, Komrabai, Kalangba Junction, Yuruka, Shekaya, Musaya, Morthang, Robenk, Bailor Wharf, Masulaimani, in BKM Chiefdom are; Rotifunk Kasseh, they have done a lot in all these communities. “We have also provided solar panels in some of these schools to help children with their studies who needs light during the night.
The FORIKOLO Country Director further noted that they have received series of calls from other parts of the country like Kambia, Bombali, Bo, Kenema, and Kono districts. “I continue to receive calls daily to reach these areas. We are considering their requests but due to limited resources, we don’t want to start what we can end. We will really get to other needy areas as we have exhausted most of the areas I highlighted above” he said.
When asked by this reporter whether he has a political ambition, Mr. Abu Mansaray said yes because base on what he is doing in the district, stakeholders in the district have called him to be their next member of Parliament come 2018. “Many say, I am not into politics and I have done plenty with my connection, if come to politics now, they believe I will do more. But I am yet to decide which seat I should run for. because calls are coming from different constituencies in Kaffu Bullom and Lokomasama in the Portloko district. Mr. Mansaray proudly said he will be running under the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) Party. He ended that he registered in the APC in 2011 as Honorary Executive Member.
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Come See the Show! Art in the East Village
by Bob Bahr | Mar 16, 2018 | paintings etc | 0 comments
“Rooftop Hudson,” by Bob Bahr, 2018, acrylic, 24 x 30.
I was thrilled when Tony Winters asked if I would like to join him and artist Robin Kappy in an exhibition in the East Village. That neighborhood is in my top 3 in NYC—lively, and still gritty and diverse like much of NYC used to be. But our art is hanging in the lounge area of a theater, and I didn’t know what that would look like.
“G’morning,” by Bob Bahr, 2018, acrylic, 12 x 12.
When Tony and I went to the space to patch the walls and touch up the paint, I got a good sense for the joint. TNC Gallery is in the Theater of the New City, a community theater complex that hosts off-off-Broadway plays ranging from classics from Chekov to radical political pieces from local playwrights. I met Crystal Fields, the woman who has held the whole crazy thing together for 40 years, and immediately loved the vibe of the staff and the building. Shambling, creative, energetic…suddenly things changed from an exhibition in which I felt lucky just to participate, to something really cool that seems beyond a typical art show.
“Inwood Sunrise,” by Bob Bahr, 2017, acrylic, 26 x 18.
I have 12 pieces in the show, an even dozen that are decidedly uneven–in that some paintings will please some people and others will please a different crowd. There are triangle paintings and quick plein air studies and large atmospheric studio landscapes. It’s a bit varied, but it is an accurate snapshot of where I am currently in my painting. My fellow artists are wonderful friends and better painters than me–so check them out. I wrote about us, here. I’m goosed for the opening, which is this Tuesday night, March 20, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
“Catherine’s Place,” by Bob Bahr, 2017, acrylic, 14 x 14.
When I mentioned the exhibition to my friend Ray Rizzo, he immediately said he wanted to be a part of it, somehow. This was and is a thrilling prospect. Any project Ray picks up turns out to be unpredictable, creative, and somehow utterly professional while staying in the precarious moment. He will be out of town on Tuesday, so he suggested a closing party. My fellow exhibitors OK’ed the idea, so Ray will be playing some music and doing lord knows what else from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on April 30.
I hope you can come see the show, whether it’s at the opening, the closing, or some time in between. Ω
Theater of the New City, which contains TNC Gallery. 155 First Avenue, NYC
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Grah Shanti: The Traditional Indian Engagement Ceremony Ritual
11 July 2019 Mary G.Arts & culture, Lifestyle
From entertainment, flowers, clothing, to the food, there is usually a lot of excitement and preparation around the wedding day. While there are variations in various Hindu communities, there are some staples like the Gran Shanti ceremony. Here are a few details on how the ritual takes place.
Traditional Match Making
In India, elders and parents in the close family primarily did the first matchmaking. They took into consideration practical aspects and considerations for a successful marriage. The rituals for matchmaking also entailed horoscopes matching. Indian marriages are not just a match for the couples but also a match of the two families.
Engagement Vidhi
In this event, there is a lot of excitement and fun. It can take place at the bride or groom’s home. In the US, both families have probably known each other for years. Thus, it is an announcement to relatives and friends.
Hindi culture dictates that the groom’s father will make the proposal to the father of the bride with his son in tow. The bride’s father confirms there are no skeletons in the groom’s closet and tells the groom’s father to ensure that his daughter also has no skeletons in her closet. The father of the bride sets the date and the couple will then exchange engagement rings. The couple is now referred to as bride and groom although they will only officially become so about a day to the actual wedding day.
The Steps For Engagement
• Request by the groom’s father for the bride’s hand on, which the bride’s father will accept
• Bride’s father proposes a date for the wedding
• Groom’s father and son reconfirm their proposal
• The bride will worship Shachi to ensure a successful marriage
• Five women perform Mangal Aarati for the bride
• The bride and groom exchange their rings
• A formal announcement of the engagement
The whole ceremony takes about 45 minutes.
As in other cultures globally, horoscopes play an important role in the ceremony. While in the US weddings often take place on Saturdays, it might not work for a Hindu wedding. The union has to take place on a day when the planetary arrangement is perfect to avoid future problems. A day before the wedding, the Grah Shanti ceremony takes place, which marks the official kickoff of ceremonies for the marriage ceremony. Various other rituals are done separately at the groom and bride’s homes. However, depending on the wishes of the families, the rituals can take place at the wedding venue to ensure all relatives attend.
The rites take about an hour to set up and an hour to perform.
The Steps For The Pre-Wedding Rite
Haladi
The groom or bride is massaged with Halad and fragrant oil and then take a bath for purification.
Muhurtamedha and Sankalpa
The Muhurtamedha is the official announcement of the coming wedding. This is done using a yellow cloth tied to a tree with a short pooja. Parents from both sides declare they are starting the pre-wedding rituals and pray to the Gods for blessings.
Ganesh / Kuldevata Pooja and Poonyahvachanam
Ganesh is the son of Parvati and Shiva. He is the Lord of Success and Destroyer of obstacles and evils. It ensures the wedding will be a success.
Kalash Pooja
The Kalasha represents the universe and Hindu Culture and Heritage. The holy water from the Kalash is used to perform Kannyadaan.
Navagraha Pooja
This entails doing the Yagnya to please the heavenly bodies and eliminate any natural calamities that might be in the paths of both the bride and groom.
Mandap Devata Pooja
This is a prayer to the Mandap Devata to ensure success when building the Mandap to ensure all rituals in the Mandap take place without a hitch.
Gouri Har Pooja
This is only for the bride. She worships Gouri and Shankar to ensure an eternal marriage despite any challenges that may occur. The girl is now called Soubhgya Kankshini, a bringer of good fortunes.
Samavartan
Upanayana is the start while Samavartan is the end of the Brahmacharyashrama, which is the first step of being a student and the foundation for the Ashram system. It is supposed to begin at about 10 years to teach the child to follow a strict code of conduct. However, many have not undergone it. However, it is better late than never.
Advice by the Priest to the Groom or Bride
The priest then take the groom and the bride apart, one after the other, and gives them advices for their married life.
Aarati and Prarthana
This is the final step, once it is done, the bride and groom can now be called the bride and groom officially.
Each step has an important meaning and a Hindu wedding expert will explain in detail. During the actual wedding, exchanging gifts is allowed. A gift can be in the form of gold, money, or anything else of value to the couple.
In traditional Hindu customs, dating was not allowed as it was seen as a form of testing each other. The rules and details of each ceremony will obviously vary according to the wishes of the family. Both can make arrangements and a procedure that suit the families the best after consultations.
Faith, Religion, Traditions, Wedding
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Osasu Obayiuwana: Europe’s clubs need to stop taking and start sharing
With Real Madrid and their noisy but vastly improved neighbours Atletico, earning well-deserved places at this year’s UEFA Champions’ League final in Lisbon, the fraternity looks forward to what is certainly going to be a keenly contested encounter.
But as Europe’s – and undoubtedly the world’s – leading club tournament grows in competitive and commercial strength, certainly helped by the huge global audience it continues to pull, it is a telling reminder, to African club football,
Osasu Obayiuwana: The big questions need an honest answer
When Liberia’s George Weah became the first African to win the FIFA World Player of the Year title, in 1995, many thought that it was going to be the first of many for the continent’s players.
With their ascendance and growing impact in European club football – which, fairly or unfairly, remains the yardstick for picking the best on the planet – it was taken as a given at the time.
But nearly 20 years have passed since the former AC Milan forward earned the game’s top individual award and it does not appear that another African will be following in Weah’s footsteps anytime soon.
Osasu Obayiuwana: UEFA’s self interest makes a joke of the ‘global’ solidarity pitch
When UEFA and its member countries take a decision to fundamentally restructure the way in which international football, within its continent, is played, it ought not to concern the rest of the global fraternity.
What European football does within its borders is, in principle, their prerogative.
BUT – and this is a big but, obviously – when a continental decision is taken without any cognisance of the effect that it would have on the WORLD game,
Osasu Obayiuwana: No love for the home boys
Since Mexico ’86, when Morocco’s Atlas Lions became the first African side to reach the second round at the World Cup finals, the continent has managed, in the six tournaments that have followed, to maintain an unbroken presence in the knockout stages.
But on the seven occasions that an African team has reached the second round or the quarter-finals, the managers at the helm have come from every other part of the world except –
Osasu Obayiuwana: Appetites lost for fixing the fixing issues?
When a World Cup host is found to have been involved in match-fixing, not just once (as if that’s not bad enough) but several times, any right-thinking person, concerned about the integrity of the game, would assume that confronting this heinous crime against our sport would be a priority matter.
As Jerome Valcke, FIFA’s secretary-general, repeatedly puts it “match-manipulation is the biggest threat to the game today.”
Unfortunately, the investigation into South African football –
Osasu Obayiuwana: Libya’s Cup of Nations takes some believing
Charity, they say, is supposed to begin at home. Or, at least, in your continent.
But I am wondering whether it is an adage that officials of Libya’s government and the football federation have ever taken to heart.
At the recent laying of the foundation stone, at a stadium to be built in Tripoli, the country’s capital, ahead of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations they are to host – assuming the war-torn country is peaceful enough –
Osasu Obayiuwana: The real art of management in Nigeria is keeping the job
In the sensible regions of planet football, a manager that does the tough work of qualifying a team for a World Cup finals has earned the right to manage the team at it.
But what is obviously the logical, common-sense thing, is certainly not the established rule in Nigerian football, where they operate from a different playbook.
Over the last 20 years, as well as in the four tournaments the Super Eagles have played in (1994,
Osasu Obayiuwana: South Africa must confront the bitter truth
Had Fikile Mbalula, South Africa’s angry minister for sport, possessed a statutory right to execute members of Bafana-Bafana, for their dismal performance at the last Championship of African Nations (CHAN), I have little doubt he would have been sorely tempted to use it.
I’m also certain that some equally irate fans would have gladly paid for the privilege of watching the deed being done.
Having failed to qualify for the knockout rounds of the tournament they were hosting,
Osasu Obayiuwana: Substitutes for experience; but will they be Supersubs?
When Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, was recently appointed as UEFA’s coaching ambassador, he gave what I thought was a logical piece of advice for the next generation of managers.
“I would say to every young coach – make sure that you prepare and give yourselves the best opportunities by getting their (UEFA) licenses. It is very important.
“Even when they get their licenses, they need to ensure they attend all the coaching seminars…
Osasu Obayiuwana: Politics threatens to knock top off Egypt’s football pyramid
In the tumultuous period that has followed the toppling of two presidents, Hosni Mubarak and Mohamed Morsi, over the past three years, with the country remaining in a state of political flux, the huge damage done to Egyptian football cannot be exaggerated.
Its clubs are yet to recover from the severe hit to their finances, as a result of the abandonment of the 2011/2012 national championship, following the death of 74 fans, after a match in Port Said between Ahly and Masry.
Osasu Obayiuwana: Up for Champagne, anyone?
It’s one thing to throw pre-fight verbal salvos or shadow box in the dressing room.
But walking through the political gauntlet and stepping into the ring, especially when you don’t know the opponents you’re competing against, is certainly a huge leap of faith.
That’s what Jerome Champagne, the 55-year-old Frenchman and FIFA’s former deputy secretary-general and director of international affairs, took when he announced his decision, in London on Monday, to seek the most powerful position in football and,
Osasu Obayiuwana: Do CAF awards dishonour more than they honour?
Having taken a firm position, over a month ago, against the selection of Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure as the BBC African Footballer of the Year, it would be no shock to regular readers of this column that I am in complete disagreement with his receipt of the official title in Lagos, Nigeria, last Thursday.
The argument put forward in my December 5 piece, “What is an African performance worth?” hasn’t changed a jot.
Osasu Obayiuwana: Charting a path for Africa’s future
With roughly five months to the World Cup finals, the burning question of how the African quintet will perform in Brazil and what it might say, about the competitive state of the continental game, will soon be answered.
But what really bothers me, as we begin another year, way beyond whether an African team is able, for the first-time, to reach the semi-finals – as desirable as that is – is when the various countries within the continent will get down to the much-needed business of hammering out sustainable plans for long-term development.
Osasu Obayiuwana: Pieth’s farewell to football
With just days to the end of the year, and his tenure as the chair of FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee (IGC), you would think Mark Pieth is extremely glad to be well rid of an assignment he admitted has been extremely difficult to manage – getting the game’s chieftains to radically change the way they do business.
In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Pieth was quoted as telling the German newspaper that he “would not take on the task again,
Osasu Obayiuwana: What’s an African performance worth?
Arsene Wenger is, clearly, not a fan of individual awards for players, such as the FIFA Ballon d’Or, for the reason that the “endorsement of an individual goes against the essence of our sport”, which is about team effort.
“I fight like a mad man against the award, which hurts football… the player is prompted to favour individual performance over that of the team,” he argued during his appearance on Telefoot, a programme on French television.
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Chamber Rules for Jury Trials
JURY TRIAL - CHANCERY RULES
The following outlines the general trial procedure where a jury trial is being held in the Chancery Court for Madison County, Tennessee and in other counties in the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District.
The number of jurors will generally be twelve (12), but may be less than twelve if the parties agree.
The court will authorize two (2) additional jurors who will have the same rights, duties, and obligations as the regular jurors.
The court will empanel fourteen (14) jurors and at the end of the proof, will select twelve (12) jurors by lot under Rule 47.02 (1) and discharge the others. During the jury selection, or the trial of the case, there shall be no distinction made by the court as to which jurors are additional jurors and which are regular jurors. At the close of the proof, after the court selects the twelve (12) to be the deliberating jurors, the other remaining jurors not selected shall be discharged.
Attorneys may address the entire panel and introduce themselves and make brief non-argumentative remarks that inform the potential jurors of the general nature of the case
Attorneys may voir dire the jurors. The main panel will be held outside the courtroom and the twelve (12) jurors in the jury box will be voir dired in all other's presence.
Back striking of jurors will be allowed.
The plaintiff will have four peremptory challenges, plus one for each additional juror. Defendants will have four peremptory challenges, plus one for each juror. If there are two defendants, or two plaintiffs, four additional peremptory challenges will be granted. Neither side will have more than eight peremptory challenges regardless of the number of parties on that side. See Tennessee Code Annotated § 22-3-105.
Challenges for cause:
Challenges for cause will be done first. Then, when the jury is passed for cause, counsel will simultaneously submit in writing to the Chancellor the name of any juror in the first group of twelve (or fourteen if there are additional jurors) of the jurors challenged by them peremptorily. The jurors challenged will be excused and replacements will be seated. The process will then begin again with challenges for cause, then peremptory challenges.
The Chancellor will keep a list of the jurors challenged and if the same juror is challenged by both sides, each will be charged with a challenge. There will be no disclosure to the jurors as to who challenged that particular juror.
Juror information- Rule 43A:
Jurors may take notes during the trial.
Note taking materials will be included in juror notebooks.
Notes taken by jurors will be collected by court personnel after the verdict and destroyed.
Juror notebooks- Rule 43A.02:
Juror notebooks shall be provided by the party requesting the jury trial.
Copies of exhibits or pertinent parts of large exhibits shall be furnished, punched and tabbed, for the notebooks. Plaintiff's exhibits will be in the front section and defendants exhibits in the back section.
Counsel will place page numbers on multi-page exhibits.
Counsel will provide an index to exhibits in the front of the notebook, plus a page containing the names of each attorney and who they represent.
Jury instructions will be in the notebook.
Juror questions - Rule 43A.03
Jurors may propound questions to a witness as described in Rule 43A.03.
The court will consult with counsel and decide whether to ask the questions requested and in what format.
The court will instruct jurors prior to the beginning of trial as to the procedure for propounding questions.
Interim commentary - Rule 44A
Counsel, when they have the floor, may request to address the jury during the course of the trial in order to assist jurors in understanding the evidence that has been, or will be, presented.
The time limit for such an address to the jury will be three minutes.
Opposing counsel will be allowed to respond to the jury with a time limit of three minutes.
List of issues - Tennessee Code Annotated §36-4-113.
Each side will prepare a list of issues to be decided by the jury designed to elicit a yes or no response.
Opening statements:
A plaintiff/counter-defendant will be allowed twenty minutes for opening statements.
A defendant/counter-plaintiff will be allowed twenty minutes for opening statements.
Jurors must agree on all issues finally submitted. If they do not agree, after appropriate deliberations, the court will declare a mistrial and order a new trial.
Disability of jurors:
If more than three jurors become sick, disabled, or incompetent to continue service after being impaneled, the court may discharge them and either grant a new trial or, if the parties agree, continue the trial and determine the issues by the remaining jurors.
Unanimous verdict:
a. Prior to impaneling a jury, counsel for the parties may agree to accept a verdict by less than 100% of the impaneled jurors; i.e., in a jury of twelve, the attorneys could agree to accept a majority verdict of seven, eight, or more, but less than twelve.
Jury instructions:
The court will prepare and deliver preliminary jury instructions.
Counsel shall prepare and submit to the court seven days before the trial their proposed instructions relevant to the issues in their respective complaints, counter-complaints, and as to any defenses.
Jury verdict form:
The court will prepare the jury verdict form after receiving proposed verdict forms from counsel
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The Hacienda In 1982
The Nico Project
Dancing About Architecture
Johann Kloos
Cromford Courts
What do you get if you take the corner out of Cornerhouse? House? No, Home apparently… and now with more space, less character and a massive adjoining garage. Of course with any house-move there are bound to be compromises.
The old place was great for students… but now we’ve grown up – there are kids and vehicles in tow! The trouble is that when a venue tries to cater for this, it can easily start to feel very conventional… which is not really what we want or expect from ‘art’.
I shouldn’t moan because my write-up of the Magda Archer exhibition at Cornerhouse in 2011 begins with a description of the hairy journey to the venue on foot along Charles Street and Oxford Road with my 4 small kids. But I would prefer Manchester City Council to make public transport easier and cheaper for families to use, rather than just create more car parks.
So the great location and quirky exterior have gone, and Home’s designers have fixated upon the look and feel of the interior as a way of expressing some kind of continuity between the old and new venues.
They have attempted to reproduce and ‘magnify’ the Cornerhouse interior feel, which was purely functional… wooden floors, white walls, big windows. But without the funny-shaped plot and the views of Oxford Road, the overall effect is really BLAND.
They’ve tried to counter the blandness in two ways… they’ve gone all out with the quality and quantity of some of the natural materials, and they’ve attempted a visual pun… they’ve filled the House with Corners:
Yes, this explains the overwrought construction of the central staircase. I was relieved when I realised there was some logic behind it… god knows how many trees died to illustrate this leaden wordplay.
Upstairs a beautiful concrete wall is spoiled by a white skirting board. Is this another ‘corner’ reference? Because, unlike the staircase, it looks like a hasty compromise.
Our kids were completely bored by our visit to Home – so we took them to Nandos for food afterwards, and found ourselves in exactly the same type of interior, only with chicken instead of art.
An interior which reassures; a place where people spend money.
When Cornerhouse opened in 1985, I was a student. I wasn’t sure about the place at first… inside was a bit too shiny, self-assured and characterless, with its glib white walls, wooden floors and over-priced bookshop.
But the venue’s monthly newsletters were an eye-opener: obviously created by enthusiasts, they looked like fanzines, and were packed with information about independent films. My Beautiful Launderette, Wings of Desire, Mephisto, Birdy, Repo Man, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Stop Making Sense, Eraserhead, A Zed & Two Noughts… it felt very satisfying to tick them all off. Even the films I didn’t enjoy felt like worthy steps on some imaginary path to ‘sophistication’… How ridiculous that seems now!
And from the outside, Cornerhouse reflected the independent film world’s quirkiness a little, being a recycled building, wedged into that unlikely gap on the main drag into town… in the shadow of the enormous red wedding-cake.
Home, on the other hand, doesn’t feel ‘alternative’ in any way. I know it’s easy to stand on the sidelines and criticise, but if they couldn’t recycle an unused building in central Manchester, they really should have created an eccentric landmark which people would have crossed town to see for its own sake.
Instead, Home relies upon its car park to tempt us in… and of course the quality of its offer. But how provincial it feels! How un-New-York! How un-London! How very Dumplington!
“Vehicle-ownership” equals “our pact with consumerism”. Maybe we get what we deserve.
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Our family on our last vacation together before ALS changed our lives.
Akhil in August 2012
Like the water rushing over the boulders in the photo above, we think that life will go on "as is" forever. What we miss is the constant erosion that subtly occurs underneath the rushing water of our daily activities. Over time, the rocks are eroded and the flow is forever changed.
On July 26, 2011 our lives were forever changed when Akhil received the diagnosis of ALS. Having been dealing with MS since 2000, we were shocked by this additional diagnosis of ALS!
In the picture to the left, we were on our "last family vacation" thinking this would be our last because our oldest daughter, Ashley would be leaving for college in the fall. Things eroded, changing life as we knew it. Ashley didn't leave for college but it would be our last family vacation nonetheless. Things are never quite what they seem...
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"You do not know strength until strength is all
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She said:
Our journey together began over 20 years ago when Akhil was an engineer at General Motors in Wentzville, Missouri and I was a summer engineering intern. He tells me it was love at first sight. I had a serious boyfriend at the time and it seemed like we were headed for marriage. This was my first lesson in "things aren't always what they seem" - sorry, Bill, if you are reading this.
Akhil persistently asked me out until I finally told him that he could go with my boyfriend and me to a comedy club. This led to a case of "when you give a guy an inch, he'll take a mile"! Akhil used every opportunity to romance me away from Bill - chocolate-covered strawberries, flowers, notes at my desk... Unfortunately, Bill was not a romantic so Akhil's persistence eventually paid off. Three weeks after our first date, we were engaged. When I told my family, they were shocked thinking I would be announcing my engagement to Bill. When Akhil told his conservative Indian family that he was marrying a white girl, saying that they were dismayed is an understatement. Fortunately, we have all come to terms with our differences.
It was true our journey together started over 20 years ago, but the point Laura failed to mention was I persistent because I wanted to save her! No, not from Bill, but from a mental breakdown. How could someone turn me down? Had to be a mental issue. It was my duty to save this girl! And so I did. It just cost me chocolates, limo rides, concert tickets, flowers and lots of dinners. It was worth it, mission accomplished. Girl rescued. Family in turmoil. Everyone in disbelief. Common phrase heard around the water cooler, "This won't last!"
Well here we are, still crazy in love with each other, but it wasn't always like this. Things just aren't what they seem...
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Bass-Playing Döpplegangers: 10 Questions for Judd Fuller and Mick Hargreaves
Judd Fuller (Nashville, TN) and Mick Hargreaves (NY, NY) are bass playing brothers-in-arms who've never met in person. Through the modern day miracle of "social networking" they becamoe aware that they both favor four-string basses with flatwound strings, like the same types of music, enjoy a nice tasting ale, they both shave every bit of hair off their heads, and doggone-it, they actually look similar.
It is only fitting that we put ourselves head-to-head (pardon that particular pun), posing "Ten Questions for The Bassist":
Judd w/ Thunderbird Bass
1) What song or artist whomped you so hard over the head that you foolishly decided to pursue music for a living?
JUDD FULLER (left): Sometime in '76, I first heard "Tumbling Dice" by the Stones....I had always loved music and particularly The Beatles, but hearing the Stones on my friend's car stereo made me have a fit and re-think my life decisions. I promptly quit the wrestling team ( I was a sophomore, and probably on my way to a decent high school career ), and devoted even MORE time to smoking pot and playing in garage bands. Damn you, Keith Richards!
Mick w/ Lakland Duck Dunn Bass
MICK HARGREAVES (left): Surprisingly, not the Beatles. It was NRBQ. I heard their "At Yankee Stadium" LP, then saw them live a few times and I was hooked. I particularly dug the sounds Joey Spampinato got from his basses, which were mostly Danelectro's and Jerry Joneses. Flatwound strings, pick, thumb, and finger technique. Their fans comprise one of the coolest musical "cults" around.
2) Who would you cast to play you in the movie of your life story?
JF: I'm gonna say Russell Crowe. He's kind of stocky, but not weight-lifter stocky, I think he likes beer, but is possibly willing to work out hard enough to burn off the previous night's 12 pack, plus he plays music. I just feel this one. Though at this point he would have to shave his head. I think he'd be OK with it.
MH: Why, Judd Fuller of course. He's got the looks, the ability, the sense of humor, the total lack of hair on his head... He'd be a natural!
3) How did you gravitate toward the bass?
MH: Fifth grade, and they paraded our classmate, Rheinhart Yu (half German, half Chinese) in front of the class to demonstrate the cello, and he smoked it. I mean, he was way beyond what you'd think a fifth grader would be capable of. Afterwards, they asked the class if anyone was "interested" in cello. Sure, I thought, I was "interested" in that, I'd like to find out more about the instrument. I didn't know I was signing up to learn how to play the damn thing! I wound up having an awesome teacher, Mr. Johnson, who sadly later died fishing when his boat swamped off Montauk and he got sucked down to the briny deep in his waders. I also remember somehow agreeing to go for lessons in the middle of the summer when everyone was out having fun. I had this super-hot chick teacher (I was in fifth grade, remember, so that didn't mean a thing), who I walked out on because she made me wait too long one day. That was my first musical rebellious moment, I suppose. Soon, other things (high school being what it is) distracted me away from music, but when I got back to the music, the electric bass was a natural point of return, and I never looked back.
JF: When we were in ninth grade, my friend Tommy Greenwald was playing with some guys who needed a bass player. He played keyboards, we had an afro-sporting white kid named Brian Howard who played a mean Hendrix-style strat, and Eric Michaels who was a good drummer....plus his parents let us rehearse in his basement. I had played a bit of guitar at that point. I tried out by playing bass lines on a borrowed electric guitar. I guess I got the gig. I rode the train in from CT. and bought, with cash pinned to my sock, a Fender MusicMan bass from Manny's, as a birthday gift from my mom. We played dances, battle of the bands, etc., mainly Kiss and Sabbath covers. Brian once threatened to bring in a live chicken and kill it onstage 'cuz we were playing at a rival junior high school's dance and he wanted to piss them off. He didn't. He settled on busting up a lousy acoustic guitar bought for that purpose. Did he? I don't know, you'd have to ask those guys.
4) When did you start becoming follically challenged?
JF: Around age 26. I fought it for a while, and then just arrived at the acceptance stage a lot smoother than I thought. Tried Minoxidil around age 28, but it didn't take. Though to this day, I still have dreams wherein I look in the mirror, have a full, luxurious head of hair, and think, "wow, this is awesome"! And then I wake up. Damn. Plus when I go swimming, I still come out from diving in and shake my head to get the hair out of my eyes....
MH: June 19th 1995. It was a cloudy day as I recall. Actually, I just shaved it all off before work one day and never looked back. The only thing I've ever put on my noggin' is moisturizer. Judd, just think of all the money we save by not having to go to the barber, and not having to buy shampoo or conditioner... and all the time saved by not having to dry the head of hair after showering or swimming/surfing!
5) When loosening cavities is important, what's your bass rig of choice? (Please include amplifier, instrument, effects/processing, and playing style details.)
JF: What's weird is that these days, I don't play an amp on stage. It's all DI. I'm at the mercy of the Front-Of-House engineer. It's a strange Nashville phenomenon. A sterile stage so the singer can hear himself better. I'm not fond of it. BUT: When I did use a rig in Nashville, it was a Genz-Benz 1200 head, Genz-Benz 4 X 10 with deep portals. No effects other than slight compression and EQ. Most important were the thump of the strings....either flatwounds or LaBella tape wounds. And the style of play. My fave influential players: Rick Danko, Paul McCartney, Joey Spampinato from NRBQ.
MH: Ampeg SVT-II rack mount head, plugged into a 4x10 cabinet loaded with Eminence Legend BP102 10-inch drivers (the same drivers currently used in Ampeg's 8x10 refrigerators) and a single 15" cabinet (not certain about the driver, I'd have to open it up - which is on the "to do" list). I'd use my Lakland Donald "Duck" Dunn P-Bass, because it's louder than my 1966 Fender Precision. I normally don't have it in the signal chain, but if I want to ensure the very back molars are loosened, I'd throw in the ol' trusty Boss compressor pedal, with the Monte Alums mods. I'd use a pick for extra attack characteristics. I will say, Judd, our fave bassists are almost identical, and I too drank the flatwound Kool-Aid long ago. We need to get a beer, son.
Mick w/ '66 P-Bass
6) Favorite Bass Player Joke?
MICK HARGREAVES: The kid returns from his first bass lesson and triumphantly announces to his dad that he learned all the notes on the E string. The next week, he learns all the notes on the A string. The third week, he doesn't come back on time. His dad is beside himself with worry and anxiety. Finally, the kid walks in the door at 1AM and says, "Be cool, daddy-o... I had a gig!"
Judd w/ The right kind of 6-string...
JUDD FULLER:
Q: What is the range of a good 5-string bass?
A: About 10 yards, if you have a good arm.
7) What US state, in your opinion, has the most annoying assortment of roadside billboards?
JF: Tennessee, no doubt. A lot of religious blather on billboards, telling me that "HELL IS REAL", and "JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD", and asking, "Where will YOU spend ETERNITY?" Hey, brah, believe what you want to believe, but keep it private....I'm spiritual, I believe in a power greater than ourselves, no doubt....but I would prefer your beliefs stay out of my life!
MH: I always got the impression that Missouri was the Bible-billboard-belt...
8) What's your number one pet peeve, pertaining to bass, bassists, bass playing?
JF: Dudes that strap their bass up to nipple and / or chin height. Keep it low, with 'tude. It's more important to look cool than to be comfortable. Looking cool is all we got....
MH: I call that the "Herman's Hermit's" height adjustment. For me... hmmmm... it would be easy to say the fifth and/or sixth strings (I'm a devout four-stringer), but we've all heard that one before, and as soon as I say that, I'll probably wind up on a recording session that calls for a five-string part. So, scratch that. I'd say just a general trend towards overplaying and an inattention to "economy of notes". Guitar players who play bass are often guilty of this.
9) If you were re-born as a bass, what would you be?
JF: One that sounds like a perfect amalgam of all the bassists that influenced my playing. But looks used.
MH: I'd be reborn as the 1961 Fender P-Bass that was stolen from me right out the back door of a club in Hoboken, NJ back in 1991. I was an idiot for bringing that thing out to shows.
10) What's the favorite venue you've ever performed in?
MH: I tend to hang onto the weird ones. So, it's a toss up between Leipzig, Germany and Death Valley, California.
Leipzig is in old East Germany near the Polish border. The Grip Weeds were on tour, and the club was in this giant old subterranean, labyrinthian jail. One can only imagine what went on down there down through the ages. We played what must have been a huge mess hall, with a vaulted ceiling. The kids spoke almost no English aside from "Cigarette" and "American". The show was nuts.
Death Valley... played there twice with Matthew Grimm & The Red Smear in a "town" on the edge of the valley. The town is basically a campsite, gas station and motel that share a water source. "If the water ever dries up, we're finished." Comedian Doug Stanhope and his entourage of beautiful nutcases buy the place out for three or four days once a year and it's completely off the hook. The porch of one of the motel buildings is used as a stage, and at night it's a combination of bands and comedy. There's a ghost town nearby. It's so hot (duh) that people have inflatable kiddie pools in the motel rooms.
JF: I've performed in arenas, stadiums, theatres, huge clubs, churches, and absolute shit-hole bars. But my absolute fave venue I've played in is a little family-owned bar in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA., called The Ritz Cafe. For a couple of years I would play every Monday night there with three bad-ass Boston-area players: John Caban (guitar), Brian Alex (guitar), and Tom Major(drums) . We would play funk covers (The Meters, Kool And The Gang, etc., or just funk versions of other people's songs, depending on what mood we were in....never a rehearsal!) and the vibe was just amazing. On Monday nites, the line would be around the corner, Just a bunch of hot, sweaty people dancing, right in your face, and we would improvise, lay-out, hammer it home, do whatever...I've never felt musical energy that thick with either the players, or the people watching and dancing. I miss it!
Judd Fuller playing the Danelectro Longhorn bass with Rodney Atkins
Mick Hargreaves backstage at the Stephen Talkhouse with Junior Brown
Posted by Mick Hargreaves at 11:41 AM
Your pictures suck! Can I get a better picture of that Longhorn bass??? :D
Mick Hargreaves May 1, 2014 at 12:16 PM
Ya, send me one!
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Additionally we have a strong desire to minimize the environmental impact of our activities and to support local mountain communities. We work towards sustainable mountain activities and preservation of the alpine environment.
Chamonix Ski & Mountain guides
We work with a small number of guides from different countries sharing our passion. All guides are qualified by IFMGA/UIAGM guide education and speak fluent English.
Becoming a guide is not just a profession you choose. You spend many years climbing and skiing before you actually are able to apply for the IFMGA mountain guide education.
Lucky but true, some day our passion became our work.
To successfully achieve difficult climbs you need to be very motivated and focused.
We are the most motivated to provide you an unforgettable and unique adventure.
Wolfgang Huber – Head Mountain Guide
Wolfgang has lived in Chamonix since 2000. Travelling all over the world in the search of adventures “it always feels great to come back home to Chamonix “. In 2000 he completed his UIAGM mountain guide education as one of the youngest in Austria. Today he is a well-experienced guide and skier, who enjoys skiing and climbing more than anything. Additional to his experience in steep skiing and in Big Mountain competitions, he has also been a safety consultant for Match Stick Production filming on focused in Norway.
Languages: German, English, and French.
Eva Eskilsson – Mountain Guide, Web Master
Eva is a passionate climber and free skier, exploring the mountains most days of the year. She is a IFMGA/UIAGM guide, as well as a Climbing and Canyoning Instructor certified in France (B.E.E.S).
Born in Sweden 1982, sports and being in the outdoors have always been the major interests. While completing her Master of Science degree and competing internationally in gymnastics she also fit in a lot of travelling, finally settling for Chamonix.
Eva now runs the Mountain Spirit office together with Wolfgang. She is responsible for this web site, all marketing strategies, and acts as our social media coordinator.
Loving to travel and explore, Eva and Wolfgang spend a lot of time developing and creating new programs and courses. Always staying ahead when it comes to offering new adventures to our returning clients.
Languages: Swedish, English, French, Danish.
Paolo Paglino – Mountain Guide
Born in Italy in 1967 he lives in Rassa, a pretty village south of Monte Rosa.
Paolo successfully completed the selective UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide Course in Italy and has been guiding in the Alps since 1993. He has professionally led treks and climbing expeditions in Nepal, South America and Africa too.
Since 1997 he is also an examiner for the UIAGM Italian Mountain Guide Courses involved in guide safety, climbing and ski techniques.
Under his guidance you will surely improve your knowledge of the mountains. It is always a great experience to be in the mountain with Paolo!
Languages: Italian, English, and French.
Nikos Hadjis – Mountain Guide
Born in 1973 in Athens, Greece. At the age of 15 he realized that he had enough of the big city life and took off to the mountains, which from then on until today he calls his home.
His first visit to the Mont Blanc area and the Alps was at 1993, since then he spent most of the time in the Alps guiding and enjoying granite, ice and snow by practising all the different mountain disciplines.
Nikos became an UIAGM mountain guide in 2004, but for the past 23 years his appetite for climbing and skiing has only increased and he never gets enough of it.
Languages: Greek and English. He also falters words in Italian, French, Norwegian, and German too.
Linus Kulstad – Mountain Guide
Linus has been skiing since being a toddler. In his teens he started rock climbing, but it was first when he went to an out-door-school on Lofoten, Norway, in 1996 that he got completely sold on the mountains and all the adventures they offer. After exploring the Scandinavian mountains for a few years it was time to have a look around Europe. In 1999 he did his first winter season in the Alps and have returned every year since then.
In 2004 Linus started his mountain guide education in Sweden and have had his base in Chamonix since then. By now Linus is an experienced UIAGM mountain guide knowing many ski and climbing areas in the Alps and Norway as well as his own backyard, but still he continues to explore…
Languages: Swedish and English.
Skiing and Climbing Locations Where We Guide
For many years we have climbed, skied and travelled with clients and friends to the world’s best outdoor adventure locations. Famous or still unexplored, we gathered local knowledge and information.
If you do not find a detailed program for your climbing or ski trip on our website contact us and get your personal program at a private rate!
FRANCE: Chamonix – Corsica – South east (from Ceuse to Calanques)
ITALY: Sardinia and Sicily – Ligurian Coast (Finale) – Vallee del Orco – Garda Lake (Arco)
SPAIN: El Chorro – Mallos de Riglos – Rodellar
AUSTRIA: Karawanken – Dachstein – Gesäses – Großglockner
GREECE: Kalymnos – Meteora – Pelponnese
SWEDEN: Bohuslan
NORWAY: Lofoten Islands
USA: Yosemite – Indian Creek – Zion – Red rocks
MADAGASCAR: Tsaranoro
FRANCE: Chamonix
AUSTRIA: Karawanken
ITALY: Dolomites
Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
FRANCE: Chamonix, Mont Blanc mountain range
SWITZERLAND: Valais – Berner Oberland – Bernina
AUSTRIA: Großglockner
ITALY: Monte Rosa, Dolomites
FRANCE: Chamonix, Mont Blanc massif
ITALY: Grand Paradiso region
AUSTRIA: Gross Glockner
SLOVENIA: Julian Alps
NORWAY: Lyngen Alps – Lofoten Islands – Svalbard
Off Piste Skiing
AUSTRIA: St.Anton am Arlberg
ITALY: Alagna
CANADA/USA: Road-trip Canada, Alaska
JAPAN: Hokkaido
Ice Clibming
FRANCE: Chamonix Valley
ITALY: Cogne
SWEDEN: Abisko
Chamonix Weather
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S4E20 "Farewell, Cruel World!" Recap
When Daisy and Simmons entered the Framework, their bodies were left to be protected by Rodriguez on the Zephyr One aircraft. Since connecting the Framework to the plane is draining a significant amount of power, Rodriguez has to shut off the plane's cloaking ability, which means Ivanov and his men can find the plane.
In the Framework, Simmons is struggling with the idea of leaving Fitz behind but Daisy implores her to see that they have to save the rest of the team for the time being, since this version of Fitz is putting them all in danger as the head of Hydra. Simmons later runs away from the base and visits Fitz's father Alistair to try to get to Fitz. She forces him to call Fitz and when he warns Fitz of Simmons' presence, a struggle ensues and Simmons is forced to kill him with Fitz still on the call hearing the whole thing unfold. Fitz begins hunting Simmons while incentivizing Radcliffe to help by offering to send him through the machine which would restore his living body.
Ophelia is panic-stricken and initiates the sequence to be transferred into her new body. Daisy leads the rest of the group to Radcliffe's exit point, where she, Coulson, and May manage to cross back into the real world. Fitz arrives at the exit point and confronts Simmons and tries to kill her but it stopped by Radcliffe, who has come to regret everything since the Darkhold corrupted his mind. He send Fitz through the exit point and then Simmons, whom he apologises to for everything. Mack decides to stay in the Framework, not wanting to live in a world without Hope.
Fitz is horrified at all the things he did inside the Framework, overcome with remorse for all the people he hurt and people he killed. The newly human version of Ophelia confronts the group, and teleports away with Fitz.
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Take, take, take
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Naomi has passed her first entrance exam at the tender age of five — she will be able to attend the school we had in mind from the very beginning. Things, as they do, work out. Tana-rata is Malay for 'flat field': it is a quiet school in the middle of a palm oil plantation. A metonymy. There is a pool and the school is full of kind aunties.
This was, I believe, the last step in establishing an indefinitely secure life here. I have a renewable contract and the girls can go to school until A-levels, if they want: Mei and Mia are automatically accepted. Now, to have it fully paid for, and I will be able to exhale some more. One thing at a time: everyone has been so patient, but we've done what this post has required, despite the difficulties, and that's something. A kind of academic merit badge.
The future is starting to materialise on the horizon. So many possibilities in the multiverse: I pray to 75 year-old me for guidance. This could be a big year, a very, very big year: I need to keep my head down... I'm writing like a madman, a kind of manic energy overload that, harnessed, leads to an incredible output. After Mia was born, I sloppily drafted my dissertation in 10 days: that sort of energy. The older I get, the better I am at dealing with the energy and the inevitable depression, but it's hard to explain, to put into words. I suddenly feel a rush of endorphins just standing there, no reason: just suddenly, incredibly happy. If I told you what triggered it, you'd laugh. I close the door of the office and a week later there is a research proposal, another journal article, an edited collection going forward, a new class I'm teaching... Where is the time coming from, how is it all getting done?
Yesterday, the girls played in the park across from our terrace house in Taman Sri Minang and I cleaned leaves out of the gutter around the park. When prodded, the leaves coughed out a cloud of mosquitoes, so I spent an hour digging them all out and pulling out plants that were growing from the damp mulch. A leather-skinned Malay man came out to watch me, smoking and sitting on a bench: he didn't say anything, so after a while I said hello and we started chatting.
He is retired, living in Ipoh, but his son rents a house in our neighbourhood. He told me the council should clean the gutter, and I laughed, making a joke about nothing getting done unless you do it yourself. He used to be an audio technician, he said — worked in Qatar and in KL and we talked about the world as he saw it and I saw it. He smoked, watching me waist deep in the gutter, making three piles of mud and leaves to burn after they dry out.
The terrace house in Taman Sri Minang, with its fans and aunties and bugs, a kind of home for us. Yoko points to an army of ants walking across the wall from one opening in the door frame to another. There's mould on the ceiling. We talk about moving out, but there's really no better place to go for now. We are situated perfectly for the future here: for Naomi to go to school, for Mei to go to kindergarten, and for me to walk daily to the bus station. Provided we can accept the bugs and the heat, seal all the holes with silicon, and keep our heads above water. Provided it all works out.
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Stephen Pihlaja often collocates with Religious Talk, Applied Linguistics, and Yoko.
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*(rwmu/los, the founder of the city of Rome. It is unnecessary in the present work to prove that all the stories about Romulus are mythical, and merely represent the traditional belief of the Roman people respecting their origin. Romulus, which is only a lengthened form of Romus, is simply the Roman people represented as an individual, and must be placed in the same category as Aeolus, Dorus, and Ion, the reputed ancestors of the Aeolians, Dorians, and Ionians, owing to the universal practice of antiquity to represent nations as springing from eponymous ancestors. But although none of the tales about Romulus can be received as an historical fact, yet it is of importance to know the general belief of the Roman people respecting the life of the founder of their city. It is, however, very difficult to ascertain the original form of the legend; since poets, on the one hand, embellished it with the creations of their own fancy, and historians, on the other hand, omitted many of its most marvellous incidents, in order to reduce it to the form of a probable history. The various tales related respecting the foundation of Rome may be reduced to two classes, one of Greek and the other of native origin. The former bring Romulus into close connection with Aeneas. A few Greek writers make Aeneas the founder of Rome, and speak of his wife under the name of Roma; others represent Romulus as his son or a remote descendant; but the greater part make him his grandson by his daughter Ilia. In most of these accounts the twin brothers are spoken of, but they appear under the names of Romulus and Romus, not Remus (comp. Dionys. A. R. 1.72, 73; Plut. Rom. 2, 3; Serv. ad Virg. Aen. 1.274; Festus, s. v. Roma). These accounts, however, scarcely deserve the name of traditions, as Niebuhr has remarked; they are for the most part the inventions of Greek writers, who were ignorant of the native legend, but having heard of the fame of Rome, wished to assign to it an origin.
The old Roman legend was of a very different kind. It was preserved in popular poems, which were handed down from generation to generation, and some of which were in existence in the time of Dionysius (1.79); and it seems to have been recorded in prose in its most genuine form by the annalist Q. Fabius Pictor, who lived during the second Punic War. This legend probably ran nearly as follows: --At Alba Longa there reigned a succession of kings, descended from Iulus, the son of Aeneas. One of the last of these kings left two sons, Numitor and Amulius. The latter, who was the younger, deprived Numitor of the kingdom, but allowed him to live in the enjoyment of his private fortune. Fearful, however, lest the heirs of Numitor might not submit so quietly to his usurpation, he caused his only son to be murdered, and made his daughter 1 Silvia one of the Vestal virgins. As Silvia one day went into the sacred grove, to draw water for the service of the goddess, a wolf met her, and she fled into a cave for safety; there, while a total eclipse obscured the sun, Mars himself overpowered her, and then consoled her with the promise that she should be the mother of heroic children (Serv. ad Virg. Aen 1.274; Dionys. A. R. 2.56; Plut. Rom. 27). When her time came, she brought forth twins. Amnlius doomed the guilty Vestal and her babes to be drowned in the river. in the Anio Silvia exchanged her earthly life for that of a goddess, and became the wife of the river-god. The stream carried the cradle in which the children were lying into the Tiber, which had overflowed its banks far and wide. It was stranded at the foot of the Palatine, and overturned on the root of a wild figtree, which, under the name of the Ficus Ruminalis, was preserved and held sacred for many ages after. A she-wolf, which had come to drink of the stream, carried them into her den hard by, and sotck led them; and there, when they wanted other food, the woodpecker, a bird sacred to Mars, brought it to them (Ov. Fast. 3.54). At length this marvellous spectacle was seen by Faustulus, the king's shepherd, who took the children to his own house, and gave them to the care of his wife, Acca Larentia. They were called Romulus and Remus, and grew up along with the twelve sons of their foster-parents, on the Palatine hill (Massurius Sabinus, apud Gell. 6.7). They were, however, distinguished from their comrades by the beauty of their person and the bravery of their deeds, and became the acknowledged leaders of the other shepherd youths, with whom they fought boldly against wild beasts and robbers. The followers of Romulus were called Quintilii; those of Remus, Fabii. A quarrel arose between them and the herdsmen of Numitor, who stalled their cattle on the neighbouring hill of the Aventine. Remus was taken by a stratagem, during the absence of his brother, and carried off to Numitor. His age and noble bearing made Numitor think of his grandsons; and his suspicions were confirmed by the tale of the marvellous nurture of the twin brothers. Meanwhile Romulus hastened with his foster-father to Numitor; suspicion was changed into certainty, and the old man recognised them as his grandsons. They now resolved to avenge the wrongs which their family had suffered. With the help of their faithful comrades, who had flocked to Alba to rescue Remus, they slew Amulius, and placed Numitor on the throne.
Romulus and Remus loved their old abode, and therefore left Alba to found a city on the banks of the Tiber. They were accompanied only by their old comrades, the shepherds. The story which makes them joined by the Alban nobles, is no part of the old legend; since the Julii and similar families do not appear till after the destruction of Alba. As the brothers possessed equal authority and power, a strife arose between them where the city should be built, who should be its founder, and after whose name it should be called. Romulus wished to build it on the Palatine, Remus on the Aventine, or, according to another tradition, on another hill three or four miles lower down the river, called Remuria or Remoria, which Niebulir supposes to be the hill beyond S. Paolo (comlp. Dionys. A. R. 1.85; Plut. Rom. 9). 2 It was agreed that the question should be decided by augtly ; and each took his station on the top of his chosen hill. The night passed away, and as the day was dawning Remus saw six vultures; but at sun-rise, when these tidings were brought to Romulus, twelve vultures flew by him. Each claimed the augury in his own favour; but most of the shepherds decided for Romulus, and Remus was therefore obliged to yield. Romulus now proceeded to mark out the pomoerium of his city (see Dict. of Ant. s. v.). He yoked a bullock and a heifer to a plough with a copper ploughshare, and drew a deep furrow round the foot of the Palatine, so as to include a considerable compass below the hill; and men followed after who turned every clod to the inward side. Where the gates were to be made, the plough was carried over the space; since otherwise nothing unclean could have entered the city, as the track of the plough was holy. In the comitium a vault was built underground, which was filled with the first-fruits of all the natural productions that support human life, and with earth which each of the settlers had brought with him from his home. This place was called Mundus, and was believed to be the entrance to the lower world (Festus, s. v. Mundus ; Plut. Rom. 11). Rome is said to have been founded on the 21 st of April, and this day was celebrated as a yearly festival down to the latest times of Roman history. It was the Palilia, or festival of Pales, the divinity of the shepherds, and was, therefore, a day weil fitted for the foundation of a city by shepherds (see Dict. of Ant. s. v. Palilia). On the line of the pomoerium Romulus began to raise a wall. Remus, who still resented the wrong he had suffered, leapt over it in scorn, whereupon Romulus slew him, saying, "So die whosoever hereafter shall leap over my walls;" though, according to another account, he was killed by Celer, who had the charge of the building. Remorse now seized Romulus, and he rejected all food and comfort, till at length he appeased the shade of Remus by instituting the festival of the Lemuria for the souls of the departed (Ov. Fast. 5.461, &c.). Afterwards an empty throne was set by the side of Romulus, with a sceptre and crown, that his brother might seem to reign with him (Serv. ad Virg. Aen. 1.276). Thus in the earliest legends we find the supreme power divided between two persons; but it is not impossible that the belief in the double kingdom of Romulus and Remus, as well as subsequently in that of Romulus and Titus Tatius, may have arisen simply from the circumstance of there being two magistrates at the head of the state in later times.
Romulus now found his people too few in numbers. He therefore set apart, on the Capitoline hill, an asylum, or a sanctuary, in which homicides and runaway slaves might take refuge. The city thus became filled with men, but they wanted women. Romulus, therefore, tried to form treaties with the neighbouring tribes, in order to obtain connubium, or the right of legal marriage with their citizens; but his offers were treated with disdain, and he accordingly resolved to obtain by force what he could not gain by entreaty. in the fourth month after the foundation of the city, he proclaimed that games were to be celebrated in honour of the god Consus, and invited his neighbours, the Latins and Sabines, to the festival. Suspecting no treachery, they came in numbers, with their wives and children. But the Roman youths rushed upon their guests, and carried off the virgins. The old legend related that thirty Sabine virgins were thus seized, and became the wives of their ravishers but the smallness of the number seemed so incredible to a later age, which looked upon the legend as a genuine history, that it was increased to some hundreds by such writers as Valerius Antias and Juba (Plut. Rom. 14; comp. Liv. 1.13). The parents of the virgins returned home and prepared for vengeance. The inhabitants of three of the Latin towns, Caenina, Anteinmae, and Crustumerium, took up arms one after the other, and were successively defeated by the Romans. Romulus slew with his own hand Acron, king of Caenina, and dedicated his arms and armour, as spolia opima, to Jupiter. At last the Sabine king, Titus Tatius, advanced with a powerful army, against Rome. His forces were so great that Romulus, unable to resist him in the field, was obliged to retire into the city. He had previously fortified and garrisoned the top of the Saturnian hill, afterwards called the Capitoline, which was divided from the city on the Palatine, by a swampy valley, the site of the forum. But Tarpeia, the daughter of the commander of the fortress, dazzled by the golden bracelets of the Sabines, promised to betray the hill to them, if they would give her the ornaments which they wore on their left arms. Her offer was accepted; in the night time she opened a gate and let in the enemy but when she claimed her reward, they threw upon her the shields which they carried on their left arms, and thus crushed her to death. Her tomb was shown on the hill in later times, and her memory was preserved by the name of the Tarpeian rock, from which traitors were afterwards hurled down. On the next day the Romans endeavoured to recover the hill. A long and desperate battle was fought in the valley between the Palatine and the Capitoline. At one time the Romans were driven before the enemy, and the day seemed utterly lost, when Romulus vowed a temple to Jupiter Stator, the Stayer of Flight; whereupon the Romans took courage, and returned again to the combat. At length, when both parties were exhausted with the struggle, the Sabine women rushed in between them, and prayed their husbands and fathers to be reconciled. Their prayer was heard; the two people not only made peace, but agreed to form only one nation. The Romans continued to dwell on the Palatine under their king Romulus; the Sabines built a new town on the Capitoline and Quirinal hills, where they lived under their king Titus Tatius. The two kings and their senates met for deliberation in the valley between the Palatine and Capitoline hills, which was hence called comitium, or the place of meeting. But this union did not last long. Titus Tatius was slain at a festival at Lavinium, by some Laurentines to whom he had refused satisfaction for outrages which had been committed by his kinsmen. Henceforward Romulus ruled alone over both Romans and Sabines; but, as he neglected to pursue the murderers, both his people and those of Laurentum were visited by a pestilence, which did not cease until the murderers on both sides were given up.
After the death of Tatius the old legend appears to have passed on at once to the departure of Romultis from the world. Of the long period which intervened few particulars are recorded, and these Niebuhr supposes, with some justice, to be the inventions of a later age. Romulus is said to have attacked Fidenae, and to have taken the city; and likewise to have carried on a successful war against the powerful city of Veii, which purchased a truce of a hundred years, on a surrender of a third of its territory. At length, after a reign of thirty-seven years, when the city had become strong and powerful, and Romulus had performed all his mortal works, the hour of his departure arrived. One day as he was reviewing his people in the Campus Martius. near the Goat's Pool, the sun was sud denly eclipsed, darkness overspread the earth, and a dreadful storm dispersed the people. When daylight returned, Romulus had disappeared, for his father Mars had carried him up to heaven in a fiery chariot ("Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit," Hor. Coarm. 3.3; "Rex patriis astra petebat equis," Ov. Fast. 2.496). The people mourned for their beloved king; but their mourning gave way to religious reverence, when he appeared again in more than mortal beauty to Proculus Julius, and bade him tell the Romans that they should become the lords of the world, and that he would watch over them as their guardian god Quirinis. The Romans therefore worshipped him under this name. The festival of the Quirinalia was celebrated in his honour on the 17th of February; but the Nones of Quintilis, or the seventh of July, was the day on which, according to tradition, he departed from the earth.
Such was the glorified end of Romulus in the genuine legend. But as it staggered the faith of a later age, a tale was invented to account for his mysterious disappearance. It was related that the senators, discontented with the tyrannical rule of their king, murdered him during the gloom of a tempest, cut up his body, and carried home the mangled pieces under their robes. But the forgers of this tale forgot that Romulus is nowhere represented in the ancient legend as a tyrant, but as a mild and merciful monarch, whose rule became still more gentle after the death of Tatius, whom it branded as a tyrant.
The genuine features of the old legend about Romulus may still be seen in the accounts of Livy (1.3-16), Dionysius (1.76-2.56), and Plutarch (Romul.), notwithstanding the numerous falsifications and interpolations by which it is obscured, especially in the two latter writers. It is given in its most perfect form in the Roman Histories of Niebuhr (vol. i. p. 220, &c.) and Malden (p. 6, &c.).
As Romulus was regarded as the founder of Rome, its most ancient political institutions and the organisation of the people were ascribed to him by the popular belief. Thus he is said to have divided the people into three tribes, which bore the names Ramnes, Titles, and Luceres. The Ramnes were supposed to have derived their name from Romulus, the Tities from Titus Tatius the Sabine king, and the Luceres from Lucumo, an Etruscan chief who had assisted Romulus in the war against the Sabines. Each tribe contained ten curiae, which received their names from the thirty Sabine women who had brought about the peace between the Romans and their own people. Further, each curia contained ten gentes, and each gens a hundred men. Thus the people, according to the general belief, were divided originally into three tribes, thirty curiae, and three hundred gentes, which mustered 3000 men, who fought on foot, and were called a legion. Besides those there were three hundred horsemen, called celeres, the same body as the equites of a later time; but the legend neglects to tell us from what quarter these horsemen came. To assist him in the government of the people Romulus is said to have selected a number of the aged men in the state, who were called patres, or senatores. The council itself, which was called the senatus, originally consisted of one hundred members; but this number was increased to two hundred when the Sabines were incorporated in the state. In addition to the senate, there was another assembly, consisting of the members of the gentes, which bore the name of comitia curiata, because they voted in it according to their division into curiae. To this assembly was committed the election of the kings in subsequent times.
That part of the legend of Romulus which relates to the political institutions which he is said to have founded, represents undoubted historical facts. For we have certain evidence of the existence of such institutions in the earliest times, and many traces endured to the imperial period : and the popular belief only attempted to explain the origin of existing phenomena by ascribing their first establishment to the heroic founder of the state. Thus, while no competent scholar would attempt in the present day to give a history of Romulus; because, even on the supposition that the legend still retained some real facts, we have no criteria to separate rate what is true from what is false; yet, on the other hand, it is no presumption to endeavor to form a conception of the political organisation of Rome in the earliest times, because we can take our start from actually existing institutions, and trace them back, in many cases step by step, to remote times. We are thus able to prove that the legend is for the most part only an explanation of facts which had a real existence. It would be out of place here to attempt an explanation of the early Roman constitution, but a few remarks are necessary in explanation of the legendary account of the constitution which has been given above.
The original site of Rome was on the Palatine hill. On this there was a Latin colony established at the earliest times, which formed an independent state. On the neighbouring hills there appear to have been also settlements of Sabines and Etruscans, cans, the former probably on the Quirinal and Capitoline pitoline hills, and the latter on the Caelian. In course of time these Sabine and Etruscan settlements ments coalesced with the Latin colony on the Palatine, and the three peoples became united into one state. At what time this union took place it is of course impossible to say; the legend referred it to the age of Romulus. There appears, pears, however, sufficient evidence to prove that the Latins and Sabines were united first, and that it was probably long afterwards that the Etruscans became amalgamated with them. Of this we may mention, as one proof, the number of the senate, which is said to have been doubled on the union of the Sabines, but which remained two hundred till the reign of Tarquinius Priscus, who is reported to have increased it to three hundred (Liv. 1.35; Dionys. A. R. 3.67). These three peoples, after their amalgamation, became three tribes; the Latins were called Ramnes or Ramnenses; the Sabines, Tities or Titienses; the Etruscans, Luceres or Lucerenses. The name of Ramnes undoubtedly comes from the same root as that of Romus or Romulus, and in like manner that of Tities is connected with Titus Tatius. The origin of the third name is more doubtful, and was a disputed point even in antiquity. Most ancient writers derived it from Lucumo, which etymology best agrees with the Etruscan origin of the tribe, as Lucumo was a title of honour common to the Etruscan chiefs. Others suppose it to come from Lucerus, a king of Ardea (Paul. Diac. s. v. Lucercses, p. 119, ed. Miller), a statement on which Niebuhr principally relies for the proof of the Latin origin of the third tribe; but we think with the majority of the best modern writers, that the Luceres were of Etruscan, and not of Latin, descent. Each of these tribes was divided into ten curiae, as the legend states ; but that they derived their names from the thirty Sabine women is of course fabulous. In like manner each curia was divided into ten gentes, which must be regarded as smaller political bodies, rather than as combinations of persons of the same kindred. For further information the reader is referred to the several articles on these subjects in the Dictionary of Antiquities.
1 * Many writers call her Rhea or Rea Silvia. Niebuhr remarks that Rhea is a corruption introduced by the editors, apparently from thinking of the goddess Rhea; whereas Rea seems to have signified nothing more than the culprit, reminding us of the expression Reafemina, which often occurs in Boccaccio. Niebuhr also calls attention to the remark of Perizonius, that when the mother of Romulus is represented as the daughter of Aeneas, she is always called Hia, and that Rea is never prefixed to the latter name. (Hist. of Rome, vol. i. p. 211.)
2 * In his Lectures on Roman history (pp. 39, 40, ed. Schmitz, 1848) Niebuhr brings forward many reasons to prove what he had hinted at in his History (vol. i. note 618), that the latter hill was the one mentioned in the ancient tradition, and that the story relating to it was afterwards transferred to the Aventine, since this hill was the special abode of the plebeians, and there existed between it and the Palatine a perpetual feud.
William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.
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After a regular flow of honours to members of the screen industries in recent years, only a couple of names cropped up on the list for the 2015 New Year Honours.
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Actress Lisa Harrow was named an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit, and was pretty much the sole screen-related honoree in the list. Harrow, “of South Woodstock, United States of America”, was honoured for services to the dramatic arts.
Harrow has spent much of her career in the UK and returned to NZ in 2013 for South Pacific Pictures’ Step Dave, having directed Auckland University’s Summer Shakespeare, King Lear that year.
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The secret life behind the cockpit door. Rob Graves, an airline Captain, betrays the profession telling all the details of what it's like to be an airline pilot from dodging thunderstorms to life in hotels.
Is Getting Hit By Lightning in an Airplane a Bad Thing?
Delta Airlines has been having a rough go with the weather lately. I wrote about a Delta jet's encounter with hail last week, and this week they're back in the news for a rather dramatic lightning strike caught on video. Actually, everyone has had a time of it with the weather this past week. I even had to divert to San Antonio yesterday as Houston, our destination, was beset with thunderstorms.
So this past Tuesday afternoon a passenger was filming a lineup of airplanes waiting out a storm in Atlanta when a bolt of lightning struck a nearby 737. The shot shows the lightning hitting the fuselage while a simultaneous discharge jumps from the landing gear to the ground. Now here's the crazy part. The airplane, scheduled for a 5:45 departure, subsequently took off for Las Vegas with only about a two hour delay according to flight tracking websites.
Why, you ask? Well, they probably didn't even know they'd been hit. A two hour delay in Atlanta is considered more or less on time, and the airport was on a ground stop due to the storm. Had they suspected a lightning strike, the prudent thing to do probably would've been to return to the gate for an inspection. Even so, the flight had no problems and landed uneventfully.
So, is getting struck by lightning in an airplane a big deal? I won't say that it's a non-event or even routine, but no, it's not any particularly big deal. As most airplanes are made of metal, which conducts electricity, the vast majority of lightning strikes pass completely through the airplane with little or no evidence that there was even a strike. We have lightning strike checklists which direct checks of things like compasses, communications radios and navigation systems to make sure everything is operating as it should.
That may be changing slightly, though. As aircraft construction moves away from aluminum to composite materials, provisions will have to be made to accommodate lightning strikes. Electricity doesn't flow willingly through those new materials. Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner, for instance, is comprised of about 50% composite materials with carbon laminate and carbon sandwich making up most of the fuselage and wings. More on that later.
I'm Hit!
In over 30 years of flying, I've been struck by lightning perhaps two or three times that I remember. On one particular flight in a C-5 cargo jet, we were struck by lightning on the nose of the aircraft. How did I know it was the nose? That's because there was a small hole blown in the radome which we found after landing. Remember, lightning likes to travel through metallic structures. The radome is made of a composite material designed to allow radar signals to pass.
The experience was more or less what you'd expect. There was a bright flash simultaneously accompanied by a loud crack of thunder. As we were already in the pattern, we thought it best to land.
St. Elmo's Fire
Another artifact of flying near storms is St Elmo's Fire. No, I'm not talking about a tedious 1980s coming-of-age flick, but rather the phenomenon first noted by ancient mariners of static discharge in their sails. As static electricity builds up in the atmosphere due to moisture, discharges can take the form of a blue light which sailors would attribute to the presence of their patron saint, St. Elmo. This form of discharge is occasionally visible today on the windscreens of airplanes flying in clouds at night as seen here (fast forward to the last minute).
It's a little unnerving the first time you see it, but it's really harmless. Airliners have small rods known as "static wicks" attached to the trailing edge of the wings and tail to drain built up static charges off of the aircraft before they can build up. Even still, the voltage required to produce St. Elmo's fire is on the order of 1000 volts per cm. How is it that the people inside an airplane aren't cooked by lightning?
Michael Faraday, a scientist and an early experimenter with electricity, noted back in 1836 that for a hollow conductor holding a charge, the charge existed only on the exterior of the conductor and that the interior of the conductor held no charge. Faraday cages, essentially grounded metal enclosures, are used to insulate sensitive electronic components and computers from electromagnetic interference and lightning. The fuselage of an aluminum aircraft behaves in a similar manner, directing the current from a lighting strike along the outside of the airplane where it jumped the gap between the metal gear strut and the ground in this instance.
So How About Those Composite Materials?
Ok, so getting back to the new airplanes using composite materials, how are they protected from lightning strikes? The answer is the old fashioned way...with a metal enclosure in the form of a metallic screen or foil embedded in the composite material. There's simply no way to get around this requirement as composites, essentially laminates of synthetic materials such as carbon fiber, do not conduct electricity. They actually have a nasty tendency to simply blow apart when subjected to the high voltages present in lightning.
Engineers have to make sure the embedded mesh has the ability to conduct the amount of electric current expected from a lightning strike while also attempting to keep the weight as low as possible. That's the whole point of using composites. Other considerations such as potential corrosion or chemical interactions between the mesh and the composite materials must be considered. Repairs on such materials will not be easy either. Should a ramper run the belt loader into an aluminum skinned plane, a new piece can just be riveted on. Repairs to composite structures will be time consuming and expensive.
Time to Worry About Lightning?
No. Airplanes made of composite materials have been flying for decades with few problems from lightning. Composites are only just now making their way into commercial airliners, but the knowledge base of how to mitigate lightning strikes in composite structures is mature. Boeing estimates that each commercial airliner flying can expect an average of one lightning strike a year. That's a lot of lightning strikes, but other than the occasional fortuitous photograph bringing the issue up, it's really nothing to lose sleep over.
How about you? Have you ever had a much too close encounter with lightning? I'd love to hear about it.
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Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
by Jeff Alford · January 11, 2020
An unnecessary but quietly pleasant return to the world of her Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again is another collection of related short stories loosely centered around old Mrs. Kitteridge, the lovable curmudgeon of Crosby, Maine. Like in Olive Kitteridge, Strout builds a community with her stories, and often situates Olive in the background of vignettes about her neighbors and former students. Together, these scenes further flex Strout’s world-building prowess and grow into a poignant meditation on aging, both with respect to Olive’s fading body and her rapidly evolving social environs.
Despite her late years, the widow Olive remarries early in the novel, settling with a similarly lonely man. They challenge each other (he’s a Republican and interested in sports cars), but together she and Jack find solace in each other’s company. Olive, a typically gruff, blunt woman, had grown used to being perceived as unpleasant by others, but throughout Olive, Again she finds reasons to get over herself. She appears to accept her loneliness and make something of it; instead of wallowing, she reaches out to others. She listens.
And we readers get to listen as well. There’s a story of Jack getting pulled over by the police, and one of a separated couple learning their daughter is a dominatrix. In another, Olive share a coffee with one of her old students who had since, surprisingly, grown up to be a famous poet. There’s a story of a young housecleaner who would undress for her boss’s husband in exchange for an envelope of cash. And, even these stories have stories, often surprisingly modern — side characters are mentioned in passing, along with their opioid struggles and tragically young suicides.
Strout deliberately fleshes out plots that a local gossip might deem unremarkable, or those that might be told in a single sentence. This is a captivating approach to fiction, and proves that there’s so much more to a story than its one bit of action or scandal. Throughout the book, characters mention events that were developed at length in Olive Kitteridge and the related novel The Burgess Boys, but they do so by condensing that drama into tight paragraphs of dialogue. It suggests that these characters — and that people in general — don’t know the weight and majesty of their own history. Strout effectively shows the gap between what happens in a person’s life and how they process it: twenty pages could be devoted to a moment of infidelity, scandal, forgiveness, or growth, but these moments are so often spoken of in single sentences. In Olive, Again, Strout savors the quiet, profound emptiness in her characters’ lives, shining like the light in February:
“…in February the days were really getting longer, and you could see it, if you really looked. You could see how at the end of each day the world seemed cracked open and the extra light made its way across the stark trees, and promised. It promised, that light, and what a thing that was.”
One story is set in part at a local street fair. One protagonist is excited to see each booth and take in all the local art, all of which is a bit same-y with New England coastal vibes. Olive, alternatively, finds everything a bit useless and dreadful. In another story, Jack tells Olive that she’s a “reverse snob” for calling first-class travel “obscene.” These two scenes compound into an intriguing digression about finding a midpoint between the high- and lowbrow in both life and literature. Olive, Again will be overlooked by literary snobs: it doesn’t aim low but it strives to gently appeal to a more casual reader — the kind of person who might actually enjoy a street fair, who might love its art or simply the togetherness of it all. Further, the novel’s quaint, provincial tone may alienate readers looking for their books to be challenging, world-changing achievements. This is an easy book to read and relate to, and while some may find faults in that simplicity, it allows for a significant level of reflection about one’s life and one’s stories, and how delicately those two can overlap.
Jeff Alford
Jeff Alford is a critic and book collector based in Denver, CO. He is a contributor to Kirkus Reviews, Rain Taxi Review of Books and the New Orleans Review and author of the now-retired rare books and small press blog www.theoxenofthesun.com.
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Ryan Fox is National Under 18's Champion!
Ryan Fox of Halvergate is the new ESMBA National Under 18’s Champion after beating Benny Bass of Devon 12-9 in the final. Ryan led by 10-6 after nine ends and kept his cool under pressure as Bass fought back to within a shot of Norfolk’s qualifier. But it was Ryan’s day as he made sure of victory on the last end by drawing in for a count of two shots with his third wood and when Benny Bass fired and missed Ryan had the satisfaction of winning without having to play his last bowl. In the semi-finals Ryan Fox beat Emilia Thompson 10-7 and in the quarter-finals beat Megan Dawson 9-7. In the group stages he had beaten Danial Agar 13-10 and Callum Goodman 13-4 but lost to Benny Bass by 10-6. Bass had reached the final with a thumping 15-1 win against Liam Lowery in the semi-finals and a 12-6 win against Ben Weeks in the quarter-finals. Ryan is pictured with his silverware at the end of a remarkable day for the young man.
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“Catfish” Google Project Fi, let you free switch operator is no longer a dream
Google’s new a new mobile wireless service Project Fi, bring us a big wave the latest technology for the service benefits. It can automatically between traditional cellular and WiFi network switching, when the switch to WiFi mode, you can still call send text messages, even if you were to speak, is certainly won’t be affected. And want to get all of these services, you only need to pay a little cost per month with respect to OK, don’t like the present that operators, service prices are far too high, also with package binding conditions.
the service but it brings us one of the most interesting benefits, but not mentioned above, but Google, t-mobile and Sprint cooperation, the two operators, the two operators at the same time provide a data network service for Google, so, when your position is changed, it is not only can let you switch from cellular networks to WiFi and then cut back, but once you open the Project Fi, also can switch between t-mobile and Sprint intelligence, this depends on your location signal, which the strongest signal which is automatically connected to the network.
“the most unique thing is that you will no longer be bound to a network. You can switch back and forth between the t-mobile and Sprint, free along with the gender, it is a great innovation, allows users to get rid of the bondage of the operators, thus more freedom.” Mobile hotspot Karma chief operating officer Robert Schouwenburg evaluation. Karma and Sprint also talked about a deal, trading content and Google Project Fi service is similar.
at present, the service of Google can only be used on Google flagship smartphone Nexus 6, although there are still limitations, but the service opens a new door to you, in this new world, the big operators, like Sprint, t-mobile and Verizon, AT& T, etc., will be the trend of The Times on behind the scenes, far away from our daily life. In this world, we no longer need to care about what we use in the network, what is the brand name of the network, mobile phone will automatically help us anytime and anywhere even the best on the network. Isn’t that what we had in mind the world?
apple opening this case
even before the Project Fi, mobile services began to develop toward this direction. Apple in the latest release of the Air 2 has joined the virtual SIM card (SIM) Apple, allows users to choose and the freedom to switch carriers. Basically, a virtual SIM card so long means that you can try multiple wireless operator network, and then choose your favorite one. As time goes on, you can easily change operators, the Air is different from the previous 2 any device, it is not dependent on any specific operators.
now, Google to push this concept further, it can according to the signal strength, automatic switch operators, the Nexus 6 phone built-in called a “multi – profile” SIM card, this is a real card, support multiple operators. Google will soon upgrade Settings, evolve into a virtual SIM card, network and provide more choice. Better yet, the apple because of its virtual SIM card already in place, can imitate the Google directly, can let you don’t have to manually, intelligent switch operators.
in the FCC (federal communications commission), under the supervision of operators to agree to all mobile phones “unlocked”, since the operators are nodded, then this setting will only become more popular. Because people pursue free choice, so mobile phone manufacturers will also begin to regulate virtual SIM card. Yes, unless operators to nod, cannot achieve automatic switching network connection. But t-mobile and Sprint the two operators has accepted Google’s new Mobile world. And these companies like apple and Google also for his equipment continued to expand the operator choices, other mobile phone manufacturers will also follow this trend, and ultimately to other operators will nod.
Google in a plate of great chess
Google launched Project Fi, is want to accomplish such a blueprint. “According to the Google data service costs,” Schouwenburg said: “the company’s profit is very thin. (Schouwenburg very have a say, his company Karma also provides similar to a data service, let the user on the tablet or other device can Sprint networking.) Google did not make money by Project Fi at all, it’s just want to show you the services, tell the world that it is feasible.
then other companies will compete to imitate, in fact, Schouwenburg said that Karma is interested to use the template of Google, do a similar Project Fi service. Today, the Karma wireless hotspot support only Sprint’s network, but he said the ideal, the Karma company also want to be like Project Fi, can switch operator automatically according to the signal strength.
it’s really just stating the obvious fact. Of course, not just the Karma hope to be able to do this, every people using mobile devices: I hope so. More network options, mean people everywhere can get better network services, which makes every cell phone, tablet, more easy to use. “This is the pain points,” Schouwenburg said so. However, the pain won’t last too long.
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Forget the Politics. This is Kind of Funny.
I can't remember the last time my writing and the national news had a thematic connection, but here we are. Today, I finished a scene for the new book. The scene pulls from some of my memories of the final year of law school. Just after I finished writing it, a friend from law school sent me a link to an article about the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Department of Justice. Related? You betcha.
By now you probably know that the President of the United States made some remarks about judicial review. National Health Care, Supreme Court, and all that jazz. Don't worry, I'm not about to go off on a political rant. If you were hoping that I was, too bad. Find another blog.
Yesterday, the National Health Care story took a twist. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is also hearing a case related to National Health Care, gave a homework assignment to the attorney from the Department of Justice, Dana Kaersvang. Minimum of three pages, single-spaced, due in two days, covering the legal issues related to the President's recent remarks.
*Hmph*. I'm surprised the Court didn't specify the font size and margins. But no doubt Attorney Kaersvang will look up the court specific rules and use the default requirements for pleadings in lieu of specific instruction on those matters. *Snort*.
Okay, I admit it. I'm laughing. It's funny. Not LMAO, or ROFL. But a quiet LOL. It's a laugh that goes like this: “Heh. Department of Justice got a Memo.”
Ah, the Memo. The 5th Circuit didn't call it that, and the media isn't using that term. But every alum from my law school is calling it that. That's what we called it when it happened to us.
The law school I attended had an intensive, mandatory practicum in the final year. Most law schools, the third year is a breeze. Not the one I picked. I went to the place where fun goes to die, the law school with a boot camp. I still have a t-shirt that says, “At other law schools the third year is a joke. Here, the joke's on you.” And one of the charms of our third year was the Memo.
What precisely is a Memo? Extra homework. Punishment. Teaching tool. Both. Neither. I was never clear on that. But I do know it was hell. Hell to have, and hell to see.
You could get a Memo for answering a question incorrectly in class. You could get a Memo for sitting next to someone who gave a wrong answer. You could even get a Memo if you answered correctly, a rare and painful occurrence that would have the people sitting around you wincing and scooting away out of fear your Memo was contagious.
Sometimes you understood why you were slapped with a Memo and sometimes you didn't. Sometimes a classmate gave a stupid answer to a question but escaped unscathed, leaving you to wonder if there really was such a thing as justice. At the end of the day you just had to shrug and say, “I got a Memo because I got a Memo.” Searching for a motive or reason wouldn't get the Memo done. Take the hit and move on – that was the ultimate lesson.
There was a clear technical benefit to Memos. It taught us to complete a research project fast. It prepared us for mini-trials, and those prepared us for cases.
Here's a little secret you won't read on another blog: a Court asking an attorney to do extra work during a trial is not unheard of. It just doesn't normally make the national news.
And we weren't just trained to take the hit when the Memo came. We were taught to anticipate the extra work. Yeah. Give yourself a Memo before the trial, on any issue you think the Court might question. I wrote them for mini-trials and big trial in school. When I was practicing law, I wrote one. Didn't need it, but I had it. Law school beat the Memo Paranoia into me.
(aside: Memo Paranoia would be a good band name)
Reading about someone slapped with a Memo in real life does force me to do something unpleasant: admit that my professors were right. I don't like doing this. I prefer being the bitter maverick alum; I do it so well. But truth is truth. If any of my classmates had been slapped with a memo by the 5th Court of Appeals, they would have taken the hit, written a kick-ass memo, and turned it in before the deadline. That's what we were trained to do. There. I said something nice. Ugh.
Back to the humor of the 5th Circuit Memo. No one is laughing at the attorney or making light of the subject material. We're laughing with the attorney, because we've had a taste of what it's like. We're laughing at memories. And in the case of at least one alum (me), we're laughing at ourselves, for finally seeing how right our professors were about taking the hits and being prepared.
To Attorney Kaersvang: Good luck. Take the hit, and move on. To my fellow alums and all attorneys out there, if you see Dana Kaersvang, buy that attorney a drink. Chuckle over this together. If there's any fraternity among us, it's fed by shared suffering, dark humor, and the bar.
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Background Question: Play the Quizizz Practice #5 game.
Citizenship Question: When is Independence Day celebrated?
November 11
Guided Instruction: The State of the Union is Not Good
Reflection Question: Give each of the following presidents a letter grade based on his success in office: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter. Explain your reasoning.
Homework: The 1980s Reading
Citizenship Question: What is the economic system in the United States?
barter or trade economy
socialist or mutual economy
capitalist or market economy
communist or collective economy
Guided Instruction: The United States vs. Richard Nixon
Reflection Question: How did the Watergate Scandal impact American's view of their government?
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.
Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment
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Reflection Question:
Homework: The Vietnam War Reading
Citizenship Question: What is the capital of Kentucky?
Frankfort
Reflection Question: How did the Tet Offensive impact American popular opinion about the Vietnam War?
Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Lyndon Johnson.
Citizenship Question: Name two of the six current U.S. Representatives for the state of Kentucky.
Bradley Byrne and Martha Roby
Phil Roe and Jimmy Duncan
Marcy Kaptur and Mike Turner
Hal Rodgers and John Yarmuth
Reflection Question: What was the credibility gap? How did it contribute to the protests against the Vietnam War?
Citizenship Question: Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Dennis Hastert
Reflection Question: Who were the Vietminh? The VietCong?
I can discuss the origins of the Cold War, & I can evaluate the methods used by the United States to contain communism.
Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis
Background Question: Play AP Exam Practice #1.
Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two major political parties in the United States?
Libertarian Party and Democratic Party
Progressive Party and Libertarian Party
Democratic Party and Republican Party
Progressive Party and Republican Party
Guided Instruction: The Kennedy Doctrine
Reflection Question: How successful were the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy Doctrines in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
Homework: The Cold War Reading
Background Question: Create a Trading Card for John F. Kennedy.
Reflection Question: How successful was the Kennedy Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Dwight Eisenhower.
Citizenship Question: How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Guided Instruction: The Eisenhower Doctrine
Reflection Question: How successful was the Eisenhower Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Harry Truman.
Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of Education and Secretary of History
Secretary of Energy and Secretary of Motor Vehicles
Secretary of Human Affairs and Secretary of of the Navy
Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of the Treasury
Guided Instruction: The Truman Doctrine
Reflection Question: How successful was the Truman Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
-Jackie Robinson
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April 28: AP Saturday
May 3: No School
May 9: On Demand Test
May 10: AP Exam
May 13: Science Test
May 21: No School
May 27: No School
May 30: Last Day
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Which muscle groups do we use when we play badminton?
Which muscle groups do we actually use when we play badminton? In other words, if you want to play better which muscles do you need to train specially?
Badminton is almost all-body sport and the scapular region of the upper limb, upper arm, forearm, abdomen and back, thighs and calves are all within the scope of our discussion, however, there is an important concept we’d like to share with everyone, that is, in the process of doing sports, muscles can be divided into three types: agonist, antagonist and synergist in accordance with different movements.
The muscles that carry out most body movements are agonist, driving various body movements through powerful contraction; these are supported by the antagonist muscles that are responsible for relaxing and extending muscles; the muscles that stabilize joints and support agonist muscles are the synergist muscles. We are able to smoothly complete every movement when we do sports because of the mutual pulling and coordination of the agonist and antagonist type muscles, making them like two strings that control the movements of a puppet.
How do our muscle groups move when we attack at the net?
Taking attacking at the net as an example, (shown in Figure 1,) we first bend our elbow a suitable amount as we prepare to hit the shuttlecock. For this bending movement, the biceps brachii is the agonist muscle; the contraction of the biceps brachii pulls the forearm close to the body; the triceps brachii plays the role of antagonist muscle, adjusting the speed the elbow bends, the agonist muscle and antagonist muscles acting simultaneously to maintain balance.
Figure 1: VICTOR star-Goh Liu Ying
Conversely, when we are looking for an attacking opportunity, we will straighten the elbow to hit the shuttlecock powerfully. At this time, the triceps brachii is the agonist muscles, the contraction of the muscle taking the forearm far away from the body to complete the arm-straightening movement; the biceps brachii is the antagonist muscle, acting in unison with the agonist muscle.
Figure 2: VICTOR star-Ko Sung Hyun
When we deliver a leaping smash what muscle groups do we use?
In the process of jumping from a semi-squatting position to hit a smash, the quadriceps and biceps femoris in our thighs, and gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior in our lower legs act together, swapping from agonist to antagonist roles!
When we squat, the tibialis anterior is the agonist. The contraction of the tibialis anterior, moves the front-side of the lower leg and tiptoes together, while at this time the gastrocnemius is the antagonist muscle, responsible for relaxing and supporting the tibialis anterior
When we jump up, the gastrocnemius is the agonist muscle; its contraction moves the front of the lower leg and tiptoes apart, in doing so completing the jumping movement.
After we understand the principles behind muscles contraction and operation we can read related books or keep paying attention to VICTOR”s Badminton Classroom to get to know every muscle you will use in badminton. By understanding the muscles used in each movement, you can carry out special training directed at certain muscle groups and thus indirectly improve the movements you want to make better! For example, when using six-point footwork to move forward to receive the shuttlecock, if your feet are in pace but your upper body leans forward like a car with failed brakes, it is very likely that you don’t have sufficient strength in your thighs’ quadriceps and gastrocnemius in your calves. So, if you are a player who suffers from this situation you can do some training to strengthen these muscles and, in so doing, improve the problem of unstable center of gravity when you use the footwork.
This analysis explains just one movement; actually, when the human body is exercising there are usually several types of simultaneous muscle contraction; in the future they will be introduced to everyone. We hope everyone looks forward to this!
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COM Announces Recycling Pilot Program
Activities scheduled for National Recycling Day on November 15
Measure B Projects Moving Forward at COM’s Novato Campus
IVC Open House activities include groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremonies
COM Breaks Ground on New Facilities at Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden
Groundbreaking ceremony May 1
COM Nominated for Joe Garbarino Green Business of the Year Award
Award highlights extraordinary efforts to adopt sustainability principles
COM Joins MCE Deep Green; Switches to 100% Renewable Energy
Reducing approx. 1,100 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually
Measure B—COM’s Educational Facilities Funding Bond—Passes
Marin County Registrar of Voters posted unofficial election night results showing College of Marin’s $265 million bond, Measure B, passed with 62.88 percent voting to approve the measure. The measure required a 55 percent supermajority to pass.
Bond Refinancing Will Save Marin Taxpayers Over $14 Million
For the third time in four years, Marin Community College District (District) has demonstrated its stewardship of tax dollars by refinancing an additional $47 million in general obligation bonds associated with Measure C. This action will result in net savings to taxpayers of $5.86 million over the life of the bonds.
Unique Benefits From Austin Center Demolition
At the end of the spring 2015 semester, College personnel with offices in the Austin Center prepared for demolition of the building and packed to move into their new locations.
Measure C Capstone Celebration and Academic Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
College of Marin will hold a celebration to commemorate completion of the final building project funded by Measure C—the Academic Center. The Capstone Celebration will recognize the many individuals whose work has contributed to a physical transformation of the campuses. It will also serve as an opportunity for the College to extend its appreciation to Marin County voters for their overwhelming support of the Measure C Modernization Bond passed in 2004.
Open House on August 8 to Showcase COM’s Academic Center
College of Marin will hold an open house at the newly constructed Academic Center on the Kentfield Campus. Visitors will be able to tour the 43,000 square foot building that houses 16 general-purpose classrooms, three computer labs, a 100-seat multi-purpose room, and faculty and staff offices. Designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates and TLCD Architecture, the building provides a welcoming entrance to the campus.
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Review – Reverend Horton Heat Shows The Bluebird a Thing or Two About Rock
Andrew Venegas February 21, 2020 Music
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What a wild ride at The Bluebird Theater Thursday, where the illustrious Reverend Horton Heat ended a rockabilly, night sermon. The modestly-filled venue hosted an audience of all-aged listeners but drew the traditional red and black-clad followers to front row spots. The rockabilly scene is now often perceived as nostalgic, but the performers of last night’s show proved that the genre is very much of the moment. It’s the irresistible foot-tapping from bass lines and the ‘wow’ factors from the musician’s performance that makes this music so special.
The pompadours and the top-knot bandanas may be tied to the genre’s past, but the essence of the rockabilly still remains dosed in our current stream of music consciousness. The punk-inspired evening of bands started with the Detroit-based Koffin Kats, who without a doubt, were the most captivating performers throughout the night. The plaid-panted drummer was unstoppable ferocity mixed with stamina that could rival a horse, while the guitarist and the bassist were thrilling showmen who “Ooh’d,” and “Awed,” the audience into a giddy state for what the remainder of the night had in store for them.
Photo courtesy of The Buttertones Facebook profile.
Following the energetic trio was the youthful, Southern-California band The Buttertones. What the band lacked in comparison to their openers, they made up for with an optimistic promise that their fanbase is only beginning. Although their moderate, alternative-punk style was enough to bother some of the more traditional, old-school listeners of the genre, they played on the same without interruptions.
The band – now seven years established, has already released four albums with another on the way, followed by a tour that will bring them back to the Mile High City in May. Best described as a surf, garage-rock band, the five-piece string of musicians is best known for, “Dionysus,” “Reminiscing,” and “Orpheus Under the Influence,” under their self-titled first album, Buttertones.
Certainly not least, was the icon of all billy-genres, Reverend Horton Heat. As a first-timer to a show like this, watching ‘The Reverend” indulge in their vice was nothing short of spectacular. Since the start of the Dallas-based band in the late ‘80s, the group has seen tremendous success in country, blues, and punk crowds and still remains fastened to their musical roots.
Photo courtesy of The Reverend Horton Heat Facebook.
The well-seasoned musicians couldn’t keep up with the likes of Koffin Kats onstage energy, yet their experience and quick-handed rifts were astonishing. The band opened with cult fan favorite, “Psychobilly Freakout,” and from there, the performance of each song only exceeded the previous one. One of the more surprising moments appeared from a lack of their normal instruments, substituted for ham-boning and body rifting between their guest artist Deke Dickerson and their keys player.
Fans old and new could take something away from the legendary performers as they should. And although the rockabilly scene has faded from mainstream music, based on its upbeat rhythm and catchy tunes a reawakening could be something to look forward to.
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Austin FC Teams Up with Boingo for Wi-Fi 6 and Cell Services
August 5, 2020 by Shawn Collins
Boingo Wireless has been awarded the wireless rights at the upcoming Austin FC stadium.
Boingo will design, install, operate, and maintain cellular Wi-Fi 6 networks throughout the stadium, including bowl seating, suites, club sections, concourses, and the field.
Austin FC selected Boingo for its strong wireless carrier relationships and the ability to build networks that meet the data demands of the 5G era.
Boingo’s Wi-Fi 6 deployment will mark one of the first Wi-Fi 6 launches at an MLS stadium and will offer fans fast, free connectivity.
Wi-Fi 6 is the latest generation of Wi-Fi designed to deliver enhanced coverage, capacity, speed, and performance in dense, demanding Wi-Fi environments like stadiums.
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There Will be a Beer Hall at the Austin FC Stadium
July 16, 2020 by Shawn Collins
Austin FC has announced a design update to the stadium’s “North Building” to prominently feature a Beer Hall open to all ticketed fans before, during, and after stadium events.
There will be 18 taps, 20 TV screens, a large video wall, and air-conditioning in the 400-person capacity space.
The Beer Hall will be located on the second floor of the building and will also feature a limited food menu and other drink options, in addition to the beers.
The North Building will also be home to a two-level Austin FC merchandise store, as well as a space for groups ranging from 10 to 50.
In addition to the Beer Hall, which will remain open after each Austin FC regular season match, the indoor/outdoor East Club will also convert into a post-match space for all ticketed fans after Austin FC regular season and playoff matches.
The East Club is a private membership benefit for East Club members before and during Austin FC regular season and playoff matches.
The North Building facade, facing the interior of the stadium, has been custom-designed to accommodate expandable seating capacity in future years.
I can’t wait to see the selection of beers in the Beer Hall!
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Austin FC Names Davy Arnaud as Assistant Coach
Austin FC has announced that Davy Arnaud will join the team as Assistant Coach on August 1, 2020. He will work with Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff as a key member of the coaching staff.
Born in Nederland, Texas and raised in the Lone Star State, Arnaud (pronounced “ARR-no”) joins Austin FC from the Houston Dynamo where he served in a variety of coaching positions, including a recent appointment as Interim Head Coach for a nine-match period from August 14, 2019 to October 25, 2019.
His MLS coaching experience dates back to 2016 when he became an assistant coach at D.C. United, following his retirement as a player.
In 2017, Arnaud returned to Texas, joining the Dynamo’s coaching staff as an assistant until August 2019 when he became interim Head Coach.
Arnaud and Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff were teammates at Sporting KC where Arnaud played from 2002–2011. Arnaud brings MLS expansion experience to Austin FC, having played for the Montreal Impact during their inaugural MLS season in 2012, scoring the team’s first-ever MLS goal.
Arnaud played 351 matches and scored 50 goals with 46 assists during his 15-season career in MLS.
As Austin FC’s Assistant Coach, Arnaud will report to Josh Wolff. As the Austin FC first team develops, Arnaud will play a key role in the day-to-day preparation, training, and recuperation of Austin FC’s first team, while helping to develop the first team’s playing philosophy and culture.
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Austin FC Makes Their First Player Signing: Rodney Redes
July 6, 2020 by Shawn Collins
Austin FC announced today that Rodney Redes, the 20-year-old Paraguayan forward, will join the team via transfer as its first-ever player signing.
Redes will formally join Austin FC in January 2021 after remaining on-loan with his current side, Club Guaraní of Paraguay’s Primera División, until the end of 2020.
Terms of Redes’ transfer were not disclosed in accordance with Austin FC policy.
Redes was born in La Colmena, Paraguay on February 22, 2000. He joined Club Guaraní in 2018 after signing his first professional contract at the age of 18. In 2020, Redes has played six of Club Guaraní’s seven Primera División matches and has scored two goals to date.
Additionally, Redes has played eight Copa Libertadores matches for Club Guaraní, scoring three goals. Club Guaraní successfully qualified for the group stage of the 2020 Copa Libertadores.
Rodney Redes is the first player in Austin FC’s history to sign a first-team contract with the team. Redes will occupy one of Austin FC’s international player slots upon arrival to Austin in January 2021.
Rodney Redes Player Details
Name: Rodney Redes (pronounced “Rrod-nee Rreh-dess”)
Age: 20
Birthplace: La Colmena, Paraguay
Nationality: Paraguay
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Austin FC and Black Pumas Help the Austin Music Community
June 26, 2020 by Shawn Collins
Austin FC has teamed up with the 2020 Grammy Nominated Black Pumas from Austin to launch an exclusive, co-branded t-shirt to raise funds for the Black Pumas’ “Know You Better” campaign, benefiting local independent Austin music venues and record stores.
The limited-edition Black Pumas/Austin FC tee is available in youth and adult sizes from the Black Pumas site.
A portion of proceeds from each shirt sold will benefit the “Know You Better” initiative, which is devoted to preserving Austin music institutions through these difficult times until it is safe to open their doors once again.
The design features a mash-up of the Black Pumas’ logo and the Austin FC crest. The number 33 on the back of the shirts is a nod to the Black Pumas song, OCT 33.
I just got the Black Pumas’ self-titled debut album on vinyl and love it.
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How Denzel Washington paid it forward and funded a young Chadwick Boseman's acting classes
By Danny Clemens
Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES -- Long before "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman's ascent to stardom, Denzel Washington did his part to pay it forward and help out an aspiring young actor.
Boseman revealed in a February interview with Rolling Stone that Phylicia Rashad, one of his acting teachers, called upon her celebrity friends to donate money to help Boseman and his peers attend a prestigious and pricey acting program at Oxford University. He declined, though, to identify the donors by name during that interview.
As it turns out, Washington was among the group of generous A-listers who helped fund Boseman's education, and the two recently had the chance to meet in person for the first time.
"It was a fun conversation. The first thing he said was, 'You owe me money! I came to collect,'" Boseman said during the Oscars pre-show on ABC. He pledged that he would follow in Washington's footsteps and pay it forward to others when possible.
"Giving is the most selfish [selfless] thing you'll ever do," Boseman said before ending the interview with a "Wakanda forever!" salute to a cheering crowd.
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'..The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us...'- Alexandre Dumas - Diaspora
life changing discussions for Africa and the diaspora
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Dapo Ladimeji – Chair
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Dr Wes Morris – editorial board member
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Zak Ove’s – ‘homage to my father’ – act of travesty
In 1999 as Africa faced the coming 21st century there were questions being asked about what should be the priorities for Africa. Many institutions had declared that Africa needed penicillin more than pentiums. Professionally I had been advising some of the world’s largest internet /tech companies and had met the founders and understood what was in the pipeline and how the world would be radically changing. The idea that Africa could avoid the future which was popular in the Wet seemed life threatening to me. I tried to get an earlier version of this article published in major journals but no one was interested. Out of frustration I put the article on the internet and went to bed. With no marketing or PR budget I assumed no one would ever hear of it or read it, but I was satisfied that I had done all that I could. To my astonishment within a couple of weeks I received an email from someone at the top of WHO saying they had read my article, were impressed and would be forwarding it to their colleagues. Shortly after I was invited to various symposia at UN and related organisations and for five years I traipsed around the world speaking and engaging at UN agencies from Geneva, New York and Vienna, attending as a member of a UN Expert Group etc. I became one of the founders of the African Open Source Foundation (FOSSFA). All from this one article. The power of the early internet was once again brought home to me.
This article looked at the issue of technology adoption from a long historical perspective and suggested that on the contrary Africa was at a critical juncture and had to adopt the new technologies as soon as possible and as a matter of urgency. Looking back from the perspective of decades it is difficult to remember the debates of the time or the widespread pessimism about technology adoption in Africa. Today with the widespread adoption of mobile technologies, with the ubiquity of internet access in major cities and wifi in most offices and hotels the questions raised have been answered.
What could be learnt fro the Russian experience of technology adoption and could it shed light on options for Africa? This review of a leading book by Loren Graham on Russian technology sought to understand the social and political dynamics of technology adoption. It provided for the first time an alternative explanation of the Lysenko affair showing that far from being a scientific event it was a politically convenient situation to free Russian science from stultifying political control. The standard interpretation had been written by Lord Ashby, the master of Clare College while I was a student there. This review also suggested that Western views of Russia tended to be over influenced by domestic Western agendas rather than seeking a truly objective understanding of Russia.
lessons in tech science
There was a general call for contributions to a book on the experience of Black students entering US universities in the turbulent period of late 1960’s. I offered to provide a view from the UK at the same period which by comparison might shed some light. The story covering myself, SkipGates and Anthony Appiah seems to have been controversial (I wrote it as I experienced it) and the editor wrote back codedly encouraging me to seek an alternative outlet for such an interesting piece. Friends arranged publication in newspapers in Nigeria and elsewhere. Today it reads like a brief autobiography but was not written as such. But as a creative person one accepts that after birth/creation one’s works have a life of their own.
Wheel of Destiny 2002
Scientific racism re emerges from time to time. This work by Baker was initially published by Oxford University press to great fanfare and endorsement by Nobel prize winners. From internal evidence it was probably written in late 1940’s (almost all the sources dated before1940’s and other reviewers had not noticed) when it was refused publication because of its overt racism and the close connection at that time with Hitler. It was quite telling that by 1970’s it was deemed acceptable for publication. I spent several months checking almost every single one of the 1,000 references and his distortion of his sources shed considerable light on his academic integrity. After publication I was told that many students who ha d not shared Baker’s racism had found their careers destroyed but that after my review several were rehabilitated. Racism in the science community is barely concealed but not addressed and certainly the ability of racists professors to enforce their racism using the ‘review’ process or discriminate against students who do not share their obnoxious views is a matter of high political importance.
Science Racism and Social Darwinism
At the time the existence of mass surveillance was not widely acknowledged and its effect on Africa was generally ignored. This article addressed the consequences for Africa of mass surveillance starting from the deliberate deception of the Swiss encryption firm that embedded backdoors into their equipment at the behest of US intelligence. In a post Snowdon world it could be argued that this is all now old hat, but a better view is to see this as a political pattern, that mass surveillance would be tested on politically acceptable targets before being extended to political sensitive targets like friendly Heads of State. The apparent outrage from the US that they may have been hacked by a foreign power seeking to influence their elections would have been drowned out by hollow laugher from all over the world. To put it in plain English: what the US government does in Africa today it will do in mainland US by the end of the week – our freedoms are indivisible.
Africa Technology and the war on terror
When President Buhari came to power he announced he would be focussing on eliminating corruption. There was of course a potential misunderstanding. Western commentators had complained that corruption was killing the country. This of course was a self serving analysis. It implied that all one needed to do was be honest and all would be well. This was of course nonsense. An honest fool is a very dangerous person in authority. This note was to re emphasise that good management was even more important than getting rid of corruption though the latter should not in any way be downplayed if only because of its enormously demoralising effect. Corruption is pretty universal. Good management is scarce.
Note to President Buhari
This was written during a period when Microsoft was encouraging adoption of its products through false generosity. Offering to contribute computers to schools only on condition that they had Microsoft products on them. (There was an absurd case in Namibia where working computers with linux were replaced with computers with Microsoft products which failed go work!) Some may think this inevitable but not only is it not inevitable it would have been illegal in US. Gates contributed enormously to the Computer Science dept at Cambridge University but despite that there students had equal access to Microsoft or Linux etc. This piece was written to remind policy makers in Africa that creating habits for children was a major issue and not one to be ignored.
Beware of Gates Bearing Gifts
A chorus of criticism of Africa arose on academic discussion sites following Supreme Court decision in US. African policy which was identical to US/UK policy of several decades was expected to immediately change as if African countries had no autonomy. This piece arose out of one of these discussion and sought to place the debate in an African context where gay bashing and other popular Western sports was largely unknown.
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Public interest disclosures: Agency procedures
1.1 These procedures set out how the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) facilitates and deals with public interest disclosures.
1.2 These procedures are established under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act) and the Public Interest Disclosure Rules (the Rules) made under s 83 of that Act and the Public Interest Disclosure Standards (the Standards) made under s 74 of that Act. These procedures must be applied and interpreted in a manner not inconsistent with the Act, the Rules and the Standards.
1.3 The Commonwealth Ombudsman's Agency Guide to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PDF 750 KB), forms part of these procedures to the extent expressly stated in these procedures.
2 AIFS commitment
2.1 AIFS is committed to complying with all applicable laws and with best practice. Corrupt practices, breaches of the law and other conduct disclosable under the Act are contrary to our values. If they occur, reporting them is encouraged so they can be addressed properly.
2.2 The objective of these procedures is to promote the integrity and accountability of the administration of AIFS in accordance with the Act, consistent also with the APS Values and Code of Conduct, and to provide a framework for effective public interest disclosures.
2.3 Each public interest disclosure made will be handled confidentially, and the discloser protected in accordance with the Act.
2.4 These procedures apply to all AIFS employees (current and former) as well as people and bodies providing services under a Commonwealth contract, including subcontractors.
3 Background and context
3.1 The PID Act creates a public interest disclosure scheme that promotes internal reporting of suspected wrongdoing in public sector agencies by providing a framework and protection for public officials who make qualifying disclosures under the scheme.
3.2 A disclosure must be made to an appropriate person in order to gain the protection available under the PID Act (s 26). This is explained in more detail in sections 8 and 9 of these procedures.
3.3 The PID Act complements existing notification, investigation and complaint handling schemes in the Commonwealth public sector.
4 What is a public interest disclosure?
4.1 A public interest disclosure may be an internal disclosure, an external disclosure or an emergency disclosure, as set out in section 26(1) of the PID Act.
4.2 An internal disclosure is made when:
a person who is or has been a public official
discloses to their supervisor or manager, or an authorised officer of an agency
information which tends to show, or the discloser believes on reasonable grounds tends to show, one or more instances of disclosable conduct.
4.3 In limited circumstances a public official may disclose such information to a person outside government - this is known as an external disclosure or emergency disclosure.
5 Who can make a disclosure?
5.1 An individual must be a current or former "public official", as defined in s 69 of the PID Act, to make a public interest disclosure. This is a broad term that includes Australian Government public servants, members of the defence force, staff and directors of Commonwealth companies, statutory office holders and staff of Commonwealth service providers. A person may also be deemed by an authorised officer to be a public official.
6 What can be disclosed?
6.1 A public official can disclose information that they believe, on reasonable grounds, tends to show "disclosable conduct".
6.2 Disclosable conduct is conduct by the agency, a public official in connection with their position or a contracted Commonwealth service provider if that conduct:
contravenes a Commonwealth, state or territory law;
in a foreign country, contravenes a foreign law that applies to the agency, official or service provider;
is corrupt;
perverts the course of justice;
results in wastage of public money or public property;
is an abuse of public trust;
unreasonably endangers health and safety;
endangers the environment;
is misconduct relating to scientific research, analysis or advice; or
constitutes maladministration, including conduct that is unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or negligent.
6.3 Disclosable conduct also includes conduct by a public official that involves or is engaged in for the purposes of abusing their position as a public official, and conduct that could give reasonable grounds for disciplinary action against the public official.
6.4 For further information refer to the section ‘What can be disclosed’ in the Agency Guide that forms part of these procedures.
7 What is not disclosable conduct?
7.1 It is not disclosable conduct just because a person disagrees with:
a government policy or proposed policy;
expenditure or proposed expenditure related to such policy or action; or
an action or proposed action by a minister, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate.
7.2 Disclosable conduct by a public official must be conduct in connection with their position as a public official. In other words, conduct that is wholly private and has no bearing on their position as a public official is not disclosable conduct.
8 To whom can a public interest disclosure be made?
8.1 A disclosure must be made to an appropriate person in order to gain the protection available under the PID Act (s 26).
Internal disclosures
8.2 A public interest disclosure may be made as an internal disclosure within AIFS to the Director, to a person’s current supervisor or to an authorised officer appointed by the Director.
8.3 The following people have been authorised to receive disclosures and are authorised persons for this purpose:
the AIFS Deputy Director (Corporate Services); and
the AIFS Deputy Director (Research).
8.4 Additional authorised persons may be appointed where necessary. The Act sets out other people or bodies to whom, or which, public interest disclosures may be made and the circumstances in which such disclosures may be made.
8.5 A public official may make a public disclosure to their "supervisor" (s 26). A supervisor includes any public official who supervises or manages the discloser.
8.6 If the supervisor or manager believes that the information given to them concerns, or could concern, disclosable conduct, they must give that information to an authorised officer of AIFS as soon as reasonably practicable. A manager or supervisor should also seek the consent of the discloser to pass on their personal information.
8.7 Managers and supervisors also play a key role in ensuring that the AIFS workplace culture supports the making of public interest disclosures.
External disclosures
8.8 In certain circumstances, a disclosure may also be made as an external disclosure to an outside person or body, such as the Ombudsman. For further information refer to the section ‘Who can a public interest disclosure be made to’ in the Agency Guide that forms part of these procedures.
9 Protection under the PID Act
9.1 If a public interest disclosure is made in accordance with the PID Act, the discloser will receive the following protections:
the discloser’s identity will be kept confidential as reasonably practicable;
the discloser will be immune from civil, criminal or administrative liability;
no contractual or other remedy may be enforced or sanction imposed on the discloser on the basis of making the disclosure;
a contract to which the discloser is a party must not be terminated on the basis that the public interest disclosure constitutes a breach of the contract; and
a discloser will have legal protection from reprisals through relevant criminal offences, a right to apply for an injunction and a right to apply for compensation for loss damage or injury due to a reprisal.
10 Making a public interest disclosure
10.1 Public officials who wish to make a public interest disclosure relating to AIFS can do so orally or in writing.
10.2 If the disclosure is made orally, a record will be made of what is said and the discloser will be asked to sign the record as being correct.
10.3 Disclosers are encouraged to provide as much information as possible to assist an authorised officer to deal with a public interest disclosure appropriately and promptly.
10.4 Disclosers are advised that they should be as clear and factual as possible. The discloser should not investigate the matter themselves before making the disclosure as doing so may hinder any future investigation.
10.5 All disclosures will be given a unique reference number that will be provided to the discloser.
Anonymous disclosures
10.6 A discloser may make a public interest disclosure anonymously. Anonymous disclosures will be acted on wherever possible.
10.7 It should be noted that there are a range of reasons why staff may consider identifying themselves to an authorised officer, or at the least providing a means of contact. These include that the authorised officer who receives an anonymous report must have reasonable grounds to suspect the disclosable conduct has occurred in order to allocate the matter for investigation. If they cannot contact the person to seek necessary information, the matter may not proceed.
10.8 The PID Act requires agencies to keep a discloser's identity confidential, subject to limited exceptions, including the discloser's consent (ss 20, 21). Agencies are also bound by obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 in relation to storing personal information securely and limiting its use and disclosure.
10.9 AIFS will make every reasonable effort to protect a discloser's identity.
10.10 The discloser's identity or information that would effectively identify them may, however, need to be disclosed to certain other people if that is necessary, including to investigate the disclosure effectively or protect them against reprisals. In cases such as these, this will be discussed with the discloser before proceeding.
10.11 Disclosers should not discuss the details of their disclosure with anyone who does not need to know. Discussions with these people are not covered by the protections of the PID Act.
11 Support under the PID Act
11.1 If a public interest disclosure is made in accordance with the PID Act, the discloser will receive support from AIFS throughout the disclosure process. This may include:
offering information and support about what options are available;
providing the discloser with any information about the support networks available (e.g., employee assistance program, work health and safety officers, friends and family); and
providing the discloser with information about the reasonable steps AIFS will take to protect them.
12 Role and responsibilities
Director, AIFS
12.1 The Director is the principal officer under the PID Act. The Director has specific responsibilities under the PID Act, including:
establishing procedures for facilitating and dealing with public interest disclosures;
ensuring appropriate systems and strategies are in place to provide support to a person who makes a disclosure and minimises any risks of detrimental action against them; and
ensuring disclosures are properly investigated.
Authorised officers
12.2 Authorised officers are officers of an agency authorised in writing by the principal officer for the purposes of the PID Act (s 36). They have a range of decision-making, notification and other responsibilities under the PID Act, including:
receiving disclosures from current or former public officials about disclosable conduct (s 26);
deeming a person to be a public official to facilitate the making of a public interest disclosure (s 70);
informing a person who may be unaware of the PID Act requirements that information that the authorised officer reasonably believes could concern disclosable conduct could be treated as an internal disclosure, explaining the requirements of the PID Act and advising the person of any designated publication restrictions (as defined in s 8) that may affect disclosure (s 60);
assessing reported information to determine if there are no reasonable grounds to believe the information could be considered to be a public interest disclosure (s 43(2));
making any preliminary inquiries necessary to make an allocation decision (s 43(4));
allocating all or part of the disclosure to the principal officer of their agency and/or another agency, with that agency’s consent (ss 43(1), (6));
informing the principal officer of each relevant agency, and the Ombudsman or Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS), as appropriate, of allocation decisions and associated information (ss 44(1), 44(1A);
informing the discloser of the allocation decision (s 44(2));
consenting to the allocation of a disclosure by an authorised officer of another agency (s 43(6)); and
advising the discloser of a decision not to allocate, the reasons why and any other course of action that may be available under Commonwealth law (s 44(3)).
Managers and supervisors
12.3 Managers and supervisors are responsible for receiving public interest disclosures made to them by their staff. If a manager or supervisor receives information that concerns, or could concern, disclosable conduct, they must give that information to an authorised officer as soon as reasonably practicable. A manager or supervisor must seek the consent of the discloser to pass on their personal information.
12.4 Managers and supervisors play a key role in ensuring that the AIFS workplace culture supports the making of public interest disclosures. Managers and supervisors should have an understanding of the PID Act and be approachable to staff wishing to raise concerns.
Investigation Officers
12.5 The Director is responsible for investigating disclosures received and assessed in accordance with the PID Act. The Director may delegate this function to an officer within AIFS (Investigation Officer) on a case-by-case basis. The Investigation Officer will not be appointed to undertake an investigation if it is considered that they have an actual or perceived conflict of interest in relation to the disclosure.
13 Risk assessment
13.1 When a public interest disclosure is received, the risk of reprisals being taken against the discloser will be assessed. This assessment involves assessing the specific behaviour and circumstances that may result in reprisals and then putting appropriate strategies to prevent or contain them.
13.2 The risk assessment will be undertaken as soon as possible after a disclosure is received.
13.3 If a disclosure is made to a manager or supervisor and the discloser wishes their identity to remain anonymous, the manager or supervisor will conduct the risk assessment.
13.4 The risk assessment should, at a minimum, cover the following four steps:
identify: the risks of reprisals or workplace conflicts;
assess: the likelihood and consequence of reprisals or related workplace conflict;
control: have strategies in place to prevent or contain reprisals or related workplace conflict; and
monitor and review: the implementation and effectiveness of the strategies.
13.5 For further information, refer to the section on Risk Assessment in the Agency Guide that forms part of these procedures.
14 Investigating a public interest disclosure
14.1 If an authorised officer determines that the disclosure is in fact a public interest disclosure, the matter must be allocated for investigation. In most instances, the matter will be allocated to AIFS.
14.2 An authorised officer must notify the principal officer and the discloser of their decision to allocate the matter for investigation. At this stage, the discloser should also be notified of an Investigation Officer’s powers to:
decide not to investigate the disclosure; and
decide not to investigate the disclosure once it has commenced.
14.3 The Investigation Officer may decide not to investigate, or may discontinue an investigation, only on a ground set out in s 48; that is if:
the discloser is not a current or former public official;
the information does not to any extent concern serious disclosable conduct;
the disclosure is frivolous or vexatious;
the disclosure is the same or substantially the same as another disclosure which has been or is being investigated under the PID Act;
the disclosure is the same or substantially the same as a disclosure already investigated or currently being investigated under Commonwealth law and:
it would be inappropriate to conduct another investigation at the same time; or
the Director/Investigation Officer is reasonably satisfied that there are no matters that warrant further investigation;
the discloser has advised the Investigation Officer that they do not wish the investigation to be pursued, and the Director/Investigation Officer is reasonably satisfied that there are no matters that warrant further investigation; or
it is impracticable for the disclosure to be investigated because:
of the age of the information;
the discloser has not revealed their name and contact details; or
the discloser refuses or fails, or is unable, to give the Investigative Officer the information or assistance they requested.
14.4 The Investigation Officer must, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform the discloser whether the disclosure will be investigated. The discloser will also be advised of the estimated time the investigation is likely to take.
14.5 If the disclosure will not be investigated, the Investigation Officer will inform the discloser the reasons for deciding not to investigate and other courses of action that might be available to the discloser under other Commonwealth laws.
14.6 The Investigation Officer must also notify and provide their reasons not to investigate a disclosure to the Ombudsman.
14.7 An Investigation Officer must ensure that a person against whom allegations are made is accorded procedural fairness.
14.8 AIFS will also provide support to an AIFS staff member who is subject to an allegation made in a public interest disclosure. This may include:
offering information and support about what options are available; and/or
providing the discloser with any information about the support networks available (e.g., employee assistance program, work health and safety officers, friends and family).
Investigation report
14.9 An Investigation Officer must complete an investigation (including the investigation report) within 90 days of the disclosure allocation.
14.10 If more time is needed, the Investigation Officer may seek an extension of time from the Ombudsman in advance of the 90-day expiry period. If the Ombudsman grants an extension, the Investigation Officer must notify the discloser, as soon as reasonably practicable after the extension is granted and provide an update about the progress of the investigation.
14.11 An investigation report must include the following information:
the matters considered in the course of the investigation;
the duration of the investigation;
the Investigation Officer’s findings (if any);
the action (if any) that has been, is being, or is recommended to be taken;
any claims made about, and any evidence of, detrimental action taken against the discloser, and AIFS response to those claims and that evidence;
whether there have been one or more instances of disclosable conduct;
any regulations, rules, administrative requirements or similar matters to which the disclosable conduct relates;
an explanation of the steps taken to gather evidence; and
a summary of the evidence, as well as any findings and recommendations made based on the evidence.
14.12 The discloser must be provided with a copy of the final investigation report (with specified material omitted if necessary (s 51(5)) within a reasonable time.
Conclusion of investigation
14.13 Any action that AIFS may undertake (if any) will depend on the circumstances of each investigation.
14.14 The Director is responsible for taking appropriate action in response to recommendations and other matters contained in the investigation report. These actions might include but are not limited to:
commencement of Code-of-Conduct proceedings under the Public Service Act 1999 or another disciplinary process;
referral of the matter to the police or another body that can take further action;
mediation or conciliation of a workplace conflict;
an internal audit or other review of an issue or the operations of a particular unit;
implementing or changing policies, procedures or practices; and/or
conducting training and awareness sessions for staff.
14.15 For further information, refer to the section After the Investigation in the Agency Guide that forms part of these procedures.
14.16 If a discloser is not satisfied with AIFS’ decisions relating to their disclosure, they may raise this with the Ombudsman.
15 Record-keeping
Record of allocating the handling of a disclosure
15.1 When an authorised officer of AIFS allocates the handling of a disclosure to one or more agencies (including AIFS), an appropriate written record is to be kept of:
the decision (including the name of each agency to which the disclosure is to be allocated);
the reasons for the decision; and
the consent provided by the agency to which the allocation is made.
Records of the discloser being informed of the allocation decision
15.2 Appropriate records must be kept of whether the discloser was notified of the decisions set out in paragraphs 14.4 and 14.6 of these procedures. Those records should include:
the day and time the discloser was notified;
the means by which the discloser was notified; and
the content of the notification.
15.3 Detailed records should be kept throughout the disclosure, investigation and post investigation process.
15.4 Public interest disclosure records must be kept in a secure place.
16 Assistance to the Ombudsman
16.1 AIFS will provide information requested by the Ombudsman for the purposes of preparing the Ombudsman’s annual report.
16.2 Any information provided to the Ombudsman shall be consistent with any standards set by the Ombudsman.
16.3 AIFS staff will use their best endeavours to assist the Ombudsman to perform its functions under the PID Act.
Commonwealth Ombudsman Guide: Speaking Up About Wrongdoing (December 2013, version 1) (PDF 174 KB) <www.ombudsman.gov.au/docs/Speaking_up_about_wrongdoing.pdf>
Commonwealth Ombudsman website <www.ombudsman.gov.au>
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2013A00133>
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Home > 24Hr, Adam, Aston Martin Racing, Beechdean, Daytona, RL, Sunoco, Vantage GT3, Vantage GTE, Whelan Challenge > Another big step for Adam in the US this weekend
Another big step for Adam in the US this weekend
Reigning British GT champion Jonny Adam may be an established star when racing a prestigious British marque in Europe, but he'll be looking to earn his stars and stripes in the US this weekend when he takes on the 2016 Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona.
The Scotsman will trade his favoured Aston Martin Vantage for the number 31 Action Express Racing with Whelen Daytona Protype alongside Dane Cameron, Eric Curran and Simon Pagenaud on January 30-31.
The guest appearance stateside is the result of the Fifer's success in claiming the Sunoco Whelen Challenge Prize in 2015.
While it won't be the first time Adam has competed at Daytona, following his debut there in the GTD class in 2014 with TRG Aston Martin Racing, it will be his first time on the grid behind the wheel of a 5.5 litre, 600bhp, V8 DP car in the premier class of the event.
He was able to get a feel for the nature of the beast at the famous 'Roar before the 24' test session earlier this month, and settled in by producing consistently quick lap times on par with teammates that have significantly more experience of the car.
With that successful practice run completed Adam is confident he can contribute to the Denver-based outfit's tilt at the big prize.
"First of all I have to say a massive thank you to Anders and everyone at Sunono Fuel UK for this brilliant prize to race with Action Express Racing and Whelen.
“The Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona has become an iconic race on the sportscar calendar, and to drive the event in a Daytona Prototype with a championship-winning team is an amazing opportunity.
"The Roar test went very well and allowed me to get up to speed with the car and work closely with my teammates throughout the three days of running. All four of us were very close to each other in lap times, so hopefully we'll be a strong package heading into the race.
"It's a great way to kick off my 2016 season, and we've got all the ingredients to have a good shot at the outright win come Sunday afternoon if everything goes to plan."
Source material - Jonny Adam
Labels: 24Hr, Adam, Aston Martin Racing, Beechdean, Daytona, RL, Sunoco, Vantage GT3, Vantage GTE, Whelan Challenge
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[[Image:Mega Man 2 - NES - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
[[Image:Mega Man II - NES - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
'''''Mega Man 2''''' is the second game in the [[Mega Man (Universe)|Mega Man series]]; it is an action platformer broken up into stages, each ending with a boss. Dr. Wily was defeated by Mega Man in the first game, but he built eight new robots and is once again trying to conquer the world. I first saw this game in a Nintendo strategy guide and thought it looked amazing, so I asked for this game and got it for Christmas (around 1990). The first time I played it, I started in Quickman's stage, because the strategy guide suggested his weapon for a lot of the sections in the game. Naturally, I got my ass handed to me! After a lot of trial and error, I eventually learned a better stage order and now I prefer: Metalman, Bubbleman, Woodman, Flashman, Airman, Crashman, Heatman, Quickman.
'''''Mega Man II''''' is an action platformer made by [[Capcom]], released for the [[NES]] on 1988-12-24, and the the second game in the [[Mega Man (universe)|''Mega Man'' series]]. Like the first, the game is broken up into stages, each ending with a boss. Dr. Wily was defeated by Mega Man in the first game, but he built eight new robots and is once again trying to conquer the world.
==Personal==
I first saw this game in a Nintendo strategy guide and thought it looked amazing, so I asked for it for Christmas and got it (around 1990). The first time I played it, I started in Quickman's stage, because the strategy guide suggested his weapon for a lot of the sections in the game. Naturally, I got my ass handed to me! After a lot of trial and error, I eventually learned a better stage order and now I prefer: Metalman, Bubbleman, Woodman, Flashman, Airman, Heatman, Crashman, Quickman.
==Status==
I own this game for the NES and have beaten it on both normal and difficult skill levels.
I own an NES cartridge signed by [[Takashi Tateishi]], and have beaten the game on normal difficulty.
==Review==
{{Video Game Review|9|8|9|10|6|NES}}
{{Spoilers}}
===Good===
* The graphics are colorful, well-drawn, and highly detailed for such a low resolution.
* The music is extremely good, some of the best for the platform.
* [[Takashi Tateishi]]'s soundtrack is extremely good, some of the best for the platform. He also nicely incorporated elements from [[Manami Matsumae]] soundtrack in the first game.
* The game is difficult without being unfair and even has a difficulty setting for less die-hard players.
* The ending cut scenes and staff roll is a fantastic way to finish the game.
* Each of the robot bosses has a unique style which can be felt in their stage design, fighting style, and weapon.
* Each of the bosses, despite being quite primitive, has a unique style which can be felt in their stage, fighting style, and weapon.
* The bosses in the first four Dr. Wily stages are quite clever. The Mecha-Dragon is especially terrifying, well-drawn, and a good challenge. The final [[boss rush]] and [[boss tease]] squeezes a bit more life out of the game.
* The bosses in the first four Dr. Wily stages are quite clever. The Mechanical Dragon is especially terrifying, well-drawn, and a good challenge.
* The ending cut scene and staff roll is a fantastic way to finish the game.
===Bad===
* The boss weapons are very unbalanced. Some weapons, like Lead Bubble only have two real uses in the game, while Metal Blade is so versatile, it's best to use it for most of the game.
* The boss weapons are very unbalanced. Some weapons, like Lead Bubble only have two real uses in the whole game, while Metal Blade is so versatile, it's best to use it for most of the game.
* The disappearing platforms from the first game are back, and even worse than before. Luckily, the Items 1-3 make them a little easier to deal with.
* Later in the game, you have to deal with a lot of instant-death spikes and pits which are a lame way of increasing difficulty.
* A lot of the game uses instant-death spikes, pits, lava, etc. which is a cheap way of increasing difficulty.
* The Dr. Wily boss stages are pretty uninspired using drab colors and using mostly repeated enemies.
* Not replenishing weapon power in the Dr. Wily stages makes it pretty much impossible to beat the game fairly without first dying several times as you try to discover which weapons you need to save for the bosses. Kind of a lame move.
* The Dr. Wily boss stages are pretty uninspired using drab colors and reusing most of its enemies.
===Ugly===
* Nothing, this game rocks.
==Maps==
==Media==
===Box Art===
Mega Man II - FC - Japan.jpg|The original Japanese release uses a cartoon style that perfectly matches the feel of the game and includes the bosses and various enemies.
Mega Man II - NES - USA.jpg|The notorious North America box art was painted by [[Marc William Ericksen]]. It uses an American comic book style, and, while the art is good, it depicts the game incorrectly. Mega Man is a human in a Spandex jump suit with tiny feet, a ray gun, and a visor. Quickman looks pretty good, but Metalman is atrocious, and strangely, he is commanded by Dr. Light!
Mega Man II - NES - EU.jpg|The PAL regions received even worse box art with Mega Man being covered in chrome with a shiny dildo for an arm, and monsters that don't fit the game at all.
===Documentation===
Mega Man II - NES - USA - Manual.pdf|Manual, USA.
Mega Man II - NES - USA - Manual - Digital.pdf|Manual, USA - Digital.
Mega Man II - NES - Japan - Manual - Digital.pdf|Manual, Japan - Digital.
Mega Man II - Enemies.png|Original Japanese poster.
Worlds of Power - Mega Man 2 - Mass Market - USA - 1st Edition.jpg|[[Mega Man 2 (book)|Novelization]].
==Screenshots==
Mega Man 2 - Intro.png|The introduction sequence.
Mega Man 2 - Title.png|The game's title screen.
Mega Man 2 - Stage Select.png|The 8 robot bosses.
Mega Man 2 - Woodman.png|Fighting Woodman.
Mega Man 2 - Angler Fish.png|A giant angler fish that spits prawns.
Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Map.png|The Dr. Wily stage map.
Mega Man 2 - Dragon.png|One of the game's more interesting bosses.
Mega Man 2 - Ending.png|The ending sequence.
===Maps===
Mega Man 2 - Map - Air Man.png|Airman Stage.
==Box Art==
===Graphics===
The game had unique box art for three different regions. The original Japanese release uses cartoon style and perfectly matches the game including the bosses and various enemies. The North America box art is notoriously bad using a comic book style. Mega Man is a person in a Spandex jump suit with tiny feet, a ray gun, and a visor. Quickman looks pretty good, but Metalman is atrocious, and strangely, he is commanded by Dr. Light! Finally, PAL regions received an even worse box art with Mega Man being covered in chrome with a shiny dildo instead of an arm, and monsters that don't fit the game at all.
* [https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/mm2/ spriters-resource.com/nes/mm2/] - Graphic sheets.
===Fan Art===
Mega Man 2 - FC - Japan.jpg|Japan.
Mega Man 2 - NES - USA.jpg|North America.
Mega Man 2 - NES - EU.jpg|Europe.
==Gallery==
Mega Man 2 - NES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
Mega Man II - Fan Art.jpg|Fan art.
Mega Man II - Bosses.jpg|Artistic bosses.
Zac Gorman - Mega Man 2 - Metal Blade.gif|Metal Blade comic by Zac Gorman.
Zac Gorman - Mega Man 2 - Airman.gif|Bored Airman, by Zac Gorman.
Mega Man 2 - Skyscape.jpg|A wallpaper of the intro skyscape.
Mega Man II - NES - CGA Mockup.png|[[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] mockup.
===Videos===
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{{#ev:youtube|E6FepsyzGT0|256|inline|Ending details.|frame}}
==Game Design==
This is my running commentary on the design of the game for each stage.
{| class="wikitable" |
! Stage !! Commentary
| Introduction || This game has one of the best NES introductions. The music is not only phenomenal, but it hearkens back to the ending theme of the first [[Mega Man]]. The story is ridiculous, as 2000 didn't seem that far into the future even in the 1980s! The cityscape in the distance makes great use of the limited tile set. The stage select with closeups of the bosses is very attractive, and the music continues to be good.
| Airman Stage || When you first come in, the bright blue sky and the large animated clouds in the background really clue you into your location. The glassy look on the platforms is also a great artistic effect. I don't quite get the little red tikkis in the floor though. The giant floating Tikki (goblin) platforms are not only visually appealing, but make for a great test of patience. The Lightning Lords are really cool and are pretty difficult without a vertical weapon like Metal Blade (I suggest this weapon for the entire stage). There is a great moment of panic when you fly behind the cloud and lose your position as an enemy shoots at you. The egg-dropping bird (Pipi) fits perfectly here, and the obscuring clouds help make it more complicated. The vertical interlude with the Scworms seems unnecessary. Then, there is a nice change up where you have to jump from one Tikki platform directly to another. This requires a little bit of patience. The Fan Fiends are great enemies and make the pits here particularly treacherous, but there is a bug in the game where they often disappear. Ending the level with Pipi over pits adds to the difficulty of the first encounter. I love the music, it's one of the best electric guitars on the entire NES. The only thing I don't like about this stage is the amount of pits, they are a cheap way of increasing difficulty. Airman himself is a pretty straight-forward boss. His Air Shooter is very difficult to avoid, but he can be dispatched without too much trouble using the Mega Buster, but the Leaf Shield is the most useful as it stops his weapon and greatly hurts him. The Air Shooter has limited use in the game. It's good against the Sniper Armor and Crashman, and that's about it.
| Bubbleman Stage || This one begins with a wonderful fully animated waterfall background (simulated through palette swapping). The Croakers are great large monsters, well drawn and kind of annoying with their tiny babies. The falling platforms are a cheap trap for the first time you play, but once you're aware of them, they're not too difficult. The designers did something special for the Crabbots, for those players favoring Metal Blade, hitting them knocks their shells off at you, a great trick. The spiked ceiling and walls for the majority of the rest of the level are pretty annoying, but they do teach precision control. The giant angler fish (Anko) that spits prawns (Shrink) is very well-drawn. The robotic jellyfish which are definitely not [[Metroid|Metroids]] (because they're M-445 not SR-388!) again encourage the Metal Blade. More pits with the Snappers, more cheap death. While I adore the music, the majority of the level is instant death, which I don't like in games. Bubbleman himself is a joke when faced with the Metal Blade, and his Bubble Lead is pretty useless in the game save two bosses.
| Crashman Stage || The mesh of pipes with the giant metal spheres is a great background tile set for this stage, though I don't care much for the sickly green color. The starting two rooms with Telly inching slowly toward Mega Man is a pain without the Metal Blade, as it the three platform rooms (Item-1 can speed up these screens). Like most other stages, Metal Blade is encouraged. I like the tall climb with the Neo Metall hanging out on a precarious edge because if you do take a hit, there are blocks to catch you, and even if you miss them, you still don't die, you just have to take the damage. I like how the stage slowly turns darker as you climb past the atmosphere in the ladder maze. The Pipis and Shotman keeps this part interesting, and an Energy tank and 1-up can be picked up (Item-1 makes this easier). The Prop Tops just before the boss are easily killed with Metal Blade. This level, again, has fantastic music, and doesn't suffer from tons of instant-death. Crashman is probably the most difficult boss to defeat with the Mega Buster, but he's especially easy to kill with the Air Shooter. The Crash Bomb is useful on one boss, entirely necessary on another, and helpful for taking out obstructive walls elsewhere in the game. However, its slow fuse means it's not very helpful as a general weapon.
| Flashman Stage || I don't quite understand why Flashman's stage has an icy floor, but it certainly adds a nice layer of complexity. Most of the stage is pretty bereft of enemies, which is kind of nice when you're slipping all over. The first section just has a few Crazy Canons adding to the complexity. Metal Blade is preferred for the bulk of the stage. Having Item-1 or 3 will get you a 1-up and if you also have Crash Bombs, you can skip a Sniper Armor. You will memorize the optimal fall path down the several screens after a few attempts. I like to avoid the Blocky and Crazy Canon and take the Scworm route while staying above the second Sniper Armor. The last section rewards careful jumping. If you fall, you're stuck facing several Sniper Armors, but if you succeed, you win an energy tank. No matter what, you'll have to face at least one Sniper Armor. Air Shooter takes out the armor, and several weapons work on Sniper Joe. Overall, I'm not a huge fan of this level. I like the color palette and changing lights, but the entire level uses a single tile set. The music is good, but not one of my favorites. Like most of the enemies in the game, Flashman is easily annihilated with Metal Blade. His Time Stopper weapon is useful in Quickman's stage and for fighting Quickman himself, but not much else.
| Heatman Stage || This is another stage with a lot of instant death from pits, although the lava pits aren't quite as bad because if you take a hit before falling into them, you won't immediately die. The beginning with the Prop Tops and Tellies is a nice introduction and isn't too difficult. As usual, Metal Blade is the preferred weapon. Once you pass the large gap, you have to deal with a few Spring Heads which can easily be killed with Bubble Lead. Down the ladder you will encounter the disappearing bricks. You can bypass them with Items 1 or 3, or just learn the pattern, it's not too tough. Just be sure to kill the Spring Head first! The next section is like the first, only with more deadly jumps (it's good design to teach the player earlier, give them a respite, and then increase the difficulty). Crash Bombs will make it a bit safer. Next, there is a large section of disappearing blocks over lava and a pit. Item-2 can skip this mess, or you can risk it. It's not too difficult to learn. Take out the Sniper Armor with Air Shooter, and then prepare for Heatman. Overall, I find that stage to be a bit bland with the same tile set and enemies throughout, and all the falling death is rather cheap. The music is alright, nothing special, and Heatman is pretty easy with Bubble Lead. Without it though, he's not much harder, it just takes a lot longer. Atomic Fire has a couple uses on bosses in the game, and the charging ability is a nice feature, but it depletes too rapidly to be fun to use.
| Metalman Stage || I love the animated background gears and pistons as well as the foreground gear tiles. The conveyor belts definitely fit with the mechanic style of the level and the first energy tank is a nice freebie. It was an interesting design choice not to feature an enemy for the first couple sections, just the pits and the Presses, and even the Mole screws don't feel like enemies as much as hazards. Since players often use the Moles as a place to recharge their hit points, it's kind of a funny jab that the designers end the section with the conveyor which makes avoiding them much harder, so they often can't leave unscathed. The Pierobots are a fun enemy, but a little too weak to ever pose a threat. If you have Item-1 you can get the 1-up here. More easy Pierobots and a tough jump. The stairs with Blockies is a great spot for them. The energy tank near the pit is a trap if you don't have Item-1 or 2. I like how they designed several sections to make use of the Items throughout the game. The placement of the Spring Heads near the door is nice, and I often take a hit if I'm rushing. I like this stage because it has a fair amount of difficult enemies and jumps, without overdoing it on either. Unfortunately, the tileset never changes, the color scheme is a bit ugly, and the music is only so-so. Metal Man himself is one of the best boss robots. The changing conveyor makes the battle dynamic, and his Metal Blades are tough to avoid. Unfortunately, his weapon is so useful it almost breaks the game.
| Quickman Stage || I like the cyan on dark read, and the tile set is pretty good looking, even if it's plain. Good use of a bonus for those who enter with an Item. Like pretty much every other stage, the Scworms encourage Metal Blade from the start. The lasers are fun at first, but they very quickly become tedious. Until the player memorizes the order, they will probably use the Time Stopper, which means they won't have it for Quickman, kind of a douche move. The Hotheads lighting up the dark tunnel is quite creative, but they're not exactly difficult to defeat. More lasers that are even harder than before are not welcome. I would prefer something other than Sniper Armors before the boss gate to help replenish the Time Stopper. This is my least-favorite of the eight boss stages because there isn't much to do but avoid lasers, even the music isn't that great. Quickman is a killer boss. The Time Stopper will cut his life in half, but even then, he's very hard to avoid with his speed and Quick Boomerangs. The Mega Buster is my preferred weapon. His weapon is kind of nice because it depletes so slowly, there just aren't that many thinks weak to it.
| Woodman Stage || Great multi-layered background here, and the brown and green are a nice palette. The Bubble Bats once again encourage Metal Blade. The Robo-Rabbits are an odd enemy, but a decent challenge. The Hot Dogs are a great large robot, but once you find a safe place to shoot from, they're super easy. I like how you keep moving in and out of the trees, great tile swap. Mecha Monkey is easily thwarted with the Metal Blade, as are the Pipis. Heading down the three screens with the Robo-Rabbits is a good choice, as they're not so easily defeated this way. The Atomic Chickens are a pretty dangerous enemy, especially since they are immune to Metal Blade. Overall, this is one of my favorite stages. Lots of different enemies, varied backgrounds, and good music. Woodman isn't too tough with Metal Blade, and his Leaf Shield has several uses throughout the game, especially farming lives in a Pipi area.
| Dr. Wily Stage 1 || First of all, the music. Oh my god, the music! This is my favorite song on the entire NES platform. The dark cyan sky with the orange foreground is a great palette even if the tile set is a bit plain to begin with. It's a safe practice to farm 1-ups here with the Pipis dropping eggs. Then, the wall, and later with the ladders, I like that the designers force the player to get used to using the Items. I would like to see something other than Scworms here, but, oh well. More requiring Items. Sniper Joe is well-protected from Mega Man jumping his bullets, so hiding on the ladder is a must. The Spring Head on the next screen is well-positioned to hit players as they fall from the empty screen above. The height here requires the player to use Item-1 on the ladder first, which usually takes a few failures to realize, a good puzzle element. Telly is useless here, simply climb up past him. Next, you find yourself having to jump across precarious pits, then the screen begins to pan on its own and you're terrified by the giant Mecha-Dragon popping up behind you! This is an amazing technological feat on the NES because the dragon isn't a sprite, he's the background, and the tiles you jump on are the sprites! The PPU's name table moves around to simulate the dragon flying around. Very clever, but it does create a lot of flickering when Mecha-Dragon breathes fire. Mecha-Dragon, which is beautifully drawn, is weakest to Atomic Fire, which takes awhile to figure out, and even then, you probably won't kill him with it on difficult mode. I really love this stage, not just because of the music, but the layout makes it feel like you're actually infiltrating Dr. Wily's hideout. I dislike the fact that your weapon energy doesn't replenish from this point on, as it requires a lot of boring grinding in later levels.
| Dr. Wily Stage 2 || I like the brown and cyan foreground in this stage, but the dark brown background is rather ugly. The huge animated fans are a nice background effect. The Prop Tops here may seem weak, but they will interfere with using Item-2 to cross the spike pit if you're not careful. The spikes are large and well-drawn, better than most other NES games. Having two ladders was a nice design. The ladder that is more risky to reach rewards you, actually a little too well, with 2 free guys and an energy tanks. Having Moles here is very helpful as it allows the player to refill their weapon energy. The Press at the top of the well which needs an Item to climb is in a perfect spot to require a well-timed jump. The falls are simple enough for a safe passage on the first attempt, but tricky enough to possibly kill you. Overall, I like the level, but I don't like the background scheme. The final boss, Picopico-kun, is pretty creative, and requires expert use of Metal Blades (although, by now, the player better be an expert!). My only gripe is that not all of the tiles get used before it dies.
| Dr. Wily Stage 3 || Brown and dark green is a pretty awful color palette, but it fits the sewer motif. The new music is rather blah, but the beginning section is nice for charging up weapon power. However, it tricks you into using up your Crash Bombs which you will need later, kind of a dick move. The spike pits are pretty easy to avoid thanks to the slower water movement, and I like that you can jump partially out of the water. Nice color-change on the background with the water as well. The Big Fish are nice for scaring the player, but as long as you keep moving they can't hit you. I don't like the fall through the spikes, but it's not too difficult after a few times. I like the room with the Crazy Cannons because they're pretty difficult to avoid here. The Guts Tank is a very impressive looking boss, but a little dull in practice. Stand on the ledge, shoot with Quick Boomerang, problem solved.
| Dr. Wily Stage 4 || Ugh, this level. Firstly, magenta and blue isn't horrible, but it isn't great either. Annoyingly, the stage is just a bunch of hidden traps. It begins harmless enough with some ladders and a sneaky pit that drops you onto a Neo Metall, but they keep on doing it. One is even above a spike pit (although its location is kind of obvious by the time you reach it). Then there are rooms with Tellies and slow moving platforms like in Crashman's Stage, but now there are spikes on the ground. This is a good recall of an earlier room, but again, they overdo it with four consecutive rooms. Finally, you have to defeat two Sniper Armors and two Sniper Joes in low-ceiling halls. You're basically being tenderized for the kill. The boss, Boobeam Trap, is a pain in the ass. Not only are the beams difficult to avoid, but the turrets can only be killed with Crash Bombs, and even with full energy, you don't have enough Crash Bombs to take out all the turrets and walls, just the mandatory ones. You're forced to use your Items to get around the walls, which is annoying for a second reason because you can't change between the Items or Crash Bombs until either has dissipated! If you die, all the Boobeam Traps will recover when you reenter, so you must fill up your weapon power. The only trouble is, there are no easy places to grind in the entire stage! If you're pretty confident you're going to die, one good strategy is to shoot out all the walls, die, then climb back up to the Tellies and restock there. The walls will still be gone when you come back, so you can just focus on the turrets. This is my least-favorite level in the entire game.
| Dr. Wily Stage 5 || While revisiting the old bosses has become a bit of a trope these days--it was also done in the first Mega Man--I do kind of enjoy it when it's done right. And here, it's done right. Not only do you now have all the weapons and items at your disposal (minus Crash Bombs which aren't really needed), but each boss's lair has a flat ground which makes takes away some of their sting. The downside here, is you don't get to replenish your weapons each time, instead you get an energy bonus. There is an annoyance where, if you kill the boss while standing on the exit, you will leave the room without getting the energy bonus. That probably should have been fixed with a delay. Depending on which weapons you exhaust, you may not have enough energy For Dr. Wily's ship. Again, this is kind of annoying, because he's extremely difficult to beat with just the Mega Blaster. The first Dr. Wily incarnation is fair; the energy balls aren't simple to avoid, but not impossible. The second incarnation is practically impossible to defeat without taking a hit. Defeating him is kind of cool though, the floor falls out from under you and you head to stage 6. Great backdrop for the room, by the way, very nice animation.
| Dr. Wily Stage 6 || This room is ugly looking, but the lack of music mixed with the cavernous echo of the acid drips adds to the ambiance. The acid itself is extremely dangerous to touch, and not entirely easy to avoid. A nice bit of difficulty before the final boss. However, if you just push to the right as you fall, and are quick with your jumps, you can get ahead of them, and not have to worry about it. They probably should have fixed this. When you get to Dr. Wily you find that he is actually a space alien! As you scramble to find a weapon that will hurt him (if you have any left by this time), he moves all over the screen, often out of your reach, and fires fast bullets at you with great precision. You'll have to get good at avoiding these because the battle is quite long. When you finally discover he's completely immune to all weapons except the Bubble Lead, you still have to hit him 7 times (14 in difficult mode) before he dies! Then, you find out that you were actually fighting a hologram generator! I like how the stars fade away and you see the generator moving along its course before it finally falls to the ground, which helps explain what was going on.
| Ending || This game has one of the best endings on the NES. First, Dr. Wily begs for forgiveness and you get the All Stage Clear tune. Next, you watch Mega Man slowly walk home as the weather changes and he uses his various suits to stay warm and dry. Finally, Mega Man ditches his helmet to go back to being a house robot. I really love the color palettes used for this sequence and the various particle sprites. The landscape is also very nicely drawn. Follow it up with a robot roll call and credits to more great music, and my heart melts!
==Titles==
! Language !! Native !! Transliteration !! Translation
| English || Mega Man II || ||
| Japanese || ロックマン2 || Rokkuman 2 || Rockman 2
==Credits==
! Role !! Staff
| Producer || [[Tokuro Fujiwara]]
| Programmer || [[Nobuyuki Matsushima]]
| Character Designers || [[Yasuaki Kishimoto]], [[Keiji Inafune]], [[Naoya Tomita]], Nagineko, 2m03cm Man, [[Akira Kitamura]]
| Metalman || [[Masanori Sato]]
| Airman || [[Youji Kanazawa]]
| Bubbleman || [[Takashi Tanaka]]
| Quickman || [[Hirofumi Mizoguchi]]
| Crashman || [[Akira Yoshida]]
| Flashman || [[Tomoo Yamaguchi]]
| Heatman || [[Toshiyuki Kataoka]]
| Woodman || [[Masakatsu Ichikawa]]
| Audio Programmer || [[Yoshihiro Sakaguchi]]
| Composers || [[Takashi Tateishi]], [[Manami Matsumae]]
| Planner || [[Akira Kitamura]]
==Links==
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/mega-man-2 mobygames.com/game/mega-man-2] - MobyGames.
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_2] - Wikipedia.
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* [https://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/563442-mega-man-2 gamefaqs.com/nes/563442-mega-man-2] - GameFAQs.
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* [http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Mega_Man_II_(NES) vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Mega_Man_II_(NES)] - Music.
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* [https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/mm2/ spriters-resource.com/nes/mm2/] - Sprite Sheets.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3UiC-kkjc youtube.com/watch?v=vn3UiC-kkjc] - Title sequence.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7CC9oP8mU youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7CC9oP8mU] - Ending sequence.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_7rmGlo-1U youtube.com/watch?v=g_7rmGlo-1U] - Brentalfloss - Title.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykkdvYThT_Y youtube.com/watch?v=ykkdvYThT_Y] - Brentalfloss - Dr. Wily Stage 1.
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North American box art.
Mega Man II is an action platformer made by Capcom, released for the NES on 1988-12-24, and the the second game in the Mega Man series. Like the first, the game is broken up into stages, each ending with a boss. Dr. Wily was defeated by Mega Man in the first game, but he built eight new robots and is once again trying to conquer the world.
1 Personal
3.2 Bad
3.3 Ugly
4.1 Box Art
5.1 Maps
5.3 Fan Art
5.4 Videos
6 Game Design
I own an NES cartridge signed by Takashi Tateishi, and have beaten the game on normal difficulty.
Best Version: NES
— This section contains spoilers! —
The graphics are colorful, well-drawn, and highly detailed for such a low resolution.
Takashi Tateishi's soundtrack is extremely good, some of the best for the platform. He also nicely incorporated elements from Manami Matsumae soundtrack in the first game.
The game is difficult without being unfair and even has a difficulty setting for less die-hard players.
Each of the robot bosses has a unique style which can be felt in their stage design, fighting style, and weapon.
The bosses in the first four Dr. Wily stages are quite clever. The Mecha-Dragon is especially terrifying, well-drawn, and a good challenge. The final boss rush and boss tease squeezes a bit more life out of the game.
The ending cut scene and staff roll is a fantastic way to finish the game.
The boss weapons are very unbalanced. Some weapons, like Lead Bubble only have two real uses in the whole game, while Metal Blade is so versatile, it's best to use it for most of the game.
The disappearing platforms from the first game are back, and even worse than before. Luckily, the Items 1-3 make them a little easier to deal with.
A lot of the game uses instant-death spikes, pits, lava, etc. which is a cheap way of increasing difficulty.
Not replenishing weapon power in the Dr. Wily stages makes it pretty much impossible to beat the game fairly without first dying several times as you try to discover which weapons you need to save for the bosses. Kind of a lame move.
The Dr. Wily boss stages are pretty uninspired using drab colors and reusing most of its enemies.
Nothing, this game rocks.
The original Japanese release uses a cartoon style that perfectly matches the feel of the game and includes the bosses and various enemies.
The notorious North America box art was painted by Marc William Ericksen. It uses an American comic book style, and, while the art is good, it depicts the game incorrectly. Mega Man is a human in a Spandex jump suit with tiny feet, a ray gun, and a visor. Quickman looks pretty good, but Metalman is atrocious, and strangely, he is commanded by Dr. Light!
The PAL regions received even worse box art with Mega Man being covered in chrome with a shiny dildo for an arm, and monsters that don't fit the game at all.
Manual, USA.
Manual, USA - Digital.
Manual, Japan - Digital.
Original Japanese poster.
Novelization.
The introduction sequence.
The game's title screen.
The 8 robot bosses.
Fighting Woodman.
A giant angler fish that spits prawns.
The Dr. Wily stage map.
One of the game's more interesting bosses.
The ending sequence.
Airman Stage.
Bubbleman Stage.
Crashman Stage.
Flashman Stage.
Heatman Stage.
Metalman Stage.
Quickman Stage.
Woodman Stage.
Dr. Wily Stage 1.
spriters-resource.com/nes/mm2/ - Graphic sheets.
Fan art.
Artistic bosses.
Metal Blade comic by Zac Gorman.
Bored Airman, by Zac Gorman.
A wallpaper of the intro skyscape.
CGA mockup.
Glitchfest.
Brentalfloss - Title.
Brentalfloss - Dr. Wily Stage 1.
No damage run tutorial.
Longplay.
Ending details.
Introduction This game has one of the best NES introductions. The music is not only phenomenal, but it hearkens back to the ending theme of the first Mega Man. The story is ridiculous, as 2000 didn't seem that far into the future even in the 1980s! The cityscape in the distance makes great use of the limited tile set. The stage select with closeups of the bosses is very attractive, and the music continues to be good.
Airman Stage When you first come in, the bright blue sky and the large animated clouds in the background really clue you into your location. The glassy look on the platforms is also a great artistic effect. I don't quite get the little red tikkis in the floor though. The giant floating Tikki (goblin) platforms are not only visually appealing, but make for a great test of patience. The Lightning Lords are really cool and are pretty difficult without a vertical weapon like Metal Blade (I suggest this weapon for the entire stage). There is a great moment of panic when you fly behind the cloud and lose your position as an enemy shoots at you. The egg-dropping bird (Pipi) fits perfectly here, and the obscuring clouds help make it more complicated. The vertical interlude with the Scworms seems unnecessary. Then, there is a nice change up where you have to jump from one Tikki platform directly to another. This requires a little bit of patience. The Fan Fiends are great enemies and make the pits here particularly treacherous, but there is a bug in the game where they often disappear. Ending the level with Pipi over pits adds to the difficulty of the first encounter. I love the music, it's one of the best electric guitars on the entire NES. The only thing I don't like about this stage is the amount of pits, they are a cheap way of increasing difficulty. Airman himself is a pretty straight-forward boss. His Air Shooter is very difficult to avoid, but he can be dispatched without too much trouble using the Mega Buster, but the Leaf Shield is the most useful as it stops his weapon and greatly hurts him. The Air Shooter has limited use in the game. It's good against the Sniper Armor and Crashman, and that's about it.
Bubbleman Stage This one begins with a wonderful fully animated waterfall background (simulated through palette swapping). The Croakers are great large monsters, well drawn and kind of annoying with their tiny babies. The falling platforms are a cheap trap for the first time you play, but once you're aware of them, they're not too difficult. The designers did something special for the Crabbots, for those players favoring Metal Blade, hitting them knocks their shells off at you, a great trick. The spiked ceiling and walls for the majority of the rest of the level are pretty annoying, but they do teach precision control. The giant angler fish (Anko) that spits prawns (Shrink) is very well-drawn. The robotic jellyfish which are definitely not Metroids (because they're M-445 not SR-388!) again encourage the Metal Blade. More pits with the Snappers, more cheap death. While I adore the music, the majority of the level is instant death, which I don't like in games. Bubbleman himself is a joke when faced with the Metal Blade, and his Bubble Lead is pretty useless in the game save two bosses.
Crashman Stage The mesh of pipes with the giant metal spheres is a great background tile set for this stage, though I don't care much for the sickly green color. The starting two rooms with Telly inching slowly toward Mega Man is a pain without the Metal Blade, as it the three platform rooms (Item-1 can speed up these screens). Like most other stages, Metal Blade is encouraged. I like the tall climb with the Neo Metall hanging out on a precarious edge because if you do take a hit, there are blocks to catch you, and even if you miss them, you still don't die, you just have to take the damage. I like how the stage slowly turns darker as you climb past the atmosphere in the ladder maze. The Pipis and Shotman keeps this part interesting, and an Energy tank and 1-up can be picked up (Item-1 makes this easier). The Prop Tops just before the boss are easily killed with Metal Blade. This level, again, has fantastic music, and doesn't suffer from tons of instant-death. Crashman is probably the most difficult boss to defeat with the Mega Buster, but he's especially easy to kill with the Air Shooter. The Crash Bomb is useful on one boss, entirely necessary on another, and helpful for taking out obstructive walls elsewhere in the game. However, its slow fuse means it's not very helpful as a general weapon.
Flashman Stage I don't quite understand why Flashman's stage has an icy floor, but it certainly adds a nice layer of complexity. Most of the stage is pretty bereft of enemies, which is kind of nice when you're slipping all over. The first section just has a few Crazy Canons adding to the complexity. Metal Blade is preferred for the bulk of the stage. Having Item-1 or 3 will get you a 1-up and if you also have Crash Bombs, you can skip a Sniper Armor. You will memorize the optimal fall path down the several screens after a few attempts. I like to avoid the Blocky and Crazy Canon and take the Scworm route while staying above the second Sniper Armor. The last section rewards careful jumping. If you fall, you're stuck facing several Sniper Armors, but if you succeed, you win an energy tank. No matter what, you'll have to face at least one Sniper Armor. Air Shooter takes out the armor, and several weapons work on Sniper Joe. Overall, I'm not a huge fan of this level. I like the color palette and changing lights, but the entire level uses a single tile set. The music is good, but not one of my favorites. Like most of the enemies in the game, Flashman is easily annihilated with Metal Blade. His Time Stopper weapon is useful in Quickman's stage and for fighting Quickman himself, but not much else.
Heatman Stage This is another stage with a lot of instant death from pits, although the lava pits aren't quite as bad because if you take a hit before falling into them, you won't immediately die. The beginning with the Prop Tops and Tellies is a nice introduction and isn't too difficult. As usual, Metal Blade is the preferred weapon. Once you pass the large gap, you have to deal with a few Spring Heads which can easily be killed with Bubble Lead. Down the ladder you will encounter the disappearing bricks. You can bypass them with Items 1 or 3, or just learn the pattern, it's not too tough. Just be sure to kill the Spring Head first! The next section is like the first, only with more deadly jumps (it's good design to teach the player earlier, give them a respite, and then increase the difficulty). Crash Bombs will make it a bit safer. Next, there is a large section of disappearing blocks over lava and a pit. Item-2 can skip this mess, or you can risk it. It's not too difficult to learn. Take out the Sniper Armor with Air Shooter, and then prepare for Heatman. Overall, I find that stage to be a bit bland with the same tile set and enemies throughout, and all the falling death is rather cheap. The music is alright, nothing special, and Heatman is pretty easy with Bubble Lead. Without it though, he's not much harder, it just takes a lot longer. Atomic Fire has a couple uses on bosses in the game, and the charging ability is a nice feature, but it depletes too rapidly to be fun to use.
Metalman Stage I love the animated background gears and pistons as well as the foreground gear tiles. The conveyor belts definitely fit with the mechanic style of the level and the first energy tank is a nice freebie. It was an interesting design choice not to feature an enemy for the first couple sections, just the pits and the Presses, and even the Mole screws don't feel like enemies as much as hazards. Since players often use the Moles as a place to recharge their hit points, it's kind of a funny jab that the designers end the section with the conveyor which makes avoiding them much harder, so they often can't leave unscathed. The Pierobots are a fun enemy, but a little too weak to ever pose a threat. If you have Item-1 you can get the 1-up here. More easy Pierobots and a tough jump. The stairs with Blockies is a great spot for them. The energy tank near the pit is a trap if you don't have Item-1 or 2. I like how they designed several sections to make use of the Items throughout the game. The placement of the Spring Heads near the door is nice, and I often take a hit if I'm rushing. I like this stage because it has a fair amount of difficult enemies and jumps, without overdoing it on either. Unfortunately, the tileset never changes, the color scheme is a bit ugly, and the music is only so-so. Metal Man himself is one of the best boss robots. The changing conveyor makes the battle dynamic, and his Metal Blades are tough to avoid. Unfortunately, his weapon is so useful it almost breaks the game.
Quickman Stage I like the cyan on dark read, and the tile set is pretty good looking, even if it's plain. Good use of a bonus for those who enter with an Item. Like pretty much every other stage, the Scworms encourage Metal Blade from the start. The lasers are fun at first, but they very quickly become tedious. Until the player memorizes the order, they will probably use the Time Stopper, which means they won't have it for Quickman, kind of a douche move. The Hotheads lighting up the dark tunnel is quite creative, but they're not exactly difficult to defeat. More lasers that are even harder than before are not welcome. I would prefer something other than Sniper Armors before the boss gate to help replenish the Time Stopper. This is my least-favorite of the eight boss stages because there isn't much to do but avoid lasers, even the music isn't that great. Quickman is a killer boss. The Time Stopper will cut his life in half, but even then, he's very hard to avoid with his speed and Quick Boomerangs. The Mega Buster is my preferred weapon. His weapon is kind of nice because it depletes so slowly, there just aren't that many thinks weak to it.
Woodman Stage Great multi-layered background here, and the brown and green are a nice palette. The Bubble Bats once again encourage Metal Blade. The Robo-Rabbits are an odd enemy, but a decent challenge. The Hot Dogs are a great large robot, but once you find a safe place to shoot from, they're super easy. I like how you keep moving in and out of the trees, great tile swap. Mecha Monkey is easily thwarted with the Metal Blade, as are the Pipis. Heading down the three screens with the Robo-Rabbits is a good choice, as they're not so easily defeated this way. The Atomic Chickens are a pretty dangerous enemy, especially since they are immune to Metal Blade. Overall, this is one of my favorite stages. Lots of different enemies, varied backgrounds, and good music. Woodman isn't too tough with Metal Blade, and his Leaf Shield has several uses throughout the game, especially farming lives in a Pipi area.
Dr. Wily Stage 1 First of all, the music. Oh my god, the music! This is my favorite song on the entire NES platform. The dark cyan sky with the orange foreground is a great palette even if the tile set is a bit plain to begin with. It's a safe practice to farm 1-ups here with the Pipis dropping eggs. Then, the wall, and later with the ladders, I like that the designers force the player to get used to using the Items. I would like to see something other than Scworms here, but, oh well. More requiring Items. Sniper Joe is well-protected from Mega Man jumping his bullets, so hiding on the ladder is a must. The Spring Head on the next screen is well-positioned to hit players as they fall from the empty screen above. The height here requires the player to use Item-1 on the ladder first, which usually takes a few failures to realize, a good puzzle element. Telly is useless here, simply climb up past him. Next, you find yourself having to jump across precarious pits, then the screen begins to pan on its own and you're terrified by the giant Mecha-Dragon popping up behind you! This is an amazing technological feat on the NES because the dragon isn't a sprite, he's the background, and the tiles you jump on are the sprites! The PPU's name table moves around to simulate the dragon flying around. Very clever, but it does create a lot of flickering when Mecha-Dragon breathes fire. Mecha-Dragon, which is beautifully drawn, is weakest to Atomic Fire, which takes awhile to figure out, and even then, you probably won't kill him with it on difficult mode. I really love this stage, not just because of the music, but the layout makes it feel like you're actually infiltrating Dr. Wily's hideout. I dislike the fact that your weapon energy doesn't replenish from this point on, as it requires a lot of boring grinding in later levels.
Dr. Wily Stage 2 I like the brown and cyan foreground in this stage, but the dark brown background is rather ugly. The huge animated fans are a nice background effect. The Prop Tops here may seem weak, but they will interfere with using Item-2 to cross the spike pit if you're not careful. The spikes are large and well-drawn, better than most other NES games. Having two ladders was a nice design. The ladder that is more risky to reach rewards you, actually a little too well, with 2 free guys and an energy tanks. Having Moles here is very helpful as it allows the player to refill their weapon energy. The Press at the top of the well which needs an Item to climb is in a perfect spot to require a well-timed jump. The falls are simple enough for a safe passage on the first attempt, but tricky enough to possibly kill you. Overall, I like the level, but I don't like the background scheme. The final boss, Picopico-kun, is pretty creative, and requires expert use of Metal Blades (although, by now, the player better be an expert!). My only gripe is that not all of the tiles get used before it dies.
Dr. Wily Stage 3 Brown and dark green is a pretty awful color palette, but it fits the sewer motif. The new music is rather blah, but the beginning section is nice for charging up weapon power. However, it tricks you into using up your Crash Bombs which you will need later, kind of a dick move. The spike pits are pretty easy to avoid thanks to the slower water movement, and I like that you can jump partially out of the water. Nice color-change on the background with the water as well. The Big Fish are nice for scaring the player, but as long as you keep moving they can't hit you. I don't like the fall through the spikes, but it's not too difficult after a few times. I like the room with the Crazy Cannons because they're pretty difficult to avoid here. The Guts Tank is a very impressive looking boss, but a little dull in practice. Stand on the ledge, shoot with Quick Boomerang, problem solved.
Dr. Wily Stage 4 Ugh, this level. Firstly, magenta and blue isn't horrible, but it isn't great either. Annoyingly, the stage is just a bunch of hidden traps. It begins harmless enough with some ladders and a sneaky pit that drops you onto a Neo Metall, but they keep on doing it. One is even above a spike pit (although its location is kind of obvious by the time you reach it). Then there are rooms with Tellies and slow moving platforms like in Crashman's Stage, but now there are spikes on the ground. This is a good recall of an earlier room, but again, they overdo it with four consecutive rooms. Finally, you have to defeat two Sniper Armors and two Sniper Joes in low-ceiling halls. You're basically being tenderized for the kill. The boss, Boobeam Trap, is a pain in the ass. Not only are the beams difficult to avoid, but the turrets can only be killed with Crash Bombs, and even with full energy, you don't have enough Crash Bombs to take out all the turrets and walls, just the mandatory ones. You're forced to use your Items to get around the walls, which is annoying for a second reason because you can't change between the Items or Crash Bombs until either has dissipated! If you die, all the Boobeam Traps will recover when you reenter, so you must fill up your weapon power. The only trouble is, there are no easy places to grind in the entire stage! If you're pretty confident you're going to die, one good strategy is to shoot out all the walls, die, then climb back up to the Tellies and restock there. The walls will still be gone when you come back, so you can just focus on the turrets. This is my least-favorite level in the entire game.
Dr. Wily Stage 5 While revisiting the old bosses has become a bit of a trope these days--it was also done in the first Mega Man--I do kind of enjoy it when it's done right. And here, it's done right. Not only do you now have all the weapons and items at your disposal (minus Crash Bombs which aren't really needed), but each boss's lair has a flat ground which makes takes away some of their sting. The downside here, is you don't get to replenish your weapons each time, instead you get an energy bonus. There is an annoyance where, if you kill the boss while standing on the exit, you will leave the room without getting the energy bonus. That probably should have been fixed with a delay. Depending on which weapons you exhaust, you may not have enough energy For Dr. Wily's ship. Again, this is kind of annoying, because he's extremely difficult to beat with just the Mega Blaster. The first Dr. Wily incarnation is fair; the energy balls aren't simple to avoid, but not impossible. The second incarnation is practically impossible to defeat without taking a hit. Defeating him is kind of cool though, the floor falls out from under you and you head to stage 6. Great backdrop for the room, by the way, very nice animation.
Dr. Wily Stage 6 This room is ugly looking, but the lack of music mixed with the cavernous echo of the acid drips adds to the ambiance. The acid itself is extremely dangerous to touch, and not entirely easy to avoid. A nice bit of difficulty before the final boss. However, if you just push to the right as you fall, and are quick with your jumps, you can get ahead of them, and not have to worry about it. They probably should have fixed this. When you get to Dr. Wily you find that he is actually a space alien! As you scramble to find a weapon that will hurt him (if you have any left by this time), he moves all over the screen, often out of your reach, and fires fast bullets at you with great precision. You'll have to get good at avoiding these because the battle is quite long. When you finally discover he's completely immune to all weapons except the Bubble Lead, you still have to hit him 7 times (14 in difficult mode) before he dies! Then, you find out that you were actually fighting a hologram generator! I like how the stars fade away and you see the generator moving along its course before it finally falls to the ground, which helps explain what was going on.
Ending This game has one of the best endings on the NES. First, Dr. Wily begs for forgiveness and you get the All Stage Clear tune. Next, you watch Mega Man slowly walk home as the weather changes and he uses his various suits to stay warm and dry. Finally, Mega Man ditches his helmet to go back to being a house robot. I really love the color palettes used for this sequence and the various particle sprites. The landscape is also very nicely drawn. Follow it up with a robot roll call and credits to more great music, and my heart melts!
English Mega Man II
Japanese ロックマン2 Rokkuman 2 Rockman 2
Producer Tokuro Fujiwara
Programmer Nobuyuki Matsushima
Character Designers Yasuaki Kishimoto, Keiji Inafune, Naoya Tomita, Nagineko, 2m03cm Man, Akira Kitamura
Metalman Masanori Sato
Airman Youji Kanazawa
Bubbleman Takashi Tanaka
Quickman Hirofumi Mizoguchi
Crashman Akira Yoshida
Flashman Tomoo Yamaguchi
Heatman Toshiyuki Kataoka
Woodman Masakatsu Ichikawa
Audio Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
Composers Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae
Planner Akira Kitamura
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How does Brooklyn Nine-Nine stay "Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool"?
Joe Holloran investigates why Brooklyn Nine-Nine has such a noice reputation.
Joe Holloran
Image- Wikimedia Commons- Qit16
With season six coming to Netflix soon it's time to look back over five years of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, one of the most beloved American sitcoms since Friends. Originating in the minds of Michael Schur (Parks & Recreation, The Good Place) and former Conan writer Dan Goor, the show focuses on the day-to-day lives of detectives of 99th Police District in Brooklyn, New York. So, what is this show about and why is it so popular?
The show focuses on the relationships and mishaps of four detectives: the childish but effective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg); the OCD teacher's pet Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero); the exotic food and Jake-loving Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio); and the angry steampunk-dressing Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz). Together, they try to get through each day under the watchful eye of their robotic captain - Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher). The performances of the latter are undoubtedly one of the key reasons for the show’s success. Raymond Holt's straight-laced, emotionless and methodical style are in stark contrast to the "just wing-it" attitude of Peralta, and their dynamic has only grown stronger as the show has progressed. Braugher has won two Emmys for his performance as Holt and should have won more. His character has uttered some of the best dead-pan comedy lines in the history of sitcoms, and he is clearly the show’s most valuable comedic asset.
One of 99's greatest strengths is the prominence and importance of its side characters, namely Sgt. Jeffords (Terry Crews) and Gina Linetti (Chelsea Perreti). So often in sitcoms these types of characters serve a plot purpose and then disappear, but in Brooklyn they each have a much bigger role to play and are given the space for their personalities to shine through. Every character on the show feels important and contributes to what has to be the best comedy ensemble currently on American television. This is testiment to the skill of the writers.
Beyond the laughs the show has also been noted and praised for its portrayal of LGBT and Latino characters. From the off we are told that Holt has been refused a precinct command due to his race and sexuality - however, these facts do not define him and subsume his personality, as is the case with many commedies. The same can also be said of the two leading Latino characters Amy and Rosa, whose ethnicity is barely referenced. It is nice to see a sitcom that doesn't fall back on lazy stereotyping for cheap laughs or have someone's sexual identity become the totality of their character.
So, great performances, character dynamics and subtle but brilliant writing have been the keys to Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s five seasons of continual high quality comedy. With season six coming soon to Netflix, now is the chance to reward yourself by binging all 121 episodes of this laugh-track free piece of comedy gold.
Detectives Santiago and Peralta's relationship is definitely 'Cool,cool,cool,cool'.
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Home Community Project aims to transform streetscape for future
Project aims to transform streetscape for future
Fiona Ellis
Streetscape . . . The Gore District Council's Streets Alive project will involve public consultation about how people think the town's streets could be improved.
Gore’s streetscape stands to be improved by the million-dollar Streets Alive project which will soon be launched by the Gore District Council.
The council has received $900,000 of Government funding from the NZ Transport Agency to put towards the project.
The council would also contribute $100,000 towards the project.
Gore Deputy Mayor Bronwyn Reid said the project was a chance to look to the town’s future
“This will be a community-driven project,” Mrs Reid said.
The project would begin towards the end of this month with a public consultation phase.
The council would ask the public for their ideas and opinions on how to improve the streetscape.
This would include community group consultation, a public drop-in session and a survey.
She encouraged people to have their say.
“We want to hear from residents about ways we could make our town more people-friendly.
“We really want the community to . . . be part of the vision.”
This was an opportunity to create the future in the way people had done when the town was first settled, she said.
Horse-and-cart had once been the mode of transport but people looked to the future in building the streets and townscape.
The Streets Alive project aimed to make the town a place with “vibrant” public spaces.
However, safety was also a concern.
The project aimed to improve the streets for older people and people with disabilities.
Streets Alive would be a year-long project.
After the public had their say, changes would be made on a trial basis.
More feedback would be sought before any permanent changes were made.
The funds were given as part of a national push to make New Zealand streetscapes safer and more enjoyable.
Gore was the first small town in New Zealand to receive this funding, she said.
“We’re in a privileged position.
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music / Pop
Justin Bieber Has Deleted His Instagram
After fans insulted girlfriend Sofia Richie.
A photo posted by Sofia Richie (@sofiarichie) on Aug 13, 2016 at 10:37pm PDT
Justin Bieber appears to have deleted his Instagram account. The move came after Bieber warned fans he would take action if fans did not stop abusing his girlfriend, Sofia Richie. Bieber posted pictures of him with Richie in recent weeks, with many Instagram users leaving insults in the comment section. "I'm gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don't stop the hate this is getting out of hand," he wrote on the final picture that he posted. "If you guys are really fans you wouldn't be so mean to people that I like." Bieber's relationship with his fans has already proven to be a contentious issue this year, with the pop star announcing he would no longer pose for pictures with them in May.
The @justinbieber Instagram account is unavailable at the time of writing, 06:07 a.m EST. A rep for Justin Bieber did not immediately return a request for comment.
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ALCS Game 6 Preview: New York Yankees @ Houston Astros
So will the New York Yankees head to the World Series tonight or will there be a Game 7 in Houston tomorrow night? If I had a crystal ball and if I could tell the future things would be a whole lot different in my life right now but I digress. Before the series started I had the Yankees winning the series in six games and I had them specifically beating Houston because of their lack of a bullpen (check) and because the team has been historically good against Justin Verlander throughout his career. Are the stars aligning today for the self-proclaimed Yankees Wizard to notch another one in his predictive win column? Tune in tonight to find out. In the game tonight the Yankees will send Luis Severino to the mound looking to punch the Yankees ticket into the postseason while the Astros will counter with Justin Verlander. Let’s freaking do this!!!!
Severino was removed from his start in Game Two of this series for precautionary reasons. As the Yankees fan base and organization held their collective breath Severino threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and reported no issues. Severino looked sharp before being removed from his Game 2 start and will look to pick up where he left off tonight in Houston.
Verlander pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 2 of the series against the Yankees giving his Houston Astros a 2-0 lead in the series. That feels like ages ago for Houston who is now one loss away from playing golf for the remainder of the winter. If Verlander pitches like he did in Game Two though, zero runs allowed on five hits with 13 strikeouts, we may be seeing a Game 7 tomorrow night.
The game will be played at 8:00 pm ET inside Minute Maid Park in Houston and can be seen on Fox Sports One. Need a win, just one more win for a return to the World Series, so get that win. No Game 7, only champagne and a presumed trip to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. Go Yankees!
Labels: ALCS, Chicago Cubs, Daniel Burch, Fox Sports One, Houston Astros, Justin Verlander, Los Angeles Dodgers, Luis Severino, Minute Maid Park, New York Yankees, Playoffs, Postseason, World Series
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The art of consulting involves questioning and listening, not declaring and telling. As simple as that sounds, it’s difficult for most consultants to understand. Yet, mastering that essential skill can make the difference between fighting for your professional life and enjoying the good life.
Here is an example of a client interchange with a consultant on the first meeting. The typical consultant responses are in parentheses, and my actual responses are the ones that appear after “reply.” This was an actual instance from my mentoring program.
Buyer: We’ve had a real morale problem here for the last six months that we’ve been consistently unable to improve. That’s why I’m talking to you. (I’ve worked on many situations like this one. Usually, some focus groups help, which I can run for you. I did that at a manufacturing company, and we were able to turn things around quickly.)
Reply: Why do you feel that there’s such a bad morale problem? What’s the evidence you’ve used? Buyer: We’ve had a higher rate of turnover among people we want desperately to retain than we’ve ever had before. (Turnover can be very expensive, and I don’t blame you for wanting to hit that problem immediately. In addition to the focus groups, we’ll need to do some exit interviews, for example.)
Reply: What other evidence do you have that makes you so concerned about morale? Buyer: The only other indicator is that our clients are complaining about a lack of service responsiveness. It’s taking many of them two or three calls to have problems resolved. (Service is closely linked to how people feel about the company. We might also want to start an education program fairly quickly to show employees that their actions represent the entire organization. They may well need some service training. We’ve got a program called, “Knock their hats off service.”)
Reply: If key employee turnover and customer service complaints are the only two pieces of solid evidence, are there other things that could explain those symptoms? Are there other changes that have occurred at about the time these difficulties arose? Buyer: Well, we changed the commission system to less of a guarantee but more of a performance-based measure for field people, we placed the customer service center on a team basis instead of the old single-response system, and we changed our geographic focus to a product focus in terms of support structure. (We need to make sure that the investment in those changes is safeguarded. It could be that you have resistance to change, which is normal, and there are proven techniques to overcome that. Also, we may need a communications strategy to keep people informed of their new accountabilities.)
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Life is not a search for meaning from others, it’s about the creation of meaning for yourself.
For over 30 years Alan Weiss has consulted, coached, and advised everyone from Fortune 500 executives, state governors, non-profit directors, and entrepreneurs to athletes, entertainers, and beauty pageant contestants. That’s quite an assortment of people, and they run into the thousands. Most of them have had what we euphemistically call “means,” and some of them have had a lot more than that. Others have been aspiring and with more ends in sight than means on hand.
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I’ve dealt with esteem (low), narcissism (high), family problems, leadership dysfunctions, insecurities, addictions, and ethical quandaries. And I’ve talked about them through the coronavirus crisis. But don’t get the wrong idea. About 95% of these people have been well-meaning, honest (to the best of their knowledge), and interested in becoming a better person and better professional. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be talking to me.
I found the equivalent of the “runner’s wall” in their journeys, where they must break through the pain and the obstacles and then can keep going with renewed energy and spirit. But runners know how far they must go after the breakthrough, be it another half lap or another five miles. There is a finish line.
I’ve found that people in all positions, even after the “breakthrough,” don’t know where they are in the race, let alone where the finish line is.
They do not know what meaning is for them. They may have money in the bank, good relationships, the admiration of others, and the love of their dogs. But they have no metrics for “What now?” They believe that at the end of life there is a tallying, some metaphysical accountant who totals up their contributions, deducts their bad acts, and creates the (hopefully positive) difference.
That difference, they believe, is their “legacy.”
But the thought that legacy arrives at the end of life is as ridiculous as someone who decides to sell a business and tries to increase its valuation the day prior. Legacy is now. Legacy is daily. Every day we create the next page in our lives, but the question becomes who is writing it and what’s being written. Is someone else creating our legacy? Or are we, ourselves, simply writing the same page repeatedly?
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Our organic, living legacy is marred and squeezed by huge normative pressures. There is a “threshold” point, at which one’s beliefs and values are overridden by immense peer pressure. Our metrics are forced to change.
In an age of social media, biased press, and bullying, we’ve come to a point where our legacy, ironically, is almost out of our hands.
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Cllr Sian Berry: Camden has turned council estate ‘by stealth’ into a ‘depot’
Alex Waygood in News reporting November 15, 2019 March 4, 2020 512 Words
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Camden Council has been turning a blind eye as a company carries out welding and construction works in the basement of a council estate without proper planning permission, a Highgate councillor has claimed.
Photos provided to City News by Highgate councillor Sian Berry, corroborated through independent visits to the council estate, show that the construction company GEM Environmental Building Services LTD is constantly operating out of the basement of the Whittington Estate, a council estate off Raydon Street in the northeast of Highgate ward.
In an interview with City News, Berry said that she was shocked at the “extent to which it was a depot,” and argued that residents had not been sufficiently consulted on the use of the land. “It’s happened absolutely by stealth,” she said. “Nothing has ever come by me as a local councillor that GEM use it as their base.”
“Camden can’t just pat us on the head and say we’ll make sure [that it will all be alright]… there are rules about that!”
The company initially started working out of the council estate in April 2016 as part of Camden’s “Better Homes” initiative to improve heating in council estates across the borough. But Berry, who is also the leader of the nationwide Green Party, said that residents of the estate had expected to get the land back “fairly nowish”, and that plans had been made to use the space for parking and community activities.
According to Berry, 2020-21 is now “the earliest they will be moving out”.
In a response to a written question submitted by Berry, the council confirmed that GEM’s presence at the Whittington Estate had been extended after it had been awarded additional contracts and that the company was using the space to fulfil its contracts across the borough – contracts that are worth over £5.25m, according to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests filed by City News.
Photos taken by Berry and by this reporter indicate GEM uses the site as a base for contracts with Westminster Council as well as for its Camden contracts. In response to an FOI request, Westminster Council confirmed that it holds contracts with GEM but did not confirm that GEM had been using the space at the Whittington Estate for those contracts. Berry also claims to have seen vans around the estate with an Islington Council logo.
Camden has confirmed that no additional planning permission had been sought before allowing GEM to establish a presence at the Whittington Estate. The council argued that none was needed because of the temporary nature of the works being undergone – arguments that Berry described as “complete bullshit”.
“If you’re going to change the planning permission, that’s a change of use, and residents could have had their say,” she said, arguing even a temporary change in use requires planning permission. “It feels like special treatment for a particular company.”
On being presented with questions regarding the Whittington Estate, GEM referred City News to Camden Council’s advertising and marketing department, who declined to comment.
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Dubai imposes two-week lockdown as Gulf states step up coronavirus fight
Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Dubai had been under an overnight curfew along with the rest of United Arab Emirates since March 26 but its Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management said the lockdown would now run around the clock for two weeks, state news agency WAM said.
In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the authorities announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighbourhoods of Jeddah also starting on Saturday as part of measures to contain the outbreak, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia is the country worst hit by the pandemic in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) group of Arab oil monarchies. It had reported 2,179 cases of confirmed infections up until Saturday and 29 deaths.
In Dubai, mobility will be restricted and legal action taken against violators though supermarkets and pharmacies as well as food and drug delivery services would continue to operate as normal, WAM said.
People can only leave their homes except for essential purposes and just one family member is permitted to go out at any one time. People working in vital sectors, or those exempted from the restrictions, will not be affected.
Dubai’s metro and tram service will be suspended for two weeks and free bus transportation and a 50% discount on taxi rides will be offered during the lockdown.
The emirate, which had previously sealed of the Al Ras area where there is a large migrant population, will conduct extensive medical tests across densely populated areas.
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