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John Dorie (like the fish) and June (June Bug) on Fear the Walking Dead! I really can't say enough about these two, as their relationship gives me all the feels! In a zombie apocalypse, they are still able to give us swoon-worthy moments that just make you smile. Please note some spoilers are ahead. There is just something so incredibly sweet about these two together. I fell in love with their relationship back in season 4 and I was worried that they wouldn't get that much screen time in season 5, but episode 3 didn't disappoint, as these two headed off to the wild wild west together. I almost felt like they were on a real date, even though those pesky walkers decided to break up the party.
The reason why I love these two together so much is that their love inspires those around them as well. In season 5 episode 3, they cross paths with Dwight, who is searching for his own lost love, but John and June refuse to let him give up hope, recognizing what it feels like to keep searching for that special someone, even though it seems like it may be impossible. However, anything is possible with these two…even the impossible and that's why I adore them so much.
You know how some movies just make you cry uncontrollably when you think about how incredibly romantic they are? The Notebook comes to mind for me, which I can't watch without sobbing, but I almost feel like John Dorie and June could star in their own version of an epic love story because their love is that powerful. There is just something so enchanting and beautiful about it and I just hope that the writers on the show don't tear them apart. I honestly couldn't take it at this point because I have fallen in love with both of them and I will continue to root for them against all odds.
What's next for John Dorie and June? We'll have to stay tuned to find out, but it looks like a lot of new threats are headed their way. John Dorie is the fastest gun in the west and June can keep up as well, creating a great tag team, but Fear TWD does have a habit of splitting characters up, so I'm just really hoping that doesn't happen here. These two are already amazing characters on their own, but together they are something truly remarkable. I can't wait to see what happens next for them!
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Posted on June 23, 2019 June 23, 2019 Categories TV Ship of the Week!, UncategorizedTags epic love, epic love story, epic ship, Fear the Walking Dead, Fear TWD, Garret Dillahunt, inspiring, Jenna Elfman, John Dorie, John Dorie and June, John Dorie and June in season 5 episode 3 Fear TWD, June, Love, OTP, romance, romantic love, Ship, spoilers, tag team, television, The Notebook, TV, TV Ship, TV Ship of the Week!, walkers, What's next for John Dorie and June?, zombiesLeave a comment on My Ship of the week ending 6/22/19 on TV goes to…
Ranking the top 5 moments from "Fear the Walking Dead" season 5 episode 3: "Welcome to the Gulch"
Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC's Fear the Walking Dead season 5 episode 3, I realized that "there's words and there's action" and that it's always possible for one's luck to turn around. You may think that you are on the right track, but what if you discover a new path on the way? Do you abandon that former journey or do you circle back and chase down the past? Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch the latest episode yet. In last night's episode, "Humbug's Gulch," John Dorie and June walk into the wild wild west of walkers and discover another possible threat. Meanwhile, Alicia tries to get through to the kids over the walkie with Morgan and Luciana's support. My top 5 moments from Fear the Walking Dead season 5 episode 3 are:
"Welcome to the gulch…"
John Dorie and June come across one of John's old stomping grounds, Humbug's Gulch, bringing us right into the wild west. There's even a brothel (which apparently just serves soup), a dust storm, and a gun fight to really make you feel like you are in the middle of an old Clint Eastwood movie, but our favorite cowboy, John Dorie, does not disappoint. John is very familiar with this place, even though theatrics were never really his thing.
June seems interested as well and wants to know if John was a good guy or a bad guy, as they search for suitable weapons and supplies. John seems focused on getting out of there before they run into more trouble, but this definitely set the scene for a much needed date night for our favorite couple. Maybe we could do without the walkers though…
"We should be comparing notes."
John and June run into some trouble at the Gulch and in walks our old friend, Dwight. Hooray! I'm really happy that we did not have to wait that long for this crossover, as I have been anxiously waiting for it to happen since the season premiere. Dwight cuts right to the chase and asks them, "Where is she?" We quickly learn that he is referring to his wife, Sherry, who he has been trying to track down for quite some time. John and June are such amazing people and they recognize that Dwight is just trying to find his lost love, which is something they are both very familiar with.
John reasons with Dwight to get him to take a breath and calm down so that they can all get out of there together. Dwight listens to reason as introductions are made and he even gives us a few laughs when he asks John if his last name is "like the fish?" I guess John's not the only one to make that connection. It was also hilarious to see John's reaction to Dwight referring to the dead as "walkers," but small talk will need to be put on hold, as they try to get out of the wild west alive.
"You don't have to do it alone."
Meanwhile, Alicia and Luciana can no longer hear John and June over the walkie, but they do come across a channel that the kids are using. Dylan, Max, and Annie are still out there and Alicia is determined to help them, even though they repeatedly tell her to stay away. After a few tries, Alicia decides to just have a real and honest conversation with them. She tells them, "I know how much you're hurting…it's not because I've been there. It's because I am there." Alicia confides in them about losing her own family, trying to make some sort of connection with them.
I thought this moment was extremely important for Alicia because she has been bottling up her own feelings for quite some time and this was very therapeutic for her. Not only does she have the chance to reach someone else and help them, but she also takes the time to talk about her own feelings, which is not always easy to do.
"You've got another chance right now…"
John sets off a unique distraction with the piano, as they make their way out the window, only the roof is not going to support their weight for long. Dwight jumps off the roof, but ends up hurting himself, but he makes it to the car he has been searching for. Only now, the car is completely surrounded by walkers. Dwight takes out the note from Sherry which reads: "West on 30," accompanied with an infinity sign. Dwight believes that this is the car from the registration, but he cannot find another message from Sherry, as defeat and hopelessness now overwhelm him. All hope is not lost; however, as June radios over to him and reminds him that he has another chance right now and that they have all done things they are not proud of.
John and June keep Dwight's hope alive and get him out of a jam, as John shows off his impressing shooting skills and we even get to witness the famous "San Antonio Split," which was quite entertaining to watch. After all, this is apparently only the second time he has been able to pull this off! Later on, John approaches Dwight and explains that the VIN did not match up and he believes this is not the car and it is possible that there is another one still out there, reminding Dwight not to give up.
John and June have so much goodness within them and I was so happy to see them share a kiss as well, reminding me why I ship these two so much. They really could have their own movie together, as they have such an epic and beautiful love and they inspire others with it…including me!
"We're all trying to start over."
At the end of the episode, everyone meets up again and Morgan and Dwight cross paths. They are shocked to see one another and Dwight immediately tries to explain his past actions, but Morgan stops him and tells him that he doesn't have to say it, explaining that they are all trying to get a fresh start now. Alicia asks Dwight to show them how far he got, as they have been trying to figure out what is going on with this perimeter made out of walkers. The perimeter is quite overwhelming and our favorite characters are ready to get to work to figure out what is on the other side, but they are interrupted when Annie and the others try to reach Alicia over the walkie.
They start to head back to the truck stop, but find Dylan hurt in the van. Max and Annie are not there, but we quickly learn that they are not so innocent. We cut to them asking, "Do you think they bought it?" They continue working on the walker perimeter, but what is their end game here? Are the children the big bad and how is this connected to Al? What are their intentions for our group? We know they want them to stay away, but why? What are they hiding?
This is not the first time we have come across corrupt children in TWD universe who were too far gone to understand right from wrong, but I'm interested to find out more and if there is any room for change. I also am quite impressed if these three kids were able to do all of this alone, but is someone else pulling their strings? And if so, who? I can't wait to find out more! Stay tuned!
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My performance of the week ending 6/8/19 on TV goes to…
Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark on Fear the Walking Dead. As the last Clark standing, our girl Alicia has gone through so much and yet she is now even stronger than before, emerging as a true leader and someone our characters can count on. Please note some spoilers are ahead. In the season 5 premiere, Alicia proves just how bad-ass she is. She works so well with Morgan and the two have formed quite the dynamic duo, taking out walkers left and right, but there is something so magnetic about Alicia. It's almost like she has just become the slayer or chosen one in the Walking Dead universe and walkers everywhere better watch out!
I was blown away by Alycia's performance in season 4, as she really dug deep to unravel the emotions and grief going on within Alicia Clark, but I love that she is continuing to grow more and more as the show goes on. Alicia is smart and aware of her surroundings, recognizing the potential for threats and bad omens even more so than Morgan, who always wants to find the silver lining in every scenario. Her mother, Madison, would be so proud of her, as she has really embraced the role of a leader, which is no easy task.
What's next for Alicia? I'm not sure, but it will be interesting to see how the dynamic shifts once Dwight arrives. Alicia always has her guard up and that's not necessarily a bad thing, as she is always looking at things from every angle. These new potential enemies better look out because our girl is not messing around. There is a sense of empowerment surging through Alicia Clark and I think she may have just become one of my favorite characters on television. I can't wait to see what she does next!
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Posted on June 8, 2019 Categories TV Performance of the Week!, UncategorizedTags Alicia Clark, Alycia Debnam Carey, Alycia Debnam Carey fans, character growth, empowerment, Fear the Walking Dead, Fear TWD, Fear twd fans, leader, Season 5, spoilers, television, TV, TV Performance of the Week!, walkers, What's next for Alicia Clark?, zombiesLeave a comment on My performance of the week ending 6/8/19 on TV goes to…
Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 8 Mid-Season Finale: "There's A Storm Coming"
Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC's The Walking Dead season 9 episode 8 Mid-Season Finale, we were presented with some legitimately creepy scenes that had me on the edge of my seat. Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch yet. In last night's episode, "Evolution," Daryl, Jesus, Aaron, and Dog go out looking for Eugene, but find a walker herd that is nowhere near normal. Meanwhile, the new characters try to earn their keep and Negan's world is about to change. My top 5 moments from The Walking Dead season 9 episode 8 Mid-Season Finale are:
"We're a solid looking group."
In the beginning of the episode, Michonne continues to escort the new characters to Hilltop, but we know that trust is not so easily earned. Tara seems willing to give the new characters a shot, but reminds them that they will need to earn their keep. I have to admit that I am actually looking forward to getting to know the new characters now. A lot of them seem to have potential and perhaps they can liven things up just a little bit. I mean anything is more interesting than Henry being peer pressured by the "cool kids" at Hilltop.
"It's good we're here."
After Michonne learns that Carol is at Hilltop too and Daryl is not far away, Tara points out that "it's like the gang's back together." A lot has clearly changed; however, as Carol initially doesn't seem that thrilled to see Michonne. Carol still seems to believe in a better world and building a community, but Michonne reminds her that they are living in a broken world and that they have to take care of their own. I am still wondering what happened to Michonne to make her so jaded and untrusting of everyone?
"They have no idea what they're dealing with."
With almost perfect timing, Rosita wakes up and freaks out when she finds out that Daryl and the others went after Eugene. Rosita explains that they don't know what they are dealing with and she's absolutely right. After finding Eugene in the barn, he tries to explain his own theories on the potential evolution of the walkers and says that he heard them whispering. Daryl doesn't really know what to make of this until he witnesses this behavior on his own, but it doesn't change the fact that they are all in serious danger right now.
"I loved the shit out of TV when that was a thing."
I hear you on that Negan! It initially seemed like we were just going to get some more banter between Negan and another character. Negan gives Gabriel a hard time about Rosita and even tries to plant some doubt in his head to provide himself with some entertainment that doesn't involve him throwing a ball at a wall. After all, "all work and no play makes Negan a dull villain." After Gabriel gets upset about Rosita, Negan's jail cell is carelessly left slightly open and Negan takes his first steps out into the open. Freedom looks good on you Negan.
"Let's get em…"
Daryl stands alone to give the others a chance to get Eugene out of there, but he does have Dog by his side, who is starting to be my favorite character. Seriously do not let anything happen to this dog. Daryl tries to create a distraction, but the herd of walkers continues to go after Eugene and the others. It's almost like they could sense that Daryl's distraction was a trap and the storm has now arrived, providing us with the perfect ominous soundtrack. Eugene and the others wind up in a beyond creepy cemetery, which I have to say was kind of brilliant. I have not been scared on TWD for quite some time and I actually felt a bit nervous during this scene, especially when the characters were surrounded by whispers. Michonne and some of the new characters show up to help get them out of the cemetery and Jesus tries to hold off the walkers with his impressive ninja skills. Everything is happening so fast, but we do cut to a scene in slow motion, as one of the walkers stabs Jesus with his knife and whispers, "You are where you do not belong." Poor Jesus has drawn the short stick in this shocking moment. Daryl discovers that the killer was actually a human with a walker mask to make things even more complicated. "The Whisperers" have arrived and are a new and dangerous threat. Overall, I thought that the episode delivered in the last fifteen minutes. However, there was so much fluff surrounding it. I seriously don't care about Henry and his teen adventures. We have several new setups for the second half of the season, which I am looking forward to explore. So what can we expect from the second half of season 9? I'm hoping that we abandon the unnecessary fluff and focus on "The Whisperers," Negan, the "X" marks, and the past of the new characters. New episodes return in February. Stay tuned!
I hope you enjoyed the list and feel free to post your own theories and thoughts on The Walking Dead below in the comments section. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
Posted on November 26, 2018 November 26, 2018 Categories The Walking Dead, UncategorizedTags AMC, creepy cemetery, Daryl's dog, death of main character, drama, episode 8, Evolution, fans, fate of Jesus, Hilltop, horror, Michonne, Michonne's past, mid-season finale, Negan, new characters, new episodes in February 2019, new threat, new villain, Ranking, scary, scary episode, season 9, second half of season 9, spoilers, television, The Walking Dead, The Whisperers, theories, top 5 list, Top 5 moments, trust, TV, TWD, Villain, walkers, X mark, You are where you do not belong, zombies3 Comments on Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 8 Mid-Season Finale: "There's A Storm Coming"
Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 7: "What Makes Us Stronger"
Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC's The Walking Dead season 9 episode 7, we were left with more unanswered questions, as we approach the mid-season finale next Sunday. Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch yet. In last night's episode, "Stradivarius," Rosita is found near Hilltop and is clearly traumatized after dealing with some rather motivated walkers. Meanwhile, Daryl now has a dog named "Dog" and Michonne eliminates a violin that was looking shifty. My top 5 moments from The Walking Dead season 9 episode 7 are:
"You're just gonna have to trust me."
In the beginning of the episode, Michonne continues to lead the new characters to Hilltop, but they are a little hesitant about trusting her. Michonne clearly still has her guard up, even though she is fulfilling her promise to Judith. The new characters seem like they have good intentions and even show off just how useful they can be when they help take out the surrounding walkers. We know that trust is not always earned so easily, however.
"I left him."
Rosita shows up near the Hilltop camp and is injured and traumatized. She explains that Eugene is still out there and that she left him in some kind of barn. We know that Eugene had hurt his leg, but we have no idea what is going on where he is. The walkers are getting smarter, but will they be able to find Eugene in his hiding spot? We'll have to wait to find out, but it looks like we will get to witness some more of the evolution of the walkers in next week's mid-season finale.
"You could at least pretend to be happy."
Meanwhile, we learn that Jesus is now the leader of Hilltop, but he does receive a letter from Maggie, which means she is safe. I was a little confused about where she was and thought perhaps I missed something until Michonne also asked about her whereabouts. We get a vague answer about her taking Hershel with her to help build some other community, but when will we see her again? We know that Lauren Cohan plans to leave after this season, but is this supposed to be her exit or will we get something more concrete?
"This is the one thing that separates us from the animals."
As we get to know the new characters more, Michonne demonstrates just how little she trusts them when she eliminates Luke's violin. Michonne assumed that Luke had a weapon, but Luke tries to explain the importance of music and art to her. Luke feels like it's what separates us from the animals and I have to say that he's right, as he almost takes a page out of Fear the Walking Dead's book. Bringing people together sounds a lot like Rick's vision, but is Michonne finally ready to get back to that?
"After a while it just got easier to stay out here."
Carol takes her son to go visit Daryl and we learn that Daryl has a new best friend…named Dog. I guess Daryl didn't really see the point of naming him, but I was happy to see that he at least had someone keeping him company. In a touching moment, Carol gives Daryl a much needed haircut and they talk about how they never found Rick's body. Daryl has clearly not given up on Rick, but he found it easier to stay out on his own. After a close call with some walkers, Daryl and Dog are OK and he agrees to escort Carol to Hilltop. After finding out about Eugene, Daryl is ready to go out and track him, proving that perhaps he is finally ready to be around people again. It's also important to note that Daryl has the same "X" mark as Michonne, which is only increasing my curiosity. While I'm not sure we will find out about it in next week's mid-season finale, it's definitely something that needs to be explored soon. Overall, this episode felt very much like a place holder for next week's mid-season finale, but it did have some redeeming moments. Stay tuned!
Posted on November 19, 2018 November 19, 2018 Categories The Walking Dead, UncategorizedTags AMC, Community, Daryl's dog, drama, episode 7, evolution of walkers, fans, Fear the Walking Dead, horror, Lauren Cohan, mid-season finale, mid-season finale theories, new characters, Ranking, season 9, spoilers, Stradivarius, television, The Walking Dead, theories, top 5 list, Top 5 moments, trust, TV, TWD, walkers, Where is Eugene, Where is Maggie, X mark theories, zombies3 Comments on Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 7: "What Makes Us Stronger"
Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 5: "I Found Them"
Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC's The Walking Dead season 9 episode 5, the moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived, but it's not the moment we truly expected. Please note major spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch yet. In last night's episode, "What Comes After," Rick is severely wounded and desperately tries to get away from the persistent walker horde following him, as he slips in and out of consciousness, crossing paths with his friends in the afterlife. Meanwhile, Maggie finally faces Negan and Jadis continues to talk to the mysterious man on the helicopter. Please note that my top moments will all feature Rick, although I would like to point out that Maggie's conversation with Negan was truly significant. My top 5 moments from The Walking Dead season 9 episode 5 are:
"Goddamn cowboy, you look like shit!"
Rick is still holding on, but is in immediate danger. He desperately tries to stay awake, but his mind continues to slip somewhere else, allowing us the chance to catch up with some of our favorite old characters who are no longer with us. First up…Shane! Shane is my absolute favorite character of the entire series and I was devastated after his exit. That being said, perhaps he knew that he was going to kick some serious ass as "The Punisher" so I guess it all worked out in the end. Rick and Shane have always been like brothers and their reunion picks up right where they left off. Shane even brings up Judith and asks, "How is my baby girl by the way?" Shane has always been the "asshole," but somehow their friendship is still natural and real despite all of the ugliness and drama between these two. Rick is "looking for his family" and answers, but Shane reminds him to dig down and find the rage within him. He tells Rick to wake up, as Rick continues to fight and try and escape the walkers that keep coming. In a way, Shane represents that anger and rage that Rick has had to release on multiple occasions to stay alive. While Rick has not always made the best decisions because of it, it allowed him to survive. Perhaps he needed a reminder about that now.
"My girl, she's strong and my grandson…he'll only make her stronger."
After scraping by the next obstacle, Rick continues on with his vision quest of sorts and is with Hershel on the farm. The sun is absolutely breathtaking in the sky and everything seems so calm and peaceful here. This scene was difficult to watch, especially since Scott Wilson recently passed away, but Rick has always looked to Hershel as his own kind of personal moral compass. Hershel has always been wise and reminds Rick that Maggie will be OK on her own and tries to tell Rick that he only thinks he needs to find his family. Hershel clearly represents loyalty and family to Rick, inspiring him with goodness and faith to keep going.
"You did your part like I did mine."
After Rick flashes to some kind of afterlife, surrounded by corpses, he crosses paths with Sasha. Sasha tries to remind Rick that he did his part and that every single one of them gives us strength. Sasha further explains, "We help each other. We make each other better and it never ends." Rick is still confused and says that it feels like the end to him, but Sasha reveals, "Little things do end, but it's never the end of everything. It's about all of us. Your family, they're not lost. And you are not lost." This part really resonated with me, as Sasha tries to get through to Rick about what it's all about. Life is about the people we care about and our actions do matter. We can all continue to inspire one another and even when we're gone, we can live on in memories and in the lives of those we have touched.
"Because you're a fighter and you never give up. Fight for me."
After Rick's horse finally abandons him, Rick continues on foot and tries to make it to the bridge. He imagines all of his friends coming to his rescue, but he is there alone. Rick creates a conversation with Michonne in his mind, who tells him that she loves him because he is a fighter and never gives up. Michonne keeps Rick's love and hope alive here, as he continues to stay true to himself and fight. I was surprised that we did not see Carl, Glenn, or Lori at all, but I do think that each character we did see represented a part of Rick, reminding him about who he is and what he can still do.
As Rick makes his way to the bridge, his friends now finally catch up to him and try to help him. Daryl continues to keep the walkers away from Rick, one arrow at a time, and Michonne tries to run toward him, but Rick tries to tell them to stay away. Rick spots the dynamite and knows what he must do to protect his family. He lures the walkers on to the bridge and takes out his gun, staying true to who he is…a hero. Rick blows up the bridge to save his friends and should have gone out in a blaze of glory. Michonne and Daryl's reactions were truly heartbreaking, as my own heart shattered as well. However, there is always some kind of twist on TWD. Rick is somehow OK and washes up to Jadis, formerly known as Anne. Jadis wants to help Rick because he has helped her in the past and tells the man in the helicopter that she has a "B." Again, what makes an "A" or a "B?" I have no idea, but Rick is taken away on the helicopter and actually makes it out alive!
I don't know about you, but I was actually really disappointed with this. As much as I love Rick Grimes and want to see him alive, this sort of felt like a cop-out to me. Rick had the chance to save all of his friends and leave this world as a true hero. We know that Andrew Lincoln is leaving the show and will now appear in some Walking Dead movies so I guess that's a positive, but where does that leave the series? To make matters even more confusing, we get a time jump that shows bad-ass Judith saving people from walkers while wearing Carl's hat. While it's great to see that she takes after her father and brother, I'm not sure I'm ready to invest in another time jump. I kind of just want to follow that helicopter and see what's going on with Rick. Either way, the episode was done brilliantly and I appreciated the seamless transitions into Rick's mind. Rick will always be the very essence of this show for me. We will all miss you Rick Grimes, but I guess we'll see you soon in your movies! Stay tuned!
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Ranking the top 5 moments from "The Walking Dead" season 9 episode 4: "I'd Die For You"
Happy Monday TV fans! After watching AMC's The Walking Dead season 9 episode 4, I realized that everyone handles their loneliness in different ways. While some of us keep busy with a routine, others try and make a connection, desperately reaching out for someone to listen to us. But what happens when there is no one left to listen? Please note major spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch yet. In last night's episode, "The Obliged," the communities begin to divide even further, disrupting Rick's vision for them to all live together in peace and harmony. Meanwhile, Jesus is concerned about Maggie's actions, Negan requests an audience with Michonne, and Rick and Daryl clash even further after Rick's "merry band of bridge builders" falls apart. My top 5 moments from The Walking Dead season 9 episode 4 are:
"I'm gonna make things right."
Maggie tells Jesus that she is going to make things right like they talked about and is ready to head off to Alexandria to see Negan. Jesus is very concerned about Maggie, as he wants to make sure that she is thinking clearly and doing things for the right reasons. While Maggie clearly has her mind made up, Jesus tries to intervene and contacts Rick, warning him about what she is about to potentially do. Is Maggie ready to finally face Negan? We'll have to wait to find out, but it looks like she is not turning back now.
"But if anything gives me hope…it's you."
Rick is disappointed to see the communities falling apart despite his best effort to keep them all united. Rick has a touching moment with Carol, which we can now think of as a goodbye. Rick reveals that he's not sure that they are doing the right thing, but that he has hope in Carol, who is ready to lead her people back to "The Kingdom." Carol explains that she is just trying to figure things out like everybody else, but Carol is someone extraordinary. On the way back, Carol proves to be a leader and someone you do not want to mess with, reminding everyone around her that she is strong and fully capable of taking care of herself and her people.
"You're the price of admission."
We get some more screen time for Gabriel and Anne, as Anne explains that Gabriel is the "price of admission" into this mysterious new place she is headed to. Gabriel doesn't give up here, even though Anne is about to sick a walker on him while he is tied up. Gabriel says, "You're afraid but you don't have to be." He reminds Anne that she has changed and that he is a better person because of her. Gabriel further tells Anne that he thinks he failed her and that he forgives her. Just as the walker is about to devour Gabriel, Anne pulls it away, saving Gabriel's life. Anne cannot go through with this and ends up knocking Gabriel out and leaving him behind. Gabriel is only left with a note and Anne explains, "If you want to go fast…go alone. I need to go fast." Gabriel is completely heartbroken in this moment. It's actually surprising that he is so upset, considering the fact that Anne almost turned him into an afternoon snack for the garbage walker. Gabriel clearly cares about Anne tremendously and has made an impact on her, as she was not able to hurt him. Perhaps she is better off alone, but will her time with Gabriel make her second question everything?
"We are not the same."
Michonne's daily routine is interrupted when she finds out that Negan has been refusing to eat. After paying him a visit, Negan requests to have a conversation with Michonne. Michonne reluctantly agrees and tells Negan that while they are rebuilding, he is continuing to rot in there. While Michonne handles things with action, Negan is a master of words, manipulating and impacting Michonne more than she could have ever anticipated. Negan opens up to Michonne about his wife dying from cancer and they even both speak about Carl. Michonne further opens up about her son, Andre, which is clearly difficult for her to talk about. Negan is desperately looking for any kind of connection, as anything is better than nothing and tries to tell Michonne that they are the same. Michonne refuses to admit this, but does Negan have a point? Negan escalates things further when he demands to see his beloved bat, "Lucille," but Michonne says it isn't there. But perhaps Negan has been getting in Michonne's head for quite some time, as she continues to see his "bat" everywhere, even in Judith's children's book.
"Brother…take my hand."
After Rick finds out about Maggie's intentions, Daryl conveniently offers to give him a ride. Only Daryl has no intention of stopping Maggie. Rick quickly realizes what is going on and demands that Daryl pull over. The tension that has been building between these two finally erupts, as they begin fighting each other, ending up trapped in a ditch. Now that they are away from everyone, Rick and Daryl finally take a moment to talk about their feelings. Daryl tells him about what the Oceanside people did and asks Rick if he forgot that Glenn was the one who initially saved him. Rick explains that if Negan dies, he will become a martyr and then Carl died for nothing. Daryl says that he'd die for Rick and that he would have died for Carl too, but that Rick is chasing something for him that isn't meant to be. Daryl begs Rick to let go of Carl, but is Rick really able to do so? When they hear cries from the camp, Rick and Daryl finally put their differences aside and work together to get out of the pit. Rick takes Daryl's hand and calls him his brother, saving him. After seeing the horde of walkers quickly approaching, Rick gets on the horse to lead them away, bringing us full circle, as Rick was initially on a horse in the series premiere. Daryl tells him to "be safe," but we all know what is coming next. The horse gets spooked and throws Rick off of him, as Rick hits his head and is injured severely, completely surrounded by oncoming walkers. There's no way Rick is getting out of this one, but we'll have to wait for next week to find out how it ends. Stay tuned for Rick's last episode!
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Havee must rejoice in every victory – in Riga again the basketball Champions League
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, the changes also affected the FIBA Champions League. The usual format of the regular season with eight teams in one group was redistributed in half after the lottery, dividing 32 teams into eight fours. The Latvian champion "VEF Riga" will play in Group E together with "Strasbourg" from France, "Peristeri" from Greece and "Ritas" from Lithuania. Instead of the initially guaranteed 14 matches, there are only six left, but it will be possible to extend the season if the group manages to win first or second place.
The Latvian champions are not keeping their budget under control and it is planned to be around one million euros this season. There is a solid amount in domestic basketball, but very little in the FIBA Champions League. Today's opponents in Strasbourg can count on six million euros, two of which were spent on players' salaries. About three million will be spent in Vilnius, more than in Riga and the Athens box office "Peristeri". Thus, on paper "VEF Riga" there are groups of the latter, however, we should not write off our prospects at all.
"Compared to the previous season, we managed to complete the team earlier, the legionnaires came earlier, we started training earlier. Before the Champions League, there is a feeling that we are ready for the season and that proves the great start in the Latvian-Estonian league. We are also satisfied with the composition of the team, the team has almost all the players we wanted and could afford. Yes, we are lagging behind in terms of budgets, but if everything was charged only in cash, the games would not happen at all. We very much hope that this season will be more successful in Europe and that is a reasonable expectation. Going back to the budgets, "we will have to be happy for everyone who won" before the start of the FIBA Champions League in a conversation with Jaunslv, says the president of "VEF Riga", Gatis Jahovi..
One of the main goals of the tournament organizers was to announce the end of all games, if necessary, to postpone the matches for free weeks. Games are scheduled every few weeks, there will be quarantine time if needed and there will be time to prepare for the games. Champions League matches in Riga will not become commonplace – after today's fight against Strasbourg, the next time is scheduled only on December 23 against Vilnius "Ritas". It is interesting that in recent years, a stable participant in the European Cup of ULEB, Vilnius "Ritas", was attracted to this tournament with financial awards from FIBA - 250 thousand euros were paid for the transition.
"VEF Riga" is not yet in the category of teams to which the European department of FIBA would be ready to grant additional privileges. Latvia, however, was awarded one place in the main event and one place in the qualifiers, which remained unfulfilled this fall. Each team will receive 50,000 euros to participate in the main tournament, which in the case of Reagans can cover travel expenses.
Jahovich reveals that travel costs have risen significantly this fall: "Even two or more times! For example, last year it took about five thousand to go to Athens, now tickets cost about 12 thousand, but the charter flight will cost about 30. Travel has become more expensive and in this regard the reduction in the number of games in the regular season will significantly reduce costs. However, we are not satisfied with that decision, we wanted more games, more good teams in Riga. "From an athletic point of view, getting out of a team of four should be easier than being in a team of four."
VEF Riga is unlikely to claim the FIBA Champions League winners' trophy, but every player on the team will have each game as a stage from which to reach the deeper waters of basketball. "This is a story for our team – to develop the players' careers and enter the basketball market in a completely different status," head coach Janis Gajlatis said of the pre-season team concept. One such example is Marek Meyer, whose salary in the Perm team in Russia is four times higher than in Riga.
Both legionnaires and Latvians will have the opportunity to advance and prove themselves on a new (different) level. The role of leader of the local team should be played by Aigars Skele, much is expected from the debutant Christer Zorica.
The first opponents of "VEF Riga" will be the team of "Strasbourg", whose last decade was led by the selector of the French national team Vincent Cole. True, the last few years have not been very successful, and now the roads of Strasbourg and Cole have parted ways. This fall, it is a new team with a new coach, only 33-year-old Finnish specialist Lassi Towi. The start of the season was unsuccessful – in the French championship, three wins were won in seven matches, three defeats were experienced in the last four matches. Including Saturday on his field against Le Portel (83:94). In the team statistics, the Americans Bonnie Colson (19 points on average per game) and Brandon Ffefferson (17.4) stand out. He was the first to play eight games in the NBA Milwaukee Bucks in early 2019, and on March 31 he scored 15 points against the Atlanta Hawks and recorded 16 rebounds. Tonight, high-class players will be shown on Arena Riga Square and on TV 6 screens.
The current rules of the gathering stipulate that 300 spectators can attend the game, using face masks and waking up at a distance of two meters. FIBA guidelines state that only persons with a negative Covid-19 test during the last 72 hours will be able to be near the square, there will be no spectators around the square and they will not be allowed to sell tickets in the front rows of the stands. However, the most important thing is that basketball will be able to take place and even in this strange time it will be possible to see the start of the best Latvian team in a prestigious European club tournament in person or in person.
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Dear Ms. Caitlyn Jenner
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English: The Tappan Zee Bridge as seen in Tarrytown, NY (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I've never met Caitlyn. But we have a lot in common. We both identify as female, transgender, Christian and politically conservative on a number of issues. We both spent a significant portion of our respective childhoods within a few miles of the Tappan Zee Bridge (I was on the opposite shore from her). And since I am only three years younger than Caitlyn, some of that time was concurrent (from November 1960 to the summer of 1963, according to my calculations, based on when my family moved there and Caitlyn's family moving to Connecticut after her freshman year of high school).
We share a love of sports. I lettered in four sports in high school. However, it was a very small prep school and the only way my career in sports would continue was because I became the manager for the track & field and cross country teams at a Division One university (Cornell) with an excellent program for over a century in those sports. While I had some evidence of athletic ability, it came in a body that was considerably more compact.
In fact, there was most likely only one degree of separation between us before she came out in public. That is because as team manager, I met one of Jenner's teammates on the 1972 Olympic track team and also had a nodding acquaintance with a former U.S. Olympian (Bob Kane) who would become the president of the U.S. Olympic Committee shortly after Jenner's gold medal in 1976 Olympics. And there are likely others in track & field circles that both of us know.
It seems that a lot of people are telling Caitlyn Jenner what she should and shouldn't do. I should think I have as much right to do so, if not more. However, I have reached an age where I try not to tell anyone what to do; I only make suggestions. And I admit that the suggestions I make to my tax clients are quite authoritative.
But I have no intention of sending a letter to her home to get intermingled with hundreds of other letters from fans and foes. So I am posting it publicly. If one of my blog readers or LinkedIn connections knows her personally and finds it worthy of passing along, so be it.
Dear Caitlyn,
After some downtime, you are finding your way back into the news again. Criticism of you by people who are hostile to transgender people is to be expected. But much criticism also comes from others within the transgender community. Is it warranted?
Let's start with something that was unquestionably positive for the transgender community: your contact of South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard regarding recent legislation that would have discriminated against trans youth. Did your voice play a part in paving the way for the Governor, who admitted never having knowingly met a transgender person, to remedy that omission? Did that in turn help lead to his eventual veto? I'm sure it did.
What about your meeting with Pastor Ed Young, a prime mover in the defeat of the HERO bill in Houston last November? You prayed with him and while that is always a blessing in general, hopefully the pastor could see the Holy Spirit in you as you prayed together and in your conversation as well. But it also gave you the opportunity to share how hateful the pastor's trans hostile videos have been. Someone well battle-tested on the front lines of our struggle, Kate Bornstein, gave you kudos for that.
Yes, it is important to meet with others in the transgender community (and our allies) to continue to get educated on who we are as individuals and as a group. But what progress do we make if we only meet with each other. Only Nixon could go to China. Only Kirk could negotiate a peace treaty with the Klingons. I've made a positive impact with many (not all) Christians in my little corner of the globe. But so far, there are only so many I can reach.
1976 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Caitlyn, please keep some things in mind. First of all, there is only so much any one person can do. I know that you were remarkably consistent in your decathlon scores, but you were able to train for those both physically and with technique. Training to live as a woman in real life, undoing a lifetime of habits, is many times more difficult. Plus the available coaching is far more rudimentary than anything you would have received in preparation for Montreal 1976.
Second, you are not alone in the work. There are many others out here as well. You don't have to become exactly like them, but you also want to be careful about acting at cross purposes with them.
But most of all, Caitlyn, you don't even have a year living full-time as you. And with your lifestyle and opportunities, in some ways you have experienced less than most of us. (Make note of Renee Richards' hindsight about how unrealistic it was for her to spend her one year life experience by taking a cruise to Italy, living for a while in a real life Fellini movie and then tooling around western Europe in a sports car, before losing her nerve in Morocco on the steps of the hospital – twice.) Ten months ago, immediately after watching Diane Sawyer interview you, my biggest concern was that you still wouldn't be you. You know how to be a feted celebrity. You've been there and done that forty years ago. But do you know how to be Caitlyn Jenner? Make sure you treat yourself to the time you need to find out, away from the cameras, the banquets and even your entourage sometimes.
And this brings me to your remarks about Ted Cruz. I am acknowledging up front that there are people who read the headlines and went nuclear without reading anything else that you said on the subject. (Headline writers provoke more than inform.) Indeed you acknowledge that Sen. Cruz has one of the worst records on trans issues when viewed by the transgender community. What you don't acknowledge is how unlikely it would be for Cruz or most Republicans today to be willing to even consider having a liaison with the transgender community. When he met you prior to coming out, Cruz treated you as an Olympic gold medalist and sports hero. As a little boy, he may have even idolized you on the front of the Wheaties box. There is no reason to expect he will treat you so kindly now.
I truly understand the dilemma you face politically. What do you do when the politicians and party whose values you tend to agree with on a broad range of issues: a) see people like us as moral deviants at best and part of the vanguard of end times wickedness at worst; b) refuse to believe our testimonies that this is who we are and have always known ourselves to be with respect to gender, and who continue to insist that we have made an immoral choice; c) don't believe we have the right to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as the rest of society enjoys: protection from job discrimination; proper medical care consistent with the findings of the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association; the ability to make life choices consistent with our innate gender identity; the right to safety; d) actively campaign to take away our recently-won rights (not special rights, just the "unalienable" right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness)?
Some have quoted you (or perhaps assumed) that you believe that Republicans are better on transgender issues than Democrats are. Later articles appear to have corrected that misquote, and you admit that Democrats are more favorable on trans issues. So I am going to take it that the latter is true for you. But I will share that when I first read the former, my impulse was that you needed to name names. Just who are these supportive Republicans?
Then I remembered that the Log Cabin Republicans claim to advocate on behalf of transgender individuals, not just lesbians, gays and bisexuals. So I went to their website. I looked at their recent initiatives. I looked through their press releases. They congratulated you for coming out during the Diane Sawyer interview. Since then, keeping in mind all the transgender oriented legislation and votes that have been in play since then in places like Houston and South Dakota, they have been totally silent on transgender issues. It has been disappointing to say the least.
On the one hand, it is good to have a positive attitude and a belief that you can make a difference in Christian and politically conservative circles. But while there is no crime in being naïve, it is not helpful to overestimate the speed with which you will be able to change hearts. You have strengths: a warm, likable personality, a record of achievement that few people can match and access to channels that most of us will never come close to having. But on the negative side, your association with Kardashian reality television and continuing with that format to some extent on your own show makes it easy for some people to dismiss you as a publicity hound.
Caitlyn, I know you have heard much of this before from many sources. But you may not have heard it from a source who is similar to you in as many ways as I am: transgender, MTF, Christian, conservative, background in track and field (and athletics in general), and raised in the Lower Hudson Valley. You and I understand how much work there needs to be done on transgender in the Christian and politically conservative communities. At the same time, we are not willing to write them off as hopeless.
I have more that I could say to you, but I'd prefer to convey it privately, if indeed you should grace me with a personal contact. Contact can be initiated through my blog or contact information on my LinkedIn page.
Caitlyn, I am in the habit of closing out my blog posts with scripture. This verse is on a monthly prayer calendar for a Christian ministry I am associated with. It is a perfect admonition from the Lord to leave you with.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. – Psalm 37:5


The 'Big Idea' revisited
WHY ARE WE CHRISTIANS BETTER KNOWN FOR WHAT WE DON'T WANT IN SOCIETY, THAN WHAT WE DO WANT? We're known to be against abortion, euthanasia and homosexual marriage, ecetera. But what are we known to be for Рapart from a return to Pleasantville? Do we have a clear idea of the kind of society we do want? Jürgen Moltmann says the church should be like an arrow, sent out into the world to point the way to the future. So what should that future look like?
Last year I wrote about a 'Big Idea' that a Christian think-tank in Cambridge proposes as a Biblical vision of society (See ww 05 jul 2004 – What's the Big Idea?). The main mover behind this think-tank, Dr Michael Schluter, points out that when someone once asked Jesus, 'Teacher, what's the Big Idea?' – or words to that effect – Jesus simply answered with a four-letter word: L-O-V-E. LOVE God and LOVE your neighbour, even if he's your enemy. The whole law hung on these two imperatives, said Jesus (Matt 22:36-40). In other words, relationships were the glue of society, implied Jesus.
Such an answer, I suggested then, would be considered naîve, impractical and unrealistic in today's real world. LOVE is not the language of money, economics, politics and military power. It's not a language widely spoken in Moscow or London, Washington or Brussels, Tel Aviv or Baghdad. Yet Dr Michael Schluter and his think-tank boldly suggest this very Big Idea Рthe imperative to love God and neighbour Рis the way forward for Europe, for the Americas, for Africa and for Asia. They dare to propose that this Idea presents a practical alternative to capitalism and to socialism.
An economist with the World Bank in the 1970's, Schluter was searching for a biblical alternative social vision to the situation in socialist Tanzania. With other scholars he took a fresh look at the Old Testament as an ethical foundation for public life, and noted a remarkable internal consistency in an apparently random collection of laws. The Jubilee laws for land, the ban on interest, the role of the Levites, political structures, welfare arrangements and military organisation all cohered in central theme, the key to which he discovered in the New Testament.
Schluter then realised the Big Idea of Old Testament law was relationships. The Mosaic laws – seemingly random and unconnected – protected and promoted relationships in the long run. Society, in other words, should not be evaluated by its GNP, or the efficiency of its markets, but by the health of its relationships. Relationships were the key both to interpreting and applying biblical law today, and to evaluating society today, concluded Schluter.
This idea he called Relationism. He and his team developed this idea to embrace a wide range of social initiatives, including employment schemes, relationships audits in multinational corporations, and the Keep Sunday Special campaign in England. He has worked to improve warder/prisoner relationships with the Scottish Prison Service, and advocates 'relational healthcare' and 'relational justice'. He co-authored The R Factor and The R Option, and founded the Relationship Foundation, the Jubilee Centre in Cambridge and the think tank that produces The Cambridge Papers. (See: www.relationshipsfoundation.org, www.jubilee-centre.org, www.jubilee-centre.org/cambridge_papers).
WAY FORWARD?
Far from viewing such ideas as "naîve, impractical and unrealistic", some politicians are beginning to take Schluter seriously. In Holland, the Christen Unie political party rewrote its manifesto after considering his message, with the title: From 'me' politics to relational politics. A major Australian party has invited Dr Schluter several times for policy consultations this year, and leading papers down-under seriously reflected on his message (See www.jubilee-centre.org/online_documents/MONEYORALIFETHECHOICEWASYOURS.htm).
Two very useful new resources have just been released, which I personally highly recommend:
· Relationism: the way forward for Europe? is a DVD with two one-hour introductory messages by Dr Schluter, recorded at last year's Hope for Europe Round Table held in Greece. This resource tool, very usable in schools, home groups and leadership seminars, is available for ¬£5.99 via www.jubilee-centre.org/Resources/resourcecatalogue.php?cat=20.
· Jubilee Manifesto: a framework, agenda and strategy for Christian social reform (IVP 2005), is the fruit of over two decades of 'serious reflection and practical experience'. Members of Schluter's think-tank contribute chapters to this compendium exploring nationhood, government, family, welfare, finance, economics, criminal justice and international relationships from a relational perspective, in an informed, practical and realistic approach. This I suspect will be a milestone publication. You can download a four-page introduction from the Jubilee Centre website, or order the book via: www.jubilee-centre.org/Resources/resourcecatalogue.php?cat=2.
In YWAM, we have begun assessing what Relationism can mean for our mission. What should a global, relationally-based university really look like, such as we want the University of the Nations to be? What might this framework for biblical social reform mean for our curriculum and teaching styles in our various colleges? How relational are we really on our YWAM bases? If we were to conduct relational audits within our ministries, what might we discover? How should the R-factor shape our strategies and methods of mission?
To explore these and other questions, Lynn Green (our YWAM International Chairman), myself and other YWAMers plan to join the Dr Schluter and other contributors to the Jubilee Manifesto at the first Jubilee Centre Winter School to be held in Cambridge in the New Year, Jan 3-6. Why not join us for these stimulating sessions together, co-sponsored by the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, Care, Tear Fund and YWAM/University of the Nations? Check out the Jubilee Centre website for details.
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From confrontation to incarnation


Fox News Coverage
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -- A large group with "My Hood, My Block, My City" traveled to the South Side Saturday to learn more about and explore Englewood.
That organization gives teenagers and adults the opportunity to go outside their own neighborhoods and learn more about other parts of the city.
"By exposing teenagers to more outside their block or hood they can take ownership of their city and feel more optimistic towards their future," said Cole.
Englewood is so often linked to violence, gangs and poverty, but Saturday afternoon a group of Chicagoans learned it's also a neighborhood with opportunities.
One stop on the itinerary was the Dream Café in the heart of Englewood.
"It's a beautiful thing," said managing partner of Dream Café and Englewood native Howard Bailey. "You are only as strong as the weakest link and Englewood and other areas are seen as weak links and people think that way without really knowing what's going on in the neighborhoods."
David Haley and Brendan Mclaughlin traveled the 12 miles from the north side of Chicago to check out the south side.
"I lived in Iowa before this and the towns were same conditions - it's not glamourous like downtown Chicago and the Loop is, but it's a neighborhood and it feels like a neighborhood," said Hailey who lives in Old Town.
Cole says this is why he does this - these north side residents admitted they've never been to Englewood until they were invited.
"Today was all about cross pollinating Chicago and different perspectives," said Cole.
Participants agree - it's an eye opening experience and they will make the trip down the Dan Ryan Expressway again - this time on their own.
"I think it will make them feel better about their city and themselves," said Signe Murphy who's from the northwest side of the city.
Next stop for this exploring program is South Shore, then Back of the Yards - both on the south side.
If you want to join this program or you want to invite teenagers into your neighborhood:
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It's looking like Orange Empire will be out in force in Orlando.
Spectrum News has learned from Syracuse University that its allotment of tickets for the Camping World Bowl is selling out fast. Syracuse will take on West Virginia at the bowl game on Friday, December 28.
Tickets are still available in the Red Zone and Goal sections, with a limited number remaining in the midfield and corner sections. Prices range from $79 to $131. SU students can also score up to four tickets for $25 each.
If you can't make the trip to Orlando, the university says there will be alumni watch parties all over.
If you're interested in attending the game, visit Cuse.com/CampingWorld.


Sudlows Win DCD Award for Ashton Old Baths Data Centre Project
Posted by Noah Bowness on December 10, 2021
We are pleased to announce that Sudlows, in collaboration with Tameside Council and MCAU Architects, have won the DCD 'Data Centre Architecture Award'.
Now on its 15th consecutive year, the DCD Awards are a chance for the best in the business to get together and celebrate excellence and success in the Data Centre industry. In the past 15 years, there have been 1,045 finalists shortlisted, 306 awards given out and over $1 million raised for children's charities.
The 'Data Center Architecture Award' category attracted 11 finalists, with Data Centres from India, Spain, USA, Thailand, and Singapore to name a few. The recently completed Sudlows Data Centre project in the rejuvenated Grade II listed Victorian Public Bath House in Ashton-Under-Lyne however, achieved the award.
The Data Centre is utilised by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council as well as its Partners and NHS community, with additional space offered to new businesses. Sudlows were responsible for the Data Centre design and delivery. Our Enterprise Services division also designed and installed video surveillance and access control systems to keep the facility secure and our Facilities Management Team have been instructed to deliver a ten-year maintenance package to ensure peak operation for the Data Centre and to prolong the lifespan of its equipment. MCAU Architects delivered the structural and restorative works.
Sudlows have enjoyed a positive streak of award wins in 2021 and has collected Electrical Industry Award for Contractor of the Year', 2 DCS Awards for 'New Design/Build Data Centre Project of the Year' and 'Data Centre Industry Contribution of the Year' and finally the 'Special Award for Performance During the Pandemic' at the Network Computing Awards. We are proud to collect a series of awards from some of the biggest industry recognised bodies over the last few months, a testament to some of the great projects and work carried out by Sudlows.
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'This is depression': Division 1 pitcher opens up about hidden illness to help others
Courtney Coppersmith wasn't trying to win a contest.
She certainly wasn't looking for recognition.
She thought it would help to write down everything she had felt during a whirlwind freshman year of college at UMBC.
And if the words she wrote found their way to someone else, someone who needed to hear them?
Maybe there'd be some good to come out of it.
For the past three seasons, Coppersmith has participated in the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series with her Greater Harrisburg softball program. Each year, every player from the eight regional teams that qualify for the national tournament submit an essay for the Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers contest, which seeks to honor those who've overcome obstacles in life.
The eight coaches each select one finalist to represent their teams. Sharon Robinson, the daughter of the legendary Brooklyn Dodger who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, selects the ultimate winner.
According to Coppersmith, past finalists have been players who overcame cancer or dealt with struggles at home. Situations that didn't exactly mirror what she had gone through this past year.
She didn't even know her coach, Mike Stepp, had selected her as a finalist.
So as she sat in the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Florida last week, listening to Sharon describe the winning essay, she wasn't waiting for her name to be called. Sure, Robinson opened by saying the winner was a left-handed pitcher. A left-handed pitcher who was an excellent academic student. Still, that could describe a number of the 100-plus girls in attendance.
Then Robinson said the winner had experienced great success as a college freshman. Things started to click for Coppersmith just before Robinson began reading her essay to the crowd.
"Then I just started bawling my eyes out," Coppersmith said.
The Central York grad's essay had been declared the winner. In the piece, Coppersmith detailed how she had dealt with depression and contemplated suicide during her incredible freshman year at UMBC
"Some of those girls may be going through similar things and wondering, 'Why am I feeling this way?'" Robinson said to MLB.com about why she selected Coppersmith's essay. "And to hear one of their peers step forward and say, 'listen, this is depression.' When you lose your motivation and don't want to go out of your room, that's depression, and then you have to do something about it."
Coppersmith said that while some of her teammates knew what she was going through, plenty of them didn't. Her family didn't know most of it. She didn't plan for them to find out because she won a national contest.
Ultimately, she decided opening up was the right thing to do.
"If you had asked me during (my freshman) season I never would have submitted it," she said. "I went through an entire year not telling many people what I was feeling.
"It's my story, but if I can help somebody not feel like that, then it's worth it."
'It was all kind of a coverup'
Coppersmith suspects she's like most people in that she's dealt with anxiety at different points of her life.
Things got more difficult her first year at college.
She felt the pressure of needing to live up to her athletic scholarship while still getting good grades. She joined seven extracurricular activities to get involved around campus, putting even more on her plate. She hated missing classes, but often had to once softball season heated up.
She also had several friendships from high school come to an end.
"People don't get the pressure that's put on college athletes," she said. "I think (anxiety and depression) is always there for everybody, but going through college and dealing with so much pressure truly got to me."
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Coppersmith spent team bus rides crying her eyes out. She admitted to not always putting herself in the "safest environments." At times, she would go for runs late at night and not take her phone with her in case of emergency.
But to outside observers, Coppersmith was thriving better than before. She became one of the nation's most dominant pitchers almost immediately, racking up team and conference accolades on a weekly basis. Her season became huge news around school, and she was often profiled by media outlets in Baltimore and back home in York.
In some ways, her success made her personal struggles more difficult to deal with. She imagined what people might think if she said she was depressed.
This kid has got everything going for her. What does she have to feel so bad about?
She often struggled to sleep at night as she dealt with those thoughts.
"It was all kind of a coverup," she said of her success on the field. "They see how you are on the field, the joy in your eyes and on your face. They're expecting that you're doing well. I didn't want people to know how upset I was.
"I didn't come from a rough home life. I didn't go through a brain tumor. But that doesn't mean I'm not human and that I can't feel things. I think that's what makes it so important to have the courage to speak out about it."
Eventually, Coppersmith began to speak out.
She confided in some friends and teammates who helped her work through her depression. According to Coppersmith, UMBC catcher Anna Lonchar went out of her way to check up on her and give her someone to vent to.
Coppersmith also benefited from the #BetterTo9ether Games and mental health initiative started by the America East Conference this year.
"Talking through it helped a lot," she said. "I had great friends that let me know I shouldn't be feeling like this."
'Don't be afraid to talk'
Today, Coppersmith says she has more good days than bad.
After helping Harrisburg take second place at the RBI World Series, Coppersmith is looking forward to her sophomore year. She plans to remain very involved around campus, but thinks she'll be better equipped to handle it this year. On the field, she'll return to team coming off an American East title and an appearance in the NCAA tournament.
After winning the essay contest, Coppersmith was awarded a laptop and given a hug from Sharon Robinson, who asked the pitcher if she was feeling better and told her to continue writing.
Coppersmith has similar advice for anyone else battling depression.
"Don't be afraid to talk to somebody," she said. "It took me a while to be comfortable talking about it. If you don't feel comfortable talking about it, write it down. I got a lot of relief from my essay. It doesn't hurt to write something and it's less frightening. Then maybe eventually you can show it to a friend and talk to somebody about it."


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Corrie's newly-extended set includes a police station, courthouse, Costa coffee shop, Co-op, tattoo parlour and a Weatherfield North tram station.
It'll be the first time the public will be able to tour the set since tours of the former set in Manchester city centre closed in 2015.
Corrie's old Manchester set has now been demolished.
Tours will only take place on Saturdays and Sundays because it's rarely used for filming during the weekend.
Prices for the tours - which are being run by a company called National Holidays and also includes coach travel with reserved seating one night dinner and bed & breakfast hotel accommodation - start at £99.
National Holidays said on its website: "You can immerse yourself in everything 'Corrie' with this guided tour, located at the brand new TV Set at Media City Manchester.
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"With access to all of the street's most recognisable places; plus an exclusive look behind the scenes, this tour will give you the opportunity to enjoy this much-loved soap beyond the screen and experience the Coronation street life first hand."
Fans will be given a guided-tour of the set and will have access to original footage and props.
They'll also get to visit the stars' dressing rooms, the green room and indoor mock-ups of Rovers and homes of residents.
The new set took over three years to develop from concept to completion.
Kate Oates, Series Producer, said: "The Victoria Street extension represents an exciting chapter in Corrie history: an amazing new stage, full of dramatic potential. Our amazingly talented design team have created everything from scratch - but it still manages to have the feeling of always having been there, just around the corner."
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An unpublished study suggests that making variola, the virus that causes smallpox, is neither expensive nor difficult.
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How Canadian researchers reconstituted an extinct poxvirus for $100,000 using mail-order DNA
By Kai Kupferschmidt Jul. 6, 2017 , 5:00 PM
Eradicating smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in history, took humanity decades and cost billions of dollars. Bringing the scourge back would probably take a small scientific team with little specialized knowledge half a year and cost about $100,000.
That's one conclusion from an unusual and as-yet unpublished experiment performed last year by Canadian researchers. A group led by virologist David Evans of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, says it has synthesized the horsepox virus, a relative of smallpox, from genetic pieces ordered in the mail. Horsepox is not known to harm humans—and like smallpox, researchers believe it no longer exists in nature; nor is it seen as a major agricultural threat. But the technique Evans used could be used to recreate smallpox, a horrific disease that was declared eradicated in 1980. "No question. If it's possible with horsepox, it's possible with smallpox," says virologist Gerd Sutter of Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.
Evans hopes the research—most of which was done by research associate Ryan Noyce—will help unravel the origins of a centuries-old smallpox vaccine and lead to new, better vaccines or even cancer therapeutics. Scientifically, the achievement isn't a big surprise. Researchers had assumed it would one day be possible to synthesize poxviruses since virologists assembled the much smaller poliovirus from scratch in 2002. But the new work—like the poliovirus reconstitutions before it—is raising troubling questions about how terrorists or rogue states could use modern biotechnology. Given that backdrop, the study marks "an important milestone, a proof of concept of what can be done with viral synthesis," says bioethicist Nicholas Evans—who's not related to David Evans—of the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.
Bringing back an extinct virus that is related to smallpox, that's a pretty inflammatory situation
Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University
The study seems bound to reignite a long-running debate about how such science should be regulated, says Paul Keim, who has spent most of his career studying another potential bioweapon, anthrax, at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. "Bringing back an extinct virus that is related to smallpox, that's a pretty inflammatory situation," Keim says. "There is always an experiment or event that triggers closer scrutiny, and this sounds like it should be one of those events where the authorities start thinking about what should be regulated."
Little-noticed discussion
David Evans acknowledges that the research falls in the category of dual-use research, which could be used for good or bad. "Have I increased the risk by showing how to do this? I don't know," he says. "Maybe yes. But the reality is that the risk was always there."
Evans discussed the unpublished work in November 2016 at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. (Variola is the official name of the virus that causes smallpox.) A report from that meeting, posted on WHO's website in May, noted that Evans's effort "did not require exceptional biochemical knowledge or skills, significant funds or significant time." But it did not draw much attention from biosecurity experts or the press.
Also little noticed was a press release issued by Tonix, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City with which Evans has collaborated, which also mentioned the feat. Tonix says it hopes to develop the horsepox virus into a human smallpox vaccine that is safer than existing vaccines, which cause severe side effects in a small minority of people. Evans says it could also serve as a platform for the development of vaccines against other diseases, and he says poxvirus synthesis could also aid in the development of viruses that can kill tumors, his other area of research. "I think we need to be aware of the dual-use issues," Evans says. "But we should be taking advantage of the incredible power of this approach."
The double-stranded variola genome is 30 times bigger than the poliovirus genome, which Eckard Wimmer of State University of New York at Stony Brook assembled from mail-ordered fragments in 2002. Its ends are also linked by structures called terminal hairpins, which are a challenge to recreate. And though simply putting the poliovirus genome into a suitable cell will lead to the production of new virus particles, that trick does not work for poxviruses. That made building variola "far more challenging," says Geoffrey Smith of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, who chairs WHO's variola advisory panel.
The world just needs to accept the fact that you can do this and now we have to figure out what is the best strategy for dealing with that
David Evans, University of Alberta
In 2015, a special group convened by WHO to discuss the implications of synthetic biology for smallpox concluded that the technical hurdles had been overcome. "Henceforth there will always be the potential to recreate variola virus and therefore the risk of smallpox happening again can never be eradicated," the group's report said. But Evans felt like the matter was never really put to rest. "The first response was, 'Well let's have another committee to review it,' and then there was another committee, and then there was another committee that reviewed that committee, and they brought people like me back to interview us and see whether we thought it was real," he says. "It became a little bit ludicrous."
Evans says he did the experiment in part to end the debate about whether recreating a poxvirus was feasible, he says. "The world just needs to accept the fact that you can do this and now we have to figure out what is the best strategy for dealing with that," he says.
Two rejections
Evans declines to discuss details of his work because, after two rejections, he is about to resubmit a paper about it for publication. But the WHO report says the team purchased overlapping DNA fragments, each about 30,000 base pairs in length, from a company that synthesizes DNA commercially. (The company was Geneart, in Regensburg, Germany, Evans says.) That allowed them to stitch together the 212,000-base-pair horsepox virus genome. Introducing the genome into cells infected with a different type of poxvirus led these cells to start producing infectious horsepox virus particles, a technique first shown to work in a 2002 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The virus was then "grown, sequenced and characterized," the report notes, and had the predicted genome sequence.
Evans says Science and Nature Communications both rejected the paper. Caroline Ash, an editor at Science, says the paper wasn't formally submitted to the journal, but that Evans inquired about publication and provided the Tonix press release. "While recognizing the technical achievement, ultimately we have decided that your paper would not offer Science readers a sufficient gain of novel biological knowledge to offset the significant administrative burden the manuscript represents in terms of dual-use research of concern," Ash says she replied to Evans.
Evans says he has run his draft papers by Canadian government officials involved in export and trade as well as the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which were "very helpful and provided timely and sensible guidance," he says. "These things potentially fall under export legislation, because technically it could be viewed as instructions for manufacturing a pathogen," he says. To avoid running afoul of international conventions, Evans says he "provided sufficient details so that someone knowledgeable could follow what we did, but not a detailed recipe."
Peter Jahrling, a virologist at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, says the paper should definitely be published. "Not only is it novel," he says. "It is also extremely important."
Regulatory questions
Producing the variola virus in the same fashion would be prohibited under WHO regulations and rules in place in many nations. Labs are not allowed to make more than 20% of the variola genome, and the companies that make and sell DNA fragments have voluntary checks in place to prevent their customers from ordering ingredients for certain pathogens unless they have a valid reason. But controlling every company in the world that produces nucleic acids is impossible, Keim says. "We've recognized for quite a few years that regulating this type of activity is essentially impossible," he says.
Instead, Keim says, there should be an international permit system for researchers who want to recreate a virus no longer found in nature. Current U.S. rules already require federally-funded researchers who plan to do an experiment that "generates or reconstitutes an eradicated or extinct agent" that is on a 15-agent list of dual-use agents to undertake a special review and risk assessment. That U.S. list of regulated agents includes variola, but not horsepox, because it's not considered a dangerous virus itself.
The system in Canada is different, says Gregory Koblentz, a biodefense expert at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, who has been looking into the experiment since noticing the Tonix press release in March. There, the rules say even research that does not involve certain dangerous pathogens, but that could nonetheless generate knowledge that poses a dual-use risk, should be reviewed. "That should have captured the horsepox synthesis," he says. Evans talked to federal agencies in Canada, which was not even required of him, and his university did look at the safety aspect of bringing back an animal pathogen. "But as far as I understand, they did not engage in a systematic review of the broader dual-use implications of synthesizing an orthopox virus," says Koblentz. "I don't think this experiment should have been done."
Nicholas Evans, the bioethicist, thinks that new rules need to be put in place given the state of the science. "Soon with synthetic biology ... we're going to talk about viruses that never existed in nature in the first place," he says. "Someone could create something as lethal as smallpox and as infectious as smallpox without ever creating smallpox." WHO should create an information sharing mechanism obliging any member state to inform the organization when researchers plan to synthesize viruses related to smallpox, he argues.
The genie is out of the lamp
Peter Jahrling, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Evans's experiment may also render moot a long-running debate on whether to destroy the two last known caches of variola. After smallpox was eradicated in 1980, labs around the world agreed to destroy their remaining smallpox samples or ship them to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta or to the Russian Research Institute of Viral Preparations in Moscow. (The Russian samples were later moved to the State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Novosibirsk.) Since then, the fate of those remaining stocks has been the focus of intense debate. "Destructionists" have argued that wiping out the last strains would make the world a safer place, whereas "retentionists" say keeping the virus—and studying it—could help the world prepare for future outbreaks.
Now that variola can be synthesized, the decision hardly matters, Jahrling says. "You think it's all tucked away nicely in freezers, but it's not," he says. "The genie is out of the lamp." Evans's work is "a gamechanger for the discussion," confirms Andreas Nitsche of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, who attended the WHO meeting where Evans presented his work last fall.
Fears of a return of smallpox—which kills up to one-third of its victims—ran high in the United States after 9/11 and the anthrax letters mailed to U.S. politicians and media figures a few weeks later. The events led the U.S. government to amass big new stockpiles of smallpox vaccine and start a vaccination campaign for so-called first responders. But though a smallpox outbreak would almost certainly create panic and pose an unprecedented test for public health systems, scientists familiar with the disease say an outbreak could probably be contained quite easily because smallpox is not highly infectious and spreads slowly—qualities that made it possible to eradicate it in the first place.
Mysterious origins
Much less is known about horsepox. Pox viruses are known to infect many animals, and horsepox is frequently mentioned in historic accounts, but it seems to have disappeared from nature, possibly because of modern husbandry practices. Scientists at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York published a genome sequence for horsepox in 2006, based on a virus isolated from sick horses in Mongolia 40 years earlier. That virus is still held at CDC; Evans says one reason he decided to synthesize a new virus was that he could not get permission to use the CDC samples for commercial purposes.
Evans says his project has academic value as well: It could help elucidate the early history of smallpox immunization. The vaccine used to eradicate smallpox—the world's oldest vaccine—is itself a living virus named vaccinia; it was first used in 1796 by Edward Jenner, a U.K. doctor. Popular accounts usually have Jenner using cowpox to inoculate people after he noticed that dairymaids appeared to be immune to smallpox. But there are also stories implicating horsepox, and the published horsepox genome looks very similar to some old vaccinia strains, bolstering the hypothesis that the vaccine was derived from horses. (To add another layer of confusion, both horsepox and cowpox may originally have been rodent poxviruses that only occasionally infected livestock.)
Evans hopes to study the function of some horsepox genes by making specific deletions, which could shed light on how the vaccine strain arose. "This is the most successful vaccine in human history, the foundation of modern immunology and microbiology, and yet we don't know where it came from," he says. "There is a huge, interesting academic question here."
Updated, 7/7/2017 at 2:30 p.m.: This story has been updated to includes comments from Gregory Koblentz on Canada's system of regulating and reviewing dual use research.
Kai Kupferschmidt
Kai is a contributing correspondent for Science magazine based in Berlin, Germany. He is writing a book about the color blue, to be published this autumn.