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Q: Add a class to the sections once they are visible in viewport This is how I am trying but the condition would never fire..
$(window).scroll(function(e){
            var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
            var viewportHeight = $(window).height();
            $('section').each(function(){
                var top = $(this).offset().top;
                var bottom = top + $(this).height();
                if(top <= scrollTop && bottom >= (scrollTop + vieportHeight) ){
                    $(this).addClass('visible');
                    console.log('Hola');
                }else{
                    console.log(top,bottom,scrollTop,viewportHeight);
                }
            });
});

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rYeMC/
Any idea whyat i'm doing wrong?

A: In addition to the typo, you have a slight math error. The easiest way I've found to determine if an element is onscreen is to determine the top and bottom of the viewport and compare that with the top and bottom of the element:
$(document).ready(function () {
    var viewport = $(window),
        setVisible = function (e) {
            var viewportTop = viewport.scrollTop(),
                viewportBottom = viewport.scrollTop() + viewport.height();
            $('section').each(function () {
                var self = $(this),
                    top = self.offset().top,
                    bottom = top + self.height(),
                    topOnScreen = top >= viewportTop && top <= viewportBottom,
                    bottomOnScreen = bottom >= viewportTop && bottom <= viewportBottom,
                    elemVisible = topOnScreen || bottomOnScreen;
                self.toggleClass('visible', elemVisible);
            });
        };
    viewport.scroll(setVisible);
    setVisible();
});

Working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rYeMC/2/

A: Looks like what you want:
http://jsfiddle.net/rYeMC/1/
$(function () {
    $(window).scroll(function (e) {
        var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
        var viewportHeight = $(window).height();
        $('section').each(function () {
            var top = $(this).offset().top;
            var bottom = top + $(this).height();
            if (top <= scrollTop && bottom >= (scrollTop + viewportHeight)) {
                $(this).addClass('visible');
            } else {
                console.log(top, bottom, scrollTop, viewportHeight);
                $(this).removeClass('visible');
            }
        });
    });
});

A: everything's fine with your code. just correct the typo (vieport) and be aware that the style attribute overrules your external css!

A: This is the condition
if(scrollTop + viewportHeight >= top ){
    $(this).addClass('visible');
}

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Q: ionic backgroundFetch config not updating I'm building an ionic app with capacitor. I'm hoping that my app can perform background tasks after termination. If i'm reading the documentation correctly this should be possible by setting
stopOnTerminate: false

I've created a blank app that I can test the backgroundFetch plugin on and used the following code.
    const config: BackgroundFetchConfig = {
      stopOnTerminate: false, // Set true to cease background-fetch from operating after user "closes" the app. Defaults to true.
    };

    this.backgroundFetch.configure(config)
        .then(() => {
          console.log('Background Fetch initialized');

          this.backgroundFetch.finish();

        })
        .catch(e => console.log('Error initializing background fetch', e));

    this.backgroundFetch.start();

However when I build the app and open it with capacitor, I can see in the android studio logcat window that it has not updated the stopOnTerminate value
com.example.app D/TSBackgroundFetch: {
      "taskId": "cordova-background-fetch",
      "isFetchTask": true,
      "minimumFetchInterval": 15,
      "stopOnTerminate": true, // This should have changed to false
      "requiredNetworkType": 0,
      "requiresBatteryNotLow": false,
      "requiresCharging": false,
      "requiresDeviceIdle": false,
      "requiresStorageNotLow": false,
      "startOnBoot": false,
      "forceAlarmManager": false,
      "periodic": true,
      "delay": -1
    }

Is there something else I need to do to be able to change the defaults?

A: Managed to get it working using a different way of importing the BackgroundFetch plugin
import BackgroundFetch from 'cordova-plugin-background-fetch';

And then in the configure options I needed to add enableHeadless to get it to work
        // Your background-fetch handler.
        const fetchCallback = (taskId) => {
            console.log('[js] BackgroundFetch event received: ', taskId);
            // Required: Signal completion of your task to native code
            // If you fail to do this, the OS can terminate your app
            // or assign battery-blame for consuming too much background-time
            BackgroundFetch.finish(taskId);
        };

        const failureCallback = (error) => {
            console.log('- BackgroundFetch failed', error);
        };

        BackgroundFetch.configure(fetchCallback, failureCallback, {
            minimumFetchInterval: 15, // <-- default is 15
            stopOnTerminate: false,
            enableHeadless: true // <-- Added this line
        });

Config is now being changed in android studio


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Mediaset Italia Due, commonly known as Italia 2 (pronounced Italia Due ), is an Italian television channel, operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was founded, and started to broadcast, in 2011.

Italia 2 currently broadcasts in Italian. It broadcasts at a national level and also serves to target Italian youth, aimed primarily at a male audience.

History
On July 1, 2011, Italia 2 started broadcasting its launch spots. On July 4, at 10pm CEST, it officially began broadcasting, with the first viewing of the film Dragonball Evolution.

The peculiarity of the schedule of Italia 2 for the first year consisted in its division into "zones", where each of them has a thematic character; amongst these, worthy of note is the U-Zone, made by the channel's viewers through their amateur videos. The daytime programming of Sunday and Saturday is different from the other days of the week. The first night programs started at 10 pm, then at 9:30 pm, and finally at 9:10 pm, like all Mediaset channels, with TV series and television programs divided into theme evenings.

In 2012, Italia 2 started transmitting different matches of the UEFA Europa League–until 2013, in partial simulcast with Italia 1 and Italia 1 HD free practice, qualifying and all of the Grand Prix of the world Championship and, from 2013 to 2018, free trials, qualifications and races of the world championships in Superbike, Superstock, Superstock 300 and the European Superstock 1000.

As of September 2012, the schedule has been enhanced with the daily broadcast of the second edition of Sport Mediaset. In 2013, the historical program Superclassifica Show made a return on Italia 2, renamed Superclassifica 2.

On September 2, 2012, the channel was to be restyled, which should have been called Italia .2, but in fact, it never materialized despite Mediaset announcing it with some promos broadcast during the summer of 2012.

On 19 April 2018, Italia 2 was replaced by a relaunch of Focus on its original frequencies on channel 35. Italia 2 was transferred to channel 120 on mux La3. On 28 February 2019, the channel took the channel 66, bought to Retecapri.

, Italia 2 is also available to be viewed on the Sky Italia platform at channel number 175.

Format
In the strategies of Mediaset, Italia 2 goes alongside La5, a channel aimed instead at a female audience. The schedule of the channel reflects this logic: it is composed of television series, films, cartoons, anime (some first-run), music, and sporting events, in addition to the revival of some of the TV programs of Italia 1, to which the network is affiliated. There are also some occasional internal productions.

Digital terrestrial frequencies
The spread of the channel began on digital terrestrial and originally on LCN 35 and, after a few weeks, also on the satellite platform Tivùsat, on Hotbird, frequency 11.013 MHz (later on 11.919 MHz, the historical frequency for Mediaset, where there is still).

, the channel is visible on LCNs 66 and 566.

Directors

Audience share
The goal of the channel is to reach a 0.4% share on the total individuals and 0.55% on the commercial target.

The maximum peak ratings achieved by the channel took place on October 14, 2012, during the Red Bull Stratos (which had an average audience of 867,000 viewers) with a share of 4.90% of the target individuals and 15.20% of the target men aged 15–34 years, with peaks of 1,856,000 viewers and the 19.4% share for the targeted audience.

Programming

Current
Programming on Italia 2 currently includes the following:

News
TGcom24
Meteo.it
Ciak News Speciale

TV Series (only premiere)

Community (TV series) (seasons 5-6)
Gotham (TV series) (season 3)
Grimm (TV series) (seasons 1-4)
Justified (TV series) (seasons 2-6)
Merlin (2008 TV series) (season 5)
Orphan Black (seasons 1-2)
The Big Bang Theory (episodes 88-102)
The Middle (TV series) (seasons 1-2 / 5-6)
The Office (American TV series) (seasons 1-4)
Shameless (American TV series) (season 4 - 10 and 11 coming soon)
2 Broke Girls (season 6)

Anime and cartoons (only premiere)

 American Dad! (seasons 6-10)
 Case Closed (episodes 523-542)
 Kimagure Orange Road (full version and remastered)
Family Guy (seasons 8-12)
 Fire Force (coming soon)
 Future GPX Cyber Formula Saga (episodes 1-14)
 Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (free-to-air transmission)
 Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
 MÄR (free-to-air transmission)
 My Hero Academia (from season 1 / OAV 4)
 Naruto: Shippuden (since episode 287)
 One Piece (since episode 453)
 The Cleveland Show (seasons 1-2)
 Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Inferno (episodes 26-31)
 Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (free-to-air transmission)
 Slayers Revolution (free-to-air transmission)
 Slayers Evolution-R (free-to-air transmission)

In past, Italy 2 has broadcast some important sporting events: the Formula E races, the FIFAe Nations Cup and the boxing matches of the Championship One. Also, there was made internal productions, referred to the network target.

Announcers
From 2011 to 2013 the official voice of the promotions of Italia 2 was by the dubber Paolo de Santis, while from 2014 it was by Gianluca Iacono. For short periods, they also dubbed the promo with Simone d'Andrea in 2015 and Luca Bottale in 2017.

References

Notes

Citations

External links
Official website

Mediaset television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2011
2011 establishments in Italy
Italian-language television stations

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PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) is associated with IR (insulin resistance), increased visceral fat and NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) all of which may contribute to endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of CVD (cardiovascular disease) risk. Our objective was to examine the relationships between endothelial dysfunction in PCOS, the volume of AT (adipose tissue) compartments and the size of intracellular TAG (triacylglycerol) pools in liver and skeletal muscle. A total of 19 women with PCOS (means±S.D.; 26±6 years, 36±5 kg/m2) and 16 control women (31±8 years, 30±6 kg/m2) were recruited. Endothelial function was assessed in the brachial artery using FMD (flow-mediated dilation). VAT (visceral AT) and abdominal SAT (subcutaneous AT) volume were determined by whole body MRI, and liver and skeletal muscle TAG by 1H-MRS (proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy). Cardiorespiratory fitness and HOMA-IR (homoeostasis model assessment of IR) were also determined. Differences between groups were analysed using independent Student's t tests and ANCOVA (analysis of co-variance). FMD was impaired in PCOS by 4.6% [95% CI (confidence interval), 3.0–7.7; P<0.001], and this difference decreased only slightly to 4.2% (95% CI, 2.4–6.1; P<0.001) when FMD was adjusted for individual differences in visceral and SAT and HOMA-IR. This magnitude of impairment was also similar in lean and obese PCOS women. The results suggest that endothelial dysfunction in PCOS is not explained by body fat distribution or volume. FMD might be a useful independent prognostic tool to assess CVD risk in this population.


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COPYHOLD TRAIN CRASH
INVOLVING BRIGHTON DRIVER TED ROOKE
& HORSHAM DRIVER A. (LEN) GILBERT
extracted and adapted from the report by
I.K.A. McNAUGHTON
On Saturday, 16th December, 1972, at Copyhold Junction near Haywards Heath in the Southern Region of British
Railways, a collision between two passenger trains that occurred at about 22.00, in patchy fog the 21.28 electric multiple-
unit (EMU) stopping passenger train from Brighton to Victoria, formed of 8 coaches, having passed at Danger the signal
on the Up Local line protecting the converging junction with the Up Through line, was on the junction points when it was
struck at the sixth vehicle by the 12-coach 21.45 Brighton to Victoria EMU express passenger train running under clear
signals on the Up Through line.
The leading 4 coaches of the stopping train remained on the track but the rear 4 coaches became uncoupled, and were
derailed and badly damaged. The first 10 coaches of the express train were derailed and 3 were badly damaged.
The derailment blocked all lines and the traction current was discharged automatically as a result of the collision.
Fortunately both trains were very lightly loaded and there were no fatal casualties, but 11 passengers were treated for
shock and minor injuries and two were detained in hospital for one and two nights respectively.
During the period of blockage there was considerable disruption of traffic and London-Brighton services were diverted
via the Mid-Sussex line. Owing to the difficulty of access to the site, which lies in a steep sided cutting, clearance of the
damaged vehicles and restoration of the track was not easy and the line was not reopened until 19th December, with the
connections between both Up and Down Local and Through lines temporarily replaced with plain line. New high-speed
turnouts had to be specially fabricated and the Down side connections were not restored until 14th January 1973 and the
Up side connections one week later.
Site and Signalling
Copyhold Junction, where the former branch line to Horsted Keynes, now a siding serving a quarry at Ardingly, joins the
Victoria-Brighton Main line on the Down side, lies I t miles north of Haywards Heath. Between Haywards Heath station,
which has 2 island platforms, and Copyhold Junction the line is 4-tracked with Up and Down Local lines flanking the
Through lines. With the exception of the branch, all lines are electrified on the conductor rail system at 750v DC. At the
junction the four tracks merge into two for the double track section across the Ouse Viaduct and through Balcombe
Tunnel. The line speed on the Up and Down Through lines is 90 miles/h and on the Local lines and through the
connections between the latter and the Through lines at Copyhold Junction, 60 miles/h.
The gradient is rising in the Up direction generally at 1 in 264, from south of Haywards Heath to a summit at Balcombe
Tunnel. At Copyhold Junction the line lies in a deep steep-sided cutting and, just at the point where the double track
section begins, it is spanned by a substantial brick 2-arch bridge, the centre pier of which stands between the Down Main
line and the Ardingly siding, which at this point is just starting to diverge eastwards from the Main line.
The signalling in the area is on the Track Circuit Block system with colour-light running signals, installed in 1932, since
when the points and signals at Copyhold Junction have been controlled electrically from Haywards Heath. Train
description is by means of magazine type train describers. The signal box at Haywards Heath, located on the Up side of
the line, contains a 60-lever frame with full mechanical interlocking between the levers, some of which operate points
and signals mechanically and others, as at Copyhold Junction, by electrical means. Above each of the levers controlling
the colour-light running signals multiple aspect indicators are provided, displaying the actual aspect of the signal
regardless of the position of the lever. Above the lever frame is a point and signal diagram of the layout with track circuit
occupation shown by the illumination of two bulbs in an oval display for each separate track circuit, located and
numbered appropriately.
Those points and signals relevant to the accident are shown on the drawing attached to this Report. On the approach to
Haywards Heath from the South, the first controlled signal, CH 112, is a combined junction home signal with R/Y
aspects, controlled by lever No. 1, reading to the Up Local line and R/Y/G aspects, controlled by lever No. 2, reading to
the Up Through line. It is located on the approach to Haywards Heath tunnel, 648 yards in rear of No. 5 facing points
where the Up Local line diverges from the Up Through line and 1,070 yards in rear of Signals C118 and CH19, the 3-
aspect platform starting signals on the Up Local and Up Through lines respectively. The 3-aspect signals protecting No.
16 points, where the Up Local and Up Through lines merge at Copyhold Junction, are CH13 and CH20 respectively
located 1,453 yards in advance of the platform Starting signals and 659 yards in rear of the points at Copyhold Junction.
Both signals CH13 and CH20 are provided with a combined berth and overlap track circuit, the overlap lengths being
386 and 388 yards respectively. Beyond these overlaps, a common track circuit extends to beyond No. 16 points.
The gantry that supports Signals CH13 and CH20 stands on the left of the Up Local line with CH13 located on the
supporting mast, 6ft 4ins from the running edge of the nearest rail, with the red aspect 11ft 74 ins above the rail level of
the Up Local line. Signal CH20 is located on a cantilever arm 5ft 4ins to the left of the left hand running rail of the Up
Through line and with the red aspect 16ft 6ins above rail level. From the Up Local line, on account of a gentle left hand
curve, the Up Through line Signal CH20 comes into view first, at a distance of 572 yards, followed by CH13 at 528
yards. A continuous full view of both signals is obtained from the Up Local line over a distance of 506 yards.
The 21.28 stopping train from Brighton to Victoria was formed of two 4-VEP through corridor semi-fast electric multiple
units. Its overall length was 531ft and its tare weight 294 tons.
The 21.45 Fast train from Brighton to Victoria consisted of three 4-car express units, the leading and trailing units being
of the 4-CIG type with a 4-BIG (Buffet) unit marshalled between them. Its overall length was 796 ft and its tare weight
456 tons.
All the units of both trains were of a similar layout, each comprising two driving trailers with a non-driving motor brake
second and a trailer car marshalled between them. All were of modern all-steel construction with buckeye couplings and
Pullman-type gangways throughout and were fitted with both electro-pneumatic and Westinghouse automatic air brakes.
Their maximum service speed was 90 miles/h. They were all built at York works at various dates between 1966 and
The actual point of collision, the fouling point where the Up Local line merged with the Up Through line at Copyhold
Junction, lay 561 yards beyond Signals CH13 and CH20 and the initial contact was between the grab rail outside the
driving cab of the Fast train and the side panelling in the area of the guard's compartment on the sixth coach of the Slow
train. The marks of this contact indicated that the speed of the Fast train was only slightly higher than that of the Slow
train at the moment of collision and the immediate result was that the leading driving trailer of the Fast train rolled over
onto its right side, glanced off the centre pier of Copyhold Lane bridge and came to rest on the Down Main line about 80
yards beyond the bridge and separated by a coach length from the rest of the train, which was derailed all but the last 2
vehicles. The Slow train became divided between the 2 units, the leading 4 coaches being completely undamaged and
coming to rest 250 yards beyond the bridge. The rear 4 coaches were all derailed towards the cutting side leaning over at
an angle of about 45o with the fifth coach only a few feet from the brick abutment of the bridge.
The most extensive damage was to the underframes of the middle unit of the Fast train and to the rear unit of the Slow
train, the bodies of which were pushed off their bogies. The degree of damage to the bodies was comparatively slight,
most being caused by the detached bogies being carried along in the space between the two trains.
The damage to the permanent way and signalling equipment was severe. Both the connections between the Through and
Local lines were demolished together with over 300 yards of plain track. The point machines were destroyed and the
main line side signalling and telecommunications cables severed, thus cutting off power supplies to Haywards Heath
signal box. The traction current was also discharged automatically as a result of the collision.
When both the Slow and Fast Brighton-Victoria trains are running on time, the former is booked to leave Haywards
Heath at 52a minutes past the hour and precede the latter through the double track section from Copyhold Junction to
Balcombe Tunnel Junction, the actual booked passing times at Copyhold Junction being 0.55 and 0.00 respectively.
However, since the maintenance of the service depends on the Fast train being given as far as .possible a clear run, the
following special instruction was issued after the introduction of the present service pattern in the new timetable that
came into force in July 1967.
0.28 Brighton to Victoria
"The 0.28 Brighton to Victoria should be run to the Up Local Platform at Haywards Heath as a regular practice. If it
leaves Haywards Heath 3 or more minutes late and the 0.45 Brighton is running to time, the 0.28 must follow the 0.45
from Copyhold Junction. These arrangements to apply off peak weekdays, all day Saturdays and Sundays as applicable."
Relief Signalman J. E. R. Budd assumed duty at Haywards Heath at 21.25. He told me that the 21.28 Brighton to Victoria
was described to him from Keymer Crossing at 21.48 and he routed it into the Up Local platform where it arrived at
21.53, 3 minutes late. It was still standing in the station at 21.55 when the 21.45 Brighton to Victoria was described from
Keymer Crossing and Signalman Budd decided to give the latter train preference. The points at Copyhold Junction were
already set for the Up Through line, and the Up Local Starting signal (CH8) was showing Yellow with the repeater for
Signal CH13 showing Red. As he cleared the Up Through signals for the Fast train the Slow train started away from the
station and he restored CH8 as soon as the train passed the signal. Perhaps a minute later the Fast train emerged from the
tunnel and whistled as it approached the station. Signalman Budd described it forward to Balcombe Tunnel Junction and
replaced Signal CH2 and CH19 behind it. He then remained standing at the frame ready to replace CH20 lever after the
Fast train had cleared Copyhold Junction and saw Track Circuit 18, covering the junction, show occupied about a minute
after the train had passed the station. This he assumed to be the head of the Fast train passing the block joint at the
overlap of Signal CH20. However, an instant before all his indications were lost he saw the berth track circuit for Signal
CH13 show clear, indicating that the Slow train had passed beyond the overlap of that signal. Realising at once that it
was almost certain a collision had occurred he sent the 'Obstruction Danger' signal to Balcombe Tunnel Junction and
operated the emergency replacement switch for Signal CA16 on the Down line. He then called out the Emergency
Services. His first actual confirmation that an accident had occurred was not until one of the permanent way men
travelling on the Slow train went back to Signal CH13 and telephoned him from there.
In charge of the Fast train was Guard J. P. Farrell stationed at Brighton. He had taken over the train at Brighton at 21.30
and it had left on time at 21.45. He told me that he was on his way to the rear of the train to carry out his duties as train
ticket collector as the train passed through Haywards Heath, which he noted as being passed on time, and soon afterwards
felt the brakes being applied in emergency. He started at once to return to his brake compartment but within about 5
seconds he felt the train make 3 lurches and the coach started to lean over, coming to a stand with all the lights out.
Guard Farrell went immediately to his brake compartment, collected his detonators and was about to set out to protect in
rear when he met a permanent way man who undertook to protect the train while he got out an extinguisher to deal with a
small fire that had broken out underneath one of the rear coaches of the other train. He then handed the extinguisher over
to the guard of the other train and then got out some more detonators and went forward to protect the Down line. On the
way he met another permanent way man who told him that the driver was unhurt and was carrying out the protection, so
he went back to Signal CH13 where he spoke on the telephone to the signalman and asked for the Fire Brigade and
Ambulances to be sent to the scene. He then noticed that the visibility seemed to have worsened so he put down
additional detonators, one on each Up line 100 yards behind the two trains and then went back the full mile to put 3 more
detonators on each line.
The driver of the Fast train was Driver E. Rooke, who took the train over at Brighton at about 21.35, after his mid-shift
break. He told me that he had had clear signals until after passing Wivelsfield where he first saw a Yellow signal. He
made a slight application of the brake but the signal cleared to Green before the train had lost any significant amount of
speed. He recalled that he then ran into an area of patchy fog and the next signal, which was the junction signal for the
Up Local line at Haywards Heath, cleared from Yellow to Green for the Up Through line almost as it came into view.
The next two signals, the Haywards Heath Up Through Starting signal and the signal protecting the convergence of the
Up Through and Up Local lines at Copyhold Junction were both at Green, but just after passing the latter Driver Rooke
suddenly saw the illuminated red screens of a train on the Up Local line close ahead. Realising that a collision was
inevitable, he made an emergency brake application, let go of the controller and crossed to the off side of the cab where
he clung to the handbrake column and waited for the impact. He thought the speed of his train was about 75 miles/h at
that time. He told me of the terrible noise of the collision with sparks and debris flying everywhere and of how the coach
rolled over onto its right side. He thought he must have fainted for a moment because when he came to all was still and
he found himself trapped by the cab door into the right hand corner of the cab. He was very worried in case the Down
line was obstructed and after a few moments he managed to force open the small sliding window and wriggle out
between the cab side and the ballast. He had no lamp and no detonators, but there were several permanent way men who
had been passengers on the Slow train nearby, and while one gave him a lamp another fetched detonators from a nearby
platelayers cabin and accompanied him.
17. Driver Rooke told me that he then ran northwards, trying the signal post telephones as he went, but it was not until he
got to Signal CA17, beyond the Ouse Viaduct and nearly 1½ miles from the scene of the accident, that he found a
telephone in working order and was able to speak to the signalman at Balcombe Tunnel Junction who assured him that
the Down line was protected and that there were no trains coming. He then made his way to Balcombe Station, a further l
½ miles, where he was later seen by a doctor before making his way home by taxi.
Guard R. A. Lawal, stationed at Victoria, was in charge of the Slow train, which he had taken over at Brighton at 21.20 as
his last trip of the day. He told me that the driver had not yet arrived and did not do so until about 21.25. He appeared
perfectly normal and there was no indication that he might have been drinking. After making the necessary brake test the
train left about 2 minutes late. It made the normal stops at Preston Park and at Hassocks but at Burgess Hill the train
overshot the platform somewhat. It then made a normal stop at Wivelsfield and arrived in the Up Local platform at
Haywards Heath 3 minutes late at 21.53. Guard Lawal recalled that the Starting signal was at Yellow when they left
Haywards Heath at 21.55 and ran forward slowly along the Up Local line. He then felt the train accelerate as it
approached Copyhold Junction, as if the driver had received a clear signal, but a few seconds later the collision occurred
and the sixth coach, in which he was riding, shook violently and all the lights went out. As soon as the train stopped he
jumped down and, after meeting the guard of the other train, set about extinguishing the small fire that had broken out
under the rear portion of his own train.
The driver of the Slow train was Driver A. Gilbert, stationed at Horsham; he was 50 years of age and had been in his
present grade for 17 years. He had booked on duty at 17.30 and after standing by had travelled as a passenger on the
18.39 train from Horsham to Redhill where he had again waited until 20.00 when he took over the semi-fast from
Victoria to Brighton where it was due to arrive at 20.37. Driver Gilbert's next task was to take the 21.28 Slow train from
Brighton to Victoria and he told me that he spent the intervening 50 minutes in making a long telephone call to a lady
friend, buying some fish and chips and in going to the lavatory. He said it was about 21.24 when he got back to take over
his train and that they left about 2 minutes late.
Driver Gilbert was unable to give a convincing explanation of his overrun at Burgess Hill other than to say that he had
misjudged his braking. He recalled that the station stop at Haywards Heath was fairly long, about 2 minutes, he thought,
and that the Starting signal was at Yellow. He remembered that the fog was patchy after leaving Haywards Heath and that
when he saw a Green signal ahead he took it as applying to him and then accelerated towards Copyhold Junction. In
retrospect, Driver Gilbert told me he was now aware that he must have taken the Up Through line signal in mistake for
his own and he frankly admitted his error. After the collision he had no idea an accident had occurred and he thought that
his train had been brought to a stand by a brake application made by the guard.
I asked Driver Gilbert about his health and home life and he told me that he had recently been through a divorce case and
that he was living on his own and cooking for himself. He had had an operation for a stomach ulcer and had to be careful
about what he ate. He found he could not take a heavy meal before going on duty and that this was why he had bought
fish and chips at Brighton to eat on the train. He assured me that he had taken no alcohol that evening but that, on account
of his domestic and health worries, he found it difficult to concentrate fully on his job. He made the point that, if the line
had been equipped with AWS, this accident, the responsibility for which he accepted, might well have been prevented.
Travelling on the 21.28 from Brighton as a passenger was Driver L. D. H. Churcher (West Worthing), on his way to take
over a train that divided at Haywards Heath. He took his seat in the last vehicle of the train and, as departure time
approached realised that no driver had yet appeared. He told me that in order to save delay he went to the rear cab,
released the handbrake and started the compressors. He said it was a recognised thing for one driver to do this for another
but, while he was in the cab, at about 21.28 or 21.30 Driver Gilbert arrived and asked him, in a rather surly manner, what
he thought he was doing. Driver Churcher explained to me that Driver Gilbert, whom he had known for a number of
years, seemed perfectly normal and that such a reaction was one that was to be expected of him.
Also travelling as a passenger on the Slow train was Leading Trackman W. L. Palmer who joined the train at Burgess
Hill. When the train arrived he thought it was not going to stop and in fact it came to a stand with the third coach half off
the end of the platform. He joined the front part of the train and when the lights went out at Copyhold Junction and the
train came to a stand he was one of the permanent way men who got down to assist. He met Driver Rooke and so learnt
that there was a second train involved and, as he appeared somewhat shaken, accompanied him as far as Signal CA17,
from where Driver Rooke spoke to the signalman at Balcombe Tunnel Junction. Mr. Palmer then returned to assist at the
scene of the collision.
Mr G. K. Summerfield Assistant (Special Duties) in the Divisional Manager's Office made his way to Haywards Heath
signal box on learning of the collision. He ascertained that the frame had not been touched since the accident occurred
and confirmed that the route was set up for the Fast train with levers 3, 4, 10, 20 and 45 reversed in the frame. The
illuminated diagram and all signal and point indicators were out or showing 'wrong'. He then carried out a check on the
mechanical interlocking and confirmed that lever 13 could not be moved from the normal position unless lever 16 was
reversed and that lever 20 could only be moved from the normal position when lever 16 was normal.
Subsequently, a full mechanical and electrical test of the installation was carried out, including the selection circuits for Signals CH13 and CH20, and the cabling between the signal box and signal location, and all was found in proper order.
The Speed of the Trains
Calculated from the distance run by the front unit of the Slow train, approximately 300 yards, after it became divided, its
speed at the moment of collision was probably between 50 and 55 miles/h and this agrees with the speed the train would
have attained at Copyhold Junction after accelerating normally 4 from a station stop at Haywards Heath. The speed of the
Fast train, as recalled by Driver Rooke in his evidence, was about 75 miles/h but, from its calculated performance on the
rising gradient of 1 in 264 its actual speed is not likely to have been in excess of 70 miles/h at the time it passed Signal
CH20, and the brake application initiated by Driver Rooke on becoming aware of the Slow train ahead of him on the
converging Up Local line would have reduced its speed by perhaps L5 miles/h by the time the first contact between the
two trains took place, at a speed differential of probably less than 5 miles/h. On this basis, the tail of the Slow train would
have been some 70 yards ahead of the front of the Fast train as the latter passed Signal CH20 and its leading end would
have reached the overlap track circuit joint, 386 yards beyond Signal CH13, some 6 seconds later, at which moment
Signal CH20 would have reverted to Red. The tail of the Slow train would have cleared the overlap joint, thus allowing
the berth track circuit to show clear on the signal box diagram and alerting the signalman to the impending collision, only
4 seconds before it occurred.
The cause of this accident was that the 21.28 Slow train from Brighton to Victoria, having started from Haywards Heath
on the Up Local line under a Caution signal, passed at Danger the signal protecting the converging junction between the
Up Local and Up Through lines at Copyhold Junction. I have no doubt that the signalling was in proper order and that the
signal concerned was displaying a red aspect as the train approached and passed it.
In looking for a reason for this signal being passed at Danger, I am satisfied that neither the siting of the signal, which
was unmistakably positioned with respect to the line to which it applied, nor the prevailing weather conditions of patchy
fog which was not thick enough to prevent the clear reading of colour light signals, nor the pattern of train working
which was in accordance with an instruction that had been in force over 5 years, can be held in any way responsible. I
can only assume that Driver Gilbert's failure to see the signal or to comprehend its message was the result of his allowing
his concentration to wander from his job at the critical time as he approached and passed the signal. The earlier events of
the evening, including his late arrival to take over his train at Brighton after having spent much of his layover time in
making a long telephone call to a lady friend and his misjudged stop at Burgess Hill, tend to point towards his having
allowed his personal affairs to occupy his thoughts to the extent that he just did not react to a well-sited colour-light
signal which was displaying a red aspect as he approached and passed it. There was no way in which any other person
could have averted or mitigated the effects of the collision which followed, for which Driver Gilbert must bear the sole
responsibility. In view of the circumstances, it was indeed fortunate that this accident did not result in serious or fatal
casualties.
The Automatic Warning System (AWS) of train control, by which a driver is warned on his approach to a signal at
Caution or Danger by a horn sounding in his cab, which warning must be acknowledged, in default of which the brakes
are automatically applied, might well have prevented this accident, and the fact that AWS is not provided on this
important line cannot be allowed to pass without comment.
The situation with regard to the provision of AWS in the Southern Region was explained, as far as it obtained at that
time, by Colonel J. R. H. Robertson in his Report on the collision that occurred on 4th January 1969 between Paddock
Wood and Marden on the main line from Charing Cross to Dover which, like the Victoria to Brighton main line, was not
provided with AWS.
Since that time, the main signalling effort in the Southern Region, within the limitations imposed by restrictions on
capital investment, has continued to he directed to the extension of multiple-aspect colour light signalling, concentrating
in the main on the densely trafficked suburban areas for which, for the reasons set out by Colonel Robertson in his
Marden Report, there were doubts as to the suitability of the BR standard system of AWS. However, this system is
suitable for the less intensively worked areas of the Southern Region and its installation as part of a continuing
programme is now proceeding on the Portsmouth line and in the area to be controlled from the new signal box at
Feltham. In the case of the Brighton main line, I am informed that the installation of AWS will have to wait the
replacement of the existing signalling, which was installed in 1932, since the braking distances then provided for the 3-
aspect signalling were calculated to include sighting distances and not measured on a post-to-post basis which is a basic
requirement on lines fitted with AWS. I accept that it would not be economic to adapt the existing signalling to permit the
installation of AWS at this stage in its life.
It was suggested at my Inquiry that this accident would have been averted had Signals CH13 and CH20 been provided
with separate berth and overlap track circuits, because the occupation of the overlap track circuit of Signal CH13 by the
Slow train would have resulted in Signal CH20 changing from Green to Red when the Fast train was some 300 yards on
the approach side of it, at which juncture an emergency brake application by Driver Rooke would have prevented a
collision. In the particular circumstances of this accident this is in fact fortuitously true, but in my view an isolated
incident of this kind cannot be advanced as an argument for the general read option of separate berth and overlap track
circuits with the additional costs involved.
It has also been suggested that the provision of trap points and sand drags could help to prevent this sort of accident. The
real object of traps, however, is to prevent slow speed movements obstructing the adjacent line and, had they been
provided at Copyhold Junction, the outcome would have been that the Slow train would have hit the solid brick abutment
of Copyhold Lane Bridge at 50 miles/h at the very moment the Fast train was passing on the adjacent line at 70 miles/h.
The results would have been truly catastrophic.
It would not be right for me to conclude this report without remarking on the devotion to duty shown by Driver Rooke,
the driver of the Fast train, who, whilst suffering from shock, ran l ½ miles in the dark to reach a telephone. His action
was in the highest tradition of the railway service.
For the full report into this accident, click 75A icon
Scene at Copyhold Junction a few months earlier

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No question of mid-term elections: Sarwar
He urged the opposition to play its positive role in the development of the country and give up the path of politics of agitation.
LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Thursday said that mid-term elections were out of question and the opposition lived in a fool's paradise if it thought it could derail the government through protests, sit-ins and long march.
Addressing a ceremony in connection with the National Disaster Day at the Governor's House here, he said the next general elections would be held in 2023, adding that doors of dialogue were always open in politics and democracy and government was open to dialogue with the opposition on national issues.
The Governor Punjab said the opposition leaders were free to hold private meetings and press conferences to exercise their democratic right, adding that nobody would be allowed to take law into hand.
To a question, he said the government had already clarified that it had nothing to do with the treason case against the PML-N leadership, adding that he was personally opposed to the idea of calling somebody a traitor.
"Setting aside the political differences, the PTI government has not issued a treason certificate to anybody as it is against the political vision of the party," he added.
To another question, he said JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman had already undertaken a long-march against the government and the government did not arrest him and neither would do so now, adding that protest was democratic right of the opposition.
In his address on the National Disaster Day 2020, he said the history stood witness to the fact that Pakistani people stood shoulder to shoulder with the victims whenever some calamity had hit the country, adding that national institutions had always worked in unison in the face of national calamities or some tragedies.
The Governor Punjab said Pakistan was the only country in the world where the philanthropists were in the vanguard whenever the nation was faced with some catastrophe. He said the people donated more than 5000 million rupees to help the needy during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Ann and Nancy items in Julien's Music Icon Auction
Julien's Auctions of Beverly Hills is proud to present The Music Icons auction on June 25 and 26, 2011. The epic auction when spans decades of music and the careers of 100's of artist. Over 600 items representing the biggest names in rock-n-roll, Motown, jazz, country, pop and other genres are represented and include such legendary greats as Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, The Grateful Dead, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Ramones, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac , Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Heart and more. (page 138 and 139 are the Heart items)
You will not want to miss the sale of the 20th Centuries most iconic piece of pop culture ephemera – Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video worn jacket. We know of no other jacket that is so easily recognizable or one that so altered fashion history. The perfect companion for this jacket is Jackson's "Thriller" MTV Video Music Award moonman for the choreography of the groundbreaking video in which he wore this jacket.
From crooners to pop, rock to punk Julien's has something for all your musical tastes. If your musical heroes like to break things we have for you a music stand broken by Kurt Cobain, John Entwhistle's guitar that somehow survived Pete Townshend's violence on the stage of the Smothers Brothers Comedy hour in 1967, even Bruce Springsteen broke the head off his Takamine and these artifacts of musical passion can be yours.
The roots of rock and roll are arguably in guitars and the musicians who played them. Guitars featured in this sale were: played by Elvis Presley, signed by Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton and Les Paul, crafted by artisans at Gibson, Gretsch and Taylor are all offered for sale.
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From Granny Smith and Golden Delicious to Brownlees Russet and Wadhurst Pippin, if you like apples then Paul Barnett is your man.
He has 250 varieties available to pick – and astonishingly, they're all growing on just one tree.
The horticulturist has spent 24 years meticulously developing the tree in his back garden in Chidham, near Chichester, West Sussex, grafting on new varieties every winter.
The tree's fruits now include rare cooking apples such as the Withington Fillbasket, which originated in 1883, and Eady's Magnum, from 1908, as well as more recognisable favourites.
Mr Barnett, 40, said yesterday: 'I started working at a nursery with acres of land and around 90 varieties of apple trees in rows.
For budding, a bud is cut from another apple tree and inserted into the bark of Mr Barnett's tree, while grafting involves the same process but usually with a small branch carrying more than one bud.
Over time the buds and branches grow to become part of the main tree and eventually produce even more varieties of apple.
He has had to prop up some of the branches with planks because of the sheer weight of the fruit growing on the tree, which stands some 20ft high. He will gather his unique harvest next month, when they are at their juiciest, and show them at horticultural fairs.
Mr Barnett said: 'My favourite eating apple is Winter Gem because it has a really nice flavour. It's crunchy, crisp and sweet.' He said that he adds to his collection either by buying fruit from the home of the National Fruit Collection in Kent – which has about 2,200 of the 6,000 known varieties – or swapping them with other apple enthusiasts.
He said: 'It's really important for people to know what kind of apples they are growing, to know when they should be picking, eating and storing them.
'There have been some varieties which have been lost over time. I don't want to see any disappear. You don't know what will happen in the future with global warming or pesticides.
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Mr Barnett also has nine smaller family trees growing plums, pears, cherries and apples.
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Gala, Bramley and Braeburn apples from the farm's 100 acres will be sold to all the major supermarkets after they have been gathered by a team of 36 pickers over ten days.


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Ford Just Moved New Regions Into The Red Zone & Says More Changes Are Coming
And several more into the orange and yellow zones.
Lilly Paltsev
Published November 13 2020
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Doug Ford has announced sweeping changes to Ontario's COVID-19 response, starting by moving many regions into new colour zones.
"If we don't change course in a big way, Ontario is on track for 6,500 new cases a day," said Ford.
"As premier, I can't accept that, and I won't accept that."
Editor's Choice: Ford Says He's Scrapping 14-Day Quarantine For Travellers With Or Without Trudeau
The situation has changed dramatically.
As of Monday, November 16, the following public health units are moving to the orange restrict zone: Brant County, Durham Region, Eastern Ontario, Niagara Region, Ottawa, Waterloo, and Wellington Dufferin.
Several regions are also moving into the red zone, including Hamilton, Halton, and York. Toronto will move into the red zone on Saturday. Peel was already in it.*
In red zones, Christine Elliott urges residents only to leave home for essential reasons.
The following public health units are also moving into the yellow zone: Haldimand Norfolk, Middlesex London, Sudbury, Simcoe Muskoka, Southwestern Public Health and Windsor-Essex.
Ford says this could be the beginning of more adjustments to come.
"I've asked Dr. Williams to take another hard look at the restrictions and come back to us next week with his advice. If further steps are necessary."
"Limit your trips, outside of the home, except essential reasons, like going to work, school, getting groceries, needing a medical appointment, or exercising remotely," he continued.
"Where possible families should not, I repeat not visit any other households, or allows visitors to their homes."
*Editor's Note: This story has been updated.


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chat room Aug. 16, 2016
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher on Take My Wife, 'The Show Where Lesbians Don't Die'
Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Seeso
Last week, comedians Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher took their relationship to the next level: They made a TV show. Take My Wife, an autobiographical account of their relationship, debuted its six-episode season on Seeso, NBC's subscription streaming service. (The first episode is available here on YouTube.) Take My Wife hews close to real life, with the comics playing slightly heightened versions of themselves: Esposito is the mentor, with Butcher as the younger comic making her way. The personal and the professional are invariably intertwined: How do you deal with the fact that one half of the couple is farther along in her career than the other? Can the couple that works together really stay together? Vulture spoke with Esposito and Butcher while they were taking a vacation in Florida, discussing their show, the Olympics, and the time a heckler yelled a homophobic slur during a taped set.
I didn't realize that I scheduled this during the women's gymnastics all-around individual competition, which was my bad.
Rhea Butcher: We've DVR'd it.
Cameron Esposito: We're poolside.
I assume that you will avidly watch it.
CE: We're watching the prime-time replay, not streaming it, because I think the Olympics are one of those things that are really fun to watch with the internet community. I know that sounds really dumb, but, God, I love experiencing women's sports like that. We so rarely get a chance to all come together and watch, for instance, a tiny teenager crush it in the pool.
RB: This Olympics, more so than any other one that I've watched, all of the women's competitions are so compelling. The women are just kicking ass and it is so awesome and refreshing. I got super into fencing immediately. Within 30 seconds of watching it, I'm like "My God, these women are killing it!"
CE: These are truly post-Title IX women by maybe multiple generations at this point, where sports technology has been invested in their bodies, so they are competing at this level. We get to watch basketball players who are dudes perform at that level all the time in this country, but the WNBA has such lower salaries that a lot of those women have day jobs. We don't get to watch women on a regular basis who have that much time, energy, and money invested in making them the best, and it's really wonderful to watch people whose bodies have been really honed and pushed to that level.
A lot of this requires institutional support, which is gendered.
RB: Also, I would add too that like there's a really amazing Nike commercial that's being played during the Olympics in prime time, featuring Chris Mosier, who's the first transgender man to make it onto the U.S. Men's National team. Every time I see that commercial I'm crying and tearing, and so stoked, for not just him, but everyone who gets to see that. There's the locker-room scene, that for me as a butch lesbian seeing that, it's just rocking my world. I am so stoked for us and for the future.
CE: And let's not even get started on the diversity of the Olympic-gold-medal-winning gymnastics team. We're in this moment right now that it feels so scary to be an American, because politically, every day we wake up to read something new that Donald Trump is saying, and I think to be a white person who is silent around what is happening right now in our country is not acceptable. I do not believe that I can wake up and just live my life, because it is not acceptable to just be silent, to admit to complacency. Obviously, these are not new issues, but because they are being spoken of so overtly right now, it feels like there's a demand for protest and to be outspoken. So it's wonderful that in that moment, these young women can be as good as they are, as one united team, and actually look like what America looks like.
When you pinpoint why there's such a hunger to watch female athletes at the Olympics, it's because you don't really get to watch that during the regular calendar year. I feel like your show also is doing something similar where it's filling this hunger.
CE: The Hunger is also the name of a very famous lesbian cult novel, so I love that you said that.
RB: Great job.
CE: When Rhea and I were working on the show, our goal daily was that people would say "Wow, this feels honest and this feels specific and this feels like it's about women." And that is why it's universal, because it's so specific and because it's so honest, so it's really treating women as if we're universal. As if we have acceptability to everybody, which I believe we do. So often women are treated as if we're a minority group, and we're 51 percent of the U.S. population. There are more of us than aren't, and we're not something that can't be understood. We're not beyond the realm of comprehension, for men, but also for other women. You're talking to us on a morning where, so far, what people are saying is that that was successful, and I'm really blown away by that.
RB: This is a project that is five years in the making. I started doing stand-up at Cameron's open mic at a bar called Cole's in Chicago. She introduced me the first time I ever did three minutes of open-mic comedy. The first time I ever saw Cameron do stand-up I was like wow, she influenced me to do honest, personal stand-up that I don't know I would have done immediately, if I hadn't seen her. And after I started doing stand-up at her open mic, we started talking and we both realized that we wanted to work together and something we wanted to make was a podcast called Relatable Lesbians. Basically, that's what this show is.
It does feel very autobiographical. Is that the case?
CE: Oh yeah, definitely. We were lucky enough to have a great head writer on the show, and her name is Shauna McGarry, and then a great director, Sam Zvibleman, and both of them came and spent time with us in the lives that we actually lead. They came to our show at the UCB on Tuesday nights, called Put Your Hands Together, and they heard stories of our lives, and they went to our apartment. They really tried to live with us a little bit. This is a small-budget, passion project, and everybody that was involved with it, their focus really seemed to be helping us figure out a way to translate the full honesty of our lives into as much as we would be willing to share with the screen. There's also some things that are obscured a bit and changed, just so that we could still have any friends. We're trying to be as honest as we can while also protecting ourselves a little bit so that we have some privacy in our relationship.
There is a scarcity complex I think for queer people, for people of color, and so when there's a show that has those people as the lead or as the center of it, there's pressure of representation. Were you concerned about representing "the relatable lesbian"?
RB: I was always aware of it in a way that I tried to use for what we were writing, and to always make sure, "Is this realistic to an experience that I've had?" In doing that, it sort of took the pressure off of "Is this for everyone?" It's never going to be for everyone, and it's not going to be a perfect representation, but it feels real to me.
CE: My thought on that has always been, number one, we're relatable because we're real people talking about our lives, and when people are truly honest, that has to be relatable. Because there are only a certain number of human experiences: There's love, death, jobs, food. That's kind of it. And then the second part of it is like, Fuck you. All lesbians are relatable. You have to do the work to get it. When we talk about something like the burden of representation, that is something I've always really been open to and wanted to take on in my career, and the reason is, we may not get it 100-percent right for all queer people in this show. I know that's true: All queer people are not one queer person. We're not like one power ranger made out of tiny [parts].
The entertainment industry is overwhelmingly straight. So, for so long, the people that have been writing queer characters have been straight people, and specifically, straight, white men. It's the same thing when I used to tell jokes about marriage equality before same-sex marriage was legal nationwide. I would talk about it often at shows, and sometimes people would be like "We get it, you're gay, why are you talking about this?" And during that time, I'd heard about it on every live show that I did, and it would be a straight comic talking to what they perceived to be a straight audience. People would be allies, or people would be ignorant; it would run the gamut. But I just realized that if I don't speak on my own behalf, this decision is made for me and this conversation happens without me. And also, because I'm queer, I know there are queer people in the audience. I don't go onstage and go like, "You and I agree that gay people should get married, right, all the people who are not gay?" That's not the truth of it.
And so I think about it like, there will be other queer comedy creators and they will create shows that are more honest for them, and I cannot wait to see those shows. But for now we are making the show where the lesbians don't die, because the writers that are lesbians understand what kinds of experiences lesbians can have besides death.
RB: Something I realized was that the first and second seasons of The L Word were like my first gay friends. I'm from Akron, Ohio, it's a small town/city that has gay people in it, but the numbers are very small. They were West Hollywood lesbians. That was not what I was at all, but I was able to see myself somewhat reflected in that show. And so I wanted to make a show where somebody could find something and then they will be inspired to make their thing, and then that will reflect someone else. I just want to pay it back.
When you're doing stand-up, how much do you feel a pressure to explain yourself to an audience in terms of your identity? If the audience is predominantly straight white men, do feel like you need to explain yourself to them, or do you just say "Fuck it"?
RB: I do like to talk about my externalized identity because every time you walk onstage and you're not perceived as a straight white guy in a hoodie or a T-shirt, which is a neutral position in the stand-up world onstage, there's always going to be maybe at least one person that's going, Wait, what? Whether they know it or not. I come out onstage in basically work wear, and I like to talk about that for many reasons, because it invites everybody into that experience of, Wait what? And the people that aren't having that experience can laugh at that and laugh through that, and then the people that are having that experience can then understand the gender that I'm presenting to the world. I am a gender-queer-butch lesbian who identifies as a woman, so I'm cis-gender-queer: I really enjoy how much that goes together. I like to talk about it because I spent my life having people giving me weird looks or sometimes scary looks. It's me taking it back, and it's me being like, "No, this is cool and this is fun." It's great to present yourself in the way that you want to be — to wear the things you want to wear and the have the gender that you want to have, because gender is a construct and it's a construct that you get to construct. And I just happen to look like a construction worker when I'm constructing my gender.
CE: What the fuck, Rhea. That was a great quote.
RB: Thank you, Cameron.
CE: Rhea and I have really different experiences in comedy because we have really different experiences in life as well. I started about ten years before Rhea did, and in the history of gay rights in the country, that decade is like the decade that things changed the most. I also started when I didn't have this haircut that I have right now. Although I really consider myself as being more masculine than feminine, I think I read really differently than Rhea does. And so when I started doing comedy, when I would walk onstage there was no perception that I was gay. And it was also a time when people wouldn't really perceive that gay people were as included in culture as they are now. I definitely started in mainstream rooms, and my experience of doing comedy is outing myself, really, when I walk onstage. And then talking about it from there. Very straight audiences would assume I'm straight and then I would say, "No I'm gay, and here's why that's important."
There's a selfish side of this, too. When you go out onstage and you out yourself, you increase your safety. You're telling people who you are and you're laughing with them, and so they like you, and so they are going to not harm you. Not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. These are the conversations that queer people have been having with family members in the last 15 years. It's why attitudes on same-sex marriage changed so rapidly — because people were talking honestly with their family members and friends. And so we're doing that as well. We're taking up space to make, hopefully, lives better for queer people everywhere. But also our own lives better. Rhea and I toured right before marriage equality was legalized, and we toured every state. States where we couldn't get pizza delivered to our wedding. And the whole time when I would be onstage, I would just be thinking like, These are the people that are going to vote on my rights. I have to convince them that I deserve equality.
Did you encounter hostile audiences?
CE: I mean, certainly. God, somebody once called my a dyke in the middle of a TV taping. Like screamed it out from the audience. I was taping something for Carson Daly and his current show, Last Call. And they had the nicest, best, kindest producers. We were taping it at a comedy club, so it wasn't in a studio. But the audience knew it was a TV taping. There were cameras everywhere. What I mean by that is what you're supposed to do as an audience at a TV taping is not really interact with the comic, because they can't use you on television. And a dude stood up a called me a dyke in the middle of my set. I was like, "This is for TV." Basically I just started over and they edited around it and the package looks great. It looks like it went really well. More traditionally, the experience of being a woman is walking out onstage and people don't expect to see you. Much more often than hostility is just, it's a charm offensive. You've got to get them on your side.
But I also think we're winning that battle. Not just Rhea and I. Women in general right now, in comedy. We're having a moment, and it's beautiful. This is not how it was five years ago. This is not how it was ten years ago. There are so many great shows right now, from Broad City to Lady Dynamite to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Two Dope Queens is a podcast that is taking over the airwaves. We are living in this moment where women are being sought out. Kristen Schaal is on Last Man on Earth on Fox, and then also Bob's Burgers. She is her own lead-in on television. That is the moment that women in comedy are having right now.
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With eight weeks and the trade deadline in the books, there's plenty of perceptions and realizations around the league. I tried to sum up these developments in twelve observations, I believe to be true. Not everybody will agree with all of them, but I trust what I see with my eyes and I'll try to make you by what you read here.
Carson Wentz is the MVP
I was a big fan of Wentz coming into the draft and after glimpses of what I've seen he's capable of as a rookie last year, but not even I expected him to make this kind of jump into his sophomore campaign. The North Dakota State alumn has been spectacular with his mobility and arm talent to make big plays time after time. His completion percentage might only be at 61 percent, but it's the quality and timing of those passes he delivers that counts. On third down, Wentz leads all NFL quarterbacks in basically every major statistical category. He's first in third down conversion percentage, yards per attempt, TD-to-INT ratio and much more on the money down. His strength and toughness in the pocket are off the charts, his ability to shake off the rush and buy extra time crazy and the way he keeps his eyes down field combined with the arm talent to make all the throws truly special. There's four of five guys in this MVP conversation right now, but my clear favorite right now also has led his team to the league's best record.
The running back is back
In 2013 and 2014 there wasn't a single running back selected in the first round of the draft and everybody said they wouldn't be worth a pick that high in general. Teams started to move to more of a RB by committee approach and not spend top dollars or picks on the guys carrying the rock. Yet, right now Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott, Le'Veon Bell and LeSean McCoy are all clearly top 20 players in the league at this point, in my opinion and four players at that position were drafted within the first 50 picks of 2017. Oh, and they all look pretty good. Sure, teams like New England, Green Bay and Seattle are getting it done without a featured back, but of those four RBs mentioned above, their teams have a combined record of 20-9 and are all well in the playoff-hunt. The only one that seems to be in danger of that, would be the Cowboys and that's only because Zeke will probably be suspended for six games. Obviously. quarterbacks will always have more value to a team, but right now there's a bunch of excellent dual-threat running backs and they contribute immensely to their team's success.
Front-office people go crazy at the trade deadline
For every Jimmy Garappolo to the 49ers for a second-round pick trade, which makes sense for both teams, there's a team like the Dolphins throwing away Jay Ajayi for a fourth-rounder from the Eagles. I'm not sure if Miami's front-office people felt like they were getting a fourth- for an original fifth-round pick in Ajayi, or Adam Gase simply wanted to make a statement that it was time to change things from being the league's worst-ranked offensive unit, but this is not the guy who's responsible for their struggles. The former Boise State RB has been an absolute blessing in the sky for the Fins, as an extremely powerful runner with a lot of burst on wiggle to his runs. Sure, his production has never been the most consistent, but he's not the guy to blame for me here. The Dolphins offensive line only started four games as a complete unit in 2016 and in those contests, the J-Train rushed 96 times for 608 yards and four TDs. Coming into the 2015 draft, I had him rated right behind Todd Gurley and Melvin Gordon because he is supremely talented and if you just watch him play against the Ravens last Thursday night, you can see he just never had a chance to get going other than one 20-yard run. The rich just got even richer, speaking of the Eagles, and the Dolphins kind of seem like they have given up on their season, despite a 4-3 record.
The Cowboys have a real pass rush?
Coming into 2017, the Cowboys biggest question-marks were their secondary and pass-rush. Starting off the season with David Irving and Randy Gregory suspended, they were really shorthanded in options, but one guy emerged – Demarcus Lawrence. I always said he was an underrated player, but he was a better run-defender than pass-rusher up until this season. Now he leads the league in sacks with 10.5 in seven games. Now with Irving recording five sacks in his first three games and Tyrone Crawford making some big plays, Dallas is just wrecking hell on opposing passers at the moment. Their defense is still only ranked in the middle of the pack in yards and points allowed, but they now have something they haven't had in years – the pass rush to close out games. If the Boys manage to somehow sustain one of the top rushing attacks in the league and they get after quarterbacks the way they have done in recent weeks, they have the recipe to keep a steady ship while Zeke is serving his six-game suspension.
Russell Wilson is a magician
Yeah, Paul Richardson and Jimmy Graham came up with some big plays Sunday, but I haven't seen anybody carry his team to a victory like Russell Wilson did against the Texans for quite some time. He threw for 452 yards and four touchdowns, plus he added another 30 yards on the ground, in a shootout with Deshaun Watson and to be honest, I had no doubt the Seahawks would win that game when they got the ball back with 1:39 left in the fourth quarter, because they had that man at the helm. Wilson has been magical all year long. The O-line has been horrendous until this point and versus Houston their running backs accounted for a grand total of three yards in the run game. Yet, their QB still destroys defenses. His ability to spread the ball around and makes huge plays off script is nearly surgical. To me, Wilson is the clear-cut second in the MVP race right behind Wentz. Seattle finally decided to give him some help just before the trade deadline, acquiring left tackle Duane Brown, which should help them tremendously up front.
Travis Kelce is officially the best tight-end in the game
In my top 100 players heading into the 2017 season, I already had Kelce ahead of Rob Gronkowski, Jordan Reed and Greg Olsen as the game's premiere tight-end and with what I've seen over the first half of this campaign, there should be no doubt for anybody else either. While Gronk seems to always look a little banged up, Reed barely even sees the field and Olsen on IR, Kelce has caught 44 passes for over 600 yards and four TDs. He might not be nearly possess the imposing stature Gronk does, but he is just so much more dynamic. The Chiefs' star is the best route-runner at the position without a doubt, his speed to stress defenses vertically is unmatched and he just catches everything. There's just no other team, whose passing game revolves around as heavily around their tight-end as Andy Reid's and he has been balling out. The only guy who comes to mind, who kind of gives Kelce a run for his money, is Philly's Zach Ertz, who has been a beast himself to start the year.
Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane have changed the culture in Buffalo
Before the season started, when all experts and fans gave their season predictions for each NFL team, a common theme was the Bills finishing with one of the worst records in the league. While I certainly questioned some of their moves in the offseason, I thought they'd basically be a .500 team with a ceiling that would keep them from being true contenders. This new Buffalo regime has made me believe in them though. On paper, they looked much worse in terms of the roster talent coming into the year, with their top two cornerbacks and their number one receiver in different places, but what is happening in the state of New York has nothing to do with talent. New head coach Sean McDermott has established a work ethic and style of play everybody has bought into. Their defense is for real with a completely revamped secondary, which has become of the very best in the league, and Shady has been their workhorse offensively. The new Bills are going to play harder for longer than whoever they play and that has led them to a 5-2 record.
Matt Ryan is not an elite quarterback
There is no doubt, Matty Ice absolutely deserved the league MVP a year ago. He had one of the greatest statistical seasons on one of the greatest statistical offenses, but he's not one of the greats. When I watched Atlanta play last season and really looked at the plays and schemes they ran, I understood Kyle Shanahan is a terrific game-planner. When I turned on the tape, I could tell he knew exactly where and how to attack defenses and for all but the final quarter of the Super Bowl everything panned out perfectly. That outstanding RB duo, one of the better O-lines in the league, Julio and all those receivers are still there, but the Falcons just haven't nearly enjoyed the same success they did with Shanahan calling plays. That's one of the best group of offensive players and I don't want to take anything away from them, but when you look at Matt Ryan without the services of his old OC, you have to think that was an exception. Ryan's career numbers outside of last season are pretty average – he completes 64,4 percent of his passes with a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 1.87 and an average QB rating of just over 90. Don't get me wrong, he's still a top ten guy, but he's not that special.
Justin Houston is a bad, bad man – finally again
Oh boy, watching the Chiefs' number 50 go to work is pure joy. Three years removed of one of the best seasons an edge-rusher has ever had, recording 22 total sacks, Houston finally is back to being his dominant self. If you look at his numbers of 35 tackles and 7.5 sacks, you'd think he has a really good season, but when you watch all his games, you understand he's having another monster year. Houston is much more than just a pass-rusher. Eleven of his tackles resulted in negative yardage, he has put a bunch of hurries on opposing QBs, which you find on a stat sheet and Bob Sutton drops him in coverage quite a bit too. You've seen him exposed a couple of times when tight-ends and backs pull him 20 yards downfield, but he is excellent at taking away areas of the field, shutting down screens and just the fact you can take him and let him run backwards for those distances is unbelievable. All his physical skills are only overshadowed by the effort he displays and they were in full effect when crushing the Broncos' tackles on Monday night.
This Saints defense is different
If you would have told me after week two, that the Saints defense would be one to watch out for, I would have probably laughed. I saw some promise in second-year defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins, rookie cornerback Marshon Lattimore and the heavily underrated Cameron Jordan, but they barely showed any resistance to start the year and I didn't expect them to be able to turn this thing around. Since then, NOLA's D has given up just 42 total points in four of their games, with the exception being a 52-38 win over the Lions, in which this unit forced five turnovers and was all over Matthew Stafford with five sacks. Lattimore is an absolute star in the making. I thought he was their best cover-guy as soon as he put on that golden helmet and I watched him stay glued to Brandin Cooks. He is finally getting some recognition, after picking off two passes over the last three weeks, with one them going to the house. Cam Jordan is the leader of this unit and they have played their best football in years.
Tom Brady is playing better at age 40 than anybody else
Not only does Brady have the best resume of anybody else who ever played the quarterback position, he's playing as well as ever at an age, at which nobody even plays at all. Everybody else broke down when trying to extend their career, but Brady is still playing at a ridiculous level. Now with Aaron Rodgers likely out for the season, there's barely even a debate who's the best in the league right now. I love Carson Wentz and right now I'd give him the MVP trophy, but you can't go against choosing the GOAT here. The Patriots defense had one of the worst starts in NFL history, Julian Edelman went on IR before the season even started and the offensive line has already allowed more sacks and hits on their QB than all of last year, yet number 12 has them sitting at 6-2 again. Bill Belichick has given up his number two and three guys on the depth chart behind Brady, because he is that confident in a 40-yard old. At some point he has to hit a cliff – right?
The Browns are still the Browns
Yes, the 49ers haven't won a game this season either, but before being dominated the last two weeks, San Francisco had lost five games in a row by single-digits and not only did they just trade for Jimmy Garappolo, who Cleveland apparently was ready to give up a first-round pick for, they have some superstars in the making with DeForest Buckner and Reuben Foster on defense. The Browns on the other hand score less than 15 points a game, are the worst team in turnover-differential with -12 and the only guys who have really stood out for them have been Duke Johnson and first overall pick Myles Garrett, who has played in only three games. DeShone Kizer has a prototype skill-set, but he's still far from being ready and there is nobody else on this roster with starter qualities. And now I hear reports that the front-office failed to send in their approval for a deal for the Bengals' A.J. McCarron because they were too busy celebrating it. They have shown some promise, but one win over their last one-and-a-half seasons just isn't enough.
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