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Robert de Pinho de Souza, född 27 februari 1981, mer känd som Robert de Pinho eller bara Robert, är en brasiliansk fotbollsspelare som sedan 2013 spelar i Fortaleza. 2001 gjorde han tre landskamper för Brasilien.

Karriär
Robert de Pinho startade sin karriär i Coritiba 1999. Efter att ha spelat i bland annat Servette, Kawasaki Frontale och Spartak Moskva så skrev han på för Club Atlas i Mexiko, där han gjorde 33 mål på 44 matcher.

Efter att ha blivit utsedd till "Årets spelare" i Mexiko så såldes Robert de Pinho till PSV Eindhoven i januari 2005 där han skrev på ett 3,5-årskontrakt. I Champions League kvartsfinalen mot Lyon gjorde han mål på lagets första straff under straffsparksläggningen som till slut tog PSV till semifinal där man slogs ut mot AC Milan.

Robert blev under januari 2006 utlånad till La Liga-laget Real Betis, där han var instrumental med sju mål i ligan, vilket gjorde att Betis kunde undvika nedflyttning. Han gjorde även ett mål i UEFA-cupen mot AZ Alkmaar. Betis värvade honom senare permanent och under sin andra säsong i klubben gjorde han 9 mål på 29 matcher. Saudiska Al-Ittihad värvade då Robert, men efter bara några månader så flyttade han vidare till mexikanska Monterrey.

Tiden i Monterrey blev turbulent, då han blev utlånad till sex olika klubbar under en två-års period. Störst avtryck gjorde han i Palmeiras, där det blev 19 mål på 35 matcher. Han gjorde bland annat tre mål i 4-3-vinsten över Santos.

Referenser

Externa länkar
Robert de Pinho på transfermarkt.co.uk

Brasilianska fotbollsspelare
Spelare i Coritiba Foot Ball Club
Spelare i Servette FC
Spelare i Associação Desportiva São Caetano
Spelare i Kawasaki Frontale
Spelare i FK Spartak Moskva
Spelare i Club Atlas
Spelare i PSV Eindhoven
Spelare i Real Betis
Spelare i Al-Ittihad (Saudiarabien)
Spelare i CF Monterrey
Spelare i UAG Tecos
Spelare i Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Spelare i Cruzeiro EC
Spelare i EC Bahia
Spelare i Puebla FC
Spelare i Ceará SC
Spelare i Club Necaxa
Spelare i Boa Esporte Clube
Spelare i Fortaleza EC
Brasilianska idrottare under 2000-talet
Personer från Salvador
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Levande personer
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Thijs van Leer (Amsterdam, 31 maart 1948) is een Nederlandse fluitist en toetsenist. Gitarist Jan Akkerman en hij waren de bekendste leden van de band Focus, en hij maakte daarnaast succesvolle soloalbums.

Jeugd en vroege ontwikkeling
Thijs van Leer kreeg op zijn derde jaar al pianoles van zijn moeder Mary Lindeman, zuster van sopraan Dora Lindeman. Later volgden lessen van Maria Stroo en Gerard Hengeveld. Toen Thijs van Leer acht was schreef hij zijn eerste compositie, die later als Moving Waves door Focus zou worden opgenomen. In zijn tienerjaren begon hij zich naast klassieke muziek te interesseren voor jazz.
Op zijn twaalfde kreeg hij van zijn vader, die hem op het klassieke pad wilde houden, een dwarsfluit. Zijn vader Ed van Leer, zelf een bekend fluitist, gaf hem ook les. Hij rondde het gymnasium af en studeerde daarna korte tijd in Amsterdam kunstgeschiedenis en aan het conservatorium.

Vroege carrière

In 1966 won Thijs van Leer een interscolaire culturele competitie en mocht als prijs een single opnemen met arrangeur Rogier van Otterloo. Stimulator was Willem Duys. De single bleef onopgemerkt. Hij debuteerde daarna als beroepsmuzikant vanaf februari 1968 in de cabaretgroep van Ramses Shaffy, als pianist en achtergrondzanger. In 1969 richtte hij het Thijs van Leer Trio op. Dit begeleidde de Nederlandse opvoeringen van de Amerikaanse musical Hair. Tijdens een opname als backingband voor de kerstsingle 'Vier ballen en een piek' van Neerlands Hoop (Freek de Jonge en Bram Vermeulen) ontmoette hij de Amsterdamse gitarist Jan Akkerman. Deze voegde zich bij het trio, en onder de naam Focus werd in die bezetting in 1970 een album opgenomen, In and out of Focus.

Focus en Introspection
Tot 1976 zouden nog diverse albums volgen, allemaal met Jan Akkerman als gitarist en met verschillende bassisten en drummers. Daarnaast maakte Van Leer als fluitist soloalbums, waarop hij naast bewerkingen van klassieke stukken ook eigen composities speelde, met achtergrondzang van Letty de Jong en arrangementen van Rogier van Otterloo. Deze albums verschenen onder de titel Introspection, Introspection 2 en Introspection 3. Na het vertrek van Akkerman in 1975 ging Van Leer met Focus door, waarbij hij twee andere gitaristen inschakelde. In 1978 werd Focus opgeheven, het jaar toen hij Introspection 3 heeft uitgebracht. In zomer 1979 volgde Introspection IV. Van Leer ging verder met zijn solocarrière, gedurende korte tijd als Tys van Leer, maar vervolgens weer onder zijn eigen naam. Van Leer maakte diverse albums van sterk wisselend gehalte, onder andere met de Van Leer Band en er volgden Focus-reünies in 1985, 1993 en 1998. Een veel geroemde compositie van Van Leer uit die tijd is het rockoratorium Dona Nobis Pacem uit 1981, later op cd verschenen onder de titel Pedal Point.

Opnieuw Focus
In 2002 werd Thijs van Leer uitgenodigd mee te spelen in Hocus Pocus, een band die als eerbetoon aan Focus werd opgericht door zijn stiefzoon Bobby Jacobs, de zoon van de producer van de meeste van zijn soloalbums, Ruud Jacobs. De samenwerking beviel zo goed dat hij toetrad als groepslid. De band treedt sindsdien regelmatig op onder de naam Focus en heeft ook nieuw werk uitgebracht. Thijs van Leer vertelt dat destijds hij, of eigenlijk zijn moeder, de naam Focus heeft bedacht. In februari 2003 waren er plannen om samen met toetsenist Rick van der Linden (Ekseption) een kerstalbum op te nemen, maar dat is er nooit van gekomen. Wel heeft hij een kerstalbum gemaakt met zijn dochters. Hij treedt ook regelmatig op met zijn dochter Berenice van Leer. De Introspection-albums zijn heruitgebracht op cd.

Eerbetoon
Thijs van Leer werd op 13 september 2008 in de kerk te Lathum benoemd tot Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau.

Bibliografie
David Randall, In & out of focus: the music of Jan Akkerman and Focus, London: SAF Publishing, 2003, .

Externe links

 Thijs van Leer op Popinstituut.nl (gearchiveerd)

Nederlands fluitist
Nederlands toetsenist
Nederlands zanger


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Oxid manganatý je anorganická sloučenina se vzorcem MnO. MnO je oxid bazického charakteru, nerozpustný ve vodě ale rozpustný v některých kyselinách, ve kterých tvoří manganaté soli.

Výroba a výskyt
MnO může být připraven redukcí vyšších oxidů vodíkem, např.:
MnO2 + H2 → MnO + H2O

Komerčně se vyrábí redukcí z MnO2 s vodíkem, oxidem uhelnatým nebo methanem, např.:
MnO2 + CO → MnO + CO2

Dalším způsobem přípravy může být zahřívání MnCO3:
MnCO3 → MnO + CO2
Tento kalcinační proces je anaerobně řízen pro zabránění vzniku Mn2O3.

V přírodě se MnO vyskytuje velmi vzácně jako nerost manganosit.

Struktura a vlastnosti
MnO má krystalovou strukturu soli kamenné (NaCl), kde kationty a anionty jsou osmistěnně orientovány. Mohou se vytvářet nestechiometrické oxidy od MnO1,000 až po MnO1,045. Pod teplotou 118 K se MnO stává antiferomagnetickým.
MnO byla jedna z prvních rozpoznaných sloučenin, její magnetická struktura byla určena neutronovou difrakcí v roce 1951. Tato studie ukázala, že Mn2+ tvoří plošně středěnou kubickou magnetickou podmřížku, kde jsou feromagneticky spojeny plochy, které jsou antiparalelní k přiléhajícím plochám.

Použití
Spolu se sulfidem mangantým je MnO složka hnojiv a krmných přísad, kterých se spotřebuje ročně v tisících tunách.

Reference

Literatura

Související články
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Externí odkazy

Manganaté sloučeniny
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Q: How can I position some divs inside an unordered list so they line up with the root element of the list? I want to position all the divs to line up to the left on the same x coordinate so it looks nice.
Notice the picture below, how based on the number of nested categories the div (and its contents) show up at slightly different x coordinates. I need to have the div's line up at exactly the same x coordinate no matter how deeply nested.  Note, the bottom most category always has a div for the content, but that div has to be situated inside the last
.
I am using an unordered list to display the menu and thought the best solution would be to grab the root category (Cat 2, and mCat1) and obtain their left offset using jquery, then simply use that value to update the positioning of the div...but I couldn't seem to get it to work just right.  I would appreciate any advice or help that you are willing to give.
Heres the HTML

Cat 2

sub cat2

mCat1

Subcat A

Subcat A.1

Annie

Heres some jquery I tried (I have do insert the div inside this .each() loop in order to retrieve some values, but basically, this selector is grabbing the last
 in the menu tree and placing a div after it and that is the div that I want to position. the 245 value was something I was playing around with to see how I could get things to line up, and I know its out of wack, but the problem is still the same no matter what I do:
$("#nav li:not(:has(li))").each(function () {
                var self = $(this);
                self.after( '
 ' );
        });

        //ROOT - Retrieve the position of the root element in order to place the div in the right spot
        var p = $("#nav li:first");
        var position = p.offset();
        var xbaseLeft = Math.round(position.left);
        $("#nav li:not(:has(li))>div").css('left', xbaseLeft);

Heres the css:
.property_position{
float:left;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
padding-top:5px;
padding-bottom:10px;
  }

/*  MENU NAVIGATION (

 LISTS
****************************************/
ul#nav{
/* This handles the main root
 */
margin-left:0;
padding-left:0px;
text-indent:15px;
}
ul#nav div{
  overflow: hidden;
}

#nav li>a:hover {
    cursor: pointer;
}
#nav ul {
/* This handles any nested
's inside an id of "#nav" */
display:none;
margin-left:0px;
padding-left:15px;
text-indent:15px;

margin:0px;
}
#nav li {
list-style-type:none;
vertical-align: top;
list-style-image: none;
left:0px;
text-align:left;
clear: both;

margin:0px;
}

(source: redsandstech.com)

A: You shouldn't need any JavaScript/jQuery for this. CSS is very capable on its own. The CSS that you posted, however, has no effect on your HTML until (and if) the jQuery (which shouldn't be necessary) is executed.
Lists are indented automatically, and I bet that is causing the positioning that you want to correct. Adding this to your CSS should work:
ul, li
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

If that doesn't work, you might just have a problem with these CSS declarations being overridden by others more specific, so you would need to make these selectors more specific. If you post a link to the page, we can more easily help you determine what's going on and tell you how to fix it.

A: As a suggestion, which could be way off because its a bit hard to understand exactly what you need to achieve, you may be better off if you append the div inside the selected list element and allow the page to naturally indent the elements for you. Trying to guess, or aquire the left position of each of these elements could lead to a large bag of hurt. The code below demonstrates the natural behavior of list elements indenting.

    <title></title>

Cat 2

sub cat2

mCat1

Subcat A

Subcat A.1

Annie

Hope i understood the question correctly :)

A: Well, for anyone who comes along and can't seem to find an answer through plain css, I seemed to have found and answer.  I was able to accomplish this with some good 'ol math and javascript, with jqueries help of course.
Here's what I did:

*

*assign a "level" attribute to your unordered list:

, etc.

*assign a click event to the bottom most node in the list. In my case I chose to tie this to the , which is a child to the last

*Retrieve the left coordinate (.offset().left) of the topmost (root)
*

*Assign a base left margin for the root elements (those that don't have children), which in my presentation I wanted 10px from the left, which would line the boxes up starting with the left edge exactly under the folder icon.

*Loop through the levels for the nested
's and do some math to figure out how far from the BASE of the root element you were.  In my case, the css for the li's was using an indentation of 15px, so I needed to subtract by a factor of 15 for each level deep in order to get it to line up with the menu items that had no children.  For example, if you have a level 3 element I would need to subtract 10-45 = -35, thus my left edge needs to be "-35px" in order for it to match the root element, if its a level 1 nesting, it would be 10-15 = -5px for the left edge.

*Add the new pixel position to the css for the chosen element; in my case I am placing this into a div that I previously assigned an id I could easily select.

*Sit back and smile, because the dang thing finally worked.

*Try to share your excitement with the wife and kids.....then the smile wears off when you remember they have no clue what your doing anyway....and they say..."uh, I guess that's cool dad...you got some boxes to line up...uh, am I supposed to congratulate you? When are you going to make something cool like an xBox or a Wii game!". Dang 7 year old!

Here's the code that did the trick:
$('#nav li:not(:has(li))>a').toggle(function() { //1st click
     //show div and content

var parent_offset = $(this).parents("li:last");
var level = $(this).parent().attr('level'); //Retrieve the level for the li of the clicked anchor
var position = parent_offset.offset(); //Obtain the left coordinate of the root li in the
 for the clicked anchor
var xBase=10, xbaseLeft;
if(level == 0) // Root node and is the base left position we want to establish, which is 10px
{
    xbaseLeft = xBase;
}
else // Subtract 15px based on how deep the nested anchor is. keep adding 15 for multiple levels deep in order to line up the box with the root boxes
{
    var xPx=0, aa=1, xPs;
    for(aa; aa<=level; aa++)
    {
        xPx += 15; //Add 15 to represent the pixel indentation fromt the css for the ul and li's
        console.log("xPx", xPx);
    }
    xbaseLeft = (xBase-xPx) + "px";
}

var p_id = $(this).parent().attr('p_node');
var p_name =  p_id + '_p_cont_div';

$("#"+p_name+"").css("left", xbaseLeft);

}, function() { //2nd click
    //Hide div and content

}); //END TOGGLE

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Regardless of age or gender, relationships are one of the most pivotal and influential experiences we will have. No relationship will be perfect, but sometimes a relationship will be worse than imperfect. It will be abusive. Most people equate abuse in a relationship with physical violence. This is untrue. There are other forms of abuse that occur without physical violence. Here, we will cover the types of abuse and signs that you may be in one of these abusive relationships.
Physical abuse is when your partner uses physical force or violence against you in a way that would cause injuries or put your health in danger. Physical abuse is a crime and should be reported to the police.
Sexual abuse is also a form of physical abuse. If your partner has forced you to participate in unsafe, unwanted, or degrading sexual activities then you have experienced sexual abuse. Being in a relationship with a combination of physical and sexual abuse puts you at a higher risk of being seriously injured or killed.
Your partner acting physically or sexually violent against you just once constitutes as a physically abusive relationship. You should begin making plans to leave for your own safety. If you need help taking these steps, you can go here.
Psychological abuse is the umbrella term for other more commonly used terms such as emotional/mental abuse and economic abuse. Psychological abuse is more invisible than physical abuse but is just as destructive. Psychological abuse can be minimized or even dismissed by those being abused because psychological abuse is a subtle, long-term form of oppression and control that can go unnoticed for months or years.
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I've been making a grain free banana cake for years. This version is the "new and improved" version and the added raspberries make it something special, but it is still relatively inexpensive to make as it only uses two eggs. The original recipe this one is based on is here. This version I think is "healthier" as it uses coconut sugar and coconut oil.
1/2 cup / 85g / 3 oz of coconut sugar or rapadura sugar.
2 mashed very ripe bananas (or 3 if they are small).
You can mix all ingredients together by hand in a bowl, or throw in a food processor or thermomix and blend until smooth.
Coconut oil can be solid or liquid depending on the room temperature. If its solid, use a blender or melt it before adding to the other wet ingredients.
My blended eggs, coconut oil, coconut sugar and bananas. The mix should be well blended and smooth.
½ cup / 70 g / 2.5 oz potato or tapioca flour. If you don't want to use any starch, just use another 1/2 cup of almond meal instead. Your cake will have a heavier/denser texture.
Roughly 1/2 tsp cream of tarter and 1/4 rounded tsp of bicarb (also called sodium bicarbonate or baking soda). I am never super exact when I am measuring this, it always seems to turn out regardless.
and a good pinch of sea salt.
Fold into dry ingredients, until well mixed. If I am mixing this by hand I sift the cream of tarter and bicarb through the flour before adding to the wet ingredients. If I am making it in a food processor/blender/thermomix I just throw it all in and let the blender do the mixing. Mix until well mixed and smooth.
My grain free banana cake about to be put in the oven.
Pour into a medium cake pan – round, square it doesn't matter. Make sure you grease and line with baking paper. At this point I crumble a few handfuls of frozen raspberries (about half to one cup) over the top just prior to putting it in the oven. The raspberry crumbs melt and caramelize into the top of the cake while cooking. Mmmmmmm.
Bake in a moderate oven at 180 degrees Celsius / 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 mins or until a skewer inserted into middle comes out clean.
This cake does not need icing/frosting as the raspberry crumble makes for an amazing toping. The coconut oil and coconut sugar give it a lovely caramel texture. I don't have a picture of the finished cake – it was eaten very quickly.


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Arguably the most successful of Japanese firearm wonk Kijirō Nambu's pistols, the Type 14 saw lots of use in World War II and is seriously collectible today. Nambu is associated with at least a half-dozen different machine guns, the Arisaka rifle series, a submachine gun and four pistols that reached service.
Nambu, a general in the Imperial Army who died just a year shy of becoming at octogenarian in 1924, is often described as the "John Browning of Japan" due to his prolific gun designs. The Type 14, itself a simplified update to Nambu's own Type A pistol, was designed in the general's last days and was first produced by the Chigusa Arsenal for service with the Imperial Army in 1926.
The Nambu was a simple striker-fired semi-auto with a fixed barrel and single-stack magazine (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
Striker fired with a very light trigger pull, the Nambu Type 14 resembled the German Luger but used an entirely different action with a cocking handle at the rear of the pistol. Chambered in 8x22mm Nambu, a round that is on the pipsqueak end of ballistic performance when stacked against 9mm Luger, the Type 14 carried eight rounds in a single stack magazine. Its name comes from the fact that it was adopted in the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Taishō.
While NCOs were issued a sidearm, officers had to buy their own through the Kaikosha association. As such, many opted to go with European-made pistols from FN, Germany or Spain, as they had to open their wallet anyway.
While exact factory data is not available, an estimated 400,000 Type 14s were produced by Chigusa, Tokyo Arsenal, Nagoya Arsenal, Kokura Arsenal, and by Kokubunji until the last days of WWII.
BROWSE TYPE 14 NAMBU PISTOLS
This early Kokura-made Nambu Type 14 has a 6.2 date mark on the frame is for the 2nd month of the 6th year of the reign of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) which ran from 1926 until 1989. This translates to February 1931– the first year of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Note the early-style cocking handle, small trigger guard and 25-line grips made of beech. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
This Nagoya (Toriimatsu) Second Series pistol made Type 14 has a 19.5 Showa date mark which translates to May 1944 on a Western calendar. To put that in perspective, this gun was made the same month the Allies landed at Biak, Dutch New Guinea, a key Japanese airbase. Note the larger, oblong trigger guard, made for better use with gloves and later grips made of Philippine mahogany. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
The 20.2 date mark on the frame of this Nagoya Type 14 translates to February 1945 on a Western calendar. To put that into historical perspective, this is the same month that the Japanese began their month-long fight to hold Manila in the Philippines. A very late war production Nambu, this gun comes from the company's Toriimatsu factory who switched to ungrooved wooden grips in November 1944 to help speed up production as the Allies closed in on the Japanese Home Islands. These grips are referred to as "slab" grips by collectors. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com)
Post-War Travels
Although VJ Day was something of a death sentence for Japanese arms– many were destroyed or simply thrown in the ocean during the disarmament in late 1945– uncounted thousands of Nambus came back to the U.S. with GIs, Marines, and Sailors taking the "Magic Carpet Ride" back home. A great souvenir that took up little space in a duffle bag, it made the ideal war trophy.
SGT George Chamberlain, Co.K 172nd Infantry Rgt, 43rd Inf Div. on New Georgia in 1943 with a captured Japanese battle flag– and a Type 14 Nambu pistol with its distinctive clamshell holster. (Photo: U.S. Army Center for Military History)
The Nambu proved a popular souvenir, not only with U.S. troops but also with Allies, such as these Australians. P.S. How about that Owen SMG? (Photo: Australian War Memorial)
One such war bring-back was used by Bill Ruger as something of an inspiration for the gun that ultimately became his Ruger Standard or Mark I .22LR pistol. You can see much the influence of the Nambu series in that very American plinker.
One of these things is not like the others…we give you, the Ruger Standard (Mark I)
The guns also proved popular in film and TV series, with dozens of war movies set during the Pacific campaigns having the Nambu as a guest star. Today, you can see the Type 14 regularly in the Amazon Prime show Man in the High Castle, used by the 1960s Japanese occupation forces in the fictionalized Japanese Pacific States.
Screenshot: Man in High Castle
The Type 14 is also seen in a Galaxy Far, Far Away in Disney's The Mandalorian, with Cara Dune's (Gina Carano) blaster pistol based on the gun. It makes sense as the Star Wars franchise has long used classic firearms as the basis for sci-fi blasters (C96 Broomhandle ala Solo, anyone?).
Cara and the Mandalorian draw their pistols after a brief scuffle in "Chapter 4: Sanctuary" (Photo: IMFDB)
As production ended in 1945 and no source of new parts exist, Nambus floating around in the U.S. are often in pretty poor condition. That, coupled with the fact that ammo is hard to find, has given these guns a reputation in recent years as being unreliable.
When compared to military surplus handguns like the Luger and P-38– which take readily available ammunition, were made in the millions and continued commercial production in addition to those made for wartime service– the Type 14 Nambu is generally not considered a "shooter" these days.
However, they are a solid collectible with rock-solid history to boot. And that never goes out of style.
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Ryan Garcia waits in the wings to become a household name in boxing
Ryan Garcia (flanked by promoter Oscar De La Hoya) and Avery Sparrow (next to his manager, Usher) faced off at the L.A. presser for their Sept. 14 DAZN co-feature.
by Manouk Akopyan
Ryan Garcia passes the smell test of perhaps one day becoming a boxing behemoth. The only question that remains is if the 21-year-old with boyish looks and flashy speed can translate the same success he's seen as a socialite into breakout star savvy in the sweet science.
Garcia switched training headquarters to work with Canelo Alvarez's coach Eddy Reynoso and alongside the sport's biggest bread winner to expedite his maturation process. The power pairing was designed to help catapult Garcia as a serious player in the sport, and almost a year later, he's inching closer toward proving it with a world title opportunity.
Garcia will step into the ring with another tough test in front of him when he takes on Philly fighter Avery Sparrow (10-1, 3 knockouts) on September 14 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California as the co-feature of the Jaime Munguia-Patrick Allotey fight on Mexican Independence Day Weekend.
"There isn't a lot I need to prove to myself, just maybe for the people who have doubted me," Garcia told The Ring Magazine. "I'm going to bring my all and train like it's my last, upping my speed and power. I'm going to bring my experience."
Although no titles will be on the line, if Sparrow wins, it could be just as significant beating a boxer with over three million followers on Instagram, a feat Garcia has accomplished with diverse Gen Z audiences outside of boxing enthusiasts.
Garcia's online fame and prowess pitches somewhat of a Catch 22, even though he sports a perfect record of 18-0 and 15 knockouts. He catches flak from the doubters he alluded to for hitting a heavy bag by the morning, and the New York Fashion Week runway modeling for Tommy Hilfiger by night. Wanting to make sure his punches were as slick as his smile, Reynoso was tagged into the picture.
"He doesn't play around. He really wants me to get better. Eddy believes in me because he sees it in the gym," said Garcia. "I can take on a variety of different styles. You haven't fully seen what I've learned, because my last fight ended quickly."
Garcia made easy work of Jose Lopez in March, and Braulio Rodriguez before that in December, and sixteen other opponents before them. He's now looking to diversify his hit list and portfolio while silencing his critics by beating Sparrow, a fast fighter who's a good counter puncher coming to win. He was specifically matched against Sparrow because Golden Boy wanted him to experience a different style, and perhaps even deal with a bit of adversity.
"This is going to be a tough fight for Ryan because he's going to see a fighter unlike any type he's seen as a professional," said Golden Boy matchmaker Robert Diaz. "I expect some tough bumps in the road because Avery is no joke.
"Every time Ryan steps into the ring, he has a target on himself. He still hasn't developed the power because he's maturing as a man and growing into his body. What makes him great is no one sees his punches coming."
With Reynoso at the helm, Diaz believes Garcia will be ready for a world title opportunity within his next three fights.
Photo by Tom Hogan
In the meantime, Golden Boy wants to continue building Garcia much like they have Vergil Ortiz Jr., arguably boxing's best blue-chip prospect. Garcia is not too far behind in the pack alongside the likes of Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson, waiting in the wings to become a household name in boxing.
"I like to take it one fight at a time and see how they pass the test," said Diaz. "Ryan has the discipline to go along with the talent, confidence, speed and ability to adjust. Most fighters his age don't have the discipline. He works his ass off.
"You have to be mature to handle the popularity that Ryan has, and not fall apart. He's showing it. Training with Canelo has motivated him to work harder. The sky's the limit for Ryan."
Manouk Akopyan has been a member of the Boxing Writers Assn. of America since 2011 and has written for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Guardian and Philadelphia Inquirer. He can reached on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan or via email at [email protected].


Milla Jovovich takes a bunch of fan mail via Twitter, yet actually responds to it. When someone jokingly asked the Resident Evil star if the next film would be subtitled "Begins," (it was the name used in an April Fool's Day joke this year) she answered seriously.
no, its not called"begins"lol! it"began" 10 yrs ago! lol! i think its called RE: Retribution, but i have to ask paul 2 b sure.
Paul is Paul W.S. Anderson, the film's producer.
Jovovich also tweeted that scenes for the film, whatever it is called, will be filmed in Tokyo-"1 of my favourite cities in the world!"
I just be happy if we could call it "better than the last one" - which really shouldn't be hard.
This going to be the 8th sequel or something right?
I never even bothered seeing the 2nd one etc.
All the sequels are one big blurry cloud beginning with R that I might get around seeing in marathon-format one day, and if they promise not to make any more.
I still don't get this reputation that the films have. Yes, they're very different from the games, but they're the games. It's like regular Spider-man and Ultimate Spider-man, different takes on the same idea.
Although I will concede that Afterlife wasn't that great.


Grey's Anatomy viewers got a tease of what Station 19 would look like on the March 1 episode of Grey's when Ben Warren (Jason George) and the rest of the firehouse team brought in two casualties from a science experiment gone wrong to Grey Sloan Memorial, which is located just a few blocks from the firehouse.
But on Thursday night, the spinoff will premiere its first standalone episode in which Ben is having a little trouble hanging up his scrubs for good and gets a little advice from his wife (Chandra Wilson). Then the future of the station's leadership is in jeopardy when Captain Pruitt (Miguel Sandoval) also winds up at Grey Sloan after collapsing in a fire.
Station 19 also stars Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, Grey Damon as Jack Gibson, Jay Hayden as Travis Montgomery, Danielle Savre as Maya Bishop, Okieriete Onaodowan as Dean Miller, and Barrett Doss as Victoria Hughes.
Parade.com spoke to Damon before the premiere of the series about the training the cast underwent, sliding down the fire pole, if he thinks he could do the job for real, and more.
You've played a lot of teen characters in shows like Star-Crossed, Friday Night Lights and The Nine Lives of Chloe King. Is it nice to finally play a full-fledged adult character?
Yeah. When I did Aquarius, I was hitting that adult mark. I played a cop in the '60s in that. I played a father and a husband. This role compared to that actually feels less mature because he doesn't have the family life yet. That to me felt more like an adult role, but that was the first time I really played a full-fledged grown person.
How much training did you go through for this role?
We went to a two-day boot camp, which, honestly, we probably should be going to boot camp every weekend, but life happens. We went to that and we learned how to put on our gear properly and quickly, we learned how to operate the tanks for our oxygen when we're in highly smoked-out areas, learned drills, and we learned how to use the tools. Jaina, who plays Andy, the lead, she actually got timed. She actually ran an actual course, where she got timed and she did really well, so we're lucky to have her as our No 1.
That said Shondaland shows are really ensemble shows, so I'm sure everybody will get their fair share of time.
For sure. We all matter to the story. We all drive the story and we all feed each other's story, so like you said, with an ensemble show, eventually your existence on the show, if not right away, becomes very prevelant.
Plus, your storyline is going to be very much involved with Jaina's. Can you talk a little bit about how their relationship is going to develop? Is it going to be a triangle with the neighbor Ryan (Alberto Frezza)?
Ryan and Andy have history. They went to prom together, so they grew up together, but she and Jack work in close quarters together, and Jack and Andy are actually together, at least for now. I think you can assume that there's usually a triangle, so to speak, that develops if not already there, but as of right now I can't confirm nor deny that.
What kind of stories are we going to see? What types of calls will you go out on?
Well, Stacy McKee, who is our show's manifestor, so to speak, has been writing for Grey's for 12 or 13 years, so we have that kind of flair. Within Grey's, they use a lot of real-life medical things that happen, real incidents, or conditions. We also like to do the same on our show, and Stacy is amazing at finding these incredible stories that have happened all around the world and we utilize those. Definitely, I think, when you pull from real life, you are telling a more engaging story.
One of the running jokes on the pilot is about the fire pole. What was it like when you actually got to slide down that?
It's a bit trickier than you would think. I think real firefighters make it look pretty easy. Fun fact though, most firehouses these days don't use the poles anymore because of injury, so a lot of poles have been kicked to the curb. Some people would blow out their ankle, fall, or whatever. So they found it was probably safer just to use stairs.
In terms of actually doing it, I didn't learn the pole until way later. I missed that day. I wasn't using the pole in the scene that we get to use the pole, so I got a crash course last minute and I tried my best to make it look good. I hope it comes out all right, but initially, it burns the palms a little bit if you go down too quick and it can strain your legs a little bit, too, because it's all in the legs, basically, as it is with most things.
Could you be a fireman for real?
I think that job is not for the faint of heart. It's an incredible job, which I think comes with its rewards, but it can be a really stressful, heavy job. I'll say this, every firefighter that I've spoken to says how much they love the job. And why wouldn't they? If you're an adrenaline junky, I'm sure that has something to do with it, but more than that, you're helping people to one of the highest degrees of help.
Do I think I could do it? I don't know. I feel like that'd be a bit arrogant to say. I see what these guys do and I'm in awe because they're truly incredible folks who learn how to push past the mental barriers that most people wouldn't necessarily be able to do. I don't know. I would hope I could. It's funny you ask that because having taken this job, I have actually thought about if I wasn't an actor maybe I'd be a firefighter because it's just such an incredible job and it's very admirable.
These men and women run into buildings when everybody else is running out. It goes against common sense.
Well, they get it beat into them. They get trained to do that. I don't think it's anyone's natural instinct to run into a fire, but if you can stay the course and push though, that alone is a testament to these folks' willpower, strength, and integrity. I think it's just an admirable job, too, because you're choosing a life of servitude. You're choosing a life of: I am literally going to risk my life, if not every time, most times, especially if you work in a place like Flint, Mich.
We have a few tech advisors who are from Flint, where there's fires constantly. The stories they tell us and the things they have to endure, it's insane. They're understaffed and underpaid, and they're still going out and trying to save lives and put out fires in really, often times, horrible conditions, in terms of weather, or everything's against you because your gear is dated because you don't have the money to get new gear or new trucks. This is just one division, but this isn't uncommon. Really, hats off to these ladies and gentlemen who go out there. They really are doing it selflessly.
I'm just so happy that I get to be a part of a show that is portraying the true heroism of these folks. It's an honor. It really is. I'm not sure I've had this kind of pride in a job before, and I'll do my best to be accurate. The story doesn't always allow that, but I think we, in a lot of ways, have tried very hard to show what goes into being a firefighter. I think that's pretty accurate on our show.
I love the bit where with the puppy at the beginning when Dean calls dibs on the puppy in order to get female attention. When you met real-life fireman, did you talk to them about that? Is that a real thing?
I couldn't say. I wish I could. I don't know. We have tech advisors on staff, who are real firefighters, or were, but in terms of puppy or kitten savings, I couldn't say.
Station 19 premieres Thursday, March 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, following Grey's Anatomy.


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Nanny State on Tour
Mark Tovey
Institute of Economic Affairs > Publications > Policies > Lifestyle Economics
This study calculates how much UK foreign aid was spent (in 2018 prices) on lifestyle interventions targeting smoking, drinking, eating and sedentary behaviour.UK taxpayers spent £44.6million on 'nanny state' foreign aid projects between 2005 and 2018, spread over 35 projects in 47 countries. The three biggest recipients were China (£7.9million), India (£2.2 million) and Colombia (£1.8 million).
'Nanny state' foreign aid has ballooned in recent years. The majority (84.4 per cent) of the £44.6million was spent from 2016 to 2018. Annual spending on lifestyle intervention projects equalled £17million in 2016, £16.7million in 2017 and £3.9million in 2018.
Projects in China included a £6.8million 'research unit' to reduce the amount of salt housewives add while cooking; in India, £130,605 was spent researching the 'acceptability and feasibility' of taxing sugary drinks; and in Colombia, £1million was spent tightening tobacco control laws.
The three biggest categories of spending were anti-smoking projects (65.7 per cent of total 'nanny state' aid), salt-reduction schemes (20.2 per cent) and weight-loss interventions for children and adolescents (1.9 per cent).
Almost three quarters (72.4 per cent) of the £44.6million spent on lifestyle interventions abroad was funnelled through just five organisations: the World Health Organization (£15.9million), Queen Mary, University of London (£7.81million), the University of Stirling (£3.46million), the University of York (£3.14million) and the University of Cambridge (£2.06million).
DfID-commissioned projects accounted for just over half (51.3 per cent) of lifestyle intervention spending. The Department of Health, responsible for only 0.7 per cent of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2017, funded 27.8 per cent of 'nanny state' projects. Similarly, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy commissioned 20.8 per cent of the projects while only commanding 5.4 per cent of ODA in 2017. This supports the theory that non-DfID spenders of UK foreign aid are less likely to prioritise poverty reduction.
Our analysis finds that there are better uses for health-related foreign aid than the 'nanny state' projects identified in this study. For example, insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa are twenty times more cost effective in terms of life-years saved than implementing smoke-free workplaces, a policy that was pursued in Cape Verde, Chad, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Zambia as part of a £5.3million tobacco-control programme in the region in 2016. That money could have bought three million insecticide-treated bednets. Misallocating resources means wasting opportunities to save lives.
Mark Tovey is a freelance researcher who focuses on health issues. He graduated in 2016 with a first-class degree in economics from the University of Sussex. He is the co-author of two discussion papers for the Institute of Economic Affairs on the net cost to taxpayers of smoking and obesity. While interning at the Institute for Employment Studies in 2017, he was acknowledged for his contribution to that year's Royal College of Nursing Employment Survey. Most recently, he authored a Freedom of Information-based survey for FOREST on vaping and smoking policies in NHS hospitals. He has written articles for The Spectator, Conservative Home and Mises Wire.
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How to fund the MCPS mistake? Raise taxes!
MoCo politicians already have a plan for how to pay for correcting their portable classroom mistake: Raise taxes.
County Council President George Leventhal (D-At large), "said the county should be able to pay for the effort, provided that property assessments continue to increase and drive up tax revenue," according to the Washington Post.
"'We're publicly sticking our necks out here,' Leventhal said . . . ."
Not that Leventhal's opponent, supersized Republican Steve Abrams, has a better plan. Indeed, Abrams boasts that he has sided with the Democrats - outgoing County Executive Doug Duncan (architect of trying to turn Seven Locks Elementary into a high-density housing development), lame duck County Councilman Steve Silverman, and defeated County Councilman Mike Subin – on such issues.
Leventhal is no less partisan or freespending of other peoples' money than his comrades. But at least he has made steps toward trying to rein in the profligate spending of the board of education and superintendent. Abrams, for his part, sided with Silverman and Subin.
Don't be fooled by the party label. On tax-and-spend issues, there's no real difference between Leventhal and Abrams. Might as well pick the guy who respects the Inspector General.
Reporters missed an important angle in covering Superintendent Jerry Weast's choreographed propaganda blitz announcing his commitment to get rid of the hated portable classrooms in the school system.
The real story is that he was repudiating his own policy.
Weast has more than doubled the number of temporary classrooms from just over 300 when he arrived in 2000, to more than 700 by 2005. Currently, according to the Washington Post, MCPS children are crammed into 607 portables. Now, with a surge in parental opposition, loss of allies on the county council, and an expiring contract, Weast is suddenly re-inventing himself.
Post turns MCPS propaganda into "news"
Now that the real reporters have been taken off the Montgomery County education beat, the Washington Post "news" section can resume the paper's cheerleading for our Great Superintendent. Reporter Daniel de Vise writes a non-story appearing on page one of today's Metro section: "Taking Aim at Portable Classrooms: Montgomery Reveals Plan to Reduce Temporary Structures."
The article is just a recycled press release from Superintendent Jerry Weast, with no attempt at fairness or balance. The article contains no comments critical of Weast's policies that led to the cramped conditions. Not a word from parents, PTA leaders, or dissident School Board member Nancy Navarro (who has been on top of the problem for years but whom the Washington Post editorial page opposes for re-election because she is "insufficiently supportive" of Weast).
Doctor Jerry to the rescue!
"The increase in portables at Montgomery schools has brought a corresponding surge in complaints from parents, who disparage the structures as cramped spaces with creaky floors and stale air.
"Weast, touring some portables yesterday with other officials, pointed out additional problems: Portables put students far from bathrooms and fountains, and they require repeated trips outdoors in bad weather. They eat up campus space. They leave children more exposed to security threats."
Superintendent Jerry Weast has reversed himself again – this time on the growth of the Montgomery County public school population. Weast and the Board of Education insisted that the public school population was going to continue to increase, which was one of their reasons for trying to run over the Seven Locks community by demolishing their school, turning the land into a high-density housing development, and building the triple-sized Kendale school a mile away on a wooded wildlife habitat.
Community leaders were outraged, saying that Weast and the county had the demographic trends wrong, and that "said it was time the Montgomery school system moved away from relying on temporary classrooms," the Washington Post reports.
"School enrollment has declined a bit this fall, from 139,387 to 138,520, based on preliminary data. He says he expects two to three additional years of flat growth after 20 years of steady gains."
"A brief lull in enrollment growth – driven by a slowdown in immigration, prohibitive housing costs and other factors – offers 'a propitious time to get rid of these mobiles,' Weast said, speaking at a morning news conference at Takoma Park Elementary School. 'We won't have it again. . . . But we have it now. Let's take advantage of it.'" The Washington Post reports on the propitious timing.
Readers won't find it in the Post, since the good reporters were taken off the beat, but it looks like the "propitious" timing that motivated the superintendent to do something about the portables has more to do with his expiring contract and less to do with county demographics.
Weast did nothing about the portables until he realized that local communities would no longer allow him to operate with impunity. He was shocked that the County Inspector General would dare take documented complaints from the peasant population and actually find out that the allegations were not only true, but were understated! He and his cronies (School board member Steve Abrams prominent among them) decided they would ignore the Inspector General's recommendations and would attack the merits of the report itself.
Then, Weast found that the restless peasants at Seven Locks were actually making headway on the County Council and in the local media by exposing his misguided and possibly corrupt Kendale plan to turn the Seven Locks Elementary School into a high-density housing development and build a huge new school that nobody wanted.
The County Council then came down against the superintendent and school board, killing the Kendale project and smacking Weast with another defeat. That followed with the electoral defeats of Weast-backer Steve Silverman in the County Executive primary in September, and Democrat voters' repudiation of 20-year County Council Education Committee Chairman Michael Subin – the only incumbent thrown out of office in the primary.
Now, Weast is facing calls for the county to refuse to renew his $350,000-a-year contract before it expires in a few months.
So his timing is quite propitious indeed.
Even Weast's school construction programs anticipated the mushrooming of more portable classrooms. As Jerryweast.com reported last May, the superintendent and school board included five new portables in the controversial Kendale Elementary School that would have replaced Seven Locks Elementary School. At MCPS direction, the architects incorporated the portables into the blueprints.
A loyal reader of this blog disagrees with our portrayal of the October 25 meeting about adding bike paths and sidewalks on either side of a long stretch of Seven Locks Road, from Wootton Parkway southward to Bradley Boulevard.
The reader - whose integrity is beyond question - is satisfied that the county is proposing the project for the right reasons, and is not stealthily trying to turn Seven Locks Road into a four-lane highway. The reader also speaks well of the county official responsible for the plan.
Seven Locks manhattanization plan continues?
It looks like the Montgomery county bureaucracy is pressing ahead to manhattanize the area between Rockville and River Road.
Recently the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPWT) held a meeting at The Heights School for public comments on a proposed widening of Seven Locks Road between Wootton Parkway and Bradley Boulevard.
The plan is called the "Seven Locks Road Sidewalk & Bikeway Facility Planning, Phase I Study." Officially, the initiative is to add sidewalks and bike paths along the east and west lanes of Seven Locks Road from Wootton Parkway in Rockville to Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda.
But citizens at the meeting feared that the plan is really a ruse to clear out the easements on either side of Seven Locks and turn the road into a four-lane highway.
They noted that the southern terminus of the project is Seven Locks Elementary School (SLES), and wondered aloud why the project would not logically extend the remaining 1.4 miles to River Road.
"It's because the county doesn't want to rile up the Seven Locks community just yet," said one participant of the event.
Some taxpayers noted the artwork that DPWT developed to illustrate the form. Captioned, "Step Into The Plan Ahead," the artwork features a humanoid figure between two two-lane roads, surrounded by metropolis-style high-rise buildings.
The project manager is Aruna K. Miller. Tel: 240-777-7194. Fax: 240-777-7277. Email: aruna.miller@montgomerycountymd.gov.
At the recent public meeting on the widening of Seven Locks Road, Montgomery County officials distributed a "Public Comments Form" for citizens to make their views known in writing.
The form gives taxpayers a deadline of Friday, October 13, 2006, to send in their written comments.
That's a rather difficult task for even the most civic-minded person, because the officials handed out the forms on October 25.
An honest bureaucratic mistake? Or was it, perhaps, a setup for the future, so that the county can claim that it received no public opposition by the deadline?
Go to www.Mapquest.com, punch in Seven Locks Road, Bethesda MD, and click on the "Aerial Image" icon at the top right corner of the website.
That will give you a satellite photo of Seven Locks Road. Zoom in, and it's easy to see why central planners would want to clear away the easements on either side of Seven Locks to make room for a future four-lane highway.
"It's pretty obvious what they want to do," says a Seven Locks resident who attended the October 25 meeting.
"They want to widen Seven Locks as they have already done at its northern end by the Wootton Parkway and at the Democracy Boulevard intersection.
"It's the Kendale scandal all over again. They want to sneak this on us under the guise of nice, homey sidewalks and bike trails."
Scroll down the Seven Locks satellite image until you see a large, tan roof with a courtyard in the middle and a baseball diamond to the left. That's Seven Locks Elementary School, where the widening project would end. The cross street is Bradley Boulevard.
Now look at Seven Locks to the south of Bradley. It becomes a funnel for southbound (morning commuter) traffic. Unwise for central planners to clog a newly widened four-lane road south of that busy intersection. With that handy dump onto River Road and the Beltway just a mile and a half south, the next widening project is obvious.
He brags on his website of his "political savvy," then boasts of his ties to the only local politician whom voters booted out of office last month: County Council Education Committee Chairman Michael Subin.
Steve Abrams, the Republican school board member who is running for the County Council's at-large seat, calls himself part of the Democratic team that's now leaving office. He says he wants to continue their legacy.
Abrams says on his homepage: "All of this has been accomplished because Doug Duncan, Mike Subin, Steve Silverman and Steve Abrams shared a vision. That vision has been implemented under the able leadership of Superintendent Jerry Weast and the collaborative efforts of the Board of Education, the County Executive and the County Council to make sure it was properly funded.
"Doug Duncan, Mike Subin and Steve Silverman are leaving office," the website says. And Steve is just the Republican to be their standard-bearer: "Montgomery County needs Steve Abrams on the County Council to make sure this effort is continued!"
In one of the more odd matches in American politics, supersized Republican County Council at-large candidate Steve Abrams brags that he was once Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food.
His full title, bestowed by President Bush, was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services.
See for yourself! Go to Steve's homepage, www.abramsformontgomery.com and click on the "Successful Management Experience" icon.
County Council candidate Steve Abrams, who served as a senior Republican staffer in Congress and was a political appointee under President Bush, is hiding his ties to the GOP.
His campaign website brags about all the positions he's held in the federal government, but says nothing about his lifelong Republican activism and party loyalty.
Abrams isn't just downplaying his party affiliation like other Republican candidates. He's trying to hide it. But then, such sneakiness is nothing new to those of us who have known him over the years.
Rather than soil its britches about the Montgomery Blair High School principal's color-coded security plan, the Examiner says in an editorial, "Montgomery County should save its outrage for a far more hideous embarrassment: An Oct. 18 memo by MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast informing the county that school administrators at eight high schools illegally changed grades for 46 varsity athletes academically ineligible to play. Notably, the list does not include Montgomery Blair.
"Here's betting that every single student at Einstein, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Winston Churchill, Quince Orchard, Walter Johnson, Watkins Mill, Wheaton and Walt Whitman high schools can see right through that one, too."
Our superintendent is is trying to empower himself and his lame-duck school board cronies even further against local communities.
Now the Weasties want the power to deny the local communities from having a say in how their public schools are named.
Word is that their first action will be to take their long-promised revenge against Seven Locks Elementary School. Some say that Weast wants to name it after his defeated County Council ally Michael Subin.
According to a recent MCPS notice, "The Board of Education has requested community comment regarding its revised Policy FFA, Naming School Facilities, which provides a process by which the Board of Education adopts official names for county public school facilities after soliciting community preferences.
"The revised policy would allow the Board to notify the community of its intent to designate a school name and waive the process for community involvement under certain compelling circumstances. Copies of the draft policy are available through the Public Information Office by calling 301-279-3391 or at the link below [www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/FFAcomment.pdf]."
"Compelling reasons" to block the community from helping decide the name of a local school? Sounds like some railroading's in store.
Gratefully, The System is letting the peasants comment until December 15, to the Office of the Superintendent of Schools, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville MD 20850.
According to MCPS, "the responses will be shared with the Board of Education."
A Montgomery County judge singled out MCPS and the school board for the policy of letting an armed robber play for a second public school team after the principal of his own school wanted him expelled.
"I think a lot of the citizens feel the same way, that it's a disgrace to the public education system in the county for the school board or the principal or whoever is in charge to allow him to play football," Judge Paul H. Weinstein said at the sentencing hearing of a county high school athlete who was convicted of armed robbery. The Washington Post carries the story.
First, MCPS lets armed robbers play football at county high schools.
Now we learn that in at least eight county schools, officials illegally changed athletes' poor grades so they would be eligible to play on varsity teams.
Superintendent Jerry Weast sent around a tough-sounding memo on October 18, decreeing that the teams would forfeit the games in which the illegal students played.
MCPS Chief Operating Officer Larry Bowers identified eight schools that illegally changed the grades of 46 athletes. Weast said the athlets would be kicked off the teams and have their poor grades restored.
The Montgomery Blair High School online paper Silver Chips reports, "The schools affected were Bethesda-Chevy Chase, with five ineligible students; Winston Churchill, with two students; Einstein, with 24 students; Quince Orchard, with two students; Walter Johnson, with three students; Watkins Mill, with six students; Wheaton, with three students; and Walt Whitman, with one student."
The Washington Post quotes Weast as saying in the memo, "The review makes it clear that we must look at our processes and work to improve them so that we can avoid a repeat of this situation."
So now we find that, according to MCPS policy, kids who drink a can of beer will be kicked off the team along with the lousy students with fake grades. But armed robbers can still play.
The Weast has spoken: There can be no individual accountability in Montgomery County Public Schools. The innocent must pay for the misdeeds of the few.
Rather than holding individual students and faculty accountable for the grade scandal, MCPS is meting out collective punishment against all the athletes and, by extension, all the schools.
The Weast has decreed that entire teams must forfeit the games in which the dishonest students played - even though there were only one or two bad apples in some of the schools.
Even though, as MCPS Chief Executive Officer Larry Bowers readily admits, 99.5 percent of the student athletes are innocent.
And Weast expects county parents to support renewing his $350,000-a-year contract until 2014?
"Board of Education member Valerie Ervin alleged that the scandal is wider than the Weast memo suggested," Montgomery Blair High School's online newspaper Silver Chips reports.
"I'm telling you, all of the schools that are breaking the rules are not on there. Check Kennedy, check Sherwood. This is a huge scandal," said Ervin.
Here's a freaky fact about the Jerry Weast slate for the Montgomery County Board of Education. The slate is 100 percent white.
This blogger doesn't believe in quotas or discriminating against (or for) anyone based on ethnicity.
But it's more than a little ironic that the MoCo progressives who harp and carp about diversity are OK with keeping minorities off the school board.
A Washington Post editorial today gives us the slate of Montgomery County school board candidates who, apparently in the editors' view, would keep Jerry Weast as superintendent until 2014.
The Post strongly backs Weast for another seven-year term.
The Weast slate: Shirley Brandman to replace at-large member Charles Haughey; Judy Docca to replace Gabe Romero in District 1; and lawyer Phil Kauffman to oust Nancy Navarro in District 5.
Thrown out by voters in the September Democratic primary, County Councilman Michael Subin has applied to become president of Montgomery College.
"It's no deep dark hidden secret that [the college] has been a favorite institution of mine," the 57 year-old politician tells the Gazette. "They're an incredible gift to the county. And if I could take my gift and help them out ... it's an incredible institution."
He'll take that gift to the tune of $192,379 a year plus a tax-sheltered retirement package, according to the report, if he receives the same pay as the current Montgomery College president. Presently, Subin takes $79,721 a year as a taxpayer-funded councilman salary.
By happy coincidence, the voters rejected Subin just as Montgomery College President Charlene R. Nunley prepares to move on.
Subin insists he wasn't looking for the job. "That's not any of my doing," he says about the timing. "[But] if a bluebird lands on your shoulder, you kind of pet it and give it some bird seed."
Looks like there might be life beyond December for www.michaelsubin.com. . . .
No surprise here, but for the record, School Board member Patricia O'Neill, who is running unopposed for re-election, says she plans to re-hire controversial Superintendent Jerry Weast.
O'Neill and supersized Steve Abrams of Rockville "are the only holdovers from the board that hired Weast, whose contract renewal will be one of the first big issues for the new board," the Gazette reports.
Says O'Neill: "I stand as committed to rehiring and re-upping him as I did when we hired him in '99."
Good for School Board member Pat O'Neill.
Unlike most politicians, she readily acknowledges to the Gazette, "I have to be honest."
An innocuous preface to an innocent comment, but a nice reminder just the same.
The MCPS superintendent likes to brag about numbers, but there's one set of figures he's ignoring: the fact that disabled white students score five times higher than their minority counterparts do.
Lyda Astrove of MCneeds, a Montgomery County nonprofit that advocates for the disabled and their families, writes in the Washington Post, "Mr. Weast needs to explain why almost half of white students with disabilities pass the English 2 Maryland High School Assessment but only about 1 in 10 African American and Hispanic students with disabilities do so."
"Expanding early childhood programs, funding smaller classes and providing all-day kindergarten are feel-good initiatives that have enticed Montgomery County politicians to jump on the Jerry D. Weast bandwagon," Lyda Astrove of Rockville writes in the Washington Post.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Weast, the superintendent of the Montgomery County public schools, hasn't shown exceptional leadership with regard to the county's exceptional students: the more than 17,000 children who receive special education services.
"These students haven't shared in the gains, probably because increases in special education funding have gone to cover only enrollment growth and have not been used to provide meaningful improvements to services."
"The Montgomery school system has one of the worst records in the state on placing special education students in the least restrictive environment, and Mr. Weast's own numbers show that fewer of those students are 'college capable' than when he got here," Lyda Astrove continues in her Washington Post letter.
"Given that passing scores on the HSAs will soon be required for a high school diploma, somebody needs to do some "intrusive meddling" to ensure that students with disabilities receive the services they need to prepare them to pass those tests."
Do the superintendent and school board really give a hoot about black kids?
SAT scores show that the Montgomery County Public Schools system is keeping black kids down while white kids continue to achieve.
Much of the reason is due to the MCPS policy of forbidding minority families from using vouchers to place their kids in better schools.
"The terrible irony is that by keeping parental choice out, opponents trap minority students in underperforming public schools that have exhausted millions of tax dollars for decades on failed efforts to close the academic achievement gap. Year after year, minority kids are cheated out of good educations," according to the Washington Examiner.
"In the Montgomery County Public Schools, for example, the average mean SAT score for black students during the last two years of Superintendent Paul Vance's tenure was 216 points lower than the score for white students. By the second year of current Superintendent Jerry Weast's reign, the gap increased to 238 points. By Weast's fifth year, the gap was up to 246 points. For the current year, the gap is 254 points."
The Examiner editorial, published October 6, continues: "The situation is similarly discouraging when the performance of black male students is compared with other student groups within MCPS. On the Maryland State Department of Education English Proficiency tests, 63.7 percent of black males in MCPS scored at only the basic proficiency level of achievement. That's actually lower than the 67.2 percent of black males scoring at Basic Proficiency in Prince George's County Public Schools.
"Weast rightly touts increased SAT participation rates for MCPS minority students, but the bottom line on scores is getting worse, not better. Clearly, it's time for some new thinking and approaches, which is most readily encouraged when parents have more choices about their where their children go to school. That such choice also appears to result in more, not less integration is the added bonus."
The student paper at Montgomery Blair High School points out another absurd MCPS policy.
Student athletes who drink alcohol are banned from sports for an entire year, but students who commit armed robbery get to play for MCPS teams.
"Currently, there is no county-wide code of ethics that punishes students fairly and consistently based on their offense," student Justin Vlasits writes in Silver Chips Online. Underage drinking is a major community issue, but it pales in comparison to the seriousness of armed robbery."
Montgomery County parents - please help this man!
His name is Fred Hiatt. He's a good man. But he needs help.
Fred is editorial page editor of the Washington Post. He's friendly and open-minded. He's tough but fair. He's a good newsman. But he's befuddled about something, and he needs all of us to give him a hand.
You see, Fred can't figure out why so many parents in Montgomery County are so upset about Superintendent Jerry Weast. He said so in his October 2 editorial (see below).
Perhaps Fred doesn't read the stories of his own reporters who cover Montgomery County. Perhaps he can't know because the Post news editors keep reassigning their Montgomery County correspondents who start digging into the nastiness of MoCo politics. Or maybe he doesn't read all the stuff in the Washington Post-Newsweek Corporation-owned Montgomery Gazette. Fact is, being editorial page editor of the Post is a huge job and he can't be expected to know everything. So let's cut him some slack for the time being.
Here's the deal: We can help him out by keeping him informed by email. His main email address is fredhiatt@washpost.com.
Here's another easy way for Washington Post editorial writers to de-mystify what they call the "thinly disguised hostility" directed at our marvelous school superintendent.
They can read the community newspaper that their company owns: the Gazette.
More often than not, the Gazette runs letters to the editor and guest opinion pieces from ordinary members of the community who are angry, outraged, or just plain demoralized about the superintendent and his policies.
Also in this issue, public school mom Beth McLean of Gaithersburg expresses a years-long "rage" about MCPS.
"I have been in a rage for the past several years regarding the school system's calendar," she writes in response to a September 13 op-ed by Peter Dressner. "I comment to parents, co-workers, neighbors, even my children. The Montgomery County Public Schools' calendar is flatly 'a nightmare!'"
"Mr. Dressner," Mrs. McLean continues, "you could not have written your point more articulately. I know that there are thousands of other parents who feel the same way we do. I have spoken with dozens of them myself."
I bet the Post editors could, too.
Last week, Marla Neustadt of Bethesda wrote a letter expressing similar opinions, advising school board candidates to take heed to public anger.
And then, there's Peter Dressner's original contribution that kicked off the start of a new school year. The Bethesda dad took the trouble to compare the MCPS calendar with those of other school districts, and found: "After comparing about 30 schools with MCPS, I have come to the conclusion that MCPS has without a doubt the most family-unfriendly and meanest academic calendar in the United States."
Gotta read Dressner's piece, folks! Click here for the full text from the Gazette.
The Montgomery County Public Schools system is dumping so much excessive work on the kids that it's "turning schools into factories to produce the next generation fo economically viable robots."
That's how Ginger Baran of Bethesda sees it in a letter to the Gazette.
The "school system's policymakers, administrators and hyper-competitive parents are making decisions with blatant disregard for the needs of the children and the true value of education as a life-long experience of interacting with the world," she writes.
"Elementary school students do not need college prep; they need developmentally responsive, engaging instruction that invites them to read a novel, conduct a science experiment or play a musical instrument for the sheer pleasure of learning.
"The International Baccalaureate program inundates high school students (and now, apparently, preadolescents) with excessive homework, rigid course requirements and unwarranted academic pressure, with the ever-illusive concept of 'college readiness' as the ultimate goal. . . .
"Shaping a child's entire life around the criteria on which he or she will be judged by college admissions counselors is disgraceful, even abusive."
Our trusty public school officials are going to start "sharing information" with the community about their plans to build a new Seven Locks Elementary School on the present site at the intersection of Bradley Boulevard and Seven Locks Road in Bethesda.
The first meeting is on Thursday, October 5, at 7:00 pm, in the Seven Locks Elementary School gym.
The community will be there in full force, with recorders and video cameras, to document any shenanigans on the part of the officials. Check your pitchforks at the door.
Washington Post editors devoted a third of their space today to an editorial in support of Superintendent Jerry Weast - giving signs that they fear his demise as head of Montgomery County Public Schools.
* Weast's loss of his "reliable partnership" with retiring County Executive Doug Duncan and ousted County Council Education Committee Chairman Michael Subin; and "reliable backer" Steve Silverman, whom voters rejected to replace Duncan.
* Public calls for greater scrutiny of the school system.
* Weast's own secrecy and the lack of transparency under his administration.
* The public's "thinly disguised hostility" toward Weast.
* The fact that he "comes across" as a bully.
* Public outrage over his $350,000-a-year salary and tax-dodge perks.
The editors tip their hand at the beginning of the editorial, when they note how the upcoming "marked changes in Montgomery County's political leadership" are likely to affect our "hard-charging superintendent."
They're trying to frame the issues for the campaign, noting that "none of the leading candidates for County Council or school board have come out publicly against Mr. Weast," then spend the last four paragraphs of the six-paragraph editorial explaining why the secretive superintendent is such a great guy.
For a newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal and has been crusading and jihading against government secrecy since 9/11, it's odd for the Washington Post editorial page to come out so tepidly in support of transparency at Montgomery County Public Schools.
Perhaps there's a story behind it.
"While none of the leading candidates for County Council or school board have [sic] come out publicly against Mr. Weast, dissatisfaction has emerged under a clarion call for 'greater scrutiny' of the school system."
"We don't disagree that, with more than half of the county's budget going to schools and given the importance of education, there should be oversight and open debate."
"We don't disagree that . . . there should be oversight and open debate"?
"However, we would hate to see oversight descend to intrusive meddling."
This from the paper that just won a Pulitzer for its investigations of the rot on Capitol Hill and built its name on hard-core public accountability in government. It seems as if the Post editors are trying to protect Weast from their own rather independent reporters.
Where's Ben Bradlee when you need him?
They're journalists. Why don't they just ask?
More feigned cluelessness from the Post editors about public dissatisfaction with our school superintendent.
"Those who are implying dissatisfaction or complaining about insufficient oversight should answer openly: What is it they don't like about what he has done?"
What an embarrassment for the editors of such a great newspaper to ask such a question.
The critics have gone on the record time and again in the Post's very own pages. A Google search finds scores of on-the-record complaints, chronicled here on JerryWeast.com, that the laziest editor can find.
To say nothing of the fact that the WashingtonPost.com contains more than 40 links to this blog. . . .
And there's an old tried-and-true method of journalism that the Post editors might want to re-learn: Go out and ask people what they think.
One of the many funny things about today's Post editorial. They say Weast ought to "open up his decisions for discussion" (note the jargon here - to any other politician they'd tell him to stop the secrecy).
But they say nothing about how Weast regularly avoids Washington Post reporters when they call for comment on public disappointment or anger about his policies, or about a scandal involving MCPS.
He even avoids calls from reporter Lori Aratani, whom the editors quote in their opinion piece.
Weast is only available to the Post when he thinks he's going to get praise. Not when reporters ask questions he'd rather avoid.
You'd think editors would have a problem with that type of public figure. But then again, the Post seems to have a way of reassigning its reporters who get too close to digging up certain realities here in MoCo.
Peasants! Ready your pitchforks . . .
Time to get out your pitchforks and prepare for another siege.
MCPS has scheduled a series of feasibility study meetings at Seven Locks Elementary School. Officials will "share information" about the design process and project timetable to implement last May's school board decision to build a new school by 2011.
The Seven Locks Coalition warns its members that "given the history of the school issue . . . we must stay vigilant and politically attuned - now that we know how fast our elected officials can shift course and since there are continuing reports of plans to close Seven Locks Elementary."
We still hear rumors of revenge from the Weasties. So JerryWeast.com will remain active.


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Put bluntly - student nurses can walk out. They are not the glue, may be just the Blu Tack. It will make no difference.
Katherine Heywood - agree with everything you say. Students need to be committed at the very least interested. In response to anonymous - we all learn on the job and we are all responsible for our own learning, you don't seem at all happy with anything about your experience of nursing, I hate to disillusion you but it won't get any better. Stop knocking the profession before you are even part of it.
Nursing students should perhaps not have supernumerary status and be a paid member of the team, whilst working on placements. The universities are not equipping the students to become confident Registered Nurses -'bums on seats' that's their concern. I disagree that nursing is not a science but an art or a craft - it is a science hence the anatomy & physiology, pharmacology ,etc is required of nurses, however I do agree that this does not appear to be reflected in students and NQP's knowledge; universities need to address this deficit. I take it the bursaries are too costly - do they want student nurses to work for nothing ! Take out a loan to train to become a nurse ? One of the most undervalued professions - I don't think so. Start off their career with student loans; ludicrous suggestion.


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Who Is Bin Laden Rooting For in the World Series?
Nick Gillespie | 10.27.2004 10:33 PM
As the Red Sox close in on their first title since Babe Ruth could see his own feet without the help of a mirror and a B girl, this post's titular question is the only thing keeping me awake. Indeed, Scott Stapp's seventh-inning-stretch rendition of "God Bless America" made me wish Al Qaeda had dropped a Kate Smith effigy on the former Creed frontman.
I'm just amazed that either Sean Hannity and/or Al Franken and/or all the drips at sea haven't somehow implied that Bin Laden is rooting their opponent's team to win.
The closest I've seen was an invocation of the American League Championship Series by James "Wooly" Wolcott, the author of Attack Poodles and other Media Mutants who never misses an opportunity to invoke a gal's physical shortcomings despite his own blobular resemblance to that great specimen of homo superior, Fred J. Dukes.
Waxed Wooly on those brave men in grey and black, the nearly nameless and faceless umpires who keep us all honest:
Twice, the umpires set aside their professional egos, practiced true collegiality, erased a mistake, and did the right thing, risking the wrath of Yankee fans. Think how rare that's been in the Bush-Cheney years, admitting error and correcting it--taking the right stand after making the wrong stand. Last night the umps reminded me of a better America I'd almost forgotten we'd had, one where reason every once in a while prevails.
By yoking baseball to a banal political point that surely induces cringes even among friends, Wooly joins the ranks of Peggy Noonan, the certifiably insane Reagan-Bush Cyrano who mistook the last Subway Series for a morality play between good and evil and, even less credibly, between supposedly Republican Mets and Democratic Yankees. And, of course, Wooly walks a rhetorical basepath blazed by Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who, even while awaiting death, famously found time to natter on about the oh-so-proletarian Dodgers.
Here's looking forward to football, a game that has never been mistaken for anything other than the celebration of lunk-headed violence it is. Except, of course, all the time by people like Michael Novak, whose reaction to the last Super Bowl halftime show was nothing short of an Onion parody.
NEXT: Decisions of the Undecided: Part XXIII
Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.
David Moynihan
They won.
Congratulations to all Boston fans.
It's been a long time for you.
Now shut up.
Ken Shultz
"Indeed, Scott Stapp's seventh-inning-stretch rendition of "God Bless America" made me wish Al Qaeda had dropped a Kate Smith effigy on the former Creed frontman."
"Here's looking forward to football, a game that has never been mistaken for anything other than the celebration of lunk-headed violence it is."
Admit it, you like being denounced, don't you?
NEVER!!! 2005 HERE WE COME!!!
Aw rats...I missed Stapp singing that goddamn song. The seventh-inning stretch musta been during South Park.
According to Dick Cheney, bin Laden was rooting for the Red Sox since both of the previous times they played and won World Series during election years (1912 & 1916) the Democratic candidate won.
If the Cardinals lose in an election year, the Republicans win (1928, 1968). If the Cardinals win in an election year, the Democrats win (1944, 1964).
kevrob
Those who think football can't be yoked to thickheadedness has never met a Notre Dame fan. Jesus, if he ever existed, doesn't care who is NCAA champion, but you'll never convince a Domer of that. Claims by the Cowboys of Dallas to be "America's Team" always grated, too.
Mets v. Yankees isn't about politics, it's about tribe. I am a Mets fan, as my father was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan before me, and during the 1958-1961 interregnum when New York was devoid of National League baseball my siblings and I were not encouraged to take up the upstart Highlanders as "the home team." Yes, we watched the Yanks on Channel 11, but except for one of my older brothers we didn't bond with them. The announcement of Bill Shea's extrication of a franchise from the NL was cause for joy, made bittersweet only by the knowledge that our Robins, our Bridegrooms, our Superbas would remain in exile in California, probably forever.
I expect NY Giant fans felt something similar.
I have a pack of cousins from Queens who were raised by my uncle (my father's brother-in-law) to be Yankee fans. Their expectation of easy victory rankled, and when the AL franchise slid into mediocrity and worse, our schadenfreude was palpable. My cousin Dennis earned a pass. For some unknown reason, he took to the Baltimore Orioles. No matter, as that was the team the Metropolitans bested in the 1969 World Series, to his astonishment, and that of many others.
I'm actually of two minds about the migration of the Milwaukee Brewers to the NL. On the one hand, the Mets come to town each year, and I can go to Miller Park and root for them. On the other hand, when the Brew Crew were an AL side, I could go to County Stadium and boo the Yanks! 🙂
Congratulations to the Red Sox, anyway. I would rather have seen the Cardinals uphold the pride of the NL, but only the Evil Empire have won more World Championships, and their last came at the Brewers' expense, so I guess we can let New Englanders celebrate. Even joe.
Peggy Noonan was wrong about Bush being a Met, BTW. I'm sure old Prescott and the rest of the clan were Connecticut Yankees. "Like rooting for General Motors" and all that.
Bin Laden would have rooted for the Evil Empire of the AL (Yankees) or the Evil Empire of the NL (Cubs).
October.28.2004 at 1:05 am
Oh, come now. The Cubbies are an empire, true, but I see them more like Austria-Hungary than an actual Evil Empire.
Dave Munger
Since, as reported first on my Web site, the Red Sox have captured Osama, I can say without a shred of doubt that Bin Laden is a Cardinals fan.
http://wordmunger.com/index.php?p=109
"Scott Stapp's seventh-inning-stretch rendition of "God Bless America" made me wish Al Qaeda had dropped a Kate Smith effigy on the former Creed frontman."
If you think there's nothing to football than violence, you don't know football. Far more strategery than you'll find in any other major league sport.
Stevo Threadkiller
Except for pro wrestling. They don't call him Bobby "The Brain" Heenan for nothing.
http://www.bobbythebrain.com/


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'Eighteen months ago I was out here, but I will continue my hunger strike until every single newspaper acknowledges that Theresa May can't just "call an election"'.
'Before we even start can I just say: this is my personal space. Anyone getting any closer than this will write me a 2000-word essay on the subject of "Why Mhaira Black is not the youngest MP in 350 years"'.
As regular readers will know, John Bright described England as the mother of Parliaments, a PM under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 now can 'call for' and not 'call' a general election, and Mhairi Black is the youngest MP to be elected since 1832.
If DeanB would like to get in touch, the prize will be on its way.
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