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Nel 2010 è stato il vincitore della prima stagione di NXT, mentre nel 2015 ha trionfato nella ventesima edizione del King of the Ring; ha inoltre conquistato per cinque volte il WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Carriera

Circuito indipendente (2005–2007)
Stuart Bennett iniziò la propria carriera da wrestler nel luglio del 2005, esibendosi nel circuito indipendente britannico.

Territori di sviluppo (2007–2010)
Nel marzo del 2007 Stuart Bennett effettuò un provino con la WWE e venne inviato nella federazione satellite Ohio Valley Wrestling, che fungeva da territorio di sviluppo, dove adottò il ring name Stu Sanders. Il 2 gennaio 2008 vinse il suo primo titolo, l'OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, in coppia con Paul Burchill; i due mantennero le cinture per circa due mesi, ma con la fine dell'accordo tra OVW e WWE, Bennett fu trasferito nella Florida Championship Wrestling, altro territorio di sviluppo della WWE.

Nella Florida Championship Wrestling, vinse l'FCW Florida Tag Team Championship in coppia con Drew McIntyre, ma lo perse dopo poco meno di un mese. Nell'ottobre del 2009 assunse il ring name Wade Barrett e divenne il commentatore della FCW insieme all'Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2010–2016)

Capo del Nexus (2010–2011)

Il 16 febbraio 2010 Barrett venne annunciato tra gli otto partecipanti al nuovo reality-show della WWE, NXT, con Chris Jericho come mentore. Il 1º giugno vinse la prima stagione del programma, superando Justin Gabriel e David Otunga in finale.

Wade Barrett ha fatto il suo esordio nel main roster durante la puntata di Raw del 7 giugno 2010, apparendo insieme agli altri partecipanti di NXT e attaccando John Cena, CM Punk, Luke Gallows e lo staff presente intorno al ring. La settimana successiva Barrett ha chiesto un contratto a tempo pieno per gli altri rookie (tranne Daniel Bryan) al General manager Bret Hart, che in tutta risposta lo ha licenziato (kayfabe); quella stessa sera i rookie (Darren Young, David Otunga, Heath Slater) hanno attaccato Hart e gli hanno concesso tempo fino al pay-per-view Fatal 4-Way per decidere il loro futuro. Il 20 giugno, a Fatal 4-Way, i rookie hanno interferito nel match per il WWE Championship di John Cena, favorendo indirettamente la vittoria di Sheamus. Il giorno dopo, a Raw, Vince McMahon ha licenziato Bret Hart e ha assunto un nuovo general mnager anonimo (kayfabe), che ha concesso i contratti ai sei rookie. Il gruppo ha continuato ad attaccare vari wrestler, tra cui Cena e lo stesso McMahon nella puntata di Raw del 28 giugno. Nella puntata di Raw del 5 luglio il gruppo ha annunciato di chiamarsi "The Nexus". Nella puntata di Raw del 12 luglio il Nexus (senza Darren Young, a causa di un infortunio dovuto a un attacco di Cena nei suoi confronti), ha lottato nel suo primo match sconfiggendo Cena in un 6-on-1 handicap match dopo che Justin Gabriel ha colpito Cena con un 450º splash. La settimana seguente Barrett ha fatto il suo debutto in un match singolo sconfiggendo Mark Henry. Il Nexus ha continuato la sua faida con Cena e con il roster di Raw, che è culminata in un seven-on-seven elimination tag team match a SummerSlam. Barrett è stato l'ultimo membro del Nexus a essere stato eliminato da Cena con una sottomissione, causando la sconfitta del Nexus. Dopo che Darren Young è stato esiliato dal gruppo per aver perso un match contro Cena la notte dopo SummerSlam e Skip Sheffield si è infortunato nel corso di un house show alle Hawaii due sere dopo, il Nexus ha affrontato Cena, Edge, Randy Orton, Sheamus e Chris Jericho in un altro match a eliminazione nella puntata di Raw del 30 agosto, con il Nexus che ha vinto quando Barrett ha schienato Orton.

Barrett ha ricevuto il suo match garantito per un titolo dovuta alla sua vittoria della prima stagione di NXT a Night of Champions, dove non è riuscito a vincere il WWE Championship in un Six-Pack Challenge match, in quanto è stato eliminato da Randy Orton. La faida tra Cena e il Nexus è continuata il 3 ottobre a Hell in a Cell, dove Barrett ha sconfitto Cena, costringendolo, come da stipulazione, a diventare un membro del Nexus. La notte seguente a Raw, con l'aiuto del resto del Nexus, Barrett ha vinto una battle royal per determinare il primo sfidante per il WWE Championship, quando Cena si è eliminato da solo sotto l'ordine di Barrett. Barrett ha affrontato Randy Orton per il WWE Championship a Bragging Rights, ma dopo aver ordinato a Cena di aiutarlo a vincere, questi ha interferito nel match causando la vittoria di Barrett per squalifica, ciò ha visto Orton mantenere il titolo. A Barrett è stata concessa una rivincita alle Survivor Series, consentendogli anche di scegliere un arbitro speciale. Barrett ha scelto Cena, con la stipulazione che se Barrett avesse vinto, a Cena sarebbe stato consentito di abbandonare il Nexus; tuttavia, se Barrett avesse fallito la vittoria del titolo, Cena sarebbe stato licenziato (kayfabe). Barrett è stato sconfitto da Orton alle Survivor Series, dopo che Cena lo spinto addosso a Orton che lo ha colpito con una RKO. Cena è stato licenziato, come da stipulazione del match, ma a causa dell'interferenza di quest'ultimo, Barrett ha ricevuto un'ulteriore rivincita per il titolo la notte seguente a Raw, ma è stato attaccato da Cena, che gli è costato il match. Dopo che Cena ha attaccato vari membri del Nexus nelle settimane successive, questi ultimi hanno richiesto a Barrett di riammetterlo, o sarebbe stato esiliato dal gruppo. Barrett ha aderito e ha fatto tornare Cena nella puntata di Raw del 13 dicembre, a condizione che i due si sarebbero affrontati in un chairs match a TLC, dove Cena ha vinto dopo aver colpito Barrett con una sedia 23 volte.

Barrett ha fatto il suo ritorno nella puntata di Raw del 3 gennaio 2011, quando si è confrontato con CM Punk, che ha preso la sua leadership durante la sua assenza. Punk ha dato a Barrett l'opportunità di mantenere la leadership, se fosse riuscito a vincere un triple threat steel cage match che includeva anche Randy Orton e Sheamus per determinare il contendente numero uno al WWE Championship detenuto da The Miz. Tuttavia, durante il match Punk è venuto a bordo ring attaccando Barrett, per poi levargli la fascia del Nexus che aveva sul braccio, facendo perdere sia il match sia la leadership del Nexus a Barrett. Barrett è tornato nella puntata di SmackDown del 7 gennaio, quando ha attaccato Big Show. La settimana seguente ha formato con Ezekiel Jackson e i suoi ex compagni del Nexus Justin Gabriel e Heath Slater, che hanno lasciato il Nexus quattro giorni prima a Raw, formando un gruppo chiamato "The Corre". Barrett si è poi qualificato all'Elimination Chamber match per il World Heavyweight Championship, ma all'omonimo pay-per-view è stato eliminato per primo da Big Show. Barrett ha sconfitto Kofi Kingston per vincere l'Intercontinental Championship nella puntata di SmackDown del 25 marzo,. A WrestleMania XXVII il Corre è stato sconfitto in un eight-man tag team match dal team formato da Kingston, Big Show, Kane e Santino Marella. Barrett ha difeso con successo l'Intercontinental Championship contro Kingston nella puntata di SmackDown del 22 aprile. Barrett, Gabriel e Slater hanno poi attaccato Jackson, escludendolo dal gruppo nella puntata di SmackDown del 6 maggio. Barrett ha sfidato Jackson in un match per l'Intercontinental Championship a Over the Limit, dove Barrett ha mantenuto il titolo, nonostante abbia perso il match per squalifica, dopo che Gabriel e Slater hanno attaccato Jackson durante il match. Ha poi difeso il titolo contro di nuovo contro Jackson nella puntata di SmackDown del 3 giugno e, seppur abbia perso il match per countout, Barrett ha mantenuto il titolo ancora una volta. La settimana successiva il Corre si è sciolto dopo che Barrett ha abbandonato il match che vedeva coinvolti Gabriel e Slater, che hanno poi perso. Barrett ha perso l'Intercontinental Championship contro Jackson a Capitol Punishment, per poi non riuscire a riconquistarlo nella rivincita svoltasi il 24 giugno a SmackDown. Barrett ha poi preso parte al Money in the Bank ladder match di SmackDown a Money in the Bank, affrontando Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Sin Cara, Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes e Sheamus. Il match è stato vinto da Daniel Bryan, che però Barrett ha sconfitto a SummerSlam.

Faida con Randy Orton (2011–2012)

Nella puntata di SmackDown del 21 ottobre Barrett ha parlato delle sue alleanze passate, definendole come una "legione di parassiti" e affermando che l'unica persona che ha bisogno di successo è se stesso; ha poi giurato che il "Barrett Barrage" è appena iniziato e ha sconfitto Daniel Bryan. La settimana successiva ha iniziato una striscia di vittorie, sconfiggendo John Morrison, Trent Barreta, Sheamus e Randy Orton in match singoli. Nel mese di novembre ha iniziato una faida con lo stesso Orton ed entrambi sono stati annunciati come capitani dei loro team per le Survivor Series. La striscia vincente di Barrett si è interrotta nella puntata di Raw del 14 novembre, quando è stato sconfitto da Orton per squalifica dopo che il Team Barrett ha attaccato quest'ultimo. il Team Barrett ha sconfitto il Team Orton alle Survivor Series, con Barrett e Cody Rhodes rimasti come ultimi sopravvissuti del match. Barrett ha preso parte a un fatal four-way match contro Orton, Cody Rhodes e Daniel Bryan per determinare il contendente numero uno al World Heavyweight Championship nella puntata di SmackDown del 25 novembre, in cui Bryan ha vinto.

Barrett ha continuato la sua faida con Orton attaccandolo e distraendolo nei suoi match. Nella puntata di SmackDown del 9 dicembre Barrett e Orton sono stati messi in due "Beat the Clock Challenge" match, dove il vincitore avrebbe scelto la stipulazione per il loro match a TLC. Barrett ha sconfitto Ezekiel Jackson in 07:53, ma Orton ha sconfitto Dolph Ziggler in 07:51 scegliendo il tables match, che Barrett ha perso dopo essere stato colpito con una RKO a mezz'aria sul tavolo. Nella puntata di SmackDown del 23 dicembre i due hanno avuto una rissa nel backstage, che è terminata quando Orton ha colpito Barrett con una RKO su una macchina. Ciò ha portato a un Falls Count Anywhere match nella successiva puntata di SmackDown, dove Barrett ha spinto Orton sotto delle scale prima di uscire attraverso una porta. Durante il segmento Orton ha sofferto di un'ernia del disco, restando fuori dalle scene per un paio di settimane. Orton è tornato dall'infortunio nel gennaio 2012, eliminando Barrett dal Royal Rumble match dell'omonimo pay-per-view. La faida tra i due si è conclusa nella puntata di SmackDown del 3 febbraio, quando Barrett è stato sconfitto da Orton in un no disqualification match. Barrett ha perso parte all'Elimination Chamber match per il World Heavyweight Championship all'omonimo pay-per-view, ma è stato eliminato da Santino Marella. La notte seguente a Raw ha subito un parziale dislocamento al braccio dopo che Big Show gli ha gettato Dolph Ziggler addosso durante una battle royal, rimanendo fuori dagli show televisivi.

Varie faide e infortunio (2012–2014)
Nell'agosto 2012 la WWE ha iniziato a mandare in onda delle vignette che mostravano Barrett combattere in un "fight club" nel tentativo di "riaccendere la fiamma". Barrett ha fatto il suo ritorno nella puntata di SmackDown del 7 settembre sconfiggendo Yoshi Tatsu.

Alle Survivor Series la squadra capitanata da Dolph Ziggler, di cui Barrett fa parte, ha sconfitto quella di Mick Foley, anche se Barrett è stato eliminato durante il match da The Miz. Barrett ha poi sfidato senza successo Kofi Kingston per l'Intercontinental Championship a TLC, ma è riuscito a vincere il titolo per la seconda volta il 29 dicembre 2012, durante la registrazione della puntata di Raw (andata in onda due giorni dopo).

Nel 2013, dopo una breve rivalità con il debuttante Bo Dallas, nel mese di marzo ha iniziato una faida con Chris Jericho e The Miz, che lo ha portato a difendere con successo l'Intercontinental Championship nella puntata di Raw del 18 marzo, perdendolo tuttavia nel pre-show di WrestleMania 29 contro lo stesso Miz. Barrett ha riconquistato il titolo per la terza volta la notte seguente a Raw.

Barrett ha perso il titolo contro Curtis Axel il 17 giugno a Payback in un triple threat match che includeva anche The Miz, non riuscendo a riconquistare il titolo in una rivincita contro Axel. Ha poi partecipato al Money in the Bank ladder match per la valigetta contenente un contratto di un match garantito per il World Heavyweight Championship, ma non è riuscito a vincere.

Campione intercontinentale (2014–2015)
Nella puntata di Raw successiva a WrestleMania XXX, usando il nuovo ring name di Bad News Barrett, ha sconfitto Rey Mysterio e in quella del 14 aprile Dolph Ziggler, avanzando così nel torneo per decretare il primo sfidante per l'Intercontinental Championship. Nella puntata successiva di Raw ha sconfitto nella semifinale del torneo Sheamus e in quella del 28 aprile ha sconfitto Rob Van Dam nella finale del torneo, guadagnandosi un match titolato a Extreme Rules contro il campione Big E. Barrett ha conquistato il titolo per la quarta volta in carriera.

Barrett ha difeso con successo l'Intercontinental Championship sconfiggendo Rob Van Dam a Payback. Nella puntata di Main Event del 3 giugno ha mantenuto nuovamente il titolo contro Van Dam, vincendo per squalifica. Barrett ha nuovamente difeso il titolo nella puntata di SmackDown del 6 giugno, quando ha sconfitto Cesaro e Van Dam. Nella puntata di Raw del 23 giugno ha difeso il titolo con successo contro Dolph Ziggler. Nella puntata di Raw del 30 giugno l'Intercontinental Championship è stato reso vacante a causa di una lussazione alla spalla: il titolo è stato messo in palio a Battleground in una battle royal vinta da The Miz.

Barrett ha fatto il suo ritorno nella puntata di Raw del 29 dicembre 2014 sconfiggendo Cesaro. Nella puntata di Raw del 5 gennaio 2015 ha vinto l'Intercontinental Championship per la quinta volta, sconfiggendo Dolph Ziggler in un two out of three falls match. Barrett ha perso un match non titolato contro Sin Cara nella puntata di SmackDown del 9 gennaio, ma nella puntata successiva di SmackDown ha difeso con successo il titolo contro Cara. Alla Royal Rumble ha preso parte all'omonimo match entrando con il numero 27, ma è stato eliminato da Dolph Ziggler.

Successivamente Barrett ha iniziato una faida con Dean Ambrose per l'Intercontinental Championship; in questo periodo ha ottenuto uno spazio negli show, chiamato BNZ (Bad News Zone, parodia del famoso sito di gossip TMZ), durante il quale ha eseguito dei promo. Nella puntata di Raw del 17 febbraio è stato forzato da Ambrose a firmare il contratto per un match valevole per il titolo a Fastlane, dove Barrett ha mantenuto il titolo dopo che Ambrose si è fatto squalificare. Barrett ha perso il titolo a WrestleMania 31 in un ladder match vinto da Daniel Bryan. A Extreme Rules avrebbe dovuto affrontare Bryan per l'Intercontinental Championship, ma il match è stato cancellato a causa di un infortunio del campione; Barrett ha invece sfidato Neville nel pre-show, uscendone sconfitto.

King of the Ring e rilascio (2015–2016)

Barrett ha poi vinto il torneo King of the Ring il 28 aprile, sconfiggendo prima Dolph Ziggler la notte precedente a Raw nei quarti di finale, R-Truth nelle semifinali e infine vendicando la sua sconfitta contro Neville nella finale. Dopo questa vittoria, il suo ring name è stato cambiato in King Barrett. A Payback, la rivalità tra Barrett e Neville è culminata in un match che Barrett ha perso per countout. King Barrett ha preso parte all'Elimination Chamber match per il vacante Intercontinental Championship, ma è stato il primo ad essere eliminato da R-Truth. Nel pre-show di Money in the Bank ha perso contro R-Truth. A Battleground ha poi avuto la sua rivincita contro Truth, mantenendo così il suo "titolo reale".

Barrett ha poi formato un'alleanza con Stardust nota come "The Lords of Darkness"; i due hanno affrontato Neville e l'attore Stephen Amell in un tag team match a SummerSlam, dove sono stati sconfitti quando Neville ha schienato Barrett per ottenere la vittoria, con Stardust ha tradito Barrett per aver perso il match la notte successiva a Raw, terminando così la loro alleanza. Nel settembre 2015 si è preso del tempo libero per prendere parte alle riprese del film d'azione di genere thriller co-prodotto da WWE Studios e Richwater Films intitolato Eliminators - Senza regole. Barrett ha fatto il suo ritorno nella puntata di Raw del 28 settembre e ha formato un tag team con Sheamus. Barrett ha poi preso parte al tradizionale 5-on-5 elimination match a Survivor Series insieme a Sheamus e ai membri del New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston e Xavier Woods), ma hanno perso il match contro Ryback, gli Usos (Jimmy e Jey Uso) e i Lucha Dragons (Kalisto e Sin Cara), con Barrett che è stato il primo eliminato.

La notte successiva a Raw è giunto in aiuto di Rusev e Sheamus contro Roman Reigns e nella puntata di Raw del 30 novembre, dopo aver aiutato Sheamus a mantenere il WWE World Heavyweight Championship per squalifica contro Reigns, è stato annunciato dallo stesso Sheamus che lui, Barrett, Alberto Del Rio e Rusev hanno formato una fazione nota come League of Nations.
A Roadblock del 12 marzo 2016 Barrett e Sheamus hanno affrontato Big E e Kofi Kingston del New Day per il WWE Tag Team Championship ma sono stati sconfitti. La League of Nations (Sheamus, Del Rio e Rusev), con Barrett nel ruolo di manager, ha tuttavia trionfato sul New Day in un Six-man Tag Team match non titolato il 3 aprile a WrestleMania 32. Nella successiva puntata di Raw del 4 aprile, però, Sheamus e Barrett sono stati sconfitti da Big E e Kingston del New Day in un match titolato. A seguito di tale sconfitta Sheamus ha accusato Barrett di essere "l'elemento debole" della stable e, con l'aiuto di Rusev e Del Rio, ha colpito l'inglese con un Brogue Kick, sancendo così l'uscita di quest'ultimo dalla stable.

Il 6 maggio non rinnova il contratto con la WWE e viene svincolato.

Circuito indipendente (2016–2019)
Il 29 aprile 2017, all'evento No Regrets della What Culture Pro-Wrestling, Bennett ha fatto la sua prima apparizione nel ruolo di telecronista. Il 30 settembre è diventato il general manager della federazione, che nel frattempo aveva cambiato nome in Defiant Wrestling.

Il 2 agosto 2019 la Defiant ha annunciato la sua chiusura per motivi finanziari.

National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2020)

Ritorno in WWE (2020–presente)
Il 26 agosto 2020 è apparso come telecronista di NXT in sostituzione temporanea di Mauro Ranallo; il 17 settembre 2020 è stato confermato il suo ritorno a tempo pieno.

A partire dal 7 ottobre 2022 è diventato il nuovo telecronista di SmackDown al fianco di Michael Cole.

Vita privata
Stuart Bennett ha avuto una relazione di circa due anni con la collega Victoria Crawford, meglio conosciuta con il ring name Alicia Fox.

È un grande tifoso del Preston North End, squadra di calcio di cui possiede una piccola quantità di quote di mercato.

Personaggio

Mosse finali
Bull Hammer (Elbow smash)
Wasteland (Forward fireman's carry slam)

Soprannomi
"Bare Knuckle Brawler"
"Cosmic King"
"His Majesty"
"Jackal"
"King of Bad News"
"Mr. Bad News"
"Pinnacle"
"Preston Panter"

Musiche d'ingresso
 We Are One dei 12 Stones (2010–2011; usata nel Nexus)
 End of Days di Jim Johnston (2011–2012; usata nel Corre)
 Just Don't Care Anymore di Jim Johnston (2012)
 Just Don't Care Anymore (V2) di Jim Johnston (2012–2013)
 Rebel Son di Jim Johnston (2013–2016)
 A League of Their Own di Jim Johnston (2015–2016; usata nella League of Nations)

Titoli e riconoscimenti

Dropkixx Wrestling
 European Heavyweight Championship (1)

Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Tag Team Championship (1) – con Drew McIntyre

International Championship Wrestling
 European Heavyweight Championship (1)

Ohio Valley Wrestling
Southern Tag Team Championship (1) – con Paul Burchill

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
20º tra i 500 migliori wrestler singoli nella PWI 500 (2011)
World Wrestling Entertainment
NXT (2010)
King of the Ring (2015)
Intercontinental Championship (5)

Filmografia
 Dead Man Down, regia di Niels Oplev (2013)
 Eliminators, regia di James Nunn (2016)
 I Am Vengeance, regia di Ross Boyask (2018)
 I Am Vengeance: Retaliation, regia di Ross Boyask (2020)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Wrestler della WWE

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Kendra and Neal's reception décor was a true marriage of Neal's Indian traditions and Kendra's southern flair. Kendra carried over the hummingbird theme by creating origami hummingbirds out of vintage Reader's Digest pages that the couple included at every place settings. Kendra recruited Amy from Bride and Bloom Flowers to help her create the perfect centerpieces. They used vases and jars from thrift shops and spray painted them white to give them the white milk glass jar look that Kendra loved. To keep the originality going, Kendra used vintage Encyclopedia of Science's that she had been collecting and used the pages in them as place mats because she loved the illustrations on them! Kendra was also able to find a way to make sure her late grandmother's spirit was still with her on her wedding day.
"The thought of my grandmother not physically being at the wedding was very sad, so I wanted to make sure that we honored her in some special way. She was known for her amazing southern cooking. Each guest was gifted jars of her candied pecans and her bread and butter pickles. My husband made most of these on his own for me, he's such a trooper!"
Thank you so much to Kendra for sharing her and Neal's special day with us. Your wedding was absolutely beautiful and touching, and we wish you guys nothing but the best of wishes!
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Q: Passing values from views to controllers in AngularJS I have templated my Angular app with Yeoman, so my app directory structure is nice and neat and will give you an idea of how my project is constructed. I have 2 routes in my app, one is called 'main' and the other 'sub'.
When I'm in my 'main' view, I have a link that then forwards the user to the 'sub' view. How can I pass a simple value to the 'sub' controller through the link from my 'main' view?
i.e. my link is just a standard html link:
Go to sub

When you hit that the sub.js controller can add some data to $scope for the sub view and so on. I want to access the value in the 'sub' controller that was passed from the 'main' view... Hope that makes sense..

A: From what I understand you basically want to communicate between two controllers.
The first instinct might be to create a parent scope and bind data to it, but there is a better way, a service.
You bind data to this service and it can act as the messenger between your controllers, like so:
angular.module('app', [])

  .factory('Data', dataService)

  .controller('firstController', firstController)
  .controller('secondController', secondController);

function dataService() {
  return { message: "I'm data from a service" };
}

function firstController($scope, Data) {
  $scope.data = Data;
}

function secondController($scope, Data) {
  $scope.data = Data;
}

And markup:

First controller

  <input type="text" ng-model=data.message  />
  {{ data.message }}

Second controller

  <input type="text" ng-model=data.message  />
  {{ data.message }}

Demo
Explained very good at egghead.io

A: bind the variable dataToFoward which is a $scope variable in mainCtrl
Go to sub

in routes,
when("/sub/:sampleData", {templateUrl: "pathToTemplate" }).

in Sub Controller,
app.controller('subCtrl', function($routeParams,$scope) {
    $scope.fromMain = $routeParams.sampleData;
});

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After a very productive junior year, Juvonte Reddic saw his offensive productivity and efficiency diminish quite a bit in his senior season at VCU, which ended with a round of 64 loss to Stephen F. Austin. His scoring rate dropped from 20 points per-40 pace adjusted to 15.8, while his 2-point percentage tumbled as well, from 58% to 51.4%.
Reddic's professional potential still falls mainly upon his strong physical tools, as he is measured at 6'9" and 248 pounds with a solid frame and good athleticism for a player of his size. Additionally, he will not turn 22 until May, which makes him the fourth youngest senior in our top-100 prospect rankings.
Offensively, Reddic will be able to provide the most value to a NBA team on the offensive glass, as he averaged 4.9 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes pace adjusted which ranked fourth among all players in our Top-100 prospect rankings, and was excellent at finishing these second chance opportunities. He excels at using his body to gain position on the glass and leaping above his opponent to grab the offensive rebound. His putbacks are often wide open chances due to the initial position he earned, which is why he has so much success finishing these attempts.
There isn't much else Reddic excels at on the offensive end which will be easily translatable to the NBA. His post game needs a ton of work, as his footwork is not advanced and he doesn't have a reliable move to use to get a good look at the rim against collegiate defenders, so he will certainly struggle against NBA big men. He has some potential out of the pick and roll, but he needs to improve his jump shot to become more dangerous in these situations, which would allow him to be dangerous rolling to the rim or finding space for a mid range jumper. Synergy Sports categorized only 42 of his field goal attempts as jump shots, with Reddic converting on only 35.7% of such shots. He is not hesitant to shoot when left open, but has a slight hitch in his release which prevents him from being a more accurate shooter. His free throw percentage dropped from 71% as a junior to 55% as a senior, which raises some question marks about his potential as a shooter.
One of the reasons that Reddic's field goal percentage dropped in his senior season was his struggle to finish around the rim, shooting 54.7% around on attempts around the rim, according to Synergy Sports. On non-offensive rebound attempts, Reddic struggled to finish at the rim in traffic, which is troubling given the nature of his competition. He doesn't always appear to attack the rim with the type of aggressiveness you'd hope considering his physical tools.
Defensively, Reddic has the athletic tools necessary to become a capable defender but is still inconsistent in this area. His quickness and athleticism will help, as his 1.8 steals per 40 minutes ranked third among power forwards in our top-100 rankings.
However, he loses focus and plays too upright at times, especially when guarding the post, which allows the offensive player to get past him and to the rim. Reddic is only an average defensive rebounder, especially when compared to other power forwards in our Top-100 prospects, averaging 6.6 defensive rebounds per 40 minutes pace adjusted, which will trouble NBA scouts.
He doesn't always seem to bring the type of grit and hustle you'd hope for from a player who is relatively limited offensively, again losing his focus and not showing the type of aggressiveness you'd hope. Still, with his frame and mobility, Reddic absolutely has the tools to do many things on this end of the floor, particularly in terms of guarding the pick and roll, so there's plenty to work with here.
Looking ahead to this summer, Reddic will first need to put forth a strong showing at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament to generate any draft buzz. He will need to show some translatable skills as a defender/rebounder and finisher to match his strong physical tools to warrant being selected in the second round.
The major step backwards Reddic took in his senior year is something NBA teams will want to research more, as it's unlikely to be due strictly to basketball reasons, and almost certainly a mental issue as well, possibly stemming from his background. It's possible that a age, maturity and a change of scenery may help improve his chances of playing up to his potential and being more consistent, so teams will likely want to follow his progress in the D-League or Europe should he not make a team on the first go-around.


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Pain and Suffering Damages and Car Accident Law in Ontario
Car Accident Law in Ontario
On April 1, 2008, Ontario's highest court, the Court of Appeal, examined the threshold test for a car accident victim to make a claim for pain and suffering in the car accident case of Brak v. Walsh (http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/decisions/2008/april/2008ONCA0221.pdf). The case considers the "threshold" test that the plaintiff car accident victim had to meet to be entitled to make a claim for pain and suffering, and certain other claims, in the lawsuit.
The Car Accident
In January 2000, Mr. and Ms. Brak had been picked up by a friend (Mr. Walsh) and driven to a "buck and doe" party, which was being held at a local arena in Blyth, Ontario. They were picked up at about 9:30 pm and stayed at the party until about 1:30 a.m. The Trial Judge found that "there was no doubt that both Mr. Walsh and Mr. Brak drank heavily at this party".
The Judge found that Mr. Walsh started driving the Braks (and five other people) home while he was inotxicated. Four people were sitting in the front of the car, with Mr. Brak in the middle and with his wife (Ms. Brak) on his lap. No-one was wearing a seatbelt.
Mr. Walsh was speeding and driving badly, when he lost control of his car at an intersection, drove off of the road, and hit a tree. Ms. Brak was thrown forwards into the front dashboard and sustained injuries.
Ms. Brak sued Mr. Walsh for her injuries. Ms. Brak's husband and others also commenced claims, apparently, arising from losses that they say that they sustained because of Ms. Brak's injuries.
Ms. Brak, the car accident victim, was noted to have had some complaints about back pains and other pains in the years prior to the motor vehicle accident. She was also noted to have had difficult pregnancies and bladder problems before the car accident. She was 28 years old by the time of the trial in 2006. She had completed grade 10 in high school and moved out of her parent's house when she was 16.
She had been in a relationship with Mr. Brak since the mid-1990's and had two children with him before the car accident. Her second child (Dillon) was born prematurely and had cerebral palsy. Dillon had to wear a brace on one leg and required ongoing medical attention. She had another child after the car accident.
Injuries Arising from the Car Accident
Ms. Brak was rushed by ambulance to hospital from the scene of the car accident. The ambulance report showed that she was conscious and alert and was complaining of pain in her neck and along the left side of her body from her shoulder down. The hospital emergency room records showed that she was complaining of her left shoulder, rib and abdominal pain. She also had difficulty breathing. She was then transferred to another hospital (in London Ontario) by ambulance. Tests identified two fractured ribs, a laceration of her spleen, and a collapsed lung. She was treated conservatively (without surgery). All of these "objective injuries" cleared up within four months (by the end of April, 2000). Ms. Brak alleged that she continued to have ongoing back pain after the accident.
The Judge said that Ms. Brak was not noted to have complained about back pain at the time that she was in hospital. There were complaints about back pain in later records.
Ms. Brak returned home from hospital, but was unable to do her own housekeeping work for a number of months. She also had to use a special hospital bed for weeks because it was difficult to move around.
Loss of Work and Income
Ms. Brak had been on a lay-off at the time of the car accident. Ms. Brak returned to work as a produce manager at a supermarket from June 17, 2000 to May 2001, until complications with her new pregnancy (and then caring for her children) stopped her from working for approximately the next 1.5 years.
Ms. Brak returned to work on June 23, 2003. She was hired as a production line worker at a factory, earning $19 per hour for a 40 hour work week. The production line was automated, but she still had to do some twisting, while handling the product. It was not a very heavy job. Ms. Brak said that she would become tired at work and that her back would bother her. She said that she had to miss a lot of time from work and could not do overtime. The employment records, however, said that she only missed 2 days of work for "personal days" and 3 for "bereavement days" in 2003.
On February 3, 2004 Ms. Brak's doctor noted that Ms. Brak had sustained a muscle strain at work on January 28, 2004. She missed four days of work and then returned to part-time work until February 24, 2004. After that she missed some time from work because of her pelvic problems. Ms. Brak's family doctor said that she was having recurrent back problems that affected her ability to work, but the notes did not seem to bear out the doctor's conclusions.
Two physiatrists (specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation) saw Ms. Brak and said that she had sustained a soft tissue injury to her back (sometimes referred to as whiplash, etc. in other cases) and recommended that she lose weight, engage in an exercise program, and avoid heavy physical labour. They expected her pain symptoms to diminish with time. The physiatrists both recommended that she avoid heavy manual labour for the indefinite future.
The Trial Judge's decision
Before the Jury gave its verdict, the Judge was asked to consider whether Ms. Brak was entitled to claim for pain and suffering and certain other damages. Ms. Brak was only entitled to do that if she met one of the following threshold tests:
(1) She had sustained a permanent impairment of a physical, mental or psychological function that is important and serious; or
(2) She had sustained a permanent serious disfigurement.
The Trial Judge found that Ms. Brak's impairment was important, but it was not permanent (since her pain symptoms would diminish with time, etc.) or serious (since she was able to resume work and almost all of her housekeeping activities etc.). She had not suffered a disfigurement. Therefore, he found that she did not meet the threshold tests.
The Court of Appeal's decision
The Court of Appeal disagreed with the Trial Judge's reasoning.
The Court of Appeal said that an injury is "permanent" if it lasts "indefinitely into the future". The Court of Appeal noted that there was no evidence that Ms. Brak's pain would "clear up" and there was evidence that she would have to avoid heavy work indefinitely.
The Court of Appeal said that Ms. Brak's injury can be "serious" even though Ms. Brak was able to resume her employment and housekeeping. The Court said that it is important to consider whether Ms. Brak continued to experience pain and whether the pain continued to affect her enjoyment of life, her ability to socialize with others, have intimate relationships, enjoy her children and engage in recreational pursuits.
The Court of Appeal set aside the Trial Judge's decision and ordered that a new Judge consider the case.
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The IP address is wrong! WHT?
Yes, that's possible. It turns out that determining the originating IP address of an HTTP request is not as easy as it might seem. For example, there might be transparent proxies, load balancers, and even NAT gateways on the path from your browser to myip.rs. Even though, myip.rs uses a heuristic to determine the originating IP address, information may be hidden or removed which might lead to wrong results. If you encounter such a scenario, open an issue on GitHub and let's try to enhance the heuristic together.
The code runs on a free Heroku Autoscaling Dnyo that powers down when there are no service accesses for a period of time. This may lead to a large delay for the first request triggering a service restart.
Currently, no. Even though the code is agnostic regarding the IP version, Heroku currently does not support IPv6, so myip.rs is only available for IPv4. You can run your own instance of myip.rs at another, IPv6 supporting provider. Please see the project's Readme in the GitHub repository for details.
Can I run my own instance of myip.rs?
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Yes, why not. Just contact me and let's discuss the details. Better, do it yourself and send me a pull request.
myip.rs is yet another "what's my IP address" service, currently running ifconfig-rs version 0.1.4. It is written in Rust (hence the .rs top-level domain) using the Rocket web framework and includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com. The UI is made with uikit. Feel free to use it as much as you like, to query it automatically, and to clone and to fork it. Please mind that rate limiting may be applied. If you like to get in touch, you can contact me on and .


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Willie Watson Heads East for Fall Shows
Category: music August 19, 2021 198
Willie Watson's interpretations of old time folk music have made him a staple on the international folk festival circuit. This October he will be playing a handful of shows in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with stops in Moncton and Fredericton.
Ten years ago, Willie Watson parted ways with Old Crow Medicine Show, a band he co-founded and played with for twelve years. In pursuit of new adventures, and to deepen his love and exploration of old time folk music, Watson soon found himself performing on stages and at folk festivals throughout Canada, United States and Europe. With two solo albums to his credit, each an ode to folk's many branches from gospel songs to railroad songs, foundational blues and immigrant songs from across the UK, Watson has built a career as a conduit to contemporary music's basic ingredients.
Watson will make his way to the East Coast this fall, playing a handful of shows in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Watson plays The Cap on October 4. Tickets are on sale now. Full dates below.
Upcoming Performances:
Oct. 1 | The Bite House | Baddeck, NS | Tickets
Oct. 2 | Christ Church Music Hall | Dartmouth, NS | Tickets
Oct. 3 | Tide & Boar | Moncton, NB | Tickets
Oct. 4 | The Cap | Fredericton, NB | Tickets
Watson cover photo by Cory Piehowicz.
Tags: featured, The Cap, Willie Watson
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A 5-star song for sure. Back in 1972 when I heard this, I couldn't believe my ears and the flip side wasn't all that bad either, "Just A Matter of Time". I could never understand why he did not follow up with more songs of this nature, other than all the mundane ballads he continued to release after this burst of excitement. No wonder he continued to "tank" as far as recorded output. So sad.
My favourite Elvis song. Listen to the bass by Emory Gordy. This is sensational.
When I first heard it on the radio, it sounded like an Elvis imitator to me. This was the beginning of the end as far as I was conscerned. His voice was beginning to age prematurely. 1971 Nashville Marathon was his last great recording session.
His biggest hit of the 70's even though Elvis initially didn't want to record it! Not one of my favourites but I understand why it became a hit. Elvis should have released more good quality real rockers after he returned from the army. This is one of the few exceptions.
One of ELVIS' greatest number one hits.
A great surprise when I first heard it. It still stands as one of his best of the 70's and even one of his all time greatest imo! Great track!
Definitely one of his greatest songs from any era, even though it did not appeal to him. Should have been an even bigger global hit than it was.
This is such a marvelous, fun, energetic and unique song and it rightfully was a major hit for Elvis worldwide. Elvis easily has the very best renditions of it and it's easily one of my most favorite Elvis songs too.
Elvis may have not wanted to record this one, but I am glad he did. An outstanding single that truly rocks with Elvis in top vocal form. As far as forgetting the words in concert, there are just some songs that performers develop mental blocks when performing. Elvis had trouble with "I Just Can't Help Believin'" in 70, "Burning Love" in the early to mid 70's and "My Way" in 76 and 77. I love the song "Burning Love", but I find myself sometimes switching verses when I sing it around the house. The single version gets five stars easily.
Ranks right behind "Suspicious Minds" on my list of Top 10 Elvis singles. Terriffic song!
I like the original of Dennis Linde, a real rocker! Elvis made a completely mess of it. He seemed not very interesting in this song since, he always forgot the lyrics. But it was just a potential hit song.
great rocker. wouldn't recommend it to my pyromaniac friend though..
The epitome of 70's Elvis. The cover art on the single oozed the same sensuality as the lyrics. Find Arthur Alexander's original version which is a great 'delta blues' style contrast.
like the song, although Elvis seemed always to forget the lyrics (no interest?) and I guess he at that time of his life had more interest in ballads..
A favorite of many fans, myself included, strangely enough Elvis didn't like the song, one of his last hits, not that much.
This is my favorite song! I could hear a thousand times!
Elvis's best rocker since Big Hunk O Love. A return to the 50's in the 70's. Fabulous. The song is an icon.
A great advertisement for 70's Elvis that's really stood the test of time and brings in new fans.
The King's last really great single!


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Q: Autoencoder failed to find anomaaly We're using the following architecture for anomaly-finding-
model=Sequential()

model.add(Conv2D (128,  kernel_size =(3, 3),activation='relu',padding='same',input_shape=(80,80,3)))
model.add(MaxPooling2D(pool_size =(2, 2),padding='same'))
model.add(Conv2D (128,  kernel_size =(3, 3),activation='relu',padding='same'))
model.add(MaxPooling2D(pool_size =(2, 2),padding='same'))
model.add(Conv2D (128,  kernel_size =(3, 3),activation='relu',padding='same'))
model.add(Flatten())
model.add(Dense(32,  activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(6))

#-----------------#

model.add(Dense(32,  activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(51200,  activation='relu'))
model.add(Reshape ((20 ,20 ,128)))
model.add(Conv2D (128,  kernel_size =(3, 3),activation='relu',padding='same'))
model.add(UpSampling2D ((2 ,2)))
model.add(Conv2D (128,  kernel_size =(3, 3),activation='relu',padding='same'))
model.add(UpSampling2D ((2 ,2)))
model.add(Conv2D (3,  kernel_size =(3, 3),padding='same'))
model.add(Reshape ((3 ,6400)))
model.add(Activation('sigmoid'))
model.add(Reshape ((80,80,3)))

model.summary()

# Compile the model
model.compile(optimizer='adam', loss='mean_squared_error')

We've two sets of images, 1000 images of TypeA & 5400 images of TypeB.
Now when we're training our autoencoder on typeB images and testing on typeA images, mean square error of typeB is coming out to be greater than that of typeA. Since, they are visually different, mse in case of typeB should have been smaller than that of typeA.
Is there any problem in my architecture? What should I change in the architecture to get the result right? Please suggest...


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Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan Are Changing The Way The World Sees Romance
Jenni Berrett
When Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan started writing a historical romance story together, they had no idea it would turn into a full-blown trilogy. My Rogue, My Ruin is the first in that series, a delightfully daring romp that adapts the classic tale of Robin Hood into a steamy historical romance. Though Amalie and Angie have both been published in the past, My Rogue, My Ruin is their first collaborative project.
We got the lucky opportunity to send them some of our most burning questions about their writing process, their childhood influences, and the host of misconceptions surrounding chick-lit.
Amalie, you've written about everything from mermaids to cyborgs. What made you want to jump into the world of historical romance?
As both a reader and writer, I've always been a huge fan of romance, so love has been a strong theme in all of my young adult novels (even with cyborgs)! After all, we are social beings and our existence is bolstered by human connection. I love being able to explore these different layers of love and romance in my novels.
Historical romance is one of my favorite genres to read when I have some downtime — corsets, stringent etiquette, romantic entanglements, and a guaranteed Happy Ever After — what's not to love? Writing it, however, came quite by accident. A couple years ago, Angie and I were having a laugh about how much we love our "manly marquesses" and our "dashing dukes," and we decided to write our own historical romance as a fun project. A few months later, much to our surprise, we had written a complete novel, which we both fell in love with. We sent it off to our agents and the entire Lords of Essex series was then sold for publication to Entangled Publishing. My Rogue, My Ruin is available now, My Darling, My Disaster releases March 27th 2017, and the third book, My Hellion, My Heart releases July 24th 2017.
Romance novels are overwhelmingly popular and beloved by readers of all types, but they still struggle for recognition in the literary world at large. In your ideal world, how would we think and talk about romance novels?
Romance novels, particularly historical romance novels, have always had a shaky reputation, particularly when they're paired with derogatory misnomers like "bodice rippers" and the like. Let's be clear, not all historical romance books have bodice ripping in them. And more emphatically, not all bodice ripping is bad. Especially when it's consensual. There's nothing sexier than the swift shedding of clothing between a couple, and if a few buttons get torn in the process, YES PLEASE. It's about passion. It's about love. It's about romance. And it's most definitely about sex. To us, romance novels are empowering. They allow women to explore their sexuality in a safe space and to not feel ashamed by their wants and needs. Pride & Prejudice is considered literary and is at its core a romance. Just because something is written about sex and romance doesn't mean it's a fluff book. Beautifully written fiction is also about language and syntax, style and composition, not just about content and subject matter.
What should we know about My Rogue, My Ruin and the romance genre at large?
My Rogue, My Ruin is a steamy, regency retelling of Robin Hood. As with most historical romance books, we wanted the story to center around a flawed hero and an equally flawed heroine, who both manage to find reasons to change in each other. Archer Croft, the Marquess of Hawksfield, is driven by his hatred for the wasteful, wealthy beau monde to steal from the rich and give to the poor. But his motives, though helpful, are woefully misguided. He meets Lady Briannon Findlay, his sickly neighbor who longs for adventure and freedom from her mother's coddling. She becomes an odd sort of moral compass for Archer, while he pushes her to step out of her comfort zone. The attraction between them is sizzling and they both get caught up in a murder mystery that throws them closer together. To survive it, they'll have to trust in each other.
"As romance writers, we hope to empower women and help them embrace or celebrate their sexual identity. There's something incredibly powerful about that."
In this novel, we hope to offer readers a satisfying blend of romance, action, mystery, suspense, and humor. Though sex is important, the romance genre isn't only about that. Like life itself, it's a mix of many different elements. It's about emotional, mental, and physical connections. While we want the sex to be satisfying, we don't want it to be gratuitous or explicit. We're about the total package—incorporating all the different nuances and layers of romantic relationships. As new historical romance writers, we hope to bridge lush, setting-based, old school historical romance (Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Johanna Lindsey, Judith McNaught) with sexier, character-driven, new school historical romance (Sophie Jordan, Sarah MacLean, Tessa Dare).
What's the most common misconception about "women's fiction" and romance?
That it's automatically less than because it's chick lit or romantic fiction written primarily by women. Or worse, a smut book. It's so demeaning. Just because a novel has sex in it doesn't automatically make it a "nasty" sex book. Sex is a natural, healthy part of human relationships. It's a physical culmination of a connection between two people, and it is the reason that any of us exist, after all. As romance writers, we hope to empower women and help them embrace or celebrate their sexual identity. There's something incredibly powerful about that.
My Rogue, My Ruin was a collaboration between the two of you. How did you come to work on the book together? What is the writing process like when working with a partner as opposed to working solo?
We started writing this book for fun because we both adore historical romance. That writing experiment evolved into the Lords of Essex series. We have a very strong working rapport, cultivated over the course of four books and countless brainstorming sessions via online chat, phone, and in-person. We write primarily via Google Docs and Word. We tend to do a detailed outline before each project so that we are both on the same page as to where the story is going. Our last outline was twenty-six, single-spaced pages! Then we write.
"For us, it's not just about writing tough female characters, it's about writing real ones..."
Because historical romance is so stylistic, we don't separate out by chapters. We pick up where the other leaves off, even if it's mid-scene. We trust each other implicitly, which is a must (in any relationship), and we edit as we go. Then we revise the finish project together. Our favorite part about writing together is having someone at your side who is equally invested in the project, who will tell you as it is, hold your hand when necessary, and also give you a kick in the butt if needed.
You both have writing roots in middle grade and young adult books. Growing up, what were the books that influenced you most?
Amalie: I've been a voracious reader all my life, devouring pretty much anything I could get my hands on. My love affair with reading began with Grimm's Fairy Tales and continued with books like Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, and Lord of the Rings. My biggest influencers were Enid Blyton, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Eddings, Anne Rice, C.S Lewis, Judith McNaught, and Jude Deveraux.
Angie: Growing up, I would go with my dad to used book shops all the time. He collects books and he'd let me pick out a book every time I went with him. I'd read everything, flying through series like Sweet Valley Twins and Babysitter's Club, and books like A Wrinkle in Time and Bridge to Terabithia. I read everything, even books not necessarily intended for kids, like Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Danielle Steel.
My Rogue, My Ruin isn't just a romance, it's also firmly grounded in history. What drew you to writing about the past?
The rules — particularly the ones that govern male/female behavior — during the regency period are fascinating. We love exploring the challenges those strict rules present when two people are falling in love. Like the Victorian age, there is so much restraint and guarding of one's reputation, future, and heart. It's something, even in today's world with today's rules, that we all can struggle with. It's rewarding when our characters can break past those rules to find what's truly important. Also, London society in the regency period can feel very insular, and when writing about it there is so much opportunity to create multiple characters and storylines, some of which can be visited in future books!
With so much focus on Badass Women Being Badass in the literary world at large, there has been a swell of female characters who are tough but still lack depth. Brynn doesn't fall into that trap by any stretch of the imagination; she knows how to hold her own but still has a whole lot of heart. What is the process like for creating a character that reflects the complexity and diversity of women in the real world?
A woman's strength comes from her ability to be resilient... to rise in any situation, to face any challenge with whatever tools she has at her disposal. For us, it's not just about writing tough female characters, it's about writing real ones—making them well rounded with both emotional and physical strengths and weaknesses. However, it's a fine balance writing historical since there are so many rules of deportment (what was allowed, what wasn't, how a woman should behave, social expectations and the like). Within those parameters, we still wanted our heroine to have the depth and complexity that would make her relatable to modern women. Intelligence isn't limited by time period, and neither is common sense, humor, or self-awareness. At the end of the day, it still comes down to versatility and resilience. It's about how these female characters respond to the things they come up against and how they are shaped by their experiences.
Strength can be about embracing your vulnerability or sexuality, making a choice you've never made before, or trying something out of your comfort zone. For us, adaptability, heart, and resilience are signs of true strength, and we hope that all of our heroines are accurate representations of that.
What advice do you have for young writers considering a venture into the romance genre?
First of all, don't be afraid to write what you love, and have confidence in your ideas. For any new writer, we would encourage reading as many books as you can get your hands on—the more you read (especially books that have been successful in the genre), the more you'll understand the elements required to pen an equally successful novel of your own. Reading outside of the romance genre will broaden your scope, too. The most important piece of advice, though, is just to keep writing, keep trying, and keep reading.
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The owner of British Airways and Iberia plans to axe 4,500 jobs at the Spanish flag carrier as the group heads for a full-year operating loss.
International Airlines Group (IAG) , formed by the 2011 merger between the two airlines, posted a 25 percent fall in third-quarter operating profit on Friday, hit by rising fuel costs and a poor performance from its Spanish unit.
IAG's third-quarter operating profit was 270 million euros ($343.63 million), down from 363 million euros in the same period last year.
"Iberia is in a fight for survival and we will transform it to reduce its cost base so it can grow profitably in the future," IAG Chief Executive Willie Walsh said in a statement on Friday.
Iberia has performed worse than BA in recession-hit Spain, with its low-cost carrier Iberia Express hit by labour disputes.
IAG expects to make an operating loss of about 120 million euros in 2012, after trading losses related to its bmi subsidiary and exceptional items.
As part of a restructuring plan unveiled on Friday, IAG said it would cut capacity in Iberia's network by 15 percent in 2013, focusing on profitable routes and downsizing its fleet by 25 aircraft.
It set a January 31 deadline to reach an agreement with trade unions over the Spanish job cuts, without which it said there could be more dismissals.


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The annual (not-so-serious) grudgematch between DC Comics and Marvel Comics' softball teams occurred Thursday evening on North Meadow #2 in Central Park. Both teams came out of the gate with a ferocious offensive attack, but Larry Ganem and DC's defense finally gained Marvel's measure in the fourth inning (it may have helped that Marvel started subbing in some of their less potent hitters by the fifth) while DC's all-in line-up (no man left out, no substitutions) continued to push across runs en route to a dominating 23-9 win for DC.
The only small disagreement came before either team took the field – the captains couldn't agree on how they wanted to arrange their line-ups for the game, so each team kept their own standard. Marvel played a traditional 11-person line-up, starting their stars and then substituting in other players later in the game. This configuration got the top of the line-up to the plate more often, which concerned Bullet captain Sal Cipriano. DC's line-up went 15 people deep, with everyone batting and various players rotating in and out of the defense – the top of the order wouldn't, theoretically, bat as often.
It turned out not to matter.
Marvel started the game with a bang, hammering home four runs in the first, reminding the Bullets of their potency and ensuring DC would take nothing for granted. The Bullets responded with a five-run, lead-taking outburst, including three runs with two outs. Mike Lorah led off the bottom of the first by smoking a triple to right center field, and he then sprinted home on Andrew Arnold's groundout to short. Kevin Schwoer crushed a solo home run to center to cut Marvel's lead in half. After Jay Kogan drew a walk, Vince Letterio's screaming line drive was pulled down by Marvel very tall, and talented, third baseman. Neil Hiremath singled and Christine Napolitano walked to load the bases with two down, and Sal Cipriano punched home one run with a base hit to left. Blake Kobashigawa ended the scoring with a two-run flare single into shallow right, putting DC up 5-4 after one explosive inning.
Then both teams huddled under umbrellas and DC's handy tarp-across-the-dugout during a ten-minute downpour that delayed the game. The remainder of the evening would be marked by light drizzle and a ten-pound, sopping wet softball that was hard to throw and harder to crush.
After the game resumed, Marvel, undaunted, plated three more runs in the second, retaking the lead. Responding with six runs of their own, DC seized the lead and never trailed again. Joel Press and Andrew (2) Marino singled. Taylor Esposito's fielder's choice (removing Andrew 2) and Brittany Holzherr's walk loaded the bases. Fashionista David Pina, rocking his Flash underoos outside his pants, and Mike each drove him one run with base hits. Andrew drove home two more runs with another single, and Kevin's double scored another Bullet run. Jay walked to reload the bases and Vince picked up a sacrifice fly to shallow left field – with Andrew alertly tagging and racing home when the left fielder had to slide to make the catch. After Neil walked, CNap bounced into a fielder's choice to cap the scoring.
Marvel doggedly battled back again, plating two more runs in the third, making it a tight 11-9 game. DC put together a back-breaking rally in the bottom half, and did it all with two outs. Sal lined to third and Blake popped up to first. And then: singles by Larry and Joel, RBI double from Andrew 2, RBI singles from Taylor and Britt, and a bases-loading single from David. Then, despite Marvel's strong offensive showing in the first three innings, Mike ended most of the game's drama, depositing a looping drive down the right field line that went for a grand slam homer. Andrew nearly made it back-to-back blasts with a bomb into left center, but Marvel's left fielder managed to run the drive down for the inning-ender. Still, the seven-run, two-out showing put DC up 18-9 after three innings.
From there, things quieted down. Marvel didn't score again, despite a few threats. Kevin ran down a long, long fly ball somewhere around 120th St. in the fifth, while Vince showed some impressive range in center and Blake ranged far up the middle to snare a grounder, to help Larry work through four frames of goose eggs.
For DC, in the fourth, Jay smoked a one-out double and later scored on Neil's line drive single to center. Moved into scoring position by CNap's second base on balls, Neil scored easily on Sal's second RBI hit of the afternoon. Joel and Taylor each reached on base hits in the fifth, and then scored on RBI knocks from Britt and David. In the sixth, Kevin singled, took second on a groundout, and scored on Vince's liner into left.
9-6 (3-5 NYMSL), the DC Bullets have put up successive 20+ run outbursts. Can they keep the offense going against one of the New York Media Softball League's best hurlers? Find out next Monday, as the Bullets battle WNYC on North Meadow #10. They need a few wins to climb back into the NYMSL playoff picture.
It's not easy to scrape together a softball team for a Sunday nooner, so first of all, a big Bullet thank you to Jake Schwartz, Cid Rivera, Ian Parfrey and Michelle Lang to joining DC this weekend. The comic book makers squared off against SNY, television home of the New York Mets, at noon Sunday on Great Lawn #7 in Central Park. And perhaps it was a boost from DC's ringers (combined 13-20, 10 runs scored, 13 RBI, a double, two triples and a home run) or perhaps SNY rusty bats (their first game of the summer) or the absence of Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, but DC put up one of their most convincing victories in an up-and-down season, walking away with a 23-3 triumph.
DC scored all the runs they'd need in the top of the first. Mike Lorah and Jake Schwartz each grounded singles through the middle, and Cid Rivera followed with an RBI base knock. After Ian Parfrey smoked a two-run double, Captain Sal Cipriano smacked a laser beam directly SNY's top-drawer third baseman and Blake Kobashigawa grounded to third for the second out. However, Brittany Holzherr lined a two-out RBI single to left to score Ian before Nel Yomtov bounced into an inning-ending fielder's choice. Battling Ian on the mount for DC, SNY put runners on base, but failed to push them across. With a runner on first, Ian induced back-to-back routine fielder's choices to third to work through a scoreless first.
Michelle Lang, the Impulsive Kid Flash David Pina and Taylor Esposito went down in order in the second and SNY posted their first run of the afternoon in the bottom half, cutting DC's lead to 4-1 after two frames.
Fortunately for the comic book makers, the top of their line-up wasn't through doing damage. Mike bounced another single into center to start the third. SNY's first baseman made a nice backhand play on Jake's opposite-way grounder and went to second for a force play and the first out, but Cid picked his teammate up with a long home run to dead center field. Ian and Sal singled, before Ian was erased on Blake's unassisted-to-third fielder's choice for the second out. Once again, Britt came through with another two-out RBI, driving a base hit to center to plate Sal. Nel lined out to second to close the three-run barrage. And SNY went down scoreless, giving the Bullets a chance to take real control of the game in the fourth.
Which is exactly what they did. Twelve batters came to the plate, including Michelle twice, as DC scored seven times in the fourth. Michelle and Taylor singled around David's fielder's choice, and Mike's third base hit of the afternoon loaded the bases. Jake and Cid both singled to score three runs, and after Ian's fielder's choice, Sal added an RBI single and then Blake smoked a two-run triple over the center fielder's head. Britt, the two-out devastator, walked on four pitches, and Nel had her back, slicing an RBI hit to left to score Blake. Michelle lined out to right to end the carnage.
SNY tallied a second run in the last of the fourth, DC took a commanding 14-2 lead into the fifth. However, SNY then managed to cut that lead slightly, as the Bullets managed only one baserunner - Mike's two-out single - and SNY pushed across a third run in their half.
SNY, however, didn't score again (fielder's choice and pop-ups continually stalling their offensive efforts), and DC kept tacking on. In the sixth, it was all two-out magic. After Cid grounded to third (with SNY's first baseman making a highlight reel stretch to corral a wide throw - yeah, his foot probably came off the base, but the effort deserved the out) and Ian flew out to center, Sal, Blake, Britt, Nel and Michelle all singled in sequence to score three more runs (credit runs to the first three, RBIs to Britt and Michelle with a run scoring on an overthrow after Michelle's hit).
DC batted around again in the top of the seventh, for six more runs. After Taylor popped up, the Bullets unleashed an extra-base hit assault against SNY's relief pitcher. Mike tripled to center and Jake tripled to right. Cid reached on an infield single, and Ian belted a two-run triple of his own. After Sal walked, Blake flew out to shallow left. With two down, Britt and Nel both drew walks to force home another run, and Michelle capped the rally with a run-scoring base hit.
Ian shut down SNY 1-2-3 in the last of the seventh, getting the final two hitters on sky-high pops to Nel in short left field.
8-6 (3-5 NYMSL), the DC Comics Bullets next game is against the Marvel Comics Avengers in the grudgematch of the summer. However, we're off this week - the Marvel game is next Thursday, August 8, on the Bullets' home field, North Meadow #2.
Sure, it was a zillion degrees Thursday evening, but that's not going to stop the DC Bullets. Armed with gallons of fluid, the comic book makers made their way to North Meadow #2 to square off against the literary magazine Paris Review. The Review took an early lead, then DC went on top, only to lose their advantage, regain it, lose it and regain one final time to walk away, tired and quite dehydrated, with a 14-10 win.
Highlighted by a two-run home run to right field, Paris Review struck for four runs in the first, immediately putting the Bullets back on their heels. However, as they've done all summer long, the top of DC's order went to work, digging the team out of the early hole. Christine Napolitano led off with a line single to left, and after Bill McLaughlin flew out to center, Andrew Arnold crushed a long home run to left center. Mike Lorah nearly mirrored Andrew's feat, smashing a long drive to right center, but unable to match Andrew's speed, Mike had to settle for a triple. The Captain, Sal Cipriano, drove Mike home with a groundout to short, cutting the Paris Review's lead to one. Joel Press and Emily Winter picked up two-out hits, but David "Impulse" Pina rolled over a fielder's choice to close out the first.
Paris Review added an insurance run in the second, but it wasn't enough to hold the lead. With one out, Taylor Esposito, CNap and Bill each singled to load the bases. Andrew continued to punish Paris Review pitching, smoking a two-run double and tying the game. For the afternoon, Andrew missed hitting for the cycle by only a triple. Then Mike's seven-mile high sacrifice fly to right center put DC ahead.
Holding Paris Review scoreless in the third, the Bullets pushed their lead to three runs. Again, three one-out singles loaded the bases. This time, Emily, Impulse and Andrew 2 were aboard, and it was Taylor socking a two-run double. DC, however, missed a chance to score even more when CNap popped up on the infield and Bill flew out to center.
Paris Review responded to the three run Bullet lead decisively, tallying three runs of their own and knotting the game at eight runs apiece, but the comic book makers still had the home field advantage. In the last of thee fourth, they used a little two-out magic to retake the lead. After Andrew's single, Mike popped up and Sal grounded into a fielder's choice. Joel, however, picked up his mates with a bomb to deep left. Joel wound up at third, barely, and Sal scored to put DC back on top. Emily drove Joel home, lining a single into left center. Impulse and Andrew 2 also singled to reload the bases, but this time Taylor went down swinging.
Paris Review's centerfielder, who'd clubbed a two-run homer in the first, got into another of Emily's pitches in the top of the fifth, tying the game with another long two-run blast. In the last of the fifth, with time running out on the permit, DC had one more chance to put the game away.
CNap grounded to short, Bill singled and Andrew popped up. With two outs and chances running dry, Mike scalded a single off Paris Review's second baseman and the Captain laced a bullet to left, plating Bill with the go-ahead run. The game continued, on the off chance that we might, however unlikely, be able to squeeze in another frame of softball, but the long delay that followed Joel's booming two-run double - which led to a considerable fair/foul debate (DC's ground rules: base coaches make fair/foul and safe/out calls, so I'll stand behind CNap on this one.) - made the effort moot. Singles from Emily and David scored Joel as well, before Andrew 2 bounced into a game-ending fielder's choice.
7-5 (3-4 NYMSL), the Bullets rematch Institutional Investor next Thursday on North Meadow #2 in NYMSL action.
For Thursday night's softball games on North Meadow #2 against the DC Bullets, The Nation was late and short-handed. Consequently, the game lasted only four and a half innings before the 7pm field permit expired, and two Bullets - former intern/temp Andrew (2) Marino, making his 2013 season debut, and letterer/rookie Taylor Esposito - gamely accepted a temporary trade to the opposition. Even with two of their own in the enemy camp providing scouting reports, DC powered through to an 11-9 win.
Leading off with Andrew and then Taylor, The Nation struck for three early runs in the top of the first inning, but the middle of DC's order put the team on their shoulders and struck back harder to seize the lead. After a Christine Napolitano single and Neil Hiremath's fly out, Vince Letterio, Mike Lorah and Jay Kogan clubbed back-to-back-to-back triples to left field to tie the game. Captain Sal "Ichiro" Cipriano plated Jay for the lead with a wickedly spinning infield single, the first of three infield hits on the day for Sal. After Brittany Holzherr's fielder's choice, Joel Press rapped a double down the line and consecutive base hits from David "Impulse" (replacing his former "Kid Flash" nickname) Pina and CNap padded DC's advantage. Neil popped up, giving him the fairly rare distinction of making two outs in the same inning.
After Joel shut down The Nation in the second, DC tacked on a run in the bottom of the frame. Having allowed three pull-side triples in the first, The Nation shifted their entire outfield (both teams played three-man outfields) far around to the left, looking to close the gaps. After Vince flew out to left, Mike, showing no rust from his recent paternity leave, poked a looping flare down the right field line for an easy home run. Afterwards, Jay flew out, Sal outran a roller down the third base line, and Britt bounced into another's fielder's choice.
The Nation plated two more runs in the third, closing to within two runs. Leading just 7-5, Joel responded by lining a base hit to left and when David slapped a single to center, Joel charged hard around to third base. The center fielder's throw went wide of third and behind the Bullet dugout, allowing Joel to score and David, already advancing to second on the throw, to move up to third on the error. However, living up to his Impulse nickname, David sprinted off third and was nearly halfway home when CNap's line drive raced directly into The Nation third baseman's glove, and David was easily doubled off. With two down, the top of the DC line-up came through again. Neil, still the senior Flash on this team, slapped a hit to center and hustled it into a double. Vince followed with an RBI single and Mike flared a triple down the still nearly vacant right field line (but credit Andrew 2 for getting the ball as quickly as possible and getting it back to the infield to hold Mike at third). Jay bounced to shortstop, but the three-run inning pushed DC's lead to five runs. They'd need them all.
The Nation scored twice in the fourth and brought their biggest basher to the plate with one on and nobody out, and he promptly crushed a long home run over the fence in left field, cutting the comic book makers' lead to just one run. Fortunately, Joel and DC's defense (big nods to Vince, Jay and Neil for covering all that outfield ground, and to Britt for stepping in a shortstop and doing a terrific job) rose to the occasion, stifling The Nation's next few hitters to hold their slight edge.
Bottom four: After Sal and Britt singled, and Joel popped up, David connected for an RBI base hit. CNap added a single, loading the bases, but Neil popped up on the infield and Vince grounded an unassisted fielder's choice to the second baseman to wrap DC's offensive afternoon. With time on the permit dwindling, Joel made short work of The Nation in the top of the fifth, working his first one-two-three frame and securing DC's 11-9 victory.
6-5 (3-4 NYMSL), the Bullets meet the Paris Review next Thursday on North Meadow #2 at 5:30.