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Top 10 L.A. sports stories of the decade: Lakers were a roller coaster of drama
Kobe Bryant's retirement and the Lakers missing the playoffs for six consecutive seasons were among biggest L.A. sports stories of the last decade.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
By Mike DiGiovannaStaff Writer
A decade that began with the 2010 death of basketball legend John Wooden ended with the birth of a true intra-city hoops rivalry, the dynamic duos of the Lakers' LeBron James and Anthony Davis and the Clippers' Kawhi Leonard and Paul George rekindling excitement, interest and intrigue at Staples Center.
While the retirements of legendary broadcasters Vin Scully (Dodgers) in 2016, Bob Miller (Kings) in 2017 and Ralph Lawler (Clippers) in 2019 left voids on the local airwaves, the Rams filled a gaping NFL hole by returning from St. Louis in 2016.
The Dodgers emerged from bankruptcy to reach the World Series twice but haven't ended a 31-year championship drought. The Angels employed the best player in baseball for most of the decade but couldn't win a playoff game.
Neither USC nor UCLA produced a championship-caliber football team or a basketball team that got beyond the Sweet 16 in a decade that ended with both athletic departments ensnared in a college admissions scandal.
Los Angeles did produce some winners, the Kings skating to Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014, the Galaxy winning three Major League Soccer titles in four years from 2011 to 2014, and the Sparks taking the WNBA championship in 2016.
An entertaining and unconventional UCLA women's gymnastics team won an NCAA title in 2018. Chino Hills High followed the bouncing Balls — brothers Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo — to an undefeated season and state basketball title in 2016.
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Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Summer Olympics, its bid buoyed in part by the most expensive sports venue ever built — Inglewood's $5-billion SoFi Stadium, which will open in 2020 — and a spectacular new soccer venue next to the venerable Coliseum, which hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.
The Los Angeles sports scene should be even more vibrant in coming years, but before moving on to the next decade, let's take a look back at the top local storylines of the last 10 years:
Kobe Bryant celebrates after the Lakers' victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals at Staples Center on June 17, 2010.
The Lakers opened the decade winning their 16th NBA title, defeating the longtime rival Boston Celtics in a seven-game series in 2010, and closed it with a 26-7 start to a season that has fans dreaming of another Larry O'Brien Trophy.
In between, they blazed a trail of dysfunction and soap-opera-style drama, from Kobe Bryant's awkward farewell tour to controlling owner Jeanie Buss thwarting a coup attempt by older brothers Jim and Johnny Buss, to Magic Johnson's impromptu hallway resignation as president of basketball operations.
The Lakers missed the playoffs five times from 1948 to 2013. Then they went six straight seasons without making the playoffs during this decade, going 163-329 during the dreadful stretch.
The decline began in 2011 with the retirement of coach Phil Jackson, who guided the Lakers to five titles in 10 years. That started a carousel in which the team cycled through five coaches — Mike Brown, Mike D'Antoni, Byron Scott, Luke Walton and now Frank Vogel — in eight years.
In December 2011, David Stern, then the NBA commissioner, vetoed a three-team trade that would have sent star guard Chris Paul to the Lakers. On the rebound, the Lakers acquired guard Steve Nash from Phoenix and center Dwight Howard from Orlando before the 2012-13 season. Injuries limited Nash to 65 games in two seasons. Howard clashed with Bryant and left after one season.
The Lakers struggled to attract free agents. They signed Bryant to a two-year, $48.5-million extension in 2013, seven months after Bryant had surgery for a torn Achilles.
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Bryant was limited to 107 games in his final three seasons, though he went out with a memorable 60-point game against Utah in 2016.
Jeanie Buss shook up the front office in February 2017, ousting general manager Mitch Kupchak and basketball operations head Jim Buss, replacing them with Johnson. Rob Pelinka, Bryant's agent, was hired as GM.
Johnson helped attract James to the Lakers before the 2018-19 season but abruptly resigned last May, accusing Pelinka of back-stabbing him. In June, the Lakers acquired star center Davis from New Orleans, and the pairing has the Lakers back in title contention.
Stan the man
Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke smiles during a news conference to celebrate his team's return to Los Angeles in 2016.
Los Angeles was an NFL desert for two decades, as billionaire developers, corporate titans, Hollywood power brokers, four mayors and a host of A-list celebrities tried and failed to bring the nation's No. 1 sport back to the second-largest market after the Rams and Raiders left in 1995.
It took the financial clout and vision of a real-estate magnate and sports mogul from the Midwest to finally solve the riddle, and now Los Angeles has not one but two NFL teams, with the Rams and Chargers set to play in a luxurious Inglewood stadium next year.
Stan Kroenke, then-owner of the St. Louis Rams, got his ball rolling in January 2014 with a stealthy $101-million purchase of 60 acres next to the former Hollywood Park racetrack. A year later, he revealed plans to build a stadium.
On Jan. 12, 2016, during an 11-hour meeting in the ballroom of a Houston airport hotel, NFL owners chose Kroenke's plan by a 30-2 vote over a competing Carson stadium proposal submitted by the owners of the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders.
The Rams, Southern California residents from 1946 to 1994, returned in 2016, ending L.A.'s 21-year NFL drought by using the Coliseum as a temporary home. Two years later, under whiz-kid coach Sean McVay, they reached the Super Bowl, losing to New England, 13-3, in January.
The Chargers were given an option to join the Rams in Inglewood, which they exercised in 2017. As they finish their third season playing home games in a cozy Carson soccer stadium and vying for relevance in a more crowded market, the jury is still out on whether the Chargers made the right move.
It was clearly the right move for the Rams, whose franchise value has jumped from $1.5 billion in their last year in St. Louis to $3.8 billion, according to Forbes.
"It's been a long road back," Kroenke said, fighting back tears at a 2016 news conference, "but we made it."
Frank and Jamie McCourt take in opening day at Dodger Stadium in 2006.
(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Frank McCourt bought the Dodgers in 2004 with "not a penny" of his own cash, according to one of his divorce attorneys. He and ex-wife Jamie spent so lavishly on themselves that Major League Baseball took over the team in 2011, and McCourt took the Dodgers into bankruptcy later that year.
The McCourts' rocky tenure as owners featured four managers and two general managers, the hiring of a Russian scientist named Vladimir Shpunt, who supposedly helped the Dodgers win by sending positive energy from his Boston home, and one of the costliest divorces in California history.
The turmoil forced the sale of the team. Guggenheim Baseball Management, led by controlling partner Mark Walter and Magic Johnson, bought the Dodgers for $2.15 billion in 2012, at the time the highest price ever paid for a North American sports franchise.
The new owners, fueled by a 25-year, $8.35-billion television deal with Time Warner Cable, boosted payroll each year, from $110 million in 2011 to a major league-high $291 million in 2015.
The Dodgers spent lavishly to sign free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke after the 2012 season and to retain ace Clayton Kershaw in 2014, and closer Kenley Jansen and third baseman Justin Turner after the 2016 season. They developed homegrown stars such as Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Walker Buehler.
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig hit .319 with 19 home runs and 42 RBIs during his sensational 2013 rookie season.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
They invested in international players such as Hyun-Jin Ryu, Kenta Maeda and Yasiel Puig, and swung big trade-deadline deals for Yu Darvish and Manny Machado.
The upside: The Dodgers won seven consecutive division titles and played in back-to-back World Series. Kershaw won three Cy Young Awards, and the team draws nearly 4 million fans a year in a stadium that has undergone $300 million in renovations.
The downside: The Dodgers have the richest local TV deal in baseball, but because of a dispute between cable and satellite providers, the team's SportsNet LA broadcasts do not air in a majority of Southern California homes. Oh, and the Dodgers still haven't won a championship since 1988.
Fight on
Then-USC coach Pete Carroll, left, shakes hands with quarterback Mark Sanchez after the quarterback announced his decision to turn pro in January 2008.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Eleven days into this decade, Pete Carroll left USC for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. The Trojans spent the next 10 years trying to recapture the magic the charismatic coach created from 2001 to 2009 with little success, their efforts hampered by crippling NCAA sanctions and coaching tumult.
Carroll filled the NFL void in Los Angeles with an entertaining, free-wheeling style of football that produced two national champions, three Heisman Trophy winners — Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush — and an 83-18 record in nine years after sanctions stripped them of 14 wins.
Carroll left Jan. 11, 2010, and was replaced by Lane Kiffin. Six months later, the NCAA ruled Bush and his family received cash and perks from sports marketers while Bush starred at USC in 2004 and 2005. The Trojans were hit with a two-year postseason ban and the loss of 30 scholarships over three years.
Kiffin led USC to a 28-15 record in three-plus seasons but was fired on the tarmac at LAX by then-athletic director Pat Haden at 3:14 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2013, after a 62-41 loss at Arizona State dropped the Trojans to 3-2.
Ed Orgeron, USC's fiery defensive line coach with the gravelly voice and thick Cajun accent, guided the Trojans to a 6-2 record as interim coach.
When Steve Sarkisian was hired as USC's full-time coach Dec. 2, a jilted Orgeron left the school, leaving his players in tears. Clay Helton, then the offensive coordinator, coached USC's Las Vegas Bowl win over Fresno State.
Two weeks before the 2015 season, Sarkisian appeared to be intoxicated at a "Salute to Troy" event. When Sarkisian failed to show up for a midday practice in October, he was placed on an indefinite leave of absence and then fired. Helton took over and, five wins later, was named the permanent coach.
USC went 10-3 with a Rose Bowl win in 2016 and 11-3 in 2017, but dipped to 5-7 in 2018 and 8-5 this year in a season marred by injury and inconsistency. New AD Mike Bohn and school president Carol L. Folt decided to retain Helton early this month, to the chagrin of boosters howling for Helton to be fired.
Helton's recent recruiting class was considered the worst in the Pac-12. Orgeron, the one who got away, is the coach for top-ranked Louisiana State, which will play Clemson for the national championship.
Cardiac kids
UCLA's Katelyn Ohashi jumps into the arms of coach Valorie Kondos Field after recording a perfect score in floor exercise at the Pac-12 gymnastics championships in April.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
While the USC and UCLA football and men's basketball teams failed to reach national prominence, the schools combined to win 32 NCAA Division I titles in the decade, highlighted by two dramatic comebacks — both by women's teams in 2018.
That April, the UCLA women's gymnastics team, led by floor-routine sensation Katelyn Ohashi, trailed two-time defending champion Oklahoma in the team finals by 0.175 points before the last event.
The Bruins needed a balance-beam score of 9.975 from Christine Peng-Peng Lee to win their seventh national championship. She went one better, capping her UCLA career with a perfect 10, setting off a wild celebration in St. Louis.
"I saw her 10 and said, 'What?' " said Ohashi, whose spectacular floor routine would go viral the following January. "It was so surreal."
Said Valorie Kondos Field, who retired after this past season, her 29th as UCLA's coach: "It was epic."
Two months later, on a rainy night in Eugene, Ore., USC runner Kendall Ellis sprinted into history with a comeback for the ages, flying from fourth place to a split-second victory on the final lap of the 1,600-meter relay to give the USC women's track and field team its second national title.
Kendall Ellis' stunning performance at the 2018 NCAA championships.
Ellis bobbled the baton handoff from Deanna Hill. She was still in third place entering the final 100 meters, at which point ESPN announcer Dwight Stones declared "there's no way" she could win.
Ellis passed Oregon's Hannah Waller halfway down the final straightaway. She caught Purdue's Jahneya Mitchell near the tape and lunged for the win, her 50.5-second split giving USC 10 points for the event and 53 total, one more than Georgia.
Kobe Bryant tweeted "Will Power" with the video of Ellis' stirring comeback, which went viral. Ellis and Hill appeared as guests on EPSN's "Pardon the Interruption."
And to think, without the nearly disastrous baton exchange, which Hill dubbed "the ka-bobble," USC likely would have won the race easily. Ellis' heroics wouldn't have been necessary.
"I think this is the best story," Hill said. "We wouldn't have it any other way."
Fish or cut bait
Angels slugger Mike Trout won his third American League MVP award this season.
(Rob Tringali/Getty Images)
Number of American League most valuable player awards Mike Trout won this decade: three. Number of playoff games the Angels won in that time: zero.
Such is the futility and frustration of a franchise that spent most of this decade trying, and failing, to surround baseball's best player with enough talent to contend for a championship.
The Angels were dominant last decade, winning the 2002 World Series and five AL West titles from 2004 to 2009. Optimism surged in 2012 when Trout emerged as a force in his first full season and owner Arte Moreno spent $317.5 million on free-agent slugger Albert Pujols and pitcher C.J. Wilson.
Trout, 28, has been transcendent, finishing first or second in MVP voting in seven of eight years and accumulating a major league-best 72.5 wins above replacement. The Angels locked him up with a 12-year, $426.5-million contract last March.
But the team has been a flop. The Angels won 98 games in 2014 but were swept by Kansas City in the division series.
Plagued by bad free-agent signings (Gary Matthews Jr., Pujols, Wilson, Josh Hamilton, et al) and injuries, the Angels failed to reach the playoffs from 2010 through 2013 and closed the decade with four losing seasons, their 90-loss 2019 turned tragic by the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs on July 1.
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs watches from the bench during a game against the Detroit Tigers on May 8.
(Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
The fallout from Skaggs' death will carry into the new decade. Media relations employee Eric Kay told federal investigators he provided oxycodone to Skaggs, abused it with him for years and was in the Texas hotel room when Skaggs snorted three lines of crushed opioids. Toxicology tests also found fentanyl and alcohol in Skaggs' system.
Tens of millions of dollars could be at stake in a potential wrongful-death lawsuit if attorneys for Skaggs' family can prove a party besides Skaggs might be at least partially responsible for his death.
The Angels, determined not to waste Trout's prime years and to close 2019 on a good note, signed free-agent third baseman Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $245-million deal this month.
Darkest before dawn
Clippers owner Donald Sterling smiles while sitting courtside during a game against the San Antonio Spurs in 2009 at Staples Center.
(Danny Moloshok/Associated Press)
The ugliest chapter in Clippers history, a four-month period of lawsuits and backbiting triggered by the NBA's lifetime ban of owner Donald Sterling over racially charged comments in 2014, cleared a path to the brightest period in franchise history.
The Sterling controversy led to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer's $2-billion purchase of the Clippers, which kick-started the transformation of one of the worst-run teams in sports into one attractive enough to land Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and six-time All-Star Paul George on the same night last July.
Sterling's ownership began to unravel April 25, 2014, when TMZ released an audio recording in which Sterling, then 79, told girlfriend V. Stiviano it bothered him that she was "associating with black people" such as Magic Johnson and asked her "not to bring them to my games."
NBA commissioner Adam Silver called the comments, released during a first-round playoff series against Golden State, "truly offensive and disturbing." President Obama called them "incredibly offensive." More than a dozen sponsors suspended or canceled their relationship with the team.
An investigation confirmed the authenticity of the tape, and within four days of its release, Sterling was fined $2.5 million and banned from the NBA for life. The Clippers defeated the Warriors in seven games but lost to Oklahoma City in the second round, blowing a 13-point lead in the final four minutes of a pivotal Game 5 loss.
Shelly Sterling, center, laughs while sitting courtside during a playoff game between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors in April 2014.
(Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images)
Sterling put up a legal fight to retain the team before shifting full ownership to his ex-wife, Shelly, who sold to Ballmer. The new owner, as fired up as a professional wrestler during his introductory news conference, told fans, "We're gonna be hard core!"
Ballmer put his stamp on the franchise with plans to move into a new arena in Inglewood, blockbuster trades of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, and last summer's acquisition of Leonard and George.
Their Cup runneth over
Anze Kopitar celebrates with the Stanley Cup following the Kings' victory over the New Jersey Devils on June 11, 2012.
The rebuilding Kings have one playoff victory in five seasons, but for a three-year stretch this decade they were the NHL's most dominant team, winning Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014.
The first title came in their 45th season, ending what was then the second-longest championship drought in the NHL and capping a Cinderella run in which the Kings became the first No. 8 seed to win the Stanley Cup title.
The Kings were so flat and out of sync for 2½ months that GM Dean Lombardi fired coach Terry Murray in December after a 13-12-4 start. Darryl Sutter took over and the Kings, a rugged defensive team that struggled to score, squeaked into the playoffs with a 40-27-15 record. But they caught fire, defeating Vancouver in five games, sweeping St. Louis, defeating Phoenix in a five-game conference final and New Jersey in a six-game Stanley Cup final.
The Kings went 10-1 on the road in the playoffs. Goaltender Jonathan Quick won the Conn Smythe Trophy by allowing an average of 1.41 goals per game with a .946 save percentage and three shutouts in 20 playoff games. A defense led by Drew Doughty and Matt Greene had the second-best penalty-killing percentage in the playoffs, and the Kings scored five short-handed goals.
The 2014 team was known as the Comeback Kings after erasing a three-games-to-none deficit in the first round to defeat San Jose and eliminate the Ducks in a seven-game, second-round series after losing Games 3, 4 and 5. The latter was the Kings' first and only playoff encounter with the Ducks.
The Kings defeated Chicago in a seven-game conference finals that featured a five-goal, third-period outburst in Game 2. They had a relatively easy time dispatching the New York Rangers in a five-game Stanley Cup Final, but the grueling title run required the Kings to play 26 of a possible 28 games.
Center Anze Kopitar had 29 goals and 41 assists for a team-leading 70 points that season, and winger Justin Williams won the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Galaxy star David Beckham helped the team win two of its three titles last decade.
(Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
The Galaxy opened the decade as Major League Soccer's best team, winning three championships from 2011 to 2014, and LAFC closed it with the best record in league history. It's doubtful the latter would have happened without the former.
All three Galaxy title teams — in 2011, 2012 and 2014 — were coached by Bruce Arena and featured striker Landon Donovan, who is considered the best U.S.-born soccer player ever.
David Beckham, the former Manchester United star who was the world's most famous soccer player when he signed a five-year, $32.5-million deal with the Galaxy in 2007, played on the first two title teams.
Robbie Keane, the Irish national and former Tottenham forward, starred on the 2014 team, accumulating 19 goals and 14 assists in 29 games to win league most valuable player honors and scoring the 111th-minute winner in a 2-1 MLS Cup overtime victory over the New England Revolution.
The 2014 final, played on the Galaxy's home field in Carson, was emotional for Donovan, who had announced his retirement that summer. Donovan basked in the cheers and tears of a crowd of 27,000 that chanted his name throughout the game. He then ran into the stands to celebrate afterward.
The success and popularity of the Galaxy, who have won five MLS titles since 2002, helped lay the foundation for the expansion LAFC, which began play in 2018 in the $350-million Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park, the most expensive soccer-only facility in the country.
Coached by Bob Bradley and led by 34-goal scorer Carlos Vela, LAFC went 21-4-9 for a league-record 72 points this year before losing to Seattle, 3-1, in the Western Conference final in October.
Onyeka Okongwu was one of several star players to come out of Chino Hills over the last 10 years.
(Gregory Payan/Associated Press)
Southern California produced many powerful high school teams this decade but none attracted paparazzi and generated media exposure like the Chino Hills and Chatsworth Sierra Canyon basketball programs.
Chino Hills went 35-0 and won a state title in 2015-16 with a dazzling array of dunks, steals and long-range jump shots, most of the highlights produced by the Ball brothers — senior Lonzo, junior LiAngelo and freshman LaMelo — and 6-foot-9 freshman Onyeka Okongwu, now a star at USC.
Lonzo Ball played one season at UCLA and was drafted second overall by the Lakers in 2017. LiAngelo is trying to revive his career after withdrawing from UCLA in the wake of his 2017 shoplifting arrest in China. LaMelo is playing professionally in Australia and could be an NBA pick in 2020.
But the most famous member of the family is their bombastic and outspoken father, LaVar, whose mouth roared while his boys soared. LaVar said after Lonzo's UCLA team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament in 2017 that "you can't win no championship with three white guys."
He made headlines by claiming he could beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one. He feuded with President Trump after LiAngelo's arrest in China. He criticized former Lakers coach Luke Walton's handling of Lonzo.
LaVar launched an apparel company called "Big Baller Brand," which featured $495 high-tops and received an F rating from the Better Business Bureau, and a Facebook Reality show called "Ball in the Family."
Sierra Canyon's attention stems from its famous and accomplished fathers. Current or former NBA players LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Scottie Pippen, Kenyon Martin, Duane Washington and Tellis Frank enrolled sons there in the last four seasons. Drake and Kanye West have been spotted at games.
The Trailblazers won consecutive Open Division state titles in 2018 and 2019, and this year's team, featuring Bronny James, Zaire Wade and Kentucky-bound senior B.J. Boston, is scheduled to appear 15 times on ESPN networks.
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Mike DiGiovanna is a sports writer who contributes to the coverage of the Dodgers, Angels and Chargers for the Los Angeles Times. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for feature-story writing in 2017 and game-story writing in 2001 and Orange County Press Club Awards for feature and game-story writing in 1996 and 1997. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981. He has been covering Major League Baseball since 1995 and spent 19 years as the paper's Angels beat writer and two on the Dodgers.


When I was little, my dad used to pick me up from kindergarten and drive me to Costco. We loved getting the free samples and looking at the new DVD releases.
My dad — my role model — had just called me special. It was in that moment that living up to this label, to this specialness, became my priority. But what did this mean? How was I special?
Junior high was the best time in the life of Riley. I was one of the smartest kids at my school, I was enrolled in the coolest, most fun elective, and I fell madly in love with the coolest boy ever. We texted every day and never talked at school — ah, the beauty of being young and in love in junior high.
Then the greatest tragedy of life turned my world upside down — my best friend told me I wasn't popular enough to be friends with her. I cried for days while listening to My Chemical Romance on repeat.
I started high school as cynical as cynics come. I refused to be a teenager and closed myself off. I scoffed at spirit events, made fun of the popular kids and spent all my time at home. I was mean and insecure and unhappy, but none of that mattered because I thought I was being special.
But nothing meant more to me than living up to my dad's label. This desire consumed me. I lost myself along the way, and acting special became just that — an act.
During my junior year, some of my friends invited me to a football game, and despite the ritual going against everything I believed in, I decided I should go. Ignoring my instincts and stepping out of my comfort zone that night was the absolutely best thing I could have done at that point in my life.
The hot stadium lights made me sweat uncontrollably as I cheered for my team. I laughed with friends, formed inside jokes and actually enjoyed myself at a popular high school experience.
It took my school's football team losing by 50 points for me to win myself back. That night, I shed my cynicism like a layer of skin. For the first time since starting high school, I felt young and free, limitless and alive.
Without sounding like a cliché, college has broadened my perspective even more. I look back and hate that I became a stereotype, even when I desperately tried not to be. I hate that I didn't let myself be me. And most importantly, I hate that I was mean to people.
I still have a lot of growing and learning to do, but at least I'm open to it. I've spent my entire life trying to make my parents proud, and now I'm finally ready to figure out how to make myself proud.
My father's words set me on an unexpected journey all those years ago. Now at 18 years old, I can't tell you who I'm going to be in the next four, eight or 20 years. I can't even tell you who I'm going to be at the end of the week. What I do know is that no matter how much time passes, I am still that 5-year-old girl sitting in her dad's car watching the dragons fly through the sky.
Aw, this was an incredibly nice post. Finding the time and actual effort to create a really good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate a whole lot and don't manage to get nearly anything done.


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If Lehman Brothers had been 'Lehman Sisters'... Harnessing the power of women
If Malcolm Turnbull wants to really unleash Australia's potential, he should hire Martin Parkinson.
Parkinson is the treasury secretary Abbott unfairly sacked against the wishes of his treasurer. Jetting in from a stint at Princeton University last week, Parkinson attended Turnbull's 61st birthday party in Sydney before returning to Canberra.
When he took over as treasury secretary in 2011, after a year away running the climate change department, he noticed that something was wrong.
"I realised that the nature of the policy discussions was quite masculine, whereas the nature of the policy discussions on issues – just as deeply technical and complex – in climate change were of a different style," he said later. "That's what made me start to think, what is going on here?"
What he did next is detailed in a riveting new book titled New Women, New Men, New Economy by corporate advisers Narelle Hooper and Rodin Genoff.
After seeking advice, Parkinson not only set targets for the proportion of women in the treasury senior executive (35 per cent by 2016, 40 per cent soon after) he set about changing what treasury valued to bring them about. When picking candidates for promotion or special projects, more weight was to be given to co-ordination and people skills and less to conceptual and analytic skills.
Because every enterprise needs both.
In example after example, Hooper and Genoff demonstrate that organisations that make good use of women perform better than those that don't.
When Credit Suisse examined the performance of 3000 companies in 40 markets over nine years it found that companies where women occupied half the top slots did 50 per cent better than those in which they didn't.
"It was such a consistent pattern that the researchers initially questioned their analysis and checked it again," Hooper and Genoff write. They were seeing what doctors call a dose effect. "The more women, the higher the performance".
McKinsey and Co reported this year that the 25 per cent of companies most likely to employ female executives did far better financially than the other 75 per cent. Those that were also racially diverse did better still.
Diversity matters because the more mindsets you can bring to creating something or solving a problem, the less likely it is you'll miss something out.
Google is renowned for being innovative, yet when it launched its YouTube app for iPhones in 2012, 5 to 10 per cent of the videos loaded upside down. Without knowing it, Google's mostly right-handed staff had designed an app for right-handers.
In other spheres, the consequences of excluding insights can be worse.
Neelie Kroes, the European Union commissioner for competition during the financial crisis, put it this way: "If Lehman Brothers had been 'Lehman Sisters', would the crisis have happened like it did?"
She said the answer was No. "Women managers are naturally more risk-averse and they think about the long term. Generally women have a better ear to listen and they are less likely to pretend to know everything themselves. They are team players with less ego."
This isn't to say that women are always better at making decisions than men. In some spheres women might be, in others women might not. The differences are nowhere near as important as the enormous and demonstrable benefits of using the skills of both.
The treasury's target goes beyond ensuring that 40 per cent of its executives are women (already 52 per cent of its staff are women). Its deputy secretary Nigel Ray told a senate hearing last month that the target was better described as 40-40-20: 40 per cent women, 40 per cent men, and 20 per cent of either.
To get it, the treasury runs unconscious bias training sessions and uses its formidable analytical skills to monitor gender splits in performance ratings, promotion and pay. It's adopted an "if not, why not" approach to requests for flexible work. The onus is now on the treasury supervisor to explain why a request for reduced hours or working from home can't be accommodated rather than on the worker to explain why it should be.
Smart companies like Rio and Qantas get it. Rio finds women use less fuel when they drive trucks. And the Irish-born openly gay Qantas chief Alan Joyce says if someone like him can run an Australian airline, anyone should be able to do anything.
Australia is going to have to use every resource it has if it's to make the most of the decades ahead. Parkinson gets it, and he is a first class economist and administrator to boot. Turnbull could do far worse than put him and his insights to work.
In The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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Echo Trips in Russia and the USA
media muddle, technology, well done / By Bernard Watcher 2
The NYTimes has a stunning travel story, The Russia Left Behind, open free to the public. It is a journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow not by plane or high-speed train; but by motor car – sort of like a Route 66 trip in the USA.
The Times tells us at the journey's outset:
On the jarring, 12-hour drive from St. Petersburg to Moscow, another Russia comes into view,
one where people struggle with problems that belong to past centuries
This is a look by the NYTimes at a Russia that echoes the milieu of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky – yawning inequality. It is as if nothing happened during the Russian Revolution and the Stalin years but to imprint a centuries old social impasse. Stunning photos, video and an ever present sidebar map that traces the trip from St. Petersburg to Moscow. there are no ads, no publishing chrome – just the searing images and stories of Russians livingat the edge of dignity between the two mega cities. But there is an echo trip in the USA
The Echo Trip – New York to Chicago
Just as the USA's claim to be the Beacon on the Hill for Democracy wavers in the Washington's machinations, there is a similar trip through the USA heartland that visits once powerhouse cities now rusted out and plagued with joblessness. And again Great Inequality of Economic Well-being is the driving force. Start in New York, the creator city through Wall Street of the Great Inequality by means of the 2007-2009 Great Recession and 30 Years of Trickle Down Larceny. Just across the river, Newark New Jersey with a 24.2% poverty rate among city families shows the poverty problem. Down US95 and Philadelphia PA has 10.2% official unemployment and 25.1% poverty rate. Swing onto US476 and arrive in Allentown-Bethlehem at 10.8% unemployment and twice rusted.
As you travel West along US76 the unemployement rate drops to just under 7% in Pittsburgh. But traveling West on US76 and Akron brings the unemployment rate up again while Cleveland has a poverty rate of 27.1%. But just down US80 and turn up at US75 and Detroit Michigan has a whopping 32.5% poverty rate. Heading West on US94 and Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Benton Harbor all show gradually increasing unemployment rates from 8.4 to 9.8%. The swing on Lake Michigan shows Gary Indiana, once a throbbing industrial city hovering around 10% unemployment. Ride on into Chicago and the unemployment rate dips to 9.2% but now you are in the Presidents hometown and Murder City USA.
Choosing Poverty
Now this poverty and unemployment trip could have taken many USA routes – say Chareleston SC through Atlanta GA, Birmingham AL to NewOrleans LA with similar effects. Even following Route 66, has some harrowing scenes of poverty and unemployment along the way.
What is the common denominator between Russia and the USA? Great Inequality of Income and Wealth. Not for lack of trying – certainly in the USA. For many of these cities and towns just mentioned had great comfort and wealth just a few decades ago. The real Economic Well Being diagnosis is how did great swaths of America give up prosperity that was never truly available along great tracks in Russia?
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Q: Rerun JavaFX application I'm developing a plugin for IntelliJ. It is a menu that has only one option, and clicking it starts a JavaFX application. The application starts normally, but when I close the application and start again I get the following error:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application launch must not be called more than once
It's a simple application, the code is as follows:
This is the code in the menu.
try {
    Application.launch(MyApplication.class);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

This is the JavaFX Application.
public class MyApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {

        try {
            FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("/fxml/main-window.fxml"));
            loader.setController(new MainController());

            AnchorPane root = loader.load();
            Scene scene = new Scene(root, 1000, 600);

            primaryStage.setScene(scene);
            primaryStage.setMaximized(false);
            primaryStage.setResizable(false);

            primaryStage.show();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

How can I rerun the application? I tried to follow some answers here on the site, but I did not understand them very well, nor could I execute them correctly.

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You may have heard of the friendly (Python) Adware pBot, and how it is becoming malicious by installing Browser Extensions without user consent and injecting unwanted advertisements into web pages and worse. I was intrigued with the thought that people actually wrote Adware in Python and distributed it, so I checked the Browse section of VirusBay and luckily enough, a sample had been uploaded by Rony, so I downloaded it and started to examine it.
As always, I started off by running strings on the sample, to get any hints as to what this sample can do. I instantly noticed several strings beginning with Reg – so now I know that the registry is accessed at some point during the execution of the program. ShellExecute is also in the list of strings, so that hints towards external programs being executed.
I moved it over to my Windows 7 machine to perform some further analysis, and upon doing so, I noticed the interesting icon that the file had, an NSIS Icon. NSIS stands for Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, which is "a professional open source system to create Windows Installers". So the executable is just an installer for the python scripts, rather than the result of PyInstaller or Py2Exe. Thanks to an informative post by Hasherezade, I was able to extract the plaintext scripts easily.
I opened the executable with Archive Manager on my Ubuntu machine, and was greeted with 3 folders; 00010015, 0001001A and 0001001F. One of these folders contains the scripts we want to analyse, one contains the Python libraries and interpreter, and one contains some unimportant files.
The first folder, 00010015, contains the python scripts we want to analyse – these make up the malicious part of the executable. You'll notice the regular .py files, as well as .bin's and .txt files.
The second folder contains unimportant files, and the third folder contains the Python interpreter and libraries required to run the scripts. Looking at the required libs and interpreter, we can see that it runs with Python 3.4.
I followed the URL, and instead of a File not found., I got a 403 Forbidden. Interesting. As I had no definitive proof that this was the C2 server, I continued with analyzing the scripts. After the URL has been formed, the script calls uuid4() and stores it in the variable cid, as a string. Unaware with what this does, I ran it in a Python interpreter again.
So there are 2 interesting files mentioned in this configuration; mvstrat.exe and a.php. What if these are files stored on the webserver that we can download? There are to and from sections, so maybe the script downloads it from the location in to and stores it in the location in from? I changed config.json to a.php and sure enough, the file existed, showing the text UisOK. What about the executable? Sure enough, I had to download it from Firefox as Chrome blocked the file as it was malicious.
expandvars is imported from os.path, and so whenever _x is called, the script executes expandvars(). expandvars basically expands variables (and remember this is used on a Windows system), for example %TEMP% is expanded to C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\. This is only really useful when file paths are used in the to section, such as %temp%\\mvstrat.exe. Therefore, we can deduce that the script is calling s_sha1("C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\mvstrat.exe") and checking if it is not equal to the value stored in item['sha1']. We can make a guess that s_sha1 calculates the SHA1 Hash of the file, and if it does not equal the SHA1 on the remote config file it means either the file does not exist, it is corrupted, or it is a different file. The script then downloads the file from the C2 server, and stores it in the path in item['to']. The SHA1 hash of the downloaded file is calculated and stored in a file with the exact name, just with .sha1 appended to the end.
Once all the files have been downloaded, the script checks to see if is_update is true or not. If it is equal to true, the script checks for an afterupdate section in the remote config file. If it exists, the script executes anything in the afterupdate section, which in this case is %temp%\\mvstrat.exe. Whilst there is a run_silent(s) function, it isn't used in this particular script, and instead mvstrat.exe is executed with subprocess.call(), without the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag. Now that we have analyzed app.py, I decided to have a look at the other files in the folder, specifically a .crx file.
Not knowing what .crx meant, I googled it and it turned out it is a Chrome Extension. Based off posts I had read, pBot was able to install malicious Chrome Extensions into your browser, so I decided to take a look at it.
After unzipping the extension, we are left with multiple files and folders. I briefly scanned over the files, looking for anything interesting, which I found in the manifest.json.
I don't know much about Chrome Extensions, but this extension seems to require quite a lot of privileges. You can also see the company name, BestSalesProfit. When we search up this name, there are a multitude of pages about how to remove the BestSalesProfit virus, and it seems they have been infecting users with different types of Adware. I decided to move back to the Python scripts, as they are the most important part of this Adware. I opened up brplugin.py, and was met with a bunch of compressed, encoded text.
I put it into a Python interpreter and removed the exec() to see the output.
Even more confusing text. I skimmed over it and noticed mentions to DLL's and failing to load them, as well as relocating images. I read over this post on TheHackerNews, which states that "if PBot finds any targeted web browsers (Chrome/Opera) installed on the victim's system, it uses "brplugin.py" script to generate DLL file and then injects it into the launched browser and install the ad extension." So brplugin is responsible for creating a DLL that is injected into Chrome or Opera to install the extension. I decided that I would extract the injected DLL when I perform dynamic analysis, rather than spending hours trying to understand how the script works, and finding the DLL manually. Now that I had figured out the purpose of brplugin, I moved onto ml.py.
From looking at the file, it seems that ml.py is responsible for pBot's persistence, as there are mentions to the registry, and schtasks.exe. ml.py also seems to have three different modes; checkers, deleters and healers. Checkers is responsible for checking the registry, Startup folder, and the scheduled tasks. Deleters delete the persistence methods, and Healers create them.
Finally, there is launchall.py. The first function you are met with when opening the script is readOutput(s, tryes=5) – this function pretty much executes a program (s) silently, and reads the Standard Output of the program. This is all in a try loop, so if it fails, the script executes readOutput() again, but with 1 less try. This runs until there are no errors, or tryes = 0. Just underneath that function is a function denoted run_async(s) – this basically executes a program (s), so that it runs at the same time as the script (asynchronous).
You can probably guess what the functions do, except for maybe exOS() and getExParams(). The exOS() basically gets the version of Windows that is running, and getExParams() uses ctypes in order to get the arguments used to call launchall.py.
Underneath the info gathering functions is a function named GATracker – this seems to be some more communications with a C2 server, however every time I visited the URL that was created, there was nothing on the site – so why was the script trying reading data from it?
The script also had two functions responsible for searching for running processes; processList() and processFullPath(). The first function stores the process name in a list, and the second stores the process ID in a list.
A class was defined, with the name Browser, which looks like the handler for installing the chrome extension. It also shows that brplugin takes arguments, such as version and listprofiles, based off the process that is passed to Browser().
You can see that the first line is commented out, and the difference between the two lines is amigo.exe is missing in the uncommented line – perhaps they stopped supporting malicious extensions for Amigo?
I skipped to the bottom of the file to see if there was a main() function, which there was not. This code was the last thing in the file.
So it looks like app.py isn't the first script to run, as it is being executed in launchall.py. Then what is the execution flow of this program? The easy way to figure that out is Dynamic Analysis.
I moved the file over to my Windows machine, and executed the program, to which I was greeted with an Install Wizard – very stealthy. The program introduces itself as a bestsalesprofit Installer, with the top text reading Vas Privyetstvuyet Master Ustanovki BestSalesProfit, which translates to Welcome to the installation wizard of BestSalesProfit.
When we click Далее (Continue), the wizard asks us to choose a path in which the program will be installed to, with the default being the ROAMING folder. Click Установить (Install) to install the program. As soon as the program has installed the scripts, they are run automatically, without any user consent.
Upon checking the bestsalesprofit folder, I noticed a file that was not there when I extracted the files; uninstall.exe. I also noticed subid.txt, however that was created after the Python script had run.
As the first script that is executed exits quickly, it seems that launchall.py is the first script to be executed, but that is not the case. ml.py is executed first, and then launchall.py is executed, which you will see soon. Now that I had seen how the installation and startup works, it was time to monitor what the scripts did, and especially any network connections. Sure enough, when I started Wireshark and reinstalled the scripts on a clean Virtual machine, a network connection was made, and a lot of data was being received from that IP address.
As you can see in the image below, the script is performing a GET request to the C2 server using the GATracker function we saw in launchall.py, but no data is sent back from the C2.
While this was running and I was checking through the Wireshark logs, the VM began to slow down and it was as if something was chewing up all of the CPU. I checked back at ProcessHacker and noticed three running processes, one being mvstrat.exe, which had created a cmd.exe instance, which had executed a file I had not seen before, NsCCNM64.exe.
With no idea how this file got onto my VM, I scoured the Wireshark logs looking for downloaded executables, but only found one MZ header in the logs – the downloaded mvstrat.exe. Perhaps it was encrypted when it was downloaded, and decrypted on disk?
The directory that the miner is stored in is in the TEMP directory, inside a randomly named folder. Once again, I rebooted the VM, and monitored the TEMP directory whilst mvstrat.exe was being downloaded. Nothing, until mvstrat.exe was executed. So mvstrat.exe is dropping NsCCNM64.exe to the disk and executing it. I restarted the Virtual machine so I could check for any persistence methods. Whilst doing so, I noticed that mvstrat.exe is executed separately from the Python instances.
I checked the both the CurrentVersion\Run Registry key and the Startup folder for the files. Both mvstrat.exe and a shortcut to ml.py were stored in the Startup folder, and the path to ml.py was stored the registry value bestsalesprofit.
brplugin.py first checks the version of Chrome, and then lists the profiles. It then checks to see if the extension is already installed – but it failed as the script is unable to identify the data structures – not sure why. It then attempts to install the extension, and then checks again – this also fails. I checked the installed Chrome extensions but found nothing – it seems that the extension failed to install – but hey, at least they were making money from the XMR miner! If you want to analyze the Chrome extension, I have uploaded it to VirusBay, just search in "chrome extension" in the browse section and look for files uploaded by Daniel. I have also uploaded the mvstrat.exe and NsCCNM64.exe, so if you want to analyze either of those, you should check out VirusBay. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on Twitter, @0verfl0w_, I will gladly answer your questions!
Files are stored in ROAMING folder by default.
app.py contacts the C2 server and downloads mvstrat.exe to the TEMP directory and the STARTUP folder.


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3.5nd dnd – Can you launch an opportunity attack before playing this fight?
You make an attack of opportunity as soon as it is provokedno matter who the turn belongs to; but you can not make one if you are barefoot, which includes if you have not played in this fight match yet.
An opportunity attack "interrupts" the normal course of action in the round. If an opportunity attack is provoked, immediately solve the opportunity attack, then continue with the next character's turn (or finish the current turn if the second-hand attack was triggered in the middle of a character's turn).
A character who has not yet acted during a fight is flat, not yet reacting normally to the situation. A flatfoot character loses his Dexterity to AC bonus (if any) and can not do opportunity attacks.
If I understand correctly, the first group seems to have misinterpreted the fact that the pied-à-terre is recovering from turn to turn; that's not it. When the fight begins, you are flat. Once your first turn is played, you are no longer flat. for the rest of the fight, and can do opportunity attacks when they fire up.
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text: Buckethead Buckethead Buckethead performing live in April 2006. Background information Birth name Brian Patrick Carroll Also known as Death Cube K Born May 13, 1969[1] Genre(s) Avant-garde, jazz fusion, funk, instrumental rock, hard rock, progressive metal, heavy metal, experimental rock, funk metal, ambient, dark ambient, alternative metal, electronica Occupation(s) Musician, guitarist, songwriter Instrument(s) Guitar, bass, drums, mandolin, piano, banjo, organ Years active 1988—present Label(s) TDRS Music Associated acts Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, Deli Creeps, Science Faxtion, Cornbugs, El Stew, Arcana, Thanatopsis, Primus Website bucketheadland.com Notable instrument(s) Gibson Les Paul Jackson Y2KV Brian Patrick Carroll,[2] better known as Buckethead, is an American musician and songwriter.[2] He has released 26 solo al- bums and performed on over 50 more. He has also made guest appearances on more than 40 different albums by various artists. His music spans such diverse areas as pro- gressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electron- ica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music. When performing in his theatrical per- sona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket (emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read "funeral" in black block letters) on his head and a plain white costume mask. More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dan- cing, and toy trading into his stage perform- ances.[3][4] Buckethead's persona represents a character who was "raised by chickens" and has made it his "mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe."[2] Although a multi-instrumentalist, Bucket- head is best known for his electric guitar playing.[5] He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time"[6] as well as been included in Guitar World's lists of the "25 all-time weirdest guitarists"[7] as w


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1930 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix
Chassis no. 4948
Engine no. 200T
130 bhp, 2,262 cc overhead-cam inline eight-cylinder engine with supercharger, four-speed manual transmission, front suspension with semi-elliptic springs and rear live axle with inverted quarter-elliptic springs, and four-wheel cable operated drum brakes. Wheelbase: 93.7 in.
Campaigned in the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix
Excellent for historic racing
Recently serviced by marque specialists
With its first appearance at the 1924 French Grand Prix held at Lyon, there was no doubt to anyone who saw the car run that this was an automobile that had it all: durability, mechanical functionality, and a wonderful sporting exterior design. The Type 35's best finish for that race was a respectable 7th overall, but it was clear that the car had the potential for greater success following future tuning and refinement.
Bugatti's final iteration of the Type 35 would be the Type 35B. This new model, which bore the same 2.3-liter, eight-cylinder motor as the earlier Type 35T, was outfitted with a supercharger that was similar to the one in the Type 35C, albeit it was slightly larger and more powerful. In its day, the Type 35B boasted incredible performance figures, and these figures are still respectable today. It was capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in just six seconds, and it had a top speed of 125 mph. The Type 35B platform also proved to be competent on the open road, and its strictly road going form was called the Type 43.
Chassis 4948, a 1930 Type 35B Grand Prix race car that was equipped with engine 200T, competed in the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix. Guy Bouriat was behind the wheel, and it finished 3rd overall in the race, which was largely dominated by cars from Molsheim. After the race, the factory sold 4948 to Joachim von Morgan, who resided in Germany, and he continued to campaign the car throughout the remainder of the 1930 season, as well as the 1931 one.
Von Morgan returned his 35B to the factory in exchange for a newer Type 51, and the car was resold to Paul Pietsch, the future Auto Union team driver and German publishing magnate. Pietsch raced the car through 1932 and then sold it to a Herbert Wimmer, who continued to race it from 1932 to 1936. It is believed that the car remained in his possession throughout the World War II, and then it was sold to a Heinrich Herbster.
After leaving Herbster's custody, 4948 eventually made its ways across the Atlantic to America in a disassembled state. Shortly after its arrival, it is believed that its original curved side frame rails were sold to a Bugatti collector on the West Coast, but all of 4948's other original components remained together.
The car remained in storage until it was purchased by a gentleman who decided to bring the car back to its former glory. A lengthy and painstaking restoration was undertaken, with its aim being to return the Bugatti to its original 1930 Monaco Grand Prix livery and specification. The original 2.3-liter supercharged engine was completely rebuilt and installed in the car, and it was fitted with the original factory crankshaft and rod assemblies.
According to the owner, who commissioned the car for its initial restoration, the list of factory verified numbered parts at that time included the upper and lower crankcase and crankcase arm, the cam box, the blower drive and blower drive case, the intake manifolds, the accessory drives, the blower, the steering box, the gearbox, the rear axle, and the hollow front axle. According to their numbers, non-factory parts included the cam box lid, the right front crankcase arm, and the right side front dumb iron, yet all of these stampings appear to be period correct. After being thoroughly inspected by Bugatti authorities, these individuals felt that 4948 was always a German owned car, as no SAE, English, or non-Bugatti metric fasteners were found on the car. Additionally, it is viewed by many marque specialists as one of the more exceptional examples of its kind, given that a substantial amount of its authentic and original components had remained together for so many years of its life, despite the absence of its original chassis.
Under the stewardship of its current owner, this Bugatti was sent to noted Bugatti specialist Jim Stranberg, of High Mountain Classics in Berthoud, Colorado, for a frame-off restoration. Any parts found to be incorrect for this model were replaced with correct ones, ensuring that this Type 35B is as accurate as possible. At the same time, the car's radiator was shipped to Wales to be rebuilt by another Bugatti specialist, and a new crankshaft was built for the car by Brineton Engineering. Finally, the body was repainted in the same dark blue that it wore at the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix. The car is accompanied by all the appropriate restoration receipts, which total to $161,000. Since the completion of the restoration, 4948 has been driven sparingly and still remains in excellent post-restoration condition. Not only is this car in splendid cosmetic condition, it is also more than ready to participate in vintage races.
These vehicles were designed to be driven, and driven hard. Bugattis of this era are frequent sights at such motoring events as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the Mille Miglia, and the Type 35B models are especially known for their reliability, performance, and overall motoring panache. To many, there is no better motoring experience than the thrill of piloting a pre-war Bugatti, and this Type 35B certainly will not disappoint.
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This vintage fabric dates from the 1950's and has a bit of a David Whitehead feel to it. It's a textured cotton in gorgeously muted colours. The stylised blue and white panels have a very retro feel to them and the whole design works well on the fabric.
The taupe background sets off the picture panels of the flowers well and the abstract "snowflake" pattern gives it a modern feel and stops it looking chintzy.
This fabric is a medium weight cotton and suitable for any project. You could even cut out the floral panels and use them separately.It is in excellent vintage condition with good colours.
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Featured Journal Article by Treg Brown, M.D.: Arthroscopically Assisted Acromioclavicular and Coracoclavicular Reconstruction with a Looped Braided Polyester Suture Band and Buckle Device
Kurt E.StollM.D.a, BenjaminHendyM.D.a, TregBrownM.D.b, NathanielCohenM.D.c, Thay Q.LeePh.D.d, SurenaNamdariM.D., M.Sc.a, PhilDavidsonM.D.e
a Rothman Institute of Orthopaedics at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
b The Orthopaedic Institute, Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.
c OrthoNorCal, Los Gatos, California, U.S.A.
d Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Congress Medical Foundation, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
e Davidson Orthopedics, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
Received 11 October 2021, Accepted 24 December 2021, Available online 22 April 2022.
Acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries occur with a traumatic load to the lateral aspect of the shoulder and account for 9% of all shoulder girdle injuries. Rockwood classified AC joint injuries as type I though type VI, based on severity of injury, radiographic findings, and reducibility of the AC joint. Type I and II injuries are typically managed nonoperatively, whereas type IV, V, and VI are managed operatively to address the significant soft tissue disruption, persistent AC joint instability, and apical shoulder deformation. Treatment of type III injuries remain controversial. Several techniques have been described to treat AC joint injuries with no consensus for optimal treatment. "Anatomic" double-tunnel coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction is one currently popular technique to address AC joint injuries; however, clavicle and coracoid fractures are well-described complications of this technique. The objective of this technical report is to describe our preferred technique to address AC joint injuries. This technique involves using a looped braided polyester prosthetic band and low-profile buckle with allograft augmentation using a device to pass materials around the coracoid process.
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Video 1. Patient with a Grade 4 AC dislocation in beach chair position. AC joint, coracoid, clavicle and planned clavicle incision is marked out. Posterior viewing portal is established and anterior rotator interval portal is used to debride around coracoid. Accessory anterior-inferior portal is established to see the base of the coracoid and resect tissue inferiorly. The open incision over the clavicle is made. This is a chronic case, so the incision is made at lateral edge of the clavicle. Clavipectoral fascia is released to establish pathway under the clavicle. The J-Pass device is loaded with a passing suture. An animated video is shown to explain how the J-Pass device is used to pass suture around the coracoid. The J-Pass is then used to pass a passing suture from medial to lateral around the coracoid. The suture is then passed under the clavicle. The M-Fix and graft are passed under the coracoid and clavicle. The AC joint is reduced, and the M-Fix is provisionally fixed. Reduction is confirmed with arthroscopy. The M-Fix is locked, and the tail is cut. The graft is sutured to itself.
Injuries to the acromioclavicular (AC) joint are common in the active adult population and most often occur from a fall onto the lateral shoulder. This results in direct force onto the superior aspect of the acromion process, resulting in injury. The Rockwood classification of AC joint injuries helps guide management, with type I and II injuries typically managed conservatively and type IV to VI with surgical intervention. Treatment for type III injuries remains controversial, and choice of treatment depends upon an array of physician and patient related factors.
There is no gold standard for the surgical management of AC joint separations with more than 150 surgical techniques described in the literature.1 Surgical techniques include open and arthroscopic approaches to reconstruct the coracoclavicular (CC) ligaments and/or AC ligaments with use of tendon autograft or allograft, temporary joint stabilization with hardware, distal clavicle excision, and CC space-stabilizing procedures using suture loop, screw, button, suture anchors, or similar devices. However, surgical treatment of AC joint injuries has been fraught with high rates of failure and complications. Reports show up to 80% of patients have loss of radiographic reduction and 20-30% of patients managed surgically undergo reoperation due to complications.2,3 Anatomic double-tunnel CC ligament reconstruction is one of the most common techniques to address AC joint injuries, as described by Mazzocca et al.4 Other techniques use single-drill tunnels into the clavicle and coracoid.5 Inherent in these techniques are two bone tunnels in the distal clavicle, which have been shown in biomechanical studies to weaken the clavicle, and there have been several case reports of clavicle fractures.6,7 Other techniques require drilling into the coracoid, which also raises concern for coracoid fractures.8
In an effort to mitigate the morbidity of bone tunnels in the distal clavicle and lessen loss of reduction, we describe a tunnel-free technique involving the use of a broad polyester suture band (4 mm or 7 mm) with a preattached metal buckle and allograft augmentation (see Table 1 for advantage and disadvantages).
Table 1. Advantages and Disadvantages
1. No bone tunnels are created in the clavicle or coracoid; therefore, the bone is not weakened.
1. More extensive dissection is needed around the clavicle in order to allow passage of the graft and M-fix.
2. M-Fix has a looped woven prosthetic band configuration.
2. In order to successfully pass the graft and M-fix around the coracoid, adequate soft tissue dissection must be done, putting neurovascular structures at risk.
3. The M-Fix can be used as provisional fixation prior to final locking, which enables assessment of reduction on fluoroscopy.
3. There is a risk of hardware prominence on the clavicle.
For details on the surgical technique, see Video 1 and Tables 2 and 3.
Table 2. Steps
Step 1: Patient Positioning
• Beach chair
• Drape to allow a wide access to the posterior and medial shoulder.
• Ensure access for fluoroscopy.
Step 2: Diagnostic Glenohumeral Arthroscopy
• Standard posterior viewing portal
• Anterior portal through rotator interval
• Perform diagnostic arthroscopy.
Step 3: Coracoid Process Exposure
• Work laterally to medially.
• Debride lateral and inferior aspect of coracoid process.
• An accessory anterior-inferior portal helps with visualization.
Step 4: Mini-Open Exposure of Clavicle
• Incision is 4 cm medial to the AC joint.
• Expose clavicle anteriorly and posteriorly
• Clear soft tissue from the clavicle at the level of the coracoid process.
Step 5: Subcoracoid Passage Preparation
• Reinsert arthroscope through posterior portal.
• Ensure there is a clear path between clavicle and coracoid process.
• May use a blunt obturator through clavicle incision to clear out soft tissue.
Step 6: Subcoracoid Passage of Shuttling Suture
• Load the J-Pass with passing suture and insert around the clavicle down to coracoid pass.
• Pass device from medially to laterally and deploy suture.
Step 7: Passage Under the Clavicle
• Use a suture retriever to bring suture through clavicle incision.
Step 8: Passing the M-Fix and Graft
• Use the shuttling suture(s) to pass the M-Fix and graft.
Step 9: AC Reduction and Provisional Fixation
• Reduce the AC joint and provisionally secure with M-Fix.
• Confirm reduction on fluoroscopy.
Step 10: Final Fixation of M-Fix and Graft
• Place the tip of the securing punch in the dimple of the flange.
• Place downward pressure until a single click is heard.
• Cut free end of M-Fix.
• Suture graft onto itself and cut excess ends of graft.
AC, acromioclavicular.
Table 3. Pearls and Pitfalls
1. Ensure adequate access to fluoroscopy in order to confirm AC joint reduction.
1. Soft tissue that has been inadequately dissected away from the coracoid obstructing the J-Pass device
2. Release of the CA ligament from its attachment on the superolateral aspect of the coracoid process may help subsequent graft and M-Fix passage.
2. Extensive dissection medial to the coracoid resulting in neurovascular injury
3. Expose the clavicle anteriorly and posteriorly along its length for several centimeters in order to allow passage of graft and M-Fix.
3. Inadequate exposure of AC joint resulting in soft tissue obstruction of reduction
4. AC joint should be easily reducible after exposure.
4. Forcible tension upon the M-Fix to achieve reduction of the coracoclavicular interspace leading to failure or loss of reduction
5. The traction tool can be used to help maintain reduction and facilitate a secure construct.
5. Inadequate graft length that is unable to be passed under the clavicle and coracoid.
AC, acromioclavicular; CA, coracoacromial.
Device and Implants
J-Pass (Coracoid Solutions, Menlo Park, CA) is a surgical dissector and bidirectional passing tool designed to safely pass suture around the coracoid process and clavicle (Fig 1). It consists of a triggering device and nitinol passer, which has an attached shuttle suture. The J-Pass can perform dissection of the soft tissue above and around the coracoid process, while delivering a passing suture, which subsequently allows passage of the implant and graft.
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Fig 1. J-Pass (Coracoid Solutions, Menlo Park, CA) is used to dissect around the coracoid process and clavicle and then is used to pass a nitinol wire that has an attached shuttle suture.
M-Fix (Coracoid Solutions) is an implant made from woven polyester with an attached stainless-steel metal buckle (Fig 2). The M-Fix is passed under the coracoid process and looped over the clavicle. This obviates the need for drilling tunnels in either the coracoid process or clavicle. Once the M-Fix is deployed under the coracoid process and over the clavicle, manual reduction and the counter brace are used to obtain the appropriate level of tension on the M-Fix. A unique and proprietary feature of the M-Fix is that it holds provisional fixation, while the reduction can be confirmed radiographically. M-Fix accessory tools include the Countertraction Tool and Punch (Fig 2). The Countertraction Tool is used to help in the reduction of the coracoclavicular distance by facilitating countertraction on the metal buckle while increasing tension (pulling) on the M-Fix. The Punch is a tool designed to lock the M-Fix buckle, thus preventing displacement of the M-Fix implant once reduction is achieved.
Fig 2. M-Fix (Coracoid Solutions). Implant is woven polyester with an attached metal buckle. This device is passed under the coracoid and clavicle, and it holds provisional fixation, while the reduction can be confirmed radiographically. M-Fix accessory tools include the Countertraction Tool and Punch. The Countertraction Tool is used to reduce the coracoclavicular distance, and the Punch is a tool designed to lock the M-Fix buckle.
Patient Positioning
The patient is placed in the beach chair position (Fig 3). Sterile preparation and draping of the surgical field should allow wide access to the posterior and medial shoulder for arthroscopic portals and the middle third of the clavicle to ensure adequate access for intraoperative fluoroscopy, typically from the contralateral side. When available, a mechanical arm-holder is used to facilitate reduction of the AC joint.
Fig 3. Patient set-up. The patient is placed in the beach chair position. Sterile preparation and draping of the surgical field should allow wide access to the posterior and medial shoulder for arthroscopic portals and the middle third of the clavicle. Ensure adequate access for intraoperative fluoroscopy, typically from the contralateral side.
Diagnostic Glenohumeral Arthroscopy and Coracoid Process Exposure
A standard posterior viewing portal is established to visualize the glenohumeral joint (Fig 4). Under direct visualization, an anterior portal is established in the rotator interval. A diagnostic arthroscopy is performed to assess any additional intra-articular pathology. Any additional injuries should be addressed now. While viewing from the posterior portal and working through the anterior portal an arthroscopic shaver in combination with radiofrequency/electrocautery are used to debride the rotator interval tissue, working in a lateral to medial direction and exposing the coracoacromial ligament. Once this has been completed, the coracoid process can be visualized and palpated medial to the rotator interval. The conjoined tendon and origin on the lateral coracoid process should be visualized and protected. The lateral and inferior aspect of the coracoid process should be debrided of soft tissue with an electrocautery device in a lateral to medial fashion, taking care not to plunge or sharply dissect medial to the coracoid. The debridement can be facilitated by using an accessory anterior-inferior portal. The anterior-inferior portal is established under direct visualization inferior of the first anterior portal. Using a radiofrequency/electrocautery device, the soft tissue is debrided from the inferior and superior aspects of the body of the coracoid process as well. A shaver may be used, but care must be taken to visualize the shaver completely and stay on bone. In addition, it may be very helpful to release the coracoacromial ligament from its attachment on the superolateral aspect of the coracoid process. This may help subsequent graft and M-Fix passage.
Fig 4. Perform diagnostic arthroscopy. Viewing from the posterior portal and working through the anterior portal, an arthroscopic shaver in combination with radio frequency/electrocautery are used to debride the rotator interval tissue, working in a lateral to medial direction and exposing the coracoacromial ligament.
Mini-Open Exposure of Clavicle
Following arthroscopic coracoid process exposure, a mini-open exposure of the clavicle is performed (Fig 5). A 4-6-cm incision in line with skin lines should be made approximately 4 cm medial to the AC joint (over the AC joint if a chronic case). The clavicle is then exposed by making an incision in the deltotrapezial fascia in line with the clavicle. The clavicle should be exposed anteriorly and posteriorly along its length for several centimeters. It is not necessary to expose the coracoid process. However, it is necessary to make sure that soft tissue has been cleared from the clavicle at the level of the coracoid process. This will facilitate M-Fix passage. At this point, the AC joint should be easily reducible. If it is not, it may be necessary to clear more soft tissue from underneath the clavicle or consider a distal clavicle excision.
Fig 5. After the coracoid is cleared of soft tissue, the surgeon moves to the open portion of the procedure. A 4-6-cm incision is made approximately 4 cm medial to the acromioclavicular (AC) joint. The clavicle is then exposed by making an incision in the deltotrapezial fascia in line with the clavicle. The clavicle should be exposed anteriorly and posteriorly along its length for several centimeters. Clear the soft tissue from the clavicle at the level of the coracoid process.
Subcoracoid Passage Preparation
The surgeon is now ready to begin the steps for subcoracoid passage of the M-Fix and tendon graft (Figs 6 and 7). The arthroscope is redirected into the glenohumeral joint. Using a 70° scope through the posterior viewing portal or a 30° scope from an anterior portal, the coracoid body is visualized. Care should be taken to ensure that there is a clear path from the clavicle to the coracoid process. A blunt obturator may be used through the mini-open incision to access the coracoid process. The blunt obturator is initially used to confirm proper location of the portal and orientation for the J-Pass. The surgeon then directs the blunt obturator toward the superior aspect of the coracoid. Once the coracoid is encountered, the surgeon should incrementally move the tip of the obturator in a medial direction until it slides down the medial aspect of the coracoid. The obturator should stay in contact with the coracoid during this process. Care is maintained throughout the procedure not to blindly, nor sharply, dissect medial to the coracoid. The orientation and trajectory of the obturator should be noted and later duplicated when directing the J-Pass in a similar fashion. Spinal needle localization should not be attempted during this step in the procedure. One should take proper care to use only blunt dissection for this step to avoid any neurovascular injury. It is important to visualize all instruments during this step.
Fig 6. Once the surgeon has established a clear path to the coracoid process (A) and the clavicle using the mini-open approach, the surgeon then places the J-Pass just medial to the coracoid process with the tip of the J-Pass visualized arthroscopically below the coracoid (B). The surgeon should then release the suture from the attachment on the J-Pass. The passing suture is then grasped (C). At this point, the passing suture should be traveling beneath the coracoid with one end exiting medially and one limb passing laterally (D).
Fig 7. Animation showing the passage of the shuttling suture using the J-Pass device. In this animation the J-Pass is posterior to the clavicle, therefore a second passage around the clavicle is not needed. Once subcoracoid passage has been performed, the surgeon may elect to use the passing suture to pass two additional sutures under the coracoid process, as passage of the graft and M-Fix in one step may be difficult. The surgeon should confirm that the passing suture passes easily around the coracoid.
Subcoracoid Passage of Shuttling Suture
Once the surgeon has established a clear path to the coracoid process (Fig 6A), the surgeon then places the J-Pass just medial to the coracoid process. The J-Pass is loaded with no. 2 nonabsorbable suture that will be used to shuttle the M-Fix and graft later in the procedure. The J-Pass is either placed anterior to the clavicle or posterior to the clavicle, based on surgeon preference and ease of passage. If one passes anterior to the clavicle, then it will be necessary to do a separate passage under the clavicle. However, there are times (particularly in larger individuals) when it may be easier to perform subcoracoid passage beginning anterior to the clavicle. When the tip of the J-Pass is visualized arthroscopically below the coracoid (Fig 6B), one may start deploying the passer and suture. It is necessary to make sure that the passer and suture are being passed from medial to lateral at this point. Proper visualization should always be maintained of the passer. If one does not have proper visualization, one should retract the passer, reposition the J-Pass, and ensure that that tip and passer are visualized. Once the tip of the passer is visualized passing beneath the coracoid process, the surgeon should place a suture grasper in the incision lateral to the coracoid process and anterior to clavicle in the deltoid split or use one of the anterior portals (Fig 6C). The surgeon should then release the suture from the attachment on the J-Pass (Fig 6D). If the anterior portal is used, it will be necessary to place a suture retriever lateral to the coracoid process and anterior to the clavicle to retrieve the suture. At this point, the passing suture should be traveling beneath the coracoid with one end exiting medially and one limb passing laterally.
Once subcoracoid passage has been performed (Fig 7), the surgeon may elect to use the passing suture to pass two additional sutures under the coracoid process, as passage of the graft and M-Fix in one step may be difficult. The surgeon should confirm that the passing suture passes easily around the coracoid. Further dissection may be needed to release CA ligament tissue or scar tissue in non-acute cases. This will facilitate smooth passage of the M-Fix and graft.
Passage Under the Clavicle
If the surgeon elects to pass the M-Fix and graft anterior to the clavicle, then a second passage of the passing sutures or graft and M-Fix beneath the clavicle will be required (Fig 8A). The J-Pass can be used to pass a shuttling suture from anterior to posterior beneath the clavicle. Care should be taken to avoid creating a "tissue bridge" during this process. The passing suture may then be used to pass the M-Fix and graft beneath and posterior to the clavicle. It is recommended that the sutures on the medial aspect of the coracoid should be passed under the clavicle. This will allow the M-Fix and graft to be passed from posteromedial to anterolateral, thus recreating the trajectory of the native conoid and trapezoid ligaments. Furthermore, the end of the M-Fix with the buckle should be lateral to the coracoid, as the other "lead" end is easier to pass beneath the clavicle.
Fig 8. Following passage of the shuttling suture under the coracoid, the suture is then shuttled under the clavicle (A, if the shuttle suture was initially anterior to clavicle). The J-Pass device can be used to pass a shuttling suture from anterior to posterior beneath the clavicle. The sutures on the medial aspect of the coracoid should be passed under the clavicle. The graft and M-Fix device then can be shuttled around the clavicle and coracoid. After the M-fix is passed, the acromioclavicular joint (AC) is reduced the free end of the M-Fix is placed in the buckle (B) and tightened (C). (D) Animation of the free end of the M-Fix being placed in the buckle. If passing a graft, the graft should be whip-stitched on either end with No. 2 nonabsorbable suture. A graft with at least 4 mm in width is used. The graft should be at least 250 mm in length.
Passing the M-Fix and Graft
Once the sutures have been passed around the coracoid process and the clavicle, the M-Fix and graft may be passed (Fig 8B). The graft and the "lead" end of the M-Fix should be passed from the medial side of the coracoid process to the lateral side. The lead end of the M-Fix should be used for passing to avoid pulling the buckle through soft tissue and under the coracoid process. The M-Fix and graft should be passed in separate steps, using two different sutures. The M-Fix is usually used in conjunction with a soft tissue graft. The graft is whip-stitched on either end with no. 2 nonabsorbable suture. A graft with at least 4 mm in width is used to approximate the normal morphology of the conoid and trapezoid ligaments. The graft should be at least 250 mm in length to allow for passage beneath the coracoid process and over the clavicle and ultimate fixation. Arthroscopic visualization of the subcoracoid passage of the M-Fix and graft ensures that the construct has been placed properly under the coracoid process at its base. If difficulty is encountered with graft passage, one can facilitate passage by shuttling the graft out of the anterior portal and in a subsequent step, grasping the graft from the lateral aspect. This can make the superior passage proceed more smoothly.
AC Reduction and Provisional Fixation
Once the M-Fix and graft have been passed beneath the coracoid and under the clavicle, the AC joint should be reduced, closing the coracoclavicular diastasis. Placing upward pressure on the arm and downward pressure on the clavicle can facilitate reduction of the AC joint. It is emphasized that in chronic cases, soft tissue dissection is typically needed to facilitate reduction. Forcible tension upon the M-Fix to achieve reduction of the coracoclavicular interspace is not advised and may lead to failure or loss of reduction. The lead end of the M-Fix is passed through its slot and below the flange ("diving board") in the buckle (Fig 8, C and D). The traction tool can be used to help maintain reduction and facilitate a secure construct. The laser lines of the traction tool and buckle should align, confirming proper orientation and engagement. The lead end is then tensioned to remove any slack from the system and create a stable construct. The weave is then passed under the flange of the buckle. This will allow for stable provisional fixation and radiographic assessment of the reduction (Fig 9).
Fig 9. After the M-Fix is provisionally tightened, fluoroscopy is performed to confirm reduction of the acromioclavicular joint.
Final Fixation of the M-Fix and Graft
Once proper reduction has been confirmed, the tip of the securing punch should be placed in the corresponding dimple in the flange (Fig 10). At this point, the surgeon should place downward pressure on the securing punch. Once a single click is heard, the flange has been secured. It is recommended that the surgeon use two hands to stabilize the securing punch. The leading edge of the flange should be subjacent to the buckle. If not, a second or third deployment of the punch is recommended. The material of the M-Fix beyond the buckle is now cut off. It is recommended to leave approximately 1 cm of band beyond the locked buckle. The weave of the M-Fix is such that there should be little or no fraying of the woven material. The tissue graft may now be fixed to itself. Typically, the graft is sutured onto itself or tied into a knot which is then reinforced with no. 2 nonabsorbable sutures. Once the graft has been secured, the excess ends of the graft are cut.
Fig 10. The securing punch should be placed in the corresponding dimple in the flange, and the surgeon should place downward pressure on the securing punch. Once a single click is heard, the flange has been secured. The tissue graft may now be fixed to itself and typically sutured to itself and the excess ends cut (not shown). The incision is then closed.
A secure, layered closure of the mini-open incision should then be performed. The deltotrapezial fascia is closed over the clavicle. The skin is then closed per surgeon preference.
Postoperative Protocol
The shoulder is protected in a sling (or shoulder cradle) for 6 weeks. Patient education should center on the notion of the surgery being a "resuspension" of the AC joint. Patients should maintain cephalad force on the elbow and arm, avoiding caudal distraction of the coracoclavicular interspace during the first 6 weeks postoperatively. Passive range of motion in the plane of the scapula, pendulums and table slide exercise may be performed during this time. Active range of motion is initiated at 6 weeks. Strengthening is begun at 10–12 weeks and after the patient has achieved full range of motion. Contact sports are discouraged for a minimum of 4-6 months.
There are several theoretical advantages of the technique presented in this technical note, including diagnostic glenohumeral arthroscopy, looped woven prosthetic band configuration, and AC joint reduction with buckle and counter traction tool under direct and fluoroscopic visualization. This technique obviates the need for transosseus tunnels in the distal clavicle and coracoid. Short- and long-term outcomes studies will be necessary to determine complication and reoperation rates and to determine the value of this technology, as compared to other currently available techniques.
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In fact, the lake is changing so rapidly that the University of Western Ontario researchers are driving here every day of the week to get daily water samples. They have been so intrigued by what they are seeing and what they are finding that they have persuaded Dr. Frances Pick, University of Ottawa Professor, Chair, and founder of the Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics to undertake core sample research here at Sunfish Lake.
It is hoped that Dr. Pick's research will be able to tell us about the lake environment and composition in earlier years and being one of the foremost water researchers in Canada it is great to have her insights here.
The UWO team is also hoping to launch their floating sample raft at Sunfish Lake within the next week.
Our aerial researchers doing the hyperspectrum analysis of the lake flew their first flight over the lake this past week and hope to be out again later this week doing more mapping and analysis.


Wednesday 31 October, 6-8pm: Readings from Frankenstein, The O'Donoghue Theatre, NUI Galway.
On Hallowe'en evening, join students of English, NUI Galway, for a dramatised reading of selections from Frankenstein. Shelley's sleepless vision of a 'hideous phantasm of a man' animated by occult means has unnerved readers since its publication in 1818. The novel tells its uncanny story from a number of perspectives: the man who brings life to an assemblage of body parts, and who is haunted and undone by his presumption, and the narrative told by his ill-begotten and outcast progeny, a humanoid creature and so-called 'monster'. Both are ravaged by loneliness and tormented by what it means to have given life, and by what it means to live unwanted. Students bring to life Shelley's words in this reading, reimagining the ultimate ghost story on the spookiest night of the year.
Frankenreads NUIG is a branch of Frankenreads, the international celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the novel for Halloween 2018 organised by the Keats-Shelley Association of America. It is also part of the EXPLORE initiative at NUI Galway, where students and staff collaborate to deliver their innovative ideas and projects. Featuring staff and students from English, Frankenreads is also supported by the university's Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Project Fund and by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies.


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