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Sean McVay's return a bright spot for Rams, injuries dampen wild-card weekend and a big All-Pro snub
Charles McDonald
·NFL columnist
The playoffs are here, so naturally, in this week's edition of Four Verts, we're going to spend time talking about two high-profile NFL figures who aren't in this year's playoffs. The Rams got their lead man back, the Raiders had a player snubbed from the All-Pro team, and a few injuries are really going to hurt the AFC playoff race.
The Rams' future isn't so bleak with McVay back in the fold
Sean McVay is back! The 36-year-old, Super Bowl-winning head coach has decided he won't become the great millennial of all time, opting to continue working instead of taking some time off to enjoy the millions of dollars he has made. On a serious note, this clears up the Rams' immediate future and makes their situation feel a bit more hopeful than it did this season.
It's easy to see why McVay was waffling on coming back to the Rams and submitting to the grind of another NFL season. The Rams just played the most inconsequential season of all time. They were fresh off a Super Bowl, they don't own their first-round pick for next season (which would be sixth overall), and all their superstars except Jalen Ramsey were hurt en route to a 5-12 finish. The Rams could have not played this season and ended up in the exact same situation they're in right now. That's a lot of work to get through a season that has no tangible football benefit by the end. A lot of people might question what they're doing with so few results to stand on.
It was a tough season for Sean McVay and the Rams, but the future isn't so bleak now that he's returning as the team's head coach. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
However, McVay is back, which really benefits the Rams as they start to shape the next era of their franchise. They clearly need to do some retooling over the next few years to get back to running the NFC, and that was going to be nearly impossible without McVay leading the team. He is easily one of the elite head coaches in the league and basically has been since he took over the Rams in 2017. He has been able to adapt and change his offense based on the personnel, and he won a Super Bowl. McVay has become synonymous with the Rams, and they would be hard-pressed to find someone better if he decided to step away from the team.
This team still has holes and will continue to be a top-heavy roster over the next season, but at least the Rams have a chance to maximize their talent with a top-flight head coach. They'll get quarterback Matthew Stafford, wide receiver Cooper Kupp and defensive tackle Aaron Donald back next season, which will obviously increase their chances of being a feared team and getting back to the playoffs. As long as the Rams have their elite core of players, it's still an enticing job. Those players' presence had to matter as far as being able to retain McVay.
Now the Rams can focus on competing in 2023 instead of pondering a tear-down that would reset the clock on this franchise. Who knows how long McVay will stick around, but for now, this a great sign of things to come for the Rams.
Brandon Staley really hurt the Chargers
Star wide receiver Mike Williams is officially out for the Chargers' playoff opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, which was a totally avoidable outcome. In a meaningless Week 18 game, Chargers coach Brandon Staley opted to play his starters against the Broncos, which backfired in a serious way. Williams suffered a fracture in his back and will likely be out for the Chargers' playoff run. Given that the Chargers were locked into the fifth seed no matter what happened in their season finale, playing Williams and other starters was just incomprehensible.
Staley attempted to soften the blow of Williams' injury by saying after the game that the Chargers needed to dress 48 players, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Week 18 is a great chance for practice squad players to get in the game, which is what the Giants did for their also-meaningless Week 18 matchup. The Giants had most of their starters on the inactive list, and they'll be at full-strength for their rematch against the Vikings in Sunday's wild-card playoff game. The Chargers will be missing their top wideout.
Williams is a necessary piece for the Chargers if they want to have a prayer of making it deep into the postseason. Keenan Allen is still a solid receiver, but he isn't the dominant threat he used to be. Without Williams, the Chargers suddenly have a very limited group of wide receivers who won't pose a threat to many secondaries in the playoffs. They have a chance as long as Justin Herbert is under center, but the degree of difficulty on what he has to accomplish has definitely risen with the loss of Williams.
All of this was avoidable, and Staley should definitely feel some heat for that. Williams is too important a player to risk in a game that doesn't affect playoff seedings. It was an unnecessary risk, and the team will suffer the consequences. Even if Herbert is able to drag the Chargers on a playoff run, the actions that made his life difficult shouldn't be forgotten. If they lose, people might start calling for Staley's job, given the decision he oversaw.
Staley has been a risk-taker on the field since he has been a head coach, but this is a set of dice he simply didn't have to roll.
Maxx Crosby was snubbed from the All-Pro team
In a season with a lot of good edge rushers, not everyone was going to be on the All-Pro team, but leaving Raiders pass-rusher Maxx Crosby off the list is an egregious oversight. Crosby was absolutely one of the four best pass-rushers in the league this season and was one of the few bright spots on a Raiders team that really struggled in 2022. Crosby should be in consideration for Defensive Player of the Year, but he didn't make the All-Pro team. That's a big miss.
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby was left off the NFL All-Pro list this season, which is egregious given how well he played with very little help. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Crosby started all 17 games for the Raiders and finished with 12.5 sacks, which is incredibly impressive considering the Raiders had 27 sacks as a team. That means 46.2% of the Raiders' sack production came from one player. No one else on the Raiders finished with more than 4.5 sacks, and only three players on the team were able to record multiple sacks: Crosby (12.5), Chandler Jones (4.5) and Clelin Ferrell (2).
Perhaps Crosby was dinged for not playing on a good defense, but that should just make his season even more impressive. No Raider played more snaps on defense this season than Crosby. According to Pro Football Reference, Crosby played 96.3% of the Raiders' defensive snaps. That workload is unusual for a defensive lineman, but Crosby was able to stay productive throughout the whole season for them. It's an iron man feat as much as it is a skill and production feat.
Crosby is one of the best pass-rushers in the league and produced well in an impossible situation. Snubbed! Don't worry, Maxx, real ones know just how great of a season you had.
Injuries crushed wild-card weekend
A couple of games this weekend went from enticing to blowout watch with a few injuries. The Ravens are going to miss Lamar Jackson this weekend as he continues to recover from a knee injury, and the Dolphins are going to be without both Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater as they travel to Buffalo. That is a huge, huge bummer for what projected to be fun matchups with those quarterbacks under center. The biggest problem as far as excitement goes is the fact that we've already seen these teams without their star quarterbacks.
The Dolphins are going to be relying on rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson to come through in the clutch against one of the best teams in the NFL in the Buffalo Bills. Thompson might develop into a solid backup, but that hasn't happened yet. As great as the Dolphins offense has been this season, they fall off a cliff when Thompson had to step in as the lead quarterback. They scored 11 points against the Jets to clinch their wild-card spot, which was just enough to win. Thompson was able to muster only 17 points in a blowout loss to the Jets earlier this season as well. There's no reason to believe the Dolphins will be able to score points against the Bills with Thompson. If the Dolphins are able to win this game, they should build a statue for head coach Mike McDaniel.
The Ravens will be without star quarterback Lamar Jackson in this weekend's playoff matchup against the Bengals, which makes the game far less exciting. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Ravens will be taking on the Bengals with either Tyler Huntley or Anthony Brown leading their offense. No offense to Anthony Brown, but he just played against the Bengals a week ago, the results were not pretty, and, quite frankly, it's not fair to expect a whole lot from him as far as this game goes. He was an undrafted free agent for a reason and didn't have a whole lot of NFL prospects coming out of the University of Oregon last year. Playoff games are way too precious, and the Ravens won't have one of the most electric players in the NFL at their services. That stinks for the team and spectators of the game.
Hopefully Huntley will be able to suit up for the Ravens so they at least have a chance to score some points, but the Ravens offense has been a diminished version of itself without Jackson playing quarterback. That's an unavoidable fact, and it lessens the hype for wild-card weekend.
The outlook of Bengals-Ravens and Bills-Dolphins is greatly changed with the way their injuries have unfolded at quarterback. We can only hope, as an NFL watching public, that Tyler Huntley, Anthony Brown and Skylar Thompson can play at a level we haven't seen yet.
At least we get to watch Patrick Mahomes play for the Chiefs next weekend.
Police protest in Haiti after six officers killed
Civilian protesters and police marched through Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday to demonstrate against a slew of killings of police officers by armed gangs in worsening violence in the Caribbean nation.Fourteen police officers have been killed by armed gangs since the beginning of the year, according to the National Union of Haitian Police Officers.
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Russian activist, 80, fights on despite crackdown
She is 80 years old, the Memorial rights group she co-founded has been shut down, and some of her colleagues have fled Russia fearing arrest under President Vladimir Putin."I am grateful and I bow down before them because we didn't become toxic for them and at least from their perspective we do not represent Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, we are different people, we are his opponents," Gannushkina said of the Russian president.
Ukrainian troops were locked in a "fierce" confrontation with Russian fighters Friday for control of the town of Vugledar southwest of Donetsk as the two sides battle along the southern front.Both sides claimed success in the small administrative center of apartment towers surround by flat fields, a short distance from the strategic prize of the village of Pavlivka."The encirclement and subsequent liberation of this city solves many problems," said Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-appointed leader of the Donetsk region."Soon, Vugledar may become a new, very important success for us," he was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.But Kyiv said the town, which had a pre-invasion population of around 15,000 people, remained contested. "There is fierce combat there," Ukrainian military spokesman Sergiy Cherevaty told local media."For many months, the military of the Russian Federation... has been trying to achieve significant success there," he said.Moscow's push for Vugledar is part of its effort to seize control of the entire Donetsk region, which it has already declared a part of Russia.The town also lies along a southern front that some think could be the focus of a possible Ukraine offensive seeking to cut through Russian-occupied territory to the Azov Sea.Russian attacks in the Vugledar area could be "part of a series of spoiling attacks aimed at constraining possible future Ukrainian counteroffensive operations," said the US-based Institute for the Study of War.- Barbs on Holocaust Remembrance Day -Russian President Vladimir Putin used International Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday to lash out at Ukraine, calling those in the country "neo-Nazis" to justify the 11-month-old invasion."Forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies," Putin said."It is against that evil that our soldiers are bravely fighting," he said.But in Poland, where some three million Jews were slaughtered during World War II, officials pointed their fingers at Russia as perpetuating Nazi thinking. "On the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, let us remember that to the east Putin is building new camps," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Facebook."Solidarity and consistent support for Ukraine are effective ways to ensure that history does not come full circle," he added.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Holocaust Remembrance Day by urging the world to unite against "indifference" and "hatred"."Today, as always, Ukraine honours the memory of millions of victims of the Holocaust. We know and remember that indifference kills along with hatred," he said.- More Polish tanks -Morawiecki meanwhile said Poland would  deliver an additional 60 tanks to Kyiv to help it fend off Russia's aggression."Right now, we are ready to send 60 of our modernised tanks, 30 of them PT-91. And on top of those tanks, 14 tanks, Leopard 2 tanks, from our possession," he said.The tanks that have already been sent by Poland are mainly T-72 Soviet models, of which the PT-91 are a modernised version. Ukraine has also been promised battle tanks from Germany and the United States, announced earlier this week. And Belgium announced a new 93.8 million euro ($100 million) package of military aid for Ukraine that includes cash, missiles, machine guns and armoured vehicles.- Olympics controversy -Meanwhile controversy boiled over the International Olympic Committee's efforts to find a "pathway" for Russians to take part in the 2024 Paris Games despite the invasion of Ukraine.Russia and its ally Belarus have been sidelined from most Olympic sports since the invasion of Ukraine last February.But the IOC said "no athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport".Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Thursday that she supported the concept of Russian athletes competing under a neutral banner at the 2024 Olympics.Zelensky on Friday invited IOC President Thomas Bach to visit the frontline city of Bakhmut, where some of the heaviest fighting has taken place in recent months."I am inviting Mr Bach to Bakhmut so that he can see for himself that neutrality does not exist," Zelensky said. "It is obvious that any neutral banner of Russian athletes is stained with blood."Ukraine's sports minister warned his country could boycott the games if Russian and Belarusian athletes take part.bur/pmh/bfm
South Africa signs deal with India to relocate dozens of cheetahs
South Africa has signed an agreement with India to introduce dozens of African cheetahs to the Asian country over the next decade, its environmental department said on Thursday, after the first were transferred last year from neighbouring Namibia. In September, eight radio-collared African cheetahs were released at Kuno National Park in central India after a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) journey from Namibia, the first time wild cheetahs have been moved across continents to be released.
India's equity Mutual Funds to move to two-day settlement
Equity mutual funds in India will be settled within two days starting February, instead of the prevalent three day settlement cycle, an industry body said on Friday. The move for a shorter settlement period for equity mutual funds follows Indian markets completing a shift to a one-day settlement cycle on Friday. "It has been decided all Asset Management Companies (AMCs) will move to T+2 redemption payment cycle for equity schemes, and implement this uniformly with effect from Feb. 1, 2023," the Association of Mutual Funds in India said in a statement.
Tata Motors to raise prices of passenger cars by 1.2%
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian carmaker Tata Motors Ltd said on Friday it would hike prices of its passenger vehicles by 1.2% on a weighted average basis from Feb. 1, citing a rise in overall input costs. The price increase comes a month after the maker of the Tiago and Harrier cars raised commercial vehicle prices by up to 2% in January.. Earlier this month, rival and India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki raised prices by an average of 1.1% across its models, blaming similar cost pressures.
EU dangles visa threat over nations refusing to take back migrants
EU interior ministers reached "consensus" Thursday to warn outside countries refusing to take back irregular migrants they risked tighter visa restrictions to Europe, Sweden's migration minister said.Johansson said after a November visit to Bangladesh that the threat of the visa sanctions had prompted Dhaka to become more "politically open" to accepting irregular migrants back from Europe.


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Assumption had big sports legacy - Part II
This is the second of a two-part series that covers the highlights of athletics at Assumption Academy in Chadron during its 38-year history. Written by Con Marshall, these newspaper stories were originally published in August of 2011. Our thanks to Con for allowing us to use this story and to Jim Sandstrom for sharing photos from some of his years as a student athlete at the Academy.
Chadron Assumption had many athletic highlights
by Con Marshall
George Shinker was just 20 years old and still two years away from graduating from Chadron State College when he was named Assumption Academy's head coach of all three sports in the fall of 1953. He had graduated from the Academy in May 1950 after being a standout on the basketball team.
Shinker's first football team at Assumption was a six-man crew that had just two seniors on the roster and went 0-7. However, during the next five seasons, the Panthers were 34-7-1 on the gridiron. The 1955, '57 and '58 teams lost just one game apiece. The 1955 team was also tied.
The Panthers also were strong in basketball under Shinker. They won four consecutive district tournament championships, but always lost out in regional tournament contests. This was an era when it wasn't easy to make it to Lincoln because only four teams were in the state tournament in each class. The 1957 team was beaten by Uehling, which is located in northeast Nebraska about 30 miles from the Iowa state line. The playoff game was in Plainview, nearly as far from Chadron as Lincoln.
1957-58 Assumption Academy Panthers
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The 1958 team went 19-4 and helped Chadron earn the title of Basketball Capital of Nebraska. Chadron Prep was 19-3 and Chadron High was 17-3 that season. (Editors Note: To see a larger version of the photo above — and others — visit our Chadron Schools Gallery.
The Panthers got a boost during the 1950s when Chuck and Larry Murray came from their parents' ranch on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming and enrolled at Assumption. They were tough and talented enough to have played for any high school football team in the country. They also were basketball standouts at Assumption.
During a recent telephone conversation, Chuck said his family lived 24 miles from town, all of it dirt road. Therefore, his parents decided it would be more economical and safer if they went elsewhere to high school. They sought information about Jesuit institutions and chose Assumption over Alliance St. Agnes. Their sister, Ivora, also enrolled at Assumption during this era.
Chuck said one of his many memories of his days at Assumption was going to basketball practice early in the morning so the Panthers could use the Community Building (now Middle School Gym), where their games were played. Chadron High, Chadron State and Chadron Prep practiced there in the afternoon and evenings. The Assumption Arena opened the year after Chuck graduated from the Academy in 1956.
Following their days at Assumption, the Murray brothers stuck around and also played football and graduated from CSC. I may be wrong, but I think they are the only Assumption grads to earn letters in football at CSC aside from Dale Tangeman in 1939 and '40. Both of the Murrays also went on to earn master's degrees in education from the University of Wyoming.
George Shinker
Some of Shinker's other top athletes included Doyle and Dan Hucke, Jim, Jerry and Dick Miller, Larry Chamberlain, Don McVeigh, Dave Mailander, Bill Marchant, John Hostler, Wayne Sides, Bernard Lecher, Jim Konrath, George Bamsey and Bob Zahm, who earned all-state basketball honors from at least one Nebraska newspaper as a senior in 1958 and remains one of this community's most avid sports fans.
Shinker left Assumption for a teaching and coaching job at Lusk in the spring of 1959. He earned a master's degree from CSC in 1962 and had an outstanding career as a school administrator. He was the principal three years at Hemingford, the principal three years and superintendent five years at Ainsworth, the superintendent at Creighton seven years and the superintendent of the West Holt Schools at Atkinson 16 years. He was on the Nebraska School Activities Association's board of control before retiring in 1995. He died at age 76 in 2009 with many friends and admirers.
The next two years after Shinker left, the Panthers were coached by Chadron State PE majors. Jim Davison coached the 1959 football team that went 7-0-1 with the only blemish a 13-13 tie with St. Agnes and Rod Borders was the coach in the fall of 1960 when Mullen dealt the Panthers their only loss during a 7-1 season.
Complete statistics from that era don't seem to be available, but a story in the Chadron Record said Bob Marchant, who was just a sophomore, had touchdown runs of 85 and 90 yards during a 31-7 threshing of Sidney St. Pat's in 1959.
Lots of success in the 1960s
Larry Whiting became the school's full-time coach in 1961 and guided both the football and basketball teams to much success. His gridiron teams lost just one of 35 games during a four-year stretch beginning in 1963. They could have held their own against almost any of the area's 11-man teams in that era.
The basketball teams were also strong. They were 18-4 in 1963-64, 20-3 in 1964-65 and 16-7 in 1966-67. All three teams won district titles, but again lost out in state tournament bids during the regional playoffs. By then eight teams from each class were receiving state tourney bids. In both 1965 and 1967, the Panthers lost their regional playoff games by just three points. Halsey-Dunning won 51-48 the first year and Potter prevailed 62-59 the second year.
Potter went on to win the Class D state championship in 1967.
In the fall of 1967, Whiting moved from Assumption to Ainsworth, where Shinker was the principal and about to become the superintendent. After three years at Ainsworth, Whiting, his wife Eunice and their young family moved to Columbus Lakeview, where he spent 33 years teaching health and physical education and coaching primarily track and field and cross-country.
Some of Whiting's top football players at Assumption included Bill and Bob Boeck, Larry and Dave Deans, Don Marchant, Steve Swallow, Mike Earl, Joe Katen, Mark Hooker, Nick Schommer, John Lliteras, Marty McGannon, DuWayne Burgess, Larry Kelley, Jim Hamous, Joe Hoesing, Tom Reid, Frank Thoendel, Dennis Goffena and Bill Stewart. The Boeck brothers, Larry Deans, Reid, Earl, Lliteras and John Van Loan were among the top hoopsters in that era.
Don Lecher and Bill Boeck apparently were the only track and field state champions in Assumption's history. Boeck won the Class D 180-yard low hurdles in 1967 in 20.8 seconds and also placed fourth in the 120-yard highs. Earlier that spring, he won both hurdles and the long and high jumps at the West 10 Conference Meet. Hamous placed third in the mile at the state meet in 4:41.5 that season.
Another state meet medalist from Assumption was Larry Girmann, who in 1954 placed third in the Class D mile at the state meet in 4:43. His parents then moved to Fort Collins, where he was a state cross-country champion and won the Class AA mile at the Colorado State Track Meet.
In 1969, Assumption's Roger Marchant, Steve Stewart and brothers Boniface and Paul Chase finished fifth in the Class D mile relay at the state meet. Boniface then earned four letters as a middle distance runner at CSC.
State tourney trip was last hurrah
Joe Kanarick, later a prominent Chadron insurance agent, had been Whiting's assistant two years and took over as the Assumption football coach in 1967. Kanarick's teams went 5-2 and 9-0. Members of the latter team included Dave Moore, Duane Katen, Terry (Bim) Hooker, Mike Zahm, Ed Mailander and Steve and John Stewart. Hooker, one of the many proud Assumption alums I've known, told me in the early 1980s that Steve Stewart was the best football player he could remember at Assumption.
Assumption's final two football teams had records of 5-4 and 6-1, giving them a 115-23-2 mark during their last 17 years of existence. All 17 teams won more games than they lost.
The Panthers' basketball teams were 151-69 during their final 10 seasons. Only the 1967-68 team that was 11-12 lost more games than it won.
Athletically, the school's last hurrah was the 1970-71 basketball team that qualified for the state tournament just two months before the school closed. Coached by Al Bozner, the Panthers defeated Lexington St. Ann 67-55 in the first round before losing to eventual state champion Benedict 49-34 in the semifinals. They concluded the season with a 22-4 record.
Sophomore Kevin Moore averaged 24.1 points that season, and got good support from classmate Steve Marchant and seniors Terry Hooker, Mike Martin and Bill Melton. Moore, as long-time Chadron fans are aware, had two more great years at Chadron High and finished his high school career with 1,826 points, the most ever for a Panhandle high school hoopster until Jordan Hooper poured in 2,078 points during her star-studded career at Alliance 2006-10.
Hooper's success causes me to wonder how Assumption would have fared in girls' athletics. Most of the boys named in the column had sisters who probably would have done well, too.
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In the Riksdag, Green is a member of the Committee on Civil Affairs and a deputy member of the Committee on Defence. In May 2015 the Government appointed Green as the Riksdag's only representative to The Swedish Commission for Shoreland Protection and Management, which mission was completed by December 2015. On 10 October 2017, Green was appointed his party's spokesperson on housing, being further promoted to spokesperson on employment and integration in May 2019.

Green was elected member of the national executive board of the Moderate Party at the party congress in October 2019.

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Human Oral Microbiome and Systemic Diseases: What Stage are We at?
Pablo Alejandro Millones-Gómez
Mouth, Microbiota, Periodontal Diseases
The oral cavity is a dynamic ecosystem comprising an array of microbial communities, including many pathogenic or opportunistic species. Recent studies have also demonstrated the role of periodontal disease as a risk factor or enhancer of distant systemic pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease and colorectal cancer with bacterial periodontopathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum, respectively. Since the publication of the results of the human microbiome project, it was shown that microorganisms do not have unique niches and their presence in various locations does not necessarily generate disease. We should emphasize that we are just beginning to know the characteristics of microbiomes, their variability influenced by various factors, and their interaction with the host.
Bourgeois D, Gonçalves LS, Lima-Junior JDC, Carrouel F. Editorial: The Oral Microbiome is a Key Factor in Oral and Systemic Health. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:855668. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.855668
Kapila YL. Oral health's inextricable connection to systemic health: Special populations bring to bear multimodal relationships and factors connecting periodontal disease to systemic diseases and conditions. Periodontol 2000 2021; 87(1):11-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/prd.12398
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When you start two instances of your game you may experience that you control P1 and P2. This may be because of missing htme_isLocal or windows may send the controls to both games at the same time. Here are some thins you can try.
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NL Central Pennants
World Series titles: None
National League champs: None
American League champs: 1982
Division champs: 1982
Wild Card: 2008
Sick's Stadium (Seattle) (1969)
County Stadium (1970-2000)
Miller Park (2001- )
Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: Doug Melvin
Manager: Ned Yost
Mascot: Bernie Brewer
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1 Franchise History
1.1 Seattle Pilots
1.2 The Beginning of the Brewers
1.3 Harvey's Wallbangers
1.4 Yount and Molitor
1.5 Troubled Times
1.6 Bye-Bye Bud: The Attanasio, Yost and Melvin Era
2 Retired Numbers
4 Managers
5.1 MVP
5.2 Rookie Of The Year
5.3 Cy Young
5.4 Hank Aaron Award
6 All-Time Team Leaders & Stats
6.1 Career Records
6.2 Single Season Records
7 Record Per Season
8 Minor League Teams
9.1 Brewers References
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The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, famously known as "Team Streak", opened the season with an American League record 13-game winning streak and finished the first month of the season with 18 wins and just three losses. However, the next month, they set a franchise record with a 12-game losing streak. They finished 91-71, seven games out of first.
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The Milwaukee Brewers finished the 2007 season with their first winning season in 15 years but still finished behind their I-94 rivals in Chicago for the NL Central title. Ryan Braun won the Rookie of the Year Award, and Prince Fielder became the youngest player ever to hit 50 home runs.
In 1969, the Seattle Pilots were born out of an apparent need for a major league franchise in the city, but monetary problems caused the owners to sell the franchise after just one year. During Spring Training of 1970, used car salesman and future MLB Commissioner Bud Selig purchased the team and moved them to Milwaukee, where they remain today.
Long a hotbed for Minor League Baseball, Seattle finally got a Major League Baseball team. Dewey Soriano, a former Seattle Rainiers pitcher and president of the Pacific Coast League, headed the operation, but had to ask William Daley, who was the owner of the Cleveland Indians when the team came close to moving to Seattle in 1965, to help in financing the franchise. Daley became the largest stakeholder in the club at 47 percent and became Chairman of the Board while Soriano became president.
The team would play at Sick's Stadium, home of the Rainiers. In order to compensate for the loss of the Rainiers, the Pilots franchise had to pay the PCL $1 million. This was not the only stipulation that came with fielding a professional team in the area. The team also had to begin work on a domed stadium by the end of the 1970 season, which would eventually become the Kingdome although it was never used by the Pilots.
The Pilots' season was set in motion after King County voters approved of the stadium's plan, and signed Marvin Milkes of the California Angels as general manager and St. Louis Cardinals coach Joe Schultz as the team's first manager.
Seattle's first season went as expected for an expansion team. The Pilots finished with a 64-98 record and last in the newly formed AL West Division.
Problems caused by the expansion of Sick's Stadium almost ran the team out of money by the end of its first season, and opponents of the new stadium forced the project to a standstill.
Soriano began talks with Allan H. "Bud" Selig about selling the team. During the 1969 World Series, the two struck a deal between $10-13 million, but the owners didn't approve of the sale due to pressure from Washington's two senators and the state attorney general.
However, after several local investors failed to acquire the franchise, the owners tentatively approved the sale while the players reported to Spring Training not knowing where they would play. Soriano filed for bankruptcy to stall any legal actions the state could file in protest, and at the bankruptcy hearing, Milkes declared that the team did not have enough money to pay the players and coaches. Had Milkes been 10 days late in paying the players, they would have all become free agents and left Seattle without a team. Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney Volinn declared the Pilots bankrupt on April 1, and Selig took over the team, moving it to Milwaukee and renaming it the Brewers after the city's brewing industry. It was the same name that belonged to a major league team that played in the city in 1901 and is now the Baltimore Orioles.
The Beginning of the Brewers
With only six days before the start of the season, new uniforms could not be provided for the team, so the Pilots' logo and namesake were removed and replaced by the Brewers. The original plan was to make the official colors navy and red, but because of the uniform quandary, the Brewers were forced to adopt the Pilots' blue and gold scheme, which is still used by the team.
Former Milwaukee Braves catcher Del Crandall was brought in to manage the team in 1972, and the Brewers orchestrated an historic trade in 1974 that brought Hank Aaron back to Milwaukee and was able to extend his playing career due to the designated hitter rule. Aaron established the new all-time home run record at 755 with a blast off of Angels pitcher Dick Drago on July 20, 1976. His number became the first to be retired by the Brewers, done so in a ceremony at the end of the season.
Harvey's Wallbangers
After Harry Dalton was named general manager in 1977, things for the Brewers finally took off. The addition of first-round draft pick Robin Yount in 1974 set forth a wave of new talent being brought into Milwaukee. Paul Molitor was the Brewers' first round choice in 1977, and the Brewers made a 20-game winner out of Mike Caldwell in 1978. The Brewers also had added Cecil Cooper in a trade with the Boston Red Sox, and finally in 1980, the Brewers put the finishing touches on its team in a trade with St. Louis that brought Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons, and Pete Vuckovich to the Brew City.
With the team struggling at 23-24 in the early part of 1982, Harvey Kuenn was brought on board as the team's manager. The Brewers went 72-43 the rest of the way, winning the AL East title by one game over Baltimore. Yount ran away with the MVP Award and Vuckovich won the Cy Young Award winner for 1982, just a year after Fingers won both awards.
The team then overcame a 2-0 deficit in the American League Championship Series, winning the next three games against the California Angels to win the American League pennant and secure their place in the 1982 World Series against the Cardinals.
In the Series, the Brewers held a 3-2 lead heading back to St. Louis for Game 6, but couldn't finish the job, folding to the Cards in seven games. The team has yet to make it back to the Series.
Yount and Molitor
In subsequent years, the Brewers declined, finishing no higher than fifth from 1983 to 1986, going through three different managers during the time. But hope was renewed in Milwaukee in 1987 as Team Streak won its first 13 games of the season. Unfortunately, Molitor landed on the disabled list, and the Brewers went on a 12-game losing streak shortly after. The team still managed to finish in third place in the AL East with a 91-71 record, highlighted by Molitor's 39-game hitting streak and Juan Nieves' no hitter on April 15, the only no hitter in Brewers history.
However, from 1988 to 1991, the Brewers finished no higher than fourth, before rallying behind rookie manager Phil Garner in 1992 to finish just four games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for first place.
On September 9, 1992, Robin Yount collects career hit 3,000, becoming the 17th player in history to reach the plateau. He retires following the Brewers' dismal 1993 season, but still manages to make his way into the record books again, becoming the only player in history to record 200 hits against every team he has played against.
Molitor becomes a Blue Jay following the 1992 season after 15 years as a Milwaukee Brewer.
Troubled Times
The 1992 season marked the last time the Brewers reached the .500 mark until the 2005 season. The team struggled after losing Yount and Molitor and despite bringing plenty of talent through their system (Greg Vaughn andGary Sheffield to name a couple), none stayed in Milwaukee. Garner did the best with what he had, posting two seasons of near .500 ball in 1996 and 1997.
In 1997, the team agreed to move to the National League as part of MLB's expansion and realignment plan that would allow for Interleague Play beginning in 1998.
The move was originally seen as being an attempt by Brewers owner and Baseball Commissioner Selig to benefit the team. However, the team slipped even further and posted a franchise-low 56 wins in 2002, a season that will live in infamy forever in the state of Wisconsin.
Bye-Bye Bud: The Attanasio, Yost and Melvin Era
Following the 2002 season, Doug Melvin was named the Brewers' new general manager and Ned Yost the team's new manager. Yost, who had been an assistant under Bobby Cox in Atlanta for 12 years, took over a team in need of guidance, and Melvin took over a franchise that needed an overhaul.
In 2003, the team saw a 12-game improvement, and in 2005, the Brewers reached the .500 mark for the first time since 1992, finishing in third place in the NL Central at 81-81.
The 2006 season was a step back for the Brewers. Injuries to the team's pitching staff and growing pains experienced by the club's young players left the team with yet another sub-.500 record at 75-87. But the team was still headed in the right direction. Midseason acquisition Francisco Cordero took over the closer spot and converted 16 saves, and Melvin made the largest signing in team history by inking NLCS MVP Jeff Suppan to a four-year deal following the season.
In 2007, the Brewers exploded out of the gates and held a 24-10 record, the best in baseball, on May 9, but 14 games over .500 was the season's high water mark, which they matched again on June 27 but never would see again. The Brewers struggled over the next few months and finally lost their hold on the NL Central on August 17 to the Chicago Cubs.
After exchanging the division lead for the next several weeks, the Brewers finally faded in the last month of the season after ace Ben Sheets went down for the remainder of the year. Nonetheless, they won their final two games to finish the year at 83-79, their first winning season in 15 years.
Third baseman Ryan Braun was named the National League Rookie of the Year and first baseman Prince Fielder finished third in the National League Most Valuable Player race after setting a franchise record with 50 home runs, also becoming the youngest player in MLB history to reach 50 in a season.
(In chronological order)
44 - Hank Aaron (played in Milwaukee for Braves franchise from 1954-65, then returned as a Brewer in 1975 and had his number retired by the team following his retirement in 1976).
34 - Rollie Fingers (played in Milwaukee from 1981-85)
19 - Robin Yount (played in Milwaukee from 1974-93 and is now the bench coach for the team, wearing no. 19)
42 - Jackie Robinson (MLB retired Robinson's number in 1997)
4 - Paul Molitor (played in Milwaukee from 1978-92)
Allan H. "Bud" Selig
Mark Attanasio (bought the team in 2004 for $180 million)
Joe Schultz (1969, Seattle)
Dave Bristol (1970-72)
Roy McMillan (1972)
Del Crandall (1972-75)
Harvey Kuenn (1975, 1982-83)
Alex Grammas (1976-77)
George Bamberger (1978-80, 1985-86)
Buck Rodgers (1980-82)
Rene Lachemann (1984)
Tom Trebelhorn (1986-1991)
Phil Garner (1992-99)
Jim Lefebvre (1999)
Davey Lopes (2000-02)
Jerry Royster (2002)
Ned Yost (2003-2008)
Dale Sveum (2008- )
Rollie Fingers (1981)
Robin Yount (1982)
Pat Listach (1992)
Ryan Braun (2007)
Pete Vuckovich (1982)
Hank Aaron Award
Prince Fielder (2007)
All-Time Team Leaders & Stats
Home Runs: Robin Yount 251
Runs Batted In: Robin Yount 1406
Batting Average (minimum 1,000 plate appearances): Jeff Cirillo .306
Batting Average (minimum 4,000 plate appearances): Paul Molitor .303
Hits: Robin Yount 3142
Runs: Robin Yount 1632
Doubles: Robin Yount 583
Triples: Robin Yount 126
Stolen Bases: Paul Molitor 412
Walks: Robin Yount 966
Wins: Jim Slaton 117
Saves: Dan Plesac 133
Strikeouts: Ben Sheets 1171 as of August 7th 2008
Earned Run Average: Dan Plesac 3.21
Single Season Records
Home Runs: Prince Fielder 50, 2007
Runs Batted In: Cecil Cooper 126, 1986
Batting Average: Paul Molitor .353, 1987
Hits: Cecil Cooper 219, 1980
Runs: Paul Molitor 136, 1982
Doubles: Lyle Overbay 53, 2004
Triples: Paul Molitor 16, 1979
Stolen Bases: Tommy Harper 73, 1969
Hitting Streak: Paul Molitor 39, 1987
Walks: Jeromy Burnitz 99, 2000
Wins: Mike Caldwell 22, 1978
Saves: Francisco Cordero 44, 2007
Strikeouts: Ben Sheets 264, 2004
Earned Run Average: Mike Caldwell 2.36, 1978
Record Per Season
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Brevard County Manatees
West Virginia Power
AZL Brewers
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VSL Brewers
Brewers References
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Milwaukee Brewers History
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"A Love-Hate Affair" 1.What has been the relationship between Bush and the U.N.? What is the reason for this? 2.List 3 criticisms of the U.N. 3.Who pays.
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1 "A Love-Hate Affair" 1.What has been the relationship between Bush and the U.N.? What is the reason for this? 2.List 3 criticisms of the U.N. 3.Who pays the U.N.'s bills? How is payment determined? What three countries pay the most? 4.List 8 achievements of the U.N. 5.Why might the U.N. have good reason to resent the United States? 6.What recent problems have hurt the U.N.'s reputation and led to call for reform?
2 "Ali G" Visits the United Nations
3 Founding of the United Nations U.N. founded at the end of World War II by the Allied Powers that won the war Created under United States leadership Replaced the weak League of Nations U.S. had never joined this organization Failed to prevent WWII Charter signed in San Francisco by 51 original members nations on October 24, 1945
4 Purposes of the United Nations To maintain peace and stability throughout the world To develop friendly relations among nations To cooperate in solving international problems To promote respect for human rights and freedoms To be a center (location) for helping nations achieve these aims
5 United Nations Headquarters … A center for nations to achieve these aims.
6 Principles of the United Nations Sovereign Equality – Each member in the General Assembly has one vote Members must: try to settle their differences through peaceful means avoid the threat or use of force against any other state commit themselves to world peace through "international cooperation" and collective security"
7 Collective Security Aggression against one state is aggression against all and should be defeated by the collective action of all
8 The United Nations IS/IS NOT… IS: A multilateral organization An association of independent states (SOVEREIGN) Charter forbids U.N. from interfering in the domestic affairs of any country* IS NOT: A World Government Does not have the power to tax or make laws Does not have an independent military force Only has the power provided by its members
9 The Organs of the United Nations General Assembly Security Council Secretariat Economic and Social Council International Court of Justice Trusteeship Council Organs of the United Nations
10 Security Council Stuff Permanent Members (U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, China) NOT necessarily the wealthiest or most powerful countries in the world These were the winners in WWII Power in the Security Council Some members have more power than others Security Council make-up does not reflect geopolitical power in today's globalized world Call to increase the size of the Security Council w/o expanding the veto power
11 Final Key Thoughts Multilateralism Idealism and cooperation Not just the national interests of individual nations Difference between Peacekeeping and Peacemaking Peacemaking - bring warring parties toward peace or to prevent political and armed conflicts from escalating Peacekeeping – Neutral military forces to enforce truces or cease-fires Humanitarian Interventions Prevent human rights violations Relieve human suffering
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The UN. The United Nations The UN came into existence in June 1945 after a conference held in San Fransisco. 51 Countries signed the Charter of the United.
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Formation of the United Nations
THE UNITED NATIONS The UN emblem shows the world held in the "olive branches of peace". The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October.
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History and Functions of the United Nations
United Nations By Gonzo Global Issues.
Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Chapter 28.2 The United Nations. The Purpose of the United Nations Internationalism is the idea that nations should cooperate to promote common aims.
The United Nations. History The United Nations – Founded 24 October 1951 by 51 Nations – By 2006 membership was 192 All accept the United Nations Charter.
What is the United Nations? Created at the end of WWII 192 countries in the UN today Goals include peace and prosperity, and live together peacefully Does.
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Weapon**: A bow with celestial bronze arrowheads and a small dagger.
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Is his dagger also Celestial bronze?
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These days it's easy to get caught up in external pursuits – education, career, money, family, beauty, possessions, admiration – when we are bombarded with countless messages of "buy this or attain that and it will make you happy". Even when the pursuits are noble – helping others, protecting the environment, bettering society – one's happiness can still depend on succeeding in changing the world. Could the pursuit of happiness itself be robbing us of something more fundamental?
Inner peace is contentment, a deep shift in mentality that makes all experiences okay, whether they are good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. It is acceptance without complacency. It requires dwelling in the present moment while seeing the larger picture of cycles and polarities in life. It is a skill that can be cultivated, like a muscle that can be trained. In this workshop we will explore what inner peace means, what prevents us from experiencing it and how we can cultivate it in everyday modern life.
This 5-hour guided meditation workshop will involve theory, practice and reflection. Participants will learn practical skills of meditation that can be applied in everyday life – both in calm times and in turbulent times – to cultivate the skill of inner peace. This workshop is a step on a journey of inner cultivation that will give you a taste of what inner peace is and teach you how you can continue the journey towards it in your own life.
This workshop is suitable for anyone – we usually have a good mixture of complete beginners and people who have been doing meditation for a while. Laingholm 11 is a private home studio that is non-religious and non-commercial – there is nothing to believe and nothing to buy. Participants are encouraged to come with an open mind and to practice critical thinking.
NOTE: THE DATE WAS POSTPONED TO 23RD OF MARCH.
Time: 1pm to 6pm on Saturday 23rd of March.
Suggested koha: $40 standard / $20 low income / $10 financially struggling. Koha is a Maori custom of making a voluntary gift to the hosts of the gathering in accordance with the guest's means. Koha is not a fee and nobody is excluded for financial reasons.
Advance registration is required and the workshop is limited to 15 participants.
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The workshop affected me more than I thought it would. Valera skillfully adapted the programme to the participants through engaging dialogue and meditation exercises designed to meet the needs of those who were present. It's remarkable how a small group can attain such insights.


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Young agriculture innovators awarded
By Hassan Gbassay Koroma
In their effort to promote food sufficiency in the country, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Youth Affairs, yesterday Thursday, November 2nd awarded winners of the Social Good Summit (SGS) 2021 Agriculture innovation Challenge.
UNDP Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and other key partners, has been organizing an innovative youth-focused Social Good Summit (SGS) that provides a platform tor creative young minds to showcase and articulate innovative ideas that can solve development challenges.
Speaking at their UNDP Office in Freetown, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Sayed Sahibzada said they have come a long way in celebrating this year's globally recognized and annually celebrated event, noting that the event is a time set aside to raise awareness and inspire global actions for achieving the SDGs by 2030.
He said in Sierra Leone, the Social Good summit is a youth focused activity celebrated annually by UNDP in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Youth Affairs, other UN Agencies, academia, and the private sector.
"We did not just celebrate this year's summit like the previous years, but we aligned it with the global International Youth day theme "Transforming Food Systems: Youth innovation for Planetary Health'" and we created the platform for young people to showcase their ideas, creativity and use of technology to solve community development Challenges," he said.
He said they keep improving on the quality and value of each year's celebration, to ensure that they cater for various categories of their target audience in Sierra Leone.
He said in this year's competition, they tweaked from the usual process and made provision for persons with disabilities to apply.
He said they collaborated with the National Commission for persons with disability, national school for the blind and the national school for the deaf to develop the first ever brail version of application forms and translated key SGS events into sign language for the hearing impaired.
He said their expansion of scope from the usual process to a more inclusive one was a deliberate attempt to improve on national representation and the UNDP in collaboration with other Ministries and departments and other other key private sector partners; announced a call for applicaions from the 16th to the 30th of September 2021 and we received over 500 submissions on innovation in agriculture, assistive technology, and impact respectively.
He said their team conducted a regional screening exercise and submitted regional qualifiers to technical judges.
He said they further organized a 5-day bootcamp which was a transitional period for candidates to be coached and given tips on how to make their pitches for their final presentations.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after tigorous screening and sound judging, we are here today to give three categories of award to deserving winners in this year's competition, he said.
He said they going to present the Assistive Technology competition award, and they will give Le20 million to the winner of the assistive technology innovation competition and Le10 million Leones to the runners up.
He said the winner of the Agriculture Innovation competition award wich have the male and female categories they will also be given Le20 million each to the male and female winners and Le20 million each.
He further stated that they would also award their national Youth Ambassadors in the five regions including Western Area,Northern Region, North-West Region, South and Eastern Region and the title of Youth Ambassador 2021 will be conferred on them.
He said by such annual gesture, UNDP reassures the Government of Sierra Leone that they are committed to strengthening the innovation ecosystem in Sierra Leone, noting that they will continue to explore every means to identify sustainable and high potential impact solutions for the achievement of the sustainable development goals they are committed to.
Also speaking, the Minister of Youth Affairs, Mohamed Orman Bangura whatever the UNDP and the Ministry were doing has to be impactful on young Sierra Leoneans.
He said they wanted to use innovation to develop the country and its people and encourage the innovators to do more and be confident to compete internationally.
Speaking to Concord Times, Mariama Suma, who emerged as the female winner of the Social Good Summit 2021 Agriculture Innovation Challenge, said she pitched on food preservation.
According to her, she uses her innovation to make foo-foo dry powder and potato powder that can be preserved for a long period and also easy to cook.
She promised to use the Le20 million she won to buy machinery to develop her innovation.
Also speaking to Concord Times, Benjamin Bockarie, a student from Njala University, said he pitched the preparation of fish feed made from various materials including rice, corn grains and others that help fishes to grow well.
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The Kurt Vonnegut museum is one step closer to securing its new home
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library says it has raised enough money to move forward with plans for its new location in Indianapolis.
The Kurt Vonnegut museum is one step closer to securing its new home The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library says it has raised enough money to move forward with plans for its new location in Indianapolis. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/05/16/kurt-vonnegut-museum-library-meets-fundraising-goal-new-location-indianapolis/3687107002/
Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 16, 2019
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library is closer to getting a new home after a successful fundraising campaign.
The museum announced on Wednesday that it has raised enough money to move forward with plans for its new location at 543 Indiana Avenue across from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Madame Walker Theatre Center. The goal was met ahead of the museum's June deadline.
"It's a wonderful step forward for us," founder and CEO Julia Whitehead told IndyStar. "People are recognizing that we have something very special here."
In March, the museum announced that a purchase agreement has been signed to buy the building. It also announced the capital campaign, which will allow the museum to buy the building and begin renovations. Additional funds will be necessary to build exhibitions and programs. The museum needs $1.5 million.
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library has signed a purchase agreement to move into this building at 543 Indiana Ave. (Photo: Liz Biro/IndyStar)
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The museum's former location in the Emile building at 340 N. Senate Ave. — the only physical home during its 10-year life — closed Jan. 5. The lease was up, and the collection had grown too large for the space, Whitehead told IndyStar in January. The museum has Vonnegut's rejection letters, Purple Heart, drawings, first-edition books and magazines with his short stories.
Since then, the museum opened a small temporary gift shop on the second floor of Circle Centre mall with a few artifacts and education materials about the author.
Retro Indy: Kurt Vonnegut in photos
Indianapolis native and author Kurt Vonnegut sits on the patio along the canal outside the IHS. Vonnegut was honored along with other Indiana luminaries at the first IHS Night of Living Legends July 9, 1999. MPOZI MSHALE TOLBERT STAFF PHOTO
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. July 1964 Craig Studio photo
Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1940 Shortridge High School graduate, visited his hometown on April 1, 1965, the week before the release of his novel, "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine." BOB DOEPPERS
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (center) chats with Governor Otis R. Bowen and Dr. Wilfred C. Bain prior to the Indiana Arts commission awards ceremony on Jan 22, 1973 George Newhouse/The Star
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. chosen by the Indiana Historical Society in 1999 as one of the original LEGENDS of INDIANA admires a bust of himself (by artist Mary Weide) at the Athenaeum . FRANK ESPICH STAFF PHOTO
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Jan. 1983 file photo Jill Krementz
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. signed autograph copies of his book "Slaughterhouse Five" at L.S. Ayres downtown store. May 3, 1969 Joe Young
GENERAL INFORMATION: IN THIS PHOTO: Filmmaker Bob Weide (holding script book) works with Kurt Vonnegut on a scene for the documentary. Whyaduck Productions photo. SUBMITTED PHOTO HANDOUT
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. with his wife Jill Krementz during a visit to Butler University in April 1983. John R. Gentry/Indianapolis News
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. during a speech at Butler University. April 21, 1986 John R. Gentry/Indianapolis News
Clowes Hall was host to "Spirit and Place: A Gathering of Voices" with left to right Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike and Dan Wakefield three nationally-known authors. Tim Halcomb
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut is shown in this 1972 photo Journal Sentinel files
In this photo provided by his daughter, Edie Vonnegut, writer Kurt Vonnegut is seen during the summer of 2006 in Barnstable, Mass., on Cape Cod. Vonnegut. EDIE VONNEGUT AP
Author Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007. AP file photo
Kurt Vonnegut, 1990 Submitted
Soldier's Story: A plaque about American soldier Kurt Vonnegut at the World War II museum in New Orleans. Jayne Cannon / For The Tennessean
Edna Lacy, chairman of the board, president and treasurer of Lacy Diversified Industries Inc., and writer Kurt Vonnegut, are shown together at the New York City Biltmore Hotel. The occasion was The Sons of Indiana awards. Lacy's company was given the "Hoosier Company of the Year award; Vonnegut, author of "Slaughterhouse Five", other best-selling books and a recent Broadway play "Happy Birthday Wanda June", was given The Author of the Year plaque. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Author Kurt Vonnegut — who died in 2007 at age 84 — focused more on his art than his literary pursuits in the 1980s. AP
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (shown here in 1952) lived in the home as a child. But the family suffered a financial reversal in 1930 and had to downsize. Star file photo
Kurt Vonnegut File photo
Kurt Vonnegut with filmmaker Robert Weide. © Whyaduck Prods/C. Minnick
Kurt Vonnegut flies a paper airplane in his old grade school classroom in Indianapolis. © Whyaduck Prods/C. Minnick
"How many of you have had a teacher at any level of your education who made you more excited to be alive, prouder to be alive, than you had previously believed possible? "Hold up your hands, please. "Now take down your hands and say the name of that teacher to someone else and tell them what that teacher did for you. "All done? File photo
"Jesus of Nazareth told us to say these twelve words when we prayed: 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.' "Bye-bye, Code of Hammurabi. "And for those words alone, he deserves to be called 'the Prince of Peace.' " File photo
"Here is a fact: This wonderful speech is already more than twice as long as the most efficient, effective oration in American history, Abraham Lincoln's address on the battlefield at Gettysburg." AP
"Slaughterhouse Five," by Kurt Vonnegut, is one of the required texts for a new University of Iowa course on Iowa City literary history. Special to the Press-Citizen
In this 2007 file photo, an impromptu memorial for Kurt Vonnegut is left outside a house on Van Buren Street in Iowa City where the author once lived. Press-Citizen file photo
Artist Pamela Bliss' mural of Kurt Vonnegut is featured on the exterior of a building in the 300 block of Mass Ave. Frank Espich/The Star
Exhibit themes the museum has in mind include "Slaughterhouse-Five," freedom of expression, and Vonnegut and jazz. Voter registration kiosks and showings of the vast amount of Vonnegut memorabilia and artifacts are part of the plan. Whitehead told IndyStar that Bluebeard owner Edward Battista is planning a café on the first floor.
The museum plans to launch a second fundraising campaign in July. It's hoping to have renovations done as early as September, Whitehead said.
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IndyStar reporter Domenica Bongiovanni contributed to this report
Contact IndyStar reporter Crystal Hill at 317-444-6094 or cnhill@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter: @crysnhill.
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This Week In Comics: 5/2/2012
This week in comics, Action Comics #9 explores the multiverse, the Avengers and the X-Men do SOMETHING with each other, I can't remember what, and DC's New 52 New 6 officially begins with Dial H, G.I. Combat, Earth 2 and Worlds' Finest.
I don't have anything clever to say about the cover. This was just my favorite issue this week.
Action Comics #9
One of the things I most enjoy about Morrison's Action Comics is how relaxed it has felt, and this issue ("The Curse of Superman") is a great example of that. Taking a break from the running plot of Action Comics, we find ourselves on Earth 23, a world where Superman is both black and the President of the United States of America. The adventure Morrison spins here is a solid one, with a little bit of his standard high-concept sci-fi that I love and you all hate and a lot of punching, but it's still a neat story that introduces the Multiverse to the DCnU (well-timed to the release of Earth 2 and Worlds' Finest) and, in its back-up, asks some compelling questions. The somewhat muddled action sequences lack excitement, but don't let that stop you from checking out this fun, standalone Superman story. (A-. DC Comics, $3.99)
Animal Man #9
An okay issue of what might well be DC's best series is still a pretty damn good issue of comics, and so "The Bone Orchard" kicks off the next arc of the series in relative style. The road trip to find Swamp Thing continues, but without Buddy Baker. Animal Man finds himself navigating the Red after his death, a more treacherous place than he remembers thanks to the Rot's incursion. Steve Pugh has now fully taken over art duties from Travel Foreman, and though Foreman's unique style is definitely missed, Pugh does a great job filling in some big shoes, maintaining the book's impossibly creepy tone. With Buddy beginning his journey in the Red, the Bakers continuing their road trip, and the Hunters Three continuing their pursuit, this issue feels mostly like set-up, but it's necessary set-up with some great, creepy content and decent characterization. (B+. DC Comics, @2.99)
Avengers Vs. X-Men #3 (of 12)
From the infighting to the surprise betrayals, this is the typical event – but without the wit and character moments that livened up the earliest issues. I fully admit that I'm not the intended audience for this book, but everything I've read so far suggests an average issue in an average series. (C. Marvel Comics, $3.99)
Daredevil #12
Is a retelling of Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson's law school years really necessary? No. But when the retelling is as fun as this one, who cares? Waid's winning take on the man without fear has had a few stumbles in recent issues, but this is not one of them. He continues to build Murdock's world and enemies this week with the surprise return of Black Spectre, and crafts what could have been an unpardonably dull story into a series highlight. But, let's be honest, the real question on everyone's mind: Where did Kirsten McDuffie get a bra that says "You are Daredevil"? This is damn near Marvel at its most fun, and its most human. (A-. Marvel Comics, $2.99)
Dial H #1
Fantastic novelist China Mieville debuts Dial H with a too-busy origin story redeemed largely through the fantastic art team of Mateus Santolouco, Tanya Horie and Richard Horie. That's not to suggest that it's bad at all, though – Mieville's script is a little confusing, but part of that is intended to mimic the confusion of our protagonist, Nelson, as he first transforms into Boy Chimney, the creepiest-looking 'superhero' of all time. There's a lot of potential here, and its potential I very much hope the series survives and grows to meet. (B. DC Comics, $2.99)
Earth 2 #1
What would you do if all the world's greatest heroes died in a single day? James Robinson's Earth 2 begins with that premise, as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are forced to sacrifice themselves to fight off Darkseid's invasion (presumably, this is the same invasion the League thwarted in Johns' opening arc). Robinson does a great job of upping the stakes early and often, and while I'd imagine his reimagining of old DC stalwarts like Jay Garrick and Alan Scott will leave some longtime fans cold, I'm glad to see them getting another shot at the spotlight. What's more, Nicola Scott, one of DC's best (and most underused) artists gives the book the kick it needs to be the second wave of New 52 titles' strongest launches. It's like Geoff Johns' Justice League, but, at least as of its first issue, more interesting. (B+. DC Comics, $3.99)
Fury: My War Gone By #1
You know, I'm not Garth Ennis' biggest fan. I often get the impression that he thinks he is incredibly clever, and his use of violence, profanity and sex is blunt at best and aggressively, vehemently infantile at worst. That said, Preacher remains one of the medium's standout successes, his Punisher MAX is often cited as a high point for the character, and the man's War Stories are damn near unimpeachable. And, you know what, Fury: My War Gone By suggests something partway between the latter two of his classics. Though Nick Fury's backstory has been mined with relative frequency over the years, there's a lot of potential still there, and I think Ennis does a fantastic job setting things up. Aside from an odd note to end on, this was just an enjoyable read from start to finish. (A. Marvel Comics, $3.99)
G.I. Combat #1
Now, I know this is unfair, but I also think it's unavoidable: compared to Men of War, the canceled New 52 titled G.I. Combat replaces, this was not a terribly good issue. I don't feel bad saying it though, because, even NOT compared to Men of War, this still would not really qualify as a solid debut. Split evenly between "The War That Time Forgot" and "The Unknown Soldier", G.I. Combat #1 manages to take two separate (but interesting) stories and do very little with them beyond establish a basic premise. Of the two, "The War That Time Forgot" seems to have the most promise – tanks, jets and marines clashing with a massive, pissed-off group of dinosaurs in a lost land is silly, sure, but it's silly in a way that comics have always excelled at and few other mediums can do well. But Krul just doesn't give us enough to go off of, here, in part because of the even split with the even less engaging "Unknown Soldier" story. (C-. DC Comics, $3.99)
Insufferable #1
It's a strong week for Mark Waid. In addition to another excellent issue of Daredevil, today marked the launch of Thrillbent, a digital comics initiative spearheaded by Mark Waid and John Rogers. Insufferable #1, released today, marks the launch of Waid's foray into digital publishing, and it's a heck of a story. Galahad used to be the sidekick of Nocturnus… but then he grew up. Into a raging jackass. More concerned with celebrity than saving lives, Galahad is a conceited fame-whore eager for any opportunity to throw his old partner under the bus, and Waid manages to milk the idea for a great deal of pathos. Even more impressive is how well Waid and artist Peter Kraus have managed to make the digital format work for them. (A-. Thrillbent, Free)
Swamp Thing #9
The book's design continues to be top-notch, but the story isn't working nearly as well. Swamp Thing finally confronts Abby Arcane and her twisted little brother, but anti-climax is the name of the game here. What's more, it pulls out one of my least favorite villainous tropes: IT WAS ALL PART OF MY MASTER PLAN ALL ALONG! Ugh. If Paquette and Rudy weren't as good on art and layouts as they are and Snyder's creepy set-up wasn't as enjoyable as it has been, this would have been a much more disappointing issue. As it is, this is far from the best the series has to offer. (B. DC Comics, $2.99)
Worlds' Finest #1
Spinning out of Earth 2, we have Worlds' Finest, a Power Girl/Huntress title has an incredible amount of potential, albeit largely unrealized potential in this first issue. Paul Levitz and George Perez have a great concept here – the daughter of Batman and the cousin of Superman from another world find themselves stranded on our own, and desperately seek a way home – but it lacks the narrative or artistic strength of the similarly-surprisingly-good Earth 2. I don't think this is a great first issue, but Levitz and Perez have a solid cast and a good idea. Hopefully, the rest will come soon. (B-. DC Comics, $2.99)
– Cal C.
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xxadverbxx says:
AvX 3 – I loved the deception! When it started I was rather confused to hear Scott just suddenly giving up. I wasn't much for the later fight that happened though. Maybe I don't read enough of Steve, but I was shocked by him doing that. Shocked as in it just didn't seem like a thing he'd do to me, that it felt too out of character.
GI Combat 1 – Some reason my comic shop tossed this in my pull list. Not sure why, but they'll randomly toss in new number 1s for me… Anyways, I personally really disliked Krul's War That Time Forgot. Shows he knows freaking nothing about military helicopters at all. People would not simply be falling out of a helicopter like they were, as everyone would be strapped in! Either into a seat, or else they would be hooked up to the helicopter by a strap to literally keep them from falling to their deaths! And the fact that he made EVERYONE seem like idiots by not even having one person seem to have a guess those were pterodactyls (until it was added later after the crash) really rubbed me the wrong way. Add in that apparently our two lone survivors weren't hearing any shrieks I'd at least assume all those various dinosaurs would be letting off along with the gunfire seems a bit odd as well. Don't get me wrong, I did actually enjoy the start of it, even if that felt rather typical, and the idea isn't bad, but I'm just hating how Krul went about it. The second story came off as far more interesting to me, even if it again isn't that odd (and in a slight way felt reminisant of Men of War) of a story, and seemed a bit of a cliche action movie. Both stories though in my book didn't come close to Brandon's Men of War. Rather funny as it seems DC is dead set on running some form of war angle at this moment…


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