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INTRODUCTION TO 2 Chronicles 26
This chapter relates the good reign of Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:1, his wars and victories, his buildings, the number of his soldiers, and his military stores, 2 Chronicles 26:6, his invasion of the priest's office, in attempting to offer incense, for which he was smitten with a leprosy, which continued to his death, 2 Chronicles 26:16.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,.... Of this and the three following verses, see the notes on 2 Kings 14:21 where Uzziah is called Azariah. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 15:2, 2 Kings 15:3
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah,.... Not that Zechariah, the last of the prophets save one, he lived three hundred years after this; nor he that Joash slew; but, as it may seem, a son of his, perhaps the same with him in Isaiah 8:2,
who had understanding in the visions of God: who either had prophetic visions granted to him, or had divine wisdom to interpret such that others had; or, as others think, had a gift of interpreting the prophecies of others, the writings of Moses and David, &c. to which the Targum seems to agree; which paraphrases it,"who taught in the fear of the Lord;''with which agree the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; some copies read "in the fear of God"; as an ancient manuscript mentioned by Junius, and so the Talmud (l):
and, as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper; in his kingdom, and against his enemies; even so long as he abode by the word, worship, and ordinances of God, of which instances are given, as follow.
(l) Vid. Buxtorf. Lex. in rad.
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines,.... Who in the times of Jehoram broke in upon Judah, and distressed them, 2 Chronicles 21:16.
and brake down the wall of Gath; which was one of the five principalities of the Philistines:
and the wall of Jabneh; nowhere else mentioned in Scripture, but frequent in the Jewish writings; where the sanhedrim sometimes sat, and where was a famous university, and from whence sprung many of the Jewish rabbins; it is the same which in some writers is called Jamnia, and was a port near to Joppa; and belonged to the tribe of Dan, as Josephus (m) writes:
and the wall of Ashdod: another of the principalities of the Philistines, the same with the Azotus of the New Testament; he dismantled all these places:
and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines; where he placed garrisons to keep them in awe; see Amos 1:8.
(m) Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 22.
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is"the Word of the Lord helped him:"
and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham's time, Genesis 20:1, the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines:
and the Mehunims; or the Minaeans, as the Septuagint, and whom Pliny (n) makes mention of among the Arabians; they seem to be the Scenite Arabs; see 2 Chronicles 20:1, or rather, as the Targum, those that dwelt in the plain of Maon, which was in Arabia Petraea.
(n) Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah,.... As tributaries to him, or; however, as desirous to live in friendship with him:
and his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt; so far he carried his arms, and conquered the countries that lay between Palestine and Egypt:
for he strengthened himself exceedingly; his kingdom and its coasts from the force of enemies.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,.... Which was broken down by the king of Israel in his father's time, 2 Chronicles 25:23 and which he not only repaired, but strengthened, by building a tower upon it:
and at the valley gate; which led to the valley, Nehemiah 2:13, called the valley of the dead bodies, in which they were cast, and in which the brook Kidron ran, Jeremiah 31:40.
and at the turning of the wall; at each of those places he built towers, which Josephus (o) says were one hundred and fifty cubits high: and fortified them; put garrisons of soldiers into them.
(o) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 10. sect. 3.
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Also he built towers in the desert,.... In the desert of Arabia, to protect travellers from thieves and robbers, and particularly shepherds and their flocks, as appears by what follows; which a certain writer (p) thinks are the same which the Indians call pagodas; not such as served for temples, but were buildings encompassed with good walls, where flocks were gathered together in case of any alarm:
and digged many wells; for the watering of the flocks, which in those hot and desert places were of great use:
for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains; both flocks and herds:
husbandmen also, and vinedressers in the mountains; husbandmen to take care of the corn, and manure the land for that, and gather it when ripe; and vinedressers to prune the vines, and look after them; which were very often planted on mountains, and on which also corn grew, Psalm 72:16.
and in Carmel; a place in the tribe of Judah, where Nabal dwelt, 1 Samuel 25:2 or it may be put for any fruitful field:
for he loved husbandry; not only the profit, but the exercise of it at times; and it was usual with great personages in the eastern countries to employ themselves in some such way; Saul after he was king attended the herd, 1 Samuel 11:5, Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, 2 Kings 3:4, among the Romans, Quinctius Cincinnatus and Cato Major (q) were great lovers of husbandry; and we read of one of the Chinese emperors that gave himself to husbandry, held the plough himself, broke the clods, and cast in the seed, to set an example to the whole empire (r). Another of their emperors gave himself wholly to husbandry (s); an other chose an husbandman for his successor, and who also encouraged husbandry (t).
(p) Agreement of Customs between the East Indians and Jews, art. 13. p. 61. (q) In Cicero de Senectute. (r) Martin. Sinic. Hist. l. 8. p. 326. (s) Ib. l. 4. p. 92. (t) Ib. l. 1. p. 29, 32.
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men,.... A standing army:
that went out to war by bands; to annoy his enemies, and to scour the country from thieves and robbers, that came in troops to plunder:
according to the number of their account, by the hand of Jeiel the scribe; the secretary of war, who ordered these bands, settled their number, and directed their destination:
and Maaseiah the ruler; or officer over them, a lieutenant:
under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains; that had the command of them, or at least of one of them.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand six hundred. Who were the commanders and principal officers of his army; and such a number supposed a large army, as follows.
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred,.... Which was larger than that in his father's time by 7500, 2 Chronicles 25:5 besides officers:
that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy; they were ready to fight, and fight valiantly, whenever the king had any occasion for them, or the land was invaded.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host,.... For every soldier in the army:
shields and spears; defensive and offensive weapons, the one to cover and protect their bodies, the other to push and pierce their enemies:
and helmets, and habergeons; the first of these were a covering for the head in the day of battle, and the other coats of mail, to defend the body:
and bows; to shoot arrows out of:
and slings to cast stones; at which the Benjaminites formerly were very expert.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal,.... Such as with the Romans were called "catapultae", "ballistae" (u), "scorpiones" (w), &c. and by this it appears that these were not first invented in Greece and Rome, but in Judea. It is said (x), that the Romans received the machine to batter cities from the Greeks, and that the Trojan horse was no other than a battering ram; but if they did, the invention of them must be ascribed, not to them, but rather to the Syrians and Phoenicians, according to Pliny (y); though others (z) suppose the Carthaginians, who were a colony of theirs, to be the inventors of them; yet, after all, they seem to be the device of some skilful men among the Jews, in the times of Uzziah; according to Diodorus Siculus (a), they were not found out when Nineveh was besieged in the times of Sardanapalus:
and his name spread far abroad; in distant countries, for his warlike dispositions and preparations, which made them stand in fear of him:
for he was helped until he was strong; he was wonderfully helped by the Lord to build fortified places, raise a numerous army, and provide all sorts of armour for them, and invent such machines as would greatly annoy the enemy, whereby he became very potent, and injected dread round about him.
(u) Cicero. Tusculan. Quaest. l. 2. Tacit. Hist. l. 3. c. 23. (w) Ammian. Marcellin. l. 23. (x) Vid. Valtrinum de re militari Roman. l. 5. c. 6. (y) Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56. (z) Vitruvius de Architectura, l. 10. c. 19. Tertullian. de Pallio, c. 1. & Salmasius in ib. Vid. Turnebi Adversaria, l. 29. c. 18. (a) Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 113.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
When he was strong,.... Became great and powerful, through his victories, the enlargement of his dominions, and having a numerous army, and these well accoutred, and many fortified cities and towers:
his heart was lifted up to his destruction; he grew vain and proud, elated with his flourishing circumstances, which issued in his ruin:
for he transgressed against the Lord his God; who had helped him, and made him so great, and had bestowed so many favours upon him; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord his God;''what his transgression was, follows:
and went into the temple of the Lord; the holy place, into which none but the priests might enter:
to burn incense upon the altar of incense; which stood there.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
And Azariah the priest went in after him,.... To hinder him from doing it, and to persuade him to go out. This was the high priest, as appears from 2 Chronicles 26:20 and is thought to be the same that is spoken of in 1 Chronicles 6:10.
and with him eighty priests of the Lord, that were valiant men; not only able bodied men, but men of spirit and courage, and zealous for the honour of God.
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
And they withstood Uzziah the king,.... They not only stood against him, but stood about him, surrounded him, so as to hinder him from approaching the altar of incense:
and said unto him, it appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord; it did not belong to his office as a king, it was no part of it
but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense; and to them only; for even the Levites might not do it, only those of the tribe of Levi, that descended from Aaron, see Numbers 16:35,
go out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed; by going into that:
neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God; but to his hurt, and be a brand of infamy upon him; for more is designed than is expressed, and as the event showed.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
Then Uzziah was wroth,.... With the priests, and, as Josephus (b) says, threatened to kill them:
and had a censer in his hand to burn incense; ready to do it, and resolved upon it:
and while he was wroth with the priests; and expressing his indignation, and do what he would do to them, if they continued to oppose him:
the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar; which seems not only to describe the position of the priests, being beside the altar of incense, to keep the king from it, when the leprosy was seen by them in his forehead, but the quarter from whence the stroke invisibly came. Josephus (c) says, there was earthquake at the same time, and a mountain was rent.
(b) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 10. sect. 4. (c) lbid.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead,.... He was leprous all over his body, no doubt, but it appeared in his forehead very remarkably, and was seen by them all, who, without doubt, informed him of his case, and of which he soon became sensible:
and they thrust him out from thence; the holy place, he being now unfit to be in a common dwelling house, or his own palace, and much less to be in the house of God:
yea, himself also hasted to go out, because the Lord had smitten him; fearing, should he continue there, that something worse would befall him; the Targum is, the Word of the Lord. The leprosy was a disease sent immediately from God, as the case of Miriam, and this of Uzziah, show; and so the Persians (d) had a notion, that those had it who sinned against the sun, and for that reason, and which they accounted and worshipped as God.
(d) Herodot. Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 138.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper,.... See Gill on 2 Kings 15:5,
for he was cut off from the house of the Lord; not, suffered to enter into that, because of his uncleanness:
and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land; see 2 Kings 15:5.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last,.... What were done by him, both in the beginning and latter end of his reign:
did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write: not in his own prophecy, but in the history of his own times, which was usual for every prophet to write, though now lost, see 2 Kings 15:6.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers,.... Died as they did, the same year, according to Dr. Lightfoot (e), in which he was smitten with the leprosy; and in the year of his death it was Isaiah had the vision related in Isaiah 6:1, &c.
and they buried him with his fathers; See Gill on 2 Kings 15:7.
(e) Works, vol. 1. p. 99.
Exposition of the Entire Bible by John Gill [1746-63].
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More than three weeks after taking the lead in Regular Team at the 2017 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, Team NABR of Fairport, New York, put the final touches on an emotional journey by also securing the top spot in Team All-Events.
The last pieces fell into place May 6 at the South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas as Scott Pohl and Mike Rose Jr. completed their doubles and singles events, while the remaining members of the team – Adam Barta, Anthony Pepe and Brian Waliczek – waited for the news hundreds of miles away.
Pohl (right), who led the team effort with a 694 series, and a refocused Rose (left), who had 602 in team, returned to the Bowling Plaza to finish the job their teammates started April 14. They solidified the group's place atop the Team All-Events standings with a 9,957 total. Vanilla Salsa of Roseville, California, previously held the lead with 9,743.
Under normal circumstances, all five team members (left) would've been on-site to finish things together, but after a heavy-hearted surge into the team lead with a 3,266 effort April 13, Rose returned home to attend his sister's memorial service. Shelly Rose Stein lost her battle with cancer April 12.
"It's much more relaxing now that it's over," Rose said of their 2017 USBC Open Championships campaign.
Pohl rolled sets of 653 in singles and 644 in doubles to finish with a 1,991 all-events total, and Rose added 644 in singles and 619 in doubles for 1,865.
Waliczek led the effort in April with 2,051, while Barta and Pepe added 2,040 and 2,010, respectively.
Brennan Nett (right) of Kiel, Wisconsin, found his groove during doubles and singles May 4 at the 2017 USBC Open Championships on his way to taking the lead in two Standard Division events.
The 27-year-old right-hander averaged nearly 225 during his six games at the South Point Bowling Plaza to move into the lead in Standard Doubles with Douglas Turney (above right), also from Kiel, with a 1,201 total, and Nett's overall effort helped him take over the top spot in Standard All-Events with 1,865.
Thomas Fredrick and Mark Mallow (left, l-r) of Watertown, Wisconsin, previously held the Standard Doubles lead with 1,192, while Stephanie Sanders of Bakersfield, California, led Standard All-Events with 1,826.
After starting his third Open Championships appearance with a 516 effort in team May 3, Nett settled in with games of 213, 226 and 245 in doubles for a 684 set. Turney added 517. The 245 game for Nett included strikes on his final eight deliveries.
Nett recorded seven consecutive strikes during his first game of singles to start with 259, and he added 190 and 216 to finish with a 665 total, which is fifth in Standard Singles. Charlie Theobald of Minot, North Dakota, leads with 696.
Standard Doubles includes bowlers with combined entering averages of 361-419. Standard Singles and All-Events includes bowlers with entering averages of 181-209.
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Edwin Macha of Decorah, Iowa, made his appearance May 2, while Gerrit DeMeulenaere of Macomb, Michigan, and Joe Krajkovich of North Brunswick, New Jersey, hit the lanes May 4. Patrick Risner of Dansville, Michigan, celebrated his milestone appearance May 8.
Each bowler received a plaque, chevron and diamond lapel pin on the lanes at the South Point Bowling Plaza to commemorate the achievement.
Macha (left), 85, has made the trip to the tournament each year since his debut at the 1968 event in Cincinnati. The Clark County (Ohio) USBC Hall of Famer only bowled team event in his 50th consecutive appearance, rolling a 332 series to bring his career pinfall to 70,716, a 167.9 lifetime average.
DeMeulenaere (right), 77, was joined on the championship lanes in Las Vegas by his son and grandsons, making his milestone appearance an easy favorite.
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Two bowlers from the Keystone State are scheduled to celebrate five decades on the championship lanes this week at the South Point Bowling Plaza.
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1, Jacob Boresch, Kenosha, Wis., 2,122. 2, Todd Lathrop, Colchester, Conn., 2,105. 3, Chris Gibbons, Madison, Wis., 2,102. 4, Stu Williams, Phoenix, 2,090. 5, Shawn Naumann, Orlando, Fla., 2,053. 6, Brian Waliczek, Frankenmuth, Mich., 2,051, 7, Dave Beres, Greenfield, Wis., 2,048. 8, Ryne Greenwood, Kenosha, Wis., 2,045. 9, Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 2,040. 10, Sammy Krucek, Hammond, Ind., 2,035.
1, Team NABR (Adam Barta, Anthony Pepe, Scott Pohl, Michael Rose Jr., Brian Waliczek), Fairport, N.Y., 9,957. 2, Vanilla Salsa, Roseville, Calif., 9,743. 3, Buddiesproshop.com No. 2, Naugatuck, Conn., 9,638. 4, Lakeview Lanes, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 9,635. 5, High5Gear, Wichita, Kan., 9,596. 6, Every Kiss Begins with Kruml, O'Fallon, Mo., 9,588. 7, Ogle 5, Louisville, Ky., 9,461. 8, SIR 1, Tafton, Pa., 9,447. 9, Cundiff's Pro Shop, Appleton, Wis., 9,423. 10, Stars & Leafs, Grand Rapids, Mich., 9,393.
1, Minnesota Select Sires 1 (Arvid Strande, Carl Krause, Paul Buendiger, Scott Molnar, Andrew Kasten), Fergus, Minn., 2,922. 2, Chris' Boys, Livingston, Mont., 2,778. 3, General Distributors 2, Beavercreek, Ore. 2,748. 4, Scotty's 3, Alexandria, Minn., 2,738. 5(tie), Aztec 4, Lacey, Wash., and Invazn, Columbia, Mo., 2,729. 7, Rimmy's Pro Shop 2, Oak Lawn, Ill., 2,709. 8, Ten Pins Pro Crew 3, Fremont, Calif., 2,697. 9, Becker's Pro Shop, Muskego, Wis., 2,696. 10, Wildcat Lanes 1, Wayne, Neb., 2,688.
1, Douglas Turney/Brennan Nett, Kiel, Wis., 1,201. 2, Steven Costa, Chicago/Anthony Giannecchini, Hawthorn Woods, Ill., 1,197. 3, Thomas Fredrick/Mark Mallow, Watertown, Wis., 1,192. 4, Ramon Pagan/Raymond Haran, Chicago, 1,191. 5, Nicholas Frederick, Commerce, Mich./Zane Hollander, Las Vegas, 1,190. 6, Danny Smart, Shreveport, La./Jim Daubenheyer, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,188. 7, Debra Barmore, Omaha, Neb./Tim Kightlinger, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1,187. 8, Cody Maier/James Medina, Spring Creek, Nev., 1,180. 9, Michael Barber, Winnemucca, Nev./Benjamin Wells, Old Hickory, Tenn., 1,177. 10, Todd Montgomery/Robert Denison, Woodland, Calif., 1,176.
1, Charlie Theobald, Minot, N.D., 696. 2, Nolen Fisher, Caldwell, Idaho, 677. 3, Larry Neb, Loveland, Col., 674. 4, Earl Bowe, Freeport, Bahamas, 667. 5, Brennan Nett, Kiel, Wis., 665. 6, Jonathon Berg, Bismarck, N.D., 663. 7, Fred Phillips, Richland, Wash., 658. 8, Don Thompson, Rio Rancho, N.M., 652. 9, John Dowell, Portland, Ore., 651. 10, Edmond Dair, Missouri City, Texas, 650.
1, Brennan Nett, Kiel, Wis., 1,865. 2, Nolen Fisher, Caldwell, Idaho, 1,829. 3, Stephanie Sanders, Bakersfield, Calif., 1,826. 4, Timothy Hagar, Celina, Ohio, 1,809. 5, Mike Thielen, Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1,801. 6(tie), David Miller, Menomonie, Wis., and Stanley Chambliss, Opelousas, La., 1,795. 8, Paul Chelminiak, Oconomowoc, Wis., 1,784. 9, Clarence Wallace, Freeport, Ill., 1,783. 10(tie), Donald Van Dine, Orlando, Fla., and Tyler Bryant, Canon City, Colo., 1,778.
1, Scotty's 8 (Chad Brandt, Ryan Dew, Bruce Corneliusen, Zach Hedine, Alan Iverson), Alexandria, Minn., 2,569. 2, Dusty's Floor Covering, Twin Valley, Minn., 2,487. 3, Spray and Pray, Los Angeles, 2,486. 4, Brant Construction, Spirit Lake, Iowa, 2,462. 5, Kutztown Fire 1, Kutztown, Pa., 2,456. 6, Decorah Auto Center, Calmar, Iowa, 2,437. 7, Wags N Whiskers, Livingston, Mont., 2,436. 8, Crooked Creek 1 Bar & Grill, Bowman, N.D., 2,413. 9, Pat's Dairy Whip, Princeville, Ill., 2,405. 10, 4Skinniesn1Bear, San Gabriel, Calif., 2,401.
1(tie), Aaron Hagen/Brody Hagen, Benson, Minn., and Mark Nelson, Clitherall, Minn./Lynn Good, Battle Lake, Minn., 1,102. 3, Cari Wiest/Larry Wald, Wishek, N.D., 1,091. 4, Dalton/Jessica Mortenson, Moorhead, Minn., 1,083. 5(tie), Fannie Patterson, Clymer, N.D./Sarah Plecker, Hummelstown, Pa., and Leilani Basinger/Jonathan Greer, Riverside, Calif., 1,069. 7, Cameron Simmonds, DeGraff, Minn./Allen Jackson, Belle Plaine, Minn., 1,064. 8, Carol Fuller/Jason Ingram, Sioux City, Iowa, 1,060. 9(tie), Charles Lindeman, Belt, Mont./John Lindeman, Fort Benton, Mont., Sheldon Smith, Timber, Mont./Nick Stenberg, Big Timber, Mont., William Lampe, Gaithersburg, Md./Stephen Peterson, Rockville, Md., Willie Harrell, Hamilton, Ohio/Arthur Thomas, Cincinnati and Jerry Ammann, Aldie, Va./Levent Ozusta, Annandale, Va., 1,058.
1, Nick Stenberg, Big Timber, Mont., 621. 2, Michael Tengan, Hilo, Hawaii, 607. 3, Gary Pettway, Sweetwater, Tenn., 598. 4, Rory Hanlon, Las Vegas, 592. 5, Efrain Rodriguez, New York, N.Y., 590. 6, James Lee, North Platte, Neb., 589. 7(tie), Gregory Lancaster, Port Orchard, Wash., and Tonja Lindbo, Bremerton, Wash., 587. 9, Cody Maier, Spring Creek, Nev., 584. 10, Jonathan Eickhoff, Lowell, Mich., 583.
1, Nick Stenberg, Big Timber, Mont., 1,733. 2, Gary Pettway, Sweetwater, Tenn., 1,704. 3, Cody Maier, Spring Creek, Nev., 1,686. 4, Phuoc Tran, West Covina, Calif., 1,661. 5, Tina Wetzel, Elk Grove, Calif., 1,646. 6, Joel Willis, LaPlata, Md., 1,640. 7, Efrain Rodriguez, New York, N.Y., 1,636. 8, Tyler Hagen, Stayton, Ore., 1,633. 9, Nicole Kleutgen, Plainfield, Wis., 1,632. 10, Justin Snow, White Lake, Mich., 1,629.


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Lyft (LYFT) went public as of March 29th, 2019 with much fanfare making it the first of the graduating unicorn class of 2019. The stock flew higher on the opening session closing the session up by nearly 9% with a closing price of $78.29. The company was able to price its shares at $68 and will raise appx. $2.2 billion from the IPO, which will recapitalize the balance sheet, diminishing the impact from cash burn.
On first impressions, Lyft's market capitalization of $21.848B seems a bit generous, but given the company's long-term growth runway, and the potential to improve total passenger figures, and the net revenue per passenger there's actually a compelling growth thesis here. Lyft is nowhere near market saturation and despite indications that it's growth rate is slowing, there's still a reasonable likelihood that the firm can grow into its valuation.
Prior to the IPO, the company has burned a lot of cash to sustain its growth rate, which is (probably) why Lyft went public. If you can look past the insane financial losses of $682 million, $688 million and $911 million for FY'16, FY'17 and FY'18, the financial thesis hinges mostly on projected performance and profitability.
The company might not be profitable in the next couple fiscal years, but there's certainly an indication that they can reduce financial losses over the next couple years and sustain its eye-popping growth figures. Furthermore, the duopoly-like structure between Uber and Lyft diminishes any meaningful prospect of competition as they continue to disrupt the yellow cab industry (which is well on its way to the grave).
The alternative mode of transportation has increased in popularity over the years due to its competitive pricing, ease of use, and added functionality. It's a better ridership experience, and so the growth in passenger ship will likely continue, as illustrated (below).
Active ridership has trended higher from 6.6 million at the end of FY'16 to 18.6 million riders at the end of FY'18. A tripling in total riders over the past 3-years, and this trend is likely to continue as more and more become familiar with the ride-hailing application.
The company's growth in ridership will likely continue given the population demographics of the United States, and the prospect for further adoption in international markets. It's not a very capital-intensive business model, and deployment into international markets depends on driver on-boarding, and app installs.
Revenue per user has trended higher in the three-year trailing period as well (doubled). So, not only are customers requesting more rides over time, the numbers of riders are set to increase exponentially. If anything, the RPR (revenue per rider) is trending much higher on a net-revenue basis (not factoring in the cost of compensating drivers) than many other per user models (including social networking and even video streaming), which is why the business is so attractive in comparison to various other internet-based models.
On average, passengers have increased the usage of the app by 266% over three-years (based on the 2015 base year), which implies that as the ridership ages, the number of times they request a ride will also correspondingly increase. This doesn't even factor in the potential growth from charging passengers more money per ride, but that's also another growth lever they can use to sustain revenue growth or improve profitability.
Lyft reported revenue of $2.156 billion in FY'18, which translates to a 10.12x sales multiple. Despite the high valuation, and the lack of profitability, it's really the growth prospects of the business that makes the valuation tolerable.
Because non-profitable businesses are difficult to value, it's likely to be more volatile like other tech companies following IPO, i.e. Amazon, Facebook, and etc. Despite the volatility, the ride-sharing business model is extremely attractive, because there's a much higher ceiling to the amount that can be generated in terms of total revenue per active user, and it has enough wide-spread appeal to be adopted like social networking, or video streaming, for that matter.
On the downside, stocks tend to drop following IPO, and Lyft might not be any exception to this rule. However, on a significant drop, the stock is an extremely attractive buy. Heck, even without a drop, it's still an attractive growth vehicle where investors could experience multi-bagger returns assuming these growth trends continue over the next five-years, and the company turns profitable.
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Aurora image copyright Pekka Parviainen of Finland, image taken October 21, 2003.
AURORA ALERT for October 11 and 12, 2007.
If Vermont's rain clouds move away and the sky clears in your area, check the night sky around midnight local time. There has been another solar eruption resulting in solar wind heading towards Earth's magnetosphere which could trigger a geomagnetic storm that would result in a display of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis).
While we in Vermont think of orange, red and yellow as our fall colors, autumn in the Far North has begun with dramatic shades of green via a display of green Northern Lights. The northern polar area had three days of dramatic auroras as a result of the solar wind stream hitting Earth's magnetosphere on Sept. 21st. Set your alarm or stay up late and check the sky at midnight local time on Sept. 27th and 28th as another solar wind stream is due. Maybe we'll get lucky enough to be treated to an aurora display. For some reason, this is the time of year when the sun is usually the most active, sending coronal mass ejections which produce the Northern Lights.
NASA's THEMIS mission (THEMIS = Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) is a 2-year mission to study the Northern Lights, how Earth's magnetosphere works and the Sun-Earth connection/ relationship. Five identical probes will follow and study the aurora borealis displays near the North Pole. THEMIS scientists will be investigating what causes the displays to change in intensity, ranging from subtle to highly dramatic effects and displays. NASA will launch (with an expendable rocket, not as a shuttle mission) the THEMIS instruments in February (currently scheduled no earlier than February 15, 2007). For more information on the science of auroras related to the mission, click here. For information related to the Delta rocket launch and mission features, click here.
On Saturday night, March 18th, a solar wind stream struck Earth's magnetosphere, our protective layer, causing a geomagnetic storm. In the United States, Northern Lights displays were seen as far south as Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They were also seen in Quebec city in Canada.
More geomagnetic activity is possible tonight since Earth is still inside the solar wind stream--so keep looking in the night sky as more auroras are possible for the next few nights.
GIGANTIC SUNSPOT: A huge sunspot, "NOAA 822," has been detected on the sun, on the "front side" currently facing the Earth. Measured from end to end, it is wider than Jupiter, and there are M-class (medium-sized) solar flares. So far none of the solar flare explosions has sent a coronal mass ejection toward Earth. However, that could happen at any time. Geomagnetic storms and auroras are possible, if this sunspot hurls a major flare during the rest of this week, or next week.
TAURID FIREBALLS: Keep an eye on the night sky for bright meteors during this week. The Taurid meteor shower peaked in early November--which theoretically means it should be subsiding. However, according to reports submitted to the American Meteor Society, it is still producing visible fireballs.
The sun has been extremely active for the past few days and the chances of seeing the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) is very high for this week as the sun continues to rotate its face toward Earth.
Observing tips: The best time to look is usually during the hours around local midnight.
Go outdoors for about 20 to 30 minutes earlier to give your eyes time to adjust to the darkness. Turn off as many house lights as possible--or travel to a location with a lot of "dark-sky" (meaning as little light pollution as possible.) Sometimes auroras are bright enough to shine through city lights, but you'll see more from a dark-sky site in the countryside.
If you need to use a flashlight, use one with a red bulb, or put red cellophane over the outside of the flashlight's bulb to be kinder to your eyes and see more detail of the aurora and constellations.
Mild auroras are possible tonight and tomorrow night when a coronal mass ejection (CME) brushes past Earth's magnetic field. The CME was blasted into space on July 30th by an X-class explosion from sunspot 792. Because the blast wasn't squarely Earth-directed, the CME's impact will be, at most, glancing. This reduces the likelihood of a very intense display--but should cause minimally, a lovely glow in the night sky.
Northern Lights displays were spotted on July 28 and 29 in the US as far south as Wisconsin and Washington state.
As anticipated, an active sunspot group has emerged over the sun's eastern limb, and it is slowly turning to face Earth. If the spot's recent high level of activity continues, Earth-directed explosions could spark geomagnetic storms and auroras next week.
The possibility of auroras is getting stronger for the next two weeks.
A sunspot, called #484, was sighted this weekend by the orbiting Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO.) It has grown ever larger—almost the size of the planet Jupiter. It is now being called one of the biggest sunspots in years.
These active regions may cause major CMEs (eruptions) as they rotate on the sun's surface. If they occur at the correct angle to Earth and her magnetic field, then there's a good chance for auroras. An explosion near #484 on Oct. 19 was not aimed at Earth, but the resulting large cloud may bounce off our magnetic field resulting in aurora activity in the next day or two.
On the down side for Vermonters: with Vermont's current weather of mostly heavy cloud cover and prediction of rain and/ or snow showers beginning tonight, Oct. 22 and for the next few days—we might not see anything except clouds, rain, or the early white stuff.
Auroras were spotted in Arizona the night of Oct. 24. Usually, the best time to try to spot an aurora is about midnight local time. If the skies continue to be clear this weekend, keep watching and you may be lucky.
According to Spaceweather sources, on Sunday, Oct. 26, the sun did indeed produce the expected activity. Each of the giant sunspots ( 484 and 486) produced an explosion that expunged CMEs (coronal mass ejections) that are headed somewhat towards Earth with the good chance of bouncing off her magnetic field.
So, keep watching the night sky as the chances are very high for auroras in the next few days--not only in the usual high latitude US and Canadian areas but perhaps in the lower latitude US states and other countries as well.
For Vermonters: Perhaps the current thick rain clouds will clear in time tonight for good sky viewing.
Auroras (Northern Lights) are visible to the north and east, predominately red, with some green also.
Post-Observation Notes: The above sentence was posted as soon as I got a local phone call to get outside quickly to catch the sky show. Sorry for the brevity, but I didn't want to miss anything! This turned out to be an amazing display in Vermont. Personally, I remained outdoors for over an hour watching the amazing show overhead until it finally dissipated and disappeared.
The shades of red indicate the highest charged ion particles--in scientific terms, these are the most excited and active. As anyone fortunate enough to witness this spectacular event saw, the red colors were amazingly bright and filled a huge portion of the sky. The intensity, hue, and range of the red tones related to the size and intensity of the class of the sunspot explosion. The daily state newspapers all had front page, top of the fold color photos the next morning. The Burlington Free Press held a photo competition for the best aurora images taken by anyone witnessing the great sky show. One of the photos is posted here.
Nov. 3, 2003- 8:45 a.m.
The solar scientists have announced another aurora alert for Nov. 3 and 4, 2003. The incredible giant Sunspot 486 continues to be very active. Another large X8-class solar flare erupted from that sunspot on Sunday, Nov. 2. The sunspot has been moving and is close to Sol's western limb, so this eruption was not aimed directly at Earth. However, the CME (coronal mass ejection) is still heading toward our magnetic field.
There are many classroom activities and resources available to use with your students related to the Sun-Earth connection and auroras. Vermont Space Education Program (VSEP) offers workshops to help you integrate this fascinating topic into your curriculum.
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Золотоу́стівська (Златоу́стівська) ву́лиця — вулиця в Шевченківському районі міста Києва, місцевість Солдатська слобідка. Пролягає від Галицької площі та Бульварно-Кудрявської вулиці до вулиці В'ячеслава Чорновола та Ростиславської вулиці.

Прилучаються Павлівська, Річкова і Полтавська вулиці.

Історія
Вулиця виникла у 30-х роках XIX століття під назвою Загородня (Заміська), адже на той час знаходилася за межами міста. У 1869 році отримала теперішню назву — від церкви Іоанна Златоуста (так звана Залізна церква), що була розташована на Галицькій площі (знищена у 1934 році). З 1926 року мала назву вулиця Володарського, на честь діяча російського революційного руху Володарського (назву підтверджено 1944 року).

Історичну назву вулиці відновлено 2000 року.

Існує два варіанти написання назви вулиці (у тексті рішення Київради подано Златоустівська, у розпорядженні КМДА — Золотоустівська), обидва фігурують на різних табличках та вказівниках, в інформаційних джерелах. В офіційному довіднику «Вулиці міста Києва» (2015) подано лише варіант Золотоустівська.

До 1985 року вулиця пролягала до вулиці Леоніда Глібова.

Забудова
Забудова місцевості склалася у 1830-х роках — тут було селище відставних вояків, яке так і назвали Солдатська слобідка. Через садибну малоповерхову забудову вулиця за міським розписом належала до 4-го розряду. У другій половині XIX століття тут почали зводитися цегляні або змішані прибуткові будинки, і в 1914 році вулицю було підвищено частково до 1-го, частково до 2-го розряду.

Старовинна забудова збереглася частково. Це будинки №№ 2/4, 14, 53. Вулиця переважно забудована цегляними п'ятиповерхівками 1950—60-х років та сучасними багатоповерховими будинками 1970-х—2000-х років.

Більшість старої забудови було знесено ще у 1980-х роках, будинок №30 знесено у лютому 2014 року, будинок №35 - восени 2016 року.

Установи
 Бібліотека № 149 Шевченківського району (буд. № 2/4)
 Візовий відділ посольства Німеччини (буд. № 37/39)
 Київська державна фабрика театрального реквізиту (буд. № 53)

Колишні анотаційні та меморіальні дошки
 буд. № 30 — меморіальна дошка на честь нелегальної типографії Київської організації РСДРП (більшовиків), яка знаходилася у цьому будинку у 1915 році. Мармурову дошку відкрито у 1947 році (архітектор Д. М. Криворучко), у 1965 році замінено на гранітну. Будинок знесений у лютому 2014 року, меморіальну дошку втрачено.
 буд. № 74 — анотаційна дошка на честь Володарського. Гранітну дошку було відкрито у 1965 році, демонтовано у 2016.

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Джерела

Вулиці Шевченківського району Києва

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Bryan Pirolli
Just a kid at the Sorbonne...English Class Part 1
Sorry, Audrey. You're not as iconic as I thought...
You'd think living in France that I would go to extremes to learn about French culture. I live in it every day, so it's not that hard. But leaning about – not just consuming – American culture in Paris? There's a concept. There's no American cultural center here to run to and hear talks about the "Joys of America." But there is, at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, a fantastically obligatory English class that I take with my fellow students. They learn the nuances of the English language through Anglophone film. I, on the other hand, learn the oftentimes surprising things that the world thinks about my culture.
Last semester we studied Britishness through film – a concept that I, as a non-Brit, was willing to discover. The stereotypes and recurring themes were fresh and new and something I had never studied before. To my classmates it was all about tea and gentlemen. They almost got it.
But this semester, it's all about America. American culture studied by French students in a class directed by a British professor. Bliss.
After just one class I have already learned so much. Apparently to the French, Americans produce just a few categories of film in Hollywood: westerns, high school films, superhero films, and films with cars – something apparently unheard of in European cinema. I was waiting for observations about historical pieces, dinosaurs, aliens, cartoon characters, and mocumentaries, but, alas. There wasn't even a mention of Disney. No reference to Audrey Hepburn or Julia Roberts. What gives?
We then briefly about American culture and sports in film. The professor was enlightened to hear about my take on the Super Bowl. It might just be me, but the commercials and the half-time show are arguably the reason so many people tune in to watch. Otherwise, it's just another football game, right? When he asked me who won, I confessed that I had no idea…the Steelers? (I learned yesterday it was, in fact, the Packers…)
After the class I asked my professor if it was, you know, weird that I was taking the class and if he wanted me to try and get an exemption. He said no way, he loves the idea of having actual Americans in the class to flesh out the experience for the French students. So I get to be a sort of reference point, that weird kid that everyone looks to when there is a question about, "Is this American or not?"
I secretly can't wait til next week already….
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Base 38 is situated in a lovely spot close to both the M5 and M42 at the bottom of the Tardebigge flight of locks. It is a base of contrasts, with routes taking in the rivers Severn and Avon, as well as a number of different canals. It covers beautiful countryside as well as such cities as Birmingham and Worcester.
Several rings can be completed from here, with the Stourport Ring being the most popular, as well as a large number of other routes.
The base is run by a leading boat operator whose boats are amongst the newest on the canals.
Leaving the base ascend the Tardebigge flight, after which there is lock free cruising to Birmingham's Gas Street Basin and the International Convention Centre via the very pleasant University, Botanical Gardens and Cadbury World. Cutting through Netherton Tunnel to Merry Hill and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire canal you encounter some beautiful countryside leading to the Severn at Stourport. At Worcester you leave the Severn and climb gently back to base through open countryside.
Travel south to Worcester then up the River Severn for 13 miles to Stouport on Severn. Here join the Staff and Worcs Canal through beautiful canal scenery to Stourton before returning.
Starting up the Tardebigge flight, you join the North Stratford Canal at Kings Norton and on to the South Stratford Canal, where the canal character changes with split bridges and 'barrel-roofed' cottages. At Stratford you can moor opposite the theatre before joining the River Avon. The Avon meanders down to Tewkesbury, through Evesham, where you join the River Severn for a short trip up to Worcester, before returning home. Time spent on the River Avon costs an extra license fee, which is payable on the River.
Up the Tardebigge flight to the North Stratford at Kings Norton you continue to the Grand Union. Travelling south, you progress through the Hatton flight, via Warwick and Leamington Spa to Napton and Braunston. From Braunston, you travel the North Oxford and Coventry Canals to Fazeley, and then head into the centre of Birmingham via Farmers Bridge Locks. Home down the Worcester and Birmingham via Tardebigge. A more strenuous fortnight.


I now have over 1000 notes and my evernote account is a MESS!
Don't get me wrong. I absolutely LOVE evernote! It does a fantastic job of remembering things for me. When I'm in the office supply store, and I can't remember what kind of printer I have, never mind which ink cartridges to buy, I can search 'printer ink' and quickly find out what I need. When I'm in the home improvement store and I need a furnace filter, an evernote photo note of my filter reminds me what size to buy.
Evernote for genealogy research is fantastic! In the archives and wondering if I've researched a particular parish register film? I just search my notes for the film number and up pops the catalogue entry and any transcriptions or photo notes I've made. Wondering about a particular ancestor? A quick name search tells me everything I've found.
It absolutely works when I know I'll be writing an article on a particular topic. I just clip everything I find on the subject and a quick keyword search recalls everything I've saved, complete with text, images and URLs.
Where the system falls apart, however, is all those things that I stumble upon while reading blogs, articles, RSS feeds in Feedly, quick speech-to-text notes to myself that would make great ideas for articles. Yes, I save them to my default folder in Evernote so that I can remember them later, but chances of me finding them are slim to none because what search term do you use to find things that you don't even know the subject of? All those great ideas are just falling into the Evernote abyss, lost forever, until I think of them again!
Today is the day that I'm going to clean up my mess!
1. Clean up my tags!
Over time, I've managed to create duplicate tags. For example, I'm sure I don't need #ideas, idea and ideas. It took me a while but I found the master tag list in the left-hand column of the Windows application. This list might be somewhere else in your version but it is there somewhere. First I began consolidating similar tags into one relevant tag. For example, I decided that the 'idea' tag would remain. I searched for all the notes flagged with #ideas and ideas and added the 'idea' tag and removed #idea and ideas tags. Finally, I deleted all the tags that were not attached to notes. These are the ones that have (0) next to them.
2. Turn notebooks into tags!
Now that my tags are cleaned up a little, its time to pare down the number of notebooks I have. Evernote does a great job keeping my stuff organised and searchable. I don't need 32 notebooks! First I highlight all the notes in one of the notebooks and assign a relevant tag to each note. Next I move all the notes to a relevant notebook. Finally I delete the unwanted notebook.
3. Clean out my default notebook!
Now to tackle my default folder named ##Inbox that contains no less than 262 untagged notes. For the most part, I'm reduced to dealing with the notes one at a time. The process? Review and delete if no longer needed. If needed, tag and drag to the relevant notebook.
From now on, I promise to stop creating notebooks when a tag will do, be more consistent with my tags and keep my default notebook clean by tagging and moving notes regularly. And if I don't keep my promise, well at least I'll have this post to refer back to!


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Atlanta Rising: The Falcons and their fan base embark on a new era
After complicated history of irrelevance and failure, the Falcons have recaptured the city of Atlanta.
ATLANTA — Within the span of eight days, the city of Atlanta celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at his birthplace, took in a gospel choir at halftime of a Hawks game and fought back against the soon-to-be most powerful man on earth who deemed it "in horrible shape" and "crime infested" despite the fact that it houses six esteemed universities and the world's busiest airport. It saw a native rap group ascend to the top of the Billboard charts with "Bad and Boujee", watched its NFL team win a home playoff game and a day later learned it would host the NFC Championship Game for one final contest in the beloved Georgia Dome. And it had a mostly-black TV series named after it win the Golden Globe for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy.
"I really just want to thank, um, I really want to thank Atlanta. And all the, like, black folks in Atlanta," said Donald Glover, creator of FX's show Atlanta and a native of the city. "Like for real. Just for being alive and doing just amazing and being amazing people. I couldn't be here without Atlanta."
Inside Atlanta—one of the most diverse and integrated cities in America—sit the Falcons, who are a step away from advancing to their second-ever Super Bowl. Of the four teams who play this weekend, the Falcons are the clear outlier. Unlike the Steelers and Packers, they have not been synonymous with their city. Unlike the Patriots, they are not in the midst of a dynasty.
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For so long, the Falcons were decidedly average, and as a result, Atlanta was largely apathetic to them. Then came Michael Vick, a real black quarterback in a Black Mecca, and then… away he went.
In the years between Vick's conviction for dogfighting in 2007 and the 2016 Falcons, Atlanta, its NFL team and its fans have undergone changes big and small. The demographics of the city have shifted. Meanwhile, Falcons fans have had to reckon with Vick's undoing and the team's handling of it, before ultimately finding joy once again in the current offensive juggernaut squad led by Matt Ryan and Julio Jones.
"I feel like where we're at now is totally separate than what has happened in the past," said Grady Jarrett, who grew up watching Vick's Falcons and is the son of former Falcons linebacker Jessie Tuggle. "We're on our own way. We're not in a position where we're comparing ourselves to any other era of Falcons."
Before Arthur Blank bought the team in 2002, the Falcons had made it past the divisional round of the playoffs just once in 37 years. Even their 1998 Super Bowl run—which resulted in a loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII— was unexpected.
"The team was just blasé," said Doug Stewart, a former Atlanta radio show host who now has a daily podcast. "We never expected the Falcons to win a Super Bowl. When they made it, I don't think many people around here really expected to win. Sure, die-hard fans from the city may have, but for the most part the team had been average and the brand had been one of the lesser brands in the NFL."
The first problem, other than not winning, was that the Falcons were competing in a city with the Braves, Hawks, the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. And while competing in that pool of fans while delivering below .500 seasons, the Falcons were also located in a city full of transients.
"I joke around and say I've met more people from New York in Atlanta than I did when I lived in New York City," said Deirdre Oakley, a professor of sociology at Georgia State University.
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The reason for that can be traced back to the 1970s. A majority-black city, Atlanta became a national and international player shortly after the Civil Rights Movement. The city began renovating and expanding Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in the late '70s, completing it by the early '80s under then-mayor Andrew Young. With Georgia's own Jimmy Carter as president, Young served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from '77 to '79, and he brought his international expertise to the mayorship.
He had spent time in Germany as a student and got to know the nation better as ambassador. As mayor, Young, with the help of Atlanta giant Coca-Cola, began recruiting German businesses and estimates he brought in nearly 500 German companies during his eight years as mayor. He seduced foreign companies with the airport, telling them they could reach 80% of the U.S. market within two hours of Hartsfield-Jackson.
With jobs came people, and Young had a pitch for them, too. Sell your house in New York or New Jersey, Cleveland or Detroit, and he'll get you twice the house for half the money. People and companies bought in, and Atlanta's metro area boomed with newcomers. The city was viable internationally, and in 1996, Atlanta became only the third U.S. city to host the Summer Olympics.
But as Atlanta grew as a city and the NFL grew as a top sports league, the Falcons did not. There were the Dirty Birds of the '90s, but that and one Super Bowl appearance weren't enough win over a fan base.
Then came the Michael Vick Experience.
No one today blinks when a black quarterback is selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. That wasn't the case in 2001 with Vick.
Vick was a black quarterback in a way never before seen. He was one of the fastest players on the field who could flick the ball 70 yards. He wore cornrows and signature Nike shoes.
"Michael was a rock star playing football," Falcons president Rich McKay said. "He was iconic, to this fan base and even on the road. You'd go to the hotel and there would just be people all over the place waiting to see Michael."
When Blank bought the team in 2002, he revamped the gameday experience and emphasized the tailgating scene. Stewart, the radio host, began tailgating games in 2001 and compared the pregame scene to Mardi Gras or more aptly Freaknik, a week of spring break parties for students at Atlanta HBCUs.
Around this same time, Atlanta's rap scene blossomed. Atlanta's part in Dirty South rap became mainstream. Following their '90s albums ATLiens and Aquemini, OutKast put out Stankonia (featuring "So Fresh, So Clean" and "Ms. Jackson") and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (with "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move"). Atlanta native Usher was dancing on stage with Michael Jackson for a CBS special. And Ludacris burst onto the scene with one of his most memorable rap lyrics. In "What's Your Fantasy", Ludacris raps "I wanna get you in the Georgia Dome on the 50-yard line/While the Dirty Birds kick for t'ree."
"I knew it would take off because I was doing it independent at the time and I had a lot of songs, and that's the one I believed in the most," Ludacris said Saturday night before his halftime performance in front of a Georgia Dome crowd that mostly stayed put to hear him. "I put it out and said, this is the one that's going to make me. And I put it all on the line. ... It sounded like nothing that was going on during that time. The flow, the beat, the melody, every single thing, and I just wanted to make my mark."
Meanwhile, Vick became the first opposing quarterback to win a postseason game in Lambeau in 2002 and took the Falcons as far as the NFC title game in 2004. Then, in July 2007, he was indicted on federal charges for operating an illegal dogfighting ring. The allegations were bad, but at the time Vick had yet to plead guilty to the charges when the Falcons urged him to take a paid leave.
"Where it pertains to Vick, a lot of people–and particularly a lot of the black fan base in the city—felt that Blank left Vick hanging. That he washed his hands of him too quickly."
"Mike Vick kind of reminded you of a family member if you were black. Like a cousin or an uncle," Stewart said. "He's trying to do good, but he just doesn't do right. He had all those little stories and the weed situation at the airport. It was almost like we were rooting for him to get his stuff straight, and when the dogfighting stuff happened, it was like he really screwed up this time."
Stewart hosted Two Live Stews with his brother Ryan for a decade, and he and other radio personalities in Atlanta believe that the duo no longer hosts the show in part because of their defense of Vick. They did not feel that nearly two years in federal prison fit the crime, but Stewart also disagreed with how Blank and the Falcons handled it.
"Where it pertains to Vick during that time, a lot of people—and particularly, a lot of the black fan base in this city—felt that he left Vick hanging," Stewart said. "That he washed his hands of him too quickly."
McKay can understand that sentiment. He was the general manager of the team at the time, and he and Blank discussed how to deal with the star player getting federally indicted at the start of training camp. They could say with gusto they stand behind him and find out later they were wrong. They could release a pithy statement asking fans to respect the investigation process. Or they could hold a press conference and try to be as truthful as possible.
"It's very hard when you have a franchise player, and Michael was a franchise player-plus, that was in the situation he was in," McKay said. "I don't know that there are any great answers there. Whoever you decide to favor, as far as their perspective goes, you're going to have some very angry people on the other side of that."
Fans showed their love for Michael Vick when he came to the Georgia Dome as an Eagle in December, 2009.
The Falcons went from Super Bowl contenders to the bottom of the league before the opening kickoff of the 2007 season. They started three different quarterbacks and went 4–12. After 13 games, first-year coach Bobby Petrino left a note at each player's locker telling them he was quitting.
After amassing an impressive 56-game sellout streak—the Falcons had only sold out two games in the 1998 Super Bowl year—they failed to sell out two games. McKay said the team turned over more than 10,000 season tickets after '07. Atlanta would draft Matt Ryan the following year and even make the playoffs, but severe damage had been done.
"People want to feel good about their franchise. They're invested," McKay said. "And when they feel like you embarrassed them, or they feel like they were put in an awkward spot because of their franchise, they don't take it well."
Said Stewart: "If they would have waited until it played itself out, and then moved on without him, I don't think the animosity that still lingers in this city with the black population and Mike Vick fans would be null and void, but that's the thing. If anybody tries to tell you why is there this big gap between Vick fans and team fans, it's that."
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In the time the Falcons rose and fell and rose again, Atlanta began to look different. African-Americans made up more than 61% of Atlanta in 2000 but only 54% 10 years later. Meanwhile, the white population in the city grew significantly from 33.1% to 38.4% in that same time frame.
Though Atlanta has gotten "whiter," the city has retained its identity, Professor Oakley said. What's changed Atlanta the most is massive gentrification.
Last year, GoverningMagazine identified Atlanta as the fifth-most gentrified U.S. city behind Portland, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Seattle. Neighborhoods like Kirkwood and Old Fourth Ward have been affected greatly by gentrification, and it's creeping closer to the home of the Falcons today. A planned redevelopment of Atlanta's Underground, just southwest of the Georgia Dome, will soon reconfigure that largely black area, too.
Next year the Falcons will play next door in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a $1.5 billion stadium that will host the Super Bowl in 2019 and surely drive major events to Atlanta for decades to come. But there are concerns about the state-of-the-art facility gentrifying the black, lower-income neighborhoods separated only by the adjoining Northside Drive.
"The fear is this massive redevelopment is going to spur the real estate market to buy up properties, put up new housing developments, etc., in these neighborhoods so that these neighborhoods become more attractive to a number of people," Oakley said. "And what that does is drive property taxes up, and when you're talking about low-to-moderate income home owners, it raises the possibility that they can't pay their taxes."
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Atlantans already feel spurned by the Braves, who left Turner Field (in a predominately black part of town) after this season to move to the northern suburbs of Cobb County. Now a new football stadium that will bring a Super Bowl, Final Four and college football title game in the next four years could also price out long-time home owners or renters.
Blank, a noted philanthropist, understands this. His foundation opened Westside Works nearly three years ago to help residents in those Westside neighborhoods learn skills for jobs and earn living wages. It's unclear how much money has or will be put into programs, but as of October, Westside Works had placed more than 350 residents into living-wage jobs.
The Georgia Dome will be torn down, and in its place will rise a hotel and a large park. On gamedays, the area will be used for tailgating, and all other days it will operate as an open public space that will try to connect the neighborhood to more of the city.
"Let's train them and get them ready with job skills, not just with the stadium but culinary skills, auto, nursing all in this Westside Works program," McKay said, explaining Blank's vision. "Let's invest our money in human capital, getting those people up and running and employed, because that gives the community a much better chance than us going in and doing a mixed-use project just so people can go by and take pictures and say, 'Look there's change going on.'"
Young, Atlanta's former mayor and U.S. ambassador, was friends with the late Dr. King. In fact, he was with King in Memphis in 1968 when King was assassinated.
"Dr. King," Young said, "used to say, 'At 11 in the morning may be the most segregated hour of the week, but by one o'clock in the afternoon, the sports stadiums were filled up and integrated.'"
Atlanta, like all cities, has its blemishes, but no NFL city offers as integrated a gameday scene as the Falcons.
"I don't know of anybody in the league that approaches us in the diversity in our building. We take great pride in it," McKay said. "That's why it's a great place to live. Atlanta is a very diverse—and comfortably diverse—city. There are plenty of other cities in our country that are diverse but not comfortably diverse, and I think Atlanta is."
And Atlanta rap continues to surge. It's been 13 years since Usher, Ludacris and Lil Jon collaborated to top the charts with the crunk rap song "Yeah!" Since Thanksgiving, an Atlanta rap group (Migos with "Bad and Boujee" and Rae Sremmurd with "Black Beatles") has been No. 1, No. 2 or both on Billboard's Top 100.
"We were always called the Motown of the South. It has a lot to do with southern hospitality," Ludacris said from his Georgia Dome green room a few feet away from Usher, who was chewing on a cigar. "If you listen to L.A. and New York artists, they say people here work together. I think it really has to do a lot with the love of artists coming together and it just inspires other artists who come out of the fold a little later. We have our little issues from here and there, but everybody works together. Everybody gets on songs together and everyone produces for everyone. It's like it's a large pool of people that are like a big-ass family and I think that has a lot to do it. It trickles down to the up-and-coming talent."
In some ways that's a microcosm of Atlanta. Rap music emanating from here today wouldn't be confused for Atlanta rap from the early 2000s just as the city and its demographics have also changed. And the city has come a long way in its symbiotic relationship and struggles among the most disparate Atlantans.
Falcons fans finally have something to cheer for after some dry years in the post-Vick era. Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan has developed Matt Ryan into a bonafide and the Falcons have outshot the entire NFL this season. Dan Quinn's messages of brotherhood have resonated throughout the organization. A win against the Packers Sunday and a trip to the Super Bowl would officially open a new era in team history.
The wheels have been moving slowly the past 10 years. The Falcons had to take their playoff lumps—they were a touchdown short of Super Bowl XLVII four years ago—to get here. And the city and fans needed time to heal from the Vick era. The same player who was booed mercilessly at the Dome in 2009 as the Eagles quarterback was cheered at the Dome less than three weeks ago as he rode onto the field during halftime in a black Falcons No. 7 jersey.
And last Saturday in the NFC divisional round, the mood in the crowd was ownership. There's no longer a need to pipe in crowd noise for Falcons' home games. The fans can take it from here.
In front of Ludacris in his suite and Usher decked out in Falcons gear from hat to joggers, and in front of Big Boi from OutKast in the stands and the rapper Future in a suite and, yes, even Vick somewhere in the stadium, those fans loudly chanted M-V-P to Ryan and his Falcons three times that night.
The Falcons belong to Atlanta once again, and Atlanta will give a final reminder in the Georgia Dome on Sunday.
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The Great British Euler diagram
Because many people need a reminder now and then. Additional notes from the source:
The republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are the only two sovereign states in this image. They are shown in red. Ireland and Great Britain are both islands and are shown in green. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are constituent countries of the United Kingdom and are shown in orange. Here, the term "constituent country" is not used in the same way that "country" is usually used; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are political entities within the UK, and it is the UK which appears in international bodies such as the United Nations and NATO...
There are many other islands in the British Isles which are not shown here. Most of these are politically part of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or the republic of Ireland, with the exceptions of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, which are British crown dependencies and not part of the UK (or ROI) at all...
"Britain" is not a technically correct term for any political or geographical entity. Nevertheless, "Britain" is in frequent use, and taken to mean either "the UK" or "Great Britain". This usage is pretty unfair to Northern Ireland whichever way you look at it...
Ireland is popularly referred to as "the Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland, and the country is indeed a republic, but "the Republic of" is not part of the country's official name, and I suppose technically this means that the R need not be capitalised...
I am one of those guilty of using the term "Britain" (104 times so far in this blog).
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Conor October 5, 2010 at 1:46 PM
It is deeply offensive to many (?most) Irish people to refer to Ireland as part of the "British Isles", regardless of the technical usage. The wikipedia articles relating to this topic are controversial to say the least.
My English husband and his family deny being European. I think we need a blog post on that :)
Anthony October 5, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Don't forget Sealand : )
twellve October 6, 2010 at 3:55 AM
I'm with Conor on this one. The term 'British Isles' is highly offensive and antiquated. It would be used erroneously by residents of the UK, but not by the Irish.
This is why the rugby team is called the 'British and Irish Lions'.
I also agree with Sarah. Many (most?) Irish and UK folks do not consider themselves European or their countries as part of Europe, despite being a member of the European Union.
Minnesotastan October 6, 2010 at 7:52 AM
I'm just curious (not arguing): why don't you consider yourselves "European"?
Minnesotastan: most people in the UK have no problem with being considered part of Europe, but those of a more nationalistic bent do.
But it would be odd to be referred to as a 'European' generically, in as much as a Singaporean would be bemused to be addressed as "An Asian".
Stephen October 6, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Most Irish would refer to themselves as European. I don't know about the English. They do still use the Pound and have no serious plan to adopt the single currency (mainly because the pound is still strong in comparison). I have in my time, heard many English people refer to themselves as British though.
Iain October 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM
It's always interesting seeing the usage of the terms 'Britain', 'Ireland', 'British', etc. between different groups. I immediately deny being European as almost a reflex, not really for reasons of geography (which would be patently absurd), but historically England and the United Kingdom has been culturally and politically quite separate from the core nations and states that have defined much of mainland European identity. I think most English (and to a lesser extent Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish) people still have this core belief of being 'other' than Europe. An equally revealing question might be that of another fringe nation - Russia. Russia spreads across Eurasia, but I'd be interested to know if Russians think of themselves as European, Asian, or something in between.
As for 'British Isles' being offensive to the Irish... Really? I would like to think they're not to bothered nowadays, although a quick look at the "controversial" Wikipedia article reveals the Irish government get themselves quite worked up about it. It's more an historical accident than anything else, I don't think it represents the British people's continued desire to subsume Ireland into the Empire - that's just silly. And the comment about the rugby British and Irish lions is a bit of a non sequitur, as you would no more call a US sports team 'North America' - national sports teams are usually named after the nation not the geographical area. I could also point out that the British and Irish Lions is surely a reminder of Ireland being part of Great Britain & Ireland, otherwise why don't we have a British & Irish & French Lions that tour the southern hemisphere? (That might not be a bad idea.)
I can't the honestly see 'Atlantic Archipelago' catching on either. It's so vague. Maybe the 'British & Irish Isles' would please everybody?
P.S. I am the "English husband" of the poster above, by the way.
Iain,
I'm not sure an Englishman (or indeed anyone from a former empire) is best placed to be telling citizens of former colonies how to look upon their ancient oppressors.
You may think it silly that the Government of Ireland "get themselves quite worked up about it" - all your comments do is remind me that for 800 years Britain made damn sure that we didn't even have our own government.
As a sovereign nation, Irish people are more than happy to associate with the UK (e.g. with the Lions) but we're not too keen on being subsumed into the British Isles, whether by quirk of history or grand design of your monarchy.
If you think we're being overly sensitive about it, have a chat with some Irish nonagenarians who grew up with men and women who had lived through the Great Famine (which some consider a form of genocide on the part of Britain) and who themselves lived through the 20th century horrors of the black and tans and the war in the North.
All these things could be more easily laid to rest if you and other stopped denigrating, criticising and denying our opinions and our history.
Slán leat.
I wasn't denigrating your opinions on history, I was pointing out that the name 'British Isles' is not used by the citizens of the UK as a way of keeping Ireland in the 'Empire'. That is a slightly ridiculous notion and in my opinion equally belittles the very real bigotry and negligence that resulted in events like the Great Famine. I do not have to ask nonagenarians about the Troubles, I can ask my own father who did several tours of Northern Ireland as a British soldier in the early 1970s. Because of his experiences, should I suspect every Irish Republican of having a molotov cocktail stashed away or a pack of C4 in his pocket? No. By the same token it would be nice if I wasn't accused of Imperialism for being born English long after the British Empire was dismantled.
The terminology of 'British Isles' handily defines a geographical region, it is not meant to denote sovereign states, and does not represent the "grand design" of Elizabeth II. Why is the Irish Sea called thus? Maybe it should be the English or Welsh Sea (I've heard it called the Manx Sea)? The same question could easily be asked about the English Channel, which the French happily refer to as 'La Manche', I assume because they don't see it as belonging to the English at all - rightly so, but to most of the world 'the English Channel' is just fine.
My incidental remark about the Lions rugby team is that it began in the late 1800s, presumably because at that point there was one nation called Great Britain and Ireland; hence, France is not involved. Why is that not an awful reminder of Albion's perfidy, the same as 'British Isles' is? Of course, rugby is a game with long histories in both Ireland and Britain, and possibly owes a lot to Gaelic football or caid in any case. It's also makes for fantastic sport, not least because of a recent crop of great Irish players.
I did suggest that maybe these islands should be called the British & Irish Isles instead. The alternative used in academia, Atlantic Archipelago, sounds contrived and is unlikely to be remembered. What do you suggest?
Nepkarel November 24, 2019 at 8:49 PM
Fun to point out that in Dutch, it's just The Channel. We're staying out of who owns it, as long as we can sail through it to Rotterdam and back ;-)
But then again, we kinda named the North Sea. And the (former) South Sea (now the IJssel Lake/IJsselmeer). And the East Sea (that you call the Baltic Sea). Those cardinal directions only make sense from the point of view from Friesland or Alkmaar.
@Iain, I would call them the British and Irish Isles.
No-one except you suggested the term British Isles is "used by the citizens of the UK as a way of keeping Ireland in the 'Empire'." Who are you even arguing against?
Tellingly, you completely ignore my point that you make little of the Irish Govt.'s opposition to the name. Instead, you throw in a non sequitur about your father being a member of HRH's army in Ireland at a low point in British history when innocent nationalists and Catholics were denied their basic human rights: jobs, education, and worse.
I wasn't saying Irish people are faultless - I'm sure your father met many a gurrier - rather I was noting that your govt. and your monarchy have spent much of the past millennium abusing my ancestors and making a sham of your country's name and image in a way that some believe was a sustained campaign of genocide. I'm not sure I subscribe to that view, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
I spent a wonderful year living in London. I studied the geography of poverty at Birkbeck and our course was replete with examples of Britain's efforts to prove that the colonies, including Ireland, were populated with sub-human tribes who were incapable of self-governance. The consequences were a "God-given" British right to rule and ravage these colonies - including stripping Ireland of its huge oak forests, outlawing and almost destroying the Irish language and a significant part of our culture, and even exporting Irish cattle and grain during a famine which halfed the population through emigration and starvation.
"Why is the Irish Sea called thus?" I have no idea. Since we have no history of colonising or abusing the islands therein, I imagine it is purely geographical. Regardless, we would be very unlikely to kick up a fuss if people wanted to rename the sea. It's a more complex issue because it is actually adjacent to a number of countries and islands - on the other hand Ireland is not a part of Britain and so the term British Isles is totally out of order. You are using a basic logical fallacy and distracting from the real discussion.
No-one is asking you to take on the burden of your forefathers, but we would appreciate if instead of arguing in favour of a term which seems to mean little to you, you might accept that an entire nation finds it offensive. We don't dislike it because we think Britain still lays claim to our island, but rather because the term "British" - when associated with our republic - has a very negative connotation.
We enjoyed no freedom under British rule but we now delight in the simple right to define the names and terminology used to describe our country.
Graham Martin-Royle January 20, 2015 at 2:12 PM
@Anonymous: I agree with Iain in that I consider the name, The British Isles, to be pure geographical and to have no bearing on the political situation. As for you, your parliament/government, etc wanting to call it by another name, i.e. The British & Irish Isles, I have no problem with that either, many countries have different names for the same things.
The word "isles" is now deprecated in favor of the term "land masses of a diminutive nature".
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