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Week in Wrestling: Jeff Hardy discusses his future; Five Questions with Adam Jones
Courtesy of WWE
Jeff Hardy talks about his future plans with TNA.
The guy behind the Twitter account WWE Creative Humor explains where he gets his inspiration.
Eric Bischoff looks at the life of Miss Elizabeth.
Adam Jones explains how A-Rod is like Hulk Hogan.
By Justin Barrasso
SI.com's Week in Wrestling is published every Wednesday and provides beneath the surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling.
This edition includes The Shoot from Jeff Hardy, the weekly top ten, the Nitro Files with Eric Bischoff, the "Road to Wrestle Kingdom" with Kushida, and Five Questions with Major League Baseball's Adam Jones.
The Shoot: Jeff Hardy
Courtesy of TNA
Jeff Hardy is one half of the greatest tag team in the history of wrestling. He and his brother, "Broken" Matt Hardy, are unveiling Total Nonstop Deletion on December 15 on Pop TV, which promises to be appointment viewing for wrestling fans. In addition to raising his family, Hardy is also the driving force behind the new Jeff Hardy Brand. In his own words, Hardy details his wrestling career, ambition outside the ring, and his future.
Looking Back to Look Forward
Back when I was younger, I would have no fear climbing a ladder. I couldn't wait to get to the top just so I could jump off.
Now I am married and raising my two daughters, and I'm not a kid in the WWE any more.
People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever.
My soul feeds off that adrenaline. I'll do anything. That has proven problematic—you may remember my broken leg in a dirt bike accident—but that is also the ingredient that has allowed me to elevate myself in pro wrestling.
I'm proud of what I have accomplished so far in my career, but the finish line is nowhere in sight. Still, it's fun to look back before we move forward.
There are so many great memories. One of the greatest spots of all time was in our TLC match at WrestleMania X-Seven with the ladder. Bully Ray was holding me by the bottom of the ladder, and I looked like a big old spider, and then he slung me into Edge off another huge ladder and into that spear. It's from 2001, but it will never get old. That's one of those spots that is immortal.
I also put Edge through the first ladder. We weren't supposed to break any tables, so I asked, 'Can I break a ladder?' And that was the first ladder that had ever been broke. Edge is such a great guy. I also remember the WrestleMania 23 spot with Edge. For him, that had to kill—I landed directly on his chest. That only hurt my ass a little, but for him, it had to hurt like hell. That's one of those memories we'll always share.
Naturally, as I climb that ladder, there is still that adrenaline rush going straight through my body and into my head. The last example of that feeling—and I was so scared because I realize that there may come a time when I don't get up—was during the finish of 'The Great War' at Bound for Glory this past October. I sprung over the ladder and put Crazzy Steve through two tables. That just knocked me silly. I didn't even know if I hit him. Looking back at it, my legs made contact, but man, I hit hard. The adrenaline took over because I knew I needed to get the one-two-three.
I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures—my fans—fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.
When I was younger, I was on cloud nine to pull off something breathtaking. There was no better adrenaline rush than bringing a dream into reality in front of a WrestleMania crowd. Now I realize I am so lucky to get up from those falls, and I'm blessed to be able to still go like I do now. A big difference between 'The Great War' and those TLC matches is that there were so many cool entertaining things that didn't hurt me at all during 'The Great War.' When an umbrella opens and then closes, and I appear as Willow, that's just so cool and unique. My brother Matt and I are going to show off even more of our personalities on Total Nonstop Deletion on December 15, and I just can't wait for everyone to see that. That will be the most fun wrestling show to watch, ever – believe me, people have never seen anything like it.
People always ask Matt and I if we'll ever go back to WWE, but we are having such a good time with this creative liberty in TNA. We're able to do what we want to do. The show is built around us, and that's something that makes me really proud.
Up until I re-signed for another year in 2015, I had wanted to return to WWE. I wanted to wrestle Undertaker at a Hell in a Cell at WrestleMania.
'Taker is just the man. He is the locker room leader that everybody looks up to in wrestling. If you watch the way he wrestles, you can learn so much. His entrance is just chilling.
Matt and I opened the doors for the King of the Ring in 1995. They put us in these jester outfits. It was so long ago—I'd just graduated and still had short blonde hair, and we were out there in these baggy-ass jester suits feeling quite embarrassed. They usually had these big jacked up guys, but we couldn't even fill out the outfits. Matt actually got drilled in the head from someone in the crowd with a Big Gulp cup. We look back on that and laugh, but seeing The Undertaker that night was so chilling and unbelievable. It felt like being part of something supernatural.
Wrestling 'Taker is still a dream match I would love to make happen—though I don't know how his health is or if he'll ever return to 'Mania—and I was stuck on that for the longest time.
Now I'm open to the idea of being a part of something new rather than something old. The stuff Matt and I are doing is so creative and fun, and I want to continue this journey for as long as I can—and make TNA the best company it possibly can be.
I also have a new project: we just launched JeffHardyBrand.com.
There is original artwork available, and I'm also going to paint smaller paintings. We will air music videos on the site, too. So much of my soul is in my work, and I really want to share it with people.
I'm super excited about the new album, Spawn of Me. I am working on some of the darkest and most emotional songs I've ever written.
One of the songs is called "Irreversible"—and that is a song that means a lot to me. I wrote about my honest thoughts of fearing CTE, which is a progressive degenerative disease found in people who have suffered a severe blow or repeated blows to the head.
My worlds are completely different. Painting is a peaceful world, and it's a different vibe than having a great match. You are able to look back at what you created when you finish. Recording music is an entirely different monster. When you finally write something, you do a demo and then you go into the studio. Doing the master version, that's the best feeling ever – especially when you're so proud of what you've written, and you can't wait for people to hear it. That's actually very similar to trying to tell a story in a wrestling match. Music is trying to tell a story, and I love the rock vibe. Hearing that finished product is almost the same high as having a killer wrestling match, you're just doing it with a guitar instead of a partner in the ring.
Between my music, my art, and my wrestling—and having the Hardy girls and a great wife—my life is complete. I'm working a lot of indies, and that's another cool thing about working in TNA as you can be your own boss and go out and do your own thing. I am still ambitious, and my goal is the same as always.
Be as unique and original as possible.
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I have four or five wrestling personalities up my sleeve. I always want to deliver a great match, and my goal will forever be to continue to connect with the fans.
The last indie match I worked, there were no guardrails by the ring. After the match, the fans ran up to the ring. I stayed out there for thirty minutes, and there was this one girl in a wheelchair who I gave a hug and a kiss. I'd been watching her through the match, and I saved one of my armbands for her.
I made my way through all these kids, and finally made my way to the girl in the wheelchair.
As I gave her the armband, the look on her face made every sacrifice—being away from my wife, missing my daughters with all my heart—worthwhile.
I gave her the armband, and the look in her eyes filled my heart and soul. She made me human, and that's one thing I've always want to be – a human with a different job. That's the way I want people to see and remember me.
~ Jeff Hardy
You may not be aware, but there is a WWE pay per view this Sunday.
The buildup to Tables, Ladders, and Chairs has slipped through the crevices, partially due to WWE's promotion of the Survivor Series and early promotion of the Royal Rumble. Despite only two weeks in-between TLC and Survivor Series, the card for this Sunday is actually quite meaningful, especially when it comes to the main event of AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose.
Styles is the only must-see attraction who is working full time on WWE television. Although his title reign has slowly worked its way up to 80 days, the "Phenomenal One" is still missing a signature title defense.
Ambrose could also use a good showing. Despite a wonderfully successful 2016, his marquee singles matches with Triple H (Road Block), Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 32), and Dolph Ziggler (SummerSlam) all fell short of their high expectations.
Even if he heels his way to victory, Styles must retain the championship in a manner that elevates himself, the title, and Ambrose. Fortunately for the WWE, they have the right man for the job.
• For the third time, Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte for the WWE women's championship on Raw. The match was highlighted by Charlotte's moonsault off the announce table, and it will be interesting to see if WWE finally commits to a long-term title reign for Sasha Banks.
• The only fitting way to end the storyline between Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens is to have Jericho defeat Owens for the Universal championship. Although this will have no connection to Triple H helping Owens win the title, that was a setup for Seth Rollins and Triple H to meet at WrestleMania.
• We are a few weeks away from Hanukkah, but Goldberg's video from "The Man Show" with Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla – despite the adult language from Santa – should get everyone in the holiday spirit.
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• Fascinating to watch as WWE creates original wrestling programming with 205 Live, which is the new Cruiserweight division show that debuted last night on the Network. I love the addition of Austin Aries to the broadcast booth (and Aries will add instant credibility once he is healthy to perform), though I wish there was more pomp and circumstance when Cruiserweight champion The Brian Kendrick was first introduced. Rich Swann defeated Kendrick in an extremely compelling main event, and the show did more to help enhance the division in only an hour last night than has for the last two months on Raw. Speaking of adding validity to the new program, would former WCW Cruiserweight champion Chris Jericho ever blur the lines of reality by bringing The Jericho Reel to the new 205 Live show?
Brian Kendrick is hungry to succeed on WWE's new cruiserweight show
• "So, do you mind engaging me and stuff?" That was Rusev's incredible proposal – inside a swimming pool – to Lana, which aired on Total Divas. The show is a unique blend of reality (Lana drops her accent, Renee Young discusses dating Dean Ambrose) while also remaining scripted. In a play off reality, Maryse also detailed her legitimate feud with the Bella twins.
• All signs point to Sheamus and Cesaro defeating The New Day… after the current tag champs surpass Demolition's as WWE's longest ever run as tag team champions. The New Day is set to break Demolition's 478-day tag team title run on Wednesday, December 14.
• The unforgettable moment when Jake "The Snake" Roberts' king cobra bit the "Macho Man" Randy Savage reached its twenty-fifth anniversary last week. Incredibly, the Savage-Roberts feud did not have its payoff at WrestleMania, but instead ended on a Saturday Night's Main Event that aired on February 8, 1992.
"My favorite moment from my career was when that damn cobra chewed on his arm," Roberts told SI.com. "We worked our asses off to build that storyline. The WWE rushed the whole thing because it was just too powerful. Sometimes Vince got in a hurry because he would try to get ready for something else, but sometimes something explodes that is so good that you could get many more months out of it. It didn't fit their timeline, and that was stunning because we could have wrestled each other for years. It was supposed to lead into WrestleMania. But it didn't, and that really pissed me off. I felt like I got robbed."
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• Am I the only one who finds the Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt pairing compelling? For those wondering how gold would look around the waist of Wyatt, a run with the tag titles will hopefully begin this Sunday when they face Smackdown tag team champions Heath Slater and Rhyno.
• The accordion cover of Bobby Roode's "Glorious Domination" is, well, nothing short of glorious.
• Coming attractions: Sports Illustrated connects with WWE Hall of Famer Edge in a "Fact or Fiction?" article next week on SI.com in the Week in Wrestling.
Top Ten: Tweeting You Right
This edition of "The Weekly Top Ten" is provided by WWE Creative Humor, a parody Twitter account poking fun at WWE storylines written by former WWE writer Robert Karpeles.
"It's one hundred percent me," said Karpeles. "People think it's a whole team producing the content, but I am a one-man shop."
Karpeles began tweeting in December of 2010, expressing his creativity in a manner that parodies current events in wrestling.
"I grew up a huge fan of the business, and I worked for WWE for two years as a producer and a member of creative in 2005 and 2006," said Karpeles. "Wrestling informed most of my professional decisions. It was what led me to study television production at the University of Florida when I was in college. One of my dreams was to work for WWE and, if possible, work in creative."
The 33-year-old Karpeles graduated from college in December of 2004 and was hired by WWE in February of '05.
"Once I was in creative, my impact was very limited," admitted Karpeles. "I was 23 years old, and it was really tough to step up in a room full of people and say something. My first week there, I watched someone pitch something that was beyond a horrible idea. That pitch went so poorly, that person was gone by the next week."
The Rock almost ripped his football teammate's tongue out
Despite a short stint on creative, Karpeles still managed to make a lasting impact.
"One of my most enduring contributions took place in a sub-meeting with the creative team for Smackdown, including Dusty Rhodes, who was an amazing person, and we were talking about how to make Mr. Kennedy more special," said Karpeles. "Since I'd seen a lot of the MSG shows with 24/7, even prior to working full-time with them, I said, 'What if they brought back the old Howard Finkel microphone that dropped from the ceiling?' So my legacy in the wrestling industry was helping to develop Mr. Kennedy's microphone."
Karpeles then left creative and transitioned over to a production role, working on WWE 24/7, which ultimately became the WWE Network. He then left WWE at the end of 2006 to go to law school, and now serves as the in-house counsel for the Florida Panthers.
"I loved working at WWE," said Karpeles. "Watching when I was in law school was a great escapism, but I missed the creative end of it. When I started this Twitter handle, I started completely anonymously. I wanted to see if I could get it over on my own. If I could get 100 followers, I was going to consider this a massive success.
"I view it as I'm writing content that needs to be good and funny on its own, regardless of the fact that it's wrestling. It could be sports, entertainment, or politics, but the question I ask myself is, 'Am I writing something that is good? Am I writing something I can be proud of?' That's what people responded to early on, including John Cena. Then I suddenly saw my followers jump from 100 to 1,000 overnight. Now it's at 212,000 followers, which is beyond staggering."
Karpeles' Twitter account is addicting, and is a necessary sidekick for many wrestling fans during Raw and Smackdown.
Here are my ten favorite tweets of his:
10.)
"Glad I put over Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. Totally worth it," - The Undertaker #SurvivorSeries
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) November 21, 2016
"30 year ago it was WWF. Now it's WWE. This is your fault @HillaryClinton," - @realDonaldTrump #debate
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) October 10, 2016
Poor @CMPunk has to go home tonight and sleep off this loss on a pile of money next to his beautiful wife. #UFC203
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) September 11, 2016
To the fans in Brooklyn unhappy with the finish of SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar will be waiting for you in the parking lot. #SummerSlam
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) August 22, 2016
"How do we get @WWERomanReigns over?"
"What if he hits a woman?"
"Perfect!"#WrestleMania
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) April 4, 2016
White hot babyface loses clean to @TripleH. Hey, you were the ones who wanted the Attitude Era back. #WWERoadblock
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) March 13, 2016
"Hey @TheRock, we'll promote your next movie...if @WWERomanReigns wins tonight."
"Yeah, I'm good." - The Rock#RAWTonight
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) December 1, 2015
Dear Kevin Dunn,
Please stop cutting away from the match mid-move to show fans. We get it. Fans are here. Relax.#SurvivorSeries
Now that @realDonaldTrump is president everyone should be cool about us bringing back Hulk Hogan #Kayfabe
Our @realellsworth shirt is outselling our @WWERomanReigns shirt.
So yeah, the company's gonna be just fine#Merch
Karpeles is proud to announce that the Panthers will be holding a "Wrestling Night" during their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, January 14, and that he will also be part of WaleMania during this year's WrestleMania weekend.
"There are a large number of superstars and people in the industry who get what I'm doing and love it," added Karpeles. "It's not just a joke to be mean. It's almost parody in the way that Mel Brooks did 'Blazing Saddles.' He understood the Western genre and what made it work, and that's how you can tweak it slightly and make it funny. Having worked and having followed it for many, many years, I can tweak it in a way where there is almost reverence to it. I'm never directly attacking a guy, though some guys have outright blocked me. Hogan blocked me after I tweeted that the sex tape ended with a big boot and a leg drop."
Karpeles, who pushed for the Panthers to play Triple H's "Time to Play the Game" theme at the start of every game, is grateful for the opportunity to connect every week with wrestling fans during Raw and Smackdown.
"WWE puts out a lot of content each week," said Karpeles. "Three hours of Raw can be challenging, week in and week out, to watch. If my account is going to make fifteen or twenty people keep watching because they're following along, then that means I'm keeping more fans. I'm not writing television, I'm not writing a novel, and I'm not making a major impact on culture, but I do take this very seriously."
The Nitro Files: Miss Elizabeth
The Nitro Files with Eric Bischoff will delve into a moment from WCW's Monday Nitro era. Bischoff, WCW's president during the company's most successful years, hosts his weekly "Bischoff on Wrestling" podcast, which includes an interview this week with Kevin Nash, as well as delivers a "Controversial Video of the Week" with 120 Sports' Nick Hausman, and plans on proving every week in the Nitro Files that the "truth is out there."
Elizabeth Hulette—better known as Miss Elizabeth—would have celebrated her 55th birthday on Nov. 19. Unfortunately, she passed away far too soon in 2003 as a result of accidental overdose.
"I carried her death around with me for a while," said Bischoff. "I don't usually carry a lot of baggage around with me, but I was pretty upset about the way that went down."
Bischoff brought Elizabeth into WCW to manage ex-husband Randy Savage, but also developed a friendship with her outside of the ring.
"I had a partner at WCW, Janie Engle, and she became a close friend of my family," explained Bischoff. "Elizabeth, Janie, and my wife developed their own relationship outside of wrestling, and my wife became very close with Elizabeth. She came out to our house in Wyoming and they called it 'Girls' Night Out West' and they went trout fishing and hiking. Elizabeth became very close to us."
Elizabeth was annointed the "First Lady of Wrestling" during the halcyon era of the 1980's World Wrestling Federation, and Bischoff explained that she was just as dignified off-camera, as well as personable and warm.
"She was more animated away from television," explained Bischoff. "She was a very lighthearted and fun person to be around. You got a little glimpse of it when she was in the NWO, but when I saw her away from the cameras and the arenas, she was a very joyful and lighthearted person."
Her arrival in WCW in 1996, Bischoff admitted, was fairly spontaneous.
"Randy came over, and a lot of that had to do with Hulk Hogan," said Bischoff. "Even though there was a lot of heat between Randy and Hulk, and they had their ups and downs, Hulk knew, intuitively, who he could draw money with. That person was Randy, and shortly after Randy, he thought Elizabeth could play a great role—and she did. She managed Randy, she separated from Randy as we played out their real life story in WCW/NWO version, so it all made sense."
Bischoff still recalls the warm friendship Savage shared with Elizabeth.
"Even though they had been divorced, Randy still had a great affection for her," said Bischoff. "He wasn't in love with her, but he clearly loved her. He wasn't overly protective, but he was obviously protective of her and didn't want her to be exploited or their past to be exploited. Whatever it is we wanted to do, he wanted it to be handled respectfully, which I thought was very classy. That made me respect Randy even more."
Professional wrestling is often over-the-top and outlandish, but Elizabeth personified through her performances that less can also mean more.
"You always hear 'You've got to get yourself over' in pro wrestling, but you don't want something stuffed down your throat," said Bischoff. "Liz was perfect. She knew her role, knew how to work a camera, and she could speak volumes with a look. That was her magic.
"She knew her character. She could emote so much energy, and you could read so much into her just from the way her eyes looked in the camera or the way she held her head. You see the little things she did more frequently in film than you do in television, especially in sports entertainment. Elizabeth was that understated character who could speak volumes with a look or a bat of her eyes and just the way she carried herself to the ring."
'Macho Man' Randy Savage's top 20 moments
Elizabeth, Bischoff explained, was a natural.
"You're never at your best on camera until you're not really trying," said Bischoff. "When you can deliver that character without trying so hard to be a character, that's when you resonate with the audience. Otherwise, you're overacting or trying too hard. Elizabeth was a master at knowing exactly how much to deliver to create the emotion that her character was meant to represent."
Exclusive Lucha Underground clip
The Black Lotus Triad arrives to the Temple to face Pentagon Dark on this week's Lucha Underground, which is available on iTunes and continues its third season tonight at 8pm on El Rey Network.
The Road to Wrestle Kingdom: KUSHIDA
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Kushida is the IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion, and his match for January's Wrestle Kingdom 11 (New Japan Pro Wrestling's version of WrestleMania, available on New Japan World) is set against the recently returned and renamed Hiromu Tanahashi.
New Japan breaks its wrestlers into UFC-like weight classes and Kushida has dominated the junior heavyweight division, currently in his fourth reign as champion. He defeated Kenny Omega last January at Wrestle Kingdom 10, but the paths taken since that match have seen Omega—who is scheduled to headline Wrestle Kingdom 11 against IWGP champion Kazuchika Okada—break into the heavyweight division while Kushida has remained the face of the juniors.
"Since those days we fought each other in junior heavyweight stage, it was well known among rosters that Kenny was really powerful and speedy like an Olympic athlete," said Kushida. "He is even now getting stronger by the day. As for his mental part, I respect his total performance and creativeness in the ring. Through the matches with him, I think he is a real man of pro wrestling. He is mostly thinking about pro wrestling every day, all day long."
Kushida dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler after watching the Ultimate Warrior defeat Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI, and he also envisioned himself in the main event—without any restriction on weight—just like his heroes.
"I'm positive that I will also rise to the heavyweights," explained Kushida. "In 2016, I defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship five times and also got a victory of the Super J-Cup. I elevated myself and also the Junior Heavyweight title by wrestling in the main event of a main card."
Kushida is positioned as a heavyweight in Ring of Honor, and he believes that he will earn the respect of his heavyweight peers in New Japan once he is given the opportunity.
"If I were in the G1 tournament, like the one Kenny Omega just won, I would be confident that I could defeat anyone by my submissions," said Kushida. "I'm interested in challenging for the NEVER title since it is open-weight."
Although WWE recently reintroduced its cruiserweight division, New Japan's weight class remains unique. The vast majority of wrestling promotions in North America do not break their rosters into divisions by weight, and Kushida is actually looking toward fans in the United States for support.
"Ring of Honor's Kyle O'Reilly is positioned like I'm positioned," said Kushida. "He has also great techniques of submissions and martial arts. I guess both of us may have a chance to get to the next stage of challenges to the heavyweight rank in New Japan. I would like to ask American fans to promote both of us in order to get this kind of chance."
Something to Wrestle with Conrad Thompson
Conrad Thompson and Bruce Prichard are set to deliver "The Rise and Fall of Sunny" on this Friday's "Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard" podcast this week. The pair just finished TNA: Part II last week, and Thompson still cannot believe some of the information they unearthed.
"Between Dixie Carter's action figure and the TNA Hall of Fame, there was a lot of craziness in that episode," said Thompson, who was amazed that used Rolex watches were given out to the Hall of Fame inductees. "TNA was the second most powerful wrestling company in North America, and I just find Dixie Carter's whole personality—where she doesn't know who she is or what she wants—so fascinating."
This week's podcast details Tammy Sytch's run in WWE, who reached new heights of superstardom through her personality and beauty.
"We're going to focus on the time Bruce was there in WWE with Sunny," said Thompson. "So we're going to focus on her time in the 90's, and there is lots of—as Bruce likes to say on the show—rumors and innuendo. We're going to set the record straight after when she was first signed from Smoky Mountain Wrestling, then worked with the Bodydonnas, then an on-air personality, lots of feuds and hijinks, and we'll touch on her life since."
Five Questions with… Adam Jones
Got @wwerollins throwing out the first pitch at the game today. Me vs. You, belt for belt tonight at #WWEPayback. I'll see you later in the squared circle, traitor. #TheShield #RevengeForMyBrothers
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The Baltimore Orioles' Adam Jones is a five-time MLB All Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, Silver Slugger recipient, and also a passionate wrestling fan. He connected with the Week in Wrestling to share his feelings on the squared circle, as well as extend his respect for those who wrestle for a living.
SI.com: How long have you been a wrestling fan? Baseball has long, arduous seasons, but wrestling in the WWE is an even more taxing schedule. As a fellow professional athlete, do you hold wrestlers in high esteem for their work ethic and time on the road in constant pursuit of perfecting their craft?
Jones: Their season is long – as in, the whole year. They're on the road 320 of 365 days of the year. I don't know how their wives and kids necessarily like that. I have a wife and two kids. Being on the road during the earlier part of my career was great, and I loved seeing all the different cities. Now that I am a little bit older, I'm constantly missing my kids do this or their first time doing that, and that gets old pretty quick. I have a lot of respect for all of the guys grinding it out every night to get to the primetime lights.
I've been liking wrestling ever since I can remember. My favorites when I was younger were the Ultimate Warrior, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, the original Undertaker. And I remember the fake Undertaker, I remember Kane when he was Dr. Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. I liked Ahmed Johnson, the Bushwhackers, the Nasty Boys, the Dudleys, Shawn Michaels, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and the list goes on and on for guys I enjoyed watching.
Then there was the "Attitude Era" with Stone Cold and The Rock that took my love for wrestling to a whole new level. We would talk about wrestling after Raw and Nitro every Tuesday morning. We had in-depth discussions every Tuesday morning. I'm a little removed from the product now—I don't always have my Monday nights free during the baseball season—but I'm still able to go to some of the events, meet some of the guys, and keep up with what is going on. The relationship that has been built between myself and WWE—which was set up through one of the former writers, Kevin Eck—is great. Most of the guys are college athletes in their own right, and they come in putting their bodies on the line. Guys risk serious injury to do what they do in the ring, and I took a serious interest in the sport.
World Heavyweight Champion @WWERollins mean muggin' with @SimplyAJ10. pic.twitter.com/wBcwFaFevx
— MLB (@MLB) May 17, 2015
SI.com: Connecting wrestling to baseball, you play in the American League East division alongside the New York Yankees. If Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were the Rockers, who would be Shawn Michaels and who would be Marty Jannetty?
Jones: The Yankees team is Derek Jeter's team. Numbers tell a great story, but that's Jeter's team. Jeter is the crème de la crème. He is The Undertaker. Jeter doesn't speak too much—he leads. He doesn't speak, he leads. People's mouths have grown with the growth of social media—but The Undertaker's mouth didn't get bigger. Neither did Jeter's.
A-Rod is a great player and he got his ring, but to me, he's like Hollywood Hogan. People loved him early in his career, like Hulk Hogan, but he became Hollywood Hogan and became the villain. But to be connected with Hulk Hogan is a pretty good compliment.
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SI.com: If Adam Jones were a wrestler, would you be a babyface or a heel?
Jones: I'm definitely a villain. I need the boos. I want to be like The Rock. Stone Cold was always loved, for the most part. He had his villain moments when he sided with Vince, but people loved his attitude. The Rock went both sides—they loved him and they hated him. The Rock and Stone Cold were the spearhead of the "Attitude Era," along with The Undertaker. When Pete Rose got in there, or Dennis Rodman or Karl Malone—who is my mom's favorite athlete ever, including me—or when Floyd Mayweather was in there, just look at the ratings—everybody loves wrestling. When [Houston Astros'] Josh Reddick and I play against each other, we say, "We need a title match or a TLC match." We're athletes, but at the end of the day, we're big kids. We're fortunate that we don't have to work nine-to-five and be stressed about it, but at the end of the day, we watch the same shows that everyone else does. I'm not in a different room eating caviar—we do the same things as everybody else, but it is cool to be able to go to events like SummerSlam and get good seats. One of the coolest moments was meeting Farooq and having him say "Damn!"—I made sure to get that on tape.
SI.com: You have raised over $80,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Baltimore over the past four years. Why do you believe giving back is so important?
Jones: What I've done on the field has awarded me and then afforded me to be able to do special things, not just only for my family, but for other people, too. Using my name and celebrity for goodwill allows me to raise money for kids and impact lives. We just raised $50,000 in a matter of four weeks for the city of Baltimore.
I ask the people of Baltimore to give back to their city and give to the youth. I want to see that city thrive, and not just the good parts downtown and Inner Harbor, but the hood, point blank—I want to see those kids aspire to be something. Baltimore showed their asses at the fourth annual #StayHungry Purple tailgate, and that shows they care about their city. It's not about me—I'm able to help bring the people together—but the people are the ones fighting and responding to my philanthropic endeavors, and I'm forever grateful for that. I'm now starting to do that in my hometown of San Diego.
SI.com: Can you equate this year's World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians to a WrestleMania moment? Was Chicago winning the World Series for the first time since 1908 the equivalent of Brock Lesnar defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30?
Jones: Take it back to an old school match because it was two old schools with the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, so I'm going to go with the Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Mankind from the 1998 King of the Ring. They were battling on top of the cage—and that was just like the World Series with two franchises – one which ain't won since '48 and one ain't won since 1908—trying to get out of hell. That's how I would equate that. They both went back-to-back with blows, and it ended in game seven. Both teams gave every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears, and that's what it takes to be in one of those matches.
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Just under five minutes of the early brilliance of Dean Ambrose.
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Maryland roads score high on quality and spending
by Meg Tully | November 19, 2019 | News | 0 |
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Maryland nearly made the Top 10 of Best Roads in the country in rankings for a consumer website.
Maryland came in at 38, in reverse scoring chart where number 1 was worst and number 50 was best. Maryland scored better than any of its neighbors, while also outspending them per mile of road, according to ConsumerAffairs.com, a web-based consumer news and resource center.
Neighboring Virginia was ranked 37th, just behind Maryland, but only spent $62 per mile compared to $106 per mile in Maryland.
The consumer affairs website ranked the Northwest and Upper Great Plains states as best, with sparsely populated Wyoming and Kansas leading the way. South Carolina and Louisiana ranked worst with bumpiest rides, regular heavy congestion and hazardous road conditions like potholes and illegible street signs.
The website calculated the dollar amount each state spends per mile of road using data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and also looked at motor crash fatalities on roads per mile, percentage of roads in poor, fair and good condition from the Federal Highway Administration, and the results of an email survey of 1,418 U.S. residents.
The organization normalized, rescaled and weighted each factor and gave more weight to public opinion than spending, hoping to give some weight to how that money was spent.
"Survey data is always biased, but politically distributed highway budgets are doubly so," said ConsumerAffairs Vice President of Data and Analytics George Earl.
The survey shows Maryland outspent all its neighbors in road spending, with West Virginia (ranked 7th worst) coming in at only $32 per road mile. Delaware came in at fifth worst and spent $55 per mile.
Maryland was listed with only 11% poor roads, and 66% good roads. Neighbor Pennsylvania had 30% poor roads and 30% good roads, while Delaware and West Virginia had more poor roads than good with 19% poor vs 44% good and 31% poor vs 25%, respectively.
"Dodging potholes and poor patches wears me out," said one Charleston resident when asked why they rated West Virginia roads as being bad.
One Georgetown, Del. resident said the state spends too much money on upgrades for "intersections with low traffic," while "upgrades to intersections with existing high traffic are often inefficient and unsafe. They are outdated before they are even finished."
In Delaware, the consumer website also mentioned climate change and rising sea levels as a challenge for state government. The Delaware Department of Transportation estimates it will cost $1.45 billion to keep the lowest-lying roads in Delaware drivable.
Residents from the best ranked states remarked on the roads' smooth pavement, recent repairs and lack of debris. Many people commented on their governments' quick seasonal weather cleanup, the website said.
–Meg Tully
PreviousState Roundup, November 19, 2019
NextState Roundup, November 20, 2019
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Contributing Editor Meg Tully has been covering Maryland politics for more than five years. She has worked for The Frederick News-Post, where she reported during the General Assembly session in Annapolis. She has also worked for The (Hanover) Evening Sun and interned at Baltimore Magazine. Meg has won awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association for her state and county writing, and a Keystone Press Award for feature writing from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. She is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. If you have additional questions or comments contact Meg at: megctully@gmail.com
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Tim Dudderidge – Consultant Urologist MB ChB, MSc, FRCS (Urol)
Tim is a consultant urological surgeon and lead of prostate cancer surgical trials at University Hospital Southampton. Tim specialises in prostate cancer and is one of a handful of clinicians combining an interest in imaging and precision diagnostics with skills in both focal therapy and robotic surgery for prostate cancer.
He became a qualified in 1998 and later gained Doctorate of Medicine MD at the University of Bristol in 2014. He trained in London and spent time undertaking research at University College London gaining an MSc degree. He went through urological training at all the leading cancer centres including Kings College Hospital, University College Hospital, Imperial Healthcare and the Royal Marsden Hospital where he also worked as a consultant. Tim was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons Uro-Oncology Fellowship at Imperial in 2009 and subsequently was the UK's First Robotic Surgery Fellow at Royal Marsden Hospital.
Tim has research interests in urine based cancer diagnosis and surgical trials for prostate cancer. He has been principal investigator for all the prostate diagnosis and focal therapy trials in Southampton and collaborated with colleagues as a founder member of the UK focal therapy users group.
Tim's clinical approach is one of careful assessment and explanation of prostate cancer treatment options. Enabling men to fully understand the difficult choices they must make is a challenge but is the key to delivering treatments without patient regret.
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Basis of place of origin Attribution by Forman.
Basis of date Winterthur Museum registration records.
Description Armchair with caned back and seat; scroll-arched, pierced and carved crest and turned legs with Spanish feet. Front stretcher turned with ball-and-disc design; turned medial, side and rear stretchers.
History of ownership According to a document signed by Lucy Cushing Richardson, Boston, 9/8/1929, this chair, along with two others in the collection, "have always remained within the exclusive care and possession of the immediate family of John Hancock and his wife Dorothy Quincy Hancock." She says "the 'Spanish Toe' arm chair with the carved top is the original and identical chair in which John Hancock was inaugurated Governor of Massachusetts. This chair has been handed down from generation to generation with this history and legend and tradition as part of the heritage. This chair was my mother's prized possession and was always with her when she went to Philadelphia." Lucy Cushing Richardson, wife of Judge James Bailey Richardson. She said "I am a descendant of Dorothy Quincy Hancock whose sister Mary Quincy was my great-grandmother by virtue of her marriage to Jacob Sheafe."
According to BF, 4/1971, this chair is probably Boston and related to Eades family side chair illustrated in Randall, American Furniture, and an example marked JE in American Antiquarian Society.
Bibliography Book: Benno M. Forman, American Seating Furniture, 1630-1730: An Interpretive Catalogue (New York: W. W. Norton, a Winterthur Book, 1988), no. 56, 268, 270-271.
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McDonald's will reportedly keep dozens of items off the menu
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McDonald's is reportedly planning to keep salads, bagels and yogurt parfaits off its menus for the foreseeable future after the coronavirus pandemic led the company to shrink its offerings.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the fast-food chain told U.S. franchisees that it plans to add back seven items by July, but dozens more will remain off of the menu. Returning items include hot tea, three desserts, two variations of the Quarter Pounder and the Bacon McDouble, according to the newspaper.
Executives reportedly told franchisees that some of the removed items, like salads, could return down the road.
The slimmed-down menu helped McDonald's fill drive-thru orders quickly, even if its kitchens were short staffed. It cut items that were more complex or didn't sell as well and limited breakfast to only morning hours. About a year ago, the chain had phased out some items, like its line of premium burgers, in a bid to speed up its service times.
Franchisees have pushed for a shorter menu. The National Owners Association, an independent advocacy group for McDonald's U.S. franchisees, said in early June that keeping menus simplified was its top priority. The Journal reported that the group, which represents about 80% of franchisees, voted last week to drop all-day breakfast permanently.
On Tuesday, McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors at the virtual Evercore ISI conference that the company will add items back but it is "unlikely" that McDonald's will return to its pre-Covid menu.
The changes to McDonald's menu will also include its new crispy chicken sandwich, which it tested in December and January, and new baked goods for breakfast.
McDonald's did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.
Read more about the menu changes here.


If you're looking to order a Sweet Tooth quilt kit, they are available to order now from Hawthorne Threads and Fat Quarter Shop. You can also find the books now at Fat Quarter Shop, Hawthorne Threads, as well as other local and online quilt shops. Tell us in the comments below: Are you making your Sweet Tooth block with fabric from your stash, from a quilt, in a BOM program or did you buy some special fabric just for making your own version of Sweet Tooth? Remember to share your photos on social media with the #SweetToothQuilt tag & have fun!
Now that Tula Pink's Chipper is in stores, I wanted to give you more info on the fabrics I used to make my Chipper Boomerang quilt that I showed you back in March.
I made this lap size color blocked version of my Boomerang quilt using Chipper. I added in a bit of True Colors and Eden as well.
Follow the directions on the bottom of page 2 of the pattern using the "Fat Quarter" section. To get the color blocked look you will want all of your blocks to end up 1 color and not scrappy. Pick 2 fabrics that are orange and make all orange blocks. Continue with green and then purple.
Here is a closer look at the orange section.
And here is the purple section.
I was torn on which stripe to use for the binding, so I decided to use all 3. The result is pretty cool, but it was a lot of work and I don't know if I would do it again.
Honestly it was a lot of trial and error and getting to know my seam ripper better than I wanted to! The seams to put the binding colors together are sewn at a 60 degree angle rather than the 45 degree angle we are all used to using.
Since the front had a lot going on... I decided to keep the back simple and use Free Fall by Tula Pink in one large piece.
What fabrics are you using to make a Boomerang quilt? Tell us about it in the comments below.
And don't forget to use the hashtag #BoomerangQuilt on social media so we can share in the fun!


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Sales Are My Kryptonite
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I was recently talking to a few of my coworkers about gaming. I think we all agreed that the perfect day was waking up, eating, gaming, napping, eating, gaming, …repeat until you have to earn money for electricity and high speed data. One thing that we all had in common was the fact that we still had quite a lot of games we still needed to play. I know I have Xbox 360 games that are still sealed. One of my coworkers said he had PS2 games still in the wrapper as well. How did we get like this? Is life really that much in the way that we have unwrapped PS2 games. I'm ashamed to say, but I do have some Dead Or Alive PS2 and Xbox games I have yet to play. Yet, that didn't stop me from getting me an Xbox 360 when it came out.
My justification at that time was that I couldn't play my favorite next gen games on the old consoles. I wanted to play games in true HD. I had just purchased a 3D HDTV. I needed to play Batman Arkham Asylum in 3D. I did the same thing when the PS4 and Xbox One came out. I purchased both systems, and I know have PS4 and Xbox One games that I have yet to play. Of course, I can use the excuse that I have no storage available on my PS4.
Still, I rhapsodized how I could still be doing this. I know what my reasoning was: SALES. Initially, there weren't many games out for either system. I purchased my PS4 first and bought Battlefield 4, Assassins Creed Black Flag, and Call Of Duty Ghosts. I have yet to finish any of those games. I've started on each but never finished one game. Black Friday came around and every store was offering incredible deals. I purchased the Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked and that was all she wrote. I bought more games. At the same time, I was seeing more Xbox One games on sale than PS4. I rationalized that I needed to get as much as I could out of GCU so I purchased an Xbox One. I purchased even more games. I have yet to finish one next gen game.
I had Gamefly, and it was a waste for me. I would play the game a few times and then forget about it. I kept Far Cry 4 for two months to only play it once. By that time, Target had a couple of sales of buy 2 games and get one free that I had to jump on. Every week some merchant was offering a game I wanted on sale. Now to me, a sale on a next gen game is 39.99 or lower. The game has to be 39.99 for me to even consider it. 29.99 has me watching gameplay on youtube. 19.99 has my sale.
Now don't get me wrong, there are times where I will play daily for weeks and then stop. I was playing Forza Motorsport 5 daily for almost a month. I even bought the Thrustmaster Ferrari 458 Spider Racing Wheel. I used the wheel maybe six times, if that. Ebay had a digital code of Forza Horizons 2 that was $27. At the time, the lowest I had seen the disc price was $48 from Best Buy. I've played that game twice. That's it. I went back to Forza Motorsport 5 and then Halo. Then I stopped playing for a few months. In that time, I probably purchased more games.
I watched E3 to find out what other new games I could purchase. It's like a sickness almost but it's really stupidity. I justify these purchases by saying I got these games on sale; when if I had just waited until I actually got around to playing the games, the prices would probably be lower because newer version would have been released.
The sad thing is that I will probably purchase Forza Motorsport 6, Need For Speed, and Rainbow 6 Siege when they're released for them to sit on the shelf with the rest of their friends until I get a chance to play them.
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After 16 years of broadcasting illegally as a pirate radio station, London's Rinse FM has finally secured an FM radio license. For those of you thinking it will change the forward-thinking station's style or format, the crew announced in their press release, "the license will allow us to continue our mission, broadcasting in the pirate format that we and our listeners know and love." As the primary source for new dubstep, grime, drum & bass, garage, and more, not to mention a top-notch team of DJs and MCs, Rinse will continue as the pulse of London's underground urban music scene, let's hope for at least another 16 years.


A new survey argues criminals should get rehabilitation rather than punishment. The recommendation comes straight from crime victims themselves.
The study says one in three Illinoisans have been a victim of crime in the last decade. More likely to be victimized are people who are younger and lower-income, as well as blacks, Latinos and residents of Chicago.
Lenore Anderson is president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, which commissioned the survey. She says contrary to the conventional wisdom, a majority of victims do not support long prison sentences.
"Crime victims see over incarceration as something that could contribute to future crime, which is not what anybody wants."
The study also found a majority of crime victims would rather judges decide the best prison sentence … on a case-by-case basis, rather than having mandatory minimum sentences set by law.


Everyone uses different criteria to select a new doctor. But, is the insurance company's network part of your list? You may wonder "how does it impact me and why should I even care?" Well, unless money grows on trees at your house, paying attention to whether or not your healthcare providers are in your insurance company's network is a good idea and an excellent way to save, or at the very least avoid paying more than what's necessary. While in-network and out-of-network terminology sounds confusing, this guide will help you to understand the impact of your insurance company's network.
Your insurer has identified a group of providers who are "in-network" and has contracted with these providers on your behalf to get services at "discounted" rates. The primary advantage of using an in-network provider is that you receive this negotiated or discounted rate for their services, and your insurance generally picks up a larger portion of the bill than with an out-of-network provider. For an example of how the network may affect your pocketbook, see the next page.
An example: A visit to an in-network physician may charge $100 for an office visit. Your insurance company has contracted with them to discount this visit to $60. If your insurance company covers 80% of the cost, the patient responsibility would be $12. Compare with an out-of-network physician that also charges $100 for the visit. Without the negotiated rate from your insurance company, your cost will remain $100. For out-of-network providers and care, your insurance may only cover 50%, making your patient responsibility $50.
I Went to an In-Network Provider. Why Weren't All of my Services Covered?
Remember, just because a provider is in-network, it does NOT mean all the healthcare services and treatments you receive will be covered. Using an in-network provider simply means that when you receive services from the provider, your insurance will get you the negotiated rate for the services. They will then provide you with the coverage outlined in your policy. Insurance plans can be confusing, so make sure to check your insurance policy (you should receive a booklet that outlines the scope of your coverage) when you have questions about your coverage.
Issue 1: Are They In or Are They Out? How Do I Find Out Who's In-Network?
What to do: Check with your provider when you schedule a visit or before you receive services (when you check in for the appointment). They will need to know your insurance, possibly your group number as well as your "network." All of this information should be on your insurance card.
It's possible to go to an in-network provider and receive services from a provider who is out-of-network. A common example might be that you go to a physician for a checkup and have lab work done. The lab company may be out-of-network. Another fairly common example is that the hospital where a surgery is performed may be in-network but the anesthesiologist is out-of-network.
What to do: Awareness that this could happen is the first step to prevention. When you are verifying an appointment of this nature, be sure to ask network questions. If you specifically asked and were not told ahead of time that you were receiving services from an out-of-network provider, the out-of-network provider may be more likely to provide in-network pricing. Contact your insurance company and make them aware of the situation and enlist their help in sorting out what an in-network price should have been. They will have leverage with the providers that you may not.
As we've discussed, going to an out-of-network provider tends to be more expensive, but it happens. Sometimes you can't help being out-of-network – if you're out of town or your current insurance plan has a limited network.
What to do: Be up front with the provider. Tell them you know they are out-of-network and that you would like to receive the in-network negotiated rate if possible. Get that from them in advance and in writing to save yourself countless hours of headache and expense later. Also, be aware that your payments may not be applied to your deductible. Once you've met your deductible, out-of-network expenses may be your responsibility to pay either in full or a substantially larger portion. It's a good idea to check with your insurance carrier to make sure you understand your plan specifics. Being aware of the potential exposure and knowing the appropriate questions to ask will help you to navigate the system.
Allowed Amount: usually refers to the amount of payment a provider has agreed to accept for a service, treatment, or product under the terms of their negotiated contract with the insurance company. This can also refer to the maximum amount the insurance company will "allow" a provider to bill for a service, whether they are in or out-of-network.
Billed or Charged Amount: is the amount initially billed by a provider for a service, treatment or product.
In-Network: refers to providers who are contracted with an individual's insurer to provide services at a pre-determined rate.
Insurance Policy: is a contact between the insured individual and the insurance company detailing which health and medical services are covered by the insurer and the price for coverage paid by the individual.
Network Discount: is the amount by which a provider's bill is adjusted as a result of a negotiated rate covered under a negotiated capitated contract between the provider and the insurer. The network discount term often appears on an Explanation of Benefits, but it does not appear on all since those forms vary by insurer. Insurers use many variations on this term including Adjustment, etc.
Out-of-Network: refers to providers who are not directly contracted with an individual's insurer to provide services at a pre-determined rate. Most insurers maintain a capitated contract with the providers commonly used by their insured. Many of these contracts are regionally confined since insurers are authorized on a state by state basis as a result of ERISA.
Patient Responsibility: is the amount that you owe the provider based on information sent from your provider to your insurance company. This should include any co-payments, deductibles, co-insurance and/or excluded charges.
Pre-Negotiated Discount: also referred to as network discount, is the amount by which a provider's bill is adjusted as a result of a negotiated rate agreed upon between the provider and the insurer.
Source: G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Let's say you belong to a PPO (preferred provider organization). You need surgery and decide to do some checking on which of the surgeons "on the panel" you want to use. Your regular doctor has made an appointment for you with an orthopedist but you have three friends who in the recent past have had a horrible experience with this particular surgeon and you want no part of this guy. You are wondering why "your doctor" recommended you to this particular orthopedist.
Two other orthopedists are in "the network." Both it turns out have horrible reputations in the community. Both are also employees of a big hospital and as a loyal reader of this blog you know that means that if a conflict presents itself between what's best for you versus what's best for the surgeon's boss…well..you know how that's going to go. And if the surgeons could work for themselves, why would they work for someone else?
Everyone you know that has had surgery at a particular surgery center you know about is thrilled with the care and the service they received there. You decide that's where you want to go and begin to seek a surgeon that operates at that facility. You make an appointment with your regular doctor to let them know where you stand and to seek his assistance.
"You can't go there!" "I sent you to an excellent surgeon!" "None of those guys over there are in your network!" "It will cost you a fortune!" This guy was your doctor long before he went to work for the hospital, but now you are seeing that he too, is compromised.
Your deductible is $1500 if you stay in your network. Your deductible is $3000 if you go out of your network. Your insurance company has actually acted in violation of state law by acting as if these deductibles don't "cross apply." That means that if you have met your "in network" deductible of $1500, and you go "out of network," you start over at dollar 1. You don't start at $1501.
OK. Your PPO pays 80/20 if you stay "in network." It pays 60/40 if you go "out of network." This means that the insurance company will pay 80% of the "allowable bill," and you pay 20% of the same "allowable" amount, if you stay in network. It means that your insurance company will pay 60% of the "allowable bill" if you go "out of network" and you pay 40% of the same "allowable" amount. Still with me?
No surgery centers are "in network" with your insurance company….only "not for profit" hospitals are "in network." The allowable amount for your surgical procedure at the "in network" hospitals is much more than the allowable amount for your surgery were it to be done at an outpatient facility (get that?…actually a completely different number!). Let's keep going.
Allowable amount at the "in network" hospital = $25,000. After you pay your deductible ($1500), you owe 20% of ($25,000-1500), or $4700. Your total "out of pocket" expense is ($4700 + $1500), or $6200. If you have already met your deductible for the year, your "out of pocket" expense is the $4700 figure.
Allowable amount at the "out of network" surgery center = $2650. Your "out of network" deductible remember is $3000. Your deductible is more than the insurance company allows for payment for the entire procedure at the surgery center! You are better off paying for the entire surgery "out of pocket" at the surgery center, insurance not being involved at all, than staying "in the network." If you have met any of your "out of network" deductible at all, this decision becomes even more apparent.
Your PPO representative says "Wait! That's not fair! 'Out of network' providers can charge whatever they want and aren't constrained by our fee schedule!" Wrong. Your insurance company is going to pay an "out of network provider" from a fee schedule, not based on any charges the facility generates. Furthermore, the "out of network" provider is boxed in by the "in network" fee schedule for this reason: should the charges "out of network" be too high, the price pressure difference will push patients back into their restrictive network.
The numbers I have used above are from an actual case. I would like to tell you that the above situation is unusual. It is not. Patients many times are financially better off to go outside of their network. Insurance companies spend a lot of time and resources spreading fear about "out of network" experiences. Some are sending letters to patients telling them (falsely) that they spent too much money for their care because they went "out of the network." Physicians are receiving threats from insurance companies for having operated on patients at facilities outside of the network.
Questions. Did you notice how much the insurance company paid out of their pocket for the above surgery? Zero. You would think they would be thrilled! What's eating at them? Why are they threatening physicians and lying to patients? What on earth would make them want to change this arrangement? You would think that their profits would soar the more patients exercised the "out of network" option, wouldn't you? After all, aren't their profits just the premiums collected minus the claims paid?
Obviously there's more to it. If you have followed this blog you have an understanding of the "PPO repricing fee" scam and how that works. This is the bizarre situation created by insurers receiving fees for reducing exorbitant hospital bills, an activity that perversely leads insurers to seek out the most expensive providers. "Leakage" out of the network also threatens the continuation of certain "discounts" offered to the insurance companies by the big hospitals for various services.


Groundwater pumping can deplete streamflow by intercepting groundwater which would have otherwise flown into a stream or converting a stream from gaining to losing, a type of groundwater capture known as 'streamflow depletion'. Since streamflow depletion cannot be observed directly, it must be modeled using either numerical or analytical models. Numerical models represent processes more accurately, but building a numerical model requires significant time, money, and expertise. Analytical models, in contrast, can be implemented more rapidly but contain many potentially problematic assumptions.
My postdoctoral work, in partnership with Foundry Spatial and The Nature Conservancy, is testing analytical models in a variety of hydrogeologic settings to determine when and under what conditions they can be used as conservative screening tools to ensure that groundwater pumping does not deplete streamflow below environmental flow requirements. This is leading to the development of a next-generation online tool for conjunctive groundwater and surface water management in British Columbia and California.
Comparison of different depletion apportionment equations (from Zipper et al., 2018). The 'web' and 'web squared' methods were developed and introduced in this study.
Our results found that the web squared method, which we developed to explicitly consider stream geometry, performed the best among all depletion apportionment equations in a study near Nanaimo, BC.


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What ESG issues are likely to be raised with directors this proxy season?- #WorldEarthDay
by Brandon Russell | Apr 22, 2022
This article by JOHANNA WOLDAI, ESG Analyst, ESG and Investment Stewardship Team at American Century, features as part of IFA Magazine's celebration of World Earth Day.
A turbulent 2020 provided a strong tailwind to 2021 as investors increasingly used proxy voting to express their views on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. In fact, 2021 was a breakthrough year for shareholder advocacy.
A record number of shareholder proposals related to environmental and social (E&S) issues won majority support in 2021—23% compared to 13% in 2020—thanks to the strong push from investors (and society in general) for companies to integrate E&S disclosures and targets into their business practices.
Climate change continued to be at the top of the agenda for investors. The tide clearly shifted in June when a historic vote at ExxonMobil resulted in activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 winning three of Exxon's 12 board seats.
A new type of shareholder proposal requesting a "Say on Climate" was on the ballot at a handful of U.S. companies. None passed, but the proposals received a fairly high level of support for first-time initiatives.
As similar proposals become increasingly popular, we expect company management and directors to address shareholders' climate-related concerns more proactively. While shareholder proposals in the U.S. are not legally binding (as they tend to be in Europe), they are a significant tool through which to influence management.
Efforts to increase board diversity and disclosure took a big step forward in 2021. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved proposed rule changes that will require each Nasdaq-listed company (subject to certain exceptions) to have at least two diverse board members or explain why it does not. The new listing standards also will require companies to disclose board-level diversity statistics annually.
Here are five issues that are likely to be raised with company board of directors, both in the US and globally in this proxy season:
Board Diversity (Gender and Racial/Ethnic)
The social justice protests of 2020 intensified discussions about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as a key corporate priority for 2021. With both engagement and expectations regarding this issue increasing, investors are pushing for boards of directors of public companies to become more balanced with respect to gender and racial and ethnic diversity.
As a result, proxy voting/corporate governance advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis have enhanced their policies on board diversity. Investors continue to express interest in improving boards' gender diversity because research shows that having women on the board improves company performance and corporate governance.
While there is currently no mandate for companies to publicly disclose race or gender statistics for their workforces, there has been a push for U.S. firms to disclose the demographic data the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires all private-sector employers with 100 or more employees to submit annually through its EEO-1 reporting system.
In July 2020, the New York City Retirement System launched a campaign calling on 67 companies to back their statements regarding racial equality, diversity and inclusion with concrete action by publicly disclosing their EEO-1 data annually. By April 2021, 62 of the firms in the S&P 100® Index either had disclosed this data or had committed to doing so because of this campaign.
Separately, shareholder proposals requesting independent "racial equity audits" of public companies' impacts on civil rights, equity, diversity and inclusion emerged in 2021. These proposals received an average of more than 30% support, and beginning in 2022, ISS will recommend voting on such proposals on a case-by-case basis.
2. Climate change
Climate change continues to be front and centre for ESG-focused proposals, both in terms of the number of shareholder resolutions and their success rate. Most climate proposals in 2021 took aim at oil and gas companies, electric utilities and the transportation sector. We expect climate-related issues to continue as the top priority for investors in 2022.
Say-on-Climate proposals asking companies to publish climate action plans appeared in 2020 and were a notable trend in 2021. ISS reports over two dozen management Say-on-Climate proposals were on the ballot across the globe last year.
Beginning in 2022, ISS will make voting recommendations on Say-on-Climate shareholder and management proposals on a case-by-case basis, depending on factors that include a company's disclosures and actual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
While these proposals were not as successful in receiving majority voting as resolutions related to reduction targets last year, they did receive fairly strong support given they are still new on the scene. Other climate proposals on the rise are related to reducing plastic packaging and deforestation.
Lobbying and Political Contributions Spending
Shareholder proposals to increase transparency with respect to companies' political activities succeeded in record numbers during the 2021 proxy season. Investors strongly supported measures seeking increased disclosures about corporate campaign contributions and lobbying.
Shareholders want companies to disclose how their climate lobbying activities impact their stated GHG targets as linked to the Paris Agreement's main goal of reducing global GHG emissions in an effort to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius.
Several majority votes in 2021 that we believe are worth highlighting include:
At United Airlines, over 65% of shareholders voted in favour of reporting climate lobbying.
At ExxonMobil, 55% of shareholders voted to disclose all lobbying, and 63% voted for disclosure of climate lobbying.
Shareholders at Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase and Pfizer requested analyses of whether political and electioneering expenditures aligned with the companies' publicly stated corporate values. Across the three companies, the proposals garnered an average of 38.4% support. In contrast, similar proposals at different firms received shareholder support of just 6.5% in 2016 and 6% in 2015. Although Glass Lewis does not support these proposals, ISS began endorsing them in 2021.
Board Accountability—ESG-Linked Pay
Historically, executive compensation has incentivized senior management to increase shareholder returns and focus on business strategies. We have noticed an increase in ESG-linked pay initiatives related to health/safety, human capital management, DEI, and climate change through our engagement efforts. In 2021, several companies introduced ESG-linked pay to boost their sustainability credentials, including Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen and Apple.
To improve ESG oversight and board accountability, we believe companies should incorporate ESG metrics into executive compensation, incentivizing senior management to take their sustainability goals seriously.
Stakeholders are increasingly pushing for ESG metrics to be included among more traditional KPIs in determining executive compensation. With the increase of proxy "Say-on-Pay" votes, investors can influence pay structures.
ISS recommends voting for some proposals linking executive compensation to sustainability criteria, considering, among other things, whether the company has systems in place to monitor social and environmental performance and the degree to which industry peers have incorporated similar non-financial criteria in their executive pay practices.
According to a 2020 Willis Towers Watson global survey, four in five companies plan to include ESG measures in executive pay plans over the next three years. In 2022, we expect the trend of companies introducing ESG-linked pay to grow.
Human Rights and Civil Rights Due Diligence
Institutional investors' obligation to respect human rights is defined—as it is for all businesses—in the U.N.'s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Failure to uphold these principles can erode investor trust, jeopardizing public companies' social license to operate.
Companies with connections to sensitive regions exposed to human rights violations, such as the world witnessed in Myanmar and China's Xinjiang region, face reputational risk by association. For example, the February 20221 military coup in Myanmar led companies with operations linked to the region to come under increased pressure from international rights groups and investors.
Investors are increasingly asking us to engage with companies exposed to human rights abuses, including through their supply chains. As highlighted in our Modern Slavery Statement, American Century Investments evaluates modern slavery risks associated with Uyghur forced labour originating in Xinjiang.
For example, in 2021, we reached out to Asics using our official Modern Slavery approach to engagement due to the spotlight on labour rights abuses over cotton sourcing in Xinjiang. We believe the pandemic increased the focus on human rights (e.g., fast-fashion brand Boohoo), and active ownership will be vital in fighting social harms in 2022.
The number of proposals focused on human rights risk assessments increased in 2021. At year-end, the U.N. Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) announced a new initiative to address human rights and social issues through stewardship activities. ISS reports that social issues such as human rights, labour rights and consumer rights comprised two-thirds of the news it monitored in 2021 about corporate failures to manage ESG risks.
As a global organization and corporate citizen, American Century Investments strongly opposes slavery and human rights violations.
We believe active ownership is essential to ESG integration. As long-term investors, actively engaging with our investee companies as stewards, as well as voting shares in the best interest of clients, are integral components of our investment process and our commitment to serving clients.
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Gabriel Byrne Quotes
Best Quotations by Gabriel Byrne
And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
— Gabriel Byrne
Difficult Quite
I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.
His Up Thing
It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place.
Spider Other Levels
O'Neill presents a very complex multi-layered kind of challenge. His characters are always deeply complex and, to a great extent, inaccessible.
Great Extent Kind Complex
The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.
Continue Those
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.'
Die Anything Give
I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
Would I
I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
Everybody More Devil
I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.
Place Public Ridiculous
What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.
Nelson Stage Willie Nelson
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
Bad Find Thumb
Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.
Really I Sound
About Gabriel Byrne
Nationality: Irish
Star Sign: Taurus
He played football in Dublin with the Stella Maris Football Club in Drumcondra. He also received the Honorary Patronage of the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin on February 20 2007. [citation needed]
In January 2011 he spoke in an interview on The Meaning of Life about being sexually abused by priests during his childhood.
His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken.


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History Of Girlscouts
March 12, 2012 will mark the one hundredth anniversary of the inception of the Girl Scouts. In 1912 the history of girlscouts begins with a woman named Juliette Gordon Low inviting 18 girls to join the first troop and go camping and learn to play sports like basketball.
The history of Girlscouts shows us that the very first uniforms worn by the girls were blue in color and they made them themselves. In just four short years membership was up to 5,000 girls and they no longer had to make their uniforms themselves. Uniforms made the first change to khaki and were made specifically for the scouts.
By 1916, the girls had their own handbook and as membership increased there became a need for a national training center for troop leaders and local councils. World War I brought the girls into doing things for the war effort like, collecting scrap metal and collecting peach pits for use in gas mask filters. They also worked in hospitals and sold war bonds.
Badges could be earned by completing the requirements set forth by the councils for 25 different badges. Earning badges was one way that the girls could not only help the community but help themselves by increasing self-esteem and confidence in their new abilities, as well. The badges meant you were accomplishing what you were asked to do and also helped you move on up in the rankings.
1917 brought about the first ever sale of Girl Scout Cookies. First made in kitchens of the members and their mothers, it was a way to offset the money being spent by the founder, Juliette Low, who originally sold her very treasured pearl necklace, to finance troop activities.
Who doesn't look forward to this time of year when the girls get out and start selling? We all have our favorites and can't wait to have a box or two all to ourselves! We usually buy a couple extra boxes and put them in the freezer for later-in-the-year enjoyment.
Today, there are approximately 4 million girls, and leaders or other volunteers, who proudly call themselves Girl Scouts in the United States of America and many more in many other countries to the tune of approximately 10 million girls and women in 145 countries.
The girls are continually striving to make this world a better place for all by discovering the «fun, friendship and power of girls together.» The girls are encouraged to realize and reach their full potential and become strong, confident women willing to go the extra mile for not only their communities but for themselves and the world.
There is a museum in New York City, on Fifth Street, where one can go to see the history of girlscouts with over 60,000 photographs, 7,000 publications, 5,000 periodicals, 650 Girl Scout uniforms and other memorabilia dating back to the beginning including a media section with all sorts of material, some dating all the way back to 1918.
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Redskins' Adrian Peterson aiming for 2,000-yard season at 34
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Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson led the team in rushing last season. Peterson ranks No. 8 all-time with 13,318 rushing yards during his decorated NFL career. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
June 5 (UPI) -- Future Hall of Fame running back Adrian Peterson has a goal of 2,000 rushing yards during his 2019 campaign with the Washington Redskins.
Peterson, 34, ran for 1,042 yards and seven scores on 251 carries in 16 starts last season for Washington. The 12-year veteran spent his first 10 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings before signing with the New Orleans Saints in 2017. He was traded to the Arizona Cardinals that same season, before being cut in March 2018. The Redskins initially signed Peterson in August.
Washington signed Peterson to a two-year contract extension in March. He plans on reviving his MVP form.
"If God's willing, I can duplicate that and do it even better," Peterson told reporters Tuesday, according to NFL Network. "I got my mark set at 2,000, I've always had it at that mark since I stepped into the league. So that's where it's at."
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"But most importantly, I just want to contribute to the team and help this team win a championship."
The seven-time Pro Bowl selection and four-time All-Pro last rushed for 2,000 yards in 2012, when he led the league with 2,097 yards on 348 carries for the Vikings. Peterson also won the NFL MVP award during that campaign.
Peterson was the No. 20 running back in football last season, according to Pro Football Focus. He had seven games with at least 90 rushing yards.
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The veteran superstar could have a tough time carving out the workload for 2,000 yards for reasons unrelated to his age. Derrius Guice -- a second round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft -- did not play last season due to a knee injury. He is expected to be ready for training camp.
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Q: How is the correct MTU used for connections through an IGW on EC2 If you bring up a couple of default image VMs in the default VPC in EC2, they will generally have their interface MTU set to 9001. If you sent TCP traffic between those two instances using their private IP addresses, it is easy to verify that full 9K jumbo frames are used (e.g., by examining interface stats and calculating the packet size as "TX bytes / TX cnt").
If you send data between the two instances using the public IP, or just out to the internet, it is similarly easy to verify that an MTU of 1500 bytes is being used.
So everything "just works" - but how?
How is the MTU of 1500 selected for packets that will traverse the internet gateway? There's nothing set up in the routes that would enable this, and all incoming ICMP is blocked by default (and in these tests) by the security group so PMTU should not be working.

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Guinea-Bissau in Portuguese República da Guiné-Bissau is in West Africa. Guinea Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west. It covers 36,125 km² (nearly 14,000 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,600,000. Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, as well as part of the Mali Empire. Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century, while a few others were part of the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. Guinea Bissau then became Portuguese Guinea in the 19th century. Upon independence, declared in 1973 and recognised in 1974, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name to prevent confusion with the bordering Republic of Guinea. Only 14% of the population speaks the official language, Portuguese. A plurality of the population (44%) speaks Kriol, a Portuguese-based creole language, and the remainder speak native African languages. The main religions are African traditional religions and Islam, and there is a Christian (mostly Catholic) minority. Guinea-Bissau is a member of the African Union, Economic Community of West African States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Latin Union, Community of Portuguese Language Countries, La Francophonie and the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone. The country's per-capita gross domestic product is one of the lowest in the world.