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Former Vermont Electric Co-op CEO Christine Hallquist, seen here campaigning in Brattleboro on Aug. 12, won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Aug. 14 to become the first transgender woman to win a major party's nomination for governor.
Hallquist faces Scott for governor in November
Transgender Democrat makes political history in four-way race; Republican fends off primary challenge from fiscal right
With additional reporting by Joyce Marcel and Jeff Potter.
By Randolph T. Holhut/The Commons
BRATTLEBORO—Vermont voters made history on Aug. 14, as Christine Hallquist of Hyde Park won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Hallquist, the former CEO of the Vermont Electric Co-op, became the nation's first openly transgender woman to win the gubernatorial nomination for a major political party.
She will now face Republican incumbent Phil Scott in the general election on Nov. 6.
"I am so proud to be the face of the Democratic Party tonight," said Hallquist to a cheering crowd that jammed into the Skinny Pancake restaurant in Burlington for her victory party. "Tonight, we made history."
Hallquist was facing James Ehlers of Winooski, Brenda Siegel of Newfane, Ethan Sonneborn of Bristol, and a write-in candidate, state Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex-Orleans.
With 99 percent of districts reporting election results at press time, Hallquist had earned 48.26 percent of the vote.
Ehlers and Siegel were virtually tied at 22.1 and 21.4 percent, respectively, and Sonneborn, at 14 years old, pulled in almost 8.2 percent.
Hallquist praised her opponents for running honorable campaigns.
"We showed the nation what democracy looks like," she said.
Despite speculation that Phil Scott would lose many votes due to signing gun-control legislation earlier this year, the incumbent Republican governor easily turned aside a primary challenge by Keith Stern of Springfield, a business owner who framed the race on his website as a fight against "a swollen, bloated state government."
At press time, 24,206 voters had given Scott 67.5 percent of the vote to Stern's 11,634 votes from 32.4 percent of Republican ballots.
In the lieutenant governor's race, incumbent David Zuckerman ran unopposed, as did Republican challenger Don Turner Jr. of Milton.
Better turnout than expected
Turnout was expected to be light for the primary, but voters showed up in numbers that exceeded recent trends.
According to unofficial figures from the office of Secretary of State Jim Condos, approximately 50,000 cast a Democratic ballot for the primary election, as did approximately 35,000 who voted in the Republican contest.
Traditionally, off-year primaries attract fewer voters than turn out for presidential-year elections. According to data from the Vermont Secretary of State's office, only 9 percent of voters — 17,000 in the Republican primary and 22,000 in the Democratic primary — cast ballots in 2014.
However, having a primary in a presidential year doesn't guarantee a big turnout. In 2016, 11.5 percent of voters, about 46,000 in all, cast ballots.
One potential cause is that presidential primaries are held on Town Meeting Day, which gave voters already engaged in local issues a second reason to engage in the process. Another is that Vermont party primaries used to be held on the second Tuesday in September, but since 2010, they have been held on the second Tuesday in August, when many voters are away or disengaged.
A protest candidate with a strategy
While Windham County saw three contested primary races [see story this issue], there was only token opposition in the statewide races.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch easily won the Democratic nomination for their offices, as did State Treasurer Beth Pearce, State Auditor Doug Hoffer, Secretary of State Jim Condos, and State Attorney General T.J. Donovan.
The interesting thing, however, was that all six faced the same candidate.
Vermont is unusual that candidates can run for multiple offices, and H. Brooke Paige took advantage by running in the Republican primary for U.S. House and Senate, treasurer, auditor, secretary of state, and attorney general.
Paige, a perennial Republican candidate who ran and lost races for both auditor and governor in 2014 and 2016, has a reason for this approach.
He told Vermont Public Radio in June that the multi-office run was both a protest of Vermont's open-primary system and a way of calling attention to the lack of candidate recruitment by the GOP.
By running for six offices, Paige ensured that Democrats who take Republican ballots would not be able to write in Democratic candidates where the GOP failed to field a candidate.
Welch originally faced two Democratic candidates — Dr. Dan Frelich of West Windsor and Ben Mitchell of Westminster — but Mitchell dropped out of the race during a VPR debate earlier this month.
Both Frelich and Mitchell vigorously criticized Welch for taking corporate contributions for his campaign.
Paige ran against Ayna Tynio of Charleston for the Republican nomination.
Incumbent Bernie Sanders was opposed by Folasade Adeluola for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
Paige faced three other candidates for the Republican nomination — Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente of San Diego, Calif., Jasdeep Pannu of Essex, and Lawrence Zupan of Manchester.
Originally published in The Commons issue #472 (Wednesday, August 15, 2018). This story appeared on page A1.
• Unofficial results and interactive map from Vermont Secretary of State
More by Randolph T. Holhut


The Canadian online gambling situation is completely different from the many other countries. Even though the online gambling market is technically regulated, in reality, every province has its own online gambling laws with many of them having even their own online gambling products and state-owned websites. Unlike the more aggressive Quebec province that tried to impose the state monopoly on the local online gambling market (with those attempts luckily failed), Ontario policies are much more liberal.
While the Ontario allows its local residents to play in any foreign online casino they want as long as the casino is ready to accept the Canadian real money bets, it has also introduced the state-owned online casino PlayOLG. The website was open to the Ontario gamblers in 2015 with the aim of Canadian online gambling market modernization and attraction of the financial resources to the local budget instead of all the players' money going to the offshore online casinos.
On the first glance, the PlayOLG seems to be a decent Ontario online casino not the most state-of-the-art one yet quite promising. It has a responsive customer support, it's mobile-friendly and has its own online casino app available for iOS and Android devices, and it offers a sufficient choice of games including progressive jackpots, video slots, table games, various lotteries, and horse race betting options.
But if you look closer at the PlayOLG website and its product, it appears that the situation is not that optimistic and in reality, the state-owned online casino can't really stand the competition with the much more up-to-date international online casinos having the wider selection of gambling games, the more lucrative bonuses, and, what's even more important, the smoother technical performance.
According to the players' reports on Reddit, the website doesn't work as good as it should: some of them complained not to get the confirmation letters at all, some of them waited for the verification process to be completed much longer than they were ready to wait, some of them were dissatisfied with the possible payment options. At the same time, the international online gambling websites have tons of the positive reviews from the gamblers from all over the world making the choice of the online casino to play for real money quite obvious.
In fact, the figures for the PlayOLG revenues clearly show that it's definitely not the most popular online casino in the area. In 2017, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (that's what OLG stands for) had to cut its revenue forecasts by 75%, quite a lot for the local and ambitious online casinos. Lately, in 2018, the situation started to become more positive with the revenues rising up to 84% when compared with the previous year. Despite the significant increase in profits, the authorities still think that the international online casinos are negatively affecting the PlayOLG success so the time might come when the province would decide to follow in the Quebec footsteps towards the complete state monopoly over the local online gambling possibilities.
The Canadian players still believe that the best way to stand the competition with the offshore websites is to improve the conditions and the technical functionality of the PlayOLG online casino instead of censoring the Internet and creating the doubtful products like the Hit or Miss Lottery launched by the Ontario online casino early in 2018. The lottery was accused of deliberately attracting players having gambling-related issues as it showed the new winner being announced every five minutes. Though the game is still fair, it doesn't look like the one that will increase the local online casino popularity or draw more online gambling funds to the province budget.
Until the situation changes significantly, the Ontario players will probably continue making their bets in many international online casinos having much alluring games and bonuses.


The old adage 'you are what you eat' is totally appropriate when it comes to selecting the right kind of foods to get dewy, glowing skin. Skin saving super foods not only improves the elasticity of the skin, but it also retards the natural skin aging process which can include the formation of fine lines and wrinkles. Super foods not only maintains the natural moisture levels of the skin but these nutrient dense foods can boost skin's collagen production as well.
Avocado contains a glut of skin friendly nutrients. Avocados contain healthy fats as also a powerful carotenoid called lutein which preserves the skin's natural moisture levels. The potent tri-peptide, glutathione which is present in avocados can retard the natural ageing process of the skin. Consistent intake of avocados in the form of smoothies and salads can also maintain the skin's natural elasticity and its lipid content.
The deep blue colored luscious blueberries is your secret weapon to glowing, healthy skin. Loaded with antioxidants and vitamin C these delicious berries can stave off the damaging effects of inflammation and oxidation. The high water content of blueberries can help to maintain the natural moisture levels of the skin. For gorgeously healthy skin, eat a single handful of these berries every day.
Oily fish like salmon contains healthy Omega-3 fatty acids which keeps the skin superbly supple. Salmon has high amounts of selenium as well. This mineral acts as a natural skin barrier against the harmful UVA and UVB rays of the sun. Eating salmons regularly can also diminish the production of inflammatory substances which can harm skin cells. Ideally, this super food should be eaten poached or raw ( in the form of sushi).
Gooey, delicious dark chocolate (especially those which contains seventy percent or more cacao) is the ultimate super food for healthy skin. Dark chocolate contains a cocktail of potent antioxidants and flavonoids that can boost blood flow to the skin. Eating dark chocolate consistently can markedly reduce skin damage brought on by the natural ageing process.


Glowing in the summer sun, this small, but perfectly formed red limewash royal palace was the family home of Georgian royalty; King George III, in particular, loved it, and lived here with Queen Charlotte and their children.
Set within the fantastic Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on the south bank of the River Thames, Kew Palace is grade I listed and – along with its pretty outbuildings – is available for you to hire and share with your guests on your wedding day as a truly unique wedding venue.
Kew Palace is licensed for civil weddings and partnerships.
The King's Dining Room and The King's Breakfast Room offer intimate spaces for you to host your wedding breakfast or reception. Featuring furnishings and interiors that look much like they did when King George III reigned, these rooms are full of character and grandeur.
The Queen's Garden is an enclosed garden that lies directly next to the palace. Perfect for summer wedding receptions, its gorgeous 17th-century style offers an exquisite back drop for wedding photos. Situated next to the riverside, it includes a gazebo, Florentine sculpture, and a 'mount' crowned with a rotunda. Only plants and herbs known in the 17th century are grown in this garden.Queen Charlotte's Cottage is full of charm – close to the palace, this cottage was created as a rustic retreat for royal picnics. It features a beautiful terracotta-tiled floor and a Print Room in which hang 150 satirical engravings. Upstairs, George III's daughter, Elizabeth, decorated the walls and ceiling with paintings of trailing nasturtiums and convolvulus.
Queen's Garden 40 guests for a reception.
With your very own dedicated wedding coordinator from Kew Palace's experienced events team, you can be sure you'll receive the royal treatment when you book your wedding here. On hand throughout the planning process as well as on the big day, you will feel able to relax knowing that first-class professionals are taking care of the needs of both you and your guests.You and your guests will also be able tour the palace and Royal Kitchens, and view areas that are not typically accessible to the public.


Authorities seeking to identify two people.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Iowa - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of an early-morning shooting Sunday.
Authorities responded around 1:30 a.m. near the Dows exit off of Interstate-35 in Franklin County.
Authorities say the victim was transported to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa for treatment.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating the circumstances.
The public is being asked to help identify two individuals who were captured on video at a nearby convenience store prior to the shooting. The black male and female were driving a gray or silver 4-door SUV, possibly a Jeep Cherokee.
The Iowa State Patrol, Wright County Sheriff's Office, Franklin General Hospital, and West Franklin First Responders also assisted with this incident.


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goog.provide('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.SignInTest');
goog.setTestOnly('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.SignInTest');

goog.require('firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper');
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.storage');
/** @suppress {extraRequire} Required for page navigation to work. */
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleFederatedSignIn');
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handlePasswordRecovery');
/** @suppress {extraRequire} Required for page navigation to work. */
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handlePasswordSignIn');
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn');
goog.require('firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.testHelper');
goog.require('goog.dom');
goog.require('goog.dom.forms');
goog.require('goog.events.EventType');
goog.require('goog.events.KeyCodes');
goog.require('goog.testing.events');
goog.require('goog.testing.events.Event');

function testHandleSignIn() {
  // Test with signInOptions containing additional scopes and confirm oauthScope
  // field correctly populated in createAuthUri request.
  app.updateConfig('signInOptions', signInOptionsWithScopes);
  firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn(app, container);
  assertSignInPage();

  // Now email input has 'user', which is not a valid email address.
  var emailInput = getEmailElement();
  goog.dom.forms.setValue(emailInput, 'user');
  emailInput.focus();
  var inputEvent = new goog.testing.events.Event(
      goog.events.EventType.INPUT, emailInput);
  inputEvent.keyCode = goog.events.KeyCodes.R;
  goog.testing.events.fireBrowserEvent(inputEvent);

  // Enter key ignored.
  goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput, goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);
  assertSignInPage();

  // Now email input has 'user@example.com', which is a valid email address.
  goog.dom.forms.setValue(emailInput, 'user@example.com');
  emailInput.focus();
  inputEvent = new goog.testing.events.Event(
      goog.events.EventType.INPUT, emailInput);
  inputEvent.keyCode = goog.events.KeyCodes.M;
  goog.testing.events.fireBrowserEvent(inputEvent);

  // Enter key triggers fetchProvidersForEmail.
  goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput, goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);

  testAuth.assertFetchProvidersForEmail(
      ['user@example.com'],
      ['password']);
  return testAuth.process().then(function() {
    assertPasswordSignInPage();
    assertTrue(firebaseui.auth.storage.isRememberAccount(app.getAppId()));
  });
}

function testHandleSignIn_reset() {
  // Test when reset is called after sign-in handler called.
  firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn(app, container);
  assertSignInPage();
  // Reset current rendered widget page.
  app.reset();
  // Container should be cleared.
  assertComponentDisposed();
}

function testHandleSignIn_federatedSignIn() {
  firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn(app, container);
  assertSignInPage();
  var emailInput = getEmailElement();
  goog.dom.forms.setValue(emailInput, 'user@example.com');
  goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput, goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);
  testAuth.assertFetchProvidersForEmail(
      ['user@example.com'],
      ['google.com']);
  return testAuth.process().then(function() {
    assertFederatedLinkingPage();
  });
}

function testHandleSignIn_accountChooserDisabled() {
  // Test that when credential helpers are disabled, remember account is not
  // shown and is disabled.
  app.updateConfig('credentialHelper', firebaseui.auth.CredentialHelper.NONE);
  firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn(app, container);
  assertSignInPage();
  var emailInput = getEmailElement();
  goog.dom.forms.setValue(emailInput, 'user@example.com');
  goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput, goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);

  testAuth.assertFetchProvidersForEmail(
      ['user@example.com'],
      ['password']);
  return testAuth.process().then(function() {
    assertPasswordSignInPage();
    assertFalse(firebaseui.auth.storage.isRememberAccount(app.getAppId()));
  });
}

function testHandleSignIn_inProcessing() {
  // Test with signInOptions containing additional scopes and confirm oauthScope
  // field correctly populated in createAuthUri request.
  app.updateConfig('signInOptions', signInOptionsWithScopes);
  firebaseui.auth.widget.handler.handleSignIn(app, container);
  assertSignInPage();
  var emailInput = getEmailElement();
  // Enable indicator.
  goog.dom.forms.setValue(emailInput, 'user@example.com');
  emailInput.focus();
  var inputEvent = new goog.testing.events.Event(
      goog.events.EventType.INPUT, emailInput);
  inputEvent.keyCode = goog.events.KeyCodes.M;
  goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput, goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);
  delayForBusyIndicatorAndAssertIndicatorShown();

  testAuth.assertFetchProvidersForEmail(
      ['user@example.com'], null, {
        'code': 'auth/internal-error'
      });
  return testAuth.process()
      .then(function() {
        assertBusyIndicatorHidden();

        // Submit again.
        goog.testing.events.fireKeySequence(emailInput,
            goog.events.KeyCodes.ENTER);
        testAuth.assertFetchProvidersForEmail(
            ['user@example.com'],
            ['password']);
        return testAuth.process();
      })
      .then(function() {
        assertPasswordSignInPage();
      });
}

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Metrorail workers to strike for security
GroundUp
Masibulele Rautini, a gardener at Spier Wine Estate, was 27 years old when he was attacked on a train between two stations in Stellenbosch in November 2011. Illustrative image: Brent Meersman
By GroundUp
Railway employees will hold a one-day strike on Friday 26 July. The United National Transport Union (UNTU) will hold marches in several cities 'to fix our trains'. The organisation has several concerns, mostly relating to the safety of employees. By Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff.
First published by GroundUp
The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has granted the United National Transport Union UNTU's umbrella union Fedusa a Section 77 certificate to proceed with a strike on Friday 26 July.
In a statement at the end of May, UNTU said Nedlac had to grant the union permission to strike because negotiations for improved safety of railway employees had "reached the end of the road".
Fedusa and UNTU's concerns are:
Employees have the right to a safe working environment but Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) employees' lives are in danger. Employees have been murdered and injured because of a lack of security on Metrorail.
Prasa needs to introduce a system to protect workers, such as deploying trained security and enclosing yards, stations and railroads.
The breakdown in train services caused by cable theft has resulted in workers being late for work and consequently being "unfairly" dismissed or going unpaid.
Prasa has to be "transparent about its challenges" in its dealings with the Railway Safety Regulator.
Prasa needs more manpower. Senior positions need to be filled to ensure "accountability and quality overall performance".
Prasa's reporting lines to government need to be reviewed.
Regular meetings need to take place between Prasa and Fedusa.
Court decisions on railway safety need to be implemented.
Fedusa has also called for the SANDF to be deployed to "safeguard platforms for commuters".
Matthew Hirsch of commuter activist group #UniteBehind said the organisation is sympathetic to UNTU's call for safe trains. But he said #UniteBehind does not support the call for the SANDF to be deployed on Metrorail. He said #UniteBehind members understand why people are desperate enough to call for the army but "we don't believe this is a long term solution and it could have serious implications".
Neither the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, which is affiliated to Cosatu, or the National Transport Movement, affiliated to Saftu, are supporting the strike.
A Cape Town train driver, who did not want to be named, said she was concerned because UNTU is not the majority union and so the strike may not be effective. She said that the number of people who participate in strikes has dropped because workers have lost faith in unions.
"Unions have deviated from their mandates, they don't take our grievances seriously," she said.
Prasa spokesperson Nana Zenani said the organisation will ensure that contingency plans are in place so that the strike does not affect operations. What this means in the context of a service where trains are typically already delayed by an hour during rush hour is unclear. DM
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Thanks to the generosity of our donors especially the KIS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL families who regularly give preloved contributions to our projects, we are able to let these blessings overflow on to our partner communities. Yesterday, we brought boxes and bags of clothes and shoes for the children there as well as for the women and caregivers at Emergency Home. The caregivers took what the children needed and also, took a collection for the single moms at the Shelter. After they had taken all they needed, we still packed up loaded several boxes on to the truck — to go on sharing the goodness with the women and children at the Home of the Good Shepherd Sisters – read the next report! Thanks especially to dear friend Seer for helping us with the transportation!


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Wireless sensor networks are broadly used to gather and transfer the data with the help of sensors. Sensors nodes are not so expensive, but it works with limited energy resources. The deployment of such networks is done within various applications. These networks monitor the system or surroundings by measuring physical parameters, for example, moistness, weight and temperature WSNs are most appropriate for applications like natural life checking, military order, shrewd interchanges, modern quality control, movement observing, inspecting human heart rates, etc. The sensor nodes require less cost and power for providing communication in the network. This communication is established within limited range and the nodes get together to form a group. The strength of collaborative effort is leveraged by the sensor nodes which help in providing higher quality sensing within the time and the area provided. The nodes are self-organized in the forms of clusters such that they can complete the task assigned by users by collaborating with each other. There is no need of predefining the positions of the nodes within these networks. Thus, within various applications, the sensor nodes are deployed in order to provide communication. As there is huge quantity of data generated within the various sensing applications, the data is gathered together. This is done in order to reduce the energy consumption of the network. In order to continue simple computations and transmit only the data that is needed or processed partially, the processing abilities are required for the sensor nodes. To reduce the energy consumption of the wireless sensor networks whole network is divided into fixed size clusters and cluster heads are selected in each cluster on the basis of energy and distance. The cluster heads will transmit data to the base station. The cluster head which has maximum MAC value will first transmit data to base station and so on. The simulation is performed in NS2 and it has been analysed that proposed technique performs well in terms of energy consumption, throughput, packet loss and network lifetime.
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The Dog on my Feet series starts out with Moka Becomes a Water Dog by Jeff Stevenson, illustrated by Nicholas Voshall.
Ethan and Lucas get a new Labrador for Christmas and she loves to play at the cabin on vacation. She has never been in a lake before and is a bit fearful of the water. Dad has a brilliant idea to tempt Moka into the water to play, helping her to forget her fears. Moka loves her new toy and learns to be a water dog!
This books makes an excellent easy reader. The words are basic and easy for a beginner to read. The simple, large text will help kids feel confident in their skills while learning about Moka and her adventure to becoming a water dog.
Illustrator Nicholas Voshall adds comedy to the book with his childlike drawings, giving the story an overall feel that it was created by a youngster, for his friends. The back of the book includes activities for the young reader to enjoy. A few coloring pages, a maze and a word find.
Watch for the 2nd book in the story coming soon Moka's Pillow Party!!


Over the past week, our country experienced the very inspiring exposure of two loves emanating from two worlds. Those worlds are best defined as cultures that exist within the European-American and the African-American spheres juxtaposed within the geographical boundaries of the United States. Those two loves, though entrenched in the different cultures, are examples of our oneness. That oneness that is as diversified with all races, religions and ideas as you can experience anywhere in the world.
One of those loves was on display at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, the church that held the funeral service for Ms. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul and the epitome of what was and still is good and wonderful about the African American community, one world. Ms. Franklin chose Greater Grace because she sang there for Ms. Rosa Parks funeral.
The other love was on display at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. the magnificent edifice where the soldier, warrior and statesman John McCain's final service was held. McCain chose the National Cathedral as the appropriate place for a man who had dedicated his life to a career in the Senate and the military.
For seven hours, the service at Greater Grace Temple erupted in a celebration of joy and life as only an African American funeral can do. Its roots lay deep in the past, historically entrenched in one room churches throughout the South right after slavery, and in the urban churches as Blacks made their way to the North seeking a better life. The music was the music of a people's soul that began as spirituals in the cotton fields and evolved to gospel in the urban areas and brought to life by a gifted writer, Tommie Dorsey.
The call and response are as old as the Black church. It is a technique used to get the congregation to be a part of the service. Baptist ministers are famous for using that as a method to liven the people and that is exactly what happened in Greater Grace Temple. It was appropriate that Ms. Franklin's home going ceremony be full of life because she certainly was. All seven hundred men, women and children who were fortunate to get a seat inside of the Temple, gave her the love as only they knew how to deliver it.
The warrior/statesman's funeral was much staider, less life, no call and response, no one was up in the aisles raising their arms and even dancing as was the case in Detroit. But the love was there, and it was displayed in a European-American ceremony. The most compelling examples of these distinct differences was how "Amazing Grace," was performed by Jennifer Hudson in Detroit and the Brophy Student Ensemble rendition at McCain's ceremony.
Renee Fleming's rendition of "Danny Boy" was appropriate for the McCain service and brought tears to Mrs. Cindy McCain. However, when you heard Gladys Knight sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water," as a tribute to the memory of Ms. Franklin, you felt the emotions throughout the Temple as the congregation was again on their feet, lifting their arms high in the air and closing their eyes in prayer.
The very important observation to be pointed out is that both services took on the demeanor of the two cultures, but they both showed the deference and respect to the two Americans who, in their own way, represented what is best about this country. And that is very important and much needed in these times of trouble in our land.


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Do you Geo IP or not ? For some obvious countries it's fine. Becoming more of nuisance when I have Ireland, Netherlands blocked and needing to whitelist IP's.
Yay. I've seen it kill connections to Eastern Europe countries. More than likely trying to connect to a command and control server.
We use it a lot. A lot of customers do not need to connect to Europe and Asia at all, the customers that do still have only specific countries they communicate with.
We use it exclusively. We have a guy that lives in Latvia, but I block that anyway.
Not using Sonicwall, but I GEO-IP filter. Has cut down a lot of risky traffic.
I filter by countries. We have zero business need to talk to anyone in high-risk countries such as russia, iran, india, cameroon, nigeria, etc. So I block them all. If I notice traffic from weird countries (our logs include flags next to IP's) I'll block them too.
Yes, we also use it. If the client doesn't do business in that country, it gets blocked.
I use WatchGuard firewalls and use their Geolocation feature. I make exceptions for the oddball domains in NL and IRL that are used by Office 365. I allow only countries with whom my clients do business. Doing so has stopped a lot of access to bad sites, or from bad sites.
I use it, but it has been the source of issues in the past. It definitely cuts down on a lot of suspicious traffic. SonicWall tends to have a lot of IPs listed wrong, though. I frequently get those "A suspicious IP attempted to connected to serverName" notifications, and when I look up the IP it's usually in China, or some part of Russia, which are supposed to be blocked.
Depending on your business using Geo-IP can be very beneficial.
I have seen organizations that only work with people in a certain area or in certain countries and have implemented this with great success.
All depends on if your organization does business in certain areas so you cannot block them.
I use the GEO Block for all customers, block all except U.S. being that is where we are. It can get a bit time consuming since not all Blocks show the SonicWall GEO Blocked it. Quick Ping of the site will give the IP and Mr Google will give the location. I think the safety out weighs the extra time.
It seems to incorrectly mark a lot of US traffic as being from sketchy countries, so I use it to monitor all traffic, but use the block function sparingly. We had a number of sites flagged being from Russia, Bulgaria, Chile, and others that on investigation were from Texas, and correctly identified by other GEO IP sites.
With CDNs and multinational business implementing GEO IP blocking can be time consuming.


Erstflug des Projekts FK131! Jungmann!
Successful maiden flight of the FK131 prototype!
In July we achieved the extended type certificate for the open cockpit conversion of the FK14 B2 - now called "Le Mans"


I dont have adena to teleport! please, what game dont have this basic balance ? Gatekeeper price > money income. PLEASE HELP!!
Well, I stopped playing temporarily in the hope of improving the servers, as nothing was done and the current base date of the game is a GARBAGE I just have to uninstall the game. Bye Ncsoft, nice joke with old players (Teon server 2005 ~ 2011) RIP L2.
This is a joke. First you say our rates are wrong we fixed some areas and we are looking into more. Now you say its all good fam keep giving us real money we give you bad service full with bots.. Well I'm done with this. The weekend 50% increase of things doesnt fix the problem as not all of us can spend 48 hours farming in the weekend to be able to afford money during the rest of the week. People have lives and when you force them to play just 2 days of the week so they can actually enjoy the game then whats the point?
The weekend BS benefits botters..
When did you start believing in what NCSoft is saying?


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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR "A BRONX TALE" BROADWAY'S NEW HIT MUSICAL AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE FEB. 19-24, 2019
Book by Chazz Palminteri, Music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks
Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo
MINNEAPOLIS—Producers Tommy Mottola, the Dodgers, Tribeca Productions and Evamere Entertainment are pleased to announce casting for the North American tour of A BRONX TALE, coming to Minneapolis at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.) as part of the 2018-2019 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin series Tuesday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
The new musical features a book by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, music by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Alan Menken, and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Oscar and Tony Award nominee Glenn Slater, directed by two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony nominee Sergio Trujillo.
A BRONX TALE comes to Minneapolis direct from Broadway at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.) as part of the 2018-2019 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin series Tuesday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
Tickets are on sale now at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis), by calling (800) 982-2787 or by visiting HennepinTheatreTrust.org. For information and reservations for groups of 10 or more, call (612) 373-5665 or email MinneapolisGroups@broadwayacrossamerica.com.
Performance dates are Tuesday, Feb. 19-24, 2019 at the Orpheum Theatre. Performance times are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m.
The cast of A BRONX TALE, which features 10 alumni from the Broadway production, is led by Joe Barbara as Sonny, Richard H. Blake as Lorenzo, Joey Barreiro as Calogero, Michelle Aravena as Rosina, Brianna-Marie Bell as Jane, Antonio Beverly as Tyrone, Frankie Leoni as Young Calogero, and Shane Pry as Young Calogero Alternate.
A BRONX TALE's ensemble will feature Mike Backes, Michael Barra, Sean Bell, Josh Burrage, Joey Calveri, Giovanni DiGabriele, John Gardiner, Peter Gregus, Haley Hannah, Kirk Lydell, Ashley McManus, Chris Messina, Kyli Rae, Joseph Sammour, Paul Salvatoriello, Jason Williams and Brittany Williams, with additional casting to be announced.
A BRONX TALE premiered at the Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse to critical and popular acclaim in spring 2016. A BRONX TALE opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on Dec. 1, 2016, following previews from Nov. 3. The show ended its Broadway run on Aug. 5, 2018, having played 700 performances and as the second longest running show in the history of the Longacre Theatre.
Based on the one-man show that inspired the now classic film, this streetwise musical takes audiences to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s—where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he'd love to be. Featuring an original doo-wop score, this is a tale about respect, loyalty, love, and above all else: family.
The design team for A BRONX TALE includes Beowulf Boritt, Scenic Design; William Ivey Long, Costume Design; Howell Binkley, Lighting Design; Gareth Owen, Sound Design; Paul Huntley, Hair & Wig Design; Anne Ford-Coates, Makeup Design; Tara Rubin Casting, Casting; and Robert Westley, Fight Coordinator. Music Supervision and Arrangements are by Ron Melrose and Orchestrations are by Doug Besterman.
A BRONX TALE evolved from the one-man Off-Broadway play, A Bronx Tale, written and performed by Chazz Palminteri in 1989. During the original Off Broadway and subsequent Los Angeles engagements, Robert De Niro came to see the show, and brought the story and star Palminteri to the screen in 1993, making his film directorial debut in the process. Following the success of the film, Palminteri performed the one-man show A Bronx Tale on Broadway in the 2007-2008 Season.
A BRONX TALE's Original Broadway Cast Album is now available on Ghostlight Records in digital formats, with CDs in stores and online.
Connect with A BRONX TALE for more information online at:
www.ABronxTaleTheMusical.com
Facebook: /BronxTaleMusical
Twitter: @BXTaleMusical
Instagram: bronxtalemusical
Hear directly from the creative team about the North American Tour at https://youtu.be/0Pbiz1uumTY


Zynga's Adventure World is an exploration adventure game for with puzzle elements. The game will launch on Facebook in the next week or so.
This is the first title to come from Zynga Boston, the studio formed following the Conduit Labs acquisition back in August 2010. That studio has expanded via a hire-acquisition in the last year to include Floodgate Entertainment. In the last 12 months, Zynga Boston has expanded from 16 people to 35, recruiting some team members from MMO developer Turbine.
Adventure World is built as a combination MMO and classic adventure video game. Zynga Boston General Manager Nabeel Hyatt — formerly CEO of Conduit Labs — likened it to the original Legend of Zelda in the way the game invites players to explore and advance. Like Nintendo's Zelda franchise, Adventure World players work through large area maps on a quest for treasure using tools or weapons collected along the way, like a machete or a whip, for example. The visuals in-game reminds us of the original Indiana Jones films, with a nonspecific 1930s era feel to the settings, decoration and interface.
During a press demo earlier this week, Hyatt showed three out of the 35 areas Adventure World launches with today: Base Camp, a Mountains map, and an El Dorado map. The areas are divided up among five international regions the player eventually visits as part a central quest around joining the Adventure Society. Each map within an area is approximately as large as the largest possible farm expansion available in FarmVille — making Adventure World one of the bigger social games on Facebook in terms of virtual space.
On the Mountains map and the El Dorado map, Hyatt was able to pull back the camera in full screen mode to show the entirety of the map even before his Adventure World avatar had begun his first quest. Being able to see all over the map at once prompts the player to explore the places they can't yet get to and creates a sense of immersion that console adventure video games strive for. Hyatt casually mentioned that Adventure World runs on 60 frames-per-second — a high frame rate for a social game.
Gameplay itself consists of clicking on things the player sees on the map — such as an item to be picked up, or a discolored patch of stone to examine. Each action costs the player energy, but energy also functions as a sort of hit point gauge where the player is penalized every time they trigger a trap or fight with a wild animal. This encourages players to be strategic in detecting and disarming traps, and also in how avoid fights with snakes and rams and such by planning alternative routes through the maps. It is possible, Hyatt says, to go through a map without seeing all parts of it — which makes Adventure World the kind of game you'd want to replay.
As the player progresses, their avatar will gain a set of adventure tools like the aforementioned whip. Depending on how the player uses these tools throughout the map (e.g. attacking snakes with the whip), these tools will level up independently of the player's level. Each map has a "preferred tool" that will best lend itself to the environment, which is where the social element of Adventure World comes in.
Like the recently-released Pioneer Trail expansion for FrontierVille, players in Adventure World can recruit their friends to help out during adventures. Unlike Pioneer Trail, however, this game allows players to recruit their friends along with all their friends' in-game progress saved as-is. In other words, you can recruit a friend with a higher-level whip than yours into your game in order to deal with attacking rams on a Mountains map. The more often you recruit this friend, the more "guest energy" Adventure World grants the friend character, ultimately allowing the player up to 10 different actions with their friend's character. Aside from Facebook friends, Adventure World player can also "earn" non-playable character friends to assist them on adventures. Each time the player completes a map, a member of the Adventure Society becomes available for recruiting. The player can have up to 12 crew members recruited at a time.


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Don't Throw Stones in a Glass Sh*thouse
By Pooja Bhatia
SourceShutterstock
Because America can't solve her problems by pointing fingers.
Pooja Bhatia
Pooja Bhatia is an OZY editor and writer. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Economist, and was once the mango-eating champion of Port-au-Prince.
Pooja Bhatia is OZY's former deputy editor, and her column, The Long Arc, weaves together the threads of politics, culture and history.
In a storied address to the 1893 World's Fair, Frederick Douglass pleaded the case of Haiti, "the one country to which we turn the cold shoulder." Douglass, who had served as minister to Haiti, had a devastating theory as to why the United States was so hostile to its neighbor republic: "Haiti is Black, and we have not yet forgiven Haiti for being Black or forgiven the Almighty for making her Black." He urged the United States to make nice.
Every era gets the Haiti envoy it deserves, and ours, apparently, is Conan O'Brien. The comedian, who calls his fan base Team Coco, flew to Haiti last week to film a special episode of his TV show. It'll air tomorrow, but in the meantime, I'd like to raise a few important questions:
Was O'Brien really intending to apologize for Donald's Trump's "shithole" comment — or was he just angling for a Caribbean work-cation?
Is there enough sunscreen in all the Western hemisphere?
Has anyone told Team Coco that "koko" is Creole slang for women's genitalia?
The footage I've seen is charming, and mostly involves O'Brien cavorting around the streets and schools of the capital, Port-au-Prince, making fun of himself. In one clip, he puts Haitians on the camera to respond to Trump reportedly referring to their country as a "shithole." "For years, we had heartless dictators, and then we finally turned to democracy," says one person in Creole, seemingly from a script. "You in the United States — you've done the exact opposite!"
If only it were just a laugh line. American democracy finds itself teetering, as our legislatures can't keep it together long enough to pass laws supported by vast majorities of their constituents, while gerrymandering and voter ID laws tilt the playing field. The results: a tax bill skewed to the rich that will widen and deepen inequality; poor children's health insurance and 800,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as kids used as pawns in a sick tactical game.
So what is our excuse for our … shit?
The man in the Oval Office hastens this democratic decline. Much like Haiti's strongest strongman, in fact, Trump assails the press, maligns electoral results with no evidence, disregards the truth. And his power grows when we are pitted against one another — browns and Blacks against whites, coastal elites versus Midwestern workers, us against them, Democrats versus Republicans, Norwegian immigrants versus Haitian immigrants, the pussy-hatted versus the pussy-grabbing.
On the divide between whether or not Haiti and African countries should be considered shitholes, I consider myself something of an expert: I lived and reported from Haiti for four years, and I've also lived and reported in India, Iowa, Alabama, New York City and California. I can say, without hesitation, that Trump's mouth is by far the foulest thing I have ever encountered.
Yes, it turns out that lots of Haitians don't have access to a flushing toilet or a working sewage system, and this is a terrible and tragic problem. Terrible because waterborne diseases can kill — e.g., the deaths of more than 10,000 people from a strain of cholera brought to Haiti by gross U.N. negligence — and tragic because the diseases are preventable with proper resources. Haiti, as you may have heard, is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Eight years ago this month, a devastating earthquake killed tens and possibly hundreds of thousands of Haitian people. Its state was already very weak — weakened in part by centuries of that American "cold shoulder," as well as meddling, punitive tariffs, support for dictators, outright theft and oh, hey, support for coups d'etat!
The United States is, of course, by far the richest and most powerful country in the Western hemisphere and a standard bearer, rightly or not, for democratic stability. So what is our excuse for our … shit?
I mean it literally. Consider: The U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights found last month "cesspools of sewage that flowed out of broken or nonexistent septic systems" in Alabama — and a state that had no idea or any intention to address it. Hello, hookworm!
Almost exactly 125 years ago, Douglass told the crowd that every other nation opened its arms toward Haitians, welcoming them and treating them with respect. "Vastly different is the case with him when he ventures within the border of the United States," he said. Indeed, the Jim Crow backlash to slavery's abolition was just kicking into high gear.
Sometimes history's rhymes are downright cruel. A couple months before Conan's Haiti trip, Trump put some 60,000 Haitian earthquake refugees on notice: Soon they will no longer be welcome here, either.
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The Long Arc
Haitian-Americans Are Making Their Mark in the NFL
Sunday's Super Bowl featuring running back Sony Michel is a big day for the poverty-stricken nation of Haiti.
26 Countries Ban All Abortions. But 1 May Soon Change Course
The Dominican Republic may break with its conservative neighbors to legalize abortion under certain conditions.
Don't Let Roseanne (or Anyone) Paint Flyover Country All One Color
OZY columnist Pooja Bhatia examines the liberal revival in that vast land between the coasts.
Is There Life After Facebook?
Columnist Pooja Bhatia tries to imagine a world without the giant social network — and fails.
We Shouldn't Need Women's Day, But We Do
OZY Columnist Pooja Bhatia says we desperately need an International Women's Day — plus the other 364, please.
Seeking a One-Way Ticket to Wakanda
OZY columnist Pooja Bhatia is still searching for a place where people of color are safe, prosperous and free.
Where's the Parade for American Squalor?
OZY columnist Pooja Bhatia examines the state of poverty in the United States.
The Curious State With the Largest Collection of Haitian Art
It may be a long way from Port-au-Prince, but this art gallery brings the color and creativity of Haiti close.
A Hero in Haiti
Mario Joseph is fighting an uphill battle for justice in Haiti, and he just might win, even as he takes on the United Nations.
Duvalier, Trump and Democracy on the Defense
Overlooking Trump's assaults on core American institutions, especially the judiciary and the media, would be utter folly.
The Republic of Rumors
What does the birth of a fish in Haiti have in common with the American president? Deputy Editor Pooja Bhatia weighs in.
The Pop Pop Pop of Reagan's Election in Haiti
Ronald Reagan's 1980 election meant one thing to Baby Doc: Time for a crackdown.
When Hillary Chose the President
OZY deputy editor Pooja Bhatia wishes the secretary of state had aimed at solidarity.
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Aside from acting, Adrian Grenier has a plan for getting people to recycle their hardware.


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Margaret Holland Sargent » Los Angeles, CA
Vincent Limoli, Pianist
Margaret Holland Sargent
megsarg@twc.com
One of America's leading portraitists, Margaret Holland Sargent has painted presidents, princes, heads of state, members of prominent families, government leaders and celebrated personalities throughout the world. Her portraits have won acclaim from both subjects and critics.
"Presidents Ford and Carter, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Dr. Jules C. Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Tennessee Williams have all been captured in likeness and spirit with her fresh, light style of portraiture." —The Gold Book
In 1983, Margaret Sargent was cover artist and featured in an article in American Artist magazine, the largest artist's publication in the world.
An enthusiastic supporter of career opportunities for women, Sargent was commissioned to paint the first woman midshipman at Annapolis, the first woman to graduate from West Point, and the first woman chaplain in the Armed Forces.
The previously all-male Salmagundi Club in New York City invited her to become a member in 1974. Of the artists certified for highest quality and outstanding achievement by the American Portrait Society, Sargent was the first woman. She was also the first woman Charter member of the Council of Leading American Portrait Painters
ABC-TV commissioned her to paint two full-length portraits for its daytime series Loving. The 72" x 42" paintings, each of a couple, appear as part of the Alden family mansion set and are viewed regularly by millions.
Southwest Art magazine featured Sargent in a recent issue, describing her background in theatre, films, and television. Camelot Productions selected her, a member of the faculty of the National Artist's Seminar, as instructor for a series of videos. See the Instructional DVDs page for details and ordering.
"Getting Started in Oil Painting"
"Basic Oil Painting"
"Floral Arrangement"
"Metal, Glass, and Wood"
"How to Succeed in Portraiture"
"Painting the Head"
Size Fee
24" x 20" to 30" x 25" (Not including hands) $12,000
Half Figure — no hands $15,000
Half Figure — with hands $18,000
Three Quarter Figure
36" x 30" or larger $22,500
Full Figure $27,000
Groups: Each Additional figure on same canvas, add 50 percent.
Not included in price: Frame, shipping, travel expenses, plus sales tax if applicable.


The STAGES Refund Policy – Unlock your imagination. Find your voice. Play at STAGES.
ALL TUITION DEPOSITS AND PAYMENT INSTALLMENTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE, and ALL STAGES SHOW TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE – EVEN IN THE CASE OF WEATHER.
A refund (ONLY in the form of an account credit to be used toward future programming), will be provided ONLY if the cancellation takes place BEFORE AUDITIONS, or, in the case of a program without audition requirements, if cancellation takes place at least one week prior to the start of the program. For audition-based programs, there will be NO ACCOUNT CREDIT REFUNDS AFTER AUDITIONS/CASTING!
A refund (ONLY in the form of an account credit to be used toward future programming), will be provided ONLY if the cancellation takes place BEFORE April 1. NO REFUNDS OF ANY KIND WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER SUMMER REP CASTING TAKES PLACE.
In the event of inclement weather, STAGES will notify families of cancellation via email, Facebook, and via local television stations. We cannot provide make-up rehearsals, but if a rehearsal is cancelled due to inclement weather, STAGES will issue an account credit of $15 to be used toward a future program (only one cancellation account credit per student, per program, per semester).
Questions can be directed to STAGES Youth Theater – hello@stagesacademy.com or by calling (207) 699-3330.


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The sign was put in place towards lunchtime.


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Home Interviews
Rico Dynamite Interview
On Saturday night, I went to the home of Rico Dynamite and conducted an interview with him while watching UFC 222. I wanted to do this interview for awhile because he's a guy who has a lot of stories, and he never pulls any punches. In this interview, Rico talks about training at the XPW Asylum, the origins of the the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, tryouts, women's wrestling, H.A.T.E, and more.
Early Years, XPW Asylum, Hybrid Pro Wrestling
Andrew: I'm here with Rico Dynamite at his lovely home in Norwalk. Rico, thank you for taking some time to do this interview with me.
Rico: It is a lovely home!
Andrew: Yeah it is, despite the dog piss on the floor.
Rico: Yeah, not my dogs though.
Andrew: You've been around a long time, and I've been wanting to interview you because you've been under the radar. Let's start off with a basic. What made you a fan of professional wrestling?
Rico: Man, I don't know. It's usually so cliche. I didn't even watch WWE when I was a kid. My dad use to watch Lucha Libre. Like early 90's Lucha Libre like El Dandy and Ringo Mendoza. Just names that I'll say and nobody will fucking know unless you're a hardcore wrestling fan. I watched AAA, and then, I don't know man. The earliest memory I have was the the snake biting Macho Man on Superstars. That's my first memory of like "WWE" wrestling. Besides that, it was Lucha Libre.
Andrew: You trained at the XPW Asylum. How was that?
Rico: (Sighs and chuckles.)
Andrew: I mean, it was a prestigious school that produced…guys like the Stepdaddy, Mr. California…
Rico: I mean, I personally enjoyed my time at XPW. It was an "it" thing. All the guys that were in ECW were at the shows at that point in 2000-2001. They had the local guys like Dynamite D, Kaos, Supreme, Ryan Katz a.k.a. G.Q. Money who now works in WWE, just really good workers. Then they'd bring in Psicosis and Shane Douglas. It was great man. Dynamite D trained me, with Kaos and Angel. I like how you said Stepdaddy and all them.
Who else was there? Sexy Chino, Robby Phoenix, Carnage, Leroy the Ring Crew Guy. My personal class was me, Johnny (Nightmare), and, uh, Mr. California. There were other people, but they quit. A lot of people would just come and go.
Andrew: What was it like training with Mr. California, the "Legend" of SoCal?
Rico: Like, as a person, Marvin is a fucking great guy. He like, he's a great guy. He's a friend. He'll have your back. He was just fucking weird! He was a mark. We're all marks but he was weird! Like, I don't know. He would just hit himself with light tubes just to impress the fucking guys but nobody….I don't know! He was cool, but he was just weird like that. He was weird.
Andrew: Talk about your first match.
Rico: My first 'official" match?
Andrew: Official in a professional ring.
Rico: I started training in the summer of 2001. Right out of high school at 18 years old. My first "unofficial" match was in April of 2002 at the Anaheim Marketplace. Against Mr. California.
Andrew: The infamous Marketplace.
Rico: Yeah. Lil' Cholo booked me on that, but he probably doesn't remember. It was "unofficial" because we weren't allowed to wrestle (elsewhere) when we were training with XPW. Like I was ready to wrestle, but they wanted us to do ring crew. Rob Black just didn't let anyone wrestle unless it was for them, and there were no spots for guys like us. At least not at the time. Like the one I consider my first "official" match was in October of 2002. I was Blazing Tiger, with a mask, for a company called GSCW. Golden State Championship Wrestling?
Andrew: Yeah.
Rico: That was run by Henry Luna, he passed away a few years back. I wrestled Disco Machine. It was fun man. I was really excited, but I wasn't excited to wear a mask. When they called me they were like "can you still do hurricanranas and head scissors?" I was like "yeah but that's about it." I was skinny, but I wasn't one of those flippy guys. So they wanted me to wrestle, and I couldn't come up with a name, (Henry Luna) gave me a mask with a tiger on it, and I was just like "Oh, I'll be the Blazing Tiger I guess." The match was fun dude. Disco Machine was really nice. He did me well that night. He gave me leeway to do what I wanted to do. It was a good time. It's on the internet somewhere. Somewhere you can find it!
Andrew: Talk about Hybrid Pro. It started a few years after you started your career. What was it like?
Rico: So we were at XPW between 2001-2002, after that I was floundering around just doing Lucha shows. Like I didn't even have a fucking gimmick dude. I was just whatever. So I was Blazing Tiger for awhile. Then I was Chris Cash (author's note: not to be confused with the deceased wrestler known from CZW with the same name). I'd wrestle like once a month. It was just very random. And then me and Johnny (Suarez, who wrestled as Johnny Nightmare), well Johnny, bought a ring. He wanted to started his own company. Johnny was always kinda like "I want my own company." I think he bought the ring in 2003, and we had our first show in 2004. He booked it, but it helped kinda give us a chance to see who we wanted on there. Markus Riot, Jorel Diez, I think debuted there. The Young Bucks became really popular there because they were really good. A lot of guys were there. We had, who else? Do you remember any?
Andrew: The Cutler Brothers before they became the Cutlers.
Rico: The Cutlers. You had Mongal, Kaos, Angel, Los Luchas, it was just a really, really….
Andrew: Scott Lost.
Rico: Yeah! Who else, the "Lioncock," what was his name?
Andrew: Chris Bosh.
Rico; Chris Bosh! And Human Tornado and Scorpio Sky. We had all the best guys from SoCal, and that's when I kinda started getting better. I changed my name to "Joey Dynamite" when we did the first show to pay homage to my trainer Dynamite D, and Joey Kaos, who was also my trainer. At the time I was lost. I didn't have a gimmick, but I could wrestle, I just needed a name. So I kinda just asked Dynamite D if I could use the name "Dynamite" and then I asked Kaos if I could use the name "Joey." So I combined that and I was "Joey Dynamite" from then. Rest In Peace Dynamite D. He passed away in 2007.
Andrew: Did you get your current name from the character in the movie "Napoleon Dynamite?"
Rico: Fuck no! I got that from Angel. We were here in my backyard, and they were "oh, you're Latino. You need to be raunchy, you need to be something else. You look like Ricco Rodriguez." (Angel) was like "You're Rico. You're gonna be Raunchy Rico." Angel did a lot of shit for me in the LCW days. He has a fucking mind for this business. I love that guy. I miss that guy. He's the one that named me "Raunchy Rico." I didn't want to change it to Rico, but it was for the best.
Training in a backyard, the origins of the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, working with Lucha Legends
Andrew: Around this time you and Johnny started training in your backyard. Could you talk about that and the taboos associated with training in a backyard?
Rico: We bought our house in 2007, which everyone refers to as the "Hammered Hole." I fucking hate that name! There's even people here right now watching UFC. We put the ring in the back, and we were still running shows. We were doing them in Downey at the Downey Elks Lodge at this point. Some of the fans would help us put the ring away. It was Damien Arsenick before he was Damien Arsenick, Lucha Machine, Mr. Impact, Rest in Peace he just passed away too, Oso Loco, and they all just kinda asked us where they could train. We had (the ring) in our backyard so we told them "well I mean it's there. Come train with us." It was free. I wasn't going to be charge anybody. I had been wrestling for some years so I had an idea of how to do it. Plus I was also training Pinky already because his brother has been one of my best friends since middle school. So I've known Pinky since he was 8 years old. I think he was 16 at the time we started training him.
Andrew: I think there's footage of Pinky from your backyard days on Johnny's YouTube channel.
Rico: Yeah there is. I think he was 9? I don't know. We'd always talk shit on him. I don't know why we started calling him "Pinky." Like all our friends from back in the day did, so his wrestling name came from us somehow. Like, we just called him Pinky for some reason.
Andrew: How did you guys become the Santino Bros Wrestling Academy?
Rico: It had to have been late 2007. I had a lot of guys that I was training. Plus my shoot job. Pus just busy. And I was wrestling more. I was doing more stuff with Rocky from FMLL. We had Oso Loco, Lucha Machine, Mr. Impact, Frank The Tank, and Damien Arsenick. Charles Mercury, who is a good friend of mine, brought his students. So we had a lot of guys, and it was too much for me. I was able to show everyone the basics, but that was about it since I still needed a refresher as I was still young. I was 24, 25.
Andrew: So you weren't advanced enough to be teaching more than basics?
Rico: No. So I hit up Mongol and Joey, and I said "I got this group of guys. They're willing to train. They're here every Saturday and they want to be in the ring all the time, and I don't have the full knowledge to train them." Joey and Sylvia, they took a fucking train from Chatsworth, came to my house on a Saturday with Mongol. And then Angel came. They trained with us for a couple weeks, and then me, Joey, and Mongol had a little talk and just made it official. They were wrestling as the "Santino Brothers" so they turned it the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, but in our backyard. They started charging guys, and we made it legit. We had a business license, but we didn't have a building. We just had it in my backyard.
Andrew: You guys were known for being "rougher" in the backyard days. Could you talk about some of the things you'd put trainees through physicality wise when breaking them in?
Rico: Fuck yeah. Personally at that time I was buff, I was young, and I was like "fuck these guys" in a certain way. My training at XPW was very hard cause we also had things to do like flyering, and it was very old school. I consider myself an "old school" type guy. I wanted them to feel the same thing. Our motto at the time was 'only the strong survive" and it was legit. I don't know if they still use that now. I know that a lot of the guys that might be at their dojo now in Bell Gardens probably would not make. These guys were…man.
We'd have them run miles in my neighborhood. Me and Joey would drive around and see how long was a mile, and we'd tell them what to run. We had guys like Aaron Aguilera come and put them through shit, we would show them everything they needed to know, but we would fucking whoop that ass bro. We would whoop that ass so bad that no one else in any matches could whoop that ass like we did. Like we beat them up so bad, but not to the point where they were injured. It was just to show them that would be the worst they would ever get.
Andrew: Do you think that helped or hurt you guys?
Rico: I don't know. We had a bad rep already. Well, I would say Joey and Mongol maybe had a bad rep, so it all came with association I guess.
Andrew: I remember at the time a lot of guys who looked at you as "the guys who wanted to be in XPW" and that you were dangerous. Did you hear a lot about that, or did you not pay attention to that?
Rico: I was never much of an internet guy, but I am a big ass troll. I would hear it. When I left the Asylum, that's why I was floundering around for awhile. I wouldn't get booked because I was from XPW. Carnage and all those guys would get some bookings, but then they did their own thing. It was hard for me to get booked. I was a XPW trained guy, but I was good, and I just never got the opportunity cause I wasn't a Rev Pro guy. I wasn't Sky, Bosh, and all those guys who came from somewhere else, I was a XPW trained guy. We weren't backyard guys. They just had a deathmatch thing. I didn't do deathmatches. I was trained by Dynamite D, and he was a great wrestler.
Andrew: You started working for Pro Wrestling Revolution in NorCal. There you worked with Blue Demon, Jr. and Mil Mascaras. What was that experience like for you being a big lucha fan?
Rico: I started working there in 2010. Me and Famous B. We got a hookup through Kevin Kleinrock, which I thank him for. Kevin Kleinrock has done a lot for me and wrestling. And thanks to Gabe Ramirez for booking us up there. It was really fun. It was originally gonna be Blue Demon and El Hijo Del Santo vs. me and Kafu. I had tagged with Blue Demon before. Santo got hurt, and they replaced him with Mil Mascaras. I think was probably better, because I heard a lot of stories about Santo from Kaos and Mongol.
Andrew: That's funny cause I've heard stories about Mil Mascaras too.
Rico: I have heard stuff about Mil, but he was great to me. I had a lot of fun. He came to wrestle that day for sure. He wasn't supposed to take some heat, and I did some grappling with him, then worked with Blue Demon. Demon was supposed to take heat, but we ended up doing double heat cause fucking Mil wanted to work. He was 72 and he was willing to work. Take slams. Whatever. I ended up taking his finish. I didn't have a bad experience. They were very professional, and they were willing to work. I've seen Demon, sometimes he's not willing to work with guys, but when I've worked with him so he was fine.
Leaving the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, the start of H.A.T.E
Andrew: Let's talk about leaving the Santinos. Tell us your story.
Rico; Fuck….
I don't know man. This is a very taboo question for me that I like to talk about, but don't like to talk about. This is where the interview gets long probably. I have no heat with anyone who comes out of the school. Someone else's heat can't be their heat. That's what I was told. They produce a lot of great talent. It's always been that way. Ray Rosas came out of that school. Famous B. Myself. And then you have Eli Everfly, Jake Atlas, Douglas James, Heather Monroe, Brody King, Koto Hiro, i forget a lot of names, but there's a lot of top talent that comes out of there. Their training regimen, I think they train American style, then they have the option to train Lucha style. Then they got Brian Kendrick there. Personally, I think they're doing things right I guess, on a professional level.
It was me and Ray that had a falling out with them. Not going into details, but, I mean, we pretty much got kicked out. Go figure, right? The bullshit started at my house. With my fucking students. Fuck, if I could get kicked out, anyone could get kicked out. I don't know man. It was just a misunderstanding I believe from "the boss" over there on that side of town.
Andrew: Without going into detail, would you say it was just a misunderstanding that resulted in this falling out?
Rico: Without going into detail, we pretty much got kicked out. I wasn't told why. I still don't know why. There's things that have been said that might be a reason, but hey man. I was sitting at home in the middle of the night when I got a message saying I'm not welcome. So, whatever. I have nothing against the guys who come out of there. I try to help a lot of guys there get booked anyways. Talent should recognize talent, in my opinion. Never bring anyone down. We're trolls. We talk shit, we'll always talk shit. Not cause we're vets, not cause we're better. It's just, I talk shit to everybody cause that's how you break the ice sometimes. You talk shit to the guys.
I'll always be appreciative of what they did for me. I had my first WWE tryout cause Joey told them about me. They called him, he couldn't go, he gave them my information and WWE called me. Professionally, I have no problems. Personally? I don't know. I don't even have problems personally. Sometimes I think about it and it pisses me off. Not because I want to be part of it. I'm old. I have a shoot job, a mortgage, a daughter, a girlfriend. It's just, I feel like I'm owed an apology. Maybe Joey feels like he's owed an apology. I don't fucking know.
It's weird. They tried to book me one time. I thought it was so weird, way after we were gone. We were actually gonna start the H.A.T.E thing right there at Santinos. What we planned on doing was, well Brody King was about to debut, and I pretty much pitched this H.A.T.E angle. Me, Ray, Tito, Peter, and Che were always wrestling each everywhere else, and we didn't want to wrestle each other. We wanted to give back and use our knowledge. You know, just help the young guys. We'd start just fucking with their students like "you don't belong here, it's our place and our home." We were gonna be called H.A.T.E, and were gonna end up wrestling all their main guys they got now. Eli, Doug, Brody, all those guys. We were gonna work with them and it didn't happen. Not at Santino's anyways. So we already had a H.A.T.E concept. It probably turned out better we didn't do it there I guess.
Yeah man, no heat. No heat professionally, personally. Not even that. I'm over it. Sometimes I do think about it and it fucking kinda pisses me off to think of it. All the Saturdays I gave, all the Wednesdays. All the new couches I had to replace in my fucking house from all the sweat from all those people every weekend. Not because it cost so much money, I just feel like I gave so much to Santinos. Ray did as well, and I feel like I was appreciated. I didn't need a high-five. We didn't need a "thank you." We were just kinda like, "fuck" I guess.
Andrew: Do you think there's a chance you'll ever reconcile with Joey?
Rico: I don't know man. You have to ask him. (Laughter)
Andrew: Would you personally want to reconcile with him if he wanted to talk to you?
Rico: I don't know man. (Pause) I don't know. I've known him for a long time. I've known him for 17 years. I was sitting in my house when we got the phone call that Dynamite D passed away. That's how far we go back, and we became really close friends for a long time. I don't know. We're, I don't know. I need answers. I don't know if they need answers, but I sure as hell need fucking answers.
Andrew: We kinda got into this, but talk about the story of H.A.T.E and the concept behind it.
Rico: Our original concept was we sat in my house, Me Ray, and a couple other guys. We were like "fuck, what do we do? We gotta do something." I felt like there's a lot of shows in SoCal that, it's just, guys need help. They don't know what they're doing. I've been there before. I was floundering around. No one helped me except Mongol and Kaos at the time. So I feel like, not to mention names, but there's just guys that need that guidance and are just floundering around. They aren't going to do shit. They're just gonna wrestle on fucking Saturday for $5 and call it a fucking day. I'm not saying you gotta make thousands of dollars, but like, try to have a good match. Not look fucking sloppy. Buy some fucking gear. Our thing was wrestle guys who aren't that popular and help them out. That was our thing. Like really, legit shooting and telling them "you fucking suck and you need to change this." I'm not saying we're so good, we're just been around for a long time.
Andrew: Giving them feedback.
Rico: Yeah. We know what we're doing. And that was our genesis of H.A.T.E. To help in a certain way, but still talk shit and troll cause we love it.
Andrew: Do you think you've accomplished all that you could do with H.A.T.E, or do you think there's more you could do?
Rico: There's a lot more we could do. We've done a lot of shit. We've helped a lot of guys. I love wrestling the guys from EWF like Andy Brown and Ty Ray, and helping Super Beetle out. If someone is willing to listen, we're willing to talk to them. That doesn't mean we're better than anybody. It's just kinda like, be professional, look professional, get the job done. You don't have to have a spotty match. Nothing wrong with it if you do have one, it's just gotta look good. They say wrestling is fake. If people already say its fake, you don't want to make it look more fake than they say it is. I can't explain it, I can just feel it. I also think we've become really popular. We've done a lot of shit AWS, Baja Stars, we've done a lot of shit. I think we've helped a lot of guys. We helped UEW, and they helped us. I think because of us they started drawing way more people.
Andrew: You guys did give them a buzz when you were there.
Rico: And they have a lot of good guys there. Max X. Nate Coy, who is really good. Fuck, he's got my blessing. Promoters need to book him. He's fucking money dude. He can work. He's fucking money. He's money guaranteed.
The SoCal Scene, Women's Wrestling, Tag Team of the Year Award Nominees, Tryouts
Andrew; Let's get into the current SoCal scene. What are your thoughts on it?
Rico: Fuck, I don't know man. I wrestle for EWF, AWS, CWFH. I don't know. It's good. There's nothing wrong with SoCal wrestling, but I feel like there's a lot of companies. There's way too many. Some that don't run constantly that have two shows, and then they never come back. I think that's the only real flaw with SoCal. There's a lot of flaws, but that's one of them. Having these little whatever companies and then they just kinda disappear just cause they're booking their friends. Then they don't have money to run another show. Like "I want to have a show, I want to book my friends." And then that's it. You can't do it anymore.
There's a lot of good shit. There's a lot of guys that help out. David Marquez has a good thing going. Bart (owner of AWS) helps a lot of guys out, and women. EWF, Jesse and Jake. The companies that are gonna stick around, the ones that started when I started, are the ones people should want to work for. I'm not saying don't work anywhere else. You know, PWG. I never wrestled at PWG and I'm glad the Santino guys got booked there recently. It should kinda be a stepping stone for them to move on from here. Don't be in SoCal forever.
We all need to help each other, and not bring each other down. But, coming from a guy who talks shit that's kinda contradicting. For the future, talent needs to recognize talent. If there isn't any talent, you gotta tell them and help them out. Talk shit to them and make them figure it out.
Andrew: Speaking of talking shit, let's talk about women's wrestling.
Rico: Fuck, why do you want to talk about that fucking snoozefest?
Andrew: You and I have had conversations before about it, but I've never heard workers come out publicly on this subject. What are your honest thoughts on women's wrestling?
Rico: Look, there's nothing wrong with with women's wrestling like in the WWE or over in NXT. The cream of the crop goes there, or those who will be trained to be. That's the thing, they say it's women's wrestling. To me, it's wrestling. They're held to another standard. If I watch a women's match, I feel like the fans, not the wrestlers, the fans praise them when the match is fucking sloppy and not good. I'm not saying they're all that way, but a lot of them are. I feel like (fans) might not know it's bad because nobody tells them it's bad.
Andrew: Technique wise?
Rico: Yeah. I went to WWE on a tryout gimmick before it was trendy to post it on the internet. They had Titus O'Neal wrestle, fuck, the fucking black John Cena. The guy who came out of the closet…
Andrew: Darren Young?
Rico: Darren Young. They were wrestling when WWE would give developmental guys dark matches .I fucking sat at gorilla, and they had a long ass boring fucking match. It was long and fucking boring. Everybody there was talking shit. I don't even remember who the agents were. They were talking so much shit. "This match sucks. He's not doing this. They're not doing that." I was sitting with I think Trent Barreta, and we were like "fuck" just shaking our heads. They come back, and the agents were like "Great job! It was really good!" I was like breaking my head thinking they were just saying this was dog shit, and they come back and they tell them it's fucking good? How are they going to fucking know it was dog shit if you don't tell them it was dog shit?
I feel like that with the women. I'm not saying it's dog shit, I'm just saying when the fans praise them, cause I've seen it, it's not good sometimes. It's not fucking good. Dude you fucking know, the shit's not good. They just hold them to a different standard.
Andrew: Do you think fans lower their standards when it comes to women's wrestling?
Rico: Yes, I do. And that's not….
Andrew: And that's not to insult the women.
Rico: Yeah. It's nothing that they did. I just feel like the bar should be fucking as high as the men's wrestling bar. It's not dogging the girls as I have a lot of friends like Ruby Raze, Sage Sin, Thunderkitty. It's just sometimes the matches are fucking too long. They also worry too much about selling merch.
Andrew: Do you think that it's also because 10 years ago fans were conditioned to women being in "Bra & Panties" matches, and now that they're just doing moves, even if they're not performed right, fans are reacting that way just cause they're doing moves?
Rico: Yeah. Yeah. And I'm not saying the moves are not good. They're just fucking sloppy sometimes. I think a girl would get better if she wrestles men.
Andrew: Like Candice LeRae?
Rico: Candice LeRae is great. That's why she's in fucking WWE. Let's be honest. Right now, like who would I see that could be in WWE?
Andrew: Personally, Delilah Doom is someone I think is on that track.
Rico: I haven't seen her wrestle. I hear a lot about her. I think I've only seen her once.
Andrew: You should check her out.
Rico: I mean, they all have the look. They look a certain way, but, fuck. They need a, it's not even up to the girls. It's up to you fucking fans. You can't fucking praise them when it's not good. You gotta tell them the truth. When (fans) say "oh this guy's match sucked," fuck, I say you say the same shit about the women if it sucks. I'm not saying that they all suck, but if it sucks, it's gotta be put out there.
Andrew: What are your thoughts on the Feelyons being nominated for the SoCal Tag Team of the Year award for 2017?
Rico: I don't think they suck, but I didn't see their fucking names anywhere. Me and Che wrestled them at EWF. And they wrestle at, where do they wrestle at? MPW?
Andrew: MPW and OCCW.
Rico: Fuck, you see. I don't even know. I just thought "fuck, I never heard of them all year. Why the fuck would they be nominated for Tag Team of the Year if I never heard of them all year?" So I just thought they only fucking wrestled every two, three months. So I was just like, "why the fuck would they be nominated?" Personally they're nice guys. I've met them, I've wrestled them. But I was just like "really? The fucking Feelyons?" They're nice guys, but I was also like "what the fuck? You nominated the Young Bucks?"
Andrew: Let's talk about tryouts. This is something you and I have also talked about before in the past. Now this has been a thing that has been getting trendy, people talking about getting tryouts. What are your personal thoughts on tryouts? You've gotten tryouts for WWE, AAA, and a few other projects.
Rico: Well fuck dude, I don't know. I never paid for a fucking tryout, so I believe those are tryouts. The ones you don't pay for. If you pay for a tryout, fuck, I don't know. I don't consider that a tryout. Like I'm telling you, I'm old. The first time I got a tryout was in 2008. Fucking 10 years ago, and the last time I was there was 2013 before the Performance Center took over. It was different. We would get paid more money back then to be there, and it was actually a tryout. Like I haven't been there since 2013. I just stopped submitting my stuff. I was kinda over it. I'd fucking see Joey Ryan all the time. Fucking (Eli Drake). Scorpio Sky. It's like, fuck, if you're not gonna hire these guys, or the other top guys, who the fuck are you gonna hire? Who from SoCal has been hired to WWE? That you think of?
Andrew: Adam Pearce and G.Q. Money (Ryan Katz) but they're office.
Rico: Yeah. They're office. And I don't count Samoa Joe. Back in the day, it was a tryout. I say back in the day cause it was a fucking long time ago. You'd show up and they wouldn't let you in the fucking ring. The WWE guys would workout, and then Jamie Noble would kinda like pick you to get in the ring to work out a little bit. If there's a spot, you'd have a match or whatever. Do the same thing they do now. Be an extra, security, whatever the fuck. John Laurinaitis was there. There was also a guy named Ty Bailey. They were always watching. I was there when Buggy got signed. We were in the locker room, and then somebody walked in and pointed at her and said "HHH wants you." She had a match with, I think AJ Lee, before the show started and they just liked her look.
It was different. Now it's like, I started noticing since the last time I went they started giving dark matches and a lot of stuff to NXT guys. When I see guys working security, I don't see it as a tryout anymore. The tryout is now getting fucking booked at the Performance Center. That's your fucking tryout. You don't have a tryout at Raw or Smackdown. You can't. There's too much shit going on. They might job you out, and it's possible you get hired. I'm not saying you can't, but the tryouts now are at fucking the Performance Center. That's the way to go.
Andrew: Do you think some of these tryouts at the Performance Center are all just for show? Like they have someone in mind and they're just bringing in extra people?
Rico: I don't know man. I've never been there. I know guys who have been there just recently and a couple years ago. It's legit, but it's hard. They do this shit all the time. If you really think about it, they have enhancement talent this week on Raw, this week on Smackdown, next week again in another fucking city. They do it every fucking week. How many buff dudes, or tattoo dudes, or longhair dudes, or bearded dudes can you fucking see to pick one mother fucker? It's hard. We had a big tryout here in LA. Me, Sky, Joey Ryan, Brandon Gatson, Ryan Taylor, (Eli Drake). There were a fucking bunch of us and they picked one fucking guy. Jody Kristofferson. He was good, don't get me wrong, but I think his dad's an actor. HHH had just filmed a movie with his dad, so he got hired. That's how it is. It's kinda political. You mean to tell me that guy is better than Scorpio Sky? Fuck no. Not dogging him out.
Tryouts, for all you guys out there looking forward to it: P.C. Yeah, do your thing on the extra talent thing, but you gotta submit your shit and get in the Performance Center because it's fucking easy. I wish I was born 10 years fucking later to be honest, cause back in the day when you'd go, no one would say how you got there. Everyone was fucking quiet. No one would be like "oh, who called you?" It was taboo. You wouldn't tell anybody your fucking connection to get there. Now everybody knows. You fucking send an email. Fuck, a fucking lame ass jabroni can get an email address for John Cone and send a nice picture. There you go. Anyone can fucking do it. The thing is trying to get hired.
Word Association
Andrew: Let's get into some word association.
AWS: Really great man. It's a good company. It's a mini-PWG for the guys that don't get booked at PWG but should be booked.
Baja Stars: I like wrestling there. It's very fun. It's very Lucha. I like the Lucha crowd, as I speak Spanish. I speak their lingo. It's fun. It's a nice payday and it's fun.
EWF: I love EWF! EWF is my home! They were my second home from Santinos, but I feel now that EWF is my home. I should be the heavyweight champion. That's the only time I'd be able to retire.
Championship Wrestling From Hollywood: I love Championship Wrestling From Hollywood. I'm not too keen on my character though. I wish it had been me and Che instead of the Rancheros. It does good. It's TV. It's exposure. It helps you out a lot if you're trying to be in WWE. It's really good.
Ray Rosas: Oh fuck man. I wish he'd make it to WWE. We saw his talent before he even had his first match. So yeah, and he's a great friend of mine.
Tito Escondido. Fuck man. That guy should be in WWE. He shouldn't be fucking wearing a fucking ranchero hat and be getting hit with a chair. You'll know what I'm talking about soon enough.
Che Cabrera: Fuck man, he should be in WWE. He's great. Che needs to get hired. His Spanish fucking sucks. William Regal told him "we'd hire you if you were Mexican." And I told him "you should've told him you were Mexican. You look the same. Same shit. They're not gonna look in your family's history and say 'oh, you're not Mexican.'" But he should get hired. He has to.
Tyler Bateman: Fuck man, he's a great talent. Friend of mine. He has a very unique style, and he's very believable. He's just a top guy anywhere. He can do it all.
Peter Avalon: Fuck, him too. He's so good. Peter's doing really good with Championship Wrestling From Hollywood. He's had a couple matches with WWE. Peter needs to get to the Performance Center. He could probably get something going. And he's young. All these guys, him and Che are still under 30. Fucking perfect for them.
Douglas James: Fuck, he's really good. I wrestled him. He was scared of me. And I'll tell you, Doug you a little punk, you're scared of me. Naw, he's really good. He's got a little buzz going, so whatever he gets, he deserves it. He's really good.
Eli Everfly: Fuck, good old fucking Eli. He's a really good talent. He use to talk a lot and say nonsense, but I don't think he says shit like that anymore. He has really good matches, and he's got a buzz going too. He's done a lot of shit. He can do a lot of stuff. And he's young too. I told him one time he should try to go to Japan. We'll see.
Andrew: What are your final thoughts.
Rico: Have fun with it man. Try not to stay in SoCal forever. It didn't work out for me. Never got hired by WWE. Been there a lot of times. It just didn't work out. Shit happens. I made a lot of friends, I didn't make any enemies. I think that if you have your head on straight, you'll get places. And workout. Please. There's not a lot of fat guys that get hired. You gotta be special to be special to be an out-of-shape guy.
Andrew: That applies to so many guys in SoCal.
Rico: Please, guys. Let's workout. Nothing against guys who might be a little out-of-shape, it's just there are not a lot of Kevin Owens'. So, let's workout. Let's workout, everybody.
I'd also like to take some time to thank Bart Kapitzke, David Marquez, Gabriel Ramirez of Pro Wrestling Revolution, Marty Elias, and my trainers Mongol Santino, Joey "Kaos" Munoz, and especially Dynamite D. Rest In Peace.
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Timmy Reed | 03/06/2018 at 7:30 PM |
Don't forget it was your fellow classmate Josh that was working with Henry after XPW that hit you up about working with GSCW at the Pico Rivera arena while you were working the show…lol


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Liberals say Parliament Hill security should also cover nearby streets after new report
December 14, 2022 Canuck Canada, House of Commons, MP safety, mp security, Ottawa Police, ottawa security, Parliament, Parliament Hill, parliament hill security, parliament security, Parliamentary precinct, Politics
Liberal MPs on a House of Commons committee that studied parliamentary security after the "Freedom Convoy" say the Parliamentary Precinct should be expanded to include nearby streets.
The Liberals say a land transfer should take place between the City of Ottawa and the federal public services department to allow Wellington Street and Sparks Street, a pedestrian street one block south of Parliament Hill, to become part of the precinct.
That's a stronger position than the one taken by the majority of MPs on the committee, which only suggested the land transfer "if necessary."
Conservatives disagree with the recommendations and say that politicians should not be in charge of security.
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The committee's eight recommendations include that the same streets be part of the Parliamentary Protective Service's jurisdiction either way and that Wellington Street remain closed to traffic between Kent Street and the National War Memorial.
The road has been largely closed off since the clearing of the weeks-long "Freedom Conboy" protest against COVID-19 measures earlier this year that saw big rigs parked just outside of the parliamentary buildings.
The acting director of the protective service, Larry Brookson, has said that he would support bringing Wellington Street under his jurisdiction. The committee said it recognizes the "evolving threat environment" of the Hill and that the service should be provided "the necessary resources" to secure it.
"The right to grant the public access to the parliamentary precincts and the grounds of Parliament Hill belongs to Parliament, as an institution, and its membership. Security for parliamentarians, staff and the general public is essential, rather than incidental, to enabling Parliament to conduct its work," the report from the procedure and House affairs committee concluded.
"The committee recognizes the importance of ensuring the safety and security of parliamentarians, staff and all persons within the parliamentary precinct, while seeking to preserve the welcoming and open character of the nation's capital."
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The recommendations, released the day before the House of Commons takes a break for the holidays, emphasize that consultations and discussions with stakeholders should continue, including with Indigenous groups.
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They also seem geared toward creating better communication among various police services to prevent confusion around how to respond to an unprecedented situation such as the February protests, which ultimately prompted the federal government to invoke special emergency powers.
The majority of MPs on the committee are calling for the creation of a new working group between parliamentary security officials, the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP.
This group would "establish an effective and consistent plan in the event of incidents on Parliament Hill," the report says. It would meet at least twice a year and start work on a "real post-mortem of the various incidents that have taken place on Parliament Hill over the past 20 years."
That would include this year's "Freedom Convoy," but also the 2014 shootings that killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial.
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Government should establish "clear instructions" on the mandates of law enforcement and security partners, the committee is also recommending.
Conservatives took issue with the idea that government would be so heavily involved in security decisions and disagreed with the changes to Parliament Hill jurisdiction, saying the committee was going "too far, too fast."
Experts should have been allowed to craft a joint proposal on the details of a security plan, a dissenting report from the Conservative Party said.
"We were pleased to hear that there are positive working relationships among the various partners and that the events of recent months have led to even greater awareness of Parliament's unique situation as well as stronger inter-agency collaboration," the Tories said, referring to witness testimony that contributed to the committee's findings.
"In our view, the ever-evolving future of parliamentary security should leverage and enhance these dynamics, rather than be needlessly disrupted through the imposition of politicians' instructions. To be certain, we did not hear a compelling argument from witnesses that politicians ought to wade in and give directions to policing and security professionals."
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