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s a teenager, there were two magazines that I subscribed to, without fail, every year: TV Guide and Sports Illustrated.* They're both still around, technically, but I'm not even sure you can call them mere shells of their former selves. Each, in its time, was the preeminent "serious" publication in their respective genres; in today's clickbait culture, they're now some of the clickbatiest.
*I know I don't usually italicize TV Guide, but here it's being used in conjunction with other magazines whose titles I do italicize; it would look funny otherwise.
I had cause in the last week to think about each of them in terms of what has been lost, through various ownership changes, evolutions in taste, and a general dumbing-down of society. (Current readers excluded, of course; if you happen to be reading these words, I have nothing but the highest admiration for your intellect, though I do wonder if you might not have something better to do.) You may have read about the latest to befall SI; the new owners took over last week and promptly cut half of the workforce, introducing a business plan that sounds suspiciously like some kind of a pyramid scheme involving LLCs, freelancers, and unpaid college students. (And no kidding about the pyramid part; the diagram accompanying their business plan is an actual, freaking pyramid. Of all the qualities that the new ruling class possess, irony is apparently not one of them.) One of the first stories to come from the "new" SI, a report on Saturday night's Notre Dame-Bowling Green game, sounded as if it had been written as a first draft by a stringer for a high school newspaper. It causes even a semi-professional writer such as yours truly to look around, imagine inhabiting this world, and think of Charlton Heston's words in Planet of the Apes: "If this is the best they've got around here, in six months we'll be running this publication." Or something like that.
It's been decades since I've subscribed to SI; I dropped it sometime in the '80s, I think. After that, I only read it when I was stuck in a doctor's office with nothing else to do but thumb around a months'-old magazine and find out who won last year's Super Bowl. SI's specialty had never been bring you the scores; you could get those in your newspaper. No, what its talented staff did was to give you the story behind the story, the in-depth profile that went beyond the fan-friendly propaganda you read elsewhere. And, of course, there was the stunning photography, from a time when not every sporting event was on TV, and the ones that were were often in black-and-white. It allowed you to actually see what was going on, not just read about it. Its writers included some of the greatest: Dan Jenkins, Frank Deford, Herbert Warren Wind, Paul Zimmerman, George Plimpton, Tex Maule, Robert Creamer, and others. It was kind of like the New Yorker of sports, and though I also read Dick Schaap's Sport magazine, SI was the one to which I subscribed.
I gave up on the magazine when it started to become too political, when there were too many sports, like white-water rafting, that I just didn't care about, and when the swimsuit issue turned into barely-concealed soft-core porn. (Pun intended.) I might have had withdrawal for a couple of weeks, but by then there were other serious magazines to pursue, such as Inside Sports and Deford's failed daily sports newspaper The National. Eventually, I pretty much lost interest in most sports, which is where we are today.
The reason I bring this up—a topic that seems to have little to do with television—is the second occasion, which I alluded to up there at the beginning of the second paragraph. It was the day before yesterday, and I'd stopped at the post office to mail some TV Guides back to the generous benefactor who had loaned them to me (you'll be reading one of them this Saturday). The woman at the window asked me what kind of magazines I was mailing back, and I told her they were TV Guides from the 1960s and 1970s. I write about them, I said modestly.
"TV Guide!' she said, as if I'd brought up a long-lost old friend. "I remember that! We used to wait for that every week, and then look through it"—and here she made a motion with her hands, as if she were paging through the magazine—"to see what all was on! That was good reading!"
She turned to her co-worker at the next window. "You remember TV Guide?"
"Sure," she said. "We used to read that every week! Is that even still around?"
"Yeah," the first woman said, "but now it's jes' like some gossip sheet. That's all they do. It used to be good reading!"
I left with a smile, not just because it had been a pleasant conversation, but because it proved that I wasn't the only person who felt that way about the old magazine. Like SI, TV Guide had once been a respected, weekly publication that dealt with serious issues. Like SI, it had a stable of great writers—Edith Efron, Richard K. Doan, Cleveland Amory, Neil Hickey, John Gregory Dunne and more—and like SI, it was now published every-other-week, with a tabloid-like mentality, and a website that reads as if it was written by publicists to the stars and has little to say about anything. When you jettison your heritage like this, you lose your institutional memory; in TV Guide's case, the memory is not of the latest stars, or the current gossip—it is the history of television, of the industries, of the shows that came to fame and helped make the medium what it is. Losing that memory is like losing your family album; you're left wondering who you are and where you came from.
Looking back on these memories is guaranteed to make you feel old beyond your years, which is one of the reasons why I do this blog—to make something productive from a memory that might otherwise break your heart, or at least drive you to drink. But what can you do? Times change, people change, tastes change. That this change is not always for the best is beyond the point; it simply is. It does no good to encase yourself in a sentimental nostalgia that acts as a cocoon protecting you from the present time. The past is to be enjoyed, savored, learned from—and to act as an escape only occasionally. As I'm fond of saying, I don't live in the past, I just vacation there a lot. I've met so many terrific people since I started writing seriously about classic television—not just the ladies at the post office, but my friends at MANC, my correspondents, the people who've bought my books, and you readers out there, who make yourselves felt even though I might never meet you, or even hear from you.
No, there are good things about the present—not the least of which is all the all the great people you meet when you're talking about the past. TV
Labels: Mazazines, Nostalgia, TV Guide
JD Rowe October 9, 2019 at 6:41 PM
Straight from the heart with this one, Mitchell. Those were the two magazines my family subscribed to as well and what has been done to both makes sites like yours so important in terms of preserving something that had gravitas and was welcomed weekly, now casualties of today's media circus mentality. I wonder if anyone is doing a similar blog for old SI's? Maybe in retirement.....I have a lot of them.
diskojoe October 10, 2019 at 9:10 PM
There's always the SI Vault, although I don't know how long that will last under this new ownership.
JD Rowe October 12, 2019 at 12:47 PM
Good point, diskojoe. Most of mine are from the mid 60's through the 70's so at least I can share them if the Vault shuts down. My 1967 collection has the great AL pennant race along with the AFL and NFL preview issue.
YIH October 11, 2019 at 9:11 AM
"One of the first stories to come from the "new" SI, a report on Saturday night's Notre Dame-Bowling Green game, sounded as if it had been written as a first draft by a stringer for a high school newspaper."
I'm willing to bet it wasn't even written by a human :)
Jon October 11, 2019 at 12:12 PM
I've discussed my history with TV Guide collecting both with you & in comments here. I finally let my subscription lapse after the magazine gave up on local editions in 2005.
I was very interested in subscribing to Sports Illustrated when I was first aware of its contents in 1985. It used to have great coverage of all the college games in the major conferences. All of a sudden a year later, I'm not sure why this happened, but SI no longer did the conference coverage and did away with a lot of what made it special. I've still never subscribed, and I'm sure politics ruined what was left of any appeal of the magazine for me.
David Hofstede October 14, 2019 at 9:19 PM
Nothing I can think to add to this. Bravo.
oneillb454@gmail.com October 15, 2019 at 1:04 AM
Jon, you're right that SI got a 'new look' in 1986, with many cosmetic changes, including a redesigned logo, and a somewhat different format that did away with its old 'recap of the week' columns for most sports.
I read it regularly starting in 1987, and subscribed for over 25 years. For me, the downhill slide started in the mid-90s, when the internet rendered its extensive game recaps obsolete.
Like Mitchell, I often skipped articles about some niche sports I wasn't interestered in, but by the turn of the century, the magazine was focused on mostly NFL and NBA coverage, and everything else seemed like filler.
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This week in TV Guide: October 28, 1978
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What's on TV? Wednesday, October 21, 1981
What's on TV? Saturday, October 12, 1974
What's on TV? Friday, October 11, 1963
This week in TV Guide: October 5, 1963
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First of all my hubby has now put up our new lights. These are from the store Dunelm, I could only get 3 boxes in store so I had to order 3 more online at Dunelm.
These lights were £32 each and I love them, they brighten up our living so much, its amazing what good lighting can do to a room.
Here is my Christmas decor. Some we have had for a while, purchased from various stores, charity shops and online.
This is our dashboard where we store my son's toys inside. The cover was a bargain buy from the store Poundland so just £1, the bag is from Wilkos I think about £1 and Christmas chipmunk that does sing was from I think a charity shop. I bought it couple of years ago so not sure where this was purchased but it is go cute that it has to come out.
Our Christmas tree which I have taken picture of before check out my previous blog below for details. It was from Clintons.
We have a snowman jar which stores some secret treats inside, this I bought a couple of years ago from the Charity shop so couldn't give details on price, but I get this out each year and put inside some festive goodies.
This is upstairs above my cube unit from Argos, I store some photos of my closest friends and family.
The little trees are from Poundland again, the reefs are from Wilko, can't remember price and the little ornament in the middle is from a charity shop cost about £2.
I really don't spend too much as it for me isn't about the price but the what it brings into my home that counts.
I love these Tinsel Blue Reefs is from Poundland, and I love them so simple yet creates a lovely sparkle on our landing upstairs and also got one in my husband's and I bedroom.
I really love this time of year again and we do have a few more bits to add and I will shows these too once they are done.


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Brexit 50p Coin, Philip Pullman, and the Oxford Comma
01 Saturday Feb 2020
Posted by Ben Bennetts in Current Affairs, Language, Opinion Piece
Brexit, Brexit 50p Coin, Harvard Comma, Oxford Comma, Philip Pullman, Serial/Series Comma
Or should my heading read 'Brexit 50p Coin, Philip Pullman and the Oxford Comma'? (No comma after 'Pullman')
UK's Brexit 50p commemorative coin.
Yesterday, the UK formally exited the European Union. Brexit has delivered, and to commemorate this major event in our history, the Royal Mint has issued a special version of the 50p coin. Inscribed on the back of this coin are the immortal words 'Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations 31 January, 2020' and the English novelist, Sir Philip Pullman, is up in arms, calling for a 'boycott (of the coin) by all literate people'. Quite how you can boycott a coin jangling loosely in your pocket or purse escapes me but, more to the point, why is our knightly novelist calling for such action? The answer, quite simply, is that he is objecting to the absence of a comma after the word 'prosperity' – the omission of the notorious Oxford comma, also known as the serial/series comma or Harvard comma.
Here's what Philip Pullman wants:
UK's Brexit 50p commemorative coin, with Oxford comma.
Why all the fuss? Grammarians have long argued over the need to include or omit the comma before the last item in a list of items. I entered the fray in 2014 when I wrote an article titled The death of the comma?, now available in my 2014 book Fingers to the Keyboard: 2000 – 2014. Here's what I wrote:
In his Slate article, McWhorter mentioned the Oxford comma. Textbook grammar states that there should be no comma between the penultimate and ultimate items in a list – eggs, bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes – whereas Oxford comma supporters insert the extra comma – eggs, bacon, mushrooms, and tomatoes. I've no axe to grind either way. Sometimes I put it in; sometimes not. Inserting the extra comma depends on whether it contributes to clarity or emphasis, or not – 'she feasted on quails' eggs, caviar, and champagne' reads better than 'she feasted on quails' eggs, caviar and champagne' in my opinion. The presence of the comma before the and adds weight to the and and emphasises that champagne was also included as a crowning glory to the feast. But, by the same token, I would write 'he bought pens, ink, staples and paper' if there was no need to emphasise one item over another.
You pays your money and takes your choice with the Oxford comma.
Later, in my 2018 book, The Mechanics of Creative Writing, I created a cartoon to demonstrate when the insertion of an Oxford comma is essential to remove ambiguity. Here's the cartoon and accompanying text:
Oxford commas rule, okay? See the illuminating example above. I suspect that the Big Prize winner meant to say, "I would like to thank my parents, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton." All three parties would be happy with that.
Quite why Philip Pullman is up in arms defeats me. Any author has to make a decision about whether to include or omit the comma and if clarity, emphasis or ambiguity issues raise their head, there's really no reason not to include it. As I've said before, there are no rules about these things. There are opinions, style guides and accepted common practice (conventions) but no rules. Rules require an authoritative legislative body and there is no such body in command of the grammar of the English language and I, for one, have no intention of rejecting a Brexit 50p coin if offered to me in change following a cash transaction. Quite the opposite. Brexit 50p coins are destined to become collector items so grab 'em while you can.
My advice to Philip Pullman is calm down, collect the coins and put them in a biscuit tin for safe keeping! And why did neither he, nor anyone else as far as I know, comment on the lack of a full stop at the end of the text?
UK's Brexit 50p commemorative coin, with Oxford comma and full stop.

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Iran denies firing rockets on American ship
Iran says claim it launched rockets near the USS Harry S. Truman is "psychological warfare".
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Jan 1, 2016, 6:44 AM (GMT+2)
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Iran denied on Thursday that its Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Reuters reports.
Earlier this week, an American military official said that the Iranian navy test fired several rockets near three Western warships, including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, noting that the United States viewed the incident as "highly provocative".
But the Revolutionary Guards' spokesman, Ramezan Sharif, denied that the incident took place.
"The naval forces of the Guards have not had any exercises in the Strait of Hormuz during the past week and the period claimed by the Americans for them to have launched missiles and rockets," said Sharif, according to Reuters.
"The publication of such false news under the present circumstances is akin to psychological warfare," he claimed.
NBC News, citing unnamed U.S. military officials, said the Guards were conducting a live-fire exercise and that the Harry S. Truman came within about 1,500 yards of a rocket as it entered the Gulf with other warships.
Iranian and U.S. forces have clashed in the Gulf in the past, especially during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran, which frequently conducts missile tests and maneuvers to underline its military muscle, has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tanker traffic should it be attacked.
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Facing a lawsuit by two teachers' unions, Texas Commissioner of Education Shirley J. Neeley has backed off from a rules change that would have allowed school districts to exceed state class-size limits without a public airing—and vote—on each waiver request.
On Oct. 5, Ms. Neeley had sent a guidance letter to school boards allowing them to grant their district superintendents the authority to ask the state for permission to exceed the class-size cap of 22 students per teacher in grades K-4. Currently, district requests must be made every semester, after a public discussion and a vote by the school board.
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Caroline has E-lectrifying visit!
Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, visited Halfords in Gosport where residents have the opportunity to trial an e-bike for free for up to six hours.
Halfords is offering a total of three million hours of free e-bike trials over the course of the next year, with residents in Gosport among the first given the chance to take part.
With residents treated to a choice of up to 12 e-bikes, customers will be given the opportunity to try out the bike for up to six hours.
Commenting, Caroline said:
"It's great that Halfords are offering the chance to try out an e-bike before purchasing, and I'm sure many people will make the most of the opportunity.
I was really impressed with the staff at the Gosport store – they answered all my questions and had a real eagerness to showcase this exciting new option for personal transport.
Switching from driving to riding an e-bike for shorter journeys is healthier for you and healthier for the environment - so encouraging people to cycle is really important for building back better after the pandemic."
As well as the health and social benefits, swapping the car for an e-bike on short commutes benefits the environment, which is so important as we look to build back greener from the pandemic."
With up to six hours to trial the bike, customers are given ample time to get a feel for their chosen e-bike; including the range, comfortability and speed - so they can ride away confident that their questions have been answered.
Gregg Feely, Halfords' Gosport store manager, said:
"It was great to see our local MP take part in Halfords' e-bike trials. We hope this will encourage many more customers to give this a go, as we support the UK in adopting modern, electric and environmentally friendly transport alternatives."
Over the past 18 months, electric bikes have increased in popularity. With one in three workers being reluctant to commute to work by public transport, e-bikes offer a feasible alternative and make cycling far more accessible for all. Riders of all ages can tackle more challenging journeys, get to places faster and with less exertion, putting the fun back into boring old journeys.
Plus, e-bikes are great for promoting positive mental health by helping to reduce stress and anxiety and boosting one's mood. And with benefits for the environment too, it's no wonder sales have grown by 76% year on year!
Taking part in the new trial couldn't be easier- customers simply enter their postcode into the Halford e-bike trial finder, and they are shown availability at their local store. From there, they can choose a day and time that suits them and book their slot - a £101 deposit will be taken when the bike is collected, however is refunded in full when returned.
Westminster News
Caroline Backs Female-led Business
Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has called for the Government to provide further support for women in enterprise who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 308 was adopted on January 19, 1972, after a request by the Organisation of African Unity to hold meetings of the Council in an African capital. The Council decided to hold meetings in Addis Ababa from January 28 to a date no later than February 4.  The Council expressed its gratitude to Ethiopia for its promises for host the meetings and to provide certain facilities without cost.

The President of the Council announced the resolution was approved unanimously in the absence of any objection.

In accordance with the resolution, the Council's 1627th to 1638th meetings were held in the Ethiopian capital, to discuss several issues relating to peace and security in Africa.

See also
 List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976)

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What happens when five of wargaming's most talented indie designers are teamed up with an incredible graphic artist?
The answer is a unique anthology project. New rules for your favourite indie titles. New games ripped right from the minds of wargaming's most prolific collective of published writers and insights into the process of writing and creating games.
Join us for BLASTER!
BLASTER: Volume 1 contains:
Martian Racing Federation, a stand-alone game-mode for Gaslands by Mike Hutchinson. You've seen Earth's worst, now witness their overlords.
Last Days: TIMELINES by Ash Barker, which takes the Zombie Apocalypse through time; beginning with the Old West.
The Lotus Guilds of the Twilight Seat spring onto the scene in Relic Blade by Sean Sutter along with downloadable assets for these new Seekers.
The Beastmasters, a whole new faction for THIS IS NOT A TEST by Joseph McGuire. With complete rules for these maniac pet-owners in the Wasteland.
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Closing thoughts from all five designers on this first volume and the state of wargaming.
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William R September 29, 2020 10:14 pm UTC
Any chance of getting the individual articles/modules broken up and sold as PDF's separately? I'm a huge fan of Gaslands and would like to try the Mars Racing thing, but I have no interest in any of the other games or paying for content that I will never use. I would gladly pay a few dollars for just the things I'm interested in and I'm sure others would as well.
Cesar P January 01, 2021 5:18 pm UTC
Doubt it. The idea is you get tempted to try the other games and get to know the creators you might not already be a fan of. They are all great games and I would recommend them all.
William R January 02, 2021 4:09 am UTC
That's a shame because I have no interest in the other games. It's a loss of money for them.
Andrew M August 17, 2020 4:19 pm UTC
I bought this on the strength of a thoughtful review by John Treadaway in Miniature Wargames. I hadn't previously heard of the publication, so having it brought to my attention by MW was helpful in itself. The fact that the review showed clear thought about the content and its standard of production was what convinced me to buy it, along with my interest in some of the game systems covered, of course. It is undeniably expensive, but its quality just about justifies this for anyone with a commitment to at least some of the games.
Andy S June 25, 2020 7:54 pm UTC
Really happy with my softcover copy I got today. Looks great and there's a lot in there to read and digest. Absolutely cannot wait to see where Last Days : Timelines goes and really liking the look of Relic Blade. If nothing else, there's some great inspiration in here for anyone developing their own characters and scenarios.
As for the price, I think it's fair. The physical product is of a high quality, you get a standalone game, an effectively some pretty in depth expansions for the others. It's tough to put a value on something like this where it's easy to underestimate the effort put in by the creators. Sure, there are cheaper products. There are also more expensive products. And in that basis, this must be about right. I'm definitely viewing it as an expansion compendium and not a magazine on the content.
Excited for next issue. Keep up the good work folks.
Devin T June 23, 2020 11:37 pm UTC
A great first edition with a ton of content and excellent layout. I look forward to the next issue!
Matt N June 18, 2020 3:50 pm UTC
I play two of these games and was really looking forward to it, but I do think the price is a bit steep myself. I'm afraid I am going to have to pass.
Daniel H June 17, 2020 12:01 am UTC
Hi! I really dig that cover, who is the artist?
Kim Lemuel H June 14, 2020 8:37 am UTC
I'm not a buyer, as I don't use any of these systems that make up this compendium. However, I do understand why buyers would want to normalize the price down to around 8-10 USD per 100 pages, because that's more or less the standard pricing for a lot of titles on dmsguild and drivethrurpg. Notwithstanding, of course, the fact that this is kinda like a magazine. However, there've been a lot of magazine subscriptions where you'd pay a similar price to this, which would justify the pricing. I would say that something else that might play into the pricing is the overall quality of the artwork involved and the quality of the publication. I think it would be fair to say that if we were to reduce the price down to 8-10 USD per 100 pages, one would have to be okay with taking out the art for their reduced copy. Otherwise, I think a 20 USD price tag is pretty justifiable.
Greg H June 14, 2020 6:34 pm UTC
Thanks Kim! Appreciate the feedback! We'll take that into consideration.
Joseph P June 12, 2020 7:20 pm UTC
I'm excited by the prospect of this magazine, but I will say that $25 for an 80 page PoD without accompanying PDF feels a little steep. Just giving you some friendly feedback.
Thanks Joseph, of course we'll consider that.
George K June 11, 2020 8:08 pm UTC
Is there ANY chance this can be released in a B&W version, to reduce costs? For Canadians, having this PoD and shipped costs a bundle.
BLASTER M June 11, 2020 9:14 pm UTC
The greater goal of this project is to put games out that feature incredible design and photography so right now black and white isn't in our plans. But definitely will look into that more. Can you give me (Greg) an email about it? hortong@gmail.com
Sean S June 10, 2020 8:37 pm UTC
Stoked for this. This is going to be an awesome resource for indie tables. So many hardcore players are in all five communities already and the spirit of indie gaming is to try something new.
Patrick J June 10, 2020 9:47 pm UTC
You can count me as one in all five communities. I've never actually played most of them, but I own and am interested in all the games. I'm just an indie wargame junkie, I guess.
Ha! Well. Reading the books and enjoying the work is a worthwhile hobby in my opinion.
Kevin B June 10, 2020 5:20 pm UTC
So how is this useful for anyone that does not have the games listed? I'm not going to go out and buy these games just to play these scenarios. Are the rules for all five games a part of the package? If not I wouldn't buy this product. Even if I had one of the games I probably wouldn't buy it. I'm not saying others won't love it. Good luck.
Hi Kevin! Martian Racing by Mike Hutchinson is a complete, standalone game in this Volume. The other four are full supplements for Rangers of Shadowdeep, Relic Blade, This is Not a Test and Last Days, not scenarios. :)
Kevin B June 11, 2020 12:36 am UTC
Thank you for clarifying and congratulations on a great start for your product.
Andy S.
I'm really impressed with the quality of the book (softcover version). The artwork, presentation and content are superb. If you own and play all of these games, this is amazing value for money. Even if you only play 1 or 2 of them, the additional [...]
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Great way to get a glimpse on every author's minds, and good value to the games here presented. Even if you only play one of the games, you have a stand alone option with the Mars racing and has valuable stuff that you can adapt to games not prese [...]
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Matt Rogers captains a balanced side that hopes to bring home the Pete Dawkins trophy. (Photo credit: Travis Prior)
May 31- Arizona has announced their roster for the most high profile tournament of the year, the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship starting tomorrow in Philadelphia.
Matt Rogers leads a balanced, experienced squad and hopes to help the Wildcats break through this year and claim the program's first sevens crown in the national spotlight of the ESPN family of networks. Joining Rogers in the team leadership is Vice Captain Ben Scoular, who captained the side in last weekend's warm up tournament, the USA Rugby College Sevens in Tucson.
A number of veteran CRC performers make up the 12-man squad, including Garrett Walker, Jonah Eldridge, and Zach Heisterkamp. "We had a challenging camp, put them through a lot, but these guys got better each week, and to see some of our juniors like Zach Heisterkamp take a big step forward is exciting. They're ready for the show and they'll set a great example for our young guys" said Head Coach Sean Duffy. Two of those youngsters are Freshmen Matthew Start and Jack McCrossin, a great feat to end their first season in Tucson.
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Knox County deserves debate before midterms
by The Kenyon Collegian
With less than a month to go before the Ohio midterm elections, it's as important as ever to register to vote, and stay informed. Yet, in Ohio's seventh district, it's been difficult to do the latter with the lack of direct communication between congressional candidate Ken Harbaugh (D) and incumbent Bob Gibbs (R), who has held the seat since 2013. So far, there have been no town hall meetings, no debates and no public forums. In today's political climate, voters need to have access to concrete policy information, and part of that is direct, face-to-face discussion between candidates. To this end, we propose a debate between Gibbs and Harbaugh on Kenyon's campus.
On April 20, Harbaugh and Patrick Pickus (D), along with Patrick Quinn (R) and Terry Robertson (R), all of whom sought to unseat Gibbs, met at Mount Vernon Nazarene University for a debate. If four candidates across party lines could find the time to meet with their constituents before primaries, why haven't we seen the candidates meet for the general election?
To be fair, Harbaugh has been vocal about arranging a debate — though the requests have largely been ignored. He went so far as to record himself asking Gibbs for a public debate at a veterans event on Sept. 5, but he was turned away.
We cannot only blame the candidates. It's up to us as constituents to be as vocal as possible when it comes to organizing public events. As an institution that not only has adequate infrastructure to hold such a debate, but also actively facilitates political discourse through programs like the Center for the Study of American Democracy, Kenyon is the ideal place to hold such an event. Because of this, we implore candidate, incumbent, student and administration alike to push for a meeting.
The staff editorial is written weekly by editors-in-chief Cameron Messinides '19 and Devon Musgrave-Johnson '19, managing editor Grant Miner '19 and executive director Matt Mandel '19. You can contact them at messinidesc@kenyon.edu, musgravejohnsond@kenyon.edu, minerg@kenyon.edu and mandelm@kenyon.edu, respectively.
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Pretty sure the midterms are a little under two months away, not less than a month.
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December 19, 1968-February 17, 2022
Annette Elizabeth Giles Green, age 53, passed away February 17, 2022, at Ascension Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas. A memorial celebration service was held Saturday, February 26, at 2 pm at Wilkerson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel located at 6101 Bosque Boulevard in Waco with Michael Honza officiating. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 2 pm at Throckmorton Cemetery in Throckmorton, Texas, with Reverend Jim Wright officiating. Elizabeth was born December 19, 1968, in Waco, Texas, to Annette Cooper Giles and Claude "Dogie" Giles. She grew up in Waco and attended Reicher Catholic High School before moving to Throckmorton and graduating from Throckmorton High School in 1987. After graduation she attended Texas A&M University and the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor. She graduated from the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1993 and a Master of Arts in Psychology in 1997. She became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 1998 and worked at the Family Abuse Center and in private practice. Elizabeth loved history, old movies, and music. She was a talented artist and enjoyed cooking and baking. She used her skills and thoughtfulness while volunteering with Midway PTA and Vacation Bible School and supporting her children's activities. Her decorated cupcakes earned her the nickname "Cupcake Lady" at Woodway Elementary and many kids received a hand painted, personalized treat bag from her before dance competitions. She was a member of Woodway First United Methodist Church. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, William Kendall Green, and her father, Claude "Dogie" Giles. Survivors include her daughter, Tara Frymark and husband Cameron of Waco, her son, Cooper Green of Richardson, her mother, Anne Pruett of Waco, her sister, Catherine Cook and husband Jack of Crawford, and her brother, Lewis Giles and wife Cindy of Waco. Memorials may be made to the Family Abuse Center, P.O. Box 20395, Waco, TX 76702. The family invites you to leave a message or memory on the "Tribute Wall" at www.WHBfamily.com.
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Recycling used and unwanted crayons to preserve our environment and enrich the lives of hospitalized children through art and imagination.
"I wonder… What happens to these crayons after we leave?"
While enjoying family dinner at a restaurant one evening, entrepreneur and father Bryan Ware posed this question to his wife, as their two boys happily colored at the table.
Sadly, the life of a restaurant crayon is a short one. Restaurants typically throw crayons out after only one use – and because crayons are not environmentally friendly, they turn into a waxy sludge that never biodegrades and clogs up landfills. More than a half-million pounds of crayons are discarded every year, which equates to roughly 60 million crayons!
The Crayon Initiative collects donated crayons from restaurants, schools and homes across the country, then melts them down and remanufactures them, reducing waste.
Since 2011, Bryan and the Ware family have proudly dedicated themselves to sorting countless crayons in their own backyard, cooking them down in their kitchen, and recycling them for future creative use.
Better yet, the recycled crayons are distributed to art programs at children's hospitals across the U.S., brightening the lives of young patients during their stay. With the aid of thousands of volunteers, The Crayon Initiative has taken great strides to help keep the earth clean, while spreading joy to kids in need by providing them with an endless supply of free art materials.
That's what we call thinking outside the Crayon Box.
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Bryan is the creator of WareWorks, a consulting firm specializing in packaging and product design as well as manufacturing processes. After years of helping major companies such as Google, Franzia, Uncle Ben's, and Scott's Miracle-Gro streamline their manufacturing and products for ultimate efficiency, Bryan has dedicated himself to combining his manufacturing skills and his love for the arts to help children in need.
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Dwight is the Controller of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and an active Certified Public Accountant. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Management Accountant. Non-profit work is an ingrained family value for Dwight and he brings his passion of problem solving and creating opportunities.
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Marissa is an elementary school teacher who has experienced, first-hand, budget cuts in the arts and the negative educational impact such decisions have on students. Inspired by the imagination she's seen from young students, Marissa is confident that the arts can help any child create, without limits – and The Crayon Initiative can help.
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Artists are invited to take their careers to the next level by being part of Emerge 2018, an exciting initiative from Front Up starting 12 June.
Participants who are selected for the Emerge 2018 program will visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 19 and 20 June, and immerse themselves in a number of the Gallery's unique collections including the Spacemakers and Roomshakers installations as well as the Archibald, Wynn and Sulman Prizes 2018 exhibition. The group will spend time with professional art educators to gain unique insights into the work.
Artists will then participate in professionally-led once-a-week workshops. These will take place on Tuesdays until 5 September at the Front Up hub in Seven Hills. Throughout the workshops, artists will respond to works which they would have seen and reflected upon at the Art Gallery. The group will create a collaborative artwork.
Emerge is a program for artists with mental health concerns and/or disability.
On 5 September, participants will be offered a unique opportunity to deliver a panel discussion at the Art Gallery on the Emerge program's professional development processes.
There will be the opportunity to engage with audiences while delivering talks around the Spacemakers and Roomshakers installations.
Perhaps most significantly, there will be an exhibition of the artists' collaborative work at Front Up in the early part of 2019.
For more information, the call out poster can be found here.
To discover the work created by the participants in Emerge 2017, visit the PlaceStories collection of digital postcards right here.
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Waiau Falls was a small (maybe 5-10m) but picturesque waterfall with a plunge pool that seemed to attract quite a few people here during our warm, sunny day visit to Whitianga (pronounced "FIT-ee-ahng-uh") in January 2010. Somehow, Julie and I managed to miss this waterfall on our November 2004 visit to the nearby town of Whitianga despite getting married there. I guess in our moment of forgetfulness, we certainly weren't going to be denied a visit to this falls on our second go-around over 5 years later. That said, we could totally see why this waterfall was so popular as the plunge pool seemed deep enough and calm enough for a variety of people to cool off here. And Julie and I weren't interesting in going for a swim so we didn't mind sitting back and just watching the scene before us as the falls made the perfect backdrop to all the people playing.
Indeed, this was a pretty easy waterfall to experience. We took a short path that descended from the car park (see directions below) towards the base of the waterfall and its shady plunge pool. Julie and I managed to have a brief moment alone at the falls as people went in and out of here. However, it was only for a brief moment before the next wave of folks showed up, so this further attested to Waiau Falls' popularity.
As for its flow, it seemed like Waiau Falls had decent flow despite the apparent drought conditions on the Coromandel Peninsula during our January 2010 visit. To hear the words drought and New Zealand used together was quite weird to us. In any case, I suspect this waterfall would flow reliably given our observations despite the relatively low rainfall, which certainly must mean its flow would most certainly improve even more under more "normal" rainfall conditions.
There was also a scrambling path to the top of the falls from the opposite end of the car park (we actually went this way initially). This one was a little steeper, and the views weren't as satisfying. And when we found ourselves at the brink of the falls, I could see straight away that it would have been foolish to try to take the shortcut to go right down to the base of the falls from here. Instead, we went back up to the car park, then took the more established track towards the base of the falls as mentioned above. Certainly the extra couple of minutes spent doing this far outweighed the risk of injury by attempting to scale the short dropoff.
The Waiau Falls car park is right off the unsealed 309 Road connecting Coromandel and Whitianga. It was about 7km east of Coromandel and just under 20km west of Whitianga.
During our January 2010 visit, we were a little bit confused coming here from Whitianga because there was a sign indicating the falls, but there was neither a car park nor a track nearby it. It turned out that we hadn't gone far enough to the west along the 309 road. So that's something to be aware of if you're coming from the east.
To give you some additional context, the beach town of Whitianga was 194km (3 hours drive) east of Auckland, 166km (2.5 hours drive) north of Tauranga, and 182km (2.5 hours drive) northeast of Hamilton.


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How Evangelicals are Transforming Politics in Latin America
By Arthur L. Slattery Last updated Nov 8, 2022
The spread of evangelical Christianity is changing politics in Brazil, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and elsewhere in Latin America. In this episode of The Americas Quarterly Podcast, we examine how far this has gone in a number of countries, from Brazil to Guatemala, and what this means for future elections in the region. Our guest, Professor Taylor Boas, is the author of Evangelicals and electoral politics in Latin America: a kingdom of this world, which is expected to be released in February. Professor Boas argues that we are likely to see a stronger alliance between Evangelicals and Catholics, and that while there have been electoral successes, Evangelicals may actually lose the culture wars in the region.
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Q: Max Repeated Word in a string I was trying to do a very common interview problem "Finding the max repeated word in a string " and could not find much resources in net for c/c++ implementation. So I coded it myself here.
I have tried to do most of the coding from scratch for better understanding.
Could you review my code and provide comments on my algorithm. Some people have suggested using hashtables for storing the count, but am not using hashtables here.
#include<stdafx.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
string word[10];

//splitting string into words
int parsestr(string str)
{
    int index = 0;
    int i = 0;
    int maxlength = str.length();
    int wordcnt = 0;
    while(i < maxlength)
    {
        if(str[i]!= ' ')
        {
            word[index] = word[index]+str[i];
        }
        else
        {
            index++;//new word
            wordcnt = index;
        }
    i++;
    }
    return wordcnt;
}

//find the max word count out of the array and return the word corresponding to that index.
string maxrepeatedWord(int wordcntArr[],int count)
{
int max = 0;
int index = 0;
    for(int i=0;i<=count;i++)
    {
        if(wordcntArr[i] > max)
        {
        max = wordcntArr[i];
        index = i;
        }
    }

    return word[index];
}
void countwords(int count)
{
    int wordcnt = 0;
    int wordcntArr[10];
    string maxrepeatedword;
    for(int i=0;i<=count ;i++)
    {
        for(int j=0;j<=count;j++)
        {
            if(word[i]==word[j])
            {
            wordcnt++;
            //word[j] = "";
            }
            else
            {}
        }
        cout<<" word "<< word[i] <<" occurs "<< wordcnt <<" times "<<endl;
        wordcntArr[i] = wordcnt;
        wordcnt = 0;
    }

    maxrepeatedword = maxrepeatedWord(wordcntArr,count);
    cout<< " Max Repeated Word is " << maxrepeatedword;
}

int main()
{
string str = "I am am am good good";
int wordcount = 0;
wordcount = parsestr(str);
countwords(wordcount);
}

A: Just for the sake of comparison, the most obvious way to do this is C++ is:
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

int main()
{
    std::istringstream input("I am am am good good");
    std::map<std::string, int> count;
    std::string word;
    decltype(count)::const_iterator most_common;
    while (input >> word)
    {
        auto iterator = count.emplace(word, 0).first;
        ++iterator->second;
        if (count.size() == 1 ||
            iterator->second > most_common->second)
            most_common = iterator;
    }
    std::cout << '\"' << most_common->first << "' repeated "
         << most_common->second << " times\n";
}

See it run here.
Notes:

*

*map::emplace returns a pair<iterator,bool> indicating where the word & its count are in the map, and whether its newly inserted.  We only care about where so capture emplace(...).first.

*As we update the count, we check if that makes the word the most-common word seen so far.  If so we copy the iterator to the local variable most_common, so we have a record of both the most commonly seen word so far and its count.
Some things you're doing that are worth thinking about:

*

*word is a global variable - it's a good habit to pass things as function arguments unless it's terribly inconvenient, means the code can be reused more easily from async signal handlers or other threads, and it's more obvious in looking at a function call site what the inputs and outputs might be.  As is, the call countwords(wordcount) makes it look like countwords' only input is the int wordcount.

*fixed sized arrays: if you've more than 10 words, you're sunk.  C++ Standard containers can grow on demand.

*there are a few convenience functions you could use, such as std::string::operator+=(char) to append a char more concisely ala my_string += my_char;
Generally though, your code is quite sensible and shows a good understanding of iteration and problem solving, doing it all very low-level but that's good stuff to understand in a very hands-on way.

A: Code Snippet :
void mostRepeat(string words[], int n)
{
    int hash[n]={0};

    for(int j=0; j<n; j++)
    {
      for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
      {
        if(words[j]==words[i])  hash[j]++;
      }
    }

    int maxi = hash[0];
    int index = 0;

    for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
       if(maxi<hash[i])
       {
          maxi=hash[i];
          index = i;
       }
    }
    cout<<words[index]<<endl;
}

Full program : Link

A: import java.util.*;

public class StringWordDuplicates {

    static void duplicate(String inputString){

        HashMap<String, Integer> wordCount = new HashMap<String,Integer>();
        String[] words = inputString.split(" ");

        for(String word : words){
            if(wordCount.containsKey(word)){
                wordCount.put(word, wordCount.get(word)+1);
            }
            else{
                wordCount.put(word, 1);
            }
        }
        //Extracting of all keys of word count
        Set<String> wordsInString = wordCount.keySet();

        for(String word : wordsInString){
            if(wordCount.get(word)>1){
                System.out.println(word+":"+wordCount.get(word));
            }
        }

    }
    public static void main(String args[]){
        duplicate("I am Java Programmer and IT Server Programmer with Java as Best Java lover");

    }
}

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