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Malignant ureteral obstruction: Whether decompression really improves patient outcomes and quality of life?
K Muruganandham, Rakesh Kapoor
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Rakesh Kapoor
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014, Uttar Pradesh
Muruganandham K, Kapoor R. Malignant ureteral obstruction: Whether decompression really improves patient outcomes and quality of life?. Indian J Urol 2008;24:127-8
Muruganandham K, Kapoor R. Malignant ureteral obstruction: Whether decompression really improves patient outcomes and quality of life?. Indian J Urol [serial online] 2008 [cited 2023 Jan 30];24:127-8. Available from: https://www.indianjurol.com/text.asp?2008/24/1/127/38622
Wong LM, Cleeve LK, Milner AD, Pitman AG. Malignant ureteral obstruction: Outcomes after intervention. Have things changed? J Urol 2007;178:178-83.
Wong L et al., [1] in a recent retrospective study of 102 (45 men, 57 women) patients who presented with malignant ureteric obstruction (MUO), analyzed outcome data including survival, complication rates and time spent in hospital following attempted decompression of urinary tract. They also identified the prognostic factors which predict an unfavorable outcome despite technical success of the procedure.
Median patient age at MUO diagnosis was 62 years. The source of primary malignancy was gastrointestinal in 21, gynecological in 32, urological in 30 and other sources (lymphoma, carcinoma breast etc) in 19 patients. At presentation 68% of patients had bilateral obstruction, 59% of patients had known metastases and 69% had symptoms of obstruction. Percutanoues nephrostomy(PCN) was the more common initial procedure (75%). There were 16 patients (16%) who had MUO at the first presentation of cancer whereas MUO developed in 86 patients (84%) with previously diagnosed cancer. The median follow-up of patients was 46 months (95% CI 32-108). Median overall survival (OS) was estimated at 6.8 months (95% CI 4.8- 9.3) and the OS rate at six and 12 months was estimated at 56% (95% CI 46%-65%) and 29% (95% CI 21%- 9%), respectively.
By univariate analysis, inferior OS was associated with presence of metastases (P = 0.041), prior therapy (P = 0.024), diagnosis of MUO in previously established malignancy (P = 0.043) and creatinine greater than 40 mmol/l (P = 0.088). Multivariate analysis revealed independent prognostic factors for inferior OS were presence of metastases (P = 0.020) and diagnosis of MUO in previously established malignancy (P = 0.039) Patients were divided into four risk groups according to the number of baseline unfavorable univariate OS prognostic factors. The OS differed significantly among the four risk groups (P = 0.011) with the 12-month OS rate ranging from 63% (95% CI 38-82%) for the cohort of patients having one or zero unfavorable factors to 12% (95% CI 3%- 8%) for the cohort of patients having all four.
A total of 54 patients (53%) had at least one complication associated with the initial or subsequent procedure. Significant complications occurred in two patients (2%) consisting of arterial hemorrhage and wound dehiscence. Infection and blockage were the most common complications. Of the 54 patients experiencing a complication, 16 (33%) had two or more than two complications. The complication rate was significantly higher for patients who had postoperative therapy for cancer (61% vs. 37% for no therapy, P = 0.03). There was no significant difference in complication rates between primary PCN (53%, 40 of 76) and retrograde stenting (RS) cases (56%, 14 of 25) (P = 0.82).
The overall median remaining lifetime spent in hospital was 17.4% (range 0.2-100%). Six patients spent all of their remaining life as hospital inpatients. Prolonged hospital stay was associated with patients who presented with symptoms (P = 0.012), who had no postoperative therapy for their cancer (P = 0.01) and had a PCN as the initial procedure (P = 0.043). [1]
The introduction of percutaneous techniques associated with the evolution of the field of endourology, the use of ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT) guidance and the routine use of perioperative antibiotics have dramatically reduced the morbidity of ureteral stent placement. Despite these technical advances in percutaneous and endoscopic procedures, there is little evidence in the literature to suggest improvement in patient outcomes and in particular, quality of life. Identification of adverse risk factors and the associated poor survival for patients will be helpful for clinicians in discussing prognosis and the benefit of MUO treatment with patients.
There are a few other retrospective studies reported in the literature addressing the issue of decompression in MUO and all have uniformly shown worse OS in this group of patients. [2],[3],[4]
In a prospective study involving 42 patients who underwent urinary decompression for malignant ureteric obstruction Harrington et al., reported a median survival of 133 days and six months survival rate of 40% in spite of high initial procedural success. [5] Availability of further treatment still remains a commonly proposed reason for decompression. [2],[3]
Since patients presenting with malignant ureteric obstruction usually have advanced malignancy the procedures used for urinary diversion are generally palliative. The palliative nature of these procedures makes the assessment of the quality of life (QOL) a very important objective factor to determine the success of urinary diversion in this scenario. Shekarriz B et al., studied 103 patients with advanced malignancies who underwent palliative urinary diversion and analyzed performance status after diversion and survival for those patients. A modified Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) was used for assessment of physical performance. A scale of 0-4 was used: 0) hospitalized until death; 1) bedridden at home, severe pain despite analgesia; 2) moderate disability, moderate pain despite analgesia; 3) mild disability, pain-free with medication; and 4) normal. The median post-diversion KPS score was 2 (range, 0-4) and 15% of patients never left the hospital. Overall, 51% required secondary percutaneous procedures and 68.4% had complications (minor, 63%; major, 5.4%). Eighty-six per cent had cancer-related symptoms despite the diversion. The average survival was five months, 50% of which was spent in the hospital. [6]
Ideally, a randomized trial involving application of a formal QOL tool to patients with MUO having or not having decompression should be performed. However, it is difficult ethically to refuse decompression if a patient or the family requests it to be performed.
Decompression of the obstruction may merely prolong the patient's suffering. Patients who present with bilateral obstruction and uremia have a short life expectancy if their disease remains untreated. These patients appear to present in a more advanced stage of the disease. The functional status of these patients is generally poor at the time of presentation secondary to preexisting conditions related to their malignancy. Even with the recent advances in the field of endourology, the QOL and survival of patients with malignant ureteral obstruction remains poor. The metastatic status of the primary disease and availability of treatment modality should be assessed in discussion with other specialty colleagues, especially for non-urological malignancies before decompression. Patients and family members should be informed of the poor outcomes after palliative procedures to guide them toward appropriate decision-making. Decompression for malignant ureteral obstruction should not be a knee-jerk response. It should only be pursued after careful assessment of unfavorable factors and thoughtful counseling.
1. Wong LM, Cleeve LK, Milner AD, Pitman AG. Malignant ureteral obstruction: Outcomes after intervention. Have things changed? J Urol 2007;178:178-83.
2. Wilson JR, Urwin GH, Stower MJ. The role of percutaneous nephrostomy in malignant ureteric obstruction. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2005;87:21. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
3. Lau M, Temperley DE, Mehta S, Johnson RJ, Barnard RJ, Clarke NW. Urinary tract obstruction and nephrostomy drainage in pelvic malignant disease. Br J Urol 1995;76:565.
4. Donat SM, Russo P. Ureteral decompression in advanced nonurologic malignancies. Ann Surg Oncol 1996;3:393. [PUBMED]
5. Harrington K, Pandha H, Kelly H, Lambert HE, Jackson JE, Waxman J. Palliation of obstructive nephropathy due to malignancy. Br J Urol 1995;76:10.
6. Shekarriz B, Shekarriz H, Upadhyay J, Banerjee M, Becker H, Pontes JE, et al . Outcome of palliative urinary diversion in the treatment of advanced malignancies. Cancer 1999;85:998-1003. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
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Nonfiction Science: Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, Alan Lightman
Theoretical physicist. Novelist. Professor of both science and humanities. These are the biographical bona fides of Alan Lightman, author of National Book Award Finalist novel "Einstein's Dreams." But the author of Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine is also profoundly human, and questions of the eternal, the immutable, the transcendent, dwell in his mind as they do in the minds of most people.
Searching for Stars is a deeply personal book. Lightman considers questions of faith and eternity from the perspective of a scientist, but also from the perspective of a man entering his later years. Science answers many questions for us, but certain ultimate questions cannot be empirically answered or experimentally tested. Lightman recounts conversations with persons of faith: Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim. He looks at sacred texts from those faiths. I cannot say he finds the answers he is looking for, but the process of asking the questions is intimate and compelling.
One answer Lightman does find is that science itself is an act of faith. Every faith holds central a series of absolutes: doctrines and credos which may not be provable but are inseparable from the faith itself. For example, Jesus cannot be removed from Christianity. You can have faith, you can even share many of the tenets of Christianity, but without Jesus you have something other, something different from Christianity. Science also has absolutes. One of those is that natural laws always work. If they don't work, they are not laws. Gravity is always gravity. It always works. It doesn't take days off, it doesn't work on earth but not on Alpha Centauri. Because natural laws always work, they allow us to predict natural behaviors. Planetary orbits can be determined mathematically because gravity is a constant. Alterations in orbits indicate other factors at play, such as the presence of moons, another planet, or quantum forces. When those other factors are accounted for, measurements confirm predictions. The law is the law.
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If science itself is built upon a core belief, what implication does that have upon other articles of faith? Perhaps none. But Lightman speculates that perhaps scientists should employ a little more humility than some do when it regards areas of faith.
Lightman's musings on meaning touched me deeply. He wonders whether impermanence is equal to irrelevance, a question I suspect every person asks as she or he ages. Has my life mattered? What defines this? Will I be remembered? If a civilization of ants lasted for 100 years, built an amazing city full of beautiful architecture, stunning works of art, literature, philosophy, then was completely wiped out by a storm leaving no trace of their existence, did they "matter"? Those are not questions science can answer, and Lightman knows this. Meaning and purpose cannot be measured or calculated. Each person will have to search for those stars in their own personal quest.
Searching for Stars is a beautiful, unexpected book. I can't say Lightman found everything he was looking for. But sharing his journey with us is a gift, one that can encourage us all to explore those questions with every tool available to us.
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There was a rain delay, one Gools collapes, and one Sam retirement. Not an exciting day of tennis.
BUT my Android takes really, really, really bad photos. WOOHOO. So let's look at them and I'll tell you stories while we do. Sound good? I had to Bluetooth each photo separately from my phone to my computer, which took abut 90 minutes of rain delay time, so you guys don't really get a choice.
The first thing I saw when I came to Charleston was Taylor and Sloane hitting on stadium court. Actually, the first thing I saw was the two of them dying laughing while chatting, which made me really happy. But I didn't get my camera out in time to take a picture of that, so here's Taylor hitting the ball. She's awesome. It was nice to see her and Sloane laugh.
Also on Sunday, I saw Melanie practicing with Slava. I must say that she looked awkward, stressed, and not extremely fit on the practice court. I was shocked that she gave Jankovic such a run and was so cheery in press.
Slava just looks badass, all the time. She and Denis should play mixed doubles together in their shades and just be awesome.
Speaking of badass, Fran invented badass. Too bad she lost so early, I was looking forward to experiencing a Fran presser. I hope I have another chance. STICK AROUND, FRAN. DON'T LEAVE US.
This was for an Easter Egg hunt. I think they forgot to hide the eggs. Oops.
There were activities all over the grounds on Easter, which resulted in the biggest crowd I have ever seen on a quallies day. Spectacular stuff, and great for the game. That's how to recruit new fans to the game.
This is Karolina Pliskova on Athena Gibson court. The "B" court here at the Family Circle cup is the best seat in town, especially since the clubhouse overlooks it. You can often see players watching matches from the porch, which is the best.
Here's a closer shot of Karolina Pliskova, since I know you were all DYING TO SEE MORE OF HER. You're welcome.
This is from All Access Hour, which happened at a country club because this is the South, so duh, everything that's anything happens at a country club. That's Sammy Stosur dealing with the press.
Here's my new BFF Andrew Krazny talking with Sabine Lisicki. I interviewed Andrew today, and that will be coming to The Changeover next week sometime. GET HYPE, KIDS. Also, Sabine's puppy. End of sentence.
Victoria Duval, the QUEEN of the universe.
Genie and Burnett after their match. I don't think I watched any of this match. I can't remember. Is that bad? I think that's bad.
OH RIGHT. I stopped to watch some of Genie because people on twitter asked me to, and therefore by the time I got to BMS/Rodionova it was way too late to be able to see anything. But I did snap this photo of Jamie Hampton et. al, watching the madness. My timing has been way, way off all week.
The stands were PACKED for BMS/Rodi. Everyone loves the crazy. Don't ever let them tell you differently.
Standing room only. I kept taking pictures of the crowd since I couldn't see the match, and really it's your fault that I couldn't see the match because I listen to you guys and take your suggestions and ALL I DO IS LOVE YOU.
This is Mona Barthel scouting Muguruza and Pegula because she was going to play the winner. A) The scouting didn't work at all because she lost to Pegula. B) Pegula/Muguruza was like the worst match I've ever seen in my entire life and I will hold it against both of them for quite some time. FYI. Oh, and I missed most of JJ/Melanie because of this. Everything is awful and you should feel really, really sorry for me.
I was super excited to see Putintseva/Goerges, but the match wasn't that great. At one point though Putintseva fell down and seemed to be really hurt. She sat there for a couple of minutes. The umpire ran out to see if she needed to get the trainer. She talked on her walkie. Gools brought over ice. But after about two minutes, Yulia bounced up like a jack-in-the box and said she was fine. It was pretty amazing.
Here's Gools serving. She was really fun to watch, her game is great to watch when on. But, you know, she apparently just lost to Voegele in three sets. Life. And Gools. Life for Gools.
Here's a winning Gools signing an autograph. Or attempting to. Whatever she's doing it looks painful.
JJ and Petko laughing and being awesome. Their doubles match was one of the most fun things ever.
After Petko shanked a shot that hit the umpire, she put herself in timeout. JJ went to comfort her. Comforting Petko meant a lot of laughing. Because JJ. And Petko. Because JJ and Petko.
Here's Lucie and Kiki and the awesome crowd during said doubles match. Kiki was by far the best one on court. Like, by far by far. I feel like if she could play doubles alleys in singles she would have 10 majors.
Here's Richard Williams watching the Madison Keys/Grace Min match. I love how much he loves tennis, even after all these years.
Here's Burdette serving, and just being generally better than you.
HERE IS A GIANT CROWD. I'm trying to remember what this was for. I thiiink it was for the Raymond/King doubles match. Yeah, let's go with that. Awesome.
She looks so young and so crazy. Now she's just old and crazy. Seriously though, there are huge portraits of all the past champions everywhere you look around the grounds. It's really, really fun to see. Also, WHY DIDN'T NADIA PLAY HERE THIS YEAR? I wanted to chat.
Caroline Garcia played such a great match against JJ, but she just couldn't close it out. If she ever learns to close out matches she will be a dangerous player. She is certainly fun to watch. Unfortunately, she left the court in tears. She had two MPs.
JJ and her underoos. Always and forever. At least she remembers to wear them.
JJ and Caroline after their epic. JJ really was happy, I swear. it was just a bad photo. Blame the Android folks, cheap bastards.
See? Happy. She's assumed the victory formation.
Here are my friends in the media center, Steph, Courtney, and Ben. Nerds.
They put the interview times up on the dry erase board, but with players like JJ it doesn't matter. She strolled in around 8 p.m, huddled in blankets. Because JJ.
This is the media center. It's glamorous.
This is the press room. SUPER GLAMOROUS.
This is JJ in her blanket in press. She said we couldn't take photos because she didn't have any makeup on. I know I've told this story before but it's a good one so I'm going to tell it again. DEAL.
This is my beer and my laptop. There is a tap in here that starts flowing at 5 p.m. every day. Apparently it used to flow all day long, but last year someone got rowdy and ruined it for everyone. Lame.
This is today. It rained. A lot.
But someone was still practicing. Name that player.
YOU GUYS, THERE IS A MARY PIERCE COURT. LEGENDARY.
Ashleigh Barty is the player practicing in the rain.
You need to get on Juan Jose about missing Oudin/Jankovic due to bad play by Muguruza.
Keep the diaries going. Managed to catch a stream and before Stosur retired, Bouchard was playing very well but can she keep it going against Jankovic.
Such a dream job you have: going to tennis venues, watching tennis matches, interviewing and getting to know players and writing about it! Would love to do that as a huge tennis fan and amateur writer (I hold a travel blog).
Can I ask if you three guys of the Changeover earn some income by doing this (ads posted on the website or fees for writing for other tennis papers/blogs, etc…)? Basically, can you make a living out of it if you are not a fully contracted journalist ?
Thanks for your answer, continue the blog, great stuff!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATES! I love all your reports and share the same sentiments with you about most players!
I want an article like this at every tournament, please. Fantastic.
I can sympathise with you about the quality of pictures from an Android, but they provide a lovely insight into what's going on in Charleston. Your photo essay opens the tournament up beyond the green courts, and you've shown players whose earlier matches didn't get broadcast here (UK). I'd forgotten Fran was even there.
I'm still waiting for your JJ write-up though…!
Thanks claire! It's fun to tell stories. I'm going to write about JJ after the tournament, wait and see where she goes at the end of the week!
Lovely Lindsay and more so with the touch of tease you have for us readers,my favorite part is still the Duvall "no you didn't…" gesture on her presser:priceless!
As for JJ I can't wait till she gets back to winning day in day out because we all know how talkative she is, therefore more fun for tennis fans plus her signature smiles and on court theatrics,ohhhh just can't wait!!!
JJ,just I was expecting it again,the good play,the smiles, the theatrics,in a nutshell the great entertainment for tennis,right? at least according to some who like drama,well,there you go,Serena + JJ clashing?can't be dull,for sure!


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by Mike Fanelli	January 7, 2022 1 comment
In just the blink of an eye, the 2021 fantasy football season has come and gone. Some teams walked away with championships, while others came away with embarrassing punishments as the last-place team. This season saw all kinds of crazy performances, from Cooper Kupp scoring over 400 fantasy points to Antonio Brown leaving the field shirtless during the championship game week. Now that the season is in the rearview mirror, it's time to take a look back as five of our fantasy football experts have come together to hand out some awards.
Mike Fanelli, Chris Gallagher, Mason Thompson, Brandon Braasch, and Joey Ricotta contributed to this roundtable. All stats are based on PPR scoring.
Which player was the most valuable in winning fantasy championships?
Mike – Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts
After starting the season slowly, Taylor exploded over the final 14 weeks of the fantasy season. In those 13 games, he scored at least 18 fantasy points in 12 of them. Furthermore, Taylor scored at least one touchdown in 12 of 16 games during the fantasy season. Taylor had more games this season with two or more touchdowns (five) than games without a touchdown (four). His 22.5 fantasy points per game average this season was the most among all running backs who played at least nine games. He finished the fantasy season with 45.7 more fantasy points than any other running back. At this point, Taylor is the consensus 1.01 pick in 2022 fantasy drafts.
Chris – Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Kupp has put together one of the most historic seasons of all time for a wide receiver in 2021. He quickly developed a connection with Matthew Stafford in his first year in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old is on pace to win the triple crown by leading the league in catches, yards, and touchdowns. The fourth-round fantasy pick averaged 25.8 points per game this season, finishing as the WR1. He averaged more than three fantasy points per game better than any other wide receiver this season, including Davante Adams. The former Eastern Washington star was as consistent as they come, eclipsing 90-yard receiving mark in 10 of 16 games, including a season-high 163 yards in a Week 2 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Mason – Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts
The second-year player finished as the RB1 this season. Despite all the talk about the Indianapolis offensive line having one of the best in the NFL, they have dealt with missing pieces all year long. Taylor was the best player in fantasy this year. Fantasy owners that took Taylor early in the first round reaped the rewards of his fantastic season.
Brandon – Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts
Taylor was phenomenal all year long and ended the season as the RB1. He started the season slow, totaling only 171 rushing yards over the first three weeks. However, Taylor went on to run for over 100 yards in 10 games this season while adding 18 rushing touchdowns. He will undoubtedly be the No. 1 overall pick in fantasy leagues next year, and deservedly so. Taylor played so well this season that he is in the mix for the NFL MVP award. Given his performance this season, Taylor is undoubtedly the fantasy MVP.
Joey – Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts
In his second season in the league, the man went nuclear. Selected near the end of the first round in many PPR drafts, Taylor finished the fantasy season as RB1. Out of non-quarterbacks, Taylor scored the second-most fantasy points and finished with double-digit points in 14 of 16 games. Additionally, Taylor leads the league in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. No one comes close to him at the running back position regarding DYAR and DVOA. This year, Taylor is head and shoulders above the rest, 320 points greater than the second-best RB in DYAR and 9.5 percent better than the second-best in DVOA. As a top overall draft pick, you couldn't ask for much more than Taylor provided.
Biggest Bust
Which player do fantasy owners regret drafting the most?
Mike – Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants
Despite coming off a torn ACL that cost him most of the 2020 season, Barkley was a late first-round fantasy pick in the majority of leagues. However, those you drafted Barkley immediately regretted the decision. He averaged only 11.7 fantasy points per game this fantasy season, making him the RB33 for the year. Furthermore, Barkley scored only 1.2 fantasy points more than Devontae Booker, his backup. Barkley had only four games this season with over 10.5 fantasy points. He also scored under 9.5 fantasy points in half the games this season. While fans remember Barkley's terrific rookie season, injuries have ruined his career to this point. Unless the Giants make dramatic changes in the offseason, Barkley should be on everyone's "do not draft" list for next season.
Chris – Allen Robinson, WR, Chicago Bears
Robinson was looking to build off two 1,000 yard seasons in a row in Chicago. Expected to be the lead dog for the Bears once again, the 28-year-old could never get going all year long. A hamstring injury and Covid-19 held Robinson to only two games during the year's final stretch. The former first-round pick averaged just 7.3 PPR points per game this season. He would score double-digit points only twice. Instead, he finished outside the top 65 wide receivers on several occasions. While many fantasy owners drafted him as a low-end WR or high-end WR2, Robinson is on pace to finish with career lows in receptions, targets, receiving yards, and touchdowns. Depending on where Robinson plays next season, fantasy owners would be wise to avoid drafting him in 2022.
Mason – Allen Robinson, WR, Chicago Bears
Some around the fantasy community were taking Robinson as their WR1, hoping that Justin Fields would give the Chicago receiver a high-ceiling this year. Unfortunately, his WR83 finish on the season said otherwise. In 11 games, Robinson averaged just over seven fantasy points per game. He seemed like he wanted out of Chicago, which wasn't surprising. Hopefully, the fantasy owners who drafted him were able to hit on a few mid-round wide receivers to make up for the Robinson.
Brandon – Allen Robinson, WR, Chicago Bears
Robinson had by far the worst season of his career. He only scored one touchdown all season and never had a game with more than 68 receiving yards. Robinson currently sits at only 388 yards for the season, which is 114th best in the NFL. For someone who got drafted in the top four rounds and only scored more than 10 points twice, he was a massive bust, not only for fantasy but also for the Bears. After paying him $17.8 million this season, it's best for everyone involved to part ways this offseason, including his fantasy owners.
Joey – Allen Robinson, WR, Chicago Bears
Robinson was supposed to be Chicago's No. 1 wide receiver, which he's been each of the first three years with the team. However, he's been an utter disappointment. While there is plenty of blame to go around in Chicago, Robinson lost his No. 1 role to Darnell Mooney after his play this season. However, Robinson deserves most of the blame after showing a lack of effort all season long, including several poor drops. He was supposed to be a third or fourth-round pick staple. Instead, he finishes with only one touchdown, way back in Week 2. He failed to crack the top 80 wide receivers in PPR scoring this season, finishing behind players like DeAndre Carter and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.
Best Value Pick
Which player was the best draft day value pick?
Mike – Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams
According to FantasyPros ADP, Kupp got drafted as the WR18 on average. However, he went on to have a historical year, averaging 25.8 fantasy points per game. By comparison, Michael Thomas averaged 23.4 fantasy points per game in 2019 when he broke the all-time catch record. Calvin Johnson's career-high is 22.4 fantasy points per game in 2011, while Randy Moss averaged a career-high 24.1 fantasy points per game with Tom Brady under center in 2007. Meanwhile, Kupp was a weekly cheat code this season as he scored under 16 fantasy points only once. By comparison, Kupp scored 30 or more fantasy points in 25 percent of the games this season. As a fourth-round pick in most drafts, Kupp might be the biggest fantasy value of all time.
Chris – James Conner, RB, Arizona Cardinals
Conner inked a one-year deal with the Cardinals in free agency as the team brought him in to split time with Chase Edmonds in the backfield. Handling most of the early-down carries in Kliff Kingsbury's offense, the 26-year old has amassed 700 rushing yards on 187 attempts. Furthermore, he has also added in 31 receptions for 334 yards to eclipse the century mark for the season. However, he truly made his mark for owners in the red zone. The former third-round pick is tied for third with Austin Ekeler in touchdowns with 16. He also racked up five games with multiple scores to finish as RB8. When fantasy owners drafted Conner, they hoped to get a consistent flex option. Instead, they got an RB1.
Mason – Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals
Those that have the strategy of waiting on a quarterback loved what they got from Burrow. With the trio of Ja'Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, and Tee Higgins at his disposal, Burrow finished as the QB6 for the year. Even better is the fact he finished as the QB1 during the playoffs. Burrow's QB6 finish was higher than those drafted before him, including Stafford, Jalen Hurts, Dak Prescott, and Kyler Murray.
Brandon – Deebo Samuel, WR, San Francisco 49ers
With an average ADP of WR36 according to FantasyPros, Deebo might have been more valuable than any player this season, including Kupp. Despite getting drafted after his teammate Brandon Aiyuk on average, Deebo finished as the better fantasy asset, averaging 11.1 fantasy points per game more than Aiyuk. His WR3 finish easily smashed his ADP value. After playing him more at running back the past few weeks, the 49ers might have big plans for Deebo in 2022.
Joey – Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Kupp could be mentioned in the MVP category as well. However, Kupp tremendously outperformed his ADP this season. While he wasn't undrafted or a late-round pick, he wasn't one of the top 12 wide receivers selected on average either. Kupp finished with the most fantasy points and the highest fantasy points per game average of any position this season. After outperforming his ADP by such a massive amount, Kupp was a league winner the minute he got picked.
Which rookie was the most fantasy impactful?
Mike – Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
After some ugly preseason drops, many avoided Chase in their fantasy drafts. However, the fifth-overall pick finished the fantasy season as the WR5, averaging 18.8 fantasy points per game. Furthermore, Chase scored 19.5 or more fantasy points in just under half the games this fantasy season. More importantly, he won many fantasy teams the title this year. Over the final two weeks of the fantasy season, he averaged 37.6 fantasy points per game. Chase also had the highest fantasy scoring game this season in Week 17, scoring 55.6 fantasy points in a massive win over the Kansas City Chiefs. While you can make a case for Najee Harris, Mac Jones, and Jaylen Waddle, Chase's performance in Week 17 makes him the clear Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Chris – Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
Chase quickly established himself as one of the most dynamic threats at the wide receiver position across the league. Firmly in the conversation for the best rookie campaign of all time, he has hauled in 79 passes for 1,429 yards and 13 touchdowns. The LSU product finished as WR5, averaging over 18 yards per catch. The 21-year-old also exploded in Week 17 for a season-high 266 receiving yards on 11 receptions while adding in three touchdown scores. His performance helped many owners win their respective leagues as one of the best performances in the game on championship Sunday. The fifth overall pick in April's draft has electrifying speed at the run after catch abilities to score from anywhere on the field, making him a fantasy football superstar.
Mason – Najee Harris, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Many hated it when the Steelers used their first-round pick on Harris, especially given the shape of the offensive line. However, the addition of Harris was great for fantasy owners. The rookie running back finished as the RB3 this fantasy season, averaging 18.2fantasy points per game. Furthermore, thanks to Ben Roethlisberger's declining arm, Harris became a PPR machine, totaling 70 receptions this season, leading all running backs.
Brandon – Najee Harris, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Harris was the first running taken off the board in the 2021 NFL Draft. He did not disappoint in his first season for Pittsburgh. Harris was a workhorse back all season, playing most of the snaps in almost every game. He finished as a top-three fantasy running back and will be one of the first few running backs off the board next season.
Joey – Ja'Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
Chase was sensational this season. So much for the preseason narrative and training camp hype about him struggling with drops and struggling to adjust to NFL footballs. Chase has had a remarkable rookie campaign, racking up 79 catches, 1429 receiving yards, and 13 touchdowns. Not to mention, he came through clutch when fantasy owners needed him the most, piling up 18 catches for 391 yards over the final two weeks of the fantasy season. His 11 catches for 266 yards and three touchdowns in Week 17 single-handedly won people their fantasy championship. It was good enough for 55.6 PPR fantasy points, and it helped him finish the season as the WR5.
Top Waiver Wire Add
Which waiver wire player was a league winner?
Mike – Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Detroit Lions
It's not how you start, but how you finish. That's what St. Brown fantasy owners are saying this week after winning fantasy championships. The fourth-round rookie was the only wide receiver the Lions added during the 2021 NFL Draft. While he averaged only 7.6 fantasy points per game over the first 12 weeks this season, St. Brown finished the fantasy season as the WR24, averaging 12.6 fantasy points per game. He finished with more fantasy points than several star wide receivers, including Terry McLaurin, Amari Cooper, and A.J. Brown. More importantly, St. Brown won championships for fantasy owners. During the fantasy playoffs, St. Brown was the WR1, averaging 28.3 fantasy points per game. Fantasy owners who added St. Brown late in the season walked away with a championship.
Chris – Cordarrelle Patterson, RB/WR, Atlanta Falcons
Patterson was primarily thought of as an afterthought in fantasy drafts before the start of the season. However, he quickly became an essential piece of Arthur Smith's offense in Atlanta. He moved all over the field on offense and took snaps at both running back and wide receiver. This multiple-use role led Patterson to rack up nearly 70 touches over the first five weeks of the season, on route to an RB3 finish over that period. Maintaining his strong performance as the year progressed, Patterson has a career-high 1,154 scrimmage yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Despite cooling down over the final three weeks of the fantasy season, he still finished as RB7 or WR14, making Patterson the top waiver wire add in 2021.
Mason – Amon-Ra St. Brown, WR, Detroit Lions
As someone who led the St. Brown hype train in the offseason, his success this year wasn't a surprise. The receiver was the Lions' best weapon towards the end of the season, with T.J. Hockenson and D'Andre Swift missing games because of injuries. Not only did St. Brown finish the year as a low-end WR2, but he was the best overall wide receiver during the fantasy playoffs.
Brandon – Elijah Mitchell, RB, San Francisco 49ers
Mitchell, the sixth-round rookie, was projected to be buried fourth on the 49ers depth chart at the beginning of the season. However, he burst onto the scene during the first game of the year. After Raheem Mostert went down early in Week 1, Mitchell ran for 104 yards and a touchdown. Shortly after that, Mitchell was the hottest waiver wire addition this season after Mostert announced he was undergoing season-ending knee surgery. Although banged up for a few games throughout the season, Mitchell averaged 15.6 fantasy points per game. Furthermore, he added a 21 point outing for last week's fantasy championship, making Mitchell the top waiver add this season.
Joey – Elijah Mitchell, RB, San Francisco 49ers
Patterson had some massive boom weeks, which helped pick up a few victories this year. However, when Mitchell was on the field, he consistently racked up double-digit fantasy points, especially when it mattered most. Patterson was terrific, finishing as RB7. Mitchell finished a lot lower as RB28. Nonetheless, Patterson went missing when the playoffs rolled around. While Mitchell missed time, his backup, Jeff Wilson, filled in well. Furthermore, Patterson averaged 6.6 fantasy points per game during the fantasy playoffs, while Mitchell scored 21 fantasy points in Week 17. As great as Patterson was this season, Mitchell and Wilson were league winners.
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There is data that shows that mental and emotional abuse by a teacher towards a child is a real thing. There are stories of teachers who pick on certain students, call them names, berate them in front of their classmates, and tell them they aren't going to amount to anything. In short, they are f*cking with these children's minds, because naturally the child is internalizing what the teacher is saying. They are the authority figure that as a child I am to respect, follow, and most of all, BELIEVE.
I read this article recently in the Washington Post where a parent secretly taped her son's teacher psycologically abusing him. The teacher would say things like "I feel sorry for your mother. I really do. She's a little lost." She would point out when the child didn't know the answer to certain questions or could not do whatever the assignment was. As such, the child began to hate school and anything that had to do with his school. His grades slipped and he cried every day.
He told his mom it was his teacher who was making him feel bad and unintelligent.
"She makes fun of me. I feel like I'm not smart."
But wait…the teacher was just named "Teacher of the Year" by her school leaders last year. She is one of the most talented and revered educators at her school, and has been in the classroom for 33 years. Surely, of all teachers, she is not the one who could be capable of harming a child – even if it was an internal affliction.
Color me copied because I really thought I was reading an account of my family's reality. Both of my children have had the "pleasure" of being taught by a teacher thought to be one of the best, as someone who truly cared about her students and wanted to see them excel. This past year she called my son anything but "smart." In return, he called her everything but someone he liked. His very mature common sense told him that she was not someone who had his best interest at heart. It would be up to him to become his own advocate inside the classroom and tell mommy and daddy when it became too much for him to bear alone.
"She thinks I'm dumb mom."
"She's not interested in teaching me."
"I asked for help and she said not now."
"How many days do we have left in this grade?"
All the signs were there that something was definitely wrong in this "high-performing classroom" at this private school. It was something new that he had not experienced before in his other classrooms and it hurt.
I'm not sure which was worse – me bringing it to her attention only for her to feign surprise and act completely shocked about it. Or me bringing it to the attention of the school leadership only for them to side with one of their best teachers.
"It's hard retaining good educators, especially in private schools," I've heard them say. How hard is it to have teachers who understand that sticks and stones may break bones, but words hurt like hell? Especially to a child who just wants to learn.
The parent in the article put a tape recorder in her son's backpack and recorded the teacher for 4 days and 32 hours where she heard her berate her son. It was no longer her son's word against the teacher's. The proof was on the tape.
I wish I would have thought of that.
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Greens activist Navdeep Singh says changing the date of Australia Day would change the overall national attitude towards First people.
Thousands marched today for recognition of the real legacy of January 26 as a day of mourning or as a day of invasion.
A community spokesperson and a Greens activist Navdeep Singh has called for an open and respectful conversation regarding the change in the date for Australia day.
"I believe a change is date is very important for Australia as a nation. It is not about what majority thinks... It is about the rights and respect of the First people of this land," said Mr Singh in an interview with SBS Punjabi.
"Changing the date of Australia Day would change the overall national attitude towards First people. Not only it influence future migration polices, but will also result in a more relaxed and tolerant society.
"We did not celebrate Australia Day but instead marched in solidarity with Australia's First Peoples at a commemorative event in Brisbane.
"There're thousands of people protesting and taking part in various rallies across the nation. That's why it's so important to get the conversation going in a respectful manner.
"They are not only opposing the date of Australia Day but also raising the voice against the violent acts Australian Aboriginals that had catastrophic and tragic consequences.
"This year marks the 230 years of an ongoing struggle of our First people.
"It is about time that we accept, and call on our countrymen to rectify things that have gone wrong in the last so many years.
"How can they celebrate the genocide that they faced for more than eighty years? The date should be inclusive of every member of our society.
The journey to become an Australian citizen is very challenging for some migrants, but it is something worth fighting for, says the Singh family from Punjab.
There are varying opinions and emotions about marking Australia Day on January 26 these days, with the chorus against it rising.
Large crowds gathered at rallies in Melbourne, Brisbane Perth, Canberra, Darwin and Adelaide.
Scientist, author and mentor Professor Sharad Kumar has been awarded AM, Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division, for his "significant service to medical research in the field of cancer and cell biology".
86-year-old restaurateur Mrs Anant Kaur Sandhu is the only Punjabi-origin person to be named in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list. Since 1996, she has served freshly-cooked meals to dozens of homeless people, every Thursday at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Square.
Members of the Adelaide and the Riverland Sikh community attended the ANZAC Dawn Service in Mantung on ANZAC Day (25 April 2017). Three Sikh Anzacs are remembered here - Private Sarn Singh, Private Ganessa Singh and Private Juwan Singh.


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Have you ever wondered why do people take birth? What makes them take birth? They have friends, relatives, companions. Who is God's companion? Here is a small story, I was told in my childhood and the lesson to be learnt.
God is one and he is the supreme power. Because God is one so he feels very lonely and he is very tired of his loneliness. He wants to have a companion with whom he can talk, play and spend time. So what he does is he makes his replica, a sculpture, of sand and then he adds life to it and examines if it is worthy enough to be God's companion. If he finds any drawback/ weakness in his replica he throws it on mrityulok (earth). And here on earth human take birth. We are exactly like him, his true replica. We have most of his strengths and yes! some weaknesses too else he wouldn't have sent us to earth. The day he will be successful in making his true replica, his eternal companion, he will stop making other sculptures and then no human will take birth on earth.
I believe every bit of this story and I am firm believer that the mankind has been blessed tremendous potential. I wonder when people say they have so many weaknesses and only they want is to get rid of their weaknesses and not to work on their strengths. They forget that they were created by God to be his eternal companion.
There was a child, who was considered as a bully, a school dropout. Normally one would consider him to be someone who will struggle in life but this boy was different. He had a special talent of batting. He started practicing in nets for hours. When he was aged 16 years and 205 days, he was picked up to represent India against Pakistan. He made 15 runs in the first test he played and was out on a 'duck' in his first international one dayer. But so determined was he that he wrote history in international cricket for being the first player to score a century of centuries. There is hardly a record which is not under his name.
When he decided to say good bye to international cricket after playing for 24 years and was to play his last test (200th test) at his home ground 'Wankhede Stadium' in Mumbai, he padded up and practiced for the whole day to prepare himself for the last innings of his international cricketing career. Cricket fans who had come there to witness him practice told reporters that he practiced so enthusiastically as if he was practicing for his first game of his career. He scored 74 runs in his last test match and when he got out and was walking towards pavilion he was still thinking he should have played his shot differently.
By continuously polishing his abilities he took his career to such a level that he is became a legend. He is known as 'Sachin.. The God of Cricket'. Believing yourself, knowing and polishing your abilities can make the difference for you as well. After all almighty had created you to be his eternal companion.


Recorded during their 2016 US tour, Peron and Werner "Zappi" Diermaier used ever-changing ensembles from different locations on the tour to make these recordings, mated with Peron's field recordings, to blend rhythm, noise, spoken word, strong rock and blues hooks, and experimental/industrial elements; another great, eclectic Faust release!
Track 1 recorded live at WMFU, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Track 2 recorded live at A1 Nico Studios, in Austin, Texas.
Track 3 recorded live at CalArts, in Los Angeles, California.
Track 4 recorded live at A1 Nico Studios, in Austin, Texas.
Track 5 recorded live at CalArts, in Los Angeles, California.
Track 6 recorded live at CalArts, in Los Angeles, California.
Track 7 recorded live at WMFU, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
"Jean-Hervé Péron , born in Casablanca (Morocco) in 1949 , is an artistic personality of the Channel , musician of his state.
He is a member of Faust, a German avant-garde rock band. He composes, sings and plays bass and trumpet.
Jean-Hervé Péron arrived in Cherbourg in 1951 , at the age of two. He spent his youth in Normandy until he was 18 years old. He studied, learned music theory and began to play several instruments.
In 1968 he spent some time in the United States. Returning to France in June 1968 , he wandered on the roads of Europe, fell in love with a young German and settled in the Hamburg region. In 1971 , he took part in the creation of Faust, of which he became one of the pillars. In the same year, the group released its first LP, simply called Faust , soon followed in 1972 by Faust So Far.
In 1973 , Faust signed with Virgin Records and released a new LP The Faust Tapes , followed by Faust IV (1974).
The group separated shortly afterwards and reformed in 1990.
In 1995 , Faust released a new album entitled Rien pour la label Table of the Elements. Jean-Hervé Péron is noticed with his song " Listen to the Fish" which pastiche Sû la mé , famous Norman song by Alfred Rossel. "
"Werner Diermaier (also known as Werner "Zappi" Diermaier) is a German drummer, best known as one of the founding members of the German krautrock band, Faust. Diermaier has remained with Faust for its entire lifespan and appears on all of their over 30 albums.
In 1969 Diermaier was a member of a German rock band called Campylognatus Citelli, with Hans Joachim Irmler (keyboards) and Arnulf Meifert (percussion). Later that year in Hamburg, at the suggestion of journalist and record producer Uwe Nettelbeck, they joined forces with another German rock group, Nukleus comprising Jean-Hervé Péron (bass guitar), Rudolf Sosna (guitar) and Gunter Wüsthoff (saxophone). The sextet became known as Faust and under the direction of Nettelbeck, they converted an old school-house near the village of Wümme, between Hamburg and Bremen into a studio, where they began working on their first album."
"Barbara Manning (born December 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist whose albums blend elements of rock, folk, pop and proto-punk. She's also known for her cover versions of often obscure pop songs. In addition to an acclaimed solo career, Manning has been active in a number of bands, including 28th Day (with Cole Marquis), World of Pooh, SF Seals, and The Go-Luckys!."
"Jürgen Engler (born October 12, 1960 in Düsseldorf-Bilk ) is a musician and producer. He was co-founder of the German punk band Male as well as the later band Die Krupps. Engler is an American citizen and lives in Austin, Texas.
Engler grew up in Düsseldorf-Bilk. He attended the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, which he left shortly before the Abitur without graduation. He then gave up his livelihood through occasional jobs and played in various music groups. In 1976, he founded the Punk Band Male. After years as a musician with Die Krupps and Dkay.com, he emigrated to the USA in the mid-1990s, where he first lived in Austin and New York for ten years as a green card holder. In the 2000s, he accepted the citizenship of the United States and abolished German citizenship. Since the end of the 2000s, Engler has been living with his wife in Austin, where he works as an established producer for Cleopatra Records.
In addition to his work as a musician, Engler is a producer for the aforementioned groups as well as for other national and international artists. Little is known, that he already held 1996 jam sessions with Dieter Moebius of Cluster and Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru, which led to the founding of the group explosion in 1997. As part of his work at Cleopatra Records he worked with musicians such as Iggy Pop, Trapt, Ministry, Stabbing Westward and Sly Stone and was involved in various Dubstep, Kraut and Space Rock projects. "
"Ulrich Krieger is well known as a saxophone player in contemporary composed and free improvised music as well as a composer of chamber music and electronic music.
His recent focus lies in the experimental fields and fringes of contemporary Pop culture: somewhere in the limbo between Noise and Heavy Metal, Ambient and Silence.
His original compositions go back and forth between Just Intonation, Silent Music, Noise, Instrumental Electronic, often asking for elaborate amplification, and works in the limbo of Rock culture - not accepting stylistic boundaries.
Krieger developed his own, often amplified style of saxophone playing, he calls 'acoustic electronics'. He uses refined acoustic, quasi-electronic sounds, which then get processed, the saxophone often becoming more an 'analogue sampler' rather than a traditional finger-virtuoso instrument. By amplifying his instrument in various ways, he gets down to the 'grains of the sounds', changing their identity and structure from within.
Ulrich Krieger was commissioned to write works for: Soldier String Quartet, oh-ton ensemble, Ensemble United Berlin, KontraTrio, zeitkratzer, Ensemble Experimente, Seth Josel, intersax, Text of Light, and others. His compositions are widely performed by ensembles in Europe and the USA.
He has managed to transcribe and arrange Lou Reeds infamous 'Metal Machine Music', everybody thought impossible to do, for classical instruments, performed by zeitkratzer and other groups.
He also arranged works by Merzbow, Throbbing Gristle, Deicide, Terry Riley, Henry Cowell and others for chamber ensemble.
He collaborates with: Lou Reed, LaMonte Young, Phill Niblock, Text of Light, Lee Ranaldo, Phill Niblock, John Duncan, Zbigniew Karkowski, Merzbow, Thomas Köner, DJ Olive, Christian Marclay, Kasper T Toeplitz, Antoine Beuger, Radu Malfatti, Mario Bertoncini, Michiko Hirayama, Miriam Marbe, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Ensemble Modern, Berliner Philharmoniker, Soldier String Quartet, zeitkratzer, just to name a few.
Krieger has received prizes, grants and residencies from: Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Villa Aurora Los Angeles, Deutsches Studienzentrum Venedig e.V., Akademie der Künste Berlin, 'Meet-the-Composer' Forum New York, DAAD, Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, and many others.
He lived in Berlin and New York, and was 'Composer-in-Residence' in Los Angeles, Rom, Venice, Bologna, and Townsville (Australia).
He studied saxophone, composition and electronic music at the UdK Berlin (University of the Arts) and the Manhattan School of Music New York and performed with orchestras like: Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ensemble Modern, Musikfabrik, and many more.
Since 2007 he lives in Southern California, where he is associate professor for the composition faculty at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles."
"Faust's album Fresh Air differs in several respects from its predecessor, Just Us (BB 182CD/LP, 2014). The recordings were made at Jean-Herve Peron's rehearsal studio in Schiphorst in northern Germany, hypnotic pieces with the kind of noisemaking the band is known for.
For the new album, Peron and Werner "Zappi" Diermaier were looking for communication with musician friends and the audience. The tracks were recorded in changing ensembles at changing locations in the USA (during a tour in 2016). In these community recordings, with friendly support from Peron's database of field recordings, a strongly shaded noise music emerged which extends its feelers to the remotest corners of the here and now. Droning, swinging, lusting for freedom, here and there holding out quite stoically as machine-room blues.
On board are the freely fabulous Barbara Manning in a live lecture, Jurgen Engler (Die Krupps) in overdub, and Ysanne Spevack as a wonderful wave-maker on the viola. The seven and a half minute title track begins with the poem by a French school friend of Peron (translated and recited in Polish) and ends in an industrial sound inferno. The singer cries for "Fresh Air" as if it is being taken away from him. Jean-Herve Peron offers a political reading: "Can you breathe calmly here, or are we being poisoned?" "Engajouez Vous!" Peron presents this franco-Faustian artificial word to the audience and rewrites the Marseillaise for the here and now in the track "Chlorophyl". And finally, Zappi has his mini-dada performance with "Schnobs" and "Bia": a small dialect-based text piece, which starts with chlorophyl, goes over the meadow past the cow and lands with the farmer who drinks a beer and schnapps and suddenly sees two cows.
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Tattoos aren't the point here. Practice is.
When I was a kid, my mom made me practice everything I was involved in. In 2nd grade (maybe 1st, who can remember back that far) I was in baton. I was the only one who knew the routine on that final day when we were put on stage to perform our rendition of this strange sport(?). The 45 minutes a week we were given in class was simply not enough time for those of us still learning how to use our bodies to coordinate this strange new skill.
As much as the practice seemed tedious at the time, (it must have been 30-45 min 5X a week for a couple of months. The horror!) after the fact, it felt great to be up there, PREPARED.
Still, looking back to the time AFTER parental supervision, I seem to have fallen into this pattern of quitting, or not practicing. Of course, I've glossed over this in my head, believing the excuses I lay out for myself about why it was the right decision to move away from a thing unmastered was the correct one.
I definitely have a problem scheduling my time, and really because I allow other people's schedules to overrule my own. If my sister calls to come hang out with the kids, I go, regardless if I had a full day of character building planned, or if I hadn't gotten my meditation session in (I think I'm up to an average of twice a week on this activity). If I'm ready to get home after helping out at the diner and get to work, but someone says let's go get something to eat, I'm more than happy to take the couple of hours (food is my joy. I'm working on that). My workouts are typically the only thing I never miss (when I'm in a committed schedule anyway. I'll workout at 1 am if that's what time it is when I get to it. Few other things I do require the limited cognitive capacity for productivity at an hour it's used to being turned off. You're brain doesn't have to be firing that clearly to "pick things up and put them down").
Looking back. I was saying something about that… my mother's guidance, remarkable in our generations, seems not to have stuck with me. Writing is a craft, a skill, as well as an artistic calling. Our muses get us to the page, but only persevering through the craft of it will some finished thing appear. The latter is where practice has been forgotten. There are points (many, sometimes) when it stops being fun to get those words vomited out of my head. When the process is painful to the soul, because some days we just don't feel like it, is when I slide away. I've forgotten (did I ever know?) that pain isn't something to be shied away from. Listening to that voice becomes a leap to inactivity. I really know this. I started a book 23 years ago, and am still playing around with it. Once the fun stuff was out, I was over it.
Didn't Jack London write 1000 words a day, simply in prompted practice? Didn't he hate doing, but do it anyway? -translate: Just show up. It's a mantra used in the fitness industry, why not transfer it to this capacity too?
My newest (brilliant, of course) analogy is to compare all we do to a child just learning to walk. How many times do these kids fall before they've mastered what will become a second-nature skill? Can you imagine if they all just stopped trying after the first, or even fourth, times (is there a plot summary there)?
I'm trying to come up with some point to make here about looking back and figuring out why all this quitting in my life has opened my mind to blah blah, so now I'm a better person, but that thing isn't with me yet. I'm still moving up the hill on this one. Especially with the writing. There're other things. I quit working out and eating healthy every 6 months (sometimes 3 months, sometimes 2 weeks), then come back to it. I still haven't figured out anything insightful that I've come up with because of viewing this pattern so openly. Just stop quitting, right? #Thingseasiersaidthendone <– which doesn't mean don't stop picking it back up, which apparently I have mastered.
Maybe there's some lesson here about self-confidence. That is for sure a major point in my decisions to put my writing aside. The doubt tells me: It's not good enough, so why bother.
Just effing do it- finish SOMETHING, and worry about the details after the fact. I started writing to appease the voices in my head; to find worlds to hide away to when I was out of other reading material. Why does it matter how good it is if this is the main point for doing it?
That it takes practice will only make the finished product more miraculous, no?


Fabrizio Copano is one of the most well known comedians in Latin America and is the first South American comedian to shoot an original comedy special for Netflix. Actor and writer of the hit Chilean comedy show "El Club de la Comedia", Copano also lead his own late night show "El Late de Copano". Copano was one of the hosts of the Comedy Central Latin America produced "La Culpa es de Colon", a comedy super group with the top five comedians from 5 countries in Latin America.The group tours throughout the region, and hosts a talk show, broadcast by the channel across the territory. Recently, Copano joined "Mas Mejor", a new platform and YouTube channel for Latino-focused comedy content produced by Broadway Video.
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US Special Forces conducts search and rescue training
by Jack Murphy Aug 3, 2017
US Special Forces counter-terrorism missions in Syria and Iraq get a lot of media coverage, but Green Berets are deployed to over 100 countries on any given year conducting a range of operations as laid out in the unit's Mission Essential Task List (METL) including everything from counter-proliferation to special warfare. This past May, Special Forces participated in Vigilant Guard 17-03 in Saint Thomas which was no doubt a welcome respite from deployments to hotter and drier parts of the world.
"We got the call that there was a large-scale disaster relief effort that was needed in the Virgin Islands and we were in Puerto Rico. We were able to respond with our helicopter assets and load our boats onto the helos and were able to get in before everyone else by helo-casting into the ocean and come ashore," one of the Green Berets said to a DOD press officer.
US Special Forces are able to capitalize on their rapport building skills and past relationships with local nationals to aid in disaster relief efforts such as the one they trained for in St. Thomas. Years ago while in Belize, a hurricane tore across the small country. A 7th Special Forces Group CIF team happened to be in country to help another unit stage for a hostage rescue mission. Their team leader was up in a U.S. Air Force plane surveying the damage for the government of Belize immediately after the hurricane passed. This was something that the local government would not have been able to accomplish on their own. Luckily, the damage was minimal in this instance.
While these types of training exercises and missions are not as sexy as high-speed counter-terrorism missions in which operators blow down doors and clear rooms with high-tech rifles that have twenty thousand dollars worth of crap strapped to them, these endeavors are a vital part of the Special Forces mission that help our Green Berets develop long-term relationships, aid the local people, and develop rapport. Remember, the point of Special Forces is not to rush into a country in response to an emergency but rather to have pre-existing relationships and boots on the ground knowledge before anything bad happens.
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Walmart Hopes to Add 30 to 40 New Outlets in China in 2017
Mar 7, 2017 Retail (Supermarkets, Hypermarkets)Hypermarkets, Retail, WalMart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc yesterday [22 February 2017] said it aims to add 30 to 40 new stores in China, including three to five Sam's Club outlets, in 2017 as well as upgrade current stores and continue to work with JD.com. Wal-Mart China will invest more than 300 million yuan ($44 million) to upgrade and remodel around 50 current stores…Full Article: ECNS.cn Feb 2017
In 2016, Walmart opened 24 new stores (21 were hypermarkets) and three new Sam's Club stores.
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In November 2016, Walmart opened 5 new stores including in Shanxi, Hunan, Yunnan, and Tianjin. In total, both Changsha (Hunan Province) and Tianjin have 4 stores, while Kunming (Yunnan Province) has 12 stores. Regarding Sam's Club, as of November 2016, Walmart had 14 Sam's Clubs in China, with its Shenzhen store being its best-performing branch worldwide.
In October 2016, Walmart's share in JD.com rose from 5.9% to 10.8%. During the same month, select Walmart stores announced they would deliver groceries via JD.com's new Dada online service. Initially, New Dada's two-hour delivery service for Walmart stores will be for customers within a 3 km [~1.86 miles] of 20 select stores. Walmart currently has 426 stores located in nearly 170 Chinese cities.
In July 2016, Walmart announced plans to open 115 stores (including some Sam's Club stores) in China by 2017. During the same month, it was reported that executives from both Walmart and JD.com meet weekly to discuss their retail strategy in mainland China.
In June 2016, Walmart sold Yihaodian (e-commerce grocery website) to JD.com in exchange for a 5% stake in JD.com. As part of the deal, JD.com (backed by Tencent Holdings) will open an online store for Walmart's Sam Club. Both companies will also cooperate on logistics (supply chain and delivery services).
As of early 2016, Walmart had developed three brands in China including its hypermarket series (420 stores), Sam's Club stores (12), and the e-commerce site Yihaodian (~130 million registered users).
In 1996, Walmart opened its first store in Shenzhen, southern China.
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Component services provider to oversee support for two Latin American airlines.
AAR has signed a multi-year component support agreement with Viva Colombia and Viva Air Peru.
The component services specialist will provide pool support to affiliate airlines within the Viva LatinAmerica group including VivaColombia, Colombia's first low-cost carrier, and the newly established low-cost carrier Viva Air in Peru.
AAR will make inventory available from its facilities in Miami and Chicago, as well as positioning stock in Bogota, Medellin and Lima.
"This contract is the latest example of how AAR's flight-hour support programs are a perfect fit for fast-growing airlines in emerging markets, in addition to established carriers in major markets," said John Holmes, president and chief operating officer at AAR.


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By Aryeh Savir
Until his implementation of the disengagement from Gush Katif Sharon was a revered leader of the resident of Judea and Samaria. In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Sharon championed construction of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip. In 2004 – 05 Sharon orchestrated Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Sharon's plan was welcomed by both the Palestinian Authority and Israel's left wing. However, it was greeted with opposition from within his own Likud party and from other right wing Israelis, on national security, military, and religious grounds. Between August 2005 16th – 30th, Sharon controversially expelled 9,480 Israelis from 21 communities in Gaza and four communities in Samaria. The rift between Sharon and the residents of Judean and Samaria was irreparable.
After Sharon's passing yesterday leaders form Judea and Samaria have expressed their mixed, and at times confused, sentiments regarding his life and legacy.
The Yesha Council, the umbrella organization for of Judea and Samaria, issued the following statement: "The Yesha Council mourns, together with the rest of the Israeli Nation, the passing of Former Prime Minister Sharon. Today, on the day of his passing, we will remember his merits and his vast contribution to Israel's security and to the building of the settlements for several decades, and we hope that this legacy of his will be remembered today and in the future."
Former Yesha Council head Danny Dayan expressed his unequivocal sorrow: "This is a sad day, with no exception. Sharon was a great man and the State of Israel is greatly indebted to him, he was the greatest Jewish military commander in the past 2,000 years. He crossed the Suez Canal, established communities throughout the land and uprooted terror when everyone thought it was impossible."
Emily Amrusi, a journalist and former spokeswoman for the Yesha Council was more critical of Sharon's actions: "The disengagement was not a "brave action", but a wicked one, and its instigator caused great pain to the ones who loved him…it was undemocratic, un-Zionist, and not in line with human rights. We are in pain, we have been burned. Last night a siren was heard in the Regional Council of Ashkelon Beach. Sharon was not there to hear it; he was not around for the past eight years to eat the bitter results of his actions. Sharon left behind him scorched earth, a torn people and pillars of smoke. I want to tell me children of the man who crossed the Suez Canal, but find myself telling them about the man who split the nation. He had many merits as a builder, as a man of defense and war, but I can't remember them. The lens is mucked up by painful feelings. I look at Sharon's portrait and see the synagogue at Neve Dekalim ablaze. I am sorry, I cannot forgive," she wrote on her Facebook page.
MK Orit Strouk (Bayit Yehudi), a settler human rights activist and resident of Hebron sparked controversy when she released her statement. "Sharon was one of the greatest builders of the land and its greatest destroyer. I thank G-d for removing him from public life before he had a chance to cause a catastrophe to the remaining residents of Judea and Samaria as he did to the residents of Gush Katif."
She later retracted her words and apologized: "I respect Sharon's contribution for the Israeli Nation and Land. I did not pray for his death. I am not glad about the way he ended his life. I am not G-d's accountant, but the fact is that he was unable to continue with his plans to uproot more communities, and the State of Israel was saved. I apologize to anyone who was offended by me words," she concluded.
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a prominent rabbi, said his failures did not annul his achievements: "Ascend to the Heavens man of the military, man of the settlements, and man of leadership who we are all indebted to. Ascend to the Heavens man of opposites, and we pray that you find rest. That hero that failed with the destruction of Gush Katif, even though one must keep in mind that he thought he was working for the benefit of the nation. His failures do not annul his achievements."
Benny Katsover, a leader of the Gush Emunim settlement movement and who worked with Sharon for many years, talked about mixed feelings and a split heart: "My heart is split, I am in pain. I worked with Sharon for many years fighting for the communities in Judea and Samaria. I met an impressive man in all aspects. On the other hand, Sharon tarnished him massive achievements in Judea and Samaria with the disengagement, and the wound continues to bleed on a personal level as well as on a public level. I have mixed feeling when relating to him."
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Sharon also spared the PLO when he had them cut off & surrounded in Beruit. A man of contradictions or just realized the gains of military are eventually not capable of meeting the real long term goals of Israel.