Pembrokes are the smaller of the two corgi breeds. They are affectionate, highly intelligent and playful dogs who love being part of the family.
They have big dog personalities in a small body but by no means are they are small dogs.
According to legend Pembrokes were the steeds of Welsh Fairy warriors and the markings on their backs are the warriors saddles. Most UK Pembrokes are typically red coloured but also can come in sable, fawn or black and tan varieties. The breed traditionally was shown with a docked tail but since tail docking was banned in the UK Pems generally have tails though some lines also have natural bob tails.
Pembrokes have a life expectancy of between 12-15 years and are generally pretty healthy, though can be prone to becoming overweight. There are some inherited issues which can occur with Pems such as monorchidism, Von Willebrand's disease, hip dysplasia and patellar luxation. And some diseases they can be predisposed to, including IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease) and DM (Degenerative Myelopathy). Talk to a breeder for more details on these.
As Pembrokes were bred for herding they enjoy being active and will happily spend all day walking. That said, they are also happy to spend their time at home and love being together with their family. They are highly intelligent and can be easily trained in obedience, agility, flyball and even heel-work to music.
I am interested in purchasing a female Corgi. I am in Belen New Mexico. I am having trouble finding real Pembroke Corgis.
Hi, that's great news about your forthcoming corgi! We are based in the UK so have no idea about breeders in the states sorry!
We would definitely recommend trying for a more local breeder first to make sure you know where the puppy is coming from – it IS possible to get a puppy from another country but there is a lot of paperworks and fees involved and corgis are actually not much more available in the UK these days – have you tried contacting a corgi club in Hungary or countries nearby? Best of luck!
Hi, I'm very interested in getting a Pembroke corgi, I live in the east of England, but I'm having trouble trying to find breeders, I understand that I will have to travel but I can't travel to the other side of England, I check the kennel club but still nothing, would you be able to help?
Hi Lez, the UK Corgi Club is unfortunately not able to help with people wanting to adopt a corgi, puppy or adult – best is to contact the Welsh Corgi League and the breeders listed on the "Find a Puppy" website of the Kennel Club UK for this – travel is highly likely to be involved, most of us did a few hundred miles to pick up their pup, this will ensure you can check where the puppies were brought up and that they are coming from a genuine, serious and caring breeder – good luck with your search!
Best is to contact local corgi clubs in Italy to get breeders names – we are based in the UK so sorry we cannot help with Italy. Good Luck with your quest!
Hi, the CWCA has a list of available puppies. You'd have to speak to the individual breeders to see if they'd be happy for the pup to go to Italy though, it is a long way!
I am traveling to England 1-15 August. Any suggestions on corgi-related sites worth visiting? Museums, breeders, etc….,My 7 year old LOvEs corgis!
I am looking for a long time for a female Pembroke Welsh Corgi with bobtail . I would very much appriciate if someone would give me an advise where I could be lucky to find one ! Thank you very much .
Hi Stefanie, the best thing to do is contact breeders with available litters via the Kennel Club's "Find a Puppy" page, and/or contact the Welsh Corgi League for a list of breeders – please be aware though that the bobtail gene is I believe lost in the UK with some breeders trying to reintroduce it via imported dogs but they will be able to give you more details on this 🙂 Good luck!
My family and I are considering getting a corgi, because they're a good size for us, and we want a dog that will be trainable. Are they good with children? Can I ask how much exercise they need? And what are their grooming requirements? I assume they shed quite a bit too. Sorry for all the questions!
Hi Jayne, corgis are trainable yes, like every dog, as for the children it really depends on early socialising – some of their traits include them being rather stubborn and with a selective hearing though so we recommend you do a lot of research (books to complement the info on our website). They are highly intelligent dogs so need to be kept busy, as much physically (think big dog on short legs) as mentally (or they can get quite barky and bossy) that do indeed shed a lot – as a result of the shedding grooming is actually fairly simple: brushing a couple of times a week should suffice (but you'll need a GOOD vacuum cleaner!). They were originally bred for herding so can have a tendency to nip at heels, but that can be trained out with time, patience and positive reinforcement. Best of luck!
Thank you for the reply, that's great! I think I need to get some more advice on training. I'll get hold of a book or two. We have a busy household, and already have one dog. I worry that we won't be able to offer a corgi enough stimulation, and I wouldn't want a puppy going crazy (and destructive!) in the house. Thanks again for the advice.
The good thing is that Corgis are super easy to train. They are very smart and most are highly food motivated so you can get them to do a lot. I think the main thing for a corgi is they want to be part of the family, so you don't need to be doing anything exciting, they just want to be with you as much as they can. Good luck!
Hi, thanks Mia. I'll do that. Can I ask how much I can expect to pay for a KC registered corgi?
Please please add Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus (GDV) to your risk of complications. Corgis are deep chested and our beautiful boy of 7 years died of this condition in 16 hours on Monday despite rushing him in as soon as he got bloat and every procedure and surgery. It was so short and shocking, the vet had never seen a Corgi with GDV and this needs to be made aware to all Corgi owners, even through my great sadness I still want to make people aware of this as it was totally and utterly heart breaking. So please add this to your list.
Hi Lucy, so sorry for the loss of your boy.
Hello everyone! I am inlove with Pembroke Corgis. They are the most adorable dogs and definitely the most suitable for me. Does anyone know where I can find breeders for Pembrokes, as I am keen to have my first corgi now! Thanks!
The Cardigan corgis always have a tail.
The Pembroke corgis are either born with a tail or with a bobbed tail. Back when they were used in farms the tail would be docked to prevent injuries (if a cow bit it especially) but nowadays the docking is illegal in some countries (including the UK) whereas in others it is still done for aesthetic reasons (including North America) mostly as most corgis nowadays are pets rather than working dogs.
Where can I contact a breeder in Scotland.
Hi Seren, loving your commitment. Have a look on the Kennel Club website for a list of assured corgi breeders. Unfortunately you may find prices generally start at £750 and up. Best of luck!
After lots reading into the breed, looking at them and chasing breeders for months… We finally got lucky.
Hi, myself and my partner are looking to purchase a Pembroke corgi in April / May 18 after we move into our new home. Do you know of any breeders with litters due around that time?
A dogs gestation is about 3 months so it is too soon to tell – but have a look at the Kennel Club for a list of assured breeders. Good luck!


NARVAQUENOS EAST COAST, U.S.A. INC.
The company NARVAQUENOS EAST COAST, U.S.A. INC. is registered on 12/9/1999. DOS number of the company 2448150. Current status of the organization Active. Postal address of the company NARVAQUENOS EAST COAST, U.S.A. INC. - 150 JORALEMON ST #3B, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11201. The credit report for the company NARVAQUENOS EAST COAST, U.S.A. INC..
Name NARVAQUENOS EAST COAST, U.S.A. INC.
NARVA REALTY, LLC NAR VENDING, INC. NARVER ASSOCIATES, INC., INSURANCE AGENCY NARVESTAR LLC NARVEZA CORP. NARVICK INTERNATIONAL, INC.


text:
Bel-Air Teaser Remixes Will Smith's Iconic Theme Song
Peacock released a teaser for Bel-Air that puts a fittingly dramatic spin on the iconic Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme.
Rather than Will Smith gleefully rapping about how he was transplanted from Philadelphia, PA to Bel-Air, CA, we see Jabari Banks' Will somberly discussing how his "life got flip-turned upside-down."
RELATED: Peacock's Bel-Air Rounds Out Its Main Cast
Based on a viral YouTube video by Morgan Cooper, Bel-Air received a two-season order in September 2020. Cooper serves as the director and co-writer of the show, while T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson serve as showrunners. All three are also executive producers, along with Smith, Terence Carter, James Lassiter, Miguel Melendez, Malcolm Spellman, Quincy Jones, Benny Medina and Andy and Susan Borowitz.
RELATED: Peacock's MacGruber Premiere Date Revealed in Profanity-Laden Jailhouse Interview
"With this dramatic reimagining, we wanted to create a show that stands on its own while honoring the spirit and innovation of the original series," Cooper said. "Because Bel-Air is a drama, we're able to really peel back the layers of these characters and themes in a way that you simply couldn't do 30 years ago in the half-hour sitcom format. We're able to go have tough conversations that challenge perspectives. At its core, Bel-Air is a celebration of the black experience through the perspective of a family."
"At its heart, Bel-Air is a coming-of-age story that celebrates the strength and love of the Black family," Brady commented. "We have stayed true to the original premise of the legacy series - Will's life is turned upside down after he is forced to leave West Philly and lands in Bel-Air with its gated mansions and wealth, however, our new series brings Will and the Banks family into the world as we know it now. It's been incredible to bring these iconic characters to life when you tap them into the cultural pulse of our time. The series was the fabric of so many of our upbringings, tied to memories and the joy of seeing ourselves represented on TV so it is important to us to pay respect to its legacy."
In addition to Banks' Will, Bel-Air features Adrian Holmes as Phillip Banks, Cassandra Freeman as Vivian Banks, Olly Sholotan as Carlton Banks, Coco Jones as Hilary Banks, Akira Akbar as Ashley Banks, Jimmy Akingbola as Geoffrey, Jordan L. Jones as Jazz and Simone Joy Jones as Lisa.
RELATED: Peacock Streaming Service Performing 'Way Ahead' of NBCUniversal's Expectations
Bel-Air premieres in 2022 on Peacock.
Jon Arvedon (2949 Articles Published)
Jon Arvedon is the lead news editor for CBR after beginning as a freelance writer in 2017. Prior to joining the outlet, he built up his portfolio by reviewing comic books for several notable sites, as the heroes of Marvel and DC have always been a passion of his. In fact, his love of superheroes is rivaled only by his love of Star Wars and weightlifting. If you're so inclined, you can follow Jon on Twitter at @JonArvedon.
More From Jon Arvedon
Peacock's Bel-Air Rounds Out Its Main Cast
received a two-season order
Peacock Streaming Service Performing 'Way Ahead' of NBCUniversal's Expectations
The Last of Us Set Video May Show a Key Locale from the Game
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop's Backstory Bucks an Overused MCU Trope
The Flash: Armageddon Has Barry Do Things Fans Have Waited Eight Years to See
Star Trek: Discovery Just Made a Famous TOS Reference
Hawkeye's Jeremy Renner Says Black Widow's Presence Permeates Show
Discovery Star Thanks Next Generation's Whoopi Goldberg for Blazing Her Star Trek Trail
Evil-Lyn Undergoes a Massive Power-Up - and Masters of the Universe's Best Arc
Cowboy Bebop's Ed Actor Opens Up About Bringing the Character to Life
Boy Meets World Star Maitland Ward Defends Her Adult Film Star Career
MCU Theory: Could Mephisto Arrive on Hit-Monkey First?
Cowboy Bebop: John Cho Breaks Down Spike's Season 1 Journey
Masters of the Universe: Revelation's Biggest Hero Isn't He-Man or Teela
Wheel of Time: That Isn't the Dark One in Their Dreams It's [SPOILER]
Final Space: KVN Resurrected the Series Most Unsettling Character
Hawkeye's Pizza Dog Celebrates Premiere (and Birthday!) With a Bow of Her Own
Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Best Episodes, According to IMDb

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
News|Protests
Protesters in Colombia turn to town hall meetings for solutions
Lack of progress at the national level has spurred Colombians to look to local officials to address their social concerns.
Neighbours in Puerto Resistencia gather for a town hall meeting to address the social crises in Cali, Colombia [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera]
By Christina Noriega
Published On 23 Jun 202123 Jun 2021
Cali, Colombia – When protests first erupted in Colombia in April, masked demonstrators ousted police from the neglected Aguablanca neighbourhood in southern Cali with a barrage of stones and improvised shields.
The six-block area has since been rechristened Puerto Resistencia and transformed into a focal point of culture, community, and democracy. Steps away from an incinerated police station-turned-library, dozens of neighbours meet weekly to discuss causes and solutions to the social crisis. Volunteers teach art classes to local children.
"The people are waking up," said a 25-year-old protest leader and university student, known as Soldier, during a recent town hall meeting at the Puerto Resistencia blockade. "They know that they need to be heard."
An unpopular tax reform sparked nationwide protests beginning April 28. Even after the proposal was withdrawn, a mass movement of students, unionists, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian protesters continued to flood the streets with demands for social equality and police reform, fuelled by reports of police violence and rates of unemployment and poverty that have worsened under the pandemic.
A strike committee, headed by national trade unions, led talks with the government over a list of demands that include a universal basic income and a free tuition plan. The negotiations, and weekly protests, were temporarily called off on June 15 after protest leaders blamed the government for delaying progress and refusing to take up key talking points.
Soldier, a 25-year-old protest leader in Puerto Resistencia, leads a town hall meeting in Cali, Colombia [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera]
Frustrated by national negotiations, some communities are taking dialogues to the local level, where they hope their grievances will be listened to directly by city officials.
"What needs to happen is more regionalised and local negotiations that involve these neighbourhood committees that have sprung up across the country," said Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, Andes director at the Washington Office on Latin America.
"They are focused on the immediate issues in the specific area that they are in and not so much tied to the national agenda. Any negotiation would still require regional and local negotiations," she told Al Jazeera.
"Colombia's democracy is extremely centralized, and so there aren't, on a daily basis, a lot of opportunities for citizens to engage in the future direction of their country," said Elizabeth Dickinson, a senior Colombia analyst for the International Crisis Group. "This is one of those rare instances where there's a sense that it might be possible."
In the span of a few weeks, town hall meetings have materialised in several cities, many of them in neighbourhoods heavily afflicted by poverty, unemployment, and violence, where citizens have often been left on their own to deal with structural problems.
A group of masked protesters hurl rocks at a water cannon truck in Bogota, Colombia protests have been ongoing since April 28, with some turning violent [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera]
Nationwide, heavy police backlash against the initial protests inspired many to take to the streets. The death toll is disputed: Human Rights Watch reported 21 deaths during protests, the local NGO Temblores found 43 deaths allegedly committed by police and the attorney general's office verified 20 homicides.
Many others joined because of the economic fallout of the pandemic, which pushed 3.5 million Colombians into poverty and sent the unemployment rate soaring to 15 percent, as of April.
But neighbourhoods like Puerto Resistencia also face a particular set of problems they want resolved. Many residents in Cali, the city with the second-largest Black population in Latin America, are victims of forced displacement from nearby conflict zones, and small-scale drugs and arms trafficking has lured scores of youth into a life of crime and violence.
"The strike committee ending negotiations with the government doesn't affect us at all because we don't feel represented by them," said Soldier. "We'll continue to resist until our demands are resolved."
At a recent town hall meeting in Puerto Resistencia, a group of about 80 residents met for hours. Throughout the night, people voiced the urgent needs of their community: better educational opportunities and cultural activities that could engage at-risk youth. Speakers also set their sights on the 2022 presidential and congressional elections, with talks of launching campaigns for independent candidates and forming a new political party.
Children take part in a free art class, offered by volunteers at Puerto Resistencia, Cali, Colombia [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera]
In Cali, the epicentre of unrest and police violence, communities have set up blockades and created autonomous zones called "points of resistance", where disenfranchised youth, their faces hidden by ski masks and bandanas, have emerged spontaneously as leaders.
Earlier this month, a preliminary agreement was reached between Cali Mayor Jorge Ospina and Union of Resistances Cali, a group representing 26 "points of resistance" throughout the city. Mayor Ospina pledged new measures to prevent protester deaths and institutional support for town hall meetings and cultural events – in return the protesters promised to end 21 blockades.
Similar talks are taking place throughout the country.
The Colombian capital, Bogota, in early June provided a space where social organisations and protesters who do not feel represented by the strike committee could voice their grievances directly to officials.
"The strike committee doesn't represent all of Colombia. They don't go to our neighbourhoods. They don't know what's going on here," said Laura, a 26-year-old protest leader in Bogota, who withheld her last name out of security concerns.
The strike committee, representing leading unions, such as the Central Union of Workers and the Colombian Federation of Education Workers, has been criticised by some who claim that union leaders have taken ownership of a movement led by a cross-section of society.
A police station burned in the protests has been repurposed into a public library at Puerto Resistencia in Cali, Colombia [Christina Noriega/Al Jazeera]
"They don't listen to us," Laura continued. "That's why we're strengthening our community and listening to each other so that we can create a list of demands."
Yet, reaching a consensus within communities and finalising a deal with local officials still presents challenges.
"When it comes to how you resolve systemic problems, there will be a lot of differences in terms of priorities," said Sanchez-Garzoli. "We're not talking about something simple here. We're talking about people in desperate situations facing tremendous security and humanitarian issues due to the pandemic."
Benkos, a 26-year-old protest leader in Puerto Resistencia who fled his hometown in the conflict-ridden province of Nariño nine months ago, said he wants to see improved education opportunities. Specifically, he would want the government to help him obtain a high school diploma after having dropped out in the seventh grade in order to support his family financially.
But after weeks of fighting off police at Puerto Resistencia, he said he has witnessed too many deaths and hopes the dialogue will bring about the change his neighbourhood desperately needs.
"We can't beat them with rocks," said Benkos. "We have to win with democracy and unity."


These Slow Cooker Low-Sugar Barbecued Chicken Lettuce Cups are even better with the guacamole topping!
I love lettuce wraps all year, but in the summer I especially like the way they can cool down something hot, in this case barbecued chicken. I made the barbecued chicken for these Slow Cooker Low-Sugar Barbecued Chicken Lettuce Cups because I had some young nephews coming to visit, and they loved the chicken inside quesadillas as much as I enjoyed it in a lettuce wrap. This delicious dish won't heat up the house when it's cooking, so I think it sounds perfect for a Summer Dinner.
Get the complete recipe for Slow Cooker Low-Sugar Barbecued Chicken Lettuce Cups from Kalyn's Kitchen.
Use the Index for Chicken Recipes to see all the Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes that have been featured on this site.


"For Barth, the [biblical] text conveys not only the historical effects of God's actions, but witnesses to God himself because God's being is in His act. The text itself is Barth's focus, as opposed to a reconstruction of what supposedly happened behind the text, to which the text allegedly refers, or to the experience of the biblical author…Barth viewed the modern historical critics as being too hasty with Scripture, too ready to impose modern assumptions on the text and not humble enough to sit quietly before the text until it disclosed its own concerns. He tried not to impose a system upon Scripture and then seek proof texts for what is known in advance to be the case. Instead, he sought to develop a theology that organically arises out of the witness of the Bible and that reflects the shape, limits, and preoccupations of the biblical witness, rather than the demands of logic or the prejudice of culture." the literal sense cannot be reduced simply to the historical sense for Barth is convinced that [the] OT speaks literally about Jesus Christ." (122-126).
"The difference between pre-modern interpreters and Enlightenment interpreters is that most moderns hold that the literal is nothing more than the historical. This crucial assumption was not held by pre-modern interpreters…In modernity, any attempts to do figurative or spiritual exegesis are left to the department of homiletics and biblical scholars piously avert their eyes at such 'homiletical embellishments.' Thus, the theological interpretation of Scripture is disconnected from historical exegesis and a wedge is driven between the scholarly study of the Bible and the ecclesial proclamation of Scripture" (126).
Carter, Craig. "Karl Barth on the Imago Dei: Typology and the Sensus Literalis of Holy Scripture." In Go Figure!: Figuration in Biblical Interpretation, edited by Stanley D. Walters, 121–36. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.
What they saw and heard and felt was certainly the word of proclamation, the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper the fellowship and gifts of the Spirit between brothers and sisters, but also the great "not yet," the almost overwhelming difficulties and tasks arising from their witness to Jesus in the world, the convulsions of the Roman Empire moving to its climax and fall, the frailty of Christian flesh requiring constant exhortation and comfort and warning and punishment, much weakness and tribulation in which even the voice of the Spirit could only be a sigh and a stammering, a cry of yearning.
The Christian community has necessarily to be a gathering in this hope. The Christian has necessarily, then, to be the man who seizes this hope and lives in it. There is no other possibility either for the community or for the individual. The origin of both in the resurrection of Jesus makes it necessary that there should be not only faith in Him who was, and love for Him who is, but also hope in Him who comes.
Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III/2, 488-489.
"To understand the miraculous act of this becoming, we must reach back to what we have acknowledged [earlier], that it is to be understood as an act of the Word who is the Lord. As from its own side the humanity has no capacity, power or worthiness by which it appears suited to become the humanity of the Word, there is likewise no becoming which as such can be the becoming of the Word. His becoming is not an event which in any sense befalls Him, in which in any sense He is determined from without by something else. If it includes in itself His suffering, His veiling and humiliation unto death — and it does include this in itself — even so, as suffering it is His will and work. It is not composed of action and reaction. It is action even in the suffering of reaction, the act of majesty even as veiling. He did not become humbled, but He humbled himself." ~Karl Barth, "The Mystery of Revelation" CD 1.2, 160.
The church that we attend has a lot of stained glass. Wrapping around the sanctuary are beautiful stained glassed panes. If you start in the corner at the front of the sanctuary and walk around counter-clock-wise, you can follow the life of Christ, one pane at a time. Where we sit every Sunday (yes we are those people who sit in the same pew every week), the stained glass pane directly behind us is of Jesus hanging on the cross. Every week we sit under the same pane, with Jesus hanging over our shoulder. When my two year old gets antsy as two year-olds are wont to do, she likes to turn around and fold herself over the back of the pew. One day, as she was trying to pull herself back up after folding too far over, she stopped.
"What's that?" She asked, pointing at the stained glass.
"That's a picture made of glass," I replied.
"No, who's that?" She pointed directly at Jesus.
Now, every Sunday she points to the stained glass behind our pew. "That's Jesus!" She tells everyone. And of course, my four year-old, not wanting to be left out, makes a point of telling her sister that Jesus is not just in the stained-glass windows, but more importantly, he's in the Bible.
In our church service there is intentionality in how we worship. The entire liturgy is designed to draw upon all our human senses. We watch a cross being carried in during the processional. We hear the Word proclaimed. We respond to the Gospel reading by singing "Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ." In unison we affirm the life and work of Christ as we recite the Apostles' Creed. When the pastor preaches on an aspect of the life of Christ, he draws our attention to the stained-glass panel, so that we not only listen, but also visually contemplate the significance of Jesus' actions.
Yes, physical images can lead to idolatry, especially if we cast Jesus in our own image and then proclaim that he must only look that way. But guess what? Verbal constructs can lead to idolatry as well, especially if we translate the words of Jesus and then proclaim that Jesus must have used King James' English! The creation of physical images does not have to necessarily lead to the worship of said images, just as the translation of the Scriptures does not necessarily lead to the worship of said Bible.
I want to suggest that the opposite is also true: Jesus' humanity cannot be separated from his divine person (hence, not only his bodily resurrection, but also his bodily ascension into heaven), which means that visual images are, in fact, attempting to understand the reality of Jesus' humanity.
If Jesus is just a vague, unphysical concept in our head, he becomes an abstraction. When his humanity takes a back seat to his divinity, he becomes more like a demi-god rather than the second Person of the Trinity who took on the flesh and blood reality of the human experience. In becoming an abstraction, we forget or water down the significance of the event of revelation, namely, that "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." And the Word taking on flesh was not a temporary thing. After his death and resurrection Jesus did not abandon his flesh, but in the ascension he bodily returned to heaven to be seated at the right hand of the Father.
What well-done images and portraits of Jesus do is what the Bible does just in a different medium: they tell the story of the life and ministry of Jesus, who was, in the words of Karl Barth, "the object and theatre of the acts of God." The images of Jesus, be they stained glass windows in a church, a figurine of baby Jesus in a nativity scene, or an actor portraying Jesus in film, tell us the story visually. When paired with the oral tradition of hearing and telling, physical images of Jesus help us to not only tell the story, but also to respond to the story.
Jessica DeCou is working on a book on Karl Barth's trip to the United States in 1962. She has launched a Kickstarter project to help fund her travel expenses to several library archives.
"A Fantastic Affair": Karl Barth in America, look 1962 (a.k.a. "KBUSA" – under advance contract with Fortress Press, ISBN: 978-1-4514-6553-2) provides the first detailed chronicle of Barth's sole visit to the U.S. in 1962. Barth arrived at a tumultuous moment in American history and found himself embroiled in some of the nation's fiercest conflicts: touring prisons and inner city neighborhoods and meeting with communist groups, State and Defense Department staff, civil rights activists, business leaders, and White House officials – just to name a few. The book, therefore, will not only shed light on Barth's later life and work, but also provide a snapshot of American culture in the early '60s – from the highest levels of government to the tourist cultures built along with and alongside the developing Interstate Highway System; from Seminary campuses to high security prisons; from Napa Valley to East Harlem.
Of course, completing this project requires extensive travel to various institutions around the country where relevant archives are housed. Research funding in the humanities can be difficult to come by these days, but I will not let that stop me!! I'm turning to Kickstarter in the hope that, with your help, my research can continue unabated in order to meet my publication deadline (Summer 2014).
There are gifts for those who contribute to the project (yay for gifts!). You can pledge your support for this project here.
SS 1926	Anselm von Canterbury: Cur Deus homo? – Anselm of Canterbury: Why God became Man?
Taken from: Karl Barth, Karl Barth – Eduard Thurneysen Briefwechsel, vol. Band 1921–1930 (Zurich: Theologischer Verlag Zurich, 1974), 741–743.
What if Barth's Commentary on Romans had Been Published in the Age of Twitter?
I think I like Karl Barth best not when he's a theologian, sale but when he's a preacher. There is something about his writings aimed at a general rather than academic audience that draws me in and wants me to become a good charismatic shouting "amen" in response to his witness to Jesus Christ.
It is an event which happened and which is still happening; to the evangelist it is as certain as his own existence, and as self-evident as the truth of an axiom. God has spoken and still speaks. All abstract thought and metaphysics, everything one might know and say of God as Thought, Power, and Deed is summed up and completed by the fact that God has spoken and still speaks. Yes, God! In the verses which precede our text, the evangelist has made it clear what he means by God's speech: This is a Word which is thought and spoken in the eternal "beginning" of all things, God Himself being present, a Word which unreservedly possesses God's own attributes, nature and being and which is – really, not parabolically – His Word.
This must be immediately interpreted as: "He came to be flesh then and there," which excludes any wrong conception the word "became" might suggest. John means not a transformation but an incomprehensible coexistence. Without ceasing to be the eternal divine subject the Word is there in time, concretely, contingently and objectively, recognisable as man's vis-à-vis, for only man can really confront man. The reality of revelation is according to the general meaning of our text just this: The Word of God to which the Gospel witnesses, is a man. To put it the other way round: the man of whom the Gospel speaks, is neither the "symbol" nor the "appearance" of God's Word to man, nor the highest expression of the Word in a relative sense, but the Word of God Himself, His one and only, His first and His last Word. This "is" the Christmas Gospel.
Flesh in the New Testament is not human nature generally and ideally, but concretely this human nature in which I find myself, the nature of "Adam," the nature man possesses under the sign of the Fall, in the realm of darkness and in his principal opposition to God and to his own self. It does not say: the Word became a super-man or a personage…He does not appear in the form of an angel nor of an ideal man (how can anyone who is not as real as we are, address us?) but as Paul writes, in "the form of a servant" (Phil II.7), so that we who ourselves exist in this form, are able to hear Him. He encounters the riddle of our "darkness" on its own ground.
Inasmuch as the Incarnation fulfils the time, it is also limited by time. Inasmuch as it is epoch-making, it is also an episode which points beyond itself to the Holy Ghost who proclaims the Incarnate Word in other ages as well, and to the Resurrection of the body which includes all ages.
(You can read the whole meditation in Karl Barth, Christmas. translated by Bernhard Citron. London: Oliver and Boyd, 1959).
The Undead and Theology. edited by Kim Paffenroth and John Morehead. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, treatment 2012.
The Undead and Theology was, site I thought, my best find at the ETS book exhibit this year. I was really excited about buying this book. And then I started to read it. My enthusiasm was quickly deflated as I read the first two essays, and I was seriously reconsidering my purchase (which for me and books is very rare). To put it bluntly, the first two essays were dreadful. But, I persevered, and if you ignore the first two essays, this book is fantastic.
The book is divided into three parts or themes: vampires, zombies, and other undead. (For the sake of brevity, I will only be discussing the sections on vampires and zombies. I hope to interact with the "other undead" in a future post).
In the first section there are four essays. The first two essays, "Vampires and Female Spiritual Transformation: Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" by Vicky Gilpin and "Crossing the Spiritual Wasteland in Priest" by Joseph Laycock function no so much as essays looking at the intersection between vampire-lore and theology, but instead are more like essays on religious themes in vampire-lore. These essays were weak, focusing more on describing the story rather than analyzing them in relation to some theological tradition. When they do touch on "theology" it's more to point out "look here, a religious allusion." The second essay by Laycock is even worse because on top of it spending most of its time just describing the movie Priest, it is riddled with typos and grammatical errors. The worst example of this, one that calls the author's expertise into question is his repeated reference to the lead actor in the movie Priest as "Paul Brettany" (his name is Paul Bettany). Frankly put, these first two essays are not even worthy of being published as a series of blog posts let alone being chapters in an edited book.
BUT, saying all of that, there is a dramatic jump in quality in the essays after the first two. Jarrod Longbons' essay "Vampires are People, Too: Personalism in the Buffyverse" looks specifically at the character of the vampire Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And while I wish he would have included the last of Spike's arc after Buffy season 7 that occurs in Angel season 5, the essay is strong, engaging and actually engages with theology and not just religious themes.
W. Scott Poole's "The Vampire that Haunts Highgate: Theological Evil, Hammer Horror, and the Highgate Vampire Panic in Britain, 1963-1974" was a fascinating read. Here, Poole looks at the theological and pop-culture factors that led to the very real vampire panic, including the influence of the rise of British evangelicalism including the preaching and writing of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and John Stott, as well as the popularity of the Hammer Studios horror movies that were produced starting in 1957. This essay immediately created a new "to do" to add to my list of further reading, namely to read up more about the events that took place at the Highgate cemetery.
The second section on zombies includes four essays. All of these essays are strong, and starts off with a creative essay by Jessica DeCou "The Living Christ and the Walking Dead: Karl Barth and the Theological Zombie." Now of course, you may say that of course I'll like this essay because DeCou focuses on Barth, but it is more than that. Instead of a point-by-point analysis, DeCou chooses to instead put herself into the story of the Walking Dead, creating a first-person narrative of a theologian who is trying to survive the zombie apocalypse and her reflections of the events that have happened. Specifically, DeCou's narrator explores the ethical implications of killing zombies. Are they human? When did they cease to be human? Is it okay to kill them even though at one point they were fully human?
In "When All is Lost, Gather 'Round: Solidarity as Hope Resisting Despair in the Walking Dead", Ashley John Moyse looks at the themes of hope and despair as presented in the t.v. show The Walking Dead. Moyse argues that the key to defeating despair and cultivating hope is the importance of community. Moyse looks at despair and hope by engaging with not only philosopher Friedrich Nietzche but also with philosopher Gabriel Marcel, and theologians Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Kim Paffenroth's contribution, "Apocalyptic Images and Prophetic Function in Zombie Films" is a reprinted essay, which may be familiar to readers, but is still a strong addition to this anthology. Here, Paffenroth focuses on the George Romero zombies of the "Night of the Living Dead" series, and argues that what makes zombies so scary is the fact that they are "overwhelmingly ordinary…they are terribly and fully human. This ultimately, I think, is their appeal, for they seem so much more "real" to us than more superhuman monsters, such as vampires and werewolves." (pg. 147).
The final essay in this section is J. Ryan Parker's "Negotiating (Non) Existence: Justifications of Violence in Robert Kirkmans' The Walking Dead", where he too looks at the ethics of killing zombies, though here he focuses not on the t.v. show, but on the graphic novels that were the inspiration for the popular t.v. show. This essay is the weakest of the zombie essays, but provides a good overview of the graphic novel series and points the reader to several other essays on zombies and violence that are must-reads.
So would I recommend this book? If you skip the first two essays yes. Though, I will say that, in general, the book is in need a more thorough edit, as I found typos even in several of the strong essays. Stay tuned for a post interacting with the last three essays in this book that looks at other examples of undead.
To say that evangelicals have neglected ecclesiology is not to say that they have neglected the church altogether. What they have neglected, treat rather, medical is a rich theological account of the church. An honest evaluation of evangelicalism must conclude that evangelicals have oftentimes conceded ecclesiology to sociology, history, and, in the worst instances, to entrepreneurship. Evangelicalism to a great degree does not have a richly Trinitarian, Christological, and pneumatological understanding of the church (though there are ever-increasing attempts to address this deficiency).
There are at the very least two reasons for this lack of rich theological description. First, evangelicalism is most often understood as a sociological and historical movement. This view of evangelicalism in turn translates into a sociological view of the church rather than a theological one. Second, practitioners more interested in pragmatic and numerical success than theological reflection are often the ones who shape evangelical ecclesiology. In the words of Barth, they are often more impressed with extensive rather than intensive growth, numerical rather than spiritual increase (though, as Barth himself noted, these need not be mutually exclusive). Nevertheless, to treat the church as a society among societies, as an organization among organizations, as a sociological entity marked by visible success accounted for by secular methods, is to take flight into the visible church and sacrifice its theological identity. What is required is a much more robust theological doctrine of the church.
~Kimlyn Bender, "The Church in Karl Barth and Evangelicalism: Conversations across the Aisle." in Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism, 192-193.


One of the oldest family owned funeral homes in the nation, Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers continues to expand with the needs of the surrounding communities. The legacy of excellence started in 1840 in Maineville, Ohio by Seth G. Tufts, who did a bit of everything under the shingle of S. G. Tufts Undertaking and Carriage Shop and continues with locations in Loveland, Blanchester and Goshen Twp.
At the turn of the century, Oscar B. Tufts, Seth's son, moved the undertaking business to Loveland working out of a livery stable. In 1920, Lawrence S. Tufts, Oscar's Son, purchased the property on Riverside Drive, which is currently the main location of Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers.
For many years, Lawrence Tufts, his nephew, John O. Tufts and his son-in-law Robert P. Schildmeyer operated the funeral home.
Today, we honor that tradition of excellence with knowledge and compassionate men and women who respect your right to choose without undue influence and who believe the most valuable thing we own is our reputation. Every staff associate is expected and empowered to do anything it takes to serve your family well. The Tufts Schildmeyer Family developed a mission statement "A Caring Tradition and Celebration of Life since 1840" that they live by with compassion, integrity, and exeptional attention to details.
Robert and Marilyn Schildmeyer, along with their sons, Lawrence T. and Terry S. Schildmeyer and grandson Lawrence Schildmeyer Jr. represents the fourth, fifth and sixth generations to continue their legacy of excellence.


text:
Posts belonging to Category Richmond
Two city of Richmond police officers injured at shooting range in Caroline County.
May 29, 2009 | Posted by Timothy Watson
Richmond Times Dispatch:
Two Richmond police officers were injured by shrapnel during target practice at the department's firing range today in Caroline County, but neither injury was believed to be life-threatening, authorities said.
Police early this afternoon confirmed that the incident had occurred, but officials said they were still gathering information and had no other immediate details.
The Richmond Police Department maintains two shooting ranges: an indoor facility at its police academy and an outdoor range in Caroline.
Stupid question: Where exactly is their shooting range in Caroline County located? I'm going to guest Fort A.P. Hill.
Categories: Caroline County, Local, Richmond | 3 Comments
Um…yeah, sure, you just found those pictures by accident.
June 13, 2008 | Posted by Timothy Watson
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Richmond police are investigating photographs posted on a California-based Web site that show uniformed patrolmen cavorting with young women outside nightclubs.
The officers were unaware that they were posing for photos that were to be posted on the Web site, acting Sgt. Marian L. Harris said in a news release about the investigation. The officers are from Richmond and at least two other mid-Atlantic jurisdictions.
The photographs were taken during the winter months outside various nightclubs, the news release said.
WWBT, whose staff discovered the photos online and alerted Richmond police, said the man who took the photos said they were shot on Halloween.
The women in the photos had asked to be photographed with the officers, the police news release said.
"Our officers are expected to use good judgment whenever being asked to be photographed," said Maj. Margaret Horn of the department's Office of Professional Responsibility.
The office will determine whether there is any improper conduct on the part of the officers.
The pictures were posted Tuesday on a Web site that features contributed photos, many of them of young women in revealing or suggestive poses, from various cities and universities in the U.S. and abroad.
And in other news, Japanese worker demoted after 780,000 porn hits at work.
Apparently, at WWBT, that's called "news research".
Categories: Richmond | No Comments
Those damn city folk don't know nothin' 'bout no bears.
Just before 1 p.m. yesterday, Richmond authorities received a call of a black-bear sighting on Helen Lane, off Commerce Road in South Richmond. A number of police officers were called to the area to search for the bear.
Officers cruising the area did not find any bears — but did come across two large black dogs. A police airplane flying above the area also failed to find any bears.
Categories: Richmond | 1 Comment
Worst news reporting — ever.
March 1, 2008 | Posted by Timothy Watson
NBC 12 in Richmond: Campus traffic stop turns dangerous:
Richmond police still searching for the man who took a VCU Police officer on a wild ride.
There is a warrant out for the arrest of this man, 18-year-old Zorin Ammad Holton.
Police say a female officer was trying to issue Holton a routine traffic ticket when he grabbed her by the arm and took off.
The officer was dragged alongside the car for four city blocks.
The officer, whose identity is not being released, survived the experience with only a few minor injuries.
That has not stopped officials from issuing a felony warrant for attempted capital murder for the man they believe is responsible.
That in itself is not a major offense, but VCU Police say a minor traffic stop turned into a major problem when Zorin Ammad Holton grabbed hold of a female officer who pulled him over and took off.
Holton allegedly sped away with the officer hanging out the window down these four blocks of Cary Street, when the driver slowed down enough and she was able to break free.
Hey dumbass at NBC 12, how about I drive for four blocks with you hanging out to the window, and then see if you think that an attempted murder charge is appropriate? And for those unfamiliar with the definition of "capital murder" (he's charged with attempted capital murder in this case). Code of Virginia, § 18.2-31:
The following offenses shall constitute capital murder, punishable as a Class 1 felony:
6. The willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 or any law-enforcement officer of another state or the United States having the power to arrest for a felony under the laws of such state or the United States, when such killing is for the purpose of interfering with the performance of his official duties;
Sounds appropriate to me.
Of course, it's no big secret that certain people at NBC 12 don't seem to like local law enforcement; especially after they criticize the Sheriff for increasing security at the high school when there was a rumor that there would be a shootout in the parking lot (link #1, #2).
VCU Police are asking you to be on the lookout for Zorin Ammadd Holton.
If you spot him, call them at 828-1196.
Categories: Richmond | 2 Comments
*Sigh* No more Richmond Braves…
January 15, 2008 | Posted by Timothy Watson
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Atlanta Braves confirm move of Richmond team:
This year will the Richmond Braves' last.
The Atlanta Braves will move their triple-A Richmond team to Gwinnett County, Ga., for the start of the 2009 baseball season, executive vice president Mike Plant said today.
Plant said a "lack of clarity" over how to finance a new Richmond stadium and delays in reaching any definitive plan were key factors in the decision to leave.
He said the opportunity to move to Gwinnett came suddenly, in October, and that discussions over the past few moths quickly nailed down questions of financing and a site.
Categories: Richmond, sports | No Comments
Nice to see the mental health system has improved in Virginia…
October 29, 2007 | Posted by Timothy Watson
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Slaying suspect was off his meds:
The man police say stabbed a 70-year-old woman to death in Richmond on Saturday morning suffered from a schizophrenic condition and had not been taking his court-ordered medication, according to a law-enforcement source.
The source also said suspect Johnny F. Hughes, 52, was charged with attempted murder in the mid-1990s but was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Court records indicate that Hughes was convicted in June of carrying a concealed weapon. He was sentenced to seven months in jail, with six months suspended.
The court ordered Hughes to take anti-psychotic medicine, the source said, and he was to be monitored by the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority. Attempts to reach the authority yesterday were unsuccessful.
Less than five months after his conviction, Hughes encountered Susanne L. Thompson on Saturday shortly before 9 a.m. as she walked her dog on West Broad Street near the Department of Motor Vehicles' main offices. Moments later, she was dead, stabbed multiple times with a large pocketknife.
Categories: courts, crime, Local, Richmond, Virginia | 1 Comment
I'm guessing the phrase "equal protection" doesn't mean anything to you… Part 13, I'm getting sick of writing about this…
September 11, 2007 | Posted by Timothy Watson
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: 'Rational basis' for driver law at issue:
Was the General Assembly rational when it exempted residents of other states from Virginia's new and controversial driver-fees statute?
Obvious jokes aside, both the lawyers and the judge homed in on that issue yesterday in the Richmond Circuit Court appeal case that challenges the constitutionality of the driver law.
Judge Walter Stout heard brief arguments from Commonwealth's Attorney Michael N. Herring, who defended the law, and from lawyer N. Barton Chucker, who is representing a traffic-court defendant.
(Anyone know if Walter Stout is related to a Neil Stout of Stout, Billy, & Seli?)
The "civil remedial fees" statute is meant to generate revenue from dangerous drivers — people convicted in court of certain traffic violations ranging from drunken driving to manslaughter.
At least they're honest, I wonder what the average speed of the legislators is on I-95. I sure hope it isn't about 80 MPH…
Chucker argued that the law is unconstitutional on due-process grounds because it applies only to Virginia residents and exempts others who drive in the state.
But the law could pass constitutional muster if the assembly had a "rational basis" for deciding the fees would be imposed only on Virginia residents. Proponents of the law as written say the fees would be too difficult and costly to collect from people in other states.
Yesterday, Stout wondered: "Isn't the cost of collecting from out-of-state drivers a rational basis for making the distinction [between Virginia residents and others]?"
If you're an out-of-state driver and you fail to pay your fine (not fee) when found guilty, your license will be suspended by your state; how much does that cost?
He decided he will make his ruling later.
Herring said he shares some of Chucker's concerns about the law. "As an officer of the court and commonwealth's attorney, I think the statute as it stands is constitutional," Herring said. "It could be improved."
Chucker represents Joseph C. Fields, on whom the law would impose a $1,050 driver fee for his reckless-driving conviction in Richmond General District Court.
Judge Thomas O. Jones of Richmond General District Court convicted Fields on July 7 and fined him $100 plus court costs. Chucker appealed the automatic driver fee, which was to be paid in three equal annual installments.
At a hearing Aug. 3, Jones sided with Chucker when he ruled that the law is unconstitutional.
"For me, it's an absolute no-brainer," Jones said from the bench.
Apparently, not for everyone else.
Herring, noting that every commonwealth's attorney is obligated to defend state laws in court, appealed the case.
It's pretty ironic that he had to note that.
Categories: abusive driver fees, courts, crime, judges, lawyers, Local, Richmond, Virginia | 1 Comment
Lookie what I found…
August 13, 2007 | Posted by Timothy Watson
From Virginia Lawyers Weekly (November 6, 2006) [emphasis mine throughout]:
Accountings for the estate of Florence C. Williams by executor Harvey Latney Jr. were past due, so Richmond Commissioner of Accounts Richard C. Manson Jr. began writing letters and calling Latney.
After more than a year of such efforts, including threats to report him to the Virginia State Bar, Manson finally had Latney summoned to Richmond Circuit Court on Oct. 16.
He didn't appear, an astonishing development to Manson.
Latney is the commonwealth's attorney in Caroline County, a part-time job because of the county's small population. He also has an office in Richmond, from which he conducts a general practice that includes real estate closings and administration of estates, so Manson was familiar with him and his usual diligence.
Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. was presiding that day in the absence of Judge Margaret P. Spencer, who typically handles matters brought by Manson.
Manson told Taylor that he knew Latney to be reliable and asked the judge to continue the case to Oct. 19, so that he could find out what was behind his absence.
By apparent coincidence, Latney's secretary of 27 years was seriously injured in an automobile wreck in Caroline County that same day.
Manson reached Latney the next day and asked why he had not reacted to the summons. Latney responded that his secretary had told him that she had spoken with Manson and Judge Spencer and that he did not need to appear.
Manson asked Latney why he had not reacted to the 25 or more telephone messages and five letters that Manson had sent in the previous three months. What phone calls? What letters? Latney responded.
Manson said he became very suspicious at this point, especially because the secretary had mentioned Judge Spencer as the judge who was handling the case, when Taylor was acting in her stead.
He advised Latney to check the bank account for the estate.
Latney found that about $185,000 appeared to be missing. He resigned as executor and has been replaced by Greer P. Jackson Jr. An audit of his office accounts is underway.
At a brief court proceeding last week, Manson told Judge Spencer that the money has been taken out of the estate, "apparently by Mr. Latney's secretary… "There's no question that the money is out of the estate and needs to be put back," Manson said.
Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Matthew P. Geary said his office was advised of the circumstances about a week before the hearing. He attended the hearing and said the matter has been turned over to Richmond police for investigation.
Spencer continued the matter until Dec. 11 to give Jackson an opportunity to review the estate and the auditors of Latney's accounts time to complete their work.
One family member said they understood that Latney was responsible for returning the money to the estate, but he said they wanted to know how the process of administering the estate and reviewing that administration had broken down. Ms. Williams died in May 2002.
Spencer said she expected answers to that question at the hearing.
Categories: 2007 election, courts, crime, Harvey Latney, Local, Richmond | No Comments
Update on Farooq Anwar.
August 6, 2007 | Posted by Timothy Watson
About a week old, but away, from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: No motive in store slaying [emphasis mine]:
Farooq Anwar's killer apparently had another motive besides robbery.
Police say the person who fatally shot the Chesterfield County store owner left behind the store's daily receipts, along with Anwar's watch and wallet.
Investigators initially believed that Anwar was killed during a holdup at his convenience store at 6249 Jefferson Davis Highway.
"From what we can determine so far, it doesn't appear to have been a robbery," said Chesterfield Deputy Police Chief Andy Scruggs.
"Right now, we're not sure what the motive was for it," added Scruggs. "We don't have a clear indication of exactly what happened."
Among other possibilities, the motive for the July 19 killing could have been vengeance — considering Anwar's earlier encounters with armed robbers that ended in gunfire. But investigators aren't ruling anything out.
"It could have been a homeless person coming in there and trying to rip off a case of beer, and they got into a struggle over the gun," Scruggs said, offering one of many possible scenarios.
Investigators haven't focused on a single suspect, but they are interested in locating a man convicted of trying to rob Anwar's store nearly 16 years ago.
Anwar wounded that man and fatally shot his brother after the brother shot at Anwar during the Oct. 9, 1991, attempted holdup. Anwar was shot during an exchange of gunfire, but a bulletproof vest saved his life.
The wounded man was convicted in 1992 and sent to prison, but he was released on parole in 2001 after serving about nine years of a 15-year sentence. A third accomplice remains behind bars.
From WTVR 6 in Richmond:
Chesterfield police are investigating the case. They're asking anyone with information about the murder to call them at [(804)] 748-1251, or Crime Solvers at [(804)] 748-0660.
Categories: crime, Richmond | No Comments
Richmond Times-Dispatch needs a new editor plus an update on "Store owner knew the risks".
July 21, 2007 | Posted by Timothy Watson
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Frawley drank cold medicine:
Ousted University of Mary Washington President William J. Frawley told police he had consumed six bottles of cough medicine before he was arrested for driving under the influence, according to a police report.
Police also noted the presence of one bottle of cough medicine. The police report did not indicate whether the cough medicine was prescription or over-the-counter.
Once again, a newspaper writes a statement from someone as a statement of fact. They also fail to say what police report "noted the presence of one bottle of cough medicine". The criminal complaint does not mention it . It states the officer smelled the "strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his [Frawley's] person and he was unsteady on his feet."
And as previously noted, even if he was in fact under the influence of cough syrup he would still be guilty of driving under the influence, from Code of Virginia § 18.2-266 [emphasis mine]:
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any motor vehicle, engine or train […] while such person is under the influence of any narcotic drug or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature, or any combination of such drugs, to a degree which impairs his ability to drive or operate any motor vehicle, engine or train safely.
UPDATE: July 24, 2007, 0200 (2:00 AM): The Richmond Times-Dispatch claims that the cough medicine bottle was noted in a separate police report (not the criminal complaint).
Again, from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Chesterfield shop owner is buried [emphasis mine]:
Chesterfield County shop owner Farooq Anwar was buried yesterday, less than 48 hours after he was fatally shot during an apparent robbery at his store.
Anwar, a native of Pakistan, was killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday during an apparent robbery of the Fast & Friendly Convenience Store at 6249 Jefferson Davis Highway, which he had owned or operated since 1990.
He died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the state medical examiner's office. He was initially identified by authorities as Anwar Farooq, but yesterday, the medical examiner's office and police confirmed his name as Farooq Anwar.
Anwar, 52, left behind a wife, Lubna, and two children. Their son and daughter attend the University of Virginia.
Chesterfield police are pursuing the case, but the investigation has yielded few substantial leads, officials said. Investigators have declined to say whether anything was taken from the store, or whether surveillance cameras inside recorded any useful images.
You have some nerve even writing about this man, Mr. Mark Bowes. As I noted about your article, "Store owner knew the risks" this man was trying to provide for his family and help put his children through school and you attempt to blame him for his own death.
From the more respectful people at WTVR 6 in Richmond:
Categories: crime, drugs, Fredericksburg, Local, Richmond, University of Mary Washington | 2 Comments


Albatross black/white sneakers F802519 - Mies Tennarit - Karhu - 43453853 : Löydä uudet suosikkisi ja tilaa nyt klo ruskanvari.fi!
Karhu - Albatross black/white sneakers F802519 : Albatross are classics from Karhu launched in early huh 1980s. They are lightweight sneakers with lace up front and logo on the shoe sides and tongue.


Best: Tasman – J. Rodda, R. Kelsh, L. Kitson, J. Andrews, B. Daniels, K. Rosalia. Lincoln South : C. Minns, L. Wilkins, P. White, N. McEvoy, M. Jolly, M. Bower. Goals: Tasman – J. Wagner 3, M. Buckland 2, B. Daniels 2, K. Rosalia 2, M. James 2, L. Kitson 1.


text:
Report: India accounts for a quarter of TikTok's billion downloads
by Ivan Mehta — in India
TikTok – the app that lets you create 15-second dubbed videos – is on a rapid growth curve. The app crossed 1 billion downloads last month, according to a report by analytics firm SensorTower. Intriguingly, a quarter of those downloads are said to come from India, making it the biggest contributor to the app's growth.
The app, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is wildly popular because of its easy-to-use system for recording videos overlaid with audio from mainstream music and movies. Given Bollywood's massive influence on pop culture in India, it's no surprise that TikTok – with its collection of audio clips from the country's film industry – is a hit with people across the country. The fact that you don't have to sign in to watch videos also contributes to its massive download count. Video analytics firm Vidooly noted last year that there are several content creators in India with more than a million followers on the platform.
A report released by App Annie earlier this year suggested that time spent on video streaming apps grew 185 percent over the past two years in India, fueling the growth of apps like TikTok.
The pillars of TikTok's success were erected back in 2014, when apps like Musical.ly (which TikTok bought in November 2017) and Dubsmash came into existence to help create people 'dubs' on their phones. And when Vine shut down its popular app for six-second videos in 2016, it paved the way for these apps to fill the void for short-form mobile entertainment.
It's worth noting that Facebook launched an app called Lasso in the US last year to compete with TikTok. It'll be interesting to see if Zuck & Co. can successfully emulate its Chinese rivals to win over fans of this format.
TNW Conference 2019 is coming! Check out our glorious new location, inspiring line-up of speakers and activities, and how to be a part of this annual tech bonanza by clicking here.
Read next: Google squeezed an offline dictation AI into its keyboard app
AppsGearIndiaMobile appTikTok
Share on Twitter (74)


text:
Suppliers and Contractors
Stay up to date with the latest Capital Power results and investor information.
Shareholder & Analyst Information
Preferred Share Information
Discover how we are delivering sustainable power and transitioning to a low-carbon energy future.
Explore our portfolio of power generation assets in operation, construction and development across North America.
Home / Media / Media Releases / Capital Power continues to deliver successful contracted renewable projects
Capital Power continues to deliver successful contracted renewable projects
99 megawatt New Frontier Wind project begins commercial operations
EDMONTON, Alberta – Capital Power Corporation (Capital Power or the Company) (TSX: CPX) announced its New Frontier Wind project, located in North Dakota, began commercial operation on December 21, 2018. The construction of the 99 megawatt facility was completed on-schedule and below its original project cost estimate of approximately $182 million (US$145 million).
On December 31, 2018 Capital Power received approximately $125 million (US$92 million) in net tax equity financing from J.P. Morgan in exchange for Class A interests of a subsidiary of the Company.
Capital Power will operate New Frontier Wind under a 12-year fixed price contract with an investment grade U.S. financial institution covering 87% of the facility's output. Under the contract, Capital Power will swap the market revenue from a fixed volume of New Frontier Wind's generation for a fixed price payment over a 12-year term.
"Utilizing our in-house construction capabilities, the construction of New Frontier Wind was completed in eight months and is another successful renewable development project in the United States," said Brian Vaasjo, President and CEO of Capital Power. "With everything in place and completion below budget, New Frontier Wind is set to exceed our original return expectations."
Forward-Looking Information
Forward-looking information or statements included in this press release are provided to inform the Company's shareholders and potential investors about management's assessment of Capital Power's future plans and operations. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The forward-looking information in this press release is generally identified by words such as will, anticipate, believe, plan, intend, target, and expect or similar words that suggest future outcomes.
Material forward-looking information in this press release consists of the disclosure regarding the expected returns of the New Frontier Wind project.
This statement is based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate. The material factors and assumptions used to develop this forward-looking statement relate to: (i) electricity prices, (ii) anticipated facility performance, (iii) business prospects (including potential opportunities following the end of the 12-year fixed price contract), (iv) status of and impact of policy, legislation and regulations, and (v) effective tax rates.
Whether actual results, performance or achievements will conform to the Company's expectations and predictions is subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results and experience to differ materially from the Company's expectations. Such material risks and uncertainties are: (i) changes in electricity prices, (ii) regulatory and political environments including changes to environmental, market structure and tax legislation, (iii) facility availability and performance including maintenance of equipment, and (iv) changes in general economic and competitive conditions. See Risks and Risk Management in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2017, prepared as of February 15, 2018, for further discussion of these and other risks.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the specified approval date. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.
About Capital Power
Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented North American power producer headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. The company develops, acquires, owns, and operates power generation facilities using a variety of energy sources. Capital Power owns approximately 5,100 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity at 25 facilities across North America. Approximately 900 MW of owned generation capacity is in advanced development in Alberta and Illinois.
Katherine Perron
Media Relations & Communications Manager
After-hours contact: 1-780-392-5234.
Randy Mah
© 2020 Capital Power


Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav (right) greets Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati on her birthday in Lucknow, India.
Political archrivals in India's most populous state rallied together Sunday, asking voters to support a new alliance created with the express purpose of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
The low caste-dominated Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, which holds sway among a section of so-called "backward" castes and Muslims, have decided to contest elections in vote-rich Uttar Pradesh state in a rainbow coalition headed by BSP President Mayawati.
"This election will expose BJP because the prime minister has failed to fulfill the promises" he made to lower castes, the poor and the unemployed during the last election, Mayawati, who uses only one name, said during an election rally in Saharanpur city on Sunday.
"His report card is very poor. He helped the rich to earn more riches during his five years of rule and when he realized that he has failed to deliver he used the Pulwama incident to get votes," she said, referring to a Feb. 14 suicide bomb attack against an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir that killed 40 soldiers and brought rivals India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
The rally was filled with party workers carrying flags and shouting slogans. They were also carrying pictures of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, the head of the Samajwadi Party.
Mayawati promised reserved quotas of government jobs for the poor and so-called backward and lower castes, while urging Muslims to vote for alliance candidates "because we are true saviors of the minority community."
"Believe me, BJP is on its way out and the alliance will be part of the next government," Mayawati said.
The alliance could pose a real challenge to the BJP in the five weeks of polling that begin this week, experts say.
"Even though caste discrimination has been officially banned in India, caste continues to be the driving force as it shapes the way people vote during elections," said Giri Institute of Development Studies researcher Nomita P. Kumar.
In Uttar Pradesh, lower-caste people comprise 22% of the population, "backward" people are 45%, and 19% are Muslims. The remaining 14% are upper caste.
"Arithmetically, the alliance between Mayawati and Akhilesh seems very potent. They have numbers under their belt and if voters vote as per these parties, the alliance will sweep Uttar Pradesh," Kumar said.
Out of 80 seats up for grabs in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament, Mayawati's BSP will contest 38 while SP will contest 37 seats. Another regional party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, will contest three seats. The alliance has decided not to field candidates against leaders of the main opposition Congress party, whose president, Rahul Gandhi, is running from the city of Amethi. His mother, Sonia Gandhi, the widow of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, is standing from Rae Bareli.
Like elsewhere in India, Modi and the BJP swept parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2014, winning about 43% of the votes and 71 out of 80 seats.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a Hindu monk-turned-BJP politician, was quick to dismiss the alliance as an "unnatural" attempt to undercut "Modi magic."
"This is Modi magic which has forced two bitter enemies to join hands. This alliance is unnatural. It will not stand the trial of election. Politics is not arithmetic all the time. It requires chemistry too," he told The Associated Press in Lucknow.
The coming together of rivals isn't without precedent.
The BSP and SP stitched an alliance for provincial elections in 1993, when the BJP was gaining ground after right-wing Hindu rioters demolished a mosque in the city of Ayodhya, fanning the flames of Hindu nationalism. That time, the architects of the alliance were Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav's father, and Kanshi Ram, Mayawati's political mentor.
The alliance, though, did not last long, abruptly ending in 1995 when Mayawati said "goons" from the Samajwadi Party attempted to kill her in an attack at a guesthouse.
Mayawati's alleged assault turned the two parties into bitter enemies, a chasm that reached down into Uttar Pradesh villages where SP and BSP workers frequently clashed.
However, more than two decades later, the parties have decided to bury the hatchet.
"People are upset with the anti-people policies of the Modi government. We have come together to stop Modi's forward march," Mayawati said at a joint news conference in March with Yadav.
Yadav said that Uttar Pradesh's Muslim voters would "catapult" the alliance to power. Anti-Muslim sentiment in India, which is 80% Hindu, has become more violent since the BJP came to power in 2014. Three dozen Muslims have been lynched by mobs on suspicion of illegally transferring cows, sacred to Hindus, or beef, according to Human Rights Watch.
Mayawati, a former state chief minister, nurtures a dream to become India's first prime minister of lower-caste Dalit heritage. But her ambition could be a liability for the Uttar Pradesh alliance in these elections, said S.P. Pandey of the Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Studies in Rural Development.
"The caste alliances are very fragile as these are linked with egos. Mayawati is a known alliance breaker," he said.
"She had entered into alliance with BJP three times and had even asked for votes for Narendra Modi in a provincial election and once fought election as an ally with Congress," Pandey said. "She has used alliances for her ascent because of the jigsaw puzzle nature of Indian politics."


With over two decades experience as a nurse and midwife, Katherine Millar-Shannon (AKA the Restoration Magician) is a rarity in the Cosmetic Nursing Practitioner field: not only is she one of the few cosmetic nurses qualified to consult, prescribe and treat clients on-site*, her nurturing, patient-centred attitude has garnered intense loyalty from clients across Australia.
"Patient care and transformative, lasting results are our number one priorities, but we go the extra mile to ensure the experience is also indulgent and relaxing," says Katherine, whose plush designer clinics in Sydney and Melbourne have attracted a loyal following among media and high profile personalities.
Katherine is one of the few Cosmetic Nurse Practitioners in Australia performing brow lift procedures.


text:
BIPOC Nonprofit Leaders Deserve Better from Philanthropy
Posted on 16 December 2021 by Guest Author Posted in Leadership
The very essence of philanthropy is to not accept the world as it is, but to demand and work toward the world as it should be. Too often, though, philanthropy fails to achieve this goal and ends up as a mirror of what is happening in society rather than as a prism previewing a better future. Our society currently upholds a system of white supremacy that harms BIPOC people—and the philanthropic world plays no exception.
We know corporate America has fallen short on its promises to deliver financial support to organizations working toward racial justice. Relatedly, federal pandemic relief money went to businesses in neighborhoods with the highest number of white residents at about twice the rate as they did to businesses with the lowest number of white residents.
In a similar show of racial disparities in the nonprofit world, recent research from Echoing Green's applicant pool found the revenues of Black-led organizations were 24 percent smaller than the revenues of their white-led counterparts, and the unrestricted net assets of Black-led organizations were 76 percent smaller than white-led organizations. This is similar to the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity's research, which found more than a third of the top 20 racial equity grant recipients from 2015 through 2018 are organizations driven by white business leaders advancing their theories of change for Black and Brown communities.
No matter what the vehicle, the story is the same: white leaders and communities continue to reap benefits due to their privilege and outsized power. Wealth continues to beget wealth and power dynamics remain intact.
As those committed to the world as it should be and not as it is, philanthropists should hold themselves to far higher standards than the institutionalized racism of the status quo and instead work to challenge norms by aggressively improving not just their giving, but the full funding system, for organizations led by people of color.
As leaders of a nonprofit focused on the intersection of economic, racial, and gender justice, we stand in solidarity with others who have demanded change. We are tired of our expertise being requested by philanthropists looking to expand or diversify their portfolios with no compensation. We take these meetings seriously and spend several hours preparing our presentations and tailoring our research and narrative work to the particular topic at hand. In return, we are rarely compensated. More often, we receive "philanthropic swag." In a sector where billions of tax-exempt dollars are meant to better the world, it is shameful to pay women of color in a branded t-shirt or scarf covered in a funder logo.
Beyond the lack of compensation, there is the issue of a lack of respect. We were recently promised a sizable grant by a program officer (who is white) and told to begin planning on how we'd like to spend it. Over the last three months, we carefully planned out this work and budgeted this grant into our projected revenue for the next year. When we checked back in with the funder for what we anticipated would be the process of initiating the grant agreement, she unceremoniously told us via email that she had decided to award the grant to a different organization working in racial justice, despite the fact that our work is materially different. Losing out on this funding is not a matter of sour grapes, it is about the wasted time and resources over several months that we were asked to put into this project, which could have gone toward meaningful work furthering our mission of racial justice. And this situation is not an outlier—it has happened several times, and most often at the hands of white-led organizations and program officers.
To better understand how our own experience matched up with others in the space, we conducted a survey of 13 nonprofit leaders and development professionals of color. We kept the questionnaire anonymous to encourage candor and not jeopardize any future funding prospects for our colleagues. Of the eight respondents who had observed a racial pattern in who most often failed to follow through on introductions to funders—the primary way nonprofits secure their funding in a space that prioritizes social capital—75 percent said it was most often when their white colleagues promised introductions to prospective funders that the support never materialized. The pattern of failing to follow through on these crucial connections starves organizations helmed by BIPOC leaders of funding and leaves them at the mercy of white-led organizations who often do not have the same expertise.
Unfortunately, our experience and that of our 13 colleagues of color suggest that philanthropy is on a similar course as big business and the federal government to underdeliver on its promises of promoting racial justice, held back by the institutionalized power dynamics that reinforce white privilege. For example, nearly every respondent said they had been unable to apply for a grant from a funder who matched their work but did not accept unsolicited proposals.
An Asian woman who works in development at a large nonprofit said:
I feel funders should devise a mechanism that allows them to learn from and engage with all groups who reach out to them, as enforcing a policy of only engaging with groups the funder knows about only reinforces inequitable dynamics. All in all, funders need to do a better job of reaching beyond their networks to learn about and fund organizations who are led by people who do not look like their leadership.
One Black female leader of a small nonprofit remarked on the advantages she has observed for white-led nonprofits: "They have connections and as a result have access to power and resources. I find white people are more likely to hoard resources and give POC orgs crumbs from funds they get on equity that they actually can't perform without POC organizations and their equity work."
The lack of accessibility in the philanthropy space echoed by multiple leaders of color shows that this is not an individual experience, but rather a collective one. The results of this lack of investment mean that impact is kept at the margins—POC-led nonprofits cannot maximize their impact if they are constantly chasing after a tiny grant for a few dollars here and there to cobble together the next year's budget.
Leaders of color repeatedly reference the difficulty of receiving one-year grants as opposed to ongoing operational support. "It's easier for white led organizations to convince funders to make big bets and multi-year commitment to support their leadership and vision," said one respondent. When asked how funders could increase equity for BIPOC-led orgs, her answer was direct: "Be a partner and not a grader."
Other solutions are similarly straightforward. If you are asking nonprofit professionals to educate your staff or provide context to inform your portfolios, compensate them. Build in a race-conscious sliding scale to account for disparities either in your own institution's giving, or to offset the national racial pay gap. Be intentional about your charge to increase equity rather than treating it as a diversity box to be checked. This can be done by offering more unrestricted funding to BIPOC-led nonprofits so that they can spend less time chasing dollars and more time creating change. Additionally, since these organizations are less likely to have the resources to afford support staff, do not impose cumbersome grant reports that rarely offer more intel than an actual conversation. Funders such as the San Francisco Foundation have already incorporated such equity-building initiatives.
Another key barrier noted in our survey is the rejection of unsolicited proposals. While it may add a new role to your staff, devise a plan to filter and allow proposals from outside of your social and professional networks. A good example of this is the Meyer Memorial Trust, which allows proposals from any nonprofit as long as it aligns with one of their core priorities.
While the task of building equity into a system that has historically lacked it can seem like a monumental undertaking, it is remarkably simple. As a Black woman who leads a mid-sized nonprofit stated, "fund POC-led organizations." If philanthropists truly strive to create an anti-racist world, the best first step is by interrogating their own contributions to systems that uphold white supremacy and continually disenfranchise BIPOC nonprofit leaders. Only by listening to those harmed by the status quo and naming the inequities within these structures can we move toward solving them.
This article originally appeared in the Nonprofit Quarterly. See the original article here.
leadership nonprofit quarterly
« How Residential Segregation Creates a Caste System in America
[ASK AN EXPERT] Will Grant Funders Give To You If You Have Too Much Individual Funding? »


Normally at this early-ish stage of a race we're in full flow taking photos, shooting videos & 'Under the Hood's' not so however for the Team Associated RC8 prototype buggy, which we first saw last weekend in the more-than-capable hands of Yannick Aigoin – now making it's racing debut with Ryan Cavalieri & Ryan Maifield.
We nabbed a healthy assortment of photos from angles we were allowed to shoot from, including a cheeky overhead shot showing the steering servo positioning in Maifield's car. Anyway, enough from us, we'll leave you to peek at the photos.


get this qantas frequent flyer 10 000 point bonus offer here .
transfer bonuses for qantas points from credit cards point hacks guide .
qantas loyalty bonus frequent flyer points or status credits .
qantas and airbnb new deal rewards qantas frequent flyer members .
qantas aquire earning frequent flyer points for your business .
nab qantas rewards signature card nab .
get a 1000 qantas voucher for linking woolworths rewards .
best qantas frequent flyer credit card sign up deals this april .
how to earn qantas points for taxis and rideshares with gocatch .
dont miss your opportunity to earn qantas points this renewal .
qantas rewards card frequent flyer nab .
ebay online shopping deals qantas points online mall .
frequent flyer member specials pay anz frequent flyer platinum .
qantas frequent flyer program airnorth .
frequent flyer member specials double points offer .
our guide to qantas bonus points promotions .
frequent flyer member specials bonus 1 000 qantas points .
anz business rewards redeem points qantas points .
qantas american express ultimate card 55 000 bonus qantas points .
frequent flyer flying qantas and partner airlines status credits .
points miles by the flight doc qantas adds status credits to .
frequent flyer member specials bonus qantas points offer .
bonus points for qantas frequent flyers travelstart blog .
australia qantas frequent flyers announces bonus points on amex and .
how to earn qantas points with woolworths rewards finder com au .
anz frequent flyer credit card 50 000 bonus point offer business .
converting woolworths reward points into qantas points canstar .
earn bonus qantas points by linking your mastercard to your qantas .
anz frequent flyer black credit card with bonus 75 000 qantas points .
options to buy qantas points to top up a qantas frequent flyer account .
anz qantas frequent flyer visa black 75k qantas points 75 status .
hilton hhonors qantas 5 000 bonus frequent flier points per stay at .
qantas frequent flyer how to earn points the smart way .
frequent flyer member specials nab qantas card .
qantas frequent flyer free sign up and 10 000 bonus points offer .


text:
Wade Allen Miley (born November 13, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers. He played college baseball at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Miley with the Baltimore Orioles in 2016
Houston Astros – No. 20
Born: (1986-11-13) November 13, 1986 (age 32)
Hammond, Louisiana
Bats: Left Throws: Left
August 20, 2011, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics
(through July 18, 2019)
Win–loss record
Arizona Diamondbacks (2011–2014)
Boston Red Sox (2015)
Seattle Mariners (2016)
Baltimore Orioles (2016–2017)
Milwaukee Brewers (2018)
Houston Astros (2019–present)
All-Star (2012)
Early life and careerEdit
Miley was born in Hammond, Louisiana, but grew up in Loranger, Louisiana, a town of only 6,100 residents and only 1,924 households. His father, Wendell, was a mechanic for 18 wheelers.[1] Miley attended Loranger High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, where he played college baseball for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team.[2]
Miley pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013
Arizona DiamondbacksEdit
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Miley in the first round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.[3] He made his debut professionally with the Yakima Bears of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. Miley was called up to the majors for the first time on August 15, 2011,[4] and would finish the season with a 4–2 record in eight games (seven starts).
Miley was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month for April 2012, pitching 3–0 with a 1.29 earned-run average (ERA), striking out 15 in 21 innings in two starts. Miley took a no-hitter into the 6th inning against Miami. He was also named a NL All-Star in his rookie season after beginning the 2012 season with a 9–5 record with a 3.04 ERA.[5] Later that season on October 1, 2012, Miley pitched an immaculate inning in a game facing the Colorado Rockies. Miley won 16 games for the Diamondbacks in 29 starts in 2012. He also made 3 relief appearances. He had an ERA of 3.33 in 194 2⁄3 innings.[6]
Miley lost to Bryce Harper for the National League Rookie of the Year in 2012.[7]
On April 22, 2013, Miley hit his first career home run. Miley took a step back from his strong rookie season, managing just 10 wins despite pitching over 200 innings. In 2014, Miley would pitch to a 4.34 ERA with 183 strikeouts and a win-loss record of 8–12.[8]
Boston Red SoxEdit
Miley pitching for the Boston Red Sox in 2015
On December 12, 2014, the Diamondbacks traded Miley to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for pitchers Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster and infielder Raymel Flores.[9] On February 5, 2015, Miley and the Red Sox agreed on a three-year $19.25 million contract extension.[10] On April 21, 2015, Miley won his first game with the Red Sox, throwing 5 2⁄3 shutout innings versus the Tampa Bay Rays.[citation needed][11] For the season, Miley pitched to a 4.46 ERA in 32 starts, compiling an 11-11 record.
Seattle MarinersEdit
On December 7, 2015, the Red Sox traded Miley and Jonathan Aro to the Seattle Mariners for Roenis Elías and Carson Smith.[12] Miley struggled during his stint with Seattle, pitching to a 4.98 ERA and a 7-8 record. In his last start for the team, he pitched seven scoreless innings against the Cubs.
Baltimore OriolesEdit
On July 31, 2016, the Mariners traded Miley to the Baltimore Orioles for Ariel Miranda.[13]
Miley struggled mightily in his first month with the Orioles. In August, he made six starts, pitching to a 7.14 ERA in 29 innings and had a 1-3 record. The Orioles went 2-4 in his starts. On September 18, Miley pitched four scoreless innings against the Tampa Bay Rays, before being pulled with a back injury. He returned his next start, taking a shutout into the 9th inning against his former team the Diamondbacks. He ended pitching 82⁄3 innings before allowing an RBI double. He struck out a career-high 11 batters in his best start in an Orioles uniform. Overall, Miley finished 2-5 in 11 starts with an ERA of 6.17 for Baltimore. The following season, Miley was tabbed as the #4 starter in the rotation. He endured his worst season of his career, setting career worsts in ERA for a full season (5.61), losses (15), home runs allowed (25) and walks (93). He also pitched in a career low 157.1 innings pitched. On November 3, the Orioles declined Miley's 2018 option.[14]
On July 30, 2017, Miley gave up Adrián Beltré's 3,000th career hit.
Milwaukee BrewersEdit
On February 14, 2018, Miley signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.[15] He began the season in the Minors but was called up a couple of weeks later. He pitched in two starts before landing on the 60 day disabled list with an oblique injury. He was activated off the disabled list on July 12, going 5–2 with a 2.57 ERA in 16 starts. He also started Game 3 of the Division Series, along with Games 2, 5 and 6 of the NLCS. In Game 5 he faced only one hitter before being replaced with a right-handed pitcher. This made Miley only the second starter in postseason history to face a single batter and the first to do so without getting the batter out.[16] By starting Game 6 he became the first pitcher in 88 years to start back-to-back postseason games.[17]
Houston AstrosEdit
Miley signed a one-year contract worth $4.5 million with the Houston Astros on February 1, 2019.[18]
Pitching styleEdit
He throws four main pitches with an occasional fifth. The main four are four-seam fastball and two-seam fastballs (ranging from 88–92 miles per hour (142–148 km/h)), a slider (79–82 miles per hour (127–132 km/h)), and a changeup to right-handed hitters (80–81 miles per hour (129–130 km/h)). The least commonly thrown is a curveball in the mid-upper 70s, mostly against right-handers. His favored off-speed pitch with two strikes is the slider.[19]
Miley has been an avid hunter since the age of three. Growing up in Louisiana, Miley was a fan of the Atlanta Braves.[1] He currently spends his off-season on his ranch near Austin, Texas.[20]
Miley and his wife, Katy, have one child, a son who was born in September 2016.[21]
^ a b "D'backs All-Star Miley goes from small town to big time". USATODAY.COM. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "Wade Miley ties future to Red Sox". Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "Southeastern Louisiana's Miley Drafted No. 43 Overall By Arizona Diamondbacks". Southland.org. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
^ Olney, Buster. "Waiver targets among pitchers". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
^ "Southeastern Louisiana Athletics- Former Lion Miley Selected to MLB All-Star Team". Lionsports.net. January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
^ "2012 Arizona Diamondbacks Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ "Bryce Harper lives up to the hype, earns NL ROY honors in extremely close vote". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
^ "Wade Miley Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ "Boston Red Sox acquire LHP Wade Miley from Arizona Diamondbacks". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "Red Sox, Wade Miley agree to three-year, $19.25 million contract extension". Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "April 21, 2015 Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays Box Score and Play by Play | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report--mariners-get-starter-wade-miley-in-trade-with-red-sox-200557371.html
^ Todd, Jeff (November 3, 2017). "Orioles Decline Options Over J.J. Hardy & Wade Miley". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ Karraker, Patrick (February 14, 2018). "Brewers sign Wade Miley to minor-league deal". MLBDailyDish.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^ "Pitching Game Finder: In the Postseason, From 1903 to 2018, as Starter, (requiring BF=1), sorted by smallest IP". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
^ Townsend, Mark (October 18, 2018). "Brewers' Wade Miley is first pitcher in 88 years to face this postseason challenge". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
^ https://www.mlb.com/news/wade-miley-signs-one-year-deal-with-astros/c-303408232
^ "Brooks Baseball · Home of the PitchFX Tool – Player Card: Wade Miley". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2015/06/boston_red_sox_lhp_wade_miley.html
^ "Wade Miley leaves Orioles for birth of son; could pitch vs. Yankees". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
Baseball portal
Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Wade Miley on Twitter
Dee Gordon NL Rookie of the Month
April 2012 Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wade_Miley&oldid=906909964"