I sat in my agent's office and tried to make him understand why I wanted to back out of a project I had previously agreed to.
"Bart, it can't be as bad as that." I insisted.
"For everyone but Walter." I interjected, feeling guilty.
"Do I have a choice?" I groaned.
He ignored my rhetorical question and dialed the Bulgarian embassy to see what was required in the way of visas and permits for Walter and me.
All the way home I pondered Bart's comments on the possibility that Walter was also feeling the way I did. Perhaps he was being possessive and pushy deliberately. He knew how strong-willed and independent I was. Maybe he was waiting for me to make the first move so that I could save face, although that wasn't very Walter-like. As generous as he was in spirit, he would not want to look like the injured party. Once the documentary was finished, we'd have to talk about our situation and decide whether we could part amicably or not.
moment you felt like you were in the middle of a mystical landscape replete with fairies and fair maidens. In the next moment a massive brooding shape took on a threatening persona that made you quiver.
While I had seen similar landscapes in the United States and Canada, there was something about the history of these rocks that captured my imagination. Of course having read about the fortresses they helped form and the various occupations by the Romans, Bulgars, and Turks played a part as well. My mind drifted and I thought about the days when the pass was used as a major trade route.
Walter's impatience was evident in every syllable and I didn't understand why he couldn't appreciate the majestic beauty of the Belogradchik Rocks the way I did. I began to wonder just what it was we had in common and what had brought us together in the first place.
"Yes, let's head back to the motel and examine the footage." I sighed. The magic was lost.
We packed the gear and drove back to our motel that was just minutes away. The silence made the trip seem longer than it was and I couldn't wait to escape the vehicle.
"I'm going to the pub for a couple of cold ones; you don't have to wait up if you don't want to." And just like that Walter took off, leaving me and the equipment deposited outside the motel room door. He hadn't even asked if I wanted to join him.
I watched today's filming with awe and anger. As beautiful as everything was, how could Walter have not seen the horseback rider on top of one of the ridges? Was he out to ruin the project, or was he simply not paying attention?
Walter stumbled in around one and although I was awake, I pretended otherwise. I was fuming. He knew that we were going out at first light, what was he thinking? Between the rider today and this inconsiderate behavior, I was ready to hand him his walking papers and go it alone.
"You needn't shout." Walter whined as he massaged his temples.
"Then we had better schedule you for an eye exam because there certainly was someone there." I left him watching the film as I took my shower.
"Sorry, I could have sworn there was no one there." His tone was contrite and I decided to let him off the hook, for now.
We were halfway through the day's shoot when a cute little thing drove up in a yellow Skoda that had seen better days.
"Walter, are you coming to dinner tonight?" the newcomer asked as she walked in front of the camera.
So I was now relegated to the role of partner, which could mean anything or in this case nothing at all.
"Pleased to meet you." I extended my hand, which she shook limply. "Walter, we might just as well call it a day. You can catch a ride back with Desislava and I will see you in the morning." Taking the equipment out of his hands and stowing it in the trunk I drove back to the motel, leaving him with no choice.
Obviously he had been with Desislava last night. Is she the reason I wasn't invited to join him? Had they made the date earlier or met last night for the first time? Did he deliberately seek out someone who was my opposite? Desislava was petite, dark, beautiful, and feminine to the extreme. I was blonde, tall and although I bordered on being athletic I had enough beauty, curves, and style to hold my own against any woman.
Some women might have been upset, but I was relieved to have an obvious excuse to call it quits. I was angry that he was fouling up production whether it was intentional or not, and decided that I would finish the project on my own. If he needed time to dally, so be it! I would hire locals to describe the various wonders of Bulgaria while I did the remaining camera work myself.
Watching today's film I was once again entranced with the beauty of the scenery and aggravated to find horse and rider present once more. What the heck was going on? Walter can't possibly claim not to have seen him again today. It was growing dark but I decided to drive back out to the rocks and take a look around.
If I thought the rocks were amazing in the daylight, I was totally unprepared for their striking beauty in the moonlight. I had traveled to many awe-inspiring locales while making documentaries, but I had never felt this humbled before. Unexpectedly my eyes welled up and I felt like I was standing on the edge of something momentous. I took several pictures before I heard the soft whisper.
I strained to hear where his voice was coming from. Obviously he was trying to remain out of sight. Was he forbidden to see Bisera? Was she too young for him? Were they each married to someone else, or was one of them from the wrong side of the tracks? All kinds of scenarios sprang to mind as I walked toward him. Tripping over an unseen object my head struck a small rock.
"Help me, please." I could only hope that someone who whispered a name so lovingly would not turn out to be a maniacal killer. Just a few yards away a man rose slowly from the rocks and walked toward me. He looked down at me for several seconds before he scooped me up into his arms. Placing me on a magnificent animal he climbed up behind me and we rode further into the rocky fortress.
"Where are you taking me? I have to get back to the others." I wanted him to understand that I was not alone and others would look for me if I went missing.
"I waited for you." He lifted me down and sat me on a rock.
"You waited for me? Was that you up on the ledge?" My head was reeling. Was this my mysterious horseman?
"I waited for you Bisera. You said you would come." He insisted.
He put me on the horse once more and we rode back to the car. He stopped short, dismounted, and lifted me off the horse. He rode off without another word.
"So much for chivalry." I sat behind the wheel wondering if I should try to drive the short distance to the motel or if I should just bellow until someone found me.
"There you are. I've been waiting, why are you just sitting here?" Walter was obviously in a mood and I wondered what the lovely Desislava might have done to upset him so.
"Well I doubt he was any stranger than your companion. By the way, where is she and why are you back so early?" It was just like him to twist things around to put me in the wrong. He had gone off the night before and left me alone, but seemed to forget that just now.
The doctor was a sweetheart who looked just a little like everyone's favorite grandfather. He was more concerned for me than Walter was and I had only known this man ten minutes.
"Yes, very sure. Do you know her?" I hoped I didn't just get the poor girl in trouble.
"Why? He seemed nice enough." The pills were making me loopy. I was asleep by the time the doctor left the room but before he left I could swear I saw him making the sign of the cross.
I awoke feeling much better and wanted to get the filming over with. Walter appeared to have had a successful night. He was whistling and in great spirits.
I covered the bruising up as much as possible and Walter filmed me from the left. It was a relief to get it over with. The rest of the documentary would be filmed with locals talking about major historical events and their favorite tourist attractions, including the Magura Cave.
We finished packing and while Walter went off to have a drink with his sweetheart, I decided to visit the rocks one last time. It was a chore to go the distance, but I wanted to see if he was there again. I had to tell him that Bisera was dead.
"It's me, Morgan." Just then Walter grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. I lost balance and fell.
"Meeting your lover again? Didn't you tell him you were already spoken for?" Walter reached down to pull me up when my rescuer knocked him off his feet.
"Walter, what's the matter with you?" I started to back away when I was once again scooped up and gently placed on the horse. We rode toward the fortress and this time I didn't protest. At the moment I felt much safer with this stranger than with Walter.
"Bisera can't come, she died. I'm sorry." I was sorry to be the one to have to tell him this. Regardless of his reputation or social standing why hadn't someone else shown him this small courtesy? Tears spilled down my cheeks.
He turned the horse around and rode back toward the motel.
"I don't see Walter anywhere; I think you can leave me here. Thank you." Before he rode off I had the presence of mind to ask his name.
"Valko." He smiled and was gone before I could think of an excuse that would make him stay.
"Do I even need to ask where you're going?" Bart smiled.
I stayed at the same motel and drove out to the rocks to walk around. I didn't see Valko anywhere and went back to the motel feeling disappointed. On my third morning back I bumped into the doctor.
We slipped into a small café and I waited for the server to leave before I broached the subject.
"I'm trying to find her friend, he inadvertently appeared in several scenes of my documentary and the client loved it. I want to compensate him for his time." I felt bad lying to this kindly old man, but it was better than telling him that I flew back here from America because I was infatuated with a total stranger.
"Take my advice and do not pursue the matter." He looked very uncomfortable.
We finished our coffee and strolled through the village toward a ruin. He pointed to an ancient marker and told me my rider was buried there.
"What do you mean buried there? How can that be?" My temples were starting to throb and I felt like I was standing in a vacuum.
The doctor spread his jacket over a boulder and told me to sit.
"How awful. Poor Valko." Poor me, first I fall for Walter and then for a ghost.
I snapped a couple of pictures of the area and we walked back in silence, each of us lost in our own thoughts.
I was certain I wouldn't see Valko again now that he knew Bisera wasn't coming. I was mistaken. When I developed my pictures he was there once more, only this time he wasn't alone. It seemed that Valko's long wait had finally paid off.
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Q: How to do performance tuning of Apache server? We have an apache server 2.4.X which we are using as a reverse proxy in front of one Java Application . We have enabled Apache status module Apache Status and we are able to see  that number of idle worker threads will always be zero , Hence performance of our application is poor . Our hosting server have 32 cores and 64 GB of RAM . We are using mpm_worker module of Apache . Apache mpm_worker .Our Current mpm_worker configuration is :
 <IfModule mpm_worker_module>
    ServerLimit            150
    StartServers             8
    MinSpareThreads         25
    MaxSpareThreads         75
    ThreadsPerChild         25
    MaxRequestWorkers      150
    MaxConnectionsPerChild   10000
</IfModule>

.We went through Apache performance tuning article and found that we can have 2930 request workers as per our server configuration .My questions are  .

*

*Changing MaxRequestWorkers alone to 2930 will work ?

*Do we need to change ThreadsPerChild  also ?

*StartServers which represents Apache child processes also needs to be changed /Or can we change
this also for optimum performance based on our server configuration.

*What should be ServerLimit value for updated MaxRequestWorkers case which will be 2930 ?

A: To be able to create a suiting profile for your Server you need to understand what each Configuration of this Directive means:

*

*ServerLimit
The maximum Number of Processes that the Server will create

*StartServers
The Number of Processes that the Server will create on Start-Up

*ThreadsPerChild
The Number of Threads that each Process will create

*MinSpareThreads
The Minimum Number of Threads that must exist. (Mostly at Start-Up)

*MaxSpareThreads
The Maximum Number of Threads that the Server will keep running.

*MaxRequestWorkers
Maximum number of connections that the Server will accept simultaneously.

*MaxConnectionsPerChild
The Maximum Number of Connections that each Process will accept. This determines the Time of Life of a Child Process.

Having said this. How many Child Processes are running usually?
Did you already reach the ServerLimit of Child Processes?
You should also look at the MaxClients Setting that it will admit all the Request that are coming in.
If no Worker Threads are available increase the number of MaxSpareThreads
Launching new Child Processes will consume CPU Cycles so on a busy Site the MaxSpareThreads limit should be big.
But disposing old Processes will also free your System Memory, so you should limit the Time of Life of the Processes with MaxConnectionsPerChild.
On the other Hand Application Run Time keeps your Threads busy. Being faster with your Java Application will free Threads and Memory.
As an Example:
Receiving 50 requests / second and each Request takes 4 seconds to complete. you would need 200 Threads to cover this Demand.
If each Request took only 2 seconds you could cover it with only 100 Threads.

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1985-06-14 Boston Opera House
DavidA ®
Opera House, Boston, USA
Source: ??? > CDR > EAC WAVs > FLAC
Confirmed as non-MP3 derived, by Tau Analyzer 1.2.
Torrent created on 30th January 2006
An average audience recording.
I received the CD-R in a trade some time ago.
02. William It Was Really Nothing
03. Nowhere Fast
05. Jeane
06. What She Said
07. How Soon Is Now
11. Rusholme Ruffians
12. The Headmaster Ritual
14. Still Ill
15. Meat Is Murder
16. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
17. This Charming Man
18. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
19. Miserable Lie
20. Barbarism Begins At Home
http://www.smithstorrents.co.uk
Notes from PassionsJustLikeMine.com
William It Was Really Nothing
I Want The One I Can't Have
What She Said
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Stretch Out And Wait
Shakespeare's Sister
Rusholme Ruffians
The Headmaster Ritual
Meat Is Murder
/Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
/This Charming Man
//Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
//Miserable Lie
///Jeane
///Barbarism Begins At Home
In Boston, "Handsome Devil" was dropped from the setlist, but "Jeane" and
"Barbarism Begins At Home" were added for the first time on this leg of the
tour, as a third encore. The latter had been a regular when the band was
playing in the UK, but it had been dropped when they crossed the ocean.
"Jeane" had only been played for a few early dates, then for a short while in
1984 and for some strange reason, ressuscitated to be played as an encore in
the States despite never having been released there.
This was one of the best gigs of the American leg of the Meat Is Murder tour.
Boston really appreciated the Smiths and the crowd gave the band a very
enthusiastic and energetic welcome. The love must have traveled both ways
because Morrissey made sure that the audience knew how much their love was
appreciated. The band came back for three encores before the end was brought
by a massive stage invasion.
After "I Want The One I Can't Have", Morrissey said "Thank you, all you
troublemakers. "How Soon Is Now?" was the song that broke the Smiths in the
USA so it's no surprise it was wildly cheered as soon as the first notes were
recognised. "Stretch Out And Wait" was unreleased in the USA at the time,
Morrissey acknowledged this fact by introducing it with the words "This is one
that slipped through the net... it's called 'Stretch Out And Wait'." The
version performed in Boston was still the single version, not the alternate
one with different intro the band would later be doing. After the song
Morrissey thanked the audience again, this time with "Thank you for your
support, thank you for your letters, they mean a great deal, thank you."
As was standard in 1985, the instrumental outro of "Please Please Please Let
Me Get What I Want" was skipped and Morrissey stretched the song by repeating
the second verse. In "Miserable Lie", Morrissey cheekily changed two lines to
"It means I'd like to be your underwear." After that song which ended the
second of three encore, Morrissey expressed his love again "We love you,
goodbye!" and returning for the final encore, added "Thank you, (...) you're
so sweet, thank you." In "Jeane", Johnny cleverly inserted the intro riff
from the Beatles' "Day Tripper" in the instrumental bridge. At the very end
of the song Morrissey yelped loudly instead of singing "Oh Jeane!". Echo was
used in "Barbarism Begins At Home" to beef up Morrissey's grunts.
A reasonably good audience recording featuring a lot of fan screams and shouts
is circulated on untitled bootlegs. MP3s have made it onto file trading
networks.
14-Apr-2006 16:35 (after 1 month 24 days)
Thanks for this one, sounds interesting ;)
Bodah
03-Sep-2007 03:20 (after 1 year 4 months)
Is anyone seeding this anymore? I'd love to get it. It must be the show mentioned in the 33 1/3 book on Meat is Murder.
steve23yh
05-Sep-2007 07:14 (after 2 days 3 hours)
Will try to keep this one moving along. IMHO it's pretty close to the best Smiths boot around.
05-Sep-2007 07:20 (after 5 minutes)
Muchas gracias, lo maximo como siempre. Thanks DavidA
monsterH
07-Sep-2007 05:11 (after 1 day 21 hour)
Late to the party, but still grateful - thanks David!
recordscans
Good thing these torrents stay alive for a long time so ppl like me can get them too :)
Location: A little city called Kulmbach
thanks a lot for this good impression of the 1985 tour oft THE SMITHS throughout the U.S.
I always like those setlists with "Jeane" on it ... :)
THANKS again to all the seeders around here!
"I like You!":wink:
22-Jan-2012 19:06 (after 4 years 4 months)

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Security Advisor
Security Myths Exposed
Joern demystifies common misconceptions about SSL and complex passwords.
By Joern Wettern
It's good that users are more aware of security issues these days, and that most are adopting more secure computing behaviors. Unfortunately, some of those behaviors are based on less than a full understanding of security technologies. We'll explore two of the most common security myths and how to avoid falling for them.
Myth No. 1: SSL Is Secure
Anyone shopping on the Web is always told to look for the little SSL security icon in their browser to make sure the site is secure. Few people would even consider entering a credit card number on an online form if it wasn't a secure connection, but that's only part of the equation.
SSL actually does what it was designed to do namely secure data as it is transmitted over a network. The problem is that many people don't realize its limitations. The icon in the browser only indicates that you are indeed connecting to the server you intended to and that data is encrypted while it's being sent and received. That is the extent of the protection afforded by an SSL-certified site. Many people incorrectly assume they're invulnerable to all attacks once they establish an SSL connection.
While a password may be securely transmitted, it could also be captured before it was even sent. Keystroke loggers capture a password or PIN as it's entered on something like an online banking form, even if it's subsequently transmitted over an SSL-secured connection. The keystroke data is sent to an attacker, who can then use that information to clean out the victim's bank account.
To defeat keystroke loggers, some banks have implemented new authentication methods like on-screen keyboards that require you to enter your PIN with mouse clicks instead of keystrokes. In response to this, criminals have developed programs that take screen shots of mouse clicks and send those back to the attacker.
Making things worse, there are now programs that change online transactions as they're happening. You may enter instructions to transfer $20 from your savings account to your checking account, but the bank's Web site could receive an instruction to transfer most of your balance to an account in a country with lax banking laws.
While banks could increase monitoring to prevent these types of attacks, they don't seem to be in any hurry to do so because they fear it would lead to a loss of business. Customers might get annoyed, for example, if the bank called them to confirm each suspicious transaction. Instead of trusting banks to change their ways, you can increase security yourself by paying more attention to your computer.
The only way criminals can take advantage of SSL's limitations is by installing an unauthorized program on the potential victim's computer. To prevent this, you must run up-to-date anti-spyware tools.
Your users also need to know they should say "no" if there's an unexpected prompt to install a new program, and they should not perform normal computing tasks while logged on with an administrative account. Also, it's important to never enter confidential information at a computer you can't trust, like one in an Internet café. Relying entirely on SSL when it only secures one part of your online behavior can be a dangerous mistake.
Myth No. 2: Complex Passwords Enhance Security
Your company probably has a policy that mandates complex passwords. For example, they may require a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special symbols. Windows even includes a Group Policy setting to enforce complex passwords.
To understand why this doesn't enhance security and can even lower it, you have to look at what makes a good password in the first place. Any password requirement should ensure that an attacker can't crack it before it becomes invalid or out of date. For example, if you require users to change their passwords every 90 days, it should be extremely unlikely that anyone could succeed at cracking a password within that time.
Many old computers allowed passwords made up of only letters, didn't differentiate between lowercase and uppercase letters and limited passwords to just a few characters. Using the 26 characters of the alphabet and allowing for six-letter passwords, there are 300 million possible passwords. This provided adequate security on systems that required manual log-on because it would take an attacker too long to enter enough combinations to find the correct password.
Increasing password length to eight characters increases the number of possible combinations to more than 200 billion. Even this has proved inadequate against automated attacks, however, especially offline brute-force attacks that calculate hash values from all possible combinations and compare the results with a captured hash of the target password. These types of attacks quickly crack any password with single-case characters.
The only way to truly prevent someone from guessing or cracking your password is to increase the number of different characters within a password--distinguishing between uppercase and lowercase, allowing numbers and special characters. This increases the number of available characters from 26 to roughly 80. Combining eight of these characters creates more than 4 quadrillion combinations, and greatly increases the time required to crack a password. The problem with using excessively complex passwords is that users may be more tempted to write them down, which completely defeats the purpose, no matter how stringent your password requirements.
Windows also lets you use longer passwords that may contain spaces and other punctuation characters. This allows for the use of pass phrases, which are "passwords" made up of multiple words. Typing a phrase when logging on may require a few extra keystrokes, but it may actually take less time than locating some special characters on the keyboard.
By combining pass phrases with punctuation marks, or small changes to words, you can create even more complexity. Even better, pass phrases are easier to remember and so are more easily accepted by users. They are also less likely to be written down. Unfortunately, not all systems allow for pass phrases. If password length restrictions don't prevent the use of pass phrases, you should consider transitioning to them soon. Doing this not only increases security but makes your users happier with the password guidelines.
There are more security myths making the rounds that you'll read about in future Security Advisor columns. For now, I hope that debunking two of the most popular myths will help you increase your password security and not fall victim to inappropriate trust in SSL.
Joern Wettern, Ph.D., MCSE, MCT, Security+, is the owner of Wettern Network Solutions, a consulting and training firm. He has written books and developed training courses on a number of networking and security topics. In addition to helping companies implement network security solutions, he regularly teaches seminars and speaks at conferences worldwide.
Microsoft Priva Commercially Released for Data Privacy Management
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has canceled its planned release of the Azure Sphere version 22.01 operating system.
Microsoft announced this week that the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint service now has threat and vulnerability management support for "all major device platforms across the organization -- spanning workstations, servers, and mobile devices."
Microsoft on Wednesday touted Windows 11 as a success since its launch in October, but it also dangled the notion that its free upgrade offer from Windows 10 could disappear sometime early this year.
Microsoft Touts Strong Growth in Q2 2022 on Back of Cloud
Microsoft revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 20% over Q2 2021 to $51.7 billion, according to the company during a Tuesday earnings call.


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Sanofi nabs control of Indian vaccine firm
Jul 27, 2009 10:37am
Sanofi-Aventis is putting its finger into yet another emerging markets pie. The French drugmaker forged a deal for control of Shantha Biotechnics, an Indian vaccine maker that boasts manufacturing facilities and several marketed products, as well as "an important portfolio" of in-development shots. The deal values Shantha at €550 million, or $781 million.
Sanofi will end up with 80 percent of Shantha, via a buyout of Merieux Alliance's subsidiary ShanH expected to close before the end of this quarter. In the process, Sanofi gets capacity for vaccine growth in emerging markets and access to some potential new products. The company is setting up a new "strategic committee" to boost Shantha's growth, with plans to grow sales "significantly" from their current level of $90 million annually.
"The state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities allow Sanofi Pasteur to gain high quality capacity in order to enable us to provide important vaccines at affordable prices to many people around the world," CEO Chris Viehbacher (photo) said in a statement. In other words, it's another foothold in the emerging markets Viehbacher has been targeting. This is his fourth acquisition since he took over the company as CEO eight months ago.
- see Sanofi's release
- check out the Bloomberg story


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StreamWars III: Revenge of The Binge
The Stream Wars continue Nerds. In our last journey, the conversation was all about the dominant showing of The Empire of Mouse's release of The Disney+ service. In the time since, the rebellion has seen some positives along the way. Services from rebellious outposts like NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, and the someone independent platform that is Quibi. So in this finale of The Stream Wars, hopefully, I will finish with the new showing on streaming services and finally breakdown what is offered and how much is out there for those willing to cut the proverbial chord that is The Cable Company. I say hopefully because I would hate for far more streaming services to come out and 30&Nerdy having to release terrible prequels and less than stellar sequels to The Stream Wars Saga…no offense…
So with a global pandemic still shaking our sense of normal, what are people doing? Streaming of course. Binging shows, watching things, the new normal. Are Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and the others cutting? Well apparently not because we have three new services added to the StreamWars that I am going to discuss and break down in this episode. After that I am going to give some statistics of where we stand in the StreamWars and who is winning it, so to speak.
Quibi:
Quibi is short for Quick Bites. It was founded in August of 2018 as NewTV by Jefferey Katzenberg and is led by Meg Whitman, its CEO. In October of 2018, it was renamed to Quibi. The service targets a younger demographic with content delivered in 10-minute episodes called "quick bites." With partnerships like Google, T Mobile, Steven Spielberg, Antoine Fuqua, Catherine Hardwicke; and financial investors like The Walt Disney Company, Warner Media, and other production companies, a chance for any specific company to dictate the app is sparse. The partnership with T-Mobile will include the service being offered to all new T-Mobile customers as Disney+ has been to Verizon customers.
Quibi charges $4.99 for its service with ads and $7.99 a month for ad free service. Its videos are an eclectic mix, including long form narratives distributed in short chapters, reality programs, documentaries, and food shows, as well as daily news programs from NBC News. In its first year, the service predicts to roll out 175 shows and 8,500 episodes. Everything will be designed with phones in mind, and not television screens. For instance, Spielberg's After Dark series will only appear on the service at night. Some aspects of what you watch will also change depending on how you hold your phone, horizontally or vertically.
Although there is a chance to change entertainment forever if successful, this is a gamble. You have to deliver the right way. Yes, typically, especially as Americans, we spend way more time on our phones than anywhere else. That needs to be the driving force in marketing and what sells it. Make it personal. Only available on phones, lean towards Millennials and younger generations with what you put on the service. That way, it is almost exclusive to have Quibi. Quibi is almost designed for you and you alone. The scary part and the bigger gamble is if you look at TikTok, yes mobile, yes driven for younger audience, but it relies on user generated original content. That's easy and free to obtain. Quibi will rely on and is focused on quality productions, paying as much as $6 million an hour for long-form narrative content.
The gamble is long term reach, long term attention. What will keep people staing with the service for a long period of time. What will keep them from deleting after a few "episodes" of something. Especially with it being $4.99 a month with ads. So far, the service has seen numbers that are putting them on track to signing close to 2 Million subscriptions by April of 2021. The company had projected, and were planning on much bigger numbers. Their goal was to have 7.4 million by that date…so not looking good.
The Peacock:
The name for the service comes from NBC's famous logo and mascot, which have been used since 1956. (Remember the "Proud as a Peacock" slogan from a few years ago?) Peacock offers multiple tiers of service, including a free limited access plan; Peacock Premium, an all-inclusive plan for around $5 a month with ads; and Peacock Premium Plus, an all-inclusive plan without ads for a higher rate of about $10 a month. Peacock Free offers thousands of hours of programming, including next-day access to current episodes of first-year NBC shows, movies from Universal Studios and DreamWorks, daily news, sports shows and other curated content. The big catch that comes with the free tier is that only select episodes of the original shows developed by NBC are available. Additionally, viewers don't have access to all of NBC's network content on the free version of Peacock.
Peacock Free offers thousands of hours of programming, including next-day access to current episodes of first-year NBC shows, movies from Universal Studios and DreamWorks, daily news, sports shows and other curated content. The big catch that comes with the free tier is that only select episodes of the original shows developed by NBC are available. Additionally, viewers don't have access to all of NBC's network content on the free version of Peacock. Beyond price, the big question for most viewers is what they can expect to watch on Peacock. The 2020 Olympics were supposed to be a big part of the Peacock launch, but those plans were derailed by the postponement of the Olympic Games until 2021. Of course, the network still has plenty of other enjoyable content for viewers. It's currently airing many popular shows (past and present), including classic comedies like Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock as well as critically acclaimed dramas like Law & Order, Friday Night Lights and Downton Abbey.
The slate of former blockbuster films includes beloved franchises like Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and The Fast & The Furious. Another perk of premium membership is early access to NBC's late-night talk shows. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon streams early on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 9 p.m. ET. That means fans of the shows who normally lose sleep to watch them both can get to bed much earlier — not a bad perk.
Unfortunately, only a few of Peacock's original shows were available on the launch date in April 2020, but more original content has been released since then. Two of the most anticipated upcoming shows include the reboots of Saved by the Bell (starring Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley) and Punky Brewster, which stars Soleil Moon Frye as an adult version of the titular character. Other new shows recently released or coming soon to Peacock include dramas Brave New World, starring Demi Moore, and Dr. Death, starring Alec Baldwin, Jamie Dornan and Christian Slater.
Need a laugh? Comedies include Rutherford Falls, co-created by Mike Schur, Sierra Teller Ornelas and Ed Helms, who also has a starring role in the show. Rashida Jones is heading a comedy pilot of her own called Straight Talk, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Norman Lear and Mindy Kaling. Clearly, a lot of star power will be a huge benefit for Peacock.
If you're wondering what will happen to all the NBC shows that are currently streaming on Hulu, those shows will remain on that service for now. NBC has had a streaming partnership with Hulu for many years, and Comcast NBCUniversal made a deal with Disney — the majority owner of Hulu — to give Disney full control of the content with the stipulation that NBC shows could air on Hulu and Peacock at the same time. When that deal expires in two years, NBC is likely to renegotiate the terms and could potentially remove NBC content from Hulu at that point.
Is Adding Yet Another Streaming Service Worth It?
Peacock has an attractive price point that falls in line with other streaming services. In comparison, Hulu's basic tier with ads is around $6 a month, and its premium service without ads is just shy of $12 a month. Hulu's parent company, Disney, bundles Hulu with Disney+ and ESPN+ for a discount-worthy price of just under $13 a month. Otherwise, Disney+ runs about $7 a month, and ESPN+ runs close to $6. So when you start to add all these price points, some would say that you are getting closer to a cable bill; this isn't including Netflix, Showtime, AMC, and let's not forget…HBO Max.
HBO Max:
HBO Max is a AT&T WarnerMedia's on demand streaming service that released back in May. It is based on WarnerMedia's HBO premium TV service and includes all of its programming, plus a range of additional original programming and library content from all parts of WarnerMedia, as well as third-party content providers from which WarnerMedia bought streaming rights. According to AT&T, HBO Max had garnered 4.1 million activated subscribers by the end of June 2020, 1.1 million of whom get free access through HBO pay TV subscriptions; there are at least 21 million additional HBO pay TV customers whose subscriptions make them eligible for free access to HBO Max but who had not activated the service by that time.
HBO Max was formed under WarnerMedia's Entertainment division, then headed by Robert Greenblatt. Kevin Reilly, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks which includes most of the company's ad-supported entertainment channels such as TBS, TNT, and TruTV, was also given the role of as chief content officer of HBO Max with responsibility for HBO Max-exclusive original programming and library content. Andy Forssell was named the service's executive vice president and general manager while still reporting to Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves, who leads development.[7] Casey Bloys, programming president of HBO, retained oversight of the core HBO service but was not initially involved with Max-exclusive programming.
On August 7, 2020, WarnerMedia announced a major restructuring under new president Jason Kilar, which he described as "leaning into this great moment of change" towards direct-to-consumer services. As a result, Greenblatt and Reilly both left the company, and WarnerMedia Entertainment was dissolved, with programming operations combined with Warner Bros. in a new Studios and Networks group under that studio's CEO Ann Sarnoff. Bloys was given full programming oversight of HBO and HBO Max, as well as Reilly's other previous responsibilities, reporting to Sarnoff. Forssell became the head of a new HBO Max operating business unit, reporting directly to Kilar.[
WarnerMedia indicated that the service would have 10,000 hours of content at-launch, including first-run and library content from the namesake HBO (including its original series, documentaries, and specials), and content from the company's other brands and networks. WarnerMedia stated that the service would have over 2,000 films available at-launch, including HBO's existing pay television rights that are sourced from studios including sister company Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures, and 20th Century Studios (the latter two have respective output deals with HBO until 2022; films from 20th Century will likely move to Disney+ and Hulu once its output deal expire, while future rights to Universal films are still up for negotiation despite the launch of Peacock).
As with HBO's existing streaming platforms, HBO Go and HBO Now (but as opposed to its platforms on Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels), HBO Max is not expected to include feeds of HBO's linear cable channels, nor is it expected to include any content (including original programming) from Cinemax, which will concurrently wind down its original programming efforts as WarnerMedia reallocates its programming investments towards HBO Max. (Cinemax shares its film content with the linear HBO channel, and therefore the majority of films in the combined library will be on both services in different windows, but films will not necessarily be available on both HBO Max and Cinemax at the same time.) AT&T chairman and CEO Randall L. Stephenson has not ruled out adding live content from Turner Sports in the future (such as the NBA on TNT, Major League Baseball on TBS, and NCAA March Madness). I know I would love to see AEW on TNT show up on the service.
Game of Thrones, Pretty Little Liars, exclusive rights to Friends and Fresh Prince; HBO Max is making waves with its library. That doesn't include popular old and new content from Warner Brothers like Joker, A Star is Born, and the Watchmen Series. If you are a Big Bang Theory fan, it's there. The millions of dollars that they shelled out to acquire exclusive rights to shows like Friends and Fresh Prince, has opened them up to reunion options. Both Friends and Fresh Prince are going to be airing reunion specials on the service with original casts returning for both. The biggest drive for me as someone who didn't own any other HBO products, is the Game of Thrones series being available day 1. Other HBO titles that I couldn't watch like WestWorld and Barry are there. Now I can watch HBO content and other Warner Brothers content with one app. As predicted, DC content is heavy in the app with more on its way as WarnerMedia slowly fades DC Universe in the HBO Max service, which is obviously smart and cost cutting at the same time.
Some of the original content HBO Max will have are shows like brand new Looney Toons cartoons, Raised by Wolves, The Gossip Girl reboot, Justice League Dark series, Grease Rise of The Pink Ladies, Doom Patrol, West Wing / Fresh Prince / and Friends reunion specials, and so much more. That's HBO Max content. As I have stated though, you get all other HBO content as well as other Warner Media content. This is the service to add in my opinion. What I ask myself when picking a service is can I get some of these things somewhere else? If not, get it. HBO Max has so much and more on the way when it comes to exclusives. So I say pull the chord and start streaming with this one. For two words only…Lovecraft Country. Check it out.
It's time to talk stats Nerds, and we know we love stats! Here is where we stand as of right now. So I am going to list the current numbers as best as I can find from some of the streaming giants. Some of these numbers are from as late as last month. So let's see what the global pandemic has done for each one. Again, some of these are not updated numbers and some haven't even finished their first quarter. These are in no particular order.
Netflix: 193 Million Paid subscriptions (That's up 26 Million since January 1st of this year)
Hulu: 35.5 Million Paid subscriptions (That's up almost 3 Million since last quarter)
Disney+: 50 Million Paid subscriptions (That's as of April 2020)
Amazon Prime: 64.8 Million Paid subscriptions (46.3 Million of that is in The US Alone)
DC Universe: Less than 50,000 Paid subscriptions…time to go ahead and fade into HBO Max there guys.
AppleTV: over 33 Million subscribers, but a huge majority are on free trials through new IPhones
The Peacock: numbers will not be available until their first quarter is over
Quibi: Streaming service Quibi only managed to convert a little under 10 percent of its early wave of users into paying subscribers, says mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. According to the firm's new report on Quibi's early growth, the short-form video platform signed up about 910,000 users in its first few days back in April. Of those users, only about 72,000 stuck around after the three-month free trial, indicating the app had about an 8 percent conversion rate.
Showtime and CBS All Access: With a combined 10 Million subscribers, Showtime and CBS All Access are on track to have a combined 25 Million by 2022.
ESPN+: 7.9 Million Paid subscriptions (many are packaged subscribers)
Those are the stats as of now. Please, if you can find some that I have not found, let me know. Some of those numbers are rough and some are astronomical. I hope to see some of them come up for HBO Max and I would hate to see Quibi fail because it is such a cool concept. So if you haven't, subscribe. Let me know what you like the best and dislike out of the ones you have.
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So much has been going on since our last post! We will update you soon but what I wanted to fill you in on is that Bryan is leaving on Sat. Dec. 17th for Haiti and will be gone for 3 weeks! He will be spending most of his time in Bizotin preparing the way and helping to make all the final plans on the building of the new church on the land that we are in the middle of purchasing up past tent city. Our church has grown so much, through lots of prayer, Gods grace and because of the blessing of our awesome Pastor! This church will be beautiful when complete and will be able to hold so many more people, much more comfortably. When we left Haiti in July, there were over 300 people every night we had church! Praise Jesus! ...Bryan will also be making the arrangements for the 6 couples that we will be marrying in Feb. 2012 when we return. We can't wait! But most of all.......!!!!!!!!! The reason he is going is to spread the love of our awesome JESUS ! God has put alot on his heart that he will be sharing and I know that as the Holy Spirit moves through him , many, many, people will be healed as well as delivered! Please keep Bryan in your prayers as he prepares to do what Jesus has commissioned us to do! And may God bless you all always for your love , prayers and support!
Faith Chapel, Union Beach, NJ ....... an answer to prayer!
I dont know why, but God never ceases to amaze me! His ways are so wonderful! The way He knits us together as one body even across the miles. Total strangers who when you meet,you feel as if you always knew them. Its what He did with us and the people of Haiti and its what He did with this beautiful church body in New Jersey. When we were in Haiti in June,we asked the people there to pray that God would continue to open doors for us back in America so that we in turn could bless the people in Haiti and wherever He sends us. We no sooner returned from our Mission trip when we got a phone call from a relative in New Jersey who stated that God put it on her heart to share about True Love Missions and what we do, during one of her church services at Faith Chapel ! God touched their hearts and they have been a blessing to us both in all their prayers as well as in finances! Thankyou Jesus! We had the honor to speak at their church this past Sunday! I LOVE these people! We worshiped together, prayed together, we laughed and cried and we held each other knowing that God joined us together for a reason. I thankyou Jesus for our new family. I pray Lord that you would watch over each and everyone of them. That they would actually feel your arms wrapped around them ! That they would feel your love and be filled with greater peace and joy than they have ever felt. I pray that they would never doubt or worry about the things that concern them, knowing that you will take care of every detail. And that they already have the victory through Jesus! Thankyou Jesus for Pastor Fred, his wife Pastor Ruth, for Diane and all her family for being led by the Spirit and for their obediance to Christ! And we thank the Holy Spirit for the annointing upon this house, Faith Chapel.Thankyou Jesus for blessing us through them!
God is so awesome! He is so amazing! I dont know how its possible but every day I love Him more than the day before! I feel like I love Him with every ounce of my being but each day I awake it seems even stronger! But isnt that just so God!? ....... anyway.... in His faithfulness He has provided us with funds to send some more money down to Bassin Bleu for school uniforms! We are now up to a total of 48 uniforms being made for these precious children! 165 to go and I know He will provide! We also have been helping to pay for the land to be cleared for the new church/school up near tent city, Carrfour, that we are helping to have built. Also,Lenwah,is one of my most favorite people in the world! He is such an honest and hard working man. Someone who loves Jesus with his whole heart and never asks for anything. So God put it on our heart to help build a home for him right near where our church/school will be so he can over see everything when we are not there. Thankyou Jesus for those that gave and for Mercy for the Children, who we work closely with to do the things He has called us to do! Please continue to keep us as well as Haiti in prayer. We need continued blessings so we can turn it right over to those Jesus has led us to! God bless you all!
We arrived back in Port Au Prince on Saturday, June 25, 2011. From the moment we stepped out of the airport the mission began! We were immediately met by our extended family in Haiti, Baba, Charly, and Mike, whom would stay with us for most of the trip.Soon after we found Pastor Ellie, whose church we would spend the first night at. We were off to our first destination in Petion-ville. Petion-ville is a very interesting place. It is a place where many of the few wealthy people of Haiti live, a place visited by tourists, and a place known for it's clubs and night life. Amongst the tents and crude plywood homes without any plumbing or electricity are elaborate, beautiful, multi story, luxury homes, with Mercedes-Benz's parked in the driveway. Just up the street from such a house, in front of the church we were staying at, we met a group of children who were dirty, naked, and playing soccer with an empty soda bottle. We spent some time with them, next to the town garbage dump, that they live literally next to. We invited them to the church for a meal, some clothes, and a prayer. We felt greatly blessed by the sincere smiles on their faces. After walking around the town with many of the children it was time to go and we were brought to the room we would be staying in. It was a room about 12 feet by 12 feet with no beds and no furniture, completely bare, but the 7 of us were not phased because we knew the work we were about to do there was far greater than sleeping the night on a concrete floor. We went upstairs to the sanctuary to feed the children of the town and were amazed to see that this 5 story concrete structure survived the earthquake! We knew God protected his house and his people.
We felt honored to meet all the beautiful people of this church and blessed to pray, worship, and dance with them. The following morning, which was Sunday, Bryan preached a message on the importance of sharing the gospel and the love of Christ. After, Patty gave the seal of prayer on the message promising the congregation they would return the following Thursday with Creole bibles for everyone and that Bryan would share his testimony with them. We reluctantly said our Good-byes and prepared to leave.
We were sad to be leaving this church in Petion-ville, but very excited to be headed to Bizotin, which is where we have spent nearly all of our previous time in Haiti and where we have developed many personal relationships with the beautiful local people. Once we arrived at the house we would be staying at we were eager to climb up the mountain to "Teplaz" or tent city. Once there, we emotionally greeted our brothers and sisters whom we had thought of and prayed for everyday since we had seen them last. These are people greatly effected by the earthquake. They live in a town made out of tarps,many of which that were donated to them by us,as well as the clothes that they wear, and even the land they live on is borrowed. Most of the people of tent city had there homes destroyed in the earthquake and now live on this land that does not belong to them. The land that was completely vacant before the earthquake and is now home to over 1500 people, a church, and a school, is being sold and must be vacated in less than 1 year. Upon hearing this True Love Missions partnered with an organization called Mercy for the Children to purchase a large piece of land nearby. We immediately began to flatten the land, which is a mountainside as is much of Haiti. There is a tremendous amount of work involved in just flattening the land. The first structure we will build is the new church, which thanks to God needs to be twice the size of the existing church to accommodate the overwhelming growth. We are so happy to know that this town that we love so much will be rebuilt around God's house. In addition to the new church we are building a house for two brothers, Wilson who is 18 and his brother Reginal who is 23. Upon our last visit to Haiti we discovered these two young men who we love so much and who are such a great help to our mission were basically homeless. These two brothers who lived in a vacant lot filled with trash, under a torn piece of tarp, and shared a baby mattress will now have a real home. Thanks to God and your support these young men will have a home of their own for the first time in their lives. By God's grace and your support our mission was able to bless another very deserving family. This family we've grown very close to, the father of 5 works day and night at the school and church in Teplaz just so his children could attend the school. His family used to live in a very small tent made from ripped tarps, but now they are one of the first in tent city to have a real house. We hope and pray that the other townspeople will look and see what God may do when you serve Him with all your heart.
villagers. The pastor goes through his village everyday to pray for people with special needs and today he asked us to accompany him. We prayed for a man who can not walk, we prayed for a blind man, and we prayed for a mentally handicapped young girl. We could feel the attack of darkness that was on this town. We got back to the church and while waiting for church to start, we met a man that told us he was a voodoo priest for 15 years. But everyday the pastor would tell him "Jesus died for you"! After years, and he doesn't know why, he said "ok take me to church"! That voodoo priest was saved that day and that night so were his wife and 8 children! We met his beautiful family who had the biggest smiles on there faces and we got to hear them play guitar and drums during worship that evening. Well church that night was powerful ! As Bryan preached the Holy Spirit showed up in such a powerful way ! The whole church was quickly on their feet shouting, lifting their voices to Jesus all the while Bryan was yelling back at them so loud he lost his voice and doesn't even remember most of what the Holy Spirit spoke through him! But as he preached, that church was shaking with excitement as the fire and anointing from heaven came down upon that church! Such an amazing day and night and we believe that God changed that town that night and is continuing to change that town even now! We sadly had to leave early in the AM and after an even worse bus ride back to Port au Prince we were still in awe of the previous night. Just how in life the enemy tries to distract us from God with the journey, he tried on this trip to Bassin Bleu, but thanks to the Lord, once again he was unsuccessful.
We wanted to write this letter as our way of thanking everyone for all their support, both spiritually and financially. All of the great accomplishments that we have seen in our work in Haiti. All of the testimonies of healings the people have shared with us on how their lives have been changed, is only made possible by the grace of God and you. We ask that you would continue to sow into this ministry and we believe that God will bless you back 100 fold both in this lifetime and in eternity. God be with you all, peace and love to you all in the name of Jesus.


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Panthers are volleyball's finest
Rob Engelhardt '20, Staff Writer|September 13, 2018|205 Views
Sam Hargett showing off his vertical while getting ready to yam the ball to the ground
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The Elder Panthers have won the state title!
That is a line that Coach Sean Tierney '93 has heard six times as head coach of the varsity volleyball program here at Elder. Recently, the volleyball program has had a lot of success winning the state championship in 2014 and 2016. The volleyball program is one of the most successful athletic programs at Elder.
Being a part of the program, I know Coach Tierney more than most do. I sat down to interview Tierney, and I learned a lot about the fantastic coach and teacher.
I asked him about what led him into coaching. Tierney said, "I have known the game of volleyball for my whole life. As a kid, I was always just an average athlete, but when I started to play volleyball I was one of the better kids in my class."
I asked him about his introduction to the sport, and he said that his parents played when he was a child. Therefore, he was forced to go to games and practices.
Later, I asked him about what makes a team special and he said, "The difference between a good and great team is not talent. Obviously a team must have talent to even be competitive, but when a team comes together and build chemistry, the team takes off. When we come together as unit, the kids realize that team is more important than individual stats. The most important lessons I can teach as a coach are in a loss."
His lessons have very clearly been understood proven by his eight first team all-state all-stars in his career. The most recent being last year's captain and former Quill editor, Wyatt Albers.
Tierney said, "On all of my state championship teams, they were talented, but developed chemistry with each other and had the drive to win." That is what the ultimate goal is, when playing under Coach Tierney.
Just a junior, I have not actually played under Coach, but I hope to make the team this year. I interviewed returning stud outside hitter, Sam Hargett. Hargett recently committed to Urbana University to continue his volleyball career. The senior was recognized as first-team all GCL last year as a junior. He is looking forward to another successful season this year.
I asked Sam about what makes Coach Tierney so special and he responded," His will to win is insane. He has taught me determination and perseverance more than anything. If you're playing poor, then Coach knows that you need to take a quick break and give you a little motivation to go out and play your best."
Sam has high expectations for both the team and himself this Spring, "My personal goal is to be 1st team all-state, 1st team all-GCL and aim for player of the year."
In my opinion, there is no question Hargett is talented enough to achieve all these goals. Hargett's plate will be full this year being a senior leader with the new players and trying to build the chemistry necessary to succeed.
For the team, Sam said,"I would love to get out of our region this year and to hopefully make a state run." As a potential part of the team, I agree with what he said. There is a serious chance of us making another state run as Coach embarks on his 16th season as head coach.
The hype for this year's squad is real. Tierney and Hargett both hope that more people come out to support the Panthers this year than they did last year. All the guys who came last year said that it was very entertaining. There should be more of the same for this season and for seasons to come as long as Coach Tierney as at the helm.
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Wild Bluff Golf Course in Brimley, located just west of Sault Ste Marie in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a prime golf property that has been justly awarded 4 1/2 stars from Golf Digest Places to Play. Situated on a natural bluff overlooking Waishkey Bay, this 7022 yard championship design features immaculate course conditions and awesome views of the Bay, St. Mary's River, deep and natural ravines, and the winding rivers and streams bordering the Hiawatha National Forest. Wild Bluff boasts outstanding amenities ranging from practice facilities that include an expansive range, putting greens and a short game area - to a clubhouse that features a restaurant, lounge and pro shop.
The course is part of the Bay Mills Resort & Casinos, which provides comfortable accommodations, convention and meeting facilities, and a full service casino with slots and all the standard table games. A number of dining options at the resort and clubhouse are available to visitors. For more information and photos on the Bays Mills property click here.
Wild Bluff Golf Course is designed so that every player can find a reasonable and fair challenge. Large greens and tees compliment rolling fairways with wide landing areas. There is enough trouble that most golfers will need all their skills to play to their handicap - but the views and conditions are such that even novice players will appreciate the experience. If you plan on playing in August prior to the Bay Mills Open, be prepared for some challenging rough - about 4 inches in length and extremely difficult to recover from. There are a few forced carries - but most are reasonable in length. The natural areas and ravines are obstacles you will definitely want to avoid.
The five tee areas on each hole are defined by color-coded dice, and range in length and slope from 7022/136 (blacks), 6774/133 (blues), 6120/125 (whites), 5580 - 120/129 (golds) to a comfortable 5299 yards with a 125 slope from the forward tees. This is no walk in the park - but keep it on the fairway and you will be rewarded with some good scoring opportunities. Land in the second cut or long rough and par will be a struggle. The greens, while running true and very putt-able, are often raised or crowned on one or two sides, making accuracy of approaches a priority. ParView GPS on carts provides accurate yardage and hole location information there are also yardage plates at 100, 150 and 200 yards are accompanied by similar markings on the cart paths. The GPS also provides a menu for ordering food at the 9th hole (which can be picked up prior to #10).
The opening hole plays from an elevated tee and can almost be reached from the white tees. A shot aimed to the right side of the fairway will leave a wedge approach to a raised green with a bunker left and grass swale right. The right side of the fairway is also the best location on two, which bends slightly left of a crowned putting surface. These are 2 score-able hole. The third doglegs right with plenty of room on the approach. Length is the name of the game here (468 from the tips), but an easy bump and run can still lead to an up and down par. Players from the mid tees really get a break on the par 4 fourth (370 versus 440 yards). There is more room on the fairway than appears off the tee. The fifth completes a 3-hole stretch of par fours that average over 450 yards from the black tees (just 372 from the white tees). The par 3 sixth is simple if you hit it straight - but keep in mind that there is no room long, and left is trouble. A tee shot aimed to the inside of the right fairway trap will leave a clear approach and a possibility of a low score on the par five 7th - which is listed as the number one handicap. There is a pond just in front of the tall pine to the right of the 8th green making this a challenging par three. The finishing hole on the front is one of the most interesting of the layout - a 545 yard par five that invites a tee shot to the left center of the fairway. There is a water-filled ravine about 120 out, that comes into play more quickly on balls hit left center. Long hitters can shoot to the left side past the hazard, where a 40-50 yard wide fairway awaits. Another option is to play it to the right just in front of the ravine, and approach with a wedge/short iron.
The tenth exemplifies the difference in distance between the black (438 yards) and white (317) tee areas on this course. There is a world of difference - and the blue tees are only a couple hundred yards shorter than the tips. With the degree of difficulty here, we suggest the white tees for the mid-handicapper/average golfer. You must be on the left side of the fairway to see the green on the par five 11th, which bends to the right about 200 yards away. The fairway narrows with a pond along the left side. Twelve turns in the opposite direction, with the right fairway trap providing a good target area. There is a huge bunker short left and a marsh area short right on the par three 13th, which precedes another long four par - and one of the narrowest driving holes of the layout. Fifteen plays from an elevated tee, and is a gorgeous golf hole. There is plenty of room short, which is better than long here. The short par four 16th presents plenty of room off the tee, but a creek and natural area left plus a kidney shaped pond right create a demanding approach. Long hitters can aim left of the right fairway trap off the tee on 17, setting up the possibility of reaching in two. Most golfers will approach this as a 3 shot hole however - with play along the left side of the fairway setting up for an uphill approach. Be aware of the creek crossing about 190 away. The closing hole is spectacular - an elevated tee playing to a wide fairway with the clubhouse and bay in the distance. Aim between the fairway bunkers and a good finish is possible.
Long hitters and low handicappers will love the challenge at Wild Bluff. Average golfers will applaud the natural beauty, and can score well if the correct tee areas are chosen. As a 13 handicapper, I found the white tees to be fair game - and the blues to be much too long at just under 6800 yards. Great practice facilities - come out early to use the short game area and practice bunkers. A sandwich, salad or beverage at the clubhouse lounge or terrace puts you in a nice setting - and the pro shop stocks clubs as well as clothing and accessories. Green fees include cart and range balls. Great facility, wonderful course, friendly service - this is a great golfing value - and highly recommended. Stay and Play packages are available through the Bay Mills Resort (www.baymillscasinos.com).


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The PROMESA Board Members are not "Officers of the United States." So what are they?
By Josh Blackman - June 10, 2020 at 02:31PM
[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman]
Recently, the Supreme Court decided Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC. This case considered the status of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, who are appointed by the President without the Senate's advice and consent. These positions were created by The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act of 2016 (PROMESA).
All nine Justices agreed that the appointment of these board members is not subject to the strictures of the Appointments Clause: that is, appointment by the President, with advice-and-consent by the Senate. All nine Justices also agreed that these board members are not "officers of the United States." However, the Justices parted company on the next question: what precisely are the PROMESA board members? The majority opinion by Justice Breyer punts on this question. Justice Thomas's concurrence hints at the answer. And Justice Sotomayor's concurrence suggests these board members occupy some other type of position in a "zone of twilight." This case illustrates that the precise characterization of federal positions is important. We cannot simply presume that the Constitution indiscriminately refers to different types of "offices" and "officers." Our taxonomy provides a better answer: Article IV Territorial Officers Hold "Office[s] under the Authority of the United States," and are bound by the Sinecure Clause.
Justice Breyer's Majority Opinion
Justice Breyer's majority opinion is largely consistent with our reading. He makes three broad points.
First, Justice Breyer suggests in at least four places that all "officers of the United States" must be appointed pursuant to the Appointments Clause (emphases added):
"In our view, the Appointments Clause governs the appointments of all officers of the United States, including those located in Puerto Rico."
But, like the Court of Appeals, we believe the Appointments Clause restricts the appointment of all officers of the United States, including those who carry out their powers and duties in or in relation to Puerto Rico.
That text [of the Appointments Clause] firmly indicates that it applies to the appointment of all "Officers of the United States." And history confirms this reading.
Given the Constitution's structure, this history, roughly analogous case law, and the absence of any conflicting authority, we conclude that the Appointments Clause constrains the appointments power as to all "Officers of the United States," even when those officers exercise power in or related to Puerto Rico.
We agree. The Appointments Clause provides:
[The President] shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
In our view, the phrase "Officers of the United States" refers to appointed positions in the Executive and Judicial Branches. This language does not refer to appointed positions in the Legislative Branch. The Appointments Clause defines the phrase "Officers of the United States," and, generally, how they are appointed: all such appointments are made to positions, which have been established by federal statute, in the executive and judicial branches. This category includes principal officers and inferior officers. Each of these positions must be created "by law"; that is through bicameralism and presentment. And all of these positions must be appointed.
We acknowledge that these statements could be consistent with an alternate reading of the Appointments Clause: that there are some "officers of the United States" who are not appointed. In other words, the Appointments Clause only refers to those "officers of the United States" who are appointed. But there are other elected "officers of the United States." Some scholars, for example, maintain that the President is an "officer of the United States." We disagree with this position for reasons we will explain in a forthcoming paper. But we do not think Justice Breyer was hinting at this alternate view. Rather, the Court seems to be saying that all "officers of the United States" must be appointed pursuant to the Appointments Clause.
Second, Justice Breyer recognizes that the phrase "officers of the United States" has limits. That is, not all positions–or, even, all appointed positions–created by federal statute are "officers of the United States." Here, he writes that the creation of "local offices," whose duties are "primarily local in nature," takes the Board members outside the ambit of the Appointments Clause.
Yet two provisions of the Constitution empower Congress to create local offices for the District of Columbia and for Puerto Rico and the Territories. See Art. I, §8, cl. 17; Art. IV, §3, cl. 2. And the Clause's term "Officers of the United States" has never been understood to cover those whose powers and duties are primarily local in nature and derive from these two constitutional provisions.
Third, Justice Breyer acknowledges that if the Board members are not "officers of the United States," they must be "some other type of officer."
If they are not officers of the United States, but instead are some other type of officer, the Appointments Clause says nothing about them.
What is that "other type of officer"? Justice Breyer does not give a direct answer. But he hints that there may be other types of federal officers.
Longstanding practice indicates that a federal law's creation of an office in this context does not automatically make its holder an "Officer of the United States."
That is, a federal law can create another type of federal officer, even one that resides outside the three branches: for example, the Article IV territorial officers on the PROMESA Board.
Justice Thomas's Concurring Opinion
Justice Thomas also concludes that the PROMESA "Territorial officials" are not "officers of the United States." But he relies on different reasoning than does the majority:
Territorial officials performing duties created under Article IV of the Constitution are not federal officers within the original meaning of the phrase "Officers of the United States." Since the founding, this Court has recognized a distinction between Article IV power and the powers of the National Government in Articles I, II, and III. The founding generation understood the phrase "Officers of the United States" to refer to officers exercising the powers of the National Government, not officers solely exercising Article IV territorial power. Because the Board's members perform duties pursuant to Article IV, they do not qualify as "Officers of the United States."
Justice Thomas suggests that positions that are not authorized by Articles I, II, and III–in our view, positions outside the three branches of government–are not "officers of the United States." (We do not think Article I positions, like Representatives, Senators, as well as appointed positions in the Legislative Branch, such as the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate, are "officers of the United States.") Therefore, a position created pursuant to Article IV cannot fall within the ambit of the Appointments Clause.
But what are the PROMESA Board members if they are not "officers of the United States"? Where do such "territorial officials" fit within the Constitution's taxonomy of "offices" and "officers"?
Justice Sotomayor's Concurring Opinion
Justice Sotomayor "reluctantly concur[red] in judgment." She agrees with the majority that the PROMESA Board members are not "officers of the United States." But she suggests that they should be considered "officers of Puerto Rico."
One would think the Puerto Rican home rule that resulted from that mutual enterprise might affect whether officers later installed by the Federal Government are properly considered officers of Puerto Rico rather than "Officers of the United States" subject to the Appointments Clause. U. S. Const., Art. II, §2, cl. 2.
Justice Sotomayor added that the Board members float in a "twilight zone of accountability."
The Board members, tasked with determining the financial fate of a self-governing Territory, exist in a twilight zone of accountability, neither selected by Puerto Rico itself nor subject to the strictures of the Appointments Clause. I am skeptical that the Constitution countenances this freewheeling exercise of control over a population that the Federal Government has explicitly agreed to recognize as operating under a government of their own choosing, pursuant to a constitution of their own choosing.
We love this sterling allusion to Justice Jackson's Youngstown concurrence allusion. And, like the prior opinions, the concurrence does not resolve where the PROMESA Board members fall in the Constitution's taxonomy.
Article IV Territorial Officers Hold "Office under the Authority of the United States"
Article IV territorial officers are not "officers of the United States." They are not appointed pursuant to the Appointments Clause. Moreover, we think these territorial officers do not hold "office . . . under the United States." These positions exist outside the three branches of the federal government. Justice Thomas's concurrence alludes to this point in the passage we quoted above. According to Justice Thomas, the power to authorize territorial positions comes from Article IV; therefore such positions are not within the three branches of government. But there is another phrase in the Constitution that provides a more natural fit for Article IV territorial officers.
The Ineligibility Clause, also known as the Sinecure Clause, states, "[n]o Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been [i]ncreased during such time. . . ." This Clause is the only provision in the Constitution that uses the phrase "civil Office under the Authority of the United States." Who holds such an office? In our view the phrase "civil Office under the Authority of the United States" encompasses all officers of the United States, but also refers to a broader category of irregularly appointed officers.
Congress has the authority to "grant letters of Marque and Reprisal." These letters authorized private parties (known as privateers) to engage in hostilities against foreign states, and seize property. The holders of such letters have an irregular type of federal position, at least by modern conceptions. Such holders have a special authority conferred upon them, and their positions are outside the regular or permanent government, and its bureaucracy. We think the Ineligibility Clause, also known as the Sinecure Clause, places limits on who can receive a letter of Marque and Reprisal.
The PROMESA Board members are best considered "office[s] under the authority of the United States." In our view, the PROMESA Board Members are subject to the Sinecure Clause. The positions were created by the 114th Congress in 2016. As a result, members of the 114th Congress could not have been appointed to PROMESA during the 114th Congress. This prohibition makes some sense, especially because the positions could be appointed without Senate advice-and-consent. If PROMESA Board members were not subject to the Sinecure Clause, the President could reward loyal members of Congress with potentially lucrative positions and emoluments. The Sinecure Clause was designed to eliminate this risk of self-aggrandizement. Members of the House of Representatives who were in the 114th Congress can now be appointed to PROMESA. Senators in office during the 114th Congress would be bound by the Sinecure Clause in until circa January 2021.
Many scholars read the phrase "officers of the United States" in an expansive, if not quasi-literal fashion. They argue that this phrase includes all federal positions, but excludes state positions. The Supreme Court has now recognized that there are some federal positions, i.e., positions created by federal statute, that are not "officers of the United States." This holding provides some judicial recognition that the phrase "officers of the United States" is not all-encompassing. In other words, the Court has rejected the maximalist reading of the phrase "officer of the United States." Justice Breyer wrote that "[t]he language at issue does not offer us much guidance for understanding the key term 'of the United States.'" Why? He explained, "[t]he text suggests a distinction between federal officers—officers exercising power of the National Government—and nonfederal officers—officers exercising power of some other government." But the Court rejects that simplistic distinction. Rather, the dividing line between who is and who is not an "officer of the United States" is not a mere federal-versus-state dichotomy. According to both Justice Breyer, as well as Justice Thomas, the answer is far more complex. The Court and the concurrences do not draw that line based on a literal reading of the word "officer" and the modifying phrase: "of the United States." Instead, the Court carefully considered historical practice–and in particular the practices of the First Congress.
We have long argued (and long before President Trump's election) that the Framers used divergent "office"- and "officer"-language throughout the Constitution to refer to different categories of positions. The phrase "officers of the United States" is not coterminous with the phrase "office . . . the United States." To this day, important legal questions turn on these distinctions. For example, does the President hold an "office . . . under the United States" for purposes of the Foreign Emoluments Clause? In the PROMESA case, the Court held that territorial officers are not "officers of the United States" even though these positions are established by a federal statute. For that reason and others, we submit, courts should not simply assume that the President automatically holds an "office . . . under the United States," solely because he holds a federal position.
We intend to share our comprehensive article on the Offices and Officers of the Constitution in due course.
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