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To see/ 29 May 2019
For a Fistful of Administrative Positions
The Conclusion of Game of Thrones
by Katja Perat
Lying on a bed in my tiny apartment, overlooking the highway in 2012, swallowing its first two seasons in one sitting – sick with a cold, heartbroken, and in the middle of working on a Bachelor's thesis I no longer believed in – I was not yet aware (or at least unable to articulate it as clearly) of what now seems like one of the clearest facts of my life: My coming of age was going to be predominantly marked by the crisis of liberalism and Game of Thrones.
Perhaps I should put it differently: Without the crisis of liberalism, Game of Thrones could not become a TV show that marked a generation, the sublime TV event one could not help but look back to – albeit in anger. When it entered the screens of our laptops (and the projectors of our friends' better-furnished living rooms) at the dawn of the decade now weaning in front of our eyes, its major captivating force was its unreliability. When, by the end of Season One (by then habitually sacrificed), Sean Bean's head rolled out the screen, the Internet could not cease to point out that killing its darlings was not only something Game of Thrones was willing to do, but something it strived for. As soon as somebody began to seem like a main character, we found ourselves forced to change the affective response mode pop culture of the days gone by had prepared us for – if the eye of the camera gazed at a character too lovingly and too often, this no longer meant it would defend him (or her) from her (or his) destiny. Holy cows were not a thing anymore. In the weaning world of post-Cold War liberalism, this was appealing mostly because by then the once-craved-for political predictability had already become synonymous with the pressures of an empty routine nobody found pleasurable anymore, although it was surely still profitable for some.
Game of Thrones– magic and nudity aside – announced itself as political show that will spend most of its time speculating on the question of how, between family, the state, and uncontrollable external factors, power is born, delegated and fought for. This was welcomed with standing ovations, because it opened up a narrative space that gave the impression that it'd had enough of this. I am certain that the hordes of fans signing petitions for re-filming and re-imagining of the show's final season, are enraged because they were forced to find out that all of this turned out to be but a fraudulent political campaign. They were promised change (Hope), but what was in fact delivered bore a closer resemblance to the political reality they have been living for the last fifteen years, which was one nobody needed anymore. They sacrificed eight seasons of their lives only to receive a centrist government embodied in Bran the Broken - not very desirable to either the show's characters or its public - and seeing some of the show's most resilient old boys receive administrative positions they'd hoped to get all along. So, it goes, as they say.
To freshen our memories: In the midst of a complicated combination of a Stark-Lannister family feud, Daenerys Targaryen's attempts to claim the throne she believed was rightfully hers by blood and to liberate Westeros from political tyranny, and the long march of the Army of the Dead (many interpretations read as an analogy to global warming), the world of Game of Thrones moved from battle to battle, from intrigue to intrigue, from rapes to unfulfilling marriages to justified (?) murders and lengthy physical or psychological tortures to finally land at concluding that: a) we can get rid of ecological concerns the moment they stop being politically handy, b) no woman should ever be trusted with political power because tyranny runs in her blood, c) a man who would prefer not to rule will need to spend all of his life energy to prove he really means it – and succeed only incidentally, d) people will only be able to come together around a leader who will make everybody feel they are not threatened by him (regardless of what he might actually be), and e) trusting the people with their political choices is hilarious.
With this outcome, Megan Garber wrote for The Atlantic that Game of Thrones rejected anger as a legitimate political response: Narratively punishing Daenerys Targaryen – an enraged commander of the only racially-diverse armed forces in the entirety of Westeros and the slave liberator of the continent the show was only interested in when that came in handy, visually highlighting her presumed fascism, Game of Thrones let its public know that organised resistance should be understood as barbaric, something that needs to be ideologically denounced in favour of a more moderate solution, negotiated behind a table and rewarded with a compromise. In his Independent recap, Slavoj Žižek claimed that in doing so, Game of Thrones gave its nod to the age-old (and increasingly popular) assumption that women are best excluded from public life, for the risk of with casting the world into chaos with their hysterical wombs.
Formalists, too, send their complaints, claiming the great disappointment was brought about in the change of the narrative style, rather than caused by any particula outcome. Some said this was an immediate result of the show's creators already being one foot inside of the next project. Others argued that, in the absence of Martin's books, they simply couldn't keep up with his brilliance. Somebody who, by all means, deserves an award in digital humanities produced research that proves the amount of words used in dialogues between characters had literally doubled down through the years ("I don't want it!"). Some claimed the show's biggest problem was that it changed the way it produced its characters, shifting from Martin's presumed sociological matrix that created the characters from the social pressures surrounding them, to a narrower psychological one that refused to see the forest for its trees.
I think all of the above is – in a sense – true. Perhaps even more than over relentless moralising concerning Daenerys Targaryen's strategic choices (she certainly wasn't the first in Westeros to sacrifice innocent lives in order to achieve a political goal, but was certainly the only one to receive a shitstorm for it – perhaps even more as a Leftist of sorts than as a woman), my feminist heart bled over Tyrion's final speech that left us with Bran Stark as the monarch. Tyrion, once universally loved as the Imp, made a clever, witty and alcoholic by humiliation and isolation, brought his career to an end with a heavy (and very poorly written) ideological reasoning that the best rulers were forged by, and made of, the best stories. This, in and of itself, is a claim empty enough that it can be attached to any candidate selected in advance. To realise Tyrion's candidate was – regardless of what Bran as the Three-eyed Raven might actually be – a young lad whose only qualification was to come out of a good family and not to annoy anyone enough to care, was to be uncomfortably reminded on some of the less fortunate moments of my own career. But the problem with this outcome, that served us with a supposedly harmless king and awarded all we cared for with a job, a castle, or a kingdom, is nevertheless a broader one.
A formalist in me might say that the final act of Game of Thrones– both the last episode en detailand the last two seasons en gros– predominantly suffered from its narrative weaknesses in a sense that it gave up taking its own causality seriously. One of the great qualities of the show that so dearly loved to kill off and humiliate its characters was that, in doing so, it never failed to be narratively binding: When it characterised its characters and led them through the dark hallways of their destinies blindfolded, it made everything that happened to them be felt. Every event left an imprint, when somebody was changed, they seemed changed for real. When Ramsay Bolton toyed with Theon Grayjoy's sanity and genitals in the darkness of his dungeon, Theon came out on the other end as a broken man. When, in the space of the show's terminal breath, Jamie Lannister decided that a few seasons of personal growth didn't matter because of how eternal his love for his sister is, everybody felt slightly confused. Not that real life would always make sense. It's just that one expects art to follow the rules it set for itself.
The cultural theorist in me wants to finish where she started and claim that the formal fallacies that made for the final stretch of Game of Thrones were but ideological problems in disguise. For somewhere along the way, the show's creators must have realised that theme of the show is to insist on its own causality. It could not amount to the feel-good liberal conclusion it longed for. Unable to give up its longing, it was forced to start killing off first its stories, like the one about the Army of the Dead, and finally the credibility of its characters, suddenly turning Tyrion, it's wisest man, into a second-level diplomat. Both the revolution and global warming were cancelled because the time would not allow for them just yet and those couple of fellas wanted those administrative positions in King's Landing really badly. Deciding on this closure, Game of Thrones gave up the speculative function it could afford as a piece of art, should it have chosen to want it. In spite of its announcement and its promises, it turned out to have absolutely nothing to say about the world as it might have been. Somewhat unwillingly, it did have a lot to say about a world as we already know it.
Most unfortunately, by 2019 that was already old news.
Portrait/ 9 April 2018
Ulay Who?
Right at the entrance, delightful peace struck her body. She was entering the artist Ulay's flat.
by Nika Prusnik Kardum
Opinion/ 31 May 2019
The Disadvantages of Being an Intellectual
Thinking is a lonely business
by Peter Rosei
Conversation/ 9 March 2020
Coughing Has Become Almost a Terrorist Act: A Conversation with Srečko Horvat
One of Europe's leading philosophers and co-founder of DiEM25 on Covid-19-related infodemic, living in "the Mediterranean as in once was", the climate and ecological apocalypse and much more
by Marko Pogačar
eBook/ 6 October 2020
What Was Happening Here Was Never Normal Anyway
Versopolis eBook
Festival of Hope/ 24 April 2020
What protective measures can you think of so we don't go back to the pre-crisis production model?
by Bruno Latour
Opinion/ 14 April 2020
OPEN GLOBAL CALL TO FESTIVALS AND OTHER LITERARY INSTITUTIONS
"Festival of Hope": A Global Virtual Poetry Initiative by Versopolis
Katja Perat
Katja Perat (1988) is a PhD. candidate at the department for Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of poetry collections Najboljši so padli (The Best Have Fallen, Beletrina academic press, 2011, Ljubljana) and Davek na dodano vrednost (Value-added Tax, LUD Literatura, 2014, Ljubljana), a novel Mazohistka (The Masochist, Beletrina academic press, 2018, Ljubljana), and a collecetd volume of essays Naredite Ameriko spet obvladljivo (Make America Graspable Again, Cankarjeva založba, 2019, Ljubljana). She lives between two global peripheries, St. Louis, Missouri and Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Essay/ 1 October 2019
The Night Watch
All from the author
Essay/ 17 August 2018
Marriage of conservatism and the radical right
The Jordan Peterson phenomenon (part 2)
by Rok Plavčak
To read/ 30 May 2016
Hitler is Funny…No, Really
Timur Vermes' Look Who's Back
by Andrea Marie Jadrzyk
Reportage/ 4 September 2018
If you haven't heard, why the f* do you talk?
The death of Carlo Giuliani
by Francesco Trento
To read/ 8 November 2016
The Most Mysterious Book in the World
Review of The Voynich Manuscript, Edited by R. Clemens
by Kevin Knight
To read/ 31 August 2016
Narco-Capitalism
Review of Roberto Saviano's Zero Zero Zero
by Anej Korsika
Opinion/ 26 September 2017
Market Share in Justified Fears
As state-owned TV channels gradually succumbed to the dumbness of private channels, traditional parties succumbed to the rhetoric of the right wing.
by Clemens Berger
Reportage/ 26 June 2018
The End Is Not So Near, But a Decline Is
On the importance of the World Cup
by Jakob Rosenberg
To read/ 24 October 2016
Clown Instructors, Assholeology and Trump Theory
A Review of Aaron James' Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump
by Ben Kopit
Opinion/ 8 August 2018
When We Are the Enemy
Tolerating the intolerant
Essay/ 20 July 2018
The Preacher of Masculine Selfishness
Jordan Peterson (Part 1)
To read/ 16 January 2019
Sad novel or a big prank?
A review of Michel Houellebecq's Sérotonine
by Jacqueline Raoul Duval
Reportage/ 29 August 2018
A Writer on the Swing of Fear
On censorhip in Egypt
by Ahmed Naji
Reportage/ 20 September 2018
Mussolini's Planned Cities
Fascist planned city of Sabaudia
by Sabine Gruber
To hear/ 27 December 2018
A Song for Europe
Forgiving Bryan Ferry and Other Artists
by Sam Jordison
Essay/ 5 June 2018
The Failure of Heimat
by Doron Rabinovici
Reportage/ 26 April 2018
The Italian Liberation Day
Why is a communist salute in Italy more benign than a fascist?
Essay/ 30 November 2016
Tight Belts, Lazy Greeks and The Echoes of OXI
On the works of the Canadian writer Barrie Phillip Nichol
by Derek Beaulieu
Titan & Avocado
Being replaced in capitalism
Opinion/ 1 February 2018
Three holy kings were standing in front of him. A condensation of today's Austria.
by Uroš Prah
Essay/ 15 February 2018
Our Liberal Stupidity
Everybody has some guilty pleasures. Liberal cable TV, for instance. Because it actually instils hope after the rise of Donny T
by Edgar Landgraf
Causalities of Eating Habits in Europe
Ethics and Politics
by Anja Radaljac
To read/ 13 June 2017
The Coming of the Embuggerance
A Review of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - "Compiled and edited, with Footnotes of an Educational Nature and Precepts for the Wise, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett."
Opinion/ 19 June 2018
The Indiscreet Charm of the Predictable
Why we need football
by Urban Vovk
To see/ 25 February 2019
The Politics of Non-Confrontation
A Review of Green Book
by Vladimir Arsenić
Reportage/ 24 November 2016
Help Yourself to the Spoils of Power
The Shame of Living in Hungary, an Authoritarian Democracy
by Csaba Madarasz
Stage Hands of the World Theater
Malta or How to find one's place in the world among a ton of historical burden, overfactitious contentment and lingering self-doubt.
by JM Stim
Opinion/ 11 January 2018
On being the Other
by Anna Kim
Opinion/ 5 June 2017
Art in the Age of Crises
How is contemporary politics influencing art practices?
by Jaša Mrevlje Pollak
Opinion/ 21 March 2018
Captions in the Time of Social Networks
Social media accounts can be used intelligently and politically
by Maxime Coton
Delightful Fruits of Goran Vojnović
First It Was Cracking Jokes and Digging Up Graves, But Then It Got Gravely Serious
by Mojca Pišek
To hear/ 27 September 2018
The Björk system : origins
The musicians evolution
To read/ 9 October 2016
DeLillo's ventriloquism
Don DeLillo's Zero K is boring
by Kelly Kanayama
Essay/ 18 January 2017
The Neoliberal Train, Part 1
Europe's movement to make neoliberalism its guiding economic doctrine was like a shiny express train
by Philipp Ther
Critics versus Algorithms
A Review of A. O. Scott's Better Living Through Criticism
by Aljoša Harlamov
To read/ 5 September 2018
The world has not changed
Review of L'ordre du jour (The Order of the Day) by Eric Vuillard
To read/ 2 August 2016
The Dangerous Imbalances Threatening the Global Economy
Review of Yanis Varoufakis' The Global Minotaur
by James Foye
Early stages of exploitation in pornography
by Tina Poglajen


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Q: Set specific DHCP options on a static IP address connection Our network has some not-commonly used DHCP options on it, including some vendor-specific options (e.g. option 002 for Time Offset set to 0x9AB0).
I have one particular computer that for whatever reason I want to have a static IP address. (I want to assign additional IP addresses to this network adapter, and you can't have a hybrid static/DHCP connection in Windows. OK so there's bullshit like this, but that doesn't fly for me) But when I do this, it loses all these DHCP options and software that relies on them doesn't work.
I'm not too concerned about the vendor-specific options (They are for device auto-provisioning and things like that), but some of the more commonly accepted DHCP options are more important.
Is there any way, in Windows 2008 R2 (or Windows 7) that these DHCP options can be set without actually using DHCP?

A: Unfortunately, beginning with Windows Vista/2008, Microsoft disabled the ability for a single network interface to use both DHCP and static addresses at the same time. So you're left with workarounds.
One sure-fire way to do this is to put a second NIC in the server. Configure one NIC with DHCP (to pick up a DHCP reservation and all of your DHCP options) and configure the second NIC with your other static IP addresses.

A: Huh, just throwing something out, but what about a logon script (group policy?) ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725935(v=WS.10).aspx )  bit ghetto but I don't know enough about your setup to know if it would work or not

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The lowest minimum temperature over the state at 1 degrees Celsius was recorded at Muzaffarnagar.
Cold wave conditions continued at isolated places in western Uttar Pradesh, with Muzaffarnagar being the coldest place in the state, recording a minimum temperature of 1 degrees Celsius.
The Meteorological Department on Wednesday said shallow to moderate fog occurred at isolated places in the state and there was dense fog in some parts of western UP.
Night temperatures fell appreciably below normal limits in Allahabad, Meerut, Faizabad, Lucknow, Agra and Gorakhpur divisions and below normal in Varanasi, Kanpur and Bareilly divisions, it said.
Night temperatures were normal in the remaining divisions of the state, the MeT office said.
The lowest minimum temperature over the state at 1 degrees Celsius was recorded at Muzaffarnagar, it said.
It has forecast cold wave conditions at isolated places and shallow to moderate fog at a few places in the state.


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The 1939 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent the 1939 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Charley Bowser, the Panthers compiled a record of 5–4. The team played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Preseason

Coach Sutherland attempted to give his assistants a raise, but his request was turned down by the athletic department. Harold Williams, Eddie Schultz, Mike Milligan and Alex Fox resigned. Williams and Milligan accepted coaching positions with the University of Florida. Eddie Schultz concentrated on his law practice and Alex Fox went into business full-time with the Lehigh Portland Cement Co.

In February, the athletic department agreed that the University would be a non-participating member of the Western Conference (Big Ten) and be under the jurisdiction of their Commissioner, Major John L. Griffith. He would supposedly monitor the implementation of the Code Bowman and advise the athletic department of any problems. This was set up without any input from Coach Sutherland.

In late February the athletic department posted the athletic eligibility list and most of the freshmen football players were no longer in school.

By early March, Jock Sutherland and Chancellor Bowman could not come to an agreement about de-emphasizing the schedule to balance the loss of talent brought about by the stringent athletic code. On March 4, Sutherland sent a letter of resignation to the Chancellor and ended his coaching career at Pitt. Author Harry Scott wrote that Sutherland confided to one of his closest friends: "I would be there today–as far as I am concerned– coaching whatever material I had, regardless of the size or ability, provided–and this is important–(1) that I had been treated with just ordinary courtesy and decency in a spirit of friendly co-operation, (2) that the schedules had been adjusted to the quality of the material."

On March 20, the Board of Trustees approved the selection of Charles Bowser as the head coach of the Pitt varsity football team. He was tendered a three-year contract for $7,500 per year. Bowser was a Pitt man, having both played for Pop Warner (1919-1922) and coached twice on Jock Sutherland's staff (1927-1929, 1935-1937).  The Pitt News noted that Bowser would be in a most difficult position for the 1939 season. "With a squad that has been wrecked by graduation, perforated by the Code Bowman, and demoralized by continual football squabbling, Bowser faces a terrific schedule."

By Tuesday March 28, Bowser had completed his coaching staff. He hired six former Panthers as assistants – Mike Nicksik (backfield), Dr. Arnold Greene (fullback), Bob Hoel (tackle), Albin Lezouski (guard), Nick Kliskey (center) and Bill Daddio (end). Nick Kliskey was hired full-time and given the additional duty of personnel manager. Bill Daddio was hired as a student coach to retain his amateur golf status. The other four were hired on a part-time basis. During fall practice Al Lezouski took a job at East Orange High School in New Jersey. Walt Raskowski, in medical school at Pitt, replaced him as guard coach.

Spring practice opened on March 31 and concluded on May 6, with an intra-squad game won by the Blues over the Whites 20 to 6.

As per Code Bowman, fall practice began on September 9 (three weeks prior to first game), and one week prior to the opening of school. Coach Bowser's Panthers only had one week of two-a-days and 20 total practices before their first game. The 58 candidates included only 12 lettermen.

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

at Washington

On September 30, 1939, the Pitt Panthers opened their season against the Washington Huskies. This was their second meeting as the Panthers beat the Huskies in the 1937 Rose Bowl. But "the Huskies are eagerly hoping for revenge for that 21-to-0 whipping." Coach Jim Phelan was in his tenth-year and his Huskies were coming off a 3–5–1 record. Coach Phelan told the Sun-Telegraph: "We are ready to give the Panthers all we've got."

Pitt was the first team to travel across the country by air for a football game. The initial plan had scheduled stops in Minneapolis, MN, Bismark, ND, Billings, MT, and Spokane, WA. On Tuesday September 26 at 5:00 pm, Charley Bowser's Panthers boarded two 21-passenger airplanes for the 2,300 mile trip west to Seattle, WA. The team arrived in Minneapolis at 9:30 pm and spent the night. Wednesday they ate lunch in Billings and then encountered weather problems that forced them to land in Helena, MT. Due to the delay, the team flew directly into Seattle on Thursday afternoon. Coach Bowser held practice on the Husky Stadium turf on Thursday evening and again on Friday afternoon. Bowser told the Sun-Telegraph: "Washington has a good team. We've come a long way. I am not definitely set on my starting backfield. But we'll have 11 men on the field and be ready to go."

The one to four touchdown underdog Panthers surprised the odds makers with a 27 to 6 decision over the Huskies. Pitt scored in the first five minutes on a 70-yard drive that ended with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Emil Narick to Joe Rettinger. Rettinger added the extra point and Pitt led 7 to 0. Dick Cassiano ran in from 3 yards out in the second stanza to make the score 13 to 0 at halftime. In the third period, after the Huskies offense drove 46 yards in 12 plays, Washington halfback Don Jones plunged over center from the 1-yard line. Jones was wide on the point after and Pitt led 13–6. Pitt added two touchdowns in the final period. One was set up on a blocked punt by John Dickinson that Ted Konetsky recovered on the Huskies 3-yard line. The second followed an interception by Richard Fullerton that he returned 57 yards to the Huskies 9-yard line.

Coach Phelan told the press: "Pittsburgh has a great ball club. It's attack is sound and was beautifully executed this afternoon and Cassiano showed me that he is one of the best forward passers Washington has ever faced." The Huskies finished the season with a 4–5 record.

Due to bad weather, the Panther entourage had to take the southern route home over Los Angeles, CA, Albuquerque, NM and Kansas City, MO. Yet, when they arrived home on Tuesday, they were ready to fly to all their away games.

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Washington was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Richard Fullerton (center), Harold Klein (right guard), Ted Konetsky (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, John Kapurka, Ralph Hafer, Harry Kindelberger, Arthur Corace, Paul Foley, Stephen Sinco, Harris Hawkins, Ralph Fife, George Mitchell, John Benz, Joe Cambal, Jack Goodridge, John Gregg, Mike Sekela, Thomas Murphy, George Kracum, Edgar Jones, Robert Thurbon, Louis Sleber, Frank Goodell and John Ross.

West Virginia

On October 7, 1939, Coach Bowser's home opener came against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Pitt led the series 25–8–1 with the Mountaineers gaining only one victory in the previous 15 years.  In 1937, Mountaineers coach Dr. Marshall Glenn led them to an 8–1–1 record, capped by a Sun Bowl victory over Texas Tech. But the Mountaineers followed that up with a disappointing 4–5–1 slate last year. West Virginia opened this season with a romp over West Virginia Wesleyan 44–0. Chester L. Smith of The Pittsburgh Press interviewed Coach Glenn: "The Doctor said he could be quoted as promising his lads would be in there pitching for the full 60 minutes, but he added an amendment which may be more significant than it sounds at first. 'We're not going to ruin our season as we did last year, and as many a former West Virginia team has done....We are better than we were last year when we lost to Pitt by 19 points'."

30,000 fans watched the Panthers continue their dominance over the Mountaineers with a 20 to 0 victory. After a scoreless first period, the Pitt offense drove 56 yards in 5 plays, and Dick Cassiano thrilled the crowd with a 38-yard run through left tackle for the first score of the game. The extra point went wide and Pitt led 6–0 at halftime. The Panthers offense marched 66 yards on their first possession of the second half. From the Mountaineers 23-yard line, Cassiano ran around right end to the nine where he fumbled. The ball was kicked into the end zone and Pitt center Richard Fullerton fell on it for the touchdown. Joe Rettinger added the point and Pitt led 13 to 0. Late in the same quarter Ernest Bonelli scored the final touchdown on a 2-yard plunge over center. Ben Kish added the placement.

The Panthers offense made 14 first downs and gained 345 yards, while the defense gave up 3 first downs and 64 yards. Coach Bowser was pleased: "The boys played a fine game against a tough West Virginia team. They blocked and charged well. Give West Virginia credit for its fine defensive stand."

Coach Glenn stated: "Pitt has a better running attack than it is given credit for this year. Cassiano showed some of the hardest running I've ever seen. Our team played well for a hot day, especially those who had to stay in there most of the game." The Mountaineers finished their season with a 2–6–1 record in what was Dr. Marshall Glenn's final season as coach at West Virginia.

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against West Virginia was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Richard Fullerton (center), Harold Klein (right guard), Ted Konetsky (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Jack Goodridge, John Gregg, Ralph Hafer, William Benghouser, Joe Cambal, Arthur Corace, George Mitchell, Ralph Fife, Stephen Sinco, Harris Hawkins, Thomas Murphy, George Kracum, Edgar Jones, Robert Thurbon, Frank Goodell and Joseph Connell.

Duke

The Duke Blue Devils made their first visit to Pitt Stadium on October 14, 1939. Pitt led the series 2–1, but all previous games were played in Durham, NC. Tenth-year coach Wallace Wade's Devils were coming off a banner 1938 season. They beat the Panthers (7–0) in a snowstorm to finish out their regular season undefeated, untied and unscored upon. They lost to USC in the Rose Bowl to close out their season. They arrived in Pittsburgh with a 2–0 record, having beaten Davidson (26–6) and Colgate (37–0).
The Devils lineup featured 3 All-Americans: halfback George McAfee, guard Frank Ribar and guard Allen Johnson.

Halfback Dick Cassiano told "sportswriter" Jock Sutherland: "This is one of the games we particularly want, and I think the boys will be at their best." Pitt tackle Ted Konetsky and fullback Ernest Bonelli were injured in the West Virginia game and replaced in the starting lineup by John Benz and Frank Goodell.

On a cold and windy day in front of 49,000 fans, the Pitt Panthers remained unbeaten by defeating Duke by one point 14–13. The Panthers had to come from behind twice to secure the win. Duke scored in the first period on a 1-yard plunge by Roger Robinson, following a 6-play, 43-yard drive. Tony Ruffa converted the point after for a 7–0 lead. The Panthers answered in the second quarter. Pitt end John Dickinson recovered a fumble and raced 47 yards to the Duke 10-yard line. On first down Emil Narick passed to Dick Cassiano in the end zone for the touchdown. Ben Kish booted the extra point to tie the score. Before halftime, the Duke offense sustained an 8-play, 44-yard drive that ended with a Ruffa 2-yard scoring pass to George McAfee. Ruffa's extra point attempt was wide. In the third period Cassiano recovered a Duke fumble near mid-field. Nine plays later, a 28-yard pass from Narick to Cassiano tied the score, and Ben Kish's extra point put the Panthers ahead. The Panthers had the wind at their backs for the final quarter and Duke could not advance into Pitt territory for the remainder of the contest.

Coach Wade stated simply: "I think it was one of the finest games ever played."  The Duke Blue Devils finished their season with an 8–1 record.

Coach Bowser said: "It was all hard football. We were lucky to win. I think we won by following the ball. And I want you to say for me that George McAfee is one of the greatest football players I've ever seen."

On October 17, the first Associated Press football poll ranked Pitt number 1.

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Duke was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Richard Fullerton (center), Harold Klein (right guard), John Benz (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Frank Goodell (fullback). Substitute appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Ralph Hafer, Arthur Corace, Stephen Cinco, Ralph Fife, William Benghouser, Robert Thurbon and Ernest Bonelli.

Duquense

On October 21, 1939, the Pitt Panthers and Duquesne Dukes played their final football game. The athletic department felt that the Panthers needed to schedule teams from the Western Conference (Big Ten), so the intra-city  series against the Dukes was scratched. Pitt led the series 5–1. Duquesne's only victory was a 7–0 upset in 1936. Jack Sell of the Post-Gazette felt that the situation was ripe for another Duquesne upset since Pitt had played three hard games, and was looking ahead to a game at Fordham the following week. First-year coach Aldo Donelli's Dukes were undefeated and unscored upon with victories over Illinois Wesleyan (31–0), Waynesburg (20–0) and Manhattan (7–0).

Coach Bowser had fullback Ernest Bonelli back in the starting lineup, but John Benz again replaced Ted Konetsky at tackle.

In front of a disappointing crowd of 23,000 fans, Pitt scored two touchdowns in the opening quarter to take a 13–0 lead. The Duquesne Dukes then scored the final 21 points of the contest to upset the #1 Panthers 21–13. After 13 minutes of exchanging punts to gain field position, Pitt scored twice in 1 minute and 20 seconds. Pitt end Joe Rettinger blocked a Carl Nery punt that fell out of bounds on the Duquesne 8-yard line. On third down Ernest Bonelli went over center for the touchdown. Ben Kish's placement kick went wide left. Duquesne returned the kick-off to their 9-yard line, so they punted on first down. Pitt gained possession on their own 47-yard line. On first down Bonelli picked up 34 yards. Then Emil Narick passed 19-yards to Joe Rettinger for the touchdown, Rettinger added the point after. Late in the second quarter Pitt's James Thurbon shanked a punt and the Dukes gained possession on the Panthers' 26-yard line. A 20-yard pass completion followed by a 5-yard penalty placed the ball on the 1-yard line. 15 seconds before halftime, George Gonda scored the touchdown and Carl Nery added the point. The third quarter was scoreless, but Duquesne had possession in Pitt territory as the fourth period started. The Dukes punted and Pitt was backed up on their 18-yard line. An errant center snap bounced off of Cassiano's shoulder and into the arms of Duquesne end John Yacina. He ran unmolested for the score and John Rokiskey's placement put the Dukes ahead 14 to 13. The last gasp Panther offensive drive ended when they failed to convert a fourth down and 2 to go on the Duquesne 37-yard line. The Duquesne offense responded with an 8-play 63-yard drive. Philip Ahwesh completed a 19-yard pass to Rokiskey for the touchdown and Rokiskey added the placement to complete the upset.

Coach Aldo T. "Buff" Donelli told The Press: "I can't say too much about how this team came from behind, after trailing by 13 points. Most of our boys had never been behind in a varsity game, and the way they continued to fight for all they were worth represents more than all the victories in the world. That was victory in itself." The Duquesne Dukes finished the season ranked #10 in the AP final poll with an 8–0–1 record.

Coach Bowser stated: "Sometimes you're up, and then again – well, we weren't up today. Duquesne just outplayed us, I guess." Dick Cassiano added: "I guess we can't expect to win every time. But gosh, of all the games to lose – this is the toughest one to take."

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Duquesne was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Richard Fullerton (center), Harold Klein (right guard), John Benz (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Ralph Hafer, Arthur Corace, George Mitchell, Stephen Sinco, Ralph Fife, Albert Gurczenski, Jack Goodridge, Mike Sekela, Thomas Murphy,George Kracum, Robert Thurbon, Joseph Connell and Frank Goodell.

at Fordham

On October 28, for the fourth time in the five-year series, the Panthers traveled to New York's Polo Grounds to meet the Fordham Rams. Pitt led the series 1–0–3. After three scoreless ties in New York, the Panthers won at Pitt Stadium last year 24–13 . The favored Rams were 1–2 on the season, having beaten Waynesburg 34–7 and losing to Alabama 7–6 and Tulane 7–0. The Rams were led by All-American fullback Dom Principe. Coach Jim Crowley justified four sophomores in his starting lineup to Gene Ward of the Daily News: "I have to gamble. Injuries to key players and talent which hasn't quite lived up to advance notice leaves us only one recourse – to depend on sophomore inspiration."

While Pitt coaches Bowser and Nicksick directed the team in New York, the remaining coaching staff was busy: Walt Raskowski led the B squad against Navy in Annapolis; Chuck Shea was in Morgantown with the freshman team; Arnold Green scouted Nebraska in Manhattan, Kansas; Bill Daddio scouted Penn State at Syracuse; and Nick Kliskey scouted Temple against Bucknell in Philadelphia on Friday night before joining the varsity in New York City on Saturday.

For the second week in a row, the Panthers started strong, but were outplayed in the second half and went down to defeat. The first time the Panthers gained possession they drove 60 yards in 11 plays. Ernest Bonelli scored from the 1-yard line and Joe Rettinger added the point after for a 7 to 0 lead. In the second quarter, Fordham recovered a Pitt fumble on the Panther 32-yard line. The Rams needed five plays to score. James Blumenstock ran off tackle from the 8-yard line for the touchdown, but Alex Yudikaitas missed the extra point and Pitt led 7 to 6. The Panther offense answered with a 69-yard drive. Dick Cassiano passed 15 yards to Ben Kish for the score. Leonard Eshmont blocked the extra point, and Pitt led 13 to 6 at halftime. The second half was all Fordham. They tied the score early in the third period on a 48-yard pass play from Blumenstock to Vincent Dennery and placement by Stephen Kazlo. In the final stanza, the Pitt offense gained possession on the Rams 17-yard line. They earned a first down on the 3-yard line. On third down Cassiano went through right tackle and fumbled into the arms of Dennery who raced 99-yards for a touchdown. Kazlo tacked on the extra point and Pitt was behind 20 to 13. Later, a poor punt gave the Rams possession on the Pitt 28-yard line and five plays later Dominic Principe plunged across the goal line. Kazlo's extra point made the final score: Fordham 27 to Pitt 13. It was the first time in 15 years that Pitt lost two games in a row. The Fordham Rams finished the season with a 6–2 record.

Coach Bowser's post-game comment: "It was a great game." Coach Crowley was just as brief: "I am very proud that our boys came from behind twice to win."

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Fordham was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Richard Fullerton (center), Harold Klein (right guard), Ted Konetsky (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Jack Goodridge, Albert Gurczenski, Ralph Hafer, John Benz, Ralph Fife, Arthur Corace, Stephen Sinco, Harris Hawkins, Mike Sekela, George Kracum and Richard Thurbon.

at Temple

On November 3, the Panthers traveled to Philadelphia for their second game against the Temple Owls. In 1938, which was Pop Warner's last season as Temple coach, the Panthers won the initial contest 28 to 6. Warner retired after the season and the Owls were now led by Fred Swan. They had a 2–3 record, having beaten TCU and Bucknell, and having lost to Georgetown, Carnegie Tech and Boston College.

Coach Swan told The Philadelphia Inquirer: "If the Temple team goes into the Pittsburgh game with the right mental attitude, there isn't any reason why it can't score a victory....The situation is different than it was last year...Temple has been through the mill just as often as Pitt, and I believe our schedule has been every bit as tough as the one Pittsburgh has tackled. We're going to be ready for the game and we will have to be, for Charley Bowser's squad no doubt will be rebounding after the luckless defeats at the hands of Duquesne and Fordham in its last two starts."

The favored Panthers needed two replacements in their starting eleven. During the Fordham game, center Richard Fullerton sustained a concussion and was lost for the season, and tackle Ted Konetsky aggravated his leg injury. Coach Bowser started Harris Hawkins at center and John Benz at tackle.

The Pitt Panthers broke their 2-game losing skid with a 13 to 7 win. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer: "It was a game of fumbles, blocked kicks, intercepted passes and penalties. At times the officials stole the spotlight and almost a hundred (penalty) yards were meted out against the teams." The Panthers scored in the first period after a poor Temple punt gave Pitt possession on the Owl 46-yard line. Dick Cassiano gained 4 yards, and 5 more were added after an offside penalty against Temple. Emil Narick then threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Cassiano. Joe Rettinger's placement made the score 7 to 0. The second period was scoreless. Early in the second half Emil Narick fumbled and Temple back Andy Tomasic recovered on the Pitt 18-yard line. On the fifth play Tomasic faked right, and raced around left end for an 11-yard touchdown. Jonah Bowles' extra point tied the game. After an exchange of punts, Temple lined up to punt from the Panther 49-yard line. Pitt end John Dickinson blocked the punt, picked up the ball and rambled to the Temple 8-yard line. Cassiano scored the go-ahead touchdown and Rettinger missed the extra point. Both offenses were plagued by interceptions and fumbles the remainder of the game. Final score: Pitt 13 to Temple 7. Temple finished the season with a 2–7 record.

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Temple was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Harris Hawkins (center), Harold Klein (right guard), John Benz (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback ) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Jack Goodridge, Ralph Hafer, Ted Konetsky, Albert Gurczenski, Arthur Corace, Ralph Fife, Stephen Sinco, Mike Sekela, Thomas Murphy, George Kracum, Robert Thurbon and Frank Goodell.

Carnegie Tech

On November 11, the Panthers and Tartans met in the City Game for the twenty-fifth time. Even though Pitt led the series at 18–5–1, the Panthers were pointing to this game, and hoping to avenge Carnegie's previous year 20 to 10 upset.

Third-year coach Bill Kern's squad was 3–2. They won their first three games (all on the road) against Wittenberg (35–0), Temple (6–0) and Case (21–0). They lost at NYU (6–0) and at home versus Notre Dame (7–6).

55,000 fans had to wait more than 58 minutes for the Panthers to score a last gasp touchdown and defeat the Techsters 6 to 0. The first period was a series of punt exchanges with only Tech managing to earn a first down. In the second period, Pitt's Ben Kish punted poorly from his own 9-yard line and Tech gained possession on the Panther 31-yard line. Kish intercepted Merlyn Condit's fourth down pass to thwart the drive. Before halftime the Pitt offense advanced the ball to the Carnegie 24-yard line, but lost the ball on downs. At the start of the third quarter Tech marched to the Pitt 22-yard line, but the Panther defense stiffened and gained possession on downs. Pitt punted out of trouble. Later Condit shanked a punt and Pitt had the ball on the Tech 39-yard line. The Panther offense moved the ball to the 6-yard line where Emil Narick fumbled and Tech recovered. On second down Tartan fullback Jerry White raced 66 yards to the Panther 30-yard line, where he was tackled by Dick Cassiano. The Tech offense managed to gain a first down on the Pitt 20, but lost the ball on downs. After an exchange of punts, the Panthers had possession on their 31-yard line. James Thurbon and Edgar Jones were in the backfield for the Panthers. Thurbon carried three times and Jones once to set up first down on the Tech 38-yard line. Jones faded back to midfield and heaved a strike to Thurbon for the score with a minute and fifteen seconds left in the contest. Joe Rettinger's point after struck the upright, but Pitt was ahead 6 to 0. Pitt then iced the game with an interception.

Coach Bowser was pleased: "The team play of the Pitt eleven against Carnegie Tech gave all of us coaches a thrill; the Panthers offered a fine display of fundamental football and the morale of the club was high." Coach Kern offered: "If you ask me, I would say that Pitt richly deserved her fine victory over our team, and that game, by the way, was one of the fiercest I have seen in the Stadium in years."

Carnegie Tech finished the season with a 3–5 record.

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Carnegie Tech was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard) Harris Hawkins (center), Harold Klein (right guard), Ted Konetsky (right tackle), John Dickinson (right end), Ben Kish (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Ernest Bonelli (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Jack Goodridge, John Benz, Ralph Hafer, Arthur Corace, Ralph Fife, Stephen Sinco, Mike Sekela, Edgar Jones, Robert Thurbon and Joseph Connell.

Nebraska

On November 18, the Nebraska Cornhuskers came to Pittsburgh seeking their first victory over the Panthers since 1921. Pitt led the series 9–1–3 and had outscored the Huskers 161–49. The Panthers lost five starters to injury during the Carnegie Tech victory. Tackle Ted Konetsky, end John Dickinson, quarterback Ben Kish, halfback Dick Cassiano and fullback Ernest Bonelli did not start the  Nebraska game. Coach Bowser went with John Benz at tackle, John Goodridge at end, Mike Sekela at quarterback, George Kracum at halfback and sophomore Joe Connell at fullback. Coach Bowser was optimistic: "Those injuries have hurt us an awful lot. We'll be up against a powerful team, one of the best Nebraska has had in years but we're not licked yet and won't be until the final gun finds us on the short end of the score."

The Biff Jones-led Huskers were 5–1–1, having lost to Missouri and tied Indiana. They were sitting in third place in the Big 6 Conference race. Walter E. Dobbins of the Evening State Journal noted: "In view of the fact that Pitt has dropped games to both Fordham and Duquesne, Nebraska's chances against the Panthers are considerably brighter than in the past...Fortunately the Huskers came thru the Jayhawk tussle without serious injury and barring accidents during the week should be able to face Charley Bowser's clan with its full strength."

18 years of frustration came to an end when a fumbled center snap on an extra point attempt by Pitt allowed the Nebraska Cornhuskers to eke out their second victory over the Panthers 14–13. The first period, in which the Panther defense needed a goal line stand after Nebraska had a first and goal from the 4-yard line, was scoreless. Early in the second period, Nebraska gained possession on the Pitt 32-yard line and Henry Rohn scored five plays later on a 1-yard run. Herman Rohrig's extra point put the Huskers ahead 7 to 0. The Panthers scored late in the half. Husker back Harry Hopp fumbled and Pitt's James Thurbon recovered on the Nebraska 30-yard line. On first down George Kracum threw a touchdown pass to Thurbon.  Harris Hawkins' center snap to Thurbon for the placement attempt was botched and Pitt trailed 7 to 6 at halftime. Nebraska extended their lead in the third quarter after recovering an Emil Narick fumble on the Panther 25-yard line. Vike Francis carried the ball twice for the score. George Knight added the extra point. Nebraska led 14 to 6. In the final period, Pitt recovered Henry Rohn's fumble on the Panther 41-yard line and sustained an 8-play scoring drive, culminating with a Krakum 1-yard touchdown plunge. Joe Rettinger booted the placement, but Pitt trailed 14–13. The Nebraska offense was able to run out the clock. Pitt had three losses in a season for the first time since 1924. The Huskers finished their season ranked #18 in the Associated Press football poll with a 7–1–1 record.

Coach Jones was ecstatic: "This is the biggest day in Nebraska football. There are men who have traveled thousands of miles these past 20 years, I am told, to see this thing that happened today. First victory in 20 years – I'll say it's great."
Coach Bowser was honest: "Those fumbles did us a lot of damage....However, Nebraska played headsup football and deserved its victory. They were able to take advantage of our fumbles, and all in all played good ball."

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Nebraska was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (right tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Harris Hawkins (center), Harold Klein (right guard), John Benz (right tackle), Jack Goodridge (right end), Mike Sekela (quarterback), George Kracum (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Joseph Connell (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, Ralph Hafer, Harry Kindelberger, Arthur Corace, Stephen Sinco, Ralph Fife, Albert Gurczenski, John Stahl, Thomas Murphy, Edgar Jones, Dick Cassiano, Robert Thurbon and Frank Goodell.

at Penn State

On November 25, the Panthers ended their season at Penn State . Pitt led the series 23-13-2, but the game was played in State College only four times. Coach Bowser returned halfback Dick Cassiano to the Panther starting lineup, while quarterback Ben Kish, fullback Ernie Bonelli and tackle Ted Konetsky were still injured, but available for game action. Pitt had nine seniors playing their final game – Ben Kish, Frank Kristufek, Ralph Hafer, Joe Cambal, Harold Klein, Art Corace, Dick Cassiano, Emil Narick and Frank Goodell.

This was ten-year coach Bob Higgins' best Penn State team. They had a 4–1–2 record; having beaten Bucknell, Lehigh, Maryland and Penn; lost to Cornell; and tied Syracuse and Army. The Lions had three starters missing from their lineup - quarterback Steve Rollins, fullback Lloyd Ickes and guard Ted Nemeth.

Like Nebraska the previous week, Penn State broke their long losing streak against the Panthers with a 10 to 0 victory. In the opening quarter, Penn State scored 3 plays after Leon Gajecki recovered a Dick Cassiano fumble on the Pitt 22-yard line. Bill Smaltz plunged over right guard from the 1-yard line for the touchdown. Ben Pollack added the point after. State led 7 to 0. The Lions added a field goal in the final period. Penn State got possession on the Panther 46-yard line and seven plays later, John Patrick kicked a 24-yard field goal. Penn State earned 17 first downs to the Panthers 9 and out gained the Panthers 265 yards to 121. Pitt lost 2 of 5 fumbles and was penalized 11 times for 85 yards.

State coach Higgins was pleased: "Penn State has been waiting 20 years for this moment and naturally when it has arrived, it's hard for me to express my feelings... We are very proud, this year, to be able to defeat a team of Pitt's caliber." Coach Bowser was honest: "There was no doubt about the best team. Penn State dominated the play as no team has against Pitt all season."

The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Penn State was Joe Rettinger (left end), Frank Kristufek (left tackle), Rudy Gradisek (left guard), Harris Hawkins (center), Harold Klein (right guard), John Benz (right tackle), Jack Goodridge (right end), Mike Sekela (quarterback), Dick Cassiano (left halfback), Emil Narick (right halfback) and Joseph Connell (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Stanley Gervelis, John Stahl, Ted Konetsky, Ralph Hafer, Harry Kindelberger, Ralph Fife, Arthur Corace, Stephen Sinco, Robert Thurbon, Ernest Bonelli, George Kracum, Ben Kish, Edgar Jones and Frank Goodell.

Individual scoring summary

Postseason

Off the field, athletic director James Hagan finalized the 1940 gridiron schedule. Duquesne and West Virginia were replaced by Missouri and Ohio State. West Virginia athletic director Roy Hawley was not pleased. He told The Pittsburgh Press that the game was set. "Jimmy Hagan and I had agreed on Nov. 9 as the date." Hagan countered: "We had no agreement, verbal or otherwise, to play in 1940. When the chance to play Ohio State was offered us, we had to drop West Virginia to stay within our allotted eight games per season."

Twenty-six players received varsity letters for the 1939 season: John Benz, Ernest Bonelli, Richard Cassiano, Joe Connell, Art Corace, John Dickinson, Ralph Fife, Richard Fullerton, Stan Gervelis, Frank Goodell, Jack Goodridge, Rudy Gradisek, Ralph Hafer, Harris Hawkins, Edgar Jones, Ben Kish, Harold Klein, Ted Konetsky, George Kracum, Frank Kristufek, Emil Narick, Joseph Rettinger, Mike Sekela, Steve Sinco, Robert Thurbon and Robert Frost, manager.

Quarterback Ben Kish and halfback Dick Cassiano were selected by coaches Andy Kerr and Bernie Bierman to play in the annual East-West all-star game at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium on New Year's Day.

All-America
Dick Cassiano gained mention on the United Press third team; Newspaper Enterprise Association third team; Collegiate Writers' second team; and Life Magazine's second team.

Team players drafted into the NFL
The following players were selected in the 1940 NFL draft.

References

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People in relationship serve as mirrors to each other emotionally and in various ways, so that we may reach the core issue of what it means to live in relationship, which is the relationship with our own Self.
In Yoga we aim to stop the cycle of recurring negative emotional patterns in our past relationships by looking within and by developing awareness about oneself. It is about being self-sufficient – not in an egoistic manner but in a spiritual manner.
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House passes 'Irish' E-3 Visa bill
It was a rare example of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill – and with the Irish in the middle of it.
The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would allow Irish applicants gain access to the E-3 visa program that is only open to Australians.
The legislation still requires Senate approval but the joining together of House Republicans and Democrats would appear to auger well for a matching measure in the Senate, though the hurdle in that chamber is larger than what it was in the House.
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The bill had been in the pipeline for several years and has been tweaked several times, part because of Australian objection to the Irish being allowed to directly compete for the visas, 10,500 of which are awarded each fiscal year.
Instead, Irish hopefuls will be able to apply for those visas not taken up by Australians in each fiscal year.
It might be a second place of sorts but it also would be a first in that the Irish have lacked any large scale access to legal residency in the U.S. since passage of the Morrison visas in the early 1990s.
E-3s do no provide green cards but last for two years and are renewable indefinitely. Spouses of E-3 holders can also live and work legally in the U.S.
A release posted on Rep. Sensenbrenner's website hailed the House approval of H.R. 7164.
"Today," it stated, "the House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to extend E-3 visa eligibility to Irish Nationals. The bill was sponsored by Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-05) and Richard Neal (D-MA-01).
The release carried Congressman Sensenbrenner's delivered remarks on the House floor prior to the vote.
He said: "The United States was built on hard work and the determination of immigrants – many of them who hail from Ireland. Through their perseverance, they have enabled this country to grow and prosper.
"I believe in the value and opportunity that comes with legal immigration. I am pleased to have authored this legislation to make the process more efficient for one of our oldest allies, and add to the great legacy of cultural diversity celebrated our country.
"This modest proposal would give Irish Nationals the opportunity to work in the U.S. under the non-immigrant visa category of the E-3 Visa, previously reserved only for Australian nationals. Ireland in the meantime, has proposed a reciprocal work visa specific to U.S. nationals so that those wanting to live and work in Ireland can more easily do so.
"The E-3 visa is one of the most efficient U.S. visa options. Applicants outside the United States may apply directly at a U.S. consulate, thus avoiding lengthy processing times with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The visas are granted for 2 year periods (renewable indefinitely), and the spouses of E-3 visa holders are permitted to apply for employment authorization documents.
"Currently, 10,500 E-3 visas are allocated each year, yet only half of these are used. This legislation would allow Irish nationals to apply for those visas unused by Australian nationals.
"This significant addition to the U.S. immigration system will not only benefit Irish nationals seeking employment in the United States, but also ease restrictions on Americans wanting to live or retire in Ireland.
"In conclusion, I would like to say that this does not increase the number of visas that are authorized in total. It merely allows the Irish nationals to apply for the visas that Australian nationals do not want to use on a year-to-year basis."
Congressman Neal, who is poised to chair the House Ways and Means Committee in January, invoked the mass passage of the Irish across the Atlantic during the years of the Great Hunger and its aftermath.
"America, to its everlasting credit the land of the great, home of the brave, welcomed them."
Neal described the U.S. relationship with Ireland as "one of the great relationships in terms of allies that we have in the history of America."
The E-3 initiative has been supported for some years by Irish immigration reform campaigners in the U.S., Irish American organizations, and the Irish government.
The Irish Times was reporting today that the Irish government's special envoy to the U.S. Congress, John Deasy, and the Irish embassy in Washington, were advancing talks with senior figures on Capitol Hill and within the Trump administration about expanding access to the coveted visa scheme to include Irish people.
Speaking on Capitol Hill on Wednesday Mr. Deasy said that he welcomed the vote in the House, but noted that it now needed to gain approval in the Senate.
"This is an important step for it to have passed the House, but this now goes to the U.S. Senate where it will need to be considered under unanimous consent which will require all hundred senators to agree for it to be signed into law. I am under no illusions how difficult that may be," he told the Irish Times.
Added the Times report: Among the key provisions of the E-3 visa is that applicants must have a job in the U.S. to quality and have certain academic or other qualifying credentials. But the E-3 is significantly easier and less costly to obtain that the traditional H1-B visa for professionals.
The report stated that the Irish government's Department of Justice was looking at options to change the criteria needed for U.S. retirees, including lowering the income threshold needed and allowing retirees to work for up to twenty hours a week.
The Journal.ie web-based daily carried a reaction from Chicago-based Irish Senator Billy Lawless, an Independent representing the Irish diaspora.
Senator Lawless was here highlighting the fact that any future E-3 availability would not, as currently constituted, bring relief to the undocumented Irish, or indeed open the U.S. to potential Irish immigrants with a full spread of job skills.
Irish workers may get access to thousands of US visas after 'E3 Bill' passed by House of Representatives
By: Rachel Farrell of the Irish Independent
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that may see thousands of new visas issued to Irish citizens every year.
The E-3 work visa, a 2-year renewable visa that is currently reserved for Australian nationals only, would be issued to Irish citizens from the remainder of unused visas offered to Australians.
Some 10,500 E-3 visas are offered to Australians who wish to work in America every year, and if the bill receives Senate approval, up to 5,000 Irish citizens will be eligible for the scheme.
The bill was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives during a debate in Congress last night, the Bill must now be approved by the US Senate.
Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who sponsored the bill alongside Democrat Richard Neal, said the passing of the bill would add to the "great legacy" between Ireland and the States.
"The United States was built on hard work and the determination of immigrants -many of them who hail from Ireland. Through their perseverance, they have enabled this country to grow and prosper," he said.
"I believe in the value and opportunity that comes with legal immigration. I am pleased to have authored this legislation to make the process more efficient for one of our oldest allies, and add to the great legacy of cultural diversity celebrated our country."
According to Mr Sensenbrenner, applicants outside the US will be able to apply directly at a US consulate, to lengthy processing times with US citizenship and immigration services.
He added that the visa would benefit both Irish and American citizens, including American citizens who wish to "retire" to Ireland with the Department of Justice currently looking to change the criteria needed for US retirees.
"This significant addition to the U.S. immigration system will not only benefit Irish nationals seeking employment in the United States, but also ease restrictions on Americans wanting to live or retire in Ireland."
The visa allows spouses of recipients to work in America, but not their children. Applicants must be employed in a speciality occupation, have necessary credentials and receive a legitimate offer of employment to apply.
Congressman Debuts Second Online Tax Bill in Three Months
By; Ryan Prete of Bloomberg Law
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) has introduced yet another online sales tax bill.
The Congressman introduced the No Retroactive Online Taxation Act of 2018 Nov. 29, a new online sales tax bill that would prohibit states from imposing sales tax collection duties on remote sellers for any sale that occurred prior to June 21, 2018—the day the U.S. Supreme Court delivered the Wayfair decision.
Sensenbrenner has been the most active federal lawmaker in the online sales tax field since the Wayfair ruling. In September, he filed the Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018 (H.R. 6814), a which would also ban retroactivity and would require all states to push back online sales tax law implementation dates to Jan. 1, 2019.
As of Nov. 1, 23 states have seen online sales tax enforcement laws go live.
Sensenbrenner told Bloomberg Tax in September he was he was "very confident" that H.R. 6814 would be considered by the House by the end of 2018. The bill hasn't moved since its introduction.
The U.S. Supreme Court's groundbreaking ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair tossed out Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, the Supreme Court's 1992 physical presence threshold for when states could tax remote sales. The majority in the 5-4 ruling suggested strongly that South Dakota's law requiring remote sellers that meet thresholds of $100,000 in annual in-state sales or 200 transactions to collect and remit sales tax would pass constitutional muster.
The court didn't rule on the validity of South Dakota's law in the absence of Quill, but that hasn't stopped states from passing their own versions of it.
New US visa deal for Irish citizens passes first Congress hurdle
The US House of Representatives has voted to extend the E3 visa scheme to Irish citizens during a debate in Congress on Wednesday evening.
Though the Bill must still get Senate approval, its passage through the House marks a major breakthrough in Ireland's efforts to secure new visa access for Irish citizens who want to live and work in the United States.
Up to 5,000 visas per year could become available under the scheme which is currently only open to Australian citizens.
Speaking in the House on Wednesday evening during the debate, Congressman Richard Neal who co-sponsored the bill with Republican congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, described how more than a million people moved to America from Ireland after the famine. "America to its everlasting credit the land of the great, home of the brave, welcomed them."
He said that the United States' relationship with Ireland remains "one of the great relationships in terms of allies that we have in the history of America."
Mr Sensenbrenner said the proposal would be a significant addition to the US immigration system, noting that it would also ease restrictions on Americans who want to live in Ireland without raising the cap on numbers already extended under the E3 visa scheme.
"The United States was built on hard work and the perseverance of immigrants, many who came from Ireland," he said.
Senate hurdle
While the Bill only needed a two-third majority to pass in the lower chamber, the Senate requires unanimous consent in order to progress the Bill - a significant hurdle.
The E3 is a two-year renewable visa which allows Australian citizens and their spouses to live and work in the US. Australia negotiated the visa programme in 2005 as part of the US-Australia trade agreement.
The Government's special envoy to the US Congress John Deasy and the Irish embassy in Washington have been advancing talks with senior figures on Capitol Hill and within the Trump administration about expanding access to the coveted visa scheme to include Irish people.
Concerns from Australia about the impact of the deal on their own access to the visas threatened to scupper the deal in recent weeks. However, it is understood that the Australian embassy in Washington is now on board. Among the assurances they have received is that Irish citizens will only be able to apply for visas not taken up in the first instance by Australia.
As many as 10,500 E3 visas are made available to Australian nationals each year under the 2005 deal between the US and Australia but only half of these are taken up each year.
Among the key provisions of the E3 visa is that applicants must have a job in the US to quality and have certain academic or other qualifying credentials. But the E3 is significantly easier and less costly to obtain that the traditional H1B visa for professionals. Unlike other visas, the two-year E3 visa can be renewed indefinitely and includes spouses.
Speaking on Capitol Hill on Wednesday Mr Deasy said that he welcomed the vote in the House but noted that it now needed to gain approval in the Senate.
"This is an important step for it to have passed the House, but this now goes to the US Senate where it will need to be considered under unanimous consent which will require all 100 Senators to agree for it to be signed into law. I am under no illusions how difficult that may be."
But officials at the Embassy of Ireland in Washington were tight-lipped, cautioning that the Bill still needed senate approval.
Undocumented Irish
As it stands the Bill only applies to future flows of Irish people rather than undocumented Irish living in the United States.
As part of the negotiations, Ireland has offered to make it easier for US citizens to retire in Ireland. The Department of Justice is looking at options to change the criteria needed for US retirees, including lowering the income threshold needed and allowing retirees to work for up to 20 hours a week.
It is understood that Irish and Australian officials are working closely together on the negotiations as the Bill moves to the Senate phase, including introducing small tweaks to the initial E3 scheme. Crucially for Australia, the proposed legislation says that Irish citizens will be eligible to apply for "not more than a number equal to the difference between 10,500 and the number of applications approved in the prior fiscal year for aliens who are nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia".
Aussies relent and path cleared for Irish E-3 visa vote
Sharing is caring – so long as it's the leftovers that are being shared.
Australia has relented in the face of the Irish bid to secure a portion of Washington's annual E-3 visa allocation.
But the ground giving is on the basis of, as the Sydney Morning Herald reported: "Almost 11,000 Australians a year will continue to have exclusive access to a prized visa that allows them to work in the U.S. following an intense lobbying campaign by Australian officials in Washington."
The Sydney daily reported that Australia's ambassador to the U.S., Joe Hockey, had "gone nuts" over proposed legislation "that could have seen Australians competing with the Irish for access to the plum E3 visa scheme."
The paper stated in a separate report that "Ireland is trying to muscle in on a special United States visa class that only Australians currently enjoy and which has limited numbers."
A bill before the House of Representatives, H.R. 7100, co-sponsored by Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner from Wisconsin and Democratic Congressman, and Chairman of the Friends of Ireland, Richard Neal, from Massachusetts, had proposed to "add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program."
That bill has since been amended and, as H.R. 7164, is listed for debate and a possible floor vote today in the House of Representatives.
Prior to the bill amending, the precise method of adding had occupied Ambassador Hockey's mind to the point of his apparently straying from normal diplomatic wording and method and venting his concerns to, among others, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
"It seems the ambassador, Joe Hockey got a bit excited about it," was the measured, indeed diplomatic, reaction of Billy Cantwell, publisher of the Irish Echo newspaper in Sydney.
Hockey's reaction to the bill apparently had an effect.
Again reported the Sydney Morning Herald: "That legislation has now been withdrawn and replaced by a new draft bill that guarantees Australians continued access to up to 10,500 E3 visas a year.
"The new bipartisan bill would allow Irish professionals in the U.S. to apply for any unused visas from Australia's annual quota in the subsequent fiscal year.
"Australia's first preference was to remain the sole beneficiary of the E3 visa, which was created as part of the 2005 Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.
"But sources said the Australian embassy was 'comfortable' with the new legislation and would be recommending members of Congress support the bill."
The paper noted that despite the advantages inherent in the E-3 visa program, (Australian) uptake of the visa "has been slow and thousands go unused each year."
It's these thousands of unused visas that could end up being offered on an annual basis to Irish visa hopefuls.
At the same time, however, all the E-3s in a given year could end up going to Australia if demand from there reaches the 10,500 visa ceiling.
"Roughly 5700 Australians took advantage of the E-3 scheme in 2017, leaving almost half of our annual quota unused," the Morning Herald noted.
The report additionally stated: "Irish officials have insisted that their goal has only been to gain access to any of Australia's remaining visas.
"But the Australian embassy was concerned that, under the wording of the initial bill, Australian and Irish professionals would be competing for the same pool of 10,500 visas.
"Australian officials pointed out that applications for the visa have been growing over recent years and Australians could miss out in the future if forced to compete with the Irish.
"Australian officials raised objections with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and senior figures in the Trump administration in recent weeks."
The paper noted that "many members of the US Congress have Irish ancestry, and are sympathetic to the idea of making it easier for Irish professionals to work in America."
The Visa Weekly website reported that above and beyond Australian concerns about the Irish coming on board the E-3 program, Australian officials also fear that "if the Irish succeed, other countries also might want to be given access" to the E-3 program.
E-3 visas are awarded on a two year basis and can be renewed indefinitely. An E-3 visa holder can be accompanied to the U.S. by a spouse. In many respects the E-3s are not unlike H-1B visas or the extended J-1 Visas.
And E-3 program open to the Irish will not address the issue of the undocumented Irish, or open passage to the U.S. for a broad swathe of potential Irish immigrants as the E-3s, as currently formulated, are focused on people with specific professional qualifications.
H.R. 7164 is expected to come up for debate and a vote late Wednesday afternoon.
The bill specifies that Australians will have access to not more than 10,500 E-3 visas in a fiscal year but goes on to add: "For applicants who are nationals of Ireland, not more than a number equal to the difference between 10,500 and the number of applications approved in the prior fiscal year for aliens who are nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia."
In other words, Irish applicants will be eligible for those E-3 visas not taken up by Australians in a given fiscal year.
It is possible that there will be a call for a voice vote today on H.R. 7164. If such a call is made and there is no subsequent call for a recorded vote the bill will be considered passed. If there is a call for a recorded vote that vote will be moved forward to tomorrow, Thursday.
Irish Workers Would Get More Visa Access Under House-Passed Bill
By: Laura D. Francis of Bloomberg Law
Potentially thousands of professionals from Ireland would be eligible for a special skilled guestworker visa under a bill passed by the House Nov. 28.
H.R. 7164, introduced by Reps. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.), would add Ireland to the E-3 visa, a workaround for the H-1B visa that's available solely to workers from Australia. It was approved in the House by voice vote.
The bill would retain the current 10,500 E-3 cap, but Irish workers would be entitled to the difference between 10,500 and the number of visas approved for Australians in the prior fiscal year. Australians currently only use about half of the 10,500 visas they're allotted.
Spouses and children wouldn't count toward the visa cap.
The measure differs from an earlier version (H.R. 7100) Sensenbrenner introduced in October, which didn't give Australians first crack at the visas.
Gaining access to H-1B visas in recent years has been difficult, as demand for the temporary visa for "specialty occupations" far outstrips supply. There are 65,000 H-1B visas available each year, with an additional 20,000 reserved for workers with advanced degrees from U.S. colleges and universities.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the visa program, received 190,098 petitions for the visas this year.
The agency also is moving forward with a proposal to change the H-1B lottery to allow for an employer pre-registration process. It also could rework the lottery to ensure that more visas are awarded to workers with advanced degrees.
USCIS Director Francis Cissna has indicated that he wants a regulation finalized by the time the next H-1B lottery rolls around in April. A proposed regulation hasn't yet been released for public comment.
Sensenbrenner's bill would allow Irish workers to get around the regular H-1B cap and have their own separate pool of visas for the same type of high-skilled jobs. Employers that hire Irish workers on E-3 visas would have to participate in the E-Verify electronic employment verification system.
Ireland is working on a reciprocal visa for U.S. workers in that country, Sensenbrenner said.
Sensenbrenner's Bipartisan Visa Bill Passes House Unanimously
Washington, D.C.—Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to extend E-3 visa eligibility to Irish Nationals. The bill was sponsored by Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-05) and Richard Neal (D-MA-01).
Congressman Sensenbrenner delivered the following remarks on the House floor:
"The United States was built on hard work and the determination of immigrants -many of them who hail from Ireland. Through their perseverance, they have enabled this country to grow and prosper.
I urge my colleagues to support the legislation and yield back the balance of my time."
Congressman Sensenbrenner introduced similar legislation in the 114th Congress.
The White House Wants Allies in Oversight Positions
By: Martin Longman of Washington Monthly
If you want to get a sense for how seriously House Republicans take their oversight responsibilities, you need not look further than the comments of Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida who serves on the Judiciary Committee. He's supporting Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio's bid to take over the GOP's top "ranking member" position on Judiciary despite the fact that Jordan only ranks eighth in seniority.
In truth, the Republicans serving on the committee were decimated in the midterms. The chairman, Bob Goodlatte of Virginia decided to retire. Other members who retired or sought other offices include: Darrell Issa of California, Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, and Raúl Labrador of Idaho. Meanwhile, both Karen C. Handel of Georgia and Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania were defeated.
Technically, Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin is next in line, but he's already served as the head of Judiciary
and appears to be ineligible. Running instead, in addition to Rep. Jordan, are Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio and Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia. Based on seniority, the job should go to Chabot, but Rep. Gaetz thinks that Chabot and Collins are the wrong men for the job.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a Republican member of the Judiciary Committee, said Jordan is the best choice to be the Republican face of the committee while the GOP is in the minority.
"Collins and Chabot are fine legislators. They have great skill in developing legislation and a vision for leadership. They'd make the best chairmen of the committee," he said in a statement to POLITICO. "Neither is qualified to be ranking member now. Neither has attended the depositions of key witnesses in the committee's most important investigations. Jim knows how to fight the battle we are facing. He has internalized the facts and timeline. If he isn't the ranking member, President Trump will be without the most capable defense we could otherwise offer."
"Kevin McCarthy," Gaetz continued, "has the power to make Jim Jordan the lead Republican on Judiciary. If he doesn't, he is actively screwing President Trump. And they both know it."
Rep. Gaetz knows that the Judiciary Committee will handle any impeachment hearings, should they occur, as well as many other oversight hearings. He told Bloomberg News that "this committee is going to be covered like the O.J. trial." He couldn't be less interested in getting to the truth of how the Russians interfered in our elections or how they might do so again in the future. He doesn't care in the slightest whether the Trump administration has acted lawfully. He is ready to do battle and offer "the most capable defense."
The White House sees things much the same way and is hoping to convince soon-to-be House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California to place Rep. Jordan as ranking member on Judiciary, as well as Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina in the top spot of the Committee of Oversight and Government Reform. There are six members of the Oversight Committee with more seniority than Rep. Meadows, so neither of these moves can be approved without causing some resentment and consternation within the caucus.
GOP leaders are set to informally discuss the matter Tuesday night as they begin to organize for the next Congress. The Republican Steering Committee, a group of several dozen lawmakers close to GOP leaders, is ultimately responsible for recommending ranking members. Both men would have to be elected to the positions, though lawmakers give leaders' preferences ample consideration before voting. The Steering Committee meets Wednesday and Thursday.
Reportedly, it is David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski who are pushing this process on the behalf of Donald Trump, showing again that Chief of Staff John Kelly has little control over the West Wing.
He has managed the most impeachments in history and warns impeaching Kavanaugh would be a 'waste of time'
By: Philip Wegmann of the Washington Examiner
It is easy to threaten impeachment on cable news and even easier to promise impeachment on the campaign trail. Turns out, though, that the actual business of removing a public official from office for the requisite "high crimes and misdemeanors" is actually pretty difficult.
Ask Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., about the impeachment process, and he will describe it with just one adjective: "all-consuming."
After four decades in Congress, the old bull should know. He has managed more impeachments than anyone since the moment the Founding Fathers decided to empower Congress with the authority in Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution some two centuries ago.
While it's a difficult job, Sensenbrenner is pretty good at using this specific check on the executive and judicial branches. He was the one who guided the House when they charged former President Bill Clinton in 1999 for perjury and obstruction of justice. Clinton would get off the hook, acquitted by the Senate after a five-week trial. Others weren't as lucky: Sensenbrenner has collected the scalps of three federal judges.
But even when the defendants were guilty as sin, like Walter Nixon of Mississippi, who was already sentenced to five years in prison by a civil court for perjury after lying to prosecutors about marijuana smuggling, kicking the bums out is a herculean task.
"You don't know how much work it is," Sensenbrenner told the Washington Examiner editorial board during a recent meeting, even if it is "impeaching a judge that is in jail for some type of crime, refuses to resign, and is collecting a full judicial salary while sitting in the slammer."
What makes this constitutional power so unwieldy? The greatest deliberative body in the world, the Senate, requires an overwhelming amount of evidence. Call it constitutional prudence or call it snobbery, but that upper chamber won't accept the verdict of any other court. The House makes the charges, and the Senate won't accept any evidence or testimony from anywhere else. Even if the defendant has already been convicted, they make their own verdict.
This means leg work and a lot of it. Impeaching anyone, Sensenbrenner cautions, requires lawmakers "to shut down the judiciary committee for several months to get their ducks in order."
Good news for the accused, this is bad news for Democrats who are licking their chops at the chance of impeaching anyone in the current administration. Democrats, especially Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who is slated to become chairman of the Judiciary Committee, ought to take notice.
Sensenbrenner wouldn't be surprised if Nadler tries to impeach President Trump. He wouldn't be shocked to see Nadler take a shot at history and try to impeach newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Congress has only ever managed to knock a single judge off the high court. Sensenbrenner says going after the newest justice "would be a waste of time" because of the careful vetting that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, undertook during the confirmation process.
Because of arrogance or ignorance, Nadler isn't convinced. He was overheard bragging over the phone while hurtling south on the train between New York and Washington, D.C., about his plans to go "all-in" to impeach Kavanaugh on charges of perjury.
Bragging over the phone is just as easy as posturing on cable and on the campaign trail. Politicians like to talk when it comes to impeachment. Few of them can do the actual work. Sensenbrenner knows the difference.


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The ceremony of summing up the previous year takes place in China annually. This year, the organizers of the event were Perfect World. On the ceremony, the second season of DAC was announced. Currently, only some details of the tournament have been announced: the tournament will take place in Shanghai in 2017 before The Kiev Major.
Such famous organizations as EHOME and Invictus Gaming have already confirmed the participation but did not release some commentaries. We are waiting for the details that should appear later.
Evil Geniuses became the winners of the first season and took $1,300,000 of prize pool and championship title. Syed Sumail «SumaiL» Hassan first appeared at this tournament.