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On Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the National League Central and celebrated their victory, as is the custom, by getting loaded in the clubhouse. Champagne was sprayed and beer was drunk. It was the sort of party at which at least some people were wearing stirrup socks and a majority wore protective eyewear, which is to say the sort of party at which something stupid was more or less guaranteed to happen. These are the scenarios in which soused front office buttheads crow about acquiring creeps and people deliberately mess up Tim McCarver's meticulously crafted hair. It is a baseball party, and as such the only rule is that it's going to be dumb as hell.
Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday's celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery.
"If I could take it back, I would."
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) September 29, 2021
In that sense, it is not entirely relief ace Devin Williams's fault that he got frustrated at his own team's victory celebration, punched a damn wall with his pitching hand, and broke his hand in the process. In this reading, something that dumb or dumber was just going to happen, and while it is unfortunate that the Brewers' bullpen is now to be without one of its most effective contributors, this all transpired mostly because it was just Williams's turn to become part of his sport's storied heritage of party fouls. In another, more accurate sense, though, it is absolutely Devin Williams's fault that he did that.
Thanks for your continued support of Defector. I am now going to attend a Marlins-Mets game, so who the hell am I to judge anyone else's decisions?
Editor/co-owner/flannel doofus at Defector, co-host of The Distraction.
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Pat Dye remembers the Toomer's Oaks
March 15, 2013 by Jeremy Henderson 1 Comment
Dye ridin' high past the Toomer's Oaks at the 2005 'Wreck Tech' parade. (Inside The Auburn Tigers)
Auburn is holding a contest for the best memory of rolling the Toomer's Oaks.
Pat Dye probably won't win.
"I never have been but to one Toomer's Corner rolling and that was when when we beat Alabama in '82," Dye says. "I didn't get there until about 11:30 p.m. and people were still having a good time."
Did he toss a roll?
"No, I just rode through it. They were having a big time."
Despite his lack of participation in Toomer's celebrations, Dye has definite ideas about what should happen to the oaks. Cutting them down isn't one of them.
"If it was left up to me… I would find a place on campus for those oaks to be moved and preserved," he wrote in the Dye-Gest earlier this month. "I would build a pavilion and display them there. It wouldn't have to be a real big building, just large enough to cover the two oaks and keep them out of the weather."
He's also against turning them into souvenirs.
"I hate the idea of taking the wood and cutting it up and making trinkets out of it and stuff. That doesn't appeal to me at all, but preserving them forever does."
Related: Pat Dye on the neonatal recruitment of Prince William: 'He looks like a split end to me.'
* Rare candids of Pat Sullivan at the 1971 Heisman banquet
* That time Green Day played an Auburn house show
* The G.I. Joe from Auburn
* I Survived the Kopper Kettle Explosion and all I got was this T-shirt
* Auburn football worth millions more than Bama football, says Wall Street Journal
Filed Under: Football, Sports, Toomer's Corner
He says that, but if he were in charge we'd find the oaks at the bottom of lake martin 30 years later and he'd claim to have no idea how it happened.
Camthoughts (and a link you'd like to read)
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Mac Mirabile's Predict-O-Nomics and the Vegas Lines Matrix

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It's European Cyber Security Month!
Cyber security, or information security, is the process of ensuring that only authorised users have access to accurate and complete information, when access is required.
Backup your data regularly (ideally daily); keep a recent copy off-site and off-line (i.e. not connected 'live' to the network); and test your backups (which lots of people forget to do, until it's too late).
If you can restore your data easily and quickly, the impact of security incident will be lessened.
Data replication is different to data backup. Whilst replication can be useful for retrieving files under normal circumstances, it's possible that certain types of malware would infect the replicated data location too. A true backup is a copy of the data at a point in time, which (on the assumption it is working correctly) can be restored to the source at a later time.
Vendors like Microsoft release patches frequently, so make sure they are downloaded and installed without delay. Also, make sure you are only running versions of software that are supported by the vendors.
Various attacks seek to exploit vulnerabilities in popular software, applications and plug-ins (e.g. Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, browsers, Flash Player etc.) so it's important to keep yours up to date with the latest version.
In some cases it's also important that you uninstall older versions when you install the new ones, so that the vulnerabilities are closed (e.g. Java).
It is also advisable to consider the configuration of software. Some malware is deployed via features in operating systems and applications that many users do not require, so disabling or removing them (or not installing them in the first place) can improve security.
Having security is essential, but so too is keeping it up to date and well configured. Software (e.g. anti-virus) needs to be updated with the latest info, and things like firewalls need to be configured and managed by specialists to be fully effective.
It's also advisable to consider specific anti-exploit software to provide additional protection against 'zero-day vulnerabilities'.
It is also advisable to check the extent to which your security software is deployed (i.e. the number of devices) and whether any issues have been detected (i.e. malware detected) regularly. Certain anti-malware solutions provide a 'console' allowing these checks to take place easily.
Email is still one of the major attack methods, so don't click on links that you are not certain are genuine and trustworthy; and do not open unsolicited email attachments or attachments to emails that don't look right (e.g. emails purporting to be official but that are incorrectly formatted, contain poor spelling or grammar).
Microsoft Office viewers allow the viewing of attachments without opening them (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/979860/supported-versions-of-the-office-viewers).
Check whether your email platform is using good spam filtering, and that the settings are correct. This can prevent phishing emails and malicious attachments from reaching users.
Do not set up accounts to give more 'power' than is necessary, as these accounts allow malicious code to run more easily. A security software company, Avecto, found a couple of years ago that a huge percentage of vulnerabilities are based on use of 'local admin' rights.
It's common for malware to need elevated permissions to do real damage to a device, and gets this through 'administrator' level accounts.
Don't give yourself more permission than you need. Don't stay logged in as an administrator any longer than is strictly necessary, and avoid browsing, opening documents or other "regular work" activities while you are logged in with administrator rights.
The basics: don't ever reveal your full password; don't write it down (unless you're storing it securely); and use sufficiently long and complex passwords to avoid easy routes in.
A lot of malware still spreads as a result of user action (or inaction). A common cause is the use of poor passwords (e.g. very short passwords or the use of the same password by the same user across numerous different services).
Enable visible file extensions so you can see what a file actually is from the extension (e.g. ".exe"). If you're using mobile tech, particularly Android, it's also worth making sure devices only use Google Play Store (as alternative sources may lack any attempts to screen apps for malware).
If an email or document tells you to turn off security features (e.g. enable macros), don't (and definitely don't without checking out the validity first). Most items can be viewed with the security features in place.
Consider network design and network access carefully.
Where wireless local area networks (WLANs) are used to transmit sensitive or personal data, appropriate security protocols should be in place. Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) is recommended.
Where it is necessary to support remote working, consider the security implications. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) can be easy to set up, but can also (if not sufficiently hardened) open up the network to a range of attacks.
Separate different nodes on the local network (e.g. servers and workstations), and generally wired and wireless traffic too. This will help to limit further movement across the network if unauthorised access is gained.
Raise awareness amongst staff and users of the importance of information security.
Keep staff and users up to date with security training, and what your organisation is doing. Even advising users on what to look out for in a phishing email can prevent a problem from occurring.
A lot of malware requires an action from a user in order to deploy (e.g. clicking to open an email attachment).
Plan and document measures to take if anything goes wrong; when something does happen, organisations that have clear plans are able to recover more quickly and effectively, and as a consequence, usually with less pain (i.e. reduced data loss and cost).
Developing a clear and workable business continuity and data recovery (BCDR) plan will help everyone understands what needs to be done in the event of an issue.
Building a clear data protection policy will help to make sure that the right data is kept safe.
Establishing a breach management process with a clear protocol for informing the ICO if any personal data has been compromised.
Setting out a clear communications plan to keep all users and stakeholders informed.
Considering whether any of the cyber-risks can be covered by insurance.
This is not a complete list of information security tasks, but a guide to certain fundamental steps that can be taken (or checked) to help ensure a base level of control is in place.
For more information, please visit the information security pages on our website: swgfl.org.uk/security.


Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal toyed with her Russian opponent Ella Karachkova before thrashing her in straight games to storm into the second round of the women's singles event of the badminton competition at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
The national champion looked in sublime form as she needed less than half an hour to oust Karachkova 21-9, 21-8 to breeze into the second round where Ukrainian Larysa Gryga awaits her.
In a gross lop-sided match, Saina showed her bag of tricks that had her Russian rival in all sort of troubles and the Indian later said she did not go full throttle because she wanted to try some different things on Saturday.
"I did not play my usual game and hit less smash. Instead, I was trying more drop shots. The first round match is always tough because you tend to make mistakes early but I'm happy that everything went according to the script," she said.
Asked about how she felt here, Saina said, "I think I adjusted fast to the court, conditions, breeze and atmosphere here. It was wonderful playing in front of such a vociferous crowd."
The Hyderabadi shuttler also sought to dismiss notion that she had an easy draw in the competition.
"This is simply not correct. If I manage to clear the next round, I'll possibly face world number three player (Chen Wang of Hong Kong). So it's not an easy draw as some believe," she said.
Even that challenge, however, does not intimidate Saina who said she never felt any pressure.
"No question about getting nervy, that's simply not me. I have beaten senior and higher ranked players in the past and I know I'll give 100 percent and there is no reason why I cannot do it here again," she asserted.


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Home News Coalition statements Two years later, supplies still not delivered and Freedom Flotilla boats neglected
Two years later, supplies still not delivered and Freedom Flotilla boats neglected
Al Awda being hauled after sinking
On July 29 and August 3, 2018, two Freedom Flotilla boats heading peacefully towards Gaza to challenge the illegal Israeli blockade were attacked and hijacked by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) navy in international waters.
Participants on board Al Awda (The Return) and Freedom were assaulted and robbed of personal property while in IOF custody. 114 boxes of medical supplies donated by Freedom Flotilla supporters world-wide and seized by the IOF are still unaccounted for and undelivered, despite our repeated attempts to press for accountability in Israeli courts. The boats themselves – gifts for one of our Palestinian partners in Gaza, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees – remain in the occupier's possession, the subject of lengthy court proceedings. Our legal representatives in Israel were notified that during the night of February 22 this year, Al Awda somehow sustained heavy damage and sunk to the height of the mast requiring it to be raised from the water with a crane. We are not sure how long it took the IOF to bring the boat to a drydock, but having let the boat sink in the first place is evidence of neglect by the custodian of an asset in dispute.
Al Awda after sinking
The IOF have been illegally seizing international solidarity boats for more than a decade, with few of them ever being delivered to their rightful owners. The IOF also hijack, damage, and steal Palestinian fishing boats from Gaza while attacking, injuring, and killing Palestinian fishers. Following a legal case led by NGOs Gisha and Adalah and Gaza-based Al Mezan Human Rights Center, the Israeli military was forced to begin returning boats seized from Palestinian fishers in Gaza, though these are often damaged beyond repair. There is as yet no accountability for the IOF navy's harassment and attacks on Palestinian fishers from Gaza.
As we plan future Freedom Flotilla sailings in solidarity with Palestinians who are now facing a fourteenth year of the suffocating blockade, we continue the struggle for freedom of movement for all Palestinians, with particular focus on children and youth in Gaza. There are many ways you can help us in our work towards that goal.
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Andrea Bowers (b. 1965, Wilmington, Ohio, US) lives and works in Los Angeles, California, US. Studied BFA at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, US (1987) and MFA at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (1992). Select solo exhibitions include Andrea Bowers and Marcos Erre, Westmont Ridley Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (2017); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (2017); Occupancy, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, MA (2017); Triumph of Labor, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2016); The United States v. Tim DeChristopher, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (2016); Whose Feminism is it Anyway?, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, US (2016); Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (2016); Self-Determination, Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, IT (2015); Andrea Bowers: #sweetjane, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (2015); In Situ-1: Andrea Bowers, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR (2014); and Ni Una Muerta Mas, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR (2011). Select group exhibitions include Andrea Bowers and Marcos Erre, Westmont Ridley Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (2017); The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (2017); Displacement: Symbols and Journeys, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (2016); The Revolution Will Not Be Gray, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (2016); Take Me (I'm Yours), Jewish Museum, New York, US (2016); The Gildless Age, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA (2016); Andrea Bowers: Sanctuary, Bronx Museum, New York, US (2016); Citizen, Tate Modern, London, UK (2015); Drawing Now, Albertina Museum, Vienna, AT (2015); and Drawing: The Bottom Line, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, BE (2015). Bowers' work is held in a number of public collections including Tate Modern, London, UK; Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, NY; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.
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Q: vuex unknown mutation type: setPatient I'm using vue 3 with composition api and vuex 4, I've done it this way before but now its throwing that error.
Here's my store/index.js
import { createStore } from "vuex";

export const store = new createStore({

    state: {
        patient: [],
    },

    mutations: {
        setPatient(state, payload) {
            state.patient = payload;
        },
    },

    getters: {
        getPatient(state) {
            return state.patient;
        },
        getAppointment(state) {
            return state.patient.appointments;
        },
    },

})

app.js
require('./bootstrap');

import { createApp, h } from 'vue';
import { createInertiaApp } from '@inertiajs/inertia-vue3';
import { InertiaProgress } from '@inertiajs/progress';
import {store} from './Store'
const { RayPlugin } = require('vue-ray');
window.$ = window.jQuery = require("jquery");

const appName = window.document.getElementsByTagName('title')[0]?.innerText || 'Laravel';

createInertiaApp({
    title: (title) => `${title} - ${appName}`,
    resolve: (name) => require(`./Pages/${name}.vue`),
    setup({ el, app, props, plugin }) {
        return createApp({ render: () => h(app, props) })
            .use(plugin)
            .use(store)
            .use(RayPlugin, { interceptErrors: true, host: '127.0.0.1', port: 23517 })
            .mixin({ methods: { route } })
            .mount(el);
    },
});

InertiaProgress.init({ color: '#4B5563' });

And following the documentation, on my component I did the following:
import { useStore } from 'vuex'
import {onMounted, reactive, ref} from "vue";

export default {

 props: {
        patient: {
            type: Object,
            required: true
        }
    },

 setup(props) {

   const store = useStore();

   onMounted(() => {
     store.commit('setPatient', props.patient);
   })

 }

}

So far I've done this before, but using the composition api is new for me, so I couldn't find where the error is

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Proposed: Bridge to the Muslim world
"I thought it was very important to come to the place where Islam began and to seek His Majesty's counsel and to discuss with him many of the issues that we confront here in the Middle East," President Barack Obama said shortly after arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shortly before heading into a meeting with King Abdullah, the Saudi monarch who could play a role in resolution of the eternal Gordian knot of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"I am confident that working together that the United States and Saudi Arabia can make progress on a whole host of issues of mutual interest," Obama said.
The 44th U.S. president arrived in Saudi Arabia — first stop on a tour of the Middle East and Europe — and huddled with the King briefly but with purpose. The Wall Street Journal reported that White House aides said Obama and King Abdullah "focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Afghanistan and its implications for Pakistan, and the threat posed by Iran and energy issues."
But as important, as symbolically resonant as that meeting may prove to be in the Arab world, it's just a runup to the big event during this trip. Hours from now, President Obama will make what's already being described as a "major speech" at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the heart of the Muslim world.
The stakes couldn't get any higher. With restive bad actors like Iran testing their throw weight in the region; a hawkish new-old prime minister in Israel looking to reassert his nation's military bona fides in the same region; and oil and energy prices possibly hanging in the balance, it's possible that President Obama goes to Cairo freighted with the need to make perhaps the most momentous speech in his young presidency — a speech that may bid to reset nothing less than the dynamic of the relationship between Muslims and the West in a post-9/11 world.
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Or not. For all the potential moment of the Cairo speech, it's hardly a one-off effort. Some of the pressure is off Obama to dazzle with this speech, partly because he's already made overtures to Arabs and the Muslim world since Jan. 20, one of them specifically tailored to consumption within the Iranian Republic.
Now, though, the overture will be wider; with a possible audience of 1.5 billion of the world's Muslims, from the archipelago of Indonesia to the Muslim enclaves of Brooklyn, Obama's speech can be expected to have a global resonance, one with possibly huge ramifications.
The White House gets the gravity of the situation. From the WH Web site:
"The history of the relationship between America and the Muslim World is deeper and more complex than the common perception might suggest. With his speech in Cairo, the President will lay another marker, addressing America's relationship with the Muslim World in the heart of the Middle East."
Both before and after that was posted, the White House sought to play down the potential impact of one speech, and the media's sermon-on-the-mount anticipation.
"There has been a breach, an undeniable breach between America and the Islamic world, and that breach has been years in the making," said David Axelrod, senior White House adviser. "It is not going to be reversed with one speech. It is not going to be reversed perhaps in one administration, but the president is a strong believer in open, honest dialogue," he told WSJ.
Axelrod's boss, the president, said as much yesterday in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams. "One speech is not going to transform very real policy differences and some very difficult issues surrounding the Middle East and the relationship between Islam and the West," the president said.
But looking at it through another lens, it's clear that an impact has already been made. Throughout the day, NBC has reported on the sense among White House officials that recent efforts by the al-Qaida terrorist network to downplay and discredit the Obama outreach reflect a certain desperation.
A new audiotape from Osama bin Laden (al-Qaida #1) surfaced today, a recording of the usual anti-American invective no doubt timed to coincide with Obama's arrival. The fact of that bin Laden tape coming the day after an audiotape from Ayman al-Zawhiri (al-Qaida #2) suggests to some in the White House that Obama's repeated and personalized entreaties to the Muslim world are paying dividends where they count: on the same disaffected streets at-Qaida and other terrorists are recruiting from.
For Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress, Obama's personal appeal is its own dividend. With it, Korb told MSNBC today, "he can demonstrate to them that America is not their enemy, that we're not at war with the Muslim world, and that we share a lot of the same values."
That's the challenge for Obama: to reflect the ways in which cultural and religious differences may be better characterized, not as differences but as distinctions; to show the commonalities between adherents of multiple faiths; and to send a message that reflexive anti-Americanism is not a workable option for anyone.
Hours from now, President Obama takes a necessary action against terrorism, an action that ironically enough doesn't involve military might or global summitry, or even diplomacy (in the formal sense of the word).
With the power of personality and a direct appeal not just to leaders but also to the people the leaders lead, Obama will send a message of at least a new style of American foreign policy, if not yet substance; one whose accessibility and humanizing aspect go a long way to cutting off the oxygen of rhetoric and emotionalism that terrorism needs to survive.
Image credits: Obama: Still from NBC video. Bin Laden: NBC News via Al-Jazeera.
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The Trend Micro team first tested out the vulnerabilities in their lab with a miniaturized crane, and later on a live construction site in Europe, where, with permission, two members of the team hacked the crane's controller and were able to move the massive arm from side to side. Two other members of the team, who shared details of their RF hack at last week's S4x19 conference in Miami, said the two-year-long research project included reverse engineering some remote-controller devices' proprietary RF protocols, and using a software-defined radio (SDR) as well as a homegrown RF analyzing tool, to gain control of the RF devices.
In another twist to the hack, Trend Micro researcher Stephen Hilt built a digital watch to control the crane operation communications. The watch, based on the so-called GoodWatch created by renowned hardware hacker Travis Goodspeed, provided a stealthier method of the attack on the controllers. "I was thinking to myself, I wonder if I could control a crane with this watch? So I actually built a watch to control the crane."
The Trend Micro research team overall discovered and reported some 17 vulnerabilities across seven popular controller products from Saga, Circuit Design, Juuko, Autec, Hetronic, Elca, and Telecrane, most of which have since issued patches. But as with any industrial system, there's no guarantee users will apply the security updates due to the age of their products as well as concerns over disrupting their industrial operations.
This isn't the first time RF technology's security weaknesses have been exposed, but the Trend Micro work focused on cranes, which haven't been closely studied previously, the researchers said. "There's been a lot of research in the RF space, but none has actually applied to this type of industrial controllers," Hilt said.
The Trend Micro team found that the products lack so-called "rolling" or "hopping" code that prevents attackers from recording and replaying their RF communications to control the equipment. Nor do the controllers include encryption: The data sent between the transmitter and receiver is obfuscated, so it can be intercepted. And the software for uploading firmware to the transmitter isn't secured, leaving it open for an attacker to tamper with it.
Using an SDR, the researchers were able to record and then replay the RF signals used by each controller. This replay attack could allow an intruder to gain access to the controller, by replaying the recorded RF transmission communication. The devices basically accepted the commands from the researchers. "There's absolutely no security on these protocols," Hilt said.
"They don't have the security eyes that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi have," said Trend Micro's Jonathan Andersson, who reverse-engineered the RF protocols. Many of the vendors have been using the same radio protocol for a decade or longer, he noted.
The RF protocol flaws allowed them to override the emergency stop (e-stop) mode of their model crane. E-stop is a built-in physical safety feature that stops a crane from moving when RF communications fails or drops between the device and the crane, for example.
Dale Peterson, CEO of Digital Bond and the head of the S4 ICS SCADA conference, said Trend Micro's RF research demonstrated just how pervasive this vulnerable RF communications technology is: "Very little attention has been paid" to these types of industrial operations, he said.
"Clients with these mobile fleets, the people responsible for them are different from those [who are for] ICS. They are in their own zones and not protected in the same way," Peterson said.
While most have humans on-site handling the remote control operations, such as moving a crane in case of an emergency, the risk of an attack via RF is even more ominous as these operations become more automated, according to Peterson. "In the next [few] years when the human goes away, it will be an even bigger deal" for risk, he said.
Trend Micro's Hilt said automation indeed could be the catalyst for better security of these RF-based industrial control devices. "If [vendors] want to be on the forefront of their automation push, they need to be secure," he said.
The researchers also published a detailed technical report on their research.


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Master Wang is from a martial arts family of Shaolin Quan in Mengyin, Shandong province and started to practice Shaolin Kung Fu with his father when he was eight. At the age of 14, he went to Shaolin Temple for further training. When 18 years old, he went to Wudang to learn Wudang Tai Chi. He started to learn Healing Chi Gong (Qi Gong) at the age of 24. In 2015, he followed the great Meihua Quan master Hanbai Guang to learn Meihua Quan Kung Fu and Meihua Poles training. He has got a very deep understanding of traditional Kung Fu theories and Meihua Poles training.
2006 –First place of both double whips and spear in the teen-age martial arts competition in Hui county, Henan province.
2007 – First place of Chen Tai Chi and Yang Tai Chi at the traditional Kung Fu Festival in Linyi, Shandong Province.
2008 – First place in Wudang Tai Chi at the International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
2011 – First place in Healing Chi Gong (Qi Gong) at the International Wushu Festival in Changsha, Hunan province.
2012 – First place in 9-section whip and rope-dart at the National Wushu Festival held in Foshan, Guangdong Province.
2013 – First place in double hooks at the International traditional Shaolin Martial Arts Competition held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
2014 – First place in Shaolin Staff and Shaolin Fist at the International Traditional Martial Arts Competition held in Wuhan, Hubei Provence.


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an October 7, 2009 News Release that shook the world of arts and entertainment, restricting the rules for performing artists seeking O or P visas, and severely curtailing the use of agents as petitioners.
Get more details and read the full article about performing artist O & P visas.


I've decided to leavd team MgT, I've had a great time here with u guy's, but now it's time for me to move on back north.
I'm gonna join the Swedish Hot Team now (nordic dirt team), and i think i will feel more as a part of the team there, as the language is very similar to the norwegian language, and there will be no problem's to understand each other.
I will still be driving at xeres server, as i usually do, so i will still see u guy's there, and thanx for having me in the team!!!
It has been great fun driving with u guys, and i hope Mgt still will rule tm world for many years to come!!
Have a great level and stay the old man who drive faster than oure old driver Futé!
Good luck and see you soon on xeres paradise!
See you soon Lydia..... Mgt or not , it's a real pleasure to ride with you ..


Childish Gambino's "This Is America" continues to reverberate around the internet with its startling video that highlights the country's problems with gun violence and police brutality. Now, it's been combined with another enormously popular online trend to create a parody that, although it isn't adding to the important discussion Childish Gambino wants to have, people are still loving.
The WiziBlimp YouTube channel reimagined Childish Gambino's video if it was set in the world of Fortnite, the battle royale game that's been exploding across the internet for the past several months.
The result is a video called "This Is Fortnite," and no matter what you think about parodies of Childish Gambino's original piece, the Fortnite video's accuracy is impressive (especially when it comes to Donald Glover's dancing and how the camera pans from scene to scene).
The video has clearly resonated with fans of Childish Gambino and Fortnite (or both). WiziBlimp has slightly more than 1,000 YouTube subscribers, and as of this writing, the video had more than 135,000 views.


Salmon have captivated our collective imaginations for generations and earned the reverence of many as they travel thousands of miles to the ocean and return to spawn. They nourish humans, creatures, birds and ecosystems. They are central to the culture of many Native American Tribes. They are a natural barometer for the health of our rivers and streams. And they are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
More than 130 different types of species depend on salmon as a food source, including orca whales, bears and eagles. In the Northwest, traditional life revolves around the salmon migration cycle. The multi-billion-dollar salmon industry supports thousands of jobs and strengthens local communities. These fish also support stronger forests and streambeds as they release marine-rich nutrients as they determinedly reproduce and then die.
Simply put, protecting salmon is critical to protecting our land, wildlife, watersheds and economies. Salmon must be saved, but it will take everyone working together – even mining companies – to succeed.
Midas Gold is proud to stand with generations of hardworking men and women who have produced the minerals we needed to move our country forward. However, while their efforts protected our nation and helped us grow, our industry has evolved and understands the important role we must play in environmental stewardship and Midas Gold is at the leading edge of that effort. Right now, through the redevelopment of the Stibnite Gold Project, we will address a problem that has affected water quality and prevented fish from returning to their native spawning grounds for more than 80 years.
During the 1930s, miners working in the historic Stibnite Mining District cut off access to pristine fish habitat in the upper stretches of the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River by digging a tunnel around, and opening up, the Yellow Pine Pit. Today, the river flows into this abandoned mine pit and salmon cannot swim past it. This isn't the only problem fish must overcome. Hundreds of tons of sediment are entering the river each year at the site of a failed power dam, choking fish habitat. Water quality is threatened by metals from historic mine tailings that were never properly stored.
Many conservation groups, Tribes, utility companies and government agencies are working to find solutions for salmon restoration along the lower reaches of the river, but we can't lose sight of the headwaters. We need to make sure salmon have healthy, thriving, accessible spawning grounds to return to each year. We also can't lose sight of the tremendous value corporations bring to the table. Business generates the money we all need for pay for restoration work. We also need companies, like Midas Gold, that integrate sustainable thinking into their operations, so we can not only protect what is there now but deal with the legacies of the past.
To be clear, mining created the problems facing salmon in the headwaters at our site. Now, it is time for mining to be part of the solution. The issues in the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River will not go away by themselves and require large scale solutions. Our plan to clean up the headwaters goes well beyond what is required by current regulations. We believe the extra work is worth it to protect salmon and redevelopment of the site through responsible mining will provide us with the financial resources to make it possible to tackle these larger problems.
We will reconnect native salmon to their spawning grounds before operations even begin by creating a temporary passage around the existing pit and then rebuild the natural channel of the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River starting during year seven of operations. Fish will once again be able to swim upstream and have access to at least 3.4 miles of newly restored habitat and potentially many more miles of currently inaccessible streams. We will repair the damage from a failed dam to permanently keep sediment out of the river. And we will remove, reprocess and properly store the tailings that currently threaten the river and groundwater in order to improve water quality and fish habitat.
Salmon are vitally important to Idahoans' way of life. There are so many issues threatening their existence, but I am encouraged by the efforts I see of many groups coming together to try to find answers to protect and enhance salmon populations. As we continue to work on the Stibnite Gold Project, you have our commitment to be part of the solution and do all we can to provide a healthy sustainable habitat for salmon to return after their long and heroic journeys.


While Trump's use of the secret messaging service Confide may breach federal record-keeping laws, there are also concerns about security breaches. Chief of Staff John Kelly may have used a compromised phone for months when he was Secretary of Homeland Security, while several inner circle advisors relied on private devices to conduct government business. Moreover, a US Judge says that as President, Trump doesn't have the right to block followers on Twitter.


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Looking for Pettitte's replacement
Posted by: Pinstriped Bible on May 6, 2010 at 06:19:34 PM
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
I've always been a big supporter of David Robertson's. His Minor League track record was exemplary, featuring the killer strikeout rates he carried over to the majors. Last year, I felt the Yankees were too slow to embrace him and too conservative when it came to challenging him with appearances in critical situations. I remain enthusiastic about his Major League future. However, it seems like that future is not now.
In nine games this season, Robertston has yet to have one perfect appearance. His walks have been acceptable, his strikeout rate still good, but his mechanics and command seem to have gotten completely out of hand. His last three appearances, each spaced four days apart from its predecessor, have been disastrous. He's allowed
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Joe Girardi's new-old bullpen philosophy
Posted by: Pinstriped Bible on Apr 8, 2010 at 06:23:27 PM
The Yankees have an unusual bullpen. Due to their collection of pitchers like Chan Ho Park, Joba Chamberlain, Alfredo Aceves, and Sergio Mitre, who are not only viable starters but conditioned to be starters, Joe Girardi can, if he so chooses, dispense with the match-up-based relief tactics that have come to dominate bullpen strategy in the age of Tony LaRussa and reinvent the long-man -- a pitcher who simply throws a few relief innings instead of jogging in and out to face one or two batters. These pitchers had seemed to be ticketed for extinction, having been outcompeted by specialists, but whether by plan or by accident, the Yankees are well-positioned to ignore this frequently counterproductive strategy and just let their best relievers pitch for as long as they can.
Rather than rush
Start the season already!
Posted by: Pinstriped Bible on Mar 29, 2010 at 06:22:57 PM
MAY JOBA WAVE FOREVER AS LONG AS WE STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM
It has been fascinating watching the different opinions on Joba Chamberlain's future come out of Fortress Yankee. As The New York Times correctly observed this morning, this never would have happened in George's day. Dave Eiland has an opinion. Pro scouting director Billy Eppler has an opinion. Brian Cashman has an open mind on Joba, but is of the opinion that his subordinates don't have to hew to the company line. It's a bright new day in Yankeeland. What it all accomplishes, beyond shifting the air around, is a different matter. The fact is, until Chamberlain shows consistent stuff and results, you can project any future for him, and by "you" I mean Cashman, Eiland, the sanctified ghost of Joe
Chad Gaudin on waivers
I still believe he has more long-term value than Sergio Mitre, but you can't argue with the way the latter has pitched this spring, or just how bad Gaudin has been. The issue with Gaudin has always been control, whereas with Mitre it has been staying healthy and not getting his head handed to him. Two years younger and with a better track record of health and effectiveness, I'd rather bet on Gaudin's strikeout rate and the possibility of finding a way to shave half a walk per nine innings than on Tommy John surgery having suddenly turned Mitre into an effective pitcher.
The team that acquires Gaudin is going to get a serviceable fifth starter/long man, while it's not quite clear what application Mitre will have for the Yankees. Long relief? That's Alfredo Aceves'
Chan Ho "Monument" Park
Posted by: Pinstriped Bible on Feb 22, 2010 at 08:05:36 PM
The Yankees added a veteran right-hander to their bullpen today when they signed the soon-to-be 37-year-old Chan Ho Park to a one-year deal. Park comes to the Yankees hot off of 3.1 scoreless innings against them in four appearances in the World Series.
Park's career has been defined by the nine seasons he spent as a starter with the Dodgers, particularly at Dodger Stadium. In his career, Park has a 2.95 ERA at Chavez Ravine, 5.12 everywhere else. Foolishly disregarding his own dependence on the ballpark, in 2002 Park joined the Texas Rangers as a free agent, going from the DH-free league to the AL and from a pitcher's park to a hitter's paradise. He was predictably shellacked. His career ERA at the Ballpark in Arlington was 5.74, as Park's tendency towards wildness


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Q: Как правильно сделать sql запрос? Нужно что бы к каждой записи в блоге, отображались комментарии, оставленные непосредственно для записи.
Есть две таблицы, одна с постами,другая с комментариями. Я пытаюсь выполнить следующий запрос, где :id это $_GET[id]
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM comments WHERE id=:id';

В принципе запрос работает, но проблема в том, что у меня записи в таблице постов начинаются с id 500, а комменты с id 17) Мой запрос выполняется только в том случае, если я сам руками поменяю id 17 на 500.
Возможно стоит воспользоваться джоинами? Хотя я тоже не понимаю, по каким столбцам объединять нужно.

A: В таблице с комментариями должен быть столбец, содержащий id поста, к которому относится комментарий. Назовём его к примеру pID, тогда запрос будет следующий:
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM comments WHERE pID=:id';

Результат - все комментарии, которые относятся к этому посту.
Соответственно при добавлении комментария к посту, не забываем добавить ID именно этого поста в столбец pID


Pad Thai Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) – is the perfect healthy and tasty stir-fry dish to use up that garden zucchini! Low carb, keto-friendly and loaded with vegetables, chicken, shrimp and a flavor-packed homemade Pad Thai Sauce that's the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, and tangy!
Pad Thai is hands down my favorite Thai restaurant takeout dish I make most often. I love the signature sweet, spicy and salty flavors. It's actually really easy to make at home and I love that you can customize this amazing dish with ingredients we have on hand.
Sometimes I'll make a healthier grain-free version by swapping out the rice noodles with spiralized vegetables like I did with this Sweet Potato Noodle version. They have been a reader favorite and with all the garden zucchini we have, I wanted to share another grain-free version using zucchini noodles instead.
These Keto Pad Thai Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) have all the flavors of our favorite Pad Thai dish and come together easily in just one pan. Plus, this low carb dish includes options to make this paleo-friendly.
How do you make the Pad Thai sauce?
This homemade Pad Thai sauce is full of my favorite signature sweet, spicy, tangy and savory combo. There's fish sauce, coconut aminos, lime juice, chili garlic sauce (sambal oelek) and your favorite low carb (or paleo friendly) sweetener (we usually use erthyritol or monk fruit sweetener).
CAN I SWAP OUT THE PROTEIN IN PAD THAI ZOODLES?
For this recipe, we added chicken and shrimp. For a vegetarian version, leave them out and add mushrooms and/or cauliflower.
These Pad Thai Zoodles are a summertime favorite and a delicious grain free and lower in carbs than the typical restaurant favorite.
Plus, if you have a ton of garden zucchini in the summer, this one pan 30 minute meal is a great way to use some up.
Pad Thai Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) - is the perfect healthy and low carb stir fry. Loaded with vegetables, chicken, shrimp and a flavor-packed homemade Pad Thai Sauce that's the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, and tangy!
Add remaining oil to the same pan and add the garlic, ginger, and shallots and cook for about 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add the carrots and bell pepper and cook for 1-2 minutes, until tender crisp. Push all the ingredients over to one side of the pan. Pour the beaten egg and scramble directly in the pan.
Squeeze in juice from lime wedge and adjust seasoning by adding some salt, black pepper, fish sauce, and chili paste.


they close at 4 pm..very inconvenient! next!
Excellent service. The person who helped me only had to look at the key to quickly find the right blank. The key worked with no problems. On my return visit I had 12 keys made and all worked. I think they could use a simple one page web site because they now rely on third parties for their web presence like yp.
The staff in the front office was very helpful and always nice to me during my stay there but there are many underlying issues throughout the whole complex. When I moved in there was a lid missing from one of the toilets, a few pieces of blinds missing and small stains through the carpets along each room, these apartments are definitely heavily used and not taken care of very well. Upon living there for a few weeks one of my cars was vandalized as someone attempted to break into it, all I received was an apology (although cameras were installed a few months later) and no follow-up. As I lived there I would hear comments through various maintenance workers about the poor condition of the complex and their neglect at fixing problems properly, this complex didn't seem to be able to put the necessary funds back into the property. Upon my leave I was given a cleaning list to abide by when moving out of the apartment, and prior to moving out my AC unit went out and was never fixed after multiple communications with the staff. I did my best in cleaning the place ( I have lived in 7 prior apartments and have always received most of my deposit back from each place) and received absolutely NOTHING back from my deposit despite my efforts to clean as was instructed. I was deeply concerned and hurt that the 'charges' that was placed onto me for their cleaning of the apartment happened to exactly match what I had to put down for the deposit. All I received after asking the company about why this was was a load of excuses (unfortunately I did not take any pictures of the place as I left, which I'm sure was a big mistake on my part). While I would say my entire experience at this residence wasn't horrible, I would steer away from this place if you had any other choices. If you stay here, keep documentation of every interaction you have with any problems concerning your stay there.
Excellent work. Great prices. The technician had my house locks changed in no time and was very polite and professional. And on a Saturday night!
Blackwell's is the BEST -- every time I have used them (for keyless entries, rekeying the house and general lock outs) they have been FANTASTIC. And they don't over charge. Would recommend them to everyone.


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Honour and Ecology
On the Ecology of Wisdom and Warriors
Tag: mythology
The Fate of Faërie
Jan 10, 2021 Jan 10, 2021 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
Few would argue against the formative role played by the fictional writings of J.R.R. Tolkien in the genre of contemporary fantasy. The success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy among Western audiences sparked a conflagration of inspired fantasy authors ever after, writing their own modest tales for decades thence, spun around seemingly-alien or once-upon-a-time worlds peopled with elves, dwarves, dark lords, wraiths, goblins, trolls, wizards, on and on, the likes of which had little part in modern literature up until Tolkien's intervention. A few such common staples to the genre today — orcs and hobbits/halflings, for instance — were entirely the original creation of Tolkien, whereas many other tropes, while not originating in his work, often resemble his iteration more than they do anything described in their source material of folk legend (elves as wise and immortal/long-lived humanoids, or dwarves as a similar racial — rather than spiritual — species of clever, diminutive, subterranean artificers).
Till Death Do Us Part
Aug 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
Life and death are inescapably intertwined. Life feeds and flourishes upon death, whether directly, as with the cunning predator who feasts upon its slain quarry, or indirectly, as the docile frugivore who consumes the fruits brought forth by the decay of the countless lifeforms that create the loam. Life in turn must eventually surrender itself to its dissolution in death, struck down by the predation of beast, disease, or time's entropy — the vital substance is transmuted into the sustenance that nourishes new life, and so the cycle continues in perpetuity, so long as life persists in the universal schema.
Mar 28, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
One of the most interesting perspectives I garnered from an academic tome called Evil Incarnate by Dr. David Frankfurter was how one of the universal characteristics of state/civil societies is to redact and rigidly codify the "supernatural" or "magical" beliefs of its subjects. That in and of itself was an obvious phenomena to me long before I read said book — the interpretatio romana, for instance, is one of the most salient examples of such a practice, of the authorities of a conquering state appropriating the local gods of conquered/subjugated peoples and equating them to a Roman god that generally, at best, was a poor approximation, and at worst was complete error and obfuscation of the deity's original functions. The purpose behind said-practice is primarily propaganderial, a power ploy — the gods of a particular, autonomous tribal people, and the sociopsychological and political identity and freedom of said distinct group that such gods guarantee or embody, are absorbed into or subsumed by the idols of another state. All the juicy bureaucracy built upon tithes and the shows of grovelling/worship that said idols demand in proving your submission which were formerly directed to the people's own ruler/chieftain/holy men, if not being entirely absent (as in the case of more-egalitarian tribes or bands), are appended onto the cult and treasury of the imperial state, marking the end of a conquered people's own independence of culture and destiny.Read More »
How Awful Goodness Is
Oct 22, 2019 Oct 22, 2019 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is…" — Paradise Lost, Milton
One of the questions that unfailingly captivate the philosophical mind is that of the nature of right and wrong — good and evil. This fascination is arguably universal — that is, irrespective of culture, and irrespective of social class, this question of morality inevitably becomes a subject of intense scrutiny to the individual who regularly partakes in deep ruminations of thought. It could be argued as an emergent property of human psychology, this ageless fixation — and its ruptures increase in tandem to the increasing number of people within a society who no longer remember how to "live well."Read More »
A Dancing God
May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
"I would only believe in a god who knew how to dance. And when I saw my devil, there I found him earnest, thorough, deep, and somber: it was the spirit of gravity — through him, all things fall…" —Thus Spake Zarathustra
One should not give much consideration to a "mythology" that does not provoke laughter with some regularity. Myth is — or originally, it was — the story of your blood, the blood of your people, and how it, via its most prominent avatars or champions, has made its way through the world and throughout time. So does the hero, an eponymous ancestor, struggle against and match wits with the best of the non-human powers, be they spirits or flesh-and-blood beasts, forging or negotiating a path forth for his descendants or those of his kin. So does the ancient Trickster, whether as a partly-human ancestor or a totemic creature or power closely aligned with the tribe's genesis, go about his deeds of fooling the non-human powers in order to (or, at least incidentally) help or uplift the people who cherish his name. And thus the affectionate and filial titles some of these figures will be invoked with — "Father," "Mother," "Grandfather," "Uncle," "Old Man," "Elder," "Auntie," and so on.
An Image of Man
Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
It is not unfair to assert almost everything good in Christianity and its reign came from paganism. The pageantry picked up by the Church in the Middle Ages and which served as the cultural glue holding together most communities over its glory days were variously pagan or indigenous festivals, devices, and customs which persisted even after conversion, and, as those customs go, they were largely "practical," i.e. they made sense of, and were derived from, the relevant world that is the local environment, local circumstances, local history. Thus comes the rich tapestry of various local cultures, cults, and customs throughout the Middle Ages — remnants or the legacy of those who lived by the "heath" and, as such, its biodiversity, which demands different cultures to live amongst it and utilise it. The Church merely inserted some of its cosmopolitan detritus into it all, enough to draw authority and tribute unto itself while generally not provoking the locals too much to protest the mythical redactions and the extra or redirected tier of taxation.Read More »
Glory is Godhead
Apr 15, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 Iobhar BlackbeardLeave a comment
"Here, then, on all sides, this irreducible affinity, this tragic proximity between the warrior and death becomes clear. Victorious, he must immediately leave again for war in order to assure his glory with an even greater feat. But in ceaselessly testing the limits of the risk confronted and forging ahead for prestige he invariably meets this end: solitary death in the face of enemies. …There is no alternative for the warrior: a single outcome for him, death. His is an infinite task, as I was saying: what is proven here, in short, is that the warrior is never a warrior except at the end of his task, when, accomplishing his supreme exploit, he wins death along with absolute glory. Read More »
The Fate of Faërie Jan 10, 2021
Till Death Do Us Part Aug 11, 2020
Tomte Mar 28, 2020
How Awful Goodness Is Oct 22, 2019
The Somatic Coma Aug 11, 2019


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Mary: Memorable Characters in Middle Grade Fiction
Memorable Characters in Middle Grade Fiction:
What Makes a Character Unforgettable?
The memorable characters of middle grade fiction have their own voice, they struggle desperately to get what they want, and they are often filled with contradictions. Such characters leap off the page through their actions, dialogue, and internal emotions. How do authors create memorable characters? This essay attempts to answer that question with the assistance of four very different protagonists: Gilly Hopkins, Lonnie Collins Motion, Claudia Kincaid, and Stuart Little.
In The Great Gilly Hopkins, when the uncontrollable, stubborn, and emotionally wounded Gilly is sent to yet another foster home, she hatches a plan to make her real mother come to her rescue. Readers first meet Gilly in chapter one when she is traveling by car with her social worker, Miss Ellis, to yet another foster home. Without providing a physical description or introducing Gilly's voice in dialogue, Paterson creates a complicated main character by showing Gilly's actions and inner life. In response to Miss Ellis's pep talk encouraging good behavior at Trotter's, the latest foster home, Gilly pops her bubble gum, gets it stuck in her hair, and leaves it plastered under the car door handle for the next passenger. Notice Gilly's reaction when Miss Ellis asks her to try to get off on the right foot with Trotter:
"Gilly had a vision of herself sailing around the living room … on her right foot like an ice skater. With her uplifted left foot, she was shoving the next foster mother square in the mouth." (3)
By the end of chapter one, readers are already in the presence of an unforgettable character, the defiant and imaginative Galadrial Hopkins.
As Paterson's characterization of Gilly continues, new, contradictory characteristics emerge. Careless Gilly, who hacks off her hair with scissors to remove the gum with terrible results, is also the organized Gilly: she straightens the books on her neighbor, Mr. Randolph's shelves. And the repellant Gilly also reveals a softer side. She feels "strangely shy" about touching Mr. Randolph's books. "It was almost as if she were meddling in another person's brain." (40) And in spite of her best intentions to scare and drive away William Ernest, her little foster brother, Gilly befriends him by teaching him to read books and make paper airplanes. For a moment Gilly's soft, vulnerable side slips out when Trotter thanks her for helping with the paper airplanes: "the [proud, loving] look on Trotter's face was the one Gilly had, in some deep part of her, longed to see all her life." (62) But Gilly quickly recoils from the compliment back to her stubborn, conniving self. The push and pull of conflicting emotions adds to the complexity of Gilly's character.
Like Gilly, Lonnie, in Locomotion, is a multi-dimensional character. Lonnie has a heart-rending story. After his parents are killed in a fire, Lonnie and his sister are separated and placed in different homes. But it is not Lonnie's traumatic situation that makes him a memorable character. Woodson displays her mastery as an author by giving Lonnie a perceptive voice and unique worldview. These are what linger in the reader's mind long after Locomotion has been returned to the shelf. Lonnie would be complex even if his family was still intact and his biggest yearning in life were to write a satisfying poem.
Locomotion is a novel told in verse. Lonnie's teacher encourages him to tell his story in poetry because "poetry's short" (1) Lonnie tells us, and he can get his story down in bits before it overwhelms and silences him. Through his poems, Lonnie emerges as a sensitive, thoughtful, and observant boy. He gives us this glimpse of himself before the fire:
Mama came running out the kitchen
drying her hands on her jeans
When she saw us just sitting there, she let out a breath
Oh, my Lord, she said,
I thought you'd dropped my baby.
I asked
Was I ever your baby, Mama?
and Mama looked at me all warm and smiley.
You still are, she said.
Then she went back to the kitchen. (5–6)
Already, before the devastating fire that changes Lonnie's life but not who he is, readers sense Lonnie's gentle nature. His sensitivity is later revealed when he writes, for example, about his classmate, Eric, who is "tall and a little bit mean" (22). Lonnie witnesses Eric outside of school, singing in a church choir, and observes that "Eric's voice was like something / that didn't seem like it should belong / to Eric. / Seemed like it should be coming out of an angel." (23) If the only side of Lonnie's character were his sensitivity, readers would soon get bored. In a later scene between Lonnie and Eric,Lonnie's sensitivity is contrasted with his envy of Eric's leather jacket. Such juxtapositions of seemingly contradicting traits appear over and over again in Locomotion and serve to deepen Lonnie's character.
Lonnie's quest for understanding the world outside of school, family, and friends further adds to the complexity of his character. Lonnie lives with Miss Edna, one of whose sons is fighting in a war. Lonnie shows his understanding of the far-reaching effects of war in this stanza:
The war's on the other side of the world.
But Jenkins is fighting in it.
And Miss Edna's praying about it.
So I guess it's the same as if it was right here
in our city
in our house
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Everywhere. (39)
Throughout the book Lonnie also grapples with his beliefs about God. In church, on Easter Sunday, Lonnie asks a question about Jesus that is at once innocently childlike and worldly wise. "Was it a big sacrifice to give your life / if you knew you was gonna rise back up? / I mean, isn't that like just taking a nap?" (81) Giving hints at Lonnie's belief system is another way Woodson adds depth and interest to Lonnie.
What about a character who has suffered a trauma no bigger than the perceived injustice of being the oldest child and only girl in the family of four siblings? That character is Claudia Kincaid in From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia's motivation to run away from home "had to do with the sameness of each and every week" (6), which includes both emptying the dishwasher and setting the table while her brothers do nothing. With Konigsburg's page-turning plot and clever setting, this novel could easily have been an entertaining and satisfying read. What makes Mixed-up Files a Newbery Award winner, however, is plot and setting plus memorable characters (among other components not subjects of this essay such as tone and changing points of view).
While other children may scheme to run away, Claudia takes it one step further: she escapes her monotonous and unjust home life by running away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Claudia is determined and competent, but she's not so self-sufficient that she doesn't invite along a companion, her younger brother, Jamie. Once in the museum, Claudia's particular actions reflect her meticulous character.
From the beginning readers know that Claudia "didn't like discomfort." (5) At the museum she chooses a bed with a "tall canopy, supported by an ornately carved headboard … and two gigantic posts" (37–38) because "she had always known she was meant for fine things." (3) Later, Claudia takes powdered soap from the restroom, grinds it into a paper towel, and uses it to take a bath in the museum restaurant's fountain because she "can't stand one night more without a bath." (80) She insists that Jamie and she have clean underwear every day. Rather than introducing traits to conflict with Claudia's fastidiousness, Konigsburg keeps providing more examples, building on this behavior to develop the Claudia as a memorable character.
Claudia's dialogue gives readers a clear sense of who she is. When Claudia explains to Jamie why she chose him as her companion, she says, "I've picked you to accompany me on the greatest adventure of our mutual lives." (13) She refers to hiding in the museum's bathroom stalls as "manning their stations." (45) After a satisfying discussion with Jamie about homesickness, Claudia feels older. She tells her brother, "But, of course, that's mostly because I've been the older child forever. And I'm extremely well adjusted." (87) "Never call people dead; it makes others feel bad. Say 'deceased' or 'passed away,'" (154) Claudia instructs Jamie when he refers to Mrs. Frankweiler's husband as 'dead.' These, and many other instances of Claudia's dialogue convey Claudia as the formal, righteous, and inimitable character she is.
A discussion of memorable characters in middle grade fiction wouldn't be complete without representation from the animal kingdom. Stuart Little is one of the most memorable characters in the history of children's literature. Undoubtedly, Stuart's physical attributes have something to do with this. Although born to a human couple, Stuart "was only about two inches high; and he had a mouse's sharp nose, a mouse's tail, and a mouse's whiskers". (1–2) In short, Stuart Little is a mouse. The premise of anarticulate mouse interacting in a human world makes for a memorable story; but Stuart is also a memorable mouse.
Though Stuart takes great care with his morning toilet including touching "his toes ten times every morning to keep himself in good condition" (13), he doesn't hesitate to go down the slimy bathtub drain in search of his mother's lost ring. Stuart puts loyalty to family above pride in appearance. One would think that such a well-mannered and well-turned out mouse would be modest or humble. Not so! Note how Stuart taunts his nemesis, the cat Snowbell:
"As for exercise, I take all I can get. I bet my stomach muscles are firmer than yours."
"I bet they're not," said the cat.
"I bet they are," said Stuart. "They're like iron bands." (18)
Later, Stuart becomes indignant when a bus driver makes disparaging comments about his size. Stuart has no trouble sticking up for himself: "I didn't come on this bus to be insulted," he tells the conductor. Stuart takes his job as captain of the schooner Wasp seriously, but no so seriously as to let go of the ship's wheel for a second and to do a little dance. Stuart is a self-respecting, responsible mouse who takes time to enjoy life.
Readers find it easy to admire and root for this diminutive hero. On another level we are deeply moved by Stuart's emotional yearnings. His sorrow when his beloved bird friend, Margalo, leaves Stuart's home is palpable. "Stuart was heartbroken. He had no appetite, refused food, and lost weight."(72–73) He decides to run away in pursuit of Margalo without saying good-bye to his family. Pulling a strand of his mother's hair from her comb as a souvenir, Stuart goes in search of Margalo and to seek his fortune.
Underlying all the entertaining adventures on his trip (of which there are many) is a deep sense of loss and longing. After a disastrous date with Harriet Ames when his canoe is destroyed and all goes awry, readers understand Stuart's tantrum at Harriet's suggestion that they pretend they are fishing: "I don't want to pretend I'm fishing," cried Stuart, desperately. "Besides, look at that mud! Look at it!" He was screaming now. (122)
Stuart continues his journey. At book's end "…the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction." (131) With Stuart, readers will hang onto that hope, but not without a deep sense of melancholy that will haunt readers' hearts forever.
Prolific children's author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor says, "the physical description of the character alone will not bring him to life. … Readers need to hear how he sounds when he talks, to see how his body moves when he walks, how he relates to the members of his family." (49) She encourages writers to choose the right details about their characters, ones that give hints to his to personality and the life he has lived. Establishing a "few specifics about his looks and a habit or two may be all readers need to form a mental picture." (49) Moving a character in and out of scenes, concentrating on the feelings, actions, and dialogue particular to that character is essential to creating a memorable character.
Paterson, Woodson, Konigsburg, and White all show that this to be true. Gilly's actions and inner life are particular to Gilly. Her character displays many contradictory emotions. Lonnie's voice and his way of looking at the world could only belong to Lonnie. Claudia moves in and out of scenes, always the determined, organized, and careful girl that only Claudia can be. But it is Stuart the eloquent mouse who illuminates most clearly what is central to creating a memorable character and what all these characters have in common: intense yearning. Yearning for family, yearning to be safe, yearning to love and be loved. Each character in his or her own particular way longs for these basic human needs. When authors succeed in bringing an individual character's longing to the page, that longing goes straight to a reader's heart, and that character will never be forgotten.
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Simon and
Schuster, 1972
Naylor, Phyllis Reynold. The Craft of Writing the Novel. Originally published by The Writer, Inc. of Boston, 1989
Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins. HarperCollins, 1978
White, E.B. Stuart Little. Harper & Row, 1945
Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. G. P. Putnam's, 2003
Posted by Mary Atkinson at 5:03 PM
Labels: character, craft, Mary Atkinson, middle grade
Wow, this is ridiculously awesome. Thanks!
Mary Atkinson June 15, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Thanks, Tracy! You never know when you put something out in the blogosphere. I'm glad you liked it.
Brilliant!! Sarah Lamstein
Lisa Schroeder June 15, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Intense yearning - for family, to be safe, and to be loved. So well said. Thanks for this!
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Lovely, moving and true!
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You've shown a variety of characters, from different backgrounds and situations, from human to mouse, all made memorable because of intense yearning. We can relate to their needs. Well done, Mary!
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Op-Ed: Why Do So Many Jews Support the Democratic Party? The Reality Might Surprise You
by Ben Kerido
"Why do so many Jews support the Democratic Party?"
As an American-Israeli, a religious and traditional Jew, and an outspoken supporter of Donald J. Trump, this is a question that is frequently posed to me by my conservative friends who are not of the Jewish persuasion. As can be expected, the answer is complex and multi-faceted.
There is a trend in American politics that is not exclusive to American Jews. Many people who are more centrist in their politics are finding it increasingly difficult to align themselves with Democratic politicians who are becoming ever more radical in their leftist agenda.
Similarly, many ethnic minorities previously joined liberal movements amidst a flurry of insincere political marketing portraying the Democratic Party as a bastion of tolerance and a refuge against racism. But talk is cheap. Eventually, empty promises and condescending pandering began to push American minorities toward the unmistakable message of former President Donald J. Trump: Let's all come together as Americans, work hard and make America great again.
Accordingly, despite a vicious onslaught by the legacy media to slanderously portray the 45th president as an Islamophobic racist, the 2020 exit polls indicated that every major ethnic minority made a significant shift away from the Democratic Party and toward Trump and conservatism.
With such off-the-cuff comments as Joe Biden declaring, "If you don't vote for me, then you ain't black," it became clear to many that modern Democrats care about little more than retaining the votes of ethnic minorities with one empty promise after another. Portions of the American Jewish community followed a similar trend of dissatisfaction.
The modern American Jewish community is in a state of division, disarray and even crisis — and the core of the matter is spiritual rather than political. As Rush Limbaugh astutely pointed out, liberalism is not a political movement anymore — it has become a religion of intensely irrational neo-secular humanism.
In decades past, much of the American Jewish community felt that liberalism aligned with — or at least could be reconciled with — the Jewish identity. But as modern liberalism becomes increasingly radical and totalitarian, the Jews of America are faced with a dilemma.
Do we choose to be loyal to the Almighty Creator and his commandments recorded in the Torah? Do we maintain our religion, our heritage and our community, being quality, patriotic citizens of the nation in which we reside while having a strong connection to the land of Israel? Or do we bow down and serve the leftist political machine, which greedily fuels itself with the human sacrifices of the unborn and gleefully ordains drag queens as its high priestesses?
What do we as American Jews do when the liberal system promotes actions, policies, ideologies and lifestyles that are wholly incompatible with the precepts of the Torah and Jewish religious guidelines called halacha?
While unfortunately it seems that much of the American Jewish community is staunchly adhering to liberalism despite its radicalization, many American Jews are making the right choice — significantly more than the legacy media would have you believe.
Don't be misled; the polls on Jewish political support are often conducted by liberal Jewish organizations like JStreet, a radical left-wing Jewish PAC that has supported candidates like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and even Rashida Tlaib. Thus, these polls analyzing Jewish political views are often considered wholly unreliable and even laughable propaganda amongst American Jews.
While JStreet wants to assure us that American Jewish support for Democratic candidates and especially Biden is hovering comfortably at 70 percent or much higher, many Jews are highly dubious of these claims and suspect that the real numbers are dramatically lower than that.
Indeed, the exodus of American Jews from the Democratic Party is now defined by the hashtag #JEXIT and encouraged by Jexit USA, an organization supported by Israeli-American reality television star Siggy Flicker.
For many American Jews, the break with the Democratic Party began in 2009. It turned out that Barack Hussein Obama as president was not particularly benevolent to the state of Israel. (Big shocker there…) The malice towards the Jewish state shown by Obama and many of his Democratic allies struck at one of the core elements of the Jewish identity — support for Israel.
As Obama delayed weapons shipments to Israel at crucial times and sparred with then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the looming existential threat of Iran, many Jewish Americans drifted away from the Democratic Party. And as liberalism became outspokenly hostile to biblical teachings and even to the Almighty Creator himself, religious and traditional Jews were increasingly appalled.
With that context in mind, we can understand where Jewish political loyalties in America lie.
In short, the clear majority of American Jews who seek to have a connection with the Most High and who hold the Torah as an authoritative guide for living, commonly called Orthodox or "Torah-observant" Jews, are strong supporters of Trump and usually vote along conservative to centrist lines. Similarly, American Jews who are truly concerned about the welfare of Israel — both religious and otherwise — are generally pro-Trump as well.
In contrast, the American Jews who are stubbornly clinging to the sinking ship of the Democratic Party have tragically abandoned their traditional Jewish identity in exchange for the fanatical religion of liberalism.
The canonical teachings of liberalism now demand without exception that its Jewish members ignore biblical commandments and decry their brothers and sisters living in our ancient homeland of Israel as colonizing villains and war criminals. And for most, the sad choice to submit and comply was made by these liberal Jews long before Trump first announced his intention to run for president.
Trump noted in August 2019 that he was dismayed by American Jewish support for the Democratic Party despite its open hostility towards Israel.
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Liberal American Jews seethed with fury, screaming that Trump was spewing medieval anti-Semitic tropes. In reality, Trump's statement was a painfully accurate assessment of the nuances of the American Jewish community and political dynamics.
These Jews who sacrificed their ancient heritage and traditional identity to the idolatrous gods of liberalism presumably know better than anyone just how true and deserved Trump's stinging rebuke really is.
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Experience Experts: Amy Atkins, Lead Receptionist at 88 Wood Street
With customer experience at the core of what we do at Equiem, we believe it is crucial to highlight the experience experts from our client partnerships, who are out in the field delivering excellent customer experiences during COVID-19 and beyond.
To continue this series, we'd like to shine a light on Amy Atkins. Amy is Lead Receptionist at 88 Wood Street in London, UK. Our Head of Product Marketing, Sarah Hudson, chatted with her about the importance of creating experience and nurturing a tenant community, and where Equiem comes into the mix.
Meet Amy Atkins
SH (Sarah Hudson): Tell us a little bit about your professional journey, from where you started in your career to where you are today.
AA (Amy Atkins): Having worked in various industries, I would describe my journey as an unplanned path, but one that has taken me on great adventures.
I started out on a farm, looking after livestock as a voluntary stable hand. I got my first break in promotions, working for the Daily Mail. Later I moved into recruitment and worked my way up to a senior administration role. Today, I am Lead Receptionist at 88 Wood Street. And that's the short version of the story.
SH: What does a typical workday look like for you?
AA: Managing the front-of-house operations, including the 88 Wood Street platform, with my work partner Shazia Kadri. My position requires me to be a valuable resource, maintain the smooth running of the reception area, uphold security protocols, and be the first point of contact. I strive everyday to act as an exemplary member of a great team, upholding building procedures to ensure the safety of our tenants, visitors and staff.
SH: Why is tenant engagement important?
AA: Tenant engagement is important because it promotes a culture of mutual trust, respect and partnership between building management and tenants at all levels. It also gives us a range of opportunities to understand tenant preferences, so we may find new and optimal ways to deliver the best and most suitable services to our building community.
Getting everyone together and planning the food and drink — and the beer pong games — brings me a lot of pleasure. It's taken some time and effort to build up this event, but I feel each year it becomes a bigger success and it's incredible to see the number of RSVPs grow on the platform side.
SH: How do you approach tenant engagement?
AA: I keep my approach simple: Ask your tenants. Shaz and I have learned to be flexible in the way we ask. Most of our tenants are quite happy to complete portal surveys, comment on posts, and provide feedback on content from the comfort of their own home. Others prefer more traditional methods such as email, phone calls, or face-to-face chats (my favourite method of communication). Whichever approach we take, it's important for tenants to see that their contributions are valued and implemented.
SH: Share with us a memorable activation or engagement experience with us.
AA: Organising the annual community drinks event with local retailers and tenants has been the most memorable experience for me. Getting everyone together and planning the food and drink —and the beer pong games — brings me a lot of pleasure. It's taken some time and effort to build up this event, but I feel each year it becomes a bigger success and it's incredible to see the number of RSVPs grow on the platform side.
The platform has caused a transformation: From hosting these events, I've seen barriers break down, which has boosted morale and created new and positive relationships.
SH: During the pandemic, how has our tenant experience platform been useful to you?
AA: It has become an integral part of my daily work routine – every day, I use the platform to promote and support our community. I circulate important information, create awareness about new initiatives, and engage with tenants. With most of our tenants working from home, it's difficult not being able to see and interact with each other as we would under normal circumstances. Tenant feedback suggests that our platform has been a positive influence, and during lockdown it has been a great source of help, comfort and distraction.
SH: How do you use the platform at your site?
AA: We use different types of content on our platform to maximise tenant engagement and glean valuable insights into tenant preferences. We use blog posts, videos, webinars, images and photographs.
I believe variety in content is a great way to learn about the needs, wants, and habits of our tenants. I value the easy navigation, trendy and intuitive design of the platform, too — it helps put our content in its best light. I'm slightly biased here, but the positive reviews we've received support this!
Written by Sarah Hudson and Amy Atkins.
Special thanks to Amy for your contribution to our Experience Experts blog series. If you are interested in featuring in our series, please contact sarah.hudson@getequiem.com.
Amy is among many Experience Experts delivering superior tenant engagement with the Equiem platform. To find out more, download our 2020 Annual Report here.
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On Tuesday, 10 July, Fergal Somerville will attempt to swim the North Channel; the stretch of water between Ireland and Scotland. Weather and conditions permitting he will set off at 6:40am from Donaghadee on the North Down Coast and head to Portpatrick on the Scottish coast; a straight line distance of 30Km. Fergal is attempting to raise much needed funds for Aislinn, the Adolescent Addiction Centre.
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