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Interview with Philip Teir, author of The Winter War
Finland-Swede Philip Teir is considered one of the most promising young writers in Scandinavia. His poetry and short stories have been included in anthologies, including Granta Finland. The Winter War is his first novel. He is married with two children and lives in Helsinki, in the same neighbourhood as the family in his novel.
Congratulations on the publication of your debut novel. How does it feel to have it out in the world?
Thank you! The book was published in Finland in 2013 so it's been out for a while. It's been fun. As a writer you don't always know what you have written until the readers tell you.
Has anything surprised you about readers' reactions to the novel?
One thing that has been interesting is hearing from older readers who say that they've enjoyed the description of the middle age couple in the centre of the book. When I started writing I knew I wanted to write about an older couple, just to ditance the characters from my own life, and I'm glad if I pulled it off.
The Winter War illuminates the cracks in the system of a liberal, middle-class family in contemporary Helsinki. How do the family's tensions reflect changes in the society as a whole?
I think that there is quite a bit about the war of the sexes in the book, and also it seems to deal with manhood in decline, even though I've never planned it thematically like that. I guess when you write a book about contemporary life the book has to reflect contemporary society, that's sort of the whole point. After I wrote the book I've thought that it should maybe have dealt more with unemployment and the uncertainties and worries that young people face today, which is really becoming a central theme for my generation, even in the well-off middle classes. The description of the cracks in the middle-class aren't very sadistic, it's not like a Michael Haneke movie or something like that. I didn't want the distance between the narrator and the characters to be too big.
Your title echoes a period in Finland's history and could apply equally to the breakdown of Max and Katriina's marriage as to the Occupy movement in London observed by their daughter, Eva. How did you choose this title and what does it mean to you?
The title came from frustration. A lot of Finnish literature deals with national history, even contemporary fiction, and it probably has to do with Finland being a very young nation. I didn't want to write another novel about the Winter War so I decided to just use the war as a metaphor.
Max, like you, is a Finland-Swede. How crucial to his character is his membership of a minority group and what subtleties about his background might non-Scandinavian readers fail to pick up?
It isn't a very central part of the novel, because the book doesn't deal with language issues. Actually one of the points that the novel makes, I think, is that the global upper middle class is very similar all over the western world. But one thing that English readers might miss is that the family in the book is bilingual. Katriina speaks Finnish. So Max and Katriina speak Finnish with each other, although I wrote the book in Swedish. There is a lot of Finnish spoken in the novel and even scenes where people are speaking three languages.
The reader gets to glimpse the lives of all four family members over one particular winter. Who of the four did you most enjoy creating?
I really enjoyed writing about Eva in London, there was a lot of fun plotting and those chapters also have a contemporary feel. And I liked writing about Katriina, once I figured out how to do it, which was tricky, because she is 55 and has been married for 30 years, unlike myself.
One of my favourite aspects of the novel was how you flesh out your characters by showing them at their places of work and study. I don't see this as often as I'd like in my reading and wondered if this were a conscious choice on your part?
Yes, very much so. I didn't want it to be a book where we are only in these characters' heads. I don't think life works that way – a lot of life is interacting with other people. And there is a mundane quality to the work place which I think is fun to try to write about, maybe because it is not traditionally "literary".
A story of a family in northern Europe over the winter months, but we don't see them at Christmas: did you have any particular reason for this?
I decided not to have a big Christmas chapter because it would maybe have overshadowed Max's birthday in the book, which is more important.
I was extremely impressed by your deployment of wry humour and subtle irony. Do you have any tips for emerging writers of how to achieve this?
I think irony can be tricky, because I don't want to laugh myself through a book about a family, there has to be real emotion. So use it carefully! Otherwise it becomes cynicism. Which can be good in a certain type of writing or character, but maybe not for a whole family story.
The Winter War was written in Swedish and translated into English by Tiina Nunnally. What was your experience of having your words translated, particularly into a language in which you are also fluent?
I've read the Finnish and English translations and enjoyed them, because it's easier to actually see the book, and not only one's own writing.
Can you tell us about your novel's path to publication?
I'm a writer who likes to show pages to the editor early on, to get a feeling that something is under progress. So this book I showed the first 30 pages of only after about three months of writing. And then half of the book later on, etc. I think that the actual decision of publication was taken after about a year of writing. Then it took me about one year more to get it completed.
What's the most useful piece of writing advice you've ever received?
I really think only two things are important: reading and writing. I don't see how you can write if you don't read. And secondly: you just have to sit down and write. Get the work done. This is often said but it's true: don't wait for inspiration, the inspiration comes – if it comes – as you are writing.
And the most unhelpful?
I think that a writer shouldn't edit too much in the early stages, just try to write, it might even be good to set a goal for each day. Don't waste time moving commas around, you can do that later.
Name one book you would've loved to have written.
Death in Venice.
Is there anything else I should have asked you?
Can't think of anything!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your writing.
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From Backlash to Beirut: Homeland Season Two [Review]
Review: Homeland Season Two
When I saw the finale of Homeland's first season, a season I oddly never wrote about it any capacity, I was quite impressed. As far as I was concerned, the finale was stuck in a situation where an anti-climax was inevitable: I did not believe they would ever actually kill Brody, and therefore I did not imagine a scenario wherein he would go through with his attack. That belief was something I carried into the episode, and so the fact that they still created a stellar finale with this fact hanging over their heads was quite an achievement.
It worked because it forced both Carrie and Brody to go through the emotional climaxes of their respective arcs without giving them the expected result. Brody presses the button but it doesn't go off, while Carrie pieces together the plan only to have Brody's malfunction and change of heart turn her into a liar. Both of them were so sure that they were doing the right thing, that they were doing what was in the best interest of their country, and yet in the end both were forced to move on with their lives wondering if they had just dodged a bullet or made a mistake that will change their lives forever.
I was fascinated, however, to see some substantial backlash toward this conclusion, although this backlash took two different forms. For one group of people, the very idea of Brody not going through with his plan was itself a disappointment, and a betrayal of the show they believed they were watching. For others, meanwhile, the deus ex amnesia ending with Carrie was a copout, an easy way of undoing Carrie's revelation regarding Isa and delaying any real confrontation until some undetermined point in future seasons. Whereas I had expected the first development based on the logic of television development—which suggests you don't kill your male lead—and found the latter cheap but also satisfying in its cheapness, there were others who were actively turned against the show in the process, comparing it to The Killing and vowing never to watch again.
While I still find this reaction puzzling, I'm starting to understand it better. I was talking to a friend recently who had watched the first three episodes and been somewhat underwhelmed. Said friend remarked that it might be because they have been watching almost exclusively "character dramas" in recent years, and so it was an adjustment to switch to something so focused on plot. On the one hand, this surprised me, since I would absolutely argue that Homeland is a series focused on characters, particularly given how it transitions from its first season into its second (which premieres tonight at 10/9c on Showtime). However, it also helped unlock the backlash: for the people so violently unsatisfied by the finale, the show never switched from being about plot to being about character. "The Weekend" is perhaps the point at which this switch turns as far as I'm concerned (not that the characters were weak or uninteresting before then), but for others the weight never shifted, and the anti-climax of Brody choosing not to blow up the Vice-President was a failed ending as opposed to a complicated transition point for a character we relate to.
It seems very strange for someone to think about Homeland season two as the beginning of another plot, although I suppose that's possible. The premiere does introduce the threat of an attack against America in response to Israeli strikes against Iran, another pre-determined end point that one expects the season to build to. However, it's also a conflict designed to implicate and involve the characters that carry over from the first season, presenting them with new challenges that are very much determined by their complicated involvement in last season's climax. While Abu Nazir's involvement in said plan creates a degree of plot serialization, it is Carrie and Brody's character arcs which provide the continuity between seasons, continuity that results in more tremendous work from both Claire Danes and Damian Lewis that is worth every anti-climax.
I would also argue that the first two episodes of the season don't dwell on those anti-climaxes, or rub them in the audience's or characters' faces. We're not seeing constant reminders of Carrie's memory loss, for example: in fact, the Isa memory doesn't even appear in the extended "Previously on Homeland" montage that reminds us about the important events from last season. It's a similar to how Breaking Bad has handled some of its smaller mysteries, wherein details that would fundamentally change certain relationships remain secrets but often go unmentioned or unreferenced for entire seasons. While the fact that Carrie almost knew about it does make it a bit "cheap," that the show treats it as something dormant as opposed to something constantly under the surface peeking out to tease us allows the focus to move beyond that moment. If you spend the premiere constantly annoyed that Carrie isn't remembering about Isa, I'm comfortable suggesting this show might just not be for you. Personally, I became invested enough in Carrie and Brody's new storylines, and their implications for the people around them, that any baggage from last season was pushed far back in my mind.
And yes, this does mean that Homeland is not unlike 24 in that you sort of have to ignore some things and focus on others instead. However, I think that's sort of how all serialized shows move forward: as the writers get a chance to change course between seasons, they pick and choose what they're interested in expanding on in future episodes. None of Homeland's baggage feels accidental, nor would any of the new storylines qualify as baggage as far as I'm concerned. Homeland remains a tightly paced, superbly acted, and compelling drama series. Do I think it's definitively better than some of the shows it beat at least week's Emmy ceremony? No. But it certainly belongs in that conversation, and the first two episodes of the season confirm this.
[In lieu of expanding more in a non-spoiler space, I'll be posting a review of the premiere, "The Smile," later tonight. You can find that review here.]
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6 responses to "From Backlash to Beirut: Homeland Season Two [Review]"
Steerforth67 (@Steerforth67)
I think the man problem with the finale was that the Brody-Nazis scene stretched all credibility well beyond breaking point. Why would Nazir accept such a bogus argument from Brody, and trust the guy who had let him down and have him kill the guy who hadn't? The two things you set out don't bother me. I'm glad there's more Homeland and those things had to happen to allow that and within their own terms they had plausibility however cliched and uninteresting using the daughter that way was. But Nazir is supposed to be a serious person in the show. We were asked to take seriously what happened to him and yet he was then written entirely to produce what was necessary for carrying on the show really without any regard for what had gone before. Why would an intelligent man think it remotely possible that Brody can change the tenets of American foreign policy?
The show was so interesting because it combined three compelling characters, none of whom are obvious types in cable television, with a politically charged setting. The characters remained compelling to the end of the first season and will, I am confident, continue to be enjoyable but the setting side of it I think became a mess and I'm interested to see if they can get that back to something that genuinely reinforces the characters' predicament rather than going off ever further into la-la-land where anything can happen. A show where the setting had been some kind of discipline and not jettisoned for any plot development they deemed desirable or necessary to get from A to B would have been wonderful.
Myles McNutt
Without speaking to specific details, I will say that Season Two asks us to consider Abu Nazir's motives more skeptically. Does he truly believe Brody can influence policy in ways beneficial to him? There's an expediency to the way that operates in the finale, but actually seeing it in practice asks us to interrogate his motives.
As for the "A to B" of it all, that's definitely a fair case. The finale felt like the writers brainstorming "Where do we want Brody to go next?" and using it as a chance to set up the Congressman Brody arc. Once we actually get into that arc, though, the reality of the situation is more complex than the phone call in question suggested.
That's very encouraging. Thanks Myles.
I didn't see Carrie's revelation just prior to the ECT as cheap. I saw it as characterization – she really was smart enough, after all, to unravel the whole business, nothing was left out, all the pieces were in play. Carrie's kind of a spin on the McNulty character, someone whose best work is inherently tied into their worst demons, and that moment was an important glimpse into showing us that those two sides of her personality are in conflict. I really liked it.
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Employee Spotlight 3 December 2021
Move over Santa— Manny is brining the gifts this season!
December is a big month for Ivinson security guard Manny Gutierrez. This December he celebrates two years at Ivinson, the fifth year of his annual toy drive and his birthday. Since 2017, Manny has collected toys for kids for Christmas.
"I started in November of 2017," Manny said. "I started out by simply collecting toys from McDonalds from the Happy Meals. Instead of a free meal, I asked for a toy each of my shifts. That year I only focused on that and in the following years I started asking for other people's help."
Through his social media pages, Manny began reaching out to family and friends to help him by donating toys. As his following grew, so did the toy donations and his toy drive.
Launching every year in early October, Manny usually see's donations pick up around mid-November. In his experience of running a toy drive out of his apartment, Manny has found a few things that have helped him gather more donations, goals and deadlines.
"The deadline for me has always been my birthday," Manny said. "On December 10th, I stop the whole collection. I like giving, so for me, making somebody happy is like a present to myself."
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This year Manny has set a goal of donating 2,000 toys to Toys for Tots. To many, this may seem like a huge undertaking to run out of your own home, for Manny, it is a way he can make a difference. At the end of November, before a formal count, he estimates he is over halfway to his goal.
"I made myself a promise that if I got over 2,000 toys, that I would get myself a dog," Manny said. "I would want something big or medium size that i can adopt from the pound, give a dog a second chance."
Manny, a huge fan of comic books, loves a good underdog story. Although many would never know it, he knows a thing or two about second chances.
In 2019, Manny was a full-time student taking 19 credit hours studying to be a special education teacher. Working full-time with two jobs, he did not have time for a cold. When he began feeling sick, he figured it was fatigue or lack of sleep and brushed it off.
"I let it run for about a month before my best friend told me to go to the hospital," Manny said.
At the hospital Manny was diagnosed with pneumonia. He was admitted and after becoming progressively worse, he had to be placed on a ventilator.
"I was like that for a week in intubation," Manny said. "After that I had health problem after health problem. I had weak lungs, bad kidneys and very high blood pressure. At one point I had heart problems. My body did not want to go back to normal."
Not one to be discouraged, Manny continued to do the things he loved, going to church, never missing a day at the gym and running his toy drive every October to December.
Despite working hard to improve his health and being fully vaccinated, in August of this year, Manny contracted COVID-19. This time Manny spent two weeks in the hospital. Although he did not require intubation, his kidney function worsened and he went into kidney failure.
"I have to go to dialysis three times a week for four hours right before work so work days are kind of tough sometimes. Right now I am trying to do whatever I can to get on the transfer list for a new kidney," Manny said.
Always willing to put in the work, Manny is taking strides towards making healthy lifestyle changes and his own personal fitness goals. While some changes have been easy, giving up Root Beer floats was a bit harder.
In the meantime, Manny keeps a smile on his face and the faces of those around him. As of December 2, Manny is more than halfway to his goal of collecting 2,000 toys before his birthday cut-off date. When asked if he was worried about meeting his goal, Manny smiles. As he has learned in his years of donating toys, the collection date and the number of toys are all minor details in comparison to the impact of making a child's Christmas special with even one toy.
"I want to help people. I want to make a difference," Manny said. "We all struggle differently. Maybe you are struggling with financial stuff, or school stuff or family stuff. For me, the toy drive is a way to relieve some pressure. We all need a little break in our life. For me, that was a fairly easy and friendly way of doing so."
Hoping to help him reach his goal and bring home a rescue dog for his birthday this year, Ivinson has placed several Toys for Tots boxes throughout the hospital, many which Manny continues to fill. Boxes are located at the East Patient Entrance (Entrance 1), the Emergency Room (Entrance 6), Outpatient Rehab (Entrance 3) and at other locations for hospital staff to fill.
Toys for Tots asks for new, unwrapped toys to make local children's Christmas a little more magical.
This year Manny is hosting a raffle for those that contribute to his toy drive. Participants can earn raffle tickets by donating toys or by donating a dollar amount that is then used to purchase toys to be donated. On his Instagram, followers can answer questions or play "mini-games" to earn more raffle tickets. Among some of this year's raffle prizes are a Nintendo Switch, Airpods and several gift cards.
Manny will conclude his toy collection efforts on the same day he always does, December 10th, his birthday. Toys for Tots collection boxes will be accepting toys up to the week of the 20th.
To learn more about Toys for Tots in Albany County visit their website and learn how you, like Manny, can make a difference this December.


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An Inspector Calls
Part One, Chapters I–II
Part One, Chapters III–IV
Part One, Chapters V–VI
Part One, Chapters VII–VIII
Part One, Chapters IX–X
Part Two, Chapters I–II
Part Two, Chapters III–IV
Part Two, Chapters V–VI
Part Two, Chapters VII–VIII
Part Two, Chapters IX–X
Part Three, Chapters I–II
Part Three, Chapters III–IV
Part Three, Chapters V–VI
Part Three, Chapters VII–VIII
Part Three: Chapters IX–X
Dagny Taggart
James (Jim) Taggart
Hank Rearden
Francisco d'Anconia
Part One, Chapters 1-2
Part One, Chapters 9-10
Part Two, Chapters 1-2
Part Two, Chapters 9-10
Part Three, Chapters 1-2
Part Three: Chapters 9-10
Summary Part One, Chapters III–IV
Summary—Chapter III: The Top and the Bottom
In a dark bar, four men discuss the state of the nation's economy. Orren Boyle argues that Rearden Steel has an unfair advantage because it owns iron mines, while his Associated Steel does not. Jim Taggart agrees to use his influence in Washington to force Rearden to give up the mines. Paul Larkin, also at the meeting, agrees to receive the mines from Rearden but give the ore directly to Boyle. In return, Jim wants Boyle to convince friends on the National Alliance of Railroads to force Dan Conway out of Colorado on the grounds that his Phoenix-Durango Line offers "cutthroat competition" to Taggart in a state where Taggart had operations first. Wesley Mouch, Rearden's Washington Man, is also present. In return for Mouch's not warning Rearden, Jim agrees to find him a bureaucratic post in Washington. Their conversation shifts to Mexico, where Jim has built the San Sebastian Line. There are rumors that Mexico is going to nationalize the line, but Boyle refutes them. He tells Jim that on a recent visit, he rode in old, run-down trains.
Back at the office, Jim confronts Dagny about the shoddy trains. She tells him she has removed everything of value from the San Sebastian Line to minimize Taggart's losses if Mexico nationalizes the line. They argue about the San Sebastian Line, the first major project Jim began after becoming president of Taggart, and one Dagny has opposed from the beginning, believing the resources were needed on the Rio Norte Line. Jim reminds her that Mexico has guaranteed their property rights for two hundred years and argues that he built it for the good of the Mexican people. But he also built the line in order to reap a huge profit from the nearby d'Anconia copper mines. Dagny reminds him that Francisco d'Anconia, formerly an industrial genius, has become a worthless playboy in recent years and has yet to produce any copper from the mines.
Eddie Willers enters the cafeteria of the Taggart Terminal. He sits, as he often does, with a grease-stained worker. Eddie has always liked this worker and feels comfortable with him, although he does not know his name. Eddie complains about the decay slowly eating the world and the railroad. He has hope, however, because Dagny has found a reliable contractor and is going to fix the Rio Norte Line. The worker inquires about Dagny's personal life, and Eddie tells him what he knows. He is surprised by the worker's interest.
Summary—Chapter IV: The Immovable Movers
Eddie informs Dagny that McNamara, their new contractor, has just quit, offering no reasons. No one knows where he has gone. The People's State of Mexico nationalizes the San Sebastian Railroad and the d'Anconia copper mines. In his report to the Board of Directors, Jim takes full credit for Dagny's decision to remove the most valuable equipment from Mexico before the San Sebastian Railroad was nationalized.
The members of the National Alliance of Railroads approve a proposal known as the "Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule," designed to reduce competition among railroads. According to the proposal, the interests of the whole industry are to be determined by majority vote, and each company must subordinate itself to the majority's decision. Dagny goes to see Dan Conway, president of the Phoenix-Durango railroad, which will cease to exist under the new rule. She urges him to fight, but he is too tired and has decided to retire. Dagny had intended to compete with him in Colorado, but she cannot stand to defeat him in this fashion. She feels like a looter. He tells her to get her Rio Norte Line up and running quickly, because the fate of Ellis Wyatt depends on it. Ellis Wyatt comes to see Dagny and tells her angrily that she must fix the Rio Norte Line at once. He issues her an ultimatum. If she does not give him the transportation he needs, he will take her company down with him. She tells him that he will have the transportation he needs in time. He is surprised, having expected excuses and evasion.
Dagny goes to see Hank Rearden. She tells him about the Wyatt meeting and tells him they must rebuild the line in nine months, not twelve. He assures her that he will be able to provide what she needs. Rearden is surprised and delighted that she deals with him on his own level and thinks he has finally met a woman he can understand. He tells her that it is people like them who move the world and who will ultimately pull it through.
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October was busy. November continues to be the same way. I have our scanner in the dining room now, so I believe some pictures are in order, no?
Here are some things from the past month. There's not a lot. There are 2 really weird and obscure comics that I drew also, but they were lightly sketched in pencil and don't scan well, so I need to either ink them or leave them in my sketchbook of obscurity.
These were all doodled with either pens or colored pencils. The random celebrities are a bit unrecognizable. I don't even want to say who the lady in green is supposed to be. It kind of looks like Daryl Hannah to me. It's not.
The words and lettering are based on a Youtube channel that I was watching at the time. As he was saying these words, I ended up writing them down.
For now, I must return to home renovations. Fare thee well. I hope to return sooner rather than later.


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Time Out Chicago on Roger & Chaz
Roger Ebert October 02, 2008
Time Out Chicago ran this story in its "Chicago Heroes" issue. The author, Hank Sartin, is a TO film critic.
Never mind the tens of thousands of film reviews, the worldwide following and the Pulitzer. For many, Roger Ebert's name comes with an "&" for years, it was Siskel & Ebert. Then it was Ebert & Roeper. But for those who know Roger well (and it's hard to know him at all without calling him Roger), there's been another partnership, one that has been getting more public notice during his recent battle with cancer. For the last 16 years, it's been Roger & Chaz. That would be Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert. In addition to being Roger's wife, she's the vice president of the Ebert Company (which handles Roger's varied business interests). And since Roger lost the ability to speak in 2006, she's been his public voice.
Continue reading the full story here: http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/cultural-heroes/62651/roger-chaz
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is a mid-20th-century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin. Its designation as a monastery is a misnomer because no monks are residing at the complex. Both the main temple building and the pagoda are listed as Grade III historic buildings by the Government of Hong Kong. And it is THE place to visit on Hong Kong private tours. If you book with us, your private tour guide Hong Kong can add this place to your itinerary of the day.
The amount of these steps give a whole new meaning to Hong Kong walking tours!
Don't forget to take your camera with you on your Hong Kong city, to capture the nearly 13,000 unique Buddha statues in different poses.
Private Car Tour Hong Kong | Ever heard of a floating temple?
There are so many beautiful temples to visit when you are with the car and driver Hong Kong. However, one of the most unique one is the floating Tin Hau Temple. This temple is dedicated to Tin Hau, the Goddess of the sea. She is the deified form of the purported historical Lin Mo or Lin Moniang, a Fujianese shamaness whose life span is traditionally dated from 960 to 987. This particular temple is a perfect spot to visit when you are on a private car tour Hong Kong. This temple has been docked at its current location since 1955 but will be replaced by a new temple on land, following land reclamation. So if you have booked our private Hong Kong tours, make sure to visit this temple.
If you want to visit the floating temple, ask your Hong Kong tour agency to book your car tours Hong Kong!
If you were on any of our Hong Kong private tours in the last few weeks, you might have seen the beautiful decorations of the "Grande Dame" of Kowloon. Opening its doors in 1928 the Peninsula in Tsim Sha Tsui was the first under The Peninsula brand. The hotel combines colonial and modern elements and is notable for its large fleet of Rolls-Royces and its famous Afternoon Tea! During Chinese New Year, the Peninsula had bright red lanterns that were worth shooting a picture, during a Hong Kon city tour.
Did you see the peninsula on your Hong Kong private tours.
If you are on a Hong Kong tour, make sure to ask you private tour guide Hong Kong to tell you the story about this remarkable part of living history!


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I now find myself after 34 years of being happily married in the 'No Partner' world. I distinguish 'No Partner' (NP) from single for a reason. Single usually means available, possibly content, looking to meet somebody and having been single for many years. NP means learning to live without a partner, making decisions for yourself, learning to be single, alone, cooking, shopping, downsizing, making friends etc. Each widower has different challenges and a whole new world. The last time I was NP, I was in my teens.
People always want to help which is great. But it is difficult for them to relate to my grieving and normalcy journey. When I meet people, I would prefer if they would say "I cannot comprehend what you are going through but I empathize with you" rather than "I understand." This is hard to accept since no one really knows how you feel, not even I.
I have found from the beginning that almost every day I encounter challenges associated with being an NP; some funny, some nerve racking. For example, when I go for a walk down the street and meet somebody whose name I cannot remember. Normally, I would have my wife to ask – I relied on her to remember so I did not have to try! All the accepted normal events are now different; like going to the grocery store, clothes shopping, buying a car, a house, etc. These decisions used to be our decisions but now they are my decision alone. Luckily, I have children whom I can discuss issues with, but as they remind me "it is your decision" and it is my decision. I have to live with the consequences.
It is getting better, but only time heals. You do not forget, but you learn to live again.
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Malik thanks Taliban for ensuring peaceful Ashura
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik. - Photo by APP
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday commended the security forces for maintaining peace during Ashura processions, DawnNews reported.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he said he was thankful to everyone, including the Taliban, for their cooperation in ensuring peaceful Ashura processions throughout the country during the 9th and 10th of Muharram.
Moreover, the interior minister added that a blast in the densely-populated Lines Area of Karachi the previous night, earlier said to be caused by a gas cylinder, was infact caused by explosives. But immediate action by police and security forces ensured no casualties in the incident.
Answering a question, he said that former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani's name had already been put on the Exit Control List (ECL) as per the orders from Supreme Court.
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Night-Fighter Nishikori Equals Record In New York
Japanese superstar Kei Nishikori finally triumphed in a marathon match that equalled the latest finish in US Open history.
He defeated Canada's Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 in a contest that ended at 2.26am local time. What is it about that magical hour in the city that never sleeps?
Twice before, classic encounters had finished at precisely that time. Philipp Kohlschreiber beat John Isner in 2012 and Mats Wilander saw off Mikael Pernfors back in 1993. Now Nishikori and Raonic join the illustrious "2.26 Club".
Next Nishikori faces Stan Wawrinka, with barely 36 hours to recover. The hero of Japan said of his draining victory: 'It was really tough to concentrate all the time against Milos, with his big serve and aces, but I kept fighting and my team kept believing in me. 'I don't think I've ever played Stan Wawrinka before so I'll have to be ready for that one.'
In a war of attrition, it wasn't just the players who were tested to their very limits of endurance. The crowd was visibly wilting as the battle on court continued late into the New York night. But around a thousand die-hards stayed to the glorious end, in recognition of a wonderful achievement by both players. Nishikori and Raonic received a standing ovation as they came out for the final game, served out by the resilient Nishikori.
It was gone 2am and almost four hours into the match when Nishikori found the fatal break in the fifth game of the fifth set. He consolidated with the most stunning series of winners to go 4-2 ahead. All this from a player who had needed an injury time-out after slipping behind at two sets to one, and had missed Toronto and Cincinnati with a niggling toe injury.
Earlier in New York, Andy Murray had produced his best tennis for a year to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and book his quarter-final place against Novak Djokovic. That much-anticipated clash promises to be one of the matches of the tournament.
Meanwhile among the women, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka impressed most as they advanced confidently to the business end of this fabulous Slam. Azarenka recovered superbly after going a set behind against the qualifier and 145th-ranked Serb, Aleksandra Krunic. Williams served strongly to wear down Kaia Kanepi in straight sets.
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Why the black forest cheaters aren't getting a fair shake in Japan
The Japanese government has been cracking down on "forest cheats" since 2012.
The most recent crackdown was launched in June.
But, as you might expect, it has done little to stop the problem.
As the BBC reports, "it is difficult to find a forest in Japan where the population of forest cheater is not present.
Some of the forest areas have been designated as "guest forests" to discourage them from cheating."
The Japanese Ministry of Environment estimates that there are up to 3,000 cheaters living in forests across the country.
"There are about 1,400 people living in guest forests, according to the ministry," according to The Times.
The Ministry of Education estimates there are between 2,000 and 4,000 forest cheat victims in Japan.
And the government claims that it has found 2,400 forest cheators.
According to the BBC, "It is difficult for officials to identify cheaters from the rest of the population."
So, why is the government cracking down?
Part of the problem is that, at least in Japan, cheating is a criminal offence.
That's why the government is cracking down.
The BBC reports that the government's response has been to restrict access to the forest.
"They have restricted the number of people allowed into the forest," says the BBC.
"And they have also banned the use of mobile phones in the forest."
That's the first step in cracking down and restricting access to a forest.
But the second step in the crackdown is to restrict the use and access to mobile phones.
The Japanese police are cracking down, too.
In the wake of the BBC report, Japanese police have reportedly been instructed to "stop allowing people into the country to use cellphones in the forests."
"They [police] are not allowed to give out information about who can use cell phones in certain forest areas," says The Times, which also notes that the Ministry of Health has been told to "ban the use or possession of cell phones inside forest areas."
"The Ministry of the Environment has said that the ministry will monitor and control mobile phones, but it has not said what kind of data will be collected," The Times reports.
Meanwhile, the Japanese government says that "there are no plans to impose any fines against people who cheat."
And, according the BBC: "It seems like there are no rules to punish the cheaters.
So, there are people who are trying to cheat the system and are trying for the highest possible reward."
It's not the first time that the Japanese have cracked down on cheaters, though.
In 2011, a Japanese man named Yosuke Ishikawa was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for being a "forest cheat."
In 2011 and 2012, a man named Takayuki Ochiai was arrested for cheating, too, but he was eventually released.
And, in 2013, a British man named George Smith was sentenced to six years in jail for "cheating" in a forest clearing.
In 2015, a U.K. man named Richard Cushing was convicted of cheating in a Forest Service clearing.
And in 2015, an Australian man named Peter Ochs was convicted for cheating in an agricultural clearing.
So why have the Japanese governments so many cheaters?
One possible explanation is that the governments is trying to stop cheaters by making the problem more visible.
As The Times points out, "Japanese police have been known to announce to their members that 'everyone cheating in the woods is a cheater,'" the BBC reported.
And Japanese television has broadcast a variety of warnings that cheaters are a problem.
And there have been reports of police making arrests for forest cheating.
The latest crackdown has also made it difficult for foreign nationals to cheat in Japan's forest.
In February, Japanese officials told The Associated Press that they would stop allowing foreigners to enter the country "unless they are also participating in the illegal activities."
So even if you're not a cheat, the chances of you cheating are pretty slim.
But Japanese officials say that if you cheat, you're still a cheetah.
And that, in turn, means that you're no longer a cheaters at all.
"You should not cheat," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last month.
"It's against the law.
The forest is a protected environment.
If you are not going to abide by the law, you are no longer cheaters."
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Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death (Paperback)
By Lisa Carlson, Joshua Slocum, Carlson Lisa
Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry, not much has improved. Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and services they don't need or want. Prepaid funeral money vanishes into thin air. Body parts are sold on the black market. Eight states force families to pay a funeral director even if they conduct a home funeral with no need for help. But a consumer movement is no awakening, and Americans are asserting their rights over a key part of life, just as they did in the past with the natural childbirth and hospice movements. The two most prominent leaders of that movement are the authors of this book: Joshua Slocum, executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, and Lisa Carlson, executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization. Here they join forces to expose wrongdoing, inform consumers of their rights, and propose legal reforms. The book includes state-by-state summaries of laws, regulations, services, and consumer concerns.
Joshua Slocum is executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national consumer advocacy group with over 90 chapters nationwide. FCA is the primary watchdog over consumer abuses by the funeral industry.Lisa Carlson, a former executive director of FCA, is now executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization, a nonprofit working with the funeral industry to improve ethical standards and consumer protections.
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8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Technology Demonstrations. Off-site transportation and lunch are included. The tours will depart the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel (1181 Hollis St. Halifax) at 9:00 a.m.
Tour 1 depart 9:00 a.m.
Perennia Innovation Centre, 173 Dr Bernie MacDonald Drive, Bible Hill
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Hefler Quality Lumber, 230 Lucasville Road, Middle Sackville
Return to Westin Nova Scotian Hotel
Tour 2 departs 9:00 a.m.
National Research Council's Marine Research Station, 270 Sandy Cove Road, Ketch Harbour
Innovacorp Demonstration Centre, 3691 Highway 3, Brooklyn
Cellufuel, 3691 Highway 3, Brooklyn
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Meet and Greet at Murphy's Restaurant (1751 Lower Water Street, Halifax)
TUESDAY, MAY 31ST, 2016 AT PIER 21 in HALIFAX*
Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks from Ron Coles (Atlantec BioEnergy) (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
Thane Hurlburt "15 Years of Tenacity, Was It Worth It? Developing, Building and Operating a 3MW Biogas Cogeneration Facility in Alberta"
Bruce Peachey "Legacy Mines as Low Cost Bioreactors: A New Paradigm for Bioconversion of Coal with Minimal Environmental Impacts"
Sponsor Remarks
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Nutrition Break (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)
Trade show and poster viewing (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) open
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
Sean McKay "Commercialization of Biocomposites and Green Building Products in Western Canada: Where Are We?"
Laurent Bernier "Bazancourt: A Business Model Suitable for the Atlantic Region?"
Deepika Dave "Newfoundland Towards Blue Biorefinery: Sustainable Utilization of Marine Resources
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Trade Show and Poster Viewing (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Speaker sessions (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
Michael McMullin "High-Rate Treatment of Brewery Wastewater Using External Circulation Sludge Bed Technology"
John Hawkes "The State of On-Farm Biogas in Canada"
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Partnering Meetings (Windsor Foundation Classroom)
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Nutrition Break (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Poster viewing and Trade Show (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall)
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Standing Networking Reception with food & drink, and entertainment by The Fine Tuners (Halifax Seaport Farmers Market, 1209 Marginal Road, Halifax)
WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST, 2016 AT PIER 21 in HALIFAX*
Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
Victor Oh "Market Trends in the Bioeconomy and How Atlantic Canada stands to Position Itself"
Mark Lumley " Exploring Opportunities in Industrial Agriculture in Ontario"
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Nutrition Break and Trade Show (Kenneth C. Rowe Hall) & Partnering Meetings (Windsor Foundation Classroom)
Kevin Keys "Predictive Models and Maps for the Bioeconomy"
Gerd Van de Logt "Outlook and Learnings from a Biogas Intensive Country"
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Speaker Session (Chrysler Canada Pavilion)
Allan Eddy "Developing and Expanding Opportunities in the Emerging Low Carbon, Bio-Resource Economy"
Ken Magnus "Atlantic Council for Bioenergy Cooperative"
Presentation of Poster Award
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closing remarks from Chris Mathis (Springboard Atlantic)
*Simultaneous French/English translation will be available
Lunch and nutrition breaks will be provided
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Boston Suspends Popular Youth Cycling Program
Boston public school students in the city's Youth Cycling Program visit the East Boston Harborwalk in June 2017. Courtesy of the City of Boston.
The City of Boston has temporarily suspended its popular Youth Cycling Programs this fall because of staff turnover at the Boston Transportation Department, according to city officials.
The city's Youth Cycling Program brought bikes, helmets and cycling safety educators to Boston public school classrooms for multi-day bike safety classes, including group rides around city neighborhoods for older students. The city webpage for the program claims that "more than 38,000 young Bostonians have participated in the program since 2009."
Sam Balto, a former Boston Public Schools physical education teacher who taught at Ellis Elementary School in Roxbury, says its absence this fall is "a real shame."
"It was just a really quality program. Boston does a lot of things well and this is one of them," said Balto in a phone interview on Wednesday. "Learning how to ride bikes is an important skill. It's a great way to be physically active, it's also a way to be social with friends, build autonomy, get to places and access jobs around their community."
Plus, added Balto, the excitement of learning how to ride a bike gave kids a positive association with their schools.
"Everybody remembers where they were and how they felt when they learned to ride a bike – and this gave kids the chance to create that memory, give them that experience at their school, which they'll have the rest of their lives," said Balto.
Commissioner Fiandaca visited the Youth Cycling Program at the Guild today! Afterwards #teambtd took them on a ride along the greenway. pic.twitter.com/kCuQGJinX6
— BostonTransportation (@BostonBTD) June 12, 2017
Becca Wolfson of the Boston Cyclists Union said that the program was valuable not only for teaching kids how to ride, but also for building a stronger constituency for safer streets citywide.
"When we recently completed our strategic plan we talked a lot about getting kids engaged in cycling – they can become the greatest advocates and change hearts and minds of their parents," said Wolfson in an email on Wednesday.
City officials say that they hope to build staff capacity to bring the youth programs back. The Boston Transportation Department has added over a dozen new employees in the past year and is currently advertising to hire another member of the growing Active Transportation Team.
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How to Find the Gemini Constellation
The constellation Gemini, containing the stars Castor and Pollux (which is part of the Winter Hexagon). Carolyn Collins Petersen
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The Gemini constellation is one of the most ancient known star patterns. People have been observing it since earliest human history, and it was first charted by the Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemy as part of his sky mapping activities. The name "Gemini" is the Latin word meaning "twins," and most star-chart makers depict the stars in this constellation as a pair of twin boys.
Finding Gemini Constellation
Look for Gemini in the sky near the constellations Orion (which has some fascinating sights of its own) and Taurus. For northern hemisphere viewers, it's a winter star pattern and its two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux, are part of an unofficial asterism called the Winter Hexagon. That pattern contains six bright stars from the constellations Gemini, Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, and Taurus. Gemini looks like two long strings of stars extending down from Castor and Pollux, which are the heads of the twins. The easiest way to find it is to look for Castor and Pollux east of the vee-shaped Hyades cluster, which makes up the face of Taurus the Bull. The best views of this star pattern are available when it is straight overhead early in the new year. It remains visible until late spring, when it disappears into the sunset glow.
The Winter Hexagon is made up of the brightest stars from the constellations Orion, Gemini, Auriga, Taurus, Canis Major and Canis Minor. Carolyn Collins Petersen
The Story of Gemini
The mythology of the ancient Greeks and the Babylonians concerned a pair of twins in the sky. For the Babylonians, these boys were in the realm of the gods, and they called them "Meshlamtea" and "Lugalirra." They were related to a more important god, named Nergal, who presided over the Underworld and was thought to bring about all kinds of misfortune, disease, and other ills. The Greeks and Romans called these stars after the twin sons of Zeus and the maiden Leda. The Chinese saw a bird and a tiger in these stars. The modern constellation of the twins was set by Ptolemy and formalized by later stargazers. The formal area of the sky that contains the twins was set by the International Astronomical Union and contains other stars beyond the main ones, plus nearby deep-sky objects.
The Stars of Constellation Gemini
Gemini constellation is dominated by the bright stars Castor and Pollux. These are also known as α (alpha) Geminorum (Castor) and β (beta) Geminorum (Pollux). Castor may look like only one star, but in reality, it contains six stars in orbit with each other. It lies some 52 light-years from Earth. Twin brother Pollux is an orange giant star that lies about 34 light-years away from the Sun. Pollux also has at least one planet in orbit around it.
The official chart showing the stars of the constellation Gemini, provided by the IAU. IAU/Sky & Telescope.com
Stargazers who want to explore other stars in Gemini might find ε (epsilon) Geminorum, which is interesting since it's a binary star that can be seen through telescopes. One member of the pair is also a Cepheid variable star that brightens and dims with a period of about 10 days.
Deep-Sky Objects in Gemini Constellation
Gemini isn't enriched with a lot of deep-sky objects. This is because it's situated away from the plane of the Milky Way, where most of the clusters and nebulae exist. However, there are a few things that observers can search out in the constellation. The first is a star cluster called M35. It's what astronomers call an "open" cluster. That means that its stars are fairly scattered through space but are still traveling together. There are about 200 stars in M35, and this cluster can be seen with the naked eye from dark-sky sights. It's also a lovely sight through binoculars or a telescope. Look for it near Castor's foot.
The open star cluster M35 (lower right) in the constellation Gemini. 2MASS/NASA.
Skygazers up for a challenge can also search out two dim planetary nebulae in Gemini. These are clouds of gas that have formed around dying sun-like stars. The first is the Eskimo Nebula (also known as NGC 2392). It has been imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope and is about 4,000 light-years from Earth. Search it out by looking just to the left of Pollux's waist (marked 2392 on the chart). The other object is called the Medusa Nebula, and it's a real challenge to see. Search for it along the border with Canis Minor, below Pollux's knee.
The Eskimo Nebula in Gemini, as seen by Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/ESA/STScI
Finally, meteor shower fans spend each December 13-14 observing the Geminid Meteor shower. It's a shower created by a stream of material left behind by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon as it orbits the Sun. The meteors are not actually from Gemini, but they appear to "radiate" from the constellation. In a good year, observers can spot upwards of 100 or so meteors per hour from this shower.
Gemini in Modern Culture
As a starry constellation, Gemini has appeared in both space science and astronomy, as well as science fiction. NASA's Gemini missions were named for this star pattern because they each carried two astronauts to space. The Gemini Observatory has two domes, one in Hawai'i and one in Chile, both inspired by the starry twins. Finally, science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein named two of his teenaged characters after the two bright stars Castor and Pollux.
Petersen, Carolyn Collins. "How to Find the Gemini Constellation." ThoughtCo, Feb. 17, 2021, thoughtco.com/how-to-find-the-gemini-constellation-4184822. Petersen, Carolyn Collins. (2021, February 17). How to Find the Gemini Constellation. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-find-the-gemini-constellation-4184822 Petersen, Carolyn Collins. "How to Find the Gemini Constellation." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-find-the-gemini-constellation-4184822 (accessed January 28, 2023).
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Posted by: Mike Cornelius | February 24, 2019
The One Debate Zion's Injury Should Renew
With the first day of March approaching college basketball's regular season is starting to wind down. Selection Sunday, when the participants in this year's men's NCAA Division I tournament will be announced, is just three weeks away. Between now and then are the final few games of each team's conference schedule, followed by season-ending tournaments which represent the last chance for an unlikely squad to get hot at the right time and claim an automatic bid by scoring a couple of upsets and seizing a conference crown.
The last few days have reminded fans of how college hoops can always serve up the unexpected, something that we will no doubt see more of once the mayhem of March gets underway. Wednesday evening there was Mississippi State winning at Georgia with help from one of the home team's fans. With just half a second on the clock, State's Quinndary Weatherspoon was at the free throw line with a chance to put his team in front. He missed the shot, but as he released the ball a small stuffed animal came flying out of the stands onto the court, tossed by one of the Georgia faithful. While it's not at all clear that the projectile distracted Weatherspoon, the officials called a technical foul on Georgia. Given another chance, the senior guard made the free throw that secured the 68-67 victory.
Then on Saturday the Georgia Bulldogs were spectators when eight Ole Miss players took a knee during the national anthem to protest a pro-Confederacy rally that was taking place on the university's Oxford campus, only a few hundred feet away from the arena where the game against Georgia was about to take place. Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis said after his team won, 72-71, that "this was all about the hate groups that came to our community and tried to spread racism and bigotry." He added that he "respected" his players' action, which was a decidedly different tune that Davis sung when he was hired prior to the start of this season. At his introductory press conference Davis had, without prompting, made it clear that he would not tolerate kneeling during the anthem.
But without question the strangest event on a college hardcourt in recent days came at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina Wednesday night, in a game that garnered far more attention than the contest between Mississippi State and Georgia three hundred miles to the southwest in Athens. That was where the ACC showdown between top-ranked Duke and number eight North Carolina was taking place. The rivalry between the Blue Devils and the Tarheels is legendary enough to attract a huge following at any time, but this game drew extra notice in part because the first of two regular season meetings was coming so late in the conference schedule, but mostly because of the presence of Zion Williamson, Duke's preternaturally talented freshman forward.
What no one could have foreseen was that just thirty seconds into the contest, while some fans at Cameron were still trying to find their seats, Williamson went down with an injury that was later diagnosed as a sprained knee. It happened when he planted his left foot and his Nike sneaker literally fell apart, causing Williamson to fall backwards, with his right foot and knee twisting awkwardly as he did so. Former President Barack Obama, watching the game from just behind the Duke bench, could be seen pointing and uttering an astonished "his shoe broke!"
The stunning loss of Williamson dealt a severe blow to Mike Krzyzewski's team. Duke was a nine-point favorite, but never once led the contest, as UNC pulled away to a double-digit win, 88-72. But the bigger story than the outcome of one regular season game was the widespread reaction to Williamson's injury, with many pundits and several current and former NBA players arguing that he should not play so much as another minute for the Blue Devils. The logic of these arguments is that the player who is already known to most fans simply by his distinctive first name is the consensus choice as the number one pick in this summer's NBA Draft. He thus stands, late in his one-and-done freshman college season, on the brink of an enormous payday. Why, these critics argue, should Zion put all that money at risk by chancing further injury in pursuit of a collegiate national title that would earn him nothing more than the love and admiration of Duke fans?
The obvious response goes something like, because that's what he signed up for. Williamson made a commitment to play for Duke, even as he, Krzyzewski, and every one of the Cameron Crazies knew full well it would only be for a single season, and that the quaint concepts of student-athletes and high graduate rates are, well, quaint. The risk of injury has now turned into reality, albeit apparently and happily a relatively minor one. But that risk was there from the first practice session that Krzyzewski and his assistants whistled to begin last fall, and right through every game that the Blue Devils have played. The idea that Zion should now renege on his commitment, right at the most important time of the season for an elite program like Duke, that perennially contends for the national title, is noxious.
The good news is that from all reports Williamson wants to play and will be back in the starting lineup as soon as he is able. He traveled with the team to Syracuse this weekend, where the Blue Devils proved they could win a game without their leading man, as they pulled away late against the Orange, 75-65.
But the discussion about Zion Williamson's future does raise two legitimate points. The first is that the NBA's rule that players are eligible for the league's draft only once they are nineteen and one year removed from high school has done nothing but encourage corruption at the collegiate level of the sport. Programs around the country have been tempted to bend recruiting rules to the breaking point to attract the most talented high school seniors, knowing that these kids would play but for a single season. In a fortuitous coincidence of timing, the morning after Williamson's injury NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the league was moving to end one-and-done.
The second and ultimately more important question is the ongoing debate about amateurism in big-time college sports. Williamson is virtually certain to get his massive payday come June, and deservedly so. But when he went down on Wednesday night the game between Duke and UNC continued. ESPN garnered record ratings for the contest. The two teams competing on the court both receive massive annual payments from shoe companies to outfit their players, payments the companies firmly believe are worth every penny – though Wednesday's events probably cheered Adidas and New Balance far more than Nike. But the players, including all of Zion's teammates, most of whom will never sign an NBA contract, are prohibited from sharing in all that wealth. Now there is something for the talking heads to talk about.
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