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Passenger rights given huge boost by European Court of Justice judgement
If you are one of those who had a flight compensation claim rejected because you no longer had your
boarding card then Christmas may have come early for you. A New European Court of Justice ruling has given passenger rights a huge boost. A decision from the 24 th of October has confirmed that boarding passes should not be needed to file a claim. This decision makes the process of filing a claim for disrupted flight compensation much easier.
The decision is legally binding for all member nations of the EU and adhering states and reverses a previous decision from the French Supreme Court from February 14, 2018. The ruling had previously stipulated that passengers wishing to claim compensation for flight disruptions had to provide their boarding passes to receive compensation in France so as to prove that they were actually present at the airport on the day of departure. This had worked very much in favour of the airlines and had been used to avoid making payouts.
Under European Union Regulation (EU) No 261/2004 passengers are currently entitled to up to €600
compensation for over 3 hour delayed flights, cancelled flights, or denied boarding for all flights within, to or from the EU, or with airlines registered in the EU.
A new era in passenger protection
This new verdict sends a clear message to the airlines that passenger's rights should be upheld and that passengers should not be stymied in their claims by requesting unnecessary documents. A boarding pass merely confirms information that an airline already has in their system, and the demand for its production in the claim process was clearly a case of airlines trying to avoid responsibility. "This landmark judgement firmly shows that the courts are on the passengers' side. It strengthens current European Union Regulation (EU) No 261/2004 and stands as a precedent for future legislation in other jurisdictions, continuing a trend for stronger passenger rights as seen with Canada's recent changes to their Air Passenger Protection Regulations. EU Passengers will not only have better protection in the future but can now also resubmit claims that had been previously rejected by airlines for missing boarding passes", says Kamila Szczygieł, solicitor GIVT.
The decision by the European Court of Justice will have a positive impact on the rights of airline passengers and is binding in all European Union countries. All passengers that may have been affected by flight disruption should check if they are entitled to financial compensation regardless of being rerouted or having a return ticket. Different countries and legal jurisdictions have different time periods allowed for the claiming of flight compensation.
Written by Editorial Team Published 22:07
The news team can be contacted at news@air101.co.uk


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Let's talk about bye, bye EskimoPie…the Edmonton E-Somethings…when Muhammad was Cassius…being wrong about Bucky…Postmedia's D'Oh Boy…fake noise and fake fans…lesbian love and Ponytail Puck…splitsville for Aaron and Danica…and other things on my mind
A Sunday morning smorgas-bored…and it's only fair to warn you that the odds are 2-to-1 that this post will offend someone…
Racist and/or bigoted language was not uncommon in the home of my early upbringing.
Eastern Europeans (read: Poles and Ukrainians) who had found their way to Canadian shores were "dumb DPs" (displaced persons) or "squareheads," a descriptive I always found notably inaccurate given that, upon examination through the curious, wide eyes of youth, their heads looked no less round or long than any other adult head in the neighborhood.
Italians were "wops," Japanese were "Japs" or "nips," the Chinese were "chinks," and Indians were "lousy redskins." None of it was meant to be complimentary.
Black people, meanwhile, were "dumb darkies," and usually "good for nothing," and my dad reserved his most disgusting verbal bile for one of my favorite entertainers in those 1950s and '60s, Sammy Davis Jr., who had the (apparent) bad manners to be both Black and Jewish, which made him a "dirty, little (N-bomb) Jew."
I know, my dad was a real charmer.
Anyway, at no point did it occur to me that the word "Eskimo" was a racist slur. It was either someone who lived in an igloo up north, a tasty chocolate-coated ice cream treat (EskimoPie), or someone like Jackie Parker or Johnny Bright who played football in Edmonton.
Yet here we are today, with the forced rebranding of the Edmonton Eskimos.
The word "Eskimo" is considered offensive by many Inuit people and, in today's social climate, that will never do, so the storied Canadian Football League franchise soon shall be the Team Formerly Known As The Eskimos.
"It should be considered a dark day," scribbles Terry Jones, the dean of Canadian jock journos who wrote the book on Edmonton FC (Clearance Sale! Regular $249, now $99 plus tax and shipping; limited number of books remaining). "It's a crime, considering the traditions involved, that they're going to have to take down the sign over the dressing room door: 'Once An Eskimo, Always An Eskimo.'"
Jonesy, who's old enough to remember all but one or two of Edmonton's 14 Grey Cup successes, closes his essay with this: "They'll always be the Eskimos to me."
I suspect he'll have ample company on the disgruntled side of the name debate, because the die-hards will want to hang onto the old rather than grab onto the new.
Spaghetti Legs Parker
Let's be clear about something, though: A name change doesn't alter the legacy of this model franchise. It still has 14 Rouge Football championships. Spaghetti Legs Parker and the China Clipper and Rollie Miles and Wilkie and numerous others are still in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as Eskimos. (Come to think of it, so is Jonesy, the documentarian of all things green and gold.) And a new handle won't erase the five successive years Edmonton FC hoisted the Grey Grail (1978-82).
So why would anyone get bent out of shape?
As Gertrude Stein wrote more than 100 years ago, not long after the Esquimaux became the Eskimos: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." Or, as noted football correspondent Willie Shakespeare scribbled, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
And so it shall be with Edmonton FC.
I suppose I'd have different thoughts about this name-changing business if the rabble bullied the Winnipeg Blue Bombers into becoming something other than the Blue Bombers. But there hasn't been much of a social outcry over airplanes that carry bombs since the Vietnam War, so I think we're safe.
Apparently Edmonton FC would like to keep the alliteration in the name, thus no logo change, so they're destined to become the E-Somethings. Here are five suggestions:
1. Edmonton Evolution.
2. Edmonton Empire.
3. Edmonton Emus.
4. Edmonton Elephants.
5. Edmonton Eeny Meeny Miney Moes.
Or…they can go all-in on something completely different, such as:
1. Edmonton Rockies (named after Premier Jason Kenney's private downtown mountain range).
2. Edmonton Rough Riders (the CFL has gone too long without a second Roughriders team).
3. Edmonton Klondike (a salute to the city's minimal role in the Klondike Gold Rush).
4. Edmonton Mallers (named after E-Town's sole tourist attraction).
5. Edmonton Reboot (isn't everything in sports a reboot these days?).
The moral of the story: Don't name your franchise after people. Or marginalized groups of people. Or people who prey upon the marginalized (which rules out Daniel Snyder naming his National Football League franchise the Washington Trumps or Republicans).
I suppose the most famous name change in sports was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. to Muhammad Ali. Clay became Ali after whupping Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight boxing title in 1964, but numerous New York scribes refused to acknowledge his Islamic name. Dick Young described it as a "hate name" and wrote, "I do not believe Cassius Clay or anyone who thinks like him is good for my country. He is for separatism. He is for black man against white man." Red Smith called him Cassius Clay and described him as one of the "unwashed punks who picket and demonstrate against the war." Arthur Daley refused to call him Ali and would refer to him as "the former Cassius Clay" into the 1970s. When Robert Lipsyte wrote Muhammad Ali in his copy, editors at the New York Times would change it to Cassius Clay. The Times refused to accept Muhammad Ali as his official name until 1970. The great Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times called him Cassius as late as 1967. My guess is Edmonton scribes won't be so petty with the Edmonton E-Somethings.
I must confess that I was totally wrong about Connor Hellebuyck, Vezina Trophy finalist. When Bucky joined the Winnipeg Jets, he was gangly and awkward and seemingly confused, so I never had him figured for an elite goaltender, but he's among the three Vezina finalists for the second time in the past three National Hockey League crusades. Who knew? Certainly not moi.
Trudeau the Younger
On the subject of getting it wrong, nobody was a bigger D'Oh Boy last week than Steve Simmons of Postmedia Tranna. He had himself a right proper Twitter fit on Thursday, scolding Trudeau the Younger and his squints for permitting the Blue Jays to spend what's left of summer frolicking in the Republic of Tranna. "The government of Canada—do as we say, not as we do—has let us down again," he harrumphed. "They are allowing the Blue Jays to play home games this summer in Toronto. That is beyond stupid." No, beyond stupid is sending out that tweet, then doubling down on it ("beyond ridiculous") when, in fact, Trudeau the Younger had not granted the Tranna Nine permission to set up shop in The ROT. As we suspected, the Jays have been orphaned and shall truck their bats and their balls south of the U.S.-Canada border for an abbreviated Major League Baseball crusade. D'oh!
Simmons took to Twitter on Saturday and offered a mea culpa to the feds. He's now "proud" of them, don't you know. I'm sure Trudeau the Younger will sleep better at night knowing that.
Donovan Bailey
Simmons also submits that Donovan Bailey has not been awarded the Order of Canada because—wait for it—he's a Black man. Yup, if not for the hue of his skin, the former Olympic sprint champion would have received the honor long ago. Hmmm. Apparently the advisory council that selects Order of Canada recipients didn't notice Herb Carnegie's skin color. Or Willie O'Ree's. Or Ben Johnson's. That's right, Ben freaking cheater Johnson became a member of the Order in 1987. He has very black skin. Among the original group of recipients was Isaac Phills, a Black steelworker. So to suggest that Bailey has been blackballed due to race is "beyond stupid and ridiculous." Simmons might want to consider another mea culpa, this one to members of the advisory council for branding them as racist.
MLB plans to use canned crowd noise from video games during the season, and sound engineers will have a selection of 75 audio choices. Apparently, the folks at Fenway Park in Boston have yet to decide if they'll be using racial or anti-gay slurs as part of their sound package.
Also, a few MLB outfits will place cardboard images of actual fans in their empty ballparks. Lucky stiffs.
Just wondering: Will they still play Take Me Out To The Ballgame during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field?
Alex Rodriguez wants to buy the New York Mets and introduce an economic system that sounds suspiciously like a salary cap. Ya, says the guy who made $448,000,000 under the old system.
Sofia Reideborn
Here's something you'll never hear or read about in men's professional hockey: Romantic relationships between teammates can be problematic. So says Sofia Reideborn, now a former goaltender with SDE of the Swedish women's league. During a recent Summer Talk podcast she said, "SDE did well last season but my opinion is that we still didn't reach our full potential because there were so many love relationships and so much drama within the team. The relationships become a problem. I have nothing against homosexual relationships, it is not what I turn against, but it is relationships with a team because it affects the sporting performance. If you want money, prospects or respect, a team in the highest league cannot possibly have five couples. Ten people involved in a relationship with each other. Half the team."
SDE defender Jacquie Pierri delivered a robust rebuttal to Reideborn, tweeting, "To argue we should ban player relationships because they are inconvenient in one straight-person's eyes is backwards and not befitting of any airtime or publicity."
Danica and Aaron
Speaking of relationships, it looks like football hero Aaron Rodgers and former fast-car racer Danica Patrick have hit the ultimate speed bump and arrived at splitsville. Apparently they had a flare-up over driving: He refused to stop and ask for directions, she couldn't do anything but make left turns.
And, finally, according to Zodiak readings, if I were a pie I'd be a classic apple pie. And if I were Canadian comfort food, I'd be a Peameal Bacon Sandwich. I'm not sure what any of that means, but it's making me hungry. Time for brekky.
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Let's talk about cheering in the press box…negative bias…Red Smith getting the heave-ho…Brown Bagging It in the Drab Slab…Tim & Sid & Puck Finn…rooting for les Leafs…TV ratings…and sports IQ
A mid-week, media-centric smorgas-bored coming down in 3, 2, 1…and a happy hump day to all you working stiffs…
A couple of weekends back, I mentioned something about cheering in the press box and entered a guilty plea on the charge of silently root, root, rooting for the 1978-79 Winnipeg Jets in the final waltz of the final World Hockey Association playoff gala.
The key word is "silently."
I totally understood the 'no cheering in the press box' mantra and I subscribed to it without reservation during my 30 years in the rag trade. More to the point, I was inclined to cast the stink eye at anyone who betrayed the precious, unwritten code that dates back to the first chisel striking a stone tablet following David's epic upset win over Goliath.
Thus it was with interest that I read Mad Mike McIntyre's thoughts on the matter at the conclusion of his recent hoops safari to the Republic of Tranna at the behest of the Drab Slab.
While the Jurassics and the Golden State Juggernaut had at it on the hardwood, Mad Mike found himself somewhat discomforted by the presence of the most scorned and tut-tutted of press box inhabitants—he/she who waves pom-poms.
"That's just gross," he opined. "To be clear, I didn't witness this from any of the mainstream press—who I expect would know better—but from a handful of fringe online writers who managed to score access. A big no-no, but the kind of thing that is happening in this rapidly growing media world where 'fan-friendly' copy can score you easy clicks and likes.
"Let me say this as loudly as I can: I don't cheer for any team I cover. And I would hope my copy, not to mention 24-year journalism career in this city, would reflect that. The only things I root for are good storylines and quick-moving games that leave plenty of time for deadline to file. And Diet Pepsi in the press box, instead of Diet Coke."
Well, let me say this about that (without being too loud) once again: Any news snoop who tells you that he/she doesn't have favorites, trust me, he/she is lying. And because they have favorites, they want those people and/or teams to succeed. That isn't wrong, nor does it make them sellouts to a sacred trust. It makes them human.
Imagine that. Sports scribes as humans. What a concept. It's true, though. Especially among the women. I've yet to meet a female jock journo who isn't human. The men, not so much.
But even the men are suckers for a good story from good people.
You think there wasn't silent cheering in the press box at the old barn on Maroons Road when Teemu Selanne was about to shatter Mike Bossy's rookie record for goal scoring in 1993? Teemu wasn't just a fan favorite in Good Ol' Hometown. He was a media darling. Scribes and talking heads loved the obliging, aw-shucks kid with the flashy nickname from Finland. They couldn't get enough of him. So when Selanne passed Bossy, you wanted to stand up and damn well cheer.
Other things made you want to break down and bloody well cry, like a spring afternoon in 1996 when the Winnipeg Jets bid farewell to the faithful and bolted for the Arizona desert. (I know, for certain, there were news snoops with tears in their eyes that day.)
The trick, of course, is to keep any bias on the down low while perched in the press box and, most imperative, prevent it from creeping into your copy.
To date, Mad Mike has managed to do that while sucking back his Diet Pepsi. But Big Sister is watching and reading.
Prejudice, you realize, can cut both ways. The most recent example of negative bias I can think of was the extreme and shameful hate-on former Drab Slab columnist Paul Wiecek had for Jacob Trouba. The young Jets defender (allegedly) lied to Wiecek about a desire to play in Winnipeg, and the Freep scribe went into attack mode, never squandering an opportunity to discredit Trouba's character, if not his play. It became an obsession, very personal, nasty and uncomfortable. That is as much a betrayal to the trade as standing up and cheering in the press box.
Red Smith
Here's how legendary American columnist Red Smith handled a run-in with an athlete back in the day (from the book No Cheering in the Press Box by Jerome Holtzman):
"Over the years, of course, all sports writers, especially those assigned to and traveling with ball clubs, have difficulty with a ball player, or ball players. I never had anything as crucial as an actual fist fight, but I did have some differences with Bill Werber. This was when I was in Philadelphia and he was traded or sold. The A's sent him to the Cincinnati Reds, and when the deal was announced I probably wrote something to the general effect of 'Good riddance.' I'm not sure. I didn't care deeply for Bill. I thought he paraded his formal education. He was out of Duke, you know, and he used to correct the grammar of other ball players. There were things about Bill that didn't enchant me.
"In 1939 the Reds were in the World Series. When we got to Cincinnati for the third game I went down to the bench before the game, and my old friend Paul Derringer said, 'Hello, Red, you know Bill Werber don't you?' And Werber said, 'Yes, I know the sonofabitch.'
"It went on, a tiny few exchanges like that, and then he said, 'Get off this bench! Get out of the dugout!'
"I said, 'No, I'm a guest here.'
"And he got up and shouldered me out of the dugout, just kind of strongarmed me out. I had my portable and I was strongly tempted to let him have it—with the typewriter. But I somehow didn't feel like doing that on the field before the first World Series game in Cincinnati and so I left.
"I remember Charlie Dexter coming along behind me and he said, 'What are you going to do? Are you going to protest to the Baseball Writers Association?'
"I said, 'No, Charlie, the player doesn't like me.'
"I didn't speak to him again."
Doug Brown
Another interesting entry from Doug Brown on the pages of the Drab Slab. Despite evidence to the contrary in the 2018 Canadian Football League crusade, Doug's not convinced that Chris Streveler is a suitable backup quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. "It can take a lot more time to develop a pocket-passing acumen than a couple of starts, a year of practice and some preseason games. Call it a hunch, a best guess, but I'm not sure he eventually will." Brown adds that Streveler's "habits, and affinity for contact, aren't sustainable for the long-term in the CFL." Like I said, interesting. Brown, of course, saw some QBs during his time on D-lines in both the CFL and National Football League, but I'm saying he misses his "guess" on Streveler.
So, some dude named David Pagnotta from a blog called The Fourth Period cites "multiple sources close to the situation" and tells us that restricted free agent Patrik Laine plans to "explore" all his options. That, in turn, leads to rampant rumor that Puck Finn wants out of River City if les Jets don't pony up to the tune of $10 million per season on a new contract. That's where Tim & Sid weighed in on Sportsnet.
Tim Micallef: "Laine is an elite goal scorer."
Sid Seixeiro: "But here's the thing. Laine…there are some red flags on Laine a little bit. Would you not acknowledge? He's extremely hard on himself, he'll go in that slump…there are parts of Laine, when he's scoring 45-plus you kind of ignore, but when he had a year like he had last year…look, they're gonna pay him, they're gonna keep him, I'm not saying they're not. But his rep isn't what it was 18 months ago."
Tim & Sid
Tim: "But even then, so what do you drop to, a Phil Kessel? Like, honestly, the guy can score in his sleep, right?"
Sid: "When he's scoring."
Tim: "But when he's scoring he ends up with 40, in and around. Right? Like, even with the slumps, he ends up with in and around 40, which, I don't know if you checked, gets a lot of money in the NHL these days."
Sid: "Oh, it does. Look, the Cheveldayoff thing and Laine, we're gonna hear a lot of the breaking rumors, he is not leaving Winnipeg, he is signing long term in Winnipeg, he is not being traded, he is not exploring those options. Of all the restricteds, that one is gonna get locked down guaranteed."
I'm with Sid, even though his numbers are a bit wonky (Laine has yet to score "45-plus" in a season). Puck Finn isn't going anywhere. Not yet.
Strange tweet from Scott Stinson of the National Post: "No one from outside Ontario would dare cheer for the Maple Leafs. The Raptors, though…" What rock has that dude been hiding under? When les Leafs make their annual pilgrimage to Western Canada, it's like they're the home team. Stinson might want to get out of the house more often. Or at least stay up late enough to turn on his TV and watch les Leafs when they're playing in the colonies.
D'oh boy tweet from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star: "More people watching these Raptor games in the NBA Finals than watch Grey Cups these days. That's exceeding an annual piece of Canadiana. Think about that for a moment." I don't have to think about it. Although Cox doesn't spell out what "these days" are, here are Canadian TV ratings from Grey Cup matches this century vs. the NBA final:
2009 Montreal-Saskatchewan 6.1 million average
2010 Montreal-Saskatchewan 6M
2012 Calgary-Toronto 5.8M
2002 Montreal-Edmonton 5.2M
2011 B.C.-Winnipeg 4.6M
2013 Hamilton-Saskatchewan 4.5M
2003 Edmonton-Montreal 4.4M
2015 Ottawa-Edmonton 4.3M
2017 Toronto-Calgary 4.3M
2019 Game 2 NBA final 4.3M
2014 Hamilton-Calgary 4.1M
2006 B.C.-Montreal 4M
2005 Edmonton-Montreal 4M
2004 Toronto-B.C. 4M
2016 Calgary-Ottawa 3.9M
2008 Calgary-Montreal 3.65M
2007 Winnipeg-Saskatchewan 3.5M
2001 Calgary-Winnipeg 2.7M
And, finally, I keep hearing pundits talk about hockey IQ and basketball IQ and football IQ, but I never hear anyone mention baseball IQ. I guess after listening to Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel, the notion of intelligent life on Planet Baseball was ruled out years ago.
Author pattidawnswanssonPosted on June 5, 2019 October 17, 2020 Categories SportsTags Bill Werber, Canadian Football League, Casey Stengel, Charlie Dexter, Chris Streveler, Cincinnati Reds, Damien Cox, David Pagnotta, Diet Coke, Doug Brown, Duke, Grey Cup, Jacob Trouba, Jerome Holtzman, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Maroons Road, Mike McIntyre, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Post, NBA final, No Cheering in the Press Box, Patrik Laine, Paul Derringer, Paul Wiecek, Phil Kessel, Red Smith, Scott Stinson, Sid Seixeiro, Sportsnet, Teemu Selanne, The Fourth Period, Tim Micallef, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Star, Western Canada, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Jets, World Hockey Association, World Series, Yogi BerraLeave a comment on Let's talk about cheering in the press box…negative bias…Red Smith getting the heave-ho…Brown Bagging It in the Drab Slab…Tim & Sid & Puck Finn…rooting for les Leafs…TV ratings…and sports IQ
About Olympians who are not also-rans…passing on Johnny Manziel…shitholes and Presidents…writing in bits and pieces…angry lesbian tennis legends…and Tonya is still a thug
I cannot survive in a 140- or 280-character world, so here are more tweets that grew up to be too big for Twitter…
Well, okay, the names aren't sexy.
There's no glitz and glam.
They're more lunch pail and brown bag than champagne and caviar.
A gloomy Gus is apt to suggest that they're scrubs on skates. That the men's hockey tournament next month in PyeongChang, South Korea, will be the Spengler Cup dressed up as the Winter Olympic Games.
Wojtek Wolski
To that I say "no." They're Olympians. Our Olympians. The 25 lads selected to wear the Maple Leaf—from Rene Bourque to Wojtek Wolski—got there the hard way. They earned it, playing hither and yon in remote outposts as far removed from the National Hockey League as Minsk is from Manhattan. And I harbor zero doubt that they'll deliver good, Canadian pluck and backbone in abundance. That might earn them a gold, silver or bronze trinket. It might not be enough. Doesn't matter. They're our guys. Hop on board the bandwagon. There's plenty of room.
Pierre LeBrun gets it. Steve Simmons…(as usual) not a freaking clue.
Here's LeBrun of The Athletic Toronto and TSN on men's shinny rosters at the Winter Games: "We all agree the Olympics without NHL players stinks. But let's have respect for the players selected in their place. They're proud Canadians living out their Olympic dream."
Here's Postmedia's Simmons after the U.S. declared its roster: Those named to the team are "also rans." Read: Bottom feeders. Which means he also believes the Canadians are bottom feeders.
Brian Gionta
Rather than insult the American Olympians, the rude Simmons might have done some research. He'd have discovered that at least 18 of Uncle Sam's reps are champions at the NHL, NCAA, American Hockey League, Major Junior or European professional level. Which disqualifies them as "also rans." (Sourpuss Steve might want to invest in a dictionary.)
Mark Arcobello: Champion with SC Bern of Swiss National League and champion with Yale University in 2009;
Chad Billins: Calder Cup (AHL) champion with Grand Rapids Griffins; Johnathon Blum: Western Hockey League and Memorial Cup champion with Vancouver Giants;
Will Borgen: NCHC champion with St. Cloud State University;
Chris Bourque: Three-time Calder Cup champion and Deutschland Cup champion;
Bobby Butler: Calder Cup champion;
Matt Gilroy: NCAA champion with Boston University;
Brian Gionta: Stanley Cup champion with New Jersey Devils and NCAA champion with Boston College;
Ryan Gunderson: Swedish Hockey League champion with Brynas IF;
Chad Kolarik: Two-time CCHA champion with University of Michigan; David Leggio: ECAC champion with Clarkson University and SM-Liiga champion with TPS;
Broc Little: ECAC champion with Yale;
John McCarthy: NCAA champion with Boston University;
Brian O'Neill: ECAC champion with Yale;
Bobby Sanguinetti: Swiss Cup champion with EHC Kloten;
Ryan Stoa: WCHA champion with University of Minnesota;
Troy Terry: NCAA champion with University of Denver;
Noah Welch: SHL champion with Vaxjo Lakers HC; two-time ECAC champion with Harvard.
Good reads: 1) Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star on Nigerian born and raised Masai Ujiri, general manager of the Tranna Raptors; 2) Cathal Kelly of the Globe and Mail on a ticking time bomb named Johnny Manziel. No one in Canadian sports writing gets to the heart of a social issue quite like Arthur, while Kelly's crystal ball has him convinced that Manziel is destined to become a Grade A pain in the ass to whichever Canadian Football League outfit is foolish enough to recruit him.
Donnovan Bennett has a go at Manziel on the Sportsnet website, listing five reasons why the Hamilton Tiger-Cats should pawn off the former Heisman Trophy winner. He makes a compelling case. Unfortunately, Bennett doesn't list the main reason why Johnny Football ought to be persona non grata in the Hammer or any other CFL port o' call—he beats up women. That's where any discussion of Manziel should begin and end.
Best lip service this week: Ujiri was, understandably, unamused when U.S. President Donald Trump referenced immigrants who arrive in America from Africa's "shithole countries." Said the Raptors GM: "If I grew up in a shithole, I am proud of my shithole."
Lias Andersson
It's about that Swedish kid who hucked his world teenage hockey tournament silver medal into the stands after the title match in Buffalo: So Lias Andersson didn't want to take his trinket home and stuff the thing in a box. His choice. Get off the kid's case. I mean, why did Andersson take such a fierce paddywhacking on social media? It's not like he's the first athlete to get rid of a trinket. New York Islanders/Pittsburgh Penguins legend Bryan Trottier sold two of his Stanley Cup rings. Hall of Fame goaltender Rogie Vachon sold a Stanley Cup ring. The noblest of them all, Jean Beliveau, peddled a Stanley Cup ring. So, in Andersson's case, there's really nothing to see there.
Best tweet about a twit this week is courtesy of veteran broadcaster Dave Hodge: "Less than a month til the Winter Olympics, or as the U-S (sic) President calls them—games involving athletes from non-shithole countries." That made me laugh out loud and reminded me of the type of banter I used to hear in the press boxes of North America. It's all adult humor and quite profane, of course, but press boxes were funny, funny places back in the day. I'd like to think they still are, although the humor doesn't show up in much of the sports writing I read.
A while back Paul Wiecek of the Winnipeg Free Press reviewed his least-read columns from 2017 and, among other things, he said "a bits column is just lazy. Pick a topic—and then write about (it) in an interesting way. It's not that hard."
Two things here:
1) Herb Caen wrote a "bits" column in San Francisco for 60 years. That's a whole lot of lazy. It's so much lazy that the Pulitzer Prize people awarded him a special honor. It's so much lazy that there's a walkway in Frisco named after him. The aforementioned Simmons does a weekly dibs column. Lazy. Ed Willes of Postmedia Vancouver writes a weekly bits column. Lazy. Doug Smith and Kevin McGran write regular bits columns for the Toronto Star. Lazy. Legendary Winnipeg Tribune scribe Jack Matheson penned a weekly dibs column. Lazy. Frankly, if done well, bits and dibs columns can be more enjoyable reads than a lengthy essay on a boring topic. It isn't lazy.
2) There's nothing easy about producing a daily sports column. It's bloody hard. Here's what notable New York scribe Red Smith had to say when asked if churning out a column was a chore: "Why no. You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins and bleed." Smith's take on writing is a lot closer to the truth than Wiecek's.
Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King
Noted lesbians Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova insist that they'd boycott the Australian Open if required to perform in the Margaret Court Arena. When anti-gay preacher Court compared gays to Hitler and communism, then submitted that same-sex marriage would bring an end to Christmas and Easter in the Land of Oz, she lost considerable, if not all, cred as a voice of reason and her verbal attack on the LGBT community was repugnant for its rancor. While it's easy for the long-retired tennis greats to say they'd boycott the AO because of Court's hurtful words, neither King nor Navratilova has ever been a shrinking Violet, so I believe them when they say they'd skip the event. I just wish some of today's players would do it.
By most accounts, former fancy skater Tonya Harding remains every ounce the charmless thug who spent the past 24 years as the queen of denial re her role in the mindless and chilling plot to assault fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan. So you'll have to excuse me if I'm in no hurry to watch the movie I, Tonya, which apparently portrays Harding as a victim of life. Hey, I feel bad for anyone who's been physically abused. Especially kids. It's horrible and I can relate. I felt the sting of my dad's belt buckle on my backside and the back of his hand to my head more than once. And he once put the boots put to me (literally) so hard that I piddled in my pants. But it never occurred to me to take a club to his or anyone else's kneecaps. So let there be no pity party for Harding.
Author pattidawnswanssonPosted on January 14, 2018 January 14, 2018 Categories SportsTags Australian Open, Billie Jean King, Brian Gionta, Bruce Arthur, Bryan Trottier, Canada, Canadian Football League, Cathal Kelly, communism, Dave Hodge, Donald Trump, Donnovan Bennett, Doug Smith, Ed Willes, gays, Globe and Mail, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Heisman Trophy, Herb Caen, Hitler, hockey, Jack Matheson, Jean Beliveau, Johnny Manziel, Kevin McGran, Lias Andersson, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Masai Ujiri, Nancy Kerrigan, Paul Wiecek, Pierre LeBrun, Postmedia, Pulitzer Prize, PyeongChang, Red Smith, Rene Bourque, Rogie Vachon, South Korea, Spengler Cup, Sportsnet, Stanley Cup, Steve Simmons, Sweden, The Athletic Toronto, Tonya Harding, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Star, TSN, United States, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Tribune, Winter Olympic Games, Wojtek WolskiLeave a comment on About Olympians who are not also-rans…passing on Johnny Manziel…shitholes and Presidents…writing in bits and pieces…angry lesbian tennis legends…and Tonya is still a thug
The sports media dealing with social/political issues is nothing new
Stick to sports? Why?
Why should jock journalists and opinionists be limited to one-trick pony-ism, writing and gabbing about nothing other than wins and losses, home runs and touchdowns, free throws and three-pointers, and how much air there is in Tom Brady's balls?
Sam Lacy, Dan Bankhead and Wendell Smith.
I mean, I'm guessing that if Twitter had been around in the 1930s and '40s, Sam Lacy, Wendell Smith and other black sportswriters might have used their 140-character allotment to say something significant about segregation in baseball. Twitter didn't exist back then, though. So they used newspapers like the Pittsburgh Courier, the Chicago Defender and the Baltimore Afro-American as pulpits from which to openly lobby for desegregation.
For example, when Major League Baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis died in 1944, Lacy used his Afro-American platform to scribble this about the appointment of Happy Chandler as MLB commish: "It appears that his choice was the most logical one for the bigoted major league operators, of which there is a heavy majority on hand."
Similarly, in the chaotic 1960s, when young heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam and became Cassius X then Muhammad Ali, (white) sports scribes refused to use his Muslim name in their copy (it wasn't until October 1970, six years after the fact, that the New York Times issued a directive that sportswriters were to call him Muhammad Ali) and they weren't shy about spicing their prose with biting social commentary re "Clay," race and religion.
Here are two examples from New York columnist Jimmy Cannon:
"The fight racket since its rotten beginnings has been the red light district of sports. But this is the first time it has been turned into an instrument of mass hate…Clay is using it as a weapon of wickedness."
Jimmy Cannon
"I pity Clay and abhor what he represents. In the years of hunger during the Depression, the Communists used famous people the way the Black Muslims are exploiting Clay. This is a sect that deforms the beautiful purpose of religion."
The noise became amplified, also more threatening and vicious, when the champ refused to step forward for induction into the United States military in 1967.
Red Smith, legendary New York columnist: "Squealing over the possibility that the military may call him up, Cassius makes as sorry a spectacle as those unwashed punks who picket and demonstrate against the war."
Really? Those protesting the Vietnam War were "unwashed punks?"
Jim Murray, legendary Los Angeles Times columnist, who mocked Ali by calling him Abdul the Bull Bull Ameer: "Cassius Marcellus Clay, one of the greatest heroes in the history of his people, has decided to secede from the Union. He will not disgrace himself by wearing the uniform of the Army of the United States…From the safety of 103 years, he waves his fist at dead slave owners. Down to his last four Cadillacs, the thud of Communist jackboots holds no dread for him. He is in this country but not of it."
Really? Dead slave owners and Communist jackboots in a sports column?
So, you see, when ESPN anchor Jemele Hill went off on Donald Trump on her personal Twitter account recently, calling the United States president a "white supremacist," she wasn't digging a shovel into fresh, unbroken ground. Social/political commentary in print and on air is older than the contract Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first black player in baseball's major leagues. Do you think the names and words Jesse Owens, Adolph Hitler, Nazis and Aryan supremacy have never appeared in a sportswriter's copy?
Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star is among the elite wordsmiths in Canadian jock journalism today, but social/political commentary on his Twitter account heavily outweighs the sports content. Why would anyone find that objectionable?
"I think it should be a personal decision, based partly on who employs you," he said as a member of a Sports Illustrated panel. "But if you're informed—or even just feel strongly about something—and you're comfortable making your voice heard, then you should be able to say what you think. Sports are great, but they're not the world. It's okay to live in the world a little, too."
On the night of the 2016 American presidential election, with Donald Trump winning the White House, Steve Simmons of Postmedia tweeted: "The saddest night in American history." That is, of course, a totally illogical comment, especially coming from a non-American, but is he not allowed his emotional, if uninformed, opinion? Does it reflect on Simmons or Postmedia? I would submit the former rather than the latter, and numerous followers suggested he "stick to sports."
If I have an issue with sports opinionists and their social/political commentary, it's when they say nothing at all. Or when they're inconsistent.
Ray Rice is pilloried for beating up one woman. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is given a pass on his thick file of repeated domestic violence. (I suppose the arrival of Johnny Manziel to a Canadian Football League outfit will be greeted with literary high fives.) That isn't merely inexcusable, it's the abandonment of responsible reporting.
Sports and politics/social activism are bedfellows, and to think otherwise is to live in a Utopian world. Social media has upped the ante, to be sure, but jock journos have always been there to write and talk about it. Usually in more than 140 characters.
Patti Dawn Swansson has been scribbling mostly about Winnipeg sports for 47 years, which means she's old and probably should think about getting a life.
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Champions Double Up on Gold
PARK CITY, Utah (July 31, 2021) – Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill./Norge Ski Club) and Annika Belshaw (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club) swept to back-to-back titles on day two of the 2022 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS134m large hill at the Utah Olympic Park. Belshaw remained dominant in the women's field while Larson had to come from behind with a stunning second round jump to clinch the title.
The large hill competition at the U.S. Championships attracted a field of 31 men and 13 women to the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. The event is sponsored by the Utah Office of Tourism and the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and produced by Park City Ski & Snowboard and the Utah Olympic Park, along with USA Nordic.
Down by 9.2 points after the first round to teammate Decker Dean (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club), Larson came roaring back with a massive 127.5m second round jump to take gold by 258.9 to 249.9 over Dean. Andrew Urlaub (Eau Claire Wis./Flying Eagles Ski Club) was third.
Belshaw led both rounds and had the two longest jumps of the day for the women, soaring 121.5m in the first round and clinching the victory with a 120.0m jump. Anna Hoffmann (Madison, Wis./Blackhawk Ski Club) was second with jumps of 117.0m and 110.0m with Nina Lussi (Lake Placid, N.Y./New York Ski Education Foundation)
Both Larson and Belshaw picked up their career-first titles in the opening HS100m competition, doubling up in the HS124.
The U.S. Ski Jumping Championships kicked off the Olympic season, and were the first in two years.
Official Results – U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, HS134, July 31 2021
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Q: Markdown and external links I have a Rails 4 app (which uses RedCarpet) and a helper method that looks like:
def markdown(text)
  options = {
    escape_html:     true,
    hard_wrap:       true,
    link_attributes: { rel: 'nofollow', target: "_blank" },
    space_after_headers: true,
    fenced_code_blocks: true
  }

  extensions = {
    autolink:           true,
    superscript:        true,
    disable_indented_code_blocks: true
  }

  renderer = Redcarpet::Render::HTML.new(options)
  markdown = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(renderer, extensions)

  markdown.render(text).html_safe
end

My problem is that if someone puts in for example [Example here](www.example.com), then is parsed, and someone clicks on the link, it goes to www.mywebsite.com/www.example.com, instead of www.example.com.
How do I fix this?

A: For me, running your method with "[Example here](www.example.com)" and RedCarpet 3.0 returns the following:
"
Example here
\n"
So, it appears it is something else in your application. If you're noticing the problem on the client side (ie from clicking on a link in your browser), my guess is it's in your views somewhere in the HTML. I'd search your app's file directory, particularly any HTML, for "www.mywebsite.com".

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Children can experience many of the same symptoms related to computer use as adults.
Children are very adaptable. Although there are many positive aspects to their adaptability, children frequently ignore problems that would be addressed by adults. A child who is viewing a computer screen with a large amount of glare often will not think about changing the computer arrangement or the surroundings to achieve more comfortable viewing. This can result in excessive eye strain. Discomfort can also result from dryness due to infrequent blinking. Also, children often accept blurred vision caused by nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), or astigmatism because they think everyone sees the way they do. Uncorrected farsightedness can cause eye strain, even when clear vision can be maintained.
Children are not the same size as adults. Most computer workstations are arranged for adult use. Therefore, a child using a computer on a typical office desk often must look up higher than an adult. Since the most efficient viewing angle is slightly downward about 15 degrees, problems using the eyes together can occur. In addition, children may have difficulty reaching the keyboard or placing their feet on the floor, causing arm, neck or back discomfort.
Have the child's vision checked. A comprehensive eye examination will ensure that the child can see clearly and comfortably and detect any hidden conditions that may contribute to eye strain. When necessary, glasses, contact lenses or vision therapy can provide clear, comfortable vision for computer use.
Build in break times. A brief break every hour will minimize the development of eye focusing problems and eye irritation.
Carefully check the height and position of the computer. The child's size should determine where the monitor and keyboard are placed. In many situations, the computer monitor will be too high in the child's field of view. A good solution to many of these problems is an adjustable chair that can be raised for the child's comfort. A foot stool may be helpful in supporting the child's feet.
Carefully check for glare and reflections on the computer screen. Position the monitor to minimize glare. Windows or other light sources should not be directly visible when sitting in front of the monitor. When this occurs, the desk or computer may be turned to prevent glare on the screen. Sometimes glare is less obvious.
Adjust the amount of lighting in the room for sustained comfort.


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Man sets sister ablaze for disrespecting mother
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Chima for allegedly setting ablaze his elder sister, identified simply as Victoria, at their place of residence by the CAC bus stop in the Okokomaiko area of Ojo.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the siblings were assisting their mother, who was cooking in the kitchen, when trouble started between Victoria and him.
It was learnt that the mother cautioned Victoria against cohabitating with men since she had a home, but an argument ensued between them and Victoria allegedly disrespected her in the process.
Chima, who was angered by what Victoria did to their mother, reportedly grabbed a keg filled with petrol, hit his sister with it and the content spilled on her and their mother.
This was followed by an explosion and the mother and sister were burnt in the process.
In a bid to rescue them, PUNCH Metro gathered that neighbours rushed them to a nearby hospital in Okokomaiko, from where Victoria, who sustained severe burns, was referred to the General Hospital in Igando. However, Victoria died due to the severity of the burns, but the mother survived.
PUNCH Metro gathered that after Chima realised what he had done, he attempted to flee from the scene of the incident, but he was apprehended by youths in the community, who heard the distress call of the victims, just as smoke was coming out from their kitchen.
The neighbours reportedly extinguished the fire and handed over Chima to the police.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed Chima's arrest, adding that during interrogation, he confessed to setting his sister ablaze for disrespecting their mother.
The PPRO said, "According to the suspect, he set his elder sister ablaze, because she disrespected their mother. The mother was cooking when the brother threw a keg of petrol at the sister and an explosion occurred. The mother also suffered burns, but she is fine, while the sister could not make it.
"The brother has been arrested and the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, for discrete investigation. He will soon be charged. Investigation is ongoing."
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What Frida Kahlo was hiding under those skirts: The artist's private life revealed at Brooklyn Museum
By Anni Irish
Nickolas Muray, Frida in New York (1946, printed 2006). Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2010.80. Photo by Nickolas Muray, © Nickolas Muray Photo Archive. Photo: Brooklyn Museum.
This month a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum examines the art and life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Featuring a mix of personal artifacts from Kahlo as well as pivotal paintings the artist produced over the course of her career, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving gives viewers a unique peek into Kahlo's private life, and in the process, reveals personal details most people might not realize.
Appearances Can Be Deceiving in the first major show of the artist's work in the U.S. in almost a decade. The exhibition was inspired by a 2012 show at the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico, but the Brooklyn version takes on a slightly different feel and includes elements such as a biographical film that was not in the previous edition, as well as 40 rare photographs of the artist from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art. Also unique to this show is a Mexican makeover of the museum's onsite restaurant, The Norm, featuring a rotating lineup of guest chefs and events that will complement the art on view.
This bio-exhibition format is one that the Brooklyn Museum has seen success with before. In 2018, many flocked to the borough to see the widely popular David Bowie show, which featured a number of costumes, liner notes, artworks and other personal items from the musician. A 2017 exhibition of Georgia O'Keefe that is now traveling, as well as a 2015 show of Basquiat, also followed a similar format.
This latest exhibition engages a similar trajectory, offering viewers a rare glimpse into the enigmatic artist's life. After Kahlo's death in 1954, she requested that her personal items not be opened until 15 years after the death of her husband Diego Rivera. (Kahlo was a deeply private person, as this story in The Guardian points out.) Rivera passed away in 1957, however, it wasn't until the early 2000s when Kahlo's personal items began to be closely inventoried by staff at Casa Azul, the artist's residence in Mexico City that has since become a museum.
The prosthetic leg Frida Kahlo detailed with flourishes like a dragon painted onto a leather boot. Museo Frida Kahlo. Photograph Javier Hinojosa. ©Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Archives, Banco de México, Fiduciary of the Trust of the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums
Appearances Can Be Deceiving features a wide range of personal effects from Case Azul including pieces of clothing such as hand-painted corsets, Tehuana skirts, dresses, and tops, and a number of pieces of contemporary jewelry. Other belongings such as Revlon nail polishes in various stages of use and colors, lipstick tubes, and a portable ashtray also show a more intimate side to Kahlo.
Kahlo's sense of personal style is a trait that she would also become well known for over the course of her career. From her famous unibrow, to her use of men's clothing such as suits, as well as her oversized skirts and dresses, the artist's look was as much a matter of choice as necessity. Many of the garments in her wardrobe incorporated aspects of her Mexican heritage, but were also worn to hide her disability.
At the age of 6, Kahlo contracted Polio which left her with a limp. Hurt in a bus accident at the age of 9, Kahlo recovered in a full body cast for three months. The accident resulted in a broken spinal column and changed the course of her life. The injuries she sustained from it likely impacted her ability to have children, and also resulted in a long recovery time with several surgeries.
This experience greatly informed how she would come to approach the world and was often reflected in her artwork. One painting from 1929 titled, "The Bus," features a range of people from different walks of life sitting on a bus, but is also a direct reference to the bus that hit her. Another drawing from 1926, "The Accident," depicts two buses crashing into one another, a hospital in the background and Kahlo laying in a bed with a cast on her right leg.
In 1953, Kahlo's leg was amputated from gangrene, resulting in her wearing a prosthetic. The show features one of the prosthetics she personally designed with a red leather boot that laces up the front and an Asian-inspired dragon design outlined in green with an orange body.
Frida Kahlo, "Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair "(1940). © 2019 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
There are also a number of paintings in the show that call attention to the artist's personal history and rely upon the imagery she employed throughout her career. Often Kahlo used herself in her paintings depicting her unibrow, as well as other aspects of her life that she infused with surrealist imagery. Her sense of fearlessness and larger elements of gender play are particularly evident within "Self Portrait With Cropped Hair" from 1940. The painting is a self-portrait of the artist in a suit sitting in a yellow chair with a floor covered in strands of Kahlo's hair that she has appeared to have cut off.
This deeply intimate look into all sides of Kahlo's life reveals many details about the artist and how she would come to deal with issues both publicly and personally. The show also raises larger issues surrounding traditional notions of femininity and masculinity. But with such a fashion-heavy focus, it does in some ways detract from Kahlo's larger artistic practice. While Kahlo was celebrated as fashion icon, her art was at the center of who she was, and having a show so split between her clothing and her work does not elevate her art.
Today Kahlo has come to be viewed as a revolutionary feminist icon for being openly bisexual in an era when this was looked down upon; tackling tough issues in her art; and redefining beauty standards in the process. Appearances Can be Deceiving provides insight into one of the most unique artists of her generation, but also showcases how complex Kahlo was as a person.
Appearances Can Be Deceiving is on view at the Brooklyn Museum until May 12, 2019.
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The Ledge of Quetzal: Beyond 2012
A Magical Adventure to Discover the Real Promise of the Mayan Prophecy
Jock Whitehouse, Illustrations by Tom Knapp
Illustrations & wood engravings
On December 21, 2012, there will be an opportunity for the meek to prevail. So speaks one of the Mexican sages in Jock Whitehouse�s 2012 anti-apocalypse book The Ledge of Quetzal.
�There was a growing momentum of darkness in the world. As climate change spawned wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods; as earthquakes and mudslides turned entire villages into rubble; as political, social and religious differences gave rise to terrorism, genocide, and war; as the world teetered on the edge of economic chaos, it was not hard to imagine apocalypse in the making. The Maya, however, along with numerous other cultures and disciplines, had somehow discerned the largest cosmic cycles of man�s destiny and the forces that surrounded it. And in those cycles they found, like the pause of a pendulum at its apogee, an opportunity for total change. It was like a second chance for all mankind.�
Yes, the weather is changing, world economies are shaky, terrorism and nationalism and fanatical leaders threaten global security. Some say civilization is ending.
Can it be saved? Yes. Who can do that? We can.
That�s the message that comes through in this wild adventure story � in the tradition of Castaneda and Coelho, deep into the heart of southern Mexico and its rich traditions of plant-based hallucinogens and the spiritual clarity they awaken.
Jock Whitehouse is the author of The Ledge of Quetzal. A professional writer who studied under Rod Serling, he has spent many years in Mexico, first as a child and later as an adult, where he experienced the mystical native traditions that inform the mythological core of his allegory. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. (Photo credit: Deborah Whitehouse)
Sample Content:
The Preface and Chapter One
The Astrology of 2012 and Beyond
Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012: The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light


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Biografia
Head ricoprì la carica di conservatore al Dipartimento delle Monete e delle Medaglie del British Museum di Londra, una delle più rilevanti collezioni numismatiche del mondo.

Il suo testo più noto, Historia Numorum ha influenzato decisamente lo studio della monetazione greca.

Dopo gli studi alla Grammar School nella natia Ipswich, Head entrò a far parte dello staff del British Museum nel 1864. Più tardi entrò anche come direttore aggiunto della redazione di Numismatic Chronicle, la rivista della Royal Numismatic Society, che in seguito diresse fino al 1910.

Laureato honoris causa a Oxford, Durham e Heidelberg, è stato anche membro della Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nel 1907 gli fu conferita la medaglia della Royal Numismatic Society.

È morto a Londra nel 1914.

Opere
Nel 1873 ebbe inizio la pubblicazione dei cataloghi della collezione di monete greche del British Museum, cataloghi che costituiscono tuttora uno dei più importanti riferimenti per queste monete. Head collaborò personalmente alla stesura di 8 dei trenta volumi.

Historia Nummorum
Nel 1887 esce la prima edizione della sua opera più importante, Historia Nummorum, un trattato in cui è esaminata la storia della monetazione greca. Questo lavoro è giudicato fondamentale sia per i numismatici che per gli studiosi di archeologia e di storia.

La seconda edizione venne pubblicata nel 1911 ed è tuttora considerata la base per lo studio della monetazione greca. Solo per la monetazione greca dell'Italia è stato pubblicato nel 2001 un aggiornamento (Rutter, Burnett, Crawford, Johnston, Jessop Price: Historia Numorum Italy. The British Museum Press, London, 2001).

Pubblicazioni
 History of the Coinage of Syracuse, 1874;
 of Lydia and Persia, 1877;
 of Ephesus, 1880;
 of Boeotia, 1881;
 Guide to the Coins of the Ancients. 1881;
 Head: Historia Numorum: a Manual of Greek Numismatics. Oxford: 1887; 2º ed. London, 1911.
 Head, Poole, Reginald S., Catalogue of Greek Coins: Attica-Megaris-Aegina. London, 1888;
 Head, Poole, Reginald S. Catalogue of Greek Coins: Macedonia, etc. London, 1879;
 Head, Catalogue of Greek Coins. Corinth, Colonies of Corinth, etc. London, 1889;
 Head, Gardner, Percy, and Poole, Reginald. Catalogue of Greek coins. The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. London, 1877.

Voci correlate
 Monetazione greca

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Historia Numorum: a Manual of Greek Numismatics - la versione digitale dell'edizione 1911

Vincitori della medaglia della Royal Numismatic Society

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To Truly Reform Criminal Justice, Policy Makers Must Listen to Crime Survivors
The 2016 election campaign season has exposed the deep and bitter divides in our political system. Candidates have put forth vastly different views, and the list of what they agree on seems to be getting shorter by the day. Yet criminal justice reform has become that rare thing — an issue on which many Democrats and Republicans can agree.
State and federal policy makers are in the midst of an important conversation about how to reform the criminal justice system. After decades of growth in prison populations and prison spending, it is a conversation that is long overdue. Notably absent from this dialogue, however, are data or research on crime victims' experiences with the criminal justice system or their views on safety and justice policy. Given that politicized perceptions of the best way to protect victims has, in part, driven prison expansion, this absence is glaring. Now is the time to correct the misperceptions that drove the failed policies of the past in order to truly reform the system.
A primary goal of the justice system is to protect and help victims, so any reform effort must incorporate the voices of the victims themselves. That's why the Alliance for Safety and Justice decided to conduct a national survey of crime victims, including those who have suffered extreme violence such as rape or the murder of a family member.
While one might expect victims to overwhelmingly support the "lock 'em up and throw away the key" approach, we found something different. Victims were clear that rehabilitation and crime prevention, not more incarceration, is needed to ensure that fewer people become victims of crime.
Nearly three out of four victims we surveyed told us they believe that time in prison makes people more rather than less likely to commit another crime. Two out of three victims support shorter prison sentences and increased spending on prevention and rehabilitation over long sentences. And by a two-to-one margin, a majority of those surveyed were in favor of policies that emphasize rehabilitation over punishment. Crime survivors also overwhelmingly support investments in new safety priorities that can stop the cycle of crime, such as programs for at-risk youth, mental health treatment, drug treatment, and job training. These views cut across demographic groups, with wide support across race, age, gender, and political party affiliation.
Today, more than 2.2 million people are locked up in our nation's prisons and jails, at an annual cost to taxpayers of more than $80 billion. Despite these staggering figures, research shows there is no reliable link between higher levels of incarceration and reduced crime; that long prison sentences are ineffective at reducing recidivism; and that over-incarceration has contributed to heightened racial disparities as well as an increase in child poverty. In other words, the conventional approach to criminal justice has done little to improve public safety.
Currently, no state regularly conducts state-level analyses of crime victims' experiences. This represents a profound gap in knowledge, considering that most criminal justice policy making — and the majority of prison spending — occurs at the state level. That's why in states across the country we are reaching out to local leaders and partnering with community groups, law enforcement, faith leaders, and others to put forth new priorities informed by crime survivors.
For too long, when we have talked about safety it has been a conversation about the need to build more prisons and incarcerate more people. We know that hasn't worked to help the majority of crime victims or the communities most impacted by crime and violence. To advance the interests of victims and public safety and stop the cycle of crime, lawmakers should take bold action to reduce incarceration and invest in prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Lenore Anderson, an attorney with extensive experience working to improve our criminal justice system, is founder and president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice and founder and executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice.
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The words of this verse are a citation from Psalm 22, a messianic psalm which exactingly describes Christ's Passion. The time on the cross was a time where the Lord called out to His Father in anguish. Verse 21 then says, "You have answered Me." Immediately after that come the words of verse 22 which are cited here.
The author has shown that through Christ's suffering, He has brought "many sons to glory." In the completion of His work, Christ (speaking to the Father) says, "I will declare Your name to My brethren." The obvious intent is that Christ is speaking of those He has redeemed as His "brethren." The focus of the author is on the fraternal relationship between Christ and those He has redeemed. Christ is the One through whom God has now spoken to us (see Hebrews 1:2). He declares God's name to the world, and those who receive His word are His brethren, and thus children of God (see John 1:12).
The idea of declaring God's name is one of making Him known. The name identifies and explains the Being. Therefore, the intent is that God in the Old Testament, partially concealed, is being revealed in a more perfect way in the New. God has progressively revealed Himself in human history; and in the coming of Christ Jesus, the more complete and perfect revelation of Himself to the world is seen. The Son is the declaration, and thus the revealing, of God.
These words are quite often attributed by scholars to Jesus having sung a hymn with the disciples at the Last Supper. This is incorrect. The words cited from the psalm follow after the Passion, not before. Christ is the praise of God. Whether this means Christ is actually the one who sings praises to God, or that it is those "in Christ" who do (being united to Christ), the singing of God's praise is what occurs after the suffering and among those who have been redeemed — who are His brethren. It is because of the completed work of Christ that this comes about.
Life application: Hebrews is written to… the Hebrews. The author is speaking of matters which pertain to them. However, the truths apply to any who have been redeemed by the Lord. Hebrews is an instruction manual on Christ's work in fulfillment of the Jewish Scriptures, and must be taken in that light. And so first and foremost it is given to the Jews, just as Paul's epistles are first and foremost written to the Gentiles. Both Jew and Gentile are included in their truths, but the audience of address is significant in understanding the full intent of what is said.
Gracious, glorious, and marvelous are You, O God! Help us to never hold back a word or song of praise to You. Whether we are in ease and comfort, or stress and distress, we are still able to praise. And the praise can only elevate our comfort or lower our distress. Either way, it is a win-win scenario when we offer to You the praises that You are due. Praises to You forever and ever, O God. Amen.
How wonderful that we are called Christ's brethren. May praise to our great God be ever in our hearts, on our minds and from our lips.
**Thank you again Pastor Charlie for walking us thru, verse by verse, this wonderful book. Thanks for your reminding us to be mindful of the audience each book was written "TO." All God's Word is "FOR" us, but not all of God's Word was originally written "TO" us. We see too many mis-handle and mis-apply God's Word because this is not regarded.
How wonderful that Christ calls us His brethren. May praise to our great God be ever in our hearts, on our minds and from our lips.
Thank you Julie. I'm so glad you got this. You are right. So many do misapply things. Context needs to be maintained. At times during Hebrews, I will say "we," but it's good to ensure that there is a main audience, even if we are included in the truths presented.


July 27, 2004 — Percutaneous intentional extraluminal revascularization (PIER) is useful for patients with chronic critical limb ischemia (CCLI), according to the results of a retrospective study published in the August issue of Radiology.
"[PIER] is emerging as a potential treatment that can be used for limb salvage in patients with CCLI," write David J. Spinosa, MD, from the University of Virginia Health Science Center in Charlottesville, and colleagues. "Recently PIER has been advocated as a temporary percutaneous bypass procedure and potentially could be considered the technique of first choice for treatment of patients with arterial occlusions and CCLI."
To create continuous arterial flow to the foot for limb salvage, 50 PIER procedures were attempted in 40 patients with CCLI who were poor candidates for infrainguinal arterial bypass surgery (IABS). There were 22 men and 18 women with a median age of 69 years (range, 44-87 years), including 24 (60%) with diabetes, 17 (42%) with renal disease, and 26 (66%) with coronary artery disease.
Of 44 limbs treated with PIER, 37 (84%) involved tibial vessels, including 15 in tibial vessels only, and 22 in tibial and superior femoral artery [SFA] and/or popliteal vessels. Tissue loss occurred in 40 limbs (91%), and rest pain in four limbs (9%). Median follow-up was 7.8 months (range, 1-24 months).
PIER treatment was successful in 66 infrainguinal arterial vessel segments (SFA, n = 29; tibial, n = 37) in 38 limbs (1.7 segments per limb). Of 37 tibial occlusions, 35 (95%) were longer than 10 cm, as were 24 (83%) of 29 SFA and/or popliteal occlusions. Based on modified Rutherford weighting of run-off arteries, median run-off scores were 5.3 (range, 3-8) for patients with tibial occlusions and 6.6 (range, 3-9) for patients with SFA and/or popliteal occlusions.
Major complications occurred in four patients (10%), and minor complications in an additional four (10%). The 30-day mortality rate was 2.5%. Twelve months after PIER, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the limb salvage rate was 66%, the survival rate was 71%, and the amputation-free survival rate was 48%.
Limitations of this study include retrospective design, lack of a surgical control group, experience limited to a single institution, limited anatomic patency data, and midterm follow-up.
"[PIER] is a useful percutaneous technique that is used for limb salvage in patients with [CCLI] who have tissue loss, substantial comorbidities, limited suitable native veins for IABS, previous failed IABS, and/or high surgical risk," the authors write. "Although more experience is needed to determine if PIER should become a first-line treatment for patients with CCLI, we are encouraged by our initial experience, which supports the results of others."


A doctors surgery has come top of the league after their team's family philosophy saw them rated highly by patients.
The Hodgson Medical Centre in Hodgson Avenue, Werrrington, came top of the charts based on ratings provided by patients.
Vijay Iyer, senior partner at the practice, said all staff at the centre tried to treat the patients with respect.
He said: "I don't think we do anything special.
"We just try and treat everyone like they are part of our family.
"It is a real team effort, with everyone having the same job, starting at the front desk.
"We have a great team, and we always do the best we can.
The centre came out on top based on responses provided in the GP Patient Survey for those surgeries within a five mile radius of PE1.
Patients completing the survey are asked how likely they are to recommend their practice to others.
The survey is sent out twice a year to about 1.36 million adults who are registered with a GP in England.
Hodgson Avenue's ratings saw 92.7 per cent of patients saying they would recommend the surgery to others.
Thorney Medical Practice came second on the list, with 91.5 per cent of people recommending it.
The two surgeries at the bottom of the Peterborough list were the Welland Medical Practice and The Church Walk Surgery, both scoring 48.6 per cent.
A total of 33 surgeries were given a rating in Peterborough. To find out the rating of your nearest practice, or for more information about the survey, enter your postcode at www.nhs.uk.
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OPT Meteos: "It's been great playing with Crown. He's extremely nice, which is kind of rare for mid laners."
OpTic Gaming missed the 2019 LCS Spring Playoffs by just a hair. A strong split from Jungler William "Meteos" Hartman and Lee "Crown" Min-ho nearly propelled the team into the 6th seed, but early season visa issues for Noh "Arrow" Dong-tak hamstrung the team's ability to develop synergy. In a Best-of-1 format, every game counts, and the GreenWall started the split with a roster centered around OpTic Gaming Academy Jungler Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett and Bot Laner Toàn "Asta" Trần.
While the hybrid roster performed respectably at 2-2, by the time Arrow's visa issues were ironed out, OpTic Gaming was a few steps behind the other teams in the LCS in terms of development, and the main roster got off to an 0-4 start. Still, OpTic Gaming kept things competitive to the end of the 2019 LCS Spring Split, and should look forward to a competitive summer if the team can continue to develop at its current rate.
After a week 7 victory over Echo Fox, Meteos sat down with Nick Geracie to reflect on his experience on 100 Thieves and FlyQuest Academy in 2018, give a window into OpTic's environment, and discuss the unique aspects of his new mid laner Crown.
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I'm here with Meteos from OpTic Gaming following one of the more convincing wins we have seen in recent weeks. Are teams in North America less decisive than other regions?
Yeah, I think that it's usually a trend in spring in that I've noticed games tend to be pretty long. I think part of it is because a lot of rosters are super new coming into spring and haven't had much time to play with one another. Not everyone is on the same page about how to play the game, so there is a lot less of the play feeling fluid and natural.
A lot of times, the decisions people make will be what they think they are supposed to do for their team, but maybe their heart isn't in it personally. For example, a jungler could be thinking, 'Normally, I would be farming this camp, but my laner is going to die so I have to sit here instead.'
I think it's dependent on how well a team has been gelling, but relatively speaking, there's not a lot of teamwork in the LCS Spring Split. However, you see the teams that have more stable roster cores like Team Liquid and Cloud 9 are just kind of rolling people over in a lot of cases. When they are ahead, they end quickly. When they are behind, they find ways to come back. I'd say it is primarily roster changes that can slow down a team's progression.
Those teams kept their respective cores and integral parts of their playstyle, so it was easier for them to synergize quickly. OpTic plays the game completely differently than last year, and also, you had visa issues at the beginning of the split. Was Arrow able to scrim at all with you before the season?
It was pretty hard. Arrow was waiting in Vancouver while he was trying to get his visa sorted out, so initially, we were scrimming with him remotely. Then, when we found out there would be visa issues and Arrow wouldn't be starting for the first few weeks of the LCS, we had a team vote to decide on whether we wanted to play scrims with Arrow and then just play Asta on stage or we practice with Asta and try to have something presentable for the stage on opening day.
We ended up practicing with Asta, and it was a pretty rough period because Asta is really inexperienced with team play. He's super young and has only really played solo queue, so in addition to figuring out how our team wanted to play, we had someone who was inexperienced. Also, there was a language barrier for both Asta and Crown, due to both of them still needing to improve on their English at the time. I'd say those issues definitely made us have a slow start.
When the main roster finally got on stage, you lost four games before picking up a win due to a lack of synergy from the visa issues. Due to the small number of games in the LCS splits, diid you feel a lot of pressure from this setback?
It's really hard to say. I think we've come a long way. It feels like our practice is getting more stable and the way we are playing is in a way where we are seeing most things the same way. We still have some stuff to work on, of course. We're not perfect by any means, but we're getting better.
As far as feeling pressure to play catch-up, I don't think any of us are too concerned about it because it's kind of unnecessary pressure on some level if we worry too much about the result. I've always been really process oriented, so I've always focused on how our practice is going and how consistent our gameplay is when comparing scrims to on-stage games. That will really highlight what we need to work on.
Sometimes, teams will play on way in scrims and then in a completely different way on scrims. This is mostly due to nerves and playing safer than normal. I think we're definitely getting on track.
Crown has exceeded expectations since coming to LCS. What is he like to play with as a Mid Laner?
It's been great playing with Crown. He's extremely nice, which is kind of rare for mid laners. Usually, mid lane is home to more of a selfish mindset, which is kind of understandable due to how the lane is played. Not only are you getting ganked from all angles, you are a huge factor in how the game goes in any way. You're going to want all of the resources as a mid laner to do your job.
However, Crown is kind of the opposite. He works with what he has and he doesn't really ask for anything. For me, it's one of the first times I've had to be the one to say things like, 'Dude, I need to be ganking mid more. When are the good times for me to come?' or 'Hey man, I have to get vision for you here.'
Crown is a really nice guy to work with. I guess the only struggle has been the langauge barrier. He's super new to English, but he's learning extremely fast; faster than anyone I've worked with before. He's a funny dude, and doesn't ever really tilt over get mad. He goes with the flow, so it's been great working with him.
Now that the visa issues are ironed out, has Arrow been able to help Crown acclimiate to North America?
I think when Arrow came back, it definitely helped Crown because without Arrow, if there's something he's not understanding, there's nothing we can do about it. We don't have a translator, so with Arrow, things are a lot better.
If there's a situation we need to be on the same page about, Crown being able to express himself and us being able to express ourselves to him and have him understand it has made Arrow invaluable as a translator. There have been a few cases in LCS games where Arrow and Crown will speak to each other in Korean if it's something really important, so having another Korean is for sure helpful for Crown.
How does OpTic Gaming's infrastructure compare to other teams that you have played for in your career?
I think it's pretty similar. Scrims for pretty much all teams start at 11am, so we're expected to get to the office around 10am so we can get coffee, food, or whatever else we need before we start practicing. We scrim, break for lunch, scrim again, break for dinner — that kind of thing. OpTic's been good, it's been pretty comfortable.
OpTic has an office, and some teams are doing the teamhouse setup of years past. Is there a certain dynamic you prefer?
I think I like the office a bit better. For me personally, it helps to go somewhere to practice. I'm forced to wake up in the morning, and then usually I can walk to the office since it's a ten to fiftene minute walk from my apartment. I'll get some exercise, and I'll feel much more awake because of it. There is also a Starbucks nearby, so I can stop for coffee.
Obviously, we spend most of our time in the office, so the atmosphere isn't uptight by any means. However, it gives it a professional feel. It is different than just rolling out of bed and playing in your room all day.
Work/life separation becomes more important as you grow older, in my experience. Have you found that to be the case as well?
That's a good question. Initially, the entire competitive scene was in team houses. I think the concept of having an office space different from where you live is fairly new, and some teams are still doing team houses. I prefer the separation. I started it when I first re-joined Cloud9 for the 2016 NA LCS Summer split. I was living someplace else, and I would just commute to the gaming house.
I don't really mind the gaming house either; it's fun because you get to bond with your teammates a lot. Still, having a separation of work and home for me is pretty nice. It's pretty hard to have a girlfriend when living in a team house, because everyone's there. Whether it be a relationship, or friends, or family, having more privacy is nice.
What's the dynamic between Dardoch and yourself?
We've been working fairly closely. We will still sometimes switch off scrims where he will play with the LCS roster and I will play with OpTic Gaming Academy.
I think it's nice to have another perspective. Dardoch and I have different views on the game. Some of our views are similar, and some are different, so it's nice to get a different angle and hear another perspective on things. Sometimes I'll change my mind, sometimes he'll change his mind, and sometimes, we'll agree to disagree. I always enjoy being able to talk to someone about Jungle, and it's been cool working with Dardoch.
You spent the majority of last summer on FlyQuest Academy. Did you feel rusty when you first returned to playing on stage this split?
I don't think it was too different for me. I've been playing since 2013 and I've played on every random stage, like the janky intial LCS studio with no audience. At this point, I feel pretty comfortable regardless of where I play the game. I'm focused on my monitor thinking about the game and not really focused on what else is going on around me. I don't think it has affected my performance.
Playing in the NA Academy League can be a less immersive experience for some players. Is that something you experienced?
I thought playing in the NA Academy League was nice. It was a change of pace because all of the matches are online. You're playing in your scrim room, and sometimes it doesn't even feel like you're in a 'stage' game when you're playing your matches. It just feels like another scrim. You can be alt-tabbing on twitter or something during champion select, and you can listen to music during the games. It feels to me like what Academy is supposed to be: A place to learn.
I think having that less stressful environment is really good for new players to the scene to become more familiar with the fundamentals and get a feel for the game. In addition, some players can go down to Academy to get a mental reset, or take a break. It was a good experience for me.
Your move to FlyQuest Academy was unexpected in the eye of the public. What were you able to get out of your time in the Academy League?
I think I was able to take something from it. Most of the people on FlyQuest Academy were much less experienced than the teammates I was playing with before. There were a lot of things that higher level players will know off of muscle memory, and you won't even have to talk about them. However, coming into a new team, the newer players haven't been exposed to those type of ideas.
FlyQuest Academy was a pretty good exercise for me to practice patience when teaching people. Obviously, I got frustrated sometimes, and I did feel kind of like, 'Why am I here?' at times. It would be pretty hard, especially when I was met with resistance on some of the things I was trying to explain.
Two players I really enjoyed playing with were the Top Laner, Alvin "Engo" Ngo, and the Bot Laner, Terry "Erry" Park. They're just two really funny dudes, and even though they were pretty inexperienced when it came to the game, I really enjoyed living with them and hanging out with them. They were really funny and kind of reminded me of why I first got into all of this competitive play. It reminded me to be more carefree and to have fun with things in my approach.
On 100 Thieves, things were really stressful the entire time, and I think it took a toll on me. I was caring too much about results and I was being really uptight, so FlyQuest Academy kind of relaxed me and took me back to the more joking, light-hearted approach to the game that I had before like in the early C9 days.
Was the pressure in 100 Thieves due to you making finals in your first split?
Well, I don't think it was necessarily outside pressure, it was just how the team was run. The overall atmosphere of the team was pretty high-stress. I was one of the only people who would want to joke around or do goofy things, and when I would do it there, everyone would just look at me like, 'what the **** is this guy doing' so I stopped doing that kind of stuff obviously. You try to fit in with your environment. But yeah, I'd say it was the attitude of everyone else.
So it was a different in culture?
I'm glad you have found an environment that suits you better. Thank you for the interview Meteos, is there anything that you'd like to say to your fans?
To the Meteos fans, thank you so much to all of you for sticking by me for this long. I've had a fairly up and down career — no one knows what's going to happen, not even me. But there have been a lot of people who have stuck with me the whole time, so huge thanks to them.
DARDOCH
METEOS


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XM148 (CGL-4) — американський експериментальний підствольний гранатомет для автоматичної гвинтівки M16, який був розроблений зброярською компанією Colt's Manufacturing Company під гранату 40×46 мм. Польові випробування проводились під час В'єтнамської війни, за підсумками яких, виявивши певні недоліки конструкції, гранатомету було відмовлено в запуску в серію. Невдовзі його замінив M203.

Історія

Підствольний гранатомет XM148 був створений інженером компанії Colt Карлом Р. Льюїсом. Гранатомет був спроектований для установки під стволом автоматичної гвинтівки M16 та для заміни гранатомета M79. Це дозволяло замість носіння двох одиниць зброї використовувати тільки одну гвинтівку. Після виявлення проблем з експериментальними зразками, XM148 був замінений компанією AAI Corporation на схожий за конструкцією гранатомет M203, який використовується Армією США по сьогоднішній день. Спочатку вироблений для гвинтівки M16, XM148 використовувався Силами спеціального призначення США разом з автоматичним карабіном CAR-15/XM-177 Commando (Colt-AR15) і Австралійськими силами SASR разом з модифікованою автоматичною гвинтівкою FN FAL.

Недоліки конструкції

Ствол гранатомета мав бути посунутий вперед для зарядки 40-мм гранати з казенника. Згодом цей механізм заряджання був використаний у гранатометів M203. Різниця пізніх моделей полягала в наявності зовнішнього руків'я взводу і курка, що дозволяє стріляти з гранатомета не забираючи рук з руків'я. Цей курок породив кілька проблем з випадковими пострілами з зарядженого зброї особливо при ходінні лісом, оскільки гілки дерев могли випадково зачепити курок. Надалі сила натискання на курок була збільшена з 2,7 до 5 кілограмів.

Література

 Spencer C. Tucker: The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO, 2011, s. 430—431. ISBN 1851099611
 Neville, Leigh Guns of the Special Forces 2001—2015 Casemate Publishers, 31 березня 2016

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