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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- Golf, cricket and rugby became the first major sports to be affected by the new COVID-19 variant on Friday, prompting fears of renewed travel restrictions and disrupted events just as they were returning to normal nearly two years into the pandemic.
European golfers withdrew midway through the season-opening DP World Tour tournament in Johannesburg and were scrambling to catch flights out of South Africa. Visiting cricket and rugby teams were doing the same.
Golf was the first to be hit by the emergence of the new B.1.1.529 variant that was initially identified in South Africa and is causing concern over fears that it may be more transmissible than current variants and resistant to vaccines.
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While the start of the World Tour was ruined, rugby games in South Africa in a new European-South African tournament were postponed "due to the sudden developments," organizers said. A tour to South Africa by India's cricket team next month was likely to be reconsidered, although there was no official comment yet.
The Dutch cricket team, already in South Africa for a series, was considering whether to cancel its remaining games and return home early. The Royal Netherlands Cricket Federation said it was looking at options but was "unlikely" to be able to find flights at short notice.
"The physical and mental health of the players is the first priority," the federation said.
Organizers of golf's Joburg Open, which started Thursday, said it would continue even after at least 23 mostly European players pulled out in the hours after South African health authorities announced they had detected the new variant. The tournament was later reduced to a 54-hole, three-round event ending on Saturday "to help non-South African resident players, caddies and tournament support staff return to their home countries," the organizers said.
The Joburg Open was scheduled to be the first of three events in South Africa to start the new season on the circuit formerly known as the European Tour. But next week's South African Open will now only be a South African tour event with international players likely to head home to beat travel restrictions. The Alfred Dunhill Championship set for Dec. 9-12 was canceled.
Many of the players who withdrew from the Joburg Open were from Britain or Ireland and reacted following the British government's announcement that it would re-impose a ban on visitors from South Africa and five other southern African countries from 4 a.m. Sunday. Returning residents would have compulsory 10-day quarantine periods in designated hotels.
The European Union and the United States later said they also would stop air travel from the southern African region as countries across the world began putting in place new travel restrictions.
Irish golfer Paul Dunne, one of those to withdraw, told RTE Radio that he had managed to get a flight home via Dubai and the only ones now available went through Ethiopia, where a yearlong conflict now threatens to reach the capital, Addis Ababa.
"Nobody fancies traveling through there either," Dunne said. "Bit of a minefield at the minute."
Not all were leaving. Scottish golfer David Drysdale said he had decided to keep playing in the Joburg Open and then stay in South Africa with his wife, who is also his caddy, and make a vacation of it.
"Most of the British players have all decided to head home and that's totally understandable if you've got a wife and kids at home," Drysdale told the Scotsman newspaper. "There wasn't a (plane) seat to be had by the time we found out what had happened. A lot of the guys were panicking, but we thought, `what's the point?'
"We are staying with a mate in Joburg and our plan is to still stay until Christmas then return home. Hopefully this variant is not as bad as they are fearing ... it's not even been 24 hours since we heard about this."
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"With the situation in South Africa having changed so quickly, we are now looking to repatriate our staff ASAP," Welsh club Cardiff said.
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The African Cup of Nations, Africa's premier soccer tournament, is just over a month away and looming as a possible problem after having already been postponed for a year because of the pandemic.
The 24-team tournament will be played in Cameroon and only two southern African nations, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have qualified. But the African Cup would be hard-hit if European countries extend travel restrictions across Africa.
Top European soccer teams, and especially those in the Premier League, have previously prevented their African players from traveling and playing for their countries because of the risks and quarantine periods imposed on them when they return.
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Thornley, William (1843-1921)
William was born on 2 July 1843 at Leyland, Lancashire. By the time of the 1851 census, his mother, Margaret had married William Sharrock, an agricultural Labourer, and was working as a hand-loom weaver of cotton. William worked as a cotton weaver before entering the ministry.
William attended the West Street Sunday School, Chorley. He was converted through the ministry of Rev. Ambrose Kirkland in a revival. He gave himself to Christian service and to such studies that would render his service more efficient. This led to him becoming a local preacher. He was called into ministry by his own circuit, although he was unable to take up the post of third minister due to the impact of the Lancashire cotton famine on circuit finances. He became a hired local preacher in the St Helen's and Preston Stations.
As a preacher, he could declaim, quote poetry, and give wings to his imagination, but his sermons contained more teaching than declamation, more sober reasoning than poetry, and more appeals to the conscience than to the fancy.
As a superintendent he was very prudent and painstaking. He did his work methodically, carefully and well, and has been blessed with a fair amount of success. He had the knack of pulling disaffected parties together, and bringing discordant elements into harmony.
William married Margaret Moore (1844-1920) in the summer of 1867 at Chester. Census returns identify eight children.
William Moore (1868-1930) – private secretary to the Earl of Radnor (1911)
Mary Elizabeth (b1871)
Joseph Bennett (1873-1937) – a schoolmaster
Ethel May (1876-1888)
John Herbert (1878-1926) – a PM Minister
Eleanor Margaret (1880- – married Charles Ellis Wynn, assistant superintendent Prudential Assurance Co (1911)
Edith Annie (1883-1958) – a schoolteacher
Frederick Arthur (1887-1961) – a clerk (1911)
William died on 22 April 1921 at Newton, Chester, Cheshire.
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His grave is at Saughall Methodist Church (ex PM Chapel) . I have a picture of the grave commemorating him and his wife Margaret and other family members.
By Tim Macquiban (24/08/2019)
Interested to find this page as Rev William Thornley was my great grandfather. I am the grandson of his second son Joseph Bennett Thornley. My father occasionally recalled visiting his grandparents during their retirement in Chester and described them both as kindly lovable souls. The only one I remember in person is Rev William Thornley's youngest daughter, my father's Auntie Annie. Physically slight, she had a warm personality and nice sense of humour. She remained a spinster and stayed at home to look after her parents in old age. The existence of the youngest son, Frederick Arthur, is news to me. I can remember my father referring to Uncle Will (William Moore) and Uncle Jack (John Herbert), but never to an Uncle Fred. If you have any further information about the latter, I should be interested to hear it.
By John Thornley (14/02/2014)
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There is nothing more impressive to guests, or your stomach, than a perfectly roasted chicken. What seems like a complicated feat is actually one of the easiest and best recipes to have in your repertoire. This particular recipe is great to serve to your special guy (can you say new *engagement chicken!?) because it is wrapped in BACON! Who doesn't love bacon? Ok, my roommate doesn't like bacon, but I don't need to make this for her. But any single, hungry guys out there are welcome to come over for dinner!
First, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Remove chicken giblets (anything inside of the chicken) and rinse the entire chicken both inside and out. Pat the outside dry and place the chicken in a large roasting pan. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken and stuff the cavity with the thyme (saving enough to garnish the dish later), 1 halved lemon, and 2 halves of garlic. Brush the outside of the chicken with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string (or, if you are like me and forget to buy kitchen string every time you go to the store, don't tie them) and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Quarter 2 of the remaining lemons and place around the chicken with the rest of the garlic. Lastly, lay slices of bacon over chicken until it is covered (this is obviously the best part!).
Put chicken in the oven and roast for 1 hour. After this time, remove the bacon from the chicken and set aside. Finishing roasting the chicken for another 1/2 hour, or until the juices run clear when you cut between the leg and thigh. When the chicken is done, set aside and cover to keep warm so you can make the gravy.
Using the fat drippings at the bottom of the roasting pan, add the wine and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes or until reduced by half.
Everything is now ready to come together! Place the chicken on a nice serving dish and garnish with the bacon, roasted garlic, reserved fresh thyme, and the remaining lemon sliced. Serve the gravy on the side and enjoy!
As you can see above, I served the chicken with sides of sautéed zucchini and small roasted potatoes. The zucchini is one of my go-to vegetable sides that is easy to make and very delicious. The cute little potatoes are also great with the chicken because not only are the tasty (and of course every good chicken meal needs a potato side) but they are fun to eat because they are so small! When making small potatoes like this, the key is to buy them all in similar size so they cook evenly.
Slice up the chicken, load up the plates, and enjoy! I lucked out and the chicken breasts were perfectly juicy and moist. Ladle some gravy on your plate for a little extra flavor (I found it to be dominantly wine flavored, which I enjoyed). This simple but delicious meal will wow guests and provide ample leftovers for you to enjoy later! Enjoy your Show-Stopper Roast Chicken!
*For those of you who don't know what engagement chicken is, it basically is a simple but amazing recipe for roast chicken. The story goes that a girl who makes this roast chicken for her significant other will soon after be proposed to because it is just that good. Hence, engagement chicken!
Yummy! looks so good! And I LOVE bacon with everything!
Great pics of all the dishes you made. Everything looks really delish!


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Q: MS Sync Framework and SQL Server Compact I develop a Windows C# application which can work in Online and Offline mode.
When in Online mode it connects to a SQL Server. In Offline mode it connects to a local DB.
I use the Microsoft Sync Framework 2.1 to sync the 2 databases on demand.
Until now I used a LocalDB instance of SQL Server as the local database. But it is a pain to setup the system automatically during the installation process of my application. So I tought to use SQL Server Compact 3.5 or 4.0 which is very easy to distribute (comes in a single file).
But I cannot get it to even compile the provisioning code of the Compact DB:
DbSyncScopeDescription scopeDesc = new DbSyncScopeDescription("MyScope");
SqlCeConnection clientConn = new SqlCeConnection(OfflineConnectionString);
var clientProvision = new SqlCeSyncScopeProvisioning(clientConn, scopeDesc);
clientProvision.Apply();

which I used before (without the Ce classes) but SqlCeSyncScopeProvisioning cannot be resolved.
Something is terribly wrong here.
How can I sync my CompactDB to distribute this as my local database?

A: First ensure, you have successfully installed the sdk?
After this, make sure you have added the following references:

*

*Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.dll,

*Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server.dll

*Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.dll

*Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.dll

Also in my case it worked with adding

*

*System.Data.SqlServerCe - 4.0

EDIT
Against your comment, this is only working if you use SQL Server CE 4.
I've tried it now with SQL Server CE 3.5 and indeed I could reproduce your issue.
Switching to SQL Server CE 4.0 fixed it.
ExampleTable 4.0

TestCode
 var scopeDesc = new DbSyncScopeDescription("MyScope");
 var tbl = new DbSyncTableDescription("TestTable");
 var pkColumn = new DbSyncColumnDescription("Id", "int");
 pkColumn.IsPrimaryKey = true;
 tbl.Columns.Add(pkColumn);
 tbl.Columns.Add(new DbSyncColumnDescription("Name", "nvarchar(254)"));
 scopeDesc.Tables.Add(tbl);
 var clientConn = new SqlCeConnection(@"Data Source=test.sdf;Persist Security Info=False;");
 var clientProvision = new SqlCeSyncScopeProvisioning(clientConn, scopeDesc);
 clientProvision.Apply();

Result
Everything compiles nicely. After following the above steps, you should be able to easily migrate your code to SQL Server CE

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EU agrees to 'intensify' Brexit talks
Both sides are still keen to put pressure on the other side.
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier | Pool photo by Francisco Seco/AFP via Getty Images
By Cristina Gallardo
LONDON — The EU has agreed to "intensify" Brexit talks with the U.K. and start negotiations based on legal texts as required by London, following a phone call between the chief negotiators.
Michel Barnier spoke with his British counterpart David Frost by phone on Monday afternoon to agree on the structure for subsequent talks about the future relationship between the U.K. and the EU.
With both sides apparently still keen to put pressure on the other side, Barnier said in a tweet issued after the call that "the EU remains available to intensify talks in London this week, on all subjects, and based on legal texts."
Speaking in the House of Commons shortly afterward, the U.K.'s Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said: "I now believe it is the case Michel Barnier has agreed both to the intensification of talks and also to working on legal texts." He described the EU's move as "constructive" and a "reflection of the strength and resolution" shown by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Gove complained again that the U.K. had been willing to negotiate with the EU "every day" in the weeks leading up to the European Council summit on October 15, but that the EU was only willing to conduct negotiations on "fewer than half of the days available," "would not engage on all of the outstanding issues," and refused to negotiate using legal texts, slowing down progress.
He insisted further trade talks would be "meaningless" unless Brussels accepts it is now negotiating with an independent, sovereign state, and changes its position that all future moves in the Brexit talks had to be made by the U.K.
"There's no point in negotiations proceeding as long as the EU sticks with this position," Gove told MPs. "Such talks would be meaningless and would take us no nearer to finding a workable solution."
He insisted the U.K. could not accept EU's proposals that would require Britain to provide full permanent access to its fishing waters "with quotas substantially unchanged to those which were imposed by EU membership."
On the other big stumbling block, level playing field rules which Brussels wants to ensure the U.K. cannot undercut the bloc, Gove said the U.K. "can't operate a state aid system which is essentially the same as the EU's with great discretion given to the EU to retaliate against us if it thought that we were deviating from it."
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Lee Iacocca RIP – I'm Not Going To Get Invited To His Funeral
Paul Niedermeyer
– July 3, 2019
I have less than twenty minutes before I have to run to the airport to pick up Stephanie and her mom. So what can I say very quickly about one of the biggest legends (and egos) that the car business ever produced?
Here goes:
He was a master salesman, and as any good salesman, he knew what his customers wanted. Note: not needed, but wanted. That's the single biggest kernel of Lee's approach to the business. And one that the changing priorities of Americans eventually caught up with him, as it turned out that what Americans really wanted was extremely reliable, durable and well-made cars. As made by the Japanese. But I'm getting ahead of myself; I have more than 90 seconds, but that does encapsulate the story in one sentence.
The longer version: He intuitively knew that Americans were largely dominated by fads and automotive passions. The dominant fad/passion in the 50s and early 60s was sports cars. They were impractical, but that's what folks saw as being cool, desirable, and a way to break out of the humdrum of boring sedans. Sports cars were to the automotive scene what the beatniks were to the cultural scene. We wanted a part of that life, because it sure looked a lot more exciting than driving a sedan to the factory every day. And as this picture makes all-too obvious, sports car fever infected even middle-aged Americans.
But they were invariably better off financially, so that they could indulge their hobby, as the Missus was not likely to be driving the MGA to the Safeway on Monday morning.
It was Chevrolet, which already had the only genuine sports car, that saw the opening. Their 1960.5 Monza coupe brought sports car flair and feel to the masses. By 1961, it was a certified major hit; 282k Corvairs were sold in 1961, the majority Monzas. That's equivalent of some 550-600k in today's market. That would make it the best selling passenger car, by a huge margin.
Lee saw the Monza for what it was, and wanted in. he pivoted Ford towards sport and performance.
He had the Plain Jane Falcon transformed into the Mustang, and hoped that he could sell 100-150k per year. 680k 1965 Mustangs were eagerly snapped up during its extended first year. He must have thought he was dreaming. Who could have imagined? And it was the Mustang that killed the Corvair, not Ralph Nader.
The pony car fad turned out to be a very short-lived one; by 1971 it was washed up, and the Mustang barely cracked 100k by 1972. But Lee didn't have to wait for its decline to come up with his real knock-out punch: the brougham. In 1965 already, he launched the Ford LTD, which launched the Great Brougham Epoch. Just like with the Mustang, he wasn't the first: the trend had been there for some time, and was gathering momentum; Lee just kicked on its afterburners.
And the 1968 Mark III cemented Ford's dominance of the Brougham Epoch, upstaging the 1967 Eldorado, which was still trying to probe the outer edges of design. Not the Mark III, and just about every bigger Ford (and later Chrysler) thereafter for way too long: the Iacocca formula was cast, and Lee would be highly resistant to letting it go, even thirty years later.
Henry Ford II claimed he fired Lee in 1978 because he just didn't like him. Maybe it was because HF had somewhat higher expectations than having his name on what we dubbed "The Most Malaise Car Ever" (1975 Granada). But then Ford was about to fall off a cliff, thanks largely because the Iacocca formula was the wrong thing at the time of the second energy crisis as well as fatigue. Ford had a near-brush with bankruptcy after Lee left, and then reinvented itself in the aero and Quality Is Job #1-image. Quite the jump.
I almost forgot the Maverick and Pinto; maybe just as well.
Lee's second act turned out to overshadow the first. He became the Savior of Chrysler, and as such ascended to the Pantheon of America's heroes of the 1980s, including a very close brush with a run for the Presidency. No, Lee didn't "invent" the K-car; it was pretty far along when he arrived. But he did find the money to build it, in the form of a $1.5 billion federal loan guarantee, repaid within four years. Lee did quickly did put his stamp on the K-Car, in the form of the mini-Mark LeBaron, the first of a long line of FWD K-based Iaccoca-mobiles.
The minivan was not his idea either, but he figured it was worth a relatively low-cost gamble. And Lee hit the jackpot with it, again. It was the minivan's much larger profits that really turned Chrysler around, and made Lee the highest paid exec in the industry, with an $18 million paycheck in 1987 (cash and stock options). Iacocca used Chrysler's new-found riches to buy AMC from Renault, sensing (rightly) that the Jeep Cherokee was the other hot new product along with the minivan. Chrysler was on a roll.
Lee's ego grew along (or exceeded0 the growth of Chrysler in the late 80s and early 90s, although he ended up having to be pushed out the door in 1992, as he was trying to hold on to the now-archaic Iaccoca-mobile format for way too long. And trying to make a run at buying Chrysler with his buddy Kirk Kerkorian in 1995 didn't exactly warm the cockles of his successors.
Speaking of, Chrysler had its peak run in the mid '90s, with the new cab-forward cars that broke the Iacocca-mobile mold as cleanly and completely as possible. But in a way, it was just all an extension of Iaccoca-thinking: lots of sizzle and not much steak. I won't belabor the point, because it goes against the commonly-held wisdom that Chrysler was so glorious before Daimler destroyed it, but my take is a bit different. Every one of the cab-forward car lines were rushed and had lots of quality corners cut, and it ultimately came to bite Chrysler in the butt.
I'm not eager to put my generally negative feelings about Iacocca on display at this time, but we're here to look at his professional life and judge him accordingly. I see in Lee everything that ultimately took down the Big Three: stuck in 1950's thinking, to the end of his days. Meaning, putting the flash, fake RR grilles, tufted velour and padded roofs (among others) ahead of solid engineering, a commitment to quality, and a genuine vision for where the car industry needed to go.
Lee's a genuine hero to many, and I have no desire to take away their adulation. But as a car guy, I'll leave it with this: except for a brief 11-year old's fascination with the original Mustang, there was never an Iacocca-mobile I ever really wanted, respected or admired. I reluctantly drove two; the first a 1985 Reliant for two two months as a company car. It was crude, cheap and primitive; like a something from Eastern Europe at the time. I was very happy the day I ditched it. And the other one, a '92 Grand Caravan, we bought only because Stephanie insisted, and it ate no less than four transmissions and four ABS pumps. That was more than enough for me. Never again would an American car grace our driveway.
As they say, there's a sucker born every minute. Sorry if this is a bit harsh, but all of this is why the Big Three don't build anything but trucks anymore. Too bad Lido missed out on that fad, mostly. We might have had luxury pickups with giant chrome grilles a lot sooner. A Ram Imperial? One could say they're the final incarnation of the Iaccoca-mobile, a fitting tribute to his ability to know what Americans really wanted.
I better stop before I dig myself a deeper hole. But maybe you all can find a bit more love for Lido. Bring it on…
For a more detailed look at Lee Iacocca's life and career, the NYT has a very fair and balanced article here.
Speedyk
The thing I remember him for the most is igniting the self-rewarding executive bonus tradition at the expense of everyone and everything else. That is his foremost legacy today.
Ate Up With Motor
Posted July 3, 2019 at 4:56 PM
Former Saturn Owner
I was just reading his obit in the NYT and expecting that Curbside Classic would take notice.
Cars that our family or I owned that Iaccoca had something to with include 1960 Ford, 1964, Ford, 1966 Mustang (briefly), 1967 Mustang, Maverick (wifes car from her family), and 1986 Plymouth Voyager. There are probably others but these are all I can recall.
I will bet that nearly every reader of CC has owned something that Iaccoca was responsible for.
You'd have to go back to my grandparents (and only on my mom's side) to find something he'd had a hand in in our family. I hadn't really thought about it, but my dad's family actively eschewed Iacocca products. They were Mopar people in the 60s, they all switched to GM products in the 70s and 80s. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I remember my dad having a white hot hatred for all Mopar products, especially minivans. Come to think of it, the other side of the family stayed away for the most part too, although they did own some Iacocca Ford's. Mom's first car was a Maverick, and I'm pretty sure my grandpa had at least one LTD. But they all hated Iacocca Mopar.
Coobal
Going through my immediate family's list – My mom had a 1984 Aries (slow,and with a non-split bench seat in the front, quite cramped when my mom is 5'4″. My knees were pressed against the dash.) I had a 1972 Gran Torino and a 1992 Grand Cherokee… My brother-in-law's family has a 1965 Galaxy, 1963 Falcon, and 1965 Mustang…
PS, wheni first heard of Lee Iacocca was through his work helping restore the Statue of Liberty. I was 12 at the time, and corporate CEO's weren't high on my radar. It was then i found out he was from Allentown, PA, which is about 20 minutes from where i lived. His Cousin, Gary, owns a chain of popular hot dog restaurants around here called Yocco's (the PA dutch around the area pronounced the last name like that.) http://www.yoccos.com/our-story.html.
Not Lee
Not me. Never close. Not with a 10-foot pole. I like the Eastern Europe analogy. I did get to drive one for about 15 minutes one time, and that drive told me all I needed to know. I kept looking back to see if I was pulling a tiller or a combine or something, because the tractor engine was making so much noise. All the while, it bobbed up and down constantly, no matter how smooth the road. All this and only 55000 miles.
VanillaDude
Thank god for guys like this one. Even when there was absolutely no reason to celebrate, they show up and make you feel like a million. After a guy gets his clock cleaned by a lawyer, an ex-wife, a boss, or an impossible task, he still needs to know that he's worth being treated well. Lee Iaccoca gave us transportation that made us feel like we were worth it. Reminding us that hamburger could be prime rib with the right attitude, setting and sauces, Lee made us feel like a king as we ate cold meatloaf.
He was a fake. The best kind. He was the kind of fake that let us believe that things were going to be OK. We knew he was full of Iaccoca. We knew that the Imperial was really a K-Car. We really knew that the Mustang II was a Pinto. We really knew that his creations were sizzle – but by selling us the sizzle, he was also reminding us of how good things could be. Lee Iaccoca gave us hope, even when there wasn't any.
Guys like Lee lie to us because we need to be lied to. We need someone to slap us on our sweaty backs like were their best friend. We need someone to tell us that we can have a good life. We need an arrogant gas-bag that tells us our rides are fit for a queen, reminds us that our loser son-in-law loves our daughter, convince us that our wives are still fetching young gamins, and that the American Dream is within our reach. We need loving liars because they remind us that God loves us and there are wonderful reasons we struggle to survive.
God bless Lee Iaccoca as he greets St. Peter with an idea to make heaven even more heavenly.
Tom C
Well put. Lido is why I drive rock solid, reliable and boring 20 year old Saturn SL and long for a 20 year old Cadillac. The SL has most of the same features- power windows, door locks, keyless entry, a/c, remote trunk release, delay wipers, etc but lacks any presence. My old sales manager used to stress the same statement-" Sell the sizzle, not the steak" This was the key to his success.
Yes, He did all those things for us, in the period when automotive dreaming was still the order of the day. He was in the tradition of Ned Jordan, Alfred Sloan, Harley Earl: plenty of sizzle on a cheap steak. In the course of his career, he turned in the performance and profits expected based on reading the demographics better than practically anyone in the industry.
Sure, he overlooked the major sea change in attitude that overtook the industry as the 1970's and 1980's wore on, all leaders sooner or latter lose their touch. A flawed hero to be sure, but influential in his time like few others. RIP Lido
Posted July 3, 2019 at 12:26 PM
I don't think he lost his touch even near the end of his career. Far from overlooking a major sea change about to occur, he prepared Chrysler for it with one of his masterstrokes – buying AMC for an absolute pittance in 1987. For not much money Chrysler obtained some factory space, the Eagle Premier which though not successful itself would provide an evolutionary path for the post-K era, lots of engineering and management talent that would finally have some money to work with, and most importantly Jeep, perfectly timed at the cusp of the SUV boom. Jeep at the time had their still-quite-new Cherokee and Wrangler, plus the in-development Grand Cherokee that was amongst the biggest attractions. Iacocca knew Jeep was gold. The boost Jeep has given FCA's bottom line since its formation cannot be overstated. Of course their current lineup was fashioned long after Iacocca retired, but in a world now transfixed with SUVs and their rugged image, it helps a whole lot when your company owns the genre's most iconic brand. And for that they can thank Lee.
Posted July 3, 2019 at 10:31 AM
Interesting take on the situation. And very American, no malice implied, just noting facts.
American general thought is that anyone can make it, if they work hard and really, really apply themselves. It can be true, albeit rarely to the level Lido saw.
For a lot of the rest of the world, people understand that their lot in life is more static and is less likely than not to change much. If you are born poor, you will probably die poor. If born rich, you have a very good chance of remaining that way, or at least living in that manner, whether you have money or not.
It's really telling that the cars that Lido is known for only sold well in this market. Selling the sizzle seems to only work on Americans.
And with that, it reminds me of the quote from Bette Davis regarding her archnemesis Joan Crawford upon Joan's death:
"You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
How discouraging and inaccurate. What was Jaguar selling in the 60's and 70's? Could it be that most mainstream European cars had no sizzle or even any meat? Best course of action in life is to accept your lot and don't work toward anything more than your parents had in terms of education, knowledge or finances. Great way to have a better life.
We see things differently, but Jaguar (or any mainstream European) of the 60s and 70s was selling steak that sizzled, not the sizzle without the steak. The basic cars offered were not so much sold on sizzle over there, more on price. That's why we called most of them econoboxes.
And one can work hard, get good grades and an excellent education, have great knowledge, and still not improve their life versus their parents. That is the norm right now, Millennials are finding that they have a lower net worth than their parents did at their age, adjusted for inflation. Too many paths to success are determined by who you know versus what you know or what you can do. It does not mean you cannot improve, but it does tend to suggest that any improvement will be modest.
Europeans, having more of a class based structure, understand innately that who one is born to is more of a factor in how one's life will proceed than Americans believe. Americans believe that they can go from poverty to a millionaire by working hard. I wish it were so easy. That may work for professional athletes, but not for a normal working stiff. For every anecdote about a janitor who became CEO, there are 350 million other Americans who never got that far, and the majority were (and are) hard workers. The chance of wild success is far lower than getting hit by lightning. Americans tend to overlook that fact. It does not negate the joy of life, and one may argue that it actually removes a lot of stress as people realize that modest success, or even keeping the status quo, is actually doing as well as can be expected.
Jim Klein
"Americans believe that they can go from poverty to a millionaire by working hard. I wish it were so easy. "
The part that is missing is that too many people think they can spend themselves to wealth and have no idea what savings and living within ones means is. I'm far from "rich" but I am better off financially than my parents were at the same age. My kids are learning (and being taught) more about finance, saving, interest, debt than I ever did at their ages, I hope they can avoid the mistakes I made. How is it that people have trouble paying the rent or for their car or their child support but there is always enough money for a sixer of craft beer, or a pack of smokes/Juul, or another tattoo?
TImes change. The 9-5 5day a week model is dead. Working for someone else is rarely the path to sustained and secure success anymore. Grabbing opportunities that arise are the way forward, as well as not constantly paying others to do things that one can do or learn to do oneself. That goes for all age groups, I'm well aware of the difficulties some face as opposed to others. I'm also well aware of the instant gratification culture that exists to drain people of the contents of their wallets.
There is still plenty of opportunity in America, but if one is content to sit on their porch and just complain about things then they'll never see or take advantage of those opportunities.
BradF
+1… yes to all of what you say, Jim Klein! Learning from past mistakes and using that to help your children build a better future is what all parents should aspire to.
Sierra Victor bravo
My sister's household has a gross annual income over $1 million per year. They'd be monsters if they were actively coaching, pushing, and expecting my niece and nephew to do better than that.
Tufted upholstery and more gold trim and wire wheel covers on the chariots?
Paul, thanks for posting this so fast, even though you had serious time constraints. When I saw the news about Iacocca's passing, I was immediately most interested in CC's take.
To me, Lido represented the highs and lows of the auto business, all wrapped-up in one outsized ego, reminiscent of fellow flawed titans like Lutz, DeLorean and Musk. Hogging the spotlight and elbowing others out of the way to take credit seemed second nature to Iacocca. And he surely knew how to spin the press.
When Iacocca was good, he nailed it. The first Ford Mustang was a brilliantly packaged and marketed product, as was the Lincoln Mark III. Both were nicely profitable and effectively captured the tastes of the time. While many car buffs loathe the Mustang II and Granada/Monarch, they too were canny marketing exercises that were well-timed for buying trends. Ditto for Broughams.
Problem was, Iacocca seemed to freeze in time, and never really left the Brougham epoch even when the market moved on. The dreadful FoMoCo products of the late '70s/early '80s demonstrated this, as did the endless array of over-chromed stretched K-Cars with vinyl toupees. They were all Lido mobiles, seemingly reflecting his grandiose tastes and penchant for glitz over substance. He even tried the schmaltz on the minivans, with the Chrysler Town & Country. Like a moth to flame, he just couldn't stay away from the shiny objects….
All that said, one of the best "shiny objects" that caught Iacocca's attention was Jeep. That deal arguably is the one thing that has granted Chrysler's continued survival to this day.
RIP Lee. Your legacy will never cease to be fodder for us here at CC.
R&DMan
Just amazing, the brand power of Jeep. If not for Jeep, American Motors would have had chains and pad locks on the doors by '75ish. If not for Jeep, Chrysler would have had chains and pad locks on the doors by '96ish, as Daimler would have had no interest in it. They were just looking at the high four figure profit on every Grand Cherokee going out the door. R.I.P Lee. You were a good man despite having a ego that entered the room before the rest of you. May it always be 1964 for you.
ozzy85
He left his Mark (III… Grandma,) on our family. I learned to drive in a '77 Monarch with the 200 six. I was replaced soon after I got my licencse with a Lebaron K-car. The car I owned the longest was a '67 Mustang.
Um, if 282,000 Corvairs were sold in 1961, how does that equal 550-600,000 cars today?
Did we change our numbering system?
gtemnykh
Scaled up for relative market sizes (total number of cars sold in '61 vs 2019)
Ok, didn't think of it that way. Thanks.
We haven't seen any cars sell over 500k in many many years. Camry did 343k last year.
Todd Stanley
The other part of the equation is that in 1960 there just weren't as many choices. Except for maybe Volkswagon, the number of imports was tiny. So you had the big three, AMC, and Studebaker.
So while the pie wasn't as big in 1960, without the Europeans, Japanese, or Koreans it didn't have to be cut into so many slices.
caljn
Lee Iacocca and Ronald Reagan, both heroes of a sort and generation.
nlpnt
I'd call the Granada the Most Iacocca Car Ever. As I've said before, most of his other hits were aimed squarely at his own generation ('65 LTD, the Marks, both Imperial revivals, the too-square-and-broughamy Spirit/Dynasty/etc. Probably 56 for '56 in the early part of his career) or at the leading edge of the Baby Boomers (original Mustang, minivans) but the Granada was a car Boomers pushing 30 could look like real grownups in and their parents could downsize from that LTD without worrying they were moving down in image.
KevinB
He was an engineer who realized car buyers (well, at least American car buyers) didn't care about engineering. Maybe he was proving his point by using the tired Falcon platform for the Granada.
He went a bridge too far with the Versailles, though.
RlP Lee.
Imagine what Lee could have done as the (imported) leader of The Communist Sovjetunion, there everything was a fake. Brougham MIG 21 Fighters, malaise Sovjet toasters, padded nuclear power plants with RR grilled Moskowitch fire trucks….
DougD
Although Lee was not my kind of guy at all, I must say that in the world of cause and effect people like him caused things to happen. The rest of us are just part of the effect.
The only Iaccoca-mobile our family ever had was an early 90's Grand Caravan which ate only one transmission. Some things never change, hopefully our 2015 GC will limit it's appetite to the transmission it's eaten this year.
SavageATL
Lee was my childhood hero growing up. I wanted to be Just. Like. Him. and read, and reread, and reread, his autobiography dozens of times. I don't think we'll ever see, in any industry, an executive again of his ability both as an executive and a pitchman both for himself and his company. He was his own brand before that became a thing, and a very successful brand.
In terms of Lido style, his goal was to maximise profits. he had seen the disasters of GM innovative engineering during the '60's with the Corvair, rope drives, turbocharging, Wankel engines, FWD Toronados and aluminum V8s and decided sensibly that these were expensive and doomed projects. People wanted a cushy car, with lots of glitter, which could be produced inexpensively and sold at high margins. Whatever it costs to put an extra interior light package and a vinyl roof and fancier upholstery and a fancy grille on a car costs a lot less and is far more profitable than expensive engineering that the customer will reject or find troublesome. The Pinto wasn't hugely advanced but it did have an overhead cam engine and rack and pinion steering which have become go to parts for anyone looking to modernise a hot rod. For 1971, it was at least as advanced as anything from across either ocean. He might have stuck with his vision too long, but he was instrumental in Neon development as well, so he could belatedly see that times had changed.
I'll disagree with Paul re the quality issues to an extent. Even though the Omnirizon and K car were in development when Lee came to Chrysler, Lee made sure they weren't the quality disasters the Aspen/Volare had been. In 1978, no domestic manufacturer had anything comparable to the Omnirizon, an efficient, roomy, modern car with room for four adults plus luggage as compared to the Chevette, which was not efficient or modern, or the cramped Pinto. The Omnirizon could be optiioned up as well to provide the levels of comfort Americans were used to like the Accord.
Consider the quality disaster that was the X, and the Fairmonts/early Escorts/Tempazes were not anywhere close to meeting Japanese quality standards. Iacocca at least was ahead of them, and the K was a far better car than the Cavalier in both execution and quality.
I had an '86 600 convertible as my first car and it was a solid, nicely trimmed, robust little car. Was it supremely refined? Probably not, but it was better than the domestic competition of the time. As a convertible, it was quite a lot of fun.
Could Lee have developed a Chrysler Camry, in terms of quality and refinement? Should the K have been replaced by around 1986 as the Taurus came out? Yes, absolutely. One of the problems was that the minivan was so popular and so profitable, Chrysler couldn't do the minivan well and the sedans well, and let the sedans wither on the vine. It was a profitable decision at the time but led to Chrysler's downfall later. Additionally, Lee saw the value of adding Jeep and put Chrysler's energies there. There was only so much leadership to go around.
Comparing Lido with other domestic executives, Chrysler still ended up thriving in the '80's even though it wasn't doing so well by the early '90's, but let's not forget that GM came within a hair's breadth of bankruptcy in 1991/1992 and Ford was struggling as well. Yes, Chrysler should have developed better, newer sedans earlier and met the Japanese challenge more strongly, but with limited resources, Lido played his hand very, very well.
Ed Stembridge
It's fitting in some way that I'm driving our '12 VW Routan for the last time today, getting new tires before we gift it to our pastor to replace a 230K mile Uplander on its last legs.
It's the fifth Chrysler platform minivan we've owned, and will be the last – succeeded by a Buick Regal TourX.
We only had transmission problems with one of the five, a gen-3 '98 GC, and then not until it hit 280K miles.
That's a great way to get rid of a minivan. We dropped our daughter off at camp on Sunday, and saw our old 2007 Caravan still doing the job 🙂
J P Cavanaugh
Iacocca was a salesman at heart, and was probably the best in his generation of auto execs of being able to know what the customer wanted and how to deliver it.
I would argue that his tenure at Chrysler may be a better measure of the man than his time at Ford, if only because he was never truly the man with all of the power there. But at Chrysler he assembled his team and ran things his way.
He should get credit for bringing a level of management and systems that Chrysler had never known in the modern era. He brought Chrysler into position as the most profitable of the Big 3 and I would argue that the quality of stuff under his tenure was probably better than before it or certainly after it.
Mya Byrne
We do have his family to thank for Yocco's Hot Dogs in Allentown, PA, the best stop between NYC and Hershey and IIRC, part of what put Lido thru school.. The Iacoccas were a true immigrant success story. I'm surprised none of the obits have mentioned that as it was something I think he felt pride in. This is a great rundown of the life of an executive, such an accurate assessment of Lee, and a snapshot of postwar America in a nutshell. Nice one, Paul.
Never again would an American car grace our driveway.
How about a Fiat van built in Mexico by FCA, with a genuine Chrysler minivan engine and transmission? Does that count? 🙂
Mya – yes, that is important to me. I grew up around Italians and as an adult I like and admire them very much. Lee was not exactly an easy fit in the WASP, mid-west culture of Ford at Dearborn, Michigan. That could be why Henry the Deuce hated him. I don't know. But I do admire him for his success on such a big, important stage given his unusual (for upper management) heritage.
And also, my mom loved her '66 Mustang coupe. So there's that too.
TheMann
Great write-up, Paul.
I agree with your summary, and you really nailed it in a concise way.
The comment thread is particularly enjoyable to read this time around as well.
Everyone makes good points, positive and negative.
Mr. Iacocca and his legacy will always be an interesting topic to discuss.
Dave Skinner
I think the top picture, with Lee leaning on the original Mustang some ten years after it's introduction, tells the Iaccoca story in a single shot. For better or worse, Lee was the "Father of the Mustang," and he never desired another title.
Clearly, he accomplished much over the next 30 years, but he continued to define himself based on this early accomplishment.
In fact, I can picture the Chrysler PR team gently explaining to him that he CAN'T roll out a Wimbledon White Mustang coupe during the K-CAR introduction party.
No holds barred. One of a kind type man. Love him… hate him, what a life he had.
Thank you Lee for the Mustang. Thank you for the beautiful Mark III.
Thank you for heading, under President Reagan… the Foundation (SOLEIF), to raise private money for the massive restoration project on The Statue of Liberty.
And, although not directly involved, without what you did back in the day, I likely wouldn't have my 300S right now. A car that I love to drive, and even just look at… more than any I've owned in years. She'll get an extra coat of Carnauba this weekend in your honor.
You shall be missed by some… maybe not so much by others. But, RIP Good Sir 👍
PaulChgo
The lead circa 1974 picture does sum up Iacocca – father of the Mustang (this one has an optional vinyl roof) with a Monarch & Granada behind it built on the same then 15 y/o platform as the Mustang. Instead of bashing Japanese cars he should tried to understand why consumers were buying them – because cars built by Japanese automakers (some US built) offered reliability, durability, with surprise and delight interiors that offered coin and cup holders and things like fully adjustable comfortable seats.
Iaccoca did make major contributions to the American automotive scene, but don't forget the Pinto was internally know at Ford as "Lee's Car".
Shiftfocus
It just occurred to me that my father was perhaps typical of how the market changed in the 80s. He was a child of the depression, so was very careful with money, carefully scrutinizing Consumer Reports to try to get the best balance of performance and value on everything he bought. When the house was paid for and the kids were grown (well, mostly), he decided he could replace the miserly and cramped mustard yellow 6-cylinder Comet (Iacocca-mobile #1) with a bit more plush Monarch (Iacocca-mobile #2). It had all the brougham touches (pleated seats, vinyl roof, V8, cruise, air conditioning) that made him feel like it was a treat.
But owning it never really fulfilled the promise. Fit and finish were poor, the performance was ho-hum, the steering was numb, and the reliability was lousy. When my oldest sister came home with a new Honda Accord a year later, dad took note of the build quality, and all the thoughtful little features – like the coin box and the remote trunk release – that were STANDARD equipment, not options. He noticed how it never broke down. So, when the rear seal on the Monarch's 302 let go after just 5 years, dad headed for the Honda store. It didn't bother him that the little Honda would cost more than a bigger American car. What mattered was that it arrived with zero defects.
He would buy 3 Accords in the next decade, and would never give an American brand another look.
kiwibryce
Paint it nipple pink and sell it to a sucker could have been his battle cry, R.I.P. Lee.
I read his autobiography about 30 years ago and I still remember a lot of stories from it.
I read that too back when. Do you remember it giving him credit for the Mercury Bobcat, but not the Pinto?
Ellin Marveson
It's not a big deal, but how is his surname really spelled? There are two different spellings among the main body text and the Comments. One Comment has it spelled both ways in the same comment.
Lee Iacocca. I don't see it spelled otherwise in the text, but maybe my spellcheck is tricking me. It doesn't like "Iacocca", and keeps suggesting Iaccoca.
3SpeedAutomatic
When Chrysler employees needed to remember how to spell his last name, they would recite:
"I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation Always,"
I'm using the Chrome browser on a Windows laptop, and the spell check keeps insisting "amongst" is misspelled. How else are you supposed to spell amongst?
G. Poon
I found it, Paul:
There is another in the next paragraph. Both sre hyphenated, which could throw off Spellcheck.
Reading "Curbside Classic: 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial – The Last Imperial; The Last Iacocca-mobile." I found Lido's surname spelled differently IN THE SAME SENTENCE:
"Of course it was bestowed the ubiquitous Iacocca "cap" and of course the other trappings of Iaccoca-mobiles."
Hardboiled Eggs and Nuts
Love him or hate him, he was as influential as The Beatles in the 60's. Maybe even more so.
Yes, but his Sargeant Pepper album was just "Meet The Iacocca" recycled with only cosmetic changes…😁
Paul, if you do want to go to Lee Iacocca's funeral:
Lee Iacocca's funeral arrangements set for next week in Oakland County
Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press
Published 9:51 p.m. ET July 3, 2019
Funeral services have been scheduled for next week for Lee Iacocca, the legendary auto executive who died Tuesday at age 94.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 1368 N. Crooks Road in Clawson.
A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Hugo of the Hills, 2215 Opdyke Road in Bloomfield Hills. Burial will follow at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy.
Carter Gorman
I hope that someone drives up to Lee's visitation or funeral Mass in a 1975 Ford Granada with the '250' six. Mustang's are plentiful and ~anyone~ could drive to Clawson in one of those . . . but a '75 Granada Malaise-mobile churning down the highway in 2019 toward Bloomfield Hills would be a nice touch for Lee's final send-off. I think.
Like a moth to a flame, I seem drawn to Mr, Iaccoca's chariots — my family, too, since I had an uncle who worked at Chrysler's Fenton, Mo., plant for decades. Thirty years ago, brother gave me a '78 Monarch with 40k that had that '70s sizzle — six-cylinder power, vinyl roof, sport wheels, plush interior. When my mom died in the early '90s, she left me her 4-door '83 base Reliant, which was a reliable runabout. In subsequent years, I bought a 2-door '86 LeBaron hardtop and a '95 LeBaron convertible.
In fact, the "sizzle" comment got my attention, because I like sizzle. I love driving convertibles, and Lee Iacocca brought the drop-top back into the reach of somebody of my relatively moderate means. He believed there were enough open-air-driving fans to justify making convertibles available to the masses once again, after ragtops had virtually disappeared for the better part of a decade. Thanks to the LeBaron — and its Sebring successors — I have lived my automotive open-air dream for 20 years. My experience has been largely problem-free — or, at least, largely free of large problems.
What is "sizzle" but a sign of dreams, aspiration and eternal hope? I thank Lee Iaccoca for injecting a bit of pizzazz into an industry that, too often, relies on ordinary, cookie-cutter, appliances. Yep, there's no question that Iacocca learned heavily on the same recipe, but at least he dared to diversify the product into packages answered the wants and needs of a lot of varying tastes.
Godspeed, sir.
John E Matthews
My dad still has the book on Iacocca's autobiography (literally called "Iacocca: An Autobiography") & I've read through it several times finding out what all happened when he was at Ford and then Chrysler; yes possibly being run for presidency too. He even had plans for a Ford-Chrysler merger! My mom's 1st car was a blue 1983 Plymouth Horizon (the one below is an '84 but otherwise nearly identical), not really an Iacocca-mobile but its basic platform (the L-car) was used for the K-cars as well as the first minivans. Without Iacocca I know 3 things would be certain today: there would be no Mustang, there would be no Grand Caravan (or any other minivan for that matter), & Chrysler would've been dead by the middle of the 80s.
'How about a Fiat van built in Mexico by FCA, with a genuine Chrysler minivan engine and transmission? Does that count?'
You made a comment on your own article Paul! 🙂
Glenn Kramer
Say what you want, but when Mr. Iacocca gets to the pearly gates…just put on a set of headlights!
Canucknucklehead
When I think back on my long history of car buying, I have never bought a "Big 3" brand for my own use. Yes, I have had a couple of captive imports, but not any mainstream Detroit product.
That's because they never made anything on which I was going to spend my hard earned scratch. For me, it has always been about the steak and not the sizzle. Looking back, all my daily drivers were cars of substantial meat and very muted sizzle. I have always like the Q-Ship model for my cars: a seemingly pedestrian device that is going fast. Nobody gets it and I get away with more than the average driver, I think.
Lido, in my opinion, epitomises the whole steak and sizzle aspect. North American culture is all about sizzle. I mean, who really needs a 3000 kg truck that costs $80k to go to Safeway? Said truck is using archaic technology but it really doesn't matter: no matter what, they are going to sell like crazy. Sizzle is so prevalent in the Detroit makers, even today, they have given up on making anything that is not huge.
I kind of reminds me of 1973, 1979 and 2008 in many ways.
We, including extended family, never owned one of his creations. While there was a Chevy and VW in our driveway in the mid/late 1960's, there seemed to be a Mustang in half the driveways on the block. There was a small Ford dealership a block away.
The Caravan is the only vehicle I admired, primarily for it's super efficient packaging. Drove a rare stick shift cargo version that a friend owned, the only Lidomobile I would have considered buying.
Paul, Lee was around for Chrysler to be deep into its fancy truck with a big chrome grille. The Big Rig Ram would have been introduced on Lee's watch if Chrysler had the money. Instead Chrysler spent its money on the minivan refresh and Grand Cherokee. A pretty good decision IMO.
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Member: silver_moon
Studio: Dark Moon Studios
Title: From the Ashes
Submersed Hollow
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)
Anime Weekend Atlanta 12, AWA 12 PRO CONTEST (2006-09-23)
Anime USA, amv contest (2006-11-18)
Comments: Well, here it is. The most time-consuming AMV I've made, and the last one I'll ever make. I purposely tried to make my last video be my best one. (If you want to see my reasons behind my retirement you can read my journal).
I really wanted to make a non-typical Full Metal Alchemist AMV that did the series justice, so I thought one of the most interesting ways to do that would be to make an alternate storyline (a video that doesn't follow the actual plot of the series). By re-designing some scenes and changing the events, I could show the overused FMA scenes in a new and different way. Naturally, this involved a lot of compositing, masking, and frame-by-frame work, so I decided to learn how to use Adobe AfterEffects to make things a lot faster and easier.
This was first dive into AfterEffects, and I was really glad I did learn how to use it for this project. It gave me the control over effects that Premiere couldn't, and made doing some things a whole lot easier. I also went out of my way to make sure I used *entirely* DVD footage. Since only about the first eight DVDs were released in North America at the time, and I really wanted to use the last episodes, I ordered the Japanese DVDs.
In the credits, I showed a few examples of the before and after shots of a few of the scenes I changed. Pretty much every scene in the video has some kind of effect on it, but I showed some of the more interesting before and after's.
Storyline: *Full Metal Alchemist spoilers*
The intro shows Ed standing by himself while he burns down his childhood home, and then goes into a flashback. The childhood section is the same as in the series (Ed and his brother, Al, try to revive their mother who died from an illness with alchemy, and are unsuccessful. Ed loses his arm and leg as a side effect, and Al is taken into the Gate), except instead of Ed attaching Al's soul to a suit of armor like in the series, Al is lost inside the Gate and Ed is left alone (I mainly chose not to include Al's armor in this video because, with Ed alone, it gives him more reason to feel "hollow", to suit the song better, and I thought it would give the scenes a different feel without Al present).
Ed then leaves on a journey to find a way to bring his brother back from the Gate, and learns of the philosopher's stone and its power from Dr. Marco. But then he learns what ingredients are needed to make the stone (sacrificing human lives), and isn't sure whether it's worth it to make the stone. Scar overhears, and decides to kill Ed before he can try to make the stone. Before he can, the homonculus appear and take Ed with them, and want him to make the stone for them. When Scar sees Ed refuses to kill people to make the stone, he decides to save him. They go their separate ways, and Ed decides to confront the homonculus.
Ed's father, Hohenheim (who left when Ed was a child), sees him passing by and follows. When Ed sees that one of the homonculus looks exactly like his mother (and that he'd actually created her when he failed to resurrect his real mother), he's stunned and one of the other homonculus takes the opportunity and kills him. Hohenheim comes into the room, sees Ed dead, and creates a philosopher's stone out of the homonculus to resurrect his son. Hohenheim pays for the transmutation with his life, and is taken to the other side of the Gate. Ed then uses the remaining philosopher's stone to resurrect Al, and is brought to the same place as his father. Ed was able to bring back Al, even though they're living in separate worlds.
*end spoilers*
I'm all I've left undone
I'm all I haven't won
Lift me up my soul's so hollow
You take
The breath you didn't make
What's left you did forsake
You can make me scream internally
You can make me breathe eternally
The things I cannot change
The things that make me plain
We've made
All from the sum of none
All that we have become
Fill, fill what's in me
Fill, fill what's in you
So my soul's not left so hollow
You can make me scream
You can make me breathe
Thanks to beta-testers Bakadeshi, *inverse*, Greek Prince, and JCD, and as always, to my sister Sierra Lorna for her helpful AMV insights and AfterEffects wisdom.
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Do you know how important link building is to driving traffic to your website?
Helga Moreno is a passionate content creator and marketer at Ahrefs and she has written this fantastic post about link building.
Google, as well as other search engines, consider links the primary factors for ranking websites and pages. What does this mean for you? You have to build links.
There is a lot of information out there on the topic. Some of the articles are really good, but not all of them of course.
That's why I decided to put together the best pieces of relevant content into a straightforward guide. It is aimed to teach you to build links the right way. The guide is suitable both for newbies and seasoned SEOs.
It will cover essential tactics of link building.
It's simple, we call link building the process of acquiring new inbound links or backlinks to a website from external sites.
You should know the goal of the most link building campaigns. It is increasing search traffic from Google. Though, links from popular sites can also be a great source of referral traffic.
What kind of links should you hunt for?
Strictly speaking, each link to a website can be considered a vote. Which means that the more votes a site gets, the more likely it is to show up for a particular search query.
However, the system doesn't work like this: 'one member = one vote'.
As a site amasses links, its own authority grows accordingly. Then it is able to pass on more authority when it links out.
So a link from a high authority site like The New York Times will be more powerful than a link from a low authority site, for example, a new site with no inbound links of its own.
You can measure the authority of a linking page with the help of your favorite marketing tool.
Domain Rating (DR). It refers to the overall strength (authority) of a site and is measured from 0–100, where 0 is no authority (like in the case with a new site with no inbound links) and 100 is the highest number.
URL Rating (UR). It refers to the strength (authority) of an individual page and is measured from 0–100.
Please take a look at the example below. Here you can see that The New York Times page has a DR score of 94 and a UR score of 91.
You can also see that Ahrefs has discovered 1.22M domains linking to this page. These links have contributed directly to the UR score.
Some links, for example, the ones from blog comments may have the rel="nofollow" attribute.
Any paid links must have the rel="nofollow" attribute to comply with Google's guidelines.
The nofollow attribute gives search engines instructions not to follow the link. In theory, links having this attribute should not contribute to rankings. However, there are different opinions on whether this is actually true.
For example, links from Wikipedia have the nofollow attribute, but many SEO experts consider them beneficial for rankings because of the high site's authority.
No doubt that 'dofollow' links are preferred, but a nofollow link from high-quality resource may contribute to your rankings, so it's definitely a good thing to acquire. BTW, if you want your backlink profile look more natural, there should be both 'nofollow' and 'dofollow' links.
Have you ever noticed that the search engines attribute more weight to certain types of links?
Google's 'Reasonable Surfer' patent states that the search engine will endeavor to determine how likely a link is to be 'clicked' and then decide how much weight it will pass.
Notwithstanding the above, Google continues to give weight to links from footers, sidebars etc. when the linking site is an authority.
For a long time, search engines have used anchor text (which is the words that are used to link) as a ranking factor.
Though, while it is clear that keyword use in anchor text makes a positive impact on rankings, I must point out that overuse of keyword rich anchors can do just the opposite.
Too many anchor text links can be a signal of manipulation, which may incur link penalties, such as Google Penguin.
We couldn't help mentioning some of the factors that may influence the 'relevancy' of a link and the weight assigned to it by Google.
The text immediately surrounding a link is also an important ranking signal.
Google holds a patent ("Ranking based on reference contexts"). It could be taken as a blueprint for inferring context from surrounding text.
Links flagged by Google as unnatural are likely to be discounted and won't contribute to your rankings. A lot of unnatural links may lead to a penalty and a rankings/traffic decrease.
There is some arguing about unnatural link definition. Some believe that any built link is aimed to manipulate search results. Therefore, it is unnatural.
I think this opinion is too literal. This is a kind of Google's guideline, to be more accurate a line often repeated by 'black hat' SEOs when they need to incorrectly justify their approach to link building.
From my viewpoint, any link of editorial choice is white hat and Google safe. It doesn't matter whether the linking site found your content organically or you pointed them to it through outreach or any other promotion.
Links that are built manually for driving traffic (e.g. guest blogging, content repurposing, content syndication) are also safe when used as part of a wider link building campaign and not abused.
Now it's time to take a closer look at some of the individual link-building strategies. I am going to enumerate only proven and efficient techniques in this section.
Well, we start with the most popular and effective tactic from the Ahrefs survey — link bait.
Link bait is a broad strategy. 'Link bait content' can take multiple forms that include many of the individual tactics. We will cover them later on in this guide.
In plain English, link bait refers to creating content which attracts links naturally because of the high value or unique proposition. Such links are considered 'earned' rather than 'built'. But I don't want to say that link bait content does not require promotion.
Link bait is an example of white hat link building in its purest form. It was originally envisaged by Google that links would 'vote' the best content to the top.
Link bait requires a top-quality resource as 'bait'. An engaging piece of content will be loved by users and widely shared by them. Such kind of content simply deserves to rank in search.
Side projeсts and free tools is a second link building tactic on our list, which would also fall under link bait.
Side projects would generally be separate from but related to the main product or service you offer. They should provide value on their own.
Very often influencers seem hard to approach, especially to newbies. However, you should remember that most of them are marketers, just like you. They would love to be featured, quoted, or mentioned.
Most of the influencers will be happy to share content that shows their strongest sides. This amplifies your campaign reach and potentially leads to links.
As time passes by and the internet ages, many of the erst cool resources simply vanish from the web. This happens because companies behind the site go out of business or other reasons. Maybe the site is not actively maintained anymore.
But there is a blessing in disguise and this is an opportunity for the link builder.
You can create a similar resource on your own site, then reach out to sites with broken links and offer them your content. The method can bring you a pretty high success rate. Most webmasters will be interested in fixing errors on their site.
Fixing broken links leading to your site. This includes fixing broken internal links either.
Let's say a couple of sentences about each subcategory.
Broken links pointing to 404 pages on your site make you lose valuable link juice. But this is easy to fix.
Here, at Ahrefs we do it with the help of Broken Link Checker and a free WordPress Redirection plugin.
If someone mentions your brand on the web but doesn't include a link back to your site, reach out to this person/website, thank them for the mention, and ask them to add a link.
If some website uses your copyrighted material (for example a photo or a video), you can either ask them to remove it or view the situation as one more link building opportunity. Write a polite email and inform them of the infringement. Ask for accreditation, that's all required to pick up a link.
Use Google's reverse image search or another tool if you know the better one to find sites using your copyrighted images.
Practicing newsjacking means tapping into the stream of hot news and introducing your own brand or ideas into the story.
This method can work great for picking up high-quality links from major publications.
But the technique has its own peculiarity. It's time limitations. There is a reason for that. As a major story happens, journalists are passionate about covering it from unique angles and gathering quotes from experts eager to add insight. You must be fast as today's news mean nothing tomorrow.
Guest blogging is still an effective way to both show your website/brand to the new audiences and build authority increasing links.
Low-quality guest blogging is not effective today and it has been squeezed by Google. But high-quality guest blogging still stays a preferred method of white hat links gaining.
Many aspects of modern link building have something in common with traditional PR. Building links with the help of interviews fall into this category.
In every case, the goal of the interview is growing your profile in your niche and pick up some quality links during the process. These links also drive traffic, so they are on the white side of the link building color wheel.
Infographics are good old link building tactic. They have been out of fashion a few years back, but now infographics are experiencing a kind of renaissance.
They also remain a particularly effective way to maximize return for your outreach efforts. Outreach is always more effective when it offers a value proposition for the host site, and providing a good-looking quality infographic coming with the customized introduction is one way of such value exchange. You give some cool content to the host site and it rewards you with a backlink.
Syndicating your content everywhere is not recommended, but doing this on quality sites with link attribution can lead to traffic increase and rankings boost.
If you want to get the most out of your syndication, write a custom title and introduction for each platform.
Repurposing content is great for squeezing more value out of your content and acquiring high-quality links.
What can you repurpose a blog post to?
You can share your repurposed pieces of content on relevant channels. Many of them offer the opportunity for a backlink.
Just like any other link building strategy, the method should not be abused and your repurposed content must be of high quality and capable of standing alone.
BTW, adding 'swipeable' images like charts and graphs to your blog posts is very effective. It encourages readers to download and share them on their own sites, which can be a particularly effective way to pick up links.
The days of mass directory submissions are gone, but there may be some SEO value in acquiring links from quality, or niche specific directories.
Check the quality of sites the directory includes and whether there are obvious manipulated anchor text links from the directory pages.
Check the directory age. Use org to make sure it has been around for a while in its current form.
Choose the directory's backlink profile using your favorite marketing tool. The website should have a relatively clean link profile without spammy links.
Check that the page where your link would be placed is cached by Google. Use the cache:thedirectory.com/theurl command or other if you know a better one.
Please note that directory submissions should be a small part of your overall link building strategy. Maybe you won't use them at all.
Just like in case with directories, mass press release distribution is a risky link building tactic. It now offers little benefit and may be a sign of manipulative link building.
Nevertheless, if the press release is distributed with the goal of attracting genuine press, it is a legitimate PR tactic and makes it a legitimate link building tactic accordingly.
If you have some newsworthy information, like site launch, for instance, choose one channel to distribute your press release and make sure that it is high quality and written in the third party.
This will boost its chances to be picked up and lead to more links.
Press releases are not the right place to build your anchor text links, branded links are recommended here.
Build citations on local business directories and portals as it remains an effective tactic for improving local SEO.
Business directories have higher acceptance standards than general web directories. They list only legitimate businesses. Therefore, they are trusted by Google.
Please note that not every business directory will include a link back to your site, however, many SEOs believe that even a mention from a trusted resource may be counted as an 'inferred link' by Google and assist you with rankings.
Blog commenting is a simple way to get backlinks to a new or old website. An effective blog commenting strategy will ensure that your backlink graph will stay constant or even goes up with time.
Google likes to observe active participating in a niche. Therefore, commenting on blogs is a brilliant way to demonstrate that you are an engaged community member.
But that's not all, commenting is also a good way to build relationships with other bloggers. This will help your future outreach. It is always easier to write to somebody you know and get a response.
Again, mass commenting will not work here, only genuine, insightful commenting on a select number of blogs may help your rankings.
Quality comments that contribute to the blog post, add insight and show expertise can also drive traffic back to your own site and help to grow your audience. This works as an indirect ranking factor.
A professional SEO knows that they should follow their audience. Indeed, most niches have at least one forum where your potential customers hang out.
If you are an active forum participant, it's not a problem to drop an occasional link back to your site. It goes without saying that this link must add value to the discussion or answer a question.
Such links are good both for traffic and conversions. Participating in a forum and showing your expertise will help you build trust among the community members, so anyone browsing your site will be semi-qualified.
There is a subreddit for pretty much everything from knitting to SEO strategies.
Identify subreddits related to your niche, participate, and occasionally share valuable and relevant content from your own site. This is also a legitimate way to build links that drive traffic.
Do you know that once submissions achieve a certain number of upvotes, they become dofollow and increase their SEO value?
A popular Reddit submission may also bring in additional editorial links because many curation sites use Reddit to source their content.
Apart from Reddit, there are many industry-specific community sites, like inbound.org if we are talking about marketing. And again, active participation will make it possible to build both links and relationships.
Links from question and answer style sites like Quora and Yahoo Answers are a good way to drive traffic to your site and build your authority in a niche.
They can also be used to identify trending topics in a niche.
If you notice that a particular question is being asked every now and again, this means that the people asking it didn't find an answer in Google. This your chance. Create content on your own site, fill this information gap anet an opportunity for both bringing in search traffic and future link building.
It's a common practice for charity/events organizations to list their sponsors. The info about sponsors often comes with a link back to their sites. Charities are trustworthy by nature and often have high domain authority, so these links may be beneficial for rankings.
Technically these are paid links, but they are relatively safe.
You can also offer a charity site to write about you on their site in exchange for some services you can render for free. For example, photographers could offer to take pictures of the event for free, these images will be posted on the charity site with link attribution.
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It seems like I covered major link building tactics. I would love to hear your thoughts now. What link building tactics work at the moment from your opinion? What changes do you expect in link building sphere in the future? Maybe you have any additions to this guide.
Of course, your questions are also welcome at the comments section.
What else is left to say? I wish you best of luck with your own link building!


The Manga Jizo Bodhisattva Statue—Bonds of Creativity!
A statue of the bodhisattva Jizo (Ksitigarbha) dedicated to Japanese manga or cartoons and called the Manga Jizo has been erected on the grounds of the 500-year-old temple Kongo-in. It is located 30 seconds' walk from Shiina-machi, the terminal station near the location of the lodging house called Tokiwaso*, where many manga artists once lived.
Called the birthplace of manga, Shiina-machi is a place where workers in all sorts of creative fields formed a network starting with individual points, joining in lines, and covering whole areas—from the circumference to circle. The statue of Manga Jizo symbolizes them and their relationships.
The statue of the Manga Jizo is turned toward the place where Tokiwaso stood.
The aureole behind the bodhisattva is in the shape of a G-pen nib.
The patterns on the bodhisattva's robes are onomatopoetic words found on cartoon paper and in cartoon bubbles.
In one hand, Jizo holds a staff, called a shakujo symbolizing his wisdom. The shakujo of the Manga Jizo is in the shape of a pen.
In the other he holds the Fruit of Wisdom, or the Wish-fulfilling Jewel (Nyoi Hoju).
Faintly smiling and turning his face to the right, he regards the surroundings with profound caring.
He imparts the blessing of creative power.
The wooden lodging house Tokiwaso (1952–1982) was home to many such famous Japanese manga artists as Osamu Tezuka, Fujio Fujiko, Shotaro Ishimori, and Fujio Akatsuka.


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Watch Danny Brown's Jonah Hill-Directed Video for 'Ain't It Funny'
Danny Brown is out to show that tragedy is no laughing matter in the Jonah Hill-directed video for "Ain't It Funny."
The clip is shot like an '80s sitcom, complete with a laugh track and an all-smiles intro. But it quickly shows that life isn't all jokes. "I'm empty inside," says Brown. "I'm fucked up and everyone thinks it's a joke…I have a serious problem. Please stop laughing."
Directed by Superbad actor Jonah Hill, "Ain't It Funny" features Good Will Hunting and Milk director Gus Van Sant, "Growing Pains" actress Joanna Kerns, and Instagram celebrity Lauren Alice Avery. Meanwhile, Brown plays "Uncle Danny."
The gruesome video also includes references to drug addiction as fans are shown laughing. "I'm glad you found my pain entertaining," a bleeding Brown says in the end. "Goodbye."
This isn't the first time Jonah Hill has worked with rappers. He also starred in Get Him to the Greek with Diddy and in 21 Jump Street with Ice Cube.
"Aint It Funny" is a single off Atrocity Exhibition, which was released in September of 2016. Up next, Brown is set to perform at festivals including Boston Calling, Movement, and Governors Ball.
Watch "Ain't It Funny" below.
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