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October 15, 2013 October 7, 2013 ~ Dan Dillard
Gavin tripped as he left the bathroom and stumbled into his bedroom. He sat on his bed underneath two posters. One was for Empire Strikes Back, his favorite, and the other for the upcoming Return of the Jedi. The legs on his costume pants were a bit long, and they were in the way. Scissors would help. The mask, however, wasn't helping. The eye-holes were just a bit too high in the one-size-fits-all clown suit his mother had picked out for him. He pushed it up on top of his head, held there by a thin elastic band stapled to the mask on either side.
Of course there weren't that many choices at Woolworth's. You had a plastic clown face, a plastic bum face, a monkey, a werewolf, vampire or mummy face…and then there had been the array of superheroes. All plastic, all crappy. His baggy suit was a clever sewing job by his mother. Patchwork colors and shiny silk, a floppy tie and some old shoes of his dad's, painted orange.
"Can't we just paint my face?" he'd asked.
"No, sweetie. That stuff is hard to wash off, and it makes your skin break out. The mask is just easier," his mother said.
He had grumbled, staring at the floor, hating the plastic, store-bought stuff. Rich kids made fun of the poor kids at Halloween. They had rented costumes or luxurious fabrics, custom sewn at the tailor's shop in town. His family wasn't poor, but things were tight so they could stay in that neighborhood, living paycheck to paycheck. His parents did the best they could in those trying times, unable to afford extras like Cable or MTV. The Jones's always had something new to keep up with. A concept Gavin would understand later.
"Besides," his mother had said. "Think about the candy, and your friend Gregory's party tonight. That'll be fun, right?"
It would be fun, he thought. If they don't make fun of me. If I can get to my friends before the others make fun. Before they point and howl and slap each other on the shoulders at my expense. If I can just live through the next hour or two of trick-or-treating, please God, let that happen.
He nodded, then pulled the mask back down. The eye holes still didn't match. Scissors would help. He dug a pair out of the desk drawer on the opposite side of his room and immediately snipped two inches from the bottom of his red, yellow and green pants. Then he looked at the mirror over his dresser. His mother had done a fine job. A circus clown, not too menacing, still kind of creepy, like the one in that Poltergeist film. He wished he'd had a jester hat with jingly bells to complete the look, maybe hide some of that awful plastic mask…or some fluffy cotton candy hair.
A few steps in his dad's old dress shoes, floppy enough, went much better with the bottoms of those pants cut off. It might upset his mother, but there was no time for alteration. The sun was fading and it was time to ring doorbells. He still couldn't see quite right, so the mask came off once more and the scissors went to work, helping things. Two much larger eyeholes and he could see again. His eyes were sad and didn't quite match the brilliant red, up-turned smile or the blue diamond-shaped streaks that went across his eyes.
Makeup would've been better.
One last look in the mirror and he grabbed his pillowcase—in which he would carry his loot—and carefully descended the stairs to the kitchen which smelled of caramel apples and popcorn.
"Mom! I'm leaving."
She came in from the attached laundry and smiled.
"You look adorable!"
"I'm supposed to look like that clown from Poltergeist," Gavin said.
"Oh. Well in that case, you look…terrifying?"
She hadn't seen the film. Gavin sighed.
"Yes, terrifying," he said.
She hugged him. "I'm sorry, honey. I'm so bad at this."
But it's so important to me.
"Have fun, honey. Don't forget, Gregory's house by 7:30! And behave."
"I will, mom."
It was just after 6:30, a late start, but trick-or-treating didn't feel right until dusk. He only took ten paces to get to the front door. His shoes mad a clip-flap clip-flap sound as he walked, but changed to a ka-thunk ka-thunk when he crossed the threshold of the front door onto the concrete porch and walkway.
The first house was dark. His next-door neighbors were out of town, going to a funeral he'd heard. They had set out pumpkins, but the lights were off. That was a universal sign that said, 'No candy here kids. Move along'. He walked by with a light ka-thunk ka-thunk and watched as other groups of kids moved on the opposite side of the street. Some groups were kids only, others had parents who watched from the street and others still were made of the tiniest of trick-or-treaters. Those approached the door with parent's in tow and were met with "Oh, how precious!" and "Adorable!"
The second home had the lights on, so he knocked. He could hear the television through the door, see the light flickering in the sidelight window. Then he heard steps and when the door opened, it was Mr. Kaminski. The Kaminski's were at least a hundred years old. Mr. K. looked at him.
"What the hell you s'posed to be?"
"Trick or treat! I'm a scary clown," Gavin said.
Mr. K. considered and frowned.
"You a little old for this?"
"I'm only thirteen."
Mr. K. raised an eyebrow and nodded, unimpressed. When he was thirteen, he was probably already married with grandkids. He grabbed a handful of candy from a bowl by the door and tossed it into Gavin's pillowcase.
"Yeah, yeah," Mr. K said and shut the door.
Before Gavin arrived at the third house, a voice called from across the street.
"Look at the clown! Is that Gavin? You queer or something?"
Gavin felt tears pool in his eyes.
"Look at the queer clown," the same voice said, followed by the laughter of cronies.
He knew the voices, but when he looked, the faces were different…painted like the rock band Kiss. It was Gregory's older brother Mike and his thug friends. Gavin snapped his head forward, forcing himself not to look back and he tripped over his orange shoes, scraping through the silky fabric of his costume and the top layer of skin on one knee. The tears spilled over and he was temporarily glad for the mask.
A huge burst of laughter came from across the street. Kiss was cackling and slapping one another on the backs.
"Clowns really are funny. Damn, Gav. Thanks buddy. I needed that shit," one said.
More chuckles followed as Gavin stood up. His palms were scraped and his knee was on fire. He skipped the next two houses and turned the corner so he could put their jokes behind him. His breath came in jittery puffs as he cried and his cheeks were sticky with dried tears. Once around the corner, he tried another house, one he'd passed a dozen times a week but didn't know who lived there. He checked his watch before knocking on the door. It was almost 7:00. He could get twenty more houses before he got to Gregory's. Then he could take off the stupid mask. Then he could hang out with his friends and relax.
Maybe I am too old for this.
A young woman answered the door, maybe a college student. The music inside the house was so loud he was surprised she could hear the doorbell. She laughed at the sight of him and covered her mouth.
"A clown?" she shouted before he could say trick or treat.
"A scary clown," he said weakly.
She tossed something into his bag and shook her head.
"Hardly," she said.
The tears pooled again, but he didn't care. He moved from house to house filling his bag and the taunts kept coming. Gavin shrugged them off. The heavier his bag became, the less the insults hurt. His mother made that costume and it was good enough for him. If only he'd painted on the face. It would've washed off. She should've let him—no—he should've just done it anyway. Suddenly, Gavin was angry with his mother. Angry with Gregory's brother Mike. Angry with the college girl. Angry with Mr. Kaminski. Angry with the band Kiss… Then he was at Gregory's door. It was 7:25.
He pushed the mask up on top of his head and wiped his eyes, now sore from crying. The doorbell brought thudding footsteps as someone approached. When it opened, Gregory stood there in a Superman costume, not a plastic one, but one stretchy fabric, exactly like the movie. He even had red boots like Christopher Reeve. Gregory's hair was slicked back with just one curl on his forehead. Except for the muscles, which Gregory was sorely lacking, it was perfect.
Angry with Gregory.
"Come on in, man. Cool clown suit," he said, but with a snicker.
In the background, Gavin saw Kiss. Mike and his three stooges sat at the kitchen table gobbling up the snacks that were supposed to be for Gregory's party.
"Hey, it's the queer clown. How's your knee?"
The four of them roared again, and even Gregory laughed. As they turned past the kitchen into the living room where the other kids were, he saw they were laughing as well. Laughing at him. Laughing at Gavin. Laughing at his homemade costume and Woolworth's mask. He dropped his bag of candy on the floor by the front door and reached into his pocket. The scissors were there, slick and cold and pointy. Scissors would help.
~ Dan Dillard
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Wow, powerful stuff. Incredible ending, love it.
Dan Dillard says:
Thanks so much Jayde-Ashe!
Poor Gavin! The victim of such cruel abuse… I'm certain those scissors will come in handy, provided they don't get too slick to handle! Great Halloween tale of a kid who has less struggling to keep up with the kids who may have more money, but no kindness in their hearts. I have a feeling Gavin will be seeing exactly what's in their hearts very soon!
I have a soft spot for the underdog, the bullied and the shy…Trick or treat! Revenge can be sweet.
Karen Soutar says:
Nice one. Yes, I can understand Gavin's feelings… 😉
Super great tale, my friend! Revenge will be sweet. Better than honey; better than the candy. You had me fooled with the mask, Dan. I was expecting something else, so the ending was even more delightful for me. Viva la Dan!
Thanks Blaze! What were you expecting?
I was expecting a deformed child hiding behind the mask. You got me! Of course, his mind was deliciously deformed. 🙂
And that's why clowns are to be feared not sneered at. I guess Gavin had a bloody good Halloween 😀
Not a fan of clowns…ever since Poltergeist….but Gavin deserved a break.
mari wells says:
I remember to plastic masks. Love the ending! Good thing he kept the scissors with him.
Yeah, the vintage costumes were terrible… Always in a cardboard box with the irritating little rubber band that hurt, and always broke 🙂 Thanks for reading, Mari!
You brought back so many memories. Of princess and Care Bear costumes, and those horrid rubber bands! Too small eye holes. Then I got smart and bought fake fangs and became a vampire, every year after that! Wonderful story, thank you for sharing.
Aah, sweet remembrances of my youth – the plastic Halloween mask that never quite fit my face lol
Great story, Dan; always beware those quiet kids. Especially those good at customizing masks with scissors!
🙂 I've seen some of those old costumes at horror conventions in the past year. Might be worth collecting, especially for those nights when the inner monster needs some air.
Tyr Kieran says:
Great Halloween tale, Dan! I believe you captured the era and the cruelty of childhood perfectly. Nothing goes better together than clowns and killing!
Thank you Tyr! Children are the worst! 😉
I felt for him so much! Poor Gavin. Loved the sinister note at the end… Happy Halloween!
Thanks Thomas! But does he kill…or doesn't he… I'm picturing a much older Gavin starting his hunt. He could be called "The Seamstress" or something.
If the child was deformed, would it need a mask? Just askin'
We all wear masks.
moondustwriter says:
Excellently written story Dan. The progression laced with the boy's feeling add to the anticipation of the end
Scissors work
Thanks Moon Lady! In truth, I hadn't seen the ending until I got there. Initially, the scissors were just a tool he used to fix his costume. It didn't come to me until the last few paragraphs that maybe he stuck them in his pocket or his loot bag…that they could help in other ways…when a story takes on a life of its own is what makes writing fun.
Talk about flashbacks! My mother used to take me to Woolworth's to get those horrid boxed costumes. She had me parade around as a drummer boy one year. If I had scissors in my bag then, life may have taken a much different turn. Perfect tale for Halloween!
🙂 Glad I could take you back, Hunter! Thanks for reading… Now, would you like some candy? I made it myself…
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Coach Glasco comes to Presentation after spending the last seven years at Dakota Wesleyan University. He spent his first two seasons as a graduate assistant before being named an assistant coach. He was also the recruiting coordinator and special teams coordinator – in which he coached the No. 3 nationally ranked punt return unit back in 2016. Notably, Coach Glasco has coached 21 All-GPAC linebackers, two All-American linebackers, and an All-American punter.
Before working at DWU, Coach Glasco spent a season as an assistant coach at the University of Sioux Falls. While with the Cougars, he worked with the team's defensive backs.
Collegiately, Coach Glasco joined the coaching ranks after a successful playing career at Sioux Falls. Coach Glasco was a three-year starter at safety for the Cougars and was a two-time All-GPAC Honorable Mention pick and earned All-GPAC First-Team and All-America Honorable Mention honors. Glasco, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science in 2007, played for the Cougars from 2003 to 2006 and was a part of the 2006 national championship team.
"I would first like to thank the administrative team and Vice President of Student Affairs Bob Schuchardt, as well as head coach Steve Heimann for giving me this opportunity," stated Glasco. "I am extremely excited for the opportunity to be the defensive coordinator here at Presentation College and being a part of the Saint family and the Aberdeen community. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to influence the lives of young men in a positive way – both on and off the football field. I cannot wait to get started and meet all of the great people here at Presentation College and the community."
Glasco grew up in Sioux Falls, S.D., and attended Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School. He received his master's degree in educational policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2012.
PC men head basketball coach Jeremy Reigel takes new job at Rockford Illinois
Presentation head men's basketball coach Jeremy Reigel has announced he has resigned his position at PC and has accepted the head men's basketball job at Rockford University. Rockford University is a Division II school located in Rockford Illinois with a student population of about 1,300 students. Reigel had been at PC for nine seasons. He leaves the Saints, the winngest coach in program history, was named NSAA coach of the year for the 2018-19 season and won the most game in a single season in school history with 21 last season.
Northern State remains atop the nation in attendance for men's basketball
Posted 2019-07-26 07:45:00
The NSU men have done it again. The NCAA has released the Men's Basketball Attendance Records following the 2018-19 season, with the Wolves leading NCAA Division II in attendance for the 12th consecutive year and 13th overall. An average of 3,680 fans poured into Wachs Arena to watch the Northern State men, with 51,526 total fans over the course of the season.
"The rich tradition of basketball at Northern State is second to none," noted NSU Director of Athletics Josh Moon. "The women's announcement a few weeks ago, and the men's today continues to build on this tradition. For NSU to also lead all Colleges/Universities in the Dakota's in attendance shows the passion of this community for Wolves basketball. The back-to-back NSIC Conference Champion men will only build off this in the future, as a new era of Northern State basketball opens this fall under Saul Phillips."
The Wolves sat high above the competition, bringing in over 1,350 fans per game more than Dixie State. Northern was the only program at the Division II level to record over 40,000 fans. The Wolves 72-70 win over Minnesota Duluth on February 15 was the fourth highest attended game in 2019 with 5,318 Wolves faithful.
In addition, NSU led the NSIC by over 1,400 fans per game, ahead of fourth ranked Augustana with 2,231. The NSIC came in second behind the MIAA, averaging 1,050 fans per game due in large part to the numbers produced by Northern State.
Over the course of the last 12 seasons, 647,435 fans have watched the Wolves from Wachs Arena, averaging nearly 3,500 fans per contest. Those fans have seen numerous Wolves wins, multiple conference championships, and historic moments.
Wolves head coach Saul Phillips announces assistant coaching change
Posted 2019-07-23 11:57:00 by Adam St. Pau
Saul Phillips, head men's basketball coach at Northern State University, announced today the hiring of Jared Swanson as the team's top assistant coach. Swanson is no stranger to the Phillips system as a member of his staffs at both North Dakota State and Ohio.
"I'm extremely excited to add Jared to my staff," said Phillips. "His experience level and familiarity with how I coach makes him a perfect fit. His extensive ties with Minnesota and the Dakotas will benefit us greatly from a recruiting standpoint."
In ten years at the Division I level, Swanson has mentored/developed 21 All-Conference award-winning student-athletes, including five all-first team honorees, three freshman of the year, and one conference player of the year.
"My family and I are extremely excited to be returning to the Midwest and for this opportunity to become a part of Northern State University," noted Swanson. "The tradition of the basketball program is second to none, and I cannot wait to get started working with our student-athletes. I believe in the vision that Coach Phillips has in maintaining the high standards set here, both on and off the court."
Swanson most recently spent that last five seasons at Ohio University as an Assistant Coach (2017-19), and prior to that as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations (2014-17). In 2015-16, the Bobcats produced the second biggest turnaround in program history, going 23-12 overall with a trip to the CBI semifinals.
Prior to his time at OU, Swanson spent one season at San Jose State and two seasons at North Dakota State as the Director of Men's Basketball Operations. The Bison went 41-24 in his two seasons, earning a berth into the College Basketball Invitational each year.
Swanson began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Boise State University. The Broncos went 22-13 overall and advanced to the semifinal round of the CBI. From 2008-10, Swanson spent time as an assistant coach at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Washington and as the head coach at Payson High School in Payson, Arizona. Before starting his coaching career, Swanson played four seasons of professional basketball in Australia, garnering two League-MVP awards, while leading the league in scoring two years.
He is a 2003 graduate of Concordia College with a bachelor's degree in Social Studies Education, and 2011 graduate of Idaho State University with a master's degree in Physical Education in Athletic Administration. Swanson played collegiately at Fergus Falls Community College where he was an all-state and all-region selection, as well as the 2000 Fergus Falls Student-Athlete of the Year. Swanson moved on to the University of North Dakota and then to Concordia College. He closed out his college career as a MIAC first team selection for the Cobbers.
Jared and his wife, Jessica, have two sons, Jett and Nash, and one daughter, Luna.
USD signs Nielson to 5 year extension
South Dakota Athletic Director David Herbster has announced a five-year contract with head football coach Bob Nielson. The announcement follows another milestone year for Nielson, who surpassed 200 collegiate victories last season.
"Bob is a proven leader who has laid a solid foundation for our program as we build a championship culture," said Herbster. "I look forward to watching his teams push forward throughout these facility enhancements and beyond."
When Nielson took the Coyotes to the postseason in 2017, it marked the fifth consecutive program that has reached the playoffs within four years of Nielson taking the helm. South Dakota won its FCS playoff debut and reached the final 16. The team is 16-19 in three seasons under Nielson after combining for 12 wins in the four seasons prior.
"I'm excited to be a part of the future of Coyote football," said Nielson. "The University of South Dakota is a great place. It is making a strong commitment to Division I football, and I'm thankful for the opportunity to lead our team to the next level."
Nielson is a three-time national coach of the year recipient, a two-time national champion head coach, and was Missouri Valley Football Conference Coach of the Year in 2016. The 2019 campaign will be his 27th as a head coach. He needed fewer than 300 games to reach 200 wins and stands with a 202-99-1 career record.
Nielson grew up in Marion, Iowa, and received his bachelor's degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where he began his coaching career. He was a head coach at Ripon (1989-90), Wartburg (1991-95), UW-Eau Claire (1996-98), Minnesota Duluth (1999-2003, 2008-12), and Western Illinois (2013-15) before arriving in Vermillion. He won Division II national championships with Minnesota Duluth in 2008 and 2010 with undefeated records of 15-0.
Nielson and his wife, Terri, have two daughters, Amanda Taylor and Kasey King, and a son, Kyle. He holds a master's degree from UNI. Nielson is a member of the Minnesota Duluth and Linn-Mar High School Athletic Hall of Fames.
PC announces addition to football coaching staff
Head football coach Steve Heimann is pleased to announce William Sonnemaker as the newest member of the PC football staff. Sonnemaker will take over as the offensive line coach for the Saints football program starting this fall.
"We are very excited to have Coach Sonnemaker join our program as he brings a high level of energy and passion that was felt immediately by the entire program," stated Heimann. "Having coached at the collegiate, high school, and professional levels, he is an exceptional coach with a very strong resume that will continue to grow the PC football program."
Most recently, Coach Sonnemaker served as the offensive line coach for the Omaha Beef of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) League, where they produced 1,365 yards rushing this past season.
Prior to coaching in the CIF, Coach Sonnemaker was the defensive coordinator for Holyoke High School in Holyoke, Colorado. He also assumed the roles of offensive and defensive line coach and offensive and run game coordinator for Gateway High School in Aurora, Colorado. Furthermore, Sonnemaker started his collegiate coaching resume at his alma mater, Midland Lutheran College (now Midland University), as the defensive line coach and box coordinator.
Collegiately, Sonnemaker was a four-year starter for Midland before playing professionally indoors for six years. Notably, Sonnemaker was a three-time CIF champion with the Sioux City Bandits and the Omaha Beef.
"I am very excited to be here and hopefully bring a new refreshing view to Presentation College and the football program," explained Sonnemaker. "I believe this place is something special and has a lot of opportunity to give student-athletes a chance to not only further their playing career after high school but more importantly their education. I am proud to become a part of the Saints family. I would like to thank Vice President for Student Affairs, Bob Schuchardt, and head coach Steve Heimann for giving me this opportunity. Last but not least, I'd like to give a giant thank you to my family, friends, and Samantha Holechek for supporting me on this journey of being a college coach."
Sonnemaker graduated from Midland Lutheran College with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He continued his education at Bellevue University where he graduated with a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership.
Coach Sonnemaker currently resides in Aberdeen.
Former PC women's head basketball coach Eric Nelson to take over Dickinson State program
Former Presentation College head women's basketball coach Eric Nelson has accepted the women's head coaching job at fellow NSAA school Dickinson State. Nelson coached six seasons at Presentation College, compiling a record of 51-113 during that time. Nelson told media outlets he was forced out at Presentation College when he was let go.
USD signs Greek prospect
Posted 2019-07-11 07:58:00 by usdcoyotes.com
South Dakota men's basketball head coach Todd Lee is pleased to announce the final addition to the 2019-20 squad with 6-8 forward Tasos Kamateros.
Hailing from Athens, Greece, Kamateros joins the Coyotes after averaging 15.7 points and 7.8 rebounds for A.E.O Proteas Voulas in the A Eskana League in Greece. He shot 58 percent from the field while connecting on 41 percent of his 3-point field goals attempts.
He played in the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Greece, seeing action in five games and hitting 50 percent of his field goal attempts.
Kamateros recently spent time in training camp with the U20 national team in preparation for the U20 FIBA European Championship.
The addition of Kamateros brings the 2019-20 class to seven student-athletes. Junior college transfer Ty Chisom along with true freshmen Kruz Perrott-Hunt and Hunter Goodrick are immediately eligible while A.J. Plitzuweit, Kanon Koster and Brady Heiman will sit the season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Former Wild great Matt Cullen retires at 42
One time Minnesota Wild and longtime NHL great Matt Cullen announced his retirement from the league Wednesday at the age of 42. Cullen played 21 seasons in the NHL, originally drafted 35th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1996 NHL draft. A Virginia Minnesota native, Cullen graduated from Moorhead high school playing hockey and accepted a scholarship to play at St. Cloud State University. In the NHL he would play for the Ducks, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won three Stanley Cups in his career including in 2006, 2016 and 2017. He wraps up his career with 1516 games played, 266 goals scored and 731 points collected.
North Dakota all time leading scorer Greg Johnson dead at 48
12-year NHL veteran and former University of North Dakota hockey great Greg Johnson has passed away at the age of 48. Johnson died Monday according to the Chronicle Journal in Thunder Bay Ontario, his hometown, but no cause of death was given. Johnson was a three time Hobey Baker award finalist and remains North Dakota's all time leading scorer with 272 points, 74 goals and 198 assists, in 155 games with the then Fighting Sioux. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the 1989 NHL draft.
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Surfboards: surfboards are the core of the surfing culture and will be the extension of your soul. A surfer expresses themselves with their surfboard just like a painter expresses themselves through their paintbrush. There is need for the surfboard to be stable or else it will become hard for you to find your footing when the waves get bigger and stronger. When you put your surfboard in a swimming pool; it comes to rest the same way each time. Identify the reference point where you should lie on your board to maintain its balance and mark your chin's position on the board with a bit of surfing wax. You do not want the nose of the surfboard to sink into the water when your chins rest on it, so back up a bit and find a spot of equilibrium.
To catch good waves, you must paddle well while lying on the surfboard. Paddling is an essential part of surfing, and you need to develop the right techniques as well. Using both hands simultaneously to paddle is not a good idea as it will tire you out eventually. The crawling technique is the most suitable one where you paddle with one hand and then the other in a sequential manner.
Sitting on the surfboard: once you had identified the position lie on the surfboard, you now move on to the sitting part. It might seem quite wobbly and difficult to sit on the surfboard for the first time with a one quick motion, but with time you will pick up. You should be confident while trying the move and then you will be fine.
The most crucial skill in surfing is to keep your cool. The fact is that once you get hold of your nerves, everything else falls into place. Standing on the surfboard can be difficult to grasp especially if you are practicing on the high waves so give yourself some time and practice extra. While still lying on the surfboard, you put your hands on the side and then perform a full push up. With the push-up, you will be able to get up in one swift motion. The the difficult part is keeping your balance on the board after standing up.
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On behalf of The Law Office of Arthur E. Snead, LLC on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
If you are injured on the job, it is easy to believe that you will file a workers' compensation claim, receive benefits and continue to do so until you are able to return to work. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.


Where do you place downloaded controller profiles so you can load them?
Searching this on the web most of the results I find tell me to put them in folders that don't exist. The one I found that pointed me to somewhere that did exist tell me to put it in Documents/Dolphin Emulator/Config but that doesn't make the profile show up.
Did you tried putting it into (Documents/Dolphin Emulator/)Config/Profiles/Wiimote (for Wiimote) or GCPad (for GC controller)? At least that is where my profiles are saved. You may have to create the folders.
(09-10-2016, 11:16 PM)Neui Wrote: Did you tried putting it into (Documents/Dolphin Emulator/)Config/Profiles/Wiimote (for Wiimote) or GCPad (for GC controller)? At least that is where my profiles are saved. You may have to create the folders.
Thank you! I did have to create the folders, stupid that they weren't there already. Works now.


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stated on March 26, 2016 in a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law:
"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."
By Will Doran March 28, 2016
Gov. Pat McCrory: No Title IX threat to billions in federal funding after controversial new LGBT law
One of the biggest questions in the ongoing debate over North Carolina's new statewide law invalidating local LGBT protections is the status of $4.5 billion in federal education funding via Title IX.
Title IX is a 1972 law that requires educational institutions to treat men and women equally. It has been used to punish schools for not taking sexual assault seriously, or for not offering women chances to play sports.
The federal government has begun arguing in recent years that Title IX protections extend to transgender students, and a 2014 Department of Education memo formalized that position.
"All students, including transgender students and students who do not conform to sex stereotypes, are protected from sex-based discrimination under Title IX," the memo reads. "Under Title IX, a recipient generally must treat transgender students consistent with their gender identity in all aspects of the planning, implementation, enrollment, operation, and evaluation of single-sex classes."
Transgender people are those who don't identify with the gender on their birth certificate. Even if they have one gender's anatomy, they live life as the other gender and consider themselves to truly be that gender. One widely cited study in 2011 estimated that 0.3 percent of adults are transgender.
North Carolina's new law specifically prohibits schools from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The law says schools may only permit a student to use the restrooms, locker rooms or other such facilities of the gender listed on the student's birth certificate.
The ACLU and some Democratic legislators say that contradiction between the state law and the federal guidance could cost billions. North Carolina is scheduled to receive an estimated $4.58 billion from the federal government in 2016 for education funding, which could be at risk with a Title IX violation. Those funds are largely for Pell Grants and student loans but also go toward K-12 programs for homeless students, rural schools, adult literacy and more.
Republicans thoroughly disagree that the funding is at risk, and it was one of 18 points Gov. Pat McCrory made in a press release over Easter weekend which he dubbed "Facts vs. Myths."
"Will this bill threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX?" McCrory asked, only to then answer: "No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."
McCrory has a point, but he leaves out a lot of detail. In eastern Virginia, a federal judge did rule that a school district wasn't violating Title IX by refusing to let a transgender teen, who was born a female but identifies as male, use the boys bathroom. In that lawsuit, the student was represented by the ACLU and had statements of support from the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education.
The Virginia case
McCrory knows the case well; he was one of two governors (along with Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage) who submitted briefs on behalf of the school district in that case. A few other states weighed in with briefs from their attorneys general, but North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper – and McCrory's Democratic opponent in November – declined to follow suit.
The Virginia school district restricted students to bathrooms based on their "biological gender," which is similar to the "biological sex" wording used in North Carolina now. And in Virginia, the judge said that restriction is OK.
So McCrory is right on that much. But he fails to mention that the case is currently under consideration by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appeals court which also covers North Carolina. The ACLU has further asked that the 85-year-old judge in question be removed from the case, alleging he didn't follow proper procedure and made statements indicating he doesn't have a firm grasp of science.
stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter
"Let's be clear: 'drag shows' are strip shows."
By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
"Regardless of the outcome of this case, the public in general, and transgender people in particular, should have confidence the proceedings are not based on mistaken assumptions that continue to stigmatize transgender people, even if unintentionally," the ACLU wrote in asking the appeals court to remove the judge, Robert G. Doumar.
The appeal states the judge refused expert witness testimony, allowed hearsay evidence on behalf of the school district but not on behalf of the student, refused testimony from the student, referred to the student as having a "mental disorder" – even after being informed that "The American Psychiatric Association has made clear that Gender Dysphoria should not be described as a 'disorder'" – and went off on a tangent about federal policies concerning drug use, immigration and other unrelated issues.
The appeals court heard the appeal in January but has not yet announced its decision.
Last year a judge in Pennsylvania ruled against a transgender University of Pittsburgh student, who was expelled and criminally charged after repeatedly ignoring a bathroom ban. In that case, unlike in the Virginia case happening around the same time, the federal government did not weigh in.
And then there's the matter of other cases in which schools have settled with the federal government rather than going to court, like in the Virginia case.
Schools in Illinois and California changed their policies after being threatened with the loss of funding by the federal government via Title IX.
In Illinois, a transgender student who was born a male was allowed to change in the girls locker room, but behind a curtain. Previously the student had been using private, single-occupancy rooms to change – a provision that North Carolina's law does allow for – but the federal authorities told Illinois officials that wasn't good enough.
In California, a school district agreed to let transgender students use the facilities of the gender they identify as, to amend its anti-discrimination policies to include "gender identity," to train administrators on how to accommodate transgender students and to give students "age-appropriate" lessons to discourage bullying and sexual harassment of transgender people.
Gov. Pat McCrory is correct that a federal judge said schools shouldn't lose Title IX funding for not allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
But McCrory failed to mention that the case is still pending on appeal, and that there are questions about the judge's impartiality.
Furthermore, the threat of losing Title IX funds was real enough to convince authorities in Illinois and California to comply.
In the end, it largely comes down to politics. The two judges who have ruled against transgender students are Republican political appointees. The federal departments of education and justice, which typically support transgender students, are run by Democratic political appointees.
McCrory is right that a judge said there shouldn't be a threat to Title IX funding in these types of situations. But that's not to say there's no threat at all – the official stance of the Obama administration, after all, has been enough of a threat to scare Illinois and California into making changes. Those are important pieces of context that are nowhere to be found in McCrory's statement.
We rate this statement Half True.
United States Department of Education, 2014 memo, "Questions and Answers on Title IX and Single-Sex Elementary and Secondary Classes and Extracurricular Activities"
ACLU appeal in Virginia case, "G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board"
United States Department of Justice, "Overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972"
U.S. Department of Education, "Funds for State Formula-Allocated and Selected Student Aid Programs" 2014-2016 (NC funding pg. 75-76)
N.C. General Assembly, SESSION LAW 2016-3 HOUSE BILL 2
ACLU of North Carolina, March 23, 2016, "ACLU-NC Denounces Passage of Most Extreme Anti-LGBT Bill in the Nation"
N.C. Governor's Office, March 26, 2016, "Myths vs Facts: What New York Times, Huffington Post and other media outlets aren't saying about common-sense privacy law"
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, April 1, 2015, "Judge tosses transgender man's suit against Pitt"
Resolution agreement between the Arcadia Unified School District, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2015, "Illinois district violated transgender student's rights, U.S. says"
The News & Observer, Nov. 23, 2015, "McCrory calls on Cooper to oppose transgender bathroom lawsuit"
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Center Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second straight season after the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday.
Crosby, 29, had 27 points (eight goals, 19 assists) in 24 Stanley Cup Playoff games, including seven points (one goal, six assists) during the Cup Final.
The Penguins won the best-of-7 series 4-2 to become the first repeat Stanley Cup champions since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.
Crosby is the third player to win the Conn Smythe in consecutive years, joining Penguins forward Mario Lemieux (1991 and 1992) and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Bernie Parent (1974 and 1975).
Crosby missed Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Washington Capitals after sustaining his second concussion of the season during the previous game. He returned in Game 5 and had one assist in each of the final three games of that series.
After not getting a point in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Crosby scored 11 points (four goals, seven assists) during a six-game point streak that lasted until he was concussed after playing 2:11 in Game 3 of the second round.
Crosby scored at least one point in nine of 10 games from April 14 to May 10, with Game 3 of the second round the exception.
After Pittsburgh lost Games 3 and 4 of the Cup Final on the road, Crosby had three assists in its 6-0 win in Game 5 at PPG Paints Arena.
Crosby, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, won the Conn Smythe Trophy for the first time last season with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) in 24 games during the 2016 playoffs. He was second on the Penguins behind forward Phil Kessel, who had 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists).
This season, Evgeni Malkin led the Penguins with 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists).
Crosby had 27 points (six goals, 21 assists) in 2008 and 31 points (15 goals, 16 assists) in 2009, when he won the Stanley Cup for the first time and Malkin won the Conn Smythe.


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Q: Is $G$ always the automorphism group of the trivial $G$-torsor? If $G$ is just an ordinary set-theoretic group, then the answer to the question in the title is yes: the automorphisms of $G$ as a (left) $G$-set are all of the form "multiply (on the right) by an element of $G$."
I'm trying to understand the case where $G$ is a group scheme; then as I understand it the stack of $G$-torsors is equivalent to the stack quotient $[\ast/G]$, the stackification of the fibered category whose fiber over a scheme $X$ is a single object with $G(X)$ automorphisms. The image of that single object in the stackification is the trivial $G$-torsor on $X$ (namely the base change $G_X$ of $G$ to $X$) and so the automorphisms of that trivial $G$-torsor should again be $G(X)$.
But consider the case $G=\mu_2$, the group of square roots of unity, which is represented by $\mathrm{Spec}\bigl(\mathbb{Z}[x]/(x^2-1)\bigr)$. Letting $R$ be the ring $\mathbb{F}_2[\varepsilon]/(\varepsilon^2)$, we have $G(R) = \{1,1+\varepsilon\}$. These give us two automorphisms of $G_R = R[x]/(x^2-1)$, namely $x\mapsto x$ and $x\mapsto (1+\varepsilon)x$. But $G_R$ has two more automorphisms that commute with the action by $G(R)$; we can send $x\mapsto x+\varepsilon$ or $x\mapsto (1+\varepsilon)x + \varepsilon$. So how can this be the trivial $G$-torsor over $R$ if it has too many automorphisms as a $G$-object?

A: The two morphisms are no $G$-morphisms. An $R$-algebra homomorphism $f : R[x]/(x^2-1) \to R[x]/(x^2-1)$ commutes with the $G$-action if and only if the diagram
$$\begin{array}{c} R[x]/(x^2-1) & \xrightarrow{f} & R[x]/(x^2-1) \\ \Delta \downarrow ~~~&& ~~~\downarrow\Delta \\  R[x]/(x^2-1) \otimes_R R[y]/(y^2-1) & \xrightarrow{~f \otimes \mathrm{id}~}& R[x]/(x^2-1) \otimes_R R[y]/(y^2-1) \end{array}$$
commutes, where $\Delta(x) = x \otimes y$. For $x \mapsto x+\varepsilon$ this would mean $$(x \otimes y)+\varepsilon = (x+\varepsilon) \otimes y,$$ which is not correct. For $x \mapsto (1+\varepsilon)x + \varepsilon$ this would mean
$$(1+\varepsilon) (x \otimes y) + \varepsilon = ((1+\varepsilon)x + \varepsilon) \otimes y,$$
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This article describes the process of creating a simple weather and Bluetooth® application using a PIC16F1719, a MikroElektronika Weather click™ board, and a BLE2 click™ board to send environmental data over Bluetooth to a mobile phone application.
No need for any jumpers on components 1-3 in the following image.
J53, J55: RC7 is connected with the center pin to configure it as the microcontroller RX pin that connects the microcontroller UART RX pin to the MCP2221 TX pin.
J54, J56: RC6 is connected with the center pin to configure it as the microcontroller TX pin that connects the microcontroller UART TX pin to the MCP2221 RX pin.
No need for any jumpers on components 5-7 in the following image.
J27, J43: RC7 is connected with the center pin to configure it as the microcontroller RX pin that connects the microcontroller UART RX pin to the J32 mikroBUS™ UART RX pin.
J34, J44: RC6 is connected with the center pin to configure it as the microcontroller TX pin that connects the microcontroller UART TX pin to J32 mikroBUS UART TX pin.
No need for any jumpers on components 9-11 in the following image.
J37: RA6 is connected with the center pin to configure the 8 MHz crystal to connect to the MCU OSC2/RA5 pin.
J36: RA7 is connected with the center pin to configure the 8 MHz crystal to connect to the MCU OSC1/RA7 pin.
No need for any jumpers on component 14 in the following image.
J14, J30: The board is supplied with 3.3 V.
J2: The board is supplied with 5 V power via the output of the 5 V regulator.
J51, J52: RB7 is connected with the center pin at J51, and RB6 is connected with the center pin at J52 to connect the PGD and PGC pins of the ICD to the PIC® MCU ICSPDAT and ICSPCLK respectively for In-Circuit Serial Programming (ICSP™).
No need for any jumpers on component 18 in the following image.
J24: The two pins are connected to each other to supply a regulated 3.3 V output to the mikroBUS.
Create a new 'Stand-Alone' project in MPLAB X IDE for a PIC16F1719. If this is your first time using MPLAB X IDE, follow the instructions in the following article: "Create a Standalone Project".
Open MCC under the Tools > Embedded menu of MPLAB X IDE as shown in the following image.
The System Module needs to be set up. Under the Project Resources window, click on 'System Module'.
The 'System' section will appear. In this section, the oscillator settings and the configuration settings are selected.
Select the 'HS Oscillator, High-speed crystal/resonator connected between the OSC1 and OSC2 pins from the drop-down menu for the 'Oscillator Select' option.
Select 'FOSC' from the 'System Clock Select' drop-down menu.
Check the 'Low-voltage programming Enable' selection.
Each configuration setting can be changed under the 'Register' tab of the System window.
At this point, it may be useful to watch the YouTube video on loading the MikroElektronika click Libraries. The libraries are found in the Device Resources window. Scroll to the bottom of the window to see the 'Mikro-E Clicks' drop-down menu.
In the drop-down menu, double-click on Mikro-E Clicks > Sensors. You will see a sensor label named 'Weather'. Double-click on 'Weather' to successfully open the Weather click window to the right, which consists of the Weather click board's information, configuration, and advanced settings.
Click on the 'Configuration' tab to reveal a brief description of what the generated code example is supposed to do.
Once you have finished loading the Weather click, the next step is to set the correct pins in the Pin Manager. The Weather click communicates directly with the PIC16F1719 over the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)/I²C. In this project, we are using I²C. The resistors are soldered according to the picture below.
The only pins you need to set for the Weather click are SDA and SCL. When you look at the physical Weather click and Explorer-8 Development board pin connection, you will see that SCK/SCL is connected to pin RC3 and SDA is connected to RC4. Update the pins and check to make sure your window looks like the one below.
On your computer, return to the MCC window and click on 'Device Resources'. Scroll down and double-click on the Mikro-E Clicks > Wireless Connectivity > BLE2. If done correctly, the center window in MCC opens the BLE2 click board's information, configuration and advanced settings.
Clicking the 'Configuration' tab reveals a brief description of what the generated code example is supposed to do.
The description tells us the example configures a custom profile called "MLDP" on the BLE microcontroller, which allows you to send strings or binary data via Bluetooth communication. To read more about the MLDP and other modes of the RN4020, visit the RN4020 Operating Modes page.
Find the first pin (Cmd_Mldp) in the Pin Configurator and see which pin it connects to on the Explorer-8 Development Board. This project uses the J32 socket on the Explorer 8 board for BLE2 click; this pin connects to pin RC0. The Conn pin connects to pin RE0 on the Explorer 8 Development Board and the Wake pin connects to RD7.
The BLE2 click communicates directly with the PIC16F1719 over UART serial communication. When you add the BLE2 module in MCC, the foundation services library automatically generates a predefined EUSART module as well. The BLE2 click board's baud rate is fixed at '115200'; you can change it using the commands available in the datasheet.
It is necessary to define the pins the microcontroller uses to communicate with the BLE2 click. The PIC16F1719 TX line needs to connect to the RX line on the BLE2 click (pin RC6). Similarly, the RX line on the PIC16F1719 should be connected to the TX line on the BLE device using the pin RC7. Once you have completed all the pin selections, it should look like the window below.
Pin Module/GPIO/input: Port RB0 – For enabling interrupts via the pushbutton connected to pin S1.
Close the Pin Manager and then click on the 'Pin Module' in 'Project Resources' section.
Rename the GPIO pins to something more user-friendly to use in our code. In the main MCC viewer window, find the RB pin and change the 'Custom Name' field from 'IO_RB4' to 'S1' as shown below.
Click on Generate Code to have MCC create the software libraries for this project.
After generating code, the Output window of MCC should have successfully created your code and prompted you to save the MCC Configuration file.
Under the Projects window in the MPLAB X IDE, you will find the MCC generated files along with the main.c file for your project. Among the files are a set of example projects that Microchip included as part of its "50 Clicks in 50 Days" campaign, two of which you will be using for this project.
Click on Header Files > MCC Generated Files > Example_BLE2.h to open the example code generated for the BLE2 click. Every click that is supported in MCC generates an example header file like this to provide a jumping off point for further projects. You will be using the first two functions, void EXAMPLE_setupBLE2 (const char* name); and void EXAMPLE_sendMessageOverBLE2(uint8_t *message); for this project.
Navigate to your project's main.c file in the Projects window under Project Name > Source Files and double-click the file to open it. In the main viewer window, you will see that the program is empty, which you are about to change.
In main.c, include the mcc_generated_files/EXAMPLE_BLE2.h file. Within the main function, call the function EXAMPLE_setupBLE2(); with a string parameter. This function uses a character string to set the name of your BLE device.
Also, make sure to include the math.h header file (#include <math.h>) in the file as well.
The weather application shows how to read humidity in %RH, the pressure in KPa and the current temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) from the BME280 over I²C.
The Weather_HeatIndexDegC() function computes the Heat Index in °C using the current room temperature in °C and humidity.
Where, HI = heat index, T = Temperature (°C/°F), R = Relative Humidity, and c1 - c9 are the default set of constraints for this equation. Equations were found on Wikipedia.
The Heat Index is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity in shaded areas, as an attempt to determine the human-perceived temperature. It is also known as "felt air temperature".
The function DewPointDegC() computes the Dew Point in °C using the current room temperature in °C and humidity.
Where TD = Dew Point, T = Temperature (°C), and RH = Relative Humidity. These equations were provided by Brian McNoldy].
The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor. When further cooled, the airborne water vapor will condense to form liquid water.
Now open the weather_example.c file under 'Source Files' in the Projects window. The source file shows the specific operations the Weather_example() function accomplishes. Notice how the function reads the temperature, pressure, and humidity data and then prints each of these values. Instead of printing them to the UART for serial communication purposes, you will create a string and send the data using the example BLE function.
Now the data strings are each held in an array that we can call using the BLE Example function.
In order to get the two click boards to work together, we are going to use the BLE2 generated function EXAMPLE_sendMessageOverBLE2() to send the Weather click data over Bluetooth.
This statement indicates that when the S1 push button is pressed, the subsequent code should be executed. If it isn't, it should not do anything. Within the if condition call the weather example function by adding the line Weather_example(). Under the other #include lines at the top, include the weather example header file by adding #include "mcc_generated_files/weather_example.h".
Make sure your project has the programming tool selected and has power connected to your development board. Click on the Make and Program Device icon. This will build the project and launch the programmer. In the Output window you should see a series of messages and if successful, it will end with a Programming/Verify Complete message.
Open the Android™ phone application by Microchip Technology named "MLDP Terminal" which is set to communicate with the Microchip Low-energy Data Profile (MLDP) communication protocol specifically. The application apk file can be found in the Software Tools section of this project.
Once you open the application, it should scan for nearby BLE devices and recognize "Weather" or the name you entered in the EXAMPLE_setupBLE2 ("Weather") field. Select 'Connect' in the app and once the application is connected, a green CONN LED will illuminate on the BLE2 click hardware.
Once the device is connected and the application is opened, you can see the terminal screen with 'DISCONNECT' on the top right corner. It means that the device is connected and ready to stream data.
If you want to use an iOS® phone application you can download "Bluetooth Smart Data" by Microchip Technology, which is set up to communicate with the Multicast Label Distribution Protocol (MLDP).
The project can be closed in MPLAB X IDE. It is automatically saved when it is built, but if any changes to the files or configuration were made, MPLAB X IDE will ask you to save them before the project is closed. The project can be closed under File > Close Project.
If you want to troubleshoot or verify what data is streaming through Bluetooth, you can use a terminal program. We have used a CoolTerm for Windows® serial communication terminal to print the data being streamed.


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Q: Exchange 2010 Delay Message Based on outbound recipients I have been wondering whether it is possible to delay message sending if a user sends to more than a defined number of external users.
I have investigated message throttling and transport rules in particular the send connector but haven't really found anything suitable.
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In my research, I didn't find a way to do this. As I know, it could control when the message is sent within Outlook client.


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Home Articles How WW2 Was Won: Debunking a Myth of 21st Century Academia
How WW2 Was Won: Debunking a Myth of 21st Century Academia
US infantry approach Omaha beach on the 6th of June 1944 - D-Day. Allied forces suffered 209,000 casualties during this battle.
Written by: Liam King
Within the revisionist halls of modern academia a dishonest lie is being forced upon the world. That lie has rooted itself deep within our universities, and one would be hard-pressed to find a student of history who has not yet had the misfortune of having to hear it. It is a lie which aims to alter the reality of the greatest human conflict this world has ever seen, seeking to glorify the acts of one of the most inglorious regimes to ever rule over man. The lie is simple, succinct, and sinister: the Soviet Union was the true hero of the Second World War.
At the outset is must be stated that this piece does not seek to undermine the sacrifices of Russian soldiers and civilians during WW2. Its intention is merely to illustrate that the overall role played by the Soviets in the war is most certainly not one to be praised as heroic.
The argument is as follows: without the intervention of the Soviet Union, Hitler would have had no trouble in subjugating the entirety of Europe and his odds of winning the war would have improved drastically. Therefore, the Soviet Union must be treated as a hero of the war.
Those who advance this argument point to the approximately 27 million Soviet lives sacrificed for victory against the Nazis. They ignore both the early months of the war as well as the years succeeding it. The reality is that the Soviet Union never joined the war to save Europe or the world. It never gave its lives out of some ideological opposition to Nazism and the tyranny it had wreaked upon millions. It did so because it was no longer convenient not to.
Crucial to debunking the myth of so-called Soviet heroism is an understanding of the friendship that existed between the Nazis and Soviets.
In August 1939 the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was entered into. Not only did the pact stipulate non-aggression between the two tyrannies (Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia), it effectively divided Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence, with each allowing the other to invade the nations of continental Europe and impose upon them foreign and undemocratic systems of governance. It was as a result of this pact that the Soviets invaded nations such as Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Finland. In most cases, Soviet annexation was followed by decades of tyrannical rule, eventually relieved by the collapse of that evil empire in the early 1990s.
Beyond non-aggression pacts, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were amicable partners to other pivotal agreements. Just before the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the two nations had entered into the German-Soviet Credit Agreement, whereby the Nazis granted the Soviets merchandise credit of approximately 200 million Reichsmarks to be used for ordering products such as industrial machinery and armaments. A few months later, in February 1940, the two signed the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement. Under this arrangement, the Soviets agreed to supply Nazi Germany with commodities (such as food) to the value of over 400 million Reichsmarks in exchange for even more industrial technology and military equipment.
Do these agreements sound like the acts of a heroic country to which the world is indebted for their sacrifices? Do they scream of honour, dignity, and determination in the face of peril?
To the contrary. They are the acts of a cowardly and morally corrupt nation looking to advance its own imperial desires through any means necessary. It is no coincidence that the decades succeeding the Second World War saw the Soviet Union expand into and rule over the vulnerable nations of eastern Europe which had been crippled by the war. The Soviets were more than happy to aid the Nazis on their warpath across Europe until Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa.
Were it not for Hitler's back-stabbing, it is more than likely that the Soviets would have continued to aid the Nazis in their conquest of Europe, and perhaps even of the world.
I recently had the misfortune of listening to someone in academia give their opinion on western involvement in the Second World War. This person advanced the same argument that was alluded to earlier: that the Soviet Union should almost single-handedly be thanked for the Allied victory because of the 27 million lives it lost in the fighting.
This person even went as far as to say that America suffered no cost as a result of her participation in the war. It was this dishonest, infuriating , and somewhat insulting assertion that prompted me to write this article. Not only did America suffer enormous loss of life during the war, it was first and foremost the efforts of the western world which truly stalled the Nazi War Machine at a time when it devoured almost everything in sight.
Of immediate concern should be the figure upon which the pro-Soviet case rests: 27 million lives. There are a few things to note about this figure.
First of all, nowhere close to all of those deaths were directly related to the war. It is estimated that 10 million Soviet soldiers died during the war, a great many indeed but not even half of the 27 million that academics so often refer to. Secondly, a further 10 million deaths can be attributed to crimes against humanity during this period, crimes that the Soviet government continually committed against its own people on an immense scale. In fact, it is remarkable to note that Stalin killed more Russians in peacetime (by the tens of millions) than those who died during the war. Thirdly, the remaining 7 million deaths (to reach a total of 27 million) were the result of famine and disease during the war. This is partly because of the disastrous domestic agricultural policies of the Soviets, but also partly owing to the fact that while civilians were starving on Russian streets, the Soviet state was sending much needed food to Nazi Germany as per the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement.
One has to step back in light of such information and ask: are these really the types of acts committed by a heroic nation? Is it heroism for generals to execute infantrymen fleeing enemy fire (as the Soviets most certainly did)? Is it heroism to slaughter your own people by the millions in order to solidify your party's political position? Is it heroism to let your people starve whilst you ship off food supplies to a foreign country? These are all acts committed by the, so-called, heroic Soviets.
Before this discussion can go any further, one must first clear the air about American sacrifices during the war, the the sake of intellectual honesty.
When you hear from academics that America suffered no cost in the war, remember that over 400 000 American soldiers died in the fight against tyranny, from the Pacific to the beaches of Normandy. It is widely acknowledged that the Pacific theatre saw some of the most hellish conflict of modern history. Let us not forget that it was the Americans who almost single-handedly led the Allied powers in this theatre. It was not the Soviets who pushed back the Japanese at Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and Okinawa. It was the Americans.
Without the efforts of the United States, without her loss of life, the Empire of Japan would have solidified its control over the Pacific, giving it the freedom to attempt invasions of Australia, New Zealand, and eventually of mainland America itself. The western world would have been sandwiched between the Nazis in Europe and a strong Japanese empire in the Pacific, with each power closing in month by month.
However, despite her power and might, despite her immense sacrifices, America was not solely responsible for the defeat of the Nazis. In fact, she was not even primarily responsible. To find the true heroes in this story, we must focus on the struggle of an island-nation facing down the devastation of Nazi wrath. We must turn our attention to Great Britain.
In his speech to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940, arguably the greatest speech ever delivered by man, Prime Minister Churchill encapsulated the European state of affairs in a single sentence:
"I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone."
"If necessary alone." – It is a bleak situation to have to imagine, but it is the truth nonetheless. For a great deal of time, Britain was alone in the fight against Nazism. In less than two months, the Nazi War Machine had ploughed through the useless Maginot Line and France had fallen to enemy rule (which still included the Soviet Union at this stage, one might add).
Furthermore, the great nations of Belgium and the Netherlands had also fallen to the Nazis, each unable to put up a fight for more than a few months. The continent was lost and Britain stood alone. With much of the British landed aristocracy and political establishment (including people such as Lord Halifax) willing to make peace with the Nazis, the country faced a question which would change the world.
Would Britain roll over and surrender to Nazi rule or would she fight?
She chose the latter, and for this the world is forever indebted to her. For years, the British people endured hardship and suffering to keep the Nazis at bay. It is estimated that over 30 000 innocent civilians lost their lives during the Blitz, an 8 month long bombing offensive by the Nazis which, thanks to the skill and prowess of the Royal Air Force, resulted in Allied victory.
It was only after Hitler's failed attempts to penetrate the British defences that he turned east towards the Soviet Union and even after he did so, Britain continued to play a pivotal role in the struggle. Had Britain faltered in her hour of despair, Hitler would have had no need to turn his attention to the Soviets. Had Britain buckled under the pressure, it is likely that Hitler would have won the entire war. Britain sacrificed a worldwide empire and nearly half a million lives to save the world from Nazism. While it is true that the human loss is nowhere close to what was suffered by the Soviets, there is one crucial detail we must not forget.
The Soviet Union turned on Hitler because he turned on them. They made a deal with the devil and the devil stabbed them in the back. Were it not for Barbarossa, there is no indication that the Soviets would ever have attempted to stand up to Hitler. The west, on the other hand, fought not only for survival, but out of an ideological opposition to the morally rotten doctrine of Nazism.
Britain and America made the sacrifices they did out of a dedication to freedom, democracy, and liberty. Such are ideals which have sustained western civilisation for thousands of years and which were not to be found in any inch of the Soviet Union.
A hero is not admired for his fighting abilities. He is admired for his noble qualities. A hero does not willingly choose to side with a mass-murdering psychopath until it becomes inconvenient. He stands his ground in the face of tyranny, never faltering and never doubting that good shall prevail over evil. Though not as great in number, the sacrifices made by the west (particularly by Britain and America) were the truly heroic acts of the Second World War. Despite what academics continue to spew out, despite what you may read in the revisionist textbooks of late, there is nothing that can alter this eternal truth.
Author: Liam King is a student of History and Law at the University of Cape Town, where he is currently serving as the Vice-Chairman of African Students For Liberty. His fields of interest include politics, economics, and history.
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Harald Sitta 5 November 2017 at 10:06 AM
Very good! In October 1940 Molotow went to Berlin as Hitler wanted further agreements. But the Soviet demands had been so big that no agreement was concluded. The Soviets delivered a lot of oil which the Luftwaffe used. The number of "27 million" is Stalinist propaganda and it is a safe guess that Stalin did include a lot of victims of bolshie genocide and mass murder into it. Furthermore the red army way of attack was utterly ruthless and without any regards to own losses. And most important: The Stalin regime was so horrible that about one million Russians, Ukrainians and members of other small, suppressed nations decided to join the Wehrmacht as soldiers or supporters. Even a alternative Russian government under general Wlassow was formed which was able to raise a few divisions (ROA Russian liberation army). It was the both brutal and stupid policy of the Nazis . which did not make good use of those forces and drove Russians into the arms of Stalin who proclaimed NOT a war for Socialism but an old fashioned patriotic war. Can you imagine 10s of thousands British or Americans fighting for Germany or Hitler in German uniforms. In fact, if the German leadership would have made wise use of the antistalinist movements and sentiments they could have won the war on the eastern front.


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