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Scrubbing off the Rust: What Europe can learn from the American Rustbelt
Published on January 10, 2016 November 2, 2016 by Euroculturer Magazine
Adam Rozalowski
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It was hard to gauge just how close we were to Pittsburgh. The number on the freeway signs kept getting smaller and smaller, "Pittsburgh 25 – 15 – 10," but there were no skyscrapers in sight. Was this one of those sprawling American metropolises where you still had to drive for miles to get to the city centre, or were the Appalachian Mountains shielding the city from our view? Pittsburgh, 6 miles, we had to be close. Anticipation spurred a feeling of excitement as we neared the city, and relief set in that after a 5 hour journey we were almost at our destination. While driving through a dimly lit tunnel, we had no idea that we were about to get one of the best views you can get of any city.
The Fort Pitt tunnel is like having your friend cover her eyes before you reveal a gift that you were hiding from her. This was definitely the intention of my Pittsburgh connection, Matt Perna, whom I've shared an apartment with on another continent. "This is the only way to get into the city from the south side" he said. It is not, but now I realize his intention.
Pittsburgh is a city that sprawls upward from its core, climbing the surrounding mountains, intersected into 3 parts by the confluence of the Ohio River, the Monongahela River, and the Allegheny River. As we crossed the bridge close to where the 3 rivers meet, known in Pittsburgh as the golden triangle, the skyscrapers informed us of the city's storied past. The cranes in the distance, however, informed us of a different narrative.
We keep driving, my head on a swivel. "Hey, keep your eyes on the road!" My co-pilot reminds me while snapping pictures. The massive smokestacks of the Heinz Ketchup factory billow smoke to the left of the bridge while the skyscrapers impose themselves over the Pittsburgh skyline on the right; the bridge and the road that follows, cuts the city in half.
Heinz Ketchup Factory
Pittsburgh seems much bigger than the 305,000 inhabitants that Wikipedia informs me live there; a testament to its former glory as the steel capital of the United States, when the city was home to just under 700,000 at its height in the 1950s. While newer cities like San Francisco tower over Pittsburgh in height (and influence), it was Pittsburgh steel that made these cities possible.
Pittsburgh, like much of the American rustbelt, has historically been a centre for innovation. Cities such as Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and Pittsburgh were the centres where many of the innovative manufacturing processes were invented (just think Henry Ford and the assembly line!). Traditionally these were places teeming with immigrants, coming here in search of opportunity. I can attest to this by drawing on my own family history; Uniontown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, was where my great uncle, Tadeusz Różałowski, came in search of opportunity, leaving behind a war torn Europe in 1917.
It did not take us long to find traces of these earlier migrations. On our very first night, with our couchsurfing host Corey, we ventured to Bloomfield Bridge Tavern. Corey is young professional in his early 30s, with a friendly demeanour and soft smile. He was lured to Pittsburgh by an opportunity to work for the Google sales department, which he gladly took. He shares his beautiful early 20th-century three bedroom flat with two large chocolate dobermans that almost knocked me over when I first entered his home, and on this particular night, with four eager guests. When we finally arrived at the bar, I found that half of the menu consisted of Polish food and beer. "I'll have a żywiec" I said. I spotted what I thought to be the owner leaning on the bar, looking up at the TV news headlines. I was right, his name was Steve. The TV broadcaster beamed: "last flight for US Airways leaves Pittsburgh after 78 years." "That company is a Pittsburgh-owned company" Steve replied. He was a large man with a greying goatee and combed back greying hair. He told me that he came to Pittsburgh as a child in the 1950s. The only thing he remembered how to say in Polish was a prayer he was forced to recite by his father before dinner every day for years, "I'll never forget that prayer!" His mom's home cooking is what gave him the idea for this restaurant, which turns into a watering hole in the late evenings. His aunt comes in and makes the pierogi fresh every day, "just like mom used to make them" he exclaimed with a gregarious expression.
The next day we decided to go to Market Street and visited a variety of foreign owned markets. Many of them were owned by participants of a later wave of migration, from Asia and South America. There were Chinese shops, Vietnamese Pho, Mexican tacos and my favourite – Korean street food. Having spent some time in Korea, I was immediately drawn to the Korean shop, selling delicious Korean pancakes called pae-jeon. This particular street was lined with shops for a couple of miles. Small food stalls out front in the sidewalk tempted passers-by like ourselves to step in. The smell of peppers and frying potatoes rose up with the heat from the flat-grill. A convincing "annyong haseo" from the woman behind the grill and a direct smile now forced us to stop and try some (as if I needed any more convincing). The owner and his wife ran the store and gave us tips on Korean restaurants to check out nearby where we could get really authentic Korean food.
Mural on Market Street
Immigrants have been coming to America since its inception. According to Rebecca Mayhew, the relationship manager of the Columbus (Ohio) based Economic Community Development Institute, a non-profit offering small business loans to immigrants and other would-be entrepreneurs, rebuilding cities "can't afford to bypass the economic injection these folks [immigrants] can bring" (Guth 2015). A WE (Welcoming Economies Global Network) report claims that from 2000-2010, the native population in Midwest metros grew by only 3.3%, while immigrants account for 27% of all Midwest metro area population growth. With 18 of the 25 fastest shrinking cities in the Rust Belt, cities like Pittsburgh are counting on immigration for growth (WE Global Network). It is people like Steve, the Korean couple on Market Street, and many others that have been responsible for a lot of the growth in Pittsburgh in the past, and this is exactly what mayors are trying to recreate in the near future.
City Market on Market Street
Mayors of cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh are beginning to realize the benefits immigrants can bring. Public officials in these cities have been vocal about foreign-born entrepreneurs serving as a catalyst for business creation and rebuilding downtrodden neighbourhoods. Pittsburgh mayor, Bill Peduto, believes immigrants can be a major part of a repopulation strategy that calls for 20,000 new city residents by 2025, a plan that has job creation as one of its cornerstones (Guth 2015). Cleveland, for example, is planning to house refugees in rehabilitated homes to reinvigorate run-down communities. Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, has already laid the groundwork. In January 2014 he called for an infusion of 50,000 immigrants as part of a program to revitalize Detroit, and signed an executive order creating the Michigan Office for New Americans, whose mission is to help grow Michigan's economy by attracting global talent and promote the skills, energy, and entrepreneurial spirit of its immigrant communities (Laitin and Jahr 2015).
On a different note, Detroit has also founded the Global Detroit initiative, raising millions to fund retention efforts aimed at international students. At Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, there are a lot of them. Indeed, the University itself was founded by another immigrant, the Scotsman Andrew Carnegie who came to the United States in 1847.
While still on Market Street, a postcard with a view from the very bridge we came into town over caught my eye; the golden triangle, the skyline, hills with homes stretching in all directions, and then west of the downtown area, a cluster of modern buildings. My friend Matt, a Pittsburgh metro area native informed me that this is the Carnegie-Mellon campus. Seeing the campus had been on my to-do list from the beginning; it was there that we went next..
The campus was brimming with youth. Lu Lu's Noodle Bar was full of students from what seemed like all over the world. Students like Maxim Likhachev, from Latvia, who moved to Pittsburgh, where he later became a research professor at Carnegie-Mellon. Likhachev launched a company called TravelWits, a platform that merges transportation alternatives to determine the most affordable route to a destination (Guth 2015). The outlook of his company is optimistic – mirroring the optimism of the region. The Pittsburgh area, a former hub of production, has been able to make the shift to innovation and now boasts a tech savvy vibe because of the creatives who graduated from universities like Carnegie-Mellon, or work for Disney or Google and have relocated here. While the older migrants, like my great-uncle Tadeusz, came for work in the burgeoning coal and manufacturing industries, today, people like our couchsurfing host Corey move to Pittsburgh to work for Google.
The Cathedral of Learning at University of Pittsburg
A city like Pittsburgh, full of old bones left behind by long-gone industries, is not a singular case. Cities like it can be found in nearly every European country. What is different however, is in the way in which Pittsburgh, and other Rust Belt cities view the immigrants that come knocking on their proverbial doors. While in Europe many immigrants are viewed as guest workers that will eventually go back to their countries of origin, many cities in the US want them not only to come but also to stay, to help repopulate their cities and infuse them with the vibrancy they once had. Pittsburgh and other post-industrial cities in the region have made welcoming immigrants a central part of their "comeback strategy." With an influx of immigrants coming to Europe, and in light of Europe's similar demographic woes, governments should consider seeking policies that are aimed at viewing immigrants as people that can contribute not only their labour, but also become part of the fabric of their cities.
When given the chance and respect they deserve, immigrant communities are more than capable of positively influencing neighbourhoods; especially with the right government policies in place. A good example of this is The CityStar Neighborhood Management Program in Berlin. This program has proven that socially inclusive policies help to revive downtrodden neighbourhoods. Recognized by the EU as a Regio Star award winner, it takes into account the needs and abilities of neighbourhood city councils, many of these councils being immigrant groups, which work together to complete revitalization projects (REGIO STARS 2013 Winner). This is surely a good start.
The economic benefits are even more apparent. Studies of the economic benefits of welcoming immigrants are plentiful in the US as well as in Europe. In a 2014 article published in The Guardian, Robert Chote, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility said letting more immigrants into the UK "does tend to produce a more beneficial picture for the public purse." Chote told the Treasury select committee: "because they're more likely to be working age, they're more likely to be paying taxes and less likely to have relatively large sums of money spent on them for education, for long-term care, for healthcare, for pension expenditure" (Mason 2014). Although these types of statements are numerous, immigrant groups are often used as scapegoats by politicians.
Too often, immigrants are accused of taking jobs, not creating them. Many nationalist governments are claiming this; research, however, has proven otherwise.
In many ways, comparing the United States to Europe may not be as easy as comparing apples to apples. However, these developed regions do experience many of the same phenomena. Immigration has long been an integral part of the experience of America; Europe is catching up. Maybe it is time to draw on each other's experiences, embrace the people that long to live in our communities, and help each other scrub off the rust of our once great cities.
The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of The Euroculturer.
Guth, Douglas J, October 13, and 2015. 2015. "Reshaping the Rust Belt through Immigrant Talent." Soapbox. Accessed November 18. http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/101315-rust-belt-reshaped-by-immigrants.aspx.
Laitin, David D., and Marc Jahr. 2015. "Let Syrians Settle Detroit." The New York Times, May 14. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/opinion/let-syrians-settle-detroit.html.
Mason, Rowena, and political correspondent. 2014. "Immigration Benefits UK Economy, Say Treasury Independent Advisers." The Guardian, January 14, sec. UK news. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/14/immigration-beneficial-uk-economy-treasury-independent-advisers.
Milligan, Susan. 2015. "An Urban Revival in the Rust Belt." US News & World Report. Accessed November 18. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/02/an-urban-revival-in-the-rust-belt.
Radwanski, Adam. 2015. "Rust Belt Revival: Lessons for Southwest Ontario from America's Industrial Heartland." The Globe and Mail. Accessed November 18. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rust-belt-revival-lessons-for-southwestern-ontario-from-americas-industrial-heartland/article22489159/.
"REGIO STARS 2013 Winner – CityStar: NEIGHBOURHOOD MANAGEMENT BERLIN." Accessed November 18, 2015. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/videos/regio-stars-2013-winner-citystar-neighbourhood-management-berlin.
"WE Global Network | Why Immigrants Matter." 2015. Accessed November 18. http://www.weglobalnetwork.org/why-immigrants-matter/.
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It's trying to be Winter here in Bozeman, although there is definitely still a hint of fall. Enough snow has accumulated up in the mountains to make for some OK turns, but it is definitely early season stuff.
This time of year the toughest decision can be between getting excited about the upcoming season and going for a ski, or savoring the last of our time on the bike. Today, Chris and I decided to do both!
This thing works so darn well that I am thinking of selling some. Let me know if interested.
The Cross bike turned out to be OK though, because it happened to be a gorgeous, sunny fall day with nice dry roads. We road the 16 miles up to a top secret powder stash in the Bridger Mountains, where it conveniently was also season pass pick up day. We got our photos taken and our new passes, then got to transition to our ski boots inside. Pretty luxurious I know.
From the base we ditched our bikes and threw on the skins, hiked up a good ways for some boot packing. We stopped to enjoy the scenery for a moment up top and then mad some surprisingly pleasant turns down.
Lots of friends were up skiing today, so it was nice to see them in the parking lot before we booked it down the canyon and made it back home.
Man, I am tired! But that was an excellent day, and a great mix of a few things I love!
So I just got back from the very first ever Grinduro. I had so much fun that I thought it deserved a little write up on the blog.
In case you are not familiar with the Grinduro, It is basically a combination of a gravel grinder and an enduro race. Giro cycling put this event on. It was a 60 mile loop in gorgeous Quincy, CA. This was also my fist time riding in CA, and dang was it gorgeous down there.
Anyhow. The loop was split up by four timed segments. A 1 mile dirt road hill climb, a 6 mile dirt road descent, 4 miles of flatish pavement and a rippin' singletrack descent.
I chose to ride my single speed cross bike which made things a bit interesting. But I am glad it was the bike I had.
The overall attitude and feeling of the race was fantastic. I talked to and met so many people who were just happy to be there riding bikes.
Seriously, this race was soooo much fun. Plan on seeing me there next year, and don't be surprised if more races of this format start showing up (Bozeman is the perfect place I might add).
I meant to take more nice photos, but you'll have to enjoy these, or check out John's coverage over at The Radavist.
Well it must have been Thursday night or so the Sam had the great idea to get some folks together for a nice ride under the stars. That coming Sunday (Or yesterday to be exact) just so happened to be a Lunar Eclipse, Super blood - moon celestial phenomenon so It was perfect.
We climbed the short dirt road climb with lights out for the most part. Scattered cloud cover blocked the moon for the most part, but it's diffused light still helped to guide the way. One of the perks of riding this way is that the size of climbs aren't really visible, so we may have pushed it a bit.
Anyhow. After that we bombed down some tight single track, performed emergency taco'd wheel reversal and all in all had a blast. We all agreed that we need to do more night riding, because dang was that fun.
Sam met me down at the shop at about 7:30 where we having the typical Friday shop happy hour (stop on by sometime! I'll pour you a beer). From there we stopped by the grocery store. I watched the bikes and handed Sam a five dollar bill. To my delight reemerged moments later with reduced price corn dogs and some happy cola gummies. Perfect dinner.
The plan was to ride up to Mystic Lake via Sourdough Canyon where we would camp, make some coffee in the morning then cruise some tasty singletrack back to town. With it being nearly 8 o'clock we headed up to pick up Mike on the way out of town.
We cruised up Sourdough on the nice dirt road (see last post) but it was getting dark fast. We enjoyed (Sam in particular) some shirtless riding, sipped a little whiskey, and the light was going fast. Unphased by the darkness we continued for another 3 miles or so to where we made camp.
What's camping without a fire? Also note this advanced corn dog warming technique.
After hanging out for a bit we hopped in our bags, layed down and fell asleep pretty quick. A full moon made it a bright night, but I slept pretty well. Upon waking, we packed up our things and started pedaling the remaining mile and a half up some dirt road and single track (reallly really fun single track) to the lake. Man, what an amazing way to start a day!
At the lake, we took a brake to make some coffee and prep for a big descent on Bozeman's infamous "Wall of Death" trail (more super fun single track). From the bottom of the single track descent were 6 more miles of dirt road with plenty of skids, jumps, oh and some nice raspberries too.
Back in town we stopped by the donut shop for a snack and then made some tasty crepes for breakfast.
What an awesome start to a weekend. I love how these short trips can be so low key, but at the same time just what you need to get that fix. We'll definitely be doing more for as long as we can!
Some days in the shop go by so fast that I hardly have time to plan a ride. This was the case when I decided to roll up Sourdough canyon on the cross bike. I found myself at a good stopping point on Katie's frame, so I got my things together and left early for a little gravel grinding.
I hopped on some townie trails before getting onto sourdough road - a brief stretch of pavement - that takes you to the Bozeman Creek Trailhead. From there it is a great gravel climb up. I didn't leave until late so the light kept me from going too far. I had a nice 20-something mile ride though, and it was just what I needed.
Summer in Montana is pretty awesome. Luckily I enjoy skiing too, so our 8-month Winters are bearable, but even if you weren't a skier, the quality of a Montana summer might just make it worth the wait.
One of the things that makes this time so good is the fact the the sun stays out until 10pm. Last Thursday 13 hours in the shop flew by and all of a sudden I was in dire need of a ride. At 8:00 I swept up, grabbed my things and headed to South Cottonwood canyon - one of my favorite spots for some quick after work trail riding.
This trail is nice because it's close to town, but I love it because of it's nice casual climb that is single speed friendly and one of those climbs that lets you forget that you are even working.
The climb follows South Cottonwood Creek though nice woods and a share of open meadows. The drainage somehow seems to get more moisture than other places in the area as made apparent by the PNW-looking green foliage. If taken far enough the trail will connect up to Hyalite Canyon. The main route also connects to another killer trail - Wheeler Gulch.
Anyhow, I climbed on up, psyched to be outside after a long day. The light was making things really pretty and that just made me go faster. I had seen a moose out last time on the trail but no such sightings were made on this trip.
It had been raining on and off most of the day. I threw my rain jacket in my pack on the way out the door, but I was happy to find that I did not need to use it.
The rain left the bottom half of the trail perfectly tacky (Hero-status-super-tack), which was awesome. However, towards the third stream crossing (maybe 4 miles in) the puddles were getting big and I decided to turn around and not wreck the trail.
That was OK though, because the light was telling me to do the same.
I cruised on down one of my favorite descents. Muddy, a little tired and happy, I enjoyed a nice post-ride beverage at the trail head and called it a day.
Bear Canyon sits about 10 miles East of downtown Bozeman. The trails departing the main trail head consist of a main double track, a few loops and single tracks, and many dilapidated logging roads that make up a network of passages between different canyons and peaks South of town.
I texted Mike just after lunch time, realizing that I reallly needed to go on a bike ride. With little to no planning, we met up around six and decided once we were driving that we would head out to the main Bear Canyon loop and try a single track that Mike had seen on a previous ride. I had never been to the spot - but hey, adventuring and getting lost are two of my favorite reasons to go riding.
For four or five miles we cruised up the trail. There was some solid climbing but lots of fun mini-descents and casual grades. Eventually we reached the top where Mike pointed out a non-descript trail off the side of the double track. It was perfect. Loamy soil, swooping turns... all the good stuff... or so it appeared..
It didn't take long for us to brake into a beautiful meadow (after navigating several downed trees) where we found the sun doing it's evening thing. I was leading this section and out of the corner of my eye I saw something move... it was a moose! Luckily just a bull, though it sat and watched us for a while before running off into the woods. We carried on through the grassy meadow as the trail grew thinner and thinner and gradually into nothing.
These kinds of rides are some of my very favorite . Shredding well maintained and heavily ridden trails is one thing, but getting to explore cool areas on your bike with your friends - it doesn't get much better than that. Plus the relief of finding your way after expecting to be out past dark... well you can't put a price on that!
We headed up the main trail which is a nice double track through the woods. It follows the creek, which we were relieved to find kept things nice and cool on a hot day.
I don't get to ride with other single speeders much here in Montana, so it was nice riding with Mike (although he is way faster than I am) mashing up the nice consistent grade.
This is probably where I should mention that this trail is on the map - there should be a trail there. By the looks of it, it was logged some years ago to be never repaired and rarely ridden. Mike and I carried on though, as excited as ever, carefully pointing it down three-foot-deep grass that covered up a bed of broom handle-thick sticks left over from the long gone logging operation (perfect use for the 29+ I might add). Further on things opened up and we were able to book it through the barely visible trail which may have turned into a drainage. It was killer.
This was adventure riding at it's finest.
Some 1,000 feet of descending later we were back on an overgrown logging road and heading in the general direction of the car.
This appeared to be an effective technique until the road split into two. We explored both options only to find two dead ends. We may have worried momentarily, however some minor investigation found that one dead end was not so dead. We took the grossly overgrown logging road and actually made it back onto the main trail, to make our way out to some more fun descending!


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Once Is Enough
Posted on July 31, 2013 by Three Rows Back
Sometimes once is enough. However great or 'important' certain films are, once you've watched them you know that you'll likely never choose to view them again.
There are some films, like DW Griffith's pioneering 1915 classic The Birth Of A Nation, that any aspiring cinefile needs to have on their 'to watch' list, but after viewing all three racist hours of it you'll probably not want to give it a repeat viewing.
These are just some of the films I've really appreciated over the years but have no particular desire to watch again.
Let me know some of your one-timers:
The War Game (1965)
Peter Watkins' trailblazing docu-drama made for the BBC about the devastating effects of a nuclear war on Britain won Best Documentary at the 1966 Academy Awards, but was shelved by a spineless Beeb in light of serious misgivings by Harold Wilson's Labour government for more than 20 years. An important social document of what would actually happen should a nuclear missile strike that put the 'duck and cover' nonsense the people were being told into stark perspective, it's a terrifying and harrowing experience that I wouldn't wish to repeat any time soon.
Irréversible (2002)
Just as Christopher Nolan's Memento had done two years earlier, Gaspar Noé's notorious Irréversible employs a non-linear structure by starting at the end and working backwards in time to finish at the start. Infamous for its deeply distressing and prolonged rape scene, Noé's second film also features bursts of stomach-churning violence that led to it becoming a poster boy of the New French Extremity movement alongside the likes of Inside and Martyrs. Noé has always enjoyed pushing buttons (his most recent film Enter The Void is just plain bonkers) and he pushed plenty with this one-timer.
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
Based on Hubert Selby Jr's novel of the same name, Darren Aronofsky followed up his acclaimed debut Pi with this numbing account of several characters' spiralling descent into a vortex of delusional drug addiction. Although Jared Leto's Harry and Jennifer Connelly's Marion are put through hell, it's Ellen Burstyn's devastating journey into the abyss of amphetamine dependence that proves the film's real sucker punch. Burstyn's performance as the pitiful Sara is as traumatic as it is brilliant (Julia Roberts beat her to the Best Actress Oscar for Erin Brockovich; a good performance but not on the same planet as Burstyn), and the final 15 minutes of the film is some of the most gut-wrenching cinema you'll ever watch.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Of all the films on this list, Pier Paolo Passolini's Salò is the one that I know for absolutely certain I won't be watching again. Based on the Marquis de Sade's book The 120 Days Of Sodom, Salò follows four corrupt Italian fascists who, following the fall of Mussolini's tyrannical regime in World War II, kidnap a group of young men and women and subject them to four months of mental, sexual and physical torture, degradation and sadism. Passolini is making political points about how absolute power corrupts absolutely (tellingly the four men represent the church, the political establishment, the aristocracy and the legal system), but the sheer relentless suffering meted out to the men and women is almost beyond belief (the film was banned in several countries). Most certainly not for the squeamish.
Antichrist (2009)
Lars von Trier has long enjoyed a controversial reputation for his films and Antichrist remains possibly his most notorious work to date. Ostensibly about a married couple (Willem Defoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) retreating to a cabin in the woods to grieve following the sudden death of their child, von Trier shows in extremely graphic detail Gainsbourg's 'She' going completely off the rails and Defoe's 'He' experiencing increasingly bizarre visions. Throw in a talking fox spouting how "chaos reigns" and you have the sort of lunacy which one viewing will suffice. The film's final 20 minutes involving an act of self-mutilation and a further act of extreme violence is pretty hard to watch once let alone several times.
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Tom · July 31, 2013
what a great post, this was kind of brutal just to read (Requiem, I think, is the only one on here I've seen and it IS fucking difficult to watch, though I might again. . . one day. . ). For me, I actually appreciated Gibson's attempt at conveying the last 12 hours of Jesus' life in The Passion of the Christ, but I will never, ever, ever find myself watching that again. I think it goes without saying the reasons why. that really stands out above anything else I've ever watched, maybe I need to toughen up and see more of these films here
Three Rows Back · July 31, 2013
Cheers man! Passion of the Christ is a great choice; hadn't thought of that one. All of the films of my list are great and should be watched, but they're all tough watches, I won't lie!
Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop · July 31, 2013
Really great piece Mark. Only seen Requiem from your list but I agree with you, I don't particularly feel the need to check it out again. I'm aware of the others though, having heard of their reputation. There's a few films that I've seen that are considered 'important' films such as Godard's Weekend that I have no desire to see again, just because it's so damn weird. And I agree with Tom about Passion of the Christ, definitely. Oh also, there's a documentary called Blood of the Beasts, which is a really tough watch about life in a French abattoir that was eye opening but I have no desire to see it again.
filmhipster · July 31, 2013
What a fantastic question. I would have to go with Schindler's List. Too depressing to watch again.
Thanks very much! I think I've seen Schindler's List a few times now so it wouldn't count for me but I totally understand why you'd only wish to sit through it once!
badblokebob · July 31, 2013
I tend to take a "never say never" attitude to things like re-watching, but there certainly are some films that when you finish you feel there'll never be a situation where you'd put yourself through that again!
A while ago I read an interesting post on a similar topic (I really wish I could remember where): that life's too short to watch some films like this even once. It was specifically about the author deciding they had no desire to see Irréversible, despite years of his friends recommending it. For me, the one I'd write off completely is Salò. But then, never say never…
Appreciate the feedback. I honestly could recommend Salo as such due to its deeply disturbing content, but the completist in me is pleased I got through it. Life is too short but I watch enough crap so watching the odd one-timer isn't so bad in my opinion.
Robert · July 31, 2013
Great work, agree with everything here, but I have seen Requiem a few times for because of the directing. Never seen Salo and that looks like a tough watch. I would put the recent movie I saw, Act of Killing on this type of list as well.
ckckred · July 31, 2013
Birth of a Nation is definitely one. I really admire the craftsmanship but ultimately the content pushes me out of the film. Nice list.
Appreciate it. I watched Birth… a year or so back and was astounded at how racist it was.
Ben · August 2, 2013
Completely agree with Requiem. Great movie but I'll never be in the mood to watch that again. I Recently watched Tyrannosaur and that has aspects I don't think I would want to see again, regardless of how fantastic a movie it is.
Brittani Burnham · August 8, 2013
Great idea for a list! I think I made it through about 10-15 minutes of Salo before I shut it off. I just couldn't watch it.
vinnieh · October 4, 2013
Great post, Antichrist is such a horrifying movie that really stays in your head after you see it.
Three Rows Back · October 4, 2013
Cheers man. Yes, it has some tough moments. Von Trier is such a trickster isn't he?

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Le championnat de France de Nationale 1 masculin 1981-1982 est le plus haut niveau de handball en France.

Le titre de champion de France est remporté par l'USM Gagny. C'est leur deuxième titre consécutif de championnat de France.

Modalités
Lors de la première phase, les seize équipes sont réparties en deux poules de huit équipes.

A l'issue de cette première phase, les équipes sont réparties en trois poules :
 les trois premiers de chaque poule sont qualifiés pour la poule de niveau 1. Les deux premiers de cette poule de niveau 1 disputent ensuite une finale qui désigne le champion de France.
 Les deux derniers de chaque poule se retrouvent dans une poule de niveau 3. Les deux derniers sont relégués automatiquement en division Nationale II tandis que les deux premiers disputent une épreuve de barrages en matchs aller-retour contre les 2 clubs de Nationale II battus en demi-finale de la division Nationale II.
 Enfin, les six autres équipes se retrouvent dans une poule de niveau 2. Les deux derniers disputent une épreuve de barrages en match aller-retour contre les 2 clubs de Nationale II vainqueurs de l'épreuve de barrage entre les 4 clubs classés second en poule de Nationale II.

Les résultats enregistrés en première phase au cours des rencontres jouées entre deux clubs qualifiés d'une même poule restent acquis pour la deuxième phase.

Première phase

Le classement final de la première phase est :

Poule A

Remarque : l'ASL Tourcoing a fusionné avec le Lille UC et officie désormais sous ce nom.

Poule B

Deuxième phase

Poule de niveau 1
Le classement final est :

Résultats des matchs aller

 Anzin b. Gagny 20-19
 Ivry b. SMUC 25-22
 Gagny b. ACBB 32-29
 Stella b. SMUC 20-19
 Anzin b. ACBB 29-28
 Stella et Ivry 23-23
 Gagny et SMUC 23-23
 Anzin et Stella 24-24
 ACBB et Ivry 26-26
 Gagny b. Stella 20-19
 Ivry b. Anzin 25-23
 SMUC b. ACBB 26-23
 Gagny b. Ivry 19-18
 ACBB b. Stella 23-16
 Anzin et SMUC 25-25

Résultats des matchs retour

 Gagny b. Anzin 29-13
 SMUC b. Ivry 29-20
 Gagny b. ACBB 21-16
 Stella b. SMUC 29-26
 ACBB b. Anzin 31-20
 Ivry b. Stella 19-17
 Gagny b. SMUC 21-20
 Ivry b. ACBB 24-21
 Stella b. Anzin 20-16
 ACBB b. SMUC 23-22
 Gagny b. Stella 21-16
 Ivry b. Anzin 27-21
 Stella b. ACBB 27-21
 Gagny b. Ivry 22-18
 SMUC b. Anzin 31-21

Poule de niveau 2
Le classement final de la poule est :

Poule de niveau 3
Le classement final de la poule de niveau 3 est :

Phase finale

Finalités de Nationale II

Les résultats des finalités de Nationale II sont :

Le 22 mai 1982 à Nevers, le Stade Toulousain bat l'US Dunkerque 26  à 25 (mi-temps 12 à 10) en finale de la Nationale II :
 Stade toulousain : Onesta (11), Ettante (5), Pernet (3), Raynal (3), Estève (1), Garrido (1), Merz (1), Martinez (1).
 US Dunkerque : Debureau (5), Lalart (4), Junta (4), Krey (4), Nita (3), Verschave (2), Pattin (1), Gallopa (1), Lefèvre (1).

Barrages de relégation

Les résultats détaillés ne sont pas connus.
Néanmoins, l'ES Saint-Martin-d'Hères était opposé à l'AS Police Paris et le Thonon AC à l'USAM Nîmes. Le SE Beaune et le Lille UC sont les deux autres clubs de Nationale I barragistes et sont opposés au HBC Villefranche-sur-Saône ou au FC Mulhouse.

Seul l'USAM Nîmes parvient à renverser la hiérarchie et ainsi à être promu en Nationale I. L'ES Saint-Martin-d'Hères, le SE Beaune et le Lille UC sont maintenus.

Finale
La finale s'est disputée le 29 mai 1982 à Élancourt devant  spectateurs :

Alors que Gagny ne menait que d'un but à la mi-temps (11-10) puis à la  (13-12), le champion sortant a fait la décision en dix minutes en portant le score à 19-12 à la .

Classement final

Statistiques et récompenses
Le meilleur buteur est Patrick Persichetti de l'US Ivry avec 117 buts marqués.

Les meilleurs joueurs sont :
 Jet d'or : Éric Cailleaux, USM Gagny
 Jet d'argent : Jacques Duprez, HBC Anzin
 Jet de bronze : Marc-Henri Bernard, Stella Sports Saint-Maur

Références

Voir aussi

 Coupes d'Europe 1981-1982 :
 Coupe des clubs champions
 Coupe des vainqueurs de coupe
 Coupe de l'IHF ()

 Compétitions nationales 1981-1982 :
 Pas de Coupe de France
 Nationale II
 Nationale I féminine

1981-1982
France masculin 1981-1982
France masculin 1981-1982
Handball
Handball

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Welcome to the latest addition to our website - our Blog, I have called it 'Quivblog'.
A blog is a means of adding content to the site,these are called 'Posts', and can be pictures, poems,news items, announcements, matters of interest, amusing stories, fascinating facts, Diary dates.etc.In fact it can be anything - tasteful,of course!
Opposite is a picture of a very imposing statue of the late, great Nelson Mandela which I encountered on the South Bank of the River Thames while on a visit to London last week.It is a large, strong and imposing statue which I believe reflects perfectly, the personal characteristics of a world statesman who was not afraid to speak out, and who was an inspiration to us all.
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The Beverly Center Got a $500 Million Revamp—So, What's New?
Home Architecture The Beverly Center Got a $500 Million Revamp—So, What's New?
You might shrug off the subtle differences on the outside—the parking structure got a reboot with undulating metal mesh screens, and a pedestrian-friendly path now hugs the perimeter—but modern interiors and fresh initiatives have breathed new life into the decades-old mall.
» The updated parking system features technology to help visitors quickly find a spot—or locate their car.
» Software-controlled exterior lighting allows the mall to support events (gay pride) or spread awareness (breast cancer).
»The revamp has lured a number of new luxury retailers, including Balenciaga, Longchamp, and Brooks Brothers (which relocated from its longtime home on Rodeo Drive).
» Skylights—made from 25,000 square feet of ribbon glass—triple the amount of natural light throughout the mall. Expanded openings between levels enable the sunshine to reach even the bottom floors.
» Room Service is a new VIP membership program offering on-site and virtual concierge perks, from making restaurant reservations and travel arrangements to procuring concert tickets and tracking down sold-out products.
» Dubbed the Grand Court, this spacious lounge was created for tired shoppers low on fuel—and power for their electronic devices. (Plenty of charging stations can be found around the swanky chairs.) The area also doubles as a private-event space, while a 35-foot LED screen displays artwork by Refik Anadol.
» Instead of a traditional food court, the mall has a number of destination dining options (Yardbird), many accessible from street level, as well as casual eateries (Eggslut) on upper levels where diners are met with sweeping views of the city.


On this Veteran's Day, I am grateful to all our Veterans — those still with us and those who served and are now long gone — may the ideals you sought and fought to protect be ever worth fighting for and protecting.
I am also grateful for stories that are finally emerging about all the women who served so courageously, from the "Hello Girls" of WWI to the "Fly Girls" of WWII. Their service is every bit as remarkable as any man's and they deserve to be counted and thanked.
Here is a story from NPR about the "Hello Girls." Enjoy!
With so much gratitude to all who have served!


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HEY MARI! SO TELL ME... WHEN DO YOU FEEL AT YOUR BEST?
When I feel that I am where I am supposed to be. Last July I was in Paris and went to see an exhibition about Van Gogh at La Villette which was very immersive. There, I felt I was complete; all my senses were nourished. Usually the place where I feel the best at to think about my life is on the plane. I put some music in my ears and I just meditate. I cry, I write, I connect with myself. I started a spiritual process several months ago where I would go away on retreats to continue this meditative work on myself. I'm in a quest to connect with myself. Respecting myself.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL?
To have a good sense of humor? And lightness. Sometimes I forget to be light. And in order not to be hypocrite, I will also say that I love skin products and a good night of beauty sleep!
YOU HAVE BEEN RECENTLY VERY FOCUSED ON YOUR INNER BEAUTY, INNER SELF, GOING TO RETREATS IN NATURE. IS THAT SOMETHING NECESSARY TO HELP YOU BALANCE THE CRAZINESS OF BEING A "SUPERSTAR"?
Yes I think so. Travelling abroad also is very helpful. When I am in Paris I can take the bus and watch people and no one recognizes me. Sport and nature are also a good thing: hiking, going to a waterfall, to the beach… I need that.
DO YOU GO TO THE BEACH IN RIO?
No (laughs). I mean I do sometimes but I prefer to go to Paraty for example. There, a friend of mine lends me his boat. It is heaven.
HOW HAS YOUR BEAUTY ROUTINE EVOLVED THROUGH THE YEARS ?
I always take my make-up off before going to bed, even if I am tired or tipsy (laughs). Always! When I am not working, I will only use a bit of concealer for my dark circles and some lipstick. And sunscreen! I love taking care of my skin with beauty treatments like laser, and massages! I love going to Dominique Beauté (editor's note: check out the story of Dominique's founder here) for example, where I get amazing face massages. I love massages in general: face, body, feet! And of course I go to the gym. I also like to have a good food regime.
Not exactly (laughs). If I need to, I can. I know how to cook but I don't have a lot of time... Fortunately, I have an amazing chef at home. I am lucky. I love a good salad, fish, soup, quinoa… But I'll eat anything. As long as it is balanced.
In the morning I'll have a green juice, some tapioca and eggs sometimes. And avocado. I love avocado.
HERE IN BRAZIL AVOCADO IS A SWEET DISH.
Yes but I eat it like you, as a salty dish, since the first time I travelled to England when I was younger. I remember the first day I was served a salad with an avocado and I was like "what?". I have loved it this way ever since.
TELL ME ABOUT HAVING A FRINGE. HAS IT CHANGED YOUR PERSONALITY SINCE YOU CUT IT?
I love it! And yes I think it has changed a little bit of my personality. It kind of changed my style a little bit too.
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Kind of (laughs). The basis is that, and then I do some highlights. I love to put some coconut oil to moisturize it, especially when doing a sauna session.
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I'm blond so I need to do my eyebrows and I like to wear mascara. And sometimes a red lipstick.
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Cut that fringe! Haha. Also I discovered semi-permanent false eyelashes. And I love it. You wake up "happy" with beautiful eyelashes, you go to waterfalls or underwater with eyelashes… I have a lot of make-up tricks obviously from my job like chamomile tea bags for dark circles or plunging your face in ice-water: the best and cheapest facial you'll ever get!
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Enough with the False Soundbites
Article May 18, 2011
Deportation-happy Republicans Need to Stop Making Things up About Immigration Enforcement
Marshall Fitz wants to know when Republican immigration leaders will start solving problems and stop deceiving the public.
Marshall Fitz
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and many of his Republican colleagues falsely claim that it is the will of the American people, not congressional Republicans, that has stymied immigration reform. This flies in the face of obstructionist votes by Republicans in Congress that have blocked reform over the past five years as well as polling of the American public that demonstrates overwhelming support for comprehensive reform over the same period. (AP/Drew Angerer)
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) this past weekend delivered a stunning array of patently mistaken or obviously disingenuous arguments aimed at denigrating President Barack Obama's immigration enforcement record and denying the need for comprehensive reform. Such falsehoods should not go uncorrected, so let's expose Rep. Smith's six main canards.
First, Smith and many of his Republican colleagues falsely claim that it is the will of the American people, not congressional Republicans, that has stymied immigration reform. This flies in the face of obstructionist votes by Republicans in Congress that have blocked reform over the past five years as well as polling of the American public that demonstrates overwhelming support for comprehensive reform over the same period. So let's set the record straight.
In the 109th Congress, House Republican leaders used their extreme, anti-immigrant legislation known as the Sensenbrenner bill to block the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill from becoming law in 2006. The Sensenbrenner bill, named after its primary author, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), would have made felons of every undocumented immigrant as well as all of the service providers and faith leaders that assist or counsel them. Then in the 110th Congress, Senate Republicans backpedaled from their prior support for immigration reform out of fear of primary challenges from the radical right, depriving the Senate of the votes needed to send a bill to the House. In the 111th Congress (2009-2010), Sen. Graham (R-SC) could not get a single Republican to join him in negotiating a bipartisan bill, thereby spelling the demise of the effort.
Meanwhile, an incredibly consistent array of polling by a variety of polling firms over the past four years continues to show that Americans of all political stripes support tough, fair, and practical solutions that include requiring undocumented immigrants to register, undergo background checks, pay taxes, learn English, and go to the back of the line. Most recently, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that 72 percent of all Americans support creating a path to citizenship for eligible undocumented workers. Indisputably, congressional Republicans have thwarted, not upheld, the will of the American people.
Second, an argument by Smith and his conservative colleagues mistakenly conflates any solution for undocumented immigrants short of mass deportation with "amnesty." Most people, however, don't believe that being required to pay a fine, pay back taxes, learn English, and go to the end of the line equals amnesty. The purveyors of the amnesty argument falsely intimate that undocumented immigrants will get a free path to automatic citizenship. But under the most generous bills that have been introduced in past years, the earliest an undocumented immigrant could earn citizenship would be 12 years after bill enactment. The proposal that Senate Republicans blocked in 2007 would have required a considerably longer delay.
Third, no anti-immigrant argument is more stale than Smith's assertion that a legalization program will lead to more undocumented immigration. This fiction misinterprets illegal immigration patterns since the last legalization in 1986. In the years immediately following the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, or IRCA, the nation saw a greater decline in unlawful entries than ever before. Significant undocumented immigration only commenced again when the economy started to catch fire in 1994.
Smith speciously draws a causal nexus between the 1986 legalization and today's large undocumented population. He bases it not on evidence but on a Pavlovian theory: that rewarding unlawful behavior encourages more unlawful behavior. Even setting aside the obvious fact that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants make the perilous journey to the United States to work grueling jobs to improve their lot, not in anticipation of future legal status, the less-tortured explanation for the current population is that the 1986 law failed to create new legal channels for future economic migrants. The lack of a functional legal system to regulate our integrated labor market combined with an inadequate enforcement infrastructure led to our current dysfunction, not a conditioned disposition towards law breaking based on a legalization that occurred before many of today's border crossers were even born.
More to the point, Smith's argument that past is prologue intentionally ignores (1) the enforcement developments since 1986 that have profoundly transformed today's migration context, and (2) the substance of current legislative proposals that will make these enforcement programs even more effective. To wit:
Over the past 18 years, we have built more border security infrastructure and deployed more border security personnel than ever in the nation's history—the difference between now and then is night and day.
We have a dramatically larger and better-equipped interior enforcement agency than ever before—again, a stark difference from 1986.
All comprehensive reform proposals today would require the enforcement agency to roll out an electronic employment verification system, making it easier to prevent future illegal hiring.
All comprehensive reform proposals also recognize that we need to create more flexible legal channels to match workforce needs, thereby funneling would-be economic migrants into legal channels and making illegal immigration that much more unappealing.
Then there is Smith's fourth and perhaps most remarkable misstatement: He rejects the claim that the border is more secure than ever before. Relying on a GAO report concluding that the Department of Homeland Security has 44 percent of the southern border under "operational control," Smith assigns the agency a failing grade. This simplistic analysis likewise ignores the basic facts. The GAO report measured operational control against DHS's own basic standard: "the ability to detect, respond, and interdict border penetrations in areas deemed as high priority for threat potential." This is in contrast to Congress's own impossible standard of an absolute seal against human or contraband border crossings—something akin to holding the NYC police commissioner to a zero-crime standard.
But it also is in contrast to the more flexible, risk-based standard that DHS now employs to provide a more accurate picture of different levels of control. DHS levels include "controlled," "managed," "monitored," and "low-level monitored." The reason: The agency wisely devotes more intensive resources to areas where the threats are greatest. The agency should be resourced to "detect, respond, and interdict" incursions in high-threat, high-traffic areas. Similarly, it's a waste of resources to establish that same level of control in remote areas with inhospitable terrain where very few individuals are crossing.
More importantly, that GAO report and every other report that has been done negate the very claim that Smith is making. They all demonstrate that enforcement resources deployed at the border are historic in both size and effectiveness. The ability to observe, intercept, and impose consequences on border crossers and smugglers has never remotely approached today's levels.
Fifth, Smith willfully misstates that worksite enforcement efforts have dropped precipitously under the Obama administration. He has to know that's not true because the numbers speak for themselves. Smith may not like it that the administration has made it a priority to go after employers rather than conduct SWAT-style raids on workers. And, in fact, he has waffled between praising the administration's expansion of employer audits as effective and then condemning them as insufficient. Either way, worksite enforcement audits have resulted in 180 employers being charged with criminal violations related to unlawful hiring following more than 2,200 audits in fiscal year 2010. Penalties resulting from these audits totaled nearly $43 million. These are huge increases, not decreases, over the Bush administration.
Sixth, without a shred of evidence to bolster his claim, Smith maintains that the Obama administration can improve the economy and create jobs by deporting undocumented workers who are here. A wide array of economic analyses by economists on the left and the right belie this assertion. The Center for American Progress's economic report, which closely mirrors a study by the conservative CATO Institute, demonstrates that comprehensive immigration reform will increase cumulative U.S. gross domestic product by $1.5 trillion over 10 years, add billions in revenue to the U.S. Treasury, and create jobs.
The mass deportation alternative posited by Smith and others will have precisely the opposite effect by creating a gaping hole in the economy to the tune of $2.6 trillion over 10 years. And that doesn't include the massive cost (which we place at approximately $285 billion over five years) to the government of implementing such a policy—which is amazing in its own right coming from supposed small-government Republicans.
Smith and his restrictionist colleagues seem to hope that by repeating these canards, people may eventually believe them. But they aren't fooling the American public; they are just singing to their base. Sadly, in the process, these deportation-only proponents are standing in the way of enhanced border security and increased economic growth. They are blocking enactment of additional layers of control that would funnel migrants into a legal system and restore the rule of law by requiring undocumented immigrants to register, pay taxes, and earn status.
We need to put to rest this false narrative that serves an ideological perspective while blocking the will of the American people. Enough with the soundbites already. Americans want solutions to fix, once and for all, our broken immigration system.
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Q: Binning with quantiles adding exception in r I need to create 10 bins with the most approximate frequency each; for this,
I am using the function "ClassInvervals" from the library (ClassInt) with the style
'quantile' for binning some data. This is working for must columns; but, when I have a column that has 1 number repeated too many times, it appears an error that says that some brackets are not unique, which makes sense assuming the last +30% of the column data is the same number so the function doesn't know how to split the bins.
What I would like to do is that if a number is greater than the 10% of the length of the column, then treat it as a different bin, and if not, then use the function as it is.
For example, let's assume we have this DF:
df <- read.table(text="
    X
1   5
2   29
3   4
4   26
5   4
6   17
7   4
8   4
9   4
10  25
11  4
12  4
13  5
14  14
15  18
16  13
17  29
18  4
19  13
20  6
21  26
22  11
23  2
24  23
25  4
26  21
27  7
28  4
29  18
30  4",h=T,strin=F)

So in this case the 10% of the length would be 3, so if we create a table containing the frequency of each number, it would appear something like this:
2   1
4   11
5   2
6   1
7   1
11  1
13  2
14  1
17  1
18  2
21  1
23  1
25  1
26  2
29  2

With this info, first we should treat "4" as a unique bin.
So we have a final output more or less like this:
    X   Bins
1   5   [2,6)
2   29  [27,30)
3   4   [4]
4   26  [26,27)
5   4   [4]
6   17  [15,19)
7   4   [4]
8   4   [4]
9   4   [4]
10  25  [19,26)
11  4   [4]
12  4   [4]
13  5   [2,6)
14  14  [12,15)
15  18  [15,19)
16  13  [12,15)
17  29  [27,30)
18  4   [4]
19  13  [12,15)
20  6   [6,12)
21  26  [26,27)
22  11  [6,12)
23  2   [2,6)
24  23  [19,26)
25  4   [4]
26  21  [19,26)
27  7   [6,12)
28  4   [4]
29  18  [15,19)
30  4   [4]

Until now, my approach has been something like this:
Moda <- function(x) {
  ux <- unique(x)
  ux[which.max(tabulate(match(x, ux)))]
}

Binner <- function(df) {
  library(classInt)
  #Input is a matrix that wants to be binned
  for (c in 1:ncol(df)) {
    if (sapply(df,class)[c]=="numeric") {
      VectorTest <- df[,c]

# Here I get the 10% of the values
      TenPer <- floor(length(VectorTest)/10)

      while((sum(VectorTest == Moda(VectorTest)))>=TenPer) {
# in this loop I manage to remove the values that
# are repeated more than 10% but I still don't know how to add it as a special bin
        VectorTest <- VectorTest[VectorTest!=Moda(VectorTest)]
        Counter <- Counter +1
      }

      binsTest <- classIntervals(VectorTest_Fixed, 10- Counter, style = 'quantile')
      binsBrakets <- cut(VectorTest, breaks = binsTest$brks)
      df[ , paste0("Binned_", colnames(df)[c])]   <- binsBrakets
    }
  }
  return (df)
}

Can someone help me?

A: You could use  cutr::smart_cut:
# devtools::install_github("moodymudskipper/cutr")
library(cutr)
df$Bins <- smart_cut(df$X,list(10,"balanced"),"g",simplify = F)
table(df$Bins)
#
#   [2,4)   [4,5)   [5,6)  [6,11) [11,14) [14,18) [18,21) [21,25) [25,29) [29,29]
#       1      11       2       2       3       2       2       2       3       2

more on cutr and smart_cut

A: you can create two different dataframes: one with the 10% bins and the rest with the cut created bins. Then bind them together (make sure the bins are strings).
library(magrittr)

#lets find the numbers that appear more than 10% of the time
large <- table(df$X) %>%
  .[. >= length(df$X)/10] %>%
  names()

#these numbers appear less than 10% of the time
left_over <- df$X[!df$X %in% large]

#we want a total of 10 bins, so we'll cut the data into 10 - the number of 10%
left_over_bins <- cut(left_over, 10 - length(large))

#Let's combine the information into a single data frame
numbers_bins <- rbind(
  data.frame(
    n = left_over,
    bins = left_over_bins %>% as.character,
    stringsAsFactors = F
  ),
  data.frame(
    n = df$X[df$X %in% large],
    bins = df$X[df$X %in% large] %>% as.character,
    stringsAsFactors = F
  )
)

If you table the information you'll get something like this
table(numbers_bins$bins) %>% sort(T)

       4 (1.97,5]  (11,14]  (23,26]  (17,20]
      11        3        3        3        2
 (20,23]  (26,29]    (5,8]  (14,17]   (8,11]
       2        2        2        1        1

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Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard believes that the club has 'no excuses' for its current form and that he and his team-mates need to stop allowing their opponents to score such easy goals.
The Belgian was speaking to the club's official website about their back-to-back Premier League losses to Liverpool and Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal. They both came on the back of the Blues' 2-2 draw with Swansea City at The Liberty Stadium, meaning that they have taken just one point from the last nine available and have conceded seven goals in the process.
Chelsea conceded two goals in the first-half of their game against Liverpool before doing the same thing in an EFL Cup game against Leicester City last week and then conceding three in the opening 45 minutes against the Gunners. They managed to take the cup game against the defending Premier League champions into extra-time before going on to win 4-2 and they also pulled a goal back against Liverpool, but Hazard believes that their defensive lapses means the team is asking too much of the attacking players.
The Belgian said, "Every weekend at the moment we having to come back and score. We did it at Leicester [in the EFL cup] but against Arsenal, who were playing at home, it was not possible. They played well. We need to be better. In the last three games in the league there have been nine points available and we have got one".
The fixtures don't get much easier for Antonio Conte's side, with a trip to The KC Stadium to face a Hull side that nearly took a point from Manchester United followed by a league game against Leicester and the arrival of United themselves to Stamford Bridge – including the return of former boss José Mourinho. They then have the London derby against West Ham United at The Olympic Stadium in the fourth round of the EFL Cup before facing an in-form Southampton to round off October.
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Chelsea defender Gary Cahill made a mistake at the weekend that gifted a goal to Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez for the game's opener last weekend before Hazard himself neglected to track the run of Gunners' defender Hector Bellerin who crossed it in for their London rivals to score a second through Theo Walcott. Hazard knows that these are the sorts of mistakes that Chelsea need to cut out if they're hoping to challenge for the title this year. He said, There are no excuses. It was not good. We lost too many duels. We came to win the match but we made mistakes, for the first goal, another for the second and then before we knew it we were already 3-0 down".
His team-mate Nemanja Matic believes that the players have to realise that they're playing for one of the biggest clubs in world football. They also need to listen to the club's new head coach Antonio Conte as he tries to help them get their season back on track. The Italian enjoyed an excellent start to his managerial life at Stamford Bridge, winning his first three games in charge against the Hammers, Watford, Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup and Burnley.
They have failed to get a win on the board since the international break, however, and Matic believes that the former Juventus and Italy national manager will have identified where the Blues are going wrong. He said, "We have to know we play for a big club and we have to recover as soon as possible and be focused on the next game. I'm sure the coach will see where the problem is".