The great thing about three-day weekends is that there's plenty of opportunities for catching a few flicks. So far I've watched Black Panther (really good, 4.2 out of 5), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (surprisingly decent, 3.5 out of 5), and this morning I caught the ninth entry in my Rewatch Review series, Mama. I honestly thought this film would be painful to watch, but…you know what, let's get into the review.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: Mama is about Victoria and Lilly, two young sisters who disappear after their father goes on a murder spree after the 2008 market crash. They show up several years later after living in the woods all this time and are sent to live with their uncle Lucas and his girlfriend Annabel. Pretty soon they start experiencing weird things and find out that the girls weren't exactly alone in those woods. Someone, or something, was there with them. And it's come back to civilization too.
WHY I DIDN'T LIKE IT: You know, I honestly don't remember. I just remember not liking it when I saw it back in college.
WHY I REWATCHED IT: The director, Andy Muschietti, produced 2017's It, and that rocked. What the hell did I miss in Mama that made studio heads select him to be the director after Cary Fukunaga signed off?
THOUGHTS: Apparently I missed quite a bit. Mama's a great horror film.
For one thing, the actors put their all into their characters, and it works. You really see the arc of Annabel, played by Jessica Chastain, going from a carefree rocker girl who doesn't want to be a mom at all bonding with the girls and growing into the role of a mother. And watching the girls adjust to civilization is fascinating for each one. And seeing these three very different and clashing people come together as a family is heartwarming, but in a way that doesn't take away from the horror of the film (*cough* unlike Before I Wake *cough*).
Not only that, but the film does know how to set up a creepy atmosphere while also using jumpscares. I found myself hopping in my seat more than a few times. And as the film goes on, it manages to up the creepiness without showing too much of the titular Mama, who for a horror movie villain is actually kind of sympathetic once you get her backstory. It was genuinely scary.
Of course, the film isn't without its problems. At times, while Mama's design is creepy*, the CGI used to make her can be a bit distracting at times. And the music in the final scene kind of makes this really heartbreaking scene kind of melodramatic and sappy. I'm sure the idea was to heighten the sad emotions, but it backfires for me.
And hoo boy, that movie was loud. I turned down the volume and I was sure my neighbors would knock on my door and ask me to turn it down!
JUDGMENT: I honestly don't know why I disliked the film anymore, and I can see why Muschietti was tapped to direct It.
Mama is a terrifying but heartwarming horror movie with a great premise and wonderful characters played by accomplished actors. On a scale of 1 to 5, I give this film a 4.5 out of 5. I'm so glad my opinion changed on this one.
Well, that's nine films rewatched. My last one might take some time to find, as it's not usually available in the States. Still, I'm looking forward to it, and I hope you are too. Until next time, pleasant nightmares, my Followers of Fear.
*And is probably the inspiration of the look for the abstract painting woman from It. Not kidding, look at those two side by side. They're basically the same character with a different style…so there's a King/Muschietti shared cinematic universe now? It'd make sense, this movie does feel like it would fit as a Stephen King adaptation.
Might be a good idea. Hope you like it when you see it.


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Trump says he won 84 percent of the Cuban-American vote. Fake news?
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President Donald Trump told Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in a phone conversation that he won 84 percent of the Cuban-American vote in the November elections.
"In the latest election, I won with a large percentage of Hispanic voters. I do not know if you heard, but with Cuba, I had 84 percent, with the Cuban-American vote," Trump said during the Jan. 27 call, according to a transcript published Thursday by The Washington Post.
But the best estimates of Trump's share of the Cuban-American vote in November are far, far lower — 50 to 58 percent — and experts say they have no idea where Trump could have gotten his number.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
No one knows exactly how Cuban Americans vote because the process is secret, but many voters are regularly surveyed at exit polls to determine their preferences.
Another way to estimate preferences is to look at the residents of voting precincts and try to align them with vote results. Such estimates, however, depend in part on how the residents define themselves — just as Hispanic or specifically Cuban American, for example.
But none of the estimates of Cuban-American votes for Trump reached 84 percent.
Let's take a look at exit polls first. An exit poll by the non-partisan Edison Research, which does polling for CNN and Fox, gave Trump 54 percent of the Cuban-American vote in Florida. About 67 percent of the 1.2 million voters of Cuban origin live in Florida, according to the Pew Research Center.
Latino Decision, a Democratic polling firm, gave Trump 52 percent of the Cuban-American vote in Florida, based on a November election eve poll. The firm estimated that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won about half the Cuban-American vote nationwide, indicating that Cuban-American voters outside Florida tend to be less conservative.
Immediately after the election, Republicans and Democrats clashed over the numbers.
Mauricio Claver-Carone, former executive director of the U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC who was appointed by Trump to the Treasury Department, estimated that Trump won 58 percent of the Cuban-American vote based on his review of results from about 30 Miami-Dade precincts with large Cuban-American populations.
Democratic strategist Giancarlo Sopo and Florida International University professor Guillermo Grenier estimated that Trump won 50 percent of the Cuban-American vote after reviewing results from Hialeah, Westchester and West Miami.
Democratic pollsters and analysts said exit polls also showed Trump did not do as well as Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate in 2012, who won an estimated 65 percent of the Cuban-American vote in Florida.
Sopo and Grenier concluded that the Cuban-American vote in Florida was "important but not decisive" for Trump's victory.
"Even under Mauricio's (Claver-Carone) analysis there wasn't a single Cuban precinct where Trump got 84 percent of the vote," said Sopo.
Posted by Alex Daugherty at 3:18 PM in Cuba, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
Rubio campaign disputes HuffPo report about Romney endorsement
Marco Rubio's campaign is pushing back against a Huffington Post article that Mitt Romney will endorse Marco Rubio.
"Well that report is false," Rubio said on CNN this morning. "I have no reason to believe that he is anywhere near endorsing. We'd love to have his endorsement.
Rubio strategist Todd Harris tweeted in reply to HuffPo article: "It would be quite a bizarre endorsement roll out strategy: Don't tell us, and break news in Huffington Post."
Harris did not directly respond to the Miami Herald this morning.
From HuffPo:
"Details of Romney's endorsement were still being worked out as of Sunday morning. The sources said that the former Massachusetts governor had been eager to provide his backing to Rubio for days but had hesitated, due to his respect for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who suspended his campaign on Saturday night following his dismal fourth-place showing in the South Carolina primary.
Romney spent the day in Utah on Saturday and could potentially be in position to bestow his blessing upon Rubio before Tuesday's Nevada Republican caucuses--a contest that Romney won easily in both 2008 and 2012."
Keep reading HuffPo here.
Posted by Amy Sherman at 7:47 AM in 2016 Election, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
When Hillary Clinton thought 'Mittens' Romney might lose 2012 Florida primary
via @learyreports
An email from the latest State Department release of Hillary Clinton communications show she was concerned that Mitt Romney, whom she called Mittens, could lose Florida's 2012 GOP primary to Newt "Grinch" Gingrich.
Clinton, who thought a loss could bring changes to ballot access, sent the email to confidant Sidney Blumenthal. Romney won the primary in a blowout.
--ALEX LEARY, Tampa Bay Times
Posted by Patricia Mazzei at 3:14 PM in Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich | Permalink | Comments
UPDATED Mitt Romney calls on South Carolina to take down Confederate flag
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Mitt Romney said Saturday that South Carolina should take down the Confederate flag from its state Capitol.
Take down the #ConfederateFlag at the SC Capitol. To many, it is a symbol of racial hatred. Remove it now to honor #Charleston victims.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) June 20, 2015
His comment echoed remarks he made as a presidential hopeful in 2007. Eight years later, Romney's position puts 2016 Republican presidential candidates on the spot -- and either made it easier for them to say the same thing, or harder for them to disagree.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who took down the flag from the state Capitol in 2001, noted that experience in a statement Saturday that seemed to suggest -- but didn't explicitly say -- that South Carolina do the same.
"My position on how to address the confederate flag is clear," he said. "In Florida, we acted, moving the flag from the state grounds to a museum where it belonged. This is obviously a very sensitive time in South Carolina and our prayers are with the families, the AME church community and the entire state. Following a period of mourning, there will rightly be a discussion among leaders in the state about how South Carolina should move forward and I'm confident they will do the right thing."
Bush canceled a Charleston campaign event scheduled for Thursday after the Wednesday night shooting of nine people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
"It breaks my heart that somebody, a racist, would do the things he did," he told the Hillsborough County Republican Party on Friday night, referring to the accused gunman.
UPDATE: Before speaking at the Miami-Dade Republican Party's Lincoln Day fund-raiser Saturday night in Miami, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told reporters South Carolina's decision should not be dictated by "outsiders."
"What's important to remember -- because this is happening in the aftermath of a horrible tragedy -- is you had one individual full of hate in his heart who carried out an act motivated by racial hatred, and it's an atrocity," Rubio said.
He added that South Carolina has dealt with questions over its Confederate flag before and reached a "bipartisan consensus" to have it at its current location.
"I have confidence in their ability to deal with that issue again," he said. "This is an issue that they should debate and work through and not have a bunch of outsiders going in and telling them what to do about it."
Asked if he "supported" Florida's (that is, Bush's) decision in 2001, Rubio said, "I support that decision. And I think that ultimately the people of South Carolina will make the right decision of South Carolina."
The Huffington Post reported Friday that, as a state lawmaker, Rubio supported legislation in 2001 that purported to protect monuments of historical significance but was seen as a direct response to Bush's action intended to protect the Confederate flag's place in public places.
Posted by Patricia Mazzei at 4:38 PM in 2016 Election, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
Zogby online GOP-voter poll: Bush and Rubio tied at 13%, trail Romney at 16%
@MarcACaputo
Zogby Analytics, which conducts online surveys (note: they're controversial/experimental), is out with a new poll. From its website:
A new Zogby Analytics of likely Republican primary voters shows that the 2012 nominee is in the lead for 2016, but only three points ahead of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and current Florida Senator Marco Rubio.The poll of 223 likely primary voters was conducted online January 16-18 and has a margin of sampling error of +/-6.6 percentage points.
Romney is on top with support from 16% of the voters, followed by Bush and Rubio with 13% each. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is next with 11%, followed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee with 9%, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at 6%, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindahl with 4%, and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz all at 3%. Other names included South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Ohio Senator Rob Portman, New Mexico Governor Susanna Martinez, and former Pennsylvania Rick Santorum --- all receiving less than 1%.
Posted by Marc Caputo at 9:23 AM in 2016 Election, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
Headlined by Donna Shalala, Ready For Hillary PAC to raise Miami $ in Bush/Rubio country
Is Miami ready for Hillary Clinton?
The Ready for Hillary PAC is about to find out Feb. 12, when the political committee holds its first major South Florida fundraiser.
It's headlined by the former Secretary of State's close friend, outgoing University of Miami President Donna Shalala, the former health secretary under President Clinton.
This is only the beginning of the 2016 fundraising season, so expect more because Miami-Dade has some of the deepest pockets for Florida fundraisers, making it a regular stop on the political money-grubbing circuit.
This fundraiser is set to be held at the home of philanthropist Adrienne Arsht (after whom the county's performing arts center is named). The host committee includes Hispanic-outreach wiz Freddy Balsera, fundraiser-lawyer Mitchell Berger, former DNC treasurer Bob Farmer, former U.S. Rep. Hon. Joe Garcia, lobbyist Alex Heckler, and former Clinton White House aide and current Arsht Foundation executive Suzanna Valdez.
The Miami fundraiser has an added dose of political interest because it's being held in the home county of potential Hillary Clinton rivals, former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
As the state's most-populous and most-Hispanic county, Miami-Dade is also one of the most hotly contested, although it has trended more and more Democrat in recent years. Bush is the only Republican in at least 15 years who has one a majority of the vote in Miami-Dade County (53 percent in 2002). Rubio in his 2010 bid for Senate won the county with 43 percent of the vote, but that's partly because then-U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and then-independent Gov. Charlie Crist.
Last year as a Democrat, Crist won a greater share of the Miami-Dade vote in his failed bid for governor, 58 percent. But in raw votes (541,000) and in percentage terms (62 percent), President Obama in 2012 firmly established Miami-Dade as a Democratic bulwark.
With margins like that, it's not easy to see how Bush or Rubio could beat Clinton in their home county. But both speak Spanish, unlike Clinton and unlike 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
Romney lost the county by more votes (208,459) than any other recent Republican candidate. That margin helped cost Romney must-win Florida and, therefore, the White House. Romney's hardline positions on immigration likely helped cost him a significant portion of the Hispanic vote, the state and nation's fastest growing major demographic that promises to be even more influential in 2016.
So it's a good bet that Miami, and perhaps Florida, is far less likely ready for Mitt than Hillary
Posted by Marc Caputo at 4:00 PM in 2016 Election, Jeb Bush, Joe Garcia, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
Awkward: Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney to meet privately in Utah
From The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately this week in Utah, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid competing presidential campaigns that would split the Republican establishment next year, two prominent party members said Wednesday night.
The meeting was planned before Mr. Romney's surprise announcement two weeks ago to donors in New York that he was considering a third run for the White House.
Mr. Bush proposed the meeting, according to one of the party members familiar with the planning, who did not want to be quoted by name in discussing a secret meeting.
The original idea was for Mr. Bush, who announced his presidential ambitions in December, to show his respect for Mr. Romney, the Republican Party's 2012 nominee. The meeting stayed on both men's calendars even as Mr. Romney took steps to test the presidential waters, moves that could make the meeting awkward.
Posted by Marc Caputo at 12:14 AM in Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
Like others in FL, million-dollar Romney donor Mike Fernandez leans Jeb-ward
Billionaire healthcare executive Miguel "Mike" Fernandez was an early support of Mitt Romney's in 2011– and he was a generous giver, contributing at least $1 million to elect the Republican, hosting a big fundraiser and, he estimates, getting others to contribute as much as $7 million more.
But Fernandez is from Coral Gables. That makes him a neighbor of former Gov. Jeb Bush. So he likely would choose Jeb over Mitt (like, say, former ambassador Mel Sembler or Romney's former Florida campaign manager Brett Doster).
Asked if he plans to contribute to Bush, Fernandez was quick to reply by text message: "When asked, I would be happy to do so. Mi Casa is Jeb's Casa!!"
Fernandez wouldn't say if he has definitely committed to Bush, though he's ready to give.
"I have known Jeb for over 20 years and friends support friends," Fernandez said.
Fernandez did discount a rumor that he personally rebuffed Romney go-betweens who had reached out to him recently.
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Posted by Marc Caputo at 7:53 PM in 2016 Election, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney | Permalink | Comments
The 'Bush clan' and 'Romney clan' could be on a collision course
Must-read from the Washington Post
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney have much in common. Both were pragmatic as governors, mild-mannered as candidates and more comfortable balancing budgets at their desks than clinking glasses at a political dinner.
The two Republican leaders' personal rapport is cordial. But they are hardly chummy — and at moments their relationship has been strained, with each man's intertwined political network carrying some grievances with the other's.....
"We're seeing the first shots of the war between clan Romney and clan Bush," said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist who has worked for both men. "Both bring to the battle incredibly powerful fan clubs as well as wounds they have to heal. How ugly could it get? You're only competing to lead the free world."
All in for Jeb Bush: The SuperPAC man who kept Mitt Romney from being 'toast'
Mitt Romney rocked the political establishment and Jeb Bush's quasi-campaign for president when the former Massachusetts governor announced he might run for the White House a third time.
But this time, Romney would have to do it without the guy who kept him from being "toast" in 2012: Charlie Spies, the Republican election-law lawyer who advised Romney's 2008 campaign and ran the 2012 political action committee that spent $156 million on the 2012 GOP nominee.
Also, this time, Spies is all in for….. Jeb Bush.
Spies is the lawyer behind both of Bush's leadership PAC and the pro-Bush SuperPAC called "Right to Rise." Spies signed on with Bush long before Romney's surprise Friday announcement, but he makes clear that he's comfortable with his support for Bush while he also views Romney with affection.
"Obama's bumbling presidency has made it clear we need a president with executive leadership experience. The world would be much different and safer if Gov. Romney won and was president today," Spies said. "But politics is about timing. And Gov. Bush is now rising to the moment and I hope he decides to run."
Romney certainly heard the ticking of the clock now that Bush on Wednesday began raising hedge-fund money in Greenwich, Conn. So Romney dropped his bomb Friday at a previously scheduled meeting with former donors in New York.
"Everybody in here can go tell your friends that I'm considering a run," Romney told the donors, according to Politico. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story. Time, however, casts some doubts on Romney's level of interest.
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A North-east fish and chip shop has been named as one of the top three new chipper businesses in the UK.
Quayside Restaurant and Fish Bar in Gourdon is in the running for Best Newcomer at the 2018 National Fish and Chip Awards.
It will compete against shops in Chester and Cirencester to clinch the title of best new fish and chip shop.
The three shops have been judged on their innovative approaches to running a new fish and chip shop, promotional activities, and sustainable sourcing policies.
Over the coming weeks the finalists will face further in-depth judging visits assessing the business operations both front and back of house.
The ceremony will take place in London on January 25.


Hello to all! A number of people have asked why I have not done a post for a while. Well, besides having baseball or karate almost every night, we added a new member to our family. Meet Dakota, our new husky puppy. He joined us in June after school let out. He's shy until he gets to know you, then he's totally hyper. The boys carry him around like a baby at times and spoil him rotton. His mask is his trade mark and is why my kids picked him. We still have Komis, so yes, 2 dogs and 2 boys- a house full of males.
We also spent most of last week at the lake,keeping cool and spending time with family. My kids started working on their waterskiing and did a lot of swimming. Jaxson finished up baseball and Brenden will be done next week. Then we have a little break before soccer starts. Jaxson and I still have karate also.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and is keeping cool in the heat! I'll try to post again soon!


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Farmers embrace Knight Italian rye-grass
For stephen pasture seeds: Graham and Heather Fagg in their Knight Italian ryegrass paddock.
The fast-establishing Knight Italian rye-grass is being embraced by farmers, who are seeing its ability to deliver outstanding growth and performance.
Ballarat's Graham Fagg, who first began using Knight Italian rye-grass as part of his pasture renovation program, said having recently learned about some of the benefits, he decided to trial it as a winter grazing crop in a couple of his paddocks, with what he describes as "great success".
Mr Fagg runs 5000 cross-breed merino sheep on 600 ha and sowed about 48 ha with Knight Italian rye-grass across two paddocks in autumn 2018.
"It only needed minimum tillage, and we used an air seeder, sowing with a seven-inch spacing alongside MAP fertiliser at about 100 kg per hectare," he said.
"We also put it in on its own, with no irrigation."
He said he chose the Italian diploid variety mainly because of its grazing tolerance, and found it was a lot quicker to establish than other varieties he'd used.
"It seemed to hang on very well," he said.
"It's done an exceptional job so far. We had about 500 ewes and lambs on it, and it's really lived up to its reputation as a solid grazing crop.
"We've seen a number of benefits already.
"It's definitely improved our livestock nutrition. The stock always looks healthy and they've gained good weight.
"It's also got great palatability, and the vigorous growth has been incredible. I couldn't get over how much it just kept growing, even through the colder months.
"We had a little bit of cape-weed, and a few redlegged earth mites, but they didn't seem to stop the rye-grass at all."
For Stephen Pasture Seeds territory manager Michael Grant, Knight Italian rye-grass is setting the benchmark for Italian rye-grasses, and for several reasons.
"Knight is very quick to establish and can be over-sown into old thinned out old pastures improving these paddocks dramatically.
"A good tip is to sow early and get your seed Kickstart treated to protect the seedlings from redlegged earth mite and other insect pests.
"With the right preparation, Knight's growth through winter is exceptional.
"Its high winter activity is its main claim to fame, and its ability to recover and regrow after grazing is excellent — and in a good season, you can also get a second cut later in the spring."
For more information on Knight Italian Rye-grass, visit www.ausweststephenseeds.com.au


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bow John Kiely 2 Florian Gruessing
3 Thomas O'Neill 4 Philipp Preiss
5 Alexander Kasas 6 Miles Galloway
7 Tom Coker str Richard Fletcher
Coxed by: Natasha Menell
Head of the River
Rowed over Head
First day nerves out the way now... (Thomas)
A good row to get under our belts. The finish margin was 28 seconds which I believe is our biggest yet, but LMBC may have front-loaded or eased off in the later stages with no pressure from behind. (Tom C)
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Didn't do a great job in the first two minutes, if anything we were slower to the Plough than yesterday. It looked like LMBC were trying to outsprint Caius, and were on station with us at the exit of Grassy. From there the margin increased exponentially, and Caius, without the flair to overtake, followed them to the meadow. In case anyone at home is feeling worried, I'll record that Downing were closer on the first day of Lents.
The second half of the course was uneventful. Jesus were well out of contention for the overbump, so we wound down to a comfortable 32 at the railings and finished 35-40 seconds clear. (Tom C)
That was a really harrowing race to watch from the bank. You guys are amazing and you know you're the best. You can hold off Caius, and I know you'll do it again. You're all gods to the rest of us and I have complete faith in you. Go disappoint Caius again!! (Julia A.)
A good race, finished a length and a bit clear. (Tom C)
Heroes (BJ)
First post...YEAH FIRST AND THIRD! (Mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZaOFeW5jF0 (Emma)
The row didn't feel as pretty as Friday's, but it certainly had the guts. A little rough around the edges, everyone could feel the exhaustion from the previous three days.
We won the headship on Friday, we won it by breaking Caius at the Railway Bridge. Today we knew we could do it, but we also knew it'd be hard, and it was a question of going out there, having the guts to execute our plan and prove ourselves worthy of the first Mays headship retention since 1967, 42 years ago. Job done!
Everyone in this crew owes great thanks to everyone who contributed to making this boat go fast, in particular coaches. Tom Rose and Jon Davies have devoted endless hours on their bikes coaching and we are tremendously priviledged to have these guys. We also owe great thanks to Iain who contributed a lot of advice, some coaching and was a very calming influence on the towpath during bumps week - when he pushes you off you know you have one less thing to worry about!
I am excited for next Mays - Ra Ra First and Third! (Flo)
Many, many CONGRATULATIONS for finally claiming our record after 42 years and coming top of the comparison chart.
Four days of thrilling racing. WELL DONE!
I hope you heard the support from the May 1967 crew. Olly Olly First and Third!!! (Fitz67)
I think this set of bumps warrants my second ever race report! The first couple of days were fairly straightforward, although tension began to rise as we saw an unexpectedly fast Caius crew bumping up behind us. We knew that the third day would be tough, and that the result would probably determine the final result too. It turned out to be one of the hardest races I've ever done, with Caius sitting 1/4 - 1/3 of a length off our stern until the railway bridge, at which point we gradually began to move away. Lessons we took from this were that our start was pretty terrible and lost us about 1/2 length, and that we needed to go much harder down Plough Reach which was where Caius seemed to really go for the bump. On a positive note, at no point did anyone panic and we produced our best row as a crew, finishing in 7:38. The fourth day was much less eventful. Caius never seemed to come inside a length (from my view anyway, could be wrong) partly as a result of a much better start from us. We pushed hard down Plough Reach and the rest, as they say, is history.
Many thanks to all the people who came to cheer for us, especially the fleet of bikes on the meadow side! Also many thanks to Caius for such a fantastic couple of races and for being such good sports about the result. To be continued next year! (R.J. Fletcher)
Almost two months later, and Ive finally got round to writing a race report. I still dont know what to think of this, and its probably fair to say we came very close to becoming a cautionary tale. The saturday before bumps, we were bumped in under 500m by Downing in sparring, and only a few days before that Pembroke had done the same (with the help of Kieran West). Knowing that neither crew was realistically in range was small consolation, as we suspected that Jesus, at least, were of similar speed to them. Quite how this could happen, after the successes of the previous term, was uncertain, and Sasha and myself probably both wondered what we could be doing wrong. Our problems were due in part to an inability to transfer a fast head course speed in to the faster speeds required on shorter courses, but more importantly an awful lot of complacency. After that saturday, our aim changed from rowing over uncontested to rowing over at all, and believing that in two outings we couldnt make any further improvement.
Fortunately for us, this turned out to be wrong. After sunday off, we rowed off on monday, and suddenly the boat felt different. We finally managed to rate above 40 properly, and although we knew that we were never going to be as quick off the start as the tidier crews starting behind us, we did have this email from Flo to inspire us:
HERE WE GO NOW BOYS, PLOUGH REACH BURN, IN TWO, IN ONE, PLOUGH REACH BURN N O W, MASSIVE!!!
So looking forward to coming out of Grassy and just motoring it down Plough Reach, fucking off into the distance.
For Plough Reach Burn the water is going to be on fire...
I've never been as keen for a race as this. May bumps here we go!
Thought that deserved to have a permanent record made of it... We were perhaps fortunate on the first day to have LMBC behind us, as we didnt regard them as the major threat to the headship. This proved to be accurate, their higher rate no match for superior power as we cruised over 28s ahead of them. More worryingly however, Jesus were rapidly bumped by Caius at Grassy, and looked to me to be well inside station on us at that point. So the next day didnt hold much worry for us in terms of being bumped, but would show us how good Caius actually were, and whether the much-lauded Jesus crew had just been surprised off the start or possibly if they were just as bad as they had looked in training. All three crews moved quickly off Jesus from the start, Caius closing on LMBC as we began to pull away ourselves. We expected Caius to fade away at this point, having been promised that they were merely fast starters. Instead they continued to close, and out of Ditton LMBC went wide in a dubious effort at avoiding the bump. Caius however followed them across and struck rapidly, with us around half a length outside station at this point. We rowed over sedately, though still appearing to gain ground from Jesus.
The theory for the third day was that once we got on to the reach, there wouldnt be a crew with the fitness to stay with us. A poor start, and it looked like we mightnt get past grassy, with Caius inside a length out of first post and continuing to close down the gut. Out of grassy with around half a length the plough reach burn was unleashed, and probably gained a seat, though to the spectators and myself it looked like a temporary reprieve. A good ditton maintained the distance, but they closed slightly as we hurtled down the reach, and by now I was not the only one wondering when their promised epic blow-up would be. Tom Rose had promised to give the order from the bank to begin the reach burn, but with the noise of the supporters on the bank we heard none of this, and just kept going as hard as possible to try to hold out for as long as possible. At the railings it looked to me that they had overlap, and they appeared to begin steering for the bump, although Im told at this point they were still a quarter of a length off us. This probably cost them speed, though they were still fast enough to stay at this distance until the P&E, where we pushed a bit of water out to make ourselves more comfortable as we rowed over, with the crews behind our pair long distant.
The final day held less fear for us. Having already shown them that we could beat them, we knew that every stroke the race took the more they would question their ability to catch us. We also knew that our start could go much better if we didnt spend it looking out of the boat to see whether theyd gained on us yet. But after three row-overs tiredness was beginning to take its toll, and the possibility of making the small slip that would cost us the headship often crossed my mind. But we were wished luck by most of the other crews, and even the Cauis women looked a bit interested in us. The start was clean, but still couldnt hold them fully. As the video below shows, they probably got to about three quarters of a length off us at grassy, but then we threw everything at them in an elongated plough reach burn, and moved almost back to station. Down the reach the two crews held their ground far ahead of the other colleges, before the final onslaught that must leave ones dreams shattered for another year. Our fantastic support raced down the meadowside and towpath and roared us on as push countered push past the railway bridge, and we moved slightly away. Past morleys holt, and the weeks exertions finally hit home as the wheels began to fall off our boat. Tom O went interesting shades of orange and purple, and the limited technique wed displayed up to that point began to leave us, but by now they didnt have enough time left to catch us, and we limped over the line under a length ahead of them. Though we both knew that they were the faster crew, they came along afterwards to shake our hands, as gracious losers. Next year Im sure theyll be back for more, and with a very strong-looking Pembroke in the mix the 2010 mays crew will need all the resolve and (occasional) skill that we displayed this year. This was my last bumps race for trinity, and first headship, so hopefully anyone who reads this far will forgive the length of the report, but I thought that with the Caius propaganda issued by the Cambridge Standard a full record of what happened would be nice.
Video from Grassy- http://tinyurl.com/mxpexm (I don't think anyone has put this up yet, the crazy shouting person is my mum, while my brother looks a bit disinterested. For some reason the site won't take the full address, or apostrophes?)
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Uttar Pradesh: Man beaten to death in Meerut after his bike hits boy
In a shocking incident, a man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city after his motorcycle hit a boy
Published: 14 Oct 2019, 1:37 PM
In a shocking incident, a man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city after his motorcycle hit a boy.
Two other persons, who were on the motorcycle, have been admitted to a hospital after they suffered serious injuries in the accident on Sunday.
According to reports, four people have been arrested so far.
In a video of the incident that has gone viral, around 20 people can be seen beating the man who died, while the other two can be seen lying on the ground, crying for help.
The police, however, said that the man died as his bike hit an electricity pole while trying to flee from the accident spot.
According to the police, the incident took place when the motorcycle rider lost his balance on a speed-breaker and hit the boy who was standing on the road.
The rider panicked and tried to flee from the spot but his bike hit the electricity pole following which he was taken to a hospital where he died.
The boy, who was hit by the bike, has also been hospitalised.
Meanwhile, tension prevailed in the city as the villagers surrounded the police station, asking the police to release the four persons who have been arrested.
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