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Stardate 06.08.2022.A: 2021's 'Offseason' Is A Whole Lotta Nothin' Goin' On
Sometimes, success takes time.
It's been said that there's no such thing as an overnight success – that the inventor whose crafty device eventually lands him (or her) on history's map toiled away for years in seclusion before being blessed with discovery – and I believe that's true. Life can be random – sometimes a genuinely great idea gets fully realized in its time – but more often than not progress is marked by years. Blinks of inspiration are great – when they happen – but time is a harsh mistress.
And why shouldn't it be that way? Something that can be revered in the moment can just as easily be forgotten or dismissed. Societies have a way of evening the playing field, pushing back against what they could, should, and would notice because we're given so much to look at every single minute of our lives. Those contributions that are truly meaningful have a way of scratching, gnawing, and fighting their way to the top of time's trash heap … and cult films shouldn't have it any other way.
I suspect the same fate may befall Offseason. It's a good film – not great – that showcases some rather average performances all set against the backdrop of the sleepy little seaside tourist trap. Though it's constructed like a genuine haunted house story, the flick never quite percolates anything other than otherworldly, supernatural funk wrapped around the framework of a mother/daughter story and an old sea legend that may or may not be true.
Still, there might be enough substance in here to, eventually, keep small audiences coming back a year or two later … much in the same way those tourists sneak back to those haunts they visited yesterday. Should that happen enough, then the film may rise to the level of 'cult,' which I could argue it deserves. It shares a lot of similarities to 1981's Dead & Buried – a feature that has earned its offbeat status – but the significant difference is that the older film leaves nothing left for misinterpretation, whereas Offseason's final moment just kinda/sorta lingers …
(NOTE: The following review will contain minor spoilers necessary solely for the discussion of plot and/or characters. If you're the type of reader who prefers a review entirely spoiler-free, then I'd encourage you to skip down to the last few paragraphs for the final assessment. If, however, you're accepting of a few modest hints at 'things to come,' then read on …)
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"Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave site has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until spring, leaving her stranded. With one strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother's troubled past in order to make it out alive."
For all intents and purposes, Offseason is exactly the kind of film that sounds like it's going to be an exciting and wild ride, but it isn't.
This isn't to deny that the flick has some passion to it because that would be inaccurate. Writer/director Mickey Keating has gone to great lengths capturing the unintentionally spooky little holes – tourist destinations only open for a few months a year – which effectively board up and shut down when their crop of visitors dries up. Having visited a few of them in my time – and driven around a few with parents and friends – there's a lingering sense of 'temporariness' to many of them. In some cases, it's enough to cause any man an existential crisis!
The problem with his script, however, is that he does absolutely nothing with it.
Oh, he populates it with plenty of creepy townies to give Marie (played by the lovely Jocelin Donahue) a vivid experience, and yet what should've been truly frightening ends up feeling a bit more confusing too often. Keating gives this coastal berg a mythical background tied to 'the man who crawled out of the sea' and then, largely, ignores it (budget constraints?) in order to craft plenty of long takes where we and Marie stare at the sheer nothingness draped in cinematic fog. So, yes, it all looks good, suitably quaint and equally eerie, but it all leads to the predictable showdown on a bridge (of all places!) wherein we learn that the usual curse must be fulfilled … or else.
To make matters worse, Marie doesn't always act out with a true sense of purpose or logic. After waking up from a minor car crash only to learn her boyfriend/driver is gone from the vehicle, she gives up searching for him or his body after a few moments and simply runs back to town. She then spends the bulk of her screen time never authentically looking for this seemingly important person in her life, only to be surprised and unmoved when he merely shows up waiting for her on the bridge in the second half. (Guys, I don't know about you, but that's not a relationship I'd want to be in.)
While it might be easy to dismiss Marie's lack of concern because she's suddenly found herself in a Horror movie, I've never taken that bait. Though characters are tied intrinsically to the logic of the feature, they also are required to behave in a fashion that makes sense; otherwise, there's no way for us to identify with them. Lacking that connection, their plight means little or nothing – well, except for a few effective jump scares that come with the packaging – and we're detached non-participants when any movie's purposes is to reel us in.
Because I couldn't identify with Marie, her journey was just that: her journey. I didn't take it with her. I watched from afar. I marveled from a distance. I wasn't drawn in. Instead, I sat on the sidelines crying out for her to do things differently … or logically. (Mystery Science Theatre 3000 created an entire TV phenomenon out of some sarcastic knuckleheads doing just that same thing; and I can hear them merrily torching Offseason now!) But that's the canard so easily attached to horror films – no behaves reasonably. If they did, then they wouldn't be here.
Though the picture has some teeth, I can see why it never quite took a bite out of the box office. The struggle here is far more psychological in nature than it is visual. Its performances are all a bit predictable if not expected (you've seen one creepy townie, you've seen them all). I think – like heading out for a vacation destination – most people see where they're headed, and this picture is no different. Though occasionally effective – also like that dream vacation – there's still an awful lot of fluff.
Offseason (2021) was produced by Defiant Studios, Kodiak Pictures, and Sunset Junction Entertainment. DVD distribution (for this particular release) is being coordinated by the reliable RLJE Films. As for the technical specifications? The film looks and sounds very good; it's probably worth a word of caution to let some audiences know that those extra creepy sounds you're hearing on the soundtrack are intentionally part of the frightening experience. As for the special features? Alas … there isn't a single one … and that's a big miss so far as this film junkie is concerned. If you don't care enough to give us something extra, then why should we? Sigh.
Mildly recommended.
If I'm being kind (and I do so often try), the Offseason (2021) might be the kind of film that requires a passage of years to truly find its audience. Director Keating goes to great lengths (maybe too much?) to establish a particular milieu in which to place his scary movie, and, ultimately, audiences will likely struggle with whether or not the measly payoff for their patience was good enough. So far as this reviewer is concerned, it wasn't … but diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.
In the interest of fairness, I'm pleased to disclose that the fine folks at RLJE Films and Shudder provided me with a complimentary Blu-ray of Offseason (2021) by request for the expressed purposes of completing this review; and their contribution to me in no way, shape, or form influenced my opinion of it.
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724 people took the Haikou-Chengdu non-stop train on Friday as the first batch of passengers, reports hndnews.com.
724 passengers aboard the train No.K468, which set off in Haikou at 6:40 pm Friday. They arrived at Chengdu at 8:17am on the third day.
The new rail line cover a total distance of 2,182 kilometers and the time duration is 38 hours and 7 minutes.
Apart from the current lines from Hainan to some major cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, the opening of the new rail lines sets up a bridge connecting Sanya and the southwest Chinese cities especially Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing.
The railway's construction is an important step by the government and of great significance to improve Hainan's transportation system, promote the economic and social development for the ongoing construction of Hainan International Tourism Island.
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This dish is my version of Waldorf Salad. Oregon is almost as famous for it's apples as Washington state, and also produces cranberries and hazelnuts. I know these things because I'm a proud native Oregonian. But you want to know how good this salad is. Once again, my potluck group has approved my culinary attempts and given this recipe an enthusiastic thumbs up.
Many Waldorfs are heavy on the mayonnaise, but as I often do, I make a dressing of equal parts mayo and plain yogurt, adding a splash of lemon juice to this one. This gives the salad a nice refreshing flavor. The most important aspect of this dish, however, is choosing crisp apples. I admit that Washington apples are mighty good too. If you like, choose both red and green or yellow apples to make this even more visually interesting.
**I use a light mayo from Trader Joe's.
1. Mix together the yogurt, mayonnaise, and lemon juice to make the dressing. Add a splash of milk if it seems too thick.
2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Add the dressings and mix well with the apple mixture.
4. Turn into a serving bowl and lightly sprinkle on cinnamon and coriander. Chill until serving time.


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Could Self-Driving Cars Spell the End of Ownership? – Wall Street Journal
HENRY FORD WAS A smart guy but he never did the math when he decided to put every American household on wheels.
A century after the Model T, the world has a problem with cars. The U.S. and China will consume about 40 million light vehicles in 2015, according to IHS. Globally, we're on track to hit 100 million vehicles in 2020.
That's not a lot of cars. That's an ocean of cars, an inundation, wave after wave breaking on the shores of the industrialized world. And yet policy makers and common folk alike have been powerless against the siren song of the automobile. Even in the most car-blighted burg in the world, the toxic parking lot they call Beijing, the appetite for the automobile—as status item, as luxury, as totem of personal mastery in a fragile postcolonial mind-set—is driving millions more into its smoggy embrace, despite limits on ownership and the government's rising alarm.
The absurdity of our century-old, ad hoc approach to mobility is captured in one statistic: The utilization rate of automobiles in the U.S. is about 5%. For the remaining 95% of the time (23 hours), our cars just sit there, a slow, awful cash burn, like condos at the beach.
But what if, like condos, automobiles could be shared? It's one of life's first lessons—how to share toys, parents, rooms, feelings. But as little consumers grow into adults, they forget the joys of selflessness. That's about to change. And I don't mean the collaborative consumerism we see around us—peer-to-peer transportation like Uber—which is symbolic and transitional, lasting only until automation happens, at which point we can get rid of the wetware. And by wetware, I mean us.
Within a generation, automobiles will be endowed with what's known as Level 4 autonomy—full self-driving artificial intelligence for cars—which will not so much change the game as burn down the casino. Autonomy will make it possible for unmanned automobiles to be summoned, via app, to your location. And not just any passing tramp steamer, but exactly the vehicle you need for the occasion, cleaned and fueled, for as little or as long as you need (offers may vary in your state). When you're done—poof!—it will go away.
You don't pay for the car. You pay for the miles. And only the miles. It's a whole new way to fly. Let's start small. Need a pickup for three weekends a year but don't want to pay for the other 49? Autonomy can make that happen easily without a visit to the dreaded U-Haul depot. Need a car to take mom to the doctor's, or fetch a spouse from the airport? A decade hence, major auto makers and smaller players will be at each others' throats for the privilege of sending consumers vehicles a la carte, for a one-way trip, an afternoon, a weekend, a month. These transactions will move through the glowing bowels of your monthly credit accounts, and you won't even feel them.
'The utilization rate of automobiles in the U.S. is 5%. The rest of the time, they just sit there like condos at the beach.'
Americans will look back on pre-autonomy like the age of Casio calculators and DOS prompts. Remember cab drivers? Remember traffic jams? Remember when parents lived in dread that their children would die in a car accident? Death and major injury from traffic accidents will drop drastically. The automobile's other costs—decreased productivity, fuel burned in uncoordinated traffic—will be swept away. "Beyond the practical benefits, autonomous cars could contribute $1.3 trillion in annual savings to the U.S. economy alone," wrote Ravi Shanker, a Morgan Stanley
analyst covering the U.S. auto business. Global savings? Somewhere in the neighborhood of $5.6 trillion.
If It Only Had a Brain
How self-driving cars will get their smarts
Danny Shapiro was walking around the Frankfurt auto show with a bomb in his valise. The senior director of automotive at Nvidia in Silicon Valley showed it to me: a bristly motherboard about the size of an iPad, known as the Drive PX, that will upend the auto industry. It's built around two central processors, each as powerful as the fastest supercomputer of a few years ago. According to Shapiro, some version of this technology will give cars Level IV autonomy—the ability to operate independently of humans.
The Drive PX interprets sensory data and builds a three-dimensional model of everything that's going on around the car, allowing it to distinguish between, say, an ambulance and a FedEx truck, and respond appropriately.
"It can read street signs," Shapiro says, "and detect lane markings, and anticipate when a pedestrian is going to come out onto the road. And when it sees something it doesn't recognize, it can record that image, and then transmit it to the data center so it can get added to the next software update."
The process, called "deep-learning," is modeled on the human brain. "Think of it as a child learning the vocabulary of a foreign language," Shapiro says. "As you put more information into the system, it's going to keep getting smarter and smarter." –D.N.
You may be wondering, back here in 2015, if the auto industry is worried about shared mobility. Doesn't it spell declining sales? It could. But in a mature market like the U.S. turnover will remain fairly stable. What would change is the number of passengers that passed through every vehicle—including a vast untapped market that doesn't drive today. "Level 4 AV technology, when the vehicle does not require a human driver, would enable transportation for the blind, disabled or those too young to drive," says the Rand Corporation in a report on the subject. "The benefits for these groups would include independence, reduction in social isolation, and access to essential services."
These same benefits would return mobility to millions on the margins, including the elderly, the working poor and those who have lost their driving privileges due to a criminal record. (It's not hard to see the throughline between autonomy and the hobbling economic effects of mass incarceration.)
In August 2015, Morgan Stanley nearly doubled its price target for Tesla, to $465 per share, based on an analysis of Tesla's so-far secret shared-mobility plan. "We view this as a business opportunity," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, "[that could] more than triple the company's potential revenues by 2029."
And, far from funneling consumers into fleets of lustless electric drones, autonomy could have the opposite effect. Immersive-connected consumers will be able to draw from a vast and constantly replenished motor pool of shared vehicles—dune buggies, pickup trucks, German luxury sedans—with little or no notice, a cast of automotive avatars.
At this point a fair reader might wonder if I have ever been to America. The notion that we as consumers will forgo the awesome pleasures of the automobile—the privilege, the mobility, the identity—to share vehicles is, I grant, unfamiliar.
But America's much-sung-about love affair with the automobile has grown cold. Rates of motor-vehicle licensure are already plummeting among young Americans. The obligations and costs of transportation—an average 17% of household budgets—are driving them out of automobility altogether. And enthusiasm for automotive culture is waning too, as the empty seats at Nascar events attest.
Personal-vehicle ownership isn't going away. Some people will own and cherish cars. But those people and their cars will be considered classics. Rates of ownership will decline, an artifact of an era of hyperprosperity and reckless glut. Twenty-five years from now, the only people still owning cars will be hobbyists, hot-rodders and flat-earth dissenters. Everyone else will be happy to share.
Write to Dan Neil at Dan.Neil@wsj.com


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AP® Historical Thinking Skills: A Primer. This section provides tips on reading this college level text, suggestions for analyzing what you read, and recommendations for synthesizing the information and writing a cohesive argument—all skills students must demonstrate on the redesigned AP® exam.
The narrative — thematic, comparative, and truly global — focuses on the big picture. Brief by design, the narrative avoids the overwhelming details and instead emphasizes major developments. Broad themes include: empires in the second-wave era, global commerce and trade throughout history and into the twenty-first century, the emergence of global religions, industrialization, and the rise and fall of totalitarian systems.
Part-opening Big Picture essays set the stage for the chapters that follow and encourage students to make connections among the world's cultures. Narrative-ending Big Picture within the chapter review questions encourage student synthesis of the material and allow them to put their identification, analysis, and speculation skills to work.
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The Docutext format is more than two books in one. The docutext is a textbook and source book combined that teaches historical thinking and analysis through the use of primary evidence in thoughtful collections of related written and visual sources.
Written documents and visual sources collections in each chapter emphasize the theme or concept from the chapter. Introductory essays, headnotes, and comparative questions in the documents and visual sources sections help students understand how the written documents and visual sources relate to each another and to the chapter narrative.
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New co-author Eric Nelson brings an enhanced focus on teaching in today's classroom. Eric Nelson, a popular and skilled teacher who has become a national leader in online course design and pedagogy, joins Bob Strayer as co-author of Ways of the World.
Organized into Six Parts. These parts align to the six time periods established by the College Board for the AP® World History course. Each part and chapter of this text is structured around a common set of features designed to convey the rich story of humankind while helping students develop the skills required to realize success on the AP® World History exam.
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"I LOVE how the book is organized to match the AP Periodization. This makes the breaks between time periods very clear for me as a teacher and for students as well. The Guided Reading Questions in the margins give students indications of what they should be looking for as they read. These can easily be typed up by a teacher and turned into a Guided Reading handout for students. (Easy way to implement modifications for diverse learners.) AP Exam Tips are well organized around how students need to connect information and the skills they need for the Exam. Especially the ones pertaining to essay writing. Big Picture Questions at the end of the chapters are well aligned with AP Themes and requires students to look at the overarching themes. Working with Evidence Sources: It is great that the sources are short and come with effective skills based questions. I also love that Visual Sources are also included."
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Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART ONE First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e.
1. First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, to 4000 b.c.e.
2. First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 b.c.e.–500 b.c.e.
PART TWO Second-Wave Civilizations in World History, 600 b.c.e.–600 c.e.
3. State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
4. Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
5. Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
6. Commonalities and Variations: Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania, 500 b.c.e.–1200 c.e.
PART THREE An Age of Accelerating Connections, 600–1450
7. Commerce and Culture, 500–1500
8. China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500–1300
9. The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
10. The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction, Expansion, and Division, 500–1300
11. Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200–1500
12. The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century
PART FOUR The Early Modern World, 1450–1750
13. Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750
14. Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750
15. Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750
PART FIVE The European Moment in World History, 1750–1900
16. Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1914
17. Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750–1914
18. Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 1750–1950
19. Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800–1914
PART SIX The Most Recent Century, 1900–2015
20. Collapse at the Center: World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of Global Power, 1914–1970s
21. Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict: The Rise and Fall of World Communism, 1917–present
22. The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage, 1914–present
23. Capitalism and Culture: The Acceleration of Globalization, since 1945
Robert W. Strayer
Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.
Eric W. Nelson
Eric W. Nelson (D.Phil., Oxford University) is a professor of history at Missouri State University. He is an experienced teacher who has won a number of awards, including the Governor's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011 and the CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year Award for Missouri in 2012. He is currently Faculty Fellow for Engaged Learning, developing new ways to integrate in-class and online teaching environments. His publications include The Legacy of Iconoclasm: Religious War and the Relic Landscape of Tours, Blois and Vendôme, and The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France.
Annotated Teacher's Edition for Ways of the World with Sources for AP®
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The Teacher's Edition provides a wealth of guidance and support for AP® teachers. Annotations include model answers for questions in the book, teaching tips, Historical Thinking Skills practice, pacing guides, and exam alerts. The teacher's edition helps teachers at all levels build the most successful AP® World History course they can. Author Jay Harmon, the Social Studies chair at The Woodlands Christian Academy, TX, is a former member of the AP® World History test development committee and has led AP® workshops in the United States, England, Germany, and Panama.
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Depending on the purpose of the hypnotherapy (i.e., smoking cessation, weight loss, improvement in public speaking, or addressing some deep emotional turmoil), follow-up may be advisable. When trying to eradicate unwanted habits, it is good practice to revisit the therapist, based upon a date prearranged between the therapist and the patient, to report progress and, if necessary, to obtain secondary hypnotherapy to reinforce progress made.
"An Spanish speaking Counselor. Licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist with more than 18 years of experience in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse field. I have passion for helping those who are struggling with real life issues thru empowering their personal strengths. I worked with people from different cultures and ages, children, adolescents and adults. Before starting my Private Practice I worked as a Psychologist in Argentina and as Counselor in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities in Texas."
There are varying theories throughout both the medical and psychological arenas as to how the process of hypnosis works. Some experts believe that people who practice hypnosis effectively are predisposed to this therapy or have developed enhanced cognitive and interpersonal abilities that allow them to respond accordingly to hypnotic cues and conditions. Recent studies have shown that this form of communication actually alters elements of a person's neurological and physiological mechanisms.
Financial coaching is a relatively new form of coaching that focuses on helping clients overcome their struggle to attain specific financial goals and aspirations they have set for themselves. Financial coaching is a one-on-one relationship in which the coach works to provide encouragement and support aimed at facilitating attainment of the client's financial plans. A financial coach, also called money coach, typically focuses on helping clients to restructure and reduce debt, reduce spending, develop saving habits, and develop financial discipline. In contrast, the term financial adviser refers to a wider range of professionals who typically provide clients with financial products and services. Although early research links financial coaching to improvements in client outcomes, much more rigorous analysis is necessary before any causal linkages can be established.[20]
Goal setting is the process of systematically planning ways to achieve specific accomplishments within a certain amount of time.[50] Research suggests that goals should be specific, measurable, difficult but attainable, time-based, written down, and a combination of short-term and long-term goals.[51][52] A meta-analysis of goal setting in sport suggests that when compared to setting no goals or "do your best" goals, setting the above types of goals is an effective method for improving performance.[53] According to Dr. Eva V. Monsma, short-term goals should be used to help achieve long-term goals. Dr. Monsma also states that it is important to "set goals in positive terms by focusing on behaviors that should be present rather than those that should be absent." [54] Each long-term goal should also have a series of short-term goals that progress in difficulty.[55] For instance, short-term goals should progress from those that are easy to achieve to those that are more challenging.[55] Having challenging short-term goals will remove the repetitiveness of easy goals and will give one an edge when striving for their long-term goals.
Many of the clucking chicken images are the result of hypnosis's forefather, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). Mesmer believed that there was an invisible force, a cosmic energy, that could be harnessed by one person to influence another person's behavior. While his theory was wrong, the techniques he used were effective. These techniques were picked up on and developed over the coming years for therapeutic and medical purposes. Sigmund Freud, for instance, used hypnosis techniques. In the mid-1900s, hypnotherapy as we know it evolved. Milton Erickson (1901-1980) pioneered "indirect hypnosis," during which therapists work with individual patients to shift their perceptions of themselves and their issues.
Sport psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from many related fields including biomechanics, physiology, kinesiology and psychology. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance and how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and physical factors.[1] In addition to instruction and training of psychological skills for performance improvement, applied sport psychology may include work with athletes, coaches, and parents regarding injury, rehabilitation, communication, team building, and career transitions.
As Finkle notes, this doesn't mean that company goals aren't supported by coaching—indeed, the coach was most likely hired by the company to support the executive's efforts to achieve those goals. Even so, the role of the coach is not to represent specific company needs or interests. "The perspectives they provide, the alternatives discussed, and everything else has no agenda except to support the coachee," she says.
That's in part because there isn't enough data. While some studies have shown positive results, they differ too much for anyone to draw a solid conclusion. Few studies that have been done over the years met HHS's inclusion criteria, owing in part to the vast array of methodologies used. "There was no common or standard intervention technique to analyze," the guidelines read. "Moreover, an independent review of nine hypnotherapy trials by the Cochrane Group found insufficient evidence to support hypnosis as a treatment for smoking cessation."
In FY2009, DAU launched an initiative to train and qualify a cadre of experienced acquisition practitioners to serve as executive coaches. Using a refined, proven coaching model/process, we've continued to train and qualify 58 internal coaches, who have engaged over 360 defense acquisition workforce (DAW) leaders and received great results and feedback. To complement this one-on-one and team coaching, our leadership development courses, including our Leader as Coach course, have reached over 5,500 leaders and supervisors. These collective efforts emphasize the responsibilities of each leader to develop, coach, and mentor members of their workforce, while creating a long-term culture change, future business successes, and a learning enterprise.
To customize and enhance your 3-week investment, for an additional fee of $2,500, you can partner with a Kellogg leadership coach during and after the program. You will meet with your coach three times for one hour during the program (once each week), and have up to three one-hour coaching sessions via phone after the program, with the same coach. This is ideal for newly promoted or soon-to-be promoted executives.
Performance profiling can provide a rigorous evaluation of psychological characteristics and can be used in conjunction with existing measures of physical ability to provide great insight for players, athletes and coaches. Psychometric assessments can help athletes explore their own unique characteristics, such as self-confidence, motivation, resilience and mental toughness. This greater self-awareness can help athletes to shape their development and can encourage them to take ownership of their performance with a significant impact on focus, drive and achievement.
You will be told to sit or lie down somewhere, get comfortable and close your eyes. The hypnotherapist will then use their methods to get you in a a trance like suggestable state. This has been quite nicely described as feeling similar to the state of mindlessness people occasionally experience when driving a car without consciously thinking, just much more relaxed.
Although both the organization and the executive must be committed to coaching for it to be successful, the idea to engage a coach can originate from either HR and leadership development professionals or from executives themselves. In the past, it has more often sprung from the organizational side. But given the growing track record of coaching as a tool for fast movers, "We see more executives choosing coaching as a proactive component of their professional life," says Cheryl Leitschuh, a leadership development consultant with RSM McGladrey (Bloomington, Minnesota).
This might be a pretty good time to pause and call bullshit, particularly since, during the demonstration in the library, that's exactly what I was thinking myself. Hall himself tried a little of both techniques, telling us that we were ready to stop smoking, that this was something we wanted, but also told us horror stories about smoking. Not of cancer, which can be easy to ignore until it's too late, but of his trips to tobacco farms, where he'd seen all manner of disgusting things—rats and tree frogs and pesticides and pigeon shit falling into a tobacco shredder and so on. You're smoking tree frogs and pesticide, he said. To be honest, that didn't sound much worse than what I always sort of assumed I was smoking.
Hypnosis is defined as an altered state of awareness in which you appear to be asleep or in a trance. Clinical hypnosis may be used to treat certain physical or psychological problems. For instance, it is frequently used to help patients control pain. It is also used in a wide range of other conditions such as weight issues, speech disorders, and addiction problems.
Practice, practice, practice. Get in with different consultants and see what they're doing. Work with younger athletes on their mental game using your own experiences to start developing your models. Volunteer to be the mental coach of a youth team based on your credentials as an athlete. And keep reading and applying what you read to your own competitive experience. Keep being an athlete and test your skills on yourself first.
Being able to focus one's awareness on relevant cues so they can deal effectively with their current situation. These skills help them maintain their mental intensity within a situation. Common techniques include: (a) attention control training (to avoid distractions) and (b) techniques to expand awareness (e.g., attending to performance cues and bodily sensations).
With an emphasis on quality, we strive to create, develop and produce the best self hypnosis audio programs we possibly can. Our professionally produced, life-enhancing recordings are authored by our team of vocally talented hypnotherapists – and supported by our hugely experienced script writers, who have a combined 75+ years of experience in the field of hypnotherapy.
McNulty's mandate was to shadow Mirabella 24/7 for as long as needed to ensure that he would grow into his position. From the start of their relationship, McNulty and Mirabella had two private meetings a day during which McNulty analyzed Mirabella's behavior and role-played effective styles for mastering interpersonal situations that Mirabella did not handle well. True to his jock background, McNulty reacted to Mirabella's avowals of ineptitude and anxiety with exhortations. "Quitters never win, and winners never quit" was a favorite comment of his, but at times McNulty would also chide Mirabella for being a "weakling" who needed to "act like a man" to deal with the demands of his preordained role within the company.
The most common educational path starts with a bachelor's degree in psychology. From there, students move on to a master's degree, then finish with either a PsyD or a PhD at the doctoral level. Some schools offer joint degree programs, allowing students to get a master's and doctorate degree at the same time. After graduating, students are eligible to test for licensure and may pursue real-world experiences.
One of Google's earliest executives, Chade-Meng Tan, teaches a popular course for Google employees that helps build such qualities. It's demonstrated positive benefits for success and wellbeing. And much research confirms that self-examination is critical for leaders' positive development. For example, Scott Keller, a director at McKinsey & Company, described the importance of overcoming self-interest and delusion in the Harvard Business Review. He emphasized the need for openness to personal growth and development, because "deep down, (leaders) do not believe that it is they who need to change..." and that "the real bottleneck...is knowing what to change at a personal level." Self-awareness also expands the capacity to know what not to pursue, not just what to go after, as Greg McKeown, CEO of THIS, Inc., described regarding what he learned from an Apple executive.
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Imagery (or motor imagery) can be defined as using multiple senses to create or recreate experiences in one's mind.[56] Additionally, the more vivid images are, the more likely they are to be interpreted by the brain as identical to the actual event, which increases the effectiveness of mental practice with imagery.[57] Good imagery, therefore, attempts to create as lifelike an image as possible through the use of multiple senses (e.g., sight, smell, kinesthetic), proper timing, perspective, and accurate portrayal of the task.[58] Both anecdotal evidence from athletes and research findings suggest imagery is an effective tool to enhance performance and psychological states relevant to performance (e.g., confidence).[59] This is a concept commonly used by coaches and athletes the day before an event.
Elite athletes, dancers and singers all have coaches. It would be inconceivable to expect a person to go it alone in professions like those without one. They require consistently high performance and support. The business world is no different. Executives interact in an equally demanding environment leading people in today's complex, competitive global marketplace. Therefore, being offered a professional coach is often seen as a perk on most jobs; it's a sign that an organization is investing in a leaders' success.
Had Mirabella's coach been less sports driven—or better versed in interpersonal psychology—he could have anticipated that all the learned bravado in the world could never prepare Mirabella for the role he was assigned to fill. Mirabella needed someone who would listen to his fears and analyze their origins. In the end, Mirabella could function effectively only if his advancement was predicated on his own desires and leadership style—not on someone else's. Once he was able to deal with his inner conflicts related to those issues, Mirabella's career proceeded without incident.
One study, conducted by Adam D. Galinsky and colleagues at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, found that increased power tends to make one more self-centered and self-assured, but not in a good way: The researchers found that power makes one "prone to dismiss or, at the very least, misunderstand the viewpoints of those who lack authority." High-power individuals "anchor too heavily on their own perspectives and demonstrate a diminished ability to correctly perceive others' perspectives," according to Galinsky and his team, adding that, "As power increases, power-holders are more likely to assume that others' insights match their own."
While it likely took more than a week to gain unwanted fat, most people wish they could lose it quicker than it came on. "When it comes to losing weight, simply cutting back on your portion sizes could be the most underrated way to drop pounds. However, if you're already eating less (and exercising more) and are still stuck, there are little tricks of the trade that can help jumpstart your efforts," Ansel says.
Motivational climate refers to the situational and environmental factors that influence individuals' goals.[39] The two major types of motivational climates coaches can create are task-oriented and ego-oriented. While winning is the overall goal of sports competitions regardless of the motivational climate, a task-orientation emphasizes building skill, improvement, giving complete effort, and mastering the task at hand (i.e., self-referenced goals), while an ego-orientation emphasizes demonstrating superior ability, competition, and does not promote effort or individual improvement (i.e., other-referenced goals). Effective coaching practices explore the best ways coaches can lead and teach their athletes. For examples, researchers may study the most effective methods for giving feedback, rewarding and reinforcing behavior, communicating, and avoiding self-fulfilling prophecies in their athletes.[40]
Performance coaching is focused on helping managers who are encountering performance issues related to ineffective leadership styles and behaviors. Students are introduced to the most common performance coaching situations, and the unique challenges that are faced by performance coaches. They learn how to address client resistance, and how to meet and identify such resistance. They also learn the intricacies of client contracting, with particular attention to establishing clear and detailed expectations for performance improvement.
According to many sources including the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) which is part of the United States National Library of Medicine and a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hypnosis is scientifically proven to help relieve both mental challenges and physical pains. Hypnosis can alleviate stress and reduce pain after surgeries, has been shown to relieve anxiety in children in the emergency room, and can be useful for managing pain associated with everything from arthritis to migraines. Hypnosis is non-invasive and gives you a way to control pain or discomfort that might otherwise seem out of your hands. Hypnosis shouldn't be used as a substitute for medical care, but may be an excellent complementary tool that is best provided by a trained therapist or licensed medical provider. The University of Maryland Medical Center shares many conditions for which hypnosis can be useful:
Over the past 15 years, it has become more and more popular to hire coaches for promising executives. Although some of these coaches hail from the world of psychology, a greater share are former athletes, lawyers, business academics, and consultants. No doubt these people help executives improve their performance in many areas. But I want to tell a different story. I believe that in an alarming number of situations, executive coaches who lack rigorous psychological training do more harm than good. By dint of their backgrounds and biases, they downplay or simply ignore deep-seated psychological problems they don't understand. Even more concerning, when an executive's problems stem from undetected or ignored psychological difficulties, coaching can actually make a bad situation worse. In my view, the solution most often lies in addressing unconscious conflict when the symptoms plaguing an executive are stubborn or severe.
While executives can hire their own coaches (usually CEOs or business owners), it's more common for companies (often Human Resources) to recommend a coach to an executive as a part of an executive development program. The coachee could be newly promoted (transition coaching), be facing a number of challenges (usually involving people relationships), or is being groomed for larger roles. And yes, coaches are still hired to correct behavioral problems and help leaders resolve interpersonal conflicts.
The first use of the term "coach" in connection with an instructor or trainer arose around 1830 in Oxford University slang for a tutor who "carried" a student through an exam.[4] The word "coaching" thus identified a process used to transport people from where they are to where they want to be. The first use of the term in relation to sports came in 1861.[4] Historically the development of coaching has been influenced by many fields of activity, including adult education, the Human Potential Movement, large-group awareness training (LGAT) groups such as "est", leadership studies, personal development, and psychology.[5][6]
In order to help an athlete, a sport psychologist must be able to first identify the problem that the athlete is facing. An athlete might benefit from a counseling sport psychologist in a number of situations. Some athletes, for instance, may be having trouble concentrating due to a number of personal issues, such as family problems or relationship problems. Contrary to what some may think, athletes also suffer from such things as confidence issues, low self-esteem, and body image. Performance anxiety and burnout are other common problems faced by many athletes, no matter how talented they are.
We have created the two-year part-time Ashridge Masters in Executive Coaching in response to the emergence of executive coaching as an established and distinct profession within the international field of individual and organizational development. Our aim is to raise the standard of coaching both professionally and ethically. The program draws on theories from complexity science, sociology and psychology to come to a distinct understanding of organizations and hence the role of both coaches and clients.
Hypnosis can be a highly effective form of treatment for many mental, psychosomatic, and physical disorders. Hypnosis is a trance state in which the hypnotized person is in a heightened, more receptive state of mind. During hypnosis, the patient is not unconscious, does not lose control of his or her faculties, and does not do things under hypnosis that he or she would be unwilling to do otherwise.


I used to own the DVD. My ex and I had it. And when we broke up, he kept the DVD. And I never rebought it because I WATCHED IT TO DEATH... and I felt tired of it.
But I need to get it because it has Coco Peru, the drag queen, in it, and she's my favorite drag queen.
Let's watch Hedwig if you want to. Since I brought it into your life. I have tales. I think I have tales, at least.
It's a better movie than To Wong Foo, also.
I MUCH prefer Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
That I own on DVD and Blu-ray.
*GASP* You would love it.
I'm infuriated that it's not on the '90s list. I think it was #5 on my list.
Maybe I'll blind buy it.
You love it, HK loves it.
Are we watching Hedwig? I need confirmation.
Yes. I'm at the main menu as I type this.
And we have to start now before MoFo "shuts down" for the night in two hours.


Stairlifts are motorized chairs that travel along a rail mounted to the treads of a staircase. There are two basic types of stairlifts: straight and curved. A straight stairlift is installed for a single, straight flight of stairs that has no turns or landings. A curved stairlift is installed for stairs that feature a turn or curve, an intermediate landing, any change in direction or angle of incline, or when out-of-the-way parking at the top or bottom is desired. Straight stairlifts are stock items requiring little to no customization for the home. Curved stairlifts are made to fit the specific staircase.
Stairlift Maintenance High quality stairlifts are generally quite durable and long-lasting. Yearly maintenance checks will include checking if the batteries require replacement, ensuring all bolts and screws are tight and lubricating the track for a smooth, trouble-free ride.


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My artistic practice explores the relations of contradictions existing between simple forms and the images they can evoke when they are diverted. The production of sculptural objects or drawings, always with a concern to put forward a strong plasticity, is hybridized with elements of simple representations (typography, logos, pictograms, geometric shapes) in order to raise ones potential for interpretation.
Valade's window installation is composed of a large grid of mirror tiles etched in repetitive designs similar to arabesque. Closer inspection reveals the designs are composed of corporate logos, literally reflecting consumer culture. Presenting this mirrored installation in the window gallery creates an interesting mix of logos, the street scene and viewer.
In ABDICATE I was first thinking about Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's emails about the Laquan Mcdonald police shooting and feeling that he should resign. Now, this thought also includes Trump's racist fascism and that he should not be president. I received assistance from 2 children, Ezel & Etzi Valdovinos, who painted the cat and tic-tac-toes during AnySquared's Studio Day. I also used stencils to build up a texture and then drew in the the fork while thinking of the phrase "put a fork in it." Those are my word associations and I hope people interpret it for themselves. In ADVOCATE, the word came last, and I was thinking that It is time to fight for each other and for all of us. The SCREWED stencils came post election as I see we have a long fight ahead of us, and also thought about screws as hardware that hold things together. Finally, the circles on the glass are meant to focus on different parts of the installation as you walk by.
A constellation is a series of stars that define a celestial image. Constellations have been used throughout history to honor and commemorate a variety of images, people and stories.
Applying similar principles, Music Constellation arranges a series of sculptural pieces and a series of drawings. The sculptural pieces are composed of sheet music folded into star forms and arranged into an abstract form. The arrangement is connected with a series of drawings of influential musicians. Each of the drawings are abstract representations of the musicians and their music.
Kim's photo based artworks deal with family relationships within the current sociopolitical climate, as well has her own emotions toward family life. She presents her family in short videos, video installations and photos. Fantastic stories depict the opposites of individuality and community, intimacy and borders, power and weakness in a humorous, poetic and sometimes grotesque way.
Sitting behind the window of Chicago's gallery ART ON ARMITAGE, the performance artist Julie Bernier will reach passersby on Armitage Avenue through a helpline service, which will be available over the two weeks of her residency. Telephones will be linked together through a direct line, and will enable a communication between people, and the artist without any time or subject restrictions.
The most notable stories gathered by the artist during her stays in windows (Chicoutimi, Montreal, Québec, îles-de-la-Madeleine, Chicago) for the "SHOWCASE—HOTLINE" project, will eventually be released as a literary publication. This participatory proposal springs from relational and social art, poetic writing, and the unpredictability of performance art.
Julie Bernier is from Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska. In 2013, she received a Bachelor of Arts from Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Through performance art and installation, she tries to raise social questions by taking possession of circulation places, and by stimulating interactions, and human contacts. With her work, she gets inspiration for documentary and poetic writing.
Mojo Rhythms is a visual reflection of how family, friends and nature have influenced my life. The pure colors and images appear to have emerged from my ancestral past which is West Africa.
The totems are actual images of the women in my family. Five generations of strong, wonderful people. The process of making the piece was a constant reminder of how special they all are to me and just how lucky I am.
Through myths, legends and magical storytelling I am exploring my Norwegian heritage. These sculptures are talismans that protect women, children, travelers, fishermen and warriors. They grant victory, prosperity, fertility, rain, sun and a plentiful harvest. Thus they merge the world of reality with the world of magic.
Kirsti Anderssen is a printmaker who lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky. Some of her prints are incorporated in these figures.
Are we passive onlookers, or can we have some effect on world events?
We are constantly bombarded with news from distant parts of the globe, with little opportunity to react. Most of us want to help those in need and to assist victims of war or disaster, but we are confused. The news media brings us conflicting information, and most people fear big changes of the world as we know it – or as we think we know it.
"Tread Softly" is an installation whose centerpiece is a large photograph of a group of people against a concrete wall. Each individual is wrapped in bandages, and the bandages link the individuals to one another.
There is more than one side to events. Walls can serve for protection, but also for exclusion. Walls can be built, or they can be torn down. There can be wars, and there can be peace. It may not be possible to predict future events, or to prevent them. But, in the aftermath, one can bandage the wounds and hope for healing to take place. But wounds leave scars. And so do vicious words.
Anna lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Gaia is the name the Ancient Greeks gave to the Earth Goddess, the Creator of Earth and the Universe. In the 1970s, systems theorists borrowed the name Gaia when they developed the theory that the Earth is a complex, living, self-regulating system with the capacity to maintain the conditions for life.
My aim in creating these paintings has been to learn about and portray the many systems and aspects of the Earth. I have tried to cast a wide net, explore as much as I can, and synthesize my findings visually. The paintings are partly inspired by my scientific learning and represent an intuitive and impressionistic integration of my exploration.
For many years I have contemplated the interconnectedness of life and the processes of flow (e.g., flow of history, transmission of ideas, and creative improvisation). Many of the paintings are simultaneously micro- and macroscopic, meaning that they could represent, for instance, a cell or a galaxy. Furthermore, cells within my paintings metaphorically represent entities ranging from organisms to institutions.
Several years ago, when I first learned about living systems theory, I was excited to find a scientific framework for the concepts that I'd been intuitively exploring in my paintings. Living systems theory focuses on relationships, and attempts to understand the underlying principles by which life organizes itself. In the mid-20th century, living systems theorists began to see life as made up of "wholes" rather than "parts." These wholes (cells, organisms, ecosystems, the planet Earth) are internally organized and are constantly exchanging energy and information to maintain an intricate and evolving balance.
An installation of three photographs celebrating trees in urban areas.
In Greek mythology, the gods punish those who harm a tree without making an offering to the tree nymphs.
Contemporary city dwellers value trees because they provide relief from concrete canyons and a physical and spiritual refuge from the relentless sensory bombardment of traffic and congestion.


We have an old plum tree that is not doing well. The plums are shriveling up into small black lumps and falling off. The leaves have spots, some have little worm like growths, and some are turning yellow already in the beginning of July. Last year we had a lot of rain here and I contacted you about a fungus look on the leaves and the plums drying up. Then I pulled all the grass out around it and put one layer of large cedar wood chips in. I included a picture of a bug that there seems to be quite a few of on the tree (on the purple Chinese lantern). The third picture shows the worm-like growths on the middle leaf.
Is there any thing else I can do than air it out? Is there more I can do to air it out, if that is the only solution to try to save this old tree? It use to produce nice big plums. Thanks.


My name is Marce Epstein. My firm, OhioGhostWriter, develops digital marketing strategies for companies in the manufacturing, technology, and medical industries. I also write content to execute those strategies.
I am a bit atypical for a writer. I have plastic manufacturing and supply chain management experience obtained while working at DuPont. I also have flexible packaging film experience acquired while working at CTFilm (which is a company that was acquired by Huntsman).
I have walked shop floors including automotive manufacturing, personal care production, packaging plants, and food preparation facilities. This background enables me to have meaningful, informed conversations with anyone in your organization — from the worker on the line managing production through business and technical leaders.
I hit the ground running, maintain focus, meticulously manage projects and will help you execute strategies that will increase website traffic and drive sales.
I engage in the world around me. Whether volunteering for professional organizations, knocking on doors for political candidates, handing out registration packets for the Flying Pig Marathon, or preparing walking tacos at swim meets, I enjoy pitching in for the greater good.
My feet? They were made for walking. I frequently pound the pavement throughout the greater Cincinnati, OH region. I am a repeat participant in the Flying Pig 10K and the Thanksgiving Day 10K Run & Walk. In 2016, I took my inaugural walk in the Queen Bee 4 mile walk. And to catch up with friends, I'd much prefer chatting while walking to conversing over food.
Fun? Unstructured, active time recharges my battery – both creatively and personally. Spending time working out, socializing with family and friends, and taking on the occasional creative project – like repainting the metal art that I replant each spring in the yard – keeps me busy. When time allows, or need demands, I engage in particularly intense battles with dog fur while combing out our 110 pound sheepdog.


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Suzuki to sponsor 40th FIL World Championship
Zug, Switzerland – Infront Sports & Media has secured Suzuki International Europe as an Official Main Sponsor of the 40th FIL (International Luge Federation) World Championship in Oberhof, Germany.
The event, which takes place from 24th -27th January with the competitions starting on 25th January, is the supreme event in the Winter Olympic sport of luge. Suzuki completes the line-up of four Official Main Sponsors - adidas (sports apparel), Helaba (banking) and the Region of Thüringen (the regional authority) – exclusively in the automotive category.
Suzuki's package for the event includes Suzuki branding on bibs, backdrops, inflatable structures and event flags and a significant inventory of perimeter advertising in positions in camera view along the length of the luge track. The brand will also have print advertising in official publications.
Suzuki is implementing a series of activities on site, including a VIP Shuttle service and a much welcome inflatable Suzuki Igloo for fans as a warm-up area.
The Japan-based manufacturer of cars, motorcycles and boat engines is already the main- and title sponsor of the Suzuki Challenge Cup and of the Suzuki Team Relay and supports the luge World Cup series as one of three main sponsors. Within the scope of its commitment as an important partner of the FIL the company intends to place its attractive, individual and reliable vehicles in a sporty environment.
Jörg Polzer
© Infront Sports & Media AG


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Minimum wage. For young people it's very difficult to find a good job that does not pay the minimum wage. The government set a limit for salaries, thinking that this money is enough for anyone to live a simple life. The problem is that most of the time the minimum wage is not even enough to pay rent.
Student loans. While some countries offer free education for every student, in other countries students have to take loans from the bank to be able to get a degree. What can you do to be sure that you will not have to pay huge fees for university?
Can freelancers improve the economy? In the last years, more and more people choose to work on their own. There are many freelancers with good income, but many of them don't pay taxes. What do you think about this?
Do people spend more when they pay with the credit card? There are studies that show that people tend to care less about money when they pay with a card, not cash. What can people do to have a better understanding of their expenses?
Should drugs and prostitution become legal? Even though there are many moral arguments against this, some experts say that this is the way to save the economy. Can this have a negative impact over the future generations?
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4 Pitchers Ready to Bounce Back After the All-Star Break
Matt Kupferle — @MKupferle Jul 10th, 2019
Zack Wheeler performed poorly in the first half, but his advanced statistics shows that maybe he's been a bit unlucky. Which other hurlers could be in line for a big second half?
Baseball can be a funky game. Pitchers we expected to be studs aren't performing as well, and some are wildly surpassing our expectations.
The great thing is that it's a long season, and between second-chance leagues post All-Star break, or just making up ground in your current leagues, you aren't dead in the water. Yet.
Let's examine four pitchers who could be primed for a bounce-back second half that you can steal away via trade or waiver wire acquisition.
Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox
2019 NFBC Average Draft Position (ADP): 3
ESPN Player Rater: 29
I have to admit, 2019 was going to be a season where I was overly obsessed with Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox -- just like I am now as binge-watch Stranger Things on Netflix.
In my live draft in Vegas this year for the NFBC, I passed on Sale at pick 10 due to his shoulder injury last summer and subsequent drop in velocity.
It's been a quirky season for Sale -- he struggled early on, recording a 6.30 ERA in the first month of the season. But ever since then, he's been flat-out disgusting, and his 34.5% strikeout rate ranks third-best in all of baseball. He also ranks third in K-BB% (28.6%), as well, and he's been hampered by a career-worst 1.35 home runs per nine innings (HR/9).
As long as Sale can potentially revert back to his career norms, he could be in line for a monster second half.
Zack Wheeler, New York Mets
2019 NFBC Average Draft Position (ADP): 24
After an absolutely dominant second half of 2018, Zack Wheeler rocketed up draft boards this off-season. Unfortunately, the first half of 2019 has not followed Wheeler's gorgeous second-half performance.
Wheeler owns the largest ERA - FIP differential among qualified starters, meaning that his 4.69 ERA could be far better.
Like Sale, Wheeler's undoing is rooted in his HR/9 -- it sits at 1.21, or nearly double his 2018 mark of 0.69. And the rest of his metrics are at or better than his 2018 marks. His strikeout rate has improved (24.1% to 25.6%), his walk rate -- long a bugaboo for Wheeler -- has declined (7.4% to 6.7%), and his fly-ball rate has marginally improved, as well.
Wheeler's velocity on his fastball is up a tick at 97.1 MPH, so assuming he can sort out the home run issues, he could be stellar in the second half, too.
Blake Snell, Tampa Bay Rays
While he doesn't qualify among starting pitchers due to a bit of missed time, Blake Snell stans will point to the southpaw's inflated 4.70 ERA this season spanning 90 innings and scream that regression was inevitable.
Savvy fantasy players, however, will recognize that while regression was inevitable, it's violently swung too far in the other direction. Snell's 2019 numbers compare pretty favorably to his 2018 marks, including an increase in strikeout rate (31.6% to 32.8%), a decrease in fly-ball rate (36.4% to 33.3%), and a huge leap in swinging-strike rate (15.1% to 17.8%).
Home runs that have also bitten Snell -- he currently sits at 1.30 HR/9, which is a career worst.
Snell has been a bit unlucky in terms of strand rate (68.0%), so banking on a big second half from the lefty is certainly not a bad premise.
Brandon Woodruff, Milwaukee Brewers
Wait, why are we analyzing a pitcher who has far outperformed his ADP this season? The scary part to consider for NL Central teams is that Brandon Woodruff of the Milwaukee Brewers likely has the ability to be even better down the stretch.
Woodruff's season can be easily defined in two chunks. In his first five starts of the year, he faced what used to be a good St. Louis Cardinals offense (twice), along with the Los Angeles Angels (eighth in team wOBA), the Chicago Cubs (seventh), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (fifth). The result was he was blasted for a 5.81 ERA over 26 1/3 innings pitched.
But in his last 13 starts, Woodruff has posted a sparkling 2.98 ERA, 29.5% strikeout rate, 5.0% walk rate, and only a 30.7% fly-ball rate -- all while pitching home games in the band box known as Miller Park.
So while his 3.67 ERA may not be as good as you could hope for, his 2.91 FIP and 3.52 skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) show he's been even better than what he's offered fantasy owners thus far. He could easily finish as a top-10 starting pitcher in 2019.


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Q: Pointers to a typed variable in C#: Interface, Generic, object or Class? (Boxing/Unboxing) First of all, I apologize if this has been asked a thousand times. I read my C# book, I googled it, but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking for, or I am missing the point big time.
I am very confused with the whole boxing/unboxing issue. Say I have fields of different classes, all returning typed variables (e.g. 'double') and I would like to have a variable point to any of these fields. In plain old C I would do something like:
double * newVar;
newVar = &oldVar;
newVar = &anotherVar;
...

I have a timer calls a function and passes the value of the referenced variable:
ChartPlotData(*newVar);

The reason why I am looking for a pointer is because newVar changes at runtime, linked to an Event:
public void checkbox_Clicked(object sender ...)
  if (sender == checkbox1) value = &object1.field1;
  if (sender == checkbox2) value = &object2.field1;

How can this be done in C#?
EDIT1: Explained purpose of referencing.
EDIT2: Made some incorrect statements, deleted them and shortened the question.

A: You could have a click event, as suggested in your edit, and then use a delegate to select the data to be passed to the control. I'm not sure if that'll meet your performance requirements though.
ChartPlotData(valueSelector());

// ...

Func<double> valueSelector;

protected void Checkbox_Click(object sender /* ... */)
{
    if (sender == checkbox1) valueSelector = () => object1.field1;
    if (sender == checkbox2) valueSelector = () => object2.field1;
    // ...
}

(If you preferred, and if you're able to, you could overload your ChartPlotData method to accept a Func<double> rather than a plain double, and then invoke the selector delegate lazily inside the method rather than at the call site.)

A: Simple types and structs are of value type in C#. You can't do anything about it unless as you mentioned you use unsafe modifier. Having said that, your options are limited.

*

*Use object instead of primitive types.

*Use arrays of size 1.

*Custom generic proxy class encapsulating either of above.

*???

A: You can refer to an existing value type using the ref keyword.
public static void ModifyNumber(ref int i)
{
    i += 1;
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    int num = 4;
    ModifyNumber(ref num);
    ModifyNumber(ref num);
    ModifyNumber(ref num);
    ModifyNumber(ref num);

    // num now equals 8

}

A: I am not sure why you need address of the variable. Double is value type and is stored in stack. To pass it by refference into the method just use C# ref keyword.

From cases you have mentioned I personally would prefer something like this:
class Program
{
    public class Refferenced<T> where T : struct
    {
        public T Value { get; set; }
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Refferenced<double> x = new Refferenced<double>();
        Refferenced<double> y = new Refferenced<double>();
        y.Value = 2;
        x = y;
        x.Value = 5;
        Console.WriteLine(x.Value);
        Console.WriteLine(y.Value);
        y.Value = 7;
        Console.WriteLine(x.Value);
        Console.WriteLine(y.Value);

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

It is similar to C# NullAble types.

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FMS 321 (Fall 2016)
Category: cutscenes
The King of Cutscenes
Console Game: Kingdom Hearts When cutscenes run longer than movies All of the cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts were compiled in this YouTube video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNdcyOLuZMs). The runtime of all of the cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts is 3 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds. This was the first video game I ever bought, but my brother played it since I was … Continue reading "The King of Cutscenes"
Console Game: Kingdom Hearts
When cutscenes run longer than movies
All of the cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts were compiled in this YouTube video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNdcyOLuZMs). The runtime of all of the cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts is 3 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds. This was the first video game I ever bought, but my brother played it since I was so terrible at defeating villains. Even though I did not play it all the way through on my own when I was younger, I remember watching all of the cutscenes in between. These scenes were so well made that I didn't mind not playing. Even now, they still captivate me.
Still… being forced to rewatch all of those cutscenes and not being able to skip them made the game seem longer. I wasn't able to finish the game in an hour and a half like other games, because I needed to watch all of the cut scenes and that extended the time from one and a half hours to five plus hours. The cutscenes are essential to the storyline and to the overall character development, and the cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts are very well made, however, not every gamer likes cutscenes. My brother, for instance, would rather play the game instead of getting to know the different characters and their motivations. Personally, I love cutscenes because I'm a terrible player and I get to take a break and just watch what happens. Also, I'm a total sucker for love stories as in the case of Kingdom Hearts.
I was shocked by how long the cutscenes were. I was able to get up, make a snack, leave the room and come back with the cutscene still going on. Of course, I lost some valuable information in the meantime, but it's hard to sit and watch a game for hours on end. Nevertheless, Disney and SquareEnix worked together to craft a reasonable storyline and intriguing new world. The opening scene of Kingdom Hearts and its sequels have been viewed millions of times, because they are so well developed. They are full of easter eggs and foreshadowing that don't become clear unless you finish the game and trust me – they make you want to finish the game!
Author Jasmine McCartyPosted on December 14, 2016 Categories cutscenes, Game 3, Game Logs
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Unions have in the past played a heroic role fighting for human rights, for example, against apartheid in South Africa. It is when they are at their best. The PFA draw on that tradition and reached out to its comrades worldwide who forced football's global body, FIFA, to overrule the indifference of the Asian Football Confederation, which happened to be chaired by a member of the Bahraini royal family.
The episode is a welcome example of Australia putting human rights at the top of its diplomatic agenda. The role played by Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne was less recognised than Mr Foster's but no less significant. She communicated Australia's concerns forcefully to the Thai government within weeks of Mr Araibi's arrest. Eventually Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined the battle and wrote personally twice to the Thai Prime Minister.
Unfortunately, defence of human rights is often a prisoner of realpolitik and it won't always be possible to make a difference. Australia won the release of journalist Peter Greste from an Egyptian jail and documentary film maker James Ricketson from Cambodia but Australian citizen Hang Yejun remains in a Chinese jail.
Hopefully, Mr Araibi's case will deepen understanding of why asylum seekers flee their homes and why they are so terrified of returning. It should help to humanise refugees at a time when some are trying to paint them as a threat.
There is one dark side to Australia's involvement in Mr Araibi's case. The details are hazy but it seems an Australian Federal Police computer program played a role in alerting Thai officials that Mr Araibi was on a Bahraini international wanted list and heading their way. This apparent breach of rules protecting refugees from their persecutors must be investigated.


Guam's women's baseball team that will represent our island next month in Hong Kong has been fine tuning its skills.
More than a dozen ladies have been putting in the practice time to challenge eleven other countries in the Phoenix Cup in Hong Kong Feb. 19-22.
Manager Patrick Fejeran and head coach Coby Muna-Barnes are geared to take on teams from the likes of Australia, Japan, Korea and China.


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