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Directed by Zak Penn, "Incident at Loch Ness" (also known as "Enigma of Loch Ness, The") is an Adventure/Comedy film, released on June 11 of 2004 in the USA , starring Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beristain, David A. Davidson, Michael Karnow and Robert O'Meara.
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Who directed "Incident at Loch Ness":
Incident at Loch Ness was directed by Zak Penn, a writer, actor, producer, and director.
Since Incident at Loch Ness, Zak Penn directed The Grand, released in 2007.
What was the release date of "Incident at Loch Ness":
Incident at Loch Ness was first released on Friday, June 11, 2004, in the United States. Also released on this day were Harvest of Fear (dir. Brad Goodman), Imagining Argentina (dir. Christopher Hampton), and Garfield (dir. Peter Hewitt). This was fifteen (15) years ago.
It has been released on Thursday, August 26, 2004 in the United Kingdom; Friday, May 14, 2004 in France; Tuesday, October 04, 2005 in Italy and on Saturday, February 26, 2005 in Australia.
What is the casting of "Incident at Loch Ness":
At the casting of Incident at Loch Ness we find Werner Herzog, previously seen in Invincible (2001) and Julien Donkey-Boy (1999); Kitana Baker (White on Rice (2009)); Gabriel Beristain (Blade: Trinity (2004)) [ more... ]
Michael Karnow and Werner Herzog can also be seen in The Grand, released in 2007.
What is the Storyline of "Incident at Loch Ness":
After a mysterious shot of a body floating in Loch Ness (reprised near the end), Incident at Loch Ness flashes back to the beginning of a documentary called Herzog In Wonderland being directed by John Bailey with an overview of Herzog's work as he himself begins work for a separate documentary to be called Enigma of Loch Ness, in which he is exploring the Loch Ness Monster myth. Throughout the film, Herzog asserts the Loch Ness Monster is merely a creation of a collective [...]
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Rafael Nadal Returns To Action In Abu Dhabi This Week, Set New Record
The Spaniard will play either Andy Murray or Dan Evans in his first match of the exhibition event on Friday.
It was a difficult second half of the season for Rafael Nadal. Due to a foot injury and the need for recovery, the 20-time Grand Slam champion missed Wimbledon, the Olympics and everything else from mid-August on, including the US Open.
But in just a few days he'll make his return to the court at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi that he's dominated in the past—he's won it five times, including the last time it was held in 2019, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in an epic final, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3), after three hours and 15 minutes.
This will be Nadal's 11th appearance in 13 editions of the event.
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"I'm very happy to be back at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi," Nadal said in a video message. "I hope to see you soon there."
Nadal has a bye into the semifinals of the event this year and will begin his campaign on Friday against the winner of an all-British quarterfinal between Andy Murray and Dan Evans, which takes place on Thursday.
The Spaniard's last match came on August 5th, almost four and a half months ago, falling to South Africa's Lloyd Harris in the round of 16 in Washington D.C.
He's scheduled to make his tour-level return at the ATP 250 event in Melbourne the week of January 3rd, which is the first week of the 2022 ATP season.
Despite not playing for most of the second half of the year, a strong first half of 2021—which included winning the ATP 500 in Barcelona for the 12th time and the Masters 1000 in Rome for the 10th time, as well as reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the semifinals of Roland Garros—helped Nadal maintain his spot in the Top 10, finishing at No. 6 on the year-end ATP rankings three weeks ago.
It was Nadal's 17th career Top 10 finish, all consecutive.
NADAL'S YEAR-END RANKINGS (since debuting on ATP rankings in 2001)
2001: No. 818
2003: No. 47
2005: No. 2
Nadal is now in second place for most Top 10 finishes in ATP rankings history.
MOST TOP 10 FINISHES IN ATP RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973)
18: Roger Federer (2002-2015, 2017-2020)
17: Rafael Nadal (2005-2021)
16: Andre Agassi (1988-1992, 1994-1996, 1998-2005)
16: Jimmy Connors (1973-1988)
14: Novak Djokovic (2007-2016, 2018-2021)
And last but most certainly not least, Nadal has surpassed Jimmy Connors for the record for most consecutive years finishing in the Top 10 in ATP rankings history.
MOST CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 FINISHES IN ATP RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973)
14: Roger Federer (2002-2015)
13: Ivan Lendl (1980-1992)
12: Pete Sampras (1990-2001)
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Authentick and Ironicall Historie of Henry V, The (1996 Television)
Approaching Literature, Course A210
Tony Coe
Explores the problematic relationship between event, text and performance in Shakespeare's Henry V. Also focuses on the way war, and images of war, are presented on stage and on film. In five sections: 1)...
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Romeo and Juliet (1995 Multimedia)
BBC Shakespeare on Cd-Rom
CD-ROM with the complete audio version of the play alongside the the complete Alexander text, together with photographs taken from past performances. Includes scenes from the BBC Shakespeare production with...
Building the Globe (1994 Video)
Patrick Spottiswoode and Sam Wanamaker discuss the construction and architecture of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside.
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Shakespeare's Globe (1994 Radio)
Radio programme about the construction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. In interviews with Sam Wanamaker, actors, historians and architects broadcaster Peter Haworth explores the impact of the Globe on...
Rediscovering Shakespeare (1990 Video)
Teleconference. The first international conference on the Rose and Globe discoveries, 'New Issues in the Reconstruction of Shakespeare's Theatre', was held at the University of Georgia, Athens,...
Bard of Southwark, The (1988 Television)
Friday Report, The
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Guy Michelmore reports on Sam Wanamaker's project of rebuilding Shakespeare's Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, London. Michael Hordern, Judi Dench, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Andrew Gurr are...
Making Shakespeare (1987 Video)
Brian Musgrove; Charles Ritchie
Uses video technology as a vehicle for arguments about current understanding of Shakespeare. Weaves performance, archive and film material with class and studio work in an attempt to consolidate recent...
Reconstructing the Bankside Theatres (1985 Television, Video)
Shakespeare, Course A361
Professor Glynne Wickham looks at the latest proposals to reconstruct Shakespeare's Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, examining the historical evidence for the construction of theatres in...
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Current affairs and news series. In this episode Ian Smith reports on plans about the new theatre that is to be built on the banks of the Thames, a project which is facing opposition from the local council....
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Harry Hastings
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I try to set up a filterable "shot chart" like http://graphics.latimes.com/kobe-every-shot-ever/ with leaflet. I've a geojson file thats stores all the shots data, I've them showing up in a layer.
I've set up an layer for all shots and a layergroup to filter the markers.
I already have some filters-buttons for single events, like "reset".
But what I'd like to set up is an dropdown-filter for "shots missed", "shots hit" and "all shots".
The data-info for that is stored in the geojson at "SHOT_MADE_", 1 means shot was made, 0 shot was missed.
I would like to get an code-example of how to get the filter work.
Then you just add the layer to the layergroup and add it to the map.
With 30 some teams and several conditions using 2 select dropdowns, something like this may be better.
This is mostly pseudo code, two selects call one "Team", the other "Conditions", set the conditions to fire onchange="SelectPoints();"
//initial setup your layer as "myLayer" and add it to the grouplayer.
weight: 7,      //outline width  increased width to look like a filled circle.
//Add selected points back into map as green circles.
Note that this method parses the GeoJSON data only once.
If you really want a drop-down menu instead of the default L.Control.Layers, then I encourage you to check out the layer switchers section of the Leaflet plugins list.
Note how this is functionally the same as the other code block above, only using data structures that grow instead of hard-coded data structures.
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4 Daily Fantasy Baseball Stacks for 7/5/19
Kenyatta Storin — @KenyattaStorin Jul 5th, 2019
As of this writing, roughly half of tonight's 26 teams are showing implied totals of 4.80 or higher, so we don't exactly have a shortage of offense expected for Friday's slate of games. But a handful are in especially juicy spots, with a few teams hovering around six implied runs.
Each day here on numberFire, we'll go through four offenses ripe for the stacking. They could have a great matchup, be in a great park, or just have a lot of quality sticks in the lineup, but these are the offenses primed for big days that you may want a piece of.
Premium members can use our stacking feature to customize their stacks within their optimal lineups for the day, choosing the team you want to stack and how many players you want to include. You can also check out our hitting heat map, which provides an illustration of which offenses have the best combination of matchup and potency.
Now, let's get to the stacks.
The Boston Red Sox arguably draw tonight's best pitching matchup (6.49 implied total), as they're expected to face left-hander Gregory Soto, who's really struggled at the big league level. Through six starts, Soto has posted a 6.03 SIERA, 14.4% strikeout rate, and 11.5% walk rate -- all ugly -- and he's also really struggled to keep the ball in the park off a 41.6% hard-hit rate and 40.8% fly-ball rate.
Making matters even better for the Sox is a Tigers bullpen that owns the fifth-worst xFIP among active rosters (4.71).
Mookie Betts ($4,300), J.D. Martinez ($4,400), and Xander Bogaerts ($4,200) make for a formidable trio of righty sticks in the top half of the lineup, and both Christian Vazquez ($3,000) and Michael Chavis ($3,500) have shown solid pop this year, too.
The lefty-lefty matchup isn't ideal for Rafael Devers ($4,300), though he'll likely go lower owned compared to the other high-priced Sox and could still feast on the Tigers' bullpen. Since the start of May, Devers has produced a .415 wOBA and .287 ISO while only striking out 16.0% of the time.
The Washington Nationals (6.01 implied total) also face a struggling hurler in Brad Keller, who likewise has some pretty ghastly numbers across the board, with a 5.39 SIERA, 16.3% strikeout rate, and 10.9% walk rate over 18 starts this season.
While a high ground-ball rate has helped him keep the ball out of the seats since his debut in 2018, it's dropped to a less imposing 49.8% this year, and he's also allowing way more hard contact (38.2%). For that reason, it wouldn't be surprising to see him give up more bombs moving forward, and perhaps we're already starting to see that -- he's been crushed in two of his last three starts, allowing four home runs over that stretch.
Anthony Rendon ($4,400), Juan Soto ($4,200), and Trea Turner ($4,000) are the stars here, of course, but there are also plenty of affordable bats we can roster, with the rest of the lineup coming in at $3,000 or lower. Adam Eaton ($3,000) is an inexpensive number-two hitter, while Ryan Zimmerman ($2,700) and Brian Dozier ($2,600) have some pop out of the fifth and sixth spots.
Jordan Yamamoto has enjoyed some excellent results through his first four Major League starts, but his peripherals suggest that the good times may not continue for long. Despite a crisp 2.35 ERA, a 4.96 SIERA is far less encouraging, and a .189 BABIP and 0.0% homer-to-fly-ball rate represent some clear signs of Yamamoto benefiting from some good fortune.
The lack of any home runs is especially unlikely to last much longer, as he's allowing a 43.4% hard-hit rate and 49.1% fly-ball rate, and he won't benefit from the pitcher-friendly confines of Marlins Park tonight.
Instead, he'll have to contend with warm temperatures at SunTrust Park against an Atlanta Braves lineup (5.73 implied total) that isn't short on power. Ronald Acuna ($4,200) and Freddie Freeman ($4,400) are always dangerous, and they're joined by some fairly affordable bats in the top half of the order between Ozzie Albies ($3,300), Josh Donaldson ($3,100), and Nick Markakis ($3,000).
Austin Riley ($3,500) is boom-or-bust due to an ugly 33.7% strikeout rate, but the power upside is no joke, producing a .307 ISO off a 45.0% hard-hit rate and 48.2% fly-ball rate.
Attacking the Baltimore Orioles is something we've done frequently in these parts, and there's no reason to stop now with the Toronto Blue Jays tonight (5.57 implied total).
Right-hander Dylan Bundy can get punchouts, but we've seen him fail to keep the ball in the park his entire career, allowing 1.74 per nine innings, and that number has creeped over 2.00 since the start of last season.
Left-handed batters are his big weakness, with his strikeout rate dropping to just 17.5% in the split this season, which is nearly identical to his career rate (17.7%). That gives a boost to Justin Smoak ($2,800), Cavan Biggio ($3,700), Eric Sogard ($3,300), Freddy Galvis ($2,900), and Rowdy Tellez ($2,500).
Of course, Bundy allows dingers to both sides of the plate, though, so guys like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ($3,200), Danny Jansen ($2,400), and Brandon Drury ($2,200) could get in on the fun, too.
Plus, on top of all that, we can never forget the Orioles' poor bullpen, which ranks last among active rosters with a 4.89 xFIP this year.
The Minnesota Twins also deserve mentioning (5.92 implied total), as they should be able to plate plenty of runs against Adrian Sampson and the Texas Rangers.


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Fred Jordan (born January 3, 1974) is an American attorney and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, who served as one of two majority leaders, which assist the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Early and personal life
Jordan attended Dewey High School in Dewey, Oklahoma. He is an Eagle Scout and continues to play an active role in the Boy Scouts.

In 1996, Jordan received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University where he was also a member of FarmHouse Fraternity.  He joined the Marine Corps after earning his Juris Doctor from Iowa University in 1999. As a Captain in the Marine Corps, Jordan served for four years before returning to his roots in Oklahoma.

Jordan and his wife Kara live in the Tulsa district where Jordan is a businessman.

Political career
Jordan was first elected to represent the 69th District of Oklahoma in November 2006. He was appointed to serve the House as Majority Leader by 2013 Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon.

Jordan had been given a prominent role in working on the 2013 workers' compensation reform legislation, a massive document that will transition Oklahoma's workers' comp system to an administrative system.

References

External links
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 VoteSmart.org
 Electok.com

1974 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century Native American politicians
Lawyers from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Living people
Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
People from Dewey, Oklahoma
Politicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Cherokee Nation state legislators in Oklahoma

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Who is Justin Hartley Dating? Meet the 'This Is Us' Star's Fiancée!
Updated: Feb 21, 2017 5:07 pm·
By Paulina Jayne Isaac
Sorry, ladies, but This Is Us star Justin Hartley has a beautiful fiancée!
The 40-year-old-actor is currently engaged to his former co-star, Chrishell Stause, 35. The couple met on the set of The Young and the Restless and are quite possibly our new favorite duo.
MORE: Chrissy Metz Dating 'This Is Us' Cameraman Josh Stancil — "It Was Just Organic!"
"We don't have a date," Justin said. "It just happened. It will be sometime in the next 10 to 12 years, I hope. No, seriously, it will be coming up in the next year or so."
Not only is his love life going great, but the former soap opera star's NBC drama is a huge hit. The show was recently renewed for two more seasons.
Click through the gallery to learn more about Justin and Chrishell!
Justin and Chrishell first met on the set of The Young and the Restless in 2014.
The couple hit it off and have been dating for three years.
The two are sports fans and frequently go to Dodgers games together.
They also recently got two dogs: Memphis and Gracie!
Justin and Chrishell announced they were engaged last summer.
And clearly have an adorable sense of humor!
Seriously, could they get any cuter?
They also don't take themselves too seriously!
Looks like they decided to embrace their devilish sides on Halloween.
They really can't get enough sports.
Wine tasting for the win.
They sure do clean up nice too.
Look at those mega-watt smiles.
Showing off their silly sides again.
There's no doubt they're totally in love.
In addition to baseball, the couple likes NASCAR.
Rooting on their Dodgers.
Staying true to their soap opera roots!
What a photogenic couple.
Justin and Chrishell plan to tie the knot in April 2017 — congrats, you two!


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By Andrea Grodnitzky | May, 11 2017
The ability of sellers to form teams that add value and present a compelling case to buyers is no longer optional but is required in today's complex sales environment.
For many sellers, executing a successful team presentation might feel like the luck-of-the-draw, but this is simply not the case. Richardson Sales Performance Senior Consultant and Trainer Michael Dalis demystifies team selling in his new book Sell Like a Team: The Blueprint for Building Teams That Win Big at High-Stakes Meetings.
Team Selling Skills Unlock Revenue
Prior to the great recession and the proliferation of online information sources, team selling was often limited to blockbuster business-to-business sales pitches, but now every sales person in every industry must have the ability to form an effective team to win business. In fact, according to Harvard Business Review, "… the number of people involved in B2B solutions purchases has climbed from an average of 5.4 two years ago to 6.8 today."
Sell Like a Team offers practical insights into the importance of developing the ability to form effective selling teams that are comprised of both sellers and non-sellers.
According to Dalis:
"… As sellers, we tend to focus on getting our salespeople ready. The sale is often made by more than one person … I've got to have a senior person, a subject matter expert, and a technology specialist come and join me. They haven't had sales training, but they are going to contribute to my success or failure in closing this deal … Whether people like to sell with others and whether they don't, it's a fact of life that if you are a sales person who wants to close deals and drive results, you're going to have to sell with others, and I wanted to help those people who were on that same mission."
Learning to "Sell Like a Team" is Easy When You Know the Process
Beyond answering the "Why" Dalis' "Sell Like a Team" answers "How," the book describes the process for forming and preparing a team for a presentation. It breaks out the different hats that a salesperson must wear during each phase of the process and includes tools and worksheets that help sellers and sales leaders apply what they have learned immediately.
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The 1910 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 24th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.

Macroom entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 28 August 1910, Macroom won the championship following a 5-06 to 0-02 defeat of Cobh in the final at the Cork Athletic Grounds. This was their second championship title overall and their second title in succession.

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Blame, Shame and Stigma are Hurting Families
by Carrie Wilkens, PhD and Jeff Foote, PhD
We all know that substance use disorders can exact a terrible emotional and physical toll on the person struggling. A person overusing substances can suffer lower quality of life, impaired functioning at work, school and in family roles, and financial, legal and health problems. What you may not realize is that a significant part of this pain is attributable to stigma, as people with substance problems are labeled all sorts of negative things ("liars," "losers," "junkies," "addicts") and are often judged to be immoral, full of character defects and somehow carelessly and even willfully deciding to use substances instead of prioritizing more valued things in life like relationships and productivity. When you add higher rates of sexually transmitted disease, unemployment, co-occurring mental health issues, domestic violence, broken families, and racism, the weight of stigma is compounded. People with substance use problems are at a minimum avoided, insulted, or misunderstood and worse, they are discriminated against, jailed, and abandoned. Thankfully in recent years there has been a push on a national level to reduce the shame and stigma associated with substance use problems and progress is being made.
What you may not realize however, is that the families of people who struggle with substance use problems also face stigma by association, which is essentially guilt by association. There are approximately 21.5 million people in the United States who have substance use disorders, and estimates are that for every one of them, at least one family member and as many as five other individuals are negatively impacted in a variety of ways, one of which is the negative impact of stigma.
Stigma and the Family
By being in a relationship with a person with a drug or alcohol problem, family members are also looked at by others through the lens of stigma. Research shows that they are often blamed as the cause of the problem, or the reason the problem is not resolving (Corrigan and Miller, 2004; McCann and Lubman, 2018) and often judged as incompetent. They often suffer in silence as they hear people talk about substance users—people they love, care for, and identify with—in derogatory ways. A large survey of US health consumers found that 80% had overheard hurtful or offensive comments about mental illness (Wahl, 1999) and as we have already noted, the labels for people who abuse substances are particularly caustic.
Family members who are worried about a loved one struggling with substances are often emotionally overwhelmed with fear, anger, disappointment and confusion. They are often distracted or in constant crisis management mode. And when they are brave enough to ask for help or talk about the problems they face, they often get admonishment ("you are doing too much" or "you need to stop enabling him") or advice that runs counter to their values and goals ("kick them out," "cut them off," "let them hit rock bottom"). They are labeled with the disease of "codependency" and are assumed, often by treatment providers, to have "bad boundaries," to live in "denial" and derive their self-esteem from "rescuing" their loved one. The solution, they are often told, is that they need to attend Al-anon meetings in order to change. Whether they are talking to other well-meaning friends and family or treatment providers, the message they get comes through loud and clear: you are doing something wrong; you are too lax, too strict, too involved, and the list goes on.
Many family members also face the added stigma of being involved in the criminal justice system since 65% of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States meet criteria for a substance use disorder (CASA, 2010). There is a significant chance that a person with a substance use disorder will interact with the legal system, possibly go to jail, and in the process be stigmatized for their substance use problem and their history of incarceration. The family will share in all this stigma as they have to live with other people's assumptions about their loved one.
The Impact of Stigma on Family Members
Family members often agonize about the impact of gossip, "What will people think?" and "How will our family be treated?" and doubt themselves. Parents of children using substances are perhaps hit hardest as they often think, "Maybe I am a bad parent." Unfortunately all of this blame and internalized stigma and shame lead to a reluctance to ask for support or help in helping their loved one. The terrible shame in all of this is that research has shown repeatedly that family members can play a critical role in change, by supporting and advocating on behalf of their loved one (Copello et al., 2009; Orford et al., 2013) and helping facilitate better engagement with treatment (Roozen et al., 2010, Myers and Wolfe, 2004).
What we don't talk about enough is the reality is that it is normal to try and be helpful when someone you love is hurting themselves. It's normal to want to protect people we love from consequences of their behavior, especially when the outcome might be public humiliation, shame and even incarceration or death. For example, parents may minimize or hide their child's substance problem if they fear the child will be treated differently at school or may not get into the school of their choice. Spouses may try to ignore or even help cover up a problem because the whole household depends on the substance user not losing her job. It's also normal to be anxious, and distrustful of others when you hear the way other people talk about a person who struggles with their use of substances. And, just as substance users resist treatment because they don't want to be labeled an "alcoholic" or "addict," family members understandably want to avoid the label of "codependent" or "enabler." And as humans, it's normal to hope against hope that things aren't as bad as they look.
Changing the Conversation
If someone in the family has a non-stigmatized illness like cancer, other people volunteer to help with household chores, bring food, or offer emotional support. There is often a sense of a community that can "rally around." The family doesn't get avoided or blamed for the problem and their judgement is not immediately questioned. Why is it that when a child is struggling with substance use, their parents feel like "bad parents" rather than "pillars of strength" supporting a child through a life-threatening struggle. Why does a child of someone struggling with substance use feel the profound need to hide and overcompensate for their parent instead of being able to ask for help? Why is it that they often know on a profound level that their parent is more likely to be punished than helped?
The science is in and we all need to pay attention. Instead of blaming families as part of the problem, families should be seen as sources of strength and understanding, and valued as key motivators of change!


It's essential for the next generation of workers and business leaders to see and understand data. Tableau's Academic Program is here to empower students with the valuable skills to help them achieve their data-driven learnings. Our Generation Data blog series highlights interviews with students and recent graduates who use Tableau.
We sat down with Matt Atherton from Northeastern University to discuss how he learned Tableau without ever taking a formal class and how Tableau helped him land a role at Alaska Airlines.
How did you first learn about Tableau?
I was studying finance and accounting at Northeastern University, but Tableau was not part of the curriculum. There was a job posting from accounting professor Bill Goldman, outlining a role for students to help him create resources for the HUB of Analytics Education. He needed a couple of students to work during the summer on what came to be a Sales Profitability case for his classes. The role entailed learning Tableau.
I watched video tutorials on Lynda.com, which was free through my university. It was a lot of trial and error in the beginning because I was essentially helping build curriculum for the case study Goldman's students would be learning in his next semester class.
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Tableau was exactly what I didn't know I needed! My first internship was data analytics-based at the TJX Companies. My job was to combine a lot of different data sources into one. Honestly, it was really hard. My ah-ha moment with Tableau was a few years later, once I started to learn Tableau. I realized how much time I could have saved if I knew the tool earlier in my career.
How did Tableau help you land an internship or job?
Tableau helped give me an edge in the application process. I had to learn Tableau quickly for my work with Professor Goldman. During my interview, I explained how I used Lynda.com, trial and error, and the Tableau community to learn the tool fast.
How do you use Tableau now at Alaska Airlines?
I'm currently working as a Financial Planning Analyst at Alaska Airlines headquarters. My team and I interpret data presented in Tableau every day. I frequently use Tableau for easy data manipulation and pulling data from various data sources. Even though I'm technically in a finance role, data analytics is still part of my job description. It's a tool that saves me and my team a lot of time.
What advice do you have for future students interested in learning Tableau?
The tool is fun! Start with tutorial videos—first the Getting Started video on Tableau's website then on Lynda.com. When you're watching these, think about how to visualize your own data. From there, start using data you're interested in. Look at community forum pages to find answers to the specific questions you have.
Awesome student success story, thanks for sharing!


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September 24, 2018 in NIA
Cedar View Housing Development homeowners satisfied, commend NIA and NHLDC at official opening
Two of the 19 home owners at the Cedar View Housing Development at Maddens Estate, commended the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) for the service and quality of the homes they received.
August 20, 2018 in NIA
Local and foreign demand for aggregate will be met, Board Chairman says
Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Natural Resources says the local market need not worry over the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation's (NHLDC) move to respond to the export market's growing demand for material from the Nevis Island Administration (NIA)-owned quarry at New River.
July 17, 2018 in NIA
NIA aggregate export expands to Guyana
Requests from clients in Guyana to the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) for aggregates mined on Nevis, has paved the way for the first shipment to be exported to that country, expanding the island's export market.
October 19, 2017 in NIA
NHLDC's designs and finishings impeccable, NHC Board Chairman Lindsay says
Mr. Valentine Lindsay, Chairman of the National Housing Corporation (NHC) Board in St. Kitts, commended Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Housing and Lands in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC), for what he described asimpeccable work being done at the Cedar View Development Project at Maddens.
April 26, 2017 in NIA
Work on first homes at NHLDC's million-dollar housing project in Maddens commences
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (APRIL 26, 2017) — Construction work on the first six houses at the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation (NHLDC) Cedar View Housing Development Project at Maddens is progressing apace. The number of houses under construction is expected to increase to a total of 15-20 in the coming three weeks. Work on the project commenced three weeks ago.
Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Housing and Land in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and Chairman of the Corporation's Board of Directors, said when he toured the site on April 26, 2017, that he was pleased with the pace and quality of construction.


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Momentum builds for fence along U.S.-Mexican border
Discussion in 'Freedom and Liberty' started by martin97, Nov 17, 2005.
martin97 Fuel busted Trucker. Founding Member
A once-radical idea to build a 2,000-mile steel-and-wire fence on the U.S.-Mexican border is gaining momentum amid warnings that terrorists can easily sneak into the country.
In Congress, a powerful Republican lawmaker this week proposed building such a fence across the entire border and two dozen other lawmakers signed on. And via the Internet, a group called weneedafence.com has raised enough money to air TV ads warning that the border is open to terrorists.
Even at the Homeland Security Department, which opposes building a border-long fence, Secretary Michael Chertoff this fall waived environmental laws so that construction can continue on a 14-mile section of fence near San Diego that has helped border agents stem the flow of illegal migrants and drug runners.
"You have to be able to enforce your borders," says California Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He's proposing a fence from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas. "It's no longer just an immigration issue. It's now a national security issue."
Colin Hanna of weneedafence.com says "there is incredible momentum on this issue," fueled by the specter of another Sept. 11. His group aired TV ads in Washington, D.C., this fall and plans more next year.
Fencing the border, originally proposed in the debate over how to stop illegal immigration, is controversial. The Bush administration argues that a Berlin Wall-style barrier would be a huge waste of money — costing up to $8 billion.
Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar says it makes more sense to use a mix of additional agents, better surveillance and tougher enforcement of immigration laws — and fences.
But Hunter points to the experience in San Diego, where the number of illegal migrants arrested is one-sixth of what it was before the fence was built.
"People have made stupid editorial comments about the Great Wall of China," he says, "but the only thing that has worked is that fence."
** "The Bush administration argues that a Berlin Wall-style barrier would be a huge waste of money — costing up to $8 billion."
More proof of bush's globalist agenda, he is a criminal, for lying under oath, " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." and a puppet of the globalists agenda.**
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.
martin97, Nov 17, 2005
ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member
Two strands of barbed wire on each of two stretches of fence 10 yards apart with plowed ground between them. One might (tho' I don't advocate it) place some packages of appropriate materials in the plowed areas. The barbed wire would simply be a warning. Can't see that more than one warning is needed.
"The weak grow strong by effrontery – The strong grow weak through inhibition!"
ghrit, Nov 17, 2005
ghrit said:
I will advocate it! I live in an area that used to be relatively drug, gang and crime free, not any more. they were criminals when they crossed our border, and they are criminals now! working at mcdonalds or gangbanging, I dont see any difference. mine the border.
I do not understand the lack of border enforcement and then the subsequent hindering of the volunteers that have decided to do something about it.
melbo, Nov 17, 2005
martin97 said:
and they are criminals now! working at mcdonalds or gangbanging, I dont see any difference. mine the border.
Yup they burnt down my Inlaws family Napa Business 2 years ago.
Quigley_Sharps, Nov 17, 2005
The whole idea is to merge Canada, the U.S. and Mexico by the year 2010. That includes economically as well. The open borders also provide the means for politicians to increase the size of government, expand control, and maximize profits for corporations by driving wages down. The general idea is that even though "theoretically" terrorists can cross our borders, our politicians know as well as I do that "terrorists" are a complete fallacy, and it is most times FEMA or some other covert operation (such as using mexican commandos trained in Ft. Benning, GA) to create a "horrible incident"....the idea is to create FEAR for those residing within the United States, have us kill each other off (See Mecha and Laraza) in gang warfare, and basically do their job for them.
Additionally, there is no purpose for the government to close the borders besides perform the WILL of the PEOPLE, as we are asking.
But, since WHEN does our government listen TO US, anyway?
I agree that the borders need to be closed. Illegal immigration needs to be stopped. Our illegals already in this country do not need to be naturalized and given amnesty -they need to be sent BACK to Mexico.
Brokor, Nov 18, 2005
My thoughts exactly, well said.
Two 50 ft. brick walls, twenty feet apart, from San Diego to Brownsville. Oh, and inside the walls, pit bulls with AIDS.
That'll turn the tide.
E.L., Nov 18, 2005
Hell, lets use that napalm and Willie Pete that we have stockpiled. Can't use it on the Iraqis, might as well use it on the border!!!
sniper-66, Nov 18, 2005
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For some reason, I have no problem with that... must be that 'close to home' factor
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I agree 100%. Building a wall will be very costly, but concertina wire and a few million landmines, thats the ticket!
"Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . ." Napoleon
155gunner, Nov 19, 2005
monkeyman Monkey+++ Moderator Emeritus Founding Member
Yup wire on both sides with mines in between has my vote too.
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect aplause, he noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self made laws....
The 3 boxes of freedom;the soap box, the ballot box and the ammo box
monkeyman, Nov 19, 2005
But gentlemen, that is inhumane. Besides, are you willing to pay higher prices for your fruit and vegetables when shiftless highschool kids have to start picking your crops? Are you willing to have damaged and bruised fruit because the "I don't give a damn" attitude of our youth doesn't care if your tomatoe is mushy! Are you going to let your kids out of the house early so they can make it down to Martin Luther King Blvd in Las Vegas so that the rich can drive down and pick up the days migrant teenage workers so they can have cheap labor mow their yards! Who will be the vanguard gang against the asian gangs. Who would watch a TV show called "Mind of a teenager" Comon, NAFTA would fall apart! We need to be careful what we ask for, we just might get it!
Clyde Jet Set Tourer Administrator Founding Member
shoot on first sight. no questions asked. that will keep them from trying to cross the border.
"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector" - Plato
Clyde, Nov 19, 2005
But gentlemen,
Don't confuse me with one of them when it comes to illegals.
that is inhumane.
Besides, are you willing to pay higher prices for your fruit and vegetables when shiftless highschool kids have to start picking your crops?
If the illegals are controlled (i.e. eliminated) there might be a surge in LEGALS that can now find jobs.
Are you willing to have damaged and bruised fruit because the "I don't give a damn" attitude of our youth doesn't care if your tomatoe is mushy!
A couple good field bosses can fix that rather readily. And (a big maybe) if the parents hold the kid's toes to the fire about working to earn a car, things should improve.
Are you going to let your kids out of the house early so they can make it down to Martin Luther Kng Blvd in Las Vegas so that the rich can drive down and pick up the days migrant teenage workers so they can have cheap labor mow their yards!
You bet!! Can you imagine a better way for them to get a bit of ambition?
Who will be the vanguard gang against the asian gangs.
Biting my tongue --
Who would watch a TV show called "Mind of a teenager"
Never heard of it, and who cares?
Comon, NAFTA would fall apart! We need to be careful what we ask for, we just might get it!
We should be so lucky.
Me, cynical? Well maybe, but the issue of illegals, no matter where they are from is still high on my list of things that need fixing.
Well at least we are all on the same page here.
Clyde said:
ghrit, you make me proud with your quote/edit/color/ ability these days
I love you guys. It really is hard to find people who understand the importance of having a strong border.


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On today episode of Basketball Wives LA Season 5, Angel Brinks host a star-studded event to celebrate her fifth anniversary of her clothing company. Tami and Reggie visit a fertility doctor. Jackie seeks the advice of an energy healer to get to the root of her emotional issues.
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Basketball is one of the most popular ball games. The basic rule of this game - to try to throw the ball into a basket of the opposing team and not to allow the players of the other team to throw it to your basket.
In 1936, basketball was included in the Olympic program. A little later it was startes to hold regular world championships for men and women. For men they started in 1950 and for women since 1953. European basketball championship began in 1935.
Matches under the auspices of NBA consist of four halves of 12 minutes clean time every, and FIBA - International Federation of amateur basketball - 4 halves of 10 minutes. The draws are not provided in the basketball game. If the draw has occured during the regular time - extra timeof additional five minutes is appointed until one of the teams wins. Only one exception is possible - when the cup held two meetings, then the first draw of them can be attributed and the result will be determined in the second game.
Europe hosts international basketball competitions on club teams, namely: European Cup, Challenge Cup, Euroleague, VTB United League.
This game is very popular in the USA, where one of the strongest basketball world championships - National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship is held.


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There were two very distinct atmospheres within the State Street Theater on Friday for the Austin, Texas-based indie rock band Okkervil River's short but energetic set. With the crowd — which could not have been more than 150 college and high school students — concentrated almost exclusively in a plaid flannel mob that did not extend past 20 feet from the stage, the rest of the theater became a cavernous and desolate backdrop.
As the group blasted their way through their set, not stopping to pause or acknowledge the crowd until four songs in, the passion and energy exuded by lead singer Will Sheff's mesmerizing, and paradoxically controlled, shouting was palpable (often literally for those lucky enough to be standing in front of him). However, being periodically showered with spit was a small price to pay for the intimacy and authentic energy offered by the group, as each short song exploded from the stage with precision and vitality. With the group opting to focus on a set of faster tempo songs from all of their albums, save for one "romantic" (Sheff's words) foray with "Girl in Port" off of The Stage Names and an intimate, harmonica-infused slow track from one of their earliest works, the small sampling of songs that spanned their entire thirteen year existence was just enough to leave everybody craving more.
However, taking several steps back into the theater and removing yourself from the small crowd provided for a completely different, and almost surreal, perspective. Nearing the end of the concert, after repeatedly turning our heads from the display on stage to look back at the totally empty ornate theater, my friend and I, along with several other tired concertgoers, moved back into the vacant seats to watch the encore. This allowed enough perspective for my friend to note that every member of the group, consisting of four men and one woman — Lauren Gurgiolo on the electric guitar — was sporting identical mid-length mop haircuts (this observation excludes the very talented, but bald, pianist Justin Sherburn, who we excuse due to genetic obstacles). It also provided for an almost inexplicable sense of mild disappointment. This feeling did not arise so much from the performance, but more from a general sense that for a college town noted for its taste in music, the size of the crowd did not come close to matching the level of talent on display. It was almost embarrassing when the group came out to a near empty theater, with house lights glaring, that more resembled a scene from the try-outs for a middle school musical than a rock concert featuring one the most talented bands going. Even though the house lights were quickly turned off, the impression of a massive but bare theater, only sparsely populated by a collection kids milling about, may explain why, after just two songs, Sheff decided to remove his thick-framed spectacles, and finish the concert with impaired vision.
This is not at all an indictment of the people who actually showed up to the concert — who, when concentrated into the tight mob in front of the stage, were clearly knowledgeable and passionate fans of the group — but rather an explanation for why the concert, while great, could have been even better. The small crowd, along with Sheff's meta-commenting on the lackluster performance of the lighting crew and dysfunctional microphones, created a sense of amateurishness, outside of the group's control, that was incongruent with the great talent of the band. Also, for a group and lead singer so reliant on passion and emotions in theirs songs, there were a couple of times, most notably during slower parts of the show, and during moments of between-song banter, that the smallness of the crowd, and the undoubtedly disorienting perspective from on-stage of looking beyond the huddled fans and into the vacant theater, that the group seemed to be a bit thrown off and almost disappointed themselves.
Ultimately, despite the odd atmosphere and distracting feedback from the broken microphones, Okkervil River delivered an amazing concert. While ostensibly on tour promoting their most recent album, I Am Very Far, the band did a great job mixing up the set list with songs from all of their albums, which no doubt satisfied longtime fans and people looking to hear new music. From their initial explosion on stage with the single from I Am Very Far, "Wake and Be Fine," to the climax of the concert, a pumped up and interactive rendition of "Lost Coastlines" from The Stand Ins, there was very little time to process one great song before you were engulfed in the chorus of the next one.
For a band that has been going since 1998 with six full albums under their belt, it's pretty amazing how refreshing and unique they are able to be, regardless of crowd size, venue and matching haircuts.


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July/August 2014 Liberals & Democrats
In Search of Greatness
Obama's place in history.
by Stanley Renshon
Will history declare Barack Obama a great, good, adequate, or poor president? Obama has three years left in office, and we can't know what those years will bring. But the five years he's already served in the White House offer ample material for assessing his presidency in the larger context of history. In fact, considering a president's legacy while he is still in office is an essential means of preparing the foundation for historical judgment—the first draft of the first draft, so to speak. Time adds perspective but also haze, and examining Obama's presidency in real time provides the sharpest focus on his basic choices and their effects.
A president's historical reputation is a function of the promises he kept and abandoned, the domestic and international conditions he faced, and the decisions he made in response. Barack Obama's pattern of leadership and the foundations of his legacy are to be found in these choices and their impact on the life of the country.
One distinction that places great, good, and adequate presidents on one side and poor ones on the other is that the first group addresses and effectively deals with the major problems they face on entering office. What were these major domestic problems for President Obama? Two stand out. First, he inherited an economy that had barely survived a liquidity crisis at the end of the Bush presidency. George W. Bush's resolute and controversial economic decision to initiate a massive federal intervention (TARP) stabilized, but did not heal, the post-crisis economy. The healing was President Obama's responsibility.
The second major problem that Obama faced was the relentless and precipitous decline of the American public's trust in political leaders and political institutions, especially at the federal level. In 1958, a Gallup poll found that 73 percent of the public believed you could trust the federal government to do what's right "most" or "all of the time"; by 2006, that figure had fallen to 28 percent. This decline in public trust has been accompanied by an increasing degree of partisan sorting that has widened the political and policy differences between Democrats and Republicans and raised the level of rancor in public discourse.
How did President Obama respond to the strong and repeated public plea to focus on the economy? Chiefly with rhetoric. Aside from countless declared pivots back to the issue, the president focused on his larger personal ambitions. These included monumental and legacy-building legislative efforts such as overhauling health care, passing cap-and-trade legislation, and signing an $800-billion-plus stimulus bill whose major purpose was to expand federal programs and lock in their new levels of funding for the future. As a result, what economic recovery we've seen since 2008 has been the slowest in America's history. What's more, in April the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that a record 92,594,000 Americans were not in the workforce. This matched a 36-year labor-participation-rate low of 62.8 percent.
As for public distrust of Washington, did the president govern as the pragmatic centrist he claimed to be and thus restore faith in American governance? In a word, no. At nearly every critical point that Obama could have made a choice to turn toward the center—after his initial election, just before and after the 2010 off-year election in which Republicans took control of the House, and after his reelection in 2012—he failed to do so. Obama's version of bipartisanship can be glimpsed in a comment he made in a 2006 interview: "You can have the best agenda in the world, but if you don't control the gavel, you cannot move an agenda forward." He continued: "And, when you do control the gavel…you have to be the one who's dictating how the compromises work."
As president, he acted on that view. Obama told Representative Eric Cantor, then the House Republican Whip, during a negotiating session over the size of the 2009 stimulus package, "I won," effectively ending the discussion over any balance of tax breaks and public spending. When Republican Senator John McCain raised objections to the secretive and exclusionary way Democrats were developing the president's health-care legislation, the president bluntly replied: "We're not campaigning anymore. The election's over." In "dictating how the compromises work" and thus stymieing progress, Obama contributed to still greater decline in the public's trust of Washington. Add to this a string of unresolved scandals including the IRS's political targeting and the broad and secret surveillance of private data, and it's no wonder that a 2013 Gallup poll shows that Americans who trusted the government to do what's right "most" or "all of the time" had fallen to 19 percent.
In Obama's failure to meet the two great challenges he faced upon taking office lies the "basic fault" of his presidency and the reason that he has received anemic grades and is likely to do so after he leaves office. The term "basic fault" comes from the Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint. His insight was that the real roots of peoples' troubles lay in a primary mismatch between their desires and their circumstances. A poor economy and widespread public distrust constitute the circumstances in which President Obama was placed. An examination of his desires will illuminate the gulf between man and moment.
An ambition for "greatness" establishes the psychological foundation for this president's "basic fault." In his single-minded quest for greatness through big transformative legislation, Obama ignored the ailing American economy and sacrificed the bipartisan opportunities he might have had or created, had he opted simply to be a good president. Of course, almost every modern president reaches that office on the wings of his ambitions, but even at this level, presidents differ. President Obama wanted to be, in his own frequently repeated formulations, "great" and "transformational." Announcing his 2008 candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, he said, "let us transform this nation." Campaigning in Iowa, he said directly, "I want to transform this country." In his first inaugural address, he called on his fellow citizens to help "remake America"—not change it, mind you, but remake it. Asked on Meet the Press about his wanting to be a great president, Obama replied, "When I think about great presidents, I think about those who transform how we think about ourselves as a country in fundamental ways so that, that, at the end of their tenure, we have looked and said to ours—that's who we are." He went on: "They transformed the culture and not simply promoted one or two particular issues."
The president sees himself as a philosopher-king whose greatness and transformational leadership reflect the importance of his political ideas and his status as a national moral compass and avatar. Others would be tasked with developing and putting his vision into effect as they did with the administration's stimulus proposals, Dodd-Frank financial reform, the Senate's version of immigration reform, and his health-care legislation.
That same iconic self-image is at the root of the president's disinterest in his own administration and the governing responsibilities that come with being president—the botched health-care rollout and its random implementation, the ignored warnings about Benghazi, the IRS's targeting of conservative organizations, and now the Veteran's Administration sad fiasco.
It's not that the president doesn't care; he's just had his attention focused on what really matters: his legacy.
Obama's transformational ambitions for greatness were aided and abetted by a senior staff that reinforced his enormous self-confidence and his view of himself as a historic figure. One of the president's senior aides told a reporter for the Washington Post, "He's playing chess in a town full of checkers players." Another, Valerie Jarrett, said, "He knows exactly how smart he is…He knows how perceptive he is," and what's more, "I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually." During Obama's first campaign some of his aides referred to him as the "Black Jesus."
Once Obama was elected, this idealization extended into the very highest levels of his senior staff. His chief political adviser David Axelrod said of working with Obama: "It's like you are carrying this priceless porcelain vase through a crowd of people and you don't want to be the guy who drops it and breaks it." Having advisers think of you in terms that parallel God's son or as a rare and priceless piece of porcelain has its problems, especially if you're charged with making momentous decisions. After all, who would dare to tell even a symbolic reincarnation of Jesus that he shouldn't do something?
Obama's ability to get honest advice has been made harder still by his own self-regard. It is not hyperbole to say that he considers himself his own best, most knowledgeable adviser. At one point during his first presidential campaign, Obama asserted that in picking a vice-presidential nominee, he didn't have to worry about foreign-policy experience because "foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain." Asked after the presidential campaign about the best advice he had received while running, he replied, "Well, I have to say it was the advice that I gave to myself." In July of 2007, he told a group of fundraisers, "I'm the best retail politician in America." In early 2007, when Obama interviewed his campaign's future political director, Patrick Gaspard, he told him: "I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors." Obama's presidential ambition for greatness, coupled with his view that he alone has the skills to achieve it, is a recipe for political self-sabotage, and it has cost him dearly in terms of achievement.
Before placing Barack Obama on the poor-to-great continuum, we must come to a clear understanding of the terms of assessment. Great presidents successfully face nation-defining circumstances. This can mean guiding a new country into existence (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson), fighting a major world war after overcoming an economic depression (Franklin Roosevelt), or keeping the Union intact (Abraham Lincoln). Their mistakes and excesses (Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, Roosevelt's internment of the Japanese) are weighed against the enormity of the problems they successfully faced, and the balance still tilts toward an exceptional record.
Good presidents successfully face major problems of a slightly smaller magnitude. This covers managing the Cold War (Dwight D. Eisenhower), or rekindling public confidence in a leadership and governing paradigm that works (Ronald Reagan), as well as successfully dealing with ordinary presidential problems such as economic downturns and non-catastrophic foreign-policy crises. Good presidents lead by forging common ground, and they govern by trying to build on it.
Even so-called adequate presidents often do their jobs well. Like every other president, they sign numerous bills into law, respond to the ordinary issues that arise during their time in office, and sometimes successfully initiate or manage important policy issues. This was done regarding welfare reform (Bill Clinton) and handling the demise of the Soviet Union (George H.W. Bush).
Poor presidents do not lack accomplishments so much as they are historically haunted by gross errors of judgment or leadership (Jimmy Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon). Yet even these "failed" presidents can have truly significant accomplishments on their record. Carter engineered a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel that has stood the test of time. Johnson's failed Great Society efforts must be balanced against a truly important Civil Rights Act. And while Nixon resigned his office rather than be legally removed from it, his "Nixon goes to China moment" was a strategic tour de force.
Using these criteria, what can we say about the prospects of Obama's place in history? First, we can rule him out as a great president. He did not face nation-defining circumstances, let alone rise to them.
Nor can we accurately say that Obama has been a good president. His quest for greatness and for transforming the country led him to govern from his left-of-center convictions in a nation desperately in need of common ground. This in turn has further stimulated political divisions and opposition to his plans. He now faces diminished opportunities for accomplishments in his last two and a half years in office.
The top two tiers are out. This leaves the question of whether Obama will be seen as an adequate president or a poor one. On this, it is still too soon to make a call with confidence. As things stand, there is an unresolved domestic-policy consideration and an unresolved foreign-policy consideration, each with the potential to define Obama's place in history. If the president's signature heath-care plan ultimately fails to accomplish its stated purpose of substantially lowering costs and reducing the number of uninsured, Obama will be judged a poor president. The same fate awaits him if his diplomatic approach to Iran's nuclear aspirations results in an Iranian bomb.
Presidents, especially controversial ones, look to "history" for vindication, and Obama is no exception. He, like other presidents, can count on time to grant him at least a small measure of forgiveness. Historical perspective tends to flatten out the leadership and policy complexities of most presidencies, and to extract one or a few essentials. Today we remember Harry Truman for his "buck stops here" decisiveness, for example. We don't hear much about the phase "to err is Truman" or his failed seizure of the nation's steel mills during the Korean War.
Obama can also count on a legion of admirers in academia and elsewhere to argue in favor of his transcendent qualities. These cheerleaders were there before he was president, and they will continue to promote their investment after he has left the White House. And posterity will rightfully note Obama's historic stature as America's first African-American president. But it's unlikely that these considerations will push the Obama presidency from one historical category to another. And Barack Obama seems to know this. If he believed that fawning supporters and historic firsts were enough to ensure his legacy, he wouldn't be straining so hard through executive actions to recapture some of his lost opportunities.
It is theoretically possible that Obama will choose to change his governing pattern. He might, for example, prove willing to work with Republicans on big economic issues like reforming the tax code, assuming Republicans trust him enough to work with him. But this seems highly unlikely. Greatness fervently sought but denied is not a psychological recipe for compromise, and besides, we know how he understands that word.
Before the president's most recent State of the Union speech, one report noted that with only two such addresses to go, the president's target "is increasingly history." This misses the point. Obama has always been running for history. The irony of his presidency is that it could have been rated very good if the president had not tried so hard to be "great." Had Obama really attempted to work with Republicans and find common ground, he might have found achieving sound health-care legislation, tax and entitlement reform, immigration reform, and the expansion of preschool education entirely possible, maybe even likely. That would have been quite a record.
It is likely that after the midterm elections, the driving force of Obama's presidency—his search for greatness—will have reached its poignant conclusion in the checkmate of his ambitions. Ironically, the checkmate will have been set in motion by his ambition to escape the confines of the governing realities of the country he wished to transform.
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New 'Daily Show' Host Trevor Noah Tries Out Jokes About Racism, Ebola
Marc Silver
The Trevor Noah countdown has begun. The South African stand-up comedian will begin hosting Comedy Central's Daily Show on Sept. 28. And what better way to get ready than ... by doing comedy.
Noah was in D.C. this weekend as part of a summer comedy tour. Our NPR colleagues Frederica Boswell and Gwynne Villota went to the sold-out show. He got a standing ovation when he came out. Then came the act. Boswell, who has seen Noah perform before, notes that the mixed-race South African (father white, mother black) used to speak of "they" when referring to African-Americans. And now it's "we." One sample of his new perspective about living as a black man in the U.S.: "I just don't want to die and I don't know how not to die."
"He was definitely out to prove the doubters wrong that he can comment on American issues," she adds. "And from the crowd's reaction, I think he did."
Here's a roundup of jokes and observations courtesy of Boswell and Villota:
On Racism:
A police car comes up behind Noah while he's driving with a white friend and flashes its lights. The white friend says, "Did you do anything wrong?" Noah's reply: "That's not the point."
He did a long piece on all the black people who've been killed in the past few years, trying to figure out what it all means. He doesn't want to wear a hoodie, like Trayvon Martin. He has learned not to run toward the police [as Michael Brown reportedly did in Ferguson, Mo.]. But then he says that Walter Scott ran away from the police and still got shot. "Some said he was a bad guy because he owed $16,000 in child support. I can understand the ex-wife wanting to shoot him but not the police."
He talked about how he comes "from the home of racism" and how it's surprising to see how "cheap and mass produced racism is in the U.S. Like it's made in China. America showed him new kinds of racism — even the "charming racism" of Lexington, Ky.: "Afternoon, n******."
On Culture Shock:
He is uncomfortable driving in America, not because he has to drive on the wrong side of the road, but because he has to sit on the wrong side of the car. "I come out of the grocery store and get in to the right side of the car, then realize I'm on the wrong side, but I just sit there afraid to make a fool of myself and pretend to wait for my driver."
On Ebola:
On every plane coming from Africa, every passenger had to get their temperature taken, Noah said. But they skipped him: "Like I'm not African enough. I don't want Ebola, but I want people to think I could get Ebola!"
On a recent flight, "I coughed once, the plane shook. Ebola, Ebola! Calm down dude, it's just AIDS. "
When Ebola was at its peak last year, the airlines didn't pay as much attention to Middle Easterners. Instead, it was Africans. His punchline: "There was a time when Muslims were the black people of the sky!"
On Terrorism:
He pinpointed the time when we stopped worrying about Ebola and went back to worrying about Middle Easterners: after the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
When a white person commits a horrible atrocity, the media says "a lone gunman" and talks about mental instability. And doesn't use the word terrorist.
On Air Travel:
"TSA" stands for "takes smiles away." Put your smiles in the bin!
Editor's note: Well that one's corny ... but true. Readers, let us know what you think of Noah's jokes.
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