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A List of the Best Persuasive Essay Topics
Persuasive essays are similar to argument essays. But the subjects allow for them to be a little gentler and kinder, making them to a lot more fun to write. While argument essays require you to discuss an opposing point of view, persuasive essays are attempts to convince your audience of a side of an issue.
Here are eight ideas for persuasive essays to help you have little fun and enjoy your writing:
Teenagers should be monetarily rewarded for good grades. Getting good grades and doing well in school can certainly prepare one for the professional world. Having monetary rewards encourages and reinforces working hard.
We need more women in politics. More women in politics can help bring new gender perspectives on decades old thinking. More women in politics will also encourage future female leaders to push themselves and excel in a field that has been largely dominated by men.
Gun ownership should be tightly controlled. Though there are a number of responsible gun owners, there is still much concern over gun violence throughout the U.S. Should lawmakers monitor who owns guns and track guns even more so than they do now? How would they do this?
Too much money is a bad thing. There's a saying that goes, "Money can't buy happiness." And considering the increased problems that arise when people have money, this saying certainly appears to hold true. Is money then a bad thing for most people? What are the exceptions where too much money is okay?
People should go to jail when they abandon their pets. Abandoning an animal should be considered a form of animal cruelty. There are a number of alternatives – animal care shelters and adoption agencies – that it seems reasonable that people be punished for leaving their pets behind.
Racial slurs should be illegal. People who convey racial slurs – whether in writing or in speech – should not hide behind the first amendment guaranteeing their freedom of speech since their statements perpetuate hatred and bigotry towards a group of people and cause more harm than good.
Recycling should be mandatory for everyone. There is no denying that increasing population and longer lifespans have put more pressure on the environment – mostly in the form of pollution. We should know that in order to preserve the earth we must increase recycling efforts.
No one should have to pay for internet access. There are countless benefits that have come from the advent of the internet. We can educate ourselves in a number subjects, can conduct business more efficiently, can communicate with virtually anyone in the world and much more. But still there are many people who are deprived of this because they can't afford it. Should internet be free for everyone?


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Ice Nine Kills Murder Week 1 Sales With A Top 20 Spot On The Billboard Top 200
ICE NINE KILLS Murder Week 1 Sales Hit #18 On Billboard Top 200 And 35 Million Streams For New Album THE SILVER SCREAM 2: WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD Out Now Via Fearless Records| Stream The Album Here
"Sequels usually suck. Horror fanatic Spencer Charnas doesn't just want to break that curse
— he's out to kill it." - Revolver
"With this album, Ice Nine Kills continues to slash their own path forward in rock— It's immersed in Halloween perfection while taking things up a notch." - SPIN
"The Silver Scream 2 continues to build the band's unique, horror-tinged universe, deepening their commitment to cinematic songwriting and ambitious music videos." - Alternative Press
Photo Credit: F Scott Schafer
Kings of Slashercore, ICE NINE KILLS and their fans, known as Psychos, have triumphantly massacred week one sales for the band's brand new album, 'The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood', which has slashed its way to the highest week one chart positions of the band's career so far. The album hit #18 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 Digital, #1 Current Hard Music, #2 Current Rock, #2 Independent, #4 Current Album Sales, #5 Album Sales (Overall), #8 Internet, shifting a whopping 25,000 units. 'The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood' is out now via Fearless Records, stream here.
Like the undead slashers celebrated in their songs, Ice Nine Kills return with 'The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood', a sequel of gruesome movie-sized proportion to their No. 1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, 'The Silver Scream. Welcome to Horrorwood' carves out a fresh, bloody homage to the VHS celluloid classics that possessed singer and driving creative force, Spencer Charnas at an early age, with a devilish new twist. Speaking on the blockbusting chart success of his band's latest slab of horrifying brutality, Charnas shares
"Just like the killers who inspire us…our loyal Psychos just won't DIE…Thank you for helping us slash and chop our way onto the Billboard charts. Remember that death is only the beginning…Long live HORRORWOOD."
Ice Nine Kills released 4 tracks and accompanying music videos from 'The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood' prior to its release. "Funeral Derangements" (Pet Sematary) "Rainy Day" (Resident Evil) 'Assault & Batteries' (Chid's Play) and "Hip To Be Scared" (American Psycho). To date, the album and the four singles, have clocked up 35 million global streams and 8 million YouTube streams to date.
The music videos released so far have featured a plethora of cameos from the likes of horror icon Bill Moseley (The Devil's Rejects,House of 1000 Corpses), Miko Hughes (Pet Sematary, Wes Craven's New Nightmare), Josh Katz from Badflower, James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca creators of the wildly popular Dead Meat James "Kill Count" Youtube series, legendary character actor Ricky Dean Logan (Freddy's Dead, Seinfeld, Back To The Future II), Ash Costello (New Years Day) and Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach).
The album itself features some huge guest vocal slots from Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Corpsegrinder (Cannibal Corpse), Brandon Saller (Atreyu), Buddy Nielsen (Senes Fail) and Ryan Kirby (Fit For A King).
The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood
1. Opening Night…
2. Welcome To Horrorwood
3. A Rash Decision
4. Assault & Batteries
5. The Shower Scene
6. Funeral Derangements
8. Hip To Be Scared (feat. Jacoby Shaddix)
9. Take Your Pick (feat. Corpsegrinder)
10. The Box (feat. Brandon Saller of Atreyu & Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King)
11. F.L.Y. (feat. Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail)
12. Wurst Vacation
13. Ex-Mørtis
14. Farewell II Flesh
WATCH: Official Music video for "Hip To Be Scared"
WATCH: Official Music Video For "Assault & Batteries
WATCH: Official Music Video For "Rainy Day"
WATCH: Official Music Video For "Funeral Derangements"
What The Press Are Saying
"Sequels usually suck. Horror fanatic Spencer Charnas doesn't just want to break that curse — he's out to kill it."
- Revolver
"With this album, Ice Nine Kills continues to slash their own path forward in rock— It's immersed in
Halloween perfection while taking things up a notch."
- SPIN
"The Silver Scream 2 continues to build the band's unique, horror-tinged universe,
deepening their commitment to cinematic songwriting and ambitious music videos."
- Alternative Press
""Welcome to Horrorwood" is truly an album to die for."
- New Noise Magazine 4.5/5
"A unique, thrilling and unpredictable record, The Silver Scream 2 has all the makings of an instant horror hit."
- Kerrang! 4/5
"The Silver Scream is more than just music, it is an event. If you love Ice Nine Kills, get on it. If you love horror movies, get on it. If you just love heavy music, get on it."
- Wall Of Sound 9.5/10
"In The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood, ICE NINE KILLS have surpassed the bar set by the original by some margin. It's heavier, catchier and more cohesive than The Silver Scream. "Sit back for the sequel of your dreams"."
- Distorted Sound 9/10
"absolutely fucking fantastic. They take everything that we loved about The Silver Scream and turn it up another level."
- Barebones Entertainment 5/5
"if you loved The Silver Scream, there's no reason you won't find its counterpart to be an instant cult classic, too. It's a scream, baby!"
- Cryptic Rock 5/5
"visionary trailblazers and gifted multimedia storytellers, who have crafted to perfection the art of taking some of the most memorable horror films of all time and mesh them together with metal music, to create some of this generation's most brilliant musical masterpieces."
- Spill Magazine 4.5/5
"The ferocity and viciousness conveyed by this band are positively hellish in the best way. Potentially this year's best release to date, or certainly a contender at least, this band have once again proved they are legends in the making."
- Haunted Publications
"If you thought The Silver Scream was good, get ready to be thrilled by this newest release from Ice Nine Kills! The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood is a complete BANGER."
- Grimm Gent
"Ice Nine Kills have crafted a sequel that is a cut above the original and that will leave their fans screaming for more."
- Rock Sins 9/10
WZRD BLD (As I Lay Dying, Emmure, A Day To Remember) produced The Silver Scream and returned for Welcome to Horrorwood. The album mixes the melodies, riffs, and wit that are the band's signature, as heard in the Top 10 Mainstream Rock single "A Grave Mistake" and Top 20 hit "Savages." Dan Sugarman (guitar & vocals), Ricky Armellino (guitar & vocals), Patrick Galante (drums), and Joe Occhuiti (bass & vocals) are the current co-conspirators behind Charnas, who founded the band as a teen in the early 2000s. Decadent, devious, and fiercely insane, Ice Nine Kills celebrate pop culture's darkest edges, mining a cinephile library's worth of iconic horror on The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood. The creative marriage made in hell of music and fiction began in earnest with the Top 5 Hard Rock album, Every Trick in the Book, which brought the previous three records' themes to new levels.
The band's synergy of music and lifestyle draws favorable comparisons to Slipknot and Rob Zombie. Visionary trailblazers and multimedia raconteurs, INK built a thrilling world for a growing legion of devoted true believers, with theatrical shows, high-concept videos, and inventive band-to-fan communion. Their wildly creative output has seen them become recent recipients of the prestigious Clio Award for Music Marketing for their "Merry Axe-mas" mobile game and their live streaming event from October 2020, The Silver Stream be nominated for 5 awards at this year's Horror Hound Film Festival Awards in the categories of Judges Choice, Best Sound, Best Supporting Performance, Best Cinematography and Best Feature. With over 1.47 million monthly listeners on Spotify, 410 million career streams to date, a combined social media reach of over 950k and over 74 million views on YouTube, the band are firmly cemented as one of modern metal's most vicious forces.
Ice Nine Kills Are
Spencer Charnas – Vocals
Ricky Armellino – Guitar & Vocals
Dan Sugarman – Guitar & Vocals
Joe Occhiuti – Bass & Vocals
Patrick Galante – Drums
Find Ice Nine Kills Online
iceninekills.com

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Why it's time to stop the negative self-talk surrounding diet and nutrition
Nov. 11, 2019 at 6:00 am Updated Nov. 15, 2019 at 3:20 pm
Do you verbally beat yourself up for making poor diet choices, not eating proper meals or eating irregularly? Stop. Instead, try to treat yourself with compassion. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times, file)
Carrie Dennett
Do you subscribe to the belief that verbally beating yourself up — whether in your head or in front of others — is the key to eating better, exercising more, losing weight and otherwise becoming a more "worthy" human? In our diet-obsessed culture, there's a pervasive idea that shaming ourselves about our perceived food failings and body inadequacies is motivating.
Well, it's not.
Several of my clients, once they've shed the mantle of diet culture and traded self-criticism for self-care, have been shocked by their findings. Book clubs, wedding receptions, group vacations, yoga retreats, restaurants, office break rooms and holiday gatherings will never be the same to them — because the diet talk and body-shaming is suddenly plain as day. Food, whether eaten or avoided, is picked apart, and bodies figuratively dissected. "I didn't earn this dessert." "I shouldn't be eating this." "I was so bad yesterday … I can only have a salad for lunch today." "How many calories/carbs/fat do you think is in this?" "I better go to the gym to burn this off." "I'm not eating any more X until I lose X pounds."
"I had no idea how awful it is," my clients say. "I can't believe I used to talk like this, too."
I nod. "Once you finally see diet culture for what it is, it's impossible to un-see it."
This kind of talk is toxic, whether it's a loop playing inside your head or a means of bonding with other women over dinner — sadly, this does seem to be the domain of women. It makes people who treat themselves with kindness not want to eat with you, and worse, it harms your mental and physical health — negative body and food talk is associated with stress, depression and anxiety, as well as unhealthful eating behaviors, like highly restrictive diets.
According to research, women who prioritize appearance are most likely to engage in negative talk about their bodies, along with unhealthful eating behaviors. Women who care more about health than appearance, on the other hand, are more likely to show themselves self-compassion. Self-compassion helps us build and maintain habits that help us feel well and be well, such as getting enough sleep, eating balanced meals and making time for physical activity, because compassion soothes negative emotions that may emerge if our habits falter — say, we have a day without vegetables, eat to the point of over-fullness at a meal or don't make it to the gym — making it easier to resume those habits instead of falling into a funk.
People with high self-compassion are more likely to practice behaviors that support health for internal reasons, with self-care as their motivator. Think about it for a minute: If you are constantly critical of yourself, you might not like yourself very much, so why would you take care of yourself?
If you suspect your internal voice is far from kind, what can you do?
First, listen. To quiet that critical voice, you need to be fully aware of what it's saying, and when and how often it's saying it. This can feel icky, and it's easy to become self-critical about just how self-critical we are, so try to stay judgment-free — you're gathering important information about yourself.
Then, when you notice that voice popping up, gently shift to a more compassionate voice, like one you would use with a dear friend, or a family member who's struggling.
Finally, be patient — this change may take time, but it's worth it.
Carrie Dennett: CarrieOnNutrition@gmail.com; on Twitter: @CarrieDennett. Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN, CD is a registered dietitian nutritionist at Nutrition By Carrie, and author of "Healthy For Your Life: A holistic approach to optimal wellness." Visit her at nutritionbycarrie.com.
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Christel Querton
Law, Newcastle University
Email: C.Querton2@ncl.ac.uk
The research aims to critically analyse asylum law, jurisprudence and policy in the EU by looking at selected Member States to determine the way in which EU Member States implement and interpret international and European refugee and human rights law standards in the asylum claims of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and generalised violence from a gender perspective. I draw on gender and security studies to propose an original framework for reconceptualising the Refugee Convention in a manner which takes account of the changed nature of armed conflicts. The research enquires into whether appellate authorities in the EU take account of specific forms of gender-related persecution or gender-based violence and in particular the gender-differentiated impact of armed conflict.
https://rli.sas.ac.uk/about-us/research-affiliates/christel-querton
Supervisory Team: Dr Maria-Teresa Gil-Bazo, Law (Newcastle), Prof. Richard Collier, Law (Newcastle), Prof. Colin Harvey, Law (QUB).
Start Date: September 2016.


Associations of Christ's Faithful may be made of up either clergy or laity or both. They strive by a common effort to promote the living of a fully Christian life. They foster public worship, and exercise other apostolic works, especially in the area of Evangelisation. The associations often have within their membership consecrated men and women who are full members of the association and under the governance of the association's moderator.
The story of the Confraternity of Christ the Priest begins with the story of Australia – a country with so much that is going well, but at the same time, with something not right. Of today's 22.5 million Australians, around 21.5 million do not go to Mass. He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned... Unless you eat My Body and drink My Blood, you will not have life in you... I am the Resurrection and the Life...You have the words of everlasting life. "The plain fact about human beings, wealthy or poor, is that we need God and we need His Church. Australia is a wealthy, developed country, but it is also a mission field hungry for the Gospel. Australian priest Fr John Whiting realized that this mission to Australia's "churchless millions" needed the teamwork of many people who would be free to dedicate themselves to this work. And so began the Confraternity of Christ the Priest.
Most groups of priests or brothers or sisters are established to work for a particular group of people. Nursing sisters work for the sick and elderly, teaching orders work for young people. The Confraternity too was founded to work for a particular group, those who have given up all practice of the faith and those who have never known what religion is. The work of the priests is the Intensive Apostolate – the Confraternity takes on a parish for 25 years and has in the parish not one or two but many priests. The heavy work of a parish priest, on his own and simply serving those who go to Mass already, leaves very little time to think of any missionary work to non-Catholics or lapsed Catholics. But with many priests focusing their zeal for God and souls in a parish, the churchless at last have a better chance. By personal contact with everyone in the area, they aim to influence every individual to believe in God, to love and worship Him. The work of the brothers is to build church, school or other buildings the parish might need, to finance the Intensive Apostolate – working in the monastery, the parish, on the farm etc., and generally working alongside the priests to lead souls to heaven.
Members of the Confraternity of Christ the Priest take vows to God of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience, and they live in community. So there is the same kind of preparation that religious all over the world do – novice, temporary vows, and final vows. What's unique about the Confraternity's training? Brothers are trained in a profession, such as electrician, journalism, and plumber. Those who are going to become priests are taught to understand and love the teachings of the Church and to celebrate the Mass with devotion of course, but they are taught with particular emphasis about the Church's zeal for the salvation of souls and about the new Evangelization. The hearts of the members of the Confraternity, priests and brothers, grow to be totally aflame with the fire of zeal. Zeal is that burning love for God that yearns to see every human heart ardently loving and adoring Him, and that burning love for souls which thirsts to see all people possess their greatest good and their eternal happiness in God. Brothers and priests are formed in the unique spirit of the Confraternity – the spirit of Christ the Priest. "Ours were the sufferings He bore, ours the sorrows He carried..." (Is 52, 53). Think of the love in Jesus' heart for the Father and for us, think of the loving obedience unto death, even death on the cross – He really is the compassionate and trustworthy High Priest, and He is our model.
The Missionaries of God's Love began within the Disciples of Jesus covenant community in Canberra in 1986, under the guidance of Fr. Ken Barker. Some young men, who belonged to the covenant community, approached Fr. Ken, expressing a call to priesthood, but also wanting to remain part of the community. They agreed to meet weekly before the Blessed Sacrament for a year in order to listen to the Lord's direction. At the end of that time they began to share a common life together in a fraternity house, seeking to live the gospel in a radical manner, by imitating Jesus in his poverty, and developing a strong life of prayer and brotherhood. They began to understand that their commitment to contemplative prayer, adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and charismatic worship, was meant to empower them to bring God's love to others, especially to the alienated and marginalised in society.
Gradually young men have been ordained as priests and sent out to assist in the Church's mission of the "new evangelization". In 1991 a mission was established in Papua New Guinea. This was followed in 1996 by a mission in Darwin, working with an urban aboriginal community. Also, in the same year, a mission was opened in Manila within the so-called "squatter" settlements. The MGLs now have the care of St Benedict's Parish in Manila as well as Youth Ministries. In 1998 the Missionaries were given responsibility for the parish of Narrabundah in Canberra, where they are seeking to build a Eucharistic Centre. In 2006 they were given care of St Benedict's Parish at Burwood in Melbourne. They also have held responsibility for the chaplaincy to Canberra University since 1995.
We are priests and consecrated brothers together in mission, sharing in the work of evangelization in a collaborative way with lay people. In most of our activities we work together with lay members of the Disciples of Jesus community. We always seek to empower the laity in their journey towards holiness and their mission to spread the good news. In return we draw much strength and support from the lay community which is integral to our identity. When we take vows we dedicate ourselves to "the preaching of the good news of Jesus for the salvation of all men and women". We aim to lead people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and to experience a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit in their lives. We also seek to help people develop their gifts and to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need in order to be able to bring the good news of Jesus to others. Wherever we go we invite people to personally experience a new release of the power of their baptism and confirmation through a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We also try to build vibrant community life so that people have a rich experience of belonging within the Church and receive the support and challenge they need to grow as followers of Jesus. We have a particular focus on reaching young people with the liberating message of Jesus. We also focus on those groups of people who are unchurched or alienated from the Church in some way.
The formation process in the Missionaries of God's Love occurs in a supportive environment of a brotherhood house where there is a challenge to grow in loving relationship with the Lord and with others. We aim to help brothers grow toward personal maturity in every way. We seek to have a good harmony and balance between the spiritual, human, intellectual and apostolic dimensions of growth. We focus on the individual needs of each brother and seek to help him develop in his own individuality, while also learning to be part of a community.
A young man interested in the Missionaries is invited to "Come and See" for a while. He may then choose to enter into a time of "active discernment", during which he prayerfully considers the way of life and keeps in regular contact with us. He may then enter into a one year pre-novitiate which allows him to discern "from the inside" by living with the brothers and sharing their life and mission. After this he may be invited to join the novitiate program for a year. Then he may be invited to profess initial vows. After being in initial vows for five years a brother may then be ready to profess final vows. The initial formation program takes place in Canberra, ACT.
After initial vows, those brothers who are preparing for priesthood undergo five years of study in the seminary. After this they are ordained first as deacons and then as priests. Those who will serve as brothers also undertake studies focused on their ministry, but for a shorter time. The MGL Seminary/House of Studies is located in Melbourne, Victoria.
The Missionaries of Christ in the Eucharist Sisters belong to the MACE Family of Religious nuns, priests, brothers and lay associates. The love and devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist is the main charism of every MACE religious and lay associate. The Eucharistic spirituality inspires every MACE Sister to a life of sacrifice, a continuous thanksgiving to God, and efforts towards unity. With the Word of God as basis for living, every MACE member is to bring the Eucharist to others by the very witnessing of their lives through adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, celebration of the Eucharist, active apostolate with the elderly, migrants, youth, children and families, and the expression of thanksgiving, unity and communion with others, and having Mary, Mother of the Church, as our inspiration and model.
MACE was begun by Sr. Angelita Marave in Manila on August 15, 1987, as a group of lay men and women who wanted to develop their spiritual life and do some service for the church as lay people. The primary aim was to spread time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and to do pastoral ministry with the frail and the elderly.
The MACE Sisters are women who are at least 18 years of age and have finished second year university or its equivalent. We, the MACE Sisters, live in small communities in Sydney, Canberra, Italy, Canada and the Philippines. We practise the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
In Australia, the MACE Sisters were founded by Rev. Mother Angelita G. Marave in Canberra, on 2 February 1990. Her co-foundress, and eldest blood sister was Rev. Mother Lydia Paola G. Marave. Both sisters originated from the Pastorelle in the Philippines.
MACE communities are located in Canberra (Mother House), Sydney (Novitiate and Generalate), BF Homes, Sucat, Parañaque City (Regional House), Multinational Village, Parañaque City (Postulancy). There are two communities in Syracuse, Italy and one house in High Level, Alberta, Canada.
E - Education: University educators, the MACE Learning Centres, tutorials, textbook writing.
Out-postulancy formation program is designed for the working professional discerning about a possible late or deferred vocation. She experiences prayer and community life as she comes every week-end to the convent, and slowly adjusts her lifestyle towards religious life, while still continuing with her profession during the week.
In-postulancy formation of six months to two years is for those ready to live in community with no further impediments. They undergo a structured formation program, initial exposure to the apostolates and possibly further studies. They begin at the MACE community nearest their place of origin. They receive basic human and religious formation, as well as instructions in dogmatic theology.
Novitiate is for two years in Sydney or in Manila. The first year is in-house formation and the second year involves apostolic exposure. The novice receives formation in Theology, spirituality, church history, liturgy and sacraments, religious life, the vows, moral values, ecumenism, Mariology and church documents.
Juniorate is from 3 to 6 years with yearly renewal of vows. The Junior is sent to the missions and continues her formation thereat. As in the other stages, she applies for the Perpetual Profession after at least 5 years of temporary vows, and if accepted, will undergo a thorough preparation prior to final profession.
Perpetually Professed Member enjoys the full rights and privileges proper of a MACE perpetually professed. She also undergoes ongoing formation and up-dating in spiritual, theological and ecclesial matters.


Switzerland's funny like this: Without fail, every time I mention to someone that I'm getting married, they ask how soon until I have kids. I was warned before coming here that the Swiss have an "old fashioned" view towards women and, to say it more plainly, were still sexist and treated women like they didn't belong anywhere but the kitchen. My American acquantainces would scoff incredulously as they told stories of how the Swiss still think the frail, not-too-smart little wifey should just stay at home with kids and shouldn't be joining the ranks of the successful career world.
But I've come to discover that Switzerland is not an episode of Mad Men come to life; in fact, quite the opposite. The Swiss do not believe women are incapable – rather, they have an incredibly beautiful view of the importance of family and believe it is the job of the mother to run this most-sacred of businesses. The Swiss put family as the most important thing in their lives. This is why most stores aren't open after 6pm or on Sundays – everyone needs time to spend with their families (even corporate stiffs aren't expected to work into the evening or over the weekends!). When the Swiss ask me if I'm going to have kids and stay at home, it's not to insult my intelligence that I can't or shouldn't have a job, but rather an excitement and celebration of the start of the most important part of my life. They want me to cook because kids come home from school for lunch every day instead of eating in a cafeteria. They want me to cook because the family should sit and eat dinner together and share the events of the day with each other. They want me to cook because Sunday and Holiday get-togethers are cherished traditions.
American culture pushes us to excel at everything we do and strive for an almost unattainable dream of success and perfection. We want to do everything, and do it as if we are experts. The problem is, when you devote a lot of time to a lot of different things, you end up being an expert at nothing. Then we Americans have competing priorities pulling us in too many directions – our boss wants us to stay late, but our kids want us to play with them, and our husband wants the romance that once existed, and meanwhile our aging parents need care and our friends need a shoulder to cry on. Especially for women, the severe pressure to now have a successful career in addition to juggling the vast majority of familial obligations leaves us often feeling inadequate, frazzled, depressed, and exhausted.
But women in America are tacitly told that we have to work in order to be considered "respectable" or "admirable". Women's revolution! We are smart! We are strong! We are capable! Women seem to be embarrassed in America to be a stay-at-home mom – they often seem to try to justify it with an explanation why they it's a good thing or share previous accomplishments to "make up for" what they lack now. The funny thing is, "just a housewife" wouldn't occur to a Swiss citizen the way it would to an American. You wouldn't say someone is "just a doctor" or "just a CEO". Many of my former Sony co-workers told me they didn't think I could stay retired for long, that I'd be itching to get back to work and that I'm too smart and have too much amibition to be "just a housewife". The thing is, I want to be "a housewife" and not "just a housewife." Just like my mom.
This is a long entry but I want to make sure I dedicate my last paragraph to the best "just a housewife" I've ever known – my mom. She was my Girl Scout troop leader, my homework helper, my spelling bee quizzer, my Class Mom at school, my disgusting cough syrup giver, my school field trips chaperone, and my #1 cheerleader at all my soccer games and dance recitals. I always knew, as simply a fact, that my mom did not work in order to raise us. I never stopped to think about all of the awkward conversations she must have had with friends and strangers alike who shunned and judged her for being "just" a great mom. Most especially for woman coming of age during the 1970's Feminist Revolution, this must have impacted her self-esteem, self-worth, and self-identity, and not for the better. To my mom I say this: thank you for having the strength to stand up to other peoples' judgments and taking on the hardest job imaginable – raising the Epstein children!!!!!!
What does it take to be a great modern housewife?
There may have been a time or two when I was accused of being a perfectionist… which of course I gracefully deny (being true to the perfectionist title, my ambition for always being the best can't be a negative trait because otherwise I wouldn't be perfect!). But I began to wonder, if my new "job" is to be a great modern housewife, what the heck does a modern housewife do to be "great"?
Notice that I said modern housewife. For anyone who's tried my cooking or seen my bedroom, they know cooking and cleaning duties are definitely out of the running. Florian's already agreed to have his cleaning lady come once a week instead of once every other week to accommodate for all the messes the new women in his life will bring (Bella and I have a contest to see who can shed more hair around the house – it's a close call). And Florian and I are taking cooking lessons together so we can have a respite from eating my bland and overcooked foods every night.
In my dreams of the perfect housewife life, I'd sit at home and eat Swiss chocolates all day, but I'm pretty sure that would conflict with some items on Florian's list of the perfect wife. I did start taking tennis lessons so maybe that will at least assist in me playing the role of country club wife? And then maybe bartending school next?
The most aggravating part is that Florian insists that all he needs is for me to love him. Ugh, soooo annoying! That gives me no hints or clues as to what I actually need to do to earn my keep! I've at least discovered one wifely thing I can offer that he's welcomed most enthusiastically; I promised when he gets home from work every day, I'd be there waiting in some lingerie (Dad – pretend you didn't see this. Mom – pretend I'll be wearing the lingerie you bought me to wear on the wedding night and this is merely an hommage to your good taste).
Here's where I need your help… any words of wisdom out there? Men, what is it that you want???? Ladies, what is it that you do to trick your men into thinking you're wonderful?


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Neil Young has announced two 'Original Release Series,' four-disc box sets, which collect remastered editions of every album Young released—including the rare, much sought-after 1973 live album, 'Time Fades Away'—from 1973 to 1979.
Neil Young has announced two Original Release Series, four-disc box sets, which collect remastered editions of every album Young released—including the rare, much sought-after 1973 live album, Time Fades Away—from 1973 to 1979.
The first box set—Original Release Series 5-8—features Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, and Zuma, and is limited to 3,000 sets that are available now.
The second box set—Original Release Series 8.5-12—features Long May You Run (a 1976 album Young recorded with Stephen Stills and the Stills-Young Band,) American Stars 'N' Bars, Comes a Time, Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust, and is also limited to 3,000 sets that are available now.
Each title has been remastered from the original analog master studio recordings at Bernie Grundman Mastering, with John Hanlon of Neil Young's production team, and has been approved by Young himself.
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F/M is an abbreviation used in spanking art to signify an artwork or story that features an adult female spanker and an adult male spankee. It could be, for example, a wife/husband or a historic mistress/servant scene. Besides spanking for discipline, adult spankings in art and literature are also often erotic spankings in sexual context. After a long period of being intentionally denied the same sort of exposure that other formats of spanking received, the F/M style burst onto the scene with the dawning of the internet. As a result the F/M style is no longer held back and has become a stand alone brand.
In such spankings, the male generally removes his pants, underpants, etc. to bare his buttocks for spanking. The male will take a position, perhaps over his partner's thighs. This may arouse feelings of humiliation in the spankee, especially if the spanker is his wife or significant other. Such scenes often are called domestic discipline.
F/M is man spanking art.
"The Drunken Husband", illustration by Visscher, Holland (1610).
Nursetune, by Franco, a one-page comic depicting the humilation factor in F/M spanking.
A depiction of F/M spanking by OTTO
Strict femdom maid, by Lucy Cline
"In my house naughty males get spanked!"
In the drawing on the right a young man undergoes a humiliating spanking at the hands of a much older woman in authority (a mother, stepmom, aunt or other guardian)in front of female peers (sisters, cousins, family friends etc) His embarrassment is hugely increased by his lower body being denuded (probably by the spanker).
Humiliation is an integral part of the broader topic of spanking. Humiliation can also cause sexual arousal with both parties, and be especially obvious in the male. Sexual tension stemming from humiliation or lack of control could be intensified with a greater age difference between the spanker and spankee, example if the male is in his twenties or thirties and the female is in her sixties or even seventies. Conversely it can also involve a young female spanker in her twenties or thirties and a much older male spankee. This type of sexual arousal does not depend on the promise of "sex to follow" to occur.
F/M video producersEdit
Nu-West, one of the oldest and largest producers of corporal punishment videos, was also among the first to recognize the demand for femdom titles. In the early 1990s they added a new division for female dominant titles called Leda. The company then became known as Nu-West/Leda Productions. These male-submissive titles include especially harsh punishments as well as humiliation training that includes enemas and sodomy with strap-on dildos.
Two companies that are evenly divided between femdom and female-submissive productions are Pacific Force and the now-defunct Brooks Applications. Raven Hill Studios recently added a line of femdom titles produced by Bad Lad Entertainment.
The following is a list of video producers that offer male submissive (F/M) titles. Most companies also feature F/F and/or M/F titles. However, some have recently become exclusively F/M.
Brooks Applications (no longer active)
GwenMedia (Isabella Sinclaire)
The Ivory Mistress
MIB Productions
Nu-West/Leda Productions
Ohh Tee Kay Productions
Pacific Force
Raven Hill Studios
Southeastern Woodshed
F/M separatist movement
Malesub
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Congratulations! You launched a customer swap program for your financial institution. You may have one swap, or many swaps, under your belt and you want to understand just how successful your program has been. But success can vary based on perspective, so here are a few ways to gauge the performance of your customer swap program.
Are your bankers actively talking to customers and prospects regarding the flexibility that comes with a hedged structure? If so, has that led to deeper conversations regarding their specific financing needs? For many banks, simply landing a swapped deal is not the goal. Instead, the product provides a new avenue, and an opportunity for additional dimensionality, as your bankers talk to customers about their individual financing needs and goals. If you do not know the answer to the questions "What are our engagement levels on the product?" and "What are our customers' feedback on this product?" then taking steps to track lender and customer engagement with the product may be helpful to dig deeper into the true impact of the program.
Are you gaining insight into how competitors are pricing and structuring deals as you have deeper and more nuanced conversations with your potential and existing customers? Being able to get into the details of how competitive deals are structured is an often-overlooked benefit of having the swap product ready to go for engaging a client on their financing goals and funding needs. Secondly, pairing a swap with a floating-rate loan helps the bank and customer better understand the bifurcation of the costs of managing interest rate risk (AKA market risk) and credit worthiness. The well-informed customer is likely to share more details on competitive structures if you position the conversation around their needs and goals versus solely trying to sell them a product and land them as a client.
It is no secret that larger banks have specialists on their staff with extensive knowledge that they can offer to their colleagues and their customers. As a community or regional bank, you employ more generalists, and keeping up with the larger institutions' sophistication levels (and that of their regular clients) can be a challenge. An interest rate hedging program can help provide a boost of confidence and acumen to your banking team, which can instill a sense of trustworthiness in your bank from your customers. How has knowledge of interest rate swaps helped you become more confident and competitive?
One of the key motivators for your bank implementing a customer swap program was to be more competitive in the marketplace. To help measure success, have you run an analysis of long-term, fixed-rate loans won as a result of offering swaps to your customers in the period since your program began? How does your win rate compare with the previous period? If you are bringing in new business to the bank as a result of your customer swap program, that is a good sign of early-stage traction and indicators of long-term success.
Of course, interest rate swaps are not a suitable fit for every borrower. However, some banks observe an increase in variable-rate loan originations as a result of offering fixed-rates as an option. Offering options to borrowers that your competition cannot makes your bank easier to do business with. How many more variable-rate loans have you secured in the period since your swap program started?
Another attractive component of a customer swap program is the additional fee income that you can earn by helping to solve your customers' financing needs. How much fee income have you been able to contribute to the bank's bottom line because of your swaps business? Would that revenue exist without your swap program?
Does this sound counterintuitive? Possibly. Whether you have launched the program yourself or had help from a third-party provider, you now find that the front office success with the product is leading to back office stress and friction. This yin/yang reality is often the sign of a successful program with customers and the opportunity to invest and optimize in the program for continued growth by taking into account the needs of all stakeholders.
The best tactical way to understand how successful you have been is to conduct a cost/benefit analysis. What is your ongoing cost to maintain a swap program, and does it correlate positively with the benefit that you are seeing as a result? If it does, then on paper, your program is considered successful. If not, you may consider optimizing your program to get to a more efficient state.
Stepping back from the details, the final dimension to evaluate is how well the product is performing based on the bank's initial strategy. For example, was the product intended to specifically drive new business and generate fee income? Or was it simply intended to be a tool on the shelf to be used only in very specific targeted or competitive situations?
There are multiple ways to measure the success of your customer interest rate hedging program. Using multiple review tactics can help you see a clear picture of how the program is impacting your bank's business.
Ben Lewis works in Chatham Financial's Hedge Advisory group advising financial institutions in the western United States. Chatham is the largest non-bank provider of customer swap support to regional and community banks.


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»Online Poker in Texas: Legal Sites in 2021
Cliff Spiller | February 10, 2021 | Updated on: August 3rd, 2021
Yes, it's perfectly safe to play online poker games, in Texas. While the state legislature has yet to pass any regulation concerning online poker, there are plenty of perfectly safe sites that accept poker players from all across the United States, including Texas.
These sites are licensed and regulated outside the United States and accept those from all over the world to play poker (whether it's free poker games or real money poker). This means you can safely play on them from San Antonio all the way up to Amarillo, from Houston all the way to Fort Bliss.
There are no laws banning players from playing online poker, the only thing online poker legislation would do would be to allow the state to run Texas-specific online card rooms like there are in New Jersey and Nevada. These would be licensed and regulated by the state of Texas and only accept players from within the state unless they join an interstate compact with other states that legalized online poker rooms.
Best Online Poker Sites in Texas
Texas is a big old state with a number of sites to choose from if you're looking to play online poker there. Here's a list of our favorites:
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If you want to know more about each of these sites, their deposit bonuses, poker tournaments they run, and more, just check out our reviews page for more details and how we conduct our poker reviews.
Latest Texas Online Poker News
Texas is a pretty strict state when it comes to gambling, but it looks like it's warming up to the idea of expanding gaming in 2021. In late 2020, Las Vegas gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson expressed his support to legalize land-based casinos throughout the state. There have also been steps in the right direction when it comes to sports betting. While there hasn't been talk of online poker regulation, any move that expands gaming bodes well for online poker.
According to Legal Sports Report, Texas officials have been talking to lobbyists and other states that have legalized online sports betting. Local sports team owners have also expressed interest in legal sports betting. It's never a bad thing to have Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks on your side. The owners behind the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Cowboys are also expressing interest. Texas has more professional sports teams than most states in the United States and they draw in billions of dollars in revenue every year. Not only are these teams financial bonanzas for states, but they also have millions and millions of fans. Anything with this kind of widespread support throughout the state would be hard for legislators to avoid for long.
Texas is a historically Republican state and that's good for the push behind land-based casinos. Sheldon Adelson, a Republican mega-donor who died in January 2021 and donated billions to Republicans throughout his life and had a huge influence in the party, was a big proponent of opening up casinos in Texas. During the 2020 election cycle, he donated more than $4.5 million to Texas House Republicans running up for reelection. He also hired several lobbyists to descend on the state and push his casino agenda. While Adelson died on Jan. 11, 2021, several Republicans have already heard his pitch on expanding gaming in Texas and it could have an impact in the next few years.
On top of that, states all over the board are looking for new sources of revenue and jobs to help state coffers that were decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. This combined with other states around the country providing plenty of working programs that the state could draw inspiration from. If you see casinos and online sports betting takes hold in Texas, there's a good chance that poker could be next on the docket.
Gambling and Online Poker Laws in Texas
Historically Texas has been a pretty strict state when it comes to gambling. Despite all the scenes of lone rangers bursting through a dingy tavern to reveal piano music, whiskey a few brawls and tables filled with salacious, mustachioed and mysterious figures all trying to out-do each other in cards. But somewhere along the line, the Wild West turned into a very rules-oriented and restrictive state when it comes to gambling.
You can find the current laws and their breakdown right here:
Legal Definitions and Gambling Laws in Texas
Texas Gambling Laws In Texas, gambling is legislated under the following penal and civil codes:
PEN.10.47; CIV.6
Legal Definition of Gambling Every state has its own definition of what exactly entails gambling. In Texas, that definition is:
A person commits an offense if he makes a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest; makes a bet on the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or on the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or plays and bets for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, balls, or any other gambling device.
Legal Definition of Gambling Device Since Texas's definition of gambling relies heavily on the word "gambling device", that must also be legally defined. In Texas, that definition is as follows:
Any electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical contrivance that for a consideration affords the player an opportunity to obtain anything of value, the award of which is determined solely or partially by chance, even though accompanied by some skill, whether or not the prize is automatically paid by the contrivance. The term includes, but is not limited to, gambling device versions of bingo, keno, blackjack, lottery, roulette, video poker, or similar electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical games, or facsimiles thereof.
Legal Definition of Bet Now we get even more granular. The most basic element of gambling is the bet. If there's no betting, there's no gambling. So here's Texas's legal definition of a bet:
An agreement to win or lose something of value solely or partially by chance.
History of Gambling and Poker in Texas
Texas is of course the birthplace of the most popular form of poker in the world – Texas Hold'em poker. It's also home to some of the most legendary players to ever hit the tables. There's no official record or consensus on how exactly Texas Hold'em started, there's a general idea of when and where it got started. It's thought that Texas Hold'em originated in the early 1900s in Texas.
In 2013 the Texas State Legislature officially recognized Robstown, Texas as the birthplace of Texas Hold'em. Robstown is a city of just about 12,000 people in western Texas. While lots of places list Robstown on the Texas Hold'em birth certificate, there aren't any photos, documents or details on the first table where the first hand of Texas No-Limit Hold'em was played.
We'd like to imagine it was a dusty-booted cowboy game in a dim-lit tavern and was a wild twist some cowboy drunk on whiskey decided would spice up the game. We'd also like to thank that mystery cowboy for creating a game that exploded to become the most popular card game in the world.
Robstown, Texas
After the game started spreading and records started improving. The first recorded Las Vegas cardroom to offer Texas Hold'em was California Club in 1963. The game quickly spread there and continued growing and growing. It became the first game to determine the World Series of Poker Main Event Champion in 1971, since poker players voted for the first champion in 1970.
The game's second big explosion was after the aptly-named Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event for $2.25 million after qualifying for just $86 online. Moneymaker was the first player to qualify to the WSOP Main Event through an online poker site and set off the biggest poker boom the world has seen. Online poker quickly expanded into a multibillion-dollar business with players from all over the globe.
But while the main form of poker was born in Texas during the Wild West days when outlaws like Billy the Kid, the state started veering in the complete opposite direction when Prohibition came along in the 1920s.
There were a few local governments in Texas that started outlawing gambling, alcohol and other vices before that, but when the 18th amendment was ratified in 1919. The amendment notably outlaws alcohol in the United States, reading:
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
The law is also known to have failed spectacularly. Instead of reducing crime, it sprouted up a giant network of trafficking, organized crime and pushed millions into underground taverns and speakeasies. It's no surprise that it was such a colossal failure they had to pass another amendment to rescind it. On Dec 5, 1933, after more than a decade of prohibition madness, Congress ratified the 21st amendment to repeal the 18th.
It was simple and blunt:
SECTION 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
But nearly 14 years of prohibition had burrowed the concept of outlawing vices deep into the psyche of legislators around the country. Many local and state governments continued with this kind of legislation. This included Texas, which till this day has some of the most restrictive gambling laws in the United States.
There wasn't a strong advocate for gambling for a few more decades until Virgil Edward "Red" Berry entered the scene. Berry was a businessman, prolific gambler and was later elected to the Texas House of Representatives on a platform of legalizing parimutuel betting on horse races.
Despite being elected on that platform, Red Berry's proposal initially didn't get a lot of support from the rest of the legislature. Berry, who once had his own casino raided by police, proposed a number of wild solutions including splitting Texas in half and having betting be legal in South Texas.
There were even multiple referendums to try and expand gambling throughout the 60s and 70s, but they were defeated with the help of the Baptist Church. But Texans finally broke through and got parimutuel betting legalized in 1987. Some tribal casinos have also popped up in the state limits, but these are sovereign territories and not indicative of Texas laws.
There have been some other sneaky workarounds. There are casino cruises that leave Texas and then allow gambling on international waters. Texas also passed a national lottery in 1992, a little late to the game, but it's grown substantially in that time. In 2020 Texas saw a whopping $6.7 billion in sales.
We hope we'll be able to add more gambling developments in the state of Texas soon.
Famous Texas Poker Players
Doyle Brunson knows a thing about the power of position
There's no shortage of top-notch poker players from the state that gave birth to Texas No-Limit Hold'em. Currently, the top 15 players from Texas with the highest-earning tournament players from Texas are:
1st: Thomas John Cloutier – $10,443,473
2nd: Benjamin Tollerene – $9,515,346
3rd: David Williams – $8,788,464
4th: Keith Tilston – $6,417,409
5th: Doyle Brunson – $6,176,736
6th: William Perkins – $5,449,472
7th: Michael Dyer – $4,704,987
8th: David Benefield – $4,501,376
9th: John Bonetti – $4,188,332
10th: Aaron VanBlarcum – $4,140,804
11th: Ray Qartomy – $3,809,188
12th: Brian Green – $3,426,520
13th: Peter Vilandos – $3,261,787
14th: Adam Geyer – $3,186,599
15th: Phillip Hui – $3,121,761
State-by-State Laws
Can I Play on PokerStars in Texas?
Nope, there's no way to play on PokerStars from Texas. Luckily there are several other options that make great PokerStars alternatives. Sites Ignition Poker and Americas Cardroom are great options that have software, cash games, and tournaments similar to those on PokerStars.
Can I deposit using Bitcoin?
Yes! This isn't so much a state-dependent thing as a site-dependent one. There are plenty of sites, a lot of them that accept Texans, that offer Bitcoin as a banking method. This is almost always the fastest way to bank at poker sites too. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions process way faster than any other method.
How do I make deposits or withdrawals from Texas?
Again, that depends on every site, but they always offer a slew of different banking methods for you to use. If you have a bank account, then you'll be able to make deposits and withdrawals at poker sites.
Are there any poker bonuses for players from Texas?
Yes! There are bonuses available for players all throughout the United States. There aren't any Texas-specific bonuses that we know of right now, but we'll keep you updated. If you're looking for the best bonuses available to all players, head on over to our bonus page to see what the best current bonuses are.


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It's legitimate to worry about Anthony Rizzo's back
Should the Cubs move on from him, or extend him?
By Tim Huwe Jul 16, 2020, 9:00am CDT
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Anthony Rizzo during Summer Camp
Some injuries are absolute flukes. Some conditions flare up and go away without any reason for concern. Back injuries that seem to crop up every season are entirely worth being concerned about long-term, like the one Anthony Rizzo is currently undergoing treatment for. The Cubs might be best off with a new first baseman by 2023.
2023 is the year I most often refer to now for major league baseball. 2020 is just shy of a mockery, already. (That doesn't mean we can't enjoy the games, though, if they happen.) At some point, the owners and the union will start to play a financial game of "chicken" regarding the current and future Collective Bargaining Agreements. I figure by 2023, something near recognizable as "baseball as we knew it" will be played. However, making a transaction with anything sooner than 2023 in mind seems a bit wishful in the thinking department. Hopefully, I'm wrong.
Rizzo has been an absolutely huge part of the Theo Epstein years. Rizzo and Kris Bryant have been 1A and 1B since 2015, in whichever order. They both have been "what's wanted" both on and off the field. At some point, if realities matter, that Rizzo might deserve his uniform number retired becomes a secondary concern. What sort of contract should he receive?
Quite a few people like being very polar in their opinions. They'll claim one side, or the other side. The reality is, baseball is a 70-30 sport. Even a really good team might lose one of three in a series to a cellar-dweller. A foolish strategy (think bunting for a sacrifice) might work out as desired between three and seven times out of ten. That so much uncertainty exists between previous numbers and future results serves as a valid reason to gamble on waiver wire additions. Sometimes, they work.
I have gotten rather comfortable saying that ownership across the league has painted themselves as callous toward spending and keeping quality veteran players. It's not a question of "Are they desirable?" so much as "Will they perform to their contracts?". Very few Cubs fans "dislike" Rizzo or Javier Baez. For rather vague and obscure reasons, it seems cool to dislike Bryant. I still haven't figured that one out, yet.
If someone says the Cubs might want to consider the possibility of a new first baseman by 2023 or 2024, it isn't showing a hatred for Rizzo. Chronic back injuries tend to get worse as time progresses, not better. First base is a relatively easy position to fill, and money does seem to matter, despite how unpopular that opinion is.
Rizzo, along with a few key other Cubs, is signed through 2021. As the next few years are uncertain if nothing else, signing him to a three-year extension beyond that seems entirely valid and justified. Anything longer than that seems a bit adventurous, especially with how a few bad contracts have hamstrung the organization, recently. Internally, Alfonso Rivas seems the best replacement option, and he's 16-plus months away from being eligible for the Rule 5 Draft. He doesn't figure to be nearly as good as Rizzo, but looks a useful "league minimum fill-in" at some point.
Rizzo would be a sensational case for a post-career extension. After he's done, have him in some sort of a Fergie Jenkins or Billy Williams sort of a role for 15 or more years, as those sorts of contracts can be written so they don't work against the spending penalties. Pay him to fill the role some people want for Sammy Sosa. I'd even be good with him being considered for a very short-term managerial interim stint through said timeframe. However, I don't want him getting a long-term pact that blows out the back of the finances, should the executives or ownership want to stay "under".
At some point, a successful franchise ought to be able to bring in quality young players to replace quality veterans. Executives who can't execute that basic strategy deserve to be replaced. Some players, especially those showing no visible signs of wearing down in the effectiveness, ought to be extended. If a player gets to a point where they no longer seem as reliable as before, the desire to find someone new gets more pressing.
It's entirely valid to have Anthony Rizzo on your personal Cubs Mount Rushmore, and also fear he might be wearing down. The adult human ought to be able to handle two somewhat different thoughts on a professional entertainer. Rizzo's health slide seems fairly well timed with the onset of the designated hitter. At some point, a new person might be the regular at first base. That being somewhat obvious doesn't dismiss anything Rizzo has accomplished. Being able to internally replace quality with quality, though, would hint the Cubs are getting better at developing talent.
Should the Cubs extend Anthony Rizzo past 2021?
Yes, without any conditions
Yes, but... depends on his health
Ask me in a year
Nope, time to move on
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Boys Lacrosse: Elite Sports PT Top 10, Shore Conference Tournament Watch List Edition
Bob Badders
Bob Badders Published: May 19, 2021
Richard E. O'Donnell
It has been an interesting boys lacrosse season within the Shore Conference, to put it mildly.
With the Shore Conference Tournament to be seeded Wednesday night and the first games to be played on Friday, we'll take a look at how the committee may seed the tournament, who's in and who's on the bubble in a special edition of the Elite Sports Physical Therapy Boys Lacrosse Top 10.
FYI: Teams had to have a .500 record or better through yesterday's games to automatically qualify for the SCT. Teams under .500 can be eligible for at-large bids if they are a top-16 Shore Conference team per the rankings done by LaxNumbers (LaxNumbers.com)
1. Rumson-Fair Haven (12-0)
The Bulldogs are undefeated at 12-0 and will be a perfect 13-0 after they take care of business against Neptune and clinch the Class B North division title on Wednesday. They are ranked No. 5 in New Jersey and should be the clear No. 1 seed for the SCT. Rumson will have worthy challengers once they reach the semifinals but it's hard to bet against them at this point considering their body of work this season. RFH has four wins over state top-20 teams (Chatham, Bergen Catholic, St. Augustine and Ridge) and another against a solid Ocean City team.
2. Manasquan (7-2)
The Warriors are the three-time defending SCT champions and earned themselves the No. 2 seed with a thrilling 9-8 win over CBA on Monday. Manasquan's two losses both came in nonconference games to Seton Hall Prep and to Montclair. In addition to the win over CBA, Manasquan owns a 9-6 win over No. 4 Wall and a 15-5 win over Monroe.
3. Christian Brothers Academy (10-3)
The Colts should firmly be the No. 3 seed. Their only conference loss is to No. 2 Manasquan by one goal and their other defeats are against state-ranked Bergen Catholic and prep power Lawrenceville. CBA's best conference wins are over No. 5 Howell (10-3) and No. 8 Southern (12-4).
4. Wall (10-2)
The Crimson Knights came through with a huge win on Tuesday by defeating state No. 11 Lenape in convincing fashion, 12-3. Wall has a decent argument to be the No. 3 seed because of that victory and also with wins over No. 5 Howell (10-4), No. 8 Southern (16-6) and No. 9 Barnegat (16-7). My guess is the Crimson Knights come in at No. 4. Either way, you're talking about a semifinal matchup with either Rumson or Manasquan, so they'd be facing a juggernaut in both instances.
5. Howell (8-4)
The next three spots are pretty clear because of head-to-head results. Howell has losses to No. 1 Rumson (17-3), No. 3 CBA (10-3) and No. 4 Wall (10-4) and a win over No. 6 Middletown South in overtime, plus wins over Holmdel and Red Bank Catholic. After losing three of four during a tough stretch to open the season, Howell has won seven of its last eight games. IF the seeds match up with our rankings, a quarterfinal game vs. Wall would be an interesting rematch. Their regular-season meeting was tied 4-4 heading into the fourth quarter before Wall played "make it, take it" to win, 10-4.
6. Middletown South (7-1)
The Eagles' only loss of the season is to No. 5 Howell in overtime and they have a 10-5 win over No. 7 Shore in their pocket. Middletown South can certainly throw a hammer into this entire prognostication if it somehow beats CBA on Wednesday, but barring an upset, the Eagles should be the No. 6 seed.
7. Shore (6-3)
The Blue Devils picked up a big win last week by downing Southern, 10-5, when the Rams were ranked fifth. Shore's losses are to No. 1 Rumson and No. 6 Middletown South in conference with a two-goal loss to Monroe in there, as well. Aside from the win over Southern, Shore's best win is an 11-5 victory over Red Bank on May 1.
8. Southern (9-3)
Southern earned a big win over Jackson Memorial last week to stretch its Class A South winning streak to 54 games but then suffered a 10-5 loss to Shore to fall three spots down to No. 8. What could have been a potential rematch with Wall in the quarterfinals is now looking like a date with top-ranked Rumson instead. The Rams' losses are to No. 3 CBA (12-4), No. 4 Wall (16-6) and Shore. Their top wins are over Holmdel, Red Bank Catholic and Jackson.
9. Barnegat (9-2)
The Bengals don't have the best power ranking, for whatever that's worth, but they've proven their spot on the field with notable wins over St. Rose and Brick Memorial and their only losses coming to No. 2 Manasquan and No. 4 Wall. St. Rose owns wins over Red Bank and Colts Neck, so it's easy to connect the dots and put Barnegat at No. 9, at least for me it is. The Bengals are having their best season since they went 12-3 in 2014 and already have more wins this season than in their last three seasons combined.
10. Red Bank (7-5)
The No. 10 spot in this set of rankings was the hardest to finalize. It was all set to be St. Rose until Freehold Township knocked them off, 7-6. With that results, there seems to be an infinite number of triangles with team A beating Team B but losing to team C, while Team B beat Team C, etc. St. Rose could still be team here, but with the loss fresh we'll go with the Bucs, who lost by one goal to St. Rose on May 3 but own a 14-7 win over Freehold Township along with wins over Colts Neck (18-9) and Ocean (14-11).
Automatic SCT qualifiers (Listed in order of LaxNumbers rating)
Holmdel (5-4)
Colts Neck (7-3)
Jackson Memorial (7-3)
Brick (5-5)
Brick Memorial (9-3)
St. Rose (9-3)
Manalapan (6-5)
Donovan (3-3)
Point Boro (6-5)
On the Bubble:
Red Bank Catholic (3-8): The Caseys are five games under .500 but have a LaxNumbers rating that puts them right behind Colts Neck and ahead of Jackson Memorial at 12th in the Shore. Their best win is 11-10 over Ocean. Six of their eight losses have come to teams currently ranked in the SSN Top 10 and another was to Jackson Memorial, which was ranked No. 7 at the time.
Ocean (4-5): Record aside, RBC would have the edge on Ocean for an at-large bid based on their 11-10 head-to-head win on April 26. Ocean's best win is 7-5 over Holmdel on May 12. They also have losses to Brick Memorial (5-3), Colts Neck (7-4), Red Bank (14-11) and Middletown South (15-5). Ocean's LaxNumbers rating has them at No. 16 in the Shore so they do fall within the parameters for consideration.
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Global COVID-19 caseload crosses 261 million and 5 million deaths so far
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The global coronavirus caseload has topped 261.46 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.19 million and vaccination to over 7.60 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 261,460,688 and 5,199,456 respectively. And the total number of vaccine doses administered was 7,602,216,580.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 48,229,210 and 776,639, respectively according to the CSSE.
The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,572,523 infections and 468,554 deaths), followed by Brazil (22,080,906 infections and 614,278 deaths).
The other worst countries with over 5 million cases are the UK (10,202,370), Russia (9,403,480), Turkey (8,748,025), France (7,723,032), Iran (6,108,882), Germany (5,804,139), Argentina (5,326,448), Spain (5,131,012) and Colombia (5,065,373), the CSSE figures showed.
Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Mexico (293,859), Russia (267,527), Peru (201,071), the UK (145,218), Indonesia (143,808), Italy (133,674), Iran (129,629), Colombia (128,437), France (119,875) and Argentina (116,529).
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So what to do if you want to have more time with kids while they're small? Keep one foot in the workplace scene as best you can — keep professional networks warm, work part-time, take advantage of flex-jobs if possible… and don't be afraid to volunteer for the preschool board and add your duties to your resume so you can shine as being 'working and active' when you do apply for that future position once your kids are in school! Another thing to keep in mind: Don't be afraid to negotiate below-the-radar benefits with your employer if/when you find out you're expecting and are thinking about pursuing more flexibility.
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Has Brand "Engagement" Gone Too Far?
April 23, 2020 /in Blog /by Bonnie Rothman
Kit Kat, the candy bar, got rave reviews in the marketing trades (https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/07/10/how-kit-kat-managed-turn-viral-tweet-branded-proposal) for helping a guy propose to a gal using props supplied by Kit Kat.
In May, the gal posted a photo on Twitter to prove that her boyfriend was clueless when it came to eating a Kit Kat bar. He had chomped into it without breaking it in half first. The tweet racked up thousands of comments. Kit Kat took to Twitter and joined the conversation. Next, the brand, and I'm quoting directly, "developed an internal relationship" with him. I guess that means a bunch of emails were exchanged.
So, when the guy, wanted to pop the question to the gal, he asked Kit Kat for help. After all, Kit Kat had made him famous. His Twitter shame conferred influencer cred that made him adorably, clumsily lovable, and worthy of a "yes," from his girlfriend. After a quick discussion, the candy company produced an engagement ring box that looked like a Kit Kat. When opened, it appeared to be "broken apart."
Today, we can all be the stars of our own digital lives, particularly at its most intimate moments. Engagements and weddings must be documented on your wedding website and Instagram feed, and, to make sure that your older relatives know what's what, you've got to maintain your Facebook profile, too. Bonus points if you can get a brand to sponsor some of your posts to offset the costs of your wedding. They're out there, waiting for you
The candy car brand manager is quoted as saying: "Our brand is really all about providing breaks, and we want to advocate for breaks. Giving Evan (our man on Twitter) a break just fit in really nicely." The brand manager also said he helped to keep the moment "authentic," by not inviting TV crews to cover the proposal. Then he said the PR was cheap – reckoning the total cost at $2000. I think Kit Kats cost about two bucks. Just saying.
Brand authenticity is killing your most private and personal moments. And it's not the brand's fault. Marketers are just doing their jobs – really, really, well. It's not surprising that Kit Kit chimed into Twitter conversation. Brands are primed to listen and respond playfully to positive comments about them. The social media team would be "tsk-ed, tsk-ed" if they didn't. It's also not a stretch for the brand's marketers to consider extending the conversation, turning the candy faux-pas into a campaign to find other people who never ate a Kit Kat and therefore don't know that you get maximum deliciousness by breaking it in half for the best ratio of crunchy wafer to creamy chocolate. If I were on the Kit Kat marketing team, I would certainly be thinking about how I could turn that viral second into an hour or two of attention online and in the street. I can also see how the campaign could include a role for the first guy on the planet who didn't know how to eat the candy.
But, the article said that the guy reached out to Kit Kat when he wanted to propose. That's what floored me. The unintended influencer turned into the "even my engagement is for sale" huckster.
Last month I read that couples that met on Bumble and Tinder used the brands in their weddings. A couple that met on Bumble had a Bumble executive officiate their wedding. When we invite "brands" to sponsor our most intimate moments, they become baked into our life stories, and the brands risk becoming more important than the dizzying, wonderful, burned-into-your-brain moment itself. I want you to marry me – and eat a Kit Kat. After all, everybody deserves a break.
Maybe the break we all deserve is one from social media. Take a break from social media, and vow to cherish those special moments as they happen in real time, unmarred by commerce, for the intimate, beautiful, personal ones that they are.
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