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Q: Django Migrate command throwing ORA-00955 error I have an oracle 12c existing database.
I used inspectdb to create the django models. Most of the tables in the db dont have a primary key and I assume that if pk is not set explicitly, then Django would apply the id column as the primary key to the tables.
Also, I have set managed=True on all my models so, Django should ideally be able to create the id column for its use.
When I run makemigrations, I dont get any error. But when I run migrate after that I get the following error:-
return self.cursor.execute(query, self._param_generator(params))
django.db.utils.DatabaseError: ORA-00955:
    name is already used by an existing object

Any clue why I am getting this error?

A: Update:-
So, I found out that the issue was with the initial migration itself. Since, the tables were already existing in my case, it might have taken it as duplicate object names when trying to migrate the first time. I had to fake the initial migration so that it only checks if the tables exist for the models and if it does then migrate. Below is the command for the same. It worked perfectly and my initial migration was successful.
python manage.py makemigrations

python manage.py migrate --fake-initial

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How an App Helps Low-income People Put Food on the Table
Brooklyn tech startup Propel created the smartphone app Fresh EBT so consumers can manage their government benefits
By Michael Stahl - February 27, 2018
The Fresh EBT app shows balances, store locations and other vital information (Photos courtesy of Propel)
"If Con Edison overcharges me by $5 for my monthly heating bill, it sucks but I could pay it," says Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of the Brooklyn-based tech company Propel. "If you're low-income and don't have a lot of money, having to call and spend the hour on the phone trying to get that money back is really important, and really frustrating."
A former product manager for Facebook, Chen and his team at Propel are dedicated to addressing the concerns of people living below the poverty line, namely how to navigate bureaucratic processes and put food on the table. They've built a smartphone app called Fresh EBT, which helps people receiving government food-assistance funds with an assortment of tasks that many more fortunate souls take for granted.
"In 2014," the year Chen launched the company, "a lot of software, especially built in Silicon Valley, tended to solve the problems that wealthy people had," he says, citing apps for dating, restaurant finding, and laundry pick-up. "As a 27-year-old man living in San Francisco, every need and whim was catered to by the app store. It seemed pretty unfair that was the case for me, but not true for a 45-year-old single mother who lives in Kansas."
Founder Chen, second from left, with members of the Propel team
That summer, he moved to Brooklyn after joining a fellowship program called Blue Ridge Labs. Sponsored by Robin Hood—New York City's largest poverty-fighting organization, supporting around 200 nonprofits—the Blue Ridge Labs fellowship helps tech entrepreneurs develop ventures that address poverty issues. Chen began talking with New Yorkers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, still colloquially known as "food stamps."
These days, instead of getting paper coupons discounting various assistance-eligible items, people in SNAP are awarded an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, which acts like a debit card when swiped at grocery stores. One woman Chen spoke with about the daily challenges of living in poverty told him that before every trip to the grocery store, she called a helpline to check the balance on her EBT card, which is periodically replenished.
"She had the number saved on speed dial," Chen recalls. "She immediately—before the automated voice prompt started talking—pressed a one and a three and then typed in her entire card number purely from memory." (New York State's EBT cards have a 19-digit identification number splayed across the front.)
Chen felt the process seemed oddly primitive because, in the consumer banking world, years-old apps had removed such steps for their users. With 42 million Americans receiving food assistance, comprising 11% of all grocery-store revenue—some $70 billion—Chen thought the development of a phone app designed for SNAP participants was in order.
Shortly after the three-month fellowship was complete, Chen and his small team at Propel had crafted the Fresh EBT app. It displays the user's EBT card balance and transaction history. There are digital maps locating grocery stores that accept EBT—a feature that includes farmers markets, which Chen calls "a really important resource for our users."
The Fresh EBT app helps with planning, finding discounts, and even recipes
Propel has partnered with major food retailers, including Walmart, ShopRite and Stop & Shop, as well as local stores, letting the now 1 million Fresh EBT users know who accepts EBT cards. Store specials appear on the app too, and a partnership with Coupons.com means Fresh EBT users can "clip" digital coupons, cashing them in at participating retailers.
"We also partnered with a nonprofit that provides recipes that are low-cost, high-nutrition, and simple to prepare," Chen says. "And we built a budgeting feature that allows our users to think about how they might spread their benefits throughout the month, so they don't run out."
Though Fresh EBT is free to download, the for-profit Propel pulls in revenue by selling various promotions to grocery stores and brands. "It's really about helping [those] partners understand how many of our users are currently shopping at their stores, and the incremental amounts of revenue they capture" from them, Chen explains. "Our theory is that we can give those grocery stores and brands a way to compete to help our users save money—as a way to gain more of a market share."
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Propel's first partner was a produce store on Fort Hamilton Parkway, 3 Guys from Brooklyn. Store manager Philip Penta says 90% of the store's goods can be bought with EBT cards, and the Fresh EBT app means fewer customers calling the helpline to find out their card balance as they check out, which could be disruptive to other shoppers. The app has brought new customers to his store, Penta says, and spread greater awareness about their specials to those who get EBT, a "huge" contingency of his clientele. "They're great people, they're smart people," Penta says of the team at Propel. "I think they found a niche that wasn't being filled and hit a home run with the app."
Tech investors believe in the company too. Propel has procured $6.6 million in funding so far, according to Crunchbase. Via seed funding last year, they raised $4 million from investors including the Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and the venture firm launched by NBA star Kevin Durant. Propel also won more than $1 million in a Financial Solutions Lab competition, in which entrants proposed solutions to help households better manage their finances.
Before looking to develop new software, Chen says Propel is singularly focused on getting the word out about Fresh EBT. So far they've tapped into only about 5% of the market, he estimates, and is working with consumers, food banks and retailers to building awareness of the app via word-of-mouth, poster campaigns and other means.
No matter what's next, expect Propel to continue innovating right here in Brooklyn. "We started the company here, and we've been here the past four years," says Chen, who moved the Propel offices from Cobble Hill to Fort Greene during that period. "It's really important to us that we're a part of the New York City community, and part of the Brooklyn community in particular."
Michael Stahl is a freelance writer and editor. A former high school English teacher, he has written for Rolling Stone, Vice, the Village Voice, Narratively, Splitsider, Outside Magazine and other publications.
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An ABB Industrial Robot Provides Automated Luggage Storage and Retrieval at New Yotel in Manhattan
ABB Inc. Posted 09/30/2011
"YOBOT" housed in lobby's glass enclosure provides increased storage security and a unique, high-tech amenity consistent with Yotel brand
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – An ABB articulated arm industrial robot serving as an automated luggage storage and retrieval system is one of the unique features of the new Yotel that opened in June at Times Square West in Manhattan. The new Yotel, the brand's first location outside of its three airport hotels in London and Amsterdam, is part of "MIMA", a mixed-use development located at 570 Tenth Avenue, between 41st and 42nd streets. The theatrically-lit robot, appropriately named "YOBOT", is the central feature in the lobby, housed behind a secure glass enclosure where it picks up and stores guests' luggage in one of 117 lockers. When guests are ready to leave the city they return with their bar-coded receipt for the YOBOT to retrieve their bags.
The system, the only one of its kind in the world, is the vision of Yotel CEO Gerard Greene. In addition to the YOBOT other high-tech features of the new Yotel include fully automated guest check-in and check-out at airline style self-service kiosks; and in Dohyo, the hotel's restaurant, hydraulic tables lower into the floor to create a performance area. With 669 rooms (known as "cabins") the new Yotel is the largest hotel opening in New York in 2011.
The YOBOT system was designed and installed by MFG Automation of Ashford, CT, an established ABB system integrator primarily serving industrial customers in the food and beverage, plastics, aerospace and general manufacturing sectors. The Yotel group found MFG through an internet search and after an initial consultation MFG owner John Phelps came back with a RobotStudio animated rendering of the proposed system and a vow that, though it was an unusual application for an industrial robot, he could make it work!
YOBOT is an ABB IRB 6640 robot that would typically be found in industrial settings performing such tasks as material handling, machine tending or spot welding. It is mounted on a 5 meter floor track were it moves from the luggage handoff opening to the base of the storage lockers, which are stacked nearly to the limit of the 14 ft ceiling against two walls within the enclosed area. The main wall contains 72 lockers for larger bags, and 15 lockers for smaller bags like laptop cases, purses, etc. A smaller wall positioned 90° to the main wall houses an additional 30 smaller lockers.
The IRB 6640 was selected because its 3 meter reach was necessary to access all 117 lockers from the track, and its 60kg payload capacity would agilely handle the heaviest bags. Guests enter a user name and PIN on an interactive, flat-panel touch screen, and place their bags on a locker insert bin presented by the YOBOT via a fork-like attachment at the end of the robot arm. From there the YOBOT inserts the bin into a dedicated locker slot and a bar code receipt is issued to the guest for the subsequent bag retrieval. The YOBOT can complete a storage or retrieval operation in 30 seconds or less.
According to Phelps one of the biggest challenges to the project was programming the robot within the parameters of the confined storage enclosure. "It was very much like a robot in a bottle," said Phelps. "In order to reach all lockers the robot had to articulate in a certain manner depending on the locker location, very often with only 1½" clearance to the glass and the surrounding walls. Plus the project evolved over time and the configuration of the lockers was somewhat fluid until the near the end."
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"It took a bold vision on the part of Yotel to initiate and complete this first of its kind project," said Phelps. "They were an exceptional customer throughout the entire process."
Noted Joe Campbell, vice president of the ABB Robot Products Group in the US, "We have been enthusiastically engaged in this project since its inception and salute the creativity and expertise of both the Yotel group and MFG in making this happen in such a spectacular way. We feel it is a testament to endless range of functions that industrial robots can perform."
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    obj->set_zone(MatureObjectZone);
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Blackpool can hold their heads up high after they put in a fine shift at the King Power Stadium, but were finally beaten by Leicester, who continue to seemingly cruise to promotion.
The Seasiders stunned their hosts and had led at the break. Having soaked up all of City's pressure, David Goodwillie capitalised on a defensive error to fire his side ahead.
Pool held out for as long as they could, but were left deflated by a stunner from Riyad Mahrez, which hauled The Foxes level.
From there Blackpool tired, as Wes Morgan and Kevin Phillips won in for the hosts with late strikes.
Barry Ferguson had made one change to his side, bringing in Jack Robinson for Ricardo Fuller.
But Inevitably it was the promotion chasers who started the better, and they came close early on when Anthony Knockaert fired into the side netting.
Top scorer David Nugent then dragged an effort wide, before Jamie Vardy had a strike chalked off for offside.
However with 17 minutes gone the best chance fell to Blackpool, as Neal Bishop met Andy Halliday's corner, but his header was poor and dropped wide.
The whole of the King Power Stadium were in raptures on 32 minutes, before they realised that Vardy's effort had hit the side netting, rather than the bottom corner.
And the former-Fleetwood striker should have scored soon after when he broke clean through, but his effort was dragged off target.
Blackpool then punished the hosts for their wastefulness as they snuck ahead minutes before the break.
Robinson's long throw caused pandemonium inside the Leicester box, and when Kasper Schmeichel failed to connect, Goodwillie was on hand to slam into an empty net.
That put The Seasiders ahead at the break, after they'd soaked up plenty of City pressure.
It was the goal scorer who could have doubled Blackpool's lead soon after the break, but when connecting with Halliday's cross, Goodwillie could only stab wide.
The Seasiders had started the second half well, and came close when Halliday bent an effort narrowly wide of Schmeichel's goal.
However the home side eventually justified their league position with a goal of the highest class to level.
Mahrez side stepped Bishop's challenge, before firing an unstoppable drive, which swerved away from Matt Gilks and into the net.
Ferguson then freshened up his attacking options, bringing on Fuller in place of Goodwillie.
Pool had to rely on their goalkeeper soon after, as Gilks was at full stretch to keep out Nugent's goal-bound header.
Isaiah Osbourne and Stephen Dobbie were then brought on for The Seasiders, who were nearly beaten by a former favoruite.
Substitute Gary Taylor-Fletcher broke through, but his effort was deflected wide, before Gilks kept out Matty James' header at full stretch.
However The Foxes made their pressure count with eight minutes remaining, when Morgan nodded home Mahrez's cross at the back post.
And the hosts added a third to seal their win, but it was harsh on Pool, as former striker Phillips fired into the top corner.
Philips had a further chance to rubber stamp the victory, but fired over, before Gilks denied Danny Drinkwater.
In the end The Seasiders were beaten, but had put in a fine shift and can be proud.


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Based in Waterford city, Peter O'Connor & Sons is one of the leading law firms in the southeast of Ireland. Established in 1920, they provide a full range of legal services to families and private individuals, businesses, farming and agri-business, government and public sector, charities and not for profit voluntary bodies.
Their firm is built on the achievements of past and present members, none more so than its founding father, Peter O'Connor. An Olympic champion, world record holder and respected businessman, he took over the practice in 1920, and helped it grow to what it is today; a regional firm with a global perspective.
They initially contacted us to take a look at her website. After meeting them, we agreed that a brand refresh was also necessary. The business had come a long way since it was founded in 1920 and it was felt that the old logo no longer reflected the depth of their expertise and experience. They needed a new look, one that would propel them into modern era.
When designing the logo, we wanted something fresh and vibrant, something you wouldn't expect of a law firm, hence our suggestion of yellow as the predominant colour, and the use of the letter 'O' as a focal point. Our main objective was to simplify the design and make it more contemporary.
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Are you Hungry when you wake up in the morning?
There are people who are really hungry when they wake up in the morning, so they have big breakfasts. They say that they need it to be able to put up with a whole day, and doctors say that it's probably the healthiest way to go. However, I am not like that. I am rarely hungry in the mornings, specially when i wake up early. Only if i haven't had dinner for whatever reason or something like that i will feel like having a decent breakfast. What happens to you in which refers to this? Are you hungry in the mornings when you wake up?
I used to be very hungry 2-3 yrs back when I woke up in the morning, but for the past couple of years, I hav noticed a big change in myself.. I don't feel that hungry now, maybe its becoz I do regular workouts in the evening and have a nice meal before I go to sleep in the night..
yes i am,my friend.the so called pundits or experts are alway trying to tell us what to do is more healthy,more desirable.but in my opinion,the situation should be considered diferently from people to people.a generalized theory may not suit every people's need.so if you are not hungery in the morning,i think it's reasonable to postpone your breakfast,which might be a more favorable way of living for you.
very well explained, thank you for your response, gexi.
Hi LightninStrike! I don't feel hunger or even crave to eat when I wake up each morning. I usually get hungry after 2-3 hours after I woke up. So, I really don't have breakfast..I have brunch instead. Haha..Take care and have a nice day.
Yeah, that is what happens to me too. Thing is that when i am up early, i will be starving by mid morning or so, but not before that time. And when i wake up after 10am at weekends etc, i normally don't have anything to eat and just wait for lunchtime.
I also don't get that hungry early in the morning if I have had my dinner in the previous day. I don't like to eat anything in the morning. I just take some light breakfast for me to go on till lunch. I don't eat anything if I have just got up from my bed. A cup of coffee can make me go upto the lunch time.
As of late, i am forcing myself to at least have a glass of juice and a couple cookies or something like that before leaving for work. Not that i am really enthusiastic about it, but it's true that the morning isn't as long with something banked in your stomach.
There are those times that I really feel so hungry when I wake up. But most of the times, I really don't feel like eating at all. The reasons might be.. I had a very heavy dinner the night before or I'm still so sleepy that my mind doesn't get what my stomach is trying to demand.
Sometimes, if I don't eat much or don't eat at all the day before. But I make it sure, even if I am not really that hungry, to eat heavy meal every morning. It helps prevent many forms of deseases and it fuels us for our activities for the whole day. It is a healthy habit to eat breakfast.
thank you for replying, iza.
yeah, not every day is the same, you have a point there raijin, thanks for replying.
What you said makes sense honey. I will have to learn from you. thanks for replying.
Usually I feel hungry one or two hours after I wake up in the morning.So I would surf on internet for thirty or forty minutes before I have breakfast.In my opinion,breakfast is quite important and I never skip it.I have bread,milk or even some fruit sometimes.
I don't be Hungry when i wake up in the Morning but, 1 hour leater i be hungry and i must eat something to good work whole day. The best breakfast is a cereals, milk and bread.
thanks for replying, haku, and by the way, awesome avatar lol.
im not hungry when i wake in the morning i dont even eat breakfast i dont want to feel full when lunch is ready lunch is my favorite time of the day..
I'm not usually hungry when I wake up in the mornings. I have a nasty sinus condition, and it causes me to wake up nauseated most mornings. Under those conditions, it's difficult to think about food, you know? So I tend to wait several hours, until that feeling passes, before I eat my breakfast...and sometimes I'll just skip breakfast entirely and wait until lunchtime to eat.
That really depends. Sometimes when I have a really good dinner and I am really full at night, I won't be hungry when I get up in the morning. But sometimes, I skip dinner and when I wake up, I would feel so hungry and I have to eat immediately *laughs*.
No, I don't wake up hungry, and could go without breakfast if I really had to. I only eat it because as they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day! I never used to eat breakfast, and never felt hungry before lunch time!
I am not hungry right when I wake up. It takes about an hour before I am hungry. I try to at least have a piece of toast or a banana before I go out, because otherwise I will be very hungry all day.
I feel that what Im experiencing is kinda weird... When I have dinner, usually I would wake up in the morning (regardless of what time I wake up) very hungry. But if I didn't take dinner, I would wake up in the morning feeling full..odd!
Many times I go to bed hungry but I manage to fall asleep.


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This NNAS course will provide a structured approach and progressions for teaching navigation. It will enable participants to better analyse and support their students through the learning process using a range of maps, environments, games and exercises indoors and outdoors.
Teaching navigation and map reading skills from map setting, pacing, timing, contours and interpreting ground shape to, a progression of compass skills, route choice strategies and relocation skills will all be covered.
By the end of the day you should have a useful toolbox of ideas and be able to create a structured programme of sessions which should to help manage time and resources for those teaching young people for DofE etc. Hopefully it will offer some personal navigation coaching as well.
How do you get away from teaching grid references in the class room on a 1:50,000 scale map. We want to help you move from map reading skills to navigation skills without having to necessarily get in a bus and drive to the hills to teach to the basics.
This 1 day course is aimed at teachers, youth workers, outdoor instructors and anyone else interested in, or currently teaching navigation skills. This course would complement skills learnt on an ML or WGL training course.
This course will provide a range of practical and fun ideas to support a progressive system of teaching navigation skills.
In 2016 the National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) launched their Tutor Award, a one day course for those who teach navigation. It is a recognition that just because one can personally navigate it doesn't follow that one can teach it!
Most navigation teaching in the UK is based on the old 1936 military and Ordnance Survey system of static map reading skills as opposed on the move navigation skills which recreational outdoor people need. This NNAS course has refreshing and completely different approach to teaching the subject and uses some orienteering coaching as a basis for teaching navigation for the general walker, DofE groups, Scouts and Girl Guides etc.
The day will provide a toolbox of progressions and ideas for teaching navigation from basic map setting through to teaching the compass. Many participants including well qualified and experienced outdoor instructors delivering Mountain Leadership courses have found the process valuable and their own navigation skills have benefitted from the day.
The course is a mixture of indoor and outdoor practical sessions and offers the opportunity for candidates to discuss their own methodology as well as learning new techniques from others. This is not a hill based course, we rarely walk more than 500m from the centre.
Completion of the course will provide registration with NNAS as a tutor for the NNAS Bronze and Silver awards. Currently a further one day workshop is required to deliver the Gold award. Successful completion of the NNAS Tutor Award enables those without a higher hill or mountain walking qualification but with experience and interest in the outdoors to help teach on a Bronze award under the guidance of a registered NNAS Bronze provider.
Over the next three years (from November 2016) all current award providers and their staff will have to attend this CPD-accredited course in order to continue to offer bronze-level NNAS courses.
Using some coaching ideas from orienteering as well as traditional methods we will work through a series of skills which lead the student through a solid progression of learning from map setting to map reading, contours, and starting to using a compass.
By using maps with a scale of 1:5,000 or 1:10,000 and breaking skills down into smaller parts with games or exercises we hope to be able to provide you with a tool box of ideas to liven up your teaching and enthuse the students.
We will also take a quick look at how to make a small map of your local grounds / school so you can use the tool box without having to necessarily use transport to get to a more remote teaching environment. A surprising amount of the basics of good navigation can be taught outside even in an urban environment.
This one day course starts at 09.00, if you could aim to arrive by 08.30 so teaching time is not lost. Packed Lunches will need to be collected and stores will be open from 08.30. The day will finish around 16.30 – 17.00 with a review of the day and tea and cake.
Outdoor clothing and a compass is all that is required, all the mapping will be supplied..
There is no special fitness level required, but we will be going over rough ground in order to look at navigation skills using contour features. You should be able to use a map and compass as whilst there may be some opportunities for personal coaching that is not the focus of the day.


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S.3049 Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain amendments relating to reporting requirements with respect to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, and for other purposes. 12/12/19
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Women's health, hormonal, fertility, emotional (anxiety, fears), insomnia, headaches
Allergies & skin issues, digestive disorders, children's health
Facial rejuvenation with cosmetic facial acupuncture
I discovered the power of alternative medicine when my eldest daughter, who at the age of eight almost lost her hearing, was healed with homeopathy (read full story here). I originally worked as a producer for the BBC World Service and as newspaper journalist after achieving a BA from Birkbeck College in politics, philosophy and history. I then went on to found and co-found a number of companies in the UK and Spain, including a language translation business. Although I loved the challenge of running companies, I was inspired by my daughter's 'miraculous cure', and eventually decided to take a more holistic approach to life and several years ago, made a life changing career decision, which I have never regretted, to train formally and take up practicing alternative medicine as a profession.
Initially I trained as a classical homeopath with the renowned International Academy of Homeopathy in Greece, before completing a postgraduate diploma at the College of Practical Homeopathy in London. While already practising homeopathy, I also trained in auricular and facial acupuncture, dry needling (Western Acupuncture) as well as energy healing. In my practice, I often combine various therapies, as this speeds up the healing process.
I took over Nova Clinic in 2017, setting out to provide various natural health therapies all under one roof. Like most therapists I offer one-to-one consultations and treatments. But I believe that everyone should be able to access alternative therapies, regardless of their income. And so, in our clinic we promote natural therapies in other ways too. Once a month we hold Wellness Day, when the therapies are provided at a fraction of the usual cost. I also run very relaxing regular Wellness Acupuncture sessions both in our practice and in other community settings. I am committed to making alternative and complementary medicine more accessible to enable more people to discover the power of natural healing.
Nova Natural Health Clinic is located in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, next to Lister Hospital. Our patients come to us from all over Herts including Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, St Neots, Hatfield, Welwyn, Welwyn Garden City; but also from Luton, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and further afield. Everyone in our team shares the same philosophy: we want to restore and maintain our patients' health in the most natural way possible.


Based on the impossible true story, Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery—with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)—manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.
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Ayla examined her son again, trying to remember the reflection of herself. My forehead bulges out like that, she thought, reaching up to touch her face. And that bone under his month, I've got one too. But he's got brow ridges, and I haven't. Clan people have brow ridges. If I'm different, why shouldn't my baby be different? He should look like me, shouldn't he? He does, a little, but he looks a little like Clan babies, too. He looks like both.
In Secretariat, Disney's more or less family-friendly tale surrounding the principals and events leading up to the eponymous horse's 1973 Triple Crown victory, we find ourselves mired in the troubles of a sports film that aspires to inspire. This is not to say that there's nothing terribly interesting to be seen here; far from it.
The film is self-consciously feminist in many ways. A feminist motif is absolutely appropriate for this particular story, considering that Penny Chenery (Diane Lane, Unfaithful, Under the Tuscan Sun) is a genuine trailblazer for women in the field of horseracing. It's when it tries to exploit this so transparently that it stumbles.
Consider the film's neverending search for a true antagonist. While racing is certainly adversarial in nature, Secretariat isn't so much concerned with Secretariat's victories, which are of course a foregone conclusion to we viewers looking back through time, as it is with the personal trials of the people who invested so much of themselves in the project of the horse. Accordingly, with some unease, the role of antagonist is unsuccessfully assigned to a series of men, including among her own family, to obstruct that curse of biography, the character arc. The last of these, and unredeemed, is also the most awkward, as we are to take Pancho Martin (Nestor Serrano, 24) as a serious threat, when it is quite clear that Penny, Big Red, et al have already won.
Contrast this with the obvious passion for breeding, Penny's true genius, weaving its way through the background of this portion of the larger story. Based in fact or not, Penny recognizes the potential due Big Red from his matriline to become a prizewinning horse, unlike Ogden Phipps (James Cromwell, The Green Mile, Six Feet Under), and thus wins him in a "lost" bet. I can hardly believe that a society with such a grand history of breeding could be so ignorant of the pattern of genetic contributions to offspring in sexually reproducing species, but I'll accept the possibility, and even forgive the fudging of history, for the exciting and valuable lesson it shares: ignorance of reality, in favor of the prejudices of the past, has real costs. Secretariat cannot help but revel in this appreciation, proudly stating in a postscript that the horse's heart was two-and-a-half times larger than that of the average horse. A testimonial to his spirit, some might say, but more prosaically, to the spirit of artificial selection.
In one other way, I must commend Secretariat. The film doesn't have the luxury of the climactic moment. There are, after all, three races in the Triple Crown. Lesser filmmakers would have pared them down to one, giving the others short shrift; perhaps the first race was the real test, or the first two were merely preparations for the final victory. This would have been a disservice, and fortunately, Secretariat exploits the very different conditions of the races to provide three different kinds of presentations, each with its own emotional core.
None of this is to resolve my objections to the silliness sought once too often from trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich, Empire of the Sun, Being John Malkovich), or the soliloquy sought once too often from groom Eddie Sweat (Nelsan Ellis, True Blood). But, perhaps, it is just as far as they could push what is clearly meant to be the heartwarming tale of a horse.
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Sure, the Brexit vote was bad for banks in lots and lots and lots of ways. But for beleaguered trading desks, it kept them busy enough for a week to make up for a whole quarter. Can you say "President Trump"? Please?
This Brexit dividend extended into July. Data out Friday from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association show average U.S. bond-trading volume in July rose a sharp 9% from a year earlier. That compares with a 6% rise in June, and a miserable start to the year when volumes were anemic….
Of course, barring another shock event, trading will likely settle down in the months ahead. Seasonally, the second half of the year generally sees less trading activity.


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For those who are already passionate about tattoos, this is certainly good news. Make a personalized tattoo not only in form, size, meaning, but also in sound. Yes exactly! That's what Soundwave Tattoos is supposed to be!
Do you want to preserve your most beautiful memories in a new way? Perhaps there is a song that is special to you or a quote that captures exactly what you are ... Soundwave Tattoos will help you keep them in the newest way that combines technology with art. Moreover, in this way you will have the opportunity to play the message (tattoo content) whenever you want.
tattoo on the body. You can play that soundwave on your smartphone with the help of an app.
Joyce (24) and Arie (52) Groen from Patrem Filia are the first in the Benelux to offer this. "This is probably still unknown to most people," says Joyce. "I've already put two in the last four weeks and I'm getting more and more requests." The concept is simple. You choose a sound fragment that you want to be immortalized on your body. That send Joyce and Arie to the creators of the app. A few hours later they deliver the sound wave that is linked to the audio fragment. When you open the app and keep it above the tattoo, the audio clip plays.
"It is a tattoo with an enormous amount of meaning and emotional value", says Arie. "We only got the question of a mother who wants to have the voice of her deceased son tattooed." Even Arie himself has a soundwave on his leg. "I am a huge fan of AC / DC. That's why I also put a number of them on my leg, "says Arie. Luk Verdonck was the second customer to have a musical tattoo put. He too has chosen a music fragment. Joyce would like to put one with her daughter's voice in the future.
The place of the tattoo is crucial for the app to work. "The best is on such a flat spot on the body. There should be no curvature or it should not be too round. Then the app falters, "says Joyce. Also, the aging of the skin was taken into account. "With the aid of a photo, the sound wave of the app can be adjusted in the future when the skin is out of date," says Joyce.


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We're doing whatever we can to keep you, our business, and our domestic manufacturers healthy during these unprecedented times. In that spirit, we have partnered with iconic New York City multimedia artist Baron Von Fancy (the pseudonym of Gordon Stevenson) — who has collaborated with brands like Nike, Google, and Porsche —to make non-medical masks. The mask features his signature expressive lettering and phraseology for a bold white graphic message with a touch of BVF's trademark cheek: "Loose lips sink ships." Please note, our production capacity is extremely limited and we will be re-stocking only periodically.
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"I'll have what she's having", "I feel you, baby", "Tell me why we shouldn't": you've most likely come across Baron Von Fancy's work, and if you haven't, you've certainly come across the idea of it. Baron Von Fancy – a.k.a. BVF – is that guy who gets surrounded at every party simply because he's so clued-up on pop culture. In reality, BVF is the alter-ego of Gordon Stevenson, who started his career working across mediums and styles. He gave birth to BVF as a way of reaching the masses through wit and humor. His message stands out, as does his style. Together, they're the epitome of youth culture and its long-standing habit of using provocation to engage. It's the 21st century foghorn, if you will, and it's caught the attention of BVF collaborators – everyone from Converse, Nike, rag & bone and Louis Vuitton to W Hotels and Uber.


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Parliament report calls for Bribery Act review: Our opinion – Junk in. Junk Out.
Tags: Committee on small and medium sized enterprises, House of Lords, Road to Success, SME Exports
In a recent report "Roads to Success: SME Exports" the House of Lords committee on small and medium-sized enterprises called for urgent scrutiny of the Bribery Act by a parliamentary select committee claiming that the Bribery Act has met with "confusion and uncertainty."
Some small businesses told the committee that the Bribery Act had put the UK at a disadvantage,
Some of the arguments in support of the proposed review include claims that the Bribery Act prevents people from taking others to dinner.
Obvious rubbish. None the less it is disappointing that there are still people peddling this line.
We have extracted the relevant piece of the report below. It's worth a read:
Extract follows:
10.1. The Bribery Act 2010 came into force in July 2011. Its purpose was to modernise domestic and foreign offences of bribery. Its enactment led to a flurry of concern that SMEs would be particularly harshly affected. Mr Simon of UKTI agreed that the Act had "provoked a bit of anxiety" and said that "it is possible that [the UK] have lost some business".
10.2. It was not surprising, therefore, that whilst several witnesses recognised it as having enhanced the reputation of the UK in terms of business ethical standards, some expressed concern that the Act had given rise to uncertainty and put the UK at a trading disadvantage. Deltex Medical Ltd, for example, said:
"The Bribery Act is a concern because it creates an imbalance with other markets. We support appropriate measures to uphold industry best practice and ethical business practices. However, the terms of the Bribery Act itself potentially restrict trading opportunities—for example in countries such as China and Brazil that do not conform to the same code of practice as the UK. In our experience, we have had to pay to review potential overseas distributors in China. Many Directors of SMEs are rightly concerned about being able to expand export markets whilst conforming to the Bribery Act."
10.3. He went on:
"BRIC countries especially raise challenging questions around the Bribery Act. My fellow directors and I have concerns over how we operate correctly under the Bribery Act within those countries. We have taken legal advice. We have made changes to our contracts. All of those areas have ways of trading that are different from those that we have in the UK, and different standards. It is difficult for any company to go in and follow the recommendations."
10.4. Tony Shepherd of Alderley plc expressed his views robustly:
"The existing Act is virtually impossible to operate as far as a UK company is concerned. You cannot really take someone out to dinner without committing a crime. I am very strongly in favour of trying to eliminate bribery, but to have a situation where we are subject to a law that is much more severe than anywhere else in the world is not good." Our emphasis [ED: We'd like to meet Tony, who does not appear to have read the Ministry of Justice Guidance or thebriberyact.com]
10.5. ADS also recognised the value of the Act but asked for "clearer guidance … on its practical application and its implications, particularly the responsibility on SMEs for local 'agents'". They also thought it "essential that the UK pursues a global level playing field in bribery rules so UK companies are not disadvantaged". LMK Thermosafe Ltd similarly understood the purpose of the Act but said that adhering to the Act restricted their ability to sell successfully and, as a result of Act, they preferred to "work in markets where honesty is appreciated". Mr Ehmann of the IoD described the Bribery Act 2012 as a "counterproductive" measure that has "held us back". It had had, he said, "a significant impact" on his members, especially for those trading with BRIC countries and developing economies.
Current Government action
10.6. The Government explained to us what action they had taken to help SMEs to understand the implications of the Bribery Act 2010. The Ministry of Justice has published guidance on the Act and has run a programme of awareness-raising, prioritising UK industrial sectors most exposed to corruption risks. There is an online Business Anti-Corruption Portal which is specially targeted at SMEs and provides a comprehensive and practical business tool to help them avoid and fight corruption, with specific advice on 62 countries. Commercial Awareness training for FCO staff aims to equip them with the knowledge and skills to be able to provide suitable support to businesses, including advice on this issue. Mr Simon referred also to an initiative being considered by UKTI, "a potential signposting opportunity to people who can give specific guidance to companies as to how directors can take appropriate levels of care to ensure they do not infringe the Bribery Act". He suggested that the "most dangerous thing" was not "the legislation per se" but "a lack of confidence".
10.7. As with intellectual property issues, we exhort the Government to make efforts to promote the international harmonisation of standards, and also to raise awareness amongst SMEs about the application of the Bribery Act 2010 and explain exactly how it will be applied in practice.
10.8. Mr Simon suggested that "there is a desire that the Bribery Act be tested by the Crown Prosecution Service, because then the community as a whole will have a better sense of where it stands".We do not agree. It is not satisfactory to wait for elaborate court cases to define the actual workings of the Bribery Act 2010 in case law.
10.9. Whilst we acknowledge the importance of the example of high ethical standards being set by the UK, application of the Bribery Act 2010 has been met with confusion and uncertainty. We recommend, therefore, that, at the earliest opportunity, the Act should be the subject of post-legislative scrutiny by a Parliamentary select committee.
There is plenty of free guidance out there on the application of the Bribery Act. We cannot think of a piece of legislation which has sparked much more commentary, advisory, much of it on line and completely free, including our own eponymous website.
Complaints about a lack of information and desire for more guidance ring hollow – especially when a centerpiece propping up the claim is the concern that taking someone to dinner is a criminal offence. The calls for a review need to be seen in context. Junk in. Junk out.
And, Tony from Alderly PLC, if you're reading feel free to give us a call. We can help you.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez BATTLE Pornography During Easter Feast!
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are on a different mission on Easter weekend
On the day of Easter when people light up candles, bells ring in the churches and kids are in search of colored plastic eggs. But American actor Ben Affleck and well-known American singer Jennifer Lopez were on a different missions. They found the weekend the aptest time to continue their house hunt. They were seen checking out houses and properties in different regions. Both of them checked Bel Air, a site that was under construction. There are barely any houses in that place. Still, they did a thorough check of that place before going back. On Saturday, they went to Brentwood. There, they had a look at the views from the upper floor of the building. But they weren't satisfied with it.
The closure of the deal in Bel Air
The search was about to get over as they had decided to shift to their new home in Bel Air at $55 million. They had signed the deal as well. But unfortunately, the deal collapsed. Most probably, they might not like something about the dealer. They have examined Bev Hills and Holmby Hills very thoroughly. The mansions are very spacious with huge compounds. The ex-wife of Mr. Chow owns one of them and Mohammed Hadid designed the next one. But it seems that they are not convinced enough with them. They have been engaged recently. So they want to be very sure whether the abode is right for their children or not.
Why so hurry to take up the house?
It might be that they want to take the house as soon as possible because of their marriage. They may want to close up this house hunt fast. They came across a lot of luxury homes but are yet on their prowl for their home sweet home.
Relationship between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
From 2002 to 2004, Ben dated Jennifer Lopez. Both later broke up. Jennifer described the reason as Ben's hesitancy and discomfort to face the media. Lopez called this her first heartbreak later on. Affleck considered media content as based on classism, sexism, and racism. Though they remained in contact and spoke in public. Jennifer and Ben had been dating many people during this journey. She was going to get married to dancer, Casper Smart in 2021. But their wedding kept on postponed due to COVID-19. Again in 2021, both Jennifer and Ben started dating. This will be the fourth marriage for both Lopez and Affleck.
1. Did Jennifer and Ben check out some houses?
Lopez and her beau have visited quite a few properties in recent days, including a $43 million home in Bel Air where Kylie Jenner also owns the property.
2. Are they going to get married?
Earlier this month the pair announced that they were engaged for the second time though both seem optimistic that this engagement will end in marriage rather than a breakup.
3. Why did they cancel the deal of purchasing the mansion in Bel Air?
They walked away from their wound be $55 million purchase — which they apparently felt wasn't right for them after entering escrow.
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Passion for boxing drives Garcia in Gloves participation
Jo Ann Garcia caught the bug for the Sweet Science at an early age.
Passion for boxing drives Garcia in Gloves participation Jo Ann Garcia caught the bug for the Sweet Science at an early age. Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2l2p8cB
George Vondracek, Corpus Christi Caller-Times Published 7:59 p.m. CT Feb. 3, 2017 | Updated 11:45 p.m. CT Feb. 3, 2017
Regional Golden Glove Tournament: Night 2
Damien Fuentes (right) from Neighborhood Boxing Club boxes against Dominic Grande from Corpus Christi Police Athletics League Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Evan Richards (right) boxes against Arnulfo Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Evan Richards (left) boxes against Arnulfo Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Dominic Lopez (left) from Two Countries Boxing Club boxes against Noah Arreola during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Dominic Lopez (front) from Two Countries Boxing Club boxes against Noah Arreola during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Dominic Lopez (right) from Two Countries Boxing Club boxes against Noah Arreola during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Andy Luis (left) from Corpus Christi Police Athletics League Boxing Club boxes against Elijah Ramirez from Neighborhood Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Christian Rodriguez (left) from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association Boxing Club boxes against Ramon Suniga from Azteca Warrior Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Christian Rodriguez (right) from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association Boxing Club boxes against Ramon Suniga from Azteca Warrior Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
McArthur Perez (left) from Hearts of Champion boxes against Eric Garcia from Corpus Christi Police Athletics League Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
McArthur Perez (right) from Hearts of Champion boxes against Eric Garcia from Corpus Christi Police Athletics League Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Isaac Garcia (left) boxes against David Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Isaac Garcia (right) boxes against David Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Juan Guerrero (left) from Corpus Christi Police Officers League Boxing Club boxes against Jesus Ventura from Hearts of Champion Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Juan Guerrero (right) from Corpus Christi Police Officers League Boxing Club boxes against Jesus Ventura from Hearts of Champion Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Luis Flores (left) from Kingsville Boxing Club boxes against Eric Beile during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Luis Flores (right) from Kingsville Boxing Club boxes against Eric Beile during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Jose Bernal (right) from Hinojosa Boxing Club boxes against Loenzo Garza from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Jose Bernal (left) from Hinojosa Boxing Club boxes against Loenzo Garza from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Marcus Garcia (right) from Hinojosa Boxing Club boxes against Fabian Navarro from Kingsville Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Juan Cardenas (left) from Delgados Boxing Club boxes against Israel Barboza from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Juan Cardenas (right) from Delgados Boxing Club boxes against Israel Barboza from Corpus Christi Police Officers Association Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Mark Beuke (left) boxes against Christopher Rodriguez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Mark Beuke (right) boxes against Christopher Rodriguez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Damien Fuentes (left) from Neighborhood Boxing Club boxes against Dominic Grande from Corpus Christi Police Athletics League Boxing Club during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Isaac Garcia (right) from boxes against David Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi. Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times
Isaac Garcia (right) from boxes against David Gonzalez during the Regional Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at The Valencia Center in Corpus Christi.(Photo: Gabe Hernandez/Caller-Times)Buy Photo
Jo Ann Garcia caught the bug for the Sweet Science at an early age. It has germinated into a love for boxing that isn't going to perish.
"Boxing is a passion," Garcia said. "I just love it."
Garcia, 55, is the head of officials at the 74th annual Corpus Christi Regional Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament at the Valencia Building. She can judge fights, keep the time of the bouts and perform the clerical duties involved in helping run the amateur event. She is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Corpus Christi Bay, the franchise-holder for the event, and has been involved with the Gloves for 10 years.
Her roots in boxing run deeper than a decade, though. At age 6, while her father coached the sport while in the Marines, Garcia wanted to participate in the sport. Being the watergirl and holding a spit bucket was not her idea of participation, however.
"'No, dad, I don't want to do that,'" Garcia told her father. "'Well, what do you want to do?' I said, 'I want to get in the ring.' So I trained and got in and I started boxing ever since."
A 26-year veteran of Kleberg Bank as assistant vice president and loan processor, Garcia has been a Kiwanian for 15 years. While she boxed for six years, it took a while for her to reacquaint herself with boxing.
"Well, actually what got me back into it, when I started working at the bank, they wanted their officers out in the community," said Garcia, who hopes soon to add referee to her resume. "Go find a club, an organization. They wanted us to be involved with, so that's what I did.
"Actually, this young man, James Spruce, he was in the organization before I was, and he said, 'You know, she may like this sport,'" she said. "Perfect, I love boxing. I love it. Ever since then I was in it. It's in my blood."
Thus began her association with the Kiwanis Club and the Gloves. Garcia's work and participation have come while she cares for her husband of four years, Eleno, who has been battling Dementia for two years.
But through all of that, Garcia has had an infectious effect on the rest of the volunteers, said Isaac Valencia, a Kiwanian and operator of The Valencia, the venue for the Gloves.
"I'm amazed by her. She's a member of a service organization, she has her full-time job and she's caring for her husband at home," Valencia said. "This lady has a heart of gold that she is always there at a dime being dropped, a call being made.
"I just know that for someone to be able to do all that, then carry the load of the job and support an organization like this, that's stellar," Valencia said. "That's top of the line of someone who has the heart of gold and commitment like that. She's like one of the driving forces."
Garcia isn't alone. In addition to Spruce, who handles the Kiwanis Club's finances, Valencia relays a list of key contributors to the effort to stage the tournament, including: retired dentist Henry Casias; retired architect Juan Gomez; retired Marine George Saenz; and insurance agent Greg Mendoza, who performs the National Anthem prior to the start of action. The list also includes former Nueces County probation officer Eddie Gonzales, who has returned to the Club, as well as new members such as accountant Roland Hicks.
"It's like a family. It's like my dad said, that was his mantra, treat everyone like family," Valencia said of his father Silverio, the late city businessman for whom the facility is named. "That's what this is, it's a big family, and it's not just the Kiwanis, it's the parents of the boxers, it's the boxers. It's the fans coming in here."
And one particular fan who has been coming isn't going away anytime soon.
"No, never," Garcia said. "Unless the good Lord wants to take me. Other than that, I'm here to stay."
Pee-wee — 75: Dominic Grande, CCPAL, dec. Damien Fuentes, Neighborhood Boxing Club; Evan Richards, Victory, dec. Arnulfo Gonzalez, No Limit; 106: Dominic Lopez, Two Countries, dec. Noah Arreola, No Limit; Andy Luis CCPAL, dec. Elijah Ramirez, Neighborhood; Christian Rodriquez, CCPOA, dec. Ramon Suniga, Azteca Warriors, split; 125: McArthur Perez, Heart of Champions, dec. Eric Garcia, CCPAL.
Novice — 141: Isacc Garcia, Weapons at Hand, dec. David Gonzalez, Baltazar; Ben Edwards, CCPOA, dec. Osiel Armenteros, Baltazar, split; 152: Johnathan Ramirez, DMP, def. Artavuis Richardson, CCPAL, RSC-2, 1:20; 165: Jesus Ventura, Heart of Champions, dec. Juan Guerrero, CCPOA; Luis Flores, Kingsville, dec. Eric Biele, Weapons at Hand.
Open — 132: Jose Bernal, Hinojosa BC, def. Lorenzo Garza, CCPOA, RSC-2, 1:47; 141: vs. Fabian Navarro, Kingsville, dec. Marcus Garcia, Hinojosa, split; 152: Luis Lopez, Heart of Champions, def. Quindale Falkner, CCPOA, walkover; Ysrael Barboza, CCPOA, def. Juan Cardenas, Delgado's, RSC-2, :29; 178: Mark Beuke, Victory, dec. Christopher Rodriquez, Beeville.
SATURDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS
Junior female — 120: Candice Fernandez, Neighborhood, vs. Liliana Martinez, Heart of Champions.
Junior — 125: Carlos Lopez, Neighborhood, vs. Felipe Moya, CCPOA.
Novice — 108: Hector Cantu, unattached, unopposed; 114: Miles Rodriquez, unattached, unopposed; 123: Andrew Jones, Kingsville, unopposed; 132: Patrick Haro, CCPOA, vs. Daquan Dawson, CCPOA; 141: Isacc Garcia, Weapons at Hand, vs. Ben Edwards, CCPOA; 152: Johnathan Ramirez, DMP, vs. Ricardo Casarez, J.C. Pittbull; 165: Jesus Ventura, Heart of Champions, vs. Luis Flores, Kingsville; 201: Ruben Longoria, Victory, vs. Nicolas Sanders, CCPOA; Super heavyweight: Abraham Johnson, Kingsville, vs. Bryant Montgomery, No Limit.
Open — 108: Tomas Iruegas, J.C. Pitbulls, unopposed; 114: Christian Perez, Neighborhood, vs. Joe Angel Martinez, Tuff-E-Nuff; 123: Alejandro Yarra, unattached, unopposed; 132: Jose Bernal, Hinojosa BC, vs. John Torres, No Limit; 141: Fabian Navarro, Kingsville, vs. Gerardo Barboza, Azteca; 152: Luis Lopez, Heart of Champions, vs. Ysrael Barboza, CCPOA; 165: Damien Guajardo, Kingsville, vs. Mark Trevino, Azteca; 178: Mark Beuke, Victory, vs. Luis Valladares, DMP; Super heavyweight: Walter Krauser, Weapons at Hand, vs. Juan Garza, CCPOA.
NOTE: Open-class winners advance to the state tournament March 1-4 in Fort Worth
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After watching many sites get into the GIF game over the past several months, I thought I'd give it a whirl. GIFs are, of course, short video clips or photos put in motion usually on continuous loop, hence the title "GIFs That Keep On Giving." Get it? Okay, maybe I've watched Christmas Vacation too many times (yeah, not possible.) Anyway, the idea hit me the other day while listening to the local rock station of who would make a good guinea pig.
"Axl, there's a cockroach on stage! Squash it, quick!"
How considerate. Axl always made sure no one was behind him before breaking into the electric slide.
Little known fact, Axl holds the Guiness record for most hours using an invisible hula hoop.
Favorite playground activity as a kid was definitely the monkey bars.