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Nobody Invades Switzerland.
According to the commonly accepted mantra here in the US of A, shouldn't the crime/death rates in Switzerland be through the roof with all these evil guns lurking about?
Hmmm?..........
Monday's Easter Puns !!!!
Somebunny once told me that puns are evil. I hare what they're saying, but I don't agree. Eggspecially because they can be quite clever and make people hoppy.
What do you call ten rabbits marching backwards?
A receding hareline.
Why was the rabbit rubbing his head?
Because he had a eggache! (headache)
How do you catch a unique bunny?
UNIQUE UP ON IT!
Why did the magician have to cancel his show?
He'd just washed his hare and couldn't do a thing with it.
What do you call the Easter Bunny after a hard day's work?
Tired.
What did the rabbit say to the carrot?
It's been nice gnawing at you.
How should you send a letter to the Easter Bunny?
By hare mail!
What did the bunny want to do when he turned 18?
Join the Hare Force.
How do you make a rabbit stew?
Make it wait for 3 hours!
Do you know how bunnies stay in shape?
Hareobics.
What do you call rabbits that marched in a long sweltering Easter
parade?
Hot, cross bunnies
What does it mean when the Easter Bunny arrives one day late with
melted candy?
He probably had a bad hare day.
How does a rabbit make gold soup?
He begins with 24 carrots.
Which side of a rabbit has the most fur?
The outside.
Why do we paint Easter eggs?
Because it's easier than trying to wallpaper them!
How did the soggy Easter Bunny dry himself?
With a hare dryer!
Herm To Hockeytown
As several of you know, I have a hockey addiction. Detroit Red Wings.
Most game days you can find me over at Able to Yzerman, A2Y. Collectively we call ourselves "The 19" If you are a wings fan you understand the significance of the number 19. (Think Yzerman aka "The Captain") Many months ago a scheme was hatched that would bring a young fan from Brazil to Hockeytown. Money was donated from the 19. After months of planning by those more capable than I, tonight is the night. Guilherme Calciolari aka "Herm" is at the Joe watching his first ever hockey game. Herm to Hockeytown has the whole story.
The Organ-I-Zation is involved with many comps. Courtesy of the 19 and all their efforts he is enjoying....
Visiting the Joe prior to game day, getting gifts!, feted at the Hockytown Cafe, watching the preskate from the bench, being interviewed before the game, being interviewed by Mick & Ken between periods, and going to the dressing room after the game. 100 of the 19 are back in Hockeytown for the fun.
and the cool thing...
The remaining proceeds go to Children's Hospital in Detroit.
The 19...proud to be one.
...no work till Monday!!!
Men's Varsity Lacrosse, Girls Softball, Range time and the Easter break..... been a busy week and I am exhausted.....!! Y'all have a great weekend!
(click) Listen live to the island sounds from Maui!
Crazy Week
Started with the Obamacare debacle and was sliding down rapidly. Diligence and hard work have slowed the mental impact. Good time in court on Thursday and rolling in to the weekend.
As John Wayne said..."Don't let the bastards get you down"
Soon it will be Five O'Clock Somewhere......
TOY's for Boys
The Rumbear Youth had a birthday.
Uncle Smith & Uncle Wesson stopped by.
The Rumbear Youth had a very good birthday!
Happy 15th son.
Range time is imminent......
Olde Time Hockey
13 years ago today. Wings Avs..it was pay back time.
McCarty Kicks A**
Vernon Kicks A**
Lots of Avs leaving blood on the ice.
on our VP.....
On Vice President Biden's profane utterance at the signing ceremony for Obamacare ["This is a big f**n deal"]:
I think he is the man who, perhaps without intending, has given historical context to this presidency. After all, Obama sees himself as a successor to FDR and Truman, so now we have the historical procession: the New Deal, the Square Deal, and the "Big F**n Deal."
Yup. BFD.
Overheard...
Today, All of America is Ned Beatty in "Deliverance"
Next....
Remember this day. The day socialism took hold in America. You will need to explain it to your children. The smarter ones will ask your WTH you were thinking. Their future is mortgaged, freedom is restricted, hope is gone. I doubt they will be thanking you. America, as we have known it died today.
PCPB Elections, Lacrosse, Girls Softball, been a busy week and I am exhausted.....!! Y'all have a great weekend!
It's BBQ Saturday in Michigan!!
That's right you Michiganders. Time to stop the no matter what we do California will still be crazier contest! Get out the snow shovel and find that darn BBQ. Grab some tasty beef and toss it on the grill.
Your moonbat Governor has declared the day "Michigan Meatout Day". The Blogprof is all over this. I bow to his thoroughness. Now pass the tri tip.
Caribou Barbie....
Leave it to Ray Stevens to get it right.
(I stole it from Denny.)
Interesting Campaign Ad
Carly Fiorina is in second to Tom Campbell for the republican nod to run against Barbara Boxer. Sometimes thinking outside the box brings in attention.
Once you get your bearings vectors are easy.
One of these new shoes isn't right.
Women who wear $200.00 perfume obviously are known to have no common scents
He, he, he......
(Hat tip to the Senex!)
1800 posts, 1800 posts, 1800 posts, 1800 posts, 1800 posts,
I'm just saying.......
"the Obama brand"
Branding Brand is the image of the product in the market. Some people distinguish the psychological aspect of a brand from the experiential aspect. The experiential aspect consists of the sum of all points of contact with the brand and is known as the brand experience. The psychological aspect, sometimes referred to as the brand image, is a symbolic construct created within the minds of people and consists of all the information and expectations associated with a product or service.
""...the Obama brand..."
You knew you had seen it before. You just could not remember where.
The power of Oh.
Lacrosse, SAT test, Girls Softball, NYS Football, Eagle Court of Honor, whew.....!! Y'all have a great weekend!
Dare Question the Great & Powerful Penn?!
Remove yourself from his presence at once! Sean Penn a sorry piece of human debris. What a Stooge......
Big Brutha
You knew this was coming, right? I mean surely you understood that becoming a member of the "Grocery Store" club and saving five cents on your Odwalla drinks had a down side, right?
Okay you knew they were compiling dta about what, when, how much, how often you bought Brand X, right?
Good then it will coma as no wsurprise that the government just used that data to find offending salmonella products. Indeed one goverment worker proclaimed.....
Never before had the CDC successfully mined the mountain of data that supermarket chains compile.
"It was really exciting. It was a break in the investigation for sure," CDC epidemiologist Casey Barton Behravesh said.
Exciting eh? Mountain of data, eh? But, I am sure it is safe. How do I know? Why the bureaucrat told us!
J. Kathryn MacDonald, an epidemiologist with the Washington state Health Department who worked on the salmonella outbreak, such some advocates' privacy fears are unfounded.
"This is not being used as a tool for open-ended trawling through many records hoping to find something," MacDonald said. "The records are treated with the same level of confidentiality as would medical records."
But of course........
My Favorite E-Trade Commercial...
is the subject of a lawsuit.
Addled brain, drug abusing, moonbat, Lindsay Lohan thinks the commercial refers to her. Good Lord.
I do not know which is more troubling, that she thought or the attorney that said "You have a case!"
Milka what?!
The lights were too bright at the Chinese restaurant so the manager decided to dim sum.
They came out with a GPS device for bird watchers that has tern by tern directions.
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
Victor David Hanson skewers the student "protesters" and deftly handles the current budget issue in this soon to be broke (i.e. we already are) State in his recent Works & Days posting.
Protests everywhere…
In general now, University of California students are furious with tuition raises, rioting even at Berkeley. Teachers are angry about cutbacks. State employee unions blast the airways with ads complaining about a scarcity of funds.
So bear with me with a bit.
The cost to attend a University of California flagship campus — room, board, and tuition — is about a third of what is charged by a private, comparable institution in California like Stanford or USC — roughly some $15-20,000 in total costs versus around $50,000 per year. Public higher education is a good deal, in other words.
California public school teachers make on average the highest salaries in the United States, several thousands higher than those in Massachusetts or Connecticut, and about $20,000 more a year than in a place like Maine or Kansas. On average, government employees, state and federal, nationwide make about 50% more (in salary, pension, and benefits) than their counterparts in the private sector. I realize that if one reaches the very top of private enterprise, one can make more than a high-earning state or federal bureaucrat; but, in general, across the spectrum, it is far preferable to work for government, besides the job security, higher pension, and better working conditions.
I won't quote all the statistics, but again, in general, California employees make considerably more on average than other state employees elsewhere. The result is that the current furious state employee is, in essence, saying, "All you lower-paid and unemployed taxpayers, now you better listen up: you must pay more taxes, even beyond the current highest rate in the nation, so that I, the far better paid and pensioned employee than you, can continue unquestioned in my current, far more important job."
No more juice to squeeze…
On the tax side, California has the highest income tax rates in the country. Its gasoline and sales taxes are also the steepest. Prop 13 limitations keep the rates of property taxes competitive with other states, but the assessments on property are so high in California that often homeowners pay almost the same as many with lower real rates elsewhere. Some 3,500 Californians, mostly on the higher end of the income spectrum, are believed to be leaving per week, mostly fleeing to low or no-income-tax states. I assume their thinking is something like, "I can save $20,000 a year in taxes and my children won't be going to public schools that score 46-48th in national rankings of the states in math and science."
That last option is has looked good to the olde Rumbear for a while now. Mrs. Rumbear...not so much. That said, don't look for the address to change anytime soon!
That's what the old fool, Dan Rather used to say when he was trusted to deliver the nightly news. Now he just says things like Obama "...couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him a State Trooper to flag down traffic".
Holy Jumping...imagine if a white man had said that wait.....hmmmm, okay imagine if a Republican had said that!
Check out the way Obama supporter Chris "Tingly Legs" Matthews steps in to shut him up.
New Left Same As The Old Left
Jonah Golberg smacks down David Brooks in a post on NRO. It's a good read in itself..here.
However, one of his readers gets a little more blunt and, frankly, to the point...
Brooks & The Tea Parties Cont'd [Jonah Goldberg]
This reader has a stronger view:
Jonah, You are too kind. Brooks' biggest problem is that a lot of us were alive when the New Left took over the democratic party. They were &*&*ing communists! As you know they openly rooted for America's enemies to win, not only in Vietnam but overall vis a vis the Soviet Union, and they didn't stop at just rooting they actively colluded with the Soviet Union, Cuba and Communist China. They didn't engage in "Street Theater" they engaged in widespread violence. Remember, the "New" Left got its name because it broke, not with some mythical conservative establishment, but the actual New Deal/Great Society liberal establishment that was based on loyal non-communist progressive liberalism. The New left rejected all of that in favor of a radical transformation of the United States along socialist, communist lines. They certainly didn't have any theory of "innocence" other than the a head nod to the boilerplate of "false consciousness". But, like their historian laureate Howard Zinn, Amerika and hence Amerikans were irremediably evil. That justified the criminal behavior of the left. They only "salvation" was to join the "vanguard of the proletariat" in it's then current manifestation. In doing so you became, by definition, moral and "wise". This modern Gnosticism continues to this day and is the exact opposite of what the Tea Party movement stands for. The reason why the Tea Party loves to mock "the One" so much is they recognize the eschatalogical and gnostic rhetoric and attitudes and they reject it. They reject it precisely because they know damn well that human beings are flawed and therefore we are not going to be "saved" by the government or any political party and they rightly distrust anyone who gives themselves those airs or who is gullible enough (David Brooks?) to ascribe those powers to someone else.
Update: This reader corrects the first above, and he's right:
Jonah, your reader with the strong view is incorrect.
The "New Left" was named because it explicitly rejected the "Old Left," which in America was the Stalinist Communist Party of the USA and similar organizations.
The New Left of course despised and opposed traditional New Deal/Great Society "liberals," but didn't consider them to be on the Left at all.
"...he's right:" Well, he's right to a point. The "Old Left" was festooned with hard core commies. So was the "New Left", however, they being "New" understood that to say you were a commie/socialist was a bad thing for public relations. Hence, the New Left moniker. Look at us we are "NEW". Same tactics, just a new name. i.e. same old hooker, just a new dress.
Bawhaaaahahahahahahaha...!!!!
The Maverick is ticked off!!
Hit em hard JD!!
I Call Shenanigans!
Ladies and gentlemen, there is not going to be any reconciliation. None.
Oh there will be lot's of sabre rattling ad navel gazing, but it's not gonna happen.
For reconcilliation to be an issue you first have to have a bill approved by both the Senate and the House. Right now, the Senate HealthScare bill sits in the House. For the bill to move forward towards it need to be approved by the House, as is. Now, there are a lot of objections to the Senate version by House members. However, we have to assume that Nancy Peelosi and ole president Zero will pull out all the stops to get the need votes to approve the Senate version. Hey they hav already given away a judgeship. Ask Scott Matheson. They will promise those hapless Democrats that all will be remedied through reconcilliation...just vote yes...NOW!
So lets assume that the House passes the Senate version. This is a given in all of the reconciliation scenarios. The next step is for the bill to go to president Zero, Our hero. Once it is signed the Senate version of HealthScare becomes the law of the land.
The next step is for the Senate to use reconciliation to add back in to the bill those options that the House version had. This is the agreement. This is what was promised to those House Dems for their yes vote. This is where it falls a part
Now if we know one thing about president Zero, it is that he is a liar. You know it, I know it, Joe Wilson knows it. Ole Zero will talk about reconcilliation. The Republicans will scream, the public will scream. The Tea Partiers will ...party. Hue & cry, tumult and rage, dogs and cats sleeping together. In the end president Zero will mount the podium, clutch his teleprompter and say...."Reconciliation will not work. The people have spoken and I hear them. Enough is enough." .....and reconsciliation will end. Screw you House Dems, I lied. That's right, Ole Zero will throw the Hose Dems under the bus. It's the Chicago Way, get over it....
because.....
The Senate version remains the LAW OF THE LAND. The White House has health care.
Heartbreaking....
Just heartbreaking.
Last Thursday 15 year old Chelsea King went for a run and never came back. She ran into pure evil in the form of 30-year-old John Albert Gardner II, a registered sex offender who lives in the area.
They found her body in a shallow grave yesterday.
Words fail me. Prayers to the family.
Lex said it best..."I'm a dead shot, fathers have rights too, and I'd take the weight."
Indeed, I would too...
R.I.P. Ms. King.
Shhhhhhhhh...
Nothing being discussed here. Move along....
That thing that no one has been talking about? Well president Zero is gonna give a speech on it in an hour. Still think they have not been talking about it? Maybe the Dems had a plan going in to that Healthscare Summit? Maybeeeee???
Michele Malkin is all over it.
(I stole her picture!)
Told You.
Remember in December when president Zero, Our Hero, headed off to Hawaii for his Christmas Break? Airspace over the islands was severely restricted. Many operators had to shut down. We first spoke of this here.
Well the bill has come in. $200,000.00 for the sight seeing tour companies. This is on top of Zero's room and board for the family and friends. You know that 7000 square foot little abode on the beach on Oahu going for $4K a night. Of course the friends needed to be nearby so the two houses next door were grabbed up too!
Can't wait to see where he winds up for Easter!!
Monday's Tuesday Pun(s)
Hey! I was busy......
The young man quit dating the telephone operator because he felt disconnected. Besides, she had too many hangups.
When the prisoner was told by his lawyer that he had gotten a stay of execution, he smiled and said, 'Well, no noose is good noose.'
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.
BONUS PUN!!
A thief broke into the local police station and stole all the toilets and urinals, leaving no clues. A spokesperson was quoted as saying,"We have absolutely nothing to go on."
Pa pa pa pa poker face.......
The smarmy, inflated ego we all love as president Zero, Our Hero at thehealth care summit.


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Early Dinosaurs Lived in Herds
By Mike| 2021-10-28T09:29:43+01:00	October 22nd, 2021|Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Palaeontological articles, Photos/Pictures of Fossils|0 Comments
Researchers studying an extensive dinosaur nesting site associated with the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus have suggested that these dinosaurs migrated to preferred colonial nesting areas and indulged in complex social behaviours. Articulated skeletons grouped in clusters of individuals of approximately the same age indicate the presence of social cohesion throughout life and age-segregation within a herd structure. This is the earliest evidence found to date of complex behaviours within the Dinosauria and the researchers postulate that their social behaviour may have been a key factor in their rise to dominance.
New research on an extensive dinosaur nesting site in Patagonia suggests that early dinosaurs were highly social and lived in herds. A life reconstruction of the Mussaurus patagonicus nesting site. Picture credit: Jorge Gonzalez.
Dinosaurs Living in Herds
Substantial evidence has been uncovered to demonstrate that different types of herbivorous dinosaurs lived in herds. There are extensive trackways and substantial hadrosaur and ceratopsian bonebeds dating from the Late Cretaceous, there has also been some evidence, albeit controversial, to suggest that some meat-eating dinosaurs lived in packs or family groups, but when did this sort of behaviour evolve in the Dinosauria? A team of international researchers studying a 192-million-year-old nesting ground located in southern Argentina (Santa Cruz Province), have demonstrated that complex social behaviours existed in sauropodomorphs. The site, which covers an area of approximately 1,000 square metres, the locality representing river and lake deposits part of the Laguna Colorada Formation, has yielded over 100 fossil eggs in various degrees of association, from individual finds to entire clutches and over 80 specimens of Mussaurus patagonicus, at very stages of growth from embryos to fully grown adults.
Locality map and stratigraphic section of the Laguna Colorada type locality. (a) general map of fossil findings at the locality (red dots represent skeletal remains of M. patagonicus and blue dots represents eggs or nests, (b) detailed map of area with high fossil density (including associated juveniles, neonates, and nests). General stratigraphic section of the type locality (c) showing the position of skeletal remains and eggs/nests of M. patagonicus; (d) detailed stratigraphic section of the 3 m-thick interval with the highest concentration of Mussaurus skeletons and eggs. Picture credit: Pol et al.
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Thirty fossil eggs were selected to take the trip to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France for further, detailed study. Once at the facility, the eggs were bombarded with powerful, high-intensity X-rays so that their contents could be revealed. This non-destructive technique permitted the research team, which was led by Diego Pol, a palaeontologist at CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), the Government agency that fosters science and technology in Argentina, to confirm that the eggs were those of Mussaurus patagonicus. The high-resolution computed tomography revealed fossilised embryos of Mussaurus within some of the eggs and showed all these fossils belong to a communal breeding site of a single dinosaur species.
Fossil specimens from the nesting colony (a) nest, (b) single egg, (c) egg with embryo, jaw of embryo (d) with a line drawing of an embryo (e). Skull anatomy compared (f) embryo, skull of juvenile (h), skull of adult (j). Associated skeletons of juveniles (g) and associated skeletons of two adults (i) with (k) growth series for Mussaurus patagonicus and bone histology indicating ages (l-o). Picture credit: Pol et al.
An Organised and Regimented Herd Structure
Field work revealed that the Mussaurus skeletons were not randomly scattered across the site. They were clustered together according to their age. Babies were found in close proximity to the nests as would have been expected. However, the remains of one-year-olds were found closely associated with each other, including a group of eleven skeletons all preserved in the same resting pose. This suggests that Mussaurus youngsters stayed together, probably for protection against predators. Intriguingly, the fossilised remains of adults and sub-adults were frequently found alone or in pairs. Perhaps the pair represented a male and female, which had got together for the breeding season.
The team which included Vincent Fernandez, a palaeontologist at the London Natural History Museum and former ESRF scientist, undertook histological analysis of thin sections of fossil bone so that they could observe the lines of arrested growth (LAGs) and calculate the age of the dinosaur.
Lead author Diego Pol explained:
"The bones of these dinosaurs grew in annual cycles, much as the tree rings, so by counting the growth cycles we could infer the age of the dinosaur".
Social Behaviour – Key to the Success of the Dinosauria?
The location had proved difficult to date. Previous studies had suggested the site was much older, the deposits thought to have been laid down in the Late Triassic, but the team were able to accurately date the fossil site by plotting the decay of uranium to lead in zircon crystals found in siltstones in a fossil bearing layer (U–Pb zircon geochronology). The results prove that the Mussaurus nesting colonies were formed around 192 million years ago (Sinemurian faunal stage of the Early Jurassic). As fossil bones were found at several distinct layers, this suggests that these dinosaurs returned to this favoured nesting site year after year.
The researchers conclude that Mussaurus lived in well-organised herds and this is the first time these complex behaviours have been recorded in an early dinosaur. It pre-dates other records of dinosaur social behaviour by more than 40 million years. Furthermore, by studying colonial nesting in the similarly aged early sauropodomorphs Lufengosaurus from China and Massospondylus from South Africa, the team suggest that complex nesting behaviours and organised herd structures emerged very early in dinosaur evolution.
The fossilised remains of a Mussaurus preserved inside an egg. Thirty eggs from the site were analysed using computed tomography confirming that this was a nest site occupied by a single dinosaur species. Picture credit: Diego Pol (CONICET).
Living in herds, exhibiting complex social behaviours and breeding in colonies at preferred nesting locations may have contributed to the success of these early dinosaurs, which enabled sauropodomorphs to become a mainstay of terrestrial ecosystems, laying the foundation for the success of the Sauropoda for most of the Mesozoic.
To read a related article on Mussaurus patagonicus from 2019, that looks at how the Laguna Colorada fossil site has helped palaeontologists to understand dinosaur locomotion: Some Baby Dinosaurs Crawled Before Learning to Walk on Two Legs.
The scientific paper: "Earliest evidence of herd-living and age segregation amongst dinosaurs" by Diego Pol, Adriana C. Mancuso, Roger M. H. Smith, Claudia A. Marsicano, Jahandar Ramezani, Ignacio A. Cerda, Alejandro Otero and Vincent Fernandez published in Scientific Reports.

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Jackie Robinson's Original Contracts To Be Auctioned Feb. 27
February 13, 2018 By Bob D'Angelo
After a delay of a few months, Jackie Robinson's original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals are headed to the auction block.
Robinson broke the modern-era color line in major-league baseball when he signed with the Dodgers on April 11, 1947. Nearly two years earlier, Robinson signed a deal with the Dodgers' top minor-league club in Montreal, on Oct. 23, 1945. Both documents will be sold by Goldin Auctions on Feb. 27 during a live sale celebrating Black History Month, according to Ken Goldin, the auction house's founder and chairman.
Goldin also said that 10 percent of the purchase price will be donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
The auction was originally going to take place last fall but was delayed until now.
According to rare document expert Seth Kaller, the two contracts have been appraised by $36 million. Kaller has also appraised other notable autographed documents, including Abraham Lincoln-signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and copies of the U.S. Constitution signed by Benjamin Franklin.
"There are many documents on display in museums that represent seminal moments in history, which forever changed America," Goldin said in a statement. "But most historians believe that the integration of baseball with the signing of Jackie Robinson had as great an impact on America as any other moment in history."
The two contracts will be sold together as a single lot. They have been authenticated by PSA/DNA, James Spence Authentication (JSA), Beckett Authentication Services and John Reznikoff of University Archives. The documents are currently insured by Chubb for $36 million.
"There is no question that these documents will appeal to buyers far beyond our hobby, generating the kind of interest that few sports-related collectibles can muster," PSA President Joe Orlando stated in September.
The contracts, believed to be the only ones in existence, rested in a Brooklyn historian's safe-deposit box for more than 60 years. Eventually, they were sold to a New York collector, then to Collectors Café CEO Mykalai Kontilai, who bought them in 2014. They are being offered at a public auction for the first time. Here is a link to a YouTube interview Kontilai did with a Montreal radio station.
"We are delighted with our partnership with Goldin Auctions that promotes Jackie Robinson's legacy in baseball and in the Civil Rights Movement" said Della Britton Baeza, President and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. "We hope that the winning bidder will share these historic documents with the world. Of course, they will always have a home at the site of the future Jackie Robinson Museum both live in New York City and online."
Jackie Robinson signs with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 11, 1947, as team general manager Branch Rickey looks on.
During the past two years, the contracts have been on public display at several museums and major league stadiums including the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, City Hall in Montreal, Times Square in New York City, Busch Stadium, Wrigley Field and elsewhere.
"We encourage philanthropists, museum curators, MLB team owners, corporations and anyone else with the means who loves baseball or supports the civil rights movement or wants to help preserve Jackie's legacy, to step forward and take ownership of these historic documents," Goldin said. "We look forward to an electric night of bidding on Feb. 27, but if the right buyer comes forward before the auction and can ensure these documents will continue to be shared with the public, we'll certainly consider a private sale."
Collectors interested in bidding on the Robinson contracts must register in advance to be approved for bidding. Registration is available on the Goldin Auctions website or by calling 856-767-8550.
Joining Jackie: Rare Photo of Brooklyn's "Other" Pioneer Up for Auction Jackie Robinson's Barrier-Breaking Contracts Returning to Auction 'Partial Diamond' Variation Discovered For 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson Card Letter From O'Malley To Concerned Brooklyn Fan Part of Lelands Auction Jackie Robinson's Original Contracts Up for Sale Jackie Robinson 70th Anniversary Auction to Feature Historic Artifacts Photo of the Day: Original Image From Jackie Robinson MVP Presentation Childhood Treasure Coming to Auction: High Grade 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers Autographed Ball Has Quite a Story to Tell
About Bob D'Angelo
Bob has been a sportswriter and copy editor for more than 35 years and a blogger for a decade. He is celebrating his 50th year of card collecting, and still counts his 1965 Topps Mickey Mantle as his favorite. You can reach him at [email protected].
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Talking England: Lee Dixon
Dom Smith February 24, 2020 December 9, 2020 Interviews
Less than a month after beating Brazil at Wembley, England rolled on to their latest friendly match in preparation for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Peter Shilton, Gary Lineker and Bryan Robson all started against Czechoslovakia in an experienced England side. Sir Bobby Robson tried someone new at right-back that day – Arsenal's Lee Dixon.
Speaking about the momentous day, Dixon is modest about the reasons behind his debut. "It was a surprise I got picked. Gary [Michael] Stevens was injured, so Bobby Robson gave me my first cap."
It was a great day, but Dixon knew there was little chance of making his way into the squad for Italia '90. "When he told me, he made it obvious he already had his squad." The former Arsenal fullback says Robson had "said congratulations on my call, but [that] I'm not going to the World Cup." This only served as fuel for a defender who would almost certainly walk into Mikel Arteta's side today, had he been playing now.
Committed Player: Lee Dixon representing England in the summer of 1993
(photo: Getty Images)
Fast forward 11 months and Lee Dixon was England's first-choice right-back and, against the Republic of Ireland in a crucial Euro '92 qualifier, a goalscorer. "It's special for me to score any goal, but for England at Wembley was just amazing." Stuart Pearce's deep cross was duly thundered towards the left-hand post by Dixon, but a cruel deflection carried the spinning ball past a hapless Patrick Bonner and into the net. England would draw the match and qualify for the finals, at the expense of unbeaten Ireland.
"It's special for me to score any goal, but for England at Wembley was just amazing."
Lee Dixon, on scoring against the Republic of Ireland
Despite these promising moments in his early international career, Lee Dixon would never get the chance to compete for his country at a major tournament. Injured ahead of the tournament despite playing all of the Euro '92 qualifiers, he and England would go on to fail in their attempts to reach the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
"I think we were a bit unlucky to be honest. The Holland game was a joke." England lost 2-0 in the Netherlands in their penultimate fixture, thanks to goals by Dennis Bergkamp (who would soon join Dixon at Arsenal) and Ronald Koeman (who has since managed both Southampton and Everton).
Tensions Rising: Ronald Koeman is booked for his foul on David Platt of England
(photo: FourFourTwo)
"We should have had a penalty, and Koeman should have been [sent] off. That game changed everything. It was a huge disappointment." Two years prior, Dixon had also suffered bad luck. "The injury I suffered before Euro '92 was a disaster", he says.
"We were a bit unlucky."
Lee Dixon, on England's failure to reach World Cup '94
Failure to qualify for World Cup '94 was decided one game on from that infamous Holland defeat, in an equally memorable game against San Marino in 1993. Again, it wasn't memorable for the right reasons. "As we all know," Dixon starts, "we were in a situation that was out of our hands. Poland v Holland was the game. The Dutch had it in their hands. All we had to do was hope they slipped up and then we had to beat San Marino by eight goals."
Working nowadays as a pundit for ITV Sport amongst others, Dixon describes the required eight-goal win over the minnows as "a feat that was well [within] our grasp."
He recalls the opening seconds of the match like they're only a day old. "They [San Marino] kick off and try and advance down our left. It's okay 'cause Stuart Pearce has it and all is safe." There's a wryness about his words now. "Whoops, he miskicks to David Seaman, and the candlestick maker scores after about three seconds!" Of course, David Gualtieri, the Sammarinese amateur that scored against England after 8.3 seconds wasn't actually a candlestick maker. He's a computer salesman.
"I walked back to the halfway line actually laughing to myself at the absurdity of it." But, despite going on to win 7-1, England would fail to reach the World Cup. So would San Marino.
Lee Dixon continued at Arsenal for many more years, still their go-to right-back. In 1999, five years after his last call-up, interim manager Howard Wilkinson picked him for England in a friendly match against France. "It was a big surprise," the 55-year-old admits. "So much so that when he called to say I was in the squad, I thought it was my mate doing a Howard Wilkinson impression."
Back One Last Time: Lee Dixon (bottom left) on his final outing for England, against France in 1999
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Wilkinson would only last for that one match… but he'd be back for a second a year later, covering once more after the departure of the next permanent manager – Kevin Keegan. "Howard was an old school safe bet for The FA, whilst they found a permanent replacement. I got on really well with him and liked him."
The final appearance in an England shirt for Dixon came in that friendly match with France. He international career yielded 22 caps, and that solitary strike against the Republic of Ireland proved his only goal. A Burnley academy graduate, the Mancunian would retire at Arsenal as a Gunners legend, aged 38.
In the years since, barring the Invincibles season, Arsenal have found themselves on a somewhat downward spiral. England however, have improved massively in the last few years – thanks in no small part to the careful thinking and philosophising of their diplomatic yet decisive manager, Gareth Southgate. Along with many prominent speakers in the game, Dixon is suitably impressed. "What Gareth has done with the squad is fantastic.
How Times Change: Gareth Southgate (left) and Lee Dixon (middle) on Champions League duty with ITV. Southgate has since became one of the most popular England managers in recent memory
"He has created a pathway for the younger, hungry players to play in the first team." In the past, England managers have been reluctant to call up youth players. Now, under Southgate and all training in one central hub, St George's Park, there finally seems to be a clearly signposted road to senior international football.
"For many years, we have had success at youth level. He has enabled them to find a place in the squad by picking them." Thanks to many of his younger players, Southgate's England shone at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, reaching the semifinals and equalling their best ever World Cup campaign on foreign soil.
Key Figure: Dixon's insight has been popular among England fans since he became an ITV pundit in 2012
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"The draw in the World Cup worked beautifully for England, and they took full advantage. I think with a little more guile in the semi, [they] could have beaten Croatia, but they just fell short."
Looking forward, Dixon considers England's chances at success in the men's Euro 2020 campaign this summer, as well as at Euro 2021 next summer where the Lionesses will compete as the host country.
"We have a really good chance in both."
Lee Dixon, on England at Euro 2020 and Women's Euro 2021
"We have a really good chance in both," Dixon says confidently. But there is one thing playing on his mind. "Injuries to the men's first strikers are very worrying. That needs to drastically improve before the summer, or we may struggle.
"As for the Lionesses, the USA team at the world level are streets ahead of the England team. However, the competition is a lot closer in Europe, so we stand a firmer chance."
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world postal day (10.207)
The Universal Postal Union (see previously here and here) has designated this day for the annualcelebration on the anniversary of the establishment of the UPU in 1874 in Bern—the first commemorative congress called in 1969 in Tokyo. Since then, themed campaigns have been held under the auspices of this UN agency to underscore the civic importance of a reliable and accessible mail system and recognises the best postal services in a global competition.
catagories: 🌍, 💌, 📯, 1969
the new people (10. 183)
Produced for a single season and clocking in at forty-five minutes per episode (a rarity for regularly-scheduled programming), the 1969 Aaron Spelling and Larry Gordon collaboration for the ABC network was developed by Rod Serling (under the pseudonym John Phillips—see previously) and centres around the struggle for survival of a group of American college freshman returning from a trip in Southeast Asia (to present as goodwill ambassadors during Vietnam) whose plane crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific, which had been slated and provisioned for a nuclear-test that never took place. Foreshadowing the later ABC series Lost, it explores rather melodramatically the premise of Lord of the Flies, killing off all of the adults and letting the young fend for themselves—plus the counterculture adage of the time not to trust anyone over thirty—and is echoed in Logan's Run and the Star Trek episode "Miri." Here is the pilot with the full series available online:
catagories: ⚛, 🇻🇳, ✈, 🌏, 🏖, 📺, 1969
all the news that's fit to print: a curated collection of kiosks from around the world from Trevor Traynor—via Present /&/ Correct
tomato cain: an anthology of the short fiction of Nigel Kneale—perhaps better known for his screenplays, like The Stone Tape Theory
national defensive design strategy revisited: another look at the style book (see also) of the US government
finding out that you accidentally wrote five pages in cursive: our AI wrangler Janelle Shane (previously) charges a neural network to explain human behaviour quirks
flareup: a 1969 Raquel Welch vehicle
wild palms: a 1993 cyberpunk soap opera that aired on US network television
movable-type: the Ruckwanderer innovation and how the Chinese incorporated the keyboard—see previously
catagories: 📚, 📺, 🔣, 🗞, 🤖, 1969, 1993
Recorded and released on this day in 1970 in extremely poor taste by Manson himself and members of the Family in support of the cult leader's legal defence fund by the infamous record producer Phil Kaufman (notorious for stealing the body of singer Gram Parsons and—ostensibly in accordance with Parsons' wishes, burned his moral remains in Joshua Tree nature reserve), the cover was designed to parody the LIFE magazine cover of December 1969 with an expose of the series of murders cult members perpetrated. Though thankfully not a commercial success, several tracks were covered or sampled by several groups including The Beach Boys, Guns 'N Roses and The Lemonheads. A second album was produced a quarter of a century later in the 1997 Family Jams. One theory proposed by the prosecution offered that along with the Book of Revelations, Manson believed he was attuned to messages revealed in the tracks and lyrics of the Beatles' White Album. Subsequent re-releases of the recordings have raised funds to benefit crime victims.
catagories: ⚖, ⚰, 🇺🇸, 🎶, 1969, 1970
amen corner
Hailing from Cardiff, this rock group, which was quite more than a one-hit wonder with their hits "Bend Me, Shape Me" and popular cover of "Gin House Blues" if not a bit overshadowed by contemporary bands, had their first and only chart-topping success beginning on this day in 1969, holding the number one spot for weeks with "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice." The song was a translated version of a popular Italio-Pop standard "Il paradiso della vita."
catagories: 🎶, 🏴, 1969
fife and snare
Via the always brilliant Things Magazine, we are directed towards a digitisation of the complete—short but impactful—run of Avant Garde magazine, a project by Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin (previously here and here) that lived up to its title with articles on radical, pacifist politics and erotica.
The monogram included the nude lithographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono plus a phantasmagorical version of Marilyn Monroe's last photo session. The March 1969 cover featured here is the photographic composition of the award-winning professor and director Carl T. Fischer called The Spirit of 1976, the artist also known for his iconic celebrity portraits including Andy Warhol, Barbara Streisand, attorney F. Lee Bailey and boxer Muhammad Ali as Saint Sebastian.
catagories: 🎨, 📷, 🔣, 1969
exordium and terminus
Charting first at the number one spot in the US and UK on this day in 1969 for a run of several weeks, Zager and Evans' song with the above parenthetical title was the duo's only hit. The single was recorded in a single take at a studio in Odessa, Texas in a cattle pasture with members of the city's symphony orchestra providing backup accompaniment. As the lyrical narrative advances over each successive millennia, the time and key steps up as well. Ain't gonna need to tell the truth—tell no lies—everything you think, do and say is in the pill you took today.
catagories: 🎶, 1969
what do you do with the mad that you feel
On this day in 1969, just a year into his PBS children's programme, Fred Rogers testified before the US Senate Subcommittee on Communication (previously) to advocate that public and educational television receive the full funding earmarked by the LBJ administration but halved by Nixon due to the demands on the ongoing Vietnam war. The legislative body was chaired by Rhode Island senator John Pastore, whom nearly lost his subsequent race for reelection to Catholic priest John McLaughlin whom in turn abandoned his political aspirations and retired from the Church and went on to host the panel show The McLaughlin Group—aired for decades on PBS affiliate stations—and whom was unfamiliar with Rogers' work and grew a little impatient with Rogers' communication style, yet admitted that his argument was compelling and inspired prompting the television show host to recite the above song. Pastore replied, "I think it's wonderful—looks like you just earned the twenty-million," the full funding.
catagories: ⚖, 🇺🇸, 🎓, 📺, 1969, Wikipedia
3 a.m. eternal: the musical stylings of the KLF are finally available for streaming services—via Things Magazine
paleofutures: the lunar Western Moon Zero Two takes place in 2021
no show: Trump fails to appear at his Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve bash—guests entertained by Rudy Giuliani and Vanilla Ice
not disappoint: a recommendation for a good polyglotinous language lover to follow, whose byline does rather suggest a crash blossom
star wars—give me those star wars, nothing but star wars: the saga continues
alla breve or cut for time: big, brute data analysis may finally resolve the controversy over Beethoven's metronome and how the composer intended his works to be heard—via Strange Company
klanglandschaft: Swiss artist Zimoun engineers ambient soundscapes with everyday materials
catagories: 🇨🇭, 🇬🇧, 🌙, 🎶, 🏌, 1969, language, Star Wars
Carroll Righter (*1900 – †1988), celebrity astrologer and horoscope columnist from the early 1940s onward and advisor to Ronald and Nancy Reagan, released a series of albums in 1969 with each record dedicated to a different zodiacal sign (see also), promising that the instrumental arrangements were especially attuned to one's personality and constitution and will help alleviate everyday problems and help one to overcome challenges. More to explore at Weird Universe at the link up top.
catagories: ♏, 🎶, 🏌, 🧠, 1969
location scout oder deckname topas
Hearing that someone might be making a weekend of visiting nearby sites where films had been shot sounded like a fun activity and piqued my curiosity as to whether any might be in reach for me. I was surprised to come across this image from 1968 in the Stars and Stripes photographic archive of the filming of the 1969 release of the Cold War spy-thriller Topaz, the cinematic adaptation of Leon Uris' novelisation of a real defection, the Sapphire Affair, that took place in 1962 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Here is the same building from last summer from a slightly different angle and perspective.
The story follows a French intelligence agent who becomes entangled in a spy ring and the geopolitical situation on the eve of the Cuba Missile Crisis. A high-ranking Soviet officer reveals that nuclear warheads will be placed in Cuba (mirroring the US installation in Turkey) and he and his family are evacuated to Wiesbaden. Filming also takes place in Copenhagen, Washington, DC, Paris, New York with Havana scenes filmed on a studio lot.
catagories: 🇷🇺, 🇺🇸, 🎬, 📷, 1968, 1969, Hessen, the Caribbean
by the skin of our teeth
As successor to the National Educational Television (NET) network, PBS began broadcasting to American audiences on this day in 1970.
No longer burdened with the responsibility of promoting domestic programming only (suggested under the former station identification), it was able to supplement its heirloom line-up of Sesame Street and The French Chef with foreign produced pieces (see also) and premiered with the airing over the next several weeks of the thirteen part BBC documentary Civilisation, developed by David Attenborough and presented by Sir Kenneth Clark. The show-makers fully cognizant of their biases and limited perspective that recast history from the Dark Ages through to the early twentieth from an exclusively western European angle, the series' subtitle was A Personal View by Kenneth Clark—perhaps a disclaimer too subtle for many.
catagories: 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸, 🎓, 📺, 1969, 1970
look for the helpers—you will always find people who are helping
Our peripatetic ally Messy Nessy Chic brings us a nice vignette remembering Patrol Officer François Scarborough Clemmons, who was a part of Mister Roger's Neighborhood for over a quarter of a century, becoming one of the first reoccurring African-American characters on US television.
The two were acquaintances from church (a choir member who would go on to become a Grammy-winning singer) and the show's creator approached him in 1968 about having a role as a policeman, which Clemmons initially rejected because of his bad experiences with cops growing up but eventually embraced the idea. Fred Rogers, in a 1969 episode, had invited Clemmons to cool his feet and take a break from his regular beat and the two reprised the scene for their last appearance together in 1993.
catagories: 📺, 1968, 1969
le projet ozma
Among the first official accolades that the crew of the Apollo 11 Mission were awarded outside of the ticker-tape parades and immediate fame was the astronomical portion of the Prix Guzman—on this day in 1969, an honorarium provided for by the estate of Marc Guzman and established in the will of his widow Anne Emilie Clara Goget in 1891. Arguably the astronauts won by dint of a technicality—the one-thousand-franc prize to be given to a person or group that succeeded in communicating with another celestial body, which the Eagle did with Mission Control in Houston.
Interest accumulated in the meantime and that premium was awarded every five years or so to an individual who had made significant contributions to space exploration, as adjudged by the Académie des sciences of the Institut de France. As many people believed at the time of Madame Guzman's death that Mars was inhabited by intelligent beings, communications with that planet were specifically exempted as not worthy of the challenge and would be established in the immediate future (see also). The title and related paradox refer to the precursor programme to SETI started by Cornell astronomer Frank Drake, named after Princess Ozma whom L Frank Baum channelled by radio to learn of events in the Land of Oz after his first-hand accounts ended. The problem that arises from such a two-way communication with extra-terrestrials is the lack of a frame of reference and thus no means of conveying basic ideas of orientation, right and left, and parity. The other honorarium, to be awarded for the development of a treatment for the most common forms of heart disease, has yet to be given out. Regardless of Madame Guzman's intent, the accomplishments of Apollo were certainly no mean feat.
catagories: 🇫🇷, 🌙, 📚, 🔭, 1969, Mars
history is written by the victors
As a demonstration project to illustrate how potentially fraught our near-future and future historians might interpret our contemporary period and how self-assured we can be ourselves, a team under the auspices of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology present In Event of Moon Disaster, Richard Nixon delivering his counter-factual contingency address prepared had something gone awry with the Apollo 11 lunar mission and the crew were irretrievably stranded on the Moon. Through technology might get better at debunking deepfakes and insulating us from the sound-bite struggle, human brains don't have the bandwidth often to delve further into a story and uncover a true accounting.
catagories: 🌙, 🗞, 🧠, 1969
indians of all tribes
Under the terms of surrender in the 1868 Treat of Fort Laramie negotiated between the United States and the Arapaho Nation and the Lakota peoples all federal holdings declared surplus were to revert to Native Americans (see also) and the prison island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay closed since 1963 should have qualified for repatriation.
And while there was significant advocacy and agitation in the interim, issues of social justice and representation came to a crescendo when on this day in 1969, a group of eighty-nine protestors embarked for what would become a nineteen-month, peaceful occupation of the island—spurred to action in part due to the loss of a community centre to a fire a month earlier. Activists hoped to establish a residential institute of Native American studies, a museum, an ecology centre and a spiritual retreat. Despite the tenacity of leaders like Mark Martinez, Garfield Spotted Elk, Adam Fortunate Eagle and Kay Many Horse and celebrity support from Jane Fonda, Marlon Brando and Credence Clearwater Revival, the occupiers were ultimately removed, power-cuts and the blockade by the coast guard ultimately making their situation untenable. Bureau of Indian Affairs employee and amateur film-maker Doris Purdy captured some of the scenes early during the event. The island and its historical buildings subsequently were designated as part of the Golden Gate Recreational Area and managed by the National Park Service, though groups of protesters return annually to commemorate Indigenous Peoples' Day and Unthanksgiving.
catagories: 🇺🇸, 🌉, 1969, holidays and observances
when the stars allign or flights of fancy
This day of all days back in 1981 would have been an especially auspicious one for space exploration, had public and political captivation been sustained and transformed into something enduring, because the alignment of both Mars and Venus relative to Earth and Moon was optimal for a crewed mission to each planet launching simultaneously.
I can imagine this sling-shot trajectory of the tandem space-flights returned to Earth with gravity-assists, which was presented by NASA administrator Thomas Otten Paine expansively and in exacting detail to a crowd gathered in San Francisco in August of 1969. With continued advances on nuclear-propelled rockets and fiscal commitments (estimated to be around twenty four billion dollars), Paine promised the audience that such an achievement would indeed be possible by the early eighties. Though it was after the blast-off deadline had passed, Paine designed a flag for Mars in 1983.
catagories: 🔭, 1969, Mars
children's television workshop
On this day half a century ago, Sesame Street (see previously) made its debut on the US public television network to a rather high viewership (considering less than seventy percent of households at the time owned a television) and generally positive reception.
It represented the first educational programming aimed for young audiences based on laboratory trials and with a curriculum informed by the input and feedback of teachers and social-workers. By its second year, it had been nominated for over twenty accolades and has earned more awards than any other programme for children and by the tenth anniversary, over nine million under-six year olds were watching it daily, generations growing up with the characters of this cultural touchstone now having gone international. The pilot episode as it was originally broadcast can be viewed below.
catagories: 🎓, 📺, 1969
weekly top forty
Via Miss Cellania, we really enjoyed seeing the meteoric rise of Elton John, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Queen (plus their retreat and eventual resurgence) and the tenacity of The Beatles, ABBA, etc. in this presentation charting the best-selling artists (from aggregated certified sales world-wide, adjusted by a twelve-month trailing average) of the past fifty years, and admittedly we're a bit out of touch with the music scene today, we found ourselves, after the turn of the century a bit bewildered and baffled by the bands vying for the pole position and the not so much of a photo-finish. Were there surprises for you? See previously. Probably not spoilers and bombshells for anyone else, but we were pleased to learn that the career of a Canadian child star of Degrassi: TNG carried its own nearly as well as some of the confirmed legends in the running.
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GEVIRTZ HOMEWORK PROJECT HELPS STUDENTS AND RELIEVES STRESS FOR PARENTS
Lillian Kurosaka
Would a school-based homework center with a certified teacher make a difference in student achievement? A project by UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz Research Center set out to find out just that.
Although it's too soon to have definitive answers, the first-year results showed that the students participating in the Gevirtz Homework Project did better in math, were more likely to complete their homework, and felt their parents were more interested in their school performance.
"The preliminary outcomes look promising in terms of having positive impact on children both socially and academically. More definitive results will be expected at the end of year three," said Merith Cosden, UCSB professor of education and the project's co-principal investigator with Gale Morrison, who is also a UCSB professor of education.
An unanticipated result of the study was the perception by children in the homework project that their parents showed more interest in their school work, even though parents had much less involvement. One possibility for this finding is that the project may have reduced stressful interactions surrounding the homework issue, because parents knew their children were in a safe environment and homework would not only get done, but guided by a trained professional. In turn, the children felt that parents were more supportive.
"It's important to realize that this is uncharted territory," said Morrison. "We are studying what sort of impact the project has on student success, and as we gather more information we can begin to understand why."Begun in the fall of 1997 and estimated to end Aug. 30, 2000, the project is an after-school program that follows a diverse group of students for three years (fourth-sixth grades) at three local elementary schools---Franklin, Peabody and Washington---to evaluate the merits of providing on-site after-school assistance with homework and development of study skills.
Students were assigned to either a control group or homework project participant group at each of the schools, and the program began in late fall and early winter. Sessions were held either three or four times per week on site at the end of the regular school day. The participants were given snacks and provided individual and group assistance with all homework assignments.
Student academic performance, students' perception of their own success, and their perception of support from school and home toward their academic achievement were among the indicators the researchers used to evaluate the success of the project.
"By the end of sixth grade, we will be able to articulate better what the students have gained from the project," said Cosden. "The long-term hope is that they take the skills they have learned into junior high school and be successful."
The other researchers on the project are post-doctorate Ann Leslie Albanese and graduate students Sandra Macias and Mari Minjarez.
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Workshop for Lawyers in Kerala on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
September 15, 2021 | Thulasi K. Raj
On 4th September 2021, CLPR conducted a workshop for lawyers in Kerala on The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ("PoA Act"), and the Rules. The workshop consisted of two sessions – the first focused on the overview of the statute and the Rules and the second focused on the implementation of the Act.
The workshop was organised in the course of our efforts to work towards better implementation of the laws around caste discrimination in India. The objective behind such workshops is to increase the engagement of lawyers with the PoA Act, to further build the capacity of litigating lawyers and enable them to provide better legal aid to the victims and witnesses of caste discrimination.
The first session was led by Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate and Executive Director of CLPR. She detailed the provisions of the Act – particularly the nature and type of atrocities addressed under Section 3, aspects relating to externment under Section 10 and jurisdiction of Special Courts under Section 14. She spoke on the rights of witnesses and victims under Section 15A and detailed various provisions of the Rules. Concluding the session, she stated that while some judicial interventions have attempted to dilute the nature and the impact of the law, the Act has an enormous scope for providing justice to victims of caste atrocities.
The second session was led by Adv. Preetha, Senior Pleader at Kerala High Court who detailed her experiences of conducting cases under the PoA Act. She said that implicit bias in the system prevents the victims from access to justice. The legal system is wholly unfamiliar and intimidating to the victims due to lack of transparency and rigid legal procedure. She said that attempts are made by the police and the authorities to deliberately exclude PoA in cases where it must be invoked. All these reasons lead to a high number of acquittals under the law. Responding to the criticism that the law is misused, she said that 'the law is in fact, not being used by victims.' She remarked that Special Courts under the law have unfortunately turned into 'settlement courts.'
Ms. Dhanya Raman, social activist from Kerala, discussed various atrocities faced by the marginalised communities in Kerala. She spoke about sexual atrocities against women and rapes of minor adivasi children. In many cases, due to lack of evidence, the accused persons are acquitted. She remarked that the 'law clearly has a caste' and it is not free from inherent biases and prejudices. For instance, police officers refuse to register cases under the PoA Act despite being asked to do so. The delay in judicial adjudication has led to 'freezing' of the Act, where the Act exists in theory, but is difficult to implement in practice.
Thulasi K. Raj moderated the session and translated the parts of discussion which took place in Malayalam to English. Mansi Singh delivered the concluding remarks.
The workshop concluded with a Q & A session with engaging questions and comments from the audience on issues like property grabbing from SC/ST communities by dominant caste groups, the reasons for high number of acquittals, etc.
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The Pro Bowl is coming to Allegiant Stadium in 2021
Through The Years: Raiders at the Pro Bowl
Take a look at a selection of Raiders players participating in the Pro Bowl over the years.
Look back at the Raiders in the Pro Bowl over the years.
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For 30 years, the Pro Bowl called Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Hawaii, home (1980-2009), but since its inception in 1939, the event has taken place in Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, and a handful of other locations; however, Las Vegas is about to become the new hub for all NFL events.
Tuesday, the NFL announced The Entertainment Capital of the World will host the 2021 Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium, the first year it's open to the public. The star-studded event will be in the spotlight one week prior to the Super Bowl, per usual, on Sunday, January 31, 2021. In the event you're unable to attend the week-long festivities, the game will be aired on ESPN, ABC, and ESPN Deportes.
"The Raiders welcome the NFL Pro Bowl to Allegiant Stadium and to Las Vegas, the Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World," said Raiders President Marc Badain. "Pro Bowl week is a celebration of the best the NFL has to offer and there is no better place than Las Vegas to celebrate and honor the league's biggest stars. The NFL, the LVCVA and the Raiders look forward to a world class event that will set the standard for future NFL events in Las Vegas."
For 80 years, the top players in the league have been selected to participate in the all-star game. Fans from all across the globe have traveled to Hawaii and Florida to watch elite players compete at the highest level.
Las Vegas is known for putting on elaborate performances with some of the biggest stars in show business, but the Pro Bowl presents a new opportunity for the league and the city to dazzle spectators. Previous locations have done a fine job of keeping guests and fans entertained, but Las Vegas is in a league of its own. Leading up to the event, fans can enjoy myriad festivities located throughout the city and participate in numerous activities.
Caesars Entertainment, the NFL's Official Casino Sponsor, will use its casino properties for fan experiences during 2021 Pro Bowl. Various activities in Las Vegas include the NFL FLAG Championship games, AFC and NFC team practices and for the fifth consecutive year, Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, where the NFL's biggest stars from each conference compete in unique tests of their skills.
Originally, the 2020 NFL Draft was set to take place in Las Vegas, but the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in that plan; however, the city will host the event in 2022, one year after it hosts the Pro Bowl.
If you'd like to register for more information regarding the 2021 Pro Bowl, including exclusive pre-sale opportunities, you can do so, here.


I posted in MW forum before, but we need to know what units were being use in defending battles. So proper planning can be made in improving later battle results, especially from a lost.
The units used in defending battles could be the same as attacking, it just depends on their defense rather than their attack.
They could be, but I am pretty sure they prioritize units with high defending points along with units that have 0 attack points to be in the battle.
Yeah, when attacking you use your highest attack units and it descends, while defending you use highest defense units and descends.


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What Is Monster Truck Price?
Monster trucks have been a source of entertainment for people all around the world. From loud engine roars to gravity-defying stunts, they have it all.
These gigantic machines are usually seen at fairs and other events, and are often used in competitive racing. But, the question remains – what is the price of a monster truck?
The cost of a monster truck depends on several factors such as its engine size, type of suspension, weight capacity and type of tires used. The larger the engine size, the more powerful the truck will be – and this can also affect its price. Similarly, different types of suspensions can increase or decrease the cost depending on their complexity.
The weight capacity is another factor that affects the price. A higher capacity means that a larger amount of cargo can be carried by the truck – which increases its value in terms of potential use. The type of tires used is yet another factor in determining the cost – larger tires are more expensive than regular ones.
When it comes to buying a monster truck, it is important to remember that there are several other factors that need to be considered as well. Insurance costs, maintenance costs and fuel consumption all affect how much you will end up spending on your new ride.
To sum up, the price of a monster truck depends on many factors such as engine size, suspension type, weight capacity and tire type. Insurance costs, maintenance costs and fuel consumption should also be taken into account when deciding how much to spend on this thrilling vehicle.
Monster trucks can range from relatively inexpensive models with basic features to highly advanced ones with incredible power and performance capabilities – depending on its engine size, suspension type, weight capacity and tire type. Other factors such as insurance costs, maintenance costs and fuel consumption should all be taken into account when deciding what is an appropriate monster truck price for you.
What Is the Price of Monster Truck?
Monster Trucks have become one of the most popular attractions at motor sports events around the world. They are big, loud, and powerful vehicles that can crush cars and perform breathtaking stunts. From an entertainment standpoint, they are amazing to watch but what is the price of a Monster Truck?
What Is the Price of a Monster Truck?
Monster Truck. The name itself is enough to send chills down your spine. It's a vehicle that seems to have been lifted straight out of a monster movie, and it's every bit as powerful and intimidating as it looks.
What Does a Monster Truck Cost?
In the world of extreme motorsports, Monster Trucks are among the most popular. These powerful, off-road vehicles have become iconic for their massive wheels and outrageous stunts. But what does a monster truck cost?
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The term "monster truck" has been used to describe modified, large-wheeled vehicles for decades. They are often used for car-crushing displays and off-road racing events. But what is the real price of a monster truck?
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Real monster trucks are some of the most impressive vehicles in existence. From their enormous size and power to their wild stunts and extreme driving, they are a sight to behold. But just how much do they cost?
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Monster trucks are large, modified pickup trucks with oversized tires that can reach heights of up to 12 feet. They have become popular in the United States since the 1980s and are used for sporting events, show business, and even agricultural uses. Monster truck fans love to watch these vehicles perform stunts, such as jumps and wheelies, and some of the most famous monster truck drivers have become celebrities in their own right.
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Big monster trucks are the dream of many young people. These oversized vehicles have been around for decades, and their popularity continues to grow. They have become a staple of motorsports entertainment, with monster truck events being held all over the world.
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Remote control (RC) monster trucks are the latest big thing in the world of RC vehicles. They offer a unique experience that is both thrilling and challenging. But, what's the price of a remote control monster truck?
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Jahmed :: ARMANI
"Fuck, rap! I learned that from Makaveli, baby!"
In an interview with DJ Booth, Los Angeles rapper Jahmed described himself as "a student of hip-hop" who learned "from Bone Thugs to Ice Cube […] then back to Cypress Hill." It's odd that the writer (or their editor) changed the spelling to CYPRUS Hill, but I know that Jahmed knows the difference. He's clearly a student of Tupac Shakur too as evidenced by the song "MAKAVELI" from his "ARMANI" release. All of his songs are (like his album title) in all caps, and the tracks are interspersed with wisdom from Pomona pimp legend Suga Free. Even without the aforementioned interview you'd be able to determine that Jahmed draws from an incredible diversity of rap artists to develop his own personal rap style.
After watching his "WIPE" video I'd add Tyler, the Creator and Zack Fox to his list of influences. The sense of humor reflects the latter while the unabashed use of profanity for shock value clearly imitates the former. It feels like Jahmed uses the word "ho" every other bar, but it comes across as a style as much as actual misogynistic tendencies (although the "WIPE" video definitely walks that line). Jahmed also tends to say "AIYY" a lot instead of "aye," something he makes fun of in the clip for "GLIMPSE" featuring Freddie Gibbs given how much it sounds like "eye."
Gibbs might be a little salty about not winning a Rap Grammy in 2021, but he sounds like he's having fun trading verses with Jahmed on this track. "Having fun" is also a good way to describe "ARMANI" in general. Jahmed sounds like a rapper pleased to be getting a little buzz and linking up with people like Freddie Gibbs and Suga Free. His higher pitched and Cali drawl vocals on songs like "ROADBLOCK" tend toward Free, but his neo-Cali rap bars reminds me of Kendrick Lamar. The song is a metaphor for how Jahmed plans to break through figuratively and literally in the music business, while Suga Free vows in the outro "after me there ain't gonna be no more of this shit." That's also intentionally or accidentally a metaphor for Jahmed's album as it's the finale if played sequentially.
As a newcomer to Jahmed (evidenced by the fact I needed to find an interview with him just to learn about him) I'm pleased that "ARMANI" shows a young rapper hitting his stride. If I had to pinpoint a concern it would be that I hear individual references he makes that I like, but it's the rap equivalent of "name dropping." I'd like to see him start from the baseline he established here and develop it even further. He can already flow fluidly, but what's he going to say with each breath to be a star? Will he drop memorable tales, great punchlines, tracks with catchy hooks, or a combination of all of the above? It's not just about having the talent, it's what you do with it once you've proved you have it. He's on his way.
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Mikhail Alekseev, Chairman of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank, Awarded Medal of Order for Services to Fatherland, II Degree
Mikhail Alekseev, Chairman of the Management Board, UniCredit Bank, was awarded the medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland, second degree, as decreed by President of the Russian Federation, 17 July 2019. The award celebrates commitment and dedication in professional endeavors as well as his community service.
The Medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland is awarded to citizens for outstanding merits in various industries, construction, science, education, healthcare, culture, transport and other areas, as well as for significant contribution to the security of Fatherland and strengthening of the rule of law.
Mikhail Alekseev holding PhD in Economics has worked in the financial sector for more than 30 years. He started his career at the Finance Ministry of the USSR in 1989. Mr. Alekseev took an active part in building a new tax system in Russia by making a weighty contribution to development of the national fiscal legislation. Moreover, Mr. Alekseev was among the originators of the market of securities in Russia, promoting a modern stock market in the country, helping to prepare a bill on the securities market, which formed the basis of the Russian legislation in this sphere, as well as authoring a number of monographs, teaching aids and manuals which boosted the market of securities in Russia.
Since 1992, Mikhail Alekseev has held senior positions in Russian commercial banks. Since 2008, he has been Chairman of the Management Board at UniCredit Bank. Under his supervision, the Bank has made a significant contribution to the development of national economy. UniCredit Bank, being consistently in the top 10 banks by corporate loan portfolio, is also one of the largest lenders to SMEs and individuals.
Mr. Alekseev conducts enlightening and educational activities among young people, fledgling financiers and a wider audience interested in economy and finance. He delivers lectures and participates in public discussions at the Russian Academy of Finance and Higher School of Economics on a regular basis. Under his supervision UniCredit Bank has implemented many cultural and charitable projects. The Bank focuses on culture, patronizing projects that unlock creative potential, particularly in arts and music.
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