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Posted By Morris V. de Camp On July 25, 2019 @ 8:27 am In North American New Right | 17 Comments
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The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis – and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017
Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) has come out with a book that is needed and should be taken seriously by any Rightist. This is because Senator Sasse has had an extraordinarily successful career. At the tender age of 37, he was called in to help turn around a struggling university as its President, and he did just that, before moving on to politics.
It was at that struggling university – Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska – that Sasse discovered a problem with the young: college-aged people no longer act like adults. They are helpless and passive in the face of very simple challenges. Essentially, students are arriving at universities unprepared for the real world. He first observed this when a group of paid student workers decorated a Christmas tree only up to the level they could reach. Nobody thought to get a ladder from the supply closet nearby to decorate the top. Later, a student staged a sit-in at the President's office to get a minor scheduling problem that he had created himself fixed by none other than the University's President. Finally, he had to fire an employee after she continuously left early. The woman had been given a final warning not to do this, but apparently didn't realize that this also applied to leaving early to attend a Pilates class. (It's a wonder that Sasse didn't blow his top at any of these people. He seems to have kept his cool.)
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There is also the Snowflake phenomenon. A Snowflake is a college-aged individual who needs a "safe space," and must be protected by "trigger warnings" when something difficult, challenging, or unexpected comes up. Snowflakes react to minor phrases that have come to be called "microagressions." These microagressions are now seen by many as akin to a physical assault. Thus, you need a trigger warning in case you think there might be a microaggression, or a Snowflake will need to go to a safe space to recover afterwards. Carrying out normal activities involving responsibility has come to be called "adulting" by the rising generation, thus implying that such things are separate from one's "real" life of playing video games and being on one's smartphone.
Before proceeding further, the following are what Senator Sasse calls the Markers of Adulthood:[1] [3]
Moving from one's parents' home.
Leaving school for the final time.
Getting a full-time job.
Reaching economic self-sufficiency.
Loss of virginity.
Getting married.
Having children.
Establishing an independent household.
Senator Sasse also describes the obvious reality of the world that all adults must face:
The crank in me wants to underscore the obvious truth that the real world isn't going to offer any trigger warnings or safe spaces, so you'd better learn how to deal – and just leave it at that. But more importantly, the lover of knowledge and country in me aches that we are forgetting that a life well lived, that basic participation in the modern knowledge economy, and that the future of our democracy all depend on an open and unfettered intellectual climate.[2] [4]
Sasse argues that there are several factors preventing children from maturing. The first is what he calls "schooling." What he means by this is the very long education track that almost all people of the middle class and above are on. He attributes this social development to John Dewey, an educator and philosopher of great renown – but he never said anything succinctly, so he is rarely quoted. What he did achieve was to develop the modern school system. This system is flawed in that it neither teaches the young to explore the larger issues of life – such as religion or the great philosophers – nor does it train people for an actual working trade. It is thus "schooling," and not education.
Schooling does another insidious thing: It segregates people by age. This creates several problems. The first is that children are not learning about the life challenges people face in the various phases of their lives. Childbirth is a mystery, and nobody is prepared for the frailty of the elderly. Likewise, managing the ups, downs, and long dull spells of a long-term marriage is never addressed. In short, schooling makes it difficult to pass on civilizational wisdom, and it's locking youngsters into a bubble of immaturity and lingering adolescence that is hard to get out of. The next problem is that the young are insulated from work. He very ably describes the difficulty youngsters have of eventually breaking into the economy. Apparently, when he retweeted his daughter's experiences of working on a Nebraska ranch, he was contacted by lawyers about violating child labor laws. Labor-free childhoods help create the passive "adult."
Sasse argues that breaking this cycle requires several changes in approach. The first is simply to do the opposite of what is happening: Kids need to be taken out of age-segregated environments and allowed to mingle with their elders, including young mothers. The young must be made to understand the body's cycle of birth, growth, reproduction, old age, and death. The next is to give children the experience of hard labor. Sasse displays his regional and ethnic Nordic Nebraskan origins here. He talks about the Homesteaders, the Puritan founders of New England, and the Scandinavian immigrants to the prairies a great deal. He also relates stories about his Second World War-era grandparents. Sasse argues that one should travel to places in the world where air conditioning is an unheard-of luxury, try to do some good there, and thus gain a better appreciation for what one has. He argues that one should build a bookshelf and raise your kids as though they will rule someday. And he then makes a last recommendation which I'll discuss below in depth. It's his weakest idea.
Sasse offers the following his list of books for his bookshelf, by category:
God – (One recommendation of many is The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin)
Greek Roots – (Plato's Crito)
Homesick Souls or Fundamental Anthropology – (Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther)
The American Idea – (The Federalist Papers among others)
Markets – (Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith)
Tyrants – (The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek)
The Nature of Things or a Humanistic Perspective on Science – (Elements of Geometry by Euclid)
American Fiction – (O, Pioneers! By Willa Cather)
? (Read what you want. He enjoys captivity books, prison memoirs sort of things)[3] [5]
(Personally, I really enjoy Bruce Catton's works on the US Civil War, but I've switched my reading to focus on bringing about the white ethnostate through revolutionary metapolitical action.)
Sasse's ideas become problematic when he suggests to "make America an idea again." Sasse believes himself to be squarely in the respectable middle of the political spectrum and a basic Republican of the George H. W. Bush variety. He's been praised by the National Review, and is very likely a fan of George Will's philosophy of cuckservatism. Thus, you can say he's missing out on a few things. His weakest concept is "Making America an Idea Again." The problem with this is that America isn't an idea; it's a flesh-and-blood nation which represents a fusing of Europe's children. Unfortunately, this nation has a North and South that's sometimes hard to unite, but it's still a nation with a particular DNA. No law, declaration, text, or speech by anyone can change this. Additionally, America's ideas change over time, and really only transmit to whites.
In other words, Ben Sasse is most certainly not interested in the Racial Holy War[4] [6] – but the Racial Holy War is interested in him. He fails to realize that all his talk about the Puritan founders, the Homesteader Pioneers, and the Scandinavian immigrants whom the Puritans' children married on the High Plains of Nebraska have nothing to do with America's non-whites. There is no connection between the careers of John C. Frémont – a white soldier, explorer, and all-around dynamic figure – and Frederick Douglass, who sought handouts for blacks, other than a shared interest in abolitionism. The Snowflake phenomenon of "trigger warnings" and "microaggressions" are not generational things as much as a strategy by non-whites to wage Racial Holy War. The sit-ins, the entitlement, the weeping – these are the tactics of the non-white grifter in their interactions with our civilization. Their ultimate strategy is to gain material and social benefits by morally blackmailing a dispirited white population.
I'll add that, as a society, we need to connect sex to procreation again – especially among those whites who are in the middle class and above. This means getting women married at younger ages and off birth control, while encouraging the opposite for non-whites. Some of Sasse's ideas about age segregation apply here. Essentially, 19-year-old girls are ready to marry and bear children, but 19-year-old boys still need to set up their careers. Younger girls thus need to meet older boys and men. The interactions between the sexes should be courtship, not hookups. F. Roger Devlin's ideas in his Sexual Utopia in Power [7] need to be shouted to the skies by people like Sasse, but the Senator seems willing to let Amazon's ban of that book and others continue.
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it be given as a gift by parents and grandparents to youngsters. Indeed, Sasse's Puritan heritage and Homesteader story is not so different from my own. I strongly connected to his personal stories and analogies. And his hypothetical "If Roosevelt Spoke to a Graduating Class" at the end of the book is really an excellent speech that one wishes could be given today. It closes with these words:
You must do meaningful work.
You must understand history and the debt you owe to your forebears.
You must understand your world and your place in it.
You must wrestle with ideas.
You must not shirk or slack off. You must work. For the fate of the Republic depends on you.
Oh, and again, you must play hard as well.
Now get to it! Commence. Thank you.[5] [8]
[1] [9] Ben Sasse, The Vanishing American Adult, p. 32.
[2] [10] Sasse, The Vanishing American Adult, p. 45.
[3] [11] Howard Rutledge's In the Presence of Mine Enemies: 1965-1973 – A Prisoner of War (Old Tappan, N.J.: Spire Books, 1975) is a page-turning captivity story written by a Navy veteran that the Senator should read.
[4] [12] An idea I drew from this book was that Racial Holy War is made easier to wage for non-whites once upper-middle class whites are out of the labor pool and preoccupied with extended "schooling." Extended "schooling" creates a demand for immigrants to fill the void, and then fewer whites are making money.
[5] [13] Sasse, The Vanishing American Adult, p. 274. For more thoughts on the hypothetical speech, look here [14].
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Staunton Could See The Future
GM Gserper
Feb 5, 2017, 12:00 AM |
In the first part of this article, we saw numerous examples of Howard Staunton's sparkling attacks.
Yes, he knew how to attack, but there were many players who could do it as well if not better than him (Paul Morphy instantly comes to mind here). So, what sets the great Englishman apart from most of his contemporaries?
The short answer is that he foresaw the future! I already mentioned in last week's article the gold standard of the modern tournament chess: the Staunton chess set. But besides his famous chess set, Howard Staunton introduced something no modern world championship match can be imagined without.
I bet you won't guess what it was. You can check the correct answer at the end of this article.
Talking about Staunton's chess heritage, we cannot miss the fact that his understanding of closed positions was ahead of his time by about 100 years! Many of his deep positional concepts were reused by other great chess players many years later.
Staunton via Wikipedia.
Look at the following game. There Staunton introduced the concept of a blockade as well as the opening that was later christened the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack.
Look at the pathetic black bishops and hopeless doubled pawns c6 and c5. Staunton produces one of the best examples of chess blockade about 85 years before Nimzowitsch revealed it to the chess world in his famous book My System. We already discussed this concept here and here. Play through the games that we analyzed in these two articles and you will see that Nimzowitsch just successfully borrowed and developed Staunton's idea!
Positional Exchange Sacrifice
When we talk about a positional exchange sacrifice, the first name that comes to mind is the great "iron" Tigran. Indeed, the world champion Petrosian loved to sacrifice an exchange for purely positional benefits, like in the following game:
Now look at the next game. Don't you think that just like Aron Nimzowitsch before him, Tigran Petrosian also borrowed the idea from Staunton?
Hypermodernism and the Reti Opening
Hypermodernism as a school was established in 1920s. It denounced the old guideline that you must grab the center with your pawns in the opening. Instead the hypermodernists allowed the opponent to build a pawn center in order to attack it later. The Reti opening became a true anthem of hypermodernism.
A good modern example of this opening is the following game. Notice how Black's solid center slowly disappears and at the end it is White who completely dominates there!
The game is very cool indeed, but Howard Staunton played this way about 130 years before the above-mentioned game!
As you can see, Howard Staunton was way ahead of his time and his input into the modern chess is still underappreciated.
By the way, to answer the trivia question from the beginning of the article, Howard Staunton was the first chess player ever who invited seconds to assist him, namely in his second match vs. Saint Amant in 1843. Therefore Thomas Worrall and Harry Wilson, who helped Staunton convincingly win the match (13-8), became the first seconds in the chess history!
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Greg Wuliger: [repeated line, to Chris about girls] Dude, you are so in there!
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Q: Is This Show A Parody Of "Everybody Loves Raymond?"
Funniest show on TV........period!!!!
8 October 2005 | by drtturner – See all my reviews
I've seen two shows and it is decided that It is my favorite comedy presently. I didn't even think I would like it. Pam is great in her understated role of Chris's mother. In actuality, no one really hates the boy, although it would be a comical spin seeing that there are some kids who teachers and neighborhood adults hate and chastise for no apparent reason. The father, best known as the Jungle Fever muscle man from White Chicks does his usual visual comedy. The theme song "EVERYBODY HAA ATES CHRIS" is adorable and peppered throughout the show at cliff hangers right before commercials. As the show gets slammed by critics I see it as a gem that appeals to me taste whereas Everybody Loves Raymond never did. I could so relate to the coach who heavily woos the young strapping buck to be the star player as it happened to me at age 9 with basketball 15 with wrestling and even 19 with the military track and field team. I was laughing out loud as the coach hunted him down. I look forward to seeing more episodes of this.


Rising majestically out of the Chaopraya River, you'll find the Menam Riverside situated in picturesque locales that make for a visual treat. Go up river to view the magnificent Temple of Dawn, the Grand Palace, and other similar architectural gems.
The balmy riverside location does not however, isolate you from the delights and excitement of the city of Bangkok which is about 3 km away and easily accessed.
Shuttle service from the hotel deposits you at the BTS Skytrain station from where you can hit the city in under 15 min.
The wonderful shopping areas of Silom and the exciting entertainment outlets of Patpong are just a boat ride away. Take the expressway to reach the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in about 45 min.


c. A team DOES NOT have to declare what Division they wish to compete in during the season. This will be determined at year's end automatically based on the number of eligible contests that are competed in.
c. Competition Teams from Division II ARE eligible to win the Division I Team of the Year title if their combined points for the SEVEN OR LESS contests competed in score enough points to make them eligible for Division I awards.
d. Only open meat contests will award MABA ToY points. Competitor series, and any other invitational or restricted entry events will not award ToY points regardless of their physical location with the exception of the Sam?s Club Tour LOCAL contests.
IV. A competition year is defined as a calendar year from?January 1st through December 31st.
V. Recognition of TOY standings will be by team names attached to a chief cook and not by individual member's names. MABA team names must be affiliated with designated chief cook in the MABA current membership database. The database is created from information listed on membership applications and/or annual renewals. The Chief Cook DOES NOT have to be present at an event in order for their team to accrue TOY points.
VI. TOY points are only awarded to teams with current chief cook MABA member in good standing. A team must apply for membership AND pay for membership by '9:00am' of the day turn ins are judged to accrue TOY points from that event. Teams cannot accrue points during any lapsed membership period. Teams can start to accrue TOY points again upon renewal of membership status.
a. All teams are responsible for insuring their team name matches exactly between the MABA Membership roster and that of the KCBS Membership roster as well as at the event with the Contest Reps. Failure to do so will result in a team failing to receive points earned at a contest. The ToY Coordinator is not responsible for correcting a team's failure to insure their team info is correct in both systems. Teams have until 'May 15′ of that year to compare and insure their team name matches exactly.
d. Only valid teams that have earned the top TOY standings will be officially recognized in writing by the MABA board of Directors for representing MABA in any national events or promotions. Any recognition declared or made without the written consent of the MABA Board of Directors will result in that team?s name, and any MABA member documented to be affiliated with that team, shall be banned from any MABA TOY standings for one year.
VII. Teams may not accrue TOY points for multiple events on the same contest date. A Contest date is determined by the first day that turns in are judged. If it is determined that a team has accrued points from multiple events on the same contest date all points accrued on those dates shall be forfeit and a penalty of 50 (fifty) ToY points overall and across all categories or the team?s total points accrued (whichever is less) shall be assessed. A second violation of this rule within the same competition year will result in a 2 year suspension from MABA ToY of the team, chief cook.


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Dictionary definition for: Title
1. (n) a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"
2. (v) give a title to
3. (n) the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word "jazz" in the title" "he refused to give titles to his paintings" "I can never remember movie titles"
4. (v) designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation "The Confederate States"
5. (n) a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"
6. (n) the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"
7. (n) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed" "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
8. (n) an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. Mr. or General; "the professor didn''t like his friends to use his formal title"
9. (n) an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property" "he had no documents confirming his title to his father''s estate" "he staked his claim"
10. (n) (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read"
11. (n) an appellation signifying nobility; "your majesty" is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king"
12. (n) an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions" "his title to fame"


This print shows a small piece of each of the feasts of the Bible. It is a signed print that is a reproduction of Bracha Lavee's original felt tapestry art work. The print is matted and is ready to be frame and placed on a wall for all to admire.


Despite temperatures of over 30˚ in the shade, the sunshine could do nothing to stop real estate professionals from engaging in the heat of the contest on the scorching sands – but maybe because it meant more than just mere fun and exercise, since all the money from the teams' registration fees, the charity auction that followed and the donations collected on the day was to go towards Stowarzyszenie Rodziców i Przyjaciół Dzieci Niewidomych i Słabowidzących "Tęcza" [The Rainbow Parents and Friends of the Blind and Visually Impaired Association] for the refurbishment of a children's centre and the construction of a sensory therapy garden next to it. A record PLN 767,000 was raised – PLN 667,000 from registration fees, the auction and the individual donations made on the day as well as a further PLN 100,000 later added by Globalworth. Any remaining funds are to go towards purchasing ophthalmological equipment. "Each event has broken the previous record for the number of teams, sponsors and partners, and – most importantly of all – for the amount of money raised," commented Tomasz Trzósło, the managing director of JLL in Poland. "I'm glad that, along with other leaders of the real estate sector, we have been able to combine a healthy rivalry with a very good cause in an annual event that is eagerly anticipated by many. And the most important thing is that every year we help children in need," he added. According to JLL, the total raised by the event over its nine-year history now stands at PLN 2.3 mln. Just as in previous years, the Polish Volleyball Federation was the honorary patron of the event, in which 56 teams and 392 players took part, while around 2,000 guests attended. The team put together by Dekada/Boig were the champions on the day, with PZU and MLP Group joining them on the podium.
"I wish to thank all the players, attendees, sponsors and patrons for their active participation and generosity, as well as Panattoni, Globalworth, JLL, BNP Paribas Real Estate and Gleeds for their enormous contributions. It is a truly fantastic feeling to see how each year the entire real estate sector comes together for such a great cause - to help the youngest members of our society," added Tomasz Trzósło.


Not strictly developer related, but insightful enough for anybody to want to take a look. Joe Wilcox of the Microsoft Monitor Weblog has an interesting post today about his sister getting Sasser through a dial-up connection.
According to JupiterResearch surveys, most consumers running Windows XP say they don't have firewall software installed. That, despite Microsoft bundling a firewall with the operating system. My sister's awareness, or lack thereof, is a common problem.
Joe argues that Windows XP Service Pack 2 would have protected her against this sort of virus. This service pack really does change the way that people connect their computers to the Internet. If you haven't done so already, take a look at our Windows XP Service Pack 2 Resource Page and start testing your applications on the tech preview.


If you're already sold on coconut oil you know what the buzz is about. If you're not sold on this fantastic fat source, you will be soon. Coconut oil can help reduce inflammation, control blood sugar, improve brain function, boost immunity, stimulate your metabolism and help your body fight infections….
Practical Paleo really is a practical book!


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County court asked to clarify weapons case
Superior court will retain jurisdiction of Bantum appeal
Phil Ray
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has retained jurisdiction over an appeal filed on behalf of an Altoona man who was convicted two years ago of theft and the unlawful possession of a firearm, but it has returned the case for a second time this year to Blair County for a clarification.
Brian Bantum, 43, a native of Philadelphia, was convicted in 2017 of stealing a loaded handgun during a party at the home of a neighbor on the 2100 block of Eighth Avenue.
When police were informed of the missing weapon, they went to Bantum's home, and, after he allegedly led them on a "wild goose chase" by indicating the gun may be in a nearby yard, one of the officers noticed the top of a grill on Bantum's back porch had been moved.
The officer checked and found the .40-caliber handgun inside the grill.
Bantum, because of a past conviction that barred him from ownership of a firearm, was charged with the illegal possession of a weapon, theft and with disorderly conduct stemming from his actions at the neighbor's home.
The case against Bantum, according to Blair County Judge Timothy M. Sullivan, was "circumstantial," meaning nobody saw him take the firearm from the neighbor's house, but it took a jury only 42 minutes to find him guilty.
Sullivan imposed a five- to 10-year prison sentence on Bantum.
Bantum is being housed at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon.
Since his conviction, he has contended the verdict was "against the weight of the evidence" — that proof against him did not rise to "beyond a reasonable" doubt.
Bantum appealed the verdict to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, but in January the court returned the case to Sullivan because of confusion over who was representing Bantum in the appeal.
Two attorneys were listed as representing Bantum, and the appeals court wanted Blair County to "straighten out this tangled web of representation."
The Superior Court returned the case with instructions asking Sullivan to write a supplemental opinion as to why he rejected a new trial for Bantum.
The court also ordered the judge to appoint a new attorney for Bantum.
Within days, Sullivan prepared a new opinion explaining his decision to reject Bantum's request for a new trial.
He also appointed Hollidaysburg attorney Edward E. Zang as Bantum's new attorney.
Zang eventually filed an "Anders brief," contending the issues raised in Bantum's appeal are "frivolous."
But a Superior Court panel that included Jacqueline O. Shogan, Deborah A. Kunselman and Gene Strassburger, now want Zang to go a step further and outline what possible issues could be raised to support Bantum's appeal.
He also must formally receive approval to withdraw as Bantum's counsel from the Superior Court.
Finally, the appeals court stated, he must provide a copy of his petition to Bantum and advise him that he has a right to retain new counsel.
The Superior Court's latest opinion in the Bantum case was issued last week.


When you stay at Silver City Mountain Resort the timbers whisper their age-old secrets and conjure up what's been sleeping for so long — and that is what travel does. Join us in today's post as we explore the reasons why traveling with your partner spans beyond a romantic getaway.
Have you had a chance to see the sequoias? If you haven't, they're absolutely breathtaking. Sequoias line Silver City Mountain Resort and sit within Sequoia National Park. At Silver City Mountain Resort, the outdoors are no longer a luxury, it will simply encompass everything you do.


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Facebook Was Not Prepared to Deal With Jan. 6 Insurrection, According to Newly Leaked Documents
admin Facebook, News	Facebook, News
Facebook executives routinely dismissed or downplayed employee concerns about the spread of misinformation on its platform, both before and after the 2020 presidential election, according to a wave of coordinated articles published Friday citing newly leaked internal documents.
The dismissive attitude among the company's higher-ups left Facebook unprepared to deal with the events of Jan. 6, when a pro-Trump mob descended on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election, the articles allege.
In response to the articles, Facebook VP of integrity Guy Rosen said it was "absurd" to suggest the events of Jan. 6 were the result of how Facebook responded to the attack. "[R]esponsibility for the insurrection lies with those who broke the law during the attack and those who incited them, not on how we implemented just one series of steps we took to protect the U.S. election," Rosen said in a statement.
Some of the reports Friday said the documents were provided by Frances Haugen, a former product manager at Facebook, who previously leaked information to the Wall Street Journal, filed complaints with the SEC and testified before Congress. But other outlets, including the Washington Post, said their reports were based on an affidavit filed with the SEC from a second whistleblower, an ex-Facebook employee formerly on the company's integrity team, who wished to remain anonymous.
According to the Washington Post, the new SEC affidavit alleges that Facebook executives undermined efforts to fight misinformation, hate speech and other problematic content "out of fear of angering then-President Donald Trump and his political allies, or out of concern about potentially dampening the user growth key to Facebook's multibillion-dollar profits."
CNN cited an internal Facebook analysis of the Jan. 6 insurrection, which the news org said was provided by Haugen, that found that the policies and procedures put in place by the company were not enough to prevent the growth of so-called "Stop the Steal" groups. "Almost all of the fastest growing FB Groups were Stop the Steal during their peak growth," the Facebook analysis said, as reported by CNN. "Because we were looking at each entity individually, rather than as a cohesive movement, we were only able to take down individual Groups and Pages once they exceeded a violation threshold. We were not able to act on simple objects like posts and comments because they individually tended not to violate, even if they were surrounded by hate, violence, and misinformation."
Per the New York Times, of the several dozen steps Facebook employees recommended on Jan. 6, some were put into place, like mass-deleting posts that were being reported for promoting violence. But other measures, such as preventing groups from changing their names to terms such as "Stop the Steal," were not fully implemented "because of last-minute technology glitches," the Times reported.
A Bloomberg report cited comments by Facebook staffers who expressed outrage after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The remarks, directed at Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, were included in disclosures provided to Congress in redacted form by lawyers representing Haugen. "I'm struggling to match my value to my employment here," one employee wrote, according to the Bloomberg article. "I came here hoping to affect change and improve society, but all I've seen is atrophy and abdication of responsibility."
In the New York Times report, citing the leaked documents, a Facebook data scientist wrote in a Nov. 9 memo to colleagues that as much as 10% of all U.S. views of political content on the site were of posts alleging that the 2020 U.S. presidential was fraudulent. But Facebook didn't take steps to reduce the spread of such misinformation, fearing a user backlash, per the Times.
In a Jan. 11 interview at the Reuters Next conference, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg acknowledged that "our enforcement is never perfect, so I'm sure there were still things on Facebook," after the company removed groups associated with QAnon, the Proud Boys and Stop the Steal. But, she said, "I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don't have our abilities to stop hate, don't have our standards and don't have our transparency."
In a 1,200-word blog post Friday evening, Facebook's Rosen defended the company's actions with respect to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He said Facebook put numerous protocols in place ahead of and after the 2020 election.
According to Rosen, that included putting a series of "temporary product measures in place where there were specific risks that spikes in activity on the platform could mean that the many systems we had in place to enforce our policies may not be able to keep up." He said Facebook "took these steps to respond to specific signals we were seeing on the platform, such as spikes in reported content — and turned some of them off responsibly and gradually as those signals returned to their previous levels."
"To blame what happened on January 6 on how we implemented just one [measure] is absurd," Rosen wrote. "We are a significant social media platform so it's only natural for content about major events like that to show up on Facebook. But responsibility for the insurrection itself falls squarely on the insurrectionists who broke the law and those who incited them."
Rosen added that Facebook worked with law enforcement "in the days and weeks after January 6 with the goal of ensuring that information linking the people responsible for it to their crimes is available."
Mark Zuckerberg Responds to Whistleblower's Claims, Says They Paint 'False Picture' of Facebook
admin Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, News	Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, News
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to claims made by an ex-employee that alleged that the company was hiding from investors and the public its shortcoming to prevent the spread of hate speech and misinformation.
In a lengthy post shared on Zuckerberg's official Facebook page on Tuesday evening, the CEO offered a statement that he had initially given to company employees. In the note, Zuckerberg shared his frustration, saying recent coverage of Facebook does not "reflect the company we know."
"It's difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives," the post reads. "At the most basic level, I think most of us just don't recognize the false picture of the company that is being painted."
A new wave of public scrutiny befell Facebook after a massive exposé on the company's practices was published last month by The Wall Street Journal. The series alleges that Facebook execs have failed to take action to fix problems within the company. On Monday, Frances Haugen came forward as the whistleblower who provided documents to make the exposé possible.
"The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, and Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money," Haugen told "60 Minutes" in an interview conducted by correspondent Scott Pelley.
"The argument that we deliberately push content that makes people angry for profit is deeply illogical," Zuckerberg's statement reads. "We make money from ads, and advertisers consistently tell us they don't want their ads next to harmful or angry content. And I don't know any tech company that sets out to build products that make people angry or depressed. The moral, business and product incentives all point in the opposite direction."
Zuckerberg also acknowledged the networking blackout that brought Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp servers down on Monday. The outage marked the longest downtime that Facebook has suffered since March 2019.
"We've spent the past 24 hours debriefing how we can strengthen our systems against this kind of failure," Zuckerberg said. "This was also a reminder of how much our work matters to people. The deeper concern with an outage like this isn't how many people switch to competitive services or how much money we lose, but what it means for the people who rely on our services…"
Read Zuckerberg's full letter here.
Facebook, Instagram Plan to Pay $1 Billion In Creator Incentives
admin bbpro, Business, Facebook, instagram, Tech	bbpro, Business, Facebook, instagram, Tech
This isn't the first time Facebook has tried to lure creators over to its platforms by using money as an incentive. Last year, the company approached some of TikTok's most popular creators and made them offers to use Instagram's TikTok copycat, Reels, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time. The company also launched a Black Gaming Creator Program in December that will pay creators who use Facebook gaming a total of $10 million over the next two years as a way to lure gamers over from Twitch.
Facebook's $1 billion pledge also falls in line with other creator funds handed out by other major social media platforms. When TikTok first introduced its creator fund last July, the company said it would start with a $200 million payout — a figure that soon increased to $1 billion for U.S. creators, to be paid out over three years.
YouTube, meanwhile, launched a $100 million fund in May for creators making Shorts videos, that will be paid out through 2022, while Snapchat has paid out $130 million to Spotlight creators as of that same month. Spotify unveiled its own fund for podcast and live audio creators last month, but the company has declined to share how much funding is available.
This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.
FTC Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook Dismissed by Federal Court
admin Facebook, Ftc, News	Facebook, Ftc, News
Facebook won a legal victory Monday after a U.S. district court tossed out the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust complaint against the social-media company, saying the agency had failed to make a case that Facebook held a monopoly.
Facebook's stock popped more than 4% on the news to all-time highs. That pushed the social giant's market cap over $1 trillion for the first time.
In a lawsuit filed in December 2020, the FTC — in coordination with more than 40 state attorneys general — accused Facebook of illegally acquiring competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in an abuse of its monopoly power. The lawsuits filed by the FTC and state AGs had sought to force Facebook to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
In a ruling Monday, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the FTC had not provided "any indication of the metric(s) or method(s) it used" to support the assertion that Facebook holds a market share of more than 60% in the social networking market.
"Although the Court does not agree with all of Facebook's contentions here, it ultimately concurs that the agency's Complaint is legally insufficient and must therefore be dismissed," Boasberg wrote. "The FTC has failed to plead enough facts to plausibly establish a necessary element of all of its Section 2 claims — namely, that Facebook has monopoly power in the market for Personal Social Networking (PSN) Services."
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Read the ruling at this link.
The FTC's lawsuit had sought a permanent injunction forcing Facebook to divest or restructure assets including (but not limited to) Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as prohibiting Facebook from imposing anticompetitive conditions on software developers and requiring the company to seek prior notice and approval for future mergers and acquisitions.
On Monday, Boasberg also threw out the state AGs' lawsuit because the state attorneys general had waited too long to mount a legal challenge to Facebook's deals for Instagram (acquired in 2012) and WhatsApp (bought in 2014).
According to the rulings, the FTC and state prosecutors will have up to 30 days to file new antitrust complaints against Facebook that address the court's concerns.
In a separate case, Facebook in 2019 entered into a 20-year settlement with the FTC to settle allegations of privacy violations, under which the company paid a record-breaking $5 billion fine and agreed to submit to new oversight by the commission.
Roger Waters Says He Turned Down Facebook's Offer to Use Pink Floyd Song in Ad
admin Facebook, News, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters	Facebook, News, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters
UPDATED: At a recent pro-Julian Assange event, Roger Waters said Facebook offered him a big chunk of change to use the 1979 Pink Floyd hit "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" in an upcoming advertisement for Instagram.
"It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money," Waters said. "And the answer is, 'Fuck You. No fuckin' way.'"
Waters continued, "I only mention that because this is an insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything. I will not be a party to this bullshit, [Mark] Zuckerberg."
"¡Vete a la chingada!": @rogerwaters a Mark Zuckerberg. El músico contó que le ofrecieron "una gran cantidad de dinero" por permitir el uso de Another brick in the wall II para promover Instagram. Lo narró en un acto por la libertad de Julian Assange (@Wikileaks)#VideosLaJornada pic.twitter.com/gEVqaor8Eo
— La Jornada (@lajornadaonline) June 12, 2021
Waters pulled out a printed copy of Facebook's request, reading, "We want to thank you for considering this project. We feel that the core sentiment of this song is still so prevalent and so necessary today, which speaks to how timeless the work is."
"And yet, they want to use it to make Facebook and Instagram even bigger and more powerful than it already is," he responded, "so that it can continue to censor all of us in this room and prevent this story about Julian Assange getting out into the general public so the general public can go, 'What? No. No More.'"
Waters then brought up FaceMash, the Hot or Not type site Zuckerberg created before Facebook that allowed students to compare the looks of women on campus.
"How did this little prick who started out as 'She's pretty, we'll give her a four out of five, she's ugly, we'll give her a one,' how did he get any power?" Waters asked. "And yet here he is, one of the most powerful idiots in the world."
According to a Facebook spokeswoman, Zuckerberg had nothing to do with the request to use the Pink Floyd song; the request to Waters originated from the Instagram marketing team. The Facebook rep also noted that companies regularly reach out to musicians about using their songs in advertising, and that Facebook respects the decision of artists about whether to work with them or not.
You Can Now Play Spotify Directly in Facebook's Mobile App
admin Facebook, News, Spotify	Facebook, News, Spotify
In a tie-up of tech titans, Facebook and Spotify worked together to bake a Spotify "mini-player" into the social giant's namesake app to let users listen to music and podcasts directly within Facebook's apps for mobile devices.
The feature launches Monday (April 24) in 27 markets, available for Facebook app on iOS and Android. Facebook announced the deal with Spotify last week — a project code-named "Boombox" — as part of its larger strategy to embrace social audio.
When you click on a Spotify song or podcast episode shared on Facebook, the new mini-player continues to play back the audio even if you keep scrolling down your Facebook News Feed. It sits at the bottom of the screen, letting you pause or dismiss the mini-player. Users also can play songs via the Spotify mini-player experience through verified artists posts as well as user-uploaded videos on Facebook that contain licensed music.
The first time you use the player, you'll see a consent dialog box asking for permission to link Spotify and Facebook apps (you must click "Connect" to continue). Spotify Premium subscribers can launch full playback from the mini-player to the Spotify app; users of the free, ad-supported version will be able to launch into shuffle mode.
Commercial terms of the deal between the two companies aren't being disclosed. Both Spotify and Facebook expect that the integration will yield incremental lift in time spent using their respective services.
Facebook and Spotify have collaborated previously: In 2019, they launched the ability to include 15-second clips of Spotify songs in Facebook Stories. Separately, Facebook launched thousands of officially licensed music videos on the platform last summer.
Initially, the Spotify mini-player for Facebook is available in 27 countries: the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
The companies said the feature will be coming to additional markets in the next month.
FilMart Talk: Facebook Expanding Revenue Options for Creators in Asia
admin Asia, Facebook, Filmart, Global, Markets & Festivals, News, Saurabh Doshi	Asia, Facebook, Filmart, Global, Markets & Festivals, News, Saurabh Doshi
Facebook Watch is to expand Paid Online Events into 24 markets, including Hong Kong, in the coming weeks following an exponential growth in viewership amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Saurabh Doshi, Facebook's head of entertainment partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region, announced the social media giant's plans at Hong Kong FilMart on Monday.
Paid Online Events allows users to limit access and content distribution to those who have registered to the event, positioning the service somewhere between Vimeo and Zoom. Paid Online Events was only rolled out in beta form last year.
Facebook, which has 2.79 billion users around the world, is also making In-stream Ads available to content creators who have met the platform's criteria, so that they can monetize their live-streamed content by inserting ads, Doshi explained.
Creators and media platforms that have streamed their content on the social media giant's video platform saw a significant increase in their viewership as well as advertising revenues, said Doshi.
Facebook Watch, which was launched in 2018, now has more than 1.25 billion views each month, Doshi said, adding that half a billion of them come from Southeast Asia. One in four users has created and uploaded videos on social media because of the pandemic, he said, with a large proportion in the 25 to 34 year age group. The percentage hit 66% in Southeast Asia during the first half of 2020.
Analytics showed that eight out of 10 users watch videos on social media, with 800 million daily active users on Facebook and Instagram live, Doshi said. Facebook has already carried 10 billion broadcasts since the live function was launched in 2015.
Content providers that have streamed events live achieved high viewership, he said. Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, which screened its red carpet, awards show and behind the scene interviews, achieved more than 1.6 million views. Taiwanese actress Alice Ko, who partnered with Facebook Watch to follow her throughout the awards night from getting make-up done to her celebration of winning the best actress award, garnered more than 1 million views.
Repurposing content from archives became a way to boost advertising revenue, Doshi said, citing the success of Multimedia JSC. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company re-edited archival footage of reality show "Vietnam's Next Top Model" and made previously unseen footage available via Facebook Watch. It achieved 35 million views and a 2,000% increase in advertising revenue to $60,000 per month. Thailand's Channel 8 also successfully monetized one-minute clips re-edited from existing content, he added.
"Video watching is not a passive experience, but about interacting and sharing your experience with others," said Doshi.
Facebook to Restore News Content in Australia in the 'Coming Days'
admin Australia, Facebook, News	Australia, Facebook, News
Facebook has reversed its decision to block the sharing of news content in Australia.
"After further discussions with the Australian government, we have come to an agreement that will allow us to support the publishers we choose to, including small and local publishers. We're restoring news on Facebook in Australia in the coming days," Campbell Brown, VP of global news partnerships at Facebook, said in a statement Monday night.
The recent restriction was in response to Australia's proposed law that would force internet platforms to pay for news content. Facebook and Google, which serve up more than half of digital advertising in the country, both say that the legislation is flawed. They find the introduction of mandatory arbitration in case of disagreement over payment terms particularly hard to swallow.
But last week, as the legislative deadline approached, the two giants adopted different tactics. Google unveiled several deals with news providers through its News Showcase product, while Facebook said that Australian publishers would not be able to share or post content on Facebook pages, while news content from non-Australian publishers was not able to be viewed or shared by Australian users. In addition, users outside of Australia were not able to view or share Australian news content on Facebook or content from Australian news pages.
Facebook's action prompted significant criticism from Australia's emergency and social services, as well as from politicians who labeled the platform as arrogant. The Australian government also retaliated by threatening to redirect part of its digital advertising budget away from Facebook to other providers.
Now, following negotiations between Facebook and the Australian government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison introduced changes to the proposed law that will allow a two-month mediation period for platforms and publishers to make deals before they are forced to use an arbitrator.
"Going forward, the government has clarified we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation," Brown continued. "It's always been our intention to support journalism in Australia and around the world, and we'll continue to invest in news globally and resist efforts by media conglomerates to advance regulatory frameworks that do not take account of the true value exchange between publishers and platforms like Facebook."
The amendments will also consider commercial agreements that Facebook and Google have already made with local publishers before applying the media law, and give them a month's notice before a final decision is made.
"The government has been advised by Facebook that it intends to restore Australian news pages in the coming days," said the country's finance minister Frydenberg and Communications Minister Paul Fletcher in a statement on Tuesday.
Frydenberg and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are understood to have had multiple conversations about the legislation and the principles of paying for news. The platforms suggest that publishers benefit more from exposure on social media and in search than they lose from it. The publishers say that their advertising revenues now accrue to Google and Facebook instead, and that they have had to make cutbacks as a result. Facebook says it will now begin signing up Australian publishers to its Facebook News product.
"We're pleased that we've been able to reach an agreement with the Australian government and appreciate the constructive discussions we've had with Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister Fletcher over the past week. We have consistently supported a framework that would encourage innovation and collaboration between online platforms and publishers," a statement from Facebook reads. "After further discussions, we are satisfied that the Australian government has agreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to publishers relative to the value we receive from them. As a result of these changes, we can now work to further our investment in public interest journalism and restore news on Facebook for Australians in the coming days."
Facebook to Lift Its Australian News Ban
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Australia's government announced on Tuesday that Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook confirmed in statements that they had reached agreement on amendments to proposed legislation that would make the social network and Google pay for news that they feature.
Facebook blocked Australian users from accessing and sharing news after the House of Representatives passed the draft law late Wednesday last week.
Facebook Blocks News Viewing, Sharing In Australia
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"It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia. With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter," Easton added.
The company's decision to take the nuclear option and block news access and sharing has already led to a storm of criticism from the emergency services in Australia who rely on the social media platform to relay vital information on wildfires, floods, extreme weather and COVID-19 among other local interest and public safety issues.
The Australian government slammed Facebook for what is a landmark local ban on viewing and sharing news. "Facebook was wrong. Facebook's actions were unnecessary, they were heavy-handed and they will damage its reputation here in Australia," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said at a press conference in Canberra today.
"Their decision to block Australians' access to government sites – be they about support through the pandemic, mental health, emergency services, the Bureau of Meteorology – were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the Senate," Frydenberg added.
Facebook's unilateral response to the proposed legislation covering digital news in Australia stands in stark contrast to Google who after an initially intransigent position and threats to withdraw its services from the country is now in negotiations and struck some deals with local media companies, Frydenberg said.
Google has already struck a deal with Seven West Media (Seven Network, The West Australian newspaper) and is close to commercial agreements with Nine Entertainment (Nine Network, Nine Radio, and major newspapers The Age and Sydney Morning Herald) and national broadcaster ABC.
On Wednesday, Google has signed a landmark deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to pay for journalism from its global news sites including the company's Australian assets such as the major daily newspapers The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun as well as its television properties Foxtel and Sky News Australia.
This article originally appeared in THR.com.


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A mix of clouds and sun this morning then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain this afternoon. High 44F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%..
Evening rain followed by a mix of rain and snow overnight. Low 24F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 100%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
Nicholas County running back Kaleb Clark leaps over Boone County defensive back Shadraq Greathouse to get the first down.
Chad Foreman/For The Register-Herald
By Steve Keenan The Montgomery Herald
SUMMERSVILLE — Ball control often helps Roane County control its own destiny.
Such was the case Friday night when the No. 10 Raiders invaded Memorial Stadium to tangle with No. 7 Nicholas County in the first round of the 2021 WVSSAC Class AA football playoffs.
Ahead 12-7, Roane County capitalized on a fumble recovery by Raider Colton Albright to launch a time-consuming, 17-play drive that chewed up almost 8:00 of the clock spanning the end of the third quarter and deep into the fourth period. The resulting score — a 6-yard halfback pass from Briar Begler to a diving Shawn Conrad on the right side of the end zone on a fourth-and-goal situation — lifted the Raiders into an 18-7 advantage, and they eventually wound up prevailing, 18-15, to end the Grizzlies' fine season at 8-3.
Of the halfback pass, Roane County head coach Paul Burdette said, "That's the first time we ran it. We've worked on it, but it's the first time we've ran it in a game. The only thing I was worried about was if Nicholas would bite on the toss. We set it up obviously all game with our toss. Our receiver was just able to get open enough and our back did a good job of placing the ball where it needed to be, and he made a heck of a catch."
On the evening, Roane had 51 rushes for 295 yards, compared to 38 carries for 175 yards for the Grizzlies. And the Raiders won the time of possession, 26:31 to 21:29.
"Offensively, our MO all year has been powering the ball and controlling the clock," said Burdette. "There have been several games where we've had over 30 minutes in time of possession. Thankfully we were able to do that again tonight against a really good ball team.
"We had to dig down deep and give everything we had without a doubt. Obviously, it's the biggest win this year. We've played pretty tough all year long, and the biggest thing about our team is we're completely unselfish. Our guys don't care who gets the ball or who scores. They just want to win ball games."
"We got beat by a good football team," said Nicholas County head coach Gene Morris. "A 7-10 is a tossup.
"We had a costly turnover that hurt us. They played hard and I thought we did, too. They were able to just mount a scoring drive there. There's nothing you can do except tip your hat to them."
After the Raiders moved into the 11-point cushion, the Grizzlies still exhibited signs of life. With 2:57 left, quarterback Brycen Morriston lofted a nice ball across the field to back Kaleb Clark, and Clark raced 38 yards to paydirt. Eden Addair hauled in the conversion pass from Morriston, and the hosts trailed by just three points with time remaining.
After Nicholas was unsuccessful with an onside kick, the Raiders controlled the clock the rest of the way. A 29-yard gallop by Begler (31 carries for 167 yards and one TD on the evening) kept the possession alive, and Roane eventually gained a first-and-goal situation at the 5 before being able to assume the victory formation.
The Grizzlies owned a 7-6 halftime lead. Begler drew first blood on a 4-yard burst at the 10:26 mark of the second quarter, then Nicholas County responded with a 9-yard TD run by Clark that capped a drive which also featured a 12-yard Clark run, a 7-yard Morriston dash, and a pair of facemask penalties against the Raiders. Brayden Short's PAT kick gave the Grizzlies a 7-6 advantage, which they carried into the locker room at intermission.
Roane County began to assert itself in the third quarter, first getting a 63-yard TD scamper from quarterback Shadraq Greathouse on a sneak into the middle of the line.
That tally came after the Grizzlies had come up empty inside the Roane 10 for the second time on the evening. The first time Nicholas failed to capitalize deep inside the red zone occurred on its final drive of the opening half, when the hosts couldn't convert a fourth-and-goal at the 6, in the process squandering an interception on the previous Roane County march by Ralph Hamrick.
"We didn't get any points off either one of those," Morris lamented of the two potential game-altering drives. "When you lose points inside the 10, it usually comes back to bite you, and it did.
"We just didn't execute very well."
"They were just flying around, good football play on their part," he said. "We had what we wanted and we thought it was a good, solid call. We didn't get the ball over the top on one of the passes, and then we ran out of room on the boundary with the little bubble play that we ran."
Clark ran for 108 yards and caught 60 yards in passes for the Grizzlies, who were outgained 301-245.
"All year long, our defense has been really, really tough against the run, and we proved that again here tonight," said Burdette. "We were able to shut them down twice inside the 10-yard line, which was huge."
"All week long, we told them it was just about being 1-0, and that's what we talked about all year long," Burdette continued. "We knew Nicholas County had a really good ball team, but we also knew we were pretty good and we just needed to come in and play a good, solid game and limit turnovers, and we did that, and just play tough, and it worked out pretty well."
The win was Roane County's first football playoff triumph since 2010 over Point Pleasant, and only the second in school history. The Raiders (9-2) will play at No. 2 Independence at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19. The Patriots swamped Shady Spring 73-7 Friday night.
"They're a good ball team, pretty versatile," Burdette said of Independence. "They can throw and run, they've got some weapons, and they played really good defense against Nicholas."
The Raiders will have to "see what we can do defensively to try to shut down what they like to do, and see what we can take advantage of on the offensive side."
"I'm very proud of them," Morris said of his players. "They came from 3-6 last season to 8-2 and a playoff berth and a home playoff game.
"Couldn't be any more proud of them with their effort in the offseason and their efforts out here. Very proud of them and of the community support and the way they rallied around this football team. It was a tremendous atmosphere to play in."
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Roane County 18, Nicholas County 15
RC (9-2): 0 6 6 6 — 18
NC (8-3): 0 7 0 8 — 15
RC: Briar Begler 4 run (pass failed), 6-0, 10:26
NC: Kaleb Clark 9 run (Brayden Short kick), 7-6, 8:28
RC: Shadraq Greathouse 63 rush (run failed), 12-7, 3:45
RC: Shawn Conrad 6 pass from Begler (pass failed), 18-7, 5:01
NC: Clark 38 pass from Brycen Morriston (Eden Addair pass from Morriston), 18-15, 2:57
RUSHING — RC: Briar Begler 31-167-1, Shadraq Greathouse 7-89-1, Skyler Delk 9-22, Colton Paxton 3-17. NC: Kaleb Clark 19-108-1, Brycen Morriston 7-28, Alex Pritt 6-20, Wesley Hill 2-12, J.P. Girod 3-10, Eden Addair 2-(-3)
PASSING — RC: Begler 1-1-0-6-1, Greathouse 0-2-0-0-1. NC: Morriston 4-7-0-70-1.
RECEIVING — RC: Conrad 1-6-1. NC: Clark 2-60-1, Hill 2-10-0.
TAKEAWAYS — RC: Colton Albright (FR). NC: Ralph Hamrick (INT).
Also last week:
Doddridge County 40
Midland Trail 21
Class A No. 2 Doddridge County withstood a second-half rally attempt by No. 15 Midland Trail Friday to advance with a 40-21 victory at Cline Stansberry Stadium in West Union.
The Patriots fought back to within three points after being down 24-7 on touchdown runs by Griffin Boggs and Robert Ruffner to make it 24-21 with 10:23 left in the fourth quarter.
Doddridge County (10-1) didn't allow the Patriots' offense to take the field again until 48 seconds remained in the contest.
The Bulldogs capped a 15-play, 67-yard drive with a Jared Jones 1-yard sneak, recovered a Trail fumble on the ensuing kickoff and ran Dylan Knight three times for another — a 23-yard romp — to put the game away.
The Bulldogs' Seth Richards ran for 116 yards and a TD on eight carries, caught a 5-yard scoring pass and picked off a Patriots' pass on defense.
Knight added 79 yards and two TDs on 21 rushes and had two receptions for 45 yards, while Jones ran for 46 yards and two scores on 16 carries and threw for 57 yards on 4-of-4 passing.
Ruffner ran for 47 yards and a six-pointer on 15 carries for Midland Trail (6-5). Boggs added a 3-yard TD run, and Josh Dickerson went 12-of-16 passing for 166 yards and a TD with one interception.
Doddridge County advances to host No. 7 James Monroe at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20.
East Hardy 45
Meadow Bridge 6
The Class A No. 3 Cougars thrashed the No. 14 Wildcats in the first round of the state playoffs, pouncing for a 26-0 halftime lead en route to a 45-6 victory in Baker on Saturday.
East Hardy (10-1) started the game with an all-ground attack for the first touchdown, with the series capped off on a 4-yard keeper by Mason Miller, then the hosts unleashed three aerial strikes to the end zone to bolster the first half advantage.
Miller connected with Dawson Price on a slant pattern which could have been just 8 yards, but was transformed into a 63-yard touchdown with elusive footwork to go up 13-0 with 5:01 remaining in the opening frame.
East Hardy's Noah Lang made two acrobatic leaps in the corner of the end zone for a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter, covering distances of 27 and 19 yards, respectively, as the Cougars went up 26-0 at the break.
The Cougars' defense stifled Meadow Bridge (6-5) by allowing just one first down in the first half with constant pressure, including sacks and interceptions, to wreak havoc.
East Hardy's Mario Combs ended the first half with an interception and added another one early in the third quarter which set up a touchdown.
Special teams played a factor as an onside kickoff to commence the second half from East Hardy caught the Wildcats off-guard, and Price made the recovery which led to a 1-yard touchdown run by Damian Iman at 10:40.
The interception by Combs set up a 7-yard touchdown keeper by Miller as the Cougars took a 39-0 lead.
Meadow Bridge fumbled in the red zone in the third quarter, but East Hardy coughed up the ball six seconds later; however, East Hardy denied a score with an interception by Brayden Gregory with a huge return.
A fourth quarter sack by East Hardy's Justin Parker and Wyatt Hockman created a turnover on downs and would lead to a 37-yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Damien Dellinger.
The lone score for Meadow Bridge came on the ensuing possession with 6:46 remaining as Dustin Adkins made a 47-yard touchdown pass to James McClure for the final score of 45-6.
Miller threw 7-of-10 passes for 165 yards with three touchdowns in addition to adding a team-best 74 rushing yards on 13 carries with two more touchdowns.
Iman recorded 16 carries for 64 yards with one touchdown and fumble.
Lang led the Cougars in receiving with four catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns.
Price was targeted for three receptions for 79 yards and one touchdown.
East Hardy hosts No. 6 Williamstown in the quarterfinals this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
(Additional reporting was provided by Randall Jett of The Doddridge Independent and Carl Holcomb of the Moorefield Examiner.)
Brycen Morriston
Kaleb Clark


You are here: Home / Instagram / How to get followers on Instagram?
Every social media user wants much and numbers of fan/followers. The number of followers is becoming a status symbol in the social media world. If you are an Instagram user, you surely want to increase Instagram followers so you can get more likes and appreciations for your photos and videos.
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Start tagging your friends in group pictures, quotes, Funny pictures, and storytelling pictures. It increases your activities on Instagram. The more your friends start commenting on your photo, the more chance of getting new followers to your account.
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According to Hootsuite research, content posted from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday gives the best result.
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Sometimes, it happens by choice. Sometimes, you don't have an option. In either case, it's important to be prepared to change jobs - because you never know when it might happen to you.
It's happened to me both ways. I've been laid-off and out-of-work at the end of a business day and had to turn in my company car the next morning. That was a tough one! I've also resigned and managed to stay on excellent terms with my previous employers. In the latter cases, it's been because I've always given plenty of notice, offered to help find and train a replacement, and offered to be available for questions in the future.
Whether you're about to hand in your resignation or you've just received a pink slip, it's important to prepare to leave and to prepare to conduct a job search. Take care of the basics first and check on eligibility for continuation of health and life insurance benefits, accrued vacation pay, unused sick pay, and other payments terminated employees may be entitled to. Keep in mind, that there may be a lag between when your current health insurance coverage ends and a new policy starts. If you've been terminated, ask your employer about eligibility for continuing cover through COBRA and file for unemployment immediately. You may be able to file over the phone or online.
When your work situation is unstable and you're not sure if you'll still have a job tomorrow, get ready to start, or even get going, on a job search now. Remember, you don't have an obligation to accept a new position if you get an offer. Plus, it never hurts to see what's available and, you never know, you just might get an offer you can't refuse!
It's important to have a well-written resume and compelling cover letters. Simply, resumes help get us interviews. A cover letter is often your earliest written contact with a potential employer, creating a critical first impression. Use our Resume and Cover Letter Guide to ensure that your job search correspondence is top-notch.
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Your resume is usually the first impression an employer will have of you - it needs to market your relevant skills, knowledge, and accomplishments.


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The state of a file or object that indicates it may not be overwritten with new information. Read-only objects are protected from overwriting or deletion by the file system, and certain security conditions must be met in order to override this behavior.
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