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Sun Yang Vs WADA Verdict: Damning Eight-Year Ban Ends Career Of Chinese Controversy
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by Craig Lord
28 February 2020, 02:15am
Sun Yang Verdict: WADA Vs Sun Yang & FINA at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Sun Yang 's swimming career is over. In a damning judgment, a panel of three senior judges at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) handed the Chinese Olympic champion an eight-year ban. The penalty is not backdated and starts this day, ruling Sun out of the defence of the 200m freestyle title at Tokyo 2020.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomed the ruling saying that it "confirms those concerns and is a significant result".
That rang true for the testing team that visited Sun's home in September 2018 only to be met with refusal and, from some of Sun's entourage, threats, and those who have made a stand against not only Sun but the circumstances and organisations perceived to have given him a lenient, easy ride and even helped to protect him.
Read the statements from CAS and WADA below
Other coverage:
Swimming World's coverage of Sun Yang & FINA Vs WADA At the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Commentary: Sun Yang's Hammer Is Not Yet Done As The Light Turns Towards The Men In Suits
Sun's Mum Flares: Ming Yang Reveals How Chinese Swim Bosses Sought To Hide 2014 Doping Positive
Sun Yang Lawyer Accuses WADA & CAS Of 'Evil Lies'; Will Fight To Race At Tokyo 2020 & Sue Testing Agent
Commentary: Sun Yang's Eight-Year Ban – History repeats: Whiskey In The Jar To Hammer Horror
Sun Yang Says He Will 'Definitely' Appeal 8-Year-Ban At Swiss Federal Court
Adam Peaty Welcomes Eight-Year Ban After Sun Yang 'Disrespects The Sport'
Sun Yang Verdict: The FINA Doping Panel Ruling That Triggered WADA Action
Rudd, World Swimming Coaches Association Vice-President: CAS Decision Has Rescued Swimming
Sun Yang Verdict: Ryan Cochrane And Chad Le Clos On The Lasting Pain Of Loss
The Podium Protestors
Thumbs up from Mack and his stance for clean sport….a date with destiny awaits
Duncan Scott 'Fully Respects And Supports' CAS Decision & Their Commitment To Clean Sport
Mack Horton, who in 2016 called Sun a "cheat" before beating Sun, the defending champion in the Olympic 400m freestyle final, told Swimming World today:
"My stance has always been for clean sport. It is not, and never will be about individuals or nations. Today's outcome does not change my stance."
The other man involved in podium protests against Sun's presence at World titles last July, Duncan Scott, of Britain, told Swimming World:
"I fully respect and support the decision that has been made and announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport this morning. I believe in clean sport and a level playing field for all athletes and I trust in CAS and WADA to uphold these values."
Mack Horton, left, keeps his distance to Sun Yang for the photo-op with bronze medallist Gabriele Detti after medals in the 400m free at world titles in Gwangju … podium protests followed after Sun Yang's latest brush with anti-doping authorities – Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer
Horton was backed by sports authorities in his country and The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, which said:
"ASADA welcomes the CAS decision as it restores faith in the anti-doping system. We hold our athletes to the highest possible standards and we expect that those standards are upheld globally."
Gregorio Paltrinieri – Photo Courtesy: Arena
One of Horton's friends and great rivals of both the Australian and Sun, Gregorio Paltrinieri, the Italian Olympic 1500m freestyle champion, told SkySport Italy:
"To me this whole story leaves only so much sadness, as always in all cases of doping. I really can't celebrate because one of my rivals is found positive for doping. I don't find anything beautiful, I just can't rejoice. I will say a paradox, I am almost sorry that this news came out ".
Pressed to say whether he felt sorry for Sun Yang or for the credibility of the anti-doping system, Paltrinieri replied:
"Sorry for him certainly not. My displeasure stems from the fact that Sun Yang has marked my professional growth as an athlete. Since I was a child he has always been my point of reference, he was the champion I wanted to beat, I worked hard to be able to compete face to face with him, I dreamed of challenging him side by side in lanes 4 and 5 (in swimming the lanes of best) and I managed to do it. Knowing now that there has been the help of doping, really, behind some of its competitions, takes away a little from everything ".
Ian Thorpe, five-times Olympic champion, weighed in with:
"I definitely supported Mack's stance at the Olympics and I also felt that the sport should've done a better job in making sure there was never a situation where Mack had to stand up on the podium in the first place."
And fellow Olympic champion of Rio 2016, Kyle Chalmers, the 100m freestyle gold medallist, had the back of his teammate, saying:
"I am in full support of my teammate Mack … I support Mack and what Mack stands for."
Adam Peaty, the Olympic 100m breaststroke champion from Britain, hailed the verdict a triumph for clean sport.
Leading coaches joined the chorus of celebration in swimming, Jon Rudd, now the head of Swim Ireland – in the land of Michelle Smith, the last swimmer to have news of her doping case broken by this author before a public hearing at CAS spelled the end of her career, back in 1998 – said:
"Thats of to CAS … the sport has been rescued: it's literally that big."
In the United States, Olympic teamster and 4x200m free gold medallist of 2008 and 2012, Ricky Berens told Swimming World:
"I don't want to say, 'it was good to see', because I hate seeing negative attention brought to our sport. This decision effects a lot of people, Sun Yang, but also the people that he has competed against and knocked off podiums. I can't remember a penalty like this while I was competing, which goes to show how strong the evidence was stacked against Yang. This decision sends a message to not only our sport, but all sports, that cheaters never win. This Sun Yang saga has been going on for far too long. I hope that this puts an end to it and our sport can move on from it."
Questions For FINA As Sun says he will appeal
FINA, the international federation, now faces huge questions about its handling of a case in which it's role was, at the very least, to remain neutral. The case goes down in swimming and anti-doping history as a thumping reminder that sports federations cannot serve as both police and promoter, the two roles representing a huge conflict of interest.
In its statement on the CAS decision, FINA did not refer to any of the issues that demand urgent review of the governance structures, checks, balances and accountability within the organisation. A FINA statement read:
FINA has noted the judgement published by CAS today in the case of WADA versus Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
Notwithstanding any further legal action, and as directed, FINA will implement CAS's decision with regard to disciplinary action against the swimmer. FINA has also noted CAS's provisions with regard to the modification of competition results.
Sun Yang's Last Stand: Appeal To Swiss Federal Tribunal
Sun Yang and his counsel, Ian Meakin – Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord
The decision of the CAS brings to an end one of the most controversial careers in swimming history.
There is one option left to Sun and his legal team: they can challenge the CAS verdict at the Swiss Federal Tribunal, a legal authority beyond CAS in Switzerland, where the Court of Arbitration, as well as FINA, is based. Sun has already said that he will appeal the ruling.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) has the power to issue a stay on any decisions in sport pending judgement of the Swiss court. That could leave the door to Tokyo 2020 ajar. However, in past sports cases, the Swiss court has only issued a stay where there have been no objection from the opposing party, in this case WADA. It is highly unlikely that that WADA would let a plea for stay in Sun's case go unchallenged under the circumstances: where other cases have involved issues of financial recompense or human rights, the swimmer's case and judgement speaks to the WADA Code, the CAS decision based on anti-doping rules not wider international conventions and precedents.
The Tribunal's role: The CAS is subject to the more general legal framework of international arbitration in Switzerland regulated through the Swiss Private International Law Act (Swiss PILA). The Swiss PILA emphasizes the parties' autonomy in the conduct of the arbitration proceedings and limits the intervention of state courts to the strict minimum. Within this context, arbitral awards are final upon their notification and can only be challenged before the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) on a very limited number of grounds, exhaustively enumerated in Art. 190(2) PILA. Although a "limited" role tis bestowed upon the SFT, Switzerland's Supreme Court has so far rendered numerous judgments in motions to set aside CAS awards. The SFT has significant influence on how CAS operates and CAS judges are aware of relevant conditions when they make their judgements. The SFT controls both the legality of CAS as an arbitral institution and the legality of CAS awards. The SFT may confirm, reject or more generally interpret some of the procedural provisions of the CAS Rules and the law applicable to the merits of cases.
Those With Questions Yet To Answer
If one aspect of the story ends this day, the CAS decision does not bring an end to the issues that led to a decision that affects a swimmer but leaves in place, as things stand, the entourage of doctors and scientists and anti-doping agents and bosses who contributed to the downfall of an athlete.
There is also a question left for FINA to answer: Doping Rule DC 10.8 requires the federation to cancel all results from the date of the offence, which was September 4-5, 2018. As such, Sun Yang should forfeit his 2019 World titles over 200m and 400m freestyle. However, the CAS ruling specifically says that given a lack of evidence of actual doping in September 2018, the rule for cancellation of results should kick in from this day of the CAS judgment. Sun would also escape under the rule that allows cancellation of results achieved up to six months prior to an offence: February 28 leaves us at August 28, 2019 going back six months: a few weeks after Gwangju action and the controversy of podium protest by the now-vindicated Mack Horton and Duncan Scott, both warned and heavily criticised by FINA, were history.
Below are the CAS decision; the statement from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcoming the verdict; and a backgrounder on the saga:
The CAS issued the following statement:
SUN YANG IS FOUND GUILTY OF A DOPING OFFENSE AND SANCTIONED WITH AN 8-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY
Lausanne, 28 February 2020 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). As a consequence, Sun Yang (the Athlete) is sanctioned with an eight-year period of ineligibility, starting on the date of the CAS award.
Following a conflictual anti-doping test at the residence of Sun Yang in September 2018 which resulted in the testing not being completed, the matter was initially referred to the FINA Doping Panel (FINA DP) which found that the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI), the protocol adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for the conduct of doping controls, had not been properly followed. Therefore, the FINA DP invalidated the sample collection. As a consequence, the FINA DP determined that the athlete had not committed an anti-doping rule violation.
WADA filed an appeal at CAS against that decision, asserting that Sun Yang had voluntarily refused to submit to sample collection and requesting that a period of ineligibility between a minimum 2 years and maximum 8 years be imposed on him.
The arbitration on appeal was referred to a panel of CAS arbitrators, composed of Judge Franco Frattini (Italy), President, Mr Romano F. Subiotto QC (Belgium/UK) and Prof. Philippe Sands QC (UK), which held a hearing on 15 November 2019. Further to the parties' request, the hearing was conducted in public.
The CAS Panel unanimously determined, to its comfortable satisfaction, that the Athlete violated Article 2.5 FINA DC (Tampering with any part of Doping Control). In particular, the Panel found that the personnel in charge of the doping control complied with all applicable requirements as set out in the ISTI. More specifically, the Athlete failed to establish that he had a compelling justification to destroy his sample collection containers and forego the doping control when, in his opinion, the collection protocol was not in compliance with the ISTI. As the Panel noted, it is one thing, having provided a blood sample, to question the accreditation of the testing personnel while keeping the intact samples in the possession of the testing authorities; it is quite another thing, after lengthy exchanges and warnings as to the consequences, to act in such a way that results in destroying the sample containers, thereby eliminating any chance of testing the sample at a later stage.
Considering that, in June 2014, the Athlete was found guilty of a first anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), the Panel concluded that, in accordance with Article 10.7.1 FINA DC, an eight-year period of ineligibility, starting on the date of the CAS award, has to be imposed on the Athlete for this second ADRV.
that FINA refrained from seeking the imposition of a provisional suspension on the Athlete when charging him with an anti-doping rule violation
that doping tests performed on the Athlete shortly before and after the aborted doping control in September 2018 were negative, and
that in the absence of any evidence that the Athlete may have engaged in doping activity since 4 September 2018, including on the occasion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2019, the results achieved by the Athlete in the period prior to the CAS award being issued should not be disqualified.
The Arbitral Award will be published on the CAS website in a few days, unless the parties agree that it should remain confidential.
WADA issued the following statement:
Play True – Photo Courtesy: WADA
Montreal, 28 February 2020 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to WADA's appeal against the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) disciplinary panel decision in relation to an incident that led to a doping control involving Chinese swimmer Sun Yang not being completed as planned.
WADA had lodged the appeal on the basis that Sun Yang voluntarily refused to submit to sample collection as per the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the related International Standard for Testing and Investigations. WADA notes the sanction handed down by CAS and is satisfied that justice in this case has been rendered.
WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said:
"WADA decided to appeal the original FINA ruling having carefully reviewed it and having concluded that there were a number of points that seemed to be incorrect under the Code. Today's CAS ruling confirms those concerns and is a significant result. We will now need to take time to review the decision in full, and we will continue to review diligently all anti-doping decisions taken by Code Signatories to ensure they are in line with the Code and, when warranted, to exercise our independent right of appeal."
Sun Yang was handed an eight-year ban after a panel of three senior CAS judges upheld the charge of "tampering" brought by WADA
At a hearing in Montreux last November, WADA challenged a January 2019 ruling by a three-man FINA Doping Panel to issue only a caution to Sun, 28, over a four-hour argument that raged through the night with out-of-competition anti-doping testers outside his home in Zheijiang Province in September 2018.
The FINA decision was to have been kept private but a Sunday Times report by this author on January 27 last year revealed the severity of the caution handed to Sun – and promoted WADA to delve more deeply before it lodged a case with CAS last March.
The swimmer, who failed to deliver a urine sample on the night of September 4-5, 2018, submitted to a blood test, signed off the sample but was then, two hours into the session when his doctor, Ba Zhen, arrived, party to arguments that led to a security guard being asked by Sun's mother Ming Yang, to fetch a hammer.
According to Sun and the CAS hearing, the blood sample has been removed from the chain of custody by Dr Ba Zhen, who was twice penalised for supplying a banned substance to Sun in 2014 – once for the offence and then a second penalty for having worked with Sun at the Asian Games at a time he should have been serving a suspension.
Sun Yang and his legal team arrive for the hearing, FINA counsel to the left – Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord
Once the Sun entourage had taken the sample back from testers, the outer casing of the vial was smashed with the hammer by the security guard as Sun shone his smartphone torch on proceedings.
Sun and his lead team had argued that the three testing officers who arrived at his home had not presented valid proof of identity and authority. This was rejected by the CAS judges.
Instead, they sided with WADA lead counsel Richard Young, who stunned the CAS hearing when he revealed what WADA aimed to catch Sun for:
"Tearing up the form, smashing the bottle, I mean that is pretty sensational but he was nailed on a tampering violation before any of that happened."
Sun's penalty is the first eight-year ban to be imposed on China since then-deputy head coach to the country, Zhao Ming was barred for the same period in the wake of the China Crisis of the 1990s, when more than 60 swimmers, all barring a couple teenagers, tested positive for a range of banned substances, including steroids, human growth hormone, blood booster EPO and diuretics.
Remaining questions revolve around Sun's entourage and what penalties they may face, though the Chinese Swimming Association said that it would support Sun's appeal to the highest Swiss court. That case is unlikely to be heard before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where Sun had hoped to defend the 200m freestyle title he claimed in Rio in 2016.
Brent Rychener – Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord
In Montreux at the hearing last November, WADA Counsel Richard Young referred to "concerns over intimidation and protection issues", while his co-counsel Brent Rychener highlighted several times in cross-examination of witnesses the threats and warnings, as he described them, made by members of Sun's entourage to the testing officers, including exchanges involving the swimmer's mother, the head of the Chinese Swimming Association and two doctors, namely, Dr Ba Zhen, a man twice-penalised by WADA in 2014-15, and Dr. Han Zhaoqi, head of the Zheijang Anti-Doping Centre.
Those characters, among others in the Sun Yang story, go unmentioned in the overview CAS ruling but there is a case, giver that Sun said that it was Dr Ba Zhen who had taken the blood vial back from the chain of command, for imposing a third and final penalty on a doctor described by a source close to the international federation as "more dismissive of the WADA Code than is healthy for any athlete or sport."
Andrew Evans
Poor Cornel Marculescu, who is he going to hug on poolside now? Good riddance!
Dee Carr
Justice!
Matt Ramey
Wowwww ?
Jeff Blackburn
How unusual cheating chinese
Sandeep Nagar Anthal
Nisha Millet Chatterjee
Katie Maloney
Adam McIntyre ??
8 years is too much.
The staffs were not qualified. How could an athelete trust them? It may ruin his career life.
We should give atheletes more support.
Craig Lord
Reply to Johnny
Not if they don't follow the rules: Sun's positive test and then his actions in 2018 now judged by WADA and CAS to have violated the WADA Code do not add up to "we should support…"
Reply to Craig Lord
So, Craig, your point on the unqualified tester is fine then regardless that CAS agreed on that front?
The whole case surrounding this has two sides, one on the tester and the other on the athlete.
Now even CAS agreed that SY is clean of his achievement, only editors like you read into it a lot that the authorities themselves didn't say.
I read your one-sided comment, tbh, which is very biased. Have you heard anything from SY's side of the story before you make the call or are you just willingly imagining the whole picture by yourself? Many judges others without any knowledge and I certainly hope you are not one of them.
Should the case is fair treatment on SY, then let the same treatment be done to all swimmers who went against being tested, which Mack Horton's team member should serve another 4 years.
Reply to Bing
Bing, your comment is riven with misinformation. CAS neither agrees nor disagrees on the subject of whether Sun is 'clean'. How could it: the man has a positive doping test to his name and in its ruling CAS notes that as precisely why he had to be handed an eight-year ban and not the two-four year ban it might have been in other circumstances. There is nothing one-sided about my view. Why is it that you find it so hard to believe that a young Chinese woman doping agent working for IDTM was telling the truth; why can you not be open to that? Why is it that you appear to think it acceptable for the towering figures of Sun, his mother a security guard, a twice-banned doctor and two other powerful players on the telephone putting pressure on that one young woman in a doping control room to be a part of a simple testing procedure that includes a protocol used by all other swimmers around the world AND the rest of the Chinese team: if you have concerns, register them on the paperwork, you have nothing to fear, safe in the knowledge that your sample will be clean. That is the protocol and trust that exists around the world. If there is a one-sided view here, it is yours.
Craig, please fix your site. I don't get an email note on your reply. I have to go through lengthy browsing history to find the article that I commented on.
Below is my reply to your question, and why I think your view is one-sided:
First of all, I am not closed to the possibility that he took the drug, and I have gotten your view. But the articles published on this site do not allow a neutral response. Many news and media, including yours, only focus on one side and exaggerate. In one of the comment sections, I see you call a different perspective that makes you uncomfortable, propaganda, which IMHO, close-minded.
On the other hand, the same series of questions you asked me above can be flipped back to you from my side. Due to the complexity in the case, it is simply not possible to pinpoint what had happened. Even you have mentioned, the latter drug-taking event is a belief, it is not a proven fact. Hence maybe you can answer this – would the uncertainty allow journalists/editors to start filling in the non-existent details, tint readers' view and make them accusations that often read by most as facts?
An extension to our whole argument becomes a question – why would you defend against my observation of your previous articles and comments yet calling another possible belief problematic?
I think understanding this would certainly help you understand my point of view.
Bing, your view is mute. A decision has been taken – the CAS report in full shoots down every lame argument Sun and team came up with and exonerates the testing team (also all Chinese and people who were put under enormous pressure and have had to endure bullying and intimidation in this case). You may reason what you wish and you are entitled to your view and take on events. I beg to differ – and my view (based on having studied the original FINA report and my understanding of the FINA rule and WADA Code) is the one now backed up by the legal argument and decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in this case.
On your site comment: it isn't 'my site'. I'm the editor. I will alert tech team to your comment – they may fathom what you mean (I'm genuinely not sure I know what you mean. We all get alerts when comments are added to articles we have commented on … and the comments remain precisely where they were at first posting, as far as I can tell)
Staff most likely were qualified, if sun thought they weren't qualified he shouldn't have "consented" to the blood sample, chances are sun would have given the urine sample, but things escalated when his tiger mother and doctor arrived and they knew that he would be rumbled, hence the arrive of the hammer,
Richie Young
Sun explained that he became suspicious after he realized the Urine Tester started taking photos of him and that was after he had his blood drawn.
Google abc.net.au: Sun Yang has been painted as a 'drug cheat'. Let's look at it in context
"Sun became aware the man, known as a doping control assistant (DCA), had been taking photos of him and instructed the DCA he could not do that.
He asked to see the DCA's accreditation and that of the nurse who had taken his blood. Then the night began to unravel.
According to the DCA's own written statement, he was "very excited" to see the athlete, and "took two or three pictures" of him from behind.
Although the DCA did not testify in person, the CAS panel accepted his written statement, which was confirmed by the testimonies of several witnesses, including the doping control officer (DCO) in charge of the operation."
FINA has already said WADA hadn't follow the rule to take samples. CAS is not justice. At least there should be some punishment to WADA.
Reply to Lorraine
Fina is not the ultimate judge – and now a higher court has judged how FINA got it wrong… FINA is the promoter and regulator of swimming… it can't be the policeman too, right?
It's like I can go to Mr. Horton's house and take his blood. He can't reject as that will end his career.
Reply to reid
Nonsense… it's nothing like that. Try reading the reports in full.
You can't. First, you need to display WADA's letter of authentication and your own qualification certificate and ID, secondly, the assistance taking blood sample needs to display nurse certificate and ID, the assistance in charge of urine sampling needs ID.
If the athlete challenge your qualification, you have to show the online registration information of this test on WADA's official website.
Please, man, try to keep up with the truth.
Jarod De Vos
Caelum de Vos
Julie Austin
Those who have nothing to hide
HIDE NOTHING!
Mary Whitney
Matt Skinner
He…smashed…his…samples…with…a…hammer. Earned the ban.
Rik Parker
Reply to Scott Young
Regardless of any other thing. THIS.
Why he "smashed" the blood sample:
"the doping control officer's paperwork was incomplete and two of the three members of the anti-doping party had no proper identification.
He said his name did not even appear on the documentation, which he considered to be highly unusual.
He should know, he has gone through this process hundreds of times.
His entourage — including his doctor Ba Zhen, the chief doctor of the Zhejiang College of Sport, Han Zhaoqi, and on the phone the team leader of China's national swim team Cheng Hao — refused to let the testers take his blood vials now sealed inside a tamper-proof casing. The testers refused to leave without their casing.
His team claims a security guard broke open the container so the drug testers could take it while the blood vials allegedly remain stored in the hospital where Sun's doctor works.
You would not know this from the media coverage, but the blood vials were not smashed with a hammer, only the container."
Thomas Inwood
Finally – the cheater got what he earned
Samani Bhusumane
Matt Kovacs
Eric Parr Johnson
Marcy Mestel Gold
finally got what he deserved
Mark Stewart
Was the guy cheating in this instance? Well the truth is nobody will ever know.
Was the guy a dumbass for breaking his sample after he already consented to and allowed it to be taken? Yes.
So I will just call him what he is based on the facts, a complete and utter dumbass that brought all of this speculation on himself (right or wrong) through his own doing.
Maureen Fluehr Carll
No empathy.He had ample warning and thought the rules didn't apply to him.Bye!
Mark Ryan
About time!
Matt Healy
Good! Always trying to buck the system
Alberta Haynes-Carlson
Good! and Goodbye!
FYI, Thomas Fraser-Holmes is banned for 12-month for missing THREE doping tests, and Sun is banned for EIGHT years just becasue he refused to take the nonstandard doping test (the two assistants were not qualified , one of them was bulding worker and started shooting video while entering Sun's apartment)??????????
Even if Sun's behavior was controversial, does he really deserve the most strict punishment which will directly end his career? At least the doping test agency IDTM should take half the blame. Sun is banned for 8 years, and you call it justics?
THIS IS RACISM
Reply to Emily J
Absolute nonsense… nothing to do with racism… read the reason why its eight years… he was handed a three-month lenient retrospective ban for testing positive in 2014, so, its his second offence… in 2018, you might have imagined that he and his entourage would have thought more deeply about that when removing a blood sample from the chain of custody. There is nothing racist about any of this… that is precisely the term lobbed at athletes, coaches, media and more in the 1990s when we all questioned astonishing off-the-chart Chinese performances… we were all racists, apparently… though the accusation did die down somewhat when the count of positives exceeded 60, most of those young teens under the guidance of abusive forces masquerading as guardians while plying their young charges with health-harming and prohibited substances. Try thinking about that and where it leads your mind.
Craig: "a three-month lenient retrospective ban for testing positive in 2014"
The ban in 2014 wasn't without controversy. Google "time.com: Is It Really Fair to Call Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang a Drug Cheat?"
"To be sure, Sun was banned from competition in 2014, but it was for only three months and for a proscribed substance, trimetazidine, that had been prescribed for angina, a heart condition. When Sun took the drug, it had been on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list for less than five months, and today is no longer recognized as a stimulant by doping agencies."
Well, actually trimetazidine is back in the WADA list again but it isn't a big performance enhancer. And the drug was only in the list in 2014 for five months when Sun was tested positive. That's why the "lenient" punishment?
Google "springer.com: Review of WADA Prohibited Substances: Limited Evidence for Performance-Enhancing Effects"
"Another inhibitor of free fatty acid oxidation, trimetazidine, was reported to improve maximal walking distance in patients with peripheral arterial disease [87], but there is no evidence of such an effect on exercise performance in healthy or trained individuals."
"Thomas Fraser-Holmes is banned for 12-month for missing THREE doping tests" and Craig Lord still said there is no racism?
Any fair minder person will agree that Sun isn't a clear cut case. WADA and FINA did not dispute Sun's account of the urine tester taking photos of him (which never happened in all his previous tests). Yes, you can say Sun over-reacted (as WADA itself said in its report *). To ban somebody for 8 years for over-reacting smacks of over-reacting and racism on the part of CAS/WADA.
From the CAS panel report:
"He sought to shift the blame to the DCO, the BCA and the DCA, and at no point, in the appreciation of the Panel, did he confront the possibility that he might have overreacted in his actions."
Maybe some speculations on Sun are not right, but this judgment definitely is not racism. The is Sun's second time of doping violations. According to rules, double doping deserved 8 year ban. Please note that the first 3 month ban on him was enforced by Chinese authorities themselves.
If you've got a chance to look at the verdict, you will find out that:
1. WADA didn't do anything wrong in this procedure. The test was fully qualified. It's Sun and his team misinterpreting the rules and documents. Even though one of assistance is a contractor, it's still adequate as long as this assistance is registered in WADA system and given a proper training. Remember, this male assistance's only job there is to watch Sun pee.
2. Even Sun argued about the qualification of testers, according to rules, he has right to file a complain later after blood and urine samples are collected. If his claim is verdict, this test will be declared void, everyone is happy. But on the contrary, Sun refused to give urine sample and smashed blood vial after several vocal warnings, which made it impossible to prove his innocence and doping test was doomed to fail.
3. Sun was really overreacting and making a scene. Can you image the guy smashed the blood vial with a hammer? What a drama! Even FINA said that Sun was stupid gambling his whole career.
You said that other athletes with more severe offense still got mild punishment? I don't think that's the case. Do you even really know about the case you mentioned? I don't think so as you don't even know a lot about Sun's case.
Reply to Angel
Angel: "Remember, this male assistance's only job there is to watch Sun pee."
And his job is also to take photos of Sun??? (CAS/WADA did not dispute that the tester took photos). This never happened in all the hundreds of tests Sun had been through and that's why he became suspicious.
Why did Sun's team smash the blood sample:
"his name did not even appear on the documentation, which Sun considered to be highly unusual.
His entourage — including his doctor Ba Zhen …. refused to let the testers take his blood vials now sealed inside a tamper-proof casing. The testers refused to leave without their casing.
"To the panel's knowledge," the blood vials remain in the possession of Dr Ba (although they are no longer eligible to be tested because the chain of custody was broken)."
Yes, you could say Sun over-reacted or was overly paranoid. But there isn't evidence that he cheated or tried to cheat. It's obvious that the testing team was unprofessional. To slap Sun with a 8 year ban is actually an over-reaction by CAS.
Angel: "You said that other athletes with more severe offense still got mild punishment? I don't think that's the case. Do you even really know about the case you mentioned?"
Thomas Fraser-Holmes is banned for 12-month for missing THREE doping tests.
Okay, so maybe Sun over-reacted. But to slap him a 8 year ban smack of over-reaction and racism on the part of CAS.
Coach Jim
Racism? You're nuts.
No one can tell what exactly happen at that night in Sun's home. But it is not the core of the case.
The logic is that:
1、Fact: what qualification documents did IDTM show to Sun?
2、Regulation: what is the qualification rule of IDTM staff that WADA and ISTI regulate?
3、Fact to regulation: did the document IDTM had obey the regulation in question 2?
Key1: WADA set the regulation of the qualification of IDTM staff(Question 2). So Sun can never win. (The answer for question 3 is yes)
Key2: WADA had delivered thousands of test in this way. So, if Sun wins, then those thousands of test before will be questioned. So sun can never win.
1、Sun's reaction ruined his career. His team should also be responsible for that. Because athelet focuse on training, and his team should take care of those things.
2、WADA should improve the process to help athelets to understand the regulation and to communicate better.
3、Media should also take the responsibility that Sun is not a treater but a rule breaker. (His gold medals before are still qualified)
4、For Sun: you can hardly reverse the result. You are still a great athlete. Life is long. Swim is not your whole life. Wish you all the best.
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Re. Mamba:
I agree with your comment, which is way more clear and fair than the entire article posted by a so called "Editor-in-chief".
the take-away messages are:
1. Sun Yang is a rule breaker. But he is not a "cheater" as the narrow-minded article conveys.
2. WADA needs to set up rules to protect athlete's rights when they send in unqualified staff to take samples.
To the "Editor-in-chief":
your biased article and comments are like jokes. They confirm my opinion that your "Swimming world magazine" is such a third class tabloid. Long live the white supremacy in your fxxxing blood!
Don't you dare to remove my comment. I will SPREAD THIS PAGE TO MY STANFORD FRIENDS TO ENTERTAIN THEM
To Mamba: You wrote: "WADA had delivered thousands of test in this way. So, if Sun wins, then those thousands of test before will be questioned. So sun can never win."
Sun had been through the process hundreds of times (perhaps more than any other swimmer in history), and yes, the test on September 2018 was DIFFERENT (the tester taking his photos) and that's why he objected to his samples taken away.
He asked to see the DCA's accreditation and that of the nurse who had taken his blood. Then the night began to unravel. According to the DCA's own written statement, he was "very excited" to see the athlete, and "took two or three pictures" of him from behind. Although the DCA did not testify in person, the CAS panel accepted his written statement, which was confirmed by the testimonies of several witnesses, including the doping control officer (DCO) in charge of the operation."
It is obvious that the testing team acted very unprofessionally. You could say Sun Yang over-reacted but there isn't evidence to prove that he cheated or tried to cheat.
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Suggested correction: Kelly can have more than one brother because in the episode where Kelly gets her job at the Max she said "I cook every night for my 11 siblings". So he could be younger or just have a nickname.
The mistake is valid because she says her "youngest" brother, not "younger." In the episode "The Babysitters" (which was meant to air in season 1 and produced before "House Party"), her brother Billy is an infant and says his first words. Kelly has 6 siblings and she never said she cooked for 11 siblings when getting a job at The Max. She says she sets the dinner table for 9 people three times a night.
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I told Tai Lo and Pata about Anne. They were very happy for me. Tai Lo made a profound statement. He said, so now that you are at a different level (stage, "keng kai"), do you find that life is richer and worth living? Pata's wife is two or three months pregnant and Tai Lo said he's moving onto a fatherhood stage. He said different stage is very different and not boring (sien).
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Casinos were closed for over two months last year, from March 16 to May 21, and operations have been limited since reopening to comply with statewide COVID-19 restrictions.
2020's year-end gross revenues were down more than $406 million for all casinos, about 18.5% over 2019. No revenue was booked at all for the month of April.
Casinos in Mississippi's central region, which includes Vicksburg, Natchez and Greenville, saw revenues drop by nearly $60 million, the largest drop by percentage of the state's three regions. Gross revenues went from $304.2 million down to $244.6 million.
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You've got to hand it to Steve Wilkins. Tilting bravely against his own personal windmills—feminists, homosexuals, civil rights advocates, evolutionists, rationalists, "Marxist historians," and a whole list of other ungodly enemies—he has told the story of America as he sees it.
Sure, it's an unusual take. It's true that no serious historian would agree. But Wilkins, perhaps the leading theological thinker of the neo-Confederate right, is not afraid to tell it like he thinks it was.
Trouble is, some people might actually believe him.
The pastor of Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church in Monroe, La.—the mother church to a noxious brand of theocratic thinking that has swept the entire neo-Confederate movement—markets his $80, 12-cassette version of the American saga under the title of "America: The First 350 Years."
The tapes and accompanying teaching guide sold by his Covenant Publications—a set that has been marketed widely to Christian homeschoolers—float a rather remarkable story.
A glance at his notes shows that an array of extremists, from a violently racist Confederate chaplain to a series of far-right religious writers, provides the basis for Wilkins' tale.
And just what is the world according to Wilkins?
All of history is a struggle between "biblical faith" and "non-biblical faith." White colonists made early America a godly nation, agreeing that "all areas of life must be ruled by His law," that democracy was to be "despised and condemned," and that theocracy was "the only proper role of government."
Wilkins notes in approving tones that the death penalty in early Massachusetts was prescribed for blasphemy, "devilish practice," homosexuality, adultery, and rebellion.
The Salem witch trials really weren't so bad. "Only" 23 people died as a result. Anyhow, "there was a large amount of occultic experimentation at the time." There were also "a number of seemingly inexplicable events" to explain. Yes, there were mistakes, but the Puritan clergy was dead set against these excesses.
The French Revolution was bad, the creature of "subversive groups" aiming to sow "chaos and anarchy." The American Revolution was good—it never, ever, appealed to "the rights of man" despite propaganda to the contrary from mainstream historians who cite Thomas Paine and his pamphlet Common Sense.
Actually, it was King George III who was the revolutionary, "not the colonists." The colonists knew perfectly well that "rebellion" amounted to "a refusal to obey God."
The Declaration of Independence was no product of the Enlightenment, despite what historians say and no matter how many Enlightenment thinkers the Declaration's authors cited. It was no "radical document."
The fact that the writers referred to "reason" and not to God? Well, that's just how folks talked back then.
Although it doesn't say so, the Constitution laid out "the Biblical role of government." The framers only referred to "coin money"—because of their "great fear" of paper money (not coincidentally, a bête noire of today's radical right). They obviously intended for the nation to hew to a gold and silver standard.
It's true that the right to vote was limited to property-holding white men. But the purpose of the restriction "was primarily moral and spiritual." Says Wilkins: "To allow non-property holders to vote would be to allow the slothful and the ungodly to rule."
And anyway, giving non-propertied citizens the vote would surely lead to an aristocracy of those who could buy poor men's votes. The wise leaders of the day "saw that universal suffrage opened the door to an attack on private property."
The Bill of Rights does not delineate "human rights"—those rights come straight from God, and humans have nothing to do with them. Separation of church and state is no part of the Constitution or Bill of Rights.
"Religious neutrality is impossible," says Wilkins. "All law is an establishment of some 'religion'."
The roots of the Civil War lie in a 19th century religious reawakening in the South that came during the same period that the North was increasingly rejecting "orthodox Christianity" and its leading universities were adopting anti-religious rationalism. The public school movement of the 1830s-1840s, for instance, arose from "the desire to destroy the Christian foundations of the nation."
"Radical humanists" in the North wanted to attack religion. "That meant the destruction of the South." These God-hating revolutionaries needed an excuse to launch their war. "That issue turned out to be slavery." Immigration—by Catholics, although Wilkins doesn't spell it out—also turned the North against the Bible.
The "War Between the States" really had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery.
And slaves, by the way, had it pretty grand—even if "black historians" today insist on ignoring "unequivocal testimonies to the general benevolence of Southern slavery." Slaves actually "lived relatively easygoing lives."
A normal day's tasks took a slave three to four hours, so slaves would often do two or three days' work in one day. Then, Wilkins suggests, the slaves would "take several days off" and travel by horse or boat "to visit friends, family, or lovers on other plantations."
The anti-slavery movement "had more support in the South than in the North." Two thirds of anti-slavery societies were in the South. But abolitionists used "slanderous propaganda" and "political terrorism" to paint a different picture.
Once the North won its battle to destroy the constitutional system—part of a plot to centralize and aggrandize a "God-like" federal government—it set out "to punish Southern whites" and to entrench the Republican Party in the South.
Southern legislatures passed repressive Black Codes after the war—but only to "govern the employment and work of the free Negroes," Wilkins says.
And anyway, the codes really weren't so bad. After all, they were "identical" to the rules Union Army officials imposed on blacks in the South as the war concluded.
And that is where Steve Wilkins' interest in history comes to an end—the last dates mentioned in "America: The First 350 Years" come shortly after the South surrendered in 1865, apparently the end of all things good in the American drama.
But all is not lost. "The vision of the Puritan fathers is not dead, but in our generation has revived and is beginning to spread through our land again," Wilkins exults in the last scary words of his teaching guide.
"It is now our responsibility by the grace of God to keep this flame burning. We dare not allow it to go out!"


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Петигреневое лимонное масло — эфирное масло, содержится в листях, ветках и незрелых плодах  , культивируемого в Италии, Франции и других странах.

Свойства
Петигреневое лимонное масло — бесцветная или светло-жёлтая жидкость с запахом лимона. Растворимо в этаноле (1:2 — в 95%-м); нерастворимо в воде.

Химический состав
В состав масла входят — (+)-лимонен, α- и β-пинены, камфен и другие углеводороды (около 55%), цинеол, (-)-линалоол, гераниол, нерол, α-терпинеол, фурфурол, метилантранилат, ацетаты терпеновых спиртов, уксусная и гераниевая кислоты и другие компоненты.

Получение
Получают из листьев, веток и незрелых плодов лимона путём отгонки с паром, выход масла 0,18—0,20%.

Основные производители — Италия и Франция.

Применение
Применяют как компонент отдушек для косметических изделий.

См. также
 Петигреневое апельсиновое масло
 Петигреневое померанцевое масло

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A celiac plexus block is a minimally-invasive and potentially very effective treatment that can help relieve nerve pain that many cancer patients experience. Patients may even be able to reduce their pain medication use by up to 90%. We cover how this procedure takes place as well as any risk factors you need to know.
To start, it is not surprising that almost all cancer patients report that the pain is the most distressing aspect of their condition. Patients suffering from pancreatic cancer face the most severe and typically unremitting forms of pain. Treatment can be challenging for physicians, but it's also painful and frustrating for patients. This type of pain can also be unresponsive to many types of treatment. One of the most effective treatments available for managing this pain, however, is the celiac plexus block.
These celiac nerves are responsible for monitoring large and vital parts of the body. But, they can also transmit pain information through them. A celiac plexus block effectively treats this abdominal pain because it blocks nerves that transfer information to the spinal cord and brain. And this is where we process pain sensations.
When performed by a highly-trained and specialized physician, this procedure can drastically improve an abdominal cancer patient's quality of life.
Previous studies have provided ample evidence to support the use of the celiac plexus block to relieve severe and refractory nerve pain. The celiac plexus block targets pain within the abdomen in particular.
In particular, patients suffering from pancreatic cancer respond favorably to the procedure.
Neurolytic celiac plexus blocks, however, are not as common. This procedure, though, is also reserved for the treatment of pain and discomfort associated with malignancies of the upper abdomen. In these cases, the most appropriate use are for patients who have undergone previous failed treatment trials.
The procedure for a celiac plexus block can be done in several ways. The most commonly used method for performing a celiac plexus block starts with the patient lying down flat on their stomach.
You can also request an intravenous sedation medication in order to make the procedure more comfortable. If you choose to do so, your vital signs will be monitored closely, including body temperature, pulse rate, and blood pressure.
To start, the performing physician anaesthetizes the area using a topical anesthetic. This is applied to the surface of the skin in two different areas on the back.
One area is the location where an X-ray device is inserted. This allows the physician to guide the injection needle to the proper location. The second area is where the injection needle itself is inserted. In some cases, the physician may use contrast dye in order to confirm correct placement of the injection needle. Once the physician is certain that the needle is in the correct position, the anesthetic is injected.
For a neurolytic celiac plexus block, many physicians will also inject alcohol in addition to the anesthetic medication. The purpose of the alcohol is to destroy the tissue of the plexus nerves. As noted, these transmit pain information from the abdomen to the spinal cord and brain, thus temporarily impairing their function.
In most cases, the celiac plexus block procedure takes less than 30 minutes to perform. Once the procedure is complete, the healthcare team transports patients to a recovery room where they are monitored for any adverse reactions. Patients can expect to spend anywhere from two to four hours in recovery before their physician discharges them.
As for pain relief? It may be instantaneous or within the first day. A proportion of celiac plexus block patients will report an almost immediate reduction of pain, though many patients do not experience pain relief for six to 24 hours.
If patients experience pain reduction, but still some of their symptoms, their pain specialist may recommend returning for more injections. This is because celiac plexus block injections are safe enough to be administered repeatedly. Thus, it is recommended that patients receive additional injections until they no longer report pain.
Patients receiving celiac plexus block injections can expect to experience relief from even severe and refractory forms of pain. Neurolytic celiac plexus block patients generally report around two months of pain relief.
Some common side effects reported along with this procedure include transient diarrhea and hypotension.
Working a specialist who has advanced experience performing this procedure can help mitigate your risks. You should also look for one who uses fluoroscopic guidance for the injection.
The celiac plexus block is a procedure used to treat severe and refractory forms of chronic pain in the abdominal region. The target of this treatment is to inhibit the function of the celiac ganglia, which is responsible for transmitting pain information from the peripheral nerves to the spinal cord and brain.
The procedure is non-surgical and minimally invasive. It typically takes place on an outpatient basis.
Even better, there are relatively few risks. Most patients report improvements in pain almost immediately–typically within 24 hours. Patients who do not achieve complete pain relief with the first injection may return for follow-up injections until they are completely pain free. Recovery from the procedure can take between two to four hours. Patients are also typically discharged the same day.
If you're suffering from severe abdominal pain, it's time to speak with a doctor about the risks and benefits of a celiac plexus block for managing your pain. This procedure can help you reduce reliance on narcotic pain medications as well as help you get back to your life.
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US: Back to Trump(ism)?
Nadia Urbinati
The challenges of global politics and difficulties within the Democratic party could add fuel to Trumpism in next year's midterms.
The United States kicked off 2021 against a backdrop of grave concerns and high hopes. The attack on the Capitol on 6 January, fomented by the former president, Donald Trump, who refused (and is still refusing) to accept his electoral defeat, acted as a tonic for the newly elected Democratic president, Joe Biden, who started life as a weak candidate, but gained strength as time went by: first because of the weakness of his opponents in the party primaries, and later because of the risk of a coup. Trump's lurch towards populism, which came hazardously close to the dictatorial, helped make the Biden administration's first three months in office look less moderate. Right from the start, the new administration's project drew inspiration and support from the left wing of the coalition, led by Bernie Sanders, and showed courage, of necessity, in the face of populism, pandemic, severe recession and a health emergency.
From the outset, the Biden administration signalled a possible way out of populism with a bold move that took many observers by surprise, precisely because of the traditionally moderate pedigree of the newly elected president, who is a veteran of the Democratic Party establishment. The move involved a major economic recovery plan with social-democratic rather than free-market foundations. In other words, it was neither Reaganite, nor involved cutting taxes for the rich, in the hope that this would prompt them to invest, thus creating jobs. The 2008 crisis showed even sceptics that "trickle down" does not work with financial capitalism, as it has no intention of investing and producing anyway. Unlike the two public-investment plans implemented by the Trump administration, the plan proposed last March by President Biden contained a strong dose of downward redistribution. As well offering direct cash transfers to the least well-off, the project was built on estimates that the tax credit offered to families with children could, alone, reduce child poverty by 50%. Basic employment aid was forecast to bring unemployment back to pre-pandemic levels over the course of the following year. In the spring, the Biden administration also discussed a further $2 trillion public-investment plan, aimed at greening the economy and renovating the country's main energy and commercial infrastructures. To finance this spending, the Biden administration proposed a boost to progressive taxation, by raising taxes on multinationals and the super-rich – something that no US administration had dared do since the days of Ronald Reagan. Even on workers' rights, Biden proved more progressive than expected, as he explicitly sided with the unions in the conflict with Amazon in Alabama. The alarm bell triggered by Trumpism spurred the centrists and Democratic party leadership into an attempt to stop the Trump cavalry and potentially take working-class and lower-middle-class votes away from the Republicans.
All this remained blocked for months, and what had seemed possible in the spring – overcoming the resistance of the Democratic Party mainstream – was looking difficult by the autumn. The situation changed over the summer, when the moderate and Reaganite wing of the Democratic Party showed its hostility to the Biden administration's proposals, and embarked on the filibuster that would take them down. What did Biden do to overcome the resistance within his own party? Not much, in terms of decision-making power, to get the whole party on his side and try to break the unity of the Republican Party, once he had set off down the route of involving Congress. The weapon in his possession, which he used effectively, was pressure on representatives, either directly or via public opinion. Biden made an important speech at a Town Hall organised by CNN last October, in which he announced the names and surnames of Democrats who were opposed to raising tax rates for the small super-rich minority – this was highly effective, and gave grounds for hope that the media campaign might persuade representatives to drop their opposition to social policies designed to help children and families in difficulty. This was then backed up by the hard work of compromise and mediation, in other words, parliamentary politics. The fierce struggle both within the party and in Congress suggests that few people now believe that the ambitious promises made in March will all be honoured. It is not unlikely that exhausting negotiations will turn this presidency into a melting pot of disappointments, not least because, viewed from the outside, the Democratic administration's policy looks like nothing other than an endless, downward negotiation. In the meantime, the flow of migrants from Mexico is turning the South into a powder keg that is giving fresh impetus to the Trumpists; while Trump himself has not gone away.
And the biggest risk for Biden and the Democrats is that their polices and parliamentary politics, with its exhausting, but necessary, negotiations, will look unappealing, stir no emotions and fail to take any voters out of Trump's orbit.
Iran: Back to the Nuclear Deal?
Cornelius Adebahr
Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Trends To Watch: Sport Geopolitics
Natalie Koch
Associate Professor and O'Hanley Faculty Scholar, Syracuse University
Kim Jong Un and the US: Between Nukes and Summits
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
King's College London and Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Syria's Normalization Momentum
Mattia Serra
Research Trainee, ISPI MENA Centre
Professore di Filosofia Politica, Columbia University


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Shaun Berk's 10 Movie Recommendations- 717th Edition
Welcome to the 717th Edition of my series. I continue rehearsals for THE INTERROGATION OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS which is coming along well so I encourage anyone in or near the Alexandria area to find a day to support it. Information is at the end of the page. My team the 49ers are undefeated as of right so we'll see what this week holds. Other than that, not much is happening so I'll just get on with my selections for the week.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002): This is part four of my four-part Sam Rockwell series. George Clooney directed this biopic which is based on the autobiography by Chuck Barris, played to perfection by Rockwell. Barris is known as the host of THE GONG SHOW and before that produced shows THE DATING GAME and THE NEWLYWED GAME which were all very controversial at the time. While these films focus on this part of his life, it mainly revolves around his claims that he was an assassin for the CIA in which those shows were like a front to him. Clooney co-stars as the man who recruits Clooney for the CIA. Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Cera, Jerry Weintraub, David Julian Hirsh, Robert John Burke, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Rutger Hauer, Richard Kind, James Urbaniak, and many others co-star or have cameos. Cera, earlier in his career, plays Barris at a younger age in a beginning scene. This remains one of my absolute favorite movies and some say that Barris made this up but I maintain it is all true. This is available to watch on Hoopla Digital.
Rescue Dawn (2006): This is part three of my three part Christian Bale trilogy. This is my war movie for the week which was written and directed by Werner Herzog. Bale stars as real-life Vietnam soldier Dieter Dengler whose plane is shot down in Laos and is taken to a prisoner camp where he is subject to torture by the Vietcong. He meets five other prisoners where they band together and plot and escape. Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier, Toby Huss, and many others co-star in this film. This is a really intense film that seems to capture the tone for Vietnam. I venture to say with Herzog at the helm that this was not an easy movie to do and that everyone worked extremely hard. Last week, I featured VICE which Bale gains weight in order to play Cheney and for this one, he lost a lot of weight.
Creed II (2018): This is part one of my two-part Sylvester Stallone series. This is my boxing film for the week which was directed by Steven Caple Jr. and co-written by Sylvester Stallone who also co-stars as his iconic character Rocky Balboa. Michael B. Jordan reprises his role as Adonis Creed, the son of the legendary Apollo Creed, and continues to have a great career in boxing with the help of Rocky. The other story happening in this film is Rocky's former Russian opponent Ivan Drago, reprised by Dolph Lundgren, is training his son Viktor, played by real-life boxer Florian Munteanu, to be a boxer and soon go to the United States where they look to challenge Creed for his newly won championship. Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Russell Hornsby, Wood Harris, Milo Ventimiglia, Brigitte Nielson, and many others co-star in this film. The nostalgia for me was off the charts getting to see what in some ways is not only a sequel to CREED but is a sequel to ROCKY IV with the return of Lundgren. I can to a full realization after this movie on how awesome Stallone really is and I really look forward to the upcoming Rambo movie.
Pleasure Faire (1972): This is my short film for the week which was part of Les Blank films. This is essentially footage of the Southern California Renaissance Fair which was shot by Les Blank. This is one that has not gotten a lot of exposure judging by no user reviews on the imdb page. This is only about 15 minutes long and is available to watch on Amazon Prime.
The Gay Divorcee (1934): This is my song and dance movie for the week which was directed by Mark Sandrich and is a vehicle for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Before anyone gets excited about a movie in the '30s about a gay person, this uses the real definition of gay which is happy. Ginger stars as American woman Mimi who goes to Britain seeking a divorce from her husband. In the process, she meets American dancer Guy, played by Fred, who takes an immediate liking to Mimi. Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, and many others co-star in this film. This is a very good vehicle for song and dance and has some pretty enjoyable numbers with a decent enough plot to stay intrigued. This is the second of ten movies for Astaire and Rogers and is available to watch on the Criterion Channel.
The Killer is Loose (1956): This is my film noir for the week which was directed by Budd Boetticher. Joseph Cotten stars as Detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills the wife of bank robber Leon Poole, played by Wendell Corey. Poole is arrested and sent to prison but escapes prison seeking revenge on Wagner for what he did by targeting his own wife Lila, played by Rhonda Fleming. Alan Hale Jr., Michael Pate, John Larch, John Beradino, Virginia Christine, and many others co-star in this film. This is a rather overlooked film noir and is pretty intense and suspenseful all through the movie. This is available to watch on Amazon Prime and a more gritty movie from this era.
Loving (2016): Jeff Nichols wrote and directed this film that is based on a true story. Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star as interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving who get married in D.C. in 1958 but when they go back to their state of Virginia, they get arrested because interracial marriage was against the law in that state. Through the years, they fight for their rights to the point of going to the supreme court. Michael Shannon, Terri Abney, Alano Miller, Chris Greene, Benjamin Booker, Sharon Lockwood, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, and many others co-star in this film. This went onto become a pretty underrated film with two stars who remain that way. This is rather relevant for today seeing as in our time, we fought for gay marriage but at this time some states outlawed interracial marriage and later generations will probably see something and think "gay marriage was illegal" while we have this to go on and a supreme court decision that might have had a small part in our marriage rights for the future other than just the interracial marriage they fought for.
Robinson Crusoe (1954): Luis Bunuel directed this adaptation of the Daniel Dafoe novel. Dan O'Herlihy stars as Crusoe who was a British aristocrat shipwrecked on a deserted island in the 1600s. He does what he can to survive whiles having limited resources on the island. Jaime Fernandez co-stars as Friday whose life Robinson saves and they slowly become friends. Bunuel is known for his surreal style of directing which is very limited in this one. O'Herlihy and Fernandez work really well together in this film and carry it very well. This is available to watch on the Criterion Channel.
Wake in Fright (1971): This is my Australian film for the week. Ted Kotcheff directed this film based on the novel by Kenneth Cook. Gary Bond stars as schoolteacher John Grant who is on vacation and gets himself into a bad gambling debt which gets him marooned by the townspeople. He slowly descends into madness through the townspeople. Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, and many others co-star in this film. This is hard to really describe. This is a pretty dark and disturbing film but also rather compelling. This is one that is driven by the script and the actors. This is rather graphic at times and is not for everyone. This is available to watch on Amazon Prime.
It's Not You It's Me (2013): I end the week with this horror-comedy short film which was directed by Matt Spicer. Gillian Jacobs stars in this short a young woman in a relationship where she seems to get easily annoyed by her boyfriend, played by Fran Kranz, through the sounds he makes. Rob Huebel, Ithamar Enriquez, and Travis Nicholson co-star in this short. This is one where I should not say much before I spoil. This is available to watch on Amazon Prime and is only about twelve minutes long.
Well, that is it for this week but I do have my segment of "The Bookworm Corner". Tell me what you like and dislike and stay tuned for next week which so far includes Sylvester Stallone, John Cho, Shia Labeouf, Buster Keaton, and many others.
THE BOOKWORM CORNER
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (2016): This is the latest book I completed from my reading kick I've gotten on lately. I found this book when I attended the Coffee and Classics series at my local library. They let us choose a free book and this looked the most interesting to me. This centers around married couple Marco and Anne who are hanging out at their next-door neighbors only to learn that a horrid crime has been committed. No one is really who they seem as twists happen at about each chapter which really made me want to see what happens next. This is another where I don't want to give too much away as it would lead to some serious spoilers. This book does not waste any time and gets right to the point in the first chapter. While suspenseful, it is also a pretty easy book to read, at least for someone who is not much of a reader like myself.
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Topic: What was your first bike and how did you come to own it?
Re: What was your first bike and how did you come to own it?
58 triumph tigercub 200. found it laying on the side of a barn with grass growing up through it for $25. Cleaned the plug, aired up the tires, put some gas in it and it fired right up. Rode it for 2 years before I went into the service in 1976.
Topic: How many crashes in how many years?
Re: How many crashes in how many years?
Topic: New rider looking for a bike!
Re: New rider looking for a bike!
This is what a Rebel can do. http://scott58.webs.com/roadtrip.htm Since that trip it went through 14 states and 2 countries. Saved enough on gas over my buddies bike to stay in hotels for free.
Welcome back. I've only been back in here a few times in the last couple years myself. I too still ride the Rebel most. Enjoy the new year.
Been a few years since I was down there but, 11 miles 318 turns of great road. I just grabbed one of the tourist maps when I got there. Good food, fair hotel prices. I stayed in Pigeon Forge on the main drag there. Try the aligator at Huck finns. It was great!
I've been through 14 states and canada on my Honda Rebel. Pretty sure the 750 would be a cake walk.
Topic: Audi might buy Ducati?
Re: Audi might buy Ducati?
Yeah, but if Kia bought them I might be able to afford one!
Topic: 2009 13 Bikers died.
Re: 2009 13 Bikers died.
I'm still alive. Hopefully I won't do anything differently.
Topic: 06 Suzuki M50 with 38k miles: good deal or terrible deal?
No way I'd pay that.
Topic: 2010 Ninja 250R, fuel injected?
I never like buying the first year fit of anything. Let'em work the bugs out if there are any.
Just one more thing that keeps all separate. Nobody really wants to be equal.
1 Question. Why didn't you throw her on the back of your bike and ride to the place?
Almost 93,000 on my 05 Rebel i purchased new in Dec 04. Just got the new topend parts yesterday and i'm going to start putting it back together in a few hrs.
Topic: Has your personality changed since you took up motorcycling?
Don't remember, been a long time since I was 16.
Topic: What would you be doing if there were no motorcycles ?
Play my guitar alot more.
Topic: New to riding and can't take a BRC course, other options?
Or find a good parking lot. 35 years ago we didn't have all the stuff you guys have now and we managed just fine.


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Lutenitsa is a Bulgarian preserve made from Tomatoes, peppers and aubergine. There are many recipes to make Lutenitsa in Bulgaria. Watch this video to see how we make Lutenitsa.
This is just one of the traditional recipes from Bulgaria if you want to see more videos of traditional Bulgarian food come back and check from time to time.
Or if you have a suggestion or want to see something specific other than Lutenitza, leave a post and we will try to get a video made for you.
Summertime is fantastic in Bulgaria. here in the sunny south east of Bulgaria we have long hot summers and we can grow almost anything here. We grow basic stuff in the summer and make Lutenitsa and other preserves for the winter.
We tend to grow lots of tomatoes, bell peppers aubergines and cucumbers. You will see everybody's gardens, back and front full of these crops in Bulgaria. It is grown to be preserved for the winter.
Fresh tomato sauce from your own jars are fantastic in the winter. The smell of the freshly toasted red peppers fills the room when you open your jar on a winters day, yummy!
In this video we show you how we make Lutenitza, there are lots of ways, sometimes we add garlic! Have a go, it is nothing you can't do in your garden in England or anywhere else!
Tomatoes and peppers are easy to grow anywhere. grow some and make some Lutenitza for yourself, go on, treat yourself.


How do thoughts affect us and what can we do differently?
So how are you feeling right now? Are you feeling enthused, excited, raring to go? Looking forward to the day ahead with passion and vigour? Or are you feeling those familiar patterns? Maybe thoughts of, oh I'm too tired, I can't be bothered, its raining again, I'm worried about x,y,z.
Or do you find perhaps mindless worries have been bothering you in general, waking up in the middle of the night perhaps? Be honest now, are there familiar patterns of thought and ways of being you are fed up with?
It is super duper important what we say to ourselves, and noticing this is key. Our inner world (thoughts, feelings, beliefs etc) is a direct representation of our outer world and our own perception of the outer world we live in (environment; anything outside of us). If we keep living in the negativity, guess whats going to happen? – we are magnetic fields (this is what all the modern neuroscientists are saying), we will literally attract what we put out.
We think on average 60,000 thoughts a day. Yes, 60,000 per day!!! Most of these are negative and the majority are from the day before. I certainly cant remember all my 60,000 thoughts from yesterday, can you? Most of them are unconscious. A programme from the past.
This is the advise I want to give you.
Be more mindful of your thoughts. Don't let them go unconscious, don't let them go unnoticed. Be aware of them. Take some time to notice what are the familiar and usual ones. I want you to spend little time on you. You can find five minutes a day! Write down what your most common ones are, do a bit of digging.
Then I want you to flip these around. So thoughts of "I am tired all the time" turn to "I am energised". Thoughts of "I worry about everything" turns to "I am fulfilled". I want you to then spend time focussing on these thoughts. Let them be your new mantra's. Let them become part of you. Say them often. Hundreds of times if need be. Either in your head or out loud. It might feel funny at first, uncomfortable even. But go with it. Don't judge it, just embody it. The more you do this, the more you will notice big shifts. And remember, the mind cannot think two thoughts at once, its physically impossible. This can be a new habit and practice, to create the life you want.
Have fun and keep me posted, remember personal development is the key to success!
If you would like to know any more about how you can make dramatic changes (from the inside) in order to live the life you actually want, please contact me via the form below to find out how I can help you.
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InfiniVAN, Inc. x KSI Donation Drive 2020
Mhiduel Navarro
By Mhiduel Navarro
FORT BONIFACIO, TAGUIG CITY — InfiniVAN, Inc. with Key Square Incorporated (KSI) led a donation activity at the Civil-Military Operations Regiment (CMOR) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on November 26, 2020.
This campaign aimed to reach out to the affected victims of the typhoons from the different areas of the country. Said cooperation happened through CMOR-AFP and the representatives of InfiniVAN and its sister company, KSI.
These donations were gathered from the good hearts of the two company's employees that seek to help their fellow "kababayans" in challenging times like this. A helping hand is also in the form of giving help that no price could measure.
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