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Day 3 in Port-au-Prince: "A Difficult Situation"
Posted Jan 21, 2010 by David L. Wilson
Haiti Commentary
[The author was in Port-au-Prince with a delegation when the January 12 earthquake struck the city. Because of limited electricity and internet access, he was unable to send this report out until after he got back to New York the morning of January 18.]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 16 — Wednesday night, January 13, the second night after a giant earthquake shattered this city, was filled with strange sounds.
At one point a hundred or more people rushed along the Avenue Henri Christophe in front of the Hotel Oloffson in the southwestern part of the city. They were shouting in Creole: "Dlo! Dlo!" ("Water! Water!") and claiming, improbably, that a tsunami was coming from the hills to the southeast. Later a vehicle stopped at the intersection by the hotel so a man could make an announcement over a booming loudspeaker. Apparently he was looking for volunteers for something; a few young men climbed on to the back of his vehicle. All I understood was the phrase "gen yon sitiyasyon difisil," repeated over and over — literally, "there's a difficult situation."
Some of the strange sounds were hopeful. One guest at the Oloffson said she'd heard heavy vehicles, like bulldozers or backhoes, going up the street. Another guest, the Haitian photographer Daniel Morel, heard the rumbling of big transport planes flying into the airport over on the north side of Port-au-Prince. International aid was finally coming in, more than a day after the quake struck.
Through all this, more than a hundred people remained camped out in the intersection by the hotel, calmly praying and singing hymns (see "Singing and Praying at Night in Port-au-Prince").
In the Field of Mars
On Thursday morning, Day 3 of the catastrophe, I tagged along with photojournalist Tequila Minsky, who was now under contract with the New York Times, and the paper's Caracas bureau chief, Simón Romero, as they walked to the National Palace and the morgue. The Times was paying for a guide, Jean Lundy, a tall, thin, sad-looking man wearing a green shirt and blue baseball cap; he'd lost his brother in the quake.
The morgue and the wreckage of the National Palace, the president's official residence, seemed to be the first two stopping places for all the mainstream journalists now flooding into the city. Tequila, though, was much less interested in the shattered Palace than in the scene across the street in the Champ de Mars park, where thousands of people had constructed a huge tent city.
The disaster seemed very democratic over in the park. The poor and the well-to-do had camped out side by side, improvising tents or awnings out of whatever they had rescued from the ruins of their homes. Mostly they used sheets and blankets strung on clotheslines. The better-off had nice sheets with printed fabric, and some families had pitched actual tents: pup tents or the larger ones U.S. families use for camping.
Whatever their class, the Champ de Mars residents must all have lost their homes, and most had probably lost friends and relatives. Now they sat in the heat in a public park with no sanitation facilities and no sign of any authority supplying food, water, and medicine. Many tent city residents had nothing to do but sit and stare in front of them. There was a bad smell, and it was bound to get worse as the day progressed.
Simón stopped to interview a lower middle-class family. The mother had had a little shop. "Fallen," she said in Creole. What about their home? "Fallen." Tequila asked whether any authorities had told people to assemble in the park. No, the mother answered, as did everyone else we asked.
"It's the Holocaust"
The morgue is just a few blocks from the National Palace, at the city's general hospital, the Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH in French). We'd been told the hospital was badly damaged. I didn't notice any problems as we walked along the tree-lined walkways between buildings, but my attention was focused on the patients lying outdoors waiting for treatment. Unlike the injured we'd seen waiting on sidewalks outside neighborhood clinics, these were generally on gurneys and most had been carefully placed in the shade. They seemed to have received some preliminary medical treatment, but the wait had already been too long for some; now their bodies were waiting to be moved to the morgue.
We turned a corner and walked a little further, covering our noses with scarves or our shirt collars. Tequila looked for moment and then said quietly: "It's the Holocaust."
There was an open space in front of us; in the back was a rather small building with a sign in French identifying it as the morgue. There was no way for the building to hold more than a limited number of bodies, so the dead had been dumped randomly in the open space. I couldn't start to count the number of corpses in the jumbled mass, but I guessed there were at least two hundred in front of us, and more than fifty on one side of the building.
The scene really did look like the old black-and-white photos of stacks of corpses in Nazi concentration camps, except, as Tequila remarked later, the Haitians were better fed. They had been living their everyday lives when the earthquake caught them: at home, at work or school, or going to the market. They had breakfast and lunch on Tuesday, just as I did. There was the same sort of democracy as at the Champ de Mars: people in expensive clothes lay next to people in cheap T-shirts and shorts; some seemed to be wearing rags, but that may have been a result of the quake. Young and old, men and women were all together in the hot sun. While most bodies appeared to have been dumped randomly, others seemed to be arranged in carefully constructed scenes of everyday life — a middle-aged couple apparently stretched out next to each other as if in their bed at home, a young woman with a baby lying on her chest as if the child had just finished nursing.
The living walked around outside the mass of corpses, covering their noses with scarves and trying to make out the features of a friend or a relative. They were a much sadder sight than the bodies. I suddenly looked up: over the pile of bodies you could see, to the southwest, the green, peaceful slopes of the mountain range that rises abruptly from the southern part of the city.
The Belgians Arrive
In the evening Tequila and I ran into Alex Toyo at our hotel's front gate. He and his wife own a small restaurant next to the Oloffson grounds. Alex also works in the informal economy, arranging tours in aging vehicles for the few tourists who still come to Haiti.
We asked Alex what he knew about the "difficult situation" from the night before. We'd heard that the man with the loudspeaker had been looking for volunteers to help dig out an earthquake victim. Alex said he'd show us — it wasn't far, just up a street going toward Carrefour, an impoverished suburb west of the capital.
We walked a few blocks in the dark — the power is out for the foreseeable future — with Alex and a couple of the other informal guides he works with. Suddenly we ran into bright lights, a giant, shining new truck, and a group of what seemed to be firefighters, white men and women calling out to each other in French as they loaded equipment into the truck. They were the B-Fast, a Belgian rescue team, one of them told us in English as Tequila took their pictures.
After 50 hours, we'd finally seen some international rescue workers. Up until then, the only visible rescuers had been neighborhood volunteers.
On our right there was a large ruined building in the glare of floodlights; B-Fast members carefully picked their way through the wreckage as about fifty people watched. A man in an orange polo shirt sat by the ruins. He told us in English that this had been an office and apartment complex and that the Belgians were trying to rescue a very popular local man named Carlo Lochard, who had risen to prominence after former president Jean Bertrand Aristide was driven from office in 2004. Lochard had been police chief in both the West and the North departments — in effect, police chief here and in Cap-Haïtien, the second largest city — the man said, and now he was running for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the elections scheduled for February. It was clear that Lochard was alive, since he'd talked to his wife on his cell phone; cellular service is operating sporadically.
Robert, one of our informal guides, pulled me aside to say, in a mix of English and Creole, that everyone hated Lochard and that the Belgians were brought to this site just because he was an influential politician. Meanwhile, sixty students were trapped in the collapsed St. Gérard school, a technical institute a few steps away, Robert said, and the Belgians were doing nothing for them.
He took me to see the school. "Etidiyan yo vivan?" I asked him. "Are the students alive?" "Yes, yes," he said.
A B-Fast member gave us a third account. Their team focuses on pulling out survivors as fast as possible and getting them to a medical facility, he said. They use dogs specially trained to distinguish the living and the dead. Once B-Fast has rescued the survivors, they move on to the next site. In this case, he said, the dogs had only smelled corpses at St. Gérard, while there were a few survivors in Lochard's building. Those had been rescued now and the team was about to leave. Lochard hadn't been identified among the survivors.
The crowd began arguing with the Belgians. There was a lot of talking and shouting in French and Creole, and I couldn't follow in the confusion, but it seemed a large group of young men were demanding that the Belgians search the school, while a massive, self-important middle-aged man was insisting Lochard was alive. "Il y aura une autre équipe" — "There will be another team" — one of the rescue workers kept saying, apparently meaning that others would come for the bodies later.
The Belgians seemed very serious and professional, and I felt certain they wouldn't have left sixty students trapped in a collapsed school so they could rescue one big shot. But who had directed them to come here to Carrefour Feuilles, a middle-class neighborhood all the way across town from the airport where they had landed? Disaster is never truly democratic.
A large number of the collapsed buildings we've seen appear to be modern concrete structures, and a disproportionate number seem to be schools, just as happened in the Chinese earthquake in 2008. You have to think that much of the devastation came from bad engineering, adulterated building materials, and a lack of building inspectors. After all, Haiti has been the Promised Land of minimal government interference. I wonder how the economists who preach the equilibrium of unregulated open markets would feel if their children had been in these schools, if they'd had to go look for the little bodies in the Port-au-Prince morgue.
The earthquake struck a little before 5 pm. I suspect that a lot more elementary school children would have died if the ground had started shaking earlier in the day. The loss of so many schools seems especially criminal in a country where there were already so few.
[After I returned to New York and had adequate internet access, I learned that former police chief Carlo Lochard had been detained in connection with a deadly attack on a soccer match in the Martissant neighborhood in August 2005; he was released later. Lochard has also been accused of a number of other human rights abuses. See "HAITI: Storm of Killing in Neighborhood Has Wide Implications for Nation." DLW.]
David L. Wilson is co-author, with Jane Guskin, of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers (Monthly Review Press, 2007), and co-editor of Weekly News Update on the Americas.
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April "AJ" Lee Is November's Garden State Playmate!
"Growing up this New Jersey native faced multiple hardships, overcoming extreme poverty and even homelessness. But through it all, she never lost sight of her lifelong goal to thrive as a Diva in WWE."
– AJ's bio on WWE.com
In a strange twist, November's Garden State Playmate was actually once known as Miss April early in her career. Some personalities in pro wrestling wind up changing their names more than they change their ring attire, but in AJ Lee's case it has only signified her ascent to stardom. For those WWE fans out there you know her simply as A.J, the cute and energetic diva from Union City, New Jersey.
Unlike many of the WWE Divas who have won contests or were simply models plucked off a magazine page, AJ has worked hard to climb the pro wrestling ladder. As Miss April she started out in New Jersey's female indy promotion, WSU. Not too long after that she signed with Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE's developmental company. From there, now known as A.J, she made it to WWE's NXT show and presently she can be seen on Friday Night Smackdown in tag team action as The Chickbusters with fellow Diva, Kaitlyn.
AJ, a Pisces, is constantly described as a comic book and video game lover. She was trained by her ex boyfriend, a Sexy Armpit favorite, New Jersey's own Jay Lethal! Her fast, high flying style is "inspired by the likes of Rey Mysterio, Macho Man Randy Savage, and WWE Hall of Famer Ricky The Dragon Steamboat…" according to her bio on WWE.com. I'm sure you'll be seeing and hearing a lot more from AJ as WWE seems to be working her into bigger storylines. On a recent episode of Smackdown it was hinted that her character may have a thing for another indy favorite who made it big, Daniel Bryan.
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Debbie Harry is September's Garden State Playmate!
When a sultry blonde female begs you to "Call Me," One Way or Another I would hope that you do it. I'll feel bad if she leaves you Hanging on the Telephone, but that only proves that she has a Heart of Glass. You'd probably feel better if you met up with her In The Flesh and Ripped Her to Shreds but you couldn't bring yourself to do it because she's still your Sunday Girl. You should probably just make up and bring her to the Jersey Shore when the Tide is High.
In the slim chance that you are completely brain dead, you may not have noticed that the previous paragraph is speckled with references to songs made famous by Blondie. And yes, Blondie is a band, but their name is also synonymous with their iconic lead singer Debbie Harry. September's Garden State Playmate was born in Miami, Florida but grew up in Hawthorne, NJ where she graduated high school. Harry holds a degree from Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ and later became a dancer in Union City, NJ. Her sexy and smart attitude and NJ roots make her an obvious selection for GSP.
Harry, a former Playboy Bunny, was best known for her music but she has starred in a long list of movies as well. Some of her well known performances include Union City (filmed in Jersey), Roadie, Rock and Rule, Videodrome, and Tales from the Darkside; The Movie. In addition to films, Harry has made many TV guest appearances on The Muppet Show, and Pete and Pete (a beloved NJ show) among others.
Music stars from Madonna to Gwen Stefani can all owe a debt of gratitude to Debbie Harry for paving the way for modern female pop-rock singers. Believe it or not, she and her bandmates are often cited as early pioneers of hip-hop music on MTV. Her band is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she's had her own Barbie doll, and in 1983, Harry starred in Teaneck Tanzi, The Venus Flytrap, a wrestling themed Broadway play. Even with the star power of the inter-gender wrestling champion, the mighty Andy Kaufman, and with a township in Bergen County, NJ as it's namesake, it closed after only one performance. Harry has stated in an interview with The Gothamist that one of the reasons she took the role was because she was a big fan of pro wrestling at the time! Blondie is presently on tour and will join The Pretenders for several shows in Australia in November.
*Blondie's next album Panic of Girls is slated to be released very soon. Check out the official Blondie website for the latest news.
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Blondie's "Union City Blue" Video
Posted on March 27, 2009 by sexyarmpit
The video for Blondie's "Union City Blue," released in 1979, was filmed right on the docks in Union City, NJ. The track was featured in Oliver Stone's 1981 horror film The Hand and it's also been covered by Radiohead and The Black Kids w/ Cut Copy. Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry grew up in Hawthorne, NJ and was once a dancer in Union City. If you've never visited New Jersey, this video provides you with some magnificent scenic visuals. Note to self: that didn't sound anywhere near as dryly sarcastic as intended. Also of note, Union City is the site of The Park Theater where a few of New Jersey's most prominent pop culture moments have taken place, namely the recording of George Carlin's "What Am I Doing in New Jersey?"
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George Carlin: What am I Doing in New Jersey?
Posted on February 25, 2009 by sexyarmpit
On March 25th & 26th, 1988, at the Park Theater in Union City NJ, the eternal KING of comedy George Carlin recorded a special for HBO called What am I Doing in New Jersey? Though it's not considered his best work, Carlin fearlessly attacked controversial topics head on using his legendary wit and sarcasm. Sure, it's a 20 year old comedy special, but the ideas Carlin explores and rips on are still fresh and relevant today.
Carlin fiercely kicks the show off with his gripes of Reagan's government. The Reagan White House vowed to the American people that they'd get government off their backs, but still 'till this day decide what you can read, and what broadcasters can say on the radio. Carlin tore right into the idea of the FCC and how they pointlessly horn in on our 1st amendment right. The bits on Ronald Reagan are obviously dated but if you really wanted to, it's entirely possible to substitute George W. Bush and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch. From there, he blew "right to lifers" out of the water, and did a hysterical bit on Civil War reanactors: "…they should use live ammunition!"
Carlin is at his best as he details ironic and sometimes bizarre aspects of American culture:
"This is a place where gun store owners are given a list of stolen credit cards, but not a list of criminals and maniacs! And now they're thinking about banning toy guns, and they're gonna KEEP the fuckin' REAL ones!"
Later on in the show, Carlin deals with some of the most appropriate topics for a show in NJ, such as traffic and driving:
"…New Jersey deserves the title "Toll Booth Capitol" of the United States of America."
"…you can't back out of your driveway in New Jersey without some schmuck in a hat wants 50 cents! And i don't mind payin' tolls, but every 27 feet? Bullshit!"
"…so I say let 'em be honest, let 'em put it right on the license plates, New Jersey: The Tollbooth State. What does it say now? The Garden State, haha, sure, if you're growing smokestacks…YES."
"I like New Jersey…I even have one of those t-shirts you guys sell, "Kiss Her Where It Smells Take Her to New Jersey"…so I like the place…"
Carlin also offers some helpful tips and hints on improving your life:
"how to get rid of counterfeit money: put it in the collection plate at church. See how often the simple solution will elude us?"
"…someone asks you what time it is, say, well it's either 6:15 or Mickey has a hard on."
Keeping with the driving and traffic topic, signs and stickers on cars get Carlin fired up. He also offers a few suggestions on how to deal with a cop when you get pulled over.
In his review of the comedy album, JT Griffith of AllMusic.com had this to say: "The main weakness of What Am I Doing in New Jersey is that it doesn't have any choice takes on the "Garden State" at all. What a missed opportunity. Overall, a light and entertaining comedy album, but not a groundbreaking or challenging one. " I concur with JT. I would've liked to hear more of Carlin roasting New Jersey, but at the time, in '88, making fun of NJ guido's wasn't as popular of a trend as it is now. Perhaps riffing on Joe Piscopo or Pork Roll sandwiches didn't entice Carlin very much either and I think this HBO special was better off for it. Regardless of it's shortcomings, What am I Doing in New Jersey is another quite entertaining entry in Carlin's extensive discography. It's available on CD and DVD.
** Built in 1931, The Park Theater Performing Arts Center features the the longest running passion play in the United States which details Christ's last days. It's now in it's 94th season. Judging by their website, it looks like there aren't many big names performing there anymore.
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This morning i have received an email from my friend juvi… it is interesting and would love to share it with all of you.. should say thank you to the author .. whoever he/she is for giving this information.
After reading this.. i need to think what to cook for breakfast..rather than hot dog..and reduce intake of french fries… My family need the colon cleanse right now.. and start eating healthy foods.
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble.. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.


Tomorrow, next week or in a few months – what will the future bring? Well, there are some visionaries or forecasters who could tell but in the end, it's not them who will make the forthcoming happenings. It's about us; about how we deal with those expectations and it's especially about how we deal with the situation of this very moment. As the outfit of this post is inspired by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, let's take her as an example: Even though she had a very hard life, she made the best out of every situation, not worrying about the consequences all the time.
She was ahead of her time but still lived in the present. Frida Kahlo's career didn't really pass off as you would expect it from one of the most famous painters of the 20th century. Already as a little girl, she suffered from poliomyelitis. After a bus crash, the Mexican spent months of lying in her bed in a bodycast or steel-corset. Also in her later years, she was troubled with backache and afflictions of her right leg – which had to be amputated shortly before she died at the age of 47. So instead of wallowing in self-pity or waiting for better days to come, she started painting in her bed. Inspired by the Mexican Revolution (which started off in 1910), the communism and feministic approaches, she brought her messages onto canvases in her very own surrealistic style. Over time, she also became popular for her unique look: bold eyebrows, long dresses, flower prints and floral wreaths became her trademarks.
Just as Kahlo had never copied someone else, the outfit of today's post should not result as a pale imitation of her looks – you can search them on Google anyway. 🙂 However, I rather wanted to interpret "Kahlo characteristics" in a way, which suits the current time: A flower-embroidered bag as an association for her love for flowers and a corset top as a sign for self-confidence. Along with those features, I chose simple accessories and combined them with an ensemble of a black turtleneck top and corduroy skirt – classics, which remind of the timeless attitude of the painter.
In collaboration with Dosenbach Shoes.
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In love with this still. It is such an inspiration.
Such an awesome post Carms! Loving that you took inspiration from Frida, she was such an inspiring woman!
Oh thanks so much! Sending love back!
I didn't know all of this about her. Very neat. Love the look.
Du siehst mal wieder richtig grandios aus, liebe Carmen! Das Ledertop ist ja der absolute Wahnsinn!
Loving the styling! Frida Kahlo was such an icon in her own way!
Thanks so much! Oh yes, she really was!
Thanks so much! Have a great Sunday!!
This has got to be one of my most favorite outfits of yours! I love the thought process behind the styling, too. The corset and bag really do add so much character and a nice contrast to the rest of the pieces. Thanks for the inspo, beauty, and I hope you have a great day!
Oh thanks so much my dear! I really do appreciate your feedback!!
I'm so obsessed with this look on you! I love that corset, it's so chic and edgy!
Oh Dankeschön meine Liebe! Das freut mich unglaublich!!
Oh thank so so much! This really means a lot to me <3 Have wonderful Sunday!
Thanks a lot for all this info about Frida Kahlo, her paintings always struck me but I never had time to look more into her personal life 🙂 And this outfit is so perfectly feminine and timeless! Love it!
Oh I am so happy you liked it Claire! I can really recommend you to watch the movie about her, it's so inspiring!
Toller Style meine Liebe. Der All-Black-Look steht dir ausgezeichnet.
Such a very inspirational journey. That's right, nobody can tell what will happen to us but us. If you feel you are doing the right thing, just keep doing it.
ich muss zugeben, ich bin ein echter Kunstbanause und Frieda Karlo war nie mein Favorit. Ganz anders als Dein Look. Ich liebe das Lederkorsett und finde es ganz fantastisch, dass Du es zu schwarz kombiniert hast. Der Glanz des Materials hebt es so schön hervor und unterstreicht Deine tolle schlanke Taille.
Vielen Dank liebe Marie, das freut mich!


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[Injury Report] Cédric Paquette won't return versus Kings
The forward didn't return to the bench after the first period.
By Justin Blades@JustinBlades Nov 9, 2021, 8:38pm EST
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Cédric Paquette did not return with his teammates for the second period of Tuesday's game versus the Los Angeles Kings. The team has announced he will not return to the contest.
Cédric Paquette ne reviendra pas au jeu ce soir.
Cedric Paquette won't return to the game tonight.#GoHabsGo
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 10, 2021
Paquette was playing the game as the fourth-line centre, a role he's held for much of the season. The Canadiens do have a reserve centreman on the 23-man roster, and if this turns out to be a long-term issue, Adam Brooks could draw back in for Thursday's game versus the Calgary Flames, assuming Jonathan Drouin isn't ready to return then.
2021-22 Game 14: Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings
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Ransomware bites NASCAR team: lessons learned… fast
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You can't outrun ransomware: either prevent it, or pay up. Maybe that's the lesson from the latest high profile ransomware victim: the NASCAR team Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing (CSLFR).
Days before CSLFR planned to field Michael McDowell in Chevy No. 95 at Texas Motor Speedway, strange things started happening to one of its critical test computers. According to detailed coverage at NASCAR.com, crew chief Dave Winston began encountering early signs that something wasn't quite right:
I started seeing [random files] and said 'What is this?' I clicked on one… and I don't remember if it came up with an actual picture of something, but what it looked like was a screen shot … of a logo or an email or something like it.
I kept working and didn't think anything of it. But as I went on through the day I saw more and more… I deleted a couple of them and just kept on going.
All of a sudden every file I tried to open was encrypted and I couldn't open anything. Needless to say, it sent fear running through my body really quick. You understand how much information we use. Nothing of course was backed up because nobody ever backs up their computers until it's too late…
The ransomware had locked down some utterly critical data: chassis information, wind tunnel spreadsheets, simulations, track data, test facility data, personnel information, car part lists, and according to Catchfence.com, "custom high-profile simulation set-ups valued at $2 million."
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As Winston said later:
We couldn't go one day without it greatly impacting the team's future success. This was a completely foreign experience for all of us, and we had no idea what to do… if we didn't get the files back, we would lose years' worth of work, millions of dollars.
So the team gave itself a quick, high-pressure lesson in bitcoin technology, set up its bitcoin wallet, found a bitcoin ATM at a local convenience store, made its $500 payment and – hours later – got the files back.
And, it looks like the team found itself a big silver lining: one that won't be available to many ransomware victims. Its new security technology provider, Malwarebytes, signed up as a sponsor for the rest of the 2016 Sprint Cup season.
Now, says Winston:
We're working together with them to try and make it known to people that this can happen to anybody. You're not immune to it; everybody is susceptible to it.
That's wisdom – earned the hard way, and fast!
5 comments on "Ransomware bites NASCAR team: lessons learned… fast"
Robert Scroggins says:
Perhaps they should have checked to see if there was a free decryption routine available. Some computer security projects–like Bleeping Computer, Emsisoft, and others have them for different variants of ransomware.
gregpbarth@gmail.com says:
What a great sponsor story….
jet86 says:
"Nothing of course was backed up because nobody ever backs up their computers until it's too late…"
Lots of people do in fact back up their computers before it's too late, but sadly not everyone.
I'll offer my services to support there IT systems on a nice lucrative contract 🙂
A little strange that the person using the critical test computer knows little to nothing about ransomware and had not even heard of it before. Either the people they are hiring are completely incompetent or not experienced enough for the role. How can they not make backups, let alone dismiss them? Anyone knows the importance of backups. More than just anti-ransomware protection, they need to train their staff and keep them up to date with the latest on what's going on in the tech world. There are many tools to remove ransomware which are available for free online, like Rollback Rx, Toolwiz Time Freeze and even from antivirus companies' themselves.
OneCoin scammer Sebastian Greenwood pleads guilty, "Cryptoqueen" still missing
Dangerous SIM-swap lockscreen bypass – update Android now!
S3 Ep107: Eight months to kick out the crooks and you think that's GOOD? [Audio + Text]


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Exeter City lost out to Somerset side Yeovil Town by finishing on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline, in a game that was played in a competitive spirit.
Unfortunately that feisty mood boiled over at one point – the result of which was a red card for Tommy Doherty, who clashed with Ed Upson in the centre of the park.
City were already trailing at that time, as Upson had found the net as early as the second minute when teed up outside the area.
A man light, Exeter did equalise late in the game when Matt Grimes found the net for the first time since earning his pro contract in the summer.
However a thunderous strike just minutes later by Paddy Madden gave the Glovers victory in the friendly fixture.
New Yeovil signing Alan Tate, who had joined earlier in the day from Swansea City, was immediately drafted into the Glovers' starting XI in the left-back berth. Former Grecians captain Dan Seaborne, also recently signed by Yeovil, was at centre-half.
City named a strong starting side, with new signing Sam Parkin making his third start in pre-season.
The game got off to a lively start as Arron Davies was sent clear early on down the inside-left channel, though Marek Stech saved comfortably.
But almost immediately down the other end, the Glovers went a goal up through Upson. A troublesome cross by Yeovil wasn't cleared adequately and allowed Luke Ayling to tee up the midfielder, who fired in from outside the area.
City might have gotten a goal back soon after when a fizzing Liam Sercombe cross had Stech scrambling backwards, and the stopper was pleased to see the ball clear the woodwork.
The hosts went on to create several other chances with some creative attacking football. Sam Foley saw a gap to dink in James Hayter, who somehow conspired to miss the target with his effort with the goal at his mercy. The linesman's raised flag saved his blushes.
Paddy Madden then came close to doubling the arrears for City, when Craig Woodman's crucial clearance from a dangerous cross ran straight into the path of the Town man. A curling effort missed the target by only a whisker.
Doherty's dismissal came after a little bit of rough-and-tumble from both sides. Both sides' midfields weren't giving any ground in the physical battle and Doherty, who had already received a talking to, was shown a straight red after a coming together with Upson.
The Glovers had a couple more attempts at increasing their lead before half-time, but Joseph Edwards fired over the crossbar with a volley before Madden headed Kevin Dawson's cross just wide as the referee blew for the interval.
Early in the second half, Sercombe twice tried to stamp his authority on the game. His first effort flew wide of the target, whilst his second – created all by himself after a forceful gallop down the left flank – ultimately lacked power as he was muscled out at the last.
Down the other end, Madden was continuing his shoot-on-sight policy as he swivelled outside the D and lashed a left-footed effort, which only narrowly flew over the half.
Jake Gosling, on as a substitute just before the hour-mark, was unlucky to be denied by Stech as the City team forged one of their best moves of the match. After some neat build-up play in close-quarters against the right-hand touchline, Aaron Dawson swung a ball in for Gosling's arrival at the back stick. Stech was alert to scoop round the post.
Despite the numerical disadvantage following Doherty's dismissal, City were still trying to build attacks in the right way. Sercombe was denied when his pop-shot was deflected wide of the target.
But City were level soon enough when Matt Grimes netted his first goal as a senior player for the Grecians. Some great hold-up play by fellow sub John O'Flynn saw the midfielder teed up to shoot – and his powerful strike was too hot to handle for Stech.
The lead didn't last long, however, as Madden finally found the target with a rasping strike. A dissecting through ball into the inside-right channel allowed him to hit a thunderbolt first time, leaving Krysiak with little chance.
The last chance of the match fell to Upson, who curled a free-kick over the bar after Myles Anderson had bundled down Michael Ngoo.
Yeovil Town: Stech, Ayling, Webster (Jones 85), Seaborne, Dawson (Ngoo 76), Upson, Hayter (Grant 76), Foley (Hoskins 81), Madden, Tate, Edwards (Clifford 81).
Subs (not used): Stewart, Moore.
Goals: Upson (2), Madden (81).
Exeter City: Krysiak, Dawson, Woodman, Baldwin (Moore-Taylor 70), Coles (Anderson 70), Sercombe (Nichols 84), Bennett (Grimes 70), Doherty, Gow (Reid 57), Davies (Gosling 57 (Keohane 70)), Parkin (O'Flynn 70).


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Handpicked advisors for your agency
We don't just pick anyone - we spend weeks sometimes months researching the perfect advisors that share their wisdom and perspective on specific topics that will help you run your agency.
Here are the advisors who have helped our agencies at POLYMENSA
We believe that the advice you get should come from varied sources. It's why we look for advisors from all walks of life. These multiple perspectives from inside and outside of our industry help you discover the truth of the advice given. You'll also pick up things that no one in our industry does - giving you a competitive edge.
Advisors from within our 'agency' industry
Andrew Dobbie
Founder - MadeBrave
Agency founder and branding expert
Andrew is a master storyteller - you could listen to his stories for hours and never get bored. He has an ability to capture your attention and take you on a journey through his fantasy world. A brain full of ideas. But like very few people Andrew actually acts on many of his ideas. All of this is packaged up nicely into an absolute PR machine, making MadeBrave the agency brand it is today. Andrew is also always trying to help people whenever he can, making him a darling amongst creatives who admire him.
Andrew's skills: Storytelling, positioning, marketing, branding, PR, employee branding
Matt Desmier
Founder - WiseOldUncle
Positioning and branding for agencies
Matt is a deep thinker and sees the world in ways many of us can't. He has the ability to pull seemingly unrelated topics together to present a whole new perspective on the matter. This creative mind has turned Matt into one of the best branding experts in our industry. Matt is inspirational in so many ways, but he's also honest. You always know where you stand with Matt. A deeply caring human being too.
Matt's skills: Positioning, marketing, branding
Zoe Stanton
Uscreates, now Year Here
Former agency founder (successful exit), now CEO
Zoe is a deeply caring human being. Her journey of starting her agency Uscreates, was inspired by just wanting to make an impact in society. She's worked with the government and organisations like the NHS to produce some life changing services. Zoe is a truly remarkable human being who is just at the beginning of her impact journey. Her role now as CEO at Year Here is empowering 1000s of social entrepreneurs to make a difference.
Zoe's skills: Operations, service design, customer experience, sustainability, culture
Nikki Gatenby
Founder - Superengaged
Coach and non-exec on agency performance, with a people and purpose first approach
If you are looking to transform your agency culture, there is no one better to call on than Nikki. She's built an incredible people and purpose-first working environment at Propellernet - while maintaining a highly profitable business. A rare combination. Nikki has documented every step of her journey with Propellernet, including the things that didn't work in her book Superengaged - How to Transform Business Performance by Putting People and Purpose First. The reason Nikki is so exceptional at building great company cultures, is because she's deeply invested in the learning & development of human beings, would rather see another human happy than fatten her own pockets - while still understanding the ins and outs of the financial levers that drive a business.
Nikki's skills: Motivation, culture, coaching, learning & development, people-first approach, purpose-first approach, leadership, non-exec
Rory Sutherland
Chairman - Ogilvy UK and Author - Alchemy
Behavioural economics and psychology
Rory is a creative genius and master of reasoning. It's a real skill to be able to convince people of a theory that defies logic. Rory has achieved exactly this in his book - Alchemy: The Surprising Power Of Ideas That Make No Sense. Rory is a true inspiration to everyone that comes across him - spend an hour with Rory and you'll look at the world in a completely different way. Beyond that he is also very helpful and has a good 'sense' of humour.
Rory's skills: Reasoning, creative, inspirational, behavioural economics, psychology
Jonny Tooze
Co-founder - The Lab Group
Neuro marketing agency group
Jonny is a fantastic visionary leader. He has a way to gather everyone around the fire and share the story that will be written in the future. But he's also super in tune with getting the best out of you. The fine balance between pushing you and supporting you - that so many leaders struggle to get right. Jonny also deeply cares about our industry and helping everyone of all backgrounds get a chance to shine. He mentors so many people that have go on to do great things as a result.
Jonny's skills: Vision setting, strategy, leadership, operations, culture, staff learning & development, new business, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fundraising, mental health
Founder - Tangerine PR
The employee owned, specialist creative comms agency
Sandy has built an incredible business over the past 15 years, which has seen many successful pivots. You can tell that Sandy cares deeply about humans by the fact she decided to turn her agency into a partnership that is an Employee Owned Trust. This shows her commitment to empowering her team to shaping the business that works for the people who in it. She also set up the Juice Academy which helps train up young people to become marketing experts - as part of an extensive apprenticeship programme. Sandy is always looking at ways to support people in our industry and around her. A great human being.
Sandy's skills: Employee ownership trusts, strategy, leadership, culture, staff learning & development, PR, marketing, apprenticeships
Claude Silver
Chief Of Heart - Vaynermedia
People Operations and culture specialist
If you would give empathy a persona, it would be Claude Silver. Claude is one of the most empathetic human beings you'll ever meet. She does everything with care and generosity. Her sole role at Vaynermedia - 1,200 person global agency - is being in touch with the heartbeat of every single person at the agency. We're really privilidged at Polymensa to have had the opportunity to get advice on company culture from Claude.
Claude's skills: Culture, empathy, learning and development, performance, leadership
Jim Bowes
Co-founder - Manifesto
Design and build agency for good
Jim is an incredibly talented human being. He doesn't just know how to run an amazing agency, and take a group of companies through an IPO, he also is a comedian at heart and loves to choreograph performance master pieces. Our founder Daniel de la Cruz once joined Jim for a dance session as a business meeting - you know you're dealing with a great human being, who suggests that as a meeting location. But Jim also cares deeply about sustainability topics. His agency - Manifesto - is part of the Panoply Group. They are on a mission to build profitable businesses that do good in the world.
Jim's skills: Operations, culture, staff learning & development, new business, tech, sustainability, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fundraising, mental health
Rebecca Brennan
Marketing Director - Kyan
Product studio
If you know Rebecca, you'll know what a great inspiration she is. Rebecca has completed multiple famous Ultra Marathon races, climbed Mont Blanc and many other physical endurance tests. All this, while having built her agency, which she merged with Cubo. But what makes her a really great human is that she's there for you when you need her. She'll run a 1000 miles not to let you down. Few people that are as loyal as Rebecca. She is also an incredible connector. But she has the philosophy of connecting to explore, rather than always having a clearly defined goal for a connection. Serendipity at the heart. That way Rebecca has built up a network of super influential people over the years.
Rebecca's skills: Time management, new business, marketing, networking, operations, leadership, drive, motivation
John 'Sinx' Sinclair
Co-founder - ustwo
Digital product studio
Stand back and meet one of the most humble successful person in our industry. Ustwo has been a trendsetting studio for many years. And you can't really talk about Sinx without mentioning his best mate, co-founder and creative genius Mills. Sinx took on the role of operations not necessarily by choice, but because needs must. As a result Sinx is incredibly open about all of his messes along the way and he has so many good experiences to share. He gives a refreshing perspective from someone who always wanted to build a happy flat-structured family type culture, as he is brutally honest about the cons of some of the ideologies people who lack the experience of building a 300 person agency glamourise. He's the kind of person you immediately trust and that is down to him being so humble about his success.
Sinx' skills: Team structure, operations, culture
Ian Finch
Founder - Mando Group
Design and build agency for regulated industries
Ian has built up vast amounts of experience and is never afraid to share honestly the mistakes along the way. He has a unique way to challenge you in a caring manner. It's what helped run one of the top agencies in Liverpool. Ian is always great at finding inspirational references from the countless books he's read over the years. He's always trying to learn new things and share that knowledge with others.
Ian's skills: Leadership, operations, staff learning & development, niching, team structures, new business, tech
Rachel Bell
Investor, advisor and entrepreneur
Owner of 5 agencies
Rachel is simply incredible. Not just her business experience, but she also has a way to instantly motivate you. We've not met one person who hasn't encountered Rachel and has been in awe of her energy and business wisdom. A true serial entrepreneur and someone who doesn't bullshit.
Rachel's skills: Leadership, remuneration, team structures (profit centres), PR, coaching, motivation, inspiration, investing, shareholder structures, shareholder agreements, mergers and acquisitions (m&a), deal structuring
Gellan Watt
Former owner of agency Thinking Juice
When you meet Gellan you get raw truth. He will share with you all the troubles he's gone through in his life, to give you a true picture. A lot of people will look at his success of building a £25M+ turnover business and selling that - but not see the struggles in the background. Gellan is also incredibly caring and has several causes he supports with lots of energy like homelessness and mental health. Gellan is a great person to know in our industry and one who can help turn your business around.
Gellan's skills: Creativity, marketing, finance, debt finance, equity finance, investing, honesty, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), deal structuring
Mark Sherwin
Managing Director - Accenture Interactive
Consultancy and culture expert
Mark has built an agency to 250 people, has studied the growth and culture of 40 agencies as part of his MBA and is now one of the MDs at Accenture Interactive. The great thing about Mark is that he is willing to share all of his learnings. He also has a unique perspective of working in a 600,000 employee company and one with 250. How a consultancy like Accenture approaches culture and the development of each individual, is what Mark can tell you first hand.
Mark's skills: New business, consulting, team structures, 100+ staff agencies, culture, performance culture
Clare Jones
Marketing & Partnerships - Podge
Industry events for successful leaders in our sector and the sports sector
Clare has an incredibly welcoming personality. For those of you who have been at a Podge event before know how she welcomes everyone into the family the minute they arrive. She's an organisational mastermind - no one ever knows how the Podge events come together so perfectly - Clare is behind it all. A truly caring human, she always makes sure everyone gets back home safely at Podge. Podge would not be the epic event it is without Clare - a true legend!
Clare's skills: Events, partnerships, networking, marketing
Founder - Podge
Phil is an exceptional person in our industry - a true legend. A lot of the growth of our industry is down to the connections that were made at his events (Podge) over the years. He's built an exceptional network of influential people in our industry. How? Because he's a bloody amazing human. Charismatic and always trying to help out in any way he can.
Phil's skills: Operations, creativity, networking, new business, marketing, mentoring
Blair Enns
Founder - Win Without Pitching
Pricing and positioning expert
Those that know Blair, know what an impact he can make on your agency. His advice is practical and put together in a tried and tested framework - the win without pitching manifesto. Blair has a way of guiding you to the other side of the typical new business discussion with potential clients. The side where you say 'no' to clients who are doing nothing else but wasting your time and costing you resources. He cares so much about agency leaders his manifesto focuses heavily on shifting the power into your hands in the client / agency relationship. Blair has a way to inspire you to fight for your right - the Che Guevara of the agency world.
Blair's skills: New business, niching, positioning, marketing, pricing, motivation, inspiration
Ash Jones
Founder - Great Influence
Personal branding and content marketing for agency owners
Ash is one of these people that always keeps up to date with the latest developments on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. he experiments and then builds personal branding communication models around these experiments. What makes Ash a great human is his ambition to always find a solution, when most people don't think there is one.
Ash' skills: Personal branding, LinkedIn, B2B content marketing, marketing, content production, copywriting.
Katy Leeson
Managing Director - Social Chain
Social media agency & publisher
Katy is a great example of overcoming deep lying uncomforts as an MD of one of the UKs most successful social media agencies - Social Chain. In the first episode of her podcast, she admits that 'being in the limelight' is something she was incredibly uncomfortable with. But she's pushed herself beyond that and has become the new face of Social Chain in the process. She also has an incredibly high EQ, able to deeply empathise with you and your challenges. Katy always knows the right questions to ask.
Katy's skills: 100+ staff agency, social, staff learning & development, team structures, personal branding
Dan Kelsall
Founder - Offended Marketing
Dan is often misunderstood when you read his content on LinkedIn. But he makes an important point about positioning, which is you can't be everything to everyone if you want to really move the growth needle. Furthermore Dan often teaches a valuable lesson of not forgetting that at the core most of us have a fear of being rejected. As a result we lose our ability to be brave in all aspects of life - not just in business.
Dan's skills: Creative, content, copy, psychology, LinkedIn content, personal branding, marketing, positioning
Jim Lewcock
Blue14 & The Specialist Works
Former agency founder, now advisor and investor for DTC brands
First of all Jim has a fantastic story of how he started his agency (The Specialist Works). After a successful run of bringing in new clients for his employer, he was rewarded a car. But instead of keeping it, he sold the car and used the funds to start his own venture. Many years later he successfully exited The Specialist Works and is now investor and advisor for DTC brands. Jim is a no bull shit type individual. You know where you stand and what you get with him. He will tell you how it is. His brutal honesty helps him filter through countless opportunities he is offered each day. His honesty also makes him a very open person and approachable person in other parts of his life. A great human being to be around and someone who cares about community and supporting entrepreneurs through good and tough times. Jim's skills: Investing, new business, negotiation, advising, DTC brands, property development, co-working spaces, blue ocean strategy
Jason Neale
Agencyworks
Agency management consultant and Synergist implementer
Jason is one of these people that are always looking at ways to help you out. He works tirelessly to ensure agencies have their performance dashboards in place. His knowledge around utilisation and forecasting is absolutely ace! An all around amazing human being.
Jason's skills: Operations, finance, KPIs, utilisation, forecasting, agency management, resource management
Simon Norris
Founder - Nomensa
UX and Service Design agency
One word: Inspiration. Simon's style of communication and thirst for knowledge combined makes him one of the most inspirational leaders you'll find in our industry. Walking into his office you'll see complex models and calculations written over the walls and piles of books that most of us decided we're not going to read the second we see the title and weight. It's like walking into a philosopher's grotto. As a result Simon has been incredibly successful with building one of the most respected UX agencies in the UK.
Simon's skills: UX, service design, leadership, consulting, culture, staff learning & development, psychology, business models, inspiration, motivation, soft skills, strategy, philosophy
Charles Fallon
Investor, M&A advisor and founder - SI Partners
Agency M&A
The M&A space is a tricky space to operate in. Whenever financial return is the key driver for business decisions it can easily highlight powerful psychological drivers that sit within us humans - greed, fear of loss, fear of missing out, etc. Charles operates in this space, but he has definitely kept both of his feet on the ground. He cares a lot about the people he works with and invests in and will put that at the forefront of all of his decisions. A deeply philosophical and anthropological person. Hugely inspirational.
Charles' skills: Investing, mergers and acquisitions (Q&A), leadership, deal structuring
Terry Hewett
Founder - Copper Bottom Investments
Agency advisory with focus on mergers and acquisitions M&A
Terry who will go out his way to help you with your business, especially in distress. He's the type of person you want around when things are looking grey and you need to think about a restructure. He'll help you through the process emotionally and operationally.
Terry's skills: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investing, fundraising, finance, restructuring, due diligence, shareholder structure, shareholder agreements, deal structure, exit planning
Gareth Healey
Founder - Beyond Noise
Agency consultant
He's one of those traditional agency non-executive directors we rate really high. Such a laid back approach and calming voice, any agency founder in distress will immediately find refuge. But Gareth is not just able to empathise with agency founders, having built his own agency, he's also gathered some great experiences along the way. What is particular great about Gareth is that he's open to new ways of running an agency and not coming with a cookie cutter approach to your agency. He's one of those 'rare' NEDs you want to work with.
Gareth's skills: Leadership, team structure, operations, new business
Alex Craven
Investor and founder
Former agency founder, now consultant and investor
Alex is a trend setter. He wouldn't have it any other way. Having being the few first people to offer SEO services, when it probably wasn't even called SEO. One of the first to offering social media services - when people thought 'social' was a load of kids chatting to each other. The same in the data space. If it's not being disruptive, what's the point in doing it is his motto. Incredibly experienced business builder, Alex is a great person to talk to when you want to do something different with your agency. He'll inspire you to continue on your journey and give you some great tips along the way.
Alex' skills: Investing, creativity, vision, strategy, culture, inspiration, leadership, operations
Lucy Mann
Founder - Gunpowder Consulting
Agency new business consultancy
A lot of new business people play the game purely on numbers. Or they have some sort of script that they run down. Or they are incredibly good at building rapport but they can't close. Lucy is one of those few people in that space that is great at helping you develop your new business process, could pick up the phone if needed and understands when and how to close. But what makes Lucy a really great human is that she cares about what she sells and who she sells to. She also has a comforting way of letting you know that everything is going to be OK and is able to get you out of your sales procrastination.
John's skills: New business, new business process, new business strategy, sales motivation
Dan Sudron
Co-founder - The Future Factory
Lead generation company for agencies
Dan has built an incredible business for our sector in the past years. Future Factory is hands down one of the best lead generation companies for agencies there is. What's special about Dan is his pure honesty. But even more so, Dan is true to himself. He knows who he is and what he stands for and isn't afraid to vocalise that. So few people are truly aligned in pretty much all life scenarios and Dan provides a refreshing perspective.
Dan's skills: Honesty, new business, new business processes, lead generation, marketing
James Barnes-Austin
Co-founder - Sherper Group
CFO & COO board advisor and pre-M&A consultant
First of all, there is probably no network agency that had the pleasure of working James as a CFO or COO - Ogilvy, Dentsu, Publicis and even a stint at Accenture after the Karmarama exit. James has an incredible wealth of knowledge when it comes to the opps and financial side of running an agency. Few people can come even close to it. His calm nature means he can also explain complex concepts in an approachable manner. James and his business partner Deepa Shah set up a fascinating offering for agencies advising on the pre-M&A journey. James is a great all around human being. Helpful and knowledgeable CFO and COO.
James' skills: Operations, finance, KPIs, utilisation, forecasting, agency management, resource management, M&A, deal structuring
Kian Bakhtiara
Co-Founder - The People
Youth marketing and youth generations specialist
Kian runs one of the leading youth marketing agencies in the UK. Every brief that comes through the door is first analysed by their community of 150 young people, to ensure that the brief is actually accurate. Kian is someone who deeply cares about human beings, having studied Sociology, he applies a lot of his knowledge into everyday life. And how he can make a difference to our planet and the people on it. Good guy, great agency and has plenty of knowledge to share about our young generations changing the world as you read this.
Kian' skills: Youth culture, youth marketing, community building, culture, gen z, sustainability
Jon Wilkins
Jon has an incredible journey behind him. He founded Naked Communications, which he exited and later held the position of chairman at Karmarama - where he helped get the business ready for the acquisition by Accenture. Jon is yet another example of a highly successful person, who is humble and grounded. He's a super caring individual. But he also knows how to be tough when standing up to a person who may not be right for a business is needed - even if it is the owner of the business.
Jon's skills: Operations, shareholder structure, leadership, team structures, mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Kirsten Hurley
Managing Director - Thoughtbot
Kirsten has a grand career of new business roles at the highest level in various companies. It gives her the ability to be really commercial and also to listen to the needs of the people she now deals with. That are the clients and people of Thougtbot - a well known product development studio. Kirsten is incredibly humble about her capabilities, but has steered Thoughtbot into the right direction (she started her role at the beginning of the pandemic).
Kirsten's skills: Operations, new business, account management
Advisors from other industries and walks of life
Mark Hunter MBE
Won Gold in Beijing Olympics 2008 and Silver in London Olympics 2012
Mark has an incredible story of resilience. He trained for four years to compete in the Athens Olympics in 2004 as an Olympic rower. He was dead last. Being ridiculed in the rowing community, his confidence was at an all time low. But he persevered and trained another 4 years to win Gold against all odds in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Mark's story is incredibly inspirational. But it's not only Mark's athletic achievement that make him a great human, but also the work he has done over the year helping others achieve the same. And more importantly helps successful athletes find a new identity after their athlete career. Mark also helps businesses implement a coaching culture that fosters high performance and resilience.
Mark's skills: Motivation, resilience, mental health, coaching, learning & development, culture
Laura Penhaul
Sports Physiotherapist and Explorer
Rowed 9,000km across the Pacific breaking 2 world records
In 2016 Laura rowed 9,000km across the Pacific as part of the first all-female team to complete this challenge - "Coxless Crew". She not only broke two world records, but even more impressively to achieve this without any prior exploration experience. Laura is living proof that any 'normal' human being can complete never done before challenges. She is gritty to the bone. But Laura also has a big heart, dedicating the row to her friend who sadly passed away after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Laura is an inspiration to everyone who comes across her. Definitely check out the documentary about her row: Losing Sight Of Shore: Everyone Has A Pacific To Cross
Laura's skills: Leadership, planning, recruitment, coaching, business coaching, rowing, physiotherapy, strength & conditioning, nutrition, determination
Keith Goddard
Kameleon Solutions
Leadership, adventure and sports psychologist
When Laura Penhaul planned her 9,000km row across the Pacific, Keith was so intrigued by the project he contacted to ask if she has a psychologist. He ended up being instrumental to Laura and her crew's mental preparation for the biggest challenge of their life. Keith also helped screen the temporary rowers that would make the difference in completing the mission. Keith has an exceptional understanding of how the human brain works and one of the best in his field that we've come across. So much so, he doesn't categorise himself as a Psychologist - because he touches on so many areas of expertise. Instead he says he just has a deep curiosity in how we humans tick and tries to continuously evolve his knowledge.
Keith's skills: Psychology, cognitive psychology, performance psychology, executive recruitment, learning & development, coaching, business coaching, change management, behaviour change
Founder and author - Obviously Awesome
Positioning for B2B Tech Businesses
Well April is obviously awesome - and a master at positioning. She has an incredible CV of taking tech startups to multi million and even billion dollar businesses. What makes April great is her straight talking approach - she knows what works and what doesn't - and is not afraid to voice that. She also only focuses on positioning, which is such a crucial step before defining your brand. Definitely check out her book too. Obviously Awesome
April's skills: Positioning, marketing, branding
David Hieatt
Founder, author and publisher - Do Lectures and Hiut Denim
Branding, marketing, content and events
David has proven countless times he can execute a great idea - one that most people wouldn't dare to venture into. David's braveness is a huge inspiration. He also deeply cares about the environment and social issues in the world, and proactively makes changes to fix the problems he cares about. One of the most admirable attributes of David is his ability to consistently work on something for days, months and years.
David's skills: Creative, content, copy, marketing, branding, entrepreneurship, newsletters, content curation
Dom Monkhouse
Founder - Monkhouse & Company
Agency consultancy
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Cirkusová princezna (Die Zirkusprinzessin) je opereta o třech dějstvích Emmericha Kálmána (1882–1953). Libreto napsali Julius Brammer a Alfred Grünwald. Světová premiéra se konala 26. března 1926 v divadle Theater an der Wien ve Vídni. Patří mezi nejvíce hraná Kálmánova díla (za Čardášovou princeznou a Hraběnkou Maricou).

Historie vzniku
Po úspěchu operety Hraběnka Marica v divadle Theater an der Wien napsal Kálmán hudbu pro další operetní hit. Libreto Julia Brammera a Alfreda Grünwalda bylo adaptací Millöckerova Žebravého studenta. Přenos hry do carského Ruska a kolize světa aristokratických salonů se světem cirkusových představení poskytly Kálmánovi příležitost napsat barevnou partituru, i když druhotnou vůči Hraběnce Marice. Skladba měla premiéru 26. března 1926 a přinesla skladateli značný úspěch. Role hlavní protagonistky, Fedory, se díky svým efektním melodickým áriím stala stálicí v repertoáru velkých operetních primadon.

Emmerich Kálmán vzpomíná:

A v roce 1926 se objevila opereta Cirkusová princezna. Psala se asi osm měsíců. Kalman dal této operetě, stejně jako čtyřem předchozím, "ženské" jméno, pověrčivě věřil, že mu přináší štěstí.

Instrumentace
Dvě pikoly, dva hoboje, dva klarinety, dva fagoty, tři lesní rohy, dvě trubky, tři pozouny, harfa, tympány, bicí souprava, banjo, celesta a smyčce.

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První dějství
Petrohrad. foyer Stanislavského cirkusu

Společenskou smetánku ruského hlavního města zaujala vycházející nová cirkusová hvězda. Jedná se o tajemného mladého umělce, který si nikdy nesundá masku a vystupuje pod pseudonymem Mister X. Ředitel cirkusu Stanislavský říká, že podle podmínek smlouvy ani on neviděl tvář Mistra X.

Obklopena davem fanoušků se ve foyer cirkusu objeví mladá vdova, dědička obrovského majetku, kněžna Fedora Palinská ("Федора Палинская"). Podle podmínek závěti zesnulého manžela se musí do šesti týdnů provdat za krajana, jinak veškerý majetek dostanou další příbuzní zesnulého manžela, kteří žijí v zahraničí.

Kolem kněžny se točí mnoho uchazečů o její ruku. Je mezi nimi i příbuzný ruského vládce, velkovévoda Sergej Nikolajevič. Fedora ho ale s úšklebkem odmítá a zajímá se o osobnost pana Mistra X. Ten je představen veřejnosti a chtěl by kněžně políbit ruku. Ta to však odmítne, protože komediant, cirkusový umělec, není přece takové cti hoden.

Ctitelé kněžny se snaží odstranit masku z tváře Mistra X, aby uspokojili zvědavost své dámy, ale Fedora hádku zastaví. Publikum odchází do sálu. Mistr X se zamýšlí nad osudem cirkusového umělce a nad povýšeným postojem vybrané společnosti. Spěchá ale do arény, musí hrát. Ve foyer se objeví Tony Schlumberger, mladý Rakušan z Vídně, který je zamilovaný do anglické cirkusové tanečnice Mabel Gibson. Objeví se Mabel.

V průběhu komického dialogu se ukáže, že Mabel je ve skutečnosti také Rakušankou z Vídně. Jmenuje se Lisa a na naléhání ředitele cirkusu jen předstírá, že je Angličankou. Domluví si schůzku a Tony odejde. Po vystoupení Mistra X se vrací. Je ohromen setkáním s Fedorou a prozradí Mabel své tajemství. Jmenuje se totiž Fjodor Palinský a před několika lety byl do této ženy tajně zamilován. Ona se však stala nevěstou jeho strýce, knížete Palinského. Když se kníže dozvěděl o lásce synovce ke své nevěstě, zničil mu kariéru v husarském pluku. Fjodor uprchl z domova a stal se cirkusovým umělcem.

Objeví se velkovévoda Sergej Nikolajevič, kterého však Fedora znovu odmítá. Když se velkovévoda rozloučil s nadějí, že se stane manželem kněžny, rozhodne se pomstít a zneuctít ji v očích společenské smetánky. Proto navrhne Mistru X, aby se s Fedorou setkal pod jménem princ Korosoff. Hrdá kněžna mu pak dovolí, aby jí ruku políbil. Mistr X souhlasí, protože nemůže odolat pokušení milovanou ženu vidět a promluvit s ní. Kníže zve všechny na slavnostní večeři do foyer cirkusu. Mistr X přichází bez masky. Velkovévoda ho Fedoře představí  jménem princ Korosoff. Fedora nespustí z mladého pohledného muže oči. Plán velkovévody se začíná naplňovat.

Druhé dějství
Taneční sál v paláci velkovévody.

Uplynulo šest týdnů. Náklonnost Fedory k domnělému princi Korosoffi zesílila. Jsou už do sebe zamilováni a velkovévoda považuje za nutné události urychlit.

Na plese proto předá kněžně padělaný dopis od cara, ve kterém car požaduje, aby Fedora přišla zítra do paláce, kde ji sám  určí ženicha, aby majetek jejího bývalého manžela zůstal v Rusku. Rozhořčené Fedoře velkovévoda Sergej poradí, aby se ještě dnes vdala za muže podle svého výběru. Cara tím postaví před hotovou věc. Jediným východiskem z této situace je vdát se za prince Korosoffa přímo v domovském kostele velkovévody. Fedora tedy nabídne "princi Korosoffi", aby se s ní oženil. S tím on nadšeně souhlasí a následují velkovévodu do kostela. Před tím však velkovévoda Fjodora oklamal tvrzením, že celou pravdu již Fedoře řekl.

Tony a Mabel se objevují na plese. Jejich vztah dosáhl vrcholu a chtějí se také neprodleně vzít.

Svatební obřad je ukončen, princ a princezna Kirasovi vycházejí z kostela. Do sálu však nečekaně vejdou cirkusoví umělci pod vedením Stanislavského a předají páru portrét Mistra X. Velkovévoda se Fedoře vysměje, její manžel není žádný princ, ve skutečnosti je to cirkusový umělec, pan Mistr X a ona se tedy stala cirkusovou princeznou. Fedora je zděšená a svého novopečeného manžela odmítá. Ve hněvu jí Fjodor odhalí celou pravdu – je skutečný kníže Palinský, byl do ní dlouho zamilován a jen kvůli nešťastné lásce a žárlivosti svého strýce byl nucen stát se cirkusovým umělcem. Fedora se snaží získat ho zpět, ale Palinsky spolu s cirkusovými umělci odchází.

Třetí dějství
Vídeň, hotel "U arcivévody Karla".

Hoteliérka Karla Schlumberger hovoří v hotelové restauraci s hlavním číšníkem Pelikánem o záležitostech hotelu i o osobních starostech. Je znepokojena chováním svého syna Tonyho, který se vrátil z Petrohradu, ale ne sám. Podezřelá je také záhadná dáma, která se v hotelu usadila v době Tonyho návratu. Karla odchází a objeví se Tony. Je zoufalý, protože neví, jak říct své matce, že se oženil bez jejího vědomí, a dokonce ještě s cirkusovou umělkyní. Tony všechno řekne Pelikánovi a ten mu slibuje pomoc.

Do restaurace vstoupí Lisa a trvá na tom, aby ji Tony představil své matce. Nechce už žít v klamavé situaci. Uprostřed vysvětlování vstoupí Karla. Pravdu již není možné dále skrývat. Po bouřlivém vysvětlování najdou Karla a Lisa společnou řeč a smíří se. Ukáže se totiž, že Lisa je dcerou rakouského důstojníka Burštalera, do kterého byla Karla v mládí zamilovaná). Tonymu je odpuštěno.

Otevře se restaurace a objeví se hosté. Mezi nimi jsou velkovévoda a Fedora. Ta je smutná, ale také hrdá. Nebude přece první ženou, jež hledá usmíření s manželem, který hned po svatbě odešel neznámo kam. Velkovévoda ji v tom silně podporuje.

Objeví se Fjodor. Odpustil své ženě, ale nechce s ní mluvit před velkovévodou. S pomocí Pelikána se podaří vylákat velkovévodu z restaurace. Fjodor se posadí vedle Fedory, manželé se usmíří. a budou spolu dlouho a šťastně žít.

Obsazení při premiéře

Inscenační historie
Po "Čardášové princezně" a "Hraběnce Marice" slavil Emmerich Kálmán svůj třetí světový úspěch operetou "Cirkusová přincezna", která měla premiéru 26. března 1926 v divadle Theater an der Wien. Tato opereta má pro operetní žánr poměrně neobvyklé hudební bohatství. Sahá od barevné, oslnivé cirkusové hudby až po vídeňský valčík, čardáš a moderní foxtrot. V Theater an der Wien se odehrálo 344 představení.

Opereta pak byla provedena v Maďarsku v adaptaci Ernő Kulinyi a Imre Liptai v budově Király Színház v Budapešti dne 24. září 1926. Dále pak ve Švédsku (Stockholm, Vasa-Teatern, 6. října 1926); Německu (Hamburk, Operetten-Teater, 17. října 1926) a - jako "Mister X" - v Rusku (Moskva, 23. listopadu 1926). Během roku 1926 se také hrála v Československu (německy 28. října v německém divadle v Brně, 27. listopadu v Opavě, 18. prosince v Teplicích, 25. prosince v Novém německém divadle v Praze; česky 10. prosince 1926 v Olomouci), Itálii, Finsku a Polsku. V Berlíně se premiéra operety konala 25. prosince 1926.

Anglická verze, "The Circus Princess", adaptovaná Harrym B. Smithem, se poprvé hrála v divadle Apollo v Atlantic City, 4. dubna 1927 a ve Winter Garden Theatre v New Yorku od 25. dubna 1927. V hlavní roli Guy Robertson a Desiree Tabor. Cirkusová představení byla v americké produkci obzvláště bohatá, včetně jezdců, aerialistů a slavného klauna, Poodles Hanneforda.

Film
 1929 : Die Zirkusprinzessin, Německo, režie: Victor Janson, scénář Jane Bess, Imre Kalman.
 1958 : Mister X (Мистер Икс) SSSR, režie: Josef Chmelnický (Юзеф Хмельницкий)
 1970 : Die Zirkusprinzessin, Německo, režie: Manfred Köhler
 1982 : Принцесса цирка, SSSR, režie Светлана Дружинина.

Poznámky

Reference

Literatura

 Bernard Grun: Dzieje operetki. Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1974.
 Lucjan Kydryński: Usta milczą dusza śpiewa. Opowieść o życiu i twórczości Franciszka Lehára. Varšava: Wydawnictwa Radia i Telewizji, 1992. .

Externí odkazy

 Kálmán: Cirkusová princezna historie vzniku operety a jejího zfilmování, v ruštině
 Cirkusová princezna ve Slezském divadle Opava
 Cirkusová princezna v Národním divadle Moravskoslezském. Premiéra 28.1.1927.
 Cirkusová princezna, nahrávky na Amazon.de

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Maďarská hudba
Opery poprvé uvedené ve Vídni
Opery z roku 1926
Operety Emmericha Kálmána
Opery v němčině