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Nancy Jane Aguirre
12/30/1941 Fresno, Fresno, California
QM Upright Memorial Section 6 48
Memorial for Nancy Jane McMasters-Aguirre
There will be a lot less laughter in the world following the loss of Nancy Jane McMasters-Aguirre of Vancouver, WA who died at her home on October 16, 2010. Nancy, 68, passed surrounded by her love, laughter and her family; her favorite things.
Nancy was born in Fresno, CA in 1941 to Daniel Festner and Tommie Jean Haynes-Festner. Upon her young mother\'s tragic death in 1951, Nancy, along with four of her five siblings, was adopted by her maternal grandmother, Mabel Sasser-Norton and Mabel\'s husband, William Norton. The children were moved north to the family farm in Farmington, WA.
A young bride in 1959, Nancy married Russell McMasters of Garfield, WA and together they produced four sons and instilled in each of them a good work ethic and sense of humor. Upon their divorce in 1970, Nancy worked her way up the ranks in Washington\'s Department of Social & Health Services. Throughout her 35+ year career with DSHS, Nancy maintained her commitment to the clients she served\" (thanks for that quote, Lisa).
After being raised in the Palouse, Nancy lived in the Lewis-Clark Valley until moving to White Salmon, WA in 1980. She loved the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge and truly appreciated the climate of Western Washington. She had lived in Vancouver, WA for the past 14 years.
Nancy is preceded in death by many loved ones including her son, Steven McMasters. She is survived by her sons Keith McMasters, his wife Mira, Randall McMasters and his wife Cheyenne, and Bradley McMasters and his partner Brian. She is survived by grandchildren Montanna McMasters, Devin McMasters, Katie McMasters and great-granddaughter, Emily McMasters. She also leaves behind her younger brothers Timothy, Twain & Christopher Norton.
Per Nancy\'s request, there was no service, though family members informally gathered to laugh, cry and hug (some drank). She was laid to rest wearing a nightgown and wrapped in her favorite down comforter in a green burial at Fern Prairie Cemetery in Camas, WA. Arrangements were thoughtfully and respectfully made through Straub\'s Funeral Home in Camas. Thank you, Chris. Condolences to the family can be made by signing the online guestbook at www.straubsfuneralhome.com or, better yet, kind thoughts can simply be sent, telepathically, directly to Nancy.
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Q: Mysql 1093 - Table is specified twice I have really searched and this question has been answered  here
1093 Error in MySQL table is specified twice
but the answer doesn't help me
I have this accounts table

But I am facing error  1093 - Table   is specified twice, when trying to update account balance
Although I give the table two names t1 and t2
UPDATE accounts t1
SET Account_Balance = Account_Balance+(
    SELECT SUM(Credit)-SUM(Debit)
    FROM accounts  t2
    WHERE Account_Id=1
)

Create accounts table statement
CREATE TABLE `accounts` (
 `Account_Id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `Account_Name` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
 `Account_Name_English` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
 `Account_Balance` decimal(15,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.00',
 `Credit` decimal(15,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.00',
 `Debit` decimal(15,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.00',
 PRIMARY KEY (`Account_Id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=14 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8

A: Using an alias doesn't solve the problem of not being able to specify a table that is being updated in a SELECT on the right hand side of an expression. One way to work around this issue is to use a multi-table UPDATE:
UPDATE accounts t1
CROSS JOIN (SELECT SUM(Credit)-SUM(Debit) AS `change`
            FROM accounts
            WHERE Account_Id=1) t2
SET t1.Account_Balance = t1.Account_Balance + t2.change

Note I'm not sure the location of the WHERE Account_Id = 1 is correct; this will update all Account_Balance fields in accounts to their old balance plus the change from Account_Id 1. If that is what you want, this is fine, otherwise you might need an additional WHERE clause on the UPDATE i.e.
UPDATE accounts t1
CROSS JOIN (SELECT SUM(Credit)-SUM(Debit) AS `change`
            FROM accounts
            WHERE Account_Id=1) t2
SET t1.Account_Balance = t1.Account_Balance + t2.change
WHERE Account_Id = 1

Or to update all accounts with their own change:
UPDATE accounts t1
JOIN (SELECT Account_Id, SUM(Credit)-SUM(Debit) AS `change`
      FROM accounts
      GROUP BY Account_Id) t2 ON t2.Account_Id = t1.Account_Id
SET t1.Account_Balance = t1.Account_Balance + t2.change

Here's a demo of all three queries in operation.

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Cannvas Appoints Dr. Shirish Patel to its Health and Innovation Advisory Board | Cannvas MedTech Inc.
TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ – Cannvas MedTech Inc. ("Cannvas" or the "Company") (CSE: MTEC; Frankfurt: 3CM), a leading business technology company in the cannabis space, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shirish Patel, MD to its Health and Innovation Advisory Board. The Health and Innovation Advisory Board oversees all content related to the Cannvas.me platform, a scalable solution for the global medical cannabis community offering interactive tools, educational modules and physician-backed content to audiences wishing to learn about healthcare through cannabis.
Dr. Patel is an engineer-turned-clinician with a passion for neurology, psychiatry, immunology, pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, and electronic healthcare delivery. For the past three years he has been working as a Neuropsychiatric Intake Specialist and Counselor for a private psychosomatic psychiatry clinic located in Toronto, Ontario. He also works as the medical advisor for My Natural Living Life, a concierge medical cannabis clinic and most recently took on a concurrent role as the Medical Advisor for health informatics & measurement-based care with Trendlines Health Inc., a company specializing in remote data acquisition from wearable health devices for data consolidation and analysis.
Dr. Patel strengths lie in the scientific exchange and translation from clinical research to help support health care providers with clinical decision making skills. As a skilled researcher he is authoring and co-authoring several articles for publications covering topics including mobile mental health technology, neurobiology, and neurodevelopmental disorders. In 2018, Dr. Patel has presented a total of five scientific posters at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, developed in collaboration with leading psychiatrists and psychiatry residents from Canada and the U.S.
Cannvas.me is a scalable and comprehensive solution for the global medical cannabis community offering interactive tools and physician-backed content to audiences wishing to learn about healthcare through cannabis. Its Cannvas Academy, already guided by its Medical Advisory Board, will receive additional oversight and direction from the Education Advisory Panel, made up of highly qualified members from industry and government institutions.


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Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna…
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Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
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Central Station (1998)
An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he…
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Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds…
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When a desperate Mr. Freeze, to save his dying wife, kidnaps Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) as an involuntary organ donor, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
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The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts, which will give her absolute…
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Marcus Ray, a sales representative for "V SIX" jeans, and his partner, Tommy Hendricks, are about to be busted for selling "knock off" jeans. Their American contact, Karan Leigh, who…
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Frivolous Lola (1998)
The story takes place in northern Italy in the 1950's. Lola and Masetto are about to get married. Masetto wants to keep Lola as a virgin until they are married….
Desperate Measures (1998)
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Taxi (1998)
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge…
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Turnovers and defense lead to Lincoln County's exciting 14-7 victory over Class AAAAAAA Grovetown on Warriors' first visit to Lincolnton.
The opening kickoff by the visiting Warriors was short, followed by a 13-yard run by QB Javon Reid to the Grovetown 44. A seven-yard pass from Reid to Midarious Roberts took the Devils to the 35 before the drive ended on downs.
The Warriors completed a 32-yard pass to the LC 28, but the Devil Defense sacked the quarterback on 3rd-and-9 to force a punt that was downed at the LC 2.
Quay Hartfield had a strong run for nine yards followed by a five-yard run by Reid to get the Devils out of the hole. The drive was stymied there, and the Warriors took over at midfield after the punt.
Both punters stayed busy as neither team could manage more than a single first down on a drive until late in the second quarter. Starting from their 39, the Devils gained nine when Reid handed the pigskin to Quindarious Wright in motion for nine yards. An illegal procedure flag cost the Devils five, but Reid then connected with Wright on left end for 19 yards to the Grovetown 38. Reid then called his own number and went untouched for 19 yards down the right side. After a four-yard run by Hartfield, two pass attempts fell incomplete to end the drive. The Warriors took over on their 15.
Xavier Gartrell sacked the Warrior QB for a five-yard loss on first down. A procedure penalty moved the ball to the five. The Warrior QB fumbled with Gartrell recovering for the Devils at the two. Jamal Norman ran up the middle for the touchdown with 2:39 left in the first half. William LeRoy booted the PAT for a 7-0 lead.
Grovetown moved to the LC 44 before Wright tackled the Warriors' best runner for a two-yard loss. The Warrior QB fumbled for a 14-yard loss back to their 40 before the Warriors punted to the LC 21.
Reid passed 14 yards to Roberts. An interference penalty gave the Devils a first down at the Warrior 48. After an LC penalty, Reid scrambled for 19 yards. Reid-to-Roberts was good for nine to the Warrior 25 before two miscues used up the rest of the half. The Devils led 7-0 at the break.
The Warriors came out in the third quarter with two good runs to get the ball into LC territory. Grovetown looked to have made a first down to the LC 30 but was penalized for a chop block that forced a punt from its 43.
The Red Devils muffed the punt and the Warriors recovered at the LC 6. A three-yard run and a facemask foul moved the ball to near the one. D'angelo Durham scored with 7:15 left in the third. Durham rushed for nearly 1,400 yards while playing for Aquinas last season. The PAT kick tied the game at 7-all.
The Devils were hampered by a penalty and a fumble on their next possession, and punted from their 8. Grovetown took over on the LC 36 and picked up six yards on two runs before trying a pass. Norman intercepted for the Devils and returned to the LC 21.
Hartfield gained nine yards on two carries, and Norman added five. Reid scampered for 11 to the Grovetown 48. The drive fizzled and the subsequent punt was downed at the Warrior 3.
The Devil Defense kept the Warriors pinned inside the five and their short punt was returned 10 yards by Tydarius Elam to the 18. A personal foul on the Warriors repositioned the ball to the nine. The great scoring opportunity ended with a Devil fumble on the next play.
Again the Devil Defense kept the Warrior offense contained, and the Warrior punt from the 10 was downed at their 32. A seven-yard run by Norman and two-yard run by Elam setup a 4th-and-1 at the 23. Reid gained three on a QB sneak with the LC offensive line. A lateral lost five yards before Hartfield rushed for 10. Reid went up the middle again for five yards for 1st-and-goal at the 10. Hartfield rushed for 8, then scored straight in from the two. LeRoy's kick gave the Devils a 14-7 lead with 3:10 left in the game.
The Devil faithful didn't have long to celebrate as the Warriors returned the following kickoff about 60 yards to the LC 27. Illegal motion cost Grovetown five before an intentional grounding penalty moved the ball back to the Grovetown side of the field. A team sack cost the visitors nine more yards to setup 3rd-and-43 at the Grovetown 40. An incomplete pass left Grovetown with one last chance with 1:13 left in the game.
A pass gained 20, but that wasn't enough as the Devils took over at their 40 with 1:09 left. Reid took his knee three times to preserve the 14-7 win over one of the largest schools that the Red Devils have played.
The game was delayed from Friday night to 1:00 Saturday due to weather-related concerns with Hurricane Hermine. Thanks to the delay, the game was played on a clear, sunny day.
This Friday, the 2-0 Red Devils will welcome old rival Abbeville to Lincolnton. The Panthers are the reigning Class 2A champions and have outscored their three opponents 78-7 this season. Lincoln County leads the series with Abbeville 7-3, including the last meeting 24-13 in 2011.
Abbeville is the #1 team in South Carolina Class AA. This may be the Devils' biggest challenge of the regular season. Kickoff is set for 7:30 at Larry Campbell Stadium at Buddy Bufford Field.


THE DIVISION 2 goes down once again for server maintenance, as Ubisoft makes an emergency fix for a new problem.
The Division 2 has been taken offline for emergency server maintenance.
Ubisoft announced the news on Twitter, telling fans that the outage was required to fix a problem.
The game developers will use the downtime to fix an issue with the Demolitionist's tactical link buff, so don't expect any major changes.
The good news is that despite being an inconvenience to fans, the server downtime isn't scheduled to last for long.
According to Ubisoft, the game will be taken offline for maintenance at 12.30 UK time, before returning half an hour later at 1pm.
"Agents! We will be doing a quick emergency maintenance at 1.30pm CEST / 7.30am EST / 4.30am PDT, approximately 30 minutes, to fix an issue with the Demolitionist's tactical link buff," Ubisoft explains.
Needless to say, Express Online will update the story with any patch notes news and server downtime information.
It's the second time The Division 2 has been taken offline in the space of 24 hours.
A major update was released during the previous downtime on Thursday, April 11.
According to patch notes released at the time, the last update made a series of fixes to the online shooter.
One of the more welcome changes enables players to fast travel to the Castle settlement.
Another fix involves the Bounty boss and its strange use of different skills.
Fans will also pleased to hear that an issue causing the Nemesis crafting materials to be unobtainable has been fixed, as well as an error that occurs at the end of Conflict matches.
The pathfinding line should also be more reliable after the latest update, while the "donating" sound should no longer play on repeat when you abandon a daily mission.
Elsewhere, cache countdown timers should no longer cause problems and specialisation ammo should drop at normal levels.
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Intellectual Property – meaning
Intellectual property has a wide understanding; it can refer to tangible or intangible intellectual assets and it can be offered to business owners, artists or inventors.
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Who was conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award by President Pranab Mukherjee?
Explanation: President Pranab Mukherjee on 12th July presented the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015 to Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet and critic Raghuveer Chaudhary. A renowned Gandhian from Gujarat, Chaudhary was born in 1938 in Gandhinagar. Check Detail EXPLANATION at INDIA GK Mobile App.
Nirma Ltd has agreed to acquire cement assets from which company?
Explanation: Nirma Limited has agreed to acquire Lafarge India's cement assets for USD 1.4 billion outdoing Sajjan Jindal's JSW Cement and Piramal Enterprises. Lafarge Holcim, the Swiss building materials group created out of the Lafrge-Holcim merger will sell its India business including three plants and two grinding units. Check Detail EXPLANATION at INDIA GK Mobile App.
Who is appointed Men's hockey team Captain for Rio Olympics 2016 ?
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International tribunal on 12th July in South China Sea case given decision in favour of which country ?
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ok, so in assassin's creed 1, you were sent out after 9 men, each time, you learned alot about their actions, behaviors, and them as people in general, in AC2, you went along with the story, discovering new targets as the game progressed, and you learned a lil about each target, but not as much as in AC1, and now in AC bro, we're given a reason to kill the target, told where they are, and sent on our way (templar, courtisan, thief, and mercinary quests) it's even got to the point where we send other assassins after targets, is it just me? or does anyone else miss the days when we went out and learned about our targets befor we slit their throats?
i havent played ACB yet, but i felt that way about AC2. Especially after you go to Venice, it seems to really lose all reason. just Templars bad, go kill templars.
First game, you were tasked with learning about your targets for a character-specific reason.
Second game, you were learning about them to an extent, but your main objective was revenge.
Brotherhood definitely felt like Ezio was jumping on the "Templars bad, kill Templars" bandwagon, although there was also a strong "Templars after my family, must kill Templars" vibe to his actions as well.
I preferred learning about the targets and knowing they were actually doing awful things and deserved to die, rather than just "this guy works for this other guy who doesn't like you, and if you kill him, it'll make killing the guy you want to kill easier"
Well Ubisoft could counter that with "You're the leader now, you have others do that for you", but I don't personally like that.
But yeah, I missed that.
But yeah, I missed that. well, since you brought it up, shouldnt the leader the the one who knows the most about the enemy?
The "you're the leader, other people get info for you" argument makes sense, but it's still more fun finding out for yourself.
Well it might matter. Maybe she/he would know most about the group or the important/main people, but she/he might waste their time with other information? I'm sorry, I don't have leaders of organizations I'm killing... yet.


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In Japan, soybeans are known as the "meat of the field." Soybeans come in a great variety, including white (yellow), blue, and red. Black soybeans, are of course, another variety of soybean, and as their name implies, their skin is black.
Black soybeans have been cultivated in Japan since ancient times.
The origins of black soybeans are not clear, but they are recorded as being a foodstuff in the ancient Wamyo ruijusho (935 AD) and it is believed that black soybeans were already being cultivated in Japan's Heian period.
It is said that during the Warring States period (late 1400s-late 1500), some samurai and ninja carried "Hyourougan," homemade medicinal balls composed primarily of black soybeans in case provisions ran out during warfare.
Since ancient times, Japanese people have known the medicinal and other healthy effects of black soybeans. From example, the Edo period medicinal herb book Honzo komoku keimo (1805) noted that "What are called 'soybeans' in Japanese are yellow soybeans for making miso. In a prescription, 'soybeans' always refers to black soybeans."
In Japan, black soybeans boiled with sugar are considered an essential part of any New Year's feast. In the Muromachi period, however, when black soybeans first became a part of New Year's cuisine, there was no sugar. Instead, people ate a dish called "zazen-mame" – black soybeans served with konyaku jelly.
Until the mid-Edo period, much of Japanese food culture and traditional customs were derived from the Imperial court, which was centered on Kyoto. At that time, black soybeans were primarily cultivated in Tamba Province, which neighbored Kyoto. These Tamba black soybeans were given as a gift to the Imperial court each year where they were eaten on New Year's, and it is believed that the custom of eating black soybeans on New Year's spread throughout the nation thereafter.
In the late Edo period, the practice of eating black soybeans boiled in soy sauce and sugar as part of a New Year's feast become widespread. The late Edo period illustrated book Ehon Edo fuzoku ezu noted that black soybeans were widely eaten at the time as part of New Year's feasts: "Throughout Edo, no matter how poverty-stricken the home, on the three mornings of New Year's Day and the following two days, Toso (spiced sake) is not served but zoni soup (...) Three dishes are served in lacquered boxes – zazen-mame (black soybeans), dried young anchovies, and herring roe."
The reason why black soybeans are eaten as part of New Year's feast is said to be because in ancient times Japanese people believed that the color black warded against evil and protected against disasters. They also believed that black represented health. Finally, the word for bean in Japanese, "mame," can also mean health, and thus people ate black soybeans accordingly in home of living healthily to a ripe old age.
Black soybeans had other important meanings to the ancient Japanese people who farmed rice. According to food culture researcher Hisao Nagayama, to them, the color black represents being suntanned and having worked hard in the rice paddy. The round shape of the beans signified the sun, much like kagami-mochi rice cakes do. The word for bean, "mame," can also mean to work diligently and to be healthy. For the ancient Japanese rice farmers, black soybeans became a part of New Year's cuisine as a symbol representing the hope of a new year free from misfortune and the ability to work and stay healthy throughout the year.
Although just one of the many types of soybeans, there are in fact many different varieties of black soybeans grown in Japan.
Soybean Varieties in Japan and the Significance of Their Distribution, published by the Research Division of the Promotional Bureau in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in 1957, records over 30 varieties and common names of soybeans which were cultivated in Japan around 1940, revealing the wide variety of black soybean strains grown in the country since ancient times. Some examples from the book include "TAMBAGURO" (Hyogo), "Hikariguro" (Hokkaido), "Kurobitta" (Iwate), "Kurosengoku" (Iwate, Shizuoka, Kyoto, and others), and "3gou wase soybeans" (all Kyushu).
Today, the most common varieties grown are the extremely late growing TAMBAGURO (mainly cultivated in Hyogo, Kyoto, Okayama, and Shiga), and the mid-season Hikariguro (mainly planted in Hokkaido). Even so, a broad array of other strains of black soybean are also grown throughout the nation.
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1. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IS TORTURE
People incarcerated in RI restrictive housing/solitary confinement can be in 8-by-10-foot cells for 22-24 hours a day for months or even years, a practice that is widely recognized as "cruel," "inhumane," and "torture," according to the United Nations
Time spent in solitary is associated with increased mortality post-release
In Rhode Island, some imprisoned people are put in solitary for acts of "disobedience" or for substance abuse, rather than receiving treatment or rehabilitative programming
Even RIDOC Director Coyne-Fague knows: when considering modern correctional practices, "keeping people in cells 23 hours a day is not the way to go." Yet RIDOC continues this harmful practice.
Solitary confinement takes a toll on anyone's body and mind, but it is especially harmful for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI)
In the final report of the RI Solitary Confinement Study Commission in 2017, RIDOC pledged to exclude individuals who have SPMI from restrictive housing, recognizing the significant negative impact
Long-term solitary confinement causes severe harm to mental health (such as increased rates of anxiety, obsessive ruminations, anger, and violent fantasies)
Disability Rights Rhode Island sued the RI Department of Corrections in 2019, claiming that it is keeping incarcerated individuals with SPMI in solitary confinement, rather than receiving rehabilitative treatment. The lawsuit is ongoing
"Have you ever been in DCU [Disciplinary Confinement Unit]? Locked up 23 [hours] and [out of your cell for] 1?
"Locked down with no showers, only chow food... only certain things in your cell, deprived of sunlight and blocked off from the outside? Let me tell you, it does some things to your mind. It brings trauma, PTSD, and it's so bad you start talking to roaches and mice. Seeing things you don't normally see. It's mentally/physically bad and some people are stuck from 30 days, where I've seen the most, 3 years.
"Can you imagine that? Hell no you can't.
So please fix the inhumane things they are doing to us."
Jalil Nelson, Maximum Security
2. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IS NOT EFFECTIVE
Many correctional administrators claim that solitary confinement is necessary for keeping prisons safe. However, research demonstrates that the use of long-term solitary confinement increases violence in prisons and in our communities.
Solitary confinement costs Rhode Island taxpayers a lot of money
High Side, RIDOC's supermax building, where many people are incarcerated in long-term solitary confinement and is RIDOC's most expensive facility, costing $216,000 per prisoner per year, compared to $94,000 per prisoner in Maximum Security in FY 2021
The facility is twice as expensive than a comparable facility in Massachusetts
In addition, many other states have closed their supermax prisons and decreased solitary confinement, saving money without compromising prison safety. In the last five years, 18 states have passed legislation reforming solitary confinement
Massachusetts' Hampden County Correctional Center decreased its reliance on restrictive housing and reported no increase in assaults in general prison population, as well as an improved working environment for staff
After Virginia's DOC reduced its population of closest-custody prisoners by 68% and reforming segregation practices, the DOC reported a 78% reduction in incident reports, a 91% decrease of inmate grievances, and an 86% reduction in informal complaints
Mississippi moved all 1,000 incarcerated people out of its sole supermax facility, and the state saved $6 million a year and reduced overall rates of violence, serious disciplinary incidents (by 70%), use of force, and recidivism
Colorado closed one supermax prison, eliminated long-term solitary confinement, and launched a well-regarded and highly successful 12-week gang disengagement program. The DOC did not see an increase in assaults on staff by prisoners
Maine decreased its solitary confinement population through step-down programs, and violence in the prison decreased
Although there was skepticism to reforming Oregon's segregation policies, there was a noticeable shift in prisoner behavior, with reductions in assaults on staff and other imprisoned people
North Dakota, which only has five adult correctional facilities, reformed its solitary confinement practices and saw a reduction in use of force and no increase in incidents of violence on staff or other incarcerated individuals
South Dakota has similarly seen a significant reduction in violent incidents since embarking on restrictive housing reforms
In the Washington Department of Corrections, restrictive housing units that expanded cognitive behavioral and skill-building programs saw an 80% success rate in reducing recidivism and reported less violence and fewer staff uses of force
In 2019, 12 states passed legislation to reform solitary confinement, and in 2021, 32 states introduced a total of 70 pieces of legislation limiting solitary confinement
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Franz Walther Ilges (* 31. Mai 1870 in Breslau; † 21. Februar 1941 in Berlin) (auch häufig: Walter Ilges, F. Walther Ilges und unter dem Pseudonym Hardefust) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und SS-Führer. Ilges wurde in der historischen Forschung vor allem als erster Judenreferent des Sicherheitsdienstes des Reichsführers SS (SD) beachtet.

Leben und Wirken
Nach dem Schulbesuch studierte Ilges Germanistik. Von 1914 bis 1918 nahm er am Ersten Weltkrieg teil, in dem er den Rang eines Majors erreichte.

In der Zeit der Weimarer Republik verdiente Ilges seinen Lebensunterhalt als Schriftsteller. Den Schwerpunkt seines Schaffens legte er dabei auf dramatische Schauspiele. Sein bekanntestes Werk als Autor wurde das in der Zeit der Französischen Revolution angesiedelte Drama Die Laterne.

1930 trat Ilges in die NSDAP (Mitgliedsnummer 283.738) und kurz darauf in die SS (Mitgliedsnummer 36.239) ein. Politisch hatte er sich bereits früher stark rechts durch seine Mitgliedschaft im Alldeutschen Verband, dessen Kölner Ortsgruppe er zeitweise vorstand, positioniert. Nach seinem Eintritt in die NSDAP begann Ilges sich intensiv publizistisch im Sinne der NSDAP zu betätigen. Zum Teil unter seinem richtigen Namen und zum Teil unter dem Pseudonym Hardefust veröffentlichte er diverse Broschüren, die das politische Tagesgeschehen und die jüngere Geschichte Deutschlands seit dem Ersten Weltkrieg im Sinne der völkischen Weltanschauung betrachteten. So legte er z. B. im April 1934 die Broschüre Hochverrat des Zentrums am Rhein vor, in der er sich mit den separatistischen Bestrebungen im Rheinland zu Beginn der 1920er Jahre befasste und unter anderem den späteren Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer attackierte.

Kurz nach dem Machtantritt der Nationalsozialisten im Frühjahr 1933 wurde Ilges in den Sicherheitsdienst der SS (SD) übernommen. Etwa im Sommer 1933 erhielt er eine Stellung im SD-Amt in München, das zu dieser Zeit als Vorgängerinstitution des SD-Hauptamtes als Zentrale des SD fungierte. Michael Wildt identifiziert Ilges für die Jahre 1933 bis 1935 als Leiter der Unterabteilung IV/II ("Juden, Pazifisten, Greuelpropaganda, Emigranten im Ausland") des SD-Amtes. Bemerkenswert ist, dass Ilges in dieser Stellung der erste Leiter einer für "Judenangelegenheiten" zuständigen Abteilung in dem später maßgeblich an der Planung und Durchführung der Judenverfolgung und -vernichtung während des Zweiten Weltkriegs beteiligten SD war. Aus Ilges' Zeit als Leiter des Judenreferates stammt ein im Mai 1934 für Heydrich angefertigtes Memorandum, das als Dokument für die Genese zur Entwicklung hin zum Holocaust in der Forschung größere Aufmerksamkeit gefunden hat. In diesem Memorandum – das nach Wildt vermutlich von Ilges verfasst wurde – wird die Forderung erhoben, dass das "Ziel der Judenpolitik [des NS-Staates] die restlose Auswanderung" sein müsse, was in der Tat bis 1940/1941 die Leitlinie der Judenpolitik des SD war.

Ilges Kollege Werner Best beschrieb Ilges nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als "kölschen Tünnes", der in SD-Kreisen als eine "etwas komische Figur" gegolten habe und "nicht sehr ernst genommen wurde". Neuberger knüpft an diese Aussage die Einschätzung an, das Ilges Tätigkeit bei seinen Kollegen in der SD-Zentrale "nur wenig Anerkennung gefunden" habe. Shlomo Aronson urteilte demgegenüber in den 1960er Jahren in seiner Studie zur Frühgeschichte des SD, dass Ilges aufgrund der stark weltanschaulich fokussierten Gegnerbetrachtung des SD neben Wilhelm August Patin und Julius Plaichinger "zweifellos der wichtigste" Mitarbeiter Heydrichs in der SD-Zentrale der Jahre 1933/1934 gewesen sei, "weil seine «Sachgebiete» nach 1933 Vorrang erhielten".

Heinz Höhne bezeichnete Ilges in seiner Monographie zur Geschichte der SS als "Verfasser einer Liquidationsliste" nach der einige der Rollkommandos während der Röhm-Affäre im Sommer 1934 ihre Mordtätigkeit ausgerichtet hätten und zitiert ihn Ilges für die Tage vor dem Putsch mit den Worten:

"Wissen Sie, was Blutrausch bedeutet? Ich habe das Gefühl, in Blut waten zu dürfen."

Im Zuge der schrittweisen Verlegung der SD-Zentrale von München nach Berlin 1933/1934 scheint Ilges aus dieser ausgeschieden zu sein. Wildt zufolge übernahm Leopold Itz Edler von Mildenstein im Juli 1935 die Leitung des Judenreferates. Anfang 1937 wurde Ilges zum SS-Obersturmbannführer befördert und in den Ruhestand versetzt.

Ilges Sohn, Wolfgang Ilges war 1941 Mitglied des SS-Einsatzkommandos Tilsit. Er wurde 1957 vom Landgericht Stuttgart wegen Beihilfe zum Mord zu vier Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt.

Schriften

Werke als Schriftsteller
 Die Laterne. Ein Schattenspiel, 1925.
 Babylon. Das Drama eines Weltunterganges, 1925.
 Das Teufelsspiel von der Fürstin Borghese, 1925.
 Gräfin Dubarry. Eine tragische Komödie, 1927.
 Das weiße Kätzchen. Ein Lustspiel der Eifersucht, 1927.
 Das Türkische Kabinet. Eine erotische Komödie, 1929.
 Casanova revanchiert sich! Komödie in vier Akten, 1937.

Politische Broschüren
 Revolution! Wer hat die Revolution gemacht? Wer hat die Revolution bezahlt? Was hat die Revolution gebracht?, s.l.e.a. [Berlin 1932]. (unter dem Pseudonym Hardefust veröffentlicht)
 Was hat uns der Bolschewismus gekostet?, München 1932. (unter dem Pseudonym Hardefust veröffentlicht)
 Hochverrat des Zentrums und der Bayerischen Volkspartei 1919–1933. Die geplante Aufteilung Deutschlands, 1933.
 Hochverrat des Zentrums am Rhein. Neue Urkunden über die wahren Führer der Separatisten, Berlin 1934. (zusammen mit Hermann Schmid)

Historische Arbeiten
 M. von Munkacsy. Künstlermonographie, 1899.
 Blätter aus dem Leben und Dichten eines Verschollenen. Zum 100. Geburtstage von Ernst Ortlepp, 1900.
 Casanova in Köln. Die Kölner Erlebnisse des Abenteurers auf Grund neuer Quellen und Urkunden, 1926.
 "Casanova in Berlin", in: Mitteilungen des Vereins der Geschichte Berlins, 1931. Digitalisiert von der Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2006. https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/14688141_1931/91/; https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/14688141_1931/119/

Literatur
 Helmut Neuberger: Freimaurerei und Nationalsozialismus. Die Verfolgung der deutschen Freimaurerei durch die völkische Bewegung und Nationalsozialismus 1918–1945, S. 41.
 Michael Wildt: Die Judenpolitik des SD 1935–1938 – Eine Dokumentation. Oldenbourg, München 1995, ISBN 3-486-64571-4, S. 14–19.
 Michael Wildt Hrsg.: Nachrichtendienst, politische Elite, Mordeinheit – Der Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers SS. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-930908-84-0.

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Isherwood · 836 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: October 4, 2017
The manager who gave me my job left. Now I'm worried I'm running out of advocates. I've been running the training program without a budget for two years now and the new managers want me to "improve my numbers," but don't seem to be willing to invest.
This is lame.
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Isherwood · 837 days ago · link · · parent · post: Rise of the yimbys: the angry millennials with a radical housing solution
I read this thing recently that really stuck with me - social media and the perception of perfection has resulted in lower confidence among millennials. Where ever it was, it was a throw away argument, a stepping stone on the path to a point about millennials in the workplace.
But it did resonate with me. This idea that the world we were brought up seeing was a hyper reality, realer than real, and because our actuality is lame by comparison, we don't have the right to assault the rest of the world with our flawed ideas.
That thought bounces around in my head every time I see a boomer (or now, Xer) explain who we are, what we believe, how we think, and why we act the way we do. When I see these, I feel deep down that the assumptions are mistaken, and someone needs to set them right. But Who Am I to be the one to do the correcting? My articles aren't bouncing around the globe, my voice isn't playing from every car, my video isn't impressed on a million screens. It's better to stay quiet and let the people who know be the ones who speak.
But as I get older and the curtain inches its way back, I see more and more that those unassailable people don't necessarily know more than me, they're just more confident in their knowledge.
I think movements like these yimbys are a counter culture to that feeling of insecurity. These are people who are willing to start a fight and make a fuss for what they think is right. I hope to see more such confidence from my generation, regardless of what the analysts say.
WanderingEng · 837 days ago · link ·
the perception of perfection has resulted in lower confidence among millennials
I'm not a millennial, but this resonates with me, too. One of the things I've learned about myself in the last few years in my mid/late 30s is being adequate at something can be really rewarding.
Isherwood · 837 days ago · link ·
I think millennial is a really bad way to group people into cohorts - we consider horoscopes to be a bunch of malarkey, but if you make the grouping years instead of months you're suddenly working with a legitimate categorization.
I agree. At best, we can group eras, recognizing there is overlap throughout. I remember talk of the MTV generation, but I was a little too young to be in it. I'm also a little too old to be a millennial; I didn't get my first mobile phone until I was 23, a Nokia something. Economic and local differences further separate people. Was my older sister in the MTV generation when cable TV wasn't even offered in my small town?
Probably a better way is to think of it as opportunities available or denied to people.
weewooweewoo · 836 days ago · link ·
My therapist is having me focus on "Good enough is really good" this week. Rationally, it's perfect, but in my day to day, it's so alien.
My epiphany came after my first half marathon. My time would best be described as adequate. I finished. But it wasn't my own time that changed my perspective, it was going back to the finish line and watching the other runners. They were ten or twenty minutes after my already "adequate" time. They were so excited to finish. The crowd cheered.
The race winner was probably 50 minutes ahead of me. They might have been home and showered before I finished. But just doing ok was a cause for celebration. The other runners didn't need to win to celebrate, and neither did I.
b_b · 836 days ago · link ·
That depends though, doesn't it? When striving to create, "good enough" is essentially failure. Good enough might get you a paycheck, but it won't lead to satisfaction. If you're picking on yourself about relatively trivial things, then by all means stop. But in your work, your meaningful relationships, etc, good enough is far from good enough.
kleinbl00 · 837 days ago · link ·
The future's already here, it's just isn't very evenly distributed.
- William Gibson
I got my hackles up over you slagging on Xers so I looked up your journalist. You're right, she started working in '93. So... sorry 'bout that. Lemme just say that from my lofty perch over here?
Look. We grew up in the 'boomers' shadow. We're the original shiftless kids. All the slag the 'boomers are throwing at you they stopped throwing at us because we invented the Internet and they had to STFU. And all the slag the Xers are throwing at you is the shit the 'boomers threw at us because they're entitled pricks. They're still not retiring, they're still not downsizing, and by the way they're sending you little shits checks every month so that you can afford to live in the neighborhoods we had to scrape up a downpayment for back in '02.
Y'all got the shaft, no doubt, but you weren't the only ones. There are now three generations that have grown up in the ruin of the Golden Age of Capitalism and I, for one, am not interested in fighting over the scraps (even though financially speaking I'll win).
That ennui you feel isn't a Millennial thing, it's an "I'm closer to 30 than to 10" thing. This movie is now older than Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder were in this movie.
I wasn't trying to slag Xers, I very much remember all the shit that used to be talked about them when I was growing up and, even as a child thinking "that's a bit rough".
I was specifically thinking about my work place. It's run by boomers and xers and they're always reading out articles and surveys responses that say who millennials are and how to get them to come to our workplace.
Once a quarter we'll get a millennial report - where a boomer stands in front of a crowd of millennials and tells us what we want in the workplace. The speech comes with a fair amount of "this is what the data says you want and it's more than we got - so be grateful." None of it really resonates with me or with the other people my age, but there's data and old people are wielding it, so Who Am I to say it's not what I actually want?
I get why they do it - they don't want the workforce to age out and we're a confusing group. I'm not admonishing the efforts (half the reason I go along with it is because of the effort - at least they care, right?)
I'm more reflecting on my (and many of my cohort's) tendency to accept the outsider's assessment instead of being confident in my own. It feels like a common crisis for people my age. And I've seen the most passionate among us flare up in harsh rebellion to the assessments. The result is usually some form of radicalism, those who go first seem to go big, but it's still a reaction to the same assessments.
That's not what has me curious. My mom and dad we're Joe and Sue. They always made a point to tell me, against millennial tradition but in accordance with Lutheran, that I am most likely in most ways average. That's simply how it has to be for the math to work. So when I start to feel these discomforts and trepidation, they don't make me feel alienated - they make me wonder how the cohort is going to deal with them.
I wonder how the millennial masses will come to terms with who they are. What personalities will shake out when they realize what shitty yields come from investing in looking cool. What they'll really value when then number and expense of appliances means you really can't have them all. How they'll act when they work for 8 hours, play with their kids for 5, and have 1 glorious 60 minute period left for them to truly be themselves.
It's already happening to the masses in some ways. The industries we're killing, the complaints we're making, the culture we're refusing - they're all the result of a critical mass of completely average people simultaneously thinking to themselves, "no, I don't think that's the way I'll do it."
It's our right, just like it was your right, just like it was our parents' right. I think how we exercise that right as we become functioning adults is going to be fascinating.
steve · 836 days ago · link ·
because we invented the Internet and they had to STFU
In fairness... I think we improved the internet... boomers framed it... we made it usable and brought it to the masses.
OftenBen · 837 days ago · link ·
Was not expecting to have two existential crises in one week, thanks jerk :/
Isherwood · 955 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: June 7, 2017
We're all moved into the house and I finally managed to fire up the oven and make my first loaf of bread. The internal thermometer was spot on and had no trouble getting up the 475 - though the kitchen is stuffy without a fan. But I got to use up my North Carolina grown and ground flour and it's delicious.
I have two courses up and running for the company I work at - a workshop on public speaking and a book club on having difficult conversations - both of which seem to get a lukewarm response. I want to develop a third course on decision making but for some reason I've been attacked by a bout of lethargy and nihilism - neither of which are great motivators. So I'm diving into the real question - do I change my occupation to seek more satisfaction, or dive in head first for higher compensation?
snoodog · 954 days ago · link ·
Let's compare bread photos. I bake every week. Interestingly enough I'm not at all sensitive to temp. I just bake at 500
keifermiller · 954 days ago · link ·
Weekly bread thread, y'all?
and snoodog I'm in for breadski. for some reason my last couple of bakes have all gone flat. I think with the rising temps, I'm trying to use my winter proof time and it's just consistently over proofing. A little competition might get me to pay more attention to my final rise.
Ive dropped my final rise time down to 1-2 hours and that's fixed a lot of my problems. I dont think a long (4 hr) rise is necessary and it causes all sorts of problems for me.
user-inactivated · 954 days ago · link ·
I think I could talk Dala into doing it. Baking bread is fun.
Dala · 954 days ago · link ·
I could be down for some baking.
I usually bake on saturdays, but I did four loves last week. I'll try to get some baked this weekend.
Isherwood · 1611 days ago · link · · parent · post: Did you ever say "I could do that" when looking at some modern art?
It might be a little cold, but when I hear the "I could do that" argument I don't disagree, I just ask if they think they could get it in a museum after they made it. That's the impressive part to me, there's enough of a story around the work to merit a stay in a museum. But, I'm not an art guy.
user-inactivated · 1611 days ago · link ·
I really agree with how the woman in the video described the creative and decision making process for art which is not about form, but instead requires a deeper understanding of circumstances and context in order to make sense. I'm not a huge modern art guy because I believe that if art fails to convey the artist's intention then it has failed in the goal of art, and I don't believe most modern art does that for the reasons in the video.
Two clocks next to each other makes a lot of sense as a metaphor for love, but I don't think most people would understand that they will fall out of synch, or die. If they were in synch when viewed then they are in synch 'forever' to the viewer. If they had changed then the viewer doesn't know they were in synch. The context is missing. If they were dead when viewed then you don't think of them as alive, and worse if they weren't in synch when they died (though that message is beautiful). That context is completely necessary and not possible for most, but when viewed within that context through someone explaining it to you it makes a lot more sense and becomes something greater. Modern art does not come with an interpreter, but needs one, or someone extremely dedicated to the puzzle, to shine brightest.
Another aspect is: the medium itself is not so easy. Permanent vs temporary, to use a gloss finish or not, what type of brush to use, what type of paint, acrylic resin?, gold leaf?, what works with what, what causes art to crack and yellow, how do you frame canvas, how long does it take to dry, how do you put layer on top of layer without it getting muddy, and so forth.
Looking at one of those stupidly simplistic paintings hanging in a modern art museum, part of me is saddened by the current state of modern art (so much focus on controversy, little focus on actual skill), but looking at the painting, sculpture, mixed media piece, what have you, I recognize the craftsmanship and technical skill.
kleinbl00 · 1611 days ago · link ·
Your analysis is vastly closer to the truth than the video's.
That pile of candy? Yeah. Sold for $750k, if I recall correctly. About 10 years after Torres died. So who's the artist? 'cuz Torres didn't make the candy, wrap the candy or pile the candy, and he sure didn't sell the candy. So what aspect of that is the part that ended up in a gallery?
But that doesn't fit in a jump-cutty little video.
Isherwood · 1611 days ago · link ·
Yeah, when she was talking about the "deskillinization" of art all I could think about is the fact that these people don't have less skills, they have different skill. Technical skill might not be huge, but social skill seems to be much bigger. It's an interesting little dynamic.
elizabeth · 1611 days ago · link ·
From the video:
It's not that these things don't take skill, it's just that they take different kinds of skill
So it looks like you guys agree :)
I liked this video because it gave many different reasons to dismiss comments like " I could have done that". Some reasons I agree with, other not really but it gives a bunch to think about I find.
Yeah, I actually don't agree at all. Torres's shit was deliberately skill-free. Mondrian's skill was entirely separate from what the video highlights - "look! He painted straight lines!" The video is pretty much a pat, self-assured straw-man argument wrapped up in cheerful "look, youtubers!" livery.
The debate, if the other side is allowed to speak, goes like this:
"I could have made that."
"But you didn't!"
"But I COULD have."
"Are you sure? Straight lines are hard! Let's go shopping!"
"Almost positive he used masks like everybody else. Wonder if there's any evidence of that on the Internet."
"Artists use a different kind of skill! It's still skill!"
"Show me the skill in putting two clocks on a wall."
"Okay, why don't you put two clocks on a wall! Maybe you'll learn something about art!"
"Yeah, I'll learn that a pair of walmart clocks won't get me into the MoMa."
"You see? It's about context! Art is context!"
"Torres did context like a madlib. Every work he did is about dying or aids. They're all called "untitled" (non sequitor)". I could point to two throw pillows on my couch and say it's about dying of AIDS and people would think I was crazy. Torres would do the same thing and the Saatchi brothers would buy it for $400k. The context is 'fuck you, I'm rich.'"
"There, see? You learned something about art!"
continues hating modern art because the apologizer doesn't understand it either
This is why I liked Exit Through the Gift Shop.
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artis · 1586 days ago · link ·
That's simple: popularity. It is impressive for sure but it's at least as much of a measure of charisma as creativity. I suppose it comes down to whether the scene is happy about the meta story of themselves where salesmen are the finest artists.
Isherwood · 1641 days ago · link · · parent · post: Do you use the mute function for ideological reasons? Other reasons beyond avoiding hostility? As a downvote button? Future impact?
The moderation tools on Hubski are psychologically weird. For the longest time, we've relied on third parties like moderators and curators to give us guidance on what's good and what's bad.
The benefit from this system, besides cleaner content feeds, is a peace of mind that comes from less control. When something "bad" gets through, you're able to blame the third party. If something "good" doesn't get through, you're able to blame the third party.
At Hubski you're that moderator and what's so weird about this, for me and few others I've seen, is that the scary part of being your own moderator isn't accidentally letting the bad through, but accidentally filtering the good out.
There's a dozen little psychological oddities like that one attached to this, and frankly any, new system. Some of those oddities may affect, some some may not, and because of that I don't believe there's any one answer, one set of etiquette guidelines, that should be laid out for everyone.
You're allowed to do whatever you want with your moderation powers but remember this is a community that aims towards person to person connection. That's your primary tool here. If you don't agree with them or they don't agree with you, you can try to talk as two flesh and blood human beings, and if that doesn't work (or you don't feel like it) you can use the other tools at your disposal.
aidrocsid · 1641 days ago · link ·
That's how I feel about it. I just blocked this person who muted me because I don't want posts that I can't reply to showing up in my feed. I did unblock them from PMing me, though, just in case they decide later that it was a mistake and want to rectify the situation.
Other than that I haven't even hushed anyone yet!


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Friday it was released that several former Oakland Raiders had agreed to have their brains studied upon their death. They did this through the encouragement of Ken's longtime partner, Kim Ross-Bush. They wanted to follow him in helping to further the study of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) in the hopes of helping future players. Still today, Ken still is the leader of the dynasty that was the 1970's Oakland Raiders.
Kim Ross-Bush, the partner of Ken Stabler for over 16 years; tells the story of how Ken deteriorated over time. His daughter Marissa also talks about the changes in her father. ESPN's Outside the Lines is a great show and I really enjoyed the piece it did a while back on Ken and his struggles with CTE.
You are already seeing players starting to retire at earlier ages in fear of the long term damage football may have on them.
In a groundbreaking move, the Ivy League coaches voted to eliminate tackling in practices. Instead they use tackling dummies, bags, and even use tackling robots. Coaches from around the country are limiting contact in College football. What's interesting is the Ivy league now says their tackling techniques are much better and more fundamentally sound and the list of injuries have dropped dramatically.
I remember in 2009 being asked to do a house call to check up on a patient who was really struggling with his sleep equipment and his quality of sleep. I immediately remembered the name. I'm a huge history guy and I did a check and found out it was the former NFL player that I thought it was.
When I walked into their house his wife was as kind as could be. She offered me a piece of cake and coffee and I loved it. Her husband was a little shocked I knew so much about him and it obviously made him feel good. When I left his wife walked me out. At the door she gave me a bottle of wine and was near tears. "Thank you so much; you made him smile and that hasn't happened much. Please come visit again soon". I told her I would be by next week.
A week later I showed up and it was like a light turned off. He sat in a somewhat dark room looking out a window; something he did for hours sometimes. He was rude, irritable and he couldn't remember a thing we discussed. I laughed at the start because I thought he was teasing me but he wasn't. He talked about his headaches and his sleep being so intermittent that he would be exhausted all the time. It was hinted he knew he was damaged and he didn't want to know the truth. CTE was barely known publicly in 2009.
His wife explained this was their life. A tornado of emotions with little joy and hope at times. I tried calling them once but their number had changed & was unlisted, so I never heard from them again and found out they moved. Even today the picture of him sitting in a darkened room alone can bring me to tears.
Jerry Jones was quoted last week that he was not convinced there was a link between CTE and concussions. I'm sure many owners have their doubts especially when it may cost them money to take care of the problem. Jerry Jones needs to read research and stop acting like a fool. Another "my opinion is greater than facts" guy. Money doesn't make you smart. It's the same callousness the NFL showed during the 2009 concussion hearings at Congress.
In the 2014 settlement against the NFL, in a rare action, the Judge was so appalled at the NFL's offer that he overturned it. The NFL said to trust their math. Most of what the NFL has done, they were made to do.
Many say I'm too hard on the NFL. They bring up the 88 plan championed by CTE legend Gay Culverhouse, former President of Tampa Bay. It's true; it gives $130,000 a year to players that qualify but read the fine print because I did; the one disorder it DOESN'T cover? CTE.
The Alumni Association is also working with corporations to set up retirement places catered to NFL players. In the medical field the dirty secret is that many feel this is going to be a huge money maker in the future with so many NFL players having to deal with brain issues. Soccer players are now having issues with CTE. Brandi Chastain has agreed to donate her brain as well.
The owners have given money for research and also changed the rules protecting players more. It has changed the game drastically allowing for huge numbers by quarterbacks and wide receivers but it had to be done.
The NFL also has adopted a much stricter concussion protocol but it's already seen failures. Rams QB Case Keenum hit his head on the turf against Baltimore last year and staggered off the field. After talking to the trainer, he was shockingly let back in the game to finish it. Afterwards he was diagnosed with a concussion. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to his credit admitted they made a mistake. Damage done though.
I remember watching film of the 1976 Raiders year in review. In week 9 the Raiders played at Chicago. The astroturf there was like cement especially when it was cold. Ken Stabler got a concussion and wobbled off the field. Eventually he came back into the game leading the Raiders to victory. You wonder how many times since he was a kid did that happen to Ken.
The problem with CTE is that you can't diagnose it while the player is alive. When UCLA lead researcher Dr. Julian Bailes said they had a test that could diagnose CTE in living people, many questioned his findings. The problem with anything in medicine is greed. If this is true, they stand to make millions. Some say that within 3-5 years it will be able to be done. The controversy continues but when they can test players, it can give them a better option into getting out of the game or staying in it.
One of the key factors with CTE is the duration you take hits. Usually the longer you play, the worse it is. Ken Stabler; like many NFL athletes; played as a kid. You have to limit the length, and the severity of the damage. Some think teaching good fundamental tackling is the answer but it's not. When you hit the ground or get hit; good tackle or not; your head is going to jar. Its' like having a minor car accident several times a day.
I think that kids should not play organized tackle football until they are 13 years old. I also believe that at the most, teams need to have only 1 contact day of practice per week; or 90 minutes.
The State of Texas that brought you "Friday Night Lights" and built a 60 million dollar stadium in the city of Allen, is surprisingly the leader in protecting players. In 2013, the University Interscholastic League in Texas; the group that makes the rules for high school football; voted to limit contact in practices to 90 minutes a week. Some said this would ruin Texas football but it hasn't changed their dominance in any way.
Between 2005 and 2014, 92 high school football players died. Some by direct contact, and others by things associated with football. What's shocking though is that almost ALL states have NO medical regulations mandating high school football teams to have ANY trained medical staff on the field at any time. Some parents have sued school districts for having their kids lying on a field waiting long periods of time for qualified people to help their kids. That HAS to change. They don't have to have an ambulance on staff, or a doctor or EMT's or professional trainers. Epic fail. This has to change.
I remember in football crazy Napa, California where I grew up, (who ESPN voted had the #2 high school stadium in the country 6 years ago) they always had an ambulance in one of the end zones at Memorial Stadium and EMT professionals at the games. It helped save one of my friends who actually broke his neck during a game. He wasn't paralyzed but he fractured his neck and the quality care on the field saved him. I hope they still have that same support there now.
The sad part is, we need to have a sure way of diagnosing players while they are alive, and we need to know how better to protect them. Even if helmets evolved, the jarring of the brain from the hits and hitting the ground are still going to cause damage so it's a difficult thing to fix.
What also is scary, is that ALS; or Lou Gehrigs disease has also been linked to long term head trauma seen in sports like football. University of Alabama player Kevin Turner just passed away at the age of 46; of ALS. He played 8 years in the NFL.
CTE is the scary ghost hiding in the closet that players and their families fear. Fans and the media need to get involved. Some didn't support the cheerleaders fight to get minimum wage. Many fans didn't support referees wanting better training and to be full time employees. The NFL said both were too expensive. Add the lack of support to retired players by some as well. In my mind it's disrespecting the game and those that are associated with it by not respecting everyone that was in it.
All fans and media people associated with the NFL who really care about this wonderful game and the people in it need to act. Some in the NFL media won't because they feel backlash from their networks. We need the NFL to know the lack of support is unacceptable. The 88 plan needs to include CTE. Support research and retired players rights. Show compassion and kindness instead of saying, "well if they don't want to die early then don't play". The players gave their all; now we need to give ours.
The NFL has shown they will NOT do the right thing unless they are made to. It's time that fans now become the voices of the voiceless. Ken Stabler and all of the players that suffered in silence; along with their families that experienced it; deserve our support. No more Dave Duerson stories. A man that texted family to let them know he wanted his brain studied after he shot himself in the chest. He didn't want others to go through the torment he did. No more retired players holding their heads in pain or looking out windows in darkened rooms wondering in sadness what was happening to them. We can't expect the NFL to do the right thing to these fathers, son's, grandfathers and brothers, if we don't. The NFL has shown it will listen but we have to speak.
Ken Stabler warming up pre-game.
My achilles heel in life has always been injustice. Unfortunately in my business life especially, I've seen a lot of it. Whenever I read the dozen or so news and sports publications every morning, it's full of stories where some people walked over others to either hurt them, or made money off of them. It eats at me like acid.
In the sports world most of the injustice is not life or death but it is still wrong. There are good people that don't get their full justice in sports because of petty squabbles, ridiculous biases or pure old man stubbornness. Sports writers for the most part are one of the leaders in regards to injustice. Injustice is what has happened to Oakland Raider great Ken Stabler.
I still have not heard one person in the media say Ken Stabler is not a hall of famer. That means something else is going on and that's why I wrote this article to expose the truth on why the Snake isn't in the Hall of Fame.
I'll never forget one Sunday after the Raiders won a rare game with Jamarcus Russell at the helm. Russell had an ok game but the hype machine began. First the ESPN panel raved about all the talent Russell had. Chris Berman said Russell was the most talented QB the Raiders ever had. Raider fans were ripping me to shreds after I said what a bust Russell would be, saying, "see I told you he was going to be good".
I read people pretty well and I remember watching Denver Broncos great Tom Jackson just listening to all this. His disgust was visible but he didn't say a word. Finally in between cliches, Chris Berman noticed Jackson wasn't happy. "You look like you have something to say Tom".
"Let's get this straight", Jackson angrily said. "Ken Stabler is the most talented Raider QB in their history. He's their greatest QB and it's not even close so let's get that right. You guys are getting way too carried away". The panel was kind of stunned at Tom being upset but he was right. And this was from a very vocal rival of the Raiders.
Let me say for a second that writing about athletes and celebrities is hard and fun at the same time. I have a large twitter and social media following so you know that celebrities, athletes and their families read my articles and they communicate with me often. Most celebrities and their families and friends have told me they appreciate my honesty and sensitivity and that means a lot. A few have said they didn't like what I wrote but they understood. They realize I'm not into the attention, and that I just want to inform my readers of the truth.
I agree some athletes have serious moral issues. But some like Ken, are amazing, kind people. Famous people's families grieve and hurt just like everyone else and sometimes when we post online we forget that. It's at night or the times when no one is around that grief captures our spirits like a heavy fog. Most of us know this feeling all too well. Fan's are still upset that Kenny is gone so just imagine how Ken Stabler's family and friends feel.
I'm not a celebrity guy, but the last 2 years through my writing I've appreciated my interactions with celebrities, athletes and their families and even though the content wasn't fun to read on occassion; (or write); I hope it reminds us all on how we should be mindful of what we post online and we are all in this thing called life together.
Getting back to the story, Ken Stabler and his family were too kind and private to complain publicly about the Hall of Fame's actions. I respect that; but I will complain.
Part of me will always be bitter at the sports writers and the Hall of Fame for letting their petty biases stop Ken from enjoying the HOF while he was alive. They were wrong and didn't do the right thing and they should be ashamed at their closed minded arrogance. I wish that they would judge themselves with the same moral compass that some of them seem to use towards players that they don't vote for.
The NFL and the government hounded Ken for years and they could not find anything on him. When they couldn't find anything, they took justice into their own hands by not voting Ken into the Hall of Fame. Yes, I said it even though no one else will. I'm a writer first but the Raider fan in me knows no other way.
I think Ken wasn't angry about it, but I'm sure he just didn't get it. The hypocrisy of sports knows no bounds though. Major League baseball is getting very heavy into the fantasy baseball gambling sites that they support, but Pete Rose still can't get into the hall of fame…..FOR GAMBLING.
Before I start getting too upset and rant, lets look at the facts which I'm always a big fan of. These are the 5 reasons why Ken Stabler will get into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2016.
Not ONE media person, former player or former coach said Ken Stabler was NOT a HOF player. The HOF voters were not ready for the backlash that was seen through out the NFL family on Ken Stabler not being elected into the HOF. From basic news services to social media, fans and football alumni went crazy with negative publicity showing how wrong the voters were. None of the voters said a word.
You have to remember that NFL Hall of Famer's rarely if ever talk so vehemently about players that should be in the Hall of Fame. Rarely do you see some of the greats question the Hall of Fame to this level, but after Ken's passing, dozens of them complained.
"In the sports world it's a miscarriage of justice to not have Ken Stabler in the NFL Hall of Fame".
"For years the Cowboys and Raiders were the most watched teams in the NFL. Once when we played a practice game that didn't count during training camp, 31,000 people showed up at our facility when we played the Raiders. Ken Stabler and the Raiders carved us up and beat us and we were a Super Bowl caliber team. It was amazing how good he was. From then on I was a fan and followed Ken's career. Ken's a Hall of Fame player for sure".
"There are several Raiders that need to be in the Hall of Fame. Ken Stabler, Cliff Branch and Lester Hayes".
Add the fact that at the John Stallworth Foundation Golf tournament in Alabama this past June, ALL of the former Pittsburgh Steelers raved about Ken Stabler and the Raiders. All of them said he needs to be in the Hall of Fame. The Raiders and Steelers rivalry was the best in history.
Pretty much anyone associated with the NFL says the 1970's was the greatest era in NFL history. The Steel Curtain, the Doomsday Defense, Purple People Eaters, Orange Crush, The No Name Defense; is just a part of NFL lore in the 1970's. And those were just the defenses. In an era where defenders could do anything and everything, offenses had to be great to score. The NFL had a huge amount of good quarterbacks and ultra talented teams. In this era, many feel Stabler was the best quarterback of the 1970's.
The wars between the Raiders and the Steelers were must see television. The hitting was like 2 rams banging on each other it was so violent. Amazingly in a Raiders v.s. Steelers game in 1974 (Raiders shut out the future Super Bowl champ Steelers 17-0 in Pittsburgh) there were 24; TWENTY FOUR; future Hall of Fame coaches, players and front office people who were a part of the game. There was no salary cap and teams were beyond talented. There also wasn't a 5 yard bump rule.
"They changed the 5 yard bump rule in 1979 because of Raider greats Jack Tatum and George Atkinson", explained Fran Tarkenton. "They were so physical and dominating that in 1979 the NFL made a rule that you couldn't physically touch a receiver after 5 yards. Being a quarterback was so hard during the 1970's and Ken did it better than anyone".
Stabler is the only eligible all decade quarterback that is NOT in the HOF. Terry Bradshaw has recently stated that Ken Stabler was better than he was. Staubach said that the Snake was one of the great quarterbacks of all time.
I'm not going to give you stats that have been repeated a million times, but Ken's stat's rival any quarterback of the 1970's that is in the HOF. Add the fact that in his first 69 games he was 53 and 16, and that the Raiders were 18-1-1 in the first 20 Monday Night games that they played in; many were lead by the Snake. The Raiders won more games than any other team in the 1970's and this was considered the greatest era in history with some of the greatest defenses and teams in history. The rules made passing very difficult.
For decades the Raiders and the Cowboys were the most popular teams in the NFL. America's team against the Outlaws. They had the highest television ratings of any teams in the NFL for years. The Raiders helped make the NFL very popular by their personality, swagger, flair and success. Ken was the Captain of that ship.
After 5 years of the Senior Selection Committee not nominating the Snake, they now have nominated him for the HOF. In the last 29 times they have nominated a selection, only 3 did not make the HOF. Most feel this is his year. Kind of ridiculous that he couldn't even be nominated for 5 years but eventually they did the right thing.
Yes I think in 2016 Ken Stabler will finally find his rightful place in Canton Ohio among the all time greats in the NFL. In Oakland, Alabama and around the country there will be huge smiles with some bitter sweet tears mixed in. Original Raider fans especially are not going away. They will continue to shout out the kindness, greatness, and amazing accomplishments of Raider greats from the past. They won't let people forget the great dynasty that was created, and those that were the foundation. There is a bond that no other professional fan base can understand. They will do it until they take their last breath. Raider fans passion will be their memory. And the loudest voices of all will be for the great Ken Stabler.


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David Ragan proves consistent with another top-10 finish at a restrictor-plate track
By Dustin LongApr 30, 2018, 12:01 PM EDT
Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images
TALLADEGA, Ala. — While Joey Logano celebrated his victory at Talladega Superspeedway, David Ragan enjoyed another top-10 run at a restrictor-plate track.
Ragan finished a season-best sixth Sunday. It marked his fourth top-10 result in the last six restrictor-plate races, dating back to last year's Daytona 500.
Ragan, Logano, Aric Almirola, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard are the only Cup drivers to score four top-10 finishes in the last six plate races. No driver has more such finishes in that span. Almirola placed seventh Sunday and Newman was ninth.
"Top 10s are great,'' Ragan said after exiting his Front Row Motorsports Ford. "I felt we had a top 15 last weekend at Richmond and it was such a heartbreaker to have that flat tire. It gets some of those points back. Just to survive and be able to run back up front, it's good for the guys back at the shop and for everyone.''
Had Ragan not had that flat tire 10 laps from the scheduled finish at Richmond, he could have scored his third consecutive top-15 finish. He finished 12th at Bristol the week before Richmond (he finished 33rd after the incident).
Ragan admitted Sunday's race at Talladega was challenging.
"I felt like today's handling was the worst it has been in recent memory at Talladega, probably before the repave (in 2006),'' said the 2013 Talladega spring race winner. The combination of the rules package, the cars are fast, the track is losing grip, so every year it's going to be a little worse. But when you're around 200 mph and the cars are as low as they are, they don't have the downforce on them. I felt like tires were important today."
A four-tire stop late helped Ragan's car charge toward the front.
"We had a fast car all weekend,'' he said. "We qualified 12th and if it wasn't for my speeding penalty early I think we could have run in the top 15 all day.''
Most top-10 finishes in the last six restrictor-plate races (since 2017 Daytona 500)
4 – David Ragan
4 – Joey Logano
4 – Aric Almirola
4 – Paul Menard
4 – Ryan Newman
3 – Kurt Busch
3 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3 – AJ Allmendinger
3 – Kasey Kahne
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