It's a horrifyingly mortal feeling when a footballer dies, even of old age and long retired, the world goes into a state of abnormality like none other, when a footballer so worshipped and sanctified to level of providence passes from this realm to the next.
The world had endured many a footballing legend's death, but none like that of Andrés Escobar's in 1994.
Escobar, captain of Colombia, shot dead in the car park of a bar from the madness of Colombian World Cup rage as they exited the tournament after a 2-1 loss to USA, in which Escobar humiliatingly turned a weak John Harkes cross into his own net. It was mortifying enough for Colombia on the 22nd June when their golden generation and what seemed their World Cup went bust and a hazy mist of disarray covered a distraught nation.
That wasn't the end of it. Ten days later, on the 2nd July, twenty years ago to this very day, Andrés Escobar was heinously murdered in what was thought to be revenge for his World Cup embarrassment. The hazy mist had been further poisoned and gained a bloody tinge. It became the Colombian contingent's very own version of 'La fiebre amarilla', yellow fever.
This event wasn't to be without surreal irony, as just after Colombia's elimination, Escobar wrote in Bogota's El Tiempenewspaper, "Life doesn't end here. We have to go on. Life cannot end here. No matter how difficult, we must stand back up. We only have two options: either allow anger to paralyse us and the violence continues, or we overcome and try our best to help others. It's our choice. Let us please maintain respect. My warmest regards to everyone. It's been a most amazing and rare experience. We'll see each other again soon because life does not end here."
The sheer reality of such a distressing and villainous irony was enough to bring a nation, in which twelve days earlier was on a desperate, hopeful high, to then a solemn and soundless low.
Andrés wasn't the only famed Escobar of Medellín, let alone was he the only one to have a calamitous death there. Pablo Escobar, of no relation to Andrés and head of Colombia's million dollar drug cartel died not long before Andrés and had sent Colombia into its worst ever state of affairs as a country. Colombia was abundant with crime, having the highest percentile of registered crime in the entire world and a shaky, off-balance government. The nation was at an all time low.
However, Pablo, although having no direct relation to Andrés, was very involved with Medellín's footballing society and Andrés. The, oddly, beloved gang leader had built plenty of football pitches across the city, in which some of the golden generation found their feet as footballers on. Pablo owned Atlético Nacional, to whom he brought great success with the investment of his drug-infested money, even winning the Copa Libertadores in 1989.
Members of the golden generation would frequently visit Pablo when he was imprisoned, after Pablo had surrendered to Colombian authorities. Famously, Higuita, Colombia's number one goalkeeper at the time, foolishly spoke to press before entering the prison and was arrested short after and exiled from the squad, to which many thought as revenge from the Colombian regime's authority being humiliated. Unlike the free-flowing René Higuita, Andrés was not so comfortable visiting a highly revered drug lord. Known as El Caballero del Futbol, the Gentleman of Football, Andrés was much more tame than his panache teammates. He'd often tell his sister, Maria, "I don't want to go but I have no choice."
When Pablo himself was killed, 6 months or so before Andrés, an instant wind blew across the fields, the waters and the cities of Colombia. An era had come to a climatic end. There was no single empowering authority reigning and ruling the cartels, there was no one man dictating what unlawful measures went about Medellín, the underworld was any man's.
And with his death, Francisco Maturana, recently appointed manager of the Colombian national side endorsed such views. "When Pablo Escobar died, the earth shook and the wind cried 'Pablo Escobar!' As of that moment, you had to be on guard at all times. You couldn't trust anyone. Even a policeman could be good or evil."
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It was on the back of such words, that Colombia was then sent into a state of national turmoil. The unlawful country as it was, still had stability. On the death of Pablo Escobar, nothing and no one could claim stability. And on the brink of this chaos, the Colombian national side ventured north to the World Cup frontier.
Even of times in such national emergency, the Colombian squad set off to USA with high ambitions and hopeful thoughts. A country in mass upheaval depended on the players they worshipped. Never a moment in history where football could have more been the cure to a national crisis.
Andrés, the serene and poised leader, found positives in times to come. "It's difficult to stay focused, but I find motivation in the good things to come," as he had just gotten engaged and secured a move to Milan for the following season. His hope was strong, and he encouraged his teammates on the backdrop of his own emotions. Andrés believed a successful World Cup campaign from Colombia would ease the violence in Medellín. His beliefs very much matching his pacifist-like personality.
Their campaign started all but positive. A 3-1 loss to an unwarranted Romania sent the Colombian side into a unkempt state of mind, said Andrés' close friend César Mauricio Velásquez. "A psychological crisis for which the team was not prepared."
It had reached a boiling point in Colombia, now. At home in Medellín the streets was savage; cars, bodies, rubble, fires - an apocalyptic plight had taken full form. The mist was getting thick. Following on from death threats, kidnappings and even deaths of relatives to the players, Andrés was doing his utmost best to restore hope in his friends. A time which should have been filled with ecstatic joy and hype for these young players had become a twisted tale of trauma.
A squad in a state of disarray and so fearful of losing then tensely set out to play the USA. Walking onto the field, faces filled with angst, the side knew they couldn't give in here. The match to be known as the cause of Andrés' death started strongly for Colombia, attacking and attacking. "We attacked from all angles, but the ball wouldn't go in," consolation goal scorer Adolfo Valencia recalled.
Then it hit that moment. The psychological paralysis of hitting 'the wall' known to athletes, Álvarez remembered knowing a painful moment was coming. John Harkes, belting down the left flank and hurling in a low cross into 'no man's land', left Andrés with no option to intercept it. The ball was sent rolling, aimlessly, despairingly into Córdoba's net. "In that moment, my nine-year-old son said to me 'Mommy, they're going to kill Andrés.'" Told by Andrés' sister in her interview for the documentary making of The Two Escobars.
"In that moment, my nine-year-old son said to me 'Mommy, they're going to kill Andrés.'"
It had been set. Only 1-0 down, but there was an essence around the stadium, around Colombia, around the world, that knew their fate had been sealed and they were to exit here. It was only solidified by a second USA goal.
Returning to a chaotic Medellín, Andrés was very public and spoke to the press on many occasion. Devastated by Colombia's exit, "Not only because of the error I committed, but also because in these games, our team could not fulfil our expectations," said Andrés.
"No, I must show my face to the people," an adamant Andrés as he refused his manager's advice to stay in on that night. Herrera, his close friend and teammate likewise said the same, but Andrés felt that he must show to the people that they'd done no wrong, they had given their all.
Andrés certainly did give his all in the end. His life. After being tormented and abused in the bar, Andrés left to which the culprits followed. Unlike his normal, passive self, Andrés wasn't acceptant of the continual maltreatment and drove over to them, claiming the own goal was "an honest mistake."
It was now the murderers turns to give their all. An all equivalent to 6 bullets to the back. Through skin, muscle and bone. A national crisis, festered from Medellín had caused the death to a beloved hero. The mist was thick. Stained. Tainted. 'La fiebre amarilla' had taken the life of a national treasure, and one so undeserving of such a heinous death.
Conspiracy still remains over the death of Andrés Escobar, in more ways than one. Who were the true murderers: the Gallóns or Humberto Castro Muñoz? Society or soccer?
20 years on and sportswriter Wright Thompson had travelled to Medellín 'in search of Escobar' and even still, the pain and anguish remains rife in the hearts of Medellín residents. When a footballer passes, it's a transition of cultural passing, the end of an era - and usually a good one in a worthy manner. With Andrés Escobar, the era was one of the worst in Medellín's and Colombia's history, a tainted time. And the passing manner? A violent murder in the car park of a night club.
"We only have two options: either allow anger to paralyse us and the violence continues, or we overcome and try our best to help others. It's our choice."
For Andrés Escobar, it wasn't his choice.


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Saints in Herefordshire. A Study of Dedications.
Penhurst Place: A Short Account.
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Tales From the Parish Pump. A Hundred years of Parish Councils.
Pleshey. The Village and Retreat House.
From Parish to Metro. Two Centuries of Local Government in a Lancashire town.
Folkestone. The Story of a Town.
Some Chapters on the History of Sunderland.
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Macclesfield Memories: An Old Picture Postcard Album.
Lincolnshire Links With The USA.
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Writing Local History: A Practical Guide.
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Racing Had Momentum After the Kentucky Derby. Now What?
Posted on May 9, 2019 by Andrew Champagne
In the aftermath of the Kentucky Derby, I firmly believed that there was a chance for racing to capitalize on mainstream attention.
Everyone was talking about it, and Maximum Security and Country House, forever linked by a disqualification among the most controversial in racing history, could lock up again in the Preakness. Such a rematch would be one of the most anticipated in the game, and the sport would have two weeks to market to an intrigued fan base eager to know more about it.
Swing and a miss.
Maximum Security is being held out of the Preakness. Country House got sick and is now being pointed to the Belmont. As a result, public interest for the Preakness is at a low, and the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown has a decidedly "meh" feel to it among prospective fans the sport cannot afford to lose.
Please don't get that statement twisted. The Preakness could be a fun betting race, with lots of different directions to go in if you're not crazy about likely favorite Improbable. Preakness week also features an array of high-quality races that provide plenty of attractive wagering options for handicappers like me (and, I surmise, like most of my audience).
However, the general public could not possibly care less about the makeup of the Preakness, nor could they care less about the cornucopia of graded stakes races on Friday and Saturday at Old Hilltop. Saying otherwise is naïve, at best.
Casual fans of the sport have likely heard of four or five horses over the past year and a half: Justify, Accelerate, City of Light, Maximum Security, and Country House. The first three are retired, and the other two are on the bench. Stars make racing much easier to promote, but when horses run less and less (due to radical changes in the ways horses are bred and managed), there has to be a fallback plan in place.
Therein lies a bigger problem nobody is talking about. While the debate following the Kentucky Derby was endless, vicious, and unnecessarily vile at times, debates about how to actually grow the game in the wake of it have drawn crickets on social media. It shows a distinct lack of focus on what should be the biggest focus in racing: Getting new fans, drawing them in, and educating them so they have the most chance of coming back.
What are we, as a sport, doing to ensure that such a plan is in place? This question holds doubly true now that two of the biggest racing days of the year are without any sort of a Triple Crown storyline. We can talk about concerts, and food trucks, and hat contests, and things that look pretty on social media, but how does any of that affect racing for longer than one afternoon? More bluntly, how does any of that affect handle, AT ALL?
Now that Maximum Security and Country House are both out of the Preakness, I challenge you to find a bigger public interest storyline than, "The Stronach Group wants to leave Pimlico behind and move the Preakness to Laurel." Meanwhile, the Met Mile on Belmont Day could draw McKinzie, Mitole, and Coal Front, which for my money makes it the main event on that program (as opposed to a race for 3-year-olds going a distance they are not at all bred to handle). Tell that to the general public, and the response is, "why should I care?"
What are we, as a sport, doing to answer that question? We did a lot in the 72 hours after the Kentucky Derby to try to convince people that the DQ was either the right call or the wrong call. If we channeled half of that energy into actually marketing the sport the way it should be marketed, I'm convinced we'd see substantial results long-term. Combine that with breeding horses for stamina and soundness instead of pure speed, and we may actually have ways to market both the sport and the best horses in it.
It's naïve to think the Preakness matters as much as it did to the novice racing fan before Maximum Security and Country House defected from the field. It doesn't. We can be as positive and optimistic as we want about how it still holds historical significance as the second leg of racing's Triple Crown, but such statements fall on deaf ears to a public conditioned only to care about the sport on its biggest days. That isn't me being negative, or pessimistic. That's a fact, one that racing has brought onto itself as top-notch horses transitioned from running 10 to 12 times per year a generation ago to running four to six times per year while their connections said, "We're training him up to…".
The answer to the, "now what?," question should be, "well, this coming week has a lot of really good horses in action that you could see later this year." Except it doesn't. There are five stakes races Saturday at Belmont Park, and they boast a combined total of 31 entries. Only one of those races (the Man o' War) will have more than six horses going postward.
I've worked in marketing at a number of different businesses. The keys to a successful campaign are capitalizing on momentum created from prior steps in the process. Racing had chances to do that this time around, and it didn't.
I'm worried about how many more chances the industry will have to do that.
CHAMPAGNE'S CAMPAIGNS: Justify, The Triple Crown, And a Realist Hoping He's Wrong
Posted on May 20, 2018 by Andrew Champagne
Few fans of this game want a Triple Crown more than I do. Four times between 2003 and 2014, I went to Belmont Park begging for a coronation, and four times, I left dejected.
Funny Cide left his race on the training track several days before the race and was no match for Empire Maker, a horse who may as well have been typed into the "Belmont winners" table on Wikipedia the moment Toussaud was bred to Unbridled. Smarty Jones was the victim of something that most closely resembled an ambush, one that makes this handicapper do a double-take whenever a certain jockey-turned-commentator criticizes a ride. California Chrome was stepped on coming out of the gate, but quietly ran a gigantic race in defeat. He looked like a winner up until mid-stretch, when the Cal-Bred That Could finally ran out of gas after taking the sport on the first of two wild rides he'd orchestrate. Big Brown…well, we'll never really know what happened there, and that proved to be the first domino to fall in one of the most fascinating stories in horse racing history (this Deadspin article is required reading).
I say all of this as a preface to a statement I don't want to make. It's one that goes against every fiber of my being as a racing fan, which every turf writer and broadcaster still is at heart. If the below statement is wrong, I will gladly endure the mocking on Twitter that I openly spurn most of the time.
Here goes. Inhale…exhale…Justify will not win the Triple Crown.
(ducks to avoid an onslaught of tomatoes, detached chair legs, and anything else that isn't nailed down)
Can I come up now and explain myself? OK, good.
What Justify has done to this point in his career is nothing short of phenomenal. It isn't just that he defied the Curse of Apollo, and it's not just that he went on to add the Preakness Stakes this past Saturday. In less than 100 days, Justify has gone from an unraced prospect to the biggest name in horse racing, winning five starts in an era where top-level horses often need that 100-day period between races for such cardinal sins as running second or third in a Grade 1.
In this era of racing, horses do not do what Justify has done over the past three-plus months. Gone are the days where 3-year-olds would run six to eight times at two, and then have four or five starts before the Triple Crown on top of that. Present-day horses are bred to be "brilliant," often being sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars based on "breezes" of one furlong long before they've fully matured.
Amidst this environment, Justify has won five races, three of the Grade 1 variety and two designated as American classics. That he has done so makes him an exceptional thoroughbred. That he has done so in slightly longer than it took Phileas Fogg to circumnavigate the globe in Jules Verne's classic novel, "Around the World in Eighty Days," puts him in different air than even the best horses we've seen in recent racing history.
That journey also makes him appear very vulnerable heading into the 2018 Belmont Stakes.
The obvious reason for not being high on Justify was his run in the Preakness, where he held off Bravazo and Tenfold to win by a rapidly-diminishing half-length. Yes, he had to match strides with the talented Good Magic early, but he did so through reasonable fractions over a very fast track. Those splits were significantly slower than the ones he endured two weeks earlier, and while the final time was sharp (a shade below 1:56 for the 1 3/16-mile distance), it's worth pointing out, yet again, that the sloppy track consistently produced fast times all day long.
Justify earned a 97 Beyer Speed Figure Saturday, a significant regression from the 103 he earned in the Kentucky Derby (which, itself, was a slight decrease from the 107 number he was given for his win in the Santa Anita Derby). A 97 Beyer Speed Figure may not be enough in three weeks against a field that figures to include several horses freshened up since the Kentucky Derby. The likes of Hofburg, Vino Rosso, and fellow WinStar Farm charge Audible could all be waiting for another shot at Justify, and after Saturday's step back, it's tough to say there's any reason for any of those colts not to try again. Bravazo and Tenfold are nice horses, but Bravazo was a distant sixth in the Kentucky Derby, and Tenfold didn't even qualify to run in that event.
Furthermore, the Belmont Stakes will be Justify's sixth race in less than four months. On its own, that's daunting enough. Consider this, though: Justify will be running in that race, contested at the grueling distance of 1 1/2 miles, after barely holding on over second-tier 3-year-olds going five-sixteenths of a mile shorter, all with a picture-perfect trip. There are times where you can safely assume the Belmont distance won't be a problem for a horse. This isn't one of those instances.
One of my best friends in the game is Joe Nevills, and prior to the Kentucky Derby, he did a piece on the average winning distances of each Derby sire. Scat Daddy ranked eighth of 14 sires, with an AWD of just under seven furlongs. Meanwhile, Tapit, who has sired the last two Belmont winners and figures to be represented by Hofburg in this year's renewal, was second on that list, and Curlin (the sire of Vino Rosso) checked in third. On its own, it's not necessarily a damning statistic, but given what we saw Saturday and the trials and tribulations that come with running five times since mid-February, there are serious questions about whether this undefeated star can go 12 furlongs.
I would love nothing more than to be wrong about all of this. If Justify reveals himself as a superhorse and gallops home like fellow Bob Baffert trainee American Pharoah did three years ago, that's just fine with me. Racing needs stars, and it needs them to run consistently over long periods of time. I say this next statement without a shred of hyperbole or exaggeration: If Justify was to pull off a sweep of the Triple Crown races after being an unraced maiden less than four months prior to the Belmont, it would be one of the greatest stories in the history of the game.
Unfortunately, what I saw Saturday at the end of the Preakness wasn't a horse being eased to the wire like one with plenty in reserve. Mike Smith's subtle easing of Justify as he came to the wire struck me as a move made to save a few drops of gas for another taxing race in three weeks, one where the competition figures to be considerably tougher (even with the likely absence of Good Magic in mind). As a fan, I crave a Secretariat-like performance, one that puts him in horse racing's highest pantheon of four-legged immortals that boasts a gate opened just once in the past 40 years.
As a handicapper? I don't think it's happening.
A Salute to Ben's Cat, PLUS: An Idea to Honor Warhorses Like Him
Posted on June 27, 2017 by Andrew Champagne
In sports, certain athletes come along and have careers that will almost certainly never be replicated. It's even better when you know that as one such career is unfolding, and it makes everything much easier to appreciate when that career comes to an end.
Beloved 11-year-old veteran Ben's Cat was retired Tuesday following an off-the-board finish in Saturday's Mister Diz Stakes at Laurel Park. It's fitting that the race served as his finale, since he won it an incredible six straight years from 2010 through 2015. He was managed in impeccable fashion by Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, and while nobody would ever say Ben's Cat was an elite horse, he amassed a considerable following and did a lot of good in an age where positive stories aren't easy to come by.
Ben's Cat finishes with 32 wins in 63 starts and earnings of more than $2.6 million, and you could forgive anyone who set low expectations for him at the outset of his career. His sire, Parker's Storm Cat, was just 1-for-4 lifetime and never tried stakes company. His dam, Twofox, was a three-time winner, but one who won just one of her final 11 starts.
Consider what that modest pedigree resulted in. It led to a horse who won 26 stakes races and amassed more outings than American Pharoah, California Chrome, and Zenyatta combined. He won at least one race at historic Pimlico Race Course in seven consecutive years, which is a record that may go untouched (similar to Fourstardave's eight-year run at Saratoga). He was at his best on turf, but was far from a slouch on dirt, having won three straight renewals of the rich Fabulous Strike Handicap at Penn National.
Was Ben's Cat a top-echelon horse? No. He never tried Grade 1 company, let alone a Breeders' Cup race. That said…does it matter?
We live in an age where thoroughbreds "breeze" a furlong at 2-year-old sales, sell for obscene amounts of money, and leave those connections shocked when infirmities show up that often cause early retirements (though not shocked enough to stop seeking and overpaying for prodigious speed at 2-year-old sales the next year). By comparison, Ben's Cat retired sound at age 11 after a career that made him one of the most beloved horses in the country. You could offer me 100 of those impressive-looking 2-year-olds. I'll take one Ben's Cat replica instead.
Much has been made lately about ways the sport of horse racing can grow. What the game needs are horses the average fan can get behind, ones that people will come to the track to see run once a month. In any sport, stars create business and interest, and it's no different in horse racing. We don't need impressive 2-year-old maiden winners who run a few times and retire prematurely. We need warhorses, ones who are reliable, hard-knocking, and sound. That's what Ben's Cat was for so long. He was a stalwart in an age where stalwarts are hard to come by, and even at age 11, when it was clear he lost a step physically, he had the mind and competitiveness of a stakes-quality horse.
As some of you know, I have a vote for horse racing's Hall of Fame. It's safe to assume that based on current criteria, Ben's Cat won't get inducted. He likely won't even make a ballot. The same can be said for Fourstardave, whose Saratoga record may be the most unbreakable mark in all of thoroughbred racing. Ditto for the likes of Rapid Redux, Pepper's Pride, and Hallowed Dreams, all horses who reeled off extensive winning streaks at small circuits around the country far away from the bright lights of New York, Kentucky, and California.
For this reason, I've hashed out an idea to honor the hard-knocking veterans of the sport. These horses may not have had Secretariat's abilities, Forego's closing kick, or the pure speed of Dr. Fager, but what they did was equally as valuable to the game we love. They engaged fans, they always showed up, and when their careers were over, everyone who saw them run sincerely appreciated their efforts and contributions.
I propose a Warhorse Wing of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Every year, a committee would have an option to induct a horse that fulfilled pre-existing criteria. I'm open to any constructive criticism, but my initial criteria is that a horse must meet at least one of the below requirements for consideration.
1) Run for a minimum of five seasons.
2) Achieve a minimum of 50 career starts.
3) Win 10 or more races consecutively.
I'm aware of plenty of rational viewpoints against this idea. Yes, this would open the doors for horses of lesser ability into the Hall of Fame, and yes, this would add an induction to classes that are already growing in size due to a backlog of worthy candidates. Those are valid criticisms, and if you fall into one of those camps, I won't argue too strenuously with you (side note: boy, I'd make an awful politician).
Having said that, horses that meet the above criteria have done an immeasurable amount of good for the game. It's my belief that they deserve the highest possible level of recognition, especially in an era where long, productive careers aren't necessarily the norm.
I don't have a snappy, witty closing line to finish things off with, so I'll end with a story. Last year, the day before the Preakness, I was working at TVG headquarters. Ben's Cat was a 10-year-old, and signs of his decline were beginning to show. I watched the race with racing cynic/PhotoShop wizard Danny Kovoloff, and we saw 4/5 favorite Rocket Heat spurt clear at the top of the stretch while Ben's Cat looked pinned in along the rail. With a furlong to go, it looked like the veteran was bound for a minor award; a solid showing, for sure, but a certain step down from some of his prior efforts.
Then, with a sixteenth of a mile to go, Ben's Cat angled off the rail. He somehow found space between Rocket Heat and longshot Spring to the Sky, and Danny and I (two people whose curmudgeonly behavior far outweighs our relative youth) began screaming at the television.
"COME ON, BEN! COME ON, BEN!"
Ben's Cat hit the wire clear by a head in what would turn out to be the last winning performance of his career. A TVG executive heard the noise, stepped out of his office, and remarked, "…that was awesome."
We agreed.
2017 Preakness Stakes Analysis/Selections, Plus Pick Four/Five Tickets
Coming out of the Kentucky Derby starting gate two weeks ago, Irish War Cry and Rajiv Maragh took a hard left turn and delivered a cross body block that would've made Ricky Steamboat, Tito Santana, and Bayern proud. For Classic Empire, the result was the loss of any chance to win the Run for the Roses, and that he somehow managed to salvage fourth despite the incident can be seen, in hindsight, as a minor miracle.
Two weeks later, Classic Empire is back in the Preakness, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. He'll line up directly outside of Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, who had nothing short of a perfect trip in his victory earlier this month. That's not to demean Always Dreaming's victory, or the stellar jobs done by trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez, but what this means is that Always Dreaming could be a wagering underlay for stand-alone, win-only purposes.
I'll be using both of those horses in multi-race exotics wagers. However, for the purposes of win-only wagers, I think Classic Empire is the play in the Preakness. He was my Derby pick, and even though he didn't win that day, he ran a winning race. Given the smaller field and more of a chance to show his tactical speed, he'll have every opportunity to turn the tables Saturday in Maryland.
With that in mind, here are my multi-race exotics tickets for Preakness Day at Pimlico. There are plenty of opportunities to take swings, and the guaranteed pools mean that if you hit, you'll likely be rewarded handsomely.
$0.50 Pick Five: Race #2
R2: 2
R3: 1,6,8
R5: 1*,2,5,6,7
R6: 3,6 (15)
90 or 108 bets, $45 or $54
Many aspects of this ticket require some explanation. First of all, a Pick Four starts in the third, and if you want to play it, you can, for the same amount. As mentioned yesterday, given a single in the first leg of a Pick Five and the substantially-lesser takeout, it makes no sense not to play THAT wager instead.
My single is #2 Commend, whose form going short on turf is very good. He missed by a head three back in stakes company, and it's safe to assume something went wrong two back, because we didn't see him for nearly six months. His comeback race was much longer than he wants to run, and he gets his desired trip Saturday in his second start off a layoff.
Finally, you'll notice an asterisk by #1 Elusive Joni, who I've used in the fifth at Pimlico. That means that, if #15 Barney Rebel draws into the sixth and you need a horse to throw out to keep costs down, that's the one I'd recommend. If you keep her on the ticket, it becomes a $67.50 ticket, and that's too expensive for me to comfortably give out.
$0.50 Pick Four: Race #6
R6: 1,3,6 (15)
R8: ALL
39 or 52 bets, $19.50 or $26
The value of the ticket is contingent upon whether or not Barney Rebel draws in. Because I had the budget to do so, I also threw in #1 Jose Sea View, who was a tough omission from my Pick Five ticket.
My two singles will likely be heavy favorites. Recruiting Ready has been focused on sprints since a failed attempt going a mile three back, and his runaway win in the Bachelor was extremely impressive. Speaking of impressive, Whitmore is undefeated in sprints, and he'll likely be favored in the Maryland Sprint, which doubles as the payoff leg of this sequence.
The presence of those two singles allows me to hit the "ALL" button in the eighth, the James W. Murphy. Simply put, I don't have a clue about this race, so I'm hoping we get a price home between two short prices. If that happens, this Pick Four could pay pretty handsomely.
R10: 2,3,6,7,10
R11: 2,9
R12: 2,4,7,10
80 bets, $40
This is another instance where I feel the need to give out a Pick Five ticket, since there's a single in the opening leg. That's Whitmore, who was profiled above. Having said that, you may want to play both the Pick Five and the Pick Four, as the all-stakes Pick Four boasts a guaranteed pool of $2 million.
The Gallorette (Race #10) and the Dixie (Race #12) are both wide-open races. The favorites may not be much more than 3-1 or 7/2 in either spot, which, combined with guaranteed pools, makes for a VERY juicy sequence. The 11th is the Sir Barton, and while Hedge Fund merits respect, my top pick is Time to Travel, who adds Lasix and John Velazquez in his second start for trainer Michael Matz.
We end with the Preakness, and I'm using the two logicals on my Pick Five ticket. However, the course of action I'd recommend, if you're playing both tickets, is to single whoever your top choice is in the Preakness so you can spread further in some of the other races in the sequence. Want to hit the "ALL" button in either the Gallorette or the Dixie to be safe, or add a few horses into the Sir Barton? Do that. There's still substantial overlap between your tickets to where you could hit both. It's all a matter of picking the right horse in the second leg of the Triple Crown. No pressure!
Black-Eyed Susan Day Analysis, Selections, and Pick Four Tickets
Preakness Eve is upon us, and with it comes a stellar card Friday at Pimlico. It features seven stakes races and plenty of wagering opportunities. I've got four spot plays and three multi-race wagers, and I'll dissect all of them below! One note: There is some rain in the forecast, and the analysis here assumes that all races carded for turf stay there.
RACE #5: #6 Carrumba (3-1)
This is the Allaire DuPont Distaff, and I'm far from in love with your likely favorite. That's #4 Terra Promessa, a fantastic horse at Oaklawn Park and an ordinary one everywhere else. I prefer the aforementioned Carrumba, who makes her third start off a long layoff and adds blinkers for trainer Shug McGaughey. Her first two came around one turn, but some of her best work has come going longer, and more specifically, around two turns. Javier Castellano has signed on to ride, and I think she could sit a dream trip just off the pace.
RACE #7: ICE COLD EXACTAS
This is the Pimlico Special, and it features the heaviest favorite of the card. That's #6 Shaman Ghost, one of the top handicap horses in the country. However, even with him being a prohibitive favorite, I think there's a chance to make some money playing exactas, especially if you like a price underneath.
I like two of them, and I'll be keying Shaman Ghost with both #9 Conquest Windycity and #10 Fellowship. Conquest Windycity ran away with an allowance at Keeneland and seems to have improved a great deal since a long layoff prior to his 4-year-old campaign, while Fellowship ran against Nyquist and Exaggerator last year before going to the bench. He came back with a sharp allowance win going seven furlongs at Laurel, and the presence of Joel Rosario is a big plus.
RACE #10: #6 Take Cover (15-1)
I'm taking a big swing in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint. My thinking is that there is a LOT of speed signed on, and that the race, even at five furlongs, sets up for a closer. Take Cover fits that mold. If you toss the Parx Dash, which came over a yielding turf course, he's finished in the top two in five of his last six starts. That includes two starts at Laurel Park where he nearly overcame two disastrous outside posts. He's coming off a layoff here, but the workouts look strong, and if he's anywhere close to his morning line, I have to play him.
RACE #12: #8 Arbol (5-1)
This is another turf sprint, one with a full field. As such, we may get a bit of a price on Arbol, who gets Lasix for the first time in her second start following a brief freshening. She didn't run particularly fast early on last out, but she ran furlongs three through five in :34 1/5, which is VERY quick. Naturally, she faded to finish fourth, but given the addition of Lasix and very little quality speed to her inside, I think improvement is in the cards on Friday.
R3: 3,4,5,6,7
R6: 1,6,7,12
This ticket is built around Carrumba, and if she does not win, we lose. The first race is wide-open, and it seems devoid of any early speed, so whichever horse gets out early may have a good chance to wire the field. Private Client and Lottie headline the fourth, and I'm using both horses, but don't sleep on Notapradaprice, who seems like the main speed in the race. Finally, I'll go four-deep in the last leg to close things out, and hopefully, this gives us a nice score to kick off Preakness weekend.
R8: 3,5,10
R9: 1,5,6,8,10
R11: 3,5,9
Given the presence of Shaman Ghost in the Pimlico Special, there's no reason to play the middle Pick Four, which starts in the eighth. This will likely pay considerably more, and it costs the same amount of money given the opening-leg single. Victory to Victory and Compelled headline the Hilltop, and I'm using both, but watch out for Chubby Star, who beat a solid allowance field last out at Keeneland and hasn't run a bad race this year. I'm spreading in the ninth, and while I was tempted to single Take Cover in the 10th, I had to also use Pay Any Price, whose races at Gulfstream have been very, very good. Finally, we'll hope to get a closer home in the Black-Eyed Susan, which seems to set up for one given the ample early speed that's signed on.
$0.50 Pick Four: Race #11
R11: 2,3,5,7,8,9
R12: 8
R14: 1,5,8,10,11,12,14
The structure of this ticket allows for more spreading in the Black-Eyed Susan, since I'm singling Arbol and only going two-deep in the Skipat (using Chanteline and Clipthecouponannie). That brings us to the finale, which is a total mess. I went seven-deep, and I hope that's enough to get the winner home if we're still alive.

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Does Devin Nunes Have Mad Cow Disease? We Are Just Asking.
christ what a fucking idiot
We are not saying we know definitively whether or not Devin Nunes The Dairy Farmer might have accidentally made love to an infected British cow and contracted sexually transmitted cow dementia. We are just asking, because we are concerned.
Consider the evidence:
That time in March 2017 when Devin Nunes went on a WILD AND CRAZY RIDE to the White House to get secret intelligence about "Obama people" doing illegal "wire tapps" and "unmasking" to Trump people, which he immediately shared with the White House, the very entity that gave him the secret definitely real intelligence in the first place. Even GOP Senator Richard Burr, chair of the Senate Intel Committee, said Nunes literally made all of that up.
That time in the summer of 2017 when Nunes sent staffers on an aero-plane to merry England, so they could show up at British spy Chris Steele's lawyer's office, in a brave attempt to ... what? Give Steele a wedgie and call him a gaywad?
Seriously, here is an exhaustive recounting of all the fuckery Devin Nunes, who was on the Trump transition team, committed in 2017 in service of his boss Donald Trump.
THE MEMO.
THE NEW MEMO Nunes is planning to release, now that THE MEMO has been exposed for the limp dick fraud it is.
And now Nunes, who is a dairy farmer and not a lawyer, is trying to explain Law, How Does It Work to SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts, who is not taking his calls for some weird reason.
That's just off the top of our head!
AND NOW comes news that Devin Nunes is spearheading a plan to build a literal wall in the House Intelligence Committee offices, so he doesn't have to be confronted on a regular basis by normal people who know things and are smarter than him and aren't obstructing justice for Donald Trump and don't have Mad Cow Disease, AKA the evil Democrats:
For now, some Republican committee members deny knowing anything about it, while strongly suggesting the division is the brainchild of the committee's chairman, Devin Nunes, R-California.
"I'm not part of that decision," said Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas. "You've got to talk to Devin. I don't know what they're trying to do one way or the other."
"I swear to God I didn't know that," said Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Florida, when asked about the plan. While acknowledging a wall might not be constructive for the committee's work, he said, "The level of trust and the level of everything down there is – it's poison. It's absolute poison down there." [...]
"We have heard reports that the chairman may seek to erect a 'wall' to divide the staff of the intelligence committee on a partisan basis — this would be a terrible mistake," the committee's ranking member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, told CBS News. "While we have more than our share of difficulties, the important oversight work of the committee continues with our staff working together irrespective of party. This would be a very destructive decision."
Little Devin's gonna build a walll! A big, beautiful wall! And the House Democrats will pay for it! They're not sending their best Democrats to the committee, after all, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. And some of them, Devin Nunes assumes, are good people.
Seriously, does he have Mad Cow Disease? We are just asking, because there is a lot of evidence that makes us curious, and we are only saying so because we care about Devin Nunes very much and and want to see him happy and healthy.
Wait, what's that? The human version of Mad Cow is untreatable?
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Is My Child Suffering from Teenage Depression?
September 2, 2020 October 6, 2022
Teenage behavior can be confusing for parents. It's not unusual for teens to experience mood swings, which may be caused by hormones, external events, or other changes.
However, when teens have frequent and extreme mood swings over an extended period of time, it could be cause for concern. This is especially true when there are other behaviors that indicate the presence of teenage depression.
Why Does Depression Need to Be Taken So Seriously?
Depression symptoms in teens include lethargy, sleep disturbances, distraction, lack of motivation, and feelings of being overwhelmed or hopeless. The most severe depression symptoms in teens, however, are suicidal thoughts or suicide.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that suicide is the second leading cause of death for those between the ages of 10 and 34. In fact, a 2019 analysis of teen suicide statistics shows that the youth suicide rate in the United States is the highest in recorded history. That statistic is a sobering indication of how many teens and young adults are not able to access adequate mental health care. It's also a reminder of why depression should always be taken seriously.
When Is the Right Time to Seek Treatment for Teenage Depression
The symptoms of depression vary from individual to individual. The same is true of signs related to suicide risk. Suicidal thoughts in teens are not always obvious prior to a suicide attempt. In addition, teens who are suffering from depression may not be able or willing to express how serious their symptoms are.
Therefore, depression symptoms in teens require immediate attention. That's why parents need to act upon the first indication of depressive symptoms. Mental health should always be treated with urgency, given the staggering number of deaths as a result of suicide each year.
The Prevalence of Depression Among Teens
According to recent data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 9.4 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 have a depressive episode, with at least one significant life impairment, within a single year. Major impairments are defined as interfering with or limiting a person's ability to engage in daily activities. Of those teens diagnosed with depression, 71 percent experienced severe impairment due to their depression.
Moreover, according to the SAMHSA data, 60 percent of adolescents suffering from major depressive episode did not receive mental health treatment of any kind.
Finding the Right Treatment for Teenage Depression
Pediatricians and other health practitioners have been diagnosing depression and prescribing antidepressants at an increasing rate. In part, that's because, since 2016, the US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that all children between ages 12 and 18 be screened for depression.
However, once depression is diagnosed or suggested by a general practitioner, a referral to a mental health specialist—whenever possible—is the most effective approach. The benefits of seeing a mental health provider such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist, as opposed to another type of medical professional, include the following:
A mental health provider can most accurately diagnose depression, including subclasses of depression.
Co-occurring disorders or less familiar diagnoses are more likely to be missed by a general practitioner.
Teens will receive the best possible treatment from a mental health provider due to their in-depth understanding of the treatment options.
Therapy for Treating Teenage Depression
Multiple factors contribute to depression, including biological, emotional, and circumstantial issues. One of the most common causes of depression is untreated trauma, whether that's acute trauma, vicarious trauma, chronic trauma, or PTSD. Thus, therapy for treating depression involves processing traumatic experiences. In addition, therapy for teens with depression includes healing rifts in the family dynamic, so children feel safe turning to their parents for support. Teens who are suffering from co-occurring disorders, such as substance abuse or eating disorders, may need additional therapeutic interventions that directly address these challenges.
Therapy can also teach teens healthy coping skills for working with their emotions and boosting their mood and well-being. Some of these skills include
Nutritious diet—using the meal as medicine
Exercise, proven to reduce depression
Good sleep habits, which are closely linked to mental health
Mindfulness practices such as yoga and meditation
Self-talk to help reframe stressors and triggers.
Additionally, talk therapy creates another opportunity for a licensed professional to observe moods and other changes. A therapist can be an extra safety net in recognizing whether a teen with depression needs a higher level of care, such as an Intensive Outpatient Program or residential treatment.
How Can Education Help Treat My Teen's Depression?
To diagnose depression, healthcare providers collect as much information as possible from the family, both teens and parents. This includes a family health history, including mental health; details about moods and behaviors; and information about any recent changes or long-standing challenges in the family's or the teen's life. Knowledge is the key to diagnosis.
Information is also key to the successful treatment of depression. In order to offer support for their teen, parents can learn more about depression, treatment, and the role of the family in the healing journey. For example, parents can do research using credible sources; join parent support groups; and find out more about evidence-based approaches to well-being to practice at home.
Navigating a Teenage Depression Diagnosis
Discovering a mental health issue can be overwhelming for a parent. It can feel difficult to take action, because it means admitting that there's a problem. But it's essential, because depression doesn't go away on its own. Furthermore, untreated depression can lead to severe consequences such as a suicide attempt or hospitalization. Hence, getting a diagnosis as early as possible is critical.
In addition, navigating diagnosis and treatment creates opportunities for the family to bond and become closer. Therefore, parents and children develop stronger relationships that can support them for the long term. Working as a unit, families can navigate depression and enjoy a better and more harmonious life together.
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French Language & Literature
Africa, sub-Saharan
French Language & Literature: Africa, sub-Saharan
Encyclopedias ...Toggle Dropdown
Dictionaries ...
LiteratureToggle Dropdown
Francophone authors
Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
Online news sites
African newspapers (in French)
Jeune Afrique - Politique
BBC Afrique - French language news
The BBC has web 'editions' in different languages. For their French edition, often this means lots of North and West African news, news from former French colonies.
Africa gets its own page (or page and a half, if you count the Middle East & North Africa page) for news sources, because it has so many Francophone countries!
According to the International Organization of La Francophonie, there are 32 countries in Africa which have French as an official language. And there are a couple more which also use French a significant amount, even though it is not an official language (e.g. Algeria, Egypt).
The map at right is from the Wikipedia page on Francophone Africa. La Francophonie has a worldwide map showing the distribution of countries with significant numbers of French-speakers.
Another subjective, not comprehensive list ... If there's a site you would like to recommend, please let me know? On the left, there are feeds for a few of these, so you can see the headlines.
Despite the title, this site primarily has news in French.
Le Nouvel Afrik.com
This site has both French and English versions.
IZF.net
IZF (Investir en zone franc) provides news about Africa. It seems to be mostly from AFP (Agence France-Presse), but IZF claims that there is local control as well.
This is a completely subjective selection of publications, influenced strongly by the fact that quite a few African publications have no substantial web presence! I've made no attempt whatsoever to be comprehensive ... They are organized very roughly starting with the north of the continent, and traveling south.
Le Calame (Mauritania)
Le Quotidien (Sénégal)
An independent daily paper ...
Le Sud Quotidien (Sénégal)
L'ESSOR (Mali)
L'Observateur Paalga (Burkina Faso)
Fraternité Matin (FRATMAT.com; Côte d'Ivoire)
L'Infodrome (Côte d'Ivoire)
Quotidien Ivorien d'informations générales
Le Matinal (Benin)
Gabon Matin (Agence Gabonaise de Presse)
Le Messager (Cameroon)
Cameroon Tribune
L'Observateur (Democratic Republic of Congo)
La Prospérité (Democratic Republic of Congo)
L'Express (Mauritius)
L'Express de Madagascar
There are obviously more TV stations in Africa than these. However, many do not maintain websites, or offer streaming video. I have made no attempt at comprehensiveness. If you know of a good station or broadcast service with a website, please let me know?
A Moroccan station that broadcasts in both Arabic and French.
A TV broadcast service of the International Organization of La Francophonie. "... a multilateral French language television channel, has the 3rd largest international television network and is broadcast in 202 countries."
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Bundobust started as a collaboration between award winning institutions Prashad (Gordan Ramsay's Great British Restaurant finalists) and The Sparrow Bier cafe (The Guardian's Top 10 UK Craft Beer Bars) in April 2013.
After a handful of successful and sold out food and beer pairing events it was decided that a permanent home should be found. In July 2014 Bundobust opened its doors on Leeds' Mill Hill, a once derelict street that is slowly being brought back to life.
Our Lifestyle Editor, Jo Jessop visited Bundobust – not a restaurant, but a bar that sells Indian street food alongside an extensive selection of the world's best craft beer.
If you are sampling the food, it should be washed down with hoppy India Pale Ales, a classic beer style that was originally brewed in England and shipped to the troops in times of The Raj. However, if Indian ales are not for you… don't despair… wine and cocktails are also available!
Prices ranged from £2.50 to £6 and all of the food choices are vegetarian and/or gluten-free. On arrival the pots don't appear that large, however, four dishes are enough for two people to share for dinner.
Bundobust is the perfect setting for a chilled night with friends, catching up and unwinding. The community spirit is evident.


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She displays a flat stomach throughout her pregnancy the video makes the buzz
For the majority of pregnant women, a pregnancy rhymes with fatigue, especially when approaching the term. And when their belly becomes more prominent, it quickly becomes very difficult to perform simple daily tasks.
TESTIMONY. Kidnapped by her ex, she sees her life changed forever
TESTIMONY We fell in love in the back of an ambulance
Bending over, putting on shoes, getting dressed, becomes a constant struggle. However, that doesn't appear to have been the case for Nikki Salazar, who was called "lucky" by her community on TikTok due to her virtually nonexistent "baby bump" throughout her nine-month pregnancy.
A very different pregnancy
His TikTok @nikkisalazar_ account has more than 47,000 subscribers. Nikki, who frequently shares briefs from her daily life there, recently posted a video documenting the evolution of her belly during her pregnancy, titled "My pregnancy journey except that my belly only appeared two weeks before the childbirth ". A video that has become so popular that it has, since its publication, exceeded 2.8 million views.
A non-existent belly
Captioning her video, Nikki slipped in a joke noting "Maybe next time! ". The young woman thus revealed photos of the different stages of her pregnancy, from the first month to the fifth day before childbirth, then shots where she held her baby in her arms. Photos that did not fail to leave its subscribers incredulous since Nikki appeared without the slightest lump in the stomach, except at the very end of her journey.
A chance for some
In the comments, many people were "jealous" of his silhouette, described as "ideal". " My dream ! "wrote a subscriber. A second nodded, noting "Wow. Pregnancy without difficulty walking, putting on socks, washing at the sink, bending over, sleeping on your stomach… the list is endless! ". She did not fail to conclude "You are a very lucky woman".
A fear for others
Other women, on the other hand, had no desire to experience the same "fate". "An almost unlocked fear! "Inscribed a first woman while another added" My greatest fear ". Finally, one last person couldn't believe it and exclaimed "This is beyond me!!! Where was baby all this time? Was he at the hotel or what? ".
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American Association of University Women, Pontiac-Waterford Branch
Contacts: Velette Svenkesen, Co-chair at 248-674-3586 or Evangeline (Vangie) Chase, Secretary at 248-674-3586
Meetings: First Wednesday of the month, location varies; call for more information
Notes: Their main objective is to support gender equity and women's education. New members welcome.
American Business Women's Association, Greater Oakland Charter Chapter
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1500 Opdyke Rd., Auburn Hills, MI 48236; further information available on website
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Drayton Plains Nature Center
Contact: Waterford Parks and Recreation
Address: Drayton Plains Nature Center, 2125 Denby Drive, Waterford, MI 48329
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Address: 5168 Civic Center Drive, Waterford, MI 48329
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Meetings: Held at the library; call or check website for days and times
Lakeland Players Community Theatre
Address: P.O. Box 300921, Waterford, MI 48330
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League of Women Voters - Oakland Area
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Meetings: 1st Wednesday of the month Sept.-June, 7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church,
5987 Williams Lake Rd., Waterford, MI. 48329
Notes: Our purpose is to develop interest in and increase knowledge of Earth sciences and lapidary arts through family participation.
Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society
Address: 405 Cesar E Chavez Ave., Pontiac, MI 48342
Email: office@ocphs.org
Website: www.ocphs.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OaklandCountyHistory/
Notes: The Society is located at Pine Grove, the former estate of Governor Moses Wisner. Today, Pine Grove consists of 4 1/2 acres of land, the Wisner mansion and several out-buildings, including a summer kitchen, outhouse, smokehouse and root cellar. In addition to the outbuildings, there is the Drayton Plains One Room School House and the Carriage House, which is home to the Research Library, office and the Pioneer Museum. Information about tours is available on the website.
Research Library Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 11 am-4 pm, Wednesday 11 am-8 pm - Please call ahead to ensure that a volunteer librarian will be available to assist you.
Oakland Literacy Council
Address: 43700 Woodward Ave., Ste. 20 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Website: www.oaklandliteracy.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OLCTutors/
Notes: Oakland Literacy Council offers free one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English language skills to adults who work, live, or go to school in Oakland County. Call the number above or visit the website for information about becoming a tutor or a student.
Oakland Town Hall Lecture Series
Contact: Nancy with questions about lectures at 248-673-5984 or Peggy with questions about lunch at 248-673-6556 or Karen with questions about seating at 810-513-6068
Email: info@oaklandtownhall.org
Website: www.oaklandtownhall.org
Notes: Lectures on the 2nd Wednesday of April, May, October, and November at St. George Cultural Center, 43816 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48341. Check website for times and speakers.
Open Door Outreach Center
Address: 7170 Cooley Lake Rd., Waterford, MI 48327
Website: https://opendooroutreachcenter.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenDoorOutreachCenterInc/
Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Mission: Recognizing the human dignity of all persons, Open Door Outreach Center's primary mission, in the spirit of interfaith charity, is to provide emergency services of food, clothing, and referral information to families in need.
6 Stools & a Folding Chair Youth and Young Adult Theater
Phone: Sashabaw Presbyterian Church - 248-310-0792
Email: youththeater6sandfc@yahoo.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/141599730454/
Notes: An ecumenical group of young adults, youth, and children; offers workshops and vocal music lessons; Broadway musical performed every spring
Tuesday Musicale of Greater Pontiac
Contact: Sandy Ballew, Membership Chairperson
Phone: 248-673-8187 (Mary Ann LaMonte, President)
Website: www.tuesdaymusicale.org/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tuesdaymusicale/
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month September-May (no meeting in January) Check website for times
Notes: Two handbell groups and a women's chorus; scholarships available; affiliated with the Michigan and National Federation of Music Clubs
V.F.W. Heart of the Lakes Post #1008
Address: V.F.W. Post 1008, 1690 Airport Rd., Waterford, MI 48327
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VFW-Post-1008-Heart-of-the-Lakes-Auxiliary-282259175151297/
Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce
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Waterford Breakfast Optimist Club
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OptimistClubWaterford/
Meetings: Every Thursday morning at 7:15 a.m. at the Great Lakes Family Dining Restaurant, 5834 Highland Road, Waterford, MI 48327
Notes: Scholarships - essay & oratorical contests; provides money for needy children in Parks & Recreation program; Friends of Youth
Waterford Coalition for Youth
Website: wcfy.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterford-Coalition-for-Youth/105940342538?ref=ts
Waterford Democratic Club
Contact: Barb Spiece, Chairperson
Email: waterforddemocrats@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wdemclub.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterford-Democratic-Club/158908370885262
Meetings: Held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the VFW Post 1008, 1690 Airport Rd., Waterford, MI 48327; free and open to the public
Waterford Garden Club
Meetings: Held at the Waterford Senior Center, 3621 Pontiac Lake Rd., Waterford, MI 48328
Email: waterfordgardenclub@gmail.com
Website: waterfordgardenclub.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waterfordgardenclub/
Notes: We are a local group of women of all ages united by the common bond of love for gardening, a wholesome environment, and the desire for a closer relationship between our urban and rural surroundings. The Waterford Garden Club, a local branch of the Woman's National Farm & Garden Association, was organized on May 6, 1954.
Waterford Genealogical Society
Contact: Dot Lalone, President
Address: Waterford Public Library, 5168 Civic Center Drive, Waterford, MI 48329-3773
Email: dot@lalonewell.com
Website: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~miwatgs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaterfordGenealogicalSociety/
Meetings: Monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. at the Waterford Township Public Library; evening meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m.
Waterford New Horizons Concert Band
Address: P.O. Box 300151, Waterford, MI, 48330-0151
Website: https://wnhb.org/contact.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WNHCB/
Notes: Provides an entry point to music making for adults
Waterford Parks & Recreation - Seniors
Address: 50+ Recreation Program/Golden Age Club Office: 5640 Williams Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48329
Website: https://www.waterfordmi.gov/227/50-Recreation-Activities
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waterfordlifelongrec/
Notes: Activities for people 50 years of age and older
Waterford Rotary Club
Website: http://waterfordrotary.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rotary-of-Waterford-111139588899639/
Meetings: Tuesdays at 12:10 p.m. at the Shark's Club, 6665 Highland Road, Northeast Room, Waterford, MI 48329
Notes: "The mission of Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Waterford, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders."
Waterford Township Cable Commission
Contact: Gary Allison, Cable Coordinator
Address: 5200 Civic Center Dr., Waterford, MI 48329
Website: https://waterfordmi.gov/408/Cable-Commission
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waterford-Municipal-Channel-20-148833001800366/
Email: gallison@waterfordmi.gov
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the 3rd floor conference room at Township Hall, 5200 Civic Center Dr, Waterford, MI 48329
Waterford Township Goodfellows Association
Contact: Joe Carr, Treasurer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1556743384537604/
Meetings: September- January; call for dates, times, and locations
Notes: November - Paper Drive; December - help needed for Christmas basket distribution.
Waterford Township Historical Society
Contact: Sally Strait, President
Address: P.O. Box 300491, Waterford, MI 48330-0491
Email: sstrait649@comcast.net
Website: www.waterfordhistoricalsociety.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterford-Twp-Historical-Society/113492305351777
Location: At 4490 Hatchery Road, in Fish Hatchery Park
Hours: Hatchery House, research library, offices, Log Cabin Store open April-mid-December on Wednesdays 10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Waterford Historic Village open May-end of September 10:30 a.m.-2:00 P.M.
Waterford Township Lions Club
Website: https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/start-our-approach/club-locator/details?id=4537
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Sharks Club, 6665 Highland Road, Waterford, MI 48327 at 6:30 pm
Waterford Senior Center
Address: 3621 Pontiac Lake Rd., Waterford, MI 48328
Website: www.waterford.k12.mi.us/pages/51377/waterford-senior-center
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waterford-Senior-Center-1390094164629974/
Meetings: Activities listed in quarterly in Leisure Services Bulletin and in bimonthly newsletter
Waterford Youth Assistance
Address: 5640 Williams Lake Rd, Suite 201, Waterford, MI 48329
Email: waterfordya@msn.com
Website: www.waterfordyouthassistance.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WaterfordYouthAssistance/
Notes: The mission of WYA is to strengthen youth and families and to reduce the incidence of juvenile delinquency, child abuse, and child neglect through community involvement.
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Lauren Sanchez's Trump-Loving Brother Reportedly Leaked Bezos Sexts to the Enquirer
Samantha Grasso
Turns out a billionaire's paranoia that entire governments are trying to destroy him by leaking his dick pics might be just that. Michael Sanchez, the brother of news anchor Lauren Sanchez, who had an affair with Jeff Bezos, reportedly leaked the creepy sexts between the couple to the National Enquirer, CNN reported on Wednesday night.
Citing two people with knowledge of the matter, CNN reported Sanchez was the tabloid's source. Gavin de Becker, who is leading Bezos' private investigative team, first named Sanchez as a suspect to the Daily Beast late last month.
Since then, both the Beast and the Associated Press reported the investigation concluded Sanchez was the leaker. He declined to comment to CNN on Wednesday, but previously denied leaking the sexts to the Washington Post. A representative for American Media Inc., the Enquirer's parent company, told CNN that it "declines to comment on sources."
The reporting comes after Bezos published a post on Medium last week suggesting that President Donald Trump or the Saudi Arabian government had something to do with his private photos being in the Enquirer's possession. He also accused AMI and the Enquirer of trying to blackmail him with the photos, which he cited as his reason for going public.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, before the network reported him as the source, Sanchez insisted he'd been told by a third party that Bezos' investigators had "cleared" him of "any involvement" in the matter.
"I have been told that the Amazon investigation determined that I was not involved in the leak of the dick pics, because I never had access to any of the dick pics," he said at the time.
Sanchez, a talent agent, has managed the likes of several Trump associates, and called himself a "strong Trump supporter" in a 2016 letter to the Los Angeles Times. The Times also reported Sanchez has ties to Trump associates Roger Stone and Carter Page, and that Sanchez recently called Stone to discuss the Bezos investigation. Stone denied having any involvement with the Bezos leak, while Page told the Times he and Sanchez talk "from time to time."
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UTD Today » News Center » Faculty & Staff
New Hires Expand EPPS' Focus on Human Rights, Macroeconomics
By Melissa Cutler •Oct. 17, 2019
Two new tenure-track faculty members joined the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) at The University of Texas at Dallas this year with expertise in macroeconomics and global trends of political repression.
Dr. Irina Panovska, associate professor of economics, is interested in business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy analysis, and jobless recoveries. Dr. Rebecca Cordell, assistant professor of political science, focuses on global conflict and human rights violations.
Dr. Jennifer S. Holmes
"These two hires help address critical policy issues facing the United States and other countries, from trade-offs between security and human rights or understanding the dynamics of business cycles," said Dr. Jennifer S. Holmes, professor of political science, public policy and political economy and recently appointed dean of the school. "Dr. Panovska is a rising star in empirical macroeconomics. She was elected to the executive committee of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, and we are confident she will contribute to EPPS' strength in quantitative analysis through her work in time series and nonlinear econometrics.
"Dr. Cordell adds to our strategic core, specifically through her interests in repression, renditions, human rights violations and international security cooperation. She will contribute to EPPS' strength in quantitative analysis through her work in machine learning and the development of measurement tools. Dr. Cordell will also lend us her expertise in our proposed Master of Science in cybersecurity, technology and policy. Both Dr. Panovska and Dr. Cordell have been previously recognized for outstanding teaching. We are fortunate to have them join us."
The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences encompasses seven programs: criminology and criminal justice, economics, geospatial information sciences, political science, public policy and political economy, public and nonprofit management, and sociology.
New Tenure-Track Faculty
Dr. Irina Panovska
Dr. Irina Panovska, associate professor of economics
Previously: assistant professor at Lehigh University; visiting scholar at the University of New South Wales and at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Zagreb in Croatia
Research Interests: macroeconomics, time series analysis, nonlinear business cycles
Quote: "I study the performance, structure, behavior and decision-making of an economy as a whole. It is fascinating to work on the understanding of economywide events such as the total amount of goods and services produced, the level of unemployment and the overall behavior of prices, as well as nonlinear models of the business cycle. I study why and how the nature of expansions and recessions has changed, and how the effects of macroeconomic policy change over time. In addition, given the policy-focused nature of my work, I am very excited to be joining UTD's School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences in particular. I am impressed with the school's large group of faculty members doing both theoretical and empirical policy-focused work across the entire spectrum of social sciences."
Dr. Rebecca Cordell
Dr. Rebecca Cordell, assistant professor of political science
Previously: postdoctoral research associate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
Research Interests: state repression, political violence, human rights and international security cooperation
Quote: "In much of my research, I focus on the question: Which factors determine whether a government engages in repression and to what extent? The sensitive and secret nature of human rights violations makes it difficult to study these dynamics directly. I use statistical and computational techniques to overcome this measurement challenge and test new theories that can explain the causes, dynamics and consequences of repression. My research includes projects on national security and human rights trade-offs, and measuring and explaining subnational variation in repression across space and time. I chose UTD because of its reputation for producing rigorous social scientific research and for its students that are passionate about solving real-world problems using tools from political science."
New Faculty Series
News Center is publishing profiles of tenured and tenure-track professors who have recently joined the University. The following school profiles have been published:
School of Arts and Humanities
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Media Contact: Melissa Cutler, UT Dallas, (972) 883-4319, [email protected], or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].
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Republic of Ireland news
Dublin government set to oppose EU daylight saving time plans
The Irish government is set to oppose the EU's proposed change to daylight saving time to ensure the island of Ireland does not end up with two time zones post-Brexit.
Michelle Devane, PA
The country's justice minister Charlie Flanagan is expected to seek Cabinet approval on Wednesday to oppose the EU's plans to abolish seasonal clock changes.
The European Commission set out proposals last year for an end to the annual ritual of changing the clocks in the spring and autumn.
Member states have to decide this year whether they want to choose permanent summer or winter time and end the twice-yearly clock changes.
But if Brexit goes ahead, the UK may not have to adhere to the changes.
There are concerns that if it did not, Northern Ireland could find itself in a different time zone from the Republic for six months of the year.
It is understood that Mr Flanagan will ask his cabinet colleagues to reject the proposal to prevent that situation arising.
It is also believed he has concerns that member states having different time zones could lead to confusion within the single market.
The UK is also opposed to the proposal.
The UK and Ireland have shared the same clock times since 1916.
At present European time zones are only determined by geographical location on an east to west basis.
Charlie flanagan
17 July, 2019 12:00 Republic of Ireland news
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Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming back in 2020, will be available via Game Pass
By Vishal Laul Neowin @vishal1082 · Jun 9, 2019 20:46 EDT · Hot! with 27 comments
Microsoft today announced a new Flight Simulator, named just that. It utilizes not only satellite data but also Azure AI to build a world vastly more comprehensive than its predecessors. Microsoft Flight Simulator has been a long-running series, with the first one coming out all the way back in 1982. There wasn't much else revealed about the game, beyond the trailer embedded above.
Although the Flight Simulator series has been available exclusively on PC for all these years, this new reboot will also be coming to the Xbox One at some point after the PC release, which is slated to be sometime in 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is specifically designed to celebrate flight simulation fans through a focus on the authenticity of flying and visually stunning environments. By revamping our tech, working in close collaboration with the community and pursuing the best partnerships across the industry, we intend to deliver the best-in-class flight simulation experience.
As is the case with all of the other first-party titles from Xbox Game Studios, the new Microsoft Flight Simulator will also be releasing via the Xbox Game Pass.
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Dying Light 2 lands on Xbox One, PC, and PS4 in Spring 2020
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Can the State Land Use Commission Downzone Property that a Developer does not Develop in a Timely Manner?
The short answer is yes--but it depends.
In DW Aina Le'a Development, LLC v. Bridge Aina Le'a, LLC, the Hawaii Supreme Court considered whether the State Land Use Commission properly downzoned 1,060 acres of land slated for a residential project.
Background. In 1989, 1,060 acres of land on the Island of Hawaii was reclassified from agricultural to urban to allow for the development of a residential community. The reclassification was made subject to numerous conditions, including a condition that at least 60 percent of the residential units be affordable. The Commission granted requests to amend the affordable housing condition for the Aina Le'a project. (Note: During this period of the Commission's history, it was not uncommon for the Commission to require a 60 percent affordable set-aside for residential developments. Anecdotally, the Commission reduced the affordable housing requirements for these projects to a more economically feasible set-aside, upon request.)
By 2005, the condition required the landowner, Bridge Aina Le'a, LLC (Bridge), to set aside 20 percent of the units as affordable. Because of Bridge's perceived failure to comply with certain conditions, in December 2008, the Commission issued an order to show cause (OSC) why the land should not revert to its former agricultural land use classification. Soon thereafter, Bridge informed the Commission that it intended to assign its interest in the land to DW Aina Le'a Development, LLC (DW) through an installment sale. DW subsequently invested more than $20 million in developing the site. Nevertheless, after proceedings over the course of several years, the Commission issued an order reverting the land to the agricultural use district.
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Source: http://www.ainaleaasia.com/our-current-project.html
Boundary Amendment Process and Enforcement. Under HRS § 205-2, there are four major land use districts in which all lands in the state are placed: urban, rural, agricultural, and conservation. The counties may further zone lands in the state urban district. Counties have limited authority to zone in the other districts, except for conservation, where the state regulates exclusively.
Since 95 percent of lands in the state are in the conservation or agricultural district, landowners frequently desire a land use district boundary amendment to allow residential, commercial, and other uses. HRS § 205-4 generally sets forth the procedures the Commission must follow in amending a district boundary. The Commission is required to find by a clear preponderance of the evidence that the reclassification is reasonable, not violative of HRS § 205-2 (district classification standards), and consistent with the policies of HRS § 205-16 (compliance with the Hawaii state plan) and HRS § 205-17 (decision-making criteria).
HRS § 205-4(g) gives the Commission broad authority to impose conditions on boundary amendment petitions. While the Commission can determine whether a condition it imposes is being violated, in general, enforcement of these conditions are left to the counties under HRS § 205-12. However, a 1990 legislative amendment to HRS § 205-4(g) empowered the Commission "to void a boundary amendment, after giving the landowner the opportunity for a hearing, if the landowner failed to substantially commence use of the land in accordance with its representations." In other words, under certain circumstances, the Commission may revert or downzone a property to its former state land use boundary classification (e.g., as in this case, from urban back to agricultural).
Holding. The Court set-forth the following principles for the Commission when it considers reverting a boundary designation to its former classification:
First, the Commission must issue an Order to Show Cause, which is set-forth in the Commission's rules at HAR § 15-15-93.
Second, the Commission must determine "whether the petitioner has substantially commenced use of the land in accordance with its representations."
Finally, if the answer to the above question is yes, the Commission is required to follow the procedures set forth in HRS § 205-4. If no, the Commission may revert the land without following the procedures set forth in HRS § 205-4.
Applying the aforementioned principles to the facts of this case, the Court held that the circuit court correctly concluded that the Commission erred in reverting the property to agricultural use without complying with the requirements of HRS § 205-4, because by the time the Commission reverted the property, DW and Bridge had substantially commenced use of the land in accordance with their representations.
The Court reasoned that although there is no definition for "substantially commenced" in the statutes, the intent of the legislature was to "deter speculators who obtained favorable land-use rulings and then sat on the land for speculative purposes." The Court relied on the circuit court's analysis of this finding, noting that the petitioner had, among other things, continued to actively proceed with preparation of plans and studies, including building plans and studies for the environmental impact statement. In addition, sixteen townhouses were completed on the property.
Other Holdings. Although the Court did agree with the circuit court on the substantive portion of the case, it disagreed on three other items worth noting.
First, specific documents that were not before the Commission should have been struck from the record on appeal. HRS § 91-14 specifically confines an agency appeal to the administrative record.
Second, the Commission did not violate DW and Bridge's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection. Both Bridge and DW had notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard before the Commission reverted the property. And, given the circumstances, the Commission's conduct was not "arbitrary and unreasonable."
Third, Bridge's and DW's equal protection rights were not violated because the record does not establish that the LUC lacked a rational basis for its decisions.
Posted by Hawaii Land Use Law and Policy at Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Labels: Administrative Law, Affordable Housing, Constitutional Challenges, Land Use News, Zoning


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Undead Labs, the makers of State of Decay, has faced accusations of bullying and gender discrimination
Benjamin Blair April 3, 2022 3 min read
author: Patrick Dukasz Kobeck
State of Decay 3 is still in pre-production. The reason is the internal problems of Undead Labs, which is supposed to be a bad workplace.
announce Almost two years ago state of decay 3 stuck in phase Pre-production. The cause is problems with Microsoft Undead Labs studio.
The team is said to suffer from toxic working conditions, There is supposed to be harassment of subordinates and cases of gender discrimination.
What happens in undead labs?
According to reporters from the Kotaku gaming website, the World Health Organization reveal itAnd the Status will be confirmed in Undead Labs Twelve unknown informants – Both current and former employees of the manufacturer.
Undead Labs has doubled its list since its acquisition by Microsoft, but founder Jeff Strain left the studio in 2019, one year after announcing his purchase, "leaving a real leadership vacuum." Many members of the team at the time feared that the American giant would use the opportunity to change the studio's internal work culture.
In fact, Microsoft's management left Stern's successors free, which ultimately worsened the company's situation.
Our downfall came from within. We can use Microsoft's help – explains a former Undead Labs employee.
Decay state 3 . development stopped
state of decay 3 It was to develop "without clear direction". Developers are divided into small groups tasked with developing specific new features, but they lack communication and oversight among themselves. Management ignored concerns about the quality of the ingredients being produced to display "artificial progress" in the working title.
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Milestones [cele, do których dąży zespół deweloperski – dop. red.] It was made up of heaps of messy jobs that were less about making a good video game and more about flagging it off the list.
Sexism in the undead labs
In addition to just gaming matters, Undead Labs had to include cases of sexism and disparagement of women. As one studio employee puts it, the female staff's opinions – even on the basics – are "utterly disapproving" and "nobody listens to them."
Even women in executive positions are ignored, discussed, and blamed. We had to introduce meeting etiquette because men treat women badly – quotes an Undead Labs employee, Kotaku website. – But the instructions did not help.
We recently wrote about toxic working conditions in the gaming industry in March. Then the founders of Moon Studios, the creators of the platform series, were accused of improper practices ori. You can read more about it below:
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Developers promise changes
Despite all the problems, many current and former employees interviewed said that they are Very positive about some aspects of working in the studio.
Major changes will be introduced in Undead Labs, which will change the criteria for personal contacts, and Produce state of decay 3 Eventually, he'll start making real progress. At least that's what the studio heads announced.
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US urges Israeli investigation into shooting of Palestinian teens
WASHINGTON, May 20 (KUNA) -- A video that surfaced online showing four Palestinian teenagers being shot last week has prompted the US to urge an investigation by Israeli authorities.
Two of the teenagers died as they came under fire following their participation in demonstrations to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Nakba on May 15.
The Nakba is typically marked by demonstrations, as Palestinians recall the day Israel was founded on their land.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) maintain that no bullets were used, but Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said its investigation found "strong evidence that live ammunition was used and that the fire hit the upper torsos of all four victims." On Tuesday, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said the US is "closely following this incident and the video," and is "seeking additional information from the government of Israel.
"We look to the government of Israel to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation to determine the facts surrounding this incident, including whether or not the use of force was proportional to the threat posed by the demonstrators," she said.
According to B'Tselem, however, the security camera video "proves that at no stage were security forces endangered by any of the four victims, or by anyone close to them at the time of the shooting." Psaki expressed condolences to the teenagers' families, and called on "all parties to exercise restraint." (end) ys.bs


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Sonja is a graduate of Washington and Lee University where she received a BS in Business Administration. At Washington and Lee, she was the captain of the Women's Tennis Team and is a seven time All-American. She is a dual-citizen of the U.S. and Norway.
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