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41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993
The President's News Conference
The President. Let me just go with an opening statement, and then be glad to respond to questions.
First, on the budget, the committees of Congress now take up the arduous task of implementing the budget resolution that they just passed. We've been pulling and tugging at this framework agreement for nearly 5 months, and it's been difficult because that whole underlying problem is difficult. And we're trying to reduce the Federal deficit by $500 billion over the next 5 years -- $40 billion of it in the first year. And this would be the largest such cut in history.
So, while it's easy to get caught up in the maneuvers and the countermaneuvers of the legislative process, I want to assure the American people this morning that I will do everything in my power to encourage Congress as it struggles to bring forth the most comprehensive and significant deficit-cutting plan ever.
This morning I outlined several conditions for a budget reconciliation bill. As the committees of Congress begin to fill in the blanks in determining how we raise the revenues and cut the spending, we must be mindful not to let the hard-won goals of the budget resolution dissipate or lose direction.
The budget reconciliation bill due on October 12th must measure up to the savings Congress has outlined, without smoke and mirrors, with growth-oriented tax incentives, with process reform, with enforceability, with bipartisan support, and with passages by both Houses of Congress by October 19th. These are the objectives that we fought for since the beginning of the long budget struggle. But they're worthy of our effort.
In any undertaking of this size, there is bound to be anguish, and I want to recognize the valiant Federal work force that had to suffer through some uncertainty of this period.
On Saturday morning, I said we cannot have business as usual. But the Congress has finally acted and we are back on course. And there can be no letup in our attention to detail, in our commitment to purpose. We must fulfill the requirements of the budget resolution.
Now I'd be glad to take some questions. Terry [Terence Hunt, Associated Press]?
Federal Budget Negotiations
Q. Mr. President, a week ago you asked Americans to help get a budget passed, and they gave you the back of the hand. Then, despite a government shutdown, Congress still hasn't been able to produce a budget. How can Americans fail to have anything except grave questions about your ability and that of Congress to govern?
The President. Well, I think there probably are some questions. I don't feel the American people gave the back of the hand to the budget agreement. If you look at the surveys that carried in the magazines and all of this, they show that, I think, more people wanted the agreements than not. So, we've just got to do a better job of getting it through. But listen, I can understand the frustration. I feel it myself at times. And when you have a government with one party controlling the Congress, where the action is and where the action will remain now for a while, and then you have a President of a different party -- nobody thought it would be easy, and it isn't.
So, I think there's some frustration, but I notice that there was strong support for the package. The problem was that you ask on individual categories of the package -- oh, no, we don't want this; we don't want that; we don't -- no. A lot of special interest. But people seem to want the deal. I think the deal -- though not keeping me happy in every way -- was a good one, and I was proud to join with the Republican and Democratic leaders in supporting that original budget agreement.
Now we've got some of the main ingredients of it -- broad instruction to these committees that were contained within the original agreement -- and let's see if the Congress can get moving and come up with a deal that I can accept. And we'll be working with them. I'm not up here to assign blame.
Q. Mr. President, no matter what you say, there was a lot of feeling in the country that the package was not fair. Are you willing to accept a higher tax rate for the wealthy, perhaps in exchange for a capital gains cut, but even so, a higher tax rate?
The President. I haven't seen great sentiment for raising people's income tax rates. And I'm not for that. Now, during the budget process -- and this was little noted -- there was discussion about getting capital gains for straightening out the bubble, which means raising some rates. We were quite openminded. There was some negotiation. So, let me say this: That's on the table. That's been talked about. And if it's proper, if it can be worked in the proper balance between the capital gains rate and the income tax changes, fine. But I don't think it's fruitful here to negotiate the details or try to.
What we've got to do is get up now with, particularly, Ways and Means and Finance -- Danny Rostenkowski [chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee], Lloyd Bentsen [chairman of the Senate Finance Committee], Bill Archer [senior Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee], and Bob Packwood [senior Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee] -- and discuss with them quietly what we can accept. I want them to know it. But I don't think I can stand here and kind of negotiate or mandate exactly what will happen.
Q. Sir, don't you think, though, the secrecy was an impediment? It felt like a lead balloon. The senior citizens in this country do not consider themselves a special interest; they're a quarter of the population.
The President. Right.
Q. People who drive to work 50 miles every day or less certainly did consider it a hardship. Had you not negotiated more in public, more public dialog, more debate, don't you think you would have been better off?
The President. Well, I don't know that any person who is opposed to raising gasoline taxes would have been more inclined to accept them if the negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on these committees had been done in public. But I think now the positions are clearer. And what I want to do is to see us go forward now. I mean, those are all out there now. And so, the committees know where the opposition's coming from.
But, Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press International], the basic problem is this: Nobody wants to do anything in terms of where they're affected. I mean, they just don't want that, and yet they want the deficit down. And that's what makes it difficult. But that's why I was very pleased to see the agreement. Everyone had to give a little bit. But we'll go back now and see if we can't, in that spirit, get a deal by the 19th that I can sign.
Q. Mr. President, House Republicans by the end of last week were being accused of behaving like Democrats. There seemed to be fairly deep divisions within their ranks. You and the leaders did not carry a majority of House Republicans on the budget deal. What hope do you now have, and what reason do you have for holding that hope, that you can do that the next time on a program that will, in effect, be written by the Democratic Party?
The President. Brit [Brit Hume, ABC News], you only stated it, if I could -- I don't want to be argumentative, but the Democrats didn't have their troops behind them. They didn't have what they needed to get it through. So, it isn't just the Republicans. I think the hope is that people see more clearly now that it isn't easy. And as people go with their own alternatives now, they find that they can't get the support. So, I think what we'll end up doing is staying very close to the agreement that I reached with the Republican and Democratic leaders. The last couple of few days have been like a catharsis; there's been a clearing of the air. People -- [inaudible] -- here's what I'd do, here's what I'd like to do. And then they find, well, there's no votes to do exactly what they'd like to do.
So, I think we just have to work the process now and hope that the Congress will come up with a reasonable deal. The action is in the Congress -- I keep pointing out -- but we'll work with them.
Q. There seem to be considerable bitter feeling among Republicans towards some members of your team who felt they had been dealt with in a ham-handed or high-handed way. Has anything been done to patch this up, sir? And have you talked to members about that?
The President. I've talked to the leaders, our leaders -- Dole [Senate Republican leader] and Michel [House Republican leader] and others, Bill Archer yesterday -- over the weekend -- Al Simpson [assistant Senate Republican leader] and others. But any time you have a difficult road like this, there's bound to be griping about it. I have total confidence in our team. And I think they did a first-class job. And I don't think we would ever have gotten the agreement out if they hadn't done a first-class job.
But also, you need a little time to calm things down, cool things off, and let's try to go forward. I think it's my responsibility to say, look, it's not easy. All of us have had to compromise. Now let's move the country forward to what really everybody wants, and that is getting these deficits under control.
President's Support for Republican Candidates
Q. Mr. President, getting back to the lack of support from Republicans: Tomorrow you're going to be campaigning in North Carolina for Senator Jesse Helms, who was one of your opponents on the budget. What is your message to the voters? Vote blindly Republican, or vote for legislators who support your policies?
The President. If we'd had more people on fiscal policy like Jesse Helms -- and by that I mean control of the Senate -- we wouldn't be in this mess. People -- [inaudible] -- been doing it more the way I want it done. So, I can't confine my support to somebody who agrees with me on a deficit deal today or some bill tomorrow. We're talking about the broad approach to saving money. And I think Senator Helms has been very good about trying to contain the growth of Federal spending.
So, I would be talking about the common themes. Everybody will be saying, hey, what about that -- he was against you on the budget deal. Tomorrow it will be something else. So, we're talking about the broad principles that unite us and urge you vote not just for Jesse but for others who -- let's see how I get this properly with the grammar -- if we had more of whom we had -- [laughter] -- we wouldn't be in such a problem.
Q. But if there's no threat of retribution, what is to keep your fellow Republicans on the Hill from defying you with impunity on other issues?
The President. Reason.
Q. Mr. President, sort of back to Terry's question. You had unprecedentedly high levels of popularity for a very long period of time. My question is, what do you suppose, sir, that popularity is good for if you can't use it to persuade the American people on an issue you yourself described as one that was critical to the country?
The President. I'm not -- I've been the one around here that if -- you always ask me on these polls, up or down, what do I think? Every Monday there's some new poll, by some new combination of a magazine and a television studio, and every week somebody wants me to comment on these. And I've been rather consistent in saying, look, I don't believe in these polls. But what it says is, we're not doing too bad. Like to be doing better. And I think there's still pretty strong support. But I guess I learned that you can't do it exactly my way when we get down on something like the deficit. I do think internationally the support is still very, very strong. So, when you get into somebody's pocketbook, or you're worrying about a tax or a spending cut that affects someone, I've learned that it's just not going to be done the way I want it, especially if you don't control the Senate or you don't control the House. So, I can't worry too much about it. I just have to try to get this process moved forward. And that's what we've done. I've had to compromise, but I think it will come out all right.
Q. Sir, if I might, I wonder if you think, though, that you're paying the price now in asking the American people for sacrifice and having them rebuff it the way it happened -- paying the price for all those years in the Reagan-Bush administration that you sold supply-side economics.
The President. No, I don't think so. I think that when you see Democratic votes against the leadership, we're talking about something a little shorter term here. I think you're looking at something that -- when people have analyzed a package and don't like parts of it. Because they're still saying, hey, we want you to vote for the overall package. So, the problem comes from some specific part of the package. That's the way I analyze it.
Q. Sir, you say you've learned that you just can't have things the way you want it on the budget. But earlier this year you raised the stakes when you said the budget crisis would be the biggest test domestically of your Presidency. So far, have you failed the test, given the fiasco of last week?
The President. Give me a couple of weeks here. I want to see if we can't get this deal through. I thought we did pretty well when we got an agreement with the Republican leadership and the House leadership, Democrat and Republican. To me, that's getting something done. And we couldn't get it through the Congress yet, so we'll try again. So, I think the jury is still out on that, John [John Cochran, NBC News].
Q. Do you suddenly feel politically a bit more vulnerable now? The Democrats smell blood. They're looking to '92 now. George Bush has slipped. What do you think?
The President. Well, without referring to the polls that I don't like to refer to, have them take a look. [Laughter]
Congressional Term Limits
Q. Considering the movement to limit terms in Congress that's been spreading around the country, would you support, either because of your current problems with Congress or because of the philosophy, term limitations?
The President. You know, that was in the Republican platform. So, I may go public on that. Certainly not opposed to it. I haven't decided exactly. But I think people want a change against the incumbents up there on the Hill. And you saw what happened in Oklahoma. I don't know what's going to happen. There's two of those State -- what do they call them, on the ballot -- referendums on the ballot in California. Both of them are different slightly in terms of how they're put into effect. But I expect they have a good chance. And as I say, we are committed in our platform to some limitation. But whether I make that a prime mover in the political campaign that lies ahead in the next few weeks, I don't know. But I will remind people that it's in there.
Q. Can we clarify something that we talked about earlier? Many of the lawmakers say that the repudiation of the budget package reflects the fact that people feel that economic policy in this country over the last 10 years was fundamentally unfair, that it redistributed income too much to the wealthy and too little to the poor. Do you think that that is part of the reason that your package was rejected?
The President. Might have been part of the reason, but I don't think the entire reason, because I don't think that's why Republicans rejected it at all.
Q. Could you also clarify your statement on the bubble? You said that it was talked about. Is that one of your positions, that you would support an exchange at the top -- --
The President. Sure, at some level.
Q. What rate would you -- --
The President. I've told you I'm not going to try to negotiate it here. I want to get something done in these committees. So, what we've got to do is get with the Senate leaders, House leaders, Finance, and Ways and Means, and see if we can reach a formula. I don't think it would be helpful to draw a line in the sand on what percentage of the exclusion on capital gains and then what we'd give in terms of leveling out the bubble or getting rid of the bubble.
Q. Mr. President, during the campaign, when you took the position that you absolutely, positively would not raise taxes under any circumstance, and then a lot of your fellow Republicans, as you know, were encouraged to follow suit by taking this anti-tax pledge -- do you think that that now is part of the reason that you're having -- --
The President. Yes?
Q. -- -- so much trouble?
The President. I think that makes it more difficult for people.
Q. Do you regret that you took that position?
The President. No, because what I do is take a look at the situation at the time -- see the changed economics and say, I've got to go forward here.
Q. Except that the deficit was very large then also.
The President. Well, I know, but I thought we could get into effect the program that I ran on. Ran up against a lot of Democratic opposition -- sent a budget up that didn't gain the support we wanted, and have done that twice. But I think you raise a good point, and some have told me that when I was talking to them.
Q. Mr. President, a question about the process. The budget now being back in the hands of the congressional committees, where it was envisioned in the first place, do you have second thoughts about all this summitry that led up to this situation?
The President. No, I don't, because what we did is to get a deal that I think has support from the American people overall. And we've gotten out a lot of the underbrush. We've moved out a lot of the debate and moved it into a package that was supported by the President, by the Republican leader in the House and the Senate, and by the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate.
So, I think we've made some progress, even though, obviously, it didn't get through either House. But now we're going to have to keep working this week. And some of the Members who would like to do it exactly his or her way are going to see that it doesn't work quite that way. So, I don't think it's been time wasted at all.
Q. Well, how badly does it undercut you politically in terms of some of the antagonism between your staff, your budget director [Richard G. Darman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget], your Chief of Staff [John H. Sununu], people on the Hill, and within the Republican Party?
The President. I don't worry about that at all. I really don't. I've been campaigning for, and will continue to campaign for, people that might agree with me on this or might disagree with me on this; and we have broad principles that unite us. And when people get tired and stay up until 3 in the morning, every morning, why, there's bound to be tensions. Calm it down, and try to go forward -- that's my approach to it.
Palestinian Demonstrators Killed in Jerusalem
Q. Mr. President, yesterday Israeli forces used the live ammunition to put down demonstrations in Israel, killing 19 Palestinians. Today Saddam Hussein [President of Iraq] is using that incident in an attempt to rally Arab support against Israel and, essentially, against the United States in the region. Do you think this incident could create a crack in the alliance against Iraq? And what's your reaction to the incident?
The President. Well, I don't think it could do that. But, look, let me just express my strong feelings about this. First, my sorrow at this tragedy. It is particularly saddening, given the sanctity of the holy places and observances there, that violence shattered all of this. And I want to echo what [Secretary of State] Jim Baker said earlier: that Israeli security forces need to be better prepared for such situations, need to act with greater restraint, particularly when it comes to the use of deadly force. And at this point, what is needed most of all is calm on all sides.
I don't think I need to say this, but let me just state that we want to see the longstanding policy of maintaining open access to the holy places preserved, tempered only by mutual respect for people of other faiths. So, I am very, very saddened by this needless loss of life, and I would call on all for restraint. The action will shift to the United Nations now.
To the other part of your question, Jim [Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News], there's no relationship here. Saddam Hussein has tried to, from the very beginning, justify the illegal invasion of Kuwait by trying to tie it in to the Palestine question. And that is not working. The Arab world is almost united against him. If he tries now to use this unfortunate incident to link the two questions, I don't think that will be successful. And certainly, I will be doing what I can to see that it is not successful.
Having said that, I hope nobody questions our interest in seeing a solution to the Palestine question, to the implementation of the Security Council resolutions. And that's what Jim Baker has been working so hard on for such a long time. But let's separate out this violence and say: We deplore it, and it must not happen, and regret it -- the loss of life -- for everybody.
Persian Gulf Crisis
Q. Also a followup, please: Saddam Hussein also indicated today that the Iraqis have a new sort of missile that can reach into Israel and can reach the U.S. troops, and he's threatening to use that force.
The President. I noticed that, and I notice he's getting a little more bellicose. Once in a while you see a conciliatory statement, and then you hear a lot of heightened rhetoric about what he is going to do and what he's not going to do. Now, I'm satisfied that we can defend our interests now, and I'm satisfied that these threats of his are counterproductive in terms of solving any peaceful resolution of the question. They don't help a thing; they just polarize.
So, I don't want to overreact to it. I keep reading statements like this, ever since this illegal annexation, illegal aggression took place. There's not too good a pattern. We watch it very carefully, and it's pretty hard to detect a pattern. Now there's a theme, and that is trying to link the Palestine question into his -- kind of giving justification for what he did against Kuwait. And yet the logic falls totally flat.
Q. Mr. President, on that subject, you said the action now shifts on this one to the United Nations. Having just been to the United Nations and talked about its increased relevance and role, how far are you prepared to go as far as the United States is concerned in meeting some of the Arab efforts to partially condemn Israel's action and pass a resolution in that regard?
The President. I think it all depends what the resolution is. And so, that's just starting up there now, and we're not sure exactly what direction it all will take. So, I'd want to stop short of saying exactly what the U.S. Government could support or what it couldn't support.
Q. If I may, sir, on a related topic: When the Amir of Kuwait [Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah] was here, you expressed grave concern about the dismantling of Kuwait.
The President. Yes, I did.
Q. Your advisers said that that could affect the timetable for permitting sanctions to work. What is your feeling on that now, and is the dismantling continuing?
The President. I thought General Scowcroft [Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs] put it very well after the Amir left here. And I am very much concerned, not just about the physical dismantling but of the brutality that has now been written on by Amnesty International confirming some of the tales told us by the Amir of brutality. It's just unbelievable, some of the things at least he reflected. I mean, people on a dialysis machine cut off, the machine sent to Baghdad; babies in incubators heaved out of the incubators and the incubators themselves sent to Baghdad. Now, I don't know how many of these tales can be authenticated, but I do know that when the Amir was here he was speaking from the heart. And after that came Amnesty International, who were debriefing many of the people at the border. And it's sickening.
And so, if your question was how long, I can't give you an answer in days or months, but it is a new equation in the last 3 weeks -- the systematic dismantling of Kuwait that concerns us enormously. And I think the more people understand it, the more Saddam Hussein will be condemned. But I have to stop short of telling you where that leads me to in terms of recommending action by the allied forces there.
Q. It does sound like your patience is wearing thin on the sanctions.
The President. It's wearing very thin on that account, yes.
Foreign and Domestic Policy
Q. Mr. President, a couple of minutes ago, you said that public opinion seemed to support your handling of foreign affairs better than domestic affairs. Why do you think you're so much more comfortable with or better at foreign matters than domestic? To some people, it seems like almost two Presidents here.
The President. Well, I've read that sophisticated analysis. [Laughter] And I'm troubled because I don't really know the answer to it. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that in one, I think the Vandenberg theory applies. People really basically want to support the President on foreign affairs, and partisanship does, in a sense, stop at the water's edge. Whereas on domestic policy, here I am, with Democratic majorities in the Senate and Democratic majorities in the House, having to try to persuade them to do what I think is best. It is complicated. I mean, I think that's part of it. Well, I don't want to get stretched out on the couch too far in terms of analysis. [Laughter]
But when you get a problem with the complexities that the Middle East has now and the Gulf has now, I enjoy trying to put the coalition together and keep it together and work towards what I think is a proper end, seeing that this aggression doesn't succeed. I can't say I just rejoice every time I go up and talk to Danny Rostenkowski, my dear friend, about what he's going to do on taxes. Does that help you? [Laughter]
Have you got a followup?
Q. It doesn't sound like you have as much fun at it as you do at the other.
The President. That's about right. [Laughter]
Mr. Fitzwater. Final question, please.
Q. Mr. President, you pulled out all the stops on this budget deal, and it just flopped. Are you concerned, sir, that your leadership on other domestic issues now will be eroded since you couldn't carry even half your own party in the House? You talk about clean air. You talk about crime. Are you worried that you're just going to -- the honeymoon is entirely over?
The President. No, because I want to talk to Speaker Foley about this and [Senate majority] leader Mitchell, because they pulled out all the stops and they didn't get the votes they needed. So, I don't think they feel that they can't conduct their business in the House or in the Senate. And certainly, I don't feel that I can't conduct my business here. So, I don't think there is erosion. In fact, you saw the House side come together in terms of a veto right quick, like that. And I think there's a certain maturity there. And we go on to the next event -- I mean -- and stay with it. You can't stay there forever and mope about it. I don't worry about that.
Q. In terms of the disdain up on the Hill from both Republicans and Democrats for some members of your staff -- some of them in this room -- have you taken any of your staff to the woodshed, sir?
The President. Absolutely not. I have full confidence in them. And when the passions get high, I understand that there's bound to be a little broken china up there. But, hey, look, if I got outraged every time I watched C - SPAN and heard some outrageous Democrat go after me, and I sulked about it and I fretted about it, and I called Tom Foley about it and said why do you permit this, I wouldn't be able to do anything. So, I don't worry about that.
In terms of my team, they did an outstanding job. And I've had more Members tell me that. So, what you hear is the squeaking wheel. You hear those that aren't particularly happy. Maybe they didn't get it exactly their way. The news, of course, is man bites dog. Republican goes after Republican. So, I don't think we've got a problem at all. We've got three bright people working hard to move my objectives forward -- and I think they happen to be the country's objectives -- forward.
Q. Who, sir, are these Members of Congress who are hailing the work of your team?
The President. Plenty of them. Go talk to the leadership. Talk to Bob Michel. Talk to Bob Dole. They're the leaders. They're the key leaders of the Congress. You want to talk about a squeaking wheel from time to time. I want to talk about those that have a broader view of things.
Two more. One, two -- and that's the second in the middle. [Laughter]
Q. You forgot the back row.
The President. That's the way we counted the votes on the deal. Go ahead. [Laughter]
Q. Following on Ellen's [Ellen Warren, Knight-Ridder Newspapers] question, do you think anyone on your staff -- or do you think, in general, not -- without naming names, which I'm certain you won't want to do in any case -- didn't the White House end of this handle anything wrong? Is it all -- --
The President. I probably made some mistakes. I thought, frankly, that we had a deal that would get support from a majority of the Republicans. And I tried very hard. I made, golly, I can't remember how many phone calls. So, if we're trying to assign blame, lay it right here. But I'm not going to go into trying to analyze the performance of each staff member, because I have confidence in the constructive role they played in bringing the deal as far as it was brought.
Sat there night after night, day after day, trying to make something positive happen. The time we had of what seemed to be a harmonious meeting in the Cabinet Room, those leaders that were there spoke very proudly and positively about the role of the White House negotiators -- with great awe of some of them because of the totality of their knowledge on the details of this. So, I can't get all caught up because there's now a new wave of stories trying to get inside the White House as to who's winning, who's losing. I mean, that's endless, and we can't do it.
Once and then twice. Sorry, we really do have to go.
Q. Mr. President, you've correctly noted that the Democrats and the Republican majority voted against the deal last week, but you've omitted mentioning that only the Democrats voted in both Houses -- a majority of the Democrats voted for it in the new deal. And a majority of the Republicans feel that's because you met the objections of Democrats and that you signed onto that this morning. Could you explain why you agree -- --
The President. The budget resolution was passed with Republican votes. We provided a majority of our people to vote for it up there.
Q. Yes, but not the majority in the House, sir, by far, and only a bare majority of four in the Senate.
The President. But they voted, I thought, overwhelmingly and on the record for the continuing resolution.
Q. You don't feel you have any opposition among Republicans in the House?
The President. Oh, yes. Absolutely.
Q. What are you going to do to fix that?
The President. Work with the committees, try to point out what we're working towards -- and towards $500 billion in serious, real budget cuts. And then ask them, here's what you want, now we've tried that one. How will you get it done? Listen intently, reach out to heal. Get everybody in the room and say, now wait a minute, how are we going to get something done? It's easy to be against something, but what are we going to be for? How are we going to solve the problem so we don't mortgage the future of the kids, and so we move forward and get interest rates down, and so we create more jobs? And I've got to do quite a bit of that myself, and the staff will be working with that approach. But that's the way I do it.
Last one. Yes?
Q. As you pointed out a lot of the hard work really remains ahead. Are you determined, as you were before, to keep Congress to the October 19th deadline? Will you veto another CR [continuing resolution] if they haven't finished the job by then?
The President. I think the fact that I vetoed that last one resulted in the new budget resolution and a continuing resolution that we could accept, because the budget resolution was passed, both Houses. I'm absolutely convinced that if I had not vetoed that CR and that had not been sustained, everybody would have gone home, they'd all marched in the parades for Columbus Day holding the signs up, and started negotiating today. So, once in a while the President, using the veto, can indeed move the process forward. And that's exactly what happened. And I would do it again if I felt that it would constructively lead to getting the problem solved.
Let me make this point again. Last summer, it was my gut instinct to ask the Congress to stay here and not go off for a vacation. And I talked to the leaders and they convinced me, for better or for worse, that that would be counterproductive. Looking over my shoulder -- somebody here -- what mistakes have I made, or did we make -- that may have been one of them because I think maybe we could have had a lot of this underbrush out of the way well before now if I had done that. But I didn't do it. And they told me, they assured me it would be a much more cooperative environment after Labor Day.
Now, they asked me the other day not to veto this continuing resolution -- the Democratic leaders did. And I said, look, I hope you don't think I've been under any false colors with you people, because I've made very clear that I'm going to veto it. And they agreed with that, but they just thought I made the wrong call on it. I don't think so. I think I made the right call, and I think there's one of the times when a President's veto can discipline the process. And so, I reserve the option to use whatever constitutional weapons I have to move things forward.
Q. Sir, will you veto the civil rights bill now?
The President. I think that's the last question, we said, by agreement there. And so, thank you very much.
Q. What about the civil rights bill?
The President. Mary [Mary McGrory, Washington Post], you haven't been here in a long time. I run the risk of getting into trouble here because you haven't been too understanding of my programs, but what is it? [Laughter]
Q. Will you veto the civil rights bill?
The President. Is your name Mary?
Q. Last week your Chief of Staff said that you would go into Members' districts who opposed you on the budget resolution. This morning you have said you will go into their districts. Is this a thought-out strategy of bad cop-good cop? And if it's just a routine, don't you think people would feel cynical?
The President. Why don't I let the Chief of Staff say what it was he said exactly. You heard what I said. And he and I are in total agreement on what I will do in terms of campaigning. Would it be useful to have him repeat what he said?
Q. Yes.
Mr. Sununu. I said the President will be out there campaigning for them and might look them in the eye and ask for their support on the budget. That's what I said.
Q. You didn't say that he would go into their districts and campaign against them?
Mr. Sununu. No, I didn't. And nobody has said I said that. What I said was: The President could go into your district, campaign for you. If he wants your support on the budget, he's going to look you in the eye sometime and ask you to do it, and I hope that you've supported him because if he looks you in the eye and asks you to do it on the campaign, it might be a little embarrassing.
Q. Did you go too far, Governor?
Mr. Sununu. I don't think so. We got a budget passed, didn't we?
Note: The President's 63d news conference began at 10:30 a.m. in the Briefing Room at the White House. Marlin Fitzwater is Press Secretary to the President.
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Q: Why amount of used GPU memory doesn't increase when increasing batch size in keras? I have an image classifier in Keras. I want to achieve the fastest performance possible, but I notice that the amount of used GPU memory is constant no matter how big a batch is.
I set
from keras.backend.tensorflow_backend import set_session
config = tf.ConfigProto()
config.gpu_options.allow_growth = True
set_session(tf.Session(config=config))

to prevent tf allocating the whole memory.
When I load the model
from keras.models import load_model
model = load_model(model_h5_path)

nvidia-smi shows that 1017MiB is used.
Then I do model.predict(batch) using different batch sizes and measure the time here are results I got
Batch 1 — 4.5 ms
Batch 10 — 7 ms
Batch 50 — 22ms
Batch 100 — 45 ms
Batch 1000 — 470ms
And each time nvidia-smi shows that only 1017MiB is used.
If I don't set allow_growth = True I get the same result.
I expect the amount of used GPU to increase when I increase the batch size.
I have GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with 11016MiB of memory. So it seems that I don't use the video card to the fullest, since I have 10 GB of unused memory.
Please suggest how can I leverage the unused memory. A naive solution would be to create 10 models, since each of them consumes only 1 GB, but maybe there is a more elegant solution. Or maybe it is supposed to be that way, and it is impossible to use more memory.

A: According to the documentation (https://keras.io/models/sequential/), predict(...) takes a parameter batch_size -- if you don't specify one, it defaults to 32. Hence the behaviour you see.
It does not matter how many images you put into batch, you have to explicitly specify the batch size.

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El II Comando del Distrito Aéreo (Luftkreis-Kommando II) fue una unidad de la Luftwaffe durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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Fue formado el 1 de abril de 1934 en Berlín, subordinado por la R.L.M.. Usadas sobre designación de la II Oficina General Aérea hasta el 31 de marzo de 1935. El 12 de octubre de 1937 es renombrado 2° Comando del Distrito Aéreo, y el 4 de febrero de 1938 se une con el 3° Comando del Distrito Aéreo del 1° Comando del Grupo de la Fuerza Aérea.

Comandante
 General de Vuelo Leonhard Kaupisch – (1 de abril de 1934 – 4 de febrero de 1938)

Jefes de Estado Mayor
 Teniente Coronel Franz Müller-Michels – (1 de abril de 1934 – 1 de octubre de 1937)
 Teniente Coronel Walter Schwabedissen – (1 de octubre de 1937 – 4 de febrero de 1938)

Orde de Batalla

Controladas las siguientes unidades
 II Comandante Superior Aéreo en Berlín – (1 de abril de 1935 – 12 de octubre de 1937)
 2° Comandante Superior Aéreo en Berlín – (12 de octubre de 1937 – 4 de febrero de 1938)
 II Comandante Superior de Artillería Antiaérea del Distrito Aéreo en Berlín – (1 de octubre de 1935 – 12 de octubre de 1937)
 2° Comandante Superior Antiaéreo en Berlín – (12 de octubre de 1937 – 4 de febrero de 1938)
 2° Comando Administrativo Aéreo en Stettin – (1 de octubre de 1937 – 12 de octubre de 1937)
 4° Comando Administrativo Aéreo en Berlín – (1 de abril de 1936 – 12 de octubre de 1937)
 II Comando Administrativo Aéreo en Stettin – (12 de octubre de 1937 – 4 de febrero de 1938)
 IV Comando Administrativo Aéreo en Berlín – (12 de octubre de 1937 – 4 de febrero de 1938)
 II Comando de Escuela de Vuelo y Batallón de Reemplazo
 2° Grupo Aére de Mantención
 12° Regimiento Aéreo de Comunicaciones en Berlín – (1 de octubre de 1935 – 4 de febrero de 1938)

Véase también
 Sede Superior de la Luftwaffe

Referencias
 http://www.ww2.dk/air/hq/lkk2.htm

Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
Comandos del Distrito Aéreos

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Kompany joins Anderlecht as player-manager
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Vincent Kompany's going home in a big way.
The longtime Manchester City center back will return to Anderlecht this summer as player-manager, rejoining the club that raised him from an academy starlet to two-time Belgian top-flight champion.
"It's the most passionate yet rational decision I've ever made," Kompany wrote on Facebook. "As a footballer, I was born and raised at RSC Anderlecht. Since the age of 6, I have been one with that club. A history of 34 league titles, they are second to none."
Kompany, 33, made his bones at Anderlecht with 103 appearances before spending two seasons at Hamburger SV.
That was enough to attract Man City's attention in 2008, and the big center back rewarded the club with 13 pieces of silverware: Four Premier League crowns, three FA Cups, four League Cups, and a pair of Community Shields.
At Anderlecht, he succeeds Fred Rutten with the club 12 points back of a title. The 34-time Belgian champions haven't won the league in two seasons.
Kompany isn't just a footballing genius, he's one of the most intelligent people in the game and earned his MBA while with City. It will be fascinating to follow his progress as a manager, and obviously it's a big win for Anderlecht if he can stay fit on the field. The 87-times capped Belgian still performs for his national team, and it's fair to say he'll continue to be an icon at home.
Back where it all started! ⚽
On behalf of everyone here at the Club we wish you the very best of luck @VincentKompany 🌟
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Restructuring the Steel Market - Middle East Economic digest
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Challenges and Opportunities for Open Assess Journals in Asia
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Asian universities increasingly implement open access mandates and repositories, in an effort to increase the accessibility of research results.
A Blog Article by Pablo Markin.
Over three-quarters of Taiwanese research institutions and universities have chosen to cease subscribing to Elsevier's journal access packages, in their efforts to adopt open access as the format that sustainably enables local and international scholars to access publicly-funded scientific output. This is likely to be of more importance for the Asian scientific community than for its Western counterpart, as in the long term open access can level the global playing field in terms of research result accessibility by removing financial barriers to academic journal access. While this is contrary to the business models of large journal publishers, such as Elsevier, that prefer maintaining high profit rates over a broader adoption of open or hybrid access options. On the one hand, maintaining the quality of scientific journals, such as via rigorous peer review and editorial processing, has traditionally entailed the deployment of paywall-based journal access models. On the other hand, in Asia, such as in Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, voices that advocate open access publishing are increasingly heard.
This is especially important from the perspective of journal accessibility, since in many South and East Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar, where the implementation of open access models can significantly contribute to the accessibility of latest research to local scholars. As the Asia Open Access Summit that took place in November 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, indicates, regional bodies, e.g., the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, leading scientific publishers, e.g., BioMed Central, and open access-related organizations, e.g., Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, are keen to make available and exploit open access resources. While the adoption of open access has a financial rationale, as it eliminates journal access fees, it also demands a reorientation away from a narrow focus on impact factor metrics to a wider range of estimates gauging the prominence that published articles have in scientific communities. Especially for Asian countries, both publishing in and mandating open access can foster scientific collaboration and findings' communication.
As large journal publishers, such as Wiley, are increasingly heeding the calls for a greater presence of open access journals among their offerings. Not infrequently backed by scientific societies, open access journals can combine high peer-review standards with collaborative initiatives, while offering Asian scholars additional venues of research dissemination. Likewise, the Chinese scientific community increasingly accepts open access journals and open data repositories, even though open access-oriented policies remain to be formulated in this country.
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"The definitive timeline of Marvel's 'Black Widow' movie [that hasn't been made yet]." [MTV]
So the press tour for Avengers: Age of Ultron was kind of a shit show, with Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans slut shaming Black Widow. [The Daily Beast]
IndieWire published an open letter to Joss Whedon from a "disappointed feminist fan" about the many ways Age of Ultron fell short.
Styleite has a cool list of comic heroines who can teach you about being a badass. I bet you you can't guess who's included.
The Mary Sue has a thoughtful piece on cosplaying while black.
Inside Amy Schumer has an excellent skit called "A Very Realistic Military Game." It's incredibly on point, but also a little hard to watch, so trigger warning for discussions of rape in the military.
Whoopi Goldberg was interviewed by My Drunk Kitchen's Hannah Hart and it was glorious.
Everyone is losing their collective shit over Mad Max: Fury Road, with Buzzfeed calling it a "feminist playbook for surviving dystopia."
Okay, so let's tackle Game of Thrones, shall we? It's getting harder and harder for many fans to both watch and defend the show. It seems the writers and show runners care little about showing violence toward women in a sensitive light, and the problem only seems to be getting worse. Vanity Fair came out strongly against the treatment of Sansa Stark, the Mary Sue has made an editorial decision to no longer cover the show on their website, and Bitch discusses the post-colonial politics of the show thus far.
As a palate cleanser, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies) showed rather a lot in a recent magazine photo shoot, and J. K. Rowling had an adorable mom reaction to it. [The Mary Sue]
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Q: Database table data transfer between different servers using bcp.exe and mysqldump I have 2 servers, both are exact clones of another, one is PRODUCTION live use and the other is strictly for backend DATAENTRY.
Using MSSQL on two different servers I am using the following command lines to transfer table data between servers...
Export table data from DATAENTRY:
bcp.exe "SELECT * from database.dbo.table WHERE Modified > '{MM/DD/YYYY} 00:00:00.000'" queryout C:\export\dbtabledump.bcp -n -U{username} -P{password}

##FTP upload file: dbtabledump.bcp to PRODUCTION##
Import table data into PRODUCTION:
bcp.exe database.dbo.table in "C:\import\dbtabledump.bcp" -n -U{username} -P{password}

Now I would like to trim down the DATAENTRY server to the bare essentials and use LAMP instead of the current WIN/IIS/MSSQL combo. Database schema will be identical on both platforms.
Here are my following quesitons:

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*What is the equivalent of MSSQL BCP.EXE in MYSQL?

Currently I have found mysqldump command

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*Is the exported mysqldump file compatible with MSSQL BCP.EXE?

*If not, how do I prepare the MYSQL table data dump file for MSSQL BCP.EXE to import?

*I'm open to any other ideas, is there a more elegant solution to my workflow?

A: No you can't take the output of mysqldump and use it with bcp.  Mysqldump creates a SQL Script which can then be run.  If the schema is the same you can probably just run the outputted script using sqlcmd.

A: I solved it by following mrdenny's hint on using sqlcmd. Since BCP format cannot be exported from MySQL, I used CSV format instead.
The steps are to:

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*Export CSV file from MySQL

*Use sqlcmd to import CSV file into a temporary table in MSSQL

*In temp table, massage the data if there are any weird string
problems during import

*Reinsert data rows from temp table into the final target table

*Drop temporary table


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Father, 39, who lived in US for 30yrs, deported to Mexico – report
© John Moore © AFP
Jorge Garcia shared a tearful goodbye with his wife and two children as he was deported to Mexico by ICE agents at Detroit Metro Airport. The 39-year-old never lived in Mexico as an adult, but is too old to qualify for DACA.
Garcia's wife Cindy sobbed on Monday morning as the couple and their two children held a group hug ahead of the airport security checkpoint, the Detroit Free Press reports. Garcia, reportedly brought to the US illegally at the age of 10, was said to have paid taxes and had no criminal record, according to supporters. However, because he is 39 years old, he is disqualified from applying for protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Supporters who came to see him off cried as well, carrying black-and-white signs which read "Stop Separating Families."
#MLKDay w/@ICEgov We need #ImmigrationReform Because #racism doesn't take a day off.https://t.co/1TpxQYX5PK
— Michigan United (@MichiganUnited) January 15, 2018
The Lincoln Park resident and landscaper was reportedly ordered to return to Mexico in November. The deportation reportedly requires Garcia not come back to the US for at least 10 years.
"I feel kind of sad," he told the Free Press on Sunday night, welling up with tears. "I got to leave my family behind, knowing that they're probably going to have a hard time adjusting. Me not being there for them for who knows how long. It's just hard."
Garcia told the newspaper he asked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if they would allow him more time, as he had hoped Congress would expand DACA protections. They declined to move his January 15 deadline to get out of the country.
"Stop Separating Families," read signs from supporters of Jorge as he prepares to board flight for Mexico in a deportation by ICE, part of crackdown by Trump administration: pic.twitter.com/Vl47minwpd
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) January 15, 2018
"How do you do this on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?" asked Erik Shelley, a leader with the activist group Michigan United, the Free Press reports. "It's another example of the tone-deafness of this administration ... If Jorge isn't safe, no one is safe."
The deportation also came on the same day President Donald Trump tweeted that Democrats "don't want to" make a deal on DACA. The Obama-era immigration order has been challenged in court, as has Trump's decision to end it. The latest legal development came last week when a US judge barred the Trump administration from completely repealing the program.
Statement by me last night in Florida: "Honestly, I don't think the Democrats want to make a deal. They talk about DACA, but they don't want to help..We are ready, willing and able to make a deal but they don't want to. They don't want security at the border, they don't want.....
Congress could codify the protected status into law, but there has been a struggle over immigration reform for many years. No comprehensive legislation been passed since 1986.
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The trek is on. 14th November 2010. Registration begins at 8:30 at Newcastle foreshore and the convoy leaves at 10am.All vehicle types are welcome (nsw road rules apply) We will be driving through Newcastle and a little of Lake Macquarie then returning to the foreshore for an afternoon of entertainment.If you want to preregister contact sids on 0249 693171.There is a small fee to join in the convoy but all proceeds raised goto Sids and kids.See you there.


In terms of product line and products, Vewell has been leading in the domestic industry, for example, it is the first one to launch 7.3mm double-bezel LCD tiling unit, irregular LCD screen, super-high-brightness outdoor screen, etc, which represents the high-end image of Vewell. However, Mr. Li deems, in addition to products, some other factors including channel, service, R&D, etc are the connotations that cannot be short of for a "hi-end" brand.
Regarding channel, Vewell chooses Twinflag as its general agent in China because it thinks highly of the experience and channel capability of Twinflag of many years in marketing of professional display and it considers all aspects of Twinflag. According to Mr. Li, the cooperation of Vewell and Twinflag is mainly based on the consistent "market starting point" and industrial opinion of both parties. Both are dedicated to the leader in the domestic professional display market and have the same strategic demand. The cooperation between Vewell and Twinflag is abundant and deep.
Mr. Li tells us that, although, superficially, Twinflag is responsible for sale, the engineers of Vewell will follow and participate in the whole process from contact with customers to project planning, proposal of solutions, final implementation of system engineering and after-sale service. This very fine cooperation mode, somewhat, makes both seem as one company or one team. In addition, in addition to sale, Twinflag is the ears and eyes of Vewell because it will feed back customer demands in time to the R&D team of Vewell, communicate with the lowest-level R&D personnel, shoulder the tasks of keeping improving and creating products more applicable for customers.
The deep cooperation with channel is the key that Vewell is different from the simple distribution agency relationship between many manufacturers and channel distributors. The cooperation between Vewell and Twinflag is established on the basis that both are dedicated to the exploration of the domestic professional display market. This cooperation essentially has the property of "hi-end": they do not focus on "make money" but are dedicated to the creation of an undertaking. Therefore, in addition to sale, Twinflag will help Vewell construct, operate and sell Vewell's brand.
Hi-end products should have hi-end services. Mr. Li tells us that, besides full-process professional project consultancy and planning service, customers can enjoy the perfect set of after-sale service system of Vewell. For example, Vewell has established six subsidiaries around China, provides 12h backup services, etc. The most unique point is that Vewell engineers do not wait beside phone for the call from customers but patrol the products within their responsibility in a regular manner. Vewell requires that, in a monthly basis, the operation servicing engineers go to customers to check the working status of every product so as to find problems and prevent the small problems becoming large problems. This mechanism, to the greatest extends, ensures the normal operation of the products of customers and realizes the maximum of the application value of devices.
Regarding technical R&D, Mr. Li tells us that, Vewell always adheres to the orientation of customer demand and takes the strategy of prospective R&D. Mr. Li says with examples that, that Vewell can launch 7.3mm double-bezel LCD tiling products cannot go without the prospective R&D thinking that Vewell always insists on. To overcome such main technical bottleneck in LCD tiling, Vewell always maintain leading R&D force and has deep exchanges and communications with world leaders such as Samsung, etc. At present, the next generation 2mm frame product R&D has been initiated at Vewell; at the end of this year, Vewell will launch an outdoor high-brightness product with brightness above 2,500 nits.
On the other hand, Vewell also deeply pays attention to customer demand change, for example, in the LCD tiling unit, Vewell adds new technology developed independently by itself and realizes such practical functions as split screen display, multi-signal switching, etc without such high-class independent hardware as matrix switcher, tiling controller. As a result, the user in the monitoring industry who chooses Vewell products can save large cost from signal processing equipment.
Mr. Li introduces to PjTIME that, the professional display application market is greatly different from the common consumption market. Customer demand in the professional market has very strong orientation and different customers often have different demands. In addition, what customers face is not only one simple product or one simple screen but also the solution for the system. For example, in the competition for the project of Beijing Subway Line 4, the reason for which Vewell wins although with strict product test and furious competition from the rivals Sharp and Samsung, etc is that Vewell not only has outstanding terminal products but also offers perfect and reasonable system solution. At present, more than 90% of Vewell products have been sold by means of solutions.
In the Vewell R&D system, Vewell specially stresses how to grasp the market direction correctly in the application of the products that focus on "projects" and take demand as core, such as professional LCD monitor. The deep cooperation between Vewell and Twinflag also includes the research and determination analysis of both to the customer demand in the future and the presentation of the information in the R&D of Vewell products. According to Mr. Li, the hi-end that involves the whole product value implementation process from channel, R&D to after-sale service is the true meaning of "hi-end brand" of Vewell.


Mugen Seiki concentrated on the making the suspension on the MBX7TR even better with new 16mm front and rear shocks that improve traction and better feeling on high grip conditions. The new shocks are also outfitted with new 1.4mm shock springs. The new 1.4mm shock springs reduce chassis roll, increase traction, improve jumping and are more stability on bumpy tracks. This means you can drive even harder than ever before! The 7TR has a new 3mm A7075 hard-anodized chassis with increase side bends to increase strength and to give a more precise felling on all surfaces. The MBX7TR uses the E2129 front upright, which has a trailing axle position to improve overall steering. The steering Ackerman plate from the 7R buggy is also included in the 7TR to add more adjustability. The servo saver spring was also update to the E2316 to improve the precision of the trucks steering dramatically. The drive train of the MBX7TR has been changed and improved with the use of a new universal style driveshaft for both the front and rear of the truck. This greatly improves the feel of the truck on bumpy surfaces. The universal driveshaft's will make the overall drive train much smoother and will spin with less friction.


Tomorrow, elite rowing crews from two of the UK's most distinguished universities will battle it out to claim ultimate victory in the 160th annual Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race.
1. In 1912, both teams' boats sank due to poor weather and as a result, the race had to be rescheduled for the following day.
2. In 1978, the Cambridge team completely sank due to severe winds, leaving Oxford to win. This race won a place in Channel 4's rundown of 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.
3. Before the boat race, both club presidents toss an 1829 gold sovereign coin for the right to decide which side of the river their team will row on.
4. The 2012 race had to be stopped for 30 minutes due to protester Trenton Oldfield swimming between the two boats. He was jailed for six months.
5. It's boat race tradition for the winning team to throw their own Cox into the river to celebrate their victory.
6. Every single crew member trains for around two hours for every single stroke in the race. That's colossal when you consider it takes around 600 strokes to complete the course!
7. The start and finish of the race is marked by two stones, labelled U.B.R (University Boat Race), on the South Bank of the River Thames.
8. Excluding World War I and World War II, the boat race has been held annually every year since 1856 (although it was officially started in 1829). Traditionally, the loser challenges the winning team to a rematch each year.
9. The record for the quickest ever course finish was set by Cambridge in 1998. The team finished the race in just 16 minutes and 19 seconds.
10. Comedian Hugh Laurie rowed in the Cambridge blue boat in 1980 and narrowly lost in a controversial clash of oars.
If all this talk of the big boat race has got you into the competitive spirit, take a look at our exciting selection of sailing and yachting experiences.
Who do you think will win this year's race?


Matt entertained for my father-in-law's 80th birthday party. I can't say enough about what a wonderful job he did. Everyone at the party has been talking about his great singing and the selection of music he played. He was very personable and we definitely would recommend him to anyone that is thinking of having him perform at a special event/occasion. We will definitely be calling him again. We want to thank Matt for making a special day even more special. He was everything we were hoping for and more.
It's axiomatic that listening to even a talented performer sing the same five songs for three days straight is enough to drive a craft festival vendor to distraction. This weekend, while exhibiting at the Sugarloaf Craft Festival in Chantilly VA, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the ongoing concert presented by Pennsylvania singer/songwriter Matt Miskie kept me energized and actively listening to the wide songbook of folk favorites he offered. It even got me dancing, which made me less wistful for the music-rich life I enjoy -- and dance to -- in Sarasota.
With a melodic voice that seamlessly blends elements of Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and Gordon Lightfoot, Miskie's arrangements of familiar songs from the Sixties and more contemporary numbers had depth, variety and richness of tone and phrasing.
His rhythm guitar playing, inflected with simple intro runs, nicely backed up the vocals. Rhythm alone, without lead breaks, can be boring and repetitive, especially at solo gigs, but Miskie's technique somehow worked to support the overall sound.
"Lebanon area musician Matt Miskie draws inspiration from the landscape of Pennsylvania for his easy going melodies. From kayaking to a spectacular sunset, Miskie's original work reflects the beauty of the state while also celebrating his closest relationships".
"Matt's songs share a genuine mellowness and charm, they also have variety.""
"Matt Miskie's songs ...have as much integrity as anything I've heard, and whats more, its simply some of the best music of its genre...""


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January 8, 2019 William Sutton
Leonardo Balerdi: Boca Juniors' defensive prodigy
Leonardo Balerdi has quickly established himself as one of the brightest defensive starlets in Argentina. His mental strength, anticipation and physical attributes have been turning heads since his Boca Juniors first team debut in August. It didn't take long for the plaudits to come rolling in.
In only his second game, Balerdi received the man of the match award and a huge whoscored.com rating of 7.96. German giant club Borussia Dortmund has recently made a bid of ₤10 million for his services. It seems inevitable Balerdi will leave the club soon.
Balerdi is a centre-back by trade and likes to play on the left of the back two. Following on from my previous piece on Agustin Almendra this tactical analysis will break down his defensive strengths and how these work into the dynamics of the back four. I will then analyse areas he could work on when he makes the move to Europe.
Showing the attacker onto the weaker foot and defending diagonally
Balerdi has demonstrated almost perfect defensive positioning and body orientation since his debut. He has barely been dribbled past in the five games he has played for Boca. When Balerdi is being attacked his body orientation is superb. He turns his body to show the attacker onto the sideline or onto his weaker foot.
Balerdi also doesn't lunge into challenges if he doesn't need to. He perceives his teammates' location and usually makes the correct decision to close down and isolate the attacker.
Balerdi using correct body orientation
Defending diagonally to isolate defender
You can see in the above images that Balerdi identified the sideline and simply orientates his body by defending at a right angle to show the attacker onto his left. This is a simple but effective defensive skill as the sideline acts as an extra defender in this situation. The back-pass option is also negated.
Compression and decision making
A valuable skill in defending is maintaining compact shape as a unit but also being dynamic in positional rotations. Great defences are built upon defenders who have an understanding of where each other is situated relative to themselves. You need not only to be disciplined in keeping your defensive shape, but to exhibit the decision making to come out from the line and drop in when required.
Good attacking players will make different types of runs to drag defenders out of their zones. When successful, this dynamic produces space for the attackers to perform plays like killer passes and penetrating dribbles. At such a young age, Balerdi exhibits amazing perception and in-game reading to keep compact when in a low block.
Staying compact and making the correct decision
In the image, an attacker has made a diagonal run between the left full-back and Balerdi, attempting to manipulate the latter's perception. Balerdi interprets the run but can also see that if he follows the attacker he leaves a gaping hole in the middle. He keeps the line intact and compressed, negating penetration through the middle vertical zone.
In this image, the opposition is in attacking transition and has created an advantageous 3v3. It appears Boca are in trouble as the two off-the-ball runners can run wide and split the side defenders. The Boca defenders create enough space between themselves and the attackers that the ball carrier must play a pass.
Balerdi has two options here: break from the line and commit to the ball-carrier, thus leaving a 3v2, or keep his shape. As you can see, he keeps his shape and the ball carrier plays a through ball which is cut out by Balerdi. This is a terrific example of Balerdi's exemplary decision making. He doesn't panic. You'll often see other defenders in situations like these demonstrate impatience and lack of decision making by engaging the ball carrier.
Pressing and isolating the winger
There are a number of pressing triggers that provide information for defenders. It's up to the defenders to interpret the information and make the correct decision. Some pressing triggers are when the attacker has their back to goal, the attacker is about to receive the ball, or when a winger takes possession.
Balerdi seems to perceive these pressing triggers intuitively and makes the correct decision consistently. The other great aspect about his game is that he doesn't lunge into tackles when pressing. Balerdi always just applies enough pressure so the attacker can't bounce play or make a half turn to face forward.
When he does press the wing and leaves space behind him, you can see him communicating with his fellow defenders that he is leaving his space and needs to be covered. This is very dynamic and marks the maturity of such a young player.
Balerdi leaving his space to press
In this situation, Balerdi has left his #5 space which might seem disadvantageous. He leaves his zone to press the number seven because the pressing trigger is wing play. Balerdi wants to pin the attacker against the sideline and potentially isolate him from his teammates.
He does leave some space in his zone, but he can see that like in previous examples, his two teammates who are pressing from behind have the closest opposition player in their cover shadow. You can see the understanding Balerdi has within this network. It is very dynamic and effective.
Inner pressing triggers
As well identifying wing play pressing triggers, Balerdi also applies his understanding on when and when not to press in the central zone and half-space. He has a terrific ability to press the attacker who is about to receive and give him limited time to bounce play and create dynamic patterns. He sees the ball speed and can time his press to optimal effect.
Breaking down the third man play
This is an incredible piece of defending. Balerdi demonstrates how vital he has become to this Boca team already. The opposition has created positional superiority with their wall pass play. The play is in attacking transition for the opposition and the ball has been played vertically to the receiver.
Another opposition player, the third man, has identified the effectiveness of the pass and makes his run beyond the first two pressers to create a passing lane. The receiver is expected to play the ball first time to the runner's feet to break the line. The third man play has beaten Boca's counterpress – or so it seems. Balerdi demonstrates incredible decision-making and presses the receiver, who has his back to goal. Balerdi performs a poke tackle to nullify the counter-attack.
Breaking the line
Balerdi possesses incredible coverage in the last line. Despite his strengths, like all youth products he has some weaknesses. One aspect of his game he can improve is his ability to break the first and second line from the back.
This also works into his natural tendency to maintain extreme depth from the back. It appears Balerdi is on his way to Europe, specifically Dortmund. If he wants to maintain his relative standard in the Bundesliga he will need some guidance from Lucien Havre.
Boca tend to get a lot of time on the ball in their own half in build-up. There are times when Balerdi has the option to position himself to take a flat pass and then play a split pass to either the number nine or 10. He loves playing simple passes back to his central defensive partner when there is a clean opportunity to break the lines.
Opting for simple passes
In this example, Boca are playing horizontal passes across the backline with the intention of luring the front two into a high press. There is a clear passing lane to the number nine that Balerdi could look to take. This is a very difficult pass to make. The forward hasn't shown for the ball, but Balerdi needs to take responsibility and make a signal for the vertical pass.
The number six isn't really helping either by maintaining the same vertical line when he should attempt to stagger to disorganise the mid-block. This looks like a perception problem and video analysis will improve this part of his game: perception and looking for split passes.
Opting for the simple option
Here you can see the Boca four, five and six play as a triangle. Balerdi plays to the six who bounces play and Balerdi plays the safe horizontal pass to his four. You can see there is a teammate in a great position on the same vertical line. In this example there is an opportunity to conduct a wall pass pattern.
After receiving the second pass, Balerdi could continue his run with the receiver playing a wall pass. It is a risk worth taking considering the space between the second and third line. Not only would Balerdi beat the first line, he could beat the second line with a third man play.
Taking the incorrect option
You can see Balerdi's split pass is blocked. Whether it is lack of perception or his decision making, you would have to ask him. It looks like he simply makes the wrong decision playing out. You can see the defender who is blocking the passing lane has already anticipated the pass.
Was Balerdi too slow in his passing motion? Could he have invited a press by dribbling and manipulating the first line before making the pass? If you look at the last line, the number nine has actually promoted himself to take the split pass. Balerdi was quick to apologise for his lack of decision making. This was a great learning experience for him as he will improve on this aspect of his game.
Balerdi certainly has the world at his feet. His emergence couldn't come at a better time for the Argentina national team. The Argentina defence has been questioned on numerous occasions and very well could be a reason for their under-performance. Balerdi possesses the qualities to become world class. At the time writing, it wouldn't surprise anyone to see him called up for the first team very soon.
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