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RICHMOND -- If anybody else had been moving on the court the way Gilbert Arenas did during the 30 minutes that reporters were allowed to watch the Washington Wizards on Thursday, then I probably wouldn't have made a big deal about it. But since Arenas has been dealing with left knee problems for most of the past two years, I was a bit thrown off when he sat out the team scrimmages for the second consecutive day -- and moved gingerly up and down the court during sprints.
Arenas certainly does have a dislocated left middle finger and he was receiving treatment on his hand when we finally were allowed to enter the gym. In my earlier post, Saunders said that Arenas's knee is fine and that he showed "no ill effects." After Thursday's practice, I talked to a few people who said that Arenas really was able to go through every drill before the full-court scrimmages and has no problems.
"There's no need to force the issue," Saunders said, when talking about Arenas's finger, which apparently began to swell after it was struck on Wednesday.
But it did seem odd that Arenas was jogging with a slight limp while his teammates were doing full out sprints. It wasn't a normal stride. Was it the result of being stiff after sitting still for almost half and hour? Possibly.
Now, Arenas appeared to be moving around fine while engaging in a shooting contest with Randy Foye after practice. So, it really could be no big deal. His personal trainer, Tim Grover, wasn't around him monitoring his leg or anything. Arenas has toyed with the media before, so he could've just been playing around with us to get some attention. Mike Jones of the Washington Times, Mike Prada of Bullets Forever and I noticed how Arenas glanced in our direction every time he completed running up and down the court.
If it is something serious or much ado about nothing, we'll know soon enough, but that sort of thing cannot be overlooked considering Arenas's past struggles with his left knee.
As for the rest of the team, I can tell you that Flip Saunders raved about the way Nick Young and Andray Blatche had focused on being consistent. He pointed out how Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison have been focusing on defense, singled out the play of Mike Miller and Foye, and gave another nod to Mike James. Yep, that Mike James.
"During these first days, at some point, everyone has had their time," Saunders said.
Foye has been spending a lot of time handling the ball and looked good in the scrimmage for the second day in a row. Dominic McGuire has been really aggressive defensively, but he turned a few heads with his offensive repertoire on Thursday. He had a nifty baseline drive and reverse layup and also hit a nice turnaround jumper over Jamison.
One of the biggest surprises of the first few days of practice really has been the play of James. Since the Wizards acquired Foye and Miller in June, James discounted as having no chance of seeing the floor for Saunders but he has been really solid this week. He's also in impeccable shape. James said he's lost 20 to 25 pounds since the end of last season, and Saunders joked, "That's why you see him taking his shirt off."
Against incredible odds, James is fighting to earn a spot in the rotation, but he credits his offseason workouts in Houston with Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach John Lucas. "He told me two things. I could either come back this year as old ... Mike James or I can come back this year as Mike James of old. I chose the second."
James is one of two Wizards with a championship ring and he made a special point to add that he is younger than the other one (Fabricio Oberto). "I will not take credit for being the oldest on the team any longer," said James, who turned 34 in June. "Fabricio Oberto, let's get the record straight, he was born in March [1975]."
Asked if James had reminded him that he is not the oldest, Oberto smiled and said, "I think he told me already."
James was in good spirits after practice, joking that he was going to get a pedicure later in the afternoon. He has been running the offense with precision and made a decent effort on defense. "There is a saying that you can teach old dogs new tricks," James said, flipping the popular phrase to suit him. "I learned how to play dead, roll over, go fetch the bone and bring it back.
"Coach Flip, he wants to win. Even though he's won in the past, it still has haunted him that he hasn't been able to finish the way he's wanted to," James said. "But he wants to bring people along that want to win also. He's coming into this blind. He's basically like, 'Let the best man win.' I'm putting myself in a position where I want to show him that I'm one of the guys who can help him win."
After practice, I talked to Javaris Crittenton who told me that he is still playing with pain in his left ankle after hurting himself playing in the Atlanta pro am league this summer. Crittenton missed the championship game and is still smarting over it. He said that he actually suffered a bone bruise but wouldn't let it keep him out of training camp this week. "Right now, you've got to play through it," he said.
The Wizards had just one practice on Thursday, but will have another two practice sessions on Friday.
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Interesting. We've all been assuming Mike James will be sitting the bench, but it just may be Crittendon who is the odd man out, especially with Foye seemingly being groomed as the 2nd option at PG.
Posted by: Prazak | October 1, 2009 11:11 PM
Mike James is bad, but so is Javaris. I think the difference between the two is that on occasion Mike James can hit a jumper or two. Javaris really has no distinguishable skill. He's really not that good as a defender and is a terrible shooter. He'll rarely, if ever, dress in my opinion. It's a shame EG gave up a future first for JC.
Posted by: ldecker | October 1, 2009 11:23 PM
Scaring me already. Too early for doomsday news about Gil. May turn out that Foye is handling that ball more than we thought.
Posted by: m1ke3i6 | October 1, 2009 11:25 PM
hey Mike Lee, do you know if NBA TV is coming to camp? I saw in the guide that it has the Wiz camp on there for Monday but it says from 05. However, the last couple of days it also had the Nuggs Camp from 05 in the guide but when you turn it on, it was this year's camp with Billups
Posted by: dlts20 | October 1, 2009 11:30 PM
Sounds like Flip should move away from the 1/4 offense with Arenas getting 80% of the action, to an offense with Foye and Arenas in the backcourt sharing the ball.
The only weak spot on the team is Gilbert's knee, which doesn't need to be overtaxed in the first part of the season.
Posted by: Izman | October 1, 2009 11:33 PM
I see that GILBERTOLOGY is still around, despite Hibachi's claim of no more fooling around, and being all business...
Posted by: sargeantmofo | October 1, 2009 11:37 PM
It would really be great if Mike James is playing well. He could be attractive trade bait given his expiring contract. Maybe the Wiz can get some kind of decent big man late in the season for him.
Posted by: agrazian | October 2, 2009 12:12 AM
To many guards. I hope we can deal one of these guys before the season starts
Posted by: ptp23 | October 2, 2009 12:22 AM
why before the season starts? plenty of time before the trade deadline. plenty of time to evaluate our chemistry, what we really need next, and who will be most desperate to make a trade. it'd be foolish to make a trade before the season at this point
Posted by: crs-one | October 2, 2009 12:35 AM
Listen to Gilbert Arenas on 106.7 the Fan in DC
Posted by: ptp23 | October 2, 2009 12:53 AM
Posted by: ptp23 | October 2, 2009 12:54 AM
It's too bad Ivan Carter is not around to compare this limp with the "dragging his leg around" description last season.
Wonder why there's no comment or question to EG about players having their own personal trainers attend practice...even the hint that Grover wasn't around strikes you as "why would he be allowed regardless?"
Hmm, Gilby playing blacktop ball on 9ft courts....deja vu all over again?
Next thing we'll hear is that Gilby has an arthritic knee with bone on bone contact.
Posted by: DC_MAN88 | October 2, 2009 3:07 AM
Gilbert might be done!
Posted by: paulelucas2 | October 2, 2009 5:53 AM
100 million down the drain. We could have got several additional players for that price.
Posted by: paulelucas2 | October 2, 2009 5:57 AM
Wow! Some people's silliness astounds me. Why even bother to be a wizard fan. Some people around here have so much hate against Gilbert. They have him pegged as their most disgusted DC area sports figure, athlete or non-athlete.
Me, my hate is for Dan Snyder.
Posted by: G-Man11 | October 2, 2009 7:52 AM
That sounds like something Gil would do. Pretending to walk around like his leg is hurt just so we can start this whole "Gil is done" talk, just so it can motivate him. The man uses any slight against him as motivation. Real or not. Remember when he blasted phoenix because he thought C'olangelo slighted him on team USA? Gil was HURT!! C'olangelo did him a favot by noto playing him and Gil still used it as a slight against him (the 3 from just past half court and then staring at C'olangelo was classic).
Posted by: CBell29 | October 2, 2009 8:08 AM
Logically, it does not make sense that it is the knee.
If you factor all that was reported about him during he summer, it does not make sense that he would have two practices in training camp and now he has to rest because of the knee.
When you play summer basketball, there is balling going on and you can play several hours at a time if your Team is good.
It would be highly unlikely that he could hold up during the summer without any bad reports about the knee.
If indeed Gilbert was actively playing during the summer and there were no reports of him favoring the knee and the knee is giving him problems after only two practices now, then there was some snow job going on.
I don't buy it. It has to be something else.
Posted by: LarryInClintonMD | October 2, 2009 8:12 AM
Mike James is bad, but so is Javaris. I think the difference between the two is that on occasion Mike James can hit a jumper or two. Javaris really has no distinguishable skill. He's really not that good as a defender and is a terrible shooter. He'll rarely, if ever, dress in my opinion. It's a shame EG gave up a future first for JC.
Posted by: ldecker | October 1, 2009 11:23 PM
Of all the less than flattering comments about JCrit, I have never seen one that sad that he was just plain bad.
Just what do you base that on?
Posted by: LarryInClintonMD | October 2, 2009 8:15 AM
We might have a situation where Gilbert starts the game to get the first team in a grove and get some points on the board, but he sits for major chunks of the game and Nick, Miller and other scorers are worked in fairly early, and Foye comes in or moves from the #2 to #1. Then, you bring Gilbert back for the fourth quarter. Would Gilbert accept that? Probably he would fight it. But what is reasonable is to hope his knee can make it through the season, but with a much reduced workload, and don't expect him to carry the team offensively, which isn't necessary anymore.
Posted by: jweber1 | October 2, 2009 8:20 AM
Javaris really has no distinguishable skill.
Wow! What a statement.
Posted by: LarryInClintonMD | October 2, 2009 8:35 AM
That's amazing: 25 pounds? How can a guy who plays guard in the NBA possibly carry 25 extra pounds. That is pathetic. However, I say great news for the Wiz b/c Mike James, with his expiring contract, will be serious trade bait come mid year.
DCMann, as for Grover, I think I recall M. Lee writing that Grover was invited to camp to impart on the Wiz training staff some of his rehab knowledge as it relates to Gil. And again, that is great news b/c we all know that the training staff could use the help.
Posted by: ZardsFan1 | October 2, 2009 8:36 AM
If Gil has been practicing, what's the point of pushing him in a scrimage? Not like the guy's in camp trying to play his way onto the team, or even into the rotation or the starting lineup.
He's healthy, he's the best player on the roster. If he's not, Grunfeld's made moves that will assure this is a least a decent playoff contending team without him.
Big point right now is to keep him healthy, if that requires a little extra rest and a little more monitoring in camp, the preseason, and into the first part of the year. Flip should do that.
I'd assume with Grover around, if there's been a real setback, they really would shut Gil down.
If he's got some typical second or third day in soreness, logic says that they backoff a little. A player with no injury history will just push himself through it. A guy coming off of three knee surgeries, smart think to do is play it a little conservative.
Reading some of these posts, I've got this image in my head of people streaming out of building and walking up Constitution Ave. to jump off of the bridge. They'll have to wait their turn and take a number, the Redskins fans got there first...
Posted by: flohrtv | October 2, 2009 9:16 AM
Those are soothing words, GM, and hopefully you are correct.
But given recent past history (i.e late last year when Gilbert played two games and was supposedly almost well and then we find out when he began work with Grover this summer, his left leg was anything but well), it leaves a lot of us a little skittish.
Posted by: cannontl | October 2, 2009 9:28 AM
To me it all comes down do you trust what the organization tells us?
Remember when George W. pushed weapons of mass destruction down congress's throat and they never found any?
When it comes to making money I don't trust any business in today's world.
That's the reason this country is in the shape it's in.
Posted by: bulletsfan78 | October 2, 2009 9:51 AM
"That's why we're losin the war in Iraq!!"
Posted by: lilhollywood10 | October 2, 2009 10:44 AM
Mike James = trade bait
Posted by: restonhoops | October 2, 2009 10:54 AM
The worst thing that you can possibly have is guys going all out in a scrimage while another player is trying protect an injury.
Smart coaches know that's the prime time to get somebody hurt. Better to hold a guy back then to send him out there at less then 100%.
Get used to Saunders doing little things to protect players. When he had Cassell playing on an aging set of knees I remember seeing him hold Sam back to protect his knees.
I think we'll see Gil protected some during the preseason and during the regular season too. They're going to try and ramp him up slowly if they're smart.
Posted by: flohrtv | October 2, 2009 11:07 AM
"Mike James = trade bait
Posted by: restonhoops"
Sure he is. But more because of his contract than his age or ability.
The Wiz already have his replacement: Randy Foye.
BTW the guy who says Crittenton has no skills is either a troll or blind. Probably the former.
Still, I don't know if there's a slot for Javaris on the new Wiz.
Posted by: Samson151 | October 2, 2009 11:41 AM
"Mike James = trade bait
Posted by: restonhoops"
If he makes an impression early in the reg. season he could end up going to a team that loses a starting PG and needs a back up.
Good trade bait for the Wizzies who are guard heavy.
That is "IF" their star PG has two good knees.
Then we'll be guard lite.
Posted by: VBFan | October 2, 2009 2:39 PM
I can see dc man smiling and jabbing his gilbert voodoo doll right now
Posted by: bford1kb | October 2, 2009 2:52 PM
MJ is a jorney man, he will continue to walk may be to europe as of next season.
He will never play defense at this age since he did not attempted it when he was young.I do not see his contribution in this team full of gards.
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Quek burst into the scene when his short film GUANG (above) but not many people know that he paid his dues in the production scene before getting the opportunity to produce something like GUANG. I've personally seen him put in the work when he was doing wardrobe for SEPULUH, a Astro Citra drama of which I was acting in. He had to deal with sweaty jerseys, socks and football boots (among other things) for more than 20 actors and extras.
Adam is also a guy who's paid his dues and didn't just find himself becoming a Director by chance. (*Lifted from Reservoir's website) Before Reservoir Production, Adam had been working on long form work and had single handedly come up with the concept, script and production of Project Pop which is a local youth initiative translated into a local Program. I haven't had the chance to personally be directed by him or produce something of his. However, he and I did share some screen time in Fried Chillies "I EAT KL". That was fun!
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Reservoir was established by a group of Producers in 2004.
Reservoir produces TV Commercials, Short Films and Corporate Videos for local and International Clients.
Some of which have won International Accolades.
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It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it.
The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
You never know what you find once you really get going.
The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.
Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.
I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, like it's not going to happen.
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By Matt Sadler
May 5 2019
Had more than enough opportunities to wrap the three points up today but we didn't take them and gifted Brighton an equaliser through more of our own stupidity. In the end we didn't play well at all.
Champions League qualification via the league is unlikely, but at the end of the day we all knew from our last two seasons under Wenger that we're miles away from where we want to be as a club. Five signings in the summer and a dodgy loan in the winter was never going to be enough. There is a lot of work still to be done. I'd feel more confident if I felt there was a strategy in place.
Leno - 7. Did well aside from one heart in the mouth moment in the first half. Made a very good save to keep it at 1-1.
Lichtsteiner - 5. I'd quite enjoyed not seeing him in any match day squads for a few months. Caught miles out of position in the build up to Brighton's equaliser. Not good.
Mustafi - 6. Came close with a header in the first half.
Sokratis - 5. Bull in a china shop.
Monreal - 6. Tried getting forward and won our penalty via potentially dubious means... One moment of madness in the second half.
Xhaka - 3. Not only did he give away the penalty but his passing and set pieces were poor throughout.
Torreira - 6. Actually thought he battled hard today.
Mkhitaryan - 5. Appreciate the work rate but no signs of any real quality or end product. Messed up a simple pass which led to Brighton's equaliser.
Ozil - 4. Was he on the pitch?? Apparently he was captain today...
Aubameyang - 6. Scored a penalty. Tried to cause trouble with his pace. Missed a sitter.
Lacazette - 6. Worked hard but didn't get a great deal of service. Almost made a chance for himself spectacularly.
Kolasinac - 5. Tried to add width but didn't do a great deal.
Iwobi - 3. Passing/ crossing were abysmal.
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Hell in Hoboken: National Guard moves into flood-stricken city after 25,000 residents are trapped by flood waters filled with live wires and raw sewage
- Trucks delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating New Jersey city, located across Hudson River from New York
- More than half of its 50,000 residents are affected by flooding and the water is infested with sewage and live wires
- Mayor Dawn Zimmer had pleaded for Guard's help on Monday, saying thousands of residents were stuck in homes
The scale of the mammoth challenge facing authorities in the US following Superstorm Sandy was clear to see today in the flood-hit state of New Jersey.
National Guard troops arrived in the devastated city of Hoboken to help evacuate thousands of people still stuck in their homes. Trucks were delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating the area, across the Hudson River from New York City - half of which remains flooded two days after the storm struck.
Thousands of people are still holed up in their brownstones, condos, and other housing in the square city. The Mayor's spokesman said many people are now asking to be evacuated. Payloaders have been used to get people out for medical emergencies but as the streets are so narrow they can get stuck.
Homeless: Vihaan Gadodia, two, is handed from a National Guard truck after he and his family left a flooded building in Hoboken
Rescue effort: Hoboken firefighters bring Eliza Skye LaPointe, 18-months-old, from a National Guard truck (left) and a resident is carried through floodwaters in Hoboken
Celebrating despite the floods: Triplets Aliah (L), Steven (C) and Aiden Tarabokija (R) take part in the annual Halloween Ragamuffin Parade in Hoboken
Wading through water: A man carries his dog as people make their way out of the floodwaters in Hoboken, New Jersey today
Struggle: There may be clear skies but one resident is forced to wade through knee-deep water in this desolate neighbourhood
Wearing black bin liners strapped to his legs, this man carries his dog through the murky water
Water everywhere: Cars are seen on a street flooded at Hoboken in New Jersey, while a vehicle drives on a flooded street in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday
Water taxi: A Hoboken car park full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of Superstorm Sandy this week
The spokesman said the city is asking people with generators and boats to bring them to city hall, which is on dry ground and powered by a backup generator.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer ordered an evacuation of basement and street-level units on Sunday.
Hoboken was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, which flooded roughly half the town of 50,000 people.
Mayor Zimmer had pleaded for the Guard's help late on Monday, saying thousands of residents were stuck in their homes.
Astonished: A man carries his wife through the floodwaters to stop her getting wet
Hoboken Mayor: Dawn Zimmer, left, ordered an evacuation of basement and street-level units on Sunday and right, a man bails floodwater out of his basement apartment
Ruff ride: A dog named Shaggy is handed from a National Guard truck to personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken on Wednesday
Members of the U.S. army help to rescue residents in the city as it began crawling back to normal on Wednesday
The Army from Morristown evacuate elderly victims of Hurricane Sandy today in the city
A member of the Army National Guard Unit Fox 250 from the Teaneck Armory delivers emergency drinking water to the Hoboken Homeless Shelter to aid victims
Evacuated: An elderly victim to the storm is wheeled away to help
The Army deliver emergency supplies to people whose lives have been wreaked by the storm
Supplies: The storm has claimed many lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard
Victims are evacuated today in an Army truck in Hoboken, New Jersey
Members of Army National Guards load a truck heading to flooded areas in Hoboken, New Jersey
'We have two payloaders and we're trying to go in where we can to help people, but we have small city streets and payloaders cannot fit down them', Mayor Zimmer said last night on MSNBC.
'We've got live wires in the waters, and the waters are completely contaminated and getting more contaminated,' she said.
'It's rain water mixed with sewage water; it's becoming more sewage water.'
NFL superstar Eli Manning, a quarterback for the New York Giants, lives in Hoboken and has also been hit by the rising waters.
Army guards stand ready to help with the recovery today as the storm wreaked havoc across the city
Stuck: Mayor Zimmer said the city's payloaders cannot fit down city streets to evacuate people trapped in their homes by rising flood waters
Submerged: Flood waters surround a car parked on a street in Hoboken
Stricken: Public transport has ground to a halt, and half of the city of 50,000 people is under water
'We've got live wires in the waters, and the waters are completely contaminated and getting more contaminated. It's rain water mixed with sewage water; it's becoming more sewage water'
Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer
Actress Kate Mara, niece of New York Giants owner John Mara, tweeted the image of the Superbowl winner standing in the flooded lobby of his Hoboken home to her followers last night.
He appears to be taking a photo of the floodwater and is clutching a flashlight.
Hoboken resident Polina Pinkhasova, a 27-year-old engineering student, has been volunteering at a shelter in the city, where water is still 3ft deep in spots and the power remains out.
'Once the sun sets, complete darkness,' she told the Associated Press. 'You really can't see anything.'
Glum: A dejected-looking Eli Manning takes a picture of the flooded lobby of his Hoboken building
A sailboat is pictured tossed onto the shore in Hoboken today in the wake of the superstorm
A boat lies on a sidewalk by a residential complex after being washed ashore
Devastation: Water rushes into the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft (left). The water has become contaminated with sewage and gas from abandoned cars (right)
Filthy: Waste from the North Hudson Sewage plant has further contaminated the flood covering almost half of Hoboken
Perseverance: Hoboken residents got around any way they could as the waters rose
Donning waterproof clothing, a man bikes his way through flooded streets, left, and floodwater drains from a basement as residents undertake clean-up operations, right
Biblical flooding: Filthy water pools in front of a ground floor apartment. The National Guard was sent in to help residents after the mayor begged for help
Local residents wear wellies and waterproofs as they journey through murky waters in the aftermath of the storm
Amazement: People take pictures of a street flooded with water from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesady in Hoboken, New Jersey
A good Samaritan provides electricity for storm victims to charge electronic devices, left, and a truck pumps water out of a flooded building, right
A municipal truck drives through flooded streets two days after the massive storm made landfall
Her house is on dry land, but she has seen evidence of price-gouging, saying she paid $14 (£9) at one store for three small bags of chips and a small bottle of cranberry juice, all expired.
'There are just pumps going all over the city of people trying to get the water out of their basement apartments'
PJ Molski, Hoboken resident
PJ Molski, a 25-year-old graphic designer who lives in Hoboken, said that his place is dry but that his car, which he left parked on a flooded street, won't start.
Almost every basement apartment he has seen in the small city, which makes the most of its housing stock, is flooded.
'There are just pumps going all over the city of people trying to get the water out of their basement apartments,' he said.
In a typical scene, along Grand Street on Hoboken's south side, cars can be seen partially submerged as residents lean out their windows waiting for help, reported The Star-Ledger.
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Men who have always suffered premature ejaculation, along with the view that its origins are psychological, may derive some satisfaction from the latest research that states the cause is actually genetic. Recent research by Dr Marcel Waldinger, of Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has found that the gene 5-HTTLPR controls the rapidity of ejaculation. Results of the study will be published this week in the International Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Eighty nine Dutch males who experience the primary form of premature ejaculation were recruited for the study. Primary premature ejaculation refers to men who have always ejaculated prematurely from their first sexual encounter onwards. For one month, their sexual partners used a stopwatch to time the rapidity of ejaculation. Results were compared to a control group of 92 men.
The report points out that low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin is present in men who suffer the primary form of premature ejaculation. Serotonin is frequently associated with mood states such as depression, but it also has a role in sexual activity. There are three types of the gene 5-HTTLPR: LL, SL and SS. The study shows that men with the LL type, ejaculate twice as quickly as men with SS, and nearly twice as quickly as those with SL. The gene also seems to be responsible for the amount and activity of serotonin in the area of the brain that controls the ejaculatory response.
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Who Wins with the Recent Ruling on the Humanitarian Visa?
In March 2017 an EU Court ruled that the decision to issue humanitarian visa was in the power of member states. Some have celebrated, but what are the consequences?
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In October 2016 a Christian Syrian family from Aleppo arrived to the Belgian Embassy in Beirut and applied for an EU Schengen visa with limited territorial validity for humanitarian purposes (further as humanitarian visa) so they could arrive legally in Belgium and apply for asylum there. In Aleppo the family lived in fear that they would be persecuted for their religious beliefs, and testified that one family member had already been abducted and tortured. In addition, they said it was impossible for them to register as refugees in neighboring countries, due to the closure of the Lebanese-Syrian border. 1
Their visa application was refused and their appeal eventually led Belgium to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). 2
The central question for the CJEU was to explain, if the EU Visa Code 3 obliges member states to issue humanitarian visas. In particular, the applicants pointed to Articles 4 and 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (prohibition of torture and right to asylum), 4 and Article 33 of the Geneva Refugee Convention (principle of non-refoulement) 5 as the provisions that should guarantee their rights and constitute such an obligation. 6
Humanitarian visas and their position in relation to EU Asylum Acquis
The dispute in X. and X. vs Belgium, as the case came to be known, was not centered on whether the family was eligible for international protection. The fundamental question was if people with genuine claims for international protection have any right under EU law to legally travel to EU territory before applying for asylum? 7
The EU and its member States are bound by the Geneva Refugee Convention and have to provide asylum or subsidiary protection to persons who qualify for the status. Currently however, asylum procedures can only be initiated in the territories of member states. So for the majority of today's asylum-seekers this means travelling to the EU through many countries, often irregularly and dangerously.
The Geneva Refugee Convention provides asylum-seekers with the right to be recognized as refugees once they have fulfilled the conditions. The Convention also recognizes that in their quest to to find protection, refugees may violate the immigration rules of countries and so provides for their non-punishment for doing so. The Convention is however silent on a refugee's right to be granted a visa or another means of assurance to assist in their safe journey to a state that can provide protection. Currently, the majority of refugees arrive to Europe irregularly.
The EU Asylum Acquis has not solved the refugee arrival issue either. Thus, the provision of legal ways for refugees to enter the EU has remained the jurisdiction of member states.
For a long time, refugee rights' advocates have argued that to fully honor international obligations, EU member states should establish legal ways for refugees to travel to the EU and apply for asylum. Failure to do so would result in refugees taking dangerous and illegal journeys to reach the EU and turning to smugglers when no other options exist.
Two-thirds of the world's refugees live in the least developed countries, and only 6% of them are in Europe. UNHCR estimates that almost 1.2 million people need to be resettled. 8
Solidarity is at the heart of the international refugee regime – and humanitarian admissions and resettlement schemes are a way to show it. 9
Persistent, long-lasting, violent conflicts have prevented many people from returning home for years (Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia), and resettlement options are still on short supply. This has influenced the proposal of alternative options on how best to ensure refugee protections, such as international quota regime, legal admission schemes for studying or working in a host country and, among others, the humanitarian visa. Brazil has recently successfully implemented a humanitarian visa scheme for Syrians. 10
Upravit na: In contrast, the EU has seen a rather steady decline of visa with limited territorial validity – while in 2012 close to 300,000 were issued, in 2015 the number dropped to 109,500. 11
A 2014 study for the European Parliament LIBE Committee found that almost 16 member states used the humanitarian visa option to facilitate refugees' safe arrivals. 12
Yet the author concludes that member states were already reluctant to support EU wide initiatives to use this type of visa for refugees' regular admissions, preferring to maintain jurisdiction of issuance of such visas. The study concluded that the Visa Code lacked clear guidelines regarding member states' obligations to issue humanitarian visas, 13 and then encouraged member states to develop a coordinated approach to humanitarian visa, and expand their use of this tool. The appeal to member states to establish refugees' safe and legal entrance into the EU, through the use of humanitarian visas has become a principal stance of the European Parliament. 14
In principle, the Commission can propose an EU-wide humanitarian visa scheme to member states, however given the current political climate it is unlikely that it will do so. In June 2016, the European Commission proposed the establishment of an EU-wide resettlement scheme, however member states were and are far from agreeing on any such scheme. In addition, resettlement under the EU-Turkey statement (which, according to another recent surprise ruling by General Court of the EU is not an "EU agreement") 15 has only been occurring very slowly, well below original expectations.
Importantly, the Commission, along with 14 other states, including all four Visegrad countries, has pushed back against an proposed obligation to issue humanitarian visas under the Visa Code in the X. and X. v. Belgium case.
The ruling
Advocate General Mengozzi 16 argued that article 25(1)(a) of the EU Visa Code does in fact imply member states' obligation to issue humanitarian visa. 17
According to Mengozzi, if there are substantial grounds to believe that a member state's refusal to issue a document will consequently expose an applicant to any treatment prohibited by Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, by depriving him/her of a legal route to exercise his right to seek international protection, member states are obliged to issue the visa.
In particular, Mengozzi recalled the humanitarian obligations cemented in the founding values of the EU and its member states, which should be the guiding principles in the application of EU law. He also acknowledged, that his opinion sharply contrasted with interventions presented by member states. 18
There have been several other scholars deriving positive obligations from the Visa Code's wording. 19
However, the CJEU ruled that the issuance of humanitarian visa applications as a path to lodging an asylum application does not fall within the scope of the EU Visa Code as EU law currently stands, but solely within the scope of national law. 20
Thus, the CJEU threw an abstract ball back to the member states, and given their interventions in the case, they do indeed consider this ruling a victory. 21
Who Won?
Some governments have warned the CJEU that a positive ruling in this case would constitute "fatal consequences for the EU." In the meantime, during the first few months of 2017, irregular journeys have already had fatal consequences for as many as 537 people in the Mediterranean. 22
Whose responsibility and whose victory has this been?
National responsibility could be triggered by individuals filing claims in both the national courts and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), as the CJEU did not clear the states of having any responsibilities in this regard. In an ideal world, the member states would be inspired to either amend EU Law or their national legislations in order to truly act in international solidarity and honor the founding principles and values of the EU.
I cannot help but agree with the concerns raised by the Advocate General Mengozzi: "It is, in my view, crucial that, at a time when borders are closing and walls are being built, the member states do not escape their responsibilities, as they follow from EU law or, if you will allow me the expression, their EU law and our EU law."
- CJEU case no. C-638/16 PPU, § 20. ↩
- Case C-638/16 PPU. ↩
- Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code). ↩
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, http://bit.ly/1LjeYKz (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- The 1951 Refugee Convention, The UNHCR, http://bit.ly/2ah31bH (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
Questions referred:
Do the 'international obligations', referred to in Article 25(1)(a) of Regulation No 810/2009 1 of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas cover all the rights guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including, in particular, those guaranteed by Articles 4 and 18, and do they also cover obligations which bind the Member States, in the light of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Article 33 of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees?
1) In view of the answer given to the first question, must Article 25(1)(a) of Regulation No 810/2009 of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas be interpreted as meaning that, subject to its discretion with regard to the circumstances of the case, a Member State to which an application for a visa with limited territorial validity has been made is required to issue the visa applied for, where a risk of infringement of Article 4 and/or Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union or another international obligation by which it is bound is detected?
2) Does the existence of links between the applicant and the Member State to which the visa application has been made (for example, family connections, host families, guarantors and sponsors) affect the answer to that question? ↩
- § 33 of the ruling ↩
- Global Resettlement Needs 2017, UNHCR, http://bit.ly/1YoTO3e (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- Final Act of the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons, (D): "The Conference, considering that many persons still leave their country of origin for reasons of persecution and are entitled to special protection on account of their position, recommends that Governments continue to receive refugees in their territories and that they act in concert in a true spirit of international cooperation in order that these refugees may find asylum and the possibility of resettlement. ↩
- As reported in this article, Brazil has welcomed more than 8000 Syrian refugees under humanitarian admission scheme in 2013-2016. Fernando Brigidi de Mello, "Brazil has open arms to welcome refugees", Brazil Talk, January 18, 2016, http://bit.ly/2nB9w14 (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- Towards and EU humanitarian visa scheme?, Briefing, European Parliament, Policy Department for Citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs, June 2016, http://bit.ly/2p1WR7p (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- Humanitarian Visa: Option or Obligation?, European Parliament, Directorate – General for Internal Policies, Policy Department, Citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs, Study for the LIBE Committee, 2014, http://bit.ly/18STww7 (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- The study finds "that the obligation under Article 25 (1) to issue LTV visas on, inter alia, humanitarian grounds or because of international refugee and human rights obligations is not sufficiently ensured through, or enshrined in, formal procedures". ↩
- See inter alia European Parliament resolution on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration, April 12, 2016, http://bit.ly/2nBIpDp (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- General Court of the EU, Press Release no. 19/17, Luxembourg, February 28, 2017, http://bit.ly/2lWZPrr (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- The main role of CJEU is to interpret the EU law to make sure it is applied in the same way in all Member States. Each MS nominates 1 judge per country. assist the Court. They are responsible for presenting, with complete impartiality and independence, an 'opinion' in the cases assigned to them. More on the functioning of the Court see http://bit.ly/2p3OsNU (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- Opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi delivered on February 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2ow3bDA (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- Ibid., § 5 and 6:
[5] Striking a particularly alarmist tone, the Czech Government warned the Court at the hearing of the 'fatal' consequences for the EU which would result from a judgment to the effect that the Member States are obliged to issue humanitarian visas under Article 25(1)(a) of the Visa Code.
[6] Although the European Union is going through a difficult period, I do not share that fear. It is, on the contrary, as in the main proceedings, the refusal to recognise a legal access route to the right to international protection on the territory of the Member States ‐ which unfortunately often forces nationals of third countries seeking such protection to join, risking their lives in doing so, the current flow of illegal immigrants to EU's borders — which seems to me to be particularly worrying, in the light, inter alia, of the humanitarian values and respect for human rights on which European construction is founded. Need it be recalled that, as Articles 2 and 3 of the EU Treaty state respectively, the Union 'is founded on the values of respect for human dignity … and respect for human rights' and its 'aim is to promote … its values', including in its relations with the wider world? ↩
- Peers, Steve, Do potential asylum seekers have the right to Schengen visa?, EU Law Analysis, January 20, 2014, http://bit.ly/2p2avHB (accessed on March 30, 2017), or Spijkerboer, T., Brouwer, E, and Al Tamimi, Y., Advice in Case C-638/16 PPU on prejudicial questions concerning humanitarian visa, published 5 January 2017. ↩
- CJEU Ruling: "Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), as amended by Regulation (EU) No 610/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, must be interpreted as meaning that an application for a visa with limited territorial validity made on humanitarian grounds by a third-country national, on the basis of Article 25 of the code, to the representation of the Member State of destination that is within the territory of a third country, with a view to lodging, immediately upon his or her arrival in that Member State, an application for international protection and, thereafter, to staying in that Member State for more than 90 days in a 180-day period, does not fall within the scope of that code but, as European Union law currently stands, solely within that of national law." ↩
- Theo Francken´s Twitter account, Twitter, March 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2ovN7BA (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩
- UNHCR Data, Europe, Mediterranean, http://bit.ly/2j556O2 (accessed on March 30, 2017). ↩


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on Sunday the 29th April 2012.
Loads of players wanted to play him and the lucky names were pulled out of hat.
My mate Alastair White got his chance.
Alastair has a good record v GM's in simuls.
He once swindled Smyslov in a Rook ending and has draws v Alexey Suetin and Leonid Stein.
Here is a picture of Topalov making his 39th move.
That mug in the hat is me.
V. Topalov - A. White Simultaneous Edinburgh 2012.
For more details and a game Topalov played against a RHP member see:
Thread 146413
OK we have seen the good guys in action, time to catch up on the blunders
and brilliancies played in the RHP 2012 Championship.
Jon March - dabensta RHP CH 2012
Where we see The Curse of the Queen's Knight Pawn claiming yet another victim.
I could do 10 blogs on players losing due to them snatching the QNP.
Mind you there are always exceptions…..
It is now my great pleasure to introduce to you and welcome to the blog
ricewind1972 and the square b2 (and b7) .
The square b2 and Ricewind are joined at the hip.
I give you five checkmate positions from the 2012 Championship with
ricewind getting mated by a piece on his favourite squares.
Final position ricewind1972 - johneb RHP Ch 2012
Final position ricewind1972 - RHP Ch 2012
Final position ricewind1972 - notmyrookplease RHP Ch 2012
And a couple as Black.
Final position d36366 - ricewind1972 RHP Ch 2012
Final position individ - ricewind1972 RHP Ch 2012
But we end on a happy note. A ricewind mate. On g7!
Final position ricewind1972 - mishkablue RHP Ch 2012
GAPAC - Joe McD RHP Ch 2012
Here is the situation. Black can move his Knight and win the White Queen or move
his Knight and lose his own Queen. (guess what happened?)
Black to play and win. 18…Nxg3+ wins the White Queen. 0-1.
But instead Black played 18…Ng5 and lost his Queen 1-0
Next we see Black chucking a half point out of the window.
DanTrz - happybvr RHP Ch 2010
Next we see Black chucking a full point out of the window.
Radon - MrVarnell RHP Ch 2010
Next we see Black chucking his King out of the window.
Toto1979 - Fylgja RHP Ch 2012
Now look at this position. (Black to play)
Look at those triple g-pawns. Endgame Ernie (you will meet him later)
will be drooling into his tea at the sight of those pawns.
Yes tripled pawns are weak but often it's best not go for them right away.
White cannot capture them.
They are a brick wall as far as the White pieces are concerned.
Black illustrates how with some alert play.
dartsman - inkdot RHP Ch 2012
Wotcha Wood Shifters.
Holly Macaroni! Did you see those triple pawns in the last game. Yummy yum yum.
Thanks greenpawn for that diagram. Infact I'm going to look at it again.
Oh too much I can hardly contain myself, look at those g-pawns.,
will you just look at those g-pawns, those lovely…..
(Get on with it you nerd else I won't invite you back….greenpawn)
We all know two connected pawns on the 6th rank beat a Rook.
Even with Black to move they cannot stop at least one pawn from promoting.
So what about two disconnected pawns v two Rooks?
Mister Biggins - fredweasley RHP Ch 2012
In the next very interesting ending we shall see…
(Oh no we won't….Get Lost….greenpawn.)
chmrjg - Shelrock57 RHP Ch 2012
If this had been an OTB game I would have suspected mutual time trouble.
The game ended in a draw but both sides missed winning shots within a few
moves of each other.
First to fail to see his shot was White.
Now to see what did happen and Black's missing a clear win.
We show another game that features tripled pawns, this time c-pawns.
White starts messing about in the opening and he should have lost his Queen.
Instead it is Black who drops his Queen.
White cannot believe his luck and wraps up the game.
The tripled c-pawns actually play a very little part in the game.
The funny bit comes when White evens then out for Black.
Motividan - veca RHP Ch 2012
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Until the advent of acoustic water detection method, world had been in a perpetual torment when it came to detection of leaks in underground pipes. There are many methods to detect underground objects and leakages such as ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic activity, and ultra-high microwave frequencies. But, acoustic water detection method has its own benefits.
Following are some of its benefits:
Let us have a cursory look at various types of acoustic methods prevalent in many areas of Geelong and Melbourne.
Conventional rod method
This is a bit old-fashioned, but there are some underground services providers who rely on this. In this method, rods are held over the ground to identify subsurface locations. The location is determined by the movement of the rods.
Use of water meter
In this method, the basic principle is to create a sound around the metal pipes with the use of an advanced leak detector or other such monitoring system. Usually, it takes one trained professional to operate it. It is important that the person knows how to operate the device to get the accurate data.
Gas pipe locator
This method requires putting pressure wave with pulsing sound into subsurface water. This can be done through hydrant or water meter. This method is bit complex as it may require more human resources. If this method needs to be used for residential lines, instead of water meter, pipe locator or water detection services are used.
One of the major benefits of using acoustic water main detection in Geelong and Melbourne areas is that it solves the problems with PVC pipelines. It is very difficult to find out leakages in such pipes with other types of technology. But, acoustic water detection makes it easier to find leakages in such pipes. Hence, the leakages in these pipes which remained undetected for 20 years earlier now can be detected within minutes!
How to find reliable acoustic water main detection service provider?
While there are many such providers in Geelong and Melbourne, you may want to check their experience, expertise, types of technology they use and types of accreditations they are having. Major accreditations are:
It is also important to check what kind of customer care services is being provided by acoustic water main detection service providers. For example, if you have any emergency, are they ready and equipped to assist you in the time of distress?
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A new SearchOracle.com article, "DBAs to storage managers: We want more!" highlights the results of a recent Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) survey, which reveals that nearly all DBAs and systems administrators are hungry for more storage. More than nine out of 10 respondents said they expect their storage needs to increase in 2007, and 43% complain that a lack of available storage has led to application rollout delays in the past two years.
The survey also called attention to the changing role of the DBA in regards to storage. More and more, the roles of those on the database and systems side are converging with the roles of those on the storage side. Results indicate that now, over 60% of DBAs oversee day-to-day storage decisions.
Readers, we want to hear your thoughts on this. If you're a DBA or sys admin, how much say do you have in storage decisions at your company? Do you have more or less control over storage than you did a few years ago? If storage capacity is largely in your hands, do you think this helps prevent the common problems caused by storage shortages, like rollout delays, slow backups and decreased database performance?
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North American Fuel Cell Technology Market Worth $667.7 Million by 2018
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In the current North American Fuel Cell Technology Market, the stationary applications are the key application on the basis of market size and revenues. The demand is projected to increase heavily due to the increased power backup and household demand. Telecom, automobile and power backup industry acts as the parent market of fuel cell industry. Its growth and demand is highly influenced by the parent market. Off grid applications like providing backup power for telecommunication infrastructure is provided by the fuel cells. For stationary applications use of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) will grow more than PEMFC.
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Hydrogen is the largest primary fuel source for the fuel cells across the globe with more than half of the market share. On the other hand, Natural gas/Methane and Methanol are gaining a sharp focus as a renewable energy generation source. North America represents a huge potential in terms of hydrogen as a fuel. Fuel cell companies are continuously trying to develop technologies in order to provide a more cost effective catalyst, which in turn helps them to commercialize and launch products in market. On account of hydrogen & fuel cell technology infrastructure development for storage & distribution, the fuel cell market will experience a tremendous increase in demand in the years to come.
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I hope Hedi Slimane is really flattered because I'm clearly imitating one of his Spring 2013 looks for Saint Laurent. Until I can afford the real thing, I'm afraid I have to turn to high street for my fashion fix. I already had all the elements for this look in my closet, except for the fedora. That's where H&M New Icons came in. But that didn't come easy. I searched for nearly 2 months until one of the stores put their display one on hold for me. I am really thankful, because let's face it, the hat brings all the drama to this look.
DETAILS: fedora: H&M New Icons; blouse: Jason Wu for Target; blazer: Anne Klein, trousers: Gap, pumps: Nine West


text: How To Web Design & Dev What Is CSS3? An Intro to the Modularization of Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 Share Pin Email Print Yurich84/Getty Images Web Design & Dev CSS Basics HTML by Jennifer Kyrnin Jennifer Kyrnin is a professional web developer who assists others in learning web design, HTML, CSS, and XML. Updated March 17, 2019 The biggest change that is currently planned for CSS level 3 is the introduction of modules. The advantage of modules is that it (supposedly) allows the specification to be completed and approved more quickly because segments are completed and approved in chunks. This also allows browser and user-agent manufacturers to support sections of the specification but keep their code bloat to a minimum by only supporting those modules that make sense. For example, a text reader wouldn't need to include modules that only define how an element is going to display visually. But even if it only included the aural modules, it would still be a standards-compliant CSS 3 tool. Some New Features of CSS 3 SelectorsSelectors in CSS 3 are going to be very interesting. They will allow the designer/developer to select on much more specific levels of the document. One of the nice things about this module is that many browsers are already starting to support the advanced CSS 3 selectors, so you can start trying them out now. For example, some new selectors are:matching on attributes and attribute values, including partial matchesstructural pseudo-classes, such as the nth-childa target pseudo-class to style only elements that are targetted in the URLa checked pseudo-class to style any element that is checked such as radio or checkbox elementsText Effects and LayoutMaking changes to the hyphenation, whitespace, and justification of text in documents.First-Letter and First-Line Pseudo-ClassesCSS 3 should allow properties to affect the kerning and alignment of drop-caps.Paged Media and Generated ContentCSS 3 will now support more options in paged media, such as running headers and footers and page numbers. Plus there will be advanced properties for printing generated content including properties for footnotes and cross-references.Multi-Column LayoutRight now, the multi-column layout working draft provides properties to allow designers to display their content in multiple columns with definitions like the column-gap, column-count, and column-width.RubyCSS will now support the ability to add small annotations on top or next to words, most often used in Chinese and Japanese. They are generally used to give the pronunciation or meaning of difficult ideograms. CSS 3 Will Be Fun Once it's fully adopted as a standard and Web browsers and user-agents begin using it, CSS 3 will be a powerful tool for Web designers. The new features listed above are only a small subset of all the additions and changes to the specification. Continue Reading


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Living in South Florida, you may feel like you're part of one big circus. Whether it's escaped wild animals and endless palmetto bugs or that crazy lady tossing her baby at a police officer, this region is awash in a weirdness that never seems to settle.
Maybe what Miami needs is a professional touch, someone to take all that freaky behavior and put it in the capable hands of trained performers. Enter Olde City Sideshow, a traveling evening of performance art in the stylings of vaudeville, burlesque and the historical sideshow atmosphere, mixed with Philadelphia's counter-culture flair.
Founded in 2006, Philadelphia's Olde City Sideshow has evolved from a classical vaudeville show with silent talkers to a modern variety event, featuring a combination of acts ranging from fire eating, sword swallowing, and glass walking, to comedy, magic, the Human Blockhead & Human Insectivore, burlesque, and more.
"I'm a rotten sword swallower, which is something I tell myself I'm going to work on all the time, but I think sword swallowing is one of the most awful, boring, least rewarding things ever, so I tend not to do it," said Olde City performer Reggie Bugmuncher. "I do the insectivore act, which usually includes eating crawlers, crickets, goldfish and the like."
Other stomach-twisting acts Olde City specializes in are Bed of Nails, Bed of Barbed Wire, and Human Blockhead. "Sometimes we get cinder blocks smashed on us with a sledgehammer or audience members stand on us when we're inside the barbed wire," Reggie said. "Human blockhead is when people hammer nails in their noses."
Though they might sound like scenes from the next installment of Hostel, Olde City Sideshow's acts stem from historical and modern takes on the vaudeville performance genre, with professionally trained entertainers Brunetti and Danny Borneo at the helm.
"Dan's more of the nose person," Reggie said. "We do glass walking, and over the past year we've been doing more sideshow-themed burlesque, which incorporates more glass rubbing on my body, fire eating and breathing...I had all through college been completely in love with the Pontani Sisters, these burlesque dancers out of New York. I was completely entranced with them and that opened up my love of variety."
Though she started at the bottom, Reggie eventually moved up to perform her favorite acts, like Bed of Nails. "Every single time somebody steps on me, or every single time the sledgehammer comes down on the cinder blocks, there's always that moment of, 'Oh my God, why am I doing this?' " Reggie said. "There's this intense rush."
Though YouTube videos of the crew show close shots of the squirm-inducing feats, some audiences refuse to believe the group is actually performing the dangerous acts, or believe they use fake glass. For the sword ladder, a longtime sideshow act, the crew takes a sword and cuts up carrots to show the sharpness of the blades. They also have audience members toss apples on the bed of nails and try to pull them off to show the nails are real.
"But there's always somebody in the audience that's like, 'That's just the ONE sharp sword, everything else is dull,'" Reggie said. "You have to walk this fine line of letting people know it's real, but there's certain people that are just never going to want to believe...And people are always welcome to come over and help us clean up glass on the stage."
Despite the skepticism of their authenticity, the group has faced very real injuries over the years.
"The worst one I had was I went into anaphlaxis because of a reaction I had to eating the insects, and Dan almost lost a quarter of his finger..." Reggie said. "Knock on wood, we haven't had anything really serious yet."
Through pain, disbelieving crowds, and tons of travel, the performers keep coming back for more, this time for a stop at Churchill's Pub.
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"The sideshow arts and variety are really important to us, and keeping the spirit of that art alive is really important to us also," Reggie said. "Even if we're 70 years old hanging out in Florida with a bunch of carnies, we plan on doing something for the rest of our lives in the variety arts."
The Titillate Tour features Olde City Sideshow performances and a set by Sparklefight, Philadephia's "favorite rock punk sleazeballs." The show starts at 9 p.m. Saturday. Visit churchillspub.com for details.
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I am pleased to welcome "Guest Blogger", Val Patenaude to the Pig Pen. She sent me a couple of great articles about the history of theatre in Maple Ridge. I'll post the other one separately. It's written by Claus Andrup. I'll try to get some photos up here also.
Theatre History
By 1916, theatre had arrived in Maple Ridge. Its earliest forms were simple sketches, skits, or short plays called "Dialogues". A few people with little or nothing in the way of props or sets could perform these in a small space – even in a home –. The first full costumed play on a stage appears to have been the performance at the Sampo Hall in Webster's Corners of "The Karkurit" or "The Fugitives" which took place in January of 1916. This popular Finnish legend was performed by some of the early Finn arrivals in that community including members of the Skytte, Toikka, and Katainen families.
By the 1920's, an increased population and the existence of some sort of hall with a stage in each historic neighbourhood inspired the development of theatre and musical performance groups. The Maple Ridge Glee Club, the Trinity Dramatic Society, and church youth groups like the St. Andrew's Youth Group, were all performing in venues around town. A "glee" was a vocal composition for three or more parts sung 'a capella' or without instruments. However, Glee Clubs did not restrict themselves to this form and also did other types of musical performance, orations, dialogues, and plays small and large.
In the photo of the Maple Ridge Glee Club performance of "The Geisha", the size of the cast, their detailed costume and makeup, and the stage dressing show that this was no thrown together affair. Other plays performed included "The Mikado", "Ain't It the Truth", "Lady Be Good", and "Gilded Youth".
An unusual form of entertainment at the Sampo Hall was a "mock wedding" where the community would be teased with tid-bits about these mysterious upcoming nuptials, ending with a farcical performance on the stage at the hall as the two – inevitably two men – were joined in mock matrimony. The Finnish Youth Group also performed plays in Finnish. These were usually based on Finnish legends and taught history while they entertained.
In later years, groups like the "Merry Makers" took up where the Glee clubs left off. Formed in the early 1950's, the club performed vaudeville routines and comedy sketches as well as song and dance routines, mostly for charitable fund-raising events. Former Mayor Belle Morse was a leading light in that group and drew current mayor, her daughter Kathy, into performing when she was only seven years old.
Another interesting form of local theatre was the Puppet Theatre of the University Women's Club. Performing plays often written by club member and high school teacher Louise Poole, the group entertained children and adults alike in local schools and libraries.
Probably the worst time for theatre in Maple Ridge was when the Maple Ridge Players lost their performance and practice space in the old church on 228th Street. Prior to that, the active and professional theatre group had performed in their own space as well as at the Fair and other venues for many years, winning awards at the provincial level. After struggling for a few years with a critical lack of storage and practice space, the group folded.
It is interesting to note that our new theatre – the ACT – is about to open just a stones throw away from the location of the old Aggie Hall where so much theatre was performed, followed by the sound of happy, dancing feet.
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The Maple Ridge Glee Club on the stage of the Hammond Hall, ready to perform "The Geisha" in February of 1928.
Submitted by Val Patenaude, April 17, 2003


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