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Kansas City Chiefs
After a disastrous 2012 (2-14), the Chiefs have four playoff appearances over the last five season with a 53-27 record under Andy Reid. Over 19 seasons as a head coach in the NFL, Reid has 183-120-1 record with 13 trips to the playoffs. He's won ten games or more 12 times with one Super Bowl appearance. Over the last six appearances in the playoffs, Andy has one win in seven chances.
Last year Kansas City was much improved on offense. They moved to fifth offensive yards and sixth in points scored (415). Eric Bieniemy takes over as the offensive coordinator after working as the running backs coach in the Chiefs' system over the last five seasons. Bieniemy is a former NFL player with ten years of coaching experience in the pros. In 2011 and 2012, Eric held the offensive coordinator job for Colorado Buffalos.
The Chiefs' defense fell to 28th in yards allowed, which was their second straight seasons of regression. Kansas City ranked 15th in points allowed (339) after placing in the top seven points allowed over the last four years. Bob Sutton returns for his sixth year as the defensive coordinator. He has 18 seasons of experience as an NFL coach with seven coming as a defensive coordinator.
Free Agency
The Chiefs will have a new look behind center in 2018 with QB Alex Smith traded to Redskins for CB Kyle Fuller and a draft pick. Chad Henne signed to be the backup QB.
Kansas City grew tired of CB Marcus Peters leading to a trade to the Rams. Peters is a top CB with 19 Ints and three TDs over his three seasons in the NFL. The Chiefs signed CB David Amerson to compete for a starting job. They also released CB Terrance Mitchell and CB Phillip Gaines who found jobs with other teams in the NFL.
Kansas City brought RB Damien Williams to compete for a backup role.
For the first time in years, the Chiefs have a second WR with upside and playmaking ability after signing WR Sammy Watkins. The Rams didn't give Watkins a high-volume opportunity in 2017, but he did offer big plays and value at the goal line. WR Albert Wilson moved unto the Dolphins after minimal value in his career.
The other moves in the offseason came on defense. Kansas City added LB Anthony Hitches while losing LB Ramik Wilson and NT Bennie Logan. Hitchens signed a $45 million contract for five seasons last March. He played the best ball of his career in 2017 with the Cowboys with his best value coming vs. the run. Wilson saw minimal playing time last year. Logan was an early-down run stopper.
Kansas City didn't have a first-round pick in 2018. The theme for this season draft was all about the defense with six of their draft selections.
The first two players drafted in the second and third round focused on the defensive line with DT Breeland Speaks and DT Derrick Nnadi. Speaks isn't big enough to be an anchor against the run, but he'll add value rushing the QB while offering versatility. His short area quickness isn't an edge off the snap, but his hands play well with enough speed to finish the QB if given the opportunity. Breeland projects as a rotational player early in his career. Nnadi fits the beefy role need to stop the run with strength being his biggest asset. His first step can be disruptive, but Derrick lacks the follow through speed to add value in sacks.
With the second pick in the third round, the Chiefs invested LB Dorian O'Daniel. He's undersized (6'1" and 223 lbs.) while offering speed and quickness. O'Daniel should instantly upgrade the special team play for Kansas City with potential matchup value in coverage when game score works in his favor.
S Armani Watts and CB Tremon Smith were the picks in the fourth and sixth round. Watts has coverage skills while lacking the strength and power to add an impact supporting the run. His style works better when moving toward the line of scrimmage while needing to improve his tackling skills. Smith has talent and athletic ability, but he went to a small school where he had the edge over most players. His speed (4.30) should play well in the NFL, but Tremon needs to prove he can handle the top WRs in the games. Smith has a playmaker mentality while needing to avoid holding penalties and biting on double moves.
The Chiefs shifted back to the defensive line with their last draft pick in the sixth round with DT Kahlil McKenzie. His base skill set points to upside as a run stopper with the hands and the first step to disrupt. McKenzie needs to become a better fighter in the trenches where he ends up with the winning move rather than retreating or face down. His vision isn't up to NFL game speed. Kansas City will convert him to the offensive line in the NFL.
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Offensive Line
Kansas City finished 9th in rushing yards (1,903) with 12 TDs. Their ball carriers gained 4.7 yards per rush with 15 runs over 20 yards. When compared to most of the top rushing teams in the NFL, the Chiefs attempted about 20 percent fewer rushes per game (25.3).
They ranked 7th in passing yards (4,104) with a great TD (26) to Ints (8) ratio. KC gained 8.0 yards per pass attempt, which was the second highest rate in the NFL. Their offensive line allowed 37 sacks and 83 QB hits.
LT Eric Fisher still hasn't developed into an impact player after Kansas City drafted him first overall in 2013. Over the last three seasons, Fisher ranked just below league average with failure vs. the run in 2017.
LG Bryan Witzmann emerged as the starting option over 14 games in 2017. He struggled in all areas, which points to job loss risk. Parker Ehinger looks to be a tweener on the offensive line. He lacks the desired quickness to be an asset in pass protection in the NFL at tackle, while his strength in below winning value at this point of his career as an interior lineman. His best asset will come in pass protection with questionable upside as run blocker no matter where he lines up on the offensive line. In his rookie season in 2016, he only played in five games due to a torn ACL that required surgery in November. Parker should be a better option at left guard in 2018.
C Mitch Morse played well in pass protection leading to an edge at his position in 2016. Morse was drafted in the second round in the 2015 NFL Draft. Morse has plus strength with some quickness and a solid feel for the game. He'll offer upside in both run and pass blocking with more experience. Last season he missed nine games with a foot injury that led to a failed season.
RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did an excellent job in pass protection leading to the Chiefs signing him to a five-year $41.25 contract in February in 2017. He repeated his success in pass blocking last year with neutral value as a run blocker. Kansas City picked him up in the sixth round of the 2014 draft.
RT Mitchell Schwartz played well in both run and pass blocking in each season in the NFL. He signed a five-year $33 million contract in the offseason of 2016. The Browns drafted him in the second round in 2012.
Kansas City has one weak link on the offensive line plus their left tackle isn't where he needs to be. The right side of the line projects to be an area of strength. Overall, the Chiefs should rank slightly better than league average in all areas.
Offensive Schedule
The above data shows the strength of schedule as far as rushing attempts (RATT), rushing yards (YDS), yards per attempt rushing (YA), rushing touchdowns (TDs), completions (COMP), passing attempts (PATT), passing yards (YDS), yards per attempt passing (YA), and passing touchdowns (TDS).
This information is based on 2017, which will work as our starting point for 2018. We'll look at all the changes on offense on each team in the NFL plus the upgrades and downgrades on each team on the defensive side. We'll update this table when we finish the research on all 32 teams.
2017 LG Average = the league average of all stats from all 32 teams in 2017.
2017 Results = this is the results for each team in the NFL.
2017 Adjustment is based on the 2017 league average and the 2017 results for each team, this number will show if each team is above or below the league average in each stat category and the basis for the strength of schedule.
Kansas City has about a league average schedule for their rushing attack. They have three favorable matchups (CIN and LAC X 2) while expecting to be tested in three other games (ARI and DEN X 2).
The Chiefs do have a tough schedule for their passing game. Their worst matchup comes against the Jaguars followed by two games vs. both the Broncos and the Chargers. Their best success will come against the Patriots.
Kansas City has a developing stud running back, but they don't lean on the run game enough. Their passing attempts tend to be league average, but the Chiefs may air the ball out with their new your toy at quarterback. The receiving talent has strength at four options, which is great starting foundation for a Fantasy owner.
QB Patrick Mahomes – After playing in seven games (1,547 passing yard and 16 TDs) in his freshman year at Texas Tech, Mahomes passed for 9,705 yards with 77 passing TDs and 25 Ints over the last two seasons. He attempted 131 rushes per year in his sophomore and junior seasons with high value in rushing TDs (22), but Patrick had less room to run in 2016 (285 yards) compared to his success in 2015 (456). He has a good feel for the pocket while offering upside moving forward to break free from pressure where his legs will give him a second opportunity to make a play. Mahones made plenty of deep throws with success in college, but he had a bigger passing window. He needs to improve his pre-snap reads while firing quickly when reaching his last step in his backpedal. His all-around game looks exciting, and his style will bring the deep passing game back into fashion in Kansas City. The Chiefs have a stud TE, a speedy WR1, and a young playmaking WR2 plus pass-catching talent at RB. In his rookie season, Mahomes projected to be a top 12 QB with a chance at 4,000+ yards with close to 30 combined TDs. His big area of concern is interceptions. I expect a better season than the success of Alex Smith in 201 (4,397 combined yards with 27 TDs).
8/3/2018 > Mahomes has struggled with his accuracy early in camp leading to many interceptions. His game should improve with more practice reps and better chemistry with his receiving core. His slight negative news may lead to a better buying opportunity in drafts in August.
Other Options: Chad Henne, Matt McGloin, Chase Litton
Running Backs
RB Kareem Hunt – The Chiefs will be making a change at QB in 2018. Patrick Mahones comes with high pedigree, and he's expected to add more value to the deep passing game. His ability to challenge defenses over all parts of the field can only help Hunt find freedom at the second level of the defense. In his rookie season, Kareem gained 1,882 combined yards with 11 TDs and 53 catches. He averaged 20.3 touches per game with 12 rushes over 20 yards and three runs over 40 yards. Kansas City has a stud TE plus an extremely quick and talented Tyreek Hill. The addition of Sammy Watkins will force the defense to pay attention to the deep passing game. This whole equation points to a much better situation than Ezekiel Elliott, but Hunt may lose the touch battle to Elliott by 20 percent or more. Kareem has pass-catching ability, and his overall opportunity should rise in 2018. The key is the success and the development of Mahomes. I expect him to score more than 350 Fantasy points in PPR leagues. As much as I like the long resume Antonio Brown, and the opportunity of DeAndre Hopkins, I can't pass on Hunt in this area of the draft unless I'm able to identify a breakout type RB in the second round. Possible 2,000+ combined yards with 60+ catches and more than a dozen TDs, but Spencer Ware will get in the way. In 2017, Kansas City's RB rushed for 1,538 yards and 11 TDs on 337 carries plus 90 catches for 683 yards and five TDs on 113 targets.
RB Spencer Ware – Ware ended up being a nice value pick in 2016 for Fantasy owners thanks to a better than expected opportunity with the injury to Jamaal Charles. He finished with 1,368 combined yards with five TDs and 33 catches. After an explosive game in Week 1 (199 combined yards with a TD and seven catches), Spencer only shined in two other games (Week 5 – 163 combined yards with a TD and two catches and Week 6 – 131 combined yards and two catches). Over his last seven games of the season, Ware never rushed for more 70 yards in any game. He scored only two TDs in his eight contests in the regular season. The Chiefs gave him 15 touches or more in 11 of his 14 games played. His year ended after Week 15 with a rib injury leading to minimal value in his only playoff game (36 combined yards on ten touches with a TD and two catches). After missing all of 2017 with a torn PCL and LCL, Spencer will battle to regain playing time this year. Ware should receive about 100 touches for 600 yards and minimal value in TDs.
Other Options: Damien Williams, Charcandrick West, Kerwynn Williams, Darrel Williams
Wide Receivers
WR Tyreek Hill– In first two seasons in the NFL, Hill has filled two different roles in the Chiefs' offense. In 2016, he worked the short areas of the field in the passing game while offering change of pace value as a runner. Last year Kansas City worked him more into the deep passing game leading to nine catches of 40 yards or more plus a jump from 9.7 yards per catch to 15.8. His ability to test a defense deep helped create more open field at the second level of the defense for Kareem Hunt. In the end, Tyrek only had 122 touches in 2017 while ranking 23rd in WR targets (105). Despite his shorter than expected opportunity, Hill was the fifth highest scoring WR in PPR leagues. The presence of Travis Kelce does hurt his chances plus the Chiefs have a dynamic RB. Tyreek is the right kind of gamble in 2018, and I'd love to see him regain a few more rushing targets to help his floor and ceiling. If he puts both parts of his early resume in 2018, a Fantasy owner will have a first-round value. Last year the Chiefs' WR caught only 165 passes for 2,285 yards and 12 TDs on 240 targets.
WR Sammy Watkins – After two good seasons (65/982/6 ad 60/10479) to start his NFL career, Watkins failed to live up to expectation in 2016 and 20. The trade to the Rams was expected to offer a huge improvement in opportunity, but Robert Woods outplayed Sammy. LA did improve offensive with Watkins adding value in TDs (8). After a great game in Week 3 (6/106/2), he had four catches or fewer over his last 12 games while failing to gain over 45 yards in ten contests. In the end, Sammy caught 39 of his 70 targets for 593 yards. His skill set and pedigree point to much high upside, but Watkins will rank behind Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill for targets. Tempting name for sure, but he may need an injury to gain starting Fantasy value in PPR leagues. I'll set the bar at 60 catches for 900 yards with five to seven TDs.
WR Chris Conley – In his four years at Georgia, Conley caught 117 catches for 1938 yards with 20 TDs. His best year was his senior season when he caught 36 passes for 657 yards with eight TDs. Chris has excellent size (6'2" and 213 lbs.) with plus speed (4.35 in the 40-yard dash at the 2015 NFL combine), but his release and hands have some risk at the next level. After catching 17 passes for 199 yards and a TD on 31 targets in his rookie season, Chris pushed those total to 44/530 on 69 targets in 2016. Showing growth, but he's yet to produce big play ability (12.0 yards per catch). His season was cut short in 2017 (11/175) after five games with an Achilles injury. Minimal value with Sammy Watkins added to the roster.
WR Jehu Chesson – Over four seasons at Michigan, Jehu caught 114 passes for 1,639 yards and 12 TDs. He did chip in with 20 rushes for 218 yards and three TDs in his junior and senior seasons. His best success came in his junior year (50/764/9). His short resume suggests he'll have a learning curve leading to as short opportunity early in his career.
Other Options: Demarcus Robinson, De'Anthony Thomas, Marcus Kemp, Daniel Braverman
Tight Ends
TE Travis Kelce – In each season in the NFL, Kelce has seen his target rise (87, 103, 117, and 122). His game reached elite status in 2016 (85/1125/4) and 2017 (83/1038/8) with more upside expected with the young gun-slinging Patrick Mahomes taking over at QB. Travis finished with five impact games (8/103/1, 7/111/1, 7/133/1, 8/109, and 4/94/2) while catching seven targets or more in seven starts. His role in Kansas City's offense is closer to a WR1 while providing an edge at TE. The top end of the TE pool can be tricky, and draft flow will determine where the value lies at TE. For now, the top scoring receiving option in the rising Chiefs' offense while placing a bet on a young QB. Possible 90+ catches for 1,200+ yards and double TDs, which will be a clear edge over most teams at TE.
Other Options: Demetrius Harris, Jace Amaro, Tim Wright, Alex Ellis, Blake Mack
K Harrison Butker – There was Fantasy gold in Butker's leg in 2017, but he only gained value after an injury to Cairo Santos. Over 13 games, he made 38 of 42 field goals with perfect success in extra points (28-for-28). Harrison made four of his five kicks from 50 yards or longer. Three times last year he made five field goals in a game plus five other games with three FGs or more. On the year, the Chiefs scored 42 TDs with 45 FG chances (41 successful). Great offense for field goals pointing to another successful for Butker. Top 5 kicker for me who is a must start each week.
Defensive Schedule
Kansas City has a favorable schedule for their run defense. They have two games (CIN and ARI) against teams that struggled to run the ball last year, but the Cardinals will be much better with David Johnson back in the starting lineup. Their only lousy matchup comes against the Jaguars.
Over the first six games of 2018, the Chiefs face three teams (LAC, PIT, and NE) with a high level of success passing the ball. A second game against the Chargers gives Kansas City four bad matchups on the year. Their pass defense should have an edge against the Ravens, the Bengals, and the Browns even with each franchise expecting to be better in 2018.
The Chiefs ranked 25th in the NFL in 2017 defending the run (1,890 yards). They allowed 4.3 yards per carry with 15 rushing TDs. On the positive side, runners only had six runs over 20 yards and none over 40 yards.
Kansas City finished 29th in passing yards allowed (3,952) with 23 TDs and 16 Ints. Their defense delivered only 33 sacks with failure in long plays (14 catches of 40 yards or more).
DE Chris Jones showed growth in his second season in the NFL. He posted 32 tackles with 6.5 sacks, seven defended passes, and one Int. Chris offers strength and quickness at the point of contact while lacking a finishing motor and the ability to counter when stymied after the snap. Jones was plus run defender in 2017. DE Allen Bailey bring some risk to the table, especially against the run. Last year he had 38 tackles and only two sacks.
The other option on the defensive line will be a combination of DE Breeland Speaks and DT Derrick Nnadi. Speaks has pass rushing upside while Nnadi projects as a run stopper.
LB Justin Houston remains one of the top players in the game at his position. He posted 59 tackles with 9.5 sacks and five defended passes last year with strength defending the run. LB Dee Ford missed ten games in 2017 due to a back injury. He had a career-high ten sacks in 2016, which was a huge improvement but expected after getting drafted in the first round in 2014. LB Anthony Hitchens will upgrade the run defense with no upside in sacks or in pass coverage. Hitchens set a career high in 2017 in tackles (84). LB Reggie Ragland played well vs. the run for the Chiefs in a rotational role last year. He missed all of 2016 with a torn ACL after the Bills drafted him in the second round.
S Eric Berry blew out his Achilles in Week 1 in 2017 leading to a big hole in the Chiefs' secondary. He played at a high level in three of the previous four seasons while grading as one of the better safeties in the game. S Daniel Sorenson set a career high in tackles (89) last year plus 1.5 sacks, six defended passes and one Int. Sorenson has risk vs. the run with success in coverage.
CB David Amerson played well in 2015 and 2016 when he recorded 42 combined defended passes with six Ints and one TD. Last season he missed ten games due to a foot injury. The Redskins drafted him in the second round in 2013. CB Steven Nelson should be the top option for the other starting cornerback position after starting 15 games in 2016 leading to 65 tackles and 116 defended passes. Last year Nelson missed seven games with abdomen injury while ranking as a league average player when he returned. CB Kendall Fuller was a key player acquired in the Alex Smith deal, which hopefully offsets the loss of CB Marcus Peters. Fuller played well in coverage last year leading to 55 tackles, ten defended passes, and four Ints.
This defense has one elite player with good players at multiple positions. Their secondary has some risk, but Kansas City did fill some voids at CB in the offseason. I'd like to see more sack upside. Overall, a good defense with a healthy Eric Berry being their key. Top 12 Fantasy defense, but I'd sit them in some games.
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Most people on a Friday night are going out to dinner or to a movie or hanging out downtown. Then there are some people like myself that are gearing up to run a 5K at 10PM through downtown Athens. You are probably wondering how that would work on a Friday night in Athens. It was interesting to say the least. The roads are filled with cars and the streets with people. We started off running past Creature Comforts which is a brewery and I hear people yelling/whistling at us and I realized this was probably going to be one of those races that I wish I hadn't signed up for. They were asking why are we running through the streets?! It's called a 5K race, people! As I was turning on to Prince Ave, there were three guys walking down the sidewalk who saw us and naturally a group of people running through the streets on a Friday night is a big draw in for college students like this. They ran across the road and take off running along side me asking why are we running and are we running down Broad Street after this. I don't have time to chat when I am running so I acted like they were not even there. They didn't last long, they got tired quickly and stopped half way down the side street we were on. I heard there were a few guys behind me that came across the road running in cowboy boots. See why I said it was interesting? We ran over Chase Street and around a turn around cone before heading back downtown. It was super dark in some spots and I tripped over my own two feet several times. Coming back there were several spots where cars were not being stopped so I had to be fully aware of cars coming towards me. We had to pass the brewery again but luckily I did not have anyone yelling at me as a passed for the second time. I had a pretty awesome clock time for this race. I finished in 33:55 and was 7th out of 12 in my age group. The best part of the night was I won the "Abbey Award". The Abbey Award is given to those who don't place in their age groups by Abbey who is Classic Race Services wonderful employee. I have proudly displayed this on my award wall.
We all know I did not stop with just one 5K for the weekend. Eight hours later, I ran the Athens Montessori 5K on the east side of Athens. I grew up on the east side so I ran right past my childhood home. This course had some nice size hills but I had another awesome clock time. I finished in 34:25 and placed first in my age group. (One out of one in my age group like a true champ!). The awards was a scarf. I received a purple scarf to use for cold weather but since we live in Georgia, I will probably never wear it. Maybe it's just me but I found the awards to be very odd. Overall though it was a great morning for a run.
Guess what I have coming up this weekend? Another one of those obstacle races! We are running the Warrior Dash that is coming to Georgia. This time, I will try not to get so banged up like I did in the Spartan. Ok, who am I kidding, I will probably look like I have been beaten by the time it is all over. Maybe this time though, I can walk the next day without saying ow every time I move. Before the Warrior Dash, I am running a 5K in Monroe that morning because I can't just sit one out!
Check back next weekend to see if I survive and become a warrior!
Happy Running, My Friends!

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The new Divi Theme Builder updates available with Divi 4+ has greatly increased the potential to do amazing things with Dynamic Content and ACF (and other systems that create custom fields).
In October of 2018 Elegant Themes rolled out Divi Theme Dynamic Content capabilities.
This is a functionality that is possible to setup in the New Divi Theme Builder. You must have the new Divi editor options running, it doesn't work in classic.
Here's two great resources with a video intro and a much more in depth walk through video (also embedded at the end of this post) of what is possible with Divi Theme's dynamic content output system.
I think you can toggle back and forth after something is built. ~ unproven hypothesis
Having built sites with ACF and having coded the output page templates to display the data that ACF makes easy to gather, it was very rewarding to see how Easy this can be.
Working with Advanced Custom Fields and executing things well does require an advanced perspective of what is possible with data bases and the web.
Divi only makes the creation of the output templates more accessible to people that do not know how to code. This is a huge thing! But if you are new to this concept, prepare yourself to figure things out.
In my experience, it helps to have a project to work with here. Preferably, an existing ACF powered site that is migrating to Divi theme from some other theme for example. Or maybe if its not a migration, maybe you just make a copy of a perfectly good site running ACF and then work to learn what Divi can do in a test to get some good experience with Dynamic Content.


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brilliant website 🙂
Ruslan Golenkov - Photography Amsterdam
It was some time ago since i visited Snowdon, i thought that some of my followers would love to see photos from there. It is great experience to walk up Snowdon, yes it takes a bit of time but it will stay with you forever.
If you planning your trip, make sure you have lot of water and some food. You may also take some cash with you as during the day there is cafe open half way up and at the top.
The Democratic Forest
Barbara Harrison Says:
" I'd like to invite everybody to a new show I'm in:
The Democratic Forest
For the last four days of the Independents Biennial three artists show work in 2-D and installation united by one love of colour.
Liz Monks, Jo Swift and Barbara Harrison present The Democratic Forest
Open Thursday 22nd November – Sunday 25th November 12 noon – 4pm.
Unit 8, The Colonnades, Albert Dock L3 4BB
The artists will be present daily 12 – 4; the show will also be visible through the window day and night."
Mark Radcliffe and Foes
Mark Radcliffe and Foes
From deepest, darkest Cheshire, land of perpetual twilight, emerge rambling radio roustabout Mark Radcliffe and Foes. As opposed to friends.
With a selection of songs to burn coffins to, these misanthropic minstrels; these downbeat Dee bank dirgesmiths; these glum-pop pall-bearers of bar-room bathos bring tales of loss, regret, ruin, heartbreak and dead dogs. Mark's previous band The Family Mahone specialised in drinking songs. Now feel the full force of the hangover as the Foes set the morning after the night before to music.
Joining Mark, thanks to a care-in-the-community placement programme, are former Mahones Christopher Lee, the dark prince of double bass and mandolin; and Rusty Mabbutt, still striving to achieve two pin-falls and a submission over the piano accordion. Noted Northwich bowler-hatted bare-knuckle knave Mark Woolley is also on hand to lend lilting low whistle and to hit a box with barely concealed menace.
So, encounter the Foes and an evening of abject misery is guaranteed.
Phil Smith..
We have the great pleasure in sharing music from Phil Smith who recently contacted us regarding trying to share his music on the blog pages. Since I listened to a couple of his compositions I just can't help but keep going back to his YouTube pages and listening whilst I merrily work away on my projects. We hope you like the links and keep visiting his pages.
Phil has sent the attached
"It was in 2010 when I discovered my most rewarding hobby – composition. Since then I think I have grown as a composer and have moved from 'hit-and-miss' classical pieces to film soundtrack type pieces. I use a piano-roll MIDI editor in Magix Music Maker to compose my works as a graphical score, and then use Sibelius to notate."
The definitive line up of Nigel Clark, Andy Miller and Mathew Priest is back………
The first time round, Dodgy were only together for seven years but in that time they sold over a million records worldwide, released three albums and 12 Top 40 singles, including 3 Top 10s and the Top 5 hit Good Enough, still a staple of the Radio 2 playlist; sold out the Brixton Academy for three nights in a row and were awarded an unprecedented 90-minute Saturday evening slot on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival in 1997 just before Radiohead. Not bad, considering that they also partied harder than an Ewok.
The English trio began their climb to fame in 1992, releasing three singles on their own Bostin Records label, later signing to A&M Records, around the same time as they inked a publishing deal after they made two A&R men battle for their signatures in a pub video football competition. The partnership with A&M generated three albums of life affirming, beautifully crafted songs – The Dodgy Album (1993), Homegrown (1994) and Free Peace Sweet (1996).
Live performance was always integral to the Dodgy experience. When the band first formed they started the infamous Dodgy Club to ensure that the audience got more than just a band on stage. A dedicated touring band – in one 12-month period between 94/95 they played almost 250 shows – Dodgy built a devoted and loyal fan base. Their positivity and summery songs made Dodgy the perfect festival band, and it was such a natural habitat for the trio that in 1996 they conceived their very own Big Top Tour, giving a fledgling Muse their second ever gig when the tour rolled into Exeter. I'm told the boys are happy to have the favour repaid.
In a bittersweet twist of fate, it was the dying wish of the band's close friend and crewmember, Andy Moore that brought them back together in 2008 and they all agreed that life was too short and anyway, they had forgotten why they split up in the first place.
Since they got back together they played an extremely successful set of reunion shows culminating in an overwhelming finale at the Shepherds Bush Empire, and like prodigal sons, they have been welcomed back to the festival circuit, including legendary appearances at Guilfest, The Wickerman, Summer Sundae, Cornbury a secret gig at The Truck Festival, a headline show at Beached in front of thousands on the beach in Scarborough and they headlined BUGJAM, Whatfest and The Purple Weekend in Northern Spain, and to cap it all they were asked back to play Glastonbury once again their second home in the 90's, where an exuberant Will Young was spotted 'dancing like he was on something' at the side of the stage. Bless.
Besides the hits, such as Staying Out For The Summer, So Let Me Go Far, Making The Most Of, If You're Thinkin Of Me, Melodies Haunt You, In A Room, and the epic Grassman – (I mean, I could go on) the boys have started introducing new numbers into the set, slowly and surely building up enough songs for new album which they are recording in Malvern and getting mixed in Denton, Texas by Matt Pence who mixed the John Grant and Midlake albums, amongst others
As singer Nigel says, "What's the rush? We're gonna take our time to make sure this album is better than our last one… and that was brilliant. The fans deserve it, they've waited long enough, so they don't mind waiting a bit longer"
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Fragment Arts Collective
'A Night of Song and Laughter'
Fragment Arts Collective presents this fabulously entertaining Cabaret show. Guests will enjoy a unique theatrical experience including a spot of ventriloquism, live singing, comedy and guest performances from Chester Ukulele Players.
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Dangerous Dave
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The Garden of Eden: Featuring… Adam and Eve
A top-notch comedy act that will tempt the senses and awaken the serpent, Ssshh……Just don't eat the apple.
Fusion Vocal group
A Chester based vocal group, who will be performing a choral repertoire of contemporary classics, not to be missed.
Plus, a host of other show stopping performances from our energetic and entertaining cast!!
Fragment Arts Collective is a locally based multi-disciplinary arts group specialising in Comedy, Theatre, music and installation pieces. Hot on the heels of our last Cabaret, we have decided to indulge ourselves in another night of fun and are inviting all of you to along for the journey. We promise you won't be disappointed.


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Fred's home made pies
We are proud to offer home made pies made from locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. Our Lamb Shank pie seems to be developing a cult following amongst some of the local identities. A pie in the hand beats 2 birds in the bush.
Marjo and Frank
5/15/2013 04:00:45 pm
Ross Creek Store has one of the best overnight free stays we have ever stayed in (and we've stayed in a few!) It is privately owned by Ross Creek Store owners and all Fred and Karen hope for is a polite word of greeting before leaving. We hope to get back soon and taste one of those lamb shank pies!
2/7/2016 03:16:26 am
We have enjoyed staying at Freds free campsite on a few occasions and loved his crap sandwiches. His fish and chips and pies are the best. He even offers milk that you normally have to hunt for in health food stores. Thanks fred for the beautiful sites and being so kind. We are geocachers and you will find a cache close by !!!
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MARQUETTE, Mich.—Northern Michigan University Men's Ice Hockey (2-4-0, 1-1-0-0 WCHA) returns to the road this weekend when they travel to No. 9/10 Bowling Green State University (5-1-1, 0-0-0-0 WCHA). Puck drop on Friday is set for 7:37 p.m. while Saturday's matchup will begin at 7:07 p.m. in Slater Family Ice Arena.
For complete game notes, click HERE.
Fans can follow both contests this weekend using the links below. These links can also be found on the team schedule or composite calendar at NMUwildcats.com.
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The Wildcats opened up their home season with a shutout victory over Bemidji State University on Friday. Senior defenseman Ryan Black (Stillwater, Minnesota) netted his second career goal late in the second period before NMU added a pair of empty-net goals in the final minute of the game. After jumping out to an early lead courtesy of a power-play goal from junior forward Darien Craighead (Surrey, British Columbia), the Beavers found two goal late in the game to earn a series split in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association opener.
Two players have recorded multiple goals for the Wildcats this season, while another five had earned a single goal. Craighead leads the way for NMU with four goals, tied for fourth-most in the WCHA. Senior forward Denver Pierce (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) has a pair of goals through the first three series of the season.
Junior defenseman Philip Beaulieu (Duluth, Minnesota) leads the Wildcats with four assist which is fifth-most among WCHA defensemen. Last season's NCAA leader in assists, senior forward Adam Rockwood (Coquitlam, British Columbia) has three along with senior forward Troy Loggins (Huntington Beach, California).
Senior goaltender Atte Tolvanen (Vihti, Finland) has been the lone Wildcat to see action between the pipes this season with nearly all 360 of the team's minutes played. His 162 saves are currently seventh-most in the NCAA and have helped move him into sixth all-time at NMU with 2,694 saves for his career.
With the ninth shutout of his career on Friday, Tolvanen now ranks third in program history and is three away from tying the record held by Craig Kowalski. He has played the sixth-most games in Wildcat history with 104 and is in the top-five of the record book for both career goals against average and career save percentage.
The Wildcats were chosen to finish second in the WCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll and third in the UAHHockey.com Preseason Media Poll. Minnesota State University Mankato was the top pick in both polls, while NMU and Bowling Green State University flipped between second and third in the two polls.
Grant Potulny enters his second season at the helm of the Wildcats after leading a program turnaround in 2017-18. In his first season, the Wildcats advanced to the WCHA Championship game and finished the year with a 25-15-3 overall record. Prior to NMU, Potulny was an eight-year assistant at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota.
It is a nearly even series between the two programs who have met 105 times since 1976. The two teams met seven times last season after four regular season matchups and a three-game series in the semifinals of the WCHA Playoffs. The Wildcats earned a victory in six of those contests, including a 3-2 overtime victory to advance to the WCHA Championship game.


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"La Femme Nikita" (1990), also known as "Nikita," is a French-Italian action movie. The title character is a teen-age drug addict who has been put in prison for killing a policeman. Members of a shadowy organization called "the Centre" abduct her and fake her death. They've drafted her to be an assassin. After being trained in firearms and the like, she is sent forth to kill. Nikita proves to be quite good at her new job, but things start to get complicated when she falls in love.
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Australia has a very colorful history when it comes to precious metals.
It's one of the world's largest producers, after china, USA and South Africa and accounts for about 11% of world output.
The economic gold resource of Australia is just over 5,200 tons.
Australia's resources arise in Western Australia, About 60%, with the remainder in all other States and the Northern District. Nearly all resources occur in primary guarantees, many of which have undertaken some degree of weathering.
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The Churches and the Schools: American Protestantism and Popular Elementary Education
The Churches and the Schools: American Protestantism and Popular Elementary Education
The relations of the church and the date to education is now, and promises to remain, a much agitated question among Americans. Even while the present study was in preparation, a number of books and magazine and newspaper articles discussed the topic. Overlooked in these publication--as, indeed, in the general histories of American education--was a revolutionary development in the history of education and in the history of Christianity: the surrender by American Protestantism during the past century of the control of popular elementary education to the state.
This fact is unique in the history of Christendom. Traditionally, the Christian Church has claimed the right to exercise at least a measure of formal control over the education of its children. The Catholic Church still seeks to implement this claim. So, apart from American Protestantism, do the Protestant churches. Only in the United States has Protestantism relinquished the traditional claim of the Christian Church to exercise control over the formal education of its children in the elementary schools.
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A head-constable Rajendra working in Warangal district was caught red-handedly by his first wife when he was with another woman at Peerzadiguda under Medipally police limits in Hyderabad on Sunday. It is learned that he had two wives and children earlier this. Knowing his illicit relationship with another woman, his first wife came to his house and allegedly beat the woman. Police visited the spot and registered a case against him under various sections. It is yet to known whether he married the woman or having extra martial relationship.


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Season 1, Episode 11, 'The Wolf Inside"
The theme of this week's "Discovery" episode — "The Wolf Inside": secrets. Burnham doesn't want to tell Saru that Kelpiens in the mirror universe are slaves. Saru doesn't want to tell Burnham about Culber's death. Both do so to protect the other from uncomfortable truths, which brings us to the most uncomfortable truth: Ash Tyler, her first love, is actually a surgically altered Klingon spy — and our old friend, the villainous Voq. By the end of this episode, he's finally remembered.
Of course, "Discovery" had telegraphed this for weeks. It was so obvious that I suggested in last week's recap that it was too obvious. Even in this episode, in the pre-credit scenes (14 minutes!), while Burnham lies in Tyler's arms, she says, "We're all human here," before adding, "Maybe none of us, no matter what world we're from really know what darkness is waiting inside." Sonequa Martin-Green might as well have said, "I am going to foreshadow right here."
This leads me to wonder exactly why the "Discovery" writing staff even went through the motions of trying to turn this into some sort of plot twist. And if anything, now, there are more questions than answers. If Tyler was truly a Klingon spy this whole time, it once again calls into question Lorca's decision making. He said he screened Tyler personally. How? And what was the point of Voq having his memories wiped so he wouldn't remember he was a Klingon until later? Because the memory wipe is what eventually blew Voq's cover — as they come rushing back, it spurs Tyler-Voq to attack Mirror Voq.
Like with so much of the "Discovery" maiden voyage, the ambition and ideas are interesting, but the execution often leaves much to be desired. The pacing is closer to the lesser seasons of "24." Right when an interesting character or relationship is about to be developed, the story line abruptly ends or shifts, often without a payoff that is worth it. This episode is a concrete example of this: The Voq revelation was just not that interesting, mainly because we didn't get to know Voq well enough.
What worked
The opening scene
1. The director T.J. Scott does masterful work in the opening moments, when Stamets's body is found holding Culber's body. It is derivative to the scene in "First Contact," when the Borg first beam over to the Enterprise. Long, dark and empty hallways are a tried and tested way to get audiences to the edge of their seats.
Side note: Notice the color palette in "Discovery." It is literally the darkest "Star Trek" series that has ever existed. Nearly every scene is shrouded in gray or black. Even when Burnham and Tyler land on what seems to be a brightly-lit desert, the colors we see are a darkly-tinged blue.
2. Evil Georgiou
The return of Michelle Yeoh as the Evil Emperor of the Terran Empire was an unsurprising but welcome development. Ms. Yeoh's Georgiou was killed off far too soon and unnecessarily — I look forward to seeing some version of her on the screen again.
What didn't work
1. The Stamets story line
I didn't totally understand what Tilly was trying to do to save Stamets. But that's okay. That happens often in "Trek." What I had a harder time with was why Saru and Tilly automatically assume that it was Stamets that murdered Culber. I understand that he was founding holding him, but this clearly warrants more investigation. (Surely, a surveillance camera would have shown Tyler leaving sick bay.)
Saru also, in initially pushing back on Tilly's treatment plan, says Stamets's life is in the medical team's hands. Why can't the medical team and Tilly work together? Why isn't the medical team in the room as Tilly attempts to do whatever she was trying to do? And if there is a significant medical team on Discovery, how was it that Stamets was able to leave sick bay, with a dead body, without being discovered by someone on the medical staff?
(Side note: Anthony Rapp is doing great work as Possessed Stamets.)
2. Mirror Sarek's mind meld
How did Sarek's mind meld not show more than Burnham's intent? Sarek clearly realizes he's seeing something he should not see in his mind meld of someone who, in this universe, is an enemy. Yet, instead of asking a question about someone who he has no reason to trust, he deems her intention pure — and even doubles down on it after the Tyler attack. And why wouldn't Sarek mind meld with Tyler too, just in case? In "Undiscovered Country," through a simple mind meld, Spock is able to identify all the perpetrators of a vast conspiracy.


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India is known as a rich country with poor people. Measured in terms of the gross domestic product, or GDP, India's rank is low. The modern concept of GDP was first developed by the Russo-American economist and statistician Simon Kuznets in 1934.
India is known as a rich country with poor people. Measured in terms of the gross domestic product, or GDP, India's rank is low. The modern concept of GDP was first developed by the Russo-American economist and statistician Simon Kuznets in 1934. The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 adopted GDP as the main tool for measuring a country's economy. The estimate of GDP became difficult and complex when value added by the public sector, the financial industries and by intangible asset creation were all required to be taken into account. GDP became the product of a vast patchwork of statistics and processes, carried out on raw data, to fit them with the conceptual framework.
Gross National Happiness
Dissatisfaction with GDP as a measure of an economy gave rise to the emergence of the concept of Gross National Happiness, or GNH, in 1972. The king of Bhutan pointed out how GNH is more important than GDP. In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution entitled "Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development." Member nations were urged to follow the example of Bhutan and measure happiness and well-being by defined goals.
The World Happiness Report
The UN has released the latest World Happiness Report in March 2018. The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. In the report, India is ranked at 133. However, Pakistan at 75, China at 86, Nepal at 101 and even Bangladesh at 115 are far ahead. The top 10 countries, by way of happiness, are as shown in the accompanying table. GNH is distinguishable from GDP. It values collective happiness as the goal of governance by emphasising harmony with nature. The four pillars of GNH are:
- Sustainable, equitable, and socio-economic development;
- Environmental conservation;
- Preservation and promotion of culture; and
- Good governance.
India's rank is quite high in the corruption index that was released by the Transparency International. If Finland is the world's happiest country, Burundi is at the bottom of the report. The Finns believe that access to nature, safety, childcare, good schools and free healthcare took them to the top rank. This is true of the other top nations in the report as well.
Latin America, with its high rates of poverty, income inequality, violence, corruption, ranks higher in the World Happiness Report mainly due to the remarkable warmth and strength of family bonds. Governments realise they should focus on supporting societal and family bonds as much as chasing economic growth. Daniel Gilbert of Harvard University and the author of 'Stumbling On Happiness' points out that once basic human needs are met, a lot more money does not make for a lot more happiness. In fact, it may lead to more stress.
In his latest work 'The Origin of Happiness', British economist Richard Layard notes how relationships play a critical role. Globally, as incomes have risen, happiness has not. This is because of breakdown of social factors. A sense of connection to families, wider society and community will all be critical. The people of Scandinavian countries can be credited with an egalitarian ethos where people care for each other.
Britain has established a minister for loneliness to take care of the people in depression. The Delhi government introduced happiness curriculum in schools. Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have set up happiness index departments.
We still have in India men and women who shape people into better instruments of greatness and dreaming of finer lives. We must be proud of such personalities like Dr V Shanta of the Cancer Institute Chennai, Saalumarada Thimmakka who planted over 8,000 trees in Karnataka, Kunwar Bai of Chhattisgarh who sold her sheep to build a toilet in the village, and Ruskin Bond who finds heaven in the Himalayas. The average Indian is lost in communal conflagration, caste conflicts, water wars and food famine. No wonder, he finds that happiness is but an occasional interlude in a general drama of pain.
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After starting off the second half of the Chinese Professional Baseball League season with a 3-2 loss to the Sinon Bulls, the Brother Elephants have quietly won seven straight games to take sole position of the lead in the standings.
All but two of the seven wins have been decided by two runs or less, thanks to the clutch hitting by Chen "the Golden Warrior" Chih-yuan (
The 26-year-old power slugger added seven RBI's to his team-high total of 42, surpassing fellow teammate Peng "Chia-Chia" Cheng-ming's (
In addition to Chen's timely hitting, the league's defending champions exhibited a scrappy style of play, stretching a late-game single into a double, while showing defensive savvy by picking off runners at critical moments.
Even though three of the one-run wins during the seven-game skid have come at the expense of three blown saves by closer Jonathan Hurst, the nation's most popular team continues to gain momentum despite encountering some adversity.
"I know these are not pretty wins, but at this point I am willing to take them any way or shape they come," Hurst said.
Part of being a winner is finding ways to win no matter what" Elephant manager Lin Yi-tseng (林易增) said.
Wrap Up
Like the gusty winds of Typhoon Mindulle, the Elephants stormed into the week with a pair of one-run victories against the La New Bears.
Tuesday's series opener had the Elephants leading 3-2 heading into the ninth until closer Hurst allowed a leadoff double to Bears second baseman Shih Chih-wei (
Two innings later, with a runner on second and the Bears outfield drawn in, Chen Chih-yuan won it on a line-drive single that sailed over the Bears right fielder.
Game 2 of the series in Hsinchu had the Bears drawing first blood on cleanup man Lin Chih-sheng's solo shot to deep left field off Elephants starter Chuang Pei-chuan (
Reliever Hsiao Ren-wen (蕭任汶), who entered the game in the top of the second inning with minimal warm up following the ejection of Chuang for striking a hitter in the head with a pitch, kept the Bears lineup hitless for nearly six frames en route to his first win of the season.
Hsiao, the unanimous choice for the game-MVP honor, fanned five while walking two in his best outing of the season by far.
Upcoming Games
The Elephants and Bears will play two more games this weekend -- one in Hsinchuang and the other Tienmu -- and all eyes will be on Peng Cheng-ming's performance at the plate.
Peng has kept his batting average above .400 (currently at .407) since the beginning of the season, but he is now on the brink of having it fall below the .400 mark if he does not put a stop to a recent slump.
The Lions will open a three-game home stand in Tainan against the Chinatrust Whales, where Lions closer Michael Garcia is set to reach the 20-save plateau.
The right-hander from southern California has not allowed a run in the past 32 innings and should attract a full house to Tainan Stadium.
The Macoto Cobras, amid a six-game losing streak, are set to take on the Bulls in a three-game series. It will be the first game in over a week for the Bulls following a pair of rained out games.


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Pacific Edge shares gain 6.5% on first commercial deal in Singapore
Pacific Edge shares rose 6.5 percent after the cancer diagnostics firm signed its first commercial deal to supply its suite of Cxbladder tests in Singapore.
The stock increased 2.5 cents to 41 cents after the Dunedin-based company said it reached a commercial agreement with a unit of Raffles Medical Group to use the bladder cancer tests in Singapore, the company said in a statement. Under the deal, the Raffles unit will coordinate specimen collection, shipping and reporting of Cxbladder tests for the medical firm's patients in the Asian city.
"We are delighted to work with the prestigious Raffles Medical Group in Singapore and whilst this is a relatively small commercial proposition for Pacific Edge, it offers a significant stepping stone into the Raffles Medical Group across South East Asia," Pacific Edge chief executive David Darling said. "The region remains an exciting proposition for Pacific Edge with approximately 9,500 urologists and an estimated 1.8 million potential tests."
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My friend is dead.
It's difficult to process that sentence. Thursday we talked and texted. He was excited about coming to Nashville for a motorcycle swap meet.
On my bus ride home, I kept getting called from a Crossville, TN phone number; I thought it was spam so I ignored it. But I had a premonition. Maybe that's the first time in my life that's happened to me, but I knew I had to answer that number when they called again. Honestly, it would be much more useful to have a premonition about the numbers I need to pick for the lottery.
But I knew that I needed to answer the call.
I did, and I was on the city bus and couldn't hear the lady on the other end. She called back and identified herself as a nurse from Cumberland Hospital.
"Are you a family member of James Hodges? He's been involved in an accident."
"No. I'm his good friend, but I'm not a family member, so I cannot speak to anything regarding his health." I saved her the trouble of potentially getting in trouble; the laws on this are pretty clear and hospital employees have lost their jobs for discussing health information when they shouldn't have.
She explained that I was the last person to text him, and that's why she called; I helped her find his wife's information on the phone. She called me back a short while later and said that she couldn't get in contact with her. I explained that James' landlord and friend is a police officer in the town where he lives. She had his driver's license and said she would contact the police.
I told her I would pray for him. Her response was a simple "okay" and I knew, from the restraint in her voice, that prayers wouldn't help much.
I searched online all night. No news stories; one website had a few sentences about a motorcycle accident that caused traffic to back up, but it was a traffic story, not a human story. Otherwise nothing else was mentioned anywhere.
Late Friday night I texted him. Just in case. Just in hope. His wife texted back in the wee evening hours that he had died.
Mid forties and dead. Not of the myriad health things he thought would kill him. Life had been hard on James, and he had risen above it. Then lost his job. Then risen again. Lost job again.
Then he bought his second motorcycle; his first sat on his porch, a bike as troubled as James. The new one represented, maybe, a new person as well. He joined a motorcycle club. Found peace.
Motorcycles are an enigma to many. I don't ride anymore because I understand the attraction all too well. They represent a way, however brief, to overcome our world just a little bit. To be in control of something. That's why he rode. And he pushed it too much, went too fast on that powerful, heavy Harley, maybe bought too much into the lifestyle – leather vest, bandana over his mouth.
That pursuit of happiness killed him.
I don't know if I will ever know the details of his accident. Today the University of Tennessee plays Alabama, so the Knoxville news sources care only about that. The Cumberland radio and newspapers most likely are on skeleton staff for local news; everyone is too concerned with the election and other "popular" news to care that a man lost his life in their midst.
I cannot write about the accident, because I don't know.
But I can tell you about James.
He was born to a mother who was the poster child for trouble. He talked little about her, only that he tried a few times as an adult to reconnect with her, only to fail. He wouldn't be upset to know she didn't attend the funeral; but would, contradicting that, be bothered by it.
The man he always knew as his father was not, at least biologically speaking. He and James got along, for the most part. They respected each other.
James didn't meet a lot of his father's family until he was well into adulthood; strange that there was an entire family out there for him to discover and learn about.
I met him at the University of Tennessee in around 1997. I was married, he was not. I had lived in Japan, he had been in the military. He was a couple of years younger than me. We hit it off immediately. After he graduated, and after I moved to California, he went to Japan. I met up with him there, once or twice, around 1999. I worked for a shifty Japanese company that was into online casinos and porn sites. He taught English and lived south of Osaka near Kishiwada. We drank in Kobe. We peed on a fence because there were a couple of Japanese businessmen doing the same, and we had to pee. I showed him, in the darkness, where the buildings had been that collapsed during the earthquake.
Another time we went to some onsen (hot springs) around his home. He was happy to drive me around in his crappy little car. They probably should have kicked us out of the onsen; we were a bit rowdy, and had there been somebody else there, I'm certain we would have been asked to leave.
Many times over the years we relived those times. They made for great stories, and life is nothing if not little short films stitched together in our minds to form a rough timeline of memories.
Over the years we've talked a lot. When he had success, I was stagnating. Then he stagnated while I had success. We were yin and yang. Never both up at the same time, never both down. Sometimes we talked about going to Japan and opening a hamburger shop; it would succeed, we knew, but neither of us are truly entrepreneurs. Maybe we should just go back and open a small school in the country, a small town where we could earn enough to live comfortably. Maybe we should do this. Maybe that.
Always planning and scheming. Looking for the greener grass was our shared hobby. Just this past week he tried to convince me (again) to buy a Harley and ride around with him. Just this past week I (again) told him I didn't want to, but why not come to Nashville and we can goof off? He had no job, time and desire to ride.
He said sure. His motorcycle club's Nashville branch was having a swap meet. Sure. He would come visit again. He was just here a couple of weeks ago, but no problem coming again.
Of all my friends, and there truly aren't many, he is the only one to ever do that. To say that he would just come visit. Just to see me. To hang out with me.
A few months back he asked when I was going to my hometown again. I told him I was tired of being the one who always went to visit others. In twelve years, only my parents have ever come to visit my family just for the hell of it. And James, after he discovered the truth of my frustration, said he, too, would come. And he did, with no plan, nothing to do, really, and I believed that he was going to continue to do so.
But now he's dead.
How do we cope with these things? With death? This is a one-way street we're on. We've all dealt with it before. My mother died, but maybe that was easier because she was at a natural end to her life. I could accept it as an obvious conclusion. But imagine if you're watching a movie and halfway in it says "The End" and is over?
That's what I'm dealing with now. I have to complete this movie myself, without my friend, my confidant. I alone bear witness to the stories of our youth. I alone carry that flag into battle with the harsh ambivalence that is our world.
This is the only thing I can do for him, now. My simple eulogy that maybe a dozen people will read. But that's enough. The world should know that he was a good husband, a good father. He loved his family, and, more important, knew that loving his family was right. He was crazy intelligent and had strong command of Japanese. He always tried to take the gray out of the world, and where I'm more Zen with things, James struggled to make the world fit his worldview, because the world had chewed him up and spit him out many times, so he knew the sharpness of its teeth.
James felt life was unfair, and we debated many times this point. Life just is; there is no fairness to it. Like blaming the road for a pothole, or the wind for the dust it blew into your eye. He learned this at the end of his days. He learned it on the motorcycle that led to his death.
I love you, James. And I always will.


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So to see where I was at with this alien distance, on Saturday I ran the Philip Rivers 5K, a flat course with a lot of sharp turns inside Liberty Station in Point Loma. The course was mixed trail and pavement.
Based on my half marathon pace, according to fitness/race pace prediction charts, I was at a 20:39 5K (6:38 average pace). Honestly, I had never strung together 2 sub 7 minute miles (since cross country about 15 years ago!), so I didn't really know what to expect at this distance. I decided I would run the first mile at 6:30 and see how I felt. 6:30 was the fastest mile I ran in the Rock N Roll half, so I knew I could at least do one mile at that pace . . .
So I started off fast, even busting out a 5:44 pace at the very beginning to get out ahead of the pack. I dropped down to target pace and managed to maintain it for the full 5K.
I went deep into zombie mode, and hee-hee-huh-huh (heavy breathing, in and out) is about all I remember about the 3.1 miles.
Mile Pace
1 6:11
2 6:35
3 6:33
3.1 5:42
My official time was 19:53. Average Pace 6:24. 38 place overall; 4th female overall; 3 of 248 in age group F30-34. I definitely surprised myself! I thought it would take most of the summer to break the 20:00 mark.
First, second, and third place females in the race were also in 30-34 and 34-38 age groups. Go thirty-somethings!
I felt like I could have run a few more miles at 6:24, but I certainly couldn't have run the 5K any faster. I just don't have that faster gear in my legs right now. Shorter distances are a weird thing!
Philip Rivers ran the race too--very cool. He crossed the finish line at 26:08 (8:26 average pace).
|Philip Rivers crossing the finish line at 26:08.
After watching Rivers cross the finish line, I decided I needed a few more miles to complete my workout. I ran another 2.5 miles, touring around Liberty Station, which is a nice place to run.
This was a great event. Plenty of parking, T-shirts, good post-race party with a band and food, and Chargers signing autographs. Plus, I love a smaller race (about 2500 runners/walkers), especially one that starts at the late hour of 8:25 a.m. Lots of fans so happy to see Philip Rivers!