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Thoughts and tears.
#10. Third Base-MAN. Love of Wrigley Field. Putting his favorite charity, JDRF and Juvenile Diabetes on the map to show that athletes can deal with the disease. Ron's partner, Pat Hughes (Ron's been in the booth since 1990). Brant Brown, that gut wrenching, "oh-no" overlapping Pat's "he dropped the ball". Aw, Jeez. Entrepreneur and Restauranteur. Ron Santo Pizza. Acapulco Taco Pie. Williams-Santo-Banks. Rebel pal Randy and the real highlight of fantasy camps. Roomie Glen Beckert. Flaming Gamer, Pat: "there's smoke billowing out of the top of his head" (audio link). The classic Jack Brickhouse call was music to my ears: "back, back, back, Hey-Hey, a homer by Santo." Harry Caray asking Ron, "when you go to bed at night with your lovely wife do you wear your toupee?" Cub captain. Leo Durocher. Don Young. Belly flop slides into second base. Clicking Heels. Pat Hughes broadcast introduction: "Along with nine time All-Star, five time Gold Glove winner and Cub Legend..."
Ronnie's gone. He slipped into a coma Wednesday and passed away in the early hours of the morning on Friday reportedly due to complications of bladder cancer.
Paul Sullivan has one of the earlier confirmations online but I've listened to WGN radio interviews with David Kaplan and Spike O'Dell reminiscing. Overnight host on WSCR, Les Grobstein clearly struggled with his sadness when he heard the news.
In one of the greatest tributes a son can give his dad, Jeff Santo's movie "This Old Cub" gave us the insight as to just what made Ron tick. Ron Santo was what loving the Cubs is all about.
Thank you to Ron. We are honored that you shared so much of yourself with us.
UPDATE: Rob's thoughts after the jump, just trying to keep all this in one place.
Rob G:
I never met the man, but I felt like he was a dear friend.
He was a Cub - true and true - player, broadcaster, fan. He lived the life that thousands of us dream of as children.
I didn't grow up watching him play, but I know I would have enjoyed it. Every rain-delay highlight, every Hall of Fame clip montage was a window into what should have been a Hall of Fame career.
We spilled lots of digital ink defending Santo's Hall of Fame case (well reader dcf did). I'm not sure the Hall of Fame deserves him now. It would almost feel like a cruel joke now. His words the day his number was retired, "This is my Hall of Fame" were pitch perfect.
The call - oh the call - funny, sad, relatable; the voice of thousands of Cubs fans funneled through his microphone.
His struggles with diabetes, his spirit and humor about his predicament were always inspiring to me.
I encourage everyone to read through the comments of this post and Arizona Phil's below. It's a celebration of his life and his accomplishments and most importantly, the memories he gave us watching the Cubs.
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It was reading TCR'ers descriptions of their reaction to Santo's reaction when Brant Brown dropped the fly ball, that made me wonder what I was missing in the radio broadcasts.
Trying to capture Santo's emotions, in my old Game Recaps, probably was the funniest writing challenge I've ever had.
Thanks, Ron. I love ya. Go Cubs.
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That was my first thought, too. Thousands of Cubs fans have passed away without ever seeing the Cubs win a World Series, but somehow it seems more important and more tragic in Ron Santo's case. Rest in peace, Ronny.
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RIP Ron. You provided countless hours of entertainment and you will be deeply missed. I am saddened in the fact that you never saw your name in the HOF and you never saw the Cubs world series. Once it happens, I will be the first to raise my glass to you.
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Boy this news has ruined my morning. I do take solace in the fact that Ronnie lived one heck of a life. I loved the guy simply because he loved the Cubs on the same level that I do. Thoughts and prayers to the Santo family.
RIP Ronnie. You will be missed
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first link not working unfortunately
second link is classic Ron
who knows how much that Bill Singer story is embellished in the third link, but I'm choosing to believe it happened exactly like that.
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link 1 replacement...kinda/sorta...it shouldn't suck too much traffic off them, anyway.
it's on another blog, too, but this one seems to be an account holder who can put up with the traffic if it happens to spread.
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Spring just won't be the same without hearing "Pat and Ron are on the air!" this March.
I'm not old enough to have ever seen Ronnie play, and honestly, he was not a great broadcaster, but no one will ever deny the passion he had for the game and for the Cubs, and that alone made listening to him doing Cubs games on the Radio a joy.
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Good Ronnie story in the Tribune:
"One of the rare times he saw Santo visibly upset, McDonough recalled, was after Frank Sinatra Jr. sang during the 7th-inning stretch years ago. As Sinatra left the booth, he turned to Santo and told him he thought Santo was one of the best pitchers he had ever seen. "Ronny lost it," McDonough said."
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one of my favorite santo anecdotes: santo's old 'roomie' glenn beckert was in the booth & they were reminiscing...got to koufax's perfect game vs. cubs in '65 & santo recalled a cub advance scout sharing how koufax was tipping his curveball when he threw it from the stretch...'and wouldn't you know 'roomie' we never got a man on base all day!' then santo & beckert laughed together like they were roommates again, out on the town having a few belts...i laughed out loud by myself just listening on the radio...
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As Cubs fans, we're used to getting our hearts broken, but this is the worst. I heard last night that he probably would be gone within 24 hours; really terrible to hear and even though his passing was, ultimately, not a surprise, it still really hurts.
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A few stories from the coverage on WGN Radio:
Pat Hughes on Santo after Brant Brown dropped the ball:
"After the inning ended I looked over and Ronnie had his forehead on the desk and wasn't moving. I thought he had died right there, so I poked him with my fingers to see if he was alive and he finally moved. After the game we were in the manager's office and I saw something that has never happened in American sports. The manager of the cubs, Jim Riggleman, put his arm around Ronnie and was trying to console him about the loss, Riggleman saying, don't worry, Ronnie, we're going to Houston and we're going to win and make the playoffs, and Ronnie just kept saying, 'how could he drop that ball?'"
Joe Girardi was on and said he and Santo became friends and would go to Northwestern football games together, but would have a hard time getting in because Santo always brought his dog. He said, "I love my dog and I'm not leaving him in the car, he's coming in to watch the game with us."
Pat Hughes told Girardi how much Santo loved him and was proud of him for winning the World Series with the Yankees.
Pat Hughes also said he was doing a radio commercial with Ronnie one day for new balance shoes, and Pat said, "These are the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned", and Ron said, "Yeah, I remember how comfortable they were when I had feet."
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It's therapeutic to be here, on this page, sharing other people's memories of #10. The way wakes are supposed to be, I guess. My favorite memories of Santo involve watching him as a player, particularly on the rainy day at Wrigley when Santo, trying to stretch a single into a double, slid head-first into second base and got stuck in the mud, about four feet short of the bag. Thom Brennamann was on with Waddle and Silvy (ESPN Radio Chicago) this morning and spoke with obvious anger about how the Hall of Fame wrongfully deprived Santo and his family of the joy of his election and, if he makes it posthumously, how much less special the experience will be for his wife and kids and grandkids. Couldn't agree more.
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"Unbelievable battle that he put up, wasn't it?" Hughes said.
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try to leave any baseball rumor, non-Santo comments to a non-Santo thread below such as:
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RT @WGN_Radio Wherever u are today at 2:10pm CST John Williams is asking u to click your heels in honor of Ron Santo
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"I'm not sure the Hall of Fame deserves him now. It would almost feel like a cruel joke now. His words the day his number was retired, 'This is my Hall of Fame' were pitch perfect."
yes to the above...
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Some things transcend rivalries. A lot of people didn't enjoy Ronnie's broadcasting style, and maybe it would have been better for WGN just to have him in there cheering and jeering like all of us other fans instead of commenting, but I enjoyed him. There were a million times I'd turn on one computer and watch MLB.TV, turn down the sound, and then bring in my laptop or switch to a new browser tab and listen to WGN on that one. Partly because I liked Hughes but I loved Santo's background emoticons.
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totally. i'm a huge mark grace fan and i cherish being able to hear him call games for ARZ rather than rarely hearing from him again.
grace is bringing up the bottom on the "skills" part of broadcasting, but as far as i'm concerned he can keep on murdering the job.
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This site is the best therapy I could ask for today. The passing on Ron is the first time I believe that I cried for the death of somebody I didn't personally know. I loved baseball as a kid but during college the strike happened and I was one of those who drifted away. It was when I discovered Ron and Pat on some little AM station out of Iowa City that restored my love of the game. Thank you Ron.
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WGN Radio has posted most of today's interviews and other Santo items on www.WGNradio.com/santo
They are also going to re-broadcast the Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game on Saturday at 1pm Chicago time, followed by the Ron Santo Cubs Confidential program at 3pm, and I think they said that would also run on Sunday at some point. It may pop up online at the link above.
They also have Santo's final interview on WGN, which was last week (Nov 28th).
So many funny stories on WGN today, got me out of my mourning and made me laugh and smile. Ronnie was such a funny, great, inspiring guy. I'm sure anyone who listened to him through the years felt like they knew him, because he didn't seem to have a different personality on the radio, he was just himself.
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I can't say the exact date I became a Cubs fan but I know Ronnie was at 3B that day. George Altman was in the OF and Ernie was at 1B. My first real memories of him was the lineup: Kessinger, Beckert, Williams, Santo, Banks, Hundley, and Phillips. He wasn't my favorite Cub then, never really a big fan of his radio work, and could argue both sides of the HOF issue. However, he was the best third baseman (defensively) I ever saw in the NL and that includes Mike Schmidt. I agree with Rob G. that I'm a little surprised at my reaction at the news today, and would not blame the Santo family that should Ronnie ever make the HOF that they give the Veteran's committee the middle finger. Rest in peace, Ron, you've sure as hell earned it.
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Moreland did a pretty good job.
I wouldn't be against Pat Hughes carrying the broadcast himself either. Beyond Santo's guttural screams, Hughes was mostly doing the calls himself anyway other than trying to set up Ron with softball analysis on occasion.
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Moreland was good. You know who else did a surprisingly good job filling in for Brenly was Todd Hollingsworth. I didn't care for him in the studio but when he did color commentary he was surprisingly good.
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Good story from John McDonough on 670 this morning:
I had called Ronnie, and he said "just a second", and put the phone down. Then, for about 3 minutes, I hear his voice in the background -- he had picked up the TV remote and was talking into it. Once he realized his mistake, he swore, came back to the phone, and said "Sorry about that... I as talking into the f*cking remote control!"
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on MLB Channel's MLB Hot Stove (there is no MLB Live in the offseason) they're busy doing live TV without mentioning Santo yet...even in the intro.
it's kinda odd. this is a live show.
10 minutes in and it's all jeter + rivera...and now they're talking about dunn.
11 minutes in he gets an update blurb from hazel mae...they're going to do a piece on him "a little later"
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looks like a few tribute candles in front of the Marquee
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What do you say when one of your boyhood heroes dies?
Ron, Billy, Holtzman, Gayle Sayers, Butkus.
Those were my favorites, and one is now gone. When '69 rolled around, and I was stuck at Camp with no internet, radio, or up-to-date newspaper to rely on for current NL standings, I tried to find out scores from counselors and awaited with bated breath to hear if the Cubs were still in 1st.
I was glued to being a Cub fan year-after suffering-year after that. I stuck up for my Ron when getting into arguments with Oriole fans about Brooks Robinson. Was it his fault that the Orioles had the best pitching staff in baseball and other All Stars?
I posted in September that my wife and I were staying in the same hotel in Milwaukee as the team (unplanned) to celebrate our anniversary. Ronnie was on the couch in the intimate 1st floor lounge enjoying a beverage with a colleague. I had heard what a truly "classy guy" he was, but not having met him previously I did not really know this to be true.
Obviously, the first impression (often the last) of meeting a celebrity makes an indelible mark - deserved or not - on you and I cordially just went up to him and thanked him for all of his work on and off the field. I told him he was one of my favorites growing up. Then excused myself after a couple minutes. He was very kind and personable.
Returning to my wife across the room, I watched a drunk couple awkwardly force Ronnie to take pictures with him. It was sort of a "scene"- however, he still obliged them patiently, where as I would have punched the drunk slob in the face perhaps.
To his credit, and my sadness at his uncomfortably "trapped" situation, he excused himself from them and went up to his room.
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Phil has a screen grab in his post below but can see people at Wrigley leaving a memorial for Ron.
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One of the things I loved about Ron Santo was how he persevered through his diabetes, first to play, then later in life.
My maternal grandmother also had type I, and also passed from this world having had both legs amputated above the knee.
I marveled first-hand at my grandmother's strength, and I marveled through my radio at Ron's.
Ron Santo was, at least through my radio, a class act, a man and a fan who wore his heart on his sleeve, good bad or otherwise. You can't put into words how Ronny broadcasted a Cubs game, you just had to tell people to listen.
Thanks for everything, Ron.
#10, cheers.
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Visitation for Ron Santo will be at Holy Name Cathedral -- 735 N. State St., Chicago -- on Thurs., Dec. 9 at 4 p.m.
Funeral service will be Fri., Dec. 10 at 10 a.m.
There will be limited public seating.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, by visiting www.jdrfillinois.org and clicking on "Donate Now" or by calling 312-670-0313.
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My favorite Santo broadcasting moment came either last year or the one before. He was watching a replay of a questionable play on the monitor as Pat was describing the play. He called out "oh come on...look at that...right there!"
When he called a game, he was watching the game with his friends, his fellow fans listening along with him. The Cubs will never find anyone who cares more about the team and the organization.
When I heard the news all I thought about was his number being retired, and his comment "this is my hall of fame." I remembered his emotion as he said it, and found myself trying to imagine the combination of joy, disappointment, sadness, and love for his fellow Cub fans. Then I realized I had tears in my eyes.
We'll miss you, Ronnie
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Five Sun-Times writers and their tributes to Ron Santo. Morrissey, DeLuca, Wittenmeyer, Goddard and Ginnetti.
and a Telander piece with four Santo stories...
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CCO has a nice compilation of a few Pat & Ron radio highlights including one where they are trying to promote Pat's Voices of the Game CD series and Santo hearing some fan yelling says, "they ought to shoot him" and another where Ron tries to get Pat to commit to vanilla or chocolate or strawberry cake but Pat only agrees to carrot cake.
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I've been a little too depressed to write until now. Next season will not be nearly as enjoyable without the Pat and Ron Show. (Sigh) I loved that man.
Big-hearted, passionate, funny, tragic, loyal, one-of-a-kind. A real human being.
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...and the Bryant RBI jinx continues in the 3rd....crap.
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chapman showing up and available tomorrow night.
i'm sure he'll be a bit hit. hope he doesn't choke. dude has a rifle for an arm. he'll add a bit of punch to the bullpen.
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Fuck that.
He choked her.
Her brother tackled him to separate him.
He cooled off by shooting his gun in the garage.
I don't have to like him on the team I follow.
And you are others are free to not give a shit about his personal misgivings if you so choose as well.
Sure, no marks and some inconsistencies in the witness's statements. But firing your gun into garage wall immediately after an argument and punching out your car window is still threatening and out of control behavior. There was certainly enough for MLB to think it warranted a 30-game suspension.
I'd prefer they be flexible with the closing situation depending on matchups. You're not really adding a lefty reliever if you use him strictly as a closer.
Stockpiling young talent isn't only for trading for someone like Chapman though. Even with an elite closer winning the World Series is basically a crap shoot so the key is to get to the playoffs as much as possible and not just mortgage everything on one year. Once you get there an elite bullpen certainly helps but the playoffs can be won by one hitter or starting pitcher getting hot (Murphy, Molina, Baumgardner) and a closer might not be able to stop that.
I'm also not crazy about press convictions. As the police report noted, there were no marks on the lady in question. There's a TMZ link (of course) to her police pictures, as well.
I think the only way this trade goes real bad is if Cubbery intervenes and Chapman is suddenly bad for some reason.
I am right there with you closing in on 60.
I don't care that much about "mortgaging" one player who is not only blocked by two guys, but is not ready to hit the majors for at least a couple years.
There is no reason why this team, this year, can't have a real shot at something NONE of us have experienced.
Further, I don't feel that even if they fall short that they have ruined their farm system.
I have made my opinion clear here, with others, Warren was shit on the Cubs save one spot start.
Trading for Warren, Warren sucking, getting Warren back for Chapman plus 3 prospects, sounds like Revenge of The Yankees on the former Boston executive. Old rivalries never die.
I pray to the heavens above Chapman doesn't suck for some reason, or he'll be booed out of town faster than a Todd Hundley revival meeting.
I'm kind of nostalgic for the Schwarber-for-Miller rumors.
This offseason, after some ridiculous playoff run and Chapman saving every game from here until the end of the postseason striking out 27/9innings, I welcome anyone to quote this thread and call me a dummy: I hate this trade, and my hate is 2 parts Chapman makes this team less likeable and 1 part that's a ridiculous overpay for 30 regular season innings and, at tops, 10 postseason innings. Already hoping they don't extend him.
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Drones are the perfect weapon for America's fight against its far-off enemies. The unmanned aircraft operated remotely from thousands of kilometres away can spy, zero in and fire a missile or drop a bomb on a target without putting a pilot's life at risk. Unsurprisingly, President Barack Obama has dramatically increased their deployment in the United States' fight against terrorists. What he has yet to do, though, is to justify that their use is legal, ethical, moral and in the interests of his country.
Under international law, there are certainly doubts, reiterated each time a prominent target is hit or when innocent civilians are killed. Such was the case earlier this month when Abu Yahya al-Libi, the second-in-command of the extremist terror group al-Qaeda, was killed by a drone strike in the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan. While the strike was welcomed by Americans, it was condemned by Pakistan as a violation of sovereignty, and fresh debate was sparked over the right of the US to carry out extrajudicial executions and whether the rules of war had been violated. The concern in Pakistan is understandable, just as it has been in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, where drones have also been used by the US.
But Obama is also under growing pressure at home to explain how and why he orders drone strikes. There is particular concern as he campaigns for re-election. Political opponents contend he is using drones to boost his popularity. His defenders point to the legislation approved three days after al-Qaeda's assaults on September 11, 2001, that gives him authority to use 'all necessary and appropriate force' against any country, group or person believed to be involved or 'to prevent future acts of international terrorism'. That was the basis for last year's killing rather than capture of al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden, for the death of Libi and for hundreds of drone missions that the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism claims have killed more than 1,000 civilians.
To critics, the president has the power to kill anyone, anywhere, at any time, without judicial oversight or the approval of lawmakers. They want to know how people end up on the list of targets and why they are not given the right to defend themselves. Legal documents that allow for Americans to be killed overseas, as happened in Yemen last year, remain secret. It is as if Obama is judge, jury and executioner.
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If you're running a WordPress blog or website, be sure to back it up properly. Sure, your host should be running their own back ups but that can't protect you from corruption or human error plus if something happens, you'll want to get your site up and running without relying on your host to retrieve your back up for you.
WordPress stores your all important content – posts and comments – in a database, which is stored separately from your plug-ins, templates, images and other files. Make sure your plan accounts for backing up both types of data!
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- Your host should provide a way to push a copy of the database onto the FTP accessible portion of their server so you can use an FTP client to copy everything to your computer or a third party's server.
- The WordPress.org codex provides a section on back ups, which includes instructions for using phpMyAdmin to back up and restore the database.
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Judy Herrmann has taught seminars on digital photography and sound business practices since 1995. Her seminars, one-on-one consultations and blog, 2goodthings.com, help people grow businesses.
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"Al Aswany masterfully deciphers the forces behind social polarization over class, gender, race, religion, and politics, tracking the pendulum swings from sympathy to hate, dream to despair, sorrow to resignation, and refusing simple answers and tidy conclusions." (Booklist)
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He explains the history of the book, mainly his first story - 'The Isam Abd el-Ati Papers' and why it was not published at his first try. His 219 page book, Friendly Fire consists of short stories, the first 92 pages long, the other 16 much shorter. He is a good writer, but one can see why the Egyptian authorities would not publish his writing; it expresses no virtue of the country or its' people - one has to remind themselves of his admonishing in the preface that he loves his country and his literature possesses an independent existence from his thinking.
So, in summary be prepared for a book with stories that rail on the subject of human kind, not the worst of society but the everyday foibles and failings of the inhabitants of modern Egypt, but they could exist anywhere -the teasing of schoolmates, the difficulties and obstacles of achieving one's life dreams.
Each story is a tale of woe and wretched luck. Each story leaves much of what will finally happen to your imagination, much as life is. This is not just about Egypt but the state of anger and frustration in humankind - well written but frustrating to me in that there seemed to be no optimism or closure. So read if you are interested a different style and a critically acclaimed contemporary Egyptian writer.
I came to this after reading the author's Yacoubian Building (2002), which impressed as a window into the lives and values of contemporary Egyptians in Cairo. For me, Friendly Fire was a lesser work but contained some interesting things also.
As with Yacoubian, the writer focused all around society in Cairo, finding dysfunction nearly everywhere. Human potential was stifled continually by bureaucracy, corruption, envy and the struggle to survive. The need to cater to the whims of all-powerful superiors in the workplace led to humiliation. The lack of control over their lives turned children and adults into beasts. People sacrificed themselves to better the lives of family members, or prostituted themselves to foreigners for money. Behaving badly, some masked their behavior with florid phrases of religious piety.
Devotion to family members -- especially mothers and children -- offered some the strongest motivation to keep struggling. But mostly the problems conspired to keep people apart and drove sensitive souls to the edge. The contrast was strong between past hope -- before 1952 -- and present disappointment. Unlike Yacoubian, there were few positives, no optimism and no way out. In some ways, the writing covered territory similar to that of VS Naipaul on Islam and on the Third World, and seemed to share much of that writer's outlook.
For this reader, the strongest stories were "The Kitchen Boy," "An Administrative Order," "Mme Zitta Mendès, a Last Image," "Dearest Sister Makarim," "An Old Blue Dress and a Close-Fitting Covering for the Head, Brightly Covered" and "Waiting for the Leader." "An Old Blue Dress" contrasted the behavior of a genuinely pious woman who lived an outwardly sordid life -- sacrificing herself for her family -- with a woman who observed religious conventions but was calculating and grasping.
The "Leader" story was especially damning, with old, disillusioned politicos waiting for the ghost of a former leader to appear and lead them out of the dead end, while one dreamed of material reward and summering in Europe with his wife. The dead man had advocated constitution and democracy, but maybe the leaders and masses of the present were unready. Another story offered glimpses of how the newly rich behaved, with a trophy wife from Europe, foreign-language education for the offspring, marble statues of Venus in the courtyard and Roman numerals carved into the door.
Too many of the other stories seemed underdeveloped, with weak or abrupt endings. Missing was writing from women's points of view or a focus on the behavior of religious leaders -- things that had been present in Yacoubian.
The novella began well, with a narrator's forceful denunciation of national traits, but lost momentum quickly as he descended into confused memories of a parent, student life and lost love, with little apparent sense of form -- again unlike Yacoubian. It ended in a mental hospital. Maybe this novella, the opening work, was intended partly as a summary of the themes touched on in many of the stories that followed.
A work covering somewhat similar ground was Taxi (2006), by Khaled Alkhamissi, which recorded the frustrations of taxi drivers struggling to make a living in Cairo. A more modest creation, it at least offered some humor against all the darkness. A contrast to Friendly Fire was View of a Distant Minaret and Other Stories (1983) by Alifa Rifaat, an older writer, who showed Egyptian women coping with their lives, finding quiet strength in themselves and their faith.


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The season is an uneven one, losing steam with the Britney Spears tribute episode and some excruciating plot lines, then having slightly more success with themed episodes (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Christmas, and the cleverly handled episode involving Justin Bieber, of all people). Fresh energy came from the new students, guest star Gwyneth Paltrow as substitute teacher Holly Holliday, and new football coach Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones), who even inspires a temporary alliance between Will and Sue (Jane Lynch). The show relied less on Broadway tunes and more on classic rock and contemporary pop (Lady Antebellum, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Lady Gaga) and even introduced its own original songs, the best of which ("Get It Right," "Loser Like Me") are unveiled in the regionals. Morrison and Michele aren't featured nearly as prominently as they were in the first season, but Michele still crushes her big numbers like "Get It Right" and Katy Perry's "Firework," and she participates in dazzling duets with Amber Riley ("Take Me for What I Am") and Agron ("Unpretty/I Feel Pretty"). Other showstopping moments from the season include Rivera's "Valerie," Rivera and Riley's "River Deep, Mountain High," Overstreet and Agron's "Lucky," Paltrow's "Forget You" and "Landslide," the group rendition of My Chemical Romance's "Sing," and almost anything by the Warblers (voiced by Tufts University's Beelzebubs), especially Pink's "Raise Your Glass" and Neon Trees' "Animal." (Parental discretion advised due to mature themes) --David Horiuchi
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"Glee" tells the story of a tiny, bullied glee club (a show choir where the participants sing and dance to either pop or showtunes or both without actually performing a musical) and how both the power of music and a kind mentor who believes in them helps twelve misfits forge a family and strive to share how special they are with the world, no matter how much is stacked against them. Although it sounds like a strangely cheesy premise and an unlikely TV show, "Glee"'s madcap formula, amazing music performances, terrific acting, intriguing characters, and potently quotable one-line zingers launched it into the stratosphere and it quickly became an international sensation and success. Within these plot lines, "Glee" tackled the sensitive issue of teen pregnancy (and how religion can impact that issue) wonderfully, along with showcasing the struggles of teenagers with body issues, the confusing adolescent world of sexuality, popularity, friendship, family, loyalty, bullying and peer pressure. Although there were a few misses in the first season, overall the season itself was one of the brightest and freshest new shows around, and it won several awards for it as well.
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With a stay at The Palmer House Hilton, you'll be centrally located in Chicago, steps from Bank of America Theatre and Haskell Building.
This 4-star hotel is close to Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 1641 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Cable programming and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, while wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as a health club, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-in. Planning an event in Chicago? This hotel has facilities measuring 110000 square feet (10219 square meters), including conference space. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge at scheduled times, and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
About the The Palmer House Hilton17 E Monroe St Chicago IL 60603
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Located in Chicago's theater district, Palmer House Hilton's 110,000 square feet of conference space features a range of venues, including exhibit halls, salons, private dining rooms, and several ballrooms with crystal chandeliers and Beaux Arts decor. Event catering and audiovisual equipment are also available. A business center provides printing, faxing, copying, and wireless Internet access (surcharge) also available in the lobby area.
The fitness center offers Precor fitness equipment, group exercise classes, and an indoor pool.
Several clothing and gift boutiques are located on the hotel's lower level.
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
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- Number of floors - 25
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- Year Built 1925
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- Conference space size (meters) - 10219
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Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 15.00 )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 15.00 per night )
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The Palmer House Hilton offers 1641 air-conditioned accommodations with video-game consoles and safes. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.
In-room wireless high-speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Microwaves, refrigerators, and in-room massages can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
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- Cribs available
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You can order up room service during limited hours.
Nearby Things to Do
The Palmer House Hilton's 10,000-square-foot health club (surcharge) features a fitness center with free weights and cardiovascular and strength-training equipment, personal trainers, an indoor pool and exercise classes.
This Hilton hotel is a mile from Lake Michigan, where guests can walk, jog, or bike along a 20-mile lakefront path. Oak Street Beach, 1.5 miles away, is popular for sunbathing and swimming in the summer. Within six miles of the hotel, the Sydney R. Marovitz golf course offers a challenging and scenic nine-hole course along Lake Michigan.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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- Bicycle rentals nearby
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Balance Spa offers massages, facials, and beauty services. This full-service health spa includes 12 treatment rooms and a hair salon.
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- Couples treatment rooms
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If you need to make requests for accessibility needs, please complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when booking your stay.
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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- Pets: USD 50 per accommodation, per stay
- Weight limit: 75 lb
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to hotel policy.
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Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 7 and USD 11 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 15.00 (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 15.00 per night (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 42 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 75.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 50 per accommodation, per stay
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Tom Smart, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah football's senior class is on the verge of equaling a school record. Should the Utes defeat Colorado Friday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, they'll match last year's seniors with 41 career victories.
"That was always kind of been a goal for me. Obviously that's something I wanted," said offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom. "I saw last year's senior class go out that way and wanted the same thing for our senior class, the for the guys that I played with."
Bergstrom and Utah's 17 other seniors — defensive tackle James Aiono, fullback Shawn Asiata, defensive back Greg Bird, defensive back Conroy Black, offensive lineman John Cullen, defensive lineman Tevita Finau, defensive end Nai Fotu, kicker Kenny Golladay, linebacker Matt Martinez, wide receiver Dexter Ransom, running back Mychal Robinson, defensive end Derrick Shelby, defensive back Ben Soliven, running back Tauni Vakapuna, linebacker Chaz Walker, defensive back Tyler Whittingham and linebacker J.J. Williams — will be honored in pregame ceremonies before the Utes' home finale.
"It's bittersweet. We're going to miss them," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "But we've thoroughly enjoyed what they've given to the program and their work ethic and all that they have contributed."
Besides helping Utah win a lot of football games, Whittingham noted that the members of the class have been "tremendous leaders" as well. He credits them for helping the Utes bounce back from an 0-4 start in Pac-12 play. After reeling off four straight wins, they can now reach the inaugural conference championship game with a victory over the Buffaloes, along with losses by Arizona State and UCLA.
Should it all pan out, this group of seniors will have an extra opportunity to break the school record for victories — preceding a bowl appearance with the Pac-12 title game.
That, however, isn't what the Utes are thinking about right now. Colorado and the home finale are first and foremost in their thoughts. Even so, defensive back Greg Bird acknowledges there's also something on the backburner considering the seniors will be playing in their home stadium for the final time.
"It's definitely on your mind," Bird said. "(But) the most important thing to focus on is getting the win as your last home game. So put a show on for the fans and hope for the best."
Bergstrom insists it's something he hasn't really thought about yet.
"I don't know," he said. "Maybe it'll hit me sometime this week."
Same goes for the senior class record for victories, according to Bird.
"I didn't even know that was close because of how we started the season," he said. "But that would be something great to be a part of and I'm happy to be a part of it."
EXTRA POINTS: Bergstrom, Bird, Fotu, Martinez, Robinson, Shelby, Walker and Williams played their entire collegiate careers at Utah. … Cullen, Bergstrom, Asiata, Finau, Shelby, Walker, Martinez and Black are expected to start against Colorado. … Williams had season-ending foot surgery on Nov. 4.
Utah football: 2011 senior class
The Utes will honor their 18 seniors before Friday afternoon's game against Colorado. The class has a 40-10 record, the second-most wins in program history.
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Hey man, just noticed you posted a guide + road map too. I just finished my achievement guide and didn't notice you were working on one too
I'd appreciate it if you're going to finish that road map for this game.
If you're willing to do that, I can submit my AG + your road map to the Guide Team to review so we can get these up to the site as soon as possible
I'm sorry about this mess. Has happened once before to me when I started to write an achievement guide and someone else had already posted it at the time I was writing it :/
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Version of Record online: 18 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01317.x
© 2012 Production and Operations Management Society
Production and Operations Management
Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 348–364, March–April 2013
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How to Cite
Chen, Y.-J., J. George, S. and Zuo-Jun Max, S. (2013), Training, Production, and Channel Separation in ITC's E-Choupal Network. Production and Operations Management, 22: 348–364. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01317.x
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- Version of Record online: 18 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: SEP 2010
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In recent years, I.T.C. Limited (hereafter ITC) developed the "e-Choupals" for the rural areas of India. In this new business model, ITC reaches implicit agreements with some farmers (inside the network) that they can sell the products directly to ITC at the market price in the local market, but allow the farmers, both inside and outside the network, to access valuable information through the e-Choupals. In this study, we investigate ITC's incentive of offering such opportunities, especially to those farmers outside the network, and analyze the farmers' strategic quantity decisions. We show that the implicit agreement behaves as a formal contract, regardless of the price elasticity of the local market: Once reaching an agreement with ITC, the farmers always give priority to delivering directly to ITC. The e-Choupal network leads naturally to the complete separation of selling channels, provided that ITC's capacity constraint is not tight. Surprisingly, in a variety of scenarios, ITC finds it optimal to provide the best available training to the farmers outside the network. We further show that our results are not prone to potential cheating in the mandi system, the possible exploitation via postponed payments, and the stochastic effects on the market-clearing price.


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