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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 4 stars
This is a fictional history of an actual, ancient rare book known as the Sarajevo Haggadah. A series of short stories about previous owners, caretakers and creators of the book are loosely tied to the conservation efforts of an Australian rare book expert called Hanna Heath. This book has been much reviewed and I'd like to thank everyone on shelfari who recommended it. As with the Cellist of Sarajevo, I found the back story of the real book as interesting as the fictional account. I especially liked Brook's use of female characters in her history of the book. Given that women would have had subservient roles throughout much of the history of the book, I liked that she was able to give so many characters powerful roles.
After about 2/3 of this book, I wasn't thrilled with it. While it was well-written and an interesting fictionalization of a real-life story, I just wasn't attached to anything about it.
Well, when I got to the chapter on the origins of the haggadah, it all came together. The passion, the heart of the mystery, was finally in full blaze. I started to care about this medieval artifact as something real, rather than thinking they were spending time on an unusually pretty book that they'd never know much more about.
And that made a difference too: the protagonist, Hanna, has to imagine much of the life and travels of the book, but she does get the answer to the main question: who made it, when, and where? There was real satisfaction in that.
In fact, the last third was so redeeming that I'd like to read more adventures of Hanna Sharansky. This is my first book by Geraldine Brooks, so I don't know if she's revisited Hanna. But I will be looking to see if she has or does eventually.
I wouldn't recommend this to someone who didn't show interest in it at first; it's dry for so long that I think all but the dedicated would lose interest midway through. But for those who stick around to the end, it's worth it.
A sacred jewish book, a Hagaddah, is being restored and it contains minute clues to its history. A dessicated butterfly wing, a short cats hair that had been used in a brush to paint the illuminated manuscript, salt crystals from splashed drops from the sea. Each is linked with a back story, going back 600 years. An interesting premise. The idea reminds me of E. Annie Proulx's "Accordion Stories".
My favorite Geraldine Brooks book. Different from any book you'll read, and well written.
About an archivist and book conservator on an adventure and about the remarkable history of a famous illuminated manuscript, the Sarajevo Haggadah, which sits now in the National Museum of Bosnia. Except, perhaps, for the superfluous love story, an exceptionally rich and well-researched weaving of adventurous narrative and the intricacies of the history and preservation of books. I look forward to her next work.
While peering through a microscope at a rime of salt crystals on the manuscript of the Haggadah, Hanna reflects that "the gold beaters, the stone grinders, the scribes, the binders" are "the people I feel most comfortable with. Sometimes in the quiet these people speak to me." Though the reader's sense of Hanna's relationship with the Haggadah rarely deepens to such a level, Geraldine Brooks's certainly has.
Brooks' novel meticulously, lovingly amalgamates mystery and history with the personal story of its heroine, rare-book expert and conservator Hanna Heath.
If Brooks becomes the new patron saint of booksellers, she deserves it. The stories of the Sarajevo Haggadah, both factual and fictional, are stirring testaments to the people of many faiths who risked all to save this priceless work.
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Report of Special Investigative Counsel Regarding an Allegation of Tampering with a Competitor's Skate at the 2011 World Short-Track Speedskating Team Championships in Warsaw, Poland and Allegations of Abuse by Coaches at U.S.. Speedskating
Executive Summary October 5, 2012
Mandate and Independence
On August 16, 2012, U.S. Speedskating ("USS") retained White & Case through the United States Olympic Committee's Safe Sport program to conduct an independent investigation, on a pro bono basis, into three allegations:
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Whether a U.S. skater tampered with a Canadian competitor's equipment during the 2011 World Short-Track Relay Championships in Warsaw, Poland;
Whether the USS coaching staff was physically abusing USS athletes; and Whether the USS coaching staff was emotionally abusing USS athletes.
In conducting the investigation, White & Case:
* Made three trips to the United States Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah ("Olympic Oval"), during August 27-29, 2012, September 4-7, 2012 and September 18-19, 2012;
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Skater Simon Cho admits that he intentionally damaged a Canadian competitor's skate before the Canadian's race at the 2011 World Speed-Skating Relay Championships in Warsaw. Head Coach Jae Su Chun admits that he learned of the incident immediately after it occurred. He then told Assistant Coach Jun Hyung Yeo on the way back to the team hotel. Coach Chun and Assistant Coach Yeo admit that they failed to report the incident to the appropriate authorities. In our initial interviews with them, Coach Chun, Assistant Coach Yeo and Simon Cho misled us about what they knew had happened in Warsaw.
Simon Cho alleges that he was directed to damage the skate by Coach Chun, and Coach Chun denies this. Simon Cho states that Coach Chun initially asked skater Jeff Simon and him to damage the skate, and they refused to do so. Jeff Simon denies that this conversation took place. Simon Cho alleges that Coach Chun then asked him on two more occasions to damage the skates, and he finally agreed. Coach Chun denies that those conversations took place.
Simon Cho also states that during the race in question he communicated to Jeff Simon that he, Cho, had damaged the skate. Jeff Simon denies that this communication took place. Jeff Simon states that Simon Cho first told him that Cho had damaged the skate on the plane ride home much later that evening. Jeff Simon states that Mr. Cho did not at this time mention anything about their coach having directed Mr. Cho to damage the Canadian skater's blade. Jeff Simon said that Mr. Cho asked Mr. Simon to keep confidential the information that Mr. Cho had damaged the skate, and Mr. Simon did so.
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A good referee should barely be noticed. Not so Paul Honiss. Referee Paul Honiss is always noticed -- every damn game he's in. He enjoys the authority. He's the Cindy Kiro of referees. Rugby writer Chris Hewett at The (UK) Idependent noticed him and his bloody whistle in the W. Samoa v South Africa game, and he wasn't impressed. His performance, says Hewett,
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I'm always astounded to see Honis getting High profile games. Apparently less players signed up to play rugby in NZ this year compared to last year but the number of referees took a large jump. It seems that everywhere you look the whistle blowing, clipboard carrying, busy bodying, Adolf wannabies are coming out of there caves. The WRB could have avoided this phenomena had they not written so many damn rules.ReplyDelete
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I totally disagree with the previous reviewer's comments, although
obviously it all comes down to taste in the end.
Catherine Tate is a brilliant comedian. Some of the characters are so spot on it's spooky. Who can believe that the elderly character Nan is being portrayed by the same actress who portrays the sullen schoolgirl Lauren? OK, not all the sketches are as funny but it is worth watching for the absolutely hysterical moments that punctuate this show. Timing is brilliant and some of the characters will I am sure become classics. In the new series the hit rate is even better!
I think Catherine Tate deserves to be called the new Queen of Comedy!
I beg to differ with the other IMDb-er who finds this show, and
Catherine Tate, unfunny, trite, and so forth.
Her show comes through on BBC America on my TV cable service and I only recently discovered it. It might help if I had a slightly sharper ear for British accents, especially those of the "lower classes" (no offense intended), but I have no doubt that this lady is an extremely gifted comic actress, a virtual chameleon (assisted by some extraordinarily talented makeup artists), who has provided some of the most solid laughs I've enjoyed in some time.
In my book she's right up there with her fellow Brits, Mollie Sugden, Paricia Routledge, et al. and her Canadian counterparts, Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara. And let's not forget an American, the inimitable Joan Cusack, who deserves her place right alongside her peers from outside our borders. My enthusiastic compliments to you all, ladies!
I laughed all the way through the one show I saw. Catherine Tate sets up several situations...in this case a housewife who jumps at the slightest noise, a new mother who will do anything to keep from waking the baby while people try to give her a birthday party, a hateful grandmother being visited by her grandson, and several others, and revisits their scenes in turn throughout the show. The premises are skimpy, it is true, but I didn't notice that until this other reviewer pointed it out because her characterizations were hilarious. I'm a Californian so I really had to focus to make out what some of the characters were saying as she uses various accents from all over England. I would be very pleased to see more of Catherine Tate.
Little Britain is a very funny sketch show but it is nowhere near as
well observed as Catherine's masterpiece. Compare Vicky Pollard and
Lauren. Many assume that Lauren is Catherine's attempt to imitate and
cash in on Lucas's Pollard. But the character of Lauren was invented
long before that of Pollard and is a far richer observation of today's
inarticulate, low-aspiring youth. Pollard is a much more surreal
character, someone who wouldn't be of place in Royston Vasey. Lauren
however is scarily real.
Also the 'Nan' is possibly the second funniest 'Nan' creation in recent times, second only to the slightly more sublimity that is 'Nanna' in The Royle Family.
In fact, the majority of sketches on the Catherine Tate Show are very strong. It is just that people assume that a show that has so many different sketches with such a limited number of performers will be stale, but it's not. In fact, it's fantastic.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Having heard about this "prize-winning comedy" (a description the BBC
seems unable to separate from the show's title) I tuned to see what it
was all about.
I'm no curmudgeon. I love to laugh as much as anyone. I just found myself asking why I was being asked to find this funny. An old lady who swears like a truck driver, a snob who tells everyone off for their lack of manners then breaks wind at a funeral, a couple who are disgusted at finding "dried shitache(sic) mushrooms" in the soup at a restaurant. Just to take the last example, what am I supposed to laugh at here: the couple's ignorance of new food fads, the mispronunciation of 'shitake', or am I just supposed to feel smug because I know what is really meant by 'shitache'?
My wife (a teacher) tells me Lauren the bored teenager is all too typical of her students, but she was truly offended by sketches showing a woman with red hair having to enter a 'ginger refuge' where she could be with similarly afflicted people and kept safe from the prejudices of the outside world. Our son has red hair and throughout his school life was a convenient scapegoat because he stood out in a crowd. If he was bullied on account of his colouring and stood up for himself it was always his fault because we 'know' redheads have bad tempers. This 'comic' scenario left a very nasty impression.
I think the trouble today is that humour has to be seen to be terribly 'clever' and 'ironic' - you have to be able to get the joke behind the joke. I prefer the days when comedians were funny just because they were funny: Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson and - if you wanted character comedy sketches - Dick Emery, whose characters were broad without being spiteful.
I won't be watching Ms Tate again.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
.....however, mostly in my case, "bovvered" = "although slightly
bewildered, rather impressed."
I saw my first proper episode of The Catherine Tate Show fairly recently and I too beg to differ with accusations of Ms Tate's comic writings being sloppy or unfunny. From the punchy satire on Middle England's housewives who consider nannies with a regional accent as their worst nightmare, to the downright bizarre (the food van woman's ruminations on Archbishop Desmond Tutu) via gags that are genuinely disarmingly coarse (lazy nurse Bernie's revelations on the medicinal properties of yoghurt). I had plenty to laugh about.
However, I also have my reservations, mainly to do with Lauren...although the character herself is extremely funny, I do worry about that joke being recycled again and again in every episode, a la Little Britain. Granted, that kind of thing is probably testament to a character's popularity, but this may well be a double-edged sword both to Tate and to Lucas/Walliams; while it creates favourites with an audience, I can understand why it could fuel some criticism of being a one-joke-pony. Nonetheless, Tate manages to give her audience a slice of life in exaggeration; a classic device, but no less relevant or entertaining.
Catherine Tate is a comedy genius!
You may think that a girl, at the ripe old age of 15, may have no taste in comedy or movies ... or well... anything. But Catherine Tate has a sparkle in her that is different to all the other comediennes out there. I mean: COME ON! SHE HAS RED HAIR! :D
Sure, her dialogue is repetitive and sometimes predictable, but remember: this is just comedy. I could say the same about: Black Books (which is the greatest show on earth) I mean what, man owns a bookshop, gets drunk - whats more to the story?
You must remember that everyone has different tastes, just because it doesn't suit your taste doesn't mean you need to "shoot miss Tate" (as one charming IMDb user so kindly put it), she's a human being and she's doing what she loves, making people laugh. And most of this is Catherine's own humour. so DUDE. SRSLY. I'm 15 years old and I'm talking like a friggin' adult here all mature and stuff!
But seriously, I'm not saying "WATCH IT! OMG YOU'LL LUV IT SUUU MUCH YOU'LL CUM!!!" because most likely, you wont. I'm saying "Try it out - you might like it. You might not."
Catherine had made some really memorable characters... The Gran and the teenager!! Classic!!! The foul month granny is my favorite...With her short temperament and all the nasty comments regarding to her neighbors... Wish i can have such quick wit when i get to that age!! The teenager, if you are a parent of teenagers, you can really related to how she's trying to portrait one... Her characters work well because they always remind you someone you know. Those people you find really annoying in real life, but translate perfectly funny to the show...I only started watching the show couple months ago when i was on the plane and am already hooked...Make sure you tune in next time you see it on telly...For sure it will make you laugh out loud!!!
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Like 'Little Britain', 'The Catherine Tate Show' was a favourite of
mine when I was a teenager. Yet watching it again now, I struggled to
raise even so much as a titter. Truth to tell, nowadays I actually find
it more annoying than anything else.
The gorgeous Catherine first started in comedy with appearances on shows such as 'The Harry Hill Show' and 'Big Train'. In 2004, she was awarded her own weekly comedy series which saw the birth of some of her most famous creations such as ill-mannered schoolgirl Lauren who whenever being put in her place by someone bellows at them ''Am I bovvered?'', foul mouthed pensioner Nan Taylor, uncouth Irish nurse Bernadette and Homosexual in denial Derek ( which was Tate in drag ).
Tate's regular supporting cast were Niky Wardley, Ella Kenion, Angela McHale, Bruce MacKinnon and Matthew Horne. Paul Whitehouse, Peter Kay, Geraldine McNulty, Paul O'Grady, Bonnie Langford and Siobhan Redmond all appeared as guests.
'The Catherine Tate Show' ended in 2007 after three series plus a couple of specials. There has been no attempt to make any further series, though Tate someone utilises her characters for 'Comic Relief'. I don't hate 'The Catherine Tate Show' but I just cant really be bovvered with it anymore.
From some of the one star reviews on this site it appears that
Catherine Tate's comedy perhaps comes a bit too close to the knuckle
for some. I suspect most of the bad reviews have been written by folks
that see themselves in her characters.
Anchored on catchphrases (as is much of British comedy), this show gets a bit samey after a while, but the sheer brilliance of the characters, even the auxiliary ones, is mesmerizing. It is also simply dead clever much of the time.
I believe the average rating of 7 is about right for this one. I gave it a nine to counterbalance those who seem to have it in for the actress.
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If you believe the Internet, society has lost some of its most popular Hollywood celebrities to snowboarding accidents this winter: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Christian Slater, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Avril Lavigne and, most recently, 12-year-old Jaden Smith.
All were victims of fast-moving rumors that started on a dubious website known -- now better than ever -- as Global Associated News. All were reported to have died in collisions with trees in Zermatt, Switzerland, except for Lavigne, who was alleged to have died in Whistler.
Despite the consistency in reports and their repeatedly proven fiction, each death rumor set the gossip hemisphere afire, leaving it up to millions of celebrity-obsessed fans to investigate each tragedy and break the news of its illegitimacy -- which they did, often with exclamation points.
Simply reading the tiny print at the bottom of each story would deliver a similar result. Though the stories unfold like actual news items, including witness accounts, information on the victims' being airlifted to hospitals and the fact that each "novice" was wearing a helmet, they're followed by a disclaimer: "This story was dynamically generated using a generic 'template' and is not factual. Any reference to specific individuals has been 100% fabricated by web site visitors who have created fake stories by entering a name into a blank 'non-specific' template for the purpose of entertainment."
How twisted has web media become? Basically, with this site, Fakeawish.com, you pick a celebrity then select your choice of death causes, from falling off a cliff in Austria to going missing after a luxury yacht sinks off the coast of St. Tropez.
Nevertheless, we thought it strange that snowboarding would be the culprit in so many of these hoaxes -- instead of, say, heroin. So we consulted one of the experts on such subjects: Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Los Angeles-based psychiatrist and bestselling author.
"Psychologically, we associate cold, barren landscapes with snow and death," she told ESPN, adding: "People who start these rumors are likely to have participated in skiing or snowboarding themselves and have experienced the feeling of having barely escaped death during some of these runs."
She also believes that while the rumor starters may joke about their favorite movie stars dying, they practice a curious measure of damage control. "Claiming that a celebrity died in a winter sport accident doesn't tarnish their image in the way that an overdose of heroin would," Lieberman said.
The biggest winners in this year's rumor barrage? The resorts at which the celebrities supposedly perished, of course. In italicized, brochure-style text at the bottom of the stories, Zermatt is touted as "Switzerland's best resort" and alleged to "receive huge snowfalls thanks to its altitude."
"That's interesting," Edith Zweifel, media manager for Zermatt Tourism, said in a phone interview, "but we don't advertise in this way. Maybe they get the information off our website. We don't know."


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Base Stats: 55HP/40Atk/85Def/80SpA/105SpD/40Spe Level Up Moves Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Lv 1 Sweet Kiss Lv 1 Growl Lv 1 Charm Lv 1 Metronome Lv 1Magical Leaf Lv 5 Metronome Lv 9 Sweet Kiss Lv 13 Yawn Lv 17 Encore Lv 21 Follow Me Lv 25 Bestow Lv 29 Wish Lv 33 AncientPower Lv 37 Safeguard Lv 41 Baton Pass Lv 45 Double Edge Lv 49 Last Resort Lv 53 After You Egg Moves Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Extrasensory Foresight Future Sight Lucky Chant Mirror Move Morning Sun Nasty Plot Peck Present Psycho Shift Secret Power Stored Power TM/HM Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide TM03-Psyshock TM06-Toxic TM10-Hidden Power TM11-Sunny Day TM15-Hyper Beam TM16-Light Screen TM17-Protect TM18-Rain Dance TM19-Telekinesis TM20-Safeguard TM21-Frustration TM22-SolarBeam TM27-Return TM29-Psychic TM30-Shadow Ball TM31-Brick Break TM32-Double Team TM33-Reflect TM35-Flamethrower TM38-Fire Blast TM40-Aerial Ace TM42-Facade TM44-Rest TM45-Attract TM48-Round TM49-Echoed Voice TM56-Fling TM59-Incinerate TM67-Retaliate TM68-Giga Impact TM70-Flash TM73-Thunder Wave TM77-Psych Up TM83-Work Up TM85-Dream Eater TM86-Grass Knot TM87-Swagger TM90-Substitute TM94-Rock Smash HM02-Fly Generation IV TMs(illegal with DW ability) TM01-Focus Punch TM03-Water Pulse TM34-Shock Wave TM43-Secret Power TM47-Steel Wing TM51-Roost TM58-Endure TM60-Drain Punch TM62-Silver Wind TM78-Captivate TM82-Sleep Talk TM83-Natural Gift HM05-Defog Tutored Moves Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Gen III Body Slam Counter Defense Curl Double Edge Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Mud Slap Rollout Seismic Toss Snore Softboiled Swift Gen IV Air Cutter Endeavor Headbutt Heal Bell Heat Wave Last Resort Ominous Wind Role Play Signal Beam Tailwind Trick Zen Headbutt Prior Evolution(Togepi) Tri Attack(XD Purification move for Togepi) Helping Hand(XD Purification move for Togepi) Uproar(Pt/HGSS Move tutor) Ah, Togetic. Her complete awesomeness in the days of GSC (lol) was ruined when DPP brought its irritating evolution around, the infamous and infuriating Togekiss. This was essentially Togetic's death in Gen IV, but now is its revival. For being able to evolve into Togekiss has allowed Togetic to use the new item Eviolite, which boosts both of it's defenses by 50%. This gives Togetic defenses superior to its evolution (which was no slouch defensively anyway). So, what does Togetic have over, say, Porygon2, who otherwise seems the better NFE staller with useable Special Attack? Well, she has Heal Bell and Wish, which allows Togetic to be much more of a team player than Pory. She also is one of the only pokemon in OU to Baton Pass Nasty Plot, but with BreakPassing now the favoured form of passing Special Attack, this is pretty much redundant. Set: TogeTank -Toxic -Roost/Wish/Softboiled -Charm/Protect/Heal Bell/Yawn -Charm/Protect/Heal Bell/Yawn Nature: Bold EVs: 252HP/252Def/6SpD Item: Eviolite Defensive Tiers: Physical: 124.25 (to 2 d.p), Special: 122.38 Put it this way. The standard Impish 252/184/72 defensive Gliscor has a physical defensive tier of 123.45. This means Togetic takes physical hits better than one of the most distinguished physical walls in the metagame right now. While she lacks poison heal and Gliscor's resistances, she instead has Wish, Heal Bell, and Charm in her arsenal. Toxic obviously is your way of doing damage. She isnt the best wish passer with her relatively low HP, but she can do it and it distinguishes him from others. Heal Bell rids Togetic and her teammates of status, Charm halves the attack of your opponent and allows Togetic to survive more physical blows. If you are using Wish, Protect can be used to guarantee healing and stall for more Toxic damage. Finally, a very, very gimmicky option, but AncientPower or Silver Wind can be used in combination with Serene Grace for a 20% chance to increase all of Togetic's stats. Here are some damage calcs for you. vs 252 Adamant Machamp DynamicPunch - 30.57 - 36.31% vs 252 Adamant Machamp Stone Edge - 40.76 - 48.40% vs 252 Jolly Garchomp Outrage - 33.44 - 39.49% vs 252 Jolly Garchomp Outrage (-2) - 16.56 - 20.06%. These calcs demonstrate TogeTank's physical bulk. As you can see, with SR absent on your side of the field, Togetic is never 2HKOed by ScarfChomp's Outrage, allowing you to Charm him or Roost. An excellent partner for the Togetank is Magnezone. Togetic can't touch Steel types, as they are immune to Toxic. Magnezone can trap and kill them effectively, especially Ferrothorn, who could Leech Seed Togetic, and Skarmory, who can set up Spikes and Stealth Rock on the poor hapless fairy. Set:Baton Passer -Nasty Plot -Baton Pass -Wish/Roost/Softboiled -Thunder Wave/Sweet Kiss/Substitute/Heal Bell/Charm/Protect/AncientPower Nature: Bold Ability: Serene Grace EVs: 252HP/252Def/6SpD Item: Eviolite Standard Baton Passer. Togetic is capable of Baton Passing Nasty Plot, unfortunately Volbeat and Gorebyss are now the preferred Special Attack passers with Tail Glow and Shell Smash respectively, so this set faces fierce competition. However, Togetic has a couple of things over these two - the ability to take hits very well even without boosts in its defensive stats, and the ability to heal to obtain multiple boosts. Simply stick Nasty Plot and Baton Pass on there, a recovery move of choice, and a final move of your choice. Protect is only there if you are using Wish, Thunder Wave and Sweet Kiss for annoying purposes, Substitute and Heal Bell to deal with status, and Charm to take on and set up on physical attackers. 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The Taupo Volcanic Zone – Part I
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This is the first installment of a series I have been planning to do for, um, about 16 years, on the TVZ and I should state right up front I am one of the least qualified people around to do this, being neither a geologist nor currently in New Zealand. What's more I gleaned virtually all of my knowledge about the TVZ second hand and most of that while sitting on the other side of the planet, here in Germany. If anybody who is more knowledgeable about the TVZ has material to add or corrections, I would be most happy to hear it and will readily bow to their greater wisdom. Also the wider geological setting of NZ has already been touched on by Nathan in his post on the Auckland volcanic field so I apologize in advance for any redundancy on my part. Anyway, here goes, the TVZ:
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To get straight to the juicy bit, the TVZ is currently the most prolific rhyolite-producing region on the planet (no doubt this will change, possibly at short notice – eek). But for the moment the TVZ is the bee's knees. It is home to two active calderas, each of which can claim membership to the "mega-scary" club (Taupo and Okataina), and a number of other currently inactive calderas, each of which has produced a VEI 7 or greater eruption in the last 300,000 years. In fact there have been at least 34 ignimbrite caldera-forming eruptions in the last 1.6 million years. Take that, Yellowstone! (just joking).
Averaged out over the last 65,000 years (and, yes, in human terms, that's a lot of years, ask the nearest Neanderthaler), Taupo alone, i.e. just the one volcano, not the zone, has produced 2 m³/s of fresh magma#. ( C.J.N. Wilson 1993, Stratigraphy, Chronology, Style and Dynamics of later Quarternary Eruptions from Taup volcano.) Set your watches. If that is not bad enough, what is more disconcerting is the apparent chaotic nature of major eruptions. Repose times don't seem to have a lot of credence in New Zealand. But, more of this later on a separate installment on Taupo Volcano.
Less well known is that New Zealand is just the emergent tip of submerged continent, which kind of fits our national psyche. We're actually one of the cratons that made up Gondwanaland but we were so thin and weak at the knees that we just slipped into the ocean when we departed from Australia 83 million years ago. The bulk of the continental crust making up Zealandia, the submerged continent that stretches from New Caledonia in the northwest to the Chatham Islands in the southeast, an area half the size of Australia, is composed of greywacke. For the linguists among us, greywacke is a word that originates from the mining industry in Germany which miners used to refer to the "grauer Wacke" loose sedimentary deposits that had to be removed before finding the profitable coal seams below. < [
link to en.wikipedia.org
] Well, I guess it is pretty grey and non-descript stuff, but, at least in New Zealand, greywacke is actually formed from eroded granite. And granite is pretty prevalent stuff. In fact, according to Wikipedia, 70% of the world's continents are actually formed of granite, indicating just how much of the current continental crust was at some stage in the past in molten form (at depth) but this is the very stuff of which rhyolite volcanoes like Taupo are made.
However, the greywacke that makes up the bulk of New Zealand does not come from volcanic centers in Zealandia. Rather, it is most likely the eroded sedimentary remains of volcanic centers in Australia, Queensland to be precise, that probably formed in the first stages of the rift that finally drove Zealandia and Australia apart. Basically, vast volumes of eroded material were washed off the coast of Australia into the Pacific basin some 385 to 100 million years ago, forming new continental crust, a process known as continental accretion
Later, as rifting set in big time, the ocean encroached on the newly formed Tasman basin that split the eastern seaboard of Australia off from the remains of Gondwanaland and the fragment (Zealandia) drifted off towards the east, only stopping 23 million years ago when the spreading center in the middle of the Tasman inexplicably stopped. You can see the same kind of rift mechanism at work today in the Afar triangle. The main points to remember though, as they are important later when we get to the TVZ, are that Zealandia is a craton, composed mostly of the sedimentary products from the erosion of continental granite. However, it is thin crust, so thin that it lacks the buoyancy to poke its head above water like most other cratons. In fact it is conceivable that all of New Zealand was fully submerged 23 million years ago, however the jury is still out on this one. Possibly a few islands survived and it is from these islands that the bizarre flora and fauna of modern New Zealand evolved in the meantime.
So if only two things should be imprinted on your cerebellum by now it should be these: New Zealand is composed of thin crust, and this is made up of sedimentary rock composed of grauwacke, the product of the erosion of distant volcanoes in Australia.
All well and good. Zealandia could well have remained submerged for ever if it weren't for that pesky plate tectonics thingy-me-bob. At some point, about 23 million years ago, the Pacific plate and the Australian plate changed from being a passive margin to becoming an active margin and the consequences for New Zealand were enormous. In fact without it, we probably wouldn't be here today, or if so, us New Zealanders would be all crammed on the Chatham Islands and inbred beyond redemption.
Anyway, rather than taking a nice easy route around the plate margin, the Pacific and Australian plate margin decided to just run straight through the flimsy bit of continental plate called Zealandia. In fact you can basically divide up the current plate margin into three sections:
1. the northern section, where the Pacific ocean plate subducts under the Australian plate (Kermadec trench / Hikurangi trough
2. the central section, where continental crust to the east rams into continental crust to the west, forming the Southern Alps in the process
3. the southern section, where Australian oceanic crust subducts below old Zealandian crust now located on the Pacific side of the plate margin.
To complicate matters, this is not a pure head-on collision, but oblique, with the Pacific plate heading WSW and the Australian plate heading NNE, resulting in a good deal of shear along the plate boundary (this point too will become significant when we get to the TVZ). In fact the ratio of horizontal shear to vertical motion in the central section where the Southern Alps are forming is about two to one with the west coast of the South Island slipping NNE two meters for every 1 meter the Pacific side rises in height.
To complicate matters still further, the globe is not just a nice planar surface but nicely curved. Given the dimensions of NZ (more than 1500 km in length) this curvature also results in some interesting distortions which are highly significant if you want to fully understand the origin of the TVZ.
Basically, the Alpine fault is the crunch zone where the plates are pushing and slipping past one another. There is an enormous amount of deformation involved here, with a lot of folding and mountain building going on. However to the north, on the upper part of the North Island, the Pacific plate is subducting smoothly (well, ok, not so smoothly) under the Australian plate, ripping off and swallowing the leading edge of the Australian plate in the process. This is the East Cape which represents not only the accretionary edge of the margin but also, due to friction and the weird far-field geometry involved, is slowly getting eaten and drawn down into the trench along with the Pacific plate. Geonet used to have a great animation of this but unfortunately I can't find it anymore. This, however, is crucial to the formation of the TVZ, for this mechanism is precisely what drives the back-arc rifting that forms the TVZ. Moreover, it is not just back-arc rifting but an extension zone with a slight rotary component that has its focus somewhere to the south of Ruapehu
Consequently, you effectively have two primary mechanisms for volcanism working in unison in the TVZ: subduction and rifting (did I mention that the Zealandia craton was anyway pretty thin stuff?). This combination is what makes the TVZ so prolific at generating the grey stuff that ignimbrite sheets are made of. The crust in the TVZ is extremely thin. Some estimates put it at just five kilometers but I would be wary of overly simplifying the schematics of it. 15 to 20 km is more likely.
North of Okataina, the Whakatane graben is opening up at quite a dramatic rate of about 2cm a year. ( Lamarche, Barnes et all 2006) However, volcanism here has been restricted to andesite, volcanic arc type volcanism (stratovolcanoes such as Edgecumbe and White Island). South of Taupo the same volcanic arc type andesite volcanism is evident (Tongariro and Ruapehu). It is the bit in the middle that is so frightening. Here thin crust is getting heated from below, resulting in massive magma chambers and associated caldera volcanism. I count 17 calderas in the above picture, almost all of which have formed in the last 400,000 years. This caldera volcanism is what the next installment will concentrate on.
Oh, there is something important I forgot. Batholiths. Nobody ever talks of batholiths.
Batholiths are weird things. Probably the largest volcanic features on the planet outside of large igneous provinces and mid-ocean ridges but you don't get them at mid-ocean ridges because they are, by definition, only a feature of continental crust. But, like mid-ocean ridges, they are made of melt, and to get melt in continental crust you need a heat source and/or a source of volatiles (primarily H2O and C2O) which is why you will find them forming behind plate margins where a subducting plate can provide the needed ingredients to induce large scale melting in the crust. Now, just because they are composed of melt does not mean they are going to erupt. Far from it. The vast majority of this melt remains locked in the crust and slowly cools off to form granite. If the tectonic forces are right, they will be later lifted and eroded and provide some excellent rock climbing opportunities a few million years down the road. But batholiths can be huge. I went to Sardinia this year. The Costa Smeralda is a beautiful place and composed of granite as far as you can see. How much of a later batholith is actual melt deep in the crust at any one time escapes the extent of my reading. Maybe someone can fill me in here.
Whatever the case is with batholiths, it is obvious that the presence of a large volume of melt at depth in the crust is conducive to magma genesis at shallow levels, either as a source of melt in its own right, rising in diapirs, or indirectly, as a heat source for shallower magma chambers. I think it is a pretty safe bet to assume there are batholiths involved under Sumatra, the Altiplano, the Sierra Nevada in California, and New Zealand is no exception. The Southern Alps have lifted up and exposed a region called the Median batholith that originated when Zealandia first rifted away from Australia. More recently, as the Pacific/Australian plate margin switched from passive to active, much younger batholiths have formed, leading to the beautiful series of Coromandel volcanics, which, according to a tantalizing footnote in my favorite book on New Zealand (see below), just might play a role in Taupo as well. … but more of that in the second installment.
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Warnings: Not this chap, but if you continue to read... there will be sum lemon.
A/N:Soooo here's another Uchihacest fic from me :D I know, it's getting old, but this is what you all wanted, according to meh poll, so this it what yeh get! I AM working on a NaruSasu though ;) that should be purty kool.. I'm thinking about doing some KimimaroXJuugo... anyway I"m just blabbing now... sooo go on and read!
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Itachi Uchiha was a man with a plan, a very good plan that he knew was going to work as long as he stuck to it. Why? Because Itachi Uchiha's plans never failed. If he wanted something, he got it. And what he wanted right now was something he wanted so badly that he was either going to get it or die trying. What is this thing that he would risk his very being to have? Simple.
Sasuke UchihaXxBxExLxOxVxExDxX
Sasuke woke up bright and early, stretched, and was about to get out of bed when he realized that there was something on his forehead, to be more specific he realized that there was some sort of sticky note on his forehead. He peeled it off, it read:Western Konoha dock
10 min.
Sasuke sighed. Now who could have left him this? Only a family member would have known him well enough to know exactly when he would wake up. Tousan preferred to bark orders at his children, he wouldn't have told Sasuke to do something by using a purple Post-it note. He could smell that Kaasan had something in the oven and she wouldn't leave it just to go to the Western Konoha Dock. So that left…. Itachi?
Why would Itachi want to meet him somewhere, true they had been very close as children, but Sasuke was soon to be seventeen, he had grown more distant with his brother as he grew older. He loved Itachi, and looked up to him, but he had finally excepted that with Itachi being ANBU they simply weren't going to have much time together. Why would Itachi suddenly make time for him now?
Well, there was no way to know unless he went. So, he took a quick shower and threw on some jeans and a v-neck and went to the dock.
Itachi was sitting looking out into the water. He smiled when Sasuke came and sat next to him. Itachi wrapped his arm around his brothers shoulders and they sat there for a while. Gazing out at how beautiful the world is.
"I'm glad you came."
"Hn. It's been a while since we have gotten to spend any time together."
Itachi looked down at his brother who was leaning peacefully against him. He cupped Sasuke's chin in one of his hands, and ran his finger over the latter's soft lips. He leaned in and their noses brushed together for the slightest moment, It wasn't a kiss, but it should do just fine. He stroked his brothers cheek bone and stood up.
" I need to go home and prepare for a mission. I'll see you later."
He turned and looked at Sasuke up and down, smirking when he noticed his brother was slightly aroused, then he winked, and walked away.
Sasuke was left stunned. He and his brother had just had some sort of romantic exchange…right? What exactly had just happened? He couldn't tell if Itachi was being brotherly or…something else. It wasn't a kiss.. but it was dangerously close to a kiss. Itachi could have just been trying to show his little brother some kind non-sexual affection. But if that was it, then why did he look directly at Sasuke's semi-hard member and smirk, and why for god's sake did he wink?
Back at the Complex...
Itachi smiled to himself in the mirror as he thought about the confusion that he knew was stirring inside Sasuke's smexy little head. The first part of his plan had been a complete success, and he was proud of himself for making sure that his touches were only borderline sexual, because he had been far too tempted to just kiss Sasuke.
He had gone home and put on gray faded super-skinny jeans and a fitted leather jacket. He knew that he looked sexy and flawless. Since he didn't actually have a mission to go to, he decided that me might as well launch the second part of his plan now. He walked into Sasuke's room.
Sasuke looked up at him, as if he was trying to figure out if Itachi had some secret motive for being in his room. Itachi had to hold off a smirk. He just kept his face innocent.
"It turns out that I won't be needed for this mission, would you like for me to give you a ride to school?"
Sasuke frowned.
"okay well meet me in the car in twenty minutes."
Sasuke didn't even have time to argue. He was in Itachi's Nissan in eighteen minutes ready for school.
Itachi smiled when Sasuke got into the car. He remembered how he used to drive his little brother everywhere after he had first gotten his license. Now Sasuke had a license too, but he hated to drive. Itachi started taking the long way to the school. The REALLY long way.
"Aniki, why are you going this way?"
"Is it a sin to want some extra time with my Otouto?"
Sasuke blushed.
"Well.. No i suppose not."
Itachi smiled.
"So how's life been Sasuke? I feel like I'm missing everything. Fill me in."
"Well... er... I guess it's been good. I'm at the top of my class... again. Remember my friends Naruto and Sakura?"
Itachi gave his brother a little head nod.
"Yeah.. well they're dating... again."
"How about you, what's your love life like? Meet any new gal's"
Itachi smirked. He knew fully well that Sasuke was gay. The boy had come out to his parents over a year ago, but he hadn't told Itachi directly, so Itachi decided it would be polite to pretend that he didn't know.
"No new gal's... no new guys either, which is what I prefer, actually."
Itachi got that devilish grin that Sasuke knew to mean that something bigger than this conversation was happening in Itachi's crazy sadistic head. But he pretended to ignore it.
"Sooo... How about you, 'Tachi? Meet any new gal's?"
Itachi made a disgusting look, like he had just drank straight vanilla extract.
"Oh GAWD no!"
Sasuke laughed. He knew that his brother was a homo. Itachi had come out in the fourth grade, he had no shame. He had always known that he was attracted to guys.
"Okay Okay, any new guys?"
Now Itachi smiled as he replied.
"No new guys. But, there is someone who I've known for a very long time who I have very strong feelings for..."
"Hm, Does he know that you do?"
Itachi smirked and looked straight into Sasuke's eyes VERY deliberately.
"He will."
They were at the school now, so Itachi pulled over and let Sasu-chan out of the Nissan chauffeur style.
Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle as Itachi opened the door for him and bowed.
"Good day sir."
Sasuke grinned and tipped an imaginary hat in his brother's direction. He gave Itachi a hug, something he hadn't done in... too long. Itachi embraced him warmly. It was an innocent brotherly hug. So why was Sasuke getting some very un-brotherly thoughts in his head?
Sasuke had a talk with his friend Shikamaru about what he thought he possibly could be feeling for his brother. He also told Shikamaru about Itachi's slightly strange behavior as of late. Shikamaru nodded and listened the whole time, with his hands folded neatly together in the way that told anyone who knew him well enough that he was thinking. Then he spoke.
"It would appear, Sasuke, that your brother has feelings for you."
"I know, It's troublesome, but I'm sure that's it."
"Couldn't he just be... really horny or something... couldn't he like... not know that he's being a little sexual, I mean, it's subtle."
"Look, It's a real drag to have to be the one who tells you this, but he has feelings for you, think about it Sasuke! He's smarter than both of us combined, if I'm coming to that conclusion, he KNOWS that what he's doing is... romantic.":
"Are you sure?"
"What am i gonna do about it?"
"First, your going to play me at go, because you promised you would. Then, we can make a plan."
And that's exactly what they did.
A/N: Hmmmm... what's gonna happen now? :/ guess you'll have to wait and find out! :P
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The list of "six earth changing trends" starts with convergence. Thanks to globalization and relatively peaceful environment despite some regional tensions, most developing countries are catching up fast for the lost time in the last three decades. Sachs explains the concept of convergence and a thumb rule for forecasting faster growth rates of poorer countries, relative to their income levels. The good news is that poorer countries can grow faster. The flip side is that there are about 6 times more people on this planet today than in 1830 and this is expected to grow by another 40 % to 9.2 billion by 2050. Assuming steady economic growth rates, the global GNP is expected to reach around $ 400 Trillion from the current $ 67 Trillion, a six fold increase.
The bad news is that this may not be achievable if we continue to adopt conventional technologies that deplete natural resources that have an adverse impact on the already fragile environment. Sachs quantifies his using the I = P*A*T equation, where the environmental impact of development equals the product of population, average income and the negative effect of conventional technologies. That means that by 2050, we would have environmental pollution levels that are about 8.4 times than today, which is clearly unsustainable. Hence the urgent need for adopting sustainable technologies on a rapid scale, whereby I=P*A/S where S in the denominator stands for sustainable technologies.
The impact of global warming is also explained extremely well. Global warming caused primarily by CO2 is discussed in detail. The analysis of the rise in global temperatures as a consequence of CO2 levels rising from 280 ppm in 1950 to around 380 ppm today is alarming. Global warming is a vicious cycle since more CO2 in the atmosphere traps more infrared rays from being reflected back into outer space, thereby further increasing atmospheric temperatures. The warmer oceans in turn release the dissolved CO2 into the atmosphere, adding fuel to fire. Sachs points out to the availability of vast carbon resources that can be gainfully utilized to meet our energy needs, while simultaneously using Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies to contain CO2 emissions.
Larger populations need more food. Increasing incomes and urbanization means we have lesser people in villages to grow more food from the same acreage of land. It is interesting to note that in the year 2008, for the first time in the history of humanity, 50% of the people are now living in urban areas. The net addition of population from now till 2050 is likely to be added in urban areas. This calls for substantial increase in agricultural productivity in rural areas. Unfortunately, water emerges as a major constraint due to excessive usage, run-offs, depletion of ground water and mismanagement. Global warming further adds to the crisis due to melting of glaciers and increasing variability in rainfall. Moreover water has spillover effects and hydrological interdependence in scare regions can cause severe tensions and conflicts.
We enter the new millennium with such daunting challenges, as well as with a sixth of the world's population trapped in severe poverty. Sachs then turns to his favorite topic of global cooperation to end poverty as pledged by the Millennium Development Goals. Starting from increasing agricultural productivity through high yielding, drought resistant, low tillage crops using modern irrigation techniques, he explains how we can lift the subsistence economies into the first rung of the ladder of development. Small investments in providing treated mosquito nets and spraying of houses can significantly reduce incidents of malaria and improve health and life expectancy.
Markets alone cannot solve global problems of this scale. Public participation and funding of infrastructure, basic education and health care are some of the critical items that markets tend to ignore. Poor countries are in desperate need for aid to free themselves from the poverty trap. For the G-8 it is a matter of adhering to the promise of 0.7 % of GNP towards developmental aid. Unfortunately, this is not met. Sachs once again makes a passionate appeal for adherence to these promises.
There is a separate chapter on US foreign policy, which comes under heavy criticism for excessive defense expenditure to the tune of about $ 1.5 billion a day while totally neglecting economic aid and diplomatic initiatives. Long term solution to peace is economic development and not military intervention argues Sachs.
Overall, the emphasis of the book is on sustainable development and the urgent need to eliminate poverty, two basic duties that all of us as global citizens need to own. In addition, all institutions, Governments, NGOs, Universities, Multinationals and Charitable Institutions should play a significant role. Classic examples of such successful global co operations in the past include eradication of small pox and Asia's Green Revolution.
Two other books that I recommend as worthy supplementary readings are:
1. The end of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
2. The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
The time for action is now.
Sachs is obviously a liberal with a grandiose plan that many will call utopian. He has been famously criticized by conservatives such as William Easterly in The White Man's Burden. Conservatives are not keen on large-scale plans in general, and they are generally cynical about what governments and humanitarian aid agencies can accomplish. However, in spite of their differences, Sachs and Easterly share some common ground. They both believe that small targeted projects that are either monitored or bypass corrupt government officials can be effective. Sachs is at his best when he draws on work done at the Earth Institute, of which he is director. The scientific farming techniques that he advocates are essential to the survival of the human race that is becoming predominantly urban.
Eradicating poverty is in everyone's interest since it slows down population growth. If the global population continues to grow at its current rate, reaching 10 billion at mid-century, our resources will be depleted. It is unrealistic for national governments or international organizations to try and control population growth. Only with economic security and widely distributed wealth will populations levels stabalize.
Sachs argues in the final chapter (The Power of One) that global cooperation is needed to solve the problems of poverty, overpopulation, pandemics, pollution, climate change, and scarcities of water, arable land and resources. This sounds naive and utopian but it is also true. National governments, however, will only be looking at their own short-term interests. But as environmental catastrophes start to mount, whether it's food shortages or rising sea-levels, governments will take action, but by then it might be too late.
I also was somewhat annoyed with the partisan tone the book took on at times. I was annoyed not because I necessarily disagreed with Sachs, but rather than it seemed to actively work to defeat the purpose of the book. I feel like much of this book was written to move people from complacency to a place of better understanding, and hopefully to action. The constant, almost sniping, remarks about the failings of the Bush administration (and, to be fair, other administrations as well) could well be a turn-off to the very people Sachs would like to reach with this book. All that now said, his last chapter was very good. The specifics of 'here's what we need to do' to make inroads against poverty, population explosion, and the energy crisis leave one with a sense of hope; that the goals are reachable.
So, in the end I would recommend reading Collier and Friedman *instead* of this book, though you could certainly do a lot worse than reading this one.
As he notes, "A world of untrammelled market forces and competing nation-states offer no automatic solutions." "Market forces by themselves do not optimally allocate society's resources." "Market forces alone will not overcome poverty traps."
He shows in detail that market forces cannot deliver R&D or ensure the adoption of new technologies or control population growth or protect the environment or prevent species loss or get medicine to the poorest. The market pays no heed to future generations. As we can all now see, capitalism is self-reinforcing, not self-correcting.
We have the technology, industry and resources to solve all our problems. As Sachs writes, "Earth has the energy, land, biodiversity, and water resources needed to feed humanity and support long-term economic prosperity for all. The problem is that markets might not lead to their wise and sustainable use." He urges countries to convert commons from open-access to community management, not privatise them.
So within each country we need to develop and spread technologies suitable for that country, like carbon capture, drip irrigation, desalination, drought-resistant crops, high-yield wheat (which increased India's harvest from 11 million metric tons in 1960 to 55 million in 1990), vaccines for tropical diseases, and turning coal into petrol by Fischer-Tropsch liquefaction.
Within each country, we should promote welfare. Social welfare states like Denmark and Finland do better than free market states like Britain and the USA. They have higher employment rates, higher GNPs per person and more equality. We can cut fertility rates, and therefore increase growth, by providing free access to health services, especially emergency obstetric care and family planning services, and by improving child survival rates.
This is a humane and hopeful book. Sachs proves that we can raise incomes, end extreme poverty, stabilise the population, protect the environment and establish peace. Each needs public action, public funding, long-term thinking and planning, and we all have to take the responsibility.
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#1 Mar 13, 2013
How is this not being violated in Greenbrier County?
§127-2-9. Undue Influence - Recruiting.
9.1. The use of influence by a person or group connected or not connected with the school to secure or retain a student for athletic participation is not permitted and may cause the student to be ineligible and may cause certain sanctions to be placed against the member school.
9.2. An employee of the school system shall not initiate any communication regarding athletic participation or enrollment with a student, parent of a student, guardian or family member, in person or through a third party prior to enrollment. This does not include the introduction of athletic programs to students at feeder schools during a schools scheduling process.
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#2 Mar 13, 2013
It is being violated. How? Money talks and Bull$&@#, well it rolls around in an office chair on wheels.
#3 Mar 13, 2013
Who is responsible for enforcing the WVSSAC rules and who do they report to -- does anyone know? I have to think somewhere up the chain of command is a public employee of integrity. Naive of me, maybe.....
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I would recommend Barry Bruce. He is not afraid to tackle any situation. Or report it to the news, and the State School board at the same time an have the do an investigation into the matter. The law is the law and needs to be upheld. BTW- its their law.
#5 Mar 13, 2013
he's shadier than justice
#6 Mar 13, 2013
A private person going to a private lawyer is not the way to go, in my opinion.
Finding a person with both the authority and integrity to deal with this is the key and I do believe if one goes high up enough on the ladder, that person is there.
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I would have to disagree an so would a lot of other people. You ( eat more beef ) must have been on the other side of Barry before to make a comment like that an be on the same side as Justice. Anyway, this isn't about Barry or Justice. This topic is about High School recruiting. Come on this is high school not college or professional sports. These local kids wait their whole life to play sport at Greenbrier East to have it taken away by ones selfish ways. Why in the world would a man of Such status want to coach both boys & girls basketball? It makes no sense!
The boys & girls that come from other areas to play here do not have the heart that the ones raised here do for Greenbrier East. I hope that things change soon because to many people are blinded by money and have lost focus on the real meaning of high school sports. Its amazing the influence one person can have and the damage that can be done form it.
#8 Mar 13, 2013
If you read the entire code you will see that it is the principal's job to make sure that coaches are not violating the rule. Now we know the principal won't put his foot down. It would be a difficult task since his head is up big J's rear.
#9 Mar 13, 2013
nope- just know of some unethical practices used in a prior school board issue
#10 Mar 13, 2013
And the principal reports to.....? It doesn't end with the principal. Having written that, the WVSSAC website is oddly vague about Section 2. Hmmmm..... Some researching needs to be done. It may take many, many levels up to find someone without dirty fingers but I'd like to believe it can be done. Might as well try...
#11 Mar 13, 2013
Well I believe the next step would be the county superintendent. After that it is up to the WVSSAC to investigate and to make sure all rules are being followed. The former superintendent was in with JJ as much as the principal so he wasn't going to do anything.
#12 Mar 13, 2013
And the WVSSAC reports to someone as well.... Thanks for the reply.
#13 Mar 14, 2013
That is why I think it is important to find an attorney that will get on board. This can't be done at the county level. To many afraid they won't get their free passes to the golf tournament this year. It may not hurt to try the ACLU as some of the kids civil rights may have been violated by this. The media is a great place to get started as no one wants to draw attention to this story as it will start to open the door to several peoples closets.
#14 Mar 20, 2013
Everyone in Greenbrier county knows the rules are being broken. Something needs to be done about it. The evidence is there.
#15 Mar 21, 2013
Let's see who"magically"moves to Greenbrier Co. next season.I think the "girls" that went back to where they came from on the basketball team saw the"Writing on the wall".
#16 Mar 21, 2013
If his employment contract says he may not violate the rules, and he does violate the rules, it is grounds for dismisal. His actions put his employer at risk of liability for negligence if he is continually permitted to break to rules. His employer needs to act, and fast, to mitigate potential damages. Otherwise they are partly liable for his rule-breaking violations.
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#17 Mar 25, 2013
he owns the school- Bryant is on the payroll....won't happen
#18 Mar 25, 2013
you people have no clue!! a bunch of dam fools!!! to begin he can hire anyone he wants to work at the greenbrier or any of his other businesses this is america,and if they have kids that play ball so be it.cant please you people if he wins you say he is violating rules,if he loses you want him out,it is the same with baseball,softball and football at east you want to win and if you dont you complain,if you do win they are playing the wrong people or they are recruiting players,really people just shut the hell up already bunch of whiny idiots!!!!!!!!! and just to stop this i dont work or know any of the coaches at east but i do know you people are never happy.just for the record the girls team this year had all local girls with 1 exception so please lets see did he play the wrong local kids.the football team had a terrible season let me guess fire the coach??? that has been the mentality!!! the band is bad let me guess fire the band director?? such idiots just plain and simple dam fools.
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#20 Apr 1, 2013
The point is that the WVSSAC legislative rule is being broken
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