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"I hate when you're sitting in a class and eight people feel the need to share that trying to find Jesus changed their lives. Look, I'm from Queens - if you can't find the body, hey, I know people..."
displaying the type of wit
that earned him a job with the Hardest Working Badass Support Team in librarianship.
"God loves sin, but hates the sinners."
"This bitch was, like, hot and shit, but we were in the middle of beer pong . So I told her to wait until the game was over."
"Nuh-uh! Raising the minimum wage doesn't cost anybody anything. Just business owners."
"I'm so worried about my kids' generation. These kids now would rather give each other head than fall in love. Blowjobs are preferable to kissing. Sexually active and emotionally dead. That's frightening."
"Beer pong is a civil right."
"They should ban ugly people from campus. They make [Local U.] look bad."
~ Question posed to the ZenFo Pro during work-related interview."A few questions...I heard a rumor that the [ZenFo Pro] Library coffee shop will open Nov. 31...is this true?"
Not true, of course. Opened yesterday.
But we will be giving away free food Feb. 30.
~ This is what some of the ZenFo Pro's ex-lovers call a compliment (via email)."You're frustrating. You flirt too much, you talk too much, and you absolutely refuse to acknowledge when somebody is hitting on you. I don't know why you're upset that a woman told you that dating is a game - that's how most people date. You just take your ball and go home rather than play it. Nothing wrong with that. Frustrating, weird and strangely charming."
"Independent women always win in the end. Intelligence is forever and never asks for a boob job."
"Hehehe...you said ballcock."
"I told the bitch to shut the fuck up during the Bengals game. And she dumped me. Can you believe that shit?"
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The Return of Wynalda
Eric Wynalda, the Hall of Fame striker and very outspoken commentator, is returning to full-time TV as co-host of Fox Soccer Channel's "Fox Football Fone-In", which makes its season debut Aug. 10. Wynalda, who will join Nick Webster, replaces Steven Cohen, who sparked controversy with his comments about Liverpool supporters.
"Eric's experiences will bring a fresh outlook to the show, invigorating the dialogue with our most passionate viewers," a Fox executive said.
Said Wynalda: "If there's one thing I've hung my hat on throughout my broadcasting career, it's that I refuse to bite my tongue. Viewers can expect Nick and me to always tell it like it is, even if that means disagreeing with each other -- and our callers!"
Okay, Insider loyalists, will you watch?
Steve Goff
July 29, 2009; 1:14 PM ET
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No. And I cant believe someone can get in trouble for saying something in that show. If a tree falls in the forest...
Posted by: juanma_carr | July 29, 2009 1:22 PM | Report abuse
is Jim Rome calling in?
Posted by: Section117 | July 29, 2009 1:23 PM | Report abuse
I love Wynalda and his honesty...but I read enough about soccer, and watch enough games. I don't need to hear dorks like the guy in KC calling up to argue about it.
Posted by: Reignking | July 29, 2009 1:24 PM | Report abuse
I'm not really up on the whole Cohen controversy. All I can say is I have tried to watch FFFI a number of times, and always found it incredibly boring, and tuerned it off after 10 minutes or so. I like Wynalda but I doubt if he is going to make the show any more interesting.
Posted by: Ron16 | July 29, 2009 1:28 PM | Report abuse
No. I loved the show when it was Cohen and Geber in Geber's "flat" analyzing and showing clips with one or two calls per show. Once it became a two-hour phone-in, well, what's the point?
The thing is when there is a troll here, or someone whose opinion you know you don't rate, you can skip over it. But on TV you can't skip through the dross.
But what did Cohen say?
Posted by: BlackandRedRedDevil | July 29, 2009 1:28 PM | Report abuse
never watched before, with maybe the exception of 5 minutes to check it out once (and was bored), and won't watch with Wynalda.
Posted by: nairbsod | July 29, 2009 1:29 PM | Report abuse
Sa-weeeeet! I thought Eric's dismissal from ESPN was a joke to begin with, so I'm glad to see that he's back to broadcasting. I appreciated his cantor and insight into the game.
I also agree with juanma_carr, this is supposed to be a free country. If you don't like what someone says, change the channel. While I thought Steve Cohen's comments were thoughtless and crass, that's what he's paid to do. His perspective into the game was often from a side I never considered which was great. And his passion for the game was undeniable.
Goff - Is there any word on what Steve Cohen is doing now? Thanks for the 411 Goff!
Posted by: nytshade71 | July 29, 2009 1:30 PM | Report abuse
What exactly did Steven say?
Anyway, FFF needed to do something. The production was amatuerish beyond belief and Nick and Steven had absolutely no chemistry. Seeing their awkward segways into the next topic was often painful to watch. Actually, now taht I think about it, Steven was the problem most of the time. Wynalda should be a step up. I'll check it out from time to time.
Posted by: AtlantaMLS | July 29, 2009 1:30 PM | Report abuse
I'm setting the over/under on Wynalda losing his mind on a caller at Halloween.
Posted by: beach3 | July 29, 2009 1:32 PM | Report abuse
@nytshade71 If there's true karmic balance in the universe, right now Steve Cohen is strapped down at a tattoo parlor while a tattoo artists gives him a large "JUSTICE FOR THE 96" tattoo across his torso.
Posted by: EdTheRed | July 29, 2009 1:33 PM | Report abuse
I won't watch, but I will look forward to hearing some quotables bubble out into the press/blogs. His quotes in Grant Wahl's books are some of the best. He can be a clown, but he can also cut to the quick in a way that US-based footie analysis can benefit from.
Posted by: Logan_Circle | July 29, 2009 1:36 PM | Report abuse
I'm very happy about this. I watch the show or at least DVR it every week, and I thoroughly enjoyed when Wynalda was a guest-host. He definitely is not afraid to speak his mind, and I hope that having him there will help boost MLS's presence/respect on the show - Cohen's tendency to poo-poo the league really gets on my nerves.
To answer the question about what Cohen said, he was making an argument, very insistantly and for a long period of time, that the Hillsborough Disaster was the fault of Liverpool fans, or that they at least shared some blame and should be held accountable for it. This is in contrast to the results of the Taylor Report, the official investigation of the incident, and it's a huge sore spot for Liverpool supporters, enough so that they organized a boycott of World Soccer Daily's advertising partners and the like. That's my understand of it in a nutshell. I'm not a Liverpool supporter and don't know all the history, though.
Posted by: VercengetorixII | July 29, 2009 1:39 PM | Report abuse
Good pick-up for FSC - but they really are going to need to plow something more into their operation or the Champions League will look bush league.
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | July 29, 2009 1:41 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: joedoc1 | July 29, 2009 1:41 PM | Report abuse
I'm setting the over/under on Wynalda losing his mind on a caller at Halloween.
Posted by: beach3 | July 29, 2009 1:32 PM |
Pay the man, Shirley.
I suppose it's great that FSC is adding someone with more substantial qualification to talk about soccer than possessing an English accent.
Will I watch? Good Lord, I hope I have better things to do with my time....
Posted by: fischy | July 29, 2009 1:44 PM | Report abuse
@VirginiaBlueBlood - You needed FSC's poor production to make CCL look bush league? Did the MLS reserve squads, quarter full stadiums, hilarious participating clubs, and hilarious refereeing not tip you off?
Posted by: the_slammer | July 29, 2009 1:45 PM | Report abuse
Good pick-up for FSC - but they really are going to need to plow something more into their operation or the Champions League will look bush league.
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | July 29, 2009 1:41 PM | Report abuse
They are merely piggy-backing in the English commentary done for the international feed instead of using their own people.
Posted by: beach3 | July 29, 2009 1:46 PM | Report abuse
Actually, it's great to see Wynalda joining the FSC fold. I hope this means he might move into their broadcast booth for some games. Perhaps, we can also hope that they find someone better than Bretos to do play-by-play.
Posted by: fischy | July 29, 2009 1:46 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | July 29, 2009 1:49 PM | Report abuse
I'm with BlackAndRedRedDevil that the show was best with Cohen and Geber. I can't stand Webster... and Wynalda? His one appearance on the show was enough. He has an amazing ability to talk a lot and not say anything.
"Is there any word on what Steve Cohen is doing now?"
He hosts a radio show, World Soccer Daily.
VercengetorixII had it right with what Cohen was saying.
Posted by: StewartDC8 | July 29, 2009 1:52 PM | Report abuse
Check my tirade from the pre/in/post game thread last night. The CCL is a joke right now. CONCACAF doesn't have the requisite infrastructure to really make this thing a coherent presentation. MLS doesn't have the purse strings to really compete.
I was referring to the UEFA version. The one that I have been denied hearing Derek Rae call.
Think about this pre-game scenario - Christopher Sullivan breaking down BATE vs Kobenhavn and slurring all those consonants together while Bretos attempts to figure out which guy is next coming to MLS for him to slurp during interviews.
I know the match commentators are on the world-feed for Fox's production - but FSC - like MLS - not growing while they've got the chance.
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | July 29, 2009 1:54 PM | Report abuse
well, at least when they talk about MLS someone will actually know a tab bit more than the hosts usually do (I think).
Posted by: FatSickBoot | July 29, 2009 1:57 PM | Report abuse
I like Steven Cohen. I, for one, will miss him. I liked how he tried to get "Greta Garbo" Beckham on the show. It must have worked because Beckham is calling people out of the stands now just to give them his perspective of American football. Bad for FSC. Eric is knowledgeable but very abrasive. I will watch to see one night.
Posted by: VirginiaFan | July 29, 2009 1:57 PM | Report abuse
Steven Cohen stated his opinion and his feelings on Liverpool and Hillsborough. Needless to say, the LFC supporters lost their minds and instead of choosing not to listen, sought out to harm Steven financially and physically. Financially, they succeeded.
Also, agree with yon on Geber. He was a great personality for the game in this country, however, the WSOP is a little more lucrative to him at this point.
Posted by: VirginiaBlueBlood | July 29, 2009 1:58 PM | Report abuse
I find it funny they got ride of Cohen. I still think he was right that Liverpool supporters should share the blame. It is well known that certain Liverpool fans without tickets take pride in sneaking into games. (Remember the UCL final in Istanbul in which fans with tickets were turned away because too many non-ticket holders had sneaked in.) Oh well. I think Cohen really got in trouble because on his Sirus satellite radio show he would bad mouth the MLS and then come on FFFI and talk sweetly about the MLS.
Overall I agree with JoeDoc and this is a zzzzzzzzzzzz. FFFI is one of the worst shows on television. Second maybe to "what not to wear." I have tried to watch FFFI but always change the channel within 5 minutes.
Posted by: grubbsbl | July 29, 2009 2:00 PM | Report abuse
Hmm... nah, I probably won't watch. But I wouldn't watch no matter who was on. I'd rather watch actual soccer games than watch people talking about soccer.
Posted by: Danno1313 | July 29, 2009 2:03 PM | Report abuse
I'm going to go with a lower case, "no."
Posted by: sitruc | July 29, 2009 2:05 PM | Report abuse
If Wynalda has an answer to DCU's international troubles, then maybe I'll watch.
Posted by: blackandred777 | July 29, 2009 2:13 PM | Report abuse
Hmm... nah, I probably won't watch. But I wouldn't watch no matter who was on. I'd rather watch actual soccer games than watch people talking about soccer.
Posted by: Danno1313 | July 29, 2009 2:03 PM
Couldn't have said it better myself. Every time I flip past this show, my first thought is "Does this really get better ratings than replaying a game?"
Posted by: Kenobi | July 29, 2009 2:18 PM | Report abuse
Waldo's one appearance on the show illustrated his total lack of world soccer knowledge. He certainly knows the big names and clubs, but that's about it. That said, I have a soft spot for him after his comments about Jim Rome.
Will I watch? If there's nothing else on.
Posted by: Hoost | July 29, 2009 2:20 PM | Report abuse
Good for Waldo - still won't watch. But this moves it over the Flappy Headed Canuck Report on my list of worst FSC shows. Sorry (sooh-ree), Flappy Headed Canuck Report, you are now in last place.
Posted by: Kev29 | July 29, 2009 2:21 PM | Report abuse
The Return of Wynalda
(Sung to "The Pina Colada Song" or whatever it's called...)
"If you like Eric Wynalda
And don't think he's a pain
Then you're not thinking clearly
Yes, I think you're insane
If you like watching soccer at midnight
When you should be in bed
Then just please get a job, son
And start making some bread..."
Posted by: joedoc1 | July 29, 2009 2:23 PM | Report abuse
yeay. i've missed his commentary. glad to see him back.
Posted by: jtk7 | July 29, 2009 2:28 PM | Report abuse
as a LFC supporter, I'm happy he is gone.
What he said was just flat out distasteful and wrong.
About time.
Posted by: mbhowa | July 29, 2009 2:30 PM | Report abuse
It's nice, for once, to see a media organization (Fox of all people) get rid of an on air personality when they say something disrespectful, distasteful and knowingly without one shred of fact just to be "controversial". Too bad their news division does not do the same. Hope the door hit him in the a@@ on the way out.
Posted by: virtueandvice | July 29, 2009 2:45 PM | Report abuse
Oh well. I think Cohen really got in trouble because on his Sirus satellite radio show he would bad mouth the MLS and then come on FFFI and talk sweetly about the MLS.
Posted by: grubbsbl | July 29, 2009 2:00 PM | Report abuse
I have never heard his radio show, but if his performance on FFF was talking sweetly about the league, I'd hate to hear what he would say as a criticism. He would alternate between angry he had to stoop so low and talk about the league and bored that such an inferior product was wasting his time.
During an interview with Joe Cannon, I honestly thought he was just going to lay his head down on the desk and take a nap he cared so little.
Posted by: beach3 | July 29, 2009 3:51 PM | Report abuse
The Fone-In guys, from my numerous attempts to watch their show, don't really understand the game at all. As fischy said, their primary qualification appears to be an accent. When your analysis consists of simply dividing people into the categories of "brilliant" or "rubbish", you are not helping people learn more about the sport.
Wynalda will hopefully be an improvement, but I won't know because I'll be avoiding the show like the plague, as usual.
Posted by: Chest_Rockwell | July 29, 2009 4:20 PM | Report abuse
FFFI would be good if Bobby McMahon was one of the hosts - you could put him with anybody and it would be good.
Webster is woefully boring and I doubt Wynalda can add much. I've tried for years to watch it but it just doesn't hold my attention long enough.
Posted by: dclfc99 | July 29, 2009 4:28 PM | Report abuse
The show was boring and pointless before and will be boring, pointless and annoying now. Wynalda is to soocer broadcasting as Bill Walton was to basketball. Hyperbole for hyperbole's sake, overanalyzing every touch of the ball as if it was absolute proof of some long term trend and then saying nearly the opposite five minutes later...
Posted by: sportsparenttoo | July 29, 2009 4:40 PM | Report abuse
exactly what sportsparenttoo just said
Posted by: Pedalada | July 29, 2009 4:53 PM | Report abuse
Cohen is one of those sad people who just can't get beyond their own immaturity.
This story isn't over either. His company (Soccer Weekly, Inc.) is in serious trouble, and was actually suspended by the Chamber of Commerce here in California.
Contrary to popular belief, Cohen's company is not contracted to Sirius-XM. Instead they buy the time. This provides them the freedom to sell inventory, and broadcast the show through other portals that are not owned by Sirius-XM. However, it also means they have to make a payment to stay on the air. Hence, it is critical to their business plan and operating costs that they sell the inventory.
WSD has lost all their blue-chip advertisers, and have been relegated to niche, low-budget partners. Cohen even went so far as to beg for money on the show.
His claim that the boycott of his company is "un-American" is total nonsense. Advertiser boycotts happen all the time in every medium in this country. Ask Goff how many times the Washington Post has been "boycotted." Further discrediting Cohen, is the fact that Chelsea FC actually released a public statement disavowing him as a supporter. That is extraordinary that they would actually take the time.
Regardless of what you think of Cohen, it is a good lesson in human behavior. He absolutely earned this. A rational person would have learned the boundaries after the first time he got in trouble back in 2006. Instead, Cohen just can't get beyond it.
He's one of those people who burns every bridge he walks over. It's sad, really.
Posted by: mediaman1976 | July 29, 2009 6:42 PM | Report abuse
The production value of this show is 0. Very poorly produced, no creativity. Wynalda will not add anything. Being a former soccer player does not make you a good TV personality. I could care less if Wynalda is back or not, but let me say that he is much, much better than Harkes or Lalas. Regarding Cohen I still listen to the podcast of his radio show (World Soccer Daily). The show is good enough to listen in the car or while you jog.
Posted by: DiegoMaradona | July 29, 2009 7:18 PM | Report abuse
I wish Steve Cohen the best. I'll bet many of you don't know that he is a US Army veteran.
Posted by: I-270Exit1 | July 29, 2009 7:53 PM | Report abuse
Most people do know he is a veteran - in fact, that's how he got his citizenship.
It still doesn't make up for his lack of judgment. Forget the Hillsborough comments, and just look at the wake of them...
1) During an apology he was asked to submit by his advertisers, he compares Liverpool supporters to the Taliban.
2) He issues an ascertion that he is glad to see the advertisers leave -- only to beg for money on the air a few days later.
3) He berates the advertisers that left him on the air. How do you think potential advertisers are going to react to that? I can't even begin to explain how stupid that is. Guess what? One of those former advertisers is now suing him.
4) He claims he submitted anti-Semitic emails to the FBI. Only problem is that the FBI doesn't handle those cases - local law enforcement does (LAPD). Maybe he did get some vile emails, but lying about what you did with them doesn't add to your credibility.
Cohen is immature at best, and just might be plain stupid. It will be interesting to see if he can stay on the air, or be reduced to a podcast-only broadcast.
Posted by: mediaman1976 | July 29, 2009 8:59 PM | Report abuse
I've tried to watch FFFI a few teams, but found if dull, dull, dull. I will give the Wynalda version a try, but will probably end up DVRing the show and just fast forwarding to the parts where they talk about MLS and the USMNT. I already get all the EPL coverage I want.
Posted by: popoki08 | July 29, 2009 9:54 PM | Report abuse
Great show - and Wynalda will make it even more entertaining.
Best Wynalda moment ever: his meltdown on ESPN following the USMNT loss to Ghana in '06. He communicated what ever fan was feeling but should never be shown on national TV.
Posted by: erichfeige | July 29, 2009 10:38 PM | Report abuse
Cohen screwed himself into a corner. His remarks about Hillsborough were extremely wrong but then he followed this up by saying The Hillsborough Justice Group (the organization representing the families of the 96 that died) were corrupt.
After that he went on to make numerous below the belt/beyond the pale remarks about Liverpool fans and boasted of calling them "murderers, murderers" at a bar.
I am no fan of Liverpool (Im actually a long suffering Leeds Utd fan - UK expat) and I would like to point out that it was more than just Liverpool fans who were disgusted at his comments. There were kids that died that day, many of us will never forget it while on the other hand Cohen mocked those unfortunates that died.
I for one am delighted he is gone, well done Fox Sports.
Posted by: IceMountain | July 29, 2009 11:38 PM | Report abuse
Wynalda will improve the show. It's not that Steve Cohen or Nick Webster were so bad, but they are the same. They are similar in age and their soccer "memories" are similar. I guess if you are a 45 year old ex-pat it is great to hear them talk about the old days.
Wynalda will balance out Webster with experience from the USMNT and MLS that Webster has to fake. It will be a more well rounded show.
I DVR FFF so that I can fast forward thorugh the parts I don't like. I can never commit to the full 2 hours, but they usually have something intersting on there with a studio guest or their "Man in Milan"
Posted by: Golden_Child | July 30, 2009 9:27 AM | Report abuse
Welcome Waldo, this a welcome move.
Now FSC needs to show more shrewd judgement and run Bretos out of the booth, at the point of something sharp if necessary. Give him the MLS coverage if they must, but his Gold Cup babble was intolerable. Bretos must GO.
Posted by: gooner71 | July 30, 2009 12:51 PM | Report abuse
"What exactly did Steven say?"
Check out
Posted by: hkueee | July 30, 2009 1:30 PM | Report abuse
"Regardless of what you think of Cohen, it is a good lesson in human behavior."
Yes, it was a lesson in the stupidity and irrationality and emotionalism displayed by human beings when they assemble as angry mobs. I couldn't care less about Cohen one way or the other, but this whole anti-Cohen display has been low and sickening.
People are idiots, especially when they get together in groups.
Posted by: ChristopherMc | July 31, 2009 9:34 AM | Report abuse
I gotta say that the Liverpool supporters may be the biggest tools in history. Twenty years later and they are still trying to break a guy whos only crime was to suggest that Liverpool supporters may have been partly responsible. Guess what? They were in fact responsible. My Late Grandfather and Uncle were there that day and confirm that they were responsible. They told me that there were way too many LFC fans trying to push their way in that day. They also admit that the police were partly responsible in sending the fans to that particular area (Pen.) Cohen mentioned some of his feelings and you idiots go nuts. Why do you go nuts? Because you know the truth and are hiding from it. Don't you have anything better to do? I am glad Hicks and Gillete got the loan. I hope they gut your team and you fall out of the CL. I actually think it is going to happen. "It's up for grabs now!"
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I met Lucie Aveličre in a small café of the ninth arrondissement of Paris. It was my first encounter with a member of that elusive group, the néo-Hyrdopathes, and I felt a bit nervous because of the glamour and mystery that surrounds the young pack. I was relieved to find a fun-loving girl instead of the gloomy poetess I had expected. A copy of Le Monde under one arm, a glass of wine in the right hand, Lucie greeted me with a smile and a joke about my soaked clothes and my all but ruined white suede shoes ( it had rained and I had forgotten my umbrella, another episode in the long chain of annoying incidents called 'my life'). Lucie is the only female member of the néo-Hydropathe group to this date, and she is known for her contributions to the group's journal, Hurluberlu. She writes in English as well as French, so be sure to read her short-short/poem in the Byte-Sized section.
FB: Why is it that the néo-Hydropathes seem to dislike novels? Most of the group's production is made up of short-shorts, short stories or poetry. Is there a reason for this?
LA: Not really, no. Perhaps we're too young for even having had the time to write a proper book. Instead of a constructing a plot, we often translate into words fleeting mental pictures. What I call picture is something you can see in its entirety in a glance. For the moment we want to explore a mode of writing which weaves a network of these pictures. Most members of the group, except perhaps Hilaire de Frontenoy, are also frantically spontaneous in the way they write. They can't sustain their efforts for more than a dozen lines (she laughs). It's also certainly one step in our development. I've been talking with Andrew Gallix about publishing instalments of a novel on the 3AM Magazine site, as you probably know.
FB: I didn't.
LA: That would be my first proper novel, and it's a good way of engaging on a longer project, while not becoming the slave of a megalomaniac project. I still want to have time for short stuff as well. I must say my inspiration tends to take short forms, because it's also something I'm sensitive to as a reader. Guillaume Destot and I had a talk about it just last night and he shares this taste with me[I certainly do].
FB: Why did you have this special relationship with 3AM Magazine? Why not choose a French e-zine?
LA: Ask Guillaume Destot! I don't know really. We started out quite independently, with our own review, and then, since most of us read or write English, we thought it could be a good way to put our nose in another world. Besides, we're always up at 3 a.m.
FB: Do you mean you're sick of Paris? You're only giving regular news of the group to 3AM Magazine, is this a revenge of some kind?
LA: Of course not. No one wronged us! (laughs) There's a lot to do here. But it's good to try and reach another public.
FB: What can you tell us about the neo-Hydropathes? Do you have frequent meetings and common projects?
LA: It's all very informal. We meet often , several times a week, but there's no organisation as such. It's not like 'be there every Friday at seven'. It's rather informal, on the whole. For the time being there's no project of a common work proper. We just exchange views and stories and read our stuff to each other.
FB: Where do you usually meet?
LA: Mostly round Odéon, in small cafés. We tend not to like street corner cafés. Is this answer sufficiently technical for you?
FB: Yes, and I have more technical questions up my sodden sleeve. Why did you choose to adopt the bottle of plonk as your emblem?
LA: It's not really our emblem. It's more like a symbol, but it's not an attempt at summing up our philosophy in one object. We were looking for something visual and linked with our cultural identity, which would also be satirical in itself. Alexandre Lestoins' first collection of poems had a cover like a wine label, with the vintage, fancy print and all. It's not to be taken too seriously though (she laughs). We're not really alcoholics (laughs again and takes a sip from her glass of Bordeaux).
FB: Andrew Gallix recently mentioned 'cool haircuts' as a significant feature of the neo-Hydropathes, in his review for 3AM Magazine. Yours is rather classical. Is it really a characteristic of the group?
LA: (giggles. Wine's making her blush a little.) I guess he meant Guillaume Destot. He sure has a cool haircut. [thanks Lucie!]. Hilaire de Frontenoy is also rather sexy. But we don't set that much store on our physical appearance. See, we're not a rock band. We're just trying to reverse some clichés about contemporary French writers, perhaps about contemporary writers at large. Take Houellebecq for instance. Don't you think he should see a stylist? And he's a rock star now!
FB: Perhaps there's more to Houellebecq than his depressing looks?
LA: Like what? (laughs). Just joking.


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SHAWINIGAN, QUE.—It was a classic case of hard work beating talent as the London Knights came out on top Saturday.
Vladislav Namestnikov scored twice and Austin Watson had a goal and two assists as the Knights outhustled and upset the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs 5-3 at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.
The No. 1-ranked Sea Dogs were a perfect 4-0 while winning last year's Memorial Cup in Mississauga, Ont., but their star forwards were thwarted by London's team defence and they needed two short-handed goals just to stay in the game against the Ontario Hockey League champions.
"We've been battling all year to outwork teams and beat teams," said Watson. "Play a tight defence and capitalize on our chances.
"They definitely didn't take us lightly. They came out flying. It was a good battle. They're a great hockey team and we'll have to battle if we see them again."
London is in action again Sunday night against the host Shawinigan Cataractes (0-1), while the Sea Dogs play their second game on Monday night against the Western Hockey League champion Edmonton Oil Kings (1-0).
Watson's goal at 10:49 of the third period turned out to be the winner as the Knights held off the Sea Dogs' vaunted attack.
Down 4-3 in the third, Saint John mounted some late pressure, but any chance of tying the game and forcing overtime disappeared when star forward Jonathan Huberdeau overreacted to a poke from pesky Ryan Rupert and got a four-minute roughing call with 2:04 left to play.
Coach Gerard Gallant went ballistic on the bench and got a bench minor, giving London a two-man advantage they used to put the game away on Namestnikov's second of the game.
Gallant later acknowledged his top players didn't work hard enough and that London deserved to win, but his frustration spilled out toward the officials. He said his team has been a target as it dominated the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League the last three seasons.
"I've been complaining for three years that we always get the short end of the stick and I'm tired of it," he said. "I'm not taking anything away from London, they were the better team, but I'm so tired of that.
"You show your frustration at the end of the game. I don't want to do that, but it's been over and over again, so I'm tired of it."
London went 1-for-8 on the power play, while Saint John was 1-for-5.
Huberdeau, the third overall pick in last year's NHL draft by Florida, admitted his error.
"It was frustration. I shouldn't do that," he said. "We had a chance to come back and I took the penalty. It was undisciplined.
"Now we have to forget about it. We can't panic now. We have to think about the next game and work on what we didn't do well."
Huberdeau may have been lucky not to be tossed from the game when he rammed Ryan's brother Matt Rupert into the glass from behind only 16 seconds into the first period, earning an elbowing minor.
But the Sea Dogs used that to take the lead while short-handed at 1:37 when Charles-Olivier Roussel beat Michael Houser with a long shot.
After that goal, Saint John let up and London took over, forcing turnovers and winning nearly every puck battle, even though the Sea Dogs ended up with a 25-24 shot advantage.
"We just played hard and outcompeted them and came out on top," said Ryan Rupert, who with his brother Matt checked Saint John's top line relentlessly. "We wanted to come in here and make a splash right away.
"With them being Memorial Cup champions, we wanted to prove ourselves in the first game, and we did."
Domi, son of former NHL tough guy Tie Domi, showed some grit as he went to the net and flipped the puck over Mathieu Corbeil while falling to the ice to tie the game at 14:11.
Only 1:20 later, strong forechecking saw Tyler Ferry feed Namestnikov in the slot as the Knights took the lead.
The Sea Dogs were in trouble when they were outhustled again and Seth Griffith made it 3-1 at 12:41 of the second frame.
But while short-handed again, Saint John got a strange goal as Huberdeau's long shot went off Namestnikov and bounced to the net and right between Houser's pads with 2:03 left in the period.
Ryan Rupert stole a puck from Pierre Durepos behind the Sea Dogs' net and fed Watson in front to restore the two-goal margin, but Saint John struck back at 12:01 with the man advantage. Unhappy with his stars, Gallant sent his third line out for the power play and Ryan Tysink scored on a deflection of a Nathan Beaulieu point shot.
Gallant said the bad ice at the Bionest Centre that has plagued the most skilled players was not an excuse because his best should have worked through it.
"We weren't good," he said. "The only time we worked hard was on the penalty kill.
"It was a pretty disappointing performance, but we've still got a couple of games to battle back. London played a great game. They frustrated our guys. That's not typical for the Sea Dogs. We didn't get our game going at all."


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Although Betsy DeVos was recently pitted against a class of Trump's administrative operatives, nothing in her public demeanor could remotely suggest her ego was bruised after the president overturned a policy by the federal government regarding the use of bathrooms by transgender students. The policy, if carried through, would have permitted the students to use of bathing rooms matching identities of their gender.
Inside sources close to the Education Secretary revealed that during the Wednesday meeting, she opposed the move, and when she met with a representative of the transgender and gay employees in her department, she warned of bad tidings. That she had been short-changed or that the meeting ended in acrimony with her on the wrong side of the fence was a fact that was not immediately apparent, Thursday when the new policy was announced.
However, she compared the initial guidelines by the federal government to the administrative excesses of Obama's tenure. This was during her address to the annual caucus of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Through the years, Ms. DeVos has been a staunch advocate of school vouchers and charter schools. And apart from being a key donor to the Republican Party, she was formerly the chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party. For that matter, those who have associated with her over the years warn that the stance she has taken will not be a walk-over tournament. Her public meekness now might as well be a precursor for a tenacious fight and a virulent political storm to come later.
Ms.DeVos is no stranger to controversy and political fights. In Michigan politics, she is known to relentlessly reward or punish those who support or oppose her legislative agenda in equal measure. A former attorney general, Mike Cox, described her as steely and determined as a native Indian on the warpath. She is unstoppable, backed by her family fortune when she sets her mind on a course of action.
Born and brought up in the opulent circumstances of the Prince family in Michigan, educated in expensive private schools, and married to an equally or more wealthier Dick DeVos of the Amway Corporation, the Educations Secretary passionately supports religious schools. Many people who oppose her construe this to be a lack of interest in public schools, a fact that she vehemently denies.
Whereas she is generous, open-spoken, and personable, DeVos might be dangerously relentless in a course she wishes to see her way.
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Interview: Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals On Their EP Release Show
Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals started as a duo out of Collinsville, IL. After a few years—and a few member swaps—the Leather Jackals as we know the band today is a rock 'n' roll three-piece that takes on a much fuller sound. After releasing its first EP, "South City Blues," the band held off putting out new recorded material—until now.
Friday, Dec. 11 Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals are throwing an album release party for "Boredom Leads To The Bottle" at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room. Ahead of that show, drummer Danny Blaies spoke with me about the new album, the band's dynamics and the future of Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals.
How did the band get started?
It's three years old. It started in the apartment I was staying at the time in Collinsville. Me and Josh Eaker, the singer, are the two who started it. He [Eaker] had just gotten back into town—he was doing some songwriting while he was living in Dallas. He had two other projects going on and then he was jammin' with me once a week on the side.
How did you come up with the band name?
It was originally just called Brother Lee, and it was supposed to be a two-piece. The whole Brother Lee thing was that we're just two friends who have known each other for a really long time. A lot of people think we're brothers, which we're not. Then we added a bass player and he came up with the leather jackals. It was a joke because he always wore a leather jacket. He wore it the first 25 times we hung out. He slept in it. He always had that leather jacket on and it became an inside joke. We also thought it was funny to be a small band with a really long name.
What genre do you often get?
We get kind of this '60s, '70s garage, bluesy, mostly these weird little key words. Having fewer people, we try to compensate for a bigger sound to try and play into the entertainment of it all. The garage style kind of stuck around because I like to play loud and we would jam on the same riff for 15 minutes. We're not necessarily jammy in the sense of a jam band, but more of that bluesy, laid-back St. Louis feel for a rock 'n' roll band.
How did you find your style?
Josh has always been into the classics—huge into Hendrix, Dylan—he's really into timeless songwriters. That's where we kind of differ. He would send me snippets of songs from Dallas that were quiet and way more melodic. Also, this is the first band he played guitar in; he was playing bass before, so he was getting used to the role. And then I've always played loud so he would have to turn up because I can't really turn down. We're both really into Sabbath and power trio bands. I think part of the transition was that he [Eaker] finally had people backing his songs rather than him backing other people's songs.
What was the inspiration behind the new album?
The title is a song Josh wrote. It's full of references and inside jokes to being a server at Blueberry Hill. The joke is that boredom at work leads to drinking, especially when you work by a big beautiful bar. We also started out as party buddies and being out. When you're in the venue/club scene you're just around it all the time. When you're sitting around waiting for soundcheck, you go grab a beer—it's hard not to. The lyrics have a lot of little things, "I've got 20 dollars I've been waiting to spend." The song is kind of the theme of the album. It reflects how the year has been. As far as singles go, that will probably be the first one.
How does this album compare to past albums?
We, as a band, only have one other EP. That one had a lot more heads involved. It was meant to be a bigger studio project because we weren't playing a lot of shows. It was really doctored up, lots of layers, lots of glitter on top and we did it with an engineer who's kind of more in that demographic. This one we did in one day, live in a home studio. We wanted our recordings to ring true to our live performance.
How do you typically write songs?
We write five or six at a time. There's always a really loud trashy one, a really quiet doo-woppy love one, a really weird oddball one. We kind of just write and play a bunch, then write more and play a bunch, like most bands do.
What do you hope for the future with the band?
We're just taking it in strides. I went to school for PR, so the arrangement we've had is Josh writes the songs and I look at the overall business direction of the band. We just want to do everything ourselves, see how it goes and see people's reaction after this one. We might take some time in January and February to chill out. Then we're supposed to start playing out with The Wilderness more, doing small tours here and there, and then keep pushing from there. I would love to go on the road. Getting out of town in the next major goal.
What is the biggest obstacle you face as an independent band in St. Louis?
I would say financial stability. Josh, Sean and I are all working jobs that make the band an option, but in doing that, we are making less money than we feel like we could. We want to be more accessible to switch our schedule to play out last minute or if we have to quit, then we can quit it.
Really there's nothing about the city that makes it hard because the city backs local music more than I think most cities do. We have a huge collaboration, so there's so many people in the same position. Nobody feels like they are holding their breath for like a big opportunity to take off and blow up, we just enjoy playing in a band. It's a lot of fun and this is the time to do it.
Anything you can tell us to pump us up for the release show?
The biggest thing that will be extraordinary is we have the Blackfoot Gypsies in from Nashville, TN and they are just so good. We're very, very lucky that they want to come down here and play because they are not on tour at the moment, so they are just making the trip to play the show and then driving back. All the other bands are local, so you already have a few other reasons to go, but that should be the icing. They are just wailing, slide guitars, solos every song, great harmonica player and they fit in well with us.
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"About one a clock at night, the Lecturer personating the Virgin Mary … made another Visit to Jetzer…"
We are in William Waller's The tragical history of Jetzer. Or, A faithful narrative of the
This old story to the discredit of Catholics had been dragged up by the obstreperous Sir William Waller, son of the parliamentary general. The Popish plot was the sensation of the day, and Waller seems to have published it because all this profligate son of a vehemently puritanical mother had left in the way of religious feeling was a rabid anti-Catholicism.
Ketzer's story was also told in Gilbert Burnet's Some letters containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. in the years 1685 and 1686 written by G. Burnet, D.D.. The tale was excerpted from Burnet in 1689, and alluded to by the (rather good) poet Thomas Heyrick in his The new Atlantis a poem, in three books: with some reflections upon The hind and the panther, 1687. Heyrick is talking about the state of the Catholic church, then so recently embraced by Dryden:, personifying the church as a credulous old woman:
Tir'd with old Age, bewayl'd her luckless Fate.
She doth no blessing of old Age retain,
The Inconveniencies alone remain.
Dotage, the Vice of ancient years, delights
In trifling Follies and in childish sights;
In outside Pomp and empty Pageantry,
In Paint and Varnish that attract the Eye.
Credulity each open Cheat doth own,
And greedily Impostures doth drink down …
Of Images that speak, lament and weep:
Of Wounds by Angels given to Saints asleep.
Of Prophesies and Works of th' holy Maid,
And all the Tricks were e're on Jetzer plaid.
The wildest Ravings are by her receiv'd,
And she'd have all she doth invent believ'd.
The story of Jetzer's maltreatment by his fellow Dominicans began in their campaign against the Franciscan order, who upheld the doctrine of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary. A small party of Dominicans in Basle decided on the (perhaps odd) tactic of having the Virgin herself appear to a suitably gullible member of their order, to explain indignantly that to ascribe this to her detracted from her Son, etc.
They chose John Jetzer, described in Waller's telling as 'thick skulled', admitting him to the order solely to be imposed upon. First, he was led to believe that he had seen a ghost, that of a former prior, now in purgatory, who asked for penances to redeem him, and this spirit re-appeared eight nights later to say that he was now in heaven, and that Mary, the Blessed Virgin, was about to pop along with her own personal reward for this kindness.
The planning was very good as far as stage machinery was concerned:
"Whilst the Sub-prior and the Receiver were fitting their Tools, Properties, and Engines for the Show: All things being ready, their pulleys, Wheels, Screws, Wires, and Devices for the management of their Puppets orderly placed in the Receiver's Chamber, to give life and motion to the Opera
Five other Candles miraculously lighted at a clap … Jetzer now lying with his eyes wide open, to make observations, saw to his astonishment the Virgin hanging in the Aire, between two Angels directly over the Hoste."
However, the basic difficulty the Dominican fraudsters were faced with was of their sex: one of them had to assume the role of the B.V.M., as they were unable to deploy a young woman. They were prepared to treat Jetzer cruelly: 'Mary' seizes his hand, and tells him he will receive as a favour the first wound done to her son, nailing him with a three-cornered dagger blade to the bedpost. Jetzer was clearly easily imposed upon, but wasn't completely stupid: he is handled with male force, and keeps hearing a male timbre in the voice speaking to him, or recognizing protruding bits of a male arm, or sees a familiar male shoe beneath the robes.
The Dominicans did nevertheless string him along, making him play a part in his own deception: they put him up to spitting three times in Mary's face, on the reasoning that a devil would not stand for such an affront. When they were caught out by Jetzer, the Dominicans explained that these impostures were mixed in by them and intended to make him more alert to the possibility of fraud.
The Sub-prior and his associates make a pact with the devil, signed in blood, to enable the deception to go ahead. Jetzer, who has already penetrated one appearance as fraudulent, was either persuaded of the truth of the whole matter (this is as Waller's account tells it) or drugged into insensibility by the potion provided by the devil as a result of the blood pact the Dominicans have made (this in Waller's version). Either way, Jetzer is made to acquire the full set of stigmata. They didn't manage to get a hole all the way through his feet, while the first one through his hand had been as big as a pea. When he challenges the virgin about this, 'she' quick-wittedly replies that he is not fit to stand on the holy mark, so it will just have to be a wound on the top of his feet.
In the end, the cruelty of their actions undid the plot: they kept the wounds from healing up, as proper stigmata, and when Jetzer, amid a growing storm of debate, was finally taken out of the abbey, he noticed that his wounds then began to heal. It went to a trial, and Jetzer was tortured: partly, he still believed what he had seen, but he said enough to cause the friars to be brought to trial themselves. They held out through initial sessions on the rack, but began to crack when a second round of interrogation under duress was started.
Waller gives a hideous account of them being burned alive (Burnet says this was in front of the gratified Franciscans): the pyres were set up for a quick death, but a wind suddenly blew up, and the wretched men had their lower limbs slowly roasted, crying out in such agony that the executioner (later dismissed for the incompetence he had shown) was reduced to throwing billets of wood at their heads through the flames in an attempt to end it all. The sub-prior, always the sharpest witted of the accomplices, tried to breathe in the smoke and suffocate himself to end the torment.
Waller's book was part of a whole set of re-tellings of this story. It reminded me very much of Samuel Harsnett on the 'Egregious Popish Impostures', through its continuous use of theatrical references as part of the scorn for the tricks being played.
My image is adapted from the enthusiastically mariolatrous book by the Jesuit Henry Hawkins, Partheneia sacra. Or The mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred Parthenes symbolically set forth and enriched with pious deuises and emblemes for the entertainement of deuout soules; contriued al to the honour of the incomparable Virgin Marie mother of God; for the pleasure and deuotion especially of the Parthenian sodalitie of her Immaculate Conception. 1633


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Definición de sustentador en Español:
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Que sustenta.
la columna es un elemento sustentador
adjetivo/sustantivo masculino y femenino
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Doe Deere may not be the first person people mention when looking for a business leader to follow, but she may be one of the most inspiring figures that young women who are struggling to get by can look at. It's because she believes being different and letting your inner self come out in every way possible is the best way to live your life, and she's shown this to be true both in business and her personal life. She is the founder and owner of Lime Crime, a hair dye and nail polish brand that has many different colors for women to use. Deere uses Lime Crime's new products every day and has a routine she follows each time she does.
Doe Deere decided to share with Savoir Flair just what these mornings look like. Every morning she wakes up in her Los Angeles home at 8:30 AM, something that's become so common she doesn't even need an alarm she says. A glass of water followed by her own homemade orange juice and breakfast foods gives her a boost, and then its on to yoga-like exercises to get her mentally ready. She says she prefers to shower at night so she can get right to more important things in the morning such as her makeup and powder, and while she's doing it she's always checking in on social media and live chat to see people who are already at Lime Crime working.
Doe Deere likes to be the first person to try a new Lime Crime product because she wants her customers to know she believes in all the products. She especially loves the Lime Crime velvet lip colors which include red and pink. Once she's finished putting her makeup on it's on to the office and the day's affairs. She takes time to check in on her team to see how things are going when she gets there, and then its reviewing new product and marketing ideas, hosting meetings, and working till about 6 PM. Doe Deere loves this routine and has come to love the people who've helped her get there.
Doe Deere is a Russian-born girl who always wanted to do something different than others. Her very first business came selling fake tattoos at age 13 and it surprisingly was a big hit in the Russian neighborhoods. From there she decided to go into music and start a band, and she moved over to the US and attended school at New York while looking for the big hit that would bring her band success. It never happened, but she met the love of her life who she is now married to. She decided to go into cosmetics instead and by 2005 she was selling her own custom-made hair color products on eBay. That soon grew into the official Lime Crime brand, and a few years later she setup Lime Crime HQ in Los Angeles. Doe Deere's passion is to help other "unicorns" like her realize their full potential.
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Are brides and their bridesmaids on the same page during wedding planning? We asked. You answered! Brides.com partnered with Lemondrop.com to poll more than 4,000 brides and bridesmaids to see just where they agree -- and where they don't. Here's what you said...
Friends Forever
When it comes to friendship, an overwhelming majority of engaged women (95 percent), said they believe their relationship with their bridesmaids will either remain the same or improve due to the wedding planning experience, and the majority of bridesmaids agree (78 percent). However, one in five bridesmaids do think the bride-to-be's "bridezilla" tendencies are going to ultimately tarnish their bond.
Bridesmaid Dress Angst
The poll found that a majority of brides-to-be (88 percent) believe the bride should consider cost when choosing bridesmaid dresses. But surprisingly, bridesmaids said they were less concerned about whether or not the bride thought about the price tag, with little more than half (55 percent) thinking it should be a factor in choosing the dresses.
Would you appear on a Reality TV wedding show?
The majority of brides (72 percent) would consider participating in a reality show about their "I do's," depending on the details. However, most bridesmaids (62 percent) would adamantly shy away from reality television cameras during the wedding planning process and the big day itself.
Everybody Loves Reese
Total agreement! Reese Witherspoon trumped Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Tina Fey and other favorite female celebrities to be declared the ideal celebrity bridesmaid across the board, the #1 pick among both brides-to-be and maids.
Celebrity Wedding Inspiration
Brides said that the celebrity wedding they would most like to replicate would be Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's backyard ceremony with just family. This beat out Tom-Kat's opulent walk down the aisle in Italy and Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's Paris ceremony and celebration, among others. But bridesmaids preferred a day at the beach, choosing Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's beach nuptials as the #1 celeb wedding they would most like to emulate.


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Posting End Date: 2019/05/20
Provide technical sound system support to user groups for musical events, responsible for opening and closing procedures, setup, monitoring and supervision of facility and program areas relating to City Of Oshawa recreation facilities.
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Fish by Season
The fishing in the Beaufort, SC area is year round. We have the opportunity to catch game fish 365 days a year, weather permitting. The following is an overview of available species by season.
Redfish: These are our "go to" fish, available year round. In the spring our fish are starting to break up from the large schools (up to 500 fish) they have wintered in, into smaller pods, normally by year class. We fish them with light spinning or bait caster tackle, close to the oysters and grass lines in the creeks and rivers. They will take a variety of live baits, and are always great targets for artificials, including grubs, top waters, and spoons. Our inshore size typically runs from 2 to 12 lbs. Skinny water flats fishing is super to sight cast with a variety of baits.
Speckled Trout: our Trout fishing begins to pick up dramatically as the water warms above 60 degrees. From April through June we have an excellent opportunity to catch Roe Trout, which are normally larger than our school fish in the fall season. We are fishing for these fish in the larger rivers and sounds close to oyster shell points with moving water. Live mullet, shrimp or Menhaden are preferred live baits fished under popping corks. But my personal favorite is to throw top water plugs at them, and watch an explosive strike. These fish will average 1 to 4 pounds, and are great table fare!
Cobia: Want to catch a big fish on light tackle? This is your chance. We have a unique opportunity to catch Cobia in the Broad River each spring, where they come to spawn. When our water temps hit 68 degrees, it's game on! These fish are super fighters, excellent on the grill, and have some shoulders. A legal fish (33 in. at the fork) will weigh close to 20 pounds. Two methods to fish them are employed. If we have a chop on the river, then anchoring down and putting out baits behind the boat is the norm. But if the wind lays down and the river slicks off, we cruise and sight fish them on the surface. Either way it can be very exciting! May 1 to June 15 is prime time.
Pelagics: As the bait runs up the coast from Florida with the warming water, so do the predators. We have an abundant supply of these fish available, and usually very cooperative. They include Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Jack Crevalle, and the poor man's Tarpon, the Ladyfish. Trolling light jigs is very effective, with at times non stop action. Most of this fishing occurs 1 to 2 miles off the beach.
Tarpon: Tarpon generally show in our sounds no later than July 1st. Our fishing for them is done by anchoring down and chumming them in to the baits. Once they are here in force the fishing can be fairly decent for them, with 2 or 3 jumps a trip not uncommon. These are big fish, with our average running 90 to 180 pounds. Bring a strong back with you.
Summertime gives us an opportunity to catch all the species available in our waters. Redfish are very willing to bite shrimp or mullet. Flounder and Speckled Sea Trout are also willing to cooperate. The Tarpon bite just gets better as the summer wears on, and the sharks are here in force. We have Black Tips, Bonnetheads, Atlantic Sharpnose and a few Hammerheads now and then. The Black tip seem to be the favorite for catching a great fighting big Shark, but the Bonnetheads are great fun inshore on light tackle. Kids are nuts for them.
One of our choice trips in summer is to run out the Port Royal Sound shipping channel to what we call the "Outer Marker". This is a channel marker that marks the end of the sandbar that runs out from Bay Point for several miles. The water on this bar can get very shallow on low tide and is typically seven to eight feet deep on high tide. Baitfish love to hang out on this bar, and that draw s in schools of Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Ladyfish, and Jack Crevalle. Most of these fish are in the 2 to 3 pound class.
Given the right conditions, one has the chance to see school after school of these fish slashing baits on the surface. They are easy to find as the terns and gulls will be working them hard to pick off the crippled baits. Catching these fish can be done easily by trolling small bucktails, spoons or casting into the schools, and it is a flycasters dream come true. The Spanish Mackerel love small flies that imitate silversides, and a day to remember can be made on this bar. I also like to run to several nearshore wrecks during the summer. Most all of the species mentioned above are available, and in addition Weakfish and Black sea bass are also normally in the bag mix.
Fall is our "no brainer" season, if there is such a thing in fishing. The estuary is packed with mullet and shrimp and the fish are feeding up for the cold weather. Redfish, Trout and Flounder are our main targets, with our biggest number days coming in Oct, Nov, and early December.
In the Fall, we are "drop" fishing. Drops are specific sites, like current moving around a particular shell bed point. We have numerous drops for all tide situations, and as we have fairly extreme tides, moving 7 to 8 feet of water in 6 to 7 hours, we are constantly on the move as the depth changes.
We are generally fishing live bait, like shrimp, under popping corks. Popping corks when fished properly simulate the sound of fish feeding, and tend to draw fish to the bait. They are especially deadly on Sea Trout and Redfish.
This also a great time of the year to cast artificials, and my favorites are soft plastic imitations. I really like the Norton Sand Eel Jrs., in pearl, glow or clear. The cleaner the water, the clearer the baits you should throw. Dirtier water calls for brighter baits like chartreuse. Mirrolures also work well this time of year, especially for Trout.
If lots of bites is your thing, then book with me during the Fall. Another opportunity given good weather and winds is our near shore wrecks and Artificial Reefs. They are loaded this time of year with Black Sea Bass, Weakfish, Black Drum, Redfish, and Sheepshead. Four hours of non stop bites on top of a wreck will make you sleep good at night.
Redfish on the flats is the name of the game. We have the opportunity to catch these fish all winter and into the Spring, as our estuary system is loaded with large mud flats that hold 1 to 2 foot of water at dead low tide. Perfect habitat for Redfish.
As the water cools down in late Fall Redfish tend to school. This is simply a survival technique. Redfish are the number one food source for our resident Bottlenose Dolphin (Flipper). They push the edges of these flats in small groups and try to corral a school of fish. It is something to see them feeding on 8 pound Redfish. They also help us locate fish with their feeding activity.
Given calm winds and clear water, these Redfish schools are not hard to find, by either seeing them "push a wake" as they move down the flat, or simply seeing the dark color of the mass of fish.
Once we find the fish, we normally try to get into casting range as quietly as possible, and stake the boat down. Stealth is important in catching these fish, and the more noise one makes in the boat, the fewer opportunities you will have to put a Redfish in the boat.
Baits vary at this time of year. Cut mullet, shrimp, mud minnows, and spoons and soft plastics all work, but my choice is free lining a Gulp, hands down the best bet for a hookup I have seen. And for fly fisherman, this is the ultimate challenge. Sight casting to Redfish is big time business all along the Southeast and Gulf coasts. And the lowcountry coast of South Carolina is as good as you can find. We have numerous days of putting ten to twenty Redfish in the the 5 to 10 pound class in the boat on a four hour trip.
Most of our trips in the winter are four hour trips, built around the last 2 hours of the outgoing tide and the first two hours of the incoming. This gives us maximum exposure to that window of opportunity in finding the fish. And what a great way to spend a January afternoon. Beats shoveling snow all to pieces!


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|Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon, all.
**Press Conferences Today
Our guest at the noon briefing today, Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, will brief on the new Convention on Cluster Munitions.
And at 2 p.m., there will be a press conference by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, and Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, on the Secretary-General's strategy and engagement at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poznań, Poland, and during next year, leading up to the Copenhagen conference in December 2009.
** Middle East
On the Middle East, the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) reports that some Gaza crossings, including the fuel pipelines, were open today.
As a result, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) managed to get six truckloads of Jordanian-donated aid into Gaza. But UNRWA adds that the additional ten trucks of oil and tinned meat that it had requested were not allowed in. Today's influx was not enough, according to UNRWA, which stresses that it needs 15 trucks a day in order to maintain its basic operations. UNRWA also notes that, over the past month, it has only been able to get 37 trucks into Gaza.
Meanwhile, today in Jerusalem, UNRWA's Commissioner General, Karen AbuZayd, is opening a year-long series of events to mark her agency's sixtieth anniversary, which falls on 8 December 2009.
In her remarks, which we have upstairs, she says that closures in the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza add to the terrifying sense of being trapped, physically, intellectually and emotionally, depriving children of that simplest of rights, the right to be a child.
She adds that this anniversary is a time for sober reflection on why an agency that the General Assembly created as a temporary body still exists at all. The sixtieth anniversary of UNRWA is nothing to celebrate, she stresses.
In related news, the Security Council held an open meeting yesterday evening, at Libya's request, to discuss what was described as Israel's refusal to allow a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.
**Security Council
The Security Council this morning heard a briefing on the recently concluded Council mission to Afghanistan by the head of that mission, Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata of Italy.
The Council then went into consultations to hear from Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien about the Secretary-General's third report on the preparations for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. That report says that all practical arrangements for the Tribunal will be in place for the Prosecutor to arrive on 1 March 2009.
** Zimbabwe
The Secretary-General discussed the situation in Zimbabwe with President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa during a telephone call this morning. They talked about the humanitarian situation, and the Secretary General stressed the need for the UN and other partners to respond urgently to the needs of the population and stop the cholera epidemic from spreading. President Motlanthe and the Secretary-General also discussed the political situation and the South African Development Community's mediation in the power-sharing negotiations.
Meanwhile, as the number of suspected cholera cases in Zimbabwe climbed above 12,600, with 570 resultant deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) today pledged its continued support to the people of Zimbabwe.
WHO leads the Health Cluster that heads the group of health providers responding to the outbreak and the country's wider health challenges. Zimbabwean authorities have called for $1.5 million in financial resources to be provided monthly to help respond to the current cholera outbreak, attract health workers back to their posts, and provide medical equipment and supplies, WHO says.
Chemicals are also desperately needed, valued at $4.4 million, to ensure the country's water supply is safe. Longer-term support was also called for to properly re-equip the country's health sector. WHO said that diarrhoeal disease kits capable of treating 800 severe cases and 3,200 moderate cases have arrived in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's long running humanitarian crisis is now highlighted by a cholera outbreak affecting 9 out of 10 provinces in the country and spilling across borders into South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique.
** Côte d'Ivoire
On Côte d'Ivoire, the mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) says it is encouraged by the latest milestone in the identification and registration of citizens ahead of the presidential election in that country. Despite some delays and sporadic incidents in recent months, two million people are reported to have received proper documentation, and most of them should be eligible to cast their vote. The Mission says it will maintain and strengthen its logistical support for the identification drive. It also appeals to the Ivorian political actors to show restraint in their actions and words in accordance with the Code of Conduct they signed earlier this year.
** Democratic Republic of the Congo
In a response to a question yesterday on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Mission there (MONUC) says that fighters from the DRC-based Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda(FDLR) have entered the town of Ishasha in the north-eastern part of North Kivu near the Ugandan border.
The Mission disputes the information in some news reports that FDLR have systematically redeployed to "fill in" positions vacated by Laurent Nkunda's CNDP rebels.
UN peacekeepers, meanwhile, will be redeploying in the Ishasha region until later this month. The peacekeepers are patrolling the region, and they intend to press the FDLR forces to leave.
And with the security situation improving in the Orientale province, UN peacekeepers are helping to redeploy aid agencies there. The first group of humanitarians from WFP, UNHCR and OCHA arrived there on Tuesday to assist some 6,000 internally displaced persons. The region has suffered repeated raids by the Lord's Resistance Army, which has killed at least 20 people and abducted more than 150 children since September.
This morning, the Secretary-General addressed the annual high-level conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). He noted that, in its first three years, the Fund has provided more than a billion dollars for food, shelter, clean water and health care for tens of millions of people, in countries from Afghanistan to Zambia. 93 nations are contributors to the Fund, and many of them have also been recipients in times of need. "The CERF is truly a Fund by all, a Fund for all", the Secretary-General said.
With the financial crisis, climate change and population growth likely to increase demands for relief aid in the future, he appealed to Member States to contribute as much as possible. We have his remarks upstairs.
Also, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will be our guest at noon tomorrow. He will provide an update on the Fund.
** Doha -- Poznań
As you know, the Secretary General will head for Poznań, Poland, next week for the climate change negotiations underway there. Meanwhile, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Kemal Derviş commended negotiators at the Financing for Development conference in Doha, Qatar, for heeding the Secretary-General's call to come to an agreement that reaffirms international commitments to tackle global poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Derviş stressed that the outcome document from Doha is an essential step in resolving what he called the "triple crisis" of financial turmoil, global poverty and climate change. He urged countries to focus on opportunities that can arise from the crises as they turn their attention to the UN climate-change negotiations underway in Poznań.
"We must treat these crises as common rather than separate challenges," he said. We have a press release from UNDP upstairs.
**Cluster Bombs –- Signing Conference
The signing conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions concluded today in Oslo, with nearly 100 actions undertaken by States to the Convention, committing states to the international treaty that prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions.
The two-day conference resulted in 94 signatures as of now, 4 ratifications and 1 provisional application by the attending 100 governments.
The Convention will now be open for signature at Headquarters until after it enters into force. Ratifications from 30 states are needed to trigger the entry into force of the Convention and make it binding on its Parties. And of course, you're going to have more details in a few minutes with Mr. Titov, on the Convention.
The Convention represents a new milestone in humanitarian disarmament and establishes important commitments regarding assistance to victims, clearance of contaminated areas and destruction of stockpiles.
On the health front, measles deaths worldwide fell by 74 per cent between 2000 and 2007, from an estimated 750,000 to 197,000. That's according to the founding partners of the Measles Initiative, which includes UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the UN Foundation.
In one WHO-designated region, which includes such countries as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan, measles deaths have been cut by 90 per cent —- from an estimated 96,000 to 10,000 —- during the same period.
Thus, the UN goal of reducing measles deaths by 90 per cent by 2010 was achieved in that region three years early. We have more on that upstairs.
**Internet Governance Forum
The third Internet Governance Forum got under way yesterday in Hyderabad, India, and runs through Saturday. Its theme is "Internet for All", with workshops addressing such topics as expanding Internet access, including for persons with disabilities; promoting cyber security and child protection; and the future of the Internet.
In opening remarks, Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram, representing the Secretary-General, noted that the Forum has become a valuable tool for forging a common understanding of complex Internet issues from diverse points of view.
Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Internet Governance, added that multilingualism is key –- most of the expansion of Internet use is taking place in developing countries, where the English language and Latin script are not used.
**Global Compact
Today and tomorrow, the UN's First Global Forum for Responsible Management Education will take place here at Headquarters.
Hosted by the UN Global Compact, the Forum will provide a platform for sharing perspectives and expertise on the Principles for Responsible Management Education. The Principles were an initiative launched in 2007 to embed corporate responsibility and sustainability in the mainstream of business education.
There will be a press conference on this Forum tomorrow at 11 a.m. in this room. Speakers will include Manuel Escudero, Special Adviser to the Global Compact; John Fernandes from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; Judith Samuelson from the Aspen Institute; and Liz Maw from Net Impact.
We have more on that upstairs, and, of course, you're welcome to come to the Press Conference tomorrow. And this is all I have for you, thank you. Questions? Yes, Masood?
**Questions and Answers
Question: At the start of the briefing you said that Israel stopped this Libyan cargo going into the Occupied Territory. When did that happen?
Spokesperson: It has been in the news today.
Question: Okay. The other thing I wanted to ask, has the Secretary-General responded to the letter by the Pakistani Ambassador which you said that he had in fact received on…?
Spokesperson: Yes, as you know, there was no action required from the letter. The letter was sent to all Member States of the Organization as far as I know. So, it's a general letter, the Secretary-General does not have any specific response. As you know, he did speak to President Zardari yesterday.
Question: Actually, another letter question. I was just at a DPI conference down in the library and a number of the groups that went to this DPI conference in Paris said that they had put together a letter to the Secretary-General about the sexual abuse by peacekeepers, asking that action be taken, that they read it into the record of the conference. But just now they said that they haven't received any response. They're curious what actually... Are you aware of the letter and what is the response to the letter, and what is the follow up on that?
Spokesperson: I will try to confirm for you whether the letter was received or not. And in terms of the response, our response has been a pretty strong one when it comes to sexual abuse cases, and they have been termed "unacceptable" by the Secretary-General. Is there any specific answer that will come to this letter? I don't know at this point. I can try to find out for you.
Question: And just a follow up on it. And I understand you may have to either check with DPKO or whomever, but there was a pretty high profile case of the Indian peacekeepers in the Congo where even the Secretary-General put out a statement saying that he was deeply concerned. It's never been said what discipline was imposed. I know…
Spokesperson: Well, we did talk about discipline measures taken, I'm sure we did. Why don't you talk to DPKO about this? They should be the ones telling you.
Question: They said ask the Indian Mission, and that doesn't seem an appropriate response from the UN if the Secretary-General is expressing concern about this problem.
Spokesperson: Well, they probably are saying this for one reason because, as you know, any cases involving one contingent from one specific country are followed up by the judicial system in that country. And, as I know, there were some measures taken by India on those specific cases you're mentioning. Of course, try to pursue it further with the Indian Mission. They should have an answer for you.
Question: Well, they're saying that they're not speaking on it. That's why I am saying it's the UN…
Spokesperson: They're not speaking on it?
Question: Yeah, that's correct.
Spokesperson: Okay, so we'll try to find out for you what did happen. You should call DPKO again on this. Yes, Lalit?
Question: Has there been a change in UN policies towards the Taliban after the Afghan Government has been going for peace talks with the Taliban?
Spokesperson: Not that I know of. There has been no big statement about this, no.
Question: There is a statement coming from Mr. Kai Eide about the peace talks he is supporting, about the peace talks with Taliban. Would you like to confirm it? What…?
Spokesperson: As soon as we have Mr. Kai Eide's statement we'll be flagging it for you. Yes, Masood?
Question: Has the Secretary-General received any letter from the Indian Government asking him to refer the situation over there in Mumbai to the Security Council?
Spokesperson: The Secretary-General, as you know, spoke to the Prime Minister. So, in terms of a letter received asking that there be a follow-up by the Security Council, I am not aware of it. I can of course check for you. [She later added that no such letter had been received.]
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[CLOSED] QMDiArea keeps re-sizing subwindows in QMdiArea::TabbedView view mode.
I was surprised that QMDiArea keeps re-sizing subwindows in QMdiArea::TabbedView view mode during activation/deactivation.
This makes it useless in such mode for any slow repainting widget ( like QVtkWidget ) and even relevantly fast drawing widgets in case of multiple tabs display flickering.
Anybody knows a solution for this?
The only alternative I see right now write it from the scratch replacing .QMdiArea::TabbedView implementation with regular QTabBar or QTabWidget
The effect I am trying to avoid is flickering which happens when user clicks tab due to implementation of MDI which seems changes tab, then for some reason re-size the active window first to minimum size then shows and maximize windows which is going to become active instead just hiding and showing window as needed re-sizing only hidden window before it is going to become active if necessary.
Anybody knows any 3rd party library which does it right?
I can recall QextMDi which was doing it for Qt3.
Seamus Boyle
Try setting the QMdiArea::DontMaximizeSubWindowOnActivation option.
When the active subwindow is maximized, the default behavior is to maximize the next subwindow that is activated. Set this option if you do not want this behavior.
enum AreaOption {
DontMaximizeSubWindowOnActivation = 0x1
DontMaximizeSubWindowOnActivation flag is irrelevant to the problem.
If you remove this flag you will see regular window shown below tab in a tab view. Basically it will separate tab and view.
TabView has to show window maximized,
but what it also does it minimize window when window is deactivated which does not make sense cause only ONE window is visible in such case at a time.
Normal behavior would be just hiding it, then when window has to be activated move it when hidden at proper location then show new active tab and window (similar to what happens in QTabWidget.
QMainWIndow instead follows procedure which makes sense for case when multiple windows are visible at the same time.
Whole problem seems related to the windows scheme/opacity.
If classic window scheme is selected user do not see windows blinking behind mdi area when changing tabs
To be more precise problem is related to Qt::WA_PaintOnScreen
flag set to QVtkWidget.
At least setting it to false fixes it.
Weird is that according to documentation on 4.8.6 states that
This flag is only supported on X11 and it disables double buffering.
Looks like a breach in documentation.
I guess I will have to check vtk sources to see if anybody found workaround.
I am going to close topic since it is seems is not related to QMdiArea but more to subwindow widget attributes.


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For many district fourth graders, tonight's All-City concert performance is a nerve-wracking experience. For others, it's a chance to show off their newly acquired skills to proud parents. Students in grades four through eight will perform during the concert tonight at 7 p.m. in the Evans Middle School gym.
The district's All –City Concert has been an Ottumwa tradition since 1945. While a few things have changed over the years, the concert continues to highlight the musical progression of students.
"I'm excited to perform in my first concert," said Hayden Bates, another Horace Mann student. He plans to start learning the trombone next year as a fifth grader.
Teresa Thostenson, an elementary music educator, said she is still amazed every year how good 350 students sound when playing the recorder together. The process of learning to play their first instrument begins in the fall. By January, rehearsing begins in earnest to memorize the three songs. "Students are amazed at the things they thought they couldn't do and now can," she said. Thostenson will retire in May after 30 years in the district. She will miss watching students as their confidence builds.
Learning the recorder and participating in the concert gives younger students a chance to experience what it's like to be in band and orchestra. The finale brings the entire group of students together. Orchestra and band students will perform "America" while the fourth graders sing.
Playing the recorder is also challenging, noted Thostenson. Fine motor coordination is required to use two fingers at the same time to cover the holes. "For some students, it's a major struggle," she said.
Parents attending the concert will note that students have yarn tied to the end of their recorder. It is part of the "Recorder Karate" curriculum used to teach. As students progress, they earn colored yarn, much like belts in karate. Students can earn up to nine different colors. After tonight's performance, they will earn the gold yarn. "We can't believe the difference it makes," said Miriam Fenton, another elementary music teacher.


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It has been almost a year since we last blogged. Mum is to be blamed for not updating.
What keeping her busy for a year? We do not know.
However, mum still love us. She has made a lot of toy out of beautiful socks and she gave a few to us to play with. Here we showing off one of the toy.


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