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This gets at an unsettling truth about moral actions. Although the Declaration of Independence claims that it is "self-evident" that all men are created equal, some virtues are only attainable from unequal positions: you can't begin to describe a good parent, coach, teacher, or doctor without speaking of a superior and an inferior. When we think of these figures as role models — as we often do — inequality is a precondition; it is not in spite of their superiority, but because of it, that they are seen as targets for our adoration. Hierarchies can be launchpads for success.
Westerners have long believed that their political success derives, in part, from their individualistic and egalitarian values. Yet recently, China's growing political and economic clout — and its increasing assertiveness on the global stage — has challenged the familiar story of American exceptionalism. Might China's meritocratic system, and its implicit commitments to hierarchy, be the secret of its extraordinary success?
The political scientist Daniel Bell belongs to a cadre of Confucian-inspired meritocrats who has pondered this question at length. In 2015, he argued in The China Model that a political meritocracy, in its ideal form, can outperform electoral democracies. China's rise meant that democracy's purchase on moral supremacy was waning. Less obvious, however, was Bell's argument that an idealized, hierarchical system modeled on present-day China contained the seeds for an attractive alternative. It's one thing to claim that a hierarchical system is politically viable — with China, this much has been proven by its historic rise; but it's another thing to claim that such a system can command moral legitimacy and respect. The latter requires another book.
Daniel Bell and Pei Wang's Just Hierarchy is a colorful exploration of the moral justifications behind elements of China's success. Their thesis — a simple truism among Chinese but a potential setback for Western progressives — is that not all social hierarchies are bad, some are good, and a fixation on equality leaves little room to appreciate the benefits of the good ones. The authors are quick to denounce hierarchies on the basis of ascriptive categories such as race, sex, caste, and appearance (a qualification that injects a dose of progressivism into the aging corpus of Confucian thought). But this leaves other kinds of hierarchies, such as those based on age or merit, unexplained. We do not, for example, instinctively write off relationships between parents and children or teachers and students even though inequality is a shared feature of them all. What, then, makes these hierarchies different?
One justification, according to the authors, is reciprocity. We often assume that hierarchies result in an uneven distribution of benefits. But this is because the kinds of hierarchies we imagine — such as those based on race, class, and caste — are expressly designed to advantage the powerful. Some hierarchies, however, are meant to benefit the subordinates. Ask any teacher and they will likely tell you that their relationship with their students can be mutually beneficial. The authors even contend that some hierarchies exhibit more reciprocity than egalitarian relationships. In countries that value filial piety, for example, parents retain a higher status relative to their children over their entire lifetime. Generational hierarchies create a set of reciprocal obligations that are hard to replicate otherwise: parents must oversee their child's emotional and moral growth when they are young, and, in return, children must take care of their parents when they're old. This makes the egalitarian alternative — where children, upon reaching adulthood, are regarded as independent equals — seem less reciprocal by contrast.
Another justification of hierarchy is dynamism. No matter how deserved one's economic or social privileges may be, they can become unjust when passed into the next generation. The problem, then, is not with hierarchies per se, but with ossified hierarchies — the cultural associations tied to skin color, the excessive transfer of intergenerational wealth, and the barriers to geographic and social mobility — that make them especially "sticky."
From the personal, the authors next move to the political. In a nod to Bell's previous book, they suggest that China-style political meritocracy can be a case of justified hierarchy. Their reasons are twofold. The first is contextual: political hierarchies can be just in China because its past is primed for it, and its people receptive to it. Two intellectual traditions inform China's meritocratic lineage. During the Qin dynasty, Legalism (which prioritized social order) informed the creation of a complex bureaucracy and a heavy-handed state. Up until the Republican Revolution of 1911, these doctrines formed the basis of the meritocracy, which appointed leaders based on a rigorous series of examinations. The contemporary Chinese regime has abandoned the traditional examination system, but its current process of selecting leaders, the authors claim, retains much of the exam's meritocratic ethos.
It's true that a society's past plays a role in its future. Indeed, according to John Rawls, the preeminent liberal philosopher, a concept of justice must draw from ideas implicit in a society's "background culture." At the same time, a society's political options are never exhausted by its past. (Hong Kong and Taiwan are culturally and historically Chinese, yet they have enjoyed democracy for decades.) The contextualist view, while a necessary buffer against liberal hegemony, can also slip into relativism: without the room for nuance, it can devolve into dangerous slogans — a bastion for conservative dogma, a weapon against progressivism, and an absolution from moral indictment.
The second reason applies more broadly. "Political meritocracy," the authors write, "may be particularly appropriate in a time of fast technological change and unpredictable global shocks." The current state of globalization and technological disruption has increased the stakes of political leadership, and thus competent leaders should now be prized over representative ones. The pandemic has lent some credence to this view: so far, the virus has accentuated the ruthless efficiency of China's leaders, while exposing the indecisiveness of their US counterparts. But Bell and Wang's alternative is not without costs either: "Political meritocracy is not compatible with competitive elections at the top," the authors write, "because electoral democracy for top leaders would undermine the advantages of a system that aims to select and promote leaders with experience, ability, and virtue."
As Bell and Wang rightly point out, democracies have difficulty planning for the long haul. Periodic elections incentive politicians to reap short-term rewards that can make it in time for election season. Meanwhile, China's Xi Jinping has already laid out his plan to become a global leader in emerging technologies by 2025, and a global superpower by 2050. But this is both a blessing and a curse. The same mechanisms that inhibit democracies from realizing grand strategies also protect them from grand catastrophe. In 2018, Xi abolished term limits to become China's ruler in perpetuity. When faced with uncertainty, the meritocrat chooses self-extension; the democrat elects for self-preservation.
The authors are careful not to overstep their bounds, acknowledging that their arguments may not hold much sway in the West. For a more ambitious project, a reader should turn to Against Political Equality by Tongdong Bai, a philosopher from Fudan University and a law professor at NYU. He shares many of the same intellectual influences as Bell and Wang, but if their book is an exercise in moral excavation — the recovery of values lost — Against Political Equality is an attempt at moral reinvention: the search for values coveted. Bai is looking for a political model that transcends cultural barriers, one that bring out the best of both the East and Western traditions. "The ideal regime," Bai writes, "would be a mixture of these Confucian models and some other [Western?] political models."
Bai is a staunch supporter of the liberal order, defending the primacy of individual rights and the rule of law. In this way, he is no China apologist, acknowledging that the current regime is a far cry from the ideal he proposes. But he is also a Confucian who believes in the legitimacy of the benevolent ruler. As such, Bai proposes that one chamber of a bicameral legislature be elected by merit. Proposals include nominations from the lower house and local legislatures, an examination, or a quota system that would bring together leaders from all facets of society including military veterans, industry heads, scientists, and activists. Meanwhile, a democratically elected chamber can remain, for although Confucius denied the right for citizens to rule equally, he acknowledged that the legitimacy of the rulers ultimately derived from the people. A meritocracy is therefore not a total rebuke of democracy. Bell and Wang also admit that the current Chinese regime's approach to legitimacy based on economic performance is unsustainable, and that "democracy is necessary to save political meritocracy in China."
Although the meritocrats draw their ideas from Confucian philosophy, their circumscribed view of public participation has an uncanny resemblance to early American republicans. Federalists such as Hamilton and Madison were well known for their skepticism of popular rule. To allay their fears, they created a representative system that could select men of "merit" (read: white propertied men) who could "refine and enlarge the public views" — a cosmetic phrase for the distrust of the underprivileged. Furthermore, up until the 20th century, the selection process for the president was far from democratic: they were controlled by party insiders in the same manner as one of Bai proposals. State legislatures would choose their "electors" who would then select the president based on the directives of the party bosses. That constant feeling of institutional clutter and sclerosis that afflicts contemporary politics is a vestige of early republican designs. It is why, every four years, Americans think they are voting for their president, when in fact they are impeded by that vexing obstacle known as the Electoral College.
That the ideal meritocracy across both books resembles parts of the early American republic is informative. It suggests that the search for the "best" and the impulse to disqualify and disenfranchise the "worst" are really opposite sides of the same coin. Whether a system can truly claim to uplift the worthy without simultaneously denigrating the "unworthy" has yet to be seen, but one finds little encouragement from American history. Throughout the 20th century, progressive reforms to expand the vote moved republican America closer to a democracy. But more recently, the pandemic, along with the domestic crisis in race relations, have laid bare the incompetence of democratically elected leaders. All this raises the question: Which way should we move the needle now? Might a post-pandemic world demand less democracy and more meritocracy?
Constructive projects in non-Western political theory are more than a set of arguments. They're also a lesson in cultural interpretation: we often judge our own societies by our ideals and other societies by their practices. When we do so, we assume that other societies lack ideals; that, unlike us, they have exhausted their options, swept their mistakes under the rug, and forsaken progress. Even if you are not convinced by the arguments in these books, they will nevertheless make you more aware of this kind of ethnocentric thinking. Just as splitting the bill might not always be the right answer in a given context, democratic equality might not always be the best solution to a volatile and unpredictable world. The search for better alternatives is still in its infancy. Until we find it, dinner is on me.
Chang Che is a freelance writer on contemporary China and US politics. You can follow him on Twitter at @changxche.


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Derrick Barry is by far the most famous and notorious Britney Spears impersonator we have ever seen. No surprise as Derrick has been a performer all his life.
Born and raised in Modesto, California, he began training as a gymnast at the age of 5. After competing for 7 years, at 12 years old, he decided to trade in gymnastics for the Theatre. Derrick showcased his acting abilities in over 30 productions between junior high, high school and college.
At the age of 19, he moved to Hollywood to further his passion for the art of performing. Halloween 2003 piloted his new found career of impersonating the amazingly talented Britney Spears. In late 2003 he got the long awaited call from our Transformation cover star Frank Marino and from June 2004 to September 2008, Derrick was the youngest cast member in "An Evening at La Cage" at The Riviera Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. He is now focusing on his acting career in his first full length motion picture.
Derrick will be starring as Sammy Reynolds in "Auditing Richard Biggs". Derrick Barry also continues to entertain through his comedic videos known as "The Experiences". He tells all that he looks forward to a long career in the entertainment business as an actor, comedian, singer, dancer and female impersonator.
"The second time I dressed up like Britney Spears was at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on November 17, 2003. Production personnel in the studio went up and told Britney, while sitting next to Jay, I was in the audience. Britney was shocked. I heard her say, "Oh My God," as she covered her mouth. By this time, they already had a camera on me ready to record after the commercial break.
Jay soon segue into asking Britney if she would date a guy like me. The camera was recording and the house lights came on. She said, "Yes. He's very into himself." I danced to the "I'm a Slave 4 U" routine in my head. It was my fifteen seconds of fame. Jay quickly replied, "I don't think he's into himself this guy. I think he's into you." She agreed, "Maybe so, maybe so," as she smiled and clapped for me. Jay later told Jim Belushi that he missed the "Britney Spears" in the audience. The camera panned over on me one last time. This was truly one of the most exciting days in my career."
"The truth of it is, is when you go live, I mean you know, there is no lip-sync live, there's no, you know, there are artists that use stats, when they're on stage, I mean that's just because they're not really musicians who can perform live. They're artists who are studio accomplished, but they're very different things, and, I sort of, I love the challenge of having to do it, you know with the nervousness in your voice and the cold hands and the butterflies. I think all of that makes it magical, or a train wreck, and you know, it's, that's the danger of it. So, if you use stats, then you're really not very dangerous are you?"
Catch up with Derrick at www.derrickbarry.com
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Prime Minister KP Oli met President Bidya Devi Bhandari to present the FY 2017-18 National Security Council annual report on December 14, 2018.
While presenting the report to the President Bhandari, PM Oli said that Nepal seems to have no national or regional security threat at present.
He added that security measures implemented during and after local, provincial and parliamentary elections have also been included in the report.
The annual report presented an in-depth analysis of issues such as terrorism, regional security challenges, criminal activities of divisive forces & armed groups, refugee problems, mutual cooperation among regional countries and the impacts of climate change.
It also praised the Nepali Army's role in peacefully holding all the three-tiers of elections.
Speaking at the occasion, President Bhandari advised NSC office bearers to execute management-related works in a way that will strengthen Nepal's overall security system.
Article 266 of the Nepali Constitution on national security mandates that there should be a National Security Council to recommend policy formulation for strengthening national security and the mobilization and control of the Nepali Army.
Nepal Defence Minister Ishwor Pokharel, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada and Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa were among others present at the occasion.


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Jesus Franco – Les Avaleuses AKA Erotikill (1973)
Female Vampire
Countess Irina Karlstein (Lina Romay) is the last in a line of vampires. Compelled to suck the life force from her victims during sex, her activities attract the attentions of Dr Roberts, who comes to realise that the spate of bizarre deaths currently plaguing Madeira have a supernatural source. Meanwhile a poet, Baron Von Rathony (Jack Taylor) has become infatuated with Irina. She wants to reciprocate his love, but knows that to do so will surely mean the man's death.
This 1973 Jesus Franco entry is of great significance in the director's 150+ film output for being the film that gave Lina Romay, soon to becomes his long-term partner, collaborator and muse, her first starring role.
And what an introduction: The film opens with Romay wandering out of the early morning mist, clad only in a belt, knee-high boots and cape, Franco's camera lovingly moving over every inch of her body as Daniel White's seductive theme (reused in other Eurocine entries like Zombie Lake) plays on the soundtrack.
True, it's slow moving, accomplishes little in terms of narrative and couldn't be more sleazy and cheesy if it tried, but it's 100% Franco, a perfect distillation of his idiosyncratic, highly personal, approach to cinema.
The question is knowing what to make of it all. Franco's oft-criticised use of the zoom lens and out of focus shots indicate, at one level a cheap, careless, throwaway approach to film-making. But, if one assumes that Franco knows what he is doing, then these stylistic choices assume a deeper significance, challenging dominant film making practices and reminding the viewer of the constructed nature of all that he or she is seeing. (And, given the director's profound knowledge of the cinema and awareness of Godardian techniques, one sees no reason to assume he doesn't.)
A similar point might be made regarding the film-maker's decision to make the Female Vampire a mute. Obviously it made shooting easier and meant that Romay's limitations as an actress (as distinct from performer) could be more easily concealed. But we might also speculate that her silence indicates a refusal to enter into the male dominated symbolic order of language — or however it is that the Lacanian double-domes would gloss it.
The way Franco handles erotic/pornographic material here (this cut of the film being the medium strength one, more sexually explicit than the horror-slanted likes of Bare Breasted Countess but containing none of the hardcore material found in, say, Insatiable Lust) is similarly problematic. Franco clearly takes a voyeuristic delight in Romay's body and activities, and invites the (male) spectator to share his obsession, yet the film's sexual dynamics are more In the Realm of the Senses than Deep Throat, blurring and intermingling sex and death in ways that would, one images, confuse and confound the raincoater audience.
Elsewhere, familiar Franco characters like Dr Orloff (played here by critic/writer Jean-Pierre Bouyxou) and Morpho make an appearance, not to mention the inevitable incompetent — rationalist, close-minded — police investigator, plus stock scenes like the inevitable S&M tableaux vivant, upping the already dense intertextuality with its references to the real-life Countess Bathory and Le Fanu's fictional Carmilla.
What can one say, then? Whether by accident or design, films like Female Vampire ask interesting questions and are of value for so doing.
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As KDE3 is again part of the official openSUSE 12.1 repositories (thanks to all who made this happen), I took the chance to create an installable livecd. Besides a preconfigured KDE3 desktop, it contains additional software like Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice. YaST2 is available for administrative tasks like system configuration or software management. The media does not contain all language packs due to size limitations, but they could be easily installed. The KDE3 language packages are named kde3-i18n-$LANG, e.g. kde3-i18n-eo.
In order to to emphasize the feeling of good old times, the artwork is based on SUSE 10.1. The kde3-gtk-qt-engine is included to give a unique experience over GTK and QT applications and KDE4 applications make use of the Plastique widget style and Plastik colors.
The x86_64 and the i686 iso images have been created using the kiwi tools. You can download the kiwi description and build your customized version. Just make sure you have kiwi and kiwi-config-openSUSE-12.1 installed and run create_livecd.sh from the archive. (You can adjust the image_arch variable within the script according to your build architecture)
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It's officially summer! But I'm glad that the weather has mellowed down a bit from last week. Hopefully this week we'll keep it all in the 80's.
My card for you today is features Key largo Tilda and I think she is one of my favorites from the Summer memories Collection. I'll tell you why in a minute :)
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I always hesitate to share our exact family schedule when asked (which is surprisingly often on Instagram), because just because our schedule works for us does NOT mean it will definitely work for you. Sometimes I think people see our family and think we're "perfect" or somehow are doing things "better" than the way they do it, and they want to know exactly what we do so they can do the same. Besides the fact that we are definitely not perfect, you shouldn't change your entire lifestyle just to fit someone else's mold. I'm going to share a general rhythm of our weekdays (when my husband is at work), but I'm not sharing it so you can use it as your own — I'm sharing it as one example (out of many) of how you can feel out a schedule that works for your family.
When I was thinking about what we do all day, I realized that our days tend to be divided into 2-3 hour chunks of time. This wasn't intentional on my part, although that corresponds beautifully with the ideal 3-hour work cycle found in Montessori schools. It just seems to be a pattern that we have fallen into — and when we find something that works, we stick with it!
Our first chunk of time begins when we wake up in the morning and lasts about 2 hours. During that time, I take a shower while the girls get dressed. Then we all go downstairs for breakfast. The girls get their own breakfasts while I unload adult dishes from the dishwasher and make my coffee. We have several different breakfast choices available that they can get all by themselves — there's a drawer that contains applesauce and various types of breakfast bars, yogurt and fruit in the fridge, some bags in the freezer with waffles and pancakes in them that are ready to be put into the toaster, and a cereal dispenser accessible via helper tower. WE ARE NOT A COOK A WELL-ROUNDED BREAKFAST KIND OF FAMILY. You might be. We're not.
After we've all eaten, the girls unload their dishes from the dishwasher and put their dishes from breakfast in it. Then we head upstairs to brush teeth and finish getting ready for the day.
Our morning chunk of time lasts about 3 hours, but what we do during that time varies from day to day. MOST days, we do homeschool preschool during that time — we have a brief circle time, then do individual lessons before the girls are free to choose what work they'd like to do for the rest of the work cycle. While the girls are working, I observe them or prep new works and materials.
About once every couple of weeks, this homeschool preschool chunk will be spent at a local museum.
Some days, we have other plans during the morning chunk. On those days, we might go to swim class, or do laundry, or run errands.
During our next chunk of time, we have lunch and quiet time. We eat together, then we each go to our separate spaces for quiet time. Nora spends time playing with stuffed animals or drawing in her room, Lila reads or draws in the guest room, and I work in my office. Our quiet time usually lasts about 2 hours — occasionally, Nora falls asleep during this time. This is when I do things like write blog posts, respond to emails, schedule consultations, and prep materials for homeschool preschool.
After quiet time, our afternoon chunk (about 2.5-3 hours) is usually spent outside in our yard. The girls run around playing elaborate games they've made up, climb on our climbing dome, play in the playhouse, scoop and pour in the sand table, or run through the sprinkler.
If we had to go somewhere during our morning chunk, this is when we'll do homeschool preschool — but when the weather is nice, this will be a shorter period of time in the classroom so we still have time to get outside.
Our next chunk of time includes dinner and wind-down time before bed, and it lasts between 2 and 3 hours again. Daddy comes home from work right when this time is beginning. The girls occasionally help me prepare dinner, but most of the time they're too busy playing outside to want to help. If the weather's nice, we try to eat outside on the patio. After dinner, the girls take baths or showers (they each enjoy both, so they decide for themselves which they'd like each day), then we play quietly inside until bedtime. This is the time we usually have piano lessons, build with blocks, read, or occasionally watch a show together. When the girls are busy by themselves, I try to use this time to do some cleaning around the house.
We recently started a new bedtime routine now that the girls are getting older, and it seems to be working for us. My 3-year-old begins getting ready for bed first, then she gets tucked in by 7:30pm. My 5-year-old is allowed to stay up reading until 8pm, then she sneaks into their shared bedroom.
And that's our family rhythm as a Montessori homeschooling family! Weekends are for family time, special errands, big projects, etc.
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The First 5 Things Magic Must Do
By Jeremy Dorn
I know this topic has been beaten more than a dead horse in a wood chipper, but it's definitely worth bringing up again. Now that the ownership is official, we've got some moves to make.
Surprised? Because of the stellar record in April? Don't be. Our Dodgers are not as good as you think. Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier are not going to combine for 50-plus RBI every month, and the starting rotation won't keep up it's current pace either.
So here are the first five things Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten must do with their deep pockets:
1. Replenish the Pen
My god. Please. Please get some new bullpen arms. Six of the Dodgers' eight losses this season have been in the opponent's final at-bat. That's absolutely inexcusable. And it should tell you all you need to know about the bullpen. Javy "Guerracuda" Guerra must stay, but other closer options should be explored. Kenley Jansen, Josh Lindblom and Jamey Wright have all been pretty dependable. Scott Elbert is a blown project and a complete joke of a reliever. Matt Guerrier has been disappointing, and Mike MacDougal has already been cut. So let's go out and get one more impact arm on the right side, and two lefties. Todd Coffey and Elbert can go, and with Ronald Belisario on the way back, we're just looking for two lefties to come out of the bullpen.
2. Re-Stock the Bench
As it stands now, our big bats off the bench are Adam Kennedy, Tony Gwynn, Jr. and Matt Treanor. Seriously? If nothing else, get Jerry Sands and his medium power potential up to the bigs. Or better yet, cut Justin Sellers or Juan Uribe and bring the 20-homer potential of Josh Fields up to The Show. My preference would be to find a veteran who can still hit (so NOT Bobby Abreu, though that seems inevitable at this point) and is willing to play a pinch-hitting role. Is someone like Greg Dobbs or Eric Hinske available for trade? How about Vladimir Guerrero? Just get someone that strikes fear into the opposing reliever in a pressure situation.
3. Sign a Starter
Clayton Kershaw isn't going anywhere, but the other four starters are all questionable, despite hot starts. Chad Billingsley is only consistently average, so be prepared for a let down, and celebrate with me if he ends up having a big season. Chris Capuano has a career ERA over 4.00, despite finally living up to his potential so far this season. I think he has the best chance to continue the success out of him, Bills, Ted Lilly and Aaron Harang. Speaking of Lilly, he's probably the best left-handed option we have available. But Harang could be better served as a long-relief option out of the bullpen. I can't count on him for more than 10 wins and lower than a 4.00 ERA. Not terrible for a fifth starter, but it's not like we have a "Big Three" (or even Big Two for that matter…) like many contenders. So Magic and Stan need to look for a pitching-rich team willing to trade a young, talented arm (Arizona or Atlanta, anyone?).
4. Get a Solid Corner Infielder
I love James Loney. I have a well-documented bromance for him. But he's one of those guys who seems like he'll never live up to his potential. I'd love him at first base if we had another infielder who could hit for power. But when the combination of A.J. Ellis, Mark Ellis, Dee Gordon and Juan Uribe will likely hit a combined 25 homers this year, something's got to change. I'd prefer to keep Loney for his glove, and replace the pathetic waste of space that is Uribe with a third baseman like David Wright, I just don't know if it will happen. Temporarily, the answer could be Jerry Hairston, Jr., who has definitely earned a starting spot with his play thus far. Could Loney platoon with Sands, to at least give the kid a shot. If nothing else, he might provide some surprise pop from the right side.
5. Dump Ned Colletti
It's time. New ownership, new team…now let's get a new G.M. Don't forget, this is the very same Ned Colletti who inked Uribe to a three-year, $21 million dollar deal after a fluke of a season. Did Colletti forget that Uribe had a .297 career on-base percentage? I could stand in the box and take every pitch of my career and have a better on-base percentage than that. Colletti, for all the good intentions he has, never panned out in Los Angeles. I think Magic needs to clean house in the front office and give the fans someone who will spend money wisely, rather than in a panic. If Don Mattingly can get a better quality lineup, we can see what he's really capable of as a manager.
Those are my five cents (hah, see what I did there?). Let me know in the comments below what you think! Go Dodgers!


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August 3, 2015
Jacques Brand
Andreina Nieves
Tiger Woods
MIKE ANTOLINI: Good morning. Welcome to the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship media day. My name is Mike Antolini, and I am the Vice President of Championships for the Tiger Woods Foundation. Thank you, all, for joining us today. We are just 28 days away from the 13th Deutsche Bank Championship over Labor Day Weekend. Very excited for the week.
We're very fortunate to have a committed title sponsor in Deutsche Bank and also the support of our founding partners, Wall Street Journal, PBS Radio, and Gulf Oil. I'd like to acknowledge Tiger Woods Foundation President and CEO Rick Singer who is in the room, in addition to our Tiger Woods Foundation board member and Deutsche Bank deputy CEO of North America Bill Woodley. I'd also thank and acknowledge the 1,500 Blue Crew volunteers led by Danielle Sicard and Jack Rawitz, who are both with us today. I'd like to thank and acknowledge the town of Norton and its town manager Michael Yunitz and the town of Mansfield and its town manager Bill Ross for their continued support here in the local community.
We have a terrific host site at TPC Boston. We thank them for their hospitality for hosting us today, and they're led by their general manager Dan Wazlewski and superintendent Tom Brodeur and their fantastic team, and each year we're very grateful for their support and hospitality in hosting us over Labor Day Weekend.
The Tiger Woods Foundation has served as the primary charitable beneficiary of the Deutsche Bank Championship since 2003, and this is the third year that we are running the event as its host organization. We're very proud of the expanding role that we've played in this region. The DBC, as you know, is the second leg of the FedEx Playoffs and will welcome the top 100 players in the FedEx rankings to TPC Boston this Labor Day Weekend.
There's been a tremendous amount of excitement across the PGA TOUR this year, and again, the field will be nothing short of spectacular. We're anticipating a collection of the best players in the world, including Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, defending FedExCup champ Billy Horschel, New England's own Keegan Bradley, and these are just a few. I could really stand up here for a while and rattle off the world's best who are going to be joining us over Labor Day Weekend.
We expect great crowds again this year. The overwhelming amount of support that we receive from the Boston and New England communities has been very much appreciative, and we task ourselves really with continually trying to elevate the experience.
This year we are excited for some fan enhancements. The Champions Club on the 17th fairway will feature a second level. We'll have a DraftKings Lounge in there for fans to enjoy. We are introducing new reserved box seats greenside at 17 and also in the Gosling's Dark 'N Stormy Terrace on 18, which we're very excited about.
The signature par‑3 16th hole will have a new tee debuting for the DBC this year. You'll actually see it today. It will play approximately 190 yards, so it's going to extend the hole a bit, and our signature skybox will sit right behind that new tee overlooking all the action on the par‑3 signature 16th.
Tickets are selling fast, especially in these upgraded areas, so we encourage all to visit DBChampionship.com to secure your tickets.
The Deutsche Bank Championship will again pay tribute to our armed forces by offering active duty and retired military service members with complimentary admission into our Military Patriots' Outpost on the 17th tee. This is all made possible due to the great support that we have from Deutsche Bank and new military supporting partner, TempurPedic.
The DBC is a powerful vehicle that improves our community, and we're very proud of the more than nearly $700 million in estimated economic impact brought to the region since 2003. The DBC supports several causes that are important to both Deutsche Bank and the Tiger Woods Foundation, and we're proud of the impact that this championship continues to make, and we wouldn't be where we are today without the support of Deutsche Bank and its leadership.
Here with us to talk about Deutsche Bank's role as a title sponsor and their focused support of both veterans and education, please welcome Deutsche Bank CEO of North America, Jacques Brand.
JACQUES BRAND: Good morning, everybody. Thank you, Michael, for your kind words. It's great to be back here at TPC. I know that all of you look forward to playing the course this afternoon, and I'm sure that you'll have a great time.
As Mike mentioned, this is our 13th year sponsoring this tournament. Mike was very gracious to talk about or thanking Deutsche Bank. I want to take a moment to thank Mike and his entire crew, including all of our volunteers for all they do to make this championship a world‑class event, so thank you very, very much, Mike.
Mike started to name, I think, the top 100 players who are going to be here. I'm sure it's going to be a fantastic tournament. We look forward to it, and this championship not only has a positive impact on the course, but it equally has a positive impact off the course, and each year the championship gives back to the local community.
As you recall in 2013 we raised money for the victims of the tragic Boston Marathon bombing, and the 2013 champion at that time, Henrik Stenson, generously and very spontaneously gave a portion of his winnings on the 18th hole.
Last year our cause and our focus was veterans, which continues to be‑‑ they continue to come back to this country in record numbers, and last year we supported the veterans in the Boston area by sponsoring what is now the largest veterans' career fair at local nearby Gillette Stadium. It was so successful last year, we're going to do it again on September 2nd. It's a really inspiring event that connects veterans with employers and shows those employers the unique skills that those veterans have. I was there last year. I'll be there again this year.
I'd like to thank Rob, Art, who's here from RecruitMilitary, and is our partner on that.
This year we're highlighting and we're supporting access to education, and we're highlighting those education programs that support very highly qualified, low‑income students to get into college, and the organization that we're supporting is Strive For College, which helps students get into college.
Now, many of these students are the first in their families to go to college, and I know how transformative this experience can be from a personal perspective, because I was the first in my family to go to college, and I know that it has facilitated my three sons and hopefully has improved their lives and the next generations of Brands, including one son who is here today.
Strive is very important in what it does because each year there are 400,000 qualified low‑income students who can get into college but never make it there, and for many of them, it's because there are not enough counselors who are there to guide them through the process of admissions, the process of finding the right college and financial aid, and in most public schools in the United States, there is only one counselor for every 500 students, and that number actually doubles when you look at low‑income areas where there is one counselor for every thousand students.
Strive For College helps to match students with the college that's right for them and helps them to get financial aid. They do it with mentors. It's a very, very simple idea, and it changes lives of many generations to come.
Within our own firm, not only are we providing financial support for our employees, we're also providing financial support for employees who are actually donating of their time in order to be mentors, and we hope to encourage everybody who comes to the championship to volunteer to be mentors, including all of you hopefully, and we'll have information at the championship in order to sign up as mentors.
The founder of Strive For College is here today. I'm looking for Michael Carter. There he is. And so all of you will hopefully get an opportunity to meet Michael and learn more about the program.
As Mike mentioned earlier, I'd also like to acknowledge Rick Singer, who is the CEO and president of the Tiger Woods Foundation. The Foundation has done so much for the cause of education. You'll be hearing from one of the Earl Woods Scholars in a moment, which I know I'm looking forward to it, and you'll hear her story.
So on and off the course, the championship celebrates everybody who's working hard to fulfill their potential. I hope all of you have a wonderful day today. I look forward to seeing you over the course of the day and certainly look forward to being with all of you in September when the tournament kicks off. Thank you.
MIKE ANTOLINI: Thank you, Jacques, and again, we wouldn't be able to make the impact that we are making through this event without Deutsche Bank and also our local presenting partner, EMC, as well. The Tiger Woods Foundation provides college access to underserved youth through programs that include internships, workshops, and dedicated mentors. This year we are excited to announce an expanded role in the region by introducing six new Boston Earl Woods Scholars. They joined a growing group of more than 130 scholars around the country here in Boston, in Washington D.C., in New York and California.
Today we invited one of our Boston scholars, Nina Nieves, to share with us how the Tiger Woods Foundation has impacted her life. She is an incredible example of why the support of the Deutsche Bank Championship is so critical. She makes us proud, and we're honored to have her here today. Please welcome Nina Nieves.
ANDREINA NIEVES: Good afternoon. My name is Andreina Nieves Crispin, and I'm an Earl Woods Scholar. This upcoming fall I'll be a junior at Syracuse University. I'm majoring in public health and sociology. It is an honor to be here today, sharing my story and sharing how my life has changed in the frame of three years. Through ups and downs, the Tiger Woods Foundation has changed my life. It has been my support system, and most importantly it has been my family.
I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to Boston when I was 13 years old with my sister and my mom. I was placed in a middle school where everybody but me spoke English. Without knowing the language, I was faced with two choices. I could have chosen to learn as time progressed or dedicated every single second of my time to learning. I chose the latter. I began studying during lunch period with my English professor, Ms.Leggert. Within six months of spending my lunchtime with her, I improved so much, I no longer felt insecure of my accent or my English.
I attended the John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science in Roxbury. High school to me was a great time. I loved my friends, my teachers. I was captain of the cheerleading team and several clubs, and my grades were good. My family life was complicated, but that was the norm for me. It became more complicated with the passing of my grandmother to Alzheimer's disease. When it came time to apply to colleges, this loss made me feel lonelier than I've ever been. The people I could ask about college were my older sister Geraldine and my guidance counselor. But as a first‑generation college student herself, my sister only had so much advice to give me, and my guidance counselor had another 120 kids to advise.
Among the pile of scholarship applications my counselor gave me was the Earl Woods Scholarship. When I took a look, I thought there was no way a girl like me could get it, but I applied anyways. By that time I had already received all my acceptance letters, but the only school I was seriously considering was Syracuse University.
The only problem was that my family could barely afford it. When I got the phone call that I had received the scholarship, I knew the Foundation would change my life in more ways than by simply giving me the opportunity to attend my dream school.
As soon as I became an Earl Woods Scholar, I gained a family. I gained mentors and a support system. My fellow scholars are like siblings to me. When we see each other, it's like we've known each other our whole life. The staff at the Foundation treats this program and its scholars as if we are their extended family. From Denise calling me to check in and telling me she misses me and hopes I'm doing well, to Michelle and Christina doing random checkups, they've become so close to me that they call me Nina, just like my family does.
Because of the scholarship, I also gained a mentor in Tony. Within the short amount of time I've known him, he has become someone I can count on, someone who loves brunch as much as I do, and although he is busy, I know he has my back. To be honest, without the scholarship program, I would probably be at some other school. My life wouldn't be the same. I would have never met the wonderful people I have encountered. I wouldn't be part of clubs or any community service initiatives that I'm part of at Syracuse University. I wouldn't have been able to join my sorority or had internships at places like Berklee College of Music and my current internship with the Boston Red Sox. I will never be able to pay back the Foundation, but when they asked me to give the speech, I said yes without hesitation.
They have continued to mold me into the young professional I am today because of the support, the workshops and the mock interviews they've had with me. I truly feel prepared to take on the world once I graduate from Syracuse University. Thank you to the Tiger Woods Foundation and to the amazing staff that continues to support me on a daily basis. They have taught me to keep fighting for my dream and to never give up because there is always someone backstage who believes in you, even if you don't know it. Thank you.
MIKE ANTOLINI: Thanks, Nina. Nina represents the type of students we're hoping to reach through the foundation, and we're proud of you, Nina, and your fellow Boston Scholars.
Our next guest has a deep connection with the Deutsche Bank Championship. He's won the event in 2006, and he's served as the founder of the Tiger Woods Foundation. Please welcome, live via satellite, Tiger Woods.
TIGER WOODS: I'm here.
MIKE ANTOLINI: Thanks for joining us today.
TIGER WOODS: Thanks, Mike. It's great to be here. I just want to start off by saying that the Deutsche Bank event has been near and dear to our hearts. It dates back 13 years now, starts back with my father and Seth Waugh getting involved and creating this idea of this event in the Boston area, and lo and behold, here we are 13 years later with 131 Earl Woods Scholars and a person like Nina and five others now this year have been added, too, so a grand total of 10 in the Boston area that now are going to college. Without the support of Deutsche Bank and EMC, this event would not have been elevated to the level it's at, now being part of the Playoffs with the top 100 players in the FedExCup race involved. It's been incredible to see. The support we've gotten from Norton and the entire Boston region, you know, as we all know, Boston is a huge sporting nut town, and to have all the fans come out and support this event over the years has been incredible. To have won it once, been in contention a bunch of times, unfortunately only got it done once, but the crowds have been fantastic, and their support and their understanding over the years of what we're trying to do with the Tiger Woods Foundation and how we're trying to inspire and help kids gain access to college. What they don't understand, I think that people don't realize is that we have now 131 Earl Woods Scholars in the program, but each and every one of them have a mentor. So when they go off to college, not only are we providing them with the financial aid but more importantly we are providing them with a mentor, and they're never alone, and to have access to a person 24/7 is so vital.
I remember going to college at Stanford, and I had a person in the business department, he has now passed, but I had an opportunity to talk to him each and every day if I wanted to. He was always there, and even though I was away from home, he became basically like my surrogate father, and so I was always felt that I was never alone in college. A lot of these kids are now first‑generation students who are going to college, and for them to have a mentor who's been there, done that, and has been successful in life, to have an opportunity to be able to tap into that knowledge is vital.
But we wouldn't have these opportunities for these students like Nina and the rest of the Earl Woods Scholars to go to college without the support of Deutsche Bank and all of the volunteers that come out, the Blue Crew and all the fans that come out and support our event. It's been fantastic. Last year alone we raised $2.2 million, and all of it has gone to the Earl Woods Scholars, local charities and grants, and so the impact of this event has been far reaching I think than people might think, and it would be fantastic if I could get off my butt and get in the top 100 and play in the event.
MIKE ANTOLINI: Thanks, Tiger. We'll now begin the Q&A. There's a lot of members of the media in the room and we'd ask the questions only come from media.
Q. We're getting towards the end of the season and you're pretty far down the list on the FedExCup point list. I know you want to play in this event. Can you talk about what your schedule is going to be the next couple of weeks and what you think you need to do to get in the Top 125, to get in the Barclays and eventually the top 100 to get in Deutsche Bank?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, just win. It's not real complicated. I'm not playing Reno this week or Bridgestone, which is kind of interesting because I've won Bridgestone, what, eight times and I'm not eligible. I didn't qualify. You get into those big events by winning golf tournaments. Fortunately enough I've won the PGA a few times and I'm going to be able to play in that event.
By playing well in the PGA, that determines whether or not I'll play Wyndham, and obviously the rest of the FedExCup Playoffs.
Q. And this past weekend, Tiger, the first two rounds that you had, you found something; what did you find in the first two rounds that was maybe missing the previous couple weeks when you struggled?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, you know what, it's just a process. I'm starting to put this all together, and it's taking some time. I'm starting to get the feel for what Chris and I are implementing. I'm starting to get the understanding of how to hit those shots in tournament situations. Hey, we can all be Ranger Rick and hit golf good shots on the range, but to carry it to the golf course and a golf tournament is another story, and I'm finally able to start doing that now. I know I struggled on Saturday, but I think the one thing that's been missing in my game is I've been able to have stretches where I've hit it really well, but the stretches where I haven't hit it well, I haven't been able to score. And I slapped it all over the place on Saturday for the first seven holes. I hit it in places that you needed some kind of GPS beacon to find my golf ball. But I was somehow able to shoot even par through those seven holes and scramble and score, and it's something that's been missing in my game. But now I got to the 8th hole, hit it in the middle of the fairway and had an opportunity to make birdie there and turn it around and get to 9‑under par, that would have put me five back of the lead and get things rolling. Even though I didn't pull it off, but the fact that I was able to pull it off the first seven holes gives me a ton of confidence, hence I went out there on Sunday and I was 5‑under through 10, missed a little shorty at 11, made a mistake at 12 but got it back and birdied 16. Ended up shooting 3‑under par. There were a lot of positives last week, and just need to keep building and keep progressing.
We look at it, Chris and I, and the guys I've been working with, we look at it more as not just a week to week thing. We're trying to build something for the future. I know that people are looking at it for the season, for a major championship. I'm looking at it more as in years. So coming off a back surgery last year to get in this position where I'm finally starting to put my game together, it feels really good.
Q. Tiger, when you're going through a stretch where maybe you're not playing the kind of golf you're hoping to play and things are being said and written about the state of your game, how do you kind of go about ignoring that, or if you don't ignore it, do you use it to maybe kind of fuel trying to play better?
TIGER WOODS: I don't read anything on the internet that relates to me, so that part is easy. It's doing the‑‑ obviously the post‑round interviews after every round and the media asking me questions about hitting the shot over here, hitting that shot over there. Hey, guys, that's what happens. You make changes in the game, and we all go through stretches like this. Unfortunately mine is probably more viewed nowadays than it used to be. Don't forget when I first made these changes back in '97 through '98 and didn't click in until '99, we didn't have cameras designated from when you arrived at the golf course and every shot I hit throughout the entire round. We didn't have a Tiger Tracker where everything is Tweeted up there about every shot I hit and where it's placed. Trust me, I hit some shots and I went through some rounds where it was really bad, but nothing was reported.
So this is a different day and age, and things are scrutinized a little bit differently than when I went through some certain parts of my career, but that is the day and age we live in.
Q. Do you love golf as much as you always did, or have there been some times where you've fallen out of love with the game because of the struggles that you've had?
TIGER WOODS: No, I love, I love playing the game of golf. I love practicing, and more importantly, I love competing. It doesn't feel very good when I can't compete at the highest level because of some of the physical injuries that I've had over the years and the surgeries that I've had to endure and the rehab process I've had to do throughout my‑‑ now my 20 years out on TOUR. That part has not been fun. But getting out there and practicing and trying to improve and eventually getting out there and playing against the best players in the world, there's no better feeling as an athlete to compete against the best, and to me that's‑‑ it's fun. I'm telling you, it is a rush to go on that first tee and knowing that I've got 155 other guys I need to beat, and over the course of my career, I've been able to beat some of them, but I just love preparing and getting out there and testing my skill.
Q. If not as a player, would you plan to make an appearance up here tournament week?
TIGER WOODS: Absolutely. I'll be there. I have my normal duties as tournament host, and my foundation runs the event, so it'll be very similar to some of the years that I've been injured for the Quicken Loans, that I've been injured for the World Challenge, the Hero World Challenge, or I've been injured for the Deutsche Bank last year. I was still there and supporting the event and doing anything I possibly can to make the event better from a different side, not from the player's side and competing, but from a different aspect.
Q. Following up on Mike's question, it seems like over the last year everybody has been offering you unsolicited advice. Can you share a story or two of some unsolicited advice that may have been kind of amusing to you from your perspective?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, I've had a lot. I think that just like a body part, everyone has an opinion (laughing), so I've had a lot of people just say, basically, hey, quit and retire, you suck; to all you need to do is swing slower; to all you have to do is just make more putts. I've had people at restaurants say, hey, all you need to do is just eat a little bit better and you'll feel better, and that'll make you play better. I'm like, okay, great, I'm having fish and broccoli; how much better does it get than this?
I've had a lot of interesting advice over the years, and it's not just through this period of my career but also some other lean periods of my career that I've had. But I understand the process. I've gone through it, and I'm working my way through it.
Q. Tiger, you've talked about how your game is a process, got to go through the pattern, you feel your game is trending in the right direction. Do you feel yourself being close to winning and just telling the media and the public, I told you so?
TIGER WOODS: I feel I'm very close. It's just a matter of getting those bad stretches and turning them around. Like I was alluding to on Saturday, to slap it all over the place like that and then score is something that I've been missing. If you look at my career, I've never been a person who's hit a bunch of fairways. I've kind of missed it all over the place, but I've been able to score, and scoring comes down to creativity, also comes down to missing the golf ball in the correct spots to give myself the correct angles, to be able to make certain chips, bury those putts. These are little things that go into scoring and it's something that I was missing at the beginning of the year because I was changing my pattern, so hence my short game was off, and I wasn't able to miss the ball in the correct spots, give myself the right angles. Let's say if I miss the fairway, yes, no big deal, if I miss it on the correct side in which I have a gap to play through. That's something that I've always been able to do.
Through the periods of my career where I've struggled and I haven't been able to win golf tournaments, I've gone through those stretches where I've turned it around and I've been able to miss the ball in the right spots. This is not a game about being perfect, it's about giving yourself the best opportunity and playing the percentages. So just hanging in there, putting the ball in the correct spots, making those key crucial up‑and‑downs, it can turn a round completely around, and instead of end up shooting something that is ugly like 73, 74, 75, you turn it into a 70 or a 69, and you run the rest of the three days and you win the golf tournament.
I think what you saw with Troy this week when he won is that he didn't go low basically three of the four days. He was just hanging in there, hanging in there, hanging in there, got on a hot stretch. I'm sure if you ask him, the first couple days, he probably missed some shots, made a couple key up‑and‑downs, struggled a little bit, got hot, shot 10‑under on Saturday and put himself in there with a chance to win and played well on Sunday. He didn't play like that the first two days. He missed a few shots here and there but he hung around, hung around, and got hot still.
Q. I'm wondering, have you decided yet whether you're going to play in Greensboro, and if not what factors might go into that decision?
TIGER WOODS: What I was saying earlier is a lot of it is dependent on what I do with the PGA and whether or not I have a chance to make the Playoffs. I need to obviously play well at the PGA to get myself to move up in points and then give myself an opportunity to get into the Playoffs. Right now I'm so far off that I need to have a really high finish, and nothing higher than winning my fifth PGA would be nice.
Q. You had mentioned that somebody had suggested you quit. Have you ever thought of quitting?
TIGER WOODS: Have I ever thought of quitting? No, not quitting the game of golf. There will come a point in time where I will retire. I'm not going to be out here forever. I'm not going to be one of those guys that plays at 70 years old and is one of those guys taking up a spot. If I still feel that I'm competitive and I can play at a high level and can win golf tournaments, yeah, I'll stay out here. But there comes a point in time in every athlete's career where you know that your best isn't good enough anymore, and I'm definitely not at that point yet. I'm not 40, and there are plenty of guys who have had enormous success in their 40s. Look what Vijay did not too long ago throughout his 40s. Starting in 2003 I believe he won nine times that year. He's won more times in his 40s than anybody else. What Sam Snead did throughout his 40s, that's something that I feel like I'm in good enough shape, I've kept myself athletic enough where I can compete at this level. I still have the club head speed and the ball speed to hit the ball out there and take care of the par‑5s, and that's something that is important going forward against these new young kids who hit the ball so far.
When I first came out here, John Daly was the only person who average over 300 yards. I hit it 296, I believe, somewhere like in '97, '98, when I was really long. A big carry back then in those days was if you could carry the ball 280, you were huge. Now the number is 320. You see guys like Dustin and Bubba and Gary all can carry the ball 320 on call. I'm not quite at that level, but I know I can carry the ball over 300, so I can take care of some of the longer holes and once I got on a little bit of a roll that I can play similar golf to what I used to on just about any golf course.
Q. You mentioned earlier talking about Ranger Rick and bringing your game from the range to the course. How do you combat the difficulties you've had going from the range and those starts that you've had getting behind the 8‑ball basically in a lot of tournaments?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, that's just‑‑ as I said, that's part of the process. That's part of getting it to where it feels comfortable from the word go. The warmup I had on Friday was not very good at all. I hit it all over the range, and I felt awful going out there on the golf course, and that was probably my best ball‑striking day. That is something that I'm very‑‑ that's kind of how I used to play and what I used to go through. There are periods where, yeah, you warm up great and go out there and hit it great. There are times where you warm up poorly and you still play well, and that's part of the scoring thing that I was alluding to earlier, missing the ball in the correct spots and getting those key up‑and‑downs here and there and turning rounds around, and that's something that has been missing in my game, and it's now finally starting to come back.
If you look at my swing back even a few years ago to where I'm at now, it's at a polar 180, so that takes a little bit of time, and throughout that process I had a back surgery in there. So that hasn't been a lot of fun. So it takes time to go through all that and to get my body into a position where not only can I practice but also engrain the pattern, and then once you engrain the pattern, now take it out on the golf course and see how it is and make adjustments from there.
Q. Talking about just the concept of overexertion, you've been famous for working so hard and taking so many golf swings and yet you have the back pain and the back surgeries. Has there ever been a point where you've considered dialing it down because I'm sure you battled trying to get that repetition with the fact that your body needs rest?
TIGER WOODS: Yeah, you know what, as I have aged certainly I don't hit as many golf balls as I used to. I certainly don't go out there and hit 500 drivers like I have in the past in a day. Now it's, yeah, I'll hit more short shots and I'll engrain my pattern that way, and what's more important is that now that I'm healthy enough to play soccer all day with my kids. That's been a lot of fun, so I don't have to run the miles like I used to. I don't have to run 30 miles a week like I did early in my career. I'll let the kids do that and I'll just help them with drills, and I'll play and teach them how to do certain things. So I'm going to become more of a delegator than a guy that's actually going out there and running all those miles like I used to.
MIKE ANTOLINI: Thank you, Tiger. Appreciate you joining us. We'll look forward to seeing you soon. That concludes today's program. We look forward‑‑ for those of you who are playing golf, the range is open. I know there's delicious food here at TPC Boston, and we look forward to seeing all of you out here in just 28 short days for the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship. Thank you.
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Biodiversity information for Development (BID) -Jamaica Project
The project Advancing Jamaican Biodiversity Data Products and Information Services, known as Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) – Jamaica Project for short was successfully implemented from September 2017 to January 2019. The Jamaica CHM was instrumental in the coordination of the project. The Institute of Jamaica-led project in collaboration with partners (National Environment and Planning Agency, Natural History Museum in London, and Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust) aimed to address Jamaica's obligations under the CBD's Aichi Target 19: By 2020, knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied. Note that this is also a stated National Target in the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Jamaica, 2016 – 2021. This project was funded by the European Union in partnership with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).


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Hatfield is a town and civil parish, in the borough of Welwyn, Hertfordshire. It has a population of just under thirty thousand and is of Saxon origin. From the 1930's when De Havilland opened a factory, until the 1990's when British aerospace closed, Hatfield was heavily associated with aircraft design and manufacture, which employed more people than any other industry.
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Hackney is an area of East London that is home to a variety of ethnic communities. It is a haven for food outlets, restaurants, pubs, bars and clubs and you will find many entertainment venues and leisure facilities close by. This interesting part of East London doesn't have a great reputation thanks to the riots of last summer but it is now starting to rebuild its reputation with a little help from the stunning Hackney escorts.
Marble Arch was designed by John Nash in 1828 and was built as the chief entrance to Buckingham Palace. When the palace extended in 1851 it was moved and is now the entrance to Hyde Park. There is a lot of history surrounding the area although the area is, these days, made up of bars and hotels.
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On Tuesday, Major League Baseball began handing out its postseason awards, so I'd like to give my thoughts plus take a look at my preseason predictions. First, The playoffs. I said the Rangers, Rays, Yankees and Twins would make the playoffs in the AL. Check, check, check and check. I did, however, qualify my Twins pick saying they'd make it if they went out and got a closer to replace Joe Nathan. They got Matt Capps. In the NL, I said the Phillies, Cardinals, Giants and Braves would pop the champagne. Three out of four ain't bad. The Cardinals held a slight lead in the Central midway through the season but stunk up the joint in the second half. The Phillies sleeping bats and Cliff Lee ending up in Texas put the kibosh on my Phillies-Rays World Series rematch.
On the individual awards front, I said Roy Halladay would win the NL Cy Young. I see no reason to stray from the opinion now. The same goes with Felix Hernandez in the AL, although his win total may cause some voters to look elsewhere. I'm standing by the King though. I didn't fare so well with the MVPs. Both Hanley Ramirez and Evan Longoria had sub par years by their standards. I think Joey Votto should win the NL MVP. Josh Hamilton had a great season but a September injury may cost him the award, but he'd get my vote. As for Rookies of the Year, I predicted Jason Heyward and Austin Jackson. Both had solid years, but not spectacular, which may have kept the door open for Buster Posey and Neftali Feliz. As for managers of the year (I did not have preseason predictions for this category) I think the NL awards should go the Charlie Manuel or holding together a team decimated by injuries and putting up the highest win total, but Bud Black will win it with the turn around in San Diego. As for the AL, I'd vote for Ron Gardenhire. Nathan missed the season. Morneau missed the second half. The Twins won the AL Central easily. Besides, I refuse to vote for the junkie in Texas. Buck Showalter deserves some votes, as he managed the Orioles to the best record in the AL East after in the time span after he took over, but he only managed half a season.
The Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards have already been announced. The Phillies only got one award. Shane Victorino won his 3rd Gold Glove. I gave up on Gold Gloves when Bobby Abreu won one. He gave as much effort in the field as a crack head stripper gives for a lap dance when she has a rock in her duffel bag and her rent prepaid for the next two months.
In my miscellaneous section, I said breakout stars would be Billy Butler from KC and Everth Cabrera of SD. Butler started out like gangbusters but cooled off. He had a decent year. Cabrera hurt his hamstring early in the season which isn't a particularly good thing for a speedster. He never recovered. I, also, said Adrian Beltre would have a monster comeback season. He did. And Edwin Jackson would be a bust in Arizona. He was. I predicted CC Sabathia would succumb to injury and only post 11 wins. He had 21, but did have surgery already this off-season, so I was kinda right. Kind of.
All in all I had a pretty spectacular beat on this season, but I'd trade them all in if I could have just gotten my World Series Champions guess right. (The Fightins)
Don't forget to check out the Drunk Phils Fans page throughout the winter as I will still be posting.
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Should you buy earthquake insurance?
I get asked this question often and thought you could benefit from this information.
While there is no standard yes/no response to this, having additional insurance coverage is always a good idea as long as it makes financial sense to you. Since we are in California earthquakes are extremely common as you know.
I put together this article link below for your review to outline all the pros and cons.


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Managing events and projects in Final Cut Pro X can be a little tricky. By default, Final Cut Pro loads all your events and projects on launch. While you can organize and hide events by hard drive, and you can create folders for your projects, Final Cut still needs to load all those events and projects. And while it may be handy to have everything you've ever imported or edited available all the time, sometimes I prefer to limit what I (or clients) can see.
Now it's certainly possible to hide events and projects from Final Cut Pro X simply by moving them to different folders in the Finder – which is frankly the way that I had been doing it for quite awhile. But Event Manager X makes that process so much faster and easier. In this week's episode of MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to use this very handy application.
By the way, you don't need to quit Final Cut Pro X to use Event Manager X as I state in the video!
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USA: Volta to offer ad-financed fast-charging for free
The US startup Volta wants to offer electric car drivers free DC charging in the first 30 minutes, refinanced through advertising. The first 150 of these DC chargers are to be installed nationwide within the next twelve months at busy retail locations.
Volta says its business model will help brick and mortar locations to attract customers while "sponsoring brands leverage the stations to generate meaningful uplift" on the large screens that cover the charging stations. Advertising aside, each charging session is free for 30 minutes before customers can opt to pay a fee to continue the session.
Each of the new chargers will offer speeds from 50 kW to 100 kW using the CCS standard only. According to Volta, half an hour of charging will deliver up to 175 miles of range, a good 280 km.
There will be 150 such DC charging stations to start with. The first site will open this Friday in Norwalk, Connecticut followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
In Norwalk, Volta is working with SoNo Collection, a retail centre currently being built by Brookfield Properties. The site will offer a total of 12 chargers, including a mix of the free Level 3 fast-chargers alongside Volta Level 2 chargers.
Brookfield Properties plans to roll the Volta fast charger network out to their properties nationwide, according to Scott Mercer, Volta's founder and CEO. To determine the best locations, the startup says it will leverage "a combination of data modelling and venue customer behaviour to determine the optimal ratio of Level 2 and DC fast-charging stations for each location".
Volta was founded in 2010 and recently received funding for the above expansion.
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U.S., 2018, 79 min, 2K DCP, Dir. Michelle Memran, Not Rated, Women Make Movies
The Rest I Make Up
Friday, 10/5 to Monday, 10/8
"It's more than the portrait of an artist (or even of two); it's a revelation and exaltation of the artistic essence, of the very nature of an artist's life as an unending act of creation in itself." – Richard Brody, The New Yorker
The visionary Cuban-American dramatist and educator María Irene Fornés spent her career constructing astonishing worlds onstage and teaching countless students how to connect with their imaginations. When she gradually stops writing due to dementia, an unexpected friendship with filmmaker Michelle Memran reignites her spontaneous creative spirit and triggers a decade-long collaboration that picks up where the pen left off. The duo travels from New York to Havana, Miami to Seattle, exploring the playwright' s remembered past and their shared present. Luminaries such as Edward Albee, Ellen Stewart, Lanford Wilson and others weigh in on Fornes's important contributions. What began as an accidental collaboration becomes a story of love, creativity, and connection that persists even in the face of forgetting.
Director/producer Michelle Merman and producer Heather Winters will attend the Opening Night Reception, introducing the film and doing Q&As with the audience throughout the holiday weekend. Opening Night Reception starts at 7:00 pm followed by the screening at 8:00 pm. Light fare and drinks will be provided, courtesy of Morton's The Steakhouse.
For reasons as varied as the differences between them, three major Cuban literary figures left the island where they were born and - without losing their identities - made an indelible imprint on the world at large. What the three documentary portraits that comprise this series have in common is the devotion of the filmmakers to rescue from oblivion and celebrate the spirit of these artists, to ensure that their memory will outlive us all.
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Apple iPhone sales are skyrocketing, the company is continuing to manufacture over 90 million units for the next few sales cycle. With this amount of product on the market, you are bound to have a few accidents.
When it comes to iPhone screen repair costs, consumers should understand the cost of repairing their iPhone before passing it over to Apple customer service. This short guide will give you the truth about managing iPhone screen repair costs.
iPhone Screen Repair
Before consulting with Apple Care, you can research the different methods of achieving a cheaper cost. There is a wide variety of different costs when it comes to the many iPhone models.
The cost can range from $60 to over $340 if you own a more high-end model. Once you diagnose the problem, you can look into finding methods of repairing it.
The Apple Store takes into consideration these many different models. For example, on the lower end, the iPhone SE starts at $129. But, on the higher-end, models like iPhone 12 Pro Max are greater starting at $329.
The introduction of the OLED screen is only increasing costs due to its higher quality picture. The traditional screens from the older iPhones models significantly drop the repair fees.
The iPhone SE and iPhones 6, 6S Plus, iPhone & 7s Plus, are among the older models that do not require OLED replacement. In these cases, with the shipment of older items, the screen repair cost can increase. At this point, a complete replacement of the iPhone will most likely come as a recommendation.
The costs of iPhone repairs in general average $220 total. This is the total taken from data researching the national average. Many individuals drop and break their phones. Each outlet will have prices that differ depending on the model and the other factors.
These prices will also increase if the iPhone model does not contain an Apple Warranty. Stores are also known to reject certain models with a warranty. Apple's fees experience a significant increase in price if the warranty on their phones is broken.
Screen Replacement Logistics
Before you panic, you must understand that a crack in the screen is not permanent damage. There is a possibility of reversing this damage done to your screen.
Repairing the screen itself can potentially save you money in the long run. Instead of a full-screen replacement, you can repair smaller cracks. Modern technology seeks to create thinner more sleek designs.
This results in newer phone models receiving parts that are glued together rather than using a drill or screwdriver. This can allow for servicing but will require special tools and attention to detail.
Local shops usually possess all of the tools necessary for servicing. This can be a delicate process, which encourages users to seek professional consultation.
The Cost of Shopping Local
Several local iPhone repair shops can give you a professional consultation. These professionals will give you a diagnosis of the issue at hand. With that said, if the diagnosis returns as being more than the actual cost of the phone itself, a replacement is in order.
The time it takes to have a replacement from a local shop can save you a lot of time. The shipping and handling of a mail-in phone repair item along with the return can be lengthy.
The same circumstance can also occur when delivering to a corporate setting like the Apple Care Repair Center. There is a high influx of items daily in the Apple Care inventory. If you need an emergency repair, it will still take a good amount of time if these corporate stores are over-encumbered.
In these cases, it's more viable to research and find a local shop to consider taking in the repair. They may do same-day replacements if the staff are available. They can also give a more personal customizable approach without skyrocketing the price.
They may also contain materials that other corporate stores do not have available. As Apple Stores do their best to force an upsell of an item or reject the repairs of certain traditional iPhone models.
Price Match & More
Another great perk of local shops is the ability to compare published prices. The local shop may offer the ability to trade in various iPhone models. They can also beat competitor prices.
With certain stores, you can compare receipts and request a price match. This price match will directly compare the price of a local brick-and-mortar shop to their own shop value of $5 or more. But, this will not match special discounts or codes that you apply to a final total.
Apple Store Genius Bar
There are fewer than 300 Apple Care facilities across the nation offering full repair services. Receiving same-day consultation from the Genius Bar is difficult with the amount of daily IT requests.
The time it takes to repair the item, at times, can take over a week. Especially if it's a phone diagnosis. There are too many phones in line waiting for service. The low-end iPhone models average $30 to $150 per phone. The higher-end phones will average around $270 to $330 in price per phone.
There is a big price difference between iPhone users under Apple Care Coverage. But, out of warranty, the cost of repairing increases. Additional repairs will tack on a higher cost.
iPhone Screen Repair Cost
There is a considerable price difference between local units and Apple Store Genius Bars. It's important to consult with a professional about the iPhone screen repair cost before agreeing to a price.
Compare the prices between a third-party company and Apple's Genius Bar price models. It's also important to check if the local seller has favorable reviews to help reinforce your confidence in their repairs.
Follow our blog for more information on iPhone screen repairs and professional iPhone repair consultations!