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The territory of the post-professional
Posted on | November 5, 2012 | 7 Comments
Here is the start of a paper I'm working on for the 'Data, Memory, Territory' workshop at UWS in November. It is lonely writing in a foreign hotel room! So I post it here in case anyone has any feedback. Given the frame for the event I'm hoping to develop the relationship between time, mastery and territory, including the imposition of temporality and control in the colonial sense that I think Dourish and Mainwaring mean in this paper (pdf). More thoughts welcome.
Measuring productivity through GTD and life-hacking
'Getting Things Done' (GTD) and 'life-hacking' applications allow users to accomplish their goals and reclaim appropriate space-time perception in the face of network culture's immersive and distracting potential. Through a range of measures, from shutting down email and non-priority communication to quantifying peak performance periods for maximum efficiency, GTD apps facilitate the pleasures of individual productivity. With names like 'SelfControl,' 'Omnifocus', 'Rescue Time' and 'Freedom', their intent is to offer liberation as much as consolation: to provide mastery over extraneous matters and the fallibility of memory to ensure optimal work flow.
This new software industry solves the difficulty workers and individuals face in the battle against new media technologies' distracting potential. But it is also a technological solution to an ontological and empirical problem. The networked nature of contemporary work makes it possible to deliver more information than ever before, and hence more requests for employees' attention than it is possible to action. This poses significant risks to the wellbeing of workers faced with the psychological challenge of managing information and communication requests largely on their own. GTD apps suggest that access to the plenitude of data available in online networks can lead to an inability to accomplish routine tasks, whether professional or domestic (as the application 'Remember the Milk' illustrates). Chronic, habitual online connectivity – our compulsion to connect – raises important questions about interest, self-surveillance, agency and will.
Emanating from the male-dominated fields of IT design and hacker subcultures, GTD illustrates the shift towards 'algorithmic living'. The services provided by productivity apps include turning human behaviour into data and code for measurement, and thus potential adjustment and improvement, through a quantified self. In this sense, the connection between GTD and hacking lifestyles dating back to the beginnings of the World Wide Web require exploration. The GTD worldview approaches personal and professional tasks alike as challenges to be overcome through efficient programming. It rests on an innate technological optimism that has characterised key moments in the history of the Internet. What this latest manifestation of tech-utopia suggests is that there may be a growing section of the population for whom the ability to act without the prompting of computer platforms is either undesirable or unthinkable. In practice, GTD applications respond to as much as they may also exacerbate the fallibility of human memory in the face of data overload.
To focus on the technological dimensions of GTD alone however is to miss some significant lineages that also assist in understanding its function. 'Getting Things Done' is one of the most successful titles in the broader suite of time management publications that have been a feature of office life over the course of many decades. GTD owes a debt to this longer legacy of management self-help and discourses of professionalism that typified mid-century modernity – the classic period of Fordist production. As the ranks of middle management swelled in the organization era, the genre of business self-help served as a training ground for a generally male business class seeking to secure reputational capital and the benefits of life-long employment. In flexible, decentralised organizations today, time management has been one of the most prominent of techniques cultivated by individuals to maintain productivity and employability. No longer satisfied by the predictability of a company career, employees have increasingly gained fulfillment through proximity to 'projects' and 'networks', just as their employers offered the benefits of 'flexibility' as opposed to stability. With their emphasis on streamlined workflow, the efficiency logics of GTD apps epitomise these broader cultural trends. They evolve in tandem with management protocols inviting employees to display autonomy and responsibility by 'working smarter, not harder'. Yet the significance of these survival skills in today's employment market is their distance from the career path underpinning earlier efforts at professional strategising. GTD's individualised response to workplace inefficiency is a marker of the inchoate labour politics of the 'precarious' white-collar worker.
The self-sufficient worker downloading GTD apps today takes on the imperative of productivity in spite of a generalised lack of employment and institutional security. In this present period of cognitive capitalism, the distinction between 'material' (manual) and so-called 'immaterial' (mental) labour dissolves, since the source of surplus value even for highly trained workers results in similar forms of ontological precarity. As distinct from Fordist modes of production, in cognitive capitalism the worker's experience of surveillance moves from externally imposed discipline to internal self-management. This explains the freedom workers feel in identifying with imperatives that are directly productive for capital. The combined effect of these changes, in which the whole of one's life and personality are available for profitable benefits, calls for careful scrutiny of the perceived benefits of productivity at an individual and social level.
The difference between time management in the organizational era – defined by 'to do' lists, clock time, and a highly gendered division of labour – and GTD in the network era – where employees at all levels are equally responsible for their productivity – is thus also the difference between professional and post-professional subjectivity. This is a work context in which traditional forms of management surveillance are less obvious since the innate value of productivity is no longer questioned. But it is also a moment in which the commonsense tenets of individualism and freedom have become so embedded in technology design that a cooperative politics of resistance is significantly impaired.
The philosophy of time management underpinning productivity applications takes a particular notion of time for granted. It assumes that time, like the worker, can be disciplined in line with the imperatives of capitalist production, and it does this in an unquestioning way. Using feminist theories of time that have emerged in the wake of the 'corporeal turn' and the rise of affect theory, this paper questions the default definition of 'time' in 'time management'. GTD's faith in technology as the salve for broader ontological insecurity offers an interesting take on questions of data and territory insofar as it illuminates technology's role in users' everyday attempts to control the unpredictable terrain of labour and 'life itself'. But comparative analysis of time management manuals and GTD apps, along with feminist philosophy and cultural theory, can critique 'the order of things' that is life-hacking's mandate to reproduce. It can further reveal the neat fit between the GTD outlook and the isolating but not inevitable tendencies of neoliberal biopolitics.
Selected references
Berardi, Franco (Bifo) 2009, The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy, Francesca Cadel
Berlant, Lauren 2011, 'After the Good Life, an Impasse: Time Out, Human Resources, and the Precarious Present', Cruel Optimism, Duke University Press, Durham.
Bliss, Edwin C. 1976, Getting Things Done: The ABC of Time Management.
Boltanski, Luc and Ève Chiapello 2005, The New Spirit of Capitalism, Gregory Elliott (trans)., Verso, New York.
Cherny, Lynn and Elizabeth Reba Weise eds., 1996, Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace, Seal Press, Seattle.
Clough, Patricia Ticineto 2010, 'The Affective Turn: Political Economy, Biomedia, and Bodies', The Affect Theory Reader, Melissa Gregg and Gregory J. Seigworth eds., Duke University Press, Durham, pp. 206-225.
Collis, Jack and Michael Leboeuf 1995/1988, Work Smarter Not Harder, Revised ed., Harper Business, Sydney.
De Peuter, Greg and Nick Dyer-Witheford 2009, 'Cognitive Capitalism: Electronic Arts', Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
Dourish, Paul and Scott Mainwaring 2012, 'Ubicomp's Colonial Impulse', Paper presented at UbiComp 2012, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep 5-8.
Foucault, Michel 1988, 'Technologies of the Self', in L. H. Martin, H. Gutman and P. H. Hutton eds., Technologies of the Self, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, pp 16–49.
Gill, R. & Pratt, A. 2008. 'In the Social Factory? Immaterial Labour, Precariousness and Cultural Work' Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 25 , Nos. 7-8, pp, 1-30.
Gregg, Melissa 2011, Work's Intimacy, Polity, Cambridge.
Grosz, Elizabeth 2010, 'The Untimeliness of Feminist Theory', NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 48-51.
Mills, C. Wright 1973/1951, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, Oxford University Press, New York.
Mitropoulos, A. 2006. 'Precari-us?' Mute Magazine. January 9. http://www.metamute.org/en/Precari-us
Rose, Nikolas 2006, The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century, Princeton University Press.
Sennett, Richard 1998, The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism, W. W. Norton, New York.
Streeter, Thomas 2011, The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet, New York University Press, New York.
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November 5th, 2012 @ 11:22 am
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November 12th, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
For implementing GTD you can use this application:
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, and a calendar.
Syncs with Evernote and Google Calendar, and also comes with mobile version, and Android and iPhone apps.
Steve Lambert
November 15th, 2012 @ 4:01 pm
I designed SelfControl. I'm also an artist and a professor…
Your piece got me thinking.
The idea that seeking liberation through GTD has it's own traps is compelling. The idea of David Allen's brand (in all senses of the word) of GTD is that one implements all this to be truly free of the demands of everyday modern life. Free to pursue… whatever you may want. And in order to achieve this liberation, you have to follow a relatively strict system. Perhaps it's a trade of sorts.
Granted, GTD isn't always implemented well, and the "life-hack" side of things can be especially creepy.
However, I think there's a strain of GTD that's not about managing or mazimizing your time, but to free yourself from the demands that would occupy all your time. The audience for GTD doesn't work in a factory with regular blows of the whistle and a guy telling you what to do. They get emails at all hours. Their workplace is in several locations, they have amorphous demands, create their own project and their own solutions. Without some system, they're in a purely reactive mode, can quite literally waste time redoing actions, and have little real freedom. With GTD, they have a way of managing these demands – categorizing things and determining what needs to be done now vs later vs never – and focusing on the work that, hopefully, they care the most about, for their livelihood and for their well-being. It's about making the best of a bad situation. I hope I've done this justice because it would be interesting to get your thoughts on it in relation to your draft above. I haven't read Nudge (http://nudges.org/) but I imagine it could shed some light?
(Also, I think there was a Wired article about David Allen's background in some type of spiritual/culty religion thing that he rarely speaks about. I think the lineage of GTD is also drawn from that. Though I'm sure the history of management books had an influence as well. Might be worth looking at.)
I created SelfControl more in that spirit of escape. I wanted to be able to turn off my email (and other sites) for myself – to deliberately create time for me to create that even I couldn't sabotage.
If there's a neoliberal biopolitics it's that we're always in service of our superiors, right? Taking time for oneself is a form of liberation. Making conscious choices is too. When used well, GTD and these hacks can move people from a reactive mode to a more conscious mode. Less about workplace inefficiency and more about workers trying to reclaim the few aspects of their lives that they can.
Again, when implemented well.
Hope this is helpful…
November 16th, 2012 @ 4:07 am
Thank you Steve, I'm so excited to hear from you. Lots to talk about in response to this – I really appreciate your thoughts.
The spiritual/religious aspects you mention in relation to Allen are not surprising to me – they are also certainly noticeable in some of the time management manuals I've been reading from previous decades. There is something about the shift from the 'protestant ethic' to the secular post-Fordist model of work that is interesting here. The notion of time that is pivotal to alternative philosophies – including "Eastern" religions – comes up in a few of the more self-help style manuals. eg. http://www.amazon.com/Time-Shifting-Creating-More-Enjoy/dp/0385483902
The conditions of work and neoliberal liberation you describe are so useful and all too familiar; it is the kind of scenario I wrote about in my book, Work's Intimacy, and it is that experience that has led me to investigate strategies like GTD. Your app and others have offered help to many people – not only those coping with the chronic overload of information work in general but especially those without the stability or comforts of ongoing supported salaried work (the rare benefits of which now include free courses in time management, etc).
What troubles me about the GTD technofix at a more fundamental level is the idea of freedom that is desired in these applications. My colleague Tom Streeter has been discussing this in terms of how freedom in the US context usually means freedom defined negatively, as freedom from obligations and responsibilities… This is an enduring and utopian image of what technology can deliver, but maybe not the kind of reciprocity we need to resist problems of labour.
Anyway, I hope we can be in touch as this research gets going. Thanks again.
Steve Lambert
November 17th, 2012 @ 12:35 am
Super fascinating. Perhaps it's an echo of what happened in the 80s – people giving up on improving society so they decide to focus on self-improvement. And today, if you've given up on improving the workplace, you change your way of interfacing with your work.
Definitely be in touch. These ideas interest me – especially the different notions of freedom (I did this talk a while back: http://visitsteve.com/made/performance-lecture-at-new-museum/). If I can be of any help, let me know.
Kate Bowles
November 29th, 2012 @ 10:27 am
Hi Mel
This is great. Quick thought: territorially, the organizational era and the networked era haven't separated, which is why for many workers GTD is about multiwindowing on the border between self-time and clock-time in workplaces that are stilll regulated by corporate time tracking software.
Professional hierarchies in workplaces like ours strongly demarcate the status differences between those on the clock (professional staff below a certain rank) and off it (other professional staff and academics) while placing casual academic staff in a bizarre netherworld of both and neither, paid in hours but working outside them. I think if we're all using GTD apps to cope with the strangeness of this, this is as much to do with the appification of work through wireless mobile devices as it is a sign of a temporal shift from one era to another.
November 29th, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
Thanks, Kate! This is really helpful. I am currently stuck thinking about the status hierarchies you're pointing to in terms of the differently felt experience of surveillance (productivity as self- or other-imposed… though it's not easy to make that distinction either). Anyway, the appification of work is an amazing phrase. Heard here first!!
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Start your day with a free breakfast of artisan-style sandwiches, cereals, fruit, baked goods and other favorites. We have snack and drink cravings covered with our Home2MKT® shop, open 24 hours. Take a dip in the heated indoor pool, or step out on the patio and unwind by the crackling firepit. Our Oasis lounge is the perfect place to play a board game or catch up with work. Visit our unique Spin2Cycle fitness/laundry facility, where guests can wash clothes while working out.
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ATLANTA (AP) – Derek Lowe isn't ready to look past his Game 1 start for the Atlanta Braves against the San Francisco Giants in the NL division series.
At least not in public.
Manager Bobby Cox said Lowe, Tommy Hanson and Tim Hudson are the Braves' first three starters in the series. Lowe will start in Thursday's Game 1 at San Francisco against Tim Lincecum.
Cox said Lowe or rookie Brandon Beachy would start if a fourth game is needed. Lowe would be pitching on three days' rest but would likely lobby with Cox to make the start.
"I've already talked to him about it, and I'll leave it at that," a smiling Lowe said following Tuesday's workout at Turner Field.
Lowe is peaking just in time for the postseason.
He was 5-0 with a 1.17 ERA in his last five starts.
"If he throws like he's been throwing his last five starts, he'll pitch a great ballgame," Cox said.
Lowe was 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA in two starts against the Giants this season. Overall, he was 16-12 with a 4.00 ERA.
The right-hander said his confidence "is as high as it's been since I've been here."
Lowe is the Braves' most experienced postseason starter. He is 5-5 with a save and a 3.33 ERA in 21 postseason games with the Red Sox and Dodgers.
"I've been very fortunate in my career I've never gone more than one year without being in the playoffs," he said.
Lincecum emerged as the most dominant pitcher in the National League in his first two full major league seasons. Back-to-back NL Cy Young Awards. Two All-Star selections, 526 strikeouts. All by the age of 25.
Now, the 16-game winner for the San Francisco Giants gets to take the ball for his most important start yet: Game 1 of the division series against the wild-card Atlanta Braves on Thursday night at AT&T Park.
Hudson leads the Braves with 17 wins, including the 8-7 victory over the Phillies on Sunday that helped clinch a playoff spot. He's expected to face Giants lefty Jonathan Sanchez for game three in Atlanta.
Hanson is 10-11 with a 3.33 ERA and has been a hard-luck pitcher. He is the only pitcher in Atlanta history to have a losing record in at least 30 starts with an ERA at 3.50 or better. He was 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in six September starts. Hanson will match up with Matt Cain in game two on Friday.
"Hanson has been on a roll," Cox said. "Huddy needs the extra rest, in my opinion."
Hanson said he will go to Lowe for advice after Thursday's game.
"He's been around for a while," Hanson said. "It's a lot of help to be able to talk to him about certain hitters and what they're trying to do in certain situations."
Right-hander Jair Jurrjens, who hasn't pitched since Sept. 14 because of an injured right knee, was sent to Florida to pitch in an Instructional League game on Tuesday night.
It is possible Jurrjens could win a spot on the postseason roster, but his best chance to pitch again may come if the Braves advance to the NLCS.
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This 10% aromatic sulfur mask dries and clears up acne blemishes, allows skin to heal and helps prevent the development of new blemishes and blackheads.
Deep pore penetrating, therapeutic formulation absorbs excess surface skin oils, exfoliates dead skin cells and leaves skin feeling healthy and refreshed. Witch hazel and kaolin help purify while botanicals help calm and soothe acne-prone skin. The mask may be used as an overnight spot treatment as well. This formula is dermatologist tested and approved, allergy tested, hypoallergenic, non-irritating, non-comedogenic, free of dyes, parabens and phthalates and has not been tested on animals.


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If you say a classic Woody car, what would come first to your mind? The family favorite Wagon Queen Family Truckster featured in the movies in its "metallic pea" paint job and the panels of fake wood? A beach buggy perfect for Sunday beaches with a surfboard on top? A New Englander? There are a lot of famous Woodies that made a mark in history.
Woodies have a lot of different names across the world such as: Woody, Woodie, Beachwagon, Estate Car, Shooting Brake, or Brake de Chasse. Basically, Woodies are wagons that have the rear section made with wood such as Ash or Mahogany. Some woodies have most of their side panels made out of wood. The wood give them a unique beauty with very fine detail which is rarely found in other cars. Finger Joints outline the wooden boards giving the car a refined finish after some varnish and sanding. The variety of the wood is different from each company or builder. From the color to the type of grain the wood has, it all contribute to the beauty of a Woody. Each Woody is a work of art with skillful attention to detail which is already hard enough, restoring one is a lot harder because find the wood the will perfectly match the original ones is almost impossible.
Woodies have already existed since the start of the automobile age with most of the bodies are made with aluminium and steel frames covered with wood panels. The railroads made use of these cars to transport the customers and their cargo because they were cheap, this is where the name "Station wagon" came from.
Woodies were usually economical cars that had some available options, but with the growing popularity, some luxury car companies started building their own luxury Woodies. Classic coach manufacturers such as Franay and Henri Labourdette started to design wooded "skiff" and "torpedo cars" similar to the boat-like edges from Roll-Royce, Renault, Panhard, and Delahaye cars.
After the 1950s, the production for a lot of the Woodies for cancelled and most that remained are being built by third-party builders. The true Woodies finally fell after new automobile regulations and the body designs changed, they were replaced by "faux" cars that had plastic beams and panels. The Woodies were shortly revived during the "retro" era but now they are completely gone. There are still some body kits that can fit almost every car such as a PT Cruiser or a more modern Smart car for anyone who really wants to have a Woody look but there's not much appeal left for the 1930's style wood paneling. Only a few people are left to appreciate the classic beauty of a Woody but that erase the fact that they played a part in the history of automobiles.
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Traveler's Tips from a LA Local
Visiting the city of Los Angeles, with its bright lights and never-ending activities, can be a blast but at times a bit daunting. Here are a few tips and tricks that are sure to make your stay much more enjoyable.
- Battling Traffic
This terrifying word is no secret and yet so many people find themselves fighting it on a constant basis. Leaving just 20 minutes earlier, or later, could make a world of difference in making your day a lot less stressful. Peak times are generally from 6am – 8am and 3pm – 7pm but it depends on the freeways and the specific route you're taking. Ask your hotel concierge for assistance, check Google Maps for the congested routes prior to leaving your hotel, or download a commuter friendly app such as Waze.
- Getting Around
Getting around in a foreign area, let alone in one of the busiest cities in the U.S., can be completely frustrating. Try the new premium transportation services like Uber or Lyft. You can download these apps on your smart phone for easy access and many times they'll give you a significant discount (or even a free ride) for joining. The vehicles are generally much nicer than taxis, the drivers are encouraged to express their unique personality, and many will provide tourists with an insider's scoop of the city.
- Saving a Pretty Penny
Between the many theme parks, trendy dinners and must-see shows the dent in your pocket book can grow quickly. Take advantage of the many FREE options available in the Los Angeles and Burbank areas. You'll find a plethora of beautiful parks, hiking trails and gorgeous beaches just miles from you. Griffith Park, Runyon Canyon and Zuma Beach are just a few of the beautiful outdoor sites available for you to enjoy. For health fanatics, the Los Angeles area is home to many fitness centers and unique yoga studios as well. Many offer a free or discounted class for first time attendees.
- Saving a Pretty Penny Part 2
There are many amazing restaurants in Burbank and the surrounding areas but many fine dining options come at a hefty price. Ask your concierge or look online and you'll find a variety of restaurant deals on Yelp, Groupon and Living Social. Farmers' markets are another great way to experience local food, jewelry and crafts. These take place in various locations throughout Los Angeles on all days of the week.
- Research
In a city that is constantly moving and changing even a local can get overwhelmed from time-to-time. When it comes to finding the best activities or restaurants, lucky for us, there are plenty of apps, websites, and bloggers who make it their job to be up-to-date on the latest and greatest of what Los Angeles has to offer. Take some time to read up on the area – read blogs, read reviews, read the latest articles. They generally offer some valuable, and genuine, words of wisdom to steer you in the right direction.
Always remember, whatever you are interested in seeing and doing, our friendly and knowledgeable hotel staff are here to assist in making your stay as enjoyable as possible.
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OSLO, Norway – Survivors of a youth camp shooting massacre that left 69 people dead in Norway have testified about their panicked attempts to hide during the rampage, as the court turned down confessed gunman Anders Behring Breivik's request to question them on the stand.
Tonje Brenna, a leading member of the Labor Party's youth wing, described how she sought shelter behind rocks on the shore of Utoya island on July 22 as her colleagues were shot around her. The 24-year-old told the Oslo court Wednesday she "smelled gunpowder" from her hiding place, "it stung in my eyes."
Another witness, a local resident, described going out in his boat expecting to be shot as he plucked terrified youths from the water as they tried to swim away from the island.


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There is no limit of numbers of candidates from each country.
Candidates up to 18 years of age are allowed to enter the competition - year of birth: born 2000 or later
All entrants are required to provide proof of age and nationality (Passport) when they register at the Coupe Mondiale.
This category is for ONE (1) performer only.
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All programs are subject to approval by the CIA Music Committee.
There will be one (1) round. Each piece may be played only once during the CIA Competition.
Own choice program consisting of at least two (2) pieces of different styles and moods.
Playing time: maximum 12 minutes.
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All candidates will receive a Diploma of Participation.
National member associations are requested to offer concerts or a tour for the 1st Prize Winners.
All winners must be present in person at the Awards Ceremony in appropriate attire suitable for press coverage and publicity appearances. In case of absence, the prize may be accepted by a delegate of their country or the Diplomas will be mailed by the Secretariat.
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MOTHER readers share their best tips.
We'd waited years for a decent apple harvest. The first few years after we planted the trees and tended them, late frost killed the fruit in early stages. Finally, after a milder spring, we anticipated a bumper crop and waited anxiously for them to ripen. Before they were ready, however, the electric fence around the orchard was knocked down night after night, the wires driven deep into the tree trunks. Limbs were torn from the trees, and the best apples disappeared. It was downright discouraging.
I said to my husband, "Bears." He said I had bears on the brain. However, when I hand-mowed the orchard a couple of weeks later, piles of bear droppings were exposed. Sure, there were signs of deer and rabbits, but mainly of bears. End of discussion.
Not to put all the blame on the bears. Once the fence was down, the deer came in, stood on tiptoes, stretched their necks, and helped themselves to the best apples the heights had to offer.
Last year, I decided to head off the problem before it could rear its ugly head. As the apples began to ripen, I started picking up windfall, checking the trees for defective fruit, and culling the smallest fruit every afternoon. I carried them a short distance from the orchard (close enough for the animals to find but far enough, I hoped, to keep them from being tempted to seek more) and dumped them in two heaps--one for the bears and one for deer was the way I envisioned it--for the wild ones to feast on.
The orchard benefited from not having insect-infested, rotting fruit on the ground, and from bears not injuring the trees. The fence stayed intact, which kept the deer out. Rabbits sneaked under, but they just munched on occasional windfall that I missed. We had all the apples we could eat and bushels to share with friends.
We've done the same thing again this year. It is working just fine. The bears are happy, the deer are happy, and so are we.
--Joyce E. Tomanek
Clarkesville, Georgia
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Drink & Dine
Our marina prides itself on the extensive food and beverage offering provided on site. Boat owners are especially well catered for. Make a booking at The Anchorage Café then take advantage of an exclusive free visitor berth. After a delightful dining experience set course for North or South Stradbroke Island, 15 relaxing minutes away. The Anchorage Cafe is open 7 days 8AM-3PM


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Kip Tindell has been at the helm of The Container Store since it first opened its doors in Dallas, Texas, in 1978. Now, the "storage solutions" company has over 39 stores and offers over 10,000 products designed to hold everything from prescription pills to wrapping paper.
As detailed in Kip's book Uncontainable, The Container Store has produced 15 to 20 percent annual sales growth since its founding and has been on FORTUNE magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the last decade running.
Kip Tindell, CEO of the Container Store, explains that his employees are the company's most valuable asset and that it's important to pay them what their worth to foster a positive workplace culture.
Kip Tindell, CEO of the Container Store, on recognizing a great idea.
The idea of a store built around organization in an increasingly disorganized world was a winner from the outset.
Having set company-wide goals, The Container Store has "liberated" its employees to choose their own paths to achieve them.


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The wireless weather station features 12/24 hour display, date and weekday display, continuous calendar up to 2099, one daily alarm, automatic snooze function, weather forecast using four icons: sunny, light cloud cover, cloudy and rain, temperature display in Celsius degrees/Fahrenheit degrees, indoor/outdoor thermometer, indoor/outdoor hygrometer, min/max display for air humidity and temperature, LED back light display. Powered by AC/DC - DC power adapter included. Includes two AAA batteries for the sensor. Temperature ranges between -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit) and 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).
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The minimum order for bulk personalization and customization of this item is 9 pieces. We can provide 1 sample with a random logo for evaluation purposes, or a virtual proof of your order prior to production.
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**Purchased samples may include random imprint to evaluate imprint quality and location.
***Some logos, designs, and imprint methods may require additional charges. This may include additional run charges, set-up fees for extra colors, stitch counts and/or locations.
Why am I charged a set-up fee on most orders?
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Do I get a proof before my order?
Yes, all orders recieve a FREE art proof in a PDF format for you to approve prior to production that comes from our art team.
What art formats do you accept?
We prefer high quality vector artwork in .eps, .ai (adobe illustrator), with fonts converted to outlines. We may also accept high resolution .jpg, .gif, .psd, or .pdf files. We can fix your art for free!
Are there extra charges for additional imprint colors?
Yes, in most cases unless it is digital and 4-color process printing, there are additional run charges and set-up charges.


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e-Klavier Digital Piano Features
Acoustic Piano Simulation
Blüthner has developed a unique approach to sound modelling that allows the e-Klavier to reproduce the advanced harmonics of the acoustic piano. These sounds are further supported by effects like our Aliquot Resonance Modeling, Harmonic Damper Modelling and reverb for a more natural sound.
The Sound
When Blüthner envisioned the simulation of a Blüthner Model One Concert Grand in a digital form, preserving the warmth of The Golden Tone was paramount. The sampling was done in Leipzig, Germany with an entirely new modelling technique designed by Blüthner. It is the crown of a stunning library of first generation sound samples, produced through Blüthner APS technology.
Harmonic Damper Modeling
The interplay between the tone and the dampers of an acoustic piano is a delicate relationship. With the advanced Harmonic Damper Modelling of the Blüthner e-Klavier series, you can hear the sound of the dampers lifting off the strings, and can control how much dampening takes place mid-note.
Grand Touch
Developed to render the most versatile nuances, the e-Klavier 1 features a quick action and well balanced synthetic ivory keys. The feel of the heavier bass hammers of an acoustic piano that lighten up through the treble are recreated in the 4-zone graded hammer design. This action design also gives a simulated feeling of hammer escapement and aftertouch.


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A extremely fun game involving a YOP yogourt drink. Combines spin the bottle and Russian Roulette. You first spin the bottle placed on a table inside a ring of people, then one chosen person smacks the bottle as hard as he/she can while the bottle is in motion. The result is hilarity.
"What can we play?"
"Aw man, I was Yop Shot'd last time!"
"Aw man, I was Yop Shot'd last time!"
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Napier Port, and all port users and visitors, are obligated to comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 and the Maritime Security and Regulations of 2004. At the meeting, we are keen to discuss some recent incidents and help you comply with the requirements.
The main channel for ensuring port users and visitors can comply is by being Health & Safety inducted. H&S induction sessions are held three times a week, on Mondays at 9am, Tuesdays at 1.15pm and on Thursdays at 9am.
However, we understand that on some occasions, access is needed on short notice. The easiest way to ensure you and your visitors still comply is for you to train to be induction trainers yourselves. Completing a Train the Trainer course takes up to three hours and a course is coming up on February 24th.
The benefits of being a trainer are:
If a visitor isn't able to be inducted in time, an inducted person from the organisation that has invited them onto port is required to escort them at all times while on-site.
If you are escorting visitors, please make them aware:
Napier Port is continually improving the H&S induction process so it is user-friendly. We are currently going through a review of Port Access and H&S Induction Training and shortly we will be denying access to people who are not inducted or do not carry the correct valid identification.
As part of the review, we are looking at the H&S induction process, including possibilities around online training, to make it easier to complete the H&S induction at a convenient time and place.


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It is about 1pm on Christmas Eve, 2016. My daughter and I are home in Wilmington, Delaware for the weekend. She is back at the place we are staying, getting dressed for the evening while I went shopping for a few last minute items.
It's the first Christmas I've had her with me in three years. Since we moved to Virginia in 2014, she uses the Christmas break to go back to Nashville to see her mom, but this year she had some school items to take care of and so she stayed here.
I've used this trip home to take her -for probably the final time- to the places I used to go when I was a little boy and where I used to take her when she was little and we would travel here each Christmas.
She is not a little girl anymore, and I know this. But I want her to be, at least at Christmas. I want to wake up tomorrow at dawn and see her open her presents excitedly. The truth is that she'll sleep until about ten and I'll be far more excited than she will be.
I never really grew up where Christmas is concerned. I love this time of year. I find myself getting into the spirit a few days sooner each year. Breaking out the Christmas music and decorating the tree a bit earlier each year.
I have been very observant this year. I've noticed a difference this Holiday. I've heard far more "Merry Christmas!" greetings this year. I've seen a little more of Jesus in the decorations and in the displays. This makes me happy. Happy because, if for no other reason, the ability to say "Merry Christmas" without fear of offending someone (real or imagined) was stifling over the last eight years.
But beyond that. Beyond the political backdrop and the question of First Amendment rights...there is the unrelenting truth of Christmas.
God, became a baby, and came to us.
Paul told us in Philippians chapter 2, that Jesus became a "man of no reputation." He was God in the flesh and had every right to claim the power and benefits of being God. Instead -out of a heart of love- He chose to forego his right to that dominion and subjected Himself to His father's will and became human.
God. Became human.
He was a baby. Had I wandered through bethlehem that night, and somehow walked into that dark, dirty cave, I could have held him in my arms.
I could have held God in my arms.
Maybe he'd smile. Maybe he'd spit-up a little like babies do and I'd laugh it off like I did when my own daughter did that. Maybe I could coax a little laugh out of him and a spit bubble or two. Or maybe He'd simply sleep in my arms, his head pressed against my chest and his soft breathing keeping time with my heart.
He was God.
He was God in a baby's body and He came here to die for me. He didn't come to teach great social lessons or undo the religious trends of the day. He came to die. He came to fulfill the prophecies and complete the Law and make a way for all of us "whosoevers" so that we could find ourselves at the Cross one day and accept the gift that His life bought and paid for.
The Cross is intimidating sometimes. To go there and see Jesus, writhing in death because of our sin is hard. It's a face-first, head-on-collision with a death so savage and angry that it is hard to view.
But the manger...the manger is different. The manger is silent and humble and innocent. The Baby in that dirty sheep trough is not being butchered by Roman soldiers like the man on the cross. He's poor and lowly and he's only had an audience of commoners. The shepherds nearby where the only people other than Mary and Joseph who even noticed His birth.
The baby in the manger is safe for the hurting heart of man. He offers love. He softens hard hearts. He declares: "On earth, Peace! Good will toward men." He tells us "My Father has made a way back for you. A way back to Him. A way that forgives all the sin, all the failure, the secrets, the dark days. He has decided to pay the tab on your behalf if you'll accept it, and the whole plan starts tonight. That's why I'm here!"
Jesus brings us the promise of peace. And He delivers on that promise as soon as we open our hearts and accept the offer. In that moment where we confess "I am lost. I have failed. I want to turn toward You and do it Your way. I accept this gift." In that moment, the promise is kept.
He is not intimidating or frightening. Babies never are those things.
If you are wandering this world tonight, lost and trying to figure out how to get home, or If you have led everyone to believe that you have it all together but inside you know you don't. If you have tripped and fallen and you're embarrassed by the dirt on your clothes and the mess you've made...this baby came for you.
Hear him in the midst of all this chaos and turmoil. Hear Him gently calling over the screeching cackle of the commercials and sales pitches. He loves you. He beckons you, come as you are. To a cave in Bethlehem, where the journey to the Cross begins for Him and for you.
Tonight, the night of gift giving, is the best night of all to accept the greatest gift ever given.
Come as you are.
Merry Christmas


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony M. LaPaglia (born 31 January 1959) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series; and for his portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show Frasier. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony LaPaglia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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You might not want to put it in your body, but a new use for the caffeinated cocktail in a can Four Loko has been found. According to Salon Food, it might just end up in your car's fuel tank. Ethanol producers are taking truckloads of the stuff off the hands of wholesalers looking to get rid of it now that it's banned in several states, and recycling it into ethanol. Now, who said booze and driving don't mix?
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THE man who stole half a pack of cigarettes from Top Gear presenters while they visited Whitby has said he did it to teach the celebrities a lesson.
Joe Chayter (59), of Fishburn in County Durham, said that he "had a rush of blood" and since the incident, his friends have nicknamed him 'The Cig'.
"I took them just as a practical joke really," he said.
Mr Chayter was staying at a property on Baxtergate on 24 August, when he decided to go for a stroll.
He said: "It was a nice evening so I was having a walk over the bridge and went to Mr Chips.
"Jeremy Clarkson came in and he was being his old obnoxious self, signing autographs and things, then I saw James May outside in the car with the engine running."
As Mr Chayter left the chip shop he saw James May jump out of the car and rush inside.
"He left the engine running and I thought 'I'm going to take this car for a spin just to frighten them," he explained.
Mr Chayter is a senior technician at a luxury Land Rover and Jaguar dealership and said that when customers leave their cars running at his workplace, the staff often move the vehicle to teach them a lesson about how quickly a theft can occur.
"I was sat in the car only a couple of seconds," he said. "I saw the Marlboros on the dash board and thought I would nick them instead."
Mr Chayter left the scene, and when the Top Gear presenters returned to their vehicle, they realised the Marlboros had disappeared, with Jeremy Clarkson Tweeting: "WE HAVE BEEN ROBBED" and then "Policemen of Whitby. Someone broke into our car and stole our cigarettes. Clue: they're the only people in town smoking Marlboros."
To make up for his practical joke, Mr Chayter returned the half-pack of cigarettes to the Top Gear offices, along with a Jaguar magazine he purchased from a charity shop for 20p and a postcard that says "Which donkey left the keys in the car?"
"If I have to give myself up I will," he said. "It was a practical joke, it wasn't thieving.
Mr Chayter added that after telling his two daughters about his rebellious actions, they now believe he's having a mid-life crisis.


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On tonight's finale of The Biggest Loser (8 pm/ET, NBC), a large part of the show will be missing, since good-natured Maurice "Mo" Walker was voted off last week. While the 30-year-old travel agent won over his housemates and Loser fans with his Tennessean charm, we're still left wondering: Why didn't the big guy — who started the contest at 430 pounds and lost 56 — shed as much fat as his skinnier rivals, like Ryan, who's already lost 90 pounds? Here, TV Guide Online phones our favorite Loser for Mo info.
TVGO: You've definitely emerged as the most popular contestant. How does that feel?
Mo: I wouldn't say I am the most popular, but it is wonderful how everything is going. I love talking to people and I love giving people motivation.
TVGO: Is that why you did this show?
Mo: Here's the story on that. Probably about two months before the show started, I had gone to the doctor and had a physical. He told me that if I didn't change my ways and lose weight, it would be possible that I wouldn't be here in five years. That was a total wake-up call. So when the opportunity to do the show came about, I was like, "I have to do this."
TVGO: Any housemates you didn't get along with?
Mo: I could pretty much tolerate everyone. Lisa... she really rubbed a couple of people the wrong way, but she is just misunderstood. Everybody had their good points — some people just had more bad points than others.
TVGO: Any hard feelings toward Gary for voting you off?
Mo: No! Gary is a great guy, he's a family man and since Day 1, we had an alliance and we just looked out for each other. I'm sure he had his own reasons for [his vote,] and I hold nothing against him.
TVGO: Why do you think Ryan shed more pounds than you, even though he was smaller to begin with?
Mo: I am so happy you asked me that question. Ryan was at almost the perfect weight; he weighed enough to drop weight quickly, but he didn't weigh too much, so that he would have limitations in his physical activity. So when I first started, there were several things that I was just physically not able to do. After a workout, my body would be so exhausted that I would basically have to just rest until the next workout. Ryan was 330 lbs. when he started, so he was able to continue and push himself all the way through those first couple of weeks when I was having trouble.
TVGO: So you weren't cheating on your diet?
Mo: I was not eating enough food, that is what the kicker was. Bob [the trainer] toward the end actually increased my food intake. He said that you definitely have to eat to lose weight or your body will go into starvation mode, and I think that was what was going on with me for a couple of weeks.
TVGO: Some viewers thought you might've been snacking on the side.
Mo: I would never, ever be given this opportunity and then ruin it by cheating. That wasn't even an option. There were so many people that were turned down for the show, and I would feel just terrible to know that these other people could be here [instead]. So no, I wasn't cheatin'!
TVGO: Are you still losing weight?
Mo: I am averaging about three to four pounds a week. I feel excellent and my energy level is terrific. Of course, I want some of those 10- or 12-pound weight-loss weeks that we had on the ranch, but slow and steady is good. On the show, [I lost] 56 and now I've lost an additional 27 pounds. I've passed that 80-pound mark and I'm trying to get there.
TVGO: Have you been tempted by your favorite, fried chicken?
Mo: No fried chicken. I do the baked chicken now.
TVGO: Do people recognize you on the street?
Mo: Oh gosh, do they. Right now, I'm like a trainer, I'm a nutritionist and a motivational speaker. People come up to me and say, "Maurice, what do I need to do on the treadmill?" And I'm sharing the advice that I was given. People will come up to me in a restaurant and ask what to eat. I'm telling them how to change their diet. So that has been really cool, to affect a lot of people's lives.
TVGO: Sounds like you enjoyed your experience.
Mo: Oh yeah, I'd do it again.
TVGO: Maybe you could replace Caroline Rhea as the host!
Mo: That would be a wonderful idea. Even better, maybe I could be on the next find-a-wife sort of program.
TVGO: You aren't getting more dates now?
Mo: [Laughs] Oh gosh, I'm already getting ex-girlfriends calling me.


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From Mulvane, Kansas, USA:
My 11 year old son, who has had type 1 diabetes for seven years, is not very reliable about taking care of his diabetes regimen. He can do most of what he needs to, but I can't trust that he will. When is it time to hand over the reins? How do I transition diabetes care from being my responsibility to being my son's responsibility, without causing blood sugar chaos?
Great question, and course, the passing of the baton is different for individuals. While it is tempting for you to say to your near-adolescent, "Here, this is your diabetes! You need to be responsible!", and while you are probably tired of cajoling him (and he's tired of being harassed and of having diabetes), I'd say do not hand over the responsibility now. You still prompt him to brush his teeth, do homework, clean his room, write thank you notes, etc., etc. Why would you think that he will be more responsible about this? In addition, you noted yourself that he is not very reliable. Some teens need even more supervision when it comes to diabetes, while some children and teens are very mature.
I think that this issue is an important one, and one that can really escalate. For that reason, I would suggest that you talk with your son's diabetes team about having him (and you and the other parent) attend some sessions with a counselor. A group session for teens may be available from the regional children's hospital.
Attending diabetes camp in the summer is also a good way to have children garner more self-reliance.
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Yoon Si Yoon set to return from military service this month
Yoon Si Yoon is coming home! *throws confetti* The 29-year-old actor will officially complete his mandatory military service on January 27.
Yoon Si Yoon quietly enlisted in the Marines on April 28, 2014 without announcing it to the public ahead of time. He had just finished work on The Prime Minister and I two months earlier. As a Marine, his enlistment is 21 months.
Fans are already speculating on what the future will hold for the actor. His contract with Taxi Entertainment has almost expired without any announcement for renewal. There are also no reports of him looking at other agencies so far, leading to rumors that he may go on as a free agent.
Whatever he chooses, we hope he ends up in a new drama fast! We've missed him!
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A hugely important letter published in the UK Guardian (11/8/15), touching on the flood of African and Middle Eastern asylum seekers now heading for Europe:
"As organisations working to address global poverty, we condemn Phillip Hammond's [British Defence Secretary] warped claims about African migrants (Report, 10 August). It is not 'marauding' African migrants, but the UK and other wealthy nations that are threatening living standards and causing poverty for people in Africa and across the world. Sub-Saharan Africa loses $192 bn to the rest of the world each year. In return it receives just $30bn back in aid. Whether it is our network of tax havens that allows the theft of billions from countries in Africa each year, the costs we save by recruiting health workers from the world's poorest countries, the aid we give as loans which contribute to the looming debt crisis, or our carbon emissions which force African countries to pay out billions to adapt to the climate change we cause, it is the UK and our wealthy allies, not African migrants, doing the marauding.
"The UN is clear that most migrants attempting to reach the EU are fleeing persecution or conflict. These people have the right to protection under international law. The British government claims it wants to stop the minority who are fleeing poverty making dangerous journeys to the UK. The solution does not lie in increased security in Calais. It is in ending our own contributions to global poverty." (signed by 9 UK aid organisations)
The letter reminded me irresistably of the late Eduardo Galeano's wonderful 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America, from which, obviously, comes the title of this post:
"The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing. Our part of the world, known today as Latin America, was precocious: it has specialized in losing ever since those remote times when Renaissance Europeans ventured across the ocean and buried their teeth in the throats of the Indian civilizations. Centuries passed, and Latin America perfected its role. We are no longer in the era of marvels when face surpassed fable and imagination was shamed by the trophies of conquest - the lodes of gold, the mountains of silver. But our region still works as a menial. It continues to exist at the service of others' needs, as a source and reserve of oil and iron, of copper and meat, of fruit and coffee, the raw materials and foods destined for rich countries which profit more from consuming them than Latin America does from producing them...
"Latin America is the region of open veins. Everything, from the discovery until our times, has always been transmuted into European - or later United states - capital, and as such has accumulated in distant centers of power. Everything: the soil, its fruits and its mineral-rich depths, the people and their capacity to work and to consume, natural resources and human resources. Production methods and class structure have been successively determined from outside for each area by meshing it into the universal gearbox of capitalism. To each area has been assigned a function, always for the benefit of the foreign metropolis of the moment, and the endless chain of dependency has been endlessly extended."
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Here was a strange mirror indeed! It reflected an image all right, but not an image from the same era in history!
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"If you'll excuse me," the doctor continued, "I shall use your telephone to make the necessary arrangements."
He left the room.
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Beside the bed, Mark Carter still stared dumbly down at the girl he loved. The girl who tomorrow--no, today, for it was nearly morning now--was to have become his wife. He tried to speak, but his throat was too twisted and thick with pain for words to come. His broad shoulders were slumped. His brown eyes blurred with tears. A queer, strained sound of awful grief tore itself from somewhere deep within his chest, like the moan of an animal in torment.
A hand touched his shoulder.
"Come, Mark. We can do no more good here."
Mute, stumbling, broken, Mark allowed Professor Duchard to lead him from the room. Down the hall. Into the old man's study.
"Sit down, my boy, and pull yourself together."
Mark dropped into the cool, fragrant depths of a timeworn leather chair. The pro
A weird sort of twist on time travel: bodies don't go, souls do, and have no memory of the time they came from. The bodies stay behind, catatonic.
An antiques dealer is dumped by the heroine in favor of the hero, and as a wedding present they receive a strange mirror that sends the heroine's soul to her ancestor's body. She has to be rescued before she is murdered, but how? Luckily, her scientist father is the smartest man in the world, and her fiancée is a two-fisted man of action.
An okay story that gradually becomes hard to believe at the end.
(1942) Sci-fi (Time shifting) / Occult / Adventure
From 'Amazing Stories' December 1942.
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Jealous suitor gives ex-love, Elasin, a mirror which transports her psyche to that of a 17th/18th century ancestor who, history tells us, is brutally killed by an evil baron's henchmen. A lot of the story revolves around the fiance and father-inlaw-to-be scientist figuring out what happened and how to save Elaine.
Fairly good. Not too deep, stereotypical characters, something of a surprise ending - it was okay.


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Sadly that promise wasn't shown today as Kamikawa was effectively made to look like a man so badly out of his depth that there will have to be a serious look at what went wrong and even whether professional boxing is the right career choice for him.
Kamikawa looked nervous and worried from the off, holding regularly and having no idea of what to do when the heavy handed Fukumoto tagged him. The nerves could have been due to Fukumoto though as the fight progressed there appeared to be another reason he was nervous, his stamina. Round after round he was looking more and more exhausted. It was almost as if he had trained for a 3 or 4 round fight, not a 6 rounder.
Sadly is was that exhaustion, in round 6, that forced the referee to step in and stop the debutant who will have to go back to the gym and work big time on sorting things out with his fitness. He's young so a loss shouldn't be a huge problem but there was big expectations of him to do much better than he did here.
Interestingly it's worth noting that Misako stablemate Keita Obara also lost on his debut as he came up short against Kazuyoshi Kumano. At the time Obara was a 23 year old, was highly touted and ran out of steam, since then though Obara has won Japanese and OPBF titles and really come good to forge an excellent career and earn a world ranking. That will give Kamikawa someone to talk to and someone to use as an inspiration if he wishes to continue in the sport.
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