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The Impermanent Period
Richard Ford's modern-day Hamlet.
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Toward the end of Richard Ford's 1995 novel, Independence Day—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the second in what is now a trilogy featuring Frank Bascombe—Frank relates an observation made by his girlfriend, Sally, after Frank's troubled son is injured by a baseball: "She could tell I'd been 'vitally moved' by something 'deep and complicated,' which my son's injury may have been 'only the tip of the iceberg for.' It may, she said, have everything to do with my gradual emergence from the Existence Period" (the 44-year-old Frank's term for the period of midlife adjustment he's endured throughout the novel), "which she actually said was ... a sort of 'mechanical isolation that couldn't go on forever'; I was probably already off and running into 'some other epoch,' maybe some more 'permanent period' ..."
The Frank Bascombe saga is an exhaustive look at the inner life of an American Everyman (of sorts), and The Lay of the Land follows the same basic pattern as its predecessors. Despite certain complications, Frank always affects to be reasonably happy at the beginning of these novels. The Sportswriter opens with Bascombe saying, of his eponymous career, "What could be better, I thought, and still think?" Six years later in Independence Day, he claims to live "happily if slightly bemusedly" in the pleasant town of Haddam, N.J., where he is now a real estate agent. In each novel, however, it eventually transpires that Frank is evading life's disappointments, large and small, and is headed for an epiphany whereby he may or may not come to terms with reality and move to a more authentic (for lack of a better word) Period in his life.
In The Lay of the Land, Frank is witnessing the sudden disruption of his Permanent Period—a pleasant enough time when "you can't completely [mess] everything up anymore," as he puts it. He is now 55 and suffering from prostate cancer, which he developed shortly after his wife Sally left him in favor of her former husband, Wally, who was presumed dead at the end of Independence Day. And matters look bleak in terms of the larger zeitgeist (which Ford, à la Updike in his Rabbit novels, always evokes to good effect): It's the week before Thanksgiving 2000, the disputed election is about to go the wrong way, and little hints abound of the millennial disaster to come (one of many subplots involves a Muslim bombing a hospital to "send a message")—a disaster that will dispel any remaining illusion of a Permanent Period both for Frank and the world at large.
And yet while reading this latest Bascombe novel, my growing suspicions were confirmed: The Permanent Period is not, in fact, all that different from the Existence Period, or for that matter from whatever Period of "dreaminess" Frank was experiencing (at age 38) in The Sportswriter. Whatever it happens to be called, each Period tends to be a time of blithe (but knowing) denial—a condition remarkably similar to what Binx Bolling, the narrator of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, called "the Little Way": "not the big search for the big happiness" (says Binx) "but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh." In Binx's case, however, a life-changing conversion is somewhere in the offing, while Frank's trajectory is never quite clear. One may be forgiven for thinking that all this Period shtick is mostly a pretext for a lot of riffing in the beguiling voice of Frank Bascombe. But surely Ford is after something bigger: exploring how a man (morbidly self-conscious in this case) may define himself in relation to a world where happiness is fleeting, at best, and chaos the norm. Indeed, Frank appears to be forever grappling with the question of how to cope with his own diminished expectations. Any true resolution is fleeting, however, such that these novels seem less a progression than a kind of eternal recurrence—a fact that makes Frank all the more representative, perhaps.
Ford has acknowledged the influence of The Moviegoer, and it's fair to say that Binx Bolling's predicament and voice serve as a loose paradigm for Frank's. Both characters have been traumatized: Binx was wounded in the war and his brother Scott died in childhood, while Frank is haunted by the death of his 9-year-old son, Ralph, a tragedy that "has to be staved off like a bad genie and stuffed back in its bottle." Both seek comfort in "the Little Way"—namely by embracing, as Binx puts it, "the most ordinary life imaginable." In Binx's case, though, the "Little Way" is transcended in the course of his "search," leading to a Kierkegaardian leap of faith that allows him to accept loss as a merely temporal phenomenon.
By contrast,Frank Bascombe mentions that he used to read The Great Gatsby every year, "the way we're all supposed to" (I do too), but he finally "got sick of its lapidary certainties disguised as spoiled innocence" and donated his copy to a Shriners benefit. In the absence of "lapidary certainties" (including those of religious faith), Frank's own search remains perforcea rather aimless, if engaging, affair. "More significant signage," he typically reports while driving along: "SUCCESS IS ADDICTIVE (a bank); HEALTHY MATE DATING SERVICE; DOLLAR UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EARNING"—on it goes, purposefully or not, and the pace of the novel is glacial. The first 200 pages cover a single day, albeit a day full of incident: Frank has a funny argument outside a funeral home, observes the aftermath of a bombing, gets into a bar fight, and so forth. But whenever there's a dramatic flare-up of some sort, rest assured at least 10 to 20 pages of woolgathering will follow.
Partly this reflects the protean nature of our narrator, a hard fellow to figure out, as he seems to adopt and discard personae on almost every other page. Sometimes he speaks with an almost Mandarin subtlety ("the truest, deep-background reason Ann is courting me ... is for a private whiff of the unknown," etc.) and sometimes in staggering banalities: "Happy is a circus clown, a sitcom, a greeting card. Life, though, life's about something sterner. But also something better ... Believe me." Wait, is he kidding or not? It seems impossible to believe that, with cancer and a vanished wife, he thinks a "sterner" life is better than happiness per se. Or is he being a sort of Buddhist Will Rogers, apropos of his remark that Buddhism is simply a matter of turning "every Will Rogers cliché on its ear and pretend[ing] it's Spinoza"? Likewise, witness the way Frank serves as a so-called Sponsor in his community—that is, a fellow who pays visits to lonely strangers and dispenses homespun, putatively unironical advice ("like a friendly stop-by from the bland State Farm guy," Frank observes, both in-on-the-joke and deadly earnest).
At one point, Frank relates real estate to "Keatsian negative capability" in a way that didn't quite parse for me, though I think the concept applies nicely to Ford himself. Frank Bascombe, for instance, is no more consistent than Hamlet, at once a shrewd (or obtuse) commentator and passive stooge. On the other hand, Frank's wariness and willful banality make a kind of sense, since plainly the center is not holding and he is loath to trifle with so volatile a world. One of the great scenes in contemporary lit is when Frank tries to interview the wheelchair-bound football player Herb Wallagher in The Sportswriter: At first Herb seems like any crotchety old jock, until suddenly he confesses a dream in which he strangles three women by a roadside; then, infuriated by Frank's determined triteness, he declares himself "a verb" (quoting Grant's memoirs) and refuses to cooperate further. As with much of Ford's best writing, the bare facts seem madcap and barely plausible, but word-for-word the scene is pitch perfect: naturalistic in every detail—no matter how bizarre—it lingers in the mind like an awful episode from one's own life.
Still, Fordian negative capability is nothing if not unpredictable, and tends to result in a rather wacky deus ex machina-type climax—in other words, whatever it takes to stop Frank's dithering and nudge him toward another epiphany of sorts. In The Lay of the Land, the author has complicated matters by giving himself a pretty tough MacGuffin. As Ford tells it, he was sitting at his desk one day wondering what "unfinished business" he could address in another Bascombe book, when it struck him: "Duh, what if Wally came back?" Wally, a Vietnam vet, had abandoned his wife, Sally, almost 30 years before and exiled himself (we learn) to the Isle of Mull, where he lived contentedly amid the sheep. Without going into Byzantine detail, he returns to the States,older and fatter,and is reunited with Sally, who invites him to stay a while with her and Frank. Since this is a novel and not just an ingenious set piece, however, it's necessary for Sally to defy reason and leave with the repulsive Wally (though, as she admits, "I don't know that I love him at all") and thus upend Frank's Permanent Period in all its fatuous complacency.
Amid the gunplay, suicide, and diverse misadventure that occurs toward the end of The Lay of the Land, I thought of Matthew Arnold's"Dover Beach": "Ah, love, let us be true to one another!" the poet advises, envisioning the chaos to come in a world that has"neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain." What's good enough for Matthew Arnold is good enough for Frank Bascombe, I dare say, though how one sees fit to act on such knowledge is another matter. "In time," Frank muses, after his wife returns, "I will find words to explain to her that none of this is as simple as she thinks, and in doing so possibly help explain herself to herself." Still the folksy old Sponsor, then, though he speaks of taking his life to "The Next Level." Of course, he hinted at a similar resolve in the first two novels, and nothing much came of it in either case. Perhaps it's safe to say that, 10 years from now, when the next Bascombe novel appears, we'll find him back in the same old rut—or whatever Period "The Next Level" is called by then.


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It's never smart to fill a bad movie with lines that can be turned on the actors, or the production itself.
"I'm bored," says Lindsay Lohan, as screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in "Liz & Dick" (8 p.m. Nov. 25, Lifetime; 1 star out of 4). "I'm soo bored."
So was I.
"I want more," she says in another scene, to which I thought, simultaneously, that I wanted less of this cheesy, off-putting movie but more of the real story behind the volatile romance between Taylor and Richard Burton.
In yet another unintentionally funny scene Lohan--I mean La Liz--exclaims, "I'm a joke!" I'll let anyone guess what I thought after hearing that line.
Taylor and Burton deserve better than this. Viewers deserve better, too. (Although an argument could be made for this becoming everyone's go-to movie for a drinking game.)
Lohan, all pouty lips and puffy cheeks, doesn't capture Taylor's well-known bawdy humor and sexual appetites. She's just a jealous, selfish child. Lohan doesn't even appear to be trying to get Taylor right; her raspy California voice is not even close to Taylor's high-pitched, slightly British accent.
New Zealand actor Grant Bowler fares better as Burton. Although he still has to call Liz things like Ms. Bossy Boots and Mrs. Pudgy Digits, he conveys the pain and envy behind Burton's fiery attitude toward his love.
"Liz & Dick" begins on the set of "Cleopatra," as did Taylor's tumultuous relationship with Burton. It attempts to tell their story from that initial adulterous affair, suicide attempts, courting and loathing of the paparazzi, their two marriages through to its collapse, and the connection they maintained until Burton's death in 1984. (Taylor died in 2011.)
The structure of Christopher Monger's ("Temple Grandin") screenplay fails at every turn. Liz and Dick, dressed in all black and sitting in director's chairs in a dark room, tell rather than show how things went wrong in the 12 years they were together. It's as if they're guests on some heavenly version of "Inside the Actor's Studio." (Or maybe it was filmed in hell? Either way, they're apparently dead but talking to us.)
It's shocking how boring this film about two lives lived with such passion turned out. In the early going, we're inundated with many a bottle-throwing, booze-soaked brawls and rather chaste love scenes. Then, it seems, executive producer Larry A. Thompson and director Lloyd Kramer realized they were running out of time, so they cram marriage No. 2 into the final five minutes along with Lohan's laughable appearance as a mid-'80s, big-haired Taylor.
It's obvious Thompson wanted Lohan as his Liz to draw parallels between the two actresses: They were both child stars who flirted with the paparazzi, addiction and tabloid drama.
But Lohan isn't a star of Taylor's caliber, and "Liz & Dick" is, simply, a joke.
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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES IS ALMOST HERE! One of the most hotly anticipated movies of all time, it's the final part of Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy which elevated the potential of comic book movies to Oscar winning heights.
While Nolan's take on the caped crusader is now widely regarded as the definitive silver screen offering, the debate as to which actor donned the Dark Knight's cowl most convincingly rages on. From Adam West through to Michael Keaton to George Clooney, Batman's been played by a fair few thespians since being first created by Bob Kane back in 1939.
But who was best? Brandish enters the Batcave in our definitive rundown to uncover the finest Batman of all time.
Adam West: 1966 – 1968
KAPOW! Adam West stared in the 1960s super-camp Batman TV series, and a few TV movies that followed it. Far from the high-tech wizardry we expect from Batman today, West's Batman wore just a spandex suit and a "groovy" navy cowl. His slow and measured voice showed a Batman almost always totally in control, while the show's colourful comic caption flashes during fight scenes have become iconic. Though the West-era Batman gets a lot of stick for its playful tone, many forget that it's a pretty-much bang-on representation of the "Golden Age" era comics that inspired it. It was a simpler time, when we could totally buy into ridiculous gadgets like "shark repellant", which Batman just so happened to always have whenever he was jumped by one of the aquatic beasties.
Michael Keaton: 1989 – 1992
It took a long time for the dust to settle after the West-era show, but the late 1980s saw a massive resurgence in popularity for Batman, mostly thanks to comic book writer Frank Miller's massively influential The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One comics. The Tim Burton-helmed Batman films that followed, starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne and Batman, were perhaps the movie adaptations that came closest to the gothic feel of the comic books.
It helped that Michael Keaton was not only a great Batman, but an excellent Bruce Wayne too. Though not focussing massively on Wayne's traumatic childhood, Keaton always effectively gave off a feeling of loneliness that is central to Batman's character. He pulled off action scenes excellently too; the opening action scene in Batman Returns in which Batman faces off against the Penguin's clownish thugs is superb, with Keaton's comically timed use of gadgets giving Batman the much-needed cool factor. Though sometimes overshadowed by stellar villains (both Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito made for amazing Jokers and Penguins respectively), Keaton had it all.
Val Kilmer: 1995
From Batman to Fatman, it's hard now to remember how massive a star Val Kilmer was back in 1995. He was also a great Batman too, with his "chicks love the car" quip one of Batman's most memorable silver screen lines. Val Kilmer came across as believably intelligent; in the scene where he shatters the dreams of a pre-Riddler Edward Nigma, you can totally believe he's the head of the massive Wanye Enterprises empire. However, though his pretty-boy looks bagged him the girls as Bruce Wayne, he looked just a bit too pouty under the cowl.
George Clooney: 1997
Ugh. Batman and Robin. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's my least favourite film OF ALL TIME. On paper, it all seems so right: Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze, Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy, and of course, George Clooney as Batman. You'd think Clooney would be the perfect fit for Batman, but he proved to be terrible. Far too smarmy, Clooney had the chin to play the Bat, but failed to channel any of the vulnerability needed to effectively pull off all angles of the multifaceted crime fighter. And while the costume design wasn't Clooney's fault, the less said about Batman's "nipple suit" used in the movie the better. For a few years now rumours have circulated that Clooney could return to play an ageing Batman in an adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns comic book, which could be great, as Clooney would make for a far more convincing middle-aged hero in our opinion.
Christian Bale: 2005 – 2012
Christian Bale's realistic take on the Batman role, under Christopher Nolan's superb direction, totally rejuvenated the Batman franchise. Here was a close look at a genuinely troubled Bruce Wayne, constantly dealing with the guilt he carried over his parent's death. From stoney faced watchman to playboy billionaire, Bale's performance covers all bases.
Bales commitment to the role is also legendary, training hard to pile on massive amounts of muscle after an astounding transformation verging on anorexia for The Machinist. He brings a much tougher physicality to the role than previous Batmen; you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a smack from Bale's superhero sleuth.
Bale's trademark Batman bark, often ridiculed, is just fine by us. Attempting to be more than a man, a terrifying symbol showing that crime won't be tolerated in Gotham City, Bale's Wayne completely embraces the theatrical. His aggressive tone would strike fear into the hearts of his foes, while also sensibly masking his true voice and identity. Nolan couldn't have picked a better star for his take on Gotham's protector.
WILDCARD – Kevin Conroy (Batman voice actor) 1992 – present day
Do you remember Kevin Conroy as Batman? Or even know who he is? Probably not, but you've almost certainly heard him. Conroy is the hardest working Batman on this list, having been the go-to voice actor for Batman in everything from games to animated TV shows for the last 20 years. For many comic book fans, he's the best Batman there's ever been, effortlessly moving between the reserved Bruce Wayne and the might of Batman better than any other person on this list. A true Dark Knight, New Yorker Conroy also helped with the clean up effort following the devastating Twin Towers attack of 2001.
THE BEST BATMAN OF ALL TIME IS…Ermmm…
Wow, it's a tough one! For Brandish, it comes down to two actors, who we just can't separate: Michael Keaton and Christian Bale. Both are perfect for the differing Batman visions they are a part of. Michael Keaton nails the morally charged, lonely eccentricity of the Batman comic books, while Bale's realistic take on the Bat is so good that you totally buy into the real-world possibility of a billionaire moonlighting as a masked vigilante. When we're after gothic gloom and outlandish thrills we'll go for Keaton, but Bale's tense troubled Bat gives us our intellectual kicks too.


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"Lost," that endless engrossing philosophical mish-mash
Like cramming fistfuls of metaphysical crayons back into their tiny box, the Island on "Lost" can barely contain all the colorful epistemologies in its midst. It is a big stew of Philosophy 101's greatest hits... It's like the Monty Python sketch, "International Philosophy," in which Greek and German philosophers battle it out on the soccer field (Socrates's winning goal is contested by Hegel as not being an "a priori reality"). Back on "Lost" Philosophy Island, the implications are just as absurd: After all, if everything is imbued with meaning, then how meaningful is any one thing? READ MORE >
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J.J. Abrams' Mystery Boxes
With the debut of his latest TV series Fringe last week, J. J. Abrams—the writer/director/producer behind Lost, Felicity, and Alias—is back in the spotlight to talk about why he did the things he did with his new, much anticipated sci-fi show. Opening to mixed reviews, the X-Files-esque-medical-puzzle series promises to deliver… READ MORE >
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by Julie CHARPENTRAT
Santa Rosa (United States) (AFP) | 12 October 2017 3:03
Along with a plate and a mug, the mailbox was all he recovered Wednesday from ruins of his house in the Wine Country city of Santa Rosa.
"That's the house where I grew up," the 63-year-old retired US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer said.
"I feel violated; like a thief came in."
Desmond sobbed as he surveyed the rubble. The house, along with hundreds of others, was destroyed by an inferno that blew through the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa.
Coffey Park was one of the communities laid waste by fires that ripped through Northern California Sunday night, and sprang to life with renewed vigor due to strong winds on Wednesday.
Desmond shared precious memories stored as pictures on his smartphone, swiping through images showing a pretty, salmon-pink one-story home surrounded by lawn and rose bushes.
Across the street from his house was Coffey Park itself, where a children's playground had miraculously escaped the flames.
Desmond gestured to where the entrance to the garage once stood, overlaying memories on rubble that provided scant clues to which rooms were which.
His small aluminum boat was partially melted by the intense heat.
"I had my life here; family moments," he said, choking up.
"All the memorabilia; all the souvenirs, the photo albums… they're gone. They will never return."
His gaze turned to blackened ruins stretching as far as the eye could see, forming a desolate landscape.
– A wallet and a dog –
"It is like Hiroshima here; everything is destroyed," said Desmond's 21-year-old nephew, who traveled from San Francisco to help his uncle.
"I've never seen anything like that."
The younger man's hand was slightly injured from digging in the rubble without gloves or tools.
The reward for their efforts were meager, but Desmond managed a smile as he looked at his mug, which bore the phrase "It's wiser to be in Ireland."
Sadness returned as he looked up anew at the ruins of his house.
"All my clothes are there; my suits, my ties; my nice shoes. I had cash in my drawer too," Desmond said.
"I just took my wallet and my dog."
He proudly showed the gilded badge he keeps in his wallet as a momento from his career in law enforcement.
He recalled hearing noise outside his home late Sunday, then peering out a window to see people rushing to cars.
"It took me 10 to 15 seconds to realize something serious was happening," Desmond said of the night he joined the panicked exodus from Coffey Park.
Freighters and police darted onto streets, sirens blaring and shouting warnings of an approaching blaze and telling everyone to "get out."
"Then I saw the red sky, a big bright red," Desmond said, recalling the wicked wind that drove the inferno.
"It glowed like a bright sunset."
His trousers and sweatshirt covered with soot and dust, Desmond turned his thoughts to the future.
He felt lucky to have insurance coverage that gets him lodging for a time while his home is rebuilt.
He said his insurance company expected it to take two to three years for the neighborhood to get "kind of back to normal."
"There's nothing I can do now, I have to move on," Desmond said with resignation.
"I have to grieve my loss and move on. At least I have my life."


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Dennis Rodman fired
This week, the two teams had to come up with a marketing campaign for Mrs. Trump's new skincare line. As project manager of Team Power, Rodman oversaw Lil Jon, Brande Roderick, and Trace Adkins in coming up with the tagline "Simply Melania, Simply Luxury... It trumps all others."
When Roderick finished presenting, Lil Jon was confident that they'd nailed it. "It's always best to go second so you leave them with that last impression," he said.
Unfortunately, that impression was a bad one because the top of their poster bore the typo, "Milania."
Mrs. Trump looked disbelieving as the team continued to present, exchanging incredulous glances with her stepchildren, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump. "I can't believe they spelled my name wrong. It's all over the place, and nobody even noticed?" she marveled.
Later, when Team Power lost, both Rodman and Adkins (who was in charge of graphics) came back to the boardroom. Trump noted that Rodman's teammates kept sending him there, and though he'd come a long way, he couldn't escape getting fired this time.
"I haven't gotten this far in my life without thinking on the fly, without thinking things very carefully, trying to make good judgments, things like that," Rodman said while pleading his case.
But Trump had had enough. "This is the ultimate error," he said before sending Rodman packing.
Rodman's firing comes just a day after he made a cameo on "Saturday Night Live," in a sketch sending up North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The former basketball star made headlines when he visited the reclusive country and proclaimed the dictator to be his "friend." He even waded into diplomacy by suggesting to ABC News that President Barack Obama should just call Kim to clear up their differences.
"[Kim] loves basketball," Rodman said. "And I said the same thing, I said, 'Obama loves basketball.' Let's start there."


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - California Chrome has failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years.
Official results of the race are pending, but California Chrome finished well behind the lead. It appears that Tonalist crossed first.
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California Chrome and jockey Victor Espinoza lost the 1 1/2-mile race on a hot day at Belmont Park, where tens of thousands of fans were packed in hoping to see history. It was not to be, leaving Affirmed as the most recent Triple Crown winner in 1978.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Tommy Wingels' goal at 16:07 of the third period lifted the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in a preseason game Monday night.
Wingels deflected in Joe Pavelski's point shot during a power play with Canucks veteran Alex Burrows was off for roughing.
Wingels and Pavelski both had a goal and an assist for the Sharks while John McCarthy scored their other goal.
Brendan Gaunce and Hunter Shinkaruk scored for the Canucks while defenseman Henrik Tommernes added two assists.
It was the first game of the exhibition season for both clubs.
The Canucks went with six NHL regulars from last season, including Burrows and Ryan Kesler. Frank Corrado, 20, who played for Vancouver late in the season after completing his junior season, also played.
Notes: New Canucks coach John Tortorella watched his club from Vancouver's management box. Assistants Mike Sullivan and Glen Gulutzan ran Vancouver's bench. ... Sharks coach Todd McLellan viewed the proceedings from his usual spot behind their bench.


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Epinephelus albomarginatus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903
Common Name(s):
Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Craig, M.T. and Hastings, P.A. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of the groupers of the subfamily Epinephelinae (Serranidae) with a revised classification of the Epinephelini. Ichthyological Research 54(1): 1-17.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2d ver 3.1
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|Fennessy, S. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group)
|Sadovy, Y. & Cornish, A. (Grouper & Wrasse Red List Authority)
In KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), the mean size of this fish declined from 588 mm TL to 557 mm TL from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and fishing mortality has reduced spawning biomass per recruit to 23% of the unexploited level in KwaZulu-Natal (Fennessy 2000). No historical CPUE (catch per unit of effort) data or historical sex ratio data are available. Fishing effort in Mozambique is now substantially higher now than in the mid-1990s, although there are no CPUE data currently available.
Although there is no evidence for a decline in extent of occurrence, the species has a very restricted range. The reported range is from 24°50'S to 33°S (Heemstra and Randall 1993). The species mainly occurs in water depths from 30-80 m, and, based on calculated sea floor area to the 100 m isobath, the extent of occurrence of the species is therefore about 16,000 km². The area of occupancy is in reality much less than this, since the species is closely reef-associated, and assuming that 10% of the area of occurrence is reef, then effective habitat (reef) area is about 1,600 km².
This species is classified as Vulnerable as current data indicate a population reduction down to 23% of spawning biomass and hence > 30% population reduction is inferred due to fishing over a 10 year or three generation period where the time period includes both the past and the future, and fishing effort has increased. The species has a highly limited geographic range for a pelagic spawner but, although the EOO and AOO are small and would also qualify the species under B2b(v), there is no evidence of fluctuations or fragmentation.
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|Epinephelus albomarginatus occurs along the east coast of South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces to 33°S) and southern Mozambique (to 24°50'S). The species is relatively abundant only between 32°15'S and 24°50'S. The species has also been recorded from the southwest coast of India. See the assessment justification for details on extent of occurrence and area of occupancy.
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Native:India; Mozambique; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Indian Ocean – western
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|Not common in South African waters, probably more abundant in Mozambique. The South African population is assumed to be the same stock as in Mozambique.
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|Closely associated with reefs, mainly in water >30 m deep. There is very little evidence of spawning on exploited reefs in KwaZulu-Natal, possibly because of edge of range effects (Fennessy 2000), or unsuitable habitat. The species is a slow-growing, monandric protogynous hermaphrodite i.e., males are derived from functional females, and the sex ratio in KwaZulu-Natal is heavily female biased; it is not clear whether this is as a result of fishing pressure or because of edge of range effects on reproduction. In Mozambique, where fishing effort was light at time of sampling, the sex ratio was less biased (Fennessy 2000).
|Major Threat(s):
|Over-fishing by small-scale commercial hook and line fishing in South Africa and Mozambique, and an industrial trap fishery in Mozambique poses a high threat.
|Conservation Actions:
|Good protection in a 155 km long marine protected area (MPA) in South Africa. A minimum size limit of 400 mm TL applies, and a recreational bag limit of five fish per person per day (within that category of fish). Commercial fishing effort is restricted (number of permits is limited) and has recently been reduced. Fairly good compliance with regulations owing to an active conservation agency in KwaZulu-Natal. No bag or size limit restrictions in Mozambique.
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Building designers can use computer software, such as DOE-2 and EnergyPlus, to evaluate potential energy-saving measures. However, preparing the input in a way that accurately represents the proposed building and its energy-efficient features is a costly, labor-intensive business. As a result, designers often postpone energy analysis until late in the design process. This leaves them with far fewer cost-effective options for boosting efficiency than would be the case if they had considered analysis from the start.
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Local car dealership gets reuse funds to remodel business
Pony Express Chevrolet to pay back CDBG loan
When Pony Express Chevrolet is ready to access $275,000 in city reuse funds, the money will be waiting.
Following a public hearing Sept. 3, the Gothenburg City Council granted a request from dealership owners Gary and Deb Mrocek for a loan that will help remodel the dealership.
Jen Wolf, director of Dawson Area Development, said the application met the criteria to loan the money and noted that the Mroczeks plan to spend $875,000 on improvements.
Wolf said the Community Development Block Grant reuse funds will be paid back over 10 years.
Of the funds, $5,000 will be paid to DAD to administrate the grant with the balance to fund improvements.
Although the plan was to start construction this summer, Gary said Friday that the bids were more than he anticipated.
Still, he said he plans to move forward but doesn't know when.
DAD now re-loans reuse funds for economic development projects in Gothenburg which used to go through the city.
However by using a non-profit organization like DAD to administer the funds, Wolf said they don't have to deal with federal and state guidelines that can be burdensome.
When asked what would be left to loan in reuse funds after the $275,000 is loaned, Wolf said not much but noted payments from other money loaned will start coming in and that sales tax money is available.
City attorney Mike Bacon pointed out that two Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (REDLEG) will be paid back within the next 10 years.
"We won't denude ourselves of the ability to help smaller projects," Bacon said.
In other action, the council awarded a $1,500 contract to DAD to administrate a downtown revitalization grant.
DAD's bid was the only one received.
Earlier this year the council approved $11,475 toward the development of a downtown assessment plan.
The plan is needed to apply for phase two of a CDBG grant which could bring $350,000 into the community for downtown revitalization projects.
Generally an area on the east edge of the sale barn property west to All Points Cooperative and north of Highway 30 to 11th Street is what will benefit from a downtown revitalization grant.
On a related matter, members also approved special conditions for the grant that include such things as the hosting of meetings, putting in place fair housing procedures and an environmental review.
Wolf noted that the city received a similar grant in 2008.
She said they'll look at what hasn't been done in that study, what they intend to do with the grant money, examine the needs of business owners and the downtown and define priorities.
A suggestion to fix up a building for incubator businesses never came to fruition or a warehouse for cooperative storage, she said.
Wolf said she'd also like to hire someone to design what business facades could look like.
"We don't want to spend a lot of money because it's conceptual and they may not want to do it," she said.
The revitalization plan will be turned into the state in the spring and if successful, the grant will be awarded in July of 2014.
In other business, the council:
appointed Joni Bernie to the Gothenburg Housing Authority board to replace Victoria Haveriland.
decided to change residential electrical inspections from a city to a state inspector but won't take action until a later meeting because a change in the ordinance is needed first.
Council members have discussed the issue in the past and, because electrical foreman Mike Libich has a serious illness, decided to go ahead.
Libich has done residential inspections in the past and the state performs commercial inspections. However the city charges $30 for residential inspections which will increase to $185 under the new system.
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Car Catches Fire While Traveling on Interstate 95
A Portland man is okay after a scary incident this morning. His car caught fire while he was driving it on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield.
Sergeant Bruce said he saw the 1999 Toyota Camry traveling along the highway around 7:30 this morning and there were flames shooting out from underneath the car. Godefroy Watchiba, 41, was able to pull over quickly and grab some personal items from the car before it was totally engulfed in flames.
Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in a press release today that Watchiba told police he heard a large noise under the car before he pulled over to investigate. He was unhurt but his car was destroyed.
The Pittsfield Fire Department extinguished the flames. Traffic was reduced to one lane for about an hour.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer and Yuniesky Betancourt had a three-run shot, both drives off Jason Marquis in the first inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 7-1 Monday night for their eighth straight victory.
Kyle Lohse (1-1) went five innings, allowing one run and five hits, but left in the sixth after dislocating his left pinkie when he caught the finger on the elbow of Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko, who was covering first, after an unsuccessful sacrifice bunt. Lohse struck out four and walked one.
The right-hander thinks he'll be able to make his next scheduled start.
Marquis (1-2) was rocked for seven runs in four-plus innings as the Padres dropped their fourth in a row overall and sixth straight at home.
The homer for Braun was his sixth of the season. He also had an RBI single in the fifth and has 19 RBIs.
In his last visit to Petco Park, Braun became the first player to hit three home runs in one game at the ballpark. He also had a triple in his last at-bat here on April 30, 2012. He has five homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games at Petco.
Betancourt's home run, his third, came after Marquis had hit consecutive batters — Logan Schafer and Carlos Gomez — with two outs.
The Brewers have hit 15 home runs in eight games after hitting five homers in their first 10.
Milwaukee had scored just five runs in Lohse's first three starts before putting up a five-spot in the first inning on Monday.
The Brewers added two more runs in the fifth, one on Braun's RBI single and they scored on a wild pitch by Padres reliever Anthony Bass with the bases loaded.
The Padres, who were shutout in San Francisco Saturday and Sunday, snapped their 25-inning scoreless streak with a run in the fifth on a double by Gyorko and an RBI fielder's choice by Bass.
NOTES: Padres OF Carlos Quentin, who served the last game of his eight-game suspension Monday for his part in the benches-clearing brawl in which Dodgers star Zack Greinke broke his collarbone, will be back in the Padres lineup Tuesday. . Padres 1B Kyle Blanks wasn't in the starting lineup, but was available for pinch-hitting duty Monday night, a day after sustaining a cut on his left eyelid when he was cut by his sunglasses as he smacked into the left field wall making a catch in the sixth inning at San Francisco. "I feel definitely better than yesterday," said Blanks. "It's going to be a kind of a touch and feel progression. I saw it (on replay) and it reminded me of how fun it wasn't, but my head feels good, neck feels fine, mainly it's just a lot of soreness in my shoulder." Padres' manager Bud Black said that Blanks had stitches in his eyelid just below his eyebrow. ... Black also said that LHP Clayton Richard (0-1, 5.28) was feeling better after a stomach flu cancelled his start in San Francisco and that he would be on the mound Tuesday against Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo (1-1, 5.24). ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said that RF Norichika Aoki, who has appeared in all 17 games for Milwaukee, would get Monday night off but would be back in the starting lineup Tuesday. ... Roenicke also said that he has not yet decided whether rookie RHP Hiram Burgos, who won his major league debut against the Cubs, would remain in the Brewers rotation. "It all depends on matchups. We don't mind sliding him back in again then pushing the other guys to six days, but we're going to look at matchups."
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Why are some companies hated? The answer often depends on who is asking. Corporations can anger their customers, fail their shareholders, and mistreat their employees. Take a look at 10 of the most-hated companies in America. See full story.
Why Dell might really go private this time
As Dell tries to transition away from the core PC business and get more revenue from corporate software and services, it is still too dependent on an area where it continues to lose more market share than its rivals. See full story.
Drastic tax changes only way to save middle class
Drastic changes in the tax code — including 90% top rates and strict limits on capital-gains tax breaks — are needed to save the middle class in this country, argues Marcus Pohlmann. See full story.
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Apple Inc.'s near 4% drop wiped out $17 billion from the U.S. stock market on Monday, pushing two of the three benchmark indexes into negative territory. See full story.
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Wednesday dawns with expectancy and, for federal convict Rod Blagojevich, dread. He returns to a huge courtroom with warm wood paneling and cold fluorescent light. His attorneys spent much of Tuesday urging U.S. District Judge James Zagel to give the defrocked governor the lightest sentence possible. Now prosecutors will reaffirm their argument that Blagojevich, guilty on 18 criminal counts, deserves 15 to 20 years. Blagojevich will have an opportunity to speak. And Zagel will rule.
What the judge says in his soft bench voice will echo across a state where previous sentences for guilty officials haven't deterred a culture of political sleaze. There were hints Tuesday that the enduring public corruption here frustrates Zagel. But for all of its dark excitement and hallway guessing, Tuesday's hearing was bleak. Sad. Infuriating. Wednesday will be the same. Here's why:
In 2002 and 2006, citizens repulsed by Gov. George Ryan's lawlessness entrusted their hopes, and their state government, to a self-proclaimed reformer. Blagojevich betrayed them with a six-year crime spree. He even tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat that belongs to those same people of Illinois. Tuesday came and went without testimony from citizens who lost fair chances at government careers, or companies that lost fair chances at state contracts, because on Blagojevich's watch the fix was in.
Zagel alluded to this collateral damage Tuesday in his comments and questions. He asked whether an unrelated corruption case cited by a defense lawyer had damaged citizens' "trust and confidence." He invoked a prosecution argument that if moderate sentences haven't deterred criminals, "perhaps sentences should be raised." And he dismissed as "absurd" a key defense argument that Blagojevich wasn't an organizer of the corruption around him. The then-governor proved that leadership, Zagel suggested, not by the stature of his office, but by his actions, his "extensive criminal activity."
Most significant: Zagel accepted prosecutors' argument that even if Blagojevich didn't consummate his bribery schemes, his intent to do so should be factored into his sentence. The judge also accepted as correct the prosecutors' calculation that federal sentencing guidelines make Blagojevich eligible for a term of 30 years to life — although the judge added that he agrees with the feds that such a long sentence is "simply not appropriate in the context of this case." Blagojevich reacted stoically, clasping his hands and grating his thumbs against one another.
Defense attorneys begged for mercy, citing "the devastation that his absence would cause for his family." Zagel inquired why that makes Blagojevich different from all the other defendants who stand for sentencing. We'll learn Wednesday whether the defense response — that Blagojevich's commitment to his family is "extraordinary" — sways the judge. So, too, with the first admission from the defense that as governor, yes, Blagojevich committed crimes.
Wednesday belongs to Zagel. He has the last word. This is a moment when a judge — and what a judge says — makes a difference.
You couldn't listen to Zagel on Tuesday and not draw two conclusions:
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Elizabeth says, "One thing many growers (and wineries) tend to track pretty closely is Brix (a measure of how much sugar and therefore potential alcohol of the finished wine). Other things they should e tracking, but not all do, is TA (total acidity) and pH.
"These 3 measures (Brix, TA, pH) plus favors in the grapes are generally what growers and wineries try to optimize at harvest........that said, the optimal range of each measure isn't always met, so that is where winemakers earn their pay.
"In an ideal situation the grower and winemaker work together to decide exactly when to pick based on what these ripening criteria suggest would be ideal for the type or style of wine they want to make. Each winemaker has his/her own style and "tricks" they use to adjust the grape-must before fermentation...it's a matter of stylistic preference.
"Other things growers are looking at this time of year:
· Crop load....not exactly cluster appearance...more of a broad brush how much crop is out there and whether it is ripening uniformly or not.
· Bunch rot- lots of different kinds can also show up this time of year as the grapes soften just before final ripeness... these include several different kinds of molds and mildews that can attack, especially tight clusters or clusters that get rained on.
· Labor - another issue this time of year...a limited pool and if many varietals ripen at once...not enough hands to go around
· Tank space - while not exactly a grower issue, if a given winery takes in too much of varietal A and runs out of tank space for varietal B the grower could get a call saying the winery will take less than previously discussed
· Weather - too much excessive heat or rain this time of year can ruin certain grapes.
· Logistics - always an issue...getting the winery, picking crew, and equipment ready to go at the same time
· Birds and other critters eating your grapes - this year we are experiencing extra bird and turkey pressure on the grapes...at Shaker Ridge, we had to put out more bird nets, borrow the neighbor's dog to chase turkeys and we have our annual visitations from the neighborhood bear(s).
· Hang time - for us, hang time isn't a concern usually....the grapes are ripe when they are ripe....if it takes too long to ripen (like in a cool year) then you run a greater risk of running out of good weather to fully ripen the grapes. At higher elevations and some later ripening varietals have more issues here.
I am sure there are other concerns out there, but this is what was on my mind today!
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
How to proceed
So how do we proceed? I don't want to pull Astros County's Annual "We're Taking a Break" post again. Should the day come where Astros County ceases to exist in its current format, I want there to be weeping and gnashing of teeth...not, "Well, they've been talking about it for three years."
Ultimately, the losing is awful. Yes, brighter days are ahead, and not guaranteed. You know what's guaranteed? This Astros team is the worst. Ever. Remember when the Astros were 2-1? That was the highlight of my season. I tweeted, "I am not emotionally prepared for 2-1." Three games in, and I was flying high. Even when they were 22-23, we all collectively couldn't believe our luck.
Little did we know how fast and hard the Astros would fall. Since 22-23, the Astros are 20-71, a .220 winning percentage, which would translate into a 36-126 full-season record.
How do you continually talk about losing? Are there positives to come from this season? Sure. The Astros have $5.5m committed to payroll next season - $500K for Chris Snyder's buyout, and $5m to the Pirates for taking Wandy. There are five players eligible for arbitration, so that will send payroll up slightly, but areyoukiddingme$5.5millioncommitted. Luhnow got rid of every asset, sacrificing this season to prepare for what will be perhaps the biggest rebuilding project in modern baseball history (the 1998 Marlins should be on the list - but Loria's a douche, so...)
Talking about losing isn't fun. The "XX losses in their last XX games" stats are getting old, as are the "Jordan Schafer managed to strike out eight times in three plate appearances" stats. Yet every day that passes is another day The Luhnow Plan is put in place. Nobody said it would be easy. Nobody said it would happen soon.
Ultimately, we're still here because there's no way we're bailing on the Astros - and talking about the Astros. Why? Because we're looking forward to writing about the good times, however far away they may be. Just bear with us while why we figure out what the rest of the season looks like.
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I read you guys everyday even though I have only commented a couple of times. Losing this blog would make my life a little less wonderful. Your work here is very appreciated by your readers even if we are silent in our loyalty. Please keep up the good work. Thank you
- September 5, 2012 at 9:59 AM
You guys are fighting the good fight, keep it up. Go 'Stros!
- September 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Agreed with the above poster. For what it's worth, those captchas aren't easy :/
But seriously folks, thanks for the hard work. While the page stats (and home attendance numbers) may not reflect it, our Astros are in a more hopeful time than they have been in a long while.
- September 5, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Mike Castleman Jr. said...
I enjoy your blog immensely.
With all the sports reality programs out there...i'd love to see a real documentary 3 or 4 years from now...something like Baseball Origins: Starting from Scratch.
I've started a number of companies over the years and the Astros to me are the most fascinating story in sports. Has there ever been a team where the new regime came in and so thoroughly blew up the program? I feel like i'm watching the death of disco and its awesome!
- September 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I read this blog every day. In fact this and the crawfishboxes are the first thing I check on my computer every morning. I really appreciate what you guys do here. I don't comment that often. Usually because I don't want to get caught at work!
Although this has been a terrible season for the team in regards to winning games, it has been one of the most important seasons this team has ever had. Lunhow and Crane have a plan and they are doing a good job so far. It will be interesting to see what they do in the offseason. It could be huge, and it could be nothing. I'm not sure where I stand on what to do with the offseason and adding players. Part of me thinks they should just let the kids play and see what happens. They are all in AAAA, not because they are bad, they are just young. If we could add 2 veterans like and Ivan Rodrigez or Jason Giambi or even Clemens to the team I think it would add something to help the spirit of this team. I'm not saying they would be awesome at playing, but I think they would help this team with leadership. That is the big part missing right now.
Anyways... don't stop doing what you are doing. It makes a difference in my life.
- September 5, 2012 at 11:03 AM
- Mike Fast said...
I enjoy reading what you write and missed your commentary while it was absent the past few days. Glad to have you back!
- September 5, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Astros County said...
Awww, y'all are sweet. And, holy crap, Mike Fast (!).
Just to be clear, we have not had any discussions about shutting Astros County down. We're just trying to figure out what to write down the stretch that isn't the same old tired crap about losing.
Clearly we need more slideshows.
- September 5, 2012 at 11:44 AM
This blog is great for reading about what goes on in the minors, probably the best resource I've found for the Astros system. I check this blog every day
- September 5, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
Yes! More slideshows! It seems to be working for the Chron, ever since their apparent merger with Bleacher Report.
- September 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Hang in there... this painful season is almost over...
We here are ALL "true" fans for sticking it out through these tough times...
We will not be compared to those that jump on and off "band wagons"...
Thank you for all of your hard work and constant info... Looking forward to more...
- September 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- street said...
Hooks, JetHawks, and ValleyCats playoff news!!! Crappy and difficult time to write about (and watch) the MLB team these days, but pretty exciting time for the kids!!!
- September 5, 2012 at 1:57 PM
I read you every day. I never knew, though obviously I should have, that you thought we weren't out here, suffering along with you. I promise to comment more often.
About the losing...I've been a fan since the 70's. I can take a loss. I just keep reminding myself that ANYBODY can root for the Yankees. When the Astros start winning again, it will be that much sweeter. I'll be here.
- September 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- Astros County said...
Thanks! AC has never attracted much in the way of commenters (the ones we do have are dedicated), so that certainly wasn't what we were hinting at. We're just asking for some patience as we figure out how to provide a different reading experience. Thanks for reading and, by all means, comment!
- September 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM
- Reuben said...
Just make it all slide shows. Slide shows and pie charts. Wicked awesome.
- September 5, 2012 at 4:16 PM
This season sucks, but it's still baseball! Hell I am single and already renewed my two season seats for next year. We are all here because we love this game, and we love baseball.
- September 5, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Blinutne said...
Add me to the chours, I read Astros County daily. I don't care what the club's record is or how bad the team plays, I will always love the Astros, and I truly appreciate the opportunity Astros County provides for me to stay up-to-date on what's happening with the club from 1,000 miles away.
- September 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM
I love your recaps. Very brief, but never seems to be lacking some info. Just right for a fairly busy person like me.
I check out AC everyday.
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Rangers nearly pay the penalty (1971)
In 1972, Rangers lifted the Cup Winners' Cup - the only European trophy in the club's history - but only after manager Willie Waddell highlighted a considerable refereeing blunder to UEFA.
Rangers had won the first leg of their second-round tie with Portuguese side Sporting 3-2 but succumbed to a 4-3 defeat in Lisbon, leaving the scores tied at 6-6. Referee Laurens van Ravens, failing to realise that Rangers had won the tie on away goals, ordered a penalty shootout, which Sporting won.
"It was unbelievable," Rangers winger Willie Henderson told the Daily Record in 2008. "We were sitting in the dressing room with our heads in our hands. There was something in my head about away goals but it seemed we were out."
A member of the Scottish press knocked on the dressing-room door, held a conversation with Waddell, and the newly enlightened Gers boss headed off to find a UEFA official so that he could highlight the appropriate section in the rule book.
Van Ravens recalled: "After the penalties I returned to the dressing room. There, the UEFA officials showed up and told me the good news and the bad news. The good news was that I had controlled an excellent game well. The bad news - Rangers should have won the match." Rangers were awarded the victory and went on to lift the trophy.
Stuttgart's foreign invasion (1992)
Having lost the first leg of their Champions League first-round clash 3-0 at Stuttgart, Leeds United responded magnificently in the return game at Elland Road, winning 4-1. They had lost the tie on away goals, and afterwards a gracious Stuttgart coach Christoph Daum said: "We were the luckier team, not the better."
Yet, less than 24 hours after the match, it was noticed that Daum had played four foreigners, exceeding the three permitted, with the decision to bring on substitutes Adrian Knup and Jovo Simanic in the final ten minutes proving costly. Stuttgart president Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder pleaded for mercy but added: "If a mistake like that happened in any other organisation, the board would have to be fired straight away."
UEFA ordered a replay on neutral ground, and agreed a lucrative TV rights deal with German company RTL Plus - much to the chagrin of Leeds chairman Leslie Silver, who mischievously said he believed "certain influences affected their judgement". Leeds triumphed 2-1 in Barcelona to progress to the second round, where they were beaten 4-2 by Rangers.
Madrid lose national pride (1994)
Real Madrid turned to Jorge Valdano to spark a revival after a disappointing 1993-94 campaign, but their hopes of winning a first league title since 1990 looked to have been dented on October 23. That day, Madrid had been forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against relegation candidates Compostela and - worse - Valdano had breached the rules in the process.
At that stage, clubs could not field more than three foreign players at any one time in Spain; having started the Compostela game with Fernando Redondo, Michael Laudrup and Ivan Zamorano, Valdano moved to bring on Peter Dubovsky for Luis Enrique in the 83rd minute. Realising his error, he immediately moved to sub him off again.
Nonetheless, the potential penalties were strict, with lengthy suspensions, heavy fines and replays on neutral ground all permitted; in the end, the RFEF's Competition Committee banned Valdano for a month and fined him 663,700 pesetas (£3,237), while the club were fined a further 100,000 (£487).
"Madrid are suffering the consequences of a war which we are not controlling," Valdano said. "I recognised the error, not with the intention of excusing myself, but out of dignity. As a Madridista, I begin to feel worried because a lot of strange things are happening, and this has only begun. In the street, I have heard all kinds of comments and this has begun to take on a dangerous dimension. It could get out of control."
Despite his concerns, Madrid went on to secure the title.
Amateur dramatics at Bayern (1995)
In mid-April 1995, with Bayern sixth in the Bundesliga but still alive in the title race, they faced a potentially tricky trip to Eintracht Frankfurt. The fixture was rendered even more difficult because Bayern were suffering extensive injury problems, and coach Giovanni Trapattoni was able to field only nine professional players. In addition, he picked goalkeeper Sven Scheuer and defender Sammy Kuffour, who were at that stage amateurs (a system explained in Uli Hesse's article here). After 25 minutes, with the score at 1-1, Bayern's injury problems worsened: Thomas Helmer limped off and had to be replaced by another amateur, Marco Grimm, who was making his Bundesliga debut.
Under the rules of the time, Bayern had used their full allocation of amateur players on the field but, in the 72nd minute, with Bayern leading 3-2, Trapattoni decided to make a defensive substitution to preserve the lead: Didi Hamann, another amateur, was readied to replace Marcel Witeczek.
Bayern's press director had spotted the mistake and rushed to the dugout to alert the coach, but he was too late. Eintracht general manager Bernd Holzenbein also realised the error. Bayern eventually won the game 5-2, but as the players filed off the field they were called into the dressing room and made aware of the problem. Eintracht were awarded a 2-0 win, and Trapattoni held his hands up, while Uli Hoeness added: "It is also my fault and [assistant coach] Klaus Augenthaler's. It's embarrassing."
Bayern, who could have submitted an application to field extra amateur players before the game, ultimately finished sixth that year and qualified for the UEFA Cup only because Borussia Monchengladbach, who finished one place ahead by virtue of goal difference, secured a place in the Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1995-96 season, the reprieved Bayern lifted the UEFA Cup.
Oops, Valdano did it again (1997)
Incredibly, Jorge Valdano failed to learn any lessons from the 1994 embarrassment he had described as "possibly the lapse of my life". During his time in charge of Valencia, with rules having changed to permit four non-EU players, he fielded five.
Los Che had endured a poor start to the season but, in the game against Racing Santander on September 14, were leading 1-0. With Ariel Ortega, Claudio Lopez, Goran Vlaovic and Miroslav Djukic already on the field, though, Valdano opted to bring Marcelinho Carioca on from the bench for the final half-hour. The coach quickly realised his error and withdrew Djukic, but with no substitutes remaining had to play the remainder of the game with only ten men. During that time, Valencia conceded two goals and lost the game 2-1.
"No look was comparable yesterday to the sadness that emanated from the eyes of Jorge Valdano," El Pais reported the following day. "He was an image of desolation and failure."
Valencia dismissed Valdano as coach that week.
Hammer blow (2000)
West Ham United believed they had booked their place in the semi-finals of the League Cup in 2000 after beating Aston Villa in a penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw. However, Manny Omoyinmi, introduced as a 113th-minute substitute, had already appeared in the competition during a loan spell with Gillingham, and no one at West Ham had noticed that he was cup-tied.
Manager Harry Redknapp blamed a "cock-up", and company secretary Graham Mackrell was obliged to resign in the aftermath. "We acted upon information which was given to me that the player was eligible to play," Mackrell said. "It patently wasn't correct and as a result I'm responsible."
The Football League ordered that the game be replayed, and Villa won 3-1 at Upton Park to book their place in the semi-finals.
Maccabi Haifa fail to get their fax straight (2001)
Maccabi Haifa appeared to have secured a lucrative tie against Liverpool in the third qualifying round of the 2001-02 Champions League after beating Finnish side Haka 5-0 on aggregate. However, in the second leg - a 4-0 win in Israel - Haifa had mistakenly fielded Walid Badir.
The former Wimbledon midfielder had missed the second leg of a UEFA Cup tie with Vitesse Arnhem the previous season through suspension, and the European governing body faxed the club to say that Badir was banned "for two more games"; Haifa misunderstood, believing the suspension amounted to two games in total. UEFA showed no sympathy, arguing that Haifa "displayed culpable negligence by not clarifying the suspension", and handed them a 3-0 defeat.
"There's no one more frustrated than me," Haifa boss Avram Grant said. "My life's ambition was to visit Liverpool as a coach." Haka eventually bowed out of the competition with a 9-1 aggregate defeat to the Reds.
Ruud awakening for Azzurri (2008)
Italy were left furious in their opening match of Euro 2008 as Ruud van Nistelrooy, appearing to be some distance offside, prodded home the first goal of Netherlands' 3-0 victory. The Azzurri players protested and, when the goal was replayed at the Stade de Suisse, there was a furious reaction on and off the field.
However, the officials had got it right. Italy defender Christian Panucci, having clashed with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in the build-up, had been lying behind the goal-line and was - according to Law 11 - therefore playing the striker onside.
UEFA general secretary David Taylor confirmed at a press conference: "The goal was correctly awarded. Not many people, even in the game - and I include the players - know this interpretation."
Zenit and the art of squad maintenance (2011)
In a huge game at the start of the Russian season, Zenit St Petersburg hosted CSKA Moscow. Luciano Spalletti, the Zenit coach, had been so determined to secure a positive result that he decided to ignore a rule stipulating that one homegrown player aged under 21 must be included in the squad.
Zenit drew the match 1-1, and Spalletti explained afterwards: "It wasn't only a match but a match against a top opponent. I needed reliable players on the bench." He had said he was happy to pay the fine for his transgression, as he had done the previous year.
However, as of 2011-12, the authorities had tweaked the rules: neglecting to name a local U-21 player would result in the club responsible forfeiting the match. Zenit were hit with a 3-0 defeat and a 200,000 rouble (£4,500) fine.
Zenit general manager Maxim Mitrofanov blamed several people - including himself - and apologised for the "lack of professionalism and competency of our staff".
Forlan idol at Inter (2011)
When Samuel Eto'o departed Inter Milan for Anzhi Makhachkala, the club invested a reported €5 million on Diego Forlan to fill the void. During the negotiations with Atletico Madrid, Forlan had spoken with his club to ensure he was excluded from the Europa League play-off with Vitoria Guimaraes and would therefore be eligible for Inter's Champions League campaign.
Inter duly included him in their 25-man squad, at the expense of Luc Castaignos, only to learn that Forlan had in fact appeared in the third round of Europa League qualification and would not be eligible for the Champions League until the knockout stages. The striker said he "had no idea that was the case", adding in an Onda Cera interview: "The truth is I didn't know UEFA's rules and so I was going on what I'd been told, which was that it was enough to not play against Vitoria Guimaraes."
Inter thus went into the tournament one man short, and Inter president Massimo Moratti was less than pleased. "I'm sorry mostly for Castaignos because otherwise he could have played," he said. "The Forlan oversight is fairly serious and it's not something we can fix. We have to find a way of avoiding it in the future." Forlan's disappointing stint at the San Siro came to an end after only one season.
South Africa fail to spot the difference (2011)
When South Africa drew 0-0 with Sierra Leone in their final qualification game for the 2012 African Nations Cup, they believed they had reached the finals by virtue of having a superior goal difference to both Niger and Sierra Leone. However, the rules stipulated that Niger, with the best head-to-head record among the three teams tied on points, would advance.
At the end of their game, the South Africa players had danced, hugged coach Pitso Mosimane and embarked on a lap of honour, while South African Football Association president Kirsten Nematandani appeared on television to praise the team's achievement.
Once made aware of their error, South Africa embarked on a desperate campaign to make amends, with SAFA CEO Robin Petersen expressing a view that "this particular rule should be thrown out because it defeats the traditional way of determining a standing". Mosimane, who said he had been unaware of the tournament rules, argued that the European and South American reliance on goal difference was "much better" and added: "Africa is a jungle, my friend." SAFA president Nematandani was the most forthright, declaring on the eNews TV channel: "Those rules are wrong."
However, the country's sports minister, Fikile Mbalula, reserved his indignation for SAFA, demanding the body apologise to the country, and added: "The best thing is to accept the defeat and mediocrity on the part of the leadership and move on."
It emerged that Mosimaneto had adopted defensive tactics in the match on the prompting of a commentator, who had mistakenly informed the team's support staff that a draw would have been sufficient, and a repentant Nematandani said: "The failure by members of our technical team to acquaint themselves with some of the CAF rules is unacceptable and we will look into our internal structures."


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My friend, you seem to have doubt. Just to make sure: Do you doubt?Viscid wrote:To what degree is belief in the historical existence of The Buddha necessary?
If the story of The Buddha was, say, a fictional creation of the First Buddhist council in order to homogenize teachings of different teachers, would that impact the practical implications of Buddhism all that much? Is the Buddha required, or is the Dhamma and Sangha sufficient?
Then I would recommend you read about "medium Kilesa".
Doubt is one of the 5 hindrances, (medium kilesa).
This would imply that they intentionally lied and made up a story.If the story of The Buddha was, say, a fictional creation of the First Buddhist council
This would contradict their message of right speech.
I am sure this did not happen.
Clever liers make sure such contradictions are not so obvious and in plain view.
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Wonderful location near San Gimignano
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We spent a wonderful day and night at this agriturismo - we wished we had longer! The owner was very friendly and accommodated us at the last minute. The setting is quintessential breathtaking Tuscany with it's location to San Gimignano being perfect. There were mountain bikes available (no extra charge) which we used to ride round and explore the area. The room was very comfortable and the breakfast hearty and it felt like we were in a real farm kitchen. We will definitely visit again.


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They all fit. The Han Carbonite won't fit looking at it straight on, but he does fit if you put him in at an angle. If I remember correctly, IG-88 almost touches the top of the case.ETA - I was talking about the Johnny Lighting cases, Brent. Not sure about the other cases you posted, but they look similar to the JL cases and I would guess the dimensions are similar (being that are both made for the same type of product).
The Gamorrean Guard is just about 1-½" wide.I also measure the JL case - 3-¼" tall x 1-5/8" wide x 1-½" deep, so all the Kubricks should fit in those cases, Brent.
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