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Thank you good sir :)
Likes and dislikes? You mean, in general? Like anchovies on pizza? Or are you thinking of preferences, as regarding women?
All right, assuming the latter - I like smart women. The smarter the better, utterly brilliant would be great. And honest. That's a biggie, and seems to be very hard to find. Politically either moderate or conservative would be nice, but I guess if she's liberal and can stand me, then I can hardly do less.
I also like women who are more country than city. They're just more relaxed and tolerant, and nicer people. I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but you asked. And women who like kids are great; so many these days don't. Low maintenance is wonderful; defined as being able to take care of oneself. Mature, responsible and having a good sense of humor probably round out the description.
You may notice that I didn't mention anything physical. That's because that's secondary, and highly variable. When a man loves a woman, she becomes beautiful to him.
Most of those things are negotiable. For instance, I suspect that, for a woman I truly loved, I might try to put up with being stuck in a city.
But unfortunately, children are the one thing that it's nearly impossible to compromise on. You can't have just half a kid. And sadly, it seems to be the fashionable these days to not want children. I don't quite understand it; when I was in college, I don't think I knew any women at all who didn't want to get married and have a family. Now, it seems like about a third or better of those I meet are averse to the idea.
<rhetorical> I don't know what happened; I still feel the same way, what is it that changed for everyone else? </rhetorical>
You can't have just half a kid.
There are some birth defects that can make that possible, actually. :-P
Tonya, couples haven't changed, and the social contract is still there. The difference is that social and personal responsibility is on the decline. Divorce has always existed (remember Henry the Eighth & his six wives?) as have all the other things you mentioned. But nowadays it's considered much less reprehensible to go against the grain than it was in previous times.
However, that's a separate issue. I have always wanted to have children, and continue to do so, regardless of whether it's stylish or not. So I will just have to keep looking until I find someone who feels the same way. (shrug)
Independent, outgoing, educated, under 6' tall, has to love the outdoors but also like to just chill when it's bad out. These are what I like about women. Dislikes... Overly "redneck" women, any women that thinks she should be on an MTV show. (jersey shore) Or someone that thinks that they are better than some people because they are pretty. That's about it.
The other fellow named Michael (parents must not have been especially creative with names!) makes an excellent point: the thing in a relationship which least admits compromise is the question of having a child. I have been relatively happily married, but for several months my wife and I have been separated and divorce is coming in a few months, all because suddenly she wants to have a child, and I insist to the contrary. We married with the understanding of remaining perpetually childless, and lived that way for many years, until her "biological clock" struck (we're both in our late 30s). I am not ready to form a new relationship, but the experience has placed me in a philosophical mood, to contemplate how people meet and find like-minded partners.
So what would I prefer in a woman? Introspection and a kind of eloquence of self-expression are mandatory. Formal education and an office-wall festooned with diplomas are not important, but it is essential that she is reasonably well-read, or at least desires to become as such, and that she has the perspicacity and the drive to form and to defend her opinions - not about color of curtains or texture of furniture, but about society, politics, philosophy, the arts, human nature, and yes - religion. Atheism would be a definite plus, but a relaxed form of religious adherence would be acceptable, provided that it is not dogmatic and admits critical review. But the core criterion is childlessness and deep preference to remain childless.
Here in the American Midwest, we have a particular kind of conservatism. Women can and do have thriving careers, and with the collapse of the blue-collar economy I gather that female workers are likely more economically successful and secure than their male counterparts. From the economic viewpoint, the feminist revolution has been a success. But from the cultural viewpoint, not so much. Women are still expected to become mothers. And while there may not be an overt nagging pressure such as gossiping neighbors blighting a childless woman's reputation, there is a self-imposed pressure, that a childless woman is "missing out" and a traitor to her higher essence. This is the sort of feeling that is overcoming my soon-to-be-former wife.
Of course there are people "out there", male and female, who share similar world-views (atheism, childlessness,...) - but the combination of rare qualities makes dating and relating quite difficult. Let's look at the numbers. Southwestern Ohio, where I live, has in the combined Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus metro areas maybe 2-3 million people. Some 40% of adults are not married (a rough number). Assuming that this is equally distributed between ages of 18 and 80 (not true, but OK for a first approximation), and that for a 40 year old male, females between say 22 and 45 are "acceptable" dating material, there are some 150000 eligible single women. Now let's assume that 10% of the populace are atheist/agnostic/unaffiliated... now down to 15000 women. And of those, 20% are childless by choice and prefer to remain that way... down to around 3000 women. Viewed pessimistically, that's 0.1% of the general population. Viewed optimistically, that's several concert-halls or movie theaters completely crammed with potentially "eligible" women. Presumably the mirror-image calculation would work for women seeking men.
So there are two sides to the challenge of dating. In proportional terms, nearly every potential dating candidate is a poor candidate. But in absolute numerical terms, the numbers are not so bad. How, then, to facilitate the mechanics of dating?
Hi, Michael.
You raise an interesting point. I continue to be amazed at just how much one's perspective is affected by where they live. For example, in this area of the country, just over one quarter of the populace is atheistic or at least nonreligious. I don't have any firm numbers on the incidence of childless women, but from my own experience, I would guess that about 1 in 3 single women seem to be uninclined towards children. Given that the metro area here is about on the same scale as your own, that equates to roughly 12,000 women who are suitable in terms of religion, age group and attitude. Still a minority, but a considerably larger one.
I'm kind of in the reverse position. I'm stuck in a very liberal area, with a large number of women who don't want kids, and I very much want to meet someone and have children. It almost seems like some sort of cultural exchange is in order. Once your divorce is final, introduce me to your ex, and I'll offer to introduce you to all the women I know that don't like kids.
OK, I'm kidding. Well, sort of, anyway.
Seriously, however, the best way to catch fish is to go where the fish are. If you live in the desert, move to the seashore. And if you want an atheist without kids, I'd suggest a more liberal part of the country. Just a thought. Good luck to you.
Very true. Unfortunately my job is almost ideal for my temperament and for my training. I've been here long enough that I'm in the golden-cage phase of life, in terms of defined-benefit pension (quit now, and bye-bye pension!). The social life was never great here, but when I had a secure marriage, our life as a couple was sufficiently fulfilling to obviate the need for much external socializing, like barbeques or dinner/movies or the symphony orchestra. Now, living the separated/divorced life, suddenly those social outlets matter vastly more. Moving to a more liberal part of the country would improve my social life and my romantic prospects, but would be devastating career-wise. The irony is that this region is economically depressed, so a potential mate would have difficulty finding a job here.
A former supervisor at work was an indefatigable source of sage advice. One of my favorites: "Life is all about choices". Well, yes. We have a choice between the comfortable and familiar, or the new and the risky but tantalizing. My "ex"-wife and I had that discussion often. She wanted to flush the marriage down the toilet because of tantalizing prospects of improving her life with a different spouse, one who would breed more, spend more, and bloviate less. Whereas I would rather have the bird in the hand, so to speak. Choices.... well, maybe once this divorce thing is finalized, I'll reorient my priorities and won't be so risk-averse.
Might I ask - from what region do you hail? Before moving to Ohio, I lived in Los Angeles and the Washington DC metro area. Neither were particularly liberal, despite their reputation.
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Military Memories: 31 writing prompts to commemorate our military ancestors, created by author Jennifer Holik.
Today's theme - The Home Front. Describe your family's experience during the war. Who did they send to war and when?
Ten members of my immediate family served in war -
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My grandfather William Danson of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire and four of his brothers (George, John, Frank and Tom) served in World War One.
What must it have been like for their widowed mother, Maria Danson, nee Rawcliffe worrying about the fate of her soldier sons?
George died on the Somme in 1916 nine months after he enlisted and just two weeks after his 22nd birthday. A year later John died in army camp in training without having served abroad. His wife had died of TB at the age of 21, so their daughter Annie was now an orphan and made her home with her grandmother Maria.
Their only sister Jennie recalled a time during the war when she was working in Poulton Post Office and a War Office telegram arrived for her mother. Fearing the worst, she was allowed to run home with it. To much relief it was news of Frank as wounded but recovering in hospital in Malta. Of Tom I know very little.
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Harry & baby Billy c.1916
When my grandfather went in war in 1916, he left behind his wife Alice and four children - Edith, Kathleen (my mother), Harry and baby Billy. He fought at the mud bath that was Passendaele and was awarded the Military Medal for his actions at Givenchy - something he would never talk about. But amongst my family treasures are many postcards that he sent home to his family
Dear Edith I hope you like this card.. I am in the pink, Look after mother and baby.
From your Dad.
Harry and Billy above both fought. Harry in the army that was evacuated at Dunkirk in 1940, and Billy in the navy. Their younger sister Peggy (left), born in 1922 served in the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force), with a note In the family photograph album that she was in a Barrage Balloon Squadron in Hull, Yorkshire - the only woman in my family to be in the armed services.
it is thanks to the accounts that my father, John Weston, wrote, together with letters to my mother, that I have such a picture of his war service in Intelligence, landing in Normandy just after D Day, entering Paris, experiencing the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944 and seeing VE Day in Germany, before being sent to the Far East
His brother Charles Weston had a harrowing time, as a Japanese POW.
I look forward to paying tribute to my military ancestors over the coming month.
In my postings, Remembrance has always been my theme for November
so these stories of military service have featured before on my blog.
But I am pleased to take this different approach suggested by Jennifer
and am proud to join in this challenge.
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Lancashire, England Genealogy
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| Be sure to visit both "The Parishes A-Z" and "The Chapelries A-Z" links (to the right) and click to find your parish or chapel to 1) determine if it was indeed an ancient parish, or, if a chapel of ease and to which ancient parish it was attached and, 2) find links to rich online (free) data content for each.
Lancashire originally had only 75 parishes, and unlike most other England counties, was comprised by far of mostly (over 400) chapelries. These chapelries (or chapels of ease) subdivided each parish to which they were attached. Key Strategy: Always be certain to search for the events of your ancestor[s] in ALL chapelries of a parish and their registers as well in the registers of its ancient parish.
Lancashire, is a maritime county located in the North West of England. It is sometimes called the County of Lancaster.
By 1850 Lancashire was comprised of only 75 ancient parishes, each with mostly large boundaries. However, with over 400 smaller chapels in Lancashire (called chapelries, chapels of ease, district chapels or ecclesiastical churches), most parishes on average had 8 chapels which sub-divided them.
Each chapel of ease possesses 'parish' registers of baptisms, and (where extant) marriages and burials of their own, and many of them, from ancient times.
You can click The Parishes A-Z link or, The Chapelries A-Z below it, to find your Lancashire church. On most parish pages you can find (click) a link to view a "Comprehensive List" of Chapels attached to each ancient parish.
You can also check John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales or, Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England to determine whether your 'parish' was in fact a "parish" or, if it was instead a chapel of ease (chapelry) within a large parish boundary, etc.[1]
- 1 Lancashire's Ancient Parishes And Their Chapels:
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Lancashire's Ancient Parishes And Their Chapels:
The Parishes(A-Z)
The Chapelries(A-Z)
Lancashire's numerous smaller chapels of ease and district chapels comprises a vast portion of its geographical tapestry and each one possessed registers of baptisms, and sometimes marriages and burials. Because of this unique attribute, thoroughness in Lancashire research especially requires comprehensive, diligent study to determine all chapels of ease, chapelries, district churches, and parochial chapels lying within the boundary of each ancient parish.
Lancashire contains also "parts of 4 other [border] parishes, and at least 9 extra-parochial places. Prior to 1870, the county was divided into the city of Manchester, and the boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Clitheroe, Lancaster, Liverpool, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, and Wigan, and included parts of the Cheshire boroughs of Stalybridge, Stockport, and Warrington...
Lancashire's assizes (higher courts) were held at Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester. The quarter sessions (smaller courts) were held at Lancaster, Preston, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Featured Content
Research Tools
Lancashire is one of the most complex of all England's counties. The following interactive map enables researchers to make sense of this county's jurisdictional makeup: 1851 Jurisdictions Map. If you want to know those parishes (or chapelries) immediately surrounding and contiguous to your target parish or chapel in which an ancestor possibly lived, was born or married, or to know in which diocesan court in order to search for a probate (will) record, or a marriage licence, allegation or bond, etc., use this map to find each parish, or all (or most) of its chapelries, and jurisdictions.
Also all the key jurisdiction levels to which each ancient (civil) parish and most chapelries (but not yet all) are attached, and of which are viewable may be located in the above Jurisdiction Map tool.
Wiki "Lancashire Parishes" Pages
The above Maps may not list or mention your place (i.e. chapelry--especially for post-1851 Lancashire). So on the "Lancashire" main page, click "Parishes" on the left margin and click the name of the parish (see those with a double **) in which your ancestor resided. Then click the "Comprehensive List of Chapels and Churches" which more thoroughly list all chapels attached to each parish.
Lancashire "Search" Strategy
In Lancashire research--
- Identifying all chapel registers within each ancient parish--is a "must" before searching in the next contiguous ancient parishes! Why? Because most parishes have multiple chapelries attached to them. The mistake oft repeated is the failure to accurately identify all chapels within the parish and instead moving on to the next parish anyway before having researched in every one of the chapelries' registers! This is the major reason for decades-old unsolved research problems. To exasperate the problem, there is no single treatise, reference aid or published resource tool anywhere--that accurately identifies ALL chapelries found within each ancient parish. These (Lancashire) Wiki pages offer researchers--for the first time a singular tool and reference aid to help you identify and create the most accurate list of chapelries within each ancient parish compiled from several reference tools and aids. Still, additional chapelries occasionally come to light which need to be added to each parish's lists found herein!
- Never advance research in the next ancient parish church's registers unless or until you've searched all the chapels of ease's (chapelries') registers, of those chapelries lying within the target ancient parish's boundary! For example, the ancient parish of St Chad's Rochdale has about 20 chapels and district churches attached to and subdividing its parish boundary; thus all 20 of them need to be searched before continuing the research in the next ancient parish, such as the parish of Radcliff (St Mary)!
- Many of Lancashire's chapelries sent couples off to the mother (ancient) parish for marrying. This is because about 90 percent of all chapelries were never granted permission to marry. Burials are often found in the ancient parish yard (to which it was attached) or else in another nearby chapel with a burial yard. Many chapelries simply did not possess or maintain a church burial ground'.
- Marriages in the City of Manchester occurred mostly at Manchester Cathedral--England's largest ancient parish which possessed over 150 chapelries, district churches and ecclesiastical parishes subdividing its border. The Cathedral retained 'licence' to marry most couples within it own border with but very few exceptions especially during the Lord Hardwick era between 1754 and 1837. Note the following few churches within the borders of Manchester ancient parish (the Cathedral of St Mary, St George & St Denys) which, like the Cathedral Church, held rights and privileges to marry couples in their respective chapelries:
- Manchester St John's Deansgate - from 1804
- Manchester St Mary's Chapelry - from 1806
- Ardwick St Thomas - 1740
By about 1840 most chapelries were granted permission to marry couples in their own chapel.
See Maps above-mentioned, or the links to the "Comprehensive List of Chapels"--found on the main page to each ancient parish--to help you create an accurate list of chapelries to search.
Two great (free) resources for also finding chapelries in each ancient parish (1848 and 1870, respectively) are Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England, published in 1848 or, Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (in 1870), Both of these publications help you determine whether a Lancashire place was--
- the ancient parish
- a chapelry (a chapel of ease)
- district church
- an ecclesiastical parish
- parochial chapelry (holding jurisdiction over one or more other chapelries within an ancient parish)
- a parish and then identifies by name--all chapelries within its borders
Civil Registration District Jurisdictions
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Lancashire was divided into nearly 40 registration districts, each containing numerous parishes and their attached chapelries. View and see a list of Lancashire districts and the parishes they contain, which will help you quickly identify the correct registration district name when searching the indexes to the civil registrations of births, marriages and deaths (post-1837 to the present).
Ancient Parishes Jurisdictions
See a list of Lancashire's 75 parishes (see double asterisks) with links to articles and its 400-plus chapelries.
Probate Court Jurisdictions
Read more about Lancashire Probate Records.
Before 1858, every town and parish in Lancashire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. To see a list of Lancashire parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, go to Lancashire Probate Records.
You will find for any given place name, all of the jurisdiction levels and more, in the above map.
Useful Resources
Raymond, Stuart A. Lancashire: a genealogical bibliography, vol. 1, Lancashire genealogical sources. Birmingham [England]: Federation of Family History Societies, c 1996-1997.
Raymond, Stuart A. Lancashire: a genealogical bibliography, vol. 2. Registers, inscriptions and wills. Birmingham [England]: Federation of Family History Societies, c 1996-1997.
Raymond, Stuart A. Lancashire: a genealogical bibliography, vol. 3. Lancashire family histories and pedigrees. Birmingham [England]: Federation of Family History Societies, c 1996-1997.
Useful Websites
- Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks Links to extracted data from many of the parishes in Lancashire.
- GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
- Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Lancashire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (£). 931,033 entries.
- Lancashire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911 (£). 850,138 entries.
- Lancashire, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1986 (£). 441,009 entries.
- Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 (£). 645,187 entries.
- Lancashire, England, Confirmations, 1856-1922 (£). 3,807 entries.
- Liverpool burials online
- Liverpool church register transcripts at Lanc OPC
- Manchester burials online
- Manchester church register transcripts online at Lanc-OPC
- Manchester Roman Catholic Registers transcripts
- Roman Catholic marriages, baptisms and burials
- England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- FHLFavorites.info an extensive list of web sites and/or web pages for Lancashire and many of its parishes (search for links not only on the local level but at the county [Lancashire] and national [England] levels as well
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870). Adapted. Date accessed: 30 Apr 2012
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New Jersey Ready For More Heavy Rain [POLL/VIDEO]
One line of severe storms has rolled across New Jersey with another headed for parts of New Jersey.
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Ocean, Gloucester, Camden, Salem, Cumberland & Atlantic counties until 6:45 p.m. for a storm headed east at 50 mph with 60 mph winds and hail.
There is also a line of storms moving across north Jersey with 40 mph winds and heavy rain falling at the rate off 1 inch per hour.
The NWS' Mt. Holly office, which covers most of New Jersey, says in their latest briefing about the storms that the threat for wide spread severe weather has "diminished."
Only rain showers and isolated severe thunderstorms are expected for the rest of the day. The Flash Flood Watch has been discontinued.
The first round brought near-continuous lightning strikes, thunder, heavy rain and winds up to 60 MPH, along with some power outages. Hail and a wind gust of 57 MPH was reported in Woodbury while 4 utility poles were knocked down on Morton Avenue in Deerfield.
The State Emergency Operations Center was activated at 8:00 this morning and will remain open as long as conditions dictate. With the activation in place, extra staff is on hand and the state is prepared to handle resource requests.
"This is a complex storm, and a complex forecast due to the amount of rain we've recently experienced," said Colonel Rick Fuentes, State Police Superintendent and Director of the NJ Office of Emergency Management.
"It's a fast-moving storm and a fast-moving system," added OEM's Mary Goepfert, who warned drivers to avoid traveling through standing water.
"You can't see how deep that water is, or worse, if the road is out underneath," she said.
The storm's latest:
6:30 p.m - Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for Ocean County
6:15 p.m. - There is also a line of storms moving across north Jersey with 40 mph winds and heavy rain falling at the rate off 1 inch per hour.
6:00 p.m.The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Gloucester, Camden, Salem, Cumberland & Atlantic counties until 6:45 p.m. for a storm headed east at 50 mph with 60 mph winds and hail.
3:51 p.m. - The The National Weather Service's Mt. Holly office, which covers most of New Jersey, says in their briefing about the storms that the threat for wide spread severe weather has "diminished." Only rain showers and isolated severe thunderstorms are expected for the rest of the day. The Flash Flood Watch has been discontinued.
3:50 p.m. - The National Weather Service's New York office has cancelled a Flood Watch for Bergen,Sussex, Essex and Bergen counties.
3:25 p.m. - UPDATED outgae numbers: 1,560 Atlantic City Electric customers without power and 42 JCP&L customers. PSE&G also reports outages across the state
3:00 p.m.: Cape May County Zoo and Cape May County Park are closed due to fallen trees. Atlantic Cape Community College closed after 3:30 p.m.
12:32 p.m. - TheLakewoodScoop.com posted footage of lightning striking the Lakewood building housing Kars4Kids. ""There was a loud blast and all the lights went out," said one employee.
12:07 p.m. - Most of the state is back under a Flood Watch following the morning storm. Belmar is using pumps to lower the level of Silver Lake & Lake Como which has already come down a foot since the operation began but some areas of town may experience "significant flooding." Ocean Avenue remains closed between 5th & 8th Avenue.
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6,100 7335 Atlantic City Electric customers without power and just under 600 1,092JCP&L customers. PSE&G also reports outages across the state
11:00 a.m. - Shore Area News Dispatch (S.A.N.D) Facebook page reports a lightning strike in Bayville and another at the Ridgeway Firehouse Station in Manchester.
10:55 a.m. - Newark Airport has 2 hour delays; LaGuardia 90 minutes, JFK 30 minutes and Philadelphia 60 minutes according to the FAA.
10:18 a.m.Severe Thunderstorm Warning extended to Ocean County as storm continues to move east with 60 mph winds and heavy rain.
9:20 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Camden, Gloucester, Burlington, Atlantic, Salem & Cumberland. Storms contain heavy rain, nearly continuous cloud-to-ground lightning, damaging winds of 60 MPH and one-inch diameter hail.
9:13 a.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect as a line of storms crosses New Jersey. The National Weather Service reports a ground strike in Passaic County
7:30 a.m. - A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for all of southern & central New Jersey until 11 a.m. A strong line of thunderstorms producing brief periods of torrential rain in central Pennsylvania is moving east.
What can New Jersey expect today?
- Heavy Rain: Rain develops in the morning with locally strong thunderstorms with strong wings and heavier rains developing especially in central and southern counties.The saturated soil increases the chances of trees being uprooted and falling on powerlines and homes. Rainfall amounts of 1-4" are expected to fall on Thursday.
- Flooding: A Flood Watchis in effect until late tonight for most of the state except Atlantic,Cape May & Cumberland Counties over concerns the expected 1-4 inches of rain will increase the chances for flooding on rivers & streams already running high thanks to Monday's rain. Minor flooding along the Raritan & Passaic is possible. Poor drainage areas and roads that flood easily are also likely to collect water fairly quickly.
- Severe Weather: Large hail, strong damaging winds, and tornadoes could develop in some thunderstorms. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has south Jersey at a slight risk for severe weather today. Tornadoes have the potential to be stronger than usual in New Jersey. "The trouble is we're talking about a pretty strong low pressure system that has a lot of energy and moisture to work with," state climatologist at Rutgers University David Robinson told the Star Ledger.
NJ Transit is cross honoring tickets on bus, rail, light rail and private bus carriers all day today.
The storms last night brought hail, lightning and tornadoes to the midwest. Two twisters have been reported in northern Iowa and several more in Illinois. Forecasters say the storms could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland before they subside.
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I am really looking forward to attending the Backup Up Your Genealogy Data webinar with presenter Thomas MacEntee tomorrow. I've decided I'll just use my lunch break to attend; it'll by my first "live" webinar as the previous ones I attended were done via the archive.
I have no doubt the info Thomas presents will be outstanding and very useful. And what could be more important than learning the best ways to back up your precious, important data!!
If you haven't registered, you should! It will be well worth it, and best of all, it's FREE!
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I'm A Hornet from President ShonrockJune 10, 2014
The ESU Alumni Association's 2014 Volunteer Appreciation Event recognized University Service Citation Recipients including: Don Hill, retired pharmacy owner and Kansas Legislator since 2003 and Gail and George Milton, Emporia community residents since the late 1960s. Congratulations and THANKS for your volunteerism!
Emporia State University finished in the top 100 out of over 300 NCAA Division II schools in the Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings for the 12th straight year.
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Matchroom Sport, the promoters, have released the following statement confirming the line up:
"Matchroom Sport can announce the seven players set to take part in this year's PartyPoker.com Premier League which commences at Penrith Leisure Centre on Thursday 3rd of September and concludes with the play-offs at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea on the weekend of the 28th and 29th November.
Leading the way is defending champion and World No.1 Ronnie O'Sullivan who will be attempting to lift this title for an astonishing sixth consecutive season and ninth time overall.
The Essex-based 'Rocket' has made this Sky Sports-televised event his own in recent times, beating Mark Selby 7-2 in last year's final, John Higgins 7-4 in 2007 and Jimmy White 7-0 in '06.
World Champion Higgins will be returning to Premier League action in an attempt to halt O'Sullivan's dominance and he will be joined by UK Champion and World Championship runner-up Shaun Murphy.
Higgins was a winner of the Premier League ten years ago when he beat Jimmy White in Maidenhead and will be looking to have a good run after failing to qualify for the play-offs last year.
Murphy makes his second appearance in the event, having played in 2005, following a massive return to form over the past 12 months.
World No.8 Marco Fu is also a previous Premier League Champion when in a memorable weekend in May 2003, he toppled O'Sullivan 6-4 in the semi-finals before beating then World Champion Mark Williams 9-5 to land his first professional title.
The second overseas player in the line-up is Australia's improving Neil Robertson, who bagged his third career ranking title last year when he won the inaugural Bahrain Snooker Championship.
Robertson had a torrid time of it on his only other Premier League outing in 2007 and will be looking to improve on that year's showing.
While 'legend' is a term freely used in sport, it is hard to think of any other word when describing seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry.
The 40 year-old Scot has achieved everything there is to achieve in the game, several times over, and is still a very dangerous competitor. Hendry last won the League in 2004 but that will mean nothing when the action gets underway.
Finally, the joker in the pack is Bristol teenager Judd Trump. The up-and-coming World No.30 qualified for the Premier League by winning the ultra-competitive Championship League Snooker. Hailed as one of snooker's greatest ever prospects, Trump now gets his chance to see what he can do among the game's elite.
Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn, "I think this is very exciting line-up with a diverse selection of top players competing.
"Of course, Ronnie will always be the man to beat in this event, but I feel anyone of the others has a chance of winning this title come the end of November.
"Some of the players have struggled with the 25 second shot clock but coping with that has always been one of O'Sullivan's many strengths.
"The standard is high and I am looking forward to 12 nights of top class snooker in September, October and November this year."
Now entering its 24th season, the PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker is the world's only major snooker tournament played to a league format. The field consists of seven of the very best players in the world and each player plays the others once over the best of six frames, making a total of 21 matches.
There are two points available for a win and a point for a 3 – 3 draw and following the round robin section of play, the top four players moved forward to the big money play-offs in December.
The total prize fund is in excess of £200,000, and the money for the round-robin section will be dished out on a 'frames won' basis with £1,000 awarded for each frame. In addition, there is a 'Double Your Money' bonus for a break of 100 or over of another £1,000.
Successful players carry forward their bonuses to the play-offs where the serious money is up for grabs. The £1,000 for a century bonus stays and the champion receives £30,000, the runner-up takes home an additional £15,000 and the beaten semi-finalists make an extra £5,000 each.
The semi-finals are the best of 11 frames and the final is over 13 frames.
The event will be broadcast for over 48 hours LIVE coverage on Sky Sports in the UK and Matchroom Sport Television will produce 24 x 2 hour highlight programmes syndicated globally."
The one player who can count himself unlucky is Mark Selby, who finished runner-up to O'Sullivan in the Premier League last year.
I expect Robertson got the nod over him because of Australian TV sales, although the Melbourne man did win a ranking event (Selby didn't) and got further than the Leicester Jester at the Crucible.
The other surprise is the exclusion of Ding Junhui, but Fu is now the highest ranked Asian and was the UK Championship runner-up last season.
81 comments:
old news dave (though it may not have been confirmed as correct)
the confirmed line up has been online in the public domain for at least a week.
it was posted on the Ronnie forums last wednesday.........
- 4:20 pm
- Dave H said...
I know it has, but I don't break embargoes if asked not to
And not everyone who reads this blog reads Ronnie O'Sullivan's website forum
- 4:22 pm
i wasnt having a go. i know things get leaked early all the time, and in some cases its deliberate too.
i never said everyone who reads this blog reads Ronnies website either so i dont see that comment as relevant as my post mentions online (and then stating but one source)
- 4:28 pm
- Matt said...
Have you got any idea when the venues will be announced in full Dave? Seen most of them on ROS' website but I'm curious as to the others where he is not involved.
- 4:32 pm
It may be old news but I hadn't seen it until now. I'm going to hunt down the dates and venues now.
- 4:32 pm
- jamie said...
Can't find the full fixtures anywhere?
- 4:53 pm
Hi Dave,
It is an electic mix which, like you say, is targeting the worldwide sales department and publicity for snooker, just like world series is.
One question: Was any played asked asked to take part in the Premier League next season, but didn't accept due to other business commitments?
Thanks, Joe
- 6:11 pm
i expect marco fu to nick it. Why? probably the only player who enjoys playing the rocket
- 6:23 pm
everyone enjoys playing Ronnie.
no point being a profesional if you dont enjoy the challange of playing the best players.
- 6:42 pm
Anon @ 4:28
Yes you were. Ask nicely and Dave might give you a gold star. 'Look at me, I knew before everyone else!'
- 6:44 pm
- Dave H said...
Joe - as far as I know nobody turned it down
The fixtures and venues have not yet been published
- 8:02 pm
it seems a strange desition that Selby isnt in it.
he adapted brilliantly to the format he finished top of the league on 10 points 4 wins and 2 draws out of 6 matches played Hendry in the semi finals and blits him 5-0.
he didnt do himself justice in the final losing 7-2 to Ronnie but Ronnie aside Selbys performance last season was the best ive seen under the shot clock and hes been snubbed this year. if i was Selby id be p**** off.
- 8:12 pm
Totally agree, Selby should be in it, he did so well last year. Really stupid decision in my opinion.
- 8:20 pm
Didn't one of the anons on here say on a previous thread that Selby had deliberately lost to Trump 'as a favour to Hearn'
Shows how idiotic and deluded some of the people are who claim to have 'the inside track'
- 8:27 pm
it was 1 of thoes comment that people say that he never expected to get wrong.
i dont think anyone expected selby not to be in.
- 9:14 pm
Hi Dave,
Cheers. Do we know whether there is a replacement list drawn up for whether players do pull out?
Am sure Hearn/WSA wouldn't want to get into a situation like last season with regards the Bahrain Championship/PL clash. Not the publicity the game needs (again) if the situation rises, eh?
Thanks, Joe
- 9:28 pm
glad to see Barry has gone for current champions plus the asian number one and the greatest player to ever hold a cue.
- 10:39 pm
- SupremeSnooker.com said...
I pretty much agree with this year's invitations, but I find it massively disappointing that Selby has not been invited.
As has been stated on this blog many times, this is a commercial event and players are chosen with the potential for a large TV audience in mind.
Selby is a player who makes even the most casual viewer sit up and watch, and for this reason, I think Mr Hearn has made a mistake in leaving him out.
That said, which one of those players least deserves to be invited? Answer? NONE. The only one you could argue has not earned his place is Hendry, but his invitation is guaranteed for a good few years yet simply because of what he's achieved in the past, just as Steve Davis had been until this year.
Incidentally, I must apologise for the lack of updates at our website recently. It's run entirely by volunteers at present, and I, in particular, have been very busy with other journalistic commitments recently.
- 1:22 am
Anonymous said...
Anon @ 4:28
Yes you were. Ask nicely and Dave might give you a gold star. 'Look at me, I knew before everyone else!'
firstly, as ive explained, no i wasnt. sorry that you are wrong, but you cant possibly know my thoughts on why i post something.
Dave wasnt asked for anything, let alone a gold star.
Thankfully Dave seems to have accepted my honest explanation about my posting and hasnt saw fit to reply trying to start an arguement about it, which is more than can be said about you.
Lastly, i never said i knew before everyone else. on the contrary i actually posted that id got the info from somewhere else, which to most semi intelligent folk would explain that i knew i wasnt first to know.
Now run along unless you really are trying to disrupt Daves blog.
I posted on topic, about the subject making a point about the names being in the public domain for a while.
You posted a direct dig and an attempt to wind up or **** me off which is exactly what this blog doesnt need!
- 7:20 am
I thought there was a chance Hendry would miss out but I'm glad he's still in it this year.
- 8:15 am
only 30k for the winner? the prize money has really gone down hasn't it.
- 10:14 am
Selby not being in this is a travesty. He's in the top three players in the world with Higgins and O'Sullivan. The line-up to me is a turn-off in terms of entertainment, Fu and Murphy are two of the most boring players to watch on the circuit. I think Barry's got this one very wrong and I for one won't be watching.
- 11:23 am
Really don't know how Selby's in the top three players in the world with Higgins and O'Sullivan.
You won't be watching is your choice, but I will.
- 11:56 am
Selby would have been World Champion if he'd beaten Higgins, one or two shots difference between them. I think you'd find most people in the know have Selby as a top three player, despite his developing habit of not winning anything!
What do you think Dave?
- 12:00 pm
Prize money down ...
But the players are probably on bigger guarantees to turn up
- 12:17 pm
"Really don't know how Selby's in the top three players in the world with Higgins and O'Sullivan."
Then you're blind mate.
I agree with anon 11:23am - Selby not being included is a travesty, especially given he reached the final of the championship league and also topped the table in the main event last year.
The real head scratcher is Marco Fu. We all know he's a good player but is he good to watch? I personally don't mind him but I wouldn't tune in especially to watch him and find Ding and Liang a far more entertaining box office material draw than Fu and I'm sure the rest of China and the Far East would concur.
Very disappointing that Selby isn't included but then they take no prisoners in the PL - just ask Mark Williams.
- 1:30 pm
yes Mark Williams last PL Match was the 2005 final.
but i got to say Mark Selby played far better last year than Williams did in 2005.
- 2:56 pm
My guess is Selby was in until Murphy did what he did in the worlds and world series after Selby lost the epic match of the season against Higgins.
They've missed a trick by leaving him out but you can't argue against the inclusion of Murphy.
Robertson and Fu are clearly there for tv audience purposes but I still think Ding should've got the nod over Fu. Alright Fu had a better season but Ding will bounce back and he's got a massive following in China and he's also produced some magic in the PL. The format suits his game down to the ground. I'll never forget his trouncing of Davis a couple of seasons back. I've never seen Davis look so perturbed!
- 5:21 pm
Ding will bounce back is just an assumption. He keeps falling over the last 2 seasons so it turns out losing his PL place, no complain can say.
Selby played OK last season. In fact he should have beat Trump in the CL and get in. But once again, we cannot say anything about it and the field now is still strong as ever.
- 6:14 pm
Selby played more than OK.
some of his play in that league was outstanding and only Ronnie has played anywhere near that well under shot clock rules.
- 6:40 pm
There was a rumour a couple of months ago that selby was already told he was in. only a rumour mind (with no added creditable source)
- 9:34 pm
I don't see why they can't have 8 players in the league and include Selby.
- 1:39 am
for the same reason they 'cant' have 9 persons in the league and include ***** *****
(there has to be a cut off, basically for theirs and skys calendar)
- 8:29 am
- andy said...
I think this is a very fair selection of players. I love this event and watch it religiously every year.
I'm really looking forward to it. I think they have the format perfect now!
- 10:01 am
- andy said...
Just read some of the other comments. I think it's very professional and credible the way Matchroom have justified each of their selection. It doesn't really leave too much room for argument.
Everyone has their favourite player and I can understand if they're annoyed that he isn't there (Selby for example). But if Selby would have gone further in the Worlds and won a couple of ranking events, he would probably have come before Robertson. After all, sport is all about results (and legends :o) ).
- 10:10 am
If it's about results then why is Hendry in there? Why is Fu in there? Why isn't Ali Carter, a ranking winner in there? Why isn't Ricky Walden, a ranking winner in there?
The plain fact is that Robertson won a mediocre 'ranking event' and benefitted from a great draw in the World Championship and coming up against the annual under-performer Maguire.
Fu made the UK final and is the top Asian player, the only justification for his inclusion. Dreadful to watch.
I'm shocked at the omission of Selby and also wonder why Carter wasn't invited. These two guys are big players in the future of the game, Fu may have peaked, Robertson will never be more than a top eaight player, Hendry isn't the player he was even 5 years ago, Trump, ok he is there by virtue of a result at least. But in my view only Ronnie, Higgins and Murphy truly deserve their place on results alone.
- 10:16 am
Robertson inclusion is well deserved not only won a Ranking Event he went from mid 20s provisionally at the start of the season to no 9 and starts the new season no 5 and also a World Championship semi finalist.
he was the player that improved the most from 1 season to another at the top of the game where it maters.
i dont by this nonsense about barhain being mediocre .it was a Ranking Event and if you label tournaments mediocre because some top players are missing then if players are injured and miss wimbledon that also is a mediocre tennis tournament ?
- 10:27 am
Robertson is not the most improved player of the year. To reach the World Semi Final he beat a woeful Davis, a totally out of form Carter and a very poor Maguire. He was then outclassed by Murphy, who din't even need to accelerate to beat him. Higgins by contrast had three matches against players at the top of their games in Cope, Selby and Allen (another who can be considered unlucky not to be invited). Bahrain WAS a mediocre event, and yes, if Nadal and Federer were not at Wimbledon I'd say the same thing about that. You can only win what is put in front of you granted, but it helps if what is in front of you is someone you are streets better than. To class Bahrain in the same league as the Welsh Open or even Shanghai is ridiculous. He has got in by virtue of his nationality, as has Fu, nothing else. If Robertson was English he'd be nowhere near the Premier League.
- 10:55 am
to go from provisional about 20+ to WN9 when he could have easily followed Doherty out of the top 32 showed fight.
Barhain is every inch equal to the welsh and China its a Ranking Tournament with Ranking status.
and if you think players pulling out devalues a tournament to that extent theres no point investing in future overseas tournaments because Ronnie will pull out of most and thus in youre opinion devalue the tournament so its pointless.
- 11:31 am
He's got a few years on Doherty!
What you discount is that he should never have allowed himself to fall so low down the rankings in the first place.
I'm not knocking him, he's a great player but he'll never be world champion, just like Maguire. He has benefitted here from his nationality, end of story, anyone that thinks he's got into this on ability is deluded.
On ability he is behind: Higgins, Ronnie, Selby, Murphy, Carter, Allen, Ding, Maguire and possibly Ryan Day.
- 12:19 pm
that shows how great a player he is then winning 3 Ranking tournaments with in youre opinion less ability than thoes players.
not many have won 3 Ranking Tournaments or more.
- 5:05 pm
if youre just judging by ranking tournament points then id agree with the poster who mentioned carter, but i wouldnt agree about selby on that point (about how well theyve both done the last year)
obviously though the criteria for this is a much bigger mix than what they did in "big" tournaments last year and that is fine as its Matchrooms tournament....
- 6:16 pm
I can tell you all that Selby is seething at this, last season's runner up and let's not forget what a season he had in the premier league, this really is unbelieavable.
- 1:48 am
i can understand him not being overjoyed but surely he must understand there has to be a cut off point and that the tournament is invitational and the criteria for being picked isnt set in stone and is up to the organisers.
i am sure others have felt overlooked in the past, many with good reason too (as well as mark this year)
you cant just use his performance in it last year as the reason he should be picked IMHO.
lets say someone tops a group and is runner up but doesnt win a game on the main snooker tour or in other big non ws tournaments....that wouldnt hold water FOR ME, so the fact he done well in last years isnt quite enough for me to see he NEEDED to be included, though i would have liked to see him in it.
others have been picked on lots of things, not just what they have done on ws tour last year (and some of those picked didnt play last year so they cant be directly compared to selby and his performance in last years as they werent in it)
again, just my opinion.....
- 10:22 am
There is a perfectly valid reason that Selby has to be seething. It all goes back to Crondon Park.
- 11:13 am
i think leaving Selby out is the biggest shock ever in 24 years of the league.
i had him as a nailed on defanate.
- 11:37 am
- Dave H said...
My understanding is that Matchroom wrote to Selby explaining their reasoning and that he wrote a cordial letter back saying there were no hard feelings, so he wasn't 'seething' then.
- 11:44 am
i think Mark is a layed back guy and he would accept that.
however it does make a mockery of the league when you have Selby winning 10-1 vs Hendry in the 2008 league and in 2009 Hendry back in and Selby not there.
i know its Barry's decision but suerly Selby should be there to give some credability to the league.
- 12:38 pm
- Dave H said...
My suggestion is to have two groups of five, thus meaning 20 group matches rather than 21
Then you could have Selby and Mark Allen and even Jimmy White (or whoever)
The way snooker is, there is bound to be one or two top players left out each year because the titles are more shared around than at any point in the game's history
- 12:42 pm
i dont think Jimmy would be a viable offering because hes nowhere near venues or the top of the game and its not a case of wanting players in the league because theres cases for many even Stephen Maguire Last season winning 2 Ranking Tournaments in 2007/2008.
but Barry Hearn has put players in based on popularity and not on achievemant so if he had followed previous years protocall Murphy wouldnt be in and Selby would because he is more popular than Murphy and same with Marco Fu getting the nod ahead of Ding or Wenbo.
the only player in the League this year based on popularity rather than achievemant is Hendry.
im a Hendry fan but id have rather see Selby taking Hendrys place for Credability sake because he absalutly anialated Hendry last year in the League 10-1.
- 12:54 pm
- Matt said...
For me it goes back to what Dave said a couple of months ago about the Premier League, there is more to the selection criteria than simply form and Matchroom are well within their rights to select whoever they want.
I did have Selby as a certainty and agree that as far as form is concerned, he would have a better claim than Hendry.
As it is though Hendry is more likely to bring in the crowds and personally I'd rather watch him than Selby without a moment's hesitation. Ultimately I doubt that I would be the only one and that has to be a consideration for the organisers.
I mean if it were entirely about 'fairness', surely they should just invite the top 7 in the rankings every year.
- 3:00 pm
yes but selby is more likely to bring in the crowds than Fu and Murphy together.
i thought Barry would have followed protacall this year like every other year and throwing the Form Book out of the window but he hasent.
Hendry aside the others deserve theire place there on Merit over the last season.
- 3:04 pm
id rather watch an in form fu than either selby or purphy and i disagree with the OPINION that selby would bring in more than the other 2 mentioned
- 5:52 pm
it appears to me that some folk on here, while obviously being entitled to their opinion, dont realise that the PL has no obligation to pick the top players in the WS rankings or players who have done well in the PL the year before.
the sooner they realise that fact the sooner they realise they are basing their opinions on criteria that doesnt add up.
yes there are players higher in the WS ranking than those picked and yes there are players who done well in previous years who werent picked the following year, but even though that is correct it has no bearing on how matchroom choose the players they want and so isnt relevant at all.
they choose who they want based on their own thoughts and even though not everyone agrees, they are not saying they pick players who are top of rankings etc and then going back on their word. they are in fact just choosing who they want, which they are quite entitled to do.
- 6:03 pm
selby should be in it end of based on every criteria possible regarding the PL.
Twice championship League Runner Up and once Prem League Runner Up in the last 2 seasons.
its like Relagating Arsenal and Letting Newcastle have another chance.
its stupid beiond sense and i dont care if barry hearn knows that.
- 8:54 pm
not based on the people at Matchrooms criteria (with 7 picks) and basically its only their opinion and pick that matters, so effectively you are completley wrong saying he "should" be in it.
in your opinion he deserves to be
but he certainly shouldnt "should be in it" as its their decision and theirs only.
some people just cant see that, or accept it when they do see it.
- 9:26 pm
yes its theire decision.
but its a wrong decision nothing will dress it up as anything but WRONG.
its a league. if they have the cheek to call it a league .
what other league has the played finished top not in it following year?
its a joke contest and this decision is just adding fuel to the fire that the winner of this glorified exibition meens nothing.
- 9:56 pm
no its not a wrong decision.
its a decision that you dont agree on, but its not "wrong".
take a look at yourself. youre either trying to wind folk on here up or you have completely lost your marbles as it CANT be a wrong decision.
its their decision to make and theirs only. it cant be wrong!
you are free to disagree with what their decision was/is, but that doesnt make it wrong!
- 10:03 pm
finishing top and not in the league the folowing year is wrong.
you can say im winding you up if you want but thats the bottom line.
im stating they cant call it a league because in league theres promotion and relegation in this its pick and choose so its a exibition and should not take the name of a league in to it...
its Sky Exibition Snooker that meens nothing.
- 10:25 pm
they can call it what they like
they can invite who they like
who they invite, what they call it and how it works cant ever be described as "wrong" by someone who just disagrees with (parts of) it.
happy marble search :)
- 10:28 pm
if they can invite who they like i can call it a shambolic Rubish...
thats life.
- 10:47 pm
yes you can call it that, but you cant say they are wrong when they plainly are not, unless you want to be wrong yourself.
- 10:57 pm
If my memory is correct, Fu finishing top of the table in 2001and not in the league the following year. It's happened before and not being wrong at all.
- 10:12 am
well said.
Everyone is free to not agree but it doesnt make matchrooms choice wrong.
- 2:36 pm
yes its always been wrong unfortunally or fortunally i wasent online then or i would have said exactly the same.
im consistant with my view and in a profesional sport it has no room for this shambolic system of picking players barry hearn likes to use.
- 6:33 pm
- 9:56 pm
- Dave H said...
Ultimately Barry pays for this event with his own money, therefore he can pick whoever he feels will get him the best return
- 11:08 am
but hes not done that or Selby would be in it.
if he was thinking of return for his money Selby in Murphy out.
no disrespect to murphy but Selby fan base and suport is bigger.
- 3:36 pm
Dave, its like hitting your head off a brick wall talking to some folk.
Everyone posting here has basically said Selby would have been a great choice but ultimately is Barrys decision, one he makes for his own reasons, and one he is certainly not "wrong" about.
Seems the last poster knows what is better for Barry than Barry himself does. HMMM
or else they could be at the wind up.....
you decide
- 6:25 pm
Let's all face it, Selby should be in, although everyone else listed also deserves to be in too so it's a difficult one.
- 6:56 pm
i disagree. selby shouldnt be in.
- 7:29 pm
Barry hearn has made a mistake plain and simple the idiot.
what other sport makes decision based on who the chief exect likes and not ?
its got to have structure to it not based on preferance.
- 7:38 pm
- 8:22 pm
Mate, Barry is not belongs to the governing body and the PL is his own exhibition tournament. I am sure most of the fans and even Selby have no argument, except you.
- 2:24 am
We all know that it's Barry's decision and he can pick who he likes. I'm not at all sure that commercially Robertson and perhaps even Hendry make sense. But surely if it was purely to maximise returns he'd have plumped for Ding over Fu? I believe like a few posters that this is one of his very rare commercial mistakes (remember the Romford Rap anyone?). Leaving Selby out is a commercial error as is including Fu. Murphy deserves to be there on merit and will I'm sure attract an audience (probably two-thirds of whom will want to see him get beat), Higgins obviously, as the best player in the world is a shoe-in, Ronnie is untouchable.
So in short, replacing Robertson with Selby and Fu with Ding, in my opinion makes more commercial sense.
- 8:57 am
In your opinion, excluding your favorites means no commercial sense.
- 9:48 am
Who said anything about favourites? If you are going to respond then perhaps you should read the post properly.
Popularity-wise how can anyone argue that Fu is more commercially viable than Ding exactly? Selby is also a very popular player on the circuit, not just here but also in China. I'm not sure that the Australian fan base is large enough to justify Robertson's inclusion.
He has also overlooked the claims of Mark Allen from a large and growing Irish fan base.
As someone who has been involved in sports promotion for many years, these are the reasons I think he's made an uncharacteristic mistake with the line-up. Absolutely nothing to do with favourite players at all.
- 10:40 am
point is he has gone with form rather than commercially viable apart from Hendry.
on form i have no problam with the other inclusions from Fu to Robertson, Higgins to Murphy but ive been told Barry Hearn picks players based on popularity for the league.
i can safetly say this year in the main he has gone with form book whitch i have to say surprised me.
it isnt a case of selby should or shouldnt be there but if Barry had picked on the criteria he has done for the last 20+ years Selby and Ding would have been in.
- 4:17 pm
if he has gone with form then why is carter not in it?
look at his last years points!
so, the point is he hasnt gone for form apart from hendry
he has went with his own choices and he cant be wrong
you can have a different opinion but that doesnt make barry wrong
- 6:17 pm
Higgins (World Champion)
Murphy (UK Champion/World R UP)
Ronnie (Defending Champion)
Trump (Qualified)
Fu (Best china man)
Robertson (Best Other Countryman)
Hendry (Legend)
to be honest Carter and Robertson is a toss up fact Robertson made the world semi this year swang it.
carter should be in last seasons league instead of Steve Davis who was shambolic.
what id do is replace Hendry with Selby and i think its a then a good line up.
- 6:32 pm
to say murphy is boring is surely the silliest quote ever??
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Distribution utilities identify a number of priority capability areas that IT/OT integration would greatly support. While these areas cover a broad range of key business issues, from network modeling and crew management to business intelligence and electric vehicle load optimization, there are three main high-priority areas:
For most utilities, the current process to respond to an outage and restore power is a critical driver of cost. It requires a number of sequential processes, "handshakes" and "hand-offs" between control rooms, dispatchers and maintenance crews. Enhancing situational awareness across that chain could help utilities make considerable savings. More sophisticated data can even identify and analyze optimal crew deployment to avoid excessive overtime payments.
From an IT/OT integration perspective, the outage management system is an ideal illustration of the potential value of increasing data integration and remote control. For example, smart metering can provide near-real-time monitoring of outage status, allowing improved fault identification, particularly for outages on long radial lines in remote areas and nested network failures in suburban and urban areas.
Utilities can also significantly improve the management of unplanned outages by more effective automation and planning possible by integrating data from multiple sources. Advanced switching capabilities in the medium-voltage network could enable utilities to optimize the customer experience, helping minimize or eliminate downtime for as many customers as possible. In addition, utilities' revenues could receive a boost, as aggregate consumption will rise as more effective, accurate planning means fewer customers are disconnected.
Advanced asset management is a clear priority capability area that utilities are targeting for improvement from IT/OT integration. Aging assets, reinforcement requirements from distributed generation deployment and constraints on accessing assets are increasing the need to improve asset life-cycle management. Additionally, moves toward incentive-based regulation is escalating the need for managers to deliver more effective use of their asset portfolios.
Currently, asset management is largely characterized by limited, often poor-quality, historical data, and decisions are based on statistical models that may not accurately reflect the true condition and performance of assets in the grid. With more accurate, real-time data flows from the smart grid would enable utilities to make more informed, timely asset decisions.
Accurate data flows from assets can also enable distribution companies to take account of their operating environment's unique conditions in order to make decisions that reflect their real-world context.
Monitoring asset health and performance in real time could enable utilities to make more effective engineering decisions, as well as plan and allocate capital expenditure more accurately and effectively. That capability will become increasingly important as regulatory funding becomes more incentive- and performance-based.
The growth of distributed generation (DG) is raising big challenges and costs for distribution companies that need to reinforce the network in order to manage these new forms of supply. While many networks can manage small to moderate quantities of DG with limited negative impacts, there is a tipping point where utilities need new approaches.
Smart approaches to DG integration require the availability and analysis of considerable flows of data which are not readily available today. Many distribution utilities, for example, have little or no visibility into prosumer systems across the grid and have to estimate the size and timing of DG exports to the grid. Yet, utilities expect to see grid faults increase from the growth in distributed generation technologies over the next several years.
The integration of IT/OT data will be essential for distribution companies to steer the development of DG to optimize grid performance and incorporate the scale, speed and complexity of new forms of generation.
We see three progressive phases or levels of IT/OT integration that will enabled utilities to manage the impact of DG more effectively. They range from basic incorporating of DG output data into network planning to the most sophisticated scenario in which grid operators are empowered with technology, such as smart inverters, that allow them to control services from DG beyond curtailment and create a more flexible, responsive grid.
The momentum behind the requirement for IT/OT integration is considerable. Pressing challenges and opportunities facing distribution utilities hinge on the ability to successfully combine data and services from previously distinct domains. Distribution utilities need to grasp the implications for their organization, systems and skills as a priority. Our research highlights that utility executives are keenly aware of the significance of getting IT/OT integration right and moving ahead decisively.
According to Accenture's Digitally Enabled Grid IT/OT survey, there are three main high-level benefit areas that utilities executives expect to see from IT/OT integration. It is clear executives expect IT/OT integration to support the core business capabilities, making better use of internal and external data sources to improve decision making and provide better service levels.
% of utility executives who believe these areas will benefit the most from IT/OT integration
For distribution utilities, IT/OT integration is a necessity, not a choice. Integration holds the potential to produce considerable business benefits, however, achieving these benefits will require overcoming a number of barriers: developing a new approach, dealing with complexity, and regulatory and cybersecurity challenges.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nationally-ranked No. 9 MIT swept local foe Newbury College, 25-15, 25-11, 25-12, in a non-conference men's volleyball match on Tuesday night. With the win, the Engineers improved to 26-8 on the year while the Nighthawks concluded their season with a record of 8-17.
MIT quickly built a 10-3 lead in the opening set but miscues coupled with a kill and ace from senior Chris Chin (Brockton, Mass.) brought Newbury within two (11-9). The Engineers picked up the next three points courtesy of kills by graduate-student Malcolm Bean (Rochester, N.Y.) and junior Matt Hohenberger (St. Louis, Mo.) along with a block from Bean and sophomore Ken Siebert (St. Louis, Mo.). The Nighthawks stayed close, capitalizing on a pair of errors and a block by sophomores Cody Braden (Fair Grove, Mo.) and Justin Franks (Mamaroneck, N.Y.). MIT gained some breathing room with another three-point spurt, but after an exchange of side-outs a strike by Franks narrowed the gap to four (19-15). The Engineers responded by tallying the final six points for the win, as Siebert accounted for two kills and a block with senior David Thomas (Carlsbad, Calif.).
After trading points to start the second set, the Cardinal and Gray generated a 10-1 run which eventually grew to a 17-6 advantage. Newbury countered with a 4-1 spurt that featured two kills from freshman Chi Yin Li (Framingham, Mass.), one by Franks, and a hitting error by the hosts. This was as close as it would get as MIT registered seven of the last eight points in the frame. Freshman Brad Gross (Centerville, Va.) posted three kills and collaborated with classmate Andrew Busse (Mount Prospect, Ill.) for a block that resulted in set point while a solo block by Bean clinched the victory.
With the final frame tied at three, a block by Bean and senior Benson George (East Meadow, N.Y.) ignited a 7-1 run by the Engineers. Chin's kill stopped the rally and was followed by exchange of points which resulted in the Nighthawks trailing, 12-7. Hitting errors by the visitors fueled another MIT run that created a 22-9 lead. Once again, a blast by Chin prevented the Engineers from increasing their margin. Both squads alternated scoring until a strike by Busse ended the match.
Siebert totaled eight kills, four digs, and three blocks while Busse finished with five blocks and four kills. Thomas posted six kills, followed by five from Gross and four by Hohenberger and Klein. Bean notched four blocks as junior Patrick Vatterott (St. Louis, Mo.) bolstered the front row with three blocks. Senior Daniel Sngiem (Long Beach, Calif.) earned three aces while sophomore Paul Syta (Fairport, N.Y.) dished out 18 assists. Sophomore Evan Wang (Saratoga, Calif.) rounded out the Engineers with 12 assists and two aces.
Chin recorded five kills and an ace while Franks notched five kills and two blocks for Newbury. Braden contributed 11 assists and an ace as junior Alex Amylon (Scituate, R.I.) tacked on six digs.
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Foo Fighters' Rock the Vote Benefit Announces Opening Acts
Last week we learned that Foo Fighters would be playing a fundraiser for Rock the Vote in Charlotte, N.C. on Sept. 5. The concert is timed to coincide with the Democratic National Convention that would be taking place in Charlotte at the same time. Now we have learned the other acts that will be on the bill.
Jack Johnson, Motion City Soundtrack and rapper Asher Roth round out the undercard for the event, which will take place not at the actual convention, as the Hollywood Reporter mistakenly claims, but at the Fillmore. The convention is being held at the Time Warner Cable Arena a couple of miles away. Contrary to a report from Spin, the concert is not a fundraiser for President Barack Obama. Rock the Vote is a non-partisan organization.
Johnson will headline his own Rock the Vote fundraiser on Sept. 19 at Penn State University. G. Love and ALO will be the opening acts for that show.
The benefit concert is further proof that frontman Dave Grohl misspoke the other day at the Reading Festival when he told the crowd that they were at the band's "last show for a long time." In addition to the fundraiser, Foo Fighters will play festival dates throughout September in Atlanta and Pensacola, Ga., as well as New York City.


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Region: Italy, Apulia
Category: Pasta with Shellfish
Season: Any
Difficulty: Easy
This is a very flavorful dish if you use a wide variety of fish. I usually buy what is called chowder fish or soup fish. These are scraps and odd pieces that the fishmonger has when he's cutting up fillets and steaks. They usually toss them all together and they make for a fine selection. The use of arugula in the pasta is typical of the southern region of Italy known as the heel of the Italian boot, that is, Apulia. But there they wouldn't use as much garlic or any black pepper.
[photo: Clifford A. Wright]
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 pound arugula, coarsely chopped or ripped into smaller pieces if large
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
1 dried red chile, crumbled or 1/4 teaspoon red chile flakes
3/4 pound penne
20 littleneck clams, washed well
1 1/4 pounds mixed fish (choose five of the freshest, including two dark-fleshed fish such as salmon, mahimahi, yellowtail, mackerel), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1. In a large flameproof casserole, heat the olive oil with the garlic, arugula, parsley, and chile over medium heat and cook, stirring, until the arugula begins to wilts, 2 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, for every pound of pasta, bring 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil over high heat, salt abundantly with up to 1/2 cup of salt, then add the pasta in handfuls. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally so the pasta doesn't stick together, until al dente. Drain without rinsing.
3. Turn the heat up to medium-high under the casserole and add the clams, cover, and cook until one or two of them start opening up in 4 to 5 minutes. Add the fish, cover, and cook on high heat until the fish is cooked through and all the clams have opened, 5 minutes, adjusting the heat lower if necessary. Season with salt and pepper. Add the cooked pasta and toss well. Serve immediately.
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Snowden: NSA's indiscriminate spying 'collapsing'
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy "open letter to the people of Brazil" that he's been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of thousands of NSA documents and that the agency's culture of indiscriminate global espionage "is collapsing."
In the letter, Snowden commended the Brazilian government for its strong stand against U.S. spying.
He wrote that he'd be willing to help the South American nation investigate NSA spying on its soil, but could not fully participate in doing so without being granted political asylum, because the U.S. "government will continue to interfere with my ability to speak."
Revelations about the NSA's spy programs were first published in the Guardian and The Washington Post newspapers in June, based on some of the thousands of documents Snowden handed over to Barton Gellman at the Post and to Brazil-based American journalist Glenn Greenwald and his reporting partner, Laura Poitras, a U.S. filmmaker.
The documents revealed Brazil is the top NSA target in Latin America, with spying that has included the monitoring of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's cellphone and hacking into the internal network of state-run oil company Petrobras.
The revelations enraged Rousseff, who in October canceled an official visit to Washington that was to include a state dinner. She's also pushing the United Nations to give citizens more protections against spying.
In his letter, Snowden dismissed U.S. explanations to the Brazilian government and others that the bulk of metadata gathered on billions of emails and calls was more "data collection" than surveillance.
"There is a huge difference between legal programs, legitimate spying ... and these programs of dragnet mass surveillance that put entire populations under an all-seeing eye and save copies forever," he wrote. "These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power."
Brazilian senators have asked for Snowden's help during hearings about the NSA's targeting of Brazil, an important transit hub for trans-Atlantic fiber optic cables that are hacked. Both Greenwald and his domestic partner, David Miranda, spoke before the Senate, and Miranda has taken up the cause of persuading the Brazilian government to grant political asylum to Snowden.
"Brazil is a big, strong country, I think one of the few nations in the world that could offer asylum to Edward Snowden," Miranda said in a phone interview. "He's helped so many nations, and I think mine like all others that have sworn to defend human rights should step forward to help him now."
Miranda said he received Snowden's letter directly from the former NSA analyst via "secure means." Snowden lives in Russia on a temporary one-year visa.
"He just wants to continue the work that he began six months ago" when he first handed over documents to Greenwald and Poitras, Miranda told The Associated Press in an interview.
Snowden "can't participate in the debate that's happening now because Russia doesn't allow him to take part," Miranda said. "But if he were to be given permanent asylum, particularly here in Brazil ... I think he can help the entire world and Brazil understand the situation."
Snowden previously requested political asylum in Brazil and several other nations.
In July, Brazil's Foreign Ministry choose not to respond to Snowden's request, technically not denying it and therefore leaving it pending and open to approval.
On Tuesday, neither Brazil's Foreign Ministry nor the presidential office said they had immediate comment on Snowden's letter or his asylum request.
Several members of Brazil's Congress have called for Snowden to receive asylum so he could assist lawmakers' investigation into NSA activity in Brazil.
Sen. Vanessa Grazziotin, who heads the Senate panel investigating U.S. espionage in Brazil, said Snowden's letter shows that "he wants to cooperate, but without imposing any conditions."
"His help would be more than helpful, but it all must be done in such a way so as not to jeopardize our relationship with the United States," she said in a phone interview. "I personally defend the idea that Brazil should grant Snowden political asylum for humanitarian reasons only, not in exchange for information."
U.S. officials have remained steadfast in their stance on Snowden, accusing him of leaking classified information and saying he should face felony charges in American courts.
Rousseff recently joined Germany in pushing for the United Nations to adopt a symbolic resolution that seeks to extend personal privacy rights to all people.
She has also ordered Brazil's government to take several measures, including laying fiber optic lines directly to Europe and South American nations, to "divorce" Brazil from the U.S.-centric backbone of the Internet that experts say has facilitated NSA spying.
The Snowden letter was first published Tuesday in a Portuguese translation by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. The AP obtained the original English version, which was then later widely made available online.
It comes one day after a U.S. district judge ruled the NSA's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records likely violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on unreasonable search. The case is likely to go to the Supreme Court for a final decision.
Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield in Rio de Janeiro and Stan Lehman in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.
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