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Today on, “Days to Remember,” we celebrate how May 24th 1986, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunited as the Monkees. They kicked off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York’s Catskills Mountains.
Who remembers the Monkees?
The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968.
The musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and British actor and singer Davy Jones. The band’s music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner.
Micky Dolenz was born at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson.
In 1965, Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became the drummer and a lead vocalist in the band created for the show. He was not at that time a drummer. He needed lessons even to be able to mime credibly but eventually was taught how to play properly. By the time The Monkees went on tour in late 1966, Dolenz was competent enough to play the drums himself.
Michael Nesmith was born in Houston, Texas in 1942. When Nesmith was 13, his mother invented a typewriter correction fluid later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Over the next 25 years she built the Liquid Paper Corporation into a multimillion dollar international company, which she finally sold to Gillette in 1979 for US$48 million.
Nesmith began his recording career in 1963 by releasing a single on the Highness label. He followed this in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records followed by two more recorded singles; one was titled “The New Recruit” under the name “Michael Blessing,” released on Colpix Records, coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they did not meet until The Monkees formed.
Peter Tork was born at the former Doctors Hospital, in Washington, D.C. Although he was born in the District of Columbia in 1942, many news articles incorrectly report him as born in 1944 in New York City, which was the date and place given on early Monkees press releases.
Tork got the job and became one of the four members of the Monkees, a fictitious pop band in the mid 1960s, created for a television comedy sitcom written about the fictitious band. Tork was the oldest member of the group.
David Thomas Jones was born at 20 Leamington Street, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on December 30th 1945. From 1966 to 1971, Jones was a member of the Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television show of the same name. He was child actor in England before he came to America.
Today’s YouTube video presentation brought to you by user name, (The Madster 200), gives a the theme song and ending song of the hit show in the 60s called, “The Monkees,” as we celebrate how May 24th 1986, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunited as the Monkees. They kicked off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York’s Catskills Mountains.
For the first few months of their initial five-year career as the Monkees, the four actor-musicians were allowed only limited roles in the recording studio. This was due in part to the amount of time required to film the television series.
Nonetheless, Nesmith did compose and produce some songs from the beginning, and Peter Tork contributed limited guitar work on the sessions produced by Nesmith.
They eventually fought for and earned the right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band’s name. The sitcom was canceled in 1968, but the band continued to record music through 1971, but on May 24th 1986, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunited as the Monkees. They kicked off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York’s Catskills Mountains.
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President Maithripala Sirisena lashed out at the multinational Nestle, one of the world's largest food beverage companies, demanding the company to bring down the sugar percentage of the Milo drink.
The President, addressing the national diabetes day event, said the sugar percentage of the Miilo drink stood at 16.5%.
"This is a serious situation. Also, the percentage of sugar is not shown with other ingredients of the drink. It's hidden elsewhere, misleading the public," the President said.
He urged the company to take immediate steps to bring down the percentage of sugar in the Milo drink. Nestle operates in Sri Lanka through its fully owned subsidiary Nestle Lanka.
He also said he was monitoring the situation from the time he was the Minister of Health, under the previous government.
"If not, I will take this drink to every meeting I attend and make the public aware of its health risks," the President said.
The president, in his speech, emphasized the need for strict regulations to lower the sugar percentage of drinks such as Milo, stating that the government had already regulated the fizzy drinks.
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Brie Larson‘s Captain Marvel boot camp is underway! 10 years after ushering the MCU on screen with Iron Man, Marvel Studios is finally serving up a female-led superhero pic and the Oscar-winning actress is suiting up (no, not that suit) to research the role as Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel. See, Danvers isn’t just a superhero — in the mold of Captain America, she’s a proud soldier to boot, so Larson has been spending some time touring Air Force facilities, meeting with servicemen, and as she says in a new Instagram post, “learning how to fly”.
Missippi Grind and Half Nelson filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are directing Captain Marvel, which will jump back to the 1990s to introduce the ultra-powerful superhero — an Air Force pilot whose DNA fuses with a Kreealien’s during an accident. Casting details have yet to be confirmed, but Jude Law was eyed for the role of Doctor Walter Lawson, a Kree alien otherwise known as Mar-Vell—the first Captain Marvel, who would fill a mentor role as Carol discovers her powers. The film will find Captain Marvel squaring off against the Skrull alien army and Boden and Fleck’s Mississippi Grind star Ben Mendelsohn has also emerged in casting reports for the role of the big bad. Samuel Jackson is confirmed to appear as Nick Fury, but in a fun bit of time-skipping novelty, he’ll have both eyes.
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Monday, January 12
Melbourne is beginning to feel like base-camp. Left this morning for Brisbane but will return again on Wednesday for the third time. Despite the MCG holding over 60 000 for the T20 game and David Warner’s baseball slugging, the topic of conversation between me and colleague Mluleki Ntsabo in the taxi on the way to the airport was about the attitude of the security staff at the MCG. Half a dozen kids had arrived at the same time as us and clearly didn’t know about the regulation which bans spectators from taking any cans of drink into the ground. They each had a couple of cans of cool drink in their bags. Security staff removed them, opened them, poured the contents away and disposed of the can. I asked a lady why they did that: “So that nobody else can have them!” she replied, defiantly. Are there no underprivileged, no needy people, no childrens homes? What a shameful waste, and it wasn’t just half a dozen, there were thousands of drinks being poured away. The MCG is one of the greatest sporting arenas in the world, but it takes itself far, far too seriously and it left a sour taste for the rest of the evening.
SA Cricketers Association chief executive Tony Irish is in town for a series of meetings with his colleagues from the players associations of Australia and New Zealand. The boards of all three nations are also in a series of meetings. It’s all very hush-hush at the moment but it certainly looks like there is a shared determination to make a T20 Trinations-type competition happen. I gather it might be called the SPL – the Southern Premier League. If negotiations are successful, there would be eight Franchises divided between the countries (possibly three in SA, three in Aus and two in NZ) and, just like the IPL, they would be free to recruit players from anywhere in the world. Unlike the postponed Champions League, these teams would not be existing Franchises (ie Dolphins, Titans etc). So, if you have R35-million to invest and are happy to rent the Wanderers, Newlands or Kingsmead for a couple of weeks per year, why not get your application in early?
The flight from Melbourne to Brisbane takes almost two hours but you land less than an hour before you take off because Brisbane doesn’t do summer-time daylight saving. So we are only eight hours ahead of South Africa now, not nine. Brisbane did experiment with daylight saving but, apparently, the cows became confused with the sun coming up earlier and it caused havoc with milk production. Seriously.
On the plane they show an episode of Fawlty Towers – the one where Basil persuades Polly to pretend to be a sick Cybil and lie in bed while friends come and say hello. It still makes people laugh out loud, 30 years after it was made?
Tuesday, January 13
The David Warner bandwagon, it seems, is only just getting going. Two days after his amazing innings of 89 off 43 balls at the MCG today’s newspapers carry even more column inches than they did yesterday. “Get into the one-day side” is the backpage headline in The Australian. The tabloid Courier-Mail, as always, goes completely over the top: “Pick him for the Ashes” it yells. For goodness sake.
Far below the radar, Wayne Parnell is selected to make his debut and Jacques Kallis is ‘rested’. Dropped, rested or rotated, it doesn’t matter. In his own quiet, proud way, Kallis is still frustrated and embarrassed by his lack of success in T20 cricket and remains determined to make an impact. Ever since being omitted from the national squad for the inaugural T20 world cup, the world’s best allrounder has been battling to make the shortest version work for him but his $900 000 IPL price tag remains an albatross around his neck and he did little to remove it at the MCG with a two over spell which cost 25 and a six-ball innings of four. Don’t write him off. Something will ‘click’ soon.
Wonderful dinner at a breezy, open-air restaurant last night was interrupted when my old friend, Robert Craddock, receives a phone call tipping him off that Matthew Hayden will resign today. It’s too late for the newspapers but, in a sign of the rapidly changing times, deadlines mean nothing to a website. It’ll be a long night and early morning for ‘Crash’ as he compiles a fitting tribute to a man whose career for Queensland started at about the same time as his did in journalism.
The Hayden press conference is long and straightforward, completely unlike the journey from the hotel to the Gabba for the second T20 game which took 75 minutes and cost A$45 (R280) in a taxi. The distance is seven kilometres. It’s one thing for a capacity crowd to get to the ground for a 2.00pm start, but quite another to combine their arrival with rush-hour!
How unfortunate, but how typical of cricket, that JP Duminy should hold the SA innings together yet again with another spectacularly mature innings, hold a ridiculous catch in the deep, bowl a very tidy over of off-spin – and then drop the catch which turned the match irretrievably Australia’s way. Still, he’d done enough to persuade Crash to write his column on a comparison of JP with a young Brian Lara…but then, he does write for a tabloid!
Wednesday, January 14
One of the rarest days on any modern day cricket tour, a chance to step off the bandwagon. In years gone by, cricket tours would incorporate many opportunities to explore the countryside, meet new people and experience new culture and cuisine. But for much of the last decade there has been little chance to do anything but eat and sleep between fixtures. But today was a ‘travel and rest’ day for the Proteas so I decided to stay in Brisbane an extra day and play golf with my old mate, Robert Craddock, who had been up since 4.30am in order to facilitate a 6.00am morning television crossing with Matthew Hayden.
Here in Queensland, Hayden’s retirement has been treated with semi-biblical status. At no time has anybody ever questioned his conduct or demenour during the 15 years of his international career. Or even mentioned it. Hayden is quoted repeatedly about his determination to preserve the ‘fabric’ of the baggy green cap and to maintain the integrity and spirit of the game. There can be absolutely no doubt about the integrity of his comments. Equally, there can be no doubt that he has forgotten some of the things he said, and did, on the field of play which make opponents chuckle now that he is departing in what might be construed as a haze of sanctimonious self-appreciation. He wasn’t only one of Australia’s greatest opening batsmen, he was one of the best ever. It would have been interesting, at some point, to hear something like: “I wasn’t always perfect, I made mistakes like everyone else, and I apologise for them, but we’re all human.” Still, cheerio Haydos, you were brilliant. One of the greatest.
The first tee was awesome. Indoroorpillay Golf Club was outstanding and a fine venue to be beaten 3&2. The only ‘news’ of the day was provided by further investigation into the ‘laser light scandal’ from last night. For those of you who missed it, Wayne Parnell had a ‘laser’ beam light shined into his face as he attempted a difficult catch in the deep towards the end of Australia’s run chase.
“There was a green flash and it was pretty bright and the light seemed to be pointing towards me,” Parnell said after the game. It was all a bit strange. I only saw it then but maybe it was flashed around at other times, I am not sure. I am not making any excuses,” Parnell said.
Yet another piece of South African diplomacy. The Aussies are going to explode if this carries on. If there had been an outcry, the Proteas would have been crushed as ‘pansies’. Instead, their reaction led to a morning of introspection rarely seen among ‘proud’ Queenslanders.
Craddock did a Q&A with a local radio station (between the 15th and 16th holes, as we were losing the match) during which he said: “If this had happened anywhere else in the world we would be up in arms, but because it’s in Brisbane we say it’s just ‘a bit of fun.’
Thursday, January 15
In ten years’ time there is a good chance that I may belong to an exclusive breed of sports journalists, if I’m still around and doing the job. Thanks to the perseverance and determination of “The Star’s” cricket writer, Stuart Hess, I can now count myself among those to have seen a live performance of ‘Shane Warne – the musical’. And it was absolutely brilliant.
“Good evening ladies and gentleman,” says the theatre usher, “the performance will begin in two minutes. Please ensure that all mobile phones and blackberries are switched on, we wouldn’t want you to miss any important sms information.”
Like wasabi ice-cream, the production is a highly successful fusion of ‘impossible’ ingredients that renders you helpless with laughter one minute and gulping back the lump in your throat and tears in your eyes the next. How can you take the piss out of someone and revere him as an icon at the same time? The script-writer also plays the lead role; when he isn’t writing, acting and singing, he is a stand-up comic. His name is Eddie Perfect, and that’s his real name.
The scene with Warne and Darryl Cullinan leaves me, momentarily, cold with fear as it becomes obvious that Stuart has lost control of his laugh and can no longer breath. I’m thinking ‘what a bummer if he dies during the show.’ And I know how much he wants to see the whole thing having hammered a window of opportunity into his ridiculous writing schedule. Cullinan is portrayed as a helpless wreck on a psychologist’s couch with Warne singing “he’s a rabbit in the cross hairs of my gun, just waiting to be shot whenever I want” but the line which finishes off Stuart, more in shock than humour, is when Warne sings “I am Robert Mugabe!” and Cullinan replies, singing in a dreadful SAfrican accent, “…and I’m a white Zimbabwean farmer with nowhere to go.”
Many of the songs are deeply irreverent, none more so than when a chorus line of cricketers dressed in yellow sing a song about sledging with a chorus line of “…but we never cross the line, well, at least, most of the time.” Some of the ‘sledges’ are truly appalling and it’s tempting to feel embarrassed at your own laughter. But it doesn’t last. Then, straight after the song about Warnie shagging himself senseless while playing in England, complete with seriously raunchy, semi naked girls and inflatable sex toys, Simone Warne appears on stage and sings a haunting solo in which she says ‘goodbye, enough is enough.’
Met an old friend during the intermission – well, friend from previous tours to Australia. He does consultancy work for Queensland Brewery XXXX which sponsored the Beach Cricket Triangular involving teams of retired internationals from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The ‘old’ Proteas team, he says, were very disappointing.
Because they lost so badly?
No, that doesn’t matter at all. “Mate, it’s supposed to be a fun, festival occasion where everyone gets together and has a good time. And it’s sponsored by a brewery, mate. Four out of eight of the Saffies don’t drink! What’s going on there?!” he demanded, incredulous and indignant. When I pointed out that all of the South African team were ‘invited’ rather than selected, he was no happier.
“Mate, you’d expect blokes like Lance Klusener and Fanie de Villiers to say ‘no thanks’ if they intended to have an early night after each day’s play!”
You gotta love the Aussies.
Friday, January 16
Having watched ‘Shane Warne – the Musical’ last night, Stuart and I were uninclined to have an early night so we shared our thoughts over a pint of beer at Bridie O’Reilly’s Irish Bar on Little Collins – for the last time on tour. There was a guy playing guitar and singing so badly that we couldn’t even recognise cover songs by Bryan Adams. So I assumed the large bang which woke me up this morning was in my head, but no – there really was an explosion, and right outside our hotel! The scene outside from the lobby resembled a terrorist attack and, just for moment, I thought we’d be heading home early. No doubt if we’d been in Karachi or Colombo, today’s diary entry would have been compiled in an airport departures terminal. Turns out it was nothing more than an overheating electricity capable which blew up a gas tank under ground. The Melbourne Age website later reported that “two buildings in the immediate vicinity were evacuated…” But it happened right outside our hotel! Why weren’t we evacuated? “Probably weren’t enough Australians staying there,” suggests Geoff Lawson as we arrive at the MCG for the first ODI.
South Africa had won five out of five previous one-dayers at the famous ground. A statistical quirk, perhaps? Maybe not. Just as Lord’s inspires visiting teams to raise their game, the MCG has certainly done the same for Soutrh African teams down the years. Albie Morkel and Johan Botha add 51 together for the eighth wicket in 35 balls to win a game Australia should never have lost. Their fielding in the closing overs was the clearest evidence yet of an Aussie ‘choke’ under pressure – they were appalling.
Think Australia have a problem with the likes of Nathan Bracken and, particularly, Shaun Tait. Bracken is evidently sulking about not being considered for the test team while Tait clearly couldn’t care less if he never plays another test match again while he fashions a career in T20 and ODI cricket. He is playing for the money and is unapologetic about doing so. He bowls very quickly and produces the occassional moment of magic, like the yorker which cleaned up Mark Boucher first ball, but bowling quick is no different to driving the golf ball 300 metres, it’s only a start. Tait needs to learn how to chip and putt but he obviously isn’t interested in the hard work required to do so.
After the game Botha and Morkel are chatting about the Aussie fielding. I ask Albie during our interview whether he thinks the hosts ‘cracked’ under pressure. “No, definitely not,” he says a touch too quickly, “maybe it just wasn’t their day, maybe we had a bit of luck. But they are a champion team, number one in the world, and they’ll bounce back.” Not unless they can drag a bit more commitment out of some of their players, I think.
Walk back through Fitzroy Gardens and say goodnight to the possums, also for the last time. Possums are cute to look at but they are vermin, apparently, and have a habit of climbing onto suburban roofs and peeing on them. Possum pee, apparently, smells very strong and rots wood quickly, so not everybody likes them. Some home-owners in the suburbs trap them and then get into fights with their animal-loving neighbours. Possum wars. Most of the trees in Fitzroy Gardens have slippery plastic jackets around them to stop the possums climbing up. It’s comforting and reassuring to know that possums are subjected to the same bureaucratic rules and regulations that people are.
Finally, on that subject, my favourite piece of idiotic rule-making must be the sign at the start of the back nine at Indooroopilly Golf Club earlier this week: “Please note, smoking is only permitted on holes 3, 5, 7 and 9.” You have to laugh…
Saturday, January 17
Hobart, Tasmania. It’s hard to avoid the sarcastic comments about this beautiful little island when you’ve spent the preceding fortnight in Melbourne and Sydney so I’m not going to fall into that trap. Besides, the ‘big city’ mentality can be so narrow-minded. I think it’s just uneducated jealousy.
Most residents of Melbourne and Sydney clearly haven’t even been here. They refer to Tasmanians as ‘two-headers’ but that’s ridiculous – I’ve just been for a walk around the beautiful waterfront area and didn’t see a single person with two heads. I’ve no idea what they are talking about.
I picked up a free magazine at the airport called ‘Sauce’ which details all the live music, happening restaurants, trendy bars and other stuff going on, and it fills me with excitement about the next 48 hours. Not that there’ll be much time to do anything. Early start tomorrow morning and then equally early departure back to Sydney on Monday.
Among the many interesting features in ‘Sauce’ there is an interview section with four ‘random’ members of the public entitled “Street Fashion.” Just four questions each. ‘Favourite band’ and ‘best thing you did today’ are fine, but the next two provide an indication that Tasmania is a little different.
‘How do you feel about facial hair?’ followed by ‘Your favourite cheese?’ make for something different. Three girls reply: “Only handlebar mo’s and epic mutton chops”, “Facial fungus” and “Facial hair is cool”. The cheeses are ‘brie’, ‘brie’ and ‘camembert’. Clearly they have no experience of the effects of old French cheese in a beard, or they really are very different.
The centre of Hobart is tiny. Even a brief walk around town leads to chance encounters with Johan Botha and Vinnie Barnes while Makhaya makes himself known to us from 200 metres away with a characteristic yelp in the company of some of the ‘new boys’, Vaughn van Jaarsveld and Wayne Parnell among them.
Herschelle is there, too. We have had no contact with Hersch since he arrived. Editors have been requesting interviews but sometimes you simply have to respect people’s privacy. He knows he can’t avoid interviews forever. As soon as he scores 50 he will be obliged to speak. He could ease the pressure of expectation by speaking before then, but probably doesn’t want to increase expectations by talking prematurely. He may see it as a lose-lose situation for now, but it wouldn’t be. Everyone desperately hoping he scores runs tomorrow.
Facial hair really is serious business among Tasmanian men. Long, biker beards are as common as goatees and out-of-control-moustaches. Tattoos, it seems, are not just popular – they are compulsory. The centre of Hobart is pristine – restaurants, wine bars and boutique fashion stores everywhere. Stunning scenery, too.
The test series was so epic (in a sports context) to have enshrined itself forever in cricket lore, so feeling excited about the one-day series carries no guilt attachments. The prospect of victory tomorrow is deeply enticing.
There is only one thing better than winning against Australia, and that is winning when they are convinced that you have already lost. After five weeks, that feeling is becoming worryingly addictive.
Sunday, January 18
The crew of the anti-whaling vessel, the ‘Sea Shepherd’ were in town last night and, as you can imagine for people who attempt to place themselves between Japanese harpoon guns and the whales, they are an alternative bunch. No less than 15 body-piercings per man/woman and showering is strictly optional. They are treated like minor celebrities, and rightly so. What is it with the Japanese and their quota of whales for “research purposes”? What are they researching? How whale tastes with plum sauce? Whether it is better fried or boiled?
Hobart’s waterfront is delicious, at least it smells delicious because the scent of grilled fish and garlic prawns wafts out of every second restaurant. We bumped into national selector Craig Matthews last night and his hunt for a good steak house was taking longer than he had expected. But he found one – and a very good one, too – there is something for every taste here. Including those who prefer to drink beer from the bottle and break the empties over somebody’s head. Just like ‘Shane Warne The Musical’ – a fusion of ‘impossible’ ingredients, but it works.
Like many people who live in perenially cold climates – New Zealanders and Lancastrians come to mind – Tasmanians either don’t notice the temperature or choose to boldly ignore it. Arriving at the Bellerive Oval this morning it was about 12 degrees but the locals were clad in vests and slops (sorry, ‘thongs’). Even at night the ladies seldom appear to need more than a single layer on top and something pretty short below. Apart from the crew of the ‘Sea Shepherd’, of course. They make their own rules.
Lunch at Bellerive today was extraordinary. Never in 21 years have I encountered such a display of high quality food at a cricket ground. Actually, never mind cricket grounds. The oysters came on platters, not just a couple for those at the front of the queue. Cold fillets of beef which melted under the knife, mustard ham, smoked chicken and octopus seared in ink sauce. Potato and olive salad, rocket, tomato and parmesan salad, freshly baked bread – a cheese board with virtually antique blues, brie and mature cheddar complemented with dried fruit and a selection of fresh fruit tartlets. Tasmania is rightly proud of it’s culinary heritage and the display was designed to attract our attention. Topless waitresses wouldn’t have done a better job of that. Well…
A local writer turned to a colleague moments after slipping his second oyster down the hatch: “Are these Bruny Island, or are they Barulla Bay?” What? You can tell where an oyster comes from by the taste? Surely not! A couple of minutes later he forks a lump of octopus into his mouth. “Hmm, nothing like a Bass Straight octopus.”
A brilliant come-back with the ball, led by Makhaya and ‘Steynkie’, leaves South Africa chasing just 250 to win when 300 seemed a certainty at 150-1 after 30 overs. But throughout the run chase South Africa seem to have their pacing wrong. Always behind the rate. A five-run loss may seem close, but it wasn’t. Poor Bouch seems stuck in quicksand and his frustration is evident at the end. Albie makes 11 off five balls but it’s too late. The management admit that Morkel should have come in earlier. No doubt they will address the reasons why he didn’t before the next match, five days away in Sydney.
Some time after the game it emerges that a spectator was arrested and chucked out of the stadium for “racially abusing” Morne Morkel while he was acting as 12th man. Morne did not hear what the man said, but a policeman nearby did. No evidence of what the man said exists, apart from what the man himself and the policeman heard. If it’s true, then he deserves the life-ban coming his way. If it’s not, or has been exaggerated or misunderstood, there will be much egg on many faces.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feel free to get in touch.


As we wrote in this space yesterday, there has been much speculation lately that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been struggling in China with its iPhone in one of the largest developing markets in the world. There has been much talk that perhaps the lack of a deal with China Mobile to sell the iPhone is part of what has compromised Apple’s market share to where the company fell to sixth place in China market share.
But there is one analyst named “Emerging Money” on NASDAQ’s blog that thinks those who believe China Mobile’s non-deal is the real catalyst don’t know the whole story, and in fact, the analyst broke down the China market for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and suggests that those on both sides of the market’s animal kingdom – those who are bearish on Apple stock and those bullish, based on China – are likely both wrong.
In their opinion, China Mobile on the main, won’t really move the needle. There are other factors at play here weigh more on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) fortunes in China. The fact that Apple has yet to make a deal with China’s largest mobile network to carry the latest iPhone is not a huge issue, because a deal will eventually get done, and there have been many China Mobile customers who reportedly switched to other companies so they can use their iPhone – albeit with relatively limited Chinese functionality.
In the post, the author cites that a market share drop reported is mainly attributed to the explosive growth of the low-cost phone market, of which Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is not a part. At the high-end segment of the market, Apple is only competing with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
The real issues, then, for Apple appear to come from getting penetration with the iPhone 5, which supposedly has the best Chinese functionality of any of the iPhone models, as well as the growing segment of the population that are younger Chinese who are getting more wealthy and will be able to afford Apple devices.
Samsung has had the lead in Chinese functionality for businessmen in China, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will need the iPhone 5 to resonate with this group – China Mobile deal or not. One sticking point for any Apple-China Mobile deal may be China Mobile’s desire to get a piece of the App Store, and while 700 million users is a large number, it’s intriguing to see some diverging opinions on the importance of such a deal.


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After an extended layoff from the court, the Golden State Warriors could soon have a start date for their long-awaited return to game action. . It wouldn’t be an NBA Christmas Day slate without the league featuring and showcasing LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. After a sensational performance during the 2020 NBA playoffs, it would be . On Thursday, the National Basketball Players Association voted to approve the league’s plan for a Dec. 22 opening day with a 72-game season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and ESPN’s .
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The LA Galaxy striker and New Red Bulls midfielder played their way into our Week 3 line-up with game-winning performances.
The pundit has been discussing the Black Cats, the Magpies and the Canaries.
The Toffees boss has said that his players must prove their worth to the cause if they are to get the chance to feature in the FA Cup semi-final.
Rangers forward Michael O’Halloran, who joined the Ibrox club in the January transfer window, was at Celtic as a kid.
The pundit has been discussing Tottenham and Leicester's Premier League title hopes.
Nottingham Forest will be looking for a new manager this summer following the sacking of Dougie Freedman.
Newcastle struck late on to get a share of the spoils in the Tyne/Wear derby.
The former Gunners striker believes Theo Walcott was brought into England senior action too soon.
Liverpool lost a two-goal lead against Southampton at the weekend.
Rangers let slip a two-goal lead and lost 3-2 at Falkirk.
North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are fighting for the Premier League title this season.
This is how we predict Manchester United and Chelsea will line up this weekend:
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has been in fine form this season.
Leeds United won 1-0 today, but the former striker wants them to score more goals.
Rangers boss Mark Warburton could be looking for temporary replacements at Ibrox.
The Irish international has shown good form since joining Leeds.
Aston Villa and Sunderland have gone through numerous managers in recent years.
Murphy has so far made just one appearance for Newcastle United in all competitions.
Chadli has been in fine form this season and he has been a driving force in West Brom's good start this season.
The Welshman was impressed with the performance of the Belgian midfielder.
Preston are interested in signing Sam Roscoe from rivals Blackpool, with Premier League side Everton also interested.
Axa chairman and chief executive Henri de Castries will retire on 1 September, after 27 years at the group and nearly 17 years at the helm.
It is true there were caveats and legitimate excuses but the bald facts should still sting: Great Britain will fly home from Portland later on Monday without a gold medal having endured their worst performance at a world indoor championships in a decade.


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On December 5th, the high school “Liceo Classico Torquato Tasso” in Rome hosted the GET-UP final conference, where project’s results were presented and discussed.Read more
The city of Gjilan (Kosovo) hosted the meeting of members of ALDA in the country.
On November 29, 2018, in the village of Brod, for the commemoration ceremony of the 100 years of the end of the First World War, the Municipality of Novaci revealed a monument dedicated for the soldiers and civilians who perished on the front in Macedonia.Read more
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A COURSE offering sufferers of long-term pain a chance for relief is to continue in Winyates next month.
‘Escape Pain’ is a national initiative for people with chronic joint pain and aims to reduce suffering, improve physical function, and reduce healthcare costs, as well as giving tips on how to control and live with pain.
The programme also offers coping strategies for those living with pain and a personalised exercise regimen.
One previous participant said: “Meeting others with similar pains has lifted my spirits and helped me to think more positively.” Another reflected on “some good ideas on how to control and live with pain”.
The course will run twice a week for six weeks, starting on September 3, at The Space, Winyates Centre.
The one-hour sessions will be held on a Tuesday at 1.15pm and Friday from 2.15pm.
The cost is £3.30 per session.
To book a place, call Hayley on 01527 881404 or [email protected] via email.


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Worldwide, not too much of significance is given to the budget. But in India, it is one of the most significant government exercises of any year. Preparing a budget for a coalition government is an excruciating task, but our current finance minister P. Chidambaram, seems to enjoy the event. This year Chidambaram had asked for suggestions on the budget (although not from bloggers like me). So here’s my 2 pence.
1. Improve infrastructure: (DUH! I don’t think I need to explain this)
2. Create job opportunities in rural areas: Provide incentives to MNCs to set up more industries there. (You will need to look at #1 for that as well). Provide electricity to the villages. Ensure more initiatives like e-choupal.
3. Encourage English education: A large English-speaking population is our strength. Ensure that it stays that way. There should be enough supply to ensure cost-effectiveness of the BPO industry. (An appeal to people: please get out of linguistic parochialism and send your children to English-medium schools)
4. Abolish (or at least modify) FBT: Genuine expenses are being taxed under Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT). FBT also acts as a disincentive for being employee-friendly. The tax is also being deemed unconstitutional, as this is the first tax on expenditure, while the constitution allows taxation only on income.
5. Tax agricultural Income: Read this.
6. Reduce the burden on the Oil companies, as well as the housewife: By cutting taxes on Petro-products, rather than subsidizing them to keep prices low.
7. Don’t listen to the left: Privatise, Globalise, Sign more free trade agreements. Give the Industry some breathing space.
8. Increase expenditure on sports: We don’t want the same comments after every Olympics/Asiad. And sports go way beyond cricket.
9. Introduce inheritance tax: Isn’t inheritance a genuine source of Income?
10.Please do not mask old schemes as new ones: This is what you did last year, and pulled wool even over expert’s eyes.
The above suggestions are my thoughts on how to improve the conditions of the common man in the next fiscal. Readers, please post your suggestions as comments

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July 29, 1958 L. 0. C033 2,845,311
ANTIFRICTION BEARING Filed April 26, 1954 V N I,
p IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII/II INVENTOR; LELAN D. COBB HIS AI'IORNEY.
United States Patent Ofitice Patented July 29, 1958 ANTIFRICTION BEARING Leland D. Cobb, Forestville, Conn., assignor to General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware This invention relates to antifriction bearings and particularly to an antifriction bearing capable of withstanding high operating temperatures and which will resist corrosion.
With recent developments of machinery, it is often necessary to support members for high speed antifrictional rotation in the presence of corrosive fluids and at ambient temperatures near which bearing lubricants break down. Antifriction' bearings, such as ball bearings having the usual single-piece hardened steel race rings have a very short life in the presence of corrosive conditions. Also, such bearings heat up rapidly and fail very quickly when insufiiciently lubricated even for a short period. When such a bearing normally operating at a high temperature, is subjected to a sudden abnormally heavy duty load as is often the case, the bearing temperature rises very rapidly and lubrication usually fails, with the result there is galling of the raceways and metal deposition in the raceways as by welding usually causing immediate bearing failure. Such bearing break-down may result in severe damage to the mechanism associated with the bearing and may even seriously endanger lives particularly if the bearing failure is in an airplane.
It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an improved antifriction bearing capable of withstanding abnormally high operating temperatures under a minimum of lubricant and capable of operating for a considerable time even after lubricant failure.
It is a further object to provide an improved antifriction bearing wherein the rolling elements operate against hardened surfaces that require less than normal lubrication.
It is another object to provide an antifriction bearing having improved rolling elements and raceways which withstand sudden heavy duty loads at high operating temperatures.
It is a still further object to provide an improved and economical antifriction bearing capable of efiiciently operating in the presence of corrosive conditions which rapidly cause failure of usual antifriction bearings.
To these ends and also to improve generally upon devices of this character, my invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed. In its broader aspects, the invention is not necessarily limited to the specific structures selected for illustrative purposes in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is an end elevation partly broken away and showing a ball bearing embodying my invention;
Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross section taken along the line 22 of Figure 1;
Figure 3 isa fragmentary sectional view through a bearing member and shows a very hard lining applied thereto;
Figure 4 is an end elevation partly broken away and showing a roller bearing embodying my invention, and
Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 55 of Figure 4.
improved precision Generally considered, I have provided an antifriction bearing having inner and outer race rings separated by circumferentially spaced rolling elements engaging raceways in the race rings. These race rings are provided with annular inserts or liners in which the raceways are formed. These inserts and, if desired, the rolling elements are made of a very hard wear-resistant alloy which resists corrosion and has the characteristic of retaining its hardness and of resisting deterioration of the precisely ground raceways therein at elevated temperatures and under sparse lubricating conditions wherein prior antifriction bearings rapidly fail.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the antifriction bearing which is herein shown as a ball bearing comprises an inner race ring 10 and an outer race ring 11 with intervening rolling elements such as balls 12, these balls being rotatably engageable with transversely arcuate raceways 14 and 16. The inner and outer race rings are provided with body portions 18 and 20 which may be composed of a suitable corrosive resistant material such as low carbon stainless steel or various corrosive resistant die cast metals. These race rings are respectively provided with annular grooves 22 and 24 which preferably have cross sections of arcuate shape, the maximum transverse dimensions of these grooves being substantially less than that of the width of the race rings. The grooves 22 and 24 have bonded therein liners or inserts 26 and 28 of a very hard alloy that is wear-resistant and which will withstand extremely high operating temperatures and not break down or deteriorate under temperatures at which the normal steel used for high speed antifriction bearings will fail. One of these materials for these inserts which has been found highly satisfactory for this purpose is known under the trade name Stellite and comprises an alloy containing chromium, cobalt and tungsten. It will be appreciated that other hard wear resistant alloys may be used in the same manner and for the same purpose.
These alloy inserts or liners 22 and 24 are preferably integrally bonded to the race rings 10 and 11 as by oxyacetylene, metallic arc, heliarc or other suitable welding processes. These liners, after being welded in position, initially take the form as shown in Figure 3. After being welded to the rings 10 andll, the inserts are ground to provide the usual raceways 14 and 16 which are rotatably engaged by the balls 12 that are circumferentially spaced as by a suitable separator 34. If desired, the balls may also be made of a very hard alloy such as Stellite or other suitable alloy.
In the present instance, the liner as 22 is shown as having annular lands 36 at each side of the raceway upon which the separator 34 may slidably rotate during bearing operation, this separator being preferably a suitable non-corrosive material such as stainless steel or the like. The liner 24 is shown as axially extending only throughout the width of the groove 24, but if desired it may also be provided with annular separator-engaging lands.
Referring now to Figures 4 and 5, an antifriction roller bearing is provided with the inner and outer rings 40 and 41 and with intervening rolling elements 42 engaging liners 43 and 44 of hard wear-resistant material, these liners being of suitable composition such as that used for the previously described liners 22 and 24. The rings 40 and 41 may be of a low carbon stainless steel to resist corrosion or of a suitable material as mentioned with respect to race rings 10 and 11. The liners or inserts 43 and 44 which are integrally bonded as by welding to the rings 40 and 41, have suitable raceways ground therein to receive the rollers 42 which may be also composed of a suitable hard wear-resistant alloy. In the present instance, the liner 43 is provided with 3 roller guide shoulders 46 and cylindrical lands 47 which may be slidably engaged by an annular cage 50 that circumferentially spaces the rolling elements 42. The liner 44 may be ground to provide an end roller engaging shoulder 52. and the outer ring 41 may be suitably provided with a snap ring 54 demountably received within groove 55 to maintain the bearing in assembled relation.
High speed antifriction bearings as used in turbines and various types of engines are often subjected to sudden and extremely heavy duty overloads at temperatures near that at which the lubricant breaks down. If such a bearing is subjected to a temperature as high as or above 500 F., the lubricant rapidly deteriorates to the condition where the bearing may even run dry. It has been found that bearings having hard wear-resistant raceways, in accordance with my invention, will withstand sudden shock loads, will not deteriorate at the surface of the raceways and will even last for a considerable period after they run dry at temperatures up to 750 F. or even higher. One satisfactory hard lining insert which I have used for this purpose comprises a Stellite alloy containing approximately 65% cobalt, 30% chromium, and 5% tungsten. However, in many instances a Stellite containing as little as 50% cobalt provides a satisfactory hard lining or insert for my improved bearing. Additionally, the race ring body portions which support the hard inserts or liners, will slightly yield under sudden shock loads thereby preventing deterioration of the ground raceway of a liner under the impact of a rolling element. Hence, if such a bearing comprises an important part of an airplane engine and lubrication fails, the bearing will usually last long enough so that the plane may land and avoid a catastrophe.
1. In an antitriction bearing having a pair of race rings, rolling elements engaging the race rings, a separator circumferentially spacing the rolling elements, one of the race rings having an annular metal body portion provided with a peripherally extending groove, an annular insert of a hard wear-resistant alloy integrally welded to the periphery of the annular body portion and lining said groove, said insert having a raceway formed therein and receiving the rolling elements, said lining having a cylindrical land at one side of the raceway and slidably supporting the separator, and said insert comprising an alloy having a hardness much greater than that of the annular body portion and which will not be permanently deformed under impact of the rolling elements at high operating temperatures of the bearing.
2. In an antifriction bearing having a pair of race rings, a series of rolling elements engaging the race rings, an annular separator circumferentially spacing the rolling elements, one of the race rings having a metal body portion provided with a peripherally extending groove, an annular extending ring of a hard wear-resistant alloy integrally welded throughout its periphery to said annular body portion and lining said groove, said insert having an annular raceway therein for receiving the rolling elements, said lining forming an annular hard wearresistant land at each side of the raceway for slidably supporting the separator, and the insert comprising an alloy having a hardness greatly exceeding that of said annular body portion and which will not be permanently deformed under conditions of heavy load of the rolling elements at high bearing operating temperatures with substantially no lubrication.
3. In an antifriction bearing having a pair of race rings, a series of balls between the race rings, a rotatable separator circumferentially spacing the balls, one of the race rings having an annular metal body portion provided with a peripherally extending groove, an annular insert of hard wear-resistant alloy integrally welded to the periphery of the annular body portion and lining said groove and providing a raceway for receiving said balls, said lining forming at each side of the raceway a cylindrical land for slidably supporting the separator, and said insertcomprising a metal alloy having a hardness much greater than that of the annular body portion and which will withstand heavy loads from the balls at high operating temperatures and under conditions of sparse lubrication.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 558,642 Fayol Apr. 21, 1896 1,857,823 Robinson May 10, 1932 2,027,788 Ridgeway et al Ian. 14, 1936 2,136,946 McCurdy g Nov. 15, 1938 2,145,864 Denneen et al Feb. 7, 1939 2,164,474 Schaefer July 4, 1939 2,244,197 Hessler June 3, 1941 2,368,549 Kendall Jan. 30, 1945 2,444,724 Brown July 6, 1948 2,644,671 Ingram July 7, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 702,056 Germany Jan. 29, 1941 957,963 France Mar. 1, 1950 674,162 Great Britain I une 18, 1952


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The simplest way to push a pen (or similar thing) downward with constant force may be to hold it in a linear bearing with a weight on it, so I gimmicked up a proof-of-concept. The general idea is to mount the pen so its axis coincides with the DW660 spindle, so as to have the nib trace the same path:
The puck mimics the shape of the DW660 snout closely enough to satisfy the MPCNC’s tool holder:
The pen holder suffers from thin walls constrained by the 10 mm (-ish) pen OD and the 12 mm linear bearing ID, to the extent the slight infill variations produced by the tapered pen outline change the OD. A flock of 16 mm bearings, en route around the planet even as I type, should provide more meat.
In any event, 3D printing isn’t noted for its perfect surface finish, so I applied an epoxy layer and rotated the holder as it cured:
After letting it cure overnight, I ran a lathe tool along the length to knock down the high spots and set the OD to 11.9+ mm. Although the result turns out to be a surprisingly nice fit in the bearing, there’s no way epoxy can sustain the surface load required for the usual precision steel-on-steel fit.
A plastic pen in a plastic holder weighs 8.3 g, which isn’t quite enough to put any force on the paper. Copper weighs 9 g/cm³ = 9 mg/mm³ and 10 AWG wire is 2.54 mm OD = 5 mm², so it’s 45 mg/mm: to get 20 g, chop off 450 mm of wire.
I chopped off a bit more than that, straightened it, annealed it, and wound it around a random contestant from the Bucket o’ Sticks with an OD just over the pen OD:
The helix is 13.5 mm down the middle of the turns and 14 turns long (trimmed of the tail going into the chuck and fudging the tail sticking out as a partial turn), so it’s 593 mm long and should weigh 26.7 g. It actually weighs 27.6 g: close enough.
Which is enough to overcome stiction due to the holder’s surface roughness, but the mediocre epoxy-on-balls fit allows the pen point to wander a bit too much for good results.
The prospect of poking precise holes into 16 mm drill rod seems daunting, but, based on what I see here, it will produce much better results: rapid prototyping FTW!
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Cute kid: Check. Handsome older brother: Check. Charming dog: Check. Long(ish) take of a mysterious corn field: Check. Lost alien that looks evil but it's actually friendly: Check. Merciless military trying to hunt it down: Check. It feels like 1980s Steven Spielberg published this short film on Vimeo using a time machine.
Except it's not Steven Spielberg. The video was directed by David Weinstein as a demo concept for a movie. Weinstein is an artist who has worked in most major blockbuster, from Matrix Reloaded to Maleficent.

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By Mike Shannon
When the people at Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory throw a party, they do it right – as anyone in attendance at the kickoff of the 12th Annual Louisville Slugger Auction Weekend this past November can tell you.
Approximately 250 guests were on hand for the presentation of Louisville Slugger’s “Living Legend Award,” which is the official kickoff to the big weekend that includes the Saturday auction of baseball memorabilia at the world’s most famous bat factory. The recipient of the Living Legend Award, the ninth in the history of the prestigious award, was former Montreal Expo and Chicago Cub outfielder Andre Dawson. “The Hawk” did not disappoint. He impressed everyone with his humility and friendliness, making the event a memorable, exciting night that will not be soon forgotten.
The staff at Louisville Slugger takes great pains in selecting the player to receive the Living Legend Award each year, as Vice President and Executive Director Anne Jewell indicated in remarks previously announcing the choice for 2015.
“Andre Dawson showed great perseverance throughout his career, and we’re proud to count him as part of the Louisville Slugger family. The Living Legend Award was created to honor a player who exemplifies greatness both on and off the field, and Andre is a terrific representative on both counts.”
In her opening statements, Jewell specified the non-baseball things about Dawson that most impressed: his 37-year marriage to Vanessa Turner and his devotion to two charities, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Dade County Sickle Cell Foundation.
Dawson’s playing resume, of course, needed no recounting. His 2,774 hits, eight Gold Gloves, four Silver Slugger Awards and his status as one of only three players in history with more than 400 home runs and 300 stolen bases assured his enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which occurred in 2010.
Prior to the commencement of the program, guests had plenty of opportunities to participate in a silent auction of baseball memorabilia, to get a free appraisal of their own baseball memorabilia and to study the large and varied array of impressive baseball items arranged in tall standing display cases and behind cordoned-off areas that were awaiting the big auction the following day, conducted by Hunt Auctions.
The relationship between Dawson and Louisville Slugger goes back a long way, and as a reminder of that, a brief video was played. Years before, Jewell had interviewed Dawson at the Ted Williams Museum. The video replayed Dawson’s answer to Jewell’s question of what signing his first bat contract with Louisville Slugger had meant to the young player.
“It felt like I’d finally arrived, seeing my signature on a Louisville Slugger bat,” Dawson said. “Even though I was still a minor leaguer, it made a statement, gave me confidence. At that point I was a professional baseball player, looking forward to the days ahead.”
A second video formally kicked off the presentation. The soundtrack to the video was the reading of a poem called “Memo to Mattie and Eunice” – the title refers to Dawson’s grandmother, who raised him, and his mother, who gave birth to him when she was very young. The images in the video corresponded wonderfully to the words of the poem.
Jewell then brought to the stage the man who would introduce Dawson, Al Oliver, himself a former outstanding major leaguer who was a teammate of Dawson’s when they both played for Montreal. Many fans believe Oliver is a Hall of Fame quality player – he batted .300 or better 11 times and made seven All-Star teams. Rather than become bitter about this continuing disappointment, Oliver is doing something positive with his life, serving as a deacon in his Portsmouth, Ohio, church and doing his best to convince young people to reject the many negative influences they face today and do something constructive with their lives.
Based on his credentials, his relationship to Dawson, his faith in God and his attitude towards life, Oliver was the perfect person to introduce “The Hawk.”
Oliver began with a few instances of levity, saying, for instance, “It’s been a great day in Louisville. I walked into the lobby of this fabulous hotel downtown, and I didn’t even get the words ‘Al Oliver’ out of my mouth before they were handing me the key to my room. I thought, ‘I’m back in the big leagues!’ ” He then recounted the beginning of his relationship with Dawson, saying, “I’d heard about The Hawk and was curious about him, and then I got to see what he’s like when I went to Montreal in 1982. There was something about Hawk’s demeanor and spirit that made us click, and it dawned on me that it was a spiritual thing, that he believed as I do that there is such a thing as God. The players believe that it’s only themselves doing the wonderful things on the field without ever considering that it’s God who gives us the gifts to be great athletes. Hawk never took it for granted.”
Oliver went on to discuss a number of germane topics, such as Dawson’s wife Vanessa, the laborious rehab Dawson underwent on both knees before and after every game and the idea that a long career in Major League Baseball such as Dawson’s is tantamount to a valuable education in human nature. Particularly well put was Oliver’s description of Dawson’s motivation for signing a blank contract as a new Chicago Cub: “Hawk was not into breaking the bank. He was into playing the game and playing it well. He didn’t demand much but playing time.”
Throughout his talk, Oliver kept coming back to Dawson’s Christian faith and its effect on his friend’s character, stating near the end of is speech, “I’m glad he was raised in a spiritual home because that’s why he was able to become a Hall of Famer.” Oliver concluded by saying, “If you have five real friends, you’re lucky. I’m glad Andre is my friend. The Hall of Fame is out of my hands. God is in control of that, as he is in control of everything. But I know what a Hall of Famer is. That’s Hawk Dawson.”
Oliver then called Dawson to the stage to hand him the beautifully made “Living Legend” 10k gold ring housed in a hand-crafted wooden display box that lit up when opened. “On behalf of Louisville Slugger, I present this to you,” Oliver said. “Our friendship will last forever, unconditionally.”
After the two former major league stars hugged, the stage belonged to Dawson. He spoke softly and carefully, as if he were considering each and every word. He made his thank-yous to Oliver, Jewell and to the Hillerich family.
“I’m sure I’ll use only a fraction of the time that Al spoke here. As you know, Al is a minister, so he’s used to talking in front of people ... that’s the only part that didn’t rub off on me.”
After pausing to allow the chuckles to subside, he said, “I speak from here,” as he pointed to his heart. “My wife said, ‘Don’t ramble.’ She also told me to remember the five keys to public speaking. ‘Five keys?’ I said. ‘Yeah. Be brief, brother, be brief,’ ” she said.
Vanessa Dawson’s advice produced a hearty laugh, but her husband was not intent on doing stand-up comedy. He continued instead to quietly explain himself to the crowd.
“I’m very much in awe,” he said, “You don’t really know what this means to me. When the video was playing, I almost walked out. That’s how emotional I felt.”
A few moments later Dawson began to reminisce about the loved ones whose memory stirred such emotion in him: the uncle who tutored him in the fundamentals of the game (“He was better than I was I was told”), his mother and especially his grandmother, whom he called “Mama.” It was Dawson’s grandmother who constantly preached the value of education and who urged him “to get on your knees at night and be thankful for your blessings, even before you get them.” Speaking of his grandmother, Dawson said, “The toughest thing I ever had to do was close her coffin.”
Dawson attended Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, but despite his desire and intention to honor his grandmother’s fondest wish for him, when he was drafted by Montreal in 1975, he had to follow his dream.
“I could sign for $2,000 or finish my senior year,” he explained. “It wasn’t a monetary decision. My childhood dream was staring me in the eyes, so it was off to Montreal.”
Dawson mused about how far in the past his career seemed to be and how he was thankful that he’d had such a long career, how he’d beaten the odds of having the on-average four-year stint in the major leagues. He thanked Oliver and others of his ilk for teaching him how to be a dedicated professional who would “leave it all on the field” and who could look in the mirror and know that “you gave it your all.”
He then returned again to the two people most influential in his life. “I never envisioned being a Hall of Famer or a Living Legend,” he began. “It wasn’t about that. On the day I was told I’d made the Hall of Fame I went to visit the gravesite of my grandmother and mother. I’d never done that before. I said a prayer ... I thanked both of them for their role in my life. I shed some tears and told them, ‘What you always talked to me about is coming to fruition.’ It saddened me because they weren’t there. I got the call four hours later. So, as I stand before you tonight, I am very humbled. I am very honored, and I can’t say enough about what this means to me ... more than being inducted into the Hall of Fame.”
He repeated his thank-yous to Louisville Slugger and remembered to acknowledge the expert bat turner (on hand, standing just to the right of the stage) who’d made all those R43s for him that “felt so right, so natural.”
The crowd gave him a rousing ovation, after which Jewell led a question-and-answer session. It had been a wonderful experience all around, and everyone was on a baseball high.
On the way out, guests received one final treat: a color 8-by-10 photograph of The Hawk batting for the Cubs, bearing the logos of Louisville Slugger and the Living Legend Award in the upper right-hand corner, personally signed in blue Sharpie by Dawson.
Naturally, guests wondered who the Living Legend honoree for 2016 might be. Whoever the next recipient turns out to be, the thinking here is that he has a tough act to follow in The Hawk.
Audience Q&A With Dawson
Q: How did you get your nickname “The Hawk?”
A: It was given to me at a very young age by one of my uncles, a very good ballplayer who played a little minor league ball. I’d work out with the men’s teams he played on. I was in the way really, probably more of a nuisance than anything else, but they’d hit me groundballs, and even though the ball would take bad hops and hit me in the face, he could see I was not afraid of the ball. One day he said, “You remind me of a hawk the way you swarm the baseball. You’re not afraid. Keep it up.” Later, people thought it came from my demeanor. They thought I was unapproachable because of my scowl, but it was just my way of concentrating.
Q: I’ve been a Cubs fan all my life. I say if you’d shown up three years earlier in 1984 we win. Whatta ya think?
A: Good point. They were a good team. They shoulda won that year. They were a player away, like yours truly. They were a break or two away from victory over the Padres. This group they have now, they’re good but they’re also a player or two away. You need three shutdown pitchers in your rotation, and with Lester and Arrieta they have two, so if they get another shutdown pitcher they’ll be right there. They have a good young nucleus, but you can’t live by the home run. That’s their main weakness, and it was exposed by the Mets in the World Series. They need to learn from the experience.
Q: How did you like playing in Canada? Do you see Montreal getting another team?
A: I enjoyed playing there, and I was grateful to the Montreal ballclub because they signed me and brought me to the big leagues, although they drafted me in the 11th round. Scout Mel Didier wrote a book, and in one chapter he asked why they waited til then.
The main drawbacks to playing across the border were the cold, the language barrier and the Astroturf, which put a lot of wear and tear on the body. The people there miss the game; they’re hungry for baseball. There’d be a lot of hurdles, a lot of red tape to overcome for baseball to return there. No. 1 being the need to build a new ballpark, but if you’re a billionaire you could pull it off.
Q: Who did you enjoy hitting off the most?
A: There were a whole lot of ’em I enjoyed batting against. However, when you’re struggling, even guys you should hit get you out. It’s a long season, and when you get tired, you develop bad habits and you can get yourself out. But when you’re swinging the bat good, it doesn’t matter who’s pitching.
Q: Did you have a pre-at-bat routine or mindset?
A: Yeah, I did: this guy’s in trouble! I crowded the plate because my strength was hitting the ball on the inside of the plate. I was a pull hitter, but I also tried to be a student of hitting. I didn’t want to adjust to the pitchers’ strengths though. I wanted to make them adjust to my strengths. You tell yourself to have a game plan and don’t go outside it.
Q: Did you have any superstitions, like always rubbing something or touching something or wearing the same thing?
A: Not really, because then you’re in trouble if whatever you’re doing for luck doesn’t work. You have to think if you go 0-4 or worse, 0-10, somebody’s gonna pay. That’s clubhouse lingo: “Somebody’s gonna pay.” And the worse your slump, the more somebody’s gonna pay for it.
Q: What was the worst fit by a manager you ever witnessed?
A: I’d have to say it was by Don Zimmer. We were at Wrigley Field one day, and the ump was having a bad day – missing strikes, calling pitches that were balls strikes. You could see Zimmer’s frustration building in his face, with it getting red and the veins in his neck about to pop. Well, Zimmer couldn’t take it any more after the ump issued a walk to the batter on a pitch that shoulda been called a strike. He goes out there and he and the ump start going at it pretty good, face to face. Zim gets so mad he takes his gum out of his mouth and fires it on the ground. When he looks down, his teeth are on the ground, too, stuck to the gum. The ump looks down at his teeth, and Zimmer says, “Hey, don’t step on ’em! They’re my only pair.”
Zimmer used to let me manage sometimes. He’d call me over and say, “Hawk, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is you’re not playing today. I’m resting you. The good news is I’m gonna let you manager the club.”
I loved Don Zimmer to death. He was my favorite manager.
Q: Do you think it’s bad for the Cubs to play all those day games at Wrigley Field?
A: No, not if you get your rest. Chicago is what it is. Rush Street, all the night life there, that’s the problem. We’d love the first game of a home series because the guys on the other teams would always be dragging when they got to the ballpark after being out all night.
I enjoyed playing day games at Wrigley. After the game, I’d go home, get off my feet, take a nap, eat dinner, watch the news on TV, go to bed, and then get up the next day ready to go.
Look, guys don’t complain about playing day games during spring training. Why should they complain about playing day games during the season?
Q: There’s no padding on the walls at Wrigley because they have ivy. What’s your opinion about that?
A: Trust me, I know there’s brick behind that ivy. You get used to it. One time Eric Davis hit a long fly ball and I went back on it and back on it, and all of a sudden the lights went out. When I woke up, I was on the ground. I heard the center fielder Jerome Walton yelling, “It’s next to you! It’s next to you!” I yelled back, “Well, you’d better come get it.”
Q: What’s your favorite memory?
A: Oh, boy. There’s so many games that stand out: the three-home run game, the cycle game. It would probably be the day my son was born. I had the day off in Chicago, and I got to witness his birth. After I knew he and my wife were OK, I went to the game and got to the ballpark around the fourth inning. I pinch-hit, got a key hit that led to a couple of runs and we won the game. I got the game ball and dedicated it to my son, so he’d have a special memento of his birth.
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text: Three students were charged yesterday by a prosecutor in Athens with the rape and attempted blackmail of an 18-year-old woman after allegedly posting a video of the assault on the Internet. The students, aged 19, 20 and 22, allegedly drugged the teenager after she met one of the men at a party in February and then raped her at the suspect’s home. They are said to have recorded the incident and made it available for viewing on the Internet before demanding money from the victim to delete the video. Police said that they also attempted to blackmail one of the woman’s relatives. The 18-year-old only recently reported the matter to police as she had been scared to go to authorities earlier due to the pressure put on her by the three alleged attackers, officers said. Police traced the suspects by obtaining their images from the video of the alleged rape. They raided their homes and found the video stored on four computer hard drives.


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Balzac appears deeply cynical about Parisian society in its callousness and disregard for the past. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Was it that Rastignac should be pitied? The Charter of granted by King Louis XVIII had established a “legal country” which allowed only a small group of the nation’s most wealthy men to vote.
Balzac begins his book with a pages-long description of the Pension Vaquer, an impoverished boarding house where key characters will come together. View all 7 comments. Father Goriot was less well liked. Individuals willing to adapt themselves to the rules of this new society could sometimes ascend into its upper echelons from modest backgrounds, much to the distaste of the established wealthy class.
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Crimen y Castigo Fyodor M Dostoevsky. Rastignac’s appearance shows, for the first time in Balzac’s fiction, a novel-length backstory that illuminates and develops a returning character. And if you’ve never read Tii, this is a great place to begin.
Sve su to pitanja na koja ova knjiga moze da odgovori, mada sa dozom pesimizma. They said I own buildings in Russia.
From now on, to protect this love which does not yet exist, learn to be wary of this world of ours. Parents, meanwhile, give endlessly to their children; Goriot gorioy everything for his daughters.
Here’s what I did love: In time they did, and in time the narrator faded into the background; he ti doing is job so well that I forgot he was there. One publisher’s critique dismissed Balzac as a “boudoir writer”, although it predicted for him “a brief career, but a glorious and enviable one”.
But they do not love their husbands and their husbands do not love them. It enabled a depth of characterization that went beyond simple narration or dialogue. Online at Project Gutenberg.
El Tío Goriot
Nothing was black and white, but I saw so many shades of grey. They would not welcome him into their homes, they would not even acknowledge him in public, and their wives followed suit.
He was articulate, he was engaging, but I was a little concerned that he was interrupting the story he has to tell to reinforce points. The Goriott Vauquer is one of these curious monstrosities.
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Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide. Delphine is boriot in a loveless marriage to Baron de Nucingen, a money-savvy banker. Rastignac, Vautrin, and Goriot represent individuals corrupted by their desires. Goriog – my first Balzac. Anatomy of a Troubled World. These peripeteia, the subject of so many tirades, these sudden reversals, are calculated moves in the pursuit of pleasure. Must I consent to be the lackey of those who have lied, scraped and crawled?
University of Toronto Press The betrayal of Goriot’s daughters is often compared to that of the characters in Shakespeare’s King Lear ;  Balzac was even accused of plagiarism when the novel was first published. Indeed, they only visit him to try and wheedle more money. Moze se goruot da je povtvrdila ono sto sam vec znala, tuznu istinu kapitalistickog drustva i covecanstva, gde novac i sujeta imaju veci znacaj od istinske ljubavi oca i cerki, do 4.
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According to ÖBB information, taking bicycles on the rail-replacement buses is impossible. Is it still possible to take the bicycle inside the bag? I would guess that the bag would have to be stored in the cargo hold, which would mean it would have to lay sideways. This would mean that the weight of the bike would rest on one wheel, both of which are stored on the sides, which would probably damage the lower wheel, as the bag has no hard structures and little padding.
Would it be possible to store the bag standing up in the bus to prevent this? Driver and other passengers would probably not be happy about this.
A hard-shelled bicycle transport case would probably work, but those are expensive and can't be folded. Riding the bicycle from Brennero to Innsbruck (downhill all the way) would afford me nice views but is a little too adventurous for this trip!

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Juice WRLD has just dropped his brand new single ‘Robbery.”
It was announced last week that his sophomore album A DEATHRACE FOR LOVE will be out March 8th. On Twitter, Juice said: “I’m losing my mind and I’m loving every minute of it. Just in time for the drop of the album… MARCH 8th… A DEATHRACE FOR LOVE.”
Speaking about the song and his forthcoming album, Juice also said he is getting ready to tour Europe with Nicki Minaj later this month.
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Is it released?
As of 1 September, 2016 – no, you cannot buy the ESP32 demo board from some of the most popular outlets yet. Neither is there an official site to pre-order the boards from Espressif.
But we know that a revision of the Demo Board has been manufactured already. In fact, the board is a V2!
The board features the ESP32 (and not the experimental ESP31b).
What it looks like
Surprisingly, for a chipset with features as many as the ESP32 sports – the demo board is virtually empty!
The images below were uploaded by ESPert co-founder William Hooi yesterday:
ESP32 Demo Board at first glance
The header leading to the SDIO interface looks suspiciously mismatched in length for a high speed bus. But probably not a concern at all, assuming it is properly terminated. It would probably operate at a maximum of 20 MHz in practice anyway!
The touch pads are something new as well. We have not come across too many SoCs that integrate a touch pad interface along with so many other analog+digital peripherals.
The ESP32 supports debugger interface, probably JTAG – but there is no obvious support for that on this board, from what can be seen in the photos. Will have to wait until the official specs are out!
For now, it seems as if the primary purpose of the ESP32 Demo Board is to serve as a kit for testing the physical interfaces and protocols. Also, because of the simple nature of the demo board, it will be very easy to track power consumption down at the individual pin level. This is very critical for the type of applications ESP32 will be used for.
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Former TSA Head Calls Airport Security A National Embarrassment
More than a decade after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history it’s a national embarrassment that our airport security system remains so hopelessly bureaucratic and disconnected from the people it is meant to protect.
That harsh assessment comes from the former head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the 65,000-employee agency created after 9/11 to protect the nation’s transportation system. Instead it is best known for compromising national security and invasive, genital-groping personal searches of innocent citizens.
Over the years the TSA has made headlines for regularly missing guns and bombs during random tests at major U.S. airports, approving background checks for illegal immigrants to work in sensitive areas of busy airports and clearing dozens of illegal aliens to train as pilots just as several of the 9/11 hijackers did.
Last year the agency missed a suitcase filled with explosives that blasted after a three-hour domestic flight and it came under fire when a veteran commercial airline pilot exposed grave security flaws at San Francisco Airport. The pilot actually posted video on the internet showing ground crews entering the airfield without undergoing any sort of screening process.
The TSA has also been blasted for failing to meet federal standards by not screening cargo and passengers on hundreds of thousands of planes that fly over the U.S. annually. This could allow a terrorist to explode a plane with a dirty bomb, biological or nuclear weapon, according to a veteran U.S. intelligence operative who assessed the matter.
In November a scathing House Transportation Committee report called for an overhaul of the TSA, referring to the agency as inept and bloated. Titled “A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform,” the report outlines the Homeland Security agency’s endless transgressions and concludes that it has “grown into an enormous, inflexible and distracted bureaucracy” that has lost its focus on transportation security. The TSA “lacks administrative competency” and “suffers from bureaucratic morass and mismanagement,” the report further states.
No wonder the one-time head of the TSA, Kip Hawley, calls it a national embarrassment in a newspaper article promoting his new book about the agency’s inner workings. “Airport security in America is broken,” he says. “The crux of the problem, as I learned in my years at the helm, is our wrongheaded approach to risk. In attempting to eliminate all risk from flying, we have made air travel an unending nightmare for U.S. passengers and visitors from overseas, while at the same time creating a security system that is brittle where it needs to be supple.”
Hawley points out that the TSA’s mission is to prevent a catastrophic attack on the transportation system, not to ensure that every single passenger can avoid harm while traveling. Never again will a terrorist be able to breach the cockpit simply with a box cutter or a knife, Hawley writes, because the cockpit doors have been reinforced, and passengers, flight crews and air marshals would intervene.
A variety of suggestions are offered by Hawley to improve airport security, but the bottom line remains; he no longer heads the TSA and those who do should work to improve the situation. After all, the agency gets monstrous amounts of taxpayer dollars to fulfill its mission. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asked Congress to increase the TSA’s budget this year by $459 million to a whopping $8.1 billion.


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The following letter was transcribed and submitted to us by Felix Knapp, a descendant of the author. It contains, we believe, valuable biographical information pertaining to the late Zacharia Falla’s forebears.
To,— The Rt. Hon. Ebenezer KELLOGG
30 Nov. 1763
Most Esteem’d Sir,—***
Your Letter of the favor’d 13th was in this Home well receiv’d,— and the Discourse upon the Stars, Sir, too terribly Illustrat’d for mine own Sight the Nature of Heav’nly Bodies, and flighing Objeckts, so that, in a momentary mental Cholick,— which, as you, Sir, may comprehend, has occasion to Afflict my fever’d Brain, whipp’d, as is its Wont, into an anguish’d Ferment,— the Eyes in my Head soon requir’d of me their Opticks, which came to me one Day cheaply, with profoundest Gratitude to the gen’rous Soul of Mr CAVENDISH, G-d bless his Familie.
I write this Day to inform you, in the fêt’d Fervour of this anniversary Celebration, as to the Facts of my Neighbour three Houses o’er the Line, nam’d William FALLA,— a most un-assuming Chap, predispos’d, like a Childe, to Blobber-lipp’d Talk of Pea-gooses, and of Rancid and encumber’d Religion,— viz. th’ Catholick type, in all its adorn’d Popery,— (how the Poet in his Monument turns! how he Rages!),— and also, Sir, a Tipler, for whom ev’ry Evening a Bracer is thrice swallow’d. Armour, Sir, comes bottl’d for th’ Grumbletonian Clan ‘midst our fine City, embroider’d in the finest Fashion.
This is not, Sir, a Cavil deposit’d ‘pon your Door-Step,— nay, nothing of the Sort is to be found within the stately Confines of my œuvre,— my practic’d Hand, daub’d in Ink, grips the Pen with the Strength of an Iron-Monger, or some other Occ. unsuit’d to the fantom Tribulations of Clerk-Ship, though my Mind be twice steel’d against Barbarism, and Fallacy. For it came that my Tabitha, 3. days ago this Minute, witness’d Mr FALLA, in a state of advanc’d Addle, nearly bath’d in his own Fluids, a fellow for th’ like of RABELAIS. Recall to your Mind, sir, th’ Alcofribasian Sickness, which thiev’d your Yrs. of its most Deckt-Out (in Clergy) Gentlemen. A glory’d Tribute, Sir, though no less distinguish’d thro’ the passing of Time, to the deprav’d Anglers amongst us,— and so too Mr FALLA! As I was prepar’d to elaborate, ere my anger at base Anticks was rais’d, Mr FALLA did 3. Days prior accost, by Fact of his Presence, my Wife, who later inform’d me o’er pickl’d Onions and our daily Bread, that Mr FALLA did assault her with his Odour, and at great length discours’d ‘pon the Malfwaddle, and the Jinkstrother, and the Pollyprozzler, which came to him, said he, in the Wood o’er the Hill 12m. distant. Tabitha, whose Spirit, since th’ Assault, has crack’d and suffer’d of an In-Borne Quietus, report’d to me that Mr FALLA,— who, I state again for observ’t. Posterity, smell’d as though he had lately emerg’d from a Tub of rank Tip, or from a Manure-Heap adj. the Sows of Lord PONSONBY, did offer in his fresh-colour’d Palms, an un-disclos’d volm. of OLD NICK’s Tinckture, to be had for Rabbet-Sucker’s Prices,— ’tis too dearly Borne, Sir, a Slate or three, to Part.
Sir! cherish’d Sir! I beg of you the Security of my Familie,— my Wife, Tabitha,— or Hemera, for her Disposition is such that blackest Night will not Suffer to stand in her Foot-Prints, nor ‘twixt her out-spread Arms,— recoils at th’ first visage of Thought of Mr FALLA, who wholly lacks Shame or Decency, and who clothes himself in the odious Fabrick of the Beggar,— a Railleur Shab’d-off with the Laudanum, and Romboyl’d ‘cross the Country-Side on a cranksided Prosthesis, shouting all the while, ‘A frubbytendal! a frubbytendal! An Half-Crown to the Lot o’ ye who brings ‘ere a frubbytendal!’ ’tis not too late, Sir, to un-leash the Dogs ‘pon this frantick Supernumerarie, and to send him where he ought! Gainfully imprison’d, as the Spungers say, lest his Children grow feather’d Wings and call to the Moon as a Duck, or a Pigeon.
Give to your Familie my warmest Tidings,— spars’d Feeling, lately, under the terrors of Mr FALLA, in this the life of
e’er your Humble & obdt. Svt.,


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Alright, having today off from my day job I decided to tackle one of my myriad projects, designing a cover for the first part of my story "Judgement Cove", due to appear in the June issue of
On Art's Edge!
My apologies, the quality is not going to be that great on here, out of respect to the E-Zine. So make sure that you click on the Facebook fan page above so that you can see the full resolution image, read the first segment of the story and also take a look at all of the talented artists' work contained within in the June 1st issue.
Here's the Cover:
With each part of the story the art on the treasure map will change, so there's another reason to scope out the remainder of the story in subsequent issues (if the need to see how it all concludes doesn't get you).
Thanks for checking it out, and I hope you all enjoy the story! June 1st sure is taking it's sweet time getting here!