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A Look At Ron Hextall In Philadelphia
by Paul on 10/28/14 at 07:58 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
He's drawing on his experience with the Kings as he tries to fortify the Flyers, who missed the playoffs in the 2012-13 season, were eliminated in the first round last season, and are coping with key injuries on defense. He has borrowed bits of philosophy from Flyers icon Bob Clarke, their senior vice president, and Holmgren, the Flyers' president, as well as from Lombardi.
"You've got the two ex-players in 'Clarkie' and 'Homer' and then you get the other side of it. Dean's a lawyer and very analytical, so you tune into some of his thought process and his thinking," Hextall said. "I learned an awful lot from Dean and from being in LA.
"In Philly, things have always been fairly stable. In L.A. we turned over the whole infrastructure of the organization, from trainers to coaches to scouts. I'd never been through a process like that before. I think one of the most valuable things I learned was hiring people and how important it was to hire the right people."...
"We've got some good young pieces coming, and in that sense there's similarities with L.A. We've got a real good young group of forwards here, and we've got some young defensemen coming that we're really excited about. So we've got to have some patience."
more plus a short talk with John Davidson, President of the Columbus Blue Jackets..
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All Ron Hextall
by Paul on 09/05/14 at 08:57 AM ET
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from Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly,
Who in your mind has improved the most in the East and in your division?
Hextall: Oh, boy. Boy, that's a good question.
Looks to me like the Rangers and Penguins took steps backwards.
Hextall: People maybe look at Tampa in the East and say they improved. I always say, if you don't improve from within, you can only make so many steps. ... You can't sign free agents X and Y and say, 'Oh, we've gotten so much better.' Maybe you look at Minnesota two years ago and say they were the exception with [Zach] Parise and [Ryan] Suter. You say, 'Well, they should be a lot better.' It didn't work out quite like some people thought it would. For the most part, you can't go out and sign a free agent or two and say you took this huge step. Because of chemistry and everything else that goes into it. If you don't get better from within, your chances of moving too far ahead are slim.
That's where we focused this summer. Getting better from within. Not just on the ice, but some of our staff and minor league team. Little things we can improve in here like the analytical part or coaching part. There's things we can get better. It's not just the product on the ice which is a byproduct of all the little things that you improve on, whether it's medical devices or training programs. Our team was very diligent about training [this summer]. Our team last year? I don't think was in great shape. I really don't, for whatever reason. We better be in better shape this year. 1 and 7 [start]? We can't do that again. We got to be ready to go on opening night. We gotta fricking go! That type of thing far outweighs signing a decent free agent.
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All Ron Hextall
by Paul on 08/13/14 at 07:53 AM ET
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from Randy Miller of NJ.com,
NJ.com: What are you expectations for next season? A lot of people see the 2014-15 Flyers having to fight for one of the final Eastern Conference playoff spots, then potentially being dangerous in the playoffs if your goalie gets hot. Your team doesn't appear to be the full puzzle yet, but seem to have the makings of a pretty good team. Agree?
Hextall: "We've got a good team. We expect our players every night to go out and be the best they can be and collectively be a cohesive unit. When you have that type of cohesion and players playing hard and playing for the cause every night, you can accomplish good things. Look at the Rangers last year. Who'd have thought they'd be a Stanley Cup Final team? And they beat us by one goal in Game 7 (in the first round)? So we've got a good team and our expectations are high. I don't know if the belief from people is we don't have high expectations. That couldn't be further from the truth. All I've said all along is we're going to continue to get better every year."
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Claude Giroux And Ron Hextall With Statements
by Paul on 07/03/14 at 05:57 PM ET
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via the Philadelphia Flyers,
"I regret my actions on Canada Day and sincerely apologize to my fans, teammates and the Philadelphia Flyers organization for my misguided attempt at humor.
Following an investigation, law enforcement determined that charges are not warranted. I have the utmost respect for law enforcement and apologize to the Ottawa Police Department and specifically the individual officer. I will be making no further public comment on this matter.
I will not be distracted from my ongoing preparation for the upcoming season. I remain 100% committed and focused on working with my team to return the Stanley Cup to Philadelphia."
--Claude Giroux
"We've been in contact with Claude and the Ottawa Police Service and have been informed that no charges will be filed. Moving forward, we will deal with this incident internally and we will no longer publicly discuss this matter."
-- Flyers GM Ron Hextall
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Scott Hartnell And Ron Hextall On The Trade
by Paul on 06/23/14 at 05:18 PM ET
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Below, watch Flyers GM Ron Hextall discuss the trade...
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TSN's Insiders discuss Mike Richards' future, Lecavalier trade and a sort-of Dan Boyle sweepstakes
by George Malik on 06/11/14 at 08:42 PM ET
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As noted during the GM's meetings post, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun tends to issue a set of "Rumblings" in conjunction with an episode of TSN's Insider Trading, and that is most certainly the case this evening. TSN's Darren Dreger, James Duthie and LeBrun spent three-and-a-half minutes discussing hot topics, and TSN conveniently provided a transcript of the video.
In terms of items not discussed by the GM's meetings post or LeBrun's Rumblings...
The Stanley Cup Final is on but GM's are already focusing about next season. We expect Brad Richards to be bought out by the New York Rangers - what about Mike Richards by L.A.?
Darren Dreger: Well the Los Angeles Kings don't plan on buying out Mike Richards because then they would have to replace him. But Mike Richards doesn't want to be a fourth-line centre next year for the Kings. The Kings are expected to push Richards in the off-season to improve his conditions and get a little bit stronger. But we also know that Richards is a strong and confident young man and he may not want to follow the path that the Kings want him to follow. So this could get very interesting.
Is current Philadelphia Flyer Vincent Lecavalier soon to be an ex-Flyer?
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Live Stream- Philadelphia Flyers With A Front Office Announcement
by Paul on 05/07/14 at 11:15 AM ET
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The Philadelphia Flyers will have a press conference to reportedly announce Ron Hextall as their new GM and the moving of Paul Holmgren to team President.
It is scheduled to begin at 11:30am ET and can be watched below via CSNPhilly....
added 11:16am,
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Flyers appear ready to shuffle the managerial deck
by George Malik on 05/07/14 at 09:15 AM ET
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When Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider hedged his bets regarding GM Paul Holmgren's future, everyone and their brother's uncle's cousin in South Jersey figured that the Flyers would shuffle the managerial deck. Surprise surprise:
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Insider Trading: on Paul Holmgren, Martin Erat and Schneider-Brodeur
by George Malik on 10/09/13 at 01:06 AM ET
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Paul noted that ESPN's Pierre LeBrun fired off a meaty set of "rumblings," and LeBrun's thoughts were featured as part of TSN's latest Insider Trading segment, which TSN thankfully transcribed:
What becomes of Peter Laviolette and how much heat is there now on Paul Holmgren?
[Darren] Dreger: For the moment Laviolette and his family are trying to stay below the radar. Obviously Laviolette is not happy with the way things ended with the Philadelphia Flyers so he may lay low. He wants to coach again in the NHL and given his resume it's believed that he will get another opportunity.
If things don't materialize in the NHL say before Christmas, I'm told Laviolette would consider going over to Europe and coaching there. It's not too far-fetched that Laviolette and his family would consider that.
As for Holmgren, he was looking for Ron Hextall. Since Holmgren took over as GM of the Flyers he has been constantly trying to lure Hextall from the Los Angeles Kings. There's no imminent danger for Holmgren and the belief is he will go out on his own terms and Hextall ultimately would be his successor.
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Ron Hextall Moves From The Kings To The Flyers
by Paul on 07/15/13 at 04:36 PM ET
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from the Philadelphai Flyers,
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that Ron Hextall has been named Assistant General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations, according to General Manager Paul Holmgren.
"We are very pleased to welcome back Ron Hextall to our management team," said Holmgren. "Ron has a wealth of experience in the front office in various capacities which will be a valuable addition to our staff."
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Liberating The Black Female Body: Thoughts On The Voices Of bell, Janet, Shola and Marci
Four Black feminist thinkers, writers, creators, educators and scholars, bell hooks, Janet Mock, Shola Lynch and Marci Blackman gathered for the second talk (in a series of three talks this week) titled Are You Still A Slave: Liberating The Black Female Body, which I live tweeted as I viewed it on The New School's Livestream feed. Many interesting points were raised and their unique perspectives and world views were apparent throughout the talk. Shola has an effervescence and optimism that made me view her creativity through the lens of the carefree Black girl. Janet has a wisdom about trans women's experiences and a sense of beauty, being feminine and glamour that she is unapologetic about in terms of finding it empowering. Marci brought another perspective in terms of creating art that represents people like her that she doesn't see mainstream and an aesthetic that she also described as "sexy" (it so is) albeit not femme. And bell hooks brought a sense of perspective and knowledge over time and experience albeit not absolute or law. I think it is important to recognize what each Black woman brought there because liberating Black female bodies means practicing self-love and expression of what that liberation looks like. Thus, it is more than their ideas shared but their actual presentation that I consider as well.
This talk, more than anything in my entire life as a Black woman and a womanist made me realize the importance of not placing Black feminist forbearers and prominent public voices on pedestals and recognizing their humanity by accepting that they can be wrong, that we can disagree and that they are as imperfect and fallible as we everyday Black women are. There's really nothing more patriarchal in this context than deciding that there needs to be a Black feminist "leader" (in this case bell books simply because she's older, credentialed and accepted by mainstream feminism as a voice, and at times a unilateral voice over womanists/Black feminists as a "monolith" and thereby dangerously so) whose views become absolute to use as something to punish and harm other Black women with. This perspective—of accepting that bell hooks is also imperfect—informed my entire interaction with and interpretation of this talk and the previous one as well as engaging any of her work throughout my lifetime. Though several topics were raised and most of them I tweeted about in my live tweet, there's three topics that I will discuss here: Beyoncé and the concept of the liberated Black female body, Black women and sexuality, and Black women as valued activists.
With my most compassionate honesty, I must admit that I was incredibly harmed by, hurt by and repelled by the way bell hooks spoke of Beyoncé. I found it to be incredibly unloving, violent and harmful. bell hooks herself has created a template to approaching Black bodies and Black people with love (i.e. in her books Salvation: Black People and Love, Communion: The Female Search For Love, The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity and Love, and All About Love: New Visions) and she did not utilize this template for Beyoncé. By referring to aspects of Beyoncé as "anti-feminist" and a "terrorist" for young girls, bell hooks engaged in hyperbole and violence. I honestly felt triggered and it felt like dealing with the racism of White feminists and the essentialism (where bell hooks is absolute) and misogynoir of Black men where Beyoncé and bell hooks (and other prominent Black feminists) are concerned, respectively. It made me think of Audre Lorde's essay "Eye To Eye: Black Women, Hatred and Anger" and how at times we reserve our most unloving critique for each other as Black women.
"Anti-feminist" is a violent claim when not true. Absolutely Beyoncé has areas in her life where she reifies patriarchy and capitalism, like many women; valid critique can be made there. But "anti-feminist" is not the same as "patriarchal" because everyone is socialized under patriarchy; however, everyone does not actively target feminists for harm. "Anti-feminist" implies malicious intent meant to harm feminists specifically, not women in general (i.e. via misogyny, misogynoir, transmisogyny) as not all women are feminists. "Anti-feminist" implies active violence versus Beyoncé being on a journey in her own feminism and perhaps at an earlier phase than credentialed academic feminist scholars are. I've mentioned before that her participation in facile neoliberal campaigns like Ban Bossy seems more about acquiring "credentials" as a "legitimate" feminist than the belief that those campaigns are more radical/more important than her music or how she lives her life, because clearly those campaigns are not. However, where her journey has been important is in her music with compelling womanist messages challenging beauty standards, sexual empowerment and agency, rewriting motherhood and marriage as places for power and affection without shame for Black women, sisterhood and friendship, self-esteem, admitting vulnerability where Black women are not allowed to, presenting nuance between strength and weakness versus existing at either pole and so much more.
I was so thankful when Janet Mock and Marci Blackman chimed in about their perspectives on Beyoncé. Janet's story truly touched me about how important it was for her to see Destiny's Child as a transgender teen girl of colour, and see their bodies, performances and presence amidst spaces usually reserved for White teens. She also mentioned the empowerment she receives via Beyoncé's music in terms of sexuality and being able to exist as beautiful and without shame and what that has meant to her as a trans woman of colour. Janet Mock made it clear in the talk and later on Twitter that she believes Beyoncé is "at the center of her own image creation and universe." Marci Blackman mentioned the reclamation of images for Beyoncé and while bell hooks challenged reclamation even being possible, I feel as if that has been our experience as Black people from an ontological standpoint. I mean, we are legitimately reclaiming our stolen humanity. If reclamation of images is not possible then I really don't understand how we can ever reject the internalization of ourselves as non-persons because of the legacy of chattel slavery and the reality of anti-Blackness and misogynoir. If image reclamation is not possible while envisioning new images as well, how can we reclaim our humanity itself when that was stripped away as well and is constantly attacked via anti-Blackness?
Beyoncé is nobody's slave. Clearly her body is a liberated one where she chooses how she presents herself, knows what empowers her and frees her, is aware of how people speak of and denigrate her body (and you have to actually know to her music to know this, versus only reading insulting articles and hearing radio singles) and challenges those denigrations by living the life she chooses where she can decide what liberation looks like for her. I mean, she's a Black woman who is called a "slut" for being sexually intimate in a cishet theist State-approved monogamous marriage with her husband, all statuses assigned privilege and without insult when they belong to Whites. This is a misogynoiristic projection on her but this projection alone is clearly one she rejects through her art and her choices. Part of the issue here is that Black women have to decide what a liberated yet sexual and liberated yet asexual body and life looks like. I don't feel as if this was adequately conveyed during this talk, so though the talk was mostly good, a lot remains unanswered.
If Beyoncé is not liberated as sexual, in control, with agency and self-esteem and someone like me who is asexual is also not liberated since "celibacy" (and to be clear, celibacy is not asexuality; heterosexual and queer people can be celibate and conversely some asexual people have sexual intercourse) became a laughing matter during this talk (which I found very triggering actually) then who is free? What does a liberated Black woman look like and what does she do with her body? I questioned this before for myself in my essay Black Womanhood, Asexuality and Agency. And then when the room mentioned celibacy as if this is a joke and bell hooks suggested people need less TV and less celibacy, the message was incredibly convoluted and messy. It simply reveals that again, womanists and Black feminists are not perfect, not meant for pedestals, are human and have lots of decolonization around sexuality to do. The binary that sex equals freedom and lack of sex equals oppression is false and patriarchal. The binary that sex equals shame and lack of sex equals goodness is false and patriarchal. Nuance and rejection of binaries, informed choices and decolonization in terms of sexuality are critical and ongoing processes for Black women.
bell hooks regularly speaks of envisioning new images and Beyoncé is providing them. Choice. Agency. Freedom. Removal of shame. Pleasure. Connection. Love. Things that are denied Black women regularly. But this is oppression? This is "terrorism?" bell hooks clearly should have been more loving and less rigid in terms of the politics of respectability where Beyoncé is concerned. bell hooks trots around airports with Gloria Steinem yet Steinem's record of transmisogyny or how she pillared Hillary Clinton (who's involved in the same imperialist White supremacist capitalist cisheteropatriarchal system as President Obama while anti-Blackness means that President Obama is held accountable for inventing a system that predates him and he's only a part of while Hillary Clinton is a White feminist icon) as a feminist in the 2008 election and ahistorically so, in a way that Melissa Harris-Perry had to check her on were not spaces of deconstruction in this talk. @tgirlinterruptd discussed this as well on Twitter this morning, how White feminists remain not "deconstructed" as Black women like Beyoncé are treated as "Ham radios you can take a part and look at the pieces for your own curiosity and goals."
And honestly, I am experiencing deep anxiety over this portion of the talk because let's be clear, hateful "thinkpieces" will surface that will use bell hooks' words as absolute (which is in opposition to womanism—to create hierarchy of knowledge/persons and then use that to harm other Black women deemed "below" ones "on top") to justify their racist and misogynoiristic contempt for Beyoncé, who honestly is being used as a vehicle for anti-Blackness and misogynoir against everyday Black women. The attacks will come. The "bell hooks said 'terrorist' so she hates your fave and thereby you are trash too" attacks will come. This is why critique that is loving is important. I never want Black women to be silent about critique of other Black women over fear of the White Gaze, the cishet Black male gaze or the "respectable" Black gaze. But the notion that denigration must occur or the critique is not valid, that introspection isn't possible without self-hatred, is one rooted in the same imperialist White supremacist capitalist patriarchy that bell hooks has critiqued for decades. Using a racially loaded, White supremacist term such as "terrorist" with Beyoncé is a grave violence that is ultimately going to harm everyday Black women like me. And though bell hooks is not responsible for other people's racism or misogynoir, her words as weapons when combined with her status can harm other Black women, and it will. And I really don't look forward to it at all. I really don't.
People really need to examine when did it become acceptable to channel all of our own unexamined self-hatred as Black women and for other people who aren't Black women, channel their anti-Blackness and misogynoir at Beyoncé in a way unmatched for any other Black woman in the public eye. This dehumanization by making her a symbol or a "product" (since Black men, for example, continue to refer to her this way, thinking that this dehumanization is acceptable and I should want to have a conversation with them starting from this place of misogynoir) of what is both desired and hated is violence. This projection comes from a place of a perceived dearth of examples which is actually false. Beyoncé is among a long list of Black women, who are artists and feminists that I value and I believe have something to offer. I don't have this problem where she has to be perfect to be my "feminist leader" because feminism does not need a leader. People are mistaking womanism and Black feminism for patriarchy if they think it needs one leader—whether someone like Beyoncé or someone like bell hooks—to remain un-critiqued and absolute. That's not feminism. I am at the position in my own womanist scholarship and life experience where I can value some and critique some perspectives, even from bell hooks. I do not pedestal her thoughts above my own for my own life. While I respect our Black feminist forbearers and study them and know their work intimately, ultimately I create the map for my own life. I am my own womanist cartographer.
What can bell hooks teach me about sexuality and sexual orientation when I identify as asexual and that's something she doesn't even deeply address in her writing (beyond discussing the controlling image of asexuality via "mammy," which is violent and in opposition to asexual as a sexual orientation) while addressing heterosexuality and queerness in ways that at times are shaped by the politics of respectability, someone who caused a triggering laughing session on celibacy during this very same talk? I've been blazing my own path almost completely mapless on Black womanhood and asexuality. What can bell hooks teach me about religion when I am an agnostic atheist and she's a Buddhist and doesn't heavily incorporate the notion that Black non-believers exist in her writing? I've found Sikivu Hutchinson more helpful on this. What can bell hooks tell me about street harassment when she's older and is driven everywhere or flies, when she has the means to not live in areas where street harassment for Black women is especially virulent? I am the one whose work on street harassment is actively and violently plagiarized as Black women's experiences on street harassment are Whitewashed or silenced. I've found talking to other Black women peers more helpful on this topic than anything bell hooks has written. What can bell hooks teach me about online misogynoir when she doesn't seem to value the Internet (and has alluded to this several times) or really notice the work of Black women online captured in pieces such as Ebony's "Black Feminism Goes Viral?" She of course is attacked for her work, but online space is a different climate of attack that she doesn't really know about. What can bell hooks tell me about being an assault survivor when she's never really gone into detail about what sexual assault does to our lives, specifically, though she discusses patriarchal violence in general and sexual violence in media? What can bell hooks tell me about the loss of a mother, and both grandmothers, something I've not seen in detail in her work, where I feel a maternal absence in my life (and admittedly that's why I clung to her work in my early 20s after my mom died; something I don't need to do now as I am my own cartographer for the map of my life now in my 30s, though I value reading about many other Black women's journeys and not only bell hooks' journey) in a painful way? I've found turning to Alice Walker has been more helpful on this.
bell hooks is not the expert on all things Black, woman, Black woman, womanist/Black feminist or life. She is however, human, fallible, brilliant, interesting, accomplished, usually compassionate and thoughtful and a trailblazer in many ways. But I gotta blaze my own trail. Janet Mock gotta blaze her own trail. Beyoncé gotta blaze her own trail. Black women gotta blaze our own trails. We can do this while valuing eachother's paths as long as we are valuing eachother's humanity. And when the critique is not loving, when it is violent, it is not valuing humanity. bell hooks harmed Beyoncé's humanity in that moment and I felt like she harmed mine as well. This doesn't erase all of her work but proves that she is a fallible being like the rest of us and doesn't need a pedestal.
Speaking of the valuation of humanity, conversation surfaced during the talk about activists earning money and doing work. This is difficult in that feeling valued in terms of our work impacts our valuation of ourselves and how we treat our bodies and minds. Being that Black women's labor is regularly devalued, I found it difficult when bell hooks mentioned that activists cannot expect renumeration from the same system that we critique (she mentioned this in the previous talk as well) because while theoretically this is true, we still have to eat. Shola Lynch chimed in with balancing not doing the work solely for the money but also needing to survive. Janet Mock mentioned that her primary goal was to create something that could help other trans women who come after her even if her book Redefining Realness did not sell, but thankfully the latter isn't the case. And there is nothing wrong with this. We have to move past the model that activists—especially Black women—have to be suffering to prove "truthfulness" about the fight against oppression. We don't have to suffer harm or suffer fools who think we should be harmed. I love that Marci Blackman said "stop saying you're pretending to be a writer and say you're a writer." Clearly Black women also have to learn to see the value in our own work as well.
I felt disconnected from bell hooks' stance as she is a published author and taught at Yale before, the type of school that would reject my doctoral application if I applied as their students and professors plagiarize my blog and tweets and it's among the 30-50 colleges whose IP addresses appear in my Stat Counter daily, as I struggle daily. This is my reality. I struggle with debt from Sallie Mae and without stable income while I'm told my activism should be devalued as much as possible. Surviving in capitalism is not the same thing as being a capitalist. I reject the notion that the exploitation of my labor is okay since I shouldn't expect anything from the system that I critique. Several womanists/Black feminists that I talked to online during the talk feel the same way. While all four of the Black women on that stage created their own pathways in some ways—Janet Mock as an author and trans woman of colour activist who has a past working for People.com as a journalist; Shola Lynch as a filmmaker; Marci Blackman as a fiction author; bell hooks as a Black feminist scholar, author and educator— they still all are on pathways that are rare and reveal privilege for Black women in terms of education and access. Many Black women who are activists have no clue how they are going to pay for things tomorrow. Black women deserve to be paid for our labor. And liberation for our bodies means respecting the labor that involves our bodies, minds and emotional/intellectual genius.
While the topic itself was about liberating the Black female body, I feel that the real takeaway is about how the Black women in that talk experience their own sense of liberation. I mean, there were four smart, capable, accomplished Black women agreeing and disagreeing on perspectives concerning Black women, freedom and empowerment, speaking our own experiences, not through White female or Black male mouthpieces, speaking of ourselves as subjects and mostly respectfully disagreeing on perspectives. This is who Black women are. Complicated. Nuanced. Imperfect. Passionate. Thoughtful. Interesting. Creative. Vulnerable. Resilient. Hopeful. There was no more important a moment to me than any moment when Shola Lynch, Janet Mock or Marci Blackman disagreed with bell hooks. This is critical. bell hooks is used by many—especially feminists who are White women/Black men—to silence Black women. Her writings are treated as absolute and as if other feminist voices—even ones that are her peers, not necessarily my generation or younger—don't exist and as if her words should be weaponized against Black women, versus understanding that feminist politics for Black women includes nuance, elasticity and perspective.
It is critical that each Black woman gets to define herself and has that definition respected, without debate, as humanity itself is not debatable and the suggestion that it is reveals anti-Blackness and misogynoir. It is critical that each Black woman gets to define her womanist or Black feminist politics and principles and have many sources and voices to listen to while defining it (versus making Beyoncé or another public figure her martyr to project on) and have that lovingly critiqued, not degradingly and hyperbolically critiqued where it harms her and other Black women. It is critical that Black women have the safe space to speak these complicated truths and opinions without having these truths and opinions weaponized to harm other Black women and if that harm happens, being aware enough to deconstruct it versus immediately accepting that harm as truth.
What the lesson should really be from this talk is that many sources and perspectives from Black women create the knowledge that informs our politics (and literally everyone else's anti-oppression politics; I mean who is cited or used without credit to shape everyone else's ideas) and perspectives and that alone requires inclusivity of many voices, including Beyoncé's, including bell hooks', including Janet Mock's, Shola Lynch's and Marci Blackman's; including everyday Black women who aren't credentialed withs status. And this inclusion must center the recognition that there was never any one leader or voice meant to be essentialized as the only voice in the complicated history and tapestry that makes womanism and Black feminism what they are—that makes Black women who we are.
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As most of you who have been following the series lately know, usually in this segment we take a look at those wronged by DC`s company wide reboot; the New 52. Whether it was characters, teams, or storylines wiped out by the reboot, someone was at a loss despite the apparent success of others. As usual Marvel isn't far behind with a company wide event, which means that it is time for Marvel to take a little criticism as we discuss just which Marvel Characters are now Screwed Over.
Now if you aren't aware of the new status quo, it's called Marvel NOW! and it isn't so much a reboot as a rebranding. I already spoke a little about it here, but basically Marvel is releasing a ton of new series and new #1′s to go along with the new direction of the universe as a whole. So while they don't anger as many fans by completely erasing history, certain things are being changed at a time when they don't really need to be. Which brings us to the first casualty of Marvel NOW!, the up and coming youngsters known as Avengers Academy.
The original premise of Avengers Academy was simple yet perfect. A new team of Avengers recruits who were heavily manipulated during Norman Osborn's brief time as director of H.A.M.M.E.R. (basically the evil S.H.I.E.L.D. except it never stood for anything), training under the watchful eyes of Henry Pym (Giant-Man) and other assorted Avengers. The original lineup consisted of Striker, Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Finesse and Veil. Thier trainers were Giant-Man (as Wasp, initially), Jocasta, Tigra, Justice, Speedball, and Quicksilver, which formed a pretty unique blend of Avengers characters.
With this premise we were instantly in tune with the idea that these characters might be doomed to be villains from the start, and this last chance at redemption just might be too late. The title also took the reins of some former titles that were no longer running, like Mighty Avengers and Avengers Initiative, allowing for some interesting stories and seeing some characters that we hadn't seen in a while.
The team was involved in every big event from the last few years taking place after Siege, and have been a large part of the Avengers staple of comics. Not only did it allow us to see this unique side of some of the children of the Marvel U., but it also showcased the growth of some of the other members of the Avengers. Giant-Man was finally starting to shrug off some of his crazy, and develop a normal life. Quicksilver was acting as a force for good again, trying to make up for his past failures, of which there are many. Tigra was becoming a dominating force in this group of Avengers, continuing her role from Avengers Initiative with her new child, (who was actually the Skrull who was masquerading as Hank Pym's child) and dealing with some of her past issues and overcoming them. Justice and Speedball didn't spend an enormous amount of time with the team, but it really delved into Speedball's advancement after the Stamford Incident and his time as Penance. And that was just the teachers.
Eventually the team expanded and moved across the country, gaining a new instructor in Hawkeye while losing out on Justice and Speedball. The team grew to include new members like X-23, Lightspeed, White Tiger, Spider-Girl, Lyra the She-Hulk, the new Power Man, and others. With the new students came new challenges and new moments for the team to stand up and prove that they weren't what everyone expected them to be. It also gave the light to some characters who were running the risk of disappearing in the Marvel U., which is always a good thing. Including X-23 led to some interesting moments within the Avengers vs. X-Men event, and really brought the character fully into her role on the team.
The core group of members that started the series were finally becoming heroes in their own right, and had gone through a ton of challenges to bring them to the point of finally being able to shed some of the atrocities committed to them by Osborn. The team had even graduated to the next level of superhero-ing, with the Avengers forming an institution for the team to better help the world with their powers instead of just fighting bad guys all day. The personal relationships between the original class of the Academy were developing nicely and a future for the characters was finally looking bright.
So Why Is Avengers Academy Getting Screwed Over?
Yes, I know that a lot of them will be appearing in the new Avengers Arena, which looks to be more of a Battle Royale homage than a rip-off, but that doesn't make up for the fact that in cancelling Avengers Academy they lose a very engaging and entertaining title that was really starting to hit it's stride. With Avengers Arena, we see a bunch of Marvel's young heroes gathered on an island by Arcade, and forced to fight each other to the death. While it has some interesting characters and looks to be a unique style of story for Marvel NOW!, I'm already dreading what it means for my beloved Avengers Academy characters.
All that time developing these new characters and giving them reasons to be heroes may be swept under the rug as they are once again forced to just fight it out with other characters. This was pretty much the opposite of what the team had established as being their goal, and effectively ends the Heroic Age the students were learning to exist in. With only a few of the members showing up in Arena, along with a bunch of other young heroes form other series (plus Darkhawk, for some reason), it can't really be considered as the next stage of Avengers Academy. And with no other news about any of the other team members we are left in the dark at the status of the team after the events of the final issue.
I'm not saying I won't give Avengers Arena a chance, and in fact I will probably enjoy it due to the creators and the clear homage to one of my favorite manga series of all time. But I certainly wont enjoy the loss I feel when I don't get to pick up the latest issue of Avengers Academy and see the adventures of this up and coming team of possible Avengers/Masters of Evil. If these heroes weren't already screwed over enough by Norman Osborn, then Marvel is definitely finishing the job.


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The main female characters in the LotR movies
and Galadriel
would all be very viable fcs. A few others that may be good to consider would be a character from Game of Thrones, but I would suggest using a fc like
Sophie Turner,
Lena Headey,
or Natalie Dormer.
Using Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen might be too iconic making it hard for your character to be seen as anything except the Khaleesi!
If you are looking for a fc that could be underused, try
Eva Green
or Tamsin Egerton from Camelot.
A few others to consider are actresses from the Tudors such as Sarah Bolger
or Emma Hamilton.
Finally, I would put forth the story book counterparts to the characters on Once Upon a Time.
Ginnifer Goodwin
or Lana Parrilla.
If there was someone mentioned here that I have not done a gif hunt for as of yet, I will happily complete one! Even if you don't use it, someone will ;) (make sure to specify you want gifs of the "medieval" nature so I know to stock them up!)
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If My people . . . will humble themselves, and pray . . . then I will . . . forgive their sin and heal their land. – 2 Chronicles 7:14
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On January 25, 1988, the United States Congress declared the first Thursday of each May to be recognized as a National Day of Prayer.
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Sovereign God, thank You for this great country where we can set aside a day for the express purpose of praying for our nation. Raise up people to do just that, not only on an official day, but every day.
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Did you plant a tree yesterday?
Posted by Joel Martinsen on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 5:21 PM
Yesterday, 12 March, was Arbor Day in China. As usual, Chinese media ran profiles of heroic tree-planters alongside photos of people planting trees. There was one unusual piece of news, however: China's compliance rate for tree-planting rose ten points in 2006, to 55%.
According to a 1981 NPC resolution, all able-bodied Chinese citizens older than age 11 have an obligation to plant three to five trees every year. A measure passed the following year by the State Council charged work units with making sure that citizens fulfilled their obligations and paid the necessary penalties for non-compliance.
Today's The Beijing News carried an op-ed by Southern Weekly news director Guo Guangdong that argues for a revision of the old NPC resolution on two grounds: pervasive non-compliance, and the unsophisticated legal language of the text. Some excerpts:
State Forestry Administration head Jia Zhibang, in a recent interview with Economic Daily, noted how the tree-planting campaign had helped the cause of reforestation over the past decades, as well as how it continues to contribute to the building of a harmonious society. Jia notes that the country's 800 million rural residents are the major force in the campaign, but he also reads off a list of commemorative forest projects:
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Very interesting that. I'm always fascintated when the notion of mobilising the awesome Chinese population to do great and worthy tasks takes place. Hope the tree planting takes off again in the future.
Yes, I planted a tree. But a week later I found out my tree was pullen out of the ground, only to be resold. How low can the Chinese get? its sickening. No more planting trees for me.
I planted trees in Shanxi once. I wondered at the time why we were only planting three each. I didn't know that was the legal minimum. The next year we went back again - 80% of our trees had died. Could be worse. A friend went on a tree planting trip to Inner Mongolia. All of their trees died. Oh dear.
When they say everyone should plant 3-5 trees, does that mean you can't plant more? seems kinda strange to say that.
No, but I did get wood.
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Jeff Gordon, a favorite anywhere, especially at races with big bucks and prestige at stake, is rated third. After winning in 1999, the four-time driving champion finished in the 30s twice before battling back to ninth last year, in spite of late contact with Marlin that ruined a serious bid for a third victory. Winning in his fifth Daytona 500 start, Gordon has logged four Top 5s and five Top 10s in 10 tries.
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"My first time at Daytona last year, I struggled in the qualifying race and my car was the last to make the 500 on position from the 125," adds Newman, a cool stoic who has the emotions of a dish rag. "That was huge. Not knowing what to expect in the race, it was really cool to get up front and race with the guys I had watched for the past 10 years from the grandstand. I like to think we can do it again-in a Dodge."
Over-40 and Able Jarrett, Elliott, and Marlin are given a good chance of winning again, their 500 experience and record overshadowing their age. Jarrett won in 2000. Elliott, who last won the 500 in 1987, has recorded two Top 5s in the past three races. Marlin, who won back-to-back in 1994-1995, has consecutive Top 10s. Moreover, Elliott, since switching to Ray Evernham's Dodge, and Marlin to Ganassi's Dodge, have rediscovered Victory Circle the past two seasons. Marlin eagerly returns after a neck injury that might well have cost him the 2002 championship, saying, "We led the most laps (78) last year and a bunch in 2001. I think we'll be in good shape this year."
Time is running short for other over-40 veterans to know the ecstasy of winning the Great American race. Ricky Rudd has tried 25 times, most by an active driver, with a best of third and 10 top 10s. Rusty Wallace, with 20 starts, may be the best bet in the 40s crowd to win with three Top 5s and four Top 10s in his past five starts. In 24 attempts, Terry Labonte has three 2nds and a 13th average finish, one of the lowest. Mark Martin, with 18 starts, is gaining with fifth and sixth finishes the past two years.


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It was earlier today whilst testing some websites as a personal
research/leisure time that i found a quite critical bug in a major
computer related website which will not be disclosured until all the
legal aspects of the disclosure process itself are dealt with.
After detecting the aforementioned vulnerability i was, like many have
been before, "jailed" between the decisions of reporting it or not, it
didn't take me long to decide to report it to the vendor as the flaw
itself was on it's website... My first step and only one so far was to
write the vendor the typical "praxis" e-mail saying that there MIGHT
be a vulnerability SOMEWHERE on their website and that i would like
carte blanche to investigate a bit more about it. I am now stuck with
3 thoughts, first of all, if the answer is no ( most common perhaps)
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security community?
Second thought, if the vendor says yes, i will report them the
vulnerability but, what entitles me the right to do it legally... a
simple e-mail would be enough perhaps...
Third and last thought, if they indeed agree to give me the chance to
test and report them the vulnerability i will only be entitled to
publicize it once solved, but even then, will it be legal to make a
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In an unanimous ruling the Supreme Court declared that naturally occurring human genes can't be patented. The case is Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. Myriad Genetics had patented two human genes linked to an increased likelihood of developing breast cancer but it was argued that naturally occurring things can't be patented. The [...]
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As California braces for record drought, ranchers are among the most immediately impacted, and most say they are not ready for the severe water shortages and lack of forage that drought would bring, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
A statewide survey and follow-up interviews by the research team document a deep and growing concern over the severe conditions facing the ranching community. More than one-third of interviewed ranchers expect devastating impacts to their operations if drought conditions persist.
UC Davis postdoctoral researcher Leslie Roche and colleagues surveyed 511 ranchers across the state about their management decisions, including how they respond to drought. She is following up the survey with in-depth interviews to dig deeper into the specific factors affecting each ranching family and, so far, has met in person with more than 60 ranchers across California.
"Last year's drought has really been on a lot of people's minds," said Roche. "But because this winter drought has hit so hard, it's an extremely prominent concern among ranchers right now."
She noted that ranching is often the sector of California agriculture that is most vulnerable to drought because it depends on rain-fed systems, rather than stored water or groundwater.
In 2013, California experienced its driest year on record, and the state's current snowpack is just 17 percent of average. As a result, the state government and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have declared drought emergencies for California.
A statewide drought, such as the one that occurred from 1976 to 1977, would today exacerbate the effects of earlier regional droughts, according to many of the ranchers who responded to the UC Davis survey. With already conservative numbers of cattle in their herds, ranchers must now consider culling their herds to stay afloat as production costs rise.
California ranchers are accustomed to surviving drought. With a Mediterranean climate, drought conditions occur for about four months every year during the summer dry season. The last two winter wet seasons, however, have been below normal, forcing many ranchers to already implement drought plans. Most ranchers interviewed said that three to four of the last 10 years have been in drought. When asked if they consider themselves adaptive managers, almost all said, "you have to be."
"Multi-generation ranchers, who have been viable in this state for a long time, have a lot to tell us from their own experience," said Ken Tate, a plant sciences professor and a Cooperative Extension rangeland watershed specialist, who is working with Roche.


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Naval Academy Football Player Honors American Diplomats
About the Author: Mike Hammer serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
Following Navy's 17-13 win over Army earlier this month, you may have seen theWashington Post's "Sports Section" on December 9 that carried a photograph of Navy safety Kwazel Bertrand reacting to a fumble by Army late in the game.
Bertrand — appropriately wearing number 17 — was captured in that photo running off the field in victory while wearing a patch bearing the seal of the State Department. Naval Academy football players individually choose one or two patches to wear on their jersey for the Army-Navy game. Many players opt for patches with personal ties — a player may select the unit patch from a ship or squadron in which… more »
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