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Statement from the Roma Community Centre
September 10, 2012
Dear friend of Canada's Roma community
Last week was a very sad time for us in the Canadian Roma community. Durham regional police held a press conference one week ago today (Tuesday Sept. 5) declaring that they have dismantled a "Roma organized crime ring" involving individuals from both Canada and Romania. Countless names and pictures of Roma suspects originally from Romania filled our television screens. After such clear and blatant racial profiling, the prevalent stereotypes of "Gypsies" being inherently criminal was certainly reinforced into the minds of the viewers. Latter the same day, media personality, Ezra Levant, delivered by far the most racist, abusive, hateful, misinformed commentary on live television that the Roma community has ever received in our Canadian history. The Sun Media News allowed this same type of hate speech targeting our community, as takes place in Hungary by the far-right media arm of the Jobbik "neo-Nazi" political party. Shame. To the best of our knowledge, this is absolutely unacceptable and not allowed in Canada – apparently, not. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2012/09/20120905-203437.html Please, see direct, shocking quotes from this racist diatribe, below.
No one can imagine how disappointing the news from the Durham police was to all of us Canadian Roma. We strongly condemn this type of behaviour in our community. However, the way that it was handled by the police and the media was extremely painful ad disappointing to our community.
We have worked very hard in trying to deconstruct "Gypsy stereotypes and raise awareness about Roma reality. This past year, we have made huge leaps and accomplishments in engaging Roma families in our HATE CAN KILL project, which has now been submitted to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for its 2012 Awards of Excellence. Throughout the 8 months duration of this hate crime prevention project, we worked closely with our police partners, York Regional Police and Toronto Police Services. In total, through the Hate Can Kill Project we educated over 1100 Canadians, 800 Roma youth and their families, and 300 police officers. For the first time in our Canadian history, we had an incredible family event co-hosted by Toronto Police Services at the Toronto Police Headquarters, which approximately 30 Roma families attended on March 31, 2012, and now a member of the Roma community is a part of the Community Police Liason Committee for police division 11 where the Roma Community Centre is located.
Moreover, two weeks ago, two Roma youth went to Montreal to participate in the Canadian Council for Refugees Youth Conference – another first in our Canadian Roma history. With a task from their working group, these boys have returned to Toronto with the goal of researching and raising awareness about how the removal of healthcare for refugee claimants has affected their respective communities.
Lastly, this past few months, despite many deportations, a small number of Roma families have been granted refugee status in Canada. In 2011, 167 Hungarian Roma families were accepted as genuine refugees. I am positive, that 2012 will be an even better year for our community will much more support available, hence less withdrawls – and hopefully, more recognition at the Immigration Refugee Board as Hungary continues to reveal itself as a country full of racially motivated violence endemic discrimination and marginalization, and prevalent hatred all targeting the Roma minority. http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/08/hungarian-anti-roma-marches
I share this with you all because I want to exemplify how hard we are working – this community is working – at healing and educating our members, helping people understand and navigate our Canadian refugee system, and provide language support – all with the objective of helping people in successfully integrating and settling into Toronto, and being a part of and contributing to the broader Canadian family.
Unfortunately, our efforts are being undermined by the reaction by Ezra Levant in the Sun Media News (see below), to the Durham Regional Police Press Release and a document by the Canadian Border Services Agency (riddled with racist stereotypes, misinformation, and assumptions) is a blatantly racist document that only focuses exploiting stereotypes of criminality and parasitism of Canada's social security system. On August 18, there was an article in the Globe "Federal government considers detaining Roma refugee claimants, report suggests". The article indicated that an internal CBSA report dated January 2012 recommended the use of detention, including mass detention, of Hungarian Roma refugee claimants in order to deter them from applying for refugee status in Canada, should other measures not succeed in reducing their numbers. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-government-considers-detaining-roma-refugee-claimants-report-suggests/article4487855/ Sadly, nowhere in any of these government reports or in any media coverage is there mention of the endemic discrimination, overt hatred, or racially motivated violence that continues to plague Hungary's Roma minority.
Durham Regional Police's Press Release http://www.drps.ca/internet_explorer/whatsnew/whatsnew_view.asp?ID=23391 was littered with racial profiling and stereotyping, and misinformation (Romanians require a visa to travel to Canada and are not likely to be refugees. They are one of the oldest segments of the Canadian Roma community, many of which were the first Roma to arrive in Canada (late 1800's) after their emancipation from slavery in Romania (1300's – 1862) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Romania . Few Romanian Roma are newcomers. the Roma community condemn this criminality – but, hopes that it can be reported about without drawing upon racist stereotyping.
Below you will find the most blatantly racist media coverage that many have ever witnessed in Canada. This past week, many Canadians, with no prior connection to the Roma Community Centre or our community in Canada, have been writing to express their shock and outrage this this type of hate speech is taking place in our mainstream in Canada. Certainly, there has been ongoing exploitation of ("Gyspy") stereotypes in the media in most articles that discuss the Roma situation in Canada, however this one is absolutely horrendous and hateful. It typifies the hate speech that has been ongoing in the public and media discourse in Hungary which has led to a situation of endemic hatred in that country and continues to fuel it. Levant is overly inciting the same hatred toward Gypsies in Canada, as he insists on calling us…a name that the Canadian media has desisted in using for the past decade since the RCC campaign to stop its usage.
As a result of Levant's hate speech targeting our community, the RCC has been in contact with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and is currently writing formal complaints to the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council, the Canadian Media Association, the Canadian Ethnic media Association, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
The Canadian Roma community would be immensely grateful to anyone who will take the time to also write formal complaints about this unacceptable racist language targeting a specific group in our media. This is something that needs to be eliminated now. Surely, any other ethnic, religious, or racial group in Canada with adequate resources would respond in a swift and severe manner had they been the subject of such a publicly hateful, demeaning, and racist diatribe.
The Source with Ezra Levant (Sun News Network)
Segment: "The Jew vs. The Gypsies"
Wednesday, September 5 @ 5pm
URL with embedded video: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2012/09/20120905-203437.html
Quotes from Ezra Levant:
"These are Gypsies, a culture synonymous with swindlers. The phrase Gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb. He gypped me! Well the gypsies have gypped us too."
"And they [gypsies] come here to gyp us again, to rob us blind, as they have done in Europe for centuries."
"Let me stop before you start blowing your hate crime whistle at me for saying Gypsy or gypped. See, political correctness and euphemisms like calling them 'Roma' instead of Gypsy or as the BBC calls them 'Travelers,' well the point of that is to obscure the truth. They're Gypsies and one of the central characteristics of that culture is that their chief economy is theft and begging. Sorry, it's true!"
"Gypsies aren't a race, they're not a religion, they're not a linguistic group. They're the medieval prototype of the Occupy Wall Street movement. A shiftless group of hoboes that doesn't believe in property rights for themselves – they're nomads – or for others. They rob people blind. Now the scourge has come to Canada through fake refugee claims."
"Look at this list of suspects released by Durham police. Gypsy after gypsy after gypsy. They gypped their way into Canada and now they're gypping the rest of us. Look at this, Dinarca Caldaras, wanted for steeling two cars, money laundering, theft, fraud. Gypsy. Look at that, not on her own, as part of a criminal organization. We're used to biker gangs, we're used to the Hells Angels, the Mafia. They're not races or religions, they're cultural groups, subcultures, deviant groups that chose to steel for a living. Look at this! Ovidio Calderas, criminal organization, fraud. It's not all non-violent, no way, as I told you on Friday, in Italy, Gypsies are charged with murder at least 6 times more frequently than their population would suggest."
"For Gypsies it [crime] is a family affair, in fact, women and children are the best at it because we liberal Canadians or Europeans would never expect a child or a mom or both working together."
"Every last one of them [suspects] is a Gypsy. Just some of the 5000 who've gamed our system and our causing a Made in Europe crime wave on our streets."
"Street gypsies have four particular [theft] strategies."
"Just in case you're not clear about this [Durham regional police clip], they're talking about Gypsies. [Another clip from Durham regional police]. 'Roma' you know cops can be politically correct. 'Roma' is the name of a kind of tomato as you know, but that's what some people call Gypsies. You can call them whatever you like if you're arresting them, that's fine by me."
"239 charges, 29 people that we know about so far. There are 5000 of these Gypsies here!"
"They're gypping us. Sorry, that's a word for a reason, they're thieves! And women and children, their own wives and kids, are the main tools of it!"
"Steeling is part of their family-crime organization. Being a Gypsy isn't like being Black, or being Gay, or being a woman or even Romanian, where many Gypsies come from. Just like being from Sicily doesn't make you part of the Mafia. Being a Gypsy is a positive choice, like being a Blood or a Crip, like joining the Cosa Nostra. For centuries, these roving highway gangs have mocked the law and robbed their way across Europe. Now, because of our broken refugee system, they're here in Canada in the thousands. And they've brought the Gypsy Crime Wave with them. Yeah, no thanks, I'm not interested in calling them 'Roma' or 'Travelers' or having a Human Rights Commission investigate where we as a society have done them wrong, maybe dispatching social workers (laughs) the social workers will just have their wallets stolen. I want to dispatch cops and send the bad Gypsies to Hungary on the next plane. Just warn the flight attendants (chuckles) not to wear any jewelry on the flight!"
Unsurprisingly, Levant has publically declared that Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is his "favourite" member of parliament.
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Here is a press release: 'Derogatory Ethnic Term Unacceptable, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council'
Another press release: 'Abusive Comments on the Basis of Sexual Orientation Unacceptable, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council'
Gina Csanyi-Robah
Executive Director
Roma Community Centre
Roma Community Centre
2340 Dundas St. W., Suite G20
Toronto, ON
Office: (416) 546-2524
Cell: (416) 561-0770
website: www.romatoronto.org
facebook group: Toronto Roma Community Centre
The Roma Community Centre is committed to Celebrating Romani Culture, Successful Settlement, Promoting Human Rights, Community Developing Initiatives, and Cultivating Community Partnerships.
What hateful and ignorant hogwash. I worked with two families of Roma refugees in Toronto for 1.5 years. That included 9 children aged 2-14. None of them stole as much as 1 penny from me.
"I worked with two families of Roma refugees in Toronto for 1.5 years. That included 9 children aged 2-14. None of them stole as much as 1 penny from me."
That's a lot of welfare money there. They are stealing from every Canadian taxpayer.
At any rate your single handed exception does not excuse the facts.
I have worked and traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and can assure you that wherever you have any significant Roma population, there is ALWAYS a high volume of theft, assaults, and fraud committed against the local host population. These people are very clannish—never co-operating with local law enforcement, and always defending their "honor", even if it means covering up a murder. Their sullied reputation is very well deserved.
By the sounds of it, they know exactly how to manipulate a useful idiot like you for sympathy.
Nine kids? Besides being thieves and beggars, they breed like rats, too, apparently.
They are flying to Mexico from Romania and after couple of weeks they receive a fake passport bought it from France and facilitated by one of the gypsy heads from Canada which I think now has been busted if I am not mistaken and than they fly to Canada as tourists. Than as soon as they step on the Canadian land they ask for a refugee status.Here in Canada after they get the refugee status they will start the procedure to become residents by hiring a lawyer to help them get the resident status and everything is paid with big money.The lawyers teach them how to plead .And of course they will lie again.Meantime they have to survive but what our Canadian Government give them as refugees is not enough so they have to improvise something.And as we know from statistics from a group of 100 gipsy ,75%-80% will embrace the art of stilling, 15 % will beg for money in the parking lots and the rest of 5% will try to find a job according to them skills .They have connections every where in the world,they know everything,they can get anything you can not imagine .This is another way to get to Canada beside the Hungarian style.They can adapt to any possible weird ways to get things done.So this is the era we live in and nothing can be changed .It was,it is and it will be the same.
Sun News erased all traces of this broadcast. The links don't work any more. I watched the show on that day though. Is it still possible tot file a complaint now that the evidence is gone?
Truth is NOT hate speach! Just explain, why Europe is destination of refugees (of ALL rases, religions, cultures, colors, orientations…) from all the world and the ONLY group that runs from Europe are you – Roma? You have full EU citizenship (and also speak local language) and can move from "Hungary … as a country full of racially motivated violence endemic discrimination and marginalization, and prevalent hatred all targeting the Roma minority" legally to ANY European country , or sue them. Do not blame all Europe, Durham Police, Sun Media or Ezra Levant, blame criminal culture of disproportional part of Roma people that "Work is for fools only and smarts feed from fools". It is the REAL source of " Countless names and pictures of Roma suspects " and following intolerance.
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Agua de jamaica, a refreshing beverage prepared with dried hibiscus flowers, can be found just about anywhere in Mexico. But it is far from being the only edible flower in the country! Gourmet restaurants in Puerto Vallarta are increasingly adding other flowers to their menus, not only for decoration but also for their unique flavor.
For example, delicate white and blue starflowers can infuse a mild cucumber flavor in salads and cold soups and can be even frozen in ice cubes for a decorative touch in lemonades and punches. Frequently used to make ointments and extracts, marigolds taste like saffron and can be safely added to all sorts of dishes. Both the stems and the flowers in garden cress are edible and, aside from giving salads a peppery flavor, contain more vitamin C than lettuce.
Other edible flowers include roses, giving dishes a sensual touch, and squash blossoms, which, aside from their high calcium and phosphorus content, are quite delicious when steamed, used in stews or even in quesadillas. Next time you make agua de jamaica from scratch at home, don't throw away the flowers. Instead, sauté them with chopped garlic, onion and green tomatoes. Once seasoned with salt and pepper, they become a savory taco filling!

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First-Time Cesarean Rates Dipped in 2012: CDC
"Vaginal delivery is the preferred method for having a baby," Maiman said. "Cesarean should only be resorted to when it's absolutely necessary."
Maiman said the cesarean rate is so high because doctors fear malpractice lawsuits.
"The pressure is on physician practices because it takes so much time and energy to stay with a patient for hours for a vaginal delivery, compared to the quickness of a cesarean," he said. "Most of the lawsuits are for the failure to do a cesarean in a timely fashion."
In a separate reporting region, the researchers found that in 28 states and New York City, the first-time cesarean rate dropped from 22.1 percent in 2009 to 21.5 percent in 2012.
Declines were reported in 16 of those 29 areas, while the remaining states' rates remained the same, according to the report.
Some areas reported dramatic declines. C-sections in Delaware, North Dakota, Oregon, New York State and New York City decreased by 5 percent to 10 percent from 2009 to 2012. In Utah, the rate fell by 15 percent.
Cesarean rates also varied depending on the stage of pregnancy. Each week from 37 weeks' gestation and beyond saw declines in C-sections, with the biggest drop at 38 weeks, when the baby is nearly ready to be born. Full term is usually considered 40 weeks.
The researchers said these findings cannot be generalized to the entire country, because the reporting states aren't a random sample of U.S. births.
Putting financial pressure on hospitals could reduce the cesarean rate further, Maiman said. "If you introduce financial incentives or disincentives to hospitals for overall cesarean rates, then they will pass that on to the physicians," he said.
Changes regarding medical malpractice laws could also make a major impact on the cesarean rate, he said.
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For those of you keeping track at home, each week I presented a "look back" at a previous game between Miami and their opponent. Usually I had a particular game in mind, but more often than not, it was a game I could *find*....
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Google Glass users, get to your smartphones and update your MyGlass app, as it has just hit version 3.0. The latest MyGlass app has a great new interface in the form of a new slide-in bar that comes in from the left, providing quick access to settings, contacts, active Glassware and new Glassware to install.
The interface for adding and managing your Glassware has been improved, with the app overall being much more stable and improved. You can also now share maps directly from your phone to Glass, something that is going to make things much easier than trying to speak into Glass and it not understand which address you're trying to say - something that happened to me just a couple of hours ago.


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Kat's 13100 1000 Watt Aluminum Circulating Tank Heater Reviews
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While it's still early for a longevity review, I can tell you that overall this seems like a solid unit. Most of the time I use Kim HotStart for block heaters, but at 1/4th the price of a HotStart it seemed worthwhile to investigate further.
The packaging is the standard, cheesy, blow-molded-need-a-knife-to-open type. Inside, you'll find: Instructions, the heater, a nice selection of clamps, a bypass fitting (nice touch), and a very inadequate mounting bracket.
The heater itself feels substantial and rugged. The hose attachment fittings were grinded smooth and ready for hose installation. I use only silicon hose in these applications and the fittings seem to be made well enough to hang on to them. The bracket, however, should be tossed out when you open the package. It will not stand up to vibration and is of a very poor quality, which, is a shame considering the other positive aspects of the heater. My bracket broke in just one week.
After nearly two months, the unit is going strong. But now that the weather is warming, I won't get the opportunity to see how they perform until winter. Besides the bracket, my only other real gripes is there is no ball check valve and the unit uses a single o-ring to seal the tank, which has been problematic for many companies in the past. Otherwise they seem to be certainly worth the money.
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Works great. Miles Per Gallon went from 39 in the cold, back up to my summertime 42-46. I am also under the impression even in the warmer months this will help my mileage.
It also has my cabin temp comfortable in about 1 mile of travel, rather than the previous 5mi @ 65mph. I can't imagine a cold car running 65mph is too healthy, but I live right off the interstate.
Make sure you follow the directions, and understand this heater works via convection rather than with an electric pump, so it matters how you mount it. FOLLOW the instructions.
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Great product. Put it on a 1981 dodge D150 with a Slant 6 running 15w 40 oil and a four barrel carb. I plug it in once i get home from work and let it run all night. When i go out and start the motor in the morning, starts in two or less turns in the morning. Haven't noticed any change in the gas millage just yet. Great product. Might have to get one for the mustang.


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well where do i start. I will be detailed but brief since I could practically write a book regarding what I have experienced since the year 1995. There were incidents before, one being an experience with a ufo in the late 70's at Mt rainier national park.. I actually reported this incident to this same website a few years ago. Now i realize their were situations prior to this that started in the 60's but in the state of Maine. But let me get back to the 1995 incident. There were actually two incidents within a few months of each other but it is the 2nd incident which forever changed how I see what we define as reality. It began as any other day but changed approximately around 10 pm. I was in my bedroom just talking with my now husband. I was sitting on the bed and my husband was sitting in raised closed, (a closet with large drawers underneath so that you can sit on the bottom of the closet when opened). All of a sudden everything seemed to freeze in time and I experienced what i considered to be a direct communication with some type of entity of unknown origin. The communication was all consuming yet I could see my husband sitting slightly slumped over with his hands now covering his face yet seemingly outside of my experience. The communication came hard and very fast, I remember saying over and over again "wow and slow down" The communication was so overwhelming fast, similar to like a computer download. I have no memory of how much time transpired, nor what happened afterwards. My next clear memory was awakening in the morning. My first statement was "everything looks the same but something is different". Then i was overcome by my senses to the point of anxiety and fear. I saw how everything is connected, patterns in nature, representations, etc. I was physically shaking and so overwhelmed, this is when I asked my husband what he remembered about what i thought was last night. He remembers hearing me say wow and slow down over and over again but nothing else except awakening in the morning next to me. I wont go into all the details as to other unexplained events, but here is just one sample. There was a brand new large projection tv in the living room which my stepfather had received for christmas. One evening i awoke and was compelled to go into the living room to see the tv on close caption with a blue screen it had a 4 line mathematical equation with some symbols that I have never seen before. I remember just standing there studying it trying to memorize it. I thought write it down but before i made my first step to do so my stepfather entered the room and asked me what I was doing and when he saw what was on the tv he promptly turned it off. I again saw the equation at a friends house conveyed in the same way. Both televisions were on cable at the time. weird stuff just happens, so lets fast forward. mathematics is the language of the universe. I have been working on what we currently refer to as the theory of everything but from a totally unconventional direction. having some success but my problem is i need a physicist, i have been self teaching myself with varying degrees of success but i can see it reflected in language, patterns and connections. so i need a physicist to help convert it to a actual equation. also i would like to know if anyone else had ever experienced anything similar. well thanks for your time hope to hear from you, Susan
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I'm reading Richard Kadison's book about operator algebras, and in the demonstration that the unit ball is compact in weak-operator topology, the author defines a function from the set of bounded operators on a Hilbert space $H$, to a product of disks: \begin{align*}F:\mathcal{B}(H)\rightarrow&\prod_{x,y\in H}\mathbb{D}_{x,y}\\ T\rightarrow & \{\langle Tx,y\rangle\ :\ x,y\in H\} \end{align*} If we set the product topology on $\prod_{x,y\in H}\mathbb{D}_{x,y}$, the function above is continuous because of the topology of $\mathcal{B}(H)$ is induced by functions of that type, but I can't see why this function is a homeomorphism. Why the inverse is also continuous?
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For the same reason. If numbers $\langle T_jx,y\rangle$ converge to $\langle Tx,y\rangle$, then this means precisely that $T_j\to T$ in the WOT.
It is a homeomorphism onto its image (not onto the whole product) because it maps each basic weak-operator open set to a product-topology open set in the image.


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College Hockey:Ted Donato: Through The Years
April 28, 1969 — Edward Paul Donato is born.
March 16, 1986 — Donato wins his first Massachusetts high school state championship at powerhouse Catholic Memorial, when his double overtime shot is tipped in by Ed McElaney for a 5-4 win over Medford. He earns Boston Globe Division I Player of the Year honors.
March 11, 1987 — Donato wins his second state championship after figuring on all four goals in a 4-1 win over Chelmsford. He concludes his career as the Catholic Conference's all-time leading scorer with 214 points and is named the Globe's Division I Player of the Year again.
March 18, 1987 — Donato chooses Harvard over Boston University and Boston College. The link between Harvard coach Bill Cleary's Olympic experience and his Olympic dreams is a deciding factor.
April 5, 1987 — Donato, ranked 26th in his class of 218 at Catholic Memorial, wins the Carlton Award, given by the Boston Bruins to an area player who combines exceptional hockey skills with academic excellence.
June 13, 1987 — Donato is selected in the NHL Draft's fifth round by the Bruins with the 98th overall pick.
November 8, 1987 — Donato makes his first public appearance in a Harvard jersey during a 15-3 exhibition loss to the U.S. Olympic team. He assists on a third-period goal from Don Sweeney.
March 1988 — Donato explodes for five goals during the ECAC playoffs to carry Harvard to a third-place finish and an NCAA at-large berth. Michigan State sweeps the Crimson in the first round, and Donato finishes his season with 12 goals and 14 assists.
February 1989 — Donato's first-period goal and assist lift Harvard to a 5-4 win over BC for the Crimson's Beanpot final appearance since 1981. Harvard claims the Beanpot title with a 9-6 win over BU a week later.
April 1, 1989 — Harvard wins its first NCAA championship in any sport since 1904 with a 4-3 overtime victory over Minnesota in St. Paul. Donato scores two goals in the final game and earns tournament MVP honors. He finishes the season with 14 goals and 37 assists.
February 2, 1990 — Returning from a two-month absence to a broken collarbone, Donato stuns Princeton by assisting on the game-winning goal with just two seconds left in overtime. He finishes the season with just 11 points in 16 games. Harvard finishes below .500 in Cleary's final season as head coach.
March 7, 1990 — Donato is elected as the 95th captain of Harvard hockey.
Spring Break, 1990 — Donato gets called down on "The Price is Right." He advances to the Showcase Showdown after spinning 75 cents on the Big Wheel.
March 9, 1991 — Donato's college career ends with a 3-2 loss to Clarkson in the ECAC semifinals, leaving him without an ECAC postseason title for his career. He is however, a Hobey Baker Finalist and an All-ECAC pick after a 56-point senior season.
February 1992 — Donato achieves his dream of playing for the U.S. in the Winter Olympics, where the American squad places fourth and Donato ties for the team lead in scoring.
March 7, 1992 — Donato signs with the Bruins and immediately makes his NHL debut in Chicago.
April 25, 1992 — Donato scores the overtime game-winner for the Bruins in Game 4 of their first-round series against Buffalo. The Bruins eventually get swept by Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh in the Wales Conference finals.
April 30, 1994 — Donato scores a key second goal to lift Bruins to a 5-3 Game 7 victory over Patrick Roy and the Canadiens.
April 10, 1997 — Donato finishes as the Bruins' leading goal-scorer with 25 and earns Channel 38′s 7th-player award, though the Bruins go on to finish with the worst record in the NHL.
January 1998 — Donato is one of the final cuts for the 1998 U.S. Olympic team, the first to use NHL players. He is named as an alternate.
November 7, 1998 — Disappointed with a lack of playing time, Donato is traded from Boston to the New York Islanders. At the time, only Don Sweeney and Ray Bourque had a longer tenure with Bruins.
July 22, 2003 — After having played with eight NHL organizations in a five-year span, Donato signs again with the Bruins. The highest honor he earns during that stretch is the 2002 New Hampshire Union Leader Award given to the fan favorite of the AHL's Manchester Monarchs.
December 5, 2003 — Donato is called up to the Bruins from the NHL and shores up the Bruins' struggling penalty kill.
April 9, 2004 — Donato breaks his right foot in Game 2 of an first-round series against Montreal. The Bruins fall to the Canadiens in seven games.
July 2, 2004 — Donato is named the 11th head coach in the history of Harvard hockey.
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One thing consumers must remember is that price does not indicate quality. This is the case with Konami's latest WiiWare offering, Tomena Sanner. Don't let the paltry 500 Wii Point price tag fool you- this is a great game that is an absolute blast to play. It's one of those bizarre Japanese titles that doesn't make any sense, but once you start playing, it's hard to stop.
The concept is surprising simple: Businessman Hitoshi Susumu is running late, so he is in quite a rush. He runs through level after level trying to reach his goal, where he will celebrate with an amazing dance routine. It might not make sense, but it doesn't have too. You find yourself running through a wide variety of environments- the city, prehistoric times, the Moon, a futuristic city complete with giant robots and Hell.
While running, Susumu faces numerous obstacles. He must dodge T-Rexes, beat up punks, dance with school girls, flip over cars and more. All you have to do to help Mr. Susumu? Press the A-button. This game is all about timing, and pressing at the proper moment will earn you a "Good" or "Great" ranking, earning you some points and additional time. Press the button too early or too late, you will find yourself crashing into whatever obstacle lies ahead, and this could result in getting smacked by a girl to getting hugged by a panda bear. Whatever the result, you'll lose some points and speed down.
The game features nine stages. There are two difficulty modes: Normal, which is a great place to start, and Turbo, in which everything is sped up, proving the player with a greater challenge. Turbo Mode takes quick timing and lightning-fast reflexes to beat.
There is also an Endless Mode, which is exactly what it sounds like. An added bonus is the online leader board. You can upload your scores and see how you compare to others in North America or worldwide. Those in the Top 30 have their names listed.
There is also a delightfully unnecessary multiplayer mode. Up to four players can compete as Susumu runs across the stage, and there are numerous power ups available to trip the other player up. The single player mode alone justifies the $5 price tag, but the multiplayer mode is a great addition to the game.
So, while Tomena Sanner isn't that long, the leaderboards provide an incentive to go back and increase you score, and the multiplayer mode is just crazy fun.
The game is zany and quite funny. As you run, a running commentary can be seen, pointing out how well (or bad) Susumu is doing as he runs. It can be tough to read while you attempt to avoid all the obstacles in your way, but some of the comments are quite amusing and sure to put a smile on your face.
All in all, Tomena Sanner is a great addition to the WiiWare library, and well worth the download.
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Freshman Tamika Brazzel earned medals in both the long jump and triple jump at the US Junior Nationals on Friday
June 21, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa - Capping what has been one of the finest track and field seasons a Tulane freshman has ever put together, the Green Wave's Tamika Brazzel posted top-six finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump at the US Junior Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Oceanside, Calif., native recorded a triple jump of 11.94 meters (39' 2.25") at Drake Stadium on Thursday evening, followed by a 5.52 meter (18' 1.5") long jump on Friday which were both good for sixth place overall. The competition is organized by USA Track and Field, serving as an `American National Championship' for the sport. Like Brazzel, all of the athletes were of ages 16-19, comprised of the best high school seniors in the country, as well as the best collegiate freshman in the country.
There were 15 athletes entered into the junior triple jump event, while 17 competed in the long jump. The top eight make the finals, which was one of the original goals for Brazzel and her coaching staff.
"Tamika did very well," said Tulane assistant track and field coach in charge of jumps, Doug Fraley. "Our goal here was to make the finals, where they only take the top eight. In the triple jump, Tamika was seeded 11th and in the long jump she was seeded 13th. But, she made the finals in both, and finished sixth. I'm very proud of what she accomplished."
In addition to battling some of the top jumpers in the nation, Brazzel had to square off with Mother Nature during the meet.
"The runway that they put the junior women on for the long jump and triple jump was running into a severe headwind," added Fraley. "So, the marks overall were very poor. Running into a very cross headwind makes it very, very difficult for the athletes. For example, in the long jump today, there were several competitors who had jumped 20 plus feet as of late, and the winner ended up only jumping 19' 6". Conditions dictated the low marks. But the bottom line is that Tamika did really, really well, and placed high in both. She did an outstanding job."
Tulane director of track and field Eric Peterson was equally as thrilled with Brazzel's performances.
"Tamika was very competitive under some very challenging weather conditions," stated Peterson. "It's really nice to see her go to this meet and perform above her national ranking in both events. It's a great way for her to end her freshman year."
Brazzel was a huge part of the success the Tulane track and field team had this year, starting during the indoor season. During the Conference USA Indoor Championships, Brazzel scored two points in the triple jump for the team by finishing seventh by clearing 12.08 meters (39' 5.75"). She posted the top triple jump and long jump during the indoor season by a Greenie, jumping 12.51 meters (41' 0.5") and 5.67 meters (18' 7.25"), respectively.
She carried her success into the outdoor season, scoring points in both the long jump and the triple jump during the Conference USA Outdoor Championships. Brazzel placed fourth in the triple jump with a personal best of 12.30 meters (40' 4.25") after placing sixth in the long jump with a performance of 5.91 meters (19' 4.75"). She once again led the squad during the outdoor season in the long jump with her performance during the Conference USA Outdoor Championships.
"This is obviously a significant achievement for Tamika," added Peterson. "This speaks very well for her future. Being able to participate in this level of competition will allow her to continue to grow and develop as an athlete. We are hoping for, and expecting, big things from her in the future."
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College Hockey:Anderson's OT Winner Gives Buckeyes Sweep
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — "That was not easy."
Ohio State coach John Markell uttered those words after his team scored a goal 1:40 into overtime to lift the Buckeyes (20-7-3, 17-4-1 CCHA) to a 3-2 victory, completing the sweep of Lake Superior State (7-15-6, 6-9-5 CCHA).
Ohio State was able to get the overtime goal by working at the front of the Laker net. Bryce Anderson lifted the puck over Jeff Jakaitis to finish the win.
The Buckeyes were unable to get the puck in prime positions for most of the game, but buried their opportunities when they arose.
"I thought the team did a great job in front of Jeff Jakaitis," said Lakers head coach Frank Anzalone. "There were very, very few big-time shots, and the few that they did score were more their thrust than their talent."
The Buckeyes' third goal, however, was a result of their talent. Down 2-1 going into the third, the Buckeyes came out and started to dominate the Lakers on the boards, resulting in a quick goal. Playing 4-on-4, OSU forward Dan Knapp skated past Colin Nicholson and wristed a shot right through Jakaitis' pads from outside the circle.
"I thought we started to change the momentum a bit, change the style of play they were trying to play," said Markell.
The momentum changed starting in the third after the Lakers had dominated the play for most of the first five periods of the weekend.
"Lake Superior won a number of periods; you've got to compliment them," said Markell. "In the third, we were able to get the puck back. Our first forechecker was getting on [Lake Superior's] defenseman, and our second guy was getting lower, deeper, faster."
OSU was able to take the victory even though their special teams did not come through as usual. The Buckeyes were held to one shot on two power-play opportunities, and allowed two power-play goals in two full chances. The Lakers' third power play lasted 19 seconds before Ren Fauci was whistled for interference.
Lake Superior's first power-play goal came on a rare line rush, when Ohio State goaltender Dave Caruso gave up a high rebound, which Nicholson tapped just enough to squeak over the red line.
Kyle Hood answered the goal 8:53 in the second in much the same matter as the overtime goal. Hood found the puck in front of the net during a scrum and lifted it over Jakaitis, who was trying to poke check the puck out of the crease area.
Fauci answered the goal with his second power-play goal of the series when his blue-line slap shot deflected off a Buckeye player into the net.
The Lakers had a great opportunity to make the game 3-1, but Steve McJannet's slapper when he walked in on goal missed the net wide right.
"Those are the moments in time," lamented Anzalone, "that you realize why you're not a top team and why you have a losing record."
Markell credited his team with being able to adapt to the Lakers' grinding style and slow tempo.
"They keep guys back, they clog the middle; there's nothing fancy," said Markell. "Our guys worked hard and caught some breaks."
Anzalone, however, credited the victories to Ohio State's superior talent.
"They are a good team and have four or five very talented forwards," said Anzalone. "We're not at that level of talent. I don't think we could work much harder than that, [but] we could probably have great goaltending. Right now, we have good goaltending."
With the win, Ohio State moved within one point of Michigan for first-place in the CCHA after the Wolverines tied Michigan State twice over the weekend. The Lakers caught a break, as Miami, MSU and Alaska-Fairbanks are just two points ahead of them in a tie for sixth place in the conference.
Ohio State returns home next weekend to face Bowling Green in hopes of overtaking the CCHA lead from Michigan. The race for home ice should also heat up after next weekend when LSSU travels to Miami to take on the RedHawks.
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Magazine of the painting blogosphere.
Kerry Cardoza reviews works by Todd Kelly & Morgan Mandalay at LVL3, Chicago, on view through May 10, 2015.
Cardoza writes: "The works by Todd Kelly and Morgan Mandalay ... help bring the concept of the still life into the twenty-first century. Kelly's pieces are the more straightforward of the two, with influences ranging from Dutch and French masters from seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to a visual representation of the gravitational pull of the planets... eight paintings from [Mandalay's] series [are] in the show, depicting a vase of flowers in varying degrees of completeness, always framed by the same red curtains. Made with oil and spray paint, these paintings are arresting in real life; the oil paint in some is layered so thick the flowers seem to be blooming off the canvas."
Joanne Mattera posts an extensive overview of abstract painting on view at the 2013 Miami Art Fairs.
Mattera's selections from among the "thousands of paintings at the fairs" includes works by Agathe de Bailliencourt, Agnes Martin, Alex Hubbard, Amy Feldman, Anke Weyer, Anne Truitt, Chris Martin, Craig Taylor, Deanna Lee, Enoc Perez, Federico Cattaneo, Gabriel Hartley, Georg Baselitz, Grace Hartigan, Günther Förg, Jaq Chartier, Joan Mitchell, Jon Pestoni, Joshua Aster, Keltie Ferris, Louise Fishman, Melissa Brown, Morris Louis, Norbert Prangenberg, Per Kirkeby, Polly Apfelbaum, Sachin Kaeley, Sam Gilliam, Shaun O'Dell, Theaster Gates, and Todd Kelly.
Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting interview painter Todd Kelly at his exhibition My Own Personal Rebus at Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, on view through March 9, 2013.
Kelly, who employs a surprising range of style and subject matter in his work, describes how he thinks of painting "as a method of thinking... With this show, especially, instead of trying to narrow it down to one thought, I'm just allowing whatever thought comes into my mind - I'm going to work with it, I'm going to… make that into the painting."
Joanne Mattera provides an in-depth look at (mostly) abstract painting shows in Chelsea including: Stephen Antonakos: Pillows 1962-63 at Lori Bookstein Fine Art (through March 6), Mara Held at Gary Snyder Gallery, Matthew Weinstein: The Celestial Sea at Sonnabend Gallery, Todd Kelly: My Own Personal Rebus at Asya Geisberg Gallery (through March 9), Peter Wayne Lewis: Paintings from Middle Earth Part IV at Skoto Gallery, Josette Urso: Snow Day at Markel Fine Art (through March 9), Jered Sprecher: I Always Lie at Jeff Bailey Gallery (through March 23), Douglas Witmer: All Kinds of Ways to Your Garden at Blank Space, Brett Baker: Paintings at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Jennifer Wynne Reeves: The Worms in the Walls at Mondrian's House at Bravin Lee Programs (through March 23), Larry Poons: New Paintings at Danese/Loretta Howard Gallery, Shinique Smith: Bold as Love at James Cohan Gallery (through March 16).
Matthew Bourbon talks with painter Todd Kelly on the occasion of the exhibition Todd Kelly: My Own Personal Rebus at Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York that runs through March 9, 2013
Kelly remarks: "I like the way a still life painting presents a group of objects, each object taking on new importance by its presentation and proximity to the other objects. It's the process of grouping that I like. Each of my paintings is started by whim as much as by design. I'm inspired by materials, by the work of other artists, by nature, by visceral forces…all sorts of things. So the paintings come out quite different one from the other. The possibilities for creating interesting groups of similar or conflicting paintings are endless; an infinitely expanding universe. Also, it seems there is much hand-wringing about the current lack of 'progress' or avant-garde in painting lately. But it's all good with me. I see my work in the studio more as exploring around the already conquered territory looking for a place to settle or develop. We aren't really in need of more territory as far as painting goes."
Matthew Farina reviews Todd Kelly: Signature Paintings at Asya Geisberg Gallery on view through June 18, 2011. Farina writes, "References to commercial or industrial printing are present alongside more traditional approaches to paint application... The interplay of man and machine-made marks is pronounced... With the constant of the 'signature' in place, Kelly's formula as a whole actually provides him a license for diversified aesthetics. Each work showcases differing rules in structure and order."
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NOVELLA REVIEW: Spider's Lullaby by James R. Tuck
(Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty Hunter #1.5)
by James R. Tuck
PUBLISHER: Kensington
RELEASE DATE: 26th June 2012
FORMAT: Ebook, 79 pages
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities take out any kind of unnatural threat. But between this bad-ass bounty hunter and rescuing the most helpless of victims stands the one evil he can't defeat…
For Deacon Chalk, loyalty is worth dying for. And now that something has taken were-spider Charlotte's un-hatched children and one of his closest friends, he'll tear up the human and supernatural underworlds to find them. But with his allies stripped away by an invincible Yakuza hit man and time running out, Deacon must face down the most ancient of demonic entities. And his last hope means surrendering to the inner darkness waiting hungrily to consume him (Goodreads).
REVIEWER: Laura
If you want a little taste of what the Deacon Chalk series is all about, it's definitely worth giving SPIDER'S LULLABY a try. It's a novella that takes place between Blood and Bullets and Blood and Silver, but to be honest I think you could easily pick it up as a stand-alone. There are a few references, but nothing that would spoil things for you.
The story evolves around one of my reluctant favourite characters. I say reluctant, because as a terrible arachnophobe, I still find it hard to believe I'm reading a book about a were-spider (I'm even glad I had it as an ebook, as I even find it hard to look at the cover!). Yes, that's right a spider as big as a human, even the idea makes me feel a bit nauseous. Given the rather tongue-in-cheek name of Charlotte, you've got to love Tuck's sense of humour. But dare I say it, Charlotte is rather cool, in an understated chic kind of way. Eight gross legs and all.
The plot theme is familiar to what we've seen in all the books to date. Bad guys do something very bad, often affecting someone Deacon cares for, roll on lots of blood and violence, and lots and lots of guns. And of course, the bad guys deservedly get what's coming to them. But it's far from a tired format. It's slick, it's dark and occasionally a touch of subtle, black humour.
When Charlotte's egg sac of spider babies *shudder* are kidnapped, along with a dancer from Deacon's club, you know without a doubt he won't stop until he gets them back. Of course being were-spider babies you don't want them hatching without mummy present or things could get decidedly hmmm carnivorous, yes I think that deserves another *shudder*.
There is something almost comic book-esque in Tuck's writing style. The action is quite cinematic, pulling you right in and depicted in such a way you have a very vivid picture of what's happening and in particular what a certain character looks like.
This novella is almost non-stop action, barely giving you time to come up for breath. Deacon is a bad-ass with a tender side. He fights because he cares, almost too much. Which makes him not only a great character, but one you want to get to know, to peel beneath the layers.
Tiff makes a big appearance in this book. Emerging from the naive girl she was in Blood and Bullets, to become a fighter at Deacon's side. The love story between them slowly being hinted at. I just don't know if I quite get her though, there is something that makes it hard for me to connect with her. And I have to admit, I find it irritating that Deacon refers to her as 'little girl' albeit as an affectionate term of endearment.
A great read for urban fantasy fans, Deacon is fast finding his place amongst other monster fighting heroes. Buckle up for the ride because it's going to get bloody! And yikes there are spiders, hundreds of them in fact. I need to read a romance now so I don't have nightmares ;-).
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HOAs and condos limited in ways to collect rent for past dues
Recently, a military family returned from the Middle East to find squatters living in their home, and their Tampa homeowners' association (HOA) Camden Woods collecting $1,000 a month in rent. This story can be found on the Channel 8 website. The property manager Sentry Management found the squatters but allowed them to stay and the HOA collected the rent from them. As the article states, the HOA can indeed demand rent from the tenant IF the homeowner has rented the property. The HOA cannot collect rent from a squatter. The property manager should have called the police about the squatters that were trespassing.
What can the association do with a vacant property (assuming there are no squatters) when the owner has not paid assessments? Clients have sometimes asked me if the association could rent out an abandoned home and collect the rent. The answer is absolutely NOT. The HOA statute Chapter 720.3095 (8)(a) states in part:
(8)(a) If the parcel is occupied by a tenant and the parcel owner is delinquent in paying any monetary obligation due to the association, the association may demand that the tenant pay to the association the subsequent rental payments and continue to make such payments until all the monetary obligations of the parcel owner related to the parcel have been paid in full to the association and the association releases the tenant or until the tenant discontinues tenancy in the parcel.
The HOA provision also states that the liability of the tenant may not exceed the amount due from the tenant to the tenant's landlord. If the HOA does not obtain the rent, it may evict the tenant as a landlord would. However, the association is NOT otherwise considered a landlord. The HOA cannot rent out a vacant unit because the homeowner is late on assessments. The same is true for condos, which have a similar statute authorizing the association to collect rent for late assessments.
While it is understandably frustrating for a community association (HOA or condo) to see an owner allow the home to be vacant, while not paying assessments, the association does have a remedy: It can sue the owner for damages or foreclosure. Once the association takes title, then it can rent the property. The Association can also ask the court for a receiver. The association simply cannot rent out a vacant home – or, as in the case of the military family profiled by Channel 8, collect rent from squatters.
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The 10k
I laced up my running shoes this past Saturday and ran the Runzing IV Fun Run in West Des Moines. It was my first race since I tried a 5k last November and it went pretty well. My thoughts are as follows.
- Don't be hurried when arriving. The morning was crummy with rain and thunderstorms moving through the area. I slammed some coconut water and a rice cake with almond butter about 45 minutes before race time. My racing partners and I then cut it just a tad close arriving for the start of the race. No time for real warm-up stretches.
- Stick with the crowd before the start. To stay dry, the field of participants met inside city hall before the race. A couple minutes later, I was in the bathroom adjusting my race bib when–unbeknownst to me–the gun went off. I got outside quick and didn't see a single soul. Thankfully my girlfriend came jogging back looking for me when she realized I wasn't there.
- Begin slow(er). I'm guilty of this one again. Compounded by the fact that I was the last person in the field, I wanted to really fly at the beginning. Who can argue with adrenaline! I sprinted away passing runner after runner. The first miles didn't necessarily feel fast, but I checked my watch and I was at 21:30 at the mile 3 marker.
- Pace yourself. Hitting the fork in the route which sent 10k runners off in another direction was a psychological turning point. I was immediately greeted by a slow, steady hill climb as a reward for my choice to run twice as many miles as the 5k folks. At this point, the adrenaline faded and my energy slowed. At mile 4, what started as nearly 7-minute miles had risen to 8 minutes.
- Finish fast. Mile 5 was probably my slowest, but I'm not sure of the exact pace as there was no marker. I'm sure I ran a faster mile 6 to wrap it up, but the average pacing for the last two miles was 8:20. I tried to keep up with the runner ahead of me, but I didn't have the legs for it and she pulled away. As the finish line neared, I spotted my crew cheering and this was a huge boost to the spirits.
- Protect the nipples. Not a big deal for the ladies who are already wearing sports bras, but for the men on the other hand….. My slightly-loose running shirt got wet and was jostling around, and my nipples paid the price. They were tender for the next couple days. Next time? A tight-fit shirt or a combination of vasoline and band-aids.
Even though I started one minute after the gun, I finished third, ahead of the rest of the field of 10k runners except for the top male and female finishers. I'm pretty happy with my time of 46:14, considering my conservative goal was 50 minutes and I'd never pushed too hard on training runs longer than 5 miles.
I didn't have any physical complaints after the run, either, other than feeling a wee-bit light headed for a couple minutes. My legs weren't even sore the next day. Of course, it might have helped that after the run I went to the Iowa Craft Brew Festival (check out this link for a great recap) and sampled about a dozen fantastic local beers.
It was a fun run, literally.
I can't wait to do another……
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The ANC is a national liberation movement. It was formed in 1912 to unite the African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change.
The ANC's key objective is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.
This means the liberation of Africans in particular and black people in general from political and economic bondage. It means uplifting the quality of life of all South Africans, especially the poor.
The ANC is in an alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Each Alliance partner is an independent organisation with its own constitution, membership and programmes. The Alliance is founded on a common commitment to the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution, and the need to unite the largest possible cross-section of South Africans behind these objectives.
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The National Working Committee of the African National Congress met with the PEC of Limpopo at the Ranch Hotel on the 17th - 18th February 2013. This was a follow up meeting to receive the provincial leadership`s response to matters raised by ANC branches in Limpopo province three weeks ago. The NWC has now enough information on the organisational situation in the province from receiving the response coupled with matters raised by the branches. The NWC will submit a report to the National Executive Committee in March 2013 regarding its visit to Limpopo. It will be up to the NEC to pronounce on the next step of action based on the NWC report.
We have noted the announcement made by Dr Mamphela Ramphela on the establishment of a party political platform called Agang. This pronouncement comes after reported fund raising efforts by Dr Ramphela in foreign countries that include the United States of America. We just hope that the pumping of foreign funds in South Africa will not undermine the further democratization and transformation in our country.
The ANC prides itself for having provided a platform for engagement at both party and government level, for ordinary South African intellectuals and the general population to contribute meaningfully in dealing with vexing challenges facing our country. The initiative by Dr. Ramphela is goading South Africans to participate at the periphery of our political dispensation. We also believe that this initiative is grievance driven, whilst Dr. Ramphela rehash the known challenges facing our country she does not bring any new suggestions to the table.
The restated challenges have been amply covered in the recent State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma, and they will also be fully attended to in the debates before parliament this week as well as during the appropriation of budgets by both national and provincial departments. They have been the preoccupation of the ANC government for the past 18 years within the context of undoing centuries of neglect, discrimination, exploitation and underdevelopment of all black people by colonial and apartheid regimes. While this platform is in keeping with multiparty democracy and plurality of policy options we view this decision as lacking to accept that a litter of political parties do not necessarily offer a solution to reverse the impact of colonial and apartheid rule.
It is also a disservice to the people of South Africa for those who are behind such formation not to have given clarity of what it is, that is new that they want to bring to the political terrain. The Agang/Akhani of Dr. Ramphela falls within this category. It is clear that this undefined party political platform is a fore-runner to the formation of a political party by Dr. Ramphela. We welcome her to the political environment and we hope that she has the necessary staying power. We will meet her where it matters most in the hearts and minds of our people.
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So it begins. The great fan sh--storm of our era. Ladies and gents, WrestleMania 30 is officially in the bag and the world of the WWE as we know it will never be the same again. Again. What might sound like mere marketing buzzwords at plenty of other moments in WWE history have a decided ring of truth to them today. In the aftermath of this past Sunday's 'Mania, the face of the WWE looks a whole lot different than it did this time last week.
The most noteworthy moment to come out of sports entertainment's biggest show has to be the results of the Undertaker/Brock Lesnar match. Going into the match the Undertaker carried an impressive over two decades long undefeated streak at the show. Yes, this means that for 21 years strong the Deadman has competed in the 'Mania and successfully defeated every single opponent placed in his path. For his 22nd WrestleMania match the Phenom took on Brock Lesnar, the Monster, the Violator, the Reaper of Men, the Beast Incarnate. On this fateful day, in the year of our Lord 2009 + 5, the Phenom, the Deadman, the Unstoppable Force, the Man the Myth and the Legend fell.
21 - 1
Living up to the promise of his 'EAT, SLEEP, BREAK THE STREAK' t-shirt, Brock Lesnar did just that and put the Undertaker down for the count. In the aftermath of his win an unnerving silence swept through the 75,000 plus sold out New Orleans SuperDome. A genuine sense of shock seemed to have overtaken everyone, people being unsure if they really just saw what they think they did. There are reports of people in the audience being genuinely in tears; some of people storming out angrily. The fallout from this is going to be epic.
For now, though, let's go into the bout itself and look at exactly how it all came to pass. Lining the stage at the beginning of their epic match was 21 caskets, symbolizing every single one of his other opponents he's defeated at 'Mania. At the top of the ramp is the 22nd, reserved for Brock. Seems tragically ironic now. A badass man once said, "The grave you dig for me is the one you'll rot in." At least, I think. If not, then why the hell not, as it's a sufficiently badass thing to say. So yeah, badass guy, if you're out there, coining awesome phrases like this, congratulations. If not, get on your job, man. Yeesh.
From the opening bell the Undertaker erupts from the corner, raining down big shots on the Beast, appearing as if he wants to match the monster's savagery on his own terms. Not exactly the best of strategies for going head to head with the UFC seasoned MMA champ and Brock quickly turns the tide, returning heavy shots of his own. Not even the Phenom can stand up to a sustained pummeling from the Beast and Lesnar sends him over the top ropes with a big clothesline.
Unfazed, the Deadman lands on his feet and fixes his cold, cemetery eyes right on Brock. He fights to get back into the ring, taking a couple of stiff knee shots from Brock for his trouble. The Phenom tumbles Brock over the top ropes and to the outside floor. Realizing he's not going to be able to take down the younger, stronger, faster Lesnar on brute strength alone, the Undertaker switches tactics, targeting Brock's arms and legs to weaken and slow him down.
The two tie up outside, 'Taker slamming Lesnar into the corner post. Back inside he lifts the massive mound of muscle known as Lesnar and carries him to the corner turnbuckle, ringing his neck on it with his trademark 'Snake Eyes' then bounding off the ropes for a big boot chaser. He goes for a chokeslam and Brock reverses, pulling him into the F5. The Undead One reverses this and sends Lesnar into the corner. The Undertaker tries to ram him with a hard boot but gets caught up in the turnbuckle.
All momentum seems to be on Brock's side as he unloads heavy boots to the downed star and picks him up for a staggering suplex. The Undertaker finally breaks through the assault, making headway with a running DDT. He puts Lesnar in another 'Snake Eyes', followed by a leg drop and pin, for a 2 count. He puts Brock in a chokeslam that rattles the ring, good for another 2. Looking to seal the deal he pulls Brock in for a Tombstone but the Monster powers out, turning it into a vicious F5 instead. Lesnar goes for the pin and 'Taker kicks out at 2.
Lesnar reaches for the downed 'Taker and the Phenom pulls his arm in for the 'Hell's Gate' arm lock. In an amazing display of raw power Brock lifts 'Taker off the ground and reverses the move into a power bomb. Unrelenting, the Lord of Darkness goes for another 'Hell's Gate' only to be powerbombed again. Lesnar pulls the Undertaker into a stiff kimura arm bar, the same move he used to put Triple-H out of commission a couple years ago. Only instead of succumbing to the move the Deadman manages to reverse into a kimura of his own. Lesnar makes it to the ropes, forcing a break. The pair slug it out, then another F5 from Lesnar gets a noticeably much closer 2-count than before. The Behemoth pulls 'Taker into a German suplex that crumples him.
The Undertaker repays the favor with a Last Ride powerbomb that almost deflates Lesnar. The devastating Lesnar powers back to his feet and 'Taker pulls him in for the Tombstone. Still seeing signs of life 'Taker picks him up for another piledriver to put the final nail in Lesnar's coffin. The Beast has apparently been saving some reserves for a final feat of strength and reverses into an F5 instead. He goes for the pin and 'Taker doesn't answer the count. 3 seconds later and Brock Lesnar's name is suddenly one that will go down in infamy: The Man Who Ended The Streak.
Man, how different would the WWE be if Daniel Bryan had chosen this word as his catch-phrase. Or what about that supercalifragilistic Mary Poppins monstrosity. All of this is just a roundabout way of saying the 'YES!' movement barreled into the New Orleans Superdome (or Silverdome, as a very confused Hulk Hogan referred to it) with authority. First up was-- to quote Booker T-- my main man D-Bry taking on the Game, Triple-H. The winner of this match would go on to compete in the Main Event as part of a triple threat with Randy Orton and Batista. In his new position as COO, Hunter has made no secret of his lack of faith in Bryan's ability to be the head guy of the WWE. A lot was riding on Bryan's ability to prove himself tonight, both to the WWE Universe and to the Game himself.
Triple-H started off the fight by extending his hand for a shake, one which Bryan rebukes by kicking it away. Already injured from a previous run-in with the Game, the bandaged Daniel Bryan explodes out of the corner at Triple-H. The Game is quick to capitalize on Bryan's weakness and instantly targets the injured shoulder and left arm.
This match becomes a down-and-dirty brawl, seemingly more about each person trying to hurt the other moreso than any victory. Bryan delivers are hard kick to Triple-H's back; the Game puts Bryan in a wince-inducing armbreaker. Daniel Bryan puts Triple-H in a tornado DDT that shocks Stephanie at ringside. He pulls Bryan into a crossface which the 'Yes'-man reverses into his own 'Yes'-lock. After much back-and-forth Triple-H pulls Bryan into a Pedigree, hoping to make short work of him.
To Triple-H's astonishment Bryan kicks out. Game goes for another Pedigree and Bryan floors him with a stiff running knee. He goes for the pin and... wait for it... gets it, beating the Game clean for a 3-count win. Steph comes in the ring, seemingly to congratulate him, but instead slaps him hard. This allows Triple-H to sneak up behind him and attack. He grabs a steel chair and uses it to jam Bryan's injured arm against the ringpost.
Fast forward to the night's main event, where Bryan, Randy Orton and Batista all face one another in a Triple Threat. Daniel Bryan starts off the match like a rabid honey badger, one who gives zero f's about who his opponents are. Whether its the insurmountable wall of muscle, Batista or the Viper, Randy Orton, Bryan has traveled long and far to get to this point and he's determined not to let anyone stand in his way. He starts the match with a targeted missile dropkick to Orton. He hurricanranas Batista out of the ring, showing the surgical precision with which he's approaching this match.
Not to be outdone, the Viper homes in on Bryan's weakened arm and dishes out some punishment of his own. With Bryan writhing in pain, Orton sets his sights on Batista. He drops the Animal with a backbreaker. Outside he tosses him into the barricade. Batista grabs Orton and rams him into the steel steps. The pair battle their way back into the ring and are busy pummeling each other when Daniel Bryan unloads a double missile drop kick that floors them both.
With Brian gaining the upper hand, it wasn't long before The Authority would make their hand known. Hunter and Stephanie would hurry to ringside just as it was looking like Orton would fall. The Game pulls the impartial referee from the match, replacing him with one of his own lackeys, Scott Armstrong. Bryan would have none of it, delivering one of his trademark head kicks to Armstrong and sending him back to the nether regions from whence he came. Bryan would then suicide dive outside the ring, landing on Game, Steph and Armstrong. Triple-H packs his trademark sledgehammer but Bryan turns the tables, using it on him instead.
While Bryan is distracted Orton and Batista decide to gang up on him. Orton slams him with the steel steps. Batista takes Bryan to the top of the announce table, setting him up for a Batista bomb. As he executes it the Viper grabs Bryan by the neck and turns it into a very cool-looking (if painful) combo power bomb/inverted RKO. A BombKO, if you will. This looks to be it for Bryan. Attendants rush out to his aid and put him on a stretcher to be wheeled away.
You can't keep a good GOAT down
Bryan hops off the stretcher and returns to the fray. Orton goes for the RKO and Bryan reverses it to the 'Yes'-lock. Things devolve into chaos. Batista spears Bryan. Orton RKO's Batista. Bryan running knees Orton. Batista tosses Bryan out of the ring then grabs Orton for the Batista Bomb. Bryan comes back in and slugs Batista with a running knee. He pulls the massive man into the 'Yes'-lock and all air leaves the arena. The Animal finally relents, and in three quick taps cedes victory.
The arena explodes. Your new WWE undisputed champion, Daniel Bryan.
We're Here...
Creapy Swamp King, Bray Wyatt and his hillbilly brood continued to haunt John Cena. Wyatt starts off the contest with his typical mind games, dropping to his knees and inviting Cena to quote "Finish me. Be the monster you already are." Ah, but no, WWE. You shall not entice me any further with more vague intimations of Cena becoming a bad guy. In the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects that which is less likely than a John Cena heel turn."
The Cenation Commander-in-Chief doesn't take the bait. Wyatt unleashes a hellacious offense, showing there's more to him than just cryptic words and general all-around creepiness. Both men put on an impressive display, Cena reminding people why he's still one of the top dogs in the WWE and Bray putting his name in the ring as a superbright up and coming star, but in the end there can be only one.
Cena takes the win, but not before Wyatt dodges the Five Knuckle Shuffle with a super freaky crabwalk thing.
Other results from WrestleMania 30, courtesy WWE.com:
WrestleMania XXX Pre-Show: Fatal 4-Way
(Tag Team Champs) The Usos vs. Real Americans vs.
Rybaxel vs. Los Matadores
Winners (by Pinfall): The Usos
The Shield vs.
Kane & The New Age Outlaws
Winners (by Pinfall): The Shield
30-Man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Winner: Cesaro
Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational
Winner: (Divas Champion) AJ Lee
All-in-all, a very exciting WrestleMania, one which made a lot of bold moves and dared to shake up the WWE in a way fans have been clamoring for for a very long time now. The upcoming Monday Night Raw following the 'Mania is going to be one to watch out for.
Alright, that "badass" quote from earlier was driving me crazy so I Googled it. Turns out it was used by Celie in 'The Color Purple'. Man, who saw that one coming, eh? I guess it's only fitting with the surprise twists and turns we've seen this WM30. Lesnar takes the streak and Bryan takes the belts. No one saw that coming, just like when this article started i'm sure no one predicted that by the end of it i'd be talking about 'The Color Purple'. So that's where we are now. As a species.
Thanks for reading.
With acknowledgement to PWMania, BleacherReport.com and WWE.com.
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