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Sherif El-Said

Sherif El-Said, VP Internal Audit, Etisalat Group, is a professional executive, with deep industry and Big4 experience in various areas of Risk and Assurance including Internal Audit, Governance, Risk and Compliance ("GRC"), Regulatory Assurance, IT and business processes.

Through his career Sherif has worked with and advised many listed and private companies in Europe, USA, ASIA and Middle East.

Sophie L'Hélias

Sophie L'Hélias began her career as an M&A attorney in New York and Paris. She later joined an event-driven hedge fund in New York as Managing Director and founded a strategic corporate governance advisory firm.

An expert on corporate governance issues, she co-founded the International Corporate Governance Network (www.ICGN.org), today's leading global investor-led governance organization.  Ms. L'Hélias recently founded LeaderXXchange™, which collaborates with institutional investors, business leaders and other market participants to promote board diversity worldwide.

Author of the book "Le Retour de l'Actionnaire" ("The Shareholder Comeback"), she has also frequently written articles for European, American and Canadian publications. Ms. L'Hélias is a regular speaker at international business, economic and academic forums on international corporate governance, shareholder activism and board diversity.

She holds an MBA from INSEAD, an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Laws from the University of Pantheon-Sorbonne- Paris I law school after law studies at the University of Saarbrücken, Germany.

She serves on the board of Kering (www.kering.com), a company listed on Euronext Paris. Kering is a world leader in apparel and accessories that develops an ensemble of powerful brands across Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle with brands that include Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney, and Boucheron…

Ms. L'Helias is a Senior Fellow at the Conference Board, Governance Center and the Samuel Heyman Center for Corporate Governance at Cardozo Law School in New York.

She has serves the Sciences-Po US Foundation in New York and has served on the Board of Governors at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Ashraf Gamal

Dr. Ashraf Gamal El Din is the Chief Executive Officer of Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance, the DIFC.

He is also a jury member of the Arabia CSR Award. Prior to joining Hawkamah, Dr. Ashraf was the Executive Chairman of Egypt Post. Before that, he was the Deputy Executive Director of the Egyptian Banking Institute, the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt. He was also the founder and Project Manager of the Egyptian Corporate Responsibility Center working on promoting the concepts and application of CSR in Egypt. Furthermore, he was the Executive Director of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIoD), the Institute of Corporate Governance in Egypt and the Arab Region Dr. Ashraf served as a board member and head of the Audit Committee in a number of listed, non-listed, State Owned and family owned companies. He also served a member of the General Assembly of the Holding Company for Transportation

Furthermore, Dr. Ashraf is an Associate Professor of Management, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University and holds a PhD degree from Manchester University, UK, and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Carleton University, Canada. He further holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Cairo University with highest honor. Dr. Ashraf worked as head of Business Administration Department at Nile University for Graduate Studied, affiliated with the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology. Since 1997, he taught a large number of management and business courses in Egypt, the US, and the Gulf Area.

Musaed Al-Mineefi

Mr. Musaed Al-Mineefi is the Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Investment Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

April 1992 to Present:

Joined The Saudi Investment Bank in April 1992 as Head, Financial Controls. Progressed through varied senior management functions and responsibilities that include positions with demanding role in the bank's operations, financial controls, and administration.

Group Head - Financial Controls & Administration (February 1997); Group Head - Finance, Operations & Administration (December 1997); Group General Manager - Finance, Operations & Administration (October 2000); Deputy General Manager (April 2009) Present Position: Chief Executive Officer, since January 2010.

Lubna Qassim

Group Chief General Counsel and Company Secretary, Emirates NBD (PJSC)

Lubna Qassim is the Group Chief General Counsel & Company Secretary of Emirates NBD Bank (PJSC). She is also, at present, the first female EXCO member of Emirates NBD. Previously, Ms Qassim has held positions as Director of the Department of Economic Legislations at the UAE Ministry of Economy and the Executive Director of the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department at Dubai Economic Council. Prior to that, Ms Qassim spent considerable years in the corporate practice offices of Clifford Chance both in Dubai and London.

Ms Qassim is the first UAE national to have worked at the World Bank as the Public Sector Consultant and at the House of Lords, Parliament of the UK. In 2013 she was selected by William Hague, United Kingdom's First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for her leadership skills to participate in the Future International Leadership Programme which took place in London.

Ms Qassim is a fellow at Dubai School of Government and also sits on the Global Economic Symposium Fellows Advisory Committee of the Kiel University of the World Economy. In 2011 she was elected to sit on the Boards of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI) and Injaz UAE Foundation. Ms Qassim was also the first national to sit on the Committee of the British Business Group in Dubai and Northern Emirates in 2009 and in 2013 the British Business Group of Abu Dhabi as the UAE Alliances Director.

In 2015 Ms Qassim was elected by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to sit on the Board of Dubai Women's Establishment. Ms Qassim was also appointed as Founding Chair of the 30% Club GCC Chapter.

Sheikh Hussain A. Al Banawi

Sheikh Hussein A. Al-Banawi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Industrial Group, a market leader in packaging, specialty chemicals and food flavors in the Broader Middle East, Africa, and Indian Subcontinent.

He is an inspirational leader dedicated to helping the next generation of enterprise leaders in the Arab World. He is Founder of the Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance and Management at Rice University in Houston, Texas and also serves on the board of various civic organizations. He is also a founding member of The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University of Cairo. Sheikh Hussein is a member of the Board of Trustees, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the World Waqf Foundation of the Islamic Development Bank.

An advocate and proponent of good corporate governance in both private and public institutions, Sheikh Hussein Al-Banawi is a member of the Board of Directors of Hawkamah, The Institute for Corporate Governance of the Dubai International Financial Centre. Sheikh Hussein Al Banawi is also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of The Effat Ambassadors Program, a program established at Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to empower aspiring women leaders.

With Sheikh Hussein's founding vision, The Al-Banawi Scholarship for Personal Development was established at Franklin University in Switzerland with the unique purpose of providing financial aid to outstanding students in need who reciprocate by acting as academic mentors for other students facing language, learning or cultural challenges. After embarking on his early undergraduate studies at Franklin University in Switzerland, Sheikh Hussein thereafter pursued his bachelor's degree with a dual major in political science and business administration at Rollins College in the United States, culminating in a Master of Business Administration from Rollins.

Sheikh Hussein is the author of the recently published book, The Unknown Leader, one of the foremost publications on leadership which has emerged from our region.

Hassan Jarrar

Hassan Jarrar was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Islamic Bank in July, 2015. He is responsible for leading and implementing of the overall strategy of Bahrain's first Islamic financial institution.

Hassan has over 28 years of banking experience, 19 of which have been in the Middle East. Prior to joining Bahrain Islamic Bank, he served as Chief Executive Office of Standard Chartered Bank, Bahrain since October 2011. He has a diverse banking background with extensive experience in retail, SME and corporate banking in the Middle East and the US. Hassan's previous appointments in the region include Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate and SME Banking at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Head of Corporate Banking, Abu Dhabi at Mashreq bank.

Before returning to the Middle East, Hassan spent 20 years in the United States where he began his career and held key management positions with Security Pacific Bank and Bank of America. He received his BSc in Finance from California State University, San Jose. Hassan serves on the Boards of the Bahrain Association of Banks , Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) and Tamkeen.

Dr. Sameer Al Ansari

Sameer Al Ansari qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1987 and has worked in Dubai since then.

Sameer founded PEPlus in 2012, a regional boutique investment bank based in Dubai. He was the Chief Executive Officer of SHUAA Capital, the region's leading financial services institution between Sept 2009 and Oct 2011. Between 2005 - 09, Dr. Al Ansari was the founding Chairman & CEO of Dubai International Capital, creating a global investment company with AUMs of $13B by 2008. He was also the founding Chairman of JD Capital (Jordan Dubai Capital) in 2005, and the founding Chairman of MENA Infrastructure Fund in 2006.

He previously served as Group Chief Financial Officer for The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Prior to joining the Executive Office, Mr. Al Ansari was Chief Financial Officer at Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) between 1992-2000, where he played a significant role in the successful turnaround of the company to what is today one of the largest and most profitable aluminium companies in the world.

Sameer is widely considered as one of the most respected senior financial figures in the GCC and has and continues to sit on many Boards around the world. Below listed current Board positions:

ICAEW MENA advisory board

Hawkamah Institute of Governance, UAE

The Industrial Group, KSA

Eureeca Capital, Crowd funding platform (UK, DIFC, Malaysia)

TVM Healthcare Partners, PE Healthcare Fund, DIFC, UAE

Page Group, Hong Kong

Homes & Houses, UK

Eng. Anas Al Madani

Anas Almadani is the Vice Chairman and Group CEO of INDEX Holding.

His core responsibility is to oversees the operation of INDEX and its subsidiaries; develop business opportunities in the GCC, Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and the US. Anas has extensive experience in managing teams and companies of diverse portfolios, working with government organizations and NGO's establishing international business relationship and setting up new businesses. INDEX has 12 subsidiaries under its umbrella with Core businesses in events management, health care, and general trading.

One of his key inputs lies in introducing new business portfolios and evaluating and making decisions on investment opportunities for INDEX Holding and its subsidiaries. He holds a BSCE Civil Engineering, Specialization: Environmental Engineering from Seattle University, Seattle, Washington and an MBA (from Korea University Business School in Seoul, Korea with concentrations in Strategy and Marketing.

Michael Mascarenhas

Michael is the CEO of Desert Group which is one of the world's largest concentrically diversified group of horticultural and lifestyle companies –centered around green, water and people – truly biophilic. At Desert Group he has articulated a clear vision, goals and expectations, decentralised decision making and focused on a performance minded organisation.

An FCA, MBA, CIA, an alumnus of the Saïd Business School and a Certified Member at Hawkamah, he has tremendous experience in business resuscitation and transformation and thrives in expansive business operations that have lost their direction. With more than 30 years hands-on experience of cross national, multi-sectoral businesses in an international environment, Michael's career and reputation is based on his achievements in accomplishing successful turnarounds of damaged or underperforming assets and transforming them into dynamic centres of creative energy where the employees are empowered and value is created for all stakeholders alike.

His cross sectoral experience include Aerospace, Education, Financial Services & Investments, Construction & Real Estate, Horticulture, Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail. A strong ambassador of CSR, Desert Group has one of the most vibrant CSR programs focused on Special Needs and Cognitive Disabilities, recently winning the regions Taa'theer CSR MENA award.

Michael believes that his experiences are something to share at a global level and that there are lessons to be learned through re-energizing businesses and transforming them to be both customer focused and innovative. Ultimately the purpose of a successful business is to have positive impact on society by enhancing people's lives and he recognizes that his customers and employees are at the centre of this.

Huda BUHUMAID

Senior Vice President – Group Communications Dubai Holding Oct 2006 till date Senior Vice President, Group Communications at Dubai Holding, a global investment company, where she effectively manages Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Marketing and branding.

Huda successfully steers Dubai Holding's communication including matters pertaining to its companies; Jumeirah Group, Dubai Properties Group, TECOM Group and Emirates International Telecommunications as well as the investments side represented by Dubai Group and Dubai International Capital.

Prior to joining Dubai Holding Corporate Office, Huda was Managing Director – Marketing & Communications, Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding. She oversaw the marketing and communications strategies for Dubai Group subsidiaries in various international markets. Huda successfully developed and launched new brand identities for companies such as Borse Dubai, Emirates Investment Authority, Qatar Investment Authority Joint Venture as well as re-branding Dubai International Financial Exchange into NASDAQ Dubai.

In addition, Huda revamped the strategy for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) for Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al Hussain and effectively managed the complex transaction of Borse Dubai bidding for the Nordic Exchange OMX. Previously, Huda worked with Citibank UAE quickly moving the ranks from Marketing Manager – Credit Cards to Assistant Vice President – Marketing and Business Development. At Citibank, Huda launched several "first" initiatives, including the internet and mobile banking service, which received several advertising recognitions.

Huda holds a master's degree in Organisational Excellence with Honours from Bradford University, UK and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai.

Huda is currently a board member at TECOM Group and Dubai Women Establishment, she was the Vice Chair of Dubai First, a consumer finance company, Board Member at Khaleej Times newspaper and the Vice Chair of the Middle East Public Relations Association.

Omar Al-Wahaibi

Omar Al-Wahaibi was appointed as EHC's CEO in November 2011. Previously, Omar was the CEO for Haya Water (Oman Wastewater Services Company S.A.O.C.) since its establishment in 2003.

He holds a BSC Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and began his career at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) where he held several different positions including serving in Shell Exploration and Production in the Hague from 1998 until 2001. He is also a Board Member at Oman Broard band Company, The Gulf Cooperative Council Interconnection Authority(GCCIA) and REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais of Portugal.

Chris Hodge

Chris Hodge is an experienced policy-maker who has worked at the highest levels with business, investors, regulators, governments and international organisations, and has written and presented extensively on the topics of governance and stewardship.

He is currently acting as an advisor to ICSA: The Governance Institute and Nestor Advisors, the corporate governance consultancy. He is also a member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council and Hawkamah's International Advisory Board.

For ten years until 2014 Chris was Director of Corporate Governance at the UK's Financial Reporting Council. He was responsible for developing and promoting the UK Corporate Governance Code, one of the earliest and most influential codes for companies. Chris was also responsible for introducing the first national stewardship code for investors in the UK in 2010. Similar codes have since been introduced in many other countries.

Between 2014 and January 2016, Chris was the FRC's Strategy Director. In this capacity he was responsible for developing the FRC's overall strategy for 2016-19 and overseeing and co-ordinating its external communications, public affairs and international influencing activities.

Adrian Bertrand

Adrian Bertrand is the head of Africa at UNPRI.

In this role, Adrian is responsible for raising awareness about the materiality of ESG issues for investment processes among asset owner, investment manager and service provider signatories to the UN-supported PRI across the African continent.

Adrian supports new and existing PRI signatories in their voluntary implementation of the PRI Principles through best practice development and dissemination, and institutional shareholder collaboration opportunities in Africa. Prior to PRI, Adrian spent four years as the ESG Manager at the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), where Adrian was responsible for managing and implementing the GEPF's Responsible Investment programme.

H.E Hamad Buamim

Hamad Buamim has been the President & CEO of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry since November 2006. He also serves as the Deputy Chair of the World Chambers Federation - ICC in Paris.

Educated in the USA, Buamim graduated with Honors (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Southern California - Los Angeles in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. In 2002, he obtained an MBA with Honors in Finance from the University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Buamim is a Member of the Board of Directors of the UAE Central Bank, Managing Director and Board Member of Dubai World, Chairman of National General Insurance and Board Member of Union Properties.

Previously, Buamim served as Chairman of Emirates Financial Services, Chairman of Emirates NBD Capital and Board Member of Emirates NBD Bank and Network International.

Hawkamah to Convene Experts to Examine Corporate Culture at 10th Annual Corporate Governance ConferenceConference held under the topic of 'Corporate Culture: The Secret...
For a corporate governance framework to be effective, the organization's leadership values and principles must be reflected in day-to-day activities and executive behavior. Corporate governance is essentially about behavior and this session looks at how companies can work on their corporate culture by incentivizing the right behaviors.
This session aims to set the scene for the rest of the day. The session will cover the concept of culture in general, the meaning of corporate culture, and what are the elements of corporate culture. The session also discusses the process of making decisions in companies and the effect of culture on the process.
The board of directors is responsible for deciding on the direction of the company, approving the strategy, and setting the company's values and ethical standards. This session aims at presenting some of the key areas that the board in charge of and that directly affect the corporate culture. This includes the tone at the top, risk appetite, internal audit systems, values and ethics, remuneration and KPIs.
Board rooms are typically male dominated. The session explores how to overcome cultural barriers to more female representation in the boardroom and how board diversity can positively impact the overall corporate culture.
It has been said that "culture eats strategy for breakfast". This one-on-one interview will focus on the role of the Chairman in creating the culture within the boardroom and across the organization to support the achievements of business goals.
In this session a Chairman of one of the organizations that went through a successful process of culture change will be interviewed. The interview will focus on the reasons that led to desire to change the organizational culture, how it was done, and what are the lessons learnt from the experience.
This session aims to discuss ways in which we can measure and assess corporate culture. This includes key parameters in evaluating corporate culture.
Should regulators be concerned about corporate culture? What are the elements of culture that regulators should keep their eyes on? Can regulation and enforcement change corporate culture?
What are the latest regulatory changes regarding corporate culture? These are some of the questions this session aims to answer
There is a strong correlation between sustainability practices and firm valuation.
Sustainability relates to the business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risks deriving from economic, environmental, and social developments.
However, sustainability practices often require a change in mindset and in behaviors pf employees, .i.e., in corporate culture. This session focuses on implementation of cultural change in the context of sustainability.


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Castle Crag was a castle in northern Cormyr designed to protect it from the threats of the Stonelands.[1]
In 1372 DR, the castle was garrisoned by 500 Purple Dragons and five War Wizards, and was led by Bren Tallsword. Adventurers were not welcome.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 112. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), Maps. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
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The Successful Fight For #14
It's worth mentioning that
It's worth mentioning that Brickhouse does have a very nice statue on Michigan Avenue.
You're right, Borowski,
You're right, Borowski, though I never thought it looked much like Brickhouse, and it's somewhat off by itself in the shadow of Tribune Tower. I wish they would move it near Wrigley, maybe in place of the Caray statue.
I never liked the Caray
I never liked the Caray statue either - next year when Caray's replaces Hi-Tops across the street, maybe move it onto Sheffield south of Addison somewhere. Nearby but off the square block.
I don't know how old you
I don't know how old you are-Cubnut, to have appreciated Ernie or Jack live but you are 100% accurate when you mention Harry's contributions to the Cubs compared to Jack's legacy. If Harry was given a statue Ernie and Jack deserved a the ballpark to be named after them. Don't get me wrong I liked Harry, and certainly Harry made the Cubs popular but comparing broadcasters Jack Brickhouse's contributions were much more significant. Jack was a class act!
I'm way too young to have
I'm way too young to have ever heard Jack Brickhouse, so can you guys provide reasons why he is so much more important than Harry Caray? I'm not saying he wasn't, but just saying something is true doesn't necessarily make it so.
I was a young kid in the
I was a young kid in the eighties, so Harry evokes fond memories of watching the Cub's on WGN and watching him stammer through "Take me out to the ballgame". I don't know much about Brickhouse, but I remember and really liked Caray.
I, too, only knew Carey.
I, too, only knew Carey. Here is a video of Brickhouse calling the 9th inning of Don Cardwell's no-hitter, from The Southpaw:
And bonus video: The Cubs in the 1929 World Series:
One aspect of the ongoing
One aspect of the ongoing 'guest conductor' feature that gets increasingly tiresome to me is that the celebrity du jour intrudes on a half inning of both the radio broadcast and the TV telecast of the game. Pat, Ron, Len & Bob have to set them up w/ opps for their career bios, upcoming appearances, films, books, etc. @ the expense of the action on the field. Just play a tape of Harry every day or can it altogether.
Also, I have fond memories
Also, I have fond memories of listening on the radio as a kid w/ my dad to Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau [AKA, 'Good Kid'?]
Re #5: Good article here
Re #5: Good article here about Brickhouse's career:
Re #7:
You're dead on, though I have to admit, the day that Santo and Hughes had to make small talk with Dawn Wells--Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island"--was surreal. One for the ages, as they say.
You can hear Brickhouse call
You can hear Brickhouse call the 9th inning of Don Cardwell's no-hitter at The Southpaw (linked).
Mike Wellman, I completely
Mike Wellman, I completely agree with you. I appreciate Len and Bob's (espy Bob's) commentary enough to wish they were watching the game in the bottom of the seventh.
Maybe they could do the song in the middle of the third!
what i think is interesting
what i think is interesting is that when they erected the statue of harry, they seemed to be saying that the product of the cubs was entertainment, and that their biggest "star" was an announcer, not a player. i want to be naive enough to think that this correction implies more than putting up a statue of the cub's greatest player, but also a return to stressing the importance of what's going on on the field. as if.
i love that they do this in
i love that they do this in a clear attempt to divert attention from the fact that the expensive team they fielded this season flat out sucks.
As an old Cub fan, there has
As an old Cub fan, there has been no Cub player in the past 60 years that compares with Banks. He not only was a great player but always a classy citizen. He certainly deserves a statue in front of Wrigley.
As for Brickhouse and Caray, there is no doubt that Brickhouse was a much better technical announcer but like most people I loved Harry's comments. Nobody again will be given the latitude that he enjoyed in the booth.
Cubnut - what i said earlier
Cubnut - what i said earlier notwithstanding, i'm sorry i missed out on ginger/mary ann...my guess is that ron santo could expound for hours on the myriad of issues raised by the ill-fated 'three hour tour' of the s.s. minnow.
I can see ron playing
I can see ron playing 'gilligan' to pat's 'professor'.
I first heard Brickhouse in
I first heard Brickhouse in the late 70s, and thought he, Boudreau and Lloyd were very much past their prime. Those who heard them 20 years earlier assure me that they were great, but I can't say from personal experience.
Harry I did hear when he was with the Sox with Piersall. I've also talked to Cardinal fans who heard him back in the day when he did Cardinal broadcasts. My view of him was with the Cubs he was more of caricature than anything else. He and Piersall were crazy with the Sox, and my sense was he was a much sharper announcer then. I have been told by others that he was wild with the Cardinals also, but also much sharper than he was with the Cubs.
I grew up listening to out
I grew up listening to out of town radio broadcasts of games on Summer nights on the clear channel AM stations located in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minnesota, and St. Louis, so to me, Harry Caray was the Cards' guy on KMOX ("The Cardinals are coming, tra la, tra la"), I never believed for a minute that he was a true Sox fan or a true Cub fan, just that he grew up a Cards fan, and after he left St. Louis, he remained a baseball fan who really liked other baseball fans. But I doubt that the Cubs were anything special to him, although he obviously enjoyed Chicago and Cubs fans. .
Jack Brickhouse, though, was a true blue, orange, red, and black Chicago sports fan (Bears, Cubs, Sox, and Bulls) who just desperately wanted Chicago teams to win, although (after he retired) spending the summer on the French Riviera was a greater pleasure.
I remember seeing Brickhouse at HoHoKam Park in about 1996 (15 years after he retired), and he was standing up and cheering for the Cubs just like all the other Cubs fans. I doubt that he ever stopped rooting for the Bears, Bulls, or Sox, either.
I can't remotely imagine Brick broadcasting for the Cardinals (for instance). Heck, he was the TV voice for both the Cubs AND the White Sox for about 20 years, and thought nothing of it. He rooted for both teams, and that never seemed odd to me, either, although I can't envision anybody doing that today.
Brickhouse was a very nice man (he was a client of my family's business and I met him a number of times when I was a kid) who was a self-educated high school drop-out who developed a taste for the finer things in life. (Hardly the "gee whiz" bumpkin a lot of people thought he was).
He was also an expert on Chicago and Illinois politics, and was friends with both Democrats and Republicans alike. That's why WGN always pulled Jack off Cubs and Sox games to work the national political conventions, because he could get scoops no other reporter could get. All it took was for Jack to sit down with a political friend for "a few drinks," and while the pol got drunk and spilled his guts, Jack could drink like a fish and stay totally lucid and in control. He was a truly amazing man.
Sometimes I really miss Brickhouse's pet phrases and extreme optimism. In fact his optimism was SO extreme and full,of excuses it was funny, although he would have been crucified for it at a place like TCR. But I really liked it. When Jack yelled "Hey! Hey!" he really meant it.
I liked Jack Brickhouse a lot better when he worked alone on the air (although "Sports Editor" Jack Rosenberg was always nearby typing Jack's "ad libs"). But when Lou Boudreau started working in the booth with Jack for a few innings each game in the 1970's (with Boudreau providing the analysis to Jack's play-by-play), that's when the Cubs broadcasts really went downhill. Jack was one broadcaster who worked better alone. He didn't need a sidekick, except to provide him a break in the 4th, 5th, and 8th innings, so he could enjoy a libation or two.
I vote for moving the Brickhouse statue from the shadows of Michigan Avenue to outside Wrigley Field, and Harry Caray's statue from outside Wrigley to somewhere on Rush Street. That would make a lot more sense.
I don't like how the statue
I don't like how the statue of Harry looks...looks like Chairman Mao...I hope they do a better job with Mr. Cub
Nicely stated AZPhil -
Nicely stated AZPhil - although its not Cub related Jack was also the face of WGN for a long time. He also did Bear games for almost 25 years not to mention wrestling, Cubs & Sox as well as one-on-one interviews with politicos, entertainers and athletes. The other thing was Jack knew everyone from Presidents to the ball boys. He was a sharp guy with certain kindness and class and as you correctly stated he could hold his own at any bar. In terms of his announcing style he had a very relaxed method to delivering what was on TV. He talked in spurts and let the visual speak for itself. Too often announcers overstate things and go on and on. Harry was special too but he was no Brickhouse, however in terms of Cubs lore Harry was more Cardinals and Sox in terms of his accomplishements Jack was the Cub.
I think the statue of Jack on Michigan Ave. was a disservice to him. It was a complete insult to the Brickhouse family.
I became a Cubs fan because
I became a Cubs fan because of Brickhouse, I'd say. Remarkably, growing up in a Sox household, I didn't view Harry as a simple turncoat, maybe because I knew he came from the land of Busch. I enjoyed Harry and Piersall and the other, younger kid that he kicked around with, especially when they showed close ups of Walt Williams spitting into his batting helmut.
Despite Brick's obvious credentials as a true Cubs fan, Harry probably did a lot more to turn the Cubs into a tourist attraction, so it's no wonder they built a statue for the guy. Harry, of course, benefited from the WGN's conversion to a national sports broadcasting outlet, which I don't think had happened by Brick's retirement.
Dying Cub Fan #18 I spend
Dying Cub Fan #18
I spend many a night listening to Harry broadcast the Cards games at night when I was young. You are absolutely right when you view him as a caricature by the time he got to the Cubs, but he was still entertaining. I don't remember him being quite as wild in St. Louis as when he was with the White Sox, but Veeck might have encouraged that.
I grew up listening to
I grew up listening to Brickhouse, but he was such a house man for the Cubs it became infuriating by the late 70's (Jim West, his sidekick for awhile, was almost as bad). Carey was not as good technically, but he called out players when they deserved it - and so many Cubs players richly deserved the criticism he dished out regularly. That's the main reason why Caray and Piersall were kicked out of the White Sox booth - LaRussa couldn't handle their criticism, so Reinsdorf and Einhorn caved.
But I agree that the statue of Caray is an abomination - a yahoo statement by a yahoo franchise.
I used to go to sleep to the
I used to go to sleep to the voices of Jack Buck and Mike Shannon on the radio; and until I was 9 years old or so was a Cardinal fan...largely because all other teans were a figment of my imagination. We had no TV.
My family was monetarily challenged.....chek that, we had nothing except a roof and food (sometimes)and did not have a TV until the aforementioned time. Even then, we couldn't really see the screen becuase of tubes being blown, etc.
My brother and I whined to Mom about getting this thing called cable TV...and she broke down, but WE were responsible for earning the money mowing lawns, etc, for the neighbors. I remember our first bill was $6.95.....paid mom in cash!!!!!
I remember the first CUBS game I saw on cable (George "The Baron" Mitterwald was the catcher).....thought WGN was bigger than NBC, CBS or ABC...Brickhouse was smart, and he didn't talk with a drawl like all of us did in Southern Iowa and Missouri, back in the day anyway.
Brickhouse was my first exposure to something that was beyond rural Iowa......he was smart....low key.....had an easy way about him...and for a young boy that had experience dlife as the son of a violent alchoholic father, Brickhouse in some way was an example of adult men that were.....just okay, different, nice, easy going, guys who could laugh, but werent goons.
I get chills when I hear recordings of his voice. By today's standards, he's too vanilla....but for me, I'd chip in a chunk of dough to move his statue to Wrigely Field, where it belongs.
If someone can organize it, let me know. I'm in.
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Brickhouse was the voice I
Brickhouse was the voice I came home to from school in the 70's.
Back, Back....Hey!Hey!
I remember one rainy day
I remember one rainy day game and the Cubs were losing, as usual, and Brickhouse remarked something along the lines of "You know, its days like today that make you want to tape worms to the sidewalk just to watch the birds struggle."
Im not sure what he meant by it, but Ive remembered it all these years.
Jack Brickhouse was my
Jack Brickhouse was my babysitter, too, Jacos. From preschool through second grade when I lived in Glen Ellyn, ('65-'70) I came home from school in the afternoons and watched day games from Wrigley on WGN, using the ol' rabbit ears antenna (remember those?).
I used to love how his voice
I used to love how his voice would crack when he got excited. That man was my hero growing up. I always wanted to be Jack Brickhouse.
My wife wouldnt let me name my son Jack Brickhouse though. She didnt understand.
Im still bitter.
As someone eluded to earlier
As someone eluded to earlier in the thread. All you need to know about the priorities of the organization since they bought the team was to look out at sheffield and addison and see who they had a statue of. Its a disgrace they picked a damn TV announcer to build a statue of rather of any player. The Tribune is a joke. No matter who ends up getting this team, the day the trib no longer owns the Cubs, it will be a good day.
Especially an announcer who
Especially an announcer who used to work for the Cardinals and White Sox. I mean, come ON!!!
Eh, Haray Caray picked me
Eh, Haray Caray picked me out of a crowd when I was a teenager and spoke to me for a good 10 minutes. It was a difficult period in my life, and he was a shining spot that I will always remember. My dad and I had a lot of issues, but the times he took me to Wrigley Field were some of the best times we had, and Caray was a symbol of those times to me.
"I don't remember him
"I don't remember him being quite as wild in St. Louis."
I think Auggie Busch would disagree with that.
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Don't get me wrong, harry could be wild in St. Louis but when he and Jimmy teamed up with the Sox, they were sheer mayham at times/
Augie Busch and Bill Veeck had quite different ideas on what they wanted on the air. Veeck was a showman and anything that drew fans was just great with him. I know I am in the minority but believe that Veeck (as in wreck) did more harm to the baseball product than good.
I grew up with Bozo the
I grew up with Bozo the Clown and Jack Brickhouse on WGN, how cool that was for a young baseball kid. Bozo, then a shortened 15-minute newscap on WGN (that was lunchtime!), then the Lead-Off Man, then the Cubs game. Simpler times, but in many ways, enviable times.
Brickhouse was a CLASS act, but I do agree, towards the end he was getting pretty lame in the booth, he probably stayed on a few years too long. But he earned the right to call his own retirement.
I grew up listening to
I grew up listening to Brickhouse and he struck me as a dull-witted homer, although AZ Phil paints a different picture. WGN always had a better crew on the radio, Jack Quinlan and later Vince Lloyd with Lou Boudreau as the analyst. Boudreau was a little like Girardi, maybe, a brilliant manager who ruffled feathers and couldn't hold a job. But Boudreau kept the radio gig for many years.
It's hard to do justice to how great a player Ernie Banks was. Just logically, how great must he have been to win back-to-back MVPs in the absolute heyday of Aaron, Mays and Clemente?
Some folks on this board have probably only seen Banks taking a swing at the ball that became his 500th home run, but he was an old guy then with a swing that had slowed by about half. If you want to picture the wristy swing of a younger Banks, think Soriano. But there are no videotapes of that Banks, since the medium hadn't been invented yet.
My stepdad always spoke of
My stepdad always spoke of Banks as one of the only bright spots during all those losing years.
My thesis advisor gave me a Cubs jersey when I graduated last fall. It's the home pinstripes, with my name across the back (Bredemeyer) and number 14. He said I embodied the spirit of Ernie Banks and his "Let's play two!" attitude while working in my advisor's research lab. (Nice compliment, actually.)
So I wore it to Wrigley last month. What do you think the response was--a #14 jersey with someone else's name on it at Wrigley field?
This team is really
This team is really pathetic. I think the Padres have as many homeruns in this series as the Cubs have hits. With Young on the mound to close this series, a sweep appears pretty much in the bag.
I concur that there should
I concur that there should be a Banks statue and should've been before one of Cary, but be realistic, here...if not for Harry Caray broadcasting in the 80s, Wrigley would not be full to this day. The current crop of yuppies dropping 30-some bucks on BLEACHER tickets certainly didn't get hooked on the team itself. And who else from the 80s era Cubs would you immortalize, Leon Durham?
Caray made Wrigley seem like a fun place to be even if the team stunk. All you geezers groaning on and on about Brickhouse needing to have his statue moved and made a Saint by the Holy See, etc.--what was the average attendence during the Brickhouse era?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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I concur that there should be a Banks statue and should've been before one of Cary, but be realistic, here…if not for Harry Caray broadcasting in the 80s, Wrigley would not be full to this day. The current crop of yuppies dropping 30-some bucks on BLEACHER tickets certainly didn't get hooked on the team itself. And who else from the 80s era Cubs would you immortalize, Leon Durham?
Caray made Wrigley seem like a fun place to be even if the team stunk. All you geezers groaning on and on about Brickhouse needing to have his statue moved and made a Saint by the Holy See, etc.–what was the average attendence during the Brickhouse era?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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NO: That's just absurd. People do not come out to Wrigley Field or stay home because of the TV and radio announcers.
And it was typically brilliant of you to use Leon Durham as an example of a Cubs "star" from the 1980's who could of been immortalized in statue instead of Harry Caray, intead of mentioning Ryne Sandberg (who's in the goddam Hall of Fame).
Attendance at Wrigley Field has followed the general increase in attendance for MLB in general over the years, but where there have been spikes, they have corresponded with the Cubs having a contending team. And the real change for the better occurred in 1984, when the Cubs (with Ryne Sandberg--NOT Leon Durham--as MVP) won the division with the best record in the N. L. and just missed getting into the World Series for the first time since 1945.
The Cubs have ALWAYS drawn well when they have a contending team, and then in the last few years (but only AFTER Harry died) they have drawn well even when they don't have a good year, but again that all started AFTER Harry Caray died.
So if Harry had any impact, it was maybe on TV ratings for WGN, not on attendance at Wrigley Field. So then they should move Harry's statue to somewhere outside 2401 W. Bradley Pl.
Up until about ten years ago, attendance at Wrigley was positively influenced only by having what was perceived by the fans as a contending team. People (and you are obviously the exception) did not and do not come out to Wrigley Field or stay home because of the announcers.
2006 3,123,215 (Still no Harry)
2005 3,100,262 (Where's Harry? He's dead)
2004 3,170,154 (Harry remains dead)
2003 2,962,630 (Harry is still dead)
2002 2,693,096 (Harry still dead)
2001 2,779,465 (Harry not around)
2000 2,789,511 (No Harry)
1999 2,813,854 (Harry still dead)
1998 2,623,194 (500,000+ increase- Cubs win Wild Card - Harry is dead)
1997 2,190,308 (Harry's last year)
1996 2,219,110
1995 1,918,265 (1st season after strike)
1994 1,845,208 (strike year)
1993 2,653,763
1992 2,126,720
1991 2,314,250
1990 2,243,791
1989 2,491,942 (Cubs win division)
1988 2,089,034
1987 2,035,130
1986 1,859,102
1985 2,161,534
1984 2,107,655 (Cubs win division - best record in N. L.)
1983 1,479,717
1982 1,249,278 (Harry's 1st year)
1981 565,637 (strike year - Cubs finish last)
1980 1,206,776 (Cubs finish last)
1979 1,648,587
1978 1,525,311
1977 1,439,834 (Cubs in 1st place til July)
1976 1,026,217 (lousy team)
1975 1,034,819 (lousy tram)
1974 1,015,378 (Cubs "rebuilding" - finish last)
1973 1,351,705
1972 1,299,163 (Durocher Cubs)
1971 1,653,007 (Durocher Cubs)
1970 1,642,705 (Durocher Cubs)
1969 1,674,993 (Duricher Cubs)
1968 1,043,409 (Durocher Cubs)
1967 977,226 (Cubs contender for first time since 1945)
1966 635,891
1965 641,361
1964 751,647
1963 979,551 (Cubs over .500 1st time since 1953)
1962 609,802
1961 673,057
Couldn't disagree more with
Couldn't disagree more with your ASSessment of the tribute paid to Harry Caray.
I am happy that Bank will be getting a statue, although I wish Jesse Jackson would take his race-baiting act elsewhere, preferably sowwhere the sun dont shine.
Where was Jackson in February when Ron Santo was again inexplicably and unjustifiably denied entrance into the Hall of Fame?
My thought is Ronnie's skin simply doesn't have enough melanin in it to merit Jackson's attention.
*NO: That's just absurd.
*NO: That's just absurd. People do not come out to Wrigley Field or stay home because of the TV and radio announcers.*
Then you proceed to dump a bunch of numbers that basically proves my point. The Cubs in the 80s had twice as many in the seats as the "good" Cubs teams under Durocher for crying out loud.
Harry got national exposure even when the team stunk, even if it was someone making fun of him. The man had a best-selling autobiography. Hell, Steve Stone wrote a book about Harry and it sold well. Who else associated with the Cubs from 83-98 was that popular? Grace? Sandberg? Not even close.
NO: As I said, attendance at
NO: As I said, attendance at Wrigley Field has followed the general increase in attendance for MLB in general over the years, but where there have been spikes, they have corresponded with the Cubs having a contending team.
BTW, the main point here is
BTW, the main point here is that IF you have to build a statue of somebody outside a ball park, make it a BASEBALL PLAYER (like Ernie Banks), not a freakin' Radio-TV announcer.
Da Kronikal hits the nail on
Da Kronikal hits the nail on the head. Jackson and Sharpton are race baiting losers drunk with their own power after the Imus Incedent. Most people are too PC (without even realizing it?) to admit it.
*attendance at Wrigley Field
*attendance at Wrigley Field has followed the general increase in attendance for MLB in general over the years*
Huh. I guess all those empty seats I see everywhere are just people who bought, say, Pirates tickets, but were too lazy to show up.
* but where there have been spikes, they have corresponded with the Cubs having a contending team. *
The Cubs have been near or above the 2 million mark for what, 2 decades in a row, bar strike years?
They have been a "contending" team how many of those years?
NO: So you honestly
NO: So you honestly seriously believe Harry Caray is responsible for increases in Cubs attendance starting in 1984? You must be either really gullible or retarded (probably both).
The Harry Caray propaganda troller snagged you and reeled you right in, didn't it?
Yes, it sure is amazing how Harry Caray--who was (and remains) quite dead--could have caused the spike in attendance from 1997 to 1998 that remains at an even higher level today.
With the Cubs drawing an all-time record 3.1 million-plus each of the last three seasons (the last two of which were losing seasons), you must think Len Kasper and Bob Brenly are even bigger and better than Harry Caray. What other explanation is there for maintaining the all-time record single-season attendance through two losing seasons? It's GOT to be Len Kasper and Bob Brenly. Let's build them a freakin' statue, too. Put it right next to Harry's.
Ohh, I've never seen Phil so
Ohh, I've never seen Phil so upset before.
You are obviously joking about Len&Bob statues, but I could see a Steve Stone version (as well as him being back in the booth)!
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Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
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She hasn't even started packing. Nor has a cent been paid, and nor will it be paid by me. I plan to move on Friday or Saturday.
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The Department of American Culture and Literature at Bahcesehir University is pleased to announce a call for papers for Facing the Past/ Facing the Future: History, Memory, Literature, a conference on memory, history and literature.
Place: Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: May 6-9, 2009.
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of evaluating history, memory, literature, and culture on the same ground. A rapidly growing interest in memory studies is shared today by different academic disciplines. French sociologist and master of memory studies Maurice Halbwachs writes that "remembrance is paramount." Many scholars from different academic fields examine the past and memory in order to analyze current politics, ideologies, and identities. The most popular sources for looking at the past are documentaries, historical novels, fictional biographies, fiction, fine arts, and museums. Literary, cultural, intellectual, and political studies of history are highly interested in individual, collective, national, and cultural memories and how we come to terms with history and society.
This conference will discuss how practices of representing and interpreting the past are being reshaped by different disciplines. Opting for an academic view of the creation, transmission, causes, and consequences of memory, it focuses on the ways in which memories recur and are applied in the discourses and practices of various academic disciplines.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to participate: literary and historical studies, women and gender studies, museum studies, media and cultural studies, political sciences, philosophy, sociology, geography, and history. Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially welcome since all of these topics in themselves cover several disciplines: history, literary studies, linguistics, psychology, political sciences, cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology.
The conference aims to develop into a unique international academic forum the interpretative approaches used in the humanities and social sciences and is designed to be a forum for discussing literal, historical, and political memory and the ways in which the past is remembered and forgotten.
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• Space, environment, landscape, and memory
• Ideologies and memory (religion and politics)
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• Race and memory
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• Museum as an artifact of memory
• Diaspora and memory as placement and displacement
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• Origin, text, memory
• History, literature and memory of gender
• Poetics of remembrance and forgetting
• Studies that address the development of consciousness in literary texts
• Memory and metaphor in the literary works
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• Identity, culture, and memory
• Migration, ethnicity, and memory
• Iconography, cult, heroism, and memory
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Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2009
Paper acceptance notification: March 1, 2009
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Vyacheslav Glazkov (12-0, 9 KOs), a 6'3'' heavyweight from Ukraine, has something to prove. He is 27-years-old and fighting in paid ranks for well over three years. A win over slow and slowly aging Russian Denis Bakhtov (33-5) is the only victory of note for him. For someone that's not a bad achievement but for Beijing Olympics super heavyweight bronze medalist and an amateur standout this isn't enough. His second true test will come this Saturday, when Glazkov fights a well-known German gatekeeper Konstantin Airich (23-6-2, 17 KOs) in a fight for a vacant WBC Baltic Silver heavyweight crown. Glazkov spoke about this fight in his interview with Allboxing.ru.
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i got the williams fight in my danny williams collection but he has never had that great of punch resistance. my opinion of A+ power is old mike tyson, maskaev, rahman, lewis, corrie sanders, wladimir klitschko, george foreman. these heavyweights…Comment by D-MiZe on 09-05-2012
[QUOTE=Mikhnienko;12480405]This is back in 2008 from when they fought. He's the one in the ring with them so i'll take his word.[/QUOTE] Williams has been in a bad state since that time. Not here to argue the point but with…Comment by Mikhnienko on 09-05-2012
[QUOTE=D-MiZe;12480365]Williams is obviously in such a poor state, a slap from a feather would wobble him. I wouldn't take much notice of that comment.[/QUOTE] This is back in 2008 from when they fought. He's the one in the ring with…Comment by Freedom. on 09-05-2012
Comment by D-MiZe on 09-05-2012
Williams is obviously in such a poor state, a slap from a feather would wobble him. I wouldn't take much notice of that comment.Post a Comment - View More User Comments (9)


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WTF I hate Aoki
I respect his skills but I dont like him.. I dont like how the japanese refs always favor his lil rubber band ass and cater to his lil needs... Refs in japan always favor japanese fighters but the way they baby Aoki is crazy to say the least..
What I do like alot about Aoki is the facial impressions the man has when he loses and hes being punched in his face.. Its epic.. Hes has got to be one of the ugliest mofo in all of mma . Hes right up there with the dean of mean..
I jus wanted to get that off my chest.
My post was edited by SpoKen to cut down on offensive language.
Racial Slures
Watch your language dude! I'm a quarter Japanese and frankly I'm offended not by the insults of Aoki, but by just using the word "Jap"! This isn't World War 2 so grow up DUDE!
I don't think he meant it that way...looks like he was abbreviating Japanese, but you are right it is a racial slur so lets all be nice. Don't let things get out of control here please. :thumbsup:
argh... might have been a worthwhile thread if not for kicking it off with a racial slur :(
I didnt get a good look at the groin kick, but the way he hesitated before he fell after the head kick made it seem like he was over selling the shit outta the whole situation. I cant stand Aoki either. I think he is one of the most overrated fighters on the planet. I would like to see him fight some of the top lightweights from the UFC. I wouldnt give him a snowballs chance in hell of beating BJ, Florian, Maynard, Edgar, Griffin, Huerta, Sanchez, or Guida. I feel like a lot of the lightweights in Japan are overrated because they fight lesser competition. Just my two cents.
Check this video arounf 48 sec,
clearly shows that he gets kicket in the groin:
Yeah same goes for when Herb Dean is reffing a match with Rashad or Rampage in it! I'm SICK OF IT!!111333!!!
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