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A very good question.
My first thought is, it's not nearly as difficult to come up with an answer as one might think. In fact, a better question is, what do you want to see from this team after both contracts expire?
Both men are being paid a significant amount of money to produce a product. In Jordan's case, he's shouldering more responsility.
Without Brand, we will see Jordan given more freedom to control his style of lineups and play. Is that better for the team? No. This roster has already shown an inability to adapt to his style and execute it successfully. We will see developed youth incapable of defending and most likely more psychologically damaged in the following two years. I can only imagine the long-term effects that will have on this team for years to come. So in short, Mr. Jordan is not holding up his end of the bargain. In fact, he's producing a negative result.
Keeping Brand will put this team in financial restrictions for years, however, Brand has a few things going for him:
- he's not worth the money he's being paid, but he's still a capable starter.
- he's a professional willing to play on the bench if needed and would never psychologically affect this team.
- at the end of his term, he could be a valuable expiring contract. Obviously, we can't say the same for Jordan.
So in the long run, I think this team has a brighter future if they get rid of the guy with negative production.
Bye bye Mr. Jordan.
Hey Brian,
I'm betting that Clipper fans can relate to the plight of Sixer fans. The Clippers went through a similar predicament of having an incompetent coach in Mike Dunleavy, but in their case the problem was that their owner Donald Sterling was too cheap to fire Dunleavy. In the Sixers case the problem seems to be that Ed Stefanski hired the wrong coach and now he doesn't want to hone up to his mistake which could possibly jeopardize his job.
Obviously the best solution would be to fire Eddie Jordan, since it's the more plausible solution to replace Jordan with a defensive coach like Tom Thibodeau rather than to trade Brand for what would most likely be bad contracts. (Sorry Brian, but i can delude myself with the fairy tale notion that the Sixers can miraculously trade Brand for expiring contracts--especially now that Isaiah Thomas is no longer a GM)
Okay, so Elton Brand has a bad contract that will only get worse; but Brand can still be an effective player on this team. You've proven many times with your statistical graphs, that this team plays better with Elton Brand. I'm wondering why this team couldn't use Brand as he gets older, as the first big off the bench to backup both PF/C ala a more productive Brian Skinner.
What's really frustrating is that there are a lot of teams that would kill for a trio of big men like Dalembert/Brand/Speights, yet the genius that is Eddie Jordan doesn't know how to get production from them…
Jordan leaves...a million times over...Jordan leaves!
The one has a bad effect on this team, the other a good effect, see you Eddie.
EJ has got to go!
Jordan's only got 2 years left. He can help us get great draft picks.
In 2 years we could be left with (if we get rid of Brand):
- 20+ million in cap space
- a top 7 pick (this year), and 2 top 5 picks
- No Eddie Jordan (contract gone)
- Holiday (21), Young (23), Speights (24), Iguodala (28)
We're not contending in the next to years anyway. It would be infuriating, and I'd probably break 2 or 3 TV's over the course of that time, but that's what I'd probably say.
(In reality, they're not mutually exclusive, so this is really just asking us what is holding us back more. For as bad as Jordan is, he's just making a mediocre team bad. Brand's doing his part to prevent us from rising above mediocrity).
But do you see those young players being broken under Jordan? If after 3 years under Jordan's "tutelage" they have corruped instincts on offense and defese then you have to start over anyway.
But do you see those young players being broken under Jordan? If after 3 years under Jordan's "tutelage" they have corrupted instincts on offense and defense then you have to start over anyway.
For me, this is the crux of the matter: would Jordan do irreparable damage to the players who might be here if/when the team becomes good again? The one mitigating factor, I think, is that basketball is not rocket science, and bad habits can be "un-learned" in a hurry under the right coach. (See how Larry Brown does it wherever he goes.) The tragedy, though, would be putting two years and 160+ games onto the odometers of Iguodala, Thad, and Jrue while they play for a horrible coach (this is assuming that Thad wants to stay and gets extended). For that reason, my preference would be to get rid of Jordan before Brand.
Note, however, that I'm not like some on the blog who want a title or bust. I'd be happy with a competitive playoff team that has a legitimate shot to get into the 2nd round. I believe that with even an average coach (instead of a historically bad one), the Sixers with their current roster would have been that.
Note, however, that I'm not like some on the blog who want a title or bust. I'd be happy with a competitive playoff team that has a legitimate shot to get into the 2nd round. I believe that with even an average coach (instead of a historically bad one), the Sixers with their current roster would have been that.
And I don't get that.
The point of a team is to win, to build a team to win, to win all, to be the last team that finishes the season with a win in the playoffs...why would you say 'hey let's build a team that can't get out of the second round and be happy with that'?
So you're saying you're not happy with a team or its season unless it wins the championship? Makes for a lousy viewing experience doesn't it, with one title in the last 40+ years (or put another way, one title in my lifetime and probably yours too)?
I don't think any team builds for the 2nd round of the playoffs. The thinking is that any team that reaches that far has some chance to win it all (it may not be a large chance).
Given the choice, I would rather watch a team that is consistently good than a team that is horrendous but with a chance (not a guarantee) of being great.
Yes that's exactly what I said isn't it?
If my team seems to have a roster that's BUILDING towards contending for a championship (or at least a conference finals appearnace) then yes I'm happy, and if that means take a step back for a year cause your roster is a mess - that's fine...as long as there seems to be a plan in place that makes sense to me, that builds towards a contending for a title. You seem to indicate you'd be happy if the sixers had a mediocre roster that could get to the playoffs and make it to the second round every once in a while, though I think the current roster at its best won't be that, I think they'd consistently make the first round, but hardly, if ever, make it out of the first round.
In my opinioni, this roster, with this GM and this coach will NEVER contend for a conference championship appearance, and I doubt any coach could get them to a conference finals either, so why bother continuing down the path of mediocrity as Ed Stefanski seems to want.
The point is to BUILD TOWARDS WINNING - that's why at the beignning of the season I really didn't give a shit what the final record was cause it's irrelevant, player development (stunted by a dumb coach with a dumb system) is what matters, and sadly most of the players who need development are regressing.
so why bother continuing down the path of mediocrity as Ed Stefanski seems to want.
The point is to BUILD TOWARDS WINNING
I don't think anyone disagrees with your last statement, and I doubt Stefanski came into the season thinking the team was on a path to mediocrity. Let me ask -- coming into this season, other than hiring a different coach, what would you have done differently? What moves did Stefanski make or not make that communicated to you at the time that he wasn't building toward winning?
As to my own approach to following my teams, I always enter a season hoping for a title, then temper my expectations accordingly. At season's end, I ask: "Did the team play good ball? Did they make the playoffs? Were they competitive? Was I entertained?" If those answers are mostly "yes," then I choose to be satisfied by the season. For example, I thought 07-08 and 08-09 were "good" seasons. The alternative is to be constantly dissatisfied with your team, which I guess you have been with the Sixers since, what, 02-03?
The fact is, all serious sports fans commit and risk some amount of their personal happiness to events over which they have little or no control (the outcome of sporting events). Given that a relatively small percentage of fans will wind up following the winning team each year, there are three approaches that fans can take: (1) take greater control [few of us have the means to do that], (2) reduce the threshold for satisfaction, (3) demand excellence and be disappointed otherwise [with the vast majority of outcomes resulting in the latter]. I've chosen #2, you've chosen #3, though it should be noted that my threshold for satisfaction (2nd round of playoffs, possibly competitive in the 1st round) is not much different than yours (conf. finals, possibly competitive in the 2nd round).
Hiring Eie Joran seems like a mistake - it was the only major move stefanski was allowed to make...if i had better ownership i would have maybe offered andre miller 2 years instead of one so jrue holiday could learn with a real point guard (or at least almost real point guard on the roster)
The point is - it's not just the beginning of the season - it's the deadline as well- Stefanski looks at this roster and thinks its 'close' or why not commit to rebuilding - you've got 3 albatros contracts that you can't move - 2 of them can be moved for one expiring contract and a solid bench player who can shoot the tree better than most of your team...why don't you make that move - unless your delusional enough to think this roster as constructed (and with ownership spending restrictions) can contend for a title any time soon.
Like I said when I wrote - I couldn't give a dman about the overall record this season, I cared about player development - and a bad coach and player disinterest hasn't made that all that good either
To be clear, I'm not any happier with this season than you (it doesn't meet either of our thresholds for satisfaction), and I wouldn't have been terribly unhappy had the Sixers pulled the trigger on the Rockets deal -- though I was hoping Iguodala would go to a better team, for his sake (Suns, Cavs, Mavs).
But from the Sixers' point of view, I doubt they consider the Iguodala/Dalembert contracts as albatrosses. The ability to deal them for an expiring contract and young talent will be there for the next year, at least. And the contracts could only be albatrosses by definition if they are preventing the Sixers from using the money elsewhere to bring them closer to the "winning path," as you call it. But where would the money be spent? On a soon-to-be-30 Joe Johnson? In a sense, not making the trade prevents the Sixers from entering into another foolish long-term deal this summer. (Even with lots of cap space, the Sixers would have zero chance of landing Bosh, Wade, or LeBron.)
And if you're saying the trade should have been made from a tanking point of view, then it goes back to the question of being consistently good (which I think the Sixers could be with this roster and the right coach) vs. being horrible with a small chance at greatness. The thing is, and I ask this of all tanking advocates: would you as the decision-maker for a large corporation build a business strategy for the future based on improbable, chance occurrences?
Signing Joe Johnson with any money would be a complete and total BK - 'we're one piece away' move.
The sixers organization needs to accept the realization (in my mind) that it's not one piece away - it's so far away from contending - the nets have a better chance of buildng a winner in the future than the sixers do - they have more talent that can grown in my opinion, no burdensome contracts, and oh yeah, they just got a nw owner who won't be afraid to spend.
You don't go out and spend big money on a middle tier free agent if the majority of your assets aren't matured yet - i go back to the misfit toys theory -
This team won't ever really contend unless guys like Jrue, Thad, and Speights (yes speights) really mature faster than you'd expect so that Iguodalas prime isn't wasted (brand is a bench player now - he's no longer in his prime in my opinion - injuries have shortened his career - he's not useless but a staritng PF is really needed).
The point is - you can't rebuild until you have room to - and the sixers have no room to. You create cap room you just don't obtain players in free agency you can facilitate trades, obtain draft picks for helping other teams achieve salary flexibility if it's a 2 year deal since you're more than 2 years away anyway.
It's a complete philosophy change - cause sreiously - the fan base doesn't really care - if the sixers had 10 less wins this year i doubt the attendance would take a huge hit proportionally to how bad it already is - it's one of the worst in the league.
They want to replicate the aura of 2001 but htink it can be done quickly and I don't htink it can in todays nba
of course after 2011 - the whole damn thing might change
I don't think it's a tweak - i think there are core issues with the roster, the gm, and the ownership (I'm ignoring the coach because he's a putz and it's assumed that to ever really win he must be gone) - and core 'delusions' in the GM especially about the potential of this roster.
I don't mind a step backwards record wise if i believe the team is moving forward - i don't believe this team is moving forward this season
Yes. The Sixers are big picture broken. No stmall picture. They don't need a band-aids. They need re-incarnation.
"The thing is, and I ask this of all tanking advocates: would you as the decision-maker for a large corporation build a business strategy for the future based on improbable, chance occurrences?"
That's totally different. In business, if you have the 8th biggest market share of, say, tomato sauce in America, you're probably pretty happy with that. The point of selling tomato sauce isn't to crush all other sellers of tomato sauce. The point of playing a professional sport, however, is winning championships. Having a consistently pretty good team gets old fast. I don't know if you're a Phillies fan, but by the second or third time we missed the wild card by one game, I was getting pretty fed up with management's failure to spend enough money on pitching to actually go somewhere. Likewise, if you're a Suns fan I imagine you're royally pissed at ownership for never being willing to pay a draft pick. If they'd done so they probably would've made a Finals.
In business also, poorly run companies fail and are either swallowed up by better run companies or go bankrupt, employees who don't perform well can be fired and you aren't obligated to keep paying them forever, there's no CBA
And more importaly - in business there is not as limited a talent pool as in the NBA.
There's only one kobe, or one lebron, but in general business very few folk are unique or irrepalcable as much as we like to think of them that way.
General Business, finance, and economic rules do not apply to sports - they are unique and symbiotic and have their own rules, and yes they probably make too much money - but they make a lot of money because the teams make a lot of money and it's what the market bears...the standard rules of business and capitalism do not work for professional sports
That's totally different. In business, if you have the 8th biggest market share of, say, tomato sauce in America, you're probably pretty happy with that. The point of selling tomato sauce isn't to crush all other sellers of tomato sauce. The point of playing a professional sport, however, is winning championships.
Certainly, the economic model is different for professional sports team than for goods and products. However, I would venture that a large portion of owners (not all) would consider their franchises successful if they made money. It's not the best from a fan's point of view (think: Norman Braman), but I think a lot of owners consider primarily the bottom line in their decisions.
But, even if winning championships is part of the overall goal, it's not clear to me that intentionally bottoming out for a small chance at a great player is a viable strategy for an NBA team. For every Thunder or Cavs (neither of which have won a championship yet, by the way), there is a Blazers (won the lottery, picked the wrong guy) or Clippers or Bulls -- the latter two being teams that were bad for a long time in the 00's and never really got better.
Now certainly, you could argue that if the Sixers are going to be as bad as they are this year, they might as well be bad cheaply. But even for the teams that employ the tanking strategy, they need to make good decisions on which assets to keep should they ever get lucky in the future.
Didn't the Clippers sort of squander their young talent? I seem to recall an Odom/Brand/Richardson/Maggette team that could've been pretty good. The Bulls just kept picking the wrong guys. But we have Tony DiLeo so we shouldn't have that problem.
Somehow, I have a feeling that fans of the Thunder (who will almost assuredly NOT win an NBA title this year) are having a ROCKIN' good time this season - WITHOUT winning a championship.
Imagine that.
Amen, statman.
Fans who use "championship or bust" as the ONLY determinant of success or happiness are setting impossibly high standards. Do I want to win a title? Of course. But I'll also take a team with good players who play hard, coached by a guy with a clue, and a management that tries to do the right things.
Good post, bro.
"Note, however, that I'm not like some on the blog who want a title or bust. I'd be happy with a competitive playoff team that has a legitimate shot to get into the 2nd round. I believe that with even an average coach (instead of a historically bad one), the Sixers with their current roster would have been that."
I am also not title or bust. But I think you overrate the talent level on this roster.
Iguodala: top 30-50 NBA player
Brand: when health average NBA starting PF
Jrue: below average starting PG with upside
Young: Below average SF/PF tweener with upside
Speights: Above average offensive, horrible defensive PF
Sam: all told an average NBA starting center
Lou: average NBA Sixth man. Average back-up PG
Green: below average role player
Add to this the fact that the pieces don't fit well, and you have an average at best NBA team even with a good coach. Add Miller and you could be a bit above average, but Miller is gone.
Hence my 'absolute upside' idea :)
"Iguodala: top 30-50 NBA player"
Now I'm not the biggest Iguodala fan but what 29 players are better than he is? I'll give you LeBron, Wade, Paul, Kobe, Dirk, Melo, Bosh, Durant, Howard, Duncan, Nash, Deron Williams, Brandon Roy, maybe Evans on potential (that's 14)... and then I think you get to players like Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, Iguodala, Stoudemire.
That's fair. Probably 20-50 are pretty close and fluid. For example, (ignoring contract) for the next 4 years would you rather have Iguodala or Rose?
Here's an example of a ranking where Iguodala is #26. I think ESPN ranked him 37. IMO 20-50 are pretty close.
Yeah, I would say ranking Granger, Jefferson, Devin Harris, Pierce, Vince Carter, Parker, and Garnett over Iguodala is pretty offbase. Some of those choices (Granger, Harris, Garnett sadly, Carter) are more offbase than others.
I think of Slam Online as the 'eskin' of NBA writing - it's much more based on public opinion and perceived opinion than actual fact
Was not endorsing their ranking- and they have Iguodala higher than some others. Just wanted to find a top 50 list, and it was the first I came across.
I am also not title or bust. But I think you overrate the talent level on this roster.
I agree with most of your talent ratings, and then would ask what a similar listing for Charlotte or Milwaukee would look like. I believe the Sixers could be 10 games better with a better coach, meaning they would be competing for the #5 seed in the East. And I think we would be thinking a lot differently about the future of the franchise if they were.
Young: Below average SF/PF tweener with upside
By the way, this is the most disappointing part of this year for me. Thad was an above-average starting PF at the end of last year (at least in the Eastern Conference), but he's been mostly below-average this year, no matter what position.
I think if this team had been coached by LB, they win 45+ games and have a shot at the 2nd round...THIS season.
I would get rid of EFJ in a heartbeat. The damage that he would do to the players other than Brand over the next two years would be irreparable, IMO.
Jordan, in a very selfish way.
I'm not going to argue it is better for the team. I, personally, would just be happier if he was gone.
Yeah, gotta get rid of Jordan. Brand is overpaid, but not a bad player. He can definitely start on a 50 win team (in the East) with a decent coach at the helm. Jordan is one of the worst basketball coaches I've ever seen... no exaggeration. He's gotta be the one to go.
Ed S would mess it all up regardless. Probably take 5 more SFs in the draft.
This is a no win situation.
I don't think it's a difficult question. Jordan is preventing this team from being competitive, Brand is not. Brand is a good player, Jordan is a very bad coach. Brand tries to help, Jordan doesn't. There is reason to believe that Brand (30) will improve. Jordan has given us no reason to believe.
Here's what I think on the subject :)
Come on, Brian. With the right coach Elton could become an asset, used correctly. Until EJ is history, he is day by day destroying this team and young talent.
You are lying to yourself. He is now officially an injury liability.
As in, he's not reliable.
As in, he's not reliable.
Then he fits in perfectly on the sixers roster
Land of Misfit toys! YEAH!
Well... if given the opportunity I would tear this roster apart, but we have a rookie point guard who may amount to something, we may get a pretty good player in this year's draft and next year's, and I think it's dangerous for any player to spend the first years of his career under Eddie Jordan. Keeping Brand only locks us into mediocrity for a few years, keeping Jordan could spoil the future of our franchise for many years to come.
I'd much rather watch a team mired in mediocrity that played smart, tough basketball than see EJ squander an even more talented lineup with his coaching absurdities.
Either way (keeping Brand or Jordan) this team is toast for another 3 years. then they will need to start from scratch and build around a different nucleus.
The only way to accelerate the needed change is to go nuclear. Fire the Eds and try to somehow get rid of Brand's contract in the next 15 months. Then again, if their is a year lockout starting next summer the issue could be moot.
That's easy for me, get rid of braceface. A good coach could get this team at a top five team in the east playing great defense and running the break. Elton is not what he used to be and is grossly overpaid but he can still be a very good role player. Bring in a defensive coach and let him start jrue AI9 Thad Elton and Sammy and watch them flourish.
I would get rid of Eddie Jordan. but just to play devil's advocate....
IMO, the best opportunity to win is when you have a real gem of a player with a low salary. So....
1) IF we got rid of Brand in a pure salary dump and
2) IF Jrue turns into a star under his current $1.7mm contract
3) IF we let Sammy walk,
THEN, in 2001-2012, we have a total payroll of $30mm and a core of Iggy, Thad, and Jrue (with Lou Will, speghts, smith , meeks). thats a lot of money left to sign 2, maybe 3 really good players.
Projected the 2011/2012 cap and salary structure is na impossibility right now - no idea what the BRI number is going to be or if the recovery will be real...
You factoring in high first round picks in 2010 and 2011 into your salary calculations?
Or a contract extensions for thad?
I assume that we sign Qualifying Offers for thad and smith (not sure what this means but i assume it happens)... to answer your question, it does not include re-signing Thad. here are the numbers...
Iggy : $13.5
Lou: : $5.9
Thad : $4.0 (Qualifying offer)
speights: $2.7
Jrue: $1.7
Smith: $3.1 (Qualifying offer)
Meeks: $0.9
lets factor in 2 top 10 picks @ $2.5mm per season (salary for the #5 pick). the numbers would be $31.8 + $5.0. So, $36.8mm for the roster above plus 2 top-10 picks.
Players rarely sign their qualifying offers, they're usually either extended, sign elsewhere as a restricted free agent or they sign a one-year deal for more money w/ their team. David Lee and Nate Robinson are two guys who did that this season. Charlie Villaneuva and Ramon Sessions are two restricted free agents who left their team.
If you're going to keep Thad that summer, you're going to have to extend him. Otherwise, you're on the hook for a pretty sizable cap hold number, I think somewhere around $9M, Smith's would be in the $5M range.
What do you think market will be for Thad, its tough to say. For the purpose of this, Id let Smith walk and sign Thad for $7.1mm. that keeps our salary at $36.8mm.
but dont forget, a big assumption is that Jrue becomes a real star playing for Eddie Jordan ! LOL
$36.8M is reasonable, but there are other factors to consider.
1. What's the cap going to be? Could be lower than $50M. That doesn't leave you a whole lot of room. Maybe 1 player.
2. How much will a max contract be? $14M is probably enough for 1 max contract, but it's up in the air.
There's so much unknown about the summer of 2011 right now. It's tough to plan for that summer to be your big cap year. We could be locked out until 2012, though you really can't count on that either.
I don't know, I think I'd rather watch Brand drag ass up and down the court for two more seasons than watch Jordan destroy the assets on this roster, no matter how valuable those assets turn out to be.
yeah, definitely a lot of IFs if you go down the path I outlined. I just wanted to see if you can come with any argument for Jordan over Brand. Even jeffrey dahmer had an attorney


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I wrote about my new trainee Sae. She has proven to be hard working and reliable. She wakes up early to clean the geisha house and to sew the collars that we need to regularly change on our under kimonos. She attended kimono sewing school for a while so has actively taken on the role of sewing in my geisha house.
After three months she has learned a range of banquet drinking games, and is able to help at banquets. And now she is currently practicing her third serious dance piece which she learns from one of the most senior geisha in Tokyo. She has been attending drum lessons as well and can already perform the first song in the repertoire.
In the old days, young trainees came into geisha houses as early as four years old, as did my own geisha mother, and were supported fully by the geisha house. My own geisha mother was a distant relative of a distinguished Asakusa geisha, but of a poor branch of the family from northern Japan. At just four years old she was put on a train for distant Tokyo to start her training as a geisha.
Girls in the old days were contracted and could not leave their geisha houses until the debts incurred in the purchase of their kimono – and lesson fees and all the tools they needed to purchase to become geisha – were paid for. But that doesn't work so well these days when young girls come in at the earliest in their late teens, and who can leave at any time they want. And most geisha houses these days are not large establishments where there are scores of young geisha, and one runaway would not be missed, but are in houses, like mine, with one, two, or just a couple of trainees.
In the old days, geisha facing their debut and all the expenses associated with that very solemn ritual at the start of their geisha life, might have had a "danna", a sponsor who financed all the expenses of the debut, and who may or may not have had a romantic interest in the debuting geisha. Needless to say, the geisha world these days is dramatically different to former times and the burden of financing geisha debuts often falls upon the geisha house or on the geisha training and on her family.
In my own case, I trained in a very conservative district where it took a whole year of training before I could go to my first day of work, and I was in a staggering amount of debt when I debuted. I would arrive at the geisha house and my geisha mother would say "I just had a set of undergarments made for the day of your debut, and I have put $1000 on your debt account". As I was choking, she would fix me with a stern eye and say, "You do want to be a geisha, don't you? Not just any geisha, but an Asakusa geisha?" I had a very strong incentive and desire to become a geisha, but most girls these days, and their families, do not want to incur debt before they can even start work.
I have been lecturing part-time at university since I became a geisha which gives me a little extra income beyond and above my income as a geisha. When I first started teaching at university I used to joke that Keio University was my danna. But more seriously, most geisha cannot lecture at university as I did, and it takes a long time in training before a geisha can teach dance or music for extra income as many of the senior geisha do. And of course geisha trainees have no income like this in the crucial period before their debuts. One of the real problems of the geisha world today is that there is nothing to take the place of a sponsor to finance the early days of a geisha career when the expenses are enormous and there is not yet enough work coming in to pay for those expenses.
In the sumo world, many sumo wrestlers are sponsored by companies, and even appear on television commercials. But in the secretive geisha world that has not happened.
One of my dreams is to have a company sponsor one of my trainees, paying for her financial support in the first year before they are able to properly support themselves. Such a sponsor would pay a certain amount of money each month in support, and perhaps could even be paid back in banquet attendances after the young geisha gets through her first year, for example. If there are any companies out there reading this, do keep this in mind!
But perhaps there are also other ways to do things in the digital age.
A girl recently wrote to me on the net asking if she could be of help to my geisha house. I am deeply grateful to even be asked this. It is so nice to know that people are interested in geisha and what I am doing and in helping to protect geisha culture.
I wonder if some of the fans of forums about geisha might not be able to collectively sponsor the training of a young geisha. In return she could write a blog, update them about her daily life, or post photos. Or even meet them if they travelled to Japan.
In my career as a geisha, I have tried many new things – initially always with the permission of my geisha mother and the geisha office – aimed at trying to ensure that geisha culture survives the modern era. But I have not yet solved the dilemma of how to help young geisha through the crucial first year of training.
It will take another six or nine months for Sae to become competent enough to be more than a trainee at banquets attended by older geisha from whom she must learn.
How wonderful it would be if we could find new sources of support for new geisha – like a group of geisha supporters around the world, connected by the internet – helping to sponsor a young girl and help her on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a geisha.
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Every tourist equates Japan with geisha. But most are hazy about where geisha actually are. They might know Kyoto has geisha, but many don't know that Tokyo does too.
Actually there are probably 30 or 40 geisha districts still in Japan, generally defined as being a place where there is a geisha office (kenban) coordinating the activities of a number of individual geisha houses.
Kyoto has five districts, Tokyo has six official districts and a scattering of places where there are individual geisha houses. But throughout Japan there are districts from Niigata to Nagasaki.
People generally think of Kyoto geisha as most traditional because Kyoto itself is old. But that doesn't make a lot of sense if you consider that geisha, in their current form, have only been around for around 400 years. From that perspective Kyoto geisha and Tokyo geisha are equally old.
There are many reasons to have a geisha district. Often they sprang up around shrines because of the number of tourists coming to visit. "Pray, pay and play" was the traditional form of tourism. Kamishichiken (seven tea-houses) district in Kyoto got its start from its seven tea-houses near to a shrine. Asakusa's geisha district has survived because of its proximity to the Asakusa Kannon temple, one of Tokyo's most popular tourist sights. Other districts are near a castle, like Nagoya or Morioka. These are generally high class districts because of their high class clientele and because their clientele were living nearby permanently. Other districts were near hot springs, another type of domestic tourism. But these were generally lower class in the old days because their clientele were short-term and temporary.
Yet other districts emerged along the main roads of Japan at the posting inns where customers would stay overnight. In many of the 52 stops on the road from Tokyo to Kyoto there was a geisha district, usually also lower class because of the transient nature of the clientele. My geisha mothers used to say whenever I was not up to scratch that I was no better than a Shinagawa geisha! Thinking of all the high rise office buildings in Shinagawa today it is hard to imagine a geisha district there, or to recall that Shinagawa was the first stop on the road to Kyoto from Tokyo. Shinagawa no longer exists as a geisha district and Oi Kaigan, which follows it, has now lost its geisha office. The next stops on the old Tokyo-Kyoto road, Yugawara, Atami, and Hakone, also have rather lower standards than town districts. The geisha mostly work without being in the white makeup and traditional attire of geisha, and some of their geisha houses send out both geisha and "companions" (kimono-dressed hostesses without any of the skills of geisha), sometimes even interchangeably, something absolutely unthinkable for high class districts that have very rigid rules about what a geisha is and does.
Another key reason for a geisha district to exist is because it was the center of a certain industry. Fukagawa, on Tokyo Bay, was the centre for the lumber industry, and as lumber began to be transported by truck instead of by boat, the businesses on the waterfront declined and the geisha disappeared.
I was lucky to win the Endeavour scholarship from the Australian Government shortly after I became a geisha. The Australian Government funded my research on geisha, and this allowed me to travel to practically every geisha district in Japan, visiting the geisha offices and meeting geisha and tea-house owners, and building relationships with geisha all over the country.
Later I was invited back to many of these districts for banquets to perform with the local geisha, or I was able to invite geisha to visit Tokyo and attend banquets with my customers. Most geisha only usually appear at banquets with geisha from their own districts. And most geisha think that whatever happens in their own district is the norm for geisha everywhere. Few geisha have a wide overview of geisha all over Japan and are able to see their own district objectively. Thanks to the Australian Government support I have been really fortunate to be able to see and work with geisha from many districts around Japan and to continue those relationships. And more than anything get some real insight into different ways of doing things, and which districts are more successful.
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The average banquet is a leisurely two hour dinner at a traditional Japanese tea-house. Cuisine is usually fresh seasonal ingredients, with a lot of fish, but there are some wonderful vegetarian options, and meat can be prepared on request.
Tea-houses are usually exquisite traditional buildings often with little gardens, and every corner of the tea-house is beautiful.
Customers usually arrive first and order drinks, and then the geisha make their entrance all together.
The price for a banquet depends on the ratio of customers to geisha. One customer and ten geisha would be very expensive indeed, but ten customers and one geisha would be very affordable. Usually it would be best to have at least a minimum of one geisha for every five or so guests. I always ask my customers to tell me their numbers and the maximum budget they want to pay per person and I give them some options within their budget. I try not to turn anyone away. Sometimes there are ways to make banquets work even for smaller budgets.
Halfway through the meal the geisha do a performance, usually around half an hour long, with a variety of instruments: shamisen and singing, drum, and flute, and the geisha dance. The music is always different to match the season.
And then if the customers would like to, we play traditional drinking games.
The banquet I am organizing now is an overseas client who comes to Japan every year for his birthday with different friends and family each time. I still need to get a birthday present, and organize a birthday cake. And I have arranged tickets for him for the annual geisha dances in one of Kyoto's geisha districts, a lovely opportunity to enjoy a geisha performance on the big stage.
I often say that coming to a banquet is to experience the best of Japanese architecture in the beautiful tea-houses, the best of Japanese cuisine, and sake, the best of Japanese painting in the art on the walls, and pottery, and flower arrangement in the decorations. One can see the loveliness of the geisha kimonos, and the artisanship in our accessories. And experience Japanese music, and of course, dance. There is really nowhere else that one can get such a total Japanese cultural experience at one time in one place.
Now with internet, one can find banquets advertised, but some caution is needed. Much of what is advertised are not real banquets…geisha prices don't alter so how do they do it? Sometimes restaurants hire one maiko to go around every room in the restaurant spending only 10 or 15 minutes in each room. Other times customers are all together, 30 or 40 of them, in one large room. There is even one company advertising as geisha girls who have never trained as geisha at all!
But the internet has made other things easier. Traditionally first-timers were not welcome at tea-houses. But now if foreign customers book with me online I become the introducer and the tea-houses will accept even first-timers.
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In my geisha house I will be taking a new hangyoku (maiko) trainee in this month. What kind of girls become geisha trainees in this day and age? Usually they are girls who are attracted by the Japanese arts: girls who like kimono and who would like to learn Japanese dance. But recently I get applicants who have lived or travelled overseas and found themselves unable to answer questions about Japan, and who then start to realise that they have little understanding of their own country's traditional culture.
I would like my trainees to know some English or at least be interested in learning, and who want to perform overseas. There is increasing interest in geisha by foreign tourists and I am very keen to introduce geisha culture abroad. All of my five trainees to date have been able to travel overseas to perform at least once. We have been invited by a customer to perform in Russia next May, so I am hoping my new trainees will be performing in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
I also get applications from girls all over the world from the US to Africa: girls who have been brought up on anime and who are obsessed with the idea of becoming a geisha. I would not discriminate on the basis of the color of a girl's skin, but the simple fact is that being a geisha is a "talking" job. Geisha must be charming, amusing, very good at listening and able to anticipate their customers every want: they must be absolutely fluent in Japanese or it would not work. After me, there have been several foreigners who tried being a geisha in the countryside where just being able to meet a foreigner is already a novelty for the local customers. All of them were married, and thus none of them could have worked as geisha in Tokyo where the rules are very much stricter. And, except for in Yugawara, they have now all quit. In the eight official geisha districts of Tokyo (those with geisha offices), where the customers are much more sophisticated, no foreigner has debuted. So it is not so easy to become a geisha in Tokyo.
My two new geisha prospects this month are both excellent candidates. One is a girl in her late twenties who has had an international career in the arts between Tokyo and New York and who wants to experience a more Japanese lifestyle. And the second is a 20 year old girl who went to school to learn to sew kimono, and who now wants to experience Japanese dance.
New trainees must concentrate on Japanese dance first and foremost. My trainees will learn directly from one of the most senior geisha in Tokyo, and also from an official dance school master. They must be able to perform several dances perfectly before they can attend banquets. They will also learn drum, some tea ceremony, and shamisen. And they will be in kimono all day every day for their lessons as they must learn to move gracefully in kimono; an art in itself. It will be a very busy 3 months in the autumn learning their first dances, and then they will be experiencing banquets for another few months as trainees. As my geisha house is independent I work together with geisha from every district in Tokyo, and my trainees have a great opportunity to work alongside a range of different geisha.
Young geisha in Tokyo wear furisode long-sleeved kimonos, but they have deep tucks sewn into the shoulders and sleeves to symbolise childhood. Kimonos need to be re-sewn for my new trainee hangyoku (maiko). And we will be busy collecting all the personal items that they must acquire to be able to start work: name cards with her geisha name (my girls all have names including the character "sa" from Sayuki), hand towels with her new geisha name to distribute to customers and her older sisters, bags and sandals, accessories and hair ornaments.
I remember my own debut, in Asakusa, in December, 2007. I had to walk, as the first white geisha to ever debut in Japan, fully made-up and dressed in a million-yen antique kimono of my geisha mother, with the hakoya-san "bag carrier" of the geisha office, through all the crowded streets of Asakusa to deliver my hand towels to all the people I would be obliged to in the future: customers, older geisha sisters, owners of the shops that carry geisha goods. It was terrifying. But in the end it is the customers who came forth to encourage and support me that made it all worthwhile.
Customers these days are changing. There are less and less of those that are very familiar with the geisha world, and increasing numbers of first-timers and foreigners. I do hope that my new girls experience the same encouragement and support from this new generation of customers.
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There are all kinds of misconceptions about what a geisha is and what she does. Geisha are traditional entertainers. "Gei" means "art" in Japanese and literally means "person of art". We are dancers and musicians, much like opera singers or ballet dancers. Geisha also perform on the big stage. Usually each district has a large performance once a year: a big production featuring different music and dance each time and coordinated with the help of all the music and dance teachers that teach the geisha.
But most geisha entertainment is private. We go to tea-houses where customers have dinner, and sit with the customers during their meal, performing for just half an hour or so halfway through the dinner.
If you think about it, in the days of Bach or Mozart, they didn't sit around in a garret composing music as they pleased, and they didn't live on social welfare either. They had to perform their music and usually they did so at the houses of nobles. In other words it was a kind of private entertainment. And one assumes they must have had some social skills as well or they would not have been invited back.
For whatever reason, this kind of private entertainment turned into large scale public entertainment in the West. But in the geisha world, geisha entertainment has always remained mostly private.
And apart from banquets we accompany our customers in all kinds of ways. Geisha sometimes dance at weddings while the bride is changing, or even attend funerals to help because geisha can be relied on to be discreet and well mannered with guests.
Often geisha are invited on mass to the first day of the sumo wrestling tournaments, or the first day of the kabuki traditional theater. Or even to the opening of new department stores or businesses.
Last week I had a banquet on Friday night in Tokyo with overseas customers and then travelled to Kyoto to attend the Gion Higashi geisha district's annual dances on Sunday. A customer of mine arranges tickets for me for these dances each year. The geisha in Gion Higashi entertain his Kyoto clients when he is in Kyoto, and he supports them by buying tickets each year to their performance. These kind of long-term reciprocal favors are the very basis of the geisha world.
Of course, tourists always want to know about how far geisha will or won't go.
Geisha traditionally would stop being a geisha if they got married, so all geisha are single are hence available, something that adds greatly to the romance of the geisha world from the customer's point of view.
It is very possible that a geisha might fall in love with a customer, and of course, geisha encourage that hope.
But like any professional, a geisha's romantic relationships are entirely her own business.
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Sayuki was invited to visit Greece.
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I was invited by a customer to fly to Brazil to attend the Carnaval festival with the Viradouro team. It was fascinating to have a rest from Japanese traditional music and have to learn a new song (in Portugese) and watch the dancers preparing.
The Carnaval is a wonderful experience!
Unfortunately Delta Airlines lost my bags and my costume on the way there. They promised to pay $50 per piece per day lost, and for replacement expenses for the costume they lost. Although I put in receipts so far they haven't paid anything. The worse part of it was having to watch Delta Airlines ads about how great they are all the way back to Tokyo! In short, DON'T TRUST DELTA AIRLINES – they are CROOKS!
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Sayuki has been writing a new blog on wattention.com.
For now she has written two articles. One of them is All about geisha banquets and Life inside the Flower and Willow World.
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Flo Rida Is A Fan of Reality TV — Just Not Being On It (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
"I'm not a big fan of myself being on reality TV, but it is definitely interesting," he told Celebuzz at last week's "Hey Jasmin Experience" fan appreciation concert in Miami.
Why is the rapper avoiding the popular TV genre?
It may have to do with his current success in the music biz. Most other music notables who have appeared on reality shows — including Flavor Fla, Bret Michaels, Ray J and Da Brat – did so only when their string of hit records had ended.
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Question: I have a connecting flight from Barcelona to Mumbai via Paris. There is only one hour and five minutes between the flights. As there is a possibility of missing the flight, what should I do? What are the flight changing charges if I want to change my flight of Barcelona to Paris? I am traveling on Air France.
Answer: There isn't an across-the-board rule when it comes to minimum connection times. Unfortunately, the lack of a standard rule can make it tricky to know in advance if you'll have adequate time to make your connecting flight.
According to a spokesman from American, "Minimum connections vary considerably based on the market, the airport, whether there are one or two airlines involved, and how many different terminals, if any, are involved in the connection."
A spokeswoman from Continental assured me, "The connections that are displayed when booking reservations on our website meet our criteria for minimum connect times." Although a layover might meet the legal minimum connection time, it still may not leave you enough time to actually make that connection in reality, as in your case, M.D.
You can estimate the amount of time you'll need based on the circumstances of your trip, however. For domestic-to-international itineraries on the same airline, you won't need more time that you would need for a domestic-to-domestic connection, so an hour or so should be sufficient. (Example: Chicago-New York-Paris on American wouldn't require more time than Chicago-New York-Miami on American.)
But, if you reverse the former itinerary—Paris-New York-Chicago—you'll need much more time to make your connecting flight back to Chicago. When returning to the U.S., you'll have to clear immigration and customs, claim and re-check your bags, and go through security before you arrive at your next departure gate. For international connections like these, you'll want at least an hour and a half to two hours, if not more.
If you're making an international connection on two different airlines, you'll need even more time. For instance, if you fly on American from New York City to London, and connect on a British Airways flight to Mumbai, you'll have to consider whether you'll have to switch terminals and the time it will take to pass through security. In these cases, an hour and a half is the absolute minimum.
As a rule of thumb, try to book a flight that has at least a 90-minute to two-hour connection time, if not more, and don't rely on your airline's reservations system to ensure you have enough time. When booking, consider whether you're connecting at a large or especially busy airport, and if you are, plan a longer connection. If you're traveling on several different airlines, leave yourself even more time. Personally, I'd rather grab a snack or read a book while I wait for my next flight instead of worrying that I'll miss my connection.
In your situation, M.D., you're in a bit of a bind. Sixty-five minutes is a tight connection for the itinerary you mention, but if you want to switch flights, you'll likely have to pay a change fee. You could try contacting Air France to see what it suggests, but keep in mind that you might have to pay to rearrange your flight.
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P&O welcomed Moorfield to Burrows Lane on Saturday knowing only a win would keep them in the title hunt, following last week's disappointing defeat against Dalton.
Skipper for the day Kenny Highdale won the toss on a cold, windy day and elected to bowl first.
That decision paid dividend as some tight bowling from the openers Dean Fairclough and Lawrence Mason, reduced Moorfield to 38-4 after 12 overs, with some risky shots from the Moorfield batsmen not paying off.
At this stage P&O were well on top and looked like they could bowl Moorfield out for less than 100, however the 2 batsmen in were determined to not give their wicket away and bat for as long as possible. The next 25 overs brought 98 runs before Paul Dagnall, coming into the side today trapped Stephen Dean for a well made 69, with the score at 134-5.
From then, P&O seemed to bowl with the same accuracy as they had done at the start of the innings, and managed to take the remaining wickets for only 15 runs, with Gareth Halliwell last man out for 32, stumped by stand in keeper Shaun Haigh.
Moorfield set P&O a target of 150, with Dean Fairclough (4-41) and Paul Dagnall (3-22) the pick of the bowlers.
P&O started their innings badly, with Steve Danson hitting one of his trademark cut shots straight to the point fielder for a solitary run, with the score at 3-1.
This brought Shaun Haigh to the crease, promoted up the order by the captain with the instruction to bat through.
Haigh and Mark Viggars then proceeded to take the attack to the Moorfield bowlers, with some excellent running between the wickets the highlight of their partnership until Viggars got a leading edge off Mark Corbett and returned a catch to depart for 21 and the score at 76-2.
Haigh brought up his 50 soon after he was joined by Highdale, and then started to unleash some of the attacking shots, a straight 6 over the bowlers head the highlight, as he accelerated towards a hundred, with Highdale happy to play the supporting role until his dismissal.
Haigh was able to bring up his hundred and see the game home with Vibhor Jain (6 not out), finishing on 113 not out and P&O taking the 20 points.
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Yesterday couldn't have been more different for Bank of America ( BAC) -- shares of the $112 billion banking stock rallied 5.66% in yesterday's session, adding onto the enormous gains that this stock has churned out since the start of the year. Bank of America has more than doubled since the first trading day in January. Now, shares could be headed for higher ground still... We last looked at BofA a month ago, when the ascending triangle pattern in shares was just setting up. At that point, I said that a move above $10 was where you'd want to be a buyer -- well, yesterday's price action certainly showed why. At this point, late-to-the-game traders still have a shot at jumping onboard BofA, but I'd recommend waiting a little longer before trying to be a buyer. After such a large move, it's not uncommon for a stock to do a "throwback," falling back down to newfound support (at $10 in BAC's case) before continuing higher. I'd be looking for that to happen before buying this stock; then, I'd put a protective stop just under the 50-day moving average.


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Yeah, this will happen with average brain-dead FTP servers (IIS, for
instance). You'll need to get a decent third-party FTPd that allows you
to specify the IP address to use for passive transfers. You then plug
in the external IP you setup on the 1:1 in m0n0.
Oh, and that previous message wasn't to the list... ;) This one is
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Puckett [mailto:dpuckett at comresource dot com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:05 PM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] PASV FTP
I tried this with an extra public IP, but the FTP server is still
passing back its private address to the client.
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,2,21,78,49)
Chris Buechler wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:46:18 -0500, Danny Puckett
> <dpuckett at comresource dot com> wrote:
>>I have tried to get this to work using NAT 1:1 but I am not having any
> You'll need a spare public IP, assuming you have one and have that
setup ok.
>>Does 1:1 open all ports up?
> No. It only opens up what you allow to the destination of the private
> IP of the FTP server in rules on the WAN interface. i.e. if your FTP
> server is 192.168.1.2, you'd put a rule to allow source host/port
> any/any destination host 192.168.1.2 port 21 on the WAN interface to
> open 21.
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I've got swatches today of colors from Glamour Doll Eyes Halloween 2013 collection, as well as a few other colors I picked up. I also nabbed Pipsqueeak (from the LE Instagram Collection, since I adore her), Super Shadows (super hero inspired), Halo, and the Circus Collection. I purchased the Halloween set (Bella Donna, Hearse Ride, Funeral Parlor and Arsenic) as a collection, but it doesn't appear to be available any longer from the website. Typically you get 2 free eyeshadows with your order, though I seem to have missed that with my Halloween order.
Glamour Doll Eyes is cruelty free.
You can purchase Glamour Doll Eyes at their website.
L to R – belladonna – hearse ride – funeral parlor – arsenic – flawless
L to R – cotton candy – fiji mermaid – pipsqueeak – feline fatale
Bella Donna (Halloween)
turquoise with subtle purple undertones
light turquoise
Hearse Ride (Halloween)
greyish black with orange sheen and golden sparkle.
charcoal grey with copper iridescence and gold sparkles
Funeral Parlor (Halloween)
purple with red iridescence
Arsenic (Halloween)
vibrant orange with a golden green sparkle.
pumpkin orange. This made me think of the old movie, Arsenic and Old Lace
Cotton Candy (Circus)
light to medium blue with pink shimmers brings forth the playfulness of the spun sugar treat.
pretty sky blue with pink shimmer
Fiji Mermaid (Circus)
this greenish blue tells the story of a commonly used sideshow act. The Fiji Mermaid is alive and real with with green shimmer undertones, reminiscent of scales.
deep teal blue with green iridescence and shimmer
Pipsqueeak (LE Instagram)
matte magenta pink with purple undertones and violet pink sparkles
Feline Fatale (Super Hero Inspired)
bright purple with subtle black undertones
bright purple with blue shimmer
Flawless (Halo inspired)
Light beige/pink with subtle turquoise and gold shimmers.
light beige with pink tones and subtle blue sparkles
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Hearse Ride is a gorgeous grey and the shimmer in it makes it awesome. Funeral Parlor is a complex purple. Cotton Candy and Pipsqueeak are super happy colors. Love them! Feline Fatale is a great purple. I like.
What do you think of the Glamour Doll Eyes Halloween Collection? See any colors you like?


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Justin Timberlake Talks New Album, Wedding
He's been working hard on a new marriage and a new album, and Justin Timberlake is ready to explode back onto the pop music scene.
During his new interview with Ryan Seacrest, the "Cry Me A River" crooner talked about the balance necessary to plan a wedding and finish up his 20/20 Experience record.
"A lot of it was done before October…and I don't know how many of you are married or in a relationship, but I think the men can speak for me by saying that type of process you really just say 'Whatever you want, honey.'"
"Every photo, everything you saw from that event…I was riding shotgun. I said 'Whatever you want, honey,'" he added.
As for his new single "Suit & Tie," Timberlake gushed, "There aren't many R&B dance records on the radio…it seemed fresh to Tim [Timberland] and I and obviously Jay and we just felt like 'yeah let's put it out.' I love the record."
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The Reno-Sparks NAACP chapter has made history. The local chapter of the national organization recently appointed its first non-Black president in its 66 years of serving the Reno, Nevada, community.
Attorney Jeffrey Blanck, who succeeds Lonnie Feemster as president, was sworn in last week as the new chief. Blanck had previously served the organization as the second vice president. He has been practicing law for 27 years and his specialty is discrimination, education and civil rights law.
"I am proud that our leadership and membership reflect the rich diversity of our community and our country," Blanck said.
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CapitaLand actively promotes volunteerism in its people, in line with its credo of 'Building People. Building Communities.'. Its philanthropic arm, CapitaLand Hope Foundation, was established in 2005 to further CapitaLand's community development commitment of 'Building For Tomorrow'. CapitaLand Hope Foundation is a registered charity in Singapore.
Since 2005, CapitaLand Hope Foundation has donated over S$23 million to support programmes for the education, healthcare and shelter needs of underprivileged children in countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, benefitting more than 140 charities. It has also donated to build 25 CapitaLand Hope Schools in China and Vietnam.
As the first company in Singapore to formalise a three-day Volunteer Service Leave, Volunteer No Pay Leave and Volunteer Part-Time Work Arrangement, CapitaLand actively organised over 350 volunteer activities in 2014 to encourage staff volunteerism. Over 3,000 staff in CapitaLand properties volunteered more than 28,000 hours during workdays to participate in various volunteering activities in Asia and beyond, and reached out to more than 27,000 beneficiaries. The overall staff participation rate increased to 22.8% up from 17% in 2013. With over 28,000 hours or 3,000 days of Volunteer Service Leave taken, this translated to an estimated salary cost of over S$320,000.
Most recently, CapitaLand's year-long #100KHopeHours global volunteer initiative received overwhelming support from the community, garnering over 200,000 pledged volunteer hours surpassing its 2015 target ahead of schedule. This is more
than double the target of 100,000 pledged volunteer hours set by CapitaLand in March to mark its philanthropic arm CapitaLand Hope Foundation's 10th anniversary this year.
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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's head coach of women's soccer, Darren Ambrose, has announced the hiring of Emily Perrin to his staff as an assistant coach. Perrin replaces Kelly Keelan, who recently left to take an assistant coaching job at Georgetown University.
"We are really looking forward to Emily becoming an integral part of our staff," said Ambrose. "She comes from a high pedigree program at the University of Virginia, where she played a leadership role. She comes from a coaching family, which has prepared her for a career in the coaching ranks. She brings tremendous energy and work ethic to the table, and holds the same values upon which our program is built. She will be a terrific asset to Penn and the women's soccer program."
"I am beyond thrilled to be joining the Penn coaching staff," said Perrin. "I am excited to learn from Darren and fellow assistant Ken Masuhr, and work with the team to make this another successful season in the Ivy League and beyond!"
Perrin played a majority of her collegiate career at the University of Virginia, playing forward for the Cavaliers and serving as one of their captains in 2011 when UVA advanced to the NCAA College Cup quarterfinal round. The Cavs reached the NCAA third round in both 2009 and 2010, as well.
Perrin received the program's Coaches Award as a senior, and also was one of six UVA student-athletes to receive the ACC Top Six Community Service Award for dedicating the highest amount of community service hours. While at Virginia, Perrin was a member of the University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC); its Sexual Assault Peer Advocacy group; and the National Eating Disorders Council.
Perrin began her collegiate soccer career at the University of Vermont, leading the Catamounts in scoring as a freshman and earning a spot on the America East All-Rookie Team.
Since her graduation, Perrin has been a travel youth coach with the SOCA Youth program in Charlottesville, Va. She is also a coach with the Soccer Training Academy, providing individual and small group technical training as well as soccer-specific strength and conditioning training to elite youth players.
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|From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 25 15:09:32 EDT 2007
On 8/25/07, Matt Jadud <jadudm at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robby, > > On 8/23/07, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > I see. You might want to check out the way logging is done. Sounds > > close to what you need. > > > > Robby > > Searching the PLT source doesn't turn up anything insightful for > either "logger", "logging", or "log". Where should I look to learn > more about how logging in done? Its not documented (its not an external interface), but if you look for "logging" in plt/collects/drscheme/private/unit.ss you should find something. > In extending the DrScheme frame, I've started with the minimal tool > (ie. it says hello during the various phases); if I wanted to use an > existing tool as a model for what I'm about to do, would there be one > that was a better choice than others? Eg. Would reading the "Check > Syntax" tool be a good choice? Maybe. I would probably start with the docs, tho. If you can't find something, let me know -- I'll fix the docs and tell you where it should have been if it isn't there. Robby
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'You know you can't cheat death,' Death says to Dean during their meeting which is exclusively arranged by Crowley and Bobby.
A bone-chilling theme song "O Death" accompanies the preview of next week's "Supernatural" episode. Dean has a meeting with Death (guest star Julian Richings) to discuss Lucifer, and an unholy alliance is formed at a very high price for Dean. And this kind of expensive deal has nothing to do with money.
Crowley (guest star Mark Sheppard) tells Bobby he will give him the location of Death, the fourth horseman, in exchange for his soul. Knowing Sam and Dean need that fourth ring to stop the Apocalypse, Bobby reluctantly agrees.
Meanwhile, Sam and Dean confront Pestilence (guest star Matt Frewer), but he unleashes a deadly virus upon them, so Castiel must intervene on their behalf.
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important for maintaining biodiversity and community structure, is often
detrimental to the establishment of a commercial timber crop, either through
natural or artificial means. This study was established to assess the vegetation
changes resulting from the different harvesting intensities and to determine
how understorey plant communities respond to different levels of canopy
|A clearcut, two growing seasons after logging. This harvest system has created the most uniform and widespread change. The feathermosses are gone and aspen, birch and cottonwood are establishing quickly due to an increase in light availability and the warmer, more exposed soils.
|A 60% removal harvest unit two growing seasons after logging. This harvest system has created the greatest diversity in plant communities. Large gaps have vegetation similar to clearcuts but less vigourous, while small openings are more similar to the uncut forest.
|A 30% removal harvest unit two growing seasons after logging. This harvest system has created the least amount of change to the vegetation community. Most of the original plant community diversity remains intact with only minimal reduction in vigour.
|Five growing seasons after logging. Deciduous trees are well established and growing quickly. Shrub and herb layer is extensive and providing strong competition for light for conifer growth. Conifers that are able to get ahead of the competition grow fastest here.
|The same cutblock as above, five growing seasons after logging. Fireweed is well established. In the larger gaps, growth of deciduous trees and shrubs is quite rapid but typically slower than in the clearcut. Planted conifers are growing well and survival is excellent..
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A girl showed up at her sister's wedding, uninvited, and proceeded to pull the bride's hair out. I guess that's why she wasn't invited...
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The Snuggie with a realistic voice over.
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When Zombies hack construction signs...
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If Daulton and Jordan see this, Dad will have no choice but to get one.
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Jessica Simpson is a big, fat country singer. She probably should have stuck with the chicken of the sea.
Interesting Jamaican song01/26/09
Give it 35 seconds...
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There are guys like this who will fuck with your accounts if you forget to logout...
Some countries just do it better than we do. Canada has hockey. Mexico has pro-wrestling.01/22/09
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This is why we make fun of you, France. Check out the article to see pictures of the "vicious" dog.
Bailey is SUCH a good boy. AGAIN!!01/22/09
For the 18th consecutive year, Bailey is the best dog in the US. Gary is holding steady at #4 and LUCIAN has climbed to #8 (from #10 last year).
Some really needs to start stepping on those wussy Yorkshire Terriers...
British Researchers think the pleasures of Gay sex should be taught to 5-year olds01/21/09
Now I am all for sex education. I even think it should be ok to explain why some kids have two Dads or two Moms. But I am not quite with these researchers who think that children as young as 5 should be taught the pleasures of Gay sex. Quite frankly, the pleasures of ANY kind of sex should be a subject reserved for a "talk" many years later.
(Freaky category trumps Science on this one)
Sierra, if you want me to live longer, let me see 'em!01/21/09
Scientists have discovered that guys are healthier if they are allowed to ogle breasts for 10 minutes a day. I think this should be brought to HR's attention IMMEDIATELY!
Why our dogs are Catholic and not Presbyterian...01/21/09
Sierra and I had different religious upbringings but this exchange between a local Catholic bulletin board and a local Presbyterian bulletin board show why Bailey and Gary are good Catholic dogs. See the rest of the exchange.
Forget your first love if you want to have any meaningful relationships afterwards...01/19/09
Socioligists are saying that if you keep comparing all your loves to that first love, you will never have a good relationship. Sorry, Claire. I will have to forget you.
Cat Neo vs. Puppy Agent Smith01/19/09
Farewell to my boss01/19/09
I have found that the best way to measure the success of a Presidency is by the number of The Onion articles that were written about him during his tenure. Enjoy.
Oh, did you think that one pic of the Virgin Mary model was offensive?01/19/09
For me, a little boobage on Mary is bad taste but not offensive. But English speaking websites only seem to show that one "promo shot". I did a little snooping and found a BUNCH of Spanish articles that show what the OTHER models were doing. Oh yeah, that is a topless Virgin Mary in that pic above (I editted out the nipple, lest my ISP get mad). I guess those Chilean Catholic priests DID have good cause to get upset.
Here's a little taste.
Here's totally tasteless.
Kristina - care to translate any of this stuff?
Perhaps they should extend the texting ban BEYOND cars...01/18/09
Apparently, that's how they roll in India.
One of the greatest collections of random pics on the internet01/18/09
See more Random Wacky Pics.
What Women Want01/17/09
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Apparently there is a choking hazard with the Plush Uterus.
Workflow drawings that show the differences between men and women01/16/09
Sierra often looks at my work flowcharts and wonders why they are important. It is because they relay information in a easily understandable way. Take these flowcharts that show the differences between men and women's decision processes.
Behold Mary, Virgin Mother of Jesus01/16/09
The Chilean Catholics know how to keep boys interested in religion during their adolescent years. Of course, not everyone in Chile is happy about the latest image of the Virgin Mary.
The Original Star Wars Trilogy retold by someone who's only seen bits and pieces of it01/15/09
It's been a pretty busy couple of days so I haven't been posting. This should make up for it.
Japan introduces Android receptionist with 700 phrase vocabulary01/11/09
While Cherry 2000 is still a few years away, Japanese roboticists have been hard at work on robot receptionists that can speak 700 canned phrases. Let's have a contest guessing what the robot is saying. I'll start:
"Please wash your penis before we continue, Sayonara Son."
One of these things is not like the other01/11/09
5 reasons Megatron should have fired Starscream YEARS ago01/10/09
Starscream was literally the Terrel Owens of the Decepticons. Here are 5 perfect examples of times that Megatron should have gotten rid of him.
And since we're on the topic of how "fairness" and "equality" can be bad...Harrison Bergeron01/10/09
If you have a LOT of free time on your hands, I give you a Showtime Original Movie from 1995 called Harrison Bergeron. The story of a world where all men are not created equal, but it is the government's job to make them equal (by using devices to make smart people dumb). Of course it is based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut which can be read in a FAR shorter time here.
So you still haven't read Atlas Shrugged? Don't worry. You are living it, right now (and that isn't a good thing).01/10/09
Atlas Shrugged, written over 50 years ago, has been rated the second most influential book in a recent survey (beaten by only the Bible). But what is it REALLY about? It's about this shit we're going through right now: incompetant businesses getting rewarded with bailouts, redistribution of wealth in the name of fairness (why shouldn't people be able to own a house even if they can't pay for it?), and the disappearance of cunning, clever businessmen (who are the Carnegie's of today?).
Don't take my word for it, this is a Wall Street Journal article that says the same thing.
Paging Mr. Barky VonSchnauzer!01/08/09
Rush Limbark and Sir Lix-a-lot rounded out last year's most unusual dog and cat names.
About the New Years Eve Shooting in Oakland01/07/09
In case you haven't heard, a transit cop in Oakland, Johannes Mehserle, fatally shot a man, Oscar Grant, execution style while he was being restrained.
This view has a better perspective.
Did the cop mean to shoot this guy in the back? I don't think so. Although the second video shows the actual shooting clearer, the first video shows his immediate reaction. He looks completely surprised that he shot the guy. You hear all those people screaming in the videos? I am sure that the cops heard them too. No cop is crazy enough to execute a guy in front of whole bunch of witnesses.
My guess is that he thought he was shooting him with a taser for "resisting arrest." According to lots of other articles I have read on the internet, Johannes was threatening Oscar with his taser gun a little before the shooting but apparently put it away. It is possible that he mistakenly drew his gun thinking it was a taser gun (which begs the question: why are taser guns so similar to REAL guns?).
But there is something that SHOULD come out of this. Had there not been a TON of video cameras showing this, do we really think there would have been this kind of uproar? Is it be possible that the city would quietly pay off the family and the guy would be reassigned? Who knows. I think one thing is clear though. People should be ENCOURAGED to video tape cops during arrests. Because of their "authority," cops' accounts of situations will always be trusted and civilians will be suspect. The video is your tool to show the world the truth.
It should be a criminal offense for a cop to try to stop an innocent bystander from video taping an arrest from a safe distance(jackass videographers that get in the face of cops while they are doing their job deserve to lose their cameras and get arrested themselves).
Do you know anyone at UCLA that has been dating a girl in Ohio for 3 years?01/06/09
On some random message board, someone asked how to survive a long distance relationship. One of the respondents revealed that she was able to do it by cheating on her boyfriend of 3 years. But she made the mistake of revealing WAY too much information...
...and one of the readers took exception to her cheating. See the entire thread (the pic at the top is pretty NSFW). It is now on Digg.com and spreading fast.
Update: Digg.com removed the article for some reason. So someone else reposted it!
Update 2: Reddit has found it and is commenting.
Update 3: Youtube has it now.
Update 4: CollegeOTR, a site no one has ever heard of, has it now.
Why I eat what I want01/06/09
Hopefully I will die with a cheesesteak in my mouth rather than live the extra 20 years of my life like this. See more comics about how aging sucks.
An article that will make laid-back Gianmarc spit with rage01/06/09
I think this quote says it all:
Rather than making Guitar Hero guitars harder or more "realistic", surely the success of Guitar Hero means that the onus is now on the manufacturers of "real" guitars to make them easier (in other words, more like the ones in Guitar Hero).
I looked for sarcasm, and it isn't there. This article is endorsing the redesign of guitars to make them more easy to play.
10 Comics that will probably never be made into movies01/06/09
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Dumbass caught red handed stealing a TV. Immortalized on the Internet.
How to send Alex Trebek back where he belongs01/03/09
Life imitates art...
How to become a multi-millionare on < $200k salary?01/02/09
Isn't it odd that there are so many career politicians that are millionares? How is that possible when there are only like 4 people making over $200,000 a year in salary. Well Robert has an interesting idea called the "net-worth test (halfway down the page)." It was a method invented by the IRS to convict Al Capone of tax evasion. Basically, you have some IRS bean-counters evaluate how much it takes to afford your lifestyle and if you report less than that, BAM - your evading taxes.
How do you think our elected officials would fair if the net-worth test was applied to them annually?
He also has the idea of creating "credentials" for becoming an elected official (basically a test). I like it in theory but it sounds like an awfully slippery slope to prevent a lot of people from winning office.
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