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Bad Left Hook Pound-for-Pound Top 10 (Sept. 2022): Naoya Inoue and Oleksandr Usyk battle for top spot, plus Canelo, Crawford, Spence, more!
Two fighters separated from the pack, but what of the rest of our brand-new P4P top 10?
By Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John N. Hansen, Patrick L. Stumberg, and Lewis Watson Sep 1, 2022, 4:00am EDT
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Naoya Inoue tops the inaugural BLH P4P top 10
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In our last rankings update on Aug. 22 (next one on Sept. 5!), I ditched the men's pound-for-pound rankings. Longtime readers know it's not my favorite thing in the world, to put it lightly, and something that happened on the prior weekend's DAZN broadcast just hit me as a breaking point. I no longer wanted to contribute to this media madness.
But people do like the P4P lists, and I am a man of the people, kind of, when it suits me. One suggestion was getting the entire staff together for P4P. I thought this was a decent idea, floated it to the others, and now here we are.
We will do this monthly, at the top of the month. And all I'll say is, for those of you who used to soil your trousers at some of my rankings, buckle up.
Here we go. — Scott
Bad Left Hook Pound-For-Pound Top 10
The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson.
The total results for Sept. 2021:
And now, some thoughts from your esteemed panel.
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Scott Christ
(1) Oleksandr Usyk, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Terence Crawford, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Errol Spence Jr, (6) Canelo Alvarez, (7) Artur Beterbiev, (8) Shakur Stevenson, (9) Jermell Charlo, (10) Vasiliy Lomachenko
Again, I've made my own thoughts on this stuff clear enough for long enough now. So I'm gonna mostly cede my time at the virtual podium to the other fellas to intro you to their thoughts and ideas. In future months, I'll have more to say on various things.
In short, if you've missed my thoughts before: P4P is a marketing tool that morphed into a plague of fan and media obsession. It was a way to sell fighters who weren't heavyweights, and it is now little more the average marketing tool, like a WBA secondary belt Showtime will tell you is "the world championship" to get you to buy a Tank Davis PPV. I take it seriously enough if I'm bothering at all, but all it means to me is the best fighters in the sport, regardless of their weight.
Just remember, everyone, as Tony Soprano said to Christopher Moltisanti out on that remote rural road: You pushed me to this. You fuckin' pushed me to this!
Wil Esco
(1) Jaron Ennis, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Errol Spence Jr, (4) Terence Crawford, (5) Oleksandr Usyk, (6) Vasiliy Lomachenko, (7) Canelo Alvarez, (8) Artur Beterbiev, (9) Shakur Stevenson, (10) Dmitry Bivol
When Scott first pitched this idea for a revamped P4P list to gauge my interest, I more or less told him I couldn't give two shits about P4P rankings and have never once compiled a list myself, and never once felt guilty about it.
That said, I didn't want to be the reason why we no longer have the ranking system with which the boxing world is enamored. So I sort of punted by saying while I had no particular interest, I would be willing to participate if everyone else really wanted to do it. I did this in the hopes the rest of the staff would express a similar apathetic response, never to hear of it again.
A few days later I got the word to compile my first list, so I can only infer that the likes of Hansen and Stumberg failed to come through for your boy. The one saving grace for me is that Scott was explicit that there was only one rule in making our P4P lists: No rules!
So here we are. Generally speaking, I like to consider P4P pretty simplistically in the sense of who would be the 10 best fighters in the sport if they were all the same size. To get to that answer it obviously takes a mixture of the eye test and resume. Weighing both of those things can be tricky, especially because this is boxing, and just because you haven't received the opportunity, doesn't mean you aren't really the best anyway. So I'm putting together my list simply based on a hodgepodge of my impressions, and I fully intend to maintain a high-enough level of cognitive dissonance to consider completely different criteria next month. Ultimately, I shall break the wheel.
For now, though, I think Jaron Ennis is the best fighter in the world and I don't care to hear from all the naysayers who claim he hasn't fought anybody to be held in such high regard. Tell Errol Spence and Terence Crawford to come get the smoke if they want it! I assure you, Ennis would take a world title shot against either right now. I've watched enough boxing from enough vantage points to trust my gut and I know what I see.
Aside from that, I've got Canelo ranked over Bivol because while I think Bivol is a better light heavyweight, I think I'd still take Canelo all things being equal. Also, Tyson Fury doesn't make my list because while he is certainly a good fighter, I think he greatly benefits from just being a much bigger man than just about everyone else and I doubt he has the same sort of success if we were to negate size.
(1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Oleksandr Usyk, (3) Artur Beterbiev, (4) Jesse Rodriguez, (5) Errol Spence Jr, (6) Terence Crawford, (7) Dmitry Bivol, (8) Vasiliy Lomachenko, (9) Regis Prograis, (10) Tyson Fury
Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez has already collected two major pelts in a weight class his own promoter thinks could and maybe should have waited until after his 23rd birthday, at least. P4P is theoretically graded on a sliding scale based on size, and I'm estimating Rodriguez is at least 30-40 percent gigantic fucking balls just for attempting to do what he's done at such a young age.
Regis Prograis came up just a tiny bit short against Josh Taylor, who went on to unify all titles at 140 pounds. Since then, Prograis has mostly lost fights for public awareness and effective matchmaking. But, I don't think his talent or ability have diminished along the way. I expect the ongoing reshuffling at his weight class will end up with Prograis atop the division in relatively short order. For once, mandatory orders are something to celebrate.
Tyson Fury — I'll treat him as really retired when he surrenders or gets stripped of his belt, or when Usyk books a different fight. Until then, I'll slot him in at No. 10 to keep a seat warm. If you're upset about me ranking a self-declared retiree, feel free to pencil Salt Papi in here instead this month. Scott couldn't stop raving about how he looked last weekend, and I trust his judgment.
HEY, WHAT ABOUT…?
Pound-for-pound lists are primarily about generating conversation and promoting fighters who are presumably in a class above their single-weight titles. As Scott says, it's mainly a marketing tool. And I don't plan on promoting or hyping someone that I find boring to watch. Call it the Guillermo Rigondeaux Rule, after an unfortunate incident that scared someone off from boxing fandom after they blindly followed my suggestion to "just keep an eye out for fights with guys on the pound-for-pound lists."
That's why Shakur Stevenson isn't present here. He probably is one of the ten best boxers in the sport right now, and he is getting better to watch. But, I need to actually enjoy another fight or two before I start work on his unpaid marketing team.
I think Canelo Alvarez needs a little more time to acclimate to fighting above 155 lbs. He's scheduled to fight in a few weeks, so we'll see how he does. Maybe next month!
Patrick Stumberg
(1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Oleksandr Usyk, (3) Errol Spence Jr, (4) Terence Crawford, (5) Canelo Alvarez, (6) Dmitry Bivol, (7) Shakur Stevenson, (8) Vasiliy Lomachenko, (9) Artur Beterbiev, (10) Chocolatito Gonzalez
When Scott sent out the alert to get our lists ready, he explicitly said that the only criteria we had to follow was our own personal definition of pound-for-pound. In trying to put this together, I came to the realization that I didn't really have one.
Ordinarily, that'd be a good thing; trying to make hard-and-fast rules for a purely subjective flight of fancy is a good way to get sucked into the most aggravating arguments imaginable. Alas, here I am, holding up my glue-and-toothpick sculpture in the great elementary school arts and crafts fair of life.
Aside from just sliding names up and down like refrigerator magnets until they felt "right," I think the closest thing to a core thesis I found was to try and balance strength of schedule and dominance, which is why I've got Inoue at the top.
Nobody in boxing is doing what "The Monster" does; his worst performance to date was beating a generational talent with one functional eye, and he took that same generational talent to the cleaners in their rematch. He's not just beating his peers, he's destroying them; he's so far above the others that it's legitimately difficult to imagine him losing to anyone under 126. While Usyk campaigning at heavyweight might satisfy the "if everyone were the same size" hypothetical a bit better than Inoue naturally moving up in weight as he got older, he's not threshing people like Inoue.
That's the same reason I've got Shakur Stevenson so high up there. He's not a knockout artist, but he's been damn near untouchable since turning pro. There was a stretch from mid-2019 to the end of 2021 where every scorecard cumulatively tallied up to four lost rounds, and three of those came from his intentional breather round against Joet Gonzalez.
Things admittedly got a little shaky near the end; I couldn't figure out what all to do with Lomachenko, Beterbiev, Chocolatito, Jermell Charlo, Josh Taylor, and Devin Haney. Taylor's "win" over Jack Catterall knocked him out of contention for me, as did Charlo's first fight with Brian Castano. As good as Haney's credentials are, Lomachenko's resume edges his out when taking "Hi-Tech's" lack of size and the injury he brought into the Lopez fight into account, and Beterbiev's destructiveness speaks for itself. It came down to Haney vs Gonzalez for the 10-spot, and seeing as two of Gonzalez's three losses were robberies against the division's best and he's clearly fighting well above his ideal weight, Chocolatito got my nod.
Is my personal admiration of Gonzalez's craft overriding the rational part of my brain? Is Inoue's spot at the top the last remnants of the obsession with Japanese MMA that dominated my early years of following combat sports? I'll delegate the psychoanalysis to the experts (the comments section).
Lewis Watson
(1) Oleksandr Usyk, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Canelo Alvarez, (4) Terence Crawford, (5) Dmitry Bivol, (6) Errol Spence Jr, (7) Chocolatito Gonzalez, (8) Devin Haney, (9) Jermell Charlo, (10) Artur Beterbiev
OK. How do I see P4P rankings? I guess similar to Scott in that it is nothing but fucking fantasy marketing; for instance, Eddie Hearn once referred to Canelo Alvarez, Oleksandr Usyk, and Chocolatito Gonzalez as the pound-for-pound No. 1 in a calendar month to fit the narrative of the fight(s) he was promoting. But opposed to Scott, I am a bit of a sucker, and love lists, and love ranking shit, so I'm more than happy to go balls deep into fantasy land with my BLH amigos.
I guess I'll attempt to preempt any controversy in my list; trying to blinker myself from its obvious perfection. Canelo, for me, can't fall out of the top three following his loss to Bivol. I could even be persuaded to bump him up to No. 2 spot, simply down to his list of wins across countless weight classes pre-Bivol, but we'll settle for No. 3 due to my love for the Japanese "Monster." Fighting, and winning, across a number of weight classes is, for me, the biggest criteria when it comes to P4P lists, so knocking Canelo off his perch down to No. 6 or below just doesn't sit right after he had the gumption to march back up to 175 lbs and face a champion.
I guess the same goes for everyone's favourite pint-sized Nicaraguan, Chocolatito. Gonzalez "lost" to Juan Francisco Estrada last March, but did he really? Asides from that loss, back-to-back defeats to a purple-patch Srisaket Sor Rungvisai are the only blots on a magnificent copybook, winning world titles across four weight classes. For me No. 7 is about right. I mean, you try and tell that cheeky grin that he is any lower.
Argh, I guess we have to talk about Devin Haney, too. Haney missed the cut on my first draft, but I decided to bump Josh Taylor and throw Haney in at No. 8. He'll tell you before I do, but he's the YoUnGeSt uNdIsPtEd cHaMpIoN In tHe FoUr-BeLt eRa! And I guess that does amount to something. I'm still not convinced how he stacks up against some of the other lightweights, but he showed guts heading to Australia to de-throne George Kambosos Jr, and he'll more than likely double up on that result in October.
Anything else? Erm, Beterbiev's record of 18 KOs in 18 fights is terrifying and probably quite underrated. He's at No. 10 edging out the likes of Shakur Stevenson and possibly the aforementioned Estrada. But in terms of the numero uno, I'll die on the hill backing Usyk for No. 1. He's travelled to Poland, the United States, Germany, Latvia, Russia, the UK, and Saudi Arabia to topple champion after champion across cruiserweight and heavyweight, doing it all with dignity and weirdness in equal measure.
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Merkel Is Angry with America over Russia Sanctions but Will Do Nothing
James George Jatras
The tenure of Angela Merkel as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany has been a disaster for her country and for Europe. That's why it's a refreshing change finally to have an issue where it is possible to agree with her.
Merkel, along with other voices in Germany and Austria, has denounced a bill (S. 722) passed by the U.S. Senate to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran. In particular, Merkel has observed, correctly, that the legislation, if adopted, would negatively impact oil and gas pipeline deals with Russia. She evidently objects that this would be a unilateral U.S. action that would harm the interests of Germany and other countries without even consulting them.
As declared in a joint statement by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern: «Europe's energy supply is a matter for Europe, and not the United States of America!» (Wow! An exclamation point! From Teutonic officials! They must really be angry.)
Further:
«We cannot accept threatening European companies that contribute to the development of the European energy supply [system] with extraterritorial sanctions that violate international law!» (Another exclamation point! They must be really, really angry!)
«Sanctions as a political instrument should not be linked to economic interests»... Threatening German, Austrian and other European enterprises, which take part in the gas supply projects such as the Nord Stream II together with Russia or finance them, with penalties on the US market would add an absolutely new and highly negative aspect in relations between the US and Europe». [JGJ: Oddly, Berlin didn't seem quite so concerned about linking politics to economic interests when the interests were those of Italy, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, and other countries that would have benefitted from South Stream.]
«This issue is all about the sales of the US condensed gas [to Europe] and pressing the Russian energy supply companies from the European market. The actual goal [of such sanctions] is to provide jobs for the US gas and oil industry.» [JGJ: You mean the U.S. may be exhibiting an element of export-oriented, pro-jobs mercantilism in its policy toward Europe? Surely, Germany never conducts trade relations on such a basis.]
There's no doubt that S. 722 – which passed the Senate by a vote of 98-2, with only Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders voting No – is a terrible piece of legislation. Its fundamental purpose is to tie President Trump's hands so that he cannot exercise his constitutional authority to conduct relations with foreign states. Specifically, Senators of both parties want to ensure that he doesn't have the ability to reach out and normalize ties with Moscow. To do that, a super-majority of Senators is willing to violate every principle of international law and comity, as well as damaging relationships with our top security and trade partners.
Even the broad authority for the president to waive sanctions when he deems it in the national interest, a standard feature in U.S. sanctions legislation, is denied Trump in this bill without Congressional permission. Whether this defect may be remedied in the House of Representatives is unclear. (Meanwhile, the power of Congress to decide upon war continues to be usurped by the Executive Branch without a murmur of protest. As the late Joseph Sobran once observed, the nice thing about the U.S. Constitution is that it poses no serious threat to our form of government.)
Perhaps the most entertaining aspect is Mrs. Merkel's threat to «retaliate» if the new sanctions bill becomes law. Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor! This, from someone who folded like a house of cards when she found out Barack Obama had the NSA tap into her mobile phone. The emptiness of Merkel's threat is an illustration of the point recently made by President Vladimir Putin that Russia is one of the few states in today's world that has the luxury of being truly sovereign. Germany does not have that luxury. The Germans' foreign policy, their intelligence policy, and other security institutions are essentially controlled by their American counterparts. Their financial sector is extremely vulnerable to any retaliation from Washington. So what can Merkel do to us? Not much.
The sanctions bill, if it becomes law, will be just another illustration that Germany and all other members of NATO and the EU are vassal states of Washington. If the likes of Merkel were replaced by decent national leaders of the caliber of Viktor Orbán or Václav Klaus, it might be another story. (While Europe will succumb to Washington's diktat on Russian sanctions, the European Commission – meaning Germany – is suing Poland, Hungary, and Czechia for refusing to import the migrant mobs invited by «Mutti Merkel» So much for her priorities.)
To add one more interesting twist, this week Trump met in Washington with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Natural gas seems to have been high on the agenda («Ukraine Goes On Anti-Russia Pipeline Offensive As Europe Goes Nuts,» by Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, June 20):
«With Washington's blessing, Ukraine is going on the offensive against a Baltic Sea pipeline it deems a death knell to state controlled Naftogaz. Naftogaz is one of the most important companies in the country, and the gateway between Russian gas fields and the European market. This is the ultimate fight. Only this time, it pits Ukraine and the U.S. on one side with the Europeans and Russians – oddly enough – on the other. [ . . . ]
«Anti-Russia Senators, most of them Republican Never Trumpers, are turning the screws on Russian oil and gas firms. They have three hopes here: punish Russia for supporting anti-government forces in Ukraine; ban Trump from his constitutional duties of being able to call off the sanctions regime and help U.S. natural gas drillers and potential exporters. [ . . . ]
«Naftogaz gave a hint to its lobbying efforts in the E.U. against Nord Stream. They said in a note that the European Commission 'should use its mandate as a guardian of the interests of the European consumers and insist on the application of the Third Energy Package to the Nord Stream II project.' [JGJ:The Third Energy Package was Brussels' and Berlin's excuse to kill South Stream. Ironically, Ukraine and powerful elements in the U.S. now want to use it against the Germans themselves.] [ . . . ]
«Naftogaz is getting skillful at tugging at the heart strings of the E.U., which already has a political bias against Russia. The Congress's anti-Russia stance is counter to President Donald Trump's, but Trump has been beat up so severely on Russia that defending any sort of detente with the Kremlin seems futile. Russia is an energy rival to the U.S., but it is an energy partner to Europe. Adding Nord Stream to the bill creates more tensions. For all its talk about belonging in the European community, Ukraine has chosen Uncle Sam instead.[ . . . ]
«'The Nord Stream II project undermines the solidarity in the E.U.,' the company said in a statement yesterday as if that's Naftogaz's real concern».[ . . . ]
What sense does any of this make in terms of U.S. national interests? The key is Rapoza's observation that «Trump has been beat up so severely on Russia that defending any sort of detente with the Kremlin seems futile.» As with the worsening danger of U.S.-Russian confrontation in Syria, American policy on Europe, Ukraine, and Russia, along with related energy issues, is still in the hands of the Swamp Creatures. Nothing good can come of it unless and until Trump manages to gain effective control of the government of which he is the constitutionally elected head.
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Richard Owain Roberts (born 1982) is a Welsh author. His first book, All The Places We Lived, was published by Parthian Books in 2015. Roberts' short stories and non fiction have been published in VICE, The Quietus, 3:AM Magazine, Plastik magazine, For Every Year, Word Riot, The Guardian, New Welsh Review.
All The Places We Lived was published by Parthian Books in May 2015.
Wales Arts Review selected it as one of their summer reads for 2015, João Morais stating that, "Read it if you like the understated satirical style of Bret Easton Ellis, or read it if you understand how Frank and April Wheeler can feel both alone yet together in Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road. But more than anything, read it if you like great fiction."
Bridey Heing, writing for Sabotage Reviews, stated that, "For the author, being human means a very particular brand of self-sabotage and misanthropy... he is more of an observer, documenting each interaction and each movement without commentary. His prose balances starkness with a unique lyricism borne of repetition, a flowing sort of growth from sentence to sentence. The writing is lean, with no extra filler to soften its harsh edges."
Cult book review website Workshy Fop stated that, "Roberts creates strange, disjointed narratives; his prose features lists, brutally short sentences, social media updates and offbeat pop-culture references. The vignettes presented in All The Places We Lived reflect the influence of social media and marketing on our perception of the world and the people around us, with a darkly comic humour."
The Serbian translation of All The Places We Lived was released in November 2017 by Serbian publishing house Partizanska Knjiga. In his foreword, an essay titled 'Kim is Offline', the novelist and critic Srđan Srdić describes Richard Owain Roberts as a natural successor to David Foster Wallace and 'authentic interpreter of contemporary hipster hell'.  The forthcoming documentary, CONCRETE ULTRAS, filmed and produced by the novelist and conceptual artist Adam Christopher Smith, is set to cover Roberts' time in Serbia promoting the translation.
Despite receiving positive reviews from Wales Arts Review, and also being selected as a summer read for 2015, Roberts courted controversy during a May 2015 interview when his evasive and truculent approach to answering questions resulted in the interviewer comparing him to Joffrey Baratheon from the Game of Thrones television series. In the interview Roberts also expressed his admiration for Richard Brautigan and a desire to work in the Welsh language in the future.
^ a b "All The Places We Lived - Parthian Books". parthianbooks.com.
^ "The Quietus - Features - Tome On The Range - Short Fiction By: Richard Owain Roberts". The Quietus.
^ "Crooble by Richard Owain Roberts". Plastik Magazine.
^ Hannah Waldram. "Q&A: Chris Killen on blogging, books and the Bird Room". the Guardian.
^ "Our Summer Reads". Wales Arts Review.
^ "All The Places We Lived by Richard Owain Roberts". Sabotage.
^ "Workshy Fop: All the Places We Lived - Richard Owain Roberts". workshyfop.blogspot.co.uk.
^ "So, Who is Richard Owain Roberts?". Wales Arts Review.
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Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival welcomes Tamagawa University Taiko Drum & Dance Troupe to Sakura Sunday!
Tamagawa University's world-renowned Taiko Drum and Dance Troupe returns to the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival for their third year! Led by renowned kabuki dance instructor Noriyuki Hanayagi, the troupe fuses traditional Japanese festival dance choreography with heart-pounding percussions in a performance that will charm spectators of all ages. In addition to their performance at Sakura Sunday, Tamagawa University Taiko Drum and Dance Troupe will be performing at various locations around the Philadelphia area.
Watch Tamagawa University Taiko Drum & Dance Troupe's mix of heart-pounding drums and entrancing choreography at 10:45 AM & 1:30 PM on the Main Stage!
To find more upcoming performances by Tamagawa University Taiko Drum & Dance Troupe, check out their Facebook page.
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RO: Ahh, sunt irecuperabil de obsedata de alb in ultima vreme! Si cand ma gandesc ca mai am destule tinute in minte cu aceasta culoare! Tinuta de astazi este a doua in colaborare cu Udobuy si pot spune ca sunt foarte multumita de ea. Acest costumas mi se pare genial, foarte bine structurat iar in combinatie cu botinele albe de la H&M arata foarte bine pus la punct. Faptul ca vremea nu a tinut deloc cu mine este o cu totul alta poveste! Ploua aproape torential astazi cand am facut pozele, sunt chiar cateva in care se vede ca am varfurile parului ud!
ENG: I am so obsessed with white at the moment! And I still have some outfits in mind with this color that I wish to show you guys. This outfit is the second one in collaboration with Udobuy and I have to say, I'm very pleased at of the outcome. This white minimalist suit is gorgeous and with my H&M booties the outfit looks so structured and tailored.
Almost all the jewelry I wore for this shooting are from Bellast; I absolutely love this chunky necklace and the heart pendant is adorable!
Haha, in poza asta eram pe cale sa stranut! / Haha, I was about the sneeze here!
maybe you are going to win!
Love the outfit you look stunning.
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love this total white look..
Daily party and wedding inspiration!
I love your total white look and your shoes are amazing!!!!
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This total white outfit is something special, I'm impressed! looks so neat, romanticn and simply charming) I'm also in love with our white shoes, this pair is absolutely gorgeous! Lovely snapshots as well!
love this total white choice!
You look super ! Nice pics !
I am loving the all white look especially the heels, killer!
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The stretch run: Ottawa's biggest remaining questions
By Mark Parisi Updated Mar 1, 2010, 7:00am EST
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When the Ottawa Senators' season resumes tomorrow, there will be just nineteen games remaining in their schedule. This, folks, is the epitome of a stretch run -- how the Senators perform in these final games will have an impact that cannot be exaggerated.
Though the team is sitting in third place of the Eastern Conference and first within their division, it took the setting of several team records to get them there -- and that hold is tenuous with a one-point lead over the Buffalo Sabres, who have three games in hand. This Senators team will probably make the playoffs, but beyond that, we cannot speculate. Here's what we do know: There are questions surrounding this team, as there are with all 29 others. Here are some key questions that have to be answered over the next month for the team.
Will the team make another trade?
This question might be answered by the time you read this. Rumors abound that Matt Cullen's teammate, Aaron Ward, is next on GM Bryan Murray's list, but these are just rumors; nothing that one could call credible has been put out there.
Everyone seems to believe that the Senators are not done tweaking their roster. Our esteemed PeterR has an outstanding list of what players the team may be targeting. They have a glut of depth at forward, while they are dangerously thin on defense. Chris Campoli's knee injury means the team is relying on Brian Lee as their sixth defenseman. So far in his NHL career, Lee has been serviceable on his best nights and utterly ineffective on his worst. Murray continues to state that Lee is in the team's long-term plans; many (including myself) doubt this. An injury to any of the five remaining blueliners means the team has to call up Derek Smith, who seemed a little overwhelmed in his first two NHL games before the break. The stretch run is not where you want to have a rookie learning the ropes, and the team already has one player doing so in Erik Karlsson.
That being said, Murray does not have to make a move. The team has shown tremendous chemistry this year, especially in winning 14 of their last 16 games. The GM may not want to tinker with a successful formula. In addition, the team has very little room to maneuver under the salary cap. If partners have too high an asking price, or the Senators have to move too much salary in return, they may decide to stand pat instead.
(coming up: the oldest question in Ottawa, road woes, and more...)
Who is the starting goaltender?
While Cory Clouston is blunt in his assessment of his players, he is equally enigmatic when it comes to his plans for them. While it was extremely telling that Brian Elliott started the game against the Islanders after playing the Red Wings the night before, Clouston has given no verbal indication of what his plans for his netminders are. Thus, we are forced to speculate.
Clouston has said all the right things, giving us such gems as "They both have to be ready" and "We'll take it game by game," which sounds a lot like former coach Craig Hartsburg last year refusing to admit Elliott had outplayed Martin Gerber. However media-driven the designation of a starter is, the fact remains that a team plays better with a steady influence behind them. Teams play better (i.e. more comfortably) when they know and trust their goalie, and just like any other chemistry, that comes from ice time together. They may say they believe both guys give them a chance to win, but they play with more confidence in front of one. Right now, that person is Brian Elliott, so expect to see him get the bulk of the starts, and be in goal when the playoffs start.
How far will Brian Elliott take this team in the playoffs?
And right now, this is a question no one can answer. It will be fun to find out!
How will the Olympics affect the players who attended them?
Daniel Alfredsson, in particular, is someone who needs fresh legs to be at his best. Of course, it cannot be understated how much the captain means to this team: When he is at his best, they are at their best. But how much gas left in the tank does Alfie have? It took an injured shoulder to get him the rest he needed to recharge his batteries; will they need recharging again? Don't be surprised if he starts to miss practices again as the season winds down. No player has benefited as much from the team being able to roll four lines effectively as Alfredsson, but Clouston may find a way to get him more rest as it becomes necessary.
In addition, both winger Milan Michalek and defenseman Filip Kuba were told to skip practice yesterday to rest bumps and bruises. This comes after the entire team was given Saturday off, and is at least worth a mention. Michalek battled hard in the Olympics and has slowed considerably since his scorching start as the grind of the season appeared to catch up with him. His health is critical to this team since it means the difference between a four line and three line night. Meanwhile, Filip Kuba simply cannot afford any injuries. His game is inconsistent enough as it is, and if injuries affect his ability to pass or play the body (ok, that was a joke), he will become a true liability on the ice. That would result in a catastrophic domino effect on his normal partner, Erik Karlsson, and whoever Matt Carkner's partner winds up being.
Can Erik Karlsson hold up?
Karlsson's roller coaster year hit another dip when he injured his shoulder before the Olympic break. Though few would have believed it at the start of the year, his presence has been noticeably missed. Karlsson's offensive skills cannot be replaced, and his positional play in his own zone is slowly blossoming from sound to strong -- he plays angles instead of bodies to his advantage.
Of course, this is because he is undersized. Karlsson will never be a big guy, but his size is going to become a factor as the games become more physical. Players are going to be targeting him, especially with a sore shoulder. His playoff initiation is looming and he is a player this team needs in its lineup to beat the top seeds in the East.
Can this team win the Northeast Division?
As mentioned earlier, the division is anything but locked up right now. Though the Sabres have three games in hand, they also have two more games against the Senators. They will also be asking the same Olympic wear and tear question about their goalie, Ryan Miller.
While Senators' opponents during these remaining games are favorable, the schedule is not. The team plays essentailly every other day from this point on, and only seven of those games are at home. The remaining twelve are on the road.
This matters because the team is just 13-15-1 on the road this year, with seven of those wins coming in the last 16 games. That's right, before January 14th, the team had won just SIX road games all year, and the remainder of their season comes on the road. On the other hand, they have only lost eight games at home all year. Winning the division is more than just a matter of pride for this team. Home ice advantage will be a big factor for this team if they can manage to pull it off. The schedule hasn't done them any favors in forcing them to essentially win it on the road.
The good news is that they've put themselves in a position to win, and there's no reason to believe they can't. If the team can turn their road fortunes around, it will be quite the promising omen for the playoffs. If they can't, they might very well be exposed as pretenders in short order.
So, there you have it. There's plenty to watch for in these upcoming games. What will you be on the lookout for in the days ahead?


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Q: Creating expression trees from lambda I have a lambda expression:
(x) => x.Visits++

At runtime, I want to translate this into the string:
"set Visits = Visits + 1"

or, potentially, if the underlying data store is different (like MongoDB)
{$inc: {Visits : 1}}

I think the way to do this is to use expression trees, but when I assign the lambda expression to an expression tree, I get "An expression tree may not contain an assignment operator".
Is there any way to accomplish this short of writing a full up linq implementation that supports Update?

A: That simply isn't supported by the current C# compiler, and I haven't heard about any changes in vNext. Of course, strictly speaking it isn't defined for C# 3 / 4 - there is just a "is defined elsewhere" (actually, AFAIK: the spec for handling expression tree construction still isn't formally documented; this could be a positive thing, as it is hard to argue that it will require specification changes ;p).
The funny thing is: from .NET 4.0 onwards, the expression tree API does support mutate (in this case, see Expression.Increment and Expression.PostIncrementAssign) - so you could create the expression tree at runtime via Expression.* code, but frankly that is a pain and hard to manage. So there is potential for this to change, but don't be too hopeful.
Also keep in mind - the expression tree analysis to pull it back out again is far from trivial. Doable, sure; easy: no.

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Uncertain Future: London, the first exhibition of NFTs artworks
Beeple is a digital artist known for introducing NFTs in the mainstream market, through the "Everyday" project: a large series of drawings and renderings published online every day, for more than 14 years.
Beeple, the "Non-fungible token" artist, has exposed his physical artworks for the first time.
Very long queue and sky-high expectations for the first physical exposition of Beeple at the Jack Hanley Gallery in London.
Beeple is a digital artist known for introducing NFTs in the mainstream market, through the "Everyday" project: a large series of drawings and renderings published online every day, for more than 14 years.
The Gallery of Contemporary Art has previously had alerted London citizens on social media with a cryptic claim that read: "BUSINESS INSIGHT".
It concerns about the business before than art: Beeple sells quotations of his artwork on NFT (the non-fungible token), depending on the points of view he can be considered a genius or either a great charlatan.
Beeple has requested to the Jack Hanley Gallery to not make any kind of advertisement; but the information has leaked with word-of-mouth that generated a strong echo, mostly because the artist promised a signed poster for the first 200 visitors.
The "Uncertain Future" exhibition is focused on the despotic vision about the power of Big Tech and multinationals such as Amazon, Netflix e Google; characters face as Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are at the centre of many oil canvases put in surreal and post-apocalyptic locations.
Other artworks include aluminium supports and all of them are accompanied by a prize in NFT: physical and digital artworks are bought together.
Says the Artist:
"This exhibition means to stimulate a dialogue on the role of the big tech Businesses in our lives and how this could take place in the future.
Since we continue contributing the use of these services, these companies and their founders have an increasing impact on most of the aspects about how our society will appear in the future. The topics about science fiction in these artworks are ironically presented, but they also have their purpose to shed light on the real tendencies that we are verifying nowadays. As technological advances in disparate sectors of the economy combine, this will have a multiplying effect and the bizarre and non-intentional consequences of the technology will become an increasing factor in modern life."
Begun on Monday, March 14th, the finissage has been scheduled on Saturday 19th.
WHO IS BEEPLE?
Beeple is a 41-year-old engineer and computer scientist who made headlines in 2021 when the NFT of the work "Everydays: the First 5000 days" sold for $69 million at Christie's, a famous London auction house.
Politicized and irreverent, his artworks have been frequently vulgarly funny, such as the recent exploit against Putin or the famous artwork depicting Abraham Lincoln who spanking a naked Donald Trump; his artistic language is not perceived as divisive, rather always in the middle between the serious and the facetious.
His luck as a digital artist has also had a substantial online following, an Instagram account of over two million and a half fans and a Discord server, popular enough to trigger a scam auction by a group of hackers, which helped the increasing of the Hype.
The NFTs and the Art
The NFTs imposed themselves to the attention of all the world since March 11th in 2021, as previously said, when the auction organized by Christie sells "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" for 69 million dollars, making it jump to sixth place in the ranking of the most expensive works of art of all time. The news quickly travels around the world, resulting in a riot of NFT-themed articles and widespread public scepticism.
Simply put, the Non-Fungible Token is a virtual token with which you can buy a certain service that is concerned about art or other movable properties; you are not buying the digital file, the gif or the jpeg and neither a digital artwork.
Buying an NFT, the only tangible thing is a certification that has a link containing a digital file with a copy of authenticity. Unless it is not specified, the selling does not imply the purchase of commercial rights to the digital work. To sum up: with the purchase of an NFT, you get a certification of ownership registered on the blockchain, linked to a copy of the digital work.
The artist often sends to the client a high-quality version of the file, or other extras, in some cases the physical copy of the artwork, but it is not a rule.
To comprehend and appreciate the phenomenon of NFTs, it is opportune to abandon the back-thinking that something immaterial has less value than something tangible and spacially placeable.
The idea is deep-rooted in all of us for what concerns, in this case, the acquiring artworks. If we just tried to shift the focus to the things we can't touch, we would understand that they are invaluable to everyone, like music, culture, stories and ideas, all of this, maybe, would make more sense.
WORDS: Manuela Palma
Which impact is having this phenomenon on the art world?
Artists who until recently did not earn anything or almost nothing from the sales of their works, now they can live, sometimes more than well, of their art: this is certainly one of its most impactful consequences.
We must say that those who follow and purchase NFTs works, do not do that because is passionate about art. Most of the NFTs collectors do not have any interest or artistic taste: they are simply investors in crypto values that want to enrich themselves.
This generates an artistic flattening in favour of a purely utilitarian privilege.
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