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The Five I'm Watching: Part III
Hey everyone. Let's continue.
NICK FAIRLEY
Class: Senior (two seasons of eligibility remaining)
Size: 6-foot-5, approximately 300 pounds
Previous role: Third guy in a two-tackle system, 2009
Theme song: ``Stand," R.E.M.
Relevant lyric: "Think about direction. Wonder why you haven't before."
THE GOOD: Nick Fairley is, to me, a totally untapped resource. I watch him play and am reminded of Pat Sims. What does that mean? Big dude, quick feet, light feet, awesome short-range acceleration, tackles that express rage. It's odd considering that both players are generally quiet people. Sims has a more biting wit. Though Fairley managed only a somewhat involved role last season -- he started two games -- the Mobile native was playing with more purpose during the season's final half. He has the capability to be more than a run-stopper; Fairley has the speed and instincts to be a pass-rush asset as well. Nothing in his past suggests that he's an injury liability. Fairley appears to be a rugged guy who can handle the rigors of 40 snaps per game.
THE BAD: If he's so talented, why didn't he shine last season? In his defense, junior college defense can be a pretty chaotic enterprise. Still, it's not like Mike Blanc and Jake Ricks are sure-fire NFL guys. Fairley had a few games -- LSU in particular -- where he was a non-factor. A guy with that kind of talent playing in his 18th college game shouldn't disappear. Though I never heard anyone say conditioning was a problem per se, it was clear that Fairley could be in better condition. More time with Kevin Yoxall, the Tigers' strength and conditioning czar, generally cures those kind of ills. His laid-back nature off the field could be a concern. Will he bring the fire on the field? Perhaps that played a role in Fairley's so-so season in 2009.
THE REALITY: He's my No. 1 breakout candidate ... on either side of the ball. Sure, Cameron Newton has a chance to be a big star. You already know that. So does everyone else in the SEC. Fairley still is under the radar for the most part. I kept seeing shades of Pat Sims last season. I consider that a great development for Auburn's defense, which needs all the good news it can get. I project 40 tackles, 5 sacks, hype building through the fall. Of course, I predicted Tommy Trott would flourish under Tony Franklin's leadership. You might want to take that into account.
What do you think? Speak your mind!
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.
Football!!!
I heart linemen.
I miss the Mea Culpa Project.
Geez, I read that, get excited then see the name "Tony Franklin" at the end.
I like the Pat Sims comparison, maybe Fairley can turn it on late in his career at Auburn like Sims did.
That's "Fairley" good substance.
Choco, my opinion of you just dropped half a percentage point.
Homer - Does that mean ScoCho is on double-secret probation?
Honey said...
SchCho,
Should be ScoCho, but you know who I mean.
sure hope Fairley come into his own this year. sure need him stopping up that middle.
Lame, I know. If I lost half a percentage point for that, how much did those who posted multiple Aycock jokes lose? (Of course, I'm guilty of one of those as recently as last week.)
excellent analysis, JGT. I was buying into it until the Trott reminder.
I'm not in prison today, but I might as well be. Things are really hopping at the BuyMore North store today.
SC, those Aycock jokes were on an expired thread, so they don't really count. Your "Fairley" pun was one of the first ten comments. You are lucky you just lost a half percentage point with Jay G (though if it is any consolation, you gained 6 percentage points with my goats).
lol@the Trott/Franklin prediction. We were all made fools of that year.
I feel a lot better knowing I'm +6 with the goats.
Then I won't tell you how low their opinion of you was to begin with.
"expired thread"?
well, it certainly hasn't expired in the sense that it is still available for comments. Heck, someone just posted on that thread a minute or so ago.
So, are you implying that JGT's threads go bad after a certain date? Or get all moldy?
Tease.
I love this choice. The development of a dominant inside tackle is the key to this defense. If you don't control the inside, you aren't going to be very good defensively. Fairley could be the guy and comparing him with Sims is interesting. Sims was the biggest surprise we had under Tuberville. The guy went from off the team to off the hook.
"Off the Team to Off The Hook"
Sounds like a new reality show on VH1.
Ouch. Glad I didn't goat too much.
Celebrity softball video:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9907833&topic_id=11915278
Above is the link for a short clip of Bo. I'd also recommend highly the longer clip mostly featuring Jennie Finch.
BEASLEY!!
E-Bro just Ziemba'd.
scottie...Just giving a shout out to the other Beasley. Much love for Fred and his pivotal role in defeating Bama in 95 & 97.
aaahhhh.....nice work then.
Yep, he Ziemba'd a Beasley at Ronnie Brown.
Oh, okay. I guess the ref will have to pick up the flag.
I guess that's what happens when the jersey is not retired. You come across other great Auburn RB's.
Ronnie, Kenny Irons...
....Terry Henley.
oh, and #23 Fob James.
Onterio McCalebb? One day?
Onterio McCalebb could very well be the next Tristan Davis.
Say, that reminds me of a story, Scottie b.
When I was kid growing up in Prattville, we always had lots of military families moving in and out of town. When I was about 12, I was hanging out at one of their houses and was introduced to the family dog, who was named "Fob". I asked the son (who was my age) why the dog was named "Fob", and he said, "Because he's so damn dumb."
Purely coincidentally I'm sure, Fob James was governor at the time.
Makes sense to me. Does it to you?
nice SC.
Everytime I hear the name Fob James, I'm reminded of a line from a song that isn't too complimentary to him.
"I have to admit, compared to Fob James George Wallace don't seem that bad"
-Drive By Truckers
chip chip said...
somebody closely involved in mobile high school athletics said a few years ago that they could not believe how stupid bammer was to not heavily recruit fairley. he believed fairley was the best hs prospect in mobile that year. if he lives up the hype, hot boy, and other des will have big years too.
i've seen a serious upgrade in in the caliber of dt AU is recruiting the last two years under chizco. tubs went after the big boys and whiffed 99% or got 5*s that couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel (i'm looking greg smith's direction). AU always ended up with projects and managed to develop some good ones like marks, stump, ratliff, tj, spencer johnson etc. one AU insider told me at the 2006 msu game in starkiville that blanc would be the best dt to come through AU in a decade. still waiting on that one to happen. he has managed to be serviceable at best.
Blanc has been okay, but hasn't really had the breakout game yet. I really have high hopes for Fairley. The criticism I read of him last year was basically he was overly aggressive and sometimes got himself out of position. Yea, I will take a player who is overly aggressive. Once he settles in, he could be outstanding.
My main defensive concern over the past decade is the smaller DE's that we always seem to have. They are great in the passing game, but get bullied around on the run game.
It can work when you have LB's who can make the tackles and make up for it, however like last year when we had no depth at LB it can be a disaster.
AU needs that dt that can stick out an arm while engaged with an ol and still bring down the rb.
mentioning tony franklin in a thread is like leaving potato salad in the sun. the shelf life is dramatically reduced.
and you may vomit after consuming it.
yeah, the TF reference kinda made me turn my nose up a bit. eewwww.
Talk about UAt getting caught by some investigation is as Hoopie stated on a prior thread. It is all noise. AU goes 8-5 and has the #4 recrutiing class. UAt fans were saying AU is back to buying players. Who wants to go to a school who has a coach with a 5-19 record. AU must be paying players. It never stops. Not many accused Shula of paying players. AU was beating UAt and AU fans didn't need to beat Shula up. We wanted Shula to stay.
It is long way to February and AU is in position to land several top line recruits. we will be OK. We are ahead of last years count so be patient.
Don't criticize Franklin too much. After all, he is a graduate of the Mike Leach Institute for Public Speaking.
CHIP-I don't think AU found some better DB's and dropped Jones. He is still a very good player and one AU would like to have. Whatever is going on with his decision will come to light. it will just take a little time.
I think Bates at LB is one to watch. If he makes that move, AU has a speedy LB that can more than cover the back out of the backfield. The drag route across the middle hurt AU a lot last year after Bynes & Stevens got wore down. They could not keep up with the RB/WR as he crossed the middle.
did all you alabamians vote today?
Thanks for being back to football work Jay!
Good point wtc. That was very evident against West Virginia and Arkansas.
Unfortunately, the LB's weren't the only ones who struggled with crossing routes.
I think the #1 breakout candidate should be a true freshman. The combination of youth, sweat and adjusting to a new environment can cause an young man to break out.
digger4au said...
Good news JGT. I hope your are 100% right about him having a break out year. This team really needs great play from defensive tackles. I thought he played pretty well last year most of the time.
What freshman will turn into a breakout player is probably the most interesting topic. Will Trevon Reed be the guy? He could even end up playing corner if he is looking for early playing time.
Great one, rk!
Now see ScottChoc, that is how you pun.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game. And the rash.
It's about time Jay G change the front page quote to a football themed one, no? How's about you make it one of these awesome puns, Jay?
michael, type something profound and take over the front page.
It doesn't get more profound than "Don't hate the playa, hate the game. And the rash." What else do you want from me? More Eurasian plumbing tales?
Mmmm, more Eurasian plumbing tales!!!!
What's in it for me? Jay G ignores me when I talk about Eurasia. This is not the way for me to end up on the front page.
Possibly a petition to get Michael on the front page is called for here.
i, as a distinguished poster & ROF member, think it is important to diversity front page quotes. to deny true hottie genius is a travesty and an utter failure of freedom, HATE (of all things bammer), and the beAUty of all things orange & blue.
therefore, i ask all of my hottie brethren (and you hottie ladies out there) to rise up and demand that MJT receive the recognition he deserves.
this is scottie b. and i approve this message.
I will vote for MJT for front page only if he gives me an autographed copy of his pun instruction book (preferably the one with the forward written by WERK).
"distinguished"?
yes, i am 'distinguished' in my own mind. got a problem with that Norm?
Would you really vote for someone just cause Pat Dye tells you to? I am sick of that commercial. I will do nothing that Dye tells me to do.
There is so much we can learn from Michael, like what was the best thing before sliced bread.
Guys, no need to call for a front page quote placement for me. I have already been up there two or three times. Let the flow happen naturally, babies.
SC - I would have signed the pun instruction book if only you had asked me to BOOK you a copy. But you didn't.
scottieb - after that clarification, I take no issue with the statement. Carry on.
Go forward. Move ahead. Try to detect it.
if pat dye said to me, "this is some good whiskey, take a nip and see what i'm talking about." i would drink the whiskey. i hate whiskey.
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Pat Dye is a 60 minute man who lost his pants. I respect Pat Dye.
hey liberals, i believe in Auburn and love it!
great, i'm a liberal.
Pat Dye once punched a clown in the stomach in front of a group of 4 year olds.
chip chip - were you looking towards TVA when you said that?
Chris Low has issued his SEC Preseason East-West All Star Teams. Thorpe and Washington made the list.
SEC All Star Team
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec
poor ol' George Steinbrenner
did the clown have the irresistible urge to thank him?
is the tennessee valley authority liberal? who knew...
i love how a guy with exactly 0 starts at qb makes the east team.
by that logic, cam newton for sec player of the year, hiesman and all the other qb awards out there.
ain't got time to wait for...
BEASLEY!!!
Rampant Speculation wastes time, efforts, money and emotion. It is a plague upon America that infects us all.
speculation about the demise of the turds and recruiting is both entertaining and useful. it helps some of us get by until kickoff against asu. the rest, i agree, is useless
So who's gonna be IV on JayG's list of five people he's watching?
More importantly, what will their theme song be?
I like Lowe's headline of "Gators Defriended"
what is truly useless is a computer with less than 50 usb ports.
It's going to be Eric Smith and the song will be "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones.
Ziemba and the song will be "I'm In A Hurry" by Alabama.
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... and today, in the mountains of Afghanistan and in the sands of Iraq, the battle for freedom wages on.
But there are those who think big government knows better, and they want to end your right to speculate.
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Give me speculation or give me death.
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Eric Smith is one player that I am looking for good things from this season, even though we heard little from him in the spring. He seems like a guy that can do a variety of things, which Malzahn likes.
As for Newton for Heisman, I did read an article that listed him as a "sleeper". I find it kind of ironic because while at Florida he was known as having questionable accuracy.
Cam Newton is 100% accurate with his throws and at the very least will be first team all SEC
Chip ..there aren't a lot of QB candidates available in the SEC East.
On another note: Pondscum seems hellbent on convincing the football world that Richt needs to go now. Some heavy-hitter UGA folks I know all say that Richt is STILL SAFE for now. They have more of a problem with his lack of discipline than winning.
PF is after Richt
yeah, if the stolen laptop he threw out of his dorm window had landed in the dumpster instead of beside it, he may be the gators starting qb this year. his accuracy at uf was definitely a problem...
Chip ..Trashing Bama and it's minions is good for the soul in any form ...including Rampant Speculation.
Richt seemed to be a straight arrow about discipline early on at UGA, but then 3 or 4 years ago it's like he just stopped and let the players run everything.
I think that I will be the next entrant on the "The Five I'm Watching" list. Clearly, it doesn't have to be a current player. Why not me? I am "IV" according to my birth certificate (which I'll gladly supply unlike some folks in the news). It should be me, no question about it.
that certain radio show host whose name shall not be mentioned has a vested interest in removing all threats to the midget's power structure. richt is a good coach and thus a threat. meyer, chizco. & miles are the other obvious ones he would like to see replaced with a mike (dubose, price or shula).
I'm adding Maria Menoundos to my 5 to watch list after seeing her run out a groundout during the softball game last night.
I've seen where Gator fans are speculating where Cam may have acquired some passing fundamentals. According to them he was severely lacking. Of course the Gus Bus may be a better teacher of passing fundamentals than the Hunchback of Starkville.
the commercials that are on wnsp in mobile for that certain radio program are the epitome of what the show is about. the commercials include only the following soundbites: stupid AU callers screaming at him, or cousin humpers telling a texas fan that they suck. the agenda is crystal clear.
Just because the Department of Homeland Security is watching you, Norm, doesn't mean Jay G's watching you.
RK ...
Maria moved down the baseline quite well.
Jennie Fischer is almost as good looking and ...she hits home runs.
PF has to have a whipping boy so he can use his predictable superlatives and stir up the mullets. If one is not readily available, he'll lobby until he starts convincing the masses.
Jet - you really know how to hurt a guy. I have so little in my life that about all I can do is dream. Well not so much any more thanks to you. Butthead.
I can see your predicament. I think I'd rather have Jay G interested in me than Janet Napolitano.
i still can't get over the fact i'm become east tennessee liberal scum.
it's mind-boggling.
and apparently i've lost my grip on the english language too.
SB ..You and AlGore must be the only 2 liberals in ETenn.
Come on Scottie, that was never a really tight grip anyway.
Cam's numbers at Blinn looked very similar to Todd's last season in terms of passing. Cam's numbers were slightly better.
What was striking is the rushing numbers. Cam had around 650 while Todd was somewhere below zero.
No, it isn't a fair comparison because of the different talent level, but it is some of what little we have to go on.
Were the majority of Cam's positive numbers in 4 games?
Todd had adequate passing fundamentals with a dead arm.
Cam has a cannon with erratic fundamentals.
Who else would be the starting QB for the East team? Garcia? The dude at UT, yet to be named? The kid at UGA? The new kid at UK, how about that 2nd year Vandy player who was terrible?
I think Brantely is the most sound of all choices.
Although PF's tactics are the same since he went national on Sirius/XM radio, he has definitely upgraded his interviewees and the quality of the call-in listeners. He is slowly phasing out the inbred call-ins. I say slowly because PF recognizes that the rest of the nation is enjoying a full dose of some of Alabama's best fools.
Y'all are giving Peter way to much criticism.
As for the games, Newton's were pretty much like any QBs. Better numbers against poorer opponents. That isn't nothing new.
I know that you put up better numbers vs lower opponents, but Todd was night and day in the conference and outside of the conference.
The 4 regular season non-conference games, Todd had 15 TD's and 1 INT
The 8 conference games he had 6 TD's and 5 INTs
Y'all are crazy. College football is dumb.
I have been thinking the seat might not be so hot for Richt this season since he got him a new DC, but if he turns in another 7-5 season, I would color him gone.
Todd had a couple of bad games against SEC opponents.
What ever happened to the 2010 Ring of Fire inductees. There was a vote called for and then the wc happened with zero results from said vote.
100% completions from Cam Newton is approximately what some people are expecting.
Don't you blaspheme in here!
Last comment directed at Seanzie, not JGT (who can blaspheme all up in here if he wants to).
That's a bit much. People have far to much that they expect out of him.
He'll get 75% of his passes completed and have a 15-1 TD to INT ratio, but those people expecting 100% are crazy.
I expect 60% completion but with great leadership.
Another East Tennessee Liberal at your service here.
I can't understand anyone ranking John Brantley as the best QB in the East when he hasn't done anything yet. I guess it is more of an indication of the lack of QB talent in the East. Spurrier seems to be giving Garcia no respect at all and is not bringing him to media days, even though he is a senior.
I'm thinking Cam will be somewhere in the ~2k passing. 12-18 TDs. 8-12 INTs. Roughly 50-65% Completion Ratio. I also expect him to run for about 600 yards and another handful of scores.
Personally, if I'm Spurrier, I play the kid.
I expect Newton's TD/INT ratio to be no worse than 3:1.
Or he'll get yanked.
Cam was at about 60% at Blinn with about 4 TDs per interception. I would love to see those numbers at Auburn. Throw in a few hundred yards of rushing and we will have a darn good QB.
15 interceptions is a lot for the 45 TD's he's guaranteed to throw.
If he is below 55% completion rate, I would expect him to be riding the pine.
Garcia will start but Spurrier keeps the long hook close by at all times so he better show improvement.
I would like to see Buckethead play QB for the Tahd this year.
Spurrier seems to have gotten more and more impatient with his QBs as he has aged. I don't think it has been a good thing.
Spurrier has always been impatient with QBs. Even Wuerffel was in and out before establishing himself.
Oh, and PUPPET HOUR! AAAHHHH!!!!!
Sorry I am not in love with PD. I was living out of the illustrious state and across the pond and all I got to hear was the negative with probation. Sometimes it is good to be away. Now to me he is an old guy like Bear and I don't want AU to look anything like that school up the road.
So what did Pat Dye do again? Besides punching that clown in the stomach?
Pat Dye was a much different person late in his career at Auburn. If he had been healthy, I don't think things would have gotten so out of hands.
And now he is pushing political candidates on us and punching clowns. The nerve!
I keep reading good things about Dan Mullen. The latest is he is the third best coach in the SEC. I am already nervous about that Thursday night game.
It is Captain Phil night on the Deadliest Catch. I really hated to see that guy pass.
People of the HABOTN, I have returned!
Hey guys did you hear that, Norm's back
Welcome back, Norm.
CHB said...
SFC, I never thought Deadliest Catch could be sad but the last two weeks have been just that.
Phil and his sons are the most interesting people on that show. He seems like he was a great guy. I wish his sons well.
And like Norm, I'm back, from vacation. If anyone likes rafting, I highly recommend the all day trip on the lower New River Gorge. Great class IV-V's.
Deadliest Catch is one of the best shows on tv. I won't say that Phil was my favorite on the show, but he wasn't my least favorite.
Norm, Kind of like BL with Lime?
It's been a great show. I hope it stays around for a while longer.
I'm jealous Nova. I love rafting although I've only been in "white water" once. I went on the Chattooga several years ago.
Deadliest Catch is a good show, especially in terms of reality TV.
I hate that one of the last shows I saw showed Phil catching his son stealing some of his medicine. Phil jumped all over the kid, as he should. But I hope that kid realizes that he got so upset because he cared, not because he didn't.
Instead of our annual beach trip, we decided last year that this year we could go to the Smokey Mountains. Turns out that was a great decision.
Our plans had been to go white water rafting. However, I have a friend who went with her husband on vacation to Colorado last month. He died in a rafting accident. They weren't even in very rough rapids and were on their second run down the river. It was the first fatality in this company's 25 year history.
I know thousands of people go rafting all the time with no problem, but I kind of have an irrational fear about going rafting now. I decided to bow out of the trip and stay with my daughter who can't go because of her pregnancy. Hopefully I will get over this so I can go sometime, but I think I can live without ever experiencing it.
Discovery has some of the best shows. The Colony's second season is suppose to start soon, the 27th if I remember right. It is an interesting show, although some of the stuff seems overdramatized.
Mythbusters is must see TV. Any show whose description includes "blow stuff up" can't be bad.
I was actually the first, Norm just copied me.
mashed taters, 2 large servings (mine and half of LGGB's) of country style steak so tender you have to eat it with a spoon, fried okra (corn meal, of course, not flour), fresh corn, biscuit, chocolate chip ice cream... yep, I'm tight as a tick.
I think rafting would be a blast. However, I don't do boats. The water isn't usually too deep when rafting, but the rocks that can knock you unconscious, or the hydraulics that can suck you under a rock into oblivion are enough to keep me from getting into whitewater.
thank you falettinme be mice elf again
THT...
How could that boy leave half a country fried steak?
ehyou - I can assure you, LGGB would never leave half a country fried steak. In fact, he'd eat as many servings as he could get. But country style steak, that's a different story. 2.0 showed MrsTHT how to make it super duper tender every time. It's so good I could jump in a tub filled with it and be happy. LGGB doesn't share that degree of fondness for that particular dish.
Somethin's just not right about that boy.
stupup74 said...
I think your analysis was spot on. Nick Fairley is the guy that the defense will pivot on.
If Nick Fairley goes above the numbers your projected, I think the Auburn defense swings upward (ie less the 20 ppg allowed, etc.) If he goes below, then all bets are off.
Why Jawja fears Auburn?
From the previous two threads?
Bama cheating....really?
I thought for a minute that Oliver Stone was posting on the blog..
This town needs an enemy.
Peter Frankenschmidt said...
I don't have time for this place anymore. I'm just gonna post at Gannett World Cup from now on. I think we can reach 1000 eventually there, too.
I cracked a finger rafting the Ocoee. It sucked.
Steve, the show after Phil caught Josh in his drugs, he was going through old family pictures and having a good time with his sons. That was very shortly before the stroke. I'm sure they treasure that memory.
Yes, rafting is little risky. So is scuba diving and so is driving on the DC beltway. You take reasonable precautions but you have to live life.
I'm thinking of doing the Gauley this fall (same area as the New). It's 14 miles of continuous class IV's and V's dropping 66ft/mile. Not for novices but sounds like a blast.
Concering le Tour, tt's too bad about Lance Armstrong's bad luck this year, but the real duel between Contador and Schleck is shaping up to be as good as anything we've seen in the Tour de France in some time I think.
It's gonna be fun to watch what happens over the next week and a half.
People of HABOTN, I have returned!
I am not usually a fearful person, but like I said this is an irrational fear. Hopefully I will get over it when a little time passes. This just happened a couple of weeks ago so it is pretty fresh.
This All-Star game is kind of boring. I'd like to see a little more offense.
OK, Brian McCann just spiced things up a little!
wellsAU said...
rumors about dre kirkpatrick being kicked off the team?
Cincy ...If you are around the Ga-Tn-NC border, try starting with something docile like the Nantahala River (class 1s and 2s), then go to the Ocoee River(class 3s-4s).
I would recommend doing those lessor rivers and being in very good shape and a good swimmer prior to doing a river with class 4s and 5s.
It's as much about being in the cool water and the scenery as it is the challenge of the river.
NOVA-I did the New RIver several years ago when staying at The Greenbriar. Volunteered to go down the first set of rapids on my back. Water was ICE COLD. Stayed in the boat afterward.
EBRO-Wonder if Cantador and Schleck wore themelves out today. Tough ride through the Alps. Great TV though. What a closing run by those two.
So AU is no longer recruiting Chris Jones. It is VERY early to talk recruiting, but that whole situation is just strange. Looks like his parents told him he was not going to AU period. He really chapped some coaches yesterday when he told them.
In better news, Bonomolo is ready to go. He will arrive on August 1st. Says he will do whatever it takes to make the starting lineup. Looks like a tough DE and will help alot.
Good morning, Hotties!
52 days til kickoff!!!
GO TIGERS!!!
WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!
Cincy. I understand your reluctance. Give it some time then start slow like Hoopie said.
WTC, Air temps were mid 90's. The water was nice and we were frequently swimming between rapids.
The Gualey is a dam release river so the water comes from the bottom of a lake. Water temps around 57. That's what wet suits are for.
wtc...Wondered the same thing about Schleck and Contador. Was definitely shocked to see them catch up on the descent. Didn't expect such aggressive riding until the Pyrenees. Maybe these two are just in a class of their own. Looks like it.
They'll at least have the next week or so (outside today's moderate mountain stage) to let their teammates do the work in the peloton and let the sprinters hog the spotlight. Though the pressure to control the race is now on Team Saxo Bank with Schleck in yellow. Can they handle it?
As far as rafting goes, I love it, and I say that as one who only goes once a year if that. I do it the Hoopie way. Go down the Ocoee in August when it's at its hottest to cool off in the water and enjoy the scenery.
The rapids are fun too and I have fallen out a couple of times, but it's all part of the fun if you have the right equipment. Love when we get to calm waters and you can just get ouf of the raft and float down river. Water feels sublime then.
McCann's game last night summed up the Braves 1st half.
He left 2 on with a long fly out his first time up, but knocked in the winning run when it mattered.
Is Norm awake, we are getting close to a flip.
Barely Wake, barely.
Stupid recurring/periodic insomnia.
3 hours sleep last night. The problem is, those 3 hours weren't together.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
To the cafeteria I go.
Guess what I am now...
NORM!
The Five I'm Watching: Part II
Maligned former trainer lands on his feet
The Five I'm Watching: Part I
ACC taps into the ESPN stash
Aycock finds a new home
He likes Auburn
Damon Evans out at Georgia
As seen at ESPN.com ...
Tony Barbee speaks
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Right Wing Seeks to End Democracy?
Their support for Wisconsin gerrymander part of a disturbing international trend.
By Bruce Thompson	- Aug 23rd, 2017 03:50 pm
How to Steal an election. Image by Steven Nass (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
It is no secret that democracy is under stress in the early 21st century, both in America and globally. The US has a president who repeatedly expresses his admiration for foreign dictators and extremist groups.
The fragility of democracy is underlined by posts on the home website of Freedom House as I write this column. Internationally it reports on the "illegal grab of legislative powers by the constitutional assembly"—"part of Venezuelan President Maduro's efforts to silence all dissent and shore up a dictatorship," the imprisoning of democracy activists in Hong Kong, the assault on press freedom in Poland, and the new strategies of repression in democratic countries themselves.
How does democracy end? Classically, with a military coup. But in a disturbing number of cases, it commits suicide, as a democratically-elected group, once in power, changes the rules to entrench itself in power.
In a recent court brief two eminent political scientists describe one of the entrenchment tools, partisan gerrymandering:
Left unchecked, partisan gerrymandering fundamentally undermines our democracy. It is a basic tenet of fair elections that the parties must play by the same rules. But a partisan gerrymander violates that core principle: Under a successful partisan gerrymander, one party needs fewer votes to win representation than the other party. A partisan gerrymander places unequal burdens on voters' opportunity to elect their representatives, based on the party with which they associate. And where the partisan gerrymander is unresponsive to electoral shifts, only the courts can provide a remedy.
Despite this threat to democracy, groups that support partisan gerrymandering–at least when done for the benefit of the party they support—are easy to spot. Below is a list of the groups that submitted "friend of the court" briefs in support of the Wisconsin gerrymander, Act 43. These were sent to the US Supreme Court in anticipation of its October 3 argument.
Groups Who Support the Wisconsin Gerrymander
American Civil Rights Union
Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation
Majority Leader and Temporary President of the New York State Senate and members of the Majority Coalition
National Republican Congressional Committee
Republican State Leadership Committee
Southeastern Legal Foundation
States of Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah
Tennessee State Senators
Legacy Foundation
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly
That the two dozen states and other organizations represented were willing to stand up for gerrymandering represents the triumph of partisanship over devotion to democracy. While several of the organizations represented describe themselves as "non-partisan," it is doubtful they would have endorsed a Democratic-favoring gerrymander. (The briefs themselves can be downloaded from the Campaign Legal Center website.)
I find this a very depressing collection. Much of the right-wing seems to have adopted the attitude that gaining and holding power is more important than respect for democracy.
In ruling against Act 43, the federal district court adopted a three-part test to identify whether a redistricting plan is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. It concluded "that the First Amendment and the Equal Protection clause prohibit a redistricting scheme which (1) is intended to place a severe impediment on the effectiveness of the votes of individual citizens on the basis of their political affiliation, (2) has that effect, and (3) cannot be justified on other, legitimate legislative grounds."
In his appeal to the US Supreme Court, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel complained that this test came as a surprise to him. "Are Defendants entitled, at a minimum, to present additional evidence showing that they would have prevailed under the district court's test, which the court announced only after the record had closed?" he asked. If it truly came as a surprise, Schimel is confessing to incompetence at reading the direction the court was likely to take.
What additional evidence could Schimel offer? Once the court adopted its three-prong test, Act 43 was doomed. Wisconsin's gerrymander fails all three parts of the court's test. This was clear from testimony of the very people who had worked to develop the district maps.
In drafting Act 43, the Wisconsin legislature's Republican leadership hired Keith Gaddie, a political scientist from the University of Oklahoma, to assess the maps drawn by staff members of the Republican caucus. Gaddie testified that he measured each map's conformance to "the so-called good government principles of redistricting," such as the appropriate racial and/or political make-up of legislative and congressional districts in Wisconsin, compactness, and the integrity of county and city boundaries.
He also built a regression model that allowed him to test the partisan makeup and performance of districts in the Assembly maps that the drafters passed on to him. The staff members then proceeded to choose the map with the greatest Republican advantage, according to Gaddie's analysis. Given this history, it is hard to see what additional evidence would allow Act 43 to pass the circuit court's test.
Among the amicus briefs to the US Supreme Court is one from two political scientists, Bernard Grofman of the University of California at Irvine and Keith Gaddie. Both have extensive experience with redistricting cases, in addition to Gaddie's role as a consultant on Act 43.
Having studied redistricting from both sides, they are no fans of partisan gerrymandering. The quote with which I opened this column is from their brief.
Grofman and Gaddie argue that partisan gerrymandering has become steadily easier to quantify. This is partly because of advances in political science and partly due to vastly increased computer power allowing the quick generation of hundreds of possible district maps. This same advance increases the ability to create a map that favors one party over the other, without resorting to the odd-shaped district that were typical of gerrymanders of the past.
Grofman and Gaddie propose a three-part standard, similar but not identical to the standard used by the circuit court. The first element is partisan asymmetry, "based on the idea that a citizen's representational rights must not depend on the party with which he chooses to affiliate." The next two graphs demonstrate how much Act 43 increased Wisconsin asymmetry to favor Republicans.
The first is based on the 2008 election whose districts were designed by a panel of federal judges. It is not perfectly symmetric; if each party won half the votes, Democrats would have won 48 seats, compared to 51 for the Republicans.
Seats Won as % of Vote–2008
Compare this to the story told by the three statewide elections since Act 43. The gerrymander opened a huge gap between the ability of Republicans and Democrats to convert their votes into seats. With each party receiving half the votes, Republicans will win around 60 seats to Democrats' 39.
Seats Won as % of Vote Post-gerrymander
The second element in Grofman and Gaddie's proposed test is lack of responsiveness. When voters change their allegiances, does their representation also change? The plot of the post-Act 43 elections shows the durability of the Republican advantage. It persisted whether the election favored Republicans (2014), favored Democrats (2012), or was almost tied (2016).
The third element in Grofman and Gaddie's proposed test is causation. It requires that the partisan bias must be intentional, rather than the natural byproduct of ordinary districting practices or of chance. The history of Act 43, with a steady progression of maps with a greater and greater partisan bias towards Republican domination would seem to settle the question of causation.
After reviewing past gerrymandering cases, Grofman and Gaddie conclude that "the statistical tools for detecting and measuring partisan gerrymanders have improved greatly since the Court last considered partisan gerrymandering in LULAC (in 2006). Courts—assisted by competent experts—can now reliably and accurately identify and measure the impact of partisan gerrymanders."
I find the idea of symmetry an attractive one, because it comports with American democratic values. In contrast to some other countries, such as Russia, we expect courts to not favor people based on how the currently governing leader views them. This concept is inherent in the quote attributed to John Adams, that we are a "government of laws, and not of men."
It is sometimes argued that turning redistricting over to legislators is an exercise in democracy. Instead as Wisconsin amply demonstrates, it creates an obvious conflict of interest. The steady improvement in measuring partisan bias means that situation will steadily worsen if the courts refuse to intervene. By the same token, this improvement in measurement offers the courts exactly the means they need to manage this threat to democracy.
More about the Gerrymandering of Legislative Districts
Gerrymandering Foes Push Reform - Erik Gunn - Jul 17th, 2019
Rep. Robyn Vining Continues Fight for Fair Maps - State Rep. Robyn Vining - Jul 16th, 2019
Statement on Nonpartisan Redistricting Reform Bill - State Rep. Lisa Subeck - Jul 16th, 2019
Gerrymandering Bill is Bipartisan - Laurel White - Jul 12th, 2019
Op Ed: Redistricting Now Up to Citizen Action - Jay Heck - Jul 2nd, 2019
Rep. Robyn Vining Says Fight for Fair Maps Is Not Over - State Rep. Robyn Vining - Jun 28th, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Gerrymandering - Laurel White - Jun 28th, 2019
Statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision on Partisan Gerrymandering - Fair Elections Project - Jun 27th, 2019
Waupaca County Opposes Gerrymandering - Matt Rothschild - Apr 29th, 2019
45 Counties Want to Ban Gerrymandering - Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Apr 19th, 2019
Data Wonk: Walker Seeks to Gerrymander America - Bruce Thompson - Apr 3rd, 2019
Murphy's Law: The Arrogance of Robin Vos - Bruce Murphy - Mar 21st, 2019
Data Wonk: The Gerrymander Wars March On - Bruce Thompson - Mar 20th, 2019
The State of Politics: How Evers Would End Gerrymandering - Steven Walters - Mar 18th, 2019
Evers' Budget Will Include Nonpartisan Redistricting Process - Shawn Johnson - Feb 27th, 2019
Representative Subeck Applauds Governor Evers' Plan to Ensure Fair Election Maps - State Rep. Lisa Subeck - Feb 26th, 2019
Rep. Hesselbein Supports Governor Evers' Fair Maps Plan - State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein - Feb 26th, 2019
Rep. Spreitzer Supports Gov. Evers's Redistricting Reform - State Rep. Mark Spreitzer - Feb 26th, 2019
Statement on Governor Evers' announcement he will include nonpartisan redistricting reform in his proposed budget - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Feb 26th, 2019
Rep. Robyn Vining Embraces Gov. Evers' Inclusion of Redistricting in Budget - State Rep. Robyn Vining - Feb 26th, 2019
Op Ed: Why We Oppose Gerrymandering - Andrea Kaminski - Feb 20th, 2019
Murphy's Law: Republicans Oppose Gerrymandering - Bruce Murphy - Jan 29th, 2019
Op Ed: Gerrymandering Costs Taxpayers Millions - James Rowen - Jan 23rd, 2019
Data Wonk: Gerrymander is Alive and Well - Bruce Thompson - Dec 12th, 2018
Board Adopts Supervisor Moore Omokunde Proposal to Decriminalize Marijuana - Sup. Supreme Moore Omokunde - Nov 6th, 2018
Murphy's Law: The Fight Against Gerrymandering - Bruce Murphy - Oct 30th, 2018
Democrats Refile Redistricting Suit - Shawn Johnson - Sep 16th, 2018
Amended Whitford Complaint Highlights Harm Caused by Wisconsin's Partisan Gerrymander to 40 Plaintiffs Across 34 Districts - Campaign Legal Center - Sep 14th, 2018
The State of Wasted Votes - Malia Jones - Jul 2nd, 2018
Data Wonk: Can Democrats Still Contest Gerrymander? - Bruce Thompson - Jun 27th, 2018
The State of Politics: Democrats Rejected Redistricting Reform - Steven Walters - Jun 25th, 2018
Supreme Court Punts on Gerrymandering - Shawn Johnson - Jun 18th, 2018
Republican State Leadership Committee: The Efficiency Gap is "Sociological Gobbledygook" - Republican State Leadership Committee - Jun 18th, 2018
Response to Gill v Whitford decision to remand back to trial court - Fair Elections Project - Jun 18th, 2018
The Art Of Gerrymandering Milwaukee - Malia Jones - Jun 9th, 2018
The Push for Nonpartisan Redistricting - Cathleen Draper - Jun 5th, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Nears Decision on Wisconsin Redistricting Case - Cathleen Draper - Jun 2nd, 2018
Data Wonk: Many Republicans Oppose Gerrymandering - Bruce Thompson - Mar 14th, 2018
The State of Politics: Will U.S. Supremes Rule on State Districts? - Steven Walters - Feb 19th, 2018
Back in the News: Majority Now Backs Fair Redistricting - Bruce Murphy - Feb 5th, 2018
Data Wonk: John Roberts' Nightmare - Bruce Thompson - Oct 11th, 2017
The State of Politics: You Be The Judge on Redistricting - Steven Walters - Oct 2nd, 2017
Op Ed: U.S. Supreme Court Should End Partisan Gerrymandering - Andrea Kaminski - Sep 26th, 2017
Data Wonk: Judges Consider a Democratic Gerrymander - Bruce Thompson - Aug 30th, 2017
Op Ed: 24 Counties Have Voted for Fair Maps - Matt Rothschild - Aug 25th, 2017
Data Wonk: Right Wing Seeks to End Democracy? - Bruce Thompson - Aug 23rd, 2017
Data Wonk: US Supreme Court Wrong on Redistricting? - Bruce Thompson - May 31st, 2017
Op Ed: Save Taxes With Nonpartisan Redistricting - Andrea Kaminski and Lindsay Dorff - May 26th, 2017
Data Wonk: Why GOP Backs Gerrymander - Bruce Thompson - May 24th, 2017
Data Wonk: State's Political Map At Issue - Bruce Thompson - May 18th, 2017
Rep. Peter Barca Statement on Attorney General Appeal of Redistricting Decision - State Rep. Peter Barca - Feb 24th, 2017
Fair Elections Project calls upon Legislature to focus on fair map drawing process - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Feb 24th, 2017
Campaign Cash: GOP's Redistricting Lawyers Are Big Donors - Matt Rothschild - Feb 6th, 2017
Op Ed: Reject Partisanship, Redraw Voting Maps - Andrea Kaminski - Feb 3rd, 2017
Rep. Peter Barca Statement on Assembly Organization Committee Secret Ballot - State Rep. Peter Barca - Feb 2nd, 2017
Court Watch: Court's Redistricting Order A Problem? - Bruce Thompson - Feb 1st, 2017
Rep. Hesselbein Calls for Open, Transparent, and Public Process for Drawing New Legislative Lines - State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein - Jan 27th, 2017
Wisconsin Federal Court Permanently Blocks State Redistricting Plan - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Jan 27th, 2017
Data Wonk: 2016 Election Results Prove Gerrymandering - Bruce Thompson - Dec 28th, 2016
Plaintiffs call for new maps for Wisconsin legislative district - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Dec 21st, 2016
Data Wonk: Measuring Wisconsin's Gerrymandering - Bruce Thompson - Dec 7th, 2016
Sen. Taylor statement on federal court ruling against Republican gerrymandering - State Sen. Lena Taylor - Nov 21st, 2016
Statement on Redistricting Ruling - State Sen. Chris Larson - Nov 21st, 2016
Federal Court overturns unconstitutional gerrymandering of Wisconsin legislative districts - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Nov 21st, 2016
Rep. Barca Statement on Redistricting Decision - State Rep. Peter Barca - Nov 21st, 2016
HISTORIC DECISION: Wisconsin Federal Court Strikes Down Partisan Gerrymander and Adopts Groundbreaking Legal Standard - Campaign Legal Center - Nov 21st, 2016
Murphy's Law: The Myth of Democratic Gerrymandering - Bruce Murphy - Jan 26th, 2016
Data Wonk: Can New Approach End Gerrymandering? - Bruce Thompson - Jan 6th, 2016
Federal Lawsuit to Overturn Unconstitutional Gerrymandering of Wisconsin Legislative Districts Continues - Wisconsin Fair Elections Project - Dec 17th, 2015
Can Auto Redistricting End Gerrymandering? - Laura Thompson - Dec 10th, 2015
Assembly candidate Brostoff calls for non-partisan redistricting - State Rep. Jonathan Brostoff - Apr 17th, 2014
Redistricting reform the antidote to Republican extremism - Press Release - Nov 13th, 2013
Lazich, August, Fitzgerald and Vos Still Silent on Redistricting Reform Public Hearings As Support & Pressure Builds - Common Cause in Wisconsin - Sep 17th, 2013
Freshmen legislators push new legislation to correct flawed partisan redistricting process - Press Release - Apr 11th, 2013
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Jul 3rd, 2019 by Bruce Thompson
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74 thoughts on "Data Wonk: Right Wing Seeks to End Democracy?"
George Mitchell says:
Bruce diminishes his argument by seeming to equate Act 43 with (1) an "illegal grab of legislative powers by the constitutional assembly"—"part of Venezuelan President Maduro's efforts to silence all dissent and shore up a dictatorship," (2) the imprisoning of democracy activists in Hong Kong,(3) the assault on press freedom in Poland…"
There are reasoned arguments for Act 43. Rick Esenberg's, as one illustration. Bruce should attempt to rebut or refute them. Instead he collectively suggests that parties in the current case are part of an effort to "end democracy." Really? End it?
Vincent Hanna says:
George do you support political parties drawing maps or do you think there's a better way?
Jason troll says:
I live in Wisconsin so I support it. Same problem in Illinois but conveniently not mentioned must be because it favos Democrats.
It's not mentioned because we don't live in Illinois (you are the king of getting off-topic). It should apply everywhere and everyone knows Democrats do this too, including in Illinois, they just don't do it nearly as much as Republicans. Not even close.
Wisconsin Conservative Dgiest says:
Gerry mander started in 1800s. In Wisconsin it was under Tony Earl, so the GOP did the best possible reapportionment under the law. It was how people in Wisconsin feel about Obama and the Left.
Across the country in 35 states, the Left has been thrown out. The ones Left like Conn., Ill. California are total diapers (disasters) and so is Milwaukee, MPS.
The Left cannot run anything except the Alt left and the Antifa under Soros who are ax wielding thugs with masks, that throw pee onto our cops. That is the extent of the abilities of the Left
There is a flaw in the premises of this argument and it does not depend on if you are for or against gerrymandering.
It lies in the very first graph showing an even layout of red and blue squares. There may in fact be more "blue squares" in reality, but they are certainly not evenly distributed in our state or our country. Democrats are more highly concentrated in large cities. This in not a political statement it is merely the reality of how the Republican and Democrat parties are physically and geographically aligned in the US.
Start with a layout – same ratios as above but this time make a large circle of blue squares in the middle. Then try to make a apportionment that does not give the red squares an advantage. It is almost impossible without having a non contiguous district. At some point you are going to have to have an all blue group of squares in the middle, which will give an advantage to a red district on the fringe of the blue circle.
Classic Data Wonk – start with an objective and then find data to show that your objective is true. It is easy when you start with a flawed premises.
Bill Kurtz says:
The arguments by those supporting gerrymandering are a classic example of how right-wing lawmakers and judges operate: Set your objective first, then design or interpret laws to accomplish them, regardless of how many precedents you ignore along the way.
There is a very simple concept that the conservative commentators in this thread are loudly ignoring. All person's votes should be equal. In Wisconsin this is not true and it has become substantially less true since the most recent Republican led redistricting. For democrats to be in power in this state they can't just win a simple majority of the popular vote, they have to win it by A LOT. The issue is made worse by the current, winner take all state of politics in this country where the majority party gets everything it wants the and minority party gets none of what it wants.
If you take an objective, mathematically driven look at redistricting across the country you'll see that Republicans gerrymander much more often than Democrats; but really it doesn't matter. Gerrymandering is wrong. It makes our democracy worse no matter what party does it and we should eliminate it wherever it exists.
Thanks Bill, love to hear the Left whine, about things cause the voters across the country have tossed you into the dust bin of history. The only live ones you have: AntiFa, Alt left burn, ruin, break windows, throw piss on our cops, wear hoods like KKK, attack with ax handles like Maddox and wear armor helmets to peaceful protests and then blame Bush and trump. You guys are hilarious, what you are doing to wreck your selves like the Left in UK..
Uff da says:
WCD, the left cast more votes than the right in the last presidential election… so maybe you're the one who will tossed into the dust bin with your bigoted buddies on the right. (since you are just blindly lumping groups of people together I'll do the same and assume you are a bigoted, sexist, racist, nazi, pervert with a third grade reading level) FYI, you even misspelled your damn name.
dk mke says:
Concentration is just a function of land area. It has nothing to do with how the value of one voter compares to another.
David said it well. Gerrymandering is wrong. I don't care about the historical contests, who did it first, best, worst, last. I just don't care. Two wrongs don't make a right. We have the power to make our elections fairer. Be the flag wavers you purport to be and support democracy!
Jon Erik Kingstad says:
The article asks whether the partisan gerrymandering by the Wisconsin legislature reflects an inner drive for a single party state, a la Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia or the People's Republic of China. The comments of the conservatives in this thread apparently think it's a good idea. Notice that the author of the article differentiates the slow accretion of power by one party that is drifting toward a one party state from states in which democratic rule has been ousted by military coup d'etat. Rule by a junta or single dictator or cabal of plutocrats all means the end of pluralism and democratic rule. It's not surprising to me that the conservative commenters above are not just all OK about single party rule but rather look for rationalizations about how feckless the "left" is or has been. As if any policies of the last 37 years had been any idea of the "left." I submit that if the "left" had any real clout in this country, we would have had single payer health care fifty years ago and we would not spend endless hours debating the effectiveness of another tax-cut for the rich, after the public forgot about all the benefits of the last one which never materialized. That is, except for the 10% of the population whose share of the wealth and income of the USA has grown larger as the income and wealth of the other 90% has declined.
Partisan and often racially motivated gerrymandering along with the campaign finance system, broken down by a right-wing Supreme Court which has defined "money as speech" to ensure rigged elections that perpetuate the all-but-in-name single party state, are all the evidence that anyone needs to know that we're not on our way; we're already there.
Dgiest is my copyrighted name. Trump is president so what. Our country goes on electoral votes not the fact that two states had a few more votes. It is the "United " States of America for those that do not know how to read.
Fact is that there are 50 states and 35 controlled by GOP. Only 6 total controlled by the left. In Wisconsin it is disaster, the last eight years before Walker, Milwaukee worse disaster. Maybe you should move to Cuba and/Or venezuela and you will be much happier.
dk Mike,
Concentration is not just a function of land it is a function of geometry. Yes, you can draw districts to one advantage or another, but you are starting with an uneven playing field. I am not making a political case here – just noting that the author completely ignores this fact which is what leads to accusations of bias in the media.
Districts by law need to be contiguous – therefore having a large concentration of one population within a small area makes it hard to have an even distribution of each side within one contiguous district. You do not have to just take my word for it – just get out a sheet of graph paper and try it out.
A similar thing happens on a national level. Voters in Wyoming have much more voting power than voters in California. It is just a mathematical fact based upon the fact that every state has 2 senators. Every vote is not equal, it never has been and it was designed that way to balance the power of smaller states with those of larger states. It gives minority groups (those in small states) protective power. Should we start over and make every state equal in population? After that should make every state have an equal number of each party? We live in a Republic, not a Democracy.
Before you decry this think of what would happen if we just used the popular votes – all of the power and decision making in this country would benefit the large states on the coasts. Ship lake Michigan water to California? Sure. Lower corn subsidies, or milk subsidies? Sure. Why not – the voters in the large cities on the coasts would be making those decisions for us. Even on a state level think about what would happen if we just had at-large representatives, certain minority groups would never have their votes count as they would not be able to concentrate their votes and elect a representative of their background.
Redistricting rules prohibit diluting minority districts – the unwilling consequence creates the problem we have – highly concentrated districts surrounded by physically larger districts of lower concentrations. This leads to unequal voting power that exists before any political gerrymandering begins. Again the author completely ignores this – it is a BIASED article.
Erik: Only reason we have one party state is that the Left cannot put up any candidates that are not idiots and their platforms do not interest the working people of Wisconsin only the Mad/Milwaukee axis.
Dave Reid says:
I'd suggest taking a look at this Auto-Redistrict software http://autoredistrict.org/. It addresses the contiguous and compactness (in fact all constitutional requirements) concerns while minimizing the gerrymander. It can draw considerably fairer maps than have been pushed through across the country. It's almost like those maps were purposely created to be unfair.
Where is that in the constitution?
happyjack27 says:
Nice essay, Bruce. I have it on good authority that briefs in support of Appellees (plaintiffs),will be filled around labor day. And in greater numbers than the briefs in support of Appellants (defendants).
Jim, Wisconsin's present gerrymander is well in excess of both historical levels and the natural packing effect you speak of, and furthermore the natural packing effect can be easily nullified by having a computer algorithm run a multi-objective heuristic optimization algorithm. You completely ignore this – it is a BIASED comment.
Jim, read this: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jowei/Political_Geography_Wisconsin_Redistricting.pdf
That's from the very guy who made the natural packing effect famous – Jowei Chen.
Just one little excerpt from it:
"Yet the Act 43 plan creates a total of 56 Republican-leaning Assembly districts, as
measured by 2012 presidential vote share. This total is far outside of the range of partisan
outcomes observed in the simulations, indicating that the Act 43 plan was the product of an
intentional effort to craft more Republican-leaning districts than was possible under a partisanneutral
map-drawing process following traditional districting criteria. As before, the fact that
Act 43 preserved intact far fewer counties than any of the simulated plans suggests that the Act
43 Assembly plan had to violate the traditional districting principle of respecting county
boundaries in order to achieve 56 Republican-leaning districts, an extremely improbable
@George Mitchell – re: "There are reasoned arguments for Act 43." Also read that above paper.
Happy jack; now right that into a constitutional amendment
Write what into the Constitution? Facts about the current Wisconsin assembly districts? Do you even know what the Constitution is? It's a policy document not a fact sheet about the current Wisconsin assembly districts.
It is the recipe for doing reapportionments; dummies. It will never change.
I think you meant to comment on a different article there… this is about the distribution of the partisan composition of districts, not the distribution of population among districts.
I understand what we were talking about I worked on reapportionment with Allen Busby way back to 1970. It is impossible to write partisan composition into districts cause we cannot id them and it changes all the time. "You guys are peeing up a rope."
This article would never been written if the Democrats had a 2-1 advantage in the assembly and a four seat advantage in the Senate. This scenario would be a just democracy. Instead, the left brings up Republican insurrection, and how we need bipartisan. In reality all the Democrats care about is power. Power to dole out other peoples money.
"It is impossible to write partisan composition into districts cause we cannot id them and it changes all the time.", it would apply to the standard of making districts equal population as well, and yet, we reapportion….
Yes the GOP gerrymanders but they don't care at all about power Troll. Just helping the little guy. All the party of the rich old white guy wants to do is help the working stiff. Power means nothing to them or their friends at the WMC and MMAC.
That is precisely my point. You cannot talk about the partisan composition of a district without talking about the distribution of population within a district, they are heavily correlated.
Take for example the requirement not to dilute the districts in such a way that Latino's do not have a majority district. Doing so would leave the Latino community without a voice in congress (which would be bad). To do so you need to draw a line around an area large enough that Latino's within that circle represent the majority (say 3 blue squares out of the 5-square example above). The author assumes that one could then make the remaining 2 squares red. In reality, this is very difficult. If one buys the argument that Latinos vote mostly democrat, and also thinks that Latinos tend to congregate heavily in larger cities, then the remaining two squares are more likely to be blue. The red population needed would either be far away (noncontiguous) or possibly down a long freeway corridor (non-compact).
One would have 3 choices; have a noncontiguous non-compact district, have a non-Latino majority district, or have a district with 5 blue squares. It is very difficult to achieve all three goals. My point is that the author doesn't point out that fair partisan redistricting is inherently difficult (the fact that a computer needs to run a multi-objective heuristic optimization algorithm proves this). By making districts fairer to certain groups, it is impossible not to make it more unfair to other groups.
The system favors certain groups even before our silly politicians get involved. My argument is not that politicians don't make the problem worse (they do), it is that by changing the way we district will bring other non-intended consequences. Our Constitution explicitly protects certain groups (see 14th amendment), those groups are varied but nowhere does it protect partisan groups or political parties. It also contemplates the fact that in order to protect certain people different groups inherently have different amounts of voting power (see electoral college debate/popular vote argument above) to give minority groups certain protections.
All the rich old white guys are Lefties now.
Jim, both me and Dave already told you that it's very easy to achieve all three goals by using a standard heuristic optimization algorithm.
So now that you know your statement is false, continuing to repeat it is called deliberately lying.
Vince, last I looked the Republican running state government is passing another tax cut that benefits everyone. The Left will whine that it is the price of a night out at Panda Express but you know what I will take that Broccoli Beef . Last, I looked my city and county that are blue is taking more out of my pocket.
Also everybody here KNOWS that you're lying because they also saw mine and Dave's comment. So even if you're okay with lying, it's just not going to fool anyone anyways.
Troll, the topic is the right eliminating democracy through partisan gerrymandering.
The idea that no one would care if Democrats were doing this in the state and held a huge advantage because of it isn't true, but it's also an absurd defense because it's not saying that the gerrymandering is OK or that the author is wrong.
Vincent, I think you just described every Amicus Brief in support of defendants. None of them even try to show that Wisconsin isn't gerrymandered or to make an argument that gerrymandering isn't bad. It's like they might have well just submitted issues of Sports Illustrated.
@Jason Trolll-
Your post literally just summed up what is happening. Less and less stated aid, so local govt's are scrambling to make up the difference. In the end the only one's who win are the top wage earners.
Happyjack,
Look at any current red/blue map of Wisconsin voters. Then look at the graph the author shows both at the top of this article and on the headline on the homepage for this website. Am I lying in saying that the graph the author presents is not in fact how the distribution of red to blue populations are in reality? The author is starting with a false premises – How is my pointing that out repeating a lie?
Yes, you can correct it with an algorithm – that is the entire concept I am pointing out – that a correction needs to be made even before gerrymandering begins. And the requirement for certain minority groups to have majority districts makes the original correction needed even greater. Red squares start with an inherent advantage because of demographic clustering and because of the rules of redistricting.
Before "fair" redistricting begins, you basically have to take the map that exists in realty, bend it through an algorithm until it looks like the nice, neat graph above and THEN you can split it up the way the author shows is fair. The first step is needed because we don't start with an even playing field, which, at that point, has nothing to do with any partisan scheme to gerrymander and make the imbalance worse.
Don't you think that is an important concept that an author that calls themselves "Data Wonk" should be honest in pointing out?
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If this were merely an accident of where Democrats live, Stevens Point would not have been removed from the 7th Congressional District with a loop around with southern Wood County to join them to the river 3rd District. This is intentional.
Thanks for pointing out the 2 vote advantage small states have. It has boggled my mind since high school math why this isn't discussed more.
I do disagree you on the problem of going to straight popular vote and the advantage swinging to large states. First, it would only eliminate an engineered advantage to small states. That's not the same as actively advantaging larger states. Second it would allow party-minority votes in those states to be counted. Really the electoral college is just a math exercise that has outlived any real purpose. Maybe knock it down to 1 extra vote per state.
As to the debate on the ease of dealing with dense areas of single party voting, yes it's complicated. But it's not something that can't be resolved equitably. I don't expect blue voters from Milwaukee to be joined up with red voters in Chilton. But I suspect there's a happy medium, and the point of the article to me is that there are better tools, and better analysis that can be done to achieve those goals. Perfect is the enemy of good enough.
As much as we like to think otherwise if you move to New York – your vote doesn't really matter. If you move to Kansas – your vote doesn't really matter. There are only really a very small number of places in the US where your vote can have any chance of swinging a presidential election. That is the reality of our Republic.
Just a thought. If you are for a popular vote for president I would think that same logic should apply to eliminating districts and having at-large state representatives. The lonely democrat in Chilton getting his voice heard for state legislation is no different than the lonely republican in New York getting his voice heard for national legislation.
I hear ya, and it's an interesting thought experiment, but I don't think the logic really follows. The president presides over the entire country (a very large, single district), so all votes from the entire country should count towards that one "district" and representative. Similarly, all votes from a congressional or assembly district from within that district should be what counts.
And I totally agree we need to do away with a red vote in NY not counting, or a blue vote in AL. You say it's the reality of our republic but that's true ONLY because of the artificial constraints of the electoral college. What other advanced democracy uses the same format?
Would be interesting to see how eliminating it would change campaigning too. No need to concentrate on swing states, every vote matters.
Anywho, local gerrymandering. In my mind it's the most important voter law issue of our time, more so than campaign finance, or voter ID. We have to do better than we're doing now.
Any of you dopey people read the constitution?
None of this crap you propose will ever get thrugh the amendment process. if you do not want one party govt,, then this is what you need to do.
Recruit top flight people that understand the working people not worry about toilets. Do not restrict freedoms like speech, guns etc.
Plan programs that help the working families buy a house, a car, educate their kids, pay their bills. That was why the old dems did. New Dems are as nuts as Castro and Chavez.
@16 Wisconsin Conservative Dgiest: 1. Then you would hold up Wisconsin's government as a model of integrity and transparency and Wisconsin's economy as a model of success after thirty years of GOP control?
2. Please clarify for me: In your opinion, are all Democrats "leftists"? Are all Democrats idiots? Are all leftists idiots?
3. Can you name any Democratic politician elected to office in the last 37 years whom you would not describe as an idiot?
4. Is there any idea or person who is not "conservative" who is not an idiot or a leftist?
Doyle was in there and screwed it up but Tommy and scott are tops.
Zablocki, Gaylord, Bob Huber, jim Lynn, Ji, flynn, Tom HaukePat Lucey.
@ 45. Wisconsin Conservative Dgiest: What programs have conservatives planned that help working families buy a house, a car, educate their kids, pay their bills? Have I missed something? Has the GOP joined Bernie Sanders who's proposed making college education free? Has the GOP joined Elizabeth Warren to repeal all of the laws enacted since 1981 deregulating the financial industry and allowing interest rates to skyrocket?
Jobs. Failed at education cause controlled by the Left. GOP has raised spending tenfold for schools since 1970 for far fewer kids, yet scores are down. All Lefty controlled districts cannot even teach kids to read. Too busy telling them what toilet to use and the lenin is a real hero.
So that is a no Jon. The man who would tell you he's an expert on conservative politics in Wisconsin, a trusted voice on the right for decades, can't name a single thing. All he can do is call the left names.
@50 Vince. I see what you mean. I forgot: "DFTT".
I have always found DFTT to be great in theory and difficult in practice.
@Jim
"Happyjack, Look at any current red/blue map of Wisconsin voters."
Alight, I'm going to stop you right there Jim. Really?!? You think I'd be talking like I am if I haven't examined the demographics?
Take your faith in my up about 50 notches and then go and read what I asked you to read that you clearly haven't,
I'd say then come back and talk to me, but… don't. Because if past is precedent I'm just going to repeat say the same thing in this comment.
So instead of coming back and talking to me, come back and read this comment, and then do what I said in it which you clearly hadn't done.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
"The man who would tell you he's an expert on conservative politics in Wisconsin, a trusted voice on the right for decades, can't name a single thing. All he can do is call the left names."
You're just realizing this NOW?!?
No offense, Vincent, but… that's been clear for some time now.
I recommend that we all take a breath and read "Democracy In Chains" by historian Nancy MacLean. Once it is read, let's come back for an informed discussion.
To the Nutty Left, on this site, who have not any knowledge of the US Constitution and how hard it is to change it.
All of the dopey ideas here, do not have any chance of happening, so why do you bother blabbering with each other.
Bruce Thompson says:
Anyone want to take a stab at identifying the author of the following?
"…all agree that political gerrymandering is a noxious and destructive practice. The segregation of voters by political affiliation so as to achieve purely partisan ends is repugnant to representative democracy."
Hint: it was published yesterday.
Was it the judge in Texas?
All these statements are worthless as the change will never take place.
i have debated this, written about it for 50 years.
The states will never agree to make the changes.
it stays as it is and you might as well work with it, unless you have article V convention and then the small states will dominate and they will probably make it tougher to change.
as to name calling: "It is hard to suffer reading fools".
Vince,
Close, but wrong state.
Wow, you're recommending reading a history book to have an "informed discussion" about geographic information systems, mathematics, and computer algorithms?!?
You've really got your subject areas mixed up.
@Jeff, history is _descriptive_, not _prescriptive_.
Bredar in Maryland? If so, may I ask why that's especially relevant?
Off the top off my head I'll guess North Carolina.
dk has the right state, but the wrong judge.
OK I got it mixed up with the voter ID law. That was the judge in Texas. Was it Maryland?
It's relevant because WCD among others keep saying "read the constitution" and "it's legal to partisanly gerrymander" and all that, as if if murder wasn't illegal they'd be fine with it. (BTW, under Kolberg's stages of moral development, that's stage one – self interest – pre-school).
The point is that the reality is that both The Supreme Court judges and the high-level state court judges are on board with adjudicating the issue. And indeed, find it morally repugnant. So those whines and winnies from the right "We can partisan gerrymander because nobody's going to stop us!" are all moot. The adults are all in agreement: you will be stopped.
Hmm, I guess I'm stumped then. I was looking at this ruling:
https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Benisek_v_Lamone_Memorandum_08.24.17.pdf
And shortly after the quote you referenced in your conclusion, it says, "Judge Russell joins all but Part II.B of this Memorandum and joins the accompanying Orders. Judge Niemeyer joins neither the Memorandum nor the Orders."
So I assumed the opinion was written by Bredar.
I think dk mke actually got the right judge.
From page 27 of the ruling (Niemeyer speaking (quite eloquently, I might add):
"Indeed, as Judge Bredar has observed in this case, gerrymandering is a "noxious" practice with "no place in a representative
democracy." Shapiro, 203 F. Supp. 3d at 600 (Bredar, J., dissenting)
My bad. I read the decision too fast. I thought it was Niemeyer. He quotes Bredar approvingly in the part you quote above. His beef with his colleagues is that they are two willing to await SCOTUS on the Wisconsin case.
Niemeyer is interesting because he is sometimes described as the most conservative judge on the 4th circuit and well-connected to the conservative justices.
Ah, then perhaps he is counting HIMSELF among the examples when he says:
"The widespread nature of gerrymandering in modern politics is matched by the almost universal absence of those who will defend its negative effect on our democracy. Indeed, both Democrats and Republicans have DECRIED IT WHEN WIELDED BY THEIR OPPONENTS but nonetheless continue to gerrymander in their own self interest when given the opportunity. The problem is cancerous, undermining the fundamental tenets of our form of democracy." (emphasis added.)
Niemeyer's dissent is awesome. I want to marry it. But I can't because it's an abstract assemblage of semiotics with no true physical form. I will find a way.
Jeff my apologies – I will put that book on my reading list. I as a long thoughtful comment and then my phone crashed.
I'll try to recall the last part: the history of civilization is a slow and painful progress from despotism to something resembling democracy. Ad we still have a long way to go.
I think understanding and appreciating this is a prerequisite to having a meaningful and responsible discussion on this topic.
Plaintiffs in the Maryland gerrymandering case just today gave notice to judges that they are appealing to the Supreme Court.

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Local colleges: No grades? No problem.
While some Burlington High School students worry that their school's shift to individualized learning will hurt their access to higher education, representatives from regional colleges say the change will have minimal impact on admissions.
"I think it's a major concern for students and families as they go to incredibly competitive colleges around the country," said Jocelyn Fletcher Scheuch, the Burlington School District's proficiency-based learning coordinator.
The switch to proficiency or standards-based learning comes as Vermont law (under Act 77) mandates that public schools provide flexible and personalized pathways toward graduation. This school year marks the start of full implementation of at the high school.
Fletcher Scheuch believes the high school will maintain its reputation among college admissions officers of providing quality education and that the new system will boost confidence in what students have learned and how well they've learned it.
Still, high school administrators have no plans to remove letter grades in the near future, according to Fletcher Scheuch. Grading under the new system is determined individually by teachers, who choose what percentage of a grade is affected by proficiencies.
Some states, such as Maine and New Hampshire, have completely made the switch to a transcript that removes letter grades entirely. These transcripts will typically include a list of courses along with different proficiency levels on a four-point scale.
Michael Stefanowicz, director of admission at St. Michael's College, said the number of proficiency-based transcripts received has been gradually increasing. The college does not require letter grades, class rank or grade-point average, and accepts any transcript format.
"The reality is that we've had transcripts that look different all along," Stefanowicz said. "We've always been able to make a good admissions decision regardless of the format."
St. Michael's College relies on the school profile, a document that explains a high school and its grading process, when interpreting applications.
The University of Vermont issued in 2013 a statement in support of proficiency-based learning and will also accept any form of transcript.
"Even with a traditional grading system, the method of assessment varies school to school," said Beth Wiser, the executive director of admissions at UVM.
The university is primarily receiving proficiency-based transcripts from Maine and has not seen an increase, according to Wiser. UVM is currently working with high school counselors across Vermont as the state transitions under Act 77.
"The process doesn't change," Wiser said. "We still look at the student's academic history to determine if they are ready for college-level studies."
The New England Board of Higher Education and the New England Secondary School Consortium held a meeting in April 2016 to discuss the impact on acceptance at highly-selective colleges and universities. All admissions representatives at the event agreed that students applying with a proficiency-based education will experience no disadvantage.
Mario Macias, the guidance director at Burlington High School, said the only difficulty with a proficiency-based transcript he has encountered occurred when a student transferred to the high school from southern Vermont. He had to call up the school and talk to staff as part of interpreting what credit the student had received.
The counselor has heard a lot of concerns from parents, teachers and community members about the new system, but clearing up the common misconception that letter grades are going away has helped to alleviate them.
"We don't want to jeopardize any students' chances of getting into college," Macias said.
Previously: Burlington High School edges away from letter grades
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>Уровень предметной области (Domain Layer) или Уровень модели (Model Layer).
>Отвечает за представление понятий прикладной предметной области, рабочие состояния, деловые регламенты.
>Именно здесь контролируется и используется текущее состояние прикладной модели, пусть даже технические подробности манипуляции данными делегируются инфраструктуре.
>*Этот уровень является главной, алгоритмической частью программы.*
Domain-Driven Design

Почему же я всё чаще вижу как создаются приложения, где есть только "entity" и "dto"?
В какой момент на вопрос о том, зачем нужен какой-то класс-сервис, стало нормой отвечать, что он нужен "для работы с энтити"?
Вопросы риторические.


Featuring the distinct taste of North Sulawesi, the Manado Culinary Festival 2014 will be held from 10th to 12th July 2014 at the Basketball Court of Mega Mas Manado Area in Manado. The event commemorates the 391st Anniversary of the capital city of North Sulawesi which falls on 14th July 2014.
Although this is held in the fasting month for Muslims, but the majority population of North Sulawesi are Christians. Activities will continue into the evenings that will include Muslim participants to join in and feast.
The 3 days event will feature various activities, including Cooking Competitions, National Chef Cooking Presentations, Traditional Culinary Bazaar, Café Ramadhan, Fish Barbeque Festival, Ice Carving festival, Seminars and workshops, art and cultural performances, Kaeng Manado Show, and more. The festival will also feature the Manado Musik Festival II 2014 which will feature renowned composer and ethnomusicologist, Franki Raden.
Manado Culinary Festival is regarded as the biggest culinary event in North Sulawesi which will feature all sorts of distinct food, snacks, and drinks from Manado and North Sulawesi. Aimed to preserve and promote the culinary wealth of Manado, the event is also intended to stimulate and develop culinary innovations of the city which combines the taste and style of various ethnic groups. The event is also projected to attract both national and international tourists, which in turn, will increase economic activity of the city.
Manado is the largest, most-northerly city in Indonesia, capital of the province of North Sulawesi. It is better known for its breathtaking underwater life at Bunaken, an island that directly faces this city. It is also the hopping off point to the Tangkoko Nature Reserve, habitat of Tarsiers and macaques.


We at the Charger Chant want to welcome you to your 2018/2019 school year at Clark High School. I know- this summer was way too short- but we hope you'll enjoy yourself as you transition back into your daily school routine.
First, we want to start you off with some of our school's summer accomplishments. Clark's clubs and classes performed spectacularly at the competitions we attended over the summer!
HOSA ILC- Our HOSA team competed at the international HOSA tournament in Dallas!
Boys and Girls State- A group of Vegas juniors traveled to Reno for the annual Boys and Girls State summer camps.
FBLA-PBL- Clark's FBLA team traveled to Baltimore for the annual national FBLA tournament.
Girls Nation- Clark High School, for the first time, sent representative Aisha Sanwal to Girls Nation!
Speech and Debate Nationals- Six of our Speech and the Debate members went to Fort Lauderdale in June.
All of these will be posted in the News column within the next few weeks.
"Make sure you enjoy your year and focus on your classes. Freshman year will be great as long as you work hard and don't stress," says Clark High School senior, Shivam Saran.
Our Clark High School sports teams are also some of the best around. Be on the lookout for our articles about the first tennis matches and football games!
Although high school might seem scary, Clark High School is an awesome school and a ton of fun. Soon, this place will be just like home. Our dedicated administrators and amazing teachers truly make Clark the best school around. Remember- at the end of the day, you get out of high school what you put into it. We hope you have a fantastic time and enjoy your year!


Finally we opened our new store at Mient 13 in Alkmaar! We've worked hard to get it to this point! And are now about 2 weeks open!
And what a wonderful responses we have already received! Our new concept is a bit different than what you used to know about us .. but it is very nice !!!!
Our concept is now extended with a delicious organic bakery with a range of eg 100% spelled bread, sourdough pumpkin seed bread, savory breads and pesto pine nuts and figs, gorgonzola and delicious fresh crossaint, kokosmacronen, muffins and so on .. you smells the delicious aroma of freshly baked bread.
And thereby a wholly Living Roots-style lunchroom with organic coffee and delicious sandwiches with many organic products.
And do not forget our living / gift store, it is also enhanced with a great new collection of gifts and home items !! These are also found in our shop!
All under one roof! We found it very exciting but very happy with the new response we get from our customers!


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Clara Samuel (* 1878 in Bonn; † 1962 in Dortmund) war eine deutsche Sozialarbeiterin.

Leben
Ab 1905 war Clara Samuel in der Frauenbewegung tätig. Sie gründete während des Ersten Weltkriegs den örtlichen Zweig des Nationalen Frauendiensts und war Gründerin der Elberfelder Ortsgruppe des Jüdischen Frauenbunds, zu dessen Vorstand sie gehörte. 1926 gründete sie die Zentrale für Jüdische Pflegestellen und Adoptionsvermittlung in Elberfeld (heute Wuppertal), die jüdische Kinder zur Adoption ins Ausland vermittelte. Sie wanderte 1939 nach England aus, wohin ihr Sohn, der Germanist Richard Herbert Samuel, bereits 1934 emigriert war. 1945 zog sie nach Palästina. 1947 kehrte sie nach Deutschland zurück. Sie war verheiratet mit dem Tabakwarenhändler Ernst Samuel (1871–1932).

Zentrale für Jüdische Pflegestellen und Adoptionsvermittlung
Die von ihr gegründete und geleitete Zentrale für Jüdische Pflegestellen und Adoptionsvermittlung (kurz: Elberfelder Zentrale) sorgte in ganz Deutschland dafür, dass zunächst hauptsächlich unehelich geborene Mädchen dem Judentum erhalten bleiben konnten und eine jüdische Erziehung bekamen. Später engagierte sich Clara Samuel und ihre Zentrale auch für die Auswanderung jüdischer Kinder nach Palästina und in andere Länder.

Literatur
 Yvonne Weissberg: Der Jüdische Frauenbund in Deutschland 1904–1939: Zur Konstruktion einer weiblichen jüdischen Kollektiv-Identität. Zürich 2016.
 Samuel, Clara. In: Joseph Walk: Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden: 1918–1945. hrsg. vom Leo Baeck Institute, 1988. (Reprint: de Gruyter, Berlin/ Boston 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-205420-8, S. 326)
 Gudrun Maierhof: Selbstbehauptung im Chaos. Frauen in der jüdischen Selbsthilfe 1933–1943. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main/ New York 2002, ISBN 3-593-37042-5, Kurzbiografie S. 343.

Einzelnachweise

Sozialarbeiter
Person des Judentums (Wuppertal)
Deutscher
Geboren 1878
Gestorben 1962
Frau

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Grapefruit — британская рок-группа, созданная в 1967 году.

История
Грейпфрут был сформирован в 1967 году в результате встречи Джона Перри и Терри Дорана в студии Apple. Позднее к ним присоединился шотландский певец и бас-гитарист Александр Янг — старший брат основателей группы AC/DC Малькольма и Ангуса Янга.

Менеджером группы стал Терри Доран, друг Джона Леннона. Название группе дал сам Джон Леннон (Грейпфрут — так называлась книга, написанная его женой Йоко Оно).

Грейпфрут просуществовали всего 2 года, начиная с конца 1967 и по конец 1969 года. За это время группа выпустила два альбома и несколько синглов. Самый известный сингл, «Dear Delilah» (1968), достиг #21 в чарте Великобритании.

Грейпфрут распались в конце 1969 года. После распада группы Александр вместе со своим братом Джорджем Янгом и его партнером Гарри Вандой участвовал в проекте «The Marcus Hook Roll Band» (1970).

Участники
 Alexander Young — бас-гитара, вокал
 Mick Fowler — клавишные, гитара
 John Perry — гитара, вокал
 Geoff Swettenham — ударные
 Pete Swettenham — гитара
 Bob Wale — гитара, вокал, гармоника

Дискография

Альбомы
 Around Grapefruit (1968)
 Deep Water (1969)

Синглы
 «Round Going Round» / «The Little Man» (1968)
 «Dear Delilah» / «The Dead Boot» (1968)
 «Elevator» / «Yes» (1968)
 «C'Mon Marianne» / «Ain't It Good» (1968)
 «Someday Soon» / «Theme For Twiggy» (1968)
 «Deep Water» / «Come Down to The Station» (1969)
 «Thunder & Lightning» / «Blues In Your Head» (1969)
 «Lady Godiva (Come Home)» / «Can't Find Me» (1970)
 «Universal Party» / «Sha Sha» (1971)

Ссылки

 Официальный сайт Джона Перри
 Страница группы на сайте Myspace

Примечания

Музыкальные коллективы Великобритании
Рок-группы Великобритании
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 1967 году
Музыкальные коллективы, распавшиеся в 1969 году
Исполнители Dunhill Records


On the issue of shipping Boat Anchors, I've had good experiences using Greyhound Package Express, Tough-bin structural foam footlockers and proper padding.
The parcel is loaded at the bus station of origin and usually remains on that bus to its destination without having to survive a sorting center or multiple unhappy loading personnel.
It may be inconvenient to drop off and pick up at the bus terminal, but considering the irreplaceable nature of these rigs, it's worth the effort.
I had no idea! Thank you for the tip, James!
This entry was posted in News, Vintage Radio and tagged Radio Repair, Tube Radio Repair, Valve Radio Repair, Vintage Radio on January 12, 2019 by Thomas.
They are, of course, spy radios – used to send messages back to base from behind enemy lines. And decades later, much of the collection is still in use. Tony Green has this special report.
This entry was posted in News, Nostalgia, Radio History, Vintage Radio and tagged Ian Keyser (G3ROO), ITV, Southgate ARC, Spy Radio, Vintage Radio on October 28, 2018 by Thomas.


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Копытово — деревня в Собинском районе Владимирской области России, входит в состав Куриловского сельского поселения.

География
Деревня расположена в 5 км на северо-запад от центра поселения деревни Курилово и в 17 км на север от райцентра города Собинка.

История
Деревня впервые упоминается в писцовых книгах 1650 года, состоящей в приходе села Ставрова, в ней было 8 дворов крестьянских и 6 бобыльских.

В конце XIX — начале XX века деревня входила в состав Ставровской волости Владимирского уезда. В 1859 году в деревне числилось 31 дворов, в 1905 году — 46 дворов, в 1926 году — 41 хозяйств.

С 1929 года деревня входила в состав Юровского сельсовета Ставровского района, с 1932 года — в составе Собинского района, с 1945 года — вновь в составе Ставровского района, с 1965 года — в составе Собинского района, с 1976 года — в составе Куриловского сельсовета, с 2005 года — Куриловского сельского поселения.

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Населённые пункты Собинского района