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An Online Newsletter of "The Andy Griffith Show" Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC)
Welcome to our fifth issue of The eBullet for 2014! A lot has been going on, and even more (including Mayberry Days!) is coming up. Here's the latest…
Floyd's Barbershop Bulletin Board
CHEERY GROUP AND A CHAIR-Barbering legend Russell Hiatt enjoys a visit with incognito friends Tim "Goober " Pettigrew, Kenneth "Otis" Junkin and Allan "Floyd Jr." Newsome when the trio popped in at his shop after breakfast next door at the Snappy Lunch in August. Be sure to drop by and see Russell (who has officially retired from cutting hair, but is still cutting up with friends) at his Floyd's City Barber Shop during Mayberry Days this month or whenever you're in downtown Mount Airy. Photo Instagrammed by Allan.
The Andy Griffith Museum, featuring the late Emmett Forrest's amazing collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia, is open daily in Mount Airy, N.C. For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* Beginning Sept. 1: MeTV has started airing "The Andy Griffith Show" in markets that don't already have TAGS available on local stations. The local markets already with TAGS are instead getting "Mayberry R.F.D." on MeTV. A definite win-win for Mayberry fans!
*Sept. 19: Betty Lynn is taking this Friday off from her usual Third Friday signings at the Andy Griffith Museum to rest up for greeting fans next week at Mayberry Days. That's a good example for all of us making plans to attend the festival that's chock-full of Mayberry activities from start to finish.
* Sept. 19: There will be lots of carrying on when David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning works security at the Carriage Travel Club Grand National Rally in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
* Sept. 21-24: Life Lessons From Mayberry: It's All There in Black and White in Ridgecrest, N.C. (outside Asheville) is a Bible study event drawing on the biblical truths and life applications found in "The Andy Griffith Show." The event is $295 per person (based on double occupancy), which includes three nights of on-campus lodging, eight meals, Bible study sessions based on favorite TAGS episodes, dynamic preaching, worship, an orchestra concert of TAGS tunes, and a lunch with favorite Mayberry tribute artists. To register, call Ridgecrest Conference Center at (800) 588-7222 or visit www.lifeway.com/mayberry.com.
Rodney Dillard
* Sept. 25-28: 25th Annual Mayberry Days in Mount Airy, N.C. As always, numerous "Andy Griffith Show" stars will be on hand, including hometown favorite Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) and Darling Boy Rodney Dillard and the Dillard Band (with special guest Maggie Peterson, aka Charlene Darling), who will perform a matinee show on Friday. James Best also presents his popular "Best in Hollywood Show" on Friday afternoon, and Karen Knotts returns with her fun, wonderful "Tied Up in Knotts" show, at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
Other special guests scheduled to return include Elizabeth MacRae (Betty Parker on TAGS and Lou Ann Poovie on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."), Morgan Brittany (Mary Alice Carter), Jackie Joseph ("Romeena" Ankrum), Peggy McCay (Sharon DeSpain), George Spence (Frank the Boyfriend), Margaret Kerry (Bess Muggins and Helen Scobey), and George Lindsey, Jr.
Also, Joy Ellison (Mary Wiggins, Effie Muggins, Mary Scobey, Betsy and Iris) is flying in from New Orleans (where she's on location working as a dialect coach) to attend her first Mayberry Days (and her first Mayberry event of any kind since 2000)! Joy will be the special guest for Neal Brower's lecture (always a festival highlight) in conjunction with the TAGSRWC Annual Meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Other festival favorites include David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning, Allan "Floyd" Newsome and the merry Mayberry band of tribute artists; the VW Boys and their "Salute to Mayberry;" and Michael Hoover's "Memories of Elvis."
James Gregory
Also, there will be a hilarious comedy show on Friday night by the amazing James Gregory, "the Funniest Man in America." And the Embers warm the night with their music on Thursday, while the legendary Tams bring their soulful coastal music to the amphitheater on Friday evening. There will be something for everybody at this special 25th Mayberry Days. Visit www.surryarts.org for more info, last-minute updates and tickets.
* Oct. 3: 54th Anniversary of the premiere of "The Andy Griffith Show" on CBS.
"Ohhh, you get a line and I'll get a pole, honey!" "Honey." "You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe!"
* Oct. 3: Dean Webb and Missouri Boatride perform for The Old Brush Arbor, at Keystone Baptist Church in Reeds Spring, Mo.
* Oct. 5: Karen Knotts brings her "Tied Up in Knotts" show to the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, Calif., at 2 p.m. For tickets and info, call 209-338-5071 or visit www.galloarts.org.
Betty Lynn signs a photo for TAGSRWC member Bruce Fisher at the Andy Griffith Museum in July. Photo by Hobart Jones.
* Oct. 17: Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8?–10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* Oct. 19: LeRoy "Mack" McNees and wife Jan share their faith and bluegrass gospel music during the 11 a.m. worship service at the New Horizons Baptist Church in Oxford, N.C.
* Oct. 23: "An Evening with Ron Howard" as part of the Bryan Series, hosted by Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. In a moderated conversation, Ron Howard will offer the Bryan Series reflections on his 50 years in the motion picture and television industry. He will discuss his journey from his role as Opie to his achievements as one of the most accomplished filmmakers of our time. Expect him to talk about the creative process and the significance of his films including Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon and others. The presentation starts at 7:30 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster for about $59 (including fees & taxes), plus $7 per vehicle ("everybody on the truck!") for parking For more info, visit www.guilford.edu/bryan-series.
* Oct. 31- Nov. 2: Back to Mayberry Retreat at the Eagle Ridge Conference Center in Raymond, Miss. A fund-raiser weekend of Christian fellowship and Mayberry fun and games in the heart of Mississippi. For more info visit www.backtomayberryretreat.webs.com.
* Nov. 1-6: Cruise to Mayberry 9 stars LeRoy "Mack" McNees, George Lindsey, Jr. , and a passel of Mayberry tribute artists for music, sights, sun, fun, and games…and hearty eatin' aboard Carnival's Victory cruise ship, departing Miami for Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman. For more info, contact Sharon at All About Cruises (336) 538-4926 or by e-mail at pwesje@aol.com or visit the website at www.allaboutcruisesnc.net.
* Nov. 5-10: David Mayberry Deputy" Browning joins the VW Boys and a boatload of down-home comedy, bluegrass and country music performers on the Acoustic Cruise sailing from Charleston, S.C., to the Caribbean. Info is at www.ExclusiveCruiseTravel.com, or call Kathy Kennedy at (877)288-7711.
* Dec. 5-7: Life Lessons From Mayberry Christmas in Ridgecrest, N.C. (outside Asheville) features special guest Margaret Kerry ("Bess" from "Christmas Story" and "Helen" from "Andy Forecloses"). This fun and inspirational weekend draws on the biblical truths and life applications found in TAGS. Guests are invited to bring 1960s attire or dress as a character for the Saturday night Christmas banquet. Adults: $195 per person (based on double occupancy), which includes two nights of on-campus lodging, six meals, Bible study sessions based on four favorite episodes, and preaching and worship. Kids 12 and up: $96 (when staying in parents' room); kids under 12: $66 (when staying in parents' room). To register, call Ridgecrest Conference Center at 800-588-7222 or visit www.ridgecrestconferencecenter.org/event/mayberrychristmas. Questions? E-mail: llfmevents@gmail.com.
* Jan 9: Karen Knotts performs "Tied Up in Knotts at the Norris Center in Naples, Fla. Show time is 7:30. For more info, call 239-213-3058 or visit www.naplesgov.com.
* Jan. 11: Karen Knotts performs "Tied Up in Knotts at the Florissant Civic Center in Florissant, Mo., at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $28.00. For more info or tickets, call (314) 921-5678 or visit www.florissantmo.com.
* Feb. 15: Karen Knotts performs "Tied Up in Knotts at the Howard Performing Arts Center on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich. Show time is 7:30. For more info, call 888 467-6442 or visit www.howard.andrews.edu.
* Mar. 5-7: The 18th Annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival in Florence, Ala. Details TBA. For updates go to www.lindseyfilmfest.com.
Otis loves a fifth of anything!
* May 1 and 2: Fifth Annual Mayberry Comes to Westminster festival in Westminster, S.C. Details TBA. Photo highlights from 2014 at www.mayberrywestminster.com.
* May 15-17: Mayberry in the Midwest returns to Danville, Ind. Among the festival's highlights are the parade, the Mayberry Squad Car Nationals, and performances by the Mayberry Tribute Artists. Guest stars and other details TBA. For now, just mark your calendar.
**** News of Cast & Crew ****
In July, Ron Howard and his wife, Cheryl, sold their lakefront estate in Greenwich, Conn., where they have lived for 20 years and raised their four children. We don't know whether they had any help from Barney Fife, Realtor, but they got their asking price.
Ron and his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer recently announced a deal for their company to produce (along with Scott Pascucci and Grammy winner Nigel Sinclair) and for Ron to direct a documentary about the touring years of The Beatles. "Imagine" that! Fab for Ron…and for Beatles fans everywhere! "What's so compelling to me," Ron told Rolling Stone, "is the perspective that we have now, the chance to really understand the impact that they had on the world." Keep up with the project's progress at www.thebeatlesliveproject.com.
Ron's also still very involved in post-production for his next feature film release, In the Heart of the Sea, which will be in theaters next March.
Ron Howard tweeted this photo in August with daughter Bryce and son-in-law Seth at a screening of an early cut of Ron's In the Heart of the Sea. Follow Ron on Twitter @RealRonHoward.
And Ron begins directing Inferno, the latest movie adaptation in author Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code series) in April. The movie will again star Tom Hanks as lead character Robert Langdon and is slated for release in theaters during the 2015 holiday season.
Also, Imagine Entertainment has signed to make a TV pilot based on Digital Fortress, the Dan Brown novel from 2003, for ABC-TV. There's no word on whether Ron might be directing the pilot or any future episodes if a full series develops.
The Imagine duo of Howard and Glazer is also set to produce a new adaptation of East of Eden for the big screen. Jennifer Lawrence has been announced as one of the stars. Meanwhile, Imagine in co-producing The Good Lie, a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon that will be hitting U.S. theaters in October.
Ron is also hoping to direct a film version of Neil Graiman's best-selling The Graveyard Book. And he might direct or at least produce the film version of another best-selling book, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair for Warner Bros.
And that's not all. Ron has signed on as executive producer for a mini-series based on the Clan of the Cave Bear book series. The series is expected to air on Lifetime next year.
And just last month, Ron took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Abbey Road in London. Here's the short video of Ron's charitable dowsing.
Jim Nabors' Maui home and the "Big Island" home of TAGS associate producer Richard O. (Dick) Linke both were fine after the rare hurricanes that skirted Hawaii in early August. Dick will be 97 years old on October 23.
Betty and friends at the Andy Griffith Museum in July. Photo by Hobart Jones.
Betty Lynn has been drawing large crowds of fans to her meet-and-greet afternoons once a month at the Andy Griffith Museum. Though a bit under the weather for a spell in late August, she looks forward to welcoming her fellow TAGS stars and all attendees at Mayberry Days this month..
Ronnie Schell (two TAGS episodes and Duke Slater on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C") completed a stint at Harrah's Improv Comedy Club in Las Vegas in June and another at Harvey's in Lake Tahoe in July. Also, he did some selections from his stand-up comedy act and performed Love Letters with Maggie Peterson (who also did a set of favorite songs) at the Touch of Mayberry festival in Hiram, Georgia in August.
Maggie Peterson (left) with Rodney and Beverly Dillard at the Cruise-In in Oakboro, N.C., part of the DARE fundraiser weekend that also included a concert in nearby Troy. Photo by Tom Rusk.
And later in August Maggie joined TV brother Rodney Dillard for another successful DARE concert and fundraiser with a full roster of the Mayberry tribute artists in Oakboro and Troy, N.C.
James Best has had an active year so far with performing and making personal appearances. And also painting (you can view-and buy!- his work at www.jamesbestart.com). James also has been making time for some fascinating sightseeing and leisurely travel. He recently returned from a family vacation in Europe. But barely back from that, he immediately hit the ground running for two performances of his one-man "Best in Hollywood" show and a "Dukes of Hazzard" reunion show.
James also won a Kay Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Norman Thayer Jr. in the Hickory Theatre's production of On Golden Pond last spring. Way to go, Jimmie!
Peggy McCay (Sharon DeSpain) took a tumble on the set of "Days of Our Lives" in June. But ever spunky, she quickly bounced back and is looking forward to being at Mayberry Days this month.
Jackie Joseph introduced Ken Berry, who then introduced mutual pal Larry Storch, for Larry's official final stand-up comedy performance, which he did at the Comedy Store in L.A. this past weekend. Next stop for Jackie is Mayberry Days!
Joy Ellison (Mary Wiggins and others), making her debut at Mayberry Days this month, is currently on location in New Orleans as dialect coach during the filming of the often nominated and award-winning "American Horror Story" anthology TV series.
Morgan Brittany (Mary Alice Carter) is gearing up for touring and media appearances to promote her new book, titled What Women Really Want, which is being released this week. (Yes, she will have books on hand to sign for fans at Mayberry Days!)
Margaret Kerry (Bess Muggins and Helen Scobey) has been busy as usual with lots of Disney-related appearances, including at a Disneyana Club event in Garden Grove, Calif., in July. Keep up with Margaret on her website: www.tinkerbelltalks.com. The Club House section of her site also has a video of her cutting up with George Lindsey Jr. (That Club House area is for "members only" and requires a paid subscription.)
Karen Knotts has had several performances of her "Tied Up in Knotts" stage show so far this year. And she has more shows coming up, including Mayberry Days (see Floyd's bulletin board above). She also recently performed in a two-month run of the well-reviewed I'm Not Just a Comic Genius at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood.
We're sad to report the passing of two talented men with connections to the production of TAGS and one of its "Sister Figure" shows.
Rick Mittleman, who wrote 20 episodes of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." He died following a car accident while walking his dog on July 30 in Los Angeles. He was 84.
During his five-decade career writing for TV, Rick was a three-time Emmy nominee who specialized in comedies. Among the shows for which he wrote were "The Red Skelton Hour" (which earned him his first Emmy nod), "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Flintstones," Get Smart," 'Bewitched," "McHale's Navy," "The Odd Couple," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "M*A*S*H" and "Arnie," which earned him his second Emmy nomination. His third Emmy nomination was for the 1975 comedy special "Van Dyke and Company."
Rick also wrote for "Remington Steele," "Simon & Simon," "Murder She Wrote," "Matlock" and many others. His last writing credit was for a 1999 episode of "Early Edition."
He was a producer for several shows, including "You Asked for It," in the 1950s. And though he never wrote for TAGS, Rick was a favored writer of the Sheldon Leonard/Danny Thomas family of shows, including not only "Dick Van Dyke" and "Gomer Pyle," but also "That Girl" and "I Spy," as well as shows steered by TAGS producer Aaron Ruben, including "Sanford & Son."
Rick served on the board of directors for the Writers Guild of America for several years, and in 1997 received the WGA's Morgan Cox Award for exceptional service to the Guild.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene, children Todd, Rachel and Dana, and four grandchildren.
Ted (Theodore J.) Flicker, who directed three classic episodes of TAGS, died September 12 at his home in Sante Fe, N.M. He was 84.
Ted directed "The Lucky Letter" (Episode 146), "Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau" (Episode 154) and "The Arrest of the Fun Girls" (Episode 155). He is probably best known as co-creator (with Danny Arnold) of the "Barney Miller" TV series, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1982, as well as a Peabody Award, Golden Globes and many other industry honors.
Ted also directed episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "I Dream of Jeannie," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "Night Gallery," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Banacek," "Nichols" and others top shows. He also occasionally acted and also wrote scripts for TV shows, including "The Mod Squad."
Born in Freehold Borough, N.J., on June 6, 1930, Ted studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before joining the improvisational Compass Theater in Chicago in 1954. He wrote and directed the 1959 Broadway Musical The Nervous Set. For the big screen, he co-wrote and directed 1964's The Troublemaker, and he directed The President's Analyst (1967), among others.
Ted was also an accomplished sculptor and had a large sculpture garden next to his home in Santa Fe, where he had lived for 28 years.
Ted Flicker is survived by Barbara, his wife of 48 years.
Editor's Note: Thanks to our ace stringer Brent Seguine for alerting us to the passing of both Rick Mittleman and Ted Flicker.
**** Chapter Update ****
Two new chapters have started since the July eBullet. That brings us to a new total of 1,424 chapters that have been founded since TAGSRWC started almost 35 years ago (October 1979).
Here are the two newest chapters:
Opie and Aunt Bee with a Coaster Wagon and a Pack of Yappin' Dogs
Williston, Fla.
Mayberry Ministries Clinton, Miss.
Starting a chapter of TAGSRWC is really easy to do. Just pick a name that hasn't already been chosen (that's the challenging part!), and submit it with a list of your founding members by e-mail or by U.S. Mail to TAGSRWC's HQ in Nashville. There's a searchable list of chapter names that are already taken at www.tagsrwc.com. You can submit your chapter name request to Goober@imayberry.com.
Whether or not you start or join a local chapter, you can always join our online "Who's Been Messin' Up the Bulletin Board?" chapter. (It's really quick and easy to do. Info is at tagsrwc.com.)
We always enjoy hearing news (and seeing photos) from existing chapters. (See the Chapter News section below.) And if HQ can ever be of any service to your chapter ("Will you help us?"), we're always here to do whatever we can.
Just jump in where you can, hang on!
**** Merchandise Update ****
We have seven brand new officially licensed TAGS items in the last month! And that's on top of three new ones in July. Those and other highlights are below. Browse the full selection of books, apparel, DVDs, music, artwork, collectibles, items for your vehicle and much more at our online Weaver's Department Store (www.weaversdepartmentstore.com).
We appreciate your shopping at Weaver's, especially because Weaver's sales are by far the main thing that helps TAGSRWC be able to offer financial support to Mayberry Days and other Mayberry-connected events and charitable efforts throughout the year. We appreciate your helping us do that through your shopping with us!
New This Month:
Words of Wisdom T-Shirt
This design is brand new in September! It captures a special sentiment between Andy and Opie. Kind and wise words from a father to his son.
The image on the shirt is deliberately distressed and splattered to give it an old, family scrapbooky feel. (Or maybe more like Newton Monroe spilled some paint on it.) Anyway, that's a cool look these days, so if you want to be hip, you gotta have a shirt with some roughness, even if the photo itself is charming. All on a charcoal- colored shirt. It's the color of choice of the Ankrums and other families around Mayberry
Lawmen Throw, Blanket, Pillow, Pillow Case and Beach Towel
Lawmen design available in assorted items (woven Throw shown)
Everybody is so keen on the Lawmen design that one of the licensed manufacturers just went wild coming up with things to put it on. With Aunt Bee and Clara's help, of course. You'll find a cool (and warm!) assortment of items for fun decor, whether in your home or at the duck pond. Mix and match. Actually, at this point, it's more like match and match. But that just makes decorating all the easier! Everything goes together when it's all the same!
Lawmen Bandana
This is a brand new item for this fall. Made of 100% polyester for a soft feel and easy care. It measures a generous 22 in. x 22 in.
Lawmen on the front and TAGS logos covering the back. Definitely nothing to sneeze at…unless you need to. For example, if you're wearing the ol' salt and pepper (ha-ha), then you'll be extra glad that you have the coolest handy kerchief around!
Featured This Month at Weaver's:
2015 Andy Griffith Show Wall Calendar
Now in stock!
We think the 2015 edition is a particularly good edition. It features 11 different characters (a new record for 21st century Mayberry calendars). All photos are black and white, but there's a lot of nice color in the design around the photos.
Because of a smaller allotment this year, this edition may end up being somewhat harder to find later on than some previous editions have been, but we'll do our best to keep it in stock for as long as we can. There just may not be the discounts available to later shoppers that some earlier editions have had.
As 2015 will be the 55th Anniversary of TAGS, what better way to keep Mayberry on your mind every day than with this cool calendar!
The eyes have it!
Direct from the Remshaw House, we've got a special deal on a couple of creepily fun items that are indirectly related to Mayberry. Check them out…if you dare!
From Ben Weaver's Archives:
The Andy Griffith Show Trivia Game
This is the original Andy Griffith Show Trivia board game from 1998. It's now out of print and really hard to find still unused and even sealed in its original shrink wrap, but we've got a couple.
A wonderful game to play or to preserve as a collectible. (Even crusty ol' Ben thinks it's more fun to play than to save back!)
Loads of fun anytime!
Weaver's of course always has individual Season sets of "The Andy Griffith Show," The Entire Series (now only $109.00!) and a 50th Anniversary Collection of TAGS on DVD, Season 1 of TAGS on Blu-ray as well as DVD sets of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and favorite movies and other features starring Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and the Dillards.
Sneak Peek: A Preview and Quick Book Review
A Cuban in Mayberry–Looking Back at America's Hometown
Pre-order now at Weaver's
Shipping in early October
We're taking pre-orders now for a brand new and outstanding book about TAGS, the first book directly about the show itself in about a dozen years. It's titled A Cuban in Mayberry–Looking Back at America's Hometown, by Gustavo Pérez Firmat, a native of Cuba who is a professor of humanities at Columbia University. (He also has lived and taught for decades in North Carolina.)
This well-written 194-page book from the University of Texas Press is a very scholarly discussion about TAGS. It's basically written from the perspective of somebody like "Stranger in Town" Ed Sawyer, someone who's not native to Mayberry, but eagerly sees the joys and wants to understand and be a part of the friendly town. Gustavo Pérez Firmat (in Mayberry, he surely would be simply Gus) identifies with the Ed Sawyer experience. And he's also a lot like Howard Sprague, who makes his own relatively late appearance in our view of Mayberry, but is welcomed as one of the gang.
Indeed, this book is one that's more likely to be found on a bookshelf at Howard's house or maybe at Helen Crump's place rather than either up in Barney's room, where the reading tends to be breezy detective chronicles and fast-lens photography, or in Goober's collection of thinner books, such as Crab Monster (sorry, Goob–only 17 pictures in this book).
Professor Pérez Firmat makes keen observations about TAGS, its production, and its relevance in culture and social history. Fans may chuckle (or wince) at some of the "trivial trivialities" that trip up the professor. For example, he writes that Andy's favorite dish is lamb stew, a slight miscue likely caused by his sometimes relying on Andy Griffith's donated scripts in the library at UNC-Chapel Hill for reference rather than the filmed episodes.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE–Author Gustavo Pérez Firmat at the TV Land Landmark statue for TAGS in Raleigh, N.C. Maybe he'll soon also get to pose with the revered version of the statue in Mount Airy.
Those slips are easily forgivable, because the thrust of this book is not episodic trivia, but rather a broader examination of themes, such as the role of things like place and home and relationships, both in Mayberry and in American society. (It's also worth noting that there probably hasn't been a Mayberry book yet without its share of trivial and non-trivial errors. There's just such a huge number of interesting facts to catalog. All Mayberry writers could benefit from access to that complete set of TAGS scripts for checking the spellings of names, etc.!)
While there might be a tendency among many in academia to too easily dismiss TAGS as just more TV fluff that's not worthy of their intellectual attention, Professor Pérez Firmat is not of that school. He has an obvious affection for TAGS and strives to enhance that affinity with a deeper understanding. He has definitely been wearing a bucket on his head and taking a think under there.
That said, sometimes the Professor might be guilty of over-thinking some observations about the show when he's trying to make a larger and valid point. An example of this would be his attaching significance to the headlines of the prop newspapers used on the show–suggesting that they were chosen to illustrate how provincial Mayberry is. Legions of modern-day "trained noticers" among us have also enjoyed spotting these headlines and similar little things visible on the show. But as proof that Professor Pérez Firmat is as much fan as scholar, he possibly gives them too much emphasis in supporting his themes.
Though some of the newspapers on TAGS were custom made for the show by a prop provider (such as when Mayberry goes Hollywood or when Barney cracks the Walker robbery case or is the hero in the cave rescue or when Floyd "captures" the lady convicts), most of the generic newspapers on TAGS were just the same props (or reconfigured versions with stock headlines and stories) used on all sorts of other film productions. (Or in the cases of the use of The Mount Airy News, the newspapers were just Andy Griffith's sly way of saying hello to the folks back in his hometown.)
"DON'T THE TREES SEEM NICE AND FULL"–The infamous "Chinese Living in Trees" headline, a favorite of "trained noticers." (Click to view larger, as with most photos in any eBullet.) This is the type of trivia that's far from the main themes of most of A Cuban in Mayberry, but still part of the fun of watching TAGS.
A fun instance of this topic is the Professor's reference to a small newspaper headline seen in TAGS that says "130,000 Chinese living in trees as result of flood." (The actual headline says 110,000, and is seen in newspaper props used in two TAGS episodes, but that could be just nitpicking!) This same headline is also visible in a copy of the Daily Planet used in an episode of "Superman." And it can even be spotted in The Sitter Downers, a 1937 Three Stooges short and other films as early as at least 1935. And more to the point, these filler newspaper stories in Mayberry usually weren't even supposed (or probably even possible) to be read by viewers given the picture quality of TVs during the original broadcasts. Only with the advent of later technologies such as VCRs, DVDs, HD-TVs and Blu-ray have many of these visual trivialities become part of TAGS consciousness, much less its lore.
So, like all of us who enjoy TAGS and gladly sometimes slide down the wonderfully enjoyable slippery slope of believing (or at least wanting to believe) that everything in Mayberry is really real, even Professor Pérez Firmat's rigorous scholarship occasionally succumbs to the lures of both Mayberry's fantastic realism and the pure fun of Mayberry minutia (including bloopers). That's a good thing.
And the helplessness that we all have (if we're lucky) in being drawn into the satisfying world of Mayberry is also where the incredible attention given to the fine details of the show by Andy Griffith, Aaron Ruben, Bob Ross, the writers and others–but most especially Andy Griffith–really works its magic. Unlike almost any other TV show, TAGS creates a believable fictional world that's so rich with interesting people, stories, and generally authentic details that we never tire of exploring, learning, and experiencing as much about that world as we can. And most of all, we just enjoy watching (visiting!) Mayberry and being entertained. All that, plus Barney's hilarious. Professor Pérez Firmat gets all these things.
So, for anyone who enjoys thinking about and understanding more about Mayberry, a description that likely fits most readers of this newsletter as much as any other community in the world, A Cuban in Mayberry is fascinating reading, maybe even essential. You probably won't agree with all of Professor Pérez Firmat's observations and conclusions about TAGS, but you're sure to enjoy the journey.
Professor Gustavo Pérez Firmat, you have no worries. You should know that you are heartily welcomed as a fellow citizen of Mayberry. In other words, "Attaboy, Gus!"
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**** Chapter News ****
Members of the "Hearty Eatin' Men and Beautiful, Delicate Women" (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), "You Better Put a Buckeye in Your Pocket and Do the Incant for a Sore Foot" (Bessemer, Ala.), Mayberry Minutemen (Graysville, Ala.) and Mayberry Squad Car (Canton, Ga.) were among those joining local fans at the Touch of Mayberry event starring Maggie Peterson and Ronnie Schell in Hiram, Ga., in August.
THE QUEEN AND HER COURT–Betty is surrounded by friends Neil and Pat Coleman of "Remembering Mayberry" chapter (Chillicothe, Ohio) with beaming grandchildren Evan and Alli outside the Andy Griffith Museum in July. Photo by Hobart Jones.
Some of those same chapters and more than a dozen others from at least seven states also participated in Jeff (Howard Sprague) Branch's annual DARE fundraiser with Maggie and Rodney Dillard and the Dillard Band the following weekend in Troy, N.C.
Mayberry chapter (Knoxville, Tenn.) had their popular annual day at the lake in August. (No report of loons, through Dennis Beal was there, so maybe that's a question asked and answered!)
Barney chapter (Greensboro, N.C.) is tight-lipped as usual about its plans for the Mayberry Days parade. When a member of Andy chapter (Nashville, Tenn) was told by a Barney member that he couldn't be privy to the plans, he was possibly overheard to mutter, "But Barney member, you're my mother!"
OUR KIND OF FOLKS–Ron and Terry Quinsey of "We're the Cat's! chapter and Mary Clark (right, of Andy chapter) enjoy a garden perch after lunch together in Niagara, Ont. Longtime Mayberry Days attendees (circa 1993-95 ) likely have fond memories of hearing Ron sing during Colonel Tim's Talent–especially his show-stopping version of "My Kind of Town."
That rejection might've been motivation enough for Andy chapter to head to Canada in August, creating the opportunity for what are believed to be the first and second joint chapter meetings outside of the U.S. of chapters from more than one country. In other words, chapters from the U.S. and Canada met in Canada.
First up was a lunch meeting in Niagara with members of "We're the Cat's!" (Fort Erie, Ont.) We don't want to let the cat out of the bag quite yet, but we'll have more news about something exciting the chapter has been up to in our next issue.
GOOBER SAYS EH!–A selfie Goober with Canadian Yankees fan Albert Cooper, Albuquerque Isotopes fan Mary Clark, and Blue Jays fan Beth Cooper at the ol' ball game in Toronto.
The next international chapter gathering was in Toronto, where Andy chapter members joined "'Course I Don't Fix 'em. I Just Put in the Gas" (Oil City, Ont.) for an outing that lasted nine innings. In a way, there were 38,000 others (including Derek Jeter) at the get-together, but we probably should stick to just the four we know were at the meeting as part of TAGSRWC, even though the Yankees shortstop did hit one for the ol' Goober.
And our largest gathering of chapters is just ahead with several dozen chapters and about 30,000 fans in all gearing up for the 25th annual Mayberry Days in Mount Airy. We'll have news about that and much more in our November issue.
It's always with great sadness that we note the passing of TAGSRWC members. And it's not something we always know about or are able to report in every instance. But we've recently learned of the passing of the founders of two of our earliest chapters, and want to share that news.
Peter Finkel, founder of Howard Sprague chapter. Photo courtesy of Steve Nathan.
Peter Finkel, founder of Howard Sprague chapter (Framingham, Mass.), passed away suddenly on March 10. He was 59.
Peter was steadfastly active in TAGSRWC for three decades. In the early years of our group, he was our sole, stalwart outpost in the Northeast. He was a graduate of the New York Film Institute and a licensed projectionist, and he had a wide range of expertise in audio-visual technologies. He was also a longtime stand-up comic and talented drummer.
His family and many friends looked forward to his special cards each Christmas. They paid tribute entertainers who had died during the last year. Though Peter never got to attend any of our large Mayberry gatherings in other parts of the country, he was a vital part of the spirit of TAGSRWC. He'll remain an inspiration.
We also recently learned of the passing on July 2 of Elmo Dooley, who along with late wife Betty was founder of Aunt Bee chapter (Cookeville, Tenn.). He was 90.
Dr. Elmo S. Dooley, founder of Aunt Bee chapter.
Elmo was a top scientist of his time. And his time was a long time. He was the chief microbiologist for two U.S. military medical research labs and also worked for NASA and as an intelligence analyst. While working for the space program, one of Elmo's jobs was to load Able and Baker, the first monkeys launched into space, into their life support capsule.
Elmo retired as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves after 43 years of active and reserve service. He was also professor of biology at Tennessee Tech University for 27 years.
As founders of TAGSRWC's third chapter (after Andy and Barney chapters), Elmo and Betty carried the banner for Aunt Bee chapter with pride for 32 years. They were dedicated TAGS fans and TAGSRWC correspondents. They were instrumental in helping TAGSRWC grow and have solid footing in our early days and in all the years since. As the Darling boys are known for singing, "I remember very well the day old Dooley died." And so will many in Mayberry and beyond remember this very special Dooley.
If your chapter has news or photos to share, you can write to us the old-fashioned way at OUR NEW MAILING & SHIPPING ADDRESS: 118 16th Avenue South, PMB 146, Nashville TN 37203-3100, or by e-mail to Goober@imayberry.com.
**** Mayberry on the Web ****
The iMayberry Community
This TAGSRWC online group is organized and overseen by webmaster Allan "Floyd" Newsome. You can check it out and sign up for free at: http://imayberrycommunity.com.
The iMayberry Community complements our other online activities, including our main www.imayberry.com page, podcasts, Facebook page, online newsletters (such as The eBullet!), weaversdepartmentstore.com and chat rooms. Combined with TAGSRWC chapters and the various Mayberry events for all fans (from Mayberry Days to ocean cruises), not to mention enjoying the sites of Mount Airy year-round, the world of Mayberry fun keeps expanding.
And best of all, it's all rooted in watching the show itself. Whether through DVDs and Blu-ray, streaming video, local stations, or TV Land, loving to watch the show continues to be the energy that feeds all the other Mayberry fun and activities that we enjoy. What a wonderful thing Andy Griffith and his talented team of actors, musicians, writers and crew people created 54 years ago–for us and generations to come!
Two Chairs, No Waiting is our weekly podcast of TAGS news, interviews and pretty much whatever happens to be going on in and around Mayberry. It's hosted by Allan Newsome. There's a new episode every Tuesday (and you can watch and listen live during tapings on Monday evenings). Past episodes are in an online Archives in case you want to listen to or view episodes you've missed. (There have been 296 episodes since Allan started the podcasts almost six years ago.)
There's a lot of info and discussions that you simply won't find anywhere else, including rare interviews (vintage and new) with cast and crew members of TAGS. If you've got sound on your computer or have an iPod or similar device, you can easily tune in live or download these podcasts.
Also, check out the podcast area of our www.imayberry.com site for info about a Mayberry Bible Study Podcast, also hosted by Allan, and a "brother figure" podcast called Burke on Mayberry, hosted by Kevin Burke.
FLOYD: "92! Degrees?"
ANDY: "No, thousand!"
FLOYD: "Thousand!? Ooooo…That's hot!"
TAGSRWC's official page on Facebook now has more than 92,000 friends! You can find us at www.facebook.com/tagsrwc. There's a variety of comments about Mayberry, and a lively stream of thoughts from fans about TAGS, plus photos. And our Facebook page is also one of the first places we post announcements and breaking news about TAGS. If you haven't already dropped by the page, we hope you'll check it out sometime when you have the chance. We invite you to become a TAGSRWC Facebook Friend!
**** Post Note ****
If you ever miss receiving an issue of The eBullet, you can always catch up by reading it in the eBullet Archives in the Newsletters section at imayberry.com. Each issue is usually placed in the Archives at about the same time that it's distributed to subscribers.
Between issues of The eBullet, keep up with all the happenings in Mayberry with the daily Who's Been Messin' Up the Bulletin Board? (aka "WBMUTBB?") Digest. It's a free subscriber list that consists entirely of comments, newsflashes, and questions and answers from subscribers. You can sign up for that list by going to the Mailing Lists link at tagsrwc.com. "WBMUTBB?" also has its own Archives where you can follow the ongoing stream of messages.
And TAGSRWC publishes Weaver's Newsletter in alternate months to The eBullet. Like The eBullet, the Weaver's Newsletter is free. Its focus is tilted a little more to Mayberry merchandise and collectibles and quick newsflashes. To sign up, go to: Weaver's Newsletter Sign-Up.
TAGSRWC's other main vehicle for Mayberry information is simply our website at www.tagsrwc.com (and its sister site www.imayberry.com). Both sites have extensive content and links for just about everything a Mayberry fan might be looking for.
The next eBullet is planned for November, and the next Weaver's Newsletter will be out in October.
Get ready for Mayberry Days fun! (It'll be hair before you know it!) Photo by Hobart Jones.
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Referring to the current reports 16/2016 of 04.07.2016 and 19/2016 of 26.09.2016 and 40/2017 of 06.09.2017 and 17/2018 of 26.10.2018. Management Board of Suwary S.A. (Company) informs that today 28.11.2018r. received the amount of 673.927,00 PLN which is a refund of the funds paid in connection with the judgment issued by the Administrative Court in Warsaw repealing the decision of the Minister of Labor and Social Policy issued on 22.06.2016 and the preceding decision of the President of the Management Board of the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (PFRON) of 30.07.2015. The above refund does not include the amount of 183.666,00 PLN for failure to meet the deadline for transferring funds to the account of the PFRON under the property tax in the scope of which the President of the Management Board of the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (PFRON) issued a new decision, about which the Company informed in the current report 17/2018 of 26.10.2018, and against which the Company appealed.


It's cold outside! Check out this week's spotify playlist to stay warm.
As we struggle to brave this unbearably cold weather, music can provide us with a much needed reminder of warmer, better times. Personally, I like to spend my time reminiscing about when I could step outside and be comfortable not wearing six extra layers of clothing. Therefore, The DePaulia has put together a list of some music to listen to for an escape from the weather outside.
Country music newcomer Jon Pardi's second full-length album consists of songs that speak to summer romances and good old fashioned country fun. The title song "California Sunrise" finds Pardi thinking back on a past love and is bound to help you replace the cold weather outside with that of the sunny West Coast. Each song ties together perfectly to create a cohesive album filled with modern country hits that even the most classic country fans will love.
Probably one of the greatest songs the Dirty Heads have ever released, "Lay Me Down" places you directly on the beach. It is such an easygoing song you can listen to it over and over again while you wait in the freezing cold for your late Red Line train. If you find yourself exploring their Spotify page, check out their entirely acoustic album "Home/Phantoms of the Summer" for even more easygoing songs to make your morning commute more bearable.
This single off of Billy Currington's album titled "Summer Forever" is a classic ballad to summer love in the country. Whether you're from the South or never left the city, the lyrics are nonetheless relatable and are sure to have you wishing it was the middle of July when responsibilities were few and far between and the Chicago winter was a distant memory. As I suffer through the relentless wind, this song will undoubtedly be on repeat.
The song title is pretty self explanatory. One of Iration's greatest hits, "Summer Nights" is classic sunshine reggae. It will take you back to your fondest memories of summertime when the sun was shining. The song itself is simple and catchy and is perfect to sing along to as you curl up next to your space heater refusing to leave your apartment. "Summer Nights" serves as a great example of the rest of Iration's music: easy-listening modern reggae perfect for thinking back on much warmer days.


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Playtech Partners Up With Casumo
1 December 2020 by Dustin Jermalowicz
Betting operator Casumo has signed a content deal with Playtech and will begin offering casino games and live dealer titles on their brands moving forward as a result.
The agreement will see Casumo brands such as Casumo, Kazoom, CasinoSecret, and Dunder all getting access to Playtech slots, table games, video poker machines, and live dealer titles. The initial launch will take place at Casumo, with other brands getting the games early next year. Mobile games are included in the deal, as are the large progressive jackpots tied to the various games in Playtech's library.
Commenting on the deal Playtech's Shimon Akad said, "We are thrilled that Casumo has chosen to partner with Playtech. Casumo is one of the most innovative operators in our industry and a key player in the new world of gaming. I am positive that Playtech content will be very popular with Casumo players and we look forward to developing this partnership further in the coming months and years."
Casumo's CEO Shelly Suter-Hadad added: "Having collaborated with Playtech for many years, I could not be more delighted to be a partner once again and deliver this new integration across our group of brands. We are looking forward to further developing this relationship over the coming years and working together to bring Playtech games to our players in a variety of established and emerging markets."
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techniques, for the Engineering Services Department.
• Provides support to the Chief Development Review Engineer in the development review process.
• Advises Development Review technical staff in highly complex technical matters concerning plan review and construction inspections functions.
• Attends Development Review Committee meetings to discuss project coordination, procedures and acceptance.
• Attends public hearings, meetings and pre-construction conferences, etc., concerning projects.
• Provides specific input in association with other staff members to review, develop and update existing rules, regulations, ordinances, specifications and procedures associated with land development and Capital Improvement Projects.
• Reviews technical documents as submitted by engineers and developers for compliance with Nassau County Code of Ordinances, Right-of-Way, Development Review, etc.
• Meets with developers and staff to discuss proposed projects as directed.
• Reviews technical documents as submitted by engineers and developers.
• Meets with developers and staff to discuss proposed projects.
• Prepares status reports as directed. Prepares exhibits to aid in Board decision making.
• Performs and completes special projects as assigned.
• Attends training, continuing education, seminars, etc. to enhance and maintain essential skills.
• Performs a variety of routine administrative duties as required, which may include but are not limited to preparing reports and correspondence, entering computer data, attending and preparing minutes of meetings, answering the phone, etc.
• Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as the Board of County Commissioners, County Attorney, subordinates, County employees, developers, engineers, contractors, consultants, municipal personnel, various other Local, State, Federal agencies, vendors and the general public.
• Operates a vehicle and a variety of equipment which may include a computer, printer, fax machine, copier, calculator, telephone, two-way radio; utilizes an engineering and Development Review Engineer architectural scale, etc.
• Attends and remains at work regularly and adheres to policies and procedures regarding absenteeism and tardiness. Provides adequate notice to higher management with respect to vacation time and leave requests.
• Performs related duties as required.
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. Must possess a State of Florida Certificate as an Engineer in Training or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Must possess a valid State Driver's License.
Nassau County is located in the Northeast section of Florida just South of Georgia, and has a population of approximately 61,094 and is about 671 square miles in size. Nassau County Board of Commissioners employs approx. 350 employees and offers a cometitive benefits package.


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Aaron Sorkin's creation, The West Wing, ended its seven year run on May 14th, 2006. I was an avid watcher of this brilliant show but as time goes by and memory fades, I am left to grapple with this one line of dialogue that was spoken by the character of Leo McGarry to the fictional White House staffer – Ali: "That's the price you pay."
It has been over four years since the show last aired but I haven't forgotten those words or the fictional context in which they spoken. I remember feeling uncomfortable as I watched that scene. I balked at the possibility that something like this could happen in the real world even as I applauded Sorkin's brilliance in including such a line in the script.
In this episode, the character of Ali was suspected of being involved in terrorist activities. I refreshed my memory of the scene with the aid of Google's search engine. The dialogue progressed as follows:
ALI: It's not uncommon for Arab Americans to be the first suspected when that sort of thing happens.
LEO: I can't imagine why.
ALI: Look…
LEO: No, I'm trying to figure out why anytime there's terrorist activity people always assume it's Arabs. I'm racking my brain.
ALI: I don't know the answer to that, Mr. McGarry, but I can tell you it's horrible.
LEO: Well, that's the price you pay.
Watching then, I was stunned to hear the character of Leo utter those words, was quite shaken and angry despite being aware it was a television drama.
Ali had responded to that remark with confusion and anger, saying, "Excuse me? The price for what?"
I remember that in the final scene of this episode Leo went back to Ali to make amends. He said that he was just about to say that it was the price to pay for "having the same physical features as criminals".
The explanation didn't do anything to appease me. The director didn't show Ali's character appear comforted by the explanation either. The scene faded to black with Buffalo Springfield's song – For What It's Worth – playing in the background: There's something happening here/What it is ain't exactly clear/There's a man with a gun over there/Telling me I got to beware/I think it's time we stop, children,what's that sound/Everybody look what's going down/There's battle lines being drawn/Nobody's right when everybody's wrong…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU&feature=related
The point was made. Pondering this, over the years, there always appears to be a price to pay. It's as though we've all made a collective bargain and are splitting the bill, "going dutch" at this grand buffet of life, even if we refrained from partaking.
The Buffalo Springfield song was a good choice to close out the scene. History repeats itself as Arizona passes a law that allows officials to stop anyone who doesn't look Arizonan enough…I suppose, and to demand that they show their papers or as I read a frequently traveling, brown skinned friend's status message on a social networking site that says he was "randomly" searched five out of the last six times that he traveled.
It is somewhat ironical that the generation that kept beat with this Buffalo Springfield song in 1967 is the same one that is responsible for approving laws like the one that was just passed in Arizona and demanding more of the same. Young people still speak their minds often enough and up to the age where they are not considered "young people" anymore. Life goes on.
There's further irony in that we are all quite willing to "pay this price" submit to searches, deal with being under suspicion for one thing or another because there's a profile that we partially or fractionally share with someone else. We will moan and groan but we will pay as many times as we are required to pay it – for the greater good. No harm, no foul: we generalize, we assume, we profile, we extrapolate. This is how things are, how we are. It has all happened before and will happen again and again…as they concluded in another brilliant show – Battlestar Galactica. 🙂
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NatureBox Webinar Recap: How To Keep Work-From-Home Teams Engaged
by Mark Pilatowski / ⠀Employee Engagement / September 28, 2020
Article originally posted by John Occhipinti at ReadWrite
Working from home is more than a temporary trend. Given that economists at the University of Chicago estimate 37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home, most experts believe it's here to stay.
That's why NatureBox assembled an All-Star panel of speakers from some of the most progressive companies to answer questions, share best practices, and offer insights about how to keep work-from-home teams engaged and address the most pressing topics and challenges facing managers and employees working from home today.
The NatureBox webinar panel included John Ruhlin, Lynne Oldham, Roni Sternberg, and John Occhipinti
The topics we covered in this webinar include:
Concerns about managing teams remotely
Decreased employee morale
False reads on productivity
Home/life distractions
Keeping an eye on sustainability, thought leadership, and the new impacts on the environment
In case you missed it, you can watch the webinar recording below
Startling statistics about the remote workforce
According to Global Workplace Analytics, 80% of employees want to work from home. The trouble with this? 85% of managers are concerned about their ability to manage their teams remotely.
Check out the graphic below for specific managerial concerns.
That's a lot of concern. So, what's the solution? We asked our panel of experts and here's what they said.
Employee and management engagement during COVID
Distractions at home are rampant. Productivity is getting harder to manage. We're finding it harder to take breaks and sign off at a decent hour while working from home. A great question from our audience was what guidance do you have for leadership to encourage boundaries?
Roni Sternberg from Lyra Health said when it comes to her company, 12 PM is blocked for employees. It's their time – no meetings, no outgoing emails, no scheduled anything. "It's coming from our leadership. He's encouraging everyone to take that break, to take that pause," she said.
John Ruhlin from Giftology spoke about using thoughtful, personalized gifts as a way managers could engage with employees. "I think there are opportunities to surprise and delight your teams at scale… but the details have to be dialed in." He also spoke about how leaders set the tone, echoing Sternberg.
Practical tips for keeping remote employees engaged
While all companies are learning to manage engagement online the best they can, large companies have their work cut out for them. An interesting question from our audience was for companies with over 1,000 employees, what are some ideas for rolling out coffee nights, movie nights, etc.?
Basically, how do you engage with employees virtually on a grand scale? Lynne Oldham from Zoom chimed in first: "We use Zoom, obviously."
Oldham suggested leveraging "Breakout Rooms" of 2-3 people, which makes for a more rich experience. She said that at Zoom, they send people a movie coupon, let people watch it on their own, and will get together to have a discussion after.
This virtual experience is similar to what NatureBox put together a few months ago – a book club about social justice. "We wanted to educate ourselves about it. It was a meaningful conversation on Zoom and showed we cared as a team about what we were doing," John Occhipinti, CEO of NatureBox, said.
Understanding that we're on Zoom much more now than ever before, it's also important to know how to manage "Zoom fatigue." We heard from Oldham first. "By taking some degree of control and figuring out how you can set aside time. Are there things we can do, like block 12 PM off?"
The importance of taking breaks, even if you had to schedule them in, was repeated time and time again throughout this webinar. And not only that but how it's up to managers to set the tone and lead by example.
Predictions for the future of the remote workforce
Out of all the great questions from the audience, the most pressing question of them all was this: Will we ever go back to normal? Are there systemic changes in the workforce we should look out for?
"Based on the statistics you shared, people are saying they're enjoying working from home. We're making it work and finding some success in it. That's why it's important we identify the challenges before they become large challenges. I think we'll have a good mix of in-office and remote working when the world changes," Sternberg said.
Ruhlin had a similar thought about there being a mix of remote and in-person working because "companies are realizing, 'Do I really need all of that space or could I cut it in half, by quarter and have times we're getting together as a team?' He also noted that as human beings, we still want to interact with people, making it incredibly important for leaders to build a culture of internal engagement.
Oldham thinks the winners of the future are going to be the companies that adapt. The ones that think long and hard about what work has to happen in person and then think long and hard about how to make that happen. Instead of returning to work as normal, they're going to rethink work as a whole. "This is one grand experiment," she said.
Occhipinti closed out the discussion on the future with these final thoughts: "As leaders, it's about authentic leadership and how we remain engaged with our employees."
Right now, NatureBox is in the business of helping companies keep their employees engaged while they work from home. That's what it's all about. Our mission to change the way people think about snacking – from an unconscious effort to a mindful snacking experience – is why we created the largest collection of great-tasting adaptogenic snacks. And made them accessible in-office and at home. Our snacks work great as employee morale boosters, one-time gifts, tasty treats for events, and ongoing micro-kitchen snacks. If your in-person or remote teams are looking to stock up on healthy, flavorful snacks that taste as good as they'll make them feel, head over to our Corporate Snacking page to get started.
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CHICAGO, IL – Youth from the Cook County Juvenile Justice Task Force, alongside parents, ministers and allied groups, will meet with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Commissioners at a town hall meeting to present their vision for alternatives to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC). Their vision includes the reinvestment of funds into community-based social services, including mentorship programs, as well as mental health care and safe shelter.
The Town Hall meeting will be held today, Monday, November 19th at 6 p.m. at 1333 N. Laramie.
At the Town Hall meeting with President Preckwinkle and Commissioners, youth activists will present vision for alternatives to juvenile detention center.
In the past year, the County reduced the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center population by 50. In the coming year, President Toni Preckwinkle has said that the population will shrink even more. The Cook County Juvenile Justice Task Force is demanding that the reduction of the population include reinvestment of funds into community-based alternatives.
The Cook County Juvenile Justice Force includes: Blocks Together, BUILD Inc, Center of Change, Community Justice Institute for Youth, Fearless Leading by the Youth, Precious Blood Ministry of Peace and Reconciliation and the Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice at the Adler School of Psychology.
For more information about the Cook County Juvenile Justice Task Force, contact Alex Goldenberg or visit www.facebook.com/audyhomecampaign.


Yes, South Africans speak English and don't even start with a question like "So if you're from South Africa, why are you white?" on someone when it's your first time in their country. South Africa has 11 official languages but English is the commonly spoken language throughout the country. Cool right? So what are some of the South African English slangs that you might encounter while visiting the country? Here's 10 of them.
If it's your first time in South Africa, be ready to be invited to a braai or backyard barbecue. Whatever the day, the occasion, or the weather is, no one can stop South Africans from having that good braai.
Ag when pronounced sounds like the "ach" in the German "achtung". When combined with the word shame, the whole phrase "Ag shame" is equivalent to "Cute!" or "Horrible!" Kinda confusing right?
Derived from the two words, "is" and "it", the slang word "Izit?!" basically means "Really?!" or "Is that so?" It's best used when you don't have the slightest idea about what the other person is talking about.
If there's now-now, there's also "just now" which can be a bit confusing because it means "in the near future".
In South Africa, directional signs or people will tell you to go right or left from the "robot". Don't look for something like R2D2 because a "robot" is just the traffic light.
"Yes, well, no, fine". Add them all together and you'll get the word "Jawelnofine" which is an expression of surprise used when things aren't going fine, but you can't do anything about it. For example, you can say "Jawelnofine" when you just saw on the news that there'll be product price hike.
The braai was awesomely yummy. The movie was intense. The live concert was great. When any of your life events was unforgettably awesome, then you can say that they're all "lekker". No, to be precise it's more like "lekk-errrrrrrr" with a good rolling r sound.


BEAM Plus Existing Buildings (EB) measures the actual performance of a building and evaluates its facility management practices. The assessment covers all aspects of management, operation and maintenance, and may be initiated at any time during a building's operational life.
To help achieve the target of the Hong Kong Government's stated Energy Saving Plan by 2025, the new version of BEAM Plus Existing Buildings V2.0 contains major revisions to the assessment guidelines and offers greater flexibility in the scope of assessment. These changes have been implemented with a view to encouraging more participation by the 42,000 existing buildings in Hong Kong, thus improving their energy efficiency and enhancing their environmental management practices.
BEAM Plus EB V2.0 HERE.
BEAM Plus EB V2.0 covers the management, operation, maintenance and improvement of existing buildings of all types and all ages, including commercial, educational, government, industrial, office and residential buildings, hotels, shopping centres and more. The assessment covers all areas that are under the control of the applicant. Additional or bonus credits are awarded when the building's tenants, who are also critical to the building's long-term environmental performance, are involved in the assessment.
Contribute towards the target of the Government's latest Energy Saving Plan.
BEAM Plus Existing Buildings V2.0 is designed to give applicants more flexibility, so they can tailor an assessment to their needs, budget and technical capabilities. Applicants can apply for a Comprehensive Scheme or a Selective Scheme, according to the current circumstances of their buildings. Click HERE for details.
Registration with Comprehensive Scheme or Energy Use (EU) Aspect of Selective Scheme under BEAM Plus EB V2.0 may contribute to higher priority ranking in the application for CLP Eco Building Fund or HK Electric Smart Power Fund.
Understand the transitional arrangement for EB V1.1 / V1.2 projects HERE.
Find out the fees and manuals of BEAM Plus EB V2.0 HERE.
Kwai Shing West Estate was the first existing building project to achieve a Final Platinum rating under BEAM Plus EB V1.2. Built in 1975, the estate underwent comprehensive upgrading works, including the addition of energy-saving installations, upgrading refuse facilities and adopting green management practices. Likewise, close communication with residents and all stakeholders ensures a higher level of environmental awareness throughout the community. Click to know more about the project.
Towngas Headquarters achieved a Final Platinum rating under BEAM Plus EB V1.2. Its certification was renewed from BEAM for Existing Buildings (Version 5/04) in 2010, under which the building also obtained a Platinum Grade. In addition to conducting regular audits of actual energy and water use, the property management agent has also implemented green cleaning practices and a purchasing policy. Click to know more about the project.


We are all familiar with how oxidation works. Iron produces a reddish brown flaky layer, aluminum produces white flakes, and apple turns brown when exposed to the air and moisture for some time. Just like these examples, copper also undergoes oxidation.
But unlike iron, which turns to rust when exposed to air and moisture during oxidation, copper turns to green when exposed to oxygen. Water, in this case, is not necessary for copper to oxidize. In fact, copper does not react with water at all.
Copper's original color is described as peachy or pinkish with a metallic luster. It only turns green when it oxidizes. So why does copper turn green when it oxidizes? During oxidation, the element loses electrons, usually hydrogen, when it interacts with another element.
In the case of copper, it reacts with the oxygen in the air and forms copper oxide which is colored green. This copper oxide forms a coating, or what is called as "copper patina," on the surface. The patina actually forms a protective layer around the copper. This oxidized layer prevents further oxidation that might lead to total corrosion.
Copper's resistance to corrosion is the reason why it is considered a very important metal. The patina also serves as a waterproofing layer, which is often seen in copper roofs and pipes.
What Else Makes Copper Change Color?
Aside from oxygen, copper can be oxidized after being exposed to chemcials. To produce a nice antique patina on copper, try the following tips from Finishing.com members.
Mix the solution carefully and then bathe the copper parts. Let the solution dry on the copper surface.
For that rich deep brown patina, a treatment of Liver of Sulphur (Potassium Polysulphide) while being heated is enough. The Liver of Sulphur is often sold in the form of solid dry stones. One stone dissolved in water is enough for a 600ml solution. Put this in a spray bottle and apply to the copper surface while you heat it up with a torch.
When you have finished spraying the surface, gently rub down the surface with a wet scourer until you bring out an even light brown color. Then reheat the surface while applying a weak Ferric Nitrate. This will richen, redden and darken the brown that was brought out using the Liver of Sulphur. When finished, coat the surface with either floor wax or clearcoat.
Copper patinas are in varying shades of green, blue, red, and brown. It's fun cheating time and creating these colors using chemicals. Some people have suggested using bleach. However, be careful not to mix dangerous chemicals with bleach. This can produce noxious gases that may poison anyone in the room.


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LyondellBasell's polybutene-1 resin sets new standards in masterbatch performance
Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 20, 2008 – LyondellBasell Industries' polybutene-1 (PB-1) (PB 0800) resin is being used as a carrier resin for a masterbatch which has set industry benchmarks in color, gloss and processing performance for a new line of high quality, colored polypropylene spunbond non-woven products.
Improved processability and colorability
Polish non-wovens producer Lenko SA selected the master batch, produced by FIMAS, Fagnano Olona, Italy, because of its outstanding ability to improve the processability of its non-wovens manufacturing lines and the colorability of the final product. Tests based on joint development work by FIMAS and LyondellBasell demonstrated that, compared to conventional solutions, polybutene-1 provided improved viscosity which enhanced the masterbatch's pigment dispersion efficiency.
"The new masterbatch enables our customers to increase production line output by significantly reducing breakage and loss," said Fulvio Malacarne, Research & Development Coordinator at FIMAS. "Due to its outstanding viscosity, the material prevents the blocking of the spinnerets, leading to spin-pack longevity and reducing the time required for changing and cleaning operations."
Compared to those based on other masterbatches, the non-wovens' mechanical strength was also improved. "Trials demonstrated that our PB-1 resin outperformed alternative solutions in terms of tenacity and elongation of the final product," said Gabriella Sartori, LyondellBasell's Technical Segment Manager Textile.
According to Waldemar Urbaniak, Commercial Director of Lenko, "The excellent teamwork among non-wovens producer, masterbatch supplier and the global polyolefins leader resulted in excellent color quality and brilliance of the non-wovens, without sacrificing mechanical properties. LyondellBasell's expertise extended beyond resin supply – they also served as a very effective problem-solver, enabling us to achieve unprecedented production and performance goals."
Spunbond non-wovens are used by customers to produce a variety of applications in the agriculture, gardening, furniture, hygiene, medical, building and roofing industries.
About Lenko SA
Lenko is part of the Marma group and offers a variety of products for the agricultural market including agro woven textiles and agro non-wovens, nets, tunnel foils and big bags.
About FIMAS
Established in 1996, FIMAS is committed to research, development and production of color masterbatches and additives for plastics materials.
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For a concept that was taken from Scripture, the commonly understood and accepted definition bears little resemblance to what the Scripture defines as righteousness. On the surface, it would seem that the religious scholars and leaders of the past did indeed get it right, but that is only from a surface reading of the usage of the word. It is clear from the flawed logic and unverifiable posits resulting from such superficial analyses, that depending on the surface reading of how "righteousness" is used for our understanding of its meaning, these analyses are wholly inadequate for conveying an accurate concept and understanding.
Instead of examining solely on usage, words must be examined in their relationship to other words.1 Since we do not employ ancient Hebrew or Koine Greek as common languages in modern society, we must examine the context in which the translated word is used, and must further examine the origin of the English word and its meaning in its source language. Though this is a process that is often time-consuming, it yields a clearer understanding of the idea and concept being conveyed.
Though we must necessarily depend upon the translators of the Scripture with this method, there is recourse through checking contextual usage in one passage against contextual usage of the same word in another passage. With the aid of a solid unabridged dictionary and an unabridged thesaurus, insuring that context is correctly understood, it is possible to determine whether a particular translation of the Scripture is accurate and whether the translators were adequate to the task at hand.
Though it may seem advantageous to learn ancient Hebrew or Koine Greek, there are dangers inherent in this route as well. We seem to forget that, by and large, we only know what we are taught. Without some independent verification, it is impossible to know whether you are being taught the correct meanings, implications and inferences of the words in another language. Moreover, simple omission of word meanings and cultural usage (dialect usage and colloquialisms) is easily done, and not always with the intent to deceive. In this case, inadequate source materials and ignorance of the instructor are sufficient to deny the student proper understanding.
In sum, correctly determining what a proper understanding of any doctrine or concept in Scripture is involves considerable time, intellectual honesty and legitimate work. However, since one's eternal destiny may well be determined by the understanding of a particular doctrine and the decisions made as a result of understanding that doctrine, it is well worth the effort to be sure and certain.


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This school won't give students an A unless they use gender neutral pronouns
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Now that it's 2017, it's time for everyone to get used to the fact that gendered pronouns can exclude and offend people. England's Hull University now requires that students use gender neutral pronouns if they want to make the grade. It's actually a really good way to prep people for the actual real world, where using gender neutral pronouns isn't about being politically correct — it's about treating people equally.
It's not a campus-wide policy, but many instructors include a disclaimer on their syllabus warning students that non-inclusive language will hurt their grade. If anything, using gender neutral pronouns is just good grammar. One religion professor told The Sunday Times, a local newspaper, that, "language is important and highly symbolic."
Pretty straightforward. It won't be an automatic fail if someone writes "mankind" in a term paper, but the use of gendered language will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
The professor explained:
"Should any student use language which is not deemed gender neutral, they will be offered feedback as to why. Deduction of marks is taken on a case by case basis."
Our teacher encouraged us to use gender neutral pronouns when gender is unknown or unimportant. 💖
— Sofia Julia Sol (@SkullMutant) April 4, 2017
Of course, there are critics of the new trend. A professor at Kent University claimed that making students use gender neutral pronouns is a way to push a political ideology. But if anything, the use of gendered language can be more oppressive than neutral language.
Language is a symbolic resource, and words are rarely neutral. Dr. Lia Litosseliti, a senior lecturer in linguistics at City, University of London told The Guardian:
"Given the many possibilities for using language to define, trivialize or make people and groups invisible, it should come as no surprise that linguistic intervention as one way to help build more inclusive societies has a long history."
Recently, the Associated Press changed its guidelines about using gender neutral language. The rule used to be that when gender was unknown, journalists should use "he." But the copy editing organization know requires that using "they" be the go-to when it comes to talking about a person, and of course, if gender is important to the piece, to reword and clarify.
That has also long been the standard in most academic writing or in conversation. For example, using "police officers," instead of "policeman" is just more accurate, and makes more sense, when describing the job in general.
Language matters when it comes to representation and equality, so any steps taken by schools to get people used to cultural changes are more than welcome.
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Philip Michael Bannon (March 12, 1872 – June 25, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for his actions during the Spanish–American War.

Through his career he served in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and during conflicts in the Caribbean and Central America through the Second Nicaraguan Campaign. He retired as a colonel in 1928.

Biography
Bannon was born March 12, 1872, in Jessup, Maryland, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1895.  He accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps on July 1, 1897, and was sent to the North Atlantic Squadron in April 1898 for his first assignment.

During the Battle of Guantanamo, Cuba, Bannon distinguished himself in combat and received a brevet promotion to first lieutenant effective June 13, 1898. It was for this action that he would later receive the Brevet Medal.

After Guantanamo, Bannon was assigned to the Philippines for a short time and was then ordered to China and participated in the Boxer Rebellion. Now at the rank of captain he led a company of Marines that marched into Tientsin to join other allied forces already there and received a commendation for gallantry from the Department of the Navy for his "gallant, meritorious, and courageous conduct on July 13, 1900"

After the Boxer rebellion Bannon was put in command of the Marine detachment aboard the USS Wabash and was then assigned to the prison ship Southery. In 1906 Bannon saw service in both Panama, where he led a battalion of Marines and in Cuba where he participated in the pacification of Cuba.

He retired as a colonel in 1928 and died at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California June 25, 1940. He is buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, California where his grave can be found in section OS, 290.

Military decorations
Throughout his 33-year career Bannon received the following awards: Marine Corps Brevet Medal, Sampson Medal, Spanish Campaign Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, China Relief Expedition Medal, Cuban Pacification Medal, Mexican Campaign Medal, Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Military Order of the Carabao and the Military Order of the Dragon.

Marine Corps Brevet Medal citation
There were two different citations given, one from the President of the United States and another from the Secretary of the Navy.

Presidential citation
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Marine Corps Brevet Medal to Philip Michael Bannon, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished service in battle at Guantanamo, Cuba. On 10 August 1898 appointed First Lieutenant, by brevet, to take rank from 13 June 1898.

Secretary of the Navy citation
Citation
The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in transmitting to Second Lieutenant Philip Michael Bannon, United States Marine Corps, the Brevet Medal which is awarded in accordance with Marine Corps Order No. 26 (1921), for distinguished service in battle while serving with Company C, First Marine (Huntington's) Battalion, at Guantanamo, Cuba, on 13 June 1898. On 10 August 1898, Second Lieutenant Bannon is appointed First Lieutenant, by brevet, to take rank from 13 June 1898.

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1872 births
1940 deaths
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American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
People from Maryland
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Too much nonsense, from Serena to Colin
By Silvio Canto, Jr.
A couple of years ago, QB Colin Kaepernick got benched because he couldn't play anymore. As I recall, he was regularly passing the ball to the other team in what we call "interceptions."
Colin got benched and turned into a political philosopher. He could have worked on his deteriorating skills and tried to get his old job back. Not Colin. He found his "inner Che," and we know the rest of the story.
The NFL is now all about Colin, and the fans are not tuning in.
Now Nike is referring to his act as some kind of "sacrifice."
Sorry, but I know real heroes who were killed in Iraq or lost a leg in Afghanistan. We have a D-Day veteran at our church.
Colin's sacrifice is nothing compared to those three examples. As the old saying goes: Colin, I've known heroes, and you are no hero.
This weekend, Serena Williams behaved like a spoiled brat and actually got fined for her childish performance.
The entire post-match celebration was all about Serena, and a nice young woman from Japan was treated to a first-class look at how political correctness is tearing up the country.
I agree with Maureen Callahan:
Katrina Adams, chairman and president of the USTA, opened the awards ceremony by denigrating the winner and lionizing Williams – whose ego, if anything, needs piercing.
"Perhaps it's not the finish we were looking for today," Adams said, "but Serena, you are a champion of all champions." Addressing the crowd, Adams added, "This mama is a role model and respected by all."
That's not likely the case now, not after the world watched as Serena Williams had a series of epic meltdowns on the court, all sparked when the umpire warned her: No coaching from the side. Her coach was making visible hand signals.
Can you imagine the MLB commissioner giving the Astros the World Series trophy and saying this is not the finish we were expecting? Or the NFL commissioner doing the same after the Super Bowl?
Colin blamed it on racism. Serena blamed it on sexism. It's always an "ism" these days.
Let me get this straight. A guy can't play, and this is a racist country. A woman makes a fool of herself and calls it sexism.
And then they wonder how Trump happened? Or why people don't think ESPN is a sports network anymore?
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.


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(Boston, MA,10/24/13) Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid (54) and San Jose Sharks center Freddie Hamilton (75) battle for the loose puck in front of Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) as the Bruins take on the San Jose Sharks at the Garden. Thursday, October 24, 2013. (Staff photo by Stuart Cahill)
San Jose Sharks center Tyler Kennedy (81) watches as Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) makes one of his 39 saves in the third period. The Bruins won the game 2-1.
Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien yells at Boston Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton (27) in the third period. The Bruins won the game 2-1.
Boston Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton (27) battles his brother San Jose Sharks center Freddie Hamilton (75) for the puck and position in front of Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) in the third period as the Bruins take on the San Jose Sharks at the Garden. The Bruins won the game 2-1, Thursday, October 24, 2013.
Boston Bruins center David Krejci (46) tip goes past San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi (31) at San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun (61) and San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton (19) look on with Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) in the third period. The Bruins won the game 2-1.
LATE WINNER: Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (left) and winger Milan Lucic (right) embrace goal-scoring hero David Krejci after his game-winner with just 0.8 seconds left to beat San Jose last night at the Garden.
(Boston, MA,10/24/13) Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (44), Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid (54), Boston Bruins right wing Jarome Iginla (12) and Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) embrace Boston Bruins center David Krejci (46) after his game winning goal in the third period as the Bruins take on the San Jose Sharks at the Garden. The Bruins won the game 2-1. Thursday, October 24, 2013. (Staff photo by Stuart Cahill)
Boston Bruins center Chris Kelly (23) and Boston Bruins left wing Jordan Caron (38) celebrate Boston Bruins center David Krejci (46) game winning goal. The Bruins won the game 2-1.
Boston Bruins right wing Jarome Iginla (12) takes down San Jose Sharks center Tyler Kennedy (81) after he hit Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) and Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (44) and Boston Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton (27) look on as the Bruins take on the San Jose Sharks at the Garden.
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) reaches for the puck as San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton (19) and Boston Bruins left wing Daniel Paille (20) scramble for it as the Bruins take on the San Jose Sharks at the Garden.
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) makes the stop on a shot by San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl (48) that Boston Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk (55) attempted to block with his body in the third period. The Bruins won the game 2-1.
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PUBLISHED: October 25, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: November 17, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
Up until last night, the Bruins could have argued they deserved at least a point in every game they'd played this year.
But it was a different story last night at the Garden, as the B's clearly were outplayed by the San Jose Sharks much of the game. The result? The Bruins not only got one point, but nabbed two.
David Krejci redirected an Adam McQuaid shot past Antti Niemi with 0.8 seconds left in regulation to give the B's a 2-1 victory and the Sharks their first regulation loss of the season. Tuukka Rask was spectacular, stopping 38-of-39 shots to give the B's their fourth consecutive win.
"That's why he gets paid the big bucks and that's why I think he's been our MVP thus far," said Milan Lucic, who continued to earn his big bucks with an assist on the game-winner.
Outplayed for long stretches, especially in a first period when they were outshot 16-3, no one in the Bruins' room offered to give back the win. And, it was impressive that they weathered the onslaught from an excellent team at the top of its game and somehow came away with the victory.
"We don't have to be ashamed," said Krejci, whose goal came on just the 17th Bruins shot of the night. "I know a lot of guys will say they were the better team. I'm not making excuses, but we played (Wednesday) night, we traveled and they've been here since (Monday). We just kept it simple, tried to get the puck deep and go work, and that's how the winning goal happened."
The first period for the B's was awful. They did cut down some of the scoring chances in the second, then in the second part of the third period, they finally started getting some consistent scoring chances.
The B's took an improbable 1-0 lead into the third period when Jarome Iginla scored his first goal as a Bruin. He's been skating extremely well throughout this young season and was rewarded with his 531st career goal when he chased down a Dennis Seidenberg clear-in at the right side of the net. With little to shoot at, he fired the puck at Niemi and it somehow squirted between the goalie's pads with 1:12 left in the second.
"It was nice to get one in a tight game and it was obviously a good bounce," said Iginla. "It wasn't exactly how I envisioned it, but at this point, or at any point, you take any of them. It was a good bounce. It was a tough game and I thought as a group we got better after the first period. San Jose's playing really good right now, so it feels good all the way around."
But the Iginla goal didn't hold up for long. Just 18 seconds into the third period, the Sharks tied it on a Patrick Marleau goal. Marc-Edoard Vlasic picked off a Seidenberg clear attempt and threw it back on net. Rask made the save, but Marleau put back the rebound.
Whether it was the Sharks taking their foot off the gas or the B's imposing their will, the hosts finally got some things going as the period wore on, and Reilly Smith nearly got the go-ahead goal with a few minutes left when his tip hit the outside of the post.
With the seconds winding down, a lot of teams would have settled for overtime, but the B's played hard to the horn and it paid off. Lucic played the puck to himself to gain zone entry and dropped it back to McQuaid at the right point. McQuaid fired it at the net and Krejci, standing alone in the slot, redirected it through Niemi's pads.
Krejci wasn't sure how much time was left when he scored.
"We all came together," said Krejci, "and Looch told me 'Hey, look up.' So I looked up and saw 0.8. It was pretty cool."
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Crime Reports - Feb. 27
Published 9:34 pm CST, Friday, March 1, 2019
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Officers responded to a vehicle crash with injuries at the 2600 block of W. 24th St. just before 1:20 p.m. on Feb. 15. Three people were involved in the crash. The driver of one vehicle and the passenger in another were transported to a hospital but the severity of their injuries was unknown.
Police arrested 21-year-old David Sanchez Flores on Feb. 16 after what police say appeared to be a race on Fifth St. from Columbia. An officer observed two Dodge Challengers racing west and caught up with one of the vehicles and conducted a traffic stop where a controlled substance was found. The incident was reported at 10:25 p.m. Flores is charged with possession of a controlled substance, which is a felony, and with racing on the highway.
Police arrested 35-year-old Jezbenob Benob Gomez on Feb. 16 at the 1000 block of W. Fifth St. Officers were called to the location just before 7 p.m. in reference to a report of stalking. Gomez was found and arrested. Officers found to be in possession of narcotics at the jail. Gomez is charged with expired driver license, tampering/fabricating physical evidence, which is a felony, and prohibited substance/item in a correction facility, which is also a felony.
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Officers arrested a 44-year-old man on Feb. 18 for public intoxication. The individual was arrested at the 2600 block of Dimmitt Road just after 10 a.m.
An aggravated robbery was reported at the 800 block of S. Date St. on Feb. 18 just after 3:40 a.m. An individual reported someone snatched a purse.
Criminal mischief was reported at the 500 block of E. 13th St. on Feb. 18. The call was reported just before 9 a.m.
An assault causing bodily injury was reported at the 1400 block of W. 33rd ST. just before 9 a.m. on Feb. 18.
Fraud was reported at the 1500 block of N. Interstate 27 just after 9:15 a.m. on Feb. 18.
An assault was reported at the 800 block of W. Eighth St. on Feb. 18 just after 3:30 p.m.
A vehicle crash with vehicle damage was reported at 11th St. and Galveston just after 5 p.m. on Feb. 18.
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