It's a pleasure to be joining the excellent group here at Legal Planet. My focus will largely be on issues related to China and its environmental and energy challenges.
I returned to the U.S. last month after seven years working in China on environmental protection and legal reform (mostly for the Natural Resources Defense Council). Over the last few years, as with most things in China, the developments in the environmental, climate, and energy arenas have moved incredibly quickly. I hope to capture some of these developments here at Legal Planet and provide some context about what it means for China, the U.S., and the world. My strongest impression looking back on my time in China is of the tremendous number of people I came into contact with – environmentalists, judges, lawyers, government officials, journalists, teachers, citizens, businesspeople – working against tremendous odds with limited resources to make the environment a little bit better. I hope to highlight the work these folks are doing from time to time as well.
I saw a piece of news this morning that probably qualifies as a silver lining on a very dark thunder cloud. On August 2, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced the closure of 583 lead-acid battery manufacturing plants, and stoppage of production at 1015 additional plants. Only 252 plants were allowed to continue operations. The stoppages accounted for over half of China's lead-acid battery production capacity, according to one source (Chinese only).* Experts expect many of the suspended plants to be back in operation this year though.
This shut-down campaign has been part of the government's response to a series of lead poisoning incidents over the last few years. The poisoning incidents have involved thousands of children and led to numerous incidents of unrest around the country. Since late 2009, the government has been preparing a response, though the substance of that response has been treated as a "state secret" without disclosure to the public (beyond press release-style media summaries of the most general nature). Indeed, because lead poisoning incidents are considered politically "sensitive" in China with potential impact on "social stability," much of the work, from scientific testing to policy and law development, has been carried out outside of public view.
So it comes as good news that the August 2 MEP announcement was accompanied by an unprecedented (for China) level of disclosure, including plant names, addresses, production status (suspended or operating), production capacity and whether air and water pollution violations exist. In the past, lists of environmental violators were typically disclosed with very little information if anything was disclosed at all. Sometimes even names were withheld, leaving the public with the knowledge that only some violation by some entity had occurred. My team in Beijing made a request to MEP two years ago for lists of heavy metals factories that had been shut-down (according to a MEP press release). That request was denied at the time based on a rather implausible legal explanation. We never did obtain that information.
This additional data disclosure will allow for easier public supervision of environmental performance at these plants by local residents, other businesses, and media. It will be possible to see if plants that should be closed have illegally started operation again. The public can keep watch on factories that were supposed to have remedied legal violations to help keep them honest. This will, of course, require citizens to use this information. But parents who fear that their children are being poisoned tend to be extremely motivated advocates.
This new level of information disclosure by MEP has the potential to do a great deal of good. Indeed, poor transparency – put more simply, hiding problems from public view – has been a major contributor to many of China's worst disasters, including the recent Wenzhou high-speed rail crash and Bohai oil spill to name a few. Of course, transparency is only a partial solution. Local protectionism, capacity issues, corruption, and a host of other issues constrain environmental improvements in China. But this is nonetheless a step forward.
In my experience (my example above notwithstanding), MEP has generally been at the forefront of pushing for greater environmental transparency. Many Chinese environmental regulators recognize that publicizing information makes it easier for them to do their jobs because a variety of stakeholders (the public, media, businesses themselves) can utilize that information to improve environmental protection. Other parts of China's government would do well to learn from MEP's example.
* China accounts for 45% of global demand for lead. The battery industry accounts for 70% of lead demand in China.
Thanks for this informative post, Alex. More disclosure and transparency are certainly steps in the right direction.


The cultural agoraphobia from which most of us suffer leads us always to overemphasise the downsides of openness and lack of central control, and to overvalue the virtues of order and authority. And that is what is rendering us incapable of harnessing the potential benefits of networked technology. Industries and governments are wasting incalculable amounts of money and energy in Canute-like resistance to the oncoming wave when what they should be doing is figuring out ways to ride it.
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This openness to immediate criticism and/or rebuttal is another revolutionary aspect of blogging. What we are seeing, wrote Clay Shirky some years ago (available online at http://bit.ly/fkxik), is nothing less than the 'mass amateurisation of publishing'. What's happening is a radical shift from the old ecosystem in which publications (newspapers, magazines and books) are filtered and edited before being published, into a world in which anything can be (and is) published.
All that remains is for English departments in universities to start studying blogging styles, for example the way in which accomplished online writers use hyperlinks. If you read the work of established bloggers or contributors to slick online publications such as Salon or Slate what you see is a move from having hyperlinks clumsily embedded in a document to the use of links to provide an ironic counterpoint to the main line of the piece. It's all very, er, postmodern. But what do you expect? It is 2008.


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Third World Bunfight
Sept 23–25 2016
Cost TBA
Philadelphia Film Center
DescriptionAbout the ArtistsInterviewFurther ReadingEngage the Art Events
"I asked him to envisage Verdi's original score as a monolithic mid-19th century cathedral, erected in the Congolese forests during the colonial era. Since then it has been abandoned . . . what does it look and sound like now?" Brett Bailey
'There can be no denying the power and originality of this astonishing appropriation of Verdi's Macbeth . . . one comes away chilled and thrilled." Telegraph, UK
Credit: Nicky Newman
In a country of multinational double-dealings, ethnic conflict, ruthless militia, blood minerals, and glittering Chinese imports, a warlord, General Macbeth, and his ambitious wife murder the king and unleash atrocities on the crumbling province that they seize. Set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macbeth uses the Verdi opera (condensed to 100 minutes and infused with African rhythms) to bring themes of greed, tyranny, and corruption in postcolonial Africa to the stage.
In Italian with English surtitles.
Conceived, Designed & Directed by Brett Bailey Music Fabrizio Cassol, adapted from Verdi's Macbeth Orchestra Opera Philadelphia Orchestra Choreographer Natalie Fisher Macbeth Owen Metsileng Lady Macbeth Nobulumko Mngxekeza Banquo Otto Maidi Chorus Sandile Kamle, Jacqueline Manciya, Monde Masimini, Lunga Halam, Bulelani Madondile, Philisa Sibeko, Thomakazi Holland Orchestration performed by Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
Major support for the co-presentation of Macbeth has been provided to FringeArts by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and to Opera Philadelphia by the William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Brett Bailey, Credit: Pascal Gely
Brett Bailey (director) is a playwright, designer, play director, festival curator and the artistic director of Third World Bunfight. He has worked throughout South Africa, in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Haiti, the UK, and Europe. His acclaimed iconoclastic dramas, which interrogate the dynamics of the post-colonial world, include BIG DADA, IPI ZOMBI?, iMUMBO JUMBO and ORFEUS. His performance installations include BLOOD DIAMONDS: TERMINAL and EXHIBIT B. at the Prague Quadrennial (2007).
Fabrizio Cassol (music) is a composer and saxophonist with the group Aka Moon. His varied career has seen him work with world-famous choreographers including Alain Platel at Ballets C de la B, and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker; with composer Philippe Boesmans and opera director Luc Boesmans; and with the theatre company tg STAN. Since 2012, he has been an artist-in-residence at the Foundation Royaumont Abbey near Paris.
Owen Metsileng (Macbeth) was born in 1987 in a village called Manamakgotha in Rustenburg, South Africa. He comes from a musical family and started singing at an early age in church and school choirs. Owen was a member of the Black Tie Ensemble from 2006 to 2008 and joined the Cape Town Opera Studio in 2010. For Cape Town Opera he has sung Le Dancaïre in Carmen and Barone Douphol in La Traviata. He also sang the role of Marcello in La Bohème for CTO, as well as Jake in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess on a UK Tour.
Nobulumko Mngxekeza (Lady Macbeth), born in Queenstown, was introduced to music when she joined her high school choir at Kwa-Komani High. In her young career she has performed in Carmen as Micaella, as Bess in Porgy and Bess, as Pamina in Der Zaubeflute, as Anna in Nabucco—as well in Rusalko and I'll Mulatto. Nobulumko has worked for Isango Ensemble where she performed in Impempe Yomlingo (The Magic Flute), Abanxaxhi (La Boheme), Aesop's Fables and Ragged Trouser Philanthropist.
Otto Maidi (Banquo) began singing at a tender age of eight in his church's Sunday school and his school. In 1996 Otto joined the Pretoria State Theatre Chorus and the Pro Musica Opera Chorus. He performed the following: Sacristan in Tosca, Bonzo in Madam Butterfly, Colline in La Boheme, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, Crown in Porgy & Bess, Olin Blitch in Susannah, Ramfis in Aida, Vodnick in Rusalka, Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'amore and a highly acclaimed Joe in Show Boat. Otto sang with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Turtle Creek Chorale (Dallas, Texas) as well as the Meadows Symphony Orchestra.
Interview with Brett Bailey
FringeArts: When did you connect the work to the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Brett Bailey: My research into the horrors of the war in the eastern DRC began in 2008, when a xenophobic crisis ripped through South Africa. Tens of thousands of Congolese immigrants and refugees were in fear of their lives. During research into the atrocities committed in what was the Congo Free State under the Belgian colonial administration for another of my works, Exhibit B, I became aware of the continuum of brutal exploitation and plunder that has blighted the region from then until now. Millions of lives have become no more than collateral damage in a ruthless quest for power and profit—brutality on which the consumer world is dependent. I wanted to shine a light on this "invisible" nightmare, and I wanted to remake Macbeth: the two dovetailed.
FringeArts: What attracted you to doing an opera?
Credit: Morne van Zyl
Brett Bailey: The "rigidity" of the form wasn't really an issue. I went at it with a sharp machete: chopping out sections of the opera, juggling scenes and musical pieces, editing it into the piece I wanted to make. The music and the singing voice carry the emotions, the meaning and the drama in opera. It's a very firm foundation from which to work. For me music like this conjures up images and emotions: it allows me to paint a series of scenes to tell the story. It is very liberating.
FringeArts: What kind of conversations did you have with the arranger as he arranged the opera?
Brett Bailey: Fabrizio Cassol, who adapted and rearranged Verdi's opera, is a Belgian composer and a jazz musician with extensive experience in theater and in African music. He was the perfect fit for Macbeth. I gave him an edited down version of the opera, in which I had moved scenes around and edited others out completely. Verdi wrote the opera for about 65 musicians and 45 singers. I limited Fabrizio to 12 musicians and 10 singers. I asked him to envisage Verdi's original score as a monolithic mid-19th century cathedral, erected in the Congolese forests during the colonial era. Since then it has been abandoned; jungle has grown into it; the window are shattered; it has been shot up in wars, and squatted by generations of villagers and refugees . . . what does it look and sound like now?
FringeArts: How did you develop the visuals for Macbeth?
Brett Bailey: When I composed the dramaturgical, psychological and visual flow of the opera, I envisaged the entire stage picture, so the Macbeth story and the much larger story of what has been happening in the eastern DRC are conveyed in a sequence of "stage frames." I collected hundreds of pictures online, and cropped and pasted these to design the opera, frame by frame. I designed projected backdrops, costumes, lighting colors, etc., to work together to convey meaning and atmosphere. The work is as much a piece of visual art as it is dramatic or operatic.
Macbeth, Barbican, Review: 'An Astonishing Appropriation' by Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph
Excerpt: The performance is highly stylized, as everyone sings in Italian (with surtitles in a demotic English) and moves with choreographed precision in front of a screen on to which graphic images and contextualizing photographs and texts are projected. The borders between objectively verifiable fact and subjectively imaginative fiction seem irrelevant. Read the full article.
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Explore Macbeth with a list of film, lecture, and panel discussion events surrounding this production.
Film Screening: Brett Bailey: Caught in the Act
Produced and directed by Nicky Newman
Introduction by Dr. Megan Lewis, assistant professor of theater history and criticism, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Sept 16 at 7pm
Free / 90 minutes
Prince Theater
Panel Discussion: Who gets to tell the story?
Sept 16 at 8:45pm
Panel discussion with members of Macbeth cast
Free / 120 minutes
African American Museum of Philadelphia
Performance Provocations: 20 Years of Brett Bailey and Third World Bunfight
Lecture by Dr. Megan Lewis
Dr. Megan Lewis (assistant professor of theater history and criticism, University of Massachusetts Amherst) is a South African-American theater historian and performance scholar concerned with the staging of national identity, gender, and race.
FringeArts
140 N. Columbus Boulevard
Film Screening: Mabele na biso
Directed by Petna Ndaliko
A thirty-minute documentary about community autonomy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Introduced by Faustin Linyekula, creator of Le Cargo, followed by Q&A with Ndaliko.
140 North Columbus Boulevard
The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila
Pre-show talk with Kasongo M. Kapanga with introduction by Faustin Linyekula
Kasongo M. Kapanga is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Richmond, VA. He has published several articles on Francophone literature (African and Caribbean) in French and in English in journal such as The French Review, Review of African Studies, as Études Créoles, Journal of Afro_Latin American Studies & Literatures, Französisch heute, The Journal of Asian & African Studies, Présence Francophone, French Forum and Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde. His book The Writing of the Nation: Expressing Identity through Congolese Literary Texts and Films (Africa World Press) is coming out soon. Broadly, his research has focused on the discursive analysis in African novels. Recently, he has taken on studying ways artistic (films) and literary creations by Congolese and non-Congolese on the representation (imagination) of the Congo from the early days of the Kongo Empire (15th–16th centuries), through the Congo Free State (19th century) and the Belgian Congo (1st part of the 20th century), to the present times.
Faustin Linyekula is the creator of Le Cargo.
Free to Macbeth ticket holders
FringeAxis and VIVACE Macbeth Pre-show
Free to FringeAxis members ($25 membership; includes 30% off tickets)
Join young friends of FringeArts and Opera Philadelphia for a pre-show discussion with drinks and hors d'oeuvres, followed by the 7pm performance of Macbeth (separate ticket).
RSVP to development@fringearts.com.
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I tried to import a comparator. I modified an existing op amp symbol for it.
I thought I did it correctly, but I guess not.
Could someone check me out and set me straight?
LM6142A is an opamp, not a comparator.
I tried, but failed, to get a symbol/model combo that worked. Either LTS complained that there was a pin count mismatch between instance and definition, or the comparator output gave a more or less constant level after I'd added a dummy 'pin 1' to the model to cure the mismatch. Hopefully someone else has the answer?
Try these. I only modified the symbol.
The symbol is a modified opamp2 symbol.
That's more like it. Thanks, Mike.
To save this tripping you up in future, LTspice can generate its own symbol based on the pinout of your model. This overcomes errors associated with models not matching up with port pin assignments. The symbol ain't pretty, but at least it works.


It was nice to hear the first notes of Lost and Found again. The venue was less crowded than in Paris, but the people were very enthusiastic as well. The sound was once again really good, and the voice of Anneke was once again perfect. The cover of Earth and Fire had again a very energizing effect. As for Witnesses… Please don't stop playing it: "It's such a wonderful feeling"!
We met with Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) in between the two concerts that Agua de Annique played in France. Therefore, she was able to give us her impressions about the French audience. We discussed a lot of matters related to ADA first album Air, as well as the next album. She also answered our questions about her past and upcoming projects and appearances asides the band.


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Over 3000 global talents convene in GZ to promote scientific innovation
The 2016 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents kicks off in Guangzhou on Dec. 21. This year, over 3,000 overseas talents and 20 foreign academicians participate the convention. The convention has attracted almost 40,000 overseas talents and 20,000 projects to China since 1998.
Foreign talents exchanging with local enterprises. [Photo / newsgd.com]
Titled with "Gathering Talents for Dream and Future", it is the first time for the Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology (OCS) "upgrades" to an exchange convention for both overseas talents and Chinese scholars.
Hu Chunhua, the Party Chief of Guangdong Province announced the opening of the convention. According to Zhu Xiaodan, the governor of Guangdong, the OCS is a key bridge for the massive Chinese returnees for innovation and entrepreneurship, it plays an important role in attracting top talents and promoting international talents exchange and scientific innovation cooperation. Guangdong is looking forward to welcoming global scientists, overseas talents to participate in the province's international collaboration in scientific innovation.
As the China's most influential overseas talent project, it attracts a number of top foreign talents from America, Japan and other developed European countries as well as countries along the "Belt and Road" to this event.
Foreign guests having the AR experience. [Photo / newsgd.com]
Prestigious international experts and scholars also gather in this convention, including Sune Svanberg, an academician of Sweden Royal Academy of Sciences and Sweden Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences, Robin Lovell-Badge, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; Patrick Tam, a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, etc.
The convention aims to establish a platform for exchanges of projects, investment, intellectual and information between overseas scholars and internal institutions. Almost 400 experts on China's "Recruitment Program of Global Experts" take part in the OCS, bringing with various high-tech projects.
In addition, a variety of themed exhibitions covering an area of 23,000 square meters showcase the cutting-edge technological achievements, overseas talents recruitment projects and policies, etc.
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If you don't know what the problem is here, you probably don't get this blog.
Hey, it isn't one of ours either.
Wow, this is bizarre. Christ Church in San Antonio is my family's home church in the USA. (Though right now we are also members of Christ Church in Nazareth, which is where we live.) My wife and I were confirmed there, married there, and two of our kids were baptized there. I think on all of those occasions there were way more laity present than at this ordination. The lack of laity was the oddest thing to me. The place fills up on an average Sunday morning--way more people than were at this ordination.
They style themselves Anglican Rite (?) ROMAN CATHOLICS. Can we not take them at their word?
How ecumenically gracious of the Episcopalians to host the consecration.
Ahh, the "guy with the flamed[sic] mitre" looks like President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan!
There actually is an Anglican Rite under Anglicanorum Coetibus. They are part of our NO, EF, and Anglican rite parish. They are with the Pope and everything.
I'm sure Msgr. Steenson, the head of the Anglican Use in the RC church, would not be sanctioning this.
But did anyone else find it a little disconcerting that this "Anglican Rite" video was filled with Gregorian Chant rather than Anglican Chant?
I should elaborate that Msgr. Steenson is the head of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter in the United States and Canada, i.e., the Anglican Use RC's. The principle church for this ordinariate is Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston.


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Best-selling authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned back the clock and revealed a wonderful story that precedes J. M. Barrie's beloved Peter Pan.
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This riveting adventure takes listeners on a journey from a harsh orphanage in old England to a treacherous sea in a decrepit old tub. Aboard the Never Land is a trunk that holds a magical substance with the power to change the fate of the world - just a sprinkle and wounds heal; just a dusting and people can fly. Towering seas and a violent storm are the backdrop for battles at sea. Bone-crushing waves eventually land our characters on Mollusk Island - where the action really heats up.
Peter and the Starcatchers is brimming with richly developed characters, from the scary but somehow familiar Black Stache and the ferocious Mister Grin to the sweet but sophisticated Molly and the fearless Peter.
©2004 Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (P)2004 Brilliance Audio
What the critics say
"The real lure is the richly drawn characters, especially the villains, who exhibit just the right amount of swagger and smirk." (Booklist)
"Jim Dale gives a one-man performance that is truly astonishing. He creates distinct voices for all the characters - pirates, women, British soldiers, and native tribesmen. Adults and children alike will enjoy this rollicking tale." (AudioFile)
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What listeners say about Peter and the Starcatchers
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CNCor2000
Great for road trips
Our entire family loved this book. It is long so it is perfect for a road trip. Great narrator as well. The kids kept begging for one more chapter and to get back in the car so they could keep listening.
Brilliant book
I loved this book. I was listening to it to see if it would be a good read for my boys, 5&8, and I know it will be. I can't wait to share this story with them. Jim Dale's voices and narration were superb. I highly recommend this audiobook.
Jamie @ Books and Ladders
Just Okay
This one was sooo slow. I had the audio on 3x the speed and it still felt like it was taking forever to get through. But the ending was great so if you can push through the beginning to get to the end, you'll be happy about it! Unfortunately for me, a good ending isn't enough for me to be completely satisfied with the novel. I liked the elements of the original story that were kept in this one and the updates to the story as well. But I read this two months ago (whoops I'm late on reviewing) and I can't remember specific details from the novel because it was actually so boring. I did like the additional characters that were introduced in this story and some of the back story was interesting. I also liked how the "magic" was introduced because I thought it was really cool. I am glad I listened to this one on audio because I'm not sure I would have finished it otherwise. If you are looking for a retelling of Peter Pan, this is one. But that's about the only recommendation I can give to it.
A fast paced frolic on the high seas!
In the genre of telling the back-story to childhood classics this tale is tops! Ever wonder HOW Peter Pan came to be a flying boy? Or WHERE Tinkerbell came from? Or WHY Captain Hook despises Peter Pan? This is the first book in the brilliant trilogy by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson that answers these questions and more. The story is fun, inventive and fast-paced; taking you from the docks of London, to the storm-tossed highs seas to a far away island. Jim Dale's perfect narraration is as good as the award winning performances he gave in the Harry Potter series. This is, simply, one of the best audiobooks we own. When we have nothing else to listen to we grab this one - again! My two girls 9 and 10 never tire of hearing the adventures of Peter and Molly!
SciFiSurfer
My Kids Loved The Starcatchers Series!
Hours of great listening! My kids (8 and 11) and I started listening to the adventures of Peter and the Starcatchers in the car. They became so hooked (no pun intended:o)they insisted we keep listening mornings at breakfast before school and when cleaning up after dinner. We really enjoyed each of these books and have moved on to the Never Land series. These books worked for me and now my kids love to use their imagination listening instead of watching movies in the car.
Our sincere appreciation to the very talented Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson for this gift, excellently narrated by my favorite Jim Dale.
Do your kids a favor, turn off the TV, turn off the video games and turn on their imagination by listening to a really good Audiobook.
Best series since Harry Potter
Jim Dale could read a phone book and make it interesting, however when he reads an amazing book with unique and complex characters with a fantastic story the result is nothing less than mesmerizing. Just as he breathed life into the wondrous characters of Harry Potter, so does he give life and depth to the classic characters from the magical children's story of Peter Pan. This is a rewrite of that classic tale with particular care and attention to the emotional and psychological intricacies of the characters and a brilliantly detailed backstory of all the classic Peter Pan adventures.
I cannot recommend this series enough. You will never look at Peter Pan the same again.
Hard to get 5 stars from me
A very fun story, I'm a 50 year old kid and I couldn't shut this off. What a great story of Peter Pan. I will definitely get Book 2. I suggest this for any age you'll appreciate the greatness without bad language, sex, gruesome violent.
Clever and entertaining
I really wasn't sure at first whether I could get into this book, but as it unfolded and connected to the Peter Pan story it became more and more enjoyable. I want to listen to the sequel now, and love Jim Dale's readings. I got into his narrating with Harry Potter and that's mainly why I listened to this.
A wonderful story all will love!
I first listened to this book because I love Jim Dale reading the Harry Potter series and he does NOT let you down here!! This is a well written fast paced book that keeps you going from the very first chapter!! I would reccomend this book to anyone, and the two following as well. They are amazing and kids of all ages will adore this adventure with Peter and Molly!
Boyd Bindrup
Great Book for the whole family
This was a great book. It took all the questions about how Peter became the boy who never grew up and answered them. It is read by the best narrator alive. My family and I loved it. Highly recommended.
Angela Klein
So much fun and fantastic narration
A beautifully told story with adventure and great characters, clever twist in the plot and the narration/voice acting is incredible.
james conery
great road trip story
my seven and a half year old was a little bored listening to the story, but my 10 year-old and I both loved it. At the end of the day, it kept the kids quiet in the car for up 2 or 3 hours at a time.
E. Woodford
Wonderful Peter Pan prequel
Saw the play based on this book. Enjoyed this version just as much. Now I see it's the first in a series of books with Peter.
Was hoping it would be a good book for family vacation this summer. Not G, more a soft PG. There's some fighting that gets a little descriptive, and one scene where the villan stabs someone fatally. Probably a little too much for my youngest / toddler.


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Alive AG Oddara Weltmusik CD Bunnett, Jane and Maqueque
Jane Bunnett's continuing quest to seek out and present musical talent untapped and unheard beyond the confines of the island nohas led her down many roads, and it was during a trip 30 years ago to Havana, Cuba she discovered then-unknown musicians and formed the all-star ensemble Maqueque (pronounced Mah-Keh-Keh, meaning the energy of a young girl's spirit.) Their 2014 self-titled debut CD was awarded a much-deserved Juno Award for Best Group Jazz Album of the Year. Jane Bunnett's assembly of all-star Cuban musicians, the sextet which includes herself and five extraordinary young females, ensured a spotlight for their fluid, seamless music. Everything I've done, Jane says with pride, has led up to this group, which is the perfect vehicle for now. Maqueque currently includes Yissy Garcia on drums, Dánae Olano on piano, Magdelys Savigne on batá drums and congas, Elizabeth Rodriguez on violin and vocals and Celia Jiménez on bass. Maqueque often features guest stars Melvis Santa on percussion and vocals, as well as Dayme Arocena assisting vocals. TRACKS: 1. Little Feet 2. Dream 3. El Chivo 4. 25 New Moves 5. Song For You 6. Power of Two (Ibeyi) 7. La Flamenca Maria 8. Eulogy 9. Tres Golpes 10. Changui Guaso 11. Cafe Pilon
The Ox
The definitive no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitarist It is an unequivocal fact that in terms of rock bands, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Who represent Year Zero; the beginning of all things, ground-breakers all. To that end, John Entwistle - the Who's beloved bassist - is also without question one of the most important and influential figures in the annals of rock. He is also among an even more rarefied few by virtue of his being such a fascinating, transfixing and gloriously oversized character. However, Entwistle has not been the subject of a major biography. Likely, this was due to no-one being able to gain close access to the subject himself: the still in many other respects enigmatic Entwistle's enduring legacy has been carefully guarded by his surviving family. With the full co-operation of the Entwistle family, The Ox will correct this oversight and in doing so, shine a long overdue light on one of the single greatest, and most impactful figures in rock history. Drawing on his own notes for an unfinished autobiography that he started before his death in 2002 (and which will be quoted from extensively), as well as his personal archives and interviews with his family and friends, The Ox will give readers a never-before-seen glimpse into the two very distinct poles of John Entwistle. On the one hand, he was the rock star incarnate, being larger than life, self-obsessed to a fault, and proudly and almost defiantly so. Extravagant with money, he famously shipped two vintage American cars across the Atlantic without having so much as a driver's license, built exponentially bigger and grandiose bars into every home he owned, and amassed an extraordinary collection of possessions, from arachnids, armor, and weaponry, to his patented Cuban-heeled boots. But beneath this fame and flutter, he was also a man of simple tastes and traditional opinions. He was a devoted father and family man who loved nothing more than to wake up to a full English breakfast, or to have a supper of fish, chips, and a pint at his local pub. After his untimely death, many of these stories were shuttered away into the memories of his family, friends, and loved ones, but now, for the first time, The Ox will introduce us to the man behind the myth-the iconic and inimitable John Entwistle. Paul Rees has been writing about popular music and culture since 1990. He is a former award-winning Editor of Kerrang! and was Editor-in-Chief of Q magazine from 2002-2012. His work has also appeared in such publications as the Sunday Times Culture, Observer, Sunday Times Magazine, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Express, and Classic Rock.
Recuerdo de una jornada
"Recuerdo de una Jornada" was composed for, and dedicated to, the Cuban saxophonist Jorge Luis Almeida and the Havana-based saxophone quartet "Habana Sax". Jorge L. Almeida graduated from Cuba's National School of Arts in 1975 and from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana in 1987; under the tutelage of professor Daniel Deffayet, he completed two courses of studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in France "with distinction" in the years 1987 and 1990. In 1987, Almeida founded the saxophone quartet "Cuarteto de Saxofones de La Habana" and later on, in 1991, "Habana Sax". The repertoire of the latter, which is one of the most important ensembles of its kind in Cuba, ranges from classical to contemporary music. Infl uences of Cuban popular music as well as jazz can be felt in many of the ensemble's works, and often a percussionist is added to the group's lineup. Throughout the years, the quartet has presented itself at festivals and in the most famous concert halls all over the world. Various technical particularities that represent quite a challenge in the execution of Cuban music manifest themselves in this composition, such as syncopations, off-beats, the "cinquillo cubano" and, as its most prominent aspect, the "clave". It is the "son clave" (2-3) that marks the beginning of the piece and is, for instance, picked up by the four saxophones in measures 30 and 31. The part played by the baritone sax should especially be pointed out: One the one hand, it assumes the role of the bass building the rhythmic and harmonic basis; on the other hand, it provides further rhythmical support when executing the "tumbaos" in case an additional percussionist is added to the quartet (which, of course, is optional since the piece can be performed without any percussion instruments). In measure 32, the tempo changes and the piece switches over to a Latin jazz feel making use of a phrasing typical of this style. This feeling is maintained up to measure 54, where the tenor sax starts playing a "tumbao", developing into a so-called "champola" (a term that refers to the layering of different "tumbaos" which, when played in conjunction, result in a "contagious" rhythmic pattern) in measure 58. Finally, in measure 72, the composition returns to tempo primo, being performed in the style of a "son", and ends with the execution of the "son clave". Instrumentation: 4 saxophones (SATBar) + Drum Set (opt.)
Brandao, F: Brazilian/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Klavier Lehrb. m. CD
Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception is the new exciting series of play-along books by award-winning Brazilian flutist and composer Fernando Brandão and features fifteen original tunes in various Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles. This edition clearly aims at being more than a simple play-along collection. For each of the tunes a thorough analysis and additional exercises are given. An extensive introduction into the various styles and rhythms of Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music makes these books even more valuable. The rhythm section and soloists are among the most prestigious musicians in contemporary Brazilian music. Rhythm Section: Leandro Braga - piano, Adriano Giffoni - bass, Xande Figueiredo - drums, Zero - percussion. Instrumentation: piano
La Paloma for Double Bass - Pure Lead Sheet Music By Lars Christian Lundholm
This popular Spanish song is one of the most recorded in the history of music. To name a few it has been recorded by among others Mireille Mathieu, Elvis Presley, Julio Iglesias, James Last, Acker Bilk, Artie Shaw, Andre Rieu and Gil Evans. Composed after a visit to Cuba in 1861 by Spanish composer Sebastian Yradier (Sebastian Iradier Salaverri), the influence of Cuban habanera gives the song its distinctive rhythm. Particularly in Mexico the song quickly became popular and in many places, including Afghanistan, Hawaii, the Philippines, Germany, Romania, Zanzibar, and Goa it gained status of a folk song. In popular culture it has been featured in countless films including the 1961 film Blue Hawaii where Elvis Presley sings a version by the alternative title No More. Likewise the song has been featured in Tiny Toon Adventures, The Good Wife, Dumb and Dumber To, Star Trek The Next Generation and The House of the Spirits Lead Sheet notated in bass clef with melody and chords ....
La Paloma for Bassoon - Pure Lead Sheet Music By Lars Christian Lundholm
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Leeds United chief executive Angus Kinnear has hailed the 'humble and diligent' attitude of January signing Kiko Casilla.
The 32-year-old goalkeeper arrived from Real Madrid during the January transfer window, making his debut in the 2-1 win over Rotherham United last month.
Marcelo Bielsa described Casilla's transfer as one that ' Leeds fans and English football should be proud of' and Kinnear has shared his thoughts on how the vastly experienced stopper has settled in at the club.
" Kiko is a consummate professional and has already impressed everyone at Thorp Arch with his humble and diligent attitude," Kinnear wrote in his programme notes for the Noriwch clash.
"His debut included one stunning save which provided a clear indication of the value he can add from now until the end of the season. Not every player finds the step up to a big club an easy move but Kiko has taken it in his stride."
Casilla was the only new arrival to Marcelo Bielsa's senior squad in the January window following the 11th hour collapse of Daniel James' move to West Yorkshire, but Kinnear is quick to point out that the club were only in for players that would significantly improve the side.
"The signing of such a high-calibre player reinforces our commitment to capitalise on the great work the squad has done in the first half of the season," he continues.
"The fact that Kiko is clearly a Premier League quality goalkeeper reinforces our ambition. The deal was not easy to get over the line and depended on Victor's ability to to sell our vision for Leeds United and Andrea's enthusiasm to continue to back the club financially."
Casilla appears set for an extended run between the sticks for Bielsa, having replaced Bailey Peacock-Farrell in the starting XI, but Kinnear has some words of encouragement for the Thorp Arch product following his demotion to the bench.
"It is also a credit to the form and potential of Bailey Peacock-Farrell that we had to secure a player with three Champions League medals to give him meaningful competition for the number one spot."


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The case for expanding the definition of 'key populations' to include high-risk groups in the general population to improve targeted HIV prevention efforts.
Shisana, O; Zungu, N; Evans, M; Risher, K; Rehle, T; Clementano, D; (2015) The case for expanding the definition of 'key populations' to include high-risk groups in the general population to improve targeted HIV prevention efforts. South African Medical Journal, 105 (8). pp. 664-9. ISSN 0256-9574 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJnew.7918
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Two additional key populations within the general population in South Africa (SA) that are at risk of HIV infection are black African women aged 20 - 34 years and black African men aged 25 - 49 years. To investigate the social determinants of HIV serostatus for these two high-risk populations. Data from the 2012 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, and Behaviour Survey were analysed for black African women aged 20 - 34 years and black African men aged 25 - 49 years. Of the 6.4 million people living with HIV in SA in 2012, 1.8 million (28%) were black women aged 20 - 34 years and 1.9 million (30%) black men aged 25 - 49 years. In 2012, they constituted 58% of the total HIV-positive population and 48% of the newly infected population. Low socioeconomic status (SES) was strongly associated (p<0.001) with being HIV-positive among black women aged 20 - 34 years, and was marginally significant among black men aged 25 - 49 years (p<0.1). Low SES is a critical social determinant for HIV infection among the high-risk groups of black African women aged 20 - 34 years and black African men aged 25 - 49 years. Targeted interventions for these key populations should prioritise socioeconomic empowerment, access to formal housing and services, access to higher education, and broad economic transformation.
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outstanding summary, as usual! Much appreciated!!
First off, thanks very much for posting all those Noisy. Not sure if I've ever thanked you, but if I haven't it's long overdue.
Noisy saves me so much time with this. I totally appreciate it!
As for the snarkiness. I understand it on Mattel's side. I mean, a ton of the questions are about things we've gotten answers to constantly. The Wind Raider questions... How many times can they possibly answer this? It seems if people don't like the answer, they'll keep asking, trying for a different answer. Asking in different ways, etc. Gets tiresome reading it, nevermind answering them.
Want more vehicles, but the ones they produce.
Yeah, but some of the answers they gave were snarky without being old stuff or answered.
I've honestly thought for a long time that Mattel goes about this the wrong way. I think they ought to consolidate all the questions into one list. Where the questions are duplicated, they say "Asked by user A from site A, user B from site B, etc."
Then they could compile them all into one sheet for each site to post. That way, they don't have to answer the same question a bazillion times lol. Might cut down on the combativeness, and they can use it to show that several sites ask the same thing. They could ALSO see, hey there are 15 different sites asking the same thing. Maybe we ought to take another look at that.
I admit that I don't always read every one of these, but a lot of the site specific "editor's comments" seemed very harsh. I don't mean to be judgmental, because those websites are run by them and they are certainly allowed to write whatever they want, but that's not what I as a reader am interested in. I like the people who host the site to be more professional and impartial than that. That's just my two cents.
The questions are far too watered down now, given how many sites do them twice a month plus the existence of MattyCollector and its forums.
I think they should just eliminate the questions altogether.
I love how almost every site is now including Editor's Commentary on the QnAs.
to be fair: it is also snarky and petty, but I believe the editor also admitted that as well.
This really "hit the nail on the head" for me as to why so many people seem to be more frustrated over the QnAs than not.
Matty just doesn't seem to really give them any serious consideration most of the time. The answers are confusing, sometimes seemingly unrelated to the question, are stock and safe answers, and very rarely seem accurate and honest.
While I wouldn't mind if the QnAs were to just stop, I'd much rather they be done with a sincere effort to have a dialog with us.
I'd rather have them do 10 questions (with answers scattered across MOTUC, DCUC, YJ, and Wrestling, although I don't really care about that last one) each month with straight, honest answers.
Release them to the websites every 15th and call it a day.
I usually try to limit my ECs to corrections and I admittedly didn't do that last night. I can blame exhaustion or the late hour, but the truth is I just let my annoyance get the better of me. I shouldn't have and have since gone back and toned it down. I did leave the links to the previous Q&A answers though, I think conflicting answers ought to be pointed out.
I like the Q&A's - we've got Keldor swords coming, Atrocitus is taller, Starman has his extra head, there's a @#$%ing Battle Armor Faker sitting on my shelf! Those are all things that got negative answers in Q&As at first, but ultimately came to fruition anyway. Some sites try to hold Mattel accountable with their answers, and that seems folly. It's a nice idea that just doesn't work all that well in practice. I like the sites that try to focus on potential, solutions to issues, etc.
That said, my answers were problematic: Supergirl is a redeco (Julius posted something about that version of Supergirl getting released in the DCSH line years ago, but I'm 99% certain it wasn't), the answer about the Rookie was an opportunity for Mattel to sell the figure, to talk it up, and they didn't take it, while the Fisto answer was just a letdown, inconsistent with what we'd been told before.
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AFI's is up and added to the first post!
I enjoy other sites' Q+A commentary, but only in terms of clarification or for FYI additions and follow-ups. I don't mind that they do it, but my preference is for what I said above.
I would hate for the Q+As to go away. I can deal with the same questions being asked across multiple sites. I can easily scroll down once I see a duplicate.
I don't have any vested interest in MOTU or the Wind Raider, but I feel very strongly that Mattel is asking waaaay to much for the Wind Raider and other similarly priced items to 'sell out' in less than three days. Three days is a very respectable timeframe for good results if you ask me. I can't shake the feeling that MOTU fans have gotten the short end of the stuck on this issue. Still, there's hope of a re-release, so maybe it'll turn out fine in the end.
I have to agree. I read the Q&A's for information not opinions. If I want an opinion I will come here to the forums. Everything has it's place. I am surprised Mattel continues doing Q & A's with sites that have nothing but snide remarks for answers given.
NoisyDvL5 Thank you though for all the time spent posting the Q & A's here for everyone's convenience.


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Manfredo Went From Headlining To Sweeping Up After 'Em
The thought first hit him as a broom he was pushing fell apart and clattered down the metal steps at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence in the wee hours of the morning. These were the same steps thousands of people once walked down to find their seat before his fights.
Five times people had paid their hard-earned cash to watch him in this cavernous building. Now he was being paid to clean it up behind fans of other performers. It was a job though and Peter Manfredo, Jr. was glad to have it but he missed being on the other side of that broom. He missed being the performer, the man for which a broom after he finished working was necessary and that's how it all started again.
Manfredo returned to boxing in April after announcing his retirement following a stunning, third round knockout loss last Nov. 13 to Sakio Bika in the same building where he now worked as a laborer. It was honest work. No shame in it. Yet something was missing. Prize fighting was missing.
Every professional boxer goes through this kind of sad, shocking withdrawal when he retires. Barry McGuigan recently told the BBC it is the absence of something you knew so well in your youth but now must accept can never be replaced. Manfredo began to understand that as the head of his broom clattered down the steps only hours after he'd watched Manny Pacquiao, a fighter with whom he once trained at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, dominate and defeat Oscar De La Hoya.
The juxtaposition of what he was doing at that moment and what he knew was going on for Pacquiao in Las Vegas began to make the 28-year-old former super middleweight title contender think and the conclusion he came to slowly became clear.
"I came to my grandmother's house after working four or five hours on a set up crew at the Dunkin Donuts Center and I had to go back for a third shift sweep for another eight hours so I watched the De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight there,'' Manfredo recalled. "A few hours later I'm sweeping the stands and I'm thinking about Manny and Freddie (Pacquiao's trainer) Freddie Roach celebrating after winning a big fight and here I am pushing a broom around in the building where I used to fight.
"The broom breaks and I start swearing and some of the guys hollered 'Maybe this ain't for you!' It was tough. That's when I first started thinking about fighting again.
"I love my job with the laborer's union. I like going to work but it's going to be tough that day when I can't walk into the ring any more. Right now I know I still can so that's why I came back.
"Hopefully, I'll know when it's time to stop. To be honest with you, the whole goal now is to pay off my house. Then I can just go to work and my wife can stay home and raise the kids. I'm an old-fashioned Italian that way but you need three incomes to raise a family today.''
Manfredo's return was a spectacular one, knocking out Walid Smichet in Smichet's adopted hometown of Montreal in seven rounds last month, dropping him in the third, staggering him in the sixth and then finishing him off with a booming left hook at the end of the seventh round.
Trying to build off that victory, Manfredo was set to go again June 20 in Minnesota against Matt Vanda, a fight he was pursuing for the same reason he agreed to face Smichet – because Peter Manfredo is stalking John Duddy.
The Vanda fight fell through, however, so he continues to look for the kind of matches that can keep both his career and his search for Duddy alive while also reducing his mortgage as fast as he can. To do the latter, he feels, John Duddy is what he needs. Getting to him has always been the hard part.
"He lost his last fight (to journeyman Billy Lyell in a surprising upset that actually might make a Manfredo match more viable in the odd way the business of boxing is conducted these days) but I still want to fight him,'' Manfredo (32-6, 17 KO) said. "It would still be a big money fight. He's got one loss and I got six. What's a loss?
"It's an Irish guy vs. an Italian guy. It's two guys with names people recognize. Obviously I don't got the best defense in the world and neither does he. We both come to fight. Now that I'm fighting at 160 and not 168 it's a big difference when you get hit. Smichet hit me and I didn't even feel it. Bika hit me and, wow!''
What if Duddy (26-1, 17 KO) hits him? Manfredo is unconcerned about that because A) he intends to hit him back and B) the reward is well worth the risk for both of them if they're honest about it.
Once each was in a position to dictate terms – Duddy when he was the hottest Irish boxer in the U.S. and Manfredo when he was coming off a popular run on "The Contender" reality TV series. But Manfredo has now lost two shots at some form of the super middleweight title and Duddy not only has now been beaten by a guy with seven losses (Lyell) but was also life-and-death with Smichet, whom Manfredo destroyed.
So what's the holdup? In Manfredo's opinion it's Duddy. Or, more likely, the new team around him that already got him beat only months into their handling of his affairs.
"If Duddy beat Lyell he wouldn't ever fight me,'' Manfredo said. "He's been avoiding me for two years. If he'd won he would have gotten a shot at (middleweight champion Kelly) Pavlik and got knocked out. But he didn't.
"Now he needs me as much as I need him to get that title shot. It's a perfect fight for New England. It's a perfect fight for both of us and we should be able to get paid for it. The winner gets back into contention. The loser? I don't know what Duddy's gonna do.''
Manfredo is once again being trained by his father, Peter, Sr., with whom he had a difficult falling out in the long tradition of fathers and sons in boxing. The difficulties that developed leading up to the Bika fight resulted from the father trying to wear three hats – parent, trainer and manager –and the son chafing at all those familial and business entanglements crossing wires.
Over time the fences were mended however, and the latter hat now belongs to family friend Larry Army, who also manages rising middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez. In the opinion of the younger Manfredo, life is now back to normal and he and his father are in complete agreement on one very important thing. They both see John Duddy as opportunity knocking.
"I like boxing when my father is the way he is now," Manfredo said. "I got to give him a lot of credit. He's my trainer now but at the end of the day he's my father, too. He had such high expectations for me. I understand that. It probably had to go the way it did for us to get to this point again. I like coming to the gym and training with him the way it is now.
"Larry's my father's friend. He helped us with this. It's so much easier now. It's a job for my dad. He can just concentrate on the training and so can I. He treats me like the rest of his fighters in the gym. Outside of it we don't talk about boxing.
"We both agreed when I decided to come back that I'd fight at 160. It's hard to make because I'm 28 and I like to eat but 168 isn't my weight. I needed the Bika fight to really realize that. He blew me out in three rounds. I didn't belong in there with him. He was too strong. I'm done fighting those big guys. It's a struggle to make 160 but now I have a reason to do it.''
To a large extent that reason is Duddy, a natural opponent against whom he might already have fought several times if this was still boxing's glory days of the 1940s, '50s and '60s when ethnic fights of this ilk were made regularly because they sold.
Manfredo believes this one still will and frankly he may well be right. Ideally he would prefer another fight or two first but if Duddy finally wants to fight Manfredo he understands there's no reason to wait any longer.
"This is my last shot at it,'' Manfredo said. "I got the opportunity to fight Smichet in his hometown and I took it. It was a confidence boost for me taking him out like that when Duddy struggled with him and nearly lost.
"They underestimated me. They wanted to get a name at the right time on their resume but it kind of backfired. Now Duddy and I are in the same boat. We need each other to move ahead. That's what this business is. I don't care how good you are, in boxing timing is everything.''
Peter Manfredo, Jr. has been willing to make time for John Duddy for the past year or two. The only question now is what time is it for Duddy?
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UFC 108 Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
Former champion Rashad Evans meets Brazil's venerable Thiago Silva in a non-title belt that can lead to a return match with the current champ, but first things first.
Evans (15-1-1) and Silva (14-1) meet in Ultimate Fighting Championship 108 in a light heavyweight bout on Saturday Jan. 2, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A win by either fighter could result in a world title bid. The fight card is being shown on pay-per-view television.
Events can change quickly in the Octagon and anybody can beat anybody in the 205-pound weight division. Just ask Silva or Evans.
Silva and Evans are both experienced and can vouch firsthand about the capriciousness of fighting in MMA and especially as a light heavyweight. On one day this man can beat that man and on another day, that man can beat this man. It can make you absolutely daffy.
Evans, 30, is the former UFC light heavyweight world champion who only defended his title on one occasion and lost by vicious knockout to current champion Lyoto Machida of Brazil. It's the only defeat on his record.
Silva, 27, is a well-rounded MMA fighter from Sao Paolo, Brazil who is versed in jujitsu, Muy Thai and boxing. He can end a fight quickly in a choke hold just as easily as with a kick or a punch. His only loss came to who else: Machida.
Evans and Silva know a win can push open the door to a rematch with current UFC light heavyweight champion Machida.
"A win against Rashad would put me in the track against Lyoto," said Silva, in a telephone conference call. "That's what – what I want to do."
When Silva fought Machida the two Brazilians were both undefeated and feared in the MMA world. The fight took place in Las Vegas and with one second remaining in the first round a perfectly timed punch knocked Silva unconscious.
"I was humbled big time, man," says Silva who fought Machida in January 2009. "I learned a lot from that fight. I think I can correct the mistakes from that fight, not overlooking anything else right now, but just I want to get the chance to fight him again."
For Evans it was a different circumstance. The upstate New Yorker held the UFC title and was defending it after stopping then champion Forrest Griffin by knockout. Still, many felt Machida was far too technically versed. Evans was stopped brutally in the second round.
"I've made it a point to not – to not get distracted on what I want to do, because you know Thiago (Silva) is a very hungry fighter," said Evans who has not fought since losing the title to Machida last May. "My focus is just on Thiago so much. You know I don't want to overlook him, you know, not even a little bit."
Dana White, president of UFC, says the winner of this fight could conceivably fight Machida in the near future. Evans and especially Silva are motivated by the open window.
"I learned a lot from that fight. I think I can correct the mistakes from that fight," says Silva. "Not overlooking anything else right now, but I just want to get the chance to fight him again."
What a prize. The winner gets to face the man who beat him: Machida.
Ten Boxing Wishes For 2010
Ralph Gonzalez
As 2009 comes to a close, one reflects on what went well and what went wrong during the year in boxing. There were many highlights. Pacquiao vs. Cotto and Showtime's Super Six tournament were part of the best that boxing had to offer. But there were some low points too therefore the industry has some work to do in order to keep generating fans. Here are some suggestions for 2010:
10. Better pay per view cards
Paying 40 to 50 bucks to watch the main event gets old real quick. Why do we have to sit through a horrible under-card to get to the main course? It's like being fed spam appetizers before the Thanksgiving turkey. It seems that the pay per view promoters just don't get it. Are they watching what they put on or do they only watch the "big fight" as everyone else is slowly being conditioned to do so?
9. Time to make Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight
Okay, I understand he's the son of one of the greatest fighters that ever lived. But he's had 42 fights against low to mid level competition and has never managed to look spectacular. It's time to throw the 23 year old out of the nest to see if he can fly. My suggestion is a fight against Sergio Mora or maybe even Yuri Foreman. Neither of these guys can punch. They may outbox Junior but they won't totally humiliate him.
8. No more ridiculous Pay Per View mismatches
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez should've never been made. It was a ridiculous fight when it was announced and it was more ridiculous when it took place. Unable to bring Manny Pacquiao to the bargaining table for a third match against Juan Manuel Marquez, someone figured that pairing up the 135 pound champion against a natural 147 pounder like Mayweather would be a great idea. The pay per view generated over a million buys but the fact that millions of people were treated to an incredibly boring mismatch is what's truly worrisome. I can guarantee you one thing about this card. The sport of boxing lost fans once the show was over and done with. Talk about short term thinking.
7. Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola shows up for a fight in amazing shape
It was painful to see Chris Arreola take a beating from the Ukrainian giant, Vitali Klitscho. The champion certainly earned his "Dr. Ironfist" moniker as he plowed his powerful shots into the former #1 WBC heavyweight contender's face. He reddened and bloodied the young Mexican American with an assortment of weapons and foot movement seldom seen on a six foot seven inch heavyweight. Arreola was brave and unrelenting in battle. He never stopped coming forward and took chances when he could. His work in the ring at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles wasn't the problem. Where Arreola let himself down was outside the ring. His unwillingness to condition himself into a finely tuned athlete cost him certain immortality as the first ever heavyweight champion of Mexican descent. Arreola has the heart and skills but it was his mental fortitude that broke down. Anyone who's followed the Riverside fighter knows that his best weight is somewhere in the 230 pound range. It certainly isn't at the 252 pounds he registered on the scale at the Staples Center. Those fifteen to twenty extra pounds might have made all the difference in the world. Maybe he would've been a little quicker, maybe he could've sustained a faster pace in order to tire out the champion. In his most recent fight against Brian Minto, Arreola weighed in at a career high 263. It looks like "The Nightmare" isn't willing to change for anyone. At this pace, the only nightmares he'll be providing will be to the management of Hometown Buffets all across Riverside. Just kidding "Nightmare"!
6. More respect for the lighter weights
Real boxing fans know that the most exciting fighters in the sport are usually found toiling in weight divisions south of 154 pounds. Pacquiao, Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez, Edwin Valero, Israel Vazquez, Juan Ma Lopez, Vic Darchinyan, Rafael Marquez and countless others have been the real driving force behind this sport. It's those great fighters that have made boxing fanatics out of casual fans. The heavyweights may get all the money and glory but it's the little guys who make the sport shine and it's time they received greater compensation. It's dismaying to think that a mediocre heavyweight can make three or four times as much as the great Rafael Marquez.
5. An American Heavyweight champion
Speaking of heavyweights, two Americans tried and failed at dethroning Vitali Klitschko this year. Both Kevin Johnson and Chris Arreola did their best to wrestle the belt away from "Dr. Klitschko" but came up short since they were easily outclassed. What happened to the great American Heavyweight? Where's our new Joe Frazier or Ali? Even a new Gerry Cooney or a Ken Norton would do at this point. I've got a feeling that the only way we're going to see an American champion is if Klitschko retires. My money is on Arreola. Although undisciplined and rough outside the ring, he's got tons (no pun intended) of natural talent. He's without a doubt the most talented American heavyweight on the scene.
4. More ShoBox
The Showtime Cable network gave us the best boxing on TV for the price of a cable television subscription. Their ShoBox series has been a proven hit for Senior VP of Sports Programming Ken Hershman. The concept is simple yet brilliant. Match up two up and comers with great records and let's see what happens. Sometimes the results are surprising. Many have passed the ShoBox test and went on to bigger and better things. Others have been exposed as having padded records and eventually their careers stall and take a dive.
3. More safety in Mexico so I can attend a show without a gun battle breaking out
Having lived near the Tijuana border all my life I'm dismayed at the war zone that the city has evolved into. Every day there are reports of shootings fueled by the drug war trade. Believe it or not, there was a time when Tijuana was safe and most wouldn't have thought twice about crossing the border for some seafood and nightlife. No more. Having covered several boxing cards on Revolucion Avenue many years ago, I got a taste of just how important the sport is to Mexican fans. It's also important to me but not that important. For now I'll stick to covering shows at the Pechanga Casino and in the less dangerous city of L.A. I never thought I'd say that.
2. Pac Man vs. Mayweather
This is the fight everyone wants to see. Seeing how Mayweather dominated Pac Man's arch enemy, Juan Manuel Marquez, you have to wonder if the Filipino can handle Lil' Floyd's speed and size. One thing is for sure, betting against Pacquiao doesn't usually work out for me. It never has. There's no future in it. So if the fight gets done it's Pacquiao by TKO in ten.
1. And finally
One final wish is reserved for all the readers of TheSweetScience.com I wish you all a healthy and happy 2010. Thank you for your continued loyalty to the site. It's very much appreciated.
A Very Special New Year's Day Column
Robert Mladinich
It has been just over four months since Nick Charles, the play-by-play announcer for Shobox: The New Generation, was diagnosed with stage IV bladder cancer and forced to take a medical hiatus from the monthly show that has aired since 2001.
Since then he has undergone grueling chemotherapy treatments that have resulted in him losing all of his hair as he forces himself to live as normal of a life as possible. Through sheer force of will, as well as the strength and support that he receives from his wonderfully loving family and his strong Christian faith, the 63-year-old Charles has managed to keep his weight up while not falling prey to the always lingering threats of depression, cynicism and negativity.
If one was unaware that he was battling such an insidious disease, you'd never know from talking on the phone to him that he has been to hell and back. He has lost none of the inspiring energy that has endeared him to members of the boxing community and legions of worldwide viewers.
"I'm doing great," Charles said during a telephone conversation on December 30th. "I've been off the chemo for a month, and the doctors have told me that I'm 80 percent in remission. I'm going to see them again in three months. It may come back, but if it takes one year, or two years, or however long, I'm going to make the most of the good time."
As physically and emotionally wrenching as the grim diagnosis and subsequent treatment has been, even for someone as perpetually positive as Charles, the longtime announcer said a lot of good things have come from it.
Having been married three times, Charles is the father of four children: Jason, 38, Melissa, 34, Charlotte, 22, and Giovanna, 3 ½.
While Charles is not big on regrets, he is the first to admit that he wasn't always there for his older children. For many years he traveled the world as a CNN correspondent, often putting the demands of his career above all else, including those closest to him. Nowhere was the strain more evident than in his relationship with Melissa.
Having been divorced from Melissa's mother since 1977, Charles said his relationship with that daughter has been especially "hot and cold, all of our lives."
His illness has enabled them to forge a relationship that has been "based on a massive amount of forgiveness and understanding."
"This has had a tremendous healing effect on both of us," said Charles. "My illness has had a fortifying effect on a lot of things, the most important of which is my relationships with my family."
That also includes his first wife, with whom he has had an often acrimonious relationship over the past three decades.
"It took a long time for the scab to become a scar, but we had lunch one day and it was so great to once again see the gentle, soft sides of each other," he explained. "The whole divorce process creates a hardness that doesn't always go away."
Charles is also the grandfather to three children, some of whom are about the same age as his youngest daughter. He jokes that he has a "nuclear 21st century family" because of the similar ages of two generations of children. One of the hardest things for him has been the realization that he can't always play with them in manner in which he would like.
"The hemoglobin is the fuel in your tank, so when it's low you can't will yourself to do things no matter how much you want to," said Charles. "You can't just sleep it off or work through it. I don't want the kids to wonder why I can't play in the backyard with them, or kick a soccer ball, or throw them in the air."
Particularly difficult is when Giovanna reminds her father of how handsome he is, but then innocently asks him what happened to his hair, eyebrows and lashes.
"You try to keep things on a need to know basis, which is not easy when dealing with curious kids," said Charles.
While Charles might look like the kind of guy that things have often come easy to, the reality is that his beginnings were far from auspicious. But, he says, his often challenging Chicago childhood blessed him with the steely resolve that has helped him so much during the arduous journey he is now on.
"I had it pretty rough growing up," he explained. "I remember the lights and the heat being shut off and eating mustard sandwiches. I went to work at 13 and always had insecurities about the future. But I always expected and saw the best in people, so when I got sick, never once did I say 'Why me?"
Since taking a leave of absence from Shobox, the outpouring of support from the boxing community has warmed Charles's heart. For a guy that is battling for his life, he actually considers himself fortunate to be surrounded by so much goodness in both his personal and professional lives.
"I always hear that boxing people are ruthless, but I couldn't disagree more," said Charles. "I've probably received about 1,000 e-mails, and people are always following in sending their best wishes. From the relatively unknown people in boxing to many of the more famous people, there has been an outpouring of true affection."
Charles said that the Top Rank organization has been exceedingly kind and gracious. He was touched beyond description when he learned that officials in Oklahoma got special permission to have a seamstress sew "Keep Fighting Nick" onto their sleeves. He chokes up when talking about cut man Stitch Duran giving up an endorsement opportunity so he could put Charles's name on his outfit. He never tires of hearing shout-outs from fighters on television.
Charles has always been a people person with an inordinate faith in the goodness of his fellow man. Battling this illness has only made his already strong faith in humanity even stronger.
"Adversity is a great teacher, and it really teaches you who your genuine friends are," said Charles. "I have a lot of friends."
He also has a remarkable wife, Cory, a CNN producer to whom he has been married for 11 years. She is the daughter of an electrician, a self-made woman who exudes all of the warmth of her native Brooklyn. She has reinforced her husband's spiritual base by her love, optimism and strength of character.
"If I get down, she reminds me to not get too caught up," said Charles. "I believe in eternity, and that has put me pretty much at peace."
More than anything else, Charles wants to get himself back behind a microphone sooner rather than later, and hopefully on Shobox. He is the first to admit that viewers "don't watch the series to see Nick Charles," but he is proud of the fact that he was "part of the identity" of such a popular show.
"And people love comeback stories," added Charles. "That's the message I'm getting from the people out there."
In boxing the word "champion" is often overused because it pertains only to winning belts and receiving worldwide recognition for being the best at your craft. The reality is that life's real champions have other qualities, such as the innate ability to treat people well and always make them feel better about themselves, especially when the recipients of the goodwill are in no position to give them anything back.
By that standard of measure, Charles is as much, if not more of a champion than all of the boxers he has covered during the nine years that Shobox has been on the air.
I know I speak for scores of others when I say, "Happy New Year, Champ. We hope that you are the comeback story of the year in 2010."


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