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Let's talk about Hal Johnson outing TSN…Where's Waldo's Sister?…Beep! Beep! There goes Alphonso!…Rouge Football takes a knee…Yippee for Youpii!…big bucks, baseball and bickering…the best of the Blue Bombers…Herb Carnegie gave the New York Rangers a pass…and other things on my mind
Another Sunday morning smorgas-bored…and Happy Summer to you all…
Now that Hal Johnson has 'outed' TSN for racist hiring practices that included a limit on the number of Black reporters (one maximum) in 1988, here's a question that needs to be answered:
What is the Black quota in 2020?
We know it's more than one, because Farhan Lalji, Jermain Franklin and Kayla Grey are part of Team Yakety-Yak at TSN, but, in offering a lame mea culpa to Johnson the other day, the network's spin doctors neglected to confirm or deny that a ceiling on the number of minority hires remains in place.
"There is still much work to do to improve our commitment to on-air and editorial diversity," was part of a pre-fab statement on Twitter.
So, is what happened to fitness guru Johnson in 1988 still happening today?
Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod
If you missed it, here's the Coles Notes version of Johnson's TSN tale: Hired in the morning. Fired in the afternoon. By a suit in the ivory tower who believed adding a second Black news snoop was bad for business. So thanks for dropping in, Hal, and you can pick up your parting gifts on the way out. Oh, and by the way, we'd be happy to air your boffo Body Break fitness show with Joanne McLeod, but only if you hire a white actor to replace yourself because we can't have an interracial couple exercising and having fun together on TV.
The spin doctors describe that as "a shameful part of our past," (ya think?) but 32 years later TSN remains almost as white as a bowl of rice. It's a sea of bleached faces, with a few former football players, Grey and John Lu in the mix.
All of which has provided pause for ponder.
The popular thing to do today is discuss diversity, also all the isms and phobias that are a pox on society. Suddenly, everyone has a tale to tell, and the great unwashed nod in enthusiastic agreement whenever it's mentioned that discrimination, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia and bullying are bad manners.
Many have been drawn into the conversation out of genuine concern, a yearning to understand and a will to effect change, while others have felt obliged to participate for fear of a tsk-tsking. Even though mistreatment of the marginalized is older than the ink on the Dead Sea Scrolls, only now are they gazing into the looking glass.
It will be interesting to learn what they discover and, more important, what they'll do about it.
Be certain that TSN isn't flying solo here. Denise Balkissoon has written an essay for Chatelaine on racism at the Globe and Mail, and Morgan Campbell hasn't been shy about detailing his experience with racism at the Toronto Star.
Meanwhile, I've been squawking about the lack of diversity in jock journalism for much of this 21st century, and when I look at the sports landscape in the rag trade I see that it's still whiter than a box of Titleist golf balls. Not only that, finding a female face among jock journos at our daily newspapers is like playing a game of Where's Waldo's Sister?
So what's the scoop? Is there a restriction on hiring females? Or is it a hesitancy owing to the horse-and-buggy notion that women can't possibly know sports?
The last time there was an opening in the toy department of the Winnipeg Sun, more than 30 wannabes applied. Four of them were women. Scott Billeck landed the gig. It's proven to be a beneficial hire, even as he's become the tabloid's Virus Boy, but it's worth noting that the Sun's stable of sports scribes hasn't included a female since the turn of the century, when Judy Owen discovered better things to occupy her time and left the building.
As for gay jock journos, I know of two in this country's mainstream—the terrific curling writer Devin Heroux of CBC, and Scott MacArthur of Sportsnet 590 The Fan.
It terms of diversity, it's a rather bleak scorecard.
Our guy Alphonso Davies set gums a-flapping with his eye-popping lickety-split in a recent Bundesliga soccer match, dashing up the pitch at a dazzling 36.5 km/h. Not sure what the big deal is, though. I mean, I know sports writers who run a lot faster than that every time the bar tab arrives.
Hey, I'm not saying jock journos are cheap, but there's a reason why Canada took the penny out of circulation—sports scribes had them all squirreled away.
I must confess that I can do without all the fuzzballs that romp around sports facilities, but I've always liked Youppi!, one-time mascot of the Montreal Expos and now the official furball of les Canadiens. Youppi! has been inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame (yes, there really is such a thing, in Whiting, Indiana), and I suppose that makes him this country's best two-sport big-league star since Gerry James, aka Kid Dynamite. For those of you who haven't been introduced, Kid Dynamite played for both the Tranna Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, sometimes in the same year. He also won hockey's Memorial Cup and football's Grey Cup. Youppi! won neither, but kids really like him and that has to count for something.
I've been writing about the Canadian Football League since 1980—Toronto Sun, Calgary Sun, Winnipeg Sun and now as a blogger—so I must report that, yes, not having anything but Commish Randy Ambrosie's awkward mutterings to opine about these days is a total bummer. Like all who follow the goings-on of Rouge Football, I would rather be discussing passers and pass rushers than Commish Randy's panhandling on Parliament Hill, but it should be obvious to all that the large lads in pads will not be grabbing grass and growling this year. And that truly is a shame.
North American professional team sports in 2020: An unhealthy scratch.
Take a knee, Donald.
Things that make me go Hmmm, Vol. 1: Donald Trump vows he won't watch soccer or National Football League games if players are allowed to kneel during the U.S. national anthem. Hmmm. Something tells me they'll all be watching when he takes a knee in November.
While in ponder of diversity, equality and inclusiveness, I found myself wondering if the Football Reporters of Canada will make this the year they finally vote a female into the media wing of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. At present, it's the ultimate boys' club, with 100 per cent male membership, and that's something that needs correcting.
By golly, I do believe TSN nailed it with its all-time Blue Bombers team. As long as Bud Grant is the coach, Kenny Ploen is the quarterback, and Leo Lewis is one of the running backs, you can't go wrong. If I have a slight quibble (of course I do), it's the absence of Ernie (Zazu) Pitts among the receivers. Pitts is on my team before Rick House every time, but I'm not going to sue TSN for giving Houser the nod.
Just curious: Is baseball still a thing? Seriously. By the time Major League Baseball's millionaire players and billionaire owners have finished bickering over who deserves how many bucks for playing however many games, nobody will give a damn. Maybe they've already arrived at that point.
Dr. Cheryl MacDonald
Things that make me go Hmmm, Vol. 2: In a chin wag last week with Ron MacLean of Sportsnet, sports sociologist Dr. Cheryl MacDonald claimed to have interviewed "openly gay men's hockey players who've played at elite levels." Hmmm. We shouldn't be surprised that Doc MacDonald didn't name names, but I found myself wondering if she meant National Hockey League players. That seemed the logical next query to me, but MacLean declined to pursue that line of questioning. Frankly, his natters have become long on fluff and short on substance.
The lady doctor also suggested that the lack of out gay men in major team sports "might be even a masculinity thing." Might be? What was her first clue?
It's incredible how many people are just now discovering that hockey is not for everyone. The latest example of this 'awakening' is an essay on the Colored Hockey League by Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star. "Canadians call hockey 'our game.' But history tells us it hasn't been everybody's," he scribbles. It's a well-written, informative piece, but we don't have to go back 100 years to realize that men's hockey isn't an inclusive enterprise. Its lack of acceptance is right in front of us today.
I'm a doctor of absolutely nothing, so COVID-19 is a mystery. I do, however, know that I'd prefer NHL players to be as far removed from me as possible during this pandemic, which means Vancouver is too close for my comfort. We haven't had an active case of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island in more than a month, so I'm fine with the NHL choosing Edmonton or the Republic of Tranna as hub bubbles for the Stanley Cup tournament, thank you very much.
I like Murat Ates. A lot. He does boffo work for The Athletic. I like Sara Orlesky. A lot. She does boffo work for TSN's Winnipeg bureau. But I believe Murat's recent Q&A with Sara is a sure signal that he's struggling for story ideas this deep into the pandemic.
Ever wonder what it's like to be a jock columnist? Well, let's have Steve Simmons of Postmedia Tranna tell us: "Life as a columnist. On Thursday, I write about my dad and Father's Day and everybody loves me and thinks I'm great. On Friday, I break the (Auston) Matthews (COVID-19) story and I get called every name in the book and some that haven't gotten there yet. On Saturday, I'm putting this notes column together, which is next to impossible with no games going on. On Sunday, thankfully, I exhale. And now on to next week." The poor dear. I wonder if he'd like some cheese with that whine.
True, the gig can be a grind, but it isn't "next to impossible" to churn out a notes column "with no games going on." I do it every Sunday. I just do it in a different format and, unlike Simmons, I don't get paid for it.
Simmons also continues to present himself as a hockey historian, even though his lived experience with the game doesn't predate the 1960s. Commenting on Herb Carnegie, he writes: "Carnegie was more than good enough to play in the National Hockey League in the late 1940s, early '50s. The Maple Leafs and the rest of the NHL wouldn't sign him. He never got the chance to play at the highest level because he was black." Actually, Carnegie did have the chance, even though he was Black. According to Cecil Harris' book, Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey, the New York Rangers invited him to their 1948 training camp, and he stayed for 11 days, during which time the club presented three contract bids that would have had him begin the season in the minor leagues— $2,700 to play in Tacoma, $3,700 to play in St. Paul, $4,700 to play with the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate in New Haven. In other words, Carnegie was offered the same path to the big leagues that Jackie Robinson took with baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers. Start in the minors, graduate to the show. But Carnegie rejected each of the Rangers' bids for his services, preferring to earn $5,100 with the Sherbrooke Saint-Francois of the Quebec Senior Hockey League. His choice.
And, finally, I note that Paul McCartney turned 78 last week. It seems like only Yesterday that I was watching him and the other three Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. They were fab…yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Let's talk about Mike O'Shea feeding Chris Streveler to the wolves…CFL MOP candidates…Coach PottyMo's milestone…scandal brewing in The ROT…the price of hot dogs and beer…Shapo gets it done…a Yankee-free World Series…and autumn leaves
Monday morning coming down in 3, 2, 1…and if you're old enough to vote today, you're old enough to do the right thing…
Okay, it's agreed. Chris Streveler is one tough dude.
I mean, someone could huck a live grenade down the guy's pants and he might miss a play or two while medics re-attached both his legs with a tube of Gorilla Glue and some Scotch Tape. But he'd be back in the fray pronto.
We know this because Streveler, when last seen, was walking like a man who'd just let a Rottweiler use his right ankle for a chew toy. While a dingo gnawed on his right wrist.
The Calgary Stampeders didn't just chew him up and spit him out on Saturday night in the Alberta foothills. They turned him into a blue-and-gold pinata. I haven't seen one man take that bad a beating since Mel Gibson let the Romans thrash Jesus Christ for two hours.
Somebody should have called a cop. And arrest Mike O'Shea.
Apparently Coach Grunge was the only person who didn't notice that his starting quarterback's body parts were strewn all over the field at McMahon Stadium. Wrist at the 40-yard stripe. Ribs at the 52. Ankle at the 35.
Instead of turning over control of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offence to understudy Sean McGuire or newby Zach Collaros in the last-gasp moments of a Canadian Football League game that was every bit the barroom brawl, Coach Grunge instructed the much-mangled Streveler to finish what he had started, even though he belonged in ICU rather than a mosh pit of large, angry men. It was like telling Custer to have another go at Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and their braves.
The result was predictable, of course. Streveler, try as he might, was unable to muster another score and the Bombers were left wanting in a 37-33 loss that exhausted their aspirations of a first-place finish.
Coach Grunge
But never mind regular-season bragging rights. It's about O'Shea's refusal to sit Streveler down when there's another weighty dosey doe with the Stampeders on Friday night, not to mention November football when there are no more excuses or tomorrows.
Streveler is O'Shea's guy, we know that, so why did Coach Grunge jeopardize his health and Winnipeg FC's playoff aspirations?
"You trust your players," he told news snoops after the fact. "If he says he can go, he can go. At this time of year all these guys are nicked up, but obviously Strev got a little nicked up in that game."
A little nicked up? Ya, like Evander Holyfield's ear was just a "little nicked up" after Mike Tyson had it for a late-night snack.
It was reckless coaching, the sort of thing I thought O'Shea had gotten past. But no. Apparently, someone will have to saw off one of Streveler's legs at the hip and hand the limb to Coach Grunge before he considers an alternative course of action at the most important position on the field.
And it isn't good enough that Streveler wanted to re-enter the skirmish due to some warrior code.
"When guys do that they just, they're putting it on the line for teammates," said O'Shea. "They wanna be out there for 'em, they just love working for their teammates."
Look, we all know professional athletes are wired differently than us mere mortals. Broken ankle? No biggie. It's a long way from the heart, kid. Walk it off. Sometimes, however, they need to be protected from themselves. This was one of those times, and O'Shea ignored the risks because that's the way he played the game. Balls to the wall, baby.
That's what Coach Grunge knows best. That's what got him into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. And Streveler has that same linebacker mentality. It's admirable. But dumb for a QB.
Just not as dumb as a head coach allowing it to happen.
Speedy B
So who do you like for the Most Outsanding Player Award in the CFL? I've got Speedy B of the Hamilton Tabbies, but Reggie Begelton of the Stampeders is closing fast on the inside. And, yes, even though the B.C. Leos have been a bust, Bryan Burnham warrants consideration because he's a human highlight reel and the trinket goes to the most outstanding player, not most valuable.
I fully expect the Winnipeg chapter of the football writers to nominate Andrew Harris as the local MOP candidate, but I'd vote for Willie Jefferson. Sorry, but Harris is a tainted tailback.
Coach PottyMo
On the subject of head coaches, a tip of the bonnet to Paul Maurice, whose Winnipeg Jets outlasted the Edmonton McDavids, 1-nada in a shootout, on Sunday night at the Little Hockey House On The Prairie. If you're scoring at home—and aren't we all?—that gives Coach Potty Mouth 700 Ws as a National Hockey League bench puppeteer, and I say that deserves something more than the sound of one hand clapping.
Got a kick out of Blake Wheeler's reaction to Coach PottyMo's milestone. "What an accomplishment," said the Jets captain, who also happens to be teacher's pet. "Obviously, been in the game a long time, he's turned into an old man on us and, you know, I think the biggest quality of Paul is his ability to adapt to different seasons and different teams. Throughout his tenure as a coach, I think that's why he's had such great longevity. Players never tune him out, never get sick of his message, 'cause he's able to keep it fresh and refreshing, and I think when you see teams really fall off and really struggling big time it's 'cause the players stop buying into the coach's message. Not even close to what's happening here." No, they only tuned out Coach PottyMo in Carolina (twice), Toronto, and Russia.
Hey, I'm not here to scoff at or trivialize Coach PottyMo's accomplishment. Just to prove it, I won't even mention that his 624 losses put him No. 1 on the NHL all-time loser list.
I don't know about you, but the Jets are exactly what I figured them to be this crusade, which is to say all over the map. Really, nobody should be surprised by their herky-jerky start, and I suspect it'll be like this for the long haul. Question is, will .500 hockey be good enough to get them to Beard Season?
Matthews and Marner
Oh, dear, is there a controversy—indeed, a scandal—brewing in the Republic of Tranna? I ask that, because Mitch Marner says he wants to skate alongside his good buddy Auston Matthews. "Hopefully," he told news snoops on Sunday, "we do play together a little more often." Does this mean young Mitch's feathers are ruffled? Is he calling his coach, Mike Babcock, a bit of a bozo? Is he saying he considers John Tavares a slug? Of course not. And nobody's nose appears to be out of joint in The ROT. It's strictly meh stuff, unlike in Good Ol' Hometown after Patrik Laine expressed similar sentiments about his role with the Jets. Puck Finn told a Finnish reporter that he wanted to play with the big dogs, Rink Rat Scheifele and Blake Wheeler, and that was interpreted as a mortal slap at Coach PottyMo and centre Bryan Little. A tempest ensued. Big headlines. Puck Finn texted an apology to Little. Didn't matter. Many among the rabble wanted him on the first stage out of town. Some jock journos suggested he zip his lips. I'd never thought of local news snoops as bigger drama queens than the mob in The ROT, but apparently they are.
The old barn on Maroons Road.
As a folo to my Sunday post, whereby I mentioned something about a beer and a hot dog costing more at a Jets game today than an admission ticket in 1974, this was the going rate back in the day at Winnipeg Arena: Reds $7, Blues $6, Nosebleed $4. There was also a promo that allowed a parent to purchase a seat in the greys at the old barn on Maroons Road for the regular $4 fare, plus a second seat for their son or daughter for $2. Buy the kid a hot dog and Coke, and you were still under a 10-dollar bill for the night. Now the hot dog alone is $10.
Came across this interesting tidbit from my first boss at the Winnipeg Tribune, legendary scribe Jack Matheson: "You Read It Here First Dept.: The Jets will be long gone by 1976 because too many big business people in this town are big four-flushers," he wrote in October 1974. Matty was out by 20 years, but his prediction came true, nonetheless. And he was spot-on in reasoning why the Jets would disappear. As he forecast, they split for Phoenix because none of the high rollers in town were interested in losing money.
Our guy Denis Shapovalov has finally won an ATP tournament, besting Filip Krajinovic of Serbia, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday, and let's not quibble about the Stockholm Open having less glitz and glam than in the past. A win is a win is a win, and anytime you can put your name in the same grouping as tennis legends Bjorn Borg, Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker and Roger Federer you've done alright for yourself. They're all past champions in Stockholm, so I'd say Shapo is keeping good company.
I must say, I'd be more interested in the World Series if the New York Yankees were involved. Not that I like the Yankees. Can't stand the Yankees, because I was weaned on the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and the damn Yankees always seemed to have our number. So I like to see them lose in the annual Fall Classic. As it is, neither the Houston Astros or Washington Nationals do it for me. Should be boffo pitching, though.
And, finally, this tweet from Steve Simmons of Postmedia Tranna: "The autumn colors are spectacular this time of the year." What, as opposed to the autumn colors in winter, spring and summer?
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The sports media dealing with social/political issues is nothing new
Stick to sports? Why?
Why should jock journalists and opinionists be limited to one-trick pony-ism, writing and gabbing about nothing other than wins and losses, home runs and touchdowns, free throws and three-pointers, and how much air there is in Tom Brady's balls?
Sam Lacy, Dan Bankhead and Wendell Smith.
I mean, I'm guessing that if Twitter had been around in the 1930s and '40s, Sam Lacy, Wendell Smith and other black sportswriters might have used their 140-character allotment to say something significant about segregation in baseball. Twitter didn't exist back then, though. So they used newspapers like the Pittsburgh Courier, the Chicago Defender and the Baltimore Afro-American as pulpits from which to openly lobby for desegregation.
For example, when Major League Baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis died in 1944, Lacy used his Afro-American platform to scribble this about the appointment of Happy Chandler as MLB commish: "It appears that his choice was the most logical one for the bigoted major league operators, of which there is a heavy majority on hand."
Similarly, in the chaotic 1960s, when young heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam and became Cassius X then Muhammad Ali, (white) sports scribes refused to use his Muslim name in their copy (it wasn't until October 1970, six years after the fact, that the New York Times issued a directive that sportswriters were to call him Muhammad Ali) and they weren't shy about spicing their prose with biting social commentary re "Clay," race and religion.
Here are two examples from New York columnist Jimmy Cannon:
"The fight racket since its rotten beginnings has been the red light district of sports. But this is the first time it has been turned into an instrument of mass hate…Clay is using it as a weapon of wickedness."
Jimmy Cannon
"I pity Clay and abhor what he represents. In the years of hunger during the Depression, the Communists used famous people the way the Black Muslims are exploiting Clay. This is a sect that deforms the beautiful purpose of religion."
The noise became amplified, also more threatening and vicious, when the champ refused to step forward for induction into the United States military in 1967.
Red Smith, legendary New York columnist: "Squealing over the possibility that the military may call him up, Cassius makes as sorry a spectacle as those unwashed punks who picket and demonstrate against the war."
Really? Those protesting the Vietnam War were "unwashed punks?"
Jim Murray, legendary Los Angeles Times columnist, who mocked Ali by calling him Abdul the Bull Bull Ameer: "Cassius Marcellus Clay, one of the greatest heroes in the history of his people, has decided to secede from the Union. He will not disgrace himself by wearing the uniform of the Army of the United States…From the safety of 103 years, he waves his fist at dead slave owners. Down to his last four Cadillacs, the thud of Communist jackboots holds no dread for him. He is in this country but not of it."
Really? Dead slave owners and Communist jackboots in a sports column?
So, you see, when ESPN anchor Jemele Hill went off on Donald Trump on her personal Twitter account recently, calling the United States president a "white supremacist," she wasn't digging a shovel into fresh, unbroken ground. Social/political commentary in print and on air is older than the contract Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first black player in baseball's major leagues. Do you think the names and words Jesse Owens, Adolph Hitler, Nazis and Aryan supremacy have never appeared in a sportswriter's copy?
Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star is among the elite wordsmiths in Canadian jock journalism today, but social/political commentary on his Twitter account heavily outweighs the sports content. Why would anyone find that objectionable?
Red Smith
"I think it should be a personal decision, based partly on who employs you," he said as a member of a Sports Illustrated panel. "But if you're informed—or even just feel strongly about something—and you're comfortable making your voice heard, then you should be able to say what you think. Sports are great, but they're not the world. It's okay to live in the world a little, too."
On the night of the 2016 American presidential election, with Donald Trump winning the White House, Steve Simmons of Postmedia tweeted: "The saddest night in American history." That is, of course, a totally illogical comment, especially coming from a non-American, but is he not allowed his emotional, if uninformed, opinion? Does it reflect on Simmons or Postmedia? I would submit the former rather than the latter, and numerous followers suggested he "stick to sports."
If I have an issue with sports opinionists and their social/political commentary, it's when they say nothing at all. Or when they're inconsistent.
Ray Rice is pilloried for beating up one woman. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is given a pass on his thick file of repeated domestic violence. (I suppose the arrival of Johnny Manziel to a Canadian Football League outfit will be greeted with literary high fives.) That isn't merely inexcusable, it's the abandonment of responsible reporting.
Sports and politics/social activism are bedfellows, and to think otherwise is to live in a Utopian world. Social media has upped the ante, to be sure, but jock journos have always been there to write and talk about it. Usually in more than 140 characters.
Patti Dawn Swansson has been scribbling mostly about Winnipeg sports for 47 years, which means she's old and probably should think about getting a life.
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Colin Kaepernick is no Ali, but he has people listening to what he's saying
Let's not get silly and compare what Colin Kaepernick is doing to Muhammad Ali's refusal to heed Uncle Sam's call to arms.
Colin Kaepernick takes a knee during the national anthem.
Yes, Kaepernick has taken a stand by sitting/kneeling during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner at National Football League games, but when the San Francisco 49ers commence their 2016 crusade he'll be the backup quarterback. His protest against police brutality and the oppression of black people/people of color hasn't cost him his livelihood. His bank account is no less ample. He's in no danger of being arrested, cuffed, hauled into court and sentenced to five years in prison.
Ali was dealt every bit of that hand. And more. Including death threats. Yet he was all-in. He had "no quarrel with them Viet Cong" so he wasn't going to drop bombs on, or shoot bullets at, innocent brown people come hell or hoosegow.
By way of comparison, Kaepernick's posture has, at worst, earned him enemies who see him not as a caped crusader for colored people but, rather, as an anti-anthem, anti-military and an anti-America ingrate who ought to just play football and zip his lips unless he plans to pledge allegiance to a country that he believes has come undone.
But when did doing and saying nothing become acceptable?
Maybe Rosa Parks should have given her seat to that white man and moved to the back of the bus where the black folk belonged to save herself from finger printing and time in jail.
Maybe Martin Luther King Jr. should have stayed home to mow the lawn instead of marching through the southern United States and spending time behind bars.
Maybe Gandhi should have just bought government salt rather than walk more than 200 miles to collect his own and spare himself yet another stretch in jail.
Tommie Smith, centre, and John Carlos, right, at the Summer Olympics in Mexico.
Maybe Tommie Smith and John Carlos should have played nice by putting on their shoes, unclenching their hands and smiling for the cameras at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.
Maybe Jesse Owens should have skipped out on the 1936 Olympics and let Hitler have his way.
Maybe Harvey Milk should have stayed in the closet.
Maybe students at Kent State should have gone to class instead of carrying signs, marching and shouting.
Maybe all those young people shouldn't have taken sledge hammers to the Berlin Wall.
Maybe Marlon Brando should have accepted his Oscar as best actor for his role as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather rather than send an Apache woman, Sacheen Littlefeather, to deliver a speech about the misrepresentation of Native Americans in film and on TV, at the same time drawing attention to Wounded Knee.
Maybe John and Yoko shouldn't have acted like a couple of layabouts and gotten out of bed.
Maybe Johnny Cash should have worn more colorful clothing.
Maybe Nellie McClung should have stayed home to cook and clean for her hubby and their five children rather than make so much noise about women voting and being "persons."
Maybe the drag queens, transgender individuals, cross-dressers, butch lesbians and gay men at the Stonewall Inn should have simply tucked their feathered boas between their legs and peacefully piled into paddy wagons rather than kick up a fuss.
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She is most proud of her Q Award, presented in 2012 for her scribblings about the LGBT community in Victoria, B.C., and her induction into the Manitoba Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association Media Roll of Honour in 2015.
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We also believe that people should be able to take advantage of a range of community services close to where they live to help them live well and stay well.
Giving people formal access to things like leisure activities, social groups, exercise and healthy lifestyle advice and support as part of managing their physical and mental health is known as social prescribing.
For example, someone might receive a prescription to participate in a local exercise group as a non-medical and alternative part of their wider treatment for a particular condition.
In Northamptonshire there are already lots of these kinds of services being offered by voluntary and community groups – and we are planning to build on this fantastic work by making sure these services are available to more people right across the county.
Our plans for a county-wide social prescribing service are now gathering pace, and working together as a Partnership we will soon be starting to design what this service will look like and how it will work.
We will be involving relevant local groups and stakeholders in this process, so please keep a lookout for announcements about development workshops in future editions of our Partnership Update newsletter and here on our website.
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Q: C initialized and non initialized array with variable size I have the next two code examples:
const char *val = strchr(ch, ' ');
const int diff = (int)(val - ch);

char arr[diff];

and
const char *val = strchr(ch, ' ');
const int diff = (int)(val - ch);

char arr[diff] = {0};

The second one generates the error like

error: variable-sized object may not be initialized

It is correct error and I understand why it happens.
I wonder why the first code snippet doesn't generate the error?
Update:
Also regarding sizeof(arr) at first snippet gives the size of array, but I thought that sizeof is a compile time operator (?)

A: In the second case you are trying to initialize a variable length array (because the size of the array is not specified with an integer constant expression; the presence of the qualifier const in the declaration of the variable diff does not make it an integer constant expression in the array declaration)
char arr[diff] = {0};

that is not allowed for variable length arrays.
From the C Standard (6.7.9 Initialization)

3 The type of the entity to be initialized shall be an array of
unknown size or a complete object type that is not a variable length
array type

You could set all elements of the array to zero the following way
#include <string.h>

//...

char arr[diff];
memset( arr, 0, diff );

As for the operator sizeof then for variable length arrays it is calculated at run-time.
From the C Standard (6.5.3.4 The sizeof and alignof operators)

2 The sizeof operator yields the size (in bytes) of its operand, which
may be an expression or the parenthesized name of a type. The size is
determined from the type of the operand. The result is an integer.
If the type of the operand is a variable length array type, the operand is
evaluated; otherwise, the operand is not evaluated and
the result is an integer constant

A: This definition:
char arr[diff];

Creates a variable length array.  Such an array has its size determined at runtime.  Because of this, it may not be initialized.

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June City Update
215 picture frames delivered to 4 clubs
215 homemade cookies consumed by dancers and staff
1 dancer wept as she read the quote "Beautiful girl, you can do hard things."
2 major answers to prayer
6 club team members trusted God to use them at a new club
This month I had the privilege of staying with the prayer team during outreach. I cannot describe to people how much of an impact our prayer team has on outreach night and JSL Dallas as a whole. They are a necessity, as they are constantly interceding on the team's behalf when they spread across Dallas each outreach night. It's beautiful when our teams return from the night and we are able to experience answered prayer; and Friday night was no exception.
One of the clubs we see each month has had very hard circumstances thrown it's way in the last several months, more than the norm. It only seemed as if things were getting worse. We have been thankful that the staff at this club has been open and honest with us and our team has used great discernment in handling certain situations. Before our team left for the night, we felt strongly to prayer a hedge of protection over our team, particularly this club.We had started this time later than normal, and while many of us felt we needed to 'hurry,' God made it clear this was important. The prayer team then continued to pray as they loaded in their cars to head out for the night. When the clubs returned from outreach, we learned that the security guards and management told our team they were "lucky." Minutes before their car arrived to unload gifts, a massive altercation had taken place in front of the club and the staff had to deal with rowdy, unruly patrons forcing them to leave the scene. God knew what He was doing in pushing our depart time that night, and He gave our prayer team words to speak over our team in His name.
Sometimes we also pray for things that others think is silly. Friday night we prayed for cookies. Out of all the clubs, we have one that will not allow us to take in any form of food. They do not like us feeding the women. But something told our team, that tonight these cookies were needed. So, we prayed for the management to allow the cookies to be delivered to the girls. Not only did management say yes, but the cookies became a beacon of love in a moment of need. One of the women picked up the frames we passed out and read the quote as she set her stuff down; "Beautiful girl, you can do hard things" and burst into tears. Her week had been filled with one awful thing after another, and just getting to the club that night was a challenge. But, as she sat there weeping, our team was able to bring a smile to her face and a little hope as she filled her belly with chocolate chip cookies and shared her rough week with club team members. Cookies brought laughter, joy and sweet connections.
Prayer works. Prayer is powerful. Nothing is too small to ask for in the eyes of our Father. He is willing and ready to intercede because He loves and adores us that much.
"Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you." Jeremiah 29:12
Monthly Outreach sponsors through December
Growth in Church Partnerships
Continued discernment in loving women in transition
Personal CTL financial support
Doors to be open again in 2 clubs
35 frames with "Beautiful girl, you can do hard things" were gifted
35 iced sugar cookies were gifted in the dressing room
4 women served on Club Team and 2 men on Security Team
There has been a lot of transition going on in the lives of our volunteers and in our JSL team! Even with the chaos of transition, we were so excited about Mother's Day outreach. So many of the women we meet are moms and lots of our conversations are about our kids and toddler tantrums and the beautiful yet hard task of being a mom. When we arrived in the dressing room, we noticed that there was a box of gifts already in the room. A group of the women had spent time and their own money to prepare Mother's Day gift bags for US! We were floored! It was so beautiful and so unexpected! Receiving the gift was awesome, but our biggest take away was the affirmation that these women feel loved by us and by the Lord. This work matters. These outreaches matter. The women know that we have come to love on them because Jesus loves us and loves them. That's the whole point. He sees them, and he sees us. He hasn't forgotten about us even if we feel He is so far away. As we face trial and transition in our lives and our ministries, God is with us.
"The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress." Psalm 46:11
Outreach sponsorships
Additional community partnerships and volunteers
75 frames handed out to every woman we encountered
Met new friends and caught up with girls we hadn't seen in awhile
Our Security Team Leader had a cool encounter with a bouncer
The thing I love about Mother's Day is we get to love and honor women for their role as a wife, mother, daughter, and start a conversation telling them how amazing they are as women in these roles. It also gives us the ability to search deeper into their lives regarding their relationships with their kids or their own moms. There are so many who have lost kids or have strained relationships with their own mother, and we get the privilege to speak life and hope into that situation!
We met new girls and saw many that we already knew but as we were walking out of the last club one of our team members noticed one of the girls sitting a table by herself with her head down. She walked over to her and realized it was a girl we hadn't seen in over a year. Within the year she married and opened her own clothing store. As we talked with her she mentioned that she was having to pay taxes she didn't expect and so she was needed to work at the club for a while. We are praying the money will come in quickly and her business will pick up. We encouraged her and told her we would be by her shop. It is so exciting to see girls fulfilling dreams. When we had first met her she said "I am just starting an online store, but one day I want to open my own store". SHE DID! So proud of her!
Our Security Team Leader, who loves people so well, was able to speak into the life of a bouncer who is Muslim. It was an overwhelming moment for our leader. The bouncer made the comment "We are so jealous that you have Jesus that paid for all your sins. We don't have that." Our leader was taken aback by the love of Jesus he felt in that moment and the open door he had to tell this man how much he is loved too. There was no conversion, just two men talking about Jesus and what they believe, but I know both men were touched by a Father that loves them equally and without fail.
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Pray for team leaders and that many more volunteers would join our team in San Antonio
Pray for two girls we know that are pregnant-- that there would be peace and joy around this event
Pray girls are awakened to their true identity in Christ
Pray for Alliance Partners and business relationships to help the women start a new life
140 dancers at 3 clubs received O.P.I. nail polish and files
Trust is building and dancers are opening up. When it was time to leave our first club, I tapped one of our club team ladies on the shoulder to let her know that we were leaving, and the woman she was visiting with looked at me and said, "I'm going to need five more minutes with her." (Yes, you can have five more minutes!)
Trust is also building with management: A manager at one of the other clubs (who hasn't said much the past few months), pulled me aside and asked, "Can you help these girls? If I have a girl who needs help, can I contact you?". I responded with, "Yes! That's why we're here. We want to be available. Please call me if you have a dancer in need."
May's outreach was our 6th outreach since we launched back in December, and it felt as if something "just clicked". It felt like a light switched on and many women realized, "They really are coming back. They really mean what they say." We've had more women want to exchange numbers and connect outside of the club. One of our club team members has been able to meet with a young woman who has expressed interest in transitioning out of the industry. Pray that she would make this big step. Please continue to pray for all of these precious women. Pray that God would reveal Himself and make Himself known.
As always, thank you for your continued prayers!
We are looking for a few more outreach sponsors for Fall 2016. If you would like to sponsor an outreach, know someone who would, or would like more details, please let me know! sally@jesussaidlove.com
If you have a bible study, Sunday school class, MOPS group, or even just group of friends who would like to hear about Jesus Said Love, we would love to share with you! You can contact Sally Collier, our City Team Leader, at sally@jesussaidlove.com.
Prayer for businesses in Houston who are willing to hire women desiring to transition out of the commercial sex industry.
45 prints and frames gifted to women in the club
3 vases full of white roses delivered to all three clubs
45 custom Vanilla Bean cookies wrapped and gifted to women in the club
This was our Mother's Day weekend outreach, and the girls seemed to really love the gifts (framed quote, roses, decorated cookies). We also gave out Jesus Loves Strippers t-shirts to girls/bouncers who didn't have one, and they were equally if not more excited about those! We had a lot of engaging conversations, there were several new faces and probably 8-10 girls total. We also got to pray for a bouncer outside before we left. At another club, the guys got to connect with another bouncer as well and learn more about his family.
Overall, it was a great experience, and the connections made with the girls and the bouncers were exciting. We are hopeful to connect again with the same girls on our next outreach.
We are looking for committed volunteers to join our hospitality team and prayer team. If interested, please email Lindsayp@jesussaidlove.com.
Pray for church and community partnerships to continue to deepen and expand
Pray for many opportunities for the women we are working with
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Joe and Shawn discuss the Red Sox's chances of remaining competitive and how that affects Jon Lester's contract situation. They finish their predictions of the Patriots schedule and talk some training camp. They close with some thoughts on NFL London.


Chen, Bo, Zheng, Xiaojia, Yang, Mengjin, Zhou, Yuan, Kundu, Souvik, Shi, Jian, Zhu, Kai, and Priya, Shashank. Interface band structure engineering by ferroelectric polarization in perovskite solar cells. Netherlands: N. p., Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.03.037.
Chen, Bo, Zheng, Xiaojia, Yang, Mengjin, Zhou, Yuan, Kundu, Souvik, Shi, Jian, Zhu, Kai, & Priya, Shashank. Interface band structure engineering by ferroelectric polarization in perovskite solar cells. Netherlands. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.03.037.
Chen, Bo, Zheng, Xiaojia, Yang, Mengjin, Zhou, Yuan, Kundu, Souvik, Shi, Jian, Zhu, Kai, and Priya, Shashank. 2015. "Interface band structure engineering by ferroelectric polarization in perovskite solar cells". Netherlands. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.03.037.
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Using a mouse model of the disease, scientists at Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research developed a novel nanoparticle to carry genetic material into pancreatic tumor cells. The genetic material inactivated gastrin, which stimulates the growth of pancreatic cancer. Without gastrin, the cancer cells did not metastasize (grow or spread), and nearby healthy cells were spared.
Pancreatic cancer is the most aggressive of malignancies. It spreads rapidly and lacks an effective treatment. The National Cancer Institute estimates 55,440 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018. Fewer than 1 in 10 of these individuals is expected to survive for 5 years.
Stern was a co-lead on the study along with Jill P. Smith, M.D., professor of medicine at Georgetown University and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Smith's laboratory previously discovered an abundance of gastrin receptors dotting the surface of pancreatic cancer cells, and that gastrin, the main hormone that binds to the receptor, stimulates the cancer's growth.
Smith sought to develop a treatment that could target the receptor using gastrin small interfering RNA (siRNA). siRNA is a type of RNA that binds to complementary nucleotide sequences, interfering with the expression of specific genes—in this case preventing gastrin production. Because healthy adult pancreas cells do not produce gastrin, targeting gastrin and the receptor yields no off-target effects and has low toxicity, which is another benefit over traditional toxic chemotherapies.
However, efficiently delivering the gastrin siRNA proved to be a challenge, as the siRNA rapidly degrades in the body and consequently fails to reach the tumor. To overcome this challenge, the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory formulated a nanoparticle that can safely transport siRNA. It specifically targets the receptor—carrying the gastrin siRNA directly to the tumor.
Stern compared the nanoparticle delivery system to the legendary Trojan Horse and explained that the cell sees it as gastrin and brings the nanoparticle into the cell, and then the siRNA is released. He also noted that its targeting ability is unusual.
To date, the nanoparticle has been tested in two unique mouse models for two types of human pancreatic cancer. None of the treated mice showed evidence of metastatic disease—a finding that surprised even the investigators. In one model, it also produced a statistically significant reduction in the primary tumors. Because most patients die from metastasis and not the primary tumor, the findings are encouraging. Smith's laboratory is looking to test it in mice that have normal immune responses next to further validate the findings.
The results of these studies were published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The investigators also filed for a joint patent so that industry could eventually license and further develop this technology.
The investigators cited multiple future directions for this research. Stern stated that the nanoparticle could be given in combination with other therapies, such as an immunotherapy, and he indicated that this technology also shows potential as part of a future diagnostic tool. While the research is still in early stages, eventual testing in humans is also a goal.
Smith described how this nanoparticle could be leveraged against other cancers.
This research collaboration is one of several between Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory. The two institutions recently signed a memorandum of understanding for further collaborations on biomedical research and training.
Top image: This image shows pancreatic cancer cells (nuclei in blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). National Cancer Institute image.
Bottom image: Graphical abstract from Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology article.


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El propileu (del grec Προπύλαιον, propýlaion, 'davant la porta') era, a l'antiga Grècia, un vestíbul davant l'entrada a un temple, palau, àgora o ciutat. En el cas d'un santuari o recinte sagrat consistia en un camí flanquejat per edificis, d'estructura molt més complexa i monumental, normalment dotat d'una façana amb columnes, i llavors s'hi referien amb el plural Προπύλαια (propýlaia), que a través del llatí propylaea ha donat també en català el plural propileus, forma molt més usada habitualment.

Per als grecs, doncs, els Propileus eren pròpiament les entrades monumentals com les existents a Eleusis, Corint, Epidaure o Atenes, i principalment es refereixen a l'entrada a l'Acròpoli d'Atenes.

La construcció dels Propileus atenencs va ocupar cinc anys (del 437 aC al 432 aC) i va costar 2.000 talents. Fou obra de l'arquitecte Mnèsicles i incloïa pintures de Polignot i probablement de Protògenes. A la dreta hi havia el temple de Nike Àptera i, tancant l'entrada, l'estàtua d'Hermes; els Propileus estaven adornats amb moltes altres estàtues. Un camí que anava entre l'àgora i els propileus que era l'única entrada a l'acròpoli. És considerat un dels més perfectes treballs artístics grecs.

De vegades també s'usa la paraula per referir-se a les entrades monumentals dels temples egipcis.

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Used to control the electrical isolation between the higher power peripheral devices and modules.
Equipped with overload fuse to automatically provide protection when the power supply is abnormal.
Two LEDs to indicate action and overload situations.
Use large terminal block to ensure the wiring security.
Isolation module for addressable Signaling Line Circuit loops.
Recommend to use one Isolation Module for every or less than 23 addressable equipment.
Equipped with Isolation short circuit indicating lamp.
the error part with the main line, thus avoiding the whole zone break-down.
Address coding by binary coded dip switch for easier setting.
Stable communication with rejection to noise and disturbances.
On-board self-test functions for circuit disconnection and activation.
Expandable to connect with photoelectric smoke, rate of rise heat and fixed temperature heat detectors.
On-board voltage control output, activation confirmation function.
Communication isolation functions, when short circuit occurring in the module, it will be automatically -isolated from the main communication line.
Output 24VDC can directly connect with all kinds of systems.
Light indication pattern (fire: red light constantly on, disconnection: red light flashing, monitoring: red light flashing once per 2.5s).
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Every day that you hold off making a decision to change your life is another day trapped in your current body. Every diet you go on is going to be another 3-6 months of your life that you deprive yourself to get to an unrealistic goal in a short period of time to eventually feel the heartache as that weight comes back on.
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Gastric surgery is fast becoming the choice of 10's of thousands of Australians every year. 24,000 on average undergo weightloss surgery with that number rising every year. People are turning away from dieting and are looking to science and surgery to assist. Read about why diets may not work in the long term and surgery is an effective solution.
Which gastric surgery is right for me?
This is a big decision and potential surgery patients will do their own research around which procedure is right for them, but it is, in fact, a lot more involved than just your choice. Your starting BMI and existing conditions are a factor and a Bariatric Surgeon is the right person to recommend which surgery will give you the best results over the short and long term.
Gastric surgery outside Australia. Safe?
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const debug = require('debug')('bus-eta-bot-sg:bot/command-handlers/about');
const telegram = require('../../telegram');

let version;
try {
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  version = require('../../package.json').version;
} catch (e) {
  // development
  version = require('../../../package.json').version;
}

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Not too bothered about warranty, it seems like a cracking bit of kit. More concerned that if Tesla goes down, so will their servers and I will not be able to control PW2 using phone app.
https://github.com/vloschiavo/powerwall2 There is an api reverse engineered already it would appear. It probably wouldn't take fans long to put together a replacement.
Also don't understand the following. 7 Sunpower panels rated 333 Whp each, = 2.331 kWhp for system. I presumed this would be attained on the sunniest day in mid summer, but I have already got to 2.3 kWhp on a couple of occasions. Don't understand.
You will get less than the rated output in summer because as the panels heat up in the summer sun their output drops. You are more likely, as you have seen, that the panels will output at or slightly above their rating on days where it is cold but bright sunshine especially if there are some clouds as the panels cool when in shade but when suddenly exposed to the full sun their output will jump.
The cells are rated at 20°C. If you put them in a glass panel pointing at the sun they are usually 50°C above atmospheric temperature. Hence their rated output is rarely ever met.
Thanks for the explanations, can't quite believe that the makers of panels don't optimise their testing results to the absolute max, but I guess there's some sort of standard they all have to follow.
Powerwall 2 misbehaving as I switch to "charge overnight from grid" settings (then internet switched off, router in spare bedroom, visitors not happy with blue flashing lights all night!), but now settled down again.
Have you looked at your router settings? Some routers allow you to turn the LEDs off so as to prevent problems with stray light.
Never occurred to me, I'll have a look later on. Thanks!
So, with this dull weather, I'm regularly charging the Powerwall 2 on E7 overnight, judging how much I need to avoid peak time mains usage the next day, but leaving spare capacity should the sun come out.
Interestingly, and regardless of SOC, if I set it for say, a 2 hour charge, it charges fully for the first hour and then tapers the charge in 3 steps down to 0 over the next hour.
Last night I set it for 3 hours and it charged fully for the first 2, then tapered the charge to 0 over the last hour.
This seems to be a new happening, perhaps Tesla have updated the software?
Or some black insulation tape..
Solar Panels all have a NOCT output published in their documentation. That is Normal Operating Conditions and Temperature. It is considerably less than the theoretical output.
Black tape, never occurred to me, wood for the trees etc, ta!
We're generating around 11kWh per fully sunshiny day and haven't used the grid at all for 5 days and have exported 3kWh. So far so good, easy to forget everything is running on sunshine thanks to all those clever people who developed this technology.
Electric car is the next step, but we have to cross our ford twice a day, anybody heard of a waterproof EV?
anybody heard of a waterproof EV?
Assuming all waterproofed, as it is supposed to be ... then with EV you haven't got the worry of water flowing back up the exhaust into an ICE engine etc.
EDIT: This might be a better link, as links to YouTube appear to be blocked?
"anybody heard of a waterproof EV"
It's just less than 1 week since my PW2 was installed and the results so far have been really good. From midnight on Sunday till 13:00hrs today we have only imported 3 kWh from the grid.
It has caused a bit of confusion to my PV diverter as it saw the battery and "diverted" power from it during the night, a small change to the programming of the diverter has solved that problem.
Looking forward to far lower electricity bills from now on!
Nice to see you are liking it. I was pleasantly surprised when my batteries discharged in daylight hours for the first time to support house demand when in excess of solar supply uat that point in time. Hitherto I had been thinking in darkness supply terms.
4.7 kw purchased in last week with yesterday at 0.12kW being the winner of the week!
5.12 kw PV system with Solar edge.
4.8 kw Pylon tech battery storage.
Solar I boost charging 200 ltr OSO system tank.
Wood fired thermosiphon cedar hot tub.
Been watching it on the app and have seen the battery seamlessly supply power when the PV drops due to passing clouds.


What causes stretch marks in men? This is a question that needs to be asked to reduce the stress and anxiety some men may have over dealing with this very troubling skin issue.
Here is a truth about skin health that might be shocking to many. It is true that men can develop stretch marks. Most will likely assume that only women can get stretch marks as this is a common result of pregnancy.
While that may be true, there are other reasons why women can get stretch marks. Of course, many of these reasons will also apply to men. However, there may be some reasons that are more common among men.
In some cases, when men learn about a few of the causes for stretch marks, they might takes the steps to avoid the stretch marks emerging in the first place. It can be difficult to get rid of stretch marks, but it is not impossible.
However, many would prefer not to get them in the first place. Again, avoiding some of the issues that can cause stretch marks is advised….if possible.
As the name implies, stretch marks arise when the skin is stretched beyond its normal range. This leads to some visual problems with the skin because they lead to the presence of red marks on the skin.
Those men that opt to eat a very poor diet and also are sedentary in their lifestyle will likely gain a lot of weight. They may even gain it quickly if for some reason they altered their approaches to eating to become bingers: someone that eats a massive amount of food in a short period of time.
The issue here is that when a great deal of fat deposits under the skin, the skin ends up being stretched. Once the skin is severely stretched, it can end us showing the troubling appearance of stretch marks.
While you may be able to lose the fat rather effectively by changing diet and exercise, the stretch marks will not go away. There will need to be further steps to take to eliminate those undesirable marks.
Men generally will lift weights for the purpose of packing on a great deal of muscle mass. Even those men that are interested in getting defined in their muscular physique will take the lift for mass first.
Regardless of the reason why they increase their muscle mass, they might suffer from the presence of stretch marks as a result. These stretch marks can seriously detract from whatever positive visuals may be acquired from lifting weights.
As much as many men would not like to mention any of their dalliances with anabolic steroids, there are quite a number of men than have used such growth enhancement medications.
This may lead to huge muscle enhancement (legal or otherwise), but it can also lead to the onset of visually troubling stretch marks. This is to say nothing of the various health issues that can arise from illegally using such injections or pills.
Steroid hormones may even be used to treat disease. This is common when a person uses these hormones as part of a treatment for diabetes. Again, using such hormones can lead to the onset of stretch marks which would not be welcome no matter what the reason is.
There are many diseases which can effect the adrenal gland. Ehlers-Danlos and Marfan syndrome are among the most commonly cited of these diseases. There can be other medical issues that can cause the onset of these marks.
Conditions that require the use of corticosteroids would be another example.
What causes stretch marks in men? There are a few reasons why such a problem occurs. Once such issues do appear, it does become necessary to take the steps to fix the problem.
Filed under Causes by Dana Franklin on Jan 8th, 2013 .


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Q: No stock_available section for newly created product via Prestashop webservices as the title says, I can successfully create a new Product via Prestashop 1.6.1 webservice. The problem is that the new product XML has an empty stock_available section:
<stock_availables nodeType="stock_available" api="stock_availables" />

so I have no idea how to set the initial quantity for that product. If I set it manually from the back office, the stock_available section is filled.
Maybe there is something I'm missing in the XML request? Here it is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<prestashop xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<product>
    <id/>
    <id_manufacturer/>
    <id_supplier/>
    <id_category_default>52</id_category_default>
    <new/>
    <cache_default_attribute/>
    <id_default_image/>
    <id_default_combination/>
    <id_tax_rules_group/>
    <position_in_category/>
    <type/>
    <id_shop_default/>
    <reference>A130</reference>
    <supplier_reference/>
    <location/>
    <width/>
    <height/>
    <depth/>
    <weight/>
    <quantity_discount/>
    <ean13/>
    <upc/>
    <cache_is_pack/>
    <cache_has_attachments/>
    <is_virtual/>
    <on_sale/>
    <online_only/>
    <ecotax/>
    <minimal_quantity/>
    <price>1.30</price>
    <wholesale_price/>
    <unity/>
    <unit_price_ratio/>
    <additional_shipping_cost/>
    <customizable/>
    <text_fields/>
    <uploadable_files/>
    <active>1</active>
    <redirect_type/>
    <id_product_redirected/>
    <available_for_order>1</available_for_order>
    <available_date/>
    <condition/>
    <show_price>1</show_price>
    <indexed>1</indexed>
    <visibility/>
    <advanced_stock_management/>
    <date_add/>
    <date_upd/>
    <pack_stock_type/>
    <meta_description>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </meta_description>
    <meta_keywords>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </meta_keywords>
    <meta_title>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </meta_title>
    <link_rewrite>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </link_rewrite>
    <name>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </name>
    <description>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </description>
    <description_short>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </description_short>
    <available_now>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[product name]]></language>
    </available_now>
    <available_later>
      <language id="1" xlink:href="http://www.mysite.it/prestashop/api/languages/1"><![CDATA[available later]]></language>
    </available_later>
<associations>
<categories>
    <category>
    <id/>
    </category>
<category>
      <id>52</id>
    </category>
      </categories>
<images>
    <image>
    <id/>
    </image>
</images>
<combinations>
    <combination>
    <id/>
    </combination>
</combinations>
<product_option_values>
    <product_option_value>
    <id/>
    </product_option_value>
</product_option_values>
<product_features>
    <product_feature>
    <id/>
    <id_feature_value/>
    </product_feature>
</product_features>
<tags>
    <tag>
    <id/>
    </tag>
</tags>
<stock_availables>
    <stock_available>
    <id/>
    <id_product_attribute/>
    </stock_available>
</stock_availables>
<accessories>
    <product>
    <id/>
    </product>
</accessories>
<product_bundle>
    <product>
    <id/>
    <quantity/>
    </product>
</product_bundle>
</associations>
</product>
</prestashop>

Thank you for any help!
Iuri

A: The problem was probably a bug with that version of Prestashop. With the latest version (1.6.1.17) it works correctly.


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Les systèmes d'information spatio-temporels (SIST), c'est-à-dire disposant de capacités particulières en matière de gestion du temps, peuvent prendre globalement deux significations :

 La première étudie la possibilité de modéliser et de simuler des processus dynamiques tels que les évolutions de position de polluants en fonction de la météorologie ou encore de planifier les actions des moyens de secours à travers des scénarios de catastrophes (utilisation de frise chronologique ou timeline). Il est courant, dans ce cas présent, d'entendre le terme de Système d'Information Géographique (SIG) dynamique.

 La seconde acception est liée aux récentes avancées dans certains domaines comme la géolocalisation en temps réel grâce au système GPS, la capacité accrue de transmission de données et la miniaturisation des systèmes informatiques. Nous parlerons ici de SIG mobile.

Cette distinction entre SIG dynamique et mobile peut paraître quelque peu dualiste car l'idée est bien de proposer des mises à jour temporelles de l'information géographique dans les deux cas. Enfin, il convient de préciser que la population d'utilisateurs entre ces deux notions est différente, tant qualitativement que quantitativement. Quand un SIG dynamique s'adresse à quelques personnes très spécialisés, le SIG mobile tente de satisfaire une multitude peu formée aux concepts théoriques de ces outils.

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  Exemple de SIST (SIG "Mobile") intégrés dans des hélicoptères militaires

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