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"Changing of the Guards"
"Sixteen years". Those are the emphatic words that open "Changing of the Guards", the third and final single from Street Legal. Released in 1978, it was exactly sixteen years since his debut album, and, for me, sixteen weeks into this one-year-one-week trek through Dylan's life.
I have to say it: I love this song. I mean, I really adore it. Seriously, today I would put it among the top ten songs that he's ever written. It's the lead song on an album that most people don't like. It has all the elements that people deride – the back-up singers, the sax between every verse – and that might be a problem with the way that the song was recorded. But as a song, I think it's one of the best things that he's ever done. It's a full on and complete return to the lyrical complexity that marked his best mid-1960s material. The song, to me, is an absolute triumph.
It's almost impossible not to read this one in autobiographical terms. Apart from the opening declaration, there is, for example, this verse:
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On midsummer's eve, near the tower
The whole thing plays out as a reminiscence on his career to date, and also on his relationship to his now ex-wife, Sara. The lyrics are vague, mystical, and quasi-religious, filled with mythical elements ("She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo"). Lyrically, it is a superior piece of work.
What really puts this one over for me are the live performances of it. This is the third straight non-charting single that Dylan would only ever play on his epic 1978 world tour, but he played it incredibly well. It was frequently in the encore, and it was the rousing anthem that was used to send the crowd home happy. Dylan punches those short first lines ("Sixteen years", "Fortune calls", and my personal favourite, "They shave her head" (such a bizarre way to begin a verse in any song)) and often creates beautiful segues out of the sax part. I've been listening to a lot of the 1978 tour this week already, and this has quickly become the major discovery of the year for me.
The version that is found on Street Legal is far from the ideal way to listen to this song. Here's Dylan performing it in Nashville (the sound starts after ten seconds or so):
Here's another way to do it – the inimitable Patti Smith:
"Baby, Stop Crying"


THE usual problems with the pumps at Wooton Rivers have caused the summit pound through Bruce Tunnel to be closed again.
The pumps gave up earlier this week and were repaired, but it seems they are not pumping enough water to maintain navigation on the pound, so it is closed until the level is sufficient, Keith Gudgin tells us.
In recent years the pumps have failed quite often, but have been working fine since their last repair in September last year, as it seems spares are now available as this time the pumps have been repaired very quickly.
It is expected the pound will have sufficient water for navigation later this week.


Trier is a beautiful small city near the border of Luxemburg. It is the site of an ancient Roman encampment, making it the oldest city in Germany. Despite this history, Trier is not a popular tourist destination for foreign travelers, and the city doesn't cater to international tourism the way many of the larger, more popular cities would.
There is only one English language walking tour per day, due to the lack off foreign visitors. It costs 7 Euros per person and starts at 1300 daily. The tour is 75 minutes, and well worth it.
The Walking Tour gives an excellent overview of the city, from its origins in the Roman Empire through the medieval period and up until the present. The tour guide points out buildings that used to be part of medieval castles, explains the meanings of the statues in the square, and gives you a great deal of history on the oldest and most important structures.
The tour starts at the Porta Nigra (the Black gate) which was the original gate to the Roman City. It was heavily reinforced, and the structure actually formed two gates which formed a trap against invaders. As you stand in the center you can imagine how terrifying it would have been to be trapped inside, with nowhere to hide from the arrows and hot oil flowing from above.
The next tour stops are St. Peter's and St. Mary's Cathedrals. The churches are attached in the center, and built in three different distinct architectural styles, Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque. It is very interesting to see the distinct styles and understand the approximate time periods each portion of the cathedral was built in. The tour also gives an excellent history of why the improvements were made throughout the ages (hint, it was mostly political)The walking tour is a must do for anyone with an interest in history, religion, and culture.
After the walking tour, we decided to check out some of the Roman Ruins. Unfortunately, during the fall the ruins are only open until 1700, so we wouldn't have time to see all of them. We settled on the Kaiser Bathhouse, and were very pleased with our decision.
The bathhouse cost 3 Euro per person to enter. An advantage to it being near closing time was that it was fairly empty, so we had free reign to explore with little interruption. A large portion of the ruins are underground, resulting in tunnels that you can freely explore. It is quite an eerie experience.
We wanted to see the old Roman Amphitheater after the Bath House, but it was after 1700 so it was already closed. Instead, we decided to walk the path up the hill to the vineyards. The walk was a little difficult, as it was rather steep, but it was worthwhile. We could see the amphitheater from the top of the vineyard, so we didn't have to be disappointed that we missed it. We also saw amazing views of the entire town. It was quite spectacular. There are a few benches up on the hill, so after you climb you can relax and take in the views. It was a wonderfully serene way to spend the evening.
Trier is also home to one of the most amazing restaurants I've ever had the pleasure to experience. The English name is "the Potato Sack". I seriously want to book a $1000 flight to Germany just to eat here again. It was so good!! Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. I didn't expect it to be as delicious as it was, and once I started eating there was no way I was going to stop for a photo! Also, potato balls smothered in cheese probably aren't the most photogenic entree in existence, so I'm sure the pictures wouldn't do it justice.
Trier is a gorgeous city with a lot of history. It truly is a hidden gem, and its unfortunate that its overlooked by the Germany's larger cities. It is definitely worth a visit.


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Nearly four years after our preemptive invasion of Iraq, the United States finds itself trapped in an unwinnable war. Despite being discredited and rejected in the November election, the President's "stay the course" strategy is now masquerading as a "surge of troops." How did a situation come about in which the most powerful nation on the face of the earth could be frustrated and stymied by a shadowy army of irregular guerrilla fighters who strike suddenly and melt into the shadows of the night? Neither the administration nor the media ever explore the reasons for the impasse, which stems from crucial miscalculations about changes in warfare following the ending of the Cold War in 1989.
During the four decades of our tense standoff with the Soviet Union, planning was for a global conflict largely centering on the clash of massive armies on the plains of Central Europe. To wage such a war, large numbers of ground forces, naval forces and airpower were required. The battle plan of the U.S. and its NATO allies anticipated sustained ground combat against the massed divisions of the Soviet Union and its client states of the Warsaw Pact. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, however, the need for massive combat forces suddenly evaporated. Pentagon thinkers envisioned a changed world in which clashes would involve one country at a time. Combat was anticipated to be over quickly. And the United States would be able to decide or decline to enter such successive combats in according to its national interest. Emphasis shifted from manpower to sophisticated technology. In fact, technology became in Pentagonspeak a "force multiplier" that would make up for the reduced numbers of troops.
Given the on-again, off-again nature of anticipated US involvement around the globe, a lighter, faster, smaller and more easily transportable ground force was seen as preferable to the Cold War's ponderous divisions. Planners bought into this philosophy, and accelerated the transformation of the U.S. ground forces into a highly mobile force that placed great reliance on technology. Stockpiles of supplies were positioned near expected key flashpoints around the globe. From reliance on a large standing force, the Pentagon shifted to dependence on Reserve and National Guard components pressed into service for short tours of duty.
As it turned out, the new force structure proved ideal for handling situations in the 1990s, including the senior Bush's introduction of troops into Somalia, and Bill Clinton's interventions in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. But if recent history has proved anything, it is that Pentagon thinkers created an armed force inappropriate to the preemptive wars the Bush administration has chosen to fight. Instead of being narrowly engaged in one country at a time, U.S. forces found themselves fighting simultaneously in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead of being terminated quickly, both wars have become open-ended and unconventional engagements with stubborn, elusive guerrilla forces. And rather than being elective, with September 11, the United States found itself faced with a challenge it did not have the luxury of ignoring.
Modern warfare has three traditional phases: deployment of each country's forces, destruction of the enemy's forces and occupation of the enemy's territory. Civilians in the Pentagon like Donald Rumsfeld saw the third aspect, occupation warfare, as less important than the first two. The now-legendary clash between Rumsfeld and Gen. Erik Shinseki was over this precise issue, sometimes encapsulated in the phrase, "boots on the ground." After a flower-tossing victory parade in Iraq, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz planned for a quick pullout of troops. Regrettably, crucial military specialties that are now in high demand in Iraq and Afghanistan--career-slowing assignments in civil affairs, for example-were delegated almost entirely to units of the reserves.
What the chickenhawk neocon encouragers and enablers never foresaw is that Afghanistan and Iraq would continue to be low-intensity guerrilla conflicts in which counterinsurgency and sectarian civil war negated pacification programs and threatened the American military's very control of the ground. Guerrilla forces understandably avoid direct clashes with superior forces and are less susceptible to defeat by advanced technology. Such combat requires the presence of large numbers of widely dispersed ground forces exposed to hit-and-run attacks and to lethal improvised explosive devices planted along major routes used by the occupiers. Victory, in the accepted sense of the term, is always impossible to measure or even to achieve.
Late in 2003, it became clear that the U.S. force that defeated the Iraqi army was too small to pacify the country in the face of resistance from insurgent tribal and religious groups, and that the mix of technology to manpower was dangerously disproportionate. The Bush administration's solution was to dip more heavily into Reserve and National Guard components. But not only was the military created after the close of the Cold War ill adapted to the task it faced in Iraq, a long, drawn-out, inconclusive war more resembling medieval siege warfare, but the burden shared by the active duty and Reserve forces was unfairly out of balance.
Made up of older, more-experienced troops, this country's Reserve and National Guard have a larger proportion of higher noncommissioned ranks, heads of families who have wives, children and responsibilities. Many are in the process of buying homes and have mortgages they cannot pay for on military pay. Some are proprietors of small businesses that will fail without their owners present to operate them. Ignoring these realities, the Bush administration is coldheartedly destroying lives and families by repeatedly calling up Reserve and National Guard units for service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A crisis exists that is not being addressed. During World War II, troops served for the duration." As it turned out, this was to mean service for as long as four years. But long continuous service was mitigated by the sense that sacrifices were being made by everybody in and out of uniform. During the Vietnam War, the grossly unfair draft was compensated for in part because an overseas tour of duty lasted one year, and draftees were discharged in two years. No small part of the growing unrest among soldiers and their families, not to mention most of the country, over the way the Iraq War is being conducted stems from the failure of the Bush administration to adapt to the reality of the unsustainable conflict into which they have plunged the country.
Recognizing the dangerous repercussions in the 2008 elections of the President's headstrong determination to prolong the blood letting at all costs, Republicans in Congress are becoming jittery. Military strategy is now being driven solely by the President's callous determination to dump the inevitable withdrawal of American troops in the lap of his successor in the White House two years from now. In the meantime, Osama bin Laden, who touched off the conflagration in 2001, chuckles to himself in his mountain fastness somewhere inside Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. We have indeed become a nation of sheep.


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The Maya Rudolph Show: Close, But No Cigar
by Lisa Needham · May 20, 2014
Oh, Maya Rudolph show. We had such high, high hopes that your hour-long one-off variety show special would be the dawning of a new era of variety shows, but alas, it is not to be. Don't get us wrong, Maya. You were adorable. From the intro song with not one, not two, but three dresses to sporting an attitude more silly than sexy, Maya had the vintage variety show vibe on lock.
The real problem was the Saturday Night Live-heavy cast of guest stars. While Kristen Bell was the lead guest and Sean Hayes took on a sort of Elton John meets Sonny Bono role, SNL's Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, and Chris Parnell were all in the house and the whole thing just ended up feeling like a prime time version of SNL, which no one really wants or needs.
With the exception of musical guest star Janelle Monae (!!!), the opening number was really the highlight of the show, as Rudolph sang a song about much power she had, complete with wind machine, making Sean Hayes play keytar, bringing out the Laker Girls, and getting a pony. An actual pony.
Kristen Bell showed up to write the sequel to Frozen, Frozen 2, complete with Bell singing about how cold she was, Maya singing about how hot she was, literally, and Sean Hayes singing about how hot Maya was, metaphorically. Unfortunately, that was the best use of the pixie-ish Bell, who otherwise got relegated to the subpar sketches, like the nadir of the show, a skit about the Garmin (as in GPS) family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlS4-R_k1kU
Were you cringing? We were cringing. Other skits are less terrible, but never end up feeling like anything but an SNL reject. Here's the point the show seems to be missing: the great variety shows were wonderful at getting people out of their comfort zone — think Roger Moore having to sing "If I Could Talk to the Animals" on The Muppet Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=benooTZH1i4
…or Vincent Price and Joel Grey getting roped into an unending telephone gag on The Carol Burnett show.
We like watching famous people be made to feel ridiculous, or to behave in silly unexpected ways, and a good variety show can do that. Using people that are famous for sketch comedy to do sketch comedy ends up as…sketch comedy.
The show got the most mileage out of its musical numbers, including an extended riff on "One Note Samba" that Maya has tried to turn into a paean to herself, but it's irretrievably wrecked when Andy Samberg doesn't know how to spell her name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUwWWHnu6w
In spite of its shortcomings, I'm still pulling for NBC to pick up this show for a longer trial run, because America is in dire need of a variety show, but this one will only work if Rudolph is willing to cut loose her SNL alums and take her chances with a rotating cast of guest stars. Keep Sean Hayes, because he's what every variety show needs: a faithful sidekick that will occasionally steal the spotlight by out-hamming (and in Hayes's case, out-gaying) everyone else who comes on stage.
Janelle Monae could be the musical guest for every episode, though. I'm cool with that.
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I stopped watching right after the big musical intro because I'd promised my wife we could watch Orphan Black. It looks like I inadvertently got the most out of it. Thanks for watching the rest, so I don't have to.

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SOROS IS SETTING UP FAKE NEWS WEB SITES TO FRONT RACE HATRED HOAXES.
Despite how it looks, The Baltimore Gazette really is a fake web site.
The news story of a police shooting of a black man on the front page is a hoax, yet it is already sparking social unrest. The domain was registered in July of 2015, and then parked. It was activated yesterday with a fully complete fake front that is very convincing, and has a race hatred inspiring story as the top headline. ONE PROBLEM: There is no such thing as the Baltimore Gazette.
A quick check of the Library of Congress shows that the Baltimore Gazette opened it's doors in 1865, operated 10 years, closed it's doors in 1875 and has not existed for 140 years. This confirms that the web site called the Baltimore Gazette is nothing but a well crafted hoax.
It got me at first, I thought it was real. I thought there was no way it could possibly be fake. It has EVERYTHING you would expect a legitimate newspaper to have. It definitely cost money to do. Yet it is completely and totally fake.
WATCH YOUR BACKS PEOPLE, SETTING UP A WEB SITE LIKE THE BALTIMORE GAZETTE JUST TO SPARK RACE HATRED AND CREATE TENSIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED OVER IT IS AN ACT OF TREASON, AND IT WOULD FOOL ANYONE. Keep an eye out for this crap, DAMN, that was a good one, VERY CONVINCING.


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By Allison Friedman of Allison L. Friedman, P.A. posted in Executing on a Judgment on Saturday, July 2, 2016.
I was recently retained to execute on a domesticated foreign judgment awarded in favor of my clients for defamation and damages. The defendant is basically uncollectible, however, my clients had me obtain a writ of execution and execute on all computers and communication devices in possession of the defendant in an effort to 'silence' her defamatory statements. Naturally, once that was completed, the defendant found access to new communication devices and has gone on a defamatory rampage against my clients.
By Allison Friedman of Allison L. Friedman, P.A. posted in Executing on a Judgment on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.
Executing on a judgment can be an effective way to collect. However, most people do not understand the process involved when using a writ of execution to attempt to take possession of real and/or personal property of a debtor. I get calls all the time from potential clients anxious to collect the debtors antiques or valuable artwork as well as inventory, computers and merchandise. The impression is that now that the creditor has a judgment, it's easy to just go pick up the goods.


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Highlights with Father General in Switzerland
SWISS PROVINCE (HEL)
Written by Jesuits Switzerland
Four days, four destinations, a quiet side trip to the Flüeli Ranft to the country's patron Brother Klaus - and countless encounters in the works of the Swiss Jesuits: Father General Arturo Sosa SJ, on his first visit to Switzerland from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September 2019, reached the hearts and minds of many.
In Geneva, the city with around 20,000 diplomats, Arturo Sosa SJ met representatives of humanitarian organizations on Thursday at the House of the Jesuit Community in Carouge - including women and men from the UNHCR, the International Labour Organization's UN refugee agency, and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The greeting message at the end of the evening was touching: Students and teachers of the Jesuit Refugee Service JRS and Jesuit Worldwide Learning JWL reported in short videos from Afghanistan to Malawi about their challenges, hopes and dreams. Their stories resonated for a long time, as did the words of Arturo Sosa: "Jesuits often assume that young people must be led to everything and show them the way to God. Do we know this way enough ourselves? Perhaps it is not about helping young people, but rather that young people can help us".
On Saturday in Zurich, he met 30 of the 48 Jesuits of the country, including the five Swiss scholastics; four are currently studying in Paris, one is in the Magisterium of JWL until September 2020. Afterwards, 30 members of staff from the Deutschschweizer Werke joined the meeting - a great moment to experience Father General so close, cordial and uplifting.
The afternoon was dedicated to silence: a small Jesuit delegation accompanied Arturo Sosa to Brother Klaus in Central Switzerland. His place of activity, the Flüeli Ranft, radiates far beyond the national border as a place of prayer and peace. St. Nicholas of Flüe (1417-1487) or Brother Klaus stands for the search for God, justice and peace, especially in times when peace often seems impossible. The Venezuelan Jesuit Superior General knows about the fragility of the human search for reconciliation. He used this small pilgrimage in a special way to place his intentions in God's hands in the silence of the Ranft.
Afterwards the Jesuits brought him to the Lassalle house above Zug. The name is program and goes back to the German Jesuit Hugo Lassalle SJ, bridge builder between Zen and Christianity. The Lassalle House, a house of silence, is not only the largest work of the Jesuits in Switzerland, but also the largest Christian educational centre in the country.
The Jesuit general also appeared twice in public. Some 300 people flocked to the University of Zurich for a panel discussion on Friday evening: Arturo Sosa discussed during two intensive, exciting hours with five personalities of the Swiss churches and media on the topic "Being a Christian today - Church where to?
The festive divine service in the Jesuit Church of Lucerne, which is also fully occupied here, was the final event on Sunday. Time for contemplation, time for a polyphonic worship: The Collegium Musicum in Lucerne performed the Missa Palatina by Martin Schmid SJ (1694-1772), who had lived, worked and composed in the former Jesuit missions of South America. Afterwards there was an aperitif for the large church service community. Right in the middle of it was Father General, chief of more than 15,000 Jesuits worldwide - close to people, cordial, genuine.
Adieu und auf Wiedersehen, Father General!
Pia Seiler – Pictures: Céline Fossati


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Lars Flüggen (* 24. Mai 1990 in Berlin) ist ein deutscher Volleyball- und Beachvolleyballspieler. Er nahm an den Olympischen Spielen 2016 teil und wurde im gleichen Jahr deutscher Meister.

Karriere
Flüggen begann 2003 mit dem Hallenvolleyball und spielte zuletzt bis 2012 als Außenangreifer beim Zweitligisten SV Lindow-Gransee.

2005 begann Flüggen mit dem Beachvolleyball. Zunächst nahm er mit wechselnden Partnern an Nachwuchsturnieren teil. Mit seinem langjährigen Partner Toni Hellmuth erreichte er bei mehreren deutschen Jugendmeisterschaften von der U17 bis zur U19 vordere Platzierungen. Bei der U20-Europameisterschaft 2008 in San Salvo wurden Flüggen/Hellmuth Neunte. Ein Jahr später erreichte Flüggen das gleiche Ergebnis mit Steffen Drößler in Kos. Bei der U21-Weltmeisterschaft in Blackpool kam Flüggen mit Stefan Köhler ebenfalls auf den neunten Rang. Die deutsche Meisterschaft 2010 beendeten Flüggen/Hellmuth auf dem 13. Platz. Anschließend wurden sie bei der nächsten U21-WM in Alanya wieder Neunte. Ab 2011 bildete Flüggen ein Duo mit Köhler. Auf der Smart Beach Tour gewannen Flüggen/Köhler das Turnier in Leipzig und erreichten in Köln das Endspiel. Anschließend wurden sie in Porto U23-Europameister. Bei der deutschen Meisterschaft 2011 wurden sie Fünfter. 2012 gewannen sie den Supercup in Münster und schafften einige weitere vordere Platzierungen bei der nationalen Tour. Beim Satellite-Turnier der CEV in Antalya spielte Flüggen 2013 erstmals mit Finn Dittelbach, mit dem er später das Finale des Supercups in Hamburgs erreichte. Bei der Universiade in Kasan belegte das Duo den neunten Rang.

Kurz zuvor hatte Flüggen bereits seinen ersten Auftritt mit Alexander Walkenhorst, als die beiden neuen Partner das Satellite-Turnier in Lausanne gewannen. Anschließend wurden sie beim CEV-Masters in Novi Sad und beim Open-Turnier der FIVB World Tour in Anapa jeweils erst im Finale geschlagen. Bei der EM in Klagenfurt gewannen sie ihre Vorrundengruppe und das Achtelfinale, bevor sie gegen die neuen Europameister Gavira/Herrera ausschieden und das Turnier auf dem fünften Rang beendeten. Ebenfalls Fünfter wurden sie beim Grand Slam in Moskau. Nach einer Finalniederlage gegen Markus Böckermann und Mischa Urbatzka wurden sie deutscher Vizemeister. Danach trennte sich das Duo.  Die letzten beiden Grand Slams des Jahres 2013 in São Paulo und Xiamen spielte Flüggen bereits mit seinem neuen Partner Sebastian Dollinger und erreichte dabei die Plätze neun und siebzehn. Die EM 2014 in Quartu Sant'Elena absolvierte er hingegen mit Sebastian Fuchs, wobei die vorübergehenden Partner bis ins Viertelfinale gegen die späteren Finalisten Samoilovs/Šmēdiņš kamen. Auf der World Tour kamen Flüggen/Dollinger zunächst nicht über 17. Plätze hinaus. Nach dem fünften Rang beim CEV-Masters in Biel/Bienne wurden sie Neunte beim Grand Slam in Stare Jabłonki. Bei der deutschen Meisterschaft kamen sie über die Verliererrunde ins Halbfinale und gewannen das Spiel um den dritten Platz gegen Armin Dollinger und Clemens Wickler.

Seit 2015 spielt Flüggen an der Seite von Markus Böckermann. Böckermann/Flüggen gewannen gleich das erste Turnier der World Tour 2015 in Fuzhou. Bei den folgenden Turnieren kamen sie zunächst nicht über den 17. Platz hinaus. Bei der EM in Klagenfurt erreichten sie als Gruppenzweiter die KO-Phase und unterlagen dann im Achtelfinale dem spanischen Duo Herrera/Gavira. Im Anschluss belegten sie den fünften Platz beim Grand Slam in Long Beach. Beim Open-Turnier in Rio de Janeiro standen sie im Finale. Bei der deutschen Meisterschaft verpassten sie als Vierter eine weitere Medaille. International feierten sie nach dem zweiten Rang in Xiamen und dem vierten Platz in Puerto Vallarta bei den Katar Open ihren zweiten Turniersieg.

Bei der World Tour 2016 erreichten sie als Fünfter der Kisch und Vitória Open sowie Vierter der Doha Open weitere Top-Ten-Ergebnisse. In Antalya spielten sie ihr nächstes internationales Finale. Bei der EM in Biel/Bienne kamen sie als Gruppendritte bis ins Achtelfinale, das sie gegen die Niederländer Brouwer/Meeuwsen verloren. Beim Hamburg Major belegten sie den fünften Platz und sicherten sich damit die Qualifikation für die Olympischen Spiele in Rio de Janeiro, bei denen sie nach drei Niederlagen bereits in der Vorrunde ausschieden. Anschließend wurde Flüggen zum Beachvolleyballer des Jahres gewählt. Bei der deutschen Meisterschaft setzten sich Böckermann/Flüggen im Endspiel gegen Erdmann/Kaczmarek durch und gewannen den Titel. Flüggen wurde damit zum ersten Mal deutscher Meister. Im Juli 2017 gewannen Böckermann/Flüggen das 4-Sterne-Turnier in Olsztyn. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Wien erreichten sie als Gruppendritter die Lucky-Loser-Runde, in der sie gegen die Italiener Ranghieri/Carambula ausschieden. Im Turnier zog sich Flüggen einen Meniskusriss zu, wodurch er unter anderem die EM in Jūrmala und die deutsche Meisterschaft verpasste. Flüggen wurde 2017 erneut zum Beachvolleyballer des Jahres gewählt.

Nach dem Karriereende von Markus Böckermann spielte Flüggen seit August 2018 mit Nils Ehlers zusammen. Ehlers/Flüggen erreichten bei der deutschen Meisterschaft den dritten Platz. 2019 schieden sie bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Hamburg als Gruppensieger in der ersten Hauptrunde aus. Die besten Platzierungen auf der World Tour 2019 waren ein fünfter Platz in Kuala Lumpur (3-Sterne) und ein zweiter Platz in Tokio (4-Sterne). Bei der deutschen Meisterschaft wurden sie Fünfte. Wegen einer Knieverletzung verpasste Flüggen die deutsche Meisterschaft 2020. Bei den 4-Sterne-Turnieren der World Tour 2021 in Cancún, Sotschi und Ostrava erreichten Ehlers/Flüggen die Plätze neun, 25, neun, 25 und 17. Im Juni belegten sie in Düsseldorf beim ersten Qualifier für Timmendorfer Strand Platz zwei, verpassten aber beim anschließenden Finale des europäischen Continental Cups in Den Haag die Qualifikation für die Olympischen Spiele in Tokio. Beim 4-Sterne-Turnier in Gstaad erreichten Ehlers/Flüggen als bestes deutsches Team Platz fünf. Im August 2021 beendete Flüggen seine Beachvolleyball-Karriere.

Weblinks
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JIM CARLISLE: Uniforms cut Sale to the quick
DAVID BANKS/ USA TODAY SPORTS A fan holds a sign supporting Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (not pictured) after being suspended for five days for a clubhouse incident at U.S. Cellular Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: David Banks)
Sale (Photo: Ted S. Warren)
Talk about your fashion statements.
Instead of Chris Sale, his name should be Chris Scissorhands.
In case you didn't hear last weekend, Sale, the ace of the Chicago White Sox, did not like the idea that the team was going to wear throwback uniforms from the 1976 era in a game he was going to start Saturday.
Now, in all fairness, it should be pointed out that Sale is not the first person to criticize these uniforms. The uniforms were worn by the White Sox from 1976 through 1981. They were sort of a cross between softball uniforms and turn-of-the-century baseball uniforms: The jerseys were worn untucked, they had collars and an old-style 'CHICAGO' lettering on them.
The uniforms — which were the idea of Bill Veeck, who owned the team at the time — also featured seldom-worn alternate short pants (gasp!), designed for hot-weather days that came above the knee.
At least the White Sox weren't making Sale wear those.
Starting pitchers are often given the opportunity to select which uniform the team is going to wear for their start, if there are several options available. But there are sometimes promotional events, for which a certain uniform is mandated.
The reports on just exactly what Sale did are not completely clear. It appears when Sale found out the team was going to wear the throwbacks, he had a blowup and went into the clubhouse during batting practice and cut up not only his jersey, but several others (perhaps all of them, it's not clear just how many went under the knife) rendering — and rending — them unwearable.
According to the Chicago Tribune, 'several people in the clubhouse tried to talk Sale out of defacing the uniforms, to no avail.'
Can you see that? 'Put the scissors down, Chris. No one has to get hurt here. Think of your family, Chris. Remember how your mother loved to sew. This would break her heart! Chris, this is not what we meant when we said you should learn how to throw the cutter!'
Sale was sent home by general manager Rick Hahn and the White Sox wound up wearing a different throwback uniform set, the so-called 'beach blanket' uniform, worn from 1982 through 1986, with the word 'SOX' across the jersey in big, block letters.
It helps that the White Sox have had many uniform changes over the years to distract from how bad they've been while wearing them.
Relief pitcher Matt Albers made the start instead and, to make things even wackier, that game was suspended by rain and had to be completed Sunday.
By Monday, Sale had been suspended as well, five days, and also fined an undisclosed amount, but reported by The Associated Press to be $12,700, the cost of the destroyed jerseys, according to a source.
And here can we just say that $12,700 is just way too much for jerseys to cost? If Sale cut up all 25 jerseys, that would come up $508 per jersey. The majority of players on a team are not good enough to put in something that costs $508. No wonder we can't afford tickets.
This isn't the first time Sale has gone ballistic. He was ejected following a fight against Kansas City last season. Sale went to the Royals clubhouse after being tossed and was seen pounding on the door. He was also upset when the White Sox said Adam LaRoche's son would no longer be allowed in the clubhouse. When LaRoche decided to retire as a result of the ruling, Sale hung the LaRoches' jerseys in his locker.
But now Sale has started using sharp instruments. The trade deadline is a week away and, unless Sale plans to go into tailoring, it could be the unkindest cut of all.
THE WEEK JUST PAST
Now after all those cutting remarks, it's time to take a look at the week just past:
It's definitely the political season, but I'm not crazy about politics worming their way into sports. The NBA's decision to take next season's All-Star Game out of Charlotte was more about making the league look good than about bringing good will to the people of North Carolina.
The International Olympic Committee's decision not to put a blanket ban on Russia for the Rio Olympics may not be such a bad idea, but the decision means that whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova will not be able to compete in track. The original thought had been that she might be allowed to run as a 'neutral athlete,' but the new ruling keeps out any Russian who has previously served a doping ban.
The Yankees went through a lot of trouble to get closer Aroldis Chapman, who had to serve out a 30-game suspension at the start of the season for a violation of baseball's personal-conduct policy. Now they've traded him to the Cubs.
Look-alikes: comedian Jim Gaffigan and Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan.
Former NFL coach Dennis Green, who died Thursday at 67, was sometimes laughed at when his passion boiled over ('The Bears are who we thought they were!'). But he was just the second black head coach in the National Football League and was a pioneer to many. Green's 36 victories with the Minnesota Vikings from 1998 to 2000 were the most during that time.
Besides being baseball Hall of Famers, what do Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial have in common? They were both born in Donora, Pennsylvania.


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Mr Holmes (2015)
davecrewe / July 17, 2015
The framing of Bill Condon's Mr Holmes is, on the face of it, rather peculiar. Adapted from Mitch Cullin's "A Slight Trick of the Mind", it tells a fictional tale about a fictional character – Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) – yet it's presented as though it were a biopic about the final years of a renowned celebrity, à la Mr Turner. In the Mr Holmes' opening minutes, that comparison feels especially apt, what with the stately titles, the dignified classical score and McKellen's performance; his age exaggerated with liver spots and an unsteady gait, his grumbling and grunting feels like a subtler version of Spall's performance in Mike Leigh's 2014 biopic.
Mr Holmes presents Sherlock Holmes as a historical figure within its diegesis. In this world, the books written about him were authored by his partner Watson, not Conan Doyle. In 1947, decades after retiring, Holmes is an irritable curmudgeon who resents his lingering fame and the "fictional licence" Watson took in his novels (he prefers a good cigar to a pipe, for example). It's only as the film progresses – and splits off into two additional timelines, one centring on Holmes' final case shortly after the end of the Great War, the second in Hiroshima shortly after the end of the Second Wold War – that the conflation of fact and fiction is revealed to be integral to the very purpose of Mr Holmes.
"Fiction is worthless," intones Holmes. "I prefer fact." But the screenplay – adapted from Cullin's novel by Jeffrey Hatcher – refuses to draw well-defined boundaries between the two. In 1947, Holmes is increasingly beset by dementia and struggles to retain his dwindling memories. The veracity of the flashbacks to earlier timelines, implicitly drawn from his recollections, therefore comes into question. Are these factual accounts (of a fictional character) or simply another layer of fabrication, imagined by a man plugging the gaps in his memory with fragments of fiction? Does this distinction even matter, particularly in a film that some audiences may not even recognise as fictional in the first place?
Rather than provide an explicit answer to such questions, Mr Holmes uses this ambiguity to reflect upon remorse and the weight of history. At Holmes' country estate, he is cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs Munro (Laura Linney) and her son, Roger (Milo Parker). They have their own experience of loss – Roger's father died in the war – and the bond that Holmes forms with the young Roger becomes the central relationship of the film. Sharing stories of his final case with Roger, Holmes lectures him thusly: "Death, mourning, grief – they are all commonplace. Logic is rare." Yet these commonplace concerns provide the backbone of the narrative; while Holmes' trademark prickliness and preternatural gifts of observation are present, the slender mysteries offered by the film's three volumes are largely incidental. Mr Holmes is less interested in solving puzzles, more interested in examining the ghosts of fiction, the spectres of history, the "invisible stories" we tell.
Each of the film's three stories carry their own burden of death, mourning and grief. Holmes' final case – involving glass armonica lessons and a suspicious husband – initially promise a murder mystery before revealing its primary concerns to be the impossible implacability of grief and the inadequacy of reason. His trip to Japan begins as a simple quest to obtain more prickly ash (or "ashy prick", as his doctor (Roger Allam) quips) to assuage the retired detective's encroaching senility, but proves to be a reflection on mourning. And the shadow of death – of Holmes' fast-perishing bees, of Mrs Munro's absent husband, of Holmes' own mortality – hangs over the mid-century storyline. Taking cumulatively, it's clear that the logic to which Holmes clings is insufficient, and the salving qualities of fiction are worth treasuring.
Condon – returning to more 'prestigious' pictures after helming the final films of the Twilight franchise – produces handsome but undistinguished work from the director's chair. In concert with cinematographer Tobias A. Schliessler, he creates images that are consistent with the sense of a respectable British biopic, with crisp lighting and browns dominating the palette. Yet there's nothing distinctive here; this is the sort of film where every flashback is singled by a slow zoom-in on McKellen looking reflective, because That's How It's Done.
McKellen acquits himself well in the lead role. I found his early grumbling and grousing overly broad, but you get the sense as the film progresses that it's a performance on the part of Holmes – a way of shutting people out – rather than McKellen himself overstepping the line. He's not entirely relegated to 'grumpy old dude', either; the London flashbacks demonstrate his grace and dignity as a proper English gentleman, top hat and all. He does commendable work to ensure that the grandfatherly relationship he forms with Roger avoids coming across as clichéd; though, of course, Milo Parker deserves some credit here as well (in only his second acting role! Keep an eye on this one.)
As Mr Holmes advanced towards its conclusion, progressively unfolding the particulars of its plot, I began to experience an odd anxiety that its low key reflection on fact and fiction would be derailed by an insistence on a 'neat' narrative – much like Conan Doyle's novels, whose offhand observations accumulate and converge into a complete conclusion. That anxiety proved largely unfounded, though I couldn't help wondering as I left the cinema whether there was an unspoken plot twist lurking underneath, especially given the unreliability of Holmes' memories. Maybe I'm simply reading too much into the resemblance between Laura Linney and Hattie Morahan. Or maybe I'm just filling in the blanks with my own fiction, recalibrating any uncertainty into a more satisfying, less ambiguous conclusion. Perhaps, like Mr Holmes himself, I have simply shaped my own experience from a combination of facts and fictions.
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He entered 2018 in the final year of his contract and was 482-182 (.726) in 11 seasons at Mizzou, reaching eight NCAA Super Regionals and three Women's College World Series in 11 tries.
But Earleywine had multiple issues off the field.
He was investigated for four months in 2016 under former A.D. Mack Rhoades for alleged verbal abuse of players. Earleywine was retained as coach for the 2017 season in August with the conditions that he seek help to improve on his coaching methods. Rhoades left Missouri to take the job at Baylor shortly after.
He was in the news in May 2015 after an ESPNW story revealed Earleywine had a heated email exchange with Missouri State softball coach Holly Hesse. In the emails, Hesse accused Earleywine of comparing her program to a high school team. In his response, Earleywine used derogatory and expletive comments at Hesse for her job performance.
On May 7, 2016, the team's players announced a boycott where it still played in its games but protested Rhoades' investigation. The team announced its actions through its Unity Council, a leadership committee on the team that consisted of one player from each class. A softball player passed out the statement to members of the the media in the press box before the team's game against South Carolina that day.
Six days later, Earleywine called for his players to end the protest in a text message sent to several media outlets, including The Star. Missouri's players listened and ended the protest right before they started NCAA regional play in Columbia.
The athletic department announced the investigation after receiving complaints from multiple players. MU's Office for Civil Rights and Title IX was also involved with the investigation.
Former Mizzou shortstop Corrin Genovese told The Star on Friday that her phone blew up with messages from old teammates after Earleywine was fired. She said some saw this coming for years, while others expressed shock.
"It broke my heart a little bit to see, there's been so many rumors the last few years. It stinks because I feel like I have a different relationship with him," Genovese said. "He's a hard coach to play for. I have nothing negative to say on him. He made me a better persona and no doubt made me a better player. …
"Coach E's fiery attitude and his personality probably shot him in the foot more times than not coaching women. I'm not here to rag on the school for firing him or players (who liked) him or didn't. I'm just saying middle of the road, I feel very bad for him. His passion ultimately is probably what got the best of him."
A Jefferson City native, Earleywine said repeatedly throughout his tenure that Missouri was his dream job and that he didn't want to coach anywhere else.
According to his contract, Earleywine is owed an amount equal to his most recent annual salary or portion remaining under the contract in equal monthly installments. His base salary under the contract is $155,000.
Mizzou opens its season Feb. 8 vs. San Jose State in Tempe, Ariz. The Tigers also are scheduled to play a Black & Gold scrimmage before the season-opener, on Feb. 3.
Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk said he plans to work on a contract extension for softball coach Ehren Earleywine after the season.
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Regan Smith Adds Pit Road Reporting To Expanded Role With FOX Sports
CHARLOTTE, NC (November 29, 2017) - FOX Sports has begun stacking its broadcaster deck for 2018 with the addition of veteran driver Regan Smith.
Smith will serve as a pit reporter for the MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES and NASCAR XFINITY SERIES, in addition to continuing his role as a NASCAR RACE HUB analyst. He took a broadcasting test drive with his race analyst debut last June at Iowa Speedway for FS1's presentation of the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race.
"When I had the opportunity to be in the FOX Sports booth at Iowa earlier in the year, the driver in me was really intrigued by the TV side of the sport," Smith said. "So, my biggest goal in joining pit road is to be able to give viewers something they didn't know before or to better help them understand something going on with the driver or the car. Since I am still competing, I can put into perspective what a driver is feeling at a particular moment."
Smith, winner of the prestigious Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 2011 and 2008 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES Rookie of the Year, has regularly appeared as a driver analyst on FS1's NASCAR RACE HUB since 2015.
"We've enjoyed and appreciated Regan's insight in the NASCAR RACE HUB studio but really had our eyes opened to his broadcasting potential at Iowa last summer," said Steve Craddock, FOX Sports SVP of NASCAR Production. "A fan and peer favorite, he has proven himself seamless in translating his years of driving experience to the viewers at home."
This will be the FOX NASCAR network's 18th consecutive season broadcasting NASCAR races.
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BEYOND TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by âpihtawikosisân
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Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decisions that could affect their rights, property, cultures and environment. They have the right to determine their own priorities.
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Neo-liberal ideology: underpinnings and assumptions.
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Sherri Mitchell,a Penobscot Attorney speaks on the show This Issue about the legal and social pressures on Indigenous people as stewards of their ancestral land and water.
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Unsettling America is a blog for a network of autonomous groups and individuals dedicated to mental and territorial decolonization.
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WHITE PRIVILEGE Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
"I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group."
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Uncovering the Wounds of Empire
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A National Day of Healing and Reconciliation
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A country born out of settler-colonialism and treaty relationships with First Nations, welcoming people from around the world, Canada has a complex history, which we continue to navigate to this day. We are a country, which both respects and upholds civil liberties for some whilst denying the fundamental rights of others. As a government and a people, we are unclear about how to uphold our treaty relationships with First Nations and continue to carry the burden of Canada's early structural foundations. How do we participate in building a nation, which leverages what is working for all people, and shifts what is not?
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Uomini e donne è un programma televisivo italiano, ideato e condotto da Maria De Filippi, in onda su Canale 5 dal 16 settembre 1996.

Il programma televisivo è nato nel settembre del 1996 come versione "adulta" del precedente talk show della De Filippi Amici. Mentre all'interno di quel programma si discuteva, infatti, di problemi e tematiche giovanili in un contesto televisivo che dava spazio alle opinioni dei ragazzi, Uomini e donne è stato ideato inizialmente come un luogo dove una coppia potesse raccontare la propria storia per discuterne col pubblico.

A partire dal gennaio del 2001 il programma, pur mantenendo lo stesso titolo, ha assunto un format completamente diverso, divenendo un programma per incontri finalizzato a dare la possibilità di instaurare nuove relazioni sentimentali. Nelle stagioni 2016/2017 e 2017/2018 la trasmissione, nella sua versione classica, aveva aperto anche alle persone omosessuali, mentre nella stagione 2021/2022 accoglie la prima tronista transgender.

Il programma
Uomini e donne ha avuto due versioni, molto diverse tra loro.

Prima versione
Il programma, di genere talk show, iniziò il 16 settembre 1996 e andava in onda in diretta dal lunedì al venerdì dalle 14:10 alle 15:30. Nasce come versione adulta del precedente talk-show di Maria De Filippi, Amici. Se infatti ad Amici venivano affrontati temi e problematiche giovanili, a Uomini e donne si affrontavano invece problemi coniugali e familiari di una coppia (o di una ex-coppia) quali la separazione, il rapporto ed i problemi con i figli, i problemi sul lavoro e la loro ripercussione sulla vita coniugale, le difficoltà nell'intimità e quelle dovute alla routine di tutti i giorni, i tradimenti, l'invadenza dei suoceri, gli alimenti non dati e altri ancora.

Le storie erano commentate dal pubblico in studio (inizialmente diviso in una platea di quaranta uomini ed un'altra di quaranta donne — da qui il titolo della trasmissione —, alcuni presenze fisse ed altri diversi di puntata in puntata) che interagiva e si confrontava con gli ospiti della puntata, con la conduttrice che svolgeva la funzione di moderatrice del dibattito tra il pubblico ed i protagonisti; tali protagonisti erano diversi per ogni puntata (in rari casi alcuni rimanevano anche per più puntate oppure venivano successivamente richiamati per vedere come si erano evolute le varie situazioni).

La formula si rivelò vincente tanto che, nella primavera del 1998, ne venne prodotta anche una versione in onda in prima serata, intitolata Speciale Uomini e donne, in cui nel pubblico, oltre alle persone comuni, erano presenti anche personaggi famosi che commentavano le varie storie. Il programma mantenne questa formula fino all'autunno del 2000, quando, in seguito a un calo di ascolti, la conduttrice e gli autori decisero di cambiare la formula del programma, trasformandolo da talk a dating show, pur mantenendo lo stesso titolo.

Seconda versione
Dall'inizio del 2001 il programma cambia format, divenendo un dating show e riprendendo la formula di Agenzia matrimoniale (a sua volta derivata dalla rubrica Fiori d'arancio del programma Portobello): formare una coppia che possa incominciare una relazione sentimentale; da dopo questo cambio di formula le puntate non sono più trasmesse in diretta, ma registrate. Le registrazioni avvengono una volta a settimana ed iniziano tra il 25 ed il 31 agosto e finiscono tra il 25 ed il 31 maggio. La messa in onda delle puntate invece inizia tra il 10 ed il 15 settembre e si conclude tra la fine di maggio e l'inizio di giugno.

Inizialmente la nuova versione dating convisse con la precedente versione talk: in tali mesi alle puntate di genere talk venne dato come titolo C'è una cartolina per te, nelle quali si affrontavano alcune storie in maniera analoga a C'è posta per te (altro programma della De Filippi, trasmesso in prima serata). Alle puntate di genere dating venne invece dato come titolo Cuore cerca cuore, ma, a partire dall'autunno 2001, la versione talk venne definitivamente accantonata.

Protagonista di questa nuova versione è il tronista, ovvero colui o colei che è in cerca dell'anima gemella. Al tronista di turno, chiamato così perché siede su una sedia avente le sembianze di un trono, vengono presentati i suoi pretendenti, detti corteggiatori o corteggiatrici: il tronista dovrà conoscerli tutti affinché possa sondare il suo possibile partner. Quando questi si sentirà pronto dovrà fare la sua scelta, ossia decidere di iniziare una relazione con il corteggiatore o la corteggiatrice che lo ha colpito maggiormente. Resta però la possibilità per il corteggiatore o la corteggiatrice scelti di accettare o meno la proposta di fidanzamento del tronista.

Rimane, anche in questa nuova versione, il pubblico in studio, che mentre nella versione talk commentava i vari problemi familiari degli ospiti della puntata, ora invece è chiamato a esprimere giudizi sui tronisti ed i loro pretendenti e sui comportamenti da questi tenuti (negli ultimi anni l'apporto del pubblico in studio è stato però mano a mano ridotto sempre di più, fino ad annullarsi del tutto nella stagione 2021-2022); in questa nuova formula sono presenti anche gli opinionisti. Il successo di questo nuovo format è stato tale che dal 2009 il termine tronista è entrato a far parte del dizionario Zingarelli della lingua italiana.

Il primo tronista in assoluto è stato Roberto Maltoni, un uomo single di mezza età alla ricerca dell'amore della vita e disposto a regalare alla propria prescelta un importante anello di fidanzamento. Tra le sue corteggiatrici si fece notare Tina Cipollari, che divenne popolare per il suo atteggiamento ed abbigliamento da vamp; quest'ultima venne poi invitata, dopo la scelta da parte di Roberto, a inaugurare una nuova stagione nel ruolo di tronista assieme a Claudia Montanarini, anch'essa corteggiatrice di Roberto e già conosciuta in quanto in passato era stata una dei componenti fissi del pubblico in studio della trasmissione (nonché sorella della showgirl Giulia Montanarini, che nel 2011 è divenuta a sua volta tronista del programma).

A partire dal gennaio 2003 nella trasmissione viene introdotta una nuova formula di trono: ai tronisti (che fino ad allora avevano un tempo illimitato per scegliere il proprio partner) venne data una scadenza (quattro mesi) entro la quale effettuare la propria scelta e sono state introdotte le esterne, ovvero la possibilità di incontrare alcuni pretendenti al di fuori della trasmissione per 20-30 minuti, in svariate situazioni e location scelte sia dal tronista sia dai pretendenti per approfondire la conoscenza reciproca, il tutto sotto l'occhio delle telecamere (mentre prima tronisti e pretendenti s'incontravano e interagivano solo in studio durante la registrazione delle puntate). La prima tronista con cui venne inaugurata questa nuova formula è stata Lucia Pavan. Per le stagioni 2002/2003 e 2003/2004 si alternarono sia la vecchia formula dei troni a tempo indeterminato senza esterne sia quella dei troni a scadenza con le esterne; a partire dalla stagione 2004/2005 ci sono stati solo i troni a scadenza con le esterne.

Dal gennaio 2010, al Trono Classico viene affiancata una nuova tipologia, il Trono Over, in cui i partecipanti alla trasmissione sono uomini e donne con un'età che va dai quarant'anni in su. Questo trono, anziché un singolo tronista, prevede la presenza di due gruppi di uomini e donne (detti rispettivamente cavalieri e dame) che cercano un nuovo amore e che possono scegliere di conoscere tra i vari partecipanti la persona con cui sentono una maggiore affinità. Questo trono non ha né scadenze temporali né esterne (salvo alcune eccezioni) e i suoi pretendenti possono scambiarsi i contatti telefonici e quindi sentirsi e vedersi anche fuori dagli studi televisivi, senza le telecamere. Il Trono Over è dunque più simile al primo tipo di trono avuto dal programma. Questo trono ha riscosso ben presto molto successo, a scapito dei troni giovanili.

Da settembre 2010 a maggio 2012 viene aggiunto anche un terzo tipo di trono (assieme al Trono Classico ed al Trono Over) chiamato L'amore non ha età, in cui il tronista di turno veniva corteggiato da due gruppi di pretendenti: il primo gruppo formato da pretendenti ventenni e il secondo da pretendenti con un'età dai trenta ai cinquant'anni. Da gennaio a maggio 2012 viene aggiunto anche un quarto tipo di trono, dal titolo Ragazzi e Ragazze, con la stessa formula del Trono Over, ovvero nessun tronista singolo ma un gruppo di ragazzi ed un gruppo di ragazze che si corteggiano scegliendo la persona, tra le tante, che li attira di più. Come nella versione Over, anche questo tipo di trono non ha scadenze temporali ed esterne ed i ragazzi possono scambiarsi liberamente i contatti telefonici, sentirsi e vedersi anche fuori dal contesto della trasmissione. Queste due tipologie di trono vengono abbandonate entrambe a maggio 2012, rispettivamente dopo due anni (per L'amore non ha età) e 5 mesi (per Ragazzi e Ragazze) in quanto non particolarmente apprezzati dal pubblico. Da settembre 2012, quindi, i tipi di trono usati dal programma restano solo due: il Trono Classico ed il Trono Over.

Nelle stagioni 2016/2017 e 2017/2018, il Trono Classico, fino a quel momento riservato solo agli eterosessuali, si apre anche agli omosessuali, con i tronisti gay Claudio Sona ed Alex Migliorini. Nella stagione 2017/2018 viene introdotto uno spazio all'interno del trono Over in cui intervengono persone che ricercavano amici d'infanzia persi di vista, oppure fanno proposte di lavoro e quant'altro.

Nella stagione 2020/2021, il Trono Classico ed il Trono Over vengono uniti, non venendo più registrati e mandati in onda in puntate diverse, e viene realizzata, dopo molti anni, una nuova scenografia per lo studio. Sempre nella stessa stagione viene adottato, a partire dalla puntata del 26 novembre 2020, un nuovo jingle musicale (ovvero il motivo che accompagna l'entrata di tronisti, corteggiatori, dame e cavalieri), in sostituzione del precedente, che era in uso sin dalla stagione 2002/2003, che aveva a sua volta sostituito il primo storico jingle, utilizzato fino alla precedente stagione 2001/2002, che era stato ereditato da Amici. A partire da questa stagione, inoltre, i tronisti possono scriversi con i/le corteggiatori/trici con il cellulare attraverso una chat supervisionata dalla redazione.

Nella stagione 2021/2022 viene accolta la prima tronista transgender: Andrea Nicole Conte.

Controversie
A partire dal 2001, quando Uomini e donne ha cambiato format, numerosissime critiche si sono abbattute su di esso (anche se critiche negative furono fatte al programma già quand'era un talk-show). È stato infatti additato come un esempio palese di  Televisione spazzatura, le critiche sono state rivolte ai toni polemici e spesso rissosi, con accenni di turpiloquio, frequenti in molte puntate; particolarmente diseducativi sono stati giudicati i modelli di gioventù esibiti in trasmissione. In più occasioni anche il Moige si è scagliato contro la trasmissione di Maria De Filippi.. Inoltre il programma è stato accusato molto spesso di essere interamente studiato a tavolino , i protagonisti quindi sarebbero attori che recitano una parte al solo fine di incrementare audience e consequenzialmente gli introiti pubblicitari dell'azienda. La teoria sarebbe supportata dalle continue fughe di notizie e anticipazioni che popolano il web. Tuttavia questa teoria è stata a più riprese smentita dall'azienda e dagli stessi partecipanti, portando come prova il fatto che molte relazioni sentimentali che sono nate grazie al programma sono spesso sfociate in matrimoni, con tanto di figli..

Parodie
Dal 2007 al 2010, nel popolare varietà comico Zelig, veniva inscenata una parodia del programma, nel quale le comiche Katia & Valeria (Katia Follesa e Valeria Graci), nei panni di due corteggiatrici sui generis (Katiana e Valeriana), corteggiavano il tronista Claudiano, interpretato da Claudio Bisio. La gag comica solitamente prendeva in giro le polemiche scatenate da inezie tipiche della trasmissione, e gli atteggiamenti presuntuosi e rissosi dei suoi protagonisti. Nel corso della gag venne lanciato il tormentone "Brava, brava, brava!", con cui Katiana sottolineava sarcasticamente gli interventi di Valeriana.

Altra parodia è inscenata nella trasmissione Made in Sud (dal 2014): qui la gag prende di mira la versione Over. Gli interpreti della parodia sono Fatima Trotta e Nello Iorio nel ruolo di due anziane dame e Francesco Albanese e Salvatore Misticone, nei panni di due attempati cavalieri.

Tronisti e troniste (trono classico)

Cavalieri e dame (trono over)

Altri partecipanti

Edizioni

Audience

Puntate speciali

Uomini e donne e poi...
Edizione estiva del programma andata in onda da giugno ad agosto 2014 per rivivere le storie più emozionanti del trono Over e del trono Classico e scoprire cosa è accaduto dopo. La voce fuori campo è stata quella di Raffaella Mennoia, autrice del programma originale.

Speciale Uomini e donne - Gemma, Giorgio e la lettera che non gli ha mai dato
Puntata speciale andata in onda nella prima serata di venerdì 3 giugno 2016 incentrata sulla storia d'amore tra Gemma Galgani e Giorgio Manetti, nata all'interno del programma nelle puntate del Trono Over. Lo speciale ripercorse i migliori momenti della loro storia, dal primo incontro fino alla rottura, e si concluse con la lettura da parte di Gemma di una lettera inedita indirizzata a Giorgio.

Speciale Uomini e donne - Le Olimpiadi della TV
Meccanismo
La puntata, andata in onda nella prima serata di sabato 18 marzo 2017, vede due squadre formate dai protagonisti delle più recenti edizioni di Uomini e donne, quella del Trono Over e quella del Trono Classico, sfidarsi in una serie di prove afferenti alle più disparate discipline. Ogni prova fu incentrata su un programma di Canale 5, e si svolse nello studio del suddetto programma, con specifiche giurie e conduttori. I programmi coinvolti furono il game show Avanti un altro!, il tg satirico Striscia la notizia, i due talent show Tu sì Que Vales e Amici di Maria De Filippi, il people show C'è posta per te e la parte dedicata alle sfilate di moda di Uomini e donne. La puntata fu vinta dalla squadra del Trono Over con un punteggio di 4 a 3.

Concorrenti
Squadra Senior: Anna Maria Pavia, Francesco Turco, Antonia Biundo, Sossio Aruta, Valentina Autiero, Anna Tedesco, Gabria Gagliardi, Gemma Galgani, Giorgio Manetti, Marco Faettini, Emy Venturini, Ernesto Russo, Marco Firpo, Lisa Leporati, Fabio Donato.
Squadra Giovani: Mario Serpa, Claudio Sona, Andrea Damante, Giulia De Lellis, Francesca Del Taglia, Eugenio Colombo, Nicole Mazzocato, Fabio Colloricchio, Desirée Popper, Aldo Palmeri, Alessia Cammarota, Federico Gregucci, Clarissa Marchese, Emanuele Mauti, Sonia Lorenzini, Claudio D'Angelo.
Ascolti

Speciale Uomini e donne - La scelta
Meccanismo
Puntate speciali in cui i tronisti effettuavano la loro scelta nel sontuoso Castello di Torcrescenza, quindi al difuori degli studi di Uomini e donne. Ad affiancare i tronisti nelle loro scelte erano presenti alcuni volti noti del programma: Valeria Marini come "Party Planner", Giulia De Lellis come esperta di immagine, Gemma Galgani come confidente e Anahi Ricca come stilista.

 Ospiti speciali

Esportazione del format
Nel 2008, il format della trasmissione viene esportato in Spagna, col nome Mujeres y Hombres y Viceversa e trasmesso dalla principale TV iberica di Mediaset, Telecinco; dal 2018 il programma trasloca sulla rete minore Cuatro in seguito ad un calo d'ascolti e nel 2021 viene cancellato dal palinsesto. Nel 2021, la rete albanese Top Channel manda in onda Perputhen, la versione albanese del programma.

Note

Bibliografia
 Joseph Baroni. Dizionario della Televisione, pagg 518-519. Raffaello Cortina Editore. ISBN 88-7078-972-1.

Collegamenti esterni

Programmi televisivi degli anni 1990
Programmi televisivi degli anni 2000
Programmi televisivi degli anni 2010
Programmi televisivi degli anni 2020