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Charles Ellis Schumer (Nueva York, 23 de noviembre de 1950) es un político estadounidense que se desempeña como Líder de la Mayoría del Senado desde 2021. Miembro del Partido Demócrata, Schumer es el senador senior de los Estados Unidos por Nueva York, un escaño al que fue elegido por primera vez en 1998. Es el actual decano de la delegación congresal de Nueva York. Schumer es también el virtual Líder de la Mayoría del Senado para el 117.º Congreso de los Estados Unidos.

Nacido en Brooklyn y graduado del Harvard College y de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard, Schumer fue miembro durante tres períodos de la Asamblea Estatal de Nueva York de 1975 a 1980. Schumer sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos de 1981 a 1999, el primero en representar al 16° distrito congresional de Nueva York antes de ser reasignado al 10° distrito congresional en 1983 y al 9° distrito congresional diez años después. En 1998, Schumer fue elegido senador de los Estados Unidos después de derrotar al titular republicano de tres mandatos, Al D'Amato. Posteriormente fue reelegido en 2004 con el 71% de los votos, en 2010 con el 66% de los votos y en 2016 con el 70%.

Schumer fue presidente del Comité de Campaña Senatorial Demócrata de 2005 a 2009, tiempo durante el cual supervisó 14 victorias demócratas en el Senado en las elecciones de 2006 y 2008. Fue el tercer demócrata de mayor rango en el Senado, detrás del Líder de la Minoría del Senado, Harry Reid, y el Coordinador de la Minoría, Dick Durbin. Se desempeñó como vicepresidente de la Bancada Demócrata en el Senado de 2007 a 2017 y fue presidente del Comité Demócrata de Políticas Públicas del Senado de 2011 a 2017. Schumer ganó su cuarto mandato en el Senado en 2016 y luego fue elegido por unanimidad como líder demócrata para suceder a Harry Reid, quien se jubilaba.

Juventud, estudios y carrera profesional
Chuck Schumer nació en Brooklyn, un borough de Nueva York. Sus padres son Selma y Abraham Schumer, y su familia practica la religión del judaísmo. Asistió a la James Madison High School en Brooklyn antes de empezar sus estudios en la Universidad de Harvard. Schumer estudió su Bachelor of Arts en Harvard y en la Escuela de Derecho de Harvard obtuvo su doctorado en jurisprudencia. Se graduó en 1974.

En lugar de trabajar como abogado, eligió trabajar en el gobierno, y se postuló para la posición de representante en la Asamblea Estatal de Nueva York en 1975 donde trabajó durante tres mandatos de 1975 a 1981. Después, se postuló para la posición de miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos cuando su predecesora Elizabeth Holtzman se convirtió en senadora. Schumer ganó y representó a los distritos de Brooklyn, que cambiaron durante su mandato, de 1981 a 1999.

Se postuló para el Senado en 1998 contra el titular Al D'Amato. Ganó, y ha sido senador desde 1999. En 2017 empezó a ser líder de la minoría en el Senado de los Estados Unidos del Partido Demócrata cuando Harry Reid se retiró al finalizar su periodo.

Schumer está casado con Iris Weinshall, quien es la jefa de operaciones de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York, y es padre de dos hijas. Ellos viven en Brooklyn.

Posiciones políticas
Se centra en los problemas de las personas de Nueva York. Por ejemplo, se centra en la economía y propugna ayudas para la agricultura. Tiene muchas ideas comunes con el Partido Demócrata: apoya la protección del medio ambiente, la Ley de Protección al Paciente y Cuidado de Salud Asequible, el Plan de Acción Conjunto y Completo sobre el programa nuclear de Irán, y la libre elección de tener un aborto. Apoya la reforma inmigratoria de los Estados Unidos. Schumer apoya activamente al Estado de Israel.

Aborto
Schumer es pro elección, y NARAL Pro-Choice America le ha otorgado una calificación del 100 por ciento, aunque recibió algunas críticas por asistir a una gala en 2007 organizada por Efrat, una organización que busca reducir el aborto entre los judíos israelíes. Se expresó mucha preocupación por la elección de Trump para que la Corte Suprema sustituya a Anthony Kennedy, una posición que cree que probablemente intentaría derrocar a Roe contra Wade.

Agricultura
En marzo de 2019, Schumer fue uno de los treinta y ocho senadores que firmaron una carta al Secretario de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, Sonny Perdue, advirtiendo que los granjeros lecheros "han seguido enfrentándose a la inestabilidad del mercado y luchan por sobrevivir el cuarto año de precios bajos sostenidos" e instando a su departamento "alentó firmemente a estos agricultores a considerar el programa de Cobertura de Margen Lechero".

Acusación de Clinton
Schumer votó sobre los cargos de destitución del presidente Bill Clinton en ambas cámaras del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Schumer fue miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos (y miembro del Comité Judicial) durante una sesión de pato rengo del Congreso en diciembre de 1998, votó "no" en todos los cargos en comisión y en el piso de la Cámara. En enero de 1999, Schumer, como nuevo miembro electo del Senado, también votó "no culpable" en los dos cargos de juicio político.

Problemas del consumidor
Schumer ha prestado atención legislativa a los problemas de los consumidores. Schumer aprobó una legislación que requería información de divulgación uniforme en la parte posterior de las solicitudes de tarjetas de crédito, notificando a los posibles titulares de tarjetas las tarifas anuales y las tasas de interés. Esta información estandarizada ahora se conoce como el "cuadro Schumer". El senador también ha presionado agresivamente para poner fin a la práctica según la cual a los clientes se les pueden cobrar dos tarifas de cajero automático, una vez por su propio banco y una vez por el banco que posee el cajero automático, si el cajero automático está fuera de la red de su banco personal.

Con la congresista Nita Lowey, Schumer ha estado trabajando para prohibir el bisfenol A, o BPA, que se encuentra a menudo en biberones y recipientes plásticos de alimentos para niños. El gobierno canadiense ya ha prohibido el uso de químicos en biberones y productos infantiles. Schumer también busca prohibir el uso de cadmio, un cancerígeno que se sabe que afecta el desarrollo del cerebro en los niños, en juguetes y en joyas para niños. Cuando las compañías comenzaron a vender guantes, píldoras, inhaladores, diuréticos, champús y otros productos durante el susto de la gripe porcina, Schumer instó a la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC) a abrir una investigación. Al final, la FTC avisó a diez compañías e identificó un total de 140 estafas.

Schumer ha sido un defensor de los créditos fiscales de matrícula universitaria, solicitando y aprobando un crédito fiscal de matrícula de $ 4,000 para estudiantes como parte de una serie de créditos fiscales y recortes aprobados para estimular la economía en la Ley de Reinversión y Recuperación de Estados Unidos de 2009 (ARRA, por sus siglas en inglés).

Recibió una "A" en la tarjeta de puntuación del Congreso más reciente (2008) del Drum Major Institute sobre temas de clase media.

Pena de muerte
En 2013, Schumer dijo que la pena de muerte sería "apropiada" en el caso de Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, el autor del atentado de la maratón de Boston. "La ley federal permite la pena de muerte", "Escribí la ley en 1994 cuando era jefe del subcomité de delitos en la Cámara. Este es justo el tipo de caso al que debe aplicarse ".

"Dados los hechos que he visto, sería apropiado usar la pena de muerte en este caso", dijo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Demócratas de Estados Unidos
Personas de Nueva York (estado)
Sionistas de Estados Unidos
Alumnado de la Universidad de Harvard
Senadores de Estados Unidos por Nueva York
Miembros de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos por Nueva York


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Q: Android Design: Intentservice causing application not responding I have designed a code which leads to application not responding.

*

*I have used okhttp3.WebSocket for continuous input stream of data on which i am deciding to start an IntentService which will be fetching data from server.

*I have an IntentService; in onHandleIntent i am giving an service call for fetching data from the server(roughly 3 calls).

*For Service call i am using AsyncTask of android inside which my WebConnectionManger class runs on different thread.
Inside websocket i am getting details of a particular record for which i am going to fetch the details from the service call.
For 5-6 such records my application runs fine, but if records get 80-100 my application do not respond at all and i get ANR.
I am using simple plain TCP request for this.
can any on tells me what is the actual issue and how i can get rid of it?
any help is appreciated.
i am pasting the code of WebSocket, AsyncTask(rest two have same implementation), WebConnectionManger class and IntentService class.
WebSocket.class
public class WebSocket {

public static boolean isConnected;
public static String TO_UPDATE = "toOrderUpdate";
@SuppressLint("StaticFieldLeak")
private static WebSocket _instance;
private static OkHttpClient client;
private static WebSocket webSocket = null;
private Context mContext;
private AppPreferences preferences;

private WebSocket() {
    client = new OkHttpClient();
}

public WebSocket(Context context) {
    client = new OkHttpClient();
    mContext = context;
    preferences = new AppPreferences(mContext);
    init(mContext);

}

public static WebSocket getInstance(Context mContext) {
    if (_instance == null) {
        _instance = new WebSocket(mContext);
    }
    return _instance;
}
public static void closeWebSocket() {
    if (isConnected) {
        webSocket.close(1001, LOGOUT);
        _instance = null;
        webSocket = null;
        isConnected = false;
    }
}

public void init(Context context) {
    if (webSocket == null) {
        preferences = new AppPreferences(context);
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(preferences.getWSUrl() + ":" + preferences.getWSPort() + "/" + preferences.getUserID())
                .build();
        WebSocketMessageListener messageListener = new WebSocketMessageListener();
        webSocket = client.newWebSocket(request, messageListener);
        isConnected = true;
    }
}

private class WebSocketMessageListener extends WebSocketListener {

    //  private static final int NORMAL_CLOSURE_STATUS = 1000;

    @Override
    public void onOpen(WebSocket webSocket, Response response) {
        super.onOpen(webSocket, response);
        Log.i("******", "Socket Open");
    }

    @Override
    public void onMessage(WebSocket webSocket, String response) {
        try {
            super.onMessage(webSocket, response);
            Log.i("******", "Message Received " + response);
            // Logger.log("OnMessage : " + response);
            ModelAdvertisements modelAdvertisements = DecoderJSONWebSocket.decode(response);

            Intent intentForService = new Intent(mContext, WebSocketService.class);
            int transCode = Integer.parseInt(modelAdvertisements.getTC());
            Intent mwBroadcastIntent = new Intent();
            switch (transCode) {
                case 1005:
                    mwBroadcastIntent.setAction(Constants.IntentKeys.KEY_LOGICAL_SESSION_START_END);
                    mContext.sendBroadcast(mwBroadcastIntent);
                    break;
                case 1004:
                case 1006:
                case 1007:
                        intentForService.putExtra(TO_UPDATE, true);
                        mContext.startService(intentForService);
                    break;
                case 1008:
                    try {
                        mwBroadcastIntent.putExtra(KEY_AUCTION_FLOOR_SNAPSHOT, modelAdvertisements);
                        mwBroadcastIntent.setAction(Constants.IntentKeys.KEY_MARKET_DATASNAPSHOT);
                        mContext.sendBroadcast(mwBroadcastIntent);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    break;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onClosing(WebSocket webSockett, int code, String reason) {
        super.onClosing(webSockett, code, reason);
        Log.i("******", "Socket Closing Reason: " + reason);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClosed(WebSocket webSockett, int code, String reason) {
        super.onClosed(webSockett, code, reason);
        Log.i("******", "Socket closed reason: " + reason);
        webSocket = null;
        isConnected = false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(WebSocket webSockett, Throwable t, Response response) {
        super.onFailure(webSockett, t, response);

            isConnected = false;
            webSocket = null;
            Logger.log(e);
    }
}
}

WebSocketService.class
public class WebSocketService extends IntentService {

String securityId;
private Context mContext;
private String tokenId;
private String contractCode;
private int transCode;
private boolean toUpdate;
private String mktCode;

public WebSocketService() {
    super("WebSocketService");
}

public WebSocketService(String name) {
    super(name);
}

@Override
protected void onHandleIntent(@Nullable Intent intent) {
    if (intent != null) {
        tokenId = intent.getStringExtra(KEY_TOKEN_ID);
        transCode = intent.getIntExtra(KEY_TRANSCODE, 0);
        toUpdate = intent.getBooleanExtra(NeMLWebSocket.TO_UPDATE, false);
        contractCode = intent.getStringExtra(KEY_SYMBOL);
        mktCode = intent.getStringExtra(KEY_ADV_REF_ID);
    }
    securityId = DatabaseUtils.getSecurityIdFromFOOrders(mContext, tokenId);

    performTokenMasterTask();

}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    mContext = this;
}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(@Nullable Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}

protected void performTokenMasterTask() {

    synchronized (this) {

            TokenMasterTask tokenMasterTask = new TokenMasterTask(mContext, new RequestCallback() {

                @Override
                public void onStart() {
                }

                @Override
                public void onComplete(Object object) {
                    if (transCode == TC_1004_WEB_SOCKET) {
                        Intent mwBroadcastIntent = new Intent();
                        mwBroadcastIntent.setAction(Constants.IntentKeys.KEY_TOKEN_SESSION_START_END);
                        mContext.sendBroadcast(mwBroadcastIntent);
                        // stopSelf();
                    } else if (transCode == TC_TIME_WEB_SOCKET || transCode == TC_AUCTION_WEB_SOCKET) {
                        performTimeSessionTask();
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onProgress(int current, int total) {

                }

                @Override
                public void onError(int transCode, String msg) {
                    try {
                        Logger.log(transCode + "--->" + msg);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }, mktCode);
            tokenMasterTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.SERIAL_EXECUTOR, tokenId);
         if (transCode == TC_TIME_WEB_SOCKET || transCode == TC_AUCTION_WEB_SOCKET) {
            performTimeSessionTask();

        }
    }
}

public void performTimeSessionTask() {
    synchronized (this) {

            TimeSessionMapTask timeSessionMapTask = new TimeSessionMapTask(mContext, new RequestCallback() {

                ProgressDialog progressDialog;
                private boolean m_ConnectionErr = false;

                @Override
                public void onStart() {

                }

                @Override
                public void onComplete(Object object) {

                    if (!m_ConnectionErr) {
                        if (transCode == TC_AUCTION_WEB_SOCKET) {
                            performFoOrderTask();
                        }
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onProgress(int current, int total) {

                }

                @Override
                public void onError(int transCode, String msg) {
                    try {
                        Logger.log("Received ErrorMessage :" + msg + " \n ErrorCode :" + transCode);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }, modelMarket);

            timeSessionMapTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.SERIAL_EXECUTOR, TIME_SESSION);
        if (transCode == TC_AUCTION_WEB_SOCKET) {
            performFoOrderTask();
        }
    }
}

private synchronized void performFoOrderTask() {

    synchronized (mContext) {

            FOOrdersTask foOrdersTask = new FOOrdersTask(mContext, new RequestCallback() {

                @Override
                public void onStart() {

                }

                @Override
                public void onComplete(Object object) {
               }

                @Override
                public void onProgress(int current, int total) {
                }

                @Override
                public void onError(int transCode, String msg) {

                }
            });

            foOrdersTask.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.SERIAL_EXECUTOR, tokenId);

    }
}

}

TokenMasterTask.class
public class TokenMasterTask extends AsyncTask<Object, Void, ModelToken> {

private final String mktCode;
private RequestCallback _callback;
@SuppressLint("StaticFieldLeak")
private Context context;
private boolean isConnectionError;
private ModelToken modelToken;
private boolean isServerDown;

public TokenMasterTask(Context context, RequestCallback requestCallback, String mktCode) {
    this.context = context;
    this.mktCode = mktCode;
    if (requestCallback == null) {
        requestCallback = new RequestCallback() {
            @Override
            public void onStart() {

            }

            @Override
            public void onComplete(Object object) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onProgress(int current, int total) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onError(int transCode, String msg) {

            }
        };
    }
    this._callback = requestCallback;
}

@Override
protected ModelToken doInBackground(Object... voids) {
    if (voids != null && voids.length > 0) {
        String tokenId = String.valueOf(voids[0]);
        isConnectionError = false;
        transactionCall(tokenId);
    }
    return modelToken;
}

private void transactionCall(String tokenId) {
    try {
        WebConnectionManager connectionManager = new WebConnectionManager(context, new ConnectionListener() {
            @Override
            public void notifyReadCompleted(String f_Response) {
                modelToken = DecoderTokenRequest.decode(f_Response);
                synchronized (TokenMasterTask.this) {
                    TokenMasterTask.this.notify();
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void notifySocketError(boolean isServerDown) {
                if (!isServerDown) {
                    isConnectionError = true;
                }
                TokenMasterTask.this.isServerDown = isServerDown;
                synchronized (TokenMasterTask.this) {
                    TokenMasterTask.this.notify();
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onReceivePacket(int total, int current) {
                _callback.onProgress(current, total);
            }
        });
        connectionManager.modifiedHandleRequest(EncoderTokenRequest.encode(context, tokenId,mktCode).getBytes());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Logger.log(e);
    }
    synchronized( TokenMasterTask.this) {
        try {
            TokenMasterTask.this.wait();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(ModelToken modelToken) {

    if (isServerDown) {
        _callback.onError(Constants.ErrorCode.TC_ERROR_SERVER_DOWN, "");
    } else if (isConnectionError) {
        _callback.onError(0, "Connection Error.");

    } else if (modelToken!=null && modelToken.getErrorCode() != null && !TextUtils.isEmpty(modelToken.getErrorCode()) && !modelToken.getErrorCode().equalsIgnoreCase("200")) {
        _callback.onError(Integer.parseInt(modelToken.getErrorCode()), modelToken.getError());

    } else {
        _callback.onComplete(modelToken);
    }
    super.onPostExecute(modelToken);
}
}

WebConnectionManager.class
public class WebConnectionManager {

private String m_Response = "";
byte[] m_RequestData;
boolean m_Read_Response_Completed = false;
Thread l_WorkerThread;
ConnectionListener m_ConnectionListener;
boolean m_IsFetchCompleted;
Context context;
AppPreferences preferences;
Socket mWebSocket;

public WebConnectionManager(Context mcontext, ConnectionListener f_LoginListener) {
    m_ConnectionListener = f_LoginListener;
    m_IsFetchCompleted = false;
    context = mcontext;
    preferences = new AppPreferences(context);

}

public String modifiedHandleRequest(byte[] f_RequestData) {
    m_RequestData = f_RequestData;
    Logger.log("" + Constants.TIME_OUT);
    l_WorkerThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            String encodedIP = null;

            try {

                if (mWebSocket == null || !mWebSocket.isBound()
                        || mWebSocket.isClosed() ) {
                    mWebSocket = new Socket(ip, port);
                    mWebSocket.setKeepAlive(true);
                    mWebSocket.setSoTimeout(Constants.TIME_OUT);

                }

                if (m_RequestData == null) {
                    m_Read_Response_Completed = true;
                    if (!mWebSocket.isClosed()) {
                        m_ConnectionListener.notifyReadCompleted("Connected");
                        return;
                    } else {
                        m_ConnectionListener.notifyReadCompleted("Disconnected");
                        return;
                    }
                } else {
                    String request = new String(m_RequestData);
                    Logger.log(Utils.encodePackets(request));
                }

                InputStream inputStream = mWebSocket.getInputStream();
                try {
                    mWebSocket.getOutputStream().write(m_RequestData);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    Logger.log(e);
                }

                ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream =
                        new ByteArrayOutputStream(1048576);
                byte[] buffer = new byte[1048576];

                int bytesRead = 0;
                while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                    byteArrayOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                    m_Response = byteArrayOutputStream.toString();
                }
                inputStream.close();
                byteArrayOutputStream.close();
                mWebSocket.close();
                if (TextUtils.isEmpty(m_Response.toString().trim())) {
                    throw new IOException("Empty Response");
                } else {
                    m_ConnectionListener.notifyReadCompleted(m_Response.toString());
                }

            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                Logger.log(e);
                m_ConnectionListener.notifySocketError(true);
                mWebSocket = null;
            } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
                Logger.log(e);
                m_ConnectionListener.notifySocketError(false);
                mWebSocket = null;
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (SocketException e) {
                Logger.log(e);
                m_ConnectionListener.notifySocketError(true);
                mWebSocket = null;
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Logger.log(e);
                m_ConnectionListener.notifySocketError(true);
                mWebSocket = null;
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Logger.log(e);
                m_ConnectionListener.notifySocketError(true);
                mWebSocket = null;
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    });
    l_WorkerThread.start();
    return m_Response;
}
}

And the interfaces.
public interface ConnectionListener {

void notifyReadCompleted(String f_Response);
void notifySocketError(boolean isServerDown);
void onReceivePacket(int total, int current);
}

public interface RequestCallback {

void onStart();

void onComplete(Object object);

void onProgress(int current, int total);

void onError(int transCode, String msg);
}

A: You may want to check what is blocking the main thread for more than 6 seconds.
Usually ANR happens when main thread is blocked for some time. 6-10 seconds.

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A&S in the News: December 13, 2020 – January 9, 2021
Blockchain Analysis
University of Alabama teams up with Chainalysis to offer crypto and blockchain training courses: Crowdfund Insider – Dec. 16
The University of Alabama is teaming up with Chainalysis, a provider of compliance and investigation software of virtual currency transactions. Through the partnership, both organizations will aim to offer "cutting-edge" education and training for students.
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Vaccine Rollout
UA part of national effort to strengthen coronavirus rollout: ABC 33/40 – Dec. 17
Five University of Alabama faculty members are helping in an effort to strengthen the vaccine rollout. Alabama is one of five states in the Communivax Initiative. The project looks at barriers that typically impact underserved communities and works to develop suggestions on how to improve.
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How to control your perception of time: The Bharat Express – Dec. 28
Just looking at engaging images can speed up the sense of time, as Philip Gable and Bryan Poole of The University of Alabama discovered. They showed participants images of geometric shapes (neutral elements), flowers (weak positive appeal) or delicious treats (strong positive appeal) for varying lengths of time and asked them to estimate how long each image took to appear. . Participants consistently underestimated the display time for treats.
Pandemic Language
The pandemic has changed our language (live interview): WGN-AM (Chicago) – Dec. 28
On the phone here is Dr. Catherine Davies who just retired from teaching linguistics in the English department at The University of Alabama. Dr. Davies thanks so much for joining us here on Chicago's Afternoon News. Well, hello Eric, it's my pleasure…
Political Divides
U.S. Catholics cope with political divides among family, friends: National Catholic Reporter – Dec. 29
People on both sides agree that our current technology has intensified divisions. "The internet has a distancing phenomenon that brings out the worst in people," says David Cruz-Uribe, a secular Franciscan, Knights of Columbus member and University of Alabama mathematics professor living in Tuscaloosa. "When my wife and I moved to Alabama from Connecticut five years ago, we joined a Facebook group for area Catholics. It was great at first, but I quickly discovered the moderator could not handle any conflict, even closing off comments when there was disagreement," he says. "The whole ethos in the South is conflict-averse, but weighted toward certain cultural cues. And my experience has been that any attempt to discuss issues of race, unless you are with a small group of like-minded people, is very hard."
UA criminologist weighs in on rise in crime in Birmingham: CBS 42 – Dec. 30
New at 10, we reached out to a criminologist and University of Alabama adjunct professor to weigh in on the rise in crime. He says Birmingham has seen a sizable increase but it's nothing compared to other cities. He says he and other criminologists are working to figure out why some cities are seeing such a massive increase in violence.
Residents focusing on health, travel and relationships in the new year: Decatur Daily – Jan. 3
…back a little more normality to our home." University of Alabama psychology professor Jenny Cundiff said setting New Year's resolutions…
William Stewart
Longtime UA professor dies: WVUA – Jan. 3
Longtime University of Alabama professor Dr. William "Bill" Stewart has died. Dr. Stewart was a professor emeritus in the political science department. His research interests included Alabama, state and local government, and federalism.
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Riots at U.S. Capitol
UA political science professor comments on riots at U.S. Capitol: WVUA – Jan. 7
We spoke with University of Alabama political science professor Allen Linken today about all he saw in those television images. Dr. Linken said it was hard to believe that such violence was happening in our country.
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2013 is the centenary of automotive manufacturing in the city. The first Morris car rolled off the production line in Cowley in 1913 and the plant is now home to the Oxford manufacturing phenomenon that in Mini.
The VSLTeam took some clients around the Mini Oxford Plant this month and we heartily recommend everyone takes a tour. It really is an amazing place which gives some hope to the future of UK manufacturing.


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A Community Remembers John W. Walsh
The COPD Foundation lost our beloved founder John W. Walsh on March 7, 2017 as a result of complications from an accident in 2016. John will be remembered not only for his pioneering work in the field of respiratory health but for his tireless efforts advocating for the millions worldwide with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A veteran and successful businessman, when diagnosed along with his twin brother Fred with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a rare and at that time little known genetic from of COPD, John did what he always did throughout his life; he looked for answers. His search led him to walk away from his business and cofound the Alpha-1 Foundation and later AlphaNet. In John's work with Alpha-1, he discovered a much bigger and largely unrecognized community; those with COPD. Before that time, COPD was misunderstood, misdiagnosed, mistreated, underfunded and lacking adequate research. In 2004, John formed the COPD Foundation. Gathering together a dedicated team of professionals and fellow patients, John soon expanded the reach of the Foundation to include the COPD Digest, the Mobile Spirometry unit, the C.O.P.D. Information Line, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, and the DRIVE4COPD campaign.
To increase funding for research and patient access, John established the COPD Advocacy program and the Congressional COPD Caucus. In an effort to bring new innovation to drug therapies, John established the Biomarkers Qualification Consortium, The COPDGene Study, The Patient-Powered Research Network and the Bronchiectasis Research Registry. With the popularity of social networks, John was the vision behind the COPD360 initiative in an effort to make the Foundation a "one stop shop" for everything COPD, resulting in the formation of COPD360social (an online COPD community), PRAXIS (a community allowing professionals to interact with each other and the patients they serve) along with a wealth of web-based information. At John's encouragement, the COPD Foundation changed its mission statement to reflect an additional goal…a cure for COPD.
Through the years John has received many awards which he accepted but for which he never took the credit; he felt that the honors were recognition for the community he loved and the people in his life; especially his wife Diane whom he often described as the love of his life, conscience and right hand. Other than when with his family, John often said he was the happiest when he could spend time with others impacted by lung disease.
If it is true that "A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world", John was wealthy beyond words. In the coming days and years when we speak of John, we will remember happier times with a man we truly respected and loved and who challenged us to heights we thought we could never reach. In grief we will always miss him, but in thankfulness we will be grateful that he touched our lives and allowed us the gift of being a part of his amazing journey.
Our hearts go out to his wife Diane, daughter Linda, granddaughter Lily and extended family. John's family has requested that donations in his memory be made to the JW Walsh Fund to Cure COPD, which will be administered by the Foundation.
Personal condolences may be sent to the Walsh Family by care of Randel Plant, COPD Foundation, 3300 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Miami, FL 33134
We will continue to honor John by relentlessly pursuing his vision and continuing the work he so wholeheartedly embraced.
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Webre is a lawyer who served on the Kuala Limpur War Crimes Tribunal.
Alfred Webre discusses The 9/11 Independent Prosecutors Act, the 9/11 War Crimes Tribunal, the 9/11 Strategic Deception Desk and black budget warfare. 80% of World Trade Center buildings were transformed into nanno-particles within seconds through directed energy weapons (HAARP; land- or air- or space-based), and/or possibly 4th generation nuclear weapons. No planes were used at any site. Original video broadcasts were edited to insert plane images. 9/11 truth movement is infiltrated by operatives as in the FBI Counter-Intelligence Programs (COINTELPRO) of the 60's and 70's. Mind-control techniques used to create "brown-shirt-like" groups to attack anything and anyone and create a "controlled opposition." 9/11 movement is not gaining traction because controlled opposition movement is planting false facts and mind control techniques and (electronic) gang stalking are used to create a matrix of behavior and thought. Mass consciousness. Targeted Individuals (TI) are victims of covert governance. HAARP can be used for global mind control. David and Nelson Rockefeller, as agents of House of Rothschild and City of London, built North American Racketeering War Crimes Organization. Net worth of the House of Rothschild is $100 trillion. Long-term plan of IWCRO (International War Crimes Racketeering Organization) aka Anglo-American-Neo-Zionist block is de-population, a world society of slave-wage earners under a banking elite. War is an industrial activity. Rockefellers funded and founded the World Eugenics Movement (that Hitler used), creating population elimination camps. All wars are aimed at depopulation. Collapse of US dollar could trigger Martial Law. Bank Panic of 1907 privatized the US dollar. "Eschelon Countries" own the currency and therefore people are their private property. After the dollar collapses, the Amero will be proposed. All China has to do is sell their dollars- manufactured hyper-inflation. Middle class could become paupers. Goal of City of London is to destroy all democracies and establish a worldwide economic classs under the bloodline elites. Afghanistan was carpet bombed with DU (depleted uranium)- equivalent of low-level nuclear war. Same repeated in Iraq. Medical effects- increased diabetes, autism, mental illness, birth defects). There is a diabolical intent of "The Plan" is like a Doomsday Machine. AI (artificial intelligence) matrix bent on ecocide, genocide and omnicide. We have artificial Permanent War Economy with 192 member nations. We need to create alternative institutions for safety net. Exopolitics.
2nd Interview. (4/22/08). http://www.freewebs.com/insmort/archive.htm click on Alfred Webre 4/22/08.


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Here's Why Bill Gates Was So Much Richer Than Steve Jobs
Even though Bill Gates and Steve Jobs started massively successful technology companies, Gates' wealth ultimately exceeded Jobs' by a factor of six. Here's why.
John Maxfield
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Article updated on February 29, 2016.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were born in the same year.
Both dropped out of college.
Both started companies with good friends: Gates founded Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) with Paul Allen in April 1975, while Jobs founded Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) with Steve Wozniak exactly one year later.
And both got rich -- extremely rich.
But it's here where things diverge, because at the time of Jobs' untimely death in 2011, his $11 billion net worth was a fraction of Gates' $66 billion. This discrepancy may strike you as odd, given that Apple's market capitalization at the time was $132 billion greater than Microsoft's.
So how do you explain this?
If you're familiar with Jobs' story, then you already know the answer: He sold all but one of his original Apple shares in 1985, the year he was ousted from the company by then-CEO John Sculley and its board.
Jobs' 11% stake in Apple was worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $130 million at the time. And, for the record, this was considerably smaller than the 26% stake he emerged with after the first serious round of fundraising in 1977.
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At today's price, those stakes would be worth more than $59 billion and $139 billion, respectively. In other words, had he not sold shares along the way, Jobs would have been the world's richest person by leaps and bounds, as Gates' current net worth is estimated at $81 billion.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to be critical -- far from it, in fact.
In the first case, Jobs had no reason to feel optimistic about Apple in 1985, given the circumstances of his ouster -- not to mention the fact that Apple may have gone the way of the dodo bird without Jobs' eventual return.
Moreover, there's every reason to believe that, had Jobs not left when he did, we wouldn't have Pixar, which he purchased from Lucasfilm in 1986 for $10 million. He revitalized it with money and technology, and then sold it to Disney in 2005 for $7.4 billion of the House of Mouse's stock -- thereby becoming the entertainment company's largest individual shareholder.
What I am trying to do is demonstrate the power of buy and hold investing.
Sure, I would love to be as rich as Steve Jobs was -- or even to have a fraction of his net worth. But Jobs had contemporaries who, like Gates, wanted more. And when it comes to building wealth, as Gates' experience illustrates, there are few better tools than time and compounding returns -- both of which, by the way, are equally accessible to us mere mortals.
Of equal importance are brilliant ideas that are identified in their infancy.
Countless investors have become millionaires virtually overnight by riding the wave of technology driven by the likes of Gates and Jobs. In the process, these investors' lives have been radically transformed. Making money is no longer their objective; their challenge now is spending it on a lifestyle once thought unimaginable.
The key to these investors' success isn't the ability to recognize promising trends; all of us can do that. The key instead is the courage and conviction to put money on the line when you inevitably encounter a transformative idea.
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Fully Gimmicked Turns Five!
I can't even believe that five years ago this month, Fully Gimmicked was born. From day one, our core goal has been to support the biggest and best characters in independent wrestling. Gimmicks from carnies and vikings, to a lounge singer and an undead bride paved the way for where we are now.
Starting as fans ourselves and growing within the industry (to now booking and promoting our own shows) I feel gives us a unique advantage. In that merch to some people is just a t-shirt, but to us it's an additional extension of character. We've had the privilege of making skate decks, plush toys, coffins, records, masks, and so much more. Getting to think outside the box and really get weird with it is one of the best parts.
Granted, even after five years we're still what I consider to be a small operation. We officially have three employees, myself being one of them. Even still - FG has consistently operated minus around 4-5 months when I had a weird health scare (which still hasn't been fully resolved, so there's that). And to get a little personal, I always have a weighing sense of guilt and obligation to be doing bigger-better-more. In business, I guess that's a good thing. But just so you all know, we're constantly working in the background to improve and grow.
I am endlessly thankful to our wrestling family and fans that keep us busy and trust us with the task of creating unique, quality products. Having seen other "brands" come and go, it's an honor to be your obedient merch servants.
Here's to the next five years (and praying to anything listening that 2020 gets better, because DAMN).
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There are two categories of costs associated with attending an educational institution: direct and indirect.
Direct costs are those associated specifically with the educational process. Direct charges include tuition, lab fees, course fees, medical and evacuation insurance, and applicable registration fees. These are billed directly from the University to the student.
Indirect costs include, but are not limited to housing, living expenses, books, supplies, and transportation. Students are responsible for indirect expenses. UMHS does not bill nor receive money for indirect costs.
Although calculating financial aid eligibility involves the total of all direct and indirect expenses, students will only be billed for the direct costs at UMHS. Students who qualify may choose to apply for available loan programs to assist with their educational and (if applicable) living expenses.
Health insurance is required for all students enrolled at UMHS. Enrollment in the medical health insurance plan offered by UMHS is automatic unless proof of health insurance is provided by the student before or during registration. The cost of health insurance purchased through UMHS varies depending upon a student's age. The cost is billed at the beginning of each semester.
Students are required to have evacuation insurance while living on St. Kitts. In the event of a medical emergency where a student may need to be evacuated to a US hospital, this would cover that cost. Enrollment in the medical evacuation insurance plan offered by UMHS is automatic. It is due at the beginning of each semester.
Liability insurance is required for every student during fifth semester at the Portland, Maine campus and while completing clinical rotations at any UMHS affiliated teaching hospital. Students will be provided further details regarding liability insurance prior to returning to the U.S. for fifth semester.
Students are responsible for laboratory and competency testing fees each semester. The laboratory fee will be billed along with tuition for all semesters in St. Kitts.
Students receive a list of the required books, supplies and uniforms which they will need to purchase for each semester. The most efficient way to obtain these items is through the Campus Bookstore located on our campus in St. Kitts. Students can purchase all their books and supplies during registration. All books offered will be the latest editions available at the time of shipping.
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Securonix Scores Highest Across All Three Use Cases in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management
Securonix positioned as a Magic Quadrant Leader in SIEM and also received highest scores in all the three use cases in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management
Addison, Texas – July 13, 2021 – Securonix, Inc., named as a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant in SIEM, today announced that Gartner has positioned the company with the highest scores in all three use cases – Essential SIEM, Complex SIEM, and Supporting a Modern SOC – in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)1.
Out of the 20 vendors included in the report, Securonix is the only vendor that received the highest score across all three Critical Capabilities use cases:
Essential SIEM – "This use case supports broad-based threat detection, as well as features that help new and less-mature SIEM buyers and users."
Complex SIEM – "This use case focuses on SIEM solutions with complex architectures, the need to customize threat detection content and analytics, a variety of in-scope environments, and user populations, as well as big data-type log and event challenges."
Supporting a Modern SOC – "This use case is applicable to organizations that want to support the functions of a modern security operations center."
"We believe receiving the highest product score across all three customer use cases in the 2021 Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management validates our vision and execution in delivering a SaaS-based solution that sets the standard for security monitoring and analytics in today's complex cloud and hybrid environments," said Sachin Nayyar, CEO, Securonix. "We believe these results demonstrate Securonix's unrivaled ability to secure a diverse set of customer use cases against modern threats and represents our continued market traction with leading global enterprises and managed service providers."
The Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management is part of the analysis conducted for the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management2 and uses the same data collected during that research period. In conjunction with the report, as the demand for Cloud SIEM grows, the Securonix cloud-native solution delivers flexible deployment models, advanced analytics and UEBA, and rapid threat detection and response, satisfying a wide variety of customer use cases to the highest degree.
Securonix was also named a Leader by Gartner for the third consecutive time in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, positioned furthest for completeness of vision. The Securonix Next-Gen SIEM platform delivers advanced threat detection and response, while providing ease of use and quick time to value. The platform seamlessly ingests real-time and historical data from any source, combining security data lake (SDL), user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), extended detection and response (XDR), threat intelligence (TI), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) into a SaaS-based, end-to-end security operations platform.
Download a complimentary copy of the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management by visiting here.
Download a complimentary copy of the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management by visiting here.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management, Toby Bussa, Kelly Kavanagh, John Collins, July 1, 2021.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, Kelly Kavanagh, Toby Bussa, John Collins, June 30, 2021.
Securonix is redefining SIEM for today's hybrid cloud, data-driven enterprise. Built on big data architecture, Securonix delivers SIEM, UEBA, XDR, SOAR, Security Data Lake, NTA and vertical-specific applications as a pure SaaS solution with unlimited scalability and no infrastructure cost. Securonix reduces noise and prioritizes high fidelity alerts with behavioral analytics technology that pioneered the UEBA category. To learn more, visit www.securonix.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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The AIB Placement Service will be available at the 2018 AIB Annual Conference in Minnesota, MN, USA, June 26-28, 2018. These early July dates present a great opportunity for new graduates and employers to get an early start in the job market and to warm up for the larger disciplinary meetings in August. Schools with late position approvals will also be able to catch up and find suitable candidates for the Fall semester through the placement service at the AIB meeting. Dr. Hadi Alhorr from Saint Louis University will coordinate placement services for both applicants and schools.
If you wish to remain confidential, please indicate that clearly and specify what information you would like posted on the Web site and at the placement center.
Please observe the 1-page limit to avoid the need for editing longer CVs.
Job applicants who are planning to attend the 2018 AIB Annual Conference in Minnesota, MN, USA should contact recruiting universities directly and prior to the conference in order to schedule interviews. Contact information for recruiting universities is provided and regularly updated on the Position Announcements page.
Please observe the 1-page limit for the position description. Additional pages or details can be added to the Position binder at the conference by having your school's representative bring 10 paper copies to Minnesota, MN, USA.
Dr. Hadi Alhorr will acknowledge receipt of materials by email, and materials will be posted on the placement service web site in the weeks before the conference.
Recruiting institutions that will be represented during 2018 AIB Annual Conference in Minnesota, MN, USA should contact with job applicants directly and prior to the conference to schedule interviews. Contact information for job applicants will be provided and regularly updated on the Job Applicants page.
It is highly recommended that recruiting institutions that are conducting interviews during the conference provide the placement center the interview schedule prior to the conference. This will be very helpful to accommodate the times and dates of all interviews in an efficient manner during the conference.
Recruiting institutions can use the placement center interview booths for free during the conference between June 26-28, 2018.


Space Nk- £48 for six I'm going to kick this off with my favourite set of crackers. They work out at £8 a cracker which is fairly inexpensive in comparison to most crackers around but the best thing is that you get a great selection of high-end brands such as Caudalie, Oribe and Laura Mercier. I think these are the ones I'll have round my Christmas table.
No7- £14 for six These are the best value set at under £2.50 each- but you can even get them on 3 for 2!! Inside there is a mixture of nail polishes and skincare all perfect for winter.
Champneys £10 for four Another great set if you are on a budget. Admittedly they don't look quite as luxurious as the rest but they are a great option if your guest are more in to bath and body care rather than makeup and skincare.
Cowshed Christmas Crackers £10 The singular £10 crackers are best as a treat to yourself or as a gift as they are quite expensive however with this Cowshed one you get two products inside; a lip balm and a hand cream.
Philip Kingsley- £10 If hair care is more your things than this Philip Kingsley one is the one for you. It comes with a shampoo, conditioner and the cult favourite Elasticizer perfect for achieving party ready hair.
This Works – £10 The party season is the time of the year when most of us get the least amounts of sleep which is why I love that this cracker has the This Works Deep Sleep Body Therapy inside which is one of my current loves.
Clarins- £39 for six It's no secret that Clarins is one of my all time favourite brands so I'd love to discover this makeup or skincare inside my cracker.
Harvey Nicols £50 for six This one comes a close second to the Space Nk one as it houses brands such as Laura Mercier, Deborah Lippmann and Prada, with a great mix of nail polish, perfume, skincare and makeup.
Jo Malone- £32 The most luxurious cracker of all. It has three (sample sized) Jo Malone products, need I say more….
Which is your favourite cracker?


Iyengar Yoga is one of the most popular yoga styles in the world. The method is invented by the Indian Master Teacher B.K.S. Iyengar (14.12.1918- 20.8.2014), and the focus is in connecting body, mind and spirit starting with a careful asana work.
Emphasis is laid on the alignment of the body in each posture. Asanas are built in phases and may be held longer than in other yoga styles. Also, sometimes a flow of postures can be combined within the practice. Sequences vary according to a particular theme and level of the students.
In individual practice the sequences are given according the personal needs. Props are used to ensure safety and to enhance awareness of the posture.
'Alignment from the outermost body to the innermost is the way to bring our own personal Reality into contact with Universal Reality' (BKS Iyengar 2005).


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Vintage Leaf Memories - Michael Langlois
Vintage Stories of Maple Leaf Memories and NHL Hockey
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What's the next Leaf shoe to drop? I think something is brewing and here are some (likely?) possibilities….
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I heard today of the passing on longtime NHL player Johnny McKenzie at the age of 80. His name brought back fond memories of hockey times—and rivalries—past.
Let me be clear: when I was a young Maple Leaf fans in my late teens, from the mid-1960s through to the early 1970s, I loathed Johnny McKenzie. I mean, I hated the guy.
Before he joined a mediocre Bruins team during the 1965-'66 season, McKenzie was a bit of a journeyman winger, playing for my "local" NHL team (I was raised across the river from Detroit), the Red Wings, and later Chicago and New York.
He was a feisty guy, but in the old pre-expansion days with 6 teams and maybe 120 guys (actually less, as rosters were smaller back then) getting a chance to play regularly in the NHL was tough. He didn't really especially stand out, as recall. But he was good enough that he kept his job in the league and teams wanted him.
But while he was a solid player, he never hit his stride—or made my hate list—until he became a part of the Bruins.
You see at the time, in the mid '60s, the Bruins were the perennial last place NHL team. They had (or previously had) some nice players like Leo Boivin and Johnny Bucyk— future Hall-of-Famers—along with Murray Oliver and emerging youngsters like Gary Dornhoefer, Gilles Marotte and U.S.-born Tommy Williams, who was the first American player in my recollection (other than Jack McCartan, the 1960 U.S. Olympic goaltending hero- himself sort of a latter day Jim Craig. McCartan had a brief career with the Rangers after the Olympics) to have a major impact at the NHL level.
But the Bruins were within shouting distance of seeing their fortunes turn around rather dramatically.
The reason? Bobby Orr belonged to the Bruins, signed as he was at the age of 12 or 13 out of Parry Sound, Ontario. When McKenzie first joined the Bruins, Orr was still starring in Junior A hockey with the Oshawa Generals.
But Orr joined the Bruins in McKenzie's first full-season with Boston, and everything changed. (That's a great old Harold Barkley photo of McKenzie, left, on Jacques Plante's doorstep in early 1960s action when Johnny was with Chicago and Plante was with the Rangers.)
Then, in the summer of 1967 (yes, just after the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup…ugh), the Bruins made a big-time trade to acquire Freddie Stanfield, Ken Hodge and Phil Esposito from the Chicago Black Hawks. The Bruins gave up a dynamic little center in Pit Martin (along with Marotte and goalie jack Norris) but there was never any question that the Bruins "won" that trade.
Martin was splendid with the Hawks, helping them get to two Cup finals in the early 1970s against the Montreal Canadiens, but Boston won two Cups with Esposito, Orr, the goaltending tandem of Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers, and a remarkably talented and hard-working supporting cast led by players like McKenzie.
The reason I hated McKenzie was simple: he was a gritty, determined player, the very kind of player that, as the Leafs were largely declining after their '67 Cup triumph, they simply didn't have anymore. (Their best gritty, rugged guys were past their best days, guys like Bobby Pulford, for example—who was so indispensable when the Leafs won all those championships in the '60s.)
But McKenzie, hitting his hockey prime as he and the Bruins grew together, absolutely thrived in the tiny Boston Garden.
I'm going to say McKenzie was maybe 5 feet 9 inches tall. Maybe 175 pounds. He was a strong, if smallish man for a pro hockey player. But other than maybe Montreal's Yvan Cournoyer, I can't think of another "small" forward in that late '60s and early '70s NHL era who loved barging into the corners of the tiny ice surface in Boston (or any NHL rink, for that matter) and getting hammered by a defenseman like nothing had happened. He just kept on going. He was constantly fighting for possession of the puck.
He was tough as nails, kept plays alive, scored goals, set up teammates, spent plenty of time in front of the opposing net, fought whenever called upon and was just generally miserable to play against. (The one Leaf who came closest to Johnny in that era, and unfortunately he only played briefly in Toronto, was Brian Spencer. I loved Spencer in his time with the Leafs and have written about him here in the past.) But McKenzie had the advantage of being a great skater, very fast, in addition to being physical.
So as the Leaf slid in their ability to compete against the best in the NHL in those early expansion years, the Bruins were at their zenith with not only Orr and Espo but also guys like rugged Derek Sanderson and dependable veterans like Dallas Smith, Wayne Cashman and Eddie Westfall.
The Bruins won the title in 1970 and 1972, and would likely have won in 1971 were it not for the hated Habs, who upset them in Round 1 of the playoffs that spring. (To realize how good a team the Bruins had given that they were favoured, it's instructive to check out Montreal's roster that season—they had guys like Savard, Lapointe, LaPerriere, Beliveau, Richard, Cournoyer, the Mahovlich brothers, a young Ken Dryden and a lot more than that. Yet their playoff win over Boston was indeed considered a major upset.)
I will always remember McKenzie, at the end of the loss in Game 7 against Montreal at the Boston Garden on an April afternoon, finishing the series with two black eyes. He had played his heart out, as he always did, this time in defeat. (I seem to recall Johnny scored a goal with about 5 minutes to go in regulation time in that last game, to make the score 4-2 for Montreal. But that's as close as the Bruins could get.)
So I hated McKenzie because, well, he played with the cocky (as I saw it, at least) "Big Bad Bruins" who had far surpassed my Leafs in those years. And perhaps just as much to the point, he played for the stacked Bruins when I would have loved him to be with the Maple Leafs.
It's interesting, many years ago I read that Dave Keon, who needs to identifiers on this site, hated Johnny McKenzie when Dave was with the Leafs and Johnny was with the Bruins. If true, it makes sense. Dave was the quiet leader of the Leafs, a Lady Byng winner who played with class and grace. He was very tough in his own way, but the Bruins, while immensely talented, did cross the line in their aggressive style, and McKenzie was one of the toughest of them all.
Later, when they both played for the New England Whalers for many years in the old World Hockey Association and played side by side on the same line, they evidently became the best of friends.
My guess is they had long actually admired one another, but these two great competitors were simply on different teams. And in those days, there weren't many, if any friends, from one team to another in the NHL. And while the Bruins were better than the Leafs in those days, they were still rivals. And Keon and McKenzie were two competitors with a tremendous amount of pride—in themselves, and their respective teams.
So to say the least I was sad to hear that Johnny McKenzie had died. He was a wonderful player. I have such great memories of the talented, hard-driving player that he was.
Goodbye Johnny.
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Couldn't have said it better myself Micheal, losing Johnny 'Pie' Mackenzie this summer was tough he was a darn good player, and I hope he's skating in heaven with Gordie Howe and all the greats who have passed.
Michael Langlois December 11, 2018 at 6:40 PM
Well said, Unknown.
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The surprise loan of Glenn Middleton from Rangers to Hibs appears to signal a thawing in the icy relations between the clubs of late, but there will be little sign of that when the sides go head to head this weekend in a game which both sides will aim to make a springboard for their season.
Background to Game
Both come into the tie on the back of opening day victories but still very much with a point to prove. After an overwhelmingly positive pre-season, Rangers failed to convince with a laboured victory at Rugby Park which had an all too familiar feel to it. However, Thursday's fabulous performance in Denmark has gone a long way to quelling those fears and putting the fans at ease again. Hibs had a similar opening day to Rangers when they left it late to grind out a win over a St Mirren side they would have expected to dispatch of comfortably at Easter Road.
Head to Head History
For a long time Hibs were not a side Rangers had to worry too much about. In 32 games between 1996 and 2005, Hibs recorded only one victory. The return of Walter Smith in 2007 saw this pattern continue with only 2 losses in 20 games. However, since Rangers were demoted Hibs have proven to be a thorn in their side, restricting the Gers to a mere 8 wins in 22 games.
This dismal record continued under Steven Gerrard last season as a poor Hibs side were allowed to land a severe blow to Rangers' title hopes by holding them to three draws, costing the Ibrox men 6 crucial points. However the tide has started to turn and last season was the first season since 2011-12 that Rangers were unbeaten against Hibs and the one-sided games were a sign that the new rivalry between the clubs is not likely to last.
The Opponent
A change in regime at Hibs mid-season saw Heckingbottom take the reins and rescue their campaign as they embarked on an unlikely 10 game unbeaten run which lifted them from 8th to 5th place. This was the highest possible finish for the Englishman so it was a massive achievement. Lennon had built his house on the sand of loan deals and favours from Celtic and paid the price in his final season when the latter dried up after the John McGinn saga. Lennon was weighed in the balance and found wanting. Heckingbottom has had a summer to re-build and, in a break from the club's previous strategy, he is building for the future. Lennon's Hibs were propped up by the short-termist strategy of flooding the squad with loan players and in his final season he made seven loan signings. Remarkably, Heckingbottom has made only two loan signings and has preferred to utilise his extensive knowledge and connections south of the border to make 5 permanent signings who are all between the ages of 23 and 26. The signing of Scott Allan had already been agreed before he came in but is very much in keeping with this strategy.
Having said that, this season's Hibs squad doesn't look like the improvement over last season's that the fans were expecting. The opening day performance was slow, laboured and lacking dynamism. The loss of Martin Boyle to injury was a huge blow in terms of the team's attacking threat but Heckingbottom and Leanne Dempster were smart to move quickly to smooth things over with Rangers and secure Glenn Middleton on loan to replace him. Middleton has the ability to provide the pace and end product they are lacking but will not feature this weekend so answers will have to be found elsewhere.
Mallan and Horgan are both players with the ability to create and shoot from distance but the dangerman without doubt is Scott Allan. Rangers know all too well what Allan is capable of and everything Hibs did well against St Mirren went through him and it was no co-incidence that it was he who saved the day with an impressive winner.
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Despite Rangers' midweek heroics, they still come into the game with a point to prove. Last season Hibs were a bogey team and Gerrard will be determined to vanquish any similarities to last season from the off, not least after the Kilmarnock game when the accusations flooded in that nothing has changed. Furthermore, dropping points ahead of the first Old Firm game of the season on the 1st of September is not an option. It is absolutely crucial that Gerrard takes his men into that game with the chance to go 3 points clear and give themselves a lead to defend and maintain from there on. This, more than anything, will signal to the fans and the country that this season is different.
The line-up is difficult to predict. Last season the goalkeeper was not rotated but McGregor is a year older and Foderingham was rotated in at Rugby Park after the Progres game last week and is likely to do so again on Sunday. The back-line was not rotated after Progres but Katic and Flanagan will be conscious of the competition and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Barisic and Edmundson start in a home game where we will dominate the ball. Helander didn't make the bench in Jutland and Gerrard has been wise not to throw him in and risk damaging his reputation before he is fit and ready. Davis is likely to return to the three in midfield but Kamara offered the fans a reminder of his quality and class in Denmark and this will surely leave Gerrard with another headache. Arfield will always keep his place unless he is unavailable but Jones can rightly feel under threat in a position with no stand-out player as of yet. The addition of Brandon Barker from Man City is likely to have more to do with opportunism than a feeling that he will significantly improve the team, but it will nevertheless make a few nervous. In any case, Ojo is likely to step in for Jones and this is another example of a position the club now have enough depth in to allow for fresh legs to be brought in after a European game. Defoe may also rotate back in after Morelos starred midweek and the option of bringing in a fresh striker after European excursions is brand new to Gerrard and could be a crucial factor in this league campaign. As important a player as Morelos is, he isn't the fittest player in the world and the aerially dominant Darren McGregor will not relish the prospect of facing a fresh and hungry Jermaine Defoe who scores his goals on the deck.
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Predicted Score - Rangers 2-0 Hibs
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