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By YouAreBeingManipulated.
Wow. Sorry I'm so late on this post. All right, I'll try extra-hard to make this week's entry a good one to make it up to you guys!
What do you think about when you hear the word propaganda?
I'll bet it looks something like this:
Or, if you're more into the perspective of the other side,
That's the kind of image that most people think about when you mention propaganda. Notice the similarities – simple pictures, colorful, compelling slogans, and caricatured good and bad guys. If we saw one of these today, most of us (well, unless you're in North Korea, and if you are, you really should stop reading a blog on manipulation before someone notices you) would either laugh it off or be scandalized by the insult to the intelligence. Boy, those older people must have been dense to be taken in by these!
Well, it turns out that the art of propaganda didn't really stop at the end of WWII. The techniques and the medium and the art simply evolved, away from poster art and more towards tweaks and manipulation of standard media.
First off, propaganda posters were not just used in war. Most people don't realize this, but you can find old propaganda posters on most of the key issues of the day prior to the 1960s. For example, just after WWI, women's right to vote was a hot topic, and posters went up to dissuade men from voting for, well, women's right to vote:
Note the similarities with the war posters above?
By WWII, it became clear that posters alone were not going to do it. An entire branch of the military, the Office of War Information was actually built to figure out new ways to spread propaganda. They focused on new ways to reach both domestic and foreign audiences, using relatively novel methods – everything from working with writers of movies and comic books to emphasize the war effort to more esoteric efforts – Operation Cornflakes, for example, was a project where the Allies bombed German mail trains, and then airdropped bags of mail in the region. The mail contained Allied propaganda with fake German stamps, and when the Germans came to clean up the bombed trains, they found the bags and, thinking that they were part of the original mail train, they delivered the propaganda mail themselves.
Operation CornFlakes. Part of a well-balanced Propaganda effort
Many of the people hired in this office over the years left at the end of the war and joined private companies. They were the seed of modern propaganda efforts – except that today, propaganda is much more focused on new media than on cute posters and mail efforts.
Think of radio call-in shows, for example. Of course, they use screeners so that only callers that agree with the host (or that are so inarticulate as to make good fodder for the host) can get through. But screening is only half the battle. What if you can't get good quality callers to call in? What if your callers are too smart to agree with you, or too idiotic to agree with you articulately? Well, then, you use a service! Services like Permiere On Call hire actors to call in to shows with pre-set scripts. The scripts adhere to the basic propaganda rules: colorful, caricatures (both good and bad), and simple, easy-to-understand messages. To a very large extent, those services are pure propaganda – just in a different format.
Hello! This is James, from Iowa? I am a truck driver and first time caller?
What about TV? I could do several blog entries on Fox News alone, partly because it has brought propaganda to a new level, and partly because it is new at it, so there are enough mistakes that can be easily spotted for discussion. The Fox News propaganda is more subtle than flashy posters, but it is quite effective:
One trick that Fox News likes to use, for example, is to use images from previous events while reporting on other things:
For example, this was a scene from Sarah Palin's book-signing tour. The voice-over by Fox reporters talked about "huge crowds" at the book signing, seen above. Except, of course, that the crowds were not there – turns out Fox had used footage of the 2010 campaigninstead. Fox likes doing this – it did it while covering a health care rally, for example, and did it again while covering a Michelle Bachman event using crowds from Glenn Beck's 9/12 event. Fox News does this often enough that the writers of the Daily Show now consider it a safe staple for a source of jokes.
A similar process was used on Joe Biden – On March 16 of2009, for example, Fox News showed an abridged clip of Joe Biden saying that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." It was a stupid thing to say at that time, of course, and made him look completely moronic. To be fair, he did not say it then – he had said it during the campaign as part of a longer point, and the clip had been shortened to make it appear as a recent interview.
Fox News apologized for all these things, of course, once they were discovered, but it makes no difference. Remember the Distribution Rule? If you spread the news that Biden is an out-of-touch politician one night on prime time, and then apologize the next day during the morning, far, far more people see the propaganda than the apology.
Another trick that Fox News pulls off relatively often is to remove things instead of adding them. For example, during the last State of the Union, President Obama made some jokes. The next day, Fox reported that the "jokes fell flat". What followed was almost painful to watch: president Obama made jokes, which were followed by silence and even cricket sounds, added by Fox to emphasize how terrible the president was bombing.
The problem, of course, is that the president's jokes didn't bomb- the actual jokes got lots of laugh, but Fox edited them out and replaced them with silence and cricket sounds.
Even Ron Paul fell victim to the same trick. When Ron Paul was announced as the CPAC 2011 winner, the crowd cheered and shouted. When Fox News showed the scene, Ron Paul is heavily booed. How is that possible? Well, Fox simply changed the soundtrack to a speech where Ron Paul was booed – in 2010.
All right, one final one, not to pick on Fox News. On Feb 10, Fox News anchor Jon Scott decided to take the viewers on a "look back at how the economic stimulus package grew and grew." Followed was a timeline video that showed a very partisan view of the stimulus package history. How do we know it was partisan? Well, it was written, word for word, by the Senate Republican Communication Center – it was a Republican press release masquerading as news. The issue was not showing it – it was not identifying it as a Republican packaged piece instead of investigative journalism.
Propaganda is a very specific type of manipulation. At its heart, propaganda is all about simple narrative: find a compelling slogan, and hammer it home with basic, simple tools. the propagandists of today have had to adapt, and they use digital media instead of posters, but the lessons learned by the poster makers are still valid. Find a compelling slogan, caricature it, and then spread it as fast as you can. Propaganda is not subtle – "Japanese soldiers are evil!" "Suffragettes hate their family!" "Sarah Palin is popular!" "Democrats are not!" – but it doesn't need to be. The idea is to take a narrative, make it simple, make it colorful, and then spread it as far as fast as you can. Whether you do it via posters, or radio shows, or television shows doesn't make a difference – the core idea is the same. And it still works today just as well as it did 100 years ago.
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The Douglas County Chamber announced the recipients of the annual Chamber Foundation Leadership Scholarships and 2015 Founders Award at the GreyStone Power Luncheon last month. The Chamber Foundation coordinates community education and leadership programs including Leadership Douglas, Youth Leadership Douglas and our Annual Chamber Leadership Scholarship.
The Chamber Foundation Leadership Scholarship was funded this year by the DC Chamber's Young Professionals Connection. Each year, scholarships are awarded to high-achieving, local high school students who excel academically and have demonstrated leadership in their school and community. This year the qualities of applicants were truly inspiring and highly competitive with more than 30 applicants for only three scholarships.
The recipient of the $1,000 Chamber Foundation Leadership Scholarships was Kayla Evans, a recent graduate from Douglas County High School. Kayla was in the International Baccalaureate Program and a Youth Leadership Douglas graduate. She was president of the Student Government Association and was actively involved in other school organizations including National Honor Society, the Spanish and Science Honor Societies, and Beta Club. Outside of school, she works on biomedical research, is a member of the track and field team, and she enjoys serving in the dance and media ministries at her church. As a minimum-time member of AmeriCorps, she loves serving her community with the Red Cross, Youth Villages Inner Harbor Campus, and other local nonprofit organizations. In the future, she plans to concentrate in Neurobiology at Harvard College, attend medical school, and pursue a career in either neurology or neurosurgery.
The runner up recipient of a $500 Chamber Foundation Leadership Scholarships is Trish Jenkins from Alexander High School who will attend Kennesaw State University and major in Business. The Chamber also awarded a new Chamber Board Scholarship for $500 and the recipient was Madison Brown from Heirway Christian Academy who will attend Bringham Young in the fall.
The Leadership Douglas Program involved alumni in nominating and selecting the Leadership Douglas Founder's Award Recipient this year. The Founder's Award is given to a Leadership Douglas Alumni who has demonstrated the guiding principles of the organization through giving back to the community in a leadership capacity.
Mike Moore, winner of the 2015 Leadership Douglas Founder's Award and business owner Chick-fil-A Hwy 5 and Fairburn Road, was recognized for being an excelle nt example of a community leader, and one seen at the helm of several non-profit organizations as well as an excellent example of a community leader, and one whoprovides so much support to so many organizations. Mikehas served on many community boards and is also a Leadership Douglas Alumni from 1992. Mike is always willing to provide community support when asked, and is well known for developing many youth as he leads an excellent team at his own company – in both of its locations.
For more information on the Chamber Leadership Scholarship or Leadership Douglas Program, visit the DC Chamber website at www.douglascountygeorgia.com.


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CAN'T SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES?
Telecoms masts are like Marmite: either you love them or you hate them. So many people hate having masts on their land that sometimes it seems like a whole industry has sprung up, of surveyors and lawyers professing their expertise in stopping telecoms companies putting up new masts or altering the ones they have already.
The changes to the electronic Communications Code, effective from 27 December 2017, have not diminished the demand for services of this nature. Landowners can now charge operators both consideration and compensation. However the new Code has affected the tactics employed by mobile mast operators and their opponents.
This has been clearly demonstrated by the first case on values heard by the Upper Tribunal using the new Code.
EE Limited and Hutchison 3G Limited v London Borough of Islington [2019] UKUT 0053 (LC) heard how an offer f £21,000 rent for a rooftop mast was dramatically reduced once the new Code came into effect. The new Code provides for consideration to be valued on compulsory purchase principles, and using the assumption that the land is not to be used for telecoms purposes – referred to as the "no scheme" rule. This means that in many cases the relevant comparables are uses such as storage or parking. In the Islington case, the telecoms companies' expert claimed roof top gardens or storage panels were the only relevant examples, so the rent should be £1 rather than £21,000.
The first point to make on valuation is that if the characteristics of the premises mean that in reality nobody would pay anything for them, the correct conclusion may be that their market value is nominal. That said, at Wedlake Bell we've had a number of queries from our clients who feel that telecoms companies are too quick to attribute a nominal value to land.
The Tribunal was clear that it would be appropriate for the telecoms companies to make a contribution to the expenses of running the building and the Council's costs in complying with its obligations in the lease – but included within the consideration, rather than as a separate service charge. Anyone with apparatus on the roof should pay a share of the costs of the roof repair. The tribunal valued the nominal consideration at £50 and the other consideration as £1,000 per annum.
The Code is very flexible on what can be payable as compensation. However there must be a causal connection between the Code rights and the loss in question; that loss must not be too remote; and the person claiming
compensation must be reasonable. In other words they must take the steps a reasonable person would take to eliminate or reduce the loss and avoid incurring unreasonable expenditure.
In this case the Tribunal agreed reasonable legal and valuation fees could be claimed as compensation, with loss or damage to the building caused by the installation of the agreement, and also for the temporary use of land at ground level for a working compound while the apparatus is installed. In theory it would be possible for a diminution in value of the land caused by the presence of apparatus to qualify as a compensation claim, but despite the Council's best efforts, their evidence did not establish that in this case.
More imaginative claims for compensation were also rejected by the Tribunal. Specifically, shadowing the telecoms company every time they accessed their apparatus, a claim for the aesthetic detriment to the building as a result of the apparatus, payment now for lift and shift delays when the roof needs repairing and for delays in vacant possession in future. These last two heads of claim can be a new case for compensation if and when they arise.
Many landowners dislike having to deal with telecoms companies for a low rent; the operators' claims that only nominal rent is now due have not improved relationships. In this case however, things seem to have gone too far.
The landowner Council:
did not comply with the Tribunal's pre-trial directions, which were designed to reduce the issues argued before the Tribunal;
claimed a lease could not be granted under the Code.
as a result of which they were barred from making any submissions on the terms of the draft lease. This meant the lease was granted in the operator's standard form, and the Tribunal only considered the amount payable. The standard lease was a 10 year lease, with an RPI review and a tenant break, both at the end of the fifth year. It's not clear why the Council (or its advisers) thought a complete disregard of the Tribunal's directions was a sensible approach.
In this case the statement of claim from the operators assessed the value at £2,551.77 per annum, being half the rent payable for basement storage. This was more than the £1,000 the Tribunal assessed so that's the amount payable in this case. Don't expect the operators to make this mistake again.
Suzanne Gill

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I wonder where your jaws are now 30 months later with the public sector support having more than doubled to $25.7 million, as of the city's preliminary revised budget "matrix" of Feb. 4. And that $25.7 million number was calculated, we've been warned, before detailed design is complete.
The mayor spoke in Annapolis to House and Senate committees urging them to enact this city liability for losses into state law. Further, after years of insisting that both the hotel and the conference center would be a purely private business, now the mayor says the conference center part will be "public." That is the part most liable to bleed red ink. If McClement's "not on the hook" baloney on the hotel doesn't get him voted out of office next election, my jaw will drop.
Revenue Bonds are not paid back with tax dollars. They are paid back with Revenue by the Plamondon owned conference center. That is why they are called revenue bonds. If they were paid back by public tax dollars they would be General Obligation bonds. Not a difficult concept.
When you start to peel back the layers of this project, read documents posted on government websites, and dig a little into the budget/money trail, the whole affair is smoke and mirrors with some misdirecton thrown in. Taxpayer$ tax dollar$ are being redirected by the Young$ and the Mayor to support a private enterprise behind a smoke screen of double talk and creative buzz words. Bottom line, public money for private enterprise. That's corporate welfare, plain and simple. The Plamondon$ should build their hotel with their own money and private financing – not the taxpayer$.
Burgess, the conf center is now going to be 100% publicaly owned. Please read the documents.
There are no documents to read. They are working on the MOU right now. Have you seen a draft of the MOU or are you just imagining that you have?
Corporate welfare plain and simple, the only difference is that in this case the corporations are wholly owned by Frederick locals; so I guess that makes it OK.
"The Project anticipates using public dollars from state programs specifically designed to assist with these types of projects, such as the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development – Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund (SDSGIF) Grant Program which has already awarded $850,000 to The Project. These dollars are solely for land acquisition.
Not technically..but where does the money come from for the revenue bonds? It is not just magically appearing money is it, it didn't just pop out of thin air did it? isn't revenue generated from taxes? public tax dollars?
The money comes from the PRIVATE investors that purchase the bonds. The revenue is not generate from taxes. It is revenue from the conference center. This is pretty basic stuff. Jeepers.
The conference center has not generated any revenue, so what private investors have purchased these bonds? So these revenue bonds were finance by private investors? Really, that makes no sense, then these are not revenue bonds they are something different are you sure you know what you are even talking about ?
As with the Watergate investigations, follow the money. The MSA is part of the state government, so you need to look at how much the state government funds the MSA. Then follow the money for the revenue bonds. The MSA sells the bonds to investors. That money is used for the MSA projects and then must be paid back with interest when the bonds are due.
The private investors are paid back with public dollars. Specifically the new sales, income taxes, property taxes, etc. generated by the project. Were it privately financed there would be no bonds to payoff and the tax revenue would go to the general fund or wherever else they normally go to instead of being siphoned off to pay for the project. Jeepers kreepers open your peepers.
"The money comes from the PRIVATE investors that purchase the bonds. The revenue is not generate from taxes. It is revenue from the conference center. This is pretty basic stuff. Jeepers."…Jeepers is right, since Peter Plamondon said himself that: "Additionally, independent studies have confirmed that MSA bonds will be paid back by the new revenues the State of MD will receive "….new revenue the state will receive. That's taxes that will be directed to pay off the MSA bonds.
That's tax revenue that will be used to pay off the MSA bonds.
Repeat after me, I lie, I lie, I lie.
Kelly, he is probably one of the Randalls.
Peter, personally, I like the part that states the City will be on the hook and the Mayor signing off on it makes it a sure thing for them. Not living in the City, it doesn't bother me, what bothers me is all the lies and distortions we have seen on this to give corporate welfare to the Randalls and Plamondons.
Excellent LTE as usual Peter. Thank you!
Spot on Jersey. The political sorcery involved here is very similar to the incinerator – misinformation put out on the financing and outrageous fees in the $ millions to lawyers and designers. Not to worry though, I strongly suspect the hotel will meet the same fate as the incinerator. FAIL!
There are far TO MANY hurdles this project is going to have to overcome, much like the incinerator had, dissatisfied taxpayers can be an insurmountable force to overcome, we are dissatisfied taxpayers as long as we keep shouting how dissatisfied we are this project is going FAIL.
The blather in the FNP comment section is what city, county, state officials use to make their decisions. Governor Hogan read your comments. And acted accordingly.
You are correct but do you really think this is the only place we are "blathering" ?
You could add the City allowed itself to be robbed by the golf course managers, where they failed miserably in their oversight. Now just whom will manage the Conference Center? The Plamondons? Prepare yourself for more robbery of the City tax money and some from the State too.
Samuel, as usual, is seriously confused. The conference center was, is, and will be a "public-private partnership." Nothing has changed, other than Samuel getting more confused. The conference center will be owned and operated by Plamondon, hence it will be a private business. The financing will come from the sale of Maryland Stadium Authority revenue bonds, hence it will be a public project. Plamondon (private) will pay rent to the city, pay taxes to the city, pay a portion of net revenue to the city (public). Samuel, repeat thrice after me, "Public-Private Partnership". A private business that benefits the public and where municipal bonds are issued to finance its construction. PPP, PPP, PPP.
Oh it changed alright, Burgess. The CC was originally going to be privately owned before it was changed to "publicly" owned about a month ago. They changed it because they realized there was nothing public about it with it being privately owned. But, No updated MOU and the price tag grew as well and now the city is responsible for covering cash flow deficits whereas before it was locked in to measly 10% share of positive cash flow for which there was NEVER a projection given to the public. The city will receive rent you say? Wow, $80 grand a month – how generous! And it has competing restaurants to boot!
This is a P3 alright – Plamondon Private Partnership with the Young's et al. Very few people will ever get to use the CC that they are indeed paying for. It's about as public a facility as Camp David. This project is being sold on a fantasy, when the reality is that many similar hotel projects have been bleeding cash for years. These things are always more public than private.
This is nonsense. It will be owned and operated by Plamondon.
"This is nonsense. It will be owned and operated by Plamondon. "… I agree, it is nonsense if the project will be owned and operated by the Plamondon$. Why, then, are the Young$ and Mayor Bagel trying to use taxpayer$ dollar$ for the Plamondon$ private business?
No public tax dollars involved. The conference center will be funded by $15 million of MSA revenue bonds sold to private investors.
Balderdash! The final legislative bill requesting authorization of funds, as amended, cited the CC as fully publicly owned and existing co-terminus (in the same structure) as the hotel which is privately owned. Try to keep up please.
Yes! Thanks for catching my mistake.
No taxpayer dollars. The money comes from private investors who purchase the bonds. How is private money considered taxpayer dollars?
You are terribly confused . Plamondon pays back the principal and interest on the MSA bonds. Public tax dollars are not involved.
Because typically these bonds are purchased by savvy institutional investors who invest them in pensions, retirement accounts etc. They want assurance the bonds will be paid back and that assurance typically comes from the full faith and credit – meaning taxes – of the government agency that issued the bonds. Taxpayers are almost always the backstop for these bonds in case of default. That's how the bond documents read for the incinerator and its probably the same for the MSA bonds.
Plomondon absolutely will not pay back the bonds. They are not borrowing any MSA money for the project, the city and county are borrowing it to finance the CC which will be fully publicly owned. The bonds will be paid back using the cash flows form the CC (if there are any) and the new TAXES that will supposedly (if you trust 6 year old cherry picked studies) be generated by an economic boon the likes of which rarely happen with this kind of project. Plomondon is simply leveraging the taxpayers through enabling politicians who want this built for personal reasons. You are seriously misinformed Burgess.
You are confused. The incinerator was to be owned by Frederick and Carroll Counties, who would be responsible for paying back the bonds. The conference center will be owned by Plamondon, who will be responsible for paying back the bonds. Very simple. No public tax dollars involved. Bonds are purchased by private investors (not public tax dollars) and then paid back by Plamondon (not public tax dollars).
Yes it says "State of Maryland financing through the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA)". And again, MSA revenue bonds are purchased by PRIVATE investors and paid back by Plamondon (a PRIVATE company). No public taxpayer dollars involved with MSA revenue bonds..
I suggest that all projects have important questions to answer and for the hotel I would ask "Will this help business along Carroll Creek and downtown Frederick and will it help visitors to our business district?" If the answer is yes, it will be a good thing to do.
No need to make it personal.
"it will be a good thing to do."…..just not by feeding at the public trough. Local government should be able to help by expediting the process, but if it is a viable project from a business standpoint, it should stand on its own and without taxpayer$ funding. It is personal when taxpayer$ dollar$ are being directed toward private enterprise. That's my dollar$.
"No need to make it personal" is what I was thinking, and that goes for Burgess as well, since the tone of that remark seems so superior that repeating "public private partnership" brought an image of spitting to mind. This letter stated facts as its writer sees them and without employing third-grade insult tactics. Our newspaper has taken a "side" in this and it's annoying. They printed a good letter though.
Excellent analysis and some very inconvenient truths for the Young$, The Plamondon$, the Randall$, and Mayor Bagel. The whole project stinks of corporate welfare for a project that must not be able to stand on its own merits.


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Adonai Roi
Israeli Believers
King of the Extras Meets King of the Universe
From time to time, we like to share the personal stories of some of the people in the ministries we work with. Believers in Israel only make up 0.2% of the population, and yet God has established either home groups, prayer centres, or congregations in every city across the Land!
Hovav is a Jewish Israeli, born in 1944 during the time of the British Mandate. His long acting career, both on stage and screen playing comedic and supporting roles, led to a local filmmaker calling him "...the 'King of the Extras' who has appeared in every Israeli film made in the last 30 years."
The 1979 Jesus Movie
It was the opportunity to perform as an extra during the making of an extraordinary movie, that led Hovav to meet the King of Kings. The 1979 film 'Jesus' was filmed in Israel using many local Israeli actors. Hovav was amazed by the story of the great Rabbi who taught with such wisdom. It was as he watched take after take of the crucifixion scene, that the love of the Saviour who gave his life on the cross touched him deep in his heart. He accepted Yeshua as his promised Messiah and Lord.
With an acting colleague during filming
Hovav has been following the Lord for over 30 years. He is the oldest member of Adonai Roi Messianic Congregation in Tel Aviv - sitting in the front row every Shabbat. This summer, Adonai Roi held a special birthday celebration for his 70th birthday. The congregation sang and prayed for their new septuagenarian as they dined and celebrated together, listening to his many testimonies and stories.
Pray for Hovav as he begins this new season in his life. Pray also for many opportunities for Israelis to hear the Gospel and to meet Immanuel (God with us), the King of the Universe, face to face!
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Why does everyone understand except us??
An "Israeli Intellectual" haha, ie a retarded liberal.
Even the King, though noticing his growing strength and that of the Arabs next to Israel.. seems to have a a bit of pity for us (we have had relatively good relations with Jordan for a long time), and the fact we don't even seem to know it.


In Old School Fantasy #6, the elves of the Silver Vines are in trouble, though few in the upper echelons of the city would agree. An aggressive race of spider creatures called the attercop are growing stronger and stronger in the heart of the forest, and the elves have no standing plan to deal with the growing threat. Some say it is the foolishness of the elders, while others say there is a more deliberate motivation at work. An elven princess seeks outside help, but is it too late to save the Silver Vines from destruction?
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The 2011 Los Angeles Marathon was going well for Joseph Gabriel. After 41km enduring a cold rain and gusty wind, he was still on pace to break four hours – his goal after four months of training. But as he turned onto the final stretch, just under 300m away, he felt a sudden tug above his left ankle.
"It wasn't painful; it was more like a pulling sensation. I thought it was a muscle," Gabriel recalls. "I had no idea what had happened and didn't want to make it worse." So he stopped – and the crowd went nuts. "Everyone was yelling my name – it was printed on my race bib. They shouted, 'It's right there, keep going!' And I'm like, 'But I can't walk!' " So Gabriel hopped the final stretch on his good leg. Time: 4:02:44.
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Gabriel had ruptured his Achilles tendon. It took three months of rest and rehab before he could run again, gingerly. His physical therapist, Darwin Fogt, wasn't surprised by the injury – and not because his patient was 50 years old. To Fogt, Joseph Gabriel was yet another victim of the so-called barefoot running craze.
Gabriel didn't run (and finally hop) the LA Marathon barefoot; he trained and raced in a pair of minimalist running shoes – the kind with a nearly level heel, or "lower drop" in athletic-shoe parlance. He was one of legions of runners who'd read the bestselling book Born to Run, about Mexico's Tarahumara, an indigenous tribe whose members compete in races of 160km or more in flat sandals – and almost never get hurt.
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The Barefoot Theory
In the book, author Christopher McDougall blames spongy shock-absorbing shoes for breeding runners with poor form and weak feet. McDougall, visited Harvard University, where he met Dr Daniel Lieberman, an evolutionary biologist who studied gait mechanics.
Lieberman showed that when barefoot runners land forefoot first – in front of the arch – their gait is measurably less jarring than shod runners who hit the ground with their heels. In January 2010, with the popularity of Born to Run soaring, the journal Nature put Lieberman's research on its cover.
"Lieberman's publication, McDougall's book – it was a perfect combination of events," says Dr Matthew Silvis, a sports medicine physician at Penn State who teaches barefoot technique. Shoemakers rushed to meet the demand, introducing flatter shoes. "Barefoot running" became shorthand for the minimalist movement.
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The Bare Truth
But now Silvis, who is studying injury rates among barefooters, says he is seeing an alarming number of foot stress fractures, calf tears, and Achilles strains in runners transitioning to barefoot or minimalist running. Fogt, president of Evolution Physical Therapy concurs. He says he finds plantar fasciitis in the majority of his barefoot runners, compared with perhaps 15% of traditional runners.
Fogt's client, Gabriel, admits that he bought into the craze. "I just thought I should do it because of what I had heard, even though I was having no problems with what I was using at the time." The promise of a more efficient stride was irresistible: "I got the new minimalist shoes, threw out my old ones and out the door I went."
Lightweight shoes can make a runner feel faster; and with no initial pain, a new convert to minimalist running is tempted to log kilometres as he always has. For Gabriel, months of high-mileage training without proper conditioning added strain to his hamstrings, calves… and Achilles tendons.
It's not just older guys who are at risk; Fogt sees people of all ages with injuries related to barefoot-style running. Silvis is currently treating a 20-year-old elite distance runner with a history of stress fractures who tried a barefoot approach in an attempt to ease the shock to his tibia bones. But, says Silvis, he "straightaway ran at his normal distance and intensity, and subsequently fought Achilles difficulties for weeks."
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The Research Against Barefoot Running
That's typical, says Nathan Koch, a physical therapist. "Runners are always trying to get faster, looking for an edge," he says. "They're also always hurt. And when they're hurt, they want answers. So people made assumptions that if you could run barefoot, your injuries would go away."
In May, researchers at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse published a study demonstrating that a forefoot or mid-foot landing – the usual technique in lighter shoes with a less cushioned heel – increases the load per step on the Achilles tendon by 11% compared with a heel landing.
That's about 3 000kg of force over half a kilometre for a 68kg runner, says study author Dr John Willson, now an associate professor of physical therapy at East Carolina University. That kind of force, says Fogt, is the reason anyone who's making the switch from conventional shoes to minimalist footwear needs an extensive training period to ready the foot. "And not everyone's foot is able to tolerate barefoot running, even with the training period," he says.
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Neither McDougall nor Lieberman asserted that barefoot running had any proven benefit over shod running. Lieberman merely demonstrated that forefoot strikers are, quite literally, lighter on their feet. He also observed from habitually barefoot cultures that human anatomy is innately suited for running.
The problem? "People took our paper, which was about a very small, limited topic, as telling them how to run," Lieberman says. "Running is a complex skill that you can't learn how to do just by taking off your shoes."
What We Do Know
Let's review what we do know. "We have 26 bones, 33 articulations, 111 ligaments and 20-plus muscles in each foot," says Dr Irene Davis director of the Spaulding National Running Center at Harvard Medical School. Davis has authored more than 100 papers on unshod running mechanics.
Our feet, she says, "were truly designed to run without shoes, and we were likely designed to run throughout our lives. We evolved in a way that allowed us to run for survival, such as hunting for food, but we may not be meant to run the long distances that many modern runners do."
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Blindfold a barefoot runner and he's still able to detect infinitesimal changes in surface texture, temperature and slope. Neuroscientists have a name for this ability: proprioception. Habitually unshod people, such as the Kalenjin people of Kenya – or the San of South Africa, who hunt shoeless across the scorching sands of the Kalahari Desert – are keenly proprioceptive.
Fossil evidence suggests that early humans used some type of foot protection as far back as 30 000 years ago. No matter. Most likely it would not have provided enough cushioning to encourage heel striking when running fast and for long distances on hard surfaces. As Lieberman says, "It's just going to hurt. And because pain is an adaptation, it means running that way is probably not a good idea."
A Cushioned Foot Can't Run Barefoot
But footwear evolved to the point where, according to a 2013 study of runners at the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, 94% of runners are heel strikers. So the appealing logic of barefoot-style running – more efficiency, less pain – had a ready audience. "But you can't take a foot that's been cushioned and protected and supported and just go out and run barefoot," says Davis. "It's no different than going to the gym and lifting 45kg when you haven't been lifting. You've got to give your body, your soft tissues, your bones – the entire musculoskeletal system – time to adapt."
A hasty transition, paired with a sudden shift in running form (from heel to forefoot), is likely to end badly. Gabriel is convinced that his abrupt switch was a contributing factor to his injury. Martin Pavelic, a 29-year-old marathoner who was a medical student, sought out minimalist shoes because of his persistent back, knee and foot pain.
After a 1.6km test run in them, landing on his forefoot, "I got significant plantar fasciitis and was done running for a month."
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Neither Gabriel nor Pavelic discussed their changeover with a physical therapist, physician or trainer. "I definitely didn't do enough research – really just some stuff online," Pavelic says. "I didn't realise at the time how slowly it had to be introduced to avoid injury."
A survey of 785 runners in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that 80% were interested in minimalist technique; 22% tried barefoot, and 30% tried minimalist shoes. Of those, only 7% consulted experts. The rest turned to friends, the Web or books (the most often cited was Born to Run) or simply did nothing.
And yet a third of the runners who tried running barefoot or in minimalist shoes cited injury prevention as a factor in making the switch. The truth is, no scientific study exists that correlates barefoot running with fewer injuries. Silvis, the Penn State researcher, tracked 20 barefoot converts for over a year and says they often just swopped one set of afflictions for another, especially if they didn't follow transition advice.
"When we recruited them, they were all in conventional shoes and were barefoot or minimalist virgins," he says. "They had a history of tibial stress fractures, shin splints, patellofemoral knee pain" – injuries that plague shod runners.
"After the transition, we didn't see the tibial stress fractures, shin splints, or knee pain. Instead we saw metatarsal stress fractures and Achilles and calf problems – the injury pattern switched."
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Dr Mark Cucuzzella, a doctor and unshod enthusiast who teaches clinics on running form says, "The bottom line is, running causes running injuries. Not shoes, not barefoot. Running. If you don't want a running injury, don't run."
Lieberman is an avid barefooter but trains in a variety of shoe types or nothing at all. In an essay for Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews published in April 2012, he made an important distinction. "Barefoot running per se is neither more nor less injurious than shod running, because what matters most is how one runs, not what is on one's feet." He concludes, "Taking off one's shoes to run is no panacea."
In fact, it's cadence that appears crucial. A study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed that quicker, shorter strides lead to "a substantial reduction in energy absorption at the knee and hip." Your joints get hammered less.
Lieberman insists that he never said barefoot is better, "or that you have to forefoot-strike, or that's the only way to run, or that all forefoot strikers are free of injury. You can run well in army boots." But he thinks all runners should try barefoot: "It's a useful training tool."
Other experts agree. But take it slow, cautions Koch of Endurance Rehab. "Do a few laps around a soccer field and then stop." Even better, stick to the gym for a few weeks, logging a kilometre or less; then do drills that promote joint stability, like walking lunges. Calf drops, Koch says are critical for the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, hamstrings and the Achilles.
With practice, soon you'll improve your form instinctively. "Runners need to learn how to land like a cat," Cucuzzella says.
Does this mean we're all born to run on our forefeet? Koch doesn't think so. "There's no one perfect gait. It's not possible," he says. "Everybody has their own unique set of genetics and history and posture." Lieberman's work showed that unshod Kalenjins predominantly forefoot strike, but three out of four barefooters from the Daasanach, are heel strikers, according to George Washington University.
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A proper forefoot strike is like "running on butter," Lieberman says. Then again, "There's nothing wrong with heel striking. But if you're going to do it, buy a shoe that protects you."
Silvis created a programme called Barefoot Essentials that focuses on body alignment, posture and foot control. Pavelic, who had plantar fasciitis, switched back to heftier shoes, began the programme and returned to minimalist, but it took him over 18 months to truly transition.
It worked: he ran the Philadelphia Marathon in minimalist shoes and is now injury-free. In California, Gabriel settled on a shoe between barefoot and conventional. He recently ran a hilly half marathon in Pasadena and has been training for the New York City Marathon.
For his part, Lieberman is certain we were born to run. "People want to be told how to run, and the answer is nobody knows," he says. "It would be like telling you what you're supposed to eat or how you should make love to your wife. There is no one answer. It's complicated. We're still trying to figure it out."
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Funding for neglected diseases increases to US$ 2.5 billion, but big killer diseases miss out
The first survey of global public and private investment into R&D for new products for neglected diseases has found that funding was over US$ 2.5 billion in 2007. The lion's share of funding - almost 80% - went towards HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. Many significant diseases responsible for killing millions of people in developing countries - including pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases - remain underfunded and collectively received less than 6% of total funding.
These are the results of the G-FINDER 'Global Funding of Innovation for Neglected Disease' survey, released and published in London today by The George Institute for Global Health. Click here to view the publication.
Study leader, Dr Mary Moran of The George Institute for International Health said: "The good news is that neglected diseases are on the global agenda that the strong advocacy work of AIDS, TB and malaria activists have shown results. The bad news is that some of the biggest or cruelest killers like pneumonia and Buruli ulcer have few advocates, no global fund and get less than 5% of funding."
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About a quarter of donor funding was routed to public-private product development partnerships (PDPs), such as the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the Medicines for Malaria Venture.
Dr Mary Moran said: "In these times of economic crisis , it's worrying to see all our eggs in one basket like this - with two organisations providing 60% of global funding - particularly when that basket represents the lives of hundreds of millions of people."
"Building on recent successes in global health will require new tools to diagnose, treat, and prevent neglected tropical diseases," said Regina Rabinovich, Director, Infectious Diseases Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "The G-FINDER survey is a call to action to donors worldwide to support greater R&D for infectious diseases."
For most diseases, funding was not enough to create even one new product. Most diseases and disease categories each received less than 5% of global funding. Sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease collectively received only 4.9% of total global funding (US$ 125.1million); the diarrhoeal illnesses surveyed collectively received 4.5% of global funding (US$ 113.8million); the helminth (worm) infections received 2% (US$ 51.6million); and bacterial pneumonia and meningitis received only 1.3% (US$ 32.5million). Five diseases - leprosy, Buruli ulcer, trachoma, rheumatic fever, and typhoid and paratyphoid fever - each received less than US$ 10 million or 0.4% of total global investment.
The survey which was also published today in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, found a great variance in donor investment levels and choices. Public and philanthropic donors collectively invested US$ 2.3 billion (about 90%) of total funding in 2007. The US government represented nearly three quarters of global public spending. Disappointingly, some of the world's wealthiest governments were missing from the list of top 10, top 20 or even top 50 funders.
Among public investors, Brazil and Russia made it into the top twelve investors, The US government invested over a billion and a quarter dollars or 70.4% of funding, followed in second place by the European Commission with 6.8%, by the UK with 5.7% and then the following governments in decreasing order, who each provide under 2%: Netherlands, Ireland, Brazil, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Russia, Belgium and France with 0.8%.
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Dr A E Bianco, Director of Technology Transfer at The Wellcome Trust said: "The G-Finder report provides a compass by which to navigate the complex world of neglected disease funding. It should be on the reading list of every funder- and, even more important, every policy advisor to governments that have yet to come forward in support of the cause to reduce the dreadful burden of neglected diseases."
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Highlighting history, an in-depth look at the Johns Hopkins-Maryland lacrosse rivalry
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Maryland's Mike Mosco (left) checks Johns Hopkins' Greg Kelly in the 1987 meeting. (Courtesy of UMD Archives)
By: Cody Wilcox
Maryland's lacrosse program is built on consistency. Never get too high, never get too low. Take the season one game at a time and don't look ahead toward other opponents or postseason play.
Although it may be cliche, it works for head coach John Tillman's team as the Terps are almost always in contention for titles or championships.
But this week is different. Long-time rival Johns Hopkins is coming to College Park to take on the Terps. And if history is any indicator, Saturday's game will only add to the legacy between the two programs and schools.
"I always like to start Hopkins week with you know, 'It's Hopkins week. Let's get this thing going, all right?" senior defenseman Curtis Corley said with a smile. "The blue and the red, they don't really mix too well together."
Saturday's meeting will mark the 118th time the two schools have met — and the 111th since Maryland became a varsity program in 1924 — in what most consider one of the greatest rivalries in lacrosse history.
Separated by just over 30 miles and located in the heart of where lacrosse was popularized, the Blue Jays and Terps are consistent powerhouses within the NCAA lacrosse kingdom. The two schools battle over the same high school talent and produce some of the sport's premier players.
Both programs are surrounded by high expectations every year, whether they return the majority of its team from the previous year or not. Since rankings debuted in 1973, Maryland and Johns Hopkins have both been ranked in the top 10 at the time of their annual meeting in 51 of the 60 games.
Over the years, Johns Hopkins has established themselves as the most decorated team in college lacrosse. The program has 44 championships, including nine NCAA Division I titles, second-most to only Syracuse. Maryland has a total of 12 titles, including three from the NCAA Division I Tournament, with their most recent coming in 2017.
"On most occasions both teams are pretty high — highly ranked. There's prominent implications for postseason and now the conferences," Tillman said. "It's something that you look forward to. It's something that as players you will remember for a long time."
But the rivalry wasn't always such a memorable time for the Maryland faithful.
The first meeting between the two schools occurred in 1895, a time when the University of Maryland was then known as the Maryland Agricultural College. Johns Hopkins won the first meeting 10-0 in a fashion that would embody the next six meetings. From 1896-1920, Johns Hopkins outscored Maryland 60-3, with shutouts until their sixth contest in 1920.
During this time, Johns Hopkins viewed the contest against Maryland as another practice in an effort to tune their game before taking on other powerhouses.
In one edition of the Johns Hopkins News-letter in 1923 it read, "Maryland has been awarded a date in place of Syracuse. This was necessary as it is inadvisable to play three hard games in a row, Maryland should prove easy, giving the team a rest between the Navy and Lehigh games."
Maryland did not receive public funding until 1916. And the flagship campus did not recognize lacrosse as an official varsity sport until 1924, which is the first year that the Old Liners, the name Maryland teams were referred as, beat the Blue Jays.
By that time, Johns Hopkins had already accumulated 17 championships.
The sport of lacrosse arrived to Baltimore in 1878, two years after Johns Hopkins was founded. With an unfamiliar college attempting to gain acknowledgement in academics, lacrosse was one way Johns Hopkins inserted themselves into the conversation with schools like Yale and Harvard, who also have a long history of the sport.
Although lacrosse is still in the process of growing and reaching new heights, the sport had a much smaller following and participating audience then. And players who were talented had a limited amount of schools that fielded varsity programs, leading to a large amount of local athletes playing at Johns Hopkins or Maryland.
"Around Maryland, a lot of kids are being recruited by both of those schools," said Tom Flynn, author of Men's Lacrosse in Maryland: The Pride of the Old Line State. "Also you have guys looking at each other across ball and saying, 'That's my guy from my high school' or 'That's the guy I'd like to do better than, because I was playing lacrosse with him for 15 years before I got here.'"
Growing up and coming from the same area and beating your cross-town rival was something that players looked forward to in order to gain bragging rights over their local competition.
"By winning you try to say you picked the better school," Maryland midfielder Nick Manis told The Diamondback student newspaper in 1978. "And you try to show them up because you see these guys over summer."
"I think it's just a mindset when you're playing Hopkins it's a team that… when you go to Maryland you just have the hatred for. We respect them, but we always hated them."
Former Maryland attackman Joe Walters
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Aside from a two-year break in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II, Maryland and Johns Hopkins have met every year since Maryland's first varsity season in 1924.
By 1947, Maryland had a chance to do something they had not previously done before: beat Johns Hopkins to claim the championship.
With such high stakes on the line, the rivalry intensified the Thursday before the game when Maryland students entered the Johns Hopkins campus that night and painted sidewalks with Maryland colors of gold and black asserting that "Maryland will beat Hopkins."
After an anonymous phone call, the Johns Hopkins students were alerted of the messages and launched a counter-attack during the early hours the next morning. The Blue Jays arrived to the Maryland campus and swiped "Testudo," Maryland's bronze statue that weighed in excess of 350 pounds and is symbolic of the university.
However, during their retreat, about 25 Johns Hopkins students were captured by Marylanders and brought back to College Park. Maryland students held the John Hopkins thieves as captives and what intended to be a big "M" into some of their heads and forced them to remove the graffiti they had also left earlier that morning.
The location of Testudo, though, continued to be a mystery for the Maryland students, so around 2 a.m. Saturday, the day of the game, they made a rescue attempt. Johns Hopkins, expecting a visit from the Terps, had devised a defensive strategy. Baltimore City police had also been given information on the situation, and more than 200 police officers arrived to the Johns Hopkins campus that morning as well.
Maryland students were met with one entrance to the university having been barricaded with barbed wire and encountered fire hoses at another. Eventually, the Maryland contingent made their way into the dormitory where the floor had been covered with water and soap chips.
The Baltimore City Police defused the situation around 4 a.m., and arrested a total of 11 students, three Johns Hopkins and eight Maryland, for disorderly conduct. But those students would later be released upon a magistrate's orders, in time to attend the game later that day.
Around that time, Johns Hopkins Dean G. Wilson Shaffer ordered the statue to be dug out from his burial ground and returned prior to the 2:30 p.m. game. The Johns Hopkins students complied with Shaffer's demands, but not before painting a large blue "H" on the shell of the terrapin.
Johns Hopkins students used paint to decorate Testudo before returning Maryland's beloved Terrapin in 1947. (Photo by Robert C. Minnick. Courtesy of JHU Archives)
But that wasn't the worst thing that would happen at the University of Maryland that day, as Johns Hopkins blew out Maryland 15-6 to capture the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association championship.
"Terrapin-napping" and painting Testudo became a common occurrence for rivals and opponents, but the standoff in 1947 was one of the most famous instances. The first time Testudo was reported stolen was in 1937 by 65 Georgetown students, according to the Diamondback in 1963. But over the years, Testudo had been found in lawns of fraternities at the University of Virginia and buried in the sand at Florida State.
From 1937 to 1950 it was estimated that Testudo was painted at least three times annually, according to the Diamondback in 1963.
Shortly after being hidden from the public in a College Park carpentry shop until 1951, Testudo resurfaced and was placed by the front gate of Byrd Football Stadium. But, taking additional steps to ensure Testudo's traveling days were over, university officials filled the statue with concrete, increasing the statue's weight by nearly 700 pounds. Testudo was moved to the front of McKeldin Mall in 1965.
By 1971, the NCAA created an eight-team tournament with the nation divided in four regions and the first ranked team in each division receiving an automatic bid. Maryland won their first crown in 1973, against Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays avenged their loss to the Terps the following year in the championship, winning 17-12 to receive their first NCAA Tournament championship.
Maryland beat Navy in the 1975 title game, but Johns Hopkins rattled off eight NCAA Tournament championships before Maryland was finally able to break through again in 2017.
One of the most-memorable games between the two schools came in 2004 at Homewood Field for what was recognized as the 100th meeting between the two schools.
In front of about 10,500 fans, Johns Hopkins, draped in blue-throwback jerseys, jumped out to an 8-1 lead against Maryland, wearing their own red throwbacks, and never looked back as they beat the Terps 14-10.
Former Maryland attackman Joe Walters, who had two goals and one assist in that game, points to that showdown as one of his most-notable times while at Maryland.
Maryland attackman Joe Walters surveys the field during the 100th meeting. (Courtesy of Joe Walters)
"It was just a special atmosphere that I don't think can be duplicated in lacrosse. Even though we lost, that was just so memorable to be a part of," Walters said. "I have pictures from that game that are just so cool to look back and see how — see the fans in the crowd and see the red in the crowd — the blue in the crowd. It was just a really special game."
Whether the game was at Homewood or in College Park, both teams were going to have fans travel and fill the stands. But there is surely no love lost when both teams take the field.
"I think it's just a mindset when you're playing Hopkins it's a team that… when you go to Maryland you just have the hatred for," Walters. "We respect them, but we always hated them."
Former Johns Hopkins midfielder Kyle Harrison, who also played in the 100th game in 2004 and remains good friends with Walters, said the feeling was mutual, and that it stems from history.
"It comes from the folks that have done it before us, and the rivalry extends far beyond that game that we were fortunate to play in," Harrison said. "So the respect is definitely there, but we don't love each other, that's for sure."
Recent Memories
On July 1, 2014, Maryland and Johns Hopkins joined the Big Ten conference. While all of Maryland's sports transitioned into the conference, following a long history in the ACC, Johns Hopkins lacrosse program was the only sport that joined the Big Ten, while continuing the rest of their sports at the Division III level. Prior to joining the conference, Johns Hopkins lacrosse had remained independent since becoming a program in 1883.
"It always is a major deal for Hopkins. It was probably good that both Maryland and Hopkins joined the Big Ten," said Johns Hopkins senior reference archivist Jim Stimpert. "That's enabled us to continue the rivalry. In fact, in some ways it has more significance since it could have a bearing on who gets into the Big Ten tournament."
The two schools did just that in last years meeting at Homewood, a game that ultimately decided the Big Ten Regular season champion.
With the two teams tied at seven apiece at the end of regulation, and unable to strike in the first two overtimes, Johns Hopkins and Maryland entered into their first-ever triple-overtime period in their deep history.
Just before the three-minute mark in the third overtime, midfielder Adam DiMillo cut towards the middle of the Johns Hopkins' defense and attracted two defenders. Attackman Logan Wisnauskas noticed this and tossed a skip pass to midfielder Will Snider.
Snider caught the pass and unloaded a shot towards the back of the Blue Jays' net, sealing Maryland's fourth-consecutive victory over their longing rival and capturing the Terps' fourth consecutive Big Ten regular-season title.
"I mean that's obviously… a special goal in a special game. I think the game itself is what lacrosse is all about," Snider said. "It was very cool to be on the receiving end of [Wisnauskas'] feed for that goal. But as far as remembering it, I'll obviously remember it for the rest of my life."
Prior to that game, Snider had scored just three goals in his career and racked up two ground balls, spending much of his time on the scout team. But his heroics that day made him a key character in yet another chapter to the storied rivalry.
Similar to almost every year when these two teams meet, Maryland and Johns Hopkins will have a lot on the on the line this time around on Saturday.
The Terps have already clinched their spot in the Big Ten tournament and have the opportunity to share the regular season title with Penn State, should Maryland win and the Nittany Lions lose.
Johns Hopkins, on the other hand, can clinch a spot in the tournament with a win to control its own destiny.
Johns Hopkins (6-6, 2-2) is coming to College Park with a two-game losing streak during a season that would be considered a down-year by its standards. And a loss to the Terps would give the Blue Jays their first losing season since 2010.
But in rivalry games, especially with these two teams, records can be withdrawn and forgotten.
Johns Hopkins celebrates a score during last season's 13-10 win over Maryland in the Big Ten tournament final. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Athletics)
"It's just really cool to see how important this game is to a lot of people – not just on our side or their side but all together in the state," senior attackman Louis Dubick said. "Just how important this game is to so many people, and the rivalry and how intense it is and how physical every time you play them is, and how much it means to both sides is really cool."
Like so many young fans, Dubick grew up going to the rivalry between Johns Hopkins and Maryland. His father, Marc, played for Maryland lacrosse from 1981-1983, and his grandfather, Harry, played lacrosse for Maryland in 1950 and 1951.
"When you're a young guy, and you're dreaming of playing in college lacrosse, this is the game you want to be in," Tillman said.
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Maryland and Johns Hopkins faceoff in the 111th installment of "The Rivalry." (Courtesy Maryland Athletics)


Tulle & Combat Boots: the perfect collared dress.
Happy Friday & happy December, friends! Time for another outfit that I'm going to be rewearing a lot. I've been in love with anything with a collar (mostly so I have a place to put enamel pins), and I'm constantly on the hunt for a good black dress with a white collar. EShakti delivered with this beauty.
This dress is a nice cotton poplin so it's comfortable to wear (only downside is it requires ironing after washing), and not too tight in the sleeves. It is a bit fitted, so that makes it look professionalish. I decided for the pins that coffee & a donut would be appropriate. Having a collar for pins also spices up the dress a bit.


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Renowned Peace Activist Father John Dear comes to Mount Saint Joseph
Father John Dear, a renowned peace activist, brought his presentation, "Jesus the Peacemaker: Following Jesus on the Path of Nonviolence" to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. More than 30 people from three states attended the retreat the evening of Nov. 1 and from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2019. Father John focused on the "Sermon on the Mount" and other Gospel readings about Jesus that relate to his teachings on nonviolence. He also highlighted the nonviolent philosophies of several others, including Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Father Daniel Berrigan, Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh, Henri Nouwen, Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta).
He said there is division in today's world, but we need to "see God in every person." He told a story about attending an NRA convention and realized that many attendees validated their identity with their guns and flags. At the same time, he said we should all be sons and daughters of the God of Peace. "We can't have warfare and weapons and justice at the same time," Father John said.
He said if you are attacked, don't be passive and run away, and don't be violent and punch back. Instead, engage with that person about nonviolent teaching. Don't be afraid to engage your oppressor. "Jesus never says, 'Don't talk,'" Father John said.
Father John has written at least 30 books and has been arrested more than 75 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice and nuclear weapons. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and again in 2015 by Dr. Leo Rebello of India. Father John was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) from 1982-2013. He has given thousands of lectures on peace, disarmament and nonviolence in the U.S. and around the world.
Just prior to the retreat, Father John set aside an hour to meet with members of Nonviolent Owensboro, which was founded in 2016 by Ursuline Associate Mary Danhauer. The group of 10 enjoyed pizza in the dining room and a discussion about how the NVO organization can move forward and make more of an impact in the community. One of his suggestions was to have more one-on-one meetings with community leaders such as city and county commissioners, the police chief and school superintendents. He also suggested visualizing a "Nonviolent Owensboro."
Here are photos taken during the retreat:
Sr. Rosemary Keough November 8, 2019 at 9:49 am
Praise God for Fr. Dear and this wonderful group of Peacemakers!
Sister Jacinta sees refugee life up close in her first weeks in Mexico


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Home Cruises To Norman Island, British Virgin Islands
Cruises visiting Norman Island, British Virgin Islands on 07 December 2023
Arriving Thu 7 Dec 2023
7 Night Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas To Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Cruise Prices Yacht Club Deck 2 $ 3,399 Commodore Deck 2 $ 6,299
Cruise Itinerary: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (02 Dec); Tortola, British Virgin Islands (03 Dec); Anguilla (04 Dec); St Barthelemy (05 Dec); St Barthelemy (06 Dec); Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (07 Dec); Norman Island, British Virgin Islands (07 Dec); Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands (08 Dec); St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (09 Dec)
Cruises To Norman Island, British Virgin Islands on 07 December 2023


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HomeINTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY FACILITATES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN LIBYA
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY FACILITATES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN LIBYA
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Dubai's International Humanitarian City (IHC) boosted global emergency response efforts this week, transporting more than 24 tons of relief items to Libya for the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO's medical logistics hub is housed within the IHC.
A cargo plane filled with vital medicines and relief supplies left Dubai earlier today for Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. The aid will be distributed to most affected areas across the country, where large numbers of people have been forced to flee, and more than 30 people have been killed due to the outbreak of bloody clashes in Tripoli, Libya's capital.
Giuseppe Saba, Chief Executive Officer of IHC, said: "This is not the first time we have established air bridges to the African continent. In line with the directives and vision of the UAE's wise leadership and the express instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, our approach to humanitarian emergency preparedness and the response has become increasingly proactive and solution-driven. We are working to uphold a swift and effective response to crises prompted by natural and artificial disasters in areas that are often beyond reach. It is unfortunate that the situation in Libya has worsened, and our action now comes in support of our long-standing partner and member, WHO."
Reports from Libya indicate that large numbers of people have been injured in the conflict. Hospitals and medical centers have also been attacked and damaged. The WHO's Representative in Libya, Elizabeth Hoff, explained: "Acute shortages of medical specialists, medicines, and emergency supplies have left tens of thousands of people at grave risk of illness or death in Libya. Many people unwittingly caught up in the recent fighting have simply been unable to obtain emergency treatment because hospitals have run out of trauma supplies and other essential medicines."
"Thanks to the generosity of the Government of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, these supplies will help improve the health outcomes of some of the most vulnerable people globally," she added.
As the world's largest humanitarian hub, IHC plays an instrumental role in facilitating swift and efficient responses to emergencies and crises around the globe. Home to more than 80 United Nations agencies, international non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and commercial companies, IHC's unique model and strategic location in Dubai allows the rapid distribution and transport of relief and humanitarian aid shipments to all corners of the world through effective coordination, transport, and logistics, building on Dubai's position as a global humanitarian center of logistics excellence.
First Aid Plane Takes Off from Dubai to Pakistan
DUBAI'S INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY SWIFTLY RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SUDAN
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package org.springframework.boot.loader.tools;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.springframework.util.Assert;

/**
 * A named layer used to separate the jar when creating a Docker image.
 *
 * @author Madhura Bhave
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @since 2.3.0
 * @see Layers
 */
public class Layer implements Serializable {

	private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$");

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			return false;
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	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return this.name.hashCode();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return this.name;
	}

}

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