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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDIA CONFERENCE
Art Briles
Nick Florence
Sam Holland
Eddie Lackey
Baylor – 52
Texas Tech – 45
COACH BRILES: What can you say about the game? Texas Tech has a really good football team, a tremendously dangerous football team, a team that's been ranked all year up until this week.
I mean, they're a team that you can never blink an eye on or next thing you know you're down 14 points or they're making a big play on defense or having a big play on special teams.
Coach Tuberville and his staff I think certainly need to be commended for getting bowl eligible as quickly as they did this year, then fighting down the stretch, which they have.
Our guys, it's like I told them at halftime, we got a lot of winners in this room. That's what we got. We got guys that are winners. Anybody can say what they want. There's a lot of descriptions of winners, I describe them that never quits believing, always trusts the people around them, always trying to get better at everything he does. To me that's a winner. That's what we're dealing with in our locker room, a bunch of winners.
To be down seven points with the things we had happen in the first half, we felt good. Didn't feel great, but we felt good. Felt if we could get a stop coming out the second half, and we did, we'll trade sevens for threes if we could. Didn't work out that way.
Left us within reaching distance of the game. They had a chance to go up 28‑7 in the first, and we got big turnovers. That was the thing that kept us in the game, let us settle down. We were coming off a huge emotional game the week before. Our guys really need to be commended for how they played today and our coaching staff also did a great job. Phillip Montgomery on offense. And on defense. They did a great job for Baylor University and our football team.
THE MODERATOR: Questions.
Q. Those two turnovers at the end of the second quarter when they're up 21‑7, you get the interception, then the fumble recovery, how critical was that to get a little momentum going into halftime?
COACH BRILES: It was real critical because we felt we had given away momentum. To have a chance to get it and do something with it, those two turnovers were huge because it puts them up 21 points getting the ball the second half. That's not where you want to be in a football game.
Defense made great plays. I think we took it 90 something yards in 40 something seconds, which is a big‑time deal. So that was a big momentum turnaround.
Q. Art, can you reflect on becoming bowl eligible for the third consecutive year, something you've never done before?
COACH BRILES: Reflect on it, no. Appreciate it, yes. I mean, it's hard to do. It's hard to do in this league. And the reason is because when we went to 10 teams two years ago. You have nine conference games, three non‑conference. That means you have to win three conference games to get bowl eligible. You throw out three teams you think you can beat every year, I'll challenge you in this conference. There's not anybody. Everybody can beat you.
So that's the thing that's impressive. So I'm appreciative of our team becoming bowl eligible in what I think is the toughest conference top to bottom in the United States of America.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about Eddie Lackey's two interceptions, fumble recovery. Pretty key.
COACH BRILES: I think so. I think that interception turned for a touchdown. It's hard to think when you're screaming.
But, yeah, the thing about Eddie, actually I call him Fast Eddie because he's fast. Ever since he came on campus last spring, we knew he was a light‑up guy. He's going to light up the defense because he's always pleasant and mature. What you see from Eddie is what you're going to get every day. He's not changing. He's going to work hard, do the best he can do, and always care about other people before himself.
He's very coachable. Coach has done a good job with him. He paid off big‑time for us today in a huge, huge game.
Q. How key was it, because they were stuffing you a little bit early, to stick with the running game, get the production you did?
COACH BRILES: We just kind of had to fiddle around and see what we could do to try to get a yard or two. Our O‑line has been tremendous. Cyril got hurt in the first quarter, missed about two and a half quarters of the game. Jake Jackson came in and did a great job.
Those guys, we just kept hitting, kept hitting. Then we'd pop a run or two, but we never would finish it.
Tech has to be commended for that. They're the 25th rated defense in America. They're good. Got a good football team.
I thought, since nobody asked, Nick was phenomenal today from ball protection to decision making, then just having the ability to run, make key runs at key times. That really helps us offensively.
Q. Art, you guys are accustomed to playing close games in the Big 12. What did you take out of those games and maybe learn from that aided you in a game like this that you were able to pull it out in a close game?
COACH BRILES: I mean, when you start talking close games, I have about 40 that flash through my mind, not just this year, but overall. That's the great thing about college football, is that it's just you never know what's going to happen every time you show up.
I've been talking for the last month. I don't know if I'm right or not, this might upset some people that maybe think there's a bigger difference, but I think you can throw seven points on the table and put anybody in this league against each other on any given day and it's a toss‑up game. Every time we get into a game, we're expecting a tight, tight football game where it could come down to one or two possessions at the end.
Q. Coach, you were struggling with the kicking game. Still had confidence heading into overtime. Was that the resolve of the team?
COACH BRILES: There's one guy kicking. He's our kicker. I mean, I learned a long time ago, people will be who you perceive them to be. We're not going to beat him down, tell him he's no good, he should have made that. He's not 12. He knows what's going on. He's a good kicker. He does a heck of a job for us. He's won us some football games.
The thing that made me sick, we had the unforced errors in regulation that took us eight yards out. If that kick is eight yards closer, this overtime deal never happens. One second on the clock, we put that thing down on the grass to kick it.
We took him out of a convenient range. 48‑yarders, it's a 50/50 shot across the board. It may be 60/40 on the miss side if you were to check stats. We put him in a bad situation. It was an unforced error.
Q. Robert Griffin looked like he was more nervous than a lot of the coaches in overtime.
COACH BRILES: He wasn't, I promise you.
Q. What did it mean to have him around the team?
COACH BRILES: You could get me talking about Robert and I could go all day long. When he showed up last night at our hotel, the great thing about him, he talked to the team, I won't say what he said or what I said, but I'll paraphrase. Everybody else knows him as this. To us he's a teammate. He's a guy we love and trust and that we depend on and he depends on us.
That's the critical thing. What we had was a family member out there today that wanted to see us win, that was happy to be around us. That's what we had.
Q. Speaking of Robert, how big was it to go back to a bowl game the year after he left?
COACH BRILES: No, I mean, it's big for the program. It's big he took us to two bowl games, helped us get there, helped us have momentum this year. When people look at Baylor, Boy, those guys can play. You look at them five years ago, they're not saying that, whenever. He helped us with our national brand, our national image, the other guys played with him. We've had some good football players go through here. Five guys drafted off offense last year, hasn't happened in the modern era of football. We've had good people here that has helped elevate this program. Robert is just the best, best player in America last year, might be the best player in the NFL right now.
Q. You're at the 25, overtime, you ran the ball in. Is that the mark of how much this team has improved? You're known for throwing the football.
COACH BRILES: I think so. We felt like we made a little bit of a mistake early in the game. We threw it at first‑and‑10. We threw it three times, ended up missing the field goal.
We get down there, the field gets smaller, it's a little tougher to throw. Tech did a nice job on two fade routes. Honestly, they do as well as anybody. But it's not a really high‑percentage throw, but they do it so well that they can do it.
The thing that helped us there is that Nick made eight yards on first down. If you have a dollar bill, they're standing on the other side of the table, it's in your pocket. There's a lot of things you can do from an offensive standpoint, the defense has to be cautious in that situation.
I'm not going to talk any more because that's philosophy and scheme. I don't want to get into that. I think it does show how we've progressed as a football team, have confidence in us running.
THE MODERATOR: Thanks, coach.
Nick Florence questions for Nick Florence.
Q. Nick, obviously there at the end you're watching the defense. What is going through your mind?
NICK FLORENCE: I'm praying a lot (laughter). I'm proud of this team. I'm thankful for the opportunity to get to play with this team. Win or lose, all glory goes to God, what he's done on the cross for us.
Man, this team is a fighting team. I love it. I wouldn't want to be on any other team. So there was a lot of praying going on. That's what was going on (laughter).
Q. You kind of took a leap of faith when you came to Baylor. A lot of struggles. Three straight bowl trips now. Talk about that and put that in perspective.
NICK FLORENCE: It's been a journey for all of us. Coach Briles and his staff have done an outstanding job. We got players and a team that will fight. No one said we could do this. Looking a month ago, people were writing us off. This team fought hard.
It means a lot. Building a new stadium, 10 wins last year, Heisman Trophy, now we're going to a bowl game for the third straight year. I'm proud of this team and wouldn't want to be with anybody else.
Q. You got down 14‑0 early and seemed like you were playing catch‑up the whole game. How much confidence did you have that you could keep playing catch‑up?
NICK FLORENCE: We knew we were moving the ball well on them. We left 13 points on the board that first half. We knew our defense would make stops when they needed to in critical situations.
Eddie's pick was huge. Then they were playing catch‑up. Then it was a back‑and‑forth game. Our team fought hard and I'm proud of them.
Q. What was the feeling going into overtime?
NICK FLORENCE: I mean, you got to stay positive. That's one thing we talk about every day, staying positive.
So, yeah, we missed a field goal. It wasn't Stork's best night. But he's a part of our team, played hard, made a critical field goal to tie it up. We had to keep rolling. Couldn't think negatively.
Our goal was to score. We did that. The backs, the O‑line, man, they were moving them up front. Hats off to them.
Q. What was it like having Robert here?
NICK FLORENCE: Awesome to have him on the sideline. Felt like last year (laughter). I talked to him. Done a lot for us. He played a great game here Thursday night. We wanted to come play a great game. It was awesome to have him here, celebrating with us. He's a big part of what we've done here. Family is family. Once a Bear, always a Bear. We were glad to have him.
Q. Can you talk about the unusual slow start on the offense and how you picked up momentum?
NICK FLORENCE: We made mistakes. Left points on the field. We were moving the ball well but weren't finishing. That's frustrating. Again, this team kept fighting. We fought our way back into it and came away with a win.
This team never quits. Man, everybody wrote us off. People would have wrote us off tonight. This team never quits. That's why I love them.
Q. Your receivers made big catches. Talk about the performance of the receivers.
NICK FLORENCE: Outstanding. The O‑line gave me time. When I throw the ball in their area, they make plays. That's what you have to love. Some of them were just thrown up. Some of them we thought they were off‑sides, we didn't get the rag, them making plays was huge.
A‑Good, lowering his shoulder, being powerful and strong, that's what you love. They all had a great game. Best in the nation. I'm privileged to throw to them.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you.
Questions for Eddie and Sam.
Q. Eddie, with all the success, why were you so successful in making the key turnovers when you really needed them?
EDDIE LACKEY: I think we had a certain type of energy. At halftime we had to make a couple adjustments because they were getting a few things on them. Coaches were able to get us where we needed to be.
I feel like that was a big part in what got us to be successful.
Q. Eddie, can you talk about the interception for a touchdown. What did you see?
EDDIE LACKEY: We had good pressure. He was rattled, running around back there.
I was going to add on and go flying over there, but our D‑line had them contained. I tried to step back underneath the curl. I don't think he saw me. Ended up in my hands, so...
Q. Sam, first half of the season y'all couldn't cause a turnover to save your lives, now that's all y'all are doing. What has changed for the defense to be able to turn the ball over?
SAM HOLLAND: You know, I think we're just in the right spots. We got a good feel of the game plan every week. Like Eddie said, we got a lot of energy out there. We've been trying to pick up the tempo out there. I felt like that was definitely helping us, flying around, multiple guys every play on the tackle. That definitely helps getting turnovers.
Q. Eddie, how does this compare to Northwood, Riverside?
EDDIE LACKEY: Words really can't describe how much of a difference it is. It's just a blessing to be out here, to have this opportunity, playing in front of such a big stage, being here at Dallas Cowboy Stadium. That screen out there is huge. You won't see that in a D‑II stadium (laughter).
Q. Eddie, Coach Briles talked about how at halftime down a touchdown he went in and told y'all that there's winners on this football team. Can you talk about his belief that you guys are always going to get it done, how that permeates the team.
EDDIE LACKEY: Coach Briles has that certain type of confidence. We feed off of that. The whole team, you hear Coach Briles talk, you're going to listen to him, listen to what he has to say.
After he said about being winners and stuff, you know, we went out there and proved that.
Q. Sam, the defense had a little bit of a slow start in the first half. Can you talk about the pressure that you felt coming into the second half, how you made the appropriate adjustments.
SAM HOLLAND: Yeah, we just needed to make plays when they were there to make. We knew what we were doing, we were in position, we just had to make the plays.
I don't know if we really felt pressure because we knew we could come out in the second half and play well. It's what we did.
I felt like as far as pressure goes, I don't think we felt any pressure. We just had to come out and do our jobs and make plays.
Q. Eddie, a few weeks ago you are a longshot to make a bowl, now you make one. Your feelings making it now.
EDDIE LACKEY: Yeah, you know, we had a tough middle part of our season. The big thing about us is that we never let that get to us. We never let that bad part in our season let our morale go down.
It was really about our attitude. Being able to come out here, still have energy to be able to fight, get out there, earn us a bowl bid, that was huge. I think that was probably the biggest part in just being positive, knowing that we can still make a bowl.
Q. Sam, you've been on the end where you give some plays, come back and make one. Joe Williams at the end, he's had a pretty rough day. For him to come up with that play to win it at the end of the game.
SAM HOLLAND: That was huge. Joe has been one of those guys that people have targeted. I feel like last week he had a great game, Player of the Week nationally. He's been through some hard times, but he's really stepped up here lately for us when we need him to. I feel like he's done a good job in doing that. That's what we expect from him every time. I think he's able to give that to us.
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Maybe I'm a bit apprehensive to embrace any potential Cleveland stars, like a scorned lover after a bad break up. I won't name names, but clearly we've had our share of busts that never lived up to their potential during their athletic career spent in Cleveland.
There's also a part of me that's unsure how many athletes actually want to be in Cleveland. Apparently Bynum has us on his list, but I've heard of more than a few guys hoping to head somewhere warm, with a thriving nightlife.
I had the pleasure of visiting Richardson's ProCamp in Strongsville, getting to ask him a few questions, and scout the future talent of Northeast Ohio. And by future talent…I mean the potential NFL draft class of 2022.
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1. This is a loyal, dedicated guy. When a kid asked him how felt during the draft, he candidly replied.
This wasn't during the media time; there wasn't any formality to his response. He let it show that he honestly feels he will spend his entire career in Cleveland. Not just a few years.
2. He is family-focused. His mother is his role model. Most of his family is up here already. He has a full workout center at home so he can workout everyday while still being around his daughters. He's not into going out and all that.
And he's only 21…many of us would still consider that he's a "kid" himself (Further supports #1).
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SLO Tests Wreak Unnecessary Havoc
Ella Shlonsky and Alexandra Harris|February 28, 2014
It has finally happened. The focus of school is no longer on the learning, but instead based on how well students can perform on a test. We knew it was inevitable with the long lasting Ohio Achievement Assessments, and the months and months of preparation leading up to them, but we never thought it would come to this.
The new state mandated SLO tests have been implemented in high schools statewide. You all may recall the day at the start of the school year when your teachers apologized as they passed a test out to you, essentially advising you to fail. This is because teachers didn't want to give the test any more than you wanted to take it.
Like most teachers, history teacher Kyle Fleming feels the pinch to get through all of the required material. "I think everyone feels rushed to complete the curriculum, but really in history we do because if you think about it logically, history keeps happening but we don't get more days in the year," Fleming said. "So I mean, you're always going to be in a rush, and especially now because the SLO's are taking a day here and at the end of the year."
The SLO tests, or Student Learning Objectives tests, are taken in all classes at both the beginning and end of the year to monitor student learning. They're now required across the state of Ohio in all public schools. In each class we sat through the first round of these tests, and will do so again come April. But if these tests don't count for a grade, why take them? Because 50% of our teachers' evaluations by the state will be graded on our performance.
"You cannot measure how good a teacher is based on how well a student performs because there are so many different factors that determine how a student is going to do," Biology teacher Nathaniel Hsu said . "Not even in terms of their own ability, but in terms of their own environment. Things beyond the control of a teacher or a school."
Not only are the SLO tests a burden to our teachers, but have also affected the way they run their class. History teacher Elizabeth Plautz feels she has not been able to teach to her best ability because of the SLOs.
"We had a very quick turnaround time after we submitted the SLO and got it back for revision. So because of that, and adapting to the overall new teacher evaluation system, plus everything else that's going on in this building at the beginning of this year, I know that my classroom has not run the way I would like it, that my attention has been divided," Plautz said.
Although SLO tests are made to measure our growth in a certain subject over the course of the year, there are other ways to achieve this goal without wasting the school's time, money, and resources, many of which are more effective.
"I feel like they're already telling teachers something that is a little obvious; most people aren't going to know the material at the beginning of the year and by the end we will hopefully know a substantial amount of that material," sophomore Jonah Ricannati said.
By reinforcing this common knowledge, the SLO tests have violated our learning environment. It created a toxic vibe in classrooms at the very beginning of the year, causing both teachers and students unnecessary stress and anger.
"The way it's being implemented in the state of Ohio at the high school level is ridiculous, but I understand the intent behind it and I think it's a good effort," Plautz stated.
This is the first year that the SLO tests were implemented in Ohio schools. The purpose of these tests are to track the annual growth of students in each and every one of their classes, because, in the state of Ohio's mind, the knowledge we learn can be measured by just two short assessments.
"Students are humans, they're not data points. Some of their learning can be quantified, but not all of it," Plautz said.
It's hard to say if the state actually thinks that attempting to measure growth over a year will in any way be efficient, or if they just had no other plausible ideas. It seems these days the American Education System has adopted a new slogan: when in doubt, implement another standardized test. Because apparently, that solves all of our problems.
We have all grown up with standardized tests. They were a large part of our elementary school years, as we grew up taking the OAAs. But let's not forget when the state changed the name of the test from Ohio Achievement Test to Ohio Achievement Assessment, because apparently, the word "test" is far scarier than the word "assessment." And students' testing performance obviously skyrocketed once the name of the test, excuse me assessment, was made less intimidating, right?
Because these tests have been in place for so long, the state must be getting some kind of results that they like to see. Still, it doesn't make up for the fact that not all students fit the mold of standardized testing.
"I think that they [standardized tests] really can't truly be standard because everyone has different experiences. I think there's more meaningful ways to assess students," Fleming said. "I can understand where standardization is a tool that can be used to compare between states, between countries, whatever, but there's more meaningful ways. And if you think about playing the odds, if it's a standardized test of multiple choice, there's a 25% chance you still don't know what you answered but you got it right because you guessed well. So compared to essays and things of that nature, they definitely have their shortcomings."
Different students have different styles of learning. Standardized tests work with some learning styles, but clash with others. Is it fair to measure students in a "standard" way when their learning is not standard at all? Students who are more of kinesthetic learners, or perform better on essays then multiple choice, are slighted and perceived as less intelligent than the student who can ace a multiple choice test. We admit, it is hard to find one type of assessment that can fit everyone's style, but is it fair to constantly cater to one type of learning?
While standardized tests seem to be the long lasting norm for high school students today, they are a relatively recent addition to schools. Today's politicians grew up in the far off land where state mandated testing was a thing well into the future, and they seemed to have turned out fine, with the exception of thinking that standardized tests can measure knowledge. The world revolved without standardized tests, students still learned, and they were still able to get into college without the need for a test score to represent them.
If students, teachers, and the education system were able to function before standardized tests, why the sudden need to create and mandate all of the recent additions?
"Kind of like the SLO itself, it's a necessary evil," Hsu explained. "It's the easier way to go about it. There's too much manpower and resources required to accurately assess a student's performance, much less a teacher's performance, so they come up with a quick, dirty way of doing it, which is a standardized test."
Standardized tests were originally used for universities to make sure students were able to handle college-level work. After their emergence in 1901, the world of standardized testing took off. They've now morphed into a definition of our generation. It shapes how we view the world, and how we view ourselves.
However, no matter how much we try not to get down on ourselves about a test score, it can be hard. It seems that when we return to school each fall for a fresh start, there is always some new state mandated testing policy. With the load of stress intensifying each year, we wonder if it will ever stop.
A recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association found that nearly half of all teens, a total 45 percent, said that they were stressed by school pressures. Undoubtedly, majority of this anxiety is caused by the insane amount of pressure we feel to ace every standardized test thrown at us, and the frustration we feel if we don't. But the sad reality is that not all people are meant to be standardized test takers. According to Sophomore Jonah Ricanati, the anxiety and stress can affect students' testing performance.
"Some people definitely test better than other people, and some people who have anxiety from testing might let that get in the way of what they really know about the subject that's being tested," Ricanati said.
From what it looks like, these tests are here to stay. Going forward, we can only hope the state will find a better way to manage the new testing takeover.
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John Torgerson named Interim Federal Co-Chair
The Alaska Congressional Delegation today announced that John Torgerson of Soldotna has been appointed as the Denali Commission Interim Federal Co-Chair. This appointment comes following a letter the delegation sent last week to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, requesting an interim federal co-chair as the administration moves through the process of vetting candidates to fill the vacancy left by Joel Neimeyer on April 20, 2018.
"The Denali Commission plays a crucial role in the lives of Alaskans – especially to the health and economic development for those living in rural Alaska. John Torgerson's vast experience in rural transportation and infrastructure, coupled with his wealth of knowledge in government small business, and budgeting will enable him to effectively meet the needs of the Denali Commission and the Department of Commerce," said the Alaska Delegation. "We have the utmost confidence that John will be a great fit to assist the Denali Commission during this time of transition as it continues its important mission of improving life in rural Alaska."
Torgerson will serve as Interim Federal Co-Chair until the vacancy is filled. For more information about Mr. Torgerson and the process for selecting a new Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair, click here.
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function archiveFiles($fileNames, $archiveName){
    //init new ZipArchive()
    $zip = new ZipArchive();
    //open archive
    $zip->open($archiveName);
    if($zip->open($archiveName, ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE ) !==TRUE){
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    }
    else{
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        }
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        exit;
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This works fine.   I just need to be able to either just download a .wdgt folder with the content I need in it,  or be able to ZIP up a .wdgt folder that has the content that I need.
I have tried changing $archiveName to  $archiveName = "widget.wdgt.zip"; and $archiveName = "widget.wdgt";
The  $archiveName = "widget.wdgt.zip"; was able to unzip fine on Windows.  Although on the MAC is just gave an error.  And It has to work on the MAC as it is in iBook's Author these widgets will work on

A: Managed to get a .wdgt folder downloaded within a zip file,  all that I needed to do was when adding the file in the loop was this:
$zip->addFile($files, 'MYWIDGET.wdgt/'.$theFilename);

by adding the 'MYWIDGET.wdgt/'.$theFilename path into the addFile() it forced ZipArchive to create a MYWIDGET.wdgt folder and adding the files into it.

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ABOUT REMZI GOKDAG
He is a former journalist who has covered news in Turkey also reported from the USA, Russia and Switzerland since 1989. He received the The Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) and The Turkish Journalists' Society's (TGC) Cetin Emec Journalism Award.
He now works as a writer, editor, publisher, content creator and geocultural explorer.
In 1996, he moved to Los Angeles for studying online journalism, web design and digital media while covering daily American life for Turkish newspapers and magazines. He worked in Moscow as a reporter for Turkish and International news agencies in 1998. Living abroad changed the course of his life and he began freelancing for news industry.
He returned to the US in 1999 and lived there for 9 more years. In 2008, he moved to Zurich, Switzerland and began working on ideas for using the Internet as a reporting tool for 'traditional' media. He created several online publishing platforms.
His weekly journals published at Cumhuriyet from 2001 to 2013.
He returned to Istanbul in 2013. Since then he's been working on editorial content of his own projects.
If you want to know when Remzi's last book, please visit his website at where you can sign up to receive an email when he has his next release.
1989 | After graduation with a degree in Journalism from Istanbul University he began his journalism career at Cumhuriyet in 1989, specialized of Istanbul also covered national and feature news.
1993 | He received the The Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) and The Turkish Journalists' Society's (TGC) Cetin Emec Journalism Award in 1993.
1996 | He moved to Los Angeles for studying web design and development also practiced for broadcast, print and online media to create new platforms for digital journalism. While covering the news, he became convinced that newspapers could do much more to ensure that good journalism thrives in the Age of Information. His weekly journals about daily life in the US have been published on national newspapers and magazines in Turkey.
1998 | Started a new life in Russia… He worked as a reporter for Turkish and International news agencies in Moscow. Living abroad changed the course of his life and he began freelancing for the news industry.
1999 | He returned to the US, after Moscow "adventure" and lived there for about 9 more years.
2008 | Everything has its time and his time in the US come to the end in 2008.
2009 | He moved to Switzerland and began working on ideas for using the Internet as a reporting tool for 'traditional' media. He created several online publishing platforms during his time in Zurich. His weekly journals published at Cumhuriyet from 2009 to 2013.
2013 | He returned to Istanbul in 2013. Since then he's been working on editorial content of his own projects.
HIS BOOKS
(2015) Sevgili Istanbul (Dear Istanbul) compiles twenty memories by well-known notable Istanbul figures of the last century. These may be extraordinary people, but their experiences and emotions are recognizable as our own. They recollect their memories about the city which is lost today.
(2001) Amerikan Medyasında 11 Eylül: The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks had an important impact on news industry. Television coverage of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and their aftermath was the longest uninterrupted news event in the history of U.S. television. Amerikan Medyasında 11 Eylülis a book about how the US news media reacted to 9/11. The major U.S. broadcast and cable networks were on the air for days with uninterrupted coverage from the moment news first came that the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Millions of shocked television viewers watching live pictures of the World Trade Center saw the second plane hit and both buildings come down. Remzi Gokdag summarized reaction of various networks, mainstream news outlets and internet news websites in the events of 9/11.
(1992) Park Otel Olayi tells a timeline story about a huge construction building which had raised in the middle of Istanbul without legal approval and then stopped by people who wanted to protect their historic city's environment.
1. TRT KENT RADYO INTERVIEW – 27.04.2016 Radio interview about my last book Sevgili İstanbul
2. TRT RADYO1 INTERVIEW – 31.03.2016 Radio interview about my last book Sevgili İstanbul
3. VOICE OF AMERICA'S INTERVIEW – 20.06.2005 It's about journalism in general and working conditions of a newspaper which I worked as a editor-in-chief…
"I think writing has the power to change the world. I love connecting people to places through stories. In the world we are living into, internationalism and diversity count, and writing can be a political act, as well as a way to make a bridge.
Learning to be flexible is what I'm working on, at the moment. Writing is a business, but not everything I do or make pays me in money — some things pay in social change, or platform building, or a future project collaboration.
I often come back from trips with a notebook full of facts and ideas that will never find their way into an eventual story. It's challenging to whittle down your experiences on the road to meet the rigid requirements of your brief or the specific angle of your story. There is always that moment when I return from a trip and think: That was great, now what does it all mean? What was my main takeaway from this experience? How can I relay all of these jumbled notes into a cohesive story that not only makes sense, but is interesting to the reader? Once I nail down the crux of the story I need to find the right intro, which is often the toughest part. I'll typically write two or three options and see which one sticks."
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TOM MILLER: UND football's problem is how they're losing
The real race in town Saturday wasn't the Wild Hog Half Marathon that weaved through the streets of Grand Forks in the morning. No, the most competitive dash of the day came later in the afternoon when fans were high-tailing to the Alerus Center ...
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By Tom Miller
The real race in town Saturday wasn't the Wild Hog Half Marathon that weaved through the streets of Grand Forks in the morning.
No, the most competitive dash of the day came later in the afternoon when fans were high-tailing to the Alerus Center parking lot at halftime of North Dakota's Big Sky Conference opener against Montana State.
At least the Wild Hog participants got gift bags.
Montana State handed UND its second-straight thumping with a 63-20 victory at the Alerus Center.
The problem isn't that UND is 1-3. UND has played three legitimate top 10 programs in South Dakota State, Montana and Montana State. Expecting UND to be an elite program in the Football Championship Subdivision this quickly after the Division I transition was a little wishful thinking.
Losing isn't the problem. How UND is losing is the issue. North Dakota is not just getting beat. UND is not competitive. They're getting embarrassed.
And they're doing it at home. At least last year, UND got walloped on the road in Cheney, Wash., and Bozeman, Mont.
UND fans are getting a front row seat for these lashings. Since playing Black Hills State a year ago, UND has allowed 29 or more points in eight of the last nine home games. The exception? Non-scholarship patsy Valparaiso.
This is the first time UND has lost three straight at home since 1986. It's the first 1-3 start since 1989.
Adding up the Montana and Montana State thrashings (118 points), UND has given up more points in back-to-back games than in any consecutive games in program history.
Yes, there's a light (although somewhat dim and flickering) at the end of the scheduling tunnel. UND goes to Pocatello, Idaho, on Saturday to play the notoriously hapless Bengals of Idaho State before returning home to finish off the brutal slate of high-end programs against Eastern Washington.
The schedule does get easier. Sacramento State, Portland State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and UC Davis aren't nearly on the level of the Montana schools.
That's the good news. They're winnable games.
The bad news is they're also games UND can lose if it continues on its current path. And you can only imagine the psyche of a bunch of college kids coming off another potential blowout against Eastern Washington on Oct. 12.
Ultimately, UND should be judged on the second half of its schedule. UND is not a Top 10 program right now but there's still a lot of respectable space on the FCS totem pole in which the program could land.
UND just can't play like it did Saturday or North Dakota is going to end up in a very scary place in that pecking order.
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Miller has covered sports at the Grand Forks Herald since 2004 and was the state sportswriter of the year in 2019.
His primary beat is UND football but also reports on a variety of UND sports and local preps.
He can be reached at (701) 780-1121, tmiller@gfherald.com or on Twitter at @tommillergf.


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Even though I am not technically "young," "single," or "adult," I will be there. Say hi. I'll be one of the guys growing his first real beard. Not sure how much that will narrow things down.
I wish we had cool firesides like this in Cincinnati.
Take notes, Th, take meticulous notes and post them!
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Brian De Palma invites you to witness a seduction...a mystery... a murder. It's BODY DOUBLE a spine-tingling look at voyeurism and sexuality from the modern master of suspense. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit at a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), who performs an arousing striptease. When Jake discovers another man is also spying on Gloria, he begins an obsessive surveillance of her. Soon a grisly murder leads him into the world of X-rated films where he meets sexy porn queen Holly Body (Melanie Griffith), who is a key to the crime. De Palma has created a gripping adult thriller of eroticism and horror!


what are the steps to buy a foreclosed or cheaper home than i already reside?
Tips and Deals › Forums › Buying Your Home › what are the steps to buy a foreclosed or cheaper home than i already reside?
This topic contains 7 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated by Anonymous 7 years, 10 months ago.
i would like to downsize without having two mortgages.
Sell your house, make an offer on the new house contingent upon selling your first house. Schedule closing for both houses on the same day (sell first then buy). The proceeds from the first house act as a down payment on the second house (with money in your pocket if you make a good enough profit).
A good real estate agent will walk you through the process.
on a condo the association is responsible for the outside building. this means you insure the inside and each association is different. some cover the building into the inside walls and others will cover more or less. you need to find out EXACTLY what the association covers so you know what you need on your policy. are you responsible to rebuild the walls, insulation, fixtures, etc…if something happens. you should be able to get a copy of their policy or bylaws before buying. you HAVE to write condo policy on the property not homeowners. there is a big difference.
Your condo association purchases insurance on the building and premises. Broadly speaking there are two approaches condo bylaws take to insure the property.
One approach is the condo association agrees to cover only the exterior and common areas. You are responsible to insure the interior this can include walls, wall coverings, flooring, furnace, appliances, lighting, plumbing fixtures, kitchen and bath cabinets (basically everything inside your condo). In this scenario you are responsible not only for your personal property but also the entire interior of your condo. As an insurance agent I did not like this approach because it is very difficult to determine how much insurance you should have to be able to repair or replace everything in within the walls of your condo.
The other approach, which I always preferred, was more comprehensive where the association agrees to cover the entire unit as it was originally built. In this scenario you only insure your upgrades (i.e. bookcases, upgrades, finished basements. etc.) and your personal property.
You need to carefully review your condo bylaws or have a good insurance agent go over the bylaws with you. If you don't insure the property that you are responsible for you could find yourself woefully under insured and perhaps unable to rebuild your condo.
In addition to insuring the part of the building you are responsible for you need to determine the replacement cost of your personal property within the condo.
Sorry for the long answer but it is a surprisingly complex question.
A condo policy comes with $ 1,000 of building coverage (which you can increase). A homeowners has enough building coverage to fix the whole building.
That's the main difference. Condo insurance IS cheaper, because MOST of the building coverage, is the responsibility of the association.
You should be discussing this with your agent.
Seriously? No sales by myFICO this holiday weekend?
Any reason for this? Would have loved to pick up a 3B report for a discount this weekend.
Can you recommend someone at Equifax I can speak to?
It closed on the 9th and has yet to show up on my reports. Kinda slow.
Can a financial institution foreclose on my home in MD if they are not the primary mortgage company?
It's a signature loan for less than $ 10k, I live in MD, and the company says it can foreclose my property in 30 days.
how do i figure mortgage payments?
Does Anyone Have Good Tips For First-Time Home Buyers?
Does anyone know if Clear Point Credit Counseling is a good service or not? I want to get out of debt fast!?
If my checking account is closed due to inactivity, does it affect my credit score?
Does the closing of a checking account due to inactivity affect a person's credit score?
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Woman Who Lied About Being Kidnapped By Four Black Men Gets Year In Jail
Leiha Ann-Sue Artman is conscious of the fact that she live in a society that is hostile and eager to believe any negative lie about Black people.
AFRICANGLOBE – A Michigan woman who said that four Black men kidnapped, raped and beat her for two days will spend a year behind bars for making the incident up.
Leiha Ann-Sue Artman, 25, pleaded guilty to making a false report of a felony, a crime punishable by up to four years. Even though Artman has a considerable rap sheet, the judge did not send her to prison, so she will do her year in the county jail.
Artman told investigators that she had been kidnapped March 27, when four Black men snatched her from her driveway and threw her in the trunk of their car. She claimed that the foursome drove her to an unknown location, where they repeatedly raped and beat her.
The Fruitland Township, Mich., woman kept the farce going by sending her boyfriend text messages that included selfies of herself bound, gagged and bleeding from the head. She begged the boyfriend to pay the "ransom" the kidnappers were asking for.
Artman eventually called the boyfriend to say that her abductors had dropped her near her home. He drove her to a hospital, where she told police of the fabricated kidnapping. She later admitted that she had made the entire story up.
Artman is the not the first white person who accused Black men of some heinous harm or crime and turned out to be lying. From Susan Smith and Charles Stuart to the Emmett Till and Scottsboro Boys cases, this country's history is littered with these notorious and fabricated situations, sometimes leading to death for the falsely accused.
In addition to minimal jail time, Artman will be placed on probation for two years and will pay a fine of $1,158.
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Former "Nen Kham" gets 114 years for cheating
Wirapol Sukphol, better known as Luang Pu Nen Kham Chattiko, former monastic chief of Wat Pa Khantitham monastery in Ubon Ratchathani province, was today sentenced to 114 years in jail for cheating the public, violating the computer act and money-laundering.
The Court also ordered the former monk to return 28.6 million baht to 29 individuals he was accused of cheating.
According to the lawsuit, during the period between Feb 17, 2009-June 27, 2013 Wirapol or Nen Kham deceived people to contribute money for the construction of what he described as the world's largest emerald Buddha statue. Nen Kham claimed he was told to do so by Indra, a diety of Hinduism, who he said met him in his dream.
Nen Kham told his faithful disciples that the Buddha statue must be built with genuine emerald from Italy. He said a structure supported by 199 pillars must also be built to cover the statue, and the price of each pillar was 300,000 baht. The former monk said more money was also needed to build a gold cast of him; to buid a temple in Suphan Buri; and to buy a ship from the United States to transport relief supplies to flood victims.
Nen Kham told the faithfuls to donate money, gold and other property to him at Wat Pa Khantitham monastery in Ubon Ratchathani. Twenty-nine individuals fell prey to his scam and donated altogether 28.6 million baht to him.
According to the lawsuit, Nen Kham transferred 1.13 million baht from the donated amount to buy a Toyota van but has never used the money to build anything he said he would.
The court entenced him to altogether 114 years in jail. However, according to Section 91(2) of the Criminal Procedures Code, the maximum jail term is limited to 20 years.
The court also ordered Nen Kham to return the money he deceived from the 29 individuals.
In 2013, the case received much media attention. Nen Kham was photographed in July 2013 wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses, holding a Louis Vuitton bag full of US dollars, leading to him being dubbed a "jet-set" monk.
Nen Kham fled to the United States where he stayed for a period before being extradited last year to face court trial.
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Sources said recently a group of 10 people from Mumbai booked their tickets from Surat to Sharjah considering low airfare offered by Air India Express. While round-trip from Mumbai to Sharjah costs anything between Rs30,000 and Rs35,000, the same is available for about Rs16,500 from Surat.


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Design Like a Surfer..and How Hyundai Caught the Wave
Over the past decade, driven by an ever-more sophisticated consumer, design has gone from being a bonus to being an essential ingredient in almost every market sector.
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Target earned itself a spot on Fast Company's 2008 Fast 50 list by hiring designers like Michael Graves to bring design to the masses. Motorola shook up the world of cell phones with the Moto Razr. Consumers have evolved far beyond accepting products based on function alone. They've developed a hunger for design and even the current financial crisis isn't going to cause them to lose their appetite.
Today, if you truly want to compete, design must be part of your brand's DNA. It's a little like surfing–the trick is to catch the oncoming wave of consumer demand. Like surfing, business success is about preparation and anticipation. If you wait for the wave to start to break before you begin paddling (or, in this analogy, designing), consumer demand will have passed you by. If you wait to see what your competitors do and rely on "me too" design, you'll always be a beat behind; you'll never get your company into position for breakout success.
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Hyundai is an amazing example of using design to catch the wave of demand. It wasn't long ago that Hyundai was a punch line for the late night comics. Its brand image was low price, low value. But in the past half-dozen years, Hyundai has used design to turn that image on its head.
To be sure, this transformation could not have been accomplished with design alone. First, Hyundai improved the quality of its product line across the board. But Hyundai also understood the evolving consumer. It had watched Target's example and knew that now, even bargain-hunting consumers crave design. So Hyundai invested in building a new design center and set about connecting with consumer aspirations. The results have been nothing short of astounding. In January, the Genesis won Hyundai its first North American Car of the Year honor.
Just this week, Hyundai earned AutoPacific's Rising Star award by jumping 11 positions in overall brand satisfaction. And, perhaps most impressively, while other car manufacturers were suffering through the downturn, Hyundai sales were up an impressive 14% this January over January 2008. Hyundai drivers are no longer the butt of jokes–they're smart consumers with an eye for great design and an appreciation of excellent quality at a good price. By delivering designs that elevate, Hyundai has propelled its brand while others are struggling to keep from drowning. Now more than ever, design is no longer a luxury; it's an essential tool for business success.
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Ravi Sawhney is the founder and CEO of RKS, a global leader in strategy, innovation, and design.
Since founding RKS nearly 30 years ago, Sawhney has earned a variety of top honors in the design industry, and assembled a client list that includes HP, Intel, LG, Medtronic, Seiko, Sprint, and Zyliss, among many others. In the process, RKS has helped generate more than 150 patents on behalf of their clients.
In 2004 Sawhney was named chairperson of the Industrial Design Excellence Award program, where he created the IDSA/BusinessWeek Catalyst award for products that generate measurable business results. Most recently, he was named Executive Director of Catalyst to direct its evolution into a program to develop case studies illustrating design's power to effect positive change.
Sawhney also invented the popular Psycho-Aesthetics® design strategy, which Harvard adopted as a Business School Case Study. He is a regularly featured lecturer at Harvard Business School, USC's Marshall School of Business, and UCLA's Anderson School of Business, where he teaches this business-driven design tool.
In addition to RKS, Sawhney has played an integral part in the founding of several other businesses, including Intrigo, an innovative computer accessory company; On2 Better Health, a health products company; and RKS Guitars, best known for its reinvention of the electric guitar.
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Charlotte, North Carolina, March 12, 2013—A common fixture at industry events, global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is excited to announce its upcoming participation at ICE Europe. A tradeshow taking place on March 19 at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany, this event will provide flexographic leaders the opportunity to showcase their technology, products, and services.
During the event, Harper Corporation's representatives will be located at booth #A5 868. These professionals will be on hand to provide answers to questions regarding the company's latest developments, including the new HEX division, products, and anilox engraving technologies, such as the HIVE (High Imaging Volume Engravings) series including LaserKote™ and XLT™ anilox rolls. Furthermore, Harper will have on display the highly popular Phantom QD™ ink proofing system.
The HEX division of products is anticipated to accumulate a great deal of attention, as this new branch of the organization was recently launched. At the event, Harper's representatives will have plate sleeve and bridge sleeve products on display. The product lines associated with the HEX division are in compliance with OEM specifications pertaining to secondary air supply and offer multiple other notable features, including a patent-pending replacement notch system with several notch designs.
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By Zach Schonfeld On 04/18/18 at 9:40 AM EDT
Photojournalist Ryan M. Kelly, 31, won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday. Kelly was on staff at "The Daily Progress" in Charlottesville, Virginia, when he made the searing, award-winning image. It was his last day on the job. Patrick Kelly
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Every journalist dreams of winning a Pulitzer Prize someday.
For Ryan Kelly, that day came eight months after he started a full-time job outside of journalism.
Kelly, 31, is the photojournalist who captured the brutal moment a car rammed into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017. That attack killed one person, Heather Heyer, and injured nearly 20 others. Kelly's searing image—which shows the violent and chaotic seconds just after impact—was published in The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, where he was a staff photographer.
Remarkably, it was Kelly's last day on staff: He had already put in his notice and accepted a digital marketing job at a brewery. While he remains active as a photojournalist, today it's only on a part-time, freelance basis.
On Monday, Kelly was amazed to discover that his photograph had been awarded a Pulitzer, alongside rapper Kendrick Lamar, art critic Jerry Saltz, the investigative reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein scandal and other prize winners.
This is a depressingly familiar story: The lag time between when Pulitzer-worthy work is produced and when the prizes are unveiled in April of the following year—coupled with the severe ongoing revenue crisis in local media—pretty much guarantees that some winners will leave journalism before receiving the prize. Kelly wasn't laid off, but the anxiety of eventual layoffs contributed to his decision.
Journalism jobs outside of major U.S. cities are shrinking at an alarming rate. In 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that more than half of all newspaper jobs had disappeared in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016. In 2015, two Pulitzer winners, Rob Kuznia and Natalie Caula Hauff, had already left the industry for positions in public relations by the time they won the award.
Kelly now works at a brewery in Richmond. His reasons for accepting a job outside of journalism should be familiar to anyone presently or recently employed by a local newspaper: "Bad pay, bad hours, high stress. And I just burnt out." (His editor at The Daily Progress, Wes Hester, has also since left the newspaper for a job in university communications.)
We spoke with the photographer about his extraordinary image, his "complicated feelings" about benefiting from a tragedy he wishes never happened and his decision to leave journalism. This interview has been condensed and edited.
Where were you when you found out you won a Pulitzer?
I found out after the rest of the world because I was on an airplane on our final descent at 3:00. I didn't know until we were on the ground and I had my phone turned back on. [I was] swamped with texts and tweets and calls all at once.
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What was your reaction?
I was completely shocked. Everybody outside of journalism understands the weight of the Pulitzer. It's been a complicated ride with this photo. It's such a tragic event. Somebody died. Dozens of people were injured. It was a devastating, tragic day, [and] being recognized for that is complicated.
Tell me about the day you took this photo. I read that it was your last day at the newspaper.
That is correct. I put in my notice weeks before. But I wanted to stick it out through that weekend. I knew it was going to be a big news event.
You went to the rally. You immediately saw the car ram into the protesters and had your camera ready?
I showed up at nine in the morning. This photo happened a couple hours later, when a whole bunch of counterprotesters were marching. Nobody was antagonizing anybody. They were chanting, singing, shouting slogans. My guard was down more than it had been earlier in the day. A few seconds after I crossed the street, as I was taking pictures of the crowd, the car sped by me and hit the crowd and backed up the hill. I happened to be there. There was no way to plan for that. As the car sped past, I heard it pass me. I picked up my camera and followed it with my lens and took 60 to 80 pictures, all in a string. I ended up finding one in there that really told the story.
It's a devastating image. Did you see the man hitting the car as you were shooting the photo, or did it become clear later?
I knew I was watching a car [drive] into a crowd of people and then back away. I didn't have a sense of details or the true horror of all the little details you see in the picture. When you're looking through the viewfinder, you're a little removed and disconnected. It wasn't until I had a moment to scroll through pictures on the back of the camera that I knew what I had. Especially when I was looking at them full-size on a laptop. That was when it first hit me that this was a really powerful, dramatic attack. The carnage that you can see is something else.
Did you fear for your own safety in that moment?
No, because I didn't have a chance to. I didn't know anything was coming. The car came from behind me, since I was facing the crowd. Once he was past me, he was past me and I just started taking pictures. It was just reaction and instinct—muscle memory.
What do you think the image captures about the protest and the violence?
The story changed the moment he drove that car into the crowd. I think the picture captures a lot of that all at once. It shows the car. It's got people in motion all over the picture. There are the signs of the counterprotesters: "Love." There's all this symbolic imagery.
Ryan Kelly's Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph captures the moment after a car has just rammed a group of counterprotesters, in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017. Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress
You tweeted that you're proud the photo exists so the world "can never forget exactly what violence and hatred looks like."
I have a lot of complicated feelings about this photo. I wish it didn't happen. But if it did, I'm glad the photo exists. That's journalism, unfortunately. It's being there to witness things that are happening. I have no regrets about doing my job.
I feel as though many journalists have struggled with that feeling you're describing—of wishing that their journalism did not have to exist.
The one thing that did give me some solace was that I reached out to Susan Bro, Heather Heyer's mother, this morning. I told her that I had been thinking of her and Heather almost every day since then. And I am so sorry she had to keep seeing this picture. I imagined her seeing this picture over and over and having to relive the trauma of losing her daughter. She thanked me for taking the picture and said she was glad I was there to do what I did. Because people need to see that so it never happens again. I think that will help me sleep soundly tonight.
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Had you spoken with Heather Heyer's mother before this week?
I had not. I had her number for a while. To be honest, I was a little nervous about reaching out to her. After this latest news cycle, I couldn't wait any longer.
Is Heather Heyer visible in the photo?
She is not, as far as I'm aware. I think she got trapped between another car or something like that.
Have you met any of the people who are visible in the image?
I haven't. Part of that is because I started a new job right after this. That photo was the 12th [of August]. I was at a new job in a new town on the 14th.
You left journalism almost immediately after taking this image.
Yeah. I had given my notice weeks before that. It was the same story you hear from a lot of journalists. Even though I love journalism and I love the newspaper, after four years I was just burning out on the bad hours, low pay, high stress. Lots of nights and weekends. I wasn't seeing a lot of my wife. I started looking for other job opportunities and found one in a different town outside of journalism. It just so happened that that weekend was my last weekend of work at the paper. It was just a fluke of timing.
You're one of many journalists who have left local media for similar reasons.
It's a sad state of affairs. I love journalism. I believe in journalism and local newspapers. But I still had to get out because you see stories all the time about layoffs coming. You never know how stable or secure your job really is. Add that on top of bad pay, bad hours, high stress. I just burnt out. I can't speak for other local journalists, but I imagine when they choose to take a job outside of journalism, it's for a general quality of life increase. I miss the newspaper, and I miss the newsroom, but my quality of life is so much better than it was a year ago. I don't have to stress about filling newspaper or wait to see if something's going to happen. I don't take work home with me. I'm working 9-to-5. I've got a stable job. I don't have to worry about a layoff in a month or a year. And I work at a brewery, so there's free beer at the end of the day!
Flowers surround a photo of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally. This is the spot where Kelly's Pulitzer-winning photograph was taken. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
You do social media for a brewery now?
My title is digital and social media coordinator. Website and social media.
What would it take to bring you back to journalism?
I'm still freelancing pretty regularly. For Getty Images, I covered the fall and winter athletic seasons at the University of Virginia.
Do you think the crisis in local journalism is as severe as it looks?
I absolutely do. I've seen the brain drain myself. Looking at the newsroom that was doing the work last summer, almost half the reporters and editors who were there at the time are no longer there. Some left for other journalism jobs. Some left for jobs outside of journalism. Turnover is real. People burn out. It's a detriment to the local communities that these newspapers cover. I don't know what the answer is if the financial situation doesn't improve. It's a scary thought. As staff are cut further and further, more things are going to slip under the radar.
So many stories will go untold.
Communities aren't served when they don't know what's happening, and we don't have professional journalists digging into local politics and local crime. These things that aren't sexy but [are] important all the same.
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I really hope people understand the value of local journalism. I was the local photographer at the local newspaper. I was one of a staff of two in the photography department. But the whole newsroom had followed the story the months and years leading up to it. The work that we did that weekend was directly because of having worked on it every single day—as opposed to some major outlet that parachuted in and just showed up for the day. We knew a lot of the characters and story lines. I think that was really valuable. I'm proud the Daily Progress has a Pulitzer.
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Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (Soukou no Strain)
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry is a more mecha and less filler except for one episode.
In the distant future, mankind is divided into 2 factions called Union and Deague. Both have military might, the Union uses manned crafts known as Strain and the Deague use unmanned Tumors. Ralph Werec who was 16 at the time, left his little sister behind to become a Union pilot. He said his final farewell since he was going on a mission that would take him 130 light years away. Sara who just wanted to be with her brother, vowed t become a pilot too and find him some day. Years later, Sara became a pilot and ended up in a fight with a Deague assault force. During this assault Sara learned that the leader of this assault is her brother Ralph. In order to find out why he turned his back on the Union and figure out what he's after, she goes after him through even means necessary, even after losing her Strain (you only get one so if you lose it then you're done).
Sara has to go through a lot during the show and not only because she's the main protagonist. If you've seen Cross Ange then you'll be familiar with some of the hazing and other things that happen to her. Her brother Ralph is a pretty intense villain, cold and uncaring. You're not even sure if he has any feeling at all. You do get to know some of the other characters like Lottie who is a tsundere loli and plays a pretty big role but they really are just support. There is even a comedic character Lavinia thrown in to ease tension. So they pretty much covered all bases with the character types.
Aside from the faces, everything in this show looks good, especially the CG fighting scenes. This show has a LOT of action and it doesn't fall apart during those scenes. Episode 7 could have been thrown out, it's a Lavinia episode which really could have been split into parts and thrown into separate episodes instead of just one full episode. My biggest issue is from something you know I hate already. This show is a lolifest. Half the characters are damned lolis and they play major major parts. If they weren't lolis then this show would be even better because you wouldn't have a bunch of napoleon complex dwarfs running around.
This is one that tried to fit itself into 13 episodes and for the most part it did that but f it was a 2 cour show then it probably would have been even better. If you're a mecha fan then you'll probably enjoy this show except the lolis unless of course you're a lolicon. It definitely fits the genre well and has a lot of action.
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