Welcome to London's most eccentric Christmas village – Winterville! Situated on Clapham Common, this magical land features everything you need to get into the spirit of the festive season! From spectacular activities and attractions that are big and small, to the amazing array of independent food traders, there's something here for everyone. Winterville is a Christmas pop up opening on the 15th November and closing on the 23rd December.
This December, you and your team could be enjoying your very own exclusive tent area with bar area at this spectacular event. Whether you're a private group of 50 or a larger group of up to 4000 guests, you can rely on this fantastic event to provide an unforgettable setting for your Christmas celebrations.
Also included in this top party package will be a sparkling wine, mulled wine or cocktail drinks reception on arrival, street food tokens for each guest, enabling them to enjoy the equivalent of one main and one side from a range of sensational cuisines from across the globe.
Guests will also enjoy a bar tab which will allow each person to enjoy up to six drinks. Guests will be able to choose from a selection of beers, wine, mulled wine, boozy hot chocolate, single spirit and mixers and soft drinks. Drink vouchers are also available on request.
There's plenty of watering holes available at this great event, such as the American whiskey bar, a wine bar, a craft brew camp, a cosy Christmas lodge and plenty more! We recommend bringing in the festive spirit with a round of frozen pumpkin spiced rum, or why not warm up with a warm buttered Bourbon?
If you'd like to treat your guests to some extras for the night, then you can choose from the following items for an additional cost; ice rink tokens for a 45-minute skating session, plonk golf tokens, roller disco tokens and wristbands to enjoy unlimited fairground rides across all adult rides for the ultimate Christmas party experience.
Various other add on's include DJ, live bands and other entertainment acts. All staffing, hosts and security in addition administration and event planning will be included as part of your exclusive package.
Brew Camp - Our cosy heated beer tent, offering local craft beer and MULLED wine. The perfect choice for groups of 150-300 people. Available for private hire Tuesday to Thursday.
Spiegeltent - Winterville's entertainment hot-spot, with LIVE music, performances and entertainment acts. With a big dance floor, seated booths and a colourful interior, this is the perfect option for groups of 50-450 people. Available for private hire Tuesday to Friday.
Private Event Tent - Hire your very own tent, where you will have access to your own private bar. This is the perfect base for your event, as you will also have access to all of the food, entertainment and activities that Winterville has to offer. Ideal for groups of 50-150 people. Available for private hire Tuesday to Thursday.
Venue Exclusive - For a Christmas party like no other, take over one whole side of Winterville, with your own private food traders, activities, toilets and entrance from 450 to more than 4,000 people. Available Tuesday and Wednesday.
Make your exclusive Christmas celebration one that's simply unforgettable with an incredible night at Winterville – send an enquiry through today!


CPhI Middle East & Africa will be the region's most comprehensive pharma gathering. Together, with its co-located events ICSE, P-MEC, InnoPack and FDF, will host over 4,000 key visiting pharma suppliers and buyers. With a wide range of exhibitors from all across the entire pharma supply chain, don't miss out on your chance to participate at this unrivalled meeting point in Abu Dhabi.
Pharma professionals representing companies from the across the full spectrum of the supply chain, both regionally and internationally. Over 60% of attendees hold a key decision making role with their company, allowing your company to grow potential new business with the right people.
A new report by CPhI forecasts sizable changes ahead for the pharma markets in the Middle East and Africa over the next few years. It highlights recent regulatory changes, coupled with increased geopolitical stability and rising generics consumption as key drivers in transforming the prospects of pharma manufacturers in the region.
The CPhI Middle East and Africa report – released ahead of the inaugural edition of CPhI MEA – has identified significant opportunities for a region that is often overlooked by much of international pharma. The event will attract leaders and key decision makers of the pharma industry from the Middle East and Africa, bringing the expertise and reach of the CPhI brand to the heart of this new pharma hub. Running alongside the exhibition, there will be content sessions on the latest trends, keynote addresses, and numerous networking opportunities.
"Our report shows that there two types of market in the region, and both are likely to grow extremely quickly in the near term. The high-income economies offer excellent opportunities for innovative and branded medicines, whilst the free trade agreement between the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) nations will undoubtedly increase generics consumption. Additionally, high growth economies in Africa (notably Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa) also look a good bet for rapid generics growth over the next 5-years [with compound annual growth rates of around 10% each]." Cara Turner, Brand Manager – CPhI Middle East & Africa at UBM.
Manufacturers in India look very well placed to capitalise thanks to the recent free trade deal with the GCC – a multinational partnership consisting of Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and Qatar – which has significantly reduced trade barriers. Additionally, the GCC has also set in place a drug price harmonisation strategy in order to standardise drug prices within the region.
However, due the purchasing power and a cultural preference for domestic products. In the short term, it is more likely that Indian and other API manufacturers will be the largest beneficiary, with local companies providing the final product manufacturing.
CPhI Middle East & Africa 2018 comes with the backing of regional government and pharma associations, and is expected to attract over 200 local, regional and international exhibitors from 30 countries.
One final trend, is that in light of the new opportunities, foreign direct investment by large pharma and generics companies is increasing with the goal of acquiring local manufacturing facilities.
CPhI MEA will take place at the ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), attracting leaders and key decision makers to the heart of this new pharma hub. The event will co-locate ICSE, P-MEC, Innopack and FDF, providing the opportunity to meet with regional drug manufacturers, suppliers of pharma ingredients, distributors, finished dose manufacturers, and companies involved in pharma machinery, packaging and contract services.


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– Is it good for gamers to get hyped for games with no release date in sight?
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Honoring a century-old New Orleans tradition of forming a "Second Line" celebratory procession, several organizations have banded together to host the first of a nationwide series of benefit concerts purposed exclusively to assist Louisiana musicians. Produced by House of Blues and Michael Murphy Productions, Inc. "Second Line On Sunset: A Celebration of New Orleans Music To Benefit The Musicians of Louisiana" will feature some of New Orleans' legendary performers, many of whom are featured in Murphy's documentary, Make It Funky! This kick-off event will take place on October 27, at House of Blues Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, in association with sponsors MSN, Gibson Guitar Corp., Putumayo World Music and the Beverly Garland Hotel.
Sammie (Big Sam) Williams. The masters of ceremonies is Harry Shearer. Tickets are $50.
October 27 at 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. PT; clips will be available for viewing on MSN Video beginning on October 29.
"Second Line On Sunset" is designed to create a pipeline for employment for Louisiana musicians, provide needed aid to musicians and their families suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and to focus public attention to the importance of preserving the musical culture that makes New Orleans so unique. Net proceeds will go to the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund, established to ensure that musicians and music industry veterans whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed can begin to rebuild, and the Louisiana Cultural Economy Initiative whose primary mission is to support the development and enhancement of the unique, authentic arts and culture of Louisiana.


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Planning reforms could see welcome investment for on-line newspapers.
Business / Sun 9th Aug 2020 pm31 03:47pm
ON-LINE newspapers such as YourHarlow could receive much needed investment as part of the government's plans to shake up the planning system.
Ministers launched a wide-ranging consultation on planning reform, following the release of the Planning for the Future white paper earlier this year.
At present, councils are obliged to publish notices about planning applications in local printed newspapers, a revenue stream estimated to be worth around £50-60m a year to the industry.
However the government now wants councils to use digital tools to publicise local planning proposals and has explicitly questioned the role of print newspapers in the process.
The white paper states: "We need to modernise the day-to-day operation of the planning system. Residents should not have to rely on planning notices attached to lamp posts, printed in newspapers or posted in libraries."
Your Harlow publisher Michael Casey said: "We are the only Harlow-based news source in the town, a town of 85,000 people and growing.
We have had over 3.2 million page views this year and yet because we are on-line only we are not allowed to receive planning notices.
"Technically, if there was a planning application in Harlow and the one printed news paper left in the country was in the Shetland Islands, then it would have to go in there. Madness and a terrible waste of hard-working tax payers money
"If we received this money we could plough it into apprenticeships and skills, creating opportunities for a next generation of journalists from Harlow.
"This also applies to the hundreds of other on-line newspapers across the country.
"I will be seeking the support of Harlow MP Robert Halfon on this matter."
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Rosie H. Cook
The Making Connections Project
Making Connections is a community-driven project which is documented by all its participants through Instagram. Check out the #bundengan hashtag to see the latest events and experiences!
Key leaders of the Wonosobo bundengan revival movement. Left: Pak Mahrumi, one of the last master-builders of bundengan. Centre: Pak Munir, the only known master-player of bundengan. Right: Ibu Mulyani, teacher and dancer of Ngesti Laras Foundation, who is intent on bringing this unique instrument to her students.
Bringing together communities and institutions in Indonesia and Australia, this project promotes hands-on exchanges of music and conservation knowledge through fun and engaging instrument-building workshops, unusual concerts and performances, and forums for new research and discussions about the shared community responsibility in preserving cultural heritage and fostering creativity.
As the result of a collaboration between Professor Margaret Kartomi, director of the Music Archive of Monash University (MAMU) and Dr Nicole Tse of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (GCCMC) of The University of Melbourne, the bundengan in MAMU's collection (a rare Javanese musical instrument, also known as the kowangan), became the focus of an ongoing partnership between music revival communities, including passionate music teacher Ibu Mulyani, musicians Pak Munir and Pak Buchori, ethnomusicologist Sa'id Muhammad, and conservator Rosie Cook.
This unusual musical instrument has its origins as a large woven bamboo cape, worn by duck-herders in Central Java as protection from the sun and rain. In modern-day Wonosobo, musicians and ethnomusicologists are experiencing renewed interest and passion in sustaining the craftsmanship and music skills necessary for building and playing bundengan.
Rosie Cook travelled to Wonosobo to meet with musicians, teachers, craftsmen, ethnomusicologists and local government officials, and joined with Bu Mul of the Ngesti Laras Foundation. With a focus on establishing living links between research collections and the expertise held by individuals within the community, the Making Connections project has been developed in collaboration with the Wonosobo bundengan community, the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Surakarta, MAMU, and the GCCMC. Making Connections strives to build a network of knowledge exchanges between countries, cultures and institutions, and has designed a number of events to support the bundengan revival as a conduit for these connections.
Past events include
The two-day "Workshop Bundengan" (pictured above and below) carried out in March 2017, in collaboration with the Selomerto Bupati, to promote the musical practice amongst schools in the region. Over 100 children attended the workshop, learning the basics of bundengan playing, and performed in a concert that received considerable media coverage.
A two-day workshop, introducing how to build and to play a bundengan, in association with ISI Surakarta's October 2017 International Interdisciplinary Conference on Arts Creation.
A presentation entitled "From Kowangan to Bundengan: Community collaboration as conservation of a musical instrument", given at the National Conference of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material in Sydney, in November 2017.
An Exhibition of MAMU's unique collection of bundengans, entitled "The bundengan, a Duck-herd's Zither from Java's Dieng Plateau", at the Music Auditorium, Monash University Clayton Campus
Click here for more on our 2018 programme of events in Australia including workshops, concerts, lecture and more.
The "What is Bundengan?" festival in 2018 and 2019 in Wonosobo
Making Connections is grateful for the generous support of the Helen Soemardjo Art Fund, which is a major sponsor of these events, as well as Monash University, the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies of the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, University Gadjah Mada, the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Surakarta, and the Consulate General of Indonesia in Melbourne. We are currently looking for additional partners and contributors to support upcoming events. Full acknowledgement will be given to all supporters of our project in both Australia and Indonesia, where we aim to foster and strengthen mutual understanding through a shared passion for music, culture and conservation.
Yesterday we went to the Vernissage of the Art Genève art fair. One of my favourite works was by Iranian artist Zahrasadat Hakim — actually, two of her works. "En levant les yeux au ciel, j'ai vue six avions de guerre" 2023, Glazed ceramic, 77×75×30 cm, & "Le miroir ne me contient pas" 2023, Embroidered cloth, mirrors 200x130 cm. Thank you @zahra_hakimm for the beautiful insights into your work. #artgeneve2023
I've not posted nearly enough about the work I've been doing with @gallerybrulhart, considering what a huge part of my life it has become! Last week was the launch of our latest exhibition, and was a huge step up for me in terms of being able to collaborate with our beautiful artists, their work, and the audience – and especially working closely with the curator of the exhibition. In addition to the exhibition launch party, we also organised a "dialogue event" where two of our artists discussed the theme of feminism(s) threaded through their practice as African contemporary artists, with each other, the curatorial team, and the audience. I'm so grateful that the gallery director is open to suggestions of how we can put our artists front and centre of our gallery, from including videos and texts in our displays, to hosting these events where people can directly engage with the women behind the artworks. I have a lot to say and show about all this but since I am writing a thesis about this internship (due in a couple of weeks….) I should be focusing the outputs there for now! #gallerybrulhart
9 years ago in Trongsa, Bhutan. A Facebook memory providing me with another submission for #rosielovescircles.
How do you solve a problem like… packing contemporary art, involving mixed media combinations of increasingly fragile organic materials, sewn onto a canvas stretched over a chassis? Well… I'm working on it. #conservatorproblems
Spotted and immediately added to my personal collection, during a visit to the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève.
Just made a last minute visit to the Helvecia photography exhibition at the MEG, which ends today. It covers is a topic I hold close to my heart: understanding that there is no singular, objective, scientific truth. There are a multitude of lived experiences and interpretations thereof. I wasn't sure what to expect, as it is simply promoted as "a forgotten colonial history", photographed by Dom Smaz. The people who share their story in Helvecia are often unconcerned with the "facts" of the colonial origins of Helvecia — but even though their own stories don't always align with those of the Swiss and Brazilian archives, taken together, they build a simultaneously more meaningful and accurate account. Like a blurry mosaic which gives a much more precise account of history and its repercussions through time. I loved this exhibition, and I hope that the audiences appreciated more than the beautiful photos and strong personalities that came across in their video interviews. #Expohelvecia walks a very subtle line between trying to provide entertainment and education (given its museum context) and giving justice to the complexities of colonial pasts as they are experienced in the present.
Just a little Friday night stitching after a week of coughing - I saw @wearemadaher have a sale on at the moment and honestly hard to resist but I already have two projects from there to finish before I start collecting more! #embroidery
I've been too sick to stitch but today I was happy to feel well enough to go through my pile of embroidery designs and select a new "small" project, having finished my golden poppies cross-stitch. My "big" project has remained untouched since early November sadly — the Quinto Acuto will not be finished by the end of the year. Anyway, today it's been an absolute joy working on this gorgeous chintz-inspired embroidery kit! I first spotted it early this year and was immediately in love with it; my mother gifted it to me after asking me what I would like to celebrate 2 years of my own motherhood — this was my immediate request! It's a really beautifully designed kit with a painted chintz base, from @wearemadaher (also they are so lovely and provide incredible customer service). I can't wait to get to work on this some more — it's also so relaxing after counted cross-stitch, where a single wrong stitch can throw your whole design off. #embroidery #rosielovescircles
Finally found a use for the #oddrunembroidery blanket I focused all my PPD energy into two years ago when we moved from Taiwan to Geneva. 🎄
A dreamy Christmas Eve for me = baby goes down to sleep at 7:45pm and I work slowly on this black-on-black darning project, going cross-eyed in between coughing fits. Whilst eating a Terry's Chocolate Orange we found at Intermarché today! Only €3.90, bargain 😝 enjoy this ugly photo that definitely isn't grid-worthy. #darning
Where's the ironing filter? I could wait to share this until I've pressed and even perhaps mounted it, but to be honest I have other things to do and also emotions to process about it. At times I've been motivated by spite to finish this cross stitch piece because the pattern was so badly designed I wanted to get it done and give it a detailed review pointing out all its sins (including that the design was stolen from a tattoo artist, a fact I learned too late after starting). Unfortunately the designer deleted it from their Etsy shop just days ago so no reviewing for now 🤷♀. Crumpled and rumpled and possibly missing some back stitches (impossible to read the pattern clearly to make sure!), I still think it's a beautiful image of golden poppies, based on an original design by @c.remington.art . #crossstitch
Just such a great day at the @mbruelhart x @couleurs_de_femmes workshop today, making a 2023 vision board collage, inspired by @nkulyree's artwork #gallerybrulhart #collage
On Saturday I attended a @noircirwikipedia workshop. The purpose of Noircir Wikipedia is to address the "over-white" nature of French Wikipedia — the subjects, the sources, and the people writing the articles, are overwhelmingly white. Noircir Wikipedia teaches users to write and edit French-language articles with a decolonial, anti-patriarchal lens. One outcome for the workshop was creating a French language stub for #bundengan and it just turned up in my weekly Google alerts, reminding me it needs further fleshing out…
I used to hate backstitch but I'm addicted to its effect on this project. I was meant to be in bed an hour ago [sleep when the baby sleeps] but here we are #crossstitch
Last night I came up with the idea to use a glass yoghurt pot over a light — initially my phone's torch, then when I moved to bed, my trusty Kindle — as a backlit darning mushroom. It's amazing. I highly recommend. Somehow my backs look even neater than the front now? I took some handy photos — last picture is a comparison between a "freehand" darn and the neat backlit one, if you can guess which is which… it's a true gamechanger! #darning #visiblemending #kindlehacking
And so my first week of driving solo (combined with parenting solo during a 5-week work trip) concludes, as I am glad to say I passed my french driving test. It turns out I talk to myself when driving and it's 99% "Oops! Sorry! Eek… Deep breaths… oh well, no harm done…"*
It is with great sadness that I learned from Pak Buchori (@bohori69) that Mbah Mahrumi, the expert kowangan-maker, passed away a fortnight ago. We are many to recognise his legacy and to mourn this loss to the bundengan community. Nevertheless his name is remembered and his work is celebrated — whilst younger generations continue to build the kowangan frames that serve as the base for bundengan instruments, Pak Mahrumi had honed his skill to develop techniques for a beautifully resonant gamelan sound. His bundengans are now a treasured commodity, amongst which is one in the Music Archive of Monash University, collected in 2016 when we first began collaborating with the community in Wonosobo.
I haven't stitched in a fortnight and today I had my first opportunity to sit down for some quiet #longdogsampler time. My scroll frame immediately collapsed in retribution for all the neglect and constant moving around (it gets in the way a lot) so I had to dismantle it and perform some emergency surgery with the hot glue gun. I just need it to last long enough to finish this piece! Anyway between taking it off the frame and having a clean kitchen table, I seized the moment to document my overall progress on the #quintoacuto #rosielovesquintoacuto #pointedfifth design. I want to believe I can finish by the end of the year, but with James away until mid-December it's going to be tight! It's interesting to see the whole design laid out; I added a filter to get a better colour match and it really emphasised the areas where the thread is a different shade despite being the same DMC reference. I've lost count of how many skeins of DMC 311 I have used now but well over 40. #xstitch #crossstitch


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Early Minor League Standouts From Each Division
JD LinhardtJune 3, 2021
Minor league baseball is finally back! After the minor league season was canceled last year, we finally get to see what prospects look like in real games after an extended period of development. With that much time for big jumps in a player's skills, as well as continued excellence by some, certain prospects have really stood out in the early going. Below is a breakdown of one pitching prospect and one position player prospect in each division that has really caught my eye in the early going.
Disclaimer: Many minor leaguers are off to hot starts in 2021. For this article, I chose only those who are 'prospects,' or guys who are likely to play a role at the Major League Level one day, instead of a hypothetical 28-year-old who is hitting .360 in AA but is simply organizational depth. All stats are of the morning of June 3rd, 2021.
NL East Hitter: C Francisco Alvarez, New York Mets
2021 Stats: 89 PA, .353/.483/.559, 13.5% K%, 18.0% BB%, 3 HR, 15 RBI for Low-A St. Lucie and High-A Brooklyn
It's rare to a young catcher like Alvarez this well-rounded on both sides of the ball. This season, Alvarez is establishing himself as the league's #1 catching prospect outside of Baltimore's Adley Rutschman. Offensively Alvarez's swing is a bit unorthodox, but the stat line above indicates that he rakes regardless. He gets really into his back side in his load and his front foot plants super early, but he rotates very well and has an impressive knack for finding the barrel. He also has a very sound approach and doesn't expand his zone very often, as his at-bats and walk rates indicate he is a pretty cerebral hitter who has a great plan in the box. Alvarez is able to get loft out of that swing as well, and he projects as a guy with both above-average hit and power tools. Sometimes young catchers with this type of offensive upside move to a different position to maintain health and durability, but Alvarez can really catch as well. He has a strong arm and even though he has a heavier body with a thick lower half, Alvarez has surprisingly good lateral mobility and blocks pitches well. Like I mentioned before Alvarez is likely to be baseball's top catching prospect once Adley Rutschman graduates and Mets fans should be excited about the potential he brings to Queens on both sides of the ball.
NL East Pitcher: LHP Jake Eder, Miami Marlins
2021 Stats: 24.2 IP, 0.73 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 41.6% K%, 11.9% BB% for Double-A Pensacola
Eder, a former Vanderbilt Commodore, was the Marlins 4th round selection in 2020. Eder was always intriguing because of his strong, prototypical starter's frame and feel for spinning a breaking ball, but the reality of Jake Eder had never lived up to the idea of Jake Eder. However, after positive reports from the alt site and 2021 Spring Training, Miami aggressively promoted Eder in Double-A to start the season, where he has been outstanding and starting to put it all together. Eder's velocity has been up from the 90-92 range where he lived in college, sitting 94-96 and bumping 97 in the early going while missing plenty of bats due to the pitch's explosive life through the zone. Eder's trademark curveball has been a force, as well. The breaking ball is showing sharp bite and plays against hitters from both sides of the plate, as the depth creates an uncomfortable angle not only on lefties but to the back foot of righties, too. Eder is also showing an occasional changeup that flashes average, but it may even end up being better than that given the success we have seen Miami's dev group have with adding and improving changeups (ie: Edward Cabrera, Sixto Sanchez, Pablo Lopez, Trevor Rogers). The knock on Eder – even dating back to his days in Nashville – was his command. Those struggles have carried over to pro ball thus far, as he has been falling behind hitters and ultimately walking them because of some issues with locating his fastball. With that being said, Eder's stuff is still good enough where he can be a back-end starter or a multi-inning relief weapon, but improved command could bolster his already enticing profile.
NL Central Hitter: 3B Jordan Walker, St. Louis Cardinals
2021 Stats: 57 PA, .333/.474/.600, 21.1% K%, 17.5% BB%, 2 HR, 8 RBI for Low-A Palm Beach
The Cardinals' 2020 first-rounder has laid waste to the Low-A Southeast division, as he seemed to be producing loud contact just about every night before he recently went on the injured list. In fact, the tweet below indicates that Walker's max exit velocity is already at an elite Major League level.
Cardinals 3B prospect Jordan Walker hit a groundout 116.3 mph tonight (according to Low A Palm Beach/Jupiter's Hawkeye system). Only 12 MLB players have hit a ball that hard in a game this season.
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) May 14, 2021
Not only has Walker's quality of contact been outstanding, but his approach and bat-to-ball skills have been excellent to start his pro career, as well. In his 57 plate appearances thus far, Walker is running a 17.5% walk rate while striking out at a 21.1% clip, both promising numbers for such a young hitter at a full-season affiliate. A big question regarding Walker prior to last year's draft was his frame. Walker was an extremely big high school kid, and there were industry concerns that Walker's body may lose some athleticism and slide him down the defensive spectrum to first base. Walker has quelled those concerns so far, as anyone can tell visually that Walker is playing with a lean, strong build. Obviously, it is still early in his career, but the returns on Walker have been overwhelmingly positive. The ceiling here is quite high, and while it's early, Walker's loud start should be very encouraging for Cardinals fans.
NL Central Pitcher: LHP Nick Lodolo, Cincinnati Reds
2021 Stats: 26.2 IP, 1.01 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, 37.3% K%, 5.9% BB% for Double-A Chattanooga
You'd be hard-pressed to find a pitcher that has been better than Lodolo in the 2021 minor league season. As the stats above indicate, Lodolo has been statistically dominant this year, and he is firmly establishing himself as one of the very best pitching prospects in baseball. Lodolo has always had advanced command of his stuff dating back to his amateur days, and that has carried over into pro ball. He specifically commands his fastball extremely well, spotting it to both sides of the plate. His breaking ball has sharp action with a lot of sweep because of where he releases it from. Lodolo has a very low release point for a starting pitcher, one that is not dissimilar from that of Red Sox lefty Chris Sale. The breaking ball is able to cut across the zone and creates a tough angle on batters from both sides of the plate, as it darts away from lefties, and he is able to throw it to the back foot of righties for swings and misses. Lodolo has transformed from a guy who could be a 4th starter in a big-league rotation to a potential anchor towards the top of a staff, which is a testament to not only him but the Reds' new development group headlined by Driveline Baseball founder Kyle Boddy. Lodolo is on the fast track to the big leagues and may even debut late in the 2021 season if he continues to pitch the way he is now.
NL West Hitter: OF Alek Thomas, Arizona Diamondbacks
2021 Stats: 99 PA, .302/.384/.512, 20.2% K%, 12.1% BB%, 2 HR, 10 RBI for Double-A Amarillo
Thomas is one of my favorite prospects in the minors, as not only is he a fun player to watch but guys like him with a plus hit tool, athleticism, and defensive value seem like safe bets to perform at the next level. Thomas has a really clean stroke and strong feel for the barrel, which provides him with a strong offensive foundation. At his size (5'11", 175), Thomas has the appearance of a scrappy singles and doubles hitter, but he is more than that. He has a strong, chiseled frame with great strength in his forearms and lower half. His strength and rotational ability allow him to produce excellent bat speed, and his advanced ability to put the barrel on the ball gives him above-average in-game power potential. Defensively, Thomas has a below-average arm, but his defensive instincts and closing speed give him the chance to play a passable center field, but he would be a plus defender in an outfield corner. Thomas is well on his way to an everyday major league role, and his floor as a player is high.
NL West Pitcher: RHP Ryan Pepiot, Los Angeles Dodgers
2021 Stats: 17 IP, 2.12 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 36.8% K%, 13.2% BB% for Double-A Tulsa
Pepiot was the Dodgers' 3rd round pick out of Butler in the 2019 draft, and it is looking like he may be one of the best college pitchers to come out of that entire draft class. Pepiot has a starter's frame at 6'3″ and 215 pounds, and he certainly has the stuff to get outs in that type of role. Any discussion about his stuff has to start with his lethal changeup; the pitch has Devin Williams-like screwball action, as Pepiot does an excellent job of pronating through release and get sidespin on the baseball. The pitch has excellent depth and substantial arm-side movement, and it is the type of pitch that can be used to miss bats regardless of batter-handedness. Pepiot also throws a fastball and curveball, both of which are at least 55 (above-average) offerings on the 20-80 scale. The fastball has rising action that misses bats in the upper part of the zone, while the curveball shows some sharp bite with good shape. All three of these pitches give Pepiot an excellent bat-missing arsenal, as evidenced by the fact that he has struck out 36% of the hitters who have faced him this year. Pepiot has yet to start across a full season of the minor leagues, so it remains to be seen whether he can hold his 93-96 MPH velocity across a normal season's workload. One of the only flaws with Pepiot is the control of his arsenal. Across his minor league career, Pepiot has a walk rate of around 13%, which is much too high for a pitcher looking to be a starter at the next level. Even with the walk issues and velocity maintenance questions, Pepiot's sheer stuff is enough to project at least a high-leverage bullpen role that may be able to work multiple innings at a time (similar to the way the White Sox have been using Michael Kopech, for example). If he can iron out some of his early-season strike-throwing issues, though, it's a middle-of-the-rotation profile.
AL East Hitter: OF Vidal Brujan, Tampa Bay Rays
2021 Stats: 113 PA, .309/.407/.557, 16.8% K%, 14.2% BB%, 7 HR, 21 RBI for Triple-A Durham
Brujan is an incredible athlete who provides a ton of value on both sides of the ball, with strong barrel control on offense and defensive value at all three outfield spots and some infield versatility. Brujan has always been a guy who can put the ball in play at a very high level (he has only an 11.3% K% in his minor league career), but that usually came without much power. In the early going this year, Brujan has already hit 7 homers, after only hitting 4 in all of 2019. The power surge from Brujan is understandable just from watching his swing. Brujan has an extremely quick bat and excellent athleticism, twitch, and looseness in his swings from both sides of the plate. Defensively Brujan has always been a guy who has bounced around quite a bit, but in 2021 it appears he has settled in the outfield. The Rays are an organization that really values versatility, and Brujan's background as both an infielder or an outfielder will fit in well with the big club.
AL East Pitcher: RHP Grayson Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles
2021 Stats: 28.1 IP, 1.59 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 44.0% K%, 6.4% BB% for High-A Aberdeen and Double-AA Bowie
You know how I said earlier that you would be hard-pressed to find a pitcher that has had a better start to the 2021 minor league season than Nick Lodolo? Well, Grayson Rodriguez may be one of the only guys who have a case for that distinction. Rodriguez, just promoted to Double-A, has been sensational ever since being drafted in the first round by Baltimore in 2018. Since the Orioles' new brain trust and player development group arrived in 2019, Rodriguez has only improved upon an already very good foundation, pitching off his excellent fastball and commanding multiple above-average breaking pitches. Rodriguez's fastball not only sits in the mid-to-high 90s, but the pitch has explosive vertical movement and high spin rates that misses bats up in the zone, making it a potential double plus offering. Rodriguez's changeup is one of my favorite pitches to watch in all of the minor leagues. Like Ryan Pepiot, Rodriguez's change has a screwball-type movement that is just devastating against left-handed batters, especially. Rodriguez also features a curveball and a slider. The curve is more 12-6 in shape, with big depth that he can use early in counts to get ahead and occasionally put hitters away late. The slider holds a tight shape that he throws in the mid-80s, and it looks like it will be his go-to breaking pitch. The only flaw with Rodriguez is some mechanical issues, as he puts a lot of stress on his head and neck at the end of his delivery with a 'head whack' towards his glove side after release. Regardless, Rodriguez is looking like one of the best pitching prospects in baseball and looks to be part of the first wave of the next Orioles core with Adley Rutschman, DL Hall, and others in the next year or two.
AL Central Hitter: C Dillon Dingler, Detroit Tigers
2021 Stats: 99 PA, .280/.394/.561, 29.3% K%, 12.1% BB%, 6 HR, 16 RBI for High-A West Michigan
Dingler, the first pick of the second round in 2020, is one of the most unique prospects in the minor leagues. In college at Ohio State, Dingler played quite a bit of center field before moving behind the plate. Not only did Dingler just play center field, but he was good out there as well. His athleticism for a catcher is truly unique, as his flexibility, lateral mobility, and quick feet all check boxes for what it takes to be an above-average to plus defensive catcher. He also possesses a plus arm and a big, strong build at 6'3/210 to withstand some of the rigors of catching. Dingler is a burgeoning offensive player as well, who was in the midst of a torrid start (.340/.404/.706 with 5 HR in 58 PA) before the college season was halted last year. Dingler has shown great on-base skills in the early going as evidenced by the walk rate above, and his rotational athleticism and bat speed gives him power upside in the bat. The strikeouts have been a bit concerning to start the season, but the total package that Dingler brings is so intriguing. With every passing day, he looks more and more like Detroit's future starting catcher.
AL Central Pitcher: RHP Jackson Kowar, Kansas City Royals
2021 Stats: 31.2 IP, 0.85 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 33.9% K%, 8.3% BB% for Triple-A Omaha
Kowar is just one of numerous promising young arms in the Royals' organization, and his early performance in 2021 is likely to earn him a promotion to the big club quite soon. Kowar was the Royals compensation round pick in 2018, the club's second selection after his Florida teammate and fellow right-hander Brady Singer. In fact, Kansas City's first four picks, all of which were within the top 40 overall selections, included college pitchers in Singer, Kowar, LHP Daniel Lynch (Virginia), and LHP Kris Bubic (Stanford) that are likely to play key roles on their pitching staff for years to come. In Kowar's case, the tall righty relies on his sinker and changeup, with the former being one of the better changeups in all of the minor leagues. Kowar's curveball lags behind these two offerings, mainly because the hump on the pitch out of the hand makes it easier for hitters to recognize out of his hand, and the shape of his sinking fastball doesn't tunnel or match well with the overhand curve. This issue is what has kept Kowar from missing a ton of bats throughout his career, but the sinker and changeup are both good enough where he can get groundballs at a very high clip. Because he lacks a true put-away breaking ball and relies on those two pitches heavily Kowar may end up being no more than a back-end starter, but the arm strength and a go-to secondary pitch in the change-up could potentially allow him to excel in a relief role.
AL West Hitter: OF Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners
2021 Stats: 99 PA, .322/.404/.575, 26.3% K%, 10.1% BB%, 5 HR, 15 RBI for High-A Everett
Rodriguez is probably the best player on this entire list. A powerful athlete with projectability left in the frame, Rodriguez looks the part of a middle-of-the-order masher. He generates excellent bat speed and has immense raw power. He has an easy swing that generates some loft and is just so smooth and athletic at the plate. While Rodriguez has shown the ability to hit for average, I do have some questions about his hit tool. Rodriguez is a 'bucket strider,' meaning that as a right-handed batter he strides open towards the third base line rather than evening his base. This leaves him susceptible to breaking stuff away from him, and over the past year or so he has swung through well-located sliders down and away. Even with this issue, Rodriguez is still scorching the ball against High-A pitching, and his hit tool should be at least average. The combination of at least an average hit tool with plus in-game power gives him a substantial offensive ceiling. Defensively Rodriguez probably doesn't have the closing speed or range to play center but has a good arm and profiles well in right field. Overall Rodriguez shouldn't be in High-A for too much longer, and soon he will be roaming the outfield in Seattle with Jarred Kelenic to form a formidable top of the lineup.
AL West Pitcher: RHP Cole Winn, Texas Rangers
2021 Stats: 27.2 IP, 1.63 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 31.1% K%, 9.7% BB% for Double-A Frisco
Winn, the Rangers' first-rounder in 2019 out of Orange Lutheran High School in southern California, was aggressively assigned to full-season A-ball after signing, a bit of a rarity for a high school draftee. A big reason why the Rangers felt comfortable with not only selecting a high school pitcher in the first round, but aggressively assigning him to full-season ball, was his advanced pitchability. Winn had advanced command and control of a good four-pitch mix as a prep, making him one of the 'safer' high school prospects in the 2019 draft. However, Winn struggled after signing, as he walked an uncharacteristic 13% of the batters he faced with a 4.46 ERA. In 2021, Winn looks to be improved and is showing more signs of being the pitcher that the Rangers, scouts, and prospect analysts everywhere expect him to be. He is still walking batters at too high of a rate, but the stuff looks good. The fastball has that modern, rising shape that looks like an above-average pitch, especially when sitting in the 93-95 range that he has been sitting at thus far. Winn's curveball seems to be his best breaking pitch with a vertical, 12-6-ish shape that has sharp bite and plays well with his fastball, but it's the slider that is continuing to improve. He manipulates the shape well to make it distinct from his curveball, as the slider has a sharp lateral bite that consistently misses bats when he locates it down and away to right-handed hitters. Winn's changeup also looks like at least an above-average offering, with good fade and tumble down in the zone. Guys like Winn – with four offerings that are all at least above average, a prototypical starter's frame, and a repeatable, easy operation on the mound – typically end up on top 100 prospect lists and in big-league rotations. Winn is trending in that direction if he can continue to harness some of that strike-throwing ability he showed in high school.
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JD Linhardt
Prospect Writer. Indiana University '24. @j_linhardt5 on Twitter.


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Pratap Narain Singh Deo Vs. Srinivas Sabata & ANR [1975] INSC 300 (4 December 1975)
RAY, A.N. (CJ) BEG, M. HAMEEDULLAH SARKARIA, RANJIT SINGH
CITATION: 1976 AIR 222 1976 SCR (2) 872 1976 SCC (1) 289
Workmens Compensation Act (8 of 1923) ss. 2 (i)(1) 44 and 19 and item 3 of Part II of Sch. I-Scope of.
Under Section 2(i)(1) of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923,"total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or Permanent nature, as incapacitates a workmen for all work which he was capable of per forming at the time of time incident resulting in such disablement.
Under s. 4A(3), when an employer defaults in paying the compensation within one month from the date it fell due, the Commissioner may direct payment of penalty and interest if he is of the opinion that there was no justification for the employer's delay.
The Commissioner, in the present case, awarded compensation, holding that the respondent was a carpenter by profession, that he suffered an injury by an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment with the appellant, that it resulted in the amputation of his left arm from above the elbow, that in consequence he had become unfit for the work of carpenter as carpentery cannot be carried on with one hand only, and that, therefore, the respondent had lost 100% of his earning capacity, that is, that he suffered total disablement. He also ordered the payment of penalty under s. 4A(3) together with interest at 6 per cent per annum.
The appellant's writ petition to the High Court challenging the order was dismissed. In appeal to this Court, it was contended, (1) that the amputation was of the nature referred to in item 3 of Part II of Sch. I of the Act and must therefore be deemed to have resulted only in permanent partial disablement, and (2) that the Commissioner erred in imposing a penalty, as compensation had not fallen due until it was settled by the Commissioner under s. 19.
Dismissing the appeal.
HELD: (1) The finding of the Commissioner that there was total disablement was correct. The argument with reference to item 3 of Part II of Sch I was a new case which could not be allowed to be raised by the appellant because the facts relied on had not been admitted or established.
[874G-H] (2) The Commissioner was fully justified in ordering the Payment of penalty and interest. [875A] (a) Section 3(1) of the Act provides that an employer shall be liable to pay compensation if personal injury is caused to a workman by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. Therefore under s. 4A(1) it was the duty of the appellant to pay the compensation at the rate provided in s. 4, as soon as the personal injury was caused to the respondent. Not only did the appellant not do so or even make a provisional payment under s. 4A(2), he took the false pleas that the respondent was a casual contractor and that the accident was caused solely by the respondent's own negligence, and raised frivolous objections before the Commissioner that he had no jurisdiction and even prevailed on the respondent to file a memorandum of agreement settling the claim at a grossly inadequate sum. He was therefore liable to pay the penalty and the interest.
[875B, E-H] (b) There is nothing in s. 10-which provides that if any question arises in any proceeding under the Act as to the liability of any person to pay company on or as to the amount or duration of the compensation it shall, in default 873 of agreement, be settled by the Commissioner-to justify the argument that appellant's liability to pay compensation was suspended until after the settlement under s. 19. [815-CE]
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 1536 of 1970.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated the 10th November, 1969 of the Orissa High Court at Cuttack in O.J.Cs. No. 877 of 1969.
Santosh Chatterjee and G. S. Chatterjee for the Appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SHINGHAL, J. This appeal by special leave is by Pratap Narain Singh Deo who is the, proprietor of two cinema halls in Jaipore, district Koraput, Orissa. It is not in dispute that Srinivas Sabata, respondent No. 1, (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) was working as a carpenter for doing some ornamental work in a cinema hall of the appellant on July 6, 1968, when he fell down, and suffered injuries resulting in the amputation of his left arm from the elbow. He served a notice on the appellant dated August 11, 1968 demanding payment of compensation as his regular employee. The appellant sent a reply dated August 21, 1968 stating that the respondent was a casual contractor, and that the accident had taken place solely because of his own negligence. The respondent then made a personal approach for obtaining the compensation, but to no avail. He therefore made an application to the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, respondent No. 2, stating that he was a regular employee of the appellant, his wages were Rs. 120/- per mensem, he had suffered the injury in the course of his employment and was entitled to compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Notice of the application was served on the appellant on October 10, 1968 calling upon him to show cause why penalty to the extent of 50 percent and interest at 6 percent per annum should not be imposed on him under section 4A of the Act on the amount of compensation payable by him because of the default in making the payment of the compensation. The appellant contested the respondents' claim on the grounds mentioned above and on the further ground that respondent No. 2 had no jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate on the claim. He filed a memorandum of agreement on April 10, 1969 accepting the liability to pay compensation for a sum which was found by the Commissioner to be so grossly inadequate that he refused to register it.
The Commissioner held in his order dated May 6, 1969 that the injury had resulted in the amputation of the left arm of the respondent above the elbow. He held further that the respondent was a carpenter by profession and "by loss of his left hand above the elbow he has evidently been rendered unfit for the work of carpenter as the work of carpentry cannot be done by one hand only." He therefore adjudged him to have lost "100 percent of his earning capacity." On that basis he calculated the amount of compensation at Rs. 9800/- 874 and ordered the payment of penalty to the extent of 50 per cent together with interest at 6 percent per annum, making a total of Rs. 15,092/-.
The appellant felt aggrieved and filed a writ petition in the High Court of Orissa, but it was dismissed summarily on October 10, 1969. He has therefore come up in appeal to this Court by special leave.
It has not been disputed before us that the injury in question was caused to the respondent by an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment with the appellant. It is also not in dispute that the injury resulted in amputation of his left arm at the elbow. It has however been argued that the injury did not result in permanent total disablement of the respondent, and that the Commissioner committed a gross error of law in taking that view as there was only partial disablement within the meaning of section 2(1)(g) of the Act which should have been deemed to have resulted in permanent partial disablement of the nature referred to in item 3 of Part II of Schedule I of the Act. This argument has been advanced on the ground that the amputation was from 8" from tip of acromion and less than 41/2" below tip of olecranon. As will appear, there is no force in this argument.
The expression "total disablement" has been defined in section 2(i) (1) of the Act as follows:
"(1) "total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates a workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement." It has not been disputed before us that the injury was of such a nature as to cause permanent disablement to the respondent, and the question for consideration is whether the disablement incapacitated the respondent for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident. The Commissioner has examined the question and recorded his finding as follows:
"The injured workman in this case is carpenter by profession....By loss of the left hand above the elbow, he has evidently been rendered unfit for the work of carpenter as the work of carpentry cannot be done by one hand only." This is obviously a reasonable and correct finding. Counsel for the appellant has not been able to assail it on any ground and it does not require to be corrected in this appeal. There is also no justification for the other argument which has been advanced with reference to item 3 of Part II of Schedule I, because it was not the appellant's case before the Commissioner that amputation of the arm was from 8" from tip of acromion to less than 41/2" below the tip of olecranon. A new case cannot therefore be allowed to be set up on facts which have not been admitted or established.
875 It has next been argued that the Commissioner committed serious error of law in imposing a penalty on the appellant under section 4A(3) of the Act as the compensation had not fallen due until it was 'settled' by the Commissioner under section 19 by his impugned order dated May 6, 1969. There is however no force in this argument.
Section 3 of the Act deals with the employer's liability for compensation. Sub-section (1) of that section provides that the employer shall be liable to pay compensation if "personal injury is caused to a workman by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment." It was not the case of the employer that the right to compensation was taken away under sub-section (5) of section 3 because of the institution of a suit in a civil court for damages, in respect of the injury, against the employer or any other person. The employer therefore became liable to pay the compensation as soon as the aforesaid personal injury was caused to the workman by the accident which admittedly arose out of and in the course of the employment. It is therefore futile to contend that the compensation did not fall due with after the Commissioner's order dated May 6, 1969 under section 19. What the section provides is that if any question arises in any proceeding under the Act as to the liability of any person to pay compensation or as to the amount or duration of the compensation it shall, in default of a agreement, be settled by the Commissioner. There is therefore nothing to justify the argument that the employer's liability to pay compensation under section 3, in respect of the injury, was suspended until after the settlement contemplated by section
19. The appellant was thus liable to pay compensation as soon as the aforesaid personal injury was caused to the appellant, and there is no justification for the argument to the contrary.
It was the duty of the appellant, under section 4A(1) of the Act, to pay the compensation at the rate provided by section 4 as soon as the personal injury was caused to the respondent. He failed to do so. What is worse, he did not even make a provisional payment under sub-section (2) of section 4 for, as has been stated, he went to the extent of taking the false pleas that the respondent was a casual contractor and that the accident occurred solely because of his negligence. Then there is the further fact that he paid no heed to the respondent's personal approach for obtaining the compensation. It will be recalled that the respondent was driven to the necessity of making and application to the Commissioner for settling the claim, and even there the appellant raised a frivolous objection as to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and prevailed on the respondent to file a memorandum of agreement setting the claim for a sum which was so grossly inadequate that it was rejected by the Commissioner. In these facts and circumstances, we have no doubt that the Commissioner was fully justified in making an order for the payment of interest and the penalty.
The appeal fails and is dismissed.


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On May 26, 2012, Rudy Eugene attacked and maimed Ronald Poppo, a homeless man, on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami, Florida, making headlines worldwide. During the 18-minute filmed encounter, Eugene accused Poppo of stealing his Bible, beat him unconscious, removed Poppo's pants, and bit off most of Poppo's face above the beard (including his left eye), leaving him blind in both eyes. As a result of the incident's shocking nature and subsequent worldwide media coverage, Eugene came to be dubbed the "Miami Zombie" and the "Causeway Cannibal". The attack ended when Eugene was fatally shot by an officer of the Miami Police Department.

Although friends and family filled in details of Eugene's life, the reason for the attack remains unclear. Eugene, 31, employed at a car wash at the time, was divorced with a series of petty criminal arrests from age 16, with the last in 2009. While police sources speculated that the use of a street drug like "bath salts" might have been a factor, experts expressed doubt, since toxicology reports were only able to identify small amounts of marijuana in Eugene's system, leaving the ultimate cause of his behavior unknown. Poppo, 65, a graduate of Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School, was homeless and had long been presumed dead by his estranged family.

Attack

On the morning of May 26, 2012, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene drove to Miami Beach, Florida, to Urban Beach Week. After spending 30–40 minutes at the site, as filmed on security video in and around the car, he abandoned it about noon, and began to cross the  span of the MacArthur Causeway, stripping himself of his clothing and disposing of his driver's license as he advanced westward, according to eyewitnesses. His vehicle was eventually discovered and towed by Miami Beach police. Inside the car, police discovered a Bible and five empty water bottles, which they believed had been recently consumed.

Eugene - who eventually became completely naked, discarding even his shoes and his Bible at the crime scene - encountered 65-year-old Ronald Poppo at approximately 1:55 pm. Poppo had been lying underneath the elevated Metromover people mover viaduct when Eugene began to pummel him, strip him of his pants, and bite his face. The attack unfolded at the west end of the MacArthur Causeway, near the headquarters of The Miami Herald in the Arts & Entertainment District neighborhood of Downtown Miami. It was at first believed that neither Eugene nor Poppo knew the other before their encounter, until a July 2012 publication revealed that Eugene had met Poppo while working for the homeless community of Miami. A passing cyclist, Larry Vega, came upon the scene and alerted authorities via 9-1-1. A few minutes later, Miami Police Department officer Jose Ramirez arrived and, after doing a double take at the spectacle, warned Eugene to desist from attacking Poppo. Eugene ignored the officer's warnings and, instead, reportedly growled at him, then resumed biting his victim. The attack ended at 2:13 pm with Officer Ramirez shooting Eugene once at first, which proved ineffective, and then another four times. The ordeal was captured by a security camera on The Miami Herald building. Surveillance video shows that the attack continued for 18 minutes before help arrived.

Aftermath
Poppo was admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition, with 75–80% of his face above the beard missing and his left eye gouged out. He underwent facial reconstruction surgeries that took months to complete, but he remained permanently disfigured and blind. To help with the costs, a fund was set up and has collected $100,700 since July 17, 2012. Poppo spoke to police, whom he thanked for saving his life, on July 19, explaining that Eugene, whom he hardly knew, approached him in a friendly manner but then, complaining he couldn't "score" at the beach and "souped up on something", started to talk about how they were going to die, accused Poppo of stealing his Bible, and, suddenly and without provocation, attacked and strangled him with wrestling holds, and then "plucked out" both his eyes.

Poppo lost his eyebrows, his nose, parts of his forehead and cheek, and his left eye, and was left totally blind due to the damage to his remaining right eye. He underwent numerous surgeries to repair the damage to his face.  After rehabilitation, he put on , and relearned how to dress, feed himself, shower, and shave.  He was granted permission to stay at the medical facility indefinitely.

Inconclusive toxicology-investigation
Although the autopsy revealed no human flesh in Eugene's stomach, a number of undigested pills were discovered that have not been identified.  Although police sources had speculated that the street drug "bath salts" might have been involved, preliminary toxicology reports were positive only for the presence of cannabis. Authorities did not necessarily find the negative results conclusive; Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti expressed a belief that some new drug not yet tested for played a role; nationally-noted toxicologist Barry Logan said Eugene's behavior was consistent with "bath salts" and that toxicologists "are not testing for everything that may be out there"; and the director of toxicology at the University of Florida, Dr. Bruce Goldberger, said, "We are not incompetent... We have the tools, we have the sophistication and know-how. But the field is evolving so rapidly it is hard for us to keep track. It's almost as if it is a race we can never win".

Perpetrator

Rudy Eugene (February 4, 1981  – May 26, 2012) was born at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. He was of Haitian descent through his immigrant parents, who divorced months after his birth. Eugene never made contact with his father, who died when he was six. As a child he attended the Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church with his families on most Sundays. Eugene attended North Miami Beach High School in the 10th and 11th grades, and he played on its football team in the late 1990s. At the age of 17, he transferred to North Miami High School. After graduating, Eugene acquired money from such sources as selling CDs and jobs at McDonald's and in telemarketing. His last known employment was washing cars at a local automobile dealership. Eugene had expressed interest in establishing his own mobile car wash business.

Eugene's marriage, from 2005 to 2008, ended in divorce, with his wife reporting that there had been domestic violence in the relationship. The divorce was granted on January 8, 2008, and there were no children from their relationship. Eugene was estranged from his ex-wife until his death.

Criminal history
Eugene had been arrested eight times since he was 16, with the first arrest being for an assault in 1997. On February 25, 2004, Eugene broke a table, smashed items around the house, and pushed his mother out of the kitchen. Afterward, his mother told officers that he had said, "I'll put a gun to your head and kill you." This crime led to his serving probation for resisting an officer without violence. The remaining charges were mainly related to marijuana, which he had expressed a desire to quit.  His final arrest was in September 2009.

Victim

Ronald Edward Poppo (born May 17, 1947) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Manhattan's prestigious Stuyvesant High School, where he was a member of the Latin Club and worked in the guidance office. A former classmate reported that, after high school, Poppo enrolled at nearby City College but he dropped out in late 1966.
Poppo became homeless in early 1976. On May 24, 2012, two days before the attack, workers from the Miami Homeless Assistance Program discovered him and offered him the services of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust. However, Poppo declined assistance.

At the time of the attack, Poppo's family - including his daughter - had not heard from him in over 30 years. During that time, they assumed that Poppo was dead and suspected that he had killed himself. They were shocked to learn he was still alive at the time of the incident. Poppo has since completed treatment and was last residing in a Medicaid facility. He received nutritional and occupational therapy and took up the guitar.

See also

 List of incidents of cannibalism
 Florida man

References

External links
YouTube – Surveillance video
North Miami Beach Police Department Incident/Investigation Report – Eugene's February 25, 2004, arrest
Transcript of Ronald Poppo's 2012 July 19 police statement

2010s in Miami
Attacks in the United States in 2012
2012 in Florida
Incidents of cannibalism
May 2012 crimes
May 2012 events in the United States
Miami-Dade County, Florida

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