Most California cities use the council-manager form of government. In this model, the city council sets policy, passes ordinances, approves new projects and programs and ratifies the annual budget. The city manager implements the policies, advises the council, makes recommendations on council decisions, formulates the budget and oversees the administration and management of staff and resources.
Having the city manager oversee the agency's day-to-day operations allows the council members to focus on big-picture policy issues without the distraction of administrative tasks, such as managing personnel. It also enables the council to hold one individual accountable for the city's administration.
First and foremost, the relationship between the city council and the city manager is a partnership that serves the community. This partnership benefits immensely from a council that sees itself as a team. While council members can and do disagree on various issues, they can nevertheless function as a team if all members can agree that their shared goal is to make the best decisions possible for the community they serve. It can be helpful to frame this as a collaborative effort in which all members bring something of value to the task at hand.
Civility and communication are key elements of an effective council-manager partnership. Respectful discussions that incorporate civility set a positive tone for council meetings and council-manager interactions and help foster a welcoming environment for community members who attend council meetings.
Communicating clearly is essential to a positive, productive relationship between the council and the city manager. When dealing with a controversial or emotionally charged issue, it's critically important to listen carefully and, in many cases, repeat or paraphrase what you just heard to ensure that you fully comprehend and acknowledge what has been said.
A respectful exchange also involves giving your complete attention to the discussion. This means eliminating distractions to the extent possible, which may include turning off cellphones as a courtesy until the discussion or meeting has concluded.
Separating the people from the problems is another helpful strategy. Emotions can make problem-solving more difficult when people feel passionately about an issue. But attacking the problem — instead of each other — offers a more effective approach and a better way to preserve an important working relationship. It's OK to disagree, but it's not OK to be disagreeable.
When communication falters, problems occur. Avoiding conflict, which is human nature, can be a barrier to progress on tough issues. Address issues directly as they arise by communicating clearly and respectfully. Bear in mind that conflict can play a constructive role in problem solving. Complacency can be a red flag. A complacent council and city manager may be avoiding dealing with controversial or thorny problems. Such avoidance can ultimately make the problem much harder to address.
If you have [a] theme to help emphasize excellence and high performance (such as building a world-class community), it goes a long way to help staff and employees understand that goal. This kind of thinking appeals to many councils and helps them think about the larger, difficult and more strategic issues in the community.
Another pitfall occurs when a council member doesn't have a clear understanding of the council's role. For example, when a council member bypasses the city manager and gives direction to city staff, it puts the staff in an awkward position and can undermine the city manager's position. In my city, the city manager welcomes council members talking to city department heads but not front-line staff — and only in the context of having a discussion, not giving direction, which is the city manager's responsibility.
The dictionary defines "grandstanding" as "playing or acting so as to impress onlookers." Public meetings were not created as opportunities for elected officials (or wannabe elected officials) to impress each other, the media or the public. The purpose of a public meeting is to accomplish the public's business in the most productive, efficient and professional manner possible.
The article explains that grandstanding wastes the time of the public, staff and council.
… There are likely to be individuals in the audience who are waiting for an opportunity to speak or for later items on the agenda. They will be frustrated and resentful of an elected official who is prolonging the meeting in a self-serving and unproductive manner — particularly when the audience members have taken the time to come and participate in the agency's business. … The sense that public meetings are unnecessarily long may ultimately discourage the public from attending the meetings in the long run and alienate them from civic affairs.
Build capacity to create a more effective team. The governance team (mayor, council members and city manager) should get to know each other — how each person approaches issues, decision-making and so on. This can be accomplished at annual meetings or workshops throughout the year. In the event that council members disagree, clear ground rules (norms of behavior and practice) can help quell acrimony before it becomes a problem. It's important to remember that trust is built around understanding and respect, not necessarily agreement.
The council can support the city manager in many ways, such as giving him or her permission to take risks and act in an entrepreneurial manner, and providing clear directions with a unified voice. See "Council-Manager Relations: How We Work Together" below for additional tips.
Everyone makes mistakes. It's part of the human condition. If you have mistakenly asserted something that you subsequently discover was inaccurate or wrong, share that information and take responsibility for your error. If you have contributed to difficulties in communication, apologize and agree to move on. Don't allow your mistakes to cast a long shadow — address them promptly. Doing so also helps to build bridges with your colleagues on the council and your community and ultimately improves your ability to serve the public.
Debra Figone is former city manager of San José. This information was presented at the League's 2011 City Managers' Department Meeting.
Help me understand how best to communicate with you both as a team and as individuals. These methods must be compatible.
Be politically astute but not political.
Remember, I am human. If you don't see these actions, please give me the benefit of the doubt, and then talk to me about it.
Melanie M. Poturica is managing partner at the law firm of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore in Los Angeles, and can be reached at mpoturica@lcwlegal.com. David A. Urban is an attorney with the firm, and can be reached at durban@lcwlegal.com.
In the public eye, city council members are at the top of the city's government structure, presiding over large and small bureaucracies that may include police officers, firefighters and many other types of employees charged with serving the public interest. Accordingly, when residents are aggrieved by or interested in the conduct of a particular employee, they may view their council member as that employee's ultimate "boss" or de facto CEO of the city, who can cause the employee to be disciplined or even terminated, and who could certainly take such lesser actions as communicating with the employee's direct supervisor or reviewing the employee's personnel file for information relevant to the issue.
Disruptions in public meetings seem to be increasingly common. This article offers tips for local agency officials on handling conflict and strategies to help make meetings more productive.


Well-trained horses can carry you to the hills around the Bulkley Valley for breathtaking panoramas. Trips are available in the Babine Mountain Provincial Park and in Spatsizi Wilderness Park. Also available - multi-day pack train trips, sleigh rides, wagon rides, and horse camps to develop or improve your riding skills.
Scenic trails, draft horses pulling sleighs in winter and wagons in spring, summer and fall. Suitable for large groups, i.e. birthday parties. Campfire stop. 1 or 2 hour rides. Or book B & T Wagon and Sleigh Rides to come to your event.
Babine Mountains Provincial Park offers unique and beautiful hiking opportunities minutes from downtown Smithers.
10 kms of maintained trails suitable for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. These trails are not maintained. There is a warming cabin at the parking lot.
Horse drawn sleigh rides with Guy and Sabre.
Holiday on horseback, ride the trails of the Bulkley Valley.
McCabe Trail is one of the easier trails within the Babine Mountains Provincial Park. It's very suitable for children and novice hikers.
"Your Horse Connection in the Bulkley Valley" Uniquely personalized adventures on and around the Horse.
Smithers Rodeo Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing Smithers with the most exciting Rodeo and Bullarama during the BV Fall Fair that you'll ever experience!
Offering guided hunting for Stone's Sheep, Moose and Mountain Caribou in the Skeena Region.


Clearview Baptist Church is an Independent Baptist Church. We teach and believe the King James Version of the Bible and the Death, Burial, Resurrection, and Soon Coming of Christ our Lord for His church. We believe in salvation through Jesus Christ and following in believers' baptism. Our form of worship is old-fashioned preaching with hymns that are sung from the old soul-stirring hymnal.
Clearview is a church that has not changed in years gone by. We still sing the older hymns, and Pastor Kramer preaches messages that will challenge people's lives in these days of compromise and modernism.
If you are looking for a friendly, well-rounded family church, we invite you to visit with us here at Clearview Baptist Church.
Please check our Missions page.
Revival services May 12-15 with Earl Clarkson, 1040am and 600pm Sunday the 12th, 700pm Mon-Wed evenings!


This impressive photo tour from Reuthers will take you to the highlights of the North Island of New Zealand. From Auckland, you will travel through Coromandel and Whitianga via Rotorua and Napier to the bustling capital Wellington. Numerous photo stops on the way will allow you to work on your abilities and to masterly capture your visual impressions on camera.
On our last day we will travel today to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. We plan to stop at New Zealand's Stonehenge for a photo. In the evening we meet for our traditional Farewell Dinner in which we can recap the adventures of our photography tour through New Zealand.


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How to be human
How to be human: how to break up with a rebound
By Leah Reich Jan 23, 2016, 10:30am EST
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Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack's user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. You can write to her at askleah@theverge.com and read more How to be Human here.
Dear Leah,
I don't have the world's most complicated situation other than that I am in a relationship where I am really struggling to love my partner.
We have known each other for about six months, met through the world of gay social media, and I met my previous boyfriend around the same time. The previous boyfriend and I dated for a few months in what was a wild honeymoon period and things just fizzled out as some relationships do, but I wasn't ready for things to be over. I was quite upset and my current partner consoled me through the breakup process, and was a Godsend when I was feeling bouts of crippling anxiety.
Slowly as I started to recover emotionally I began to feel liberated, until he told me that the entire time I had been dating my previous boyfriend that he had a crush on me and had been fantasizing about me. This was something that obviously I felt quite confronted about, and had to be as honest as I could in saying that I wasn't ready to go back into any kind of relationship.
As time went on he became more and more affectionate towards me and began to act as though we were in a relationship. Slowly I became more comfortable with this where we are now at the point where I have agreed that we're exclusive, but I feel as though I am often trying to force myself to carry on in the relationship.
He has a very low self esteem and is often comparing himself to models in magazines, becoming dissatisfied that he doesn't have a six pack or doesn't have the latest clothes or hair and is always picking on his body when it's fantastic and there is nothing wrong with it. I am really struggling to love him because I'm worried that he doesn't even know how to love himself. I'm trying to be there and encourage him but my relationship feels weighed down, confined to focusing on the negatives of his life rather than the positives (he has started a great new job, has friends and he is incredibly popular among our social circles). One main reason is that his negativity has started coming across to me, picking on my body image as well.
Is it wrong to not love someone because they keep putting themselves down with nonsense?
Loveless Jerk
Hey LJ,
I'm going to do the thing I do sometimes, which is cut to the chase and then go back a little and unpack all the pieces. Cool? Cool.
You don't want permission to not love someone because they're insecure, you want permission to break up with your boyfriend. My darling, you do not need my permission or anyone else's. If you don't want to be in a relationship with this person, don't look for a reason why. Don't create a story about how he wasn't good enough or you couldn't help him. Be okay with the fact that you don't love him, and maybe never did. Be okay with that, even if it is hard and deeply honest, and it will allow you to end things swiftly and with as much kindness and compassion as you can muster.
Okay! Now we've gotten that out of the way, let's pull out all the pieces so we can understand how they fit together.
I think the reason it's hard for you to love this boyfriend is not because of his insecurities and negativity — more about that in a minute — but because he was a rebound. You feel guilty knowing he was so kind to you and loves you so much, and that you let it get this far without gently putting an end to it.
So you do what many of us do when we feel guilty: you try and make it his fault. The reason you don't want to be with him is because he's this flawed person and those flaws are driving you apart. Don't feel bad, I'm right there with you! And the truth is another person's problems — insecurity and negativity, depression and anxiety — they can really wear down a relationship. This is especially true if they don't seem to work on their problems.
It's weird how intense this can be in romantic relationships. I bet you have friends who do this too. Friends who are insecure, compare themselves to models, and never feel good enough. Maybe not constantly but enough that you say, "You are amazing and fabulous, and I wish you saw it! How can I help?" Maybe they accept the help and maybe they don't, maybe you sometimes bitch to another mutual friend about how they're making you crazy, maybe you tell them gently that they need to get help because it's more than you can handle, but for the most part you don't stop loving them as a friend.
Insecurity and anxiety can really wear down a relationship
And hey, I've been there many times, doing this very thing — taking someone's flaws and blowing them up, huge. Looking at them like you're examining your own pores in a mirror and getting annoyed and disgusted. Using that huge distorted view to give yourself a reason to not be with someone. The sad thing about this is how, some years after the fact, you feel guilty about it. You think about how someone else did this to you, or how you were insecure and you wished someone hadn't been mean about it. You get that we're all human, and we make allowances for each other the best we can. It's not your boyfriend's problems that are making you stop loving him. The problem is that you never really did.
I think you like your boyfriend a lot. I think you care about him as a friend. But I think you're not trying to make things better, or you're not telling me, "this is a last resort, I can't handle this anymore." You're using his problems as a way to wiggle your way out, because being honest about how you feel is uncomfortable and hard.
You and your current boyfriend got together after you'd been in a pretty bad place. In fact, he was there to support you in your time of intense anxiety — and, I bet, some doses of insecurity, too. Now, I don't tell you this to make you feel guilty, like your boyfriend cared for you and why can't you care for him. I say this because I want you to think about why he did that. Sure maybe he's one of those people who likes to fix people, or likes it when someone needs him. I don't know for sure, but I'm going to guess the following:
Your boyfriend likes you. He liked you when you were with this other person, he liked you in your shitty devastated state, and he likes you now. The reason I'm pretty sure of this is because you don't say he's tried to change you or fix anything besides your heart. He lifted you up when you were down, because your happiness means something to him.
Now, it's okay that you don't feel the same way about him. It's okay that his happiness isn't something you want as much as — god, maybe even more than — your own. It's okay because you're not required to like him or to be in love with him, even if he's in love with you. That's not even a mean thing to say, it's simply the truth, and I've said it here before, only to people who were in your boyfriend's position.
You're not required to like or love him, even if he's in love with you
I'm going to bet if you were with someone you loved, and they had these problems, you'd come to me saying, "Hey Leah, how can I help this person?" My advice would be different — maybe you could help them, maybe you couldn't. If you were with someone you loved, you'd want them to be okay, and you'd say to me, "It's hard but, man, what can I do? How do I help? How do I not give up?"
Of all the things I wish I could make the human brain do, a big one is this: I wish I could make it handle difficult and uncomfortable situations without immediately wanting to find blame outside its own boundaries. Like, I wish I could keep your brain from making this your boyfriend's fault for being human. I wish I could have made my brain stop from getting upset at someone for their flaws, when the truth was that I never fell in love with them and didn't know how to get out honestly and kindly.
LJ, you can break up with this guy. You don't need to find a reason other than "I'm not in love with him." I give you the permission you should have given yourself. I'm also giving him permission to be insecure, because lord knows a lot of things in this world make it hard for for any of us to accept how good and beautiful we are. Yeah, he has to love himself, but in that chicken-egg story, it helps to have a person out there who you love and who loves you just as you are. A friend, a parent, a lover, anyone.
When you're ready to be in a relationship, you'll find someone whose flaws don't make you crazy, maybe even someone who you love just as they are, flaws and all. You'll help each other. And your (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend will find someone who feels the same about him. Maybe that will help him feel like he's on stable ground, which will enable him to be a little less insecure. We all want to know we're accepted and loved. I think you know this, so let him go find someone who feels that way about him.

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Bordeaux (Pathos Theatre Company) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review
July 13, 2011 Samantha Wu
Bordeaux is a melodic clash of period drama, romantic comedy, queer play, political commentary and domestic tragedy combined and yet, in a way, it is none of the above.
The story takes place in 19th century France where a young man, Pascal (Michael Davidson) escapes a Paris that is caught in the middle of a revolution. He finds his way to the wine country of Bordeaux.
There he befriends two sisters – Genevieve (Julia Pileggi) the younger,wide eyed optimist searching for adventure and Odette (Alexis Eastman), the elder and hardened one who is aware of the consequences of dreaming big. Pascal is soon visited by a man from his past, Henri (Jamie Ebbs) who serves as a painful reminder of the life he left behind.
The show explores the will to be daring and how far one is willing to go in order to eliminate obstacles and find a better life. It also looks at elements of queer struggles and if denying your past is worth the search for a more ideal future.
Written and directed by Alex Kentris, Bordeaux is shown in a series of short scenes that slowly reveal the true nature and desires of the characters. The setting of revolutionary France is the catalyst for the debate between structure and conformity for the sake of peace and the need for uprising to force change and a better way of living.
The production is well written, smart and demands that the audience question their pre-conceived notion of what is the right thing to do in the given situation.
The performance here is superb, though at times the dialog seemed to be delivered too quickly. The acting is spot on and very effective, you feel with the characters and sympathize with their struggles. A stand out performance from Jamie Ebbs for his exuberant portrayal of a man "raised by prostitutes" and who lives to survive, that includes a beautiful operatic vocal piece.
Bordeaux has become one of my favorites this year at Fringe and is a show that is meant to be enjoyed by everyone.
– Bordeaux is playing at the Factory Studio Theatre
July 7 at 10:30 pm, July 8 at 3:15 pm, July 11 at 8:45 pm, July 12 at 2:45 pm, July 13 at 5:45 pm, July 15 at 7:15 pm, and July 16 at 4:30 pm.
– Individual Fringe tickets are available at the door for $10 ($5 for FringeKids), cash only. Late comers will not be permitted.
– Tickets are also available online at fringetoronto.com, by phone at 416-966-1062, or in person at The Randolph Centre for the Arts, 736 Bathurst Street (Advance tickets are $11 – $10 + $1 convenience fee)
– Money saving passes are available if you plan to see at least 5 shows.
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We will kick off the Fall season this Labor Day weekend with another great, warm, dry day at the Aurora Farmers Market.
Below is the list of vendors and other special guests who will be at the Farmers Market this week. Will we see YOU there?
Colgan Farms will sell locally grown, gourmet hardneck garlic varieties, as well as some handcraft items.
Dragonfly Hill Farm offers vegetables, fruits, farm fresh brown eggs, and handmade alpaca wool crafts. Mark reports he will have peaches, red raspberries, blackberries, apples, melons, grapes, beets, potatoes, cucumbers, red cabbage, sweet bell peppers, summer and zucchini squash. Dragonfly is a participant in the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, accepting WIC and Senior FMNP checks. If you don't know what this is, get information on the eligibility requirements for these nutritional support programs at the Farmers Market management booth.
Kozlowski Honey will offer honey, cut comb honey, plus a few garden vegetables including shallots, peppers, and a few tomatoes.
Sonny's Best Farms will have three varieties of summer squash, tomatoes, peppers, cucumber and eggplant.
Stewarts Corners Farm will offer corn, green beans, tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeño peppers, pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers, peas, lettuce, spinach, carrots, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.


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RF Video Shoot Interview with Koko B. Ware
26th February 2015 by Scott Keith
This was filmed in 2005
The interview was conducted by Rob Feinstein
It runs at two hours long
The video starts with Koko, dressed in a pinstriped white suit coat wearing a cross, asked if he was a fan of wrestling growing up. He said he was about 16 or 17 growing up in Tennessee when he saw a group of guys working out and wanted to get into that so they made his parents sign a waiver that they would not be responsible for any injuries that may occur then he began to work out in this building, which also had wrestling on Thursday nights. He talks about the local guys like Jackie Fargo and Herb Welch that he used to idolize.
He broke into the business after the guys he worked out with noticed him as he was improving. Koko credits Plowboy Frazier (Uncle Elmer) with getting him started as he booked him in a small town in Arkansas. Frazier told Jerry Lawler about him and after watching him wrestle, Lawler asked Koko if he could make the Memphis TV taping the next morning.
When asked about the hardest part of training, Koko said it took two weeks to get used to the mat as he was having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning before drifting off topic about he was training to become an auto mechanic and how he switched careers to wrestling as he was adapting well to the business.
Koko talks about how hot the Memphis territory was at that time. He said that his first opponent on TV was against Jos LeDuc. Koko said that he was a good "bump man" and knew how to bump for the power guys. LeDuc put him over after the match, as did the promoters and guys backstage as Koko said that put a smile on his face as he never had all of this admiration before.
About Nick Gulas, Koko calls him one of the most lovable promoters to work with but if you did not know him he could rub you the wrong way. He also said Gulas was odd with payouts and how he would tell you its not how much you make but rather how much you save. Koko talks about how he loved the territory as you were home every night.
On the "Sweet Brown Sugar" name, Koko said that he was a special guest referee in a match and helped the heel beat Lawler. Koko then said that the fans called him "Sweet Brown Shit" after that.
He said that the veterans in the locker room at that time never gave him a hard time on purpose.
Feinstein asks Koko about Lawler. He says that when you went to Memphis, you have to go in with the mindset that he is the king. He then talks about guys bitching about not getting the main event spot over Lawler as Koko said he earned the right for that spot as he built up that territory.
Koko credits Jerry Jarrett for helping him on his interviews by making Jarrett cut a promo against guys in his backyard. Jarrett would also told him to play off of Martin Luther King's "I Had a Dream" speech but that his dream was to be a professional wrestler and then speak about that. He said there were no scripts back then either.
When asked, Koko said that he did not feel that his earlier gimmicks or stuff was racist. He then talks about how you cannot go into a wrestling promotion and tell what you are and are not willing to do as that reflects a bad attitude and as a result, you will be sitting on the sidelines.
He puts over Jimmy Valiant as a talent and a person. Koko says that Valiant was a big fan of his as well. Koko said that he teamed with Bobby Eaton once when his opponent no-showed so Bill Dundee, the booker at the time, decided to pair them up together. He said that they had a great match and even did an "Ebony and Ivory" gimmick briefly that got over.
Koko says that Steve Keirn started out as a really good guy then tells a story about his gimmick as Stagger Lee, which is what he used when he lost a "Loser Leave Town" match. At that time, Keirn was given the Fabulous Ones gimmick, who wore suits. Koko said that Lawler gave him the Lee gimmick and told him to shake all of the fan's hands. After a show in the locker room, Koko was backstage with the Fabulous Ones, Ricky Morton, and Bill Dundee. He said that everyone but him knew what was going on as Keirn wanted to speak to him. Koko said they went to the showers as Koko leaned on the rail as Keirn asked who gave him permission to dance and shake the hands of the fans. Koko said that Lawler gave it to him, assuring Keirn that he would not steal his idea. Keirn then said okay but as eh went ot walk away, he turned around and sucker-punched Koko, who thought they were friends as they used to ride together. Koko got up and landed a few shots then he got pulled away as Koko says that Keirn was the one who should have gotten pulled away as he started the whole thing. Koko then said he ran down Keirn, saying that the territory did everything they could have to get him over as Koko says this was his first big break and he was not about to lose it over this. He then talks about how Eddie Marlin told him it was enough after he thought about going back after Keirn, prompting Koko to tell him that if he was the one who started the fight, he would get fired. Koko said that he has ever spoken to Keirn since and says he longer holds a grudge against him as he (Koko) has turned his life around now.
He then skips ahead and talks about another locker room fight that he had with Paul Roma in the WWF. Koko said that Roma had a chip on his shoulder at the time then called Koko "Buckwheat" one night then Koko confronted him. Roma said he called him that because that is who he is as Koko said he fought with him but after that happened, they got along and are friends now. (For the record, Roma had a completely different recollection about what happened in his shoot interview that I reviewed).
Feinstein asks him about some other workers in Memphis. He said Robert Gibson was a great guy and Koko live with him and his girlfriend as he puts over the girlfriend's cooking. He calls Norvell Austin a good wrestler but was older at the time. Koko says that the PYT's gimmick helped him out at that time. He puts over Eddie Gilbert, saying he was born to be a wrestler, then says he thinks the world of the whole Gilbert family. He says that Tommy Rich was a great guy as well then tells a story of how Rich wrote him a check to get new tires for his car when he was short on money. Koko says he never forgot that.
When asked about Bill Dundee as a booker, Koko says that he is just "alright" but needed someone to work off of before talking about how a booker needs to also work with someone who is not actively wrestling at the time for it to work.
He then went to Texas to work for Fritz Von Erich after a brief stay in Leroy McGuirk's territory in Oklahoma. Koko said that he and Norvell were the first black tag team in Texas. He said they replaced the Freebirds as the heel team then tells a story of how Andre the Giant got the Freebirds fired in the WWF as they constantly came in drunk.
Koko said that he never saw the drug problems with the guys in World Class but that the ones who did use would come into the locker room about ten minutes before their match, usually already dressed.
After World Class, Koko went back to Memphis and worked a series of gimmick matches, including the first scaffold match. Koko said he volunteered to face Dundee because no one else wanted to and he was young and hungry. He then talks about how spending five years in Memphis taught him how to wrestle and how angles work.
He then talks about how the "Koko" name was given to him by his high school football coach due to what Koko says is his smooth, silky skin. He denies that there was any racism with this name. When he needed a name to wrestle, Plowboy Frazier asked him so he suggested Koko then in Mid South, Jim Ross added the "B. Ware" part and it took off from there.
Koko said that Bill Watts did not want guys who couldnt take care of themselves in the ring and if you couldnt stretch him or make it look real, he would fire you. On whether or not Watts was racist, Koko said he didnt see that as he pushed JYD, Butch Reed, Ernie Ladd, along with himself. Koko said that Watts knew talent.
He was then asked if he was upset about losing in the First Round of the UWF Unification Tournament as Koko said no as this is an entertainment business and not a shoot and if it was, he would not be in this business along with a majority of the other guys he was working with.
Howard Finkel was the one who contacted Koko about joining the WWF. Finkel told him to pick a date that would not interfere with his schedule for Watts so he could fly up for a meeting with Vince. Koko said he told Watts about the meeting and how he respected him but that he wanted to see what the WWF could offer, as he had a family to provide for and wanted to give them the best.
When he first met Vince, Koko said he was overwhelmed as New York City was huge and he had no idea where he was going then realized that on the same flight was Kamala, who was also flying to meet with Vince and jokes how they initially kayfabed each other as to why they were there then came clean with each other. Koko said that he felt comfortable when Vince spoke with him during their meeting. When it ended, Vince told Koko to go home and think about the offer but not before asking if there was something he would like to add to his gimmick. Koko then took a picture out of his pocket of him at a pet store in Baton Rouge that had a macaw in the background as Koko said that he wanted the bird with him, adding that he also had the bird tights made. Vince said that it was not a bad idea but made sure that he was okay traveling with the bird as Koko said it would not be a problem. So, Vince bought the bird and had Koko pay him back as he was working for him. Koko then said that his wife, who had a background in dancing, came up with the bird dance as it was easy enough for everyone from young and old to do in the crowd. Koko said that for someone his size (5'7), the gimmick got him over as much as possible in the WWF.
On the drug scene in the WWF at that time, Koko said that it was not a big problem until the incident in which Iron Sheik and Jim Duggan got caught with drugs together. He claimed that guys only did some things to "get by" but not more than that.
Koko said that he helped Hulk Hogan out while he was in Memphis as he trained him there, along with Brutus Beefcake, then did not see him again until entering the WWF and said how Hogan never forgot about that.
He puts over Greg Valentine, saying he always had good matches together. Koko said that the Honky Tonk Man broke in with him and that they used to train all day and night together and how they remain good friends today. He said that Randy Savage was nice to him and booked him for the IWC promotion. When asked about how Savage treated Elizabeth, Koko said he was protective and cannot blame him as if his wife was in the business, he would be the same way as some guys in wrestling do not respect the women. He also said Savage would fight you in an instant and tells a story of how Honky was doing a wiggle at Elizabeth during matches as Savage was pissed and confronted him backstage.
When asked about WrestleMania III, Koko said whenever someone asks him about his career he always thinks back to that show as it feels so good to have 93,000 cheer you on and it is the culmination of all your hard work in the business. He said he was so thankful to make this show has he said he was just a country boy that made it to this huge show.
Koko said that everybody cracks due to the travel at some point as he talks about struggling with the language barrier during International travel. He then says that everyone (not just wrestlers) should stay out of the country for one week to experience that.
He gets asked about several of the guys he worked with. Koko loved working with Jake Roberts and recalls one fan called the Humane Society after Jake cut a promo about Damien eating Frankie and they actually came into the building and told them to keep Damien away from the bird. Koko said that the Dynamite Kid was a funny guy as he laughs recalling a time when he hid Outback Jack's knife. He also said that they shaved the head of one of the midget's at a bar when they were passed out, saying it was sad. Koko talks about another rib when Steve Keirn took a dump into Jerry Lawler's crown the night Lawler made his debut as payback from when he was in Memphis.
When asked about the Dynamite Kid/Jacques Rougeau incident, Koko said that he was not there but said he knew something would happen. Koko said that Jacques was a nice guy but that if he landed a punch, you were in trouble. He tells a story of when Jacques went to Terry Taylor's house once, apparently after Taylor did something with his girlfriend, and dropped him when he opened the door.
Koko said Curt Hennig was a good friend and an outstanding talent. He says that his death hurt everyone. He calls Rick Martel a "classy guy" and was very family oriented and would try to learn how to speak French with him. He did not get the chance to work with Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels much but credits Shawn for finding god. On the Ultimate Warrior, Koko said he had a lot of animosity inside of him as the company made him wait for a longtime until he got a chance as when he first entered the company he would barely get booked. Koko said that Chief Jay Strongbow went to Vince and said they should use this guy before someone else snatched him up. Koko said he was a good gimmick guy.
On the Undertaker, Koko said that he was not doing anything under his real name then credits Vince for giving him the gimmick as that can go on and on forever because you can cool him off for six months then bring him back. Koko said he can do some nice moves but not much else other than that.
He was not disappointed that he only got a dark match at WrestleMania VII because he never got his hopes up and appreciated things as it happened.
Koko was not shocked when Lawler joined the WWF because despite the animosity, Lawler was talented and Vince recognized talent.
When asked about how he formed the High Energy Team, Koko said that something happened with Jim Neidhart and if left Owen without a partner so Bobby Heenan was the one who suggested Koko as his replacement. Koko said that Owen was a great guy then says the whole Hart Family are great people. He said he had great matches with the Headshrinkers but hated the top rope splashes they took from them as they always knocked the wind out of them, even joking that if you had to "take a crap" when you were laying down for the move, you would shit your pants. He loved working with the Nasty Boys and the Beverly Brothers.
Feinstein backtracks and asks Koko about the "Wrestling Album." He said that they shot the video during a cold morning in San Francisco. He was happy to be the lead singer of the album then briefly mentions how he is the lead vocalist in his church choir today.
Koko now talks about how he got fired. They were overseas at a bar when Shawn Micheals and Jim Troy, one of Vince's executives, got in each others faces and started to spit at each other as they were both tanked. Koko said he went over to break it up then Troy started to egg Koko on about being a "phony tough guy" and how Vince pays him a lot of money to take care of "fake tough guys" as he pushed both Koko and Shawn out of the way. Koko then asked Troy why he tried to fight him and got slapped. Koko said he immediately snapped and beat on Troy like "Ali beat on Frazier." He then said that Troy got up and ran out the door afterwards and when Koko looked at his own hand, it was sliced open from a beer bottle as he puts that same hand in front of the camera to show the scar from that incident as he said a doctor came to the hotel to sew it up. After that, Koko told Marty Jannetty about what happened. Marty was pissed so he ran down to the front desk, demanding the clerk give him Troy's room number. Mrty then decided to hop over the desk because he was taking too long and decked the poor clerk, demanding the keys. Jannetty and Koko went into the room as Jannetty kicked down the door and destroyed the room as Troy was not there. They headed back down to the lobby when they saw Troy getting out of a taxi as Koko told Troy it was not over yet and hit him again. Koko said that the lobby of the hotel connected to a diner and Koko left Troy hanging over a table. The next day, Pat Patterson came over to him ask what happened. Koko said that he saw Troy's wife, who couldnt believe what happened then said he was Troy's face and that he had two black eyes that he described as being "blacker than he is" before telling Patterson about the incident. Terry Garvin then told Koko before a show in Paris that Vince wanted him to go home. Vince then called up Koko pissed off about how he beat up his executive then after hearing the story, Vince got pissed that one of his executives tried to beat up a wrestler and how he cant have this in his company. Vince put over the severity of the beating he gave to Troy and said he had to get rid of both but he got rehired shortly thereafter. Koko then says that Vince holds that against him today but that he holds nothing against Vince or the WWF and would give anything for a chance to wave his hand to the crowd at Madison Square Garden today.
He said that WCW offered him a deal to be "under their roof" but that there was no money involved so he declined the offer.
When asked, Koko said that he had no problem going back to a smaller territory in Memphis after the WWF because he was not "too good to come down" from a bigger place on the National scene. He said that Brian Christopher has a whole lot to learn and was not ready for the WWF when he started as he started "doing things" when he got into the spotlight and said he paid his dues for a while before making it to the WWF and knew how to maintain himself when he got there. He said that Reggie B. Fine was a funny guy but does not know how to wrestle and is a gimmick man.
He still watches the WWE today and likes when guys he worked with make special appearances. He says that he does not sit around crying about not getting invited to the shows or the Hall of Fame as the whole business is a work. Koko said why get upset when you are told to lay down for someone and does not take it as serious as others do because it is all entertainment.
His favorite matches were against Jerry Lawler in Memphis because he learned a lot in the ring with him.
When asked, Koko said he was surprised when the Jarrett's never reached out to him about working for NWA-TNA. Koko said he doesnt expect a long run with the company but thought he could help them out for a short run as he does own the Koko B. Ware gimmick. He says they are great guys, regardless.
Koko said he is older now and would not work full-time for Vince today as a result if he was asked.
On the high-flyers in wrestling today, Koko said that he has seen moves that he thought humans were unable to do and takes their hats off to those guys but separates those guys from the wrestlers who use psychology and how they will not draw main event money working that style as you need to sell and tell a story.
Today, Koko says that he has his own painting business as he wrestles occasionally. He also said that he had to wake up in the real world eventually and learned this trade. The camera then zooms in on his face as he says wrestling took himself, a country boy, around the world four times and has no regrets as he got to see the world.
In closing, Koko thanks the fans as he gets really emotional as he thanks everyone and how he does not hold grudges any longer because of his belief in god and says he will go around and apologized to anyone that he has mistreated before thanking the interviewers for allowing him to tell his story. He then thanks Vince McMahon for his opportunity to make his name in this business as he is now recognized around the world as he starts to tear up a bit as he looks up and thanks everyone.
Final Thoughts: I thought this was a good interview. Koko came across as a good guy and seemed very thankful for the opportunities he got in life due to wrestling. Koko was not bitter at all regarding his time in the business or his position on the card in the WWF. He did skirt over any mentions of drugs and was vague on his own usage (One of Roma's claim in his shoot was that Koko was fucked up on drugs during their fight) but regardless, the interview was solid.
His story on how he got fired was pretty crazy and definitely worth a listen. Koko also seems to be at peace with himself as he mentioned himself being involved with the church. At the end when he broke down, it seemed like he did so due to a combination of being upset about his past behaviors and just being thankful to get to share his love for professional wrestling. At the end of the interview, I became a fan of Koko as a person.
Overall, I recommend this interview as it had a mix of crazy stories and genuine heartfelt moments from a wrestler thankful for all the chances he received in that business. I thought Koko came across as being sincere as well.
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New version of vivo V19 leaks through Google Play Console, new vivo Y50 joins it
The Google Play Console leaked two mid-range vivo phones – the V19 and Y50. No, not that V19 that was unveiled in Indonesia last month, this one is fairly different.
Google Play Console leak: vivo V19 • vivo Y50
The vivo V19 (model number 1933) has a dual punch hole for the selfie camera (instead of single). However, the Console doesn't tell us about the camera hardware inside, noting about the rear cams either (the Indonesian V19 has a 48+8+2+2MP setup).
This V19 gets a more powerful chipset, the Snapdragon 712. Compared to the S675 used in its namesake, the major difference is the faster GPU (their CPUs trade blows without a clear winner). The V19 has 8GB of RAM and runs Android 10.
Judging by the screen specs supplied by the Console, this vivo V19 will have something very similar to the 6.44″ Super AMOLED panel with 1,080 x 2,400px resolution that the other V19 uses.
Based on teasers, this version of the vivo V19 will be released in India and Malaysia. The release date is still TBD (it was March 26 originally, but they were postponed due to the outbreak).
vivo V19 • vivo Y50
The vivo Y50 (aka vivo 1935) is the first of the Y-series to have a punch hole for the selfie camera (just the one). It's screen has 1,080 x 2,340px resolution and should be slightly smaller than the one one the V19.
This phone is powered by the Snapdragon 665 chipset with 6GB of RAM. This chip was most recently used in the related vivo Y9S. Anyway, the V50 is also running Android 10. There's no word on when it might be made official.


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Today, we start in on the demi-human classes with the Dwarf. My brother's main character when we played back in the day was a Dwarf named Larry. Later, his brother Gary also joined him as an adventurer. My brother liked the Dwarf class a lot. For a while, I couldn't remember actually playing a Dwarf back in our old games, but then I remembered I did play a Dwarf named Doli (also taken from Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles), but I don't think he lasted very long. Either he bit it in some unremembered dungeon, or I lost interest and stopped playing him. In AD&D I've played a few dwarf characters, but it's never been a race I've been particularly called to play. I do use them fairly often as NPCs, though.
So, what did Frank Mentzer have to say about the dwarf as a fantasy trope?
They're pretty much described as what has become the stereotype. Take Tolkien and Snow White, mix well, there you go. Short, stubborn, practical, hard-working, hard drinking, rowdy little dudes. And their women-folk have beards, don'chaknow.
As a class, we're told that they should behave like Fighters, so go read the Fighter class entry for tips on how to play. We're given a rundown of their basic abilities, including their restriction to small or "normal" size weapons. Of course, it's not until much later, in the Masters set or maybe the RC that we finally get anything like weapon size categories. The text itself prohibits two-handed swords and longbows. Lances and pole arms are allowed (confirmation of the lance comes in the Expert Set, where Dwarves are allowed to make a charge for double damage with a lance).
One thing I notice that's lacking is explicitly pointing out that Dwarves have amazing saving throw scores. It's really their biggest advantage, IMO. And it's something I never actually paid any attention to until much later. Maybe my brother noticed it way back when? Nah, I think he just liked the concept.
For special abilities, we get a concise description of infravision (repeated on the next page for the Elf class). If it's hot, it's red. Cold, blue. Room temperature, it can faintly be seen. 60' range. Simple.
For the detection abilities, we're given a description of the things they can look for, but aside from traps (which is obvious) and to an extent sliding walls (how are they different from secret doors?), it's not obvious why sloping passages or new constructions would be relevant or not. The rules were formed with the megadungeon environment in mind, but by the time these rules were written, the lair or scenario dungeon style was becoming more popular, so as a beginning DM I didn't take advantage of these abilities in scenario design.
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After three years, I finally thought of a comment: it says that dwarf women "have" short beards, not that they "grow" short beards.
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There is probably a wedding night tradition where the groom's best man holds him down while his buddies shave him. That's how you tell that a dwarf man just got married. He is clean shaven and looks angry.


The 2017 L.A. FOOD Festival was a smash hit in Los Angeles.
Saturday June 10th, 2017 La Food Festival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The La Food Festival filled the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this year with everything from myriad ice cream socials to all types of savory beef and vegan dishes. This year the event took a different approach by setting up all the vendors inside the walkway of the Coliseum in a "C" formation as opposed to last year, when they had all the vendors on the lawn side of the Coliseum.
Nuevo Gastropub area, where chef Dante Ferrero Saturday June 10th, 2017 La Food Festival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The main attraction was the Nuevo Gastropub area, where chef Dante Ferrero cooked up 1 cow, 2 goats and 2 pigs over 24 hours — quite a feat. The crowd stood around the gated Gastropub area and watched while the chef or his helpers would cut up the meat into slices and fill up an aluminum tray and then serve it up to the waiting crowd. It was quite the scene to see the barbecued carcass still steaming hot under the fiery embers. The meat was also used for the various vendors who made tacos, pork sliders and other dishes.
We discovered a restaurant vendor over in the vegan section with the best vegan tacos around. Jeries Rabie, the owner, will be opening up a restaurant this summer in west Hollywood called 5 Elementos on Santa Monica and Hancock. We sampled their Organic Mexican Cuisine, and it was fabulous! We tasted the handmade tortillas made with gluten-free golden corn flour and the asada and tofu tacos with a zesty Chipotle sauce. The whole taco was scrumptious and healthy. Look them up: Themed as So-Cal Mexican-style cuisine, they differentiate by using organic, Non-GMO ingredients to create dishes that set them apart from traditional Mexican restaurants.
At The Ceviche Stop, the cooks outdid themselves this year with a Ceviche Peurano served up in coconut shell with mango cucumbers, red onions, cilantro and ceviche and some delish spices. It had such an amazing taste — you could eat it every day.
Look them up: Ceviche Stop is in different cities every Sunday, so the only way to find them is through social media, they post their address there 1 week in advance .
Around the corner, the vegan and vegetarian options held court and included vegan ice cream at the ice cream social.
Chocolate Churro from Churro Boss were hot and sugary churros with chocolate caramel and condensed milk that were mind-blowing good.
L.A.'s Wanderlust Ice Cream delivered delicious samplings inspired by their travels, such as their signature vegan Sticky Rice Mango ice cream inspired by Thailand and Abuelita Malted Crunch, inspired by Los Angeles itself and Japanese Neapolitan from the land of the rising sun. We tried the STICKY RICE + MANGO house-made rice milk ice cream made with coconut cream and swirls of mango puree. It was dairy-free and vegan — and as good as it looks!
Fluff Ice offered vegan ice cream but would add in a sprinkle of condensed milk. They offered a variety of tea and other flavors.
Amazebowls had delicious vegan smoothies topped with little bits of fruit.
Salt & Straw offered an artisanal caramel ice cream with a delicious balance of sweet and salty.
Jenis Splendid Ice Creams served up melt-in-your-mouth exotic flavors using whole ingredients and dairy from grass-pastured cows rather than synthetic flavorings and commodity ice cream mix.
Ray's BBQ brought its Texas-wood smoked style brisket that melts in your mouth. The buttery, tender and juicy meat delivers a huge amount of flavor in every bite. Yum!
Soup Bazaar's artisanal soups included Brazilian Coconut Shrimp made with Cassava (yucca) peppers, cilantro and coconut milk. The vegan option, Black Lentil/Black Garlic, included mushrooms and charred tomato and peppers. Soup Bazaar has a wide selection of soups, sandwiches and salads at their cafe.
Nushii's sushi burritos and bowls are perfect for lunch on the go. Varieties of rolled sushi burritos, bowls or salads include California Ahi Tuna, Signature Spicy Ahi Tuna, Citrus Royal Salmon, Teri Racha Chicken and — for vegans — Curry Lemon Grass Tofu or Hearty Herb Cauliflower. You can switch out the rice for seaweed, soy paper or seasonal greens, and there are different sauces and toppings, which are a must try!
From Casa De Brisa comes The Concha Burger, served on pan dulce (sweet bread) is salty and a little sweet — and a lot of delicious. This tasty burger can be made with beef or lamb and features a chipotle sauce to top it off. Casa De Brisa offers a full menu and catering services. There are also vegan options.
The Ensaymada Empanadas come from The Ensaymada Project, whose mission is to continue the century-old Pilipino tradition of artisanal pastries. Hailing from Mallorca, Spain, and perfected in the Philippines they are colorful, fluffy, creamy, moist and cheesy.
Hot Fat Donuts make them the way they should be made — with all the fried sugar and flour and sprinkles. Glorious %$#'ing doughnuts and a damn good cup of coffee. The Strawberry doughnut actually tastes like Strawberry! I tried them with coffee. Just wonderful.
Chori-Man offers a tasty twist on chorizo with Tolucan green chorizo (made with Poblano chiles & Zacatecano red chorizo). There were tacos with pickled onions, crema and cheese on organic yellow corn tortillas that were colorful and delicious — a fifth generation recipe.
Overall, there was a grand turnout at the LA Food Fest with the lines of people waiting to taste the delicacies of each vendor. If you come next year, you may want to go VIP so you can get ahead of the lines.
It was really a great way to kick off the summer in Los Angeles. See you next year!
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Gaming ⋮ Press Release
Kingdom Come Sold Over 3M Units; Warhorse Is Expanding to Work on New Project
By Alessio Palumbo
Kingdom Come: Deliverance has officially sold over 3 million units, Deep Silver announced today, roughly two years after its original release. To celebrate this momentous occasion, there'll be a free Steam weekend this week, and the game developer Warhorse Studios is also showcasing a new logo.
In celebration of selling over 3 million copies of its critically acclaimed medieval role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Warhorse Studios is introducing a new corporate logo. The design represents the strong and dynamic qualities of the team, while remaining true to the origins of the company; the same counts for the combined glyphs "HO" in the word WARHORSE, inspired by medieval inscriptions.
Two years after release, the award winning RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has reached over 3 million units sold with an excess of 1.5 million DLCs sold across all platforms (PC/PlayStation 4/Xbox One). Warhorse Studios is celebrating this important milestone with an exclusive Steam Free Weekend from June 18 -22 to celebrate this milestone.
The press release also mentions that Warhorse is now 'starting to work on a new project', which suggests that the studio's next game (likely a Kingdom Come sequel given the aforementioned sales success, though we can't be certain as of yet) is still quite a way off its release. Meanwhile, though, Warhorse is expanding its headcount with the goal to reach 180 employees within the next year. You can take a look at the currently available job positions here.
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For Sale: An Infamous Hollywood Party Pad
The six-bedroom estate spent two decades as a star-studded hot spot.
By Bridget Mallon
Joe Babajian Real Estate
A Hollywood Hills home with quite the history -- think, A-list residents, all-night parties, and plenty of debauchery -- just hit the market in Los Angeles, asking $3.5 million.
According to Realtor.com, the six-bedroom home was built in 1939 by architect to the stars Paul Williams, but it wasn't until the 1960s, when Marlon Brando took ownership, that the property rose the ranks to become one of the hottest party pads in Hollywood.
Brando bought the home with his childhood friend, fellow actor Wally Cox, and the pair proceeded to take advantage of everything the half-acre property had to offer, including the pool, fountain and barbecue area, by inviting their famous pals over to rage deep into the night. When the partying would become too much for Brando though, he retreated to a small room hidden behind a fake bookcase, where Realtor.com reports he'd find solace and read through scripts. According to the Los Angeles Times, that secret room, reminiscent of Prohibition, still exists.
After Brando and Cox moved on in 1968, the home transformed into a yoga center for celebrities, with stars like Carole King and James Taylor spending time in the commune-like space, according to Canyon News.
The home had yet another celebrity resident after the yoga center closed its doors; in the early '70s, David Carradine and Barbara Hershey moved in and continued the houses's party-filled legacy. Rumor even has it that one of Carradine's horses escaped from the stables that were once on the property, and ended up in the pool during a star-studded get together.
Although the estate hasn't played host to celebrity parties since Carradine moved out in the '80s, here's hoping the new owner has at least one event to honor the space's raucous past.
Take a tour of the home in the photos below.
Bridget Mallon Bridget Mallon is the Assistant Web Editor for Elle Decor and Veranda.
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What are you guys using for monitors?
In a passing conversation with my wife about Christmas presents, I made the comment that it would be so cool to have a 37" or 42" monitor here in my office to use when drafting. She latched onto the idea, though I told her the cost of a GOOD 30" HP or Dell is in the $1500 range and no way am I spending that on a monitor.
So I saw a 37" Visio at Sam's Club the other day that has a 1080p resolution and got to thinking that this might work okay. So my thought is to keep one of my 19" monitors for close up work and word processing, etc and use the 37" mounted to my wall about 7-8' from my drafting chair.
I don't use the monitor all day, probably 4-5 hours each day in spans of about 90 minutes at the most. (To many disruptions.) I do primarily 2D line drawings almost exclusively.
So I'm looking for opinions. I'll find the tech specs on the Visio and post them up.
Also looking to see what others are using for monitors.
Twin Dell 2408WFP monitors (1920×1200). I've thought about adding a "large" monitor at some point, but that thought quickly dissipates.
I think I'm going to tell her to get the Vizio. If I don't like it in my office, we can put it in the bedroom at home. Win-Win!!
I am only relaying word of mouth, but I have heard that Vizios don't last long. I guess there's a reason they are so much less expensive.
Might I suggest a Smasung Edge Lit LCD? Not a whole lot more expensive, and the image is the best I have seen for LCDs.
A 22" Acer flat screen and tri-focals.
I begged my boss for a 23" wide screen monitor. I finally got it this fall, and it's miles and miles ahead of the 19" that I gave up.
I did notice that as you monitor size increases, so does the movement required to use that real estate... your head will move up and down and side to side more... your mouse and your arm will have to move more. Because of that you would not want to get too big.
I'm using a 22" widescreen at home... and I would consider going a little larger, but not too much larger. I think a 25" wide screen would give me the same text height as I had with the 19" monitor at work. So 25" or 26" widescreen. And the prices are not unreasonable for that size monitors.
Couple of thoughts here - I also normally use tri-focals. I had a special pair of bi-focals made up: the upper (larger) part of the lens is the intermediate (arm's length) equivalent on the tri-focal. The lower portion of this bi-focal is reading (14"). This means I have a good full area lens view of the monitor screen and can also easily read the keyboard.
As for monitors, I'd definitely recommend at least a 24" monitor - presently I use a Samsung 24" (1920x1200) coupled with a Sceptre 20" (1680x1050) - i.e., same aspect ratio, same dot pitch. I'd avoid the current crop of 1920x1080 monitors; while recommended for HD viewing, these might not be optimal for graphics work.
I currently work off a laptop with a single ACER P221w 1680x1050 external LCD monitor. The visual quality is very good although the radiation sometimes will interfere with infra-red devices. I have the option of using my laptop screen as a 2nd screen but it's too small for for my liking. My ideal setup would include a second 22" LCD screen on a swivel mount so I can go from portrait (for viewing documents) to landscape for more CAD views.
Change a little part of the world.
Is bigger always better or is there a point when its a burden?
Can a large screen TV monitor stand up to power users monitor requirements?
I heard "once you go large you can never go back", I'm still on a 19 inch.
I have a LG 22" with a 50K Contrast Ratio. Get the largest monitor that will fit your desk or workstation. I think Contrast Ratio is an important rule of thumb. Now they come with HDMI inputs. When I use my tv card and watch off-air tv in HD the picture is the best of any I've seen anywhere. Try to get the best you can and don't settle for a lesser, cheaper model. I've seen a machine shop with a 32" or larger monitor for doing their cad work but is it something you would want in your home/office? I couldn't use a much larger monitor on my desk.
**EDIT** I went to Fry's today and saw the new LG 23" LED that has 5M : 1 Contrast Ratio. LG also has one with 120Hz and one with tv tuner. If I could justify breaking my 22" I'd get the 23" LED.
re: …I heard "once you go large, you can never go back"; I'm still on a 19 inch.
I switched from twin 19" monitors to twin 24" monitors and definitely wouldn't go back. I set these up together last year to get some sort of comparison photo. I also love having the palettes separated from the program as seen in here and here (right monitor rotated to portrait). I only use 3 palette columns, but for those that want access to the most amount of Layers, you can view the Design Director and Layers palettes together. The "Auto Hide" pushpin feature is helpful; I can let the nested palettes roll-up to view other applications.


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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Estevan Florial Show Off In Rehab Games
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Photo by Ed Wolfstein)
By Josh Norris
TAMPA, Fla. — After looking at the lineups for Monday's Gulf Coast League tilt between Yankees and Blue Jays prospects, one could easily be excused for thinking Sunday's Futures Game festivities had extended an extra day.
On one side was Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Blue Jays' teen phenom and the No. 1 prospect in the sport. On the other side, batting leadoff, was Estevan Florial, the top position player in a stacked Yankees system.
Both were rehabbing injuries — Guerrero a strained left patellar tendon and Florial a fractured bone in his right wrist — and both quickly showed the small gathering of onlookers at the Yankees' minor league complex that they were nearly ready to return to regular-season action.
Florial opened the game with an opposite-field home run — his third longball in eight games bouncing between the Yankees' two GCL clubs — an extremely positive sign for a player rehabbing an injury to his wrist.
"I'm feeling pretty good," Florial said. "I'm feeling good swinging. The most important part is to get my wrist healthy so I can come back after that."
Even before the injury, the 20-year-old Florial's season had not gone quite as he'd planned. With high Class A Tampa, he'd hit just .246/.353/.343 with one home run and 10 RBIs. This came after a breakout year during which the Yankees steadfastly refused to trade him during their multiple midsummer trades.
Perhaps more concerning, Florial had struck out in 30.1 percent of his plate appearances with Tampa before the injury, although he backed it up with a 13.5-percent walk rate as well. Much like fastball command for a pitcher, plate discipline is where prospects and suspects begin to separate themselves from one another.
"I was kind of fighting it with Tampa, in the Florida State League," Florial said. "It wasn't that good, but it wasn't that bad. I think it was so-so. I was trying to make more contact with the ball. I have to try to get better at that. I had a couple problems with the changeup. … I was swinging at a lot of balls, so I need to wait for my pitch to drive."
Guerrero, on the other hand, did everything asked of him and more at the plate with Double-A New Hampshire before his knee started barking. The 19-year-old was hitting a stunning .407/.457/.667 with 11 homers in 53 games in his first try at the upper levels.
His defense still needed work, though, and early in the game he showed he was nearly ready to return to action in that regard as well. He dove to his left to spear a hard grounder, then recovered in time to throw out the runner at first.
Anyone who's watched Guerrero for even a game knows he has all the ingredients to be one of the best hitters in the sport. Multiple scouts surveyed by Baseball America before the season went so far as to project as 80-grade hitter on the 20-to-80 scouting scale.
"It's always a comforting feeling knowing that when you challenge prospects that they both handle that challenge and find ways to get better," Blue Jays farm director Gil Kim said. "He did both of those things going to Double-A as a 19-year-old. It was very exciting to see that progress."
But if he doesn't continue to work on his defense, he'll wind up playing somewhere other than third base when he reaches Toronto. For their part, the Blue Jays are extremely pleased with the strides he's made since the beginning of the season.
"Defensive footwork and angles have been a priority with him for most of the season," Kim said. "Again, from our infield coordinator Danny Solano to Andy Fermin—who does the infield up there—to (New Hampshire manager) John Schneider(^) … everybody kind of partnered together to help Vlad with a plan to challenge him each day and help him with that, and subjectively you could say he's gotten better."
Guerrero has played three games in the GCL, and could soon be on his way back to an affiliate — either New Hampshire or Triple-A Buffalo — to continue what he started back in April. The wait has been long for both he and Florial, but the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to become much brighter.
NOTES: Florial played for the Yankees' GCL West squad, which featured some pretty interesting prospects behind him in the lineup. Chief among them was outfielder Antonio Cabello, whom Baseball America ranked as the No. 15 prospect available on last year's international market. He signed with New York just before last Christmas.
After a brief stop in the Dominican Summer League, Cabello came stateside and hasn't stopped hitting. The 17-year-old swatted his fourth home run of the season on Monday, and thus far has put together a .338/.434/.676 line in the GCL. Of his 24 hits, 13 have gone for extra bases.
"I think the talent and the tools speak for themselves," manager David Adams said, speaking about Cabello and teammate Roberto Chirinos. "What people don't see is what kind of people they are inside. They're guys who show up every day ready for the grind. They're good leaders and people and they do things the right way, and I think that's what people need to take notice of."
Chirinos, also 17 years old, went 1-for-4 and scored a run in his team's win. Baseball America ranked him as the No. 20 player on the 2017 international market.
Shortstop Logan Warmoth also rehabbed with the GCL Blue Jays on Monday and went 1-for-3. Jordan Groshans, the Texas high school shortstop whom Toronto drafted with the No. 12 overall pick this season, went 2-for-3 with a run and a walk. He's hitting .362 in his pro debut.
The Blue Jays' high Class A affiliate also showcased a bit of talent on Monday evening. Starting pitcher Patrick Murphy, who has battled through a series of injuries over the course of his career, was electric in his team's win over Florida.
The 23-year-old righthander pounded the strike zone all night with a mid-90s fastball peaked at 98 on multiple occasions en route to seven innings of two-run ball. He coupled the pitch with a power curveball in the low 80s that he landed and buried for strikeouts. He also showed off a firm changeup in the high 80s.
He made arguably one mistake all night, a 96 mph fastball that Florida outfielder Isranel Wilson crushed over the wall in right-center field.
"We were lucky to score two runs," Florida manager Luis Salazar said. "This guy's got major league stuff. He challenged the hitters with fastballs up to 98 and with a nasty breaking ball. Our guys had a tough time picking him up. He hit his spots really well … I think that's the best guy I've seen all year."
Dunedin shortstop Kevin Smith, the Blue Jays' fourth-rounder from a year ago, crunched his 17th homer of the season when he deposited a hanging curveball from reliever Troy Bacon over the left-field wall.
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Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, has introduced OCRMax™, a new tool for optical character recognition (OCR) and verification (OCV) applications that gives Cognex vision systems and vision software the power to achieve the highest read rates while keeping misreads to a minimum. OCRMax is fast, easy to set up and simple to use across all In-Sight® vision system and VisionPro® vision software platforms.
OCRMax overcomes the limitations of other OCR technologies. It is an all-in-one tool that can handle character variations, text skew, proportional fonts and variable string lengths, making it the most robust character recognition tool in the industry. OCRMax is easy to set up and use, with minimal training being required.
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The key to achieving the highest read rates with OCRMax is its superior character segmentation capability. The segmenting functionality takes each character line and splits it into individual regions that each contains one character. This robust functionality ensures that OCRMax can handle distorted, touching and variably spaced characters. It can also accommodate uneven surfaces and lighting variations to the background of the characters. In addition, OCRMax lets users control key parameters to further improve segmentation performance, resulting in even higher read rates and fewer misreads.
Easier font training and management
OCRMax has an intuitive user interface that makes font training a very simple process. This makes reads more consistent and repeatable in virtually any environment. OCRMax users can also export and import fonts from external storage, making training easier and increasing the tool's flexibility. In addition, users can share the same fonts across multiple Cognex systems, further streamlining and simplifying font management.
Read any code, anywhere
"Industries are putting a major focus on traceability in the supply chain," said Bhaskar Banerjee, Business Unit Manager, Vision Systems. "Consumers and other stakeholders are requiring it. OCRMax gives manufacturers the power to ensure that labels match products, to verify print legibility of codes and to match text to barcodes or 2-D Data Matrix codes. The ease of use and set up, powerful segmentation functionality and simple, flexible font training that OCRMax offers, make it a powerful solution for any manufacturer."
To learn more and try OCRMax for In-Sight or VisionPro, go to www.cognex.com/OCR.
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Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include machine vision systems, machine vision sensors and barcode readers that are used in factories and distribution centers around the world where they eliminate production and shipping errors.
Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 2 million image-based products, representing over $7 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For details visit Cognex online at www.cognex.com.


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Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness
ER waits average three hours, occasionally causing permanent disability and even death
The Health Ministry will soon create a smartphone app that will report on how fast it should take to reach the nearest emergency room.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
MK ILAN GILON (Meretz) hears an explanation from a physician at the Knesset yesterday during the legislature's second annual Health Day
(photo credit: KNESSET)
The Health Ministry will soon create a smartphone app that will report on how fast it should take to reach the nearest emergency room, and on the estimated time one would have to wait there for treatment.
The app was announced Tuesday at a meeting of the Knesset State Control Committee on the second annual Knesset Health Day, organized by the Israel Medical Association (IMA). Various types of physicians were on duty for a few hours in the Knesset to offer medical screening tests to MKs, visitors and employees.
MK Karin Elharar (Yesh Atid), who chairs the committee, said action must be taken now to improve ERs.
"The State Comptroller has said that patients died or became permanently disabled because their medical problems were not identified in time. The quality of service there directly and indirectly affects people's health in the short and long term," Elharar said.
"The Health Ministry can't wait every year until the emergency rooms collapse under the burden, which is growing every year," she added.
At present, the average wait in an ER is three hours, but each case depends on the seriousness of the condition and the time of the day and year. There are some three million emergency room visits annually.
The comptroller found that no maximum amount of time for a doctor coming and giving treatment had been set. In addition, there was no policy on urgent care facilities – some of which are unlicensed – Elharar said.
Health Ministry associate director-general Prof. Arnon Afek said that in the coming year, some NIS 70 million would be allocated for improving ERs, and that NIS 105 million would be budgeted for the same purpose in 2017. Sixty manpower slots for physician's assistants will, for the first time, be allocated.
Dr. Jackie Or, head of the ER at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, pointed out that most emergency rooms around the country employ doctors who are not specialists in urgent care or other relevant specialties.
He called for giving doctors better pay to keep them in public medicine. He also maintained that over a third of ER patients do not have to be there and could be treated well at health fund clinics in the community.
Another Knesset meeting to mark Health Day focused on women's health and fertility.
It was organized at the initiative of Zionist Union MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin and Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi – who is also a gynecologist. Only a few MKs attended, but various doctors turned up to speak.
Experts discussed fertility treatments and whether they caused higher risk for specific types of cancer. They also discussed the need to include in the basket of health services the freezing of women's ova, which would enable them to become impregnated at a later time, and how hard it can be for women to get married because younger men die in the military, go abroad for work or prefer much younger partners. It was also argued that many poor women cannot afford Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer.
The Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committee heard that there had been 58 people with serious complications of the flu so far this winter, and that four had died. Representatives from the Maccabi and Clalit health funds said they still had flu vaccines, but that "people are not coming for them."
Despite all the publicity about flu deaths, only 20 percent of the population has been vaccinated so far this season, compared to 21% a year ago.
The supply of flu vaccines in the middle of the season is often limited, Health Ministry officials said. Immediately after the news spread about the death of a 54-year-old woman, 30,000 came for shots rather than the usual 3,000 a day.
MK Uri Maklev (United Torah Judaism) said the public was confused.
"One day, the health funds call on people to come in for a shot, while the next day, they say their supply has run out," He said.
Tibi said he couldn't understand why there was such disorder.
"It is not a new virus we didn't know about before," he said. "It's a project that returns every year."
MK Eli Alalouf (Kulanu), who chairs the committee, said Internet campaigns by the ministry weren't reaching the poor, the elderly and many ultra-Orthodox Jews. He added that the ministry should be more proactive in directing the health funds about ordering and giving flu shots.
The committee also discussed the connection between poverty and illness, with Alalouf saying he lost his father when he was four years old and that his mother raised 10 children alone.
"One can free oneself of poverty," he said, "but no school of social work has a course on how to do this."
MK Yael German (Yesh Atid), a former health minister, said most disease comes from the environment and an unhealthy lifestyle, and not from genes.
She noted that it had been some six years since the Treasury updated the amount of money needed (NIS 300 million) to expand the basket of health services each year.
Dr. Bishara Bisharat, head of the English Hospital in Nazareth and head of the Society for Health Promotion in the Arab Sector, said that if the government subsidized the price of whole wheat instead of white bread, people's sugar levels and risk of diabetes would drop significantly.
All hospitals except his own, Bisharat said, serve white bread to patients to lower costs.
(Ironically, participants at the Knesset's Health Day sessions were not served healthy refreshments.
All the baked goods – burekas, pastry and cookies – were full of dangerous trans fats. In addition, the vending machines in the second-floor cafeteria were packed with junk food, from potato chips to high-sugar chocolate snacks and colas.


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The swell was a bit strong so we decided to change destination: "ilet à caret" instead of "petite terre".
the map link is on the tiny island. No more trees on it since last storm. No more nice "carbet" either. the ci shows the little place. Anyway it was nice having picnic there.
The pano is just an other small island "on the road". You can see that big shower was going through "basse terre".
This is my fav out of the three. The water always looks so vivid against the darker sky.
Le post principal invite réellement à la baignade en eaux pures et chaudes mais il faut se méfier de l'atmosphère changeante et éviter ces engins bruyants.
THESE waters, just awesome the turquoise color. It is probably an underwater paradise as well, did you go scuba diving or using a snorchel maybe? My favorite is the main as well, the storm clouds add something "dangerous", despite the pretty color you "hear" the thunder, you get the impression that something is happening. The pleasure boats and jet boats fit the theme, absolutely.
The water color is really inviting. But the under water is not that interesting, except in some special places as far as I know.
Even with this rain clouds, I can still feel the warm of the tropical air. The activities proof it is still very nice to spend time on the water. I like how the light coming through the clouds.
guillaumejm (2019/04/01 21:23:53): Yes really warm. And even if you've a shower (short generally) it is not a problem because it is not cold rain :). Better just to ptotect the BBQ duraing the short rain.
I like the atmosphere of this photo and special light, which is caused by the sun rays peeking through the gaps of the clouds. The rain in the distance is also well seen.
The turquoise water is attractive and inviting. With the boats and jet boats this was fitting the March theme perfectly. I was only too late to add to my choices.
Great contrast between the beautifully rendered stormy sky and the tropical waters. I love it, sorry I saw it too late to vote for it.. Like Phil, I find this image the real stunner of the three.
guillaumejm (2019/04/07 07:15:46): Thanks a lot Pat.


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