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Patriots Notes: Thomas, Michel, Gronk, Wynn
July 21st, 2019 at 4:44pm CST by Sam Robinson
Demaryius Thomas is not a lock to make the Patriots' 53-man roster and may well begin the season on the reserve/PUP list. The Patriots started that process Sunday by placing the Pro Bowl wide receiver on their active/PUP list, which applies to players not healthy enough to begin participating in training camp. The Pats used the same designation for Sony Michel, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. Michel will certainly be part of the 2019 Patriots and is recovering from offseason knee surgery. Thomas tore an Achilles in December, joining longtime receiver teammate Emmanuel Sanders in that regard. The latter, however, is further along in his recovery, having not started Broncos camp on the PUP list.
Here is the latest out of New England:
Patriots third-round pick Yodny Cajuste underwent quadriceps surgery before the draft and landed on the defending Super Bowl champions' reserve/NFI list, Mike Reiss of ESPN.com tweets. As is the case with the active/PUP list, players can come off this list at any point during camp. Cajuste figures to mix in as a swing option for the Patriots as a rookie.
If Rob Gronkowski does follow through on a comeback, might the Patriots be wise to assure him blocking responsibilities will be limited? While the future Hall of Famer was a plus blocker for his position, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe suggests the Pats use Gronk as a hybrid-type player that does not have the same kind of in-line role he previously held. The 30-year-old icon has slimmed down this offseason, one that has reportedly not featured much in the way of strength work.
Deatrich Wise and Nate Ebner will join Thomas and Michel on the Pats' active/PUP list, Reiss tweets. A third-year defensive end, Wise has not missed a game in two seasons.
Isaiah Wynn, however, will not appear on the Pats' active/PUP list, Reiss adds (via Twitter). The 2018 first-round pick missed all of his rookie season due to a torn Achilles' tendon. Suffering the injury before last season began, Wynn is expected to suit up when the Patriots convene for their 2019 camp and line up as New England's starting left tackle.
The Pats do not appear to have an open spot at quarterback, with Reiss noting Brian Hoyer will stick as Tom Brady's top backup and rookie Jarrett Stidham is likely assured of a roster spot as the team's latest developmental QB project. This puts 2018 seventh-round pick Danny Etling on the verge of again falling short of a spot on the team's active roster. But he may have an outside shot as a Taysom Hill-like role, per Reiss. While the Purdue and LSU alum never rushed for more than 200 yards in a season in college, Reiss points to his 86-yard touchdown run during 2018 preseason play as a sign this outside-the-box notion could work. The Patriots probably aren't too eager to take Brady off the field, however.
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NFL Draft Pick Signings: 5/18/17
May 18th, 2017 at 5:01pm CST by Connor Byrne
The latest draft signings from around the NFL:
The Bills have signed second-round wide receiver Zay Jones, who's the fourth of their six draft picks to ink his rookie deal. Jones caught an FBS-record 399 passes, including a ridiculous 158 last season, in four years at East Carolina. That production helped lead the Bills to trade up for Jones, who should be the wideout-needy club's No. 2 WR after Sammy Watkins in 2017. Jones is now dealing with a knee injury, according to ESPN's Mike Rodak, though it doesn't seem particularly serious.
The Ravens have signed third-round linebacker Tim Williams (per Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun), meaning they now have their entire seven-player draft class under contract. Williams, the 78th overall pick, is coming off back-to-back seasons with at least nine sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss at Alabama. The Ravens' hope is that both Williams and second-rounder Tyus Bowser will beef up a pass rush that finished just 24th in the league in sacks last season.
The Cardinals have announced the signing of third-round receiver Chad Williams, a former Grambling State standout. The 6-foot-1, 204-pound Williams went 98th overall to Arizona, whose non-Larry Fitzgerald receivers didn't offer much production in 2016. Moreover, the 2017 campaign could be Fitzgerald's last, while John Brown will be a free agent next offseason. Therefore, it was imperative for the Cardinals to invest a relatively high pick in a wideout.
The Browns have inked third-round defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi, per a team announcement. Ogunjobi, who went 65th overall after a strong career at UNC-Charlotte, might start immediately in Cleveland alongside fellow D-tackle Danny Shelton.
The Patriots have signed former Arkansas defensive lineman Deatrich Wise, a fourth-rounder who was the 131st overall selection. Wise underwhelmed as a senior with the Razorbacks last season, when he posted 3.5 sacks after totaling eight in 2015, notes Lance Zierlein of NFL.com. However, the 6-5, 274-pounder possesses "rare physical attributes," Zierlein writes.
The Colts have announced the signing of fourth-round defensive tackle Grover Stewart. Formerly with Albany State, Stewart went to Indianapolis with pick No. 144. He has the makings of a developmental project, according to Zierlein.
Jets fifth-round tight end Jordan Leggett, the 150th selection, is now under contract. Leggett racked up a combined 86 catches and 15 touchdowns over his final two seasons at Clemson. Given both the Jets' woeful tight end production last year and their lack of offseason upgrades at the position, Leggett could be in line to make an impact as a rookie.
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Anyway, in Jack London's short story, Negore the Coward, the title character's thought to be a coward, and from the perspective of others, including the woman he loves, he seems to be nothing but a coward. The setting of the story is in mid-nineteenth century Alaska, where Negore and his native tribe are fleeing a ruthless band of Russians (Alaska was Russian territory until we "bought it" from them, remember?). He has disappeared from the tribe, but returns and catches up to Oona, who he calls "his woman" and her father, the blinded Kinoos, whose bravery from a previous showdown with the Russians is the stuff of legend.
When Negore explains his side of the story, Oona admits she may have misjudged him, but as there were no witnesses to Negore's version, he still must prove himself to her with an act of bravery equal to that of her father – "Art thou willing to do no less than what Old Kinoos hath done?" Of course he is, which sets up the climax of the story.
Read it for yourself for free online here.
I've really enjoyed a Jack London "reading renaissance" the past year or so, for which i'd like to thank my blogging colleague, Dale, over at Mirror with Clouds, who through several posts helped me remember how great a writer London is. What about you? Have you read any of Jack London's short stories?
😀 Isn't it great? I was so little that was probably the only part of the show I understood. 🙂 Gave me goosebumps hearing it again too.
Thanks, Jay – although now I might have to change my 2014 Deal Me In list again. Your post about this story reminded my of Hemingway's story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber". Although bravery (at least by Hemingway's definition and/or code) isn't exactly proven in that story.
I will definitely be including The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber in next year's line up (if I don't read it ad hoc before then!) as several people have mentioned/recommend it to me now.


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Right Wing Watch: The Week's Weirdest Moments on the Extreme Right
Right Wing Watch is a project of People For the American Way, dedicated to monitoring and exposing the activities and rhetoric of right-wing activists and organizations in order to expose their extreme agenda.
As Election Day draws closer, extreme right-wing commentators and activists are ramping up their already dark and divisive rhetoric, sprinkling in some claims and ploys so fanatical you'd be forgiven for dismissing them if they weren't so dangerous.
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, has transformed into a prominent online pro-Trump commentator in recent years and has recently been using his popular YouTube channel to highlight some pretty amazing "facts." Namely that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Satan share some eerily similar characteristics.
In a video posted Tuesday, Aug. 25, Adams explained that there are only "two people who are famous for living underground": Joe Biden and the Prince of Darkness.
Adams went on to assert that Biden's campaign slogan—"Build Back Better"—contained satanic symbols, with the number six being hidden in the capital B's of the slogan, meaning that the slogan was really code for 666. The rest of his claim is almost too ludicrous and complicated to explain: Adams went on to say that Biden's name itself likewise contained a hidden 666, whereby if you combined the J and O together, they formed a "backwards six," while if you turned the lowercase e upside down, that formed another six. Those two sixes combined with the six hidden in the B of Biden's last name formed 666, while the reminder of his last name—I-D-E-N—was code for "identity." If you got lost following that chaotic claim, just know you're not the only one.
"666 identity. That's what Joe Biden's name actually is," Adams said.
Who can argue with that?
And just in case accusing one of being buddies with Satan wasn't enough, shady right-wing political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl have begun rolling out robocalls targeting Black voters with lies and disinformation aimed at dissuading them from voting by mail.
In the robocall, a copy of which was obtained by Right Wing Watch, a woman identifying herself as "Tamika Taylor" warns that police will use information from mail-in voting to track down voters, that credit card companies will collect outstanding debts with the information provided, and even that the Center for Disease Control will use the information to force people to receive mandatory vaccines. Here's the robocall in full:
Hi, this is Tamika Taylor from Project 1599, the civil rights organization founded by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl. Mail-in voting sounds great, but did you know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts? The CDC is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines. Don't be finessed into giving your private information to the man, stay home safe and beware of vote by mail.
Wohl and Burkman are notorious smear merchants who revel in leveling absurd allegations and spreading baseless lies and may soon find themselves in the cross hairs of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson who said in a tweet that her office "will use every tool at our disposal to dispel this & other false rhetoric & seek justice on behalf of every voter who was targeted & harmed by this vicious attempt at voter suppression."
Perhaps Biden's supposed connection with Beelzebub explains why so many extreme right-wing Christian commentators have recently begun declaring that it would be a mortal sin for anyone to vote for him.
During a recent interview on a religious-right podcast, multimillionaire prosperity gospel preacher Kenneth Copeland proclaimed that any person who doesn't vote for President Donald Trump or votes for Biden in the 2020 election is "guilty of murder."
Not to be outdone, extreme right-wing commentator John Zmirak declared a few days later that any Biden voter would be committing a "serious sin" akin to murder for which they will have to answer to God on Judgment Day. Elizabeth Farah, the co-founder and chief operating officer of the right-wing conspiracy theory website WorldNetDaily, echoed that sentiment in a video that she posted Friday, Aug. 28 in which she insisted that everyone is "obligated to vote for Trump/Pence in this 2020 election" because to do otherwise is a sin akin to doing nothing while one's family is viciously raped and attacked by home invaders.
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I set up my Virtual Assistance business, Indigo Bureau, to offer office admin support mainly, but not exclusively, to busy creatives. Having come from a design background myself I appreciate how admin can get in the way of creative energy.
As the name suggests, I work virtually from my own home office which means that clients don't need to provide me with desk space or a computer. They don't pay my National Insurance or my holiday and sick pay, instead they hire me on an hourly basis as and when needed.
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My clients are all small business owners, working in a variety of different industries. Many work from their own home office, but some employ a couple of staff and operate from small studios. The one thing they have in common though is, as their business starts to grow and become more successful, they may find themselves drowning in admin and paperwork. They usually contact me when they're finding they're working late into the evening and on weekends to clear the paperwork backlog. This was never their intention when they initially set up their business, so they look to outsource help with this admin, and that's where I come in.
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This week, we had a Professional Day in my District and I went to this event: Krashen Redux where I got to virtually watch a Steven Krashen talk and have numerous "discussion" breaks to talk about what we were thinking/learning in response. This was a fantastic morning with rich discussion about what the research reveals about free voluntary reading and what exactly makes a difference for children.
At our table, we talked about the importance of not just access to books and time to read them but also about how essential classroom climate is to help students become avid readers. High school teachers talked about reading when their students read to be models. When my students are reading, I am listening in and conferencing with different children. It is not about reading in front of my students that is the key piece – it is about the personal reading that I do at other times. I need to be a passionate reader who knows books so that I can book talk books, generate excitement and put the right book in the hands of the reader who needs it. I also need to share my reading life. I tell my students about books I am reading to my children. I share with them about fantastic picture book discoveries I made at the library, books that followed me home from the bookstore and books that kept me up half the night. My students know I am a reader because I share this part of my life fully with them.
Nonfiction titles I am reading to my children: The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins and Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia written by Sy Montgomery with photographs by Nic Bishop.
Read anything great lately? Please share!


They're not in Oregon, apparently. Anyone else got some state-specific numbers?
Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 12.1 percent in March from 10.7 percent (as revised) in February. The state's unemployment rate has risen rapidly and substantially over the past nine months, from a rate of 5.9 percent in June 2008.
State of WA isn't quite as bad as Oregon. It was at 8.4% at the end of Feb. Haven't seen numbers for March yet.
Florida is bad. Some loactions are double digit whaile the remainder are hovering just below that! I personally know people who have been looking for a job for about two years. One moved out of state and got a job within 3 weeks!
I am seeking employment out of state even though I currently have a job. Some employers even take advantage of the situation (the beatings will stop when moral improves).
Amica—"Employer Share purchase plan and Employee Stock option plan-YOU can be an owner of Amica. Our Success is YOUR SUCCESS" This is what Amica claims is a "benefit of employment"???Then could someone PLEASE< PLEASE explain how Amica see's this as a benefit when they posted a third quarter loss?????
Well, obviously Michigan is in bad shape, at about 12%. If you want to work, you'll have to move to a state that ends in Dakota.
Nevada isn't doing so well right now. I think we are closing in on 9% last I checked. Mainly because people don't gamble in economic hard times.


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I'm very honoured to have been elected President of IEEE AESS for 2018-2019. To better serve our members and the wider AESS community, the Society has matured several new initiatives over the last two years, such as the new AESS Resource Centre, new international Chapters, forming the Navigation Systems technical panel and growing the AESS Professional Networking and Mentoring Program. The AESS has a worldwide scope: we aim to be relevant to people in all countries, and we seek to establish new AES chapters in new countries.
The future of the Society is inspired by its core purpose to best serve the most valued requirements of the AESS community. Member feedback has highlighted several areas where the AESS can move from "good to great". Our strategic plan includes new initiatives to expand and strengthen relations with Industry, where we have the largest percentage of members than in any other IEEE Society. It also places emphasis on new initiatives to attract and retain younger members, reinvigorating chapter activities, and offering targeted education and training opportunities to fulfil the professional development needs of the AESS community.
The mission of the AESS is to provide a responsive and relevant professional society that attracts, engages, aids, and retains a diverse set of members (age, culture, community – theoretical, managerial and applications) worldwide in the areas of our fields of interest as defined in our constitution. AESS will accomplish this through technical, chapter and society activities in the areas of conferences, publications, education, technical operations, industry relations, and member services.
The vision of the AESS is to be essential to the worldwide technical community and be recognized for outstanding contributions in the fields of aerospace and electronic systems as demonstrated through the Society's products, service and offerings in the areas of conferences, publications, education, technical operations, industry relations, and member services.
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Just eight months ago, Kenobi the tiger cub was almost someone's pet — or worse.
In May, U.S. border patrol agents spotted three people trying to cross into Texas illegally while carrying a black duffel bag. Noticing the officers, the migrants turned back, ditching the bag as they ran away.
Officers unzipped the bag and stuffed inside was tiny Kenobi, who was only about 3 months old at the time. They couldn't believe their eyes — but they had just saved a little life.
Kenobi had been highly sedated in order to be smuggled across the border, and it's likely he was on his way to become someone's pet or to go on display at a roadside zoo. But instead, he will now only know a life of peace. He was brought to In-Sync Exotics, an accredited wildlife sanctuary and rescue in Wylie, Texas, where he's just made his very first friend: A playful white tiger cub named Kylo Ren.
Seeing the two together is just as adorable as expected.
Kylo, who is just two months younger than Kenobi, was born at the sanctuary last summer after his pregnant mom and his dad were rescued from life as backyard pets. A budding friendship was just waiting to happen, and now the two youngsters couldn't be happier together.
Instead of being locked in small cages like they may have been in captivity, Kylo and Kenobi run free in their large grassy enclosure each day, playing and romping around like the young tigers they are. They go swimming, toss toys and get to nap in the sun as much as they want each day.
This is a far cry from what their lives would have looked like if they hadn't been rescued. Across the U.S., thousands of tigers live trapped in cages as pets — simply because it's so easy for people to buy and sell them under the radar. According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are actually more tigers living in American backyards than there are left in the wild.
While many roadside zoos with tiger breeding programs claim their efforts are conserving an endangered species, the reality is that these tigers, like Kylo Ren, will never see their native habitats — thus never contributing to the wild tiger population.
Luckily, this little cub's future got brighter when he dodged the hands of smugglers and ended up in a sanctuary instead.
Kenobi surely hasn't had an easy start — but Culver is confident he'll have a friend for life in Kylo. Things are usually a whole lot sweeter with a good pal at your side, after all.
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I can't believe we are only a couple of weeks away from another Amiwest show. It seems like only yesterday I was packing my red suitcase for my now annual pilgrimage to Sacramento. A lot has happened in the past year both in the Amiga world and my personal life. My youngest daughter got married and I finally received my New Zealand permanent resident's visa, oh and we developed the AmigaONE X5000 ;-). As usual A-EON will use the Amiwest show to announce a lot of cool new projects with continued focus on adding new content and capability. From recent speculation it seems that everyone is keen to find out what A-EON has in the works but you will have to wait for Amiwest for a full update about projects that are coming to fruition. 😉 One development that is not a secret is the new AMIstore for Amiga developers and enthusiast which will be launched officially launched after Amiwest.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (apologies to all Star Wars fans). Actually way back in early 2005, I was a recent and late convert to the next-generation Amiga scene. As a long-time Amiga enthusiast I didn't acquire my first "next-generation Amiga" until 2004.
It was a Micro A1-c supplied with a pre-release version of AmigaOS 4. I was totally amazed what this little machine could do but, coming from a Classic Amiga background where I used a range of big-box Amigas for video, DTP and graphics work, I quickly discovered that the new breed of Amiga One machines were sorely lacking in quality software applications. In early 2005 I tried to drum up support on AmigaWorld.net for a special software development fund to encourage talented developers to create much needed software for the AmigaOS. Unfortunately, it did not create a lot of traction at the time. Instead, I decided to create and fund a Developer hardware donation programme and began buying and donating "next-generation Amiga" hardware to Amiga developers all over the world. Eventually I became one of the founding moderators of AmigaBounty.net and, although I think it served an important role, I still felt there was a need to help talented developers benefit from their work and encourage more quality AmigaOS software development. In 2009 I discussed outline plans with Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit for a special "website" which could provide a "shopfront" where developers could offer and sell their software.
Incidentally, Epsilon's AmigaONE X1000 blog is probably one of the best AmigaOS 4 related blogs on the internet and always well worth a read.
OK it's probably one of the worst puns ever but I'm pleased to report that AmigaKit is in possession of all of the Cyrus+ revision 2.1 motherboard destined for the beta test team. Over the past couple of months boards have began trickling out to developers and experienced beta testers.
Meanwhile, based on our specifications to provide the user with a much more "Amiga-like" early start-up experience, Ultra Varisys have been customizing the Cyrus+ UBOOT firmware. It's all coming along very nicely. Meanwhile our core Linux team have also been very busy and we already have a working Linux distribution up and running on the Cyrus+ motherboard, complete with 3D hardware accelerations for a range of RadeonHD graphics cards.
Darren Stevens created a video of Linux and AmigaOS 4 booting on his Cyrus+ board. He used the ubiquitous Supertuxkart racing game as a test of the machines 3D capabilities under Linux after which he shutdown Linux and booted a debug version AmigaOS4.1 off a USB pen drive. Now that's just showing off.
Fellow beta tester Alex Perez, used a FLIR thermal infrared camera to photograph the thermal characteristics of his Cyrus+ board under power. The result was a pop-art psychedelic image which shows our Cyrus+ board is one cool dude! Party on Man!
It still amazes me that 20 years after the death of Commodore there still a number of Amiga printed magazines available to purchase. OK they are not mainstream and are usually created by a local Amiga user groups but the quality and content is in no way diminished.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Retro Planet, the Greek language Retro magazine which is a relative new comer to the scene, is celebrating it first Anniversary. Retro Planet, is a glossy magazine created by Amiga Planet which covers all retro computers but has a heavy bias towards the Amiga and next-generation Amiga-inspired systems.
Our core Linux support team have also been very busy supporting the AmigaONE X1000. One man dynamo Christian Zigotzky has continued to update the AmigaONE X1000 Linux kernel while increasing number of Linux distros that the AmigaONE X1000 can support.
Just as Linus Torvalds has announced the latest stable release of version 3.17 of the Linux kernel, Christian has been diligently keeping the AmigaONE X1000 kernel bang up to date. He has also created a long term version of the 3.13.15 kernel for the X1000 which is based on the 3.13.0-36.63 kernel developed by the Canonical Kernel Team. This will be used by Pat wall is working on an updated Ubuntu Live Remix iso which is based on the 12.04.5 LTS (long term support) distribution. Not only does it include the long term kernel it comes with version 32.0.3 of Firefox and several new Desktop images created by Kevin Saunders and of course the latest version of SuperTuxKart 0.8.1. Pat is also working on Xubuntu flavour based on Xubuntu 12.04.5 LTS.
I occasionally I see comments that no self respecting "Amiga" should run anything other than the AmigaOS. While I can understand that opinion, after all none of us would still be Amigans if we did not continue to support the AmigaOS or the other AmigaOS-inspired operating systems. However, let's not forget that the original Amiga also supports several non-native operation systems. The Amiga 2500 & A3000 both supported Amix, an early versions of Unix released by Commodore and who can forget the Emplant board and Mac OS emulators which turned the Amiga into a faster machine that Mac it was emulating, much to Apple's annoyance at the time.
Talking of MacOS, Christian has now managed to get MOL (Mac On Linux) up and running on the AmigaONE X1000 so there is another OS to add the growing list that the AmigaONE X1000 supports. Christian reports that MOL on the X1000 requires the latest 3.17 kernel (RC1 or above) and it supports both Tiger and Panther MacOS X PPC versions. It's good to see history (sort of) repeating itself and I'm pleased that X1000 owners are able to benefit from all the OSs and software that is available to them. Having said that I am keen to increase and improve the content for all AmigaOS and AmigaOS-inspired flavours.
As some of you may know I am an avid Commodore and Amiga collector, although these days I don't have a lot of time (or space) to add to my collection. Every now and again I'm tempted to add a small item to my collection especially if it's something a little special or unique. Having written an article about GVP for my Classic Refection series in Amiga Future magazine I jumped at the chance to acquire a GVP A3001 Upgrade kit that was still in its original shrink-wrapped packaging together with a pristine A2000. Unfortunately, due to inadequate packaging and the heavy handedness of international couriers the previously pristine A2000 arrived damaged! The front fascia had snapped off, the FDD cover was broken and the metal case was dented and badly distorted. Surprisingly the A2000 board itself was undamaged. Fortunately, the GVP A3001, which was well protected by it's original packaging, was completely undamaged.
Rant mode on: It is a real shame that an Amiga 2000 that was almost 25 years old and in obvious excellent condition should be damaged through a combination of poor packaging and heavy handed couriers. If you are thinking of selling your Amiga hardware make sure it properly packed and protected for shipping. Rant mode off!
Talking about Classic Reflections, look out for issue 111 of Amiga Future magazine for episode 18 of "Classic Reflections" and find out "What really happened to Village Tronic Marketing GmbH?" If you enjoy the Classic Reflections series and would like me to write about one of your favourite Amiga hardware or software suppliers who had a major impact on the Classic Amiga scene please send me an email to contact (at) a-eon.com with your suggestions.
One of my computer monitors began playing up several months ago. It was a flat-screen 22" Samsung SyncMaster 226BW with a native display of 1680 x 1050. It was not my main workstation but I liked to use it because it included both DVI and RGB ports which enabled me to connect both a Windows PC and the second Radeon graphics card installed in my AMIGAone X1000.
On first power up the display would flicker ON/OFF continuously for a period of time before finally displaying the Workbench screen. The period of flickering got longer and longer every time I switched on the monitor until eventually it failed altogether. Prior to this problem the monitor had been a very reliable and I was reluctant to just consign it to the rubbish bin. I am am Amigan after all and I'm loathed to part with any hardware. 😉 I trawled the web for possible repair solutions and was surprised to find that my monitor's failure mode was a very common problem shared by many of the flat-screen models in the Samsung monitor range.
C64 enthusiast, Rocco Di Leo (aka actraiser), recently sent me a link to his dustlayer.com blog. Apparently a good friend of his start ed a new company in Hong Kong and moved into premises alongside offices which housed the former Commodore and Amiga production line. His friend got his hands on a CD with some old photos from December 1992 which were taken by Robert Baker who was in production engineering at Commodore in West Chester, PA. Baker was one of two Commodore test engineering employees sent to Commodore's Hong Kong manufacturing plant in December of 1992 for the pilot production run of the Amiga 600 computer system. The photos show images of the surface mount line, various assembly lines and test equipment as well as the manufacturing engineering office and lab areas. Rocco obtained permission from Baker to post the photos and even obtained some of Baker's old Commodore business cards.


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Rib City celebrates 30 years in SWFL, El Meson opens in Bonita Springs
Fort Myers-born Rib City is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan fare come to one Bonita restaurant. Plus more in A La Carte.
Rib City celebrates 30 years in SWFL, El Meson opens in Bonita Springs Fort Myers-born Rib City is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan fare come to one Bonita restaurant. Plus more in A La Carte. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/life/food/2019/02/12/fort-myers-restaurant-newsrib-city-celebrates-30-years-el-meson-opens-bonita-springs/2814565002/
Annabelle Tometich and Tim Aten, Fort Myers News-Press Published 7:00 a.m. ET Feb. 12, 2019 | Updated 10:49 a.m. ET Feb. 12, 2019
In 1989 Rib City was a little family friendly joint with a few tables and a smoker on U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.
But that little joint hit on something big: the area's appetite for slow-smoked baby back ribs. As those ribs racked up awards, Rib City racked up new stores. It opened a second location in Cape Coral in 1990, followed by a Fort Myers Beach location in 1992 and a North Naples store in 1994.
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In the 30 years since, that one Fort Myers Rib City has grown to 26 across the country. The chain, owned by the Peden family, the same folks behind the historic Veranda Restaurant in downtown Fort Myers, has 14 corporate-owned Rib City locations in Florida and 12 franchise restaurants in Washington, Colorado, Tennessee, Ohio, Missouri and Virginia.
Not bad for three decades of work.
PHOTOS: 30 years of Rib City
Rib City opened its first location in Fort Myers in 1989. The now-national chain is celebrating 30 years in business. Brian Tietz/Courtesy Rib City
Rib City has been a barbecue institution in Fort Myers for 30 years. , The News-Press file photo
A pulled pork sandwich from Rib City on Daniels Parkway in south Fort Myers. Special to The News-Press
Rib City has a location in the old Grant General Store on Florida's east coast. MARIBETH RENNE/SPECIAL TO TCPALM
Rib City builts its name on its award-winning baby back ribs. MARIBETH RENNE/SPECIAL TO TCPALM
Baby backs from the Rib City in Grant. Lyn Dowling/For FLORIDA TODAY
"We are proud to be celebrating 30 years in Southwest Florida," company president Craig Peden said in a press release.
Craig and his father, Paul Peden, have been successful restaurateurs in Southwest Florida for more than 40 years.
After growing Rib City throughout the Gulf Coast in the 1990s and 2000s, the family started franchising the business in 2004 with locations in Littleton, Colorado and nearby Grand Junction. The Pedens brought on 10 more franchise locations from 2004 to today, a trend of growth they're hoping to maintain.
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The key to that growth? A menu of meats smoked low and slow in house. Rib City cooks its baby back ribs and chicken over select hard woods such as red oak, "carefully balancing heat and cooking time to seal in the distinctive Rib City BBQ taste," the press release said.
Rib City offers four secret-recipe sauces: its brown sugar-based sweet sauce, a vinegar-based tangy sauce, Carolina mustard sauce and hot sauce. Sides include scratch-made baked beans and coleslaw, as well as fried okra and three-cheese fries.
Craig Peden said a fortunate combination of talent has helped Rib City thrive.
"Through leadership, dedication and a love of the restaurant business, we have been able to maintain a superior quality in our products and services."
For locations, menu information and more visit ribcity.com.
Latin fare of all kinds in Bonita
Want a taste of Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela? The new El Meson Latin Cuisine Bar & Grill in Bonita Springs serves a little bit of each.
Sections of El Meson's menu celebrate each of these Latin cultures. It even has an American section with a carryover of burgers, hot dogs, pizza and ribs from the Bonita Beach Road venue's most previous tenant, Chatterbox on the Beach, which closed in early December after operating less than a year. El Meson quietly launched Jan. 17.
El Meson Latin Cuisine Bar & Grill opened in January 2019 on Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs. (Photo: Tim Aten/Naples Daily News)
From the outside, not much has changed. New owner Gilbert Diaz retained Chatterbox's chickee-thatched roof and yellow exterior.
El Meson translates from Spanish to English as a tavern or country-style restaurant.
"It means to invite your family for a big table full of food," Diaz said. "Our No. 1 priority is to make sure guests are happy."
Diaz was born and raised in Miami to parents from Cuba, so he grew up loving and preparing Cuban dishes. He spent years as the general manager for Monarca's Authentic Mexican Cuisine Bar & Grill, which has locations in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Venezuelan portion of El Meson's menu comes from Diaz's Venezuelan wife whose family owned and operated seven restaurants.
"We put all three together to make a very interesting restaurant," Diaz said. "The Venezuelan and Mexican are hot sellers and also the pork of the Cuban."
El Meson is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays to Thursdays and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 4185 Bonita Beach Road. Call 239-221-7439 or go to elmesonlatincuisine.com for more.
FULL STORY: El Meson serves Cuban, Mexican, Venezuelan cuisine
Parrilla El Meson is a Venezuelan combination plate of chicken, carne asada and grilled ribs served with tostones, yuca and salad at El Meson Latin Cuisine Bar & Grill in Bonita Springs. (Photo: El Meson)
Spend V-Day with family
Buckett's Wings & More is celebrating family date night this Valentine's Day. The south Fort Myers sports bar is offering up to two free kids meals on Thursday with two paid adult entrees.
"What better way for families to celebrate their love and appreciation for each other than to dine together," owner Zach Walter said in a news release. The promotion is valid for children 12 and younger. In addition to the meal discount, a complimentary bottle of sparkling apple cider will be served.
Buckett's will also be stocked with board games for families to eat and play together. Buckett's is at 6301 South Pointe Blvd., south Fort Myers. Call 239-481-7311 or visit buckettswingsandmore.com for more.
More: 30-year-old Buckett's sports bar has new owners, life
Buckett's opened in south Fort Myers in 1988. The sports bar got new owners in 2014. (Photo: Artis Henderson/Special to The News-Press)
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6 Ways To Get Customer Success More Clout (and a Seat at the Table) – Part 1
By Emily Nesterick
for the Fighting Churn blog of inspiration, ideas and news on customer success, churn, renewal and other stuff.
Why is your Customer Success team underfunded, marginalized, and overlooked?
"Because leadership doesn't value our contribution, or all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into keeping our customers happy – especially when dealing with problems like product bugs or bad-fit customers that were never our fault to begin with; we can't control the cards we're dealt. Acquisition gets all the glory while Customer Success gets relegated the part of the unsung hero."
OK, ready for some tough love?
"It's not them, it's you," says Anna Talerico of Arthur Ventures while handing out some hard truths to Customer Success leaders during her session "When Customer Success Is a Second-Class Citizen" at BIG RYG, ChurnZero's annual Customer Success conference.
As a former Customer Success executive and current SaaS business advisor to founders, revenue, and customer leaders, Anna brings a refreshingly candid perspective to the table on how to get a seat at it. Anna's Customer Success experience runs the gamut – from her early roles as an individual contributor to leading and scaling teams of her own. Throughout her career as an entrepreneur, Anna has overseen Customer Success at every company she's founded or led – keeping the function near and dear to her heart. With Customer Success roots and a venture capitalist mindset, if there's anyone who knows what it takes to spot growth opportunities, prove your worth, and elevate your stance within SaaS organizations, it's Anna.
Now, ready for some good news?
Getting Customer Success the organizational stature it deserves isn't as hard as you may think.
"You can change this dynamic, oftentimes, with really simple fixes," says Anna.
To start, it's largely a matter of perception.
Perceptions shape our reality.
Though subjective (and often unfair or impartial when viewed through one's own eyes), others' perceptions of you define how you're treated.
Whether explicit or implicit, this judgment permeates everything – opting what meetings you're invited to, what conversations you're included in, what opinions you're asked for, what budget you're entrusted, what projects you're tapped to lead, what decisions you're delegated, and what blame or credit you're given.
"A person's perception may be different from what you feel is the truth, but it's not necessarily wrong," says Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, in HBR's article on work reputations. "It's real for them, and the onus is on you, not them, to work to change the dynamic."
You can't sit on the sidelines of your organization and wait for things to change. You have to take an active role in shifting the perception of Customer Success.
Change how others perceive you to change your reality.
Now, let's talk tactics on how to stake your claim and carve out a spot of your own.
Note: This two-part article was adapted from Anna's BIG RYG session "When Customer Success Is a Second-Class Citizen." If you prefer to watch the recording, you can access it for free on-demand, along with all other BIG RYG sessions.
How can I tell if Customer Success is a second-class citizen?
Anna kicked off the session by covering the common symptoms Customer Success teams experience as a second-class citizen, including when:
You can just "feel" it
Churn is referred to as a "Customer Success problem" inside your organization
Customer Success is an afterthought in strategic planning, key decisions, and cross-functional communication (this can be insidious and harder to spot)
You struggle to get resources, funding, and staffing (it feels like you're always stretched too thin)
Net and gross retention are not a shared KPI (take note: this is the biggest indicator)
If you're nodding your head in agreement to these pains:
What are the root causes of Customer Success' lack of visibility and consideration?
As we know, treating a problem's symptoms only offers temporary relief. To create lasting change for Customer Success, you need to address the root cause of its neglect, which include:
Operating in a reactive state (bearing the brunt of what's outside of your control)
Using anecdote-based communications (atypical to how the rest of the organization communicates)
Lacking strategic, cross-functional relationships
Ineffective managing up
Having no line of sight for leadership (either providing the wrong information to leadership or delivering the right information the wrong way)
Experiencing learned helplessness
Now, we'll dive into each of these causes and how to prevent them from diminishing Customer Success' reputation and weakening its authority.
How To Change the Perception of Customer Inside Your Organization
1. Work Laterally
Customer Success needs to work cross-functionally with other departments to meet your company's strategic objectives. "Customer Success won't be taken seriously by leadership if you aren't working laterally across the organization with your peers," says Anna.
But to build peer-based relationships, you first need to have peers – a common deficit among Customer Success teams whose functional recency often subjugates its leaders to more junior positions.
This disparity in job titles and responsibilities may be attributed to the fact that Customer Success has only gained team autonomy over the last decade – despite operating long before under a customer support and account management capacity. Because of Customer Success' newer department designation, its candidate pool may not have the years of direct experience needed (relative to that of more established functions) to qualify for executive positions.
Or leadership may be reluctant to grant executive power to a first-time function that doesn't yet have organizational tenure (through no fault of their own).
"There's a VP of Engineering, a VP of Product, C-level executives, but there isn't a Customer Success role that's at that same VP or C-level," says Anna.
Without a congruency in titles and roles, Customer Success is challenged to build strong and respected relationships with senior leaders in spite of being shorted the positive benefits – such as the accessibility, relatability, and comradery – of a peer-based connection.
But this doesn't mean Customer Success should dismiss or shy away from forming cross-functional alliances. If you don't have access to a function's VP or C-level executive, start with their directors or those who are your peers. You can work up the ladder over time.
Anna shared of few tactics to build effective lateral relationships:
Schedule regular meetings with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Sales
You don't need to overcomplicate this. Keep the agenda simple and use this time to share current projects, key initiatives, challenges, and opportunities. Start to have a regular peer-based rapport with other functions. Setting a routine cadence of conversation will nurture these relationships over time.
Pre-plan with departments
You know how it goes: your company conducts its strategic planning; you get assigned targets to hit; you take those goals and ride off to conquer alone. But it doesn't have to be this way. You don't have to go off in a corner and agonize over how you're going to hit these numbers. Reach out to your peers to discuss and ask: "how are we going to meet these objectives?" Everyone has a role to play in contributing to the customer experience.
Understand what's important to other departments
"Just like we in Customer Success often don't feel understood, and people don't understand how what they do impacts our role and our customer base, I think sometimes we fall victim to that as well," says Anna. Instead, find out how other departments are measured and what KPIs they track. Then, use that information to demonstrate the value of Customer Success by offering insights, information, or help. "When you start to create that culture, it can really change the dynamics of how you [Customer Success] are viewed inside the organization," says Anna.
Find cross-functional initiatives to collaborate on together
Create joint initiatives to increase Net Promoter Score® (NPS), retention, and expansion. Teams should embrace owning a shared responsibility for your customer base.
Sometimes, we avoid asking for help because it makes us feel weak; but vocalizing your needs is a sign of strength and self-awareness. "Asking for support can be transformative," says Anna. "Be open about 'Hey, I don't feel like Customer Success has a seat at the table and other functions do,' or 'I feel like Customer Success needs to be inside the room when we're making decisions that impact customers.'" Gather lateral support to help you carve a path and create a culture of interdepartmental support.
2. Be Proactive
During the session, Anna shared an easy trick Customer Success can use to be more proactive.
"The number one thing you can do is create the perception of being proactive," says Anna. "It's a bit of a Jedi mind trick. Customer Success needs to be the calm in the eye of the storm. Even if we don't feel it, even if there's been a crisis and we have hundreds of customers upset or up in arms or experiencing friction […] whatever it may be, we have to be the calm in the eye of the storm."
Anna says the key is operating like you always have a playbook: "I understand we don't always feel like that, but we've got to create the perception that we've got this. This is very important. Lots of times when I don't see Customer Success elevated to the place it should be in the organization, I see these behaviors that feel very reactive, feel very defensive, or blame based, or just 'Ah, the world is on fire.'"
Another way Customer Success teams can radiate a take-charge attitude is by conducting post-mortems. Anna recommends that Customer Success teams communicate these learnings and action plans across the organization (without finger pointing): "If there's a big bug and we want to do a post-mortem, it's not 'Hey, don't release anymore bugs because it causes Customer Success a problem.' Instead say 'When this happens, this is what we can do to respond well.'"
Customer Success should also make time for their own self-improvement through strategic initiatives.
"We live so reactively in Customer Success," says Anna. "We need to force stop ourselves to undertake strategic initiatives. We can't always be in this reactive state. Undertake strategic initiatives to improve your onboarding process or renewal plays or to increase adoption. Make sure you're communicating those out to show we're not just a reactive organization, but we're proactive as well."
3. Spread the Word of Customer Success
To be an effective functional leader, you need to know how to communicate across your organization. Your correspondence strategy should adapt to each function and role.
Company-wide communications
Customer Success should routinely share reports, insights, wins (expansions, at-risk saves, resolved adoption obstacles), and internal challenges (such as issues with scaling or specific customer segments).
Create a monthly Customer Success roundup email to highlight this information. For example, you can include "did you know" customer insights, such as:
Did you know [percent] of our customers are in [industry]?
Did you know [percent] of our customers reached Time to Value (TTV) within [number of days]?
Sharing this information builds empathy for your customers, creates a voice of customer culture, and establishes a regular communication cadence inside your organization. "It makes you look more like a strategic partner and it makes Customer Success look more proactive," says Anna.
Build standardized monthly reports for notable customer activity such as wins, post-mortems on churn, trends, gross and net retention, health scores, and at-risk customer interventions.
Calling out the significance of conducting post-mortems on churn, Anna says: "There's a lot of fear in Customer Success around churn. I'm afraid to talk about it oftentimes, especially in organizations where Customer Success isn't elevated to the level it needs to be. There's a lot of fear around being transparent about churn or churn reasons or things we could have done differently to save a churned customer. I find that having openness, honesty, and vulnerability around that can really change the culture of how Customer Success is viewed." (We dive more into overcoming this fear in part two of the article.)
Depending on the size of your organization, you may postmortem every loss or just choose a couple to share with leadership.
Also, when communicating with leadership, always adapt your style to match. Don't send a five-paragraph email if your leadership team communicates in a few short sentences.
Internal Quarterly Business Reviews
Customer Success can conduct their own Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to review what activities they should stop, start, and keep. "In Customer Success, a lot of us do QBRs for our customers, but to do them on Customer Success as a function can be super helpful and shows leadership the strategic importance of Customer Success," says Anna.
Education and industry news
If you read an article with a new strategy framework or tactical insights, spread the knowledge by sharing it with your leaders and peers. But always include a concise article summary and your reason for sharing – what's the relevant application and takeaway? With limited time and attention, leadership values brevity. "When I'm coaching Customer Success leaders on this, they say, 'Well, that's not really our culture,' or 'Leadership isn't asking for this information,'" says Anna. "I believe that what you have to do is send it anyway. If leadership isn't asking for this information, that's a symptom of a situation that we want to try to change. The way we do that is we don't ask for permission, we just do it."
Stay tuned for part two of this article (releasing on December 11) which covers our last three tactics on how to:
Shift from dealing in anecdotes to data;
Effectively manage up to build your visibility; and
Break the cycle of learned helplessness that's prevalent in growing Customer Success teams.
(Update: Click here to read part two of this article now.)
Don't forget to check out our free on-demand session library from BIG RYG with topics ranging from Customer Success operations and renewal ownership to uncovering hidden points of contact and scaling Customer Success teams.
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Sir, I am a Ukrainian. I was born in Donetsk in 1990, and in 10 months following my birth Soviet Union collapsed and independent Republic of Ukraine emerged. I live in Kyiv now. I am 28 years old.
I am from protestant Conservative family. In was raised with the mentality that I belong to the independent nation and that no other country has a right to take our territory. My parents participated in Orange Revolution in 2014. I participated in student protests from 2012 to 2014 against the regime of Yanukovych, who usurped the power of all three branches of government in 2011, illegally changed the Constitution of 2004 back to the Constitution of 1996, and threw several journalists in prison. I am a Conservative (both economically and socially). I was always concerned with matters of liberty in this country, as I always wanted this country to be free within -- to be the nation of liberty and laws; and to be free from Russia, who would historically always try to occupy our nation.
I'm your regular reader on Mail On Sunday, even though I don't really leave comments. I always wanted to ask you personally, "What would you have me do, if you were me? How should I view my country and what should I desire for its citizens? Which or whose side should I take if I want liberty for this country of mine? What country/ies should I consider to be a threat to the independence of my country?" Thank you.
On the website "Spiked" is an article dated 4th December by Tim Black on Ukraine, which reinforces what PH has said. I don't see the presence of Ukrainian intelligence officers in the recent incident as especially significant, but it matters little, as the thrust of PH's argument remains valid. Kissinger's Ukrainian "bridge" has indeed become the battering ram against Russia.
The kremlin can always rely on PH to put its case. How sad that its victims don't have someone of equal calibre to defend Ukraine's right to exist without having its people murdered and its land occupied? Actually there is one: Edward Lucas, an occasional contributor to this site. Surely in the interests of fairness he, or someone like him should be given equal access? Not everyone likes to gloat when a large bully is kicking a smaller victim. Especially when that victim is already on the ground writhing in pain.
I second what Ian says over Novorossiysk. Russia has a black sea coastline stretching hundreds of km without Crimea. They began to invest heavily in naval capability there from 2005, long before the time PH believed them to have been concerned about the expiring lease of the Sevastopol base. It was from there they brought all the extra green men that invaded Crimea.
I am just stunned that PH still falls for the demonstrably false propaganda about Russia's 'only warm water port' being in Crimea. Russians in Crimea may have been unhappy with Ukraine & preferred the idea of Russian rule but logistically it's not logical, especially before the still incomplete Kerch bridge. When it is done Sebastopol will still physically be closer to Mosul than Moscow, let alone Kyiv.
Kyiv is fine as a transliteratation from Ukrainian but ought to be written as Kiyev when latinised from Russian. Kiev (though widely used to be fair) is nonetheless an incorrect spelling in both languages.
It is astounding, given the history between Russia and the West,over the last 200 or so years, that anyone from the West would even dream of militarily confronting Russia.
Yet, the same contemptuous, sneering attitude by many from the West towards Russia persists. Perhaps these people should read Bernard Montgomery's remarks to the House of Lords in 1962. "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good."
Commentor | 03 December 2018 at 09:45 PM writes "Perhaps the Soviet Union should have persevered with the Ekranoplan after all...."
The Ekranoplan still exists, though a bit delapidated. It shouldn't be terribly difficult to resurrect it, and put it into production.
Off topic, I know, but do you have any thoughts on the upcoming UN "Global Compact for Migration", Mr H?
Peter Hitchens writes "The bridge is roughly 115 feet above sea level. I can't find a height for the USS Yorktown, but I have a suspicion that she and her surviving sister ships might have trouble getting under the Kerch Bridge".
There was a statement on RT TV a few days ago that the Sea of Azov is so shallow that most Nato ships would run aground if they attempted to enter it. I have no idea whether or not this is true.
In response to your comment below, perhaps Mr Hitchens's blog post 'Christianity and Immigration - Some Tentative Thoughts' may be of interest to you.
Another interesting ramble on this issue from yourself Peter. It seems to tie in well with your talk regarding the EU being the continuation of Germany ambition by other means.
I cannot claim to even have a tenth of the knowledge of yourself on this subject, but I do wonder if this continued posturing may lead to another unwanted conflict. If this does come to pass do you think Russia has the naval capabilities to counter a threat from Ukraine/EU/NATO?
"Sevastopol *is* Russia's only naval access to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the Middle East." On the contrary, Novorossiysk is not only Russia's largest commercial port (and the terminus of the CPC pipeline, which is a key route for the export of oil from Kazakhstan), it is also a major naval base.
The distant details and intricacies of foreign affairs are of course very important and our understanding of them is very necessary. But have you considered a dangerous paradox that is much closer to home? Namely - why have the most intellectually sophisticated, the most politically powerful, and the most socially prominent people in the UK been promoting an immigration policy that is perniciously self-destructive? Of course one might ask this same question about the major countries of Europe. And perhaps you have already answered it, but I have simply missed your analysis. If so, where can it be found?


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Is Stephen Hendry the Greatest Snooker Ever? Bio & Ranking
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This article was last updated by krishna Gurung on January 19, 2023
Stephen Gordon Hendry is the most successful snooker player and the greatest player in the sport's history; no snooker fan would disagree with this statement.
The Golden Boy was the no.1 ranked player from 1990 to 1997 and yet again, later in 2006. Hendry holds the record for the most seasons as the no.1 player; he was ranked no.1 for nine seasons.
After winning his first World Championship in 1990, he became the youngest player ever to lift the title at 21.
Fast forward to the 2012 World Championship, which he lost to Stephen Maguire, after which he announced his retirement. A 31-year long legendary career came to an end that year.
Stephen Hendry with his ex-wife Mandy and his son (Facebook)
But in September of 2020, he announced that he would be back for an invitational game at the World Snooker Tour for two seasons. After a delayed start, he played his first-ever match in 9 years in the Gibraltar Open in March of 2021.
But what's the story behind his success? Did he retire of old age or health conditions? Spoiler alert: it's a health condition.
Let's look beneath his legendary status to see what his innocent self looks like, the character not many know of.
Stephen Hendry | Quick Facts
Full Name Stephen Gordon Hendry
Birth Date 13th January 1969
Birth Place South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland
Current Residence Auchterarder, Tayside, Scotland
Nick Name The Great One, The Wonder, The Golden Boy, The King of Crucible, and The Maestro
Famous for being Snooker player
Inverkeithing High School
Queensferry High School
Horoscope Capricon
Father's Name Gordon Hendry
Mother's Name Irene Hendry
Siblings A brother
Height 6 feet 1 inch
Hair Color Grey
Build Plus-size
Hobbies Playing golf and poker
Favorite Destination N/A
Profession Pro snooker player
Marital Status Unmarried but not single
Kids Two sons (Blaine and Carter)
Net Worth $16,500,000
Merch Clothing Merch, Me and the Table (Book)
Last Updated January, 2023
Stephen Hendry | Early Days
On the 13th of January, 1969, Stephen Hendry was born to his parents Gordon and Irene Hendry.
Born and partially raised in Auchterarder, Tayside, Scotland, his family later moved to Dalgety Bay, presented in a 1970s style Bungalow.
"It was a move up for us; our last house was smaller. Four of us lived there: my mom, dad, brother, and me," he further added.
Out of the total six rooms of the house, he didn't have a favorite room; which room had a TV would be his hangout room.
"Invariably, I would be watching snooker and my hero, Jimmy White," said Hendry.
He mostly played football outside with his friends until the Christmas of 1982 when he was bought a small snooker table. He was 13 at the time, and snooker completely dominated his free time.
Hendry got obsessed with the game and later traveled to a club in Dunfermline to play on a full-size snooker table.
Unfortunately, things got messy; when Hendry was 15, his parents got divorced, and he had to move to a council home in the village of Kirkliston and his brother.
Luckily, it was snooker that made him go through that time.
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Stephen Hendry | Wife and Kids
Hendry's first love
Stephen Hendry was married to his teenage love, Mandy Tart, for almost two decades before separating in 2014.
Hendry met Mandy for the first time at a Pontins holiday camp at the age of 16. He instantly took a liking to Mandy and vice versa.
Mandy was by his side through his amateur career, before making it to the ranking events, and until the end of his professional snooker career. Now that's a level of loyalty not often found.
The divorce and new love
In 2014, Stephen Hendry left his wife of 19 years for someone new. It was not a mutual divorce; Hendry left his wife for a newfound love.
Everyone respects him for his legendary career, but that was not a move that suits a person of his level.
Apparently, he fell in love with Lauren Thunder, then a 26-year-old actress and children's entertainer.
Hendry opened up about how he fell for Lauren while he was still married to Mandy. He stated that he met Lauren after a Legends snooker exhibition when she was selling merch.
"She's attractive, and we smile at each other, but I think nothing of it. Gradually, we start to say 'Hi' and share a bit of small talk," wrote in his autobiography Stephen Hendry Me and the Table.
Stephen Hendry with his new partner Lauren Thunder (Facebook)
He also stated that he is not one to go striding over any woman who caught his attention.
As time went on, the lovebirds became good friends; the Legends event traveled with the same support staff; thus, Lauren and Hendry had plenty of time to get to know each other.
"After a while, we realize we're falling in love. That's very unsettling. I'm married to a woman I've been with for almost 30 years," wrote Hendry.
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Hendry has two sons with Mandy. The oldest son, Blaine Hendry, was born in 1996, and the second son, Carter Hendry, was born eight years later in 2004.
None of the two sons have followed their father's path; there is not much info about the two.
Stephen Hendry | Career
Amateur Career
At 12, he was given a child-sized snooker table by his father as a Christmas gift. That investment proved worth a lot as Stephen won the Scottish U-16 Championship when he was 14.
Moreover, the following year he entered the World Amateur Championship, making him the youngest contestant ever, where he also won the Scottish Amateur Championship.
It's like he had all the natural talents to be successful snooker, He just had two years of playing snooker, and he won a national title.
The following year, in 1985, he defended his Scottish Amateur Championship title and turned pro. He was only 16 years and three months old at the time, which made him the youngest player ever to turn professional.
Hendry had already made a name for himself in his country. All that was left was to dominate the international competitions.
Hendry started his professional career by playing in the Mercantile Credit Classic; he reached the last 32 before losing. But, still impressive for a 16-year-old.
The No. 1 became the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship; he held the record until Luca Brecel overtook it in 2012.
Unfortunately, he did not last long in the World Championship as he lost to Willie Throne.
In 1987, Hendry successfully defended his Scottish Professional Championship title against Jim Donnelly. The same year, he reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship and Grand Prix.
In the quarterfinals of the World Championship, Hendry was performing toe-to-toe with Joe Johnson, but he made a mistake and failed to pot a red ball. That singular miss cost him the entire game. Johnson won the frame and also the game (13-12).
Stephen Hendry enjoying a cigar (Facebook)
As for the Grand Prix, Hendry won the finals against Dennis Taylor, bagging in his first ranking title.
The following year, in 1988, he went on to win his second-ranking title. He won the British Open, facing Mike Hallett in the finals (13-2).
Moreover, he also won the World Doubles Championship paired with Mike Hallett; he defended the title next season and his Scottish Professional Championship title. He also won the Australian Masters in the same year.
Hendry was ranked in the top 4 on the world leader board for his outstanding performance that season. He was also voted the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.
Unfortunately, he did not lift any ranking titles the following season but he won a couple of minor titles. Hendry won the 1989 New Zealand Masters and the Masters at Wembly.
Top 1 Ranking and World Championship
Stephen Hendry's dominant gameplay began in the 1989/90 season. He won a total of 6 titles that year.
He won his first World Championship title, facing off Jimmy White in the finals that season. This achievement placed him at the top of the leader board, he was the no.1 snooker player at the age of 21.
Along with a World Championship title, he also won the Dubai Classic, UK Championship, Asian Classic, Wembly Masters, and Scottish Masters.
The next season, the 1990/91 season, Hendry was on fire, he made a record of whole five world ranking titles in a single season. Among which Wembly Masters was also one, this marked his third consecutive win of the title.
Once again, he faced Mike Hallett in the finals, Hallett dominated the game with a 0-7 score, if someone told you that Hendry would make a comeback, you would probably not believe it.
But Hendry made an impossible comeback, the score went from 0-7 to 2-8 after which Hallett did not get to win a single frame. The final score was 9-8 in favor of Hendry. Now that is a comeback to remember!
Unfortunately, Gordon did not perform that well in the World Championship tournament, failing to retain his title. He lost in the quarter-finals to Steve James.
Hendry's fifth consecutive retaining of the World Championship title
The following season, the 1991/92 season, he regained the World Championship title, defeating Jimmy White in the finals. During the match, he won 10 consecutive frames changing the score from 8-14 to 18-14. What is he? A comeback king?
Moreover, he also won the Welsh Open, Masters, and the Grand Prix in the same season. This marked his fourth Master in a row.
Also, Hendry made his first competitive highest possible break, playing in the Matchroom League.
In the 1992/93 season, he successfully defended his World Championship title added with his fifth consecutive Master's title. A year later, he defended his World Championship title yet again, defeating Jimmy White by a single frame (18-17).
In 1995 and 1996, he retained his World Championship title. before losing the tile next year to Ken Doherty. He held the World Championship title for five consecutive years, longer than any other player in the history of snooker.
Back in the 1994/95 season, he was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) award. Furthermore, he also won the UK Championship which he retained the following season.
In the 1994 UK Championship finals against ken Doherty, he made 7 centuries which is considered as "possibly the best anybody has ever played" according to snooker journalist David Hendon.
Stephen Hendry | Playing Style
Hendry had a steady approach to the game. he did not rush things and was not in a hurry to score more points. Moreover, he invented the universal tactic that most players use now.
Hendry introduced the potting of the blue with a pace hit and bottom spin on the cue ball to charge into the pink. The idea behind this is to open up the jumbled pack of reds to develop the game.
Before Hendry taught the world how to use this technique, players used to break the jumbled reds from a pot of black, considering the probable danger of the white going in off after hitting the red or the pink ball.
Stephen Hendry playing golf (Instagram)
Besides his consistent break-building, he was also praised heavily for his long-shot accuracy. He also often potted nalls in the mid-pocket while breaking.
Though he was a steady player, he often played aggressively. Hendry often tried to break the pack of reds early in the game rather than waiting for the open reds to be potted.
In addition to that, he also attempted difficult shots even in the most competitive situations. His playing style amassed over 700-century breaks.
As old age dawned upon him, he slowly lost his abilities of break-building and long potting. He stated to the media that he has 'The Yips', a medical condition that causes sudden involuntary movement of arms and legs.
Stephen Hendry Ranking Titles
1987 Grand Prix against Dennis Taylor (10-7).
1988 British Open facing Mike Hallett (13-2).
1989 Asian Open against James Wattana (9-2).
1989 Dubai Classic against Doug Mountjoy (9-2).
UK Championship 1989 against Steve Davis (16-12).
1990 World Snooker Championship against Jimmy White (18-12).
1990 Grand Prix against Nigel Bond (10-5).
Dubai Classic 1990 against Steve Davis (9-1).
1990 Asian Classic against Dennis Taylor (9-3).
1990 UK Championship against Steve Davis (16-15).
1991 British Open against Gary Wilkinson (10-9).
1991 Grand Prix against Steve Davis (10-6).
1992 Welsh Open against Darren Morgan (9-3).
1993 International Open against Steve Davis (10-6).
1993 World Snooker Championship against Jimmy White (18-5).
1993 Europen Open against Ronnie O'Sullivan (9-5).
1994 UK Championship against Ken Doherty (10-5).
European Open 1994 against John Parrott (9-3).
1995 World Snooker Championship against Nigel Bond (18-9).
1995 Grand Prix against John Higgins (9-5).
UK Championship 1995 against Peter Ebdon (18-12).
1996 World Snooker Championship against Peter Ebdon (18-12).
1996 UK Championship against John Higgins (10-9).
1997 Welsh Open against Mark King (9-2).
1997 International Open against Tony Drago (9-1).
1998 Thailand Master against John Parrott (9-6).
1999 Scottish Open against Graeme Dott (9-1).
1999 World Snooker Championship against Mark Williams (18-11).
The 1999 British Open against Peter Ebdon (9-1).
2001 European Open against Joe Perry (9-2).
2003 Welsh Open against Mark Williams (9-5).
2003 British Open against Ronnie O'Sullivan (9-6).
2005 Malta Cup against Graeme Dott (9-7).
Stephen Hendry | Awards
His very first major award is the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), which he received in 1993.
Moreover, he was the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year for two years, in 1987 and in 1996.
Likewise, Hendry is a 6 time WPBSA Player of the Year. He took home the award six consecutive times from 1990 to 1996.
Prior to that, he was also the 1988 WPBSA Young Player of the Year. Lastly, he received the WPBSA Performance of the Year in the year 1995, which marks his last major award.
Stephen Hendry | Net Worth
Surely, winning 7 world titles filled his pocket with a whole lot of money, besides that he has won several other major ranking titles in his pro snooker career. In addition to that, he has also won numerous minor league titles.
Mr. 7 times World Snooker Champion has won £8.97 million (approximately 12 million dollars) from all the tournaments he participated in. Not accounting for the minor and non-ranking tournaments.
As of 2023 his net worth is estimated to be 16.5 million dollars.
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Who is the greatest snooker player of all time?
Stephen Hendry along with Ronnie O'Sullivan is regarded as the greatest snooker player of all time.
Stephen has also commented on Ronnie, admitting that Ronnie is the toughest opponent he has ever faced but he also said that he would claim the victory if they both played at their peak.
How many championships did Stephen Hendry win?
Gordon has won the World Snooker Championship 7 times. He retained the title from 1992 to 1996. The player holds the record for the most World Championship but that might change soon as Ronnie is set on beating his record. Steph is a legendary player but Ronnie is the future, the modern-day snooker king.
Who has made the most 147 breaks in snooker?
Ronnie O'Sullivan made 15 174-breaks, making him the player with the most 147s. Meanwhile has made Stephen Hendry has made 11.
What is Stephen Hendry's current ranking?
Stephen Hendry currently ranks at 95th on the world leader board. Even after retiring from professional snooker in 2012, he still makes it to the top 100 snooker players in the world currently. That deserves nothing but respect.
How many titles does Stephen Hendry have?
Stephen has a total of 36 ranking titles along with 39 non-ranking titles. Moreover, he has also won numerous awards throughout his career for his unmatched performances.


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