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Óbuda Gas Works – An Urbex Object From A Fairy Tale
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Abandoned Gas Works in Budapest -The Urbex Object Hard To Conquer
We were in Budapest three times and on each of our visit, we tried to get to this abandoned gasworks. We dreamt about visiting this place, because it differs from the other. For example, gas works in Warsaw, resembles the Colosseum and is a massive, industrial brick building. The Budapest's one is colorful and has a funny shape. When we saw it, we thought about Mario Bros house or something else from Nintendo. We tried to get there twice, but unsuccessfully. The building is protected by security guards, and there is an alarm. That explains why this object is well-preserved. Of course, we tried to talk with security, promising them that we would like to take only photos. They were stubborn, and it's fine, because they did their job. The communication was also complicated, because they don't know English. However, we learned something important in Hungarian – the term which use all security guard in Hungary – "nem lehet".
Urbex Guided Trip - The Only Way To Get To Óbuda Gas Works
We were not going to give up. On internet there are available some photos done inside, so We knew that the entrance is possible. Modern problems need modern solutions. Asking on the Facebook group was a brilliant idea. Other urbex group, who had guider tour there provided us with phone number. Without knowing who it is, we send the text message and waited for a reply. We weren't sure what he would reply, or whether he would reply at all. Maybe as each Hungarian security guide, he would answer "nem lehet"? But we were pleasantly surprised. He called us back, and offered us the permitted trip at 6 pm. We agreed, but it seems to be too beautiful. Yeah… At the end of the call, he informed us about the price, and we were extremely shocked. Several days before, we were in Vienna, and the ticket to Belvedere for two people were 10 times cheaper than the visit to Óbuda Gas Works. So we agreed, because urbex is our passion.
The Most Beautiful Gas Works In Hungary - What Is The Story Of This Abandoned Building?
The guy who enabled us to enter the gasworks is a certified Hungarian guide. He has an amazing knowledge about the Óbuda Gas Works, and now we'll try to tell you everything what we learned. Ok, so everyone knows that there was a gas factory, but does anyone knows what the gas was made of? This gas was manufactured from coal. What is the most interesting thing, there was used the coal imported from England, then from the Ruhr and Saarland. The Hungarian one was also used there. They have a smaller gas works, where they produced the gas from Hungarian coal, and that gas was used as a fuel for the big gas works. Actually, it was a gas-works-ception :). Everything started to work in 1913, just before WWI. Its product was so necessary in modern (for those times) Hungary. For example, the streets were lighted by gas lamps.
A Lot Of Gas Produced - What Was The Efficiency Of The Gas Works In Budapest?
At the beginning of its operation, the gas plant produced 250,000 cubic meters of gas. Day by day the gas works was being developed dynamically and at its peak period it obtained even 1 million cubic meters of the product. Of course, the gas plant was not self-sufficient, and infrastructure was also needed. There were 11 kilometers of railway tracks in its territory, which were directly connected to the Buda railway and the Esztergom railway line. Each day, 80 coal wagons passed through the railway lines. The raw material for gas production was imported mainly from Germany, and it was stored in a detached coal warehouse. The production process started from here and went through the cleaning process with the removal of pollutants (tar, ammonia, benzene, naphthalene, sulphan) towards the 100,000 cubic meters gas tanks at the opposite end of the site. After the measurement, the purified gas was collected in 2 gas tanks with a capacity of 100,000 m3 each. Next, pure gas was transported by pipeline mounted in the bridge, from Buda to Pest.
Powering The Óbuda Gas Works in Budapest - How Much Energy Is Needed To Run The Gas Plant?
Of course, for running such a huge gas works, there was a lot of electrical energy needed. You may wonder if the local power plant was able to produce a sufficient amount of energy for the whole city and the plant. The answer is no. Even Kelenföld Power Plant couldn't achieve it. That's why the gas works needed to have its own source of energy. They purchased the electrical materials from Electric Works. In tcase of a power outage, they had an 800-horsepower Sulzer-powered generator powered by a 4-cylinder diesel engine was also available, producing 110 volts of DC at 800 hp (560 kW) per minute. This engine and the control room are still the part of The Óbuda Gas Works property. We were impressed when we saw it at the first time.
The Óbuda Gas Works in Budapest - The Amazing Trip With Brilliant Urbex Photos
Undoubtedly, it has been our the most expensive urbex trip. Anyway, it has been our most spectacular urbex trip. If you are going to visit this amazing object, please remember that this is not able to conquer in illegal way. The gas works is well-protected and probably that's why it's in a very good condition. But always you can ask the proper person, and he will let you get in an take the photos there. Trust us, it's really worth to visit this place. We were there at evening, and we took a pictures of Budapest seen from the gas-tower. You will also love the beautiful spaces in the building that looks from a fairy tale. And of course, the huge engine with the control room are highlight for the industrial-lovers. If you are not convenient enough to this place, just check our urbex photos below, and certainly you will change your mind.
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This is a toe bone of an unidentified species of Ceratopsian dinosaur from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta. There are more than half a dozen species of Ceratopsians found in this formation including (Anchiceratops, Pachyrhinosaurus, etc) so it would be impossible to identify an isolated bone such as this, down to the species or even genus level.
There is restoration on both the distal and proximal points of articulation, as well as some breakage to the proximal edge of the toe bone.


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Sensient Cosmetic Technologies' teams thrive to make sure our customers are satisfied and get the product they need, when they need it. To fulfil this mission, we have expanded globally to increase our international footprint and can rely on factories located close to our customers to support their projects.
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German Wikipedia DVD sells out first 10,000-copy run
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Directmedia Publishing, a German publishing house founded in 1995 that specializes in digital media, announced the release of a DVD of the German Wikipedia earlier this week. The DVD may be purchased online (via sites like Amazon.de) for around 10 Euros, and a free download of the DVD image will be available in a few days for those who prefer to burn their own copies. The DVD includes built-in software, DigiBib, for browsing and searching through its content.
This new project follows the successful publication of a German Wikipedia CD last October, which distributed over 10,000 physical copies and saw over 100,000 downloads of the CD image. Directmedia worked with Wikipedia editors over the months leading up to the release to finalize and update the DVD content, hosting a tagging party at their headquarters in Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany.
The announcement of the release came on April 6, five days after the DVD was first available for online purchase. By the end of the next day, the DVD was the best-selling software package on Amazon.
By April 9, all 10,000 copies of the DVD's first production run had been sold or shipped to resellers. Another production of 10,000 copies is scheduled for April 13th. The complete DVD image should be available for free download in a few more days; the project page[1] on the German Wikipedia will be updated as soon as the image is available.
Ingrid Marson. "Wikipedia planning a DVD version" — ZD Net UK, April 07, 2005, 17:05 BST
CowboyNeal. "Wikipedia Planning a DVD Version" — Slashdot, Thursday April 07, @08:38PM
German Wikipedia DVD project page
German Wikipedia press release page for the DVD
[ Directmedia press release] from April 6
Personal correspondence with Arne Klempert, vice-chairman of Wikimedia Germany
Download page for the October, 2004 CD image (German)
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// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package com.intellij.openapi.util.io;

import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity;
import com.intellij.testFramework.rules.TempDirectory;
import com.intellij.util.io.SuperUserStatus;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import static com.intellij.openapi.util.io.IoTestUtil.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;

/** Tests low-level functions for reading file case-sensitivity attributes in {@link FileSystemUtil} */
public class CaseSensitivityDetectionTest {
  @Rule public TempDirectory tempDir = new TempDirectory();

  @Test
  public void windowsFSRootsMustHaveDefaultSensitivity() {
    assumeWindows();

    String systemDrive = System.getenv("SystemDrive");  // typically "C:"
    assertNotNull(systemDrive);
    File root = new File(systemDrive + '\\');
    CaseSensitivity rootCs = FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(root);
    assertEquals(systemDrive, CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE, rootCs);

    String systemRoot = System.getenv("SystemRoot");  // typically "C:\Windows"
    assertNotNull(systemRoot);
    File child = new File(systemRoot);
    assertEquals(root, child.getParentFile());
    assertEquals(systemRoot, rootCs, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(child));
  }

  @Test
  public void wslRootsMustBeCaseSensitive() {
    assumeWindows();

    List<@NotNull String> distributions = enumerateWslDistributions();
    assumeTrue("No WSL distributions found", !distributions.isEmpty());

    String name = distributions.get(0);
    assumeTrue("WSL distribution " + name + " doesn't seem to be alive", reanimateWslDistribution(name));

    String root = "\\\\wsl$\\" + name;
    assertEquals(root, CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(new File(root)));
  }

  @Test
  public void caseSensitivityChangesUnderWindowsMustBeReReadCorrectly() throws IOException {
    assumeWindows();
    assumeWslPresence();
    assumeTrue("'fsutil.exe' needs elevated privileges to work", SuperUserStatus.isSuperUser());

    File file = tempDir.newFile("dir/child.txt"), dir = file.getParentFile();
    assertEquals(CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file));
    setCaseSensitivity(dir, true);
    assertEquals(CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file));
    setCaseSensitivity(dir, false);
    assertEquals(CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file));
  }

  @Test
  public void macOsBasics() {
    assumeMacOS();

    File root = new File("/");
    CaseSensitivity rootCs = FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(root);
    assertNotEquals(CaseSensitivity.UNKNOWN, rootCs);

    File child = new File("/Users");
    assertEquals(root, child.getParentFile());
    assertEquals(rootCs, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(child));
  }

  @Test
  public void linuxBasics() {
    assumeLinux();

    File root = new File("/");
    CaseSensitivity rootCs = FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(root);
    assertEquals(CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE, rootCs);

    File child = new File("/home");
    assertEquals(rootCs, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(child));
  }

  @Test
  public void caseSensitivityIsReadSanely() throws IOException {
    File file = tempDir.newFile("dir/x.txt");
    CaseSensitivity sensitivity = FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file);
    if (sensitivity == CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE) {
      assertTrue(new File(file.getParentFile(), "X.txt").createNewFile());
    }
    else if (sensitivity == CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE) {
      assertFalse(new File(file.getParentFile(), "X.txt").createNewFile());
    }
    else {
      fail("invalid sensitivity: " + sensitivity);
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void caseSensitivityOfNonExistingDirMustBeUnknown() {
    File file = new File(tempDir.getRoot(), "dir/child.txt");
    assertFalse(file.exists());
    assertEquals(CaseSensitivity.UNKNOWN, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file));
  }

  @Test
  public void nativeApiWorksInSimpleCases() {
    File file = tempDir.newFile("dir/0");
    assertFalse(FileSystemUtil.isCaseToggleable(file.getName()));

    CaseSensitivity expected = SystemInfo.isWindows || SystemInfo.isMac ? CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE : CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE;
    assertEquals(expected, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivity(file));
  }

  @Test
  public void caseSensitivityNativeWrappersMustWorkAtLeastInSimpleCases() {
    FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity defaultCS = SystemInfo.isFileSystemCaseSensitive ? FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE : FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE;
    assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readCaseSensitivityByNativeAPI(tempDir.newFile("dir0/child.txt")));
    assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readCaseSensitivityByNativeAPI(tempDir.newFile("dir0/0"))); // there's toggleable "child.txt" in this dir already
    assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readCaseSensitivityByNativeAPI(tempDir.newFile("dir1/0")));
  }

  @Test
  public void caseSensitivityMustBeDeducibleByPureJavaIOAtLeastInSimpleCases() {
    FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity defaultCS = SystemInfo.isFileSystemCaseSensitive ? FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity.SENSITIVE : FileAttributes.CaseSensitivity.INSENSITIVE;
    assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivityByJavaIO(tempDir.newFile("dir0/child.txt")));
    assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivityByJavaIO(tempDir.newFile("dir0/0"))); // there's toggleable "child.txt" in this dir already
    //assertEquals(defaultCS, FileSystemUtil.readParentCaseSensitivityByJavaIO(tempDir.newFile("dir1/0")));
  }
}

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Transformation as an adaptive response to climate change opens a range of novel policy options. Used to describe responses that produce non-linear changes in systems or their host social and ecological environments, transformation also raises distinct ethical and procedural questions for decision-makers. Expanding adaptation to include transformation foregrounds questions of power and preference that have so far been underdeveloped in adaptation theory and practice. We build on David Harvey's notion of activity space to derive a framework and research agenda for climate change adaptation seen as a political decisionpoint and as an opportunity for transformation, incremental adjustment or resistance to change in development pathway. Decision-making is unpacked through the notion of the activity space into seven coevolving sites: the individual, technology, livelihoods, discourse, behaviour, the environment and institutions. The framework is tested against practitioner priorities to define an agenda that can make coherent advances in research and practice on climate change adaptation.
Romero-Lankao, P., Bulkely, H., Pelling, M., Burch, S., Gordon, D., Gupta, J., Johnson, C., Kurian, P., Lecavalier, E., Simon, D., Tozer, L., Ziervogel, G. & Munshi, D., Aug 2018, In : Nature climate change. 8, p. 754-756 2 p.
Marshall, N., Barnes, M. L., Birtles, A., Brown, K., Cinner, J., Curnock, M., Eakin, H., Goldberg, J., Gooch, M., Kittinger, J., Marshall, P., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Pelling, M., Pert, P. L., Smit, B. & Tobin, R., 7 May 2018, In : Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Nash, D. J., Klein, J., Endfield, G. H., Pribyl, K., Adamson, G. C. D. & Grab, S. W., 2 Jan 2019, In : CLIMATIC CHANGE.
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According to Al-Awda, "Palestinians have been living as refugees in camps since 1948 when they were forced out of their homes by the new Jewish immigrants who just arrived from Europe intending to create the new Jewish-only state of Israel." Condemning the "Zionist[s'] insatiable need for colonial expansion and the systematic destruction of the indigenous Arab population," Al-Awda states that "the genocidal Israeli government," since its inception, "has been murdering, exiling and maiming innocent Palestinians who wished simply to be left to live on their land with dignity and peace." In the final analysis, Al-Awda views Israel as an illegitimate entity with no right to exist as a sovereign nation.
In an effort to cripple the Israeli economy as punishment for the Jewish state's alleged transgressions, Al-Awda supports all manner of Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) campaigns against Israel, citing in particular the importance of the Global BDS Movement. Al-Awda's international conventions invariably feature prominent anti-Israel activists and anti-Semites promoting BDS initiatives.
* On September 16, 2000, Al-Awda held its first large-scale rally in Washington, DC, drawing several thousand attendees. Among the event's 150 endorsing organizations were the Arab American Institute, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Sabeel, and chapters of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the International Action Center, and the Muslim American Society. Organizers of the demonstration included Rania Masri, Mazin Qumsiyeh, and then-ADC communications director Hussein Ibish. Guest speakers at the event included Ali Abunimah, Abdul Alim Musa, Al-Awda co-founder Zahi Damuni, and the Islamic Association for Palestine's then-chairman, Sabri Samirah.
* On March 17, 2001, Al-Awda's listserve featured a communiqué from a coalition that included Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) — reaffirming these organizations' commitment to armed struggle.
* On April 7, 2001, Al-Awda-sponsored a "Right of Return" rally in New York City that drew several thousand people. The event featured speeches by Edward Said, George Habash, Rafeeq Jaber, and Raeed Tayeh. Endorsing groups included the International Action Center, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
* In February 2002, Al-Awda members created Citizens for Fair Legislation, a (now-defunct) lobbying arm that promoted anti-Israel events and exhorted Americans to contact their elected officials on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
* Al-Awda helped organize the ANSWER Coalition's April 20, 2002 "National March for Palestine Against War and Racism" in Washington, DC. At this event, the flag of Hezbollah flew from the speakers' podium.
* From June 20-22, 2003, Al-Awda held its first annual convention at the University of Toronto.
* The theme of a December 13-14, 2003 Al-Awda conference in Egypt was: "Yes to resistance in Iraq and Palestine, no to capitalist globalization and U.S. hegemony." Present at this event were representatives from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
* From July to September 2006, Al-Awda organized and co-sponsored rallies in several U.S. cities to denounce Israel's military actions in Lebanon and Gaza. Some of these demonstrations featured speakers openly expressing support for terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah; calling for Israel's destruction; and asserting that Zionism and Nazism bore many similarities.
* During November 16-19, 2006, former Al-Awda co-chair Samia Halaby served on a delegation at the "Solidarity with the Resistance" conference in Beirut, which was organized by Hezbollah and the Communist Party of Lebanon to express support for Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the Iraqi insurgency.
* In March 2007, Al-Awda issued a statement calling for Israel to release the incarcerated Ahmad Saadat, general secretary of the PFLP.
* At a March 18, 2008 Al-Awda protest in New York, speakers accused Israel of engaging in state-sponsored terrorism and conducting a Holocaust against the Palestinian people. Further, they issued calls for Israel's elimination.
* From May 16-18, 2008, Al-Awda held its sixth annual convention in Southern California, titled "Palestine: 60 Years of Forced Exile, Time for Return." Speakers again accused Israel of ethnic cleansing, occupation, and genocide.
* On May 16, 2008, Al-Awda held a large rally outside the United Nations Building in New York City to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Al Nakba"—an Arabic term (meaning "The Catastrophe") referring to Israel's establishment in 1948. Among the groups with a presence at the rally were the International Solidarity Movement, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and the International Action Center. Demonstrators displayed banners accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing; calling for the destruction of the Jewish state; and likening Zionism to Nazism.
* In December 2008, an Al-Awda listserve posted a statement from a PFLP member who opposed the renewal of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
* From December to January 2009, regional Al-Awda chapters in numerous U.S. cities organized angry demonstrations against Israel's military operations in Gaza. The rallies featured signs equating Israelis and Nazis, portraying Jews as "blood suckers," and accusing Jews of controlling America's media and government.
* From May 22-24, 2009, Al-Awda held its seventh annual convention near Anaheim, California. Among the featured speakers were Yvonne Ridley, George Galloway, and William Robinson (a sociology professor at UC Santa Barbara who had compared Israelis to Nazis and had accused the Jewish state of turning Gaza into a "concentration camp, a massive ghetto").
* At a June 21, 2009 New York protest organized by Al-Awda, demonstrators shouted "Zionist murderer" and "Nazi pig" at a nearby woman who was waving Israeli and American flags. The protesters also waved Palestinian flags and displayed signs that read, "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free." Among the organizations represented at the rally were the International Action Center, Code Pink, and the ANSWER Coalition.
Al-Awda is a member organization of the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition, and has received funding from the Caipirinha Foundation.
With thousands of individual members worldwide, Al-Awda has numerous local and regional U.S.-based chapters, each setting its own agendas within the context of the parent organization's mission and objectives. Outside the U.S., Al-Awda chapters are active in Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition, Al-Awda is a member of the Global Palestine Right of Return Coalition, which includes right-of-return organizations based in the Middle East and Europe.
For additional information on Al-Awda, click here.
 The refugees on whose behalf Al-Awda agitates were never expelled from their homeland; they voluntarily (for the most part) left their homes during the period just before, and shortly after, the commencement of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. They sought out safe haven during what they anticipated would be a brief war that the Arab allies would undoubtedly win, and fully expected to return to their homes once the fighting had stopped and the Jews had been exterminated. Instead, the Arab armies were defeated.
Today Al-Awda places the number of Arabs who are entitled to a "right of return" to Israel at 7.2 million (the original refugees plus their descendants). This is more than 10 times the number of Arabs who actually left the Jewish portions of the British Mandate in 1948; most of those original refugees are now deceased.


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Random Thoughts: Greg Marshall's Future & KU Defense
MoonwalkMafia last edited by
Following VCU's impressive (and heartbreaking) run to the Final Four in 2011, many college basketball pundits questioned whether Shaka Smart would be leaving the mid-major ranks and jumping into the deep end with the big boys. Smart ultimately turned down offers from bigger programs to stay with what he had built.
Underneath that surface action perhaps lies the truth. To me, Smart was afraid. Turning down the opportunity said that he did not believe he could be successful at the next level. Think about it. If VCU goes 15-16 does anyone really care? Does any administrator at VCU really care? Of course not. He's the savior that led the Rams to the promise land (at least in their eyes, because let's be real, a FF is untouchable to many low-tier schools. Just ask Mizery). Could Smart go to a UCLA and flounder? Could Smart afford to miss the tournament multiple years and keep his job? Of course not. So my question is, with the amount of success that Wichita St. has had in the past two years does Marshall strike while the iron is hot? Does he jump to an Oklahoma St.? It's an interesting question. Because let's be honest. How long can WSU fans remain loyal? If they go to the NIT next year, will anyone care? Of course not. So my question to you board rats is: Does Marshall leave WSU in the next year?
Now to a different topic entirely: KU's defense.
Why is it that Bill Self stubbornly clings to his man-to-man philosophy when we obviously lack the personnel to execute it? People say that KU will only go as far as Wiggins and Embiid will take us in the tourney. I think that we only go as far as Tharpe and Ellis take us, and if Wiggins and Embiid contribute their averages, it's a bonus. The problem is that those two variables (Tharpe and Ellis) are possibly our two worst defenders (not to mention soft at times). How vulnerable are we when we can't afford to have those two guys on the floor because of how much of a liability they are defensively? The answer I came to yesterday is that our ceiling is a sweet sixteen loss. So again, I ask you board rats: Why don't we have variations of defense?
I can probably answer that question myself. Self has said numerous times that when a team goes to zone, we've already got them beat. They've given up and are waving the white flag. Jim Boeheim disagrees, but that's not the point. The point is that with two of our players being so crucial to our tournament success, we need to find a way to mask our defensive deficiencies and find a way to keep them on the floor. Tharpe looked like a screen door yesterday (I'm referring to the play that @HighEliteMajor pointed out yesterday). Mason is a good alternative, but he's too foolish when it comes to driving on a triple team, and he doesn't have the shooting ability that Tharpe does (although I have been pleasantly surprised lately). We need Tharpe and Ellis' offensive contribution, but right now they're gaping defensive holes. We must find a solution. The solution is probably more obvious though: Zone.
Lastly, as for defensive strategies that Self stubbornly clings to, yesterday reminded me of the game against VCU in 2011. I found myself asking Self (that's right I talk to the TV), "are you going to wait until WV us up thirty before we start playing a full court press?" In the game against VCU, it seemed we had no choice, but when a team is hitting any shot they throw up the way WV was in the first half, we must speed them up, and turn that 35 second shot clock into a 25 second shot clock. This is another way to mask our deficiencies on defense. We will run into a hot-shooting team in the tournament. Mark it down. It's going to happen. We need to have a strategy to challenge that, because as of right now, we're content to just let them shoot. Not a good call. And what makes it even more frustrating is that when we do press, IT WORKS!!! We play it fairly well. We force timeouts, 5 second calls, and turnovers. So why don't we do it more often?
Help me out here board rats. I haven't posted in a while so this is kind of all coming out at once. Let me know what you think.
DinarHawk last edited by
Good post Moonwalk.
There have been a couple times this year when they did press, but it has not been done regularly. Could it be that Self is saving a strategy to deal with a hot shooting team until the tournament? I find it hard to believe that Self doesn't know what to do to deal with a hot shooting team.
I will disagree with your statement about not having the personnel to play man to man defense the way Self teaches it. They have shown at times to be able to do it. The problem is that they do not do it on a consistent basis.
JRyman last edited by
Self usually holds that press tightly to his chest for the tournament run.
That's also when he breaks out the triangle and two, or box in 1 and even the 1-3-1 zone D that traps in the corners.
I am sure they practice this all season but why show your hand until you need to?
Hawk8086 last edited by
Interesting question about Marshal. It might depend on how he thinks he can recruit at WSU. I don't know who he has coming in, or right now, who is graduating. I know one thing. The MVC is really weak right now. He could dominate for awhile unless those teams get better. I don't think Self is going to a zone on a regular basis. He will throw the zone up to change things up or go to one of the junk defenses as needed. I agree that there is no need to show his hand now.
JayHawkFanToo last edited by
Wichita State is losing Cleanthony Early, a big loss, and a few other role playing seniors; the core of the team is coming back. Baker and VanVleet are sophomores so they have two more years unless they bolt to the NBA.
Most of the mock drafts have Early as a second round or not listed; I saw one that had Baker listed as second round pick.
Marshall has at least one more year and likely two with the current core. My guess is that he will take another good ride next year and maybe the year after and then he is gone.
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@JayHawkFanToo not sure, but think he's got a big kid from the Bahamas. Believe he's a transfer from a juco in Texas.
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WSU has 5 players signed including 2 - 3star and 3 not rated players including the 7 footer, Bush Wamukota( from Kenya) you mentioned:
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By looking at his resume, its does not look like he will be setting the world on fire.
Bush Wamukota story…
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I see Marshall sticking it out for at least another 5 in Wichita.
I don't think he wants to ramp us his recruiting to become another KU. That isn't his style and why could he get top recruits to hustle when others' can't?
He goes after players that are carrying a chip… and Marshall has a chip. The players and coach match and they create chemistry from it.
I don't know if he would be successful with a different scenario.
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I think it is as simple as the fact that Self is one of those ardent believers in man defense. He despises zone. It's the school of thought that zone is somehow a lower life form.
I just posted this on another thread, but saw this thread and thought it was appropriate.
Early on, November, I was in complete agreement with Jesse Newell that we should have switched to zone. Right then and there.
But what makes that hard is that Self is a man coach. My guess is, as good of a coach as he is, he's probably not that proficient in teaching zone. To have a good zone team, you have to be a good zone coach. I've always felt that this is why Baylor struggles. They have not identity. Drew tries to be both. Jack of all trades, master of none kind of thing.
This season, though, with Tharpe and Ellis as defensive black holes, and the length of Embiid and Wiggins, a sweet little 1-3-1 would have done the trick with some half court trap looks.
I love zone defense because it can allow you to dictate pace, and not be dictated to. You can increase the urgency with different levels of pressure and alternating trapping points. The first Texas Tech game would have never played out that way. And of course, some 2-2-1 3/4 court pressing is the cherry on the top. This is not high risk defense. It's a well planned strategy to control tempo and take away the other team's strengths, while playing to your own.
This was the perfect recipe for this team. But we've have banged our head against the wall all season. We've seen glimmers. But it's tourney time and we just gave up 50 in one half of basketball to a team that doesn't have Dave Sieger, Mookie Blaylock, or Stacey King.
And @MoonwalkMafia - "We will run into a hot-shooting team in the tournament. Mark it down. It's going to happen." Believe me, I have marked it down. Also, your reference to pressing is an excellent one. I am not a proponent of pressing all the time, nor even 50% of the time. But to throw it out there say 1 out of 4 possessions. Change the dynamic, take teams out of their comfort zone. Make them work. And work to expose their weaknesses. Who would have known that Tharpe and Selden would have so much trouble vs. a zone press? We wouldn't have known unless another team tried.
While I fear the hot shooting team as well, and Self's slow trigger in adjusting, I also fear a team attacking us with pressure like Villanova and Florida did. Tharpe can't handle it, and Selden has been very unreliable in those situations as well (I recall the OSU game at Allen where he was just lost). Mix in some bad ass trapping of our bigs near the block like SDSU did, and that's the blue print.
I feel like stupidmichael – I am worried.
@HighEliteMajor
Have you considered that maybe some players come to KU because of the man-to-man defense, since the zone, as played in college basketball is not allowed in the NBA?
Yes, I know that a variation of the zone can be used in the NBA, but with the 3 second limitation, it is not practical and hardly ever used. So a player with future in the NBA would be better served playing for team that plays man-to-man defense such as KU.
The better zones, such as those played by Syracuse, cannot be learned in few days. it takes lots of practice and coaches intimately familiar with it to properly execute it; there is no way KU can switch to one at this stage of the season even if Coach Self wanted. It is not like KU does not play zone; they do practice several zone variations and have at times used, but they are not proficient at it and quickly revert to the man-to-man.
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@MoonwalkMafia Re: Marshall. Everything I have read about him and all the interviews he has given leaves one with the impression that him & his family are very happy with their current situation. If he remains here in Wichita, I don't necessarily think it means that he is afraid or doubts he could be successful at a bigger school with increased expectations. Some people, like coach Self, are built with a sense of competitiveness that emboldens them to always strive to accomplish more. Not just to be the best at what they do, but to be the best at the highest level. To always want to tackle new challenges. It's why it is often speculated that at some point Self will want to try his hand at the NBA. But there are also people who look at where they're at, and while they are still also very competitive, aren't seeking out to prove to themselves or anyone else that they can do something in another (often perceived as more difficult/challenging) situation.
I do think you are slightly off-base regarding the increased expectations at Wichita St. For example, they made it to the Final 4 last year and returned nearly everybody from that team (minus Carl Hall). Had they floundered and gone to the NIT this year, they would have been very disappointed. Mark Turgeon built that program up and the success has been continued and expanded upon in the Marshall years. I think if he had a few years of not reaching the NCAA tournament in a row, the program would most definitely be inclined to make a coaching switch. Now the expectations are certainly not as high as at a place like KU, but to think that they view their recent success as just icing on the cake is naive. If I were a betting man, I would bet Marshall will be there at least as long as this current core of players is. And considering VanVleet & Baker are sophomores, my guess is he's there at least for the next two seasons. After that, we'll see. To me the test for him is what will he do after this year in terms of recruiting. A quick look shows no ESPN top 100 recruits committed to WSU next year (interesting that you brought up VCU as the comparison. They have 3 top 100 commits, including one in the top 50). Will Marshall continue to find diamonds in the rough that he can coach up? Will he go the JuCo route (as a recent article I read on him stated that he liked doing)?
Re: KU's defense. It's obviously no secret Self is a M2M guy. Part of it is a toughness thing. Zones are viewed as soft in his eyes. I agree that with this group, as @HighEliteMajor has stated, it was built for zone. However, regardless of personnel I can't fathom Self ever playing zone as his primary defense. HEM, you say that you and Jesse thought he should have switched to zone back at the start of the season. So once you start teaching guys to play zone, do you come back next year and try again to teach M2M? If so, that means you lost a lot of opportunities the past year to work on your M2M defense with the returning players. So does one year of playing a lot of zone turn into two? With this group, most certainly, as the reasons for playing zone are the defensive deficiencies of 2 players that will be returning next year - Tharpe & Ellis. And then when they're gone, all of a sudden you have a young core whom you have neglected to indoctrinate with your most core philosophy, and that is tough M2M defense. Self is not about to get away from who he is, nor should he. You don't get to be as success as he is by abandoning who you are.
Now that being said, the question I often ponder on is how feasible is it in any year to teach the team the fair amount of zone principles to be proficient playing it in games? And with such a young core, how feasible was it this year? I've never been a basketball coach at any level so I won't pretend to comprehend what it takes to get players comfortable in a system. Comfortable enough so that they can go out there and just play within the system rather than think. But my guess is it takes awhile, and that especially with a young team, there simply wasn't enough time for Self to get everyone comfortable with the Self system stuff to expand a great deal into zones, traps, etc.
And that is something that I think most casual fans have as a misconceptions about zones & presses. It is not just "here, cover this general area". It is more nuanced than that. Consider the '08 championship team. Loaded with experienced juniors & seniors, many of whom were excellent defenders. Self has joked about how in the championship game he went to a triangle & 2 defense for a few possessions and got torched with it. So if that team wasn't able to successfully execute a particular zone/junk defense, what shot does a team full of freshman have? Sure it might help you get past a WVU, but you've got to be good enough to get by the middling teams with your core defense. Otherwise you have little chance of playing for the highest stakes at the end of the year. And that's what it's all about at KU. So given that, I think if you're Self you keep working on your M2M defense until you are good enough to win with it against most teams. Then you can move on to secondary defensive tactics. And maybe, as HEM has postulated, we need someone who has a fair amount of expertise in that area to be able to teach it.
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Marshall is 51; that defines everything about what Marshall will do.
He will go where ever someone will guaranty ten years in college, or 6 years at $4M in the pros, if Stevens were successful with the Celts, which he will be, but not till next year or the year after.
So: Marshall won't be jumping straight to the NBA.
The Koch's could set Marshall up in Wichita for ten years in a blink. and probably will.
The question is who else might in the EST?
South Carolina?
South Carolina born and raised Marshall is a hero at Winthrop in Rocky Hill, SC, and is well known from assisting John Kresse at CoC.
Frank Martin circles the drain there. .41 W&L. Suspended for anger outbursts.
Marshall makes great sense for South Carolina. Give him ten years security and a good contract and he will have South Carolina a basketball power in three seasons and likely a ring in 5 and aged perfectly to dominate the ACC when Roy, Consonants and Boeheim retire over the next five years.
But does South Carolina have the basketball culture to recognize Marshall's ten year worth and would there be room for Marshall and Spurrier in that athletic department?
South Carolina will try hard for Marshall, in hopes of being rid of Frank Martin and icing their basketball future for six years, but the Koch's will guaranty Marshall ten years and Marshall will stay at WSU.
South Carolina will regret not signing Marshall for ten.
Brad Stevens will succeed in the L and Marshall will jump to the NBA after 4 more seasons.
Regarding Self's preference for M2M: been over this with a fine tooth comb many times and here is the short form. The great coaches do not play zone, because it means opponents always know exactly where your best defenders will be. In turn, your opponents will always play away from your best defenders and play toward their most favorable match ups on the other side of the court. M2M means your defenders are always moving with their man where ever he goes, but a man defense also allows complex switching and hedging and so vastly more help that is unpredictable where and how it will be delivered. Strategically, there is no question that M2M is the best way to go. Next, in terms of energy budget management, it takes less energy to play a m2m intensely than it does a zone intensely. Zones properly played require players to chop their feet constantly and move in unison constantly. This wears down the legs and leaves less energy for the offensive end. And if you're not going to play intensely it doesn't much matter what defense you play. Play man to ensure you have more energy for scoring on the offensive end and you can continually surprise the opponent with the types and timing and locations where help comes. Play zone to try to take away the close game and control close rebounding. Play zone to minimize fouling, because your players are never chasing. It takes more skill and athleticism to play m2m, but its strategic and energy budget advantages out weigh the zone, unless your m2m defenders are really lousy rebounders. Next.
Zone defense takes less energy to play than man to man. Everybody knows that.
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First, using Wikipedia for a serious source on basketball strategy is kind of shakey, don't you think, unless they are footnoting folks that do know their shizz? Here is who I found footnoted: Jane Woodlands on Net Ball with a dead link.
Oh, wait, there was a second reference–an ESPN link to a post game commentary on a Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami link that, you guessed it, doesn't mention zone being less taxing to play than m2m.
But, at least you tried, so I will try to.
I'm feeling generous today.
I got my initial wake up call rather late in life from an old board rat at the previous site that I decided knew more about basketball than me, or anyone I had ever met, after he had schooled me and many others repeatedly in a friendly, coach-ly sort of way. And he fessed up that he had coached the game a long time. He also became persuasive to me after he would explain what Self had done wrong in attacking this defense, or that defense, and then Self would come back the next meeting with the same team and do exactly what the old board rat said he should have done the first time. His alias was 100. I have no idea if he was really an old coach, or an old sports writer, or the an in the moon. But he was good, kid, the best there ever was on a board that I have read. Probably the best there ever will be on a board since there's no pay. I'm an entertainer. He was the real deal.
So don't feel too stupid, because I used to think zones were easier to play myself, because of the zones I played in kiddie leagues and high school. But, as I said, I got set straight on that few years ago at the other site. Church league zones, and bad high school and bad college zones, most definitely expend almost no energy.
In fact, some coaches of poorly conditioned teams, or teams with short benches and no ability intent to play sound zone, resort to bad zone defense precisely to rest players. So: to be conciliatory, let me say that your reaction was dead on for bad zones in 6th grade YMCA ball, for one example.
But D1 zones played as one's core defense for any length of time require much more energy to play than m2m. Boeheim's Syracuse zone requires awesome stamina to play. Its easy to understand once you "think" about it and and stop with the reacting to it.
All five players in a zone have to move every time the ball moves and they all have to move quite a considerable distance as the ball is whipped around the perimeter as a high and a low post move through its tracking arc looking for seams. Compare this to m2m, where the ball on defender has to move a lot, the one pass a away guys have to move some, and the two pass away guys have to move very little with each dribble, or pass, all the while threatening the passing lanes ball side.
Back to zone. In order to be ready to move in unison they have to keep their feet moving constantly, which m2m defenders two passes away do not have to do at all, and which m2m defenders one pass away only have to do a little to guard the passing lane.
There is no rest in a good zone, of the kind you witness routinely even in tenacious Self Defense on the back side, because even when you are back side in a zone, you have to track around with the ball, then you have to be ready for passes into the seams and you have to keep your feet chopping so that you are ready to close on penetrations, not just from one man, but from as many as approach your zone. This becomes especially exhausting when you play a Carolina passing offense/high-lo that Self runs where no ball sticking is a prime directive precisely to keep the zone defenders moving their feet constantly.
m2m is only exhausting to guard m2m, when an opponent runs a set with lots of long cuts and picks and runs the stuff for 30-35 seconds each possession. But here's that thing that Self figured outm from the expensive lesson taught him by Shaka Smart. If he gets his guys in as good of condition as a team that tries to do that to him, then his defenders really aren't working any harder than the offenders in all of this chase the rabbit game, and switching done well can completely tip the energy budget expenditure heavily in KU's favor. Everyone is quitting the Princeton System because it is, if played well, bad energy budget management on both ends. Energy depleting zone on defense, a bunch of 30-second sets on defense that take more work to run than to guard.
Back to zone. Another drain is that you are almost always drawn into double teaming that you often don't have to do in m2m unless you have an acute MUD, and then only with two players, rather than intermittently with all five. The double teaming requires constant foot chopping to be ready to move aggressively in timely fashion.
And you have to play the zone standing more upright and with hands over head more frequently, in order to prevent cross court passing to weak side; both of which require more, not less effort than a m2m crouch with a hand check.
Think about Self's vaunted m2m defense. The scheme is to force the ball handler, and as much action as possible to the center of the floor and into the high paint. There, help can come from all sides and an offender is facing a 6th defender–the 3 second clock. Self Defense differs from many m2m's that force the action to baseline, thus using the baseline as a 6th defender. But the key is that Self Defense actually greatly reduces the tendency of defenders to have to cover vast amounts of ground. Self Defense is always trying to turn offenders into where defenders already are, so they don't have to slide far to help. Self Defense tries (and often succeeds) in reducing the effective range of floor to be guarded by funneling action inwards.
Some of the teams that give Self Ball the most trouble are those that are schemed to flank the Self Defense's effort to turn the offense inward. Once a ball flanks the Self Defense's effort to turn it inward, the Self Defense is suddenly under its greatest stress and its defenders are having to slide a long ways and very rapidly to stop the flanking. The best of all possible worlds for Self Defense is for the ball to be turned inward and only one player "runs," not slides, from back side to "explode out of his position" to not just stop the driver, but leap and block his shot. This is what Jam Tray is so good at doing.
But the point of the digression is to make clear that only one guys is making a major expenditure of energy in Self's m2m and he's making it by running, which is way easier than sliding into position. Self defense allows a lot of running for back side help, rather than sliding. Long, hard sliding is the great burner of calories. This is why Self wants guys chasing offenders over the top of picks, or else switching. He wants the ball to go to the middle of the floor and he doesn't want his guys wasting all their calories on sliding. Sliding is for steering the offensive player. Running is for catching the turned offensive player.
But now back to zone.
Watch zone defenders. They are ALL sliding ALL …THE…TIME, at least if the offense makes an honest attempt to keep the ball from sticking and throws it into the posts in the seams, so as to force the zone defenders to expand, and constract and expand rapidly.
You have to have lots and lots of depth to play zone defense full time.
KU could never have survived playing Boeheim grade zone the year KU went to the Finals with a seven man rotation. No way.
Kentucky couldn't have prevailed playing a zone full time with its 6 man rotation either.
Falling back into a zone to conserve energy, or avoid fouls, is perfectly kosher for brief periods, but if you play zone full time and well, it is a heavy energy budget drain.
To get down to a 7 man rotation, which coaches want to do, because it is typically the optimal way to keep the best players on the floor the most minutes, you almost have to play m2m, even if you have a deep bench that could enable you to play zone.
Boeheim has always kept the cupboard massively stocked in order to play zone full time and he has done that because he is smack dab in the heart of the most populace state on the eastern seaboard where he can get numbers in his sleep.
Basketball is a game that rewards thinking about it, rather than reacting to it.
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The danger in jumping from a mid major to a larger program is that you may land in a bad situation.
Alford left New Mexico to go to UCLA. UCLA was a mess. They not only had to get rid of their previous coach, they had to dismiss a couple of players as well. If you were a coach, would you really want to take over that program just to be in the big time?
Or take a look at some other recent leaps - Anthony Grant was the coach at VCU before Shaka Smart. He went to Alabama where he has had a mix of success and struggles. Perhaps Smart saw what Grant experienced and decided that there was no benefit and jumping from VCU, where he can put together strong teams in his style, to the middle (or bottom) of a major conference at a school like Illinois. Jim Larranaga led mid majors like Bowling Green and George Mason. He's at Miami now. He has an ACC title, and what will likely be his second NIT appearance coming.
There's just not much advantage for most coaches to jump if they are going to end up at a program that wants to win now, but is sitting as the 7th (or 8th or 9th) best program in their conference. Why leave Gonzaga to coach Washington State? Why leave VCU to coach Virginia Tech? Why leave BYU to coach Utah? There's just no benefit, unless you can implement your program and turn things around in three years or less.
@jaybate 1.0 "Marshall makes great sense for South Carolina. Give him ten years security and a good contract and he will have South Carolina a basketball power in three seasons and likely a ring in 5 and aged perfectly to dominate the ACC when Roy, Consonants and Boeheim retire over the next five years."
You really think South Carolina would dominate the ACC? Wouldn't that be rather difficult when the only ACC team they usually play is Clemson? (beer)
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I think Marshall should hold on to the Wichita State job until we have a five round bout between KU and WSU.
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Greek Decision Delayed Again After Contentious Hearing
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — The battle to determine who will manage the iconic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles remains undecided after a city commission failed to choose an operator for the venue.
Nederlander has operated the Greek since the 1970s, but their contract is up next year and Live Nation has submitted a slightly higher bid to manage the theater and Park officials and a consultant firm handling the selection process earlier this month both recommended that the city retain Live Nation as the new operator for the venue.
However, Nederlander and their partners AEG Live have mounted an aggressive grass-roots based campaign in the local community and the media to retain management of the theater, and after two meetings, the Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks has been unable to settle on a bid.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Live Nation says it will guarantee $60 million in revenue to the city over two decades, while Nederlander-AEG offered a guarantee of $77 million. Live Nation also offered more money for upgrades at The Greek as well, pledging to spend $40 million against Nederlander/AEG's promised $19 million, which Live Nation's rep characterized as "band aids."
Nederlander and AEG contended that choosing Live Nation for the venue would cost the city $17 million in guaranteed money and that the panel's recommendation of Live Nation failed to properly consider Nederland's investment on upgrades, maintenance and community engagement at the venue.
The Commission also heard from community members who expressed concerns that a change in the venue's management might lead to events at the theater being more intrusive to the community.
In the end, the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners were unable to muster the three votes required to move forward with contract negotiations with Live Nation and were forced to table the matter for two weeks. – Staff Writers


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Repo Man – Iggy Pop
Not all 80's action was kiddie friendly. This darkly comic Sci-Fi movie is utterly punk in an LA Hardcore sense. Alex Cox' hugley undervalued gritty genre movie is a personal favourite not just for it's white hot brilliant soundtrack and the anthem of Iggy's 80's output Repo Man. It's also precisely the type of trash I become a cinematic raccoon for.
This track sounds like it was recorded on a cassette in a bucket (see recent (and or upcoming) Swinging Utters post for reasons that might not be a bad thing). It matches the production values of the film perfectly. Emilo Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton are both magnificent in this crawl through the under belly of a city that doesn't appear to have an upside. Thinly veiled allegories and real time social commentary rub up alongside music from Black Flag, Fear, The Circle Jerks and Suicidal Tendencies. This is the Hardcore Scene's own Easy Rider Soundtrack album. As important to LA punk as the Singles Soundtrack is to Grunge or The Crow Soundtrack is to most of my ex-girlfriends. Frank Black did a cracking cover of it too once.
There is a fine and important tradition in movie soundtrack albums capturing a scene and a place in time. If they're done right they can preserve in amber some of the side quests along with the big names of a moment in time. Kevin Smith did it with Clerks and Mallrats, showing where slacker bled into grunge. The Judgement Night and Spawn albums might not be considered minor classics by most. And yet what they do for Premillennial Numetal and Dance/Rap crossovers will not be forgotten by the Linkin Bizkit Korn Kids in their dotage.
So back to Repo Man. There are people who consider this film less than a five star classic. These people are your mainstream types. They're not wrong. They're just incorrect. If you revel in the Roger Corman meets the Ramones world where Kiss Meets The Phantom is an acceptable Saturday night movie. This is for you. Cox's reputation is built on giving you Sid & Nancy, Straight To Hell (basically A Fistful Of Travelers Cheques starring Joe Strummer, Courtney Love and Elvis Costello) and a bunch of cool music documentaries that blur the narrative via the directors involvement with the bands. If that's your Saturday Night then Repoman is Christmas Day.
If you've seen it, then you know.
*SFTD Movie Trivia Factoid: Straight To Hell is officially a remake of one of the Django Kill series of films. Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! May go down as one of those movie names that basically gives you the plot but I think we can all agree there should be no Melon Farming snakes on this Burger Flipping plane in the first place. Perhaps I should start a Spaghetti Western Website too. I just love that stuff.
From the same year as yesterdays record breaking blockbuster, Repo Man had to work hard after it's release to wash it's face. The studio who owned Cox's masterpeice were unsure of it's viability. It got a limited release which dwindled unpromoted and hidden in only three US cities. For 18 months it was only viewable in one solitary cinema in New York or on VHS. Still it managed to return 400K in ticket sales over it's 70k budget. Imagine the condition of that fleapits print after screening it over and over for a year and a half. There was a sequel written. It found it's way to the world decades later as a graphic novel (kinda perfect really) called Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday. There is also a spiritual reimagining with Cox directing the Paris Hilton cypher Pixxie De La Chase played by Jaclyn Jonet. Repo Chick is very much the Highlander II molests Escape From LA in an alley resulting in a messy disappointment that you'd expect. Again, kinda perfect really.
"Do you ever experience the feeling that you might just be created by a mad scientists as part of a table top experiment?"
Posted in punk, SoundtrackTagged Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Courtney Love, Elvis Costello, Fear, Frank Black, iggy pop, Joe Strummer, kiss, ramones, Suicidal Tendencies10 Comments
10 thoughts on "Repo Man – Iggy Pop"
Thanks for today's choice. I love that movie and so do my kids. We've seen it many times. Mike Nesmith of The Monkees' mom had something to do with the financing of it. The only sponsor they could get was the maker of the tree-shaped air fresheners, so that's why he says, "There's one in every car." I had no idea Iggy wrote that song. I love the short clip you include here of him. He's one badass mofo. There is a lot of really good music in it. The clip of the sequel, just wow.
steveforthedeaf says:
Wow indeed. The bottom of the cinematic barrel often develops a new bottom when writing things like this
Vinyl Connection says:
I remember enjoying the movie, but not focussing on the music. Which seems an oversight on my part, as you and several other reliable sources rate it very highly. Maybe time for another viewing?
Did you all hear that? I'm a reliable source!!!
postpunkmonk says:
BEST PUNK ROCK LYRIC EVER:
"I didn't get fucked and I didn't get kissed…
I got so fucking pissed!"
– Iggy Pop "Repo Man"
This film has been a wonder in my life for 35 years!
Arrgh! Please correct my hasty typo!
I got Doo Bee Doo Bee Doo?
Repo man's always intense.
I have the CD soundtrack, love it!
cincinnatibabyhead says:
Like everything about this take, song, film etc. I fluked out and got the Vinyl way back.
"You are a reliable source". Like a repo source man.
← Good Times – INXS Featuring Jimmy Barnes
The Raiders March – John Williams →


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Cohen arrives for closed-door testimony
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President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is talking behind closed doors on Thursday to a congressional panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping an explosive week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss.
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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is talking behind closed doors on Thursday to a congressional panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping an explosive week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss.
In his third and final Capitol Hill session this week, Cohen will testify, starting at 9:30 a.m.
ET (1430 GMT) and going all day, to the House Intelligence Committee.
It has been probing Russian election meddling and any collusion with the Trump campaign.
It will follow dramatic public testimony by Cohen on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee, in which the one-time "fixer" for Trump accused the president of breaking the law while in office and said for the first time that Trump knew in advance about a WikiLeaks dump of stolen emails that hurt his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton.
As he did before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Cohen is expected to apologize for lying to Congress in 2017.
That was when he submitted a statement saying efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow had ceased by January 2016.
In fact, the talks stretched to June 2016.
Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for that lie and other crimes.
Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a tweet on Wednesday that he planned to dig into the Trump Moscow project, the revelations about Wikileaks and any White House role in Cohen's prior false statements.
"Today Cohen provided the American public with a first-hand account of serious misconduct by Trump & those around him," Schiff said.
"Tomorrow we'll examine in depth many of those topics." At Wednesday's hearing Cohen said Trump never explicitly told him to lie to Congress about the Moscow skyscraper negotiations.
But Cohen said he believed he was following implicit directions to minimize their efforts on the tower.
Cohen told the House Oversight Committee he had no direct evidence that Trump or his campaign colluded with Moscow during the election campaign, but that he had suspicions that something untoward had occurred.
Possible collusion is a key theme of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, which has dogged the president during his first two years in office.
Trump has repeatedly denied the allegation, as has the Kremlin.
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Bolivia: Mt. Bethel UMC Update 2
The Mt. Bethel UMC mission team is currently in Quesimpuco, Bolivia. Each year, a group of men from Marietta, Ga., look forward to spending time together serving the people in this remote Andean village and sharing during devotions. SIFAT's executive director Tom Corson, administrator Terry Haynes and board member Art Stephenson joined this team. Bert Blanchard, a former team leader, could not go this year, but he has been sending out daily updates he receives from the team to family and former team members. Bert's updates include photos, descriptions and stories from previous years that will help you understand the landscape and culture of the area. For more information on SIFAT's work in Quesimpuco, download our latest update here. For the first half of the Mt. Bethel team's week, click here.
The team finished the irrigation pipe work that could be completed and are planning to spend more time getting to know the families in the village. They completed the work faster than expected with the help of their new friends. He said there was one woman in particular who was carrying large stones down to support/protect the pipes that no one from the US could keep up with.
Team members have been working alongside community members to lay pipe for a microirrigation system.
They have been enjoying time together in the small-group atmosphere: sharing devotions, cooking meals and playing cards. Wayne Hiott is leading the music and songs. Andy Rogers is leading worship, devotions and setting the tone for their spiritual nourishment.
Today, they were planning to spend more time playing with the kids, and Art Stephenson was to share a devotion with the people of Quesimpcuo about his experience with NASA.
Thanks to the past 20 years of support by SIFAT and mission teams like this one, the kids now have clean drinking water, more nutrition in their diet, a school, a medical clinic, and they get to worship and hear about Jesus Christ. Before, none of these things were possible. You can see the impact in one generation already. The kids are taller and healthier than their parents and have many more opportunities to use their gifts to support a bright future for the village.
Bolivia: Mt. Bethel UMC Team Checks In!
The Mt. Bethel UMC mission team is currently in Quesimpuco, Bolivia. Each year, a group of men from Marietta, Ga., look forward to spending time together serving the people in this remote Andean village and sharing during devotions. SIFAT's executive director Tom Corson, administrator Terry Haynes and board member Art Stephenson joined this team. Bert Blanchard, a former team leader, could not go this year, but he has been sending out daily updates he receives from the team to family and former team members. Bert's updates include photos, descriptions and stories from previous years that will help you understand the landscape and culture of the area. For more information on SIFAT's work in Quesimpuco, download our latest update here.
The team left Atlanta on Friday, October 23, to begin the long journey to Quesimpuco. We have combined Bert's updates from Saturday through Monday into this first post. Tomorrow, we'll post the next couple days of updates.
The team made it safely to La Paz after a long overnight flight. Everyone and everything made it through customs, and the group ate breakfast before starting the long road trip. They were able to send the photo below.
Local guys help the team load their luggage on the roofs of jeeps for the second leg of their trip to Quesimpuco – a day-long drive on mountain roads!
Today's devotion: Our Image is His Image
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." Genesis 1:26
International Mission Teams: 2014 Team Members Needed in Ecuador!
Please join us in helping the children of Ecuador. SIFAT offers you that opportunity now! We need team members on several of our scheduled teams to Ecuador this year. Below, you will find dates for teams that need additional members and a summary of the project. We also have weeks available if you are interested in leading a new team from your church, school or community. Please contact Peggy Walker, SIFAT team coordinator, at walkerp@sifat.org or 256.396.2015 if you are interested in joining or leading a team in 2014.
This year, SIFAT teams will return to Villa Flora to begin work on the third floor of Pastor Rafael and Anita's church. Teams built the first two floors in 2009 and 2010.
Current 2014 teams needing members:
5/10 – 5/17 – University of Southern Mississippi Wesley Foundation – 4 spots for college students
6/28 – 7/6 – Multi-church team led by Bill Etheridge, Aldersgate UMC, Huntsville – 6-7 spots for any age
7/26-8/2 – Calera UMC, Calera, Ala.- 8-9 spots for any age
Doctors and nurse practitioners are also needed on several medical teams this year.
More 2014 teams still needed:
We still need an additional five (5) construction/VBS teams or medical teams between August and November of this year.
Learn & Serve: Fall 2013 Retreats Wrap-Up!
It's been a busy fall for Learn & Serve at SIFAT! We have had so many wonderful groups from across the southeast come to our campus in Lineville, AL for L&S programming. As we slow down for the winter season, we wanted to share a glimpse of this past season with you!
During Fall 2013, we had 1,903 participants experience a variety of Learn & Serve retreat programs. This is a 37% increase from participation in Fall 2012 Retreats! Here are a couple of highlights from our fall retreat groups:


Analyze the relationship between causes of war and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Organize and plan a presentation about their sr year.
Create a creative presentation that details the account of their sr. year.
Analyze the presentations of students to express their "Personal History" of Sr. Year to incoming Jr.'s.
Look up your My Summer presentations or reflect on the presentations and discuss them with a table partner.
Analyze and evaluate liberalism vs conservativism in domestic and foreign affairs.
Small Group: Choice Assign 2 of 3 due today!!!!
#7 RG Reagan and Bush policies.
Analyze the impact of technology on the world by examining episodes of Black Mirror.
Describe the positive and negative effects of domestic and foreign policy decisions of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter on their legacy as American presidents.
Analyze how they impacted political history through the influence of economic, social and environmental issues.
iMovies must be uploaded into Schoology BEFORE CLASS FRIDAY!!!


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Mother's Day is right around the corner and I just found the perfect gift.
It would be perfect for your mother or hint to your hubby that you would like one too!
First off I am going to tell you a little bit about the business.
It is called Silverado Jewelry by Stephanie Moran.
Silverado Jewelry is located in a studio in Stephanie's home in Newton, Iowa, where she has been designing and creating one-of-kind jewelry for the past six years. Pushing new design boundaries and trying to capture a certain spirit in each collection and piece becomes the beauty of this profession…..and the possibilities are endless!! She graduated from college with a Bachelor Degree in Geology, and a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. Designing and making jewelry has given her a medium to be able to blend her love and knowledge of natural stones and metals with the creative flair of an artist. She has been blessed to have a job that allows her to explore her passions for natural art, and family and friends that support these passions. She is married and has 3 energetic boys that inspire them and "teach" them to enjoy life!
I had the opportunity to review one of her beautiful Mother's Rings.
I have three children so I received a 3 stone mother's ring You can also get this same ring with upto 9 birthstones. This would be perfect for a mother or grandmother.
The ring is made out of layers of Sterling Silver Wire that Stephanie wraps around Swarvorski Crystals and Sterling Silver Bali Spacers.
I had each of my 3 childrens birthstones placed on the ring. It is absolutely beautiful and I love it! It is very unique piece and I love the design. I can definately tell that Stephanie takes great pride in each piece she creates and I am a proud owner of one of her creations.
Just look at this picture of the piece I received. The silver just sparkles and the crystal pop right off of it. I love anything personalized with my kids names or birthstones.
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This is the perfect time to purchase your mom something for Mother's day or give a hint to your hubby/kids!
Stephanie is also generously offering a giveaway to our viewers too, just in time for Mother's Day. Just look below for the Rafflecopter form below to enter. Good Luck!!!
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The Great Yarmouth Haven Rotary Club has embarked upon an initiative to provide every Year 4 pupil in Great Yarmouth with the 'Usbourne Illustrated Dictionary' by May 2015. The education of children in the local community is a key priority for Rotary and it is seeking sponsorship from local businesses or individuals to raise sufficient funding for the project. East Anglian accountancy firm, Aston Shaw was the first local business to show their support for the scheme and have pledged to sponsor 100 dictionaries.
The 'Rotary Dictionary 4 Life Literacy Project' has been initiated in an effort to ensure that children in the Great Yarmouth area are not at a disadvantage and are given both the opportunity and the encouragement to improve their literacy skills at a young age. In order to achieve the required level of donations to supply each pupil in the area, the Great Yarmouth Haven Rotary will be part funding this project but will need financial support in an effort to reach our goal of £3500 by December 2014.
Rotarian Robert Lovick who is a member of the Vocational Committee and a representative of the District Committee has been monitoring this project since its inception and is very passionate about this project and the benefits that the Dictionaries would bring to the education of our local children. This initiative has been embraced by all the three Rotary Clubs in Lowestoft for the past 3 years and the benefits to the children are are now being evaluated and the early findings are very encouraging.
The Usbourne Illustrated Dictionaries include 10,000 illustrations, 10,000 entries and 20,000 definitions printed in full colour, which encourages children to explore spelling, meanings and derivations as well as referencing modern vocabulary suited to the internet age. Research by the UEA has shown that a dictionary is an indispensible tool to facilitate a Year 4 child's learning at this critical moment in their education and a key to their future academic success.


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Q: Style a select dropdown with CSS Im looking to style the first option (Search Clubs) so it will be bold and the rest normal font weight. I can get the first option to be bold but it only appears bold once the dropdown is clicked, it will stay normal in the selected view
<select name="" id="">
  <option value="">Search Clubs</option>
  <option value="">Bodyshots Kickboxing Gym</option>
  <option value="">Champions Kickboxing Club</option>
  <option value="">North East Mugendo: Forkhill</option>
  <option value="">North East Mugendo: Newry</option>
  <option value="">North East Mugendo: Lordship</option>
</select>

A: it is not possible, as you are trying to style the shadow DOM of a <select> tag.
learn about shadow DOM here:
http://glazkov.com/2011/01/14/what-the-heck-is-shadow-dom/
some browsers allow you a certain degree of styling, e.g.:

What if you change the font-family?

select {
  font-family: Cursive;
}

WebKit browsers (Safari, Chrome) will ignore you. Firefox, Opera, and IE will respect your change. The font-family won't cascade into the select though, you have to explicitly declare it on them.

read more about this:
http://css-tricks.com/dropdown-default-styling/


For the last few weeks, maybe even months now, people have been telling me about this new bakery on Hwy 21 just north of Goderich called, Burdans, Red Cat Farm. I had some free time today and figured now was a good time to check it out. I gotta say it was really cool! Very old fashioned feel to it – I loved it.
I purchased a cinnamon bun, a bacon and cheese biscuit, a very large pretzel and an French loaf. The best part was it was only $8.50, making me love it even more! Everything was really tasty, and being the carb fiend that I am, I was very satisfied!!!


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Q: C#/winforms Panel with vertical scrollbar on left? How do I get the (autoscroll) vertical scrollbar to be on the left in a System.Windows.Forms.Panel?
Note: I tried modifying the window style ala the textbox question and it did not work.
I tried by subclassing Panel and pinvoking in the ctor, setting CreateParams.Style in the ctor, and by overriding CreateParams getter to tweak the style.  no go.

A: If you add WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR extended style to the control it shows scrollbar on left side:
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class ExPanel : Panel
{
    private const int WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR = 0x00004000;
    protected override CreateParams CreateParams
    {
        get
        {
            var cp = base.CreateParams;
            cp.ExStyle = cp.ExStyle | WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR;
            return cp;
        }
    }
}

Also keep in mind, Setting RightToLeft property to Yes will do the trick for you, but since the RightToLeft property is an ambient property, then all children of the panel will also inherit that value and will be right to left. What I have shared here in this answer is just showing scrollbar at left side without affecting RightToLeft.