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ddarker-dreams · 4 years

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How do all the other stands feel ab sr? I’m sure they all somewhat get along, right?

i’ve been wanting to give a longer, traditional hc style post about this!! since you’ve asked it’s the perfect opportunity to express my thoughts on it. it’s more of a combination of SR with the user and their stand, i hope that’s okay hjrktme

Bruno Bucciarati;

Sticky Fingers is the first Stand from Bucciarati’s group that you got to see! So there’s a special place in your heart for it. By extension, Bruno was the first person to see Scarlet Ribbons. SR was very inquisitive during their initial meeting, since it’s the first time she ever saw a Stand other than herself. She was looking around a lot, and lowkey wondering where are this things bows at??

Though Stand powers wildly vary from one another, Bruno was able to give you a general explanation of what to expect from SR. He didn’t want to go too overboard with advice because he feels a natural fighting style stemming from your own abilities/instinct is best, especially since your Stand is created from your soul. He basically just told you to go with your gut, which at the time felt a bit frustrating... it turned out to be good advice though!

Sticky Fingers and SR have almost opposite abilities in a way? SR can close up gaps whereas Sticky Fingers opens them up. It’s not uncommon that when you and Bruno are chatting, that your respective Stands are just kinda messing around in the distance. Sticky Fingers likes making zippers in walls, and SR tries to see if she can close them with ribbons... it doesn’t work like that, but it’s kinda endearing to see them interact with one another lmao.

Giorno Giovanna;

It’s gonna be super cute okay. Giorno in general might give the impression of knowing what he’s doing when it comes to romance, but he really is just winging it and kinda going ??? the entire time. Meanwhile, Gold Experience is going ham with SR, pulling all the stops to impress her (and you, by extension). His Stand makes flowers of a striking red color, trying to match the shade of SR’s ribbons!! Mostly poppies, tulips, and occasionally roses.

Giorno is kinda curious how SR seems to be out a lot of the time, he’s thinking should I do the same thing with GE...? You’ll be doing exercises, and SR is there bringing a water bottle over to you. Or when you’re cooking, SR is hovering over your shoulder wanting to help out as well. She’s just almost always around, even if only in the background to explore her surroundings. It makes Giorno let GE out more often, subconsciously.

He does ask you about it once, and you just kinda shrug and say SR likes the freedom to do as she pleases. Since she isn’t rambunctious like Pistols, you don’t see the harm in letting her roam around.

Gold Experience wants to try making ribbons, but the best it can do is creating ribbon eels. It’s not quite the same, but it’s a solid effort. Giorno just has to stop GE from putting the ribbon eel on his head in the same way SR has a ribbon on hers. Mista was around to witness this historical event, and no, he does not intend on letting Giorno live it down. Giorno’s grateful he stopped it from actually happening though.

Guido Mista;

Let’s just say your Stands together can be pretty chaotic. The first time you met Mista, and he realized you were a Stand user like himself, he had a very pressing question. When you showed him SR, he looked at it for a moment, as if in deep thought.

“D-does... yours talk too?”

Mista passed Polpo’s test only to be gifted talented, albeit troublesome little gremlins. Before he realized giving Pistols food is a reliable method of calming them down, it was a war zone. One of the mornings where the two of you had to do some standard protection fee collection, he looked like a borderline zombie. Lamenting that the Pistols refused to let him sleep, and asked if you’d please use SR to cover their mouths lmao. They were protesting the entire time, trying to convince you not to do it.

When Number Five starts crying, SR makes a little ribbon to put on his head!! It’s super cute and Mista’s heart is just leaping in his chest. Then, of course, all the other Pistols want one bc equal attention!! When the two of you aren’t paying solid attention to your Stands, you’ll sometimes spot SR testing how many accessories she can fit on the tiny Pistols. It isn’t a lot but they’re insistent on trying.

Pistols are always trying to get SR to do crazy stunts for their entertainment. Eventually, you had to lock your refrigerator with her ribbons to prevent the Pistols from stealing your food. But when you’re busy, the Pistols keep trying to convince SR to undo them so they can snack. She actually felt bad for them once, released the restriction, and the Pistols went to town on your leftovers. : (

Mista felt pity for you though and offered to take you out to get more food!! So it all worked out for his benefit in the end. The Pistols do not take issue in reminding him of this as well, saying that they’re the reason he got to go on a date with you. :’ )

Pannacotta Fugo;

He remained fiercely adamant on keeping Purple Haze from you for the longest time. Fugo hates how his Stand practically comes out of its own autonomy whenever you’re in the vicinity, wanting to get a closer look at you. There have been a lot of close calls when you first got to know when another, leading to Fugo abruptly leaving in conversations.

Your Stands get along well once Fugo feels comfortable enough to let Purple Haze out around you. Since SR is a long ranged Stand, she can do her cute ribbon tricks from a distance outside of the virus’ range!! Though she has a habit of trying to get closer, just out of curiosity. Fugo gets freaked out when this happens though, so she waits until he’s distracted with talking to you (a little genius)!

Purple Haze makes the biggest puppy dog eyes at SR, which humiliates Fugo to no end. He gives his Stand intense talks when you’re not around, telling him to keep it cool, he doesn’t want you thinking he’s an idiot. But as soon as he even mentions SR, Purple Haze gets all thrilled and is like !!! So it’s ultimately counterproductive. Fugo just hopes you don’t put two and two together, over why his soul likes yours so much. It’s his daily prayer...

Fugo has an embarrassing habit of doodling ribbons on stuff he’s working on, when he starts zoning out. When he realizes what it is he’s doing he gets flustered about it, cursing underneath his breath and hoping that you don’t happen to come by and notice. Unfortunately for him, as SR likes to see what everyone is up to, she came over and saw what he was doing. After putting two and two together, she gave him a nod and a thumbs up on his doodles. Didn’t snitch to you though, so the two of them have a mutual understanding. :’)

Narancia Ghirga;

He wants so badly to impress you with Aerosmith. Narancia will whip his Stand out in your presence at any given opportunity, having it do a few flips and tricks more than necessary. Then he stares over to see what you and SR think about it... she once clapped in Aerosmith’s honor. It was all Narancia could think about for the rest of the day.

The two Stands typically just play around with one another. Aerosmith likes to make little ribbon shaped clouds, and SR attempts making a plane shape out of her ribbons. It’s not quite the same, but she’s trying!! Narancia finds it adorable, and tries to make requests of shapes and stuff for her to make. SR does her best to fulfill the requests, concentrating hard on the task!!

Since SR enjoys making hair accessories, she’s tried to make a bandanna similar to Narancia’s for you. Though she ultimately scrapped the idea, giving you a disapproving look and fastening it back into the normal bow it normally is lmao. When you mentioned this behavior to Narancia he was like wait, what?? Lemme see! But if SR doesn’t find something fashionable, she doesn’t have any intention on doing it again. So he’s outta luck...

It doesn’t stop him from asking about it. He just can’t believe that your Stand thought about him when he wasn’t around!! It touched him in a way he never knew possible. It’s also a bit of a relief since you’re often the subject of his thoughts.

Leone Abbacchio;

Similar in a sense to Fugo, where he didn’t want Moody Blues around you that much at first. He takes a much more serious approach to his Stand than others, since it’s deeply rooted in his past trauma. It’d actually be one of the few moments he might snap at you, should you ask to see his Stand one too many times. Not out of malicious intent, he’s just... very disillusioned with Moody Blues at first.

You two had a job which required some investigative work, the client having seemingly disappeared with some goods that belonged to Passione. Figuring out what happened with the merchandise was essentially child’s play for Moody Blues, a replay showing the full extent of the events. Abbacchio wasn’t keen on showing you his Stand, but it couldn’t be helped any longer.

Unlike the others who tended to pester him on the extent of Moody Blues’ abilities, you just complimented him. Saying that it’s similar in utility to your Stand. You willingly comparing yourself to him, and in a positive light nonetheless, kinda had him at a loss for words.

He didn’t really offer a strong rebuttal like he normally would, so you assumed he didn’t think much of your comment. Which, of course, couldn’t be further from the truth. If you could see good in him of all people, then well... there was a lot for him to think about that night.

After this incident, he’s noticeably just a tad kinder to you in general. What you said meant a lot to him. Obviously not enough to make all his self deprecation go away overnight, but it just gave a small glimmer of hope. That maybe he can someday be better.

Trish Una;

Another person that I picture SR being especially adorable with!! After the events of Bruno betraying the boss, you and SR would be feeling hurt on Trish’s behalf. You instantly draw the parallels of living a carefree life, only for Passione/gangsters to come in and essentially ruin everything.

While dealing with the pain of rejection from her father figure, Trish also wonders if you consider her less important. Since your original job was to protect her, due to being the boss’ daughter, wouldn’t it make sense you don’t care about her now that it’s no longer your job to?

SR covers the spot where her hand was severed with a bow, even after Giorno properly heals it. Trish just looks at you confused, and you explain it’s your Stand’s way of wanting to help her feel better. That where her father had inflicted pain, Trish has the support and strength from you and herself to overcome it.

Needless to say, Trish thinks highly over you, the feeling extending over to Spice Girl. During your meetups after everything is over, Spice Girl and Scarlet Ribbons come out and embrace one another!! Well, it’s more like SR goes for the hug, and Spice Girl is just :’) woah affection. Trish finds it a little embarrassing at first, but secretly loves and it and looks forward to it. Though she does wish Spice Girl was a tad more discreet.

During Trish’s travels for her singing career, if there’s anything that even vaguely reminds her/Spice Girl of you, she snaps a photo to text to you. It’s mostly red hair accessories and clothing, which she of course purchases. Spice Girl misses SR a lot, so expect to receive a lot of texts asking how you and your Stand are doing.

When Scarlet Ribbon spots Trish’s name popping up on your phone, she immediately brings it over. The Stand impatiently shoves your phone in your face, as if to say respond now!! It’s Trish, it’s important!! Scarlet Ribbons loves her a lot 🥺 especially since Trish sends her accessories...

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measured-words · 7 years

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Dreamwidth Update: This might resemble an actual entry!

It is late but *not* before I am already actually in bed! I'm not posting from my phone! I *am* posting from my new computer! I have an official offer letter form the Museum - thanks to everyone who offered congratulations! I'm going in tomorrow, but probably not for the full amount of time that I usually do. At least, that's my plan. I don't want to get sucked/pushed into starting the job before I start the job, and since I just finished up the stuff I was working on last time I was there, I think that will make sense. So I'll go, and talk to Rhonda and give her my signed acceptance letter and maybe do a few little things? We'll see. I have dyed! I finally used the big bag of onion skins that 'd been saving up, on both some test swatches and on some wool I got specifically to dye some stuff for the shawl my larp character is knitting. I also did a for srs bath of walnut on the rest of the wool. I'm super excited - they look really good in the bath, and I know they are both dyes that stay pretty fast. I'm looking forward to spring and more things I can try out :) I did a teensy bit of writing today, and I made soup, and that's about all I did, otherwise. I'm into chart 6 of my shawl (of 13). I am still on the first ball of wool. I keep telling myself I shoudl switch at the end of the chart I'm on and then not doing it... but this time I really mean it! If by some miracle I still have anything left when I'm through this one, I'm switching to the purple. Probably. I'm sort fo torn between the idea of wanting to use as much of the orange as possible and thinking that the purple section should be a little bit longer/bigger, but I think it will be fine either way. I think after I finish the socks I'm working on, I'm going to go back to reading on the bus and see if I can finish the book I borrowed from Nary. I was enjoying it, but apparenly I fell out of the reading habit again. I have a bunch of things I really want to read, though, so I should get on that. Now that I have a bookcase in my room it is reminding of the sad ratio of books owned to books read. All sorts of fictional things are vying for space in my head rght now, and I'm not focusing well on any of them. So my productivity in that regard has been really really low. I need to turn that around, somehow, especially if I am going to sart a new job soon. Which I am. Ahh! My sister keeps linking me to tumblr and this is not helping me get on a better sleep schedule of focus on any of the things I need to do (she noted almost an hour after writing the previous paragraph...) HI tumblr! Does anyone actually read this over there? Hmmm, I wonder... Bed now! comments Comment? http://ift.tt/2o1l0tp

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Dan Hurley talks like the perfect coach for difficult UConn job

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Dan Hurley talks like the perfect coach for difficult UConn job

With the college basketball season getting set to tip off, new UConn coach Dan Hurley took a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Q: Describe the ideal Dan Hurley basketball player. A: Athletic … hard-working … unselfish … attacking … relentless … super-competitive … all about winning.

Q: What do you want the on-court personality of your team to be? A: Incredibly tough … incredibly passionate … intense … we’re relentlessly attacking … fearless.

Q: How do you motivate? A: I am personally motivated, still motivated by fear of failure, because I want to be great so bad. I motivate my players by trying to make them understand that most of the guys that I coach don’t have a trust fund waiting for them when they get older, so they have to really use basketball as a vehicle to create a successful life for themselves. That doesn’t necessarily mean making the NBA or play professional basketball, but they better develop the work ethic and the tools and skills you need to be successful.

Q: What don’t you tolerate? A: I don’t tolerate cutting corners. I don’t tolerate lack of enthusiasm or energy. I don’t tolerate a student-athlete in my program discarding or throwing away an opportunity to get an education because the world takes advantage of stupid people.

Q: What are some inspirational sayings you like? A: Success leaves clues … your struggles become your strengths … greatness fears no consequence … the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must.

Q: Which coaches in other sports do you admire? A: Bill Walsh, because of his preparation and his progressive thinking. Joe Torre, because of how relaxed his team played in big moments because they knew he had their back.

Q: What is your definition of leadership? A: Practice what you preach. Setting a tone, setting the example every single day. I don’t ask anything of myself that I don’t ask of my staff or my players. Having great habits personally, and showing up consistently with the same effort, intensity and energy level every day, and then also being the type of person in terms of decisions I make in my personal life that people respect.

Q: Why do you think you are a program fixer? A: I was a broken kid in college. I was lost at times … incredibly dark mental places at times. So I had to fix myself at a stage of my life, and now I’m kind of addicted to doing it.

Q: What does it take to be a fixer of a basketball program? A: As an individual, for me it was having the self-awareness to identify the areas that are weak and need improvement. And as a fixer of programs, it’s being able to identify why a program has failed, and then understanding where the university is located, what conference it’s in, and then how you need to proceed with everything that you need to fix it. What type of people do you have to hire? What areas do you have to recruit? What play style is gonna fit?

Q: When you quit the Seton Hall team, what was the single darkest moment? A: Getting back to the dorm after the game, after I met with my brother and a couple of our friends that we grew up with in Jersey City, and then being alone. I’ll never forget being alone in that dorm room for a while, like a day-and-a-half before I let anyone contact me. … Driving in my car by myself at night, just wondering about life.

Q: What snapped you out of it? A: [Brother] Bob’s [1993 car] accident. Just gave me the perspective I needed.

Q: Describe psychologist Sister Catherine Waters. A: Changed my life. Besides my mom and my grandmother and my wife Andrea … a woman who had a huge change in my life when I was down and out, and helpless, and hopeless. She cared about me, the person. She saw the pain and the suffering and the darkness that I was in. She took the time to care about me and teach me that my identity’s not wrapped up solely in my successes in sports.

Q: What is that like, feeling worthless? A: It’s horrible. Everyone that you walked past on campus at that time, every person that I came into contact with — a coach, a player, fellow students, somebody that works in the cafeteria, professor — you feel like that they’re disappointed in you or they think you’re a failure.

Q: How much did it hurt your parents when you were booed at the Meadowlands while playing for Seton Hall? A: It made my mom emotionally upset, and it just probably made my dad mad where he wanted to just fight everybody. So maybe my dad had his hands up squared up ready to fight, my mother was probably ready to cry.

Q: How scared were you when you heard about your brother’s accident? A: [I was] 90 percent scared for him, but Bob’s a different animal. I knew deep down inside that nothing (laugh) … like he’s the Terminator. So deep down inside I knew Bob was gonna pull through. If that accident at that moment didn’t take his life, there was no way that a guy that tough was gonna have it taken from him in the hospital. I also remember probably a 10 percent guilt thing, in the sense like I’ve got nothing going right now, I’m a bad Seton Hall basketball player, that should have been me, like I would have been better off in the accident because I’m not doing anything with my life anyway.

Q: The Terminator? A: Following him around Jersey City to the toughest playgrounds, whether it was in the projects somewhere or City Line between Jersey City and Bayonne, or the Country Village courts, Audubon Park — like that dude just got into the fiercest games and was the biggest dude on the court with the biggest heart. Crazy. This guy became the most decorated point guard in college basketball history. And he let me know that anything was possible in my life or career in basketball.

Q: What do you remember him telling you when you confided in him after the St. John’s game that you wanted to quit? A: It was just kind of a look and, “Yeah man, I get it, you need to take care of yourself, this basketball thing is not worth it. You’re killing yourself.”

Q: How big of a partier were you? A: I got after it good. My parents ran a pretty tight ship, we didn’t go out a lot in high school. So, we got to college and I got all this freedom, and I tried to make up for lost time (laugh).

Q: If you could pick the brain of one coach in basketball history, who would it be? A: John Wooden.

Q: What would you ask him? A: Everything from how he devised his practice plan, to questions about his tactical style of play to how he managed himself, the pressures of failure and success, how he stayed so entrenched in his principles from when he was a high school coach to the greatest coach of all time.

Q: What did you like about Pat Riley? A: How the players talked about how challenging it was to play for him, but then the joy that those great Lakers teams played with. He obviously was demanding and challenging, but then on game night, it was Showtime. He’s one of like 10 or 12 different coaches that I’ve studied, including my father, including Coach Wooden, including Vince Lombardi.

Q: What did you pick up from your father, legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley Sr.? A: All of his success came about because of his great service to his players, he served them incredibly well every single day as someone who not only tried to make ’em a great basketball player, but he understood his role that he also had a responsibility to help raise kids. The better he served his players, the better that they would play for him, and incredibly, incredibly detail-oriented.

Q: Any other basketball coaches? A: I’ve long admired Billy Donovan. He’s been a mentor of mine. I admire my brother Bob for not too long ago being an assistant at Wagner College, not too many years later being the head coach at Arizona State. Fran Fraschilla, another mentor of mine who I think was an amazing coach. Gregg Popovich, one of the great coaches of our generation.

Q: What would you want your father to say about you as a coach? A: That my players, the way they showed up on game night, they looked like they loved playing for me and that they believe in me, that there’s a real brotherhood on the court from player to player.

Q: How are you and your brother Bob different? A: We’re so similar in so many ways. We picked up so much of our belief system from our dad. Bob’s more intense than me, and I have a lighter side. My lighter side’s a little bit lighter, and Bob had that extra bit of intensity.

Q: Would coaching in the NBA ever appeal to you? A: Yeah, I tell every recruit that I’m a young and hungry coach. As they aspire one day to play at the NBA level, I would love someday, way down the road, hopefully after accomplishing some amazing things here, I would love to be an NBA coach.

Q: What is your favorite Big East basketball memory? A: I would say beating the heck out of Syracuse [103-70] in the [1993] Big East Championship game my sophomore year. The greatest Big East Tournament memory is probably Pearl Washington versus those Georgetown teams when I was in grammar school — like those epic Syracuse-Georgetown, St. John’s-Georgetown battles, Chris Mullin … that was awesome.

Q: What about hitting a 3 at the buzzer to beat St. John’s? A: That was a great personal moment of redemption for me because the last time I was in the Garden versus St. John’s. I quit after that game.

Q: What is your favorite St. Anthony memory? A: Hawaii, my brother’s junior year playing Tolentine High School with the late Malik Sealy and “Red” Autry and Brian Reese, two legendary programs playing in the championship game, I think it was No. 1 versus No. 2 in the country, and then the good guys came out on top, and that was my brother’s, I think, coming-out party on a national scale. The second moment would be, my brother was a senior and I was a sophomore, checking into the game at the end of the state championship, as Bob was checking out to head off to Duke, I was checking in to take over (chuckle) his point guard responsibilities.

Q: Describe your father’s 1989 championship St. Anthony team with you and your brother. A: That was the best high school team in the history of New Jersey … maybe the metropolitan area — sorry Kareem [Lew Alcindor, Power Memorial].

Q: George Blaney. A: A caring, nurturing coach, I definitely wouldn’t be involved in basketball if it wasn’t for him.

Q: P.J. Carlesimo. A: A more mature Dan Hurley might have been able to put some of those great Seton Hall teams over the top. One of the best coaches I’ve ever been around. Now I understand what he was trying to do for me, I wish I knew then.

Q: What do you remember about your first game ever as a head coach? A: Sitting on the toilet like four, five times that day (laugh). Being in a complete panic all day long. Man, that head seat is super scary.

Q: St. Benedict’s Prep. A: It changed my coaching career going there. Taught me how to be a leader. I learned how to help raise kids. I learned how to be a head coach there. Father Ed [Edwin Leahy] became another incredible mentor for me.

Q: Coaching J.R. Smith there. A: I loved every second of it. He never cheated me one day on the court. Showed up every day for practice with incredible energy, intensity and passion. His shot selection at times got away from us (laugh), but he was fearless.

Q: Fatherhood. A: It made me a far better coach, especially as my boys have gotten older. My Danny is a sophomore at Seton Hall — it went so well for me there, I sent him (laugh). And then my youngest is a junior in high school. As they’ve matured to the high school/college age and got into their teenage years, it’s helped me understand the kids I’m coaching better. It’s helped me just understand my responsibility’s not just to win games, but to help raise kids.

Q: Your wife Andrea. A: Meeting her has made me such a better person, such a better man. She is the best and has been my partner all the way through. She always gets left out with all the Hurley family focus.

Q: Boyhood idol? A: George Brett. Close second would have been probably Bernard King. One of the first sports moments that I have a recollection of is the pine tar game. When I saw him run out of that dugout, I said, “I like that guy right there. I think I’m gonna lock in on him.”

Q: Three dinner guests? A: JFK, Joe Namath, Muhammad Ali.

Q: Favorite movie? A: “Cinderella Man.” I made my teams at Wagner and Rhode Island watch that movie, especially when we were on the climb back up. You know what? You just reminded me, I need to make these guys watch that movie.

Q: Favorite actor? A: Bill Murray.

Q: Favorite actress? A: Laura Linney.

Q: Favorite singer/entertainer? A: Billy Joel and Tom Petty.

Q: Favorite meal? A: Matunuck Oyster Bar in Rhode Island, get the oysters and salmon. It’s the best place I’ve ever eaten at.

Q: Meditation. A: I used to lose 15, 20 pounds during the course of the season ’cause I couldn’t eat day before a game, day of the game. And if we lost, the day after the game. Now I start the season 200 pounds, I end the season 200 pounds. I’m as relaxed as probably you’ll find almost any head coach the day of the game.

Q: What are your expectations for UConn this season? A: Obviously we’re rebuilding a program that’s won 30 games in two years. But I don’t go into any season with any team or any program not striving to try to find a way to compete for a championship and for an opportunity to play in March. That’s just the way I’m wired.

Q: What would you want UConn fans to say about you? A: They’re thrilled to have me, that they love watching our teams play, that my teams remind them of some of the older teams that played here when Coach Calhoun had it going, and when Kevin [Ollie] won his championship.

Q: What drives you? A: Fear of failure drives me. The fact that I’m incredibly ambitious. I want to be the best coach that I possibly can be. Me and my brother Bob talk about it all the time, like we want to be elite-level coaches and we’re willing to put in the work. We want to be able to take care of the people that we love to the best of our ability.

Q: Do you visualize standing on a ladder cutting down the nets on the last Monday night? A: Absolutely, that’s why I took this job, that’s why I’m in Storrs. Yeah, I visualize success. I’ve just started to understand the power of being a more positive thinker, and how you do need to visualize successful events and go into these critical moments and competitions with tremendous confidence in your players.

Q: Actually, you are Cinderella Man. A: As a player, it got brutal at times for me in college, and I had to kind of fight back and finish on my feet those last two years. And then, as a hot-shot young assistant college coach, I got knocked on my butt and got fired at Rutgers and had to start over at high school. Just nine years ago, I was driving a yellow mini-cheese bus around to high school games, and now I’m head coach of one of the most storied programs in college basketball, so yeah man, this is like … (laugh) I’m Cinderella Man!

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May 10, 2017: Columns

‘Calling them like I see them…’

By KEN WELBORN

Record Publisher

Like most of us, my dad answered to many names when talking to different people. He was Pa, Dad, Carley, The Preacher, C. S., Grandpa, Seldon, Carley Sr., Rev. C. S., Preacher Welborn, Paw-Paw, and, as my mother, Cary, always called him, Daddy.

No matter what you called him, he was an honest man with everyone, a bit too honest sometimes, it seemed, but he would always defend calling it the way he saw it. Period. End of discussion.

While he didn't answer to it, we often referred to him as The Great Stone Face—not a very demonstrative man; to me, an old man to me as long as I knew him, and, while I loved him dearly, I didn't like him too much.

Mercifully for both of us that changed in the 80's when I began Thursday Magazine, predecessor to The Record, and my dad began making trips with me each week as we traveled back and forth to the printer in Hickory. So finally, in my mid 30s, I got to know my dad, to understand much more about him, and to like him. I have many stories to tell, but today I want to share one about honesty.

It was an election year, and Dad was at the office waiting for me to get ready to go. I had several loose ends to tie up and was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. At last I had only one more person to deal with, and he showed up right on time.

As I said, it was an election year and a man I had known all my life, Bill Thomas, was running for county commissioner. We had done some printing for Bill and he was there to puck it up, and, in the process of it all saw my dad sitting there. Come to find out they had been friends for many years and Bill greeted my father with “Good to see you again, Preacher, and I hope you'll remember me on election day.” My dad replied, “Good to see you too, Bill, and I'll remember you on election day, but I can't vote for you.”

My face turned red, and I kind of stammered our way out the door.

Once in the truck, I asked my dad why he was so pointedly honest with Bill. That perhaps he could have softened it a bit, or just said nothing and nodded to him. I was assured that he didn't want to mislead Bill, that he had already promised other candidates his vote, and had no choice. I said that maybe, just maybe, that sometimes he could be honest to a fault.

Well, he took great exception to that comment and said Bill Thomas had been his friend for years and he wasn't going to mislead him for me or anyone else. He then went on to say that there was no “fault” in honesty and gave me his take on the subject.

“Son,” he began, “tell the truth. Always. You have to tell the truth, even if it takes the hide off someone. You see, the hide will grow back, but lies are like cancer—before long you're eaten up with it, and there's nothing left.” There wasn't much to say after that, and I never again let my father's honesty embarrass me.

Years later, as I got to spend some time with Bill Thomas through his faithful service with VFW Post 1142's Honor Guard, I asked if he remembered that incident at the old Thursday Magazine offices. He and assured me he did. When I told him of my conversations with my dad about that day, he smiled broadly and said, “Kenny, I had far more respect for your dad's honesty than all the folks who swore they were going to vote for me, knowing they had no intention of ever doing so.”

My dad and I made those trips as long as he was physically able. The memories of those days, and the things I learned from him and about him, are truly precious to me.

I came to be proud that my dad was honest with Bill Thomas that day.

And with me.

Random acts of kindness

By LAURA WELBORN

“You have power over your mind, not outside events.

Realize this, and you will find strength.”

―Marcus Aurelius

What you might think of as your destiny is really just your circumstances, and these circumstances can be changed.

Understanding that you are fully responsible and in control of your circumstances through your actions and attitude is crucial. This realization means you are free to make changes as you see fit. When we feel discouraged and defeated, typically our first instinct is to look outside of ourselves for someone or something to blame. In reality, we ought to be looking at how we’re feeling, what we’re thinking, and how we plan to respond.

Yet feeling discouraged and defeated is a sign that it’s time to make a change (make that change). It could be a change of heart, a change in your perspective, or a change in your habits. But the point in any case is that the way you are doing things is no longer working. One of the hardest things is to look outside ourselves to what is not working for us. It is when we are brave enough to question our actions and look into their effects on our life that we have a chance… a chance to turn things around in a positive way.

It never feels good to look at what we are doing wrong- or is not working for us.

Your life is your responsibility. While you can’t always change what’s outside of you, you can certainly change your perception of it. When you change the way you look at things, the things themselves change, and gives room for positive action.(Marc and Angel Hack Life)

Part of changing our life, I believe, comes when we go outside of ourselves to take that step towards positive action. When we are making changes in our lives I think it becomes important to remember to do things that keep us focused in a positive way.

One of these is to perform acts of kindness. When we practice kindness it releases serotonin in our brain. (Serotonin is a substance that has big time health benefits, including making us feel more blissful.) Selflessly helping someone is a super powerful way to feel good inside. What’s great about this kindness act is that not only will you feel better, but so will people watching the act of kindness.

Bystanders will be blessed with a release of serotonin just by watching what’s going on. The job of most anti-depressants is to release more serotonin which helps us ultimately feel better… which now can be done through going outside of ourselves and doing a good deed. It is all a part of changing our path and moving beyond our world that seems full of violence to put out one small act to change our direction and the direction of others.

Repairing Israel-U.S. alliance helps Israel and Netanyahu

By EARL COX

Special to The Record

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit with U.S. President Donald Trump has bolstered Israel’s security and global standing. It also shored up Netanyahu’s political leverage.

After Bibi’s contentious relationships with Obama and Clinton, he needed results from this trip that would boost his influence at home—and the restoration of a strong Israel-U.S. alliance fits the bill. Though he didn’t get reassurances from Trump on every point he wanted, the visit was a success. For the first time in 11 years, a Republican president and friendlier, GOP-majority Congress welcomed the prime minister of Israel.

Yet the trip took place under the long shadow of the gravest political threat Netanyahu has ever faced—police investigations into alleged corruption and accepting illegal gifts—details of which are leaked daily by anonymous sources. The fact that the sources are veiled makes it harder for his coalition to stand with him against the pressure to resign—for fear of political backlash against them from unidentified but potentially powerful actors. This political scheme is being conducted in the dark, stealthily. Even if Bibi doesn’t resign, the smear campaign has been eroding his support.

Netanyahu is also down in the polls to charismatic, center-left leader Yair Lapid, and he faces battering in his coalition from Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home Party and Likud activists to aggressively build new settlements, annex areas of the West Bank, and reject the two-state solution. Another thorn in his side is the recent state comptroller’s report on Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, which blames his administration for failing to adequately brief his security cabinet on Hamas terror tunnels. With controversy swirling about him, rightwing politicians are lining up in the wings with an eye on taking the helm.

In light of the domestic turmoil, “Netanyahu does not need a green light to build in the West Bank, a commitment to move the embassy, or a vow to tear up the Iran deal. What he needs is no hint, no sign, and no leak of the slightest public or private disagreement with Trump,” said Michael Koplow, Israel Policy Forum director. His success in reaffirming the U.S.-Israel relationship “should demonstrate his capacity to keep that relationship unbreakable.” And that ace in the hole strengthens Israel, and helps neutralize Bibi’s political opponents.

Pressures from the Right

Several White House statements such as building new settlements or expanding existing ones "may not be helpful in achieving [peace]" will help Netanyahu resist pressure from Bennett and right-wing Likud ministers on settlement policy, said former U.S. mediator Dennis Ross. A compromise with the United States that permits building only in large West Bank settlement blocs likely to remain part of Israel in a future deal would also help him withstand pressure from the Right.

Nevertheless, his hard-right coalition members were jubilant when neither leader endorsed the two-state model as the sole solution for peace with the Palestinians. This stance instantly won Netanyahu support and credibility from his political base. The dramatic break with what has been the bedrock of U.S. Middle East policy since the Clinton administration, and is widely viewed as the formula for peace, has also been the mantra of the Israeli Left–“led by military and legal fraternities and the media—enemies of Netanyahu from the beginning,” said journalist Caroline Glick.

Pressures from the Left

After Netanyahu’s strained encounters with Obama, political rival Lapid accused him of damaging Israel’s alliance with the United States with a “condescending and disparaging attitude toward Israel's closest friend in the world, a country whose relationship with us is our greatest security asset.” Then along came Trump, warmly welcoming the Prime Minister of Israel to the White House. In a sign of the center-left’s disarray, they issued no statement in response to the Trump-Netanyahu visit.

The two leaders have found common ground—not only in center-right ideology and leftist “shadow” agendas working to undermine them—but also in strategies for fighting their nations’ common enemies—especially radical Islam.

“By working together, Trump and Netanyahu can defeat the common foes of their countries,” Glick said, “and the success of their joint efforts will bring about the defeat of their bureaucratic enemies and the establishments working to undermine them.”

Banjos, Gold and a few Ghost Stories

By CARL WHITE

Life in the Carolinas

The room was filled with visual displays of history and the sounds of Bluegrass music. I found myself in the midst of the long running weekly Friday night Bluegrass gathering with an audience of enthusiastic toe tapping fans.

I’m also a big a fan of Bluegrass music and the culture that defines it. A few years back, during an on location production trip to Leatherwood Mountains in the Blue Ridge, I had a long conversation with Jared Shumate. I had been considering producing a program about the culture of Bluegrass music for some time. I wanted to hear Jared’s thoughts because of his work as an associate producer on Life In The Carolinas. More than that we had the common experience of growing up in the foothills of North Carolina where great Bluegrass music is common place. It was during that conversation that the decision was made to launch The Bluegrass People, which can best be described as a living organic documentary project; it has a growing national and international following.

Over the years I have made several trips to Gold Hill for different stories, including the Friday night bluegrass event at the Montgomery General Store, run by Vivian and Hoppy. Vivian Hopkins is a business owner, an author, musician, Roades Scholar and the President of the N.C. Bluegrass Music Association. Most important, she has become a wonderful friend and has worked with me on many projects, including The Bluegrass People.

Gold Hill is a charming historic destination with a definite place in history. It was once said by the mayor of Charlotte that he hoped that one day Charlotte would become as prosperous as Gold Hill. It is noteworthy that his wish did come true. The reason for the area's great wealth was due to the fact that Gold Hill was a successful gold mining community that predated the great California Gold Rush. Nearby Reed Gold Mine, established in 1799, has the prestige of being the first gold mine in America.

The dirt streets from the past have been paved. However, a wooden boardwalk on each side of the street gives you a sense of days gone by. It looks a bit like a movie set but the buildings and the people are real.

I discovered that there are many ghost stories relating to the time when Gold Hill was thriving. The area was home to thousands of miners, hotels, salons, brothels and a few churches. There are stories of fits of rage with love gone wrong, business dealings gone afoul and just plain horrific accidents that cost the lives of many. So if there were to be a place with a good offering of ghost stores, Gold Hill certainly has a past that fosters that notion.

I had the opportunity to produce a TV special on the subject of the Gold Hill’s history and ghost stories, and there were things that happened that I have no answer for. I did not feel fear or threatened in any way, but I do understand why these ghost stories have survived the passage of time.

I love discovering places that have many sides to them. You know, the kind of place where every time you visit you find something new.

Gold Hill has given me several gifts. I have enjoyed music and the family-like spirit that represents an important part of the wonderful culture of this region. I have learned more about American history and how gold was a game changer for so many.

I have walked where some of our ancestors walked and where some say they still do.

Carl White is the executive producer and host of the award winning syndicated TV show Carl White’s Life In the Carolinas. The weekly show is now in its seventh year of syndication and can be seen in the Charlotte viewing market on WJZY Fox 46 Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. For more on the show visit www.lifeinthecarolinas.com, You can email Carl White at [email protected].

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