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Calhoun Becomes President and CEO of Boeing

David L. Calhoun assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company on Monday Calhoun, 62, has served in various senior leadership roles within several large-scale enterprises including at the Blackstone Group, Nielsen Holdings and GE.

During his 26-year tenure at GE he led multiple business units including GE Transportation and GE Aircraft Engines. Calhoun has served on the Boeing Board of Directors since 2009 and served as chairman from 11 October to 22 December 2019. "I'm honored to lead the talented people of Boeing as we face our challenges. Working together, we will strengthen our safety culture, improve transparency and rebuild trust with our customers, regulators, suppliers and the flying public," said Calhoun. "With the strength of our team, I'm confident in the future of Boeing, including the 737 MAX." Boeing is one of the world's largest aerospace companies and employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. "With deep industry experience and a proven track record of performance, Dave is the right leader to navigate Boeing through this challenging time in our 104-year legacy," said Lawrence W. Kellner, chairman of the Boeing Board of Directors. 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brollybuddies · 5 years

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Episode 01: We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals - Transcription

https://brollybuddies.podbean.com/e/episode-01-we-only-see-each-other-at-weddings-and-funerals/

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[Intro Music]

Mia [0:09] Hello, and welcome to Brolly Buddies

Josh [0:11] a podcast about umbrellas and academies.

Mia [0:13] Yeah, specifically The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix adaptation, of er.

Josh [0:19] Yes,

Mia [0:20] the wonderful comics.

Josh [0:22] I’m Josh

Mia [0:23] I’m Mia

Josh [0:24] and we are in no way qualified to talk about this other than the fact that we enjoy the comics. We’ve enjoyed the comics thus far.

Mia [0:33] Enjoy a good comic, enjoy a good TV show.

Josh [0:35] We are not specialists in comics, or TV shows really.

Mia [0:40] Or trivia or anything really-

Josh [0:43] everything you will hear-

Mia [0:43] -podcasting…

Josh [0:45] probably could be googled, more efficiently.

Mia [0:48] Probably will be googled, whilst

Josh [0:50] Well, yeah

Mia [0:51] We are making the sounds

Josh [0:54] Making the sounds?

Mia [0:54] (laughter) I was gonna say whilst you hear it, but that’s not how time works, so…

Josh [1:01] Oh, yeah-

Mia [1:02] ‘Cause it’s not live

Josh [1:02] True. No, it’s not unless you’ve traveled back in time, Number Five… spoilies!

Mia [1:11] Oooh

Josh [1:13] So I would assume that if you’re listening to this, you know what Umbrella Academy is, unless you are a bumbershoot enthusiast.

Mia [1:20] Please explain what a bumbershoot is

Josh [1:21] A bumbershoot is an old word for an umbrella, which I think should have been the decided term. Like, like when, when, as a society we decided what to call an umbrella. And they went, do you wanna call it an umbrella, or do you wanna call it a bumbershoot? Bumbershoot please.

Mia [1:35] (laughter)

Josh [1:36] It sounds like steampunk weapon.

Mia [1:39] It does actually.

Josh [1:40] I’m gonna bumbershoot you!

Mia [1:43] So why- why is this something that you wanted to talk about and are excited about? And (laughter)

Josh [1:49] We said we wanted to do a podcast. We said we wanted to do a podcast, and sadly, we went through should we do a Riverdale podcast? Oh wait no it’s on Season Three now. Should we do a Star Trek podcast? Wait we don’t know enough about Star Trek and it’s on Season Two now. So, we are actually - so the rule is that we’re not allowed to watch the next episode of Umbrella Academy, despite already knowing the story, because we’ve read the comics, but to make sure that we get proper like, viewing experience. We’re not going to watch the next episode until we’ve done the podcast.

Mia [2:19] Yes, we’ll see how that goes…

Josh [2:20] Which has meant that it’s been two weeks, roughly, since we watched the first episode, well we’ve re-watched it. But since our first like watching of it, it’s been two weeks. And I’m desperate at this point to watch the next episodes.

Mia [2:33] Yeah, also everyone else has definitely seen it all. But that’s fine.

Josh [2:35] Yeah, so this is probably a useless podcast

Mia [2:37] You know, art for art’s sake. That’s all I’ve got to say. We had thought about doing an umbrella Academy one for a while because we were Thought Bubble in Leeds

Josh [2:48] We were, when, so this is in 2017 when Gerard Way was there for the kind of opening ish time period of Young Animal, which is the DC imprint he kind of heads up, which is great, by the way, it introduced me to Doom patrol, which is such a clear influence on Umbrella Academy. Like it really is. But regardless of that, and it was there that he was like, “oh, by the way” - I don’t know if that was where he first announced it but it was where we first heard that they were doing the Netflix version of Umbrella Academy so we were like, “Oh, we should do a podcast on this!” And so this is theoretically taken like two, two and a half years to actually, no a year and a half? Two years, something like that, for us to actually do it. And yet we’re still under prepared.

Mia [3:34] What you’re saying is this, this podcast is two years in the making, and you would never know.

Josh [3:39] No.

Mia [3:40] So let’s go back to what The Umbrella Academy is. It is a comic by Gerard Way and

Josh [3:46] Gabriel… Bá?

Mia [3:49] Yeah we’ve been having conversations about whether it’s Gabriel, Gabriel,

Josh [3:54] Gabriel Ba

Mia [3:56] “Bar”, “Bah”, don’t know, apologies

Josh [3:57] We might get this wrong - but Gabriel Bá is how we will say it for now.

Mia [4:03] Yeah. He’s the fantastic artist of the series. And Greard Way of course was

Josh [4:12] the writer

Mia [4:12] originally known to me as to probably most people as the frontman of My Chemical Romance

Josh [4:19] Though, you say that, since Umbrella Academy came out it was like “Gerard Way: who is the Umbrella Academy creator?” and I’m, I’m in like shock that pe- because obviously it must be, when was the last

Mia [4:33] because the past, because children were born in like the 2000s now

Josh [4:36] and basically there’s probably children watching it which were born after My Chemical Romance’s first albums

Mia [4:41] Tragic to me.

Josh [4:42] which also highlights our age. Let’s let’s move on to the Netflix side of things.

Mia [4:47] Yes.

Josh [4:48] So Netflix, have made this, so maybe it’s better but like, especially when you look back over older shows, Netflix synopses are bad. In fact, just today we saw an article or whatever that was in the Radio Times, which was a Netflix description of Doctor Who. This is an example. “Evil aliens. A wacky but brilliant tour guide. Flying through space in a tiny blue box is the trip of a lifetime.” Not really describing Doctor Who in theme, content necessarily, I’m not really sure - it feels a very, very bad synopsis. So in the spirit of that we’re going to look at the Netflix synopsis of the episode. And then like actually talk about it,

Mia [5:30] Also because it might be helpful just to sort of ground you know what actually happens in it.

Josh [5:36] I actually think this is a reasonable one.

Mia [5:37] I do too!

Josh [5:37] Shall I read it out?

Mia [5:38] Go on. Do it in a voice.

Josh [5:39] No. “Years after they rose to fame as young crime-fighting superheroes, the estranged Hargreeves siblings come together to mark their father’s death.”

Mia [5:48] Pretty accurate.

Josh [5:49] Very accurate. It doesn’t actually give away much, I quite like it. I think it’s a reasonable one. So Netflix synopsis: I give it I give it a solid 9 out of 10.

Mia [5:57] It’s quite exciting.

Josh [5:58] It doesn’t give you a hint of how weird it could potentially be.

Mia [6:01] No, it doesn’t. I think there’s a lot of-

Josh [6:05] Hold on, what is this episode called?

Mia [6:07] Ah, this episode is called “We only see each other at weddings and funerals”.

Josh [6:14] Is that from this episode?

Mia [6:16] They don’t say in this episode, b ut it’s kind of hinted at.

Josh [6:21] I don’t know how much I want to give the plot away during this because now we’re actually, even if people have watched it I feel like it’s a bit f a ruiner to kind of just- But, in fact let’s, let’s begin with impressions.

Mia [6:33] Yeah, um, I loved it. When we when we watched it, the first thing that caught my attention was the content warnings, because it was literally like this contains all of the things that you do not want to see.

Josh [6:46] Or you do want to see

Mia [6:48] Well, yeah, or you do want to see. That you don’t want your your child to see

Josh [6:51] yes. That’s why it’s an 18 I believe?

Mia [6:55] Is it an 18? I think it was a 15

Josh [6:57] I think it’s an 18.

Mia [6:59] Okay we’re gonna check.

Josh [7:01] It’s a 15! Does it have the content warnings on the, on the details? Strong violence, injury details, sex references, drug misuse and self harm. I suppose it’s bad. I’ve recently become a little bit interested in fonts. And I have to say the font is great. That Netflix original series font is like slightly Gothic. And I love how like over the top it almost is with that kind of aspect of the serif on it and everything is is it’s wonderful.

Mia [7:31] It’s interesting, because it’s not, it’s well, I don’t know, you’re more versed in comics than I am. But I wouldn’t have thought I would have like

Josh [7:41] No it feels like very much a title.

Mia [7:42] Yeah

Josh [7:43] A title font. Like, I feel like horror, weird things, you need the serif. You need the kind of like, the, and the varying thickness from thin to thick. I think it adds to it. It needs to look Gothic. And that does, the font is very Gothic.

Mia [7:59] So it’s nice it introduces like that kind of side of things, like really quickly, like that’s a clear sort of signifier from it even though like, you know, the way we open, it’s like, oh, it’s Russia, it’s people swimming, cool. You’d just be like, this is normal, fine.

Josh [8:12] And then it gets very weird very quickly.

Mia [8:14] It does.

Josh [8:15] I think the key thing here is obviously like in that opening sequence. You have this bit where it introduces the idea, this key idea that a number of women around the world all got pregnant at the same time. And come back to this actually, slightly when we talk about the differences with the comics, there is a difference in how that is set up. Because the comics definitely have a weirder opening, I think where I think this very quickly establishes kind of the slightly surreal, weird nature of the world by having this woman become pregnant and give birth and everyone’s shocked. But then she gives birth and no one is like,

Mia [8:51] they’re all like, yay, baby!

Josh [8:52] Yeah, they’re not like panicking. If I was to see somebody go from zero to nine months in the space of jumping into a pool, and then a baby to emerge from that that seems to be alive and well

Mia [9:04] I think I’d’ve run away screaming

Josh [9:05] And then a man turns up and offers to, like a British aristocratic man turns up. The, I mean this is communist Russia, let’s not forget, he turns up and he buys your baby, and everyone’s like, “yeah cool”

Mia [9:14] Yeah I mean, it’s terrifying. So we learn and then it kind of goes

Josh [9:19] We learn there’s seven, right, he gets, he manages to get seven of these. There’s many babies, but he manages to get seven of them. And we see them - the other thing here is obviously we’ve got this very grim opening and then the music is 'Picture Book’ by The Kinks, which is a very upbeat song.

Mia [9:31] Yeah.

Josh [9:32] Which weirdly contrasts. It adds to that sense of like, Oh, this isn’t like it’s dark, but it’s kind of got this weird lightness to it.

Mia [9:38] Some might call it contrapuntal music. Ooh, fancy word.

Josh [9:43] But you see the seven prams all numbered, and it cuts to today, so it’s cut in from 1989 to like, today.

Mia [9:49] Yeah

Josh [9:49] We see someone pick up a violin and they play it. Again, adding to the kind of Gothic esque nature, they play the Phantom of the Opera medley. The key key point here, something you pointed out when we were watching it, person playing the violin?

Mia [10:03] Don’t know who she is!

Josh [10:04] Don’t know who she is, like

Mia [10:06] we can imagine

Josh [10:07] We see it’s Ellen Page, right?

Mia [10:08] Oh, yeah.

Josh [10:09] So we know, it’s like somebody who’s gonna be important from that kind of aspect. But she isn’t named whereas what it does is it goes through each of these seven, or rather it goes through

Mia [10:20] five

Josh [10:20] very important the fact that we don’t have Vanya named until, she’s named at the very end I believe.

Mia [10:27] It is the end, yeah

Josh [10:28] Another key thing I noticed on re watching it was that their names are in quotation marks but their numbers are not.

Mia [10:34] Yeah as we as we find out later, like, you know, he, they were not given names by Hargreeves. He had “Mom” do it. They’re - they’re literally just numbers. The other thing that I thought in this opening, especially when I was re-watching it, I was like, hang on a minute. Does Ellen Page play the violin? Is this her? So I had to do a little Google and apparently she did actually do some lessons. She had a couple of lessons in it. But actually, it was like a young violinist, a young Canadian musician, who’s great - Imogen Sloss. Even before it kind of starts introducing everyone we can, I guess we’re like, oh, so these must be the kids but like, we still don’t know anything about them. We don’t know like, what’s-

Josh [11:07] We get a sense of something from their situations.

Mia [11:10] They’re all also on their, like none of them are together.

Josh [11:12] None of them are together. We’ve got Luther, who’s Number One, like, massive dude, living on the moon. And then you notice he’s taking the rubbish out? It’s not been collected. Now, is that normal or not? I don’t know. But it’s important in the context, one of the themes that does come through the episode and it become, it emerges more, is a sense of loneliness, and being forgotten and things I think

Mia [11:33] The other thing as well is obviously like in the comics, I can’t really remember exactly actually how they do it, but like their names, before even really I think we know their, their sort of normal first names, they’re like “Spaceboy” But yeah, which we haven’t had any of yet, but I expect we will in the future. So we get Luther, we get Diego.

Josh [11:45] We get their superhero names Who is the only one who’s doing anything remotely actually superhero-y?

Mia [11:57] Yes, exactly. He’s kind of in this like family’s house saving them from some robbers or

Josh [12:02] Gangsters or something, it’s not made clear

Mia [12:04] Don’t really know

Josh [12:05] Number Three.

Mia [12:06] Allison

Josh [12:06] She’s like famous on the red carpet for some reason. We have like, we see an umbrella tattoo on her wrist. Then Number Four, Klaus, who is like in a rehab or what, we don’t really, yeah, he’s in a rehab I think it kind of becomes clear, we see him getting out of a top bunk. He’s very chipper. The music actually changes to something that seems a bit calmer, cheekier.

Mia [12:12] Number Four, Klaus, played by Robert Sheehan, who you may know from Misfits, immediately, basically, through this just made me think of the character of Cassidy in Preacher, just because you know, another Misfits actor who’s

Josh [12:39] In fact he took over from him!

Mia [12:41] Oh god yeah he did, didn’t he? Yeah, yeah. But yeah, it’s that that kind of like very reckless behavior and being very like, Oh, it’s all good, like, whatever.

Josh [12:50] So we’re introduced to these four and then it goes between them as they kind of see some sort of news, shocking news of some kind, so we see all these things, we see, you know, go through all of them and then we see what is you know the person playing the violin is Ellen Pages, it’s Vanya, who I think is then named?

Mia [13:07] Yes, she is. The lights go off on her. Yeah. And then it’s like

Josh [13:10] So we don’t find out her name until the other characters have all had, like their moment in the spotlight, so to speak.

Mia [13:15] The other thing is that the vigilant amongst us will notice that actually we’ve gone 1 2 3 4 7

Josh [13:20] Yes.

Mia [13:21] There’s no Number Five, there’s no Number Six.

Josh [13:23] Yeah. Which does actually become a thing because after this point, there’s kind of, the shots cut between like Vanya and the house. The reason I mention it (because I don’t want to go over like the plot too much) is that one of the things it cuts between is the painting? We see a painting of six children. One that’s missing is Vanya.

Mia [13:36] Yeah. Yeah.

Josh [13:40] There’s only one girl in the picture and it is clearly Allison. And then it transitions to show Five as we lose one near the corner. And then it transitions to them as teenagers where we only see four, which are the four that we receive names for.

Mia [13:53] In the first one that disappears, we then go from that to the portrait of Number Five on the wall. Yeah. And then afterwards, it’s when it gets. Well, actually, I think we see the statue of Ben who is Number Six, yeah, but we don’t know that yet. Also, though, really quickly, that was one thing that really made me laugh when I was re-watching it. When Diego’s like, doing his little crime-fighting bit in this family’s house, and then he like, kills all the bad guys or whatever. And he goes to the family, looks at them, like proper Daredevil, and is like “you’re safe now”. It just really made me laugh. And also, I then realized later, the Director of this episode, is Peter Hall, who is known for Doctor Who, Altered Carbon and in fact, Daredevil.

Josh [14:33] Oh!

Mia [14:35] So anyway

Josh [14:36] We meet Pogo who’s like a monkey who can talk? Again, it’s a sign of how weird it is, there’s just a monkey who can talk.

Mia [14:41] Yeah they’re just like yeah it’s chill.

Josh [14:42] And they’re talking about Number Five and how he went missing. It’s been 16 years. Yeah, important one is obviously there’s a point where they talk about having a ceremony then it cuts to 17 years ago, where they first stop a bank robbery, I think it’s their first thing. And in that we see, in fact the only one we don’t see, we don’t see Vanya but we also don’t see Klaus.

Mia [15:02] Yeah no, he’s not doing anything there.

Josh [15:05] But we learn their skills. So Allison is able to alter reality so-to-speak, or make people do things by saying she heard a rumor. So in this she says “I heard a rumor that you shot your friend in the foot”. And then he shoots him in the foot. Luther comes through the roof and has super strength. Diego throws knives and they like bend in the air, like it goes at a right angle. Then we see Number Five

Mia [15:27] Aw Number Five is great.

Josh [15:28] Well we don’t know, I don’t think we’ve actually got his number yet, but we see somebody who can jump through space and looks like the first one to disappear from the painting, which when you’ve read the comics, you know is Number Five, but still

Mia [15:39] I love that bit, it’s so good, and it introduces like such a fun, like, I think in all, in this whole thing. Like it’s very much like, they’re kids! They’re like having fun with it. And it’s quite like, perverse?

Josh [15:43] Yeah. And that’s highlighted by then, Number six who is Ben, which we never get given the name, like it never comes up on the screen as a name but we know it’s Ben from the way they talk about things. He’s like I don’t, like he’s very reluctant to go in.

Mia [16:07] He’s like, do I have to have to do this

Josh [16:08] and basically he goes into this final room and they show these tentacles appear everywhere, like throwing people around, there’s screams,

Mia [16:15] blood on the window

Josh [16:16] and he comes back out just coated in blood and clearly traumatized.

Mia [16:20] What I was going to say though, as well with Number Five, you know, it’s so playful like he’s like, “Oh, yeah, just replace the gun with a stapler, hahaha, great,” you know, and then I think again, it’s also highlighted more like when it cuts away back to Vanya, who’s on the roof with Hargreeves and they’re kind of watching from afar. He’s observing them and it’s weird, and she’s like, “Can I play with the others?” And it’s like, they’re not playing

Josh [16:42] I think he says like, you’re not special or something doesn’t he as well? Or is that later on?

Mia [16:46] No that’s then.

Josh [16:47] Is it then?

Mia [16:48] Yeah.

Josh [16:49] Ah, yes. And then there’s a press conference where he says he’s adopted six gifted children. Yeah, he’s adopted Vanya and just put her to one side basically, he ignores her

Mia [16:56] Poor Vanya. She’s kind of almost, acts as like his assistant.

Josh [16:58] Yeah, then, so we go back and you know, Klaus who has the ability to connect with people in the afterlife is trying to connect to Hargreeves and things - doesn’t seem to be working but it goes to one of my favorite scenes which is that they’re all in the different rooms like clearly not getting on with each other. And Luther puts on “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

Mia [16:58] Yeah, it’s so great.

Josh [17:16] And they all dance separately and it zooms out and there’s this like cut through like, like someone’s taken a slice out of the house and you see them all in their respective rooms dancing on their own. Again, the theme of loneliness and things and being separate

Mia [17:28] I love it, it’s so great.

Josh [17:31] And that’s when the thunder rumbles, which is when we see Number Five come back, which is when we get his name and stuff on the screen, and he’s just-

Mia [17:38] You’ve missed out something really important which I think we really need to talk about, which is Vanya’s dancing. Ellen Page being, like I love the way that they really embody all their characters in this, it’s so brilliant like they’re all clearly like very different. I love the Kra- what’s his name? Diego. He does like all his like nerdy like old-school disco moves, Allison is sort of doing her like fun stereotypical girl dancing in the bedroom like she’s got like a feather boa and stuff but it’s just like all of this it’s such, it’s a nice way of like giving them that extra bit of personality whilst also showing their, you know, the separateness between them

Josh [18:23] But yeah, then we see this thunder thing, this like sort of temporal anomaly they call it and what basically happens is you see like an old man through it who then falls through this hole and it is Number Five as a young boy again, and you know, without going into it too much it transpires that he’s basically like travelled through time, he’s lived this long period of time etc. and onwards

Mia [18:43] Yeah, he’s just super super offhandedly being like “yeah, I’ve been in the future, it’s shit by the way”

Josh [18:47] Yeah, and by the end of episode we find out that the world’s ended and he, but he knows the day it ends on and it’s

Mia [18:53] Eight days from now

Josh [18:54] Eight days from now, whatever, so he’s managed to get back. Um, a couple of key points to bring up I think: one, when Diego and Luther have a fight, obviously there’s a rip in the sleeve and we see a hairy arm, which is interesting because they almost hide this aspect of the character

Mia [19:08] Yeah, whereas in the comic it’s a feature

Josh [19:09] In the comic it’s very early on, yeah it’s a feature thing. We get, we get the mom recharges again like they unveil that she’s a robot, but I think it’s very, well it is revealed but it’s very quickly revealed I feel in the comics, I think when they’re fighting they rip her dress or something and it reveals she hasn’t got any legs underneath, she’s basically on wheels or something. But the other bit - so I loved that bit - the last bit I want to mention, because of this loneliness theme in the episode, the bit where they show them training and getting their tattoos, where Vanya draws her own tattoo, which is kind of heartbreaking

Mia [19:39] So heartbreaking

Josh [19:40] But the voiceover emphasizes them working as a team rather than alone. Which is obviously this idea of them coming back together to potentially stop the end of the world. Very important I think. Then obviously the bit I think a lot of people have spoken about is the scene where Number Five kills like a bunch of people with guns basically to the song “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”, which is

Mia [20:01] Oh it’s so great. They Might Be Giants.

Josh [20:03] Yeah it’s such a, such a good scene, like the way it’s done is brilliant. Again, that sense of like he’s very cheeky with how he like fights them. He’s also incre- like it is this really interesting contrast still that he’s very cheeky, almost childlike with it, but he is adult in that he’s like murdering them.

Mia [20:19] Yes

Josh [20:19] Very, very happily murdering them without any worries or thought. Also that he’s dressed in his old uniform, because the only clothes he has left are the ones from him, as a, as what like a seven year old or whatever

Mia [20:29] Yeah, he opens his wardrobe he’s like, ahhh, fucking shit. It’s also I really love that they haven’t seen him, all the rest of, all his siblings haven’t seen him for what was it? 16 years or whatever?

Josh [20:39] Yeah yeah

Mia [20:40] And um, and so they’re like, trying to adjust to it. You know, they’re seeing him now as he was then. But he’s actually like, 58 years old. He’s older than all of them in consciousness. And they’re like, my favorite bit, like they’re trying to sort of adjust to this, my favorite bit is when Luther and Diego are fighting and Klaus is kind of like trying to shield him being like, “Oh, that’s like, the kid can’t get hurt in the fight”. And he’s just like, what? Again though it’s just that weirdness, like, they accept it very quickly, but also he’s like, “Oh, I’m going to drive to this diner” and they’re like, “Can you drive? Can you-” So it’s, that’s going to be an interesting, fun dynamic, I think between them.

Josh [21:15] So I guess now’s a good time, like the differences between comic and - it’s kind of hard, it’s really hard for me to actually figure out the differences in some sense, in terms of what we’ve been revealed and haven’t been revealed. Partly because we, I read the comics as one book because I’m trying to remember what was in each bit, I think, some key differences that I noticed, at least. In fact one of the main differences, I think, is that we don’t have their superhero names, as you mentioned. So in the comics, it’s “Spaceboy” for Luther, “The Kraken” for Diego, “The Rumour” for Allison

Mia [21:48] “Seance” for Number Four, for Klaus

Josh [21:51] Yeah, Number Five is Number Five, I think.

Mia [21:51] Yeah and it’s the same in his caption in this, he doesn’t have a name either way. 'Cause like I- I guess also, does that mean that they were named after that point?

Josh [22:00] Potentially after that point, yes, maybe.

Mia [22:02] Like so they went 16 years of their lives just being numbers

Josh [22:05] No no, no they weren’t 16 years, he disappeared at the age he is there. They haven’t seen him in 16 years.

Mia [22:10] Oh, yeah. He’s 13 years old.

Josh [22:12] Ah he’s 13 years old. So he’s, up until the age of 13 they probably weren’t named.

Mia [22:15] Yeah. Which is so sad

Josh [22:17] Or, or he rejected his name

Mia [22:19] Possibly also that

Josh [22:19] Because he does seem to be the one that’s most comfortable with not being part of society. The other ones kind of like, they’re weird and they don’t fit in, obviously like Spaceboy lives on the moon, so to speak, all these different things, but it’s very clear that Number Five just, like he travelled in the future, he had no respect for time or normality

Mia [22:37] Yeah. Seems like Hargreeves as well, like from a line he says, Hargreeves you know told him not to travel in time, like space is one thing, time’s another, but he did it

Josh [22:47] But the other big difference is that The Seance, (which is what, in my head they’re still the chara-, their comic book names) talks to The Horror, Ben, in the backseat of the thing, of the car, which is definitely not a thing I remember at all from the comics.

Mia [23:00] No. And also that’s when Ben finally gets his caption as well, like he’s there in the car, we don’t- the viewer, you know, if you don’t know who he is or can’t guess, you don’t- it’s not clear, also he doesn’t speak at all. He doesn’t say anything. Klaus is just talking to him, he’s just sat there. He keeps saying we Yeah, it’s like “we, we, we” and we think there’s someone there but then you see Diego’s view there’s no one there and then we get Number, Number Six then. It’s so sad! What happened to him? We don’t know! Also I found interesting I don’t know if this- I can’t remember if this was in the comic or not, on his statue, so the, the little sort of engraving on it, it says “May the darkness within you find - rest-” Hang on a minute I wrote it down

Josh [23:41] It’s definitely clear that whatever his power is, it’s- it’s not pleasant.

Mia [23:46] Yeah. Oh, okay, so his- the engraving on the statue, on Ben’s statue, said “May the darkness within you find peace in the light”. Very very dark. Like I don’t know how much they’re going to kind of reveal in the TV show because, well up to where we’ve read in the comics I don’t think we learn what happens to him.

Josh [24:04] No. No, there is a few, I’m trying to remember, there’s a few bits in the back. We definitely get- we definitely get more of him outside of the plot, if that makes sense, there’s like a couple of like bonus feature type bits, but I don’t think we find out what happens to him.

Mia [24:18] No, you see him in all the kind of flashbacks

Josh [24:20] You see him with the tentacles and stuff early on. But he disappears, he’s, it’s less obvious that he’s disappeared in the comics, I feel

Mia [24:27] Yeah, I didn’t realize

Josh [24:28] Oh, that was the other key difference! In the comics, it opens, it’s what I alluded to earlier, it opens with, they’re all born, the moment of, oh what’s it called now. There’s a phrase… is it an intergalactic wrestling match? Which is how weird like the thing, like, how weird that comic is, it opens with an intergalactic wrestling match. It’s not clear whether humanity’s even aware that that is happening or not. It is described as, “in the mid 20th century at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic wrestling match forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy”. And Hargreeves is called The Monocle.

Mia [25:10] Yes. Which - and of course it’s one of the big things - I say big things - but one of the things in it is the missing monocle. The monocle’s missing, Luther is all like

Josh [25:20] Yeah, someone’s done this. We see Diego with it, right?

Mia [25:22] Yeah, Diego had it. Diego had it all along. And also like, I think all of that reveals a lot more around their relationships, I think particularly between Luther and Diego. Luther was always the kind of, you know, he was Number One, but he was also always the leader.

Josh [25:35] He was al- he was the leader and he always seemed to have a closer relationship with Hargreeves than some of the others.

Mia [25:38] Exactly. You know, he talks about like, “Oh, you know, Dad’s favorite spot” and they’re like, “what d'you mean?” and he’s like, “you know, under the tree, we used to sit there, didn’t you guys do that?”

Josh [25:47] It’s also interesting, you see an element as well of a difference between Luther symbolizing almost like order, or like, if I was thinking in terms of D&D kind of alignments, he’s definitely more towards a lawful, lawful, potentially lawful good. I mean they’re all vigilantes, so none of them are technically lawful, lawful good. But definitely closer to that, whislt Diego is happy, you know, he’s like running around in a dark outfit. Even the music represented a difference. He was definitely an angrier character. He was less maybe- maybe in relation to each other, maybe not in relation to society, but in relation to each other, and Hargreeves, Luther is the lawful good kind of like, I do what, but I, you know I’m lawful, like a soldier, like very much a soldier who is doing what he’s told by his captain, whereas Diego is very much more like, I’m going to do I want, makes noises

Mia [26:43] (Laughter)

Josh [26:43] Like an angry chaos, whereas then obviously Klaus feels definitely more like a happy chaos. Like he’s a drugged up… whatever. Like, I did love that, I think they show, did they show him without his shoes on?

Mia [26:54] Possibly, I can’t remember

Josh [26:55] It was a key bit with him with his shoes because that is a key part of his thing that he can’t use powers with shoes on.

Mia [27:00] Yeah, he has to have- he can’t have his shoes on. Also, clearly his powers don’t work when he’s high as a kite.

Josh [27:05] Yeah.

Mia [27:06] Oh my god, I love the bit

Josh [27:07] Or they do but Hargreeves isn’t responding to it.

Mia [27:09] I love the bit where he knocks over the ashes. But yeah, it’s another key thing. And that, he’s also got his tattoo hands. His “hello, goodbye” hands, which is in the comics too.

Josh [27:23] Yeah. So that’s Umbrella Academy Episode One. A chaotic, sprawling exploration of it, at least.

Mia [27:31] Any thoughts about, before we finish, any last thoughts?

Josh [27:35] So the only thing I would note is, and I am terrified of getting this wrong. But the, there is a cast member who is listed in that first episode, yeah, Mary J. Blige, who we never see. And based only on the trailer so far, I’m pretty certain she’s playing a character from the second volume of the comics. Which is interesting, because, so one thing, because I read Umbrella Academy 1 a long time ago, and it was this year when I read Umbrella Academy Volume Two, I’d actually forgotten some of the plot lines a little bit. I’d forgotten how closely tied in they were to each other. They felt, I was- in my head, they felt like they were going to be two separate things that happened to share characters. But actually, I went back and re-read them both in different ways ready for this and I did notice that they do overlap, they interlink with each other more than I remembered. So it’s interesting, they’re bringing in Mary J. Blige because she’s a character from the second volume who they’re then gonna incorporate into this first one, which makes sense when you realize that they are meant to be linked. I guess it’s to bring that together more.

Mia [28:39] Yeah, it does. Last other notes, which I guess kind of relates but, so, there’s like this whole- this whole mystery which hopefully we’re going to find out about at some point soon, about Number Five being in the future but also like, who these people were who came to kill him, and like this tracking chip he had in his arm which he cut out, and then also when he goes to Vanya and again is like, “I’ve come to you because you’re the only one I can trust because you’re ordinary and you’ll listen” - there’s this whole thing all the way through of Vanya being like the caring one, like she’s, she, she always used to go and leave the lights on and make a snack for Number Five in case he came home, and she’s there to like, you know, she, she will happily then again like bandage up Number ive and listen to him, and she just wants to

Josh [28:56] She wants to be part of the team

Mia [29:09] She wants to be part of it. She fell out with them all then because she wrote a book about it, but there’s, there doesn’t seem to be very much sympathy from anyone, apart from maybe Allison, for her. But yeah, so it’s all, it’s very interesting. I love the, that whole presentation of her character and like even just the way she dresses she’s just, she’s very like, just gonna blend in the background, just going to try and get on now.

Josh [29:51] So, thought on the episode? What was your, how, what would you give it out of 10?

Mia [29:56] I don’t know. I don’t have any future episodes to compare it to yet. In terms of my enjoyment, my excitement level’s pushed up by it being a fun new show that I’m really excited about as well. I think it was really well done, well cast, love the style and aesthetic of it all. Love the music. Some of it, I guess, you know, a lot of the expositional stuff was maybe like a little bit heavy handed but it kind of has to be, because the nature of it and also, you know, it’s based on a comic. Also another note about the comics is, God, I found them so confu- you know, it’s only when you get to the end of a volume are you like, “I get it!”

Josh [30:32] Almost every Gerard Way comic I’ve read, I, it- I’m always like I don’t know what’s happening. You have to just knuckle down and let it just Yeah, you have to just let it kind of happen and then you get to the end of it and it suddenly all ties together and you look back and go, “oh, of course, and now that makes sense now, and this and that”

Mia [30:38] I always think I’ve missed something “What a wonderful piece of art! I get it!” Yeah

Josh [30:49] Which I love. I guess the final note is what would you say your favourite, one of your favourite lines is from the, from the episode?

Mia [30:57] “Rapists can climb.”

Josh [30:58] Yeah

Mia [30:59] Would be uh, one of mine.

Josh [31:00] Which was…

Mia [31:01] Just a weird, weird line.

Josh [31:02] But it’s great though, right? Because he’s like, what is it she says, it’s something like

Mia [31:07] She’s, it’s because he’s like, “Oh, you you need a lock on your windows.” And she’s like, “I live on the-

Josh [31:12] first floor.

Mia [31:13] Yeah, like whatever it is.

Josh [31:15] He’s like, "rapists can climb!”

Mia [31:16] Which is just so weird, especially coming from the mouth of a 13 year old.

Josh [31:20] Yeah, which is great. Okay, so

Mia [31:23] What would you, what would - I didn’t give it an out of 10 rating

Josh [31:26] Ah, I don’t think we need one. I think out of 10 ratings don’t give you enough. I feel like this entire podcast is an out of 10 rating.

Mia [31:32] Ha, okay.

Josh [31:34] So with that in mind, we’re going to go watch Episode Two.

Mia [31:36] Yeah, baby. Can’t wait. Thanks for listening. If you got through to the end, maybe you skipped some of it. I don’t know. But I mean, thanks, I hope that it was enjoyable. Let us know what you think.

Josh [31:48] Byeee

Mia [31:48] Byeeee!

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Want to know when is the right time to visit NYC? Here is a guide of all months, from the coldest to the warmest, brightest to rainy, busiest to cheapest, to choose according to your convenience.

NYC is opulent, fast-paced, large and gregarious. Everyone has their own reasons to be here. It could be your first solo trip or your fifth time ‘I can’t get over NYC’ trip, or it could be a family vacation or going on a honeymoon to an exotic resort; in either case, flying at the perfect time is important. New York is the epicenter of art and architecture, with sprawling galleries, historic monuments, lively nightlife and scrumptious cuisine. Every month has something new and different to offer. While December is lit up with Christmas trees and lightning balls, July and August have summer outdoor activities, and May sees the flowers blooming, trees leafing out and raining showers.

Here we brush up your knowledge about the the best time to visit NYC, so, you can apply for US Visa as per your needs and priorities-

Best Months for Weather-concerned

The weather in NYC can make or break your trip. Here is the month-wise description of temperature and the kind of season you will face, along with things to do:

1. January (4° / -3°): This is the city’s coldest month and most areas are covered with snow. It is an offseason where you will get quieter Broadway, more of ice skating, Jazzfest, and bargained shopping. Also, you need sweatshirts, warm clothes and waterproof boots.

2. February (6° / -2°C)- The cold continues and so does the Broadway Week. People who love fashion are going to spend a long time in New York Fashion Week. The Super Bowl is the highlight of the month.

3. March (11° / 2°C)- It a bit of both- spring and winter. You get to watch the spectacular St. Patrick’s Day, root for your team in bars for March Madness, sip on the local wines at NYC Winter Wine Fest, enjoy with kids at the Night at Museum and watch orchid Show at New York Botanical Garden.

4. April (18° / 7°C)- This is a whole spring but it can be chilly at times, so don’t forget your warm clothes. Get ready to be a part of the important festival Easter, stumble upon celebrities at the Tribeca Film Festival and unwind at outdoors in The Cherry Blossom Festival.

5. May (22° / 12°C)- The month calls for pleasant weather with little sunshine, clear skies, lots of flowers and a good mood. Tourists participate in the huge parade of Memorial Day. Since the streets have got rid of the snow, it’s time for the bikes to take over, where the tour has 32,000 cyclists from around the world who can ride to all five boroughs.

6. June (27° / 18°C)- It’s summer officially! Not too hot and humid, still a mild climate that can give you a score of outdoor activities. The sun beckons you to bathe in its breezy rays, relax on the lawn, set a picnic in the park (NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks is amazing). Go for a helicopter ride in the city, savour in the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party and check out Museum Mile Festival.

7. July (29° / 20°C)- While it is an extraordinarily hot month, there are endless activities to do for fun. From Broadway in Bryant Park to the biggest parades and parties on Independence Day on July 4th, the city keeps you awake. Make sure to drink a lot of fluids and wear loose-fitting clothes.

8. August (29° / 20°C)- Time to hit the beach because the heat is oppressive and the crowd is almost gone. The city feels emptier and getting a seat at restaurants or shows is not a deal. Talking about what to do, stroll on the Summer Streets like never before, hop onto many of NYC’s rooftop bars, cheer for US Open Tennis and admire different attractions without interference.

9. September (25 ° / 16°C)- The month is defined by warm days and cool nights, blending together into lovely weather. The New Year fashion Week hit the floors, Feast of San Gennaro is in the queue and the Steuben parade is not to be missed. It is the perfect time for cruising or renting a boat or dining at rooftops or watching the Met Opera.

10. October (18 ° / 10°C)- It is a great month to travel to the city and explore its authentic beauty. There are heaps of activities, top concerts and fun events. There is a huge shopping festival on Columbus Day. Also the Halloween – nobody wants to skip that. Stay warm at night with boots and jackets.

11. November (13° / 6°C)- It can get pretty snowy at this time of pre-Christmas. You will join the biggest of all affairs at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and exciting deals for shoppers on the next day. The leaves fall, snow starts hovering and the sun remains 6 hours a day.

12. December (7° / 0°C)- It is the romantic and peppiest month of all. It is cold that doesn’t hurt but feels like ice on the face. The Christmas tree at Rockefeller, the Christmas markets and Time Square New Year’s eve will pump up the holiday spirit.

Best Months for Sightseeing

New York is a hub of museums, food tours, bridge and architecture. To discover these, the best months are April, May, June, September, October, and early November. The weather is favourable and little showers can be seen in April and May which only makes the tour better. Go ahead, stroll, boat, and capture the famous buildings like Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and Central Park. Avoid winters as the sun sets faster, around 4.30 pm making it dark sooner.

Best Months for Budget Travellers

Travelling on a tight budget but can’t let go of New York City? We get you. The charm and energy of the city draw millions of visitors and the prices remain steady peak throughout the year. But there are three months that are off-season and experiences a drop in the rates of hotels. And this is during the initial leg of the year after the New Year’s classic party, from January to March. Consequently, there is a lesser crowd in touristy places, sightseeing is laid-back activity and reserving tables in restaurants is easy-peasy.

Best Months for Festivals

Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year are three pompous occasions that fill the city with fireworks, celebrations and thrill. If you are someone who wants to get into the festive mode, lay the hair down, enjoy the parades and lip-smack some out of the world cuisine, November & December is the time for you. It is also one of the times when the crowd is heaviest, but the enthral of the ambiance is worth watching. The giant balloons and unique parade in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, the unbelievable decor at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lightning or the iconic thunderous New Year’s Eve at the Times Square- these are priceless.

Best Months for Honeymooners

Honeymooning in NYC is like the double-decker cake. You have adventure, excitement, thrill and then also have the happiness of being in the incredible city, Big Apple. Book your NYC tickets for May, June, September, or October as during this period the city boasts beautiful weather and you will not face massive crowds. You can tour places like boardwalk, beach, museum and amusement rides, then visit the Times Square, explore Manhattan and beyond, and set a romantic dinner at restaurants like The Lakeside restaurant. December is also a great month as the ambiance during Christmas is bewitching and romantic. The prices may soar.

Best Months for Broadway Shows

One of the many reasons to step in this Big Apple is to watch mind-blowing theaters. From the last 100 years, several renowned actors and performers have performed and bowed on the Broadway Stage. Being home to experimental theater and amazing talent in entertainment, this is a worldwide hit. To watch improve comedy, indie cinema, ballet, poetry, burlesque, jazz and so much more, January and February are vacant months, September has newer shows and many shows take a break in August.

This means the tourism explodes in NYC in June-August & November-December and decreases in January-early March. Plan what do you want to see and do in the city and enjoy an unforgettable trip.

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Introducing me...

Hi, I’m Geor(gina). I’m a 20 year old biomedical science student (currently embarking on a foundation year first) at Northumbria University. I am aiming to make a blog where I can write about my passions, successes, fears and failures in my long journey to becoming a doctor via the route of Biomedical Science.

So, I am now going to write a brief (if I can!) ‘about me/background’ section, so others can get to know me and my motivations behind my future ambitions. So here goes...

For as cliche as it sounds, becoming a doctor is all I have wanted, all I have strived for. I couldn’t imagine embarking on any other career than medicine. So when I got my predicted grades at 12/13 (year 8), and is stated I was to leave school at 16 with all A grades, I thought “I can do this. It’s looking likely if I apply myself.” Or words to that effect. So when life started to go south at around 14 (year 9), my grades slipped - as did my attendance. I was just scraping C’s and I actually left school with 5 D grades, a handful of E’s, F’s and even G’s. Battling depression/anxiety and other various health conditions as well as being in the middle of an abusive divorce with my parents - I didn’t care about my future. I didn’t care about my grades. I just wanted to sleep all day, everyday. And this is what I did. Due to this, I became isolated, lost nearly every friend I had and became very withdrawn. However, the day I collected my GCSE results, something changed.

Personally I think the prospect of not getting into sixth form due to not meeting minimum requirements and my head of year at the time telling me A-Levels would be too hard for me, flipped a switch in my brain. So, heres where my new chapter started.

I enrolled into York College to study a Health and Social Care (Level 2) BTEC and to pass my maths and English GCSE in September 2013. I achieved both of these at grade C and passed my BTEC with flying colours (distinction*)! So, I embarked on my level 3 in September 2014. And by June 2016, not without its challenges, I also passed my level 3 with D*DD. So after a long slog at college for 3 years, I had my two main GCSE’s under my belt, as well as two high level BTEC’s. Besides the grades, I was so proud of myself for turning things around, and starting to see clearly again.

I didn’t apply to university straight away. As soon as I had finished college - I landed myself a bar job to get some money behind me, went on holiday, got my head straight, and made sure that I was in the best possible place to apply to university.

During my times at college, I knew that my qualification wouldn’t be acceptable to gain entry into medical school outright. So after doing my research, I found out about Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM). I knew that I would have to go through a 3 year degree before I would be eligible to apply, so after some careful consideration, I decided biomedical science would be an amazing degree to choose, as I have always been a bit of a geek where biology and chemistry is concerned, and as my best friend puts it (”you make science your bitch!”), so I decided to go for it. However, I didn’t know which universities to apply to. And after speaking to my cousin who graduated with a First Class (with honours) in Biomedical Science at Northumbria, I went ahead and emailed the admissions, to state my circumstances and to see if there would be any point in applying. I promptly received and email back stating that with my qualifications, getting on to Biomed straight away, wouldn't be possible. However, there was an applied science foundation year that would be perfect for me, as upon successful completion of this year, I would automatically be eligible for a number of 3 year degree courses - including Biomed.

So September 2016 came around and I started writing my drafts for my personal statement and filling out all of my personal details. My application was sent off and paid for by the 13th of October. By the 20th of October, I had an unconditional offer. I had never felt more elated in my life.

So what have I been doing ever since? Well, I’ve been preparing, working and going on holiday. I have been counting down the days since I heard back from UCAS. Now I am only 27 days away from moving to my halls up in Newcastle. I have been waiting all of this time and now it is nearly here, it just doesn’t seem real.

So, thats me - well, my academic past anyway. Here’s some general info about me:

1. My star sign is Sagittarius

2. I have 2 ginger and white cats. One regular omg called Simba, and a 4 month old Maine Coon called Dougal and I want more

3. I am a crazy cat lady

4. I am a perfectionist and will drive myself mad being so

5. I support Manchester United

6. My dream is to live in Australia as I have family out there

7. I am an only child

8. My favourite colour is red

9. I’m the clumsiest person you would ever meet

10. I am a natural born worrier

11. If I was to be reincarnated into any animal, it would be a bird

12. I am very opinionated

13. If I had one wish, it would be to be fluent in every language

14. I would take a cozy night in over a night out any day

15. Titanic is my favourite film

16. Noodles are my favourite food

17. I’m a day person

18. I am still scared of the dark

19. I believe in ghosts and anything paranormal

20. My favourite celebrity is Katy Perry

21. My biggest fear is my mum dying

22. I don’t smoke

23. I’m the jealous type

24. I was named after my great grandad

25. As well as Australia, I’d love to live in Santa Barbara, CA

26. If I was to never become a doctor (for whatever reason) I’d love to do a PhD

27. I’m an insomniac

28. I find intelligence, manners and respect very attractive

29. I’m a talented drawer (or used to be!)

30. Demi Lovato is my woman crush

31. Heart disease runs in my family

32. I have 3 tattoos (I want more, but I want a career in medicine more!)

33. I have controversial views

34. Autumn is my favourite season

35. I am the closest with my mum

36. I have a phobia of insects (especially bees/wasps and spiders)

37. Five things that makes me happy right now is: going to university, my mum, my cat, more medical school places have recently become available and my hair

38. I wish I was good at athletics

39. My favourite feature about me is my eyes

40. I don’t have a middle name

41. Mac over Windows

42. Favourite number is 250 (don’t ask why, it just always has been haha)

43. I am such a sugar addict

44. I love sociology

45. My two favourite places to visit is California and Kenya

46. I despise cheese

47. I have won medals for swimming as a kid, and I continue to love it!

48. I am heterosexual

49. My biggest insecurity is my weight

50. I have about a dozen allergies

I didn’t mean to write 50 things about me, but I got a little carried away. But I hope I have shed a little light onto the weirdo that is me, and I hope you will all share this long and incredible journey with me (and have patience with me while I figure out how this whole thing works!)

I will hopefully sometime in the near future shed some light on my choice of career and why I am seeking a career in medicine. So, for now, thank you for reading!

Love and best wishes,

Gina

xox

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From Thomas F. Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH – Friday, February 28, 2020

It’s that time of the year again, when the regular season winds down and teams honor their seniors while jostling to improve their tournament seeding. Friday night was Senior Night for the Grizzlies and they honored the four seniors that will be graduating from the program in a few months. On the ice, Goffstown electrified the home crowd en route to a convincing win, 8-3 over the Admirals.

(Players L-R) Melanie Riendeau, Theo Milianes, Colby Gamache, Drew O’Brien. (Sage Photo)

Not only was it Senior Night for the Grizzlies, but they were also playing for a chance to host a quarter-final playoff game instead of opening the tournament on the road. With their win, and with Merrimack beating Oyster River, 1-0 at the same time, the Grizzlies jumped into the #4 seed. Goffstown will host #5 Oyster River at 4:00 pm on Saturday, March 7th. The teams split a pair of 3-2 decisions against each other during the regular season. Each team earning a win on their home ice. So this quarter-final game should be a dandy.

To be fair, the Alvirne-Milford Admirals were missing several players from their lineup on Friday night due to illness and injuries. Even so, the Grizzlies were the favorites after grabbing a 7-3 win down at Skate 3 in January, and also they had 12 league wins to the Admirals’ 2 wins. So, Goffstown did as they were supposed to do according to the trends following each team. But one of the things that I love about sports is that attitude and effort are both completely up to the participants. Alvirne-Milford did not roll over, they skated hard, and gave effort shift after shift. As they should. The attitude, well that I am not so sure about for a few players on either side of the ice. That’s not necessarily a knock on any of them, more a deep observation, and I have been thinking about this while the game was unfolding on Friday night. And ever since.

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#3, Alternate Captain, Theo Milianes. (Sage Photo)

#22 Drew O’Brien. (Sage Photo)

#24 Melanie Riendeau. (Sage Photo)

#14, Captain, Colby Gamache. (Sage Photo)

This may, or may not, speak directly to this particular game. It may also speak to every single game so I am going to go through my thought process that runs somewhere between me, my iPad, the scoresheet, and my little notebook while I watch live sports play out right in front of my eyes.

First, I speak of attitude. Webster lists a number of definitions of the word, attitude.

Here are some of them:

4a: a mental position with regard to a fact or state

b: a feeling or emotion toward a fact or state

6: an bodily state of readiness to respond in a characteristic way to a stimulus (such as an object, concept, or situation)

7a: a negative or hostile state of mind

b: a cool, cocky, defiant, or arrogant manner

So, in my words, attitude is more or less being in the frame of mind (predisposition) to be willing to do something when one is presented a situation. Frame of mind is powerful, just think of how we read an innocent message or email we have received when our frame of mind is anything but.

Then there is the whole idea of behavior. Again, I call on Webster for the definition of behavior.

Here are some of them:

1: the way in which someone conducts oneself

2a: the manner of conducting oneself

b: anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation

c: the response of an individual, group, or species to its environment

Again, in my words, behavior is the expression or action chosen in response to the scenarios presented in every moment. Many believe that people are predisposed, or inclined to behave in a certain manner based on examples instilled in our very existence. Simply, behavior is learned.

Imagine a teen-aged athlete shows up to compete in his or her sport with, among other things, the following factors racing through their every fiber. They may not know that they are inclined to act in a certain way because they are in a frame of mind that allows them to be willing to do something based on scenarios that affected their attitude, and will do so based largely on a catalogue of behaviors that have been imparted on them since their life began. Talk about unpredictable. Talk about the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Talk about parenting, coaching, and role models.

Brennan Pierce and Colby Wright defend out in front of Madeline Sage. (Sage Photo)

I feel for the individual youngsters that have so much to overcome simply because we as parents, coaches, or role models inhibited their growth and development by not allowing them to reach for the sky, fall on their face, or get back up again, because our agenda, behaviors, or habits were some weird self-defined protective, stifling bubble of our own insecurities. Our demons pulled us down and we weren’t going to make that trip alone so we brought anyone loosely attached to us down too. Or we went to bat for kids that should have batted for themselves because they are smarter and more able than we think. Perhaps, our career, or our dreams didn’t go the way we wanted them to so we invest a small fortune into something that is a passion of ours, and not necessarily theirs. So before you finish the thought about that guy, or she this, or they do that, I remind us all of the mirrors available to each of us. And if that’s not enough, the reflection we need may just be walking around in our lives every day we’re fortunate enough to open our eyes again. Ironically, in nature, the fittest survive. That is the natural selection.

Alright, folks if you are still here, thanks for hanging on. I see things. I hear things. I am told things. I witness interactions. I sense things. I am haunted at times by the collections of these things, and I write my piece, so that perhaps others, and myself can be at peace.

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Celebrating one of Colby’s goals. (Sage Photo)

Theo is congratulated on his Senior Night goal. (Sage Photo)

High fives with Captain Colby. (Sage Photo)

Grady and the D rewarded. (Sage Photo)

The Captain requests a fly by. (Sage Photo)

Xavier had his first career goal on Senior Night. (Sage Photo)

Oddly, I didn’t really make any notes during the game on Friday night because things were happening so fast. For starters, in a pre-game presentation, the Grizzlies recognized their four senior players and their families, they honored a senior’s dad who is battling poor health as we speak, we all paid respect to another senior’s dad who passed away nearly two years ago, we talked about the meaning of legacy, and told the story of volunteering efforts and fundraising for a cause, and remembered a military hero that was one of New Hampshire’s own. That was all before the National Anthem was sung by a man who holds each of the opponents on Friday night very dear to his heart.

If that sounds like a lot, it felt like a lot, but I wouldn’t trade it for any other place or time. The game started at 7:32 pm and the Grizzlies were ready to go no matter what time the game started. I will say that Cody Rae-Crussland made some sensational saves in this game and the score wouldn’t indicate as much. Goffstown pounded the goalie, the net, and whistled other shots into traffic, over and beside the net in the first period. The home team outshot the visitors 16-2 in the opening period, and the 4-0 lead could have been much more one-sided were it not for Cody’s efforts in net.

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Senior displays in the background, with Theo, Eric D, and Mel on the ice in action. (Sage Photo)

Mel, Colby, and Theo getting ice time together on Senior Night. (Sage Photo)

New band name, CC SageWright. Coming to a venue near you! (Sage Photo)

Isaac continues to show that he will be a force to be reckoned with in coming years. (Sage Photo)

With relentless pressure things tend to crack or break. Once Colby Gamache lifted a one-handed backhand shot past the Admiral goaltender at 6:10 of the period while the Grizzlies were short-handed things started to come apart for the visitors. When Goffstown was afforded consecutive power play opportunities on Admiral double minor penalties, they took full advantage. The Grizzlies scored the next 3 goals in a span of 65 seconds. On the power play Grady Chretien continued his other-worldly season with a goal set up by linemates Drew O’Brien and Colby Gamache at 12:21 which was on the first minor penalty. Then at 13:10, on the second of the double minor penalties, Xavier Bibaud scored his first career goal with assists going to Eric DesRuisseaux and Luc Ouellette. Then, back at even strength, Gamache scored from O’Brien and Colby Wright.

In the second period, the Grizzlies started to cycle the puck even more, working depth players into their lines and trying to create opportunities for them. Even so, sometimes the puck still finds its way into the scoring areas with a first liner on the spot. Such was the case at 2:43 of the period when Grady Chretien slid the puck into the net after a feed from O’Brien. Then Theo Milianes eclipsed his single season high in goals scored on his Senior Night after a nice play from Calvin Sage at 4:25. Alvirne-Milford erupted with a goal of their own on a nice sequence of plays from Zach Greer and Chris Bedard that led to Corey Girouard’s goal at 4:52 of the period. Goffstown added another power play goal at 9:12 when Colby Gamache finished off an offensive zone possession that seemed to last for minutes with a goal from Grady Chretien. On the play, Gamache registered his 123rd career point for the Grizzlies which moved him past Griffin Cook (’19, 48g-74a-122p) as the all-time leading scored in Goffstown High School hockey history. Since I am a nerd for numbers, it also marked Colby’s 99th point scored since the beginning of last season. Hey, my Dad started showing me how to score baseball games when I was about 5-6 years old. Anyways, the second period ended with the Grizzlies holding a 7-1 lead on the scoreboard and a 30-9 advantage in shots on goal.

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The Grizzlies gather together after the seniors have been announced. (Sage Photo)

One of my favorite moments at our hockey games, lined up, facing our flag, to honor our country and the game. (Sage Photo)

The third period was running time. There were 30 minutes in penalties called between the two teams, just 5 shots on goal, and somehow 3 more goals scored. It wasn’t the best looking period of hockey anyone has ever seen by a long shot. Zach Greer made the score 7-2 at 1:57 of the period with a goal set up by Brennan Levesque. Goffstown answered at 4:39 when Sean Hunter scored his first career goal from Theo Milianes and Melanie Riendeau. Somewhere between the 7:00 and 12:00 mark this game almost left the rails completely. At 14:37, on the power play, the Admirals scored when Dylan Jillson rambled in all alone and scored to make the final score, 8-3.

I didn’t mention Maddie Sage much, or at all until now, in this recap because she wasn’t tested a whole lot which can make it hard to get into any kind of rhythm for a goaltender. Though, to her credit, in a stellar career thus far, she notched her 20th career win against only 6 losses to date.

As I said earlier, the win gave Goffstown the #4 seed in the tournament, and they will host #5 seed Oyster River on Saturday, March 7, at 4pm on the campus of St. Anselm College. I will have more on the tournament pairings in the next couple of days.

Thank you for sticking with me here. I routinely prove just how imperfect I am. Despite my many faults, I long to help, teach, or lead anyone I can in ways that would make life better for them, even if it’s just a reason to smile or to construct a sense of belonging. Let us carry ourselves well, not for the look of it, but for the authentic care and kindness towards others because we possess the choice to do so.

Charity of Choice 2020: ALS Association of NNE. $1,122 Raised.

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NHIAA Hockey:

Updated records.

Goffstown (13-8-0) vs. Alvirne-Milford (2-16-0)

Sullivan Arena, Goffstown, NH

Friday, February 28, 2020. 7:32 PM Start:

Summary:

Goals:

Goffstown: 4-3-1 = 8

Alvirne-Milford: 0-1-2 = 3

Shots:

Goffstown: 16-14-02 = 32

Alvirne-Milford: 02-07-03 = 12

Scoring:

1st Goffstown at 6:10. SHG. Colby Gamache unassisted.

1st Goffstown at 12:21. PPG. Grady Chretien from Colby Gamache and Drew O’Brien.

1st Goffstown at 13:10. PPG. Xavier Bibaud from Eric DesRuisseaux and Luc Ouellette.

1st Goffstown at 13:26. Even. Colby Gamache from Drew O’Brien and Colby Wright.

2nd Goffstown at 2:43. Even. Grady Chretien from Drew O’Brien.

2nd Goffstown at 4:25. Even. Theo Milianes from Calvin Sage.

2nd Alvirne-Milford at 4:57. Even. Corey Girouard from Zach Greer and Chris Bedard.

2nd Goffstown at 9:12. PPG. Colby Gamache from Grady Chretien.

3rd Alvirne-Milford at 1:57. Even. Zach Greer from Brennan Levesque.

3rd Goffstown at 4:39. Even. Sean Hunter from Theo Milianes and Melanie Riendeau.

3rd Alvirne-Milford at 14:37. PPG. Dylan Jillson unassisted.

Special Teams:

Goffstown Power Play: 3 for 4.

Alvirne-Milford Power Play: 1 for 4.

Saves:

Goffstown: Madeline Sage 9 of 12. (45:00)

Alvirne-Milford: Cody Rae-Crussland 24 of 32. (45:00)

Standings: Boys Ice Hockey Division II

NOTE: The following are not official NHIAA standings. They are only the accumulation of game results as reported by the athletic directors and coaches.

Click here to view the schedules for all of the teams below.

School W L T Points Rating Keene 12 2 2 54.00 3.3750 Merrimack 13 4 1 55.00 3.0556 St. Thomas Aquinas 13 4 1 54.00 3.0000 Goffstown 13 5 0 53.00 2.9444 Oyster River 12 5 1 50.00 2.7778 Somersworth-Coe-Brown 10 6 1 42.00 2.4706 Dover 10 7 0 40.00 2.3529 Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal 7 9 1 30.00 1.7647 Portsmouth-Newmarket 7 11 0 28.00 1.5556 Kingswood 7 11 0 28.00 1.5556 Winnacunnet 3 14 1 14.50 0.8056 Spaulding 2 15 0 8.00 0.4706 Alvirne-Milford 2 16 0 8.00 0.4444

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Theo Milianes and family. (Sage Photo)

Colby Gamache and family. (Sage Photo)

Drew O’Brien and family. (Sage Photo)

Melanie Riendeau and family. (Sage Photo)

~ Thank you Maureen, your photos are fantastic!

Honestly these articles are so much better with your contributions.

Senior jerseys and banners from the penalty box. (1inawesomewonder Photography)

The beginning of every article. (C) 1inawesomewonder 2017.

The thoughts and opinions expressed here are those of the individual contributors, mostly mine, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the schools, coaches, players, or characters listed in any of these blog posts. Or, maybe they do, but you would have to ask them directly. Either way, “It’s a great day for hockey” ~ the late “Badger” Bob Johnson.

Hockey: Goffstown 8 vs. Alvirne-Milford 3 From Thomas F. Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH - Friday, February 28, 2020 It's that time of the year again, when the regular season winds down and teams honor their seniors while jostling to improve their tournament seeding.

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NFL To Salute Four 100-year-old Veterans at Super Bowl LIV

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NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced that the NFL will salute four 100-year-old World War II Veterans at Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium.

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The four veterans will participate in the official on-field Coin Toss ceremony before the Chiefs-49ers game. Colonel CHARLES E. MCGEE (Ret.), will flip the coin, surrounded by Staff Sergeant ODÓN SANCHEZ CARDENAS (Ret.), Lieutenant Colonel SAMUEL LOMBARDO and Corporal SIDNEY WALTON.

FOX will televise the coin toss live.

"As we culminate the NFL's 100th season, we're extremely proud to honor four World War II veterans celebrating 100 years of life," said NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL. "These four men deserve our gratitude for their tremendous contributions to the United States of America and we're thrilled to recognize their service on the country's largest stage."

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The NFL and U.S. military have more than 42 years of shared history at the Super Bowl. From flyovers, to special presentations of the Color Guard, to military performances during pregame festivities, the NFL's unwavering support of veterans, active duty service members and their families is deeply embedded as a Super Bowl tradition. Super Bowl LIV will also feature a Joint Aerial flight demonstration represented by the men and women of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.

This year also marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The four veterans participating in the coin toss are members of the "Greatest Generation" and were among the 16 million Americans whose sacrifice, valor, dedication, and determination 75 years ago preserved our freedom and saved our nation and the world. The NFL worked alongside the Friends of the National World War II Memorial organization who helped to identify these veterans.

"More than 1,000 NFL personnel served in the military during World War II," said HOLLY ROTONDI of Friends of the National World War II Memorial. "By honoring these four veterans at the championship game, the league is preserving the national memory of the Greatest Generation and World War II."

Below are more details about the four World War II veterans participating in this year's coin toss:

ODÓN S. CARDENAS: (U.S. Army, World War II) Cardenas was born on July 30, 1919 in Devine, Texas and spent most of his youth as a sugar beet farmer in Shakopee, Minnesota. He had four brothers who also served in the U.S. Military. In Mar. 1941, Cardenas started his service with the U.S. Army as a Private First Class at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was an excellent marksman and earned the Rifle Expert and Carbine Expert ratings. He was later promoted to Sergeant and Squad Leader and was re-assigned to the 172nd Battalion, Company C at Camp Roberts, California as part of the Infantry Replacement Training Centers. He was deployed in 1944 to the European Theater of Operations of World War II and landed in France and moved into Belgium, then Germany, fighting in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe battles as part of the Third Army in France and Germany under the command of General George Patton. While on the front lines in German territory, Sergeant Cardenas and his unit were attacked by German opposition and several of his squad members were killed by a panzerfauste recoilless antitank round fired during close quarters combat. After losing consciousness and being left for dead, Sergeant Cardenas and a few others regained consciousness, then attempted to escape at night in brutal winter conditions but were captured on March 14, 1945. was held at POW camps Stalag 12A near Dusseldorf, Germany, then moved to POW camp 9B near Limburg An Der Lahn, Hessen, Germany. After approximately two weeks, they were liberated by fellow U.S. service members, who were overwhelming German forces. Staff Sergeant Cardenas returned to the U.S. on April 28th, 1945. For his service, he was awarded an American Defense Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and a European African Middle Eastern Service Medal and three Bronze Stars. Staff Sergeant Cardenas received an honorable discharge in October 1945 as part of the general demobilization orders after the conclusion of World War II. He returned to civilian life as millions of others did and became a full-time barber and auto mechanic. He settled in San Antonio, Texas and raised a large family. Four of his five sons, also served in the U.S. Army and Air Force and participated in the Vietnam War, Gulf War, and supporting combat operations forces around the world.

SAMUEL LOMBARDO: (U.S. Army World War II, Korea, and Vietnam) Lombardo was born on July 12, 1919, in Caraffa, Calabria, Italy. He arrived in the United States with his mother and two sisters on Oct. 3, 1929 to join his father in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Lombardo enlisted on Nov. 11, 1939 with the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard as a Private and was then commissioned as an officer on July 14, 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He then went on to serve with the 99th Infantry Division as Rifle Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer during the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridgehead, Ruhr Pocket, and Central European Campaigns. Under combat conditions, Lombardo and his men made an American flag, with whatever materials could be secured like pillowcases, curtains, and even a German surrender flag. It took the men approximately two-and-a-half months to complete the flag, which was finished by the time the men reached the Danube River. The 99th Division's "Old Glory" was the first American flag to cross the Remagen Bridge during the war and it is now on display at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning. Lombardo also received a Silver Star and Bronze Star with valor for his heroic actions during WWII.

CHARLES MCGEE: (U.S. Army Air Forces/U.S. Air Force, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam) McGee was born on Dec. 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio. He enlisted in in the U.S. Army on Oct. 26, 1942 and became a part of the Tuskegee Airmen having earned his pilot's wings graduating from Class 43-F on June 30, 1943. By Feb. 1944, McGee was stationed in Italy with the 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332d Fighter Group. McGee flew the Bell P-39Q Airacobra, Republic P-47D Thunderbolt and North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft. His flew tactical missions attacking enemy airfields and rail yards and strategic missions escorting Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over Germany, Austria and the Balkans. On Aug. 23, 1944, while escorting B-17s over Czechoslovakia, McGee engaged a formation of Luftwaffe fighters and downed a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Later that year he flew support for the successful top-secret rescue missions of over 1,000 POWs from the Popesti Aerodrome in Bucharest, Romania. Promoted to Captain, McGee had flown a total of 136 combat missions, and returned to the United States on Dec. 1, 1944. He became a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber instructor for the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium), another unit of the Tuskegee Airmen. He remained at Tuskegee Army Air Field until 1946, when the base was closed. Congress recently passed legislation authorizing McGee's honorary promotion to Brigadier General.

SIDNEY WALTON: (U.S. Army, World War II) Walton was born in New York City on Feb. 11, 1919. He enlisted in the Army in 1941 with the express purpose of "fighting Hitler" nine months before America entered WWII. He trained at Fort Dix in New Jersey; Fort Jackson in South Carolina; Camp Siebert in Alabama; Toccoa/Tallulah Falls in Georgia; and Camp Reynolds in Pennsylvania. Walton went on to fight in the CBI theater (China, Burma, India), 34th Infantry, 8th Division, and rose to the rank of Corporal. After the war ended, he returned to the U.S., got married, and raised a family in San Diego where he worked for the government as a chemical engineer. Walton always regretted not meeting some of the last Civil War veterans when he had a chance. To make up for that one regret, he wants to give everyone an opportunity to meet a WWII vet before they too disappear. So, with his son Paul, he has embarked on a national "No Regrets Tour," visiting every state to raise awareness of the diminishing number of WWII veterans and the sacrifices they made and making himself available to millions of patriotic Americans. He is now more than halfway through his tour. In each of the 26 states he has visited, he was honored by the governor in the state capital. President Trump hosted Walton and his family in the Oval Office. He was also extremely proud to be onstage last year at the 75th Anniversary of Normandy. Sidney's website www.KeepSidneyGoing.com tells the full story of his extraordinary mission through pictures and videos.

Several other military members will be honored throughout Super Bowl week festivities. The NFL hosted Salute to Service Military Appreciation Day at Super Bowl Experience Presented by Lowe's on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The NFL and USAA announced that Los Angeles Chargers Legend DONNIE EDWARDS is the winner of the 2019 Salute to Service Award presented by USAA at NFL Honors, a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on Feb. 1, the eve of Super Bowl LIV, at 8 PM (ET and PT) on FOX. NFL Honors will be taped earlier that evening at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. Created in 2011, the Salute to Service Award acknowledges the members of the NFL for their exemplary commitment to honoring and supporting the military community and their families.

The NFL has a longstanding history of supporting our Nation's service members. Each year, the NFL and its 32 teams come together to honor and support members of the military as part of the NFL's Salute to Service. The league's year-round military appreciation efforts culminate in November with NFL Salute to Service games and other special events honoring veterans, active duty service members and their families.

The NFL works with its core military nonprofit partners to show gratitude for all those who have served our country. The NFL, along with its partners, is proud to support the Bob Woodruff Foundation, Pat Tillman Foundation, TAPS, USO and Wounded Warrior Project, to fund programs and provide resources that positively impact veterans and active duty military members and their families. Since 2011, more than $34 million has been raised through Salute to Service to support the league's military nonprofit partners.

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The 11 best rookies at the NBA Summer League, ranked

Many of the biggest young stars sat out, but that only allowed other unexpected first-year players to shine.

NBA summer league lost its main attraction when Zion Williamson exited with a knee injury just nine minutes into his debut for the New Orleans Pelicans. Williamson wasn’t the only top draft pick to miss time in Las Vegas: Ja Morant, Jarrett Culver, Darius Garland, and Cameron Reddish were all top-10 picks who never suited up because of injuries or trade technicalities.

Despite a lack of star power, summer league again provided a showcase for young players looking to make a name for themselves. You don’t need to be a first-round pick to stand out in Vegas, as second rounders like Carsen Edwards and Iggy Brazdeikis, as well as undrafted free agent Terence Davis proved.

These are the 11 most impressive rookies we saw in summer league, ranked from last to first.

11. Coby White, G, Chicago Bulls

White was ice cold for most of summer league. He ended his four-game run shooting 33 percent from the field and just 3-of-30 from three-point range. The Bulls hope the sample he showed in college (92nd percentile on spot-ups, 35 percent from three) is more indicative of the type of shooter he’ll be at the start of his career. White also struggled to score at the rim over NBA length, failing to generate enough power to absorb and finish through contact. He simply won’t be an effective player unless his jumper is falling.

It wasn’t all bad for White. He demonstrated his signature ability to play with pace, getting the Chicago offense in position to score early in the shot clock. His open-floor ball handling was particularly impressive and an extension of what he showed at North Carolina. White also made some nifty passes to finish with a 28 percent assist rate in Vegas, like this lefty kick out for a three:

10. R.J. Barrett, G, New York Knicks

Barrett put up some big numbers, but struggled with efficiency, showing many of the same strengths and weaknesses he had at Duke. The same criticism he drew in college for tunnel vision and poor shot selection followed him to Las Vegas, manifested by a lowly 47.6 percent true shooting percentage through four games. Barrett regularly missed open teammates with the ball in his hands and tried to force his own offense rather than making the easy play. He has a long way to go with his decision making before he can successfully initiate offense at the NBA level on a consistent basis.

The silver lining for Knicks fans is that Barrett did get better every game, ending his run in Vegas with a 21-10-8 line in a win vs. the Wizards. Just 19 years old, Barrett is already strong enough physically to finish through contact and get to the foul line. He was also able develop a rapport with second-year center Mitchell Robinson in the pick-and-roll, using the threat of his scoring to set up his teammate for dunks and lay-ins. Barrett is far from a finished product, but he still has the tools for a bright future if he can improve his decision making and perimeter shooting.

21 PTS | 10 AST | 8 REB@RjBarrett6 stuffs the stat sheet as the @nyknicks close out @NBASummerLeague with a win! #NBASummer pic.twitter.com/wPzW4Ytga4

— NBA (@NBA) July 14, 2019

9. Rui Hachimura, F, Washington Wizards

Hachimura scored at Gonzaga and he scored again in summer league, averaging 19.3 points per game on 59 percent true shooting over three games in Vegas. Hachimura does his best work from mid-range, showing soft touch on his jumper out to 18-feet while also having the strength to create separation and finish through contact. He played one of the best games of any rookie in summer league, finishing with 25 points and nine rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting against the Hawks.

Rui Hachimura stole the show tonight in Vegas. 25 points 9 rebounds 2 blocks#WizSummer | @rui_8mura pic.twitter.com/kLWpfSKA3R

— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) July 12, 2019

The question with Hachimura is what he brings to the table outside of scoring. He had only two assists through 95 minutes in Vegas, failing to leverage his scoring ability to make his teammates better. He also didn’t provide much resistance defensively, struggling with his rotations and getting only one steal (it’s worth noting he did have five blocks). Hachimura is talented enough to put up numbers as a rookie on what’s likely to be a miserable Wizards team, but his impact on winning remains a major question mark until he improves as a passer and defender.

8. Terence Davis, G, Toronto Raptors

Davis had a scorching first game in Las Vegas for the Nuggets, which was enough to earn him a guaranteed contract from the Raptors after he declined two-way offers from a number of teams.

Terence Davis poured in 22 PTS in the @nuggets #NBASummer win over the Magic! pic.twitter.com/d7byhDKM5k

— NBA TV (@NBATV) July 8, 2019

Despite going undrafted as a senior out of Ole Miss, Davis has the physicality and scoring instincts to carve out an NBA career. A 6’4 guard with a strong frame and explosive athleticism, Davis consistently filled the box score through his three summer league games, finishing with 18.3 points, six rebounds, and five assists per game on a sparkling 61 percent true shooting percentage. He also showed range on his jump shot (41.7 percent on eight attempts per game), impressed as a passer (31.2 percent assist rate), and continued to make plays defensively. He should have an opportunity in Toronto to continue rounding out his game.

7. Iggy Brazdeikis, G, New York Knicks

Brazdeikis was the Knicks’ most consistent and efficient scorer throughout summer league, averaging 18 points per game on 67.4 percent true shooting. He was on fire from the three-point line, going 11-of-19 (58 percent) from behind the arc. Brazdeikis exudes confidence on the offense end, attacking the rim against slower defenders and never being afraid to let his jumper fly if he has a sliver of space.

Ignas Brazdeikis went off in the NBA Summer League for the Knicks: 30 points 11-19 FG 3-5 3PT FG 8 rebounds 2 assists pic.twitter.com/lxn8ZGwqTy

— Michigan in the NBA (@NBAMichigan) July 8, 2019

Brazdeikis even made some nice passes in Vegas, which is considered one of the biggest areas of improvement in his game, finishing with 10 total assists. His ability to score over length at the rim remains a question, but the Knicks have found themselves a steal in the second round as long as Iggy continues to hit his jumpers.

6. Carsen Edwards, G, Boston Celtics

Edwards is a special shooter. It isn’t just his accuracy that’s impressive, it’s his volume and his shot versatility. The Celtics’ guard splashed threes in every conceivable way, whether he was pulling up out of the pick-and-roll as the lead initiator, or whipping around screens and draining threes as a catch-and-shoot threat. Edwards took nine threes per game and made 46.7 percent of them. He ended his run in Las Vegas averaging 19.4 points per game on 64 percent true shooting.

Carsen Edwards put on a show in the 4th He finished with 25 PTS (6-14 3-PT FG)#NBASummer pic.twitter.com/jYsUnoQ78Z

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) July 13, 2019

Edwards slipped to the top of the second round because he lacks the facilitating chops to play as a traditional point guard and will always be one of the shortest players on the floor at 6’1. It won’t matter if he keeps shooting like this. The Celtics must feel like they got a major steal with the No. 33 overall pick.

5. Tyler Herro, G, Miami Heat

Herro has a chance to be an excellent complementary piece for the Heat. The No. 13 overall pick showed his unique skill as a shooter in Vegas, firing off 8.5 threes per game with smooth pull-ups in transition, off dribble handoffs, and whenever a defender went under a screen. While Herro only made 33.3 percent of his attempts, he did make 96 percent of his free throws. His looks are going to start falling soon. Even the shots that didn’t go in looked good.

Tyler Herro He put up 25 PTS, 7 REB & 5 AST to help the @MiamiHEAT remain undefeated in Las Vegas! #NBASummer pic.twitter.com/pwOUQZyVRy

— NBA TV (@NBATV) July 9, 2019

Perhaps the most encouraging thing about Herro’s performance was how impressive he looked in other areas. He was able to score on the fastbreak, he made some smart passes, and held his own defensively. He should fit well in the Miami backcourt next to Jimmy Butler.

4. Grant Williams, F, Boston Celtics

Williams became a cult favorite during the draft process but still slipped all the way to No. 22. Opposing teams are going to regret the day they let the Celtics get him. Williams averaged 13 points, six rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game in Vegas, but his impact went far beyond the numbers. Despite being one of the country’s most prolific scorers at Tennessee, Williams has a skill set to be an effective NBA role player.

He showed this on the defensive end by making crisp rotations and forcing turnovers:

Grant Williams causing turnovers by just being a brick wall pic.twitter.com/IdMSLrjeAk

— Basketball Society (@bbsociety_) July 6, 2019

He also did it offensively by showing rare ability to read the floor and pass on the move for a front court player:

Grant Williams excites me a lot. This is a 6'7", 240lb forward initiating pick-and-roll, making the correct read off of a hard gap stunt and with the awareness to relocate and hit an open three. This is not normal. #NBASummerLeague #Celtics pic.twitter.com/56M64p8SkW

— Andrew Kurzeja (@AndrewKurzeja) July 7, 2019

Williams also went 7-of-19 from three, good for 37 percent. If he can keep shooting it like that (he hit 32 percent of his threes last season for the Vols), Boston is going to have a big-time player.

3. Nickeil Alexander-Walker, G, New Orleans Pelicans

Alexander-Walker was the most productive rookie in Vegas. The No. 17 overall pick put his dribble-pass-shoot skill set on full display, averaging 24.5 points, six assists, and 4.8 rebounds per game while hitting 40.6 percent of his threes. Alexander-Walker was also terrific at using his length to cause havoc defensively with nearly three steals per game. The Pelicans have a 6’5 guard who should be able to play well off Zion Williamson on both ends of the court.

Keeping Up With The Canadians Nickeil Alexander-Walker | vs. Bulls 23 POINTS 3 THREE POINTERS 8 ASSISTS 3 STEALS 2 BLOCKS#NBASummer | @pelicansNBA pic.twitter.com/2hsHSTOFXj

— NBA Canada (@NBACanada) July 9, 2019

So why is he only No. 3? He still shot just 41.2 percent from the field with 54 percent true shooting, struggling at times to score efficiently inside the arc. His last game in Vegas tanked his percentages when he went 5-of-23 against the Grizzlies. Beyond that, it’s no surprise that Alexander-Walker shined against lesser competition. His lack of explosiveness will be an issue against more athletic NBA players. Still, this was a tremendous debut.

2. Jaxson Hayes, C, New Orleans Pelicans

The term “elite athlete” gets thrown around a lot during the draft process, but it absolutely fits for Hayes. It’s not just his incredible run-and-jump ability, but also his rare coordination and great hands that he developed as a former high school wide receiver and the son of a long-time NFL tight end. He put it all on the display to create the best highlight of summer league.

JAXSON HAYES CLIMBS THE LADDER! #NBARooks#NBASummer @NBATV pic.twitter.com/RYVILdDgOp

— NBA (@NBA) July 9, 2019

Whether he’s pushing the break himself or cleaning up for his teammates, there is no precedent for Hayes’ open floor ability as a 7-footer. His production is already showing signs of matching his physical tools. After leading all of DI in true shooting percentage as a freshman at Texas, Hayes again scored efficiently in Vegas

It may take a couple years before Hayes is able to make an impact at the NBA level. He needs to add strength — particularly in his lower body — to handle traditional bigs in the paint. When it happens, there is no telling how high his ceiling might be.

1. Brandon Clarke, F, Memphis Grizzlies

Clarke delivered one of the most statistically dominant college basketball seasons of the decade at Gonzaga, so it should be no surprise that he was also brilliant in summer league. Clarke plays with breathtaking bounce on both ends of the floor, and knows how to deploy it effectively and efficiently. He thrives scoring around the basket as the dive man in the pick-and-roll and thinks a step ahead of everyone else defensively. He even hit 5-of-9 three-pointers in Vegas, which was considered the biggest hole in his game as a draft prospect.

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Clarke averaged 14.6 points and 9.8 rebounds on 64 percent true shooting as his team’s primary option on the way to a summer league championship. He’ll be even better surrounded by the rest of the Grizzlies’ excellent young core, where he should excel in the two-man game with Ja Morant and provide double-barrel rim protection next to Jaren Jackson Jr. The future is bright in Memphis.

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Bangkok to Host Second Asia Destination Film Forum on 30 January 2020

Bangkok will host the second Asia Destination Film Forum on 30 January 2020. The event, co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Itthipol Khunpluem, Thailand’s Minister of Culture, and Dr. Sorajak Kasemsuwan, Secretary General of the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Association, will take place at Quaint Bangkok. First launched at the 2018 Mekong Tourism Forum in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, by the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), the forum is designed to showcase and recognize films that promote destinations and sustainability, through the power of visual storytelling. The forum will consist of sessions held by Nick Ray from Hanuman Films, Joe Cummings, editor at large of Bangkok 101, Fah Daengdej, Host of The Passion on Nation TV 22, and others, exploring how consumers are inspired to visit destinations by visual storytelling from movies to user-generated videos, how tourism boards can leverage films, how businesses can benefit from visual storytelling, and how it can drive sustainability.

In addition to sessions and case studies by Tom Waller, producer of “The Cave” (Thailand), and by Ekachai Uekrongtham, executive producer of the Netflix series “The Stranded” (Thailand), there will be case studies by the Singapore Tourism Board, Busan City Tourism Organization, as well as the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2019 San Diego International Film Festival “The Steed” (Mongolia), as well as Hanuman Films’ award-winning “The Last Reel” (Cambodia) will screen during the event. In addition, films submitted to the Thailand Film Festival, in collaboration with the Thailand Film Office of the Department of Tourism, and the Mekong Mini Movie Festival, in partnership with MTCO, will be shown during the forum. In the evening, the 2020 Asia Destination Film Awards, as well as the Mekong Mini Movie Festival Awards, will be presented, followed by a Mongolia BBQ Film Festival night with a Mongolian celebrity BBQ chef and traditional cultural performances hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Mongolia. Jens Thraenhart, Executive Director of MTCO and founder of the Destination Film Forum and Awards, said, “Today, video is one of the most powerful mediums when promoting a destination. It has the chance to awaken the wanderlust in the viewer by showing the essence and uniqueness of a place in just a few short moments. However, the power of inspiring people via film goes beyond promoting destinations; it can also drive change and responsible travel behavior, striving to emphasize tourism that is sustainable, responsible, environmentally conscious, and bringing benefits to local communities. 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Venture into the heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s second-largest city, for a trip into a glimmering metropolis filled with world-class attractions, vibrant nightlife venues and exclusive shopping destinations that range from upscale to unique.

Home to cosmopolitan delights coupled with Southern hospitality, Tulsa is a dynamic city known for a variety of bustling urban districts, exceptional dining, and unsurpassed love of the arts and one of the largest collections of art deco architecture in the nation. Immerse yourself in the rich cultural legacy of Tulsa’s renowned performing arts venues, and tap your toes in the birthplace of Western Swing while letting the sights and sounds of Tulsa tempt you into enchanting travels around the city.

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1. The Gathering Place — Tulsa River Parks

Visit the Gathering Place, and discover why USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice named it America's Best New Attraction in 2019! At this Tulsa River Parks destinations, guests can choose from a variety of outdoor explorations, from a walk through the Four Seasons Garden to a kayak adventure at the ONEOK Boathouse.

All ages are sure to have a blast at the Chapman Adventure Playground, with creative structures shaped like animals, castles, and fruits.

The Gathering Place also offers plenty of fitness activities like the SemGroup Sports Courts, skate park, Midland Valley & River Parks Trails, as well as an indoor cafe, outdoor patio and QuikTrip Great Lawn for live entertainment.

Offering diverse recreation for pedestrians, cyclists, fishermen, disc-golfers and more, the full Tulsa River Parks system is an outdoor retreat along the banks of the winding Arkansas River.

Bring your walking shoes for over 26 miles of asphalt trails, or rent a mountain bike, hybrid or tandem bicycle from Tom’s River trail Bicycles and hit the trails while soaking in plenty of suns and fresh air.

Descend into a slice of Oklahoma wilderness without leaving Tulsa by visiting the parks’ Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area, which features 300 acres of dirt trails perfect for hiking, mountain biking or horseback riding. This 300-acre area of heavily-wooded, riverfront property also provides picture-perfect views of the downtown Tulsa skyline.

2. Blue Dome Entertainment District

With nine square blocks filled to the brim with trendy eateries, local pubs, indie boutiques and some of the best nightlife venues around, the Blue Dome Entertainment District is quickly becoming the place to be in Tulsa.

Anchored by the famed Blue Dome, a revitalized 1920s-era Gulf Oil station, this downtown Tulsa district is serving up custom cocktails, stylish food and live entertainment any day of the week, all year long.

Sashay your way into this hub of Tulsa’s nightlife scene, and listen as the hottest local bands turn up the amp and crank up the heat. Treat yourself to a stout Guinness draft at Arnie’s Bar or a rooftop margarita at El Guapo’s Mexican Cantina.

Pair German cuisine with your favorite beer on tap at Fassler Hall, while favorite locales like Juniper Restaurant & Martini Lounge treat customers to lip-smacking entrees, smooth drinks and plenty of creative, Tulsa-grown charm.

Dilly Diner serves up breakfast food favorites, while Andolini's Sliced creates five styles of pizza to satisfy cravings across the board.

3. Utica Square

For an elegant dose of retail therapy, there is no shopping destination more fully equipped to fulfill your desires than Utica Square in Tulsa.

Designed to satisfy the cravings of fashion fanatics and home décor fans everywhere, Utica Square features a wide range of upscale boutiques, specialty shops, and time-honored department stores waiting to deck you out in designer duds, swanky shoes and posh purses.

Let your designer dreams run wild in such industry heavyweights as Saks Fifth Avenue, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, and Coach. When the weight of filled shopping bags awakens your hunger, travel along the manicured outdoor avenues of Utica Square to one of the square’s exceptional bistros.

Relax with a cup of freshly brewed Topeca coffee at Queenie’s, whet your appetite with stuffed Italian bread and crab cakes at The Wild Fork, or indulge your palate with French cuisine at the Stonehorse Café.

At the end of the day, nothing says relaxation after a long day of shopping quite like a hot stone massage or soothing pedicure at Ihloff Salon & Day Spa.

4. Catch a Live Show

Recognized as home to one of the top 10 music scenes in the nation, Tulsa’s live music and historic entertainment venues know how to put on a show. Nab a ticket to the iconic Cain’s Ballroom and enjoy the energetic sounds of some of the biggest names in music today.

Known as a top performance venue in Tulsa since the 1920s, the historic Cain’s Ballroom has played host to everything from Western swing to rock-n-roll, new wave, and post-punk.

Tulsa’s Brady Theater, a 2,800-seat former vaudeville house, attracts diverse acts such as U2, Eddie Vedder, Deftones, and Tenacious D, while the Tulsa Performing Arts Center interjects a level of sophistication with heart-stirring performances by the Tulsa Ballet, arts groups, and international talent.

Local artists grace the stage at Guthrie Green, while indie artists often stop through at The Vanguard. For everything from major concerts to family ice shows, grab a seat at the colossal BOK Center and hold on tight for a night of unsurpassed live entertainment.

5. Gilcrease Museum

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Enter a world filled with American Indian legend, frontier lore and the romance of the American West at the nationally celebrated Gilcrease Museum, only a short 10 minutes from downtown Tulsa, and celebrate the unique American experience with one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Western art, artifacts, historical manuscripts, antique maps and more.

Visitors to the Gilcrease are encouraged to wander through vast galleries filled with an astonishing 10,000 works of art including 18 of Frederic Remington’s 22 bronze sculptures, large-scale masterpieces of American landscape and an unrivaled anthropology collection.

Discover the fascinating history of the Americas with the aid of interactive collections, and head outdoors to stroll through the museum’s 11 themed gardens.

6. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Get in on the action at Tulsa’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and enjoy the exhilaration of a jackpot-winning slot machine, the thrill of hitting 21 at a blackjack table, or the excitement of pulling a royal flush in front of poker’s greatest players.

Spend time admiring the rock-n-roll memorabilia displayed around the 110,000 sq. ft. casino floor, and celebrate your winnings in style with a sleek VIP suite within the 19-story Hard Rock Hotel tower.

Let your inner rock star shine with a night on the tiles at Riffs, the Hard Rock’s premier nightlife venue. Dance to the sounds of a live band performing on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and enjoy cocktails and drinks with their premium service.

Don’t miss a chance at hitting a hole-in-one on the back nine of the illustrious Cherokee Hills Golf Club located at the casino, and check out a variety of dining options, ranging from homestyle favorites at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill and the Wild Potato Buffet, to fine dining coupled with outstanding views of the Tulsa skyline at McGill’s on 19.

7. Tulsa Zoo

Gather the kids and the rest of the family to visit the highest rated Tulsa Zoo and enjoy African lions, Australian kangaroos, jaguars of South America and Malayan tigers on 84 acres of wildland.

Take a ride around the zoo onboard the popular Safari Train and visit a variety of unforgettable exhibits that include state-of-the-art audio and visual displays, walk-through caves, interactive petting areas, sensory gardens, a recreated Massai village, pre-Colombian ruins and much more.

Don’t leave the Tulsa Zoo without seeing the Giraffe Experience, Chimpanzee Connection, the African penguin exhibit, Lost Kingdom or the Helmerich Sea Lion Cove, which invites visitors to view these playful creatures from an underwater viewing station.

8. Philbrook Museum of Art

Walk onto the lush grounds of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa for a taste of 1920s refinement and opulence. This renowned art museum is located in the 72-room old Tulsa oil villa, Waite Phillips.

The Philbrook Italianate villa is now considered the preeminent art center of Tulsa and welcomes visitors year-round to view its stunning permanent collections, delightful art exhibits, and flawless garden landscapes.

After touring the art pieces within the museum, step out onto the black terrace to see the symmetrical, living design work of the gardens, inspired by French, English, and Italian designs.

The gardens, which also include dramatic water features, reflecting pools, elaborate wrought-iron niches, and the Westby Sculpture Walk, are scattered across 23 acres only three miles from downtown. Choose free audio tours for an extra treat during your visit.

9. Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium

Let your imagination take you on a journey of epic proportions at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, where Oklahoma’s rich aerospace heritage is brought to life with vintage airplane displays, interactive exhibits, and a state-of-the-art planetarium.

The 3D, 50-foot planetarium dome will take you from the skies above Tulsa to alien galaxies 70 million light-years away, all while whipping past stars, planets, and asteroids on your voyage skyward and beyond.

Sit in a cockpit of an F-14A Tomcat fighter jet while humming the theme to Top Gun, test your flight skills in the pilot’s seat with realistic simulators, fly a scale airplane through a wind tunnel and maneuver robotic arms like astronauts in space. The possibilities for fun and adventure are endless at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum.

10. Local Shopping Havens

Take home the perfect Oklahoma gift item at one of Tulsa’s well-known specialty shops. Spend time exploring the many businesses at The Boxyard, a shipping crate shopping development, from Okie Dokie, an indie boutique with Tulsa pride tees and Oklahoma-themed gifts, to small-batch ice cream made at Rose Rock Microcreamery.

Travel a short distance to Tulsa’s Brookside District and visit Ida Red General Store for Cain’s Ballroom merchandise, Tulsa t-shirts, postcards, retro candy, and one-of-a-kind Oklahoma items.

Plan your visit to Ida Red’s just right and you’ll be rewarded with live music or a local art event. Found within the Deco District, Okie Crowe whips up batches of handmade soaps, sold among Oklahoma-made jewelry and gourmet MIO foods.

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Battling G forces at Holloman Air Force Base

Pretty much anyone in the aviation game knows of the United States Air Force bases Nellis and Eglin for lots of reasons – they are massive operations, getting routine attention for their activities including Red Flag, Area 51, and the missile and electronic warfare ranges along the Florida panhandle. As a matter of fact, most commercial, general aviation, and passenger flyers have had their routes in the western and southeastern United States dictated to avoid military restricted and training airspace for better or worse.

There is another Air Force base not having the notoriety of those mentioned above – Holloman AFB, in the southeastern corner of New Mexico. Holloman’s history dates back to its establishment as the Alamogordo Army Field in 1942 and continued on to its current status as Holloman Air Force Base. Along the way, it has served as weapons development establishment – about ninety miles south of the Trinity site where the first atom bomb was detonated, a test base for early versions of ballistic missiles, training for Air Force and Allied aircrews, a stateside station for German Air Force units, and an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle.

Holloman also housed a primate research center whose residents contributed in no small way to America’s manned space flight program. Some say the primates often ventured to the officers’ club for refreshments and adult beverages – they tipped well, were good at a broad variety of bar games, and blended in well with the fighter pilots of the 49th Fighter Wing on many Friday night happy hours.

Over the years, Holloman has hosted some unique airplanes.

Over Holloman’s 75-year history, almost every Air Force and many Army aircraft spent time operating in the airspace in and around Holloman – B-24s, B-29s, drones, AH-1s, UH-1s, F-100s, F-4s, F-15s, F-117s, AT-38s, F-16s, and F-22s have used the White Sands Missile Range airspace for training. Drones for use as targets have operated there for years: F-86s. F-100, F-106 and F-4s gave it their all to validate new weapon, radars, and aircrew training.

Today the MQ-9 Reapers are based at Holloman and part of the UAV force so prominent in military operations – worldwide. Holloman also has some unique facilities for testing radar, signature, and weapons. Col John Stapp took a ride on a rocket-powered sled that gave him the title of world’s fastest man on earth for many years. The famous bunker buster weapon based on an artillery barrel made its bones on one of the Holloman test tracks, along with a “vehicle” achieving over Mach 8 on a sled not so long ago.

The ranges around Holloman are fantastic assets for flying training. There is an air-to-ground range within ten minutes’ flying time. Taking off to the west, you can make a sharp right turn and enter White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) supersonic airspace in less than three minutes from brake release. If, for some reason, that space is not available, there are several other operating areas north and east of Holloman useful for tactical training, but sometimes cause airline traffic to deviate around active military training. Inconveniences for passengers and general aviation, but in most cases there is not routine encroachment on civilian operations.

There was another facility at Holloman important for Air Force training and operations starting in the late 1970s. That was the centrifuge, a device used to expose Air Force pilots to the high G performance of the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon (aka the Viper and Lawn Dart).

Unlike earlier fighters, the Eagles and Falcons could attain and sustain high G loading. Both were capable of attaining nine Gs and could, under certain conditions, sustain these high levels for several seconds. This capability had advantages in aerial combat and in performing defensive maneuvers against air to air missiles. The downside was on many occasions the G performance of the jets could outperform the capability of the pilots, even with the old school G-suits, causing G-lock and the pilots to black out out and in some cases lose control and crash. The centrifuge was installed at Holloman to provide a safe, controlled environment to experience high G for several seconds and aid developing techniques to reduce the chance of G-lock.

I’ll come back to the centrifuge later, but for now I want to talk about a personal experience with G at Holloman. There is good weather in New Mexico, four seasons’ worth, so much that our F-16 colleagues at Hill AFB in Utah would come visit us in the winter to enjoy our not-so-cold, mostly clear weather. These visits took place over a three-month period, when they’d send a squadron down for Dissimilar Air Combat (DACT) with the Eagles and AT-38 Talons on our air patch. This was a great opportunity for all involved, and we looked forward to having Vipers as guests.

With plenty of airspace around, there are plenty of good dogfights at Holloman.

I remember two specific missions, one a one v one with a Viper driver I’d introduced into the fighter business while an instructor pilot at George Air Force Base back in the early 60s. Some 15 years later we were seasoned officers and pilots and had the chance to use our jets and skill in aerial combat. It was a treat!

Both our jets were clean, mine an F-15A “sport model,” his a late Block F-16A Lawn Dart. Both had AIM-9 all-aspect missiles and internal 20mm cannons. His advantage in size (small) was mostly offset by the setups we used – all within visual range. We took off together, me leading, him ten seconds in trail, turning right into WSMR, cleared supersonic less than five minutes after brake release. We climbed up in to the mid-twenties, did our proforma checks of fuel, flight controls and did some G-tolerance turns to check our personal readiness for some hard performance. Good to go – fight’s on!

Flying clean, we had fuel for about four or five engagements, starting with some short-range setups allowing practice of the offensive and defensive techniques for employing and defending against IR guided Sidewinders (or their Soviet analogs). Then our last engagement was a guns-only exercise to test how each of us could manage our own aircraft against a different breed – DACT. The setup is simple: start line-abreast, turn away and after an honest (but there is a fact of, “if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying” – just kidding) count for separating, turn-in and go for guns.

It was a good fight, lots of moves and counter-moves, going up and down with scissors on occasions, until we were nose down with about 2,000 feet of separation, both going for the other’s six o’clock.

At this point we were both light, with lots of thrust and G available. Descending, it is easy to generate and sustain 8G+. We were approaching the floor – and I was working hard. I needed to take a breath; it was getting pretty gray with sustained G. I let it out and all of a sudden, I felt like I had an elephant on my chest, and he had no intention of letting me take a breath. It felt like I was having a heart attack! We were at the floor, so we had a mutual knock-it-off and I felt a great relief. We rejoined, climbed out and headed for home. Uneventful RTB and debrief, a good workout and good mission for both the Eagle driver and his Viper companion – but what the hell happened to me? A trip to the “fuge” was in order, one because it was scheduled, and two for some answers.

The explanation of what happened is simple – under high G, if you let your breath out, most of us don’t have the strength to reinflate our lungs. You are out of air, until you back off the G and can take a deep breath. It isn’t GLOC – that’s when your heart can’t pump enough blood and your eyes are quickly going out of business. This usually starts with a grayout and eventually, if the G is not relaxed, a blackout and unconsciousness. Usually your lights are only out for a brief time, but a severe GLOC can last for long enough for real trouble to develop and if you’re in a deep dive, or close to the ground, a fatal crash.

This is where the centrifuge comes in. It is operated by trained professionals and supervised by medical professionals, usually a flight surgeon. The centrifuge is a pod roughly representing a cockpit environment, on a long arm connected to a hub and the machinery that can rotated the device at a variety of speeds creating a controlled, variable G environment. This allows a rider to experience sustained G up to and including loading nine times the force of gravity, or the G-loading capability of modern fighters, including the Eagle and Viper.

The centrifuge at Holloman was not an amusement park ride.

A fuge ride only lasts a few minutes, but allows the subject to see the extreme G environment and practice the techniques for preparing for it and developing the capability of handling 8 or 9 Gs for the several seconds experienced in a close-in dogfight or last-ditch maneuver to avoid an inbound missile. Much of it is in anticipation and controlling breathing with muscle tensing and discipline. The subject of the fuge ride is filmed so he (and his “fans”) can observe the effects of G, in most cases the eventual nap and rapid recovery when the rotation is slowed down and G relaxes. This film is often characterized as a view of self at advancing age – eyes drooped and jowls taking on a hound-dog look. I have my ride on a CD. I’ve never looked at it!

There is some technology helping to combat G – the classic G-suit chaps introduced toward the end of World War II. The chaps are attached to the aircraft by hose, and inflate around the legs and abdomen to keep blood (and its oxygen) from pooling in the lower part of the body and avoiding GLOC and blackout. The F-16 has its ejection seat inclined to reduce the workload of the heart pumping blood upstream. There is also a vest that is sometimes used and performs the same function. These are all good things, but the experience of the fuge is invaluable in allowing aircrew to experience the GLOC phenomena and cueing them to the onset signs during hard maneuvering flight. A fairly recent technology is the application of G and attitude sensor on the aircraft, particularly the F-16 that, when sensing high in proximity to the ground will automatically take of the controls and make corrective inputs to avoid collision with the ground.

So, in short, newer aircraft, with great aerodynamics, responsive, powerful flight controls and engines with extremely fast response and high thrust took pilots into a regime much different than available on the Century series and comparable foreign fighters – this was an overwhelming increase in performance and capability, but brought hazards in the same bag. Training, physical conditioning and the addition of the centrifuge experience, along with technology developed by engineers and human factors experts have significantly reduced the hazards of GLOC, allowing US fighter crews to exploit performance capabilities in air to air and air to ground phases of combat. Net result: safer flying and and impressive combat results! All good.

As I alluded earlier, there’s another Holloman-Hill story out there – for another day.

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BEAR DOWN, CHICAGO BEARS, BEAR DOWN!!!!

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Homebrewed, Twin-Turbo 1971 Camaro Wins ECTA/HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge in Super Street – 227 MPH!

When Ray Brock and Ak Miller joined together to enter the 1954 La Carrera Pan Americana, their manta was “How backyard can we be?” while building the “Caballo de Hierro” Model T racer – and in that same vein, David and Michael Matyjasik have built one of the quickest homebrewed hot rods out there. Their 1971 “Time Bomb” Camaro (a play on Freiburger’s F-Bomb Camaro) has been a mixture of trial and error driven by as much persistent creativity as it was by the racing family around them.

Before moving on to how the harshest, rainiest land speed races the Matyjasik brothers’ have ever seen resulted in the best mile-per-hour the car has ever ran, let’s discuss the path that led to Time Bomb.

Dave started, “Yeah, racing’s always been my thing. I remember going on bike rides for boy scouts and it was how fast can you go downhill, and I remember doing like 45 miles an hour on a little 24 inch mountain bike when I’m 10 years old!”

“Grocery shopping with my mom, she’d dropped us off at the magazine Rack and we’d read HOT ROD and Mustang Monthly, all those magazines,” Mike continued. “I did terrible in school and had horrible grades because the only thing I was reading were automotive magazines — I wouldn’t read anything for school, but you could drop me off at a magazine rack!”

Before flunking out too hard, they split time on the 1971 Chevy Malibu in high school that got their real start in drag racing at the local eighth-mile strip. The duo continued passing the blame as the conversation went on to the Camaro’s acquisition. “I can actually blame my parents, I had really wanted a 1997 Anniversary Edition Camaro Z/28 convertible, but they would not co-sign on it…” Dave said. “But they would co-sign on a $5,500 1971 Camaro with a black vinyl top. So I blame my mother because I would’ve never raced the convertible, but I could race this!”

At first glance, second-generation Camaros look like they’d do OK in the wind, but A2’s wind tunnel proved otherwise with an abysmal .497 coefficient of drag (Cd). This was Maxton, 2006.

This 1971 Camaro started life as a generic 307ci-powered coupe that quickly became Dave’s sandbox for performance. The brothers had already been splitting time on the Malibu at the drags, and in 2001 the Camaro took up the duty as a street terror. Eventually, Dave craved for a four-speed, but managed to shatter the M-20 and M-22 he’d dreamed of and converted the car back to a TH350. Around this time, they pulled together a nitrous setup for the Camaro, but that started a steep uphill battle climbing the learning curve.

“We went to the drag strip and proceeded to burn up a piston on the starting line,” Dave confessed. They had wired the nitrous to a full-throttle switch, but didn’t have a manual trigger – the pistons weren’t happy with the uncontrollable abuse and before he got a chance to even beat on it, Dave was back in the motor to finally fortify it with forged rods and pistons – and he added a nitrous button for the steering wheel. The car became a formidable 11-second street car, before the rise of the LS fourth-gen Camaros really wiped the street clean of conventional small-blocks.

It was around this time that Dave, while working at another performance shop, met Randy Brown. He was famous for his total sleeper of a 600hp 1994 Pontiac Firebird Formula (Apr. 2001), which churned 10-second time slips while bolting across an airbase at 168mph with the ECTA Maxton Mile. With his shop right behind Dave’s, it didn’t take long to pass the bug. The Camaro had been on hiatus as Dave went through his broke-college-kid phase, but the ECTA gave him a real reason to pull it out of the corner of the shop.

This is about the time they met Keith and Tonya Turk (who also help run Drag Week), along with Joe and Donna Timney, of Delaware Chassis Works. This was everything they needed to see, and the duo first picked up Michael’s 2004 Ford Mustang Mach 1 with the goal of grabbing all the seat time possible while building the Camaro.

Looking back, Michael told us: “I’m looking at all the time slips — 151, 150, 153, over and over — we probably got 20 or 30 passes in that thing. We ran that while the Camaro was being built.”

“We never broke 160,” Dave admitted. “But we beat the living hell out of that car getting seat time.”

Mike, on the left, helps Dave pack the ‘chutes after making their first speed-capped run.

In 2006, Time Bomb made its ECTA debut with a literal stack of nitrous plates feeding a 383 that was splitting gears with a stick again thanks to the TKO-600 five-speed. Naturally, the build came to a last-minute thrash with 20-hour days leading to a “beg for forgiveness” tech inspection, but the brothers managed to get Time Bomb through its first scrutiny and onto Maxton’s infamous runway surface. The course was notorious its kinked layout and bumpstop-checking surface, but the duo managed to pack a 176 mph record in their first time out.

The entire front end is sheet metal, built by Joe Timney of Delaware Chassis Works.

With more runs that season, they began to learn the practical limitations of the second-generation Camaro’s aerodynamics – above 190 mph, the machine became a liability according to Dave: “We had a 400-shot on a 383 that only made 400 hp, it wasted the rings every pass! But it would not go faster than 198 mph, I was hitting the nitrous button and it was blowing the tires off at 190 mph. I’m not a very religious guy, but Baby Jesus and I had a talk after that pass and decided we can’t keep doing that!” With a season full of destroyed pistons behind them trying to horsepower their way to the 200 mph barrier, the Matyjasik brothers decided to finally deal with the ’71 Camaro’s stock aero.

The duo joined Freiburger and Keith Turk at A2 Wind Tunnel to drop the car from a flying-brick-like .497 Cd to a svelte .292, trading horsepower for less drag in their 200 mph pursuit. Dave recalled that they found that the stock 1971 Camaro created 500 pounds of lift at the rear of the car, resulting in their traction issues. The result of their field trip with Keith and Freiburger? “It went from uncontrollable wheel spin to driving with one hand on the wheel and just pulling the shift lever when the light came on,” Dave said. The car now produced 250 pounds of downforce and freed up 400 aero-hp, the difference in power needed to hit their goals thanks to the slippier aero package. Despite that, they decided that the 383 was still out of its element, and a 401-inch, NASCAR SB2-based small-block was slammed together (and was still being dynoed while the race started) with a hearty 250 shot.

With a controversial, full-throttle-in-4-low start from their push truck, the new bullet sung to 212.986 mph – certifying Dave and Time Bomb with the “2 Club,” the short hand for the 200 mph club in land speed. It earned him a spot in HRM’s ECTA coverage (Aug. 07), and was all downhill, at high speeds, from there.

In Freiburger’s “W.O.T.’s Happening” story for the August 2007 issue, where Dave first broke 200 mph with Time Bomb. You can see the earlier front-end here, with the brothers fresh from their wind tunnel testing.

With more HRM tech articles in hand, they took their bootleg copy of CAD to create an enclosure for the carb to run boost. Legend has it even Dave’s wife, Shelby, approved funneling their tax returns into a pair of turbos for the endeavor. That 383 proved troublesome, but eventually race engine builder Steve Ashworth donated the brothers a Dart small-block with Buick-SBC heads. Mike built the 364ci, 9,000 rpm mill and they turned it loose at the 2013 HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge, earning Mike his 2 Club credentials. Despite its best efforts, the duo eventually retired the Buick-SBC, as by this point in its long career the heads were prone to cracking ports and leaking water.

By this point, Dave was ready for EFI, and those LS engines had been knocking on his door long enough. He off-loaded everything SBC and grabbed the first MS3 Pro and church van 5.3L he could. The tax return Power Master turbos were undusted, and the build began out of Mike’s new home shop in North Carolina. Paul Falcon of LS Excitement, the guy who sold Dave his first Muncies, supplied him with the factory 6.0L 317 cylinder heads, an LS1 intake manifold, and an 87mm throttle body to get the ball rolling on the cheap. Jason Youd at PAC Racing Springs spec’d them the right kit for their Stag 2 turbo cam from John Bewley, of Little John Motorsports, and a cheap CX Racing liquid-to-air intercooler setup was combined with a $17 ice chest to keep things cool under boost. Once a season of racing proved this little combo could out run their knife-edge Buick-SBC, they moved on to a 6.0L block with CP Bullet Pistons, a used LS3 crankshaft, the same old 317 heads with new PAC springs, and shaft-mount Jessels.

Glutens for punishment and performance, they allowed their car to be the guinea pig during a How to Tune class ran by Scott Clark, of Real Tuners. Working through the curriculum of bug-testing wiring and safely pushing the envelope with a new setup, the students were able to start creeping over 1,100 hp with a SuperFlow dyno. “They didn’t think too highly of my sloppy MIG welds, 8-year-old turbos, and Igloo intercooler tank,” Dave joked. “Then it made 950 hp on the first partial pull and the guys were losing their minds. In the end, the class collaboratively tuned my car to 1,113 hp.”

It’s ugly, but it goes like hell – Time Bomb runs an iron-block 6.0 that carries stock 317 heads stuffed with PAC valve springs. The Cam Motion bump stick carries a 253/266 duration with .670in of lift, and is spun by a used LS3 crank. CP Bullet pistons and second-hand Howard H-beam rods fill out the rotating assembly, and Chris Hall Performance Machine Works nipped and tucked every mating surface to fit. A pair of 70mm Master Power turbos feed the homebrewed concoction enough air for 1,100hp

And that leads us to a closed runway in the north east corner of Arkansas as Keith Turk stood with his arm outreached in the wind stream, gauging whether or not his trusty wind speed meter was going to give him an all-clear. As it turns out, the wind around us was having a land speed race of its own, perpendicular to the runway – and it was obvious even as we putted around the facility in a rental car that at two-bills the 15 to 20mph cross-winds were dangerous. Very few cars squeezed runs through on Saturday, but the pay day was Sunday for the Matyjasiks, and the final day of racing after the first day-and-a-half were written off due to those temperamental gusts and heavy rains. It was do-or-die for all of the racers, with most having jobs and families to trek back to before the work week wound up.

This meant that between gusts, Keith and ECTA’s starter Mike Morgan were hustling drivers through – the catch was that because it was a new course, every racer’s first run had to be a speed-restricted pass, not unlike a licensing pass. This was to ensure that drivers had a chance to see the surface, find their turn-outs after the finish line, and get a feel for things before falling into more primal habits with the throttle at full-bore. The Matyjasiks ran their shakedown and turned it right back around in the lanes for their full pass.

Keith Turk and Mike talk to Dave about the conditions, waiting for a calm in the gusts to make their pass.

After a fistful of limiter and a few gears, Time Bomb finally dug into the tarmac and surged through third. “I knew as soon as I cracked 7,000 rpm that I had beaten [Drag Weeker] Clark Rosenstengel’s 220 mph pass, my land speed ultimate goal,” Dave recalled. “7,200rpm clicked past just before hitting a wicked ump that shot concrete dust through the shift handle boot hole, and I crossed the line with 227.2mph of pure glory!” The run not only secured his win in the Super Street class of the ECTA/HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge, but the Matyjasik brothers had another personal goal: to break Keith and Freiburger’s 217 mph standing-mile top speed in their So-Al Camaro. And for a few minutes, they even held the weekend’s top speed, until Spring, Texas’ Rick Harden with his twin-turbo, big-block-powered ’92 Corvette blasted to a 229.5 mph peak.

What Time Bomb represents is more than just a 220 mph, street-legal science experiment. It’s proof that you can still go out and make a big splash in racing without a big budget. There’s not a penny added where there doesn’t need to be, and there’s more stock Camaro steel in the car than you’d think – that’s the point. With everything they could scrap, the Matyjasik brothers have not only accomplished their 200mph goal, but they also did so with the help of a racing community that can be found by anyone with enough tenacity to simply try. Failure was taken as a step forward, and the car evolved with them to its current form.

“I would estimate you could duplicate this Camaro for around $30,000 to $40,000 from scratch if you did the work yourself and carefully sourced your parts,” Dave figured. “In the age of $500,000 radial cars, it seems like a helluva deal. And I hope you try, and I hope you beat me, I challenge all of you to – I only ever borrow a record, I never own it. That’s what a wise man once said and I believe it.”

Tuner Scott Clark, Dave, and Mike alongside his wife Angie after securing the Top Speed Challenge at 227.2 mph.

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