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Packers Training Camp Day 4 Notes

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Cruising to the first full-pads practice of #PackersCamp! 🚲 #DreamDrive https://t.co/0QOXxGvgfC

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) July 28, 2019

Non-shooting period, but I think this is the first time I’ve seen the #Packers use volleyballs in drills. Looks like they’re simulating a FG block, based on the drill and the guys they have slapping the volleyballs.

— Marques Eversoll (@MarquesEversoll) July 28, 2019

Injuries

Full list of Packers not practicing: OL Jason Spriggs (trap), RB Darrin Hall, S Darnell Savage (teeth), CB Josh Jackson (foot), RB Jamaal Williams (hammy), DL Fadol Brown (calf), K Mason Crosby (calf), LB Kendall Donnerson (hammy), LB Greg Roberts (PUP).

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams, Josh Jones in coverage pic.twitter.com/n4UeB0iuIS

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

Rodgers is sharp as hell today.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Beautiful run by Aaron Jones to start team. Running behind Lane Taylor. Fake jet sweep to Davante who then comes open but Rodgers and Adams just a little off and Tae can’t haul in the 1 handed catch. Nice play concept to get A Jones left alone for an easy completion.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

DeShone Kizer

Oren Burks with a strong run fit. No gain for Jones. This front for Green Bay is going to be tough to run on. Best run play yet. Dexter Williams with a big run outside. Corey Linsley leading the way. Trevor Davis wins deep, Kizer can’t hit him. Gary with the pressure.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Tim Boyle

Packers QB Tim Boyle back at practice this morning after missing yesterday due to personal reasons.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

False start Malcolm Johnson. 1 cut & go from D. Williams who is really making the most of his reps early! Boyle & J’Mon botch a jet sweep (fumble). Looked to be on Moore but tough to tell. T. Brown breaks up a pass intended for T. Davis from Boyle. Good pressure from d line.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Really nice job setting the edge by Preston Smith, something that showed up frequently on tape. Boyle gets 2nd team reps this time. Nice throw to Baylis who can’t make a sliding catch, tad behind but the only place the ball could be placed.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Manny Wilkins

Manny Wilkins gets 3rd team reps over Tim Boyle in this sessions. Will Redmond comes crashing in for a tackle inside. Redmond at safety which gives him more versatility. Manny Wilkins beautiful progression throw to guess who… Trevor Davis.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

DavanteAdams

Davante Adams demonstrating and putting on a short clinic for the younger receivers on how to run routes. It’s been very apparent that Davante and Bakhtiari have taken on increased leadership roles with the team.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams, Josh Jones in coverage pic.twitter.com/n4UeB0iuIS

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

Aaron Rodgers starts every QB-WR drill with a pass to Davante Adams. Last year, Adams was second in the NFL with 169 targets. Said Rodgers this offseason: "I'd like to throw to Davante more." https://t.co/qWVN14bMc0 pic.twitter.com/JMs0FhfnCp

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 28, 2019

Time for team session with pads – HERE WE GO!!! Toss to Jones. Guess who stuffs it inside. Don’t even need to tell you. Play action pass, Adams smokes and I mean smokes Jaire inside, big play. Adams is without description.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

MVS

Trevor Davis breakout season is real. Sweet route vs. Tony Brown. MVS powers through Hollman who falls down and MVS picks up the easy completion. Pass a bit behind J’Mon who can’t hold on.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Geronimo

Hamilton blanket coverage on Lazard deep. Geronimo beats Raven Greene easily. EQ with a 🔥 route against Jaire for a completion on a slant. Jawill Davis over Rouse, strong catch. Shepherd wins his route for a catch. Kevin King wins an awesome battle w/ Kumerow for a pbu.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Trevor Davis

15 minutes before practice, @Trevor9Davis is out catching punts. The only person out on the field practicing. He’s done this all four days so far. Huge camp for him and he’s grinding, doing everything he can to make an impact. pic.twitter.com/UDi0Yqg9yW

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Jake Kumerow with a fantastic route against Tony Brown who had good coverage but the route was better. Trevor Davis smokes Javien Hamilton. Davis impeding with pads on. My guy Teo Redding with a huge deep ball over Nydair Rouse. J’Mon beautiful route; couldn’t get 2nd foot in.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Trevor Davis breakout season is real. Sweet route vs. Tony Brown. MVS powers through Hollman who falls down and MVS picks up the easy completion. Pass a bit behind J’Mon who can’t hold on.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Jake Kumerow

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

J’Mon Moore

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Teo Redding

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Allen Lazard

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Kabion Ento

Darrius Shepherd

Curtis Bolton, Tre Carson, Oren Burks, and Ty Summers out early getting some special teams instruction. Malcolm Johnson working the blocking sled. Darrius Shepherd & Malik Taylor getting some tips from coaches. Guys are here and they want to work. This is a hungry team.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Jawill Davis

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Malik Taylor

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Aaron Jones

Aaron Jones wants to be an asset in the passing game, just spent a good portion of time observing Davante Adams and Marquez Valdes-Scantling with WR coach Alvis Whitted. #Packers pic.twitter.com/wKC5ICXCEn

— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) July 28, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Jamaal Williams

Tra Carson

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Dexter Williams

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Dexter Williams juice is real. He’s such a perfect fit for this offense. It’s not going to be long before the Dexter over Jamaal whispers start. Darius Shepherd jet sweep, Chandon Sullivan continues his strong play and is there for the stop.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Dexter Williams really showing some patience as a runner. Great job following his blockers a good 10 yards downfield on the perimeter. Did a good job of letting an inside run develop yesterday. Pretty impressive for a rookie.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Corey Grant

Rough couple of reps in pads pro drill from Corey Grant. Gotta be able to protect the franchise if you want to get on the field…

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Darrin Hall

Danny Vitale

One thing that’s been abundantly clear to me through the first few days of camp… it’d be a massive upset if Danny Vitale isn’t on the 53. Not only that but he would seem to be in line for a major role within this offense.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

How’s Danny Vitale’s pad level here, @PFTCommenter? pic.twitter.com/GYpoI2Wb40

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

Rodgers rolling right, hits Vitale for about 20 yards. Beat Burks. Vitale’s been a busy guy in camp.

— Marques Eversoll (@MarquesEversoll) July 28, 2019

Robert Tonyan working with the 1’s, followed by Danny Vitale. Keep an eye on those guys. #obvioustweets

— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) July 28, 2019

Starting to become clear that I was wrong about Vitale this offseason. Guy is everywhere with the 1s and keeps making plays. Sweet catch downfield on a back shoulder throw from Rodgers. #NaglersNeverRight

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Jimmy Graham

Marcedes Lewis

Jace Sternberger

Robert Tonyan

It’s still very early, but based on the reps so far in camp it’s pretty clear Tonyan is your TE2. So far…

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Robert Tonyan working with the 1’s, followed by Danny Vitale. Keep an eye on those guys. #obvioustweets

— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) July 28, 2019

Evan Baylis

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Malcolm Johnson

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Pharoah McKeveer

David Bakhtiari

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Bryan Bulaga

Bulaga back in pads pic.twitter.com/2bjgUm9vWR

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Jason Spriggs

Alex Light

Bakhtiari, Jenkins & Turner were just meant for padded practice. All are such imposing figures. Alex Light gets praise from the coach after some o-line drills. McCray gets coached to be faster with his hands. David Bakhtiari giving some instruction to young Yosh Nijman.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Here early, Alex Light & Adam Pankey get second team looks at LT & RT for the #Packers

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 28, 2019

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Justin McCray

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Justin McCray, the #Packers’ ultra utility lineman, spelling Corey Linsley for some first-team reps at center.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Gerhard De Beer

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Anthony Coyle

Yosuah Nijman

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Lane Taylor

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Billy Turner

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Elgton Jenkins

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Cole Madison

Two really good reps from Cole Madison in one-on-one drills, standing up Tyler Lancaster twice. Madison’s first fully padded practice since stepping away from football last year.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Adam Pankey

Here early, Alex Light & Adam Pankey get second team looks at LT & RT for the #Packers

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 28, 2019

Lucas Patrick

Corey Linsley

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Kenny Clark

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Dean Lowry

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Montravius Adams

Ty Summers nice run stop. Bakhtiari leads the way on a toss play for a nice gain. Montravius Adams with some penetration but Rodgers hits Vitale on a little wheel up field 👀

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

James Looney

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Tyler Lancaster

Two really good reps from Cole Madison in one-on-one drills, standing up Tyler Lancaster twice. Madison’s first fully padded practice since stepping away from football last year.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Kingsley Keke

Fadol Brown

Greg Roberts

Deon Simon

Olive Sagapolu

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

EDGE

Zadarius Smith

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Preston Smith

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Rashan Gary

#Packers LB Rashan Gary also has support on his right arm in full pads. He had support during the rookie camp as well.

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 28, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

In 11-on-11, Rashan Gary just came free on an inside stunt and, I kid you not, I haven’t seen a guy that big run that fast since Julius Peppers. Shot from a cannon. Would have been an easy sack. My goodness.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Kyler Fackrell

Adams smokes Jenkins in 1x1s. Better 2nd rep from Jenkins. Lowry good rep vs McCray. Good strength and hand usage. Nice rep by Alex Light vs Preston. Fackrell gets around de Beer.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Kendall Donnerson

Reggie Gilbert

Brady heldon

Randy Ramsey

Nijman owns Gary on a rep. Za’Darius with an easy win vs Turner. Good reps by Sagapulu and Looney. Light beats Ramsey. Gary goes right through Lane Taylor.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Blake Martinez

Oren Burks

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Rodgers rolling right, hits Vitale for about 20 yards. Beat Burks. Vitale’s been a busy guy in camp.

— Marques Eversoll (@MarquesEversoll) July 28, 2019

James Crawford

Ty Summers

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Ty Summers nice run stop. Bakhtiari leads the way on a toss play for a nice gain. Montravius Adams with some penetration but Rodgers hits Vitale on a little wheel up field 👀

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Curtis Bolton

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Jaire Alexander

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Kevin King

Full pads means right shoulder support for #Packers corner Kevin King. He said yesterday he’s worked hard this offseason to increase his availability.

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 28, 2019

Kevin King has been full go so far in training camp but he's wearing the harness on his right shoulder. It was actually his left shoulder that required surgery in his rookie season and then he had right shoulder problems in camp… https://t.co/DBluRaI7Gb pic.twitter.com/VPpeYseDtD

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 28, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Josh Jackson

Tramon Williams

Ka’dar Hollman

Trevor Davis breakout season is real. Sweet route vs. Tony Brown. MVS powers through Hollman who falls down and MVS picks up the easy completion. Pass a bit behind J’Mon who can’t hold on.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Tony Brown

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Trevor Davis breakout season is real. Sweet route vs. Tony Brown. MVS powers through Hollman who falls down and MVS picks up the easy completion. Pass a bit behind J’Mon who can’t hold on.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Tony Brown is having a solid start to camp. He’s sticky as hell and keeps breaking things up.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 28, 2019

Trevor Davis had nice catch on Tony Brown in one on ones earlier. CB comes back to break up nice pass from Boyle intended for Davis in team

— Wes Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) July 28, 2019

Javien Hamilton

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Natrell Jamerson

Josh Jones and Natrell Jameson next two in. Will be very interesting to see what happens to Jones when Savage returns. https://t.co/LymHEs7j0Z

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 28, 2019

Will Redmond

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Nydair Rouse

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Chandon Sullivan

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Adrian Amos

Darnell Savage

Raven Green

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 28, 2019

Josh Jones

Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams, Josh Jones in coverage pic.twitter.com/n4UeB0iuIS

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 28, 2019

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‘The impossible has already happened': what coronavirus can teach us about hope / Rebecca Solnit

Disasters begin suddenly and never really end. The future will not, in crucial ways, be anything like the past, even the very recent past of a month or two ago. Our economy, our priorities, our perceptions will not be what they were at the outset of this year. The particulars are startling: companies such as GE and Ford retooling to make ventilators, the scramble for protective gear, once-bustling city streets becoming quiet and empty, the economy in freefall. Things that were supposed to be unstoppable stopped, and things that were supposed to be impossible – extending workers’ rights and benefits, freeing prisoners, moving a few trillion dollars around in the US – have already happened.

The word “crisis” means, in medical terms, the crossroads a patient reaches, the point at which she will either take the road to recovery or to death. The word “emergency” comes from “emergence” or “emerge”, as if you were ejected from the familiar and urgently need to reorient. The word “catastrophe” comes from a root meaning a sudden overturning.

We have reached a crossroads, we have emerged from what we assumed was normality, things have suddenly overturned. One of our main tasks now – especially those of us who are not sick, are not frontline workers, and are not dealing with other economic or housing difficulties – is to understand this moment, what it might require of us, and what it might make possible.

A disaster (which originally meant “ill-starred”, or “under a bad star”) changes the world and our view of it. Our focus shifts, and what matters shifts. What is weak breaks under new pressure, what is strong holds, and what was hidden emerges. Change is not only possible, we are swept away by it. We ourselves change as our priorities shift, as intensified awareness of mortality makes us wake up to our own lives and the preciousness of life. Even our definition of “we” might change as we are separated from schoolmates or co-workers, sharing this new reality with strangers. Our sense of self generally comes from the world around us, and right now, we are finding another version of who we are.

As the pandemic upended our lives, people around me worried that they were having trouble focusing and being productive. It was, I suspected, because we were all doing other, more important work. When you’re recovering from an illness, pregnant or young and undergoing a growth spurt, you’re working all the time, especially when it appears you’re doing nothing. Your body is growing, healing, making, transforming and labouring below the threshold of consciousness. As we struggled to learn the science and statistics of this terrible scourge, our psyches were doing something equivalent. We were adjusting to the profound social and economic changes, studying the lessons disasters teach, equipping ourselves for an unanticipated world.

The first lesson a disaster teaches is that everything is connected. In fact, disasters, I found while living through a medium-sized one (the 1989 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area) and later writing about major ones (including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan), are crash courses in those connections. At moments of immense change, we see with new clarity the systems – political, economic, social, ecological – in which we are immersed as they change around us. We see what’s strong, what’s weak, what’s corrupt, what matters and what doesn’t.

I often think of these times as akin to a spring thaw: it’s as if the pack ice has broken up, the water starts flowing again and boats can move through places they could not during winter. The ice was the arrangement of power relations that we call the status quo – it seems to be stable, and those who benefit from it often insist that it’s unchangeable. Then it changes fast and dramatically, and that can be exhilarating, terrifying, or both.

Those who benefit most from the shattered status quo are often more focused on preserving or reestablishing it than protecting human life – as we saw when a chorus of US conservatives and corporate top dogs insisted that, for the sake of the stock market, everyone had to go back to work, and that the resultant deaths would be an acceptable price to pay. In a crisis, the powerful often try to seize more power – as they have in this round, with the Trump Department of Justice looking at suspending constitutional rights – and the rich seek more riches: two Republican senators are under fire for allegedly using inside information about the coming pandemic to make a profit in the stock market (although both have denied wrongdoing).

Disaster scholars use the term “elite panic” to describe the ways that elites react when they assume that ordinary people will behave badly. When elites describe “panic” and “looting” in the streets, these are usually misnomers for ordinary people doing what they need to do to survive or care for others. Sometimes it’s wise to move rapidly from danger; sometimes it’s altruistic to gather supplies to share.

Such elites often prioritise profit and property over human life and community. In the days after a huge earthquake struck San Francisco on 18 April 1906, the US military swarmed over the city, convinced that ordinary people were a threat and a source of disorder. The mayor issued a “shoot to kill” proclamation against looters, and the soldiers believed they were restoring order. What they were actually doing was setting inexpert firebreaks that helped fire spread through the city, and shooting or beating citizens who disobeyed orders (sometimes those orders were to let the fires burn down their own homes and neighbourhoods). Ninety-nine years later, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’s police and white vigilantes did the same thing: shooting black people in the name of defending property and their own authority. The local, state and federal government insisted on treating a stranded, mostly poor, mostly black population as dangerous enemies to be contained and controlled, rather than victims of a catastrophe to be aided.

The mainstream media colluded in obsessing about looting in the aftermath of Katrina. The stock of mass-manufactured goods in large corporate chain stores seemed to matter more than people needing food and clean water, or grandmothers left clinging to roofs. Nearly 1,500 people died of a disaster that had more to do with bad government than with bad weather. The US Army Corps of Engineers’ levees had failed; the city had no evacuation plans for the poor, and President George W Bush’s administration failed to deliver prompt and effective relief. The same calculus is happening now. A member of the Brazilian opposition said of Brazil’s rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro: “He represents the most perverse economic interests that couldn’t care less about people’s lives. They’re worried about maintaining their profitability.” (Bolsonaro claims he is trying to protect workers and the economy.)

The billionaire evangelist who owns the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby claimed divine guidance in keeping his workers at their jobs when businesses were ordered to close. (The company has now closed all its stores.) At Uline Corporation, owned by billionaire Trump backers Richard and Liz Uihlein, a memo sent to Wisconsin workers said: “please do NOT tell your peers about the symptoms & your assumptions. By doing so, you are causing unnecessary panic in the office.” The billionaire founder and chairman of payroll processing corporation Paychex, Tom Golisano, said: “The damages of keeping the economy closed as it is could be worse than losing a few more people.” (Golisano has since said his comments were misrepresented, and has apologised.)

Historically, there have always been titans of industry who prized the lifeless thing that is profit over living beings, who paid bribes in order to operate unhindered, worked children to death or put labourers in mortal danger in sweatshops and coal mines. There were also those who pressed on with fossil fuel extraction and burning despite what they knew, or refused to know, about climate change. One of the primary uses of wealth has always been to buy your way out of the common fate, or, at least, it has come with a belief that you can disassociate from society at large. And while the rich are often conservative, conservatives more often align with the rich, whatever their economic status.

The idea that everything is connected is an affront to conservatives who cherish a macho every-man-for-himself frontier fantasy. Climate change has been a huge insult to them – this science that says what comes out of our cars and chimneys shapes the fate of the world in the long run and affects crops, sea level, forest fires and so much more. If everything is connected, then the consequences of every choice and act and word have to be examined, which we see as love in action and they see as impingement upon absolute freedom, freedom being another word for absolutely no limits on the pursuit of self-interest. Ultimately, a significant portion of conservatives and corporate leaders regard science as an annoyance that they can refuse to recognise. Some insist they can choose whatever rules and facts they want, as though these too are just free-market commodities to pick and choose from or remake according to one’s whims. “This denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis,” wrote the journalist Katherine Stewart in the New York Times.

Our rulers showed little willingness to recognise the ominous possibilities of the pandemic in the US, the UK, Brazil and many other countries. They failed in their most important job, and denying that failure will be a major focus for them. And while it may be inevitable that the pandemic will result in an economic crash, it is also turning into an opportunity for authoritarian power grabs in the Philippines, Hungary, Israel and the US – a reminder that the largest problems are still political, and so are their solutions.

When a storm subsides, the air is washed clean of whatever particulate matter has been obscuring the view, and you can often see farther and more sharply than at any other time. When this storm clears, we may, as do people who have survived a serious illness or accident, see where we were and where we should go in a new light. We may feel free to pursue change in ways that seemed impossible while the ice of the status quo was locked up. We may have a profoundly different sense of ourselves, our communities, our systems of production and our future.

For many of us in the developed world, what has changed most immediately is spatial. We have stayed home, those of us who have homes, and away from contact with others. We have withdrawn from schools, workplaces, conferences, vacations, gyms, errands, parties, bars, clubs, churches, mosques, synagogues, from the busyness and bustle of everyday life. The philosopher-mystic Simone Weil once wrote to a faraway friend: “Let us love this distance, which is thoroughly woven with friendship, since those who do not love each other are not separated.” We have withdrawn from each other to protect each other. And people have found ways to help the vulnerable, despite the need to remain physically distant.

My friend Renato Redentor Constantino, a climate campaigner, wrote to me from the Philippines, and said: “We are witness today to daily displays of love that remind us of the many reasons why humans have survived this long. We encounter epic acts of courage and citizenship each day in our neighbourhoods and in other cities and countries, instances that whisper to us that the depredations of a few will eventually be overcome by legions of stubborn people who refuse the counsel of despair, violence, indifference and arrogance that so-called leaders appear so eager nowadays to trigger.”

When we are no longer trying to unlink ourselves from the chain of a spreading disease, I wonder if we will rethink how we were linked, how we moved about and how the goods we rely on moved about. Perhaps we will appreciate the value of direct face-to-face contact more. Perhaps the Europeans who have sung together from their balconies or applauded together for their medical workers, and the Americans who came out to sing or dance on their suburban blocks, will have a different sense of belonging. Perhaps we will find a new respect for the workers who produce our food and those who bring it to our tables.

Although staying put is hard, maybe we will be reluctant to resume our rushing about, and something of the stillness now upon us will stay with us. We may rethink the wisdom of having much of our most vital stuff – medicine, medical equipment – made on other continents. We may also rethink the precarious just-in-time supply chains. I have often thought that the wave of privatisation that has characterised our neoliberal age began with the privatisation of the human heart, the withdrawal from a sense of a shared fate and social bonds. It is to be hoped that this shared experience of catastrophe will reverse the process. A new awareness of how each of us belongs to the whole and depends on it may strengthen the case for meaningful climate action, as we learn that sudden and profound change is possible after all.

“Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers,” Wordsworth wrote, a little more than 200 years ago. Perhaps this will be the moment that we recognise that there is enough food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education for all – and that access to these things should not depend on what job you do and whether you earn enough money. Perhaps the pandemic is also making the case, for those who were not already convinced, for universal healthcare and basic income. In the aftermath of disaster, a change of consciousness and priorities are powerful forces.

A dozen years ago I interviewed the Nicaraguan poet and Sandinista revolutionary Gioconda Belli for my book on disaster, A Paradise Built in Hell. What she told me about the aftermath of the 1972 earthquake in Managua – that, despite the dictatorship’s crackdown, it helped bring on the revolution – was unforgettable. She said: “You had a sense of what was important. And people realised that what was important was freedom and being able to decide your life and agency. Two days later you had this tyrant imposing a curfew, imposing martial law. The sense of oppression on top of the catastrophe was really unbearable. And once you had realised that your life can be decided by one night of the Earth deciding to shake, [you thought]: ‘So what? I want to live a good life and I want to risk my life, because I can also lose my life in one night.’ You realise that life has to be lived well or is not worth living. It’s a very profound transformation that takes place during catastrophes.”

I have found over and over that the proximity of death in shared calamity makes many people more urgently alive, less attached to the small things in life and more committed to the big ones, often including civil society or the common good.

I have mostly written about 20th-century disasters, but one analogy a bit further back comes to mind: the Black Death, which wiped out a third of Europe’s population, and, in England, later led to peasant revolts against war taxes and wage caps that were officially quashed, but nevertheless led to more rights and freedoms for peasants and labourers. In the emergency legislation passed in the US in March, many workers gained new sick-leave rights. Lots of things we were assured were impossible – housing the homeless, for example – have come to pass in some places.

Ireland nationalised its hospitals, something “we were told would never happen and could never happen,” an Irish journalist commented. Canada came up with four months of basic income for those who lost their jobs. Germany did more than that. Portugal decided to treat immigrants and asylum seekers as full citizens during the pandemic. In the US, we have seen powerful labour agitation, and results. Workers at Whole Foods, Instacart and Amazon have protested at being forced to work in unsafe conditions during the pandemic. (Whole Foods has since offered workers who test positive two weeks off on full pay; Instacart says it has made changes to safeguard workers and shoppers, while Amazon said it is “following guidelines” on safety.) Some workers have gained new rights and raises, including almost half a million Kroger grocery store workers, while 15 state attorneys-general told Amazon to expand its paid sick leave. These specifics make clear how possible it is to change the financial arrangements of all our societies.

But often the most significant consequences of disasters are not immediate or direct. The 2008 financial collapse led to 2011’s Occupy Wall Street uprising, which prompted a new reckoning with economic inequality and a new scrutiny of the human impact of exploitative mortgages, student loans, for profit-colleges, health-insurance systems and more, and that in turn amplified the profiles of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, whose ideas have helped pull the Democratic party to the left, towards policies that will make the US fairer and more equal. The conversations stirred by Occupy and its sister movements across the globe incited more critical scrutiny of ruling powers, and more demands for economic justice. Changes in the public sphere originate within the individual, but also, changes in the world at large affect our sense of self, our priorities and our sense of the possible.

We are only in the early stages of this disaster, and we are also in a strange stillness. It is like the Christmas truce of 1914, when German and English soldiers stopped fighting for a day, the guns fell silent and soldiers mingled freely. War itself paused. There’s a way that our getting and spending has been a kind of war against the Earth. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, carbon emissions have plummeted. Reports say the air above Los Angeles, Beijing and New Delhi is miraculously clean. Parks all over the US are shut to visitors, which may have a beneficial effect on wildlife. In the last government shutdown of 2018-2019, elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore just north of San Francisco took over a new beach, and now own it for the duration of their season of mating and birthing on land.

There’s another analogy that comes to mind. When a caterpillar enters its chrysalis, it dissolves itself, quite literally, into liquid. In this state, what was a caterpillar and will be a butterfly is neither one nor the other, it’s a sort of living soup. Within this living soup are the imaginal cells that will catalyse its transformation into winged maturity. May the best among us, the most visionary, the most inclusive, be the imaginal cells – for now we are in the soup. The outcome of disasters is not foreordained. It’s a conflict, one that takes place while things that were frozen, solid and locked up have become open and fluid – full of both the best and worst possibilities. We are both becalmed and in a state of profound change.

But this is also a time of depth for those spending more time at home and more time alone, looking outward at this unanticipated world. We often divide emotions into good and bad, happy and sad, but I think they can equally be divided into shallow and deep, and the pursuit of what is supposed to be happiness is often a flight from depth, from one’s own interior life and the suffering around us – and not being happy is often framed as a failure. But there is meaning as well as pain in sadness, mourning and grief, the emotions born of empathy and solidarity. If you are sad and frightened, it is a sign that you care, that you are connected in spirit. If you are overwhelmed – well, it is overwhelming, and it will take decades of study, analysis, discussion and contemplation to understand how and why 2020 suddenly took us all into marshy new territory.

Seven years ago, Patrisse Cullors wrote a sort of mission statement for Black Lives Matter: “Provide hope and inspiration for collective action to build collective power to achieve collective transformation. Rooted in grief and rage but pointed towards vision and dreams.” It is beautiful not only because it is hopeful, not only because then Black Lives Matter set out and did transformative work, but because it acknowledges that hope can coexist with difficulty and suffering. The sadness in the depths and the fury that burns above are not incompatible with hope, because we are complex creatures, because hope is not optimism that everything will be fine regardless.

Hope offers us clarity that, amid the uncertainty ahead, there will be conflicts worth joining and the possibility of winning some of them. And one of the things most dangerous to this hope is the lapse into believing that everything was fine before disaster struck, and that all we need to do is return to things as they were. Ordinary life before the pandemic was already a catastrophe of desperation and exclusion for too many human beings, an environmental and climate catastrophe, an obscenity of inequality. It is too soon to know what will emerge from this emergency, but not too soon to start looking for chances to help decide it. It is, I believe, what many of us are preparing to do.

Fuente: https://www.theguardian.com/about-hope-rebecca-solnit

[Publicado 7/abril/2020]

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Ready for another crazy day at the U.N.?

What. A. Day. Get ready for another crazy one.

THE ZIP CODE 10017might be the only in the Western world where news of a presidential impeachment inquiry in the United States didn’t cause an immediate stir.

It’s not that U.N.-world doesn’t care:It’s that special forces of gravity apply here. In the words of one senior U.N. official, “Being here brings all these leaders down a peg. They all look a little bit lost, because for once they are not the center of attention.” In this environment of endless motorcades, security lines and preplanned lectures, Twitter and cable news are not the dominant forces of conversation.

Rest assured, U.N.-world caught up with normal world by Tuesday dinner. Playbook’s UNGA Tuesday evening was spent surrounded by former presidents and prime ministers in their sixties who couldn’t hold a table conversation — because they spent most of the meal glued to their phones searching for Donald Trump updates. If that sounds weird, remember that Greta Thunberg doesn’t act like a regular teenager, so there’s no reason the politicians should live up to their stereotypes either.

Hello again from New York City,where POLITICO’s delegation to the U.N. General Assembly is as breathless as everyone else trying to keep up with the blur of political news. There’s everything from sledgehammers against multilateralism to sidewalk diplomacy, stunning British court cases to jaw-dropping Ukranian bullying allegations.

While President Trump argues that the U.S is doing better than ever, and that any impeachment proceedings will be politically positive for him, you can still expect today to be total chaos. Inside Trump’s world, there’s a clash between public defiance and private anxiety, writes Nancy Cook.

MEETING OF THE YEAR:One source of the chaos will be Trump’s plan to meet this afternoon — around 2:15 p.m. Eastern — with UkrainianPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the man he’s accused of bullying into investigating the family of Joe Biden, under threat of losing U.S. financial assistance. Ukraine adviser Kurt Volker, American Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and Mike Pompeo are also slated to attend the sensitive Ukraine meeting.

Impeachment backstory:Trump withdrawing aid to Ukraine on July 25 was the last step in a “months-long fight inside the administration that sidelined national security officials and empowered political loyalists — including the president’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani,” WaPo reported. No word on whether Rudy will attend today’s bilat with Zelenskiy.

The rest of Trump’s dance card:Trump is also set to hold a press conference (4 p.m. Eastern), meet with other leaders to discuss Venezuela, and with Japan’s Shinzō Abe — hopefully to announce a mini-trade deal.

Today sees a swing back toward the big non-politician names at UNGA, with the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers conference and Bloomberg’s business forum. But the corridor chatter will be all Trump and Iran.

IRAN AND MACRON’S SHUFFLE DIPLOMACY:An energetic burst of Emmanuel Macron’s brand of diplomacy couldn’t overcome the enmity between Washington and Tehran that has been building since, er, the French president was born in the late 1970s.

Macron spent Tuesday scurrying from U.N. headquarters to nearby hotels and back, hoping to pull a diplomatic rabbit out of a hat by convincing Trump and his counterpart, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, to meet face-to-face and begin talks.

Macron bumped into Boris Johnson at the Millennium Hilton, across from U.N. headquarters, where the Frenchman had managed to slip in to see Rouhani just before the British PM’s scheduled bilateral meeting. Macron told Johnson that failure to arrange a meeting “is a lost opportunity,” observers said. “Because he will not come back in a few months. And President Trump will not go to Tehran. So they have to meet now.” Johnson then told Rouhani, “I think I agree with Emmanuel … you need to be on the side of the swimming pool and jump at the same time.

Even with the assist of an impromptu Angela Merkel-Rouhani meeting, that didn’t happen before Macron took off for Paris shortly before midnight. Macron did, however, convince Johnson that Trump and Rouhani should meet this week.

Iran deal parties meeting this morning:The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal are meeting this morning with a press conference expected at 9.30 a.m., a fact EU foreign policy honcho Federica Mogherini announced at a cocktail reception hosted on Tuesday evening by the EU representation to the U.N. She called the meeting “the best proof” that the “deal is still in place,” though it comes on the back of France, Germany and the U.K. attributing to responsibility to Iran for the Sept. 14 drone strikes on Saudi oil assets.

Trump wants Iran to make deeper commitments related to controls on its nuclear program and to curtail its role in regional military conflicts. The Iranians first want Trump to lift economic sanctions that he re-imposed when he pulled out of the nuclear accord. Read more on how Trump can escape his Iran jam.

VENEZUELA:While Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is in Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump will meet with Latin American leaders to discuss the situation in Caracas.

Catch up on how it happened here: POLITICO’s team of six reporters covering the U.N. provided live analysis here.

GLOBALISTS VERSUS PATRIOTS:We saw our first glimpse of low-energy President Trump Tuesday. The U.S. president stuck to his teleprompter and got zero reaction from his audience, putting some of them to sleep. What Trump did manage to do was draw a clear line across our collective political consciousness, the one that suggests you must choose between being a globalist and being a patriot. “If you want freedom, take pride in your country. If you want democracy, hold on to your sovereignty. If you want peace, love your nation,” he said, urging every country to put their own first. “The future does not belong to globalists, it belongs to patriots.”

Leaving aside Trump’s global business portfolio,U.N. officials scoffed at what they see as Trump’s artificial choice: they say they’re running an organization made up of national government members, with little budget and power, not a cabal of self-appointed world leaders. More on the clash between U.N. Secretary General António Guterres and Trump’s vision’s here.

— Other leaders including Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern pushed back against the idea of marginalizing the United Nations in their speeches.

Read this:Realists Not Globalists: What U.S. Critics Get Wrong About the U.N, by Richard Gowan.

Ben Chang, Princeton University’s spokesperson and a former U.S. diplomat to the U.N., writes that there are two United Nations: the one that hosted the climate summit at which Greta Thunberg starred, and the U.N. made up of dues-paying members — including the U.S. — whose leaders question climate change and whose policies Greta seeks to change.

Also read:Don’t cede the U.N. to China, by House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul.

MACRON’S TALKING POINTS:The French president urged the U.S. and Iran to resume negotiations, and for the world to help save the Amazon. Macron — a strong believer in markets — said today’s “capitalism is dysfunctional” because of “a level of inequalities that is unprecedented.”

BOLSONARO’S BACKLASH:Journalists and pundits panned Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro over the Amazon fires. He wore the clothes of a great environmentalist, while at the same time rejecting new protections and new help for the Amazon and its indigenous people.

Idea of the day:Foreign governments and philanthropists directly paying indigenous people from the Amazon region to keep minerals in the ground, trees in the soil, and to manage the overall resource. The source of the idea: a CEO of a global company, who asked to remain anonymous, responding to Bolsonaro’s speech.

BORIS AND BREXIT BRIEF:British PM Boris Johnson arrives back in London this morning to face a growing constitutional crisis (never mind the new travel and public funds scandal). While Johnson has been found in stunning breach of Britain’s unwritten constitution for his suspension of parliament, that doesn’t automatically mean he’ll lose his job or that Brexit will be delayed beyond October 31.

Why? The opposition Labour party remains hopelessly divided on Brexit, and Johnson has much better net approval ratings than Labour’s leader Jeremy Corbyn, putting him in a good position to run a “People vs. Parliament and Courts” campaign when the inevitable election is finally called.

Team Boris is also still insisting their UNGA trip was a big success, based on his climate and Iran interventions.

Read this:Everything you need to know about the U.K. court ruling, by POLITICO’s Annabelle Dickson, Emilio Casalicchio and Charlie Cooper.

And this:How long can Boris Johnson cling onto power for? by Luke McGee

Back in 2015, U.N. members agreed on 17 goals that would serve as a blueprint for their efforts to secure a peaceful, sustainable future. The deadline is 2030.

WHY GLOBAL GOALS MATTER:As the U.N. Development Programme puts it, using language lifted directly from anti-poverty campaign kits, “26 people on Earth own the same wealth as 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity.”

Status update:The U.N. has tended to paint a rosier picture than outsiders about how well the world is doing in meeting its development goals. Secretary General Antonio Guterres changed that Tuesday evening: “The Global Goals are our blueprint for a fair globalization. But we are far from where we need to be. We are off track.”

What others say:

The Goalkeepers Report from the Gates Foundationargues for a greater focus on extreme poverty, and says that gender and geography are the biggest factors in stacking the deck for or against a person’s chances in life.

43 years behind schedule: The Social Progress Imperative assessed 149 different countries, across 51 different indicators related to the goals. They say the world will be 43 years behind schedule in reaching the U.N. 2030 targets, and that the U.S. has gone backwards since 2014.

GOING LOCAL:There’s a big push this year for localized implementation of the U.N. global goals. Such as this “Making Global Goals Local Business” campaign. Meeting the global goals will depend on hundreds of partnerships across the world, such as these new initiatives below.

Using data to save lives:The Rockefeller Foundation is allocating $100 million for a “Precision Public Health Initiative.” The goal is to prevent 6 million deaths by 2030 by using large datasets, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths. Partners include UNICEF, WHO, The Global Fund, the Global Financing Facility and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

$300 million global industry alliance to end plastic waste and clean up oceans:The Minderoo Foundation this afternoon launches “Sea the Future,” which aims to make plastics a cashable commodity. That’s code for an already common (but not widespread) idea: paying customers for returning plastic bottles for recycling. Backers include Conservation International, Walmart, Unilever and The Coca Cola Company.

Breathe freely:TheClean Air Fund and the World Economic Forum are partnering to tackle air pollution. More detailshere.

HELLO (AMBASSADOR) KITTY:Hello Kitty has been rehabilitated. The world-famous “anthropomorphic cat girl” from Japan — last seen receiving a €6.2 million EU antitrust fine — is now a U.N. ambassador, promoting sustainable development goals. U.N. officials unveiled a series of videos, featuring Kitty White explaining the value of equal education opportunities, fighting climate change and expanding health coverage. A human-size Hello Kitty, perhaps an imposter, made an appearance at U.N. headquarters Tuesday.

The Orb is back!

Trolling Trump 1—Greta Thunberg:The teenage climate activist changed her Twitter bio to Trump’s taunting description of her: “A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.” The U.S. president tweeted the remark apparently mocking her alongside a video of Thunberg’s fiery plea for more action from world leaders during Monday’s climate summit.

Trolling Trump 2— Venezeulan bookworm: During Trump’s speech, a Venezuelan delegate strategically chose to read up on Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan military and political leader who helped Latin American countries achieve independence from Spain in the early 1800s. On Twitter, she called Trump’s rhetoric “xenophobic and imperialistic.”

“If we can land a man on the moon, surely we can protect a woman in childbirth.” — Jenni Lee, UN Foundation.

“Why did he want to buy Greenland then? Because he knows it’s going to melt and underneath is all the things he wants to get his greedy little hands on.” — Former Irish President Mary Robinson, on whether Trump is a climate change denier.

“Everything about Brexit makes me want to slit my wrists.” — British CEO speaking to Playbook in the wake of Supreme Court ruling against Johnson’s government.

GLOBAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS REMAIN CARBON-HEAVY:2018 data shows little indication that the world’s current trajectory of energy investment will meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, reports the Internationale Energy Agency.

View the full DataPoint graphic here. Want to add DataPoint to your POLITICO Pro account? Learn more.

THE PEOPLE APPROVE:A Pew study shows that the majority of people around the world have a favorable view of the U.N., including by a wide margin among Americans and two-thirds of Europeans surveyed.

INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD CURTIS:The director, producer and screenwriter behind hits ranging from “Mr. Bean” to “Bridget Jones” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral” is now dedicating his skills to helping people connect emotionally with the U.N. Curtis once joked that he’d had the published version of an interview cut down to 11 seconds. Ensuring interview justice is served, you can listen to Playbook’s full conversation with Curtis in this podcast

Highlights below.

Why do you think the U.N. struggles to make itself known? “If you’ve negotiated the Sustainable Development Goals for three years and you finally get round to issuing it, it’s quite easy for people who’ve done that not to realize this is the public’s first encounter.”

So what’s the solution?“Make it as accessible, as appealing, as noisy, as populist as you can. The people who make the posters and trailers of my movies: I hate them. Because they reduce the incredible hard work of my movie to one picture that doesn’t even come from the movie. But I know it’s necessary.”

Did the climate strikers take your message of simplicity to heart with their concentrated demands?“I’m incredibly inspired by these movements. [And] what’s happening this week at UNGA, you know that couldn’t really be done by anyone except the U.N … what I’ve tried to do is make the relationship between the U.N. and all these outside forces more vibrant.”

CLASH OF THE RECEPTIONS:The U.S. and EU missions to the U.N. conducted parallel receptions Tuesday night, raising eyebrows at the American end. According to Playbook’s European sources, the Europeans were completely aware of the scheduling clash (and very happy with their turnout, see here).

The EU bash morphed into a kind of farewell reception for the bloc’s chief diplomat, Federica Mogherini, who confirmed to the crowd that she would be staying on in Brussels after her term ends November 1. She isn’t easing up between now and then: Mogherini announced the Iran nuclear deal is alive and well to cheers from the crowd, before offering a compliment to Charles Michel (incoming European Council president and outgoing Belgian prime minister), who was present: “The Council will be in excellent hands. I don’t know about Belgium.”

Also spotted at the EU reception:Leo Varadkar, Frans Timmermans, Helga Schmid, Gordon Sondland, Christos Stylianides, Werner Hoyer, Jeppe Kofod, Simon Coveney, Udo Bullmann, Maja Kocijančič, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, Emma Navarro, Ambroise Fayolle, Shirin Wheeler and Hugo Sobral.

GEN X TIES:European Council President-elect Charles Michel is working to hit the reset button on transatlantic relations that Trump officials say they want. Michel had dinner with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at their private apartment in Manhattan. Playbook’s insiders say the dinner stretched for hours. Michel, who is 43, is about five years older than Javanka, as the U.S. president’s daughter and son-in-law are known in the tabloids. The strategy: Keep your friends close, and your Trumps closer.

MEDIA MELTDOWN:Did you notice an uptick in negative media stories midday Tuesday? It might be because the internet and the coffee evaporated simultaneously at 11 a.m. in the U.N. HQ media tent.

HOW TO BE A GOOD AMBASSADOR IN THE PLATFORM AGE:Diplomacy used to be about listening, clever language and well-deployed cocktails. In this megaphone and digital age where everyone is a self-appointed savior, it’s more complicated. Playbook spoke to a handful of U.N. ambassadors for their take on how to succeed in 2019.

League of their own:“It’s all about relationships,” said one ambassador from a G7 country. In other words: don’t nerd out on your policy brief when you could be taking tea. In the U.N. system, it’s also important to know what league you are playing in. The top of the U.N. pyramid are the “P5” — the ambassadors of the permanent Security Council members: U.S., Russia, China, U.K. and France. But the P5 play in what amounts to a “Champions League” and the cast of other teams in that league rotates depending on several factors: how big the country is, the reputation of the country’s leader, whether it’s a temporary Security Council member, and the personal skills of the ambassador.

Germany is a case in point here:Berlin has a very well connected ambassador(Christoph Heusgen)anda respected national leader in Angela Merkel, helping it make up for its lack of P5 status. The European Union is an interesting hybrid: It’s not a U.N. member but it does coordinate weekly meetings of all EU ambassadors, making the U.N. its most tightly organized diplomatic operation outside of Brussels.

UN-TRADITIONAL:One tradition we’d love to skip: the weird photo pose moment before each leader speaks. They sit on a chair that resembles the chairs allocated to Santa characters at shopping malls at Christmas time.

SPOTTED:Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad chatting at the NY Palace.

GOAL!Bill and Melinda Gates hosted their annual Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards Tuesday night at Lincoln Center. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the big global award for progress India is making in improving sanitation. A “Changemaker Award” was presented to youth activist Payal Jangid for her fight against child labor and child marriage in India. A “Progress Award” was presented to Gregory Rockson, co-founder and CEO of mPharma in Africa.

SPOTTEDon Tuesday night at the Concordia Summit’s closing BUILD Act reception at the Ricketts residence at the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental in Columbus Circle: David Bohigian, Matthew Swift, Ray Washburne, Brian Baker, Sylvie Légère Ricketts, Lisa Spies, Elizabeth Littlefield, Heather Nauert, Tony Sayegh, James A. Walsh, James L. Richardson, Steven Olikara, Derek Gianino, John Zimmerebner …

… David Campbell, Robert Mosbacher, Jr., Steven J. Brooks, Menelao Mora de la Lastra, Haitian Ambassador to the U.S. Hervé Denis, David John Frenkel, Nancy Brinker, Becca Glover, Teresa Davis, Anita McBride, Jon Harrison, Brian Morgenstern and Lauren Kirshner.

SPOTTEDon Tuesday night at the Verizon “Green” Cocktails at BUILD studio in the East Village: Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, Verizon Media CEO Guru Gowrappan, Julie Hyman, Henrik Henriksen, Mariana Agathoklis, Rose Stuckey Kirk, Jim Gowen, Jo Lambert, Kyle Dropp and Russell Grant.

All day:U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Summit

Bloomberg Global Business Forum:Keynote to be delivered by Narendra Modi, also featuring Jacinda Ardern, Pedro Sánchez, Sauli Niinistö, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jamie Dimon, Bob Iger, Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Daniel Kablan Duncan, Hage Geingob, Danilo Medina, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Scott Morrison, and Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

All day:Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Event

Business Council for International Understandingis running aseries of eventsthrough the rest of the week.

IPCC ocean report release:The report warns that climate change is having dire effects on the world’s seas: “The ocean is warmer, more acidic and less productive. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are causing sea level rise, and coastal extreme events are becoming more severe,” according to the release.

Data for Now:Accelerating SDG progress through timely data,8-10 a.m.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-chaspeaks at the Asia Society, 725 Park Ave,9:30 a.m.

Women’s rights:Advancing Women’s Meaningful Participation to Resolve Conflict and Build Peace in Afghanistan, ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ,12:30-2:30 p.m.

A Conversation with Sheikh Hasina,prime minister of Bangladesh. Afsaneh Beschloss presiding. Council on Foreign Relations, 58 East 68 Street,3:30-4:30 p.m.

The George W. Bush Institute’s partnership with UNAIDS and Merck,aiming to end cervical cancer among HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa, will announce the results from the first year of the partnership this afternoon.

Project Everyone 2020 campaign launchat UN HQ,5:30-6:30 p.m.

Swedish Sustainable Leaders reception,Swedish Residence, featuring leaders of IKEA, Ericsson, Scania, Skanska, Hybrit and others,6-8 p.m.

Future Island Nation:President of Maldives and Parley’s CEO will be hosting an event announcing a “Future Island Nation” program at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum,from 7 p.m.

#crazy #Foreign #Politics #ready

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Lamar Jackson, Louisville Will Stun Defending Champions

One of the first things NFL scouts do when looking at prospects in preparation for the NFL Draft is watch them against the best competition they faced in the previous season. This fall, we’re going to take a look at the best head-to-head matchups in this week’s slate of college football games. Every week, I’ll give you look at some key matchups to keep an eye on across the country, highlight a prospect who is on the rise, profile a small-school player to watch for next year’s draft, find a Philly connection, and give out a well-deserved game ball to a prospect who stood out in a big way the previous week.

Many pundits view this Saturday’s slate as a “down” week for college football, but when I look around the country I think there are a lot of fun games to study. This week on the College Draft Podcast with Ross Tucker, I broke down all the best matchups from some of the top games of the week, but let’s look at five more matchups that fans should keep their eyes on.

Five Matchups To Watch

1. Oklahoma State QB Mason Rudolph vs. Pittsburgh Heinz Field, Pittsburgh- Noon – ESPN

At 6-5, 235 pounds, senior quarterback Mason Rudolph has gotten off to a scorching-hot start for the Cowboys this season, throwing for over 300 yards and three touchdowns in each of the team’s first two games against Tulsa and South Alabama. The Cowboys take on their best opponent yet in Pitt. It’s the first real test for Rudolph and his star receiver James Washington. One of Rudolph’s best traits is his deep ball, and I’d expect to see it early and often against the Panthers. He comes from an offensive system that doesn’t typically translate well to the NFL, but I think Rudolph can buck the trend and last in the league for a long time. He’s got light feet, a pretty good arm, and has the touch and timing of a pro quarterback.

Pitt (1-1) has had a rough start to the year, eeking out a win over Youngstown State at home before getting throttled by Penn State on the road. The Panthers are missing their best pro prospect in safety Jordan Whitehead due to suspension, so, unfortunately, we won’t get to see him in this game. In the secondary, keep an eye on cornerback Avonte Maddox. Maddox is an undersized cover man who has been a starter since midway through his freshman season. He was named to the Senior Bowl Watch List this summer. He needs to improve in a number of areas, including his eye discipline and ability to find the ball late downfield, but this will be a good test for the senior corner.

Prediction: Rudolph keeps on rolling to the tune of 325 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cowboys get a win on the road in Pittsburgh. I’d expect to see OSU win by three scores.

2. USC RB Ronald Jones vs. Texas LBs Malik Jefferson/Anthony Wheeler Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles – Saturday 8:30 p.m. – FOX

Ronald Jones is one of the hottest players in college football right now. He has five touchdowns in two games in his first full season as a starter. Jones has NFL size at 6-0, 200 pounds and breakaway speed that lets him leave defenders in the dust. Watching him a year ago, I didn’t always see a back who displayed great vision approaching the line of scrimmage, but watching him last week against Stanford he seemed a bit more confident and comfortable working downhill. This year’s draft looks to be strong at the running back position once again, and I think by the end of the season there will be more than a few Eagles fans excited about Jones.

Lining up on the other side of the field from Jones will be a pair of Texas linebackers who complement each other well. Junior Malik Jefferson is one of the bigger names in the country at his position and is viewed as one of the best Longhorn prospects in recent memory by most media publications. I don’t think the hype matches what I’ve seen on film. Jefferson is certainly a dynamic athlete. He’s got the speed to match Jones and his ability to close from the back side makes him one of the best pure sideline-to-sideline linebackers in the country. He’s also a very good blitzer and one of Jones’ weaknesses happens to be in pass protection, so that could be a battle to watch in this game. Keep an eye on fellow junior linebacker Anthony Wheeler, who is more of a physical, point-of-attack-type of player when compared to Jefferson.

Prediction: Jones carries the ball 22 times for 148 yards and a pair of scores, including one run of 25-plus yards. Jefferson gets his first sack of the season. USC wins by at least 15 points and gives new head coach Tom Herman his first loss against a top-25 team (he’s 6-0 so far as a head coach).

3. Clemson WR Deon Cain vs. Louisville CBs Jaire Alexander/Trumaine Washington Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky – 8 p.m. – ABC

Coming into the year, one of the biggest questions in the entire country was who would step up at the skill positions for the Clemson Tigers. Losing Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Mike Williams, Artavis Scott, and Jordan Leggett to the NFL Draft, many wondered who would fill the void. The only name that the masses were aware of was Deon Cain, a 6-1, 210-pound speedster who made a bunch of plays as a backup in 2016. Cain needs a lot of refinement as a receiver, but the talent is there for him to be a viable option on the outside in the NFL. Cain is far from the only threat for this Clemson offense at receiver because junior Ray-Ray McCloud, slot man Hunter Renfrow, and Trevion Thompson are all prospects to keep a close eye on in this game.

Junior cornerback Jaire Alexander is one of the best cover corners in the country and would be a huge asset to the Cardinals in this game. The problem is that he’s day to day with a knee injury. His father has said that Alexander won’t play until he’s 100 percent, so it’s unsure that we will see him on Saturday. Alexander could play outside or inside in the NFL. His athleticism, speed, and ball skills make him one of the top prospects at the position if he enters the draft. Across from Alexander is senior corner Trumaine Washington, who projects as a better zone corner than man-to-man cover guy. He struggled against the Tigers a year ago, allowing two touchdowns, so it’s a great opportunity for Washington to get some revenge from last year.

Prediction: Cain catches four passes for 98 yards and a touchdown, but Lamar Jackson leads the Cardinals to victory. Louisville was on the precipice of an upset last year on the road, and they pull it out this time at home.

4. Notre Dame T Mike McGlinchey vs. Boston College DE Harold Landry Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts – 3:30 p.m. – ESPN

Notre Dame’s Mike McGlinchey is one of the top tackles in the country. Well, he has the potential to be. Consistency has been an issue for the Philadelphia native ever since he slid from the right side to the left, whether it’s been penalties or pressure on the quarterback. I’m probably a bigger fan of McGlinchey than most because I see the physical traits to be a starter on the blind side in the NFL. I think he would have been the first tackle off the board had he come out a year ago because of his combination of size, feet, and pop in his hands. He gave up the sack that helped seal the loss to Georgia last week. He can’t afford to dwell on it, however, because he’s got an even bigger test on Saturday afternoon.

Harold Landry nearly declared for the 2017 draft after setting a school record with 16.5 sacks and leading the country with seven forced fumbles, but the 6-3, 250-pound edge rusher decided to go back for one final year at BC. I haven’t studied him yet this season (the Eagles snuck past Northern Illinois to start the year and got drubbed by Wake Forest last week), but his 2016 film was extremely impressive, enough so that I view him as the top pass rusher in the country at this stage of my process. Landry is pretty quick and sudden with his hands and has a solid overall plan of attack when getting after offensive linemen. I also love that he’s a great finisher in the backfield. If he has you in his sights, you’re not slipping away from his grasp. Landry only has one sack so far, but this is a big week for him because scouts will likely plug this game tape in first when watching him this offseason.

Prediction: Landry had six multi-sack games a year ago, and I think this is his first one of the season. I’m predicting a two-sack performance against McGlinchey and company, with a forced fumble to boot. When it’s all said and done, however, Notre Dame leaves with a W. That being said, it’ll be much closer than people think, I think it’ll be a victory by a touchdown or less.

5. Mississippi State LT Martinas Rankin vs. LSU DE Arden Key Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi – 7 p.m. – ESPN

I previewed Mississippi State left tackle Martinas Rankin last week, and he’s got an even bigger matchup this Saturday. Rankin made headlines last winter when he told reporters that he received a second-round grade from the NFL Draft Advisory Committee. At 6-5, 302 pounds, he has the frame that teams want at tackle, as well as hand strength and foot quickness. I think there’s definitely something there to work with. I think he has a ways to go before being relied on as a starter at the NFL level (based off last year’s tape). He’s not overly powerful in the run game and there are areas where he needs to continue refining his technique. A strong performance against Key would go a long way toward proving me wrong.

Arden Key missed the first two weeks of the year with a shoulder injury that some reports say have bothered him through most of the offseason. A lean, explosive edge rusher built in the mold of former LSU Tiger Barkevious Mingo or Georgia Bulldog Leonard Floyd, Key has a freakish first step and closing speed that will make your jaw drop. He’s not polished as a pass rusher right now, and head coach Ed Orgeron said he had to knock some of the rust off in practice this week, but his physical gifts are undeniable. College football is better when this guy is on the field.

Prediction: Key posted a modest five tackles with two sacks and a forced fumble against Rankin a year ago in this game, and I’ll expect a somewhat similar performance this week in his return to the field. LSU snuck away with a three-point win a year ago, and this year I think they win by two, with Key posting three tackles and a sack in the near-upset.

Draft Buzz

While I like Notre Dame tackle Mike McGlinchey as a prospect, I LOVE the guy lined up next to him in left guard Quenton Nelson. The junior blocker is tough, smart, athletic, and pretty sound technically. He tries to steal your soul if you get in his way and is one of the most ferocious blockers I’ve evaluated in recent years. I haven’t studied this year’s film yet, but I saw this clip on Twitter and couldn’t help but smile. This kid is the total package at guard and looks to me like a first-round talent at the guard position.

Small-School Spotlight

I’m admittedly late to this guy’s bandwagon because Draft Twitter has been all over Richie James from Middle Tennessee State. I didn’t get a chance to watch him until recently, but I like everything about this kid (outside of his size at 5-9, 175 pounds). A spitting image of Washington Redskins slot man Jamison Crowder, James is a plus route runner, is quick and sudden out of breaks, reliable at the catch point, and aggressive as a blocker and after the catch. He projects extremely well to the slot in the NFL, and his abilities as a punt returner only add to his value. He’s one of the best pure route runners in this class, and those guys always sit well with me. Consider me as being a member of the junior’s fan club as he continues to rip apart Conference USA.

Philly Connection

Eagles fans could get their first regular-season look at rookie defensive tackle Elijah Qualls this week with Destiny Vaeao being out of the lineup. I was a big fan of Qualls during the draft process this spring, and he fell a lot further than I anticipated. His linemate for the Huskies last year is getting considerably more pub at this point in the process – Vita Vea. The nose tackle from Washington reminds me a bit of former Kansas City first-round pick Dontari Poe because of his size, strength, and light feet. An outstanding run defender who uses his hands really well, I think Vea has scheme versatility. He isn’t a great pass rusher at this point, but I think he has the ability to turn into a really strong player up front who should last in the NFL for a long time.

Game Ball

I mentioned the questions that analysts had about the Clemson offense going into the year, but the only question on defense was if the defensive line was the absolute best in the country, or just number two behind Ohio State. The leader of that group is junior Christian Wilkins, a defensive end a year ago despite weighing over 300 pounds. Wilkins is getting a bit more national recognition as a potential top-10 pick now that he’s back at his more natural position of defensive tackle (he slid outside due to injuries at end in 2016). He put up 10 tackles, two sacks, and 2.5 tackles for loss a week ago against Auburn, making him more than well deserving of this week’s game ball. Now let’s see if he can follow that up against Lamar Jackson and Louisville.

Fran Duffy is the producer of “Eagles Game Plan” which can be seen on Saturdays during the season. Be sure to also check out the “Eagle Eye In The Sky” podcast on the Philadelphia Eagles podcast channel on iTunes. Prior to joining the Eagles in 2011, Duffy was the head video coordinator for the Temple University Football team under former head coach Al Golden. In that role, he spent thousands of hours shooting, logging and assisting with the breakdown of the All-22 film from the team’s games, practices and opponents.

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Lamar Jackson, Louisville Will Stun Defending Champions

Five Matchups To Watch

1. Oklahoma State QB Mason Rudolph vs. Pittsburgh Heinz Field, Pittsburgh- Noon – ESPN

Prediction: Rudolph keeps on rolling to the tune of 325 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cowboys get a win on the road in Pittsburgh. I’d expect to see OSU win by three scores.

2. USC RB Ronald Jones vs. Texas LBs Malik Jefferson/Anthony Wheeler Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles – Saturday 8:30 p.m. – FOX

3. Clemson WR Deon Cain vs. Louisville CBs Jaire Alexander/Trumaine Washington Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky – 8 p.m. – ABC

4. Notre Dame T Mike McGlinchey vs. Boston College DE Harold Landry Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts – 3:30 p.m. – ESPN

5. Mississippi State LT Martinas Rankin vs. LSU DE Arden Key Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi – 7 p.m. – ESPN

Draft Buzz

Small-School Spotlight

Philly Connection

Game Ball

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*sneaks inside*

Hey.. Its Me.. Hunter. ⟟ brought Tea 🍵 Want a cup? *holds Cup out for you* Enjoy it ^w^

How are You doing My Good Chap! ⟟ hope good ^^ did you drink and eat something? ⟟ hope you did. Yes ⟟ will ask that everytime now UwU.

SPOILERS FOR THE FANTASY MASK AU CHAPTER 19 IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET DONT LOOK INTO THIS.

Anyway ⟟ did read the new Chapter of TFMAU and DAMN ⟟ hope everyone will be safe 🥺 also Bad Doggo! ⟟ wanted to pet you >:/. ⟟ hope they will evacuate Fast Also that Jackie's Arm Gets better, Damn Draco you really had your Claws out huh. Hmm what else ⟟ swear ⟟ wanted to say something but forgot it now- Ah! ⟟ remember! About Henrik Ze Good doctor ⟟ like how you always mix German words into it (⟟ mean ofc We know Henrik is part german) But like ⟟ still find it cool me as a german myself ^_^ just you read English and then boom German haha ⟟ just love it.

⟟ wanted to ask Something >~<" ⟟ hope it's not rude. ⟟ wanted to ask if you Have like Small Intrest for Everyone for fun like Jairsolas likes to paint or Jair knows how to Dance Waltz or Jackie Has a secret collection of Idk what things. So like Small Funny/silly informations about them that we can know that wouldn't spoiler something.

Hi Hunter! Always good to see you ^-^ Thank you for the digital tea. I did drink a lot of water but I haven't had dinner yet, I'll probably be making something soon unless my family orders food.

I hope everyone will be safe, too. I mean, I know what will happen, but I'm not giving out any spoilers :3c Enid was technically being a very good dog, if you mean that she was doing what her owner asked her to do. But yeah, not good for the main characters. And yeah, cats can be surprisingly vicious. There's a reason you're not supposed to get in the way of two cats fighting. I'm glad you like the little German words I throw in there! Technically, since this is a fantasy world, German doesn't exist. But because Henrik is German in canon I based Alterde on Germany.

No, don't worry, I love little questions like that! Some fun stuff about the characters, huh? I'll try to come up with one for everyone. Hmm... Jameson had a pet rabbit when he was little! Technically it was a family pet but he took care of it the most. Chase's son Quentin used to make little yarn crafts that Chase would wear as bracelets or necklaces. The reason Marvin likes cats so much is because he once read a story where a kid was adopted by a family of stray cats and grew up to be a powerful sorcerer who protected animals. He always loved the ideas the story had. Henrik brought his scarf with him from Alterde. It was made by one of his childhood friends as a going-away gift and he takes great care of it. Jackie is actually a pretty good cook! He doesn't do it much these days, but he still enjoys making food.

#asks answered #fantasymasksau #brokentimewatch

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⟟ finally had Time to read the new Chapter! WEEE and ⟟ was so excited about it ^w^. ⟟ always say it bur still great chapter <3 Damn 18 Chapters Already that's sick ngl /pos. ⟟ love the new information we got and Chase being Facinated over make-up made me laugh xD.

idk if you could do it but maybe Like write ⏃ one-shot where Chase Trys out make-up but miserably Fails and the Others just laugh about it, you don't need to do it ofc! You're not forced or anything Just thought about it as ⏃ small funny idea.

Alright Back to the Fanfiction again. The new information we got is very useful for them and also for us Because now we and they know more about the king, ⟟ have ⏃ littel Feeling That maybe soon the king will Get Jair Back to him or have ⏃ small encounter With him in his mind or idk in the kingdom in like ⏃ very late time where Jair Just decided he needs some fresh air and goes for ⏃ walk at lets say 2am in the morning where the whole kingdom is asleep and you only hear the owls and birds. And I'm drifting of again oof okay now I'm really going back to the Main plot. Again the information we got is useful for them and us, Side note ⟟ like how Chase Character is Envolving? ⟟ hope ⟟ did write it correct. What ⟟ mean with that ⟟ like how Chase is Building up more Self courage to do things like break into ⏃ strangers Room, hanging around with Marvin, Jackie, schneep and all the others at the Dragonbone really gave him some Motivation That he dosen't needs to be afraid of things. Jairsolas Still needs ⏃ bit of time because he just got free out of King Anti's Grip but yet is still very much afraid of him. And Yeah :> ⟟ think that's all ⟟ wanted to say, ⟟ wanted to write something for Marvin also but ⟟ forgot what ^^" uhhh yee.

It wouldn't let me post this in the comments because my comment is to long TwT ⟟ hope ⟟ can ask this in the question box if not ⟟ guess ⟟ have to do this separately.

Hope you did drink and eat something today! Also hope you looked into the mirror and said "Damn I'm looking fabulous today" because you are fabulous ^^)>♡ sending positive vibes over to you and ⏃ magic Day/Night/Evening for you to have

With Greetings: Hunter Your Old Chap 😉

Ayyy Hunter, good to see you again. Glad you liked the last Fantasy Masks chapter! Sorry for not getting to your ask right away, I was offline.

Anyway, I love how you're imagining more based on the story, like Chase figuring out makeup and a possible future confrontation between JJ and the King. It's so cool to hear about people thinking about my work beyond the chapters itself ^-^ I will give no spoilers for the future, haha. Though I don't write one-shots as often as I used to, I will keep that idea filed away just in case I get the time to. And yeah, I'm trying to have Chase and all the other characters evolve over time—give them character arcs and stuff. I'm proud of Chase so far :) And JJ, too, though he still has a ways to go before he's fully free of the King and the King's effects on him.

I did eat and drink, I just had dinner actually! Thank you for calling me fabulous, too. Right back at you, and you have a good day/night/evening too :)

#asks answered #brokentimewatch

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Training Camp Day 2

Packers Notes

Here are today's roster moves: Signed: *RB Corey Grant. *DL Olive Sagapolu. Cut: *DL Eric Cotton. Packers roster back at the 90-man limit. https://t.co/zifSnYDDHK

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 26, 2019

Pretty quiet start today. Lots of drill work & jog throughs. Some players who looked sharp in receiving drills: Darrius Shepherd Jace Sternberger Robert Tonyan Davante Adams Boyle was also very accurate in receiver drills. Kizer has not had a strong start to camp at all.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

During 1st and 10 period, offense ran 15 plays and 11 of them were runs. QBs were in shotgun just twice.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) July 26, 2019

Oh that was sick. Fake a sweep to MVS and threw a backside slant to Davante in the vacated space. I enjoyed.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

Rodgers, Kizer, Wilkins was QB rotation earlier. Rodgers, Boyle, Wilkins now.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Saw a lot of 21 personnel in yesterday’s install. Today, the inverse. Lots of 12 personnel for #Packers with Robert Tonyan getting a good helping of first-team reps.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

Offense can’t get lined up and needs to call a timeout. Really tough showing for the offense so far, defense is dominating. Kizer with the 2s in this session as he fires to Sternberger who gets up field nicely. Defense stuffs Tre Carson.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

And that’s it. 2 hours, 12 minutes pic.twitter.com/exmiCqDa4O

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Matt LaFleur speaks to the media following Friday's #PackersCamp practice 🎥 https://t.co/kMlZoiZHy1

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) July 26, 2019

LaFleur never considered moving practice indoors today with rain: “Last time I checked, this is football. And I’m sure we’re going to be playing in elements up here in Green Bay.” Unless there’s an injury risk, LaFleur says practice stays outdoors.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

LaFleur says Brian Gutekunst had his eye on RB Corey Grant, but #Packers OC Nathaniel Hackett helped recruit Grant over some other options. Hackett was around Grant in Jacksonville. “I know he’s really, really fast,” LaFleur said if Grant.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

Somehow I forgot Oren Burks on this list and Za’Darius Smith deserves mention too! https://t.co/zNkAgUczdh

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Day 2 work.#PackersCamp pic.twitter.com/jq8TOA0QTQ

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) July 26, 2019

Injuries

Josh Jackson, Darnell Savage, Mason Crosby, Greg Roberts not practicing for second straight day.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

And Brown is back on the field already https://t.co/KLExpgWATi

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 26, 2019

#Packers LB Kendall Donnerson left the practice field. Grabbed his left leg during special teams work.

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 26, 2019

#Packers HC Matt LaFleur on today’s injuries: Kendall Donnerson did tweak a hamstring.

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 26, 2019

Fadol Brown with a big time run stuff against Dexter Williams. That was a flash play for Fadol. Next play guess who shoots in the backfield again… Fadol Brown. Carrying over from a good showing in OTAs. Randy Ramsey down and trying to walk it off.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Sagapolu said he’s not totally healthy from the injury (torn rotator cuff) that ended his college career. Thinks he’s about 85%.

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) July 26, 2019

Aaron Rodgers

Sweet back shoulder throw from Rodgers to EQ over Alexander. Nice sky from EQ

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

King picks off Rodgers on errant pass to Adams.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

More team work: Rodgers to Allison on a quick pass, nice route from 81, super quick throw from 12. Fake jet to MVS – Davante cooks King – easy money from 12. Davante doing Davante things. King continues to struggle with in breakers. Rodgers to Baylis who fumbles but recovers.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Outstanding timing throw from Rodgers to Adams in team. Thrown well before Adams made his break, dropped into a hole in the zone. Money.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

DeShone Kizer

Kizer hits EQ on a DEEP post and the offense goes nuts. Qb2 threw a dime.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

Just an insane throw by Rodgers with ridiculous touch & anticipation to Adams vs. King. Nobody in the league is stopping that play, completely boss level stuff from both. PBU & sticky coverage by Tramon on G-Mo. Alex Light great job on Gary. Kizer finds EQ who explodes up field

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Tim Boyle

Dime from Boyle to Jawill but Jawill drops the over the shoulder catch. Jawill had his man beat. After the great reps from Burks he gets beat by Malcolm Johnson but almost ends up with a pick after the throw wasn’t handled by Johnson.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Boyle quick throw outside to T-Davis. Boyle continues to get a ton of of work with the 2’s ahead of DeShone Kizer. Boyle seems to have a legit shot at QB2. Fadol Brown having a freaking day. Just would have sacked Boyle who fired deep post to J’Mon anyway but it’s off target.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Tim Boyle wirh a ridiculous starter level throw to hit Davante Adams for a big gain. Fantastic anticipation and Adams made a great adjustment and catch. It is ridiculous how much the game has shown down for Adams. Boyle w/ another huge anticipation throw to a sliding Kumerow!

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Manny Wilkins

Manny Wilkins gets three reps. Two handoffs and a bootleg where he throws high to a wide open Tonyan for an incompletion. Tough way to live trying to make a team.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Wilkins climbs the pocket and delivers a nice pass to Moore on a crosser #Packers

— Wes Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) July 26, 2019

Davante Adams

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

MVS

Feel like the WR competition is just getting started, but right now Marquez Valdez-Scantling is pretty clearly ahead of EQ St. Brown as the second perimeter WR across Davante Adams. (Geronimo Allison in the slot.) Will that continue the next five weeks? Way too early to know.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

Outstanding timing throw from Rodgers to Adams in team. Thrown well before Adams made his break, dropped into a hole in the zone. Money.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Geronimo

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Sweet back shoulder throw from Rodgers to EQ over Alexander. Nice sky from EQ

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Kizer hits EQ on a DEEP post and the offense goes nuts. Qb2 threw a dime.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Trevor Davis

Trevor Davis just went up and got one against Kevin King in 1-on-1s. Will be interesting to see whether he can do enough at WR to make the 53 man and be the Packers’ main returner.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

Trevor Davis on jet sweep with Jimmy Graham leading excellent blocking.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Jaire Alexander, Trevor Davis and Tramon Williams back returning punts. #Packers

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) July 26, 2019

Jake Kumerow

Some 1x1s. Kumerow beats Will Redmond. M. Lewis beats Preston Smith easy. Vitale runs a nice angle rte in Crawford A. Jones beats Blake on a wheel!!! Grant gets best of Bolton Oren Burks wirh great coverage on Jamaal Williams and then another rep w/ an amazing pick vs. Jones!!

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Aaron Rodgers to @WarhawkFootball Jake Kumerow. Catch. The #Packers crowd cheers LOUD.

— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

J’Mon Moore

Manny Wilkins with a very nice post throw to J’Mon who had separation, makes a move in the open field and makes a huge play. Best play by J’Mon In camp so far. Sullivan almost picks Boyle on a slant. Ball was bobbled a few times, good play by Chandon.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Jawill Davis

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Aaron Jones

Jones made a sweet over the shoulder catch on his rep. Going to be a weapon in the passing game. https://t.co/djygPIXEez

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Packers No. 1 RB Aaron Jones: “I feel like I’m slept on a little bit, but I’ve been an underdog my whole life.” pic.twitter.com/TzRzFevlOD

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

Cool tidbit from Packers RB Aaron Jones today: He worked on his hands this offseason in El Paso, Texas by having high school QBs throw to him, and sometimes purposely throw bad passes. He took them to the movies afterward a couple times as a thank you for helping him.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

Jamaal Williams

Raven Greene fills his gap well and shuts down Jamaal Williams. Williams just not very elusive in the open field. Tim Boyle with an attempted deep back shoulder to J’Mon but Ka’dar has sticky coverage and breaks it up nicely. One rookie to keep an eye on.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Dexter Williams

Dexter Williams is back after dropping out with an illness yesterday #Packers

— Wes Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) July 26, 2019

Aaron with a bomb to MVS but Jaire was ALL over it. Breaks it up and almost comes down with a 1-handed pick. Dexter Williams cuts back nicely before he ran into Rashan Gary who was on the edge waiting for him. Nice run by Williams.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Corey Grant

Packers add former Jaguars running back, who has 38 games of NFL experience. Roster now back at 90. https://t.co/nLpi0H5UF8

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 26, 2019

The #Jaguars RB Corey Grant is a top tier #RAS athlete and was @PFF's highest rated RB this week. pic.twitter.com/lI6oRGt63j

— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) August 15, 2017

Jersey number for the newest #Packers running back Corey Grant. pic.twitter.com/CedIohTIwj

— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) July 26, 2019

As was evident from today’s attendance list … pic.twitter.com/4RbTPk2n73

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Corey Grant shows off that 4.28 speed as he bursts to the outside for what would have been a big gainer. Jet sweep to Trevor Davis works very well for a gain of 15-20 to the outside left. Montravius Adams stuffs Jamaal Williams for a loss.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Vitale

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Jimmy Graham

Trevor Davis on jet sweep with Jimmy Graham leading excellent blocking.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Marcedes Lewis

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Jace Sternberger

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Robert Tonyan

Robert Tonyan gets first TE rep in team period today. He’s getting a real chance to not just make the roster, but contribute.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

Saw a lot of 21 personnel in yesterday’s install. Today, the inverse. Lots of 12 personnel for #Packers with Robert Tonyan getting a good helping of first-team reps.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

Evan Baylis

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Malcolm Johnson

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Pharoah McKeveer

When they came up with the word “lumbering” to describe the movement of a human being, they had Pharoah McKever in mind…

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Bakhtiari

One on one defensive line vs offensive line Good initial push by Z but Bakhtiari stymies him. Linsley beats Montravius, strong anchor. Clark beats Turner off the line but Turner recovers perfectly. Next rep Turner dominates Clark. Bulaga takes care of Preston.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Bulaga

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Spriggs

Fackrell with a little pressure vs Light. Keke loses rep 1, better rep 2. Patrick gets the best of Lancaster twice. Jenkins and Looney with a good battle 2x. Gary is so damn good. Spriggs no chance. 👀👀👀 Spriggs does better rep 2 but Gary powers through it.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Alex Light

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Billy Turner

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Lucas Patrick

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Corey Linsley

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Kenny Clark

Aaron stops to tie his shoe before the snap and then Kenny Clark stuffs Jones. Defense ahead of offense again today so far! Kizer a bomb to EQ for a touchdown on his first rep. He missed EQ yesterday, comes back with a dime today. Big play. EQ won deep for the 2nd day in a row.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

💪💥💪💥@KCBoutThatLife @Montravius1TGE pic.twitter.com/rNPcxEnT3X

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Another huddle and an intense last session upcoming. The defense is hype. Here we go!!! Music is blaring. Rollout play one. Preston all over it. Rodgers gets it out to Mercedes incomplete but looks like he was held. Ka’Dar in wirh the ones!!! Clark and Burks stuff Jones!

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Dean Lowry

Team time: Lowry with a big time run stuff on Aaron Jones. Toss to Jones and Blake shoots through for a stop. Quick tempo from call in the huddle to the line but it was just an attempt to draw the de offsides, no dice. Za’Darius shoots through the line for a would be sack.

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Montravius Adams

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Tyler Lancaster

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Eric Cotton

Cotton is indeed the corresponding move. Packers announce his release. https://t.co/kMBYUmlYMS

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

Kingsley Keke

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Fadol Brown

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Olive Sagapolu

#Packers have signed DL Olive Sagapolu, per his agent.

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) July 26, 2019

A new arrival at Packers camp: former Badgers DT Olive Sagapolu. pic.twitter.com/GmlB2l26JA

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 26, 2019

Wisconsin Badgers nose tackle Olive Sagapolu, who weighs 336 pounds, does a standing backflip on the beach pic.twitter.com/UMiUWbih8m

— Disco Sports (@DiscoSports) May 23, 2018

As was evident from today’s attendance list … pic.twitter.com/4RbTPk2n73

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Sagapolu said he’s not totally healthy from the injury (torn rotator cuff) that ended his college career. Thinks he’s about 85%.

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) July 26, 2019

EDGE

Zadarius Smith

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

I don’t know what’s going to happen when the pads come on, but Zadarius Smith is CONSTANTLY in the backfield during team drills.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Preston Smith

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Rashan Gary

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Kyler Fackrell

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Reggie Gilbert

False start by de Beer. Offense 😬😬😬 Boyle quick pass to Shepherd. Reggie Gilbert gets around de Beer for a would be sack and that does it for practice!

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Blake Martinez

Fresh off his INT in team red-zone yesterday, Blake Martinez back working in coverage drills #Packers pic.twitter.com/0DngEIY6dz

— Wes Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) July 26, 2019

Eagle-eyes @rothchris says Martinez gets the strip on Baylis.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

Oren Burks

OB with a great coverage rep against Jones. INT.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

I want to really, really re-emphasize the coverage by Oren Burks. He looked fantastic in both reps. Stuck with Jones on a double move in the open field, jammed him, undercut the route and made a super athletic pick. Huge play for him. https://t.co/NPGWFq4j2E

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Here's that play, for those curious. pic.twitter.com/1XkDI2GXWL

— Olivia Reiner (@ReinerOlivia) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Ty Summers

Semi-interesting note: Bolton is definitely running ahead of Summers as of now.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

Curtis Bolton

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Semi-interesting note: Bolton is definitely running ahead of Summers as of now.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

Jaire Alexander

Sweet back shoulder throw from Rodgers to EQ over Alexander. Nice sky from EQ

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Rodgers heaves one deep to MVS who is blanketed by Alexander, who knocks it away. Should have been picked.

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Jaire Alexander, Trevor Davis and Tramon Williams back returning punts. #Packers

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) July 26, 2019

Kevin King

Trevor Davis just went up and got one against Kevin King in 1-on-1s. Will be interesting to see whether he can do enough at WR to make the 53 man and be the Packers’ main returner.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) July 26, 2019

King picks off Rodgers on errant pass to Adams.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Tramon Williams

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Jaire Alexander, Trevor Davis and Tramon Williams back returning punts. #Packers

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) July 26, 2019

Ka’dar Hollman

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Tony Brown

Kizer hits EQ on a bomb over Tony Brown in his first throw in team work

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) July 26, 2019

Will Redmond

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Chandon Sullivan

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Adrian Amos

Amos makes a really nice play in coverage vs. Adams. So technically sound.

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

Raven Green

— Andy Herman (@SconnieSports) July 26, 2019

Special Teams

JK Scott

That JK Scott can sure kick the hell out of a football. #analysis

— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) July 26, 2019

With my abacus handy, I has Scott with 56.5 average and 4.44 of hang time on 11 punts.

— Bill Huber (@PackerReport) July 26, 2019

#Packers punter JK Scot got 11 reps vs. rush. Had the wind at his back, and used it well: 48 yards, 4.05 seconds hang 38, 3.80 62, 4.46 60, 4.86 60, 4.65 51, 4.02 63, 4.46 55, 4.58 61, 4.80 62, 4.38 59, 4.58 Avg: 56, 4.42

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) July 26, 2019

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