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junker-town · 6 years ago

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Bracketology 2019: Welcome to the month of madness!

And with a late Selection Sunday and flat-out strange bubble picture, March 2019 will truly be like none that have come before it.

The best month of the year is finally here! And with Selection Sunday falling on St. Patrick’s Day, 2019 will give you a little extra bang for your March buck. If you think back to last year, the first conference tournament games were played on February 26th. This time around, they’ll tip a full week later, on Monday, March 4th. Conference Tournament Central is live over at Blogging the Bracket, so be sure to bookmark it for all of your bracket and TV info needs over the next 17 days.

The first look at the bid picture for March features just one new lock, not quite as many as I anticipated on Thursday afternoon, thanks to some late results on the West Coast. (Just dropping a second massive hint here, after the picture at the top of the post.) In 2019, 25 of the 68 spots in the 2019 NCAA Tournament will go to the champions of likely single-bid conferences (a few of whom find themselves rather high up the bracket right now). That leaves 43 places — 36 at-large squads and the 7 champions of the probable multi-bid leagues — truly up for grabs.

As a reminder, you’ll see three sets of numbers in parentheses after each at-large candidate’s name. The first is its overall record in games against Division I opposition only. The second is its total of Group 1 and 2 “quality” wins, with the third indicating the number of Group 1 wins, since the Selection Committee has indicated that it values these the most.

Note: Team records and NET data reflects games played through Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (Info from WarrenNolan.com.) Asterisks (*) denote auto bid holders.

Locks And Protected Seeds

No. 1s: 1. Virginia* (25-2/14/9), 2. Gonzaga* (28-2/11/3), 3. Duke (24-4/15/8), 4. Kentucky (24-4/14/9) No. 2s: 5. North Carolina (23-5/13/7), 6. Michigan State* (23-5/14/10), 7. Tennessee (24-3/11/7), 8. Michigan (25-4/16/7) No. 3s: 9. Houston* (27-1/13/3), 10. LSU* (23-5/15/8), 11. Kansas (21-7/14/10), 12. Purdue (21-7/14/7) No. 4s: 13. Texas Tech (23-5/13/5), 14. Marquette* (23-5/13/9), 15. Virginia Tech (22-6/10/4), 16. Florida State (22-6/10/6)

The top 11 teams here are in the same order as in Tuesday’s full bracket, with the first change at the end of seed line No. 3. Purdue replaces Marquette there, following the Golden Eagles’ Wednesday loss at Villanova. Buzz Williams’ current team, Virginia Tech, joins his former one on line No. 4 thanks to the Hokies’ Tuesday home victory over Zion Williamson-less Duke. Tech replaces Wisconsin, following the Badgers double-overtime loss to the struggling Indiana Hoosiers.

Top Four Seeds By Region

East: 1/1. Virginia* (Columbus 1), 2/7. Tennessee (Jacksonville 1), 3/12. Purdue (Jacksonville 2), 4/14. Marquette (Hartford 1) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 34

West: 1/2. Gonzaga* (Salt Lake City 1), 2/8. Michigan (Des Moines 2), 3/9. Houston (Tulsa 1), 4/15. Virginia Tech (Hartford 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 34

South: 1/3. Duke (Columbia 1), 2/6. Michigan State* (Des Moines 1), 3/10. LSU (Tulsa 2), 4/13. Texas Tech (San José 1) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 33

Midwest: 1/4. Kentucky (Columbus 2), 2/5. North Carolina (Columbia 2), 3/11. Kansas (Salt Lake City 2), 4/16. Florida State (San José 2) - Total of Top 4 Seeds = 36

With the top four representatives in a conference placed in separate regions, Virginia Tech, the fourth ACC team in, is shipped West. That means the conference’s fifth squad, Florida State, gets a shorter second weekend trip — to Kansas City’s blueblood-heavy Midwest regional.

Other Locks

No. 5s: 17. Kansas State* (21-7/10/6), 18. Wisconsin (19-9/12/8), 19. Nevada* (26-2/8/0), 20. Mississippi State (21-7/11/9) No. 6s: 21. Maryland (21-8/12/6), 22. Iowa (21-7/11/4), 23. Cincinnati (24-4/9/4), 24. Villanova (21-8/14/4) No. 7s: 25. Iowa State (20-8/9/5)

We have just one new lock this week — Villanova, thanks to the Wildcats’ home win over Marquette. I was all set to put the Washington Huskies in this group too, but they managed to become the first Pac-12 team to lose to the California Golden Bears in 2019. Cal entered Thursday’s play ranked 275th in the NET (they’re now 253rd). It’s really hard to pick up a worse loss as a member of a power conference. Strangely enough, Mike Hopkins’ squad still clinched the Pac-12 regular-season title despite the loss, as the second-place Arizona State Sun Devils also dropped a game on Thursday, at Oregon.

Switching to the actual locks in this group, Wisconsin wasn’t the only Big Ten team to see its chances at a protected seed drop this week. Iowa and Maryland also picked up questionable losses, to Ohio State and Penn State, respectively, with both defeats coming in blowout fashion. The Hawkeyes’ loss in Columbus was doubly costly, as head coach Fran McCaffrey was suspended for two games following his postgame tirade directed at a game official.

Going back to our math, while we have 25 locks, only 23 of those count against the 43 places available. That’s because Gonzaga and Nevada represent conferences expected to place just a single team in the field. (That’s true even if the Mountain West has a second team in today.) Three such teams find themselves in the near-lock group.

Near Locks

No. 7s: 26. Buffalo* (24-3/7/2), 27. Wofford* (22-4/7/3), 28. Baylor (19-9/12/4) No. 8s: 29. Ole Miss (19-9/7/4), 30. Auburn (18-9/10/2), 31. VCU* (22-6/6/2), 32. Washington* (22-6/6/1)

I was tempted to move both Buffalo and Wofford into the lock group, but the Selection Committee’s historic treatment of “strong mid-major champions that fail to win their conference tournaments” makes me a little skittish. Based on the NET, both the Bulls and Terriers should be locks, since they are ranked 15th and 18th, respectively. In the RPI days, such lofty rankings would have guaranteed selection. At the moment, I feel a little more confident about Buffalo, thanks to the non-conference win at Syracuse. While Wofford has a superior total of Quad 1 victories, all of those came in Southern Conference play, with the Terriers’ best non-league result coming at 87th-ranked South Carolina.

In other words, we’ll have a good idea of how much the NET matters by how the Committee treats these teams should they fall in their conference tournaments.

VCU, not Washington, is the third single-bid conference rep in this group, even if the Huskies and Sun Devils are doing their best to make #Pac1Bid happen. In fact, the Atlantic 10 could still snag a second bid, thanks to the Dayton Flyers’ late resurgence.

With just 4 teams out of this group counting toward our total of 43 available bids, 27 spots are now accounted for. That leaves 16 up for grabs.

Bubble IN

No. 9s: 33. Florida (17-11/8/3), 34. Syracuse (18-10/8/3), 35. Ohio State (18-10/8/4), 36. Louisville (18-11/8/4) No. 10s: 37. Oklahoma (17-11/9/3), 38. NC State (20-8/7/2), 39. TCU (18-10/7/3), 40. St. John’s (20-9/10/6)

While Florida and Ohio State improved their standing with mid-week victories, Louisville’s free-fall continued with a loss at Boston College and St. John’s saw its position become a bit more precarious, thanks to Thursday night’s home defeat to the suddenly-relevant Xavier Musketeers. That setback is the Red Storm’s third such Quad 3 result, with all of those coming in conference play. Chris Mullin’s team is now tied with Xavier for third in the Big East. And while that seems impressive, that sensation disappears when you look at the standings and see that both are 8-8.

The Cut Line

Last Four Byes (No. 11s): 41. Arizona State (19-9/8/3), 42. UCF (21-6/6/0), 43. Texas (15-13/8/4), 44. Alabama (17-11/9/2)

The fact Oregon is now ranked 67th in the NET helps Arizona State out, as that defeat remains a Quad 1 one for the Sun Devils. Texas, meanwhile, failed to convert on a golden opportunity to shore up its status on Wednesday, as the Longhorns gave away a road game at Baylor. Shaka Smart’s team fell in overtime despite the absence of Kerwin Roach II (suspension) and Dylan Osetkowski (illness).

No. 12s (Auto Bids): 45. Lipscomb* (20-6/3/2) and 48. Belmont* (23-4/5/2)

With the shape of 2019’s bubble, both “Battle of the Boulevard” rivals should at least earn some Committee discussion should they fail to win their respective conference tournaments next weekend.

Last Four IN (No. 12s - First Four): 46. Seton Hall (16-11/10/3), 47. Minnesota (17-11/9/2), 49. Utah State (22-6/3/1), 50. Clemson (17-11/5/1)

Clemson replaces Temple, Tuesday’s penultimate team in, following the Owls’ loss at Memphis that evening.

Minnesota had little trouble at Northwestern on Thursday night, so they stick around with games against Purdue and Maryland looming next week. And the Golden Gophers aren’t the only team in this quartet with much to play for this week. Seton Hall visits Georgetown on Saturday, then hosts both Marquette and Villanova over the season’s final week. Utah State gets its long-awaited second shot at Mountain West-leading Nevada on Saturday, while Clemson hosts North Carolina and Syracuse on consecutive Saturdays.

First Four OUT: 69. Temple (20-8/6/1), 70. Memphis (18-11/4/1), 71. Saint Mary’s (20-10/3/1), 72. Dayton (19-9/3/1)

Of the four teams listed here, the two American Athletic squads are best positioned to jump in. Not only did Memphis beat Temple on Tuesday, but the Tigers now have a Quad 1 win on their profile, as UCF ranks 30th in the NET as of this morning. Penny Hardaway’s team can grab a second at Cincinnati on Saturday. The Knights’ rise mean Temple could get one more shot at a quality win when Johnny Dawkins’ squad visits Philadelphia next Saturday.

Saint Mary’s will have to beat Gonzaga in Moraga Saturday night to have any real hope, while Dayton won’t get another quality win opportunity during the regular season. It’s likely a case of “auto bid or bust” for both.

Next Seven OUT: 73. Georgetown (17-11/8/3), 74. Xavier (16-13/9/3), 75. Furman (20-6/4/1), 76. Butler (15-13/7/2), 77. Oregon (16-12/4/1), 78. Liberty (21-6/2/1), 79. Murray State (22-4/1/0)

It’s a similar story for the trio of mid-majors in this expanded group that makes up the remainder of our bubble. Xavier, which picked up its third Quad 1 win of the season at St. John’s on Thursday, joins a pair of Big East rivals that also still have work to do. Butler ends up as the lowest-ranked of the trio thanks to a Tuesday overtime home loss to Providence.

While Oregon’s home win over Arizona State is a Quad 2 victory, the Ducks will have one last shot at a Quad 1 triumph next Saturday, since they visit Washington to close the regular season. At this point, a Duck win in Seattle could be a mixed blessing for a league that’s transformed into the “Conference of Brutality” over the past few months.

(Likely) One-Bid Conference Reps

No. 13s: 51. New Mexico State*, 52. Yale*, 53. Old Dominion*, 54. Vermont* No. 14s: 55. Hofstra*, 56. South Dakota State*, 57. UC Irvine*, 58. Radford* No. 15s: 59. Montana*, 60. Texas State*, 61. Loyola Chicago*, 62. Wright State* No. 16s (First Round): 63. Colgate*, 64. Sam Houston State* No. 16s (First Four): 65. St. Francis (Pa.)*, 66. Iona*, 67. Prairie View A&M*, 68. Norfolk State*

Several teams in this group will wrap up their regular seasons this weekend, with the Metro Atlantic (four six-loss teams at the top), Missouri Valley (two 11-6 teams followed by an 10-7 one) and Patriot League (three-way tie for first) wrapping up particularly messy conference races. In other words, there might be some new names in my Tuesday projection.

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thatmattattack · 8 years ago

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rules: answer the question and tag 10 blogs you want to get to know better!

nicknames: matt, mac, matty

time right now: 4:01 P.M.

last thing i googled: rapport definition (i wanted to make sure i was using the word correctly ok)

favourite music artist: single artist would be janelle monae, musical group would be the band stars

song stuck in my head: “kiss me under the milky twilight...” won’t leave me for some reason

last movie i watched: robin hood: men in tights

last tv show i watched: psych, 1x03 --- i’m doing a rewatch and it is So Great

what i’m wearing right now: grey shorts and a black t-shirt

when did i create this blog: i made this blog in 2008, but i didn’t actually post on it until sometime in 2009. still...... it’s hella old at this point.

the kind of stuff i post: b99, psych, btvs, hp, memes n things, veronica mars, dw.... a lot of fandom stuff with personal and funny stuff thrown in for good measure.

do i have other blogs: i have a few, but i’m not particularly active on them except for @dailyperaltiago, which i recently joined as a member. you should def check it out if you’re into b99 and jake/amy tbh.

do i get asks regularly: yes and i read every single one of them (and appreciate them a lot, too), but i’m So Terrible at responding back honestly.

why did i choose my url: because i am trying to fully complete my transition into being jake peralta’s twin, obviously. no, but really, it just came to me after thinking about my personal username (thatmattattack) and the rest is history.

gender: male af

hogwarts house: GRYFFINDOR PRIDE!

average hours of sleep: lmao i vary so much that the median or even mode of how many hours i sleep per week/month/year would probably be more accurate than the average could ever be. sometimes i don’t sleep at all and other times i sleep for 14 hours. #gottalovethatinsomnia

lucky number: honestly, i’ve always associated my lucky numbers with my birthdate, so anything with 11, 12, or 93 is lucky to me.

favourite characters:

men: harry potter, jake peralta, jt yorke, percy jackson, chandler bing, shawn spencer, the eleventh doctor, spencer reid, john luther, captain jack

women: hermione granger, gina linetti, juilet o’hara, amy santiago, buffy summers, mulan, kate beckett, rosa diaz, arya stark, sansa stark, ashley kerwin

dream career: crime scene forensic scientist

tagged users: @3ridanampora, @jonahsimms, @veronicamars, @bluestoplights, @expelliarmus, @amyxjakeb99, @elsaclack, @phil-the-stone, @feministperalta, @tall-butt, and anyone else who wants to do it!

#memes n things #about matt

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latestnews2018-blog · 6 years ago

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Dolph Ziggler Was Almost Kurt Angle's Protegee, But Ended Up In The Spirit Squad

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Dolph Ziggler Was Almost Kurt Angle's Protegee, But Ended Up In The Spirit Squad

Dolph Ziggler has come a long way since starting in WWE. His first gimmick was a caddy for Charvo Guerrero Jr’s “Kerwin White” character. He was then repackaged into a member of a troupe of male cheerleaders.

Before The Spirit Squad became a reality, Ziggler was told WWE had a much more exciting plan for him. He discussed this turn in his career’s path during Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia. Zigger joked about being frustrated with WWE “twelve of the thirteen years I’ve been here,” before going into one early instance where the company’s creative decisions didn’t go to his liking.

“A little before I got called up to do the Spirit Squad I was told by the in-between when you’re hearing you’re gonna get called up to WWE, the main roster. They were like, ‘hey they really like that you have an amateur wrestling background’ and I had my crew cut, my military haircut. They go, ‘it’s great that you have no tattoos, we’re kinda looking at you as Kurt Angle’s protegee or something.’

“If Kurt Angle hadn’t won that gold medal and came to WWE I might not have even got a chance. But because he was so good and he did so well when he got here they’re like, ‘maybe we can give some smaller guys a try and because of him I got a chance to work here. And they go, hey maybe we consider you as his protegee and I go, ‘what? This is the craziest thing ever!’ Cut to four weeks later and I’m a cheerleader with four other guys, but still the thought was there that maybe that was gonna happen.”

The Spirit Squad was a heel faction that drew a massive amount of heat from the fans. Their run consisted of working with top names in pro wrestling which helped them along immensely. Ziggler continued to discuss how The Spirit Squad was seen as a joke, yet they were still in the main event.

“It just became a rotating cast of legends. It was like Dusty Rhodes, Roddy Piper, Ric Flair and it never ended and it was like, ‘Woah.’ We were learning stuff that other people didn’t get a chance to learn like on a regular basis we were very spoiled. We were kinda seen as jokes but also we were fighting DX in the main event of a pay-per-view in a cage or something.”

Ziggler knew The Spirit Squad couldn’t last forever. He saw it as a second chance with WWE after being fired as White’s caddy. All the while, Ziggler knew he had to step it up and give WWE a reason to keep him around.

“When we finished the Caddy I go, ‘aw I’m fired, okay… oh I get a second chance I’m gonna try to do everything I can if this is it,’ even being a cheerleader bummed me out, but I go: ‘if this is it I’m gonna give them every opportunity to go we need this guy on the roster.’ So we did the year, I tried to learn everything I could. I was still okay but at a year-and-a-half in, two years… you can be okay but not great you know.

“Then that came to an end and they go, ‘don’t worry we have plans for you guys. One of you guys doesn’t really know what you’re doing yet we’ll worry about him later but we have some plans’ and next week we were not at TV. Then travel is canceled and I go, ‘okay if I get fired now I did everything I could, we did a year run where I listened to everybody I tried to have psychology, tired to learn everything.

“I go, ‘but if I get a chance to get called back I wanna be the best wrestler they have that there’s no reason for me to ever get taken off the roster again or fired or anything. So I went from the three practices a day I was doing to five practices a day and going to OVW shows and going there early and having a practice match in the ring before the show started.

“I just wanted to have every — if they give me a chance I don’t want them to have a reason to send me back. That’s what drove me to be better than I should be. It was half the time we were a joke but half the time we were in main events of pay-per-views and with five of us we could make up for it.”

After DX and Ric Flair defeated The Spirit Squad in a five-on-three handicap match on November 27th, 2006, the faction of male cheerleaders was disbanded. Triple H and Shawn Michaels placed The Spirit Squad in a crate stamped with “OVW, Louisville, Kentucky” and the group was off WWE television after that. He went on to discuss why WWE decided to break up the faction and what they were told beforehand.

“For months they go, ‘any day this could be over’ and then when they said that we’d go win the Tag Titles and go do something else so you never know,” Ziggler said when he was asked if he was told why the Spirit Squad was broken up. “It was to get another team some heat in a third-teir for a story on the main event of the show and then that was the end of us. I said, ‘that didn’t really help us, but you know we had a year run.'”

If you use any portion of the quotes in this article please credit Chasing Glory With Lilian Garcia with a H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription

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investmart007 · 6 years ago

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Secret recording, unpaid loan stir race for Georgia governor

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Secret recording, unpaid loan stir race for Georgia governor

ATLANTA/June 16, 2018 (AP)(STLRealEstate.News) — Accusations of ethical lapses and incompetence are raising the temperature of Georgia’s heated race for the Republican nomination for governor.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle faces Secretary of State Brian Kemp in a GOP primary runoff July 24. Allegations questioning Cagle’s ethics and Kemp’s competence have already made for a turbulent campaign.

Cagle, the GOP front-runner, was caught in a secret recording released last week candidly acknowledging he’d backed what he called a “bad public policy” for political gain. Then The New York Times reported Thursday that Cagle in 2008 bought an Atlanta condominium from a lobbyist for $97,000, a price 24 percent below its appraised value.

Kemp said the recording represented “everything that’s wrong with politics.” But Kemp’s tenure as Georgia’s top elections official and his reputation as a businessman have also come under fire.

Cagle ran a TV ad branding Kemp “incompetent” and “untrustworthy” over a 2015 incident in which Kemp’s office inadvertently released the Social Security numbers and other information of millions of Georgia voters on disks sent to media and political party officials.

And Kemp is facing scrutiny for his role in Hart AgStrong, a company that owes $1.6 million to farmers who provided it with seed for making canola and sunflower oil. A financier suing the company says he’s owed $500,000. He told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kemp requested the loan.

Cagle and Kemp were the top finishers in a five-way primary May 22 for the Republican nomination to succeed term-limited GOP Gov.

Nathan Deal. Georgia hasn’t elected a Democratic governor since 1998, so the stakes are high for Republicans in this deep-red state. “Hits are made harder, it gets nastier and things become more vicious in the runoff,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.

The covert recording was made after the primary by Cagle’s former gubernatorial rival Clay Tippins. During a private conversation, Cagle said he had supported a measure to nearly double the limit Georgia places on a tax credit for private school scholarships, hoping to deprive another rival of support from an advocacy group.

Critics say the scholarship program diverts money from public schools. On the recording obtained by the Atlanta newspaper and WSB-TV, Cagle tells Tippins: “Is it bad public policy? Between you and me, it is. I can tell you how it is a thousand different ways.” Since the recording came to light, Cagle has said raising the tax-credit limit to $100 million a year was the right move because it expanded education choices.

“The words I used in that secret recording don’t reflect how I feel about this historic legislation,” Cagle said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, Cagle acknowledged buying a high-rise condo ten years ago from Terry Hobbs, a lobbyist for natural gas marketer Scana. Cagle said his sons lived in the condo while they attended Georgia State University in Atlanta. He insisted the below-appraisal price was fair considering the deal was closed during a recession that sent real-estate values tumbling.

“The condo lost value for years after that purchase — dropping $50,000 according to the county,” Cagle campaign manager Scott Binkley said in a statement. Binkley said no political favors were sought or given between the lobbyist and Cagle.

Kemp has also been defending himself after Cagle launched an ad on the voter information leak, featuring a woman portraying an elderly voter who says: “Shame on you, Brian Kemp.”

Kemp spokesman Ryan Mahoney said Kemp immediately recall the disks containing voters’ information and none of it got compromised.

“He protected our personal information, fired the person responsible, and implemented new security measures to prevent a future occurrence,” Mahoney said.

Regarding the financial struggles of Hart AgStrong, which has plants in Georgia and Kentucky, Kemp said he’s an investor with no direct involvement in the company’s operations. The Atlanta newspaper reported Kemp owned roughly 25 percent of the firm in 2010. His campaign says his stake is now 8 percent.

“I’ve been a business person for 30 years. I started my own companies, I’ve invested in others. This is one that’s just struggled,” Kemp told the Atlanta newspaper. “The company is working hard to resolve that issue.”

The newspaper said state records show the business owes Kentucky farmers $1.6 million. Georgia financier Rick Phillips says he loaned the company $500,000 after Kemp personally approached him in January 2016. He says the loan went into default in May 2017 and he filed suit.

“I trusted Brian,” Phillips told the newspaper. “But how can I trust him to run a state when he can’t handle his business?”

The GOP infighting could ultimately benefit Stacey Abrams, who won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last month. Abrams was quickly endorsed by her sole primary opponent, while Cagle and Kemp continue to battle on the GOP side.

“It is going to be crucial for Republicans to come together after the runoff and unify,” said Kerwin Swint, a political science professor at Kennesaw State University. “Whether they can do that sufficiently is an open question.”

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By BEN NADLER, Associated Press

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fangs-fogartys · 3 years ago

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We are anti benji over here 🙌🏽

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samanthasroberts · 7 years ago

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One rural Indigenous community on what ‘Invasion Day’ means to them

In Australia, the date of Jan. 26 goes by many names.

“Australia Day” is what you might hear in media and on TV. But for many people, Indigenous or otherwise, it also goes by “Invasion Day” or “Survival Day” and it’s often called the “Day of Mourning.”

Marking the beginning of colonialism and the cultural loss, genocide and systemic racism that came along with it, the anniversary is a bank holiday marked by increasingly large protests and calls on social media to #ChangeTheDate. Or hell, even simply #CancelTheDate.

The town of Wilcannia found in outback north west New South Wales and belonging to the Barkandji people is made up of around 800 residents with diverse and deep-rooted emotions stirred around this date.

Artist and photographer Justine Muller spoke with Aboriginal residents of the town, on Jan. 26, taking their portraits with just her iPhone 7 Plus and asking them in their own words: What does Jan. 26 mean to you?

SEE ALSO: ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’: A safety message about celebrating ‘Invasion Day’

Leroy Johnson, Barkandji man

“Tick tock, tick tock tick tock, tick tock, it’s here again. The first month, the 26th day.” “The 26th of January” lyrics by Leroy Johnson.

Image: justine muller

“I wrote this song around 2010 I think. I wrote it in response sort of to the silly questions that you always get around this time of year, mostly from white fellas and the mainstream media about why we Aboriginals dont like the day and the date. The tick-tock part at the start is like, ‘Wait for it, the same questions will come.’

“Do I think the date should change? It is very significant to us, so the day should be acknowledged, but in a completely different way, like ANZAC Day for example (where Turkey celebrates the defence of their nation and ANZAC mourns the losses). We need to honour those who have died to defend their country against the foreign invader. Unfortunately, the invader now celebrates their victory and we mourn our losses. Different sides of the same coin.

“Australia should celebrate its nationhood, which is Jan. 1, 1901. The other date is just the establishment of a colony of Great Britain, not the birth of a nation. We (Australia) need to separate ourselves from Mothers (Great Britains) apron strings and grow up and form our own identity, which is definitely not a British Colony, as long as it stays this way, thats what we will be.”

Monica Kerwin Whyman, 47-year-old Barkandji woman

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“1788 to 2017. Celebrating Australia Day traditions with family and friends drinking beer, having BBQ’s in back yards near rivers and on beaches across this nation is cultural for many non-Aboriginals to do on the Jan. 26 each year but the true traditional of this country we will mourn on this day because we have nothing to celebrate.

“We mourn for the loss of land on this day. We mourn for the loss of our ancestors on this day. We mourn for the loss of our children on this day. We mourn for the loss of our identity on this day.

“Yes, Australia we will mourn on this day but we won’t do it in silence. We will march the streets. We will protest. We will raise our Aboriginal flags and we will make noise. Because we have asked you to change the date and you never listen. You have stolen a lot and gave back little to compensate for the wrongs you have done and yes, it has been over 200 years since you invaded our land yet you still celebrate on this day.

“You say you want to reconcile but what does that mean, Australia? You will never understand why we are angry on this day. You will never know the pain because you treat us like we are strangers in our own country and your non-Aboriginal generation will grow to know your Australia Day traditions but what do I give mine?

“So please change the date so we all can celebrate together. For all Aboriginals across this nation, it would mean a lot.”

Reena Staker, 35-year-old Barkandji woman

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“It’s an insult to celebrate on a day that is an emotional time, especially for our elders. A lot of our history is still not recognised, and the truth is covered up. Australians need to be better educated about the reality then they would understand it is not a day of celebration for us.

“The Day should be on any other day, but not the day our land was invaded.”

Uncle Woddy Harris, 66-year-old Barkandji man

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“I am an original Australian person. We are due for change. Stand up and say enough is enough let’s all come together. No more hating, we are all people. Australia is important to everyone. Life is about trust and choices. Lets choose to move forward together.

“If they want a day of celebration for all Australians then it’s not this day.”

Timothy A. Quayle, 47-year-old Barkandji man

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“I think all Australians should have a great day on behalf of our great country.

“We are all Australians we should all celebrate together black and white. We should come together as one and get along.

“Im not a racist, I love everyone, so if they want to celebrate on that day I dont mind but I think there should be recognition of what happened, perhaps a minute silence as a sign of respect.

Alison Whyman, 44-year-old Barkandji woman

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“Australia Day to me means Invasion Day. For us Aboriginal people it is nothing to celebrate. Even if you change the day Im still not sure how Id feel about it. It is hurtful to us. It’s a hurting day. We are still suffering.”

Brendon Adams, 40+ year-old Ku Ku Yalanji man

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“The day of celebration for non-Indigenous, is about the landing in our country. They did steal our land even if politically they are ignorant to it. Admitting it yet still celebrating is ignorance and hurtful.

“For us to move forward together, the truth needs to be recognised. Our people died for their country, and their blood has soaked this land.

“We have a minute silence for the Anzacs. Why cant we have a minute silence for our people who also fought for their country? I think if we did that people would start to understand and think about the past and we could take a step towards breaking down that ignorance.

“We Aboriginal people used to call Australia Day, Mourning Day but we now call it Survival Day. This change in attitude is an example of the strength of our people to want to move forward. In the past protests led to anger and led to conflict but now we celebrate our survival our strength, our culture.

“A lot needs to happen before Australia can become a united country. We need to be recognised. We need a treaty, we need to be treated as equals.

Ron Kinsela, 54-year-old Wiradjuri man

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“A lot of bad things happened to our people cause of that day and they celebrate it. I dont know why they celebrate. People were killed, massacred. There are still properties around here with massacre sights and they are still not recognised.

“Like when our soldiers went over seas and fought wars for this country they came home and still had no rights. We died on this soil defending our country but we dont do anything to remember that like they do for white soldiers.

Shaylin Whyman, 20-year-old Barkandji woman

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“Celebrating Australia Day isn’t a crime and I think it’s great to celebrate what a wonderful country we live in but celebrating on the Jan 26. is the worst thing the government could have done for Aboriginal people.

“Jan. 26 is a day to be remembered forever because it’s the day our people were murdered, our children taken, a religion we knew nothing about was forced on us, our women were raped, and we were forced to speak a language that isn’t ours. I think the date should be changed so that everyone can celebrate together. Jan 26. is known to all Aboriginal people as Invasion day, which for us is not a day to be celebrated.”

Murray Butcher, 40+ year-old Barkandji man

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“Jan. 26 I think is the wrong date for Australia Day. It represents the date the First Fleet falsely claimed the land belonged to nobody. The land belonged to us, we belonged to the land and we looked after the land. It’s still our land we never gave it up.

“1788 was the start of the destruction of Indigenous cultures of Australia, the decimation of our world. That date needs to be changed to a day we can all celebrate regardless of were we come from. I would suggest Federation Day. Jan 1.1901, when all colonies agreed to become one nation of Australia.

“Jan. 26 only represents a small portion of this nations history: The European part and we are much more than that. We are a nation of nations and people of all countries of the world have come to call our Aboriginal lands their land.”

BONUS: What it’s like to be black and Irish in a post-Brexit world

Source: http://allofbeer.com/2017/07/21/one-rural-indigenous-community-on-what-invasion-day-means-to-them/

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adambstingus · 7 years ago

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One rural Indigenous community on what ‘Invasion Day’ means to them

In Australia, the date of Jan. 26 goes by many names.

SEE ALSO: ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’: A safety message about celebrating ‘Invasion Day’

Leroy Johnson, Barkandji man

“Tick tock, tick tock tick tock, tick tock, it’s here again. The first month, the 26th day.” “The 26th of January” lyrics by Leroy Johnson.

Image: justine muller

Monica Kerwin Whyman, 47-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

“We mourn for the loss of land on this day. We mourn for the loss of our ancestors on this day. We mourn for the loss of our children on this day. We mourn for the loss of our identity on this day.

“So please change the date so we all can celebrate together. For all Aboriginals across this nation, it would mean a lot.”

Reena Staker, 35-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

“The Day should be on any other day, but not the day our land was invaded.”

Uncle Woddy Harris, 66-year-old Barkandji man

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“If they want a day of celebration for all Australians then it’s not this day.”

Timothy A. Quayle, 47-year-old Barkandji man

Image: justine muller

“I think all Australians should have a great day on behalf of our great country.

“We are all Australians we should all celebrate together black and white. We should come together as one and get along.

“Im not a racist, I love everyone, so if they want to celebrate on that day I dont mind but I think there should be recognition of what happened, perhaps a minute silence as a sign of respect.

Alison Whyman, 44-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

Brendon Adams, 40+ year-old Ku Ku Yalanji man

Image: justine muller

“For us to move forward together, the truth needs to be recognised. Our people died for their country, and their blood has soaked this land.

“A lot needs to happen before Australia can become a united country. We need to be recognised. We need a treaty, we need to be treated as equals.

Ron Kinsela, 54-year-old Wiradjuri man

Image: justine muller

Shaylin Whyman, 20-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

Murray Butcher, 40+ year-old Barkandji man

Image: justine muller

BONUS: What it’s like to be black and Irish in a post-Brexit world

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allofbeercom · 7 years ago

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One rural Indigenous community on what ‘Invasion Day’ means to them

In Australia, the date of Jan. 26 goes by many names.

SEE ALSO: ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’: A safety message about celebrating ‘Invasion Day’

Leroy Johnson, Barkandji man

“Tick tock, tick tock tick tock, tick tock, it’s here again. The first month, the 26th day.” “The 26th of January” lyrics by Leroy Johnson.

Image: justine muller

Monica Kerwin Whyman, 47-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

“We mourn for the loss of land on this day. We mourn for the loss of our ancestors on this day. We mourn for the loss of our children on this day. We mourn for the loss of our identity on this day.

“So please change the date so we all can celebrate together. For all Aboriginals across this nation, it would mean a lot.”

Reena Staker, 35-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

“The Day should be on any other day, but not the day our land was invaded.”

Uncle Woddy Harris, 66-year-old Barkandji man

Image: justine muller

“If they want a day of celebration for all Australians then it’s not this day.”

Timothy A. Quayle, 47-year-old Barkandji man

Image: justine muller

“I think all Australians should have a great day on behalf of our great country.

“We are all Australians we should all celebrate together black and white. We should come together as one and get along.

“Im not a racist, I love everyone, so if they want to celebrate on that day I dont mind but I think there should be recognition of what happened, perhaps a minute silence as a sign of respect.

Alison Whyman, 44-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

Brendon Adams, 40+ year-old Ku Ku Yalanji man

Image: justine muller

“For us to move forward together, the truth needs to be recognised. Our people died for their country, and their blood has soaked this land.

“A lot needs to happen before Australia can become a united country. We need to be recognised. We need a treaty, we need to be treated as equals.

Ron Kinsela, 54-year-old Wiradjuri man

Image: justine muller

Shaylin Whyman, 20-year-old Barkandji woman

Image: justine muller

Murray Butcher, 40+ year-old Barkandji man

Image: justine muller

BONUS: What it’s like to be black and Irish in a post-Brexit world

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/2017/07/21/one-rural-indigenous-community-on-what-invasion-day-means-to-them/

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