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junker-town · 5 years ago

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The Chargers’ attendance problem in Los Angeles, explained

Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images

The team’s temporary home stadium has seen quite a few opposing fanbases take it over since it moved to L.A.

The Los Angeles Chargers don’t currently play in a traditional football stadium. Since the franchise moved to LA from San Diego in 2017, the team has been playing its home games in Dignity Health Sports Park, located in Carson, California, just roughly 16 miles south of downtown LA.

The stadium the Chargers play in now is primarily meant to host soccer games. Until the Chargers’ new LA Stadium in Hollywood Park is finished being built (estimated by mid-summer 2020), the team is temporarily playing in a 30,000-seat stadium it currently shares with Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy. It’s pretty small compared to other NFL stadiums, most of which are at least double the capacity:

Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

The reason the Chargers are playing there? That’s because when the team relocated from San Diego, the Dignity Health Sports Park — formerly known as StubHub Center — offered to host the Chargers before their new venue opened:

“The experience for our fans at StubHub Center will be fun and entertaining, and every seat will feel close to the action,” Chargers president of business operations A.G. Spanos said in 2017. “This is a unique opportunity to see NFL action in such an intimate setting. The new stadium at Hollywood Park will be a tremendous stage, and we can’t wait to play there, but right now it’s about introducing ourselves and getting to know new fans and partners in a special, one-of-a-kind setting.”

However, the Chargers moving to a new city and playing in a soccer stadium has resulted in a real lack of a homefield advantage — so much so that there’s even a possibility the team could be relocated to London.

The Chargers’ temporary venue has seen many opposing fanbases take over a home game.

Not every Chargers home game results in a majority of the other team’s fans showing up, but it happens often. This was evident as early as the Chargers’ LA debut.

2017

The Chargers played their first game in LA against Miami in Week 2 of the 2017 season. Longtime Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers talked about the opposing fans’ presence in the stadium after the Dolphins won, 19-17, when LA missed a last-second field goal:

“Obviously the loudest roar came at the end after the missed field goal, to where you really got to see how many Dolphins fans there were,” Rivers told ESPN. “I heard the roar before I saw the official’s signal.”

The same thing happened throughout the season.

After the Chiefs beat the Chargers in Week 3, the entire stadium erupted in a “Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs!” chant:

In Week 4, the Eagles asked for crowd noise in StubHub Center late in the game, and got it from the slew of Philly fans who made the trip out West:

“When we came out, it was like a home game,’’ Eagles offensive lineman Jason Peters said after the game. “A lot of fans here supporting us, and it helped us.’’

The Chargers’ first home win in 2017 came in October over the Broncos — in front of a pretty heavy Denver crowd.

2018

This trend continued throughout the Chargers’ second season in LA. Kansas City fans occupied the stadium for a second consecutive time in 2018, followed by 49ers fans a couple weeks later.

Time for another game of "Spot the Los Angeles Chargers fans in an image of a Los Angeles Chargers home game" pic.twitter.com/9g1t7cBMeF

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 30, 2018

Before the next home game against the Raiders, the Chargers piped in crowd noise at practice to prepare for a large turnout of nearby Oakland fans.

2019

Broncos fans packed the stadium during a Week 5 game in 2019. Take a look at how much orange there is:

Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

During a 2019 Sunday Night Football matchup against Pittsburgh in Week 6, Dignity Health Sports Park looked more like a home game at Heinz Field:

Just...... WOW.#SteelersNation | #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/L1jZz33UQ1

— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) October 14, 2019

The stadium even played the song “Renegade” by Styx, which is frequently heard at Steelers home games. Via the Los Angeles Times:

“It was crazy,” running back Melvin Gordon said. “They started playing their theme music. I don’t know what we were doing — that little soundtrack, what they do on their home games. I don’t know why we played that.“

“I don’t know what that was. Don’t do that at our own stadium … It already felt like it was their stadium … I don’t understand that.”

Said offensive lineman Forrest Lamp: “We’re used to not having any fans here. It does suck, though, when they’re playing their music in the fourth quarter. We’re the ones at home. I don’t know who’s in charge of that but they probably should be fired.”

Steelers cornerback Joe Haden said after the game that the stadium felt like playing in Pittsburgh:

Great win!!! Steeler Nation that was crazy!!! Literally felt like a Home game!!

— Joe Haden (@joehaden23) October 14, 2019

Packers fans also showed up strong during a Week 9 matchup:

Feels like ! (Just a little warmer!)#GBvsLAC | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/8dfSdxHD89

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) November 3, 2019

Fans even referred to the Chargers’ stadium as “Lambeau Field West,” and tickets were going for around $300 a pop because of the stadium’s size and Packers fans traveling well.

It’s not all that surprising that Packers, Eagles, and Steelers fans came out in full force — they make up three of the largest NFL fanbases (based on a study published in June 2019). But two of the lower-ranked brands, the Chiefs and Dolphins, still were able to take it over.

In Week 15, Los Angeles used a silent count for its game against the Minnesota Vikings at home because there were so many Minnesota fans who made the trip.

Even for the Chargers’ last game in Dignity Health during Week 16 against the Raiders, the team was booed coming out of their own tunnel!

#Chargers booed coming out of the tunnel for one final time in Carson pic.twitter.com/1xRGuv0uDw

— Daniel Popper (@danielrpopper) December 22, 2019

Opposing fans taking over the Chargers’ stadium isn’t just exclusive to LA, either.

The Chargers experienced a lack of a homefield advantage while they were still in San Diego, too. Chiefs fans (yet again) swarmed Qualcomm Stadium in January 2017:

Welcome to Arrowhead West @ArrowheadPride @Chiefs #KCvsSD pic.twitter.com/qZ2kC8ykBt

— Liz Saidkhanian (@Liz_Saidkhanian) January 1, 2017

The Steelers did the same in 2015.

“If you wondered what a Chargers home football game would look like in Los Angeles, you got a perfect preview Monday,” Orange County Register columnist Steve Fryer wrote. “Qualcomm Stadium was at least 60 percent filled by Pittsburgh Steelers fans. It would be closer to 90 percent Steelers fans if that game had been in L.A.”

The lack of strong fan support paired with the team’s inability to get a new stadium in San Diego were just one of the many reasons the franchise moved in 2017.

Part of the problem for the Chargers is that relocating causes a disruption for fans.

The Chargers settled in San Diego from 1961-2016, after spending the 1960 season in Los Angeles. When they moved back to LA after so many years, it resulted in a severely disjointed fanbase, as my colleague Louis Bien described in 2017:

It’s the very picture of the Chargers’ decades of uneven success and the tense relationship between fans and ownership. They are a cheap ticket in a small venue that is maybe 85 percent full and half-filled — at least — with fans of the other team.

For a team that’s no longer San Diego and not yet Los Angeles, these can’t be the Southern California Chargers, all due respect to T11n. These are the StubHub Chargers, a team borne by the players and the fans who stayed, and only them, in this space, for as long as it lasts. As ownership bides its time waiting for a new stadium, and now that so many supporters have left, the Chargers’ endless journey to find themselves continues in a strange place.

“And that’s unfortunate,” Dotseth says. “When I walk through this, I see a lot of people trying to put on a brave face, but I see a lot of people who are really heartbroken that it’s not the normal routine.”

Attendance has also been an issue for the Los Angeles-based Rams, who are playing at LA Coliseum, home of the USC Trojans. In 2017, a Texas-USC game at the Coliseum had 84,714 people attend, which was higher than Chargers and Rams’ attendances combined!

The Rams’ attendance numbers are getting better, though. Since relocating to LA, the Rams went 24-8 during their first two seasons and made the Super Bowl in 2018. In 2017, the Rams were 26th in average NFL attendance, but jumped to 10th in 2018. The Chargers have ranked dead last, thanks to the size of the stadium they play in. The Rams have sold more personal seat licenses for the new stadium than the Chargers have.

It’s not too surprising that the Rams have had more success than the Chargers when it comes to establishing a fanbase in LA. From 1946-94, the team was based there before moving to St. Louis for 20 years. The Chargers don’t have that kind of history with the city. When two teams are competing for support in the same city, the one that has an existing relationship has an easier time pulling in fans, unsurprisingly.

San Diego and LA are relatively far apart too. Although they’re both in Southern California, there’s 120 miles between those two cities. So when the Chargers left San Diego, a lot of those fans thumb their nose at rooting for an LA team, while LA fans don’t treat the Chargers like one of their own.

The Chargers and Rams’ new stadium is on track to open in 2020.

In April 2019, the stadium’s owner, the Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park, announced that the venue was two-thirds complete. One of the trickiest parts of its construction was the swooping shell surrounding the top that will support the stadium’s roof:

The newly complete shell atop the venue will support the other two components of the stadium’s roof: a cable net system and the clear plastic cover, which will be made of a transparent material called ETFE.

When the stadium opens, a 70,000-square-foot Oculus display will hang from the roof. The dual-sided display will be the first of its kind, according to the Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District.

Photos courtesy of Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park

It will be a welcomed sight for both teams to have the stadium ready for move-in. It was initially supposed to be ready in time for the 2019 season, but the opening date had to be pushed to 2020 after a rainy year delayed construction. The venue is already slated to hold Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

Whether or not Chargers fans actually show up remains to be seen, though.

There also might not be an easier answer to determine that — winning and a shiny new stadium helps, but it’ll it take time. The new stadium is expected to fit over 70,000 for Chargers’ home games, which is more than double what the team’s current stadium holds. The Chargers went 12-4 last year and toward the end of the season, more fans were starting to attend games. But the consistency on the field and in the stands still isn’t there.

If there are ultimately even bigger opposing fanbases showing up at the new stadium, the team’s struggles relocating to LA might continue.

One idea being floated around is moving the Chargers to London, even though the team has denied it.

Halfway through the 2019 season, The Athletic reported that the possibility of the Chargers relocating to London has been raised by the league:

The Athletic also has learned that, while the team is fully committed to Los Angeles where it will move into the new $4.5 billion stadium with the Rams next year, the Chargers would at least listen if the NFL approached them about London as a possible option.

Finally, The Athletic has learned that NFL owners are concerned enough about the Chargers’ situation in LA, where a crowded sports market and the presence of the more established Rams has resulted in a tepid embracement of the Chargers, that they would provide the necessary support for a relocation to London if the Chargers pursue it.

Chargers owner Dean Spanos pushed back, uh, rather colorfully on the report:

The full quote from Chargers owner Dean Spanos: "It's total fucking bullshit, ok? We're not going to London. We're not going anywhere. We're playing in Los Angeles. This is our home. This is where I'm planning to be for a long fucking time. Period."

— Jason B. Hirschhorn (@by_JBH) November 5, 2019

The Chargers also tweeted a denial — with a clip from the movie The Wolf Of Wall Street. The NFL wasn’t far behind with its own denial, claiming the report had “no substance.”

NFL statement on the #Chargers pic.twitter.com/PCtih8xBuz

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) November 5, 2019

For the past three seasons, the NFL has played four games in London, and the games have seen attendance numbers in the 80,000s for the last few years. While logistically it would be difficult, getting an NFL team in London has always been an end goal for the league.

For now, that’s a long way from happening — if it ever does — especially given the Chargers’ 20-year lease it has in LA. Still, SB Nation’s Chargers blog Bolts From The Blue recognizes why the possibility makes sense. If the team still struggles to find its identity in LA down the road, moving it to London might not be such a long shot.

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cinefiles-ithaca · 5 years ago

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A Film Trail to Pittsburgh

As Silent Movie Month rages on for another week, I’m back at Ithaca College from a trip home to Pittsburgh for Fall Break. While there, I popped in to the Senator John Heinz History Center, where I worked last summer, to interview Lauren Uhl, Museum Project Manager and a curator at the Center, about her love of silent film actress, director, writer, and producer, Lois Weber (1879-1939). Weber, often considered to be one of the first American female directors, was born in Pittsburgh and spent the first twenty years of her life there. Last summer, the city celebrated Lois and her accomplishments in the film industry by putting up a historical marker in front of the Allegheny Carnegie Library where Weber’s house once stood.

Senator John Heinz History Center

When I showed Wharton Studio Museum's executive director Diana Riesman the first draft of this blog post, she was excited to let me know that Lois Weber figured somewhat prominently in Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache, the critically-acclaimed documentary directed by Pamela B. Green that WSM showed this past Wednesday night at Cinemapolis for Silent Movie Month. Alice Guy was making films in Paris in the late 1890s for Gaumont Studios, before coming to the States in the early 1900s, establishing her own studio -- Solax -- in Fort Lee, NJ, and writing, directing, and producing hundreds and hundreds of films, working with her husband Herbert Blache on numerous productions. Alice Guy's path coincided with Lois Weber's -- Weber acted in a number of Solax films, and allegedly had an affair with Herbert Blache. Weber is sometimes referred to as "Mrs. Smalley" in the documentary, since she was married to a director named Phillips Smalley.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache, (Pamela B. Green, 2018)

But back to Lois Weber... Throughout our conversation Lauren makes it clear what drew her to Weber, why Weber is such an important person in the history of cinema, and why having communities claim these under-represented people in this industry is important. And she describes how the historical marker came to be plunged in the ground of Pittsburgh’s Northside:

Lois Weber

Rachael Weinberg: What was the process like of creating a historical marker for too many, an unknown person?

Lauren Uhl: Would you like the background? The Heinz Heinz History Center curators have been interested in documenting the film industry for so many years, and it was probably about five years ago I ran across the name Lois Weber. I found that she was one of the first female American directors and she was from Pittsburgh. I just couldn’t believe, I had never heard of her before. I love silent film, and I have been in the Pittsburgh history business for 30 years, and I never heard of her. I found that really fascinating and, at that time, even five years ago, there wasn’t a lot of information about her really anywhere. But, not long after that, I heard through the grapevine that Pitt [University of Pittsburgh] was hosting some women in Silent Film Program, and someone named Shelley Stamp was coming, and she had been in the process of writing a book. I asked if we could go, they agreed, and Shelley said in passing, “I’ve always wanted to get a historic marker for Lois in Hollywood.” When she said that I thought, “Jeez, we should do that here.” That is something the History Center could sponsor, that I could work on, and nobody in Pittsburgh knows who she is. It became a tangible thing to do for this anamorphosis project, this documentation project that we are trying to do. I talked to a few people to my colleagues and boss, because it would cost some money, and I got the green light. I contacted the state about paperwork, and to see what I needed to do and how much money it would cost, but I kept on getting green lights. And that was sort of the genesis of the idea of it. It seemed like a tangible thing, it would last beyond program. It would be a permanent fixture in the city and something we could turn too, and it seemed like a good starting space for the project.

Shelley Stamp

RW: So you say you, “kept on getting these green lights”, but were there any issues along the way?

LU: Surprisingly there weren’t. I think it was because it went under the radar, so it flew over the heads of those in a lot of power. Plus, the cost of the marker was only $1,600, which was not inconsiderable, but in the scheme of things, it wasn’t major money. It was just kinda me sitting in a corner in my spare time. Fortunately, by the time it started to roll out, Shelley’s book came out. I used it as my background source, so I read that as fast as I could. Then I could write about Weber and her importance.

Scene from Suspense (Lois Weber, 1913), showing a custom vignette

RW: Shelley Stamp and Illeana Douglas were the two keynote speakers, what was it like working with them and how did you get that to all come together?

LU: It was marvelous. I look back and call it my Lois Weber day, where everything goes right. Shelley Stamp was the obvious one, because she was the academic and she wrote the book. When we first saw Shelley she was doing an academic lecture on Lois’s film. We wanted this to be a conversation and not a lecture, about not only Lois and her importance in the film industry, and I wanted it to reach beyond that. I had seen Illeana a number of times on TCM, she is an actress, director, and producer as well. But also she is such a good interviewer, that it would be more of the conversation than lecture. I knew Illeana would come with a price tag. I figured that Shelley would just need to come here, but I knew Douglas would come for a pause. I wasn’t sure how much it would cost and how to get in contact with her. I went to her website, I called her personal appearance person and they never responded. A few days later, I emailed her agent and one night he called, and I had a nice conversation with him, and he gave me a price tag, which wasn’t outrageous. I went to education, and said that there was this price tag and they said, “okay, we will give you the money.” So then it was just logistical: making sure they could both come at that time. But she was available to doing it. So everything worked out as best as I could recommend.

Illeana Douglas

RW: How did watching Weber’s work influence you? She is a revolutionary.

LU: She truly was. But it was, at first, hard to find. What I was impressed with was that she was an amazing filmmaker. You always say the first, but she wasn’t just the first she was really good. She was a really good filmmaker. Her films had a lot of heart to them, which is unlike today. She had a way of taking moral tales and thoughtful stories, and hard subjects like abortion or wage inequality and have you think at the end of them. Because they were good stories and good films. She was able to package all of these things I love and lift them up cinematically, and they were silent. She didn’t have sound. And she was able to blaze a trail in how to create film. I was even more amazed that she grabbed this medium and made it her own. By god, she was going to do the stories she wanted to tell, own a studio, and she had this matronly personality that made her easy to love. She was getting her point across, but in a matter that was not offensive, even if you disagree with her.

RW: For sure. She was born in Pittsburgh, but she never worked in Pittsburgh, right?

LU: Yes, she never filmed in Pittsburgh, but she did grow up here. She spent the first 20 years of her life here, so she was formed in Pittsburgh, but never created here.

Poster for The Blot (Lois Weber, 1921)

RW: What does that tie all the way back to the silent era mean to your project?

LU: She is foundational, but she is not the only one. We claim the Nickelodeon, the Warner Brothers get their start in Western Pennsylvania. They figure out that distribution is where the money is. Then as Edison and his patent people come here, they move west. Edwin S. Porter was born here (Great Train Robbery). So it is lovely to have a woman, because it provides balance, but there were a lot of these greats getting their starts here.

RW: That leads me to my next question… Yes, we have all these men, but what does it mean to have a woman. Especially a woman who was talking about sobriety and sex and prostitution, what does it mean to have that voice?

LU: It is interesting to me, because, personally, I am a Christian, so is comes from that world view. She was a missionary and Christian, so that comes into her world view. My understanding was that she was a missionary in Pittsburgh and New York, what that also brings to the table is it gives us an understanding of what Pittsburgh was like when she grew up here. That falls through the cracks of history. It is easy to talk about Andrew Carnegie and immigrants, but Lois could take these real life problems in Pittsburgh, which I’m sure happened everywhere else, but putting them on the forefront. She was able to use her Pittsburgh background to tell these stories. In some way it leaves Pittsburgh into these tales without explicitly saying “Pittsburgh”.

RW: What else are you doing to keep Lois alive in house?

LU: For Lois, physically, nothing in particular, but whenever I have the opportunity, I will try to invoke her. Especially since next year was the centennial for women getting the right to vote. So I will try to fit Lois whenever she fits. The other thing I would love to do, is i would like to honor her on an annual basis by having a lecture or conversation. In my mind it is two things: One would be with a Pittsburgh filmmaker, and the second would be a person who isn’t from Pittsburgh but exemplifies Lois. So that would be the way that we would keep her name in front of the people.

RW: You named a lot of other silent players. How are you incorporating those?

LU: When people say exhibit they think of large objects, but the other curators and I would love to do other things for the exhibit, like blogs and films and events. But right now we are also looking for the tangible pieces of these people, but we also thing “Can we find a photograph? Can we find a lobby card? What are other ways to incorporate these people?” And past. I don’t just want this to end either. I want this to grow into something larger whether that is traveling or putting pieces in our permanent collections. We just want to grow and allow for this to keep spinning.

RW: Why is it important for us to remember these women and these marginalized people in film to allow for their stories to be told, or retell their stories?

LU: I can think of two things. The first was when I was in college and I was working in the Henry Ford Museum. It was still old school, and they just had aisles and aisles of objects. I remember sitting there and thinking, these are my people. What do you learn in history class? Washington, Lincoln, the Depression? And I’m thinking, “My people aren’t even completely marginalized. They’re the German Irish, but they aren’t in the history books.” So I want to tell these stories of all of these marginalized people and give them a sense of belonging. The second part comes down to the fact that other people came before you, and it goes back to something that Shelley said. When Illeana asked Shelley something similar she said, “I’ve got this girl in my screenwriting class who thinks that she nobody has ever done it before, and that she needs to blaze the trail. She doesn’t. Women have been writing for over 100 years. It’s going to be harder for you as a woman. It always will be, but there are people who came before you and people who will come after you.” That’s one of the fascinating things about history. You don’t have to feel bad about being the cog. Lois did this 100 years ago meaning that you can do this too. So let’s keep honoring them and keep reminding people of them, so they can also see how this industry and any industry hasn’t always just been part of hegemony.

Scene from Suspense (Lois Weber, 1913)

-Rachael Weinberg, Museum Division Intern

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loventhngmore · 7 years ago

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LNM Inspired: Erin Szymanski of Glitter & Grit

Every so often, I have the distinct pleasure of getting to know amazing creatives, entrepreneurs and daydreamers in Pittsburgh who are doing something a little different. Pushing in a new direction from where our beloved city has always perched.

Erin Szymanski, owner and visionary behind Glitter & Grit, is my most recent encounter. I have been following Erin’s ethereal Instagram feed for some time. Her eye for bridal gowns is really one of the only things that makes me wish I would have waited to get married. I want every single piece she has and I want to wear it forever.

A quick glance at what Erin has to offer and it should come as no surprise that Glitter & Grit was recently named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s Best of the Burgh list. It’s a much-deserved honor for this amazing boss of a woman who is delivering something so special to the people of Pittsburgh.

Learn more about Erin and her passion for her craft below. If you’re about to join the ranks of “I Doers” then you absolutely must experience Glitter & Grit. If you’re like me and you’re already on the greener side of the marriage pasture, there’s some exciting news for you too. Read on!

// Name, age and Pittsburgh neighborhood (of your shop, where you live or both)

Erin Szymanski, 37 (HOW did that happen!?). Glitter & Grit is located in the lovely community of Lawrenceville.

photo by Nicole Cassano Photography

// Where are you from originally? And if you’re not a Pittsburgh native, what brought you here? I am a proud Pittsburgh Native. When my husband and I bought our house ten years ago, we weren’t 100% sure about staying here, but now I know it was the best decision we could have made. I’m obsessed with the ways Pittsburgh has grown since then.

// Why bridal? What motivated you to start your business? For as long as I can remember, I was always crazy about fashion. I worked in retail on and off, before and during my “professional” past, and always felt like I wanted to do my own thing - but I never imagined that I would be involved in the wedding industry!

But when my friends started getting married, I was going dress shopping with them, and feeling a void. Everything was so homogenized, and I couldn’t imagine myself in any of those traditional types of wedding gowns - and I suspected I wasn’t the only one who felt that way. I realized there were designers selling more unique dresses online, and thought there should be somewhere for people like me to be able to try those styles on.

I also felt the whole bridal shopping experience was antiquated and… almost cheapened by the hustle in the busier and big-box stores. I wanted to create a relaxing, enjoyable environment where women would feel safe, heard, and beautiful.

// Who or what inspires you? I’m inspired by anyone living their passion. There are so many ways that manifests in people, and I think it’s the most beautiful and inspiring thing. Seeing other people working hard, focusing on their dream, makes me hold myself to a higher standard. Recently, I’ve been inspired by a couple of friends who have really been finding their magic: Tori Mistick, Pittsburgh fashion icon (IMO) and creator of InstaMistic; Byron Nash - you may recognize him behind the bar at Harris Grill, but you should really know about his music; and my girl Chrissy of LOHO Bride fame - she’s newer to the bridal boutique game than me and has taken the world by storm. Beautifully, and with heart.

// Do you have an all-time favorite dress (or maybe it wasn’t a dress!)? I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I tend to get bored with things, so whatever is newest is typically my favorite. But there have definitely been a few that just smacked me across the face the first time I saw them, and they continue to deliver individuality and ease to our brides: Amelie by Anais Anette (and with a name like Amelie, HOW could you pass it up?), Erin by Antonio Gual for TULLE New York, and Gamilla by Houghton NYC.

//What has been your favorite collaboration so far?

I’ll never forget my very first styled shoot - or the two more created by that original crew, but I really enjoyed a recent collaboration with Thommy Conroy and Nicole Lockerman; there was a bit of ambiguity to the story line of the shoot (Are they brides, are they not? Is one a bride, the other not? Are they just living in a fantasy world?), some very specific and classic inspiration - but no holds barred. And my favorite part was that the only point to the shoot was to be creative and push boundaries. I like that. Oh, and - okay last collaboration - I enjoyed a little stint planning small wedding shows with my “work husband,” Jimmy Lohr, of greenSinner, under the name Hitchburgh. It was a labor of love that we quickly learned we didn’t actually have time to honor, but we had a good thing going!

// If you had one piece of advice for women who want to start their own business, what would it be? Take the leap. Also? Lead with your heart. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that when I do what just feels right to me in my business, it IS right - and people recognize that.

photo by Mandy Fierens Photography

// What’s next for you? A sister store to Glitter & Grit! I realized at one point that I wanted to do a little.. more. More fashion-forward, as far as bridal dresses go, and more than bridal. But it didn’t feel like the answer was to move or grow Glitter & Grit, so I’m opening a new store this fall: Luna Boutique, in Sewickley. I’m so excited to bring modern, boundary-pushing bridal, cocktail, and evening wear to Pittsburgh in this new concept. My favorite part is how many pieces can skew either way, depending on the person’s style. We’ll keep providing the level of care and service that Glitter & Grit is known for, in a whole new story.

// And finally, where should out-of-towners go/what should they do when they visit Pittsburgh? i.e. What is your ideal Pittsburgh day?

Ooh - I’m the biggest cheerleader for Pittsburgh, and I’ve definitely had my share of attempting to show off our city in 1-2 days to some of my visiting designers! If I had to squeeze it all into one day: it’s mostly about food. Because we love our food here! I’d start off with brunch - I don’t get out much for brunch because weekend mornings are when we’re busiest at the store, but I can’t get enough of our neighbors at B52; the Cafe Rico is my weakness, and their avocado salad gives me life. Then I would definitely suggest some museum hopping, the Andy Warhol and Mattress Factory at the very least, maybe the Heinz History Center for some really local flavor. I also think that everyone should visit and support Smallman Galley, so that makes for a great lunch. Order a little of everything and share it! Make it a big lunch, because you should then take a stroll along and across the river, back to the Northside, for a show a Stage AE. But you’ve gotta walk - that’s when my heart really explodes for this city. If there’s no concerts, take the walk, then head up to Mt. Washington for the view, and a superb dinner at Altius. I’m not giving away any secrets here; but these are some of the things that I think shouldn’t be missed.

All photos by Alexandra Ribar, unless otherwise noted.

#bridal #pittsburgh #best of the burgh #glitter and grit

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scienceblogtumbler · 5 years ago

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Measuring the effects of lockdowns in India and Nepal

On March 24, India’s government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, closing schools and non-essential businesses, and suspending air and rail travel. That same day, Nepal, which borders India to the north, imposed its own lockdown in response to the pandemic.

Yale economists Rohini Pande, director of the Economic Growth Center, and Charity Troyer Moore, director for South Asia economics research at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, are gathering and analyzing data concerning the effects of lockdowns on India and Nepal’s poorest citizens. They are working with policymakers and development agencies to identify the most pressing issues and design policies that will help those most in need.

Pande, the Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Moore recently spoke to YaleNews about their work. Interview edited and condensed.

What sorts of issues are you collecting information about?

Moore: One specific area we’re interested in concerns tracking food prices in communities. We’re working with a government counterpart in an Indian state who is concerned about food shortages and whether they are increasing. Through our surveys, we aim to help them identify potential hot spots they need to address.

We’re working with another state government to focus on migrants who have returned to their villages from the urban areas where they work. These are very poor people. After the lockdowns were announced, many decided to immediately return to their villages. Millions of migrants have returned home from cities. We’re surveying a sample of migrants to understand their food security situation, whether they can access government benefits, and their experiences with stigma and discrimination. There is concern that returning migrants might be carrying the virus and spreading it, and there have been distressing reports of violence and discrimination. We’re going to share data on this with our policy collaborators.

How are you collecting data under these challenging conditions?

Moore: We normally collect data through in-person surveys, but we obviously can’t use that approach during the pandemic. Fortunately, we already had teams conducting phone surveys on other projects and were able to transition them from their call centers to working remotely. We’ve returned to samples of people we previously surveyed and began asking them about their experiences during lockdown. We’re also asking general COVID-related questions to understand people’s awareness of COVID. We’re interested in understanding the lockdown’s immediate impacts, particularly on people who rely on daily wages to survive.

Pande: We’re also exploring using online surveys. We’re realizing that, while we can successfully transition away from in-person surveys, we must think carefully about what the samples we collect under these unique conditions actually represent. This is a particularly important question because we focus a lot on issues involving women, and we’re finding that women often have less access to phones during the lockdown. In one sample of women that we’ve been tracking for a long time, we’ve seen a 15% increase in the likelihood that their husbands answer the phone since the lockdown began.

What are some broader questions that researchers need to explore concerning the pandemic’s impact on developing countries?

Pande: If we think about the broader research agenda, considering research happening in the Economic Growth Center (EGC) and across Yale, I think the work falls into three buckets. One concerns how COVID-19 is affecting the poor, particularly women and children. Orazio Attanasio, Costas Meghir and Fabrizio Zilibotti, all in the economics department and EGC, are exploring impacts for children. Next, is the question of whether developing countries should follow different policies than developed countries. Mushfiq Mobarak, professor of economics and director of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), is addressing this question in his latest work in Bangladesh. The last piece involves how to design effective policies to continue supporting poor communities as countries start recovering from the pandemic. Kevin Donovan, an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management, is doing work in this regard on cash transfers in Africa. Penny Goldberg in the economics department is doing important policy work.

I’m hoping that much of the data we’re collecting will inform this last question. We’re concerned about addressing the humanitarian crisis in the short run, but it’s clear that we’ll need to find the most effective ways to alleviate economic distress in the long run. Historically disadvantaged groups like women can very easily become last in line when it comes to returning to the job market once the immediate crisis eases.

What unique challenges do developing countries face in dealing with the pandemic?

Pande: The challenges of managing COVID-19 and imposing lockdown are very different in India, Nepal, and other developing countries than in wealthy nations. You’ll hear that opinion from any development economist.

As Charity mentioned, the poor are reliant on daily wages. They don’t have savings to make ends meet while unable to work. Making a living is a struggle under normal circumstances, much less during a lockdown in which people had to abandon their livelihoods in the cities and return to their villages.

Secondly, social distancing may not be possible in places where people live in crowded slums and single-room homes with large families. Policymakers might have to consider other options apart from strictly enforcing the quarantine.

Lastly, the health care systems are weaker than in developed countries, meaning that policymakers face a different set of challenges and decisions. I saw recently that about 80% of people on ventilators in New York City do not survive. Developing countries probably shouldn’t focus on amassing a large supply of ventilators, but rather consider other measures, such as oxygen monitoring and managing people’s symptoms, to help patients survive.

Moore: Additionally, developing countries have different demographics than wealthy ones. Populations tend to be younger, but poor nutrition compromises people’s immune systems. We don’t fully understand how the virus will affect these populations. Developing countries also have fewer overall health resources to address the pandemic, which can have unintended consequences. For example, when India’s central government imposed the lockdown, it also cancelled public pre-natal services in most states. That could have serious implications for infant and maternal mortality. We don’t understand the full consequences yet.

Have specific research questions arisen as you’ve gathered data?

Pande: Right now, we are more focused on providing our policy partners data they need to effectively address the crisis, rather than focusing on specific research programs. In the process, a set of questions that need answering has emerged. One that I’m personally very interested in is how to draw sound conclusions from the partial samples we’re collecting from the phone surveys. If you’re worried about food shortages and increases in poverty, but you can’t do the highly detailed surveys you typically perform, then what is the minimum amount of sampling you need or the minimal amount of triangulation across sources required to be confident in your data? We have lots of snapshots of conditions in India and Nepal, and we’ll need to think carefully about how they add up.

Moore: Perhaps I’m an eternal optimist, but I think this crisis could provide a moment of opportunity for women in these countries. We’re shifting equilibriums. When you consider history, these kinds of massive shocks to the system can cause movement in areas that are otherwise quite stable. We want to examine this possibility and speak to it in our research.

What have you personally found most challenging about performing this work amid a world-historic crisis?

Pande: I’m not used to working at such a rapid pace. Economists in academic settings are used to taking their time to amass the best quality data and subject it to a rigorous analysis in order to reach solid conclusions. The present situation requires moving quickly. We have to turn around reports to our policy partners and be responsive to funding organizations that are adjusting their grant programs to meet the crisis.

Another challenge is trying to quickly identify policy priorities. In a situation like this, in which so many things are going badly, policymakers don’t have the time to respond to every issue. We have to help them prioritize the most important challenges.

Moore: After the initial shock of the situation subsided, I realized that there was so much we could do right now to be helpful and we needed to take the situation and run with it. That’s been an idea our teams can mobilize around. The challenge here is there is so much work to be done, and in such a short time. We’re trying to be part of the solution as best we can. That frame of mind is helping me as I think through the crisis.

source https://scienceblog.com/516113/measuring-the-effects-of-lockdowns-in-india-and-nepal/

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Oh man, where do I even begin with this one? Kristen and Luke’s wedding was eeeepic, and they had the most amazing team of vendors. We started the day at Kristen’s parents house for prep, then headed to the beautiful Assumption Catholic Church in Bellevue. After their ceremony it was off to Oakland for some photos, then to Heinz History Center for their reception, which is one of my most favorite venues in Pittsburgh. Here are a few words from the bride:

Luke went to school with my older cousin. In college I started to hang out with that older cousin and his friends…One rare low-key night my cousin told me to come out with just a few people to a small Southside bar, not the typical place. I was at my aunts with family planning my sister bridal shower and decided last minute to met them there and there was Luke in a Mr Rodgers like cardigan with some not to Mr Rodger like muscles showing through it (: I heard him order an ‘angry balls’ drink and had to ask what that was, we talked over the angry orchard fire ball mixture then flirted a bit over Pool and darts, where I played my first and last good game ever. We left that night without any number exchanges and the next couple weekends I made sure to meet up with my cousin and find Luke and we pretty much hung out almost every weekend after that!

Luke was in cahoots with my sister for our engagement…After four years of dating and picking out my own ring I was certain he could not surprise me with a proposal. Everything we went to for four months straight I looked my BEST. My sister asked me to go look at a venue with her for a work event to which I pretty much said no thank you – then she dragged my mom into it and said we’ll make a girl day out of it and go to lunch at my favorite Market Square Spot. So I said yes. So that Saturday morning Luke got up to go to work at 7am because ‘he was on call’ for work which was totally believable. He kissed me goodbye with his scrubs and all on and left. I got up and decided last minute to shower for my day date with my mom and sister. They picked me up and we went to Phipps Conservatory – somewhere Luke and I have never gone to before. She walked up to the entrance and said she was here to meet the coordinator to see a certain room…The woman told us which room it was and how to get there and just was strolling along not paying attention to the fact that mother was already crying behind me (oblivious) I turned a corner and saw a sign that said closed for a private event and stopped and Courtney said no she has it set up for us (again oblivious). So I continued through the doorway and turn to see Luke literally standing a room of hundreds of red flowers everywhere with a handsome blue shirt on and the biggest smile on his face. I immediately turned around to see if my mom and sister knew (obviously) then he called me over into the flowers where he got down on one knee, said words neither us remember and asked me to marry him! I said yes then realized there was a photographer there snapping pictures and finally realized it was out friend! who took us around the rooms and got beautiful photos. I was beyond surprised and it was the best day ever!

Here are a few of my favorites from Kristen & Luke’s Heinz History Center wedding…

Invitations: My Paper Garden Hair Artist: Leenie Quigley, Confetti’s Hair Salon Makeup Artist: See Jane Blush Wedding Dress: Bridal Beginning Bridesmaid Dresses: Bill Levkoff, Bridal Beginning Groom Tuxedo: Jos. A. Bank Groomsmen Tuxedos: The Black Tux Engagement and Wedding Rings: Bucci’s Jewelry Company Florist: Community Flower Shop Ceremony: Assumption Catholic Church Reception: Heinz History Center Cake: Tasty Bakery DJ: Pittsburgh DJ Company Catering: Common Plea Catering Linens: Mosaic Linens Videographers: Jeremy Scott Videography Coordinator: Day of Pittsburgh Wedding Photographers: Aaron Varga Photography

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Rugby news: Just what is Eddie Jones up to?

Not for the first time, everyone in the room with Eddie Jones left the same question: & # 39; hand? in his head? & # 39;

Before the 2003 World Cup, Jones had bewildered Australian colleagues when he instructed them to study supermarket aisles to improve their lineout exercises.

For the 2015 World Cup, he ordered his Japanese players to take off their boots and ride at the hip depth in the ocean.

Eddie Jones continues to throw surprises around England to the World Cup 2019 to lead

And yesterday, 48 hours before calling his England squad for the 2019 World Cup, Jones had the room scratching his heads when he couldn't remember his own team.

Only Jones knows if it was actually a trick to amuse the failure between Ben Te & # 39; o and Mike Brown who dropped for Sunday's game against Wales

Players have reiterated the importance of cohesion in the summer camps, so it would be in Jones's interest to turn attention back to him ick-skinned himself.

Asked to confirm the reports of the Treviso fight, he said, "No, I cannot confirm it."

Further insisting on team discipline concerns, Jones insisted that he could not be & # 39; happier & # 39 ;.

Asked if I was still fighting for Monday's World Cup selection, he answered: & As far as I know … unless you can tell me something else? & # 39;

Jones refused to confirm that there was a failure between Ben Te & # 39; o (above) and Mike Brown

The absence of Te & # 39; o has partially forced Jones to name an improvised XV for the Quilter warming Sunday match against Wales.

Three more injuries had been made yesterday, although the head coach was unable to make his selection when asked during his afternoon press conference.

Press Officer: & # 39; Do you want to do a squadron? update? & # 39;

Jones: & # 39; Sorry? & # 39;

Press Officer: & # 39; Do you want to do a squadron update? & # 39;

Jones: & # 39; Err, yes, no. What do you want me to do? & # 39;

Press Officer: & # 39; Only in terms of the team for this weekend. & # 39;

Blank expression.

Jones: & # 39; So you want me to remember all this? I can't remember them all, mate. & # 39;

Lewis Ludlam came to England but Jones could not have his name remember

It was left to the press officer to confirm that flanker Lewis Ludlam, Jonathan Joseph center and winger Joe Cokanasiga had been brought in to replace Sam Underhill, Henry Slade and Ruaridh McConnochie

The announcement shifted the odds of bookmakers in favor of Wales, who have mentioned a fully loaded side for their trip to Twickenham.

England won 15 of the 16 games in the run-up to their victorious 2003 World Cup campaign. A defeat would stack control of their preparations, but Jones played down the importance of building momentum through victories.

& # 39; History shows that that is not correct, & # 39; he said, with an unopened package and a microphone as a plug to show the time remaining between now and the World Cup.

& # 39; Momentum starts when you go to the World Cup, & he added.

& # 39; It was there for England in 2003, but I have to follow the course that I think is suitable for this team. This is my fourth World Cup and I have a pretty good idea of how to prepare.

& # 39; Based on personal experience with Australia in 2003, we won one of our four Tri-Nations games and were defeated 100th minute of the final.

& # 39; With South Africa in 2007, we won one of the four Tri-Nations contests and finished in the World Cup.

& # 39; At Japan, we lost four of the six warm-ups last time and eventually caused one of the biggest World Cup problems. Results are important, but that is a superficial image.

& # 39; It's how you use these games, how you structure your team, how you build combinations, how you see who can play with each other, who can handle certain pressures, how you make your team adaptable to play .

& # 39; If you look at the World Cup, the games will be really tough, focused on defense.

& # 39; I saw the US play Japan on Friday night and the US play an emergency defense; Level two countries are now.

& # 39; The Rugby Championship games are slogathons.

& # 39; You think the World Cup will be like that – tight, sharpening things – so you use these games to try and experiment. & # 39;

Jones calls his 31-person World Cup team on Monday at 1:00 PM, for many of Sunday's team this is their last chance in the four-match experiment.

Gloucester scrum-half Willi Heinz was a surprise shot as vice-captain against Wales

Eyebrows were raised in the appointment of rookie scrum-half Willi Heinz, from New Zealand, the vice captain but Jones defended the decision.

Danny Care, Ben Spencer and Dan Robson have all been left behind, the Jones instead relied on a player who has never worn an England shirt despite the sound of a ticking clock toward Japan.

& # 39; It's all about merit, mate, & # 39; said Jones.

& # 39; It is what you do that matters. He has had a huge impact since joining the team.

& # 39; We brought him in to see him a few years ago.

& # 39; He went back to club rugby, has improved his game immeasurably and now he is the vice-leader of this game. & # 39;

Jones insisted that fans should not become too enthusiastic about warm-up matches

By leaving such changes with scratches too late, Jones left the room as a hostage to a fortune.

He stopped at a laptop on his way out for an update to the Bledisloe Cup match yesterday.

What was the A Will Blacks score, boys? & # 39; he asked. It ended 47-26 to Australia, to which Jones laughed: Warm-up games, boys. Don't get too excited about warming up games! & # 39;

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GENDER COMMENTARY IN MOTHER!

There's been criticism abound for Requiem for a Dream/ Black Swan director, Darren Aronofsky's latest emotional roller coaster, but the vast majority of it is founded upon a refusal (or inability - who knows?) to note even a snippet of the allegory to be found in it. Were I to have taken this movie literally I'm sure I'd have been similarly frustrated, if not downright annoyed, by the subsequent apparent lack of coherent plot and sudden, drastic, unexplained crescendos and denouements in its pace. Without acknowledging the metaphor rooted in this dizzying presentation however, these criticisms, I feel, hold little relevance to the movie and my intent here is not to exhaust them any further.

The critique I do find interesting, however, is Dahlia Grossman-Heinze's at Bitch magazine, due to the sheer irony of what I had, until then, taken to be an explicitly and objectively feminist film being completely slandered by a feminist magazine, for feminist reasons. I had even assumed Mother!'s feminism played a part in its dismal reception, disgruntling the overwhelmingly white male demographic of powerful movie critics with its rare lack of regard for placing their priorities at the forefront.

Grossman-Heinze, on the other hand, argues she "didn’t need another pop culture artifact about the innate selflessness and nurturing qualities of women as they give and give and give until everything, including their hearts, have been taken from them;" and I’m suddenly wondering why more critics didn't hail this film as prime jerk-off material. Grossman Heinze is as sick as the rest of us of being forced to watch the white male's idealized conception of femininity dote on her man and take the bludgeoning for his mistakes. But I think such a vision of this film in particular fails to recognize femininity, specifically the western social and cultural conception of it, as a concrete entity able to be critiqued and metaphor'd; it instead assumes that to personify this conception is to claim it is a real one representative of actual persons. I personally felt Aronofsky is no more claiming Mother represents actual women than he is claiming that the 'Poet' represents an actual God. Mother!, to me, was a picking apart of a mythos, being of course the western Biblical story and its imagery. The story he is telling is someone else's story, not his, and these are not his characters or archetypes. It was not his fetish to put Mother through this torture. He is simply taking the already written story western culture has told itself for centuries and flipping it on its head. He makes Mother a caricature intentionally, asking - if Christianity's 'ideal feminine and mother' truly existed as she's been described to us, what would her story be? How are we treating her and how would she feel about it? The overwhelming majority of the film is shot as literally as possible from her point of view, from above her shoulder, or in close-up inspection of her face and emotional expression. This in itself is vastly different from the tropes Grossman-Heinze is referring to. What Aronofsky is doing is the equivalent of retelling the biblical parable through the perspective of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Mother, and in trying to recall the last time we saw anything of the sort, we realize just how radical Mother! is as a film, especially one that so sneakily found its way into standard theatres. He is framing for us our own imagery of womanhood, the one we ourselves constructed and have romanticized for so long, while we also spit on everything she supposedly cares about, considering her always an accessory rather than a full-fledged character with an experience of her own.

I understand the apprehension against just another male saviour complex in the case of Aronofsky: yet another man thinking he has anything to say about the plight of women or what to do about it. But it's a fine line to draw between checking that privilege, and tabooing men away from having their own experience of feminism. It can be difficult to draw the line between keeping feminist dialogue centered around women, and from designating the responsibility of it entirely onto women. The latter would only be a continuation of thrusting society's emotional labor onto women's shoulders, expecting them to be our saviors from patriarchal ruin by curating themselves into a new ideal. Yes, we are tired of the old narrative that expects women to prioritize doting commitment and motherhood above all else, but it does not make sense to reject that stereotype by rejecting motherhood and commitment as concepts. We have to make sure we are distinguishing clearly between expectations of women, and actual women, because it is the former, not the latter, that is problematic here. And yes, it is nice to witness women in media taking control of their bodies, and their work, and denouncing those who mistreat her - it is a woman's story that, for centuries, we've not been allowed to see, at least not in a positive light. But Mother's story is also a woman's story, and to deny hers for the sake of feminism is contrary to all that feminism is trying to accomplish. To do so comes dangerously close to declaring there is a 'right type' of woman to portray on screen. Even if not Grossman-Heinze's intent, I think it an important idea to address, for it’s not as if it’s rare to find people within the feminist movement rejecting ideals of womanhood simply by staking their flag in a new one. If it is not okay to depict quiet, docile, mother-oriented women in the media, we aren't liberating women to be themselves, but only perpetuating our connotations of femininity, as we imagine it now, as undesirable. Feminism can't only be about proving that women can be 'one of the guys' too. It can't just be about freeing people from adhering to gender expectations, but also about refusing to think of traditionally feminine traits as inherently shameful, weaker, or undesirable, for those women and men and others outside the binary who do happen to embody them (which is in some degree, all of us).

In regards to the romantic relationship between Lawrence and Aronofsky outside of the film, it doesn't feel appropriate to me to play it as evidence of Aronofsky's inherent martyring of women. To assume anything about the power dynamics at play between them, and implying Lawrence's only role within the relationship is as 'muse' to her man, is to deny Lawrence agency and her own vision of this film as an artistic piece, just as it does to assume that embodying femininity is only the result of having had it forced upon us (read: it is so abhorrent, who would want it otherwise?).

And I can't take seriously a claim that stories about the subjugation and exploitation of femininity are “old hat” and unhelpful to women when, in a possibly narcissistic argument that I'll stand by anyhow, I myself spent days after watching this film reluctantly acknowledging how much I emotionally identified with Mother and with having had my body, investments, and creations shat on by patriarchal values. I was eventually forced to reconcile with the places in which I still allow these things to happen in my life despite all my feminist ranting and literature. It was reaffirming to see a protagonist with whom to identify with over the struggle of knowing when and how to hold boundaries without denouncing the 'femininities' of nurture and patience, especially when so often given only dismissive disrespect, at best, in return. Patriarchy isn't going to end simply by teaching women to embrace masculinity. We must also be willing to have an honest relationship with how we, as a social entity, treat femininity, and that is what this movie is trying to establish.

Jennifer Lawrence did express frustration that Aronofsky refused to be up-front about what this film had in store for us while instead selling it as another, mostly inconsequential, fun-time Amityville-esque horror that would pass through our systems easily some relaxed Friday night, only to leave us choking trying to swallow it down the wrong tube. She knows that in planting false expectations and not warning us of the allegory, we were more likely to miss it, and thus Aronofsky ensured the bombed ratings and criticism that might not have been quite so poisonous otherwise. But as he giggles in the background of the interview, I feel comfortably certain that ratings are not his priority here. He recognized that in disclosing the intent of Mother!, he would have attracted only a self-selective audience already interested in having the dialogue he's starting, rendering the film less impactful and frankly, less entertaining as a cultural phenomenon. Critics claim "we get the message; I sympathize with what he's trying to say. But did he really have to cannibalize a baby?" rather than admitting bluntly '"Did he really have to say we cannibalize babies? Did he really have to ruin the memory of my communion? Did he really have to be so harsh?" Whether he did is, of course, debatable. It could even be argued as a debate about the merits of femininity vs. masculinity, gentle patience vs. blunt force. But regardless of the answer, the method was certainly intentional, and in Aronofsky's history, nothing new. His body of work pretty blatantly reveals a conviction that emotional horror and intense discomfort is the way to hit home with an audience, or is, at least, the fun he gets out of directing.

He leaves us at the finish of the movie with the face of a new woman whose innocent concern juxtaposes the doomed fate we know comes her way, having been forced to witness the Poet's insistence that the cycle must repeat itself, that he has no choice, that his fans have no choice, and that the only one who does is the woman who can choose to surrender the only thing she has left. Aronofsky gives us a new face whose treatment we can again allow to befall her, knowing full well its cruelty, or for whom we can look back upon our own mythos as a lesson in what we could change for the future. He asks if we can dare let go of attachment to our idea of womanhood and instead see actual, real life women, with wishes and needs that may not cater to our own.

#feminism #feminist #femininity #gender #movie review #horror movies #darren aronofsky #film review #jennifer lawrence #mother movie #writers #writing #social justice #movies #patriarchy

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The Chargers’ attendance problem in Los Angeles, explained

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The team’s temporary home stadium has seen quite a few opposing fanbases take it over since it moved to L.A.

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The Chargers’ temporary venue has seen many opposing fanbases take over a home game.

Not every Chargers home game results in a majority of the other team’s fans showing up, but it happens often. This was evident as early as the Chargers’ LA debut.

2017

The same thing happened throughout the season.

After the Chiefs beat the Chargers in Week 3, the entire stadium erupted in a “Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs!” chant:

In Week 4, the Eagles asked for crowd noise in StubHub Center late in the game, and got it from the slew of Philly fans who made the trip out West:

“When we came out, it was like a home game,’’ Eagles offensive lineman Jason Peters said after the game. “A lot of fans here supporting us, and it helped us.’’

The Chargers’ first home win in 2017 came in October over the Broncos — in front of a pretty heavy Denver crowd.

2018

This trend continued throughout the Chargers’ second season in LA. Kansas City fans occupied the stadium for a second consecutive time in 2018, followed by 49ers fans a couple weeks later.

Time for another game of "Spot the Los Angeles Chargers fans in an image of a Los Angeles Chargers home game" pic.twitter.com/9g1t7cBMeF

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 30, 2018

Before the next home game against the Raiders, the Chargers piped in crowd noise at practice to prepare for a large turnout of nearby Oakland fans.

2019

Broncos fans packed the stadium during a Week 5 game in 2019. Take a look at how much orange there is:

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During a 2019 Sunday Night Football matchup against Pittsburgh in Week 6, Dignity Health Sports Park looked more like a home game at Heinz Field:

Just...... WOW.#SteelersNation | #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/L1jZz33UQ1

— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) October 14, 2019

The stadium even played the song “Renegade” by Styx, which is frequently heard at Steelers home games. Via the Los Angeles Times:

“I don’t know what that was. Don’t do that at our own stadium … It already felt like it was their stadium … I don’t understand that.”

Steelers cornerback Joe Haden said after the game that the stadium felt like playing in Pittsburgh:

Great win!!! Steeler Nation that was crazy!!! Literally felt like a Home game!!

— Joe Haden (@joehaden23) October 14, 2019

Packers fans also showed up strong during a Week 9 matchup:

Feels like ! (Just a little warmer!)#GBvsLAC | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/8dfSdxHD89

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) November 3, 2019

Fans even referred to the Chargers’ stadium as “Lambeau Field West,” and tickets were going for around $300 a pop because of the stadium’s size and Packers fans traveling well.

Opposing fans taking over the Chargers’ stadium isn’t just exclusive to LA, either.

The Chargers experienced a lack of a homefield advantage while they were still in San Diego, too. Chiefs fans (yet again) swarmed Qualcomm Stadium in January 2017:

Welcome to Arrowhead West @ArrowheadPride @Chiefs #KCvsSD pic.twitter.com/qZ2kC8ykBt

— Liz Saidkhanian (@Liz_Saidkhanian) January 1, 2017

The Steelers did the same in 2015.

The lack of strong fan support paired with the team’s inability to get a new stadium in San Diego were just one of the many reasons the franchise moved in 2017.

Part of the problem for the Chargers is that relocating causes a disruption for fans.

The Chargers and Rams’ new stadium is on track to open in 2020.

Photos courtesy of Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park

Whether or not Chargers fans actually show up remains to be seen, though.

If there are ultimately even bigger opposing fanbases showing up at the new stadium, the team’s struggles relocating to LA might continue.

One idea being floated around is moving the Chargers to London, even though the team has denied it.

Halfway through the 2019 season, The Athletic reported that the possibility of the Chargers relocating to London has been raised by the league:

Chargers owner Dean Spanos pushed back, uh, rather colorfully on the report:

— Jason B. Hirschhorn (@by_JBH) November 5, 2019

The Chargers also tweeted a denial — with a clip from the movie The Wolf Of Wall Street.

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NFL notebook: Steelers' Bell a no-show

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NFL notebook: Steelers' Bell a no-show

The Pittsburgh Steelers opened their first practice of the regular season the way they ended the final practice of the preseason — without All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell.

Jan 14, 2018; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell (26) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Bell was absent when practice began Monday morning at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. He didn’t show up for training camp and has not signed his $14.54 million franchise-tag tender.

In 2017, he didn’t take part in offseason activities or training camp, his first year on the franchise tag. He didn’t show up for practice until the Monday before the first game of the season. The Steelers open the 2018 season Sunday.

“We are disappointed Le’Veon Bell has not signed his franchise tender and rejoined his teammates,” general manager Kevin Colbert said in a statement. “Coach (Mike) Tomlin and the coaching staff will continue to focus on preparing the players on our roster for our regular season opener on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.”

—No. 3 overall pick Sam Darnold was named the starting quarterback by coach Todd Bowles as the New York Jets close in on their Sept. 10 opener against the Detroit Lions.

Darnold, who won the job over veteran Josh McCown, will become the youngest opening-day starting quarterback in NFL history at 21 years, 97 days when he takes the field for the Monday night contest against the Lions.

“We feel like he gives us a good chance to win,” Bowles told reporters. “We’re not starting him because he’s a rookie and he’s not ready. We’re starting him because he gives us a good chance to win the game.”

—Colin Kaepernick and Nike unveiled a new ad featuring the quarterback as part of the company’s 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.

The image, which Kaepernick tweeted out, shows a black-and-white closeup of the quarterback’s face and the words, “Believe in something. Even it if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it.”

According to ESPN, Nike has kept paying Kaepernick — who signed with the brand in 2011 — despite not using him in ads over the past two years, but planned to bring him back at the right time.

—Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson finally confirmed what everyone already knew: Nick Foles will start Thursday’s season opener against the Atlanta Falcons.

Pederson made it official Monday when he addressed reporters in the auditorium at team headquarters, ending months of questions: “Nick Foles is the starter and we have complete confidence, obviously, in what he can do. We’re ready to go with Nick.”

The announcement follows a testy exchange Pederson had with reporters on Sunday when he was angry about a published report that said he had named Foles the starter. He said he never made such a declaration.

—Nathan Peterman, not first-round pick Josh Allen, was named starting quarterback of the Buffalo Bills.

Peterman, a fifth-round pick in 2017, threw five interceptions in his first NFL start against the Los Angeles Chargers last season when former Buffalo quarterback Tyrod Taylor briefly lost the job.

A stern test awaits Peterman, with the Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers and Minnesota Vikings on the schedule the first three weeks of the season. Allen, the No. 7 pick in the 2018 draft, is the No. 2 quarterback for the Bills to open the season.

—Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck returned to practice after taking a week off to recover from a minor foot injury.

He injured the foot Aug. 25 in a preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers. As long as Luck does not sustain another injury, he is on track to make his first start since the end of the 2016 season when the Colts meet the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

Luck, who turns 29 on Sept. 12, missed all of last season while recovering from surgery to his throwing shoulder, but all indications are his shoulder won’t be an issue when the season opens.

—Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon returned to practice and is expected to play in Sunday’s regular-season opener against the Steelers.

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The team’s No. 3 wideout was slowed by a hamstring injury last week.

Coach Hue Jackson said Gordon, who was away from the team during training camp while in rehab at the University of Florida, would not start against Pittsburgh. Rookie fourth-round pick Antonio Callaway will start in Gordon’s place, per Jackson.

—Bills running back LeSean McCoy will not be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list and is eligible to play Sunday in the opener at Baltimore, the NFL said.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Washington Post that the running back’s status “has not changed” as police continue to investigate an alleged home invasion at McCoy’s Milton, Ga., house, which happened in July.

Meanwhile, the Bills are bringing in former Denver Broncos quarterback Paxton Lynch for a visit Tuesday, according to an NFL Network report, and coach Sean McDermott named Ryan Groy the starting center over Russell Bodine.

—The Dallas Cowboys intend to keep center Travis Frederick on the active roster instead of sending him to injured reserve, according to multiple reports.

The plan means the team expects Frederick to return sooner than midway through the regular season. If he were placed on IR, he could not be recalled until after Week 8, though the team would have a free roster spot to use in the interim. If kept on the active roster, Frederick can return to play whenever he is healthy.

No timetable has been given for Frederick’s return since he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome two weeks ago, after he saw several specialists to determine the cause of repeated stinger-like symptoms experienced during training camp.

—New York Giants coach Pat Shurmur expanded on the decision to waive quarterback Davis Webb to make room for other players claimed on waivers Sunday.

“I think I mentioned long ago there was no depth chart behind Eli (Manning),” Shurmur told reporters. “(Webb) got a lot of reps, and I think it was probably that where people start to assume because he’s taking second-string reps that he’s a second-string quarterback, and it didn’t play out that way.”

Meanwhile, tight end Evan Engram practiced on a limited bases but remains in the concussion protocol, and defensive end Olivier Vernon missed practice as he recovers from an ankle injury. Shurmur said the team is hopeful both players can play Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

—The Denver Broncos will start rookie third-rounder Royce Freeman at running back, coach Vance Joseph told reporters.

Freeman will be the first rookie to be the Broncos’ Week 1 starting running back since Terrell Davis in 1995. He and third-year veteran Devontae Booker shared first-team reps throughout training camp and the preseason, but the rookie shined in preseason games with 15 carries for 84 yards and three touchdowns.

Joseph has been vocal about the team’s plan to use multiple backs throughout the season. He reiterated Monday that Freeman will handle the bulk of early-down work, while Booker is likely to take the lead in passing situations.

—Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker and outside linebacker Brian Orakpo said they will be ready for Sunday’s season opener against the Dolphins in Miami, while right tackle Jack Conklin is getting closer to a return.

Walker, who has been battling an apparent toe injury, and Orakpo (shoulder) each returned to practice last week after missing all of the preseason. The Titans have been extremely tight-lipped about injuries under new head coach Mike Vrabel, but both players expect to play.

Conklin, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the divisional playoffs in mid-January, was activated from the physically unable to perform list before final cuts and did limited work in individual drills at Monday’s practice. General manager Jon Robinson said Conklin is “progressing nicely,” but no timetable has been given for the tackle’s return.

—Starting left tackle Donovan Smith and rookie first-round defensive tackle Vita Vea both missed practice as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepared for Sunday’s game at the New Orleans Saints.

Smith sprained his right knee two weeks ago in practice and was given a timetable of two to four weeks to return. Vea, drafted 12th overall in April, has missed more than a month with a strained calf muscle, which initially was not expected to cost him regular-season games.

The Bucs also announced four roster moves, claiming defensive end Carl Nassib off waivers from the Cleveland Browns, placing defensive tackle Mitch Unrein on injured reserve, releasing defensive end Will Clarke and re-signing long snapper Garrison Sanborn.

—The Detroit Lions and safety Quandre Diggs agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2021 season, the team announced.

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Terms were not announced, but the Detroit Free Press pegged the deal at $20.4 million.

Late last season, Diggs moved from slot cornerback to safety after Tavon Wilson sustained a torn biceps. In five starts, he had three interceptions and a forced fumble. Diggs is expected to pair with Glover Quin at safety for the Lions.

—The 49ers officially placed running back Jerick McKinnon on injured reserve, two days after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a non-contract drill in practice.

McKinnon, 26, played four seasons with the Vikings before signing a four-year, $30 million deal with the 49ers in the offseason. He rushed for a career-best 570 yards last season.

San Francisco also announced it signed offensive lineman Matt Tobin and safety Antone Exum Jr. to one-year contracts, placed safety Marcell Harris on injured reserve and signed offensive lineman Zack Golditch to the practice squad.

—The Oakland Raiders signed veteran wide receiver Brandon LaFell and released wideout Johnny Holton, the team announced.

LaFell, 31, was released by the Bengals in early August after two years with the team. He will serve as another veteran target after the Raiders released Martavis Bryant — acquired for a third-round pick in April — during final cutdowns.

The Raiders also announced they claimed defensive tackle Brian Price off waivers from the Cowboys and waived defensive tackle Treyvon Hester.

—Quarterback Christian Hackenberg was signed to the Bengals’ practice squad, the club announced.

The former second-round pick will be joining his fourth organization of the year.

Hackenberg spent his first two seasons with the Jets and didn’t get into any games. He was traded to the Raiders in May for a conditional seventh-round draft choice and later was waived. The Eagles signed him last month and released him on Friday.

—The Browns are considering starting undrafted rookie Desmond Harrison at left tackle in their season opener.

The 6-foot-6, 295-pound Harrison played at Texas and later transferred to West Georgia. He could make history by replacing 10-time Pro Bowler Joe Thomas, who retired in March.

If Harrison does not start, veteran Joel Bitonio could anchor the line at left tackle. Bitonio also is a possibility to start at guard.

—Chicago Bears pass rusher Leonard Floyd returned to practice wearing a club on his broken right hand. He sustained the injury Aug. 18 in a preseason game against the Broncos but is expected to be ready for Sunday’s season opener at Green Bay.

—The Cowboys re-signed wide receiver Deonte Thompson and placed fellow wideout Noah Brown on injured reserve because of a hamstring injury. Thompson provides depth at a position that includes Terrance Williams, Allen Hurns and Cole Beasley.

—The Lions signed linebacker Marquis Flowers, a former member of the Patriots who will reunite with coach Matt Patricia. Detroit scooped up Flowers less than 48 hours after New England let him go.

—The Miami Dolphins signed center Travis Swanson three days after he was released by the Jets. Swanson figures to serve as a backup for Daniel Kilgore, who is set to replace Mike Pouncey in South Florida.

—The Green Bay Packers signed veteran linebacker Korey Toomer, who was cut by the 49ers over the weekend. The 29-year-old Toomer has appeared in 46 games (16 starts) in parts of five seasons with Dallas, St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego-Los Angeles and San Francisco.

—The Kansas City Chiefs claimed center Austin Reiter off waivers from the Browns and released Bryan Witzmann, who made 13 starts in 2017.

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How Trauma, Abuse and Neglect in Childhood Connects to Serious Diseases in Adults

Excerpted from THE DEEPEST WELL: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris. Copyright © 2018 by Nadine Burke Harris. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

[Dr. Vincent] Felitti suspected that he might have glimpsed a hidden relationship between histories of abuse and obesity. To get a clearer picture of that potential relationship, when he conducted his normal checkups and patient interviews for the obesity program, he now began asking people if they had a history of childhood sexual abuse. To his shock, it seemed as if every other patient acknowledged such a history. At first he thought there was no way this could be true. Wouldn’t he have learned about this correlation in medical school? However, after 186 patients, he was becoming convinced. But in order to make sure there wasn’t something idiosyncratic about his group of patients or about the way he asked the questions, he enlisted five colleagues to screen their next hundred weight patients for a history of abuse. When they turned up the same results, Felitti knew they had uncovered something big.

Dr. Felitti’s initial insight about the link between childhood adversity and health outcomes led to the landmark ACE Study. This was a prime example of doctors thinking like detectives, following a hunch and

then putting it through its scientific paces. Beginning with just two patients, this research would eventually become both the foundation and the inspiration for ongoing work giving medical professionals critical insight into the lives of so many others.

After the initial detective work within his own department, Felitti started trying to spread the word. In 1990 he presented his findings at a national obesity meeting in Atlanta and was roundly criticized by his peers. One physician in the audience insisted that patients’ stories of abuse were fabrications meant to provide cover for their failed lives. Felitti reported that the man got a round of applause.

There was at least one person at the conference who didn’t think Dr. Felitti had been hoodwinked by his patients. An epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), David Williamson was seated next to Felitti at a dinner for the speakers later that night. The senior scientist told Felitti that if what he was claiming — that there was a connection between childhood abuse and obesity — was true, it could be enormously important. But he pointed out that no one was going to believe evidence based on a mere 286 cases. What Felitti needed was a large-scale, epidemiologically sound study with thousands of people who came from a wide cross-section of the population, not just a subgroup in an obesity program.

In the weeks following their meeting, Williamson introduced Felitti to a physician epidemiologist at the CDC, Robert Anda. Anda had spent years at the CDC researching the link between behavioral health and cardiovascular disease. For the next two years Anda and Felitti would review the existing literature on the connection between abuse and obesity and figure out the best way to create a meaningful study. Their aim was to identify two things: (1) the relationship between exposure to abuse and/or household dysfunction in childhood and adult health-risk behavior (alcoholism, smoking, severe obesity), and (2) the relationship between exposure to abuse and/or household dysfunction in childhood and disease. To do that, they needed comprehensive medical evaluations and health data from a large number of adults.

Fortunately, part of the data they needed was already being collected every day at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, where over 45,000 adults a year were getting comprehensive medical evaluations in the health appraisal center. The medical evaluations amassed by Kaiser would be a treasure trove of important data for Felitti and Anda because they contained demographic information, previous diagnoses, family history, and current conditions or diseases each patient was dealing with. After nine months of battling and finally gaining approval from the oversight committees for their ACE Study protocol, Felitti and Anda were ready to go. Between 1995 and 1997, they asked 26,000 Kaiser members if they would help improve understanding of how childhood experiences affected health, and 17,421 of those Kaiser health-plan members agreed to participate. A week after the first two visits for this process, Felitti and Anda sent each patient a questionnaire asking about childhood abuse and exposure to household dysfunction as well as about current health-risk factors, like smoking, drug abuse, and exposure to sexually transmitted diseases.

The questionnaire collected crucial information about what Felitti and Anda termed “adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs. Based on the prevalence of adversities they had seen in the obesity program, Felitti and Anda sorted their definitions of abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction into ten specific categories of ACEs. Their goal was to determine each patient’s level of exposure by asking if he or she had experienced any of the ten categories before the age of eighteen.

Emotional abuse (recurrent) Physical abuse (recurrent) Sexual abuse (contact) Physical neglect Emotional neglect Substance abuse in the household (e.g., living with an alcoholic or a person with a substance-abuse problem) Mental illness in the household (e.g., living with someone who suffered from depression or mental illness or who had attempted suicide) Mother treated violently Divorce or parental separation Criminal behavior in household (e.g., a household member going to prison)

Each category of abuse, neglect, or dysfunction experienced counted as one point. Because there were ten categories, the highest possible ACE score was ten.

Using the data from the medical evaluations and the questionnaires, Felitti and Anda correlated the ACE scores with health-risk behaviors and health outcomes.

First, they discovered that ACEs were astonishingly common — 67 percent of the population had at least one category of ACE and 12.6 percent had four or more categories of ACEs.

Second, they found a dose-response relationship between ACEs and poor health outcomes, meaning that the higher a person’s ACE score, the greater the risk to his or her health. For instance, a person with four or more ACEs was twice as likely to develop heart disease and cancer and three and a half times as likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a person with zero ACEs.

Given what I’d seen in my patients and in the community, I knew in my bones that this study was dead-on.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (Michael Winokur)

It was powerful evidence of the connection that I had seen clinically but had never seen substantiated in the literature. After reading the ACE Study, I was able to answer the question of whether there was a medical connection between the stress of childhood abuse and neglect and the bodily changes and damage that could last a lifetime. It seemed clear now that there was a dangerous exposure in the well at Bayview Hunters Point. It wasn’t lead. It wasn’t toxic waste. It wasn’t even poverty, per se. It was childhood adversity. And it was making people sick.

One of the most revealing parts of the ACE Study was not what it investigated but who it investigated.

Many people might look at Bayview Hunters Point and see the rates of poverty and violence and the lack of health care and say, “Of course those people are sicker; that makes sense.” After all, that’s what I learned in public-health school. Poverty and lack of adequate health care are what really drives poor health outcomes, right?

This is where the ACE Study comes in and shakes things up, showing us that the dominant view is missing something big. Because where was the ACE Study conducted?

Bayview? Harlem? South-Central Los Angeles?

Nope.

Solidly middle-class San Diego.

The original ACE Study was done in a population that was 70 percent Caucasian and 70 percent college-educated.

The study’s participants, as patients of Kaiser, also had great health care. Over and over again, further studies about ACEs have validated the original findings. The body of research sparked by the ACE Study makes it clear that adverse childhood experiences in and of themselves are a risk factor for many of the most common and serious diseases in the United States (and worldwide), regardless of income or race or access to care.

The ACE Study is powerful for a lot of reasons, but a big one is that its focus goes beyond behavioral or mental-health outcomes. The research wasn’t conducted by a psychologist; it was conducted by two internal medicine doctors. Most people intuitively understand that there’s a connection between trauma in childhood and risky behavior, like drinking too much, eating poorly, and smoking, in adulthood (more on that later).

But what most people don’t recognize is that there is a connection between early life adversity and well-known killers like heart disease and cancer. Every day in the clinic I saw the way my patients’ exposure to ACEs was taking a toll on their bodies. They may have been too young for heart disease, but I could certainly see the early signs in their high rates of obesity and asthma.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is the founder of CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point. She is the subject of a New Yorker profile and the recipient of a Heinz Award, among many other honors. Her TED talk “How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across the Lifetime” has been viewed over three million times. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and four sons. THE DEEPEST WELL is her first book.

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How Trauma, Abuse and Neglect in Childhood Connects to Serious Diseases in Adults

Each category of abuse, neglect, or dysfunction experienced counted as one point. Because there were ten categories, the highest possible ACE score was ten.

Using the data from the medical evaluations and the questionnaires, Felitti and Anda correlated the ACE scores with health-risk behaviors and health outcomes.

First, they discovered that ACEs were astonishingly common — 67 percent of the population had at least one category of ACE and 12.6 percent had four or more categories of ACEs.

Given what I’d seen in my patients and in the community, I knew in my bones that this study was dead-on.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (Michael Winokur)

One of the most revealing parts of the ACE Study was not what it investigated but who it investigated.

This is where the ACE Study comes in and shakes things up, showing us that the dominant view is missing something big. Because where was the ACE Study conducted?

Bayview? Harlem? South-Central Los Angeles?

Nope.

Solidly middle-class San Diego.

The original ACE Study was done in a population that was 70 percent Caucasian and 70 percent college-educated.

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Austria's FPO Leader: 'We Are Not Extreme Right Party'

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Austria's FPO Leader: 'We Are Not Extreme Right Party'

VIENNA (Sputnik) — The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria's (FPO) leader, Heinz-Christian Strache has emphasized that his party opposes any kind of extremism, adheres to democratic values and has nothing to do with the labels being put on it by the media.

"We are a democratic and political power, we are on the center-right in the political spectrum, we are a democratic party and a true party of freedom. This was recognized during the election, we are not an extreme right party, we are against any kind of extremism, anti-semitism and we just dealt with the subjects important for the population," Strache said in an interview.

The FPO's ideological background was the subject of numerous media attacks. The press has been placing the party on the extreme right of the political spectrum. When the FPO managed to get almost 27 percent of the vote during the 1999 national elections, earning a place in a coalition government, the European Union responded with diplomatic sanctions, freezing contacts with the government, saying that Austria had legitimized the extreme right.

Strache has expressed hope that the respect for democracy would prevail in the European Union.

"Every real democrat will respect the results of the elections even if he has another opinion and any diplomatic sanctions as a result would not be a democratic development and I assume that the democratic representatives of the EU will respect this."

Party Agenda and Allies in Europe

© AFP 2017/ John MacdougallGrowth of Right-Wing Presence in EU Parliaments May Endanger European ProjectSpeaking about the party's cooperation with the Eurosceptic anti-immigration Visegrad Group (V4 group), which is comprised of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, once it enters the government, Strache noted that "it is a logical step for Austria."

"I still think that we should get closer to the Visegrad Group. And if we look at history, it is a logical step for Austria to move closer to that group. I think we should seek closer cooperation, especially when we have to defend mutual interests."

He named tackling migration, Islamic radicalization and security issues among the potential areas of cooperation with the group.

"Our areas of cooperation, for example, could be migration, fighting radical political Islam, because Islamic terror has reached the heart of Europe already. They could also, of course, be issues related to safety policy or the development of the European Union, highlighting certain injustices that have taken place in the European Union," Strache explained.

The Visegrad Group strongly opposes EU migrant quotas and advocates for the bloc’s decentralization.

Among the issues the FPO wants to propose as soon as a new coalition government is formed would be strengthening border control, steps against Islamic radicalization and a ban on funding from abroad, which may be used for terrorist purposes.

"The Austrian borders have to be controlled. For that, we need more sufficient executive forces, the existing plan should be fulfilled in order to have more forces to prevent and fight crime … We should have consequent proceedings and procedures against Islamic radicalization. And we should forbid any funding from abroad, including from Saudi Arabia," Strache said when asked what would be the three main initiatives that the FPO would propose to fight terrorism.

The politician noted that Austria had been challenged by a surge of radical Islamic associations, including nursery schools.

"We are responsible for preventing situations that can be seen in the Middle East from taking place in the European Union. The integration [of migrants], a legal one, should also to be dealt with. We also have to express our expectations. Migrants have to agree with society, with law, also have to adapt to our values. If not, this kind of Islamic development should be forbidden in the European Union," Strache stressed.

According to the FPO leader, Austria should not leave the Schengen zone, but focus on efforts to defend the EU's external borders.

"We have to demonstrate responsibility before our Austrian population to guarantee border safety, because in the event of an EU failure to defend the mutual external borders this would lead to an illegal situation, and then we have to defend our very own Austrian borders. But of course there must be a just aim to defend the external borders of the European Union," Strache said.

Vienna first imposed imposed temporary security checks due to a high influx of undocumented migrants in 2015. However, this summer, the European Commission recommended that Austria, as well as a number of other EU member states, lift enhanced border controls within six months.

Coalition with Kurz-Led Party

According to Strache, the FPO has accepted the invitation by Kurz to hold talks on creating a governing coalition and also hopes the talks would not last longer than two months. In the October 15 snap election's results, OVP received 31.5 percent of the vote, while FPO won 26 percent. Thus, the formation of a coalition between the two parties would result in a majority.

READ MORE: Austria's Right-Wing FPO to Enter Coalition Talks With Kurz-Led Conservative OVP

"Yes, in principle but there is no reason now to rush the negotiations, there is no reason to get stressed because of the deadline, as the most important thing for us is the quality of the new government, respectful and honest negotiations that will result in a coalition deal, which would be a holiday in and of itself for the Austrian population," Strache said when asked about the possibility of reaching a deal before Christmas.

The FPO leader has announced the party's intention to discuss state debt, household deficit and subsidies during the first coalition talks.

"We will discuss financial conditions (household deficit and the debt of the Republic and subsidies) and will talk about these figures in the sense of transparency and then we'll start discussing the content."

READ MORE: 'He is Well Aware of His Power': Meet Sebastian Kurz, Austria's Chancellor-To Be

"We received an invitation to start coalition talks today. We have also made public our negotiating team. Tomorrow near midday we will begin our first discussion with the head of the OVP and we will begin by just talking over the existing issues and setting up a schedule for upcoming meetings," Strache explained.

Earlier in October, Strache reiterated his party's position that it would only enter a governing coalition if one of its members was appointed interior minister, thus gaining control over matters such as migration control and anti-terror measures.

"There are two big winners in these elections, OVP and FPO, and we have to respect these democratic results. We have always accepted that the real winner, the party with the most votes,OVP, would receive the country's chancellorship and, yes, there is a possibility that I would be vice-chancellor and also hold the position of minister of internal affairs," Strache said.

Heinz-Christian Strache also called incumbent President of the Austrian National Council Norbert Hofer a good candidate for foreign minister.

"Of course, Mr. Hofer is the president of our National Assembly and a former presidential candidate, who lost the election by a very narrow margin. He, of course, would be a very able minister of foreign affairs. But as I said previously, when we have a concrete agreement then we can discuss ministerial posts and personalities but we have a lot of able personalities in the party," Strache said when asked about Hofer's possible nomination to a ministerial position.

Foreign Relations

Speaking about relations with Moscow, the FPO leader has told Sputnik that his party would work on ending EU anti-Russian sanctions if it gets into the government coalition.

Strache stressed Russia's important role in European affairs as well as the importance of Russian-European ties for peaceful development on the continent.

"We also want, of course, to mitigate the tensions existing in Europe and we, as neutral Austria, will work in that direction and we want to find a solution in order to relieve or abolish these unhappy sanctions."

Accorrding to him, the FPO will also seek a Russian-EU free trade deal and closer cooperation on security issues.

"Our goal should also be to conclude a free trade agreement between Russia and the European Union in the future and also cooperate on fighting against terrorism."

Austrian politicians have repeatedly visited Russia, with the most recent visit of the FPO top leadership to Moscow having taken place in December 2016.

First Steps as Vice-Chancellor

"My first visit would be Switzerland because we have especially good relations with this neighbor… And also considering direct democracy this would probably my first visit," Strache said, when asked which country he saw as Austria's strategic partner and thus his destination for a first official visit.

In the past, Strache has praised Switzerland's governance system, which allows for significant citizen involvement in the law-making process via referendums, with a lot of issues put to a popular vote rather than simply debates in a parliament as it might happen in other countries.

The FPO leader said that he would visit all the surrounding countries as well, including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, "especially the north of Italy" and Serbia.

"As far as foreign policy is concerned it is also important to have good relations with United States, Russia, Israel, and China," Strache said.

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The secrets behind Mauricio Pochettino’s success

In Mauricio Pochettino & # 39; s first night in English football in January 2013, the [19599003] Everton staff looked suspiciously at their three colleagues in Southampton . No one really knew them: Jesus Perez, Miki D & # 39; Agostino, Toni Jimenez.

Among the Everton coaching staff working under David Moyes that night, all of whom were British, there was a clear Nigel Adkins, who were marginalized by globalization, but their coaching assistants who would languish.

The irony is now clear. Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland.

To understand how he has transformed Tottenham into a real Premier League superpower on a relatively poor budget – and thereby also helping the English team improve – we must first understand the man. Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Tottenham into a Premier League power and Harry Kane a superstar.

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Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Tottenham into a Premier League power and Harry Kane In a superstar

When he first caught English eyes, in 2002, Pochettino could no longer be removed from our game, in a superficial sense, with that long-haired mullet haircut that meant for a certain type of Argentinian center-half of that time.

He is a child of the Pampas, a farmer's son from Murphy, a remote and small settlement about 200 miles southwest of Rosario, set up by an Irish emigrant in the 19th century that day in 2002, when he was confronted with England in what had become one of the most hyped encounters of the World Cup Final – Japanese TV used images from the Falklands war to play the game to follow – he was very much the student of the Argentinian coach Marcelo Bielsa.

Of course it didn't end well, not even for Bielsa and Pochettino. When Michael Owen glanced past him in the box, Pochettino reached out and Owen fell. & # 39; It was definitely a dive, & # 39; Pochettino always says. & # 39; I never touched it! & # 39; Repeats confirm that there was hardly any contact. But David Beckham sent the penalty and Argentina went home shamelessly without even reaching the knockout phase.

Bielsa seems the obvious place to start analyzing this unlikely story of how an Argentinian farm boy ended up being one of the favorites of English football.

It was the current Leeds United manager who saw him sleeping in his bed for the first time at the age of 14. The extraordinary story, seemingly alarming in our age of children's awareness, but innocent in this context and culture, is now well told.

Bielsa, youth team coach at Newell & # 39; s Old Boys, and academy director, Jorge Griffa, would search the Pampa for talent. They actually visited nearby Santa Isabel for a coaching course when someone said Murphy was a decent player who was Newell's biggest rivals, Rosario Central. Bielsa had suggested returning to Rosario. After all, it was late and in the dark. Griffa insisted that they go to Murphy.

& # 39; We arrived at 2 am & # 39; in the morning at their home & # 39 ;, Griffa, 83, recalls when we met in his elegant apartment in the chic Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. Aires last year. & # 39; It was pretty extreme! I knocked on the windows, Mauricio & # 39; s mother answered me and she recognized me. We came in and I started talking about them soybeans and other crops that were not at all my interest.

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He was taught by Marcelo Bielsa (center, with Argentina) during the 2002 World Cup)

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Pochettino shows his uncompromising style by clattering Henrik Larsson in their 2002 World Cup clash of their visit to the night. Griffa confirms the famous story that they really asked the parents of Pochettino if they could see the sleeping 14-year-old Mauricio in his bedroom and indeed shouted: “What legs! The legs of a soccer player! & # 39; upon seeing him.

They were not wrong about the innate ability to play football. I have proven to be a very capable middle half. What you didn't know back then was what an effect Bielsa would have on world football and Pochettino on the English game. Argentina does not seem the obvious place to look for the start of an English football renaissance. But the revolution that had begun at Newell & # 39; s Old Boys would have a global impact.

Rosario is a pleasant city dominated by oil refining, petrochemistry, production, and the vast Parana River. It is also a city separated by football. Entire neighborhoods are painted in the red and black of Newell & # 39; s or the yellow and blue of rivals Rosario Central. Despite these obsessions, it was something of impoundment for a country dominated by Buenos Aires.

Ricky Villa, that icon of Tottenham and himself a farm boy from outside the urban elites, puts it this way: & # 39; Buenos Aires is the big football city and Rosario and Rosario are subordinate. & # 39;

Still, Newell & # 39; s started the will of River Plate and Boca Juniors in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and Argentinian football did make some note of it.

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Under coach Jose Yudica, they won the league title in 1988 and reached the final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent of the Champions League. The following season, a young center half made his debut: that boy from back on the farm a few years earlier had turned out well. Besides him, D & # 39; Agostino would be his oldest friend. They had shared the rather primitive dormitory – it was freezing cold in winter, sultry in summer – where players from the youth team were sitting under the headstand of the club's stadium.

. Griffa has an almost mythical status in Argentinian football as the star maker, thanks to his work at Newell & # 39; s when he discovered Gerardo Martino, Gabriel Batistuta and Pochettino.

Later I spent Maxi Rodriguez, Walter Samuel and Gabriel Heinze and then, when I moved to Boca Juniors, Carlos Tevez. Jorge Valdano, winner of the 1986 World Cup, former trainer and technical director of Real Madrid, described Griffa as & # 39; one of the development gurus in Argentina & # 39 ;.

According to Valdano, the Newell team in which Pochettino was integrally placed in an & # 39; honorable atmosphere when it came to developing players & # 39 ;: like an Ajax from South America.

This is the environment that Pochettino has forged: tough, unadorned, based on hard work but also with regard to technology and tactical aptitude. It was a unique culture. Given the number of players who came to the first team through the academy, it was logical to promote the coach of the first team in the care of the first team. This is how Bielsa got its big breakthrough in 1990.

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From : Murphy, Argentina

: Center-half

Clubs : Newell & # 39; s Old Boys (1989-94), Espanyol (1994-2001, 2004 (loan), 2004-06), PSG International : Argentina – 20 caps, 2 targets

International : Argentinian Premier Division x1, Copa del Rey x2

Teams successful : Espanyol (2009-12), Southampton (2013-14), Tottenham (2014-present)

-4-3 and a unique press style that will now be known to Tottenham fans Bielsa lei The team moved to a different national title and, in an unprecedented era for the club, two finals of the Copa Libertadores.

Griffa remembers: & # 39; When Bielsa took the first team job at Newell, I told you we had to buy two central defenders. I told him: "You have them at home – Fernando Gamboa and Pochettino".

& # 39; It was a team that left its mark on Newell's history, said Roberto Sensini, a former Pochettino teammate at Newell and with the national team. & # 39; Mauricio always spoke to his teammates with authority and in clear terms. Mauricio has learned from many coaches, but Bielsa was a man who left his mark on him, just like me.

Bielsa would reappear in Pochettino & # 39; s career, when I moved to Spain to play for Espanyol. In fact, his old coach reduced him to tears there after being accused of losing the drive he had as a young player at Newell and slipping into a comfort zone. & # 39; I've never felt so embarrassed & # 39 ;, Pochettino wrote in his book Brave New World. & # 39; Everything he said was right. I am blinded, trapped in my own world. & # 39;

Pochettino still quotes this period of his life and the belief that Yudica, Griffa and Bielsa have shown him as his inspiration to give young players a chance. Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose, Harry Winks, Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne, James Ward-Prowse are just some of the English players who have thrived under him. Unknowingly, they owe a huge debt to Griffa and Bielsa.

No big star was before Pochettino arrived. Lallana was probably the best established. You can't claim that their turnout amounts to Pochettino alone: MK Dons, Crystal Palace and Burnley were involved as well as Southampton and Tottenham. Perhaps some would have hit these heights regardless of

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A move to Southampton saw Pochettino succeed again, and he helped the will of Adam Lallana again

However, in an era when the Premier League was young English talent seemed about it Pochettino was counterintuitive.

Eight months after his arrival speaking to him in this country in 2013, Pochettino told Sportsmail : & # 39; In terms of pure talent, English players have nothing to envy in their Brazilian, Argentinian or Spanish counterparts. It's all about working hard and trusting and believing in them … giving them the opportunity and supporting them;

& # 39; I have witnessed the transformation of Spanish football. & # 39; I have witnessed the transformation of Spanish football. I have seen that transformation over a period of more than 20 years, from the moment they knew nothing to gain when they started winning things. England is now also in a moment when all they have to do is believe. Really believe in their talent, their own inherent ability that is present in English footballers. "

To be honest, at that time it sounded like a rule to get favor with the locals.

Those close to Pochettino insist on being careful to incorporate the point about Bielsa & # 39; s influence into his presence, even though he has spoken of him as a & # 39; father figure & # 39; in public.

In private it is not clear that he wants to be fairly close to him and that he regards it as a cliché.It is a point that journalist Guillem Balague, who worked with him for a year at Brave New World, has made. & # 39; He has learned a lot from Newells Old Boys, from Bielsa, but he is not a Bielsa manager or coach at all.

Balague claims that, as the & Spygate & # 39; sage in Leeds made clear, Bielsa is much more obsessed with how his opponents play.

& # 39; What I learned from Bielsa is that you don't go to look at the passport if you give someone a chance & # 39 ;, said Balague. & # 39; If you can do the job, it doesn't matter if you are 17, 20 or 28. You have to be brave, you have to come on the field to be a leading player. You have to work very hard to repair the ball, but you get the ball back if it is different from Bielsa. & # 39;

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Pochettino has played hard and his teams also have steel – even the gentle Kane can become aggressive, as can be seen here

Leading actor is a word you hear again from Latin coaches, especially listening to Pochettino or Guardiola.

Ze call it a sign of pride, as if the team d that the game takes on, that possession dominates, has an almost moral right to win.

This is the clear influence of Bielsa on Pochettino and, indeed, English football. So when England took over Spain in Seville last year and delivered the first home defeat to their hosts in 15 years, it was the most & # 39; protagonist & # 39; England's performance since they defeated 4-1 Holland in 1996 under Terry Venables.

And there is no doubt that Southgate owes a debt to the current wave of Premier League coaches playing this way: Pochettino, Jurgen Klopp and Guardiola.

However, as Balague points out, there is a fundamental difference between going to the Pochettino team and to the Bielsa team when they have won the ball back. In part it is an element of directness. The Pochettino team plays the ball faster.

But it is also unlikely that Bielsa would like to win with 40 percent possession of the ball, the Tottenham beat Chelsea in November, one of their best performances of the season. Sensini, who played with Pochettino under Bielsa at Newell, says: & Spurs I see a very aggressive team, such as Bielsa, but Mauricio has his own details & he says. & # 39; Bielsa & # 39; s would be more rigid in tactics. & # 39;

One aspect of the Pochettino revolution that is often overlooked is the role of Jesus Perez. The quartet of Spanish-speaking coaches can often be seen together at Spurs & # 39; training ground sharing partner, the Argentine infusion drink that D & # 39; Agositino and Pochettino have introduced to English football culture.

He was an employee of Espanyol sports director Ramon Planes, not of Pochettino, and only joined to help with the youth and among 21 teams. And he would not have helped Pochettino if it had not been for a violation.

Pochettino had paid £ 7,000 of his own money to get some prototype software to help with race analysis: the most detailed statistics and video analysis, routine today but innovative 10 years ago and another feature of each Bielsa pupil. Pochettino had even paid for a young assistant coach to train in the software so that they could use it during a competition. The assistant paid him back by rolling to Barcelona when they offered to double his salary for the same work there.

The new under-23 helper, Perez, however, was the only other employee who could use the software.

He had worked in Gimnastic de Tarragon, Castellon, Real Murcia, Pontevedra, Rayo Vallencano and Almeria in various coaching roles, but he had just returned from a spell in Saudi Arabia with the national team and Al-Ittihad . Perez is football in every way: coach, analyst, fitness expert. But that last name was perhaps the most significant and possibly the secret behind Pochettino.

Pochettino leans heavily on his versatile number 2 on Tottenham, Jesus Perez, who is a fitness expert and so much more "

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Toni Jimenez (right) are the other members of Pochettino & # 39; s inner circle of coaches at Spurs "

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Miki D & # 39; Agostino (left) and Toni Jimenez (right) are the other members of Pochettino & # 39; s inner circle of coaches at Spurs

He studied physiology at the university for five years. Even now it is still unusual for fitness experts to be the No. 2 at a club, although there should have been some clues from the past. Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho both studied sports sciences; both changed the dynamics of football in the last decade because they understood physiology well. Perez belongs in that bracket.

And Pochettino's teams are fitter than almost everyone. Lallana is still grinning about pre-season training in Southampton in the summer of 2013. Admittedly, Pochettino may have exaggerated that year: he let the team walk over glowing coals in one of those bonding exercises designed to show what can be achieved with willpower. So far that has not been repeated at Tottenham. But to play like Pochettino, you want you to be fitter than most. & # 39; He finishes the b ****** from them & # 39 ;, says a resident of Tottenham. His standards are simply higher and his methods seem better than those of his Premier League rivals.

Getting Luke Shaw into an obvious task at Southampton. Less noticeable was the task he had at Kane in Tottenham. Kane was not rated high. He was the striker who was only used in the Europa League, with Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado in front of him. Indeed, Kane did not start a Premier League match under Pochettino until November 9 that first season, against Stoke (and they lost 2-1). Something had changed by that time. Kane had gone to Pochettino to ask why he was alone on the couch. Pochettino did not answer correctly. & # 39; He said my body fat was high, I didn't try as hard as I could, and that was it! & # 39; Kane remembers.

Son Heung-min is another Tottenham player who has benefited from Pochettino & # 39; s hard love and guidance "

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Son Heung-min is another Tottenham player who has benefited from the hard love and guidance from Pochettino

Kane admits that his body fat was 18 percent when Pochettino took over at the club Meaning: too fat to be an elite striker And Kane & # 39; s conditioning and the care he now takes over – the second home within minutes of the training field, the personalized chef and, crucially, the input of Perez – would probably be a One of the key factors in his elevation to the world of elite players.

But Perez is much more than a fitness guru. In Brave New World, Pochettino explains how his assistant is crucial in his coaching and motivation role. & # 39; Around that time [March 2017] I had a difficult conversation with one of the key figures, whose name I will keep for myself. & # 39; [Pochettino has never confirmed this but the circumstances suggest it is Son Heung-min.] & # 39; It was our second in the two-year period. I let Jesus prepare the ground and they spent almost an hour talking.

& # 39; I came in to put the finishing touches, although Jesus kept coming back with sentences like: & # 39; You do this during training, this in games and these are the statistics. "I went down the contract route:" If you continue like this, we don't need you. "He ended up as a trigger in a video we showed him, which clearly shows that he reacted conservatively twice in the same game instead of doing what he should have done, namely, making progress, his decision affected him and the team. "Ah, yes, it's true, I made a mistake," was his reaction when he saw it.

The Pochettino manifesto is probably packed there as well as everywhere: its ability to work with individual players, often young ones, to lift them up, in Son & # 39; s case, from a good player to world class; the need to a protagonist not to be conservative, the tough love he is willing to show by threatening not to renew his contract, but also the importance from Perez.

It was also Perez who, together with the vro your from Pochettino, Karina, Pochettino persuaded to take a chance on Southampton. Pochettino jokes that his assistant had an established interest because he spoke English and Pochettino did not. That in itself is almost the impetus for failure.

Karina repaired him with a friend in Barcelona who taught English. & # 39; After my first lesson, I said, "It's impossible!" I would like to speak English. I said, "I'm going to stop." Fortunately I persisted. And, it turns out, I wouldn't need the Queen's English to have a huge impact on his adopted country.

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