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I am calling this drawing “Jill’s Hummingbird” in honor of my friend Jill Weatherholt! She has a great blog. Check it out at:

Here’s your hummingbird, Jill, along with a field of tulips. This was a lot of fun to do!

Smelling the flowers

Hummingbird and Tulips

About whitefeatherfloating

When I began this blog I was simply going to share my writing. However, after being part of the blogging world for quite some time now, I decided to begin sharing my artwork. Patsy's Creative Corner will always have my artwork and some writing, but I also created a blog called "My Crazy Life!" in order to simply write my short autobiography and hopefully get some feedback on it as I go. However, it is a very slow project right now. You can find it here: Thanks for visiting! :)

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  1. Beautiful, detailed drawing x

  2. Very talented, Patsy!! And the fact that you named it Jill’s Hummingbird is even better! Love her!

  3. Gorgeous drawing Patsy, so lovely of you to do this for Jill, I can tell she is absolutely thrilled! Isn’t it great to be able to support one another like this? I’m so encouraged that you have sold some of your prints already. Things can change in just one day can’t they?

    I know today is a difficult day for you, but as I said on your Facebook page, you are in my thoughts, heart and prayers. Will be in touch again very soon … 🙂

    • Thank you, Sherri! I can tell she’s thrilled, too! She linked me to her blog. What an encouragement! 🙂
      Yes, things can change quickly. I am planning to set up a booth at an art walk in a couple of weeks so I have to get busy doing a few more paintings. I’m going to do some acrylics on canvas since I already have the canvases just sitting and waiting for the paint! Maybe I’ll try to recreate the ocean again! LOL! I’m not sure it would look the same. I could get it printed onto canvas, but it’s a bit costly.

      Thank you, Sherri, for your prayers and support today! xoxo

  4. The drawings are beautiful! What a wonderful gift 🙂

  5. Very sweet:) Lucky Jill!

  6. Lovely Patsy, very nice composition.

  7. Wow, Patsy! You are unbelievable! I can’t believe you did this for me…thank you so much!!!!! That is so sweet!
    The drawings look just like the hummies in my backyard! You’ll have to email the pictures so I can post them on my blog…if you’d like.
    I love the drawings and I so appreciate you taking the time to do this. You were fast too!
    You’ve made my day. xoxo

    • I’m so glad you like it, Jill! I thought it needed to be in flowers. I love tulips; they are fun to draw and paint.
      I will e-mail you the pictures or you can just reblog it whichever you prefer.
      It didn’t feel very fast to me, but a few days on a drawing maybe is, I don’t know!
      I’m glad you like it. Have a great day! xo

    • I absolutely loved! I have included a link to this in my post for tomorrow…if that’s okay. Thank you again!

      • I’m glad! And yes, that is perfectly okay! I love your new picture! I need to change mine soon. My hair is a lot longer now.

        I sold five of my 5×7 card prints of my paintings to my dentist today! A little bit of profit is always nice. 🙂

        • Yay! I’ve added the link. I want to share your talent. 🙂
          Thanks! I figured it was time to update my picture, as the other one was a couple years old.
          Congratulations! That is great news! Am I recalling correctly, was this the airplane paintings? How cool!

      • Hi Jill. Thank you so much for adding my link to your blog! I appreciate that immensely! I think I need your e-mail to send you the image. Then you could print it out?? And no, the cards I sold are of the Hydrangeas, the Rose, the Alpine Glow, the Elephant, and Sherri’s ocean. I had 5×7 cards made of all of those paintings and I am trying to sell them locally and on Etsy for $4.00. I started out selling them for $5, but I decided to lower the price. They are blank inside and come in a nice “jacket.” 🙂
        Thank you so much again for wanting to share my art work.

  8. Thanks again, Jill. I love blogging, too, and I’m glad we found each other! You are a great encouragement to me. 🙂

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Pearson Test Centre Administrator-Newport (Isle of Wight) in Newport, United Kingdom

Test Centre Administrator-Newport (Isle of Wight) - ( 2106822 )

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Pearson VUE ( has been a pioneer in the computer-based testing industry for decades, delivering more than 15 million certification and licensure exams annually in every industry from academia and admissions to IT and healthcare. We are the global leaders in developing and delivering high-stakes exams via the world's most comprehensive network of nearly 20,000 Test Centres in 180 countries. Our leadership in the assessment industry is a result of our collaborative partnerships with a broad range of clients, from leading technology firms to government and regulatory agencies.

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Commemorating the Matchgirls Strike of 1888

Help us get them a statue

The Matchgirls Memorial is a charitable organisation established to highlight the Strike and remember the Strike leaders’ in the form of a permanent memorial.

In 1888 over 1,400 young women walked out on strike from Bryant and May’s match factory in Bow, east London. This was the first successful strike of women factory workers and led to better, safer working conditions for all. See here for more about the Strike.

There is no public statue to honour the Matchgirls. The Matchgirls’ success was the beginning of New Unionism. The Strike played a key role in labour history. Its legacy is reflected in Friedrich Engel’s words “… the light jostle needed for the entire avalanche to move”.

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IN his address to BJP workers from the BJP office on its 40th foundation day, Prime Minister Modi gave an open call to BJP workers  to violate the lockdown. First, he asked each worker to contribute  generously to the fund he created and also collect contribution from  40 others. Secondly, at every booth level, BJP workers are to visit at  least 40 people who are working for essential services and health care to personally thank them. Thirdly, after abdicating the government’s responsibility to provide with food, shelter and wages, the PM is now

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Waking up this morning I knew it was a beach day! On my way to the beach I couldn’t help but notice there were not very many people walking through town. I thought it was because it was early.  I was stopped by a boy who must have been 12, “Are you from Greece?”.  Its official, I have been mistaken for a local! My dreams are complete. Much to my dismay, I replied, “No.” Looking up I could see his entire family of 5 was lost in Corfu. I then gave them directions to the Old Castle in Corfu Town. By the way, this whole conversation happened in Spanish.  Im kinda loving this whole multiple language thing.  It was the first time that I had heard Spanish sense departing from San Diego.

Down on the Beach

Walking down to the water, I found a great spot to get in.  Do you know they charge 1.5  to get in?? Gross! It felt like a tourist trap.  I mean who charges to get in the ocean?  I gladly passed up that opportunity, climbed over some rocks, and found my own spot to get in. There was a group of local older women on the beach.  The water was AmAzIng.  There wasn’t much sand, just rocks.  So the water wasn’t really enjoyable until fully in.

Where I was in the Water

After basking in the sun, I headed back to the hotel. I felt completely out of place walking around in a swim cover up, while everyone else around me is in their Sunday best.  Yep, they all just got out of church! Lovely!  So, I finally figured out why there wasn’t very many people walking around in the morning.   Whoopps.

Beautiful Blue Water!!

Later, I walked through all the shops.   Well, most of them.  Lets be honest, Corfu is tourist-shopping heaven.  I wouldn’t be surprised to hear there are more than 200 small shops just for tourists.   But, some of them do have amazing talents.  There was a free sample of Corfu Lemonade.  Never again. I’m not sure what exactly I drank, but it wasn’t lemonade.  It tasted like lemon juice mixed with a really cheap vodka-syrup concoction.

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I am not an author. To be quite honest, I always hated English class. I write so I may share my experiences and remember the man I met on a bus who treated me to dinner with his family, paying and booking a hotel only to find out its out of business, fake crying in the Athens airport to get a ticket home, or remember the strangers who looked out for me on a bus. Some live, experience, and are fulfilled by what’s in their backyards. I find there is something truly exhilarating about cramming as many possessions into a bag as possible, only to complain you brought too many. This is my life out of a suitcase, hope you enjoy.

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My research is linked to control and inverse problems in partial differential equations. There is now an important number of young researchers working in these subjects in first range institutions in Chile. It is important to continue to attract young researchers with capacities to innovate in controllability, inverse problems in PDEs and their applications in the region. I am interested interdisciplinary research areas as Climate Change and Resilience, Earth modeling, Biology, Medicine and Astronomy and I am convinced that our scientific advance is possible by generating interdisciplinary work between high level and active groups.

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Fear’s Heat

Waking up, he kept his eyes closed.  He was uncomfortable for sure.  Besides feeling like he was sleeping on uneven ground, he felt a disabling heat surround him.  It was a stifling heat.  He thought back to the last thing that he could remember.  He knew he was not alone.  He knew they had traveled to this place, their destination.  But where were they?  And where was she?  And why was it so hot?

Sweating, he could feel his pants clinging to his legs as if he had just climbed fully clothed from a hot spring.  A curiosity overtook his movements and he reached out with his hand blindly feeling for anything.  He felt something hot.  That’s all he knew for certain.  Suddenly he felt, not cool air itself, but the memory of cool air–the memory that cooler temperatures existed somewhere not too far from where he was.

Time taking effect, he began to remember where they were.  It was a campground.  They had setup their tent, and she wanted to take a rest.  He couldn’t believe his luck, and so they both crawled in the tent, sun blazing.  He remembered that before dozing off into a restful slumber he reassured himself that she couldn’t get into too much trouble within the confines of a tent, especially not a four-season, dual-door, dual-vestibule beaut like his.  Still, she did have a sleeping bag, a water bottle that emptied at a rate equivalent to a sippy cup, and Pingu, her pink penguin.

Finally, he heard her whispering.  It was unintelligible, so he made the decision to open his eyes and see she was up to.  Looking towards her whispers, he was immediately struck by a fear brought on by the inexplicable.  Her hair was soaked.  Her shorts just below her waistline were soaked.  In a moment, realizing she had not ‘rested’ but stayed up playing for who knows how long in a hot tent with no vents open, her sweaty hair made sense.  But why were her pants wet?  She was a potty trained three and a half year old.  Then he finally heard a full sentence as she guiltily turned, pouring water into her hand.

“Okay Pingu, we’re almost done with your shower.”

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Professional Dreams

Yes. Three posts in one day. And it’s not even my day off. Crazy. Like a friend said, word volcano.

It’s probably odd that I’m only a few months into my current job and already writing about dreams for another job. No matter. I’m happy at my current job and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean I don’t dream of an even better job.

So what’s this better job? Right now I’m dreaming about becoming a preacher. Or maybe a priest. Or a monk. I don’t know the specifics, but I know that I want to be a “man of the cloth” as they say. I want to be a part of a profession of men whose goods are solace and listening. I want people to seek me out. I want people, everyday people from all walks of life to come to my door or invite me to come to theirs. And I want to hear what is going on with them and their life. I want people to share the state of their soul with me. I want that opportunity. I want to do it over food too. Breakfasts, coffees, lunches, dinners, desserts. That’s the ideal job to me. I want to hear from people who don’t necessarily understand the depth of their courage for sharing the most intimate aspects of their eternal struggle on this journey called life. But more than that (yes, there’s more. I dream big when I dream.) More than that, I want to be able to hug these people. Or maybe just hold their hand. And more than any physical comfort, I want to be able to look them in the eye and with the most sincerity and conviction I am able to muster, I want to tell them, “Everything is going to be okay.”

Because everything is going to be okay. Right?

  1. Paul J. Stam

    Believe me, you don’t wan to be a “man of the cloth.” Beside, you don’t have to be one of those to tell everyone you meet and see, if it is only with a smile or a wave, that everything is going to be all right.
    Have a great day and Aloha – pjs/

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  2. wendy

    You probably should stop calling women the c word and clean up that disgusting filthy mouth of yours before you become a preacher or man of the cloth!

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  3. noelleg44

    A more than worthy aspiration, Pete. And there are so many ways you can do this without being a man of the cloth or while training to be one: Big Brothers, Hospice volunteer, hospital volunteer, a registered EMT, a volunteer in a free medical clinic. The possibilities are endless. Keep the thoughts coming!

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    I agree with others who have chosen to comment; you do not have to become a man of the cloth to let others know that everything is going to be okay. I love that if you choose to dream, you choose to dream big! 🙂

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The other day, I read the same type of argument I have been hearing for many years now. In this case, it was Rich Lowry who did the writing. He wrote, “A key difference between the Greeks and Romans and the rest was that their writers critiqued and lampooned their own societies. This willingness to engage in self-criticism became one of the hallmarks, and strengths, of Western culture.” He wrote this within a piece which lamented the removal of the “Classics” from curriculums around the country.

At first blush, anyone who makes the same lamentations as Mr. Lowry might find his statement to be true. But ultimately it is not true. A key difference is not that the Greeks and Romans lampooned and critiqued their own societies (though other societies may, no doubt, have accomplished less of this). The key difference is that we, the West, conversed with our own societies.

Make no mistake, the Left believes it is carrying out the staunch and noble tradition of “criticizing and lampooning its own society” that Mr. Lowry mentions. But they, the Left, were never the West.

The West is something you choose to become, not something you’re born into. You’re not the West because you’re white. Or because you’re an American. Just like you’re not a man because you’re male. Or a woman because you’re female. Do you see? The West is built of men and women of a certain quality. But the Left never learned this. (This, too, can help explain why they behave like children.)

Regarding the activity of criticism and lampooning, the Left believes that when they remove the classics, they are doing what Copernicus and Galileo did to the geocentric model of the universe when that pair introduced the heliocentric model. The Left believes that when they revise history, they are continuing the tradition of replacing superstitious falsehood like Darwin. Don’t miss this point: Mr. Lowry would have us think that the West’s great tradition and singular tradition is to “critique and lampoon” itself. If that was accurate, the Left is surely in the right. But it’s not accurate.

The tradition is to converse, to discuss, to ask each other uncomfortable questions. And this is certainly not what the Left is doing.

So stop. Stop pretending that there is any other reality unfolding than shaming, that there is any other fix than violence—and most don’t seem to care to take it that far.

If the Left was the West, they’d talk to us. They’d debate us. That they don’t, even as they believe they are continuing the progress begun by the West, simply teaches us that we need to elevate our strategy.

To conclude, the question is not, “Are the Classics Racist?” as Mr. Lowry and his ilk like to express. The question is, “Should the Left be stopped?”

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Red Fairy Anthias or Tricolor Anthias

The Red Fairy Anthias is also referred to as Tricolor Anthias, Red Fairy Basslet, Silver Streak, or Kashiwae Anthias (Pseudanthias Kashiwae) found in the west Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Maldives and along the Great Barrier Reef. A well developed lateral red bar and a red caudal fin differentiate the male from a female which only has red tips on the caudal fin and a pinkish-orange body color. Male Red Fairy Anthias or Tricolor Anthias are yellow towards the rear of the body, have an orange head and a broad red bar on their side. Females are light red with yellow marks on the scales and a white belly. Both sexes have a violet band from below the eye to the pectoral fin base. They will grow up to 4″ inches in length. Like all Anthias species they all share the trait of being hermaphroditic. If a dominant male perishes, the largest female of the group will often morph to take its place.

The Red Fairy Anthias or Tricolor Anthias is one of the Anthias groups that is moderately easy to keep. It’s best to have only one male per aquarium. It is best to keep solitary individuals, unless you have a very large aquarium over 50 gallons. It has been known to behave aggressively toward other zooplankton-feeding fishes. Provide clean, well oxygenated water, along with plenty of water movement and open swimming space, and a diet of zooplankton and small animals such as brine shrimp and copepods.

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Scribbled Anthias or Twospot Anthias Fish

The Bimaculatus Anthias is also known as a Scribbled Anthias, Twospot Anthias or Twinspot Anthias. The males have one or two spots on their dorsal fin, with a pink head that fades to a vibrant red extending to the tail. Irregular pink bars run horizontally along the body. The females of the species are pink with a yellow dorsal, anal and caudal fin. Anthias species all share the trait of being hermaphroditic. If a dominant male perishes, the largest female of the group will often morph to take its place.

The Scribbled Anthias or Twospot Anthias Fish does best when kept with its own species in a tank of at least 125 gallons. These unique Anthias are beautiful fish for the fish only, invertebrate, or reef aquarium. Scribbled Anthias or Twospot Anthias do best when fed a varied diet of frozen mysis shrimp, enriched frozen brine shrimp, and over time may eat high-quality flake foods offered in small quantities throughout the day.

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  1. flabaire
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    I tried it with my puppy but when she eats the treat the really bites, it hurts me a lot, I don't know what to do so she eats it softly, any tips ? Thank you

  2. Zoey Bernard
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    I am amazed! My 4 month old is very smart but very stubborn and I just tried this with her and she did better than I thought! Thank you!!

  3. Nananne Harriott
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    i was so tired of our lilly biting us all the time and then i used a few tips i learned from the — videos. it was like night and day; worked so well

  4. FuZion_Kj
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    Mines a husky and a bulldog

  5. Cynthia Morales
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    You have such a natural way with these dogs. Your energy, everything. Keep making these!

  6. Popcornaholic
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    my malamute would rip my hand off if I covered the food lol

  7. Kaylee and charlie’s dog training tac tics
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    My dog learned “leave it” by himself and i have no idea where he got it from

  8. Harshdeep Ahuja
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    What is the breed of that dog

  9. Mica
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    Please come teach my terrier pitbull puppy 😭

  10. Taren Leighton
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    I love your videos Zak. I got an 8 week old puppy about a week ago. My question is: is it too soon to start leave it training. She is an American bull dog and a boxer mix. My routine has been to take her for anywhere from a 20-40 minute walk and then work on some training. She’s doing well with sit and lay down and the look at me is coming along slowly. When I try to get to leave it, she gets rambunctious and bitey. Is she too tired to do more training, does she need more exercise, or am I expecting too much from her? I will say that she gets rambunctious and bitey right before she goes to sleep- think a toddler running out all of his energy trying to convince you he’s not tired and then passes out as soon as he stops.

  11. Amber Rippingale
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    This was really helpful with my puppy. He's 50+ pounds at 18 weeks, with all the energy of a puppy that young. This technique worked the same day. Angus picked it up very quickly. Thanks for the great video.

  12. Marcel Van Der Klashorst
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    Get a frikn dog man help dogs

  13. Connie Pritchard Reinhardt
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    Do you have a video on how to stop humping?

  14. Sussan Desi
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    What a good boy!!!

  15. Rhino Gaming
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    This is the longest ad I've watched.

  16. Brody McCain
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    What awesome lessons. Thank you so much.

  17. Leyla YT
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    Thank you so much!It worked and I'm glad!He does go to lessons but this time I feagured out that I can teach him some things too!❤

  18. DivineIno
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    These videos are magical!!!

  19. Courtney Eubank
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    These videos are all so helpful! Brings tears to my eyes because the motivation to communicate and help the dogs feel safe and proud is so genuine😭 My new shelter doggie just wants to please but I need to learn how to communicate more clearly and with consistency. Thank you!

  20. Steven Y
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    Bro… sponsors are getting ridiculous. 2 minutes and 30 seconds of ads. You're losing viewers

  21. Brad Bickford
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    What a great video!! I adopted 2 American bullies in the past 2 weeks. I just taught one of them "leave it" in less than 5 minutes. He's high energy like the one in your video and picks up commands very quickly. Thank you for the great tips!!

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    cant even watch this because of your self promo

  23. Cindy Wasem
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    Thanks so much for this video using an untrained dog! I've watched so many videos and it's obvious that the dogs already had training and knew the commands. They are helpful of course but seeing a dog acting like my new untrained 28 lb. 7ish month old rescue puppy and how to work with that level of excitement is very very helpful! Thanks for giving this shelter boy your time and attention as well.

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    Omg love! I’m obsessed. I’ve always had dogs but they were always already trained when I adopted them. I have my first puppy who’s now 1year and I had no idea training could be so fun and easy! Thank you!

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November 15 Writer Birthdays

1862 – Gerhardt Hauptmann, Nobel Prize-winning German dramatist and novelist.

1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American columnist, poet, and radio personality who was known for his wit; he often went by his initials F.P.A.

1887 – Marianne Moore, American Modernist poet noted for her irony and wit; she won both a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1890 – Richmal Crompton, an English writer; she was best known for her humorous children’s books but also wrote for adults.

1910 – Beryl Epstein, American author of children’s nonfiction and fiction books who collaborated with her husband, Samuel Epstein; their books often focused on how things work and why things happen.

1915 – Elliott Chaze, American war veteran, journalist, and pulp novelist.

1926 – Thomas Williams, National Book Award-winning American novelist who was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

1930 – J.G. Ballard, English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer associated early in his career with the New Wave of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science-fiction novels; he also wrote war stories and postmodernist fiction.

1941 – Daniel Pinkwater, American children’s and young-adult author whose books tend toward the humorous and absurd.

1949 – Maira Kalman, Israeli/American author and illustrator of children’s books, columnist for the New Yorker and The New York Times, and artist.

1951 – Ehsan Sehgal, Pakistani poet, author, journalist, magazine editor, and activist.

1952 – Rick Atkinson, American author and military historian who has won Pulitzer Prizes in both History and Journalism.

1959 – Tibor Fischer, British novelist and short-story writer.

1977 – Jonathan Benjamin Hurwitz, American screenwriter, director, and producer, best known for the “Harold and Kumar” movies.

1741 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet, theologian, mysticist, and physiognomist.

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Waiting on the Supremes

Will forthcoming judgments restate or extend legal understanding?

There is a number of reserved Supreme Court judgments, possibly occupying the judges over their summer vacation, with material interest for commercial and public lawyers. Unsurprisingly, many such final appeals seek to expand on settled legal comprehension. Given certainty’s value in law, such expansions should only be because the informing doctrines have themselves advanced, rather than they may operate harshly in the appellants’ individual circumstances. Similarly, statutory interpretation turns on identifying the will of Parliament, distinctly from regulators’ preferences for enforcement. Whether those concepts will be applied here awaits these judgments.

In Hotchin v The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited (heard 26 March 2015), Mr Hotchin sought NZGT’s contribution to any liability he may have under compensation claims brought by the FMA against him as a director of the Hanover Group. Section 17(1)(c) of the Law Reform Act 1936 permits one tortfeasor to obtain a contribution to its liability from another “liable in respect of the same damage”.

The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that s 17(1)(c) of the Law Reform Act 1936 required ‘co-ordinate liability’ between tortfeasors, if they were to be liable jointly to pay compensation for inflicting the same harm. The Court of Appeal held, under the statue or in equity, there must be “a common or shared obligation giving rise to common liabilities where the nature of the harm resulting is the same or indivisible” ([68]). The nature and extent of Mr Hotchin’s prospective liability was different from that contended against NZGT.

On further appeal, Mr Hotchin argued, distinctly from the position in equity, the statute was silent as to the nature of ‘joint’- it was sufficient two (or more) people were liable in tort (although not necessarily the same tort), and for the same damage. Responding, NZGT contended ‘joint’ meant ‘symmetric’ or ‘common’, to justify liability for the same damage.

The Supreme Court’s judgment is likely to be informative of future conduct of multiparty litigation, and particularly in circumstances in which loss may be attributed to a range of prospective defendants. The plaintiff’s choice of claim(s) against particular defendant(s) does not prevent such defendants seeking contribution from others – even if, as here, those others are not original parties to the proceeding. A broader entitlement to contribution will complicate case management and trial, not least if the defendant’s claim for contribution may have a different legal foundation than that claimed against the defendant by the plaintiff. On the other hand, should other tortfeasors be enabled to avoid liability for the same damage as claimed against the defendant, simply because of the plaintiff’s choice of claim against particular defendants?

  • PS: NZSC judgment (15 March 2016) – majority requires same damage only; minority would also require common liability. See this blog’s case comment.

In Ririnui v Landcorp Farming Limited and The Attorney-General (heard 17-19 August 2015), the question was to what extent may the Courts’ judicial review jurisdiction be relied upon to set aside otherwise lawful contracts?

In its role as owner of Crown land, Landcorp has a protocol with the Office of Treaty Settlements by which to understand what land in its possession the Crown may wish to rely for Treaty settlement purposes. Landcorp sold a farm by public tender after receiving advice from OTS the land was not required for Treaty settlement purposes. OTS wrongly assumed all Treaty claims to the farm had been settled, whereas Ngāti Whakahemo’s remained outstanding. Ngāti Whakahemo’s chair, Mr Ririnui, issued judicial review proceedings to set the sale aside. The High Court granted relief.

The Court of Appeal held OTS’s advice was not reviewable, being indeterminative of Landcorp’s functions, not adversely affecting Ngāti Whakahemo’s rights, and amounting to a policy or political decision. No relief against OTS could redress the sale. Further, the SOE Act prevented Landcorp’s shareholding Ministers from intervening to prevent the sale (as Ngāti Whakahemo had sought they do), and – even if they could, by application of company law principles as between shareholders and their company – not to such an extent as would cause Landcorp to breach its obligations to the farm’s purchaser. And Landcorp’s alleged bad faith in dealings with Ngāti Whakahemo was not material in its decision to sell the farm.

Courts jealously guard the scope of judicial review. While acknowledging that, the Court of Appeal applied well-understood principles against intervention in Crown commercial dealings or policy matters. But the Landcorp/OTS protocol was intended to provide a measure of security for Treaty claimants. Should the Crown’s multiple emanations enable it to avoid relief as may be available if its decision (as Landcorp) to sell the land was affected by its material error (as OTS) on the status of the land?

  • PS: NZSC judgment (9 June 2016) – by majority (Elias CJ, Arnold and Glazebrook JJ), ministerial decisions based on OTS’s erroneous advice were wrongful exercises of public power, and declarations accordingly; by majority  (William Young, Glazebrook and O’Regan JJ), agreement for sale and purchase of land not to be set aside

In Proprietors of Wakatū and Rore Pat Stafford and others v Attorney-General (heard 12-15 October 2015), the appellants alleged general trust and equity obligations – distinctly from the Treaty – owed to them by the Crown in relation to their interests in land acquired by the New Zealand Company and pre‑empted by the Crown in the 1840s. The subsequent Crown grant to the Company excepted an intended reservation of one-tenth (the ‘Nelson Tenths’) to the appellants’ predecessors. In fact, the reservation was never made.

Given other avenues for redress, the Court of Appeal resisted any dilution of the orthodox elements of fiduciary duty – requiring a duty of loyalty to, and an undertaking to protect the interests of, the appellants. The 1840s circumstances did not support such a characterisation of the relationship with the Crown. Neither could it be said the intended reservation constituted an express trust – the essential intention, subject matter and objects all being uncertain. Without the intention to create an express trust, there was no room for a resulting trust on the former’s failure. Finding a constructive trust would impermissibly require the political arrangements of the day to be given a private law overlay.

These expressions of common law orthodoxy sit uncomfortably with 21st century acknowledgements of the Crown’s historical poor conduct. The Crown’s response is its obligations were in public, not private, law and their admitted breach addressed through Treaty settlements. That cannot mean private law liabilities are excluded, but is there really justification in bending those concepts to provide a remedy here?

Sportzone Motorcycles Limited (in liquidation) and Motor Trade Finances Limited v Commerce Commission (heard 10-11 November 2015) concerned the determination of unreasonable fees under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003. The Act prohibits ‘unreasonable’ credit and default fees, in the determination of which a court is directed to have regard to the amount of the fee compared to the creditor’s reasonable costs ‘in connection with’ or ‘in relation to’ specified activities in the obtaining of credit.

The Court of Appeal held, for reasons of statutory interpretation and legislative policy, a ‘close connection’ was required. A fee exceeding a creditor’s average reasonable costs of those close connections was prima facie unreasonable. The onus was on the creditor to prove less closely connected costs were nonetheless reasonable. The fee is to recover these reasonable costs, but not to provide a return on them. Even if ‘unreasonable’ fees enable lower interest charges, borrowers will have suffered loss by reason of imposition of the unlawful fee alone.

The Court of Appeal’s formulation (upholding the judgment below) leaves little room for a court to have regard to other than these ‘closely connected’ costs. But the CCCFA appears to direct the determining court’s attention to the unreasonableness of the fee in general, and not (save to have regard) to its connection to specified costs in particular. Does the CCCFA only proscribe unreasonable fees, or is it effectively to prescribe cost-based fees? To put it another way, is the CCCFA fees regime intended to be a material advance on the CCCFA’s prohibition of oppressive contracts, which are tested by reference to ‘reasonable standards of commercial practice’? Broad considerations of reasonableness in relation to fees would seem to conflate the two concepts.

  • PS: NZSC judgment (12 May 2016) – unanimous decision CCCFA indicated a transaction-specific approach to fees. The Court agreed with Toogood J in the High Court that a helpful formulation in determining the reasonableness of a fee is to ask whether the cost is sufficiently close and relevant to the steps in the lending process to which the fee relates that it can reasonably be said it was incurred in relation to those steps. See this blog’s case comment.

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It's a beautiful car but only fifty will be made.

On July 2, 2020, two days from now, Genesis, the luxury division of Hyundai Motor Group, is scheduled to begin selling the 2021 model year G90. It’s the brand’s flagship luxury sedan model, and its variants are getting a lot of upgrades.

For the 2021 model year, the Genesis G90 is also getting the “Stardust” edition as its top variant. Only fifty units of this very limited, special edition variant will be made, and it will only be available in South Korea. It’s quite a stunning looking car with a very unique paint job that will definitely steal the show wherever it goes.

A picture of the Genesis G90 Stardust Edition

On top of the really good looking paint, the new G90 also gets several high-tech updates

>>> Related: 2021 Genesis G80 debuts as a beautifully-crafted Korean luxury sedan

The G90 Stardust Special Edition: Head-turning, just like a celebrity

So what’s so special about the G90 Stardust edition? Well apart from its ultra-limited production run, the exterior of the G90 Stardust draws inspiration from a specific scene; a red carpet event under a starry night sky, attended by celebrities who are then being peppered by hundreds of camera flashes. Get the picture?

To perfectly reflect the theme of the G90 Stardust, Genesis gave it a special carbon metal paint job combined with this very eye-catching sparkling pearl effect.

The sparkling effect of the G90 Stardust is especially noticeable whenever light hits its surface from a certain direction while traveling in a low light environment. Down below the lower portions of the car, they also gave it a “Vik black'' paint job, which contrasts the sparkly upper portions of the car’s exterior.

A picture of the G90 Stardust Edition under a star lit night

See what we mean about the "dazzling" part?

>>> Related: A complete guide to Hyundai cars in the Philippines

Apart from the dazzling exterior, the interior of the G90 Stardust edition is also given a metallic pore Ash wood trim on the dashboard, and its bespoke seats are covered in two-tone leather.

Overall, the G90 Stardust is definitely a beautiful looker of a car. The process of giving the special edition G90, however, requires specialized craftsmanship procedures, and the quality of the materials used is above the average fare found on automobiles.

This of course explains the limited production quantity and South Korea only distribution. For now, however, we do not know how much the G90 Stardust will cost, so we’ll have to wait for Genesis to reveal more about this special edition G90.

A picture of the G90 Stardust's interior

Look like a star, feel like a star with the G90 Stardust Edition

Do note also that the G90 Stardust is the top variant of the facelifted 2021 G90. Like its lower-spec brothers, it also comes with new equipment like the Genesis Adaptive Control Suspension which automatically adjusts the softness of the ride.

It also comes with the Intelligent Front-Lighting System which dims the G90’s high beams automatically whenever it detects an oncoming car.

When it comes to powertrain options, the new G90 has three engine options; a 5.0 liter V8 GDi engine, a 3.3 liter V6 T-GDi, and a 3.8 V6, which are all paired with an eight-speed automatic.

Do you think that the G90 Stardust is pretty or is it too much? For more automotive news stay tuned here on

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Since childhood, Cesar has been keenly interested in cars. He has learned the ins and outs of these marvelous vehicles and is a competent amateur mechanic who is keen on sharing his knowledge.

Cesar is perceptive of car culture in general – not only in the Philippines but in global regard, as well. His knowledge ranges from the prevalent stories and trends among car enthusiasts around the world, to closely following the latest local and international developments in the automotive industry.

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The Union, the expansion draft, and a depth chart

Architect’s rendering of LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium

Cover photo by Earl Gardner. Image below courtesy of LAFC.

An expansion draft for LAFC will occur Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 2 PM.

This time around

The expansion draft rules are as they were for 2017:

  • each existing club can protect 11 players.
  • homegrown “off-budget,” i. e., not included in the salary cap’s senior roster, and Generation Adidas players are protected in addition those 11.
  • each existing team can lose only one player.
  • LAFC can acquire only five players.

We don’t know whether LAFC will keep the players it selects or sell them for more Targeted Allocated Money and General Allocation Money. What seems eminently clear is that LAFC will want to make an eye-opening impression. They might use either TAM or GAM to sign a big name.

Impacts on the Union

There is an assumption around the edges in Philly that LAFC might sign SoCal natives Maurice Edu and Chris Pontius. Should that be the case, the Union will have made it easy for them by declining their contract options, thus placing them out of contract and making them available.

The Union’s protected list does not have to include its Generation Adidas players, Josh Yaro and Andre Blake, who is in the option year of his GA contract. Nor must the club protect its four Homegrown Players: Derrick Jones, Auston Trusty, Adam Najem, and Anthony Fontana.

That leaves 13 players from whom to choose a protected list of 11. Exposing Jay Simpson seems obvious, given his high salary and low production.

So, will the Union protect Warren Creavalle or Jake McGuire? The answer depends in part on how the organization evaluates 16-year-old Academy number 8 Michael Pellegrino. The organization likes him, so, given that midfielder Creavalle’s limits are well-known, it seems likely they could expose Creavalle and protect McGuire.

The list
Protect – 11 Expose – 2
C. J. Sapong Jay Simpson
Fafa Picault
Marcus Epps
Haris Medunjanin
Alejandro Bedoya Warren Creavalle
Richie Marquez
Jack Elliott
Ray Gaddis
Keegan Rosenberry
John McCarthy
Jake McGuire
The bottom of the tea cup

If you read the leaves the way we do, they say Earnie Stewart assumes LAFC will draft unprotected team assets that can be sold for MLS funny money to spend on a big name. He has maneuvered his roster accordingly.

Current Union-Steel depth chart

Please find below our current Union-Steel combined depth chart to place the expansion draft protected list in context.

A key lies below it explaining colors, question marks, and combinations. As is no surprise, our matrix is arranged (1)-4-2-3-1 starting from the bottom of the page.

Our understanding is that the signed players may be practicing together this month, together with additions from the Academy as available and needed.

The current physical locations of the unsigned players are unknown to us.

Striker aka #9

Left Flank Mid

Attacking Center Mid  #10

Right Flank Mid

Defensive Center Mid #6

Center Mid #8

Left Back

Left Center Back

Right Center Back

Right Back

Key and notes

Black means returning to the Union.

“?????” means assumed offseason Union recruit. Currently, it is an empty chasm.

Red? means unsigned, but might return to the Union if a mutually acceptable contract can be negotiated.

Blue means returning to the Steel.

* an asterisk means international slot required.

Please note: Herbers would count as an international in 2018 unless he has green card status, because the GA contract that exempted him from the restriction is over. Yaro now has a green card in addition to his GA status, and Fabinho has a green card.

Sun Rocket devotees also note:  If Fabino does not return, Matt Real would be the only left back in the entire organization. Without Fabinho, left back becomes a top priority Union offseason need, well ahead of attacking center mid.

  1. Is McGuire valued that much? Seems like 3rd GK is somewhat of an afterthought most years here. Creavalle actually sees the field on occasion and is currently the only traditional #6 they have.

    • Richard Saunders says:

      Agreed McGuire is kind of Meh, Warren would make a solid 10 (combo him with the yung guns) and move Bedoya to the Wing. Offense is ALL we need right now. That means adjusting shape and staff. Sure we probably need a fresh left back, but right now they need creative, agile players who can play the ball forward and not backward!

    • But wouldn’t it be nice to have a backup keeper when Blake is away on international duty? Creavalle is just cutting into Jones’ playing time.

    • I’d count him as a #2 assuming Blake gets the Europe offer that’s long over due. But i’ve been Assuming he’s leaving for the last 3 transfer windows. He’s just too dam good for MLS

  2. Isn’t it time to do away with the expansion draft? Is there any real defense for it anymore?

    • Pretty much every league has had an expansion draft for new teams. I guess it insures a base level of competence.
      its no big deal as there are few players on the Union they can’t afford to use.

  3. Richard Saunders says:

    Thursday Morning Manifesto-

    Hot take: Bring Back F18, aka the NANDO, for cheaper!

    He’s a quality player, adjust to a 4-4-2 with him or go out and get an actual holding mid and move Bedoya to the wing (UNLEASH) and roll with at least a 4-3-3. It worked for the short stint that Curtin tried it (Sample size of 2 games?). The 4-2-3-1 is stale, dead and honestly unexciting. It simply doesn’t work with our roster, we, and the entire league, know that.

    This organization isn’t worth watching unless they shake it up and purchase a big name(s) (not Nando of course). I honestly don’t really care if that player(s) turns out to be a bust at this point, just something to maintain interest and show me that they give any kind of $#its about the fans AT ALL would be enough to keep at least the early season palatable.

    I still encourage folks to NOT “ReDOOP” because its just making things worse, we need to incentive ownership to sell. Sugarman can’t do it, we have 7+ years of experience to know this now, why expect, based on our sample size, things to change? The Union are dead in the water. I mean the team can’t even get kits that don’t express exactly how everyone feels about the ownership- Bimbo. This coming season is already over, and even if it isn’t… who cares right now.

    I haven’t even had my coffee yet. Whats new with the Earthquakes or Timbers? Is Columbus Houston yet? Remember the Philadelphia Atoms? Any chance we could get a new team in Philadelphia? They did it once, cant it be done again?

  4. John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

    What a day. Four cities for two spots in the next round of MLS expansion and the city with three billionaires is the least favored. Who would of thought? So unfair to San Francisco Deltas and Louisville City FC. Of course if they did get promoted neither team plays in a stadium that meets D1 requirements as each stadiums capacity is only 10,000. Very sad indeed that the league is vetting ownership groups and we’ll never have the joy of a team rolling up it’s field turf in the middle of the night in the middle of the season. Nothing would screams major league more. So here we are stuck with major investors with capital to support a team for more than one year even when they win a championship. Go figure.

    • Though I disagree with your point of view, John, I always appreciate your posts. Always good to have your views challenged a bit.

      I continue to think it’s better for fans in general if tier 2 clubs could compete their way into the first division rather than the closed club for those who purchase their way in. No need to vet ownership groups because they need to run a pretty good organization to win their way to promotion. Also makes it more about the sport than the business end. It’s a whole hell of a lot more fun than a day of board meetings in NYC with Garber and Co.

      As for stadium size, Bournemouth’s Dean Court holds 11,360 and they manage in the Premier League. Maybe those D1 guidelines aren’t really necessary.

      • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

        “No need to vet ownership groups because they need to run a pretty good organization to win their way to promotion”.
        San Francisco Deltas FC Champions/folded
        Four of the five teams to win NASL championship only the Cosmos are still in the league after seven years. If San Francisco can’t last one season in D2 after winning a championship………
        “As for stadium size, Bournemouth’s Dean Court holds 11,360 and they manage in the Premier League. Maybe those D1 guidelines aren’t really necessary”.
        For finishing 9th in the league Bournemouth cut of tv revenue is: £123.8 million or $165,650,000.00
        Which is more than MLS get for the entire league for the year at $90,0000,000.00
        Apple meet Orange.

      • John – If winning the NASL meant something more like promotion to MLS, the winners wouldn’t have folded.

      • I think in the long run, the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
        MLS will be going to 28 teams. After that, there will be 8 cities that applied but were turned down. That implies, at least, 36 mostly viable markets. Frankly, it shouldn’t be all that difficult to push from 36 to 40, but even if you stay at 36…
        Once you hit that point, split in half – MLS-A and MLS-B or whatever names you want. 18 or 20 teams in each league makes for a wonderful balanced schedule of either 34 matches or 38 matches. The top 8 in MLS-A go into a tournament for MLS Cup; do two groups, and play the group games in a week. Winner of Group 1 plays the runner-up in Group 2 and vice versa. Winners of those games play for the cup.
        The bottom two teams in MLS-A drop to MLS-B. The top team in MLS-B moves up, and you have a playoff 2nd and 3rd place for the other promotion slot.
        The beauty here is that all your teams, whether in the A or B league, have met your entry requirements: strong ownership groups, stadium size, etc. So when a team promotes from B to A, that team has the built-in stadium capacity. You could even keep the all-star game, and play the MLS-A all-stars vs the MLS-B all-stars. There’s no need for east and west conferences, since everybody plays a balanced schedule and MLS cup is decided by an 8-team tournament.
        Work the kinks out in this system, and then you can open the pyramid up even more and include USL or NASL or whoever and do pro-rel into/out of MLS-B.
        Yeah, I know. A pipe dream. Especially if we have any hope of something like this in the next 5-10 years…

      • el Pachyderm says:

        Zizou, unfortunately, Mr. O’Donnell, despite his many leveled points of view which are well reasoned, is unable to recognize this substantial point and acquiesce to its possibility.
        Carry on.

      • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

        Please tell me how winning the NASL would mean something? Would they get more investors for a team that would have little stability? Because the Union are looking for investors with the stability of single entity and aren’t finding them. There are no parachute payments and D1 here doesn’t offer any reward yet. So tell me how an under funded team would survive better in MLS?

      • The MLS business model is predicated on protection. Protection from the NASL collapse of a generation ago and the near insolvency the league experienced 16 years ago. There’s plenty of evidence this was a pragmatic approach, but today, I think rather than protect the sport, MLS is really in the business of protecting its ownership group from outside investment.

        That Sugarman can’t find other investors (and assuming he’s even tried) doesn’t mean much in the face of ample evidence that there are plenty of other people willing to invest in the sport here. City Football Group didn’t invest because it wanted to waste money in NY. There are other groups willing to spend millions to gain entry into MLS and others willing to invest in projects like Phoenix rising with an outside hope they can make it to the top tier. If the pyramid were opened, investment in a team like the Phoenix or even the Deltas would make a lot more sense.

      • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

        “The MLS business model is predicated on protection. Protection from the NASL collapse of a generation ago and the near insolvency the league experienced 16 years ago”.
        Yes,I totally agree with this and by the way after about 15 years it stated to finally show promise of working for the first time. Since the Union joined it has taken off. Now you want to change from this?
        “I think rather than protect the sport, MLS is really in the business of protecting its ownership group from outside investment”.
        Well this is the easiest one to debunk and I’ll do it with just one word.EXPANSION!
        “There are other groups willing to spend millions to gain entry into MLS”
        Once again I will agree there are and this is a very good point.
        Of course they are investing in a system with history, corporate sponsors and tv partners. Take this away and it’s there that same investment? Or is it more like what we saw in the past with underfunded investors trying to hit it big on a penny stock?
        “If the pyramid were opened, investment in a team like the Phoenix or even the Deltas would make a lot more sense”.
        I agree with it could make more sense but i don’t agree it would be more successful. Has anybody asked television partners and corporate sponsors how they would deal with this? I think it’s a question that should be asked.
        As a pro/rel skeptic I look for an argument based on here and not just “it’s how they do it in the rest of the world”.
        If it was as easy as you think, NASL would stick to that model and be a competing league with MLS. Since there is no real advantage of being D1 in America there is no reason they couldn’t surpass MLS by just out investing them.

      • el Pachyderm says:

        Strong rebuttle and precise, John, therefore however, since sanctions do not seem to matter in the late portion of your argument, MLS should offer up its DI sanction gladly.
        MLS can operate independently. This would pave the way for exactly as you argue.
        I am 100% in favor of this. Yet it isn’t happening. Why is that? There is a reason.

      • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

        Has anybody asked them too? I’m pretty sure you have to play in a sanctioned league to be eligible for international play. Is there an advantage for a player to start in an MLS academy as opposed to the Cosmos academy? If you started there and they were willing to pay you more than you could make in MLS, why wouldn’t you stay there? After all players from Europe and South America are coming here for that reason.
        You still didn’t answer the question though.

      • John:

        I won’t argue that NASL did things the right way. But I think MLS is just in a position that’s too difficult to compete with. Again, where are you going to go with your investment dollars? The upstart or the establishment? It’s just smart.

        I don’t see at all how expansion demonstrates a lack of protectionism. Not when these guys are forking hundreds of millions into the community chest that gets distributed in all the TAM and GAM etc. And those new franchises come in on league terms, the committee of which is all owners. It’s a club. Nothing at all like King Power owners flying in from Thailand to pump a gazillion dollars into Leicester City. Expansion is all about control and protection.

        Finally, I think the perspective I have has a lot more to do with what I want to see from the sport and I don’t begrudge business interests from protecting their investments. I don’t think they’re some evil cabal. And I don’t think Pro/Rel should sweep in all at once. But the roadmap needs to be drawn. And Pro/Rel is just one aspect of big changes the league needs to undergo, and not the most important. I think it may be more vital to get rid of the single entity system with the league owning all player contracts and taking cuts from transfer fees. Etc., so forth and so on….

    • Section 114 (Former) says:

      Has anyone thought about the Cleveland Browns strategy? Let the “Crew” move to Texas, but add the Crew as an expansion team. Or even better — make the Cincy/Columbus team split the games.

      • Sounds good in theory, but The Don is the impetus for the move, Precourt is just the patsy. Garber won’t let the Crew back in once they’ve left.
        Which is why it’s so important to make sure they don’t leave.

      • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

        Well they did it with the Earthquakes.

      • True, and that did only come about after San Jose locals rose up to demand it.
        Garber’s original plan did not include having a team in San Jose after AEG moved to Houston.

      • Yeah, it’s been floated, but it won’t happen. The league powers aren’t high enough on Columbus. If Precourt closes the deal on the Austin move, it will probably guarantee Cincinnati gets a team. Likewise, if Cincy gets a team this round before a move is finalized, it probably increases the likelihood of Columbus losing the crew.

        What I do think is likely is that a USL or NASL team will open shop in Columbus if Precourt pulls off his theft.

    • John P. O'Donnell Jr says:

      “I think it may be more vital to get rid of the single entity system with the league owning all player contracts and taking cuts from transfer fees. Etc., so forth and so on….”
      This is where I think we’ve found common ground. Rumor is out there that teams will keep money from selling homegrown players. That’s a step in the right direction for me.
      Figuring out a system for solidarity and training fees. Right now the players union is the bad guy here as MLS now would benefit because they have academies. The Union opposes it. Somehow they would still have to get around child labor laws.

  5. We could expose Ray Gaddis instead of Creavalle, and then sign Eric Lichaj to play the right side. Both Gaddis and Lichaj have played left and right. That would provide flexibility in the event that Rosenberry returns to Rookie-season form.
    You could ideally have Lichaj on the left, Rosenberry (at his best) on the right, with Fabinho as backup. If LA doesn’t pick up Gaddis, he’s your backup RB.
    Just spitballing here, but Lichaj could solve a few issues on our back line. Just a question of cost right now.

    • I’d be happy with Lichaj on the left.
      It sounds like Nottingham is low-balling him on their latest offer, only going for a 1yr deal. Even if he doesn’t go this year, we might have another chance at him next year.

  6. Any chance that the Union might have to protect Simpson based on the fact that he is International? As I recall in the past, you had to protect a certain number of International slots.

    • Andy, I have not seen this year or last any such requirement that I remember I noticed.
      A quick run through of the headings in the so-called official roster rules and regulations on the MLS website in the black section at the very bottom has nothing pertaining to expansion drafts.
      Does your memory go back a ways?
      In any case, the version of the protected list above has 2 internationals protected.
      in my own mind, if LAFC took Simpson, they would do the Union a favor by removing a large contract that provided limited production.

      • Tim, I think I’m remember back to NYCFC/Orlando (and it could even be all the way back to Montreal). I don’t remember the specifics but it was something like if you had 8 international spots filled you could only leave 3 unprotected and then other numbers for less (and it might have been that if you only had 3 spots used you couldn’t leave any of them unprotected).
        Would need to go back through the PSP archives to know for sure.

      • Definitely back in our first expansion draft. Didn’t we end up having to protect Toni Stahl because there just weren’t enough international players on our team?

      • Old Soccer Coach says:

        Found it, finally on the MLS website, and Andy is correct.
        “Clubs are restricted in the number of international player(s) they may make available.”
        Clubs may make available a number equal to the number of internationals on their roster minus three.
        I read that as a negative way of,stating that they must protect at least two internationals, since if they have less than three they may still offer one for selection.
        Go to the website find a search box and search 2018 expansion draft. You should find an article labeled expansion draft rules and regulations.
        Well done Andy, and Yee! Thank you.
        Also, if I interpret correctly, they players out of contract and the ones whose options have been declined may be grouped under the Union’s name even if they are no longer on the Union’s official roster. Not sure,about that.

  7. You could expose almost everyone but Blake and sleep easy they wouldn’t be selected.
    Since we came in – Atlanta / Minny / Portland / Montreal / NYC / Orlando / Vancouver have all drafted players from across the league. Who have we lost? Pedro Ribeiro? Anyone else?
    We’ve been able to maintain our level of mediocrity just fine in spite of the drafts. Speaking of, I’m struggling to recall ANY former Union player exposed in the re-entry draft being selected. Usually they wash up like flotsam in the USL because that was their level to begin with.

    • Ha! Remember how pissed everyone was when Ribeiro got left unprotected…that did not age well.

      • Ha. I was one of those angry people. Though I think I was more shocked and surprised than angry. I’d say angsty. But yeah, definitely angst not spent wisely.

      • Had he not gotten hurt in Orlando, it might have been a different story though.

    • Not that it shoots a giant hole in your argument, but I believe the Union lost Justin Mapp in the Montreal expansion.

      • We kept Keon Daniel over him. Let’s call it a small caliber hole because without My Left Foot they weren’t quite as dangerous on the wing and it led to the Marfan (Ilsinho 1.0) disaster.

      • Mapp had at least one very good season with Montreal, maybe two.

  8. I’m pretty sure I read yesterday that Herbers has his green card at this point and wouldn’t count as an international.

  9. Entering season 9 and left back is STILL a top priority. My gosh this team is so woefully mismanaged. We – fans, especially on this site – have seen the need for that for 2+ years and could see the empty hole there from a mile away, but for whatever reason the front office has just completely ignored it for years, and years, and years. I have ZERO confidence that they go out and acquire a quality left back, if they get one at all, at this point.

    • There are at least 10 other teams with a hole at left back. Seems to be one of the bigger challenges for everybody. In all leagues. But I get your point. Why are the Union always on that list of 11 teams looking for a serviceable left back.

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Moim’s Korean seafood pancake (pajeon)

The crunchy exterior was hiding a light yet meaty interior filled with chopped scallions, shrimp and squid. The rice flour, a little sweet, moist and chewy best complimented the texture of the charred and briny seafood. Phew… I’m not even being overly dramatic when I say the dipping sauce made my eyes roll back a little bit. And thank the gods for that. It could have gone very differently.

“Hey Hippie! Toss me that hard, round plastic disk,” said no one ever in a Korean restaurant. So why is it that so many times, haemul pajeon (Korean pancakes filled with scallions and seafood) have the density and mouthfeel of a damn Frisbee? I always feel compelled to order one alongside my spicy bulgogi and short rib destined for the grill whenever we go out for Korean bbq. And, aside from a few stellar experiences, it is usually a decision I end up being fine with at best. So why even order it in the first place where the status quo is so meh? Well…. Much like the loved/loathed utility slice of pizza weighing the paper plate underneath with greasy mediocrity, even a pretty bad pajeon is a pretty good thing at the end of the day. When I checked out Moim in Brooklyn, I was hoping for a jump up from the status quo. What I ended up with was a pajeon that was such a leap away from the usual that I wondered if it was possible I had actually ordered another dish entirely.

As I said, the light and chewy texture is what struck me first – followed by salty and savory bites of seafood and crunchy scallions. Let’s be clear about one thing though: The mini-stroke inducing dipping sauce on the side is something I was blown away (and slightly puzzled) by. I could make out the flavors of dark soy, fish sauce, sesame seeds and chopped scallions in the ramekin. Could the secret really be that simple? Is this the ketchup/mayo/Thousand Island dressing “secret sauce” of the Korean culinary world? Whatever it is comprised of, I could use it a bazillion ways: pajeon dip to pasta sauce to pork chop marinade to shower gel… Crossing the line? Um…. I, uh…. Wouldn’t shower in it. Gross.

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Now I’m ruined. The only time I order pajeon is at Moim in Brooklyn. I can’t bring myself to cheat on the perfect seafood scallion pancake. We’re entitled to our opinions, but we know there must be some amazing pajeon out there begging us to sink our teeth in. Leave us a comment and tell us about your favorite pajeon and why!

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