Today's Sports Stats: December 22, 2018
By Jerry Tapp on December 22, 2018
Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon has played 152 games in his NBA career and is a couple months into his third season in the Association. He won the league's Rookie of the Year honor in 2016-17 and he is a starter and important part of the Bucks team that has one of the best records in the NBA this season.
With all that being said, Brogdon has certainly been a solid performer in his short career… but would you be ready to say that Brogdon is one of the best shooters in the league? Or, are you ready to call him one of the greatest shooters in NBA history?
Before you answer that, let me offer you a few stats that might affect your answer.
Brogdon leads the NBA this season in free throw percentage by making 50 of 51, a .980 percentage (through games of December 21). His career free throw percentage is .893. Of all NBA players with a minimum of 250 career free throw attempts, Brogdon's.893 percentage ranks 11th all-time in the league.
But in addition to a stellar free throw percentage are a couple of other eye-opening shooting stats. First, Brogdon has a career .408 shooting percentage from three-point range and is a career .510 shooter in two-point attempts in his career. Add it all together and Brogdon's career shooting percentages are .408 (three-pointers), .510 (two-pointers) and .893 (free throws).
This is where Brogdon's shooting percentages might get your attention. Of all players with a minimum of 150 career NBA games, Brogdon is one of only seven players in history with a career three-point percentage above .400, a career two-point percentage over .500, and a career free throw percentage over .850.
Of course Brogdon's career is in the early stages and those percentages have a lot of time (as long as Brogdon's maintains a long NBA career) to deviate up or down. But if you put stock in these shooting percentages, you would have to say that Brogdon has made a case that he is today one of the league's best shooters. If we say that years from now is another story.
Here's a look at the seven players in NBA history with a career three-point percentage above .400, a career two-point percentage over .500, and a career free throw percentage over .850 (through games of December 21, 2018).
Player, Career Games, 2-pt pct, 3-pt pct, FT pct
Wally Szczerbiak, 651 games, .505, .406, .860
Mark Price, 722 games, .501, .402, .904
Steve Nash, 1217 games, .518, .428, .904
Jeff Hornacek, 1077 games, .515, .403, .877
Stephen Curry, 646 games, .514, .438, .905 *
Jose Calderon, 870 games, .507, .408, .872 *
Malcolm Brogdon, 152 games, .510, .408, .893 *
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Thoughts? Opinions?
One other quick note: If he continues this pace from the free throw line, Brogdon has a good chance to break the Bucks' all-time record for highest free throw percentage in a season. Here is a look at the Bucks players who have the highest free throw percentage in a season (minimum of 82 free throw attempts in a season to qualify).
Keith Van Horn, .945 pct, 91 attempts, 2003-04
Jack Sikma, .922 pct, 348 attempts, 1987-88
Ray Allen, .913 pct, 195 attempts, 2002-03
Luke Ridnour, .907 pct, 140 attempts, 2009-10
Ricky Pierce, .907 pct, 311 attempts, 1990-91
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Nathan Crowley – Public Enemies
Born in London, production designer Nathan Crowley began his career working as a set designer on Hook and has actually worked far more in the U.S. than in the U.K. He's been involved on a wide range of projects, moving up the ranks through action, period epic and comedic films like Braveheart, John Carpenter's Escape from L.A., Mystery Men, and Mission Impossible II. Crowley is probably best known for his four film collaborations with fellow Londoner, Christopher Nolan; those include Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige and The Dark Knight, the latter two earning Oscar nominations for Best Achievement in Art Direction. Clearly, the versatile and talented designer has a way with period movies, whether it's travelling back hundreds of years in the past to create a peat and fire village in the Scottish Highlands, or decades into the future for the wildly techno-noir Gotham City. It's no wonder detail freak Michael Mann selected Crowley to recreate 1930's gangland Middle America: his inventive approach to Public Enemies' set design included fabricating a removable rubberized cobblestone street and re-welding the steel bars in the dilapidated Indiana jail from which Dillinger made his epic escape.
ICG: What production design challenges did you face shooting Public Enemies digitally? Crowley: The sharpness [of shooting digital] in terms of clarity of image. I had been on other period pieces such as The Prestige, where we used depth of field to kind of wipe out the background where it wasn't required, and there was still a certain softness present in the quality of the image. With Public Enemies, everything had to be period in the background, and shooting digitally, everything was completely sharp. It's pulling away from a typically filtered period piece, so I had to be aware of everything in the image. Not that you don't always have to be, but in most cases, you can have a certain latitude with the background. Here, I had to be aware of every detail. I enjoyed the fact that both Michael (Mann) and Dante (Spinotti) wanted to put a sort of modernism to the image and not create the period film piece that we've become used to seeing.
You had a very short preproduction schedule on this film. I didn't come on board until the week before Christmas (2007). I know the prep time was crunched because we had this potential SAG strike and we had to be finished by June 30th, so we had to back into that. We ended up with 9 weeks preparation, which, especially with the holidays right there, was very short to get to Chicago and get set up. I don't know if you know Chicago but [the weather] can be pretty hostile in January!
What kind of research did you do to replicate Chicago of the 1930s? I always work with a room of still images and try to put the film up in order visually. And then Michael and Dante would come down and go through it all. I call it "walking the wall." We'd really discuss everything and the collaboration was incredible. So we find images that are from the period and place them in story order on the wall to give us historical ideas, location ideas, and design ideas. We basically create the film visually on the wall in story order. Then we'd all go together on the location scout.
Others I've talked with mentioned a number of period images Mann had collected, particularly showing lighting of the era. Are these the photos you used? Michael had a few key images that he was referring to when I first started, but we did a lot of additional research. Most of our images came from Francis Ford Coppola's incredible research library, at his Napa Valley winery. In the '70s Coppola bought RKO's library and there is loads of stuff up there. Anahid Nazarian, one of Coppola's producers, sent me a lot of material that I used for reference. When I did The Prestige they provided me with Victorian London research [materials]. Often I'll go up there and spend two days just looking around and photocopying stuff. For Public Enemies I didn't have the time, so I called Anahid and her assistant pulled everything together. I'm surprised more people don't use them. It's the best research library I've come across.
Do you put these images into a "storyboard" format to take on the set? No. We sometimes scan every image and create a website and basically create our own library so everyone can access it. But once we start shooting, the wall becomes obsolete because hopefully we've figured it all out. The wall is only for the planning stage.
Public Enemies shot at a number of locations that were key elements in the Dillinger history. How difficult was it to remove modern elements from these older locations? We started with the Little Bohemia Lodge, in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, which is where the big shootout happened between Dillinger and the G-men. Ironically, that was fairly intact. In some of the rooms they still had bullet holes in the glass from the real shootout! They'd sandwiched the old glass between new panes to preserve the original bullet holes, so we had to take those windows out, being extremely careful, and then put in our own windows in so we could then shoot them out! We literally stripped their windows from two sides of the building, and replaced all the doors. It was a historical place, so the areas we shot up, we gave a second skin. We even added trees in the front because they had widened the parking area. We put dirt down on the ground to cover the tarmac. We pretty much destroyed everything we put in! The tricky thing about the Bohemia location is that the Lodge is still in perfect order, but all around it are huge new mansions, surrounding the lake; we had to go to another lake that was free of architecture for when they escape down the lake bank.
Dillinger makes most his most famous escape from the Crown Point Jail, in Indiana. You actually went to that jail and shot. Was that as pristine as Little Bohemia? No, it was a totally derelict jailhouse. We made the decision to rebuild the jail because it was such a unique escape. The roof was intact, but the place was a mess. All the bars were off and on the ground. Some of the brick walls had fallen down. There were no windows. There was trash and rubble everywhere. We couldn't obviously sandblast the entire place, but we tried to sandblast as much as we could and then repaint. But you need to be careful. Sometimes you clean places up and they look too clean. So we kept a weathered layer underneath that was really useful. Institutions typically repaint everything with oil paint, so you get this incredible buildup, which I like. Crown Point was a big cleanup job.
So you had to have the brick walls rebuilt? Yes, we had masons rebuilding bits of walls and re-plastering areas. We had steel guys to make all the steel doors work again. We had to re-hang the bar systems that open the doors, re-weld all that together, and make it all function because a lot of it was rusted shut. All the cell mechanisms had gone. We thought it was worthwhile, because the jail had such a strange layout, it would have been a shame not to show it in the film. I like to cheat as little real architecture as possible to enhance the realism of the period. That's hard to say, because our job in production is to cheat. But I like a film to be grounded in real places.
How long did it take to put Crown Point back together? Roughly four or five weeks – it doesn't seem that long in the real world, but it's a long time for a set. We had a lot of people in there. As we started doing it, Michael would come down and say it would be great to use the exterior too. The old garage of Crown Point, where they escaped from, didn't exist anymore. It had been converted into a carpet warehouse. So we had to cheat that. We shot down the road in a city municipal garage where they store all the trucks that put the salt or sand on the road in winter.
How did you return the Aragon Ballroom to its 1933 appearance? We used the Aragon because it was in good shape. We had to strip out the modern bar. The stage had been butchered; they had cut in a much higher stage for bands, so we dismantled their stage and had to patch up all the lower plasterwork, and then build the original stage, which was much closer to the ground. In our minds it was worthwhile work for the scope. We got a very good-looking location with a reasonable amount of construction.
Considering that some of these locations had other commitments, how did you accomplish the construction under the scheduling constraints? We would prefabricate elements and then go in very quickly with all the bits we needed, having measured and built them in the shop. When you go into locations, where you have to do a lot of stripping out, you prefabricate as much as you possibly can and then you just go for it.
You've shot four films now in Chicago. Aside from the winter weather, what stands out about the city for you? The thing about Chicago is that everyone there is so film friendly, it's always a great place to work. You get to film in some of these great old buildings. They really open the door for film companies.
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Lois J. Carrier Reed, 84, of Amelia, Ohio, passed away Monday, Nov. 7, at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash.
Born July 7, 1932, in Lincoln County, Lois was a daughter of the late Joseph L. and Fanny Ann Moore Carrier. She was the widow of William O. Reed, who passed away in 2004. Lois was a devoted member of the Amelia Nazarene Church. She loved butterflies, but above all she loved her family.
She is survived by her sons, Greg Reed and Lynn (Sara) Reed; grandchildren, Katie and Laura Reed; sister, Mayme Lou Carrier; brother, Victor Moore Carrier; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Noreen Peck, Roy, Alfred, Joseph D., Richard and Dan Carrier.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m., until the time of the funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, 177 W. Main St. (SR 125), Amelia, OH 45102. Interment will follow at Graceland Memorial Gardens in Milford, Ohio.
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When China sneezes, the world catches a cold. UK economy is facing a 'Cocktail of crisis' as China's economy slip into a lower gear….writes Karishma Saurabh Kalita
Experts forecast a slowing down of the giant Chinese economy during 2016 as Beijing has girded up to implement its decision to scrap the almost four-decade-old one-child norm in the face of an ageing population. China watchers also saw Beijing continuing to flex its muscles in the South China Sea where it has disputes with neighbours Japan and Vietnam while Sino-Indian relations were likely to see an upswing with cautious movements in the strategic and security domain.
One of the biggest milestones in China's history was the scrapping of the 37-year-old one-child diktat on October 29, 2015, and proposed implementation of a relaxed two-child principle later in 2016. The Communist Party of China (CPC) proposed this scheme in an attempt to balance population development and offset the burden of an aging population.
"This change was definitely important in the socio-political domain. The need to scrap the one child policy was absolutely necessary due to China's growing aged population. But the demographic dividend will be only seen after 25-30 years and not in the near future," noted strategic expert C. Uday Bhaskar, director, Society for Policy Studies (SPS), said.
A final plan for the change will be ratified by China's top legislature in March after which it will come into affect officially. It has been estimated that it would raise the population from the current total of 1.37 billion to an estimated 1.45 billion by 2030.
"Data has shown that 64 percent of China's total population still prefer the one child policy. The country will need an absolute majority for this to become a total success," Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, said.
China's strength, its economy, took a beating when the yuan was devalued on August 11 by lowering its daily mid-point trading price to 1.87 percent weaker against the US dollar. The next day, it faced its second devaluation as it pushed down by another 1.62 percent against the US dollar. The devaluations resulted in Chinese exports getting cheaper and imports into China more expensive by that amount.
"China's economic slowdown will persist even in 2016. In 2010, the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was a 10.8 percent. I expect at least a 6.5 percent rate or possibly even lower in 2016 as market confidence is decreasing. The yuan is coming back to its actual position, and even if it may not get devalued this year, the actual value will decline," Kondapalli said.
According to Arvind Yelery, associate fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, the country's economic growth will also depend on how the country manages its excessive commitments that it has made to complete by this year in terms of trade, communications and science and technology. There is speculation that a lot of fluctuations will occur after the third quarter of 2016.
On December 1, the International Monetary Fund included the yuan in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket that will make it the fifth reserve currency after the dollar, the euro, the pound sterling and the yen. However, the final inclusion will take another six to eight months.
China's campaign of island building in the South China Sea has caused concerns among other regional contenders.
"China's claim towards the South China Sea is a matter of muscular assertiveness. The complex geo-political situation here will remain," Bhaskar said.
China claims most of the South and East China seas. Other countries in South East Asia have competing claims for the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands and Scarborough Shoal, which are thought to have resource-rich waters around them.
According to Kondapalli, China will not agree to others asserting claim over the South China Sea. This tussle will continue and the issue will be clinched with military power.
China completed construction of two lighthouses in October and the government has reiterated that China's construction completely falls within its own sovereignty.
In 2015, China also moved closer in terms of bilateral relations with South Asian nations including India. A golden moment in cementing India-China relations was when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited China in May and inked a record 24 bilateral agreements, held summit level talks and signed 26 deals worth $22 billion.
"China and India have moved very cautiously in terms of bilateral agreements. The two countries will definitely engage more in the trade and economy sectors but when it comes to strategic and and security domain, issue will definitely prevail for China's support towards Pakistan," Bhaskar said.
China-Pakistan relations took a new turn with President Xi Jinping's visit in April 2015 to Islamabad, where he envisaged investments worth $45 billion and signed 51 agreements. The investments were expected for the projects that constitute the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
"China-Pakistan relations will remain almost the same, but when Modi visited Islamabad on December 25, 2015, it did create a ripple effect. For China-India relations to flourish better, political investments are of the utmost importance," Yelery said, adding the economic front looks very optimistic as China will look to compete with the already existing and successful Japanese investments in India.
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⚕ Are there any health benefits of poppy seeds and sesame seeds?
Are there any health benefits of poppy seeds and sesame seeds?
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6 Emerging Benefits of Poppy Seeds 1. Rich in nutrients and antioxidants Like most seeds, poppy seeds are rich in fiber, plant fats, and various other... 2. May contain pain-relieving compounds The poppy plant contains morphine, codeine, thebaine, and other opium alkaloids... 3. May boost heart and ...
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⚕ Health benefits of sesame seeds?
Sesame seeds are a good source of several nutrients crucial for your immune system, including zinc, selenium, copper, iron, vitamin B6, and vitamin E (3, 47).
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⚕ Are there any health benefits of poppy seeds?
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What is the health benefits of poppy seeds?
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Answered by Rozella Rice on Wed, Jun 9, 2021 4:05 PM
Food & Nutrition By Michael Jessimy October 2, 2019 Poppy Seeds health benefits includes alleviating stress promoting good sleep, treating mouth ulcer, increasing energy level, enhancing psychological health, strengthening bones and lowering blood pressure.
Answered by Khalil Hintz on Thu, Jun 10, 2021 5:35 PM
Summary Unhulled sesame seeds are especially rich in nutrients vital to bone health, including calcium. Soaking, roasting, or sprouting sesame seeds can improve absorption of these minerals.
Answered by Stevie Brakus on Fri, Jun 11, 2021 7:26 AM
One teaspoon of poppy seeds provides 2% of the recommended daily intake for men and 3% for women. On top of that, poppy seeds are a great source of copper, which is an essential mineral that helps the body produce red blood cells. In turn, it keeps your connective tissues strong and can aid in strengthening bones.
Answered by Retta Kihn on Sat, Jun 12, 2021 11:58 AM
Find out the amazing health benefits of poppy seeds. 100 g seeds carry 525 cal, protein-17.99 g, Thiamin-0.854 mg (71% of DV), Calcium-1438 mg (144% of DV). The seeds obtained from the dry pods of the poppy plant, Papaver
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Here are some common foods containing poppy seeds that you might want to avoid before a drug test: bagels, including poppy seed bagels and everything bagels, buns, and rolls cake or muffins, such as lemon poppy seed cake salad dressing poppy seed filling used for making desserts babka, a common ...
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Sesame seeds contain essential fatty acids such as omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 which promote hair growth. Sesame seed oil stimulates hair growth by nourishing, conditioning, and promoting a healthy scalp. The regular massage with warm sesame oil penetrates your scalp, thus increasing the blood circulation. It is comparable to a liquid vitamin that feeds your hair roots and shafts . [ Read: Sesame Seeds for Hair Growth ] 26.
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Are poppy seeds drugs?
Eating poppy seeds can introduce opiates into your body. Those little seeds come from the same plant, the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), that is used to make heroin. And the seeds themselves actually contain trace amounts of the opiates. Yep, these innocent-looking seeds:
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Poppy seeds are rich in fiber, which may improve gut health and reduce constipation (18, 19). May safeguard against certain illnesses. The antioxidants in these seeds may protect your body from ...
Are chia seeds like poppy seeds drug?
Like poppy seeds or chia seeds, hemp seeds can be added to recipes like granola, smoothies, oatmeal, muffins, etc. Mustard seeds, which are used to grow mustard greens and make mustard oil, contain chemicals that act as natural antifungal and antibacterial agents. They help protect against infections.
Do sesame seeds ever caused a false positive for drugs or do only poppy seeds do this?
Sesame seeds are fine to eat for people who can get tested for drugs. Poppy seeds are a different story. FWIW, some agencies have raised the cutoff for opiates to 2000 ng/ml to eliminate poppy seed as a cause of a positive opiate screen.
Are there health benefits for eating opium poppy sap?
Because heroin and opium are produced from the sap of its seed pods. But don't let that deter you from eating poppy seeds (a.k.a khus khus in Hindi). Because these tiny, crunchy black seeds are really good for your health. So, here are 10 health benefits of poppy seeds and some other interesting facts that you probably did not know.
Are poppy seeds considered drugs?
The seeds do not "have a drug effect on humans that are eating typical amounts of poppy seeds," Christopher S. Baird, assistant professor of physics at West Texas A&M University, told HuffPost.
Are poppy seeds medicinal properties?
Though these compounds may have pain-relieving properties, consuming unwashed poppy seeds is risky and should only be done under medical supervision. 3. May boost heart and skin health. Poppyseed ...
Are poppy seeds medicinal uses?
Poppy seeds and poppyseed oil may improve digestion, lower disease risk, and be used to make fertility-boosting medical products. Nonetheless, more studies are necessary.
Do poppy seeds contain drugs?
Poppy seeds are the edible nutritious seeds of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The opium poppy is, of course, the source of opium as well as heroin, morphine, and codeine. Although the seeds themselves do not contain opiates, they are frequently contaminated with morphine residue during harvesting.
Drug testing for…poppy seeds?
, up to 87 percent of tests considered positive for opiate use were due in part to poppy seeds in foods as well as prescription medications. When positive test results are proven to have been due to eating poppy seeds, they are overturned. More accurate measurement of opiate levels can be done by analyzing a blood or hair sample.


Ireland's First X-Ray Commemorated
Brother Potamian O'Reilly.
By Sean Ryan
While it has been a matter of discussion for a number of years it is generally accepted that Ireland's first X-Ray was taken at De La Salle College in Waterford City in 1896.
What is even more remarkable is the man who performed the first X-Ray, Brother Potamian, born Michael Francis O'Reilly in Baileborough in Cavan in September 1846. His parents took him to New York as a very young boy, where he was educated by the de la Salle Brothers and entered their novitiate in 1859. Michael Francis O'Reilly, a lifelong Christian Brother, had an equally lifelong career in Science with special interest in electricity and magnetism, and had an impressive record of papers published in these areas, some reflecting his keen foresight.
After a teaching career, which took him to the US, Canada and latterly Clapham in London Br Potamian gained several qualifications including a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Doctorate of Science all of which had been achieved whilst teaching fulltime. Br Potamian arrived in Waterford City in 1893 as a professor of Physics. Of special interest to Potamian was that the new College building was furnished with well-equipped science laboratories; he wasted no time, for example, setting up a 60-foot pendulum to illustrate the rotation of the Earth. It was at Waterford that Potamian produced his famous X-ray image at the request of a local doctor whose patient was suffering from a steel splinter in her hand.
Br Potamian explained in an interview "a local general practitioner, Dr Atkins, who had heard about the "new photography", asked Potamian to assist him in treating his patient by producing an X-ray image, or radiogram, of the affected area. This was done at De La Salle College, Waterford, in the presence of many of Waterford's medical practitioners; Dr Atkins' operation to remove the foreign body from his patient's hand was successful".
Commenting on this in 1995, radiologist Professor David J Murnaghan described Potamian as: a scientist of some standing with a Doctor of Science Degree from London University and with limited means he was a significant contributor to developments in electricity and magnetism. It was thus an extraordinary feat that he carried out one of the earliest diagnostic X-ray examinations at Waterford on April 13th 1896''.
In August of 1896 the Order saw fit to transfer Potamian back across the Atlantic, to its prestigious Manhattan College in New York, where he would spend the remainder of his career. Later in 1896 he was appointed Dean of Engineering at Manhattan College, a University College run by his Order. He published a mammoth two-volume, 1000 page, annotated catalogue of the Wheeler Gift to the American Institute of Electrical Engineering, almost 7000 ancient documents on Electricity and Magnetism, mostly in Latin. This led to other works on history. Brother Potamian died in a New York hospital in January 1917.
To commemorate the famous taking of Ireland's first X-Ray two new blue plaques were unveiled in Waterford city to commemorate where Ireland's first x-ray happened on April 29th 2022. Eugene Broderick, Chairperson of the Waterford Civic Trust said " the trust unveiled the plaques as a measure of the rich history and contribution of De La Salle College to Waterford''.


Listen to the instrumental version of Death Grips's new album
Year of the Snitch minus the vocals.
By David Renshaw
Death Grips released its new album, Year Of The Snitch, last week. The group has now shared an instrumental version of the album with fans. Listen to the record above. Year Of The Snitch the band's 2016 album Bottomless Pit and features contributions from Shrek director Andrew Adamson. Tracks on the record include "Streaky," "Hahaha," "Shitshow," "Black Paint," and "Flies."
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A Wet Decade Shifts To Drought In Southern Wisconsin
Following the state's wettest decade on record, lower-than-normal precipitation in the spring of 2021 is leading drought conditions to emerge in agricultural areas reliant on steady rains.
By Kristian Knutsen
June 7, 2021 • Southeast Region
The grass is green, but dry weather is widening cracks in packed soil along a footpath at Blue Mounds State Park in southwestern Wisconsin. (Credit: Kristian Knutsen / PBS Wisconsin)
A dry spring is steadily giving way to an arid summer as months of below normal precipitation so far in 2021 cause drought conditions across broad swaths of southern and western Wisconsin.
In a June 3 update for Wisconsin, the U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought in the state's southeastern corner, with moderate drought across its southwestern and east-central stretches and abnormally dry conditions present in adjacent areas and reaching into west-central and north-central portions of the state.
According to this service, a partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, increasing intensity of drought conditions can have meaningful effects on agriculture and water availability. Moderate conditions may lead to some damage for crops and pastures, with lower water levels in streams, wells and reservoirs and the potential for voluntary use limits. Meanwhile, the possible impacts of severe conditions include likely crop and pasture losses, with water shortages common and restrictions imposed in response.
Based on data as of June 1, 2021, the U.S. Drought Monitor reports abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions across much of southern Wisconsin, with severe drought reported for the state's southeastern corner. (Credit: U.S. Drought Monitor)
Dry conditions have been holding pretty steady for the past month or so, said Christopher Kucharik, a climate researcher and professor of agronomy and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The longer they continue, though, the more intense drought becomes, with southeast Wisconsin moving from a moderate to severe level as June started and hot weather descended.
"We're running a three to seven-inch deficit of precipitation going back to springtime, and that's equivalent to an entire month to month-and-a-half of rainfall. It's difficult to make up that type of deficit," Kucharik said.
As dry as southern Wisconsin is becoming, conditions remain better in the northern part of the state. The portions north of a line running roughly between the Twin Cities and Green Bay — or the Hwy. 29 line often used as one shorthand for categorizing "up north" in southern Wisconsin — remain clear of moderate or severe drought as of the start of June thanks to higher precipitation levels over the past couple of months. That said, over the past eight months, nearly all of the state has been below normal for total precipitation, according to a drought update issued by the National Weather Service office in La Crosse.
From October 2020 to June 2021, most of Wisconsin had total precipitation amounts below normal precipitation levels over the previous 30 years. For the two-month period from April 1 to June 1, 2021, though, some portions of northern Wisconsin had higher than normal precipitation. (Credit: National Weather Service-La Crosse)
Those differences are expected, said Kucharik.
"I think this is pretty typical of how a lot of growing seasons go across not just Wisconsin but across the whole Corn Belt, or Midwest and Great Plains," he said. "Every year, someone takes their turn as to having a significant deficit of precipitation and drought."
For farmers in southern Wisconsin, it's their turn in the kiln, and adapting to less rain is no simple matter. Irrigation is a common practice (and controversial due to the use of high-capacity wells) in the Central Sands region where potatoes and other vegetables are grown, but it's a different matter in the grain-growing and dairy-oriented areas to the south.
Kucharik noted most farmers in the southern half of the state don't have irrigation equipment. "They generally don't need it because we usually get enough rainfall in this region to support crop growth and end-of-season yields," he said.
Nor is it simple for farmers to pivot to start irrigating.
"You just can't go out and get that equipment and get a permit to pump a high-capacity well," Kucharik added.
It's been nearly a decade since a serious drought last struck Wisconsin in 2012, which affected wide swaths of agricultural lands across the Great Plains and Midwest. In turn, those conditions elicited comparisons to a devastating drought in 1988 and 1989 (which was associated with La Niña water temperature conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which had also been in place over the 2020-21 winter).
Using data from the Midwest Regional Climate Center, Kucharik examined precipitation levels between March and May for Madison going back to the beginning of record-keeping in the 19th century. With 5.05 inches of precipitation in Madison, 2021 was the 12th driest spring on record going back to 1869. The most recent year that was drier was 1994. By comparison, the March-May total in 1988 was 4.77 inches and in 2012 was 8.65 inches.
Total precipitation between March and May in Madison was at its lowest level in decades for 2021, with a measure several inches below the drought year of 2012 and comparable to levels in the drought year of 1988. (Credit: Christopher Kucharik / University of Wisconsin Department of Agronomy)
Kucharik emphasized that each drought has its own timeline.
"The recent one in 2012 had a much wetter spring than we have had so far this year, so the onset of that drought was about a month later," he explained. "It didn't start to take hold until June or early July."
That difference is one of Kucharik's concerns about the potential impact on agriculture in 2021.
"People will look back and say crops did better than people were anticipating [in 2012], but there's a lot less moisture in the soil [in 2021]," he noted. "I think impacts of this drought could happen quicker and be more severe given the time of year it's happening, when crops are going through their most rapid development stage."
However summer precipitation unfolds, Wisconsin is experiencing weather whiplash. The 2010s were the state's wettest decade on record, while 2019 was the wettest year on record, with extreme precipitation causing severe flooding in multiple parts of the state. Farmers have always had to deal with weather variability, but Kucharik notes rapid shifts of this type are what climate research projects to become more commonplace in the future.
"Now we've flipped a switch, and these are the types of increased variability that coincides with what we think a changing climate will bring, not just to Wisconsin but to the Midwest and agricultural regions of the central U.S.," he said. At the same time, the western part of the nation continues to bake as its historic drought intensifies.
More details about impacts of 2021's drought conditions in Wisconsin are available from the National Integrated Drought Information System.
The uncertainties of week-to-week weather in the Midwest means Wisconsin could experience another shift on short notice, and there is potential for rain in the short-term forecasts for different parts of the state. However, what may feel just like a dry spell will require more than a brief shower here or there to remedy.
"I think things aren't going to get better any time soon without some pretty significant precipitation," said Kucharik. "This isn't going to go away with a couple of days of rain."
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Herman Berkemeyer
by Obituaries | Oct 27, 2013
Herman Joseph Berkemeyer, 90, of Lake Village passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013.
He grew up in St. Vincent, Arkansas where he farmed with his family. He later joined the U.S. Navy. After returning from World War II, Herman began farming in Ashley County and moved to Lake Village where he farmed and raised his family.
Mr. Berkemeyer was born on January 24, 1923 in Atkins, Arkansas, a son of Clemens Adolph Berkemeyer and Mary Elizabeth Wiedower Berkemeyer.
His family includes his wife of 64 years, Bernice Sponer Berkemeyer; one son, Ronnie Berkemeyer and wife Linda of Lake Village; and a daughter, Janice Berkemeyer Cummings and husband Johnny of Atkins. He had four grandchildren, Anna Berkemeyer Dunigan Martar and husband Jason, Elliott Berkemeyer and wife Kelsey, Bryce Berkemeyer and Brent Berkemeyer; and two great granddaughters, Gracie Dunigan and Adlee Dunigan.
He is also survived by one brother, Ray Berkemeyer of Morrilton and seven sisters, Marie Beck of Conway, Louise Sponer of St. Vincent, Rita Rehm, Helen Ward and Marilyn Riedmuellar and husband Buddy, all of Oppelo; Paula Patton of North Little Rock, and Pat Stout and husband Ed of Morrilton.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by Bernard and John Henry Berkemeyer and sisters Herman Joseph and Anita.
He lived a wonderful and full life. He was very active in his church, community and state. He was an avid golfer and loved to play tennis. He was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church and 4th Degree Knight of Columbus.
Mr. Berkemeyer had a great love for the land and natural resources. He was appointed to the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission in 1981 by then Gov. Bill Clinton and served two terms. He served as chairman in 1984 and 1998. He received the Outstanding Conservation District Director Award for his work in Chicot County and throughout the state. He served his local district since 1960. He was also a representative on the Southeast region of the Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D).
In 1992, Bill Clinton awarded Mr. Berkemeyer a certificate of recognition as an outstanding Citizen of the State of Arkansas.
He was also a member of the Board of Directors for Southeast Farmers Association and Federal Land Bank and was one of the Founders of the First State Bank of Lake Village which was later acquired by Simmons First Bank. He then served on the board of directors.
He helped start the Lake Village Country Club. It was there that he spent many hours with his golfing buddies, took up tennis and played well into his eighties and danced for decades. He enjoyed a full and happy life. He loved his family and told everyone what a wonderful family he had.
Pallbearers are Donnie Clark, Jaime Mondragon, Oscar Mondragon, Alexander Vargas, Carl Hayes and Aaron Thompson. Honorary pallbearer is Kathy Clark.
Visitation will be held on Monday, October 28, at Bishop Funeral Home in Lake Village from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Rosary will begin at 7 p.m. The funeral will be held at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church on October 29 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in Holy Innocents Cemetery under the direction of Bishop Funeral Home of Lake Village. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, P.O. Box 272, Lake Village, Arkansas 71653 or to Chicot Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 191, Lake Village, Arkansas 71653.


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Ai-detox™ Helps Detox The Body For A Fresh Start To A New Year And A New You
Dec. 18, 2006 – Guelph, ON – December 15, 2006 – Out with the old, in with the new you. Start 2007 off with a safe and effective detox formula from BioHerbaLai Inc.'s latest product Ai-Detox™ and stay cleansed and healthy all year long. Ai-Detox™ assists the body's natural detoxification processes, helping filter the system of toxic build-up.
Experts say years of exposure to toxins from external and internal sources may prevent the body from effectively removing these toxic substances. Ai-Detox™ is a Chinese herbal tea in tablet form that is clinically proven to provide numerous health benefits, stimulating detoxification for improved wellness. It is based on the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine that specifically enhance liver cleansing ability.
Ai-Detox™ enhances the body's detoxification process, allowing the liver to properly metabolize the nutrients ingested. It not only effectively flushes away toxins in the body, but also offers users a healthy and gradual way to lose weight. Moreover, Ai-Detox™ is produced using state of the art bio-technology, which ensures the utmost standards in quality and safety.
"Typically after the holiday season, people seem to be more motivated to get on the right track for health and well being," said Dr. Sherman Lai, founder and creator of BioHerbaLai Inc. "Our new product, Ai-Detox™ strengthens liver functions which contribute to improving the health of modern people in their demanding lifestyles – helping rid bodies of toxins and providing users with a healthy way to lose weight."
In January, BioHerbaLai Inc. will host a formal launch party in Toronto to celebrate the addition of Ai-Detox™ to its roster of natural herbal remedies. More details will follow in the new year.
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Louis Clemens Spiering (1874-1912)
by Carolyn Hewes Toft, Former Executive Director
Louis Clemens Spiering circa 1910.
Louis Clemens Spiering was born in St. Louis in 1874, into a cultivated German-American family. His maternal grandfather was Charles L. Bernays, a German-born journalist whose St. Louis work as editor of Anzeiger Des Westens attracted President Lincoln's admiration and patronage. His father Emil Spiering was prominent in St. Louis cultural life as the leader of his own orchestra. Louis Spiering attended Webster Public School before his family sent him first to a school in Cincinnati and then on to the Real-Gymnasium in Berlin.
After graduating from the Real-Gymnasium in 1891, he remained in Berlin to attend two semesters of architectural study at the Royal School of Technology. After Spiering returned to the United States in 1892 for practical office experience in the Chicago firm of William A. Otis, he studied drawing and water color at the Art Institute in the evenings.
In 1895, he set off for Paris where he passed the rigorous entrance exams for l'École des Beaux-Arts. His next seven years would be spent in Europe. In addition to prize-winning work in the Beaux-Arts atelier (studio) of Marcel Lambert (architect in charge of restoration at Versailles), Spiering won a prize in sculpture at l'École des Arts Décoratifs. A successful thesis project, "A Mansion for a Rich Amateur of Music," added his name in June of 1902 to the small society of American architects with a complete Beaux-Arts education.
Spiering completed this drawing for a 13th
century pulpit for the Cathedral of Louvigal
circa 1900 while at the Ecole.
An article published a month later in the St. Louis Republic announcing Spiering's decision to return to St. Louis to work on the World's Fair with Chief Designer E. L. Masquerary noted: "Mr. Spiering, so far as known, is the only St. Louis architect holding a diploma from the Beaux-Arts. There are twenty such in America."
For a year and a half Spiering worked on the gardens, bridges and general layout of the Exposition grounds. He designed the restaurant pavilions and colonnades on Art Hill, the Horticulture Building, the "Palais du Costume," the Wireless Telegraph Tower and was Superintending Architect for the French and Austrian governments' exposition buildings.
In December 1903, he opened his own practice and set up a design atelier at Washington University's fledgling program in architecture. Opposed in general to the proliferation of schools of architecture, the American Architect, the profession's most influential journal, chastised the University for its daytime program of five students but applauded Spiering's evening classes for working draftsmen: "We believe that this is the first instance of a college department undertaking, in an organic way, work which is usually left to the uncertain care of the architectural clubs and draughtsmen's societies."
Gradually, Spiering became more involved in the daytime program. Girlish swoons recorded in Student Life document the effect his lectures had on part of the general student body.
In 1905, Spiering and Professor Frederick M. Mann, the MIT-trained head of the architecture program, entered a competition for the Missouri Supreme Court building but came away with only $350 and third prize. The first prize of $1000 was awarded to Mariner & LaBeaume; the second, $500, went to Frederick C. Bonsack.
St. Louis Artists Guild, 812 Union
In 1907, when Spiering received an important commission to design a new building for the Artists Guild, family connections may have played a role. His aunt, Thekla Bernays, was a charter member of the Guild, a member of the Arts & Crafts jury for the Fair and a well-connected journalist.
Sometime in 1908, Spiering formed a brief partnership with George W. Hellmuth. The firm's entry in that year's competition for the Soulard Branch Library won first prize. But when an exhibit of all twenty-one designs went on display at the Artists Guild, twelve of the entrants protested, saying that the rules (or program) for the competition stipulated that only india ink could be used for presentation drawings. Spiering, who was responsible for the drawing, insisted that all shadings were indeed india ink.
The firm kept the job but the partnership dissolved leaving Spiering to complete the work. Spiering himself handed over the key to the building, which still stands on Lafayette across from the Soulard Market, at the opening ceremonies on 21 March 1910. Abandoned as a library at a lowpoint in the history of the Soulard neighborhood in 1962; it has housed a series of restaurants and bars.
The first mention of what would prove a fatal illness (intestinal cancer) had already appeared by the time the library building was completed. In October 1910, a report appeared that Spiering was still convalescing from a January bout with an unnamed illness.
Sometime during that period he created a now-lost, monumental pencil and pastel panorama titled, "The Architectural Apotheosis of St. Louis" which traced the city's buildings "from Indian tents along a lonely river to the magnificent World's Fair buildings and daring predicted structures yet to come."
In 1911, he resigned from Washington University in order to devote what energy he had to his final commission: the Sheldon Memorial Building for the St. Louis Ethical Society. His resignation occasioned the following tribute: "...a man of rare culture and ability...through his teaching he has advanced the standard of draftsmanship materially. Nearly every good draftsman in the city is a disciple of his."
Sheldon Memorial, 3646 Washington Avenue
In November 1912, Spiering resigned his position as professional adviser to the new State Capitol competition in Jefferson City. He died on March 8 of that year. The Ethical Society's April newsletter carried the touching funeral address which began: "If he wrought not much, he wrought wondrously well." *(updated 3 Oct 2016 with corrected cause and date of death.)


Despite Trump's hard line on immigration, Justice Department pursues fewer prosecutions
When parents are prosecuted for what is normally an administrative violation, families get separated.
Image: REUTERS/Leah Millis
Annalisa Merelli
and Justin Rohrlich
Although US president Donald Trump says he remains committed to curbing illegal immigration by any means possible, criminal prosecutions for immigration-related offenses have dropped dramatically in the last year.
According to new data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, the number of criminal prosecutions referred to the Department of Justice by immigration enforcement agencies, and then pursued by prosecutors, fell from more than 13,000 in October 2018 to just over 8,000 a year later—a decline of almost 40%.
Before Trump assumed office, crossing the border illegally was generally considered an administrative violation, not a criminal offense. That changed in 2018, when the Trump administration announced its so-called zero-tolerance policy for illegal immigration.
Former attorney general Jeff Sessions unveiled the policy in a harshly-worded statement at the time: "To those who wish to challenge the Trump Administration's commitment to public safety, national security, and the rule of law, I warn you: illegally entering this country will not be rewarded, but will instead be met with the full prosecutorial powers of the Department of Justice," Sessions wrote.
Trump and Sessions believed that a zero-tolerance policy would discourage immigrants and asylum seekers from crossing the border, or at least force them to seek legal ways to enter the country. Then-secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, John Kelly, also believed zero-tolerance would act as a deterrent to border crossers.
But despite the president's oft-repeated claims that the plan is working, it doesn't appear that it is. The recent sharp drop in criminal prosecutions isn't the result of fewer people attempting to cross the border illegally. In fact, the number of apprehensions at the border have risen significantly since March 2019.
Although the administration said its aim was to prosecute 100% of people apprehended at the border, the actual numbers in the year after the policy's enactment hovered in the 30% to 40% range. Now, the figures are almost half that. The decline in prosecutions coincided with Sessions' departure.
According to the TRAC report, fewer prosecutions of immigration-related criminal offenses suggest that the Justice Department is instead directing more resources toward other criminal violations instead—focusing on issues with potentially more immediate impacts on public safety, like drug offenses, illegal weapons possession, or white collar crimes.
The number of prosecutions of these types of crimes, in particular drug-related crimes, had previously dropped due to the increased demands of prosecuting illegal immigration.


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Experts say China is eager to reaffirm longstanding ties with Burma as the Burmese president prepares to meet with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
By Echo Hui 26 June 2014
HONG KONG — China is eager to reaffirm its traditional political and military ties with Burma amid escalating conflicts in the South China Sea, experts say, as the Burmese president prepares for his first official bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Thein Sein will join Xi as well as India's vice president in the Chinese capital on Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, a set of principles that governs relations between the three countries.
Thein Sein, who will arrive on Friday, is making his third state visit to China—and his second state visit since Xi was sworn into office last year. The two presidents, who met during a multilateral forum in China in April last year, will hold their first official bilateral talks during the four-day visit, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, which said Thein Sein would also meet with China's prime minister and top legislator, in addition to visiting the ancient
capital of Luoyang in central China's Henan Province.
Compared with previous Chinese leaders, Xi is widely seen as more aggressively pushing China's agenda abroad. Under his presidency, tensions with Japan and other neighboring nations have escalated to record highs amid heated territorial disputes. Xi, who has launched China's biggest anti-graft campaign in decades, is also cracking down on Internet speech, raising doubts about his commitment to political reforms.
When it comes to Burma, experts say the Chinese president, who was sworn into office last year, is attempting to maintain the two countries' traditional "paukphaw," or fraternal, relationship.
However, Burma, China and India are facing new challenges in adhering to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, an agreement in 1954 to observe mutual respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.
Bryan Pak-nung Wong, a Hong Kong-based academic focused on international politics, said he believes China wants to make Burma a go-between with India, to ensure that the Indian Ocean sea lanes, the Kyaupyu-Kunming oil pipelines, and the economic and energy corridor across Burma are not disturbed.
"Instead of dealing with India by itself, China has chosen to delegate Myanmar [Burma] as a go-between to warm up the relationship with India, especially now that the whole world is watching how the newly elected Indian President Modi will deal with India's relatively sensitive relationships with China and other South Asian small states," Wong said. "Leaving Myanmar to deal with the Sino-India relationship would serve as a cushioned go-between in case any unexpected problems emerge."
He said Chinese leaders may also seek to address persistent concerns about drug-trafficking, ethnic conflicts and illicit businesses in northern Burma's Kachin State, which have created problems for China as well as India, including an influx of refugees over the borders and threats to the security of energy projects.
Despite these problems, experts believe China-Burma ties are stronger than either country's relations with India.
"[China's] relationship with Pakistan is still more important [than its relations with India], making it impossible for China and India to build political trust," said Tao Duanfang, a prominent Canadian commenter on international affairs.
Thein Sein also has reasons to build closer ties with its biggest neighbor to the north.
Last month, the United States extended its limited economic sanctions on Burma, despite some progress on reforms. "The political opening remains nascent, and concerns persist regarding ongoing conflict and human rights abuses in ethnic minority areas, particularly in Rakhine [Arakan] State, and the continued role of the military in the country's political and economic activities," US President Barack Obama said in a letter to leaders of Congress.
Zhu Lvmin, a Chinese academic focused on China and Southeast Asia, believes Burma needs to "catch the eye of the US" by exploring closer military and political ties with China, in a "balance of power strategy."
"Thein Sein may be testing the US to see how the partnership between the United States and Myanmar goes, and sending a warning by coming a bit closer to China," said Zhu, "The government also wants to seek support from China's side, as Myanmar's national election, scheduled for next year, is just around the corner."
Although the former Burmese junta benefited from China's military and political support, Wong said Burma has seen the short end of the stick economically in the bilateral relationship. "It is therefore reasonable for Thein Sein to visit China to ensure Myanmar's political and military ties with China, while also building economic and trade ties with the West and other major investor countries, including Japan and India."
Echo Hui Reuters


by our- orchestra and folk singing groups.    Tremendous interest and participation
Characterized these productions  and unquestionably raised the morale and the public relations of our- adult program.    At the end of three years of existence, our
adult drama group can finally say with justification that they now have a solid
group that is capable of providing worthwhile entertainment to our community. The
newer groups all have proved themselves and should receive the fullest support
for their continuance   and expansion.    I specifically urge the inclusion of a
budgetary allowance for a choral group leader for our- folk singers and a larger
budget for- all of our- art groups to enable them to plan more realistically the
type of programs that will enhance the status of the groups and Hecht House.    I
strongly urge im_ecu.ate and close contact between the adult workor and the adult
program committee with the member leaders of these groups for- the purpose of
closer integration and long range planning.
The mass activities of the adults, as carried out by Men's and Women's Association, were considerably improvKi in numbers present and in enthusiasm over a
rather weak previous year.    With the exception of the opening dance, the joint
programs of these groups were well received.    The Men's Association's programs
were uniformly poor- in attendance, although high in quality of progran content.
The Women's Association's programs were quite gooo throughout,  and the Second Annual Bake-Off saw a sizable incrase in attendance over the first effort along these
lines.    The Installation Dinner-Dance in May was a new program and was enthusiastically received.    The Men's Association's Vet's Night was a new program that
showed more promise than it did fulfillment, and it should definitely be tried
again at a more propitious time of the year-.    Numerically, the largest attendances
came at the Jewish Music Festival, the Fashion Show and the Bake-Off in that order.
I would strongly recommend that time be allotted to the worker with the adult groups
for him to make contact with many of the Jewish adult groups in our- community, with
an eye toward joint sponsorship of programs of mutual interest.    For example, working together with the various Zionist groups on a lar-gescale Salute to Israel program in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the founding of the new State.
Perhaps joint sponsorship with B'Nai Brith Women, ORT, in a special women's gym progran or a public affairs forum series.    Joint involvement with the Zionist and synagogue groups around the celebration of Jewish Music Month and Jewish Book Month is
feasible and desirable.    Such efforts would undoubtedly culminate in an increase in
adult membership and the widening of the sphere of influence of Hecht House in our
The teen-agers continue to present the most difficult problem to the Hecht House
staff.    Apart from the Young Adult program, which this past year never got off the
ground because of the inadequate experience and limited capacity of the assigned
worker, this age group found itself at a level of slow decline in numbers from the
previous season.    While the greatly accelerated decline of some earlier years has
been stopped,  there still is a gradual loss of the members of this age group that
we are serving,    tir.  Jaffe, in his departmental report, discusses this at length.
Suffice it here to say, that for whatever- it may accomplish,  the most hopeful sign
in regard to this problan is the increased concern being shown all over- the country
for new approaches to youngsters in this age group.    The present survey conducted
by the Jewish Centers Association, involving Hecht House and the Boston Y, may uncover leads that will eventually result in a more meaningful program with larger numbers of participants.    New program developments in this department include the bowling
league, the journalism group, Leadership Training Course,  and a special body building
class.    These efforts at expanding the program of the department through special
interest groups do not seem to be the right answer. Until we know more,  however,
we should definitely continue to offer special interest activities to our Seniors
and Collegians.    The need for a special Drop-In-Louhge for this age group has been
Transcript - 3 - by our- orchestra and folk singing groups. Tremendous interest and participation Characterized these productions and unquestionably raised the morale and the public relations of our- adult program. At the end of three years of existence, our adult drama group can finally say with justification that they now have a solid group that is capable of providing worthwhile entertainment to our community. The newer groups all have proved themselves and should receive the fullest support for their continuance and expansion. I specifically urge the inclusion of a budgetary allowance for a choral group leader for our- folk singers and a larger budget for- all of our- art groups to enable them to plan more realistically the type of programs that will enhance the status of the groups and Hecht House. I strongly urge im_ecu.ate and close contact between the adult workor and the adult program committee with the member leaders of these groups for- the purpose of closer integration and long range planning. The mass activities of the adults, as carried out by Men's and Women's Association, were considerably improvKi in numbers present and in enthusiasm over a rather weak previous year. With the exception of the opening dance, the joint programs of these groups were well received. The Men's Association's programs were uniformly poor- in attendance, although high in quality of progran content. The Women's Association's programs were quite gooo throughout, and the Second Annual Bake-Off saw a sizable incrase in attendance over the first effort along these lines. The Installation Dinner-Dance in May was a new program and was enthusiastically received. The Men's Association's Vet's Night was a new program that showed more promise than it did fulfillment, and it should definitely be tried again at a more propitious time of the year-. Numerically, the largest attendances came at the Jewish Music Festival, the Fashion Show and the Bake-Off in that order. I would strongly recommend that time be allotted to the worker with the adult groups for him to make contact with many of the Jewish adult groups in our- community, with an eye toward joint sponsorship of programs of mutual interest. For example, working together with the various Zionist groups on a lar-gescale Salute to Israel program in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the founding of the new State. Perhaps joint sponsorship with B'Nai Brith Women, ORT, in a special women's gym progran or a public affairs forum series. Joint involvement with the Zionist and synagogue groups around the celebration of Jewish Music Month and Jewish Book Month is feasible and desirable. Such efforts would undoubtedly culminate in an increase in adult membership and the widening of the sphere of influence of Hecht House in our community. The teen-agers continue to present the most difficult problem to the Hecht House staff. Apart from the Young Adult program, which this past year never got off the ground because of the inadequate experience and limited capacity of the assigned worker, this age group found itself at a level of slow decline in numbers from the previous season. While the greatly accelerated decline of some earlier years has been stopped, there still is a gradual loss of the members of this age group that we are serving, tir. Jaffe, in his departmental report, discusses this at length. Suffice it here to say, that for whatever- it may accomplish, the most hopeful sign in regard to this problan is the increased concern being shown all over- the country for new approaches to youngsters in this age group. The present survey conducted by the Jewish Centers Association, involving Hecht House and the Boston Y, may uncover leads that will eventually result in a more meaningful program with larger numbers of participants. New program developments in this department include the bowling league, the journalism group, Leadership Training Course, and a special body building class. These efforts at expanding the program of the department through special interest groups do not seem to be the right answer. Until we know more, however, we should definitely continue to offer special interest activities to our Seniors and Collegians. The need for a special Drop-In-Louhge for this age group has been


M3GAN sequel confirmed for 2025
Allison Williams and Violet McGraw are definitely going to play a bloody game again.
We've heard talks about a potential sequel for a while now, but that doesn't mean we'll see the next M3GAN very soon.
Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have gotten official confirmation that M3GAN is getting a sequel. The movie is at least right now fittingly called M3GAN 2.0, and both Allison Williams and Violet McGraw are set to reprise their roles as the titular character and Cady respectively. Gerard Johnston, the original's director, hasn't signed on to do this as well yet even if THR's sources have heard the producers want it to happen.
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We've seen the sci-fi horror phenomenon, and have plenty of thoughts about the flick.
More M3GAN seems to be on the way
Despite the recent domestic release of the horror film, a sequel has already been planned.
Movie company: Blumhouse Productions
Actors: Allison Williams
Amie Donald