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Subs: Mignolet, Matip, Gomez, Robertson, Milner, Shaqiri, Sturridge. |
Cardiff: Etheridge, Bennett, Bamba, Morrison, Manga, Murphy, Paterson, Gunnarsson, Camarasa, Hoilett, Reid. |
Subs: Smithies, Zohore, Connolly, Cunningham, Damour, Harris, Madine. |
Party Like It's Not 2003! |
Fat City Blues (inside Rum Bay at 20 N. Tejon) will be hosting Brenda Miles at 8 p.m. |
Jack Quinn's (21 S. Tejon) also has a local all-star line-up with The Texas Seven upstairs (Anton Chico opening), and Johnny and the Jukes downstairs starting at 9 p.m. (21+). |
Jr.'s Bar & Grill will be bringing you Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim and Magic Dave (see Playing Around, page 27). |
John-Alex Mason will be at Shuga's, (702 S. Cascade Ave.) with his steel guitar beginning at 9 p.m. All ages. Free. |
Industrial Nation (2106 E. Platte) is throwing an all-ages masquerade ball with Fail-yerz and Eyes Caught Fire for a mere $5. |
Mother Lode and Positively Negative will be at Paradise City, (2454 Montebello Sq. Dr.). $5 - $7 all ages. |
32 Bleu (32 S. Tejon St.) presents local indie faves Against Tomorrow's Sky (see Bang und Strum, pg. 28) along with Idiolectic Conception, 34 Sattelite, and Dirty Day. |
Ritz Grill, (15 S. Tejon) brings you Love 45 at 9 p.m. |
Southside Johnny's (528 S. Tejon) hosts Radio London at 9 p.m. |
Laura Belle's (734 N. 19th St. at Uintah) will feature Velvet Jesi. |
The Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra presents a New Year's Eve concert beginning at 8 p.m. at the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave. Call 520-SHOW for ticket prices. |
The Blue Star restaurant at 1645 S. Tejon St. offers a four-course prix fixe dinner menu at $55 per person. Call 632-1086 for reservations. New Year's party with DJ and raffle starts at 11 p.m. Free valet parking and free shuttle home if you're loaded! |
If you're like me and can't stand New Year's Eve, why not stay home and cook a nice pot of collard greens, black-eyed peas (for good luck) and cornbread and watch a double feature of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo and Mariah Carey's Glitter just so the New Year can't possibly seem any more absurd than your life will seem... |
* Please note that the non-alcoholic "First Night" event will not be held this year. |
John Fund in The National Review writes that the FBI has proved that almost everything Hillary Clinton has said about the matter is, in fact, untrue; the only way she could get a security clearance now is by getting elected president. |
The Mercury News of San Jose says Clinton should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. |
The L.A. Times says Comey outlined a persuasive case against indicting Clinton, but the decision isn’t his to make. |
The Sacramento Bee’s take is that Clinton didn’t commit a crime but displayed terrible judgment on emails. |
In her defense, her opponent’s judgment on so many issues is so questionable that her blunder pales by comparison. |
That super team in Oakland? It just got exponentially more super with the addition of Kevin Durant to the already formidable lineup of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. The former Oklahoma City forward signed a two-year, $54.3 million deal with the Golden State Warriors. All four players are All-Stars in... |
Editorial: Don’t make conserving water a thing of the past. |
Dan Walters: Gov. Jerry Brown will try an end run to extend the state’s war on carbon. |
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Soapbox: The Democratic Party platform needs to be significantly improved by the full Platform Committee meeting in Orlando on Friday and Saturday. |
Dorothy Rothrock and Rob Lapsley’s Soapbox: Before approving Fran Pavley’s Senate Bill 32, the Legislature ought to increase its oversight of climate policy. |
Linda Asato’s Soapbox: California must increase access to child care. |
San Francisco Chronicle: Jerry Brown takes middle road on guns. |
L.A. Times: Boycotts of Israel are a protected form of free speech. |
News & Observer of Raleigh: Because of HB 2, North Carolina has lost thousands of potential jobs, millions of dollars in conventions, conferences and concerts are gone, and the National Basketball Association seems likely to move the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte. We’ll take it. |
Miami Herald: The issue is not that Donald Trump has been stingy, although he has made no charitable bequests to his foundation since 2008. The issue is the cavernous gulf between his words and deeds. |
The Oklahoman of Oklahoma City: Donald Trump faces criticism in reliably Republican Oklahoma because it stands to lose plenty with Trump’s trade policies. |
Ruben Navarrette: FBI sees Clinton through the looking glass. |
Kathleen Parker: For whom Trump tolls? |
Trudy Rubin: Having flubbed the 2015 immigration crisis, the EU now must make a firm case that it can secure Europe’s borders. |
David Brooks: Without much enthusiasm, many voters seem to be flocking to tough, no-nonsense women who at least seem sensible: Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton and, now, the Conservative Party front-runner, Theresa May. |
Online donations have transformed the charity sector in recent years, and now that Facebook is getting involved, this transformation will only accelerate. |
Online donations have transformed the charity sector in recent years, and now that Facebook is getting involved, this transformation will only accelerate. Facebook has had a ‘Donate’ button in the US since 2015, with the feature helping to raise $10m for victims of Hurricane Harvey and $16m in just a week following the... |
Since September, the ‘donate’ button has been available in the UK and Europe. This is a compelling proposition because it means Facebook’s 35 million active UK users will no longer need to leave the platform to make a donation to a charitable cause. Users simply click on the call to action button, fill in their bank de... |
Until recently UK charities had to pay a 5 per cent fee on each donation made via Facebook: 3.5 per cent to cover costs and 1.5 per cent for payment processing. This was the same price as JustGiving, which made Facebook’s donate proposition incredibly disruptive to the charity sector. However, in a recent announcement ... |
Facebook was JustGiving’s top referrer in the UK back in 2014, with more than £60m donated to good causes advertised on the site. While this announcement might have created panic inside the JustGiving HQ, it’s actually a strategic opportunity UK charities can’t afford to miss out on. |
For one, it will eliminate the need for charities to keep complex consumer data – an attractive proposition given the impending GDPR. Facebook will also make it far easier for charities to run direct response campaigns, with its audience measurement tools able to track ROI and prove the effectiveness of a campaign. |
However, while Facebook’s donate button may look bright and shiny at the moment, charities shouldn’t rush into using it. Donor fatigue is a very real thing right now, with many Britons getting tired of being constantly asked to donate. If charities aren’t careful, it could feel like a persistent street canvasser has si... |
Charities need to remember that the Donate button should only ever be used within relevant content; if organisations just slap it on every Facebook post, they are likely to annoy more people than they engage. |
For this reason, Donate Now shouldn’t be plastered on every piece of storytelling; a user must fully understand what problem they’re helping to solve, as only then will the donate button have earned its spot. It may also be a good idea to use the ‘donate’ tools alongside video marketing. If charities target people who’... |
In order to make the most of the medium, charities must also get creative. If, for example, you’re an animal charity, why not create a feed of the current animals in your care, with a donate button under each of their pictures? This call to action will help to join up a user’s experience. Ultimately, if charities want ... |
Given all of these warnings, it might sound like a bad idea for the donation tool to spill over into all Facebook-based brand building and storytelling – but there are exceptions. Pop singer Ariana Grande’s benefit concert to honour the victims of the Manchester terror attack back in June raised more $500,000 by smartl... |
The truth is that Britons are feeling overwhelmingly apathetic to the charity sector at the moment. Four out of five charity donors rate their level of engagement with the organisations they support as ‘neutral’, according to a study conducted by agencies Amaze One and Harvest, together with market research consultancy... |
While neutral supporters donate an average of £60.57 a year, those who are engaged with an organisation donate £91.53. This highlights just how important the Facebook donation button could be in reigniting interest, with the sector currently losing a lot of money by failing to keep donators engaged. By talking to peopl... |
At the moment, only a handful of charities are currently up and running on Facebook’s donate tools in the UK – but this will change if the US is anything to go by. Across the pond, the functionality has been tested by 40 charities (including WWF, the American Red Cross and Save the Children) since November 2015. |
A donation button could also make sense for other social media platforms, which means that the likes of Twitter and Instagram are bound to follow suit. That's not to say it will work for everybody. Twitter, for example, might not prove to be the greatest fit, as its targeting is nowhere near as sophisticated as Faceboo... |
But whatever the future holds, Facebook’s donation button will soon be difficult to ignore. Charities just need to make sure that they use it carefully or they could end up doing more damage than good. |
How many teams around the world are guaranteed at least runners-up spot every season and an appearance in two cup finals? |
As has been evident in the English Premier League this term and, indeed, in the most recent Africa Cup of Nations, unpredictability is what often creates the greatest stories and the most gripping drama. |
One of football's well-worn cliches suggests "nothing is guaranteed". |
Well, it is if you live on the Isles of Scilly. Because it is here, 30 miles off the south-west coast of England, where a top two finish is assured. There is also a 100% certainty that your team will feature in two cup finals. |
The evidence to back-up this bold statement is found at the top of a steep coastal road on the main island of St Mary's. Your senses are heightened as you emerge from the tree-lined path, stare into the sunlight and stand for a moment as the sounds of the Atlantic Ocean are carried on the cool sea breeze. |
That league consists of the bare minimum. It is made up of two teams, Garrison Gunners and Woolpack Wanderers. And these two teams meet 18 times in the league, once in the 'final' of the Wholesalers Cup and over two legs to decide the winners of the Foredeck Cup. There is also a Charity Shield played at the start of ea... |
In all, the same teams meet on the same pitch at the same time every Sunday morning a total of 22 times a season. |
The lack of competition, which stretches back to the early 1980s when an inter-island league ceased to exist, does not seem to bother any of those involved, including regular referee Paul Charnock. |
Former Conference official Charnock, who retired to St Mary's a few years back and is now the regular man in the middle, said: "These lads have the Corinthian spirit. They just want to play football, pure and simple." |
One thing worth pointing out is that there is a small element of unpredictability. At the start of each season, the available players are assigned to one of the two teams. |
Woolpack Wanderers' skipper, Anthony Gibbons, explained: "It's pretty much like school-yard rules. The players' names are put down on a piece of paper, broken down by positions. |
"We flip a coin and the two captains then take it in turns to pick their squad for the year." |
Unfortunately, Anthony's selections have not brought him the success he yearned. Unlike last season, when the league title was only determined in the last five minutes of the final match, the Lioness Shield was claimed by Garrison Gunners many weeks ago. |
Andrew Hicks, who plays for the Gunners, said: "I think it takes it back to the grass-roots of football. We want to organise a league, and we have enough players to make two teams. You have two teams, you have a league." |
The Scilly Isles come alive during the summer months, with tourists flocking to enjoy the beautiful beaches and stunning scenery. It's a hectic time for the locals, most of whom earn their living through the tourist trade. During the winter, pace of life is slower, which gives added importance to the regular football. |
Mike Green has lived on St Mary's for 26 years. He used to play. Now he is one of a small number of loyal supporters who turn up every week to watch. |
"We live together, work together and play football together. That's how it should be," he said. |
Read more on Can we play you every week? |
Today’s network edge is increasingly taking on a critical role in connecting users to the digital content and web services that they need to reach. This is driving a new approach to load balancing that starts at the edge. Powered by DNS, edge-based global load balancing (GLB) steers user traffic to destination endpoint... |
The White House plans to cut down the historic Jackson Magnolia, which has stood on the grounds since the 1800s but has decayed beyond repair, CNN reports. Offshoots from the tree will be planted in its place. |
The context: The tree is the oldest on the White House grounds and extends beyond the second floor. Per specialists at the National Arboretum, "The overall architecture and structure of the tree is greatly compromised and the tree is completely dependent on the artificial support. Without the extensive cabling system, ... |
James Cameron has been talking about a film adaptation of the manga Battle Angel Alita for a long, long time, with the science fiction action film at one point competing with Avatar to be his next project. Alas, Avatar got made first and Mr. Cameron decided to spend the rest of his life exploring every last nook and cr... |
Now that a less-preoccupied director is at the helm, Alita: Battle Angel (the new title for the film) actually looks like it could cease being a thing that Cameron occasionally mentions in-between Avatar updates and start being a thing that actually exists. They’re looking at lead actresses and everything! |
As popular as his movies are, James Cameron himself is slightly mysterious. Sure, he’ll get out to promote his work, or use his celebrity status to speak about important issues. Those occasions just don’t provide a great chance to meet the man himself. |
Which is why when James Cameron took to Reddit to do an Ask Me Anything session, it was so incredibly fascinating. He talked about his family life, songs he sings in the shower, and his preference between dogs and cats. Below, however, you won’t find any of that. Below we’ve complied the best of Cameron’s film-related ... |
James Cameron is a broken record when it comes to talking about adapting Yukito Kishiro‘s manga Battle Angel Alita. He’s been talking about the film since before 2007 but then went off and made a few billion dollars with Avatar. That meant Battle Angel was put on the back burner. Still, he keeps saying the same thing. ... |
Producer Jon Landau clarified last week that there were no plans to shoot Avatar 4 just yet, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be one coming down the line eventually. Filmmaker James Cameron has said previously that he’s considering the possibility of a fourth Avatar, and he already has a few ideas for the possible fil... |
But before that gets going, Landau says Cameron will be turning his attentions to the long-gestating Battle Angel. Read more about Cameron’s plans for the future after the jump. |
I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the Avatar business. Period. That’s it. I’m making Avatar 2, Avatar 3, maybe Avatar 4, and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. |
In short: he still wants to do the movie. |
There are many projects that have been associated with James Cameron, and until Avatar seriously went into production he had several films that seemed perpetually like they could actually move forward, or vanish altogether. They include The Dive, Project 880 / Avatar, and Battle Angel, the final one being based on the ... |
James Cameron has been talking about the possibility of an adaptation of the manga Battle Angel Alita for many years, but any actual film has remained on the distant horizon. Last year, as the release of Avatar was approaching, Cameron said he wasn’t positive he was still going to make the film, and that The Dive might... |
James Cameron has been talking about potentially remaking the manga Battle Angel Alita for some time now, but it’s always seemed like a distant reality. Now Cameron is hinting that the tech he’s developed for Avatar will be instrumental in Alita, and that the film may actually be closer than we thought. Dare we get our... |
It's only Week 2, and we're going to see a showdown between divisional rivals that could have playoff implications, a rookie quarterback debut under center and a potential statement matchup for a team that fell short in the last AFC Championship Game. |
Every contest counts in a 16-game season, so it's not an exaggeration to say these matchups hold major significance in terms of playoff seeding. One loss could cost a team home-field advantage or a postseason berth. Furthermore, a club can measure its offseason improvements in a matchup against a perennial playoff cont... |
We'll dig into the drama surrounding a star quarterback in a marquee matchup and revisit a cautionary tale for a rookie signal-caller who is making his first start in another contest. |
The Minnesota Vikings swept the Green Bay Packers in last year's season series, with quarterback Aaron Rodgers playing just eight snaps between the two contests because of a collarbone injury. |
Barring a setback, Aaron Rodgers will start at QB for the #Packers on Sunday against the #Vikings, sources tell @RapSheet and me. Still dealing with swelling and soreness in his sprained knee, but improved throughout week, practiced Saturday, impressed teammates. Go time. |
Even at less than 100 percent, Rodgers gives the Packers a fighting chance to win, but the Vikings' suffocating defense won't budge in an NFC North showdown that could help decide the division leader later in the season. |
Green Bay will have the home crowd roaring at Lambeau Field, but Minnesota's roster looks far better on paper than it did in years past. A Vikings win would put them in early command of the NFC North with a renewed confidence. |
Last year, the Buffalo Bills named rookie quarterback Nathan Peterman the starter before their Week 11 contest with the Los Angeles Chargers. His debut went sour pretty quickly. He threw five interceptions in the first half, and Tyrod Taylor took over in the third quarter. |
The Bills can only hope rookie first-rounder Josh Allen avoids disaster against the Chargers at home Sunday. The Wyoming product took the field against the Baltimore Ravens with the game well out of hand 40-0 in the third quarter in Week 1. |
Behind a leaky offensive line, Allen's mobility can compensate for poor pass protection. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes exercised his big arm against Los Angeles' secondary in Week 1, throwing four touchdown passes. The Bills don't have the perimeter weapons to threaten Los Angeles over the top, but the... |
The Chargers should be heavy favorites, but don't rule out the Bills playing competitively at home Sunday. |
The Jacksonville Jaguars led the New England Patriots 20-10 going into the fourth quarter of the 2017-18 AFC Championship Game but failed to leave Gillette Stadium with a victory. |
It's only Week 2, but it's a statement game for the Jaguars. Do they have enough to knock off a perennial Super Bowl contender? |
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