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Katy Perry Announces Additional Dates on the Hottest Tour of the Summer
Pop superstar Katy Perry has announced a series of brand-new U.S. dates on her California Dreams 2011 World Tour sponsored by Shick Quattro for Women ®. The new shows commence on September 7 following on the heels of the summer North American leg of the tour, which kicks off Stateside on June 7th in Atlanta and runs through August 14th with two shows in Katy’s Santa Barbara hometown. Katy just wrapped sold-out dates in the U.K. before heading to sold-out shows in Australia, New Zealand and Japan in May. North American dates feature a rotating group of exciting openers, including Robyn, Janelle Monáe, and Marina & The Diamonds. DJ Skeet Skeet performs on all dates.
Throughout the California Dreams Tour, Katy has been interacting with fans through social media networks. Concertgoers have been able to check in to venues using Facebook Places and Deals to receive special treats, as well as submit their Tweets via the “Tweet-to-Screen,” powered by social curation start-up Mass Relevance — giant on-stage screens that welcome fans to each show and display live fan photos and tweets (via dedicated show hashtags), giving everyone in the audience the chance to share their thoughts, excitement, and anticipation before Katy hits the stage. A mini-version of the “Tweet-to-Screen” will also appear on Katy’s tour diary (http://www.katyperry.com/tour-diary) to allow any fan anywhere in the world to participate in the excitement.
In addition, Katy has partnered with Tickets-for-Charity to offer special access to some of the best seats in the house on the California Dreams Tour. A portion of the proceeds from each purchase will benefit three charities that Katy has selected: Generosity Water, The Humane Society of the United States, and the Children’s Health Fund. To date, her fans have raised over $100,000 in charitable donations. A limited number of premium seats benefiting these great causes are available now for select tour dates on www.ticketsforcharity.com. Katy is also inviting local Red Cross representatives to her UK shows to collect donations and is donating the proceeds from a light wand sold at the shows to the Red Cross, raising over $20,000 to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
In other Katy news, “E.T.,” the fourth single off Katy’s Grammy-nominated album Teenage Dream, today ascends to the top position on Billboard’s Pop Songs chart, becoming just the third album in the 18-year history of the chart to yield a quartet of No. 1s. The song follows “California Gurls,” featuring Snoop Dogg, the title cut and “Firework” to the top of the Nielsen BDS-based mainstream top 40 radio airplay ranking. (When “E.T.” ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it has reigned the past three weeks, “Teenage Dream” similarly became only the ninth album to produce four No. 1s in the chart’s 52-year archives). The epic sci-fi music video for “E.T.,” directed by Floria Sigismondi and featuring Kanye West, premiered two weeks ago and has over 24 million views: http://www.vevo.com/watch/katy-perry/et/USCA31100006.
California Dreams Tour Dates
June 7 Atlanta, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center w/ Robyn
June 9 Orlando, FL UCF Arena w/ Robyn
June 10 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum w/ Robyn
June 11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center w/ Robyn
June 14 Raleigh, NC RBC Center w/ Robyn
June 15 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion w/ Robyn
June 17 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum w/ Robyn
June 18 Boston, MA TD Garden w/ Robyn
June 19 Newark, NJ Prudential Center w/ Robyn
June 22 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena w/ Marina & The Diamonds
June 23 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center w/ Marina & The Diamonds
June 24 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center w/ Marina & The Diamonds
June 28 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills w/ Marina & The Diamonds
June 29 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 2 Montreal, QC Bell Centre w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 3 Ottawa, ONT ScotiaBank Place w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 5 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 7 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater – Milwaukee Summerfest w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 8 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 9 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center w/ Marina & The Diamonds
July 13 Regina, SK Brandt Centre w/ Janelle Monae
July 14 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre w/ Janelle Monae
July 16 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary Stampede w/ Janelle Monae
July 17 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place w/ Janelle Monae
July 19 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
July 20 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center
July 22 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena w/ Robyn
July 23 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena w/ Robyn
July 25 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena w/ Robyn
July 26 Denver, CO 1stBank Center w/ Robyn
July 28 Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie w/ Robyn
July 29 Houston, TX Toyota Center w/ Robyn
July 30 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center w/ Robyn
August 3 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre w/ Robyn
August 5 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre LA Live w/ Robyn
August 9 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
August 12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
August 13 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
August 17 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
August 19 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena w/ Janelle Monae
August 20 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center w/ Janelle Monae
September 7 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center w/ Janelle Monae
September 8 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena w/ Janelle Monae
September 10 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Arena w/ Janelle Monae
September 11 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena w/ Janelle Monae
September 13 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Arena w/ Janelle Monae
September 14 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse w/ Janelle Monae
September 16 Omaha, NE Qwest Center w/ Janelle Monae
September 17 Tulsa, OK BOK Center w/ Janelle Monae
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FAU celebrates Jewish culture 2015
By Recorded Sound Archives, February 12, 2015 4:27 pm
7th Annual Kultur Celebration
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Festival Highlights
Klezmer Company Orchestra
FAU – Carole & Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium, Boca Raton, FL
Sun, Mar 1, 2015 03:00 PM
Aaron Kula leads KCO in vintage Klezmer melodies re-mixed …more
Great Jewish Composers of the 20th Century
FAU – Wimberly Library, Boca Raton, FL
Tue, Mar 3, 2015 02:00 PM
Discover musical treasures featuring iconic Jewish composers …more
Moroccan Soul with Aaron Bensoussan
Thu, Mar 5, 2015 07:30 PM
Listen to a unique soulful mix of genres including Judao Moro …more
Jewish Melodies in Jazztime – Brian Potts Vibraphone Quartet
Sat, Mar 7, 2015 07:30 PM
Vibraphonist Brian Potts brings his accomplished jazz quartet …more
General Interest, Jazz Collection, Judaic Collection, Popular entertainment | Aaron Bensoussan, Aaron Kula, Brian Potts Vibraphone Quartet, Jewish composers, KCO, klezmer, Klezmer Company Orchestra
By Recorded Sound Archives, February 10, 2014 10:46 am
March 1 – 8, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m
Film: “Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness”
Chock full of humor, this documentary film explores the rebellious life of Sholem Aleichem as he experiences the tug of war between nostalgia and a modern Jewish identity.
Sunday, March 2, 2014 @ 3:00 p.m.
Klezmer Company Orchestra — ¡Jubano Jazz!
Energetic arrangements of Klezmer melodies fused with Latin percussion, Argentinean Tango and Afro-Cuban dance beats and revitalized classic songs from the Yiddish theatre.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m.
Martin Bookspan Reminisces: My famous musical friends
Renowned PBS commentator of Live from Lincoln Center, Martin Bookspan is also a noted author, and the well-known host for live radio broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. He shares personal stories and photographs about his friendships with legends such as Serge Koussevitzky, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Jan Pierce, Richard Tucker and Michael Tilson Thomas. Presented in conjunction with the Judaica Sound Archives.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m.
Leonard Lehrman, pianist and Helene Williams, soprano, return to Kultur Festival with guest cantors from New York City: soprano Faith Steinsnyder and tenor David Perper performing a unique concert of “Jewish Opera” in various languages. Highlights include excerpts of Halévy’s famous La Juive, Spektor’s Lady of the Castle, Mandelbaum’s The Village, Blitzstein/Lehrman’s Tales of Malamud, and arias by Goldfaden.
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Frieze Viewing Room to Launch with Frieze New York 2020
8 May 2020 to 15 May 2020
• Over 200 galleries from across the globe will present major works by established and emerging artists in a virtual gallery space
• Frieze Viewing Room to feature Frieze New York’s curated sections, as well as special presentations by Collective Design and Acute Art
• Using augmented reality (AR) technology, the Frieze Viewing Room gives users the ability to view artworks in their own space
Today Frieze reveals details of the debut of Frieze Viewing Room, an ambitious new digital initiative that will launch with an online edition of Frieze New York. The mobile app and web-based platform will be live May 8–15, 2020, with an invitation-only preview May 6–7, and will offer visitors the opportunity to enter over 200 virtual viewing room spaces. Frieze Viewing Room builds on Frieze’s longstanding commitment to expanding and diversifying audiences by connecting galleries, artists, curators and collectors from around the world. The launch edition of the Frieze Viewing Room is supported by global lead partner Deutsche Bank, continuing a shared commitment to artistic excellence.
The inaugural edition of Frieze Viewing Room will showcase an extraordinary cross-section of artwork, from today’s most exciting emerging artists to pioneering figures of the 20th century. With the use of augmented reality (AR) technology, the Viewing Room will offer users the ability to virtually view artworks, such as paintings or photographs, to-scale and upon their own walls.
The venture will present artworks intended to be shown at Frieze New York 2020 as well as digital versions of the fair’s curated gallery sections:
• Spotlight is a showcase of solo exhibitions of work by pioneering figures of the 20th century and is curated by Laura Hoptman (Executive Director of the Drawing Center, New York).
• Frame is dedicated to solo artist projects presented by emerging galleries that have been active for 10 years or less and, for the first time, is overseen by Laura McLean-Ferris (Swiss Institute, New York) and gallerist Olivia Barrett (Château Shatto, Los Angeles).
• Focus is dedicated to exhibitors that have been operating for 15 years or less and whose programs represent the vanguard of contemporary art.
• Diálogos is a celebration of Latin American, Latino, LatinX Artists. Rodrigo Moura (Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York) joins returning curators Patrick Charpenel (Director, El Museo del Barrio, New York) and Susanna V. Temkin (Curator, El Museo del Barrio, New York).
• Chicago Tribute is an homage to the pioneering women artists of Chicago, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of women’s right to vote. Curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm (Director and Chief Curator, DePaul Art Museum), who was recently named ‘Chicagoan of the Year’ by the Chicago Tribune.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to explore Frieze New York’s feature exhibitions, including design objects curated by Libby Sellers in collaboration with Collective Design, and a presentation by Daniel Birnbaum and Acute Art.
Loring Randolph, Director of Frieze New York, said: ‘We are so thrilled to unveil the first edition of Frieze Viewing Room by showcasing Frieze New York 2020. It was always intended that this initiative would debut alongside this year’s edition of Frieze New York, and under our current circumstances, our launch has become even more timely. Visitors to the platform will find this year’s exciting programming, including our sections that highlight artists of Latin descent and female artists of Chicago, and our curated presentations with Collective Design and Acute Art. While the Viewing Room could never replace the meaningful connections that come from being with each other physically or experiencing an artwork in person, I hope that this digital version of Frieze New York will inspire our community to come together in the same way our fair does - in support of artists, galleries and non-profits from around the world.’
Victoria Siddall, Global Director of Frieze fairs added: ‘Our original aim in developing Frieze Viewing Room, when we embarked on this more than six months ago, was to create an online platform that would support and celebrate galleries at every level and engage the same audiences we bring to our fairs. We are now delighted to use this initiative to showcase the galleries who would have been at Frieze New York and the works they would have shown there – the quality of work will match that of our fairs and the curated content will be innovatively presented in this new sphere. For the future, we are excited to see how this initiative can expand the potential of our support for galleries and artists.’
Galleries will be able to add up to 30 artworks to their digital space on Frieze Viewing Room alongside video and text, to share information about their featured works and artists. Each two-dimensional wall-based work featured on the platform can be viewed to-scale in a virtual viewing room space and in full-screen detail. Three-dimensional works, including sculptures and installations, will be able to be viewed as images or videos that move a viewer around each work. Video artworks will also be able to be uploaded. Visitors will be able to search for works by artist, price, medium, gallery and section, amongst other fields, and browse the galleries high-resolution images and videos, to learn more about each piece or artist and and make enquiries directly to the gallery.
To keep up to date on all the latest news from Frieze, sign up to our newsletter at frieze.com, and follow @FriezeArtFair on Instagram, Twitter and Frieze Art Fairs on Facebook. #FriezeArtFair #FriezeVR
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The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told: Go Paleo Now, Ask Me How
Sep 6, 2018 11:50:34 AM
by Uncle Geddy
Many years ago, practically no one in our family had a weight problem. That was because they lived on the frontier where all there was to eat was fish.
My typical ancestor, from the 1730s to the 1930s, subsisted on fish for breakfast, fish for lunch and fish for supper. One of my great-great uncles survived a winter because a storm dumped fish on his farm.
Our ancestors had one hobby they passed down generation to generation. They called it Manifest Destiny and it involved a lot of trout and perch. After 200 years they mostly just picked at their food.
In fact, when I was a kid no one got scolded for slipping fish under the table. I'd pawn off half a trout on the dog, the dog would slip it to the cat, the cat would pass it to the parakeet and we all got along.
When my forefathers became involved in the lumber industry there was more to eat. The trees out here have what we call a cambium layer. Peel back the bark and dig in. I'm not suggesting my ancestors ate cambium, but bears did. If there was a bear caught in the headlights of Manifest Destiny, it was going in the pot. Still, our family and a lot of other families didn't have weight problems.
After the fur traders came the Early Europeans. They got this name because they were early for every appointment. They were early to the Boston Tea Party, they were early to the War of 1812 and they were even early to the Battle of the Little Bighorn which consumed a great many calories.
Don't get me wrong, they wanted to eat, but all they had was hard tack, which was made from flour, water and salt. It was so hard that by the time they were done pounding it with the butts of their rifles to soften it up, the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne had shot them full of arrows.
If the early Europeans had been better planners they would have traded hard tack to the Indians for bison meat and saved a lot of trouble. Fortunately, the later Europeans came along on the railroad and saved their bacon.
Many of these later Europeans brought hogs and fattened them up on scraps of hard tack left laying around by the early Europeans. It was only then our ancestors began to put on weight.
Now a lot of descendants of those Europeans make their homes on what used to be the frontier. Texas, for example, has an obesity problem. A recent report says 66.8 percent of Texans are overweight.
In a similar study in Alaska, 65 percent of adults were overweight, so the obvious conclusion is a person who wants to lose weight should move to a small state like Rhode Island.
To figure out whether you are overweight, calculate your sex and maturity and locate your ideal weight on this helpful chart:
SEX IDEAL WEIGHT
Child 62 pounds
Female 120 pounds
Female with child 182 pounds
Female with enhancements 126 pounds
Male 160 pounds
Male with child 222 pounds
Male with enhancements 166 pounds
If you weigh more than you should, you might try to disguise it.
Many experts recommend vertical stripes and wearing black. Examples can be found in the animal kingdom. No one would ever describe a zebra as obese. And no one would ever describe a black bear as fat, at least not to its face. Think about how hard it is to field-judge a black bear. If that bear was wearing polka dots, it wouldn't be an issue.
My point is you can't really hide an overweight problem, which means eventually you must go on a diet.
Before embarking on a weight-loss program, you should consult your health care professional who has been telling you for years to lose weight.
The principle at work in a diet plan is to cut down on the number of calories you eat and to ramp up the number of calories you burn.
A calorie is simply a unit of value for measuring heat. I am not making this up. Heat is what you get when you turn up the burner beneath a deep fryer.
To understand how a diet works, you have to understand how your body digests food. The process starts the moment you open the door of a fast food restaurant and inhale the aroma of a batch of chicken nuggets. Mmmmm-mmmm. You want the 20-piece with the ranch dip and the barbecue dip and the honey mustard.
The trick is to know which dipping sauces are good for which parts of the body. It has to do with the color of the sauce and the color of the organ. If you dipped the chicken nugget in ketchup, that bit of food nourishes your heart. If you dip it in ranch, it contributes to your hair and nails. If you dip the nugget in honey mustard, your sinus health improves. Dip something in hummus and it is good for the brain. Dip a chicken nugget in barbecue sauce, you start digging new country music.
If your body gets too much of any one dipping sauce, it turns the nutrients to fat. In fairness to your body, it intends to use the fat later, for various projects to which it is committed, like ending poverty. Generally it just sits there and thinks of excuses.
Diets work when you eat things that are so disgusting, your gag reflex tells your brain to go ahead and use fat it has been storing up. You eat rice crisps for seven days and then binge on a box of Snickers.
A better way to lose weight is to go on a scientific program like the Paleo Diet, which takes its name from the Paleolithic era, a period that lasted 2.5 million years.
Follow these guidelines:
1. Take a picture of yourself in a bathing suit
2. Eat foods high in fat, moderate in animal protein and low in carbohydrates (carbs are found in foods composed of sugars and starches with generous amounts of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen - think fried Twinkies).
3. No fried Twinkies
4. Eat olive oil, avocado and macadamia oils, especially over salad
5. Eat red meat, poultry, pork, eggs, organs, especially fatty cuts
6. Eat generous amounts of fresh or frozen vegetables, raw and served with fat
7. Eat small amounts of berries and nuts
8. Cut out cereal grains, beans and rice
9. Cut out sugars, soft drinks and juices
10. Cut out dairy products other than butter
11. Floss after cambium
12. Take a picture of Charlize Theron in a bathing suit, put your picture on her body then send it to the publisher of this blog
13. If none of that stuff works, eat fish
In fact, the Paleo Lifestyle could be thought of in terms of what a bear would eat if it was eating healthy, not knocking over garbage cans.
Think wild onions in olive oil. Fresh greens in macadamia oil. Steaks on the grill. A blueberry for dessert. Between meals, think in terms of how a bear would exercise. Swim across a lake, climb a hill on all fours, paw through a marmot burrow, tip over all the garbage cans on your street.
I'm sure this weight loss program works, because I Googled weight-loss Paleo results and there were a lot of women in bikinis. Google has a reputation to uphold and accuracy standards to maintain, which is more than you can say about this column.
About the Author: Uncle Geddy is actually Gary Lewis, an award-winning author, TV host, speaker and photographer. He has hunted and fished in eight countries on three continents and in the islands of the South Pacific. Born and raised in the Northwest, he has been walking forest trails and running rivers for as long as he can remember. He is a past president of the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association and a recipient of NOWA’s Enos Bradner and Legacy awards. Lewis has penned over 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles. His credits include Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Rifle, Successful Hunter, African Hunting Gazette, Covey Rise, Cabela's Outfitter Journal, Game & Fish and MDF.Lewis is host of Frontier Unlimited, a TV show. He is the author of 16 books, including FISHING Central Oregon, John Nosler Going Ballistic, Hunting Oregon and Fishing Mount Hood Country.
Lewis lives in Central Oregon. With his wife of 31 years, Merrilee, he has three daughters, all accomplished hunters and anglers. Visit garylewisoutdoors.com.
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Riders Media - 20th January 2021
Rocks game now on Sky
We are delighted to confirm Leicester Riders game against Glasgow Rocks this Sunday will now be played in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
Both teams will travel to Worcester to play the game ahead of the BBL Cup Final after it has been announced that the WBBL final has been postponed.
The game will now tip-off at 1pm.
Rob Paternostro’s side will also be in Worcester on Friday night when they face Worcester Wolves at 7pm – available to watch on the Worcester Wolves YouTube channel.
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Leicester Riders bounced back again, this time from Cup semi-final defeat to Newcastle Eagles, with a solid 82-70 win at the Plymouth Raiders in the BBL Championship.
In doing so, Riders set a new BBL record, with their 31st consecutive victory over Plymouth, the longest winning streak between two clubs. The last time Raiders beat the Riders was in 2012.
They did so thanks to an extraordinary set of performances from their two point guards, with Geno Crandall scoring 18 points, while pulling down 17 rebounds and dishing out 8 assists, one of the top efforts in the BBL this season. Crandall added in a steal and a block for good measure.
Conner Washington top scored with 21 points, including 4 three pointers, and also added 7 rebounds and 3 assists. The guards had to step up because forward William Lee picked up early fouls and only managed 10 minutes on court, as did captain Darien Nelson-Henry, with Riders two big men managing just 7 points and 3 rebounds between them.
There was little between the teams in the first half. Crandall was immediately into the action, scoring two early baskets with some mesmerising dribbling to create space, and a Lee three had the scores tied on 8 points after four minutes. But Riders were also a little sloppy with the ball with four early turnovers, and both teams were struggling to score. Four points from GB International Ashley Hamilton, who had a very subdued game, thanks to pressure defence from Riders, helped Raiders to their biggest lead of the game at 16-10, but Scottish International Ali Fraser came off the bench and immediately provided a match-up problem for the Raiders. Fine work from Fraser and Zach Jackson got Riders back to level pegging, before Leicester born Elliott Sentence hit a three at the end of the first quarter to give the home side a narrow first quarter lead, 21-18.
Conner Washington levelled the score at the start of the second period with a three, but Mike Morsell, who scored 26 points against Riders a week ago, started to impose himself on the game, and slowly the Raiders got on top, leading 31-25 with four minutes left in the first half. But Fraser again came off the bench to work his magic inside and Riders went on a 9-2 run to go up 34-31. A late score for Chris Porter-Bunton left the game in the balance at half-time with Riders just edging it 34-33.
In the last game between these teams the third quarter proved decisive for Leicester, but it was the Raiders who had the better start this time with a Morsell three pushing them to a 41-38 lead. But that was quickly cancelled by a Jamell Anderson three, and that was followed quickly by a three from Washington.
This triggered the crucial spell of the game, as Riders wound up the defensive pressure full court, turned over the Raiders twice in the back court, and had easy scores. That gave Riders a 48-41 lead with just over two minutes left in the quarter, and the Raiders were reeling. Porter-Bunton steadied the ship but a three-point play by Anderson and another fine play inside by Jackson had Riders well on top at the third quarter break, leading 53-48.
The game stayed tight early in the final period, but Crandall and Washington were playing their double act, and a three from Washington was matched by a driving lay-up from Crandall, and another jumper from Washington had Riders 66-57 clear midway with five minutes left. When Jackson hit another two the Raiders were forced to a time-out. But that sparked a burst of scoring from the visitors with Jackson and Washington hitting threes, and after that there was no way back for the Raiders.
As well as Riders deadly duo in the backcourt, Jackson caught the eye with 18 points, but it was Riders smothering defence that kept Raiders powerful offence in check, with only three home players managing double figure points, as Raiders shot just 38% from the floor.
Morsell 17, Porter-Bunton 12, Hamilton 10, Ochereobia 9, Mcgill 9, Sentence 6, Beisty 3, Dusha 2, Neighbour 2, Neziri, Ubiaro, Walker
Washington 21, Crandall 18, Jackson 18, Fraser 12, Anderson 6, Lee 5, Nelson-Henry 2, Johnson, Falzon, Ndoukou, Hedley, Jimenez
TikTok has today partnered with the British Basketball League and Basketball England to launch the #BritishBasketball hashtag challenge and showcase the best of British basketball.
In what is the first ever basketball focused campaign on TikTok in the UK, the BBL and Basketball England are inviting basketball lovers to share their best basketball tricks, skills and content on TikTok. TikTok Creators will have access to exclusive behind-the-scenes content from professional clubs including Leicester Riders – @ridersbball.
“Our team have been using TikTok to share basketball content to a new audience and we’ve been encouraged to see it getting a great response,” said Basketball England Marketing and Communications director Anthony Jepson.
“We’re excited to be working with TikTok to showcase #BritishBasketball and the talent in the BBL to people not only in the UK but across the world. From the hustle of training to the thrill of gameday, TikTok allows us and our clubs a unique and direct way to share with our fans and communities. We’ve also loved seeing great basketball content shared by fans and creators from the basketball community and cannot wait to see what they share on the hashtag to celebrate the sport we love!,” said Selina Conroy, British Basketball League’s Head of Communications
Professional players including Jamell Anderson, William Lee, Geno Crandall, Conner Washington, Aaron Falzon, and Corey Johnson are also on the platform and all set to be giving an insight into what it’s like being a pro basketball player in the UK.
“We’re seeing great videos being shared by fans, content-makers and teams across the sport and would encourage everyone who loves the game in Britain, whether your thing is NBL, BBL, the national teams or up-and-coming young talent, to use the hashtag to celebrate it,” Jepson said.
With more than 31 billion video views, #basketball has cemented itself as one of the most popular sports on TikTok and #BritishBasketball is on the rise with numerous clubs from the BBL joining the platform.
Do you love basketball and want to show off your best slam dunks? Join in the fun and post your videos on #BritishBasketball.
Where to watch tonight…
With ongoing technical work at Plymouth Pavilions, a decision has been made not to live stream the game on BBL Player platform. Instead the game will be available for FREE on the Plymouth Raiders facebook page.
We value the Riders support as ever and hopefully the solution agreed with Plymouth & the league allows for you, our loyal supporters, to watch the game this evening – tip is 7.30pm.
We will also be keeping our twitter page @ridersbball up-to-date with all the usual updates throughout the game.
Next week, service will be back to normal with a double-header to look forward to. Worcester on Friday 22nd, which will be available to watch for FREE on their YouTube page. Saturday’s home game with Glasgow Rocks will be available on bblplayer.co.uk .
Preview: Riders at Raiders
The Leicester Riders head down to the South West to take on the Plymouth Raiders for the second time in just over a week as the Riders look for a record breaking victory over the Raiders.
Season So Far – Riders
In their previous game, the Riders disappointingly exited the BBL Cup in the semi-final, in a close-fought game against the Newcastle Eagles. They now turn their attention back to the BBL Championship, where they sit third with three games in hand on the leaders. Leicester currently hold a 4-1 record, bouncing back from their only loss by beating the Plymouth Raiders 77-71. Geno Crandall continued his emphatic start to his debut season for Leicester, with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Crandall, who took North Dakota to the NCAA tournament as a sophomore in college, has averaged 20 points through his last four games and will look to continue his good form in this one.
Season So Far – Raiders
Starting their season 5-1 to top their BBL Group, the Raiders enjoyed a successful start to their 2020-21 campaign. Subsequently, they were knocked out of the competition by the London Lions, but have equalled last season’s points tally of six in the BBL Championship after just eight games. Plymouth have kept their games competitive, with each of their five losses finishing within single digits. However, despite the hot start to the season, the Raiders enter this game in the midst of a cold streak, losing four of their last five games. Their most recent game was the first of a back to back against the Riders, which they lost 77-71. Mike Morsell led the team’s scoring effort in his debut for Plymouth with 26 points, after averaging 15 points a game with the Newcastle Eagles last season.
Earning Premier Logistics player of the game in his last two matches, Geno Crandall is on red hot form going into this tie. ‘General Geno’ has merited his nickname early in the season, leading the Riders in assists per game with five. His ball-handling is second to no-one in the BBL, allowing him to create offence for himself and his teammates by driving to the hoop and finishing at the rim, or using his elite passing ability to find an open teammate. In the pick and roll, Crandall uses screens masterfully, before exploiting the mismatch on larger defenders or dishing to the cutting screener. However, he is at his most dangerous in transition, using his speed and vision to attack the recovering defences. With the like of high-flying forward William Lee running the floor alongside him, highlight plays are a near guarantee when Crandall runs the fastbreak.
Mike Morsell played his first game for the Raiders in their most recent game, showcasing the talent he brings to the South coast right off the bat. He had 26 points and seven rebounds, draining five threes in the process. After playing four years in the NCAA division one for Towson, averaging 14 points a game, Morsell signed his first professional contract in Finland’s first division, to play for Kobrat, before moving on to the Newcastle Eagles. He averaged 15 points per game for the Eagles before the season was cut short. Morsell is a great three-point shooter, averaging 40% from deep last season. This opens up the lane for him, where he uses his strength and quickness to get to the rim and finish through contact. Morsell has made an immediate impact on the Raiders, and his scoring from the wing will help them build on their 3-5 record.
This game is the second of a back to back, with the Riders taking the first 77-71. The win tied the BBL record for a head-to-head winning streak, making it 30 on the bounce. Geno Crandall filled up the box score from the point, getting 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists. While he only shot 33% from the field, Crandall made 10 of his 12 free-throws to earn him the player of the game award. Meanwhile, Mike Morsell showed out in his first game for Plymouth, scoring 26 points and grabbing 7 rebounds. The Riders will hope for a win in this one to make it 31 consecutive wins against the Raiders, breaking the BBL record.
Riders fall to Eagles in BBL Cup Semi Final
Leicester Riders are out of the BBL Cup after a hard fought and intense semi-final, edged out by arch-rivals Newcastle Eagles, 76-71, at the Morningside Arena.
Nothing separated the sides through three quarters of the match, but a huge three by Eagles American forward Justin Gordon gave the visitors a 73-70 lead with just under two minutes left in the game, and Riders could not find a way back, missing four shots in the final two minutes.
The Eagles now progress to the Final against London Lions who are through without playing against a Covid hit Manchester Giants.
The Eagles started the game on fire, setting up their big men, Evan Maxwell and Gordon, inside for easy baskets, capped by a Cortez Edwards three to put them 7 nil on top. But William Lee responded with a dunk off an assist by Geno Crandall and Riders went on an 8 to nil run of their own. At this stage, the defences were dominating between two teams who are very familiar with each other, and it took Crandall to weave his magic to keep Riders in touch in spite of a few loose passes. At the first quarter break there was nothing between the teams, tied on fourteen points apiece.
The second period followed the pattern of the first, with Eagles dominating inside and a Corey Johnson three was more than cancelled out by successive threes by Maxwell and Drew Lasker.
Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro was forced to an early timeout trailing 28-19 with still 6 minutes in the half. That did the trick, as Darien Nelson Henry immediately rattled off 6 points in a row in a Riders 11-2 run that got the scores tied on 30 with three minutes left. Crandall then weaved his way inside for a basket, followed by another Johnson three, but a jump shot by Edwards gave the Eagles the narrowest leads at halftime at 37-36, with the game still finely balanced.
The offences started to get some traction in the third period with both teams pushing the ball up the court quicker and finding the gaps. William Lee and Nelson-Henry combined well inside, but 6 feet 10 inch Maxwell was causing all sorts of problems for Riders inside, as he benefited from a number of Edward’s passes. Another Johnson three got Riders within 2 at 49-47 down but Edwards hit back with a three of his own. Another Lee dunk got Riders back in front 52-51 forcing the Eagles to a timeout. Crandall then hit six points on the spin for the Riders but a breakaway basket from youngster Eddie Matthews helped Eagles stay just in front 62-60 at the third quarter break.
It stayed nip and tuck in the final quarter but successive baskets by Maxwell followed by a driving lay-up by Edwards got Eagles 68-64 clear with five minutes left.
Nelson Henry and Lee then then combined well inside for baskets, and a Crandall lay-up got the scores to 70 all. Gordon hit the three with less than two minutes to go, and then Crandall missed a free throw and Riders were chasing the game. They had their chances in the final minute but could not convert.
In a game dominated by defences Lee gave another solid performance with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Crandall top scored with 17 points and added 5 assists. But the Riders struggled from behind the three point line making just 4 of 16, and their turnovers at 16 were double that of the Eagles and proved the decisive factor. Maxwell top scored in the game with 19 points.
Crandall 17, Jackson 12, Nelson-Henry 12, Lee 12, Johnson 11, Fraser 4, Anderson 3
Maxwell 19, Edwards 18, Gordon 15, Pflueger 5, Fletcher 4, Sayers 4, Defoe 4, Lasker, Adenekan 2, Matthews 2
Preview: Riders v Eagles
The Leicester Riders take on the Newcastle Eagles on Tuesday Evening as the two sides do battle for a place in the BBL Cup Final later this month.
The Riders’ stared their 2020/21 campaign by easing through the ‘group of death’, qualifying to the knockout stages with a game to spare. Leicester won and lost to each team in the group, resting their starters in the last game against the Sheffield Sharks, a luxury they earned through their early qualification. The Riders kicked off the knockout stages by convincingly beating the Glasgow Rocks 93-59. They led wire to wire in the tie, leading 51-26 at halftime. Corey Johnson led the scoring for the Riders, dropping 20 points and shooting 42% from three.
Season So Far – Eagles
Like the Riders, the Eagles enjoyed a comfortable group stage in the ‘group of death’. They topped the group, finishing with the best offensive record in the Cup, averaging 90 points per game. Newcastle have had great success on the road, as they’re 3-0 as the away team in the competition so far. They beat the Bristol Flyers 72-64 in the first round of the knockouts, despite a late Flyers fourth quarter comeback to cut a 17 point deficit to 8. Evan Maxwell led the scoring for Newcastle, scoring 22 points to pair with seven rebounds. The 6’10” center is capable of stretching the floor, shooting 35% from three in the BBL Cup, and is a presence on the glass averaging 8 rebounds a game.
Corey Johnson has led the team in scoring through the BBL Cup campaign so far, averaging 16 points a game. He’s been red hot from deep, shooting 45% from three, and is yet to miss a free-throw, going 7-7 at the line. Johnson has scored 20 points in three of the six games he’s played in the competition, with a total of 17 rebounds in those games also. The 6’5” wing shot 37% from deep at Havard College, and averaged 12 points a game in his first season with the Riders. Johnson is capable of catching fire on any given night to put up big numbers offensively.
2 time BBL MVP Rahmon Fletcher is playing his sixth season for the Eagles, and is running the point to great effect. He is an excellent facilitator, leading the team in assists with 10 a game. Fletcher has a complete playmaking arsenal, capable of making any pass and opening up defences with crafty handles. He uses his exceptional speed paired with his handles to beat defenders and get to the hoop, and despite standing at 5’10”, Fletcher is adept at finishing at the rim over taller defenders. Off the ball, Fletcher spaces the floor for his teammates with his outside shooting, averging 48% from three in the BBL Cup. His complete offensive game will pose a challenge for Leicester if Fletcher controls the game like he is capable of doing.
The Riders and the Eagles have met twice already this season, both times in the BBL Cup group stage. Both teams won a game each, with Leicester taking the most recent game 82-88. There was just one point between the teams with 5:44 on the clock in the final quarter, before Leicester went on a 18-13 run to end the game. Geno Crandall led the way for the Riders with a 20 point performance, while Rex Pflueger put up a season high 21 points for Newcastle.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game by purchasing a pass from BBL Player.
BBL Statement
In accordance with the BBL Secure Play protocols and Covid-19 rule amendments, there are changes to the BBL Cup Semi-Finals scheduled for Tuesday 12 January 2021 due to Covid-19 implications.
Due to a number of players having to self-isolate, Manchester Giants are unable to fulfil their fixture against London Lions and have unfortunately had to forfeit the game. The forfeiture means London Lions have an automatic bye to the Final on 24 January.
In a related move, with Manchester unable to fulfil their fixture, the semi-final between Leicester Riders and Newcastle Eagles will now be held at the Morningside Arena on Tuesday 12 January. The game will tip-off at 5pm and shown live on BBL Player. The venue was decided via a remote random draw by the League central office with representatives from Leicester and Newcastle present to witness the draw.
Riders Media - 8th January 2021
Riders bounce back with a tough win in Plymouth
Leicester Riders bounced back from their heart-breaking defeat against London on Sunday with a hard fought 77-71 victory on the road at Plymouth Raiders in the BBL Championship. Riders needed a strong defensive performance in the third quarter to set up the win and held off strong pressure from Plymouth late in the game.
It was Riders thirtieth consecutive victory over the Raiders, tying an all-time BBL record in head-to-head matchups. The result improves Riders record to 4 wins with a single defeat.
Riders got their inside game going early on through centre and captain Darien Nelson-Henry, but fell behind 12-6 midway through the first period, as Raiders GB international Ashley Hamilton took advantage from the free throw line. But Aaron Falzon came off the bench to hit a three and spark a Riders revival, as they went on an 11-2 run, including baskets from William Lee and Conner Washington, and capped by four points in a row from Geno Crandall, to push Riders 15-12 clear. American guard Mike Morsell was keeping the Raiders in touch with fine long range shooting and at the first quarter break Riders led just 19-16.
Ali Fraser came off the bench to get Riders going in the second period, but then the two teams hit a purple patch shooting-wise with Crandall hitting a three, and long-range jump shot, which was matched by consecutive three pointers by Morsell and a long range shot from point guard Ricky Mcgill. Another driving lay -up by Hamilton forced Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro to a timeout as Raiders edged in front 30-29. Zach Jackson suddenly found his shooting touch on consecutive plays and then Ali Fraser did the same, but a basket off an offensive rebound by Michael Ochereobia kept Raiders just in front at half-time 38-37.
Riders turned up the defensive intensity in the third period, and Nelson-Henry again was to the fore under the basket, converting some easy makes to push Riders clear 46-40. Riders were starting to control the boards and fine play by Jamell Anderson and a three by Corey Johnson got Riders lead out to double figures, leading 53-43 with three minutes left in the third quarter. Riders had a solid lead at 59-48 with a ten minutes left, as they dominated the third quarter 22-10.
The Raiders immediately bounced back at the start of the final period with Hamilton starting to impose himself offensively and another Morsell three cut Riders lead to 64-59 with five minutes left in the game.
Morsell hit yet another long range three to cut Riders lead to 68-64 with two and a half minutes left, forcing Riders to another time-out. A three-point play by Morsell further cut Riders lead to just one point, but then fine play by Crandall, and a put back dunk by Lee, edged Riders out to 71-67 with a minute left. Crandall found his way to the basket for a dunk and then the Riders held their nerve from the free throw line to secure a well-deserved victory.
Crandall impressed again, although he was not at his very best, finishing with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Ali Fraser had one of his best games for Riders, with 12 points and 5 rebounds in 17 minutes of play, while there was a welcome return to offensive efficiency by Nelson-Henry with 13 points on 60% shooting. The Raiders Morsell top scored in the game with 26 points, including 5 three-pointers.
Morsell 26, Hamilton 17, Ochereobia 10, Mcgill 7, Porter-Bunton 6, Ubiaro 4, Neighbour 1
Crandall 19, Nelson-Henry 13, Fraser 12, Johnson 9, Jackson 6, Lee 5, Washington 5, Falzon 5, Anderson 3
The Riders return to action on Tuesday Evening when they take on the Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup Semi Final in Manchester.
The Riders suffered their first loss of the BBL Championship season in their most recent game, losing 73-74 to the London Lions. Leicester came off the back of a two-week break between games and shot just 38% from the field in a low scoring affair. Despite this, they took the Lions to the final play of the game before falling to 3-1 to start the season. They still boast the best defensive record in the league, holding opponents to 70 points a game on average. University of Alabama graduate William Lee leads the team in points, rebounds, blocks and steals early in the season, making his presence known on both ends. The Riders sit fourth in the standings, with two games in hand on the teams above.
Plymouth started their season in emphatic fashion, topping their BBL Cup group while losing just one of the six games. Since then, the Raiders have equalled the three wins they had last season after just seven games, starting 3-4. While Plymouth has lost four games to start the season, every game they’ve played has been closely contested. Just one of the seven games has been won by double digits, a 14 point win for the Raiders against the Worchester Wolves. They’ve had great success crashing the offensive glass, pulling down a dominant 31% of offensive rebounds per game. Michael Ochereobia leads the way in this category, pulling down two a game. The 6’8” center averaged 8.5 rebounds a game for the Cheshire Phoenix last season and has four years experience playing in the NCAA first division.
Coming to the Riders from the Iowa Wolves in the G-League in the offseason, William Lee’s hot start to the season has led to him averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds, which leads the team. The University of Alabama’s all-time leading shot-blocker also leads the Riders in blocks and steals, dominating on both ends. The 6’9” big man’s athleticism is the key to his game, as it enables him to attack the rim, swat away shots and grab rebounds at a high rate. Lee also has an effect on the defensive end which doesn’t show up in the box score, using his 6’11” wingspan to cut passing lanes and disrupt opposing offences.
After averaging 12 points a game in the Spanish second division last year, Ashley Hamilton has made an immediate impact on the Raiders this season. The 6’7” forward, who played four years for NCAA division one side Loyola Marymount in college, is averaging 20 points through his first seven games in the BBL Championship, leading the team. Hamilton is an athletic wing, who uses his speed and strength to get to the basket with ease. The lane to the basket has been opened up for him early in the season, as he has been hot from three, shooting 41% from deep. His game-high this season came against the London Lions, as he dropped 31 points. In typical fashion, Hamilton attacked the rim, getting to the free-throw line 14 times in the game and making 69% of his shots from the field.
These two teams last faced in the BBL Championship last season, and it was the Riders who took the victory, winning 90-74. Leicester’s ball movement was excellent in the game, doubling their opponent’s assist totals. Darien Nelson-Henry had 16 points off of 80% shooting, going 8-10 from the field. The Riders have won the last 28 fixtures against the Raiders, with the last Plymouth win dating back to the 1st April 2012. Leicester will hope to extend this winning streak in this one.
New Flyers date confirmed
Riders game against Bristol Flyers, postponed from December, will now take place on Wednesday 10th February 2021 at 7pm.
Last time the sides met in front of the Sky Sports cameras, Leicester winning 85-73.
Our final league game versus the Flyers will come at the end of March (27th) down in Bristol.
Riders handed first league defeat by Lions
Leicester Riders saw victory snatched from them in a mad last minute, as they were beaten by London Lions 74-73 Sunday evening in the BBL Championship at the Morningside Arena. Riders were 5 points clear at 73-68 with just a minute left in the game as they looked to preserve their unbeaten start in the Championship.
They were looking good for the victory with the Lions struggling to get any penetration on offence. But then a stray pass was intercepted by Dirk Williams at mid court for a breakaway dunk, and that was followed by a Lions steal on the subsequent inbounds play to give them another easy layup. When Riders could not score on their possession, the Lions came down and Orlando Parker hit the twelve-foot jumper to wrench the game from Riders. A last second attempt from Corey Johnson to steal back the game for Riders fell short.
The start of the match was delayed by two hours after the Lions were caught up in a traffic accident on the M1. But both teams shrugged off the delays early on, with Corey Johnson opening his account with a three with the first shot of the game, matched by Lions GB star Justin Robinson. When Johnson hit another three it looked like it was going to be a shooting fest, but then the defences started to take over. The Lions were getting good movement inside from ex-Rider Chris Taiwah. An Orlando Parker three edged London in front 12-8, but Washington came off the bench to draw a couple of fouls and hit a big three. With seconds left in the first quarter Riders worked the ball beautifully to the corner to Jamell Anderson for a three, to tie the game at 19 after 10 minutes.
The Lions came out on fire in the second period as Kevin Ware and ex-NBA star Deandre Liggins combined, and a Liggins three was followed by Dirk Williams making three points from the free throw line giving London a 35-22 lead and forcing Riders to a time-out, with four minutes gone. That did the trick as Riders went on an eleven to nil run with William Lee converting six points and Geno Crandall dazzling with his ball handling. The Lions were then forced to a timeout and they responded with consecutive threes by Dirk Williams and Jules Dang Akodo to push Lions lead back to 41-33, forcing Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro to another time-out. That again worked the magic and a three point play off an offensive rebound by Crandall, and a scintillating assist by Crandall for a three point play by Ali Fraser had Riders trailing 44-39 at half-time.
Lions started the sharper in the third period but again Crandall inspired Riders back. He hit a driving lay-up followed by a three, and Riders were back within 5 trailing 57-52. Crandall then found Nelson-Henry inside for an easy basket followed by a William Lee dunk. With two and a half minutes left in the quarter Crandall hit another three to close to trail by just 62-59 and neither side could muster a score in the final two and a half minutes of the third period.
The defences stayed on top in the fourth quarter but an Anderson three was followed by one from Washington and Riders slowly build a lead. A Crandall basket halfway through the final period gave Riders their biggest lead of the game 71-64 with five minutes left, and Riders stayed in front until that final crazy minute when the game got away from them.
William Lee was in stunning form for Riders at Both ends of the court, contributing 15 points and 12 rebounds while blocking 3 Lions shots, in 35 minutes of play. Crandall also put on a masterclass finishing with 23 points and 4 assists, including 3 three pointers.
Crandall 23, Lee 15, Johnson 11, Washington 9, Anderson 6, Fraser 4, Nelson-Henry 2, Jackson 2, Falzon 1
Williams 19, Liggins 14, Parker 11, Robinson 10, Ware 6, Taiwah 6, Akodo 3
Riders Media - 31st December 2020
Riders to play Cup Semi in Manchester
Following consultation with the BBL, the four BBL Cup Semi-Finalists have come to an agreement to amend the format for the BBL Cup Semi-Finals due to fixture pressures due to COVID-19 implications.
The changes are:
Moving from two-legs to single-leg.
Playing both games in one central venue
Playing both games on the same day
Therefore the BBL Cup Semi-Finals have been agreed as follows:
Date: Tuesday 12 January 2021
Venue: National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester
Game 1: Leicester Riders v Newcastle Eagles – 5:00pm
Game 2: London Lions v Manchester Giants – 8:00pm
Both games will be broadcast live via BBL Player.
Riders Media - 23rd December 2020
BBL Statement: Postponements
Surrey Scorchers BBL Championship fixtures against Worcester Wolves (28 December), London Lions (1 January) and Leicester Riders (3 January) have been postponed due to self-isolation requirements following a player testing positive for Covid-19. Under the Covid-19 rule amendments, these fixtures will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
With an abundance of caution, the game between Leicester Riders and Bristol Flyers scheduled for 23 December has also been postponed and will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
For fans who have purchased a pass from BBL Player please contact [email protected]
Riders Media - 22nd December 2020
Preview: Riders v Flyers
This is the second of back to back games against the Flyers for the Riders, after an 85-73 win on Friday evening at the Morningside Arena. The win protected their undefeated BBL Championship record, as they moved to 3-0. The Riders are the only undefeated team remaining, sitting top of the table with a game in hand on the four teams below. They have the best defensive record in the league and are the only team holding their opponents to under 70 points on average. The 73 points they gave up to the Flyers in their most recent game was the most they have given up in the Championship this season, however, Geno Crandall’s 19 points, eight assists and five rebounds were enough for Leicester to take the win.
Season So Far – Flyers
After finishing eighth in the table at the cancellation of the 2019/20 season, Bristol currently sit midtable in the BBL Championship, splitting their first six games 3-3. After their loss to the Riders, the Flyers won their most recent game 79-99 away to the Surrey Scorchers. They dominated the glass in typical fashion, outrebounding the Scorchers 44-24. Bristol has owned the offensive glass to start the season. They pull down 26% of offensive rebounds a game, resulting in an abundance of second-chance points for their big men. The Flyers have three who average more than seven rebounds a game, and four players who grab at least one offensive rebound a game, the Riders will have their hands full to keep Bristol off the glass.
In the Riders’ previous game, Geno Crandall took control from the point. He displayed his whole offensive arsenal throughout the game, acting as a floor general to dish out eight assists, and using his handles and quickness to attack the hoop. Crandall had 19 points in the game, nine of which came from the foul line as he shot 90%. The 6’3” point guard, who scored 14 points a game in his year at Gonzaga, is averaging 10 points and five assists in his debut BBL season, after averaging 14 points and six assists in his Cup campaign so far.
Daniel Edozie’s incredible life-story, which includes being homeless at the age of just 12 on the streets of Los Angeles, has led him to his sixth season in the BBL with the Bristol Flyers. London-born Edozie put himself through college, getting an athletic scholarship to play in the NCAA for Iowa State, with the help of his foster mother. After graduating, Edozie flew back to his home country, to begin his six-year stint with the Flyers. He is averaging nine points and seven rebounds on the year so far. The 6’8” big man is capable of highlight plays on both ends, using his athleticism to throw down huge dunks and swat away shots. Edozie uses his frame down low to come up with rebounds at a high rate also.
The Riders beat the Flyers in their most recent game, winning 85-73. Leicester shot 38% from three in the game, compared to Bristol’s 27%, which was ultimately the difference between the two teams. Corey Johnson, who shot 37% from three at Havard College, led the way from deep for the Riders, draining three from nine shots. Meanwhile, Marcus Delpeche continued his successful start to the season in which he is averaging 19.6 points and eight rebounds, with 19 points and nine rebounds.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game by purchasing a pass from BBL Player. Riders Season Ticket Holders will be able to access the game for FREE by logging into their BBL Player account.
Riders defeat Flyers to move to 3-0 in the BBL Championship
Leicester Riders stay undefeated in the BBL Championship, with a solid 85-73 win over Bristol Flyers at the Morningside Arena. The Riders dominated the first quarter, and then held off multiple efforts at a comeback by the Flyers, who never got Riders lead down to single figures for the rest of the game, played before the Sky TV cameras. Riders American point guard Geno Crandall was man of the match in a mesmerising performance of ball handling under pressure, faced by a Flyers backcourt of two GB Internationals, Ben Mockford and Teddy Okerafor.
Bristol started the game impressively scoring twice inside, carving Riders offence open rather too easily. But Crandall hit a jumper and then assisted on a Darien Nelson-Henry dunk. Mockford hit a very long three, but that was quickly countered by one by William Lee, and that was the last time the visitors led, as Riders went on a tear. Corey Johnson hit a three, which was followed by one from Zach Jackson, and a breakaway dunk by Lee forced Bristol to an early timeout, trailing 17-7. Straight out of the break, Riders forced Bristol to a shot clock violation, and then Nelson-Henry and Lee scored inside, followed by another Johnson three. Jamell Anderson came off the bench, upping Riders defensive intensity even further, and he joined in the fun with a three, as Riders dominated the first quarter 34-19.
Crandall piled on the misery early in the second period with a step back three and then Aaron Falzon hit another, as Riders racked up 10 three pointers in the first half from just 15 attempts. A beautiful pass from Johnson found Nelson-Henry open for an easy score and Riders lead ballooned to 48-27 midway through the second quarter, their biggest of the game. Raphael Thomas-Edwards then made a couple of exceptional plays at both ends of the court for Bristol, and by half-time the Flyers had whittled down the Riders lead to 56-40.
Both defences tightened up considerably in the third quarter and with the defences on top both teams found it hard to score. Marcus Delpeche was causing Riders plenty of problems when he got the ball near the basket, but Nelson-Henry hit an extraordinary three under pressure at the end of the shot clock, to keep Riders on top. Zach Jackson hit a three in an otherwise relatively subdued performance, and Riders lead was still 70-54 with a quarter left.
The teams continued trade baskets early in the fourth quarter with Lee picking up a couple of scores off offensive rebounds to keep Riders lead in double figures. As the clock ran down Crandall performed his magic drawing multiple fouls near the end of the shot clock, which he then converted from the free throw line. If he was not being fouled, Crandall found Nelson-Henry with space underneath the basket, and that was good enough to snuff out any attempted Bristol recovery.
Crandall finished with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, also converting 9 of 10 free throws to stifle the Bristol comeback. Nelson-Heney was once again very efficient with 15 points on 87% shooting, and added 6 rebounds and 3 assists.William Lee also impressed with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, but it was Riders 12 three pointers at 38% shooting to just five by Bristol at 27% conversion rate, which proved the difference between the teams.
Crandall 19, Nelson-Henry 15, Lee 14, Johnson 13, Jackson 8, Anderson 5, Falzon 4, Fraser 4, Washington 3
Delpeche 19, Lockett 15, Thomas-Edwards 12, Copeland 8, Mockford 6, Okerafor 5, Edozie 4, Rogers 4
Riders to face Eagles
Riders have been drawn to face Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup Semi Final over two legs.
The draw, made live on Sky Sports during the half-time break in Riders win over Bristol Flyers, also saw London Lions match up with Manchester Giants.
The exact dates are still to be confirmed but will be played at the start of January.
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Riders Media - 18th December 2020
The Riders have enjoyed a great start to their BBL Championship campaign, winning their first two games by double digits. Leicester’s defence has been their greatest strength, giving up just 68 points per game, the best defensive record in the league. This defence was on full display in their most recent BBL Championship fixture against Sheffield Sharks. The Riders held the Sharks, who were averaging 91 points a game going into the tie, to just 64 points as they shot 40% from the field. William Lee led the team with his three steals, nine rebounds and a block in the game, and led the team offensively with 17 points also.
After a successful season in 2019/20, reaching their first BBL Cup final in franchise history, the Flyers began the 2020/21 season 0-2 before playing a single game. With four players testing positive for Covid-19, Bristol were unable to field a team for 14 days, meaning their first two BBL Cup fixtures were forfeited. Despite this, the Flyers still qualified for the knockouts in dramatic fashion, beating the Worcester Wolves in their final group game to finish ahead of them on points difference. However, in their most recent game, the Flyers were knocked out of the Cup by the Newcastle Eagles, losing 72-64. In the BBL Championship, the Flyers split their 4 games and currently sit with a 2-2 record.
Darien Nelson-Henry has been an interior force to start the season, averaging 14 points and 7.5 rebounds across the two BBL Championship games. The American big-man, who led Pennsylvania in points, rebounds and blocks in his senior year in college, sets hard screens in the pick and roll to get open drives to the rim. He has been also been successful working down in the post, which has opened up space for the Riders’ shooters. In Leicester’s last BBL Championship fixture, Nelson-Henry dished out five assists, kicking the ball out after being double-teamed down low.
After averaging 10 points a game for the Flyers last season, Marcus Delpeche appears to have taken a big leap forward this year. In the BBL Championship, Delpeche is averaging 19.8 points and 7.8 rebounds, leading his team in both categories. He is a freight train when driving to the hoop coming off the pick and roll; capable of throwing down monster dunks over anyone in the league. Delpeche shoots the ball efficiently, 63% from the field this season, and the 6’7’’ forward uses his frame effectively to box out opponents and pull down rebounds at a high rate.
It was Bristol who took the victory the last time the Riders faced the Flyers in the 2019/20 season, in a well-fought contest. It was a one-possession game with a minute left on the clock, and Eric Lockett made a free-throw in the final 10 seconds to put the Flyers up by four. Corey Johnson couldn’t make his three with four seconds left to make it close, ending the game. Darien Nelson-Henry was big on the glass for Leicester in the game. He had seven rebounds to go along with his 12 points, which came from just eight shots. Lockett was a big contributor for Bristol, putting up 16 points and six rebounds.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game by either tuning into Sky Sports Mix from 7pm or alternitavely purchasing a pass from BBL Player. Riders Season Ticket Holders will be able to access the game for FREE by logging into their BBL Player account.
Riders blow out Rocks to reach the BBL Cup Semi Finals
Leicester Riders made light work of Glasgow Rocks in the quarter-finals of the BBL Cup, coasting to a 93-59 victory at the Morningside Arena. The Riders led from start to finish, and had a massive 48 point lead early in the fourth quarter, before the Rocks made a modest recovery in the final seven minutes of the game.
Riders will now go into the hat for the draw for the Cup semi-finals, where they could draw London Lions and Newcastle Eagles from the group of death, who also progressed, along with Manchester Giants.
Riders raced to an early 9-2 lead after three minutes, with a superb pass from captain Darien Nelson-Henry setting up William Lee for a huge dunk, and the Rocks were immediately on the back foot. Their experienced player-coach GB International Gareth Murray started the game, after starring in their upset win at Plymouth last Sunday, but he could do little to stem the tide against intense defence from the Riders. A Jamell Anderson three, followed by good work inside by former Rock Ali Fraser, and Lee again with a dunk, gave Riders a 20-10 lead. With the first period gone, Murray left the game for good, to concentrate on coaching, having failed to score in four attempts.
Fraser caught fire early in the second period, as he found his way to the basket three times in succession with his trademark baby hook shots, and Riders other recent signing Aaron Falzon also responded with 5 points in a row, to push Riders lead out to a commanding 29-12. Corey Johnson, who has had a quiet last few games shooting – wise, then hit 2 three pointers in a row to break the game open 39-18 midway through the second period. Johnson rounded off the first half with yet another three, to take Riders to the locker-room up 51-26 at half-time.
Riders were a little slow starting the second half but 2 unsportsmanlike fouls on the Rocks were evidence of their increasing frustration. Another huge Lee dunk got Riders 60-33 up, and more fine work by Falzon had Riders 76-41 clear at the third quarter break. Crandall was starting to weave his magic in the paint, and found Lee open again for another monster dunk.
Riders opened the fourth quarter with successive three pointers from Johnson, twice, and Conner Washington, forcing the Rocks to a time-out. From then on Riders gave minutes to some of their pathway players as the teams traded baskets in the closing minutes of the game.
Johnson finished up the top scorer in the game with 20 points, which included 6 three pointers, but he also grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 3 assists, while playing excellent defence on the relatively inexperienced Glasgow guards.
The remaining points were spread amongst another eight Riders, with Nelson-Henry again very solid with 15 points and 6 rebounds in just over 17 minutes of play, including 6 from 6 shooting from the floor. Conner Washington ran the point once again with efficiency, dishing out 11 assists, and he added 7 points.
But it was Riders defence that made the difference holding the Rocks to just 42% from the floor, whilst out-rebounding the Scots 37-28, and they moved the ball as a team extremely, well with 30 assists, 13 more than the Rocks managed.
Johnson 20, Nelson-Henry 15, Falzon 11, Lee 11, Fraser 8, Crandall 8, Anderson 7, Washington 7, Jackson 6, Ndoukou, Jimenez, Hedley
Jacdonmi 17, Brandon 14, Van Sauers 11, Bunyan 5, Mpondo 5, Mortimer 3, Kwedi 2, Harte 2, Malcolm, Murray
The Riders are next in action on Friday evening when they take on the Bristol Flyers in the BBL Championship, a game that will mark the Riders first appearance on Sky Sports this season.
Preview: Riders v Rocks
Leicester Riders vs Glasgow Rocks
Competition: BBL Cup Quarter Final
Venue: Morningside Arena
Tip-off: 8:00 PM
The Riders qualified for the BBL Cup Quarter Finals with a game to spare. Leicester won three games on the bounce despite losing their first game to the Eagles 106-96 in a tightly contested game. They split the series between each team, finishing the group with a 3-3 record. This was enough to earn them the second seed in the group dubbed ‘the group of death’. In the BBL Championship, the Riders got off to a flying start, winning consecutive games by double digits to start 2-0. Their most recent game, a 74-64 win against the Sheffield Sharks has taken their record to 2-0.
Season so far – Rocks
The 2020/21 season marks the beginning of a new ear for the Glasgow Rocks you are now being led by Gareth Murray as player/coach following the departure of Vincent Lavandier. Murray has played for a total of 11 years over three stints for the Scottish club, averaging 10.7 points last season. Glasgow comfortably progressed through the group stage of the BBL Cup, with a 3-1 record. They started their season with back to back wins, including a 30 point blowout against the Cheshire Phoenix. They did lose their third game to the Manchester Giants, but bounced back to beat the Giants in their final group game. Glasgow lost their first two games of the BBL Championship, the second to the Bristol Flyers by over 40 points. They responded in their most recent game, a narrow 63-61 overtime win to the Plymouth Raiders.
William Lee has been an interior force in the group stage of the competition, leading the Riders in rebounds and blocks. The 6’9” big man is the all-time leading shot-blocker at his hometown college, the University of Alabama, winning the conference defensive player of the year twice. His defensive talents have translated fluently in his first BBL season. Lee averaged 1.6 blocks a game in the group and performed efficiently on offence, shooting 51% from the field on his way to 13.5 points a game. Lee led the team in points, rebounds, steals and blocks in their last game, a BBL Championship tie against the Sheffield Sharks. Lee scored 17 points and grabbed himself nine rebounds in a near double-double performance, in which he played his usual elite brand of defence, blocking a shot and stealing the ball three times.
Julius Van Sauers played a significant role in getting the Rocks through the group stage. The Dutch big man is coming off the back of a BBL Cup winning rookie season with the Worcester Wolves, and this season averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists through the group stage. Van Sauers was part of the Dutch team that qualified for the Eurobasket tournament for the first time in 25 years after spending four years at Long Island University.
The Riders and Rocks are yet to meet this term, the last time the Riders came up against the Rocks, it came down to the last play of the game. The score was 68-71 in favour of Glasgow with just five seconds on the clock. Leicester got a wide-open three off a give and go from the inbound, but the shot was missed and tipped in by Jamal Anderson, resulting in the Rocks taking the victory 71-70. Riders’ recent signing, Ali Fraser, was wearing Glasgow colours in this one. He led the opposition in scoring with 17 points, along with nine rebounds and six assists. Fraser blocked Anderson’s game-tying three attempt with six seconds to go, a defensive play which ended up winning the game for the Rocks.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game by purchasing a pass from the brand new BBL Player, CLICK HERE to purchase your pass. Riders Season Ticket Holders will be able to access the game for FREE by logging into BBL Player.
Riders defeat Sharks in a hard fought contest
Leicester Riders won a tense game against the Sheffield Sharks to maintain their unbeaten start to the BBL Championship, in a tight, defensive affair at the Morningside Arena, 74-64. The teams were playing for the second time in 5 days, and for the fourth time in this young season, and with both sides very familiar with their opponents’ strengths, they tended to cancel each other out over the first three quarters, before Riders finally took control in the final period to take the win.
It was the Sharks that started the better, with a driving lay-up from the impressive new signing Jeremy Hemsley, and a dunk from Kipper Nichols, helping the visitors to an early 6-2 lead. Riders were a little tentative on offence, and a couple of sloppy cross-court passes were turned over by the Sharks, and converted into breakaway scores. Darien Nelson-Henry was keeping Riders in the game in a low scoring affair, and after six minutes the scores were level on just 8 points apiece. Conner Washington came off the bench to hit 5 points in a row for Riders, and Nichols responded with 7 points in succession for the Sharks, to leave the teams at parity after ten minutes, at 17-17.
It was a grind out affair in the second period as tough defence limited scoring opportunities, and then 7 points in a row from Sheffield, capped by a Nick Lewis three pointer, pushed the Sharks lead to 27-21, forcing Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro to a time-out. Half way through the second period the Sharks led 31-25, but then it was Riders defence that turned the screws, and fine play from Geno Crandall who was closely marked by the Sharks throughout, and a turnaround jump shot by Zach Jackson had Riders back in it, trailing just 35-32 at half time.
The game stayed close, with the Sharks ahead 44-41 with six and a half minutes gone in the third quarter, but Riders then turned the tide. A William Lee lay-up was quickly followed by one from Jackson, Corey Johnson scored 5 points in a row, and Riders finally had some breathing space, leading 50-44. The Sharks would not lie down, Nick Lewis responding with a three pointer, and the game was still in the balance after three quarters, Leicester leading 54-50.
The start of the final period proved decisive, as a Washington three pointer was quickly followed by one from new boy Aaron Falzon, and with Riders then pressuring the Sharks to a shot clock violation, and the visitors were forced to a timeout.
Riders were racking up the fouls, and 4 free throws in a row from the Sharks closed the gap, but a Lee dunk followed by a powerful inside hook shot from Nelson-Henry followed by a three from Lee, got Riders lead back to ten points, with four minutes left. From then on it was just a matter of managing the clock and Riders came out with the hard fought, but deserved win.
Lee was the star man for the Riders, hitting six of eight shots on the way to 17 points, highlighted by a couple of ferocious dunks, along with 9 rebounds, including a couple of crucial ones in the fourth quarter, along with 2 assists, 3 steals and a block.
Captain Nelson-Henry was his solid self with 13 points and 7 rebounds and an eye-catching 5 assists, while Conner Washington also scored 13 points, including 2 three pointers and 4 assists, guiding Riders home in the tense fourth quarter.
Preview: Riders v Sharks
Leicester Riders vs B. Braun Sheffield Sharks
Competition: BBL Championship
Season so far- Riders
The Riders started their season strongly, by securing qualification to the knockout stages of the BBL Cup. Three consecutive wins were enough to achieve this, as they beat each of the teams in their group; an impressive run of games coming after a narrow 96-102 loss in their first match to the Eagles. Their most convincing win came against their opponent for the upcoming tie, defeating the Sharks by over 20 points. The group stage wasn’t without its difficulties for Leicester however, as they split the group series against each of the teams in the ‘group of death’. The Riders also got off to a winning start in the BBL Championship last weekend, beating the Surrey Scorchers 84-72 behind 16 points from Jamell Anderson.
Season so far- Sharks
Despite beating the London Lions 70-61 in their first game, Sheffield’s win in their most recent match against the Riders was only a consolation, as they found themselves eliminated from the competition already. This came after losing their next four games, all by double digits, in a highly competitive group. The Sharks fell short in their first game of the BBL Championship, losing to the Cheshire Phoenix 92-82, however, they bounced back in their next game, torching the Scorchers 105-61.
In the group stage of the BBL Cup, Corey Johnson shot the lights out. Johnson hit 45% of his threes, and against the Lions went four for five from deep, resulting in 17 points. If Johnson continues his hot streak on Friday night then the Sheffield defence may well be in for a long night, as they were the last time he faced the Sharks. Johnson was four for eight from deep in that game, and led the Riders on scoring with 20.
The Sharks recently signed Jeremy Hensley, after the departure of Mackay McKnight. Hensley shone on his debut, dropping 21 points and getting six assists, leading his team in both categories, before following the game up with another 21 point performance. The 6’3” guard was ranked 63 in ESPN’s top 100 high school athletes when he graduated and went on to play for Division 1 San Diego State University in college. Hensley uses his electric speed and tricky handles to get to the rim with ease and can make acrobatic lay-ups at a high rate this is something the Riders will have to do their best to contain on Friday Night.
The Riders last faced the Sharks earlier in the week, in a game with little consequence. With home court in the second round already secured for Leicester, and Sheffield out of the competition, the Riders gave game time to some of their young talent. New signings Ali Fraser and Aaron Falzon saw the court too, Falzon leading the team in scoring with 16 points. The two teams also met earlier in the group stage. The Riders led wire to wire and had established a significant lead by halftime. They never looked back, winning the game 85-64. It was Corey Johnson’s 20 points that led the Riders to victory in the fixture.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game by purchasing a pass from the brand new BBL Player, CLICK HERE to purchase your pass. Riders Season Ticket Holders will be able to access the game for FREE, an email will be sent to you from BBL Player instructing you on how to gain access.
Levenston elected to BE board
Riders Managing Director, Russell Levenston, has been elected to the board of Basketball England.
Russell has been with the Riders since 2007, transforming the club both on and off the court. He has been integral in developing the Riders player pathway from Charnwood College through Loughborough University and the senior teams. Having also spent 13 years at Milton Keynes Lions/Hemel Royals as a volunteer then later as a general manager, Levenston has vast experience in the basketball community.
Elected Directors are from within our sport and are appointed through an election process in which BE voting members can vote for their preferred candidate.
Levenston has been appointed an Elected Director for an initial term of three years.
A huge congratulations Russell, from everyone at Leicester Riders, Loughborough Basketball, and Charnwood College.
Riders team up with Glencar for Sky Sports game
Britain’s oldest BBL franchise, Leicester Riders, has partnered with Glencar Construction for the upcoming Sky Sports game against Bristol Flyers on Friday 18th December (7.30pm tip).
The game will be the first time the reigning Playoff champions have featured on Sky Sports since coverage got underway last week. The club are delighted to welcome Glencar Construction to the Riders family as an official game night sponsor for the first game on the channel.
“The Leicester Riders young player pathway and community development programme has contributed massively, not only to the success of the team on the court, but also off the court in terms of providing young people with opportunities to grow, develop and be part of a success story,” commented Glencar Managing Director Eddie McGillycuddy.
“Basketball is an integral part of community sport and actually one of most played sports in the U.K. amongst young people. Glencar are very happy to partner with one of The British Basketball League’s leading teams who share our core values in investing in young people, education and community development.”
Glencar Construction is a contractor specialising in the creation of high quality turnkey facilities in partnership with some of the UK’s leading developers, occupiers, retailers and logistics businesses.
“We are extremely excited to be working alongside a company such as Glencar which clearly shares our core values and sense of community,” said Leicester Riders’ Managing Director Russell Levenston.
“Like with our recent success on court it’s a chance for us to help celebrate Glencar’s recent successes off court, after being awarded top spot in the annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table.”
Riders have made a great start to the 2020-21 season having qualified for the BBL Cup quarter final against Glasgow Rocks and opened their league campaign with a victory over Surrey Scorchers.
Jamell Anderson, who was a standout versus Surrey added: “Leicester is a club that’s synonymous with leading the way in British Basketball as well as its work in local community so the partnership with Glencar is a great fit.
“Everyone is looking forward to playing back in front of the Sky Sports cameras.”
Sky Sports have also confirmed that Leicester will also feature on the channel on Friday 26 February when they host Worcester Wolves.
Riders Media - 9th December 2020
Quarter Final date announced
Leicester Riders will host Glasgow Rocks on Wednesday 16 December 2020 (8pm tip) in the quarter final of the BBL Cup.
Riders wrapped up their group phase on Monday night having already secured their spot in the quarter finals.
The game will be available to watch on BBL Player.
Youthful Riders fall to Sharks in the BBL Cup
A very young Leicester Riders team made a full strength Sheffield Sharks work hard to pick up their second victory in the qualifying stages of BBL Cup, with an 87-61 win at the Morningside Arena. Only new signings Ali Fraser and Aaron Falzon played from Riders regular senior side, in a match that had little significance, since Sheffield were already out of the competition, and Riders were assured of a home tie in the quarter-finals.
Riders will now play Glasgow Rocks in the next round, on Wednesday 16th December (8pm) at the Morningside Arena. The quarter-finals are played over a single leg. Newcastle finished up topping Riders group, and will play Bristol Flyers at home. The other quarter-finals see match-ups between Plymouth Raiders and London Lions, and Manchester Giants against Surrey Scorchers.
Riders started the game positively with Scottish International Fraser hitting an early 5 points to give the home side a 5-2 lead. Sheffield came roaring back, courtesy of their new signing Jeremy Hemsley, who looks a very good addition to the team at the point guard position. The Sharks raced into a 13-7 lead with an 11 to 2 run, but young Riders prospect Kyle Jimenez stopped the rot with a three pointer, and he handled the ball very well against the experience Sheffield guards, turning the ball over just once, while dishing out 6 assists. Hemsley and veteran Sheffield forward Mick Tuck hit consecutive threes, and Tuck finished that off with a three point play to push Sheffield 24-14 clear at the first quarter break.
Young Leicester guard Joe Bielak responded with a three to open the second period, and Jimenez hit another, and after three minutes of the second quarter the Sharks lead was 30-20. Powerful forward Victor Ndoukou was showing his strength inside for the Riders, and he hit 7 points in two minutes to keep Riders in touch, trailing 42-27. At half-time Sheffield had a deserved 48-31 lead.
The third quarter-final was a shoot-out, as both teams started to find their range from beyond the arc. Ndoukou hit another superb three under pressure from the corner, but former Rider Johde Campbell, looking very impressive in extended minutes for the Sharks, hit back with a three, which was matched by Falzon. Campbell hit another and Falzon, now finding his range, yet another, followed by a three point play. Riders edged the third quarter 21-19, and they closed the gap to 67-52 with ten minutes left.
With these two teams matching up again in the BBL Championship at the same venue this Friday evening, Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro limited Fraser and Falzon’s minutes, and Riders went very young in the final period, as Sharks pulled clear. Jimenez continued to impress and he hit his third three from 6 attempts, as Sharks won the final period 20-9.
Ndoukou looked comfortable in this company, finishing with 14 points, 8 rebounds along with 3 assists, on 55% shooting. Falzon got some good minutes leading the scoring for Riders with 16 points, including 3 three pointers, and added 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Falzon 16, Ndoukou 14, Jimenez 9, Fraser 7, Hayden 5, Bielak 5, Jordan 3, Gudza 2
Lillard 19, Hemsley 16, Campbell 14, Lewis 13, Baldwin 8, Koch 6, Tuck 6, Nichols 3, Marsden 2
Riders victorious in BBL Championship opener
Leicester Riders started their BBL Championship season with a solid win 84-72 on the road at Surrey Scorchers. The win was even more impressive as Riders had two of their players fouled out, Geno Crandall and Scottish International Ali Fraser on his debut, as Leicester racked up 25 fouls, the most in a match in four seasons. It was Riders 26th win in their last 27 games at Surrey, the other being a draw in the first leg of a playoff series. It was also the tenth season in a row that Riders have won their league opener.
Both teams got off to a slow start, with the big men Darien Nelson-Henry and the Scorchers Ryan Richards trading baskets, as Riders built a 6-2 lead after two and a half minutes. Geno Crandall was controlling the game for the Riders, and he sparked another run with a three pointer, and a layup from William Lee put Riders 13-4 up. The home side were feeling the pressure of Riders tight defence, and a Conner Washington three from a long way out pushed Riders 21-12 up. Richards helped the Scorchers pull back, with a couple of big rebounds, and at the first quarter break Riders led 21-14.
Both sides were tentative to start the second quarter, and with Surrey turning the ball over regularly, Riders were failing to capitalise and a Conner Cashew long range shot kept Surrey close 25-19 down. Zach Jackson hit a couple of fine turn-around jump shots and twice Crandall penetrated the Surrey defence to draw fouls, converting 2 of 4. But a no-look pass from him found Jamell Anderson wide open for a dunk, and then Riders has three breakaways in a row off Surrey turnovers, and at halftime Riders were good value for a 46-28 lead.
The Scorchers came back in the third quarter mainly from the free throw line, as their aggressive play on offence led to a succession of trips to the free throw line, particularly for their captain Tayo Ogedengbe. A three from Ogedengbe pulled the Scorchers to within 55-43, but Jackson and Washington hit successive threes, and Riders were looking comfortable with a 63-50 lead with a quarter left.
Surrey came roaring back at the start of the final period, and Riders were rocking when Crandall picked up an unlikely technical foul to exit the game, with Riders lead down to 66-58 with eight minutes left. But a Washington jump shop steadied the ship, Nelson-Henry made a tough basket inside, and then a cutting Anderson completed a huge three point play that took the air out of the Scorchers comeback, as Riders lead ballooned back to 14. Washington was reliable from the free throw line as Surrey sought to pressurise the visitors, and a William Lee dunk put an exclamation mark on the win.
Once again Riders spread the scoring with six players in double figure points. The leader was Anderson off the bench with 16 points, on 7 from 8 shooting, along with 4 rebounds. Captain Nelson-Henry was his efficient self with 15 points and 8 rebounds, while Zach Jackson contributed 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. On a court where he scored 10 three pointers last season, Corey Johnson had a night to forget, failing to score on 11 attempts, and Fraser failed to score or get a rebound in 8 minutes play before fouling out. The other debutant for Riders Aaron Falzon was solid, with 3 points and 3 rebounds in eight and a half minutes.
Scorchers
Ogedengbe 17, McLemore 11, Cashew 10, Cook 8, Walshe 7, White 6, Raftopoulos 6, Rickman 4, Richards 3,
Anderson 16, Jackson 15, Nelson-Henry 15, Washington 14, Crandall 11, Lee 10, Falzon 3,
Falzon is a Rider
Leicester Riders have added Aaron Falzon to their roster ahead of the start of the BBL league season opener in Surrey on Saturday.
Falzon, brother of former BBL player Tevin, joins Leicester having started this season in France with NM1 side Etoile Angers.
In college, Aaron spent four years at North Western before a final year transfer to Quinnipiac both schools in the NCAA D1. Falzon is also a Maltese international, and was part of the Gold winning side at the European Championship for Small Countries in San Marino two years ago.
“We’re excited to have Aaron”, explained Coach Paternostro. “When we lost the players through injuries we knew we needed to bolster the squad and when Aaron became available we jumped at the chance.”
“Aaron is another offensive weapon. A type of player that can stretch the defence and a guy that can put points on the board. He can really shoot the ball. We like what he brings to us. We think that his presence in the team will improve us.”
Falzon has been at the Riders this week and has received clearance to play in Saturday’s league opener versus Surrey Scorchers.
“I’m really excited to represent Leicester and the organisation,” commented Aaron.
“I’m really excited to get the opportunity to play in the BBL and to showcase my skills and style of play.”
“I can’t wait to get started tomorrow evening against Surrey.”
You can watch Aaron’s debut tonight at 6pm, free on bblplayer.co.uk.
Preview: Riders at Scorchers
Surrey Scorchers vs Leicester Riders
Venue: Surrey Sports Park
Despite a tough 98-89 loss on the road to the London Lions in their previous fixture, the Riders are sitting pretty at the top of the group of death in the BBL Cup. Geno Crandall led the scoring in the game and has enjoyed a prolific start to his first season in Leicester. Crandall has brought flair and finesse to the Riders backcourt, creating opportunities off the dribble to leave the opposing defence scrambling. He and Connor Washington, whose play so far this season has earned him a place in the GB squad, have shared the backcourt for stretches in games and worked in tandem nicely.
Season so far- Scorchers
When the league was cancelled during the 2019/20 season, Surrey had conceded the most points of any team in the BBL. Since then, they have made several good signings during the offseason to improve their roster. These signings include ex-Rider Rashad Hassan, who led the league in scoring two years ago, and Martelle Mclemore, who returns to the franchise after averaging nearly 22 points last season with the Thames Valley Cavaliers in the NBL. The Scorchers have earned a spot in the BBL Cup Quarter Finals after finishing second in their group with a 3-3 record. Finding consistency has been the biggest challenge for the Scorchers so far this season who will be looking to make a positive start to their BBL Championship campaign on Saturday Night.
Since their last game, the Riders have announced the signing of Ali Fraser, who left French side Avignon after the Covid-19 pandemic put their season at risk. The 6’7’’ forward comes into the roster to fill the hole in the front-court left by the season-ending injuries to Raheem May-Thompson and Mo Walker. Fraser is an exciting prospect for Leicester after he averaged 16.3 points and 8.1 assists for the Rocks last season, helping them to the best record in the BBL.
Tayo Ogedengbe has led by example early in the season for the Scorchers averaging 13.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Tayo has returned to play in his sixth season for Surrey, after averaging 16 points last year. He has a complete offensive arsenal, with his ability to score in a multitude of ways. Tayo can get it done from the mid-range, with a go-to move of his being a turn-around jump shot from the post. He is a crafty player in the paint, using pump fakes to get open looks, and can throw it down too. Tayo can also step outside and shoot the three, making him a dangerous opponent on all three levels.
The Riders and the Scorchers last met in the 2019/2 season in a closely contested game that came down to the last few plays. Leicester outscored Surrey by six in the final quarter and took the lead with just seconds to go. The Scorchers couldn’t make the game-winning basket, and the Riders won the game 99-96. Corey Johnson torched Surrey in this one, nailing nine three-pointers in his 32 point effort. Meanwhile, Lovell cook and Tayo Ogedengbe performed well for Surrey, dropping 27 and 20 points respectively.
Both teams will look for a good performance in this one, as they look to kick off the new BBL Championship season with a winning start.
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LIVE stream on BBL Player
As you may have seen this past week the BBL Player was launched by the BBL, a central platform to watch BBL games.
This weekend all games on the platform will be FREE for registered users – bblplayer.co.uk.
Registration is free and there’s no commitment to purchase after this weekend if you don’t want to.
After feedback, the BBL has restructured the pricing so from next week, the Monthly Game Pass covers ALL GAMES shown on the platform live and on-demand for £19.99 a month. If you do choose a subscription then you can pause or cancel at any time.
All money goes direct to the clubs. Riders fans can nominate this club to receive the monthly subscription payment or share equally to all eligible clubs.
Single game passes are also available for £4.99 to watch games live. The money from single-game passes goes directly to the home club.
Riders Media - 2nd December 2020
Riders reign
As Saturday’s start to the 2020-21 league season draws upon us, we thought it’d be a great time to reflect on how the Riders have contended over the last few seasons.
Under Coach Rob Paternostro’s guidance, the side have had a 116-28 record in league play since 2015/16. An incredible statistic that is the best record in the BBL.
Since Rob’s arrival, Leicester have picked up 13 major trophies… including four league titles and four play-off wins. That includes the last three Play-off finals at the O2.
Of the current squad Conner Washington (10) and Jamell Anderson (7) have claimed the most silverware – Conner featuring in three of the four league titles and three of the four Playoff victories. Jamell has won both twice.
Riders Media - 26th November 2020
Fraser added to roster
Leicester Riders are pleased to announce the signing of Ali Fraser to this years’ roster.
Ali joins the Riders after spending the start of the season with NM1 side Avignon in France. But with the CoronaVirus pandemic putting the French season in doubt, Fraser opted to join Rob Paternostro’s side.
“I’m happy to have the opportunity to be back playing in the BBL again,” commented Ali. “I am looking forward to practicing with the team and getting the league season started. I have been following the games in the BBL Cup and can’t wait to get back on court.”
“Hopefully this team can continue to build on the success that has been seen over the years from this organisation.”
The Great Britain Senior International arrives with a great reputation and will be familiar to the Riders faithful having spent three seasons in the BBL with Glasgow Rocks (2017-20).
“We are looking forward to working with Ali. He is a veteran player who has good experience and has proven himself in our league” commented Head Coach Rob Paternostro.
“I thought he was really good last season, he was always a tough guy to play against, he is strong, skilled and smart.”
“He is a big guy that can do a lot of productive things on the floor. He scores in different ways, rebounds on both ends, sets very good screens and has shown the ability to make plays with his passing.”
Fraser started his playing career at Falkirk Fury before heading to D1 with Maine in the NCAA. He returned to Europe post-college with spells in Germany and the Netherlands.
After representing Scotland at every age group, Fraser was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games side that finished 4th in the Gold Coast last time out.
Ali is due to make his Riders debut in the first league game of the season against Surrey Scorchers on 5th December.
Conner Washington to represent GB in Eurobasket Qualifiers
Leicester Riders point guard Conner Washington has been called up by Great Britain for their rearranged EuroBasket games in France.
Washington was in the original 24 squad selected, and his recent performances has meant he has earned a slot on the plane.
Great Britain are in a qualifying group with France, Germany and Montenegro.
GB face FIBA sixth-ranked France and Montenegro (26th ranked) in the Pau ‘bubble’ in what were scheduled to be home games before Covid-19 played havoc with the sporting calendar.
GB play France on this Friday and Montenegro on this Sunday. Both games tip off at 17:00 GMT.
But despite being rated 42nd in the world, GB will go into the pair of qualifiers for the 2022 finals in confident mood.
All four nations in the group have a 1-1 record and GB go into the games coming off a strong win over Germany in Newcastle in February.
With Riders already shorthanded due to injuries, Washington’s selection means Leicester’s final North Group qualifying match in the BBL Cup against Sheffield Sharks will be rescheduled from this Friday to Tuesday 1st December at the Morningside Arena.
Riders Media - 23rd November 2020
Scorchers first up!
The BBL today confirmed the remaining schedule for the 2020-21 season. Leicester Riders will face Surrey Scorchers in Guildford in the first league game of the new campaign on 5 December 2020.
Riders first home game will come in the shape of Sheffield Sharks on Friday 11 Dec, who also visit the Morningside to complete the BBL Cup group phase on 1 Dec.
The BBL Trophy First Round will take place the first week in February, with the knockout stages taking place thereafter before moving onto the Final with details to be announced.
The Championship will wrap up on the weekend of Friday 23 April, with the Play-Offs then commencing the week after and the season concludes with the Play-Off Final, details also to be announced.
The full game schedule can be found here.
Riders Media - 22nd November 2020
Riders fall to Lions in the Capital
A short handed Leicester Riders fell short on Sunday afternoon 98-89 in a tough BBL Cup group qualifying match against the London Lions. Riders overcame a slow start to push the Lions all the way, but former NBA star Deandre Liggins proved the difference. However Leicester remain tied at the top of the North Group.
Leicester started the game tentatively, struggling to score the basketball, and turning the ball over uncharacteristically. With London needing a win to assure they progress in the Cup they jumped out quickly and fine interplay between two time MVP Justin Robinson and former Rider Chris Tawiah saw Lions into an early 11-3 lead, following consecutive mid-court turnovers by the Riders. Riders three point shooting has been excellent so far this season, but they managed just 1 from their first 6, and that single make was by Corey Johnson to stop the Lions momentum, with a minute left in the first quarter. But at the end of the first period the Lions were cruising 25-12.
Geno Crandall started the second quarter with a three point play, but, once again sparked by Robinson, the Lions went on a 9-nil run to build their largest lead of the game at 36-19. But Riders went with a smaller line-up, and a three point play by Johnson was followed by a Jamell Anderson triple. From then on, Riders dominated the second period, with Darien Nelson hitting a couple of baskets inside, and with fine play from Zach Jackson, they were back in the game, trailing just 45-40 at half-time, in spite of shooting 35% from the floor at that stage.
Riders started the second half with a 5 nil run that included a rare Crandall dunk. And the teams then traded blows with the scores tied on 53 four minutes in. Then former Cleveland Cavalier Liggins took over the game, and swung it decisively in London’s favour. He hit a driving layup, followed by a long three, then another three, following by a another driving lap-up, and Lions were suddenly 10 points clear at 63-53. A technical on the London bench stopped the rot, and then Crandall was switched onto marking Liggins and that slowed the momentum to cut the London lead to 71-67. But Liggins then hit a three, and a Robinson threw up a hail-mary three point shot on the buzzer, to put London up 77-67 with ten minutes left.
Riders kept plugging away in the final quarter, and a Zach Jackson three point play kept Riders within 7. But London got good shooting from Robinson and Kevin Ware and were eyeing the 21 point win Riders had achieved in the home leg, when Riders were forced to a timeout trailing 92-77 with four and a half minutes left. Three 3 pointers by Johnson in the final minutes ensured Rider maintained their points edge over the two legs, but Leicester couldn’t prevent the Lions from taking the win.
Riders again had 5 players in double figures, led by another double-double by William Lee with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Crandall looked very impressive with 18 points and 9 assists as well as some fine defence, while Darien Nelson Henry also managed a 16 points and 10 rebounds double-double.
Liggins 26, Williams 20, Robinson 19, Ware 11, Taiwah 9, Okoroh 8, Ikhinmwin 3, Lockhart 2
Crandall 18, Jackson 17, Johnson 17, Nelson-Henry 16, Lee 15, Anderson 3, Washington 3
The Riders return to action on Tuesday 1st December when they take on the Sheffield Sharks at the Morningside Arena in their final BBL Cup qualifying game.
Injury update: Walker & May-Thompson.
Leicester Riders can confirm today that they are likely to be without Mo Walker and Raheem May-Thompson for the remainder of the season.
Walker pulled up in the home fixture versus London Lions earlier this month and after scans revealed a hamstring tear, will see a specialist on Monday and undergo surgery this Tuesday. May-Thompson was injured in practice ahead of the season, rupturing his achilles, and is also due to see a specialist this week.
“We expect both players to make a full recovery, but the timing of both makes it unlikely they will feature in this campaign,” commented Riders MD Russell Levenston.
“We really feel for both Mo and Raheem – they are two talented players and great guys in the group.”
The club would like to wish both players a speedy recovery and give a special thanks to Spire Hospital Leicester for their continued support of the club.
Preview: Riders at Lions
London Lions v Leicester Riders
Competition: BBL Cup
Date: Sunday 22nd November
Venue: Copper Box Arena, London
One week on from their impressive victory over the London Lions at the Morningside Arena and it’s the turn of the Leicester Riders to make the trip down south for the return fixture. The Riders have won their last three games on the bounce and will be looking to carry their momentum down to the Copper Box on Sunday. The Riders currently hold a 3-1 record in the North Group of the BBL Cup and are in a good position to make the quarter finals.
Season So Far – Lions
The Lions had a tricky start to their BBL Cup campaign dropping their first two games to Newcastle and Sheffield. Since then, the Lions have somewhat found some form winning two of their last three games as they eye a spot in the BBL Cup Quarter Finals. At times the Lions star studded roster has looked to be lacking chemistry however, their 99-79 road win over the Newcastle Eagles on Friday Night was arguably their most impressive performance of the season.
American Forward William Lee has made an impressive start to his time with the Riders and is currently averaging 13.3 points and a team high 8.7 rebounds per game. Lee’s athleticism and length coupled with his ability to step out and shoot the ball from the outside make him one of the most versatile big men in the league. Lee has two double doubles in his last two outings and will be looking to carry this impressive form down to the capital on Sunday.
Former NBA player DeAndre Liggins has been the standout player for the Lions so far this season. Liggins is averaging an impressive all action stat line of 20 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game which includes a season high 32 points against the Sheffield Sharks last weekend. The Riders held Liggins to a season low 14 points the last time the two teams met and will no doubt be looking to replicate that defensive performance on Sunday afternoon.
The Riders and Lions last met last Sunday is a one-sided affair at the Morningside Arena. The Riders led from tip to buzzer in an impressive display on both ends of the floor that saw them run out 97-76 winners. With a place in the BBL Cup Quarter finals on the line the Lions will be looking for a much improved performance on this occasion.
The game will be available to watch for free via YouTube, CLICK HERE to tune in as the Riders and the Lions do battle in the BBL Cup!
Riders Media - 21st November 2020
Riders defeat Sharks to move to 3-1 in the BBL Cup
An undermanned Leicester Riders defeated the Sheffield Sharks away in the BBL Cup qualifying with a comprehensive 85-64 victory. The result improves Riders record to 3 and 1 in the North Group and puts them in a good position to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Leicester came out strong at the start, with sharpshooter Corey Johnson opening their account with a three pointer. A Zach Jackson three helped Riders to a 10-3 lead after three minutes, with a William Lee dunk off a Geno Crandall assist also catching the eye. Rob Marsden then scored four points in a row for the home side in a 5 nil Sharks run, before Darien Nelson-Henry and Lee combined well inside for a 18-10 Riders lead. Another Jackson three helped Riders to a 24-17 first quarter lead.
Crandall and Johnson picked up 2 fouls apiece in the second period which meant an extended period on the bench in an already depleted Riders team. But Conner Washington was an able deputy at the point guard position and his three pushed Riders 30-24 clear 3 minutes into the second period. Riders defence was causing Sharks to miss some close-in shots under pressure, and with Lee impressive and another Johnson three, Riders pushed their lead out to 40-26. Johnson hit another three in the final minute to give Riders a well deserved 45-31 lead at half-time.
Sheffield needed a strong start to the third quarter to get back into the game, and Nick Lewis obliged with a three, and then Marsden hit a couple of buckets in a row to cut the Riders lead to 49-38. But fine play from Lee and Johnson sparked a Riders revival and suddenly the Sharks scoring dried up. They were forced to a timeout with three minutes left in the quarter trailing 57-38. Another Jackson three pulled Riders further in front, and then there was a crucial blow against the Sharks when their star Antwon Lillard fouled out of the game, following a technical foul. Riders led 64-43 with ten minutes left.
Riders kept up the pressure in the fourth quarter with an eye to retain their lead, in case points’ difference came into deciding the tough North Group. But the Sharks were picking up the fouls and Washington was the main beneficiary, picking up his points from the free throw line. When Sheffield’s big man Bennett Koch also fouled out with 4 minutes left, the game was up. Corey Johnson hit another three and Jamell Anderson did the same, as Riders eased to a comfortable victory.
Once again Riders spread the scoring load, with five players in double figures. William Lee again caught the eye with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while his front court partner Nelson-Henry also had a double-double, with 14 points and ten rebounds. But it was Riders three point shooting prowess that provided the edge, as Riders made 10 from 24, with Johnson best with 4 from 8, as he top scored with 20 points. Washington also impressed with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Nichols 13, McKnight 12, Marsden 10, Lewis 9, Lillard 9, Koch 7, Tuck 3, Campbell 1
Johnson 20, Washington 15, Nelson-Henry 14, Lee 13, Jackson 10, Crandall 8, Anderson 5
British Basketball to receive £4m from Govt
The British Basketball League is delighted with the support announced today for basketball by the Government. The Government has announced a rescue package of up to £4 million for basketball to address the impact of the absence of spectators because of coronavirus. The bulk of that is targeted at the BBL and WBBL who have been hardest hit by the loss of spectators at games.
BBL Chairman Sir Rodney Walker said, “We are very pleased with the announcement by the Minister for Sport, Nigel Huddleston MP, today. Our league was hit very hard last season by the Covid-19 pandemic, causing us to have to curtail the season, to the great disappointment of our Clubs, players and fans.” “DCMS did give us the confidence to start the 2020/21 season a few weeks ago, with a commitment of support, and we are particularly pleased with the level now confirmed.”
“Our Clubs have worked extremely hard to mitigate the impact of loss of spectators at our events, and sadly that has included job losses.”
“With no certainty of when spectators can return, the announcement today ensures we can now go forward with some confidence, and continue our competitions and our planning for when we can welcome fans back to games.” “It will also be very important to ensuring the Clubs’ vital community engagement programmes will be able to continue with confidence, giving the stability this provides overall to the clubs, their Foundations, and the sport in general.”
“Clearly recognising the sustained impact on our league and clubs, including the large seven figure loss we sustained last season, we are hopeful that the Government will ensure that a significant portion of funding will be via grants.”
Matt Neville, chair of Basketball England said: “This is fantastic news for the whole sport of basketball. Clubs are right at the heart of “This is fantastic news for the whole sport of basketball. Clubs are right at the heart of communities right across the country and have been suffering like many so others have during the Covid-19 lockdown.
“We welcome and are grateful for the financial assistance that the Government is providing and are sure it will be a massive boost for us and our top-level clubs, allowing them to continue to play this season and helping to protect jobs and livelihoods. “It will also help basketball carry on with the great work done to support their communities, many already suffering hardship, as we work through the challenges of the pandemic with this vital support.”
Preview: Riders at Sharks
Sheffield Sharks v Leicester Riders
Venue: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield
The Riders currently sit second in the group with a game in hand and are coming off the back of a resounding 97-76 victory against the London Lions on Sunday. William Lee will be looking to build off arguably his best performance of the season to date, in which he scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Lee played big minutes as a result of Mo Walker’s early injury and shone in the role. Geno Crandall, who has averaged 18.5 points in his last two games, will also hope to continue his good form after a dazzling display at point guard as the Riders look to build on their impressive display last weekend.
Season So Far – Sharks
The Sharks have had a tough start to their cup campaign, they currently find themselves third in the group, after losing two of their three group games thus far. They will want to bounce back after their last game, a 97-87 loss to the Newcastle Eagles. The Eagles were up 75-55 going into the fourth quarter but a late fight back from the Sharks wasn’t enough to get the win on the road.
American Guard Geno Crandall has been electric in the Riders opening 3 games of the season and currently leads the Riders in scoring and assists with 16 points and 5.3 assists per game. Geno’s ability to get into the lane to both score and create for others is an important weapon for the Riders and is something that Sharks will have to do their best to contain if they are to be successful on Friday Evening.
Antwon Lillard has made a bright start to life in the BBL after arriving from Canada in the off season, the Sharks current leading scoring is averaging 20 points and 7 assists per game and is coming off the back of a 23 point performance against the Eagles. Lillard will no doubt be a man who the Riders will look to slow down on Friday Evening.
The last time two teams faced off was in this year’s preseason, and the Riders will hope for a different result this time around. They lost narrowly to Sheffield, 66-70, in a tight game at the Morningside Arena. Riders will want to settle the scores this time around.
The game will be available to watch for free via YouTube, CLICK HERE to tune in as the Riders and the Sharks do battle in the BBL Cup!
Riders beat Lions in an impressive Home display
Leicester Riders completed a hugely successful second weekend of the new season, with a stunning 97-76 win over a powerful London Lions side at the Morningside Arena, after beating the Newcastle Eagles away on Friday night. Riders dominated the game from start to finish and have now improved their record to 2 and 1 in the North group of death in the BBL Cup.
Riders were clearly lifted by the win against the Eagles and came out in a determined mood. Geno Crandall set the mood early, mesmerising the Lions with his dribbling and a Crandall assist to William Lee, and fine play inside by Darien Nelson Henry had Riders 8-3 in front. The Lions offence by contrast was mis-firing and not even a three from ex-NBA star Deandre Liggins could get them going. Another jump shot from Crandall and a three pointer from Conner Washington pushed Riders 21-9 clear. Jamell Anderson added the icing on the cake with a typical three from the corner to give Riders a 26-11 first quarter lead.
Riders continued the relentless pressure in the second period, marred only by an injury to big man Mo Walker who limped off with what looked like a hamstring injury. Corey Johnson hit a long three to push Riders 33-14 clear, and although the Lions stepped up their defensive pressure, Riders maintained their composure and kept the score board ticking over. Crandall again penetrated the London defence at will, and hit a couple of ten foot jumpers. The Riders benefited from the Lions foul count, which was mounting up, and by half-time were well in control, leading 53-31.
Riders came out with determination in the second half and kept up the defensive pressure on London. Another Crandall three point play got Riders 61-36 clear, before Dirk Williams helped a mini comeback for the Lions with a three followed up by a quick jumper. But Riders were getting contributions from everywhere and another Washington three followed by a Lee dunk kept them well in front. Once again Riders delivered a killer blow with a three from Johnson on the third quarter buzzer to keep them 75-49 in front.
London mounted one final charge early in the fourth quarter, helped when Riders captain Nelson-Henry picked up his fourth foul. Ex-Sheffield star Williams hit another three, and his teammate Kevin Ware finally got untracked hitting a couple of long jump shots. When Riders were called for a technical with the Riders lead cut to 84-64 with six minutes left, it could have been a turning point. But Riders held their composure, Anderson hit a big three from the corner, and that took the steam out of any London comeback.
Once again Riders got contributions from all over, with 5 players in double figure points. Washington top scored with 20 points including 4 three pointers, and added 4 assists. His back court partner Crandall had another big game with 17 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. And big man Lee had his best game in a Riders shirt with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 53% from the floor. Johnson also had a welcome return to the score sheet with 17 points including 3 three pointers.
Washington 20, Lee 18, Johnson 17, Crandall 17, Anderson 12, Nelson-Henry 8, Jackson 5
Williams 20, Liggins 14, Ware 14, Lockhart 11, Walker 7, Taiwah 5, Robinson 2, Bristol 2, Dang Akodo 1
Riders defeat Eagles on the road
Leicester Riders bounced back from their opening night defeat to Newcastle Eagles, with a dominant final quarter in the away match at the Eagles Community Arena, winning 88-82 in the BBL Cup Group stages. It was Eagles first defeat of the season.
Once again the teams could barely be separated in the opening three quarters, but with Riders point guard Geno Crandall pulling the strings, Riders pulled away in the final quarter.
Riders had been burned in the last game by the Eagles experienced back court of Rahmon Fletcher and Cortez Edwards, but Riders made adjustments defensively, and held Edwards to just 8 points, all in the second half.
Riders game plan was clearly to put pressure on the Eagles big men offensively, by pounding the ball inside, and their first three baskets were scored by Riders captain Darien Nelson-Henry. Former Notre Dame star Rex Pflueger responded with a three, to put Eagles 7-6 ahead, but Riders fired back with two three pointers from Conner Washington. Fine inside play by Mo Walker had the teams tied at the end of the first quarter on 20 points.
Walker continued to cause problems on the Eagles on the boards, and Crandall started to impose himself on the game, but the teams could hardly be separated, with a Zach Jackson 20 foot jumper taking Riders just clear, 30-27. Walker and William Lee combined for good play inside and by half-time Riders had edged in front 43-38.
The Eagles came back in the third quarter, as Edwards finally found some space, and they tied the scores on 53 points midway through the quarter. Successive threes by Justin Gordon and Pflueger gave Newcastle their biggest lead of the game at 59-55 with 4 minutes left in the third quarter, but back came the Riders, sparked by Washington, to close the gap to 62-61 with one quarter left, with Newcastle just in front.
Crandell hit a three early in the fourth quarter to spark a 21-11 Riders run that took the game away from the Eagles as the Riders matched the Eagles winning margin from their previous meeting taking the game by 6 points.
Crandall was Riders top scorer with 20 points, and dished out 4 assists, while William Lee was all action with 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. But most pleasing for Paternostro was that Riders had 6 players in double figure points.
Pflueger 21, Maxwell 15, Gordon 13, Fletcher 11, Edwards 8, Louis Sayers 6, Darius Defoe 4,
Crandall 20, Jackson 19, Nelson-Henry 13, Washington 11, Walker 11, Lee 10, Anderson 4,
BBL returns to Sky Sports
The British Basketball League is delighted to announce the return of coverage of the BBL to Sky Sports this season. The two-year agreement will see Sky Sports air 30 live BBL matches a season.
As part of the agreement Sky Sports will also air the BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs and live coverage of the Women’s BBL Playoff final.
Sky Sports will show 30 live matches a season
Sky Sports will air both the men’s and women’s finals including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs
Kieron Achara MBE and Drew Lasker to be part of the Sky Sports broadcasting team
Newcastle Eagles v London Lions to headline the opening night’s action on December 3 in a double header also featuring B. Braun Sheffield Sharks v Cheshire Phoenix live from Eagles Community Arena. Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event, 4.30pm
Sky Sports will broadcast a double header live from the Eagles Community Arena on December 3 to kick-start the coverage. Newcastle Eagles, who are the BBL’s most successful side with 25 major titles to their name, host a London Lions side who have been very busy adding to their line up in the close season in an eagerly anticipated opening night encounter in the BBL Championship. B. Braun Sheffield Sharks will tip-off against Cheshire Phoenix in the league season opener earlier in the evening. Both matches will be live on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event from 4.30pm.
It promises to be a highly exciting time for British Basketball as the road to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where 3×3 basketball will be a featured sport, draws ever closer. Sky Sports coverage will include expert analysis from Kieron Achara MBE, who was part of the London 2012 Olympics Basketball squad, and current Newcastle Eagles star Drew Lasker.
BBL Chairman Sir Rodney Walker said: “It is fantastic to be teaming up again with Sky Sports to bring the excitement and action of the BBL to basketball fans at home. We are going to see some excellent games this season as there are incredible British and international players at all 11 clubs. We look forward to working with Sky Sports and the producers Buzz16 to showcase the best of British basketball over the next two years.”
Kieron Achara MBE said: “Although I may have stopped playing, I’m still part of the BBL family so it’s great to see this partnership with Sky Sports giving BBL the attention it deserves. I’m looking forward to working with Sky Sports to share the sport I love and grow our community.”
Sky Sports Managing Director Rob Webster said: “We are delighted to welcome the BBL back to Sky Sports. We look forward to showcasing the best of basketball from across the country in what promises to be a busy but exciting period with the 2022 Commonwealth Games on the horizon. We hope an event of that magnitude on UK shores will enable what is a big participation sport to continue its growth. We at Sky Sports are thrilled to be able to support the sport.
“With continued coverage of the NBA and WNBA, the addition of the BBL makes Sky Sports the home of basketball. We can’t wait for the action to get underway on December 3 from Eagles Community Arena”
Buzz16 Productions will produce BBL coverage for Sky Sports. Additionally, they will commit to including Mama Youth apprentices on the production team for BBL coverage.
Riders Media - 9th November 2020
Riders fall to Eagles in a thrilling Season Opener
Leicester Riders lost out to Newcastle Eagles in their opening match of the season in the BBL Cup Group stages, 102-96 at the Morningside Arena.
The match was high quality shooting fest, with twenty three lead changes, and still the scores were tied on 96 with just under three minutes left, before the Eagles scored the crucial points to come out victors.
Both teams started on fire, with the game taking on the characteristics of a playoff battle, rather than an early season encounter. Riders point guard Geno Crandall was dazzling with his ball handling running the Riders offence with aplomb. Riders raced into a 6-2 lead, but a big three pointer Evan Maxwell pulled the Eagles back.
Zach Jackson fired a three back for Riders and then the game turned into a shootout, with Corey Johnson firing in a three, which Maxwell matched. Justin Gordon got in on the act with a three pointer of his own to claw the Eagles back to 12-11, but a three point play by Crandall took Riders 15-14 clear. Johnson has looked very impressive in Riders curtailed pre-season and that has earned him a starting place, and he hit another three, four of six he made in the first half, to give Riders a narrow 30-29 first quarter lead.
There was no let up in the second period as it started with three consecutive threes, with Eagles MVP guard Rahmon Fletcher now starting to assert himself. Riders keep pulling away to 4 point margin, leading 39-35, and then 41-37, before a Rex Pflueger three got the Eagles to within one, trailing 41-40. Maxwell was continuing to cause Riders all sorts of problems with his size inside and he converted two three point plays to keep Eagles in it. Another Johnson three had Riders in front 55-52 with 1 minute 52 left, but a flurry of scores had the teams tied at halftime at 57 all.
Riders raced into an early 69-64 lead in the second half, but the Eagles then outscored Riders 5 nil to tie the scores again. Consecutive baskets from the classy Cortez Edwards got the Eagles in front 73-70 but Mo Walker was started to put his weight about under the basket, and Riders came roaring back. A William Lee three on the buzzer saw Riders with a 78-77 lead heading into the final ten minutes.
The game stayed close throughout most of the final quarter with a fine move by Darien Nelson-Henry edging Riders ahead and then a Zach Jackson three point play midway through the final period had Riders 92-89 in front. But Maxwell made some baskets down the stretch to help Eagles pull clear.
Corey Johnson was top man for Riders with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, but Riders had five players in double figures, including Mo Walker with 11 points and 10 rebounds, a testament to his continued recovery from long term injury.
Johnson 20, Jackson 19, Lee 12, Walker 11, Crandall 11, Anderson 8, Nelson-Henry 8, Washington 7
Maxwell 26, Gordon 19, Fletcher 18, Edwards 17, Pflueger 10, Darius Defoe 9, Louis Sayers 3
Rob ahead of Cup start
Coach Rob Paternostro can’t wait for the first competitive game of the season this weekend as his Riders side face Newcastle Eagles at the Morningside Arena, 5pm tip-off, on Sunday 8 November 2020.
The game is part of the first phase of BBL Cup fixtures which sees the Riders pitted against Newcastle Eagles, London Lions and Sheffield Sharks.
Riders beat Cheshire Phoenix 88-62 in their final pre-season game last Sunday and have been back in the gym each day this in preparation.
“I think we are all looking forward to starting the BBL season,” commented Coach Rob.
“It’s been a bit of a stop start to get here but as the game approaches you can feel the excitement within the team.”
“We thought it was important we played that friendly game on Sunday in Cheshire. The group enjoyed playing together and enjoyed playing against someone else. They showed some good things at both ends of the floor.”
“We’ve had a good week of practice, the guys are working hard and preparing for the weekend.”
Although the game will be behind closed doors, the game will be streamed LIVE on riders.basketball/live – available for just £4.99 and free to season ticket holders who will be emailed a pass code.
Eagles game on Live Stream
Leicester Riders’ first competitive game of the 2020-21 season will be available for fans to watch via the LIVE stream this weekend.
Riders face Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup group phase behind closed doors at the Morningside Arena on Sunday 8th November at 5pm.
The club have announced today that it will be available on LIVE stream for just £4.99 after a successful trial against Sheffield Sharks in pre-season.
The game will again be free for Season Ticket holders – an access code will be sent prior to the game. Fans wishing to purchase access to the game can do so at: riders.basketball/live .
Riders Media - 2nd November 2020
Rob on final pre-season game
Riders ran out 88-62 victors over Cheshire Phoenix on Sunday evening in the final pre-season game of the campaign.
Corey Johnson led the scoring for Leicester with 24 points including six 3-pts made. Big man Mo Walker continues to impress, grabbing 12 rebounds, 11 on the defensive end.
Coach Rob Paternostro gave his thoughts, before his side turn their attention to Newcastle Eagles next Sunday in their first competitive game of the season in the BBL Cup:
“You can tell the guys where hungry right from the start.”
“Defensively in the first half we were excellent. I really like the potential of this team on that end of the floor. To hold them to 20 points in the first half really put us in a great position.”
🎥 Coach @robpaternostro gives his reaction to today's pre-season victory over Phoenix #BritishBasketball #WeAreLeicester pic.twitter.com/JF4NyL7yK1
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) November 1, 2020
“In the second half, they made some more shots and maybe the fatigue was there for us a little. So it’s important for us to continue to build as we head into the season.”
“All in all it was an excellent day for us. The ball movement was excellent and we shot the ball really well.”
“It was fun to be back out there on the court.”
Riders Media - 27th October 2020
BBL Cup line-up announced
Leicester Riders will face Newcastle Eagles, London Lions and Sheffield Sharks in the group phase of the BBL Cup.
The eleven BBL teams are split into three groups with the bottom teams being eliminated ahead of the knockout stages.
The BBL have grouped the competitions four most successful teams together, having won 12 BBL Cup’s between them. They are also the only four teams in the league’s history to have won the competition more than once.
The schedule sees Riders host Eagles on the 8th November at 5pm before the return on Friday 13th. Riders then host London Lions on Sunday 15th before travelling to the capital on Sunday 22nd. Riders line-up against Sheffield in-between those games on Friday 20th before the group phase is concluded on Friday 27th.
BBL COO Andy Webb said, “We are delighted to finally get the season launched after the very positive messages of support from the Government.”
“Of course, it won’t be the same without the fans being at the venues but all the players are keen to get to proper competition after a very long pre-season. The BBL Cup will be first up, just like last season, and then we will start the BBL Championship in early December. Those fixtures will also be
announced as soon as practical.”
It is also confirmed that all home games will be available for Riders fans to watch via an online stream – more information on this will be announced shortly.
8 Sun Nov – 5pm – Leicester Riders v Newcastle Eagles
13 Fri Nov – 7.30pm – Newcastle Eagles v Leicester Riders
15 Sun Nov – 4pm – Leicester Riders v London Lions
20 Fri Nov – 7.30pm – Sheffield Sharks v Leicester Riders
22 Sun Nov – 4pm – London Lions v Leicester Riders
27 Fri Nov – 8pm – Leicester Riders v Sheffield Sharks
Young guns named to Hoopsfix rosters
Hoopsfix has revealed the rosters for the 2020 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic, despite its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual event – supported by Nike and 5or6 – would have brought together the top male and female junior players of their generation to play in three All-Star games across two days.
Congratulations to our pathway players Hannah Dawson, Molly James, Alex Baker, Victor Ndoukou, Giovanni Emejuru, Blaize Sagna, Greg Durand and Chester Morrell who were all named in the rosters.
The five previous events have all sold out in advance and another capacity crowd was anticipated in Brixton for the 2020 edition, which was originally scheduled for June before its cancellation.
“Though we are absolutely gutted to have had to cancel the event this year, we felt announcing the selected players is a small gesture to show recognition of those who would have been suiting up,” said Sam Neter, owner of Hoopsfix.
“Despite the event not happening, we will class those selected this year as alumni as with every other year, and they will be listed on the new website – launching soon – with player profiles.
“Congratulations to all those selected, and massive respect to all the clubs, coaches and people who contributed to their development. We look forward to following their progress and development in the coming years.”
With countless national titles and a wealth of junior international experience between them, the rosters represent a glimpse into the future of British basketball and include both domestic and foreign-based players.
The full selections for each game are as follows with name, height, position, and their 2019-20 programme as selections were based on performances up until the end of last season.
Class of 2020 Rosters
Team Black
David Chive, 6’0”, Guard, John Madejski Academy
Chris Feeney, 6’2″, Guard, Barking Abbey
Bradley Kaboza, 6’2″, Guard, Myerscough
Charlie Brown, 6’3″, Guard, Derby
Lewis McGlasson, 6’4″, Guard, Myerscough
Asher Ndah, 6’4″, Guard, John Madejski Academy
Eljay Morris, 6’4″, Guard/Forward, Governor’s Academy (USA)
Richard Amaefule, 6’9″, Forward, Bishop Lynch (USA)
Sanmi Fajana, 6’8″, Forward, Myerscough
Amari Williams, 6’10”, Forward/Centre, Myerscough
Josh Ogundele, 6’11”, Forward/Centre, Worcester Academy (USA)
Matt Marsh, 7’0”, Forward/Centre, FC Barcelona (Spain)
Blaize Sagna, 6’2″, Guard, Charnwood
Louis Norton, 5’10”, Guard, Barking Abbey
Ben Winter, 6’3″, Guard, Ipswich
Chester Morrell, 6’2″, Guard, Canterbury
Taiga Forster, 6’1″, Guard, Itchen
Greg Durand, 6’5″, Guard, Charnwood
Vasja Pandza, 6’8”, Guard, The Hotchkiss School (USA)
Tomiwa Sulaiman, 6’6” Forward, West Nottingham Academy (USA)
Tom Sowoolu, 6’8″, Forward, Barking Abbey
Eduardo Andre, 6’10”, Forward, AZ Compass Prep School (USA)
Sam Chigbo, 6’11”, Forward/Centre, Myerscough
Theo Hughes, 7’0″, Centre, Barking Abbey
Underclassmen Rosters
Cameron Hildreth, 6’5″, Guard, Holy Trinity
Latrell Maitland, 6’1″, Guard, John Madejski Academy
Elijah Walsh, 6’4”, Guard, Queen Ethelburga’s
Jacob Morgan, 6’0″, Guard, Ipswich
Michael Belle, 6’6″, Guard, Strasbourg (France)
Sam Alajiki, 6’7″, Guard, Beckley Prep (USA)
Flynn Boardman-Raffet, 6’4″, Guard/Forward, Barking Abbey
Blake Bowman, 6’5″, Guard/Forward, Derby Trailblazers
Franklin Agu, 6’6″, Forward, Myerscough
Sam Grant, 6’8″, Forward, John Madejski Academy
Josh Ijeh, 6’8″, Forward, BMET James Watt College
Ethan Price, 6’10”, Forward, Ipswich
Quinn Ellis, 6’3″, Guard, Orlandina (Italy)
Alex Distras, 6’0″, Guard, Haringey
Josh Uduje, 6’6″, Guard, Knox School (USA)
Owen Young, 6’4″, Guard, Haringey
Wakeem Richardson, 6’3″, Guard, BMET James Watt College
Veron Eze, 6’4″, Guard, Barking Abbey
Jeremy Sochan, 6’8″, Forward, La Lumiere (USA)
Moses Gordon, 6’6″, Forward, New City
Abiodun Adedo, 6’5″, Forward, St Charles
Giovanni Emejuru, 6’10”, Forward, Charnwood
Victor Ndoukou, 6’8″, Forward, Charnwood
Ndwedo Newbury, 6’8”, Forward, Haringey
Under-19 Women Rosters
Ella Doherty, 5’11”, Guard, Caledonia Pride
Jade Mbam, 5’7″, Guard, Manchester Mystics
Mariam Olawoyin, 5’5″, Guard, Nottingham
Molly James, 5’9″, Guard, Charnwood
Tamara Fournillier Onadeko, 5’10”, Guard, Barking Abbey
Hannah Dawson, 5’10”, Guard/Forward, Charnwood
Rebecca Dwomoh, 5’10”, Guard/Forward, Femeni Maresm (Spain)
Esther Little, 6’2″, Guard/Forward, Copleston
Jannike Marshall, 6’0″, Forward, Caledonia Pride
MJ Sarkodee-Adoo, 6’2″, Forward, City of London Academy
Molly Lavin, 6’2″, Forward, Richmond Knights
Louise Rouse, 6’2″, Forward, Oaklands
Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu, 6’1″, Centre, City of London Academy
Amelia Sandie, 5’7″, Guard, City of London Academy
Abbey Whitehouse, 5’9″, Guard, Sheffield
Asha Andrews, 5’7″, Guard, Sevenoaks Suns
Charlotte Redhead, 5’7″, Guard, Copleston
Ella Pearson, 5’10”, Guard/Forward, Copleston
Simona Henshaw, 5’10”, Forward, City of London Academy
Shaniya Rose, 6’0″, Forward, Nottingham Wildcats
Susannah Rafiu, 6’1″, Forward, Copleston
Pollyanna Storie, 6’2″, Forward, Caledonia Pride
Adaobi Nebuwa, 5’10”, Forward, City of London Academy
Cameron Taylor-Willis, 6’0″, Forward, Copleston
Emma Imevbore, 6’4″, Centre, London Thunder
Alex Baker, 6’2″, Centre, Charnwood
Riders Media - 9th October 2020
Riders Ready to Go
Leicester Riders start to the new BBL season is now back on, after the BBL received confirmation that they will receive Government support to compensate for the games being played without spectators.
Riders BBL season was due to start on 2nd October, but the new season will now tip-off behind closed doors on Friday 30th October.
Riders Chairman Kevin Routledge was delighted with the news,
“There has been a huge amount of uncertainty since the announcement by the Government in September that the planned return of spectators from the beginning of October would not be allowed.”
“This has severe consequences for the Club because of our high dependency on ticket sales and local sponsors and additional game night sales, including corporate hospitality.”
“Playing behind closed doors for any period of time was never going to be sustainable.”
“And with the team in training for now nearly 8 weeks there was a cloud hanging over the way forward.”
“There remains a great deal of pressure on the Morningside Arena and the work of our Foundation, particularly because, for example, indoor team sports are also not allowed.”
“But the news from the Government is a huge step forward and one which all of basketball will welcome.”
“I know Coach Rob Paternostro, his coaching team and all the players will be delighted with the news and will now step up their preparations.”
Riders were due to play their second pre-season friendly at Bristol Flyers on Friday night, but Covid cases in the Riders student player pathway programme led the Club to cancel the fixture in an abundance of caution.
The BBL is delighted to confirm that the 2020-21 season will now commence on 30th October 2020 with the detailed fixture list being announced as soon as possible.
Following the Government’s announcement on 22nd September that fans would not be allowed back into sports venues from 1 October, The BBL has been in urgent dialogue with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to determine the level of appropriate support Government would be able to provide given the significant impact the late decision has had on the League, which was originally scheduled to tip-off on 2nd October.
The BBL is grateful to those we have been speaking with at DCMS for the openness and rapid pace of the discussions, and for the assurances that appropriate support will be made available to those spectator sports affected.
Sir Rodney Walker said, “We extend our thanks to Oliver Dowden, Nigel Huddleston, and DCMS for their swift response in the wake of the very recent decision to not allow fans back into sports venues. This support comes in recognition of the immense work our clubs have done in preparation for the 2020-21 season, not only for competition but also in terms of the extensive work they do in their communities.”
Andy Webb, COO of the BBL, said, “We have a lot of urgent work to do to reformat the schedules and ensure they work with our arenas, but everyone is excited to get going. The games will be played behind closed doors but streaming packages will be available for fans to follow their teams.”
Club statement: COVID-19
This morning we received formal confirmation which shows that several members of the Riders programme have tested positive for COVID-19.
Leicester Riders’ priority is the health and well-being of its players and staff throughout its pathway programme.
The members who have tested positive, and people living in the same proximity, will now strictly follow government self-isolation guidelines.
We also have a wider care and responsibility to the players and staff from opposing teams. Therefore, with an abundance of caution, we have informed the BBL and Basketball England, and have cancelled the behind closed doors pre-season away Riders game against Bristol Flyers, scheduled for Friday night, and this weekend’s games for Loughborough Riders and Charnwood Riders.
Exclusive for Season Ticket holders
Leicester Riders can today announce a special bonus for our current season ticket holders. The Riders and Bristol Flyers have agreed to give access to a live stream of tomorrow’s behind closed doors game exclusively for Season Ticket Holders.
Current season ticket holders are urged to check their inboxes tomorrow morning with a link to the game.
Managing Director Russell Levenston commented:
“We really value our fans who have been there for us as a club in good times and tougher ones. This year they have once again shown their support during a tough time for everyone during the pandemic.”
“As a little gesture of our thanks we have been working with the Flyers to offer some added value to both sets of season ticket holders.”
“We’re really happy to be able to give them exclusive access to watch the game.”
Riders tip-off at 7.30pm on Friday evening in their second pre-season game of the campaign.
A tribute: Christine Gleadell
With great sadness we announced earlier today on social-media the passing of an incredible woman, Christine Gleadell.
Chris was selfless. An integral part of our basketball club and a Riders mum to so many players and staff over the years. She will be sorely missed.
Christine has played a pivotal role in the Riders family for many seasons being a founder member of the supporters club and in recent times running and looking after our Field House facility, which enabled so many youngsters into our pathway.
The Riders wished to share these words…
Head Coach Rob Paternostro:
“It’s a very sad time. Our thoughts go out to Phil, Laura, Clare and the rest of the family.”
“Chris was an incredible person. She was a wonderful friend to so many of us, and was instrumental in our success both on and off the court.”
“She worked tirelessly for our club and was willing to help out in whatever way needed, but what stands out for me is how she made this place feel like home for so many of us that were far away from our loved ones . We will miss her so much.”
Managing Director Russell Levenston:
“Christine was one of a kind and I’m going to miss her so much. We shared some great times whether our long conversations putting the world to right or having some fun going for dinner!”
“Chris did so much for me personally. Her support and advice in my early years with the Riders was invaluable. “
“Chris and Phil have helped so many people in the club whether it staff, academy players or the pro players. The Riders Family just won’t be the same.”
“I know how much everyone will be hurting right now to have lost such a great person from our lives but her legacy will live on through all of us.”
There are no words to say how sorry I am. Big lost for @RidersBball family as well. Last time I had a great time with her was in Barcelona, a city she loved, having lunch with her. Thank you so much to make me feel like at home when living in Field House near @lborouniversity.
— Francesc Pla (@quicopla) October 7, 2020
Our thoughts as a club and wider Riders family are with Phil, Laura & Clare, and family. Rest in Peace Christine.
Flyers next up!
Leicester Riders can today confirm they will travel to Bristol this Friday for their second pre-season game.
Riders will face Bristol Flyers at 7.30pm tip behind closed doors at the SGS Wise Arena.
Rob Paternostro’s men opened up pre-season with a narrow defeat to Sheffield Sharks on Friday night 66-70.
Corey Johnson led the scoring with 15 points for the Riders, Geno Crandall added 13 points on his Riders debut whilst fellow debutant Zach Jackson and forward Jamell Anderson both added 10.
“It was good for the guys to get a run out,” reflected Coach Rob. “It’s been a long time since these guys were able to play a competitive game. You could see we were a bit rusty and we know we have ways to go to get to where we want to be, the more games the better before the real season starts.”
“We missed having the fans there with us but we were pleased to hear that they were able to tune in to watch us on the stream in good numbers.”
“We look forward to getting back on court this Friday against Bristol. It’s another good opportunity for the guys to compete.”
Riders Media - 30th September 2020
Riders host pre-season Sharks game
Leicester Riders return to action this Friday as they face Sheffield Sharks in a pre-season game at Morningside Arena.
Although the game will be behind closed doors, Riders fans will be able to watch the game via a LIVE stream for just £4.99 – sign-up here: riders.basketball/live .
The club have also announced that Season Ticket holders will be able to watch the game for free through a code that the club will be issuing directly to those supporters ahead of Friday’s game.
It will be a first look for the Riders faithful of new signings Geno Crandall, Zach Jackson, and William Lee. As well as the return of familiar faces Conner Washington, Mo Walker and Raheem May-Thompson.
Darien Nelson-Henry, Jamell Anderson and Corey Johnson complete the line-up for Rob Paternostro’s side who will be looking forward to getting the ball bouncing again on Friday night.
“We’re excited to be back out there and playing competitive basketball,” commented Coach Rob.
“The Riders fans and their support has always been the heartbeat of the club. We really appreciate them buying season tickets and supporting us all the way.”
“We will miss the fans being there on Friday night but hope they can tune in to watch us through the live stream.”
“I’ve enjoyed working with the team the last few weeks. We have some hard-working talented players that our fans will enjoy watching.”
Watch Riders v Sharks LIVE this Friday at 7.30pm on riders.basketball/live for just £4.99.
Riders Consider Season Options
Leicester Riders are looking at all options, after the planned start of the BBL season later this week was put on hold.
Riders along with other BBL clubs met late last week online, to consider the Prime Minister’s announcement that the return of spectators to sporting events was on hold indefinitely, following an increase in Covid-19 cases.
The BBL had planned to announce fixtures for the new season last week, but that announcement has again been delayed.
Riders Chairman Kevin Routledge said the club were particularly frustrated,
“We had been in continuous discussions with DCMS, and were on track to be the first indoor sports pilot in the country last Friday in a pre-season friendly.”
“The Morningside Arena has done a huge amount of work to become Covid Secure, with a major investment in software and physical changes to the arena.”
“We have been advised that the changes have made means the venue is one of the best prepared in the county.”
“So to get this news is devastating, particularly to the people involved in all these works.”
“It is going to have a massive impact on all BBL clubs, because there is a huge dependency for all clubs on gate receipts and local sponsors.”
“We have been advised the Government will consider requests for support, but the challenge will be for Clubs to survive, while negotiations go on.”
“Because we are one of a few Clubs that have control of our own Arena, we also have amongst the highest overheads in the British game.”
“Obviously we want to play games only when it is safe to do so, but all venues are different, and the risks will be very different.”
“We will be working very hard with the BBL to consider all options and hope to let our supporters and sponsors know very soon the outcome.”
“We don’t rule out playing behind closed doors for a period, but that is not a sustainable way of operating, and it is unclear whether all clubs could even start on that basis.”
“Ultimately we are in the hands of Government.”
The BBL’s Chief Operating Officer Andy Web said,
“Following the Government announcement on 22nd September that fans will not be allowed back to sporting events for the foreseeable future, the British Basketball League is currently assessing the impact this will have on professional basketball in the UK.”
“The UK is a great sporting nation and the positive impact that sport has on communities and on physical and mental health can be seen at all levels from grassroots through to elite levels.”
“With all the BBL clubs firmly rooted in their communities, it is no exaggeration to say that the impact of this decision will be deeply felt by all 11 BBL clubs and the many stakeholders the Clubs and their charitable Foundations work with.”
“We recognise that the Government are taking these measures in the interests of the nation’s health and we fully support them in that.”
“However, to remove the possibility of such a vital source of income only a week before we were due to start our season means the BBL has no option but to call on the Government for support at this crucial time.”
“The viability of our league, the only professional men’s basketball league in the UK, is predicated on ticket and sponsorship income, as thousands of fans and local businesses show their support each week.”
“Without their support, there is a risk of the loss of clubs who work in the heart of their communities, as well as the current and future generations of talented sportspeople, many from our most deprived communities.”
“In the meantime, the BBL is reassessing its options with regards to the new season and will be making further announcements shortly.”
Riders sign Geno Crandall
Leicester Riders today announced the signing of American guard Geno Crandall.
Crandall, who spent last season in the Czech Republic with Turi Svitavy averaging 13.9 points per game and 3.7 assists, played for both North Dakota and Gonzaga in college.
Crandall averaged 14.3 points and 4 assists over three seasons at North Dakota, leading the side to the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore. Geno left North Dakota after his third year, transferring to American basketball powerhouse Gonzaga.
Described as a leader and high-level communicator in his one season with the Zags, Geno will give Coach Paternostro great options at the guard spot in the Riders roster.
Crandall spoke to Riders.Basketball: “I’m very excited to get to Leicester and help the Riders compete for a championship.”
“I’m looking forward to working with the staff and the players in Leicester.”
“I can’t wait to get on court and show what I can do.”
Coach Rob Paternostro commented on the signing:
“We are very happy to sign a player like Geno, he is a very talented player with pro experience who can play either guard position. Geno is a guy that has shown that he can fit into any team or situation thrown his way.”
“After a great career at North Dakota it was very impressive to see how he fit in with Gonzaga, one of the best teams in college basketball. It’s never easy to go to a new team with a different style of play but Geno was able to adapt very quickly.”
“He has good size , is very athletic, and has great quickness. He has a high basketball IQ and good feel for the game which is evident when you watch him play.”
“He can score , we have seen that at the collegiate level and the pro level but he also impacts the game in many other ways which makes him a very well rounded player.”
In other Riders news, guard Jonah Mathews has returned to America following the announcement of the NBA draft.
A number of NBA teams have made contact with the former USC captain. and he has made the decision to head back to California. Riders would like to wish Jonah all the best for his future career.
Riders Media - 8th September 2020
Coach Paternostro praises Captain Thomson
Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro spoke to Riders.Basketball on the retirement of Andrew Thomson…
“Andy is a legend of the BBL, there is no doubt about that, when you look at what he is done in his career, one thing is consistent and that’s winning.”
“He has won wherever he has played and has been a guy that any coach would love to have on their team.”
“He was a huge signing for us, one of the most important signings in Leicester Riders history.”
“I feel fortunate that he spent the 4 years with us. He was always all about winning and being a team player which made my job easier.”
“Andy was a big man that could do everything – he was an excellent shooter, who put so much pressure on the defence by being able to stretch the floor and make defender pay.”
“But if you took that away, Andy could beat you in many other ways, passing , interior scoring and rebounding.”
“Defensively he was very versatile and physical, but most importantly to me was his IQ. He studied the opponents and understood the game plan and what his team needed to do to win.”
“When I think of Andy I will always think of a player that would play his best basketball in the big games and the big moments. There are so many times that he came up with the big play late in the game to put is in the win column “
“It was always great to be sitting in the locker room before a final and to know he was on your team, you knew he would be ready and you know you had a great chance to win with him on your team.”
Leicester Riders Captain Andy Thomson Calls Time
Leicester Riders England international Andy Thomson has decided to call time on his career, as Riders restart full scale training for the new season.
36 years old Thomson has been Riders captain for the last two seasons and is one of the most successful players ever to grace the BBL.
Manchester born Thomson has accumulated 20 BBL trophies in a storied career, that included stops with Newcastle Eagles and Mersey Tigers, as well as in France and Spain.
The 6 foot 9 inch forward led Riders into Europe in the 2018/19 season for the first time in nearly two decades, and played his best basketball in European competitions, averaging nearly 11 points and over 3 rebounds a game, while shooting an excellent 53% from the floor and 39% from the three point line.
Thomson missed a big chunk of that season with injury, and with the England team at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, where he picked up another injury, but still had some big moments for the Riders, including in the decisive last moments in the BBL Trophy Final.
That season he missed 16 Championship games, but still averaged over 7.5 points and nearly 4.3 rebounds a game, while shooting 44% from the floor.
Last season he averaged 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 43% from the floor, and 35% from the three point line, in a season truncated early by the Covid-19 pandemic
Thomson said it was a difficult but inevitable decision,
“To step away from such a long career, in anything, is a tough, life changing decision, however with sport you’re fully aware it’s got to come to an end.”
“Going in to the 2019/2020 season, as my 14th year in professional basketball, I had the mindset that this season was likely to be my last one.”
“I may not have been able to complete this final season and finish on that high due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but I still reflect on my career with pride.”
“I’ve achieved 20 trophies across my 9 seasons in the BBL, having represented 3 different clubs and captaining my final 2 seasons.”
“This decision did not come easy to me.”
“I’d put these thoughts off for years as I could never bring myself to visualise hanging up my shoes, however over the last few I’d put my efforts into training and launching my business, Solvere Therapies, specialising in holistic, complementary treatments as my transition.”
“This gave me the confidence to see that there was another path out there for me.”
“Having also recently explored other opportunities which may still come in to fruition, I will always pursue this as a side line to satisfy my passion for helping people.”
“When I look back to starting out my career, I can see how much basketball, as a sport has grown.”
“The league is definitely trending in the right direction; its more competitive, there are more supporters, teams now have their own arenas and clubs are venturing into European Competitions.”
“Whilst Covid-19 has us hanging in suspense, I’m positive it won’t be long before the growth continues.”
“I would like to say a huge thanks to the Leicester Riders club and fans for welcoming myself and my wife to their community.”
“The support and loyalty from the fans during the highs and lows have made it an honour to represent them and their city.”
“I hope you enjoyed this part of my journey as much as I did.”
“A great thing about basketball is that it has its own network, you play with and against players who over the years of playing in the BBL, many have turned in to life-long friends.”
“You also get the privilege to meet with fans and sponsors, and through this I’ve made some great friendships.”
“I’d like to say a further thanks to coach Rob Paternostro for signing me up to his ball club.”
“He and Russell Levenston put together some very talented teams which I was lucky to be a part of, culminating in 7 trophies throughout my time here.”
“Whilst Rob’s a very emotive and animated coach on the side lines, he’s very supportive and understanding in the needs of his players on and off the court which I appreciated greatly.”
“The arena and the club are in good hands with Kevin Routledge at the helm and I wish them the best of luck in their future and I’m sure there will be plenty more trophies to line those cabinets.”
“I’m still residing in Leicestershire so will ensure I get down to the games to continue my support.”
Riders sign Jonah Mathews
Leicester Riders can today announce the signature of guard Jonah Mathews.
Hailing from Santa Monica, California, 6’3″ Mathews spent four years at USC averaging 13.4 pts in PAC-12 in the 2019-20 season
Although the season finished abruptly due to Covid-19, his last appearance for USC on Senior Day was a memorable one. The USC captain hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game with 6:52 left to become USC’s all-time leader in threes. In the same game Mathews took a game-winning three with 2 seconds remaining for a 54-52 victory over UCLA, the result is the first regular-season sweep over their rivals since the 2015-16 season, and made the Trojans’ NCAA Tournament berth all but confirmed.
After four years playing for the Trojans, Jonah can’t wait to get his professional career underway.
“I’m so excited to get out there and play for this program with a great coach and talented group of guys,” commented Mathews. “I’m very excited to play in a different country along with an amazing fan base that the Riders bring to every game.”
“I just wanna get out there and work. I want to win another championship with this program.”
Jonah was named to the All PAC-12 tournament first team in 2018, All PAC-12 second team and all-defensive team last season. Mathews becomes the ninth signing for Head Coach Rob Paternostro who is delighted to bring the American to Leicestershire:
“We are excited to have Jonah this season. His career at USC speaks for itself, individually he did great things, but what really stood out for me was that he had more wins than any other player in USC history. That’s a statistic to be proud of!”
“He is a talented guard with quickness, good size , and the versatility to play with the ball or without it. He has an excellent all around game. He led his team in minutes played which shows you his value to the team.”
“He was very effective in late game situations, you can see on video that he was confident in his ability to make plays in the important moments of the game.”
“Defensively he had a very good season, making the All defensive team in the PAC-12 shows how highly he was thought of on that end of the floor.”
Riders Media - 31st August 2020
May-Thompson returns to Riders
Raheem May-Thompson makes a return to Leicester Riders signing a two-year deal.
6’6″ forward May-Thompson, re-joins the Riders after a spell with Cheshire Phoenix, Mulhouse Pfastatt (in France) and Worcester Wolves.
Raheem played a role in Rob Paternostro’s side during the 2015-16 season when Leicester won both the league and BBL Trophy.
“Obviously Raheem is a guy we know very well,” commented Coach Rob. “We are excited to have him back. He was great to work with last time and we are all looking forward to working with him again”
“He is an athletic versatile player with plenty of experience who can play multiple positions and can fit in with many different line-ups.”
“I really like how he has performed in big games and is a player that doesn’t shy away from the big moments.”
May-Thompson will combine the professional contract with studying for his Masters in Marketing at Loughborough University, thanks to our partners at Loughborough University’s Business School.
Raheem added:
“I’m really excited to have the opportunity to go back to Leicester and to play for the Riders again.”
“I know the organisation really well and I’m looking forward to linking up with the likes of Jamell (Anderson) and Conner (Washington) again who were both playing when I was here the first time around.”
“I am also very much looking forward to attaining a Masters degree. Loughborough University is a first-class University and I value the opportunity they have afforded me.”
Riders Media - 27th August 2020
BBL announce start date for 2020/21 season
The weekend of October 2nd will see the restart of British Basketball League competition with the specific date for Leicester Riders’ to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Rob Paternostro’s side will commence the 2020/21 season with the opening rounds of the BBL Cup competition, the league itself will tip off on Friday 13 November 2020.
The 2020/21 BBL Cup has seen a significant change, which will see teams split into three groups rather than two, with the bottom placed team from each group being eliminated before the knockout stage
Andy Webb, Chief Operating Officer of BBL, said:
“Planning for the new season has been something we’ve really looked forward to after the disappointment of the early end to last season. Seeing the talent that the clubs have been announcing only makes us keener to get going because there’s going to be some incredible games to come.”
Riders sign high-flying William Lee
Leicester Riders are delighted to announce the signing of William ‘HaHa’ Lee.
The American joins Leicester after spending last season with German Pro-A side Nurnberg Falcons BC. The 6-9 forward previously played in the G-League with Iowa Wolves having spent four years playing for the University of Alabama at Birmingham through college.
Lee was the all-time leading shot-blocker in UAB history, is a 2-time defensive player of the year in his conference and was a 2-time all conference player.
Speaking to the club’s new official website, Lee said : “First of all I would like to thank the Leicester Riders organisation for allowing me to be part of the upcoming season.”
“It’s been a long off-season and I’m ready to get back on the court and have fun again!”
“Words can not explain how excited I am for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to meeting my new teammates, the staff and all the Riders fans.”
Lee is Head Coach Rob Paternostro’s seventh signing ahead of the new season and he can’t wait to work with the forward:
“We are looking forward to working with William . He is an exciting player who plays above the rim on both ends of the floor and is a guy our fans should enjoy watching play.”
“He has the ability to impact the game on the defensive end. He moves his feet well has good size and with a 7 foot 2 wing span can change shots.”
“We are excited about his shot blocking ability, he has always been an excellent shot blocker which we feel will be an important part of our defence.”
“He is a skilled big on the offensive end, he uses his versatility to be effective. He can shoot from distance, score around the rim and put it down on the floor to make plays .”
Riders Sign Zach Jackson
Leicester Riders are delighted to announce the signing of American 6’7″ guard Zach Jackson.
Last season Jackson played for Ukrainian Superleague side Kharkivski Sokoly, after spending four successful years in college with Omaha Mavericks. He averaged an impressive 18 points per game in his Junior and Senior year, as well as being named in the all Summit League first team.
Speaking to the club’s official website, Jackson said:
“It’s exciting to join such a successful program and play for the fans of Leicester.”
“I’m ready to get to work with my new teammates and I’m really looking forward to a good season.”
“I’m thankful for the opportunity to represent the city of Leicester, play for the Riders organisation and its fans.”
Zach becomes Rob Paternostro’s six summer announcement, and the Riders Head Coach is delighted to be bringing the Wichita-born
“We are very happy to have Zach on board, he is a talented player who has the ability to score from all over the floor,” said Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro.
“He is an excellent long range shooter both off the catch and off the dribble, but he is also a guy that can score in the paint with drives, cuts, and post ups. He really has a knack for putting the ball in the basket.”
“We were very impressed with his efficiency on the offensive end and are looking forward to being able to use his versatility on both ends of the floor.”
“I enjoyed speaking with him, he has a hunger for the game and is a guy that has worked extremely hard to become the player he is.”
“He has great size for a perimeter player, a late growth spurt has seen him grow to 6-7 which I think that will make him an even tougher guy to defend. We like his ability to take advantage of smaller defenders, with his size at the guard position he can be a really tough match-up for smaller guards.”
Walker makes return to Riders
Mo Walker will return for the Riders for the 2020-21 season, it can also be revealed that having initially signed a two-year deal, Walker has now extended his stay by a further year making him a Rider for the next two seasons.
Mo was all set to make his Riders debut last season but for a season-ending injury which stalled his Leicester debut. Despite this, Walker will be a familiar face to BBL fans after spending a short stint with the Worcester Wolves three seasons ago in which he averaged 18 points and 9.5 rebounds per outing.
“I’m excited! I feel like I have a chip on my shoulder and something to prove from sitting out last season,” reflected Mo. “I want to make the city of Leicester and the fans proud by continuing to build on the winning culture already established by the Riders in the BBL.”
Coach Rob Paternostro is excited to have the 6’10” big available this time out, speaking to the club’s official website, Paternostro said:
“We can’t wait to see Mo put on a Riders uniform. Last year’s injury was unfortunate for both him and the club, and I know that he is really excited about getting back on the court.”
“Although he didn’t play in any games for us last season he settled in very well, he was a part of the team and was able to get a feel for what we do and how we do it.”
“He was a dominant player last time he was in the league, first team all BBL player, a player that opponents feared and had to game plan for.”
“Mo is a big who uses his size to get great position and can really score with his back to the basket. He is also a guy that rebounds both offensively and defensively, passes the ball well and plays with intelligence on both ends. We are expecting big things.”
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Riders Media - 4th August 2020
Jesse Chuku departs Riders
Leicester Riders can confirm that they will be without Jesse Chuku next season. The 27-year old forward is to take a year away from basketball to concentrate on recovery of a pre-existing injury that has affected his time on court the last few seasons.
“I would like to thank the Riders for a great year and for all the support I received battling a pre-existing injury,” commented Chuku. “The coaches, players, staff, and the fans have all been phenomenal and I am very proud to have been a part of this organisation.”
“Leicester now feels like a second home to me, so surely this is not farewell as I hope to see all the Riders family again some time in the future!”
Jesse clocked up 26 appearances for the Riders last season before Covid cut the season short.
Managing Director Russell Levenston commented: “We’ve enjoyed having Jesse with us this past season and wish him all the best in his quest for full fitness.”
“The door is always open to him and he’ll always be part of the Riders family.”
All the best for the future Jesse, from all at the Leicester Riders.
Corey Johnson signs new Riders deal
Corey Johnson has committed until the end of the 2020/21 season and enters his second season with the club.
Johnson averaged 12.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game over 10 games last season, arriving midway through with Jordan Spencer before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to leicesterriders.co.uk, Coach Paternostro said he was delighted to bring back the Canadian: “Corey made an immediate impact when he arrived last season, his energy and ability were immediately valuable to our team.”
“Obviously he is a dangerous three point threat, his shooting can impact the game in many ways, but he was more than just a shooter. He really plays with an intelligence out on the floor and we are expecting big things from him this season.”
“Defensively he was very good, he has good size and length and a hunger play to defence. He was locked in on that side of the floor from the moment he arrived. His communication and commitment to team defence was excellent.”
The Harvard graduate is back in his native Canada at the moment and will represent CEBL side Guelph Nighthawks before returning to Leicestershire.
“The Riders fans had my back from the moment I stepped on the floor,” reflected Corey. “After I hit my first shot the crowd went crazy. That was something that was really motivating for me.”
“I’m really happy to be returning to the Morningside Arena and bringing that energy.”
“It feels great to have signed again, I felt like we had a good thing going last year and a lot of momentum that got cut short. I’m excited about the new season ahead and I feel like we can carry that momentum over to next year.”
You can see Corey in action tonight as his Guelph Nighthawks side play Hamilton Honey Badgers (5pm ET) available to watch on CBCSports.ca or twitch.
Leicestershire Uniting ‘Together In Hope’ ahead of Leicester’s lockdown review
The University of Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor is working in partnership with the CEO of Leicester City Football Club and the Bishop of Leicester, on a celebration of community spirit in Leicester and Leicestershire this weekend, supported by a raft of other public figures.
Headed by Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Susan Whelan and Bishop Martyn Snow,Together In Hope will highlight messages of encouragement and the many acts of kindness and concern for one another that have been springing up during lockdown.
Sports, education, business, charity, arts, community and faith leaders and personalities are supporting ‘Together In Hope’ on social media, rallied by Turi King, Professor of Public Engagement at the University of Leicester, who is well known for her work on the discovery of the body of Richard III, and Revd Dr Tom Wilson of the St Philip’s Centre, Leicester’s internationally recognised interfaith centre.
Using the hashtags #TogetherInHope and #WeAreLeicester the coalition of leaders and personalities invite anyone with connections to the city and county to tell the world what we celebrate about Leicester and Leicestershire and how we’ll come through this current challenge and move forward together in hope.
You could produce a piece of art, poetry, make a film clip, create some spoken word, share a recipe, write a letter, pose for a photo with the Together in Hope branding, highlight your community and charitable work, whatever you like that tells the world how great Leicester is and how we’ll continue moving forward together in hope.
Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester said:
“Leicester is an incredible city. There is so much diversity and unity in one place. It has the world at your doorstep.
“I am proud of Leicester and it is one of the reasons why I want to champion this great initiative, Together in Hope, to ensure we come out of this lockdown stronger and more united.
“It’s more important now than ever to shine a light on what is great about our city. Together we can be a beacon of hope for others.”
Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club Chief Executive, said:
“Leicester is a truly special place, whose diverse and passionate community has been both the backdrop and the inspiration for some of the city’s finest achievements.
“As we’ve seen throughout this pandemic, it’s also a community that comes together to support each other when support is most needed, which gives me great confidence that we can overcome the current challenges and emerge from the lockdown stronger than ever before.”
The Rt Revd Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester, said:
“We’re launching Together In Hope because we’ve been so encouraged by the way people have come together across Leicester and Leicestershire during the pandemic and lockdown.
“We want the world to know about this and we want to tell people that our diversity is our
“We believe that this diversity and togetherness will enable us to emerge from this crisis with renewed hope for a society in which we care for one another and care for our planet. I’m delighted that so many partners have already come on board with this initiative and we hope you will join us and start sharing stories of Together In Hope.”
Personalities and organisations supporting #TogetherInHope #WeAreLeicester include:
Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester
Susan Whelan, CEO, Leicester City Football Club
Rt Revd Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester
Rosemary Conley CBE, Businesswoman, author and broadcaster
Jonathan Agnew, The BBC Cricket Correspondent
Gary Lineker OBE, BBC Sports Correspondent
Maggie Philbin, Tomorrow’s World
Simon Cole QPM, Chief Constable, Leicestershire Police
Rick Taylor, Chief Fire and Rescue Officer
Professor Robert Allison, President and Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University
Professor Andy Collop, Interim Vice-Chancellor, De Montfort University
Geoff Rowe BEM, Festival Director, Big Difference Company
Scott Knowles, Chief Executive, East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
Flor Healy, Group Chief Executive, Samworth Brothers
Kevin Routledge, Chairman, Leicester Riders
Sean Jarvis, Chief Executive, Leicester Cricket Club
Andrea Pinchen, Chief Executive, Leicester Tigers
Verity Hancock, Principal, Leicester College
Dawn Whitemore, Principal, The SMB Group
Chas Bishop, Chief Executive, Leicester Space Centre
Karamjit Singh, Chair, University Hospitals of Leicester
Andy Williams, Chief executive of the NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs
Chris Stafford, Chief Executive, Curve Theatre
Nikolai Foster, Artistic Director, Curve Theatre
Revd Mark Burleigh, Head of Chaplaincy and Bereavement Services, Leicester’s Hospitals
Suleman Nagdi, Spokesperson, Federation of Muslim Organisations
Resham Singh Sandhu, MBE, Leicestershire Interfaith Forum
Pradip Gajjar, President, ISKCON Leicester
Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough
Jonathan Kerry, Chief Executive, Leicester Diocese
The Very Revd David Monteith, Dean of Leicester
Revd Jenny Impey, Minister, Leicester Trinity Methodist Circuit
Revd Novette Headley, Superintendent Minister, Leicester West Methodist Circuit
Dilwar Hussain, Chair, New Horizons in British Islam
Associate Professor David Bartram, Chair, Leicester Progressive Jewish Community
Jiten Anand, Director, Inspirate
Sean Carroll, Director, Inspirate
Bipin Anand, Director, ImageNova
Glynis Wright, President Leicestershire Law Society
Professor Turi King, Professor of Public Engagement, Leicester University
Revd Dr Tom Wilson, Director, St Philip’s Centre
Morningside Arena First in Leicester Waterworks Transformation Project
Leicester’s waterways are set to be transformed with a series of colourful artworks as part of a major community arts project beginning this summer.
Five large-scale murals will brighten up parts of the city’s riverside and canal corridor thanks to a partnership between Leicester City Council, the Canal & River Trust and local arts company Graffwerk.
Over the coming months, local artists from the Graffwerk street art collective will carry out specially commissioned pieces at key locations across the city.
The first commission has already seen the canal side wall of the Morningside Arena transformed with a large-scale mural celebrating home champions Leicester Riders alongside a tribute to basketball icon Kobe Bryant.
Kevin Routledge, director of the Morningside Arena and chairman of Leicester Riders, said: “We are delighted to be a part of this stunning community arts project. The Morningside Arena’s location alongside the new Charter Street bridge leading to Abbey Park, has seen much-increased footfall and cycling.
“We think people using the park and canal will be very impressed with the artwork. The design strongly captures the essence of the arena with its community focus and great events, as well as being home of the Riders.”
The Morningside Arena project will be followed by artworks at Abbey Park underpass, Soar Island wall and Lime Kiln Lock on the edge of Abbey Park. The recently constructed flood relief culvert at Loughborough Road Bridge will also be brightened up with a specially commissioned design.
The artworks will celebrate the sites’ wildlife and history and include improved waymarking to help people find their way along Leicester’s waterways and make more use the city’s towpaths and riverside walking routes.
The £45,000 project is funded by the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) with £30,000 of Government cash from the Local Growth Fund, and by the Canal & River Trust through its Community Roots programme, which is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
Liz Fleuty, community engagement manager for the Canal & River Trust, said: We’re so excited to be a part of this project which will brighten up the waterside and make a visit to the towpath even more appealing
“For many Leicester’s waterways are an undiscovered gem and we’re hoping that, once finished, these artworks help to attract more people down to the waterside and encourage them to see their local canal or river in a whole new light.
“More than a third of people in Leicester live less than a kilometre from a canal or river – which have such an important role to play in daily life, helping us to keep active and clear our minds. By brightening spaces up and creating new places of interest we hope this project will enable more people to feel those benefits for themselves.”
Deputy City Mayor for environment and transportation Cllr Adam Clarke said: “Leicester boasts some beautiful riverside and towpath routes but there are some parts that need a bit of a lift. We are keen to work with partner organisations like CRT and the Inland Waterways Association to do that and help more people discover the city’s riverside.
“These new artworks will brighten up key locations along our waterways, signposting routes, attractions and areas of interest and encourage people to explore more of the city’s beautiful riverside and canal by walking and cycling.
“We have worked with Graffwerk on a number of projects over the years, with events like Bring the Painthelping to create stunning artworks in the city centre. I am excited to see how this latest project will transform and brighten key waterside locations.”
Izzy Hoskins, co-director at Graffwerk, said: “Graffwerk is extremely excited to be delivering these large-scale artworks alongside some incredible artists. Being based upon the canal side ourselves it means a lot for us to be involved in projects within the local community.”
The project may involve some short-term towpath closures while the artists are working. This will be clearly signed and alternative routes suggested. All work will be carried out only when it is safe to do so, and with strict social distancing in place.
Lascelles takes up new challenge
After three successful seasons with the Riders, Leicester Riders can confirm this morning that they will be without the services of Rema Lascelles next season as he ends his professional basketball career to take up a new challenge.
“I’d like to thank both Rob and Russell for giving me an opportunity to play the game I love at the highest level this country has to offer. I loved my time at the Riders. From competing with some amazingly talented players day in day out to travelling the country and Europe showcasing our own skills, including playing in front of 15k people at the O2. I have made some lifelong memories and friends,” commented Rema.
“I felt like it was the right time to end my pro career and to take steps into the next chapter in my life. My girlfriend and I are starting a family together and I am embarking on a career which I am hopeful can provide the same amount of enjoyment and fulfilment from that I got from basketball.”
Rema clocked up 87 appearances for the Riders including two treble winning seasons and the FIBA Europe adventure.
“We are all happy for Rema and wish him well for the future. He was a winning player with the club and was an important part of some very good teams,” reflected Head Coach Rob Paternostro.
“He was a very unique player, he had great size at the point guard position and did a great job passing the ball and running the offence and was always a guy that teammates enjoyed playing with.”
Managing Director Russell Levenston added:
“We wish Rema all the best with his career. He has been a tremendous asset for our club over the past three seasons and really contributed to the success of our team. We are really proud of him, and although we’ll miss him at the Arena, he goes with our blessing and good wishes.”
All the best for the future Rema, from all at the Leicester Riders.
Jamell signs for 2020-21 season
British forward Jamell Anderson returns to the Leicester Riders next season after signing a new one-year deal.
Anderson who has spent seven seasons in Leicestershire having made his Leicester debut back in the 2011-12 season, has racked up 274 appearances and seven trophies with the Riders.
‘We are thrilled to have Jamell back for another season,’ commented Head Coach Rob Paternostro. ‘He is a guy who does whatever a team needs to win.’
‘I thought he played very well last season, defensively his commitment and ability is a valuable tool for any group and his length, speed and size makes him an elite defender in this league.’
‘He shot the ball well last season and offensively was very efficient, he is a player who puts the work in and you can see how his game develops every season.’
🍿 Exclusive: Forward Jamell Anderson (@Jamell_A ) on his Riders return! #weridetogetherpic.twitter.com/PfO5iS3XW5
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) July 6, 2020
Anderson shot a 2 point percentage of 68.0 last season, third highest in the BBL. He was also amongst the leagues’ leaders for field goal percentage with 57.6.
‘Leicester has been good to me down the years and I am happy to be part of the Riders family again next season,’ reflected Jamell.
‘The Morningside Arena is a great venue to play at, the fans really get that place rocking. It’s a real community club and I want to be a part of it.’
‘I have a lot of respect for Coach Rob. I love playing for him as he understands my game and knows how to get the best out of me. We’ve had seven seasons together so far and I’m excited to be making it number eight next season.’
Anderson has been a member of the long squad for Great Britain in the last couple of windows as well as representing Team England at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
Ian Davidson – Rest In Peace
It is with great sadness that the Club announces that Ian Davidson, the Riders Commercial Manager, has passed away.
He died suddenly and unexpectedly at Glenfield Hospital on Tuesday night.
Ian has been with the club over seven years, although more latterly he had gone part-time, while he pursued a post graduate degree at DMU in his favourite subject – the history of sport.
Leicester Riders Chairman Kevin Routledge said,
“Ian will be greatly missed by everyone in the Riders family. He helped grow the club on the commercial side at a critical stage in its development, and he always left everyone with a smile on their face.”
“He is one of Leicester’s greatest sports fans, with his passionate interest in all sports Clubs in the city, including holding a similar role at Leicestershire County Cricket Club to the one he held for us. He remained a very passionate cricket fan, but he was also a huge fan of Leicester City, as a long time season ticket holder, and author of a recent book on Keith Weller. He was also a Tigers fan.”
“There was little that Ian did not know about sport, and he loved nothing better than regaling everyone with fascinating sports statistics from decades ago.”
“He made an immense contribution to the development of the Riders, including organising many of our corporate events, and he always brought a passion to everything he did.”
Riders Managing Director Russell Levenston said,
“I am really shocked by the passing. Ian was a friend that will be missed by myself, and all at the Riders. My thoughts are with his family at this time.”
“Ian was a hugely positive guy that would do anything for anyone, and helped to transform our club commercially. His work helped us to become sustainable and grow.”
Head Coach of Leicester Riders Rob Paternostro was shocked by the news,
“My family and I are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague Ian. His passion for sport in Leicester was unmatched, and his dedication and commitment to the Riders was immense. Ian accomplished so many great things for our organisation, was a huge part of our success and will be sorely missed by all at the club. I feel fortunate to have had him as a friend. My thoughts go out to all his family and friends.”
Ian is survived by his wife Sue, son Ashley, daughter-in-law Angel, daughter Nicolette, and granddaughter Aimee.
Conner Washington is back!
GB Guard Conner Washington has returned to the Leicester Riders signing a two-year deal after spending last season in Europe.
Conner is one of Riders’ most decorated players having won 10 trophies over 7 seasons in Leicestershire including 261 appearances.
“We are thrilled to have Conner back. We are excited to see him in a Riders jersey again!”
“He plays with passion, intensity and a style that Riders fans have enjoyed throughout the years,” commented Head Coach Rob Paternostro who has brought the British guard through the Riders programme.
“He first came to us many years ago and we have enjoyed watching him grow and have watched him win many trophies with many different teams here.”
“His defence can be a game changer, his athletic ability, intelligence and intensity on that end of the floor is valuable for any team to have and we look forward to that again this season.”
🍿 Exclusive: @gbbasketball guard Conner Washington (@Con_Air11 ) on his Riders return! #weridetogether pic.twitter.com/Xg3lg4HELb
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) June 19, 2020
Last year Conner was a key player for German team VfL Bochum averaging 18.3 points and 5.1 assists per game.
“It feels great to be back. I love the organisation and love the city,” commented Washington. “My family are here and I”m closer to my hometown Bedford so anytime I can play here is a true blessing.”
“I’m confident there’s a lot of success to come. I’m anxious to get on the court and take my skills to another level. I can’t wait to get back out there in front of the Riders fans.”
The Great Britain senior player is the first signing announced by the Riders as they continue to finalise the roster for the 2020-21 season.
Ward-Hibbert leaves Riders
Riders Managing Director Russell Levenston has today confirmed that guard Josh Ward-Hibbert will not return next season.
Ward-Hibbert who still had a year to run on his contract, was contacted by another team while under contract with the Riders and he has decided to opt out of the second year.
Josh joined the programme initially with the Loughborough side before progressing to Rob Paternostro’s team in the 2016-17 season. Josh represented the Riders 91 times winning 7 trophies including two treble winning seasons.
“He’s a great talent and we have invested in him over the past four seasons to a point were we feel he is in a position to push for a GB spot. So naturally we’re disappointed that Josh has decided to leave us,” reflected Levenston.
“We thank him for his efforts whilst in a Riders shirt and wish him well for the future.”
In some more promising news for the Riders, Levenston also confirmed there will be some player announcements around the corner.
“We have several players already signed and we’ll be making those announcements over the coming weeks. We’re really pleased with the way the pieces are coming together and looking forward to seeing this exciting team back on court at the Morningside Arena. Watch this space!”
2019-20 BBL season cancelled
The British Basketball League (BBL) announced today that the remainder of the current 2019/20 season will be cancelled following the continued impact of coronavirus.
The statement read that member clubs unanimously agreed that there was no viable option to allow for the season to be completed in a safe and meaningful manner after the season was originally postponed on 17 March.
The League had been working alongside the basketball national governing bodies (NGBs) of Basketball England and Basketball Scotland and the British Basketball Federation, as well as following advice from FIBA (International Basketball Federation) and the UK Government to explore all the available options to resume play.
Following the cancellation of the season, and based on multiple teams mathematically capable of winning, the independent directors of the BBL Management Board agreed that there would be no winner of the championship title.
Looking ahead, the British Basketball League has also announced plans for the 2020/21 season, as the lockdowns start to slowly ease, and sports start to resume across the UK and the world. Announcing plans for the BBL Trophy, BBL Cup and Championship competitions, British basketball fans will see even more games being played over the season as a change to the Championship competition sees teams face each other three times over the course of the season.
Our supporters are the heartbeat of our club. In the light of today’s announcement we don’t want any of our supporters to worry about their tickets, we will be in contact with all those supporters affected in the coming weeks.
A further announcement regarding the new season-tickets will also be made soon.
Managing Director Russell Levenston commented “First and foremost we would like to send our best wishes to all of our supporters and their families who have been affected by the pandemic over the last few months. As ever the support we have had this season as a whole has been incredible and it is really valued and hugely appreciated.”
“We thank them for their patience and we can’t wait to be back on court with the Riders family in the autumn. We will be making many announcements, including next season’s roster, over the next few months and will continue to keep fans updated on our social-media channels.”
Season Recap: Namon Wright
Games played: 24
Points Per Game: 15.8
Rebounds Per Game: 4.9
Assists per game: 1.75
Namon Wright joined the Riders in the summer of 2019 following graduation from the University of Colorado. Namon joined the Riders with the reputation as a talented scorer of the ball from the perimeter and did not disappoint in his rookie professional season.
Wright was the Riders leading scorer in the 2019/20 season averaging 15.8 points per game on an excellent 46.7% from the two and 43.9 from three. Namon also displayed a good rebounding ability from the ring averaging 6.2 rebounds per game in the BBL Cup.
Coach Paternostro thought Namon had a good rookie season and has all the tools to go on and have a very successful professional career. “Namon was an exciting player for us this season. He showed the ability to shoot the ball from long range and used his athleticism to be an effective player in the bbl. From day one You could see he has a lot of tools and because of that he is a guy that has tremendous potential in professional basketball.”
Key Performances
November 1st v Newcastle Eagles – BBL Cup
Stat line: 19 points (6-10 FG), 6 rebounds, 2 steals
The Leicester Riders travelled to the North East to take on the Newcastle Eagles as the two teams were set to do battle for the second time in the BBL Cup. Namon got the first score of the game scoring a highly contested layup inside but no team was able to take control of the game in the early exchanges. Wright knocked down a pair of three throws with 3 minutes left on the clock before the Eagles took control of the final 2 minutes leading at the end of the quarter 25-18. Wright got the first score of the second quarter with another crafty layup inside but the Riders failed to make inroads into the Eagles lead as the Riders went into the half time break down 6. The Riders came out firing in the second half and Namon set the tone with an early three before getting fouled driving to the basket and converting the and one at the line. Wright continued to take over the third quarter with a floating layup inside and knocking down another two free throws as the Riders regained the lead heading into the fourth quarter up 57-59. Namon continued to score around the basket with ease in the fourth scoring his fourth layup of the game which sparked another Riders run. The Riders lead by five heading into the final minute as the Eagles looked to foul and make the Riders miss from the line. Wright knocked down the final two free throws of the game as the Riders ran out victorious 69-76.
December 6th v Plymouth Raiders – BBL Championship
Stat line: 23 points (7-17 FG), 3 rebounds, 4 assists
The Leicester Riders took on the Plymouth Raiders at the Morningside Arena in the first game of the BBL Championship. The teams exchanged baskets in the opening minute as Wright got involved with a sweet scooping layup before knocking down a fading mid range jumper followed by a three from the ring as the Riders won the first quarter 26-24. The Riders began to pull away in the second quarter hitting a number of threes with Namon getting in on the act. Wright scored a tough lefty layup and a corner three with a minute left in the quarter as the Riders went into the half time break up 54-40. The Raiders game out strong in the third quarter cutting the Riders lead to just 6 points heading into the final quarter. The Riders regained their lead in the fourth quarter after some early scores and they never looked back continuing to get stops and easy scores on the break as they ran out victorious 97-79.
February 14th v Newcastle Eagles – BBL Championship
The Leicester Riders took on the Newcastle Eagles for the final time this season as Namon Wright exploded for a season high 29 points. Namon once again got the Riders off the mark, this time with two early free throws before knocking down a mid range jumper with 5 minutes left in the quarter. Namon went on to knock down 4-4 free throws to finish the quarter as the Riders went into the break up 26-16. The Riders continued to build on their lead in the second quarter as Wright knocked down a three with three minutes left in the quarter as the Riders headed into the half time break up 49-34. Namon made another three mid way through the third as the Riders continued to dominate heading into the final period up 71-52. Namon and the Riders exploded in the fourth quarter, Namon entered the game with 6 minutes left in the game and immediately scored a three followed by two sweet finger rolls. Namon capped a great personal and team performance with a deep three as the Riders ran out winners 101-63 in a record breaking win over the Eagles.
Season Recap: Corey Johnson
Assists per game: 2.1
Corey Johnson arrived in Leicester in late January after starting the season with Spanish LEB Silver side Zornotza. Johnson hit the ground running w providing the Riders with another lethal shooter from behind the three point line as well as excellent energy on the defensive end.
Johnson quickly built a reputation for himself as one of the deadliest marksmen from behind the three point line across the league after some impressive shooting displayed in his first few games for the Riders. Johnson finished the season averaging 7.9 three point field goal attempts per game and season highs of 32 points and 10 three point field goals made against the Surrey Scorchers in February. Despite impressing individually the Riders form also improved following Johnson’s arrival as they went on to win 6 of their next 7 games since he joined Coach Paternostro’s team.
Coach Paternostro knew that Corey was going to have a big impact on his team when they signed him in January. “He was someone that we had recruited in the summer so we knew him very well and knew he would impact our team. His three point shooting was very important for us, he had some big games and hit some big ones but it also really opened up the floor for our offense. We were very impressed with his energy and his ability to defend. He played excellent 1 on 1 defence and was also an excellent team defender who played with a high IQ”.
January 31st 2020 v London Lions – BBL Championship
In just his second game in Leicester Corey and Riders took on defending BBL Champions the London Lions at the Morningside Arena. The Riders got off to a hot start offensively and opened up a early lead as Johnson and the second unit entered the game midway through the first quarter. Johnson nailed a three as the Riders took a 20-10 lead into the quarter break. Corey and the Riders continued to rally in the second quarter as he scored a layup on the break as the Riders extended their lead to 14 at the half. Unfortunately the Lions battled back in the third quarter as the Riders offence dried up, the gap was just 3 points heading into the final period. Corey came to life in the final period as the Riders re gained the momentum. An early three steadied the ship before he knocked down another 3 two minutes later to extend the lead back to 7 points. With the lead back at just 4 points with a minute 30 left in the ball game before aa Johnson layup made it a three shot game. Corey scored 5 points in the final minute of the game to see the Riders over the line 83-76.
February 8th v Surrey Scorchers – BBL Championship
Stat line: 32 points (11-19 FG), 5 rebounds, 4 assists
The Riders travelled to Surrey to take on the Scorchers as the two teams did battle for the first time this season. Corey Johnson put on an all time great shooting performance as he knocked down 10 3s on the way to a game high 32 points. The two teams exchanged buckets in the early stages, Johnson entered the game midway through the first period and quickly knocked down three catch and shoot threes as the Riders went into the quarter break up 3 points. Johnson’s hot shooting continued as he hit a sweet step back three to get going in the second quarter before hitting another from the top of the three as the Riders went into the half time break down just two points. The Scorchers came out the break the hotter of the two teams but another two Johnson threes out of a Coach Paternostro time out got the Riders going. Corey hit his eighth three of the night with two minutes left in the quarter but it was the Scorchers who went into the fourth quarter up 2. Corey got the Riders going in the fourth with another three to start the quarter as the Riders made a run. With the game tied with just 9 seconds to go a Namon Wright long two secured the win for the Riders on a night that would be remembered for unreal shooting performance by Corey Johnson.
Season Recap: Jordan Spencer
Points Per Game: 5.30
Rebounds Per Game: 3.00
Jordan Spencer joined the Leicester Riders in January after leaving German Pro A side Schalke where he started the 2019/20 season. Spencer provided the Riders with efficient minutes off the bench following his arrival as he stepped into the back up guard role previously filled by Rema Lascelles before he was side-lined with a hand injury.
Spencer’s ability to lead the team and distribute the ball became key components of the Riders offence as their form picked up following his Arrival. The Milton Keynes born Guard averaged 6.2 assists per game which was enough for 7thin the league despite coming off the bench and he also shot an excellent 85.7% from the free throw line over his 10 games for the club. Despite some impressive numbers Jordan’s importance to the Riders went beyond the stat sheet as the Riders won 6 out of their next 7 following his arrival in Leicester.
Head Coach Rob Paternostro was impressed with what Spencer brought to the team. “I thought he did very well when he came in. It gave us another excellent passer who did a great job of running the offense and being a playmaker for others. I think we won 6 out of 7 after he joined the team, his arrival gave us good balance and made everyone better.”
February 8th 2020 v Surrey Scorchers – BBL Championship
Stat line: 6 points, 1 rebound, 11 assists
The Riders travelled down to Surrey to take on the Scorchers for the first time this season. The game got off to a slow start with both teams trading buckets in the early exchanges. Jordan entered the game with 5 minutes left in the quarter and quickly got his first assist from a Corey Johnson three as the Riders took a slight 2 point lead into the quarter break. The second quarter began in similar fashion with the teams continuing to exchange blows, Spencer kept the Riders ticking over with a tidy assist to Andy Thomson for two before assisting another Johnson three pointer and getting in on the act himself with a sweet finger roll inside. Spencer fed Nelson-Henry inside as the Riders got going in the second half however it was the Scorchers who managed to jump out to a 9 point lead before two more Corey Johnson threes cut the deficit and another Spencer finger roll cut the gap to just two heading into the fourth quarter. The Spencer to Johnson connection continued to start the fourth as Jordan found Corey for another three ball to put the Riders back up by one. Spencer then found Nelson-Henry out on the break as the Riders made a run. However, no team was able to pull away before a Namon Wright long two gave the Riders a two point lead with 8 seconds left which was enough for the Riders to see out the game.
February 14th 2020 v Newcastle Eagles – BBL Championship
Stat line: 4 points, 4 steals, 10 assists
The Leicester Riders and Newcastle Eagles did battle for the Final time in the BBL Championship as the Riders looked to take the season series 2-0. The Riders made a quick start to the game opening up an early lead, as usual Spencer was injected into the game midway through the first quarter and continued the Riders momentum finding Ward-Hibbert for three to close our the first quarter up 26-16. In the second quarter Spencer once again found Ward-Hibbert for a score this time for an easy two in transition as the Riders continued to rally heading into the half time break up 49-34. Spencer racked up another two assists in the third quarter as he continued his fine passing display and the Riders kept up their offensive masterclass taking their lead to 21 heading into the fourth. With the gam already out of the Eagles reach the Riders didn’t slow down in the fourth playing some great team basketball which included 4 assists and a breakaway dunk on the break from Spencer as the Riders took the win 101-63.
Season Recap: Josh Ward-Hibbert
Points Per Game: 10.76
Following a breakout season last campaign Josh Ward-Hibbert cemented himself as one of Coach Paternostro’s most consistent performers this season.
Now in his fifth season with the club Josh looks as comfortable as ever out on the court which is reflected in his career highs of 10.76 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Josh also shot the ball extremely efficiently over the course of the season shooting 54.6% from 2-point range. Ward-Hibbert also recorded 5 double doubles on the season which highlights his excellent rebounding ability for a man of his size.
Coach Paternostro was impressed with the season that Josh had despite battling injury after an excellent start to the campaign. “Josh had a great start to the season. He was playing very well scoring and rebounding at a high level but unfortunately, he picked up a knee injury which side-lined him for a while but he battled through that for the rest of the season. His game continues to develop every year. He showed that this season His shooting ball handling and playmaking continue to develop. Josh plays hard, he is the type of player that will never get out worked or out hustled, he goes 100 percent every day.”
September 20th v Sheffield Sharks – BBL Cup
Stat line: 19 points (7-13 FG), 14 rebounds, 4 assists
The Leicester Riders took on the Sheffield Sharks at the Morningside Arena as they opened up their 2019/20 BBL Cup Campaign. Josh made an impact early collecting a couple of rebounds and finishing back to back plays inside with layups just 3 minutes into the game as the Riders won the first period 21-14. Josh sprung into life in the second period collecting 5 defensive boards and scoring 10 points as he led the Riders into the half time break up 50-28. Josh continued to rack up the rebounds in the third quarter collecting three more whilst he continued to hurt the Sharks inside scoring easy twos and getting to the foul line. The Riders dominance continued as they held a 65-40 lead going into the fourth quarter. Josh nailed a three to get the Riders going in the fourth as the Sharks tried to battle back but it wasn’t enough as the Riders ran out winners 75-54.
October 4th v Newcastle Eagles – BBL Cup
The Riders took on their rivals the Newcastle Eagles at the Morningside Arena as the two teams did battle for the first time this season as Josh posted another double double. It was a high scoring first quarter as the Eagles jumped out to an early lead before the Riders battled back, Josh has a busy opening period on the glass collecting 4 offensive boards. Josh got the scoreboard moving in the second quarter scoring 2 layups and knocking down 4/4 free throws however the Eagles continued to cause the Riders troubles inside and took a 10 point lead into half time. Despite the Eagles keeping the Riders at arms length for much of the second half it was an outstanding effort from Ward-Hibbert who battles throughout racking up 8 points and 6 rebounds in the second half but unfortunately it wasn’t enough as the Eagles took the win 86-94.
Stat line: 18 points (8-12 FG) 10 rebounds, 3 assists
The Leicester Riders once again took on the Newcastle Eagles at the Morningside Arena as they did battle for the final time this season in the BBL Championship. It was yet another outstanding effort from Josh Ward-Hibbert who posted another double double against the Eagles. It wa an impressive first quarter from the Riders who jumped out to an early lead, Josh entered the game at the 5 minute mark and quickly scored a driving layup and a three as the Riders won the period 26-16. Josh and the Riders continued to punish the Riders inside in the second quarter with multiple easy scores in the paint as they extended their lead. A Ward-Hibbert three followed by a layup in the final minute of the half saw the Riders go into the break up 49-34. The Riders didn’t take their foot off the gas in the second half, Josh got in on the action late with an offensive rebound and put back as the Riders went into the final period up 71-52. The Riders didn’t slow down in the final period, Josh got the Riders off the mark with a strong layup inside on the break as the Riders continued to dominate running out 101-63 winners.
Season Recap: Jamell Anderson
Jamell Anderson returned to the Riders this season fulfilling the second year of his two year contract with the club. The Nottingham born Forward is one of the most talented defensive players in the league being able to guard all positions and on most nights is tasked with guarding the opponent’s most potent offensive threat.
Anderson had arguably his best season to date in a Riders jersey over the 2019/20 season posted a season high of 23 points whilst shooting an extremely efficient 57.6% from the floor and 68% from 2 over the course of the season. Jamell also put in some outstanding defensive performances over the course of the season and averaged the most minutes per game on coach Paternostro’s roster averaging 30.04 minutes per game.
Coach Paternostro was impressed with what Jamell brought to his team this season. “I thought Jamell was rock solid for us this year, his ability to play a lot of minutes and at multipolar positions was valuable to our roster. Defensively he is as valuable as anyone in our league, he guards bigs and guards and he has the energy and stamina to be effective on that end of the floor. Offensively he was very efficient, his FG percentage and three point percentage were very good”
Despite the sudden end to the season Jamell believes the team learnt a lot and is trying to make the most out of the circumstances we currently find ourselves in due to the Coronavirus. “I think personally I enjoyed the ups and downs. I think every loss is a lesson and although we didn’t have that many I feel like as a team and me personally they were great learning points which I believe lead up to us becoming our best version this year.
Another year under Rob as a coach and I still love competing with him and of course in front of the amazing Leicester Riders fans and family.
Obviously not the way anyone expected or wanted the year to finish but I think I’ll hold my head high knowing I gave my everything when I stepped on court and will continue to do the same for the rest of my career.
Right now I don’t have a statement as such about the current situation other than I can’t commend and show my admiration and love for those fighting the effects of this pandemic. Now more than ever I share my heart and well wishes to all those effected and pray that we all find ways to get through this unusual situation we find ourselves in.
To put on a riders Jersey and I’ll do everything in my power to make sure I come back stronger physically and mentally for my next opportunity to step on court.
I’m training almost every day at home and I’m reading and stretching my mind as much as possible to make sure that even under these circumstances I’m finding ways to grow and enjoy life.”
September 29th 2019 v Manchester Giants – BBL Cup
The Leicester Riders travelled up to Manchester to take on the Giants as they looked to move to 3-0 on the season. Jamell made a quick start of the game knocking down a three early in the first quarter before finishing a fast break with a dunk to ended the lead to 7 points. Jamell knocked down another three with two minutes left in the second quarter as the Riders went into the half time break up 20-44. The Giants tried to make a run early in the third quarter but the Riders came back at them at the end of the period behind a late 4 points on the break from Jamell off two sweet dimes from Kyron Cartwright. The Giants were unable to mount a comeback in the fourth as the Riders ran out 57-96 winners behind a game high 21 from Jamell.
November 8th 2019 v Glasgow Rocks – BBL Cup
Stat line: 20 points (5-10 FG), 3 rebounds, 1 assist
The Riders took on the Glasgow Rocks at the Morningside Arena after defating them up in Scotland earlier in the season. Jamell made a quick start scoring 8 of the Riders first 10 points of the game as the Riders took a 6 point lead into the quarter break. The Riders went in a tear in the second quarter as they won the period 29-16, Jamell made his contribution to the run scoring 7 points including another three from the corner. The Riders dominance continued in the second half as they won the third and fourth quarters despite being out of sight, Jamell knocked down another three and finished strong three times on the break as the Riders ran our victorious 93-58.
December 6th 2019 v Plymouth Raiders – BBL Championship
Jamell and the Riders took on the Plymouth Raiders at the Morningside Arena in their opening fixture of the BBL Championship. Anderson knocked down a three on the opening possession of the ball game to get the Riders going before slamming one down on the break just a minute later. Anderson then knocked down a pair of three throws and scored a neat layup inside to give the Riders a slight two point lead at the end of the first quarter. The Riders continued to put the pressure on I the second quarter extending their lead to 12 at the half. Plymouth made a quick start to the second half but a Jamell layup steadied the ship and got the Riders going, despite the Raiders closing the gap to just 8 heading into the final period. Jamell helped the Riders extend the lead at the beginning of the fourth scoring two floating layups as the Riders pulled away once again, this time it was too late for a Raiders fightback as the Riders ran out victorious 97-79.
Riders fans pick Team of the Decade
A big thank you to all the Riders fans who voted this last week, the public votes are all in for the Fans Team of the Decade!
A huge thank you is owed to all the players who have contributed to the club over the past 10 years, they have all played a part in the most successful period of the clubs’ history under the guidance of our most successful coach, Rob Paternostro.
The combined impressions from the vote posts reached over 41,000 people. We had 2,600 votes cast by fans before the Monday 9am deadline on both Twitter and Instagram platforms.
🔥🔥🔥 And here it is… after 2600 votes… the Fans Team of the Decade as voted for by you on Twitter & Instagram!
1 – @Con_Air11
2 – @BernardiniTyler
3 – @Jamell_A
4 – Pierre Hampton
5 – @DeuceBeGoinIn #BritishBasketball pic.twitter.com/xl8Yi1TKRF
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) April 6, 2020
Conner Washington
With 39% percent of the vote Conner is a firm fans favourite in a tough field of options with the likes of Cameron Rundles, Zaire Taylor and Neil Watson in his category. Current GB International, Conner won 10 major trophies making 261 appearances for the Riders.
Tyler Bernardini
Former club captain, won the vote with 56% of fans voting for Tyler. Bernardini has an impressive trophy to game ratio having picked up 8 major trophies in just 167 appearances for the Riders.
Jamell Anderson
The popular forward won more votes than any other player with 299 (equated to 49% of the vote for the three spot). Jamell has been a regular fixture for the Riders with 274 appearances collecting 7 trophies.
Pierre Hampton
Pierre won the four spot with 44% of the vote. Pierre played 114 times for the Riders having 231 assists, and won 7 trophies during that time.
Rashad Hassan
Rashad won the closest category winning with 28% percent of the vote ahead of Tim Williams, Shane Walker and Andy Thomson who were all within a handful of votes. Hassan had 634 rebounds in 86 games with Leicester, that’s 7.4 a game!
Congratulations to all the players involved in the fans vote – we hope to see you all at the Morningside Arena sometime soon.
Season Recap: Rema Lascalles
Games played: 9
Points Per Game: 2.6
British Guard Rema Lascelles returned for his third season with the Riders this summer after winning four pieces of silverware in that time.
Lascelles’ battled injury throughout the 2019/20 season only playing 9 games across all competitions, despite this he still contributed his usual steady minutes at the back up guard position and was always reliable when called upon by coach Paternostro. Although he only played 9 games Rema averaged a career high 4.4 assists per game, had a season high 11 assists and posted a double double against the Glasgow Rocks when the Riders were without starting Guard Kyron Cartwright.
Coach Paternostro highlighted Lascelles as a big miss for the Riders during some important games in their schedule. “It was unfortunate that Rema picked up the hand injury, it really affected his season and ours. We missed him in some important games, When healthy he helped us win games. Early in the season when we played Glasgow and Kyron was injured he produced and came up with an excellent performance.”
October 20th 2019 v Glasgow Rocks – BBL Cup
Stat line: 13 points (5/5 FG), 4 rebounds, 11 assists
The Leicester Riders took on the Glasgow Rocks north of the border as Rema Lascelles was inserted into the starting line up as Kyron Cartwright remained on the side line injured. It didn’t take long for Rema to get involved in the action as he drove to the basketed for a smooth layup before finding Namon Wright open for three in transition. Rema capped off the quarter splitting a pair of free throws as the Riders went into the quarter break up 17-21. The Riders came out hot in the second quarter with Lascelles pulling the strings, finding Chuku for three before Nelson-Henry and Thomson inside for easy twos. Lascelles then made a three of his own before finding Joe Scott for the Riders third three of the quarter which took them into the half time break up 18. With the Riders out of sight at the half Lascelles kept the team ticking over in the second half scoring another 6 points and handing out 4 dimes as the Riders cruised to a 66-88 win over the rocks.
Stat line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists
The Leicester Riders took on the Glasgow Rocks at the Morningside Arena as they looked to move 2-0 on the season against the Rocks. Despite coming off the bench this time Rema’s influence on the game remained as important as in the reverse fixture. Up by 6 at the end of the first quarter the Riders made a run in the second as Lascelles got the Riders going on the break with two sweet assists to Darien Nelson-Henry to give the Riders a 20 point half time lead. It was more of the same from the Riders and Lascelles who knocked down two more free throws and handed out 3 assists in the period as the Riders were cruising ahead 79-48. It was a low scoring fourth period with the Riders winning it 14-10 which meant the Riders sealed a 93-58 victory.
Team of The Decade
This week on Twitter we are polling the 2010-2020 Team of the Decade!
We have five spots available, one for each position. We have narrowed the players down to just four for each spot and need your help in voting for which players you’d like to see in the Team of the Decade.
We’ll leave the deciding factors up to you whether its the ten trophies for Conner Washington, 2685 points from Drew Sullivan or 172 blocks in 117 games from Trayvonn Wright! It’s now in your hands!
Monday we are starting with the point guards so keep an out on our twitter feed!
📣 Calling all Riders fans!
We need your help to pick our Team of the Decade – first up the point guard spot… Vote on the thread below 👇 pic.twitter.com/4fmzTaAZLY
— Leicester Riders (@RidersBball) March 30, 2020
We need your help to pick our Team of the Decade – next up the shooting guard spot… Vote on the thread below 👇 pic.twitter.com/7u2Xaj0hc1
We need your help to pick our Team of the Decade – next up is the three spot… Vote on the thread below 👇 pic.twitter.com/U88qWS9ZyE
We need your help to pick our Team of the Decade – next up is the four spot… Vote on the thread below 👇 pic.twitter.com/lOmLAz2YCk
We need your help to pick our Team of the Decade – completing the starting five is the center… Vote on the thread below 👇 pic.twitter.com/3JtGQIyovW
Season Recap: Jesse Chuku
Blocks Per Game: 1.00
6’8 British Forward Jesse Chuku joined the Riders for the 2019/20 season following an 8-year stint plying his trade abroad in the USA, Greece and Spain.
The Lehigh University alumni brought an ability to stretch the floor on the offensive end this season with his sweet shooting stroke but he also brought an intensity on the defensive end averaging 1 block per game across all competitions. Although not a high volume scorer Chuku did have a season high of 22 points and shot the ball efficient all season shooting 45% from the field and 75% from the free throw line.
Coach Paternostro highlighted Jesse’s rim protection as a key ingredient to his teams success this season. “Jesse ability to defend the paint and protect the rim was very important for our team His size, length, and strength allowed him to defend anyone inside. He also has the ability to stretch the defence with his shooting ability which creates space inside for others to create.”
Chuku said that he enjoyed the challenge of competing everyday with this team. “I really enjoyed playing with this group of guys this season, we had a lot of fun strived to improve as individuals and as a team each and every day. We had a few good runs throughout the season and I feel we we’re just starting to play our best basketball when the season got postponed. It’s a shame the season has been postponed due to coronavirus but I am using the time to relax and recover in isolation as the season takes its toll on you mentally and physically.”
Stat Line: 21 points (7/11 FG), 6 rebounds, 3 steals
The Leicester Riders put on an impressive performance as they defeated the Glasgow Rocks on the road behind a game high 21 points from British Forward Jesse Chuku. Chuku got going early making 2/2 free throws to get himself off the mark with 4 minutes gone in the first period before knocking down a mid range jumper followed by a three to put the Riders up by 8. A further 7 points in the second period combined with some excellent defence around the basket propelled the Riders to a 18 point half time lead. It was more of the same from the Riders in the second half, Chuku was once again shooting the ball with his usual efficiency as he knock down another mid range jumper and a three as the Riders won the quarter by 6. With the Riders already out of sight by the fourth quarter not even a late run from the rocks was enough to trouble them as they ran out victorious 66-88.
October 26th 2019 v Manchester Giants – BBL Cup
Stat Line: 21 points (10/10 FG), 5 rebounds, 1 block
The Leicester Riders took on the Manchester Giants at the Morningside Arena as the teams met for the second time in the BBL Cup North group. It was a perfect shooting night for Chuku who knocked down all 10 of his field goal attempts for what was a joint season high of 21 points. What made Jesse’s perfect shooting night even more impressive was that only 2 of his points were around the basket the other 19 all came from mid range jumpers or three point field goals. Chuku’s 21 led the Riders in scoring as they defeated the Giants 102-70.
December 15th 2020 v Cheshire Phoenix – BBL Championship
Stat Line: 22 points (8/12 FG), 5 rebounds, 1 block
Jesse Chuku had his highest points tally of the season against the Cheshire Phoenix as the Riders unfortunately fell on the road. Chuku surpassed his previous season high of 21 points which he has reached on 2 occasions by pouring in 22 points against the Phoenix. The Londoner once again displayed his sweet shooting touch scoring several midrange jumpers and 2 threes as he caused trouble for the Nix all night. Unfortunately, another efficient performance from Jesse wasn’t enough as the Riders fell to the Phoenix 95-91 on the road.
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Season Recap: Kyron Cartwright
Kyron Cartwright joined the Riders following playing his rookie professional season in Hungary with Alba Fehervar competing both domestically in the Hungarian first division and the FIBA Europe Cup.
Cartwright is a true Point Guard who’s ability to lead the team and distribute the ball was a key part of the Riders offence this season. Kyron’s elite court vision saw him finish second in the BBL Championship in assists with 8.80 per game, first across all competitions in assists with 8.72 per game and included season highs of 30 points and 19 assists.
Coach Paternostro was pleased with Kyron’s performance this past season and noted he had a unique ability to impact games without scoring. “Kyron speed and quickness was something the defence had to prepare for, his ability to see the floor was incredible, his passing was tremendous, he could dominate the game without even taking a shot. We loved what Kyron brought to our team this season”.
Cartwright was also pleased with the season however, admits it was frustrating the season has been postponed as the team was finding their form. “I thought personally and as a team we had a pretty good season, being a second year professional now I definitely felt more comfortable out there on the floor leading the team. As a team I feel like we were starting to play some of our best basketball right when we needed to so it’s a real shame that all our remaining fixtures have been postponed as who knows what we could’ve gone on to do.”
Stat line: 14 points (5/10 FG), 3 rebounds, 12 assists
The Leicester Riders and Manchester Giants did battle in the group stages of the BBL Cup as Kyron Cartwright posted his first double double in a Riders Jersey. Kyron got the Riders off the mark with a tough layup a minute into the contest followed by a trademark midrange jumper off the dribble as the Riders jumped out to an early 6 point led at the end of the first quarter. The Riders continued to assert themselves in the second quarter giving them a 20-44 half time lead with Cartwright running the show contributing 7 points and 7 assists. It was more of the same from the Riders and Cartwright in the second half as they continued to cause the Giants problems, Cartwright handed out another 5 assists and scored 7 points with a variety of crafty finishes around the basket as the Riders took the 57-96 victory to moved to 3-0 on the season.
The Leicester Riders took on the Plymouth Raiders at the Morningside Arena as they opened up their 2019/20 BBL Championship campaign. It was yet another jaw dropping passing display from Kyron Cartwright who handed out a season high 19 assists. Cartwright set the tone early pushing the pace with two sweet dimes on the break before finding Andy Thomson for three to push the Riders out to an early 2 point lead and the end of the first quarter. The Riders came out hot in the second quarter scoring 4 threes in the period with Cartwright running the show dishing out a further five dimes including two flashy no look passes to Darien Nelson-Henry for easy finishes inside. The Raiders fought back in the third quarter winning the period 24-18 to close the gap to just 6 heading into the final period. Cartwright ignited the Riders run at the start of the fourth scoring a jump hook over Raiders guard Josh Wilcher before once again connecting with Nelson-Henry inside for two. Kyron saw the Riders over the line in the closing minutes finding Josh Ward-Hibbert on the break for two followed by Jesse Chuku for a jumper as he totalled 19 assists on the game and the Riders took a 96-79 win.
January 17th v Worcester Wolves – BBL Championship
Stat line: 30 points (12/21 FG) , 6 rebounds, 4 assists
Kyron Cartwright posted a career high 30 points as the Leicester Riders defeated the Worcester Wolves avenging their BBL Cup Semi Final loss to the Wolves two weeks earlier. Kyron put on his most impressive scoring display of the season causing the Wolves problems all evening. Cartwright got going early pushing the pace and finding lanes to the basket with ease as the Riders jumped out to an early 31-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. Worcester closed the gap in the second quarter winning it by 6 despite still being unable to control Cartwright who found his way into the lane at will. The second half was far closer with the Wolves pulling it back to just an 8 point game heading into the final quarter however it was Cartwright that sealed the deal for the Riders scoring 8 points including three clutch free throws in the final minute to secure a 4 point victory for the Riders.
Riders Media - 23rd March 2020
Leicester Riders Chairman Kevin Routledge has thanked all Riders fans, after an outpouring of support following the postponement of the BBL 2019/20 season.
The BBL announced last Tuesday a suspension of the current season indefinitely, because of the national measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
No date has been set for a possible resumption to the season, with the BBL awaiting updated Government advice.
“These are challenging times for the Riders, and the BBL, in common with other professional leagues and clubs.”
“Indeed the challenges are being faced across a lot of sectors of industry in these unprecedented times, and so we have to be understanding, and keep a perspective.”
“In addition, we are rightly proud of the work in the community of our Foundation, but now their activities will be significantly curtailed, particularly due to the schools closure.”
“We are also extremely proud that we were the first club in the BBL to build their own venue, the Morningside Arena, and that too had to be closed to the public as of last Friday evening, with the most recent announcement by the Prime Minister.”
“The public generally may not be aware, but the Morningside Arena is owned by our charity, the Leicester Riders Foundation, and inevitably, as the largest indoor venue in the city, it has significant overheads.”
“If any of our supporters, or the public, wished to provide further support, donations to our Foundation will greatly assist us continuing with a reduced service.”
“The total loss of revenues to those three organisations, as a result of the suspension and closures, could reach £1 million, depending upon how long the closures continue.”
“This means it will take some time for us to recover.”
“We are exploring every opportunity to continue to make some use of the arena, in line with Government advice and guidelines, during these challenging times.”
“But we have been overwhelmed with messages of support from our players, fans, sponsors, funders and suppliers.”
“We are particularly thankful that we have not yet had a single request for a ticket refund for the advanced sales for the remaining Riders home games, which is hugely helpful to sustaining our businesses through these difficult times, while we find out if the season can resume.”
“In addition, all our sponsors have remained very supportive and are offering their help and expertise.”
“Also, all the players and staff of the Riders, and the staff of our Foundation and Arena, have stepped up and voluntarily agreed short term reductions in wages to help get us through these unprecedented conditions.”
“And we have been delighted with the support from our main suppliers, who have shown great flexibility in terms of payment, notwithstanding some having their own difficulties.”
“We have also had support and advice from the Council, which has been very helpful, particularly recognising that the demands on their leadership and staff are immense in these circumstances.”
“We particularly welcome the announcement by the Chancellor on Friday night, to support keeping people in work. That will be boost for all businesses like ours.”
“We are also aware that the BBL is having conversations with national government to see what support might be forthcoming because of the damage to our sport.”
“The Riders continue preparations so that we can restart to finish the current season, although understandably some of our overseas players like Kyron Cartwright, Corey Johnson and Namon Wright returned to the US, in light of pending or threatened travel bans by American authorities.”
“We will address the strength of our playing squad, once clarity is provided on what happens next.”
“The Riders will also accelerate our preparations for next season, and in that regard we will launch our season tickets offer for the 2020/21 season later this week.”
“Any of our fans who can afford to buy theirs soon would make a huge difference to the short and medium term sustainability of the Leicester Riders.”
“I understand that many of our fans and their families are facing similar financial uncertainty, but even a small contribution could go a long way.”
“Meanwhile everyone at the Club, the Foundation and at the Arena remains resolute, and determined to stay safe, comply with Government guidelines, and get back, in due course, to normal business.”
Preview: Riders v Giants
Following defeat on the road in Bristol last weekend the Riders will be looking to bounce back this Friday as they take on the Manchester Giants at the Morningside Arena, here’s all you need to know about the two teams.
About the Giants
Manchester Giants are looking to build for the future after a new ownership group pulled together by former player Jamie Edwards took charge a month ago.
It has been lean pickings since the Giants return to the BBL in 2012, and the new group will look to turn that around, but, with the deadline passed for player signings this season, much of the change is likely to occur in the off-season.
Current Head Coach Danny Byrne is in his third season with the club.
Mancunians Callum Jones and his brother James Jones provide experience in the backcourt, aided by Latvian sharpshooter Ingus Bankevics, Spanish forward Eduard Arques and local guard Jack Hudson. Benson Arogbo and Zak Powell provide support off the bench
Americans Jonathan Mulmore and Del’vin Dickerson have been dispensed with, replaced by Londoner Allie Fullah and Brit David Ulph.
Manchester has yet to win in the BBL Championship, but is showing much improved form in recent weeks. They took Plymouth Raiders to overtime in a home defeat, racked up 80 points away at Sheffield Sharks in a 92-80 loss, and then took Cheshire close last Sunday, before Phoenix prevailed at home, 99-88.
After winning 6 in a row, Riders are now on a 2 game losing streak, after going down away to London Lions and Bristol Flyers.
The teams met twice in the Group stages of the BBL Cup, Riders winning both, 96-57 in Manchester, and 102-70 at home.
Captain Callum Jones pulls the strings for the Giants from the point guard position, and he had a typical display against Cheshire last time out, scoring 16 points at a highly efficient 80% shooting, as well as dishing out 2 assists in 34 minutes of play.
For Leicester, the ability to get Darien Nelson-Henry engaged in the offence is often key to their performances. He is averaging 13 points and 5 rebounds per game, and shoots over 60% from the floor.
Tickets are still available for Friday’s game, CLICK HERE to purchase yours!
Three Things to look out for this weekend v Giants
The Leicester Riders take on the Manchester Giants this Friday at the Morningside Arena as they look to bounce back from last Weekend’s defeat in Bristol. Here’s three things to look out for ahead of Friday’s game.
Riders aim to move 3-0 on the season against the Giants
In their two meetings so far this season the Riders have had great success against the Manchester Giants overcoming the Giants on both occasions. The Riders have stamped their authority on the defensive end against the Giants in both their previous meetings holding the Giants to 57 points in the first meeting and just 70 points in the second meeting. Although the Giants are yet to win a game in the BBL Championship they have pushed the Raiders, Sharks and Phoenix close in their last 3 games. The Riders will once again need to be locked in on the defensive end of the floor if they are to defeat the Giants on Friday as the Giants have averaged a much improved 86 points per game across those three games.
Improved execution down the stretch
In their defeat to Bristol last weekend the Riders struggled to get their offence going down the stretch, Coach Paternostro mentioned that he was happy with the shots they were getting however they could not get them to drop. Coach Rob mentioned that it is important he sees a reaction from his team this weekend who in previous weeks showed great execution on their way to a 6 game winning streak.
Riders look to get back to winning ways
The Riders were the most impressive team in the league over the month of February winning all four of their games in impressive fashion however, in their last two games the Riders have stumbled falling to the Lions and Flyers. Typically, Coach Rob has his men playing their best basketball right when it matters at the end of the season, and Friday’s game v Manchester provides the perfect opportunity to get back to winning ways. The Riders face a busy April with 6 games as the BBL Championship comes to a close with everything to still play for the Riders.
Rob’s Reflections on a tough visit to Bristol and an opportunity to bounce back this Weekend
Leicester Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro was left frustrated after Riders let another game get away, as Bristol Flyers came from behind to beat Riders for the second time this season 73-69 on Friday night.
Riders had a first half lead of 13 points, and were still up 9 points at halftime, and were 6 points to the good entering the final quarter, but failed to execute down the stretch.
Josh Ward-Hibbert led the way for Riders with 13 points and 7 rebounds and Darien Nelson Henry added 12 points and 7 rebounds.
“We let another game get away from us and it really should not have happened.”
“We controlled most of the game, but struggled to execute when it mattered.”
“This has happened a couple of times too often this season, and we must address it as a team.”
“It was not a matter of their defence, because we got the openings we wanted, and very few of our misses were poor shots which is a positive on the offensive end.”
“We still have a lot of work to do, to get this team to its potential and I will be looking for a reaction this week.”
“Fortunately everyone is dropping games at the minute as the league is so competitive, so we have the chance to recover.”
“The guys now have the perfect opportunity to bounce back this Friday.”
Riders now look to get back to winning ways in the BBL Championship when they take on Manchester Giants this Friday night in an 8pm Tip at the Morningside Arena. Riders have already beaten the Giants twice in the BBL Cup, 96-57 in Manchester, and 102-70 at home. CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets!
Riders Media - 9th March 2020
Report: Riders fall to Flyers on the road
Leicester Riders slipped to a fourth league defeat of the season, going down 73-69 at Bristol Flyers. In a similar pattern to their trophy defeat in the south west, Riders had led for long periods, only for a fourth quarter rally to see the home side over the line.
Jesse Chuku hit a couple of early three pointers before Josh Ward-Hibbert scored eight consecutive points for the Riders as they opened an 18-11 lead.
Levi Bradley pulled his team back into the game, but Leicester would post eight points without reply to lead 28-17 early in the second quarter. Namon Wright’s back-to-back three-pointers kept Leicester’s lead in double figures, but Bristol were able to make inroads into the deficit just before half-time.
Corey Johnson was able to send Riders into the interval with a nine-point lead as he connected from behind the arc for the final score of the first half.
The home side then started the second half strongly to trim Riders’ advantage to only three-points as Lewis Champion got the scoreboard ticking for his team, but Ward-Hibbert and Johnson re-establish a small cushion a 52-44 with twelve minutes to go.
Early in the final quarter, Bristol posted seven points without reply to move 55-54 ahead and for the next five minutes the lead went back and forth. With 2:30 to play, Riders trailed by one-point, but Champion helped the Flyers to a 72-66 advantage.
Andy Thomson halved that with a three-pointer and though he had to more attempts to level the game from behind the arc, neither dropped and Riders slipped to a second consecutive victory against the Flyers.
Riders struggled to find consistency in their shooting and as such whilst they had four players in double-figures, their top score was only 13 from Josh Ward-Hibbert.
The Riders return Home to the Morningside Arena next Friday when they take on the Manchester Giants in the BBL Championship, CLICK HERE to get your tickets!
Coach Paternostro Claims February Kevin Cadle Molten BBL Coach of the Month award
Head Coach Rob Paternostro has claimed the Kevin Cadle Molten BBL Coach of the Month after leading the Riders to a perfect four wins from four in the month of February.
The Riders impressive Month included their largest ever win over the Newcastle Eagles after they defeated their rivals 101-63 at the Morningside Arena as well as gutsy road wins against the Surrey Scorchers and Plymouth Raiders.
Coach Paternostro signed the Month off in style defeating the Sheffield Sharks 87-80 on February 29th as Rob celebrated his 500th game as Head Coach of the Riders.
New additions Corey Johnson and Jordan Spencer played a key part in the Riders change in fortune in the Month of February with the pair fully integrating into the squad adding extra bench depth to the Riders Roster. Johnson and Spencer’s additions now mean that the Riders have nine players averaging double figure minutes per game and and seven players averaging eight points per game or more.
The Riders return to the Morningside Arena on Friday March 13th when they take on the Manchester Giants, CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets!
Rob’s reflections on 500 games in charge and a busy last weekend
Leicester Riders Head Coach Rob Paternostro had a mixed weekend, as he went through the milestone for 500 games in the BBL as a coach, splitting a pair of games in the BBL Championship.
Riders had to work very hard for their sixth straight league win over Sheffield Sharks 87-80 on Saturday night, but then struggled to recover on the road on Sunday afternoon against the London Lions, going down heavily 99-65.
Against Sheffield, Riders led from the middle of the first quarter and had a twenty point lead midway through the third quarter, but the Sharks got back within a single shot in the final thirty seconds, before a Kyron Cartwright steal sealed the result.
Cartwright scored 10 points and dished out 11 assists, and Andy Thomson had a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds. Namon Wright finished with 20 points on 67% shooting along with 5 assists.
Against the Lions Riders scored the first basket of the game, but the Lions scored the next 21 points and never looked back. Only Darien Nelson-Henry troubled the Lions with 17 points and 6 rebounds.
“It was disappointing on Sunday for sure, because we never got going.”
“These back-to-back games with so little recovery time are a mental as well as a physical challenge, and we did not handle it well.”
“The Sheffield performance was excellent at times, but they are always tough, physical affairs, and this one was no different.”
“The win took a lot out of us, because we were hanging on at the end.”
“But we know the Championship is going to be tight this year and we are still sitting on just 3 losses, as good as anybody.”
“it is about quickly putting that loss behind us and getting back on the horse.”
Riders now go on the road to Bristol Flyers this Friday night in the BBL Championship.
Riders Media - 3rd March 2020
Three things we learnt last Weekend
Last weekend the Leicester Riders defeated the Sheffield Sharks at the Morningside Arena on Saturday Night before falling to the London Lions on the Road the next day, here’s three things we learnt across the two games.
Depth makes the difference
The Leicester Riders continued their impressive form on Saturday Evening as they took down the Sheffield Sharks 87-80 at the Morningside Arena. It was the usual controlled performance on both ends of the floor from the Riders who won each of the first three quarters giving them a 12 point lead heading in to the final period. It was the Riders strength in numbers that got them over the line, with 6 players contributing 9 or more points it the Riders versatility offensively was too much for the Sharks to handle. Kyron Cartwright and Andy Thomson led the way for the Riders contributing double doubles of 10 points and 11 assists and 12 points and 13 rebounds respectively.
Darien Nelson-Henry continues to produce
6’11 American Centre Darien Nelson-Henry has been in fine form for the Riders over recent weeks arguably playing his best basketball since joining the Riders in October. Nelson-Henry is averaging 15.4 points per game on an outstanding 68.2 percent shooting from the floor over his past 4 games which has contributed to the Riders win streak. Darien has been a major presence inside for the Riders using his back to basket playing style to outmuscle defenders on the defensive end but also clogging up the paint on defence making it tough for opponents to score around the basket.
Win Streak snapped at 6 by Lions
Prior to playing the London Lions on Sunday afternoon the Riders were firing on all cylinders on a 6 game win streak in the BBL Championship and playing their best basketball of the season. The defending BBL Champions got off to a quick start and never looked back as their hot shooting kept the Riders at arm length for a majority of the contest. The Riders now have the opportunity to bounce back on Friday Evening against the Bristol Flyers before they return to the Morningside Arena to take on the Manchester Giants on March 13th.
Tickets for the Riders v Giants clash are on sale now, CLICK HERE to purchase yours.
Riders Media - 1st March 2020
Following their 87-80 win over the Sheffield Sharks Yesterday Evening the Riders travel to London to take on the Lions in a 4pm tip.
About the Lions
The Lions are coming off their most successful season, including their first BBL Championship.
Head Coach Vince Macaulay has recently given up his ownership position with the club, to focus on his court side job.
Much of their excellent form, which has kept them at the top of the Championship this season, revolves around their big three – two time league MVP, point guard Justin Robinson, versatile American forward Brandon Peel, and GB forward Ovie Soko, the former Love Island star, and a European Club basketball veteran.
British forward Joe Ikhinmwin and British guard Andre Lockhart bring huge experience from the bench. The other positions include British guards Jules Dang Akodo, Jordan Whelan, Ogo Adeboye and Samuel Toluwase, all capable of stepping up on any given night, augmented by French centre Alioune Tew, and Ethiopian forward Buay Tuache.
The Lions started the season poorly, as they chopped and changed personnel, and they exited both cup competitions at an early stage.
The Lions lost to Riders 72-63 at the quarter-final stage of the BBL Cup, after going up by 18 points early on, but things were closer in the league, Riders winning 83-76 – both games in Leicester.
The Lions have won two straight in the Championship, at home to Cheshire, and away to Bristol. Riders went into the weekend having won 5 on the bounce.
In their last win at Bristol, the Lions were without Soko, but got big contributions from Robinson and Peel who scored 14 points each, while Peel added 7 rebounds and Robinson 5 assists.
For Riders, ex-Lion Jordan Spencer showed fine form in the last victory over the Lions at the end of January, scoring 5 points, and adding 6 rebounds and 9 assists, in 24 minutes of play, as he provides a very effective back-up to Kyron Cartwright.
The Riders return to action at the Morningside Arena on March 13th when they take on the Manchester Giants in the BBL Championship, CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets!
Report: Riders defeat Sharks to continue winning run
Leicester Riders survived a late scare to claim an 87-80 victory over Sheffield Sharks and stretch their winning run to six games.
Riders had led by 20 in the third quarter, but some impressive shooting from the short-handed visitors in the fourth period meant the result was in the balance until the final seconds.
Both teams started slowly, but Leicester were able to hit a few three-pointers as they edged the first five minutes 11-6. Andy Thomson sparked a bit of life into proceedings and with Jamell Anderson scoring well, Leicester still held a five-point lead at the end of the opening quarter.
Sharks level the scores at 24 points each, but the two sides were stuck on that score for over two minutes. A bizarre goaltending call gave Sheffield a 29-28 lead with four minutes to go, but Riders then held the Sharks scoreless for the remainder of the half.
Namon Wright had five of 11 unanswered points to finish the second quarter and Leicester took that momentum into the second half. Nick Lewis hit a tremendously difficult three-point shot early in the third quarter, but that was their only score in the first three minutes of the period.
In the seven minutes either side of half-time, Riders posted a 22-3 burst which had them 50-31 in front. The lead peaked at twenty points and with 13 minutes to go it looked like the game would meander out into a comfortable home win.
But Bouna Ndiaye caught fire for the Sharks, pulling them to within ten at the start of the fourth quarter. Corey Johnson’s three re-established a 15-point lead, but Lewis and Ndiaye had the gap down to five with four minutes to play.
Johnson hit another two corner three-pointers as Riders seemed to be keeping the visitors at bay, but Connor Cashaw refused to let it go and cut the deficit to 83-80 with a minute to go. Riders, though, held their nerve and sealed the win from the free throw line.
Wright was again in imperious shooting form, netting 20 points including four three-pointers, whilst Thomson and Ky Cartwright both posted double-double.
Scorers:
Riders: Wright 20, Anderson 13, Thomson 12, Cartwright 10, Nelson-Henry 9, Johnson 9, Chuku 5, Ward-Hibbert 5, Spencer 4, Lascelles, Scott.
Sharks: Ndiaye 21, Lewis 18, Cashaw 14, Koch 12, Marsden 6, Tuck 5, Backovic 2, Montgomery 2, Chubb, Brownell.
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Virgin America First Airline To Offer Fleetwide ATG-4 WiFi Service
Press Releases, Seattle
GOGO’S FASTER ATG-4 INFLIGHT WIFI SERVICE FLEETWIDE
New ATG-4 WiFi Brings Increased Bandwidth and Faster Browsing Speeds for Flyers at 35,000 Feet
San Francisco – December 17, 2014 – Virgin America, the Silicon Valley-based airline known for its innovative and business-friendly amenities, today announces the fleetwide rollout of Gogo’s faster ATG-4 WiFi service – with the completion this week of ATG-4 WiFi installation on its Airbus A319 plane “Jane” (N526VA). In 2009, Virgin America became the first airline to offer Gogo Inflight WiFi service on every flight – a distinction the airline still maintains today. With a base of tech-forward flyers, the airline has similarly invested in the next generation of WiFi technology – with the rollout of Gogo’s enhanced WiFi product to all 53 of Virgin America’s Airbus A320 Family aircraft. ATG-4 offers a faster average guest experience with peak speeds of 9.8 Mbps to each aircraft – more than triple the peak speed of the 3.1 Mbps available with the first generation of inflight WiFi. To help celebrate this milestone, Virgin America and Gogo are asking guests to share their best “office in the sky” moment on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #OfficeInTheSky for a chance to win a round trip Main Cabin flight for two on Virgin America, a brand new iPad or complimentary Gogo Inflight WiFi service for one year (full terms and conditions available here).
“Even though Virgin America was the first airline to offer fleetwide WiFi in 2009 – and still today remains the only domestic airline to offer WiFi access on every aircraft in its fleet – our goal is to continue to innovate and stay ahead of the competition,” said Mark Bianchi, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at Virgin America. “Our team looks forward to reaching the milestone this week of becoming the first airline to install Gogo’s enhanced ATG-4 service across our entire fleet of 53 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. This upgrade is the latest in a series of investments aimed at keeping our tech-forward travelers more connected, productive and entertained at 35,000 feet.”
With mood-lit cabins, fleetwide WiFi, custom-designed leather seating, power outlets, personal touch-screen entertainment platforms, confirmed seating and new, quieter aircraft with three classes of service, Virgin America has attracted a loyal following of business travelers for its “office in the sky” amenities. In a recent 2014 survey conducted by Travel + Leisure and Fortune magazine, Virgin America’s tech-forward features helped the airline to be named the “Best Domestic Airline for Business Travel.”
“Virgin America remains on the cutting edge of offering the best experiences to its passengers and we are excited to continue to work with them on creating a better WiFi experience,” said Dave Bijur, Gogo’s regional president. “ATG-4 has had a significant impact on the market and we continue to see positive results from this newer technology.”
Gogo’s ATG-4 technology includes three industry-leading innovations: the addition of directional antennas and dual modems on each aircraft and the deployment of EV-DO Rev B technology on Gogo’s airborne and ground networks. Utilizing directional antennas and dual modem technology, ATG-4 increases overall peak connection speeds and ensures a more reliable connection to each and every passenger on board who chooses to connect.
Since its launch in August 2007, Virgin America has been on a mission to create innovation in the air. The airline’s in-flight connectivity milestones have included:
November 2008: Virgin America streams the first ever “air-to-ground” video stream to YouTube Live – YouTube’s first official real-world user event from the airline’s first WiFi-enabled aircraft
February 2009: The CBS Early Show airs the first-ever live broadcast transmission from a commercial plane – a Virgin America Airbus A320 – via the airline’s in-flight WiFi
May 2009: Virgin America becomes the first U.S. domestic airline to achieve fleetwide WiFi
December 2014: Virgin America is the first U.S. airline to offer next-gen, Gogo ATG-4 Inflight WiFi on every plane
In addition to a Main Cabin that offers custom-designed leather seating with a deeper, more comfortable pitch, the airline’s First Class cabin offers plush white leather seating with 55 inches of pitch, 165 degrees of recline and lumbar massagers. The carrier’s Main Cabin Select service offers 38-inches of pitch, free food and cocktails, an all-access pass to media content, dedicated overhead bins and priority check-in/boarding. The Red® in-flight entertainment platform offers guests their own seatback touch-screen TV, with more than 20 films, live TV, Google Maps, videogames, a 3,000 song library and an on-demand menu, which allows flyers to order a cocktail or snack from their seatback any time during a flight. Virgin America’s airport lounge – The Loft – is located at LAX and its Elevate frequent flyer program offers no black-outs or restrictions on rewards seats with three levels of status including Elevate Gold and Elevate Silver.
The airline continues to expand its network across the country with flights to Austin, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, Dallas Love Field, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Newark, New York (JFK and LGA), Orlando, Palm Springs (seasonal), Portland, Puerto Vallarta, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. (IAD and DCA).
About Virgin America:
Known for its mood-lit cabins, three beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities — like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 — including being named both the “Best U.S. Airline” in Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards and “Best Domestic Airline” in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards for the past seven consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com
About Gogo:
Gogo is a leading global aero-communications service provider that offers in-flight Internet, entertainment, text messaging, voice and a host of other communications-related services to the commercial and business aviation markets. Gogo has more than 2,000 commercial aircraft equipped with its services on more than 10 major airlines. More than 6,000 business aircraft are also flying with its solutions, including the world’s largest fractional ownership fleets. Gogo also is a factory option at every major business aircraft manufacturer. Gogo has more than 800 employees and is headquartered in Itasca, IL, with additional facilities in Broomfield, CO, and various locations overseas. Connect with us at www.gogoair.com and www.business.gogoair.com.
SOURCE: Virgin America
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Girls Helping Girls - Vashon Island
$790 from 8 donors $2,500 goal
Learn about our story!
Isn’t public school free in Kenya?
The Kenyan government pays for grades K-8. However, families have to pay for their children to attend high school.
What is the cost to send a girl in Kenya to high school?
The range of fees is determined by the quality of the school and if it is a day school or a boarding school. For example: $175 pays for a day scholar for one year in a local high school. Also, $650 pays for a top rated boarding school.
How do you choose the girls that you support?
We send out applications through Seavuria in October and those applicants are screened for us by our partners in Kenya and then sent here to us in November. We gather to read the applications and then use a rubric to determine our choices.
How is your scholarship different?
Our scholarship is different because the main goal is to build a global friendship. We do not want to just send money over to Kenya, we want to get to know the girls.
How do you know the money is benefitting?
We require that the girls send us transcripts of their grades each quarter.
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Please help us continue to support our friends in Kenya through our Scholarship Program!
When you learn about children in poverty who are unable to attend school, it is easy to think, “someone else will take care of that.” But two years ago, eight friends from Vashon Island, Washington decided that ‘someone else’ really needed to be ‘US’! We started an organization called Girls to Girls with the mission of helping Maasai girls in Kenya get an education.
Although each of us has grown up with the gift of education handed to us, we knew that in some parts of the world that isn’t the case; so we set out to help change that.
We are working with Seavuria, to help girls receive an education in Kenya. What makes this scholarship program unique is that we form friendships between girls across the globe to inspire and support each other.
Our goal is to raise $2,500 this holiday season so that we can provide scholarships to 4 girls. Last year we raised more than $4000 for scholarships for Kenyan girls and we are excited to continue with our mission.
Will you help us reach our goal? Your donation could make a great holiday gift for family and friends, knowing that their sponsorship has given girls in poverty a chance to change their lives and change their community forever.
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Edwards Surname Meaning, History & Origin
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Edwards is a patronymic name meaning
“son of Edward.” Eadweard was a
Saxon name. It appeared in the Domesday book as Eaaduardus and Eduard. The name was in
widespread use before the Norman invasion, because of two kings, Edward
the Martyr and Edward the Confessor.
Edwards Resources on
Edwards Coat of Arms and Name History
Edwards genealogy.
Edwards Family of Chirkland
Edwards in Denbighshire.
Descendants of William Edwards. Edwards from Wales to
upstate New York.
Edwards DNA Surname Project. Edwards DNA.
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Wales. There were old
Welsh families in Denbighshire in north Wales who later assumed the
Edwards name. These included the Edwards of Stansty near Wrexham
which lasted
until the 18th century and the Edwards of Chirkland which has lasted
much longer. As Edwardes they migrated to Pembrokeshire in the 18th
century, securing by marriage in 1762 the Kensington estates in London
and later a peerage.
Also from Denbighshire, said
to be descended from Einon Efell (the Lord of Cynlleath in the
12th century),
was Robert Edwards of Lledrode. He was the
son of Edward ap Thomas ap Llewellyn and, in the late 1500’s, was among
the first in Wales to assume Edwards
as a surname. His son John Edwards acquired the Ness
Strange estate in Shropshire across the English border.
Edwards were also in south Wales. There were Edwards at
Edwards Hall near Cardiff in Glamorgan from the 1560’s to the early
1700’s.
William Edwards, born in
Glamorgan in 1719, was a Welsh Methodist minister who was also a bridge
engineer, responsible for the building of the Old Bridge at Pontypridd. An Edwards family has been at Talgarth in
Breconshire since 1708.
By the time of the 1891 census there were more
Edwards in south Wales than in north Wales and many more in England.
Edwards started out as a surname in England possibly as
early as the
13th century. It was to be found mainly
in the west country, notably in Somerset and Cornwall.
Edwardes, the musical composer and playwright, was born in
Somerset in 1523. Also of Somerset was John
Edwards who at various times was bailiff,
mayor, and MP for Bridgwater in the 1560’s.
one Edwards family in Cornwall began with the
birth of Henry Edwards in Lelant in 1513. Richard
Edwards was recorded as marrying Grace Richards in
Breage in
Edwards in Shropshire may have
represented some spillover from Wales.
In addition to the Edwards at Ness Strange, another Welsh family
Montgomeryshire was to be found at Lydham in Shropshire by the 1550’s. Hugh Edwards, a merchant, founded Shrewsbury
School in 1551. Humphrey Edwards from
Shrewsbury was one of the regicides of Charles I in 1648;
while Edward Edwards, the 18th century landscape painter, was born into
artisan family in Shrewsbury.
America. The first Edwards in
America was probably
Alexander Edwards who had come to New England from Wales around 1630. He and his wife Sarah were among the early
settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts. There followed six successive Samuel Edwards.
Richard Edwards, a merchant in Hartford,
married Elizabeth Tuttle (whom he later divorced) in 1668 and it was
from this
“union of the sane and insane” came:
Rev. Timothy Edwards, a Congregational minister.
son Jonathan, one of the foremost
theologians of his day, a leader of the revivalist “First Great
grandson Pierpont a
delegate at the Continental Congress in 1788 who, perhaps inheriting
the Tuttle
genes, was also “profligate, vicious, and licentious.”
his great grandson Henry who was briefly
Governor of Connecticut in 1833. Another line via his
grand-daughter
produced Aaron Burr who famously duelled with Alexander Hamilton.
Nathaniel Edwards, believed to have
been born at Edwards Hall in Cardiff, came to America in the early
1700’s,
first to Virginia and then as a merchant to Maryland.
He lived to witness the Revolutionary War
when, despite his age, he was active in supporting the British troops
in New
York. William
Edwards, also from Wales, came to New York in the 1770’s.
However, the most newsworthy Edwards in America in those colonial times
another Welshman – Robert Edwards, a pirate of uncertain origins. Some say that he was born in Llanmynech on
the border with Shropshire and came to New York in the 1690’s. It does appear that he was granted a claim to
real estate in Manhattan in return for the services that he had
rendered in
disrupting Spanish sea lines.
In 1877,
when this valuable estate in downtown Manhattan would have reverted to
his heirs,
many so-called descendants emerged to stake a claim.
An “Association of Edwards’ Heirs” is still
around. More than 5,000 people have said
that they are descended from this Edwards.
Caribbean.
Two Edwards brothers – Nicholas and Henry from
Monmouthshire – arrived in Barbados sometime in the 1720’s. Henry stayed there; Nicholas moved onto
Antigua. Later Edwards in Antigua owned
plantations at
Comfort and Coconut Hall.
Chile. George Edwards Brown, an
English sailor from
London, was the founder and patriarch of the Edwards family in Chile. Family tradition has it that while his ship
was at port in Chile in 1804 he fell in love with a Chilean lady and
his ship. He prospered in Chile and,
because of his support for its independence, was granted citizenship
there in
His Edwards descendants have played and
still play a significant role in Chilean politics, especially as owners
of its
most influential newspaper chain, El
Mercurio.
There were two early John Edwards in New
Zealand:
the first John Edwards from
Essex arrived in 1835 and was apparently a storekeeper in Waikato on
North Island. His two wives were Maori. There is a watercolor painting of him, done
in 1850, that is in the Auckland Art Gallery.
the second John Edwards from
Yorkshire, known as Totara Jack, arrived in
Nelson on the Olympus in 1842. He
moved his family to Taita after the Wairau
massacre in 1849.
Edwards Miscellany.
The Edwards of Stansty. The family had continuous
occupation of the Stansty estate in Denbighshire from 1317, when David
ap Meilir
said to have bought the manor of Stansty,
to 1783 when his direct line died out.
Edwards surname was first established around 1600 by John
Edwards, the son
of David
ap Edward. John’s
son David
expanded the estate and built the family seat at Plas
Isa.
David’s son John Edwards, described
by a contemporary as “of
an honest, harmless, and sweet disposition,” was a Royalist who
survived the
Civil War. The last of the line was his
great great grandson Peter Edwards who died in 1783.
The estate was later sold to the ironmaster
Richard Thompson who in the 1830’s built his home, Stansty Hall, on the
grounds.
Interestingly, Henry Gwylim Edwards – who served with the
Medical Corps during World War One and gave an account of trench life
in his
diary (which has recently been discovered) – showed his address in the
diary as
being The Rockeries in Stansty, Wrexham.
Richard Edwardes, Tudor Composer and Playwright. It
has been suggested in some documents, including
David Dean Edwards in his 1992 book Edward’s
Legacy, that it was whispered among Tudor researchers that Agnes
Edwardes
was the mistress to Henry VIII and that her son Richard was in fact
fathered by
King Henry and not by her husband William.
Agnes and William lived close by the King’s hunting lodge in
Somerset. Maybe Richard Edwardes was the bastard son of the King.
was born in 1523 in Somerset and at a young age
was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and master of the singing
boys. He is
remembered as a music composer and playwright.
His five surviving songs, of which the most
famous is In Going to my Naked Bed,
show the influence of the Franco-Flemish style on English music at that
time. His musical drama Palamon
and Arcite, written for Queen
Elizabeth, unfortunately has been lost.
married Helen Griffith in 1563, but died three years later at Edwards
Hall near Cardiff.
Edwards in the 1891 Census
Region Numbers (000’s) Percent
North Wales 8 10
Wales 12 15
England 63 75
Total 83 100
The largest numbers by that time were in Lancashire
and Glamorgan. Another 3,800 were to be
found in Denbighshire.
The Six Samuel Edwards. Alexander Edwards had arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts
from Wales around 1630. He and his wife
Sarah moved to Northampton in 1655 where they were among the first
settlers.
eldest son, born in 1643,
was named Samuel and he was the start of six successive Samuel eldest
sons. The Samuel line ended when Samuel
VI, who was born in 1815, died at the young age of twenty without issue. Over this time the Samuel Edwards had moved to
Southampton and then to Westhampton on Long Island.
III was a soldier who took part in the
taking of Cape Breton in 1745. Samuel IV
was a corporal in the Continental army.
William Edwards, New York Arrival in the 1770’s. William Edwards was said to have come to America from Wales as a young lad aged around 15 sometime in the early 1770’s. He was first recorded in Ulster county, New
York and later settled with his wife in Germantown.
stories have gone the rounds as to how he
came to America.
version had William getting up to mischief in
Wales and being sent to the colonies as his punishment.
There was in fact a William Edwards who
arrived in America as a bondage passenger in 1771.
Whether he was the William Edwards is not
known.
other version made out that
William was a sailor and that while crossing the Atlantic he made a
the captain’s daughter. He either ended
up in the water or was a deserter from the ship. His
descendants have seemed to prefer this
second version.
The Edwards Family in Chile. According to the family legend, George Edwards Brown arrived in La Serena, Chile in 1804 as the surgeon
pirate ship (although in truth it was a whaling ship).
He espied a Spanish lady named Isabel
Ossandon and fell in love with her.
Deserting his ship, he hid in a jar of wine in the house of the
father Diego de Ossandon. He was,
however, discovered and arrested by the Spanish authorities and
imprisoned for
Once released he
reunited with Isabel and married her. He
Isabel raised eight children.
Augustin Edwards, the sixth child, became a
prominent politician
and banker in Chile. He acquired the El Mecuria newspaper in 1877, which was carried
on by his son Augustin. Mary
Edwards of this family who settled in France
was an active member of the French resistance during World War Two.
Select Edwards Names
Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan preacher and revivalist in 18th century colonial America.
George Edwards, an 18th century naturalist, is known as the father of English ornithology.
George Edwards was the first of
the Edwards line in Chile.
Jonathan Edwards holds the world record for the triple jump.
Select Edwards Numbers Today
148,000 in the UK (most numerous
in Cardiff)
120,000 in America (most numerous in Texas)
84,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Australia)
Select Edwards and Like Surnames
Hereditary surnames in Wales were a post-16th century development. Prior to that time the prototype for the Welsh name was the patronymic, such as “Madog ap Jevan ap Jerwerth” (Madoc, son of Evan, son of Yorwerth). The system worked well in what was still mainly an oral culture.
However, English rule decreed English-style surnames and the English patronymic “-s” for “son of” began first in the English border counties and then in Wales. Welsh “P” surnames came from the “ap” roots, such as Price from “ap Rhys.”
These are some of the present-day Welsh surnames that you can check out.
Bowen Hopkins Maddox Pritchard
Davies Howell Meredith Rees
Edwards Jenkins Owen Rowland
Evans Jones Powell Vaughan
Griffiths Lloyd Price Watkins
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Did Poe's reckless behaviour actually save the Resistance fleet?
At the beginning of The Last Jedi
Poe disobeys orders and leads a successful but costly attack on a dreadnought.
Given that for most of the rest of the film.
The Resistance fleet is just out of range of the First Order's guns
The dreadnought seemed to have a super-laser that could overcome this limitation.
Didn't Poe's actions actually allow the Resistance fleet to stay out-of-range?
Obviously eventually it doesn't matter as the fleet is doomed, but he bought them time.
Was this ever acknowledged?
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The whole setup makes no sense, so why would Poes actions?! – Moo Jan 8 '18 at 23:09
I think this is part of the reason I dislike Poe: he's portrayed as reckless and undisciplined, but ultimately extremely talented, and everyone seems to love him. Reality is, though, everyone would hate him because they'd be afraid he'd get them killed. – Jules Jan 9 '18 at 7:57
@Jules he's also very demanding - there is utterly no reason for him to be told the intimate details of every single plan the Rebels enact, and yet he decides to throw a paddy and mutiny when he's kept out of the loop. – Moo Jan 9 '18 at 8:29
@Moo Except that he is one of the highest ranking officers of the entire Resistance by this point. I believe it was implied that Leia was grooming him to be her replacement. OK I can accept that he might not be told immediately, but when the Resistance is depleted and facing annihilation and they still don't tell him? Ridiculous plot contrivance in my opinion. – Rapscallion Jan 9 '18 at 9:36
@Moo Well, he is THE Wing Commander, basically. Look how many people are left in the Resistance (and what's left of the squadrons). A Wing Commander is still a high ranking officer. I think it's an error to compare the handful of desperate Resistance fighters to a full modern military. – Rapscallion Jan 9 '18 at 11:50
His actions (may have) saved the Resistance, but probably had no impact on the survival of the fleet.
Notwithstanding that the Dreadnought would probably have also been destroyed along with the rest of the First Order fleet (rendering this entire answer moot), we know from the Last Jedi: Visual Dictionary that the Crait base is reliant on a
"localised bombardment shield"
that was added by the rebels before they abandoned it. This shield presumably is what prevents the First Order from simply destroying the base from the air with whatever remaining ships they have at their disposal.
Since the entire purpose of the dreadnought was to punch through planetary shields. It's highly unlikely that a cheap'n'cheerful base shield that hasn't been run for twenty years (and wasn't worth salvaging during that time) is going to be able to defend against that sort of firepower.
One of the First Orders largest warships, the Fulminatrix is a Siege Dreadnought that dwarfs General Hux’s flagship, the Finalizer. The Fulminatrix is the latest in the Mandator line, which originated in the decades before the Clone Wars. The Dreadnought’s underside holds massive orbital bombardment cannons that can punch through planetary shields, then rain destruction on enemy worlds.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections
As to the wider question of whether the range on their main weapon is any greater than that of the other ships in the First Order fleet, there's no special reason to think that it would have had any more effect on the Raddus' shields than the other, largely ineffectual strikes their shields simply shrugged off. In all likelihood the dreadnought would have simply trailed the fleet, then been used in the final conflict had it survived.
Good answer, but I'm not sure about the assumption that a planetary shield would be stronger than a base shield automatically. Covering a planet with a force field will require an enormous amount of energy and it seems likely to me that a planetary shield use more for preventing traversing ships than weapons. A smaller and stronger force field could be used on a single base. – Segfault Jan 8 '18 at 23:43
@Segfault You make the logical fault of trying to apply fundamental scientific logic to Star Wars. You have an apparently finite light speed, but total disregard for relativity; a death star planet where weather just magically stops at the massive equatorial chasm; a total disregard for relativity; a massive equatorial chasm that doesn't rapidly collapse under hydrostatic pressure; a total disregard for relativity; single-biome planets; wildly unrealistic asteroid fields; and have I mentioned the egregious disregard for relativity? etc. – zibadawa timmy Jan 9 '18 at 10:29
@zibadawatimmy Don't forget the disregard for relativity. – Michael Richardson Jan 9 '18 at 14:50
No, it's the "from orbit" that equals range. – JPhi1618 Jan 9 '18 at 17:16
@Snowman - An object at a thousand miles up that has no orbital motion (basically hanging on anti-gravity suspensors) would experience about 50% of Earth's normal gravity. It would fall like a stone if those suspensors suddenly stopped working. – Valorum Jan 9 '18 at 18:21
From a military standpoint, Poe's action is a forced move, best possible action in dire circumstances, but it didn't look like that when it happened.
We know now that the Resistance's fleet is practically already lost. They are low on fuel and have no place to refuel. The First Order could track them (Resistance does not know that, and that is the reason Poe gets reprimanded and punished) They are significantly weaker than the First Order fleet. The chances for any significant reinforcements are almost null. They do, however, possess squadrons of smaller craft (fighters and bombers). The question is what to do with them?
Use them like Poe did to deliver one more heavy blow to the enemy, hoping that this sacrifice may gain something for future fights, at least morally.
Use them for the evacuation of top brass, like Douglas MacArthur's cowardly escape from the Philippines, leaving troops behind. To the credit of Resistance's leadership (Leia, Ackbar, Holdo) this option is never openly considered. Instead, Holdo chose to sacrifice herself.
Find a planetary base and try to hold out. This is supposedly what Leia and Holdo secretly planned when they discovered that the First Order could track them wherever they go. Of course, this plan is useless if the Dreadnought is still around with its powerful weaponry for punching through planetary shields. Therefore, Poe's action would be fully justified in this case.
Try to run away from the First Order. This was the original plan of the Resistance's leadership. Since they planned to escape, Poe's attack was just squandering precious forces, so it did look foolhardy. Note that this option becomes unavailable pretty quickly in the movie.
Also note that the Fulminatrix is never depicted as a super-weapon that could destroy both ground forces and enemy ships at very long range. Instead, it is a formidable, but specialized weapon for certain situations (sieges). Poe's attack on it is more revenge for destroying their previous base, since he already decided to use his bombers offensively.
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"Cowardly escape"? From the very Wikipedia article you linked to it says that MacArthur intended to "share the fate of the garrison" (surrender/death) but was ordered by President Roosevelt to evacuate. – hppp Jan 9 '18 at 20:14
@andrewtweber Yeah right, poor fellow :) One of most overrated generals in US history, incompetent and cowardly, but had good relations with media so he was portrayed as some kind of hero. In reality, he was beaten by Japanese army with inferior numbers and equipment, and then abandoned his command like coward. Later, his ineptness was shown once again in Korean war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… – rs.29 Jan 10 '18 at 5:27
Um, yeah, the japanese had better air support, better naval support and better troops. Oh, and McArthur's forces had supply issues. But you go ahead with your narrative. – NotMe Mar 7 '18 at 20:42
After they make the jump to hyperspace and the First Order fleet catches up they quickly get out of range of the FO gun's. Since we don't know the effective range of the dreadnought, there are two options:
Assuming the dreadnought has a similar effective range, it would never have been utilized again. The fleet would have stayed out of range while in space, and then there was an energy shield protecting the base at Crait. So it's useless in both cases.
If the dreadnought had a further effective range then the rest of the first fleet, then it could have been utilized to bombard them in the early part of the 'standoff'. Though throughout the film the gap continually grows, so eventually they would have been out of range of the dreadnought as well. But we can't say how much damage would have already been done. But the large cannons on the dreadnought appear to take some time to charge after dropping out of hyperspace, so the Resistance would have a good head start. Especially if the dreadnought doesn't have the energy to both charge the guns, and accelerate much.
It's also worth noting, that even if the dreadnought had a further effective range, that the Resistance could have launched a bombing run at that point as well. Though the First Order may have been better prepared, it would have similar odds of success.
So in all likelihood Poe's actions did not help the Resistance in this case.
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But once they actually got on the planet, the Dreadnaught could punch through the planet base's shields and wipe it off the map without need of a laser battering ram. Not to mention that a bombing run would have to now fight through Snoke's ship's defenses, and the papercraft bombers couldn't even handle the fleet before that. – Ketura Jan 9 '18 at 17:12
There's nothing in canon to say that the Dreadnought could punch through the shields. The entire Imperial fleet couldn't hit the base on Hoth because of a similar shield. And I acknowledged that the bombers would have faced increased resistance, but it would have been similar to the first run. The First Order had ample opportunity to scramble fighters sooner, but didn't. When the fleet dropped out of hyperspace, bombers could have hit as TIEs were being launched again. – theMaestro73 Jan 9 '18 at 18:52
The dreadnought appears to have to charge its cannons after coming out of hyperspace, so if it followed them, that would give them time to attack it - either the way they did in the earlier scenario or maybe just flying under and taking out the cannon. But in the scenario we see earlier in the film, Poe actually puts the Resistance fleet at risk by making them wait for him, because they'll be destroyed by the recharging dreadnought cannons should he fail.
This doesn't really answer the question asked, nor does it offer any evidence to back up the points that you've made – Valorum Apr 29 '18 at 20:00
It does answer the question. The OP is implying that if the dreadnought follows the Resistance througn hyperspace, it would immediately destroy them. But it appears the dreadnought's cannons need to be charged/primed. Which means they might have time to attack it in this hypothetical situation. All that matters is that Poe's actions at the beginning were wrong at the time. And the evidence about the dreadnought is in the film. The cannons need to be primed both times they're about to fire on a target, which takes a little bit of time. – Alex May 18 '18 at 1:21
None of which answers the question of whether his actions (right or wrong) ultimately resulted in the saving of the fleet. – Valorum May 18 '18 at 6:01
Yes, it does. The dreadnought needing to charge its cannons is directly relevant to the question of whether it destroys the fleet once it follows them through hyperspace, and therefore directly relevant to whether or not Poe saved the fleet by destroying the dreadnought first. Since we don't know what would've happened had the dreadnought followed them, we don't know whether Poe actually saved the fleet. – Alex May 19 '18 at 18:56
I think you may have misunderstood the OP's question since your answer is all about the Crait base and a bombardment shield etc. He's implying that the dreadnought would have destroyed the Resistance fleet during the space chase, long before they reach the Crait base. That's why he mentions his assumption that the dreadnought could overcome the range between the Resistance and the FO during that chase. – Alex May 19 '18 at 18:59
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November 20, 2017 Council Meeting Notes: Casino expansion, plus two apartment complexes approved
At last night’s Langley City council meeting, there were three development applications on the agenda for consideration: a 188-unit, five storey strata apartment project at Eastleigh Crescent and 56 Avenue; a 69-unit, six storey strata apartment project at Park Avenue and 204 Street, and an expansion to the Cascades Casino. At the council meeting, members of the public were also given the opportunity to comment or ask questions about the projects.
The Eastleigh Crescent project consists of two buildings that will be constructed in two phases. The project will have 10 accessible units.
Eastleigh Crescent - 56 Avenue project artist rendering. Select image to enlarge.
One of the common concerns expressed by residents is that construction crew members fill-up on-street parking, and that some developers are not good neighbours (leaving a mess on the street, or letting debris loose.)
Because this project will be built in two phases, the developer will be able to provide constructions crew parking on site. Members of council, including myself, also reminded the developer about the importance of being a good neighborhood during the construction period.
As a note, the old cenotaph park area right at the corner of Eastleigh and 56 Avenue is on a different piece of property, and isn’t part of this development project.
The next project at Park Avenue and 204 Street has one of the bolder architecture styles that I’ve seen proposed in our community. This project will use cross laminated timber which is a renewable alternative to concrete and steel. This material was used to build an 18-storey building at UBC recently. This project will also include 4 accessible units.
Park Avenue - 204 Street project artist rendering. Select image to enlare.
This project will have the underground parking completely below grade, unlike most buildings in the City. This means that ground-level units will be at street level.
Instead of asphalt, the developer is proposing to use pavers for the surface parking and other areas. I also confirmed that the sidewalk will be continuous along Park Avenue.
Two residents from an adjacent building expressed their concerns about the construction phase of the project as well as the height of the building. As with the Eastleigh Crescent project, council reminded the developer that they should have a construction management plan to ensure that they remain good neighborhoods during construction.
Around this time last year, the operators of Cascade Casino were issued a development permit for a proposed expansion of their facility. That permutation of the project didn’t move forward. The casino operation proposed a new plan that was reviewed on Monday. The new plan is a streamlined version of the original, with the architecture simplified in areas.
Casino expansion renderings. Select image to enlarge.
Last year, council requested that the operator consider making the pedestrian entrance off Fraser Highway more prominent. This was reflected in this updated plan. The landscaping will also be enhanced along Fraser Highway, and new sidewalks will be built along Fraser Highway and Glover Road around the perimeter of the property.
Casino expansion landscaping plan, focusing along Fraser Highway. Select image to enlarge.
All development applications were approved by council. Tomorrow, I will be posting about the remaining items that were addressed at the council meeting.
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I Aim to Misbehave: Masculinities in the 'Verse,
Magill, David
in: Wilcox, Rhonda V., and Cochran, Tanya R.,eds. Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier. New York: I. B. Taurus, 2008. p. 76-86.
Subjects: FIREFLY (TV); SERENITY (TV)
I ain't afraid of no ghost: Humor als Renormalisierungsstrategie in Ivan Reitmans Ghostbusters und Tim Burtons Beetlejuice
Franzkoch, Julia
in: Petzold, Dieter, ed. Inklings: Jahrbuch fur Literature und Asthetik; Geister: Einblicke in das Unsichtbare Internationale Symposium 1. bis 3. Mai 2015 in Leipzig, Band 33, 2015. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2015. p. 131-144.
Subjects: BEETLEJUICE (MOTION PICTURE); GHOSTBUSTERS (MOTION PICTURE); GHOSTS
I am a bill collector disguised as a tree, said the bill collector disguised as a tree: an interview with Robert Sheckley
Wingrove, David
Vector 89:10-20. September/October 1978.
Subjects: SHECKLEY, ROBERT
I Am a Cylon,
Hanley, Richard
in: Steiff, Josef/Tamplin, Tristan D., eds. Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up? Chicago: Open Court, 2008. p. 103-113.
Subjects: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (TV); PHILOSOPHY
I am a Jedi: Star Wars Fandom, Religious Belief, and the 2001 Census
Porter, Jennifer E.
in: Kapell, Matthew K./Lawrence, John S., eds. Star Wars Franchise: Finding the Force of the Fans, Merchandise and Critics. New York: Peter Lang, 2006. p. 95-114.
Subjects: FANS; RELIGION; STAR WARS (MOTION PICTURE)
I Am a Leaf on the Wind: Cultural Trauma and Mobility in Joss Whedon's Firefly,
Hill, Matthew B.
Extrapolation 50(3): 484-511. Fall 2009.
Subjects: FIREFLY (TV); WHEDON, JOSS
I Am A Woman Writer; I Am A Western Writer: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin
Walsh, William
Kenyon Review 17(3/4): 192-205. Summer/Fall 1995. (Reprinted: Freedman, Carl. Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin. 2008)
Subjects: LE GUIN, URSULA K.
I Am Alive and You are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
Bent, Timothy; Carrere, Emmanuel
New York: Holt/Metropolitan, 2004. 315 p. (Translation of Je suis vivant et vous etres morts, Editions du Seuil, 1993.)
Carrere, Emmanuel
New York: Metropolitan, 2004. 315 p. (Translation of his Je suis vivant et vous etes morts.)
I am an Instrument of God: Religious Belief, Atheism, and Meaning
Eberl, Jason T.; Vines, Jennifer A.
in: Eberl, Jason T., ed. Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008. p. 155-168.
Subjects: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (TV); RELIGION
I Am Become Death
Subjects: GODZILLA (MOTION PICTURE)
I Am God: The Domineering Patriarch in Shirley Jackson's Gothic Fiction
Murphy, Bernice M.
in: Anolik, Ruth B, ed. Gothic Litrerature. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007. p. 135-148.
Subjects: GOTHIC GENRE; JACKSON, SHIRLEY; SEX; SEX ROLES
I Am In Fact a Hobbit: an Introduction to the Life and Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
Bramlett, Perry C.; Christopher, Joe R.
Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2003. 254 p.
I am Joan and I love you
in: Exploring Cordwainer Smith. New York: Algol, 1975. pp. 24-27.
Subjects: SMITH, CORDWAINER
Goldman, Stephen H.
in: Magill, Frank N., ed. Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Vol. 2. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1979. pp. 986-990.
Subjects: MATHESON, RICHARD C.
Wiater, Stanley
Fear 14:12-14. February 1990.
Zacharek, Stephanie
Salon.com [3 p.] December 14, 2007. (http://www.salon.com/)
Subjects: I AM LEGEND (MOTION PICTURE)
I Am Legend (Review)
Interzone No. 215: 61. April 2008.
I Am Legend as American Myth: Race and Masculinity in the Novel and Its Film Adaptations
Ransom, Amy J.
Subjects: I AM LEGEND (NOVEL); MASCULINITY; MATHESON, RICHARD; MOTION PICTURES; RACE
I am Legend,
Creative Screenwriting 14(6): 8-9. November/December 2007.
I Am Legend: Interview with Richard Matheson,
in: McCarty, Michael. More Giants of the Genre. Holicong, PA: Wildside Press, 2005. p. 189-197.
I Am Made of Ink: She-Hulk and Metacomics
Cook, Roy T.
In: The Avengers and Philosophy, Earth. Ed. White, Mark D. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2012. pp 57-70.
Subjects: COMICS; PHILOSOPHY; THE AVENGERS (COMIC BOOKS)
I am Michi!: Identity Politics in Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis
Bryant, Emi
B. A. Thesis, Haverford College, 2006. 26 p.
Subjects: COMICS; METROPOLIS (COMIC); TEZUKA, OSAMU
i Am More Than a Dog
Chandler, Andrea
In: Vanderhooft, Joselle, ed. The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2013. p. 71-77.
Subjects: DISABILITIES; WISCON (CONVENTION), 2012
I Am My Grandfather, My Grandfather Is Me,
New Ray Bradbury Review No. 3: 9. 2012.
Subjects: BRADBURY, RAY
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Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban – TechCrunch
Sacramento State Prison Guard Falsified Report Regarding Inmate’s Death
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and public authorities using facial recognition technology, the first of its kind in the United States.
The bill, which also banned police from using rubber bullets and tear gas, was passed on December 1 by both the state’s House and Senate after senior lawmakers overcame months of deadlock to reach a consensus. Lawmakers brought the bill to the state legislature in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer, later charged with his murder.
Baker said in a letter to lawmakers that he objected to the ban, saying the use of facial recognition helped to convict several criminals, including a child sex offender and a double murderer.
In an interview with The Boston Globe, Baker said that he’s “not going to sign something that is going to ban facial recognition.”
Under the bill, police and public agencies across the state would be prohibited from using facial recognition, with a single exception to run facial recognition searches against the state’s driver license database with a warrant. The state would be required to publish annual transparency figures on the number of searches made by officers going forward.
The Massachusetts House voted to pass by 92-67, and the Senate voted 28-12 — neither of which were veto-proof majorities.
The Boston Globe said that Baker did not outright say he would veto the bill. After the legislature hands a revised (or the same) version of the bill back to the governor, it’s up to Baker to sign it, veto it or — under Massachusetts law, he could allow it to become law without his signature by waiting 10 days.
“Unchecked police use of surveillance technology also harms everyone’s rights to anonymity, privacy, and free speech. We urge the legislature to reject Governor Baker’s amendment and to ensure passage of commonsense regulations of government use of face surveillance,” said Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts.
A spokesperson for Baker’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
Zack Whittaker – techcrunch.com
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Student’s family files libel suit against school district over newspaper article
CALIFORNIA — The parents of a high school student aresuing the Lompoc Unified School District for libel and invasionof privacy, claiming that an article published in the school newspapercontained false accusations of alcoholism and abuse within thefamily.
Sixteen-year-old Cabrillo High School student Christina Reyesand her parents sued the school district after an article aboutdivorce that was published in the March 2000 issue of the studentnewspaper allegedly reported that Reyes said her father physicallyabused her mother and molested her sister.
Reyes’ parents filed a lawsuit against the school districton March 1 contending that these statements were untrue and werefalsely attributed to Reyes.
"It’s everyone’s worst nightmare to have things like thissaid about you," said Gerald Kroll, the Reyeses’ attorney.
Reyes and her family wrote letters to the school newspaperdemanding a retraction after the article was published. The familysued the school district after the newspaper refused to publisha retraction. Kroll said the paper argued that Reyes should writethe retraction because she made the statements.
"My clients have been put into a situation that is extremelyhard to undo," Kroll said. "The community is very small.A school newspaper like that is a very powerful force in the community.It is likely that your neighbors, your friends and your co-workerswould learn of these allegations."
He added, "It has caused tremendous trauma for the family,and it’s really hard to undo damage like this to your reputation."
According to Kroll, journalism teacher Suzanne Nicastro askedReyes to participate in a class discussion about divorce in whichstudents interviewed each other. He said an unknown student wrotedown the accusations and attributed them to Reyes.
According to the Reyeses’ complaint, Nicastro claimed thatReyes was absent the day the statements were reviewed. In addition,the complaint said Nicastro claimed to have offered the Reyesesthe opportunity to respond to the accusations in a letter to theeditor.
Nicastro declined to comment on the case, referring all questionsto school district business manager Earl Wammack.
Wammack, who handles all lawsuits filed against the schooldistrict and makes recommendations to the school board, also declinedto comment on the case. Wammack’s assistant said he has not yetreceived a copy of the complaint and will not comment on it untilafter he has read it.
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The Humanity of Portland Apartments
June 12, 2016 Sean Talbot Leave a comment
In The 5 Myths About Portland Apartments, Aaron Mesh of Willamette Week would have you believe that your experience of Portland’s housing crisis is utterly invalid. He’s quick to put words in your mouth, and call you ‘wrong’ for repeating the common argument “that apartments don’t raise rents…People do.”
To say that an apartment raises its own rent is as flimsy and avoidant as to say that actually, it’s just guns that kill people. Oh, wait! Actually, guns don’t kill people! The effects of a bullet on the human body kill people. Severed arteries and blood loss kill people. Holes in brains kill people.
Of course this is about people.
If we’re going to talk about the housing crisis, let us evolve our conversation beyond semantics, and talk about what’s really happening.
Let’s start with the WW graphic:
1. People move to Portland.
2. Rent and real estate prices rise (exponentially faster than local wages).
3. Developers build units.
4. People get angry (see 1-3)
“With so few units available, tenants have no leverage—landlords can charge more.”
Yes, and should they?
For years, local property managers have been systematically if not whimsically raising rents on managed properties with or without the owners’ consent or knowledge, and in some cases, pocketing the difference.
Why would the owners care, anyway? More money is more money. That’s the way of the world.
Portland economist Joe Cortright’s callous, privileged comments in Mesh’s piece illustrate the utter apathy of those charged with dealing with a housing crisis. Mesh cites the law of supply and demand to explain the fact that the people who are getting “squeezed out” at least have the recourse to blame someone else.
“If it makes you feel better, writes Mesh, “you can still blame greedy developers for this shortage.”
Citing Buddhist philosophy to make an earlier point about human desire causing suffering, and shortly thereafter inviting people to blame the greedy developers for our rental woes exhibits a gross misunderstanding of Buddhism. It also completely misses the point.
When humans experience a gap between reality and their ability to explain it, they make up stories to fill it. Doing so was an early law of supply and demand. It was how we formed religion, art, science, and philosophy. To support the strength of our stories, we invented logic and reason, the indomitable forces of Western civilization, which in turn allow Mesh to make an idiotic, but correct, argument: just learn to like the extra apartments, Portland.
This story then becomes about how this process unfolds in people, rather than stating simply that it must unfold in our city, and that we must deal with it.
“But there’s one problem with the idea that teardowns are a force in making the city more costly,” writes Mesh. “The numbers show it can’t be true.”
Next door to my Sellwood basement, an old woman died in her tiny pink 1906 cottage. The house sat empty for three years before the children sold it to a rampant developer. The developer sold plans to a new construction house whose walls now nearly touch the property lines.
Last February, a Bay Area family bought the property and the plans for ~$800,000, more than $200k higher than any other house in a four block radius. It was a sale that set a precedent in the neighborhood. Home prices in Sellwood have risen 22%, with no signs of plateau.
The numbers Mesh insists “can’t be true” leave out one important factor: property values rise and fall based on the surrounding neighborhood. If a house is demolished and two are built in its place, the number of units changes; their sale prices, and the wider impact of those sales on the local real estate market, determine affordability. Though in a less quantifiable measure, one based more in the law of supply and demand, the numbers indeed can be true.
Portland is at the forefront of progressive, systemic change in the United States. This city has the will, the budget surplus and models of social impact by urban expansion from cities like San Francisco and Seattle to make foundational changes to how we deal with housing as the city grows.
With Portland’s rock bottom vacancy rates and still-rising rents, do you really think that X developer is going to not build in Portland because he or she will be required to include 20% of affordable units in a 20+ unit building?
And, what if they don’t?
Are we going to chase them down as they strut to Austin or Little Rock, bribing them with loopholes and tax breaks to give us one more chance to let them develop in Portland?
This is an example of the sycophancy of the working class toward the rich, the incessant thinking that they will provide for us with the finite and destructive materials of capital and greed.
It’s a sad romance, the idolatrous relationship between the poor and the rich: I want you for what you have, the poor say, for what you do! I want to be you!
And in a predictable, condescending response, the rich heartlessly pat the doting yet downcast heads of the poor, and turn away.
People coming from other places are not complaining about high rent. The people who live here who are trying to expand into larger space so they can have children and families—they’re the ones complaining.
It’s the people who are painting murals, opening and running food carts, who are in this so called low-income bracket. They are the people who make Portland a beautiful, enjoyable, aesthetically-pleasing place to call home. They are the pillows on which the rich lay their heads.
One of the only conclusions I can come up with is that the author of The 5 Myths About Portland Apartments must not have personal experience with searching for a home in Portland, nor must he have friends or family seeking homes in Portland and having a hard time doing so.
In fact, he’s chocking up all those searching for housing to wild-eyed anarchist hippies, groaning party-house dwellers, musicians, and artists.
Do you know who helped make Portland so cool in the years pre-those pretty 2010s housing graphs?
I have a friend who works with people with developmental disabilities, and carries her baby on her back every day at work. Her partner spends hundreds of hours facilitating events that keep Portland’s neighborhood communities engaged and connected with each other. Their search for resonant housing is approaching years.
Another couple, both successful artists and students, made dozens of phone calls searching for a place within a price range reasonable even for Portland. They got lucky, way north, found something quirky and
Not to mention people who are self-employed, building their own businesses, working seasonally, factors which renders income effectively useless toward purchasing a home, or even renting a new space, regardless of price.
That’s my wife and I.
One of the only options to surface in two years for us live in a nicer space than our cramped, kitchenless SE basement (and I am not complaining, especially as summer approaches), is to pay several hundred dollars more than we’re paying now to live in the master bedroom of a house with five other people. Buying a home vacated our realm of possibility years ago.
Hey, that’s just the law of supply and demand, right? Some people get squeezed out. If the poor, wild-eyed miscreants can’t afford their rent, cast them out. Eliminate economic contrast.
To the reader: have you honestly sat with someone, looked them in the eyes, and asked them what it’s like to feel a sense of hopelessness, and let the humanness of this person’s survival needs permeate you?
Journalism is not always meant to empathize with the human experience, but the fact that Mesh digs, insults, projects, assumes, and stereotypes a group of people he appears to know nothing about, is indicative of the cultural changes in Portland so many of its residents are resistant to.
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art, community, culture, native american, story
The Art of Totem Lives
March 25, 2016 Sean Talbot 4 Comments
Aunt Bell used to pay visits to her extended family’s homes in Kelso, WA, would gather up all their Indian artifacts she could find—objects that had been handed down for generations—and threw them away.
Portland Artist and Totem Carver Ray Losey, the grand-nephew of “Mean” Aunt Bell, tells the story of how the family began hiding their cultural treasures, that Aunt Bell wouldn’t find them. They buried old rounded-head stone hammers and fishing net weights (flat river stones the breadth of a large outstretched hand with a center-bored hole about the width of a fresh chestnut) in the cement foundations of homes, porches, stairs, whatever needed to be built.
Indians unrecognized as Indians by the U.S. Government hid them. Aunt Bell kept the family members from registering for their Indian “numbers”—a kind of census registration that earned individuals money from the U.S. Government—because Aunt Bell wanted the family to be White.
Aunt Bell wanted her family to survive. And like her strong women ancestors—the chief negotiators, for example, who for generations boarded the European longships to administer trade between Indians and Whites—Aunt Bell usually got what she wanted.
But not always.
When Ray Losey’s father, Rex, was 11, his mother died. Aunt Bell demanded he attend the Indian Boarding School, one of the educational institutions infamous for eradicating everything remotely Indian from Indian children. The boy’s grandmother had been a ‘half-breed’, as they called those born half-Indian, half-White. She was murdered by a group of Whites tramping through Eastern Oregon, in a cave where the family lived. The killers needn’t have concerned themselves with repercussion: these were the days before the US courts officially recognized Indians, Blacks, and Chinese as people.
Lucky for the future boy, his grandfather soon married a White woman, which superficially relieved future Rex, insofar as his new grandmother would facilitate the boy’s assimilation into the dominant culture. Nevertheless, Rex kept his 1/4 Indian blood sacred, along with the culture, the stories, and the art of his grandmother’s people. His people. He soon began to share these treasures, through storytelling and totem-carving.
In 1971, when his son Ray was grown, Rex passed on the family arts to the young man. The first pole they carved together now stands tall outside Ray Losey’s home on in Portland’s Southwest Hills.
Topped with wing-spread Eagle, the pole is painted in bold, bright colors with the distinct “formline” style for which Northwest native art is well-known, the totem art is a treat for hikers on meandering trails nearby.
Ray Losey has been making totem poles, telling stories, and performing dances with masks for decades. Now 67, he verges retirement. He has passed on the art to the swaths who snap photos of the totem pole near the house, but has yet to encounter some young version of himself on whom to impart the knowledge, and technique.
Years ago, he says, he held workshops in search of a young apprentice to pass on the art—ideally, a teenager eager to learn the stories and cultures that birthed it—to no avail.
Storytellers know better than most that stories live longer than people. When Losey talks about retiring, his voice slows and lowers.
“My contribution,” he says, “is carrying the art into the 21st century. I’ve done that.”
Most of his sharing is the sheer volume of people who walk by his house. Where did you get this totem pole, they ask.
Target, he says, deadpan.
Ray Losey’s artistic legacy has spread across the country. The totem pole he’s currently working on lays prone across two sawhorses under the house, will soon find home at a YMCA camp in Iowa, far from its native Northwest.
If Aunt Bell’s confiscations led to the long-term preservation of artifacts in concrete foundations, then Losey’s open-air, dirt-ground, totem-carving workshop under the house reveals a great irony: his work unveils that which was necessarily hidden for so long. He keeps it close to the ground, like the “low man on the totem pole,” who, in Indian belief—contrary to common assumption—is actually the most valuable and highly regarded, for one’s connection to the earth is precisely what allows the ravens to fly.
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Crime Blotter for Jan. 11 to Jan. 21
(Sundial Illustration / Thomas Gallegos)
Erik Luna
• An unknown suspect entered the bedroom of a first floor apartment at the University Park Apartments 12, at 12:43 a.m. Officers say no items were taken and the suspect may have entered through an open window. Officers are continuing with the investigation, according to the CSUN crime log.
• Four residents at University Park Apartments 13 were referred for drug-law violations around 10 p.m.
• Four residents were referred for drug-law violations at the University Park Apartments 2 at unknown hours.
• A bin was broken into by an unknown suspect outside of the Matador Mercado around 12 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. The suspect stole pastries from the bin.
• CSUN officers arrested a suspect for giving false identification to an officer, possession of a controlled substance, paraphernalia, battery on a peace officer, obstructing a public officer and an outstanding bench warrant. The report occurred at 11:09 a.m. at Redwood Hall. The suspect was transported to the LAPD Van Nuys jail for booking.
• CSUN officers cited a suspect for possession of marijuana at 9:29 p.m. at the University Park Apartments 10. The suspect was released at the scene with a notice to appear.
• One resident of the University Park Apartments 8 was reffered for a drug-law violation at 4:55 p.m. The suspect is referred for disciplinary action.
• A resident of the University Park Apartments 10 was referred for a drug-law violation at around 6:09 p.m.
• A bicycle was stolen by an unknown suspect outside of the University Park Apartments 16 at 1 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The bicycle was secured by a cable lock, according to officers.
• An unknown suspect vandalized the mesh tarp covering a fence by the Observatory at 1:17 p.m. A blue and white marker was used to write on the tarp.
• A Fitbit was stolen from a vehicle around Lindley Avenue and Kinzie Street around 7 p.m. – 7:14 a.m. the following day.
• CSUN officers cited a suspect with possession of marijuana at 6:09 p.m. at the University Park Apartments 17. The suspect was released at the scene with a notice to appear.
• A person failed to stop at a red light and a CSUN officer cited the suspect for possession of marijuana near Zelzah and Devonshire. The officer released the suspect at the scene with a notice to appear, according to the crime log.
• An unknown suspect used pink spray paint to graffiti on a light post near Sierra Quad. The suspect is still under investigation, according to the log.
• An unknown suspect stole a victim’s secured bicycle at the University Park Apartments around 11:35 a.m.
• CSUN officers arrested a suspect for a bench warrant, driving without a license and no proof of insurance near Nordhoff and Reseda, according to the log. The suspect was transported to LAPD Van Nuys jail for booking.
• CSUN officers arrested a suspect at the Children’s Center. The suspect violated the terms of a court order, according to the log. The officers transported the suspect to LAPD Van Nuys jail for booking.
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Ask Siri to play and control video from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Ask Siri to play what you're watching on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your TV. Or ask to play a movie or TV show in the room where you want to watch it. And you can control it all with just your voice.
Ask Siri to play what you want to watch
Ask Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to play a movie in the living room or the latest episode of your favorite TV show in the bedroom.
Just say "Hey Siri," or press the button for Siri. Then you can say things like:
"Play Happy Feet on the living room TV."
"Watch the latest episode of Game of Thrones on the bedroom Apple TV."
Some apps and video services require a subscription to play their content.
Continue watching on your TV
Ask Siri to play a movie or TV show that you're watching on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, say "Hey Siri," or press the button for Siri. Then say something like:
"Play this on the living room TV."
"Play this on the bedroom Apple TV."
If you're streaming from an app that's downloaded on Apple TV, then the video will play in that same app on your Apple TV. If the app isn't downloaded on your Apple TV, then your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will use AirPlay to stream the video to your Apple TV.
Control what's playing
Ask Siri to turn your TV on or off. Or to play, pause, rewind, and control what's playing.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, say "Hey Siri," or press the button for Siri. Then you can say things like:
"Turn on the living room TV."
"Stop the bedroom Apple TV."
"Play the bedroom Apple TV."
"Skip 30 seconds on the living room TV."
If Siri won't play or control your video
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
Make sure that you have an Apple TV with the latest version of tvOS or an AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.
Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.
Add your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV to the Home app and make sure that it's assigned to a room.
To allow others in your home to use Siri on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to AirPlay video, invite them to control your home in the Home app.
Do more with Siri
Use Siri to play and control music throughout your home.
Ask Siri to turn on lights, adjust the thermostat, and control all of your HomeKit accessories.
Use Siri on your Apple TV to play movies, TV shows, find apps, and more.
Learn how "Hey Siri" works with multiple devices.
Siri availability, features, and commands varies by language, and country and region. Learn which Siri features are supported in which countries and regions.
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Fergal Monsell, Dalia Sepulveda
Open reduction; K-wire fixation
Note: Be aware of nonaccidental injury in infants.
Careful scrutiny of the x-rays is important to identify the presence or absence of a metaphyseal component, as this may be the only radiologically visible sign of a corner/bucket handle fracture.
2. Patient preparation
This procedure is normally performed with the patient in a supine position.
3. Approach
Ulnar approach
For this procedure an ulnar approach is normally used.
Anatomy to the distal forearm
A thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the wrist is essential.
The additional material gives a short introduction.
4. K-wire fixation
Skin incision
A small skin incision is made directly over the ulnar styloid.
The incision is deepened to the bone using a blunt artery forceps and a protective sleeve is inserted.
Care should be taken to avoid damage to the dorsal sensory branch of the ulnar nerve.
K-wire insertion
A single 1.6 mm smooth K-wire is inserted into the detached styloid fragment and used as a joystick to achieve reduction under direct vision.
The wire should be inserted using a T-handle.
Once reduction is satisfactory, the K-wire is advanced until it just engages the radial cortex of the distal ulnar metaphysis.
Ideally, the K-wire is inserted under image intensifier control to check the trajectory of the wire and to ensure engagement of the far cortex without penetration into the soft tissues.
The K-wire is left protruding through the skin, bent and cut. The skin is protected with sterile padding prior to the application of a cast.
The illustration demonstrates the use of a small section of plastic tubing over the cut ends of the protruding wires. This adds further protection for the skin.
Note: Excessive pressure between dressing and skin should be avoided to prevent skin necrosis.
5. Short arm cast
The purpose of the cast is protective and for pain relief, as stability is provided by the K-wire.
The short arm cast is applied according to standard procedure:
Short arm cast
Note: In young, small, or noncompliant patients, it is safer to apply a long arm cast.
Splitting of cast
If a complete cast is applied in the acute phase after injury, it is safer to split the cast down to skin over its full length.
6. Long arm cast
In the event that a long arm cast is necessary (see above) it is applied and split according to standard procedure.
Long arm cast
Tight cast
Further swelling in a restricting cast can cause pain, venous congestion in the fingers and occasionally a compartment syndrome.
For this reason any complete cast applied in acute phase should be split down to skin.
Parents/carers should be instructed how to detect circulatory problems by pressing and releasing the fingertips and watching if the blood flow/color returns to normal (capillary refill), compared to the opposite hand.
Compartment syndrome is an unusual but serious complication after the application of a complete cast and can be difficult to diagnose, especially in younger children. Neurological signs appear late and the main sign is excessive pain on passive extension of the fingers.
It is important to make sure that the parents/carers are aware of the risk of compartment syndrome.
The parents/carers and patient should be informed to take note of increased pain and/or unresponsiveness to normal painkillers.
They should know that this may indicate serious complications. It is important for them to detect these signs as early as possible and report them urgently to the surgeon/nurse by telephone, or to attend the Emergency Room (ER) without delay.
Nerve compression is an occasional complication and the signs include:
Sensory deficits (numbness)
Weakness of active finger movement
See also the additional material on postoperative infections.
If a normal plaster of Paris cast is used, it is important to keep the cast clean and dry in order to maintain the reduction.
When the swelling has reduced, the cast can become loose. The loss of support can result in loss of reduction.
In this circumstance, the parents/carers are advised to return to the healthcare provider.
Follow-up x-rays
Depending on the fracture pattern, the age of the child and the method of treatment, the patient has to return for follow-up x-rays to monitor the fracture position.
X-rays taken for fracture position can be taken with cast in place. Any x-rays to assess the state of bone healing must be taken without the cast and correlated with clinical examination.
In most cases, it is conventional to obtain follow-up x-rays after reduction to ensure that the position is maintained.
In general, in the child below 5 years of age, the follow-up is usually about 4-5 days after reduction. In the older child with a potentially unstable fracture, an x-ray would normally be taken at 7-10 days.
Further follow-up x-ray is a matter of clinical judgement, the responsibility of the treating surgeon, and tends to be longer in older children (see also Healing times).
For complete fractures of the metaphysis, redisplacement after reduction is not uncommon. It is therefore, important to take early follow-up x-rays in order to detect a possible redisplacement.
See also the additional material on posttraumatic growth disturbances.
K-wire removal
The K-wires can be removed without sedation in the clinic after approximately 3 weeks (depending on the age of the child).
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Predator in the Pond: Indian Flapshell Turtle
Though these small turtles are camouflaged and instinctively hide on the edges of waterbodies to ambush their prey, they face a perilous future
Text by: Gerry Martin
A small mud crab crawls along the edge of the murky water of a rain-fed lake near a village in South India. It’s early in the morning and the sun is only beginning to warm the treetops surrounding this idyllic, serene space. The crab begins moving deeper into the water, when suddenly, with barely a ripple, it is grabbed by a vice-like grip cracking its shell and subduing it. The crab became a quick meal for an Indian flapshell turtle (Lyssemys punctata).
The turtle stays hidden, half buried in the muddy edge of the pond. It waits patiently, without moving, for unsuspecting, fish, frogs, crustaceans or even small birds, reptiles, or rodents to get within striking distance before it snatches them into its jaws. Sometimes, when one turtle grabs hold of something that is a bit too big for it (such as a dove or similar-sized bird), other turtles gather around trying to get a piece of the pie, and jointly partake of the banquet. However, ambush isn’t the only way this very adaptable species gets to eat. It is an opportunistic omnivore. It will readily eat vegetation and dead animals found in or around its pond.
The Indian flapshell turtle’s brown colouration with some spots and relatively small size make it inconspicuous when basking along slow-moving rivers. Photo: CLpramod, CC BY-SA 4
Cover photo: Measuring up to 35 cm, the common flapshell turtle has short, tubular nostrils, which are almost pig-like. Cover photo: Rahul Kulkarni
Staying buried and unmoving underwater offers great camouflage for this predator. But it also poses the challenge of it not being able to breathe constantly. Flapshell turtles, like all softshell turtles, have very long necks with extended nostrils that look like a pig’s snout. This enables them to stay still, very slowly extend their necks and stick the extreme tips of their nostrils above water for a deep breath before they return to ambush position.
Being reptiles, however, they need to make sure that they are warm enough to digest food and be active. In places where these turtles are not disturbed, they are commonly seen basking on fallen logs, steep edges of ponds, or simply on the banks of the waterbodies that they inhabit. They bask with limbs outstretched, ensuring they dry up completely and soak in as much heat as they need. Yet, they remain ready and able to leap out of their sunbathing stance and dive straight into the water at the slightest disturbance. Like their hard-shelled cousins, the pond terrapins, which are often seen travelling over land from one waterbody to another, flapshell turtles do leave their ponds during the dry season to look for water.
Flapshell turtles help to maintain the health of the aquatic ecosystems they inhabit by feeding on dead, decaying organic matter. These reptiles are seen here in Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan (left) and swimming in a waterbody in Nashik, Maharashtra. Photos: Bernard Dupont from France, CC BY-SA 2.0 (left), Rahul Kulkarni (right)
When they need to nest, females climb out of the water, walk above the maximum waterline, getting far enough from the waterbody to ensure their eggs don’t drown if water levels rise. Then they dig a hole in the ground, with their hind legs working like shovels. Once the hole is deep enough, they lay around 12-15 round, white eggs and then cover the hole with the eggs inside a small chamber at the bottom. Here, they will stay for as long as seven months but, usually, around five months. Having completed her maternal duties, the mother returns to the water. The eggs and their growing inhabitants are on their own from then on.
This long incubation period has its share of challenges. Especially in areas with human activity, nests are at constant risk. Agricultural work, various forms of excavation, flooding, and landscape change can destroy the nest in no time at all. Various predators and scavengers may also dig out the nest and feast on the eggs if they catch the scent. Numerous species, from rats to wild boar, are known to eat turtle eggs.
Still, some eggs will hatch, and the little turtles will make their way to the surface. At birth the hatchlings are barely larger than a golf ball. Instinct leads them to the water, where they stay very close to the edge, hiding in aquatic vegetation and the soft bed of the ponds, lakes, or rivers that will be their home for the rest of their lives.
Although tiny, they are like miniature versions of adult turtles. They know how to lie in ambush for prey, burying themselves near the edge of the water so they can stay hidden and simply extend their tiny necks out, their noses just breaking the water’s surface for each breath. Despite all their instinct and inclination to stay away from trouble, these hatchlings face a perilous future.
(Left) This flapshell turtle was rescued in Nashik. Flapshells face numerous threats like illegal poaching, the pet trade, and accidentally encounters with humans in their breeding/nesting season. (Right) Indian flapshell turtle eggs have a long incubation period that can last seven months. This clutch was discovered in a cultivated field in the Sundarbans. Photos: Rahul Kulkarni (left), Arabindu Sardar/Shutterstock (right)
As hatchlings, they can fall prey to everything from large fish to otters. As they grow, the number of predators reduce. Still, they are fair game for crocodiles, big cats, otters etc. However, the biggest threat to these turtles, individually and as a species, comes from us humans and our activities. Flapshell turtles of all ages get caught in fishing nets, especially, discarded gill nets that are used across the country to fish in lakes, ponds, and rivers. When fisherfolk catch a flapshell turtle in their nets, they usually take it home for the pot. Flapshell turtles are quite the delicacy in many parts of the country. In fact, they are concertedly hunted in some areas. Poachers will wade into ponds and lakes with a sharp spike on the end of a pole and keep jabbing it into the muddy bed below. They collect a lot of crabs and the occasional turtle like this.
Authorities regularly seize and apprehend poachers and illegal traders with consignments of thousands of turtles captured for sale as pets, for their meat, and for use in traditional medicine.
Raptors, such as this crested serpent eagle in Pench Tiger Reserve, prey on flapshell turtles. However, it is humans who are the bigger threat to their survival today. Photo: Tushar Abhyankar
Our laws, although absolute, are not enough to protect our wildlife from greed and exploitation. Understanding the value these animals bring to us is key to their conservation.
The flapshell turtle plays a vital role in freshwater ecosystems. Aside from being effective and voracious predators maintaining the balance of various prey species, they are also cleaners. Adult flapshell turtles will also feed on dead animals found in and near the edge of the water. In fact, many of these turtles were released in the Ganga with the hope that they would feed on the remains of the deceased left in the river. Unfortunately, the levels of pollution in this sacred river don’t allow them to thrive and most of them end up dying or moving away.
Historically, our ancestors understood the role that various animals played in our ecosystem. Flapshell turtles were found in almost every large open well because people knew that they would clear up any small dead animals and keep the water clean. Although this is a terrible thing to do to the individual turtle, it demonstrates an understanding of the value the turtle brings to an ecosystem. Today, if one does see a turtle, it is important to simply leave it alone.
Unfortunately, today we chase profits more than value, and the flapshell turtle is an easy target for exploitation and greed. We need to return to our historic approach and relationship with nature and understand that when these animals thrive, we do too. A good first step would be protecting our wetlands and the wildlife that lives in them not just because they are diverse and integral parts of the ecosystem, but also because protecting them will give us healthier lives and a greater chance of survival.
is the founder director of The Gerry Martin Project, and has been involved with herpetological research and conservation, documentary filmmaking, education and eco-tourism over the past decade.
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USA Swimming Releases Statement on Rick Curl Hearing
USA Swimming has released a statement regarding the emergency hearing that has been scheduled with Curl Burke Swim Club founder...
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USA Swimming has released a statement regarding the emergency hearing that has been scheduled with Curl Burke Swim Club founder Rick Curl:
USA Swimming was provided with information late Friday afternoon which enabled it to initiate the Board of Review process. We requested an expedited hearing on Monday and have invited the alleged victim to testify. We hope she will take part in this process, as reporting remains an integral part of the Safe Sport program.
In order to protect the integrity of the case, I cannot comment further on its details except to confirm that USA Swimming has initiated the process in place to deal with complaints of sexual misconduct. The reporting process is one element of USA Swimming’s comprehensive Safe Sport program which includes efforts in each of six different areas: Polices & Guidelines, Screening & Selection, Training & Education, Monitoring & Supervision, Recognizing, Reporting, & Responding and Engagement & Feedback.
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USA Swimming is LYING! They had the confidential agreement six months ago. The only reason they are having the bogus emergency hearing is that the agreement was sent by Davies representatives to the Washington Post and they published an article. Our sport is corrupt!
Reply to Splash
Then you need to send Shipley proof that USA swimming has been sitting on it that long. At this point, the more information the better . Time to clean house.
From: B. Robert Allard Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:20 PM To: ‘Young, Richard’ Subject: RE: Initiation of NBOR Proceeding Against Richard J. Curl Dear Mr. Young: I have told you repeatedly that your NBOR process is a sham and we do not want to legitimize it by attending. That position will not change. A statement has been given to your investigator. You have the settlement agreement. You have what you need. My client is not going to submit this matter to a party who is judge, jury and executioner all wrapped up into one. It would help if your client would stop releasing outright false information. For example, today it was indicated by Ms. Fabos: “USA Swimming was provided… Read more »
I’ll refrain from any comments about Mr. Allard since he’s apparently reviewed so well in California Law and I can’t refer to him as an “ambulance chaser”.
Stop trolling, Splash. First off, he says “months”. Not six. I would refrain from spreading false information.
Second of all, please don’t act like you know remotely anything about the law. Litigation and even gearing up for a case or any sort of defense can take months. Maybe years. I’ve known cases of different natures that have been ongoing for 10 years, and will have to be preparing months before a hearing or meeting with other attorneys.
Brian, why don’t you stop sniffing the crotches of the liars, thieves and degenerates that are running our sport? I’ve never met Mr. Allard, but hes done more to get rid of corruption in USA Swimming than any member or coach. Nobody has the balls to fight them. Think about it, Brian…if Allard is an “Ambulance Chaser” and looking for the quick buck (as you would suggest), he would be like most lawyers and encourage all of his clients to settle and move on to the next lawsuit. It is very obvious if you really wake up and look at the history here, that this man has spent a lot of his own time and money to singlehandedly fight a… Read more »
Hm. Interesting turn of phrase. From your foul use of language, it would appear that something I’ve said upsets you! I would appreciate it if you’d talk like a grown man (or woman).
It’s about ego, and notoriety. Why else try and make such a big fuss about it now, right before the Games? Because it gets his name out there, and makes him more popular (or infamous) in the long run.
No lawyer does it “out of his own pocket and time” and of his own pro-bono heart.
CUBUSwimmer
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Brian, I couldn’t agree with you more. There’s clearly too many cooks in the kitchen. I keep reading contradictory facts on time lines among all parties involved. But mainly, I agree with your comments on both Attorney Bob Allard and the Washington Post’s timing on this article coming out a week before the Olympic Games. I’m aware that Amy Shipley was planning on getting this article out precisely at this time, before the Olympics, way back in December of 2011. USA Swimming knew about this. The Washington Post knew about this. Nothing good is going to come of this. There will be no ‘lessons’ learned. I am very skeptical that Kelley is even in control of her own statements. There… Read more »
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Well, it’s hard to say. If he’s going to try and implicate USA Swimming in the Curl hearing, it will be next to impossible to do so. Any attorney worth their salt would destroy him simply based on the fact that it was 1) 30 years ago and anyone who was heading USA Swimming then is no longer in charge, 2) Many new policies have been implemented in USA Swimming to prevent the very things that were brought up way back in the past (i.e rooming, parent supervisors, etc), and 3) Most importantly, the non-disclosure agreement, which meant that legally, there was no way that what the client says holds any sort of validity because they signed it away in… Read more »
MarkB
BRIAN & CUBUSWIMMER,
I get that you feel there is a long (maybe impossible) road to travel for anything to come of this suit but jeez, could you not come off as so happy about it.
@MarkB,
You must be imposing some own Freudian slip there. Happy? Not at all, and there’s nothing in any of my statements to appear as such, thank you very much.
There’s a large difference between whatever you call “happiness” and debate and trying to discern all the facts and subtleties of what happened. Especially in figuring out any possible repercussions in the sport.
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SHRM Members for Transparency Goes Public, Pushes “Grassroots” Effort for Change
By John Hollon January 20, 2011 July 23, 2015
From the HR blog at TLNT.
Last November, before the SHRM Leadership Conference in Arlington, Virginia, then-Board Chair Robb Van Cleave did something curious: he sent out an e-mail warning attendees that a “… a small group of SHRM members may contact you and have indicated that they may launch a website designed to raise the group’s concerns to a larger audience.”
The “small group of SHRM members” Van Cleave was referring to but failed to identify was the SHRM Members for Transparency group, described here at TLNT as a “number of well known and respected former SHRM Board members, executives, and current SHRM members.”
Why former chairman Van Cleave felt the need to send such a widely circulated e-mail warning about an anonymous and unidentified group is unknown – Van Cleave and the SHRM Board of Directors have ignored repeated requests from TLNT for comment on the Transparency group – but one thing is certain: SHRM Members for Transparency was largely anonymous to most of SHRM’s 250,000 plus membership.
Until now, that is.
Transparency group reads like a “Who’s Who” of SHRM members
Earlier this month, SHRM Members for Transparency sent their own e-mail out to SHRM’s 2010 and 2011 State Council and Regional Directors with the subject line “SHRM Issues of Concern.” It not only took Van Cleave to task for his comments, but also shared the governance and other SHRM Board issues that the Transparency group has been concerned about.
In addition, the e-mail listed the names of those affiliated with SHRM Members for Transparency, and it reads like a “Who’s Who” of some of the best and brightest SHRM members who have given their all to the organization. The e-mail adds, “we are proud to confirm not only the names but the incredible SHRM leadership experience of our SHRM Members for Transparency Steering Committee. Those members are:
Ronald C. Pilenzo, SPHR, who served as SHRM president and COO from May 1980 to January 1991;
Michael R. Losey, SPHR, CAE, who served the HR profession for more than 45 years and retired in 2000 after a decade serving as SHRM’s president and CEO. The Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award that is named for him has been presented annually by SHRM, the SHRM Foundation, and the Human Resource Certification Institute. The award includes a $50,000 check that was endowed with a $1.25 million gift, funded by SHRM and the sponsoring boards in 2000. In addition, the SHRM headquarters building in Alexandria, Virginia is named after Losey.
Some 17 former chairs of the SHRM Board of Directors, including Merle Alvis, SPHR; Neil Bondy, SPHR; John Blodger, SPHR; Chuck Gallagher, SPHR; Bruce Ellig, SPHR; Gary Howard, SPHR; David Hutchins, SPHR; Elmer Jackson III, SPHR; Tom Kelly, SPHR; Wanda Lee, SPHR; Kathleen McComber, SPHR; Kathryn McKee, SPHR; James Parkel, SPHR; Jerry Sellentin, SPHR; Ommy Strauch, SPHR; Jim Skaggs, SPHR; and, Jim Ware, SPHR;
Another 18 former SHRM National, HRCI and SHRM Foundation Board Chairs, members, as well as SHRM state and local volunteer leaders including Gerry Crispin, SPHR; Cathy Fyock, SPHR, CSP; John Goodwin, SPHR; Keith Greene, SPHR; Hank Hennessey, Ph.D, SPHR; Arthur Hershey; Marilyn Hoppen, SPHR; Alan M. Jaramillo, SPHR; Thomas Little, SPHR; Arthur (Arte) Nathan, SPHR; Tim Orellano, PHR; Steve Rice, SPHR; Michael Rogers, SPHR; Fran Sincere, SPHR; Sue Tempero, SPHR; Jac Fitz-enz, Ph.D; and, Susan Warner, SPHR, Esq; and Ray Weinberg, CCP, SPHR.
Unanswered questions from TLNT
TLNT has again asked the SHRM Board, new Board Chair Jose Berrios, and former Board Chair Robb Van Cleave for comment about the SHRM Members for Transparency group, but as of this writing have not gotten a response back to these three questions:
What is the SHRM Board doing to address the concerns of the SHRM Members for Transparency group?
Is there any concern on the Board that this group represents some of the best and brightest SHRM members who have given their all to the organization, and is not just a small group of disgruntled members as has been mentioned in the past?
Does new Board Chair Berrios plan to meet directly with the leaders of the Transparency Group and perhaps handle them differently than Robb Van Cleave did during his term as Board Chair?
In their e-mail to SHRM’s 2010 and 2011 State Council and Regional Directors, the Transparency group starts by challenging Robb Van Cleave’s characterization of the group:
Many of you attended the recent SHRM Leadership Conference in Arlington, Virginia.
Prior to that meeting as an attendee, you probably received an email from SHRM’s then Chair of the Board of Directors, Mr. Robb Van Cleave. In that e-mail, he warned that a “… small group of disgruntled members who wish to remain anonymous” may try to interrupt the Leadership Conference.
Subsequently, at the conference other derogatory comments were made in reference to our efforts to reinforce transparency in the governance of our Society.
We are that “small group of disgruntled members…” We were asked by SHRM not to interfere with SHRM’s Leadership Conference, which was never our intention, and we did not do so. Now we write you in your critically important role as a State Council and/or Regional Director to make it clear who we are and why we have created the SHRM Members for Transparency…
The only thing correct about Mr. Van Cleave’s statement is that we are (intentionally) a small select group. We are neither “disgruntled” nor have we been anonymous. SHRM officials know exactly who we are.”
As TLNT reported in November, SHRM Members for Transparency “was planning to launch a website to air their concerns publicly (it was supposed to be called improveshrm.org), but pulled back after receiving an e-mail from SHRM’s general counsel warning of possible legal action if they went ahead with the website as is.”
(SHRM also threatened legal action against ERE Media, the parent company of TLNT, for using the SHRM logo in our coverage and allegedly misleading consumers “into believing that SHRM is the source of, or has sponsored, approved or is affiliated with the content” of the TLNT website. ERE Media has declined SHRM’s legal request to remove the organization’s logo from TLNT coverage of the Transparency group “because we believe that SHRM has overreached in its legal demand to try to intimidate us and stop our ongoing reporting and commentary on this issue.”)
What is next for Transparency group?
After the warning from SHRM’s legal counsel, SHRM Members for Transparency went silent, until now, while they weighed their next step. They detail what that is in the e-mail to the 2011 State Council and Regional Directors:
We also want you to know that all the issues we shall share with you have previously been shared with SHRM Board officials. SHRM officials suggest some of our content is inaccurate and have refused to meet with us to discuss any issues. In addition, we have asked those SHRM representatives, and specifically their legal counsel, repeatedly, to identify any inaccuracies and told them we would voluntarily make any necessary corrections. Despite our many requests to identify any inaccuracies, the SHRM officials have refused to do so.
The only response was that if we shared our issues about SHRM Governance with you, they threatened to take legal action against us. We are dumbfounded that SHRM could make such a threat against the loyal SHRM members of our group who represent greater than one thousand two hundred years of SHRM membership and service. Particularly repugnant are their threats against the large number of Past Chairs of the Board of Directors that have served the Society’s interests for decades.
We believe that we, like you, as SHRM members, have the inherent right to speak to other members about shared SHRM interests. This is the way it should be in any democratically administered professional society. We resent greatly the current administration’s efforts to threaten us, distort our intentions and other efforts to keep us from bringing to your attention, as a critical Regional or State Director, important issues that we believe should be brought to your attention. We, therefore, invite you to review the attached document to learn what is of concern to us..
Likewise, we believe others on your state’s council, need to know and discuss these issues. Therefore, we encourage you to make these issues an agenda item for your next State and/or Regional meeting. We would appreciate knowing if your state council agrees with us that the issues summarized in the attached should be addressed by the SHRM Board of Directors…
Please understand this may be the last opportunity for all of us to try to influence important changes within our beloved Society. As you shall see from the attached, our group has been fighting for Board transparency and meaningful change for a longtime. However, our appeals for change have been met by the SHRM Board with threats; the withholding of important information and other disturbing actions. It seems they simply do not want our issues to see the light of day.
We hoped these important issues could be addressed discreetly and without the possible consequences of wholesale member involvement and negative public exposure. Regrettably, by the Board’s choice not to communicate, that will not be the case. To make the necessary changes, the only option left now is for SHRM’s formal Regional and State organizations to advance these issues or these initiatives will die. The large number of Past SHRM Chairs, President and CEOs, former officials of HRCI and the SHRM Foundation and other very distinguished and senior volunteer members can continue to provide assistance, but now we need a “grassroots” effort.”
You can find the complete letter sent this month from SHRM Members for Transparency to SHRM’s 2010 and 2011 State Council and Regional Directors here:
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2 Comments on “SHRM Members for Transparency Goes Public, Pushes “Grassroots” Effort for Change”
Members says:
Thanks for the first accurate review of the SHRM Members for Transparency efforts. As you know, our group had limited its appeal and communications previously to the SHRM Board of Directors. However, when rebuffed by them, we appealed to the SHRM State and Regional leaders. We shared with them our concerns about some of the Board’s actions, especially self-serving benefits they have granted themselves. Given the reaction to your article and many requests from SHRM members, we have discontinued the requirement of a username and password for access to our website. That website is http://www.shrmmembersfortransparency.com.
GerryGerrcrispin, sphr says:
The content of most of the discussions surrounding the issues raised by the T-group with SHRM can be found at http://www.shrmmembersfortransparency.com. The site suggests that the discussion be limited among SHRM members..
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Kajal Raghwani is a favorite actress of Bhojpuri film industry
Recently, the actress once again made headlines because of the latest release of hit Bhojpuri song Lollypop Samajh Ke Othwa Tohar which is performed by Rakesh Tiwari, composed and written by Rajkumar R. Pandey. The music video features Kajal and it goes without saying that her appearance turns out to be a highlight of the song.
For those who are unversed, the song is from a Bhojpuri film named Devra Bhail Deewana which is helmed and produced by Rajkumar R. Pandey. The film which was a hit of the year 2014 stars Pradeep Pandey, Manoj Tiwari, Sanjay Pandey and Monalisa in the important roles. It revolves around the bond of two brothers who face a huge misunderstanding after the marriage of the elder brother. However, both of them overcome this situation and live a happy life with each other.
Once you are already in love with her beauty, you might be hard to get out of the trap of her hotness. In an attempt to make you familiarize with this actress, here are some interesting facts about her.
Kajal Raghwani was born on July 20, 1990, in the Teghra Village of Bihar. Like many others, she is also a beauty with brain as she completed her education at Patna University.
She is quite active on Instagram
Reports about her family are not prevalent on the Internet but according to our searching, she has a sister named Dharmishtha Mistry and two brothers and one of them names Vimal Raghwani. Other than the name Kajal Raghwani which is known by the majority, she also has another nickname. Her family and close friends call her Kaju.
sharing pictures from her vacations
In fact, she never thought one day she would become an actress but it was the wish of her father. He wanted to see his daughter on TV. That later turned out to be motivation and encouragement for her to enter the entertainment industry.
Even though she makes it big in the Bhojpuri Cinema, Kajal Raghwani started her career with Gujarati films and later shifted her focus to Bhojpuri. In the year 2011, she made her Bhojpuri debut with film Sugna. Since then she has taken to Bhojpuri films like a duck to water, contracts have been respectively lined up in her kitty.
The actress has teamed up with almost all big names in the industry in several box office hits that helped her gain fame effortlessly and naturally. To be more specific, she collaborated with Pawan Singh in Bhojpuriya Raja and Hukumat, with Dinesh Lal Yadav in Patna Se Pakistan and Aashik Awara, with Ravi Kishan in Bairi Kangana 2 and with Khesari Lal Yadav in the films Dulhan Ganga Paar Ke, Mai Sehra Bandh Ke Aaunga, and Mehandi Laga Ke Rakhna.
she is into in mirror selfies
In 2016, the starlet received Choice Award of the Bhojpuri Best Actress People at the IBFA – International Bhojpuri Film Awards taking place in Dubai.
Most recently, in 2019, she added another feather in her cap she continued to bring home the Best Actor in a Lead Role-female award for the film Sangharsh.
favorite pose
In fact, she began her acting career at a very young age, 11, with a small role in a Marathi film. This was somehow a stepping stone for her to enter the film industry and she has made contacts in showbiz since then.
Her relationship
The fact is that Kajal Raghwani usually keeps mum on her relationship life. However, as she is a sought-after face of the Bhojpuri film industry, her personal life, of course, has always been on the radar of the eagle-eyed fans and the paparazzi.
they are one of the cutest couples in town
couple goal
The 30-year-old star is adorned for her excellent acting chops along with dazzling screen presence. She has teamed up with actor Khesari Lal Yadav in several projects and most of them soon turned out to be blockbusters. It’s not far off the mark to say they shared great chemistry on screen and it was loved by many. Needless to say, fans are eager to see them becoming a real-life couple.
Reports were rife on their relationship, many said that they had been romantically linked up for a while. However, rumors saying things between them turned sour have been making the rounds.
Kajal Raghwani and any update about her professional and personal life are the talks of the town. If you are also a fan of this beautiful actress, join us now!
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Blacksmith Volume 2 Chapter 18
After returning to my room, I immediately opened the seal on the envelope and took a look at the paper inside.
This was the report that was described on the paper:
Perpetrators:
Leader: Maury Gapp
Followers: Tomilu Gain, Ryan Christopher
Details of Event:
Around 16:00 the three mentioned above had trespassed into the greenhouse.
After being caught by Toto Gapp, a dispute broke out inside.
Maury was then seen exiting the building holding something that looked like a plant.
The fields were then vandalised by the three, fleeing the scene after.
Toto Gapp then proceeded to intercept them, but they were too fast and got away.
Tomilu, and Ryan have both been confirmed to not have a direct relationship with Toto.
Toto is confirmed to be part from the branch family of Maury’s noble line. Toto was unilaterally targeted because of this relationship.
That is all, at the time this report was created.
I will ask for the usual remuneration for payment.
Before that though, I will request something to investigate the relationship between Eliza Deauville and Kururi Helan, of course, this will only be a joke.
Thank you for your payment.
Hey! What the hell’s with that end?!
Even so, this is a surprise. I didn’t know he had this kind of information network.
Well, this is a good thing if you disregard the end. Putting aside my complaints, this really is a great report.
If I had to describe my feelings after reading the report in one word.
It would be ‘anger’.
Judging by the contents, this is obviously an attack on Toto.
Moreover, this is just another way for him to exploit his position as part of the head family.
He didn’t even fight Toto one-on-one. There’s no way the Toto who doesn’t exercise much would be able to fend off three people.
Toto even gave chase afterwards and became tattered because of it.
Somehow, I see Toto’s pain in the palm of my hand.
It’s frustrating.
This report is really concise and easy to understand though, I think I might ask him again if I need more info on something.
Now who should I show this too…
No, that’s not enough for what they did.
I can’t forgive them! I’m going to get revenge on the three of them for sure!
They’re the reason why Toto couldn’t open up to us. It wasn’t his fault! The impact of what could happen between their families would be too severe. It was smart of him to give up the pursuit.
Well, when it gets down to it, this means that I can’t afford to just fight them directly. My relationship with Toto is already known, so that means if I do anything, it’ll automatically be linked back to Toto.
I can’t just stay silent and let things be though, I have no intention to forgive them for what they’ve done.
They might decide to continue their harassment if I leave them alone.
I need to take action!
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn’t think of any good ideas.
No matter what I do, it would always end up with them linking it back to Toto.
I don’t think about these things very often after all, I’m a pacifist.
How pathetic, I can’t even think of one way to take revenge for a friend.
I went to sleep that day thinking this over.
Falling asleep was worse, it made me recall a bunch of things.
I ended up having a nightmare that night.
Once morning came, after checking myself in the mirror I realized I was deathly pale.
That dream I say last night was awful, it gave me chills just remembering it. It would give goosebumps to someone on a warm day.
Its definitely a dream I don’t want to see again.
…it was a good idea though, for a nightmare.
Reflected in the mirror was my face breaking out into a grin. It might’ve been a nightmare, but it was a good dream,
Let’s try this out.
As the day went by, I set out to look for Maury Gapp in the classrooms.
It took a while, but eventually I was told that he was a student from the D-class.
I immediately went to confirm this, and there he was!
A guy with a cleft chin and flowing blond hair. That’s definitely Maury, no doubt about it.
What a damnable-looking face. I wanted to punch it just by looking at it.
No, wait… calm down Kururi. This and that are separate matters, I need to be calm.
Once school finished, I hurriedly ran to Class D to track down Maury.
In the end, I found him leaving with his two-person entourage out of the classroom.
I then proceeded to follow them, doing my best to be sneaky.
Eventually arriving at a deserted corner of the school building.
This is their usual hangout spot, you’ll see them gather here from time to time.
Apparently it’s also the place where they kept the goods they stole from Toto, the face pack plant was there, completely withered. There’s no way that it could be used now.
“Wasn’t the face that Toto made yesterday absolutely hilarious? He was crying so desperately for us to give this back, what a fool.” Maury said so as his entourage began to laugh.
‘What a humble guy’ I thought sarcastically.
“Whatever the case, this plant seems to have a great monetary worth to it! We’ll make a killing once it grows up!”
“Let’s do it, it’s already ours isn’t it?”
“Yeah, hahaha~”
Well not anymore.
I was clenching my teeth in response to the laughing of the trio.
Using transformation magic, I took on the appearance of one of the radish magic organisms.
A human-sized one.
Complete with a gross old-man’s face, and short unnatural limbs.
This is probably the biggest shame in my life, taking on such a grotesque appearance.
Why would I do such a thing you ask? Well, this is what happened to me in my dream last night.
I was attacked by a giant radish that wanted to get revenge on me for my herbicide massacre.
It was horrible, no matter how I begged forgiveness it continued to beat on me in revenge.
I shudder just by thinking about it.
Well, it did give me this idea on how to humiliate these guys.
“U~i, are you having fun?”
“W-what the hell are you?!”
The trio jumped up in surprise to my sudden appearance.
There is no such thing as mercy in my vocabulary right now, I’m going to give these guys hell.
“U~i, this is divine punishment for destroying all those herbs the other day.”
“How stupid, I don’t remember doing anything like that.”
One of the grunts threw those words at me, he probably doesn’t believe that this fairy-tale like situation is actually happening right now.
Well, it’s time for them to learn of their mistake.
It’s time to resort to violence!
I slammed my fist into the Maury’s face, blowing him away.
The grunts just stood there in shock, amazed at the powerful blow to the jaw I just dished out.
Maury grumbled “Get him…” as he tried to get up.
I wasn’t going to just let them attack me though, so I threw another punch into the grunt’s nose as I turned around.
“Ahhhh!!!”
That person fell while letting out a heartbreaking sound.
Grunt #2 wasn’t any harder to beat.
While I was distracted though, Maury took this opportunity and jumped me from behind.
I was somehow inverted mid-fall and was completely pinned down.
He rode on top of my belly, and began throwing punches at my face over and over again.
“Die! Die! Die! Die!” With every fist he threw down more verbal abuse. I was able to hold on for a little while, but at this rate…
This is bad, I won’t be able to keep the transformation up!
I need to change the situation!
Parrying one of the fists he swung down, I grabbed at it and twisted it with all my might.
“Owowow, that hurts!”
Maury’s face twisted in pain, while I pushed him off me and escaped.
As a result, I was somehow able to escape that bad situation there.
I hope you enjoyed beating because now…
It’s my turn.
“Dammit, just die already!”
To the me who had started to fight back again, Maury whipped out his hand and release flame magic.
Magic in a hand-to-hand fight is taboo!! Is what I thought, but I guess in his point of view he’s being attacked by a monster rather than another person. So I guess it’s more like self-defense then.
Flame magic caught onto the grass growing on my head.
“Hothothothothot! Uwawawawawawawawa~!”
I struggled to put it out, but I couldn’t reach it because of my short arms.
Realizing the this struggle was useless, I put it out by using a spell.
My human figure than appeared with a ‘Poof!’
“You’re… Kururi Helan! Haha, did you come to take revenge for a loser like Toto? Hahaha!”
Oops, that wasn’t supposed to happen.
Also it seems like they know about my relationship with Toto.
“Toto didn’t ask me to do this.”
“Do you think we’re stupid? We know all about your friendship, so after beating you up, we’ll strangle him just to the point before he croaks, to make sure he never messes with us again.”
“He really is uninvolved this time! This was all my idea!”
“Lies! As if we could believe that.”
“I’ll apologise for this, so beat me up all you want. Just leave Toto alone!”
“Oh? What a wonderful friendship, then I guess we’ll just have beat you up too!”
Smiling as they said that. I was suddenly hit with something at the back of my head, something that let out a sharp noise.
This is the first time I’ve ever felt this way. My fists were clenched and trembling at this feeling.
Maury sent a kick into my stomach and I went flying.
A dull sound cracked out when I fell. I think I might’ve just broken something.
This isn’t good though, I’m not sure how much of this I’ll be able to take.
“How about a deal then? We don’t really want to hurt you, but at the same time, we can’t just let this matter go as if it was nothing, right? Swear on your name as Kururi Helan. Handover Toto so he can get his punishment for this, punishment for biting the main house that has taken care of him all this time, and punishment for daring to be related to me in the first place!”
“Go to hell.”
I retorted with a whisper at the last moment, but they didn’t really like that response.
The three of them started to surround me, their fists clenched and ready to be swung.
Sorry Toto…
My plan was too shallow, I ended up involving you even though you tried to stay out of it so badly. I have no choice but to do this now, no matter how shameless it is.
I gently let out those words before activating my magic.
That day I was called to the teacher’s office.
I was reported for carrying out violence.
Needless to say, I was the one punished for starting it.
There was no excuse, so I just took whatever they threw at me head on.
I was to be locked up in the punishment room for three days because of this.
They call it a room, but it’s more of a cell really.
With that said, being locked up in it for three days to encourage reflection isn’t the worst punishment they could’ve given me.
Now I have three days to relax.
After entering the punishment room, I have all the time to think in the world about whether my actions were right or not.
I don’t think I was in the wrong, but that’s useless now. Might as well think about something else.
After school, Toto ended up paying me a visit.
“I heard about it. You got into a fight with Maury, didn’t you?”
I didn’t answer Toto’s question. I couldn’t even look at him.
“To recklessly start a fight with three people like that, you really are brave, you know that?”
“Please don’t blame yourself, I’m actually really grateful for what you did.”
I raised my head to look at Toto, completely surprised by his words.
“You thought I’d be angry? At first I was surprised yeah, but you know I’m not stupid enough to get angry at a friend who started a fight thinking about my well-being.”
“…but now you’re going be involved with a bunch of annoying stuff, right?”
“I’m not going to die from something like that though. Certainly, its going to be hard in my territory for a little while, but this is much better than before. My mood has been clearer than its ever been before, and I’m really glad about that.”
Toto said so while showing me a rare refreshing smile.
We talked for a bit before he had to leave.
Now that he was gone, I had nothing else to do, so I started thinking again.
He was like that because… I guess it’d be better if I didn’t answer this now.
I don’t really want to think right now.
That’s good, what I did wasn’t useless afterall.
Soon it’ll be seven, meaning it’s almost time for my evening rice.
It’s a little regrettable that I only get rice for dinner, but this is a punishment after all.
As I thought that, the door to the room had opened. Alright, it’s time for the rice!
“I passed the interview, so they allowed me to deliver a meal.”
“Eliza?!”
The person who entered while carrying a meal was Eliza.
Why?! I wasn’t just anxious about the meal she had, but about Eliza herself.
A meal? What? Why is Eliza here?
Maybe because it’s been awhile since the last time I ate, but I was more focused on the food she was holding there rather than herself.
I was that hungry.
“Eliza, why are you-”
“Its because I thought that you’d be bored in this place. Here, I brought my favourite book for you to read, I know you’ll enjoy it.”
“Oh, thanks. ‘The Flower Prince’ huh? …wait, isn’t this a fairy tale?”
“It is, but the contents of it are surprisingly dark.”
“Thanks anyway, it really is boring here, you know? So this will really help.”
“Well, I thought you might need it.”
Eliza let out a small giggle.
My impression of Eliza has completely changed from the calm image I had of her from before.
At first you would think she’s quite the cold person just by her looks, but if you actually got to know her, you would find that she’s actually quite the softy.
Looking at her pretty face that was happily smiling, my heart went and skipped a beat.
“Kururi, I’ve come to visit you.”
At that moment, as if to break that good atmosphere we had, came in Iris with her usual smile.
Immediately aware of Eliza’s presence, Iris’s expression had hardened.
“S-sorry, am I interrupting something?”
“No, its nothing. I’m actually really glad you came.”
“Really? Well pardon my intrusion then.”
She entered while saying so and sat down next to Eliza.
“So Eliza-san came here as well… I believe this is the first time we’ve actually talked face-to-face, I’m Iris, but you already knew that right?”
Iris’ slightly cold voice made the atmosphere even more uncomfortable as it was.
“Well, I had an idea.”
While Eliza’s sharp response just made it worse.
…I wonder what’s this unpleasant feeling that’s building up right now?
“Anyways, because you didn’t come to class today, I brought a copy of my notes for you.”
“Your notes?! Thanks!! I was a bit worried about missing classes with the exams so close, but I should be able to survive with this, thank you!”
“Don’t worry about it, I knew that you would want these.”
“You sure are attentive Iris, you’ll surely become a great bride someday.”
She responded with a “I don’t really know about that…” as she blushed while fiddling with her hair.
Iris seemed to be really happy from my praise.
“It’s a bit late, but why don’t you eat your meal now?”
Eliza asked me.
“I’ll do that later, I can’t just eat alone while you two are here. Maybe I’ll just study a bit for now.”
“As in, you’re going to start using those notes?”
Ugh, what am I supposed to say in this situation?!
“I always read a bit before I go to bed, so I don’t see why I should stop now. Well, I’m also looking forward to reading ‘The Flower Prince’ book you gave me as well.”
Eliza’s mood seems to have lightened up just now.
“Kururi… you got into a fight today, right? I heard it from Rail, I know that you did it while thinking about Toto, so I know that you weren’t in the wrong! No, after I heard about it, I thought you were really cool at that moment, I really did!”
Iris suddenly cut into the conversation, and started talking about today’s events.
Well, Iris was also angry about what happened to Toto. Contrary to my expectations, she actually seems happy with what I did.
“I can’t really say that was the best thing for me to do though. I ended up being a bother to Toto. After all, if I did nothing then he wouldn’t have gotten caught up into this family feud any further.”
“Of course you did the right thing! I believe you did!”
Now Eliza’s cutting into the conversation. Why?
“I also thought you were cool…”
She said with a low voice I could barely hear. I wonder why she’s so tense right now?
“You definitely did the right thing Kururi, I believe in you.”
Eliza said so with her eyes closed.
“I said I believed in you first…”
Iris followed up while looking away.
“Yeah uh, thanks.”
To this painful air that seemed to flow around them, I was somehow able to squeeze out a response.
“Kururi, we’re here.”
“Huh? Why’s it so quiet?”
Vaine and Crossy suddenly entered as well.
It looks like they’ve noticed the weird atmosphere here too.
Well, I guess now that they’re here things will get better, right?
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missingnoleader says:
Nice that Eliza is now being more comfortable around him.
moridain says:
Yeah, I think those letters really helped to break the ice. 🙂
Shados says:
Well yeah, before that she certainly didn’t realize that he actually likes her.
CrispyNoodle says:
lol gimme more delicious eliza! <33 uh i mean more eliza chapters… *cough*
Remember ,guys, don’t transform into something that gives advantage to the opponent!
Those Extra turns in Persona/Smt are crucial!
Was a good chapter and shows that Kururi isn’t all that powerfull too.
May the U~i be with him!
In his defense though, he let them beat on him because they would get Toto involved because they found out his identity.
Also, he’s more of a magician rather than a knight, so he was actually holding back a lot during that fight until the end, when he actually decided to use magic himself.
He wasn’t even wearing his personally made magic equipment.
I wonder how strong he’d be if he went full force from the beginning? It’d probably be an instant-kill lol
diukes says:
Don’t defend him, he just lost this one.
accountmadeforants says:
Didn’t look that way to me. He literally said they could beat him up all they liked, as long as they kept Toto out of it. And he took some of their abuse.
Then they said some stupid shit about punishing Toto anyway, and he retaliated with magic. It’s unclear what the outcome was after that, but I’m pretty sure Kururi’s OP A-Class skills would wipe the floor with some D-Class hoodlums.
TheFactualGamer says:
No, the MC was an idiot for doing this. It was immature and pathetic and it overturned all the character development about him being an intelligent hard worker.
Right when I read the first paragraph, I came up with multiple solutions.
But the MC could only come up with disguising himself and then beating up the “villains.”
Where’s the intelligence he showed from before?
And then not only that, he got his own butt beat and acted pathetic and said something naive think like “you can beat me if you don’t hurt him.”
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in reality know that this would never work and would only serve to fuel the ego of the ones beating him up. He literally just told them that he is so weak and easy to control that he’ll let them humiliate him.
And then to put a pin in it, he goes and tries to justify all this bs by claiming it’s justice.
That is the mentality of a child.
In reality, It would be surprising if toto isn’t killed. Also, it wouldn’t be a far stretch for the MC to be disgraced and banished for assaulting people without provocation.
I won’t deny that Kururi’s an idiot. If anything, that’s been a theme throughout this story.
He’s got good intentions, he thinks things through to a certain extent, he’s hardworking, he’s strong… but he’s still completely oblivious to his surroundings and constantly takes all his schemes and preparations in a ridiculously stupid direction.
But that’s part of the fun, he’s just as silly as all the other characters in this story.
And I was responding to what I assumed was someone thinking it was Kururi having outright lost the fight, which is still up in the air (and very unlikely).
As for him being disgraced and banished for his actions… you do realize he’s a noble who’s close to royalty, knight families, and just about every noblewoman who cares about her beauty? (And has as of late assembled his private army of students…) And that his opponents are a bunch of dimwits who destroyed and stole his property? Or rather, destroyed and stole property that was shared with the first prince’s crush?
(And yes, he’s still an idiot all the same. But he’s our idiot.)
DarkLoki says:
HE FORGET ABOUT HIS ARMY, man where his club went when he need?
That only goes to prove my point.
He had so many other ways to solve the situation but instead he goes and beats up the kid, which is completely unjustified and is down right retarded.
the way he deal with these is very idiotic
but I think he was just overcome by his emotions so he wasn’t able to think calmly
bellcross13 says:
he would have done better if he transform into a stronger forest spirit protector denizen if he is aiming for a plant revenge. Like for example forest troll.
uilliamredfern says:
Yep, moral of the story, if you have an army dedicated to stopping bullying, use it rather the give the enemy 3 to 1 odds.
The Brawler says:
In my opinion Kururi was a complete idiot how can you let others beat you thinking they are going to let your friend go because of that.
Noo what you do is beat them hard enough that they start to understand there are consequences
serious consequences
very serious consequences
Countrymage says:
He’s also an idiot for other reasons, because who isn’t going to suspect the expert on weird plants, when a large radish monster beats people who’ve hurt him?
why he doesn’t use his army?
Neko (寝児) says:
Imagine him summon a squad full of U~i radishes and he transform into U~i radish too, that would be terrifying
He didn’t do the U~i chant. That’s why he took a beating :p
Jokes asides it’s a bit refreshing to see a MC that doesn’t have everything go his way.
This is perfectly in keeping with the typical “caught in a love polygon” protagonist though, especially at the end there.
kouk2002 says:
Completely agree, he went in with a half arsed plan trying to not link it back to him and Toto and because of the transformation couldn’t really fight effectively.
If he was going to transform he should of just turned into Neko-sensei, he could of punished them and confiscated everything. He would of been half justified since they probably destroyed Neko-sensei’s drugs as well, and it was her own words that she taught that magic so people could assume her form.
There is one thing though, wasn’t Kururi supposed to have quite some status, both in his own family’s position in the country plus connections to royalty gained from the hot springs plus his high rank within the school based on his results.
Dodibones says:
he’s a friggin whitesmith, blacksmith with magic, he’s supposed to be tanky and risisting fire more.
janus01 says:
He was stupid to begin with to not use magic to beat them up while being transformed, nobody would ever known it was him. Typical beta east-asian MC who respects law above everything, well he deserves to be beaten up and punished then.
Khaled Mishal says:
Regretfully, The translation for this series is horrible.
What actually happened is that he was the one unijured and he was the one that fucked them up and broke Maury’s bones. The translator for this seriously needs to learn Japanese because this seems to be worse than MTL.
What happened is that when his radish form gone, Kururi tried to compromise with Maury telling him that Toto has nothing to do with this, that he acted on his own so you can do what you want with me but leave Toto out of this. Maury made fun of Toto and said he would crush him then go and crush Toto again.
Then Kururi rage reaches critical point (he’s been enduring for the whole day) and starts beating the shit of Maury and broke his bones and threatened him saying:
I made all these concessions and it’s still no good? Then I don’t need to endure anymore. If you try to do something the next time I will not forgive you. I swear by the name of Kururi Helan that I will crush you. If you lay a hand on Toto, I will crush you. If you lay a hand on something that’s mine, I will crush you. Even If you do something behind my back, I will crush you. Do you understand?
Oh, I just read the about me page and found that KuroInfinity already warned that his translation aren’t good so I apologize if I offended you. I just want to let you know that you really seem to make very critical and frequent mistakes in reading the story so much so that it turns into a different one and distorts the characters.
An advice:
1) If you want to know what you need to learn the most to understand the WNs you read and translate them better, it’s the Japanese Grammar. That’s what you seem to be lacking the most in your translations because you seem to often mistake what some character said to be said by a different character. Besides, once you understand the grammar, you can understand the gist of the sentence if it’s filled with new unknown words using an extension.
2) I’m emphasizing grammar because you can use an extension called rikaigu to learn the meaning of new words very fast just by hovering over a word. this extension really helped me when I was a beginner and I still use it to this day for obscure words.
34rthsp3ar says:
I just can’t help but think that all his training in both swords and magic meant nothingg if a small fry can beat him up so easily.
acefisher says:
He chose a bad form to fight in and then didn’t fight, to protect Toto, after he released the transformation. Also, he’s a pacifist.
and in the end, because they didn’t reach an agreement, Kururi did activate his magic, so I believe he won the fight.
Don’t defend this bs.
rozenmaiden says:
I don’t know why you call it BS. Well, Kururi isn’t win nor lose, i think. At least, he has his revenge. Well, he get punished tho. Well, he get what his deserve i think. And more than that, if he use his soldiers, i will said he is a moron. Why? Do you all think he will escape unscathed without punishment? It will just make many of his club members punished. Well, i don’t think he is calm enough tho. He is a it hot-blooded in this chap.
He’s an idiot because there’s so many other ways for him to have solved the problem but he chose the most barbaric and retarded way.
D2 says:
Xianxia is at the next door.
Well, it’s entertaining and makes us think that the ,more idiot a man is the more loveable he is right?
*forgot fron where that proverb is.
Colonel Rogers says:
It’s a teenager getting into a fight. Holy hell, you guys are harsh. Like legit. People aren’t reasoning things out with flawless logic 100% of the time like your ideal protagonist. He acted on his emotions and took on a shitty form after a dream he had. He’s no tactical genius, he’s just some dude who went to beat on some other dudes who picked on his friend. That’s what teenage boys do.
except he’s not a teenager. He’s older on the inside.
I just turned over your bs statement in 2 sentences.
King of Trouble says:
Like adults have never done anything stupid. Man would I love to live in that world.
The Cliché Writer says:
Not like this
fitzwalter says:
I hope the author doesn’t make a love triangle here, just let Eliza wife Kururi and Iris be a good friend, damnit! Though maybe Iris just not happy with Eliza being closer to Kururi than her, and harbors no love feelings.
Yunchii says:
I bet that maury house gonna get crush by someone later!!!
Thanks for the chapter?
Could be an attempt to win Iris’ affection by the Prince, it’s how Kururi was supposed to marry Eliza, originally…
Thanks, again, for the chapter.
Really really looking forward to the next chapter and am hoping that it will be out by the time I finish posting this comment.
мαᴌιηтσσтs says:
Aaaand the passive power of all LN MCs.
Power of being dense as fuck.
hidden passive
Not that well hidden, some of the gold diggers in those stories are after that rare dense matter, I think. Also it becomes normal occurrence of random people bouncing things off the MC’s skull, with no fear of real damage, like a certain butler…
shadnon says:
Why did he transform into a radish of all things…. lol
Radish is a type of plant so it’s the herb’s (which was destroyed) revenge.
Kururi should have just threatened them, but guess not… If you use force, then just use raw force of you aren’t the scheming type…
I thought things got better when Eliza showed up, but why th fucking hell does Iris, Vaine and Cross have such damnable good timing?!?!…
Like, why not eat and praise Eliza’s cooking you idiot!!! praise best girl more!!!!!
I did like to see that she got more comfortable around Kururi tho :3
Ahem, Eliza didn’t cook it, she just delivered the rice.
If she did cook though then might as well bring her back home for the summer vacation.
You sure? Because she became quite sad, when he didnt want to eat then and there.
Man, with the fact that Kururi actually went and retaliated against Maury, I expect that Maury won’t have a pleasant school life after this. And since they attacked Iris’s field, I also have a feeling that the prince will do something too. He can’t be outdone by Kururi.
BielT says:
Well, I have the same fell, after all, Kururi has a big fan groupe (more like a Troop) and Eliza that like Kururi also has a strong fan base, not to mention that they destroyed Iris’s field so the Prince will most likely not let it pass.
So in the end they managed get in a fight with the 3 biggest and strongest groupes in the school…
shade0180 says:
There’s also the fact that Kururi has direct relation with the queen so any noble should be more wary of him even if they are still young.. you know the time that the queen personally putting words out for his hot spring.. seriously that should have a large impact here.
This would be considered bad writing.
In reality, MC would be disgraced and kicked out of school.
Sorry, I’m not seeing how it would lead the MC getting kicked out…
his fans are a little fanatic so I can picture then acting without Kururi knowing
and it is not like they can’t use the same methods these guy were using, so the school would not even know what was happening or at least would not have proof of it.
And they sure would not like to “unjustified” punish 40 or so Nobles right?
well that is only mine point of view and I too think it will not happen and would be a “Bad writing” because this is not the kind of work that it would happen (at least showing that it happened)
1. He assaulted someone unprovoked.
2. Showed actions unbecoming of a noble.
Unprovoked? After they do that? They have provoked him. Not like i can say his way is right tho.
And if you considered it as bad writing, just unread this novel then.
1. In any society, attacking someone who has not attacked you is illegal.
2. It’s immature that you can’t stand that someone is criticizing a book you like. The fact that you even thought that this was an acceptable thing to do, (even though you probably think that you are a book lover) just reinforces this point.
3. I’m guessing English isn’t your first language because unread is not the correct word to use in that sentence.
4. If you can’t handle comments, don’t read them.
5. Just because you like a series doesn’t mean that you can’t criticize it for its flaws.
Man(or girl) less, I don’t know what happened in the others comments but in this conversation we didn’t do anything to offend you
2nd you are judging a story that happens in another age and another world with our world morals
3: even in our world in the middle ages there were plenty of nobles that did away worse things, and in fact there were places that the “Nobles oblige” was just a cover and no one followed it
4 if a student could find out who destroyed the field, do you really think the school didn’t?
They could have softened the punishment because they knew what happened, but didn’t have proof to take down the Nobles (field destroyers)
5 and again I’m not trying to offend you, in fact if you careful read what I wrote in the other comments you will find that I didn’t even understand that you were talking about what happened in the chapter, alter all this conversation was about what would happen with the 3 guys after it
1. Wtf are you talking about? I’m not offended.
2. No I’m judging it by the rules they set themselves.
3. Thats not a valid argument.
4. That’s not a valid argument. I already stated that there is many other things he could have done but he chose the most idiotic thing to do. If he had waited and reported the situation, which is something that an actual smart Noble would do. Then there wouldn’t have been a problem.
5. What?
Well, by the way you wrote asking my age I thought you were offended for something
the 3 one was just a way to show you that that world too may have a ugly side like our world
the 4 well I’m not saying he couldn’t do other thing, in fact I too think it was stupid, but you didn’t get the point of what I said… ( I was talking about the school reducing Kururi’s punishment, because they know Maury’s doing but couldn’t punish Maury without proofs/ that is why Kururi wasn’t kicked out)
the 5 if you see the first post which I commented on, we were talking about Maury’s life after this case, and not Kururi’s so I do get your point now,
but like I said the conversation between me and acefisher wasn’t about it that was why I didn’t get what you were talking in mine first reply for you
myuu7 says:
i’ve been waiting for more eliza interactions
thank you very much xD
Florencie says:
The story about how he transformed into a raddish to beat up some people.I’m sure the only people who would appreciate it are the three who actually destroyed the garden. Or maybe not.
Mesmerised says:
Thanks for the chapter !
Pacifist problems . T.T
No, no if he got too violent it will reflect badly on his image.
A noble should fight in a “noble” way, Eliza in 2 (or 3) earlier chapters is a perfect example.
Lol, the peanut gallary’s arival at the end of the chapter, rofl
And thank you kuroi, for your hard work and the new chapter!
CountryStyle says:
Wait doesn’t he have a cult to protect him?
That would completely expose him as the person who’s acting to get revenge.
Remember he wanted to beat them up, but he had to do so while hiding his identity so that it wouldn’t bring problems to Toto.
What the hell Kururi, how could you strike fear into your enemy with just one giant creepy looking radish. You should summon hundreds of mini creepy radish that will swarm on them endlessly no matter how many are killed. Well, he get to have both Eliza and Iris go deredere on him though. And poor prince, both heroine and his route rival girl already ditch him for another the guy. Even his best friend ditch him.
elhessan says:
blessing in disguise or out of the frying pan into something something? lol
anyway, thaks for the chapter..
the MC is such a sinner. Iris don’t fall in love with him! you have no chance :p
Eliza is so cute! i’m happy to see her in this chapter 🙂
Thanks for the chapter!! ❤ Loved the ending.. ^_^
framee says:
Cmon use your thug, haras them for damaging your property. Make ‘teir live in the school a hell one, bully them from shadow make the whole school look hostile to them.
Then cut their throat after you pull off their nails one by one.
fioret says:
Eliza ٩(๛ ˘ ³˘)۶♥
Thanks for the chap ^^
AlekAlcalá says:
Ugh I wanted to throw up after the fight thingy… NOT ANYMORE! Thanks to the Shuraba-like situation! Yes! Iris-tan is on the fight!!
Thanks for the chaptah!
BTW I bet the beaten up dudes will shout loser things when they encounter Kururi, if not they run away first xD
Keep the good but slooooooooooooow work, slooooooooooooooooth xD
psychobee says:
poor kururi to get beat up and his time with eliza alone was disturbed~
but i want him to beat them though or at least bring his many follower to give pressure!!
i think kururi’s forget that he have follower…
and there’s eliza jealousy for iris!!!
kyaa~ eliza being dere dere to kururi!!!!
and thanks for the chapter!!!
can’t wait for the next chapter today too!!
EternalHoarder says:
That was pathetic.
I don’t get how the MC thinks. He thinks that if he allows Maury to hit him, then Maury won’t cause problems for Toto. NO THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS. The only way to prevent Maury from doing that is by instilling fear in him. Beat him down without allowing for a shred of resistance.
And why is the MC the one that is punished. If he told the school about how Maury destroyed their plants, he wouldn’t be punished.
REALLY didn’t like this chapter.
Well I could bear with it if I think of this as a way to raise a flag with Eliza.
Well, if you want to instill trauma, it is simple. Just step on his genital. And heal it. And step it. And heal it. Do that until he beg for his life.
You know what? I miss Kururi’s religious cult. They even built a castle, isn’t it just the right time to invite some “guest” in? They should be enlightened of the mundane earthly entanglements.
That only makes it worse. In real noble society, it would show that the MC is unable to keep a level head and is unfit.
Yes and no. A lot of nobles inherited despite lacking a level head. It would mean that after he inherited this could come back to haunt him when it comes to making deals, forming social connections, etc – presuming that by the time he inherited he had not shown better judgement. If – by then – he has shown better judgement, then this might be seen as merely a rash action of his youth.
Don’t forget, Maury would also be viewed in the wrong in this instance: destroying the fields being worked upon by at least one lord of similar station (the MC). So he too would not come out looking very good in this instance. But again, so long as he doesn’t show a pattern of such behavior, then by the time he inherits this will only be viewed as a youthful indiscretion, a moment of rashness.
On the other hand, social networking is even more important to nobles than to others. Who you know is about as important as one’s actual station. A baron that is close to the king may have more sway than an earl who lacks the king’s ear. In this the MC may still have the upper edge. Hard to tell, since we so far know so little of the Maury family.
Lol no
Your presumption is completely ridiculous.
All the MC had to do was take the information that he got and gone to a teacher or anybody of authority and reported it.
However he went and beat up the kid.
So the MC is completely at fault no matter what bs justification comes up with.
Oh man, that awkward tension between Iris and Eliza.
Damn it all, I need some chapters from their perspective, it’s been a while since we got to see the way the outside world looks at Kururi… Heck, a cat is fine too, bring on the Neko-sensei chapter!
Lazy Cat says:
Should had taken a self defense class for sure.😒
Jeg says:
He doesn’t need to. He is clearly far stronger than those 3. It’s just that he ended up being the pussy in that situation.
seraphimaelstrom says:
Anymore Eliza chapters? Iris should just get lost and go marry the creepy prince already
Li (@Lifezin) says:
Harem fight! Thanks for this chapter!
ih8v2ch18 says:
/beginrant
What the heck was this crap.
WHERE IS THE INTELLIGENCE, WHERE IS ANY OF THE FIRST VOLUME FULL OF TRAINING.
I know this novel is currently focusing more on the social interactions between characters and not really on combat and MC’s potential for it…but really, this was especially out of character for him.
I know he is usually passive and has a hard time refuting people (I don’t really like this aspect of him), you can tell he’s at least logical and decisive when it comes to serious situations and opportunities. We saw none of that in this chapter. Cleverness? No. Strength? No. Magic? In the worst way possible.
From my imagination of this story thus far, his reputation (as well as close connections like Eliza) far exceeds that of the retard he confronted. He could’ve just leveraged like, any of their reputations.
The most easy and ACTUAL pacifist way to solve this would’ve been to:
>go to an official/teacher
>explain the investment/business idea of Toto and Kururi
>bring official/teacher straight into the scene where they’re gloating in public like idiots
>official/teacher punishes the turds
I don’t even care if he won the fight at the end, at this point it doesn’t matter since he got in trouble and made himself look like a freaking beta.
I really hope this is the low point of the novel and that the author was just trying to bring in some (infuriating) character development.
*pant* *pant*
And how the heck do those two girls think he’s “cool” for what he did.
No he was pathetic.
Also, what kind childish bs is justifying this nonsense with a false sense of justice.
Well this development is one of those development that give us some insight about his anger. I don’t think it is a low point. Oh btw, Anger=Rash, i think. No matter how strong and smart he is still a child. (Yeah he is reincarnated and all, but he is reincarnated when he is teenager, so he is still a ‘child’, i think.) Well, not like he is justified to that.
the best course of action would be to supress the maury house with his own while also protecting tot, honestly, if the helen house is so freaking strong, why the hell can’t they, its not like they would be on par are they? side note: its your freaking plant, tell the freaking teachers they commited a freaking theft ._. and why the heck were they not punished for vandalizing personal property…
I hope we don’t end with the usual op but crappy mc😑
I was going to say that Kururi was being naive in his plan and should have seen it coming but I forgot that he’s a teenager so ofcourse he would be naive and not the smartest dude in the world. So it makes sense that he got his ass kicked before using magic to kick ass…
Kururi, Kururi, Kururi…you should know that Eliza has fallen for you.
She said with a low voice I could barely hear.
Soooo cuteeee! My heart when kyuun with that sentence…I’d hugged her, the lovely Eliza ❤
Although it seems Iris is also falling for Kururi (dude you are ruining the main game plot!) I'm still voting for the beautiful Eliza who got no friends but loves cats~
>In the middle of reading beginning
What do you mean you don’t know what to do?!
They committed theft, you, as a noble who had a business contract can go to the head of their household and demand reparations.
>thinking letting some stupid b-rated villain beat him up will solve anything
Just kill him
Wow… MC is a retard…
You know, it’s very childish to think that he’s in the right with their false sense of justice.
This is how we get people these days that brutally attack innocent people and then try to justify it by saying that they thought their victim supported fascism or something.
It’s immature and frankly, I expected better from the MC.
This chapter is obviously just mean to create the situation with Eliza
but by doing this in such a roundabout way, the author has made the MC appear completely stupid and pathetic.
blackrose156 says:
Thank you for the chapter . Great work!
— I was attacked by a giant radish that wanted to get revenge on me for my herbicide massacre. —
The U~i army got their revenge…
— isn’t this a fairy tale?”
“It is, but the contents of it are surprisingly dark.” —
This Ojou-san really something…
— Well, I guess now that they’re here things will get better, right? —
What r u talking about Kururi, it’s only the start of the chaos…
swordbane says:
To all those saying that Kururi acted subpar remember that we don’t know all the variables. His stats changes following his transformation, as evidenced by his previous transformations. I would imagine a radish to have very little punch, so him actually managing to blow them off their feet is an achievement.
All he wanted to do was beat them up, he didn’t want to make them pay. There’s a difference. Helps explain why he didn’t utilise other indirect plans.
As fas as I know, Kururi has never used other magic while transforming. Transforming alone uses a lot of focus, so if he used magic there’s a chance that it might actually dispel the transformation.
Of course, this is just my way of justifying Kururi’s actions, most of the issues I raised is just mere conjecture, but hey I want to believe in Kururi haha.
Btw Eliza x Kururi ftw
Thank you for the chapter. I wonder if Eliza will start using his dorm room as a meeting place, the same as the others? Of course, if Iris really intends to start going after him, then she too will start hanging out there to keep Eliza from getting too far ahead of her. 😀
On the other hand, it would be really funny if their rivalry lead to Eliza and Iris becoming friends rather than enemies. That would really throw out Kurumi’s future insight.
So, the heir of the Maury family did something that could indirectly lead to the anger of Eliza (daughter of the prime minister) and Iris (currently being sought after by the crown prince). This is going to come back and bite them, isn’t it. 🙂
It would be amusing if Eliza and Iris move from enemies to frienemies due to their rivalry over Kurumi, but I wonder how likely that is to happen. I wonder if one or both will start also using Kurumi’s dorm as a place to meet, relax, etc. But Eliza’s guards / friends may have something to say about that. If he gets any more near-permanent guests, he may need to move out of the dorm and into his on-campus castle / clubhouse – which I’m sure would delight his private army of fans.
One last thing, for those speaking against Kururi’s actions, 1) he had little sleep the night before and was still somewhat exhausted when he went from planning to action, and 2) the several instances of speaking about how he couldn’t concentrated on the lessons he was attending, was pale, and was feeling bad lead me to believe he will ill at the time. This may or may not be the case, but if he was ill (or lacking sleep, or both) then his poorly thought out plan makes much more sense. Heaven knows I’ve made some poor decisions while sick or after an all-nighter.
Silber says:
Dear lord, I hope this doesn’t end up like Demodori where the Once strong and intelligent MC becomes a bubbly idiot.
canaria23 says:
reasons why Eliza fell~
the flower prince – her favorite book
the flower prince can create flowers out of magic
the flower kukuri made resembles the flowers in the book
maybe~
I know that it would come for eliza and iris to go against each other for the mc
but i didn’t know it would come so soon
Deal with it says:
Ummm what’s so amusing about the ending…..???? 😑
I failed to notice it, hmmm perhaps coz the mc was unbearable…..
Kukuri is intelligent if you only look at his book intelligence, but his action this time was colored by his emotions. Even in real life there’s no shortage of intelligent people doing dumb things when they get emotional. Not to mention he’s a teenager and in his previous life he was a student when he died. Even if adding his age from both life would make him an adult, it doesn’t mean he has grown up. Making a mistake and KNOWING he made a mistake is part of growing up.
His punishment right now is actually realistic if the school look at his connections and investigated why he started that fight.
In that kind of school, if Kukuri was a commoner with little connections he would be diciplined harsher or even kicked out. This time his social position and connections protected him from harsher punishments.
Puru.The.Great says:
Ah that was interesting
It was fun but also not as our MC got beaten though voluntarily. The most amusing and interesting part was Eliza+Iris meet.
kom12z says:
Glup..
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! Ahhhhh!!! *screams in agony* It WAS a love triangle?!? I was sooooooo certain that Kururi was safely friendzoned in Iris’ heart, wth is this development!!! Nuuuuuooooooo!!!!! The lovely time with Eliza is thwarted!!! ;_; ;_; ;_;
Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!! You are the speediest sloth… ever…
GonZ555 says:
Meatbun late delivery~
tachibanabot says:
……Iris likes MC huh…..sigh. with how the MC is, with his mindset of being stuck on marrying eliza in the future solely because thats what happened in the game, that ain’t gonna happen.
god the feeling of NTR I’m gonna get when she starts falling for the prince is gonna kill me.
ishira says:
Eeh? He got beaten!? What the hell those years of training then!? Just losing fat without gaining fighting power!? (Sorry but i kinda shocked here)
*sigh well, at least i can see Eliza going dere.
Oya…. things will get… oh boy.
Mech@ says:
Pathetic MC. “Noooo. I’ll do anything okay?! You can beat me, rape me or piss on me, But please don’t get angry at him *sobs* It was all my fault *hick* I’ll even give you Eliza, so please!”
Finally someone as shocked as me by this pathetic behavior, so many japanese (and korean) MCs are like that it’s so annoying. Beta cucks everywhere while he could have just pressured Maury given his power and even his influence (he knows many powerful people, at the very least he’s “known” to be close to the prince so he could use that by bluffing), I mean the possibilities were endless but noooo lets act like a submissive shit.
alexanderyou says:
He’s so pathetic. Like really, he could’ve just called a swarm of the raddish things to attack them, or just gone all “I’m a bigger noble than you” and ruined them and their families. How about announcing that those 3 and everyone related to them is banned from ever entering the hotsprings? That would make their families punish the living hell out of those little shits.
I’m sorry but the author is really unreliable at making characters and scenarios believable/interesting.
mighthose says:
A naval battle is erupting huh. DIE YOU COLONEL RIAJUU!
knightkatsuragi says:
did this chapter start the shuraba??!!
Eliza is too good, but this chapter made me think that it’s going in that bad direction again … eliza is going to harrass iris ’cause they both like kururi xD!
That was painful to read.
NightStick24 says:
Thanks for the translation!
Not too happy with this chapter… He’s been blacksmithing and training hardcore for years, he got formal instruction in combat, he’s a skilled mage, and he’s been built up as quite intelligent. Seems out of character to do something so utterly and completely ridiculous, then lose miserably like a complete and utter moron, to a couple random nobles who scored quite impressively low in exams. Just the strength from blacksmithing daily for years should have him packing quite a punch, not to mention real combat experience, digging, and magic skill. And that’s in addition to all the political power he has with his close relationship with the second prince and Queen as well as his territory being the most prosperous, and all the powerful people he’s aquainted with at the academy…
Kind of disappointing that he’s so spectacularly cowardly… Hopefully he gets better I guess?
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» Pencils, watermelons, and talks with anime legends – All part of the hiring process at Ghibli
Pencils, watermelons, and talks with anime legends – All part of the hiring process at Ghibli
Casey Baseel Aug 12, 2014
They do things a little differently at Studio Ghibli. Given the feast or famine realities of life in the anime industry, many production houses take on as many projects as they can, but part of the philosophy behind Ghibli’s founding was that if the staff felt like making something, they would, and if they didn’t, they wouldn’t. That’s not to say Ghibli’s animators don’t give maximum effort though, which the higher-ups recognize and reward with weekly massages on Saturdays.
Ghibli’s uniqueness isn’t limited to its artistic ideologies and rub-down policies, though. Its interview process for new animators is pretty unorthodox, too, with applicants being asked to complete such tasks as sharpening pencils and slicing up watermelons.
As part of his biannual interview series, media personality Hideyuki Nakamura recently spoke with Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the director of Studio Ghibli’s newest film, When Marnie Was There. The 41-year-old Yonebayashi, who made his directorial debut with 2010’s Arrietty, said that for as long as he can remember, he’s enjoyed drawing. Given his line of work, that’s not unusual, nor is the fact that he’s enjoyed reading comics since he was a young kid. What is surprising, though, are Yonebayashi’s specific manga preferences.
“I’ve always read shojo manga, even when I was growing up,” Yonebayashi recalls, referring to the subset of Japanese comics written for girls. “I didn’t read Fist of the North Star, but I read Tokimeki Tonight.”
▼ In all fairness, Fist of the North Star’s martial arts-based people-exploding action and Tokimeki Tonight’s monster-based romance hijinks are both entertaining in their own ways.
“In shojo manga, there are many delicate, cute girls, and I tried to imitate that style of art in my drawings,” says Yonebayashi, who would often create his own manga which he would then show to his family and classmates. It wasn’t until he was in college, though, that he thought about pursuing a career in animation. “As a part-time job, I worked on an animated regional promotion commercial. It was the first time I saw my drawings move, and that was something I thought was really interesting when I saw the finished product.”
Although he submitted applications to numerous studios, Yonebayashi only heard back from Ghibli and one other outfit. He recalls that he initially had to submit two sample of his artwork, and Ghibli was impressed by them enough that he was called into the offices for a test. He did well enough that he was called in for a final interview, and like at many companies in Japan, there was more than one interviewer in the room with Yonebayashi. But rather than just multiple representatives from the HR department, Yonebayashi found himself sitting face to face with Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki, the most successful director and producer in the history of anime, and two of Studio Ghilbi’s three founders.
▼ We’d like to believe there was a third, anonymous interviewer dressed as Totoro who spent the entire conversation standing silently in the corner of the room.
We’re not sure if it’s due to the many years that have since passed or the nervousness he possibly felt from having the two luminaries lobbing questions at him, but Yonebayashi says he can’t remember what either Miyazaki or Suzuki asked him. He does remember something else that happened during the hiring process, though.
“As part of the test, they gave me a pencil and told me to sharpen it. Later, someone came and collected the pencil and the shavings.”
Old school animation fans may be nodding their heads in approval, perceiving this as a sign of how Ghibli values hand-drawn art over computer-generated visual effects. The thing is, though, Ghibli doesn’t give the pencil test to all applicants. “They ask different people to do different things,” Yonebayashi reveals. “Sometimes they ask them to cut a watermelon, and a few people end up cutting it into discs.”
▼ This photo isn’t from a Ghibli test, but the result is the same.
Wait a second, watermelon discs? How’re you supposed to eat those? Only a crazy person would slice it like that, and actually, that’s the whole point of the test. “It’s kind of their way of checking, ‘Do you know how to apply common sense?’” Yonebayashi concludes.
▼ Much like how during my RocketNews24 interview my eventual boss gave me a glass of pineapple juice, and I impressed him by not spilling it all over my lap.
Weird as it may initially seem, the quirky check is very much in keeping with the attitudes Ghibli is known for. The studio’s films are loved not just for their technical merit, but for the human element contained in each frame of its best scenes, whether in a character’s subtle movements, the motivations driving the plot, or the natural deliveries from the vocal cast. In order to produce something like that, Ghibli needs people who can not only draw, but who can understand how the human mind works and faces a challenge, whether it’s something as simple as sharpening a pencil or as epic as looking for a castle in the sky.
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A new Opposition threatens to rise in India
Democracy is a game of numbers! Nowhere is this better exemplified than India, which probably has more political parties than any other country (a 2015 Times of India report said 1,866). While such a fragmented political fraternity means Governments need give “carrots” to its coalition allies, it also means parties coming together to form a larger, and forceful, Opposition. Strong regional parties forming such federal-level groups can inevitably challenge the national parties. For long, the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) were the main national-level parties. The rest were mainly regional, centered on their provinces. But now, one such formation seems to be taking birth in India, and it may challenge the ruling BJP party in a big way in coming time.
At a time when the Congress has been facing declining vote-share and threatened with obsolescence, regional parties like Mamata Banerjee’s TMC (West Bengal), Nitish Kumar’s JDU (Bihar), Jayalalitha’s AIADMK (Tamil Nadu), Mulayam Yadav’s Samajwadi (Uttar Pradesh), Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (Maharashtra), Mayawati’s BSP (Uttar Pradesh), Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP (Delhi) and Naveen Patnaik’s BJD (Odisha) have risen in prominence. Some won their respective provincial elections recently by thumping margins. If the game of democratic politics is like the Game of Thrones, some of these regional parties might just form a group to threaten the BJP in the next federal elections!
How did these regional parties grow so prominent? Goodwill in elections is best earned by making the voter happy, not investors or corporations. Once elections are won, one can look towards investors and corporations. But it is the voters during elections. That seems precisely what the regional parties targeted to win the strength of numbers. In poor provinces like West Bengal, a depressingly lack of jobs and livelihood in rural areas has led to large-scale economic migration to other states. To counter the poverty, Mamata Banerjee’s TMC delivered socialist-style welfare schemes like subsidized grains to win support. Welfare schemes also scored in Tamil Nadu, where Jaya’s AIADMK wooed women, students and poor with subsidized resources and freebees. In a country where the growth-story has been skewed to only the top-few cities, the poverty and lack of economic opportunities of the rural populace probably endears them to such welfare. In crime-prone provinces like Bihar and Delhi, Nitish’s JDU and Kejriwal’s AAP strove to address women’s safety and corruption. Community-based targeting helped Yadav’s Samajwadi win in Uttar Pradesh, a province where most of the development-work had hitherto benefited upper-class communities. Mayawati’s BSP had won this province previously on similar lines, by targeting a specific socially downtrodden community. Pride in own-identity has been used by Thackeray’s Shiv Sena to instill a sense of identity amongst the Maharashtrian community, a state where the Gujarati and Marwadi communities are perceived to benefit economically.
Can a coalition of regional parties threaten the BJP? The common ideology of these parties has been social welfare schemes and local area development. These can be the common thread that binds them to a united agenda to face the BJP. Some of these parties won significant vote-share. In the 2014 federal election, these eight parties (as above) won a combined vote-share of 21%, against BJP’s 31%. Secondly, their margin of victory in recent provincial elections has been significant. Mamata’s TMC and Jayalalitha’s AIADMK won 45% and 41% vote-share respectively, in their provinces in 2016. Kejriwal’s AAP and Nitish’s JDU Mahagatbandhan won 54% and 42% vote-share respectively, in their provinces in 2015. Yadav’s Samajwadi won 30% vote-share in 2012. The strength of their numbers makes one wonder at the aggregate vote–share (and hence, seat-share) these regional parties could win in the next federal election in 2019? If these parties do form a united group, they could give the BJP a run for its money! For those who think that 2019 is a long way off, these parties are playing the game of maintaining voter-mindshare. Mamata took oath in the name of “Ishwar and Allah” during her swearing-in ceremony this week, aligning with both religions that form a bulk of her province. More importantly, the transfer of additional federal monies to the provinces as part of the development agenda gives these regional governments more elbow-room to fund local development projects and win voters’ applause. In reality, the common-man in rural hinterlands may often not know if the new street-light in his village was funded by the federal or provincial government. All he cares is that his village now has a light!
Can the BJP break the back of such a coalition? BJP broke the back of India’s grand-old party, Congress, in 2014. If it has to counter a new coalition of regional parties, it has to bonhomie with some of the parties in a way that forming a united-combine becomes tougher for them. Social-welfare schemes mean a huge strain on the province’s exchequer. BJP might leverage this to turn a foe into an ally, by giving more scope of federal funds for local development. Many regional parties have acrimonious history with each other, and BJP may play one against the other by offering benefits to onboard some as allies. Till a united agenda and roadmap can be agreed upon, such a coalition will only mean too many cooks spoiling the broth, the same reason why the United Front failed in the late-1990s.
Image Courtesy: Insights of Indian Politics
Originally published here – http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=17327
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Coupa Heads for the Clouds — eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 1)
- March 10, 2010 2:03 AM |
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A few weeks back, Coupa announced their latest solution release which includes a number of enhancements and new capabilities. I had the chance to catch up with Coupa prior to the announcement and also took a closer look at their latest solution release in a product demonstration shortly thereafter. Without question, Coupa is a provider that is building momentum in the Spend Management market. Are they all things to all procurement organizations? Not on your savings life -- but that's not the idea. Coupa is about faster, easier and cheaper, simplifying how middle-market and smaller Fortune 1000 organizations spend with indirect suppliers and now, across T&E related areas as well. In this three-part series analyzing Coupa's latest release, I'll analyze both their progress to date as well as double-click on their latest features, offering a relative viewpoint about how these capabilities stack-up and, as important, how I think they'll be received by customers.
First, let's start with just the facts. Coupa is claiming that they're up to over 128 customers. By my own calculations, they appear to be the fastest growing eProcurement vendor by individual customer count (though there are still vendors whose revenue from a single deal is larger than all of what Coupa made in 2009, so don't get too wrapped up in just the absolute customer acquisition number). Coupa's subscription renewal rate is 96% which is at the higher-end of vendors in the SaaS (or cloud, if you will) market -- though not off the charts. However, Coupa's claimed 3 week average deployment time is quite exceptional in comparison to others. And their 100% uptime during late Q4 and early Q1 is also impressive for a growing SaaS/cloud business.
From a positioning standpoint, Coupa is now describing itself as a "single solution for controlling all non-payroll spend in the cloud". This is not entirely accurate, as their capabilities around direct, services and indirect spend are not fully baked, though relative to other eProcurement vendors that only focus on indirect, this is a more able claim. How they deliver on this promise, however, is differentiated through a combination of functional capabilities in the eProcurement and T&E areas and a combination of executive dashboards, real-time reporting mechanisms and user network-driven third-party benchmarks. Currently, Coupa is providing their executive spend dashboards and benchmarking capabilities as part of their basic package, but is charging a small premium to add T&E capability into the mix (more on this later).
Coupa has put a Spend Management stake in the ground by arguing that its solution is up in the cloud vs. "SaaS 1.0" as it categorizes vendors including Ariba and Concur which they, not entirely accurately, claim "require IT to change approval workflows," among other comparative suggestions. Coupa is, however, standing on more objective comparable ground when it claims that it really is -- or close to -- "as easy as Google to use" by providing "rapid configuration and deployment via TurboTax-like wizards". I would agree with Coupa that their usability is a cut above anyone else in the market. But from an integrated T&E and eProcurement perspective, ExpenseWatch can also make similar claims around functional integration and combined reporting. Moreover, ExpenseWatch is a more economic solution for smaller and middle market companies who aren't happy with Coupa's price hikes in the past 18 months.
In my view, where Coupa really excels with its latest release is not just in the functional addition of T&E reporting, a module that may prove sufficient for many companies but lacks some of the functional richness of Concur, Rearden and others. Rather, Coupa excels in the overall user, administrator and management experience. At all levels, Coupa has really thought through the essential information a user needs to consume with a minimum amount of navigational fuss. Whether it's monitoring estimated vs. actual budget consumption on the business unit or functional level -- or helping to guide a user to a purchase that fits within either strict or looser definitions of compliance depending on category, policy and established supplier relationships (or not) -- Coupa is pushing the actual purchasing experience, especially for middle market companies, to an entirely new level, based on how they work with the application itself and visualize information. They're not 100% there yet from a functional perspective, but for companies that don't need all the capability bells and whistles, the actual experience Coupa delivers will pleasantly surprise if not positively overwhelm both those new to the Spend Management arena and those upgrading from older generation solutions.
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Download Baruffaldi E Spolverini Poemi Georgici Del Secolo XVIII (1790) (Italian Edition) ePub/PDF/Kindle books
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Home Trailers Iron Man 3 – Game Day Commercial Extended Look
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Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
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Mountains of Titan Map - 2016 Update
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/USGS
This map of Saturn's moon Titan identifies the locations of mountains that have been named by the International Astronomical Union. The map is an update to a previous version published in 2012 (see PIA16598), and includes an additional mountain area (Moria Montes), along with several "colles" which are collections of hills.
By convention, mountains on Titan are named for mountains from Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. Unfortunately for "Lord of the Rings" fans, Titan's highest peak is not Doom Mons (see PIA20023). Colles are named for characters from the same works by Tolkien.
The map uses data collected by both the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) and radar instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency. JPL manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The radar instrument was built by JPL and the Italian Space Agency, working with team members from the United States and several European countries. The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer team is based at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini.
Craters of Tethys November 11, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06518 Two large craters and hints of several smaller ones are visible in this Cas...
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Banded Beauty
Passage through the Ring Plane June 3, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06061 The path that lies ahead for the...
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Titan Beyond the Rings
This global infrared map of Titan was composed with data from Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last two Titan flybys, on Dec. 26, 2005, and Jan. 15, 2006. The ma...
An Infrared Map of Titan
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Tiger Stripe Split Ends
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Daphnis At Work
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Hovering Over Titan
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HomeFeaturesBar GuideCrafting a specialty
Crafting a specialty
Brew Boutique in South Philly sells specialty craft beers and coffees.
17 March 2015 Christian Matozzo Bar Guide, Features, Night Life
Brew in South Philly offers more than 500 different bottles of beer and 10 different brews on tap. | Kara Milstein TTN
On Mifflin Street, coffee grinds, barley, stimulants and depressants share some space at the bar.
At Brew, a beer boutique in South Philly, beer fanatics can enjoy their favorite brew in a coffee shop environment. Brew, which shares its space with coffee shop Ultimo Coffee, offers a wide selection of craft beers for sale, both bottled and on tap, for customers to drink in or take to-go.
“It’s the coffee shop atmosphere, but it’s not as pretentious as going and sitting in Starbucks.” said Brew employee Shawn Whyte. “It’s like a bar you can get [stuff] done at. It’s hard to bring a laptop to a bar. If you want to drink and not be at your own house, but not be at a bar, [this is the place].”
Brew offers more than 500 different bottles of beer, and another 10 beers on tap. The boutique, a craft beer enthusiast’s dream, specializes in solely craft beers.
“Generally craft beer is better,” said Brew manager Kathryn Wiggins. “It’s tastier, a little more full-flavored. [Craft beer] uses better quality ingredients … usually it’s better made, a better example of something new and interesting.”
Wiggins said craft beers tend to use actual hops and malted barley, compared to larger beer producers Budweiser and Miller, who use corn and rice for the malt process to tone down the flavor and bitterness of the beers. This tends to appeal to a mass-market audience.
Brew’s specialization in craft beers also comes from its owner and Temple alumnus, John Longacre. Longacre also owns South Philadelphia Tap Room and American Sardine Bar, both of which specialize in craft beers.
Due to Philadelphia’s liquor licensing laws, a customer at Brew can only purchase 192 ounces of beer at one time, which in turn created the shop’s unconventional layout. Beer at Brew can be purchased to-go in 12-ounce bottles, 64-ounce growlers, and 38-ounce milk cartons, compared to Pennsylvania beer distributors, which can only sell cases of beer.
“That’s the one thing about Pennsylvania’s liquor laws that makes this place unique,” Whyte said. “[At] distributors you’re stuck getting one case and just 24 bottles of one beer. Here you can mix and match, you can get 24 bottles of 24 different beers.”
Wiggins said the popularity of craft beer in recent years is for a variety of reasons, including consumer tastes for more locally-made products.
“[Craft beer has] become popular for the same reason local food and local farms have gotten more popular,” Wiggins said. “People are more interested in knowing where the stuff that they’re eating is coming from … A lot of times you can know the people are producing [the beer]. It’s not some nameless, faceless giant. Joe Schmoe around the corner is making your beer.”
In Philadelphia, there is no shortage of breweries, with more than 10 breweries located within the city limits. Local breweries include Yards Brewing Company in Fishtown, Dock Street Brewing Company in West Philadelphia and Saint Benjamin Brewing Company in Kensington, all of which have beers stocked by Brew, adhering to the local flair that Brew looks to capture when stocking beers.
Philadelphia hosts the yearly Philadelphia Craft Beer Festival at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, the most recent of which was held on March 7. Craft beer enthusiasts also got a taste of rare beer this month, when Philadelphia bars Monk’s Cafe and City Tap House had tastings of acclaimed Russian River beer, Pliny the Younger and more.
Whyte claims that Philadelphia hosts one of the largest craft beer communities on the East Coast, and thinks the amount of breweries in Philadelphia lends itself to a growing community of craft beer drinkers. Whyte said events like the Pliny the Younger tasting will only increase demand for craft beer in Philadelphia.
“There will be people waiting in line for Pliny the Younger at all of these different bars,” Whyte said. “And it won’t be less after people drink it once, they’ll be going to the next place to get it again. It’s just that rare.”
“The only place [Pliny the Younger brewer] Russian River distributes on the East Coast is Philadelphia,” he added. “The only place they send their beer is Philly because they know we drink it … and the more beer there is here to drink, the more people there will be to drink it.”
Christian Matozzo can be reached at christian.matozzo@temple.edu.
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TRANSMISSION - Debut Album Out In October, Three Tracks Available Online
Published on Friday, 07 August 2020 21:24
French one-girl synth-wave/darkwave project Transmission will release on 12th of October via Wave Records the debut album entitled Cosmos. Transmission is Sandrine Deville solo project. As a freelance concept art designer known as Bluefactoriz, she has tinkered her own violin, named Transmission, built using 3D printing. Its shape is inspired by Unknown Pleasures's album sleeve from the Manchester band Joy Division: the white mysterious curves depicted on the sleeve represents pulsars, some weird dying stars. So this cold/post-punk/synthpop/darkwave/electro universe has inspired Sandrine when she has composed her nine titles album named Cosmos.
Analogic synths pulsed by old-school drum machines are influenced by the 80s. A dark and intimate atmosphere, the creation of electronic sounds and her outstanding violin shape her lyrics. The first song, "Cosmos", has its own video-clip made of film footages from the movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", directed by Robert Wiene in 1920. "Cosmos", the opening title, defines the global atmosphere of the album: a minimalist darkness and a sultry low key vocal, here, saying "orgasmic, orgasmic, orgasmic...", until the end of the track.
Beside the album title track, there were now unveiled two other tracks, "De Stijl", which brings a great balance of surprise: the pulsation of an electronic body music rythm, and words in German, introduces you to one of the greatest artistic movement close to Bauhaus, and "Cloud 9", a smooth, cool, sexy and dark vibes. Watch the video for "Cosmos" over HERE and in the player below you can watch recently released video for "De Stijl", and listen to all three so far released tracks in the Bandcamp player below. Link
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Connections: Remote delivery in response to COVID-19
Presented by Dr May Lim and Dr Peter Neal, Faculty of Engineering
This seminar will only be live-streamed via Blackboard Collaborate. You can access the Livestream via the Connections Moodle site (self-enrolment key: unswconnections). Please do not forget to register if you wish to attend this seminar.
Scientia Education Experience: Being digital
Dr May Lim and Dr Peter Neal, two academics from UNSW Engineering, share candid stories about how they adapt, preserve and survive the shift to remote delivery in response to the coronavirus.
They will share tips and tricks they have used to move lectures, tutorials and assessments online, including what had helped, what to avoid, what was unexpected.
They will also talk about where there may be opportunities to enhance the students’ online experience by tying it to their sense of community and connection to UNSW.
About Dr May Lim
Dr May Lim is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Chemical Engineering and a fellow of the Scientia Education Academy. She is also the Faculty Education Innovation Fellow. May's learning and teaching interests encompass Work Integrated Learning, teaching at scale and reflective practice in engineering.
About Dr Peter Neal
Peter Neal is an Education Focussed lecturer in Chemical Engineering and is passionate about developing students’ capacity in design, inquiry and professional skills. He has been a key contributor to the development of new thesis courses across the Faculty of Engineering. He has also helped drive a new School-wide approach to inquiry-based learning, implementing the design of two new blended laboratory courses, and provides advice and support to staff implementing new teaching strategies and educational technologies.
26th May 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
This seminar will only be live-streamed via Blackboard Collaborate. You can access the Livestream via the Connections Moodle site (self-enrolment key: unswconnections).
Open to:
Staff Only: Event open only to UNSW Staff
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US Tech Giants Are Reportedly Selling to Huawei Despite Ban
In May, the Trump administration issued a blanket ban on US companies supplying hardware or software to the Chinese tech
Adam Rowe June 27th 2019 4:51 pm
In May, the Trump administration issued a blanket ban on US companies supplying hardware or software to the Chinese tech giant Huawei. That doesn't seem to have slowed them down, however, as a new report claims that US tech companies have sold millions of dollars worth of products since the ban was announced.
The ban, which came into affect after a long running feud between the US and Huawei, concerning security issues, has led to some US companies finding creative ways of sidestepping the US governments orders.
Here's how it's happening and what it means.
The industry-leading tech companies still dealing with Huawei, including Intel and Micron, have reportedly figured out how to dodge the ban, and that's by”avoiding labeling goods as American-made,” the New York Times reports. The formerly contraband components resumed shipping to the Chinese manufacturer three weeks ago, alleges the report.
Why such a deep interest in Huawei? Simple: It's the world's top telecom supplier and its second-biggest phone manufacturer. If you're a big tech company with a bottom line to feed, the laws of capitalism compel you to sell to them, with the Trump administration's opinion on the matter perhaps not taking into account the full effect of the ban on US industry and trade.
How the Ban Backfired
While Intel and Micron are American companies, they're producing tech outside of America and selling it to Huawei. This spin on what the term “American-made” means helps Intel and Micron dodge the Huawei ban that's already in place, the one on selling components for “future” Huawei products. To borrow one of the President's own catchphrases, the whole process is ‘very legal, very cool'. The Times notes that it's unclear what amount of the components sold were for these future products.
Another ban will kick in by August 2019 that stops US companies from selling components supporting current Huawei products and making it a little more difficult for companies to skirt the law.
How is the US government responding? They haven't really figured it out yet.
“Some officials feel that the sales violate the spirit of the law and undermine government efforts to pressure Huawei,” the Times explains, “while others are more supportive because it lightens the blow of the ban for American corporations. Huawei has said it buys around $11 billion in technology from United States companies each year.”
Regardless of whether or not companies sidestep the ban, it's still a backfire for President Trump, since even instituting the ban at all was a contradiction of Trump's 2016 anti-government regulation stance that he used to gain his office in the first place.
New Reports Cast Doubt on Huawei Security
Are tech companies really enabling a national security threat? A new report thinks so.
After running tests on around 10,000 firmware images encoded into over 500 Huawei telecom devices, cybersecurity researchers found that 55% of them suffered from at least one vulnerability, which is far more than competing products. The report's judgement, according to the Wall Street Journal: Huawei tech has “extensive cybersecurity flaws” baked in its devices thanks to “a pattern of poor security decisions” from its engineers.
Granted, the report doesn't go so far as to claim the flaws were deliberately encoded, but a White House official quoted in the article wasn't so coy.
“This report supports our assessment that since 2009, Huawei has maintained covert access to some of the systems it has installed for international customers,” the official stated.
Whatever the case, it's clear that the concerns that Huawei might not be trustworthy are picking up steam rather than going away. Just as clear is that US tech companies will keep selling to Huawei as long as they can.
Read more of the latest tech and security news:
Everything You Need to Know About the Huawei Ban
Trump's Campaign Floats then Discards a Government-Led 5G Push
Is It Safe to Use a VPN on a Phone?
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Adam is a writer at Tech.co and has worked as a tech writer, blogger and copy editor for the last decade. He's also a Forbes Contributor on the publishing industry (and Digital Book World 2018 award finalist) and has appeared in publications including Popular Mechanics and IDG Connect. When not glued to TechMeme, he loves obsessing over 1970s sci-fi art.
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IPL 2020 | We had the most complete performance as a group: Eoin Morgan after KKR’s win against DC
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Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan on Saturday said his team produced its most complete performance of the season so far when it upstaged the fancied Delhi Capitals by 59 runs to stay alive in the IPL here.
Having suffered a massive defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore after putting up 84/8 in their last outing, KKR were not given much of a chance against the high-flying Delhi Capitals.
But Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine stepped up in style to lift them to 194/6 and then Varun Chakravarthy’s five-wicket haul (5/20) along with Pat Cummins‘ three-wicket effort choked DC, who are sitting pretty on second in the points table.
“I think the timing of this couldn’t be any better. Playing against a side who are second coming towards the business end of the tournament, two points is huge,” Morgan said in the post-match press conference.
“We had the most complete performance as a group in this tournament so far. Until today, we feel as if we hadn’t played our best cricket. Today I think it was close to that,” he added.
It was Narine (64) and Rana (81) who set it up for KKR in a 115-run partnership from 56 balls. Playing his first match after being cleared of a suspect bowling action, Narine batted at five and fired on all cylinders in his 32-ball 64.
“…I think that rubbed off on Nitish Rana as well. Watching them play with the freedom that they did was outstanding.”
“Sunil has been an integral part of this franchise for a number of years now. His ability as an all-rounder is key in our team.
“To have him back and come in and perform not only with the ball but with the bat, I think is outstanding. He has just proved how valuable he is to the team.”
Promotion to open the innings also worked for left-handed Rana, who shrugged off his poor scores of 9, 2, 9, 5, 29 and 0 in his last six innings to slam 81 from 53 balls.
“This now can be the start of his campaign taking things forward. Today, against one of the best bowling lineups in the tournament, he played absolutely outstanding,” Morgan said all praise for Rana.
He also spoke very highly of mystery spinner Chakravarthy who returned with the first five-wicket haul of this season.
“He has gelled really well in the team. I think he’s been one of the positive stories out of our campaign so far,” he said of the man who has been their leading wicket-taker this season with 12 from 10 matches.
DC had two well-set batsmen in Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant at the crease when Chakravarthy was pressed into the attack with the opposition needing 131 from 60 balls.
A win would have virtually sealed a play-off spot for DC but they suffered a second straight loss.
Their star pacer Kagiso Rabada rejected criticism that the team was being complacent.
“That’s the nature of the tournament, it’s quality versus quality. Any team can rock up on their day. I guess we just need to analyse a few points where we let the game slip away.
“I don’t think it’s a big area that we need to focus on. We back ourselves all the time. I don’t think we need to worry too much. It’s just a little bit of a concern,” he said.
“It can happen to any team, it wasn’t our day. I don’t think we got into the game being complacent. You cannot just take the foot of the gas. These things happen,” he added.
Iyer’s captaincy looked baffling as he did not bring Rabada in when Rana and Narine were firing.
“Myself and Nortje had bowled two overs already. We back all the bowlers in our team to get wickets and stop runs,” Rabada said, defending his captain.
“We have a quality bowling lineup. We pride ourselves on that. And today I guess it just didn’t happen.
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The Open Problems Project
Next: Problem 2: Voronoi Diagram of Moving Points
Problem 1: Minimum Weight Triangulation
Can a minimum weight triangulation of a planar point set be found in polynomial time? The weight of a triangulation is its total edge length.
Perhaps E. L. Lloyd, 1977: [Llo77], cited in Garey and Johnson [GJ79].
Status/Conjectures
Just solved by Wolfgang Mulzer and Günter Rote, January 2006! http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.CG/0601002. Entry to be updated later...
This problem is one of the few from Garey and Johnson [GJ79], p. 288 whose complexity status remains unknown.
Partial and Related Results
The best approximation algorithms achieve a (large) constant times the optimal length [LK96]; good heuristics are known [DMM95]. If Steiner points are allowed, again constant-factor approximations are known [Epp94], [CL98], but it is open to decide even if a minimum-weight Steiner triangulation exists (the minimum might be approached only in the limit).
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triangulations
Entry Revision History
J. O’Rourke, 31 Jul. 2001; J. O’Rourke, 3 Jan. 2006.
[CL98]
Siu-Wing Cheng and Kam-Hing Lee. . In ISAAC: 9th Internat. Sympos. Algorithms Computation, pages 367–376, 1998.
[DMM95]
Matthew T. Dickerson, Scott A. McElfresh, and Mark H. Montague. New algorithms and empirical findings on minimum weight triangulation heuristics. In Proc. 11th Annu. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom., pages 238–247, 1995.
[Epp94]
D. Eppstein. Approximating the minimum weight Steiner triangulation. Discrete Comput. Geom., 11:163–191, 1994.
[GJ79]
M. R. Garey and D. S. Johnson. Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness. W. H. Freeman, New York, NY, 1979.
[Llo77]
Errol Lynn Lloyd. On triangulations of a set of points in the plane. In Proc. 18th Annu. IEEE Sympos. Found. Comput. Sci., pages 228–240, 1977.
[LK96]
Christos Levcopoulos and Drago Krznaric. Quasi-greedy triangulations approximating the minimum weight triangulation. In Proc. 7th ACM-SIAM Sympos. Discrete Algorithms, pages 392–401, 1996.
J. S. B. Mitchell and Joseph O’Rourke. Computational geometry column 42. Internat. J. Comput. Geom. Appl., 11(5):573–582, 2001. Also in SIGACT News 32(3):63-72 (2001), Issue 120.
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Author: Cordelia Fellowes
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How Much Fun Can You Legally Have With a Dwarf?
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Gay marriage, recreational drug use and euthanasia are just three sensitive topics where the perceived liberty of an individual often conflicts with the morality of a society. But when all parties involved in a way of life are adults and consenting, does society have a right to intervene? And if so who are the people that determine what is right or wrong in society? These are questions I have been wrestling with after reading the following news headline:
Dwarf stripper gets bride pregnant on her hen night
Spanish woman admits she slept with a dwarf stripper on her hen night after giving birth to a baby with dwarfism.
Initially my thoughts were with the unfortunate groom. Imagine his excitement over the previous nine months, getting married and then becoming a father, halcyon days en route to complete social conformity, I should imagine a 40 year mortgage was also included.
Then when the proud moment arrived and his eyes fell upon his son for the first time, there appeared to be something, a little different, somehow he expected him to look, bigger, with bigger features, in fact nearly everything should have been a little larger. With confusion marauding through his brain, like a Frenchman making his way down the wine aisle of a supermarket, his tearful wife tells him the truth of how she slept with the dwarf stripper at her hen party. From there, in which direction does a marriage go? Anger, loathing, resentment, separation, bitterness and divorce, or maybe if the husband is so inclined exotic dwarf love on a regular basis. One thing is for sure social conformity, even acceptance now looks to be a distant prospect.
Slowly the true depth of the perversity of this story broke over me like a wave of sewage. I realized the only reason for this story being reported was that it involved a dwarf. If in the headline, you were to replace the word dwarf with black man, Mexican, Asian, all hell would have broken loose and rightly so because that would be unacceptably racist. But dwarfs are not a race, a fact that can easily be forgotten following the Lord of the Rings movies. Many dwarfs do not even consider themselves disabled and choose to live their own lives and make their own decisions. After all isn’t it the duty of liberty to protect the rights of minorities? If a dwarf wants tossing and someones willing to pay to do it, what sort of sick society would stand in the way of this fun?
Western society promotes itself as having values of equality and respect, but dwarfs have nimbly side stepped this and have made themselves fair game for the entertainment of the public. Skillfully they have maneuvered their way under the radar of political correctness and because of this dwarfs always have a profession they can fall back on (not very far back).
The life of a dwarf entertainer, sounds like it requires talent and it does, but to a dwarf that that talent comes naturally, by virtue of their diminutive stature. People like to laugh at and abuse dwarfs, and they can. Dwarfs do not ask for people’s pity, and just like anyone else dwarfs are free to seek out methods of abuse and public humiliation, but how humiliating is it when your getting $400 an hour for being thrown across a room?
In short (as it so often is with dwarfs) they are provocative, a thorn in the side of the moralistic, conservative do-gooders, that believe themselves to be endowed with the power to tell everyone else what is right or wrong. Dwarfs stand at the front line in the battle of free speech against these oppressive forces of political correctness.
In the United States dwarfs enjoy the same liberties afforded to anybody else, and therefore Americans are free to enjoy dwarf tossing, dwarf bowling, dwarf wrestling, racing them against exotic animals, dwarf stripping, you can even have one impregnate your future wife. Nothing protects the dwarf from public indignity, because nothing needs to, a dwarf can embrace it, face up to it with his head held high (metaphorically speaking). For millenniums dwarfs have entranced and captivated the simple minded, with an air of mysticism, and while society’s curiosity in the bearded lady or Lobster Boy has long faded, a healthy interest in the dwarf endures.
Can I Toss a Dwarf?
Of course, dwarf tossing is a well established pastime that requires a tosser and a dwarf consenting to being tossed. Dwarf tossing actually dates back to the times of ancient Babylonia and is even made reference to in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 1026 BC, King Nabu-shum-libur, whilst facing attack and ultimate destruction from the marauding nomadic tribesman of north west Babylonia sought solace and relaxation. With his city lying in ruins around him,and with nothing else at hand but his loyal troupe of dwarf entertainers, the King started to throw them around his burned out throne room to alleviate the stress of his impending doom.
The more conservative members of society might be questioning the morality and legality of such practices. In Florida during the 1980’s dwarf tossing became very popular in bars. Until Jeb Bush had a law passed enabling the revoking of liquor licenses of bars that continued to allow dwarfs to be tossed on their premises. Thankfully in October 2011, common sense prevailed when Ritch Workman introduced legislation that would overturn the ban on dwarf-tossing, claiming such a ban to be an “unnecessary burden on the freedom and liberties of people” and “an example of Big Brother government”. Although not a personal advocate of the activity, Workman stated “if a little person wants to make a fool out of themselves for money, they should have the same right to do so as any average sized person”.
While the United States are progressive in their approach to dwarf tossing, the EU is more draconian. In 2002 a French dwarf appealed to the UN against a ban on dwarf tossing, his appeal was thrown out as the UN said it was satisfied that the ban on dwarf-tossing should be upheld “in order to protect public order and considerations of human dignity”. Therefore this proves there is greater human dignity in France than Florida, and that if you’re French you will have to go to Miami to toss a dwarf. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2285348.stm
In The kingdom of the Little People
In China they embrace the fact that dwarfs are entertaining.
Kunming, China – A successful entrepreneur with a social conscience decided he wanted to give something back to society, and what better thing could he give back than a dwarf themed park? Costing $115 million dollars and situated in 13,000 acres of rural countryside, this is no small attraction. Amongst the props is a black BMW modified to resemble a UFO out of which dwarfs pour to commence their shows. Mr. Chen the entrepreneur with the vision for this spectacle proudly boasts that it was all his idea including the Dr. Seuss style homes with crooked chimneys.
But this LSD fueled, Roald Dahl nightmare is not without its detractors who claim it is little more than a freak show pandering to people’s morbid curiosity. Gary Arnold who is the spokesperson for Little People of America Inc, a dwarfism group based in California, said ” I think it’s horrible, how low can a society get? People always look down on us and this does nothing to raise our status.” Mr. Chen is quick to argue that the dwarfs are paid well and he always has a surplus of applicants. “My theme park is a step up for them, they are well looked after end their environment is built for their needs. The public might be motivated out of a morbid sense of curiosity, but why can’t the dwarfs make money from it? At the end of the day both parties go home happy.”
Dwarfs Taking Sport Seriously
Don’t let this tomfoolery deceive you, not all dwarf activities are organised for public amusement. This video shows a very proficient football team from Brazil.
Unique Dwarf Sporting Challenges
And who has the right to stop four dwarfs racing a camel?
Dwarfs push the boundaries, boundaries often placed there by others, by non-dwarfs. They challenge conservative values established by a society obsessed with political correctness. Dwarfs teach us determination, give us hope and inspire, because whilst being small has it’s difficulties, they’re not going to let it get them down further than it already has.
Dwarfs wherever you are, whether your racing camels, getting tossed or shagging a bride at her hen night, I salute you.
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Or Lack Thereof – The 2020 Event |The Main Event| (48/66)
Posted on September 1, 2020 August 18, 2020 by Hunter A. Wallace
Or Lack Thereof
“That’s a lot of fucking zombies, Chuck!” Sigmund screams from inside the run-down bunker.
After completing a secret sabotage mission for the Allied Forces, Sigmund and Jolon were flying a biplane out of a German science facility that was disguised as an airfield. Beneath the dirt runways and flimsy tin hangars was a massive top-secret laboratory where black project designs were brought from the drawing board to the wargame playing field. There were designs for weapons that shoot electricity, a time machine shaped like a bell, anti-gravity craft that, save for the swastikas painted on the sides, could be easily mistaken for extraterrestrial spaceships; there was also a gigantic cache of a mysterious glowing fuel source called Element 945, as the Nazis evidently got pretty uncreative by the time 1945 rolled around. And, strapped to the wooden crates this strange radioactive material was stored in? Bricks upon bricks of B4, the very same B4 that Sigmund detonated whilst screaming, “FUCKIN’ HELL YEAH!” in the deep, rugged American accent of his avatar in the old Call To Duty video game the gang was playing while they waited for the Dirt Eater Mk I to finish its voyage back to Cape Enterprises. Well, technically it finished its voyage before they blew up the lab, but Chuck, Tim, and AdultJack wanted to see how the campaign ended, so they’re still playing. And more power to them – these guys have a functioning fabricator. They can do whatever they want; it’s not like they necessarily need to go and have the tour right this second.
For the record, this second is the very second that Karen ducked underneath the conveyor belt of the literary printing press after she heard someone fiddling with the doorknob. You know, the literary printing press that Chuck bought and installed at the beginning of the week before he went to Brick City with Alvey?
What? Chuck notices things. In fact, he’s a great noticer! He’s the one; not AdultJack, not Tim-nah’tee, not either of the beings inside the video game but Chuck Leary, from his couch, noticed the glowing shockwave that swept across the ground under the biplane as it was taking off moments after Sigmund clutched the detonation button.
He was also the one to offer the obvious explanation that the wave of radiation following the detonation of the mysterious secret Nazi space fuel is what caused Sigmund and Jolon’s plane to crash. Fortunately for them, they crashed right next to a run-down bunker, complete with enough nails, hammers, and boards to barricade the windows before the hordes of resulting zombies (which Chuck also noticed) were able to catch up. While they unknowingly waited for the incoming horde, the duo searched the premises for guns.
Well, the part of the premises they could access, anyway. The soldiers were (and currently are) trapped in a room with a staircase and a closed door, the staircase blocked off with a large upside-down couch and the door scrawled with the letters P, E, H, and L, not in that order. The legs of the couch were (are still) wedged between the wrought iron railings, and the door was (is still) locked.
Then, Chuck being the man, pointed out a weird chalk outline on the wall behind Sigmund, said outline suspiciously in the shape of a boomstick. As Sigmund was observing the strange chalky phenomenon, Jolon’s avatar, a Russian man with a love for wudka, grabbed him by the cheeks and turned his head, cracking his neck in the process, to look out the window and see a lot of fucking zombies heading right for them. And then the zombies started to moan and groan, and that’s when Chuck (who wasn’t looking at the screen at the moment) asked, out loud, if that was a fucking zombie, before turning around to face the screen, as he was suddenly interested.
Sigmund, with his head clear following that one swift crackle, corrected Chuck’s observation. And now we’re here.
Sigmund snaps into action. Guided by intuition and Chuck’s erratic shouting, he sprints to the wall and punches it as hard as he can. Sigmund doesn’t feel a thing, being a video game avatar and all, but the wall certainly does, as evidenced by the double-barrel shotgun that pops out of the space enclosed within the outline. Jolon runs to the opposite end of the wall and punches the outline of a bolt-action rifle next to the window that only has half as many boards nailed to it as it did a moment ago. The zombies tore the rest down, obviously, and Jolon is ready. He takes a few steps back and readies his rifle. Three boards left, now two, now one…
A zombie’s skull gets popped, the innards splattering all over the apathetic zombies next to him. They climb in and get shot down one by one – Jolon even manages to kill three with a single headshot! Oh shit! He turns around and proclaims his victory to Sigmund, but dude can’t hear him, he’s too busy sawing zombies in half with the boomstick, his master key to the door that is the gates of hell.
‘Wait… master key… door… ah-ha!’
After sprinting through and laying waste to the many zombies flooding in from the courtyard, Sigmund runs over to the not-PEHL door and blasts the lock, but nothing happens. He then knocks on the door to make sure it’s made of wood, and this opens it for some reason. He calls out for Jolon to follow him but Jolon is busy cutting a smile into a headless zombie’s face with a shattered vodka bottle, so Sigmund ducks through the doorway alone.
This room is much narrower than the first one, and much more dimly lit. There’s also less windows, another staircase blocked with a couch, there’s a radio playing old German parade music and a… box? A glowing box, now what in the fuck… oh my, there are guns inside of it!’
Sigmund, being Sigmund, pulls out a futuristic, extraterrestrial-looking ray gun and pshews all the zombies, including the ones that broke through the fucking wall, into nonexistence. He then doubles back and saves Jolon from the hordes of undead that are spilling in through the windows. Outside, crowds shamble past the rusty red barrels that obviously contain fuel of the flammable variety.
“Why else would they have little fires painted on them, Jolon?! Shoot the shit out of them!”
Jolon pumps his last two bullets into the nearest barrel and it leaks a small stream of gasoline, but there’s no gratuitous explosion. Until, that is, Sigmund shoots it with a ball of unstable 945 that turns the barrel into a gigantic ball of fire that then turns the zombified Nazis into a fucking rack of ribs.
“Do you need to say fucking in front of everything, Chuck?” AJ asks from the middle seat on the couch.
“Fucking fuck fucking yeah fucking AdultfuckingJack, fucking now that you fucking ask, I fucking do!”
AdultJack rolls his eyes similarly to how a zombie’s head rolls across the floor of the darker room in the German bunker. Jolon grabbed a fiery red tomahawk out of the guns box, because of course he did, and he’s using it to chain together like thirty fucking zombie kills at a time, the maniac. Meanwhile, Sigmund is trying to figure out how to unwedge the couch from the staircase so the duo can get upstairs.
“Why don’t we just go up in the original room, I can chop the legs off the couch!”
“NO!” Sigmund shouts, a plan long formed in his head. “Look at how the building was designed! If we go up this way, we can use the other barricade as a… well, as a barricade! Then, the zombies can only get at us from the front!”
Jolon, not one to fight intuition, hurls his tomahawk at the couch and it splits in half. As the tomahawk returns to its high wielder, the couchlets are devoured by flames and reduced to ash.
“There, we’ll do it your way!”
The two run up the stairs, fight the temptation to see what’s locked in the cabinet the moon’s shining a beam of light upon through the large hole in the ceiling, and duck into a smaller room. Sigmund was right, with the couch wedged in the first staircase, the zombies can only come at them from the front. Plus, the dynamic duo has something of a balcony up here that provides a clear shot of the many barrels scattered amongst the courtyard. It’s hard to make out the barrels in the mob of zombies, of course, but uh… since when is something being hard to do a sign that one shouldn’t do it?
With nowhere else to go and enough ammo to last them at least an hour or two, Jolon crouches, Sigmund lays prone, and they both get to work. The horde does not relent, the hobbling fleshy sounds and haunted groans of the undead soldiers ring through the minds of our saboteurs like the clanking of the ghostly chain leashes hanging off of the hellhounds that keep appearing out of orbs of lightning that appear out of nowhere, but the shooters do not falter. Row by row the zombified Nazis are sawn in half, blasted, pshewed, burned, and tomahawked, the dead bodies and body parts dematerializing as they pile up because the video game console can only render so many assets at once.
From the couch, Tim, Chuck, and AdultJack watch the carnage in awe, steadily killing tub after tub of popcorn that the fabricator keeps making out of clumps of Tim’s constantly shedding hair. Or is it fur? Whatever.
After a long-ass while of silently watching, AdultJack breaks the silence. “This is not how I expected the campaign to end,” between handfuls of corny butter.
“Me either,” Tim concurs. “Imagine being the first human to discover this level. You said this was an older game, right Chuck?”
“Oh yah, came out like… twelve years ago? I think? Fuck I’m getting old, that’s around the same time that Steel Man came out.”
“I know, right!” Jack shouts. Then, “Wait, so you know Steel Man? Is that where you got the inspiration for your power armor?”
Chuck scoffs at the little boy in a man’s body. “Son, you best believe I know Steel Man. I fuckin’ love Marvelous. For the record though, I had the idea for my suit before the movie came out. And, if me and Steel Man fought, well, let’s just say I would make a Milky Way Galaxy out of him.”
Jack rolls his eyes, but playfully, not out of spite. Despite today’s drag of a morning, things are turning out pretty good. He can’t even remember what the fight was about. All in all, Jack’s glad that he decided to come on this tour… oh yeah!’
“Wait, so Chuck, what about the tour you mentioned before?” Jack asks, adding (as a joke), “Wasn’t that, like, the cosmic purpose of my deciding to come back here? So you could give us the tour?”
“Purpose?” Chuck demands, shifting his attention from the orgy of entertaining violence to AdultJack’s face. “Why the fuck’re you worrying about purpose, kid? There’s no such thing as purpose, it’s just a way for old school adults to fuck with your mind because they know you’re smarter than them.”
“Uh… what now?” AdultJack asks. He was kidding, but since Chuck brought it up, “I thought everybody has a purpose. Like, everyone comes to this planet with a specific task they’ve gotta do, a specific path they have to travel. And then they get to the end and they get to realize what their purpose was the whole time, right?”
AdultJack looks to Chuck, then to Tim, then to the TV screen, and then back to Chuck. “Right?”
“You wanna handle this one, Tim?”
Tim puts down the banana he finally managed to peel and says, “No, I’m kind of interested in what you have to say here, Charles.”
“Well, since you called me Charles, I am no longer interested in what I have to say here. Plus, I just said it and he didn’t understand, so like, activate, or whatever.”
Chuck then shoves two mouthfuls of popcorn into his single mouth to show that he will not be talking for at least a few minutes.
Tim sighs with a tired smile and, with a hand on AdultJack’s shoulder, says, “Well Jack, what you said would have some merit if it actually made any sense at all. But looking at things like that, as if there was a predestined path laid out for each of us to find and follow, that’s seeing life backwards. You’re so young, but yet you’re looking at yourself from your deathbed – your life is far from over. There’s no right or wrong path to take, no bad or good way to follow, there is just the trail we blaze through the infinite forest of reality, or in your case, the roads you pave as you run across your patch of planet Earth.”
“So… I have no purpose? Just to run?” AdultJack asks, meaning his words very literally.
Tim-nah’tee chuckles. “Your purpose, or lack thereof, is to make your own purpose. Blaze your own path to walk – or run it if you must – and learn everything that you can. Apply the lessons you’ve learned as you go so you can learn more lessons, and then take those lessons to the grave with you, or more realistically, to the next life. Life has no meaning unless you instill meaning into it, just like a body is a self-driving sack of atoms without a connection to spirit. Sure, you can just drift through your time in your body without ever interacting with it or the world around it; you can live your life doing what everyone else demands of you while consuming only what they give you, keeping a far distance between yourself and your soul, and never figure out who you are – the result? You’ll still die, just like everyone else, and move on to the next life without consequence. You can do that, or…” Tim pauses, trying to find the right words. “In life, we are what we become as much as we become what we are. As far as what we’re meant to become, well, that’s for each and every one of us to decide for ourselves. We’re all born into the world with brains in our heads and environments around us. Where we end up is more or less where we decide to end up – I mean, just look at Chuck.”
“Yeah, look at me, fuckwad. Wait, why are we looking at me?”
Tim just smiles, and so does AdultJack. Chuck has no idea what they’re smiling about, but he certainly doesn’t mind being the center of attention. He usually is anyway, but that’s because he forces himself into the spotlight. It’s nice to have someone else shine it on him every once in a while, although it is kind of bright. Almost as bright as the flash of colored light that brings Sigmund and Jolon crashing onto the floor of the Dirt Eater Mk I – tell ya what, it’s a good thing Chuck wears sunglasses!
“Allll righty, everybody!” Chuck announces as he stands up and cracks his knees, hips, back, neck, and knuckles without moving a single muscle. “That was great fun, but AdultJackyJack over here started talking about existential purpose, meaning he’s pretty damn bored. Shall we get on with the tour of my fine establishment?”
“Certainly,” Jolon says as he stands up and pulls the hood of his robe over his war bonnet that he grabbed before they left last night. “I’m quite interested to see firsthand how you humans were capable of achieving all these heights.”
“Well you definitely won’t see that,” Chuck assures him, “but I’ll show you where I grow all my Cannabis.”
Jolon smiles. “That’s exactly what I meant.”
With that, the squad-plus-one all pile into a single elevator and begin the long rap-fueled ascent to the forty-second floor of the Cape Enterprises, Uncorporated building. It’s a cramped, claustrophobic elevator ride, even more so with all these extra, sweaty, and hairy bodies all packed around Chuck like spoiled anchovies in a tin can, but he manages not to flip out and start cursing at them for being there. He does make some sny comments to Sigmund about the lack of tracks by his favorite rapper on the ‘vator’s playlist though, which Sigmund follows with, “You listen to rap?”
Even after that total lack of awareness from his best friend the rocket scientist, Chuck manages not to flip a shit.
That is, until the elevator doors open and he fucking walks face-fucking-first into a real goddamned fucking zombie and a square of its decomposing fucking face smears onto his fucking sunglasses.
Hello Commons, this has been chapter 17.5 of The 2020 Event |The Main Event|, a satirical novel about aliens that do psychedelic drugs and the subjective nature of reality. |The Main Event| is the fourth book of the First Spiral, a longer story called The Highest One Writing.
The Highest One Writing is a story about an author told through the books he wrote. It starts with a self-help book and ends with the destruction of Existence. Also, it may or may not take you to the depths of insanity and back.
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While the number of international students enrolling in U.S. colleges and universities is increasing nationwide, growth in international enrollment at Ithaca College is at a relative standstill. In total, about 586,000 foreign students studied in the U.S. last year, an increase from 568,000 the previous year, according to visa figures from the U.S. Immigration and…
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Netanyahu calls the families of three murdered boys
GazaTerrorism
By TIMES OF ISRAEL—
Israeli searchers on Monday discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, who were abducted on June 12, north of Hebron in the West Bank.
The bodies were found near Halhul on Monday afternoon. Israeli security forces, which had been conducting extensive searches in the area, sealed off the area and declared it a closed military zone. Hebron was also sealed off.
A search team from the local Kfar Etzion field school, along with IDF soldiers from an elite unit, found the teens. The local volunteers had been asking for two weeks to join the search.
Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-ad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, were kidnapped on the night of June 12 at a hitchhiking post outside the settlement of Alon Shvut in the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem.
The bodies were found at about 5 p.m., bound and partially buried, in an open field in a hard to access area known as Wadi Tellem. The site was less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from where the teens had been abducted.
The parents were informed on Monday evening that the bodies had been found. Relatives gathered in the three family homes; some spokespeople for the families thanked the Israeli security forces for their efforts to locate the teenagers, and thanked the public for their support and solidarity.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned the families and expressed his condolences.
State Department spokeswoman Jan Psaki called the news of the killings “a tragedy,” and urged continued cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority’s security forces despite “the pain on the ground.”
The three Israeli teeangers had been killed soon after their abduction, and the bodies were apparently disposed of hurriedly. The bodies were not in a good condition when they were found, Channel 2 said. “It was a harrowing sight.”
Forensic experts identified the bodies at the scene. The bodies were flown to the Abu Kabir Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv on Monday evening for definitive identification. Israelis placed mourning candles outside the institute later Monday night.
Israel’s security cabinet convened in emergency session. Among other decisions, it was expected to demand that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sever his unity government partnership with Hamas.
Israeli authorities on Thursday had named two Hamas members as prime suspects in the kidnapping.
The two, Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme, have been missing from their homes in Hebron’s Hares neighborhood ever since the kidnapping took place. The two were allegedly in the car in which the three were abducted.
The two were still at large on Monday night, and Israel’s security forces were making intensive efforts to track them down.
IDF troops surrounded the homes of the two suspects late on Monday evening.
Hamas leaders in the Hebron area were reported to have made themselves scarce, anticipating that they would be sought by the security forces. Hamas has not taken responsibility for the kidnapping and killings; a Hamas spokesman was quoted warning on Monday night that “any Israeli response will open the gates of hell.”
IDF Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz was in the Halhul area, overseeing the ongoing operation.
Hamas officials in Hebron confirmed the two suspects were members, and said Israeli troops had targeted the men’s homes since the beginning of Operation Brother’s Keeper. The officials said troops had entered the homes several times, conducting intense searches and confiscating items as evidence.
On Sunday night, tens of thousands of people crowded into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to show support for the families of the three kidnapped teenagers, under the banner “Singing Together for Their Return.” President-elect Reuven Rivlin and the parents of the kidnapped teens highlighted the speaker list.
Since the start of Operation Brother’s Keeper to find them, 18 days of searches had seen the arrests of over 400 Palestinians, a majority of them members of Hamas.
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Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models
Ashley McDonough, Veronica Martinez-Cerdeno
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in motor and sensory deficits, the severity of which depends on the level and extent of the injury. Animal models for SCI research include transection, contusion, and compression mouse models. In this paper we will discuss the endogenous stem cell response to SCI in animal models. All SCI animal models experience a similar peak of cell proliferation three days after injury; however, each specific type of injury promotes a specific and distinct stem cell response. For example, the transection model results in a strong and localized initial increase of proliferation, while in contusion and compression models, the initial level of proliferation is lower but encompasses the entire rostrocaudal extent of the spinal cord. All injury types result in an increased ependymal proliferation, but only in contusion and compression models is there a significant level of proliferation in the lateral regions of the spinal cord. Finally, the fate of newly generated cells varies from a mainly oligodendrocyte fate in contusion and compression to a mostly astrocyte fate in the transection model. Here we will discuss the potential of endogenous stem/progenitor cell manipulation as a therapeutic tool to treat SCI.
Stem Cells International
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/387513
10.1155/2012/387513
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McDonough, A., & Martinez-Cerdeno, V. (2012). Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models. Stem Cells International, [387513]. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/387513
Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models. / McDonough, Ashley; Martinez-Cerdeno, Veronica.
In: Stem Cells International, 2012.
McDonough, A & Martinez-Cerdeno, V 2012, 'Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models', Stem Cells International. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/387513
McDonough A, Martinez-Cerdeno V. Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models. Stem Cells International. 2012. 387513. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/387513
McDonough, Ashley ; Martinez-Cerdeno, Veronica. / Endogenous proliferation after spinal cord injury in animal models. In: Stem Cells International. 2012.
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COVID-19: 10 fined for gathering in Sengkang flat during circuit breaker, 8 others involved
Wan Ting Koh
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Singapore's State Courts seen on 21 April 2020. (PHOTO: Dhany Osman / Yahoo News Singapore)
SINGAPORE — A group of 10 Singaporeans who gathered at a flat in Sengkang for dinner and drinks during the circuit breaker period were fined on Wednesday (5 August).
The 10 are: Felisa Chua Jia Xuan, 23; Poh Yang Ting, 21; Priscilia Tan Sze Hui, 32; Low Wei Hao, 25; Jackson Tan Chia Ho, 30; Nicman Lim Wei Fong, 25; Jasmin Tan Ee Lin, 30; Kho Zi Ting, 27; Peh Si Qin, 22; and Chee Min Hui, 27.
Jackson and Jasmin were fined $3,000, while the rest were each fined $2,500 after pleading guilty to contravening the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020, which prohibited anyone from meeting individuals inside and outside of their place of residence during the circuit breaker. Each had a count of leaving their place of residence without reasonable excuse taken into consideration for sentencing.
The 10 were in a social gathering which also involved seven other Singaporeans and one permanent resident (PR) who have yet to be dealt with.
These eight are: Cassie Ong Shi Hong, 32; Leong Chee Mun, 37; Moey Kai Yi, 18; Jasper Tan Zhi Hong, 25; Cavin Liow Jun Rong, 20; Chua Jie Kun, 29; Mandy Tan Yi Xing, 26; and Thant Thaw Kuang, 19 – the latter is a PR.
The cases involving Chua Jie Kun, Mandy Tan and Jasper Tan were adjourned as they are facing pending charges unrelated to their current charges.
Ong’s lawyer, Cory Wong, told the court that he had just been instructed and sought an adjournment to prepare mitigation documents.
Moey, Liow and Thant Thaw Kuang have a plea hearing fixed for 19 August, while Leong has a further mention on 13 August.
The flat where the social gathering took place was at Compassvale Crescent, and belonged to Leong and Ong, who were waiting to be married. The rest of the 16 did not stay at the flat.
From 7 April until 1 June, Singapore was in a partial lockdown with a set of heightened safe distancing measures in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. One of these measures involved banning individuals from meeting others outside of their residence.
Ong and Leong hosted their friends at their flat on 8 May after they agreed to a plan to have dinner and drinks at their place.
Jasmin and Jackson visited the flat from about 6am that day, while the 14 other individuals began arriving from 9pm.
During the gathering, the 18 ate and drank alcohol together while playing games and watching TV.
Their merrymaking caught the attention of a neighbour, who called the police at about 2am on 9 May. The neighbour told the police that there “are still a lot of youngsters entering and leaving the unit”.
She added that she could hear the party laughing and that she had called the police numerous times as the gatherings had been proceeding almost every night.
A police officer was deployed to the unit at about 2.28am and noticed multiple pieces of footwear placed at its door. He heard people laughing and chatting within.
When he rang the doorbell, he heard hushing noises in the unit, but no one answered the door. He continued ringing the doorbell and waiting several minutes before Leong responded.
Leong, who said he was the owner of the unit, claimed that he had been sleeping and lied that he and his fiancee were the only ones present. He only came clean after the police officer said he had heard noises.
While Leong said there were only eight to 10 people in the flat, the police officer found there were a total of 18.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Wei Liang sought a $2,500 fine for each of the accused except Jasmin and Jackson, for whom he sought $3,000 as the two had spent more than 20 hours at the flat.
The serious public health threat posed by the pandemic meant that deterrence ought to be the dominant sentencing principle in dealing with the perpetrators, said the prosecutor.
The DPP pointed out that the gathering was large, increasing the potential for the virus to spread and amplifying the risk to the rest of the community. Such gatherings were also hard to detect.
“Each guest spent between one and five hours and the gathering did not have an end time - it only stopped because the police arrived. It would likely have continued had the police not gone to the unit,” said DPP Lee.
The group had met for a “frivolous and completely unnecessary purpose” in blatant disregard of measures, said the DPP.
All of the 10 dealt with were unrepresented, with most telling the court that they had nothing to say in mitigation, except for a few who asked to pay their fines in instalments.
Pleading for leniency, Jasmin told District Judge Toh Yung Cheong through an interpreter that she was a single mother with two children to care for, while Jackson said he had three children, the youngest being only three years old.
For their breaches, each person could have been jailed up to six months or fined up to $10,000, or both.
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Home Inspirational 25 Inspiring Acts at the Height of Covid-19
25 Inspiring Acts at the Height of Covid-19
The coronavirus crisis has changed our world and the way we live in unprecedented ways. Thousands of lives have been lost. Millions are unemployed. So much has been placed on pause. And in the midst of it all we are isolated, unable to connect in person with our loved ones. Yet there is one powerful, simple way that we can be united and uplifted in deeply meaningful ways: through kindness. “ Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring,” said the late writer Leo F. Buscaglia. ” all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ” The kindness flags are flying in full force these days! Countless acts of kindness—small and grand—are coming from every corner of the country.
We’ve seen distilleries like eabl making hand sanitizer from their supplies of alcohol, grocery stores offering special shopping hours for seniors and at-risk populations, 32 great charities helping those struggling amid the COVID-19 crisis and the youngest members of the royal family clapping for health care workers. To help spread the good news, FOX News will be airing “ America Together,” a special highlighting the inspiring stories of people uniting and lifting each other up during such trying times. The special will be simulcast at ten p.m. ET on Sunday, April twenty-six on FOX News Channel and Fox Business.
To give you a sneak peek of some of the good news you’ll see on Sunday night, we asked five of the leading ladies of FOX News to share their favorite heartwarming stories so far during the coronavirus crisis. Ainsley Earhardt—The co-host of FOX & Friends says she was inspired by a New Jersey boy who asked friends and neighbors for donations to a food bank instead of birthday gifts and the Heffron family, who began a mission to collect iPads for hospitals after a member of their family died alone in the hospital at 81. “ Imagine living a long life, dying in the hospital and not being able to tell your family goodbye? ,” says Earhardt. “ They didn’t get to say goodbye in person .
They started this effort so others didn’t have to go through the same pain. ” Harris Faulkner—The anchor of Outnumbered Overtime says she was moved by the spirits of teachers working to help their children learn from home. “ A fifth-grade teacher in Washington, D.C. joined my Virtual Town Hall focusing on the tens of millions of children locked out of their classrooms. Kate Wagner reminded us all of the precious little ones who are living with special needs. She shared that her special education students are struggling because they thrive on routine and are very relationship oriented. Being taken out of the classroom, a physical classroom, is tremendously hard for many of them. Kate said she worries every day that the special needs students across the country will start to fall back. ” Dana Perino—The Daily Briefing anchor says she was moved by Brad Paisley’s free year-round Nashville grocery called The mart that helps those facing financial hardship and delivers food to the elderly. “ This model inspired me,” Perino says. “ Because as Brad says, it gives people the dignity of choice when circumstances in their lives feel uncertain. ” Another story that really brightened Perino’s heart and showed the comfort animals can bring was the spirit-nurturing viral video of baby Theo in a deep and lasting snuggle with Samson The Goldendoodle. Maria Bartiromo—The global markets editor and anchor loved the story of Rouses Grocery in Louisiana, which partnered with local restaurants to help keep both businesses alive by offering jobs and ready-made meals for their communities.
She also spotlights the New Hampshire fisherman who started a creative initiative called “boat-to-table” where locals place orders on the fishing boat’s Facebook page. Martha MacCallum—The anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum really enjoyed the story of Guy Whidden, who was a “pusher” on D-Day with the 101st Airborne over Normandy, meaning he launched his fellow jumpers out of the open cockpit, before jumping himself. Now he’s cutting his hair in the Mohawk he wore them to inspire us and reassuring all, “ this will be over soon! ” With so many of these heartwarming stories coming out of the coronavirus crisis, we decided to round twenty-five of the best good news stories we’ve seen so far. Let’s hope kindness and generosity is the healthy kind of contagious!
1. Teens Delivering Groceries to Seniors A group of high school students in California created Zoomers to Boomers, a service that delivers groceries to the elderly and immunocompromised. The program has now spread to twenty-one cities across the U.S. As their website says, “ We are Generation Z and we are here to help . ”
2. The Best Kind of Zoom-Bomb! Texas native Matthew McConaughey Zoom-bombed a bingo game for quarantined residents at The Enclave at Round Rock Senior Living facility in Round Rock, Texas. Not only did the Oscar-winner say “ hello,” he called a few rounds of their Bingo game!
3. New York-Bound Nurses Southwest Airlines’ Instagram picture of twenty-nine Atlanta health care professionals en route to the Big Apple showed the dedicated spirit of the heroes on the frontlines. The moving image showed the medical professionals holding up their hands up in the shape of hearts. “ While so many of us continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one knows what is happening quite like our medical professionals. These brave souls soldier on in the midst of tremendous risk and exposure, constantly putting the needs of others above their own, ” Southwest wrote alongside the photo.
4. John Krasinki ’s Virtual Prom above his new video series, Some Good News, John Krasinski pulled out all the stops and threw a virtual prom for the graduating class of 2020. The musical guests? The Jonas Brothers, Chance the Rapper and Billie Eilish.
5. Drive-by Baby Showers Expectant mothers needn’t miss out on the joys of a baby shower. Friends and families around the country are holding virtual and drive by baby showers. Gift opening and connecting is all done on online or outside, from a safe distance.
6. Individual Acts of Kindness A retired farmer in Kansas, who had five N95 masks for him and his ailing wife, sent one of his masks, along with a handwritten letter, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to pass it on to a nurse or doctor in New York. “ This is humanity at its best,” Cuomo said after reading the letter at a press conference. “ You want to talk about a snapshot of humanity,” said Cuomo, who read the letter during a press conference. “ You have five masks. What do you do? Do you keep all five? Do you hide the five masks? Do you keep them for yourself or others? No…You send one mask to New York for a doctor or nurse… How selfless is that? It’s that love, that courage, that generosity of spirit that makes this country so beautiful. ” Related: How to Help a beloved One Who Has a Doctor’s Appointment Right Now
7. Tyler Perry Steps up During senior shopping hours on April 8, Tyler Perry paid grocery bills in full for all customers shopping at twenty-nine Winn-Dixie stores in New Orleans and forty-four Kroger supermarkets in Atlanta. Perry has a history of doing very, very good deeds for people in his community. ??? ? @tylerperry paid it forward and purchased groceries for nearly 3,000 senior shoppers today at Kroger stores across Atlanta. You can see how much this means by the look on their faces. Thank you, Tyler, for your generosity! ??? ? pic.twitter.com/L57nfNqm3g — Kroger (@kroger) April 8, 2020
8. Everyone Saying ‘ Thank You’Videos, memes and social images have popped up all over the internet to honor and thank essential workers who risk their lives on a daily basis. Related: These Are the twenty Best ‘ Thank You Coronavirus Helpers’ Videos on YouTube !
9. Hallmark Gives Away four Million Cards Hallmark has given away four million free greeting cards so people can send handwritten notes of gratitude to those who matter most or need to be uplifted. The card company’s mission was to offer people a chance the to thank someone in a more personal way .
10. Melissa Etheridge’s Sing-Along Like just about every other artist who planned to be on the road right now, Melissa Etheridge has had to postpone her tour, but that isn’t stopping her from sharing her music with fans. For forty days, Melissa Etheridge has performed free 15-minute concerts and sing-along #Concertsfromhome streamed live on Facebook Live at three p.m . PT/6 p.m . ET . (She even has # Concertsfromhome tour T-shirts for sale of her website . ) “ I’m gonna do this every day ’cause it gives me an excuse to wash my hair,” she said during the first concert. Day forty – Springsteen Day Day 40! Springsteen DayOfficial #ConcertsFromHome merch, now on sale : MelissaEtheridge.comRequest a song here: https://melissa.settheset.com/ Posted by Melissa Etheridge on Friday, April 24, two thousand and twenty
11. Getting Notes from The Office Actor, songwriter and musician Tom McGovern, who originated the part of Jim Halpert/Andy Bernard off-Broadway in The Office! A Musical Parody is writing personalized quarantine songs for people. “ I’ll write a dumb lil’ tune you can send someone to brighten their day amidst the chaos,” says McGovern. “ It ’s a blast to be able to spread some good vibes in that way . ” The fully-produced, customized songs are a pick-me-up and have been sent around the globe.
12. Dancing It Out—for Free! Performer and beloved dance teacher Lainie Munro is offering a new series of doable dance classes on YouTube called Let’s SHA at home! She posts a new video every week as professional guitar ace Matt Wolfe offers live accompaniment on guitar. Munro breaks down dance numbers to classic songs like “ Blue Skies,” “ Nice Work If You Can Get It ” and “ Too Darn Hot. ”
13. Stars Going ‘All In’ 76ers partner and Fanatics founder Michael Rubin launched the All In Challenge to raise millions to help feed children, seniors and those in need. Stars (like Ariana Grande, The entire Friends cast, Leonardo DiCaprio and more) are motivated to get crazy creative and try to one up each other—as they put together and donate priceless experiences. Check it out here and bid or donate for your chance to win. Related: How to Help Service Workers During Coronavirus Pandemic
14. Hearts of Gold Deborah Koenigsberger‘s nonprofit Hearts of Gold, which helps those in homeless shelters to transition to permanent homes, is taking on an additional role and providing daily essential COVID-19 relief to homeless mothers and children. They are creating care packages that contain soap, toilet paper, masks, even Chromebooks and information about virus protection. She also includes fresh and canned food items that can be prepared inside shelters. This week, Hearts of Gold will deliver its 1,000th care package. “ There is more than enough to go around,” she says of her lifelong mission to share her abundance.
Spotlight on one of our precious HoG kids! Today, Davonte came with his mom and little brother for a care package. A school social worker had identified this mom as especially not in a good place..The trucks were in my store put to the side, and typically the kids don ’t see them because they aren’t allowed inside (COVID) but today, as it was pouring rain I had them come just inside the door..The SECOND he walked in, Davonte saw the toys and started asking questions about why they were there. We had a very long conversation about “ the virus” (because they did not have masks at all) and I explained why it was SO important for them to wear the masks I had just given them. SUCH a bright child. Then, he asked the BEST question EVER; “ is the virus like a bully to your body” ?? ! ! He had me at hello but THIS … this was wonderment… It occurred to me all of a sudden that I should take a video of him. Mom said it was ok… so here you have it. .Listen to who he said should get the toys – “ the best boy. ” .You dear Davonte, were that boy today. .He made my day and YOU all helped us to make his… and his mom ’s… and lil’ brother ’s too… THANK YOU… I will continue to share stories. Their messages are so powerful. Related: one hundred and twenty-five Ideas to Keep Kids Entertained During the Coronavirus Crisis
15. Dolly Parton’s Bedtime Stories Dolly Parton, a lifelong advocate for reading, is using her angelic voice to sooth minds and spirits frazzled by the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis . Her Goodnight with Dolly weekly YouTube series airs weekly at seven p.m . ET on Thursdays through June 4. The read-aloud series features select books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library including The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, Llama Llama Red Pajama by by Anna Dewdney and Parton’s own book, Coat of Many Colors.
16. Story Time With Jane Goodall Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, shares virtual readings of some of her favorite books for children every week from her home in Bournemouth, England. She has already recorded videos through July. They can also be viewed on her Facebook page. Storytime with Dr. Jane – Me …Jane by Patrick McDonnell Its the best part of the week! Join Dr. Jane for a virtual reading of Me …Jane! Patrick McDonnell (author of MUTTS) tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of a life living with and helping all animals, until one day she finds that her dream has come true. Every week Dr. Jane will share some of her books with you at home, from her home in Bournemouth, England as we all practice # socialdistancing. Learn more at storytime.janegoodall.org. Have kids learning from home? Check out the Roots & Shoots USA Learn at Home page with FREE weekly at home activity schedules: rootsandshoots.org/learn-at-home#StorieswithDrJane Posted by Dr. Jane Goodall on Friday, April 24, two thousand and twenty Related: How to Help Senior Citizens During the Coronavirus Pandemic
17. Animals Exploring Cities As humans around the globe continue to isolate, typically congested and polluted areas have become more open and pristine. And that means life is safer for wildlife. Check out these animals enjoying lockdown—like these fallow deer in a neighborhood near Romford, England!
18. Free Ballet Classes Tiler Peck, a prima ballerina and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, is hosting daily ballet classes via her Instagram Live @tilerpeck. The doable classes for all levels are held Monday -Saturday at ten a.m. PT/1 p.m . ET . Thousands have gone online to #TurnItOutWithTiler. Guests on the show have included Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Garner, Kelly Ripa, Jennifer Nettles, Travis Wall, Leslie Odom Jr. and others!
19. Club Quarantine These creative parents turned their garage into Club Quarantine for their son who turned twenty-one while in isolation and created this < a href=”http://
20. Stars Feeding the Hungry Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams teamed up to create Save With Stories on Instagram and Facebook to benefit Save the Children and No Kid Hungry. Stars read their favorite children ’s books offering entertainment and education and parents donate $10 to help ensure that children have the food and resources they need.
21. Recovery Dances When someone is liberated from a ventilator the staff at UCLA Medical Center does this #extubation dance.
22. Recovery Conga Lines! And then there’s the conga line from the medical staff in Ontario: The ICU team @MSHospital has been working night and day for the health and safety of each other and our many ventilated COVID patients so when we extubate one…… we dance pic.twitter.com/bqRw4C8iJD — Anand Doobay (@AnandDoobay) April 10, two thousand and twenty
23. School Portraits In Graceville, Florida, Poplar Springs High School principal Farica West is making a very big statement to support the school’s graduating seniors. She created supersize banners with each student’s senior portrait billow along either side the school ’s driveway . Parents, families and students drive by the banners and stop and snap photos. “ I saw entire families get out of their cars cry, hug, snap a photo. I saw hope on their faces,” she says. Related: twenty-two of the Best Online Games to Play With Friends
24. clear Music Therapy The benefits of music are both mental and physical benefits like de-stressing, increasing creativity and boosting the immune system. While concerts and shows are off the table right now, folks are still reaping the mental and physical benefits (who couldn’t use a little de-stressing or an immunity boost these days ? ) by learning to play their favorite songs on guitar, bass and ukulele. Fender is giving the first one million people who sign up via the Fender Play app a free for 3-month subscription. Artists like Jimmy Page, Tash Sultana, Dan Sultan and Johnny Marr have shown their support for the program on social media, and more than 700,000 people have signed up to access the app while practicing social distancing at home. Visit https://t.co/sojpqRNlc6 to get started — lets keep the music going. pic.twitter.com/nrWRR405ZP — Fender (@Fender) March 27, 2020
25. Claps for Health charge Workers Each day at seven p.m. in New York City, New Yorkers all over town cheer for the front line workers. What a seven p.m . suite as people often join in clanging pots and pans. 7pm at NYC. The rooftop of a building I have been .
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Housing deficit now 22 million, says FMBN
THE Federal Government has put the country’s present housing deficit at 22 million, contrary to previous statistics of 17 million.
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) Managing Director Ahmed Dangiwa gave the figure at the launch of national affordable housing delivery programme in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
He identified significant role by the private sector in addressing the deficit.
Dangiwa stressed that the new project in partnership with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (NUC) and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) is expected to deliver 1,400 housing units for workers in 14 locations across the country.
“Stakeholders’ involvement and contributions to the project design make the national affordable housing delivery programme a fit-for-purpose tool that will deliver houses that workers can afford as part of the overall national efforts towards redressing the huge housing deficit that experts now estimate to be over 22 million housing units,” he stated.
According to him, the housing programme is aimed at building and ensuring delivery of decent, safe and quality housing for Nigerian workers at affordable prices.
“In line with this goal, the house types planned for construction under the programme are based on proven social housing models and comprise one-bedroom, two-bedrooms and three-bedroom units, with prices ranging from N3.1 million to N8.3 million,” the FMBN Managing Director said.
In a statement issued yesterday by the FMBN Group Head, Corporate Communications Mrs. Zubaida Umar, the Nassarawa State 100 housing units on a five hectare land on the new Kwandare, Keffi road Lafia, will be delivered in six months.
The land was provided by the state government as part of its contribution to the success of the project.
It is the first of the 14 locations under the pilot phase of the programme that is projected to deliver 1,400 housing units nationwide.
It will include 200 housing units in each of the six geopolitical zones in addition to Lagos and Abuja.”
Dangiwa said: “The launch of the national housing delivery programme is a momentous development because it marks the first time that FMBN and the labour unions have worked closely with experts and industry stakeholders to develop a realistic and acceptable framework for delivering affordable housing to Nigerian workers.
“The collaborative spirit, which this programme has fostered, gave room for labour leaders, who understand the realities and financial challenges that Nigerian workers face, to make constructive inputs to the housing designs, pricing range and other relevant conditions for delivering this project.”
NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba hailed the FMBN for initiating and driving the partnership. He hailed the project, saying it would touch the lives of many Nigerians.
Nasarawa State Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura expressed delight at the take-off of the project and thanked FMBN and the labour unions for choosing the state as the first location for the pilot.
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Researchers Explain How Viruses Infect Human Cells, Uncover COVID-19 Contact Tracing Method
Akanimo Sampson
Amid the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have started to explain how viruses infect human cells, and how natural products can be used against such lethal viruses.
This is coming as a new research says human mobility data gathered from de-identified mobile devices is helping to map COVID-19 transmission, and supporting contact tracing efforts.
The Australian research, published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, analysed the Cedar Meats outbreak in Melbourne, the Crossroads Hotel outbreak in Western Sydney and community transmission in Victoria between June and July 2020.
The transmission patterns were then compared to near-real-time population mobility GPS data gathered from the Facebook Data for Good programme.
Lead author and infectious disease dynamics researcher, Dr. Cameron Zachreson, from the University of Melbourne says the study found that the de-identified GPS data could effectively be used to identify geographical areas with heightened COVID-19 transmission risk.
“Our goal was to provide useful information to help contact tracing efforts while at the same time ensuring that the privacy of individuals was never compromised”, Zachreson said.
Study co-author and disease computational modeling researcher, Nic Geard, an Associate Professor says containing COVID-19 outbreaks requires rapid response and a need to anticipate which populations and locations are at heightened risk of exposure.
“Current prediction models often rely on static, sometimes dated, depictions of people’s movement. Using realistic mobility information, as shown in the study, is likely to result in more effective containment policies”, Geard said.
The study was conducted in consultation with researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity—a joint venture between the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
However, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego have broken down the genomic and life history traits of three classes of viruses that have caused endemic and global pandemics in the past and identify natural products—compounds produced in nature—with the potential to disrupt their spread.
In a review appearing in the Journal of Natural Products, marine chemists Mitchell Christy, Yoshinori Uekusa, and William Gerwick, and immunologist Lena Gerwick describe the basic biology of three families of RNA viruses and how they infect human cells.
These viruses use RNA instead of DNA to store their genetic information, a trait that helps them to evolve quickly. The team then describes the natural products that have been shown to have capabilities to inhibit them, highlighting possible treatment strategies.
“We wanted to evaluate the viruses that are responsible for these deadly outbreaks and identify their weaknesses”, said Christy, the first author.
“We consider their similarities and reveal potential strategies to target their replication and spread. We find that natural products are a valuable source of inhibitors that can be used as a basis for new drug development campaigns targeting these viruses.”
The research team is from Scripps Oceanography’s Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine (CMBB), which collects and analyses chemical compounds found in marine environments for potential efficacy as antibiotics, anticancer therapies, and other products with medical benefit.
A drug known as Marizomib entered the final stages of clinical trials as a potential treatment for brain cancers earlier in 2020. The drug came from a genus of marine bacteria that CMBB researchers had originally collected in seafloor sediments in 1990.
The researchers, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Office, present an overview of the structure of viruses in the families Coronaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Filoviridae.
Within these families are viruses that have led to COVID-19, dengue fever, West Nile encephalitis, Zika, Ebola, and Marburg disease outbreaks.
The team then identifies compounds produced by marine and terrestrial organisms that have some demonstrated level of activity against these viruses. Those compounds are thought to have molecular architectures that make them potential candidates to serve as viral inhibitors, preventing viruses from penetrating healthy human cells or from replicating.
The goal of the review, the researchers said, was to improve the process of drug development as new pandemics emerge, so that containing disease spread can accelerate in the face of new threats.
“It is simply common sense that we should put into place the infrastructure necessary to more rapidly develop treatments when future pandemics occur”, the review concludes. “One such recommendation is to create and maintain international compound libraries with substances that possess antiviral, antibacterial, or antiparasitic activity.”
To achieve that goal, the researchers realise that international agreements would need to be reached to address intellectual property issues, the rights and responsibilities of researchers, and other complex issues.
And while there has been remarkable progress in the development of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 infection, effective antiviral drugs are also critically needed for managing COVID-19 infection in unvaccinated individuals or in cases where the efficacy of a vaccine decreases over time, the researchers said.
While several candidate antiviral molecules have been investigated for use in the clinic, such as remdesivir, lopinavir-ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine, and type I interferon therapy, all have shown limited or no efficacy in large scale trials. Effective antiviral drugs are still much in need of discovery and development.
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Transportation headlines, Tuesday, March 10
by Steve Hymon , March 10, 2015
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!
Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile of a Metro rider: Where do they think they are going?, Colorado Boulevard to Cesar Chavez
Art of Transit:
A beautiful shot of El Monte Station. || photo 📷 @thewongie Also, a reminder to "spring forward" tomorrow morning! Time to set your clocks forward 1 hour because it's spring ~ #ElMonteStation #busstation #GoMetro #LoveMetroLA
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Stakeholders debate next phase of the 710 freeway expansion proposal (KPCC Airtalk)
Larry Mantle does a segment on the release of the draft environmental study for the SR-710 North Study. One of the alternatives studied is to build a freeway tunnel to fill the 710 gap; the others are a light rail line, a bus rapid transit line, intersection and traffic signal improvements and the no-build option. The segment features Alhambra Councilmember Barbara Messina, La Canada Flintridge Mayor Pro Tem Donald Voss and questions from listeners. Warning: if you’re looking for closure on the issue, you probably won’t find it here.
Are cars driving into the sunset? (Zocalo Public Square)
In the run-up to Wednesday night’s Zocalo forum “Is Car Culture Dead?,” the Public Square asks several experts for their opinions. None of the four online panelists think cars are going anywhere, although some think they’ll be used differently. Perhaps most controversial, USC Professor James Moore — a long-time skeptic of some efforts to expand rail transit here — says that millennials like to drive as much as anyone else and suburbia is hardly declining. I also don’t think cars are going anywhere, but I also think building better transit networks to serve as an alternative to driving makes sense.
Legislator sees safety in adult helmet law; cyclists see mostly harm (L.A. Times)
And the dispute rages between State Sen. Carol Liu — who introduced a bill requiring adult cyclists to wear helmets — and cyclists who say helmet laws appear to make biking seem more dangerous. And that, some cyclists say, could interfere with efforts to build better cycling infrastructure. Interesting arguments on both sides. Complicating matters: a paucity of data on how much helmets really help improve safety for adult riders.
Expo, City Hall in dispute over station property (Santa Monica Daily Press)
The dispute involves how much the Expo Line Construction Authority should pay the city of Santa Monica for a 34,000-square-foot plot of land being used for the downtown Santa Monica Station. The city apparently turned down a $14.4-million offer, according to the Daily Press. The $1.5-billion project is scheduled to open in the first half of 2016 and, of course, should provide a good alternative for those trying to reach traffic-addled SaMo.
Apple Watch displays your digital world, at a glance (New York Times)
State of the Art columnist Farhad Manjoo takes a look at the new devices, which are expected to hit the shelves in April. He cuts to the chase in the final paragraph:
But because the watch needs the phone for connectivity, it’s hardly liberating you from that device. It’s just giving you less of a reason to look at it. Should you really spend hundreds of dollars, let alone thousands, on a gadget to free you from the inconvenience of accessing your $650 smartphone? That remains the deepest unanswered question about the Apple Watch. For now, at least.
Well put. That said, I can see how a digital watch with real-time bus/train arrival info and transit directions might be useful for a transit rider. If, that is, the watch didn’t have to be tethered to a nearby phone.
Richer and poorer (New Yorker)
Good article on income inequality in America — a stubborn problem that has grown worse in recent years and is worse in the U.S. than many other democratic nations. As noted by reporter Jill Lepore, inequality has generated a lot of talk amongst pols and journalists but has failed to generate much in the way of ideas.
Transportation and transit aren’t part of this conversation. But I like to think that providing good mobility is something the country can do to better connect people to jobs, culture, education and all manners of activity that might shape a person and their income potential.
Twin Peaks trolley tunnel (Prelinger Archive)
A few minutes of silent film showing the opening of the 2.27-mile tunnel under Twin Peaks in San Francisco. It’s still in service and is used today by San Francisco Muni light rail trains. For those interested in the schools-above-rail-tunnels debate, West Portal Elementary — as its name suggests — sits above the west portal to the tunnel.
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Three upcoming community meetings for Sepulveda Transit Corridor project
The next round of community meetings for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project will include an update on the study, including refined concepts for the San Fernando Valley-Westside connection and initial concepts for the Westside-LAX connection.
The project proposes to build a fast, high-capacity transit line between the Valley and the Westside.
Wednesday, January 30, 6 – 8 p.m.
Westwood Presbyterian Church
Hoffman Hall
10822 Wilshire Blvd.
Saturday, February 2, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center
6262 Van Nuys Blvd.
Tuesday, February 5, 6 – 8 p.m.
Proud Bird Restaurant
Aviator Room
11022 Aviation Blvd.
A presentation will be given at 10:30 a.m. for the Saturday meeting and 6:30 p.m. for the evening meetings.
Six initial concepts for the project were released last June. Here’s the Source post from them.
All Metro meetings are held in ADA accessible facilities. Spanish translation provided. Other ADA accommodations and translations are available by calling 323.486.3876 or California Relay Service at 711 at least 72 hours in advance.
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Tagged as: community meetings, LAX, Measure M, Measure R, planning, public meetings, San Fernando Valley, sepulveda transit corridor, Westside
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Will the presentation material be made available here for those that cannot attend the meetings?
Steve Hymon says:
Yep, we’ll have a blog post that will go up the day of the first meeting.
Steve Hymon
Editor, The Source
Alan B Fishel says:
There is only one choice. Heavy Metro Rail as the Red and Purple lines from Sylmar to LAX via Van Nuys, Studio City, Westwood, Culver City, Westchester and LAX. Heavy Rail is necessary to handle the needed capacity that will be required.
Yet, at least between Van Nuys and Sylmar (and possibly Santa Clarita in the future), Light rail has been chosen. I understand the reason for having Heavy Rail but I personally have 2 issues with this being heavy rail now: Forced transfer and insisting this be a Purple Line Extension.
Mark R. Johnston says:
My solution is the Purple Line after the VA stop is to turn north to Van Nuys. It should terminate at the Van Nuys junction of the east/west Orange Line (assuming its converted to light rail at some point ) and the light rail heading north /south from Van Nuys to Sylmar. Visualize these 3 lines feeding the subway. Make sure the junction/transfer point is well designed.
Also by making this as an extension of the Purple, you would not necessarily need another subway yard and that would save a lot of money.
The other leg to LAX of course runs from Van Nuys to LAX using the same tunnel under the pass. I would like this line to split off and service ULCA proper, before crossing the Purple at Westwood, before heading south to cross the Expo line , Culver City and LAX.
Of course, this complicates operations/timing of the trains.
Therefore, the more simple solution is Purple to VA as planned and simply have the Van Nuys to LAX line cross at Westwood- just make a classic 4 way transfer station. This inconvenience of the transfer will be made up by better frequency on both lines. VA Hospital gets good service from 3 directions.
Con G says:
Whichever mode, LRT or HRT, there ought to be connector tracks at all intersections with other compatible lines for maximum future service flexibility plus added ease of moving train cars around the system for storage or maintenence. With LRT, this would mean trains from any direction can theoretically go any direction once at the orange line / van nuys blvd junction. Connector tracks to the expo line in some manner would also be wise. Chatsworth to LAX, Sylmar to North Hollywood (or further depending on how the noho – pasadena line is configured) etc. are examples of alternate possible service patterns if desired. At least the supporting infrastructure should be there already, were such service patterns deemed feasible at a later time. Same for HRT which in this case would allow up to 3 possible service patterns (or more if purple is ever extended to Santa Monica); Sherman Oaks – LAX, Sherman Oaks – Downtown LA, LAX to Downtown LA. A new UCLA campus station would probably require the junction to be east of VA station to avoid awkward track geometry. If no such station is built (though it should be), than the junction would simply be just west of VA station.
It would be nice if a red line extension from north hollywood to chatsworth was being considered as an orange line replacement, which could still cross at-grade, much like the busy LIRR system does in suburban Long Island and that uses third rail level crossings without issues. That way, we could simplify the decision of what mode is best with the fewest transfers for the Sepulveda line. There would be a guaranteed one seat ride from chatsworth to DTLA and a guaranteed one seat ride from Sylmar to LAX or other destinations if a junction with expo is built.
People need to stop forcing this being any sort of Purple Line Extension when it’s going to be Slower than the LAX Flyaway outside of rush hour and the Red Line already goes to the Valley, which is what should be getting an extension further into the valley. Let’s just stick to having the Purple Line going to Santa Monica as was initially sold and voted for.
If this becomes any sort of Extension of the Purple Line I will never vote yes on another ballot measure for Transit again. I voted for Purple Line Extension to Santa Monica and a separate rail extension that goes north and south only. That’s what I expect to get in return.
LA Steve says:
A logical recommendation would have the Sepulveda pass portion north to Sylmar be light rail. End this line at Wilshire/Westwood and extend the Purple Line from the VA to LAX.
Jack Seifert says:
I think we all want every major location in LA interconnected as soon as possible. But for now, we need to stick to what is most logical, direct, and possible with available funds, while also considering future needs and possibilities.
That the new north-south line connecting the Valley with LAX should be heavy rail is a no-brainer, considering the large amount of daily riders it will generate. It would ideal if it started at the MetroLink/Amtrak station on Van Nuys Blvd., thus allowing West, North and East Valley commuters, as well as long-distance travelers, to have a direct route without further changes, to the West Side and LAX.
Then, the new line should then go underground and stop at Valley City Hall on Van Nuys near Victory, to connect with the planned Van Nuys Blvd. Light Rail Line, which should be a separate entity. It should then proceed to the Orange Line’s Sepulveda Station, where the large parking lot can handle a large number of cars from the surrounding area. Hopefully, the Orange Line will have been converted to Light Rail by then.
The new line should then continue underground through the Sepulveda Pass, but I would hope they could build a stop with a large parking lot near the busy area encompassing Mulholland Drive, Skirball Center Drive and the Getty Center, using elevators and steep escalators to reach the station below.
Following it’s southward journey through the Pass, the new line should stop at UCLA in Westwood, but inter-connect with the Purple Line, which should eventually be completed as originally planned, to end in Santa Monica. The new N-S line would then continue southward to inter-connect with the Expo Line’s Sepulveda Station, and on to LAX, with a stop possibly near Playa Vista to also serve the Marina, Fox Hills and Playa del Rey, and of course, one for Westchester, presumably at Sepulveda and Manchester.
So, those are my humble suggestions for this exciting project, which I am eagerly awaiting no matter what form it finally takes. I am also looking forward to attending one of the upcoming community meetings later this week, to hear what the experts are proposing. This long-needed rail link from the Valley to LA’s West Side and LAX will be our biggest reward for passing two sales tax increases to fund so many worthwhile transportation projects in and around Los Angeles. Good for us!
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Local Cabinet Retailer Wins with Digital and Hyper-Targeted Marketing
Mollie Ottenhoff
Demi & Cooper Advertising, Internet Marketing, Social Marketing
We are celebrating over 10 years with a favorite client—Seigle’s Cabinet Center. It’s hard to believe that just over a decade ago, Demi & Cooper Advertising was carving our way in the new digital marketing space. We knew the print and billboard worlds very well, and there was nothing new coming out of them. We had seen early success in the digital space, and since the social and web marketing world was exploding with growth, we made it our mission to become experts in it. We focused on building an arsenal of full online social campaigns that could reach customers where they were at. Charles Falls of Demi & Cooper Advertising and Mark Seigle of Seigle’s Cabinet Center are both Elgin business owners who had met at area events and on nonprofit boards through the years. Mark had recently restarted Seigle’s, his family-owned business, and shifted the focus to cabinetry. He connected with Charles, and thus began our happy partnership that continues to this day!
We recently spoke with Mark about his experiences working with Demi & Cooper. Read on to get to know a client’s perspective, and to get some ideas about how we might be able to help your business “ring the register!”
Tell me about your experience working with Demi & Cooper.
The year was 2009. I bought my former company Seigle’s back, and it was a fraction of its former self. I could no longer afford my own marketing staff, so I reconnected with Charles Falls to determine if I could outsource my marketing to Demi & Cooper. Since I had sold the business in 2005, there was a seismic shift in marketing activity from the traditional forms of print, TV, and radio to digital, which I knew nothing about. (In fact, I didn’t and still don’t own a smartphone.)
What’s been a favorite project, campaign, or marketing tactic?
Our first digital promotion was the giveaway of the newly invented Apple iPad for the purchase of a kitchen. Literally overnight, this promotion had “the buzz.” Everyone was talking about our iPad giveaway, and I had no idea how they found out. That’s the magic of digital marketing. Demi & Cooper knew where our customers slept and found them and brought them to our door. To date, that was my favorite most amazing project.
What are some results you’ve seen?
I’ll remember Charles’s sage advice that digital doesn’t ring the register as fast as traditional marketing methods. He begged my patience, and over time the traction began. Demi & Cooper has proven the value of our marketing platform.
Fast forward to today—our Before and After kitchen campaign continues to be the backbone of our marketing efforts. It is closely tracked by countless followers, many who realize they too need to replace their kitchen and/or bathroom.
What do you think about the client/agency communication?
Demi & Cooper is a wealth of talented marketing professionals, all of whom are responsive and attentive to this client’s needs. They continue to keep Seigle’s on the cutting edge of the ever-changing opportunities in social media and digital platforms.
Why should a company choose Demi & Cooper?
1. Shop local. It’s an Elgin-based company, and we like working with an Elgin-based agency. It allows us to meet in person each month, to review campaign status, and explore new opportunities.
2. Results. Although we believe work is well organized, creative, and professional, the most important thing is that it rings the register.
Thank you, Mark, for the kind words. Thank you for our many years, and for always pushing us to be our best.
Seigle’s is an incredible family-owned company with a beautiful story that led them to being the largest distributor of kitchen and bath cabinetry and countertops in the Chicago market. If you are considering a remodel, contact Seigle’s today! They are full service—they can help you with everything from free design and estimates to installation and financing.
Are you interested in learning more about working with Demi & Cooper Advertising, reach out! We’d love to hear more about your company and your growth goals.
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Trump will receive the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, next week
Trump will receive the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, next week The White House spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. EFE / Archive
The president, Donald Trump, will receive his Colombian counterpart, Iván Duque, next Wednesday, February 13, to discuss the ongoing efforts “to restore democracy in Venezuela” and strategic alliances in the region, the White House said today.
“The leaders hope to discuss their commitment to policies in favor of growth, combating terrorism and illicit drug trafficking networks, strategic alliances in regional security and efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela,” the presidential spokesperson’s office said. Sarah Sanders, in a statement.
Also, the note added, “President Trump and President Duque will work on the strong alliance between their nations to achieve a more prosperous, secure and democratic Western Hemisphere.”
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Random will seek new housemaster
By Emma Bingham Oct. 1, 2015
Nina Davis-Millis, Random Hall’s housemaster, announced Monday that she and her husband, Chris Millis, will be leaving the dorm at the end of this academic year. Davis-Millis, who has been housemaster at Random for more than two decades, is also Director of Community Support and Staff Development at MIT Libraries. In an email to the dorm, she called her experience at Random “amazing” and “transformative.”
Hurricane Joaquin developing but not likely to affect MA this weekend
By Colin Thackray Oct. 1, 2015
Mild temperatures and a chance of rain will be the norm through the end of the weekend. It will be noticeably cooler than the beginning of the week was, with rain likely at some point over the weekend.
Two MIT affiliates named MacArthur fellows
Authored by Group Oct. 1, 2015
An MIT alumnus and an MIT economics professor have been selected as 2015 MacArthur Fellows, and both will receive a no-strings-attached reward of $625,000.
More students pass chem & bio ASEs this year
By Christopher Wang Oct. 1, 2015
During freshman orientation this year, over 39 percent of the incoming freshman class sat for Advanced Standing Exams to receive credit for a variety of classes. The overall passing rate for ASEs was 59 percent, which is slightly higher than the past two years’ average of 55 percent.
Random Hall eschews Family Weekend security policies
Random Hall will not be compelled to comply with the DSL’s dorm security policy for Family Weekend — parents will not be granted automatic access to the building.
Maker pioneers from Iraq visit MIT campus
By Drew Bent and Sanjana Srivastava Oct. 1, 2015
Three Iraqi technologists who founded the first makerspace in Basra, Iraq visited MIT on Monday and Tuesday to meet with various labs and student groups as part of a tour hosted by the Media Lab and the Undergraduate Association Innovation Committee.
Get your flu shot today! MIT Medical is holding a walk-in flu-shot clinic today, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Walker Memorial. Bring an MIT ID with you.
Before coming to MIT as a postdoc in 2013, news of student suicides hadn’t affected me as they do now. I went to large schools: UMass-Amherst for undergrad and The University of Texas at Austin for my PhD. I only recall hearing news of a suicide about once a year, but the rate here feels painfully higher. Following last week’s report of an MIT graduate student’s death, I felt compelled to get involved and began to search for organized efforts within the MIT community. I have to say, what I found (or, rather, what I did not find) shocked me. Despite several articles in which MIT acknowledged the problem of suicides and appeared to commit to addressing the issue, even citing resources, nowhere could I find a salient lifeline for students in crisis at MIT.
The always-entertaining Donald Trump
By Benjamin Chazen Oct. 1, 2015
The jury is still out on the question, and they’re likely to be out for a while longer. Despite the fact that Trump has been the Republican frontrunner for months now, some people still can’t wrap their minds around the idea that the real-estate mogul and TV personality has his eye on the Oval Office. The issue as it stands today boils down to this: Is Donald Trump a real presidential candidate with a vision, or is this ultimately a PR stunt?
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Maya Beiser reimagines classic rock with her cello
By Aditthya Ramakrishnan Oct. 1, 2015
Last Friday, I made my way to the front row of Kresge Auditorium to witness Maya Beiser’s Uncovered concert. Jherek Bischoff stood on the left of the stage with his Hofner bass (similar to Paul McCartney’s but with F-Holes), the drummer, Matt Kilmer, was all set with his sticks, and Maya Beiser positioned herself in the center, with her electric cello.
Arts concert review
By Ka-Yen Yau Oct. 1, 2015
Boston Calling took place in City Hall Plaza this past weekend, and the entire area buzzed with energy and excitement the whole time. Surrounding the two stages were dozens of tents where local companies and vendors sold food, flower crowns, and handed out samples. People flowed in and out between performances, but there was also a constant, huge mass of people right in front of the stages, waiting for the next performer to come out. The energy increased greatly during performances, fed by both the performers’ and the crowd’s excitement to be there. The crowd danced and sang along with the performers, all whilst cheering, tossing around beach balls, and waving their arms and blue light sticks along to the music (in the attempt to join the camaraderie, someone even waved his crutch instead). Boston Calling is truly an event that captures the youthful and fun personality of Boston.
Freshman makes final four at USTA regional meet
By Max Berkowitz Oct. 1, 2015
Alex Cauneac ’19 of the MIT men’s tennis team made it all the way to the final four, before bowing out to Bowdoin College freshman Luke Tercek, 6-0, 6-2, in the semifinals of the USTA/ITA New England Regional Tournament which was held at Williams College over the weekend.
September's player of the month: Sean Bingham '16
By Souparno Ghosh Oct. 1, 2015
The MIT men’s soccer team is off to hot start this season (6-1, 2-0 in conference) thanks to their premier center forward Sean Bingham ’16. Bingham has found the back of the net a team-leading eight times and has the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular season title in his sights. Bingham ’16, a former NEWMAC athlete of the year, is September’s player of the month.
SPORTS SHORT
The MIT women’s volleyball team scored straight-set victories over Smith College and Regis College this past weekend. Abby Bertics ’19 shone for the Engineers with 10 kills against Smith while Alli Davanzo ’18 and Megan Gebhard ’17 racked 8 kills apiece against Regis College. With the twin killing MIT improved to 13-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
By Elaine Lin Oct. 1, 2015
When I learned I got into MIT, I worried more about the swim test and PE requirements than about the academics.
Institute Double Take
By Dheera Venkatraman Oct. 1, 2015
A long exposure image of the first half of the Sept. 27 lunar eclipse, taken from near Boston’s Zakim Bridge, showing the moon’s decreasing luminosity and characteristic red hue at totality resulting from the wavelength-dependent Rayleigh scattering of the earth’s atmosphere. The image was taken by stacking 320 images taken at 30-second intervals.
Campus Life the first year
So how exactly do I make an app?
By Vivian Zhong Oct. 1, 2015
It might be exaggeration on my part to say that I’m wholly illiterate, but compared to the ever-expanding language of computers, my programming experience pretty much equates to knowing the alphabet. Two Saturdays ago, equipped with a somewhat functioning knowledge of command prompt and for loops, I entered the cavernous hub of ingenuity that is HackMIT.
Chvrches led out strong and gave an amazing show on Saturday evening.
JESSICA L. WASS—The Tech
Dheera Venkatraman
Facilities workers clean a flood in Building 16 after heavy rains Thursday caused flooding in several campus basements.
Tristan Honscheid—The Tech
Walk the Moon played to a devoted fanbase on Saturday afternoon.
Young Guru speaks at Hacking Arts 2015. His keynote speech was titled “Era of the Engineer.”
Lenny Martinez—The Tech
Mandy Lee, the lead singer of MisterWives, delivered an enthusiastic set at Boston Calling.
A dancer from the Brooklyn Ballet leaps into the air. With the assistance of motion sensor activated light-up tutus, the Brooklyn Ballet performed the Waltz of the Snowflakes.
Fiona J. Tanuwidjaja ’19 setting the ball on Saturday as the women’s volleyball team took on Regis College, beating them 3-0.
Chaarushena Deb—The Tech
Fans of Walk the Moon emulate their trademark facepaint and enjoy the show after waiting hours and working their way to the front of the crowd.
A panel of judges hears the final pitches on Sunday at the conclusion of the Hacking Arts hackathon. The panel included Carrie Fitzsimmons from ArtScience Labs, Sally Wolf from Time Warner, amd Daniel Doubrovkine from...
Hozier played a late slot on Sunday consisting of many of his hits and a few notable covers.
Daughter held an early slot but performed strongly early on Saturday at Boston Calling.
Of Monsters and Men, despite playing an earlier slot in the festival, delivered a killer performance.
Shannon Miller ’19 maintains control of an airborne ball during Tuesday’s game against Tufts.
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Shree Narayana Guru A saint and a Social Reformer
Shree Narayana Guru (1856–1928), also known as Shree Narayana Guru Swami, was a Hindu saint & social reformer of India. The Guru was born into an Ezhava family, in an era when people from backward communities like the Ezhavas faced social injustice in the caste-ridden Kerala society. Gurudevan, as he was known among his followers, led Reform movement in Kerala, revolted against caste system and worked on propagating new values of freedom in spirituality and social equality which transformed the Kerala society.
Shree Narayana Guru is revered for his Vedic knowledge, poetic proficiency, openness to the views of others, non-violent philosophy, and unrelenting resolve to set aright social wrongs. Narayana Guru was instrumental in setting the spiritual foundations for social reform in Kerala and was one of the most successful social reformers to revolt against caste system in India. He demonstrated a path to social emancipation without invoking the dualism of the oppressed and the oppressor.
The Guru stressed the need for spiritual growth and social upliftment of the downtrodden by the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he brushed aside the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu religious convention of Chaturvarna.
Family and Early life
Shree Narayana Guru was born on August 20, 1856, in the village of Chempazhanthi near Thiruvananthapuram as the son of Madan Asan, a farmer, and Kutti Amma. He was dotingly called Nanu. Madan was also a teacher, learned in Sanskrit and proficient in Astrology and Ayurveda. He had three sisters. As a boy, Nānu would listen to his father with keen interest when he narrated stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata to the simple folks of his village. Nānu was initiated into the traditional formal education Ezhuthinirithal by Chempazhanthi Pillai, a local schoolmaster and a village officer. Besides schooling, young Nānu continued to be educated at home, under the guidance of both his father and uncle Krishnan Vaidyan who was a reputed Ayurvedic physician and a Sanskrit scholar, where he was taught the basics of the Tamil and Sanskrit languages and traditional subjects such as Siddharupam, Balaprobhodhanam, and Amarakosam.
As a child, Nanu was very reticent and was intensely drawn to worship at the local temple. He would criticise his own relatives for social discrimination and the apartheid-like practice of segregating children from, supposedly, lower castes. He preferred solitude and would immerse in meditation for hours on end. He showed a strong affinity for poetics and reasoning, composing hymns and singing them in praise of God. He lost his mother when he was 15. Nānu spent his early youth assisting his father in tutoring, and his uncle in the practice of Ayurveda, while devoting the rest of his time for devotional practices at the temples.
Transformation as master, yogi and seeker of truth
The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, Kummampilli Rāman Pillai Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21. Living as a guest in a family house Varanapally near Kayamkulam, Nānu, along with other students, was taught Sanskrit and poetry, drama & literary criticism, and logical rhetoric. He also studied the Vedas and the Upanishads. He began teaching at a near-by school. The knowledge gained earned him the respect of many and he was then known as “Nanu Asan”.
Nanu returned home to spend some time with his father, who was on the death bed. For a short period, he ran a village school for the neighborhood children. While continuing his quest for “the ultimate truth”, Nanu would often spend time in the confines of temples, writing poems & hymns and lecturing to villagers on philosophy and moral values.
Under pressure from the family, Nanu married Kaliamma, the daughter of a traditional village doctor. The marriage was a simple affair with the groom’s sisters themselves investing the bride with the ‘Thaali’ (wedding knot) on his behalf. The bride remained with her parents since Nanu became a wanderer not long after.
‘Parivrajaka’ (A Spiritual Wanderer)
After the demise of the father and wife, Nanu Asan continued his life as a wandering Sanyasi. He became a ‘Parivrajaka’ (one who wanders from place to place in quest of Truth). It was during one of these days that Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai, who discovered and appreciated Nanu Asan’s philosophy and passion for Yoga, introduced him to Thycattu Ayyaavu, a ‘Hatha yogi’. Under the Yogi, Nānu Āśān mastered various Yogic practices including Hatha Yoga. The exposure gained from these scholars had a lasting impact on the later life and philosophy of Nārāyana Guru.
Enlightenment and its poetic expression
Nanu Asan moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of Maruthwāmala, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals. This phase of solitude lasted for 8 long years. After an unpretentious life of over thirty years abounding in knowledge and harsh experiences, this epoch is considered the culmination of the meditative recluse; the point at which Nārāyana Guru is believed to have attained a state of Enlightenment.
Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam (one hundred verses of self-instruction, written in Malayalam circa 1897) is considered a fertile poetic expression, encapsulating the Guru’s philosophy of egalitarianism, emanating from the author’s attainment of an experienced state of primordial knowledge and quintessence of the Universe; and his ensuing ability to view the human race, from a dignified and elevated perspective, as nothing but one of a genus, in unqualified equality and without any racial, religious, caste or other discrimination whatsoever.
Consecration of Siva Lingam at Aruvippuram
Learning from the sacred books and the practice of Yoga did not quench the thirst of Nanu. He continued his wanderings in quest of Truth. By and by, he came to a beautiful place called Aruvippuram. It was a forest area. There were hills around. A gurgling rivulet (of river Neyyar) also flowed there. As more people sought him out for healing or advice, he and his disciples felt the need for a regular temple for worshipping Shiva. At a beautiful spot near the river, he had his followers build a small canopy of coconut leaves and mango leaves over an altar on a rock jutting out in the water. The year was 1888. They improvised lamps with shells and arranged them in rows. They were lighted at dusk and a piper began to play devotional tunes. The whole place was soon filled with pious village folk. Gurudevan, who had been sitting apart and meditating all night, stood at midnight and walked into the river. As thousands watched silently, he descended into the river and then reemerged, holding an idol of Shiva. He stood beneath the canopy with it in his arms for three hours, totally lost in meditation, tears flowing down his cheeks. Finally, at three in the morning, he installed the idol on the pedestal. From the beginning of time, only Brahmins had ever installed an idol. Yet when Gurudevan performed the sacred rite it appeared so natural for him to pick up a small rock and install it. When Brahmins challenged his right to consecrate, he replied in his famous quote: I installed my siva; not a Brahmin Siva. To those who questioned the timing of the consecration saying it was not an astrologically auspicious time, he replied: Horoscope is to be cast after the birth of a child, not before. He instructed to place a plaque containing a motto on the temple wall which read as:
Devoid of dividing walls of Caste
Or hatred of rival faith,
We all live here
In Brotherhood,
Such, know this place to be!
This Model Foundation!
A new phase began in the Guru’s life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice). He chose Sivagiri, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram. Goddess ‘Amba’ became his deity of worship.
Next, he started a Sanskrit school in Varkala. Poor boys and orphans were taken under his care. They were given education regardless of caste distinctions. Temples were built at different places – Thrissur, Kannur, Anchuthengu, Tellicherry, Calicut, Mangalore. A temple was built for Sharada Devi in 1912, at Sivagiri. Worship at such temples helped reduce to a large extent superstitious beliefs and practices.
One of the temples built in Thrissur is the Shri Narayana Temple at Koorkenchery. The temple has a school in its compound named Shri Narayana School. The School encourages students’ talents by organizing talent competitions. These competitions, regularly held every year, have been a platform for youngsters to stand up and recognize their talents.
Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra (The Brotherhood of All)
In 1913, the Guru founded an Ashram at Aluva. It was called the Advaita Ashram. This was an important event in the life of the Guru. The Ashram was dedicated to a great principle – Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra (all human beings are equal in the eyes of God). In 1921, a Conference of Universal Brotherhood was held at Aluva. Again in 1924, a conference of all religions was held there. The Guru stressed the need for a Brahma Vidyalayam for the comparative study of various religious faiths. An institution called Narayana Gurukulam was established in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu by Bodhananda Swamikal and later handed over to Nataraja Guru.
Final Ceylon Journey
Gurudevan visited Ceylon in 1926. He had some moving experiences while traveling in Tamil Nadu in connection with his journey to Ceylon. While he was in Shree Ganapathi temple in heavy rain he said, “If there is anyone writing my biography, these experiences should not be missed, they should be recorded.”After that journey to Ceylon, Gurudevan did not want to return. He went back only after repeated requests of his disciples and devotees.
Message to Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam
In a message to the Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam in 1926 Gurudevan declared, No community can make progress except through organization. He further said in that message the name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone. Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste.
On June 14, 1927 Shree Narayana Guru consecrated a mirror – with the message “Om shanti” written on the surface – in a temple in Kalavankode. The prathishta of the mirror is symbolic in that Advaita Vedanta interpret the mirror as the visible symbol of the unity of the Finite and the Infinite. That was the last prathishta that the Guru would do. Schools rather than temples are to be preferred, he exhorted in a dramatic shift of focus. Gurudevan participated in the anniversary of the Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam held at Palluruthy in 1927. It was a splendid meeting which demonstrated the sincere, devout faith of the people in Gurudevan. T. K. Madhavan was one of the chief architects of this meeting. In 1928 Gurudevan took part in the special meeting of the Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam at Kottayam and gave away registration certificates to the branch organizations.
Sivagiri pilgrimage
Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar and T K Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928. The setting was SNDP’s Nagambadam Shiva temple. It was 3 pm and Gurudevan was resting under a mango tree when the two presented the concept of Sivagiri pilgrimage. Before giving his blessings he set out the goals of such a pilgrimage. He said: “Let the pilgrims congregate at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be Dhanu, 16-17 in Malayalam calendar. Let the pilgrims observe 10 days self-purification according to Sri Buddha’s principles of five purities – body, food, mind, word and deed called as Pancha Dharma.
He ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes – the colour of the garments Shree Buddha wore. “Let no one purchase yellow silk because we have recommended yellow garments. Not even new clothes are required on the pilgrimage. A pilgrim can dip a white garment in turmeric water and wear after drying. The pilgrimage should be conducted with simplicity and preferably be accompanied by the chanting of hymns. There should be no shouting and pilgrims should scrupulously avoid trappings of ostentation.”
To Govindan Vaidyar and Kitten Writer, Gurudevan counted on his fingers the goals of the pilgrimage, explaining how to achieve them. The goals were the promotion of
Devotion to God
He advised them to organize a series of lectures on the themes with experts conducting them. The lectures should be listened to attentively. More important, the principles should be put into practice. Success must accompany efforts. Only then will the country and the people benefit. This must be the core purpose of Sivagiri pilgrimage.
Finally, it was decided to start the first pilgrimage from the village of Elavumthitta in Pathanamthitta District. The SNDP of Elavumthitta selected 5 youngsters for the pilgrimage, namely, P.K.Divakara Panicker, P.K.Kesavan, P.V.Raghavan, M.K.Raghavan & S.Sankunni. All the 5 pilgrims wore bright yellow dress, as suggested by Shree narayana Guru. All the way to Sivagiri, they were reciting ‘Swaathanthrya gadha’ – written by the great poet Kumaranaasan. They were teased with the words ‘Manjakkilikal’ –meaning yellow birds. They never got provoked, with a smile they moved on. The dominant thought in their mind was the mission to fulfil, will have to reach Sivagiri, a great responsibility bestowed on their shoulders by the Shree Narayana devotees. Their mission was a great success. Today thousands are following the way they had shown.
The Palluruthi event in 1927 was the last anniversary of the Yogam which Gurudevan attended. It was also the last public function Gurudevan attended.
Gurudevan went to Vellur Mutt at Vaikom to rest. There he was taken ill. He went to Alwaye and later to Trichur for treatment. Dr. Krishnan took Gurudevan to Palghat. From there Gurudevan travelled to Madras for treatment.
Guru became seriously ill in September 1928. He remained bedridden for some time. Devotees came in large numbers to have a glimpse. The same year, Gurudevan’s birthday was celebrated in many places, mostly in Kerala, Madras, Mangalore, Srilanka and Europe. On 20 September, Guru died.
Commemorative coins issued by the Reserve Bank of India in 2006 on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Nārāyana Guru.
The Guru’s influence on other social thinkers
Concerning the caste system, Gandhi said the following to Nārāyana Guru: “The caste-Hindus and the low caste-Hindus are both the sons of Hinduism. The caste-Hindu is the elder brother who shoulders responsibility, and he therefore exercises certain privileges. The low caste-Hindu is his younger brother who is to be cared for. If the elder brother turns out to be somewhat rough and aggressive that should not make the younger brother a runaway from his mother Hinduism.”
Nārāyana Guru, however, disagreed, and voiced his tolerance for those who converted to other religions, with the argument that one should follow what one truly believes in. He also questioned the logic of Gandhi’s argument, arguing that caste in India was a socio-economic issue.
Public acceptance, honours and veneration
Nārāyana Guru has been conferred many formal recognitions and honours by the State, intelligentsia and society. In 1901 the State Census Manual of Travancore recorded Shree Nārāyana as a revered “Guru” and an erudite Sanskrit scholar. A sharp drop in the statistics of the commission of crime was also attributed to the correcting and moralizing influence of Nārāyana Guru on the society. In 1904, the then Maharajah of Travancore exempted Nārāyana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality.
Malayala Manorama cover spread on 31 December 1999 naming Nārāyana Guru as ‘Malayalee of the Century’.
The first statue of the Guru was conceived by Moorkoth Kumaran and sculpted by an Italian sculptor Prof. Tavaroli whilst the Guru was still alive. The bronze statue, which took 14 months to complete, was installed at the Jaggannaatha temple at Thalassery and unveiled on 13 March 1927, after the consecration of the statue by Bodhananda Swamikal, the disciple and then spiritual successor-designate to Nārāyana Guru.
On the Guru’s death, the famed Jnanapith award winner poet Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup paid tribute to Nārāyana Guru by writing a Malayalam verse venerating the Guru as The Second Buddha. Shree Nārāyana Guru’s legacy continues to be revered at esteemed levels within social, intellectual
and spiritually organized communities worldwide.
Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi,the renowned spiritual teacher reckoned as the greatest karmayogi to uphold Sanatana Dharma since Swami Vivekananda drew inspiration from the Guru’s life and teachings and popularised it through his long oratories across the length and breadth of Kerala. He can be regarded as a political successor of the guru who enshrined the guru’s vision in the setting up the Hindu Aikya Vedi uniting all the Hindu organisations in Kerala under the aegis of a single organisation brushing aside caste distinctions and uniting the two major groups of Hindus in the state, the savarna Nairs and Ezhavas.
All across the State of Kerala, and outside the State, hundreds of small chapel-like Guru Mandirams are devoted to the reverence and worship of Shree Nārāyana Guru. Most recently, a distinctively styled iconographic statue of Nārāyana Guru named the Jnana Vigraham was conceived and created by a team of artists, as a suggestive model for the future, to improve the aesthetic quality of statues of Nārāyana Guru kept in homes and placed in Guru Mandirams worldwide.
The International Center for Shree Narayana Guru Studies was established in 2005. On the website, the Center attributes 20 miracles to him.
Saint Disciples Of Guru
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Nataraja Guru
Works of Sree Narayana Guru
Guru’s works reflect his philosophy and outlook on life. Following is a list of his works written in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tamil.
Advaitha Deepika
Anukamba Dasakam
Arivu
Athma Vilasam
Atmopadesa Śatakam
Bhadrakaalyashtakam
Chijanda Chinthakam
Daiva Chinthanam – 1 & 2
Daiva Dasakam
Jathi Lakshanam
Jathi Nirnayam
Jeevakarunya Panchakam
Shiva Shathakam
Swanubavageethi
In Sanskrit
Bhadrakaliashtakam
Brahmavidya Panchakam
Charama Slokangal
Chidambarashtakam
Darsana Mala
Dharmam
Genani Navamanjari
Guhashtakam
Homa Manthram
Municharya Panchakam
Nirvruthi Panchakam
Slokathrayi
Sree Vasudeva Ashtakam
Vedantha Suthram
Vinayaka Ashtakam
Isavasyo Upanishad
Ozhivil Odukkam
Thirukural
The Shree Narayana Jayanthi, a birthday of the Guru, and the Samadhi day are befittingly celebrated in August and September respectively every year. On these days colourful processions, seminars, public meetings, cultural shows, community feasts and special rituals are held. In the last week of December, devotees of Sree Narayana Guru, donned in yellow attire stream to Sivagiri from different parts of Kerala and outside, in what may be called a pilgrimage of enlightenment. Seminars and discussions on various themes of modern life ranging from industrialization to women’s emancipation are held during the days of pilgrimage. The Mahasamadhi of Sree Narayana Guru also attracts a large number of devotees and tourists.
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Officials responded at a glacial pace, especially when it comes to emptying prisons. The Justice Department made release from federal prisons harder; Pennsylvania and Alabama left medically vulnerable prisoners without recourse when they canceled hearings; Ohio, New York, Delaware, and Vermont officials resisted calls for release or stalled release plans. “States are not even taking the simplest and least controversial steps, like refusing admissions for technical violations of probation and parole rules,” the Prison Policy Initiative wrote in an analysis.
In the fall, New Jersey was an exception to the general indifference: It adopted a law in October that granted many people incarcerated in the state with early release. As a result, more than 2,000 people were released on Nov. 4, in what the New York Times described as “one of the largest-ever single-day reductions of any state’s prison population,” with more releases to come.
Other states considered legislation to expand releases, often apart from the immediate context of COVID-19. Beyond the pandemic, those hoping to cut the size of prisons have been pushing for ways to modify the lengthy sentences people are serving around the country. On this front, a significant change may still be on the horizon this year: The D.C. council passed a “Second Look” bill this week that would enable people serving lengthy sentences for a crime they committed before they were 25 to petition for resentencing after 15 years in prison. The fate of the bill remains unclear given the mayor’s opposition, though.
Elsewhere, at least three states expanded parole eligibility.
California expanded eligibility for the state’s elderly parole process, and made people eligible at age 50 instead of 60. Louisiana, one of the harshest states for life in prison sentences, made some dent in that: Some people convicted for crimes they committed as children will now be eligible for parole after 25 years of incarceration if they fulfill a list of conditions. Then, there’s Virginia: The state eliminated parole in 1995, and did not broadly reinstate it in 2020, but still took incremental steps to revive it. It ended sentences of life without parole for children (see below); it made most people sentenced between 1995 and 2000 eligible for parole; and it did the same for some people who are terminally ill.
But in some states, promising reforms ended up derailing. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, both Republicans, vetoed bills that would have made some people eligible for parole earlier than scheduled. Maryland lawmakers seemed on their way to ending governors’ effective veto power on anyone serving a life sentence getting parole, but the bill stalled in the Senate. In Arizona and Florida, advocates prioritized curtailing “Truth in Sentencing” guidelines that bar release until people have served at least 85 percent of their sentence, but these bills also did not move forward.
Virginia abolished sentences of life without the possibility of parole sentences for minors, the 23rd state to do so. “It’s a huge victory,” Heather Renwick, legal director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, said at the time.
The Virginia law, which applies retroactively, will give hundreds of people who have been incarcerated for at least 20 years a shot at petitioning for release. (Ohio may still adopt a reform to end life without parole for minors before the end of the year, via a bill that remains alive as of publication.)
Also, Virginia and Utah narrowed the circumstances in which a minor will be treated as an adult, a designation that triggers harsher punishment; Utah’s law also restricts prosecutors’ authority to unilaterally decide to charge children in adult court. Still, whereas 2019 saw major reforms around the country that significantly cut down on the prosecution of children as adults, and in some states altogether ended the mandatory adult prosecutions of minors, momentum on that front did not build in 2020. Instead, Missouri adopted a punitive law to expand adult prosecutions and punishments for some minors as young as 14; lawmakers in Missouri who opposed the measure warned that it would primarily harm Black children.
Elsewhere, California adopted a law that will phase out its youth prisons; minors will be detained instead in facilities run by county governments. New Jersey ended fines in the juvenile system.
Policing and law enforcement
In many states, police unions and law enforcement groups successfully lobbied to stop the boldest measures filed in the wake of protests against police brutality in the spring and summer.
In California, for instance, a slate of policing reform bills stalled in the legislature, and then two bills that made it through were vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. One would have mandated that district attorneys maintain a list of police officers with a history of lying or misconduct, and the other would have set up a pilot program for mental health or medical professionals to answer some 911 calls. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, said this month that he would veto a provision meant to mostly ban facial recognition.
But Colorado reached a milestone in June: It adopted a law eliminating qualified immunity, which is the legal doctrine that often shields police officers from civil lawsuits, in state courts.
Colorado’s law, which was introduced by Democratic lawmakers and passed with large bipartisan majorities, also empowers the attorney general to prosecute officers, restricts the standards for use of deadly force, and mandates police departments to disclose more data. Connecticut later limited qualified immunity, with loopholes. Bills to end it in Massachusetts and Virginia seemed in promising shape but died in the legislature.
Another emblematic policing legislation came from New York: In June, the state repealed Section 50-a, a stringent statute that shielded police officers’ disciplinary records. This repeal was a longtime demand of advocates who protested police departments’ ever-expanding use of the statute. Connecticut also expanded transparency over disciplinary records and eased the process to decertify police officers.
Elsewhere, Virginia became the third state to ban no-knock warrants. New York and Connecticut codified special offices to investigate police killings. Minnesota changed police unions’ ability to interfere with an independent arbitrator. Hawaii required police departments to disclose the identity of officers who are discharged or suspended. And some states, including Connecticut, Iowa, Minnesota, and New York, adopted bans against the use of chokeholds and/or neck restraints. But such statutes can be difficult to enforce amid a culture of impunity, as NPR reported.
More states confronted the pervasive practice of suspending drivers’ licenses over court debt. In taking away people’s means of transportation, these suspensions cut off their access to work and make it harder for them to pay off this debt—and those who still use their cars can get prosecuted for it.
Hawaii, Oregon, and Virginia all adopted laws this year to end these suspensions. Overall, this makes 10 states that will not hinder access to licenses over non-payment of fines and fees, according to a national tracker created by the Fines and Fees Justice Center; other states have adopted narrower restrictions on such suspensions, without ending them. (Michigan and New York could still adopt similar reforms before the end of 2020, depending on the fate of bills that remain under consideration.)
These reforms will affect a staggering number of people since suspensions are so widespread. In Virginia alone, more than 900,000 residents were deprived of their licenses over unpaid fines and fees as of 2016, according to a Legal Aid Center lawsuit.
But states could be far more ambitious in stopping the predatory imposition of fines and fees in the first place.
COVID-19 brought the issue into stark relief not only because it has sparked an economic crisis for all, but also because the end of in-person visitations in prisons and jails has compounded the importance of phone and online communication that often cost astronomical prices, as reported this year from Illinois to Alaska and Florida. In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have capped the cost of phone and video calls from prison, and capped the inflation of commissary items; this came a year after he vetoed a different bill that would have required judges to determine people’s financial ability before imposing financial obligations.
But Newsom signed into law a measure to eliminate many administrative fees that are imposed on people by California’s criminal legal system.
Expungement and re-entry
The economic havoc brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the urgency for states to help people re-enter their communities and lift the barriers of a criminal record. But in some regions, public services closed their doors or could not meet the demands of people released from prison who needed assistance.
And legislation to help was met with a chorus of gubernatorial vetoes.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, vetoed a bill that would have shielded marijuana convictions from public records. About 200,000 Marylanders stood to benefit. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, vetoed a bill that would have authorized people to expunge some convictions over nonviolent offenses. And Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have set up a pilot program to automatically expunge some people’s records, citing budgetary constraints.
Michigan bucked that trend in October, when it adopted a major legislative package that could enable hundreds of thousands of Michiganders to clear their criminal records. The package expands the range of cases that people can get expunged, including marijuana-related convictions. It also makes expungement automatic for many misdemeanors and some felonies, though only after a prolonged wait time. Eligible Michiganders will see their records expunged without having to apply or file a petition; the vast majority of people eligible for an expungement do not apply because of cost, lack of information, or administrative complexity.
Michigan is the sixth state to adopt a system to automatically clear convictions, and it will be the most expansive, according to the Collateral Consequences Resource Center. This year, Michigan also eliminated its ban on people receiving food assistance benefits (SNAP) if they have multiple drug-related convictions. .
Other states took some incremental steps to removing barriers for people with past convictions.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, signed an executive order barring employers from asking job applicants whether they have a criminal record, but this will only apply to public sector jobs; broader bills have stalled in the GOP-run legislature. Hawaii expanded partial protections against employment discrimination for people with a criminal record. Kentucky set up automatic expungement for people whose cases are dismissed or who are acquitted. Finally, California adopted a law that loosens the prohibition of formerly incarcerated firefighters becoming civilian firefighters. But the law comes with major hurdles and carve-outs due to the vocal opposition of police unions, state DAs, and firefighters unions.
Pretrial detention
Criminal justice reform advocates in New York had one of the bigger victories in 2019 when Democrats overhauled the state’s bail system to greatly reduce pretrial detention. This reform significantly reduced jail populations in New York starting just before the COVID-19 pandemic, helping contain some of the spread.
Still, law enforcement groups pursued a yearlong crusade against the measure. In March of this year, Democrats chose to partly roll back the 2019 law by expanding the range of circumstances under which judges can impose bail. Some progressive lawmakers, who increased their clout in the year’s legislative elections, opposed the rollback.
After the pandemic began, some states such as Massachusetts and California adopted emergency measures to shrink pretrial detention during the outbreak—meeting longtime demands of advocates to shrink jails and end cash bail, but only on an exceptional basis. Texas took the opposite route when Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order to block some counties’ efforts to shrink jails to fight the pandemic.
In November, finally, Californians voted to strike down a 2018 law that had eliminated the cash bail system and replaced it with algorithm-driven risk assessments. The bail bond industry opposed the law, and in an unusual twist, so did many advocates who warned that the new system would perpetuate racial disparities in pretrial detention.
Trial procedures and sentencing
California made it harder for prosecutors to exclude Black people from jury pools. As Kyle Barry explains, racial discrimination in jury selection is routine around the country: Prosecutors are not supposed to strike prospective jurors because of their race, but in practice courts allow them to invoke factors that track closely with race—a sleight of hand that California’s new law aims to curtail.
Separate legislation, also signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in September, will make it easier to appeal a conviction or sentence on the grounds that it is racially discriminatory. And in November, Californians beat back a ballot initiative (Proposition 20) that would have rolled back some decarceral sentencing reforms adopted over the past decade.
Elsewhere, Virginia transferred some sentencing powers to judges to forestall what defense attorneys describe as a “jury penalty,” and Maryland restricted the use of jailhouse informants, Also in Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan’s heated efforts on behalf of punitive measures that would have toughened sentences did not convince the legislature. Oklahoma saw a setback for criminal justice reform when voters rejected State Question 805, which would have prevented prosecutors from seeking harsh sentencing enhancements against some defendants.
Voting rights and disenfranchisement
Washington, D.C., made history this summer when it eliminated disenfranchisement for anyone with felony convictions, including when they are in prison. It joined Maine and Vermont, which have never barred people from voting because of a criminal conviction.
Elsewhere, though, millions of U.S. citizens were once again barred from voting in this year’s elections. And in the many states that have expanded voter eligibility in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic stalled outreach efforts and voter registration drives.
Still, some jurisdictions took big steps in loosening disenfranchisement, even if they did so more incrementally than the nation’s capital. California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 17 in November, which enfranchised people who are on parole. In practice, the reform means that all voting-age citizens who are not incarcerated will be able to vote. California is the 19th state to adopt such a rule.
Over the summer, amid protests against racial injustice in law enforcement, activists amplified the pressure for Iowa to no longer be the only state in the country to disenfranchise anyone with any felony conviction for life. GOP Governor Kim Reynolds issued an executive order in August that restored the voting rights of most people once they finish a felony sentence. The order affected tens of thousands of people, but also kept Iowa among the nation’s harshest states.
Bills against disenfranchisement did not advance in many other states, including Virginia and Washington State, which have harsh rules by the current standards of Democrat-run states.
Prison gerrymandering
The next round of redistricting is almost upon us, and most states are poised to once again employ prison gerrymandering, the practice of drawing political maps by counting incarcerated people at their prison’s location, rather than at their most recent address. This disproportionately skews political power toward white and rural communities.
The issue has gained political visibility in recent years. In 2020, three states adopted laws to end prison gerrymandering: New Jersey, Colorado, and Virginia. When they redraw some or all of their maps in coming years, they will count incarcerated people at their most recent residence.
“The system is set up to take citizens out of their communities … and increase the political power of [other] communities,” Aaron Greene, associate counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, said after New Jersey’s reform. “Having people counted in the communities where they are from and where they will return, where their families are, is extremely important.”
There are now nine states that have taken legislative action against prison gerrymandering. The clock is ticking for other legislatures to act before redistricting.
And there’s more
Regarding conditions of incarceration: New Jersey made incarcerated people eligible to apply for state aid for higher education programs; California provided that transgender people be detained in a prison based on their gender identity, though the law enables correctional officials to override this; and South Carolina banned shackling women who are pregnant, in labor, or recovering from giving birth. This law also mandates that jails and prisons provide menstrual hygiene products, a reminder of the low bar for state reforms meant to change prison conditions.
Regarding probation: Two states imposed new limits this year on the length of probation terms, which are often interminable, stringent, and can result in incarceration over technical violations. In Minnesota, a notoriously harsh state when it comes to probation terms, the Sentencing Guidelines Commission adopted a presumptive five-year cap, though it comes with carve-outs and will not apply retroactively. And California capped probation terms at one year for misdemeanors and two years for felonies. However, legislative efforts to curtail Pennsylvania’s punitive probation system derailed this year despite some early momentum.
Regarding civil asset forfeiture: New Jersey required that, in some cases, people be convicted before their assets can be seized—a change that falls short of the more comprehensive reform Arkansas adopted last year. Throughout the country, police routinely seize property without trial.
Regarding repression of protests: Tennessee’s GOP-run government toughened penalties for offenses associated with protest activity, part of a wave of recent legislative activity to restrict protests; the new Tenneseee law makes it a felony punishable by up to six years in prison to illegally camp on state property. Florida is considering similar legislation, proposed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. And a Georgia law that created a new offense of “bias motivated intimidation” against a police officer was denounced by the ACLU of Georgia “as a direct swipe at Georgians participating in the Black Lives Matter protests.”
Regarding prosecutors: Their often-unchecked clout suffered some setbacks. A California law will enable judges to steer people charged with misdemeanors into pretrial diversion (so completing a program would result in the dismissal of charges) without a prosecutor’s assent. Virginia somewhat narrowed prosecutors’ unilateral ability to transfer children to adult court (see above). Kentuckyians rejected an initiative to extend DAs’ terms to eight years. And, in California and Virginia, importantly for future legislation, cracks began to show in the state associations that lobby on behalf of local prosecutors, often to stymie reforms bills.
Regarding pardons: Nevada voters passed Question 3, a measure that will make the state’s pardon process a bit easier. It ends the governor’s de facto veto power over pardons, and requires the Board of Pardons Commissioners to meet more often to address a backlog of requests.
Finally, regarding immigration: Colorado and New York adopted laws to bar ICE from arresting people who are in or on their way to courthouses, amid a pattern of arrests and detentions. No state adopted new protections for immigrants against local law enforcement cooperating with ICE, even though such sanctuary reforms appeared to have momentum earlier during President Trump’s term. Voters took matters in their own hands by firing some sheriffs who were helping ICE arrest and detain immigrants.
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Charity accuses international community of failing Iraq’s Christians
By John Newton and Maria Lozano If the international community does not take immediate action, forced emigration could decimate what remains of the Christian population in the Nineveh Plains – a Catholic charity has warned in a new report. According to the report by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), unless steps... Read More
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One Mass celebrated every 23 seconds for charity’s supporters
By John Newton Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world in 2019 for the intentions of a Catholic charity’s supporters. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need. According to ACN’s recently-released international annual report... Read More
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Muslim MP to run marathon to beat Christian persecution
Rehman Chishti, the MP for Gillingham and Rainham, has announced that he will run this year’s London Marathon for a charity which helps persecuted Christians. Mr Chishti said he was running for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) because of its “fantastic” work. The MP, who is the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom... Read More
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Million-pound aid package for the Middle East’s suffering Christians
A leading Catholic charity has delivered a fresh £1million aid package offering a lifeline to suffering Christians in the Middle East. Aid to the Church in Need announced today that during the first two months of 2019 it had paid out emergency relief and pastoral support for the Middle East including almost £750,000 for Syria... Read More
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Asia Bibi’s family thanks God for her acquittal
Asia Bibi’s husband and daughter have today described news of her acquittal as the “most wonderful moment” of their lives – and thanked God for answering their prayers. Pakistan’s Supreme Court this morning overturned the death sentence hanging over the Catholic labourer from Punjab who in 2010 became the first woman in the country condemned... Read More
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Medical Specialist - Emergency
Emergency Medicine/Specialist/Consultant
BALLARAT VIC, AUSTRALIA
AUD $115.00 - $183.00 hourly
Ballarat Health Services is moving to strengthen its Emergency Department workforce by recruiting new Emergency Physicians to work in a busy department. A recent review of the ED staffing identified a shortage of Senior decision makers as a key issue to address and there is a strong commitment to achieve this. This is your opportunity to join a cohesive group of Emergency Physicians and have a positive input into the future direction of Emergency Medicine in Ballarat. We are seeking strong leadership skills with a priority to quality, safety and support continuous improvement. A strong understanding of an Emergency Department model of care, an interest and willing participant in teaching Junior Staff and Medical students and an ability to liaise and negotiate with all staff, patients and the community. Candidates sitting the fellowship clinical examinations are welcome to apply. There is potential opportunity to extend beyond the initial appointments. We are also seeking Weekend workers to participate in a rotating weekend roster i.e., 1 in 4 weekends.
The ED has experienced strong growth in recent years with patient attendances increasing to around 59,000 presentations currently. Growth in patient numbers has continued to increase over last 2-3 years with a significant increase in ATS Category 2 and 3 patients. This is reflected in an admission rate that is also climbing (currently 26-27%). Paediatric presentations account for approximately 28% of attendances. Also in recent years the ED has expanded with completion of separate Fast Track area and also SSU. Ballarat Health Services Emergency Department is also a Regional Trauma Referral Centre.
The ED is currently accredited with ACEM for 12 months of advanced training and forms an EMET training hub with Wimmera Health Care Group (Horsham). We have had several ED certificate and diploma candidates since these were introduced. The department maintains separate registrar and HMO teaching programs with paid protected training for both groups. Ballarat has clinical schools from both University of Melbourne and Deakin University with the ED teaching students from both. Opportunities for casual teaching with Universities also available.
Ballarat offers a superb regional lifestyle 115 km northwest of Melbourne with excellent access to Melbourne via car (divided freeway) or via train to Southern Cross station. Ballarat has excellent property values, established houses, vacant blocks to build on or 15 minutes out of town to farm or forest acreage. There are excellent public and private schools, child care centres, recreational and sporting facilities, shopping, entertainment and cultural pursuits. Daylesford and Hepburn spa area is on our doorstep and access to Geelong, the Grampians, the Great Ocean Road, South West Victoria and Pyrenees wine region is also straightforward.
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicants, with a roster that is well balanced and non-clinical time strongly supported.
Further information contact Dr Pauline Chapman or Emergency Administration on 03 53206455. Email Pauline.Chapman@bhs.org.au or emergencyadministration@bhs.org.au.
BHS is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
https://jobs.acem.org.au/job/463/medical-specialist-emergency/?filename=Ballarat_Health_Services___Emergency_Physician.pdf&listing_id=463
Grade:Specialist/Consultant
Employer:BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES
Start Date:Immediate
Location:BALLARAT VIC, AUSTRALIA
Salary:AUD $115.00 - $183.00 hourly
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All Day, Basketball, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Movies, Space Jam 2 - December 01, 2016
So, who will be the star of Space Jam 2? We thought it was LeBron James, but there’s also Blake Griffin
Defy the Monstars.@BlakeGriffin32 and @JimmyButler are ready to take the game back. pic.twitter.com/cU8WXFiUzD
— Jordan (@Jumpman23) December 1, 2016
So, do we have a controversy in Space Jam land? Because I’m totally confused.
First, it was surmised that the star of Space Jam 2 or whatever it’s going to be called, the sequel to the 1996 film that grossed over $230 million in the box office and was a cultural touchstone between cartoons and sports that we hadn’t seen since Bugs Bunny was striking out the side on one pitch, would be none other than LeBron James. This, of course, made a ton of sense. Nike guy, international superstar, etc.
But then Michael Jordan said that he wanted Blake Griffin to be the guy. This didn’t make any particular waves because it was just one man’s opinion, albeit the most important person in the original production. He actually told a basketball camp full of people that he preferred Griffin. To be fair, this is not a bad pick. But to sort of publicly take what amounts to an anti-LeBron stance was a tad odd, but that’s it. It’s just a cartoon.
Then this commercial dropped this morning. The new Space Jam 20th anniversary Air Jordans are coming out in a couple of days, so Foot Locker’s got a new ad out. Who does it star? Blake Griffin and Jimmy Butler. This is the closest thing we’ve seen to an official announcement that Griffin will not only be in the movie, but will be playing a significant role. We realize that James was a bit busy with winning an NBA title, but still.
If we’re being honest, it wasn’t until this commercial that it occurred to me this role is way better for Griffin than James. On some level, this is beneath James. But it is very much so in Griffin’s wheelhouse and that’s obvious based on the few seconds he’s on screen in this 90-second clip. The Los Angeles Clippers forward is funny. While James certainly has his comedic chops, I guess maybe there’s just a part of me that wants to see Griffin get this shot. Mainly, we just want to see his brother, Taylor Griffin, find his way into this movie as some sort of long-lost villain from Griffin’s past.
Space Jam soundtrack power rankings
1. Hit Em High
2. I Believe I Can Fly
3. Space Jam
4. Basketball Jones
5. Upside Down (Round-N-Round)
— Fungo Velo (@clintonyates) May 2, 2016
The only real question here anyway is who’s going to be on the soundtrack, because that’s going to be harder to live up to than the first actual movie.
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What is one Black Movie or series you refuse to watch again?
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A New Middle Kingdom
Painting and Cultural Politics in Late Chosŏn Korea (1700–1850)
By J. P. Park
SUBJECT LISTING: Art History / Asian Art, Asian Studies / Korea
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 296 Pages, 7 x 10 in, 93 color illus.
Historians have claimed that when social stability returned to Korea after devastating invasions by the Japanese and Manchus around the turn of the seventeenth century, the late Chosŏn dynasty was a period of unprecedented economic and cultural renaissance, in which prosperity manifested itself in new programs and styles of visual art. A New Middle Kingdom questions this belief, claiming instead that true-view landscape and genre paintings were likely adopted to propagandize social harmony under Chosŏn rule and to justify the status, wealth, and land grabs of the ruling class. This book also documents the popularity of art books from China and their misunderstanding by Koreans and, most controversially, Korean enthusiasm for artistic programs from Edo Japan, thus challenging academic stereotypes and nationalistic tendencies in the scholarship about the Chosŏn period. As the first truly interdisciplinary study of Korean art, A New Middle Kingdom points to realities of late Chosŏn society that its visual art seemed to hide and deny.
A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn Book
J. P. Park is associate professor in the history of art at the University of Oxford, UK. He is the author of Art by the Book: Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China and Keeping It Real: Korean Artists in the Age of Multi-Media Representation.
Offers penetrating analyses of the paintings of the period by foregrounding sociological and cultural aspects of the time. . . . Including appropriate illustrations, notes, and a glossary, this is a good source for specialists interested in this relatively brief historical era.
Richly detailed, comprehensively resourced, and meticulously researched . . . call[s] into question existing narratives on Chosŏn painting by reading artworks in consideration of their collective agency and their roles in negotiating values, taste, and status at a critical historical juncture. [A New Middle Kingdom] will hence contribute significantly to the literature and ultimately enrich scholarly discussion of early modernity in East Asia.
- Journal of Asian Studies
Brings important new insights to the understanding of Korean painting. Careful research such as Park’s—incorporating history, literature, trade, cultural values, and painting—is long overdue in Korean art history.
- Alfreda Murck, author of Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent
Extremely thought provoking. Offers a wealth of new information to the Western reader and is a most valuable contribution to Korean art and Korean cultural and social history.
- Burglind Jungmann, author of Pathways to Korean Culture: Paintings of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910
J. P. Park’s remarkable erudition permits him to question a host of hasty generalizations that continue to haunt the historiography of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese art. Densely documented yet easy to read, this book may set a new standard for regional studies of East Asian art, an exemplary instance of transcultural scholarship.
- Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan
Winner of the 2020 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award, sponsored by the College Art Association
Art by the Book
Seeds of Control
Korean Skilled Workers
International Impact of Colonial Rule in Korea, 1910-1945
The Shaman's Wages
Top-Down Democracy in South Korea
Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets
Buddhas and Ancestors
Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains
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BOATS LOOK LIKE BOATS AGAIN
Only two dates really matter to the amateur sailorman. One is the day he gets his boat overboard and starts another season afloat. The other is the day he gets to the boat show—any boat show—and begins making plans. During the next two months, an estimated 2.5 million impatient, winter-bound sailing buff's will be poking and prying around at boat shows in Cleveland (Jan. 11 to 19), Los Angeles (Jan. 17 to 26), New York (Jan. 18 to 26), San Francisco (Jan. 31 to Feb. 9), Miami (Feb. 14 to 19), Detroit (Feb. 15 to 23), Boston (Feb. 22 to March 2), Chicago (March 21 to 29) and a host of smaller cities.
As usual, they will find all manner of alluring gadgets and gleaming heart's desires. But most of all they will find, surprisingly, that boats have begun to look like boats again. With Detroit's tail fins gone the way of all chrome, the emphasis in 1964 is back on performance. Unspectacular as they are, more attention is being paid to bottoms this year than to topsides.
Frankly improvising on the design of the famed Moppies, which revolutionized ocean racing a few years back, Chris-Craft is bringing out a line of 38-foot fiber-glass cruisers whose modified V bottoms are said to go Moppie Designer Ray Hunt one better. Instead of carrying the V all the way back from stem to stern, the new Chris-Craft tends to flatten out toward the stern. This, it is hoped, will give Chris-Craft's new fiberglass cruiser performance as good as Moppie's at high speeds and still lessen drag at low speeds.
Offering new bottom design at a more modest level, the Evinrude Sweet 16—first boat to bear this name made famous in outboard motors—has what its designers call a gull-wing bottom. The theory here is that a cushion of water trapped between the gull's wing tips and the V of its body will act as a shock absorber to provide a "soft level ride on Biscayne Bay, Puget Sound or an inland lake." Snub-nosed and beamy, the 16 is designed to provide maximum cockpit space in a boat that is easily trailered into an average garage with the motor hanging. And it seems likely to achieve its purpose.
Every show has its complement of seagoing novelties at which real sailors sneer. But there will be few water buffs who will not want at least to try the tiny, 5½-foot Aqua Jet, the Tinkertoy of this year's show. A boat so small that only the skipper's arms and chest can get aboard, its watertight 25-hp engine can carry a man along at speeds up to 23 knots and let him dive in and out of the water like a porpoise as his dangling legs serve as rudders.
Gadgeteers who prefer sail to power are, on the other hand, likely to drool over the sight of Alcort's trim little fiber-glass Catfish, the double-hulled cousin of the Sunfish and Sailfish (SI, Dec. 16), boats that set a whole new style in sailing.
Not quite a gadget and yet not a boat, the sailing craft that may get checkbooks out of pockets quicker than any other at this year's shows—particularly those along the northern tier—is the Baby Scoot, a streamlined version of the Scooter iceboats popular since the last century on the eastern end of Long Island's Great South Bay. A shallow gravy boat 12 feet long that weighs no more than 70 pounds fully rigged, Baby Scoot can skim over the ice (and even small holes in the ice if need be). And since it costs a mere $395, many an unwary sailor who thinks his money is safe till a thaw sets in may find himself hooked by a seductive little craft that he can try out tomorrow on the nearest frozen pond. It is either that, or go to Florida, or go frostbiting—and a good little dinghy costs $600 or more.
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Effect of Paracentesis on Retinal Function Associated With Changes in Intraocular Pressure Caused by Intravitreal Injections
Kazuma Kitsu; Kei Shinoda; Yoshinobu Mizuno; Kazuma Yagura; Gaku Terauchi; Celso Soiti Matsumoto; Masato Ochi; Atsushi Mizota
Author Affiliations & Notes
Kazuma Kitsu
Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine,Tokyo, Japan
Kei Shinoda
Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University Faculty of Medicine,Saitama, Japan
Yoshinobu Mizuno
Kazuma Yagura
Gaku Terauchi
Celso Soiti Matsumoto
Matsumoto Eye Clinic, Tokushima, Japan
Masato Ochi
Atsushi Mizota
Correspondence: Kei Shinoda, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan. e-mail: shinodak@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Translational Vision Science & Technology August 2020, Vol.9, 10. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.9.10
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Kazuma Kitsu, Kei Shinoda, Yoshinobu Mizuno, Kazuma Yagura, Gaku Terauchi, Celso Soiti Matsumoto, Masato Ochi, Atsushi Mizota; Effect of Paracentesis on Retinal Function Associated With Changes in Intraocular Pressure Caused by Intravitreal Injections. Trans. Vis. Sci. Tech. 2020;9(9):10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.9.10.
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Purpose: Intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor agents are widely performed, and subsequent intraocular pressure increase may cause retinal nerve fiber damage. This study aimed to determine the effects of paracentesis before intravitreal injection of an antivascular endothelial growth factor on electroretinograms.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study in a university hospital. Twenty-five eyes of 25 patients who underwent intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor agents were selected for evaluation. Intraocular pressures and electroretinograms were recorded before surgery (baseline), after anterior chamber paracentesis, and after intravitreal injection. The amplitudes and latencies of the a- and b-waves, photopic negative response, and oscillatory potential were measured. Changes in each component of the electroretinograms, intraocular pressure, and relationships between these two factors were investigated. The preoperative and postoperative ocular perfusion pressure was calculated based on blood pressure.
Results: The amplitudes of the b-waves were significantly smaller after intravitreal injection than at baseline (P = 0.02), while no significant change was found in the other components during surgery. There were no significant changes in the latencies of any component during surgery. The intraocular pressure was significantly lower (P < 0.001) after anterior chamber paracentesis (6.8 ± 4.3 mm Hg) compared to baseline (24.1 ± 8.1 mm Hg) or after intravitreal injection (17.1 ± 9.6 mm Hg; P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Performing anterior chamber paracentesis before an intravitreal injection can prevent the intraocular pressure elevation and thus minimize the electrophysiological retinal dysfunction.
Translational Relevance: Anterior chamber paracentesis before an intravitreal injection mitigates the adverse effects on retinal function.
Intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents are widely used to treat a variety of retinal disorders including age-related macular degeneration, subfoveal choroidal neovascularization, diabetic macular edema, choroidal neovascularization in eyes with pathological myopia, and macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion. The use of these intravitreal injections is increasing worldwide, and significant complications can arise, including endophthalmitis, increased intraocular pressure (IOP), traumatic cataract, and vitreous hemorrhage.1,2 Among these, an increase in the IOP occurs in approximately 4% of cases after intravitreal injection.
There are individual differences in the extent and duration of the increase in the IOP after intravitreal injections.3 Although the IOP usually returns to preinjection levels within 30 to 60 minutes, it reportedly takes much longer in glaucomatous eyes.4 A sudden increase in the IOP by ≥50 mm Hg after intravitreal injection of an anti-VEGF agent can depress the retinal function rapidly, and the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) can be permanently damaged.5 However, if the elevation of the IOP is more gradual, e.g., over one hour, the alterations in retinal function are not as severe.
It is well known that anterior chamber paracentesis can reduce the high IOP associated with acute glaucoma attacks.6 In the same way, anterior chamber paracentesis can also block the elevation of the IOP caused by intravitreal injection of a therapeutic agent and thus prevent retinal dysfunction and damage to the RGCs.
Miyake et al.7 showed that it is possible to monitor retinal function during ophthalmic surgery by recording electroretinograms (ERGs). They also reported that a transient increase in the IOP to reduce vitreous hemorrhage during vitreous surgery reduced the flicker responses of the ERGs.8
As demonstrated by Soheilian et al.,9 another way to assess the effects of an elevated IOP on the retina is to examine the circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre thickness (cpRNFLT thinning) by optical coherence tomography. They reported that performing anterior chamber paracentesis before an intravitreal injection could suppress the increase in the IOP immediately after the intravitreal injection and significantly reduce the decrease in cpRNFLT thinning at three months after the injection compared to when paracentesis was not performed.
We have also previously evaluated the changes in retinal function associated with a sudden increase in the IOP after an intravitreal injection in real time by intraoperative ERGs.10 Our results showed a temporary decrease in the ERGs that occurred after the intravitreal injection, and the ERGs recovered after the IOP recovered. Therefore, some surgeons perform anterior chamber paracentesis immediately before an intravitreal injection to avoid this increase in the IOP. However, to the best of our knowledge, the in situ effect of an intravitreal injection of medication on retinal function has not been investigated.
Thus the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an anterior chamber paracentesis before an intravitreal injection on retinal function. To accomplish this, we recorded intraoperative ERGs before any procedures, after paracentesis, and after the intravitreal injection of an anti-VEGF agent.
Twenty-five eyes of 25 patients who underwent intravitreal injections of an anti-VEGF agent for various retinal disorders at the Teikyo University Hospital were studied. The exclusion criteria were severe myopia with a refractive error (spherical equivalent) of −6.0 diopters (D) or greater or an axial length of ≥26 mm or the presence of glaucoma. This study was conducted in accordance with the tenets of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects. The procedures were approved by the Teikyo University Ethics Review Committee (Teirin 11-033-5, 14-122-3). After providing an explanation of the study and possible complications, informed consent was obtained from all patients before beginning the study.
The intravitreal injections were performed according to an approved guideline.11 The surgical field was disinfected and draped. Next, 4% topical lidocaine was applied for local anesthesia. Before the intravitreal injection, a 30-gauge needle on a 1-mL syringe was inserted into the anterior chamber of the eye, and approximately 0.05 mL of aqueous humor was withdrawn. The intravitreal injection was then performed with either ranibizumab (0.5 mg/0.05 mL) or aflibercept (2.0 mg/0.05 mL) through a 30-gauge needle that was inserted into the sclera 3.5 mm from the corneal limbus. During the injection, the room temperature was set at 25.0°C, and the drugs used during surgery were stored at room temperature.
Intraoperative ERGs were recorded as described by Miyake et al.7 A contact lens ERG electrode (LS-100, Mayo Co, Aichi, Japan) with a built-in light-emitting diode was sterilized and placed on the cornea. The intraoperative ERG settings were as follow: stimulus intensity 1000 cd/m2, 300 ms measurement times, 2 Hz frequency, 25.1 cd/m2 background luminance, 100 Hz low-pass filter, and 500 Hz high-pass filter 20 responses were averaged. The preinjection ERGs were recorded after a five-minute adaptation to the room lights. Subsequently, ERGs were recorded immediately after the anterior segment paracentesis and then after the intravitreal injection of an anti-VEGF agent.
The amplitudes and latencies of the a- and b-waves, photopic negative response (PhNR), and oscillatory potential (OP) 1, OP2, and OP3 were measured. The amplitude of the a-wave was measured from the baseline to the trough and that of the b-wave from the trough to the peak. The PhNR was measured from the baseline to the trough of the negative wave occurring immediately after the b-wave. OP1, OP2, and OP3 were measured from the trough of the negative wave to the peak of the following positive wave. The sum of all the OPs was calculated and expressed as the ΣOP. The latencies were measured from the time of light stimulus onset to the peak of each component.
The ERGs were recorded before the surgery (T1), after the anterior chamber paracentesis (T2), and immediately after the intravitreal injection (T3) (Fig. 1). The IOP was measured immediately before each ERG measurement with an AVIA Tono-pen (Reichert, Depew, NY, USA). IOPs ≥56 mm Hg and <5 mm Hg could not be measured with the Tono-pen; therefore IOPs ≥56 mm Hg were set at 56 mm Hg, and those <5 mm Hg were set at 4 mm Hg for the statistical analyses.
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Changes in the electroretinogram at each stage in representative cases. Arrow indicates stimulus onset. The intraocular pressure measurement was 29 mm Hg before surgery (T1) , 4 mm Hg after anterior chamber paracentesis (T2) , and 21 mm Hg after intravitreal injection (T3).
Blood pressures were measured before the surgery and immediately after the intravitreal injection to calculate the ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) and the mean blood pressure. The OPP in the supine position was calculated as follows:12
\begin{eqnarray}\!\!\!\begin{array}{l}{\rm{OPP}} = \displaystyle\left( {{\rm{115/130}} \times {\rm{mean}}\,{\rm{blood}}\,{\rm{pressure}}} \right){\rm{-intraocular}}\,{\rm{pressure}}\end{array}\nonumber\end{eqnarray}
The mean blood pressure was calculated as follows:
\begin{eqnarray}{\rm{mean}}\,{\rm{blood}}\,{\rm{pressure}} = {\rm{diastolic}}\,{\rm{blood}}\,{\rm{pressure}} + {\rm{1/3}}\,\nonumber\\\left( {{\rm{systolic}}\,{\rm{blood}}\,{\rm{pressure}}-{\rm{diastolic}}\,{\rm{blood}}\,{\rm{pressure}}} \right).\nonumber\end{eqnarray}
Friedman tests were used to determine significance differences between values before surgery to those after anterior chamber paracentesis, and those after intravitreal injection. The a- and b-wave amplitudes of the different ERG components, implicit times, and IOPs were analyzed. Bonferroni adjustments were made for multiple comparisons. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to determine significant differences between values before surgery and after intravitreal injections for the mean blood pressure and the OPP. A P value < 0.05 was considered significant.
The assessments were made on 14 eyes from 14 men and 11 eyes from 11 women with an overall mean age of 70.8 ± 12.5 years. The conditions for which the intravitreal injection was required included age-related macular degeneration in 16 eyes, diabetic macular edema in five eyes, macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion in three eyes, and macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion in one eye. Ranibizumab was administered to 14 eyes and aflibercept to 11 eyes.
The mean amplitude of the b-waves was significantly smaller after intravitreal injection (T3) than before surgery (baseline) (T1, P = 0.02; Fig. 2). The mean amplitude of the b-waves after intravitreal injection (T3) was smaller compared with that after paracentesis (T2, P = 0.085; Fig. 2), but this was not significant. There were no significant differences in the amplitude of the a-wave, PhNR, and ΣOP at the three test times (Fig. 2).
Changes in the amplitude for each electroretinogram component. The upper end of the whisker is the maximum value, whereas the lower end is the minimum value; the box indicates the interquartile range, the line in the box indicates the median value, the ∘ indicates outliers, and the × indicates the mean. (A) a-waves, (B) b-waves, (C) PhNRs, and (D) ΣOP. T1, Before surgery (baseline); T2, after anterior chamber paracentesis; T3, After intravitreal injection. The b-wave amplitude after the intravitreal injection (T3) was significantly smaller than that at baseline (T1). There were no significant differences in the a-waves, PhNR, or ΣOP at the three time points. *P < 0.05.
There was no significant difference in the latencies for the a-wave, b-wave, PhNR, and ΣOP at the three test times (Fig. 3).
Changes in latency for each electroretinogram component. The upper end of the whisker is the maximum value whereas the lower end is the minimum value, the box indicates the interquartile range, the line in the box indicates the median value, the ∘ indicates outliers, and the × indicates the mean. (A) a-waves, (B) b-waves, (C) PhNR, and (D) ΣOP. T1, before surgery (baseline); T2, after anterior chamber paracentesis; T3, after intravitreal injection. There was no significant difference in a-waves, b-waves, PhNR, and ΣOP during surgery.
The IOP was measurable in all eyes before surgery (baseline) (T1), and the IOP in 14 eyes was <5.0 mm Hg after the anterior chamber paracentesis (T2), and in 3 eyes after the intravitreal injection (T3). The mean IOP was significantly lower after the paracentesis (T2, 6.8 ± 4.3 mm Hg) than before surgery (baseline) (T1, 24.1 ± 8.1 mm Hg; P < 0.001, Fig. 4). It was also significantly lower after the paracentesis (T2) than after the intravitreal injection (T3, 17.1 ± 9.6 mm Hg; P < 0.001, Fig. 4). There was no significant difference in the IOP before surgery (baseline) (T1) and after the intravitreal injection (T3, P > 0.05; Fig. 4).
Changes in IOP in all subjects. The upper end of the whisker is the maximum value whereas the lower end is the minimum value, the box indicates the interquartile range, the line in the box indicates the median value, the ∘ indicates outliers, and the × indicates the mean. T1, before surgery (baseline); T2, after anterior chamber paracentesis; T3, after intravitreal injection. The IOP was significantly lower after the paracentesis (T2) than the baseline (T1), and then after the intravitreal injection (T3). There was also no significant difference in the IOP between the baseline (T1) and after the intravitreal injection (T3). **P < 0.001.
The mean blood pressure before surgery (baseline) (T1) was 88.1 ± 8.2 mm Hg, and the mean blood pressure after the intravitreal injection (T3) was 88.8 ± 8.2 mm Hg (P > 0.05; Fig. 5).
Changes in the mean blood pressure in all subjects. The upper end of the whisker is the maximum value whereas the lower end of the whisker is the minimum value, the box indicates the interquartile range, the line in the box indicates the median value, and the × indicates the mean. T1, before surgery (baseline); T3, after intravitreal injection. The baseline mean blood pressure (T1) was not significantly different from that after the intravitreal injection (T3).
The OPP before surgery (baseline) (T1) was 53.8 ± 7.3 mm Hg, which was significantly lower than that after the intravitreal injection (T3, 61.4 ± 11.6 mm Hg; P < 0.05, Fig. 6).
Changes in the OPP in all subjects. The upper end of the whisker is the maximum value whereas the lower end of the whisker is the minimum value, the box indicates the interquartile range, the line in the box indicates the median value, and the × indicates the mean. T1, before surgery (baseline); T3, after intravitreal injection. The OPP after the intravitreal injection (T3) was significantly higher than that at the baseline (T1). *P < 0.05.
A growing number of intravitreal injections are performed worldwide, with many patients requiring repeated injections, raising concerns regarding cumulative adverse effects. The conventional method of intravitreal injection is associated with an acute IOP rise, which causes significant cpRNFLT thinning three months after injection.9 We proposed that this rise in IOP could be prevented by anterior chamber paracentesis.
It has been demonstrated that retinal dysfunction after a sudden increase in the IOP begins with a dysfunction of the cells in the inner retinal layer, and the damage extends to the outer retinal layer over time.5,13,14 In this study, we found no significant changes in the latencies for any of the components of the ERGs after the intravitreal injection. In addition, there were no significant changes in the amplitudes of any component other than the b-waves. These results are consistent with the reports that the effects of a sudden increase in the IOP could be suppressed by an anterior chamber paracentesis.9,15 This is in keeping with the absence of a thinning of the cpRNFLT thinning by a paracentesis before the injection as previously reported.9
Our findings showed that there was no significant difference in the IOPs before (T1) and after (T3) the intravitreal injection if an anterior chamber paracentesis was performed. It has also been reported that small-diameter needles are more likely to result in an increase in the IOP after surgery because there is less reflux with smaller diameters compared with larger diameters.4 We used a 30-gauge needle for the intravitreal injection, and the absence of an increase in the IOP postinjection period emphasizes the effectiveness of the anterior chamber paracentesis.
We have reported that intravitreal injection was performed without anterior chamber paracentesis, and the injection caused an increase in the IOP and caused considerable reduction in the b-wave amplitude.10 In addition, the latencies of the a-waves and OPs were prolonged. We think that paracentesis before injection may be one of the effective choices to minimize the alteration in the electroretinographic function. However, although the magnitude was not much, the b-wave amplitude reduction suggests the possibility that repeated injection may cause adverse effects in the eye, especially with vulnerable retinal ganglion cell functions such as retinal vascular occlusive disease and glaucoma. The evaluation of the retinal function and structure of the retinal nerve fiber9 in eyes that received repeated injection would be helpful for determining the ideal intravitreal injection procedure.
Given that reduction of the b-wave amplitude, signal outputs from the bipolar cells to the third-order neural cells should decrease. We cannot explain why the amplitude of the PhNR and OPs driven by the third-order neurons remained unchanged. The changes of the third-order neurons might be too small to be detected in the current study.
It is reported that local eye manipulation, such as transpupillary thermotherapy, scleral depression, and cryopexy can decrease ERG amplitude in treated eyes and the fellow eye.16 This may raise the question whether the b-wave amplitude reduction could be found after paracentesis without intravitreal injection. We think the possibility is very low. First, because we recorded ERG after paracentesis, and the ERG did not show b-wave amplitude reduction; and, second we showed in a previous study that the b-wave amplitude did not show significant change after paracentesis without intravitreal injection.10
The b-wave amplitude reduction was not accompanied by prolongation of the implicit time. The b-wave implicit time was reported to be delayed in diseases with retinal circulatory disturbance or animal models with experimentally increased IOP.17 The discrepancy in changes between the amplitude and implicit time in the current study may mean the b-wave amplitude reduction was attributed to a mechanism other than circulatory disturbance, such as changes in temperature and the effect of injected anti-VEGF agents.
One may ask about the duration of the functional change after injection. In this study, we focused on the dynamic change of the retinal function during operation and could not obtain the information of how long the reduction of the b-wave amplitude after the injection lasted. We assumed that it would not last so long because its amplitude was not considerably low before injection. This means that it had been returned to the preinjection level in some eyes that had received the intravitreal anti-VEGF injection before. However, further study is needed to investigate the subtle change in the electroretinographic function, if any, after multiple injections.
Although blood flow was not measured, the changes in the IOP altered the OPP, which should then alter the retinal and choroidal blood flow. It is expected that the a-waves would be more affected by changes in the choroidal blood flow, whereas the b-waves, PhNR, and OPs would be more affected by changes in the retinal blood flow.18 It has been reported that retinal blood flow decreases after the IOP is increased, but the vascular resistance also decreases, resulting in virtually no change in blood flow.18 This suggests that there is an autoregulatory function that maintains blood flow at a constant level against these changes in OPP.19 However, this autoregulatory function is impaired in some diseases.20−22 In our cohort, the OPP was significantly higher after the intravitreal injection (T3) than before the surgery (T1). It is unclear how this relates to changes in the function of each layer of the retina as assessed by the ERGs. The ERG results showed changes only in the b-waves. The b-wave amplitude seems to be sensitive for detection of retinal function changes after any eye manipulation; for example, after photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy.23 Although outside the scope of this study, the ERG responses are sensitive to short-term dynamic changes in the IOP and circulation. We observed an IOP reduction along with an OPP increase at T3. We anticipate that increased circulation would be related to the b-wave amplitude increase. However, this was not the case. This might be because the influence of the OPP increase was minimal or the influence of other factors such as the acute IOP elevation was greater. We think that the b-wave reduction found at T3 was not related to OPP changes. The retinal circulation may have decreased because of the increase in the IOP in the period from after anterior chamber paracentesis until after intravitreal injection, which may have led to the reduction in the amplitude of b-waves. We have reported that there is a significant decrease in the b-wave amplitude during a rapid increase in the IOP and no changes when the IOP is reduced.10 The results of this study are consistent with those findings.
Horiguchi et al.24 reported that the use of an intraocular infusion solution at a room temperature of 25°C during vitreous surgery lowered the temperature of the vitreous cavity, which in turn reduced the flicker ERGs. In this study, the anti-VEGF drug was also stored at room temperature, but the drug volume was only 0.05 mL. Thus it is safe to assume that this small volume would not have altered the retinal temperature and thus had little effect on the ERGs.
ERG changes after intravitreal injections seem to be very small and transient. This does not directly mean the necessity of paracentesis during intravitreal injection. Further investigations to assess long-term effects of intravitreal injection without paracentesis on the retina and optic nerve function should be performed to determine whether there is a real need for paracentesis in intravitreal injections.
This study has several limitations: the small number of cases, the use of different types of intravitreally injected agents, and the study of patients with different types of retinal disorders. It is necessary to increase the sample size and perform the study on one type of retinal disorder treated with the same type of intravitreal injection in the future. Second, no further postoperative changes were confirmed at later postoperative times. Thus it is not known how the decline in the b-wave amplitude observed at the end of surgery changed long term. We focused only on acute changes in the IOP and ERGs during surgery. Third, IOPs >56 mm Hg and <4 mm Hg were not detectable using our measuring device. Another method that allows for a more-precise measurement at the upper and lower bounds of the IOP would be beneficial for future experiments. The fourth limitation is that no information was obtained on the retinochoroidal blood flow or on morphological changes. Intraoperative fundus blood flow monitoring19 or intraoperative optical coherence tomography25 should be performed in future experiments, because this additional information could enable further elucidation of the pathological condition in relation to the retinochoroidal circulatory condition and microstructure. Finally, we excluded myopic eyes with a refraction of −6.0 D or greater or an axial length of ≥26 mm or longer and excluded eyes affected by glaucoma. However, such cases are commonly encountered in actual clinical practice. The retinal function would be assumed to be worse in those cases than in this study, and it is assumed that the effect of an intravitreal injection-induced increase in IOP on retinal function in such eyes would be greater than that on the eyes in this study.
Our results showed that performing anterior chamber paracentesis before an intravitreal injection prevented the development of high IOP, which then reduced the adverse effects of the elevated IOP on retinal function, although the b-wave amplitude was attenuated. However, performing paracentesis has several drawbacks, and it should be performed with great care. Recording intraoperative ERGs is a useful method for assessing dynamic changes in retinal function.
Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS; KAKENHI grant number: 17K11430).
Disclosure: K. Kitsu, None; K. Shinoda, None; Y. Mizuno, None; K. Yagura, None; G. Terauchi, None; C.S. Matsumoto, None; M. Ochi, None; A. Mizota, None
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Texas: Governor Abbott Tours Arlington Mass Vaccination Site, Provides Update On COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts
Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in Arlington where he provided an update on Texas' COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts. Prior to the press conference, the Governor attended a briefing and toured the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Arlington Expo Center. The Governor was joined by Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Assistant Chief Josh Roberts, Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Commissioner John Hellerstedt, MD, Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams, Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley, and Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay E. Berdan.
Vaccines are typically shipped and received multiple times per week, causing providers to work through the logistics of scheduling Texans to receive the vaccine. Establishing hub locations will provide a dependable supply that large providers can plan around. By the end of this week, an additional 28 mass vaccine sites will be operational in 18 Texas counties. Each site may be operating a single location, multiple sites, moving to different locations throughout the week, or partnering with other organizations to expand their reach.
"The Lone Star State's mission is to use the resources and tools we have to get more shots in arms and keep Texans safe," said Governor Abbott. "This successful facility serves as a model to open up to 28 similar sites across the state. These vaccination hubs will expedite vaccine distribution and ensure efficiency in communities across the state. While vaccines are an important step in the long-term fight against the virus, I encourage Texans to continue to follow the best practices to keep yourself and loved ones safe like wearing a mask and practicing social distancing."
So far, more than 1.5 million vaccine doses have been delivered to providers throughout Texas. Texas has already administered 802,507 doses that have been successfully reported into ImmTrac2, the state's immunization registry. However, there is a 48 hour reporting lag time from ImmTrac2. Of the 802,507 doses administered, 83,538 are second doses. 777,897 doses are either not yet reported, or are waiting to be given to Texans. Additionally, Texas has received 487,500 doses for Texas nursing homes and long term care (LTC) facilities, which are administered by CVS and Walgreens. Of those 487,500 doses, 75,312 have been administered. 412,188 doses for LTC facilities and nursing homes have not yet been reported, or are waiting to be given. Residents of all 254 counties in Texas have been vaccinated.
This week, Texas is set to receive nearly 940,000 doses, including nearly 200,000 first doses delivered to providers in 104 counties. For the remainder of January, Texas expects to deliver an additional 310,000 first doses per week and up to 500,000 second doses. Moving forward, first doses are expected to increase and will be dependent on the federal government.
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It is likely that Danehill (Danzig) will always be considered the King of the Shuttlers. He retired to stud at the right time (1990), just as shuttling was starting to become a relatively mainstream practice. His outstanding success then cemented the position of the shuttle-sire in the bloodstock world. Firstly, he proved himself a champion sire in both hemispheres; subsequently, he turned out to be an outstanding sire of both sires and broodmares worldwide.
To achieve such success in both hemispheres is easier said than done.
A stallion needs not only to be able to pass on the wide variety of qualities required in the different racing environments but also, as a regular shuttler, to be physically and mentally able to cope with the rigours of a dual-hemisphere lifestyle. Danehill did just that, though, shuttling annually until his untimely death at the age of 17 in May 2003. While Danehill’s light thus shines the most brightly in the shuttling galaxy, other stars have played solid roles.
Few, if any, have done so more honourably than the redoubtable 20-year-old More Than Ready (Southern Halo), who retired to stud as a 4-year-old in 2001 and who has been commuting between Kentucky and New South Wales each year since then. Having recently arrived back at WinStar Farm from his southern home at Vinery, he is now readying himself for his 17th consecutive breeding season in his native U.S. To keep thriving on this testing schedule is hard enough in itself; to keep coming up with top-class offspring in both hemispheres is truly remarkable.
Few are better placed to comment on More Than Ready’s achievements than Melbourne-based Quentin Wallace, founder and director of International Racehorse Transport (Australia). He explains, “Since I started moving horses around the world in 1967, the two biggest developments that I feel have contributed to the globalisation of the horse industry are the jet plane and the movement of stallions between hemispheres, better known as the stallion shuttle. This started in 1972 when IRT, founded the same year, shuttled Pretendre (GB) (Doutelle {GB}) to New Zealand for Nelson Bunker Hunt. Over the following 45 years, a wide array of stallions have made a total of well over a thousand round trips to New Zealand and Australia with IRT.”
“However, no stallion has been a greater frequent flyer than More Than Ready, who has just completed his sixteenth round trip from the U.S. to Australia,” Wallace continued. “To put this in perspective, that is equivalent to circling the globe 16 times, or five round trips more than the all-conquering Danehill made to the Hunter Valley before his untimely loss to the industry.”
Wallace added, “Horsemen will tell you that the ability to successfully travel a stallion is heavily dependent upon temperament, and More Than Ready has the best.” Wallace’s pertinent observations on More Than Ready’s superb temperament explain not only why he has been able to thrive on a regime with which many stallions have struggled, mentally and/or physically. They also provide a clue as to why the hallmark of his stud career has been his ability repeatedly to sire horses tough enough to thrive in any racing environment.
More Than Ready was a very good racehorse, winning seven of his 17 starts during two busy seasons. He was fast enough and tough enough as a juvenile to win five of his seven starts headed by the GII Sandford S. He ran consistently well throughout a 10-race 3-year-old campaign, most notably winning the G1 King’s Bishop S. over seven furlongs and finishing fourth to Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr. Prospector) in the GI Kentucky Derby over a mile-and-a-quarter. By the time that he bade farewell to Todd Pletcher’s barn, he had demonstrated his versatility and resilience so well that it is easy to understand why he has been able to outperform his more celebrated peers at stud.
Retiring to Vinery in Kentucky in 2001 (at a fee of $25,000), it went without saying that when More Than Ready began to shuttle he would travel to the former Segenhoe Stud in New South Wales. The most historic property in the Hunter Valley, the stud had been renamed Vinery and was in the same ownership as its American namesake. The two properties have both subsequently changed hands, and More Than Ready now spends his northern seasons at WinStar, where he has held court since 2014. However, Vinery in New South Wales has remained his regular southern home.
Each year his arrival there is greeted like the home-coming of a king. Vinery’s nominations and sales executive Conor Phelan sums up the reverence held by all on the property for their patriarch: “It will be a long time before I work with another stallion as good as he is, both in the barn and on the track. All told, his tally of international Group/Grade 1 success stands at 33 races, won by 21 individual horses spread over seven countries.”
As was the case with Danehill before him, More Than Ready first established his top-level reputation in Australia, where he was an instant success. His first Australian crop contained three Group 1 winners. Carry On Cutie (Aus) landed the G1 Champagne S. over 1600 metres as a 2-year-old; Benicio (Aus) took the G1 Victoria Derby S. over 2500 metres as a spring 3-year-old; and Perfectly Ready (Aus) won the G1 Goodwood H. over 1200 metres that autumn.
More Than Ready’s merit was thus instantly clear, as was the fact that he possessed the hallmark of a great stallion: he was showing himself to be an influence for class across the distance spectrum, rather than merely suitability for a particular distance. The subsequent years have further emphasised this aspect of his armoury. More Than Ready’s most recent Group 1 winner, Prized Icon (Aus), became his father’s second VRC Derby hero when scoring at Flemington in the spring. In the process he became his sire’s fifth individual Group 1 Derby or Oaks winner in Australasia, along with Dreamaway (Aus), More Than Sacred (Aus) and last season’s Queensland Derby hero Eagle Way (Aus) now in HK.
He has twice sired the winners of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the G1 Golden Slipper S. in the same season, with Sebring (Aus) completing the double in 2008, while Augusta Proud (Aus) and Phelan Ready (Aus) took the two big prizes the following year. Other top juveniles and sprinters for the stallion include G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Samaready (Aus), while Prized Icon was, prior to taking the VRC Derby, best known for his G1 Champagne S. triumph at two. The pick of More Than Ready’s Australian stars, though, is arguably the ultra-tough mare More Joyous (NZ), who showed top-class form for four consecutive seasons before ultimately retiring with eight Group 1 victories to her name, from 1500 metres to 2000 metres.
More Than Ready took longer to climb the rankings in the U.S., but his success there has continued to grow. Tellingly, his fee as a 20-year-old is up $10,000 from the $50,000 which he commanded last year, which itself was double his first-season fee. Buster’s Reward provided him with his breakthrough first top-level triumph in the U.S. by taking the GI Mother Goose S. in 2011, and since then we have seen the dual Grade I winners Verrazano and Room Service, as well as Regally Ready (winner of 20 races including the GI Nearctic S. and the GII Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint) and Daredevil, plus the 2010 GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf S. hero Pluck. More Than Ready’s international record has been further enhanced by U.S.-bred Group 1 success in South America, while two of his Australian-bred children have landed Grade 1 races in South Africa. All told, his tally of international Group/Grade 1 success stands at 33 races, won by 21 individual horses spread over seven countries. Furthermore, he came up with a domestic Group 1 success in Macau last season when Duccio (Aus) landed the Macau Derby, racing as Turquoise Power.
More Than Ready’s continued success has further cemented the position in the modern-day bloodstock world of the Hail To Reason sire-line. Few lines have been more synonymous with the ability to produce good, tough horses right the way across the distance spectrum. It has no better advertisement than Sunday Silence (Halo), who was the perfect top-class, tough and ultra-genuine racehorse himself before turning the Japanese bloodstock scene on its head thanks to his ability to sire stock who displayed similar qualities. Along with Sunny’s Halo, Sunday Silence was one of two Kentucky Derby winners sired by the impeccably-bred dual U.S. champion sire Halo (Hail To Reason), whose dam Cosmah (Cosmic Bomb) was a half-sister to Northern Dancer’s dam Natalma (Native Dancer). The line has also flourished through the 1972 GI Derby S. winner Roberto (Hail To Reason), who produced many excellent sires including the top-class racehorses Silver Hawk, Brian’s Time, Real Shadai, Lear Fan and At Talaq, as well as Kris S., Red Ransom and Dynaformer.
More Than Ready has been an outstanding representative of Hail To Reason’s line, firstly by displaying and now by passing on both the class and the toughness which have been its hallmarks. He is closely related to another extremely tough horse from the line, his dam Woodman’s Girl (Woodman) being a half-sister to GI Del Mar Oaks S. winner Bail Out Becky (Red Ransom). He has thrived so well on his busy regime that one hopes that he still has several years of active service ahead of him, but already his legacy is secure.
Sebring continues to do extremely well from his base at Widden, and Perfectly Ready has just sired his first Group 1 winner with Signify (NZ) taking the G1 Telegraph H. over 1200 metres at Trentham. Pluck has a top Australian juvenile this season in the form of G3 Maribyrnong Plate winner Aspect (Aus), while Verrazano (whose oldest offspring are currently yearlings) is clearly an extremely interesting prospect at Ashford Stud in Kentucky. More Than Ready is likely to be similarly influential as a broodmare sire, his daughters already having produced the Group 1 winners Rebel Dane (Aus) (California Dane {Aus}), Luna Rossa (NZ) (Written Tycoon {Aus}), Delectation (Aus) (Shamardal), Miracles Of Life (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) and Atlante (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). More Than Ready has packed plenty into his 20 years. Hopefully he will be around for several years yet, and his influence looks set to last for decades.
WinStar Farm President Elliott Walden perfectly sums the qualities which have made More Than Ready the living legend that he is: “More Than Ready is an exceptional sire because of his ability to work in both hemispheres. I think part of why he has been able to shuttle as long as he has is his temperament, size and balance. He is all class, and is extremely durable. There is none like him.”
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Another @vinerystud HEADWATER colt and the first Yearling of 2021 for the stable.
Great to bring one home from last week’s strong @magicmillions Gold Coast Sale - Lot 724 was sourced for an existing group of clients to replace an outgoing horse whose career now lies overseas.🤞
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Lot 464 is by More Than Ready who is one of the greatest stallion influences in the last twenty years. His dam, Lasoron, has also proven herself as both a racehorse and a producer.
I wish the new owner all the best with this colt.
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Impact of Globalization on Public Management. 01.11.2019 · Impact Of Globalization & Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation. that politicians failed to realize that economic integration would gain priority within the Provinces on account of the impact of globalization instead of the call for secession. globalization would appear to be a culture killer., 13.05.2009 · Globalisation and its Impact on Women: A Critical Assessment Wednesday 13 May 2009 , by Bharti Chhibber Globalisation is a process of increasing interdependence, interconnectedness and integration of economies and societies to such an extent that an event in one part of the globe affects people in other parts of world..
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The Interaction of Globalization and Culture in the Modern. Globalization, to a large extent, is responsible for this change. Public administration is in the process of change and reform under the impact of globalization, its arena getting widened and acquiring a new complexion. The present scenario has also opened up opportunities for change and reform., Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet..
This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections. because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting
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09.02.2015В В· Effects of Westernization on the Culture of Pakistan. Updated on February 9, 2015. hamzasohail07. Since today's economy is dominated by Western countries and culture, increased globalization in Pakistan has led to the West's growing influence even though colonization has Negative Impact of Westernization on Pakistani Culture: Impact of Globalization On Pakistan's Economy. culture, and ethnicity, It explores the impact of globalization mainly through increased foreign direct investment on the Pakistan's social and economic sector and its implications for the Pakistan's economy in future.
measurable criteria, which are always debatable. Research into culture and its impact in business and management studies is highly contentious and should not just be taken at face value, including the studies described below. There is a strong consensus, however, that … culture has its own discrete identity which we can say the national cultural identity. While discussing the media globalization we talk of global culture or global homogenization, as media has a direct impact on cultures by mesmerizing viewers with entertainment cultural
Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […] Perceptions about Cultural Globalization in Urban Pakistan Ashraf Khan Kayani University of the Punjab, Lahore globalization and its influence on the values and culture of Pakistani society. With regard to the impact of mobile phone,
Participants confirmed that globalization has had a significant effect on the country’s culture. From the participants’ viewpoints, globalization had a negative impact on religion, family connections, customs, manners and language. One the other hand, there has been a positive impact on the educational system and women’s rights. International Journal of Business and Globalisation (229 papers in press) Regular Issues. The interplay between institutional factors and experience as determinants of …
13.05.2009В В· Globalisation and its Impact on Women: A Critical Assessment Wednesday 13 May 2009 , by Bharti Chhibber Globalisation is a process of increasing interdependence, interconnectedness and integration of economies and societies to such an extent that an event in one part of the globe affects people in other parts of world. 21.10.2011В В· Characteristics of Pakistani culture: I- Introduction: Culture may be defined as an integral whole which affects human ideals, actions and modes of living. According to E.B. Taylor, "Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, customs and all other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society."
International Journal of Business and Globalisation (229 papers in press) Regular Issues. The interplay between institutional factors and experience as determinants of … The key themes that emerge in this article are that globalization has had both a homogenizing and a diversifying effect on leaders of companies, states, and regions. This means that globalization has succeeded in ensuring a global mindset among some leaders and at the same time has made other leaders parochial and narrow-minded in their approach.
because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting The key themes that emerge in this article are that globalization has had both a homogenizing and a diversifying effect on leaders of companies, states, and regions. This means that globalization has succeeded in ensuring a global mindset among some leaders and at the same time has made other leaders parochial and narrow-minded in their approach.
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON PAKISTANI NORMS Hani Fatima. Today, all countries of the world are covered in varying degrees of globalization. One of the areas in which activity showed the impact of globalization is culture. 1. G lobalization and culture: its interaction Currently, globalization contributes to the exchange of cultural values., The culture concept, as mentioned, is a highly researched area of international business. Apart from providing a deep understanding of the concept of culture and its differences across nations, the Hofstede and GLOBE studies provide an empirical base on which researchers can build across a wide range of international business topics..
Changing Trends in the Lifestyle of Pakistani Urban Youth. Globalization has introduced a third set of motivations called "network" factors, which include free flow of information, improved global communication and faster and lower cost transportation. While network factors are not a direct cause of migration, they do facilitate it. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Pakistan impact of globalization. The products from developed countries are attacking the local products. The local ones can’t compete with the imported ones both in the term of quality or pricing. Another bad impact of globalization is that it is killing other countries culture with the help of ….
culture has its own discrete identity which we can say the national cultural identity. While discussing the media globalization we talk of global culture or global homogenization, as media has a direct impact on cultures by mesmerizing viewers with entertainment cultural How does westernization have an impact on India and it's culture? Introduction to westernization. Westernization is a process in which societies adopt western cultures in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economies and lifestyles, clothing, language etc.
Both human and economic vulnerability to natural disasters can be reduced if effective disaster-management strategies are put in place. Such strategies require quick and coordinated responses from an array of actors. Globalization has implications for the impact of natural disasters and may encourage more coordinated responses to them. impacts culture, religious and monetary structure of neighborhood group or society. Furthermore, the impact of globalization on social character is one of the tremendous and multi-dimensional concerns the day since modernization and globalization acquired major move the birthplaces of
impacts culture, religious and monetary structure of neighborhood group or society. Furthermore, the impact of globalization on social character is one of the tremendous and multi-dimensional concerns the day since modernization and globalization acquired major move the birthplaces of 21.10.2011В В· Characteristics of Pakistani culture: I- Introduction: Culture may be defined as an integral whole which affects human ideals, actions and modes of living. According to E.B. Taylor, "Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, customs and all other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society."
07.08.2003 · Alcohol consumption is another area in which the globalization of an industry has led to more health risks (Jernigan, 1997). However, unlike tobacco use, which substantially increases the risk of mortality from an impressive array of diseases , the impact of alcohol consumption on health is … measurable criteria, which are always debatable. Research into culture and its impact in business and management studies is highly contentious and should not just be taken at face value, including the studies described below. There is a strong consensus, however, that …
05.11.2019 · Globalisation and Pakistani culture. It has different impact on different culture. The impact basically depends on that country’s socio-economic and political condition. The Muslim society of Pakistan took great influence from Hindu and British cultures after long and intimate association. 05.11.2019 · Globalisation and Pakistani culture. It has different impact on different culture. The impact basically depends on that country’s socio-economic and political condition. The Muslim society of Pakistan took great influence from Hindu and British cultures after long and intimate association.
Culture has an impact on how people think and act. Due to globalization, organizations is required to be open and adapt to a heterogeneous business environment (Adler & Gundersen, 1.1.1 Impact of Globalization In this age of globalization cultural shifts around the world has become a regularity. culture has its own discrete identity which we can say the national cultural identity. While discussing the media globalization we talk of global culture or global homogenization, as media has a direct impact on cultures by mesmerizing viewers with entertainment cultural
Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […] Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […]
Participants confirmed that globalization has had a significant effect on the country’s culture. From the participants’ viewpoints, globalization had a negative impact on religion, family connections, customs, manners and language. One the other hand, there has been a positive impact on the educational system and women’s rights. This article shows the impact of globalization on developing countries, usually in terms of its effects on developing countries and how has it affected the potential for growth and equity. Four basic opinions are elaborate in the paper with reference to the impact of financial globalization.
This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections. Pakistan is an under developing country and it is facing the problems of globalization which are created due to global media. The present study is conducted to dig out the impact of global media of Pakistani culture with particular focus on the role of cable television in the …
Globalization: Challenges for Pakistan 36 NDU Journal 2009 ones. It can also be used to describe a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. The consumption of tea in Pakistan, where it is called chai (چائے), its name in Urdu, is of central significance to Pakistani culture. It is one of the most consumed beverages in Pakistani cuisine. Pakistan does produce its own limited tea in Chinkiari (KP)farms, …
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(PDF) Disadvantages of Culture Ganendra Widigdya. 09.02.2015В В· Effects of Westernization on the Culture of Pakistan. Updated on February 9, 2015. hamzasohail07. Since today's economy is dominated by Western countries and culture, increased globalization in Pakistan has led to the West's growing influence even though colonization has Negative Impact of Westernization on Pakistani Culture:, The opportunities offered by the CPEC project are undeniable and manifest but can we ignore its socio-cultural impact? The influence of Eurocentric concepts on our society is evident today, which is a result of an era of colonialism and white supremacy..
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(PDF) HAS GLOBALIZATION CHANGED LIFESTYLES? A CASE. assorted varieties, rather it is the sign of quality of a particular overpowering culture"(Skelton and Allen, 1999, p. 23).so Pakistani culture really influenced by globalization in different ways right off the bat people concentrate on most recent development other than to getting advanced education., assorted varieties, rather it is the sign of quality of a particular overpowering culture"(Skelton and Allen, 1999, p. 23).so Pakistani culture really influenced by globalization in different ways right off the bat people concentrate on most recent development other than to getting advanced education..
Perceptions about Cultural Globalization in Urban Pakistan Ashraf Khan Kayani University of the Punjab, Lahore globalization and its influence on the values and culture of Pakistani society. With regard to the impact of mobile phone, Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet.
Pakistan is an under developing country and it is facing the problems of globalization which are created due to global media. The present study is conducted to dig out the impact of global media of Pakistani culture with particular focus on the role of cable television in the … Today, all countries of the world are covered in varying degrees of globalization. One of the areas in which activity showed the impact of globalization is culture. 1. G lobalization and culture: its interaction Currently, globalization contributes to the exchange of cultural values.
because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting Impact of Globalization On Pakistan's Economy. culture, and ethnicity, It explores the impact of globalization mainly through increased foreign direct investment on the Pakistan's social and economic sector and its implications for the Pakistan's economy in future.
Globalization has introduced a third set of motivations called "network" factors, which include free flow of information, improved global communication and faster and lower cost transportation. While network factors are not a direct cause of migration, they do facilitate it. This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections.
How does westernization have an impact on India and it's culture? Introduction to westernization. Westernization is a process in which societies adopt western cultures in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economies and lifestyles, clothing, language etc. The key themes that emerge in this article are that globalization has had both a homogenizing and a diversifying effect on leaders of companies, states, and regions. This means that globalization has succeeded in ensuring a global mindset among some leaders and at the same time has made other leaders parochial and narrow-minded in their approach.
Globalization: Challenges for Pakistan 36 NDU Journal 2009 ones. It can also be used to describe a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. 13.05.2009В В· Globalisation and its Impact on Women: A Critical Assessment Wednesday 13 May 2009 , by Bharti Chhibber Globalisation is a process of increasing interdependence, interconnectedness and integration of economies and societies to such an extent that an event in one part of the globe affects people in other parts of world.
Pakistan is an under developing country and it is facing the problems of globalization which are created due to global media. The present study is conducted to dig out the impact of global media of Pakistani culture with particular focus on the role of cable television in the … This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections.
Positive impact of Globalization on Indian culture Globalization has allowed for the spread of customes,language and products. Globalization has allowed for people to be able to attain goods and services which are not previously available. It has allowed people to become familiar with the culture of other country allowing for greater understanding. Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […]
Globalization: Challenges for Pakistan 36 NDU Journal 2009 ones. It can also be used to describe a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections.
21.10.2011В В· Characteristics of Pakistani culture: I- Introduction: Culture may be defined as an integral whole which affects human ideals, actions and modes of living. According to E.B. Taylor, "Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, customs and all other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society." Changing Trends in the Lifestyle of Pakistani Urban Youth: Glimpses from Lahore. Hassan feels that Pakistani society and culture has become more globalized, modern and provides space for creative thinking, which has resulted in more innovative and creatively inclined youth to come forward.
This is one of the reasons that globalization has assisted in 'reducing the cost of goods.' Increased Cultural Understanding. Globalization has also led to greater cultural understanding. Just as you personally experience increased communication through virtual tools, like the Internet, globalization has helped to improve human connections. Positive impact of Globalization on Indian culture Globalization has allowed for the spread of customes,language and products. Globalization has allowed for people to be able to attain goods and services which are not previously available. It has allowed people to become familiar with the culture of other country allowing for greater understanding.
01.11.2019 · Impact Of Globalization & Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation. that politicians failed to realize that economic integration would gain priority within the Provinces on account of the impact of globalization instead of the call for secession. globalization would appear to be a culture killer. Globalization, to a large extent, is responsible for this change. Public administration is in the process of change and reform under the impact of globalization, its arena getting widened and acquiring a new complexion. The present scenario has also opened up opportunities for change and reform.
How does westernization have an impact on India and it's culture? Introduction to westernization. Westernization is a process in which societies adopt western cultures in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economies and lifestyles, clothing, language etc. How does westernization have an impact on India and it's culture? Introduction to westernization. Westernization is a process in which societies adopt western cultures in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economies and lifestyles, clothing, language etc.
01.11.2019 · Impact Of Globalization & Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation. that politicians failed to realize that economic integration would gain priority within the Provinces on account of the impact of globalization instead of the call for secession. globalization would appear to be a culture killer. International Journal of Business and Globalisation (229 papers in press) Regular Issues. The interplay between institutional factors and experience as determinants of …
Today, all countries of the world are covered in varying degrees of globalization. One of the areas in which activity showed the impact of globalization is culture. 1. G lobalization and culture: its interaction Currently, globalization contributes to the exchange of cultural values. 05.11.2019 · Globalisation and Pakistani culture. It has different impact on different culture. The impact basically depends on that country’s socio-economic and political condition. The Muslim society of Pakistan took great influence from Hindu and British cultures after long and intimate association.
because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting Globalization has introduced a third set of motivations called "network" factors, which include free flow of information, improved global communication and faster and lower cost transportation. While network factors are not a direct cause of migration, they do facilitate it.
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Impact of Globalization on Public Management. Effect of Globalization on Pakistan 59 Impact Factor(JCC): 1.3648 - This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us that Literacy is quickly and constantly changing as new advancements of data and correspondence over and over show up,, Nora Susilowati, M.Hum. Disadvantages of Culture in Academic Settings Since globalization become a phenomenon, it will only a matter of time for international education will be a global activities with the advancing of telecommunication appliances and also with the bilateral, regional and multilateral agreement for easy access for people to.
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Globalization and risks to health PubMed Central (PMC). culture has its own discrete identity which we can say the national cultural identity. While discussing the media globalization we talk of global culture or global homogenization, as media has a direct impact on cultures by mesmerizing viewers with entertainment cultural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glocalization 07.08.2003 · Alcohol consumption is another area in which the globalization of an industry has led to more health risks (Jernigan, 1997). However, unlike tobacco use, which substantially increases the risk of mortality from an impressive array of diseases , the impact of alcohol consumption on health is ….
impact of globalization. The products from developed countries are attacking the local products. The local ones can’t compete with the imported ones both in the term of quality or pricing. Another bad impact of globalization is that it is killing other countries culture with the help of … culture has its own discrete identity which we can say the national cultural identity. While discussing the media globalization we talk of global culture or global homogenization, as media has a direct impact on cultures by mesmerizing viewers with entertainment cultural
The opportunities offered by the CPEC project are undeniable and manifest but can we ignore its socio-cultural impact? The influence of Eurocentric concepts on our society is evident today, which is a result of an era of colonialism and white supremacy. 13.05.2009В В· Globalisation and its Impact on Women: A Critical Assessment Wednesday 13 May 2009 , by Bharti Chhibber Globalisation is a process of increasing interdependence, interconnectedness and integration of economies and societies to such an extent that an event in one part of the globe affects people in other parts of world.
The culture concept, as mentioned, is a highly researched area of international business. Apart from providing a deep understanding of the concept of culture and its differences across nations, the Hofstede and GLOBE studies provide an empirical base on which researchers can build across a wide range of international business topics. Positive impact of Globalization on Indian culture Globalization has allowed for the spread of customes,language and products. Globalization has allowed for people to be able to attain goods and services which are not previously available. It has allowed people to become familiar with the culture of other country allowing for greater understanding.
Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Perceptions about Cultural Globalization in Urban Pakistan Ashraf Khan Kayani University of the Punjab, Lahore globalization and its influence on the values and culture of Pakistani society. With regard to the impact of mobile phone,
Nora Susilowati, M.Hum. Disadvantages of Culture in Academic Settings Since globalization become a phenomenon, it will only a matter of time for international education will be a global activities with the advancing of telecommunication appliances and also with the bilateral, regional and multilateral agreement for easy access for people to Positive impact of Globalization on Indian culture Globalization has allowed for the spread of customes,language and products. Globalization has allowed for people to be able to attain goods and services which are not previously available. It has allowed people to become familiar with the culture of other country allowing for greater understanding.
Effect of Globalization on Pakistan 59 Impact Factor(JCC): 1.3648 - This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us that Literacy is quickly and constantly changing as new advancements of data and correspondence over and over show up, This is really an informative article about pakistan and pakistani culture. I learn a lot from this and get benefit. Actually lot of people want to know about pakistan even pakistanis don't have a knowledge about their beloved country. I am thank to all who co operate in this useful work.
Globalization, to a large extent, is responsible for this change. Public administration is in the process of change and reform under the impact of globalization, its arena getting widened and acquiring a new complexion. The present scenario has also opened up opportunities for change and reform. This is really an informative article about pakistan and pakistani culture. I learn a lot from this and get benefit. Actually lot of people want to know about pakistan even pakistanis don't have a knowledge about their beloved country. I am thank to all who co operate in this useful work.
How does westernization have an impact on India and it's culture? Introduction to westernization. Westernization is a process in which societies adopt western cultures in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economies and lifestyles, clothing, language etc. Impact of Globalization On Pakistan's Economy. culture, and ethnicity, It explores the impact of globalization mainly through increased foreign direct investment on the Pakistan's social and economic sector and its implications for the Pakistan's economy in future.
because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting 07.08.2003 · Alcohol consumption is another area in which the globalization of an industry has led to more health risks (Jernigan, 1997). However, unlike tobacco use, which substantially increases the risk of mortality from an impressive array of diseases , the impact of alcohol consumption on health is …
21.10.2011В В· Characteristics of Pakistani culture: I- Introduction: Culture may be defined as an integral whole which affects human ideals, actions and modes of living. According to E.B. Taylor, "Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, customs and all other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society." Globalization: Challenges for Pakistan 36 NDU Journal 2009 ones. It can also be used to describe a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together.
Impact of Globalization - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Impact of globalization in Pakistani culture. PAKISTANI CULTURE: The culture of Pakistan is very diverse; with each ethnic group deriving its identity from its characteristics cultural values and norms which eventually makes it distinct from others. 3. EFFECTS OF WESTERN CULTURE IN PAKISTAN: • Increasing globalization has increased the influence of western culture in Pakistan.
Impact of Globalization - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Impact of globalization in Pakistani culture. 07.08.2003 · Alcohol consumption is another area in which the globalization of an industry has led to more health risks (Jernigan, 1997). However, unlike tobacco use, which substantially increases the risk of mortality from an impressive array of diseases , the impact of alcohol consumption on health is …
13.05.2009В В· Globalisation and its Impact on Women: A Critical Assessment Wednesday 13 May 2009 , by Bharti Chhibber Globalisation is a process of increasing interdependence, interconnectedness and integration of economies and societies to such an extent that an event in one part of the globe affects people in other parts of world. This is really an informative article about pakistan and pakistani culture. I learn a lot from this and get benefit. Actually lot of people want to know about pakistan even pakistanis don't have a knowledge about their beloved country. I am thank to all who co operate in this useful work.
Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […] Effect of Globalization on Pakistan 59 Impact Factor(JCC): 1.3648 - This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us that Literacy is quickly and constantly changing as new advancements of data and correspondence over and over show up,
Pakistani Culture is very unique in terms of its social and ethical values. These values are something which are given due importance. This culture revolves around the religion of Islam which teaches equality among every human being that exists on this planet. Pakistan’s culture is very diverse. It has been invaded by many different people […] because academic work regarding the economic impact of culture is in full development, but also because empirical work is still extremely scarce and especially this knowledge proves to be essential for urban policy. The project has been organised and conducted by a EURICUR team consisting
07.08.2003 · Alcohol consumption is another area in which the globalization of an industry has led to more health risks (Jernigan, 1997). However, unlike tobacco use, which substantially increases the risk of mortality from an impressive array of diseases , the impact of alcohol consumption on health is … Positive impact of Globalization on Indian culture Globalization has allowed for the spread of customes,language and products. Globalization has allowed for people to be able to attain goods and services which are not previously available. It has allowed people to become familiar with the culture of other country allowing for greater understanding.
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The problem with Ohio’s Down syndrome abortion ban
December 29, 2017 UncategorizedDown syndrome abortion ban, Down syndrome ban in Denmark, Down syndrome ban in Iceland, federal funding for Down syndrome research, reducing termination rates of fetuses with Down syndrome, state funding for Down syndrome, support for people with Down syndromewhoopsiepiggle
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In many serious discussions about Down syndrome, abortion is the ghost in the room.
Teaching medical professionals to give accurate and appropriate information when announcing prenatal diagnoses, state funding for early interventions, state funding for K-12 education, federal funding for research, even health care costs — these issues either directly or indirectly relate to the abortions of fetuses with Down syndrome (DS).
I was in my 40s when pregnant with my last two children and knew I had an increased risk of having a baby with Down syndrome. However, I allowed only non-invasive testing because I would not have terminated a pregnancy due to a diagnosis of DS.
With both pregnancies, I was told there were no concerns based on the results of blood work and high-level ultrasounds. At the birth of my last child and only daughter, Lyra, we immediately recognized two markers of Down syndrome, the shape of her eyes and her sandal toes (each big toe is located far from the four smaller toes, as if designed for flip-flops). Later that week, genetic testing confirmed the diagnosis.
We quickly learned that what we thought we knew about Down syndrome was little and mostly incorrect. As a writer, I process difficult issues and emotions by writing. Three months after Lyra’s birth, I began blogging at Whoopsiepiggle.com, documenting my development as a mother of a child with DS.
Our love for Lyra was immediate and fierce. Max and I felt like we were taking a crash course on DS. We worked to give her the best start possible, including regular speech, physical and occupational therapies. But our first years as parents of a child with DS were also filled with enormous fear. On top of that, I was overwhelmed parenting three teens and two tots, regardless of Lyra’s diagnosis.
Soon, we understood that there has never been a better time to be born with DS. In a column on May 6, 2017, “Busting myths on life with Down syndrome” (http://bit.ly/2E9onV4), I outline how people born with DS today can expect to lead lives more alike than different from their typical peers.
Knowing what I do now, I would encourage any woman who receives a prenatal diagnosis of DS to learn the current facts and strongly consider continuing her pregnancy, even if she feels she would give the child up for adoption (the waiting list to adopt a baby with DS is longer than that to adopt a typical baby).
Avoid bias
I speak each fall to first-year medical students at Case Western Reserve University. I encourage them to guard against bias when interacting with patients who have disabilities and their parents.
And yet, this past fall, I told the students that I and many, though not all, parents of a child with DS oppose the state bill outlawing the abortion of a fetus prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome.
Nobody likes abortion, not even abortion rights advocates. But, legal or not, abortion has been around as long as pregnancy. The solution to lowering abortion rates is to find out why women have them and address those issues.
I learned at the National Down Syndrome Congress convention in 2014 that the termination rate of fetuses diagnosed with DS is higher in Southern states, where elected officials are overwhelmingly Republican and abortions harder to obtain, than in cities in the North. The reason given is simple — services and supports for children with disabilities are limited in many parts of the South.
In recent years, Denmark and Iceland have adopted policies to entirely eliminate people with DS from their populations. All women receive free prenatal testing in these two countries and are encouraged to terminate when a fetus is discovered to have DS.
Most do, but not all. I know a woman raising a child with Down syndrome in Denmark. Because there are so few children with DS in that country, supports are commensurately limited. And this, I suspect, contributes to many other women choosing not to carry a fetus with Down syndrome to term.
Ethicists around the globe have called for women to terminate pregnancies of children with DS. Richard Dawkins, a Brit, claims doing so reduces suffering. This flies in the face of all research conducted on people with DS and their families.
Australian ethicist Peter Singer, much of whose work I find enlightened and inspiring, believes fetuses with DS should be aborted because they increase the cost of health care for the rest of a country’s citizens. Determining the value of a human life based purely on cost is a slippery slope. What happens when one day we can prenatally test for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism or addiction?
Funds for testing
In the United States, funding for DS research overwhelmingly favors further development of prenatal testing over the development of drugs to improve health and cognition. The primary point of prenatally diagnosing a fetus with DS is to allow for the option of termination. Thus, federal research dollars effectively promote elimination over amelioration.
I know a family who moved back to Northeast Ohio shortly after giving birth to a son with DS. The region where they were living in Michigan had little access to the medical care and educational programming important for a child with DS.
I know a family that moved from Akron to Bath because they felt their child with DS would receive a better education, with more supportive services, in Revere schools than in Akron Public Schools.
In Ohio, the state provides services to children with DS through the county developmental disability (DD) boards for the first three years of life. Then, from age 4 to 22, state services are administered through the public schools.
Our statehouse is controlled by the Republican Party and has been for many years. The same legislators who voted to outlaw abortion of fetuses with DS also voted this past year to remove language that would have increased funding to county DD boards.
The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act guarantees as a right for children with disabilities, including DS, a free, appropriate public education. And yet everyone knows all Ohio school districts are not created equal. Some families, like the one I mentioned, move to districts with better resources. But for many that is not an option.
Furthermore, just because a child is guaranteed an education doesn’t mean schools comply, and parents regularly sue school districts for enforcement. Here in Ohio that happens in the Sixth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
The Sixth Circuit has a mixed record with disability rights. A recent decision stated a school could not be penalized for strapping a preschool child with disabilities to a toilet with a leather belt because it was part of the school’s pedagogy. Think about that.
Ultimately, I believe underlying the move to eliminate people with Down syndrome is a bias against people perceived to have lower intelligence. Therefore, this is for me an issue of civil rights.
Which is why it’s important to point out that the law outlawing the abortion of fetuses with DS has little, if anything, to do with protecting people with DS. If our state legislators truly cared about this population, they’d put our money where their mouths are.
They’d adequately fund county DD boards, including everything from early interventions for babies to job training and housing with qualified, well-paid staff for adults.
All of Ohio’s public schools would receive the funding to provide equitable education for all students, including those with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
Today, Ohio women wanting to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus has been diagnosed with DS will need to travel to a state where it is legal. And those who do not or cannot will find themselves in a state that inadequately addresses the needs of their children.
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Hayley’s House: 2018 is the year of the woman
Hayley Abshear
Last year the word “feminism” was Merriam Webster Dictionary’s word of the year, racking up 70 percent of the online dictionary searches. If we strip down the actual word “feminism” from face value, given the context of the most recent events in 2017, it is more than just this word. It is the epitome of what is to come for women’s rights in 2018.
The #MeToo movement is just the beginning. Even I, a proud feminist, did not expect such a tsunami to arise from the Harvey Weinstein scandal. I did not expect it because our culture has a history of dismissing women who accuse men of sexual harassment and assault, and in turn, society silences them indefinitely until they fade into the background of the patriarchy.
For the last year, however, the voices of women have been lifted, even if by a mere notch. As a result of things like the 2017 Women’s March, the #MeToo movement, TIME’s Person of the Year the “silence breakers” and the #TimesUp campaign recently expressed at the Golden Globes, not only is a new year upon us, but a new era. Perhaps even a sexual revolution that could change the lives of women now and women to be.
It is also more than Hollywood that is getting gutted for its men using their power to sexually assault women. Since 2016, over 100 victims from the USA Gymnastics team have accused Larry Nassar, a former team physician, of sexual assault. This includes Olympic gold medalists like Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas, who openly posted statements about their experiences. As of December 2017, Nassar faces life in prison for serial sexual assault charges and child pornography.
Even the Aziz Ansari story has sparked a difficult conversation about consent, and what it actually means. The difference between this story and other #MeToo stories is that the #MeToo stories are each different and unique, and not any person can directly identify with another. But the Aziz story is so familiar and common that we are quick to assume it’s not sexual assault because we all have experienced it. And if it is sexual assault, and we have all experienced it, it forces us to take a step back and really analyze those icky feelings we have about past sexual encounters. The Aziz story is complicated, but it has allowed us to examine what “bad sex” really means.
The #MeToo movement has helped not only dismantle a small slice of the political and entertainment power structure, but it has also helped the victims in our everyday lives. It has forced me to take inventory of my sexual encounters and reevaluate some of the negative feelings I have about my experiences and it has forced me to confront them head on. It has also helped those I love confront theirs. With that being said, however, it is only the first step.
It is absolutely critical that we use this ripe time of change to educate – educate not only ourselves, but also our peers, our friends and our family members. It is crucial to this new era of sexual revolution that we inform those who still remain ignorant to the issues at hand. We cannot remain silent when confronted with systems of oppression or unethical power structures. Time is up.
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Facebook Removes Fake Networks From France And Russia
Facebook has taken down some fake accounts, pages and groups, including a few accounts from Instagram, for violating its policy against “coordinated inauthentic behavior” (CIB) on behalf of a foreign or government entity.
The social media giant said these were part of three separate networks that originated in France and Russia and targeted countries in North Africa and the Middle East – Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Madagascar, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and South Africa as well as Libya, Sudan and Syria.
Of the three networks, one was linked to “individuals associated with French military” and the other two were linked to “individuals associated with past activity by the Russian Internet Research Agency” and also Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is accused of meddling in the 2016 US election.
In total, Facebook removed 358 Facebook accounts, 161 pages, 32 groups and 32 Instagram accounts. People operating these accounts coordinated with each other to use fake accounts as a central part of their operations to mislead people with disinformation about who they are and what they are doing. These accounts or pages were also followed or joined by thousands of accounts.
Some of these accounts, pages and groups had been detected and removed by Facebook’s automated systems at the time of creation or soon thereafter.
The people behind this activity posted and commented on social, current and political news and events by posing as locals of that region or country as well as news and civic-focused entities. These comments and disinformation campaigns can be supportive or criticizing in nature, misleading internet users.
They also solicited content from local journalists. The people behind this activity took operational security steps to conceal their location and identity.
The topics for comments included COVID-19 and the Russian vaccine against the virus, the upcoming election in CAR, terrorism, Russia’s presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, criticism of the French foreign policy and a fictitious coup d’etat in Equatorial Guinea.
Facebook said their action to remove these operations was based on their investigations focused on “behavior rather than content, no matter who’s behind them, what they post, or whether they’re foreign or domestic.”
Facebook has previously removed hundreds of accounts from its platforms over the past three years. It has also started publishing monthly CIB reports earlier in 2020 where it shares information about the networks taken-down. These take-downs will reflect in the December report. In some cases, it shares its findings soon after the enforcement action.
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Sen. Warren introduces bill to provide free Covid testing for teachers, students and essential workers across U.S.
The Expanding COVID-19 Testing Capacity Act of 2020 would require HHS to ensure there were enough testing kits and necessarysupplies.
The bill would also guarantee tests for federal employees who are unable to socially distance or telework.
Essential workers, students, teachers, prisoners, nursing home residents and employees, among others, would be guaranteed free testing.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing legislation that would provide free Covid-19 testing for teachers, students, essential workers and others who have high exposure to the coronavirus, expanding federally funded screening efforts throughout the U.S., she said Tuesday.
The Expanding COVID-19 Testing Capacity Act of 2020 would require the Department of Health and Human Services to "stabilize the testing supply chain" by manufacturing tests and testing supplies, or find contractors who can do it for the agency, Warren said.
"Individuals at highest risk of COVID-19," such as essential workers, students, teachers, prisoners, nursing home residents and employees, among others, would be guaranteed free testing, according to the text of the bill, which was obtained by CNBC. State and local officials will identify eligible locations, including schools, nursing homes, homeless shelters and factories for the federal government, which will then deliver the tests, the bill says.
The bill would also guarantee tests for federal employees who are unable to socially distance or telework and provide an additional $25 billion for state, local, territorial and tribal testing systems.
While U.S. Covid-19 testing capacity has been drastically improved since the start of the pandemic and new kinds of tests have come to market, there have still been turnaround delays and shortages in the market. The bill would use federal spending to help companies ramp up their manufacturing of tests and secure supplies like swabs and pipette tips that are necessary to quickly process many Covid tests.
"It's long past time that the federal government throws real muscle behind controlling and mitigating the spread of COVID-19, and investing in and implementing aggressive testing measures are a critical part of this effort," Warren, D-Mass., said in a statement to CNBC. "High-quality and frequent COVID-19 testing should be easily available to all Americans, and this is why I'm glad to be introducing legislation to ensure that our nation has expanded access to federally funded testing."
The bill says state and local officials would determine how often testing is provided to eligible people, but it will be provided at no cost to those eligible. Some of the funding provided by the bill would go toward hiring people to assist with testing administration and analysis, with a preference toward hiring people from within local communities, when possible.
Public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have said a massive scale-up of testing availability could help identify so-called silent carriers of the virus and cut off chains of spread. President-elect Joe Biden has publicized his goal to ensure that "every person who needs a test can get one – and that testing for those who need it is free."
The bill would also require the Food and Drug Administration to issue a series of new reports and guidance that would help expedite the production of new kinds of tests and tell local officials how to craft effective testing programs.
"For many months, physicians with a frontline view of the devastation caused by the pandemic have been calling for federal support to enable broader testing," Massachusetts Medical Society President Dr. David Rosman said in a statement. "A strong national testing framework is a critical component of an optimal COVID-19 mitigation strategy, and we applaud Senator Warren for her leadership in introducing this thoughtful bill."
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DDC, Dewey decimal classification. 301-307 sociology
expanded version based on edition 19
by Melvil Dewey
Published 1982 by Forest Press in Albany, N.Y .
Sociology -- Classification.,
Classification, Dewey decimal.
Other titles D.D.C., Dewey decimal classification., Dewey decimal classification.
Statement prepared by John P. Comaromi and Margaret J. Warren.
Contributions Comaromi, John P. 1937-, Warren, Margaret J.
LC Classifications Z696.D72 S653 1982
Pagination ix, 52 p. ;
Chanial - - Diogenes 49 It is put together in such a way that it refutes those who claim Dewey did not have a "system. Books could be shelved anywhere a librarian wanted them without altering their order. Rationalists ignore problems in the use of rationality and neglect the cultural traditions that define and shape rationality. Dynamics imply constant change.
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Photo by David Koritkoski of the award-winning relay teams from the Bud Erich Invitational on February 28.
The boys and girls swim teams competed in the NEPSAC Division II Swimming and Diving Championships at Roger Williams University on Saturday, March 7, 2015 and had a very successful day. The girls finished in second place behind three-time defending champions Dana Hall, and the boys finished in sixth place.
The girls 200 Medley Relay team of Sally Alrutz, Natalie Aquadro, Jasmin Movassaghi, and Emily Yeager opened up the meet in style, winning the event while setting a new school record. They also broke the previous NEPSAC Division II record by over three seconds, with a blazing fast time of 1:52.88.
Eighth grader Sally Alrutz (Springfield) put forward an incredible individual performance, winning a NEPSAC title, setting a Division II record, and breaking a 15-year old school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.12. She followed up that swim with a second place finish—and a new school record—in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.90.
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Senior captain Alex Li (Longmeadow) capped off a great Williston career, finishing sixth in the 100 butterfly (59.84) and fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:00.32).
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Science Pozzed — Data Equality Edition: #waSTEMsummit Update
By Briggs on November 15, 2019 • ( 7 Comments )
What science once was, it is no longer, as this on-going series demonstrates. Today, something which seems small, but which, alas, is not: the insinuation of the evil idea of Equality.
Here’s the opening paragraph from Wired’s article “How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?” Wired, incidentally, has gone the path of Scientific American, where the writers have changed focus from facts to social justice.
“Science at its core is systematically racist and sexist,” said computational biologist Laura Boykin at the WIRED 25 conference in San Francisco on Friday.
If somebody says to you “Science at its core is systematically racist and sexist” the only possible reply is: only when it’s done right.
This is so because racist and sexist now mean, regardless of any past definitions, (persons whose) beliefs are aligned with Reality. Science is supposed to, and once did, match what is happening in the world, not in people’s desires. Thus to do science correctly requires, because Reality itself is racist and sexist, oneself to be racist and sexist. And every kind of phobic, too, for that matter.
But in a conversation on the promise and perils of data, she said that most scientists are “asleep at the wheel” when it comes to empowering the underserved with data. Referencing a study published in Nature last week suggesting that modern human life may have originated in Botswana, Boykin said, “Nature should never have published the study. Local communities had no access to the data. How is that OK?”
I know the answer to this non-rhetorical question: it is okay because the paper might even be correct that modern human life originated in Botswana. It also might not have. I do not know, nor here care. The implication that “local communities” have to have access to data the local communities did not generate before a study can be published would, if taken to its logical conclusion, stop all activity.
Who gets to decide what is “local”? Everybody could lay claim, through whatever wild story, to everything.
It is is true the Garden of Eden was in Botswana, and all modern humans migrated out from there, then we all own that data. Botswanans would in no way be special because its ancestors chose to remain at home, while their hardier cousins decided to go on a long walk.
Anyway, don’t get lost. The point is not Botswana. The point is that these ladies want to make science political. And are making science political.
Malkia Devich-Cyril, her fellow panelist, had an equally grim assessment of how US technology companies handle the data of communities of color. “They know everything about us, and we know nothing about them,” said Devich-Cyril, cofounder of the media and technology rights and representation organization MediaJustice. Bringing equality to data ownership, usage, and storage…
Speaking as a member of the community of no-color, and to use a scientific term, equality is entropy; therefore, bringing equality to anything, data ownership included, is death. As all historical evidence shows.
This does not mean being against rampant corporatism of data, which is where the oligarchs take everybody’s data and use it against everybody, people of color and of no color alike. This should be fought. But these ladies want to make it a World Ends People Of Color Hardest Hit kind of thing.
What are the resolutions? Regulation, for starters, says Devich-Cyril. But policymakers should be mindful of downstream effects. Police body cameras, for example, were initially thought to be “this incredible saving grace to police brutality, but I said, ‘Wait a minute, you’re not considering all that data that’s being stored…”
SJWs insisted on body cams because they thought they would catch policemen of no color being brutal. Instead, as well as storing everybody’s face, the cams revealed too many hate facts about people of color. Now the cams have to go.
“The movement is there,” Devich-Cyril added. “The question is whether it is going to be enough. We are dealing with an incredibly corrupt administration, but in addition to that incredibly corrupt administration, we are dealing with an incredibly corrupt economic system that advantages tech companies over poor people.”
Tech companies are “advantaged” because of superior tech and rent seeking. Plus, every social tech company, with very minor exceptions, is fully in the SJW camp, as everybody knows.
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Mocheirge says:
I have nothing to add other than: Malkia Devich-Cyril is an anagram of “archaic milky devil”.
” Local communities had no access to the data. ” We could have had a group of persons on donkeys, camels, whatever, distribute the data on recycled paper to the citizens of Botswana. Or if the residents have cell phones like most of Africa, including in the back country (so they can call the Elephant Whisperers to rid their fields of elephants), it’s on the internet. Better yet, we could have sent the SJW’s out there to explain the significance. Could take 10 years or more. No problem. I’m sure they’ll enjoy spreading their message all over the country, not just in air-conditioned offices with running water and windows. Equality, of course, would involve these SJW’s enjoying ALL these things.
Mocheirge, you cut straight to the heart of it. But guess what? I looked up the milky devil and it’s a man. Or looks like one anyway. I always assume these brainiacs are women. Especially when they have a made up woman’s name.
Thank you, Briggs, for showing us once again what we are up against.
And please thank Ianto for the brilliant post yesterday.
All praise to Christ the King!
Yonason says:
No doubt y’all remember the recent headline that climate social justice warrior Michael Mann lost his 9 year long SLAAP defamation lawsuit against Tim Ball, because the spoilt Mann-child refused to produce his data.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/michael-mann-refuses-to-produce-data-loses-case.php
lesson 1 – Social justice requires us to not horde/hide data, except when it does.
lesson 2 – Do not expect social justice from courts that apply equal and fair application of the law.
White Devil. White Devil.
…or, when your enemies are allowed to define the terms used in their wars against you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZv7pVHWLAc&feature=youtu.be&t=69
Besides, many of the current residents of Botswana were not there when Out of Africa commenced. The !kung and other Bushmen and Hottentots may have been, but not the Bantu folk, who colonized Southern Africa after the 1sf cent.
I, for one, simply refuse to read any more astronomical research since it might be possible that denizens of those star systems will not have access to the data
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Hungary ( i/ˈhʌŋɡəri/; Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, Slovenia to the west, Austria to the northwest, and Ukraine to the northeast. The country's capital and largest city is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and the Schengen Area. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe.
Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, Huns, Slavs, Gepids, and Avars, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád in the Honfoglalás ("homeland-conquest"). His great-grandson Stephen I ascended to the throne in 1000 CE, converting the country to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Hungary became a middle power within the Western world, reaching a golden age by the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary came under Habsburg rule, and later formed a significant part of the Austro–Hungarian Empire (1867–1918).
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Hungarian wine has a history dating back to at least Roman times. Outside of Hungary, the best-known wines are the white dessert wine Tokaji and the red wine Bull's Blood of Eger (Egri Bikavér).
Only three European languages have words for wine that are not derived from Latin: Greek, Turkish and Hungarian. Records carved in a Runic alphabet used by ancient Hungarians have words for wine derived from Turkic. There are two hundred Hungarian words (including wine as well) that are of Bulgaro-Turkic origin, suggesting that the Magyars had contact with the first winemakers in the South Caucasus. Examples include :
Szőlő: "grape"
Bor: "wine"
Ászok: "cask"
Áldomás: "blessing", "libation"
The Romans brought vines to Pannonia, and by the 5th century AD, there are records of extensive vineyards in Hungary. Following the Magyar invasion of 896, Árpád rewarded his followers with vineyards in Tokaj. Over the following centuries, new grape varieties were brought in from Italy and France. Most of the production was of white wine.
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The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság), also known as the Regency, existed from 1920 to 1946 as a de facto country under Regent Miklós Horthy. Horthy officially represented the Hungarian monarchy of Charles IV, Apostolic King of Hungary. Attempts by Charles IV to return to the throne were prevented by threats of war from neighbouring countries and by the lack of support from Horthy (see the conflict of Charles IV with Miklós Horthy).
The country has been regarded by some historians to have been a client state of Germany from 1938 to 1944. The Kingdom of Hungary under Horthy was an Axis Power during most of World War II. In 1944, after Horthy's government considered leaving the war, Hungary was occupied by Nazi Germany and Horthy was deposed. The Arrow Cross Party's leader Ferenc Szálasi established a new Nazi-backed government, effectively turning Hungary into a German puppet state.
After World War II, Hungary fell within the Soviet Union's sphere of interest. In 1946, the Second Hungarian Republic was established under Soviet influence. In 1949, the communist Hungarian People's Republic was founded.
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Woman Charged With Attempted Assault, Robbery After Tackling Black Teen Over Phone
California resident Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in New York City on Saturday on charges of attempted assault and robbery for a confrontation with a Black teenager she had wrongly accused of stealing her cellphone, according to police officials.
Ponsetto, 22, was also charged with grand larceny and acting in a manner injurious to a child. She was released following the arraignment and ordered to stay away from 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. and his father, Harlem jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold.
Ponsetto was captured on surveillance cameras appearing to tackle the teen Dec. 26 in the lobby of the Arlo Soho hotel as she angrily accused him of stealing her cellphone. She had actually forgotten the phone in an Uber cab and it was retuned to her that day.
Harrold came to his son’s aid and suffered scratches, according to a police report. Harrold, who also videotaped part of the confrontation with his phone, angrily accused Ponsetto of racial profiling.
Earlier that same day, Ponsetto is suspected of having damaged an apartment door in the city, according to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Sarah Marquez, The New York Post reported. Marquez offered no other details. She said at the arraignment that Ponsetto also faces public intoxication, drunk driving and motor vehicle charges in California.
Ponsetto was arrested in California on Thursday and taken back to the East Coast by New York City Police Department investigators to face charges. She will likely return to her home in Piru, California, before coming back for her next court date in Manhattan, according to her lawyer, Paul D’Emilia. He said she is innocent of the charges.
“We are puzzled and disappointed that at this time of heightened tensions in our country that the authorities chose to exacerbate the situation by needlessly flying members of the NYPD across the country, into the teeth of COVID, to bring back a person who would have returned with a simple telephone request,” D’Emilia told The Associated Press in an email.
Ponsetto had to be dragged from her car by Ventura County sheriff’s deputies when she was apprehended on an arrest warrant.
Ponsetto insisted to CNN after the hotel clash that she always tries to do the “right thing,” and that she was the one assaulted — though neither video of the scene supported that.
Just hours before her arrest, Ponsetto, inexplicably wearing a cap that said “Daddy,” said on “CBS This Morning” that she considers herself “super sweet.” When pressed about her actions by Gayle King, Ponsetto snapped: “How is one girl accusing a guy about a phone a crime? Where’s the context in that? What is the deeper story here?”
King told her that it looked like she attacked the teen and said she’s “old enough to know better.” Ponsetto answered: “All right, Gayle. Enough.”
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Jimmy Fallon Drew the Smallest 'Tonight Show' Audience Ever Last Night
Colbert more than doubled NBC competition’s viewer total
Courtesy of NBC
Monday’s “Tonight Show” averaged the smallest TV audience ever for an original episode of the show, according to early ratings. Jimmy Fallon drew just 947,000 total viewers last night.
Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” on CBS won the evening with 2.03 million viewers, according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day fast-national numbers. ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” came in second place among the late-night television programs with 1.67 million total viewers.
Numbers for each of those shows are subject to adjustment when final figures are tallied. Those are expected to be available Wednesday.
While this specific historical Nielsen data only dates back to 1986, it is safe to say that Johnny Carson always attracted more than a million viewers. These are very different eras. (Carson hosted “The Tonight Show” from 1962 to 1992. Jay Leno took over in ’92.)
The previous low for an original “Tonight Show” episode came on Sept. 25, 2020, when Fallon pulled in 992,000 total viewers following a Stanley Cup Finals game. The start to that episode was a bit delayed due to the live hockey coverage.
Prior to the post-hockey episode, the show’s record low came from Aug. 18, 2020’s episode, when Jimmy drew 1 million total viewers on the nose.
Yeah, it’s been a rough stretch for Fallon — especially amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Fallon used to be the king of late night, but Colbert first passed him in mid-November 2018. The “Colbert Report” alum went on to win that season.
On Monday, Fallon welcomed guests Bill Burr, Rashida Jones and musical guest Old Dominion. Segments included “Life Coach” with Burr and Fallon’s solo gag “Go On, Git.”
Last night, Colbert interviewed Chris Rock and aired a performance by singer Joss Stone. Over on “Kimmel,” the guests were “This Is Us Star” Milo Ventimiglia and CNN’s Jake Tapper, with Queen Naija as musical guest.
Readers can watch Fallon’s Monday monologue below. Up front, Fallon addressed President Trump being permanently banned from Twitter and other social-media platforms.
Find last night’s primetime ratings here. ABC won that day part.
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Stacey Solomon opens up about why she and Joe Swash plan to marry this year
Stacey Solomon has shared how she and fiancé Joe Swash will marry this year because their loved ones "won’t be around forever".
Last month the Loose Women panellist announced Joe had proposed to her and they're walking down the aisle in 2021.
Joe, 38, proposed on a Christmas Eve walk in the woods where he presented her with a gorgeous diamond ring.
And mum-of-three Stacey, 31, has hinted the pair's wedding plans could have been sparked by the devastating loss of Joe’s nan.
When a fan asked her about the nuptials she said: “I used to think I wanted to run away and elope, but after losing family members this year, I could not feel more opposite…
“One of the main reasons we’d love to get married as soon as we can is because there’s special people in our lives that will not be around forever.
“And I would do anything to share our day with them. Especially knowing already how much we will miss those that can’t be there.
“I’ve found me dream venue, we are just trying to see if the dates work and if it’s possible and I can’t wait to take you there with us when/if we are aloud.”
Stacey explained the pair's reason for getting hitched alongside a snap of a wedding chapel.
Former EastEnders actor Joe took Stacey completely by surprise when he got down on one knee.
After Joe's proposal, the former X Factor star took to Insta to share a snap of her holding up the diamond encrusted ring.
She explained: "My hand is still shaking and every time I touch something and look down I remember and cry."
"It's been the weirdest day ever. Thank you so much for all your lovely messages."
Stacey Solomon quits posting on social media for Christmas Day after Joe Swash proposal
Happy Christmas Eve. For anyone wondering, yep I was wearing a Norm jumper, reindeer ears and my slippers.
Joe then added: "She's my fiancé!" and kissed her on the head."
The pair got together in 2015, and moved in together three years later.
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Source: BPD Commissioner Gross Prepares Likely Run For Mayor Of Boston
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — With the nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Joe Biden's Labor Secretary, the race for his old office is heating up.
Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu and Andrea Campbell have already announced their plans to run for Mayor, but the race is likely to get more crowded.
According to WBZ's NightSide host Dan Rea, Boston Police Commissioner William Gross could be next to throw his hat in the ring.
"A source very close to Willie Gross reached out to me last night and told me he is 90 percent of the way there, just checking off with some family members to make sure everybody is on board."
Commissioner Gross has been with the BPD for more than three decades, and he's held the top spot since 2018.
"I think people have looked to him truly as a public servant," Rea said. "A lot of politicians will say they're public servants, but what they're doing is they're looking for a political office to maybe become a stepping stone toward another political office."
Other names being discussed as possible candidates for Mayor of Boston include a state representative, a state senator, and at least one other city councilor.
WBZ NewsRadio's Matt Shearer reports:
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ADOBE LEANPRINT VOLUNTARY PRODUCT ACCESSIBILITY TEMPLATE
The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template is to assist Federal contracting officials in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial Electronic and Information Technology products and services with features that support accessibility. It is assumed that offerers will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.
The first table of the Template provides a summary view of the section 508 Standards. The subsequent tables provide more detailed views of each subsection. There are three columns in each table. Column one of the Summary Table describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards. The second column describes the supporting features of the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, "e.g., equivalent facilitation." The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered paragraphs of the subsections. The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph. The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.
Name of product: Adobe® LeanPrint 1.0.1017
Contact for more information: access@adobe.com
§1194.21 – Software Applications and Operating Systems
§1194.22 – Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Systems
§1194.23 – Telecommunications Products
§1194.24 – Video and Multimedia Products
§1194.25 – Self-Contained, Closed Products
§1194.26 – Desktop and Portable Computers
§1194.31 – Functional Performance Criteria
§1194.41 – Information, Documentation, Support
Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail
Supporting features
Remarks and explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually.
Supports with minor exceptions
Adobe LeanPrint product functions are keyboard accessible in the plug-ins for Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and web browsers with the exception of the “My Savings” chart interface in the LeanPrint Preview screen.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer.
Adobe LeanPrint does not interfere with operating system accessibility features.
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes.
Current focus is visible and exposed programmatically.
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text.
All user interface controls expose information correctly to assistive technologies with the exception of the “My Savings” chart interface in the LeanPrint Preview screen and the two date picker controls when selecting a custom date range while printing an Outlook message thread.
(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance.
Bitmap images used in multiple places in the application are used consistently to convey consistent meaning.
(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes.
Textual information is provided via operating system text functions.
(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes.
Adobe LeanPrint supports Windows High-Contrast mode for application user interfaces.
Page preview areas are designed to represent the printed page and as a result are not designed to respond to color contrast settings.
(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user.
(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.
By design, color coding is not used as the only means to accomplish the goals indicted in the criteria.
(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint does not permit the user to adjust color and contrast settings within the application.
(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
Adobe LeanPrint does not use flashing or blinking content.
(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
Adobe LeanPrint includes many user interface controls for users to enter information and ensures that people using assistive technologies can access the controls. One exception is the settings button on the preview screen which screen reader users will not be able to access; however, all functionality can be accessed through the LeanPrint application directory.
Section 1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications — Detail
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content).
Adobe LeanPrint provides a web-based interface when printing from within a browser that includes alternative text for images which are part of the interface.
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.
Adobe LeanPrint provides a getting started guide which includes video. While this video does not yet include captioning, all of the content of the getting started guide is contained in the LeanPrint help system (http://helpx.adobe.com/leanprint/topics.html)
(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
Information presented using color within Adobe LeanPrint is also available in other ways which do not rely on color.
(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
Adobe LeanPrint requires support for CSS in order to provide the visual display of the web application, but the reading order does not require the associated style sheet.
(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.
Adobe LeanPrint does not use image maps.
(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.
(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables.
Adobe LeanPrint does not use data tables.
(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.
(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation
Adobe LeanPrint does not use frames.
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
Adobe LeanPrint provides a modified view of web pages without introducing elements that flicker.
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
A text-only version is not necessary for compliance.
(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology.
Adobe LeanPrint uses scripting and ensures that sufficient information is available to support accessibility requirements.
(m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l).
Adobe LeanPrint does not require a plug-in to interpret page content.
(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
Adobe LeanPrint includes many user interface controls for users to enter information and ensures that people using assistive technologies can access the controls.
(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.
Adobe LeanPrint does not include repetitive navigation links.
(p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.
Adobe LeanPrint does not include time limits for responses.
Note to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the following Priority 1 checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5, 1999) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) – 1.1, (b) – 1.4, (c) – 2.1, (d) – 6.1, (e) – 1.2, (f) – 9.1, (g) – 5.1, (h) – 5.2, (i) – 12.1, (j) – 7.1, (k) – 11.4.
Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria - Detail
(a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint can be used without vision when combined with assistive technologies.
(b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint can be used by people with limited vision.
Adobe LeanPrint also offers users the ability to print enlarged text in documents.
(c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided
Adobe LeanPrint does not require hearing to operate.
(d) Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint does not include important audio information.
(e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint does not require user speech to use the product.
(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided.
Adobe LeanPrint does not require fine motor control to use the product.
Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support - Detail
(a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge.
Adobe provides electronic versions of all product support documentation.
(b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge.
Adobe provides information on accessibility features in the documentation. Electronic versions of all product support documentation are provided.
(c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities.
Product support for Adobe products is available in a variety of formats and from a number of online sources available from Adobe Systems.
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Objective 1: Providing a voice to people with dementia and their carers
Aim: People with dementia and their carers should be full partners in policy development, research and service design.
By 2020, Alzheimer Europe will have:
Involved people with dementia and carers in all its activities
Further developed its European Working Group of People with Dementia to advise the organisation on the priorities of people with dementia
Clearly defined the roles and responsibilities of the European Working Group of People with Dementia in consultation with its members
Supported national Alzheimer associations interested in setting up national working groups of people with dementia
Identified techniques to assess the views of people with dementia for the organisation’s participation in European research projects
Ensure that all working groups set up by the organisation will have representation from people with dementia and their carers
Fully involved people with dementia and their carers in the organisation of its Annual Conference
Featured personal testimonies of people with dementia and carers in its Annual Conference and the organisation’s newsletter and magazine.
Objective 2: Making dementia a European priority
Aim: All European countries should have a comprehensive dementia strategy and the European Union should develop a European Action Plan
Partnered with the new Joint Action on Dementia
Improved its collaboration with all European institutions: the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers and worked proactively with the Presidencies of the European Union to have dementia recognised as a priority
Further developed the European Alzheimer’s Alliance with Members of the European Parliament from all EU Member States and all political groups
Updated Members of the European Parliament about its activities and EU and national policy development through the organisation of lunch debates and the publication of the Dementia in Europe magazine
Organised a week long exhibition in the European Parliament
Updated its policy programme based on the organisation’s Paris and Glasgow Declarations
Developed a European Action Plan on Dementia and a model national dementia strategy to lobby European and national policy makers
Monitored the development and implementation of national dementia strategies
Compared dementia policies and presented the results in its Dementia in Europe Yearbook together with identified best practices
Actively involved its member organisations in policy development and campaigning through its Public Affairs Committee and updated its public affairs strategy
Used the 2019 European Parliament elections to launch a European Dementia Manifesto in collaboration with its member organisations
Collaborated with Alzheimer’s Disease International for the recognition of dementia as a global priority at G7, G20, OECD and WHO level.
Objective 3: Promoting a rights based approach to dementia
Aim: Policies and research for people with dementia and their carers should be based on ethical principles
Developed its European Dementia Ethics Network by ensuring ethicists and health care professionals with an interest in ethics are duly involved in the organisation’s Expert Advisory Panel
Identified on an annual basis and in collaboration with its members and Expert Advisory Panel, key ethical issues on an annual basis for which to carry out a literature review and produce recommendations
Collaborated with Alzheimer’s Disease International on an analysis of how the principles enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be applied to persons with dementia
Campaigned for the recognition of dementia as a disability
Developed its relationship with the Council of Europe and collaborated with its Committee on Bioethics
Updated its national reports on the legal rights of people with dementia and their carers (legal capacity, proxy-decision making, consent, restrictions of freedom)
Campaigned for the ratification of the Hague Convention for the International Protection of Adults.
Objective 4: Supporting dementia research
Aim: Alzheimer Europe should become a trusted partner to represent the views of people with dementia and their carers in European dementia research
Promoted a holistic approach to dementia research
Campaigned for increased funding for dementia research at EU and national level and for greater collaboration between European countries in the field of research
Developed closer ties with the Joint Programme Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)
Provided updates on scientific developments in its newsletter and on its website
Produced an Annual Research Digest summarising key scientific developments
Worked with its Expert Advisory Panel to provide comments on breaking research news
Developed partnerships with European organisations of healthcare professionals and researchers
Proactively identified funding opportunities for European research projects and collaborated in the development of research proposals
Represented the views of people with dementia and their carers in European research projects
Contributed to the discussion of ethical issues raised by EU research
Disseminated information on European projects it is involved in to its member organisations and the general public, via its conferences, newsletters and website
Organised Annual Conferences giving the opportunity to researchers to present scientific findings
Continued its involvement with the European Medicines Agency as an active member of the Patients’ and Consumers’ Working Party.
Objective 5: Strengthening the European dementia movement
Aim: Policy makers and researchers should fully involve Alzheimer Europe and its national member organisations in their activities.
Organised annual Alzheimer’s Association Academies on issues identified as priorities by national Alzheimer associations
Involved all its member organisations in the ongoing evaluation of its activities
Revised its communication strategy and improved the information exchange with its member organisations through its monthly e-mail newsletter and website
Updated its newsletter and website
Established Alzheimer Europe Conferences as unique networking opportunities
Expanded its membership to all countries of the European Union with a view to reaching all countries belonging to the European region of the World Health Organisation
Developed a networking strategy to improve the collaboration and create strategic partnerships with the broader dementia community
Diversified the organisation’s funding through a mix of private and public contributions, as well as support from its member organisations.
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Bulls Great At Prospects
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – Future, current and former Amarillo Bulls accounted themselves well at the North American Hockey League Top Prospects Event in Ann Arbor, Michigan this week.
Will Harrison scored in the first game for the South Division in a 9-2 loss to the United States National Development Under 18 team that currently plays in the United States Hockey League. Luke Novak picked up an assist on the Harrison goal that was scored in the second period.
Meantime, Tristan Rostagno and the NAHL Selects nipped the USNDP Under 17 team 3-2 in a shootout. Rostagno didn’t have a point in his two games he played in.
Former Bulls goaltender Chad Catt posted a win in goal for the Central Division, while defenseman Ivan Chukarov had an assist. Forward Mitchell Vanderburg and defenseman Cameron Cooper didn’t register a point in their two games.
Future Bulls players participated in the North American Prospects Hockey League showcase at the same time. Forward Charlie Singerhouse notched one goal and three assists for the East, while defenseman Matt Nehls, who has already seen some action for the Bulls this season, scored twice. Brycon Johnson posted one goal and an assist, while Alex Rowe notched a goal.
Hockey’s back at the Budweiser Bull Pen in the Amarillo Civic Center on Friday, Mar. 6 and Saturday, Mar. 6 when it’s the renewal of an great rivalry as the Bulls host the Topeka RoadRunners. It’s Ronald McDonald House Weekend and the Bulls will wear special jerseys with a live auction to follow after Saturday’s game. Liberty Tax sponsor’s Saturday’s game which is also Rampage’s Birthday.
Tickets are available at the Bulls Office located 301 South Polk, Civic Center Box Office and all Panhandle Ticket Outlets including United Supermarkets. For further information on Group Rates or 2015-16 Season Tickets, please call the Bulls Office at 806-242-1122.
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ASA Newsroom
ASA Commends SEC Efforts to Modernize Corporate Disclosure Process
We commend the Commission for prioritizing the modernization of our securities laws and eliminating outdated or duplicative regulations.
WASHINGTON – The American Securities Association (ASA) today submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commending the Commission for its efforts to modernize the corporate disclosure process in a way that helps more American small businesses go and stay public, maintain needed investor protections, and create greater opportunities for all Americans to prosper.
“We commend the Commission for prioritizing the modernization of our securities laws and eliminating outdated or duplicative regulations that impose unnecessary costs on public company issuers and Main Street investors,” ASA CEO Chris Iacovella wrote in the letter.
“In the eight decades since the securities laws were enacted, annual and quarterly reports as well as proxy statements filed by public companies have consistently grown in both length and complexity,” Iacovella wrote. “Issuers now spend an average of $2.5 million for initial compliance costs to complete an IPO, and $1.5 million annually once they are public. Since the year 2000, the average length of a 10-K filing for public companies has increased by nearly 30%.”
The Proposal – which is part of the Commission’s mandate under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015 – seeks to update public company disclosure requirements related to the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures. As the Proposal notes, many of these requirements have not been updated in years, despite the changes that have occurred to how businesses operate and the increasing role that technology plays in the way companies deliver goods and services to their customers.
ASA supports several key components of the Proposal, including the adoption of a more principles-based approach to certain disclosure requirements, the allowance for businesses to use hyperlinks regarding legal proceedings in order to cut down on duplication in disclosure documents, and the provisions that will help investors better navigate and understand risk factor disclosure.
To read the full letter to the SEC, click here.
ASA’s regional financial services companies work in communities across the country to create jobs, grow the economy, and increase prosperity for all Americans. The ASA exclusively represents the capital market and private client interests of its members and seeks to promote free market principles making it easier to access financial advice and capital. ASA members help Americans save for retirement, provide Main Street businesses with capital to grow, and advise hardworking Americans how to create and preserve wealth. For the latest updates follow @AmerSecurities and learn more at http://americansecurities.org/.
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Four ABUS EOT cranes inside a listed building in Sweden
Modern production meets heritage industrial architecture
The company Nohab Industri AB in Trollhättan—north of Gothenburg—can look back on a long company history. Founded in 1847 the then named Trollhättan Mekaniska Verkstad was a machine shop, then in 1916 the name was changed into Nohab Industri AB. Today Nohab (www.nohab.se) is engaged in building components for example for ABB Industrieroboter, for gas turbines for companies such as Siemens and Dresser-Rand, and also for packaging machines while being assisted by modern machinery such as several gantry and bed-type milling machines as well as machining centres. Nohab also builds housing parts for diverse industrial applications. The complete production with a team of about 30 personnel is housed in two buildings built in 1920. These buildings with their delicate timber frame construction and glass cupola roof are now listed buildings.
The old lifting and transportation system is replaced by new ABUS EOT cranes
Not only the production plants date from 1920—the lifting and transportation system had also seen more than half a century go by. Several cranes were from the 1950ies and one self-built crane even dated from 1925! Overhauling and modernising cranes is well possible depending on the technical requirements and the conditions of the main girders and the hoists but in this case the Nohab’s management decided to completely replace the old crane system. A special challenge was for the installation team to get the old cranes off because of the huge weights of the hoists on framework constructions. The old cranes were then taken off the crane tracks by an experienced team once an extensive preliminary examination of the site conditions had taken place and an analysis of the dismantling conditions had been carried out. It had been possible to conserve the existing crane tracks which were now ready for the new cranes to be installed.
The ABUS solution—modern material handling technology
In total four EOT cranes for both buildings, which have crane tracks with a length of 90 metres installed, were supplied by ABUS Kransystem AB (www.abus-kransystem.se), the Swedish daughter company of ABUS Kransysteme GmbH, via the local agency JJ-Gruppen (www.jjgruppen.se). All EOT cranes have spans of 15 metres and lifting heights of 8 metres. Three single girder cranes ELK have lifting capacities of 10 tonnes each, the double girder crane ZLK has a SWL of 20 tonnes. The single girder cranes have been fitted with electric wire rope hoists, model E, the most common hoist used in the lifting range up to 16 tonnes. The double girder crane has been fitted with a double-rail hoist DA whose stooled-down design makes it possible to use the available space to an optimum. All cranes transport work pieces to the respective workstations. During every phase of this project starting with the design of the cranes, the dismantling of the old cranes, the installation of the new cranes, and the commissioning the company Nohab had a competent partner at its side through the ABUS service station nearby. Nohab also signed an ABUS service contract for regular service and maintenance of the cranes.
DOUBLE GIRDER OVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANE
TYPE DA - LOW HEADROOM CRAB UNIT
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This opera troupe really rocks
<b>JERSEY JOURNAL<br />This opera troupe really rocks</b><br />
Tim McNany
If you want to embarass Alexander Kariotis, say that he's walking in the footsteps of the recently departed tenor Luciano Pavarotti. He turns beat red and vehemently urges you to cut it out.
But the number of ways that the paths of Kariotis and Pavarotti have crossed is striking - no matter how much Kariotis denies it.
First, Pavarotti was the first opera star Kariotis ever saw in concert. Then, as a student at the Mannes Conservatory in New York City, Kariotis got a chance to be in the presence of Pavarotti, when the tenor paid a visit to the U.S. to perform at Carnegie Hall.
"The first time we talked it was like we had always known each other," recalls Kariotis, who lives in Maplewood. "We weren't like buddies or anything but it was neat to be around a guy like that."
Soon after, Kariotis earned raves as a semifinalist in an opera competition in Milan, Italy, and went on to study under Arrigo Pola, Pavarotti's voice coach. And in a final twist of fate, Pavarotti passed away Sept. 6, which is Kariotis' birthday.
Unlike Pavarotti, though, Kariotis is a rocker too. Through his 11-member rock opera orchestra, he is breaking new ground with a sound that he says is more genuine than most. Kariotis and his crew practice in a Jersey City wine warehouse, where they'll put on a show Thursday.
"Doing this music gives me a chance to do what I love with both opera and rock," Kariotis says. "And not in some hokey way, like some groups that may be doing it as a gimmick. Opera and rock have been a big part of my life."
In large measure, Kariotis' brother, Tony, is responsible for shaping Kariotis' musical development. While the pair were growing up in a Chicago suburb, Kariotis would follow his older brother around as he traveled on gigs throughout the Midwest with the band Gambler.
"Wherever the band played, I played and would open up shows for them with my rock songs," Kariotis says. "My brother was one of those kind of rock and roll guys who was into the art of writing songs, not into all the sex and drugs stuff."
Tony Kariotis was the first to realize that his kid brother had something different about his voice. So, he arranged to take him to see Pavarotti that first time.
"There was just something about his voice," Kariotis says, recalling his initial Pavarotti experience. "My brother saw how excited I was about it and encouraged me to go into opera all the way."
One of Pavarotti's maxims that sticks out in Kariotis' mind is that opera singers should forever remain students of their craft.
"He'd (Pavarotti) say you're either going to find your voice or lose it trying," Kariotis says.
In the prime of his opera career, Kariotis lost his biggest advocate: elder brother, Tony, died after a battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.
"My wife and I were in Europe performing at opera houses when I found out my brother was dying," Kariotis says. "When I would visit him in Chicago, he would tell me, 'Get back out there. I'm dying.' When he died, a big chunk of me went with him."
Kariotis says his big brother would give a thumbs up to his rock opera orchestra.
"I think this is another chance for me to hang out with him again," he says.
— Jeff Theodore, The Jersey Journal
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3 Examples of SaaS Companies with Successful Partner Programs
by Joshua Ruffner | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
Joshua Ruffner
Unfortunately, there’s no secret formula for creating a successful partner program. Other than hard work, grit, and determination, there’s not much we can offer in terms of fail-safe steps to success. What works for one company may be a disaster for another.
That said, there are certainly some steps you can follow to ensure proper implementation and execution.
To be the best, sometimes, you have to learn from the best. So, to help illustrate how to run a successful program, consider these three software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies that operate prosperous partner programs:
Over the last couple of years, HubSpot has solidified itself as an industry standard for successful SaaS partner program stories. In 2014, the partner team consisted of more than 100 employees and generated a substantial amount of monthly new recurring revenue. In fact, in the first half of that year, the program generated nearly 42 percent of the company’s customers and 33 percent of its revenue.
What’s HubSpot’s secret? For starters, the company is rooted in sound marketing techniques. According to former Vice President of Sales Peter Caputa, the company built its foundation on inbound marketing. “From day one, we started hosting a lot of education webinars that were directed specifically at marketing agencies and consultants,” Caputa writes. “When they were over, I just sat back and watched the interest in our program fly in.”
In addition to focusing on resellers’ challenges and the end client’s success, Caputa also claims that it’s up to you to prove that the economics work in channel sales. He claims the best reason to start a channel sales program is because it works for your business. Prove that your program is scalable and work to achieve buy-in across the entirety of your organization.
Caputa concludes that SaaS reseller programs require an entirely different mindset. Across your organization, partner success should come before company success. And for your partners, the end user—or his or her customer’s success—should be the priority. You must work hard to deliver more value up front and work hard to be paid back.
2. Salesforce
Since its inception in 1999, Salesforce has established itself as a leading customer relationship management platform. In addition to offering a successful SaaS solution, the company has created a massively successful partner program.
The average Salesforce partner respondent reported annual revenue growth of 38 percent and expected annual growth of 45 percent over the next three years, according to IDC. What’s more, by 2020, it’s expected that for every dollar of Salesforce revenue, the combined partners will generate $4.14 of revenue.
What does this illustrate? That the Salesforce Consulting Partner Program is not only strong in its current iteration, but that demand is high, and the program will continue to scale. To meet this growing demand, Salesforce recently outlined a few facets that will drive the future success of its program:
An emphasis on cross-cloud delivery capability in partner tiering: The updated program will emphasize a focus on cross-cloud capabilities, which will enable partners to better serve their end users.
Increased focus on expanding an expert consultant ecosystem: The updated program will focus on hiring Salesforce-certified consultants. Partners that train consultants with multiple certifications will benefit the most.
Increased focus on product and industry specialization: Salesforce Consulting Partners will be able to specialize across products and industries, which allows partners to leverage their own vertical expertise to drive better success.
As we’ve discussed, channel leaders still struggle to tackle issues that plagued the industry a decade ago—issues such as deal registration, margins, demand generation, and incentive programs. If anything, these bulleted points outline Salesforce’s attempt at modernizing its program by offering cross-cloud capabilities across its teams, updated training and incentive programs, and a structure that rewards and leverages specialization.
What does this all mean? That it’s important to stay relevant, address modern demands, and work hard to restructure your program around the needs of your partners.
3. NetSuite
NetSuite, the cloud-based financial and omnichannel commerce software provider, was given a five-star rating in CRN’s 2016 Partner Program Guide. Launched in 2002, the NetSuite Solution Provider Program saw a major revamp of its partner program in 2011, including:
Free first-year training in the NetSuite sales training and methodology courses for up to three reps
Comprehensive go-to-market support, including marketing templates, start-up leads, and access to ongoing leads
Waivers of first-year program enrollment fees for new channel partners
Access to SuiteStart Service, a program designed to provide partners with immediate mastery of the cloud and a path to immediate wins
As this illustrates, successful programs provide reps with immediate training tools (SuiteStart Service), incentives (waiver of feeds and free training), and go-to-market support (marketing support and access to leads). NetSuite’s program is built on benefits that start in the recruitment stage, encourage sales and marketing enablement, and offer ongoing training and education.
However, to take things one step further, in 2016, NetSuite announced Partner Altitude, its new program that incorporates tiers based on four core concepts:
Commerce measures a partner’s ability to sign new customers.
Competency qualifies partners based on certifications.
Customers consider success and retention with existing customers.
Collaboration covers alignment with NetSuite.
Much like Salesforce, NetSuite’s changes represent a move to reward top partners with more credentials. As NetSuite channel chief Craig West claims, the program was introduced to differentiate partners in an increasingly crowded SaaS space. While the new program will recognize the value of each partner, West claims that growth is the most important metric.
How will you build or revamp your SaaS partner program for similar success?
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Gameplay Revealed in a New Trailer
Paradox Interactive has today revealed the first gameplay trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, the highly anticipated RPG developed by Hardsuit Labs set in the World of Darkness. First shown during this morning’s PC Gaming Show, this trailer gives players their first look at the powerful vampire abilities, story elements, and gameplay features they can expect to find in Bloodlines 2.
An extended cut that takes an even deeper look at what’s coming in Bloodlines 2 has also been released. For more of the game’s intense action, tough choices, and Seattle locations, check out the trailer below.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is the successor to the cult-classic Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines and features reactive storytelling, fast-paced combat, and compelling characters with their own hidden motives. Created in an act of vampiric insurrection, players start the game as a fledgling Thinblood whose existence ignites a war among the vampire factions in Seattle. To survive in vampire society, players will enter into uneasy alliances with Seattle’s factions and join one of the full-blood vampire clans while stalking the city streets for prey, maneuvering complex political relationships, and balancing the need for blood against their withering humanity.
• Feed Your Power, Own the Night - Immerse yourself in the World of Darkness and live out your vampire fantasy in a city filled with intriguing characters that react to your choices. Your unique disciplines, vampiric powers granted by the clan you join, make you a supernatural weapon in a forward-driving, fast-moving, melee-focused combat system. Your power will grow as you advance, but remember to uphold the Masquerade and guard your humanity ... or face the consequences.
• Descend into Seattle’s Dark Heart and Survive the Vampire Elite - Seattle has always been run, albeit secretly, by vampires. Hunt your prey across Seattle locations faithfully reimagined in the World of Darkness, from the piers of the waterfront to the bars and clubs of Pioneer Square. Meet the old blood founders present since the city’s birth and the new blood steering the tech money redefining the city. Everyone has hidden agendas - so choose your allies wisely.
• Enter into Uneasy Alliances - Choose a side among competing factions, each with their own unique traits and stories, in the war for Seattle’s blood trade. The world will judge you by the company you keep, but remember no one’s hands stay clean forever.
• Experience a Reactive, Branching Narrative - Written by Brian Mitsoda, the creative mind behind the original Bloodlines, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 reacts to your every choice in a narrative where different paths, and outcomes, abound.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will launch on PC and consoles in 2020 and is now available for pre-order. To learn more about Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, please visit bloodlines2.com.
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As part of the annual conference for developers I / O 2019, Google has officially unveiled the tenth version of Android. And although the “sweet” name of Android Q/Android 10 is kept a secret, the search giant told about important system innovations. Users are waiting for a dark theme, increased privacy and much more.
These Phones will Get the Android Q update
In Android 10, Live Captions will appear, allowing you to translate absolutely any audio into text in real time. This allows you to watch videos without sound, but this option will be especially useful for people with hearing problems. It is important that the transcription takes place directly on the device and even without an internet connection.
Gesture Navigation
Gesture navigation is the biggest user-facing change coming with Android 10. This addition comes after several Android manufacturers (OEMs) attempted to add variations of Apple’s gestures and failed.
If you own a Pixel or Essential Phone, you can change the navigation style by going to Settings > System > Gestures > System navigation. Here, you can switch between the new “Gesture navigation,” “2-button navigation,” which was the default in Android 9 Pie, and the classic “3-button navigation.”
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Google also introduced smart answers to the pushes. Directly in the notification window, the user will be offered different answers to incoming messages. Whether this function will work in Russian is unknown.
In addition, application-based recommendations will appear in the notifications. For example, if the message contains an address, the system will immediately suggest finding this place on the map.
One of the most anticipated innovations of Android Q is native support for a dark theme. When activated, the interface will be converted to black, which will extend the battery life of devices with OLED displays. The option can be enabled manually or when the power mode is activated.
Google paid particular attention to privacy. In particular, the corresponding section will appear in the settings menu to make it easier for users to find all the functions related to data privacy.
Better Permission Control
Android has arguably been well behind the iPhone in terms of permission management. Google is quickly catching up with the release of Android 10 as it has added a new permission manager with better controls.
The updated permissions menu can be accessed by going to Settings > Privacy > Permission manager. Here, you can see what apps have permission to perform certain types of actions and revoke access to each permission as needed.
New Location control
If some application needs access to the device’s location, the user will be able to give him constant access to this data or only during direct use of the program. This means that the software will not be able to spy on a person in the background without his knowledge.
Starting with Android Q, security updates will be installed in the background and without the need to restart the gadget. Google intends to work with manufacturers to work on as many devices as possible. These updates will be distributed directly through the Google Play app store.
In addition, in the tenth version of Android will debut Focus Mode, which allows you to disable applications that most distracts the user. The latter himself chooses such programs so that they do not interfere with his work, study or spend time with relatives.
Among other innovations, Android Q includes native support for networks of the fifth generation and a new type of folding devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, updated control gestures, parental control, and much more.
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Google continues to work with manufacturers of smartphones to accelerate the spread of the new version of Android. This year, the search giant enlisted the support of 13 brands, on whose devices the third beta version of Android 10 will soon be available. In total, owners of 21 smartphones will be able to take part in the testing:
Pixel and Pixel XL
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RET finally passed – new legislation to unlock $40bn of investment and create over 15,000 jobs
The stalemate over the passing of the renewable energy target (RET) has finally ended. Legislation to cut the RET has passed Federal Parliament, with Labor and the Government agreeing to reduce the original 41,000 gigawatt hour target.
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The Government finally accepted the Clean Energy Council’s (CEC) proposed target of 33,500 gigawatt-hours of annual renewable energy production by 2020 which was endorsed by the Labor party, business and industry players.
The Abbott Government was largely criticised for its failure to resolve the impasse over the RET; many claimed that the stalemate was hurting the competitiveness and confidence of Australia’s trade exposed industries.
Now, trade-exposed industries will be exempted from the target and two-yearly reviews which threatened to derail the deal were scrapped.
The RET was created by the Howard Government in 2001 and then strengthened by Labor to “at least 20 per cent by 2020”, calculated at the time as being 41,000 gigawatt hours of electricity.
According to CEC’s Chief Executive Kane Thornton, the new legislation will lead to more than $40 billion of investment and the creation of 15,200 jobs over the life of the RET.
“While this has been a challenging process, and we are disappointed by the level of reduction of the target for large-scale renewable energy, the passage of this legislation provides the platform for a doubling of renewables over the next five years,” Mr Thornton said.
“We have fought hard for a resolution of this review over the last 18 months and are confident this will see a return to work for our industry, with between 30-50 major renewable energy projects and hundreds of medium-sized projects to be built over the next five years.”
The legislation also allows native wood waste to be burned and included in the target, and includes more red tape for the wind industry.
“We are disappointed about moves to introduce further red tape on the wind sector, given the stringent and robust regulatory framework already in place for wind energy in Australia. The industry will however work closely with the government to ensure these measures genuinely improve the regulatory framework and are developed based on credible scientific research by independent expert bodies,” Mr Thornton said.
“This commitment also includes a range of welcome initiatives to further support and promote solar power in Australia, and we look forward to working with government on these initiatives. The renewable energy industry is now looking forward to exceeding expectations and realising the huge potential of this industry over the next five years. Australians overwhelmingly want more renewable energy, and the Australian renewable energy industry is now ready to start delivering that.”
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Our organization was founded in 2011 as a part of the Institute for Public Space Research, based at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy. Since 2014 we work independently. Our main field of interests is the role of social, cultural and creative capital in shaping the urban space locally, as well as...
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Multi purpose commercial ground loft, to execute small to medium photography and film productions, Events, pop up dinners, business meetings that require entertainment, art exhibitions,
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Hello ! I'm Kasia, I'm polish. I was born in Warsaw. Now I'm moving to Berlin. my tumblr : http://fashionbloompl.tumblr.com - you can see which aesthetics I like my blog and portfolio (tags: my work) - http://fashionblooom.blogspot.com my instagram - https://instagram.com/kasiaszymanowicz/
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°CLAIR Gallery specialises in fine art photography and hosts exhibitions worldwide. Our gallery was founded in Munich, Germany, in 2008 and is dedicated to representing and supporting classical and contemporary photographers and their estates. °CLAIR opened a second gallery in...
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Whether you travel to a city for three days, three weeks or three months, we know it’s increasingly important to you to become part of the fabric of the city you visit. As a result, we see it as our job to give you an insight into how residents live, work and play in the city, with cherry-picked...
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dedicate my life to art n bringing love to this world. at the moment I focus on creating an creative hotspot in the nature n establish workshops which contribute to creative development love peace n living the moment to the fullest, cause thats the only thing we truly got.
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Giovanni De Benedetto is an Italian visual artist and musician who works with photography, video art, and music. His projects have multiple points of view and the observer/listener is an active part of the creative process where each artwork/piece is made with the intention of provoking a...
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Business Market 16 Jul 2020 Jet fuel price hiked by 1.5%, petrol and diesel rates unchanged
Business, Market
Jet fuel price hiked by 1.5%, petrol and diesel rates unchanged
Published : Jul 16, 2020, 4:11 pm IST
Updated : Jul 16, 2020, 4:11 pm IST
This is the fourth straight increase in ATF prices in six months
Jet fuel or ATF price on Thursday was hiked by 1.5 per cent, the fourth increase in six weeks. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price on Thursday was hiked by 1.5 per cent, the fourth increase in six weeks, while petrol and diesel rates were unchanged.
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price was hiked by Rs 635.47 per kilolitre (kl), or 1.5 per cent, to Rs 42,628.28 per kl in the national capital, according to a price notification by state-owned oil marketing companies.
This is the fourth straight increase in ATF prices in six months.
Rates were hiked by a record 56.6 per cent (Rs 12,126.75 per kl) on June 1, followed by Rs 5,494.5 per kl (16.3 per cent) increase on June 16. Price was hiked by Rs 2,922.94 per kl or 7.48 per cent on July 1.
ATF prices are revised on 1st and 16th of every month based on average of benchmark international price and foreign exchange rate in the preceding fortnight.
Petrol and diesel prices, which are revised on a daily basis, were kept unchanged on Thursday.
Price of petrol has not changed for 17th day in a row. It sells for Rs 80.43 a litre in the national capital since June 29.
Diesel on the other hand has seen rates being changed on four occasions since June 29. It currently sells for a record Rs 81.18 per litre in the national capital.
Petrol price increased by Rs 9.17 per litre between June 7 and June 29 while diesel rates have increased by Rs 11.79 per litre since June 7.
Tags: jet fuel, atf price, petrol, diesel
Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi
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Fernando Basabe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Applus+ Read more Read less
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He started his career with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. (today J. P. Morgan), where he held several positions within the corporate banking division. After he joined SGS, he worked in senior management positions as Director of Corporate Development and Managing Director in Spain. In 2002, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Western Europe.
Fernando holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and an MBA from IESE.
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He started his career with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) as an external auditor. After, he joined Bimbo (Sara Lee Corporation) in Spain and Portugal, where he held various senior positions as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Financial Shared Services Director, and Controller and Internal Audit Director. In 2006, he was appointed Vice President for Financial Planning and Control at Sara Lee Bakery's Europe Division.
Joan holds a degree in Economics from the Autónoma University of Barcelona. He has completed the IESE Business School's Executive Development Programme, along with an Advance Management Programme from ESADE, and a Global Business Strategy Programme at Wharton (University of Pennsylvania).
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He started his career at the technology startup Norvidan. After, he joined Meliá Hotels Group where he held various senior positions as Organization & Compensation Director and Change Management Director. In 2001, he was appointed Group HR Director.
José holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Vigo University and an MBA from ESADE. He has completed a Senior Management Programme (SMP) from IE, an Advanced HR Executive Programme (AHREP) in Michigan, and holds an accreditation as Executive Coach (EEC-ICF).
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He has developed his career in the M&A area, initially as Analyst and Associate at J.Morgan in London, covering energy markets in EMEA. After, he joined Goldman Sachs, first as Associate, and from 2013 as Executive Director in the Investment Banking M&A area for Spain and Portugal.
Javier holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia de Comillas University (ICAI).
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She started her career with Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, where she worked in both the Brussels and Barcelona offices. After, she joined PUIG as Legal Counsel, where she was appointed Commercial Legal Director in 2005.
Eva holds a degree in Law from the University of Valencia and a Master in European Union Law from the Carlos III University of Madrid.
Jordi Brufau Laboratories Division Read more Read less
Jordi is Executive Vice President for the Laboratories Division.
He started his career as General Director of Ingeniería de Composites, working on the application of composite materials in different industrial fields. After, he worked at SENER, Ingeniería y Sistemas as General Director for Catalonia and General Director of the Aeronautical and Automotive businesses. Jordi’s career has always involved managing technological and innovation companies.
Jordi holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Politécnica University of Barcelona and an MBA from IESE. Jordi has obtained several patents developed during his career in different companies.
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Josep Maria is Executive Vice President for the IDIADA Division.
He started his career with IDIADA as Head of New Facilities in 1992 and since then held different management positions until 2007, when he became Chief Operating Officer and leading Business Development and Business Strategic Agreements.
Josep Maria has an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, and completed a Programme for Management Development from ESADE.
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He started his career with Adecco, where he held different senior positions as Financial Operations Director for Spain and Chief Financial Officer for Latin America, based in Buenos Aires; and Chief Operating Officer for Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, based in New York. After, he was Managing Director of Doctor Clic for three years.
Aitor holds a degree in Law and Economics from the University of Deusto, and he has completed an MBA from IE and the MAF in CEF.
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Ramón holds a degree in Forestry Engineering from the Politécnica University of Madrid, and he has completed a PDD from ESADE.
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He started his career at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries plc), where he held a number of management positions, including General Manager (Polypropylene Business) and Managing Director (Thailand). Brian subsequently served as Managing Director of Quintiles Inc. (China), Vice President of Ikarus Petroleum (Kuwait) and Vice President of Lamprell plc (UAE).
Brian holds a degree in French & Spanish from the University of Sheffield and studied Advanced Management at INSEAD.
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John Carr holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
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Julian holds a degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela, and he has a Master in Total Quality Management from the EOI and a Master in Science, Technology and Environmental Management from the Corporate University of Union Fenosa.
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Cameron holds a Master’s degree in International Business from Edith Cowan University.
Dirk Van der Put Energy & Industry Division (Northern Europe) Read more Read less
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Dirk holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
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She started her career with Bandaparte (Madrid) in 1988 and later she worked for Cementos Uniland. After, she joined LGAI in Barcelona, where she held several management positions as Head of Development and Control Processes at LGAI, Head of the Chemical and Environmental Division, and Director of Quality and Technology at Applus +.
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Anna holds a degree in Economics from Hope College (USA), an MBA from ESADE, and a PDD from IESE.
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Chinese investors are looking to the U.S. and Europe for health-care buyout opportunities.Cross border health-care deals by China-domiciled investors spiked in 2016 and 2017, according to Bain & Co.’s latest Global Healthcare Private Equity and Corporate M&A Report. Nearly half of the 2017 deal value of health-care buyouts by China-domiciled investors involved cross-border deals, according to the report. Chinese players in particular have been extremely active and turning an eye toward the U.S. and Europe for deal flow, said Vikram Kapur, a partner at Bain who focuses on Asia-Pacific for the consulting firm.
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Police deaths in Salta highlight threat facing frontline workers
Frontline workers are bearing the brunt of Covid-19 in the northern province of Salta, with the deaths of two doctors and three police officers in the past week alone.
Nick Evans is a British journalist and tour guide based in Salta, Argentina. Since 2008, he has been running Poncho Tours, a travel company specialising in tailor-made tours in northwest Argentina, with his wife.
Fabiola, pictured with her family. On the right, her police identification photo. | COURTESY FAMILY.
Frontline workers are bearing the brunt of Covid-19 in the northern province of Salta, with the deaths of two doctors and three police officers in the past week alone, just as the region returned to a phase one coronavirus lockdown.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in the province has more than doubled in seven days, rising from 115 (as of Friday, September 18) to 240 yesterday (Friday, September 25).
Two medics died this week: on Saturday, Raul Caceres, 60, based in Salta City and on Monday Jorge Castellani, 47, who worked in Orán.
In addition, three police officers have died of Covid-19 in just the last three days: making a total of nine officers killed by the virus in three weeks, including 38-year-old Elio Choque.
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The latest victim and the first female officer was Fabiola Rios, aged 50, who died in the early hours of Thursday morning, three weeks after first suspecting she had contracted the disease.
Fabiola came from a family dedicated to policing: she was married to a retired officer, Daniel, 54, who will now have to bring up their teenage daughters – Luciana, 16, and Fabiola, 14 – without his wife.
The late officer’s brother Sandro, 48, was also in Salta police force until he was forced into retirement because of ill health six years ago.
“She loved the police and she loved her family. When she wasn’t working, she spent all her time at home with the girls. They’re destroyed, she was the centre of their world,” Sandro told the Times in an interview.
“In the first few days of September, she felt bad, with all the symptoms, a cough and fever,” he said, explaining the circumstances of his sister’s death.
Fabiola self-isolated until going into hospital a week ago. She died in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Sandro feels that general citizens don’t realise the conditions in which police officers serve, nor the risk they are putting themselves at during the pandemic.
“We feel very hurt, it feels as if nobody really values the police. Our whole family work for the police, but the wages in Salta are among the worst in the country,” Sandro said.
A police officer with 24 years experience gets paid around 60,000 pesos per month – less than US$500 at the ‘blue dollar’ exchange rate.
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Nevertheless, Sandro’s 29-year-old son Miguel is about to enlist. “I worry about him. People aren’t taking the virus seriously,” said the concerned father.
Fabiola worked in Salta City’s central police station, as head of the department dealing with documentation. She was in direct contact with the public every day.
The late officer’s cousin Margarita, 42, whose husband Claudio is also on the force, says she fears for the safety of her policing relatives.
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“I worry every day when he goes out. We’ve got five children, the youngest only nine years old. What happens if he contracts it?
“I don’t think they have enough protection. They’re given disposable masks which they have to change every four hours. Anything else they have to buy themselves, even surgical gloves,” she said.
Margarita’s father was in the police, and two of her sisters are also serving officers. “It’s something that’s in our blood. The only reason I didn’t join was because I fell pregnant,” she told the Times.
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A spokesman for Salta Police said that out of 11,000 officers in the province, 271 had tested positive, 920 had self-isolated with suspected Covid-19, and 169 of those had since returned to work. A further 545 officers in high-risk health groups had been granted a special licence to stay off work.
Norma Morales, who became Salta’s first ever female police chief nine months ago, paid tribute to Fabiola.
“She was such a good person. She was dedicated to the force. The police service is hurt by the deaths of all our companions, and speaking personally, I have lost people who were close colleagues and friends. Words aren’t enough to describe what we’re going through.
“We now have more facilities and support: psychological, medical and physical for colleagues who get ill, and for their families. We have the elements of biosecurity – gloves and masks – but it’s never enough.
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“I don’t think anyone was prepared for what we’re living through now with Covid-19. We have been meeting with the Salta government this week, and we’re trying to improve the situation.”
Deaths of Salta Police: September 2020
– Mon 7th: Jose Luis Mendoza (age 40; 17 years service)
– Thurs 10th: Claudio Burgos (46; 24 years service)
– Fri 11th: Claudio Retambey (44; 17 years service)
– Sun 13th: Andres Mamani (45; based in Orán; 19 years service)
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– Sun 13th: Elio Choque (38; six years service)
– Wed 16th: Marcos Aramayo (43; 13 years service)
– Wed 23rd: Lucas Miro Martinez (40; 17 years service)
– Wed 23rd: Hugo Molina (44; based in Tartagal; 19 years service)
– Thurs 24th: Fabiola Rios (50; 25 years service)
NB: All officers except Andres Mamani and Hugo Molina worked in Salta City.
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Ubuntu sets crowdfund pledge record for Edge smartphone
By Pia Gadkari
duration 16 August 2013
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image captionCanonical said interest in the campaign was high
A crowdfunding campaign for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has set a record for raising more money in pledges than any other such venture.
The London-based developer, Canonical, has generated $10,288,472 (about £6.6m) in pledges, passing the record set by Pebble smartwatches last year.
But with six days of its campaign left the company is far from reaching its funding goal of $32m.
Canonical would have to return all the money if it does not reach the target.
The developer had said that if its campaign on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website was successful, it would aim to deliver 40,000 handsets to qualifying backers by next May.
'Bringing the future forward'
In an interview with the BBC, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth said public interest in the Ubuntu Edge smartphone was high.
"The campaign has sparked a level of interest that has surprised even us," he said, adding that it had seized the attention not only of phone enthusiasts but innovators and futurists as well as manufacturers.
He added that some large manufacturers had come "out of the woodwork" to discuss the device with him.
Last week, Bloomberg said it had made an $80,000 contribution to the campaign, explaining that the open-source initiative could benefit its clients and influence the future of mobile computing.
But Mr Shuttleworth conceded the product might be too much of a departure from the current generation of smartphones for many institutional investors, such as major telecom companies, to consider backing it now.
If the Edge managed to find enough funding, "we would have been bringing the future forward a year or two at least", Mr Shuttleworth said.
Programs on the proposed smartphone would look like standard mobile apps when the handset was being used as a standalone device.
But they would change their user interfaces to that of a desktop application when the phone was docked with a monitor, Canonical said.
In addition, the operating system could support apps written in the HTML5 web language, albeit at slower speeds.
Particularly in regions such as Asia, Mr Shuttleworth said, businesses as well as individuals expressed interest in this type of device.
'Naive' strategy
But he acknowledged that, with one week of the campaign left, there was still a long way to go to meet the funding target.
Canonical aimed to raise $32m. Indiegogo's current funding record is $1,665,380, which was raised by Scanadu Scout - a scheme to build a Star Trek-style Tricorder medical scanning device.
Its rival Kickstarter's record is $10,266,845 for the Pebble smartwatch.
Other independent fundraising campaigns have attracted larger sums, such as Cloud Imperium Games, which has gathered more than $15m by soliciting contributions directly on its website. It raised more than $2m in a separate campaign on Kickstarter.
"We were mindful that tripling a record is always a big stretch and a big ask," Mr Shuttleworth said.
"Risky new technology is difficult for mainstream manufacturers," he said, adding that the campaign's funding target was "head and shoulders" above anything else.
image copyrightCanonical
According to Chris Green, senior consultant at the Davies Murphy Group, "$10m in crowd-sourced funding is a huge achievement, a very powerful and distinct message".
But he added that Canonical's strategy of raising all the money through a single crowdfunding campaign was "naive", and the developers chose the wrong platform for it.
"It was a smart move to go straight to buyers and say, 'Be part of the future,' " Mr Green said. "But they would have had a better chance of tapping into funding if they went for a bigger platform, just because of the sheer base.
"They need to really start looking at more conventional forms of fundraising," he added.
'Absolute bargain'
Mr Shuttleworth admitted there were lessons learned in the campaign. For example, he said he would rethink the discounted price offered to early contributors.
Backers were asked to commit $600 on the first day or $830 on the remaining days of the campaign to secure a handset, roughly double the cost of LG's Nexus 4 mobile, which supports its software.
But Mr Green said Ubuntu's pricing was an "absolute bargain", adding: "The product was sound. I would not say it is expensive."
Mr Shuttleworth said that if the campaign made significant gains in the coming days, Ubuntu would consider extending its online campaign. If it remained far from its goal, all the money would be returned to contributors.
Canonical chose to use Indiegogo's "fixed funding" campaign, under the terms of which all the money pledged must be returned if the campaign does not reach its funding goal.
The company could have selected a "flexible funding" campaign and kept most of the funds, after paying a higher percentage to Indiegogo for missing the target.
Canonical makes money by charging for support and training for Ubuntu and also plans to take a share of sales from online marketplaces offered by handset makers who adopt its software.
It is seeking to gain ground in an increasingly crowded smartphone marketplace.
Canonical's campaign will run until 21 August.
Ubuntu Edge smartphone seeks $32m of crowdfunded cash
Crowd-funding takes off in Asia
The Statue of Liberty and America's crowdfunding pioneer
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Statement From the Press Secretary: 5G Deployment | Beaufort County Now | Today, at President Donald J. Trump’s direction, the White House and the Department of Defense announced that 100 megahertz of contiguous, coast-to-coast mid-band spectrum will be made available for commercial 5G deployment. | president, donald trump, dnlds wht hs, department of defense, 5G deployment, august 11, 2020
Kellie Hopkins
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Vidant Health Update — Jan. 19, 2021
Statement From the Press Secretary: 5G Deployment
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
Today, at President Donald J. Trump's direction, the White House and the Department of Defense announced that 100 megahertz of contiguous, coast-to-coast mid-band spectrum will be made available for commercial 5G deployment.
With high speeds, improved reliability, and low latency, 5G will improve every industry and the lives of all Americans. It can travel long distances to ensure that all Americans have access to the networks, while delivering ultra-fast speeds and high performance that will power the technologies of the future.
President Trump is committed to strengthening United States leadership in 5G communications for the security and prosperity of the American people. With 5G networks already available to more than 250 million Americans, we have made significant strides. The availability of more mid-band spectrum is a key factor to driving widespread 5G access across rural America.
Throughout this process, the Trump Administration has worked carefully to ensure that commercial use of this critically needed mid-band spectrum will never compromise military preparedness or national security.
5G will be as much as 100 times faster than current 4G networks. It will transform the way our citizens work, learn, communicate, and travel. It will make American farms more productive, American manufacturing more competitive, and American healthcare better and more accessible. 5G networks will create astonishing and thrilling new opportunities for all Americans.
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On February 15, 2019, by Proclamation 9844, I declared a national emergency concerning the southern border of the United States to deal with the border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core national security interests.
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Please see pages 3 & 4 of today's update for an announcement of additional vaccine opportunities for next week (1/20 - 1/22) and information on how COVID vaccine supplies and allocations impact on Beaufort County.
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Presidential Message on National Stalking Awareness Month, 2021
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Statement by the President | December 31, 2020
Today, I have signed into law S. 3989, the "United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020" (the "Act"), which would amend the powers of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.
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Source Attribution of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella
Source Attribution of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella in Cattle Processing Plants
J. M. Bosilevac, T. A. Arthur, S. D. Shackelford, T. L. Wheeler and M. Koohmaraie
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
There is considerable data on the prevalence of Salmonella and MDR-Salmonella in processing plant environments; however, it is impossible to attribute the source of the organism to any specific group of slaughtered cattle due to the significant impact of the lairage environment. Also, Salmonella may enter the beef chain through alternate methods such as in lymph node tissue that may be included in ground beef materials. Salmonella that have acquired resistance to multiple antibiotics (MDR-Salmonella) are of increasing concern. Many studies have implicated cull cattle from particular production systems as a reservoir of MDR-Salmonella that may be entering the beef chain, but conclusive data is lacking.
The shedding of Salmonella has been described to increase in cattle due to the stress involved in transport and lairage, and the lairage environment itself may be responsible for the increased prevalence. The best sample to collect would be one that is free of the effects of the lairage environment, such as feces from cattle at slaughter, but this too has been brought into question by studies from pork production where the acquisition of Salmonella was observed during very short times in lairage. The studies of objective 1 were initiated to determine if feces collected from the distal portion of the colon of cattle at the processing plant are an accurate indicator of Salmonella rates in the production environment.
Several items that are not strictly carcass surface trim tissue, such as lymph nodes, are included in ground beef. There are several reports of bacteria isolated from the lymph nodes of cattle at slaughter; however most of the studies have dealt with mesenteric lymph nodes that are not normally incorporated into ground beef. There are only a few lymph nodes that are located in products that go into ground beef. As such, these tissues may be a source of Salmonella that could potentially contaminate the ground product. The studies of objective 2 focused on determining the presence, levels, and resistance status of Salmonella in beef lymph nodes likely to be incorporated into ground beef.
As mentioned above, cull cattle from particular production systems such as dairies have been implicated as a reservoir of MDR-Salmonella that may be entering the beef chain, but conclusive data is lacking. There are processing plants that routinely process cull dairy and beef cows and bulls as well as fed cattle. Samples collected at processing plants are desirable because multiple lots of cattle from wide ranging geographic areas can be sampled at a central location. Using the fecal sampling method validated in Objective 1, feces was collected at processing plants across the U.S. to build a comprehensive set of data to identify whether a specific segment of the production system is more likely to introduce MDR-Salmonella into the beef chain. The stated objectives for this work were to:
Demonstrate that the collection of feces from distal colon provides a sample that represents the levels of Salmonella in the production environment and that this particular sample is not affected by factors such as transport and lairage.
Determine if lymph nodes are a source of Salmonella that could potentially contaminate ground beef products.
Determine if MDR Salmonella can be attributed to cattle from a particular production environment such as cull beef cows, dairies, or feed lots.
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