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Yami Ryo: This just sorta popped into existence in my mind so I'm not entirely serious about this but I had to write it down and share it so just bare with me.
Harry: Hey Yami-chan. So what are you writing this time? Will I be paired with another man?
Yami Ryo: Of course you will. I'm just not sure if I should make it the oc that I've prepared or if it should be Remus or someone.
Harry: Well, I like your oc's but I trust your decision. You always fit the man to me. *smiles cutely*
Yami Ryo: *stares* You are so adorable.
Harry: *blush* Thanks Yami-chan. I'll do the disclaimer for you. Yami Ryo does not own Harry Potter or any songs done.
Yami Ryo: Yes you heard right. Songs will be sung. Why you ask. Because I was inspired by this one song I found and it made me think of Harry. It's Free Me by Goldfinger.
Visiting Redmond Valentine
Harry hummed lightly a sad smile on his lips as he walked quickly to the hospital just outside of London. He took a cab most of the way but did not have enough money for the entire ride there or back so he divided it enough so he could walk and still go back before dark. In his hands he held a thick book pressed against his chest. He hoped very much that his dear friend would like it and that the doctors would let him have it in the first place.
He smiled at the woman sitting in the entrance desk who nodded back with her own smile already knowing him quite well. Harry stepped into the elevator and went up to the sixth floor. The doors opened and he walked past the sign labeled 'psychiatric/psychological treatment ward' and up to the heavy locked doors and pushed the button on the intercom.
/Yes? Who is this and who are you here to see?/ A crackling feminine voice asked clearly.
"This is Harry Potter to see Redmond Valentine." Harry answered just as clearly.
/Just a moment, enter at the buzz./ The voice replied. Harry prepared himself for the buzz not wanting to miss it and entered just as the buzz started. He walked up to the desk and placed his book on the desk for approval. The doctor picked it up inspecting it carefully for any hidden items before giving it back with a smile of approval.
"Hello again Harry." She said lightly.
"Hello Diane. How is Red?" Harry asked carefully, Diane sighed.
"He's been so furious and depressed since you've been gone. Sometimes he sobs that you've been kidnapped or that you've been killed and other times he's furious that someone took you from him. He's very convinced that you would not leave of your own free will." Diane said softly. Harry nodded sadly.
"My poor Red can jump to so many conclusions," Harry sighed. "I've told him so many times that I have to go to boarding school."
"It's remarkable how much you both love each other," Diane said softly causing Harry to look up at her in curiosity. "Most people give up. His family gave up, but you remain by his side." Harry smiled at her beautifully.
"I love him. How could I not stay. It hurts me that he has so little control but I love him with all my heart." Harry said picking up the book just in time to be swept into strong warm arms.
"Harry, my light, my love you're back!" Redmond cried in delight sweeping him into a harsh kiss bruising Harry's soft lips. Harry allowed the kiss without protest and hugged Redmond tightly. When their lips broke apart Harry gave him a loving smile and nuzzled his neck much like a kitten.
"How could I not come back my beloved? I love you far too much to stay away." Harry told him softly. Redmond frowned and held him a little tighter making it a little difficult for Harry to breath.
"Then why do you leave me? They take you away so much. I miss you. Can't we go home together?" Redmond asked softly. Harry tapped Redmond's shoulder in a small gesture of warning that he could not breath and Redmond loosened his arms quickly. Harry breathed deeply and calmly used to such things.
"Oh, my love. I explained to you why I cannot stay. Please understand. I don't want to leave you here but you are ill and I still need to learn." Harry told him gently. Redmond sighed sadly. Harry wrapped his arms around the taller boys neck. "I have a secret that I will share with only you my love." Harry whispered. Redmond's interest was peaked.
"What is it my light?" Redmond asked softly. Harry shook his head.
"Not here. In your room. I brought you a presant." Harry told him softly. Redmond nodded walking toward his room while Diane watched them go with a giggle. Redmond easily carried Harry away to his room and Harry lightly swung his feet his arm around Redmond's neck and the book trusting Redmond not to drop him.
Yami Ryo: Okay that's it for now.
Harry: That was really short.
Yami Ryo: Sorry, I got distracted.
Harry: So what's my secret?
Yami Ryo: ...Actually I forgot.
Harry: ...Seriously?
Yami Ryo: Ya, sorry. I'll remember eventually.
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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 1:20am
The second half of Major League Lacrosse is under way.
This weekend, Charlotte earned an overtime victory against the Bayhawks, the Cannons won their second straight, Denver demolished the Machine, and Hamilton took care of business against Rochester.
Some observations from Quint:
Rochester rookie midfielder John Ranagan (Johns Hopkins) has 10 goals on .455 shooting after a senior season that saw him find nylon only 14 times in 13 games and shooting .230. He has doubled his shooting percentage as a pro.
Five potential reasons why Ranagan has experienced such a dramatic turnaround:
1. Ranagan gets covered by a short-stick midfield defender for the first time since middle-school.
2. MLL defenses are hesitant to slide; it's more of an ISO league.
3. A less complex offensive scheme and less coaching; just play.
4. Stick head change. Hopkins uses STX, but MLL is a Warrior league. Maybe he has changed his "Stick Doctor"
5. No pressure. Ranagan looks like he's having fun.
Meanwhile, New York's rookie JoJo Marasco (Syracuse) has yet to record a point after three games. Zero points is surprising for the Tewaraaton Finalist who led the Orange to the NCAA title game during a spectacular senior season. Cuse built its motion offense around JoJo's skill set. Marasco (24G, 42A with a 3.3 ppg average) is finding defenders to be more physical and less slide-happy.
Let's hold judgment until these young players compile a deeper resume of games. Marasco and Ranagan and their production are a great example of the style difference in NCAA lacrosse to the professional ranks — and why drafting can be a weird science.
In the early years of MLL, All-Star snubs were an annual ritual. All-Stars were selected based upon stats and reputation. Less than one game a week was televised. But now so many games are on TV or the Internet, the voters (coaches and GMs) are better suited and able to select the leagues best 40 players.
You can find the All-Star selections later Monday on this website. More than 25% of the league is considered an All-Star. You can watch on ESPN2; July 13 from Charlotte, N.C.
Chesapeake is 4-4; the Bayhawks were once 3-0. I haven't seen the "Eye of the Tiger" yet from the 2012 Steinfeld Cup winners. This veteran team is lacking a killer instinct, hunger and championship spark. Defense has shown some untimely holes. Offensive personnel doesn't show up on the same night.
The MLL season is as long as the NFL season. Fourteen weeks plus Memorial Day, All-Star weekend and "hype week" before the Championship Weekend in late August makes it 17 weeks of games. With training camp, it's basically five calendar months — April through August. It's too much.
Denve is 8-0 and demolished Ohio on Saturday night. I loved the body language and chemistry you can see from the Denver players. They are having fun while playing the sport at the highest level. Three areas of excellence are:
Shooting - 37%
Face-offs -59%
Jesse Schwartzman - 57% save percentage — only surrendered one 2-point goal
The challenge will be to remain healthy and hungry in August after they've clinched a playoff bid and to continue to improve and peak at the right time. Their opponents will have more on the line. Does head coach Jim Stagnitta seize the challenge of being the "best team ever?" Or does he down-play that, instead focusing on each Saturday game.
If the Outlaws go undefeated, they will stamp themselves as the most dominant team ever. The 2005 Baltimore squad went 12-2 and is regarded as the best ever. Denver is playing a scintillating brand of lacrosse...sharing the ball, scrapping on groundballs, winning the turnover margin by a landslide, and making few strategic errors on defense.
The Machine are 1-7, and this morning fired coach Ted Garber. I'm renaming this team the Ohio Turn-over Machine. Their performance on national TV on Saturday night in Denver, was one of the worst I've seen in MLL history. They appeared unorganized, uninspired and unintelligent. They are becoming the Washington Generals — weekly roadkill for the Harlem Globetrotters.
The Turn-over Machine will finish in last place again, and are on the clock...
Quint's Top Draft Prospects - 2014
Tom Schreiber, Princeton midfield
Kieran McArdle, St. John's attack
Jordan Wolf, Duke attack
Joe Fletcher, Loyola defense
Miles Thompson, Albany attack
Ben McIntosh, Drexel midfield
Mark Cockerton, Virginia attack
Michael Ehrhardt, Maryland defense
Great to see Martin Cahill back in the mix for the Nationals (6-2). Cahill had a rough 2012 shooting 2 for 44 for Rochester and Boston. This season he is back to his collegiate (Delaware) form in Hamilton, nailing nine goals on 24 shots.
Quint Kessenich covers MLL for the ESPN networks and can be followed on twitter at @QKessenich


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It's the unforgettable concluding image of Billy Elliot: our hero blossoms into adulthood in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, taking an elemental leap onto the stage. Now, the choreographer's famed and radical reinterpretation of the ballet is leaping, complete, into cinemas internationally as a 3D film. It is a landmark moment for a production that has enjoyed phenomenal success since it first took wing back in 1995, becoming the longest-running ballet on Broadway and in the West End. The big-screen release arrives just in time for the 25th anniversary of Bourne's dance company, New Adventures.
What can 3D do for such a well-known work? There's no doubt that the medium has been making a splash in the dance world. Cinecasts from top international ballet companies have quickly become part of any enthusiast's calendar, but 3D is another issue altogether – because, while it can of course offer a better illusion of live performance, it has the capability to go much further as a genre in its own right. The techniques are still developing; everything rests on the imagination and expertise of the director.
Bourne's Swan Lake was first filmed with its original cast in 1996, but its creator has been itching to redo it: "I've worked on it so much since then that I find it quite difficult to look at that version now," says Bourne. "Capturing it in 3D was the perfect opportunity." The result, directed by Ross MacGibbon, is impressive indeed: the spatial depth highlights the power and virtuosity of Richard Winsor as the Swan and Dominic North as the Prince, while nuances of emotional complexity come across more clearly than they might to the back of a theatre.
Up until now, though, dance in 3D has seemed more of a curate's egg than a swan's. Last year a cinematic release of Giselle by the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg was not an unqualified success: one critic described it as "so disconcertingly wonky it makes your eyes hurt". Fans marvelled over the lead ballerina, Natalia Osipova, but some grumbled about clunky frames that chopped off the image at the ankle, or that the solo dancers seemed like superimposed "cutouts".
Wim Wenders, though, offered an extraordinary experience with his Pina: a tender tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch. The director harnessed the format with extreme sensitivity, enhancing the beauty of the photography and subtly heightening the emotional content, rather than trying to dazzle us with technology for its own sake.
Bourne was well aware of the pitfalls as well as the potential. "I wasn't a huge fan of 3D at first," he admits. "Watching 3D movies, either I found it difficult to focus, or they'd keep throwing things at you all the time. But what it can do for dance is unique: it brings you into the live performance in a way that is very intimate and appealing.
"The 3D shots need to be longer so that the eye can focus. That means you don't edit lots of different shots so quickly; you stay with an image for longer so that you have the chance to see it. And that gives you more of the dance and more sense of presence.
"Most of all, it gives you a feeling of space, which is essential for dance, but difficult to capture on a flat screen. That makes 3D an amazing bonus for us. And I feel it has the potential to be explored much further." Now he dreams, he says, of creating a new dance work especially for 3D film, with enough time, care and attention to exploit its full capabilities.
For existing work to transfer successfully, he feels choreography has to be entirely reconceived, rather than attempting a compromise. "Either you try to capture the live performance with the audience and not pretend it's something it isn't," he says, "or you should go in the opposite direction and rethink the piece.
"If you stick cameras on the stage or go into the wings a little, it doesn't work, because most stage works are designed to be watched from the front. I noticed that in the StreetDance 3D film. Everything those amazing dance crews do is designed to be seen frontally: it's a theatrical experience. But they filmed them from the sides and above and I thought that lost the brilliance of what those dancers can do."
A cutting-edge medium should certainly attract new audiences to Bourne's Swan Lake – not that it has ever had trouble doing that. Repeated twists of fortune have added to its ongoing triumph. Its tale of a modern prince who longs to marry for love struck a chord in the 1990s, a decade full of royal scandals ("It seems the royal family likes it – now I get invited to things!" says Bourne). Then Billy Elliot arrived, with Billy's final transformation played by Adam Cooper, Bourne's original Swan: "That helped to give us an international platform. It was perfect for the film: Billy becomes a rebellious figure, ready to do something different, rather being the Prince in a traditional Swan Lake."
Ironically, a traditional Swan Lake prince had sparked off the whole idea. "I was watching a performance by one of those famous dancers who had that faraway look, dreaming of true love," Bourne remembers, "and I thought: what if those swans were men? Would that mean more to him? It was pure daydream. I never imagined I'd be able to make it happen."
Next, after the company's forthcoming tour of Early Adventures, a triple bill of short ballets that helped to make Bourne's name, he will be busy creating a new magnum opus. It is a rethink of The Sleeping Beauty, due for premiere later this year, in which Princess Aurora is christened in 1890, falls asleep in 1911 and wakes up – well, round about now. According to Bourne, we can expect a look at our fading belief in the supernatural, a much enhanced love story, and a male Lilac Fairy. It may well be filmed. Possibly in 3D. But it sounds quite three-dimensional already.
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Standard rooms offer either 1 king-size bed or two queen beds and are large, sunny with hardwood floors, plush beds and large private bathrooms with a shower, bathtub and hairdryer. The accommodation units also include a mini-fridge area with granite counters, wet bar area and Krueig coffeemakers. Free wireless Internet access is available throughout the guest rooms and hotel. The baths have tall showers, and top line Aveda bath products. A 42-inch flat-screen TV with cable stations is also in each guest room. Further standard features of accommodation units include a direct dial telephone, radio, an iron and ironing board, individually regulated air conditioning and heating units and a balcony/terrace.
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From San Antonio Airport, drive south on 281 for about 13 km to Downtown and exit on McCullough. Turn right on McCullough and travel to Saint Mary's Street. Go left for 2 blocks to the hotel, at Lexington and North Saint Mary's Street. Coming in on Interstate 10 to the Downtown area, exit McCullough and turn right on McCullough. Travel several blocks to Saint Mary's Street. Turn right and go to Lexington Street.
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MAPUTO (AFP) – Mozambique's charismatic opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama on Saturday said he was confident that the upcoming presidential election will be the country's first free vote, after he fought to have the electoral laws changed.
"I believe these are the first elections with credibility and even transparency, if everything goes according to the law," Dhlakama told AFP after a day of whistlestop rallies in the capital.
"These elections are for me the first… (to) provide tools to facilitate a change-over of power."
The former rebel leader, who only emerged from the bush a month ago to sign a peace pact with the government, has lost four previous presidential bids.
After blaming his defeats on stolen elections, an electoral overhaul has seen the 61-year-old hit the campaign trial with renewed vigour.
"Even those my hair is white, I am still young. I have been in this fight for democracy in Mozambique since 1977," he said.
His Renamo party this year strong-armed the government into adopting new electoral laws allowing for greater opposition party presence in the electoral commission.
"Now the parties have the possibility to put their men to monitor the vote," said Dhlakama. But he was quick to sound a note of caution, "I have confidence, except Africa is Africa and people prepare themselves to cheat."
As the most recognisable of the three presidential candidates, Dhlakama has drawn huge crowds wherever he goes, wooing voters with promises of greater equality in the gas- and oil-rich nation.
"There are millions of people who are promising to vote for me," he said.
But Dhlakama warned there could be consequences if the election does not reflect the people's will.
"If they go to vote and find their votes are stolen, I am certain these people will be able to demand justice," he said.
"If a party or a government steals votes of the majority, it's this majority that will demand justice, not me as Afonso Dhlakama."
Escorted by a dozen uniformed and armed bodyguards, Dhlakama's convoy drove through the capital Maputo on Saturday to drum up support.
Despite the rain, crowds danced, greeting him with chants of "Hey papa, hey papa" as he made his way through the traditional fiefdom of the ruling Frelimo party.
Along Guerra Popular, one of the main avenues of downtown Maputo, scores of mostly youthful supporters filmed the ex-rebel leader with their mobile phones and raised their right fists in a show of approval.
"Here's a person with courage and determination," said 21-year-old Fernando Lazaro, who was injured in a recent ambush by suspected Renamo fighters in central Mozambique.
"He wants the population to live well. Frelimo likes to eat alone, not him. He wants us to live well."
Growing social inequality and high unemployment is fuelling discontent especially among young Mozambicans, many of whom did not experience the ravages of the 16-year civil war that ended in 1992.
Dhlakama, who led that guerilla war, returned to the bush in October 2012, sparking a new but low-level insurgency in central Mozambique.
After signing a new peace pact with the Frelimo government last month, he now fashions himself as the voice of the poor.
"I appear as the spokesman for the poor … that's why there are these crowds," he told AFP.
"People believe that I can set in motion a democratic change of government."


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One more pound down! Woo Hoo! Slow and steady wins the race...right? I am making progress on my JENNY CRAIG MEAL PLAN! Here's what I have learned this week about tips. Some of my friends thought I was limited to what is in the entree package. Not with Jenny Craig.
On the back of each package is a VOLUMETRICS TIP...a way to "beef-it-up" with vegetables and new ideas.
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I sliced some onion, chopped a mini-red and yellow pepper, and sauteed them in a tiny bit of vegetable broth...make sure it is a tiny bit, you want the liquid to cook off. Then I put that on my pizza...scrumptious! As you see, I added a salad with the diet-approved dressing and a cold glass of unsweet iced green tea! This is a new favorite!
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Newbury will capture the headlines but signify little. In theory, local elections are different. They have real consequences: for local government, taxes and services. But for most voters County Hall is invisible, county council functions confusing, and the provenance of local tax levels hard to disentangle. The 40 per cent who bother to vote use the elections to punish national government or parade their party loyalties.
So the Conservatives will almost certainly lose votes, seats and control of councils. Putting a national interpretation on these losses, however, will be tricky. Turnout is only half the general election level. Scotland and the metropolitan boroughs, including London, are not voting. The comparative baseline is 1989, when the equivalent elections were last fought, not the 1992 general election. Independents and uncontested seats muddy the waters.
On tonight's BBC and ITN election programmes the party politicians will fasten on these ambiguities to explain away disappointments and exaggerate successes. The following is offered as a bluffer's guide to the patter of the party spin doctors.
Liberal Democrat claims
(assuming they do well)
'Newbury is a turning point, dawn of new politics, etc' - False. The Lib Dems gained the even safer Conservative seats of Eastbourne and Ribble Valley at by- elections and lost them in the general election less than 18 months later. Since 1979 the Conservative vote has typically fallen 16 points in such by-elections. Anything less in Newbury would be tolerable for the Conservatives, even if they lose.
In the psephologically most comparable recent by-elections - Surrey South West, Ryedale and Eastbourne - the Liberal vote rose 17 points. A swing of 16 to 17 per cent to the Lib Dems, producing a result of something like Liberal Democrat 54 per cent to Conservative 39 per cent, would be par for
the course, not a 'sensation'.
'We are steadily strengthening our base' - Partly true. A net gain in seats will lift the number of Liberal Democrat councillors to a new post-war high. In last year's general election the Lib Dem vote held up best where they had had local election successes. But in general elections substantial chunks of their local vote revert to the Conservatives. A further advance tonight will entrench them as the Conservatives' main challengers in swathes of rural and small-town England - but as a permanent opposition, not a serious threat.
Conservatives' excuses
(assuming they do badly in local elections)
'The low turnout makes the results meaningless' - Largely false. Abstention affects both the biggest parties about equally. It tends to hurt the Government more than the Opposition but only fractionally so when the Conservatives are in office. The parties' performance in local elections (after adjustments for the political composition of the areas holding them) is usually in line with the national polls. Turnout was low in 1989, too, so voting shifts and seat turnover reflect real change.
Only if the public's growing disillusion with current party politics produced a sharp dip in turnout - to say 35 per cent - could the Conservatives reasonably cite it as a factor. But that would amount to conceding that their supporters stayed at home in even larger proportions than usual - which is significant in itself.
'The Conservatives did unusually well in 1989. Losses are therefore to be expected this time' - False. In 1989 the Conservatives did pick up additional seats
and gained control in seven counties, but that was because they fared unusually badly in the previous elections in 1985. The 1989 result was in fact typical for the mid-term of a Conservative government.
A loss of seats and councils tonight would be a historically poor performance - worse than in 1981, when unemployment was biting savagely and the SDP had burst upon the scene, and worse than in 1973, during the dog days of Edward Heath's U- turn government.
Labour's excuses (assuming only modest gains)
'The county shires are Tory territory and therefore signify little about Labour's national support and prospects' - Misleading. True, today's elections exclude Scotland and the northern metropolitan boroughs, where Labour is strong. In the 1992 general election the Con:Lab:Lib Dem vote divided 47:30:21 in the county shires as against 43:35:18 in Great Britain as a whole. But the county shires are more than thatched cottages and stockbroker villages. They contain virtually all the marginal seats, especially in the urban South (the Basildons, Sloughs, and Swindons) that Labour must gain to win the next election.
What matters is whether Labour's advance in the shires since 1989 matches its national advance. The polls this month put Labour's national support seven points higher than four years ago (46 per cent compared with 39 per cent) and Conservative support 10 points lower (32 per cent compared with 42 per cent) - a swing of 8.5 per cent. A much smaller swing today would suggest Labour is making least headway where it matters.
Combined Conservative / Labour excuses
'The Liberals always do better in local than in general elections' - True, but exaggerated. Liberal Democrats pick up personal, tactical and protest votes that are denied them in general elections. But they lack the troops of strong partisans on whose loyal turnout the two main parties can always rely. Their local vote bonus is rarely more than three percentage points.
Quite how badly might the Conservatives do? An analysis of three-cornered local by-elections since January by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher of Plymouth University points to swings of 2.5 per cent from Conservative to Labour and of 6 per cent from Conservative to Lib Dem. That would be insufficient to deliver any council to Labour's sole control but would deprive the Conservatives of eight councils they normally run: Kent, Somerset (outright Lib Dem gains), Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Dorset, East Sussex and Cambridgeshire.
Last week's Mori/Times poll in the shires points to larger swings from the Conservatives: 7.5 per cent to the Lib Dems and 5.5 per cent to Labour. In that case the Conservatives would also lose Hampshire, Devon and the hitherto impregnable Norfolk and Suffolk while Labour gained Cumbria, Avon, Cheshire and Northamptonshire.
Conservative control of upper- or single-tier local authorities would be virtually wiped out. The Tories would be left in sole charge of West Sussex, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, plus 12 London boroughs and Trafford in Greater Manchester - their weakest position in local government on record.
The Government, however, can always resort to the all-purpose, all-party excuse: 'This year's local results are no guide to the next general election.' And this is indubitably true.
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Freedom of expression, hard work and good discipline should be the foundation for progression at all levels.Academy philosophyWhile it is clearly understood that all players are different, the academy's central philosophy revolves around the principle that players need to be guided and supported on their development journey and take responsibility for their own learning ('learn how to learn').It is vital that players are provided with a structure and framework of operation to ensure that the time spent within the system is maximised; that collective and individual needs are respected and attended-to, and that a common sense of understanding of the values and beliefs is reached. This is achieved through effective communication and daily endeavours to meet high quality standards.BackgroundSince the inception of the Charlton academy in 1998, no fewer than 22 young players have fulfilled their dreams by making it all the way through to the first-team squad.Charlie MacDonald, Jonathan Fortune, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Osei Sankofa, Lloyd Sam, Nathan Ashton, Darren Randolph, Harry Arter, Grant Basey, Rob Elliot, Jonjo Shelvey, Scott Wagstaff, Josh Wright, Rashid Yussuff, Tamer Tuna, Chris Solly, Alex Stavrinou, Yado Mambo, Carl Jenkinson, Callum Harriott, Tosan Popo and Adebayo Azeez have all managed to work their way through the club's ranks to taste England's domestic game.It is a continuation of the club's ongoing commitment to develop young talent that first came to prominence in the early 1990s when there was an explosion of young talent under former joint managers Steve Gritt and Alan Curbishley, partly due to the club's financial circumstances of the time.Then, the likes of Anthony Barness, Lee Bowyer, Richard Rufus, Dean Chandler, Jamie Stuart, Paul Linger and Kevin Lisbie came through the ranks to help the club on its road to redemption.Since then, the club's youth department has always been a major part of the club, and the introduction of Valley Gold - an organisation originally formed to help the club return to The Valley - has provided substantial financial backing to further enhance the Charlton youth set-up's reputation as one of the best in the country.Indeed, the club's academy has made giant steps in recent years, with Jonjo Shelvey (now at Liverpool) becoming the club's youngest ever first-team debutant in April 2008 (aged 16 years and 59 days, beating Konchesky's record), and 16 other players making their debuts since September 2006.RecruitmentFor any academy, the importance of the recruitment department cannot be overestimated. Although there is no doubt in our minds that we have the staff and the improving facilities in place to help and develop the dozens of young footballers that come to Charlton, it is still our aim to target the most talented youngsters in the south of England.In modern-day football, it is a fact that boys are being encouraged to start learning about the game at a very young age, and we are advocates of this approach here at Charlton.Boys cannot officially join our academy until the age of nine, but we are well aware that young players can begin to show promise well before then, which is why we have set up a number of special development centres for seven and eight-year-olds which act as 'feeders' into our academy.At these centres, situated in schools and leisure centres around London and the South East, coaches can keep an eye on the development of our very young boys and the more skilled ones will be invited in the academy once they reach the age of nine.Once in the club's youth set-up, players can sign a number of different-length contracts depending on how they develop, and from the age of 12, the club can choose to sign a boy on a two or four-year contract before possible selection for a two-year full-time scholarship scheme depending on the players' progress.As you would expect from a club with our reputation for producing homegrown players, our recruitment department works tirelessly to attract young talent and with a number of scouts patrolling the whole of London, we cover a great number of youth football matches.The operation is coordinated by full-time recruitment staff based at the club's Sparrows Lane training ground in New Eltham, and we also have strong links with a number of other clubs in Ireland and overseas, where further scouts are employed.We are always looking for new players and frequently offer trials for boys aged between nine and 16, but scouting isn't the only method of bringing players to the club.Charlton also have a highly active coaching programme managed by the Charlton Community Trust, with hundreds of young boys and girls across the South East coached during the football season and throughout the summer holidays.While these coaching courses have their own aims and initiatives separate from the academy, the community coaches are always on the look out for players capable of playing at academy level and, as such, have been very successful in regularly supplying boys that have graduated from community level into the academy.Among those players to have gone on to make their first-team debuts after first being spotted on community courses are Basey, Arter and Tuna.Click here for information about applying for a trial with the Charlton academy.League Football Education (LFE) is a partnership between The Football League and The Professional Footballers' Association which was set up to manage the apprenticeship programme. For more information about LFE and the work it does to educate and support apprentice footballers, click here.Technical programmeYoung players at Charlton follow a structured technical programme, appropriate to age, ability and physical growth.Age groups nine to 11 will receive three-and-a-half hours coaching per week, over two sessions.The main emphasis is on technical work related to attacking play with smaller units of work throughout the season on defending techniques and general game understanding.Age groups 12-16 attend the academy for a minimum of five-and-a-half hours coaching per week, over three sessions.At least one session is devoted to positional play with groups, possibly being combined for development work as a defender, midfield or striker.In other sessions an age group will work on attacking or defending play individually, in small group work or a in a larger team shape.Goalkeepers also attend sessions two or three times per week appropriate to their age. They experience specific work with a fully-qualified goalkeeping coach, but also develop their skills and game understanding with sessions in a team environment.To facilitate the learning opportunity there is always a minimum of three coaches with two groups. Each age group coach is also the team manager.Academy fixtures are played on Sunday mornings against other academies in London and the south, with a maximum of 30 games a season.Assessment of playersAll players aged between nine and 16 are regularly assessed by their coaches and team managers.Coaches grade the players performances after every training session and game.The young players are assessed against an 'excellence' criteria. This type of assessment is vital in three ways.1. Provides information for coaches to give feedback to parents and players. 2. Gives essential data that can be processed and put into the players' reports. 3. Focuses the coaches into greater attention to the details of the players' developmentU9 to U16 age groups are given comprehensive reports twice a year. They allow coaches the opportunity to give feedback on how the player has developed over the season.Specific reference is made to the training sessions concerned, as well as more general comments on attitude and behaviour.Targets are set which will be reviewed in the following report. They serve as an essential source of feedback to players and parents and act as a motivational tool.A copy of the report is sent to the players' school to keep them involved and informed. After each report players and parents are invited in for a review meeting with the assistant academy director and/or the team manager to discuss details of the report.The more important targets are set and reviewed in more detail.Child protection statementThe Charlton Athletic academy is wholly committed to child protection. Placing a child's welfare at the centre of our concerns provides a solid foundation for the development of young players.Child protection is about making sure our players can learn and play in a safe environment without the fear of harm or abuse.This is achieved through 'best practice' in all that we do:* All staff meet national standards and beyond as stipulated by the Football Association * Staff are vetted through the Criminal Research Bureau * All staff receive training and are certified in child protection through the Football Association, Child Protection and the Best Practice workshop * Provision of first class facilities for training and matches * Excellent medical support and careThe development of young footballers is the main aim of an academy but at Charlton we believe that this can only be achieved when players feel safe and happy.In line with Football Association guidelines with regard to child protection, the club's matchday programme and official website do not report on any matches from the U16s down.SafeguardingClick here to view the academy's child safeguarding policy document in full. Video analysisOn top of the expert coaching the club's youngsters receive on a daily basis, the academy also offers the luxury of various computer software packages that help analyse the technical and physical strengths and weaknesses of the players.Every week the coaches will hold individual sessions with the boys to study tapes and by the end of the season every academy player will be given a video edit of their performances compiled by the club's full-time video analyst.Between five and seven minutes of footage is taken from each match, highlighting areas of the game such as passing, shooting, heading and tackling, and player statistics are also fed into a database.The club use a state-of-the-art biomechanical computer programme called SportsCode to keep tabs on the players' physical and technical development and using this package, coaches are able to scrutinise things like individual technique and team play.The package also enables the academy coaches to biomechanically analyse digital video images of the players and study their development in even grater detail.Reducing injury is another thing the academy are striving to towards and the revolutionary programme also allows coaches to study the posture of the players, information that is vital to combating injury.Valley GoldValley Gold enables fans to support the club in unearthing the talents of tomorrow - as well as giving them the chance to scoop regular cash prizes.The matchday draw scheme was originally set up in 1989 to help finance the return to The Valley, but since the mid-1990s, the club's youth set-up has benefited from the money it has raised.Valley Gold membership also entitles fans to a range of benefits, including certain priorities on match ticket purchases.To find out more,click here


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One of the most electrifying performers in Hollywood, Ben Morrison has spent his entire life entertaining. Acting and performing full-time since age 6, Morrison is a graduate of the prestigious NYU TISCH school of the arts where he personally trained under David Mamet and William H. Macy at Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company. In 2001 he began doing stand-up alongside his acting career and is now a national headliner and a regular at the lauded Improv and Laugh Factory clubs. In addition Morison is the winner of the prestigious Cabo comedy Festival for 2015 and in October 2015 taped an episode of Live at Gotham on AXS TV as the winner. With such an extensive live and theatrical background he is the rare blend of a classically trained actor and a professional comedian at the top of his game, able to switch between comedy and drama at the drop of a hire.
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The Debt Owed
In my last piece, I analysed how Pakistan's foray into Indian Kashmir in August 1965 spun out of control and turned into an all-out war with India on Sept 6. I drew on an interview with Air Commodore (retired) Sajad Haider. This column concludes that conversation.
Haider's squadron, Number 19 based in Peshawar, earned five gallantry awards during the war. It flew over 630 operational missions and destroyed 15 Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft on the ground. Among the PAF squadrons, Number 19 also destroyed the highest number of Indian tanks and armoured vehicles.
Of course, many other PAF squadrons excelled during the war. And no student of air combat can forget the kills scored by Squadron Leader M.M. Alam, the subcontinent's only ace.
How did the PAF achieve air superiority over the much larger IAF? I put this question to Haider and he said that the PAF enjoyed superior leadership at the top. Air Marshal Asghar Khan, the first Pakistani air chief, had fashioned it into a fine fighting machine.
By early June 1965, the PAF was ready for war. Every tactical squadron "had rehearsed its war role to perfection". The new air chief, Air Marshal Nur Khan, put the PAF on red alert as he flew over Kashmir on Sept 1. The PAF had honed its pilots to a point where "excellence became a habit and not just an option". Haider says that the combat proficiency of the PAF pilots was borne out during training exercises in the US and Germany. Some USAF commanders felt that PAF pilots were superior to Israeli Air Force pilots.
Haider says, "We lived, talked, ate and slept with our missions. Professional excellence was also displayed by air defence controllers, maintenance crews and logistic personnel."
The IAF high command did not have a proper war plan. And its Achilles' heel was the airfield attack mission. Haider argues that IAF pilots tended to conduct ad hoc operations and did not display the will to achieve their mission objectives since they "were always in a hurry to attack swiftly without aiming accurately". He faults the IAF high command for abandoning missions for inexplicable reasons and showing a lack of initiative and drive. However, he adds, that the IAF pilots were not lacking in courage.
As an example, he cites the situation that existed when dawn broke on Sept 7. The IAF was poised to launch a series of retaliatory air raids but it woke up to find the "thunder and flash of bombs raining down on the runways from PAF's B-57 bombers. Several of the IAF raids were delayed till the all-clear sirens were sounded". But he adds that the operation was also a tribute to the IAF fighter pilots who took the risk of rolling down runways knowing that they were smeared with shrapnel.
Haider says that contrary to the popular impression in Pakistan, the IAF had many good flyers. A pilot flying a subsonic Dassault Mystere IV fighter shot down a Mach 2 Lockheed F-104 aircraft over Sargodha. Two of the very best PAF pilots, Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui and Flight Lieutenant Yunus, were shot down over the IAF base in Halwara by relatively junior pilots flying the Hawker Hunter Mk. 56.
Years later, Haider had an opportunity to compare notes with his counterparts in the IAF. This took place in England with a MiG-21 pilot in 1970 and later in 2007 via email with an air marshal who had commanded a squadron during the war.
Haider says, "Both were eye witnesses to the PAF attack on Pathankot on the 6th where we destroyed 11 aircraft and damaged two. As acknowledged on www.bharatrakshak.com, the IAF thought it was a devastating strike."
The North American F-86F Sabre aircraft with six half-inch calibre Browning machine guns mounted in the nose was the mainstay of the PAF. But in 1965 this aircraft which had blasted Chinese and North Korean MiG 15s during the Korean War was showing its age. Nevertheless, Haider says the Sabre performed "magnificently in all roles even though it was inferior in power and speed to the IAF Hunters".
The PAF inventory also included a squadron of F-104 Starfighters. With its missile-like fuselage and small trapezoidal wings, the Starfighter was called the pride of the PAF. I asked Haider whether that aircraft lived up to its reputation. Haider said no, even though that squadron had the best PAF pilots. The reason was that the Starfighter "was unsuited to the tactical environment of the region. It was a high-level interceptor designed to neutralise Soviet strategic bombers in altitudes above 40,000 feet."
Even then, the Starfighter was feared by the IAF and Haider opines that it could have been used with "devastating effect against exiting enemy aircraft, low on fuel, deep into our territory and running for life. But over-cautious commanders prevented that from happening".
Similarly, the Starfighter's pilots were prohibited from making strafing runs against parked IAF aircraft "because there had been one accident where the pilot crashed for insufficient pullout speed". He says that the pilots should have been better trained in making low-altitude attacks using the Starfighter's formidable 20 mm Vulcan Gatling gun which fired 6,000 rounds per minute.
The B-57B light bomber was used by the PAF to carry out high-risk strikes against several IAF airfields. But the extensive damage caused by these raids only came out in 2005, notes Haider, when two Indian writers (Mohan and Chopra) published their account of the air war based on interviews with IAF veterans. The PAF's bomber pilots remain the unsung heroes of the war.
As one looks back 44 years, it is clear that no one has displayed the right stuff as clearly as those few men who valiantly flew their war-birds emblazoned with the "star-and-crescent on green". They saved their nation from certain destruction.
The debt owed by Pakistanis to the PAF is no less than the debt owed by Britons to the RAF. Winston Churchill's words come to mind: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. All hearts go out to the fighter pilots whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after day."
Ahmad Faruqui is the author of Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan.
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>it's both the strength and weakness of India, that it >is so open.
i can understand if some pakistani is trying to explain why democracy is not taking root in their country or that closing down the terror camps takes time etc.
but after repeated bloodbaths about which frustratingly we are not able to anything, do we need to hear some pakistani crow about some of their war heroes?
this is being "open"? i call it moronic!
no wonder india is so pathetic!Sep 23, 2009 06:05 PM nandakumar, chennai, india
Akil babu for you .
"This article is an overall analysis of the 1965 war based on military facts rather than any motivation to settle political scores based on matters of ego rather than any serious objective considerations! It is hoped that after 36 years readers would be more interested in hard facts rather than pure and unadulterated polemics by men who did not know the division of battle "more than a spinster"! "
http://www.defencejo...1/september/1965.htmSep 22, 2009 07:00 PM a k ghai, mumbai, India
In an article in DAWN NEWSPAPER of Pakistan on 1965 war, War blunders in 1965, explain at great length about the failure of military leadership of India in 1965 war for debacle in Aknur front, Lahore front etc and goes on to state that it was "stupidity" of Pak Army that resulted in failure of Pak offensive in Khem Karan sector. What it all boils down is that India can depend on Pakistan to do more "blunders and stupidity " to save the situation for India.
The above article clearly prove that the Air Force officers of both the countries have similar habit- claim credit for every "success" in wars!!!!!Sep 22, 2009 05:26 PM Akil, Bangalore, India
Now that A Q Khan has let the cat out of the bag on the proliferation activities of pak, it is to be seen what action its US "Godfather" takes for these crimes. Sep 21, 2009 10:06 PM JayKay Chraborty, Kolkatta, India
>>"From Pakistani point of view, the PAF's bomber pilots remain the unsung heroes of the 1965 war"
not only those bombers, but equally also the attackers of mumbai on26/11 and those who planned it from pak.
it is unrealistic to expect the pak govt to really act against terror-planners against india, other than some play-acting to pacify usa for continued funding from there..Sep 21, 2009 12:07 PM v.seshadri, chennai, india
"The Pakistani Urdu press is already recommending war as a solution to the problem. On the Indian side, "punishment through water" is recommended against Pakistan because it is fighting shy of punishing the terrorist non-state actors who have been attacking inside India. Pakistan has tried the tribunals under the World Bank as allowed in the Treaty, but has got nowhere. India is planning numerous more dams in its part of upper-riparian Kashmir."Daily Times Pakistan
Yes the next war will be Water War .It should not happen but will happen .
"Both countries need peace, not war. In conditions of peace, they can sell to each other, or share, the electricity they produce and allow each other the irrigation water they need. In a state of war, both lose because both are nuclear powers. Peace can begin with "normalisation" of relations through free trade and the opening up of trade routes even as Pakistan undertakes to punish its "non-state actor" terrorists "
Should and must happen but will not happen as Pak is short sighted .Sep 20, 2009 05:46 PM a k ghai, mumbai, India
my cousin sqd leader jag mohan nath was awarded the
mahavir chakra in both the 1962 and 1965 wars.first againt the chinese
he mentioned that pakistani,s had advanced american
air craft. i think he flew the british gnat-
it is amazeing that we do not have any good books or
a documentary film of the 1965 war.Sep 19, 2009 02:25 AM gayatri devi, delhi, India
In both the 1965 and 1971 wars the Pakistanis were better equipped than India. This was because the Americans gave Pakistan the very latest weapons built with the cutting edge technology of those times. India on the other hand, got only defective and low grade weaponry from the Soviets, who could never match the Americans in technology. However, the point is that with all that advanced technology the Pakistanis couldn't defeat India. Given their lack of technical expertise, the Pakistanis never understood how to use the advanced weapons the Americans were giving them. So maybe the PAF pilots deserve to be unsung after all, notwithstanding their heroism. Brawn without brain never did anyone any good. Sep 19, 2009 12:51 AM G.Natrajan, Hyderabad, India
Now watch when the Taliban are at their gates, our heroes from the Punjabi elite will seek asylum in India, leaving the peasants and artisans and everyday Pakistanis to face the music ! Sep 18, 2009 08:59 PM Dr. Vijaya Rajiva, Montreal, Canada
The author forgot to mention that pak ran to its Godfather USA when Indian forces had surrounded Lahore and only one bridge remained to be crossed. Leave it to a pskistani to find triumph in its moment of utter shame. Sep 18, 2009 12:05 AM JayKay Chraborty, Kolkatta, India
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