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Early Line-up Look: North Carolina Tar Heels
Jun 7, 2023Head coach: Coleman Scott (9th season)
All The Ranked NCAA Wrestlers (And Other Notables) At Reno TOC
Dec 18, 2022A list of all the ranked NCAA D1 wrestlers registered for the Reno Tournament of Champions, plus a few other notable entries.
Five Fire Scuffle QF Matchups You Must Watch
Jan 1, 2022The Southern Scuffle is humming along in Chattanooga as the first day of 2022 brings with it another slate of excellent college wrestling.
Southern Scuffle Preseeds Are Out
Dec 31, 2021It's New Yera's Eve! Which means it's also the eve of the Southern Scuffle! Which means it's about that time to check out the preseeds to this prestigious annual college tournament!
Southern Scuffle Upperweight Preview & Predictions
Dec 29, 2021It's nearly 2022, and what better way to put 2021 in the rear view than by watching a rad wrestling tournament. Thankfully, the Southern Scuffle is here with another edition of this annual tradition.
Hawkeyes Sending 15 To Scuffle
Dec 29, 2021The Iowa Hawkeye's holiday tournament saga final turn will land them in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2022 Southern Scuffle. With the cancelation of the Midlands Championships and then the cancelation of the Hawkeye Open, the Hawks needed somewhere to get their nonstarters matches and the Scuffle accepted them in.
Southern Scuffle Lightweight Preview & Predictions
Dec 29, 2021The Southern Scuffle is always an exciting way to kickoff the start of the year and it will all start with the lightweights. With 20 ranked wrestlers in the bottom three weights alone, Southern Scuffle will be must watch TV for all college wrestling fans.
Southern Scuffle Middleweight Preview & Predictions
Dec 28, 2021The Southern Scuffle will feature some of the best middleweights the country has to offer! Take a look below at a detailed breakdown and prediction of the action that will take place in Chattanooga from 149-174 pounds.
Full Southern Scuffle Registration List
Dec 28, 2021Every New Year's Day, the Southern Scuffle kicks off the beginning of the year with an electrifying lineup that produces some of the year's top collegiate matches. The 2022 Southern Scuffle will be no different. Check out the full registration list here with ranked wrestlers at the top of each weight class, and get ready to kick back, relax, and ring in the only way we know-how.
The 2021-22 NCAA D1 Redshirt Report
Oct 31, 2021In typical years, now is around the time during the NCAA preseason where we'd take a look at the potential impact wrestlers who sat out last varsity season while on redshirt.
Junior & Senior Nationals Registrations Are Getting Tough
Apr 28, 2021Junior and Senior Nationals are a few days away, and registrations are looking solid. Take a look at everyone who's registered to compete for spots on the Junior World Team or in the Senior World Team Trials.
5 Matches To Look Forward To At The Doc Buchanan Tournament
Jan 3, 2020The Doc Buchanan Invitational used to be one of the best tournaments in the state of California — it has now become one of the toughest tournaments in the country.

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The people of today, they have no respect for their leaders, they shout at them, and draw very close to them almost spitting onto their faces, they said unto them, "didn't we send you into power with the casting of our votes? We put you into office, what power do you have which you don't owe it to us? Didn't we donate a thousand tons of gold to fund your campaign? Listen carefully to our instructions first," they say.
"we brought you into power and gave you the vast dominion you have over the country, now you must do things in our way, shut up and listen carefully to what we tell you, if you sleep on the job we shall have you punished terribly, if you shut your ears on us, or disobey even a single command we give, we shall kick you out of office.
From this moment on you shall therefore never do anything without our approval neither shall you have secret operations, nor do things in the background without our knowledge, if we discover you have been doing heinous things behind our backs then without warning we shall have you thrown out of your post and put someone else in its place.
The leaders then respond, "Yes we heard you, thank you for your support you have given us all through, we appreciate every little effort you have made throughout these years. Now it's our turn to take on the responsibility of looking after the nation, there is something you must also understand. In as much as you would like your voices to be heard we too need enough space to think freely and make important decisions, having voted for us doesn't earn you the right to push us around, we too are humans so speak openly about your discontentment but remember to keep your distance, do not cross the boundary lines just as we had agreed earlier."
weekly revolutions.
Politicians have to make lots of promises during their campaigns, otherwise people will not elect them to office. Every government that comes to power has plans to bring a revolution to all sectors of the society, education, health, finance, international relations, etc. many governments come and go but the lives of the citizens will always remain the same. Some things do change, indeed many are improved but there is a lot more that remains the same as it has been for ages. How much really can a government achieve in its lifetime? In its duration in office if I may ask?
We surely don't wish to have a society that is constantly changing color, like a chameleon's skin.
If the leaders are continually pressured to perform, to reveal the fruits of their stay in office, then some might mess things up in an attempt to please their unthankful citizens, what if there is no major problem that ever rises for them to solve, what if things go on smoothly as they have done before and no big problem hits the country, will the people still call their leaders and condemn them because they have improved nothing? Does every leader that enters office have to come up with something new? "We want lots of improvements and new things" is the song they have always sang. Even maintaining the stability of a county, province or nation is still work. Things could have gone haywire without their belittled efforts. It looks like the citizens of this county are bored holidaymakers who have got lots of time to watch others' backs.
For sure no leader has ever been to office without facing intense criticism. A president is the most insulted person in the country and most blamed, all the citizens point fingers at him.
"When in positions of power and influence people try to manipulate you like a puppet for their amusement, one day when you find yourself in such a situation you shall understand," says the parliamentarian, "that they try to control you for their own selfish interests."
Royalty of the old.
Royalty in the olden days was a very prestigious thing, there was nothing more glorious than watching a king and a queen before their people, those days are forever gone never to return, there was both bright and dark side of these systems, when a wise king ruled long enough, he transformed the nation in every aspect to proudly stand above all others, glittering with brilliance and majesty, but when a foolish king comes to power, he undoes everything that the ten previous kings had worked hard to achieve, he destroys everything
Once it used to be said a king's decisions had led to the downfall of a nation, but then the power was taken away from the aristocrats and was given to the people, now it's the people that are misbehaving, characterized with poor decision making, whom can it be blamed on if it's not them?
In the olden days people honored their leaders greatly and entertained them, they brought them gifts and presents, highly esteemed they were because the lives of the people depended on them, the people of today have become independent. It's rather the government officials that depend on the ordinary folk.
Now it's the opposite, peoples of today no longer have the burden of entertaining a royal, they therefore resort to insults, mockery and name calling and would not appreciate contributions they have made to their countries.


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Healthcare Industry News: Amedica Corp
News Release - September 27, 2012
Amedica Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For A Second Generation Interbody Fusion Device SystemNew Product Portfolio Includes First Lateral Interbody Fusion Device to Incorporate Silicon Nitride Technology
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 27, 2012 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Amedica Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive medical device manufacturer, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to legally market a second generation family of cervical and lumbar interbody fusion devices (IBF) manufactured with the company's proprietary Silicon Nitride biomaterial. The product portfolio expansion offers design enhancements including a threaded insertion feature, additional footprints, and design elements that will allow surgeons to perform minimally invasive and lumbar lateral interbody fusion (LLIF) approaches.
The development of a second generation of interbody implants made from Silicon Nitride positions Amedica as a strong competitor in the $1.5 billion IBF market and now allows the company to enter the $147 million LLIF segment. Minimally invasive LLIF procedures may offer improved patient outcomes by allowing reduced operative time, post-operative pain and hospital stays, as well as a rapid return to normal activity. Among the challenges in performing an LLIF procedure is the proximity to nerves during implantation requiring the use of neuromonitoring to ensure precise, safe placement of the implant. Silicon Nitride is semi-radiolucent which enables an exact view of the implant for precise intraoperative positioning, thereby alleviating this challenge.
"Amedica is now better positioned to deliver a technology that can change the standard of care for spinal surgery," said Eric K. Olson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amedica. "The enhancements we have made to our interbody line of products including the LLIF devices speak to our long term commitment to improve interbody fusion procedures by providing a premium product that enhances the surgeon experience while dramatically improving patient outcomes."
Earlier this month, Amedica announced the expansion of biomaterial claims for its Silicon Nitride Interbody Fusion Devices. Data published in two peer-reviewed studies demonstrate that Silicon Nitride provides superior osteointegration and anti-infective capabilities when compared to products comprised of poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) or titanium (Ti). The first products of this family are slated to launch in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Additional information about the company's complete line of products may be found at www.amedica.com.
About Amedica Corporation
Amedica is an innovative spine and orthopaedic implant and device manufacturing and distribution company that provides advanced surgical applications including silicon nitride ceramic technologies. The company's platform technologies represent a new standard for implants and biologics based on superior performance, safety and efficacy. Amedica is a privately held, private equity backed company founded in 1996 by internationally recognized orthopaedic surgeons and ceramicists. The company is ISO 13485 certified, its spine products are FDA cleared, CE marked, and sold in ten countries. Amedica Corporation is based in Salt Lake City, UT.
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The US Food and Drug Administration advised patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to switch to hydrofluoroalkane-propelled albuterol inhalers now because chlorofluorocarbon-propelled inhalers will not be available in the US after Dec. 31, 2008.
Rockville, MD (May 30)-The US Food and Drug Administration advised patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to switch to hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)-propelled albuterol inhalers now because chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-propelled inhalers will not be available in the US after Dec. 31, 2008. CFC-propelled albuterol inhalers are being phased out because they harm the environment by depleting the ozone layer.
FDA has approved three HFA-propelled albuterol inhalers: "Proair" HFA inhalation aerosol from Ivax (Miami, FL), "Proventil" HFA inhalation aerosol from Schering-Plough (Kenilworth, NJ), and "Ventolin" HFA inhalation aerosol from GlaxoSmithKline (London). The agency also approved Sepracor's (Marlborough, MA) "Xopenex," an HFA-propelled inhaler containing levalbuterol, a medicine similar to albuterol.
In an agency press release, Janet Woodcock, director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said, "FDA wants to emphasize that HFA-propelled albuterol inhalers are safe and effective replacements for CFC-propelled albuterol inhalers."
Manufacturers have been increasing production of HFA albuterol inhalers, and FDA says an adequate supply is available now.
In the press release, FDA describes several differences between HFA- and CFC-propelled inhalers. For example, HFA-propelled albuterol inhalers may taste different than the CFC-propelled albuterol inhalers. The spray of an HFA-propelled albuterol inhaler may feel softer than that of a CFC-propelled albuterol inhaler, but the deep breath a patient takes is what brings medication into the lungs, according to the agency.
In addition, patients must prime and clean HFA-propelled albuterol inhalers to prevent drug buildup in the inhalation device. Drug buildup can block the medicine from reaching the lungs. Each HFA-propelled albuterol inhaler has different priming, cleaning, and drying instructions, and FDA recommends that patients read the instructions before using the inhaler.
A question-and-answer page posted on the agency's website notes that HFA inhalers cost more than CFC inhalers. The page suggests that patients can ask drug companies or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for help paying for HFA inhalers.
The phase-out of CFC-propelled inhalers results from the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, an international environmental treaty.
Albuterol inhalers are used to treat wheezing in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Patients use albuterol inhalers to deliver medicine directly into the lungs.
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This star-studded podcast episode features films made by women directors!
Segment 1: BGN chats with Tessa Thompson and filmmaker Nia DaCosta about the new film Little Woods. In North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage. The film premieres in theaters April 19th.
Interviewer: Cat Combs
Segment 2: BGN chats with filmmaker Oliva Wilde and the cast of Booksmart. On the eve of their graduation, two overachieving high school seniors realize that they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night. The segment features Kailyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Bollie Lourd, and writer Katie Silberman. Booksmart arrives in theaters May 24th.
Interviewer: Jamie Broadnax
Segment 3: BGN chats with the filmmaker Numa Perrier and actress Tiffany Tenille about the film Jezebel. In the last days of her mother's life, 19-year-old Tiffany crashes with five family members in a Las Vegas studio apartment. In order to make ends meet, her older sister, a phone sex operator, introduces her to the world of internet fetish cam girls. The film made its premiere at SXSW.
Interviewer: Jamie Broadnax
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
What's Your Reaction?
Jamie Broadnax is the creator of the online publication and multimedia space for Black women called Black Girl Nerds. Jamie has appeared on MSNBC's The Melissa Harris-Perry Show and The Grio's Top 100. Her Twitter personality has been recognized by Shonda Rhimes as one of her favorites to follow. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and executive producer of the Black Girl Nerds Podcast.


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Hayley Westenra
A household name both in New Zealand and overseas, Hayley Dee Westenra was born in Christchurch on 10 April 10 1987. Classical music was played to her in the womb by her mother - not from any desire to create a singing star, but because her mother's research suggested it was good for brain development.
In Hayley Westenra, The World At Her Feet, Paul Little quotes Hayley's mother, Jill as saying:
I read all the pregnancy books from all the libraries around Christchurch. When I finished with the town one, I moved to the suburbs. I read about nutrition. I just wanted to do the best I could.
Hayley was part of McDonald's Young Entertainers, and was a regular busker. Her first album Walking in the Air was a locally-funded effort, and was first played on Plains FM, Christchurch's community radio station. At 13, she had a CD to her name, and at 14 she had a record deal with Universal, and a self-titled album, Hayley Westenra. By 2007 she had sung for the Queen, President Bush and Andrew Lloyd Webber has asked to write for her. She is the youngest ever Unicef ambassador.
Hayley's debut international album Pure went straight in at No.8 in the UK pop album charts and No.1 in the Classical Charts, making her the fastest-selling debut classical artist of all time.
Her album Treasure debuted at No. 1 in the New Zealand album charts, and her official website states that she is the highest-selling classical artist of the twenty-first century.
Since then she has released many successful CDs and pursued a stellar international career, with a short interruption while she dealt with what she refers to as
a breakdown. Her latest CD Paradiso was produced with Ennio Morriccone in 2011/12 who comments on her website not only the trueness of her voice, but its increasing maturity and range of emotion.
Hayley Westenra resources
- Visit Hayley Westenra's website.
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Compared to long-term loans and traditional business loans, short-term financing can help business owners meet their company's current funding needs faster and more easily.
There are times when our clients need a relatively small amount of working capital for a short period of time to secure a new client or pursue a growth opportunity. When this occurs, we can provide clients with a loan to bridge the gap based on mutually agreed-upon terms that are in your company's best interest. Viva Capital can help you with short-term financing when your business needs it most.
Short-Term Loan Benefits
- Improve cash flow
- Extra capital during busier seasons
- Emergency funding to buy or fix equipment
- Shorter time for incurring interest
- Easier approval than money borrowed on a long-term basis
Who Needs Short-Term Financing?
Many companies have short-term financing needs for a variety of reasons, including seasonality, a large new contract opportunity, repairs, maintenance, or equipment purchases. Our clients want to pay off the loan quickly and avoid long-term debt which might come with restrictions from a commercial bank.
With Viva Capital as your funding partner, we take a unique approach to helping your business succeed and grow by providing you access to capital when you need it.
Eligibility for a Short-Term Business Loan
Unlike the grueling task of applying for a traditional bank loan – a glacial process with stringent requirements such as business plans, financial statements, tax records, and all the supporting documentation – a short-term loan provides cash almost instantly.
This type of small business financing places more value on your business's turnover and trading history than on its credit rating, although we do prefer to have a credit history established with your company.
With our extensive experience in commercial banking, we draw on that knowledge to structure a short-term loan that is the best solution for your company. We happily go the extra mile to help your business succeed by delivering when we are needed the most with our short-term financing program.
At Viva Capital, we understand the challenges businesses like yours face and how to bridge the gap between the big bank mentality and the reality of modern business. If short-term financing seems like the right fit for your company, contact Viva Capital Funding for more information.


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YWCA Fitness Member Takes Charge of Her Health
Hi! My name is Tricia Simo Kush; most folks call me Trish. I moved to Minneapolis from Michigan almost 25 years ago and have always lived Downtown. As I get older in a city that is very active, I have learned that taking charge of your health is the best gift you can give yourself.
Location, location, location!
The convenience of YWCA Downtown and the recent renovations had me curious enough to visit for a tour and learn more about the facilities. My exercise excuses seem to fade away since I can see YWCA from my back door.
I found the staff to be knowledgeable and helpful. The members are friendly, too. Many of us have similar goals, which makes it easy to connect with others. I knew I wanted to be part of a community where ideas and encouragement are shared freely.
Welcoming Staff and Environment
All of the YWCA staff are wonderful, and I really mean that. I have met people from Marketing, Fundraising, Membership, personal trainers and class instructors. Everyone has played a part in making my membership truly special. I have spent the most contact time with my personal trainer, Cha, and it feels as if I spent my summer cycling with Bonnie and Lisa as well.
Becoming a Gladiator
I never thought I'd be in a Gladiator class! In class I found myself staring down medicine balls and 'the tank,' wondering what the heck I just got into. I let myself try it. After determining that I didn't hate it, I showed up again the following week, and now I'm hooked. I've even got the day and time blocked out on my work calendar so I can make attendance a personal priority.
With guidance from my trainer Cha, I'm considering hitting the pool in 2018. I haven't done swimming of any sort since college, so I'm more than a little rusty (not that I knew much then, either). I know that I'll get the help I need from the coaches at YWCA or else I'd never even consider it.
Rehabilitation Exercises
Reaching out to YWCA was something I did because my previous rehab efforts left me frustrated. I felt nothing was helping my injury and I was also losing fitness. Right or wrong, I took matters into my own hands and decided to see what I could do without doctors and physical therapists, and instead began a careful workout regimen. The good news is that I hadn't lost as much strength as I had feared. My flexibility suffered, but I expected that (and it's improving).
Taking Charge of My Fitness
Taking charge and learning to push my boundaries is something that I didn't expect. It didn't happen overnight. It's been a gradual process and everyone I've met at YWCA has been there with me.


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Brutal Force Reviews
Building a rock-solid physique by doing too many hours of workout in the gym will not provide the exact result.
So, you have to change your diet plan, nutrition plan, intake of protein supplements, daily habits, day-to-day activities, mindset, lifestyle, environment, and a lot to get the desired result.
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Infact, those don't provide the desired result and don't know exactly how to make it possible?
From offline or online, you can find a massive collection of programs, products, supplements, fitness coaching & training, and more for the physique's unique goals of body fitness and development.
Without finding the reason for failures or not using the exact solution, how can you get a hardcore physique?
Here, this review tries to help people who are willing to get the bulking, cutting, stack, and athletic physique without using harmful steroids can continue reading this review thoroughly.
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Undoubtedly one of the best left-backs in the world for the last few seasons, Alex Telles secured a deadline day transfer to Manchester United this summer.
After four years with Porto, the defender decided to opt for a new challenge where he will put on infamous Manchester United jersey. And united fans, let us dive into his better half – Priscila Minuzzo.
After years of dating, Telles tied knots with Priscila Minuzzo in 2018. The pair were in a relationship for almost six years before their marriage.
Priscila Minuzzo who was born in Caxias do Sul, Brazil on December 3 (1993) will turn 26 this year. Not many poses such attributes but she has a big heart which moves her to show support to the people in need.
She is a co-owner of the Fluencia Hip Hop House, an organization that talks about social transformation and emancipation. The foundation assists kids, teenagers and young adults who are from poor families to help gel into the society. Break dance, graffiti, DJ-ing and MC-ing are ways through which they help the above mentioned people. Per reports, over 70 people have had the chance to benefit from this initiative.
For a person of this nature, Priscila is also an active person social media platforms and has over 5K followers on Instagram, however, her account is a private one. She also boasts of an account on Twitter.
A butterfly tattoo on her back is one of many on her body, but most of them feature on her left arm and on her upper chest.


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India's Solar Power Generation Grows Slower Year-Over-Year Compared to 1H of Last Year
In Q2 2019, a solar generation grew by 7% compared to the preceding quarter
August 19, 2019
In the past few years, solar power generation has increased exponentially in the country, and the electricity generation has crossed over 12 billion units (BUs) in the period between April and June 2019.
India's plan to move away from thermal power-based generation to meet the carbon emission targets of Paris Agreement for climate change coupled with government's ambitious goal of installing 100 GW of solar by 2022 has provided momentum to solar energy in the country.
According to Mercom's India Solar Project Tracker, solar accounted for nearly 31.5 GW of the total installed capacity, representing 8.73% of the total installed capacity at the end of June 2019.
According to the data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), solar power generation in the second quarter (Q2) of calendar year (CY) 2019 increased by 29% year-over-year (YoY) to 12,277 million units (MUs) compared to Q2 2018 during which approximately 9,514 MUs were generated by solar projects.
Solar energy generation also witnessed a growth of 7% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) from the 11.4 BUs generated in the Q1 2019.
India's solar power generation peaked with over 23.7 BUs of electricity produced in the first half (1H) of 2019. However, the growth rate of solar power generation has declined to 32%, compared to 86% growth recorded in 1H 2018. This was due to the decreased pace of solar capacity addition in the first half of 2019 to 3.2 GW, compared to over 5 GW capacity added during the same period of 2018.
Solar power generation peaked in the summer months of March, April, and May of 2019 with over 4 BUs.
India's transition towards renewable energy presents an incredible opportunity but also serious challenges. Solar project developers in the country continue to face curtailment issues in states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued a letter to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories, asking them to ensure that 'must run' status has been accorded to both wind and solar power projects in the states in line with the Indian Electricity Grid Code 2010 and the Electricity Act 2003. However, it remains to be seen what the MNRE can do if states continue to violate the must-run status rules. This challenge, which is becoming widespread, has started to affect the solar generation and needs to be addressed immediately to the meet solar installation goals by 2022.
is a Research Associate at Mercom India. Prior to Mercom, Pratheeksha was an Associate Analyst at GlobalData where she authored and published syndicated research reports in the power generation industry. She earned her bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics from PESITM and Master's degree in Electrical Power Systems from the Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology at VTU University.


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G Town Ground to host two-day extravaganza starting today
By Manpreet Singh Bhatia
Jamshedpur, May 18: IPL fans in Jamshedpur looking for stadium-like experience of watching the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches can head to G Town Ground in Bistupur as the BCCI for the second year in a row is bringing its Fan Park initiative to Steel city on 19th and 20th of May.
This weekend four IPL matches will be screened live for the cricket-crazy fans of the city on a 32x18ft giant screen at the Vivo IPL Fan Park.
BCCI cricket operations Amit Siddheshwar said this is the second year in a row that IPL Fan Park is being held at Jamshedpur after the successful first outing in 2017 where 12 thousand people turned up on each day.
'Dhanbad created a record with the biggest public appearance (25000 people) in Indian at the first fan park in the city held last week. We hope the same is repeated in Jamshedpur this weekend', said Siddheshwar addressing a press conference at G. Town Club on the eve of the event.
He informed that entry will be free and furthermore, there will be music and multiple stalls for merchandise, food, beverages and other activations by IPL's official sponsors, which will add to the electric atmosphere. Kids Zone, face painting, games stall will be put up and a lucky draw will be held to select the lucky fan of the day who will receive a Vivo smart phone as gift.
Anchor will be present to control the proceedings as they are directly in contact with the match venue.
Asked what will be different this year at the fan park, Amit Siddheshwar, said, several activities have been added, the look and the field and the theme will be different along with the metallic lights, and there will also be interactive stalls for the cricket enthusiasts.
'The primary objective is to bring families together so that they can have a stadium like experience in their own city, hence there are special arrangements made to make it an event that women and children friendly. The entry for the event is free but on a first come first serve basis because of limited number of seats', added the BCCI official.
He went on to say that last season saw a massive turnout of 3,00,000 cricket enthusiasts who experienced the IPL live at the Fan Parks. This year will the number has crossed with a week more to go.
Along with Jamshedpur, the 7th week of IPL Fan Park will be held in Mathura, Kolhapur and Guntur.
It�s going to be a double header on both days with Rajasthan Royals taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore at 4 PM followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Kolkata Knight Riders at 8 PM on May 19.
On May 20 Delhi Daredevils will be locking horns with Mumbai Indians at 4 PM and Chennai Super Kings will be up against Kings XI Punjab 8:00 PM.
Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) official Dr Dinesh Upadhyaya, said, BCCI through the fan park wants to create a virtual reality atmosphere and make people enjoy like a fun park.
He informed that the entry for the double header game starts at 3 PM and 5 PM for the second match. Each person entering the event will be given an access band (a wrist band) that only allows the person to attend the Fan Park at that venue.
'We have hired a security agency that will look after the safety while ambulance, fire fighters and first aid boxes will be in place', Dr Upadhyaya noted.
The initiative was started in 2015 in 15 different cities as it aimed to bring the IPL to newer audience. This year fan park is spread across 19 states covering 36 cities, with an aim to reach out to fans and cover regions where there are limited options of entertainment.
An amazing initiative to promote IPL, the fan park promises to be an overwhelming experience for the cricket fans in Jamshedpur.


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Zero Trust Model: What's a Zero Trust Network in Cyber Security?Reading time: 9 minutes
We often highlight an important philosophy, a particular mindset that should be taken when dealing with security. Organizations shouldn't sit around wondering whether or not they'll fall victim to a cyber attack or data breach. Instead, it's important to actually anticipate one. Don't ponder the "if" but ask yourself "when."
Statistics aren't on the "will it or won't it" side, either: according to a recent report, almost 60% of organizations have experienced a data breach in the past three years.
Information is power, and malicious actors and cyber criminals are interested in your data. And if we're following the statistics mentioned as well as the current state of cybersecurity, organizations need to take more charge in protecting their data. Not only are outsiders a danger, but insider threats have free reign. Organizations should trust no one.
"Trust but verify" and the perimeter security approach no longer cut it in the modern security environment. The time has come for better, more effective concepts and strategies.
In with "Zero Trust."
In recent years, a large number of organizations have turned to the Zero Trust security approach, and the old castle-and-moat concept is getting pushed aside to make room for a "never trust, always verify" mindset that Zero Trust model holds at its core.
- What is Zero Trust security?
- What does Zero Trust focus on?
- And what are some of the technologies behind Zero Trust?
- Best practices for implementing the Zero Trust model
- Conclusion
What is Zero Trust security?
Created by John Kindervag while working at Forrester Research, Zero Trust was coined once traditional security models demonstrated they were no longer enough for the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape. In the traditional castle-and-moat model, the perimeter was defined and everything inside was trusted, while outsiders had a hard time getting in.
But since we're all aware that there is no such thing as absolute security, what will happen if an attacker does get into the network? If everyone inside is trusted by default, there's no way to predict how much damage attackers can do if they're able to access any part of the network.
What makes the traditional approach appear even more outdated is that today, a "perimeter" is no longer strictly defined. Organizations aren't storing data in one data center with a contained network. Now, they store their data both on-premises and in the cloud, and that data is accessed through numerous different devices and locations.
Data-driven protection and data-centric security architecture are the foundations of the Zero Trust security model, which tells us that we cannot trust anything either outside or inside of the network—and that anyone who tries to access your network needs to be verified in advance.
What does Zero Trust focus on?
There are a few main trust components to the Zero Trust network:
Data: As we said above, Zero Trust starts with data, and is a data-driven security model. In order to protect their data, organizations need to have visibility into it as well as their assets and who can access them, must classify it to designate which data is considered sensitive, and assign the least amount of privileges as possible. Monitoring data and data access will allow the organization to better understand network threats and respond to them more effectively, without relying solely on risk management.
Users: Unfortunately, humans remain the weakest link in cybersecurity. Even without malicious intent, human error can be made by anyone and at any time. That's why it's important to strictly monitor, limit and verify each user who tries to access the organization's resources, both inside and outside of the network. Deploy solutions that will help secure and verify each user, and strive to eradicate any possibility of human error with strong password policies, 2FA and MFA, and the like.
Network: Micro-segmentation and access and network restrictions will help stop attackers from gaining access to the network, hamper their lateral movement if they're inside the network, and defeat their ability to exfiltrate data. Ensuring that users aren't trusted even if they're inside the network, and employing real-time threat detection, firewalls and strong access policies are the pillars of Zero Trust network.
Devices: Over the past few years, the number of devices used to access company networks has increased exponentially. Laptops, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs, coupled with the BYOD trend, have only increased the attack surface and provided malicious attackers with more attack vectors and entry points than ever. Organizations need to have visibility into devices that try to access their networks, and establish trust before granting access.
Workload: Workloads are an interesting target for attackers, and securing them by identifying and controlling access to applications and workloads will allow for better control and protection.
Visibility and analytics: You can't protect what you can't see. Every activity in the networks needs to be visible, monitored, logged, and then analyzed in order to identify anomalous behaviors and detect and mitigate threats.
Automation and orchestration: As Zero Trust model is no single technology or process, it employs a wide variety of different technologies, methods, and of course, tools. Security automation tools automate security tasks and allow for policy adherence, improved incident response, detect threats in real-time, and much more. Orchestration is there to make sure all the disparate solutions are integrated into the existing organization's IT environments.
And what are some of the technologies behind Zero Trust?
In the Zero Trust security model, organizations take advantage of micro-segmentation, access control environments, and rely on different technologies and processes. "Micro-segmentation" refers to a security technique that allows security teams to create granular secure zones in the data center and define security controls for each individual zone. It works to prevent lateral exploration and movement in the network, and allows for better control over the entire network.
In addition to micro-segmentation is least-privilege access. "Least privilege" is a principle based on allowing users only the amount of access needed for them to fulfill their role in the organization. This helps organizations reduce the risk of attackers wreaking havoc on internal networks by compromising low-level users, applications or devices.
Among the technologies that form the core of Zero Trust architecture are multi-factor authentication, access control identity, access management, and as mentioned above, security automation and orchestration. Let's explore them:
2FA and MFA: Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, are additional IT security layers in the form of authentication factors and requirements that need to be fulfilled before users can access their accounts, creating barriers for crackers trying to gain unauthorized access to those accounts. This can require users, after inputting their passwords, to verify their identity with a one-time SMS code, a fingerprint, retina scan, and/or even user location.
From all this, we can clearly deduce why MFA is so inherent to Zero Trust—it comes from a place of distrust towards users trying to access the network, and provides additional steps for users to verify their identity, gain trust, and finally access.
Access control (AC): Access control is a selective restriction of access to data. It's made up of authentication, which we just went over, and authorization, which determines whether a user should be given access to data and the ability to perform specific actions they attempt. In plain English, AC is about who or what can access organizations' resources, and is used to enforce least-privilege access policies.
Identity and access management (IAM): While often used interchangeably, AC and IAM are two separate practices, with AC being a subset of IAM. IAM is supported by four key areas: identity administration, identity infrastructure, access management and auditing.
IAM is fundamentally about defining and managing roles and access privileges of individual users, and is led with the "one digital identity per individual" philosophy. Each user has a digital identity that is established and maintained, but also monitored and audited so it can be modified accordingly, whether by giving it more privileges, or limiting some.
Security automation and orchestration: Besides being one of the focus areas of Zero Trust security, security automation and orchestration is another driving technology behind it. Just last week we went over security automation in detail, and touched on security orchestration.
Security automation is the automatic execution of security tasks that don't involve human intervention, which leaves more time for security teams to spend on proactive, strategic activities. Automation simplifies security operations and reduces the time needed to detect and respond to threats. Monitoring every security event to ensure Zero Trust just wouldn't be possible without automation tools to reduce the possibility of human error and do away with the tedium of such a repetitive task. We recommend you check out our post dedicated to this concept for some of the best security automation tools available.
Security orchestration helps organizations connect the numerous tools and solutions, allowing for easier sharing of data between them and ensures they are all seamlessly integrated into the organization's infrastructure.
Best practices for implementing the Zero Trust model
While many organizations have already fully implemented the Zero Trust model into their IT environment, or at least have begun to, hey—it's never too late to start!
There are already solutions available that offer MFA, IAM, AC, or a combination thereof, but it's really not just about employing these technologies and tools. Zero Trust doesn't happen overnight; it's a continuous strategy that first needs to be set, then followed with the use of appropriate technologies.
Besides the technologies we went over, there are some strategic approaches to adopting Zero Trust architecture:
1. Authenticate, verify, and repeat
Paranoia might not always be a good thing, but a healthy dose of caution is always important. Start from a place where every attempted access to a network is considered a malicious one, and subject them to a number of authentication methods; also, each time access to a different asset or resource is attempted, re-authenticate users. This can be done with a set of access controls, perimeter security, network access controls, the good old MFA, and other methods.
2. Data visibility and classification
To protect something, you must understand it, and it's no different with data. Understanding where your data lives and the sensitivity of that data will help inform better access controls and authorization. Also, allow only specific users access to it, those with administrative roles and similar, maintaining the least-privilege method.
3. Monitor all data-related activity
Monitor and log all activity related to your data, along with any user activity in the network. By using security automation tools that will do this for you, your analysts can use this data later on to correlate it, examine it, recognize any suspicious behaviour in real time, and catch threats from both internal and external sources before they escalate to a data breach.
4. Think of the user
The growing number of authentication methods and security access controls needed to verify users can be both time-consuming and outright boring. And having any kind of strategy in place that seems inordinately unfavorable even to some users simply won't do.
When implementing Zero Trust network, think of the end user and choose a solution and strategy that will make the experience as "pain-free" as possible, to ensure both compliance and effectiveness.
Continuing with security basics, this week we introduced, or re-introduced, you to Zero Trust. Adding it to the list of security must-haves, organizations need to start implementing this strategy to protect that which is most valuable to them: their data. And data isn't the most valuable asset to organizations alone—cyber criminals share this "passion" too.
By outlining the appropriate steps needed for protecting an organization's data, we have gone over some key principles of Zero Trust and best practices to steer you in the right direction. As it's as broad a concept as most of those in security are, we've only scratched the surface of the Zero Trust model. We're bound to revisit this topic in the future, to take a deeper dive into a world where no one deserves our trust.
And cybersecurity is exactly that type of a world.


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In whom should we trust? Regulation and responsibility in global supply chains
What is the best strategy for combating labour abuses in global supply chains? Should we continue with 'corporate social responsibility', or should we favour an alternative of international legal liability and accountability?
Ending forced labor and modern slavery in global supply chains requires binding legislation, rather than corporate self-regulation and self-disclosure. Yes or No?
Genevieve LeBaron and Joel Quirk
Garment & Allied Workers' Union
UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Queen's School of Business
International Labour Organisation
Formerly of the Coca-Cola Company
The Freedom Fund
International Organisation for Migration
National Commission for the Eradication of Slave Labour
We sometimes speak about the global economy as if it were a force of nature, or as a patient with uncertain health. It can be tamed or unleashed, wounded or healed. The specific language used can reveal a great deal about how people think about economic processes and government policies. As any economist can tell you, the main bone of contention is often the role of regulation. Why and when is regulation required, and what form should it ideally take? Over the last three decades, this enduring debate has taken on new features, since so much of what now gets consumed comes from factories and workers in other countries. Instead of making goods in-house, corporations now subcontract many aspects of their production processes to partners in developing countries with lower wages, less regulation, and fewer protections for workers.
There is no question that global supply chains are good for corporations, but do they work for workers? As you might expect, this question can be answered in many ways, with different responses covering the full spectrum of yes, no, maybe, and sometimes. In a world where jobs are scarce there will always be claims that nearly any job is better than no job at all. Yet this begs an obvious question regarding the types of jobs that have been created. Major corporations use their market power to drive down costs by securing favourable contracts with suppliers, since their suppliers frequently have limited scope to negotiate better returns, better conditions, or less demanding production cycles. This combination of low prices and high expectations means that companies further down the supply chain frequently experience sustained pressure to depress pay and conditions, to the point where forced labour can appear as an unavoidable business strategy.
The limits of existing regulations
It is at this point that the question of regulation takes centre stage. Thanks to a steady stream of investigative reports, it is now widely accepted that some factories and companies have been seriously abusing and exploiting their workers. According one study, "71% of companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some stage in their supply chains". However, there continues to be heated debate regarding who should be held responsible when forced labour is found to have taken place. Most researchers and analysts talk in terms of widespread patterns, rather than isolated cases, suggesting that we have a serious global problem.
Problems on this scale rarely come with easy or immediate solutions. A number of regulations already prohibit forced labour, slavery and abusive labour practices in most countries. However, these regulations suffer from a combination of legal loopholes and failures of enforcement. National laws rarely extend beyond national borders or citizens, creating 'governance gaps' between different legal systems. Corporations are only legally responsible for workers they employ directly, so any abuses that take place at the hands of companies to whom they have subcontracted fall outside their legal obligations.
At an international level, we now have many conventions and protocols, including agreements against slavery (1926, 1956), forced labour (1930, 1957, 2014), and human trafficking (1949, 2000). While these international conventions contain valuable provisions and aspirations, they don't necessarily come with the same forms of obligation, oversight or enforcement as national legislation. States routinely fail to enforce labour law without consequences. The key question is therefore not whether or not there should be any regulation. It is instead whether or not a new approach to regulation is required to update and globalise worker protections for the 21st century.
In this debate, we have asked some of the world's leading experts to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of a number of potential solutions. As we outline in more detail below, we are particularly interested in their thoughts on two approaches. On the one hand, we have corporate social responsibility (CSR), which has been dominant for over twenty years. On the other, we have an emerging argument that binding legislation should be prioritised over CSR.
Solution one: corporate social responsibility and voluntary action
The main principles of CSR are self-disclosure and self-regulation. The basic idea is that responsible corporations – working hand in hand with responsible consumers – can play a transformative role in cleaning up (or keeping clean) their supply chains. Established regulations remain on the books, but are also supplemented via voluntary action. Thousands of different initiatives have recently been introduced to bolster labour and environmental standards in supply chains, covering products such as bananas, tea, cocoa, t-shirts, and computers. Some CSR initiatives are specific to individual corporations, such as Apple, Microsoft or Coca-Cola. Others take the form of industry coalitions, such as the International Cocoa Initiative and the Ethical Trading Initiative. These frequently include non-governmental organisations, such as Free the Slaves (cocoa) or Anti-Slavery International (ethical trading).
The most common application of CSR principles involves the publication of policies, principles, reports and stories relating to the treatment of supply chain workers. In some cases, these publications are little more than general statements of principle that outline the values to which corporations aspire, but contain little or no information on how these values will be realised in practice. Others contain detailed material on codes of conduct, internal audits, and budgets. A good example of the later is Apple's annual supplier responsibility reports. Despite these variations in practice, there is nonetheless a common strand linking together most CSR initiatives. As a general rule, they are voluntary, so there are no automatic or direct penalties for non-compliance or poor performance. Companies determine their own standards, policies and associations, and decide when and how much to report regarding their overall performance.
This general rule now comes with some important exceptions, where forms of CSR have been made a mandatory requirement via new legislation. The two most significant examples are the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (2010) in the United States and the Modern Slavery Act (2015) in the United Kingdom. At the heart of both pieces of legislation is a legal obligation for corporations of a certain size to make an annual public statement regarding modern slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains. In keeping with established trends, the quality of these public statements has continued to be subject to tremendous variation. Corporations can even satisfy their legal obligations by reporting that they are taking no action at all. If they publicly proclaim their commitment to the cause and then don't deliver, they face no penalties beyond the uncertain prospect of consumer activism or negative publicity. Reporting may well be mandatory, but public statements do not necessarily ensure that CSR efforts will be successful in eradicating forced labour. Supporters of CSR claim that voluntary action has often proved to be highly effective. Critics alternatively claim that CSR has repeatedly failed to adequately protect workers on the ground, resulting in growing calls for a new approach.
Solution two: expanded international accountability and legal liability
In recent years, a coalition of workers, civil society groups, investors, trade unions, and some industry and government representatives have argued that the current model of CSR-based solutions isn't working. They have argued that a fresh approach is necessary, one in which global supply chains are regulated by global laws. The basic idea is for established regulations to remain on the books, but to supplement current models via expanded regulation at a national and international level to close down 'governance gaps'. This means introducing a new regulatory framework with global reach that would legally curtail corporations' ability to outsource liability for the working conditions associated with the production of the goods that they sell. In other words, holding corporations legally accountable for serious labour abuses across their entire supply chains. The most significant movement in this overall direction arises out of the most recent International Labour Conference in Geneva in June of this year. At this conference, workers, unions and some governments made the case that corporations need to be compelled to take direct responsibility for forced labour within their supply chains. While the precise nature of any future binding convention remains open to debate, the key argument is that moral responsibly must be translated into legal liability. Corporations cannot be trusted to regulate themselves, so there is a need for mandatory action, rather than voluntary self-regulation.
What is the most effective solution?
We already have a great deal of research into why and how labour abuses occur in global supply chains. The primary goal of this debate is to harness this existing expertise and experience in order to identify the best strategies for taking effective action. As with any debate over politics and policy, we are faced with the difficult task of adjudicating between competing positions, priorities and interests. Our goal here is not to look for a single magical solution that will immediately resolve the problem once and for all (especially given the well-documented and widespread problem of effective enforcement). That does not mean, however, that we should attempt to avoid difficult decisions by declaring that we should be trying all of the available options at the same time. In any policy debate, some solutions are going to be more effective than others, so our chief task is to identify which solutions can be expected to make the most significant improvements for workers vulnerable to forced labour within global supply chains.
We also need to recognise that some solutions will not be compatible or complimentary. Advocates of binding legislation often have no patience for self-regulation, since they regard it as a failure that complicates and undermines the search for more effective alternatives. Similarly, advocates of self-regulation are frequently opposed to more binding regulation, since they regard it as an unnecessary intrusion that not only creates further complications and costs, but can also make it harder for companies to set and enforce their own rules. As numerous researchers have documented, the popularity of CSR approaches can be partially traced to their political value as a defence against calls for further regulation. Through this debate, we hope to concentrate attention on what works, what doesn't work, and what we should be aiming for next. There may not be a single magical solution to the challenge of forced labour in global supply chains, but some solutions will still be more effective and more deserving of action and energy than others.
This debate was produced in conjunction with Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition.
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How USA Today Reinvented Journalism Sphere & Whether It Is Still Relevant Today?
Having "debuted" within an era undergoing sharp declines in circulation and newspaper readership, the USA Today media giant became the first successful national daily general-interest newspaper in the 1980s. Impressing the industry with its stylish innovations, which were originally lampooned and mocked, USA Today is now one of the largest daily US newspapers in terms of circulation and serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.
After a nearly 40-year run with around 93 Pultizer Prizes and several other journalism accolades, USA Today – together with its digital sites – has undoubtedly reshaped the journalism landscape. With the solid commitment to "reflect the pulse of the nation and serve as the host of the American conversation – today, tomorrow and for decades to follow," USA Today print edition reaches more than 700,000 worldwide, with more than half a million digital subscribers. Having risen to such prominence, the brainchild of Allen H. Neuharth boasts a fascinating yet dramatic growth trajectory for itself. Let's read on to explore the glamorous history of the most successful national newspaper as well as figure out whether this behemoth is still relevant today as a credible companion of readers.
USA Today: Nearly-40-Year Run of The Most Successful National Newspaper
USA Today as Neuharth's Golden Brainchild
The media giant was dreamed up by Allen Neuharth, the famously hard-changing chairman of Gannett, a successful publisher of small-city newspapers. Anticipating a profitable market for a one-size-fits-all, easy-to-digest, general-interest newspaper targeting the managerial class of an increasingly mobile country, Neuharth realized leveraging technological innovations could do wonder for his business ambition. He deployed the ground-breaking satellite transmission, then a novel concept, to send pages of the newspaper to a network of printing plants across the country each night, so that the morning edition could make it to doorsteps and news boxes around the country every single day.
To delve into greater detail about USA Today's "father", Neuharth began his publishing career in 1952 by starting a statewide sports newspaper in his native South Dakota, and then joined Gannett in the 1960s with a statewide daily in Florida. During his tenure at Gannett, the company grew from its initial holdings in small upstate New York newspapers to a more national base.
Upon being named chairman of Gannett in 1978, the brash and blustery media mogul harbored the idea of a national daily newspaper. By the early 1980s, the meteoric rise of business travel implied that millions of people on business trips would soon tire of reading out-of-town newspapers, and long for a standard newspaper from one city to another – this was why Neuharth insisted on a promisingly thriving prospect for the national newspaper.
He made his boldest move in 1982 when he gambled Gannett's fiscal success on the dream of a national newspaper. Indeed, his goal was nothing less than to reinvent the American newspaper, and to a great extent, he succeeded. USA Today featured brief articles, bright colors, bold graphics and light news. Modeled on television, this "American newspaper" sought a market of business travelers, transplants and anyone for whom six paragraphs about the Middle East was sufficient and anything less than every last sports score was not.
USA Today's "Scandalous" Early Days
Different from any established newspapers, USA Today adopted flashy national commercials in its first years, with celebrities from Willard Scott to Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle promoting the newspaper. Whereas USA Today gained phenomenal popularity, it was savaged by critics as junk-food journalism. Actually, criticism of USA Today began almost immediately. "A national daily newspaper seems like a way to lose a lot of money in a hurry," media analyst John Morton wrote upon USA Today's debut. Complaints started with the newspaper's very look: It was sold in vending machines designed to resemble television sets, resulting in critics accusing the newspaper of coverage "as shallow as television".
David Hall, the former Executive Editor of The St. Paul Pioneer Press, commented it was "like reading the radio." Even USA Today's former Editor-in-chief, John Quinn, half joked that it "brought new depth to the meaning of the word shallow." And its coverage sometimes seemed like self-parody. Plumbing American behavior for potential trends generated front-page headlines like "Men, Women: We're Still Different" and "USA Is Eating Its Vegetables."
In an editorial mission statement in USA Today's first issue, Neuharth wrote that he wished his newspaper "to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation." Claiming to be "An economy of words. A wealth of information", each section of his paper was a deliberate attempt to fulfill this belief. The news section featured a state-by-state breakdown of top news stories, offering readers a cross-section of news events from across the country. The daily editorial was frequently accompanied by a differing viewpoint ("Another View") from a guest writer. Besides, the newspaper did design a middle-of-the-road op-ed section, with regular national commentary from veteran journalists, especially Richard Benedetto and Walter Shapiro. More politically pointed opinion-makers to fare less successfully, as the newspaper adopted a populist, rather than elitist, approach.
Though, cynicism towards the press grew during the 1980s and 1990s, which was fueled by political scandals, perceived ideological and cultural bias, and paparazzi reporting tactics. Given that, Al Neuharth considered his newspaper's role to help alleviate the cynicism. The "idiosyncratic" Neuharth, whose autobiography, Confessions of an S.O.B., included commentary from his two ex-wives ("Al Neuharth is a snake"), unexpectedly embarked on a cross-country "Bus Capade" during 1987, writing a regular column from each of the 50 states to celebrate the bicentennial of the Constitution. Notably, the Gannett's chairman celebrated the down-home common sense of average Americans from the heartland, as opposed to out-of-touch politicians and academics from the East and West Coasts. Actually, his disregard for what the industry considered serious news was rooted not only in marketing but also in his conviction that his small-town, heartland sensibility made him more attuned than the East Coast elites to what Americans cared about. Whereas some dismissed Neuharth's trek as a mere publicity stunt, others did appreciate his willingness to meet with his readers.
Readers bought it, yet advertisers did not. Financially, USA Today bordered on disastrous, losing $800 million to staggeringly $1 billion before breaking even more than a decade later. This emerged as a testament to Neuharth's determination, as well as his power with his board, that the newspaper survived its infancy.
Then, just like Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, Neuharth seized "the technology of the moment" – satellite transmission – to turn a string of cheap, local businesses into something larger than the parts, zapping USA Today's pages to printing plants across the country. Yet, whilst CNN was immediately hailed as an idea whose time had come, few people beyond Neuharth thought that another national newspaper — to compete with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor — was either necessary or viable.
"He had a vision for USA Today, and simply by dint of will made it happen," stated Alex Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. "USA Today was viewed as a fool's mission, and it has proved to be an enduring institution and an important one."
"USA Today was viewed as a fool's mission, and it has proved to be an enduring institution, and an important one." – Alex Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
USA Today Weathering Through Criticism Waves & Its Own Financial Crisis
After a decade of "burning" money, USA Today finally yielded a profit in 1993 – four years after Neuharth had retired and after the newspaper had begun shifting to more serious, and often lengthier, news coverage, partly to counter the paper's reputation as a lightweight but also to draw more readers and advertisers. Readers, it turned out, also wanted what they need.
Since that, the management has spent their newfound prosperity on emphasizing its editorial content over its presentation. Former Executive Editor Bob Dubill acknowledged that USA Today's editors were "following TV.… Now, we're trying to lead TV." Within a 15-month span in 1996-1997, the media giant did add an additional 25 reporting and editing slots for editorial staff of 440. "We've taken some from the back room and put them on the street," added Publisher Tom Curley with pride, highlighting that numerous seasoned editors had returned to reporting beats.
Having commenced in 1982 with no international bureaus and only two domestic bureaus, by the late 1990s, USA Today was also starting four domestic bureaus and several foreign bureaus—coinciding with the closing of domestic and international news bureaus by the major television networks.
By the mid-1990s, much of the early criticism of USA Today had abated. Media critic and "The Media Monopoly" author Ben Bagdikian, who in 1982 called USA Today a "mediocre piece of journalism (presenting) a flawed picture of the world every day," did recant 15 years later. "It has become a much more serious newspaper … I don't think it's a joke anymore."
"USA Today has become a pretty damn good newspaper. They are spending money, and it is making a difference. And they are everywhere," commented Veteran Washington reporter David Broder. Additionally, John Morton, who had initially criticized Neuharth's venture, shared in 1997, "There is no question that they are a success.… You are less likely to find a front-page article on some silly topic than on more serious issues. They have made it a more serious vehicle than it ever has been." Thomas Frank of The Baffler, while attacking the daily's middlebrow mindset, readily conceded that " USA Today is arguably the nation's most carefully edited and highly polished newspaper," concluding that it "has charted the course that almost every paper in the country is presently following." In 1997, even the New York Times, as "The Gray Lady", began running color photographs in every section of its daily editions and The Washington Post also followed suit two years later.
Though the circulation of most daily newspapers – including New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Los Angeles – declined in the 1980s and 1990s, USA Today, the only major daily newspaper founded since World War II, went on to become the most widely read daily newspaper in the country – though it has slipped to second behind The Wall Street Journal in total circulation when digital subscribers were included. Analysts hailed USA Today's strategies to keep its circulation base by appealing to common demographic interests. Whilst, at that time, it was yet to win a Pulitzer, the media giant earned a reputation for serious reporting and found a niche as a digest of the day's news that frequently offers more heft than the local newspaper.
Assessing USA Today's legacy in The American Journalism Review in 1997, Neuharth said the paper had "the right formula for reinventing newspapers at the time." If it also had less salutary effects on the industry, he commented, it was the fault of those who had copied him.
As a money-loser in its early years, by its 25th birthday, in 2007, USA Today "boasted" a circulation of 2.3 million. By then, it was solidly profitable.
Almost as important, it set the "template" for what newspapers increasingly came to look like. While USA Today was early on dismissed as the "McPaper," with pioneered short, grabby articles, data-rich infographics, pop-culture coverage, and color photography, its innovations are now the norm. In the meantime, its format and tone have remained carefully accessible, over the years its journalist ambitions have grown bigger. In 2018, USA Today won a Pulitzer Prize, and on five other occasions, its work has been a finalist for journalism's highest honor.
"Neuharth's innovations had a revolutionary impact," stated Bill Kovach, former editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. "Virtually no newspaper in the country, nor many around the world, have not been deeply affected by USA Today in terms of look, color, graphics and brevity." In retrospect, admirers can't help but applaud him for rethinking the American newspaper and streamlining the business in a way that would make print media more nimble and competitive in the Internet age.
As of January 2019, the circulation figures for daily newspapers in the United States reveal that USA Today distributed the most papers, with a daily circulation of over 1.62 million. For time being, in light of the sharp circulation decline of the newspaper and meteorically rising patterns of online news readership within the ever-digital era, "Gannett has no plans to discontinue the print edition of USA TODAY, which remains an important part of our business. Gannett remains committed to high-quality journalism for the communities we serve and our ongoing digital transformation…"
Is the USA Today Media Giant Still Relevant to Today?
There exist some concerns as to whether the Gannett flagship newspaper is still a credible and unbiased information source. From media rating agencies' standpoints, such as Ad Fontes Media, a Colorado-based media watchdog organization primarily known for its Media Bias Chart, USA Today's content is as neutral in terms of bias and as most reliable in terms of reliability.
Besides, AllSides – as a media bias rater – has consistently evaluated USA TODAY as having a Center media bias. It should be noted that a Center media bias rating does not necessarily translate that a source is unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible. It simply means the given source or writer does not predictably publish perspectives favoring either end of the political spectrum — either conservative or liberal.
From readers' perspectives, there are divergent opinions in regards to USA TODAY's credibility and originality. "While the newspaper mostly just regurgitates stories people can commonly get elsewhere, they do write some original stories and follow journalistic principles. They've gotten a few things wrong over the years, but every paper has, and they are more accurate than most," commented Darren Johnson, Campus News Owner and a PR/Advertising professional.
He added, "Is USA Today as important as The New York Times? Hardly. They aren't going to win many Pulitzers because they usually don't "break" serious news, nor are they usually the first to investigate a touchy subject, and the style of the paper is purposely generic, so writers can't write in the exciting style that wins big awards. But it's a notable paper and they do hire some decent, experienced journalists to write some explanatory pieces that surely are legitimate and can be cited."
"USA Today is news reported by people. People do not have the ability to be completely unbiased. It is the job of editors to temper those innate biases. That is why, unlike forums such as Quora, news has been filtered and refined to limit personal bias. Overall, USA today does this pretty well," shared a USA Today long-term reader. "My experience with USA Today is they rarely go deep into context and explanation. This makes their reporting less satisfying and may appear to be less interesting to some. This may be their way to be equitable and maintain mass appeal. You would be hard-pressed to find a fabricated story in USA Today. That makes them boring, but very reliable."
Negative standpoints, thought, exist. "It's [USA Today] blatantly tendentious. I read it for many years and it incrementally got further and further to the left and more and more expensive for less and less factual reporting. Now it's reminiscent of Izvestia."
After all, it's true that "all media contains, to some extent, the biases of the writers and editors, which is unavoidable. Also, there is a limitation as to how many words can be in an article, and how much background a reporter can include in a story," stated the Former U.S. Naval Officer John Eric. "… All these media sources are businesses – they need views and readers to attract advertising dollars. So, they must tailor their content to attract their audience. People are attracted by conflict, confrontation, controversy and competition."
The Bottom Line
"Born" as the dream of the ever-influential media mogul Al Neuharth to reinvent the national newspaper, USA Today turns out to be a stunning success, growing to be the largest daily US newspapers in order of circulation, despite all hurdles in its infancy. Concerns around the media giant's credibility and unbiasedness remain unanswered, yet there is no doubt over its power to dramatically reshape the journalism landscape.


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Dr. Leonidas Paroussos spoke at the launch event of the "Growth-positive zero-emission pathways to 2050" report, which was held online on April 9. The report, commissioned by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and prepared by an international research team including E3-Modelling, and led by UCL, finds that meeting the 1.5-degree climate target of the Paris Agreement can go hand in hand with a growing economy, albeit under strict conditions.
The report addresses critical questions such as what the economic implications of the 1.5 degrees target are and what countries need to do in practice to meet the target.
In essence, getting to net-zero emissions by 2050 requires unprecedented action. Until 2030 governments need to have put in place a mix of strong and consistent policies on energy efficiency, renewables and coal phase-out and ensure their credible implementation. Moreover, they need to invest heavily in carbon sequestration technologies and promote the switch of heating, transport, and industry to clean electricity as much as possible.
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What is a reverse image search?
This term is a technology in which the user provides an image as a search query and the search engines like Google or Bing give the output in image form. These search engines search the related or matched images. There are many other tools available on the internet which you can use easily to perform a reverse image search.
Why do people want to perform a reverse photo search?
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To recognize the objects: Image search enables the users to find the objects from an image. The objects can be places, animals, products, or people. You upload the photo in the available image finder tool, and then it will provide you with the required information.
To discover the matching photos: As there is a large collection of images on the internet, you will be able to find similar images of your interest with an image search. You can utilize an image finder to see the various styles and colors of the same object in a picture.
To search the original creator of the image: Reverse image search will enable you to find the genuine source of the photos. Without utilizing this technique, perhaps it will be much difficult for you to find the exact or original owner of the image.
To search out the copied photos: It becomes easy for you to check who is using your images without rewarding you. You can perform a reverse image search to find out your images.
To improve the search engine optimization: You can enhance the search engine optimization while using an image finder which enables you to ask those people who have not given you the backlink for copying your images.
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The people take it more comfortable to take a pick and search its similar results by using their mobile phones. Now, many image finder tools enable the user to perform this technique on their handsets. The user will open the browser and drag the image to start the image search on any device. You can also paste the required URL.
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There are many relevant tools, but we will discuss some of them. You will be informed about their working styles and their features.
This free Image finder comes up with many features. The user can perform a reverse image search on the desktop as well as on their Ios and Android.
- You can choose your required file by the drag of the image.
- The user can also search for a photo by typing specific keywords.
- The searcher can also paste the URL of the required image.
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Google image search:
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It is also the best famous tool where you are welcome to find similar photos. This tool is friendly with all browsers. Let's discuss its working steps:
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- Just click on the given icon to start the process.
- It is essential to discuss that this app is convenient only for Apple devices.
Yahoo image search:
This tool also works like Bing and Google, but many users declared that the consequences of search are not the same. Let's look at its working strategies:
- You will select a photo from your desktop computer.
- Drag this image or photo into the search bar.
- Press the icon "Search" to start up the process.
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This tool is full of image stock. Most people in business are familiar with this tool to search for similar images and graphics. The number of resulting images is dependent upon the exact keyword or image of your interest. Let's talk about its working style:
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With Ian Miller in street clothes after suffering a turf toe injury (which is fitting, considering the touchdown saving tackle that caused it) and Michael Ojo battling a knee issue, Coach Hamilton was forced to try all sorts of strange combinations in the first round NIT matchup with Florida Gulf Coast. All three walk-ons played in the first half and Aaron Thomas never came out of the game.
Combine that with FSU shooting just 16-28 from the free throw line and the two teams combining for 35 turnovers, and you had the makings of a closely contested, ugly, game.
The Noles actually started beautifully, scoring nine points in the game's first five possessions. But from there it went south. Unable to score against the Eagles, the Noles turned to a rare thing this season: defense. For the game, FSU held FGCU to just 0.79 points per possession, which was their 2nd worst game of the year. For the half it meant that FSU held a 24-19 lead. For the game it meant that FSU was able to overcome a 6-point 2nd half deficit by getting a bunch of stops down the stretch.
The Eagles 3-headed attack of Bernard Thompson, Chase Fieler, and Brett Comer were held to just 12-30 shooting.
Despite the offensive struggles, FSU took the lead on an Okaro White dunk and never trailed in the game's final five minutes. The final score was 58-53.
Aaron Thomas led all scorers with 22, despite making just 6-11 FTs. Okaro White had 17 points and 7 boards. And Devon Bookert and Montay Brandon combined for 14 rebounds and 3 steals. One result from Okaro's big game is that it gives him at least one more game in an FSU uniform. This means he'll leave FSU as the all-time leader in games played.
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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - "I did not expect this at all, this is awesome. I'm about to cry, like this is so cool."
That was the initial reaction from Jennifer Shelly when ABC 7 and May Custom Home surprised her with $500.
Jennifer Shelly teaches first grade at Lakeview Elementary School. She, like all teachers know this past year has been very difficult for teachers.
"We just do what we need to do to make sure the kids have what they need to have to succeed," Shelly said.
Shelly has found a way to keep students learning and wanting to come to school despite the pandemic.
"I want them to love to come to school. They have to know that they're loved in order to improve in their academics and that's one thing I'm always instilling in my students," Shelly added.
She said it's the students who have kept her going. "The students made me feel better as a teacher this year because they're so understanding."
Thank you Jennifer Shelly for everything you do for Sarasota County students!
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