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England 12 – 32 South Africa
England were outplayed in the rugby world cup final today by South Africa but what an amazing performance throughout the tournament.
Scottish nationalists want a veto on Brexit
Scottish nationalists are up in arms because Boris Johnson said that the Scottish Parliament has no role in approving Brexit.
The SNP think the Scottish Parliament should have a veto over Brexit because of a convention that says that British bills affecting devolved matters should be approved by the Scottish Parliament.
There are three primary reasons why the SNP are wrong.
- It's a convention not an obligation. There's no law that says it has to happen. At a time when parliamentary conventions that have been around for centuries are torn up in the name of overturning democracy, the SNP really can't complain when their own side's tactics are used against them.
- The convention exists to seek the consent of the Scottish Parliament when the British government legislates in their place. Brexit is taking powers from the EU and giving them to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament can't legislate on these things currently as they are EU competencies.
- Devolution is power shared, not power given away. The British government retains the right to legislate on all matters, devolved or not.
Boris is right: the Scottish Parliament has no role to play on Brexit and no amount of huffing and puffing by Scottish nationalists will change that.
On this day in 1707 …
The new Parliament of Great Britain sat for the first time on 23rd October 1707. It replaced the English and Scottish parliaments on 1st May that year but didn't sit for nearly 6 months. It sat for just 11 months before it was dissolved and elections held for the first time.
The Act of Union 1707 was the beginning of the end for England. The union of Great Britain started with England bailing out Scotland and it has continued thus for over three centuries. The Scots have been over-represented throughout the life of the British parliament in terms of numbers and influence.
The Scots never gave up their national identity or bought into the idea of being British. The English happily adopted this new fabricated identity as it was little more than a rebranded Englishness. The Scots adopted English laws and sent MPs and peers to what had been the English parliament. They saw little difference to how it had been before the rebrand.
Fast forward 312 years and England barely exists. English and British are used interchangeably far too often, we have no self-government, MPs elected in other countries make our laws, we have no national anthem and the very idea of Englishness is something dirty that should be eradicated at all costs to British politicians.
But there is still a glimmer of hope. The English identity is still strong and in fact more people than ever describe themselves as English or more English than British when asked. Unfair funding that steals from the English to bribe the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish makes people angry. The disgraceful way that the British parliament has been blocking Brexit that was overwhelmingly supported in England means millions hold the British political class in utter contempt. Having the Scottish and Welsh First Ministers insulting English voters for voting for Brexit and demanding that their views be given precedence over ours is increasing support for booting the Scots out of the union – something opinion polls show that the majority of English people would already be quite happy with.
We will see the end of the British union in the coming years, I am quite confident of this. The current system is unsustainable, built on privilege for the few at the expense of the many. Such is the narrow minded obsession with placating the rebellious Scots amongst the British political class that they have failed to recognise just how unimportant the union is becoming to the English. It is the English that will bring the British union to its long overdue conclusion, not the Scots and it will come to the complete (and satisfying) surprise of the British when it does.
Jo Swinson can never be Prime Minister
Sorry snowflakes, it's not going to happen. The Lib Dems might be riding high in the polls thanks to their pledge to overturn the democratic vote to leave the EU but they're not going to win an election.
But just imagine if they did (well, it is nearly Hallowe'en).
Jo Swinson, is the British MP for East Dunbartonshire in Scotland. Like Gordon Brown a decade ago she has no democratic mandate over about three quarters of what goes on in Westminster as her constituents give that mandate to Members of the Scottish Parliament. She has no moral or democratic right to be British Prime Minister.
If the convention of English Pauses for English Clauses was upheld we would see the ridiculous and unsustainable situation where the British Prime Minister spent three quarters of her time in the House of Commons unable to vote on legislation because as an MP elected in Scotland she would be barred from voting on something that was devolved to the Scottish Parliament in her own constituency.
There is no way that Jo Swinson – or any other MP elected in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland – could be British Prime Minister now that the constitutional fudges to paper over the gaping cracks in the union are embedded. They don't stop MPs elected in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland from interfering in legislation that should be the responsibility of an English Parliament because MPs from all four member states of the UK get to vote on an English-only bill at the end but they stop the routine interference in English business that MPs elected outside of England seem to think they have a right to.
An MP elected in Scotland as British Prime Minister would be nothing more than a figurehead with the real power and influence being wielded by an MP elected in England who was able to vote on all parliamentary business. The only way someone like Jo Swinson could legitimately and effectively be British Prime Minister would be to create an English Parliament with at least the same powers as the Scottish Parliament and to devolve those same powers to the Welsh and Northern Irish Assemblies. Only when a British MP elected in any of the member states of the UK has the same mandate at Westminster as any other could a British Prime Minister elected somewhere other than in England be tolerated.
British government proposes voter ID card to fix the wrong problem with voter fraud
The British government have announced plans to introduce compulsory voter ID in a half-arsed attempt to tackle voter fraud.
Voter fraud is a real problem but voter ID will do very little to address it. The majority of voter fraud is with postal votes, not voting in person and for that there is no requirement to prove your identity. In fact, there is very little done in practical terms to prove a postal voter even exists.
The problem is that postal vote fraud is most common in areas with large immigrant populations and on the rare occasions that someone is actually prosecuted for postal vote fraud it's usually someone of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin. This isn't speculation, it's one of the conclusions of an investigation by the Electoral Commission. Attempting to tackle postal vote fraud by targeting communities where most of it is happening is denounced as racist of course it is vehemently opposed by Labour who benefit from it the most.
Postal voting on demand was introduced by Labour in 1999 and became law in 2000. It was sold as a measure to remove barriers to voting and increase voter participation. In reality it has resulted in widespread postal vote fraud which undermines trust in the system. Speak to most election candidates and they will have stories about the fraud that happens in elections and goes uninvestigated. Whether it's "community leaders" collecting postal votes, "helping" people in care homes fill out their postal votes or simply inventing people who don't exist or who live elsewhere, it is all facilitated by the availability of postal voting on demand.
Prior to the change to allow postal voting on demand, voters were required to apply to the local authority for a postal vote. To get one they had to give a valid justification for not going to the polling station in person on the day. Sickness, infirmity or holidays were valid reasons; laziness was not. The system worked perfectly fine and the only real disincentive to voters was that it made it very difficult to defraud the system.
There are, of course, instances of people committing voter fraud at polling stations and compulsory voter ID would probably put a stop to much of it but it is fixing the wrong problem. Postal voting on demand needs to stop.
Those who follow politics will be well aware of Lutfur Rahman, the former mayor of Tower Hamlets in London. He and his Tower Hamlets First Party were found guilty by a special election court of widespread fraud and corruption. The local authority was put into special measures, a delegation from the Department of Communities & Local Government took over the day to day running of the authority and Rahman and his cronies were booted out of office and banned from standing for election again for several years. But even with widespread voter fraud it still took years and the bravery of a few individuals to bring Rahman and his motley crew to justice. It was fought all the way by threats and intimidation, accusations of racism and editorials from left wing media deploring the witch hunt against those respectable men who were being unfairly targeted because of their ethnic background. What happened in Tower Hamlets and the stance taken by the media won't change if voters have to produce ID to vote and the reaction by the Labour-supporting press (and the Labour Party itself of course) condemning the plans because it will deprive Labour of all those fraudulent votes backs that up. Returning officers will still be scared of investigating fraud for fear of being accused of racism, as will council officers checking ID for the same reason. Fear of spurious accusations will ensure the system remains open to abuse.
If compulsory voter ID does go ahead it will bring about a problem in itself. Whilst announcing the proposed change it was said that local authorities would provide a voter ID card free of charge to anyone who doesn't have photo ID. That's all well and good but how will the local authority prove the identity of the person requesting the ID card if they don't have photo ID? What system can they put in place that is any different to what vetting system already exists for postal vote applications that fails to prevent fraud now? Fake identities will be legitimised by the existence of an ID card that is the product of a flawed system.
The biggest problem with the suggestion for me, though, isn't that it's proposing to fix the wrong problem or even that it will be quite obviously as open to widespread fraud as the current system is. It's the idea of a compulsory ID card. These things are the thin end of the wedge, they always are. It will start with compulsory ID for voting and then it will be required for accessing council services. Then shops and other organisations will start requesting it and before long it will have to be centralised into one ID database by the British government to make sure it's "safe and secure". In a few years we will all be required carry an ID card by law. It might take a few years but it will happen, there is no doubt about it and I will not carry an ID card nor submit myself into an ID database. If that means I can't vote then so be it but I will not participate in any ID card scheme.
The Scots have a new declaration of independence, it's England's turn now
Fifty Scottish "celebrities" have signed a new declaration of independence, calling for the establishment of an independent socialist state.
The 12 demands in the declaration are:
- It is the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of government best suited to their needs, now and in the future. In all political deliberations, decisions and actions their interests should be paramount.
- Scotland should be an open and democratic society in which no individual is excluded, oppressed or discriminated against on account of their race, colour, faith, origin or place of birth, physical or mental capacity, sex, sexuality,gender or language.
- Scotland should have a written constitution which clearly lays out the rights of its citizens, the country's system of government and the relationships that exist between government, its instruments and powers and the rights of individual citizens.
- Scotland should take its place as an independent country on the world stage, free to join international organisations and alliances for purposes of trade and commerce, and for the protection and care of the planet's natural environment, without which the human race cannot survive.
- Scotland should uphold internationally acknowledged values of non- aggression and self-defence, and should refuse to maintain, stock or use, for itself or on behalf of any other power or government, chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction.
- There should be clear separation of the powers of the Scottish parliament and government (the executive). The judiciary should be completely independent of government.
- Independence will provide an opportunity to review and, where necessary, change the systems of both national and local government, in order to make them more accountable to the people and more beneficial to their needs.
- Ownership of land, property and natural resources should be subject to open and democratic scrutiny. The ability of communities, both rural and urban, to own the land in and on which they exist should be enhanced and extended.
- There should be total transparency in the way property in Scotland is bought, sold or possessed.
- Freedom of speech and action, and the freedom to work, create, buy, sell and do business should adhere to principles of environmental and communal sustainability and responsibility. Profit and economic growth should not be pursued at the expense of the wellbeing of the people or their habitat or that of other people or nations.
- We affirm the values of care, kindness, neighbourliness and generosity of spirit in all our dealings. Such values are the foundation stones of a fair, free and open society where all citizens have the opportunities to lead the best, most fulfilling lives they can.
- It is our belief that the best option now open to the Scottish people is for Scotland to become an independent country. The alternative is to accept that Scotland's fate would remain in the hands of others and that the Scottish people would relinquish their right to decide their own destiny.
To be fair to them, there is some good stuff in amongst the pie in the sky lefty nonsense. Asserting popular sovereignty, improving democratic accountability and protection of freedoms are sentiments I can't help but agree with even if the rest of it is less palatable.
It is a real shame that politicians and public figures don't feel so strongly about England's future or for the rights of the people of England. A group calling itself the English Constitutional Convention has been in existence for many years and has made half-hearted declarations that have been largely ignored, even at the height of the campaign for an English Parliament when the subject was in the news on an almost daily basis. Its close association with the toxic English Democrats means it is unlikely to ever gain mainstream support.
A similar declaration for England would do much to highlight the institutional discrimination against England within the British establishment and empower the English people to take control of their own destiny. The English identity is much more prevalent than the British identity and has been for many years but it is suppressed as a threat to British supremacy. An English people expressing their Englishness with the blessing and backing of public figures would deal a fatal blow to the status quo and consign Britishness to the history books once and for all.
British nationalists will view this with fear and dismay but they are an increasingly small minority. For too long we have been told that describing yourself as English is somehow wrong and not the sort of thing you say in polite company whilst our flag has been unfairly associated with British ethnic nationalists and white supremacists by those who wave the same flag as the likes of the BNP and National Front.
British government intend to consult on road pricing
The British Department for Transport is launching a public consultation on the introduction of road pricing to replace car tax to plug the £40bn black hole in the public finances that would result from the wholesale switch to currently untaxed electric vehicles.
This idea has been mooted in the past and resulted in a petition gaining over 2m signatures opposing the idea. The British government dropped road pricing but apparently only for a few years.
Now, I'm not opposed to the idea of paying for the amount of wear and tear you cause on the roads by linking vehicle tax to the weight and number of miles you travel. If you do the school run in a 4×4 you would pay a higher rate than someone doing it in a Fiat 500 because heavier cars cause more damage to the roads. If you do 20,000 miles a year you would pay more than someone who does 10,000 miles a year because double the distance means double the damage. Petrol and diesel cars should attract a higher tax rate than electric cars because air pollution dirties and damages street furniture and the built environment as well as causing health problems, treatment for which is paid for by the taxpayer. The more a vehicle pollutes the more it should cost to run as more pollution means more cost to the taxpayer.
What I do oppose, though, is the idea of tracking vehicle journeys under the cover of road pricing. It is illiberal and dangerous to give the state the ability to routinely track our movements. EU legislation that requires a satellite tracking device to be fitted to new vehicles has already come into force this year. It is sold to the public as a safety feature to allow emergency services to locate your vehicle in case of an accident but its real purpose is twofold: firstly, it provides a much needed income for the unneeded, unwanted and unreliable Galileo satellite navigation system the EU built and secondly, it allows road pricing to be introduced. The British government have (of course) decided to keep this law because there's nothing they like more that being able to track and tax people with impunity.
I am fortunate to be able to afford the price premium an electric car attracts. I have driven many thousands of miles at no cost which has more than made up the difference in price compared to a petrol or diesel car. It's also infinitely better to drive than a petrol or diesel car and I would never go back to burning dead dinosaurs to get from A to B but that's another topic entirely. Driving an electric car means I don't have to pay road tax which (with free charging options available to me) means I can sometimes go months without it costing a penny to run. It's nice while it lasts but it's not sustainable to continue not taxing electric cars and I don't mind paying my fair share.
There is a partial solution available to the problem of road tax payments being in decline and it can be implemented in three weeks' time. Irish hauliers use England and Wales as a "land bridge" to the EU and contribute nothing to the upkeep of our roads. There are an estimated 150,000 Irish lorries using our roads to get to the continent and I have no idea how many journeys those lorries make in a year. Charging a reasonable fee every time a foreign vehicle travels on our roads could generate hundreds of millions in tax to fund our roads and other public service, keeping down the burden on UK motorists.
If a road pricing scheme is introduced it needs to consist of something like congestion charging and/or ULEZ in towns and cities or perhaps an annual tax based on miles travelled, the distance being recorded by the MOT tester every year. It must not include any draconian surveillance technology. Big Brother does not need to know where we are at any given time.
It must also fairly attribute costs to heavier and/or more highly polluting vehicles, incentivising lighter and cleaner vehicles. Equally importantly, a road pricing scheme must take into account ability to pay and need.
A disabled person may need a larger vehicle and that vehicle might not be clean and efficient. They should not be penalised. Nor should large families that need a large enough vehicle to fit everyone in. There is an argument that people should only have the children they can afford and that making allowances based on the number of children is in effect a state subsidy but when an estimated 42% of marriages in the UK are expected to end in divorce it is increasingly common to have a large blended family.
To make road pricing fair will not be a simple task. It will require careful thought and a level of intelligence and foresight that is almost entirely absent in the civil service. This means that any road pricing scheme is almost certain to be inherently unfair to those who are responsible and to those who can least afford to drive because this is what always happens when civil servants try to come up with a one-size-fits-all policy that involves taking or paying out money and it is for that reason that I will continue to oppose the introduction of road pricing by the British government.
Former Scottish, Welsh and NI First Ministers call for new Act of Union
Former First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – a role that hasn't existed in England for over three centuries – have suggested that the UK should be federalised to save the British union.
Lord McConnell , Carwyn Jones and Lord Trimble have written a letter in the Telegraph calling for a new Act of Union and constitutional settlement which would include a devolved English Parliament.
An English Parliament is long overdue. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have had devolved government for over two decades. Scotland has had two devolution and one independence referenda since 1979, Wales has had three devolution referenda since 1979 and Northern Ireland has had two devolution referenda. There has never been a referendum on English devolution, only for regional government. Londoners voted for their own regional assembly whilst voters in the north east of England voted against having one there and that is as far as the British have been prepared to go.
A federal union would be a good starting point but it doesn't go far enough. England needs its independence, not to be controlled at arms length by the British. A confederation is a much preferable alternative to federalism where each member state of the UK gains its independence and devolves power to a central government, flipping federalism on its head. A union by consent would be much stronger than a union by force.
England v France cancelled
England's rugby world cup game against France this Saturday has been called off as Typhoon Hagibis is expected to cause havoc in Tokyo.
Under international rugby rules England and France will both be awarded 2 points for a 0-0 draw, meaning England win Group C.


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Its official, the New York Yankees are your 2018 (2019, 2020, 2021, etc…) World Series Champions. The addition of Giancarlo Stanton to the already loaded NY roster spells trouble for literally everyone else. The Yankees now have the top two sluggers in the league as well as 21st ranked Gary Sanchez.
As well as signing Stanton, the Yankees have many prospects, and even have the opportunity to trade some of those to the Chicago White Sox if 3rd baseman Manny Machado. Machado is currently trying to get out of Baltimore and though the Orioles refuse to deal with their division rivals, the White Sox may be the perfect buffer team that ensures the Yankees receive Machado. The Orioles are looking for two top pitching prospects and if the White Sox decide to give that up the Yankees will surely be able to compensate that loss if it means bringing another stud hitter on board.
The only place that the Bronx Bombers may have a weakness is in their pitching staff. They are currently considered to be the fourth best pitching team in the American League, and struggled at the mound towards the end of the ALCS vs. the eventual champion Astros.
Looking on the other side of the league, there is no one close to hitting as well as the Yankees. As well, even pitchers like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, and Stephen Strasburg are going to struggle against any lineup the Yankees may field. No matter how you feel about the Yankees, these moves likely mark the start of a long string of Championships and domination for New York.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With Tuesday's stunning news that Josh McDaniels has reversed course and won't be taking the Indianapolis Colts' head-coaching job -- and is instead staying with the New England Patriots -- here are a few key points to pass along from sources close to the situation:
1. McDaniels' decision to stay could spark speculation that head coach Bill Belichick's tenure with the Patriots is about to end, but those close to McDaniels say that isn't the case. Belichick is locked in for 2018. The bigger factor to McDaniels was that the Patriots, who hadn't addressed his future until the past week or so, made an ultra-aggressive late push to try to entice him to stay. Had that happened a month or so ago, McDaniels might not have pursued other head-coaching jobs as aggressively.
2. Family considerations had been weighing heavily on McDaniels' mind recently, according to those close to him. He had grown to appreciate the stability he had provided for his wife, Laura, and their four children. As the move to the Colts became a reality, the idea of moving his family again began to give McDaniels some pause. McDaniels' experience of being in Denver (2009-10) and then St. Louis (2011) -- and the impact that had on his family -- has made him appreciate stability. He has been in New England since 2012.
3. McDaniels' fondness for the Patriots began to grow in recent days as he considered what he was walking away from, specifically with relationships he had built with those inside the organization, according to those close to him. In the end, the strength of those relationships -- coupled with some reservations about the Colts -- were a big factor in his decision to not go through with it.


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As some of you may know, The Bhangra Zone was invited to the biggest Asian award ceremony in the UK; the Brit Asia World Music Awards 2015. On the night we caught up with quite a few artists and managed to get some interviews.
We interviewed over 25 artists so we have split the interviews into three parts. With the first being released today and the next being released on Saturday 24th October!
We hope you enjoy!


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Former NBA Vet Tyrone Corbin and G League-Playing Son, Tyrell, Form Real Estate Bond
As an admitted "basketball brat," Tyrell Corbin grew up seeing the world through the lens of the NBA. When he was a kid, he followed his father, 16-year veteran Tyrone Corbin, for nine different teams, for whom he was a hard-nosed, hustling defender on playoff teams. During his adolescence and into young adulthood, Tyrell tagged along with his sister, Tyjha, and mother, Dante, to Salt Lake City and Sacramento as Tyrone got into coaching—a journey that began with leading Tyrell's little league team.
"I didn't grow up with my dad, so it's very important for me to keep my family together," Tyrone, who's currently an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic, tells CloseUp360. "As much as we could with as much as I did travel, I wanted them to be in the city that I was playing in, and luckily I was blessed enough, my wife was okay with it. She did a super job of staying home and raising the kids, supporting me in all of my moves.
"But I just wanted to make sure that they knew who I was on a daily basis and I had a chance to be as much of an influence on their life as I could."
No number of trips to NBA arenas or moves between plush neighborhoods could've prepared Tyrell for what he found when he embarked on his own pro career in 2015.
His first stop? The mountainous Eastern European nation of Montenegro, where he dealt with a language barrier, missed paychecks and, in one case, a riot during a game—spurred on by offensive hand signals and complete with fans throwing fruit and rocks from the stands and storming the court.
"This is what you sign up for," Tyrell tells CloseUp360 by phone from Phoenix. "If you really love the game, you want to play in a different country, in a different culture. You're going to see different things that Americans may not be accustomed to. So I just took from that, like, 'Man, this is crazy,' but at the same time, I'm doing this for a living. This is what I want."
Following successful (and somewhat less stressful) stints in Mongolia and Indonesia, Tyrell made it back to American shores in 2017 by way of the NBA Summer League and G League. And though accommodations in the NBA's minor leagues are far less glamorous than what Tyrone has enjoyed as a player and coach, Tyrell's journey has put him in position to potentially follow in his father's footsteps both on and off the court.
Tyrell Corbin (left) grew up all over the U.S. while his father, Tyrone, played and coached in the NBA. (Courtesy of Tyrell Corbin)
For the modern NBA player, the path towards life after basketball often begins before they set foot in the league. Nowadays, there are endorsement deals of all kinds to sign, social media profiles to monetize, and hobbies and personal interests to parlay into business opportunities.
For Tyrone, the conversation around post-playing pursuits didn't begin in earnest until nearly a decade into his NBA career. He would talk with his friends around the league, including former Phoenix Suns teammates Mark West and Eddie Johnson, about what they would do with their lives after they were done playing. Mark was starting to play the stock market, while Eddie was gearing up for his current career as a broadcaster for the Suns.
"I was looking for something to create income after I got done playing basketball and the real estate interested me," Tyrone says.
So around the 1994-95 season, during his first stint with the Atlanta Hawks, Tyrone bought his first property: a condo in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. Then, with the help of a real estate agent, he bought four duplexes in the same complex—all of which needed to be remodeled. One fixer-upper led to another, which led to another, to where now Tyrone owns 23 properties (and counting) in Columbia, mostly in the same low-income neighborhoods where he grew up.
"I always had intentions of moving back to South Carolina," Tyrone says, "so I wanted to have everything to where when I got done playing, I wouldn't have to run all over the country checking out properties."
Those projects fed Tyrone's tendencies as a hardworking busybody. Whether mowing his own lawn, tending to his rental properties or installing new appliances at his mom's house, when it comes to the NBA's offseason, Tyrone is "literally always doing something," Tyrell says.
"He's really big into staying busy and he's always been that way, and I think he's always going to be that way," Tyrell adds. "It gets to the point where, us as a family—my sister and my mom—we have to tell him to sit down sometimes because he's always on the go."
Along the way, Tyrone enlisted Tyrell to help him with renovations—and still does to this day when both are back home in Columbia.
"In the summertime, he'll call me on any given day and tell me he needs me to come paint this apartment or help him carry carpet up the stairs or something like that," Tyrell says. "I've done that since I was a little kid."
"I put him to work," Tyrone laughs.
Tyrone had learned plenty about home improvement from "getting screwed" by unreliable contractors, and wanted to pass that basic knowledge onto Tyrone. Along the way, the elder Corbin wanted to teach his only son that, when it comes to properties that look undesirable, a little work can go a long way.
All the while, father and son bonded over hours spent applying coats of paint and fixing plumbing.
"He was tentative to it. I don't think at that time he really enjoyed it as much," Tyrone says of his son, "but he would do it because I was there and it was us doing it together."
As good of a sport as Tyrell was in helping his dad with the family's properties, he didn't show much of an interest in the business side—not that Tyrone expected him to.
"Kids think that it's boring or it's work," Tyrone says, "but you're working for something and it's working for you."
Tyrone was never that insistent on involving himself in his son's basketball career. He wanted Tyrell to find his way to the game on his own, if he was going to do so at all. Tyrone had seen how other people in the NBA—players and coaches alike—had put pressure on their kids, and how that pressure had ultimately strained those relationships.
"Look, man, I'm proud of you if you decide not to play basketball ever again in your life," Tyrone would tell Tyrell. "It's a great sport and it's been a great blessing to me and our family, but do it because you love to do it. Don't do it because of anything I want you to do with basketball. I want you to be happy in whatever you're doing."
Tyrone, though, made himself available to Tyrell for advice, would offer tips and thoughts when asked. Tyrone was proud to support Tyrell as he became Mr. Basketball in Utah, played college ball at UC Davis and Cal State Bakersfield, and went on to compete around the globe.
"He's not the type to like force anything on me or anything like that," Tyrell says of his dad. "He just knows that this is what I want to do. So he told me to take it serious and always be a professional, relationships go a long way and just be who I am."
Tyrone's only insistence: that his son think about life after basketball.
"My thing now with him is, like, 'Look, as you're playing basketball and chasing your dream and having fun doing it, think about life after,'" Tyrone says. "'What are you interested in? Because you're going to have a long life to live after you get done playing basketball. Whatever you can do to start getting yourself set up in that now while you're playing, it's going to make that transition a little easier for you.'"
Even at 26, before he's set foot in the NBA, Tyrell already has a clear, overarching goal for his off-the-court life.
"I want to own a lot of things," he says. "I want my name on stuff."
What those things and stuff will be are still to be determined.
He loves music, and while he says he's not talented in that regard, he insists he has "an ear for it" and would want to own and run a recording studio. He's into fashion, and can envision himself owning a clothing store. And he has some experience in real estate and property management.
All the while, Tyrell made strides on the court.
In 2016, he went to a free-agent camp with the Jazz, and though that audition didn't yield an offer, it did give him a greater sense of what he needed to work on in order to eventually reach the NBA. After a productive stint with Bima Perkasa Jogja in the Indonesian Basketball League during the 2016-17 season, he returned to the U.S. to play in the Orlando Summer League with the Charlotte Hornets. That stint led to a deal with the G League's Northern Arizona Suns in Prescott Valley—around 100 miles north of Phoenix, where Tyrone was an assistant coach with the NBA's Suns at the time.
This past January, Tyrell signed with the G League's Stockton Kings, where his minutes more than doubled from his time in Northern Arizona.
While there, Jimmy Gillies, Stockton's director of basketball operations, recommended that he and his teammates consider applying to the NBA Career Crossover Job Shadow Program. Even though they were in the G League, they would get the same access to prestigious organizations like Goldman Sachs, Turner Sports, Google, American Express, EA Sports and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that's afforded to their NBA brethren.
"I think as athletes, we're kind of wired different," Tyrell explains. "We're so focused on bettering ourselves on the court or staying locked in and focused on basketball that you look up and you're older. You're, like, 'Aw man, I don't know what I want to do after basketball is over.' So for the NBA to put these on and give different avenues and be able to go meet with people, shake hands and network with all these different people, I think it's huge."
Without a guarantee of NBA money in his future—and with those words from his dad about life after basketball ringing in his ears—Tyrell applied for anything and everything he could.
"I was interested in all of them at the time," he says, "and to be chosen for two was pretty cool."
The first came at the NBA league office in New York City. There, alongside Detroit Pistons big man Zaza Pachulia and a handful of other G Leaguers, Tyrell got to see the breadth of possible careers in and around the basketball world, from front-office work to player programming and career development.
"As a player, you kind of just automatically think, When I'm done, I'm just going to coach," Tyrell says. "And to go to the NBA office and see that kind of gave me another input."
Tyrell's second job shadow came in Miami, where he and a five-person group that included Miami Heat big man Kelly Olynyk got a two-day crash course in real estate at Douglas Elliman.
"I've seen the process," Tyrell says, "but to actually get to learn from other people and see these $22 million homes, it was crazy to me."
First, Tyrell and the players visited the Douglas Elliman offices in Fort Lauderdale, where they met the executive team, fielded advice and exchanged contact information. After that, they checked out properties in the Miami area and learned about how they could get involved in the business—including by referring potential clients to real estate agents and getting paid for successful sales.
"I think that's something that athletes should do because we know so many people," Tyrell says. "We know people with money who want to spend money on homes."
Tyrell (right) spent time checking out residential properties during a two-day job shadow with Douglas Elliman in Miami. (Douglas Elliman)
Once the program was over, Tyrell stuck around Miami for another day. But rather than spend all that time hanging out on South Beach or hitting up clubs, he hopped on the phone to pick his dad's brain about everything he'd just learned.
Should I work with the same contractors from job to job or try out different plumbers, carpenters and the like depending on price and need?
When buying a home, should I put it in his own name or under an LLC?
How do I find people to represent and sell their properties?
What kind of mortgage should I use to buy a property? And how much should I put down based on what I think it's worth vs. the asking price?
"It's one thing to go down to Miami where it's really easy to see the distractions and go out and party or whatever," Tyrell says. "But to go down there and actually learn something was big for me. And I think he saw that."
"I was super excited for him because it's in real estate, although the Miami market is a totally different level of real estate," Tyrone says. "But it's Tyrell's level because it's really high-end stuff and he's a high-end guy. He likes the fashion and the flash."
Tyrell (left) checks out a waterfront property in Miami. (Douglas Elliman)
In truth, Tyrell's entire offseason is geared towards career development, in one way or another. That's why he's in Phoenix: to work on his game with his trainer and test out those new wrinkles against other pros in the area.
"He works his tail off to get as good as he can get," Tyrone says. "And it may or may not be your blessing at some point to be in the NBA, but you're going to be successful in whatever. I think he's starting to see the avenue he wants to go."
Even beyond basketball, Tyrell wouldn't put real estate atop his list of potential pursuits just yet. He still wants to put his name on recording studios and clothing stores, and intends to get his feet wet in fashion through the NBA's upcoming job shadow opportunity at Vans in Costa Mesa, California.
That said, Tyrell clearly intends to put his newfound knowledge of property to use soon.
"I think it's a priority, for sure. I want to go down that avenue because it's consistent income," he says. "If you own a duplex or something and you're pretty much the landlord basically, that's consistent income. I think that's what it's all about as far as continuing to grow financially, and I think that's something that would be really beneficial for me in the future."
Now that Tyrell has demonstrated a clear interest in real estate, Tyrone hopes to share more of the do's and don'ts he's learned along the way—like, say, buying a whole building instead of units in different locations.
"I could give him the advice that I wish I would've got coming into [real estate]," Tyrone says.
Josh Martin is the Editorial Director of CloseUp360. He previously covered the NBA for Bleacher Report and USA Today Sports Media Group, and has written for Yahoo! Sports and Complex. He is also the co-host of the Hollywood Hoops podcast. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram.


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The long journey to Peterborough was to be made with Andy Power, so that would be quiet then lol. Andy arrived Sat morning with his Fiesta overflowing with tackle, even with my large estate car we only just got everything in! We arrived in Peterborough in good time and along with Tucks, Gary O'Shea, Mark Harper, Guy Manton and Mark Brennan walked some of the sections. The river was like tap water and on some pegs you could see the bottom in the middle. Much groundbait mixing later and finally at 5:30pm I was sat having my first beer. Goodness knows how many beers I had but after a fantastic Chinese meal and great night on the town I went to bed at 2:30pm, room mate Andy getting in at 3:30pm though I never heard him!
Sunday morning 7am alarm, and it took me a little while to get the brain engaged and remember what was happening! Surprisingly I didn't feel ill, just tired, and after a quick brekkie and plenty of water I was sorted. Arriving at the tacklefest car park the bloodworm and joker was sorted as was the mixing of leam. Then Mark Harper gave us our draw and I was pegged on 563 at Railworld, the peg below me was a flyer and had produced 20lb of roach already this year and had framed last year. I hoped the roach would be happier in my peg today!
When I arrived at my peg I was disappointed to see that I was in a bit of bay, which meant I had to wade in and get the box in the water which was not easy as there was about a foot of silt. My section wasn't going to be to hard for me to win, what with Sean Ashby (on a flyer), Joe Carass, Callum Dicks oh and Stuart Conroy on the flyer below me! Shit I hope the roach eat hemp today! I managed to get sorted and set up 4 pole rigs on top 4's. A 2 grm rig for bloodworm with a 20 PR334 (I think) to 0.07. A 0.8 grm (bulk and droppers) for hemp with a 18 B511 to 0.07, a 0.4gm (spread shot) for hemp same hook and line, and finally a 1.5 grm for chopped worm with a 11 B711 to 0.18. Setting up anything else seemed pointless as basically your fishing in a weed free area of the peg. Ten minutes before the start a very friendly local angler told me I was on a flyer for bream... when the river has a foot on! He said not one bream had been caught off the peg all season and that they were probably sat in the weed only coming out at night.
On the whistle in went the best part of 4 kilos of groundbait and 3 balls of leam stuffed with joker to 13 metres. Chopped worm was bait droppered in at 10 metres at an angle downstream. On with a pinkie and the 2grm float and first chuck the float buried, a nice "ten to the ounce" size roach had obliged! Fifteen mins in and the writing was on the wall, the pinkie wouldn't attract anymore bites and bloodworm only attracted these tiny fish. I was feeding hemp all the time and remained positive that an hour or two catching roach later on this would see me bag up!
An hour in and I had one 4oz roach and 12 fry, so onto the lobworm. I missed a bite, but redeemed myself by hitting the next bite and a 6oz perch was netted. No more bites from here, so I put another bait dropper in. By now more and more weed was floating down the river and it was no fun with many attempts at dropping the rig in resulting in weed on the line or bait. When I did get the bait in all I got was a ragged out bloodworm from a fry! Half way through and I tried the heavy hemp rig (the downstream wind was now awful and the light rig would be useless) and bugger me I had a bite! In 15 mins I managed 3 roach between 2oz and 4oz, missed 3 bites and I thought here we go, but then it just died! I was now being hammered in the section and decided to put in a good dump of joker in leam for those bream! I then had a 6oz eel on the lobby but again no more bites so I fed two more bait droppers of worm!
With an hour to go I was fu$ked, the joker line was still full of fry and the hemp line was dead. I sat on the chop for ages hoping for a lump, I did manage another eel about 10oz but that was it and so with 20 mins to go went on the hemp, 3 more roach obliged straight away then nothing and then the whistle went. I weighed 2lb 12oz, to only beat 3 people in the section (although one of them was Callum and Joe Carrass only did me by 2oz). I was embarrassed to see Stu Conroy weigh 11lb of roach on bloodworm below me and the next 5 or 6 anglers below him all had between 6lb and 13lb. Had I been just off the roach, or had I got it totally wrong? I'd like to think both because I know I can catch roach on hemp (and there were plenty caught below Stu on it) Stu showed me his bloodworm rig and it was the same as mine so it must be the feeding, I think I fed it all wrong with the amount of groundbait. It was soon clear that I had not been alone in letting the team down (made me feel a bit better!) and many others had done as bad, but Gary O'Shea did well with 2nd in section. The team finished 13th out of 15, perhaps what we expected as we had not practiced and the team plan was to have a great night out Saturday and fill the river in Sunday! Kamasan Starlets won the match and the guy who won my section with 13lb of roach on hemp was 1st overall.
Andy and myself went straight to the nearest MacDonald's where we found Nigel Evans, Nick Ewers and Chedz consoling themselves with food! Nick Ewers nearly made me choke on my food as he recalled his day and I pissed myself laughing. His match was basically just like mine except he did chuck the feeder out, but only twice because each chuck saw it stuck in unseen cabbages! I know you'll probably be reading this thinking what a load of shite, but I actually enjoyed the weekend and the experience of rubbing shoulders with anglers who are in tune with bloodworm. We don't do enough of that sort of fishing and once the river fished hard the team we were out of it. I wish they would put this final on a decent venue and stop practising the week before, because the fish are hammered until Weds before and it doesn't help. Oh well there's always next year!


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Hey Beauties!
Unintentionally I wondered off to the skincare and makeup counters while doing Christmas shopping the other day and of course when bright lights shine on beauty products my brain kinda goes into a frenzy.
Last time I purchased a Dior Lip Fluid was at the same Edgars counter and received it on sale as I was told the Fluid Sticks are being discontinued. I spotted some more fluid sticks on sale as well as some other eye products. I was about to purchase another fluid stick and spotted this foundation and mascara which interested me more. As a "by the way" question I asked the sales lady for the price of the foundation and mascara as I would have loved to own a Dior foundation some day.
Little did I know she scanned this particular foundation and told me it's reduced down to a whopping 314 Rand! I told her I will color match myself and immediately take it. I put the Fluid Stick down then asked about the mascara as I've heard Dior mascaras are very good and she scanned the price of that. I assumed the mascara would be around 600 Rand and I would end my purchase with just the foundation and score. She came back and told me the mascara is discounted too for only 317 Rand and I told her to ring it up cause it's my early Christmas presents to myself. What a bargain! I was super happy.
As per the claims:
Dior Forever, the 1st flawless perfection foundation with a second-skin fusion wear by Dior. Infused with smart skin-shaping Skincare Essence, the formula becomes one with the skin for an absolutely perfect complexion all day long.
The soft and velvety fluid melts weightlessly into the skin to envelop features for an ultra-smooth, even complexion and visibly perfect skin day after day.
My Experience:
I believe this foundation is being discontinued as it was discounted and cannot seem to find it on Dior's website. I think it's replaced by the newer Forever Foundation with a black lid with SPF35 and this has a blue lid with SPF25. I'm not sure what the difference is between the new one or old one but I'm sure it can't be that far off. I will still give my review on this formula/ this one I purchased though.
The packaging is luxurious and I felt boujee opening it up and admiring it. I still keep it in the box as I'm not ready to throw the box away yet, it's so special.
This contains a pump with frosted glass packaging.
It states to shake before use which I did and applied 3 pumps to my entire face and neck. The shade matched me very well and the consistency is very thin and liquid-like. It contains active skincare ingredients which makes wearing this foundation even more worth while.
I blended this with a beauty blender and this gave light coverage which I expected due to the consistency being so thin and lightweight. I added two more pumps to build up the coverage and that was all I needed for medium coverage. My freckles were peeking through slightly and my skin appeared very fresh, dewy and skin-like. I absolutely love the finish, appearance and how youthful my skin looked. It gave me that magazine, model, runway, Victoria secret, Natasha Denona Makeup style vibe which I'm here for.
If you have very dry, dry (like me) or combination and you don't like a very full coverage, caked on, matte foundation you would love this. I know some people who are oily but don't like matte foundation would also love this, just be sure to carry a powder in your bag to blot and powder throughout the day.
This does not feel heavy on my skin and I fact it doesn't feel like I'm wearing foundation at all. I lightly set my skin with translucent powder and wore this for the day. It did not move, transfer or settle that much into my smile lines like a lot of foundations do. At the end of the day my skin still appeared fresh, youthful and vibrant and I almost did not want to take my makeup off as I as having such a good makeup and skin day. I then wore it for another 2 days in a row and absolutely love the finish and wear time of this. My options remained the same too for the further 2 days I wore this.
I would definitely recommend this foundation and hopefully the new forever foundation is just as good as this. I should maybe go back and get a backup 🤫
The cult favorite Dior Backstage mascara. The next-generation formula, enriched with microfibers, optically reproduces the effect of lash extensions used by runway makeup artists. The AIR-LOCK wiper system prevents the formula from air exposure and drying out in the tube, so the mascara stays fresh until the last use, day after day. Get fuller lashes, bolder impact, and a formula that lasts with this conditioning formula.
My Experience:
This isn't being discontinued so I'm not sure why I got it on discount but it was one of those moments where no questions were asked, paid for the products and left with joy.
The packaging is simple, sleek and classy which I like. I still have not thrown the box away like a crazy person.
This does contain a brush wand which I prefer instead of a rubber wand. The brush is big so I mainly use this on my top lashes.
The formula isn't thin which makes it perfect to create instant volume with only two coats. It will appear clumpy if you add too many coats though.
I actually love the scent of it, it smells a bit like laundry detergent…
This created more volume than length on my lashes and stayed put the entire day. It did not smudge or fade as well.
Just to add that this is Fluid Stick I purchased weeks ago which started this Dior craze:
What are some of your fav products from Dior?
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