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Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has revealed plans to transform the Supercopa into a 'Final Four'-style competition, adding that the governing body is preparing a pioneering project that would form a global centre of excellence for referees.
Rubiales, speaking at a media gathering earlier today (Tuesday), said the revamped Supercopa will be put forward at an RFEF meeting scheduled for April, with a view to being implemented as the curtain-raiser to the 2019-20 season.
The Supercopa currently pits the LaLiga champion against the winner of the Copa del Rey and last year saw Barcelona defeat Sevilla 2-1 in Tangier, Morocco. Under Rubiales' vision, the event would expand to include the top two teams in LaLiga and the finalists of that season's Copa del Rey.
Three matches would be played in total, two semi-finals and a final. Rubiales said the competition will be played "away from Spain" adding that the concept of three games being staged in a single city over a number of days would create a "football party".
Meanwhile, Rubiales said the RFEF will seek to join forces with Fifa and Uefa to establish a Centre of Excellence dedicated to the training of referees from across the world. The project would be run by the RFEF's Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), a body the federation claims is an international benchmark.
The CTA has been responsible for training for the video assistant referees (VAR) system employed at the 2018 World Cup and during the Uefa Champions League, while it has also been employed by Mexico's LigaMX and Russia's Premier League for their VAR projects.

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It all seemed so clear a couple of weeks ago. The dark New Zealand spearhead with returnee Kieran Read at its sharp tip, enacting Kapo O Pango; Sonny Bill Williams standing tall and offloading in those inside channels; the All Blacks winning again at Eden Park, their spiritual home and fortress. All was right with the world.
Move the sporting theatre on to wet and windy Wellington, and the finger of Warren Gatland has stirred those once-lucid waters into something of a muddy whorl. The All Blacks gave us their 'stock' haka Ka Mate, Sonny Bill saw red for a dangerous shoulder charge on Anthony Watson, and the Lions owned 'route one'.
Where the All Black forwards had dominated on the carry at Eden Park, at the Cake Tin the roles were reversed.
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The Lions, meanwhile, found the extra momentum up front in the rain that they had lacked the weekend before.
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This was one important factor in deciding the fate of the game because it meant New Zealand could not simply expect to repeat the medicine they had administered at Eden Park and achieve the same result. The Lions had to stop the All Blacks in channel one and they did it convincingly.
But it was Sonny-Bill's reckless action, the red card in Wellington and his subsequent four-week ban – coupled with the unfortunate injury to New Zealand's most reliable 'glue' midfielder Ryan Crotty – which has really opened up Pandora's box for the third Test, and given the Lions a more realistic opportunity to win the series than even Gatland and his coaches could have dared hope for before it all started.
Meanwhile, Steve Hansen would have been hoping to navigate the entire series (and beyond) with minimal changes to the initial midfield selection of Beauden Barrett, Sonny Bill and Crotty.
Instead, he is likely to have to rip up the blueprint and come up with an entirely new combination for the final Test. He has urgent questions circling overhead and the answers are not returning to their keeper's wrist as readily as they once did.
Is Crotty fit enough to start? Does Anton Lienert-Brown stay at 13 or move inside to make room for Malakai Fekitoa? What role is there for Ngani Laumape after his outstanding ball-carrying display in Wellington?
At the same time, Gatland rolled the dice in his own midfield and took the courageous decision to drop Ben Teo after his fine performance in the first Test. He picked twin playmakers in the shape of Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell, who had not started a tour game together before.
Gatland will have other selection questions of his own in this last week of the tour too – among them, whether to replace penalty-prone Mako Vunipola with the technical proficiency of Jack McGrath given the presence of French scrum-stickler Romain Poite on the whistle, and where to find a more productive partner for the excellent Maro Itoje in the second row.
By my calculations, Alun-Wyn Jones had only 60% of the involvements Itoje enjoyed on the carry and in the tackle, he won no lineouts and restarts compared to Itoje's seven, and turned over no ball compared to Itoje's three disruptions at the lineout, in the maul and while pressuring the kicker.
But let's stay with the central topic of midfield selection for both sides – and start with the Lions.
Did the twin playmaker axis really work at Wellington? The short and simple answer is that it worked in attack but not so well on defence.
The Lions were able to control most of the first quarter of the game by using Sexton and Farrell to probe potential weaknesses in the All Black defensive screen.
The Lions' characteristic attacking shape with Sexton and Farrell in harness first appeared at a scrum in the 9th minute.
On the third phase, Sexton is at first receiver, with Jonathan Davies crashing down on a hard 'unders' line and Owen Farrell fading out behind to play the role of a distributor in the outside third of the field. The idea is to use the threat of Davies to fix the two All Blacks defenders in front of him (here Kieran Read and Sonny Bill) and give Farrell some space in which to operate.
The threat can be viewed in the second and third frames from later in the sequence. Here the Lions' hooker, Jamie George, is playing the Davies role and Sexton and Farrell have interchanged at first and second receiver.
George has fixed the two Sams (Whitelock and Cane) quite successfully, and the Lions have obtained a promising wide attacking position in the final screenshot. There is only Rieko Ioane (out of shot) and the two New Zealand centres opposing five Lions attackers – but Davies drops the ball.
Even then, the Lions managed to recover the situation and create a chance for Liam Williams down the right-hand touchline.
The presence of Taulupe Faletau in the space between Sexton and Williams creates doubt in the mind of the last defender Rieko Ioane, and eventually he picks the wrong option, biting in on Faletau as Williams receives the pass.
Once again, the Lions shoot themselves in the foot by making a careless mistake in a scenario they have won. Williams has already overrun the play in the first frame, and Sexton has no choice but to deliver a pass which travels slightly forward in order to put him away.
Although they did not create a score in this sequence, all the Lions' groundwork on their twin playmaker attacking shape was not wasted. It paid out real dividends in their two second half tries.
The first try comes from a lineout won on the New Zealand 40-metre line. The variation on the basic attacking shape occurs via a wrap-around no.12 by Sexton – but building blocks are still the same; a hard 'unders' blocking run by Davies, with one of the two distributors looking to exploit the space outside him:
The Lions have what they want. Lienert-Brown gets his angle on Elliott Daly wrong and suddenly there are two Lions attackers (Williams and Watson) lined up against the New Zealand fullback Beauden Barrett.
Two phases later, with play coming back in the other direction, Sexton and Farrell link up more straightforwardly, and Farrell's long pass gives Williams and Faletau the chance to run at the last two Kiwi defenders and make the score.
Was it an accident that the Lions' best scoring chances all occurred over the left side of the New Zealand backline defence featuring three relative newcomers – Lienert-Brown at 13, Ioane at 11 and Ngani Laumape (when he subbed on for Jerome Kaino) at 12? No, it was not.
The Lions' second try was also created in the same area, by springing the trap the Lions had carefully constructed in the earlier part of the game. After a couple of prep phases from lineout, at 67:19 on the highlight reel the same Lions' set-up we observed earlier appears.
From behind the posts, it looks like this.
This is where the payoff occurs against New Zealand's inexperienced centre combination over the left side. Laumape and Lienert-Brown are already over-defending the move the Lions' had been running all game – the ball behind from Sexton to Farrell.
With Laumape making his read and shifting across, the way is open for Sexton to deliver the money ball to Jamie George for the Lions' hooker to make a bust. Conor Murray ran through the middle to score on the very next play.
The story was very different when New Zealand had the ball and were able to run at the Lions' midfield defence from early phase set-piece. In this context, Ngani Laumape was superb, taking New Zealand forward yards and yards over the advantage line.
Laumape is headed straight for the seam between the two Lions playmakers, making five metres after the initial contact. In the second frame, he has absorbed three key defenders (Sexton, Farrell and Sean O'Brien) at the first ruck.
The extent of the damage Laumape has done is only really clear in the critical third frame. With Sexton and Farrell out of the picture, the defender inside Jonathan Davies is none other than the hooker George, and he only has Antony Watson for company outside him.
The Lions' line-speed has been defused and, with the world's best ball-handling forward Kieran Read at first receiver and Barrett, Israel Dagg and Ioane out beyond him, you would think this is the ideal opportunity for the All Blacks to move the ball out towards the left sideline.
Instead, Read kept the ball and ploughed forward into contact, and at this point I began to wonder whether the All Blacks' narrow game-plan had subtracted something from their essential identity, as an attacking team which prides itself on using all fifteen players across the width of the field.
The same scenario recurred later in the match, as if to wash any remaining doubts from my mind.
From a right side scrum on the Lions' 22, Laumape crashes into Davies and Farrell, advancing fully 15 metres over the advantage line, with ten of those metres being made after the initial contact with the defensive centres.
The third frame offers another seminal moment you would have backed the All Blacks to understand and exploit. Even with Reiko Ioane buried in the first ruck and Lienert-Brown glued to the right side of the set-piece, you would have backed the All Blacks to go left and use Read and Barrett to take on Watson and Sexton, with Watson defending infield and barely above the far post.
If Barrett is not in the side to exploit just this kind of open-field running opportunity, what is he in the team for? Not primarily his goal-kicking, that is for sure.
The build-up to the third and final Test at Eden Park will be one of the most fascinating in living memory, especially in terms of selection for both sides.
Strangely enough, I found this article I wrote many moons ago, anticipating the same crucial components the Lions have in place now – Sexton, Farrell and Davies in the midfield, and the same back five forwards (with Faletau in for the injured Billy Vunipola).
At the same time, events have moved on again, and Warren Gatland and his coaching group may now have to discuss a couple of positions in the tight forwards – loosehead prop and the best partner to Maro Itoje, as well as how best to improve their early phase defence in midfield.
The All Blacks are probably in a rare state of uncertainty about the selection of their own midfield trio. If Ryan Crotty is anywhere near match-fit, surely he must play to stabilise the defensive organisation in that area – and there may be a case for Malakai Fekitoa at 13 for exactly the same reason.
Ngani Laumape made such an impact as a ball-carrier that he too will be hard to ignore. Above all, which centre pairing will give Beauden Barrett the opportunity to justify claims that have been made on his behalf that he is indeed the best rugby player on the planet – claims which have yet to bear scrutiny after two Test matches of the current series.
As it stands, Barrett has not had the opportunity to do any of the things he enjoys doing the most on a rugby field.
The All Blacks must be favourites, but the Lions have real, solid grounds for believing that the impossible dream may yet come true.


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Set up with the intention of offering a smaller festival with a similar layout to Glastonbury and Reading, Truck Festival has been running since 1998 at Hill Farm, Oxfordshire.
Each passing year the festival has been building up its name by offering a wide variety of activities and music acts throughout the weekend. This year, the lineup included George Ezra, Courteeners, Rat Boy, De la Soul, Drenge and Jake Bugg. However, the majority of the lineup consisted of smaller and emerging acts, such as Black Foxxes, Blaneavon, The Sherlocks, Gengahr and Gender Roles, among many others.
Even though it rained on Friday evening, De la Soul's performance was extremely fun. Their act, which took us back to the origins of modern hip hop, made the audience jump up and down, making us forget about the heavy rain right away. In the middle of their act they even stopped to mention that they had never seen a crowd so energetic in the rain during their 30 year career.
One of Saturday's best acts was Everything Everything. Their performance was energetic and intense, with mosh-pits taking off as soon as they started playing, an experience that was truly exciting to be in the middle of. As someone who was massively scared of mosh-pits due to previous bad past experiences, I have to admit that the respectful environment at Truck Festival allowed me to enjoy them for the first time. I believe that one of the main reasons for this was the broad age range of the audience; from families with toddlers to big uni groups. This ambience allowed me to feel welcomed in the crowd.
Lately, some music festivals have been criticized for their lack of balance between male and female acts. In regards to this, Truck should be applauded. Not only did they include female fronting bands such as Flirting, Anteros and Black Honey, but they also included female acts such as Goat Girl, Naaz, Girli, Marika Hackman and The Big Moon.
Regarding the layout, the space between the camp site and the main stages was enough for people to relax if they decided to stay in their tents, but not too far as it wasn't a long trek to get back to the arena. The only issue in regards to the organisation was that since some of the stages were under circus-like tents, the poles holding the tent would often obstruct the view of the stage.
Truck Festival falls into the "cheap festival" category; the three-day ticket (which includes camping) is around £110. However, once the extra necessities are considered, the price can easily increase. The parking is £15, the food is around £7 per meal (some of the which goes to charity), and Club Class (showers, toilets and changing rooms) is £30. However, because of the great music acts, the welcoming environment, and the endless amount of activities to keep you busy through the whole day (such as a Ferris Wheel, a stage for stand-up comedy and poetry and a great variety of food and clothes stalls), the price was absolutely worthy.
Finally, it is important to mention that if what you're looking for is a wild environment with endless raves, this might not be the festival for you. Even though there was some electronic music during the night, the main appeal of Truck Festival is their indie, rock and punk music environment. Overall, I had a great time and would truly recommend this festival to first-timers or anyone interested in getting to know new emerging bands, and to spend a weekend surrounded by great music and amazing live performances.


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It happened again. Someone unexpectedly bought my lunch today. The last few months people have spent money on me, given their time to being with me, and shown they value me in many different ways.
This is good, right?
Well, yes. It's wonderful.
But there's something wrong.
What is this thing that rises up in me whenever someone blesses me unexpectedly, or pays for my lunch, or gives me gifts? What makes my insides say "No…" when someone wants to love me? What makes me run when someone really does love me, and I didn't do anything to make them love me?
…It's a problem I have. I don't know how to be loved. I don't know how to receive. It makes me squirm when I get something that I did nothing to deserve.
For some reason it feels wrong to be blessed at the expense of someone else. It feels wrong to gain something because of another person losing something.
Something about being loved turns you upside down. It's uncomfortable. It makes you confront your heart issues. You face head on your pride, reluctance to receive, fear of being loved, and everything else that is hidden under that queasiness you get when someone is loving you.
I'm learning that my reluctance to receive is really rooted in how I see myself. I somehow don't believe that I am worth being loved unless I have earned it.
If I've blessed you, or given myself for you, love me.
But if you love me just because you love me, I'm not okay with that. I didn't give you anything. I didn't earn your love. And that must mean…that you love me for who I am. And I'm not okay with that.
Why? Because I don't love myself for who I am, and I don't believe that God loves me for who I am. This really comes down to how I view God. I secretly really believe that I am only lovable because of what I do, what I can achieve, and how much I have to offer. I believe that God loves me because of what I do for Him, and how much I serve Him. I don't really believe that God loves me just because that's who He is.
This is the mentality that destroys relationships. The mentality that causes constant striving to earn love, and never being able to receive it. This mentality will destroy your life. You will end up tired, burnt-out and still not believing you are loved, never feeling the reward of your 'service' or 'labor'. It's endless striving.
What I, and everyone else who struggles with this needs to know and grasp, is that we are loved, period.
We will never escape the fact that God loves us, simply because He loves us. His character is to love us. Even if we backtrack and lose all the ground we've covered through our 'service', and completely rebel against Him, trying everything to make Him not love us, HE WILL STILL LOVE US.
We are loved because we are worth something. We are worth something because Someone paid for our lives with the most valuable thing there ever was or will be – His own life.
God determined our worth in the garden when He created us in His image – IN HIS IMAGE – think about it. That fact alone means that we are worth far more than we will ever know.
God determined our worth on the cross when HE PAID THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICE TO GET US. That cross forever screams and echoes our value to the earth and the cosmos and the kingdoms and principalities, and everything created.
We are worth THE VERY LIFE OF GOD. God- the One we can not even fully know because He is so Holy and other-than. YAHWEH. We are worth HIS LIFE.
If I could understand how truly valuable I am because HE set the bar, He decided how much I am worth, I would know how to be loved. I would be able to receive. I would not strive to earn love.
I so easily pour everything at His feet, which is the right response when one sees His worth. But it's a fight to get me to let Him lavish love on ME. I don't want to let Him love me, because I don't feel worthy of that. In a small way I rob Him of HIS heart's desire…to love a Bride.
My goal is to get the place where I can receive love without that uncomfortable feeling in my heart. Where I can be loved without fighting it or running away from it. Where I let someone wash my feet without arguing why I'm not worthy for this to happen or why they shouldn't do this for me. Where I let someone buy something for me, just because they want to bless me.
It all starts with revelation of the love of Christ: 'That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the width and length and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.' Ephesians 3:17-19
I'm thinking that all this having my lunch paid for and things along those lines is God calling me out and teaching me how to receive. I think it's time I grow in this. Maybe next time someone loves me just because, I'll be one step closer to receiving well, and being loved well. Maybe I won't run away when someone tells me they love me. Maybe I'll not argue with Someone who wants to wash my feet, and I'll let Him do it, just because He wants to. Maybe I'll let myself be loved.


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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Texas Restaurant Contest Is NOW!
6 comments:
I sent my list. Okay, I'm lying. I didn't send a list because I am too tired to do research and I've never been to Texas.
- February 13, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Malisa said...
Did last night wear you out, Linda? You lucky girl!
- February 13, 2011 at 7:29 PM
- trash talk said...
Let me just say I've done my share of taste testing about a third of these Texas treasures. You did leave out a couple of my faves though...Babe's Chicken House, Bill Smith's Restaurant, El Fenix, Sonny Bryan's BBQ and Campisi's Egyptian. All of these are still family owned and operated after 50+ years! I have to give a honorable mention ('cause we are talking Texan here) to Snow's BBQ and City Market.
I have a test for you. Can you tell me who introduced pizza to Dallas?
- February 13, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Sue said...
Okay, not one to normally bitch, but this contest is obviously very prejudicial as in "ya'll" know what's going on, and I know nothing. So, with that said, when I finally get to come visit, I want to go to:
and Woodys! That will be MY prize since not everyone can play today ;0(
Take care, Sue
- February 13, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Malisa said...
I will book the reservations,Sue! You, me and Trash Talk can give 'em hell!
Reminder to self: Call the Corona distributor and tell 'em Sue is coming to town!
- February 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Malisa said...
Okay, Deb, I have no idea. My only guess about who introduced pizza to Dallas would be Shakey's. Even close? Will put those other eatin' joints on my list!
- February 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM


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On January 23rd, dozens of teachers, students, and members of various universities and unions gathered in front of the James McGill Administration building on the McGill campus for a simultaneous protest and celebration. They were celebrating the McGill's administration withdrawal of a permanent protocol on demonstrations, protests and occupations. They were demonstrating against the continuing provisional protocol, which limits protest on campus and the potential to still make a protocol on these issues. CKUT's Courtney Kirkby spoke with Lillian Radovac, head of the McGill's Teachers Union about the protocol and the public statement they made denoucing it and captured many of the speeches made at the demonstration.
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It was a dark and stormy night (no, really) when, at the Motherwell public library, we had a chance to meet and interview author Mike Carey. And a true gentleman he is.
After a mesmerising reading from The Girl with All the Gifts, his sixth and latest novel (plus two he co-wrote with his wife and his daughter), and an interesting Q&A session (part of what he said there will be integrated in this interview), the 55-year-old Liverpool-born former teacher and author of X-Men: Legacy, Ultimate Fantastic Four (both or Marvel), Lucifer, Hellblazer, Neverwhere (both for Vertigo) and countless other series has accepted to spend some time answering to our questions.
Q: How does The Girl with all the Gifts compare with your previous work, in comics and novels?
It feels like a new departure, in a lot of different ways. It's a different voice, a different narrative style (present tense, for one thing), and that seems to have been reflected in the very different reception it got from readers.
And the process was different too. I first wrote Girl as a short story, then I kept on coming back to it. I was convinced that there was more there: more to Melanie's story, and more to her world. So finally I asked my publisher Little, Brown to change out my contract so I could write it as a novel. It was hard at that time for me to think about other projects, which is usually a good sign.
When I take a step back I can certainly see the continuities between Girl and my earlier novels. It's not as though I suddenly started to write Westerns or something. And a lot of the preoccupations are the same as in my other writing. The difference is in the feel of it, intangibles like mood, tone and voice.
Q: Like your five Felix Castor novels, Girl is set in a post-apocalyptic England; why did you make this choice?
Well, actually the Castor novels are set soon after the apocalypse, if you want to call it so, or anyway after something incredibly momentous happened: the dead have come back to earth. It's not exactly a zombie apocalypse, as most zombies and ghosts aren't really bothering the living (the were-creatures and the demons are a different piece of cake altogether), but still. Girl is instead set one generation after the apocalypse.
This is something that makes it slightly different from most post-apocalyptic novels. Sure, there's some set hundreds of years after the events: think of Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, when they don't even remember exactly what happened, it's just "The Something That Happened".
Anyway: for those who remember the 1980s… all movies, all songs, all talk was about the nuclear apocalypse, we felt constantly threatened by it. And I feel that it's the same nowadays. There is he economic crisis, that I don't feel is going to be over any time soon; the environmental issues; the wars… so, really, it is a product of our environment.
Also, it's interesting to work in a post-apocalyptic world because when the apocalypse happens everything else, the wars, the environment, the job that we have or that we can't find, everything falls apart, and what is really important comes through. When civilisation falls, school's out forever.
Q: Are the themes and conflicts you explore in this novel similar to the ones you've employed in the past or is it a completely new style for you?
I think they're broadly similar. The things that obsess me don't change all that much.
It's hard to talk about the themes of your own work, because in the end the story is the story and it speaks for itself. What you actually said matters, what you thought you said or meant to say really doesn't. But I think I often write about family, and specifically about parent-child relationships. Obviously Helen Justineau is not Melanie's mother, but their relationship is a quasi-parental one all the same, and the contradictions of parental love are a strong theme in Girl.
It's also a story about alienation and fear, about the ability, or inability, to objectify somebody else as just a monster, just a threat. That feels like a big issue for me as I look at the world around me right now. Objectification is rampant. Immigrants, the poor, ebola-sufferers in Africa… they're not people, they're just problems. And our politicians positively encourage that kind of thinking. Lord Freud's description of the disabled in the labour market as – effectively – damaged stock, that's a point on the same highway that leads to Caroline Caldwell vivisecting children.
Q: Why is Girl attributed to M.R. Carey rather than to Mike Carey like all the rest of your work?
It was a decision taken by the publisher. They felt that I needed to move away from the Felix Castor books, that I'm definitely not ashamed of but that weren't too successful, so they decided to give me a very transparent pseudonym, something similar to what Iain Banks did with the novels he signed as Iain M. Banks. So they asked me what my middle initial is – my middle name is James, so it became M.J. Carey.
Then, one day, actually after some copies had already been sent to the printers, I came out of a meeting with the movie producers – yes, Girl is also a screenplay and the movie rights have already been purchased – and received a panicky call from my agent telling me that there already is an M.J. Carey writing books. No problem, I thought, but then they told me that M.J. Carey writes bondage erotica. You'll understand that the title The Girl with all the Gifts would earn some unintended meaning there… so they just went for M.R., that's all.
Q: Will there be a sixth Felix Castor novel?
Yes, after I've written two more M.R. Carey books I'll start working on the sixth and last Felix Castor novel. We still don't know why the dead rose right now… and what happens with Juliet, a succubus that was raised in the first novel, The Devil You Know, to kill Castor but then realised that if she doesn't kill him she doesn't have to go back to hell…
Q: Moving on to comics – what is the comic/graphic novel of yours you look most fondly back at?
It's hard to pick just one, but if you put a gun to my head I'd have to say Lucifer. That was the first ongoing comic book I ever wrote, and it was where I learned how to do it – first of all by pastiching Neil Gaiman and then by striking out and developing my own voice and style.
Just before I started work on the monthly, Neil said to me in a phone conversation that writing an ongoing book was an amazing mixture of planning and serendipity, and you could only really discover how it worked by actually doing it. He was so right, on both counts.
I wrote Lucifer for the best part of seven years, and in that time I went from an enthusiastic amateur to… well, somebody who broadly knew what he was doing. It was an exhilarating experience. Just wonderful. And of course it introduced me to Peter Gross, which was one of those creative collaborations that changes the course of your life.
Q: And how was this collaboration with Peter Gross born?
I started working on Lucifer with a penciller and an inker who really didn't enjoy working together. After only a few issues, they both left. I felt that the project was dead in the water, when I was put in touch with Peter. Initially he was reluctant, he had just come out of a fantasy series, The Books of Magic, and didn't really fancy to take on another one, but then we clicked and never looked back.
Q: What and who was your inspiration in taking on Lucifer?
The biggest inspiration for Lucifer is the most obvious one – Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. I sometimes refer to Lucifer as being a sequel to The Sandman, which is loose and sloppy talk. It's not that at all. It's a free-standing work that takes place in the same continuity as The Sandman and takes its launch point from characters and situations defined in The Sandman.
But structurally, too – in terms of its storytelling – you can easily see how strongly it's indebted to Neil's writing. I used the same device that he used – which has become ubiquitous now – of interspersing longer arcs with self-contained one-off stories which turned out not to be self-contained at all but wove their way in and out of the main storyline. And of course I benefited from the amazing mythology he'd created, which incorporated all existing mythologies and religions into a coherent whole.
If I read the Six-Card Spread arc of Lucifer now, I'm actually embarrassed by how strongly it cleaves to Neil's voice, Neil's use of captions, Neil's use of intercutting. It was only with issue 4 of the book, Born with the Dead, that something clicked and I started to write as me.
Q: By the way, staying with Lucifer: why does God look like G.K. Chesterton?
He doesn't! He's supposed to be Captain Mainwaring from Dad's Army. Also, Chesterton is already in The Sandman as Gilbert, or Fiddler's Green, as you prefer to call him. But yes, I do see the resemblance.
Q: Moving on: is there a comic series you've never worked on that you'd like to work on?
I usually mention Doctor Strange at this point, but I did finally get to write a Doctor Strange prose story, so that itch has been at least partially scratched. And I got to go back to X-Men for the graphic novel No More Humans, which leaves me for the moment with no X-verse projects clamouring to be written.
I'd really love to write a short or one-off set in the world of Joe Hill's Locke and Key. That was such a wonderful series, and so imaginatively rich. It feels like you could go on exploring the universe Hill created for decades and never repeat yourself.
Q: So, who is the artist you're more comfortable working with?
This answer never changes from one decade to the next. My two go-to guys as far as comics work is concerned are Peter Gross and Mike Perkins. They're both amazingly talented, and amazingly versatile, but it goes beyond that. They're both artists who actually spur me on to write better work. I seem to kick into a different gear when I'm writing for them, and the creative synthesis is more complete – unless that sounds pretentious, in which case I'll just say they're great guys who draw like killer angels.
Q: Is there any artist you never worked with but you'd really like to?
When it comes to artists I've never worked with, I love the work of the French bande dessinée artist David Beauchard, who mostly writes and draws as David B. He wrote and drew a really dark trilogy of fantasy stories, Le Jardin Armé, and then told a very similar and closely related story in a much more kid-friendly form as Les Chercheurs de Trésor for Poisson Pilote. Both versions were amazing, and I'd really love to do a book with him.
Q: There is a parallel between Felix Castor and John Constantine, with them both being Scousers living in London. But so are you: how much of yourself is there in those characters?
I slipped a lot of my own experiences into their backstory. It's most noticeable in the first Hellblazer arc I wrote and in the one-off called The Gift – and then in Castor it comes up most strongly in the fourth book, Thicker Than Water, where Castor goes back to Liverpool and visits old friends and foes.
More generally, a lot of the characters I write are broadly based on people I've actually met. Seldom played straight, though – usually they're composites or exaggerations or have been altered in other ways.
There are two good reasons for dipping into your own past like that, I think. One is that I think it adds a sort of force and authenticity to your writing. The other is that it helps you to keep backstory straight if it's your own backstory!
Also, I set most of what I write in areas I know. The places Felix Castor visits in the novels are mostly the parts of London I lived in. There's only one thing I really made up, the Charles Stanger Care Facility, a kind of a psychiatric hospital where Rafi Ditko, a friend of Castor's who got possessed by a demon (and Castor feels guilty about that), is held. In that area there's no huge buildings like the one I describe there. And, oddly enough, one day a man told me that he drives past it every day going to the office.
Q: What do you think of the movie and TV universes the comic industry has recently crossed into?
I think there's a lot of variation there, in terms of quality and imaginative realisation. I love it when it's done well. The recent Guardians of the Galaxy movie, for example, was hugely entertaining – as was Days of Future Past. But there are a lot of bad and uninspired comic book movies out there, and generally I don't seek them out any more unless I know the director or I see a lot of solid reviews.
One problem with the movie franchises is that they don't seem to be able to handle continuity in any way that makes sense. Their own continuity, I mean, not the comic book continuity, which is irrelevant. You'll get two or three movies in a row where a character is played by the same actor and the same director is at the helm – and then suddenly there they are scurrying back to the origin story again with a different actor and director, as though they're afraid to get more than a couple of movies away from it.
As a result of that, you don't get the dense and complicated interconnectedness that you see in the comics. Which means that there are certain riffs you can't play, certain types of story you can't do – and paradoxically, they're the bigger and more epic ones. The only movie to get into that territory and acquit itself well – brilliantly, in fact – was Joss Whedon's Avengers.
Q: As you did and do write for the screen – would you consider and would you enjoy working on any of these projects?
Yeah, I'd do it like a shot. I find adaptation really interesting and satisfying for its own sake. And if it was a book I loved, that would be an amazing thing to get to do.
Q: Last one, I promise: who is your favourite character to work on and who is the favourite character you created?
The second of those questions is easier, so I'll tackle it first. Probably my favourite character out of my own creations is Elaine Belloc, the schoolgirl in Lucifer who discovers that she is – not to put too fine a point on it – God's granddaughter. She's introduced very early on in the series, in issue 4, and she was there right to the end, so I wrote her a lot. I enjoyed writing her because I had a very strong sense of her voice, partly because she was based on my daughter Louise. And I think she has a really satisfying arc, which ends with her (spoiler warning) taking over the throne of Heaven after both God and Lucifer have walked away from it.
It's much harder to pick on a single favourite who's not my own. I tend to steer towards characters who I really want to write. When I was on X-Men, for example, I picked a crazy team made mostly out of disused D-listers, because they were the characters I had a feel for and felt it would be fun to put together.
Gun to my head, again, I really enjoyed writing the Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Ultimate Fantastic Four. That's far from my most popular book, but something about that precarious, unlikely romance between two uber-intelligent teens who've both got more power than is good for them really appealed to me. In the course of my run I broke it down mainly so I could build it up again, and I had them being reconciled – fairly passionately – just as I left the book.
But ask me again tomorrow and you'll probably get a different answer…
We thank again Mike Carey for dedicating us some of his time to discuss his past (and future) work, and we would like to wish him the best of luck in his future projects.


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Bridal lehenga shops in Burrabazar Kolkata
If you are looking for bridal lehenga shops in Burrabazar Kolkata, then you have come just to the right place. To help you buy the best bridal lehenga in Kolkata, I have curated a list of 10 lehenga shops in Burrabazar Kolkata where you can find your dream lehenga in every budget.
If there are places apart from Burrabazar that you want to check out, then check out this list of best bridal lehenga shops in Kolkata! Now, starting with our first and the most famous lehenga shop in Kolkata which is in Burrabazar –
1. Shree Saree Kunj
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A trusted name among shoppers in Kolkata, Shree Saree Kunj is one of the best bridal lehenga shops in Burrabazar Kolkata. Here you can find a wide range of bridal lehengas, wedding gowns and sarees for your wedding shopping.
Address: 19, Balmukund Mackar Road, Ram Mandir,, Opp. Mahajati Sadan, M.G. Metro, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
2. Nav Durga Creation Pvt. Ltd.
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Nav Durga Creations is a one-stop shop for all your bridal shopping in Kolkata. Right from bridal lehengas to sarees, Nav Durga Creations is one of the preferred lehenga shops in Burrabazar Kolkata for everything bridal.
Address: 43/1/1, Cotton Street, Opposite, Satyanarayan Park AC Market, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
3. Shree Gopal Shyam Sundar
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With a wide lehenga collection in Kolkata, Shree Gopal Shyam Sundar is a go-to place in Burrabazar. Drop in to check out their bridal collection and be rest assured that you will find something that matches you style as well as budget.
Address: Ground Floor, 49/1, Utkalmoni Gopabandhu Sarani, Raja Katra, Bara Bazar, Jorasanko, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
4. Panghat
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Panghat in Burrabazar probably has one of the best lehenga collection in Kolkata with price that is affordable. Their collection is contemporary and designed with the 21-st century bride in mind.
Address: Saraf Tower, 2/2B Chetan Seth Street, Near Axis Bank, Bara Bazar, Jorasanko, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 10.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
5. Aachal Textiles
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All you brides who want to buy a bridal lehenga in Kolkata should definitely visit Aachal Textiles. This lehenga shop in Kolkata has beautiful bridal lehenga collections as well as sarees for those who want to have a complete wedding shopping experience under one roof.
Address: 36, Kali Krishna Tagore St, Malapara, Singhi Bagan, Jorasanko, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 10.00 a.m. to 10 p.m.
6. Priyo Gopal Bishoyi
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This bridal lehenga shop in Burrabazar Kolkata has some beautiful lehenga designs that you can check out to buy for your big day. They also have beautiful sarees that you can have a look at and buy for your other wedding functions!
Address: 208, Mahatma Gandhi Rd, Bara Bazar, Barabazar Market, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 10.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.
7. Neelkamal
Head to Neelkamal if you are looking to buy modern bridal lehenga in Kolkata with price that's not too high on the pocket. They have a wide range of lehengas in all budgets for you to choose from.
Address: 83, Muktaram Babu St, Near Ram Mandir, Singhi Bagan, Jorasanko
Store Timings: Monday – Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
8. Roop Samrat Creations
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Roop Samrat Creations is one of those lehenga shops in Kolkata where you will find heavy bridal lehengas, sarees and suits. Their bridal lehenga collection is huge, has many colours and is available in lots of designs and modern patterns.
Address: 191, C. R. Avenue, Ram Mandir, opp. petrol pump, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
9. Sundari Saree Emporium
Sundari Saree Emporium on Chittaranjan Ave is a go-to destination for lehenga shopping in Burrabazar Kolkata. They also have semi-stitch lehengas for brides who prefer to get their lehengas tailor made according to their liking.
Address: 165, Chittaranjan Ave, Raja Katra, Jorasanko, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
10. Astha Sarees
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If you are checking out bridal lehenga in Kolkata with price, then do visit Astha Sarees here, to have a look at their collection. Astha has modern as well as traditional bridal lehenga designs, which you can choose according to your taste and budget.
Address: 70, Burtolla St, Raja Katra, Bara Bazar, Jorasanko, Kolkata
Store Timings: Monday – Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
So, which lehenga shop in Burrabazar is on your list for wedding shopping in Kolkatta?
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Professional differentiation in network journalism
- Authors: Prasolova E.V.
- Issue: No 4 (2013)
- Pages: 100-105
- Section: Articles
- URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/4353
In the given article the requirements to be fulfilled within the journalist's work in the conditions of the development of the information of the Internet-environment is considered. The conclusion is made that the authors of web-materials have to choose between the universalization and the narrow specialization of the profession. In the first case, journalists and bloggers need legal and editorial support.
E V PrasolovaPeoples' Friendship University of Russia
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You can find us on Long Street in Cape Town and in Tygervalley in Cape Town's Northern Suburbs. Relax and enjoy our contemporary beer hall with its 25 taps and our legendary '99 Bottles' of the best local and international beer.
Our emphasis is the curation of beers and a service standard that sets the trend in the hospitality industry. Our beer is served by the most knowledgeable and passionate staff in the industry, and our food is crafted by an internationally experienced kitchen team specifically to compliment our large beer variety.
We see ourselves as a hub for all things beer, and we strive to incubate the ideals of craft while supporting local micro-breweries and giving them a podium to shine on and to deliver their qualities to the world.
Welcome to the Beer Revolution.
Own your piece of Beerhouse Tygervalley
Beerhouse has officially launched its first crowdfunding campaign seeking to raise R3 million for its new Tygervalley branch in Cape Town's Northern Suburbs, which was previously home to the iconic Starlite Diner.
Boasting an impressive and inclusive beer variety, delicious handcrafted brew food and a vibey social atmosphere, Beerhouse has quickly become a household name in South Africa as the navigators and curators of the world's oldest beverage. At Beerhouse it is our duty to deliver variety, which we do through our famous 99 bottles of beer on the wall, which includes 25+ beers on tap, ciders, wine and spirits. Many microbreweries in South Africa do not own their own dispense equipment which makes the market saturated with large breweries that do have the infrastructure to flood the market with their products. We, at Beerhouse, own all our equipment ensuring we give the 'little guy' a podium to shine on. This gives Beerhouse a competitive edge over any potential competitors.
Beerhouse represents all that is loved from traditional German beer drinking halls in a contemporary South African space.
We've partnered with the pioneering equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa, that will run the campaign and represent all shareholders interest.
By investing the minimum of R1 000 (1 share) you will not only own a piece of Beerhouse Tygervalley but you will be invited to the shareholders group where you will have insight into the business as well as being a part of the business decisions, AGM's and also benefit from the returns on your investment.
For more investor benefits please look through our pitch here : https://www.uprise.africa/view_pitch/beerhouse
Beerhouse Tygervalley progress update
We have some exciting updates on our new store Beerhouse Tygervalley in Cape Town's Northern Suburbs.
If you have been following us two months ago we launched our first public crowdfunding campaign, where you can own shares into Beerhouse Tygervalley. Not only will you own a piece of this business but you will benefit from the profits as well.
Since then we have had some challenges as a business with the relocation of Beerhouse Fourways based in Sandton Johannesburg pulling our focus from this campaign.
As a team we are working hard to reopen a store in the Gauteng area as soon as December 2019!
We now have 30 days left of our crowdfunding campaign with 116 investors and with a little more than half way to go to reach our target of R3 million.
If you are interested in investing into Beerhouse Tygervalley click HERE.
So what has been happening with Beerhouse Tygervalley?
Construction started mid August and our new home is starting to come together.
Here are some photos of construction thus far:
Majority of the building has been completed, now we need to fit our kitchen and bar equipment. The shop fitters are busy reworking furniture and all the beautiful features you can find in each of our Beerhouses and the electricians will work their magic.
We will be updating more photos on our Facebook page as the renovations continues.
Important Dates:
Site progress viewing – Tuesday, 24th September @ 3pm – 6pm
Opening Party with Jimmy Nevis – Saturday, 26th October
Halloween Silent Disco party – Thursday, 31st October
BEERHOUSE Fourways to close and relocate!
It is with a heavy heart, that we need to announce the sudden closure of Beerhouse Fourways at our current location in Pineslopes. After 5 years and building a loyal following we are urgently searching for better premises to be able to continue serving the beer-loving community in Johannesburg. We invite everyone to join us for one last drink before we close the doors at our old Pineslopes home on the night of Saturday, August 31st to move to a new location.
THIS PARAGRAPH IS REMOVED FOR NOW AS THE LANDLORD's LAWYER IS THREATENING AN URGENT COURT INTERDICT. Will return after legal review.
We had to give up our hopes of staying at Pineslopes and are now focused on finding a new location for Beerhouse. What is most heartbreaking however is as a consequence of this unscheduled move I am now, forced to let go of 44 highly trained employees, that are now looking for new employment!
This forced interruption to a local success story, that managed to turnover stable income (average R1.5m a month) in a down economy is unfortunate, but I am now looking for potential sites and operational equity partners to reopen bigger and stronger than ever! If you believe you have what we need, contact me at email@example.com. This is also a good chance to launch a new crowdfunding campaign for Beerhouse Fourways 2.0 once we found a suitable site. The existing pioneering equity crowdfunding campaign for Beerhouse Tygervalley continues, as this is a separate legal entity and we have offered Fourways employees to relocate to Cape Town's Northern Suburbs.
In the meantime, please contact the team at firstname.lastname@example.com if you got vacant positions for loyal and hard-working hospitality professionals or with supplier-related questions. All invoices will be paid as per usual.
I want to thank the loyal Beerhouse following for consuming 375,694 litres of beers from 7829 kegs and 426,735 bottles over the last 5 years in Fourways and promise to come back in yellow as soon as we can!
Stay thirsty, stay curious!
Randolf Jorberg
Beerhouse owner and 'Head Dreamer'.
South African National Beer Trophy award winners 2019 announced
We are happy to share all 2019 medal winners of the South African National Beer Trophy. At the award ceremony at BEERHOUSE Cape Town the Best of Show award went to Afro Caribbean Brewing Co – Jungle Paradise
Best of Show: Afro Caribbean – Jungle Paradise
Best Wheat Beer: Darling Brew – Pixie Dust
Best Light Beer: Zwakala – Limpopo Lager
Best Dark Beer: Cape Brewing Company – Doppelbock
People's Choice Award: ABInBev – Carling Black Label
Gold medals:
The Kennel Brewery – Alesation
The Italian Job Brewery – IPA (Forza)
The Franschhoek Beer Co. – The Stout
Stellenbosch Brewing Co. – Born Free Pale Ale
Shields indie Brewing Company – White Falcon American Wheat Beer
Sabie Brewery Company – Shangaan Stout
Old Potter's Brewhouse – Cityslicker
Old Potter's Brewhouse – My China
Mad Giant – Urban Legend
Hoghouse Brewing Co. – Roadhog Porter
Devil's Peak Brewing Company – Devil's Peak Lager
Cederberg Brewery – Voetsek IPA
ABlnBev – Castle Milk Stout
Silver medals:
Zwakala – Moringa Ale
Valley Breweries (Pty)LTD – 783 Pale Ale
Triggerfish Brewery (Pty) Ltd – Monsterfish
The Italian Job Brewery – Amber Ale (Amore)
The Italian Job Brewery – Dark Lager (Gioia)
The Italian Job Brewery – Weiss (Amicizia)
The Franschhoek Beer Co. – Three Oaks
The Franschhoek Beer Co. – La Saison
The Franschhoek Beer Co. – The Stout – Barrel aged 750ml
Table 58 Brewing – No 5 IPA
St Francis Brewing Company – St Francis Wildside IPA
Sabie Brewery Company – Long Tom Lager (Dunkel)
Riot Beer – Valve IPA
Riot Beer – Vintage 005
Pot & Scot Craft Brewing – Spice of Life Belgian Pale Ale
Poison City Brewing – Durban Poison Cannabis Lager
Newlands Spring Brewing Company – Jacobs Pale Ale
Mad Giant – Super Session
Mad Giant – Killer Hop
Kings Craft Brewing Co. – Monks Brew
Jack Black Brewing Company – Skeleton coast IPA
Jack Black Brewing Company – Atlantic weiss
Jack Black Brewing Company – Lumberjack Amber Ale
Jack Black Brewing Company – Butcher Block Pale Ale
Hoghouse Brewing Co. – Worthog Indian Pale Ale
Hoghouse Brewing Co. – Haybale Saison
Hoghouse Brewing Co. – Hogtale African Pale Ale
Hey Joe Brewery Company – Saison
Hey Joe Brewery Company – Belgian Lager
Hey Joe Brewery Company – Witbier
Hey Joe Brewery Company – Blonde
Hermanus Micro Brewery(PTY) LTD – Hermanus Pale Ale
Frasers Folly Craft Beer – Brandy Cask Finished Ale 2018
Drifter Brewing Company – Scallywag IPA
Drifter Brewing Company – El Capitan Mexican Lager
Devil's Peak Brewing Company – Devil's Peak Kings Blockhouse IPA
Devil's Peak Brewing Company – Devil's Peak Brewing Company
Colab Entry (frontier Beer Co.) – The Haymaker- Round 2
Cederberg Brewery – Boggom Blonder Ale
Cederberg Brewery – Original Lager
Cape Brewing Company – Amber Weiss
Cape Brewing Company – Pilsner
Brewhaha Jbay – Stormy Seas
Brewhaha Jbay – Endless Summer
Brauhaus am Damm – Brauhaus Marzen
ABlnBev – Lion Lager
As in the last 2 previous years Beerhouse organised the 'People's Choice Award' and for a third year running the winner is Zamalek, old SAB's Carling Black Label, showing what marketing and market share do to customer's perception and how much work is still ahead for the craft beer movement to turn into a mass-market product. All other medals were rated by certified beer judges and sommeliers with a final best of show tasting where beers where judged for subjective 'drinkability'
Beerhouse on Long turns six!
We are celebrating our 6th Birthday!
Come and celebrate 6 awesome years of great beer, great food and awesome vibes.
Don't forget that our birthday falls on International Beer Day so look out for some cool specials our range of beers and ciders.
We love supporting local music so we have a killer line-up brought to you by: SAManagement & Events:
Catch the likes of: Chris Werge, Aston Wylie, Amy Tjasink Music, Mark Haze and our resident DJ Albert Bashmouth.
Live music starts at 6pm.
Entrance is FREE!
Women's Day Meet the Brewers is here!
Looking for something special to do for Women's Day?
Come and celebrate Women's Day with us the only way we know how!
Great beer, great food and even better company.
To celebrate Women's Day we will be hosting a special Women's Day Meet The Brewers event in true #shelovesbeer fashion:
In Cape Town:
Beers by: Head Brewer Anja van Zyl of Hey Joe Brewing Company
Food Pairing by: Cooked with Clara of Jack Black's Taproom
Hosted by: Lucy Corne-Duthie of The Brewmistress
In Johannesburg:
Beers by: Head Brewer Megan Gemmell of Clockwork Brewhouse
Food Pairing by: Bulelwa Mbonambi
Hosted by: Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela
Beer, food and hosting by some of the most amazing women in the industry. You don't have to be a woman to join this incredible Meet The Brewers event, it is open to all!
Date: Friday, 9th August
Time: 15h00
Early Bird Tickets: R200
Normal Tickets: R250
Ticket Link:
Beerhouse on Long: https://qkt.io/sHUN9N
Beerhouse Fourways: https://qkt.io/avib3G
Get them while they are still available, seats are limited.
We can't wait to see you there!


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(emotional exhaustion and depersonalization), feelings of being extrinsically controlled in their motivation or lacking in motivation, and low feelings of autonomy. Socially-prescribed perfectionism is characterized by perceptions that others hold unrealistically high standards for you and are critical of
Robin S. Vealey, Eric Martin, Angela Coppola, Rose Marie Ward and Jacob Chamberlin
Dana Perlman
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the social context, based within self-determination theory, on student's in-class physical activity. A total of 84 Year 11/12 physical education students were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups; Autonomy-supportive, Controlling and Balanced. Data were collected using a pretest/posttest design measuring in-class physical activity. Analysis of data used Repeated Measures ANOVAs to examine group differences. Results indicated significant differences for students engaged in the autonomy-supportive context in terms of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. These results indicate that instructional behaviors that align with an autonomy-supportive context can facilitate higher levels of in-class physical activity.
Benjamin D. Sylvester, Martyn Standage, Tavinder K. Ark, Shane N. Sweet, Peter R.E. Crocker, Bruno D. Zumbo and Mark R. Beauchamp
In this study, we examined whether perceived variety in exercise prospectively predicts unique variance in exercise behavior when examined alongside satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs (for competence, relatedness, and autonomy) embedded within self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002), through the mediating role of autonomous and controlled motivation. A convenience sample of community adults (N = 363) completed online questionnaires twice over a 6-week period. The results of structural equation modeling showed perceived variety and satisfaction of the needs for competence and relatedness to be unique indirect positive predictors of exercise behavior (through autonomous motivation) 6 weeks later. In addition, satisfaction of the need for autonomy was found to negatively predict controlled motivation. Perceived variety in exercise complemented satisfaction of the needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy in predicting motivation and (indirectly) exercise behavior, and may act as a salient mechanism in the prediction of autonomous motivation and behavior in exercise settings.
Thomas Curran, Andrew P. Hill and Christopher P. Niemiec
The potential benefits of children's engagement in sport for their psychological, social, and physical health are well established. Yet children may also experience psychological and social impairments due, in part, to a variety of detrimental coach behaviors. In the current study, we proposed and tested a conditional process model of children's self-reported behavioral engagement and behavioral disaffection in sport based on self-determination theory. Results from a sample of 245 youth soccer players suggested that structure from coaches related positively to behavioral engagement and negatively to behavioral disaffection, and that these relations were mediated by athletes' basic psychological need satisfaction. Importantly, and in line with our hypotheses, these indirect effects were moderated by autonomy support from coaches, such that the mediation was evident only among those who reported higher levels of autonomy support. These findings underscore the importance of coaches' providing guidance, expectations, and feedback (i.e., structure) in a way that respects athletes' volition (i.e., autonomy support).
Tao Zhang, Melinda A. Solmon, Maria Kosma, Russell L. Carson and Xiangli Gu
Using self-determination theory as a framework, the purpose of this study was to test a structural model of hypothesized relationships among perceived need support from physical education teachers (autonomy support, competence support, and relatedness support), psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), intrinsic motivation, and physical activity. Participants were 286 middle school students in the southeastern U.S. They completed previously validated questionnaires assessing their perceived need support from teachers, need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and physical activity. The hypothesized model demonstrated a good fit with the data (RMSEA = .08; CFI = .97; NFI = .96; GFI = .96). Need satisfaction and intrinsic motivation mediated the relationship between need support and physical activity. The constructs of perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness represent the nutriments that facilitate students' intrinsic motivation and ultimately positively predict students' physical activity. The findings supported the theoretical tenets of self-determination theory.
Ken Hodge and Chris Lonsdale
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the relationships between contextual factors (i.e., autonomy-supportive vs. controlling coaching style) and person factors (i.e., autonomous vs. controlled motivation) outlined in self-determination theory (SDT) were related to prosocial and antisocial behaviors in sport. We also investigated moral disengagement as a mediator of these relationships. Athletes' (n = 292, M = 19.53 years) responses largely supported our SDT-derived hypotheses. Results indicated that an autonomy-supportive coaching style was associated with prosocial behavior toward teammates; this relationship was mediated by autonomous motivation. Controlled motivation was associated with antisocial behavior toward teammates and antisocial behavior toward opponents, and these two relationships were mediated by moral disengagement. The results provide support for research investigating the effect of autonomy-supportive coaching interventions on athletes' prosocial and antisocial behavior.
Eleanor Quested and Joan L. Duda
Grounded in the basic needs mini-theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this study examined the interplay among perceptions of the social environment manifested in vocational dance schools, basic need satisfaction, and indices of elite dancers' well- and ill-being. The hypothesized mediating role of need satisfaction was also tested. Dancers (N = 392) completed a questionnaire tapping the targeted variables. Structural equation modeling supported a model in which perceptions of task-involving dance environments positively predicted need satisfaction. Perceived ego-involving climates negatively corresponded with competence and relatedness. Perceptions of autonomy support were positively related to autonomy and relatedness. Need satisfaction positively predicted positive affect. Competence and relatedness satisfaction corresponded negatively to reported negative affect. Emotional and physical exhaustion was not related to need satisfaction. Partial support emerged for the assumed mediation of the needs. Results highlight the relevance of task-involving and autonomy-supportive dance climates for elite dancers' need satisfaction and healthful engagement in vocational dance.
Simon J. Sebire, Mark J. Edwards, Kenneth R. Fox, Ben Davies, Kathryn Banfield, Lesley Wood and Russell Jago
The implementation, fidelity, and receipt of a self-determination-theory-based after-school physical activity intervention (Action 3:30) delivered by teaching assistants (TAs) was examined using a mixed-methods process evaluation. Physical activity motivation and need satisfaction were reported by 539 participants at baseline, the end of intervention, and 4-month follow-up. Pupil- and TA-reported autonomy-support and teaching efficacy were collected alongside interviews with 18 TAs and focus groups with 60 participants. Among intervention boys there were small increases in identified, introjected, and external motivation and no differences in need satisfaction. Among girls, intrinsic and identified motivation and autonomy and relatedness were lower in the intervention group. Qualitative evidence for fidelity was moderate, and boys reported greater need satisfaction than girls. TAs provided greater structure than involvement or autonomy-support and felt least efficacious when facing school-based challenges. The findings highlight the refinements needed to enhance theoretical fidelity and intervention effectiveness for boys and girls.
Martyn Standage, Fiona B. Gillison, Nikos Ntoumanis and Darren C. Treasure
A three-wave prospective design was used to assess a model of motivation guided by self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2008) spanning the contexts of school physical education (PE) and exercise. The outcome variables examined were health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical self-concept (PSC), and 4 days of objectively assessed estimates of activity. Secondary school students (n = 494) completed questionnaires at three separate time points and were familiarized with how to use a sealed pedometer. Results of structural equation modeling supported a model in which perceptions of autonomy support from a PE teacher positively predicted PE-related need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). Competence predicted PSC, whereas relatedness predicted HRQoL. Autonomy and competence positively predicted autonomous motivation toward PE, which in turn positively predicted autonomous motivation toward exercise (i.e., 4-day pedometer step count). Autonomous motivation toward exercise positively predicted step count, HRQoL, and PSC. Results of multisample structural equation modeling supported gender invariance. Suggestions for future work are discussed.
Packianathan Chelladurai and Etsuko Ogasawara
Male coaches from NCAA Division I (n = 297), Division III (n = 294), and Japanese universities (n = 254) responded to the Coach Satisfaction Questionnaire measuring satisfaction with supervision, coaching job, autonomy, facilities, media and community support, pay, team performance, amount of work, colleagues, athletes' academic performance, and job security; and Blau, Paul, and St. John's (1993) General Index of Work Commitment. Japanese coaches expressed significantly lower satisfaction than American coaches with seven facets (supervision, coaching job, autonomy, team performance, colleagues, athletes' academic performance, and job security). American coaches were significantly more committed to their occupation than the Japanese coaches who were significantly more committed to their organizations than American coaches.


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Everyone in their life at least once have thought about changing the world to make it better place.
I think that one person can't change the world. Everyone have their role in that deed. Everyone should do something. People love being a human and living on the Earth, and have no time to think about the world around them. They do not notice that this world needs changes.
For example should do kindness as much as they can. Should help old people...
Make fun ideas that will force people to the in the right way. People should understand that they can live, not only survive. They should enjoy their life.
People should pay more attention on plants: plant trees, water the flowers and remove garbage from nature.
If people do the job they really like, working will be enjoyable. And there won't be so much criminals, that don't want to work. I think that the role of teacher is very huge in that question. Teacher should teach well. Every child has it's own interests, and needs unique approach.
Problems that we face these days seem to be endless. And if every person do some improvements, there will be lots of changes.


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We all know the 8-glass golden rule, but with the billion and one things we have to do everyday, it's easy to forget to pour ourselves a drink (and one that isn't a glass of red after a long day!).
Here are my tips for rehydrating. They're so simple, that once you're in a routine, you won't even need to remind yourself.
1. Carry a water bottle. EVERYWHERE.
This one is so easy. When you have a water bottle with you all the time (in the car, on your desk at work, in your bag) it's a visual prompt to have a drink.
Even better if you label your bottle with time increments and make it a goal to reach each level by that time.
If you have your water handy, it suddenly becomes so much more convenient when your thirst strikes. (And don't forget to fill it up as soon as you've finished it.)
2. Have a glass of water every time you feel hungry.
If you're dehydrated, your brain can send you signals that make you feel like you're hungry, when in fact all you need is some water.
Try drinking a big glass of H2O whenever you feel your stomach rumble and you'll be aiding your digestive system, you'll feel fuller and be less likely to overeat. This will also create a mental habit, so you'll automatically reach for a glass whenever it's mealtime.
3. DIY sports drink.
Many sports and soft drinks are packed with calories and added sugar, so even though you'll feel like you've quenched your thirst, drinking these instead of water isn't the best habit to get into.
But if you're used to their fruity flavours and water seems boring by comparison, try adding sliced fruit (berries, lemon and kiwi work well) to your water. This adds flavour without unneeded sweeteners. Sparkling water is also a great alternative if you like a little fizziness.
Feeling thirsty?
Honouring Wellness, Gratitude and Growth
© 2017 The Seventh Seal Luxury Retreat
You are welcome to share this recipe with family and friends, acknowledging The Seventh Seal Luxury Retreat as the original source.


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Each trimester of pregnancy brings new challenges to the pregnant mom. Constipation is one such problem that might begin in the first trimester of pregnancy and continue throughout the entire term of pregnancy, and often beyond.
Causes of constipation during pregnancy
Several factors can cause constipation during pregnancy. Constipation in the first trimester of pregnancy occurs due to increase in the progesterone level.
High progesterone level tends to delay the transportation of food through the intestinal tract, leading to constipation. In the last trimester of pregnancy, the growing uterus exerts pressure not only on the intestine but also on the rectum, slowing down the movement of the intestinal contents and impairing easy bowel movement. Women who were prone to constipation before pregnancy have a greater risk of developing constipation during this time.
Often iron supplements prescribed for treating anemia during pregnancy can cause constipation. Stress and anxiety could worsen constipation during pregnancy. Limited physical activities during this time could increase the risk of slow bowel movement.
Constipation symptoms
If your bowel movement is infrequent, the stool is hard and you have difficulty in excreting it, it is possible that you are constipated. Bloating and flatulence would increase. Sometimes you might find blood in the stool.
Treating constipation during pregnancy
Constipation during pregnancy should be treated with diet. A fiber rich diet is essential for treating this condition. Fruits such as bananas and citrus fruits and leafy green vegetables could improve digestion and ease bowel movement. Plums and dates can help to provide relief from the discomfort.
To prevent constipation, mix two teaspoons of pysillium husk in a cup of warm milk or warm water and take it after dinner everyday. This is a wonderful time honored remedy for treating constipation without producing any side effect. If physillium husk is not available in your local store, you can mix two to three tablespoons of unprocessed wheat bran in your cereals and have it everyday. You can even treat your constipation problem by drinking a glass of prune juice. To reduce discomfort associated with constipation such as bloating and flatulence, you can have a slice of ginger. Remember to drink plenty of water and fluids. Exercises such as walking or swimming could ease bowel movement and provide relief from constipation.