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Shakes Names Makeshift Bafana Squad For Cosafa Cup
Bafana Bafana head coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba has named his squad for the upcoming Cosafa Cup tournament. South Africa will face Botswana in the quarter-final of the competition on Sunday, 24 May at Moruleng Stadium in the North West Province. Fourteen of the players ply their trade in the Premier Soccer League, while the rest are from the National First Division, the ABC Motsepe League and academies. There are no overseas-based players in the squad. "This was perhaps one of the most difficult squads to announce due to a number of reasons. The end of the domestic league programme always poses a challenge for the national team as it is not easily clear which players will be available. And when you look down the NFD and ABC Motsepe Leagues, you find some of the players you have earmarked for a tournament of this nature are involved in play-offs," said Mashaba adding the squad selected will compete. We will have three warm-up matches before the start of the tournament as there are many new players in the set-up and that exercise will help a great deal. The good thing about this squad is that we are increasing our base of national team players because the bigger the base, the more the fight for places in the squad, which makes for a strong Bafana Bafana. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the clubs who have released their players for national team duty." Bafana Bafana go into camp on Sunday, 10 May in Johannesburg, and will have training sessions on Monday and Tuesday. The next day (Wednesday, 13 May) the teams travels to Lesotho to play two training matches against the host nation on Thursday, 14 May and Saturday, 16 May. They have also scheduled another training match against neighbours Malawi which will be played on Friday, 22 May in Rustenburg at a venue yet to be confirmed.
Full Bafana Bafana squad:
Goalkeepers: Jackson Mabokgwane (Mpumalanga Black Aces), Mondle Mphoto (SuperSport FC), Ricardo Goss (Golden Arrows)
Defenders: Madisha Modjeka (M.Tigers FC), Subisiso Mxoyana (Vasco da Gama), Marc Van Heerden (AmaZulu FC), Siyabonga Nhlapho (Bidvest Wits), Kwanda Mngonyama (Maritzburg United), Clayton Daniels (SuperSport FC), Sibusiso Khumalo (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Midfielders: Cole Alexander (Polokwane City), Thapelo Morena (Bloemfontein Celtic), Thamsanqa Sangweni (Chippa United), Carl Lark (Santos FC), Athenkhosi Dlala (SuperSport FC), Hendrick Ekstein (Kaizer Chiefs), Mzikayise Mashaba (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Strikers: Puleng Tlolane (Polokwane City), Phumelele Bhengu (Thanda Royal Zulu), Gift Matupa (Baroka FC), Moeketsi Sekola (Free State Stars)
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has urged players to join the South African Football Players Union to protect their rights. Mbalula made the plea at the launch of a partnership between SAFPU and Old Mutual - aimed at helping professional footballers manage their finances - in Rosebank on Thursday. "This is brilliant initiative for our players," said Mbalula. "I believe that the players union can be strong if players take their own union very seriously. They must join the union in big numbers. It is nice if you are earning a couple thousands not to think about the union. You can imagine if all players in the PSL are unionised what would happen. There would be strikes sometimes and it will make the bosses to think right. It will instil to players the concept of an injury to one, an injury to all. I think even in Europe when players are well paid, players are unionised or belong to an association. To belong to a union as a player is not criminal but the right thing to do to protect your rights and fight exploitation in the workplace." The South African Football Players Union are set to launch a new programme to educate local footballers on how to manage their finances.
Orlando Pirates have confirmed they will face AS Kaloum in the CAF Confederation Cup in Mali on May 15. The play-off round tie will start at 17h00 local time at the Stade Modibo Keita Stadium in Bamako. Pirates beat CF Mounana 5-2 in the previous round of the continental competition.
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates will join Mbabane Swallows and Royal Leopards in the inaugural Kings Super Cup next month. Bucs administrative officer Floyd Mbele says the one-day tournament in Swaziland will fall within their pre-season plans and so a strong side can be expected.
Mamelodi Sundowns playmaker, Teko Modise has explained why his overseas move never happened and says it "kills" him that he couldn't leave Orlando Pirates at the time despite lots of interest. The 32-year-old says he had offers from the likes of Panathinaikos, West Bromwich and Stoke City, among others, but ended up joining Masandawana because he didn't have a release clause at the time. "A buy-out clause in my contract didn't exist at the time. There was no concrete number and there was just speculation. You know what these European teams are like – they lose interest if you mess them around. They'll only chase you for a certain time. We tried everything we could! Playing overseas was one of my biggest ambitions. The fact that I could have made it there is what kills me. Even at Pirates some big European teams came through with offers. So many teams came through with offers – Panathinaikos, West Brom and Stoke City. There were others from smaller countries like Denmark as well," Modise said. 'Donadoni' further explained how hard his failed move abroad hit him and how he struggled to remain focussed on playing for Pirates. "I just wanted an opportunity, even if I'd failed! None of the teams that came through said I must come for trials. They just wanted me to come, do a medical and sign. I was a different player. I had to ask myself, 'How can I be loyal when no one appreciates me?' I've done the best that I can, so why can't I get a chance!?" In your head you know this is happening, but then you've got to go out and play for Bucs on the weekend like nothing is happening. It was a problem!"
A football supporter died in a scuffle with a policeman on Saturday, marring the final round of South African Premiership matches in which famed Durban club AmaZulu were relegated. The death occurred in southern city Port Elizabeth during a post-match pitch invasion after champions Kaizer Chiefs completed the season with a 2-0 victory at lowly Chippa United. As spectators poured on to the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium pitch to celebrate a title success clinched 17 days ago, one of them reportedly tried to grab the gun of a police officer. In the ensuing scuffle, the gun of the officer accidentally went off, fatally wounding the supporter, a police spokesman said. "A man tried to take the gun of a police officer and it went off during the scuffle, fatally wounding him," spokesman Johan Rheeder told reporters. A Premiership official later confirmed the death. AmaZulu, formed in 1932 and among the oldest South African football clubs, lost 2-1 at home to Maritzburg United and finished bottom of the 16-club standings.A win would have guaranteed survival. But after equalising 17 minutes from time in Indian Ocean city Durban, they were beaten by a late Mohau Mokate goal. Victory meant Maritzburg finished in the all important eighth spot. Moroka Swallows, who began the final round below AmaZulu on goal difference, won 1-0 at home to Bloemfontein Celtic though a second-half goal from veteran Siyabonga Nomvethe. But the Soweto club are not assured of top-flight football next season as they must face two second division clubs in a mini-league with the winners earning Premiership status. Wits clinched a 2016 CAF Confederation Cup place by edging Platinum Stars 1-0 in Johannesburg through a Vincent Pule goal. Qualification for Africa offers the 'Clever Boys' a chance to atone for a humiliating preliminary-round exit to Swaziland police outfit Royal Leopard in the same competition this year. Former African champions Orlando Pirates, who entered the final round ahead of Wits on goal difference, had to come from behind to draw 2-2 at Ajax Cape Town. Menzi Masuku struck twice within seven minutes early in the second half after goals from Thabiso Nkoana and Riyaad Norodien had given the hosts a two-goal half-time advantage.
Lerato Chabangu has signed a pre-contract with Bidvest Wits for next season, ending his five-year stay with Moroka Swallows. The 29-year-old will join Gavin Hunt's ambitious side having opted not to renew his contract with The Birds. Swallows CEO Leon Prins told Sowetan he hoped to retain the services of the former Bafana Bafana international, but those hopes appear dashed. "I would definitely like to keep him, there is no doubt about that," Prins said. "But all I can say now is that he is giving his all for the team. He is fully focused on Swallows and helping us in this relegation battle." Chabangu has had a roller-coaster ride of a career with well-documented off-field problems. Having played for the juniors at SuperSport United, he made his professional debut with University of Pretoria in the National First Division before joining Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2004-05 season. There he remained for the next six campaigns, bar a loan spell at SuperSport which netted him a PSL winners medal in 2008-09 as he helped Hunt's team to the championship. But the following year he barely featured at all for Sundowns, and looked consigned to the scrap-heap as off-field issues saw him sidelined. While at Sundowns, he won the league championship in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, the latter under coach Gordon Igesund, and scored the winner in the 2008 Nedbank Cup final. After being dumped by Sundowns, Swallows took a chance on him and was revived under Igesund.
True to his word, Bloemfontein Celtic chairman Max Tshabalala cancelled the player awards after their defeat to Moroka Swallows on Saturday afternoon. Tshabalala made the threat earlier in the week, and stayed true to that after the Birds beat them 1-0 today. "Unfortunately we are left with no option but to cancel rewarding players after a string of poor performances and failing to reach the target set for them," he told the club's official website. "It will be a travesty of justice to reward them for not committing and showing supporters appreciation. We are calling on supporters to a meeting next week firstly to apologise in person and subsequently tell them plans for the new season." The awards were due to take place on Sunday night.
Former Bafana Bafana captain Bongani Khumalo had personal items stolen from his hotel room in Colchester, Essex on Sunday night. The 28-year-old, who is on loan at Colchester United from Tottenham Hotspur, discovered the theft on returning to his room from a night out with his teammates. The team was celebrating preserving their League One status on the final day of the season. "All my possessions had been taken including some sentimental items, one being a Bible that my late mother left me," Khumalo told Tottenham's official website. "It still had her notes and everything – that was always something that I've held dear to me. I don't know – if there's any universe where someone would find the good nature to just leave it back at the hotel or something. I'd be so grateful because that's something that can't be replaced." Bafana legend Benni McCarthy was also the recent victim of crime, getting held up at gun-point in Melrose North, Johannesburg last Tuesday.
Free State Stars striker Moeketsi Sekola has won the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot award for the 2014/15 Absa Premiership season. The 26-year-old netted on the final day as Stars drew 2-2 with Mpumalanga Black Aces to take his tally to 14 goals, pipping Lerato Lamola to the award after Bloemfontein Celtic lost 1-0 to Moroka Swallows. Polokwane City's Puleng Tlolane, who was leading the standings at the turn of the year, finished on 11, while Cuthbert Malajila (Mamelodi Sundowns) and Kermit Erasmus (Orlando Pirates) were the other players to reach double figures. SuperSport United's New Zealand international, Jeremey Brockie, finishes with eight goals, despite only playing his first match in February.
Absa Premiership top scorers:
14 – Moeketsi Sekola
13 – Lerato Lamola
11 – Puleng Tlolane
10 – Cuthbert Malajila, Kermit Erasmus
8 – Geofrey Massa, Jeremy Brockie, Lehlohonolo Majoro, Ndumiso Mabena
The PSL's most prolific marksman Siyabonga Nomvete has confirmed that he will continue playing next season. Nomvete rescued Moroka Swallows at the weekend with a 68th minute header against Bloemfontein Celtic that meant The Dube Birds moved off the bottom of the table into 15th place and thus head into the Promotional Play-Offs. "I will definitely be playing next season. I will be there 100 percent," said Nomvete. Nomvete – who turns 38 later this year – is out of contract at Swallows at the end of June. The veteran forward is the PSL all-time top scorer with 120 goals despite having spent seven-and-a-half years of his career playing in Europe. Nomvete has scored seven goals this season.
Bafana Bafana defender Daniel Cardoso has pulled out of the Cosafa Cup squad due to a shin injury. Cardoso received his second call-up to feature for Shakes Mashaba's side during the Southern African showpiece that will start in Rustenburg this weekend.
SuperSport United defender Clayton Daniels has been handed a R50 000 fine for assault, misbehaviour and unsporting behaviour by the Premier Soccer League. The former Ajax Cape Town defender appeared before the PSL Disciplinary Committee on Thursday afternoon where he received his sanction. Daniels was charged by the PSL for assault, misbehaviour and unsporting behaviour for an incident during SuperSport United's 1-1 draw with Moroka Swallows last month. The Matsatsantsa captain was seen shoving The Dube Birds coach Craig Rosslee over on the touchline, while trying to get the ball for a throw-in. Daniels has now been sanctioned to a R50 000 fine, R25 000 of which is suspended, and was made to apologise to Rosslee, who was present during the hearing.
Mamelodi Sundowns are ready to swoop for Burundian striker Fiston Abdul Razak, who was on trial with the club recently. Razak spent a few days at Chloorkop where it is reported he did well to impress coach Pitso Mosimane. The 23-year-old striker is currently on the books of Sofapaka in Kenya. Mosimane has since confirmed his club's interest in Razak. "He is a good footballer. We like him. We came over, we assessed him. He is more of a Malajila kind of player, he scores goals. He is young, he is 23 years old. We are interested. We will see how it goes. The generals [points at the presence of Trot Moloto, Mike Ntombela and Alex Tshakoane] are here. Those are the people who give us direction."
Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter and Bloemfontein Celtic forward Lerato Lamola have been named the PSL's manager and player of the month respectively for April/May. Baxter, who claimed five victories out of six in the relevant period, saw off stiff competition from Free State Stars mentor Kinnah Phiri, who has led Ea Lla Koto's remarkable rise to top-eight contention. Golden Boot hopeful Lamola was recognised for netting four goals and providing two assists for Phunya Sele Sele. Mamelodi Sundowns pair Pitso Mosimane and Cuthbert Malajila won the awards for February/March.
Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter says the club will be in search of a top striker for next season. Despite Amakhosi's League and MTN8 success this season, Baxter admits that the fact that none of Chiefs' attackers are on double figures in terms of goals scored means he must look at other options. Chiefs' top scorer is Mandla Masango, who has scored eight goals in all competitions. Losing our top striker [Kingston Nkhatha] halfway into the season made things difficult… We need to get a striker who can get us 10/15 goals next season," Baxter says.
South African midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi will be sent on a personalised boot camp programme in order to be fit for next season. This season's Cardiff City signing has played just 74 minutes in the league for his Welsh club since making the move from Crystal Palace, owing to a number of muscle problems that have left him on the sidelines. Yet after initial reports suggesting the 30-year-old will be let go at the end of the season, Cardiff boss Russell Slade has revealed the Bafana Bafana international will be given the chance to prove his worth by attending a European summer boot camp in north England. "It's been frustrating because we haven't seen anything of him," the Bluebirds boss told Walesonline. "Clearly, he had a major injury problem and also got himself into a situation where fitness was also an issue. We are working on that through the summer and he needs to take ownership for that. He is going to a boot camp in the north of England, the Lake District, in mid-June. No phones, no nothing. Just a sweat jacket and hard work." Dikgacoi has just over a month to prove himself before returning to his club's training headquarters. After going to the north he will report back to our training ground in the middle of June, earlier than the main group," Slade added. It remains to be seen whether or not the club will keep the former Golden Arrows reinforce, with two years left on his contract in Wales.
The National First Division teams participating in the Promotion Play-Offs this year can do so without age restrictions. As per the rules, NFD teams must start games with five U-23 players but this regulation will not be enforced on the NFD teams during the Play-Offs. As per usual, the Play-Offs will be played in a mini-league format, home and away, and the team with the most points will win promotion.
Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter admits he has no idea whether goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune will stay or go, saying negotiations are still cordial at this stage. The 27-year-old has been strongly linked with Mamelodi Sundowns and also Orlando Pirates, but Baxter says as far as he knows there is no "impasse" between Chiefs and Khune. "I'm not part of the management and therefore I'm not privy on the stages of negotiations that are ongoing. My information is that the negotiations are still on and both parties are still trying to find a solution," Baxter said. Baxter, though, is satisfied that Khune is still showing commitment despite the uncertainty over his future.
Orlando Pirates striker Thamsanqa Gabuza says he felt like he was "playing for his future at Pirates" in the game against CF Mounana over the weekend. The 27-year-old made his first start at Orlando Stadium and put in an impressive performance capped off by an assist for Kermit Erasmus' hat-trick goal. "I was happy to finally get a chance to start for my team. I was actually given my first opportunity to start this season when we played Mounana away in Gabon, which was a real honour for me but to start at home in front of our supporters, it was a very special moment," he told the club's website. "I guess it was emotional because going into the match I felt it was a life-or-death situation for me. I knew that if I played badly people would criticise me and say I was sidelined because I did not deserve to play, but if I played well I know the comments would be positive like why have I not been playing before or when am I going to play next. Therefore I felt I was playing for my future at Pirates." The former Golden Arrows man reveals that club chairman Irvin Khoza has been very influential in his hardworking approach to the game. "I would like to thank the chairman for that, he made me understand the game by pointing out my strengths and weaknesses. He explained that he acquired my services because I am tall, physical, I drop deep to collect the ball and that I am full of energy. So when I played I tried to incorporate all of the above."
Thanda Royal Zulu striker Phumelele Bhengu has finished the National First Division season with 22 goals – the highest total in at least 10 years. The former national Under-23 player, now 25, propelled Thanda to a fourth-place finish in the NFD this season as they narrowly missed out on the promotion playoffs. Charlton Mashumba scored 17 League goals as Jomo Cosmos qualified for the playoffs, finishing in second place seven points behind NFD champions Golden Arrows. Cape Town All Stars, who lost 2-0 at home to Thanda in the final game of the season, were also in the playoff reckoning this season thanks in large part to Amigo Memela's 15 goals but missed out in the end. Roggert Nyundu of Black Leopards – most famously remembered this season for scoring the goal that knocked Kaizer Chiefs out of the Nedbank Cup in the last 16 – also scored 13 league goals for Black Leopards, who join Cosmos and Moroka Swallows in the playoffs.
NFD top scorers (2014/15):
Phumelele Bhengu (Thanda Royal Zulu) - 22
Charlton Mashumba (Jomo Cosmos) - 17
Amigo Memela (Cape Town All Stars) - 15
Roggert Nyundu (Black Leopards) - 13
Brice Aka (Jomo Cosmos) - 11
Walter Maponyane (Royal Eagles) - 11
They might not have had the best of seasons, but Orlando Pirates have again managed to preserve the pride of being the only team to always finish in the top 8 through all of the 19 years of the PSL. Fourth place was disappointing for Pirates, but they will know that they have at least guarded a measure of precious consistency that is not matched by any other club in domestic football. Actually, across all 19 years of the PSL, Bucs hold the highest average position of 3.05, despite some seasons when they haven't been up to scratch, like this past season. The second most consistent team in the PSL is Kaizer Chiefs, whose average position stands at 3.36, with that mark spoiled by the fact they have twice finished outside the top eight – ending up ninth in 2001/02 and 2006/07. Six-time champions Sundowns, who have a tendency of putting up sub-standard runs and have finished outside the top eight on four occasions, have ironed out 4.10 as their average position.
NFD champions Golden Arrows finished their season in style on Sunday, while Jomo Cosmos and Black Leopards booked a spot in the Promotion Play-Offs alongside Moroka Swallows. Arrows took their season tally to 60 points with a 2-1 win over Highlands Park. Sibusiso Sibeko and Prince Nxumalo got the goals for Arrows, while Teboho Kalake netted for the hosts. Moroka Swallows will battle Jomo Cosmos and Black Leopards in the Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs.
Steve Barker insists he does not regret his decision to join AmaZulu, and says he is prepared to coach in the NFD. Usuthu were relegated after a 2-1 loss to neighbours Maritzburg United in Durban on Saturday, with Barker joining the team in November following a lengthy stint at University of Pretoria. "I am willing to go with the club, in fact preparations need to start as early as Monday so that we know which direction we are taking. I don't regret my decision of being with the club," Barker told AmaZulu's website. "I believe we have what it takes to bounce back to the PSL in years to come and become a competitive team." He added: "I am happy with the progress that we made, there were some positives, but again disappointed that I could not achieve my main objective which was to save the club from being relegated."
Orlando Pirates communication manager Mickey Modisane has confirmed his resignation. Modisane tendered his resignation letter to Pirates chairman, Irvin Khoza with the intention to join the Ministry of Sport and Recreation where he is set to serve as spokesperson for Minister, Fikile Mbalula.
Ajax Cape Town coach Roger de Sa is looking forward to taking his young side into the CAF Confederation Cup next season. Ajax's qualification means no place in African competition for Orlando Pirates next year – unless they win the CAF Confederations Cup this year. The Urban Warriors have already qualified for the CAF tournament by reaching the Nedbank Cup Final – win or lose against Mamelodi Sundowns in next weekend's final in Port Elizabeth, the Urban Warriors qualify because Sundowns are runners-up in the Absa Premiership and will join champions Kaizer Chiefs in the CAF Champions League. Bidvest Wits finished third and will the other side taking part in CAF Confederations Cup with Ajax Cape Town. "We have spoken to the players about playing in Africa and we are looking forward to it," De Sa said. "I have also spoken to the management about having a slightly different squad. We need players to play in Africa, a couple of strong players. It's not like playing in the PSL … it's quite different." De Sa speaks from experience, having led Pirates to the Champions League Final in 2013. "It will be a nice challenge for the youngsters to step up to. This will be the closest they could get to playing for the national team," he says. "It is going to be a great opportunity for them and they should learn from it."
SA players abroad round-up: Ayanda Patosi provided three assists to outshine Bafana Bafana teammate Andile Jali.
Patosi was in sparkling form for the 65 minutes he was on the pitch, laying on three assists in a 6-1 rout of Jali's KV Oostende that saw Lokeren move a step closer to competing in the UEFA Europa League. The result ensured Lokeren finished at the top of Playoff II Group B to set up a two-legged tie against Group A winners KV Mechelen. The Playoff II winner then plays a home-and-away tie against either the fourth-placed or fifth-placed team from the Playoff I for a Europa League place.
Mokotjo missed FC Twente's 3-0 win over Dordrecht with a toe injury.
Fowler played for Finnish second-tier side Haka as they lost 3-2 at PS Kemi.
Mahlangu played for Turkish side Konyaspor as they lost 1-0 at giants Galatasaray.
Ngcongca was suspended as Genk won 3-2 at Zulte-Waregem but finished second in their UEFA Europa League qualification pool. His season is now over.
Nkili came on at halftime as Orebro's disastrous start to the new Swedish league season continued with 2-0 away loss to Hacken.
Nunes played for Polish club Pogon Szczecin in their 3-1 loss to Lechia Gdansk in the championship playoffs.
Phiri came off late for Brondby as they were held 1-1 at home by Aalborg in Denmark.
Serero played in Sunday's 3-0 win over Cambuur that was the penultimate match of the season for Ajax Amsterdam.


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Waste disposal licences needed by smaller waste disposal companies – Morris
In the light of the announcement of the deferral of the pay by weight scheme for 1 year( possible more as the government face huge public revolt on this) I am asking Tipperary county council to facilitate licences for smaller waste disposal companies who have applied for licences but are being held up by the necessity to have pay by weight equipment on their smaller vehicles. The situation is that they are providing a very important service to us here in Tipperary for hundreds of households by collecting rubbish by the bag from people on lower wages and pensions (of which most people are nowadays)and also from people living in areas that cannot facilitate a larger truck . These waste collectors need to be part of the overall scheme of things until Tipperary county council provide a waiver scheme for pensioners , people on lower earnings and families with member needing sanitary nappies etc. . I am putting Tipperary council on warning that if we do not support smaller operators we are effectively taking them out of the equation and we will be paying the price for it here in Tipperary environmentally for decades to come.
Yours sincerely Cllr. Séamie Morris M C C 22/06/16

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The 2016 Mayor's Cup took place Sunday afternoon with reigning champ Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle facing off against Madison Mayor Paul Finley. Proceeds from the charitable tennis match supported Susie's Wish, a non-profit organization that sends patients with cancer to the beach.
Susie's Wish was started in honor of Susie Edwards, a Huntsville television news journalist who was diagnosed with cancer at 34. Susie's last wish was to go to the beach, but unfortunately she never got the chance.
"Susie's Wish was formed, it's our way to send other people in her place who couldn't make it, so as of yet we've sent 11 patients to the beach with their families and we're hoping after this event we'll be able to send plenty more," said Susie's Wish founder and president Georgina Chapman.
Mayor Tommy Battle came back this year to defend his title as the reigning champ, but having another shot at the trophy isn't what's on his mind.
"Today's not about winning, losing, or anything else, it's more about raising money for a great cause," said Mayor Battle.
Mayor Battle said he was excited to play Mayor Finley in this light, because it takes some of the edge off of their working relationship.
"One city right next to the other, sometimes you have things you just have to talk out, and having the fun things in there helps you get to know the person and it's better to be talking to them beforehand than after," he said.
Mayor Finley agreed, saying it's so important for the two cities to come together, especially for such a great cause.
"Well we buried a hatchet in 2008 and it helps show folks the unity that our cities wanted to have, it's just one more event that shows that unity means something, it goes to the non-profits that help our community so much," said Finley.
And after a hard-fought match, Mayor Battle came away victorious once again, and gets to keep his Mayor's Cup trophy for the second year in a row. But, Mayor Finley said they'll be back next year, and he's looking forward to a rematch.


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Bulldogs win second place in Hartville tourney
The Gainesville Bulldogs were in Summit Conference action Tuesday, April 9, in Mansfield. The home team Lions jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Lions added another run in the bottom of the second inning and three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Bulldogs got on the board in the top of the sixth inning but allowed the Lions to score 3 more runs in the bottom half of the frame. The Bulldogs fell 9-1 to the Lions. The Bulldogs managed seven hits against the Lions but could not manage to put them together to score runs. Kase Wilson went 3 for 3 to lead the Bulldogs. Zach McKinzie, Dallas DeWeese, Aaron Swanson and Mason Morpeth all had a hit as well.
The Gainesville Bulldogs faced a tough Plato Eagles team Thursday, April 11. The Bulldogs allowed seven runs on 11 hits and four errors. The Bulldogs were able to score one run on seven hits themselves, but the Bulldogs left 13 runners on base, unable to capitalize. Dallas DeWeese led the way with two doubles. Aaron Swanson added another double while Mason Morpeth added two more hits and the lone RBI for the Bulldogs. Zach McKinzie and Kyle Clayton each had a hit. Harley Taylor took the loss.
The Gainesville Bulldogs were in action last weekend in the Hartville Tournament. In the first round, the Bulldogs faced a tough team in the Houston Tigers. The Tigers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Kyle Clayton held the Tigers in check until the top of the third inning when the Tigers scored another run. In the bottom half of the inning the Bulldogs' bats finally woke up. The inning was led off by the hot bat of Mason Morpeth with a single to right field. Harley Taylor was walked and was followed by Aaron Swanson with a double to the right-center gap. Morpeth scored as Taylor moved to third. Kase Wilson did his job and hit a deep line drive to left field that plated Taylor, tying the game. But the Bulldogs weren't done there. Brad Hamm was able to get on base when the pitcher tried to throw out Swanson at third base. Kyle Clayton was able to plate Swanson on a ground ball to the right side, moving Hamm to third. Dallas DeWeese got in on the action with a line-drive double to the wall in center field, scoring Hamm. Finally the Tigers were able to get out of the inning on a ground out by Zach McKinzie. The Tigers would get one run back in the top of the fourth inning, but Clayton and the Bulldogs were able to hold the Tigers the rest of the way, winning 4-3.
In the second round of the Hartville Tournament, the Bulldogs faced the Hornets from Laquey. The Bulldogs were able to jump on the Hornets early with seven runs in the first inning. That was all Aaron Swanson needed. Swanson pitched a perfect game through four innings, finally allowing an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Bulldogs were led by Kase Wilson and Dallas DeWeese with two hits apiece. Kyle Clayton, Zach McKinzie, Thomas Ritter, Mason Morpeth, and Harley Taylor each had a hit. The Bulldogs won 8-1 and moved on to play the Hartville Eagles in the championship game.
In that championship game of the tournament, the Bulldogs faced the host team, the state-ranked Hartville Eagles. The Bulldogs were playing in their sixth game in six days, and it showed. The Bulldogs nearly scored early, but the Eagles did a good job holding the Bulldogs' bats in check, not allowing multiple hits in an inning and only allowing four hits total. The Bulldogs gave up 10 runs on 9 hits and 8 errors. The Bulldogs lost, taking second place in the Hartville Tournament. Brad Hamm, Dallas DeWeese, Zack McKinzie, and Mason Morpeth all had hits.


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Chinese smartphone brand ZTE after launching its new 'Axon' smartphone series recently on Tuesday launched two new devices under its 'Axon' brand which are Axon Lux smartphone and Axon Watch smartwatch. In our article further we will diuscuss about price, features and specifications of ZTE Axon Lux Smartphone.
ZTE Axon Lux runs on MiFavour 3.2 UI Android 5.0.2 Lollipop OS. The handset sports a 5.5-inch CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) TFT LCD screen with 2.5D curved display technology, a QHD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, and a pixel density of 534ppi. The display comes protected with Corning's new Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass. The Axon Lux is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor which has been bundled with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and the Adreno 430 GPU.
The smartphone ZTE Axon version also supports a dual-lens (13-megapixel + 2-megapixel) rear camera with dual-LED flash, besides an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an 88-degree wide-angle lens. The ZTE Axon Lux also comes with 128GB ROM internal memory, which can be further expandable via microSD card up to 128GB more.
Moving towards connectivity options it includes GPS/ Beidou/ Glonass, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, and 4G LTE (including TDD-LTE Band 40 for India). Some of the sensors on board include an accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, magnetometer, and hall sensors.
Measuring 154x75x9.3mm, the ZTE Axon Lux is comes with a 3000mAh battery. A fingerprint scanner is also included in the handset that can record up to five fingerprints at a time, alongside an eye-scanner. This makes the Axon Lux ZTE's second smartphone after ZTE Grand S3 to feature an eye-scanner.
ZTE Axon Lux Specifications
Display: 5.50-inch
Processor: 1.5GHz
Front Camera: 8-megapixel
Resolution: 1440×2560 pixels
OS: Android 5.0.2
Storage: 128GB
Rear Camera: 13-megapixel
Battery capacity: 3000mAh
ZTE Axon Lux Prince in India
ZTE Axon Lux is priced at CNY 3,888 (roughly Rs. 40,000), while the regular ZTE Axon the 32GB costs CNY 2,699 (roughly Rs. 27,700). The company has aiming towards beating Indian mobile market.


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The National Priorities Project (NPP) and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) joined together to sponsor the "If I Had A Trillion Dollars" (IHTD) youth film festival to help integrate the voices and ideas of young people into the nation's budget debate. As revenue and spending decisions made at the federal level disproportionately affect young people, the festival is geared toward educating and inspiring young people to engage in civic activism.
1. Host a screening
Invite people at your Meeting/Church to host a screening of the 3rd annual "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" youth film festival.
- Contact Erin Polley or Madeline Schaefer for a copy of the DVD and advocacy materials.
2. Learn about our budget
Use the IHTD Activities Guide with young people in your Quaker community to learn about the way our tax dollars are currently being spent, and what we can do about it.
3. Make a video!
Invite the young people in your community to turn that vision into a short film to submit to the 4th annual film festival by January 2014.
- Use the Videomaking Toolkit and plan out how the video can both illustrate their vision, while engaging viewers on the issue. More info at www.ihtd.org.
- Watch this short film, "3 Minute Film School," for an introduction to creating a film with youth in your Quaker community.
- Submit the video by DEADLINE to the film festival. If invited, support a young person in traveling to Washington, DC to participate in the festival and lobby Congress.
4. Spread the word
- Purchase a vinyl banner of the US discretionary budget to hang on or in your place of worship. The banner is 2.5 x 20 feet and is $200, shipping included. Contact Mary Zerkel at 312-427-2533 or email@example.com.
- Like us on facebook at www.facebook.com/IHTDFilms and following us on twitter @IHTDFilms. Check out submissions as they roll in this January.
5. Take action
Join the Wage Peace campaign, and articipate in the ongoing discussion on our nation's budget priorities.
- Visit www.afsc.org/wage-peace for access to toolkits, talking points and ways to take action in your community.


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Published on June 21, 2012
(Aurora, Ill.) Rush Copley Medical Group is pleased to welcome Rakhi Shah, OB/GYN, D.O. Dr. Shah earned her medical degree from the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville, Kentucky and completed her residency and internship at Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
Dr. Shah is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a professional member of the North American Menopause Society, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and American Osteopathic Association.
Her special interests include incontinence and in-office procedures such as Essure and Novasure.
Dr. Shah is now welcoming patients at her office at 2020 Ogden Avenue, Suite 225, in Aurora. For more information or to request an appointment online, visit rushcopley.com/obgyneassociates or to make an appointment call 630-978-4800.
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Among those who make a living from the science of secrecy, worry and paranoia are just signs of professionalism. Can we protect our secrets against those who wield superior technological powers? Can we trust those who provide us with tools for protection? Can we even trust ourselves, our own freedom of choice? Recent developments in quantum cryptography show that some of these questions can be addressed and discussed in precise and operational terms, suggesting that privacy is indeed possible under surprisingly weak assumptions.
About the Speaker:
Artur Ekert is the Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, U.K. He is also Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor and Director, Centre of Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore. He is one of the pioneers of quantum cryptography. In his doctoral thesis (Oxford, 1991) he showed how quantum entanglement and non-locality can be used to distribute cryptographic keys with perfect security. He has worked, communicated and advised several companies and government agencies. His current research extends over most aspects of information processing in quantum-mechanical systems and the nature of randomness. He is a recipient of several awards, including the 1995 Maxwell Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics and the 2007 Royal Society Hughes Medal. In his non-academic life he is an avid bush pilot and scuba diver.


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SportsBusiness Journal starters
Veteran newsman John Genzale was publisher of the Jacksonville (Fla.) Business Journal, a weekly newspaper owned by American City Business Journals, when the company's chairman, Ray Shaw, called and asked him to fly to company headquarters in Charlotte the next day. "Whitney has an idea he wants to talk to you about," said Shaw, referring to company president and now CEO Whitney Shaw. Here's the rest of the story:
Gathering the team: The biggest challenge was finding the people who could write at a higher level about business. But also people who were journalists at heart, who could learn something right away. I've always thought that the best reporters were those who knew very little about their beat at the start, but who wanted to go in and learn.
Key to survival: It had to be credible beyond any publication I've ever worked on. I worked for a lot of daily papers, and their life and death was their credibility. The reason I felt like we had to be more credible was that we were in a business that we didn't know, and we were a new publication, and if we looked amateurish, if we looked less than credible from day one, we couldn't have survived.
Because we say so: At one meeting, we had the whole editorial staff in one room, and I had said something like, 'You guys are the experts in the field.' And they asked me why they were the experts, and I said, 'Solely because SportsBusiness Journal says you are.' [Senior Writer] Bill King was the only one who had the guts to come up to me afterwards and say something like, 'Enough of the bullshit. You can proclaim that I'm an expert, but I'm covering baseball, and I'm no expert on the business side.' And I said, 'Yeah, but here's the thing: I don't think anyone else is covering it, and you're going to do it eight hours a day for the foreseeable future. So how long do you think it's going to take you to really know your beat? Within three months, you will be the expert, and I'm saying you are today.'
First hints of success: In January of 1998, a few months before we launched, Publisher Richard Weiss and I showed up at Sports Summit in New York with a 16-page prototype. Richard got a suite so that we could invite people in and show them the idea and announce that we're doing this. I remember a Canadian national news company wanted to do an interview with me. Naturally, I said OK, because we were trying to promote our launch. But the interview wasn't about that. They regarded me as an authority on sports business. This was four months before our first publication, and I thought, 'What the hell am I doing here?' I thought it was going to be an interview on how the idea was great, what was the market like, what's our potential for the magazine. Right about that time, the NFL was doing a new television contract that doubled the revenue for every team, and The Wall Street Journal wanted to interview me on that. Months before we put out our first publication, people were already talking to us like we were a credible source in the sports industry.
Biggest reason for success: The most important thing was getting the right team into place. The people we got, it was part luck, part serendipity. It was more luck than any skill. We just put together people who were committed and made the publication what it was just on their sweat and intelligence and guts and willingness to try something new. If there's anything I want to emphasize, it's my honor and my pride in working with that group of people.
Biggest regret: I always wished that it was my idea.
Genzale lives in Como, Italy. He is a professor at the American University of Rome, is on the faculty at Columbia University in New York and is a professor in the FIFA Master program (Milan).
Ernie Torres was the copy chief when SportsBusiness Journal was founded in 1998. He was a well-traveled newsman at the time, having worked in Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta and Los Angeles. It was in Philadelphia that he worked with SportsBusiness Journal founding editor John Genzale, and where John decided he would look for the opportunity to work with Ernie again some time. That time came when John started assembling the editorial team for SportsBusiness Journal.
I was relaxing at home one winter evening when John called and said that Ernie was in the hospital. He had had a heart attack. Weeks later, he died. He did not live to see the first anniversary of SBJ, let alone the 15th, but one hopes that his commitment to quality journalism and to clear communication are still present.
— Dewey Knudson was a copy editor for SportsBusiness Journal from its launch in 1998 to 2005. He is now a copy editor for The Virginian-Pilot in Portsmouth, Va.
CURRENT JOB: Assistant Managing Editor
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Charlotte
WHY I JOINED SBJ: I'd always had a fascination about the merger of sports and business going back to college when the University of Kansas journalism school library received copies of the biweekly Sports Inc. magazine, the first effort to cover our industry. That magazine died around 1989 after only about a year and a half, but I always kept that in the back of my mind as something I'd like to cover if a similar publication ever popped up. Then, in the fall of 1997 while I was working for an ACBJ-owned publication called Winston Cup Scene, Whitney Shaw, who is now CEO of the company, pulled me aside and said, "We've got something cooking that I think you might be interested in." He was right.
FIRST JOB AT SBJ: Special Reports Editor
HOW LONG AT SBJ: 16 years
STORY THAT STANDS OUT: There are so many … the first time we attacked diversity in the industry, the first time we looked at gambling, the two centuries of sports business timeline that we did in 1999. The Beijing Olympics, the rise and fall of Boots del Biaggio, the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. These are just a few of the many that stand out.
FONDEST MEMORY: Putting together the original staff and getting everything off the ground was so much fun. We didn't really know what we were doing, but everyone had gone all-in and we knew we were creating something special throughout that first year in 1998. We weren't certain how many people were seeing it, but we knew we were doing good work.
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WASN'T SURE SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE BECAUSE … : I remember an early phone call with my dad, who devours dozens of newspapers and magazines every week, when he said, "There sure aren't many ads in this thing." It's not like we didn't know that, but we were so focused on producing a solid product and learning a complex industry that it was easy not to look up and get scared about the actual business prospects of the publication.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY WHEN … : The first Forty Under 40 dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in November 2000. Seeing the great Mark McCormack — who, to be honest, hadn't really given SBJ the time of day when we launched — working the room and very obviously finding value in the level of executive the magazine could attract, that was a real turning point for me. That was kind of our coming-out party.
OPEN MIC MEMORIES AND RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MAGAZINE: The weekend after our debut issue went to press, downtown Charlotte had a music festival that was literally right outside our office. That became sort of home base for our launch party, or partying. At one point, about half of our Charlotte-based staff, publisher and all, was in a parking deck taking swigs off a bottle of champagne as it got passed around. I remember thinking, boy, if a police officer were to walk by now, we'd have a hard time getting out issue No. 2. Needless to say, in the early days, we went at things hard, both in terms of work and play.
Past that, the best parts have been so many of the people and so many of the firsts. We've developed our own little niche here, and it's truly been special to be a part of that.
CURRENT JOB: Senior Writer
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Charlotte
WHY I JOINED SBJ: The rare opportunity to cover the business side of baseball from a national platform, and to be part of a startup.
HOW LONG AT SBJ:15 years
STORY THAT STANDS OUT: Too hard to pick one. I've gotten to tell the stories of Marvin Miller, Lamar Hunt, Steve Sabol, Bob DuPuy, Ron Labinski, Mark Cuban, Jerry Reinsdorf and Ron Shapiro, among others. I not only learned about them, I learned from them.
FONDEST MEMORY: My wife had our first issue framed and gave it to me on my birthday that year. I'll always treasure it.
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WASN'T SURE SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE BECAUSE … : Most startups fail — even the good ones.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY WHEN … : People went from asking what SBJ was to saying they'd been subscribers for years. And we'd only been around a few months.
OPEN MIC MEMORIES AND RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MAGAZINE: I'll always cherish the firsts. I remember the first news meeting. And clinking glasses with Managing Editor Phil Harper, who hired me, after putting the first issue to bed. I remember disagreeing with our founding editor, John Genzale, on so many things, and yet always going home knowing that he had my back. I remember the excitement of the unknown, and how it brought us all together. I like that so many of us have been together for so long.
CURRENT JOB: Assistant Managing Editor
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Matthews, N.C.
WHY I JOINED SBJ: It was a chance to combine my interests in sports and in business journalism.
HOW LONG AT SBJ: Since day one; 15+ years.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE WHEN …: TBD. It's flattering, humbling and always appreciated to hear others talk positively about our role and what we offer. But internally, those ideas of viability and impact — they're hard to consider, because the work continues. The goals since day one have been to tell good stories, lend some perspective, and be out front. The industry has gotten bigger and media has become more diverse, so the challenges have become greater, but those goals are the same. Do those things, and the rest will take care of itself.
OPEN MIC MEMORIES: There are 11 people at SBJ now who were also listed in the staff box for Issue No. 1 back in 1998. That says something for the product and for the company, to have that many colleagues still here. … Seeing kids grow up and families develop for staff over the years is as telling as anything about the journey we've all had. … Nothing ages you, and brings perspective, like interviewing interns and realizing that when we were starting SBJ, that person now being interviewed was just 7 or 8 years old.
What the hell was I thinking?
I had been trying to leave my job covering Los Angeles for a San Diego-based daily for years, and all of a sudden I had three offers. The Los Angeles Times wanted me as a copy editor for its news service, the Long Beach Press Telegram needed a night city editor, and Sports Business Journal, or SportsBusiness Journal — I don't think they knew which yet — offered work as a West Coast correspondent.
Saying no to Long Beach was easy, even though I lived there. I didn't want to work at night. But was I really going to turn down the Los Angeles Times, then the largest U.S. daily, for a startup covering something I knew as a pastime, not an industry? I remember thinking about jobs I had refused before — researcher for the muckraker Jack Anderson, New York City high school social studies teacher, spokesman for the U.S. Nordic ski team — and wondered whether blowing off the LAT would be another of those paths not taken that I would regret.
I was torn. When John Genzale, SBJ's first editor, interviewed me, I told him that he should consider another candidate, a close friend who I told him was every bit the reporter I was. Genzale was puzzled. Did I really want this gig?
In the end, I did. When I told Mike Kaeser, the man who offered me the job at the Times, that I wouldn't be accepting, he said, "Well, if the tide ever goes out on that one, let me know."
Fifteen years later, it's the Times that has the less clear path to survival. Its news service died in 2009. Me, I lasted five years at SBJ, which is still going strong.
No regrets here.
CURRENT JOB: SBJ NFL/Finance Reporter
CURRENT RESIDENCE: New York City
WHY I JOINED SBJ: Love of sports and journalism
HOW LONG AT SBJ: 15 years, since day one
STORY THAT STANDS OUT: Fraudulent buyer of Minnesota Vikings
FONDEST MEMORY: Covering the insane buildup to the NFL lockout, and the lockout itself
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WASN'T SURE SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE BECAUSE … : Whether SBJ would survive was a subject of frequent discussion in those early years among reporters and editors, often leading to gallows humor. We often did not get attention, like we weren't there. Case in point: I broke the story in 2000 on Venus Williams inking a historic $40 million deal with Reebok, far and away the most at that point for a female athlete. It was a story that transcended sports and got into society and culture. We splashed it across the front page. No one followed our story. Two weeks later it was announced and then it was everywhere, even the nightly news. I recall getting an email from Brad Ruskin of Proskauer Rose telling me we needed better PR, which might have been true. But the incident was also reflective of the uncertainty we all had as to whether there was a market for us.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY WHEN … : More people started returning my calls a few years in.
OPEN MIC MEMORIES: Few gave us a chance to survive. I remember a story that Mark McCormack told us we should be honored to take IMG advertising, obviously at no cost to IMG. We declined, of course. One of the first meetings I took was with Randy Vataha and Bob Caporale of Game Plan. Something that was said in that meeting always has stood out, that sports is the only business with its own section in the newspaper. Very true. While many do not read newspapers, they read sports websites.
CURRENT JOB: SBJ Staff Writer
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Winnetka, Ill.
WHY I JOINED SBJ: It was a chance to combine my career interests in journalism and sports business to create a new product. It also didn't hurt that SBJ was moving me back to Chicago, my hometown.
HOW LONG AT SBJ: From day one, 15 years.
FONDEST MEMORY: Seeing my byline in the first issue.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE WHEN … : NBA Commissioner David Stern returned my calls.
CURRENT JOB: Executive Director, HeadCount.org
CURRENT RESIDENCE: New York City
WHY I JOINED SBJ: It was an incredible opportunity to get in on the ground floor and write about the most interesting topic in the world.
JOB AT SBJ: Marketing Editor/Media Editor
HOW LONG AT SBJ: 8 years
LEFT SBJ TO: Become vice president of the U.S. market for Kangaroo.TV.
FONDEST MEMORY: Launching the World Congress of Sports; covering the Olympics in Salt Lake City.
FAVORITE STORY: In the first couple years, SBJ had legendary boxing writer and TV personality Bert Sugar as a columnist, and he joined us at a couple of our staff meetings in Charlotte. Bert was always in character. A curmudgeon who was shameless and hysterical. We all went to a bar and Bert picked up a gaggle of young women and started introducing them to the male reporters. We had a dinner at [founding editor John] Genzale's house and Bert led up a game of poker — muttering about his cards, telling stories about sharing a backyard in Westchester with the Clintons and their secret service — and then beat us all. It was sad to hear that Bert passed away last year. Getting to know him just a little was a real treat.
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WASN'T SURE SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE BECAUSE … : We had almost no advertising in the beginning, and everyone thought the SportsBusiness Daily already served the industry sufficiently. Of course, our company ended up acquiring The Daily, and SBJ got a lot more advertising.
I KNEW SBJ WAS GOING TO BE VIABLE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY WHEN … : Forty Under 40 and getting into the conference business made us more than a magazine and solidified the role we had in the industry. I remember that first Forty Under 40 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York — and how good the production was — and I realized this was going to be around for a long time.
OPEN MIC MEMORIES AND RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MAGAZINE: It's amazing how the team has stayed together. I feel really lucky to have been a part of it, and very grateful to everyone I worked with and for. You guys let me be me. Sometimes I can't believe the latitude you gave me. I think that everyone on the staff was encouraged to find their niche and build from that. [SBJ's executive editors, first John Genzale and then Abe Madkour], are very different but they had some fundamental things in common — they believed in their staff and cared about us personally as well as professionally. Everyone on the team shared those values.
FIRST JOB AT SBJ: National Editor
CURRENT JOB AT SBJ: Managing Editor
Joining the startup team for SportsBusiness Journal in early 1998 felt a little like coming full circle in my journalism career.
The first newspaper stories that I got paid for were reports on high school football games in Hemphill, Texas, in the early '80s. (That I might have a conflict of interest because I was also playing in those games never occurred to me. Besides, I unfortunately rarely had a need to mention myself in the stories.)
But after high school I drifted away from covering sports. Instead, it was schools, city council meetings, cops and courts, and, eventually, business. When I hesitated at taking the plunge full time into business coverage, an editor argued to me that covering business was just like covering sports. There are winners and losers, heroes and jerks, grand plans and agonizing defeats. In other words, terrific stories to tell.
It was all true, and after a while I grew comfortable with the notion that business journalism would be my long-term home. Then along came SportsBusiness Journal. Not only was it a rare chance to help create a publication from scratch, but it offered the chance to combine the world of sports, which brought me into journalism in the first place, with the fun and challenge of covering business.
The road from then to now has had its share of bumps and curves. We've gone from looking for ways to survive as a unknown startup to looking for ways to continue to grow as a maturing publication. We've seen dramatic changes in the industry we cover (sports) and the industry that we're a part of (publishing).
Along the way, we've become an important part of the sports business world and built an impressive body of work.
In the world of journalism, what more could anyone ask?


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What happens when a leader steps into an executive/administrative/managerial position that has been characterized by a high turnover rate?
Those serving under him or her assume that the new leader will only be there for a short time before moving on to a higher-pay, higher-status position. That perception makes it very difficult for the leader to stimulate buy-in from the team members, making it very difficult to lead them.
Some leaders in this type of situation try to dissolve that perception by announcing, "I know that there has been a lot of turnover in this position, but I want to assure you that I intend to be here for a long time." In most cases, however, team members have heard that same statement said by a leader who exited soon afterwards, so you can't expect to have any credibility in making the same claim.
The best way to handle this challenging situation? Your referent power. Engaging each team member, voicing and demonstrating your appreciation and support of that person's work makes that team member want to buy-in, follow you, and begin hoping that you will stay there a long time.


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The Mutter factor
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The Mutter factor
Don't forget to check out more madness on Twitter: #crazyclassicalcovers
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Ahhhh…the world of the violin virtuoso with an exclusive recording contract. It has given us some awe inspiring, buttock clenching cover photos to enjoy! Don't forget to look out for #crazyclassicalcovers .
Many a doctoral thesis have been written on the semiotics of book and record covers. And for the last few days I have been paying my own homage to weird and wonderful designs that have graced covers of Orchestral and Operatic LPs on Twitter (look for #crazyclassicalcovers ) There are some truly wacky, what the hell where you thinking moments and more subtle allusions to the contents of the disc. While it is wonderful enjoying music in all it's abstract complexity, we can not forget the cover that packaged the recording and sold it to us. The design emphasis is contastly changing, from graphic representations of the piece contained, to sober portraits of the composer, to glamorous shots of the singers or conductor, to image library images that fit the look of a series.
In a string of mini blogs I'll try to share some of my favourite categories and some truly hilarious examples that elevate the art of sleeve design to another level or create true eyesores. I'll tag them with crazyclassicalcovers for easy reference, enjoy the ride!


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Funny Quotes Love BiographySource(google.com.pk)
"A light heart lives long." - William Shakespeare
"Never go to bed mad -- stay up and fight." - Phyllis Diller
"To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia." -
"Once you have loved someone, you'd do anything in the world for them... except love them again." - Anonymous
"Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end." - Anonymous
"Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion." - Mirabeau
"Three things can't be hidden: coughing, poverty, and love." - Yiddish proverb
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed." - Chamfort
From Moonstruck:
Rose: Do you love him, Loretta?
Loretta Castorini: No.
Rose: Good. When you love them they drive you crazy because they know they can.
Rose: Do you love him, Loretta?
Loretta Castorini: Aw, ma, I love him awful.
Rose: Oh, God, that's too bad.
"I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on 'love lyrics." - Frank Zappa
"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap." - Dolly Parton
"I should like to see any kind of a man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
"A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did." - Edgar Watson Howe
"I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's eighth husband on her wedding night: I know what I'm supposed to do...I just have to figure out a way to make it interesting." - many attributions
"No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying." - unknown
"An old man who marries a young wife grows younger - but she grows older." - folk saying
"It is not uncommon for slight acquaintances to get married, but a couple really have to know each other to get divorced." - Anonymous
"What female heart can despise gold?" - Thomas Gray
"A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody.'" - James Thurber
"I love being married. It's so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." - Rita Rudner
"The people people have for friends
Your common sense appall
But the people people marry
Are the queerest folk of all."
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away." - Dorothy Parker
"Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for." - Mae West
"The body, she says, is subject to the forces of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure." - Saul Bellow
"It does not matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you do not do it in the street and frighten the horses." - Mrs. Patrick Campbell
"A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it." - Don Fraser
"If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?" - unknown
"There are three kinds of men who do not understand women: Young, old, and middle-aged." - Anonymous (and with good reason)
"Women like me because I make them laugh. And what is an orgasm, except laughter of the loins?" - Mickey Rooney
"There will be sex after death, we just won't be able to feel it." - Lily Tomlin
"A bride at her second wedding does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting." - Helen Rowland
"Don't threaten me with love, Baby. Let's just go walking in the rain." - Billie Holiday
"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania."
- Dorothy Parker
"Marriage is a fine institution - but I'm not ready for an institution." - Mae West
"My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there." - Carrie Fisher
"My wife and I have sex almost every day of the week," Milton Berle once said. "Yes, almost Monday, almost Tuesday, almost Wednesday."
"If you do kiss a politician, remember this: You are not only kissing him, you are kissing every butt that he has kissed in the last eight years." - Jay Leno
"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down." - Woody Allen, Love and Death
"To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We cannot really love anybody without whom we never laugh." - Alice Reppler


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50 Little-Known Facts About Engines
50. The world record for removing and replacing a car engine is 42 seconds, set in 1985 on a Ford Escort. Not every engine can be that simple though, as you're about to find out. From cars to trucks to trains to jets, we've got 50 of the best engine facts about all of the engines out there. Enjoy!


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But things got ugly when Vienna stormed off the set in tears during their he-said, she-said argument about her decision on selling the split story to Star Magazine.
"I am sorry that I went about it the way I did." Vienna tried to apologize to Jake, "But I know you, and I knew you would have [sold your story to a tabloid] if I didn't."
As Jake replied "You don't know me and I wouldn't have done it . . ." Vienna interrupted him.
And this made Jake very angry and shouted "Please stop interrupting me!"Suddenly, Vienna broke into tears and then run off the set, screaming "He is the biggest liar I've ever met in my life!"
Jake said: "Unfortunately, that's what one of our arguments looks like."
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"No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends."
(Jn. 15,13)
JULY 12 – 15 On the hill of Saluzzo (CN)
at Cenacolo's Mother House
What is the Festival of Life?
It is a great moment of the Community of intense prayer and of thankfulness to the God of life in remembrance of the birth of the Community. On the 16th of July 1983, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mother Elvira received the "keys" of the Mother House in Saluzzo: on that day community Cenacolo was born! On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Community, in July of 1993, the "Festival of Life" was celebrated for the first time, and through the years it has become a gathering of faith for the youth, families and friends of the Community. Each July since that time, thousands of people from all over the world climb the hill of Saluzzo, where the Holy Spirit brought Comunita Cenacolo, to live together four days of prayer, catechesis, and testimonies in the joy of the Risen One who continues to "give sight to the blind, set the prisoners free, and raise up those who have fallen."
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Mardi Gras comes to Orlando once more during Universal Orlando's 2012 celebration.
Taking place this year on Saturdays and select nights from Feb. 11-April 14, Universal Studios in Orlando transforms into a family-friendly version of New Orleans' Mardi Gras, featuring street performers, floats, parades and lots of beads. This year's parade theme features floats representing various ecosystems, including bayous, swamps, rainforests, coral reefs and polar regions.
The heart of the celebration will be at Universal Studios' French Quarter Courtyard, where guests will hear authentic New Orleans bands each night before the headlining concert. Some of the big names scheduled to play include Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson and the Plain White T's.
One-day single park ticket prices start at $79 for children ages 3-9 or $85 for those over 10. For more information, visit universalorlando.com/mardigras.


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seated by the kitchen @ central by flickr user twobitme
I am a die-hard Bravo TV fan. I love Project Runway, and when that's not in season I adore Top Chef. The foodie in me gets giddy when I hear that knife-sharpening sound during the opening credits. So this whole season, I've been stalking local DC chef-turned-contestant Carla.
In addition to our other Top Chef resident, Chef Spike of Good Stuff Eatery (which I have yet to try) I'm thrilled to have Carla in town. Carla runs Alchemy Caterers, which, if you click the link, is in the midst of a Web site redesign. I'm assuming they're anticipating some good traffic to the site in the coming months… hopefully that means Carla sticks around on the show a while. Caterers tend to have a good background for the Top Chef competitions, and Carla is holding her own.
Carla comes off as warm, caring and exactly the type of person I would want to cater my wedding. So I ask you, reader, do you like Carla? Have you ever tried Alchemy Caterers? Do tell. Tune into Bravo at 10 p.m. Wednesdays to catch Carla in action.


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Homemade Pretzels
Recipe submitted by: Dani Gurrie
Recipe courtesy of: Sally's Baking Addiction
Looking for a quick and easy pretzel mix, well here it is! Hope you enjoy this tasty easy snack!
What's in it
1 and 1/2 cups warm water (lukewarm, no need to take temperature)
1 packet active yeast (2 and 1/4 teaspoons)
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
4 - 4.25 cups all-purpose flour + more for the counter surface to knead (or mix of whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour)
1 large egg
course sea salt for sprinkling
How to cook it
- Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir with a spoon until fairly mixed, about 1 minute. Some clusters of yeast will remain. Add salt and sugar; stir until fairly combined. Slowly add flour, 1 cup at a time. Mix with a wooden spoon until dough is thick. Continue to add more flour until dough is no longer sticky. Poke the dough with your finger - if it bounces back, it is ready to knead.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes and shape into a ball. With a sharp knife, cut ball of dough into 1/3 cup sections. This measurement does not have to be exact - use as much or little dough for each pretzel as you wish - the size of the pretzel is completely up to you.
- Roll the dough into a rope with an even diameter. My ropes were twenty inches long. This measurement will depend how large you want the pretzels. Once you have your long rope, take the ends and draw them together so the dough forms a circle. Twist the ends, then bring them towards yourself and press them down into a pretzel shape. See above for link to visual instructions.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg and pour into a shallow bowl or pie dish. Dunk the shaped pretzel into the egg wash (both sides). Place on baking sheet and sprinkle with salt
- Bake for 10 minutes at 425F degrees. Turn the oven to broil and bake for 5 more minutes to brown the tops. Watch closely to avoid burning.
- Allow to cool and enjoy. Serve warm or at room temperature. Pretzels may be stored in an airtight container or zipped top bag for up to 4 days (will lose softness). Pretzels freeze well.
- *If you'd like to make cinnamon sugar pretzels, mix 1 Tablespoon cinnamon and 1/3 cup sugar and coat pretzels instead of using salt.
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
Choco Pie
My friend was back from S.Korea and gave me two packs of this Choco Pie. They are sold here in supermarkets too.
Cut into halves - they are two biscuits sized cakes sandwiching a marshmallow layer between them and coated with chocolate. A popular snack in S.Korea it seems that originated from the USA. The marshmallow is very sweet so best eat this with black coffee.
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Bet it is pricey, everything Korean here is rather expensive...but nothing's cheap there too. Hopefully, our dwindling ringgit will recover soon.ReplyDelete
Not a fan of this. Sweet, nay for me. Haha.ReplyDelete
I have not tried this. If it is too sweet, then it is not for me.ReplyDelete
My sis brought the strawberry version back from Korea. Tastes almost the same as the usual chocolate ones.ReplyDeleteReplies
I ate this in Seoul too and they are so common there with their folks. I agree that black coffee is a must.ReplyDelete
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