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NAC Weekly Honors (period ending 12/16/18)
Wilburn Griffiths, UMaine-Presque Isle
(Junior, F - Queens, NY)
Griffiths was instrumental in a road win at UMaine-Fort Kent and a home victory over UMaine-Machias as the Owls improved their record to 6-5 on the season. Griffiths had 12 points, seven rebounds, an assist and a block while hitting 6-for-9 from the floor (67%) in a win at UMaine-Fort Kent. The 6'4" sophomore forward followed that up with 14 points, nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks in a win over the Clippers of Machias. Griffiths racked up 26 points, 16 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals across both wins.
Rookie of the Week
Griffin Guerrette, UMaine-Presque Isle
(Freshman, G - Presque Isle, Maine)
Guerrette continued his solid play for the UMPI Owls as they picked up two wins this week. The freshman guard scored 14 points, pulled down eight rebounds, and tallied a block and two assists in a win at UMaine-Fort Kent on Wednesday night. Guerrette added nine points, four rebounds, five assists and a steal in a win over the UMaine-Machias Clippers Friday evening. He totaled 23 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists over the week while shooting 8-for-9 (88.9%) from the free throw line.
Kenzie Worcester, Husson
(Senior, G - Washburn, Maine)
Dominating the hardwood on Wednesday evening, Worcester led a rally for the Eagles against non-conference opponent Endicott College with a whopping 26 points in the second half - a new NCAA era record for Husson. Worcester led all scorers with 33 points for the second-most netted in a single game in her career, and became the third member of the 1,500-point club at Husson. The senior guard also pulled down seven rebounds and a steal while handing out an assist in the game.
Alexandra Barry, Northern Vermont-Johnson
(Freshman, F - Hopewell Junction, NY)
Barry shot 50.0% from the field as the Badgers went 1-2 on the week. She scored a team best 15 points in win over Southern Vermont College on Thursday evening, grabbed four rebounds, and had two steals and two blocks in the game. Barry proved to be a versatile scoring threat, driving to the basket and stretching the defense with her ability to make jump shots. She tallied 28 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks, three steals, and two assists over three games.
Men's and Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week Honors will return 12/31/2018.


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Q: Setting min-width of screen within media query, vs Viewport tag What's the best way of simply 'shrinking' a site to fit on to an iPad, while making it fully responsive when it comes to mobiles?
Here's my viewport tag:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">

I had hoped that the following media query would enable the whole 1060px wrapper div to be displayed by forcing the device to 'zoom out' thus displaying all, like a mini version of the desktop display
#wrapper {
    background: green;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 1060px;
}

    @media only screen and (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) {

        body { min-width: 1080px; }

        wrapper { background: red; }

    }

The media query itself works (wrapper background turns red on iPad), but I still need to zoom out to view the whole page.
However, if I change to my viewport tag to:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1080px">

I get the desired result, but this is no good since the mobile version needs to be fully responsive. So am hoping there's something I can add to the media query to achieve it.
Sure I'm missing something very obvious here - and seem to remember this technique working in the past - any help appreciated!
Many thanks in advance!
EDIT:
It seems this has been raised before, same issue, and yet no solution:
How can I use meta viewport and CSS media queries to make the average 960px website look good on the iPhone and iPad?

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I had a soft spot for these sweet brothers and their excitement to meet their new sibling! We started out in their home and then walked down to a beautiful trail near their house to throw rocks in the water and enjoy the sunshine! Loved capturing their fun and connection!


I'm trying to accomplish a literary reference to Shakespeare's "The winter of my discontent." This is the summer of my contentment. I haven't really done much of anything. I didn't take the pictures of my jewelry and put them on my etsy website. Why? It's too hot outside.
I've been staying up late and sleeping in until nine. Why? Because I can. Sometimes I don't even leave the house. Why? Because I don't have too. For the first time since I married and had children, I wasn't responsible and productive. I was unfocused and lazy, and it's been great.
The time is almost over. My baby comes back from college this week and the following week I go back to school so my summer's almost over. But what a summer it has been.


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Q: CSS3 ::selection selector not working properly on anchor tags I am using the CSS3 ::section Selector like this
::selection{
    color:red;
    background-color:pink;

}
::-moz-selection {
    color:red;
    background-color:pink;

}

So when some element is selected it should change its color to red and the background to pink.
It works as expected for everything other than the Anchor tag .
When an anchor text is selected, it applies the style to the link text but not on the line beneath the anchor text.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/GcBT2/1/
So how can we apply the style to the underline also?
PS: Browsers tested: chrome 31 and firefox 25.0.1

A: Note that per MDN

Only a small subset of CSS properties can be used in a rule using
  ::selection in its selector: color, background, background-color and
  text-shadow. Note that, in particular, background-image is ignored,
  like any other property.

The line on your link is part of text-decoration which is not taken into consideration by the pseudo selector. Your best bet would perhaps be to remove it using
a{
 text-decoration:none;
}

You may want to also note:

Though this pseudo-element was in drafts of CSS Selectors Level 3, it
  was removed during the Candidate Recommendation phase (link)
The ::selection pseudo-element currently isn't in any CSS module on
  the standard track. It should not be used in production environments.

Further information

A: There's an old bug report on bugzilla which relates to your problem. As you can see in comment 26 a selection is actually an extra anonymous element, that's why text-decoration of the surrounding anchor won't change its color since the selector only applies for this "child": The word select is selected.


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Western U.S. Wildfires Will Leave Insurers With a 'Multi-Billion-Dollar' Bill: Aon
Wildfires across the western United States will leave insurers with a "multi-billion-dollar" bill, Aon concluded in its September 2020 Global Catastrophe Recap.
While it will likely take some time to determine final insurance payouts, early signs point to some ominous costs.
Aon pointed out that "significant wildfires" continued burning throughout the U.S. west coast in September, causing catastrophic impacts in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. Fires destroyed thousands of homes and structures in Oregon and Washington in particular, and Aon said direct economic costs from blazes in California, Oregon and Washington alone "were likely to reach well into the billions of dollars."
Making the wildfires worse were elements including "record heat, minimal precipitation, and two notably strong offshore wind events," Aon said.
Fires have been a particular problem in the U.S. so far in 2020, with 22 fires burning at least 100,000 acres to date. As well, at least 43 people have died in seasonal fire-related events, according to the report.
In California alone, five of the state's six largest fire events since 1932 were recorded in August and September; along with five of the state's top 20 most destructive fires on record.
Other catastrophe events of note from September, as cited in the Aon Report:
Severe storms hit parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois on September 5-6, bringing reports of hailstones approaching and exceeding 2 inches to regions of Minnesota. A maximum measured straight-line wind gust of 83 mph (133 kph) occurred in Iowa, leading to downed trees and powerlines through multiple regions. Total economic losses were estimated at $165 million, most of which was covered by insurance.
A unusually strong cold front that progressed across the western two-thirds of the country from September 7-9 spawned high winds that reached hurricane force and caused notable damage in parts of Utah and Idaho. One person was killed. At least 170,000 customers lost power in Utah. Total economic losses were estimated at $375 million.
A narrow corridor of extremely heavy precipitation across portions of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (D.C.) produced rainfall amounts approaching and exceeding 3 to 6 inches on September 10. Personnel performed numerous water rescues as rising flooding waters affected transportation and trapped motorists. Total economic and insured losses were estimated in the low millions (USD).
After bringing heavy rains and flooding to South Florida and the Florida Keys on September 11-12, Hurricane Sally came ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama on September 16 as a 105 mph (165 kph) Category 2 storm. At least eight fatalities and several injuries were reported. In addition to hurricane force wind gusts and notable storm surge, the storm caused between 20 to 30 inches of rain across sections of coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Afterwards, the slow-moving cyclone brought torrential rainfall and severe weather well-inland with flooding observed in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. Total economic losses were estimated beyond $5 billion. Public and private insurance losses exceeded $2.5 billion.
Tropical Storm Beta meandered in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall along the southern end of the Matagorda Peninsula near Port O'Connor (Texas) on September 21 with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm's slow movement brought heavy rainfall and flash flooding to coastal Texas and Louisiana before its remnants progressed over the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states between September 21-25. One of the Top 5 wettest three-day rainfall totals on record in Houston was recorded, along with major flooding elsewhere in Harris County (Texas). Total economic losses were estimated to exceed $100 million.
Source: Aon

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How do you eat a Buick?
Being a parent is hard. Parenting a child with unique needs, while rewarding in its own right, can also be overwhelming. Overwhelming in a way that your friends and other parents usually can't understand.
What's that? You don't have friends anymore? That's overwhelming too.
There are times when raising a child and supporting your family feels like a job too big. Or at least it feels too big for you. There is just too much to be done, not enough help and it's hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel. And emotionally? If you even go there you might not come back.
It's a lot. Like, you know- trying to eat a Buick.
When you stand in front of a Buick and consider eating it, it is a short consideration. Nope, can't do it. Many of the biggest challenges in our lives are like this. When we consider the task before us in its entirety, it doesn't seem possible.
But when we start to break it down into its parts, it slowly becomes a bit more feasible.
If we continue breaking the boulder down into smaller and smaller stones, eventually we are left with a pebble that we can manage. And if you can manage one small pebble, then you can manage another small pebble after that. And another after that. And eventually you will have overcome a small hill of pebbles that as you look back, once was a boulder too big.
Those who only see the boulder before them are rarely able to overcome it.
One, very small bite at a time.
Some of the most challenging bites- the bumper or steering wheel maybe- need to be ground up into the smallest pieces.
That is how you eat a Buick. That is how you overcome all of the biggest challenges in life. By picking up the smallest piece you can manage, the next piece before you, and moving it. One small piece at a time.
How to eat a Buick.


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Brig and a little friend
posted by Anne at 2:14 pm 2 comments
Today, Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby presented a motion to Toronto City Council, with over 1500 signatures, to have a vote after the budget on the matter of Brig's Law. She's askig for a meeting with Justice Minister Vic Toews.
Also arranging a meeting with Toronto Police Chief William Blair to encourage him to get endorsements from all the police chiefs in Ontario and across Canada.
The sad part is, almost all changes to the Canadian criminal code happen after tragedies. Let's make this tragic and heartbreaking event a step to a better justice system. Let's not let Brig's death be forgotten, and let's try to ensure that something like this cold-blooded crime never ever happens again.
Don't just be sad, be angry. Get in touch with your local politicians and tell them how you feel. This is the only way change happens.
While signing petitions is very helpul, it is also CRUCIAL that people
also take a moment to write a letter to the only person that can
actually make a difference regarding our concerns about charges laid in
the death of Toronto Police Services horse, Brigadier. The matter
falls under the Criminal Code of Canada, within the jurisdiction of the
Department of Justice Canada, and a quick simple letter demanding better
protection for Law Enforcement Animals should be written to:
The Honourable Vic Toews
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8
TDD/TTY: (613) 992-4556
E-mail: webadmin@justice.gc.ca
posted by Anne at 8:51 am 1 comments
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/543044749
On March 29 Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby will put forth a motion to Toronto City Council that the City of Toronto Council officially urge the Government of Canada to amend the Criminal Code to make intentional harm of a law enforcement animal an indictable offense. It is crucial that you call your local city councillor TODAY as this motion requires 2/3rds support to be introduced. Please look up your city councillor by simply entering your address or finding their name at http://app.toronto.ca/wards/jsp/wards.jsp and call them right now and tell them to SUPPORT THIS MOTION on MARCH 29, 2006. If there was nothing much you thought you could do in this matter, this is it, this IS the one most important thing you can do right now, just by picking up the phone or writing an email to your city councillor, and it WILL make a world of difference. Please don't put it off, do it now.
Brigadier's Law
I just found out that someone has started a website called www.brigadierslaw.ca where you can sign an online petition to get the law changed.
Please, please, please go and get involved.
posted by Anne at 11:56 pm 3 comments
Was down at the Mounted unit today and was touched by all the tributes and pieces of art that people have dropped off there. I didn't have time to take photos of all of them, but here are a few. Someone gave me this ceramic tile that they made. They made a larger one for the unit.
Please, if you see your work here, feel free to put your name in the comments so you get proper credit. Thanks.
I'm afraid the front lobby at the unit is full of reflections so I didn't get a great shot of this one, but P.C. Kris McCarthy, who was there the night Brig was killed, did this painting of him. Sorry for the terrible reflections in the glass.
I'm afraid I don't know the names of all the artists who worked on different tributes to Brig. This one came from an elementary school teacher I believe.
A gentleman, an artist, who heard about Brig made this lovely wood 3D plaque for the unit.
detail, layers of wood.
From Brig's photoshoot, a few days before he was killed.
It was only today that I sat down and opened the folder with all of his photos from that night. I had just grabbed the one "portrait" of him and never went back to it. I'll post a few more in the next little while.
Someone sent me this piece:
Death of a horse shattering
A couple of years ago, when my younger brother Tim was training to be a part of the Metro Police Mounted Unit, I had an opportunity to go down to the stables and visit. It was quite wonderful. Wonderful to be around so many magnificent creatures and wonderful to see the change in my brother, to see him falling in love with horses.
I watched him grooming them and talking to them, stroking their velvety muzzles and affectionately patting their massive flanks and necks. I realized then how good this was for Tim. How good it would be for anyone. Animals, especially domesticated creatures, are precious gifts to humans. If we allow ourselves to be touched by them and connect with them, they reward us with life-changing riches.
My brother was then and is still a member of the ETF. The elite emergency task force. He is a sergeant and has the safety and care of many people as his responsibility. He daily faces situations and crises that I can barely write about from the safety of my home. So, it was with great joy that I watched him interacting with these gentle giants, saw the stress falling off of him, saw some of the armor dropping away. I know that, even though he has yet to officially join the mounted unit, but has stayed with the ETF where he is currently needed, the bond he created with those horses has never left him. He very often drops in to see them, to ride them, to talk to them, to re-connect.
And so it was that I felt my breath being coldly sucked away this past Saturday as I opened the paper to see the photo of several desperate officers draped over the body of a maimed and dying police horse, deliberately struck by a hit-and-run vehicle. The heartbreaking beauty of that photo has remained with me. It is the essence of love and nobility and sacrifice. Something told me to call Tim then and when he couldn't come to the phone I knew that what was just a terribly sad news story to me was a black hole for him.
The universe moves mountains sometimes to teach us hard lessons. That night, it had seen to it that Tim had been on duty and was called to the scene where his beloved Brigadier, his favourite, lay torn and bleeding on a cold, wet road.
He told me later, that as he approached the scene he only needed to see that golden tail to know who it was. He told me through a voice taut with emotion about the tears in the eyes of the other mounted officers there, of the gentleness and the tenderness with which they pled with Brigadier to lie still and of the horse's agonizing efforts to raise his once magnificent body to its feet.
And as the precious minutes passed and frantic radio calls were unable to bring a vet and any kind of relief, the universe pointed its unwavering finger and laid its enormous burden upon the weary shoulders of my brother and those other officers there who loved this animal so deeply. The call was made. The shotgun was loaded and my brother, my hero, stroked his friends muzzle and whispered to him one last time.
--- Neil Crone
Copyright © Metroland, Durham Region Media Group. - All rights reserved.
durhamregion.com - Mar 6, 2006
Poster made by someone touched by Brigadier.
posted by Anne at 12:10 am 1 comments
Written by one of the mounted cavalry officers who rode at Brig's memorial:
http://www.maharaj.org/blog-mar06.shtml#b06
please, get angry.
I'm going to keep Brig's blog and Brig's memory alive by constantly updating you on what's happening about the fight to get the law changed in Canada to protect police officers who happen to be horses and dogs.
Please, get angry. Get motivated. Call your local MP. Tell him how you feel. Let's have something positive come out of this tragedy. I know you can do it.
Get angry. In the words of the late Pierre Berton, regarding another battle I was involved in, (which was won) "Get mad as hell!"
P.C. Vicki Montgomery on Brig.
Lindsay Luby to Campaign for Tougher Laws to Protect Police Service Animals
Toronto City Hall - Gloria Lindsay Luby, Toronto City Councillor (Ward 4 - Etobicoke Centre) and former Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board today launched her campaign for tougher laws to protect police service animals. Despite the significant dangers they face, police service animals are not protected under the Criminal Code of Canada. Under the eyes of the law, they are seen just as any other animal.
�We need laws that will specifically defend horses and dogs that belong to our police service. These service animals are heros on four legs and need to be protected and acknowledged for their courage and hard work.�
Along with 1,500 grieving Torontonians, Lindsay Luby attended Brigadier�s memorial at Ricoh Coliseum on Monday to pay her respects to an animal who gave his life to public service and protection for this City. The driver who hit Brigadier was not charged for harming the horse. Many officers have expressed frustration with the lack of laws to protect their service animals.
Councillor Lindsay Luby will be kicking off her campaign by writing letters to Federal and Provincial officials. She will also be presenting a motion to Council that she hopes will receive unanimous support. The Councillor will appear today on AM640 the Beat with Ross MacLeod and Craig Bromell to gain public support for the campaign.
�Not everyone realizes the risks and dangers these animals face. Taxpayer dollars pay to train them to assist our officers in protecting the public. The least the animals can expect is for us is to protect them.�
For further information please call:
Jim Burnett, Councillor Lindsay Luby�s Office
The Hon. Vic Toews,
Minister of Justice and Attorney General,
284 Wellington Street,
Ottawa, Ontario. K1A 0H8
Dear Minister Toews:
I write this letter as the City of Toronto continues to grieve the loss of one of its police heros, Brigadier. Although Brigadier was a police service horse, 1,500 Torontonians attended his memorial to pay their respects for his bravery and service to public safety.
Brigadier was killed recklessly and deliberately by a driver in a hit and run. Although the driver was charged, he was not charged with intentionally hitting the horse because there are no Criminal Code provisions against it. On that day Toronto not only lost an animal dedicated to protecting its citizens, but also lost the significant amount of time and resources it invested to train this animal. If you had attended Brigadier�s memorial, you would also realize that police officers and the general public held this animal in special regard.
There are many examples across Canada where police service animals are intentionally killed by criminals without any legal consequence. Sections 444 and 445 of the Code make no mention of police service animals as you can read in the attached.
I am asking the Government of Canada to update and strengthen the Criminal Code to include the protection of police service animals against intentional harm. These animals should be recognized for the dangers and risks they face to serve and protect the public.
There are many jurisdictions outside Canada that offer protection for police service animals. I have attached Ohio Revised Code Title XXIX - Crimes - Chapter 2921 Offenses against Justice and Public Administration for your information. Many other states have passed similar legislation.
Thank you, Minister, for your time and attention to this matter. This matter affects service animals at all orders of government. I have copied this letter to other government officials and ask for their assistance and support. The public is looking to you for leadership to bring the laws into the 21st Century.
Gloria Lindsay Luby,
Toronto City Councillor,
Etobicoke Centre - Ward 4.
Encls.
cc.	The Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The Hon. Michael Bryant, Attorney General of Ontario
The Hon. Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
William Blair, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Services
There has been such an outpouring of love and concern and sympathy for poor Brig and it's heartening to the unit, I know, to reallise that so many people feel their pain. I found out today that the University of Guelph has started a memorial fund in Brigadier's name: You can click this link http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/news/news_brigadier.shtm to read it for yourself.
Gifts made in memory of Brigadier will be directed toward The Brigadier Memorial Fund at the Ontario Veterinary College to support clinical care for horses at the Large Animal Clinic.
Thank you to everyone who sent messages for Brig. He won't be forgotten.
Down at the lake last summer, Brig would do anything asked of him.
..as so many people have said.. "You're off the concrete now, Brig.."
Rest in Peace Brig
I put this blog together to celebrate the life of Brigadier, the brave Toronto Police horse who gave his life while on duty. So many people have asked to see more photos of him, I'm hoping these pics will help illustrate what a loss this is to our city and our hearts.
posted by Anne at 3:45 pm 52 comments
Getting ready to ride out this morning, for the tribute to Brigadier.
Brigadier's stall, with a rosewood urn for his ashes, that was graciously donated by someone who was touched by this tragedy. Carrots, apples and other treats have been filling the hallway for a week.
The condolence book with hundreds of signatures and hundreds more emails.
Brigadier's tack, his saddle and bridle, blanket and breastplate were on display in the center of the arena, along with three red roses, one for each of his main riders.
Mounted officers from all over Canada and the United States came to pay their respects to Brigadier.
I just had to share this beautiful tribute written by P.C. Michael Stravakis, an officer at the Toronto Police Mounted Unit. I was keeping it all together pretty well, until he got up and spoke these words today. If you click the document you can see a larger version of it.
A Tribute to Brigadier
I finally made it down to the barn today. I had to drop off some pictures and I thought maybe I should get some shots of the tributes that people are leaving at the unit. Brigadier's stall. On Monday, for the memorial service, it will be filled with flowers.
A beautiful card put together by Ward McBurney, a friend of the mounted unit who emailed it to me this morning.
Condolence book
Marc Fuller
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Just to let everyone know, very exciting news, ama...
Laid to rest
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Your "justice" system at "work"....what a joke.
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Photo taken at Brigadier's memorial service by Tor...
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Whether you're a fan of bisques, broths or bouillabaisses, it's time for us to celebrate all things soup. From cream based to stock based and everything in-between, soups are your ticket to liquid nutrition with a crazy tasty flavor punch to boot. Not only are soups delicious, they can be functional as well. When the weather outsides is blistering and cold, there's nothing better than a steaming bowl of soup to warm the cockles of your heart. And when the temperature gets hotter than Susan Boyle popularity, grab a brisk bowl of Gazpacho to quench the fire that engulfs your person. And if you're adventurous, why don't you consider getting rid of that plastic bowl and replace it with something more biodegradable, like a sourdough bowl or a hollowed out melon. And who said food can't be fun?
On January 29th at 7pm, Space12 will be hosting the fourth installment of the round, aptly named 'Round 4'. During this multi-sensory, mixed media art barrage, the stage will be shared by an amazing lineup of visual artists, slam poets, songwriters and digital artists, including; Mother Falcon, Meryll, John Roy Jenkins, Tova Charles, Shanitra Harris, Richard Koehler, Brad istre, and Dallas Peters..
For more information, please see the facebook event. If you are interested in lending a hand during this event, please email Leslie Harrington.
On Saturday, January 30th starting at 12pm, there will be a clothes swap at Space12 and looking to engage the crafting community through this exciting event. We would like to encourage all of you to come out and let your inner craftsperson shine. In addition to bringing some of your used clothes, feel free to bring some desserts as well, and get ready to swap clothes, or embellish your old threads to make them new. Any questions or comments, feel free to send them to Anslee.
We're grateful for the generous community that we have. Your generosity allows us to be generous to the city of Austin and the world around us. For the details December's giving, you can download the report here. If you have any questions please email Michelle.


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Stainless steel is an environmentally friendly decorative material that does not contain organic substances such as methanol, no radiation. Besides, it is safe and fireproof.
On the basis of stainless steel, there are now colored stainless steel, stainless steel etching technology, stainless steel fine grinding mirror surface, sand surface, wire drawing and other processing means, which makes the stainless steel plate more brilliant and bright. Through the etching technology, various patterns and characters can be engraved on the surface of the stainless steel, so that it has a three-dimensional feeling and a concave-convex feeling, thereby bidding farewell to the monotonous color and the shortcoming of the traditional stainless steel plate.
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Five-week General Mountaineering Camp to be located near Frenchman Cap.
Mar. 18, 2014 6:00 a.m.
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is hosting their annual General Mountaineering Camp from a basecamp near Frenchman Cap, located in the Monashee Mountains north of Revelstoke.
In operation since 1906, the annual mountaineering camp rotates between different, often new locations each year. In 2014, they'll host a maximum of 31 participants per week over a five-week camp, said ACC programs director Chelsea Selinger.
Known as the Matterhorn of the Monashees, the imposing, cap-like peak is easily viewed from Highway 23 North starting about 15 kilometres past the Revelstoke Dam.
No road-building or permanent structures are associated with the fly-in tent camp.
In addition to camp staff, the participants range from beginners taking an introductory mountaineering course to experienced mountaineers setting out to advanced objectives.
The camp runs from mid-July to mid-August.
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A new journey is about to begin again!
In the fading afternoon light, a sound of an email notification came from my phone. When I opened the message, it seemed like something exciting happened from the beginning. The Saphan Siang coordinator informed me that he could not contact Khun Suchart, a coordinator of Baan Suksan (also known as Stella Maris Seafarers Center), an organization that we are supposed to work with. To locate the coordinator, we only had an address and a map to guide us. It may seem to be an easy task for someone who lives in Songkhla, but having not heard of this organization before made it quite difficult for us.
I had another colleague who joined me on my journey and we both traveled using a motorcycle. On the afternoon of 27 January 2015, we set out to find Baan Suksan by relying on the GPS in our phones. And of course the GPS got us lost in Songkhla for a long while, before we finally found Khun Suchart at Baan Suksan. We received a warm welcome from the staffs there, and we knew immediately that we will have no problems working with them. We discussed with Khun Suchart about the background of the organization, including the things that we will be working on; this includes administrative matters, work in the hospital, and in the forest!
I was especially excited about this as I have always wanted to work in the forest. Exploring the forest and providing assistance to migrants living in the border provinces on health related issues and malaria is a risky, not to mention dangerous, job. However, we insisted on doing it and the staffs were kind enough to let us tag along whenever they had to go into the field. Khun Suchart told us that his organization has one other mission which is to protect the rights of migrant workers abused by their employers; this, to me, was another challenge.
Our first meeting with the coordinator allowed us to learn about the organization and what it does. Although it is not yet clear to us, but having the opportunity to have hands-on experience and to actually be in the situation has given us a better understanding of it all and that we will continue to learn about this.
We arrived at Hat Yai International airport very early to avoid the traffic. We didn't worry about our trip from Hat Yai to Bangkok as we are used to flying. Also, it was not difficult to find our way to the hotel either because I used to go to that area often. As soon as we checked-in, we found out that other Saphan Siang Youth Ambassadors were already there. Were we the last ones to arrive?
I was very excited and happy to meet the 20 Saphan Siang Youth Ambassadors, the Saphan Siang coordinators, as well as the supporting organizations for the first time, not to mention excited to set foot in the UN. I believe the 20 Saphan Siang Youth Ambassadors also felt the same. This could be fate; it was our goals and aspirations that brought us here together to do volunteer work. Throughout the 2 days of orientation, we exchanged ideas and opinions; asked questions; and learned about migrant workers, the Saphan Siang Youth Ambassador program, the Youth Ambassador's roles and responsibilities, as well as what we will be doing. I'm sure there will be many stories to tell from the work I'll be doing as a part of this program.
เมื่อรู้ว่ามีเพื่อนอีกคนร่วมทำงานกับเราด้วยจึงนัดหมายการเดินทางโดยเราทั้งสองจะเดินทางไปพร้อมกันด้วยรถจักรยายนต์ส่วนตัว ในวันที่ 27 มกราคม ช่วงบ่ายๆพวกเราออกตามหาบ้านสุขสันต์ โดยอาศัยพิกัดการนำทางของ GPS ในโทรศัพท์ และแน่นอนที่สุด GPS ก็พาเราทั้งสองหลงสงขลาอยู่นาน จนในที่สุดพวกเราก็ได้พบกับพี่สุชาติที่บ้านสุขสันต์ค่ะ พี่ๆที่บ้านสุขสันต์ให้การต้อนรับและเป็นกันเองมากๆ ทำให้พวกเราไม่ค่อยกังวลในการร่วมงาน พวกเราคุยกับพี่สุชาติถึงที่มาขององค์กรรวมถึงรายละเอียดและงานที่เราต้องทำร่วมกับองค์กรด้วย มีงานออฟฟิศ งานในโรงพยาบาล งานในป่า ซึ่งงานในป่าทำเอาตื่นเต้นมากค่ะ อยากทำมาก!


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Bitesize Wonders
The Art Of Saying NO And The POWER Behind It
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Byrachylewis May 22, 2019 July 2, 2022
Being a people pleaser is a different form of enslavement. There may not be a string attached, a physical push or a flogging as a result of the opposite reaction, but there is a certain unexplainable feeling that comes with never objecting to anything.
I feel it in my gut when I turn my head the other way or spit out a yes due to my spontaneous reflex. It hurts. It physically hurts.
I'm a people pleaser and it's my worst habit. It's the kind I am certain will be detrimental to my health, it is the kind they all warn about and come up with remedies and solutions for, it's the kind I try to kick but I just keep falling into. It's the worst kind of bad habit; you see a bright side still, although you know you shouldn't.
It's quite hard for me to go back and trace the exact moment I began saying yes to almost everything and everyone.
I smile a lot. By a lot, I mean, a freaking lot, and that's the thing people compliment me the most on; my big bright smile that made their day. I love that, as I feel like we live in a society that has become so used to the 'resting bitch face' everyone seems to have mastered. Heck, even I have mastered it to for certain situations especially now that I live in the big city.
In high school, everyone knew me as the girl who really couldn't keep a straight face to save her life. It was a known fact that when Rachy started to laugh, there was no undoing it and only a miracle or a slap on the back of her head could stop her. There was that one time my friend and I were asked to kindly 'take a walk' in the corridors. That was my professor's polite-frustrated way of stating that we were being a freaking pain in her class. It was a cute phase in my memory, but it was also a painful quality when I really just had to be serious for a moment.
Maybe it began then; when I was completely child-like and naïve. Then I had no worry in the world and doing things for others made me feel good. I felt useful, productive; like I could be counted on. I wouldn't hesitate to lend that same girl €1 almost every day, even though I knew for certain she wasn't struggling financially. It was the one time I was certain she 'needed' me and this way I was being 'kind'. Kind or foolish? Maybe, kind of foolish.
I never complained back then probably because I genuinely wasn't upset at all, due to my gullible nature, but also because I usually had what she needed and was honestly happy to help. Truth is, I probably wouldn't have regardless.
The €1 attitude still creeps up now, so many years later. I nod, smile and then let my real feelings beam only when I'm on my own.
Yes to that. Yes to this. Yes to that. Yes again. It's only three letters, but it's three letters that can bring up feelings that could fill up four pages of confessions.
The moment that really woke me up to realise what I'd been doing to myself (although I was already very aware), happened a couple of weeks ago when a friend of mine told me something I would have rather not known. My €1 persona immediately came to life like it was there all along. I began my pretence routine quite instantly. I acted like I already knew, and I smiled very widely I think it was way too much it was impossible to hide how fake it was. It was obvious, and he could tell because he asked if I was okay and I nodded. It was when he asked if I was sure that I said it: "Yes". There, I said it… I said it again. Safe to say, that was a lie.
I exhausted all the strength in my body just to say that out loud, just to tell that lie.
If I were watching me in a movie in a lot of the situations I find myself, I would totally hate that girl. The type of girl that while she doesn't necessarily let people step on her, she does it in their place with the excuse that it might hurt a little less.
I would scream at the screen hoping that that will change something. I would sit there, annoyed, hoping the next scene will be the one where she musters up the courage and lets her alter ego out to play. I would hope for the post-makeover scene when all of a sudden the lead character finds her own voice and finally transforms from a caterpillar into a butterfly.
"Why can't you just say what you're thinking?" "Why can't you give your voice to your innermost feelings?" "Why hide?"
I guess this is the reason I always fall head over heels for the outspoken bossy female characters who really don't take crap from anyone. I guess it's probably because they have the guts to do and say the things that I often don't in the name of being nice.
Does being nice have to hurt? Does it have to make you feel hopeless and used? Does it have to have the power to take away your smile in the long run?
I've come to the conclusion that the answer is NO. Absolutely not! Why exchange kindness for weakness? Why give your power up just to please someone who would not do the same for you? That's not being kind, that's being used. The only difference is you are the one using you for someone else's gain.
In no way I'm I saying I'll be saying no to everything, but I'll definitely change my default answer from YES to PAUSE. As much as it might hurt and as much as I might bleed, I'll bite my tongue really hard and consider the odds at stake before acting like my usual self. Is it something I really want? What will happen to me after I walk away from the situation, will I still smile in the same way?
I already started to practice it by following the tune of my real emotions and allowing myself to accept that I don't always want to nod, smile, agree and accept. Sometimes I want to say no instantly and disagree and argue and that's absolutely fine too. Saying NO has felt good or may I say better.
The first time I made an effort to say NO instead of yes actually took more out of me than I thought it would. The yes was right there at the edge of my lips, all I had to do was say it, but I didn't. I didn't, and I felt oddly proud of myself.
It's not about becoming mean or difficult. It's about holding people accountable for their expectations of you and it is also about holding yourself accountable for your actions and how they will affect you sooner or later.
I'm done being my literal own enemy, I'm done being a €1 person. Are you?
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The OnePlus 5T is receiving an OTA update that fixes Bluetooth issues caused by its previous update. The last update came in October, and was soon chucked, because it had led to Bluetooth problems that made connectivity difficult and undependable. That update came with the build number OxygenOS 5.1.6, and the new version is called OxygenOS 5.1.7. Apart from the Bluetooth fix, the new update adds October security patch, and support for Google's Project Treble, which helps in timely updates.


MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has severely scaled back her predecessor's tuition hikes but that's not enough for some students, 45 of whom were arrested during another rally in Montreal.
It's the third demonstration in three weeks against Marios's proposal to couple tuition increases with inflation rates.
Several-dozen people gathered at a downtown park at 8 p.m. Tuesday and police immediately declared the march illegal because organizers had refused to provide a route.
Police also warned protesters that they wouldn't be allowed to march on streets clogged by a heavy snowfall.
Demonstrators disobeyed the order and were surrounded and arrested. Several participants were charged with assault after they allegedly fired snowballs at officers.
Months of student protests last year morphed into large-scale social unrest that led to bridge and building blockades and several riots.
The crisis ultimately resulted in Premier Jean Charest and his Liberals being booted from office in September.


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Flex Review: Why I Love the Newest Period Alternative
Flex Menstrual Disc Review: Why I Love the Newest Period Alternate
May 27, 2018 Steph Osmanski 0
Tampons are officially a thing of the past! Flex is the new alternative for managing menstruation and it's overflowing with more advantages than ever.
So what exactly is Flex? It's not a pad and it's not a tampon. It's a flexible, leak-free disc that kinda, sorta works the way a menstrual cup does but with a list of pros (like you can swim with it and have sex with it and it even alleviates cramps) unseen by other period management options, the Flex menstrual disc is in a league of its own.
I knew I wanted to start branching out when it came to managing my period flow because I'd heard a lot of rumors about the pad and tampon industry. After researching and reading the book Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equality by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, finding an alternative became a top priority. Mainstream pads and tampons — and the chemicals that go into them — aren't strictly regulated in the US. This was shocking to me. So in the interest of knowing exactly what was going into (and around) my body, I began a search for better, healthier options.
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My primary mode of period management is still pads — though I've made the switch to paraben-, chlorine-, pesticide-, fragrance-, and dye-free pads. But I've come to really love the Flex menstrual discs as another alternative. Here's why.
Flex offers a ton of options for people who menstruate. Like a tampon, you can wear it while submerged in water and not have to worry about leaking or, you know, if you're in the ocean, attracting a shark. (I kid, I kid.) However, unlike a tampon, it's not uncomfortable. For me, personally, I can't get past the feeling of a tampon just sitting inside of me awkwardly. But with Flex, I don't feel it at all.
Like a menstrual cup, you insert Flex by pinching the sides together to make it as small as possible (but it's way smaller than a menstrual cup). You insert it into the vagina, steering it down toward the cervix, then push the top edge up to rest it against your pubic bone. Because of where it sits inside the body, it's virtually impossible to feel Flex inside of you. This also makes Flex a great option for period sex. It's leak-free, which means mess-free when you're getting it on with your partner. And who doesn't want to have mess-free period sex? It's a win-win.
You can wear Flex for up to 12 hours. I've personally never had a leak using Flex. There's never been an underwear stain or a bleed-through-my-jeans scenario. I've done the deed with Flex and the sheets fared just fine.
The jury is still out on whether or not this menstrual disc is a healthier option re: chemicals and parabens and all the fun stuff that started my period management journey in the first place. TBD.
Another thing to consider: Flex is not as environmentally friendly as its menstrual cup counterparts. When you're finished with Flex, you simply throw it out. Menstrual cups have a longer shelf-life since you can rinse and reuse, making them inherently better for the environment. Some menstrual cups boast about lasting 10 years if given the proper care. You won't get more than one 12-hour usage out of each Flex disc but when compared with pads — the recommended change-time of which is every three to four hours — Flex has much more environmental efficacy, proving it to be the better option.
If you're looking for a new period management option, I would definitely recommend Flex. It requires a bit of patience when you're first getting started and a certain level of getting comfortable with your body. (There's no string here, ladies. You're going all the way in to make sure that disc gets placed properly. And taken out.) But in the long run, at least for me, those are minor details on a journey of finding the best period management option for me. If having sex and swimming on your period are for you, if no leakage is for you, and if no cramping is for you, then Flex might just be for you.
Steph Osmanski
Steph Osmanski is a freelance writer and social media consultant who specializes in health and wellness content. Her words have appeared in Seventeen, Life & Style, Darling Magazine, and more. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Stony Brook Southampton and writing a memoir.
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This previously unpublished letter is taken from 1952 correspondence with Joe Haas, a serviceman in the Korean War. Used by permission of Seven Stories Press, courtesy of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ohio State University Libraries.
I'd judge that I rewrote "Golden Arm" a dozen times in some places, and more in most others. I suppose there were, for some sections, forty rewritings that still aren't right. If Mr. Doubleday hadn't come and wrenched the thing away from me by brute strength I'd still be up there on Wabansia Avenue, rewriting away. Unless, by this time, they would have come and wrenched me away, shrieking Don't Let Them Take My Baby's Daddy Away.
No, it didn't pour[.] It comes in lumps, and each lump has to be smoothed and grained down and then, when it's just so shining and smooth you read it over aloud to [yourself] and love the sound of every perfect word, you find you can't use it, it doesn't tie in, it's fine in itself but it diverts the whole story. So you gulp and put it away assuring yourself you'll make a use of it another day and sometimes you do, if you remember what drawer you put it away in. Sometimes it's like a squirrel looking for the acorns he hid the fall before last–he knows it's somewhere in the neighborhood, and digs up the whole plot and when he finds it, it's gone to seed in those two years.
It's a hardy trade, Joe, with a boot as quick as a fiver.
But there were never days when I felt I wouldn't complete it. I knew that, unless the army got me again or a Buick bumped me, I'd get a story put together, because I had the parts to put together. My self-doubts weren't concerned with whether it would be completed, but only whether it would say anything, and say it well, as nobody else could ever have said it, when it was done. All those things came true, to a limited degree, so I feel it was a lucky book, and a lucky time now past, and I was lucky to write it.
No, I wasn't wild with delight in the writing–but certainly not unhappy. I had more kicks, aside from writing in that time, than ever before, and was moderately happy, and still am. I don't think you have to suffer as savagely as you suspect. Just so long as you don't get complacent, and self-satisfied, you're alright. Actually, I don't think I gave any particular thought, at the time, as to whether I was happy or not, and still don't. Don't have the time to find out. Or, rather, not particularly interested, one way or another. So I guess if I had been, or were now, I'd know it.
I never recall having an anger that brought words to flow like tears. First place, words never flowed for me, out of any emotion, and I never believe I ever got that mad. In a sense, I suspect, I'm mad all the time. But it isn't up where it interferes with my life. Nobody could get that mad about anything so long as he has a remnant of a sense of humor. Because I understood, a long time ago, so long ago I can't remember where or how I first found it out, that it's all a crazy sort of joke on us all; that there isn't any true meaning to anything that won't be untrue in half an hour, and if you can live through it you're doing fine. If you can live through it, and have a few of the good things on the way–music, a girl, a sense of work that you like, then you're as lucky as possible. I think that, once you get rid of the notion that the world is going to hell unless you keep it from going there personally, you're better off. It frees you to do and say what you think, to talk back and not fall for the hundred myths with which we're deluged every day, and not to expect too much. After all, it's only your life.
The dramatization, for which you generously gave thought to backdrops, is off. We hadn't even reached the script stage when you started buying props. My collaborator couldn't do it. He's the third one who's had to give up….


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Have You Met Miss Jones? launches the 'Cabaret at The Jack' live music evenings, beginning on 14th August 2011…
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Adam Carroll-Smith (Pitch Publishing Ltd.) - Six Stickers
Six Stickers
Adam Carroll-Smith
Pitch Publishing Ltd.
Something different this time. This book was published last October (2013), but I've only just come across it. I haven't read it yet, still waiting for my copy to arrive, but here's a review that will give you some idea what it's about. I'm sure it will be a familiar story to many sticker collectors around the world.
Review by Mark Lomas (ESPN FC)
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/fc-reviews/83/post/1930447/fc-reviews-six-stickers
The 2014 World Cup has been a salmagundi of unpredictability, with late goals aplenty and Costa Rica. In among the surprises, however, have been some constants from tournaments past. From that familiar feeling of disenchantment that grips supporters of England every four years, to the cries of "got, got, need" that accompany quests to complete the official World Cup sticker album.
Collecting and collating stickers is a football tradition, nay institution, that transcends generations. For one 29-year-old Portsmouth fan, however, it became somewhat of an obsession. Like many of the best stories -- think "Are You Dave Gorman?" and "Round Ireland With A Fridge" -- Adam Carroll-Smith's "Six Stickers" is based on the premise of a quest that seems pointless to pretty much everyone in the world aside from the author.
The tale begins when Carroll-Smith discovers to his horror that the 1996 Premier League sticker album he had always proudly proclaimed to be complete is actually bereft of six little faces. The names Stuart Ripley, Philippe Albert, Gary Penrice, Scott Minto, Lars Bohinen and Keith Curle wouldn't have struck terror into too many players and fans in their footballing heyday -- but their absence from Carroll-Smith's book keeps him up at night, and then some.
What follows is a journey full of high-jinx, ferry crossings and lexical banter as Carroll-Smith sets off to track down the six missing men. The book chronicles his mission but throughout the 254 pages, Carroll-Smith also does some pertinent philosophising about football -- notably about how football, and his relationship with the game, has changed since he first began consuming it as a child.
It is a book that will certainly resonate with any fans who watched football during the mid-90s, particularly if you were, like author, at the sort of age best described as one's football-supporting pomp. Mentions of players such as Peter Atherton and John Beresford are sure to bring pangs of nostalgia, while Caroll-Smith's informal, diaristic tone is a welcoming one; his ever-changing emotions and evolving misadventures akin to a football-loving Adrian Mole.
Ultimately, Six Stickers is a witty exploration of the romance surrounding the beautiful game and an eminently readable offering that is a must for anyone who has vociferously cursed at pulling out their third Blackburn Rovers shiny in as many packs.
Liverpool F.C. / Crown Paints - Liverpool F.C. - Champions of Europe
Liverpool F.C. - Champions of Europe
Liverpool F.C. / Crown Paints
Cards issued to celebrate Liverpools success in winning the European Cup in 1983-84 season. I only know of three cards but there must be plenty more.
Sammy Lee
Phil Neal
Labels: Crown Paints, Liverpool F.C.
New England Revolution - New England Revolution Game Cards (2014)
New England Revolution Game Cards
17 cards (perhaps)
One card is issued at each home game, but I only know about the Andrew Farrell card so far.
Game 1 - March 22 - Vancouver
Game 2 - April 12 - Houston
Game 3 - April 26 - Sporting KC
Game 4 - May 11 - Seattle
Game 5 - May 24 - D.C. United
Game 6 - June 8 - New York
Game 7 - June 28 - Philadelphia
Game 8 - July 12 - Chicago
Game 9 - July 26 - Columbus. Andrew Farrell
Game 10 - July 30 - Colorado
Game 11 - August 16 - Portland
Game 12 - September 3 - Sporting KC
Game 13 - September 7 - Chicago
Game 14 - September 13 - Montreal Impact
Game 15 - August 23 - Chivas USA
Game 16 - October 4 - Columbus
Game 17 - October 25 - Toronto FC
Labels: New England Revolution, USA
TriStar - Signa Cuts Football ~ Draft Choice (2014)
Signa Cuts Football ~ Draft Choice
? cards (1 Football)
Only one football card in this collection - you've guessed it - Pele again. This card was listed on eBay at a Buy It Now price of $13,500 but failed to sell.
Fantastic Finds (Quad Autograph)
2 card subset
Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Pele
Labels: Pele, TriStar
Unknown issuer (Serbia) - The Best Footballers of Europe
The Best Footballers of Europe
I don't know much about these, Mark Avenell sent me these two cards.
11. Gareth Bale (Wales)
13. Adam Matthews (Wales)
Labels: Serbia, Unknown issuer
Leaf Trading Cards - 2014 Pop Century
2014 Pop Century
7 subset (1 Football)
This collection of cards was released on 30 July, 2014. There's only one football-related card in the collection - Pele. I have the complete checklist so if anyone wants it just drop me an e-mail. I've included the sell-sheet so that you can see what the collection is all about. 4 cards per pack, 1 pack per box, 12 boxes per case (48 cards, but they are all on-card autographs). Boxes are selling for around $103 and cases are selling around $1,100.
If I come across other parallel versions of the Pele card, I'll add them here and include a notice on the front of the blog letting everyone know that this post has been updated.
Pop Century - Live Signatures
PARALLEL: Silver #/25 or less
PARALLEL: Blue #/10 or less
PARALLEL: Black #/7
PARALLEL: Red #/5
PARALLEL: Gold 1/1
LA-P1 Pele
Labels: Leaf Trading Cards, Pele
Panini - F.I.F.A. World Cup Brasil 2014 Prizm (37) ~ 35th National Sports Collectors Convention ~ Blue Prizm
F.I.F.A. World Cup Brasil 2014 Prizm ~ 35th National Sports Collectors Convention ~ Blue Prizm
201 cards (Base set)
These cards are only available as part of a wrapper-redmption programme at the 35th National Sports Collectors Convention taking place this week (30 July - 3 August, 2014) at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This is how it works:
To participate at the show, collectors must purchase selected Panini America sports card products from approved dealers on the National show floor, bring that unopened product to the Panini America booth and open it in front of a Panini America representative. In exchange for their empty wrappers, collectors will receive the appropriate number of wrapper-redemption packs.
PARALLEL CARDS: Blue Prizm /55
1. Rais M'Bolhi (Algeria)
2. Madjid Bougherra (Algeria)
3. Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)
4. Sergio Romero (Argentina)
5. Ezequiel Garay (Argentina)
6. Hugo Campagnaro (Argentina)
7. Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
8. Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
9. Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
10. Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina)
11. Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
12. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
13. Sergio Aguero (Argentina)
14. Mathew Ryan (Australia)
15. Lucas Neill (Australia)
16. Luke Wilkshire (Australia)
17. Tim Cahill (Australia)
18. Thibaut Courtois (Belgique/Belgie)
19. Vincent Kompany (Belgique/Belgie)
20. Axel Witsel (Belgique/Belgie)
21. Eden Hazard (Belgique/Belgie)
22. Marouane Fellaini (Belgique/Belgie)
23. Asmir Begovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
24. Emir Spahic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
25. Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
26. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
27. Jasper Cillessen (Nederland)
28. Bruno Martins Indi (Nederland)
29. Arjen Robben (Nederland)
30. Kevin Strootman (Nederland)
31. Nigel de Jong (Nederland)
32. Rafael van der Vaart (Nederland)
33. Wesley Sneijder (Nederland)
34. Dirk Kuyt (Nederland)
35. Robin van Persie (Nederland)
36. Charles Itandje (Cameroon)
37. Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon)
38. Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
39. Jean Makoun (Cameroon)
40. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
41. Claudio Bravo (Chile)
42. Mauricio Isla (Chile)
43. Arturo Vidal (Chile)
44. David Pizarro (Chile)
45. Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
46. Eduardo Vargas (Chile)
47. David Ospina (Colombia)
48. Cristian Zapata (Colombia)
49. Camilo Zuniga (Colombia)
50. Mario Yepes (Colombia)
51. Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)
52. Fredy Guarin (Colombia)
53. Radamel Falcao (Colombia)
54. Jackson Martinez (Colombia)
55. Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)
56. Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica)
57. Boubacar Barry (Cote d'Ivoire)
58. Didier Zokora (Cote d'Ivoire)
59. Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire)
60. Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire)
61. Salomon Kalou (Cote d'Ivoire)
62. Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire)
63. Alexander Dominguez (Ecuador)
64. Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
65. Walter Ayovi (Ecuador)
66. Tim Howard (United States)
67. Jermaine Jones (United States)
68. Michael Bradley (United States)
69. Clint Dempsey (United States)
70. Landon Donovan (United States)
71. Jozy Altidore (United States)
72. Jung Sung-Ryong (Korea Republic)
73. Lee Chung-Yong (Korea Republic)
74. Park Chu-Young (Korea Republic)
75. Hugo Lloris (France)
76. Eric Abidal (France)
77. Patrice Evra (France)
78. Raphael Varane (France)
79. Paul Pogba (France)
80. Blaise Matuidi (France)
81. Franck Ribery (France)
82. Karim Benzema (France)
83. Manuel Neuer (Deutschland)
84. Mats Hummels (Deutschland)
85. Per Mertesacker (Deutschland)
86. Philipp Lahm (Deutschland)
87. Sami Khedira (Deutschland)
88. Mesut Ozil (Deutschland)
89. Mario Gotze (Deutschland)
90. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Deutschland)
91. Marco Reus (Deutschland)
92. Lukas Podolski (Deutschland)
93. Thomas Muller (Deutschland)
94. Fatau Dauda (Ghana)
95. Michael Essien (Ghana)
96. Sulley Muntari (Ghana)
97. Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana)
98. Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
99. Orestis Karnezis (Hellas)
100. Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Hellas)
101. Giorgos Karagounis (Hellas)
102. Kostas Mitroglou (Hellas)
103. Giorgos Samaras (Hellas)
104. Julio Cesar (Brasil)
105. Dani Alves (Brasil)
106. David Luiz (Brasil)
107. Marcelo (Brasil)
108. Thiago Silva (Brasil)
109. Oscar (Brasil)
110. Paulinho (Brasil)
111. Hulk (Brasil)
112. Neymar Jr. (Brasil)
113. Noel Valladares (Honduras)
114. Maynor Figueroa (Honduras)
115. Carlo Costly (Honduras)
116. Stipe Pletikosa (Hrvatska)
117. Darijo Srna (Hrvatska)
118. Luka Modric (Hrvatska)
119. Eduardo (Hrvatska)
120. Mario Mandzukic (Hrvatska)
121. Rahman Ahmadi (Iran)
122. Javad Nekounam (Iran)
123. Gianluigi Buffon (Italia)
124. Leonardo Bonucci (Italia)
125. Giorgio Chiellini (Italia)
126. Thiago Motta (Italia)
127. Daniele De Rossi (Italia)
128. Andrea Pirlo (Italia)
129. Riccardo Montolivo (Italia)
130. Claudio Marchisio (Italia)
131. Giuseppe Rossi (Italia)
132. Mario Balotelli (Italia)
133. Pablo Osvaldo (Italia)
134. Joe Hart (England)
135. Ashley Cole (England)
136. Frank Lampard (England)
137. Jack Wilshere (England)
138. Michael Carrick (England)
139. Steven Gerrard (England)
140. Daniel Sturridge (England)
141. Danny Welbeck (England)
142. Wayne Rooney (England)
143. Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)
144. Miguel Layun (Mexico)
145. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)
146. Andres Guardado (Mexico)
147. Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
148. Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
149. Oribe Peralta (Mexico)
150. Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
151. Victor Moses (Nigeria)
152. John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
153. Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria)
154. Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
155. Rui Patricio (Portugal)
156. Pepe (Portugal)
157. Fabio Coentrao (Portugal)
158. João Moutinho (Portugal)
159. Nani (Portugal)
160. Helder Postiga (Portugal)
161. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
162. Igor Akinfeev (Rossija)
163. Dmitri Kombarov (Rossija)
164. Sergei Ignashevich (Rossija)
165. Roman Shirokov (Rossija)
166. Igor Denisov (Rossija)
167. Alan Dzagoev (Rossija)
168. Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Rossija)
169. Aleksandr Kokorin (Rossija)
170. Iker Casillas (Espana)
171. Gerard Pique (Espana)
172. Sergio Ramos (Espana)
173. Xabi Alonso (Espana)
174. Sergio Busquets (Espana)
175. David Silva (Espana)
176. Cesc Fabregas (Espana)
177. Andres Iniesta (Espana)
178. David Villa (Espana)
179. Pedro Rodriguez (Espana)
180. Xavi Hernandez (Espana)
181. Diego Benaglio (Switzerland)
182. Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland)
183. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland)
184. Gökhan Inler (Switzerland)
185. Tranquillo Barnetta (Switzerland)
186. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
187. Valon Behrami (Switzerland)
188. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland)
189. Fernando Muslera (Uruguay)
190. Martin Caceres (Uruguay)
191. Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
193. Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
194. Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
195. Atsuto Uchida (Japan)
196. Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)
197. Maya Yoshida (Japan)
198. Yasuyuki Konno (Japan)
199. Yasuhito Endo (Japan)
200. Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
201. Yoichiro Kakitani (Japan)
Labels: Panini, Panini Prizm, World Cup 2014
Unknown issuer (Venezuela) - Tarjetas De Coleccion FIFA World Cup Brasil
Tarjetas De Coleccion FIFA World Cup Brasil
200 cards + 20
Another collection of World Cup cards... 18 teams represented here, I'm not sure if any of the others are in this set. There's a maximum of 15 cards for some of the 'better' teams, like Brazil, France and Uruguay, while other countries only have two or three cards, and I've no idea how many cards are in the set, so I don't know how close we are to a complete checklist. The player cards are numbered on the back, but I've only got the number for one card so far. The backs of the player cards includes the teams qualifying table, plus details of their World Cup group fixtures. The design on the back of the shield cards utilises a set of posters created by Cristiano Siqueira that were featured on this blog a little while ago. You can see all of them here - ESPN / Cristiano Siqueira- World Cup Brasil 2014
Shield - Neymar (Brazil)
Fred (Brazil)
Luiz Gustavo (Brazil)
David Luiz (Brazil)
Maicon (Brazil)
Marcelo (Brazil)
Maxwell (Brazil)
Oscar (Brazil)
Thiago Silva (Brazil)
Willian (Brazil)
Shield - Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard (USA)
Clint Dempsey (USA)
Landon Donovan (USA)
Shield - James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Abel Aguilar (Colombia) - with Arturo Vidal (Chile)
Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)
Fredy Guarin (Colombia)
Teofilo Gutierrez (Colombia)
Jackson Martinez (Colombia)
David Ospina (Colombia)
Luis Amaranto Perea (Colombia)
James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Mario Yepes (Colombia)
Cristian Zapata (Colombia)
Camilo Zuñiga (Colombia)
Shield - Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
Jean Beausejour (Chile)
Claudio Bravo (Chile)
Carlos Carmona (Chile)
Marcelo Diaz (Chile)
Mauricio Isla (Chile)
Gonzalo Jara (Chile)
079. Gary Medel (Chile)
Mauricio Pinilla (Chile)
Jorge Valdivia (Chile)
Eduardo Vargas (Chile)
Arturo Vidal (Chile)
Shield (Greece)
Kostas Mitroglou (Greece)
Giorgos Samaras (Greece)
Shield - Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
Shield - Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
Jaime Ayovi (Ecuador)
Walter Ayovi (Ecuador)
Maximo Banguera (Ecuador)
Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador)
Carlos Gruezo (Ecuador)
Renato Ibarra (Ecuador)
Edison Mendez (Ecuador)
Jefferson Montero (Ecuador)
Cristian Novoa (Ecuador)
Juan Carlos Paredes (Ecuador)
Luis Saritama (Ecuador)
Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
Shield - Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
Boubacar Barry (Ivory Coast)
Gervinho (Ivory Coast)
Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast)
Cheick Tiote (Ivory Coast)
Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
Shield - Edin Dzeko (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Edin Dzeko (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Shield - Luka Modric, Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
Shield - Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Martin Caceres (Uruguay)
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Jorge Fucile (Uruguay)
Walter Gargano (Uruguay)
Diego Godin (Uruguay)
Alvaro Gonzalez (Uruguay)
Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
Fernando Muslera (Uruguay)
Alvaro Pereira (Uruguay)
Maximiliano Pereira (Uruguay) - with Diego Perez and Luis Suarez
Diego Perez (Uruguay)
Cristian Rodriguez (Uruguay)
Shield - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
Marco Fabian (Mexico)
Andres Guardado (Mexico)
Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)
Oribe Peralta (Mexico)
Shield - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
William Carvalho (Portugal)
Fabio Coentrao (Portugal)
Ricardo Costa (Portugal)
Raul Meireles (Portugal)
Joao Moutinho (Portugal)
Nani (Portugal)
Rui Patricio (Portugal) - with Sergio Ramos (Spain)
Joao Pereira (Portugal)
Helder Postiga (Portugal)
Miguel Veloso (Portugal)
Shield - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
Ignacio Abate (Italy)
Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)
Antonio Cassano (Italy)
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy)
Lorenzo Insigne (Italy)
Cladio Marchisio (Italy)
Riccardo Montolivo (Italy)
Thiago Motta (Italy)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
Giuseppe Rossi (Italy)
Marco Verratti (Italy)
Shield - Wayne Rooney (England)
Gary Cahill (England)
Phil Jagielka (England)
Glen Johnson (England)
Phil Jones (England)
Adam Lallana (England)
James Milner (England)
Chris Smalling (England)
Raheem Sterling (England)
Daniel Sturridge (England)
Shield - Robin van Persie (Netherlands)
Jonathan de Guzman (Netherlands)
Nigel de Jong (Netherlands)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands)
Daryl Janmaat (Netherlands)
Tim Krul (Netherlands)
Dirk Kuyt (Netherlands)
Rafael van der Vaart (Netherlands)
Joel Veltman (Netherlands)
Georginio Wunaldum (Netherlands)
Shield - Karem Benzema, Franck Ribery (France)
Karem Benzema (France)
Lucas Digne (France)
Patrice Evra (France)
Olivier Giroud (France)
Antpoine Griezmann (France)
Hugo Lloris (France)
Eliaquim Mangala (France)
Paul Pogba (France)
Bacary Sagna (France)
Mamadou Sakho (France)
Moussa Sissoko (France)
Mathieu Valbuena (France)
Rafael Varane (France)
Shield - Mesut Ozil (Germany)
Sven Bender (Germany)
Julian Draxler (Germany)
Benedikt Howedes (Germany)
Mats Hummels (Germany) - with Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira (Germany)
Labels: Unknown issuer, Venezuela
Match! Summer Special 2014 - Football stickers
Football stickers
Match! Summer Special 2014
A glittering sheet of 9 stickers given free with Match Summer Special 2014, currently available at newsagents.
Sturridge
Labels: Match magazine
Topps - 2014 MLS (11)
2014 Topps MLS
190 base cards +
Beware of people selling the special pack that includes all 10 of the Mexican national Team cards. The packaging states that a special bonus relic card is included, but this is not the case. All you get is the 10 cards as listed below.
Mexican National Team set
MX-1. Francisco Rodriguez (Mexico)
MX-2. Jose de Jesus Corona (Mexico)
MX-3. Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
MX-4. Andres Guardado (Mexico)
MX-5. Hector Moreno (Mexico)
MX-6. Jesus Zavala (Mexico)
MX-7. Carlos Salcido (Mexico)
MX-8. Javier Aquino (Mexico)
MX-9. Giovani dos Santos (Mexico)
MX-10. Oribe Peralta (Mexico)
Panini France - Adrenalyn XL 2014-2015
Adrenalyn XL 2014-2015
The new Adrenalyn XL collection for Ligue 1 in France is due out soon.
Labels: Adrenalyn XL, Panini
Dynamo Dresden - Dynamo Dresden Autogrammkarten (2013-14)
Dynamo Dresden Autogrammkarten
Adam Susac
Adnan Mravac
Alban Sabah
David Bergner
Romain Bregerie
Christian Canestrini
Zlatko Dedic
Cristian Fiel
Florian Fromlowitz
Vincenzo Grifo
Marko Hartmann
Maik Hebenstreit
Olaf Janßen
Tobias Kempe
Benjamin Kirsten
Thomas Köhler
Tobias Lange
Toni Leistner
Anthony Losilla
Cheikh Matar
Christoph Menz
Steffen Menze
Paul Milde
Ralf Minge
Tobias Müller
Peter Nemeth
Mickael Pote
Arndt Pröhl
Idir Quali
Markus Scholz
Thorsten Schulz
Sebastian Schuppan
Marvin Stefaniak
Filip Trojan
Labels: Autogrammkarten, Germany
Futera - Futera Unique 2014 (6) - Case Cards (3)
Futera Unique 2014 - Case Cards
Futera haven't listed these cards yet, so I've started to compile a checklist... Another three added to the list. Can anyone identify any more?
009. Jordi Alba (Spain) &
014. Ashley Cole (England) - Silver Chrome Front
029. Atsuto Uchida (Japan) &
002. Iker Casillas (Spain)
030. Gregory van der Wiel (Netherlands) &
003. Petr Cech (Czech Republic)
071. Radamel Falcao (Colombia) &
076. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) - Thanks to Zlatan (FCF)
083. Neymar (Brazil) &
099. Ravel Morrison (England) &
067. Karem Benzema (France)
103. Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) &
108. Thierry Henry (France)
037. Christian Eriksen (Denmark) &
044. Andres Iniesta (Spain) &
049. Luka Modric (Croatia)
061. Ki Sung-Yueng (South Korea) &
093. Gabriel Iancu (Romania)
076. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
075. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) &
080. Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)
Labels: Futera
Unknown issuer (Argentina) - Brasil 2014 FIFA World Cup
Brasil 2014 FIFA World Cup
I don't know much about this collection. Issued in Argentina, possibly printed in China. A maximum of 17 cards per team (I think), up to 15 ordinary cards and 1 or 2 'Star' cards. It would be great to hear from other collectors who may have more information. The logo cards are especially nice, with the logos sitting on a gold background.
On a personal level I'll be looking for the Gary Medel card (presuming there is one) and the Kim Bo-Kyung card.
UPDATE: Following the publication of this list, I've had an e-mail from Jasper van Hoof - you'll find the photos he sent here - Unknown issuer (Argentina) - Brasil 2014 FIFA World Cup (2). The back of the packet states that it is a collection of 300 cards, so I've added numbers to the list for reference purposes, so that it's easier to work out how many more cards need to be identified.
UPDATE: I inadvertently listed the Colombia cards as Costa Rica. Thanks to Lee West for letting me know my mistake.
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Argentina)
Gold Logo (Argentina)
Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina)
Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) - Star
Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina)
Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
Sergio Agüero (Argentina)
Walter Montillo (Argentina)
Eugene Galekovic (Australia)
Gold Logo (Australia)
Jade North (Australia)
Joshua Kennedy (Australia)
Lucas Neill (Australia)
Luke Wilkshire (Australia)
Mark Miligan (Australia)
Michael Thwaite (Australia)
Ryan McGowan (Australia)
Sasa Ognenovski (Australia)
Tomas Rogic (Australia)
Eden Hazard (Belgium)
Gold Logo (Belgium)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium)
Moussa Dembele (Belgium)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium)
Toby Alderweireld (Belgium)
Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
Daniel Alves (Brazil)
Gold Logo (Brazil)
Jô (Brazil)
Neymar Jr (Brazil)
Oscar Dos Santos (Brazil)
Paulinho (Brazil)
Carlos Sanchez (Colombia)
Freddy Guarin (Colombia)
Gold Logo (Colombia)
Macnelly Torres (Colombia)
Pablo Armero (Colombia)
Antonio Valencia (Ecuador) - Star
Gold Logo (Ecuador)
Juan Paredes Reasco (Ecuador)
Máximo Banguera (Ecuador)
Pedro Quiñonez (Ecuador)
Segundo Castillo (Ecuador)
Frank Lampard (England) - Star
Gold Logo (England)
Steven Gerrard (England) - Star
Wayne Rooney (England) - Star
Blaise Matuidi (France)
Christophe Jallet (France)
Franck Ribery (France) - Star
Gael Clichy (France)
Gold Logo (France)
Jeremy Menez (France)
Karim Benzema (France)
Karim Benzema (France) - Star
Raphael Varane (France)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
Gold Logo (Germany)
Ilkay Gündogan (Germany)
Jerome Boateng (Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)
Marcel Schmelzer (Germany)
Marco Reus (Germany)
Mario Gomez (Germany)
Mario Götze (Germany)
Mesut Özil (Germany)
Mesut Özil (Germany) - Star
Philipp Lahm (Germany)
Thomas Müiller (Germany)
Toni Kroos (Germany)
Arjen Robben (Holland)
Gold Logo (Holland)
Gregory van der Wiel (Holland)
Ibrahim Afellay (Holland)
John Heitinga (Holland)
Joris Mathijsen (Holland)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Holland)
Maarten Stekelenburg (Holland)
Nigel de Jong (Holland)
Rafael van der Vaart (Holland)
Wesley Sneijder (Holland)
Alireza Haghighi (Iran)
Andranik Teymourian (Iran)
Ehsan Hajsaf (Iran)
Gold Logo (Iran)
Jalal Hosseini (Iran)
Khosro Heydari (Iran)
Alberto Gilardino (Italy)
Andrea Barzagli (Italy)
Daniele De Rossi (Italy)
Emanuele Giaccherini (Italy)
Gold Logo (Italy)
Sebastian Giovinco (Italy)
Stephan El Sharaawy (Italy)
Abdul Razak (Ivory Coast)
Arouna Kone (Ivory Coast)
Arthur Boka (Ivory Coast)
Cheik Tiote (Ivory Coast)
Gold Logo (Ivory Coast)
Lacina Traore (Ivory Coast)
Max Gradel (Ivory Coast)
Souleymane Bamba (Ivory Coast)
Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast)
Atsuto Uchida (Japan)
Eiji Kawashima (Japan)
Gold Logo (Japan)
Hiroki Sakai (Japan)
Mike Havenaar (Japan)
Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
Yosuhito Endo (Japan)
Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)
Guilermo Ochoa (Mexico) - update - thanks to Jasper van Hoof
Ahmed Musaab (Nigeria)
Azubuike Egwuekwe (Nigeria)
Efe Ambrose (Nigeria)
Gold Logo (Nigeria)
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
Joseph Akpala (Nigeria)
Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria)
Ogenyi Onazi (Nigeria)
Sunday Mba (Nigeria)
Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
Bruno Alves (Portugal)
Eduardo (Portugal)
Fábio Coentrao (Portugal)
Gold Logo (Portugal)
Hugo Almeida (Portugal)
Nani (Portugal) - Star
Chu-Young Park (South Korea)
Dong Won Ji (South Korea)
Gold Logo (South Korea)
Hueng-Min Son (South Korea)
Jang Hyun-Soo (South Korea)
Jung Sung-Ryong (South Korea)
Kim Bo-Kyung (South Korea)
Kim Chang-Soo (South Korea)
Kim Chi-Woo (South Korea)
Kim Shin-Wook (South Korea)
Lee Chung-Yong (South Korea)
Lee Keun-Ho (South Korea)
Park Chu-Young (South Korea)
Son Hueng-Min (South Korea)
Alvaro Arbeloa (Spain)
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
Carles Puyol (Spain)
Fernando Torres (Spain)
Gold Logo (Spain)
Iker Casillas (Spain) - Star
Jordi Alba (Spain)
Pedro (Spain)
Sergio Busquets (Spain)
Xavi Hernandez (Spain)
Xavi Hernandez (Spain) - Star
Gold Logo (Uruguay)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay) - Star
Clarence Goodson (USA)
DaMarcus Beasley (USA)
Edgar Castillo (USA)
Gold Logo (USA)
Hércules Gomez (USA)
Kyle Beckerman (USA)
Landon Donovan (USA) - Star
Michael Orozco (USA)
Michael Parkhurst (USA)
Maracana Stadium (Stadium)
Mineirao Stadium (Stadium)
Pantanal Arena (Stadium)
Estadio Castelão (Stadium) - update - thanks to Jasper van Hoof
Fuleco Gold card (Mascot) - update - thanks to Jasper van Hoof
Labels: Argentina, Unknown issuer, World Cup 2014
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James Kirkup
Vocational students are being treated with contempt – again
5 January 2021, 8:52am
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England's third national lockdown is an avalanche of news, affecting just about every bit of our lives. It's a lot for anyone to grasp, but that's still not an excuse for the fact that, once again, young people studying for technical qualifications such as BTECs have been ignored and let down.
According to the Association of Colleges, around 135,000 students are due to take assessments or sit exams in colleges this week: some exams are due today. And while the Prime Minister in his televised address last night talked about school and the need to cancel summer exams such as GCSEs and A-levels, the Government currently considers that BTEC tests should still go ahead this week.
Not that the kids taking those tests would have learned that from the PM. They had to wait nearly two hours more last night for the Department for Education to announce – via Twitter – that:
'Vocational exams in England will continue as planned in January. Students taking exams should attend as scheduled.'
By the time that desultory tweet was sent, at least one FE college had mistakenly, if understandably, told its students that the PM's announcement meant their exams were actually cancelled.
The manner of that DFE 'announcement' last night says rather a lot about the importance Government assigns to technical qualifications and the people doing them.
The decision to press ahead with vocational exams means that at the same time as judging it unsafe for teachers and school pupils to go to schools this week, the Government expects college staff and students to show up. (To be clear, not all BTEC tests require physical attendance.)
Many of those students are likely to be poorly prepared thanks to recent Covid disruptions. They and their parents might well be worried about the infection risks of attending assessments: some college leaders expect significant numbers of no-shows.
Is going ahead with BTEC exams the least bad option? Was it the outcome of a considered, balanced decision-making process? What are the risks and benefits of going ahead? There are all sorts of important questions here, to which BTEC students and their families deserve answers.
At the very least, this outcome should be explained, loudly and clearly, to the people affected by the people responsible for the decision. Instead, they got a 17-word tweet shortly before 10pm.
Even by the standards of recent days, the handling of this issue is shoddy, and telling. Of course, the Government has a lot to deal with over the pandemic. Of course, not every detail of something as big as a national lockdown can go into the text of the PM's address.
But can you imagine the PM going on TV and not making clear whether imminent school-based exams were still happening? Of course not. Those children and their parents matter to politicians, albeit not quite enough for the PM to take decisions about closing their schools with more notice. Yet even that is more consideration than the Government appears to have shown BTEC students.
Much the same might be said of a lot of media coverage today, where BTEC exams are generally afforded a single bald sentence tacked on to the end of coverage about schools.
Of course, this is hardly novel. I've written here a couple of times about our national bias against vocational education and the people who tend to do it.
But this is a Government that is supposed to be acutely sensitive to the needs and importance of vocational routes and their students. First, because if 'levelling up' is to mean anything, it is surely better regional productivity growth, which cannot happen without better skills and technical education. And second, because the Conservative party is increasingly reliant for votes on people who did not take the route of A-levels then university and whose kids might not do so either.
Hence some fine words on technical education from Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson over the last year; Williamson has come close to saying he'd rather his kids became apprentices than got degrees. Whatever his faults elsewhere, that's a pretty strong challenge to Westminster's cultural bias in favour of HE.
Of course, all governments say nice things about skills and vocational training, but the hard political imperatives involved meant that this one might just have meant it: I know there are people in and around the current government who are genuinely committed to doing better for the 'other 50 per cent' of the education system.
But the management of BTEC exams this week suggests that the people who do those exams are once again being treated as an afterthought. About the only positive to find here is that at least they and the education system that support them are used to such contempt.
Disclosure: In 2017, my think-tank, the Social Market Foundation, received sponsorship from Pearson, the company that runs BTEC qualifications.
Written byJames Kirkup
James Kirkup is director of the Social Market Foundation and a former political editor of the Scotsman and the Daily Telegraph.
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