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Capitalism and sport: Sports for a few
Sachin Tendulkar (pictured) and other stars learnt their cricket in the compounds of their buildings or in lanes and alleys. But even these spaces are now beyond the reach of the common people.
By Vidyadhar Date
The competitive frenzy for winning in sports has been fuelled by aggressive marketing. Together they ensure that while a minority is trained with superlative sports facilities, the majority is deprived of even basic amenities to play and breathe fresh air. In India, market forces have pampered cricket while harming all other games in the process.
India won just three medals at the recent Beijing Olympics, though it did better than in the past. This is seen as a breakthrough by our ruling class, which now wants the nation to gear up for further success at the London Olympics in 2012.
This is one way of diverting attention from the way this country is governed and the large numbers of babies with famished bodies. The competitive frenzy for medals ignores a basic issue. We first need to create a healthy nation with widespread participation in sports. Instead, the sports system is turning people into mere passive spectators and consumers; and players into sports celebrities endorsing brands like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nike and Adidas.
Basic contradiction
The fact is that competitive sports do not create a culture of physical fitness and health. As a prominent Chinese artiste Ai Weiwei has pointed out, despite China's record 51 gold medals, the country's health standards especially for children are not up to the mark. Australia has soared to the top of the obesity chart in the world after the Sydney Olympics of 2000. The United States, which leads in the commercialisation of sports and has created a huge sports industry, is notorious for growing obesity and a healthcare system which is beyond the reach of most of the poor people. Michael Moore's award-winning documentary film Sicko is a vivid indictment of this system.
A recent survey in England has shown that emphasis on competitive sports covers only a few students and leaves out most others who are denied facilities for basic physical exercises which can help achieve health and fitness.
So there is a basic contradiction here. While huge amounts are spent on imparting superlative athletic skills to a minority, the majority is deprived of the most basic amenities to exercise and even breathe fresh air.
Competitive sports generate belief in capitalist values. We start believing that competition is the order of life, when in fact we should be striving for cooperation and friendship. Competitive sports make us feel that one must reach the top, be the first, and be willing to make any compromise. This prepares people to feel that since the chief executive officers and other entrepreneurs have reached the top through competition, he or she deserves all the wealth they are getting.
Organised sports is now a big business and is controlled by the sports-goods industry, one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors in the US. Michael Phelps, the swimming star in Beijing, is now virtually a puppet in the hands of the corporates. One of his first public acts after the Olympics was to visit the New York Stock Exchange, ring the opening bell and declare that he was happy to be there on behalf of Speedo, the swimwear manufacturing company, and other sponsors. Immediately after winning the record eighth gold medal Phelps attended a function where he ate McDonald's food with children. He has also come in for criticism for promoting other unhealthy foods which have high sugar and fats contents that cause obesity.
Expensive and scandal-ridden
The three Olympic medals and the recent world billiards championship won by Pankaj Advani of Bangalore suggest that India's best performances are in individual events and that we are severely wanting in games which need team spirit. The Olympic medal tallies in the last several years show that countries with high gross domestic product (GDP) or totalitarian countries are on top. But India, with all the talk about being an emerging superpower, has done worse than poor African and Caribbean countries. Even in cricket, India with all its disproportionate investment in the game has fared poorly and was knocked out of the World Cup at a preliminary stage in 2007. And this in a game played by only a handful of countries in the world, mostly former British colonies.
We need to look afresh at our sports policy. Unfortunately, even the left parties do not seem to have any alternative view of sports. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders in West Bengal show the same fascination for the expensive, time-consuming, scandal-ridden game of cricket and seek to control the Cricket Association of Bengal.
Yoga and pranayam are excellent exercises which can play a great role in creating a healthy society at no cost whatsoever. They have nothing to do with religion as is clear from their growing popularity in the West. The left should have championed these exercises long ago but has ignored them and has allowed the religious right to monopolise them. Baba Ram Dev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar clearly belong to the right but they have popularised the simple exercises at mass gatherings and have become cult figures. One of the fastest growing organisations in Maharashtra is Brahmavidya Sadhak Sangh which is close to the [extreme-right] Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. Its teaching material is replete with Sanskrit prayers, and a heavy emphasis on god and spirituality. There is a stress on the concept of immortality. The sadhaks or students are told not to think of death, and that life can be prolonged through one's own efforts. That is fine but it sounds grotesque in a country that is doing little to check infant mortality.
Why has India done so badly in cricket despite the full play of market forces in the game, the huge corporate sponsorships, and the hefty financial incentives to players? The failure of our highly paid star cricketers can be compared with the incompetence of the overpaid bankers in the recent financial meltdown in the US.
Pumped-up bodies and egos
Ironically, it is the market forces which sponsor cricket that are grabbing the public grounds. Ordinary citizens do not have enough space to breathe, let alone play. Mumbai, India's most market-dominated city, has 0.03 acre space per 1000 people, the lowest ratio among cities in the world. Even the few available open spaces are grabbed by the clubs of the rich.
In Bandra (east) in Mumbai, citizens have been waging a prolonged battle against the grabbing of a large ground by the MIG Club (which is very upper class, though its name stands for middle income group). The ground is situated in a prime location. At the same time there is a proliferation of gyms -- privatised, expensive places for largely macho, narcissistic, artificial body building. The cult of the gym has spread rapidly, fuelled by the equipment industry.
It is an irony that the treadmill, the symbol of monotony which Karl Marx criticised for its deadening impact, is now a status symbol and even corporate offices now have a treadmill if not a full-fledged gym. Actually, some of the machines (if not handled properly) can cause serious injury if not death. George Bush, the US president, carries a treadmill even on his tours.
The macho culture is continuously glamourised in the media with pictures of pumped-up bodies of stars like Shahrukh Khan. Can one imagine legendary film actors like Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor with artificial looking bodies? The market forces now even want to promote gyms at home costing nearly Rs2,00,000. So there is enough space in affluent homes for swimming pools and gyms but not enough space in the city to shelter the poor.
The market forces have in fact harmed India's sports by pampering cricket and neglecting the common people's games like hockey and football, not to speak of indigenous games like kabaddi and kho-kho. Balbir Singh, a hockey star of the Olympics in Tokyo, expressed his anguish at a seminar in Delhi saying he wants to write his autobiography but no one is willing to publish it and that he was even thinking of selling his land in order to bring out the book.
We clearly need a proper history of our sports like the recently published People's History of Sports in the US by the Marxist sports writer Dave Zirin. It says that the passion we put into sports can transform it from a kind of mindless escape into a site of resistance. Zirin gives several examples of champion sportspersons, like Muhammad Ali and David Meggysey, boldly supporting the struggle for civil rights and opposing US aggression in Vietnam. Ali was the most militant of them all. He refused to be drafted into the military, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000. He was stripped of his title and a vicious campaign was launched against him as was done against several dissenters in the US. Billi Mills, the Native American, won the 10,000 metres running final at the Tokyo Olympics but quit athletics a year later in protest against the Vietnam War.
The year 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the expression of the power of protest of black people at the Mexico Olympics when the US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, first and third in the 200-metre final, gave the Black Power fist salute at the award ceremony.
Sports stars can become powerful icons of dissent. That is why the system is doing everything to silence them through generous sponsorships. Naomi Klein has dealt with this issue in her excellent book No Logo, which the Guardian has called the Das Kapital of the anti-corporate movement.
Where was the black outrage over China's role in abetting Sudan which is persecuting black people, the daily Independent asked recently. Eighty per cent of Sudan's oil is sent to China. The only way one can expect black athletes to protest today is by threatening to take away their lucrative corporate sponsorships, says Zirin.
It is sad that those who can very well afford to resist the market forces are becoming their willing accomplices. For example, Stella Mccartney, daughter of the famous Beatle Paul McCartney and animal rights activist Linda, designs sportswear for women for the brand Adidas. Her father, who is perhaps the richest singer in the world, has no objections to his daughter doing so.
Tragic consequences
In the highly competitive sports with high financial stakes, sportspersons -- be they cricketers, tennis players, athletes or gymnasts -- are forced to stretch their bodies beyond limits. That is why players in their teens require frequent surgery and many have to retire early. Among the most tragic victims are the champion athletes of the former German Democratic Republic who were fed drugs for performance enhancement by government in pursuit of gold medals. The athletes won the medals but at a great cost to their health. Athletes in their 40s now have bones like those of 80-year-olds. Some have got compensation for the damage caused by state-sponsored doping but in the case of several athletes the records have been destroyed and there is little they can do.
Every four years in the Olympic Games someone is called the greatest athlete. But the truly great athlete of all time was Jim Thorpe – not in just one sport like swimming but in several events like long jump, high jump, 100 metres and javelin, winning the gold medal in the decathlon and pentathlon in the Olympics in 1912. He was also the leading US baseball and football player. But he was treated shabbily by the US establishment partly because he was of Native-American origin; Native Americans were not even recognised as citizens then in their own land. He was stripped of his gold medals which were returned to the family only in 1983, 30 years after his death. His crime was that in his boyhood he had earned $25 a week as a baseball player. So he was seen as a professional in the days when professionals were looked down upon by the elite.
The very society, which treated Thorpe so cruelly, is now turning sportspersons into superbrands, commodities to be traded. So Nike star Thiery Henry defected to Reebok in 2006, where CEO Paul Harrington spoke of ways of marketing the star. When swimming champion Phelps visited the NYSE, he was described by the traders as the "hottest commodity" from Beijing. Even before Phelps triumphed in Beijing, a number of big brands like Visa, Omega, AT&T, Kelloggs, Hilton and Speedo had made marketing deals with him.
Ordinary people, however, are denied elementary sporting facilities and are reduced to couch potatoes, confined to being mere viewers of events on television. The excitement and spontaneity that comes out of actual participation in sports has been drained from people's lives. Sachin Tendulkar and other stars learnt their cricket in the compounds of their buildings or in lanes and alleys. But even these spaces are now beyond the reach of the common people.
Children now spend more time on games on computer screens than outdoors. Exercise and play have to be a natural part of our lives like reading, talking or eating. But people are now reduced to a captive television audience, mere eyeballs to watch commercials of giant companies packaged with sports.
[Vidyadhar Date is a journalist, who has worked at the Times of India in Mumbai for 36 years.This article first appeared in the November 22, 2008, edition of Economic and Political Weekly. It has been posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with the author's kind permission.]
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In a small interview featured on Film-News.co.uk, Rupert Grint admits that he gets a few freebies now and again, including the can of Heinz soup that he got at the beginning of the year due to the help he's given to charity Starlight.
I got a can of Heinz soup with my name on it. It said, 'Get well soon, Rupert.' I wasn't even sick. I was perfectly fine. It was from a charity; they're doing a personalised soup campaign, and it just turned up. I haven't had it yet. It lasts for ages, doesn't it, soup.
I don't cook. But I have an ice cream van, and I've perfected the 99 [soft ice cone]. It's got the machine, which is tricky. It's a complicated wrist action to get the perfect whip.
How much is a pint of milk? I think – it's been a while – something like 40p? 50? I don't really drink milk.
On a scale of one to ten, how famous are you? I'm going to say a 6.5.
Can you play a musical instrument? I can play the didgeridoo fairly well. I've tried a variety of instruments in the past – accordion, sax, guitar, and never really clicked with any of them. But the didgeridoo, I can make a pretty decent noise. I acquired one quite early on, when I was quite young. It went from there really. It's quite a tricky technique, you have to do this circular breathing thing where you have a continuous breath.
What's you favourite word? I like phlegm. Always have. It's quite ridiculously spelled as well. So many silent letters.
Which film have you seen more than any other? I've seen Little Shop of Horrors many times, and Toy Story – I can quote that word for word.
Who's the most famous person in your phone book? Dizzee Rascal. He's in my phone as 'Dizz'. I've only met him once and we're not friends, we've never stayed in contact. I can't even remember how he's in my phone.
Have you ever been starstruck? Alan Titchmarsh really affected me. That was weird. I don't really understand why. I really felt it physically – my mouth dried up. And also Leo Sayer. It was really awkward because he thought I was Ed Sheeran and he complimented me on my music and said I had a great voice.
Does anyone else find it a tad bit of a Harry Potter-related coincidence that his favourite word is phlegm? You can view a scan of the full article below.


Earlier this month BizWest announced that the town of Windsor's Senior Planner Josh Olhava managed to land a spot on it's 2016 northern Colorado 40 under 40 list.
The 30-year-old municipal planner said he tries to keep challenging himself in all areas of his life, including work.
Olhava smiled when he received the email at work telling him he'd made the list. Later he got to share the good news and excitement with his coworkers and wife.
"My wife is my biggest supporter and best friend," he said. "She is always there whether I have a good day or a hard day. We both place our faith before anything else and believe in leading by example. Also, my boss, Scott Ballstadt, is very supportive and gives me the flexibility to be creative and proactive in my job. I wouldn't be getting the honor if it wasn't for Stacy Johnson who nominated me; so a big thank you to her… I work for and with some great individuals at the town, including staff, various commissions and of course the town board.
Olhava and the 39 other honorees will be recognized at a special reception Nov. 2 at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, in Johnstown.


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Great Britain. Central Criminal Court
An Account of the rise and progress of the dispute between the masters and journeymen printers exemplified in the trial at large with remarks thereupon and the speeches of Messrs. Knapp, Raine and Hovell both on the trial and at the time of passing sentence : together with those of the counsel for the prosecution with notes and illustrations upon the whole.
London : Sold by J. Ridgway, 1799
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Pierce Egan's account of the trial of Mr. Fauntleroy, for forgery at the Session's-House, in the Old Bailey ... the 30th of October 1824, before Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Garrow.
Fauntleroy, Henry, 1785-1824
London : Knight and Lacey, [1824] (London : B. Bensley)
Proceedin[gs] in an action for debt between the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, plaintiff, and John Horne Tooke, Esq., defendant published by the defendant.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1792
The Queen against Ernest Jones trial of Ernest Charles Jones for sedition and unlawful assembly at the Central Criminal Court before Wilde, C.J., July 10, 1848.
Jones, Ernest Charles, 1819-1868
[England? : s.n., 1848]
Report of the trial of an indictment prosecuted at the instance of the West India Dock Company, versus John Smith, Walter Foreman, Samuel Hucks, and Daniel Hall for an alleged conspiracy, which was tried at the Old Bailey, on Thursday, the 13th of December, 1821, before Newman Knowles, Esq., the common sergeant of the city of London
London : Printed for the defendants, by C. Teulon, and sold by J. Hall, [1821]
Report of the Trial of Humphrey Boyle indicted at the instance of the Constitutional Association, as "a man with name unknown," for publishing an alledged blasphemous and seditious libel, as one of the shopmen of Mr. Carlile, which took place before Mr. Common Sergeant Denman, and a common jury, at the Old Bailey Sessions House, on the 27th of May, 1822 : with a narrative of the proceedings against the defendant before trial : to which is attached, the trial of Joseph Rhodes, under the name of W
Boyle, Humphrey
London : Printed by R. Carlile, and published at the Koran Society's office, 1822
Report of the trial of John Barkley, (one of the shop-men of Richard Carlile) prosecuted by the Constitutional Association for publishing a seditious and blasphemous libel.
Barkley, John
London : Printed by R. and A. Taylor, and published by E. Wilson, 1822
Trial and execution of Bellingham, for the murder of Mr. Perceval, prime minister of Great-Britain
Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
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Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832
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The trial of Captain John Kimber, for the supposed murder of an African girl at the Admiralty sessions, before the Hon. Sir James Marriot (Judge Advocat) and Sir William Ashurst, on Thursday, June 7, 1792 : of which he was most honourably acquitted, and the two evidences for the prosecution committed to Newgate to take their trials for ... perjury.
Kimber, John
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The trial of James Ripley, Richard Burton, Robert Herbert, and Richard Matthews for the murder of Jane Watson at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, on Saturday the 8th of April, 1815
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Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun in the Central Criminal Court of the city of London, on the 27th, 28th, and 30th of October, 1843, on a charge of slave-trading
Zulueta, Pedro de
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Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun on a charge of slave trading, under the 5 Geo. IV, cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London : a full report from the short-hand notes of W.B. Gurney : with an address to the merchants, manufacturers, and traders of Great Britain, by Pedro de Zulueta, Jun., Esq., and documents illustrative of the case.
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The trial of William Baker, sugar baker, for forging an East-India warrant for the delivery of goods, purporting to lie in the East-India warehouse, and publishing the same, knowing it to be such, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey, on ... the ninth of December 1750 ....
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See Circa's "Beauty and the Beast" For Less on July 14
Sean Leary July 13th, 2022 Theatre, Rock Island, Events, Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment News
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in downtown Rock Island is thrilled to present a SPECIAL SHOW ONLY PERFORMANCE of Beauty And The Beast on Thursday, July 14 before the show closes on July 16! Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that played a remarkable 13-year run on Broadway, was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under... Read More
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Rock Island's Circa '21 Presents A Wonderful 'Beauty And The Beast'
Sean Leary June 10th, 2022 Theatre, Theater Reviews, Reviews, Events, Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment News
I am not a Disney fan. In fact, quite the opposite. I find most Disney fare to be cloying, predictable, archaic, boring, and tiresome, and the only Disney material I've ever really loved has been "Aladdin" (in large part due to Robin Williams' genie) and "The Jungle Book," because it holds fond memories from my childhood. I say this to begin this review because if someone like me, someone who is not a Disney fan by any means, and who found the "Beauty And The Beast" movie to be fairly ridiculous aside from the music, if someone like me loved Circa... Read More
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The Illinois And Iowa FUN10 Is Your Place To Find Fun This Week!
Sean Leary May 29th, 2022 Moline, Fun10QC, Events, Entertainment, Davenport, Arts & Entertainment News
It's Sunday, and QuadCities.com proudly presents Fun10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what's going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It's a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. FUN10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local... Read More
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'Beauty And The Beast' Hits Stage At Rock Island's Circa This Weekend
Sean Leary May 19th, 2022 Rock Island, Events, Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment News
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in downtown Rock Island is thrilled to present Beauty And The Beast! Circa '21 is a professional dinner theater employing the finest actors, directors and designers from across the country! Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that played a remarkable 13-year run on Broadway, was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really... Read More
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Beer Battle, Michelle Zauner, Big Laughs And More In The Iowa And Illinois FUN10
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Circa Seeking Chip, Ensemble for Beauty and the Beast
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Circa '21 is still looking to fill roles for their upcoming production of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Step into the enchanted world of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will be broken. If not, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. Broadway's modern classic Disney's Beauty and the Beast is an international sensation that played a remarkable 13-year run on Broadway, was nominated for nine Tony Awards — including Best Musical —... Read More
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Beauty And The Beast Kicking Off Junior Theater Season
Sean Leary October 11th, 2019 Things To Do, Theatre, Local, Fun, Events, Entertainment, Davenport
Junior Theater is ready to kick off its latest season with "Beauty and the Beast," at its 2822 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, location. After five years as a DJT stage manager, Valerie Moore takes the director's chair to lead the production. "What I love most about DJT is the safe space that it creates for students," said Moore. "No matter what is happening at school, or at home, or online, when they are here they are welcomed with open arms. All we ask is that they try and be themselves." Beauty and the Beast involves 30 students from 9 different area cities and towns in the... Read More
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Located in downtown Rock Island, the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse has been treating audiences to the finest in dining and professional stage entertainment for the past 42 years. For the venue's sure-to-be-spectacular 43rd season, beginning this November, the venue is proud to announce a lineup boasting six sensational productions – among them a legendary musical-comedy classic, a returning Christmastime favorite, a winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Circa '21 debut of a Tony-winning Broadway and Disney smash! Circa '21 productions are performed on... Read More
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Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. Beauty and the Beast comes to life, on stage, this week! Quad City Music Guild presents The Broadway Musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jun 14-16 and 20-23 at Prospect Park Auditorium (1584 34th Avenue Moline). Take part in the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, an international sensation that has played to over 35 million people worldwide in 13 countries. The all-ages story tells of Belle, a young, forward thinking woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.... Read More
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UFC-Vet Bongfeldt Re-Emerges to Take on Brakefield at Rumble in the Cage 61
April 9, 2019 April 9, 2019 Joel Griffith
Jesse Bongfeldt is back.
The UFC-vet, Bongfeldt (22-7-1), makes his much-anticipated return to the cage after seven years away to take on Micah Brakefield (7-7) at Rumble in the Cage 61 Friday night in Lethbridge, Alta.
After taking on a full-time job that didn't allow him sufficient training and recovery time, Bongfeldt, 38, said he's finally been able to manage his schedule to allow him to train three-four times a day.
"I knew what it took to get up on step, but I just wasn't able to do it because of scheduling and work," said Bongfeldt in an interview.
"I feel good; I feel recovered now after my workouts and I'm able to do more of them. I figured I'm in shape, so now's the time. Let's make this happen."
Throughout his career, Bongfeldt, fighting out of Kenora, Ont., has been known for being an explosive fighter right out of the gate, with 13 first-round finishes to his name.
But although Bongfeldt usually brings the fireworks early and often, he said he actually becomes more comfortable as the fight goes on, and said Brakefield is in trouble no matter how long the fight lasts.
"As the fight goes on, my energy level goes up. I don't usually get tired; I tend to loosen up more and get more energy," said Bongfeldt.
"The longer the fight goes, the better it is for me."
Throughout his 30-fight career, Bongfeldt has competed against all styles of mixed martial arts inside the cage.
After doing his homework on Brakefield, Bongfeldt is confident he's identified the areas he needs to avoid and the areas he should be able to exploit.
"All of his wins are by submission and all of his losses are by TKO, so you can kind of see where his strong and weak points are," said Bongfeldt.
"There's a few specific things I need to watch out for, so I've been taking notes on that and making sure I address those issues."
High-Paced Brakefield
One area Brakefield said Bongfeldt won't be able to keep up or won't be able to prepare for is the pace he brings into the cage.
Brakefield, 30, said with his mentality of putting on a pace not even he can keep for three rounds, he doesn't see any scenario of this fight going the distance.
Micah Brakefield celebrates his victory over Taylor Bull at BFL 56. (Photo by Matthew Serjeant/MMA Sucka)
"I always plan to go out and put on a pace that nobody in the world can keep up for 15 minutes, and hope that I can finish them in that time," said Brakefield in an interview.
"It's either kill or be killed every time when I fight."
When Brakefield was approached by Rumble in the Cage's Lee Mein with the fight offer, he said he jumped at the opportunity.
He said it was an automatic yes for him to be able to challenge himself against an opponent like Bongfeldt, who has a strong reputation in the MMA community.
"Right away, I wanted that fight against him. He's got a pretty big name," said Brakefield.
"As soon as the fight got announced, I had a lot of people message me and talk about how legit of an opponent he is."
One of the reasons Bongfeldt does have a big name is his two-fight stint in the UFC.
But despite his UFC-veteran status, Brakefield, fighting out of North Delta, B.C., said it's not something that intimidates him or brings any added pressure.
"A lot of the guys I've fought before could've fought in the UFC or will fight in the UFC, so I'm not super worried about his UFC tag," said Brakefield.
"It's just a place he's fought. I'm not worried about it."
Bongfeldt's Shoutouts
"I'd like to thank United Fighter Mixed Martial Arts, Roy Harris Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bas Rutten Striking Systems, my coaches back home, Cody Puls, Jordan Allen at United Fighter, and Chris Harper on the business side of things."
Brakefield's Shoutouts
"I'd like to thank my coaches, Ken Tran and Nabil Salameh, at Titan MMA.
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Police kill one kidnap suspect, arrest three others in Gombe
By Sola Shittu, Gombe
Gombe State Police command on Wednesday displayed the body of a suspected kidnapper and three other suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap of Babayo Magaji at Pinga.
The slain kidnap suspect identified simply as Ustas was killed during gun fire exchange with the policemen who traced them to the bush where the kidnapped victim was taken.
The state commissioner of police, Maikudi Shehu who briefed journalists on the incident said the victim was kidnapped from his home on Monday.
"This particular incident happened on Monday where the victim, Babayo Magaji was kidnapped from his home by seven armed men, all of them fulanis. They led him into the bush and got to a rock somewhere and they decided to rest. It was while they were resting that their victim, Magaji escaped and drew the attention of the people who were living around the area and so the vigilante, hunters and the police were informed," he said.
He said Magaji led the police hunters and vigilante to the scene of the incident and as soon as the kidnappers sighted the police, they opened fire.
The commissioner said it was in the exchange of gunshots that one of them was shot dead and another one escaped with bullets wounds.
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"Incidentally, all of them came from Adamawa to kidnap the man with the belief that they will be able to get so much money from him because he has a lot of cattle. Aminu Musa from Song Local government was arrested at a motor park. Another suspect was arrested while trying to board a vehicle at Pinga to Adamawa," he said.
He also told journalists that the person that sent them to go and kidnap Magaji has also been picked up by the police.
Magaji while speaking with journalists said he was asked to pay a ransom of N300, 000 to secure his release from his kidnappers.
"I was in n my house when they came and picked me up," he said.
The commissioner said "out of seven kidnap suspects, we have arrested three; we have a corpse of one of them who is called Ustas while three others are presently on the run. Incidentally we have a similar case that happened around the same axis so we are trying to see how we can link the two together."
He said the second gang of kidnappers was trying to kidnap a person when the police ran into them and opened fire.
According to him, when the exchange of fire power became hot, they ran away living behind their two motorcycles and a Kalashnikov riffle at the scene.
He said the police is still investigating to know whether it is the same syndicate that is operating in the area and assured the public that the police will do everything to ensure that people can sleep with their two eyes closed.
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June 2, 2008 - GE Healthcare will showcase its molecular imaging technologies such as the IN Cell Analyzer and Positron Emission Tomography/Volume Computer Assisted Reading (PET-VCAR) at ASCO 2008, which wraps up today in Chicago.
Linking discovery and research with clinical oncology, GE Healthcare's IN Cell Analyzer System from its Life Science Division, represents a reportedly complete solution for high-content sub-cellular analysis. Used in research and drug discovery, the system performs assays directly inside cells and uses sophisticated image analysis techniques to give quantitative results for those assays for each individual cell. The power of the IN Cell Analyzer comes from using the high throughput it delivers to analyze thousands of cells under different conditions to generate statistically robust data, said the company.
Also on display is GE's PET-VCAR, a system designed to help optimize tumor management by enabling early quantification and evaluation of treatment effectiveness. It features workflow enhancements for both single and multi-exam review, and includes exam-to-exam auto-registration, tumor segmentation and quantification and multi-planar image review. PET VCAR aims to make PET/CT images more useful for clinicians, said the company.


The September issue of Vogue is sitting on my desk right now, taunting me.
726 Pages of Sumptuous Fall Fashion at Every Price! How could I not want to open it? Yet, I haven't even peeked inside.
Number one, I don't think it wise to spend the remainder of my workday thumbing through Vogue, earmarking pages. Call me old-fashioned.
Number two, I'm not sure how I'm going to deal with wanting to read this when I just hit the it's-to-the-point-in-the-story-where-I-must-read-for-12-hours-straight-to-finish-it-because-it-just-got-really-crazy-good-exciting part last night in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I had to force myself to go to bed. And it's competing with Vogue for looming space in the back of my mind.
Number three, it's the beginning of the month, and in the beginning of the month, I have a lot of reports to get done at work so I usually work some pretty heavy weeks. And my brain gets worn out.
Number four, I got some kind of wild hair you-know-where this weekend and I now want to scrub every last inch of our house with cleaner on my hands and knees, then hose it down to rinse it off, and replace every single item that I had removed and scrubbed clean. I started yesterday, but with that amount of minutia, you don't make it very far.
Number five, I'm going to spend every waking second this week stressing out about my clean house and how The Stallion and my punk pups are GETTING. IT. DIRTY. I think I'll follow them around with a sprayer and a towel. And a vacuum. And a dust cloth. And air freshener.
Number six, I like to absorb it all in one sitting. 726 sumptuous pages = one long sitting. And summer is gone and the pools are closed.
That leaves Sunday for God and Vogue.
you crack me up. can't wait to hear about the shopping on saturday night!


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Instagram Is About To Become A Video-Centric App
No longer just a photo-sharing app
Therese Marie Lim , on 2 Jul, 2021
Believe it or not, there was a time when videos that automatically played on a feed were seen as annoying. So much so that guides on how to disable Facebook's autoplay feature began popping up when it was announced in 2013. Nevertheless, this move ushered in the era of online video content and advertising. Seven years later an app dedicated to showing an endless stream of videos would be the most downloaded.
TikTok's meteoric rise in popularity has changed the social media landscape and it's already influencing other apps. Instagram, for one, has been declared as "no longer a photo-sharing app" by Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri. "Video is driving an immense amount of growth online for all the major platforms right now, and it's one that I think we need to lean into more," he said in his post, adding that there's some "serious competition right now".
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Because of this, Instagram will be rolling out new developments in the coming days to make the app more video-friendly. Keep reading to learn more about Instagram app updates to expect in 2021.
Say hello to more video
It's been almost a year since Instagram Reels has been launched and so far it's still known as an "alternative" for TikTok, not a direct competitor. This could be because the feature is still not available to all countries and many talents from around the world have yet to contribute content. Even so, Instagram's track record of ventures into video has not been so impressive. IGTV, a video hub once thought to be a potential rival to YouTube, is labelled as a "flop" by some and interpreted Instagram's removal of the dedicated IGTV button as a sign of "admission" that it is indeed a flop. Despite these setbacks, Instagram is still not done trying to make video happen on the app.
Their latest attempt is experimenting with "recommendations" where posts from accounts you're not yet following will be shown on your feed. It's a move towards an interest-based model that the TikTok algorithm has been using to determine which videos you're more likely to enjoy on the curated "For You" page. It's different from Instagram which mainly follows an account-centric system that shows you posts only from accounts you follow. Shifting to an "interest-based" feed could help users find more content to enjoy and makes it easier for content creators to reach audiences that haven't discovered them yet. Overall, we say, it's an interesting move.
However, let's not forget that "recommendations" isn't exactly a new thing. A similar Instagram app update was released back in 2018 which shows posts you may like from accounts you don't follow after you've already seen everything on your feed. We're curious to know what will be new but we have theories of our own: it could show the recommendations in between posts from accounts you follow or a new page dedicated to interest-based posts will be created.
Why it could be successful this time
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One thing that could work in Instagram's favour in terms of becoming more video-centric are trending movements towards digital minimalism. If it becomes successful in doing so, people could just gravitate towards Instagram as the replacement for other video apps in the same way Instagram Stories became a substitute for Snapchat. Instead of maintaining various accounts, users could just stick to one. "Should Instagram start offering TikTok-like features, users and content creators (like me) may find the existence of similar platforms redundant and stick to Instagram where there's video-sharing and curated content," Senior Features Writer Amanda said.
Another factor that could lead to Instagram's success is the abundance of cross-shared TikToks on the platform by those with a following. This means Instagram users who are not on TikTok are also showing interest in short-format videos. "People already post TikTok videos on Instagram, so might as well do it directly on Instagram if they have the tools and you have a bigger following there," Features Writer Alyana said.
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However, some would say that the inherent differences between Instagram and TikTok are still a barrier to fully transforming the app into a video sharing platform. "My impression of Instagram is that it's still a platform that serves curated, more polished content, like a visual portfolio of sorts while on TikTok there's a certain charm to how 'unfiltered' the content and community is. Hence, it might be hard for Instagram to convert TikTok users to their platform instantly," Fashion Features Writer Sheryl said.
She added that one way to convince her to contribute short-form video content on Instagram is if it creates "idiot-proof" video-making tools. Alyana shared the same sentiment, saying: "I think the reason why I haven't hopped on TikTok is because I find the video editing to be a hassle even though it's just stop-and-go. But with Instagram, the user-friendly tools are already there with the IGS feature."
Exclusive stories, creator fund, shopping and more
Aside from video-related Instagram app updates, Mosseri also shared that other developments concerning creators, messaging, and shopping are in the pipeline. Although not much was said about these, we have good guesses on what's to come based on trends and recent moves in its parent company Facebook.
For creators, there's a possibility of running a creator program for Instagram similar to Facebook's planned "Audio Creator Fund" for its upcoming podcast feature. TikTok also has an up-and-running funding program where content creators could apply for and, once selected, will be given funds calculated based on several factors like views and engagement.
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As for a shopping update, it could be something to do with live shopping — a trend that soared during the onset of the pandemic and continues to be popular today. Since Instagram already has a shop feature, it would be very easy for brands to hold exclusive sales for their followers.
Various Instagram app updates and experiments have appeared on our feed lately. Some exited quietly, others caught on and once in a while something becomes an ultimate success. Instagram as an entertainment platform leaning towards video? The verdict is still out, but we're not discounting its potential.
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Finding a profitable niche in affiliate marketing… is going to be today's topic of discussion.
For those who are new to the world of affiliate marketing, let us explain to you the word, "niche." Basically, it is the theme of the product that you intend to market as an affiliate marketer. Suppose, you intend to promote a product like running shoes, on a sports-news site, you would be in the sports related business.
The idea of a profitable niche is one of the biggest paradoxes in affiliate marketing. In other words, it can either be one of the most difficult part or stupidly easy things to do online.
Try not to pick a niche, because everybody else is marketing it, or just because you simple like it. Simply liking your niche will not do, as it will have to bring in the moolah. The last thing you would want to do is to build an affiliate marketing website, only to realize that there are not many affiliate products that you can promote. In short, don't go for a dud niche!
The first rule is to find a niche that has a whole lot of affiliate products, which are profitable and can help you make money online. Many of them may appear fancy and popular, but remember that it has to gel well with your website or blog.
It is not true that all niches may be popular and easy to sell. You would face many dead ends, before you discover a great niche or a niche idea. Don't let this discourage you. Just take some time off and continue searching.
If you have done your homework and settled on a few profitable niches, based on your search, the chances are that you have found yourself a good niche. Nonetheless, keep the below points in mind before making a lock on your new niche.
It is important to realize that some products have a short shelf life and die a quick death. So, ensure that your niche will not only be popular but profitable for quite some time. For example, the market for this season's iPhone will soon drop as market saturates. Alternately, some products are seasonal, for example, Halloween and Christmas related products. The need for these products fall as soon as the season ends.
Google Trends can easily help you show the market trends for your targeted profitable niche over the last 12 months. You can identify which periods of the year it has been consistent, and the months where it shows a spike in demand.
C) Are People Searching For Your Profitable Niche in Search Engines?
Just test run a few searches and you can get a general idea of the number of people searching for a particular niche in Google. Use a variety of search options that are similar to your niche while searching. If you have targeted "sport shoes" as your profitable niche, try searching running shoes, sneakers, Nike shoes etc., to get a better idea. If there are many people searching for your niche topic in Google, it proves that the niche is in high demand. This would mean that the SEO or the search engine optimization to bring in traffic would be relatively easy.
D) Finally, Do You Have A Liking For This Niche?
One of the most important aspects prior to settling on a niche, is to be honest with yourself. In other words, do you really like the niche?. As mentioned earlier, liking a niche is just not enough, it also has to be profitable. Therefore, it is always easier if you like your niche as well. This will n help you understand your buyers and audience, and can be a big help in your affiliate marketing campaign. So search for all options about your niche, before you lock in on one.
By the time you reach this stage, you would have already reached a general niche idea. You need to run a couple more searches in search engines while picking different niche ideas and products. It is extremely important to do an extensive niche product research process. If you are familiar with search engines, then you would have also come up with several profitable niches. This would help you to identify the most profitable as well as a niche that you like.
To select the ideal profitable niche, go for a product that you like and love to discuss with friends and others. Your affinity with the niche product will depend a lot, on how successful your affiliate marketing campaign will be. However, if you like all your niches, go with your enthusiasm.
Now go forth and conquer the market!
The bottom-line is to identify a profitable niche that has a range of high-selling products, and a niche that you like and gets you all pumped up.
That's about it to finding a profitable niche in affiliate marketing. As it is evident that It can take quite a bit of time. However, if all this research appears as too much workload for you, then find someone to do this for you. That is of course, you have the funds to do so. You can ask someone to find profitable niches and products, and then move on to building a site, once you have completed that stage.
It Is important that once you decide your profitable niche then you would be putting in a lot of work, so be prepared for it. Now get down to your affiliate marketing campaign.
Please feel free to post any queries regarding your views on a profitable niche in the below comments section.


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Honoring Florida's Great Agriculturists
Richard Kelly, 2009 Inductee
Richard Kelly has made it his lifelong mission to honor the agricultural wisdom of the past while training the industry's future leaders. He began his career as a high school agriculture teacher, went on to head up the state FFA program, and became an important adviser to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner. But agriculture was more than a day job for Kelly. For almost 50 years he has poured his free time and his own money into improving agriculture education and preserving Florida's unique agricultural history.
Born in Ocala in 1937, Kelly earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Florida in 1960 and a master's degree in education in 1963. After graduation he worked as an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Santa Fe High School in Alachua. He later taught at Citrus High School in Inverness, where he developed a third-place state FFA parliamentary procedure team, a state FFA public speaker winner, and a state FFA president and vice-president.
From 1965 to 1969 he served at the Florida Department of Education in Tallahassee as executive secretary for the state FFA program. In this leadership position he worked to motivate, train, and equip agriculture educators across Florida. He developed a weeklong state convention for members and advisers, provided in-service training for teachers, and worked with the national organization to sponsor various educational activities for students. Even now Kelly continues to be involved with FFA as a volunteer. He helped found the Florida FFA Foundation and recently played an active role in securing a $50,000 grant to the Foundation to support teacher training.
From 1969 until his retirement in 1991, Kelly served as executive assistant to Commissioner Conner. He maintained liaison with the legislature and committee staff on a year-round basis and helped formulate the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' legislative programs and policies. He also coordinated statewide agricultural fair programs, served as the department's liaison to UF-IFAS, and worked with the department's division directors to form agricultural policy.
Kelly saw great success in his professional life and also in his efforts as a volunteer. For many years he has worked with the University of Florida's Department of Agricultural Education and Communication to create and fund scholarships for agriculture students. Since 2002, funds have been generated for six new undergraduate scholarships totaling over $120,000.
Kelly has been active with Alpha Gamma Rho, the social and professional fraternity for agriculture students. He directed the work of the alumni association and education foundation at the University of Florida chapter. He also spent 12 years as vice president of the southeast region, visiting chapters in eight states and making sure academic standards were being met. He offered career counseling to fraternity members and helped them find internships and summer employment, and with every placement he showed the satisfaction of a proud parent.
Honoring the agricultural leaders of the past is as important to Kelly as training the leaders of the future. Kelly played a key role is establishing the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, and for 20 years he has served as the Hall of Fame's historian as well as the organizer of its annual banquet.
In 2001 Kelly founded the Seasoned Owls group for former Florida agriculture teachers and organized its first annual reunion dinner. He has served as director and treasurer of the University of Florida Alumni Association and was the first executive director of UF's College of Agriculture Alumni and Friends.
Kelly's leadership in the agriculture industry has earned him numerous accolades, including FFA's highest honor, the Honorary American Farmer Degree. In 1997 he received UF's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumnus of Distinction Award, and in 2004 the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication honored him with the AEC Builder Award.
Richard Kelly died January 24, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Nell, of Tallahassee, three grown children, Lizette, Rick, and Bryce, three grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
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At Whitton Chartered Surveyors our property valuer Miles Strong MRICS RegVal is able to provide valuations on all types of residential property for a variety of purposes across Whitton and Greater London. Miles is regulated as a valuer with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and takes pride in his accuracy, experience and proven track record. In particular, the practice focusses on assisting clients with matrimonial and probate valuations.
With the benefit of an extremely experienced property asset valuer, Right Surveyors Whitton is able to offer clients across Whitton valuation reports for a number of purposes of the highest quality, accuracy and reliability.
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Marion is calling for input into her next two books. She's inviting people to submit their stories to her for inclusion.
My second book "When Love Falls Off The Wall" and other signs from Spirit is due out mid 2018.
I will also be including stories about my work and connection with animals.
We've all heard of and lived amazing coincidences, seen signs and signposts to help direct us to where we are today.
Our lives would be so different if we had ignored or not noticed those signs.
Our lives are wonderful because we did pay attention to them.
If you would like to share your very special story for consideration into my next book, please send me an email to: marionpw1962@gmail.com.
If you have photos to support your story, even better!
My third book "Children as our Spiritual Teachers" is due out mid 2019.
A lot of my work is with Children, Teen"Angels", their Parents and Teachers.
Children these days are born with all six senses intact to parents who mostly use five senses and dispute the existence of or search continuously for their own sixth sense.
These children end up in classrooms being taught by teachers who also only use their five senses.
These children find it hard to fit into the constraints of societal norms and are often misdiagnosed with behavioural issues and disorders.
There's nothing wrong with these children!
They simply use all their six senses.
These children are our evolution.
These children are pure Soul and pure Spirit and they are here to put our world back into balance one family at a time.
These children often surprise us with the things they say, know and do!
We all have stories to tell and I'd love to hear about them.


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Q: How to fix the error "Property contains doesnt exist on type 'RefObject' using typescript and react? i want to close the dialog on user clicking anywhere outside the dialog using typescript and react.
below is my code,
function Dialog ({setIsDialogOpen, items}: Props) {
    const dialogRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);

    React.useEffect(() => {
        const handleClickOutsideDialog = (event: any) => {
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                dialogRef &&
                    !dialogRef.contains(event.target)//error here
            ) {
                alert('You clicked outside of me!');
                setIsDialogOpen(false);
              }
        };
        document.addEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutsideDialog);
    }, [setIsDialogOpen]);

    return (
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        </Wrapper>
    );

I am not sure what is wrong here. could someone help me with this. thanks.

A: You should assert event.target as HTMLElement or HTMLDivElement.
By the way, You can set event argument as MouseEvent.
So, the right code is below:
const handleClickOutsideDialog = (event: MouseEvent) => {
  if (
    dialogRef &&
    !dialogRef.contains(event.target as HTMLDivElement)
  ) {
    alert('You clicked outside of me!');
    setIsDialogOpen(false);
  }
};

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This paper develops a new approach for measuring the stringency of a major form of land use regulation, building height restrictions, and applies it to an extraordinary data set of land-lease transactions from China. Our theory shows that the elasticity of land price with respect to the floor area ratio (FAR), a building height indicator, is a measure of the regulation's stringency (the extent to which FAR is kept below the free-market level). Using a national sample, estimation allowing this elasticity to be city-specific shows variation in the stringency of FAR regulation across Chinese cities. Single-city estimation for Beijing shows that stringency varies with site characteristics.


What activities and services are there in the campsite so that campers enjoy their stay while camping?
Fishing on the pier or boarded. We rent boats with a maximum capacity of 4 people, also simple and double kayaks.
In the Lagoon you can do Kitesurfing, and other water activities by boat (see veda for motonáutica).
You can take walks along the train tracks of Villa Logüercio Village and biked to Lobos by the tracks (with own bicycles, we do not rent).
On long weekends there is a trip to Camping for the enjoyment of the little ones, that runs the Camping, and the waterfront of Villa Logüercio.
Games for children inside the Camping.
How was the campsite born?
The Laguna de Lobos, which had been commercially exploited for many years, was inaccessible to the sport fishermen. Several fans of this activity held an assembly with the purpose of founding an entity that would encourage fishing with cane and initiate the Mirror of water will affect this destination.
Thus, on May 6, 1943, the Lobos Fishing Club was founded. In 1945, 8,5ha of land were acquired to the Logüercio Succession on the margin of Lobos lagoon, to build the sports venue. From then on, and in an uninterrupted way, its social and economic patrimony increased. Today it has hundreds of partners, aluminum boats, reinforced concrete pier of 150 m., Events room, supply, sanitary ware, grills, loading ramps , Sector for motor homes and a social headquarters in the City of Lobos.
Today this entity is located in a place of preference in the country, in the practice of this sport for the effort, capacity and responsibility of all those who were in charge of directing the destiny of the same, its partners and All who believed and believed that this is the sport of peace. In addition, it focuses its efforts continuously to satisfy the large number of people who come to perform water sports and enjoy the wide complex and life in contact with nature.
Do the campsites carry out ecological actions, have activities in favor of the environment, examples?
Yes, we have inside the Camping the CIALL, Center of Environmental Interpretation of the Laguna de Lobos. It is a center of valuation, care and education on the Lagoon and all the natural system that surrounds newvilleoutdoor.com like a camping tent.


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Meeting Mr Sims: interview with the Chief Executive of Croydon Business Improvement District
By Bernadette Fallon - Thursday 2nd October, 2014
Bernadette Fallon talks skyscrapers, sandwiches and secrets with Matthew Sims, boss of Croydon BID
Matthew Sims.
Photo by Croydon BID, used with permission.
Banners promoting the activities of Croydon Business Improvement District hang all over the town centre, sending out messages of positive change to a population that still, to judge from responses to surveys in the local press, needs some convincing. Slogans include 'adding vibrancy to our streets,' 'together a safer place', 'discover what is going on' and 'delivering a cleaner, greener and brighter Croydon'.
So I'm interested to meet the man behind all this, and ask what he really thinks about Croydon.
What, for example, does he think is the most important development in Croydon at the moment – the one that is going to bring the biggest amount of positive change to the region?
Most people would think automatically of the Westfield project – the planned construction in Croydon town centre of the third prestigious London retail development Westfield has carried out, to be completed in partnership with Hammerson plc. So too would he – and that's based on the inside information he has as CEO of the company set up, in his own words, to "make a difference in the town centre". So then – this must be something to really get excited about?
Negative perception of Croydon is one of the biggest challenges we face
"Without a doubt," Matthew Sims says, "the Westfield and Hammerson project is the most exciting development for Croydon and will be a great catalyst for growth".
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But he's also anxious to point out that this is not the only development taking place and that it must be managed alongside everything else that is going on. Croydon BID is running an event in late October at which local business representatives can come along and meet the CEOs of the Westfield and Hammerson groups for a Q&A session, to allow them all to make their own plans for the future.
The Croydon BID is, like all Business Improvement Districts in London, the rest of the UK and beyond, a not-for-profit company set up with the support of local businesses and paid for by them through an annual levy. Our local BID is in its second term (BIDs face re-election by the businesses that support them every five years) and has 580 business members. Levy money is then redistributed back into the economy through the activities of the company across five core projects – in Croydon's case those of safety and security, cleaner and greener, business engagement, perception and image, and accessibility.
Croydon has some passionate ambassadors who can see its great future
"Everything feeds into perception and image," explains Matthew. "We've been working with a lot of people to work at improving Croydon's image, and have been affecting real change". He tells me that crime in Croydon fell by 10% in the last year, and how work is continuing to cut crime in the areas of shoplifting, antisocial behaviour and street drinking.
"Within Croydon there are lots of people who are passionate about the area, they can see it has a great future, and of course a great history. It's important that we present this side of Croydon to those outside as well. Negative perception of Croydon is one of the biggest challenges we face".
The future's high, the future's Croydon.
Of course, big residential developments are going to attract new people into the area; two that immediately spring to mind are the planned apartment complexes close East Croydon station, some of which are already rising into the sky. But I asked Matthew about the potential difficulties of creating a community when one of the key selling points of these developments is their proximity to the station and a way out of Croydon fast!
"Yes, we have to acknowledge the great access Croydon has to central London – that's a wonderful benefit,' he says. '"It's a major transport hub – and of course, also easy to return to".
He does admit there is a slight concern about all the residential developments, explaining the need to keep a balance with commercial and retail also.
"But Croydon is awash with wonderful ambassadors and there is a lot of work being done behind the scenes to make sure there is integration and to create a community".
Walking into the almshouses is like stepping into another world
He's quite a good ambassador for the region himself, eagerly sharing his recommendations for where to go and what to do in Croydon. So you'll find him taking his coffee at Caffé Nero, near East Croydon station, which is a great place for conducting a meeting, he also reveals. His favourite restaurants are Bagatti's in South End and Brasserie Vacherin on the High St; he picks out Zabardast in Dingwall Road, East Croydon, as the best spot for a wrap. Great tips – but what's his favourite off-the-beaten track spot? Does he have any secret must-sees?
"There's the Clocktower café, which is great, and the Braithwaite Hall next door, a brilliant venue. One part of Croydon that is sometimes overlooked is the almshouses on North End – you can go inside from time to time. It's a very busy part of town, quite frenetic, lots of people and then you walk into the alms houses and it's a little oasis, like stepping into another world. We have places like this and you think, wow, this is Croydon and it's amazing".
A CEO who believes the area he is employed to represent is 'amazing'. That sounds like a fine partnership.
To find out more about Croydon BID and its projects, click here.
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Bernadette has been a journalist since the age of 7 when she devised, designed and launched 'Fallon's News' – much to her family's delight. Brought up in Ireland, she was born in Addiscombe where she now lives, though it took her several decades to find it again. She works as a journalist and broadcaster. Follow her at Twitter.com/bernibee
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Great to see Matt still banging the drum for Croydon. He's a real enthusiast, whose been extolling the town's virtues for many years. He was doing so more than a decade ago as chief executive of Croydon Chamber of Commerce, when he was pointing out, quite rightly, as he is now, that the town's negative image is its biggest problem.
Successive council administrations have wasted large amounts of public money on PR over the years with no noticeable effect.
We can but hope that Westfield and Hammerson, with the help of positive people like Matt, will light a small fire under the current council and galvanise it into effective action.
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Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here's one method for effectively peer-reviewing papers, says Mathew Stiller-Reeve. Mathew Stiller-Reeve is a climate researcher at NORCE/Bjerknes.
Abou-Alfa, MD: This is very important. Let's review that one more time because this is very critical. We don't see that.
they report on the Quality of the research before the peer review panel consider their report. Why are Peer Reviews important for the Allocation of Research Funding. Science has a limited budget paid for by governments and charities. (£5.4B, 15/16) Public bodies need reviews in order to decide if its worth funding and how much.
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While reviewing papers by authors well known to you is generally frowned upon, it may be important. research and deputy executive dean in the Faculty of Arts. Before writing this piece, I consulted.
Peer review is an important part of the process of science. This module describes the history of peer review and shows how the review process helps validate the work of scientists and ensure that quality standards are met. The process is illustrated by actual correspondence among authors, reviewing scientists, and the editor of a scientific journal.
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More specifically, participating in peer review can help students:. how to explain the significance of her research to readers who are not experts in her field. 4.
What's this peer review thing anyway? It can seem complex and esoteric, but peer review just means research is checked by scientists in. But they could also have been asking for a lot more, eg why.
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Sep 2, 2016. An explanation of how peer review works and which type of review will. If your work is research-based, however (which is probably why you.
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There is probably no harder part of scholarly life than sending our work out for anonymous peer review. We pour our heart and soul. As scholars, our arguments and research both reflect who we are.
What Is the Importance of Literature Review? Credit: Hero Images/Hero Images/Getty Images When conducting research, a literature review is an essential part of the project because it covers all previous research done on the topic and sets the platform on which the current research is based.
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I get linked into a lot of thought-provoking debates about blinded peer review because of a post I wrote a couple of years ago. It's kept me thinking and digging into research about bias. I think.
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Peer review is of massive importance to the entire the system of scholarly communication. scientific machinery where academic peers provide constructive feedback on research through expert analysis.
How Scientific Peer Review Works. In other words, if the scientist is a biologist studying the migration habits of a particular bird, he will submit that research to colleagues who have sufficient knowledge of birds and bird migration to give a thorough and proper evaluation. It's the job of.
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Public promotion of research findings and the peer-review process. 1.10 Traditionally, peer review has been important mainly for scientists, who need to put.
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These are beginning to transform peer review from interaction between humans into interaction between humans and AI. We should think twice before allowing autonomous AI systems to decide what research.
Peer review is a process in which two or more experts in a field read an article and make suggestions for revisions before it is accepted for publication. To pass peer review, the article must give an original perspective on an important topic. It also must be thoroughly researched, logically.
Peer review is an important process in scientific research because it. assures that only the best research is published. ensures that research with major flaws will not be part of the scientific literature. assures that the best ideas are supported by research and allows others to build upon the research.
So what are some of the main reasons why researchers might feel less motivated. Is someone completely ignoring an important subset of research for some reason? That's a peer review – make it public.
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