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Yankees To Wear Commemorative 'Captain' Patch For Remainder Of 2014 Baseball Season
From ESPN.com
The New York Yankees announced Tuesday that the team will wear a patch of Derek Jeter's final-season logo on all player hats and uniforms from Sept. 7, the day that the shortstop will be honored at Yankee Stadium, through the end of the season.
The baseballs with Jeter logos that will be put in play on Sept. 7, and the uniforms used in the game and throughout the rest of the season will be sold by Steiner Sports, company president Brandon Steiner said.
Steiner also has an exclusive autograph deal with Jeter and has been selling more than 200 Jeter-signed products, including game-used jerseys that retail for $25,000.
Leading up to Jeter's final games, an even greater flow of merchandise has hit the shelves. New Era is selling a three-cap box of Jeter hats for $150. The hats, which are available only at Yankee Stadium and official Yankees stores, are limited to 2,014 sets.
New Era Cap president Pete Augustine told ESPN.com that the company, which has been making hats since 1920, has never celebrated a player like this.
"As soon as he announced this was going to be his final season, we could see the market was hungry for it," Augustine said. "We've never seen this much interest from a player perspective, and I'm not sure we ever will."
New Era has made more than 50 Jeter products for sale, including a white leather fitted hat for $99.99.
"We literally can't keep product in stock," Augustine said. "We make it, it sells out."
New Era sells more Yankees caps than any other team, as 23 percent of the company's Major League Baseball business this year has been generated off the Yankees logo. Augustine said Jeter's final season has helped push the numbers by a few percentage points.
The Yankees will also be selling a commemorative Jeter issue of Yankees Magazine for $20.
Jeter's No. 2 jersey is the best-selling jersey in the league this year, according to MLB spokesman Matt Bourne, and Nike is seeking to further capitalize on its spokesman by trademarking "RE2PECT," which it is already using on gear sold in stores.
Tickets for Derek Jeter Day, which the Yankees announced on July 18, have become among the hottest tickets of the year, along with Sept. 25, his last home game.
Tagged 1996 world series, 3000 hits, 3000 hits club, all-star, baseball, baseball cards, baseball history, baseball legend, captain, captain patch, derek jeter, derek jeter news, derek jeter patch, jeter captain patch, New York, new york yankees, news, Rookie of the Year, ROY, shortstop, world series, yankees
Derek Jeter Leaps Past Carl Yastrzemski With Hit #3,420 And Into 7th Place On The All-Time Hits List!!
Derek Jeter Leaps Past Carl Yastrzemski With Hit #3,420 And Into 7th Place On The All-Time Hits List!
ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankess shortstop Derek Jeter moved ahead of Carl Yastrzemski and into seventh place on baseball's all-time hits list with three hits off Yu Darvish in the first seven innings of Monday night's 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
"You know, it's quite an accomplishment," Jeter said. "It's tough to enjoy when you lost the game but yeah, I'm pretty sure when this season is over and done with, I'll look back and get a chance to realize how special it was. But yeah, any time you talk about a list of all-time great players its pretty special."
The Yankees' 40-year-old captain accomplished the feat with a quintessential Jeter single: a drive into right field off an inside-out swing with two outs and a runner on first base in the seventh inning. The hit was the 3,420th of Jeter's 20-year major league career, which puts him 10 hits behind No. 6 on the list, Honus Wagner. That will likely be the last hurdle Jeter can clear before his retirement at the end of this season; the player in fifth place, Tris Speaker, is 94 hits ahead, with 3,514.
Earlier in the game, Jeter had tied Yastrzemski with a ground-rule double, a line drive that bounced into the stands in distant right-center field in the third inning.
"It's been neat to watch," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's passed a lot of people; you think about the doubles, he broke that last week, and then you move up on the all-time hit list. He's been amazing."
Asked before the game to recall his favorite memories in the ballpark now called Global Life Park, Jeter said, "We've had some battles here in the postseason. Early in my career, on the way to the World Series, we had to go through some tough Texas teams. That's what stands out the most."
Now Jeter has a regular-season moment in Texas to remember as well.
Former Marlins' Ace Josh Beckett Fires First No-Hitter Of 2014
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 1 comment
From USAToday.com
Los Angeles Dodgers starter Josh Beckett was the pitcher no one wanted.
He was the dead money, $35 million worth, thrown into the mega Boston Red Sox-Dodgers' trade two years ago.
The 34-year-old Beckett even wondered privately last summer whether he might have thrown his last pitch in the big leagues. And until two weeks ago, he had gone two years without winning a game.
Then, along came the glorious Sunday afternoon, when Beckett stood tall on the mound, mobbed by his teammates, celebrating the greatest regular-season game he ever pitched — the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, 6-0, over the Philadelphia Phillies.
It was the 24th no-hitter in Dodgers' history and their first since Hideo Nomo in 1996. It was the first no-hitter against the Phillies at home since 1969. And in 321 career starts, it was the first no-hitter in Beckett's career.
Do you believe in sweet redemption?
"I didn't think I had no-hit stuff," said Beckett, once the posterboy for the Red Sox woes in 2012, and a culprit of the infamous chicken-and-beer escapades by pitchers during games. "I really just kept them guessing."
Oh, he fooled everyone all right. Really, he's been doing it all season long.
The Dodgers certainly weren't counting on him this year. He was simply a candidate to make the team as a fifth starter. It's why they signed Paul Maholm in spring training. Who could blame the Dodgers? He had a rib removed in thoracic outlet syndrome surgery last July to repair condition that was affecting his right shoulder.
He wondered if his career was over.
Let's face it, if he wasn't owed $17 million this year, the Dodgers wouldn't have bothered bringing him back.
He worked out religiously all winter, telling himself if this was it, he was going to go out his way.
"I'm going to throw as hard as I can and see what happens," Beckett said this spring. "I'll throw the ball until I blow out, and I'm hoping that's not for a few more years."
Beckett, showing no fear Sunday, threw 128 pitches — the last a 94-mph fastball by Chase Utley for the final out and entrance into baseball history.
"It was awesome," Beckett, who struck out six and walked three, told reporters afterward. "I took a moment in the ninth while I was warming up. It was what it was, and if I threw one, great. If not, I have healthy kids and a healthy wife — and that's the main goal."
A year ago, he was the unhealthy one — the numbness in his right hand and arm refused to go away. He was 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA when he was shut down for the season.
"It's crazy how simple things," Beckett said, "become difficult to do."
Beckett showed up at spring training asking only that he be given the opportunity to prove to the Dodgers that he could help them.
"I'm here to try and win a job and let upper management take care of all the other stuff," Beckett said that February morning. "I want to be with the Dodgers. I want to be a Dodger. I felt like I was treated really good last year through everything and I'd kind of like to help repay that."
Well, guess who's been a mainstay in the Dodgers' starting rotation, showing that same fiery competitiveness that earned him the World Series MVP award in 2003 when the Marlins knocked off the Yankees?
Beckett doesn't rely on his fastball any longer, but rather his curveball, throwing it almost any time in any situation. He has reestablished himself as one of the most consistent starters in the National League.
Now, nearly two years after the mega trade that included $275 million in contracts, with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and left fielder Carl Crawford going from Boston to Los Angeles, and first baseman James Loney and prospects going to Boston, Beckett has emerged as the biggest surprise in the deal.
Beckett, who opened the year on the DL with a thumb injury, is now 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA. He has yielded two or fewer runs in six of his last eight starts, and, yes, he's getting better.
"Josh has been throwing the ball good all year," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "For him to be able to do that today is nice, for everything he's been through with us. The surgery last year, missing the whole season. Changing himself as a pitcher. Using the breaking ball more and everything else.
"It was fun to watch."'
If the Dodgers have a sense of humor, they'll even have chicken and beer on the flight home to Los Angeles. And celebrate the man who is a living testament to what can happen when you refuse to give up.
Tagged 2003 world series, 2007 world series, all-star, baseball, baseball cards, boston red sox, dodgers, Josh Beckett, josh beckett no hitter, los angeles dodgers, most valuable player, MVP, no hitter, pitcher, red sox, starting pitcher, world series, world series MVP
Albert Pujols: Welcome To "Club 500"
WASHINGTON – Albert Pujols' 500th home run is a milestone, but it's also a significant marker for the Los Angeles Angels and the investment they made in one of baseball's premier hitters.
Pujols became the 26th player and third-youngest to hit No. 500 when he connected for his second of Tuesday's game against the Washington Nationals.
Pujols' 500th, off Washington's Taylor Jordan, went into the seats in left-center field at Nationals Park with Mike Trout on first base, giving Pujols five RBI for the night and the Angels a 6-2 lead. They wound up winning 7-2.
Pujols' homers were his seventh and eighth this season to give him the major league lead a season after he hit a career-low 17. His five RBI give him 18 in his past 13 games.
That's as promising a return as Pujols has given the Angels since 2012, the first year of the 10-year, $240 million contract he signed. He's making $23 million this season, a number that grows by a million each year through 2021.
Pujols hit 30 homers and drove in 105 runs in 2012 but was limited by injuries – most notably plantar fasciitis – to 99 games last season. In his 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, he led the National League twice in homers and topped 40 six times, including a career-high 49 in 2006.
Only Alex Rodriguez and Jimmie Foxx got to 500 sooner than Pujols, who is 34 years and 96 days old. Rodriguez was 32 years, 8 days when he got to 500 in 2007. Foxx was 32 years, 338 days when he got there in 1940.
Pujols hit No. 499 to stake the Angels to a 3-0 lead three batters into the game against Jordan, a line drive just inside the left-field foul pole. He's the first player to hit Nos. 499 and 500 in the same game.
Pujols is the first player in five seasons to reach 500. When Gary Sheffield, the most recent new member of the club got his on April 17, 2009, he capped a stretch in which eight players got to 500 in a span of six seasons.
He becomes the 12th player with 500 career homers, 500 doubles and 1,500 RBI, joining Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Eddie Murray, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson,Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez and Rodriguez.
Tagged 2006 world series, 2011 world series, 3-time MVP, 500 home runs, 500 HR club, albert pujols, all-star, angels, angels of anaheim, baseball, baseball cards, Cardinals, gold glove, los angeles angels, most valuable player, MVP, Rookie of the Year, ROY, st. louis cardinals, world series
Rangers' Pitcher Yu Darvish Fastest Ever To 500 K's
ST. PETERSBURG – Yu Darvish set a Major League record by striking out the first two batters he faced in Sunday's start against the Rays.
The two strikeouts gave Darvish 500 for his career in 401 2/3 innings. The Rangers' right-hander becomes the fastest pitcher as a starter to ever reach 500 strikeouts as far as number of innings it took to get there. Kerry Wood held the old record by doing it in 404 2/3 innings. Mark Prior did it in 421 2/3 innings and Stephen Strasburg did so in 426 1/3 innings.
Darvish was activated off the disabled list before the game. He had been sidelined with stiffness in his neck that forced him to miss his Opening Day start against the Phillies.
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Derek Jeter Moves Into Eighth Place On The All-time Hits List Passing Paul Molitor
From CBSSports.com
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter moved into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time hits list on Sunday. He singled in the third inning to tie Paul Molitor, then he singled again in the fourth to jump over him.
Here is the all-time hit list at the moment:
Pete Rose – 4,256 hits
Ty Cobb – 4,189
Hank Aaron – 3,771
Stan Musial – 3,630
Tris Speaker – 3,514
Honus Wagner – 3,420
Carl Yastrzemski – 3,419
Derek Jeter – 3,320
Paul Molitor – 3,319
Eddie Collins – 3,315
With a great season, Jeter could jump Tris Speaker to take over fifth place all-time. Jeter is retiring after the season and looks likely to call it a career with at least the sixth most hits in baseball history. That is something else.
Coming into Sunday's game, Jeter was 2-for-11 with four walks on the season. Had he not missed almost all of 2013 with leg and ankle problems, he'd have a chance to finish his career as high as third place on the all-time hits list.
Cap Anson, who played during the 1800s, retired with 3,435 career hits, but pre-1900 hit totals are not recognized due to the unreliability of the information.


The EU foreign ministers did not reach a joint position on a weapons embargo against Syriaon Monday.The current embargo will end on Friday, after which individual states will be free to supply the rebels with arms. It would be utopian to expect Europe to reach a common stance on Syria, some commentators lament. Others stress that the West must neutralise chemical weapons stockpiles in the country.
Unintended consequences: could tariffs on Chinese imports actually harm the EU's solar panel industry?
The past few weeks have seen a marked increase in hostilities between China and the EU over the ongoing trade dispute, centred on the solar industry. Given that it?s between two of the largest economies in the world, this dispute is not to be sniffed at.
A UN tribunal finds six Bosnian Croat former leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1990s Balkan wars.
The Wales, the United Kingdom and Europe: Europeanising Devolution conference (Cardiff, 24 May 2013) presented a paradox for Wales?s engagement with the EU; while Europe is extremely important for Wales engagement seems to be lacking.
Italy's Five Star Movement, the protest party which rocked the establishment at national polls, fares badly at local elections, while the left recovers.
There has been a lot of debate recently about what the UK public really want in terms of the UK?s relationship with the EU. In an attempt to shed some further light on this Open Europe has today released a new poll conducted by ComRes.
The Danes might have to vote in a new EU referendum at the beginning of the next year, government spokespeople have confirmed. But the referendum will be on something less important than one of the four Danish opt-outs, which include Justice, Euro cooperation, Defense and Citizenship.
The murder of a UK solider has led to a spike in hate crimes targeting British Muslims and places of worship.
Clinical Trials ? Compromise in the European Parliament?
The proposal for the revision of the Clinical Trials Directive will be discussed tomorrow (29th May) in the Envi Committee of the European Parliament. On transparency and disclosure of trial results I am not hearing good news.
A.C.T. Democ[k]racy lecture Eindhoven, 23 May 2013 The European Union is in a crisis of legitimacy and governance. Let?s look at one aspect of this crisis: language. I am a writer, but I have never been so often confronted with the di.
Formally Iceland is still a candidate country, but the reality on the ground changed with the new government voted in, as I stated in the blog post Iceland voted for ?fax democracy?, as currently and as in Norway. The government programme of the rural Progressive Party and the rightist Independence Party promises to shelve the EU membership negotiations and a referendum at some point (on a possible restart). Read Nordic countries and EU: Public opinion in Iceland.
The lingering euro debt crisis has underscored the two main stories of the moment in Europe: Berlin?s move into the driving seat of European integration, and the widespread uneasiness in other European capitals about that development. However, beyond all the chatter about a German Europe, a different thread emerges.
The deficit is the consequence, not the cause, of Britain's financial problems. Reducing it would require big increases in spending from corporates and consumers. Could the trade balance component be the easiest route out of austerity?
Most political leaders in Europe want the European Union to emerge from its current crisis stronger and more united. But the only way to overcome Europe?s existential crisis, and to respond to citizens? demands for change, is to confront the EU's domestic opponents head-on in next year's European elections.
As a Greek, I am burdened by the recent developments in the southeasternmost corner of the European Union.
The Commission has today released its country-specific recommendations on economic policy. Below, we highlight the most important suggestions made to some of the key eurozone countries.


Jenifer held the broad-based role of Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of a venture capital fund manager for over nine years. After playing a direct role in growing the business from the start up stage to having raised capital in excess of $125 million, she led the closing of the fund manager's sale to a national venture capital company. As a result, Jenifer has direct experience in growing a business and raising capital, as well as the transactional aspects of investing and exiting.
Prior to this role, she worked as a management consultant, providing business advisory services to organizations across a wide range of industries. A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Management, she holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree, majoring in marketing and human resources. Jenifer also holds the professional designations of Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
She is a published author (Master Your Investment in the Family Business: How to Increase After-Tax Wealth) and a contributor to It's Your Money, Honey: A Girl's Guide to Saving, Investing, and Building Wealth at Every Age and Life Stage. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Yahoo! Finance, Private Capital, Canadian Capital, CareerVision, Golden Girl Finance, Divestopedia.com, and Club Manager Quarterly. Jenifer has developed and delivered courses in a number of areas, including technology commercialization management, succession planning, business valuation for advisors, advising family business, and financial literacy for non-financial business leaders.
Jenifer has been actively involved with the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) since 2001 and is currently a member of the Communications & Research and Venture Capital Content Committees. She is a former member of the Board of Directors, Executive, and Finance Committees of Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. Jenifer has actively been involved in volunteer roles for over 30 years and was recognized for her efforts as the inaugural recipient of the Intercontinental Hotels Group Canada 2007 CSTA Community Service Award (presented by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance).


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Your Own Medieval Dynasty – The Guild 3 E3 Demo
By Maddy Wojdak
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We had the chance to check out the new The Guild 3 Demo at E3, and it has every indication of being a welcome addition to a series that has been without a standalone entry in 11 years.
The Guild 2 came out in 2006, and was a fun medieval life simulator in which you start off as a merchant and create your own dynasty. The Guild 3 has the same general concept, but with much more polish and creativity thrown in. While there wasn't a playable demo, we were able to get a taste for The Guild 3 as we watched a hands-on presentation of the game.
The story is simple—you start off as a commoner and work to build your wealth and prestige to dominate this medieval world. There isn't one route to domination; you can go about it anyway you like, whether you enjoy creating alliances or destroying your opponents. The game goes on until you die without an heir to continue your legacy. Time will pass, but the game stays in medieval times—you may reach the year 1800, but you will not be met with the industrial revolution.
Historical accuracy is huge in The Guild 3 though, as you play in real historical settings such as London, Paris, and more. Everything is built to be as accurate as possible, but the game designers have taken creative liberties in two ways—first, by raising the age of marriage to 16, and second, by giving women a larger role in medieval times. Both of these are welcome changes.
One of the most intelligent and fun features within the game is the AI, as the NPCs in this game take on a life of their own. While our character was busy, we explored other parts of the town and discovered random village women engaged in fisticuffs over their own disagreements. Each villager has their own relationships and decisions apart from any choices that the player makes, creating a much more engaging world.
In addition, the Guild 3 adds on the option of playing the game in first person mode at times; you can literally see through your character's eyes as you walk around town. While I doubt many people will choose to play the majority of the game in this mode, it's a fun (though slightly unnecessary) feature that will definitely offer you a new perspective on the game.
Overall, this game looks like an exciting new addition to the series. The Guild 3 is expected to be released on PC sometime this year. In the meantime, you can check out the game on Steam and on the game's website.
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Meet Five Nigerian Students Who Are Building An Airplane In Missouri, USA
In a bid to create employment opportunities for young people, five students from the International College of Aeronautics in Lagos, Nigeria, are currently in Mexico, Missouri, learning how to build airplanes.
Apart from creating employment opportunities, their aim is to forge a programme that would teach aviation and maintenance skills.
Solomon Adio, the founder of the International College of Aeronautics (ICA) in Nigeria, worked in the U.S for more than thirty-five years as a pilot and maintenance engineer, before deciding to come back home and start his own flight school.
Adio, said when he returned to start rye flight school in Nigeria, he realized one critical problem: there were no airplanes.
After designing a curriculum which focuses on building aircraft, he began enrolling students in his program, Aircraft Building Engineering Technology. The program works in collaboration with Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu.
"The concept is, if you teach them how to build, they will fly what they build," said Adio. "And once they fly what they build, then they can fix what they've flown."
"We cannot continue to chase jobs that do not exist, We have to create new job opportunities," He added.
More so, he decided to purchase an airplane kit from Zenith Aircraft Company in Mexico, Missouri for his students to build. Rather than assembling it together in Nigeria, he decided that the best learning opportunity would be for the students to travel to the U.S.
However, only students who completed the first two years of Adio's program at the ICA, would be eligible to travel. Five students eventually made the cut, they are; David Opateyibo, Fausat Idowu, Aliyyah Adio, Michael Fakuade and Abdul-Hafeez Onisarotu.
The students would be in Mexico until September while they work at the factory to fully construct their own two-seater airplane. They will then ship the finished plane back to Nigeria and put it into use as both a training tool and a functional airplane.
Sebastien Heintz, owner and president of Zenith Aircraft Company in Mexico, said discussion with Adio about bringing students for the learning programme began several years ago. Originally only a workshop was discussed.
The workshop eventually grew into a four-month stay where the students would assemble their own plane using parts manufactured by Zenith Aircraft Company.
"I think it's a fantastic learning opportunity for them and they've been doing a great job here at our factory; they decided to come out here and learn as much as they possibly can while they're here about the tools and the skills and the processes involved in building their own airplane" Heintz said.
Further more, Heintz is expressed delight at having the students use Zenith Aircraft Company's tools, airplane kit and physical space as their classroom and is eager to see how the partnership could continue.
"As a promoter of aviation, I love to work with folks like that because, again, I think the future of aviation will come a lot from outside the United States," he said.
As for Solomon Adio, he said he is looking forward to providing more affordable options of aviation in Nigeria and hopefully aiding youth unemployment in the country.
"Nigeria has a population of over 180 million people, If you can just get 10 percent of them to fly, that's 18 million people to fly airplanes. There's a future there."
The group has a GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/aviationstudents to raise funds for their stay in Mexico and for the cost of shipping the completed airplane back to Nigeria.
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Eli Iserbyt (* 22. Oktober 1997 in Bavikhove) ist ein belgischer Cyclocrossfahrer.

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Iserbyt gewann 2015 die Silbermedaille in der Juniorenklasse bei den Weltmeisterschaften im Cyclocross. Zum Jahresbeginn 2016 trat er für das Continental Team Telenet-Fidea an. In der Saison 2015/16 wurde Iserbyt Weltmeister in der Klasse U23 und gewann die U23-Wertungen von Weltcup und Superprestige.

Zur Saison 2016/2017 wechselte Iserbyt zum Team Marlux-Napoleon Games Cycling Team, dessen Schwerpunkt beim Cyclocross liegt.
2018 wurde er das zweite Mal Weltmeister der U23, 2020 Europameister der Elite.

Außerhalb der Cross-Saison nahm Iserbyt gelegentlich an Straßenrennen teil. 2018 gewann er die Nachwuchswertung der Boucles de la Mayenne.

Erfolge

Cyclocross
2011/12
  Belgischer Meister (Debütanten)

2012/13
  Belgischer Meister (Debütanten)

2013/14
  Belgischer Meister (Junioren)

2014/15
  Belgischer Meister (Junioren)
  Europameister (Junioren)
  Weltmeisterschaft (Junioren)

2015/16
 bpost bank Trofee, Ronse-Kluisbergen (U23)
 Superprestige Zonhoven, Zonhoven (U23)
 Superprestige Ruddervoorde, Ruddervoorde (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Koksijde (U23)
 Superprestige Flandriencross Hamme, Hamme (U23)
 Vlaamse Druivencross, Overijse (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Namur (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Lignières-en-Berry (U23)
  Weltmeister (U23)
 Superprestige Hoogstraten, Hoogstraten (U23)
 Superprestige Noordzeecross Middelkerke, Middelkerke (U23)
 Gesamtwertung Weltcup (U23)
 Gesamtwertung Superprestige (U23)

2016/2017
 Superprestige Gavere (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Koppenbergcross, Oudenaarde (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – GP Rouwmoer, Essen (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Azencross, Loenhout (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – GP Sven Nys, Baal (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Fiuggi (U23)
 Gesamtwertung bpost bank Trofee (U23)

2017/2018
  Weltmeister (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Zeven (U23)
 UCI-Weltcup, Hoogerheide (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Bollekescross, Hamme-Zogge (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Scheldecross, Antwerpen (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Krawatencross, Lille (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – GP Mario De Clercq, Ronse (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – GP Rouwmoer, Essen (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – Azencross, Loenhout (U23)
 bpost bank Trofee – GP Sven Nys, Baal (U23)
 Gesamtwertung bpost bank Trofee (U23)

2018/2019
 UCI-Weltcup, Bern (U23)
  Europameisterschaft (U23)
  Weltmeisterschaft (U23)

2019/2020
 UCI-Weltcup, Iowa
 UCI-Weltcup, Waterloo
 Superprestige Gieten
 UCI-Weltcup, Bern
 Superprestige Gavere, Gavere
 Koppenbergcross
  Europameisterschaft
 UCI-Weltcup Nommay

2020/2021
 Rapencross Lokeren
 Telenet Superprestige, Ruddervoorde
 Telenet Superprestige, Boom
 X²O Trofee, Oudenaarde - Koppenbergcross
 X²O Trofee, Kortrijk - Urban Cross
 Waaslandcross
 Gesamtwertung - X²O Trofee
  Europameister

2021/2022
  Weltmeisterschaft
 Weltcup-Gesamtwertung mit Siegen in Waterloo, Iowa, Overijse, Koksijde, Besançon, Flamanville und Hoogerheide
 Superprestige: Siege in Ruddervoorde und Niel, Merksplas
 X2O Badkamers Trofee: Sieg in Oudenaarde
 Rapencross Lokeren, Beringen, Bredene

Straße
2015
 Bergwertung Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
2018
 Nachwuchswertung Boucles de la Mayenne

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Radsportler (Belgien)
Cyclocrossfahrer
Belgier
Geboren 1997
Mann

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no longer complains about not finding perl510.dll.
and an abrupt termination of TakeCommand when the popup is dismissed.
I must be missing something :o and would greatly appreciate suggestions on obtaining a somewhat more useful response from TCC's Perl support.
> no longer complains about not finding *perl510.dll*.
> *and an abrupt termination of TakeCommand when the popup is dismissed.
> I must be missing something :o and would greatly appreciate suggestions on obtaining a somewhat more useful response from TCC's Perl support.
I've uploaded 10.0.60 to the web and ftp sites.


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NARCO-POLITIK: 'The Crystal Triangle', Consolidating The Narco-Economy – By Gabriel Chaves (Archive)
SM / February 19, 2020
Source – isreview.org
– "…The dissolution of the cartels has produced a decentralization of the drug economy into many disparate entities. The industry became commoditized allowing the entrance of new players. Banking institutions help launder drug money and US companies participate in smuggling schemes to obtain black market pesos, helping to offset the nation's trade deficit. The cocaine industry provides profitable opportunities for "legitimate" American corporations, too. There has been a proliferation of private military companies (PMC) that help secure the flow of drug profits to US financial institutions"
Consolidating the narco-economy – By Gabriel Chaves
THE WAR on drugs is a key feature of US foreign policy. If we were to judge this war by its official goal we must recognize it has failed: the drug trade now spans the whole globe. The war has squandered treasure and ruined the lives of millions of people. Governments continue to pursue this war because the stated objectives differ from its real purpose. Cocaine Death Squads and the War on Terror provides a perspective that unveils the true nature of the war on drugs.
The authors focus on Colombia as the epicenter of the "Crystal Triangle": the Andean countries that supply the international cocaine trade. The evolution of the government's simultaneous campaigns against narcotrafficking and the existing insurgency groups is discussed in intimate detail. The book offers a unique vantage point on its subject, providing a clear picture of the role of the CIA in the international drug trade.
Cocaine Death Squads and the War on Terror: US Imperialism and Class Struggle in Colombia – By Oliver Villar and Drew Cottle
Genesis of Colombian drug trade
The Colombian narcoeconomy originated from two confluent dynamics: the internal conflict for land, and the geographical shift of US anti-communist operations.
Inside Colombia, the Comprador class (the business elite), had successfully resisted the struggle for land redistribution. The FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) grew out of peasant groups involved in this struggle.
Internationally, the CIA role in drug trafficking operations dates back to the Cold War, when it began making alliances with gangsters, warlords, and heroin traffickers to fight communism in Europe, China, and Indochina. Since then, the focus of CIA operations has coincided with surges in drug production. The drug trade in Colombia, for example, helped the CIA finance its operations in Central America.
The CIA helped establish the Medellin Cartel by supporting the paramilitary organization Muerte a Secuestradores–MAS (Death to Kidnappers). It included members of Colombian security forces, landowners, and narcotraffickers. The CIA connected MAS with mercenaries that provided training in anti-insurgency tactics. The CIA also helped organize production and marketing networks vital to the cocaine trade.
The growth of cocaine production coincided with the ascendancy of sectors committed to international trade. Villar and Cottle identify these forces as the Narco-bourgeoisie: the beneficiaries of the drug economy.
The cocaine decade
The cocaine decade marked the rise to power of the narco-bourgeoisie. Among the individuals that formed part of its ranks, the authors detail the ascendance of Carlos Castaño and of Alvaro Uribe Velez.
As drug traffickers increased the size of their rural properties, class antagonisms intensified. They formed paramilitary groups with US support. Today, they are still part of Colombian's intelligence network.
Villar and Cottle make a detailed class analysis of Colombia and its relation to the United States to demonstrate the importance of the drug trade for the economic stability of both countries, the involvement of the respective governments' agencies in trafficking operations, and the futility of persecution of cartel leaders to combat traffic.
The description of Colombia as a narco-state is justified by pointing to several aspects of Colombia class structure: the shared enmity of the narco-traffickers and the traditional elites towards social movements, the cooperation of the national army with "illegal" paramilitary groups, the dependence of the legal economy on the drug economy, and the political prominence of individuals with known ties to the cartels.
The fusion between the state and the narcotraffickers, however, is by no means free of the occasional confrontation. The book's account of the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar illustrates how conflict of interests can escalate into bloody confrontations between sectors of the narco-bourgeoisie. As they engaged in an all-out war with Escobar's Medellin cartel, Colombian and American officials allowed the Cali cartel to prosper and integrate deeper into the power structure. Its subsequent disarticulation did not disrupt the already established narco-military networks. Under the leadership of Carlos Castaño, these networks were prepared to ruthlessly advance the class interest of the narco-bourgeoisie.
Plan Colombia
FARC's involvement in the drug economy consists mainly on taxing the initial stages of the process. These steps are of little added value when compared with subsequent steps of the trade chain. Nevertheless, this role becomes the basis for US official to promote the paradigm of a unique and inseparable fight against the single entity of narco-terrorism.
By exaggerating the role of FARC in the cocaine industry, the US justified an imperialist campaign known as Plan Colombia aimed at defeating the insurgent group. Plan Colombia coincided with Alvaro Uribe's governing agenda entitled "Democratic Security," which was simply a doctrine of state terror that applied Washington's counterinsurgency guidelines.
Not coincidentally, the Uribe era brought massive investments in capital-intensive infrastructure directed at exploiting the country's natural resources. At the same time, neoliberal legislation eliminated labor rights, and paramilitary campaigns cleared out the population from rural areas in investors' sights.
The careful description of these phenomena allows Villar and Cottle to conclude,
"Behind the official discourse of fighting drugs and terrorism there remains an agenda in Colombia that is no longer hidden: to secure military victory over the FARC and eliminate obstacles to US and international investment in mega-projects for the efficient exploitation of Colombia's rich natural resources."
To secure these objectives paramilitaries target everyone that dare challenge the economic interests of the imperial-comprador partnership. The authors go to great lengths to describe the terrorism of the narco-state and the psychological operations used to legitimize it.
Effects of the war on drugs
The last part of the book provides a description of the consequences of the war on drugs. Massive fumigation results in relocation of coca plantations further into the Amazon and in the regionalization of the drug economy across Latin America.
The dissolution of the cartels has produced a decentralization of the drug economy into many disparate entities. The industry became commoditized allowing the entrance of new players. Banking institutions help launder drug money and US companies participate in smuggling schemes to obtain black market pesos, helping to offset the nation's trade deficit.
The cocaine industry provides profitable opportunities for "legitimate" American corporations, too. There has been a proliferation of private military companies (PMC) that help secure the flow of drug profits to US financial institutions. To maintain this flow, the banking industry must resist any attempt at regulating its practices, and the Pentagon must shield PMCs from investigation. To illustrate the inner working of these networks, the authors describe in detail the activities of several PMCs.
A war for drugs, a war of terror
This work does a superb work in connecting the dynamics of the internal conflict with the hegemonic interests of Washington. For Colombian readers it reveals how the strings are pulled to benefit international corporate interests. For American readers it shows the humanitarian crisis that American "aid" has caused.
The analysis put forward of the US-directed war on drugs and the remarkable description of its real effects is of fundamental importance for future social movements both in the US and in Colombia. Social struggles cannot succeed if they are blind to the real nature of the narco-state. The book is a useful tool in this regard.
Two warnings are needed. First, by defining the concept of the narco-bourgeoisie the authors provide an excellent analytical tool to explain many of the realities of Colombia and war on drugs. Unfortunately, careless use of the concept may hide internal conflicts inside the elite. After all, it was a sector of the bourgeoisie that prevented Uribe from holding on to power.
A second defect is the appearance that class conflict is limited to the FARC-led struggle against the government. This is a consequence of a recurrent technique used by Colombian governments: movements are always accused of being infiltrated by FARC. It is not surprising that international observers idealize the potential of FARC as a transformative force. This view is a serious obstacle for the growth of social organizations. The guerrillas do not have a monopoly on class resistance; the book forgets this.
With these two caveats in mind, one can follow the book's carefully constructed arguments and accept its maxim: "this is a war for drugs and a war of terror" that immiserates Colombians while cocaine floods the global markets
https://isreview.org/issue/90/consolidating-narco-economy
February 19, 2020 in NARCO-POLITICS: Black Budgets & Black Ops.
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Collecting antique nutcrackers
Antiques dealer Luke Honey discusses the appeal of collecting nutcrackers...
Luke Honey
Published: October 20th, 2022 at 12:30 pm
In Tchaikovsky's delightful Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker, a wooden nutcracker comes to life on Christmas Eve, turning from a children's toy into a handsome prince. The humble nutcracker's association with Christmas is a relatively recent phenomenon; nutcrackers have been with us for thousands of years. Nuts have formed part of the human diet since prehistory: stones, used for cracking open nuts, have been found in archaeological excavations dating back 4,000 to 8,000 years.
The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy, holds the earliest known nutcracker in its collection; shaped as two clasped hands in bronze and decorated with serpentine bracelets in gilt, it's an object of extraordinary quality and beauty. Historians date it to the third or fourth century BC. Ancient nutcrackers were made from metal and operated by a hinge movement.
When were nutcrackers invented?
In the late 14th century, Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen of France and Navarre, refers to a 'device in silver for breaking nuts worth nine Francs'. And by the 15th and 16th centuries, English and French craftsmen were carving nutcrackers in wood, often from boxwood: a versatile, oily wood suitable for the fine art of 'treen'. Henry VIII is also said to have given his second wife Anne Boleyn a nutcracker.
A carved and painted English 'sailor' nutcracker fetched £1,500 at Lawrences of Crewkerne in 2015
Today, nutcrackers tend to be associated with Germany, especially the region of Erzgebirge (in English, the Ore Mountains) in the former East Germany, where you can still buy them today. The area was known for the mining of precious metals. During the 17th century, silver deposits ran out, and the former miners turned to woodworking to survive. The region became famous for its toys and souvenirs in wood.
By the 18th and 19th centuries, carvers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland made nutcrackers in the shape of animals and human faces. In German folklore, nutcrackers bring good luck, ward off evil spirits and protect the home. Traditionally, nuts are associated with Christmas too: as Judith Flanders says in Christmas: A Biography, 'Now Santa put toys, fruits and nuts in the stockings of good children, while bad children got coal...'
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But by the 1960s, with the availability of pre-shelled nuts, this charming custom fell into decline. That said, I can certainly remember Father Christmas adding a handful of nuts to the toe of my own Christmas stocking as late as the 1970s, along with an orange and a bag of chocolate money.
The classic wooden 'soldier' nutcracker – in colourful uniform and moustache – is especially popular in America. In 1872, Wilhelm Friedrich Füchtner, the 'father of the nutcracker', began the first commercial mass production of the nutcracker in spruce wood, basing his design on an earlier story by Dr Heinrich Hoffmann, the author of the notorious Struwwelpeter.
But it was in the immediate post-war period that the nutcracker became part of the American Christmas tradition. GIs stationed in Germany bought nutcracker soldiers in the Christmas markets as gifts for their families back home. And the Nutcracker ballet became associated with Christmas in the popular imagination, introduced to a broader audience by Disney's Fantasia in 1940 and, later, by George Balanchine's influential New York production of 1954.
How much are antique nutcrackers?
Antique nutcrackers are highly collectable these days, appealing to connoisseurs of folk art, treen and naïve artefacts. And the sheer variety on offer adds to the temptation. A carved and painted English 'sailor' nutcracker, dating from the days of Nelson, fetched £1,500 at Lawrences in 2015, while a delightful 19th-century novelty crocodile nutcracker, catalogued as 'Swiss or Austrian' made £980 at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in March 2020.
Earlier nutcrackers are more expensive. A naïve boxwood nutcracker (inscribed with the name 'William Chapman' and dated 1704) sold for £6,000 at Elstob & Elstob in Yorkshire in April this year. I'm also taken with a charming 19th-century painted figural nutcracker in boots and waistcoat, which came up for sale at Kinsky auction house in Vienna in December 2020. It sold for €2,700.


I liked the distinction on that Fightworks Podcast poll, which was whether or not you see yourself as a martial artist. I'm not especially bothered if people want to call BJJ a martial art, but I wouldn't feel comfortable saying "I'm a martial artist," for the reasons you mentioned above: it smacks of mysticism and hokey ritual.
However, if pressed I'd say I prefer the term combat sport. The reason for that is 'martial art' can slide into codified ideology (rigid ideologies are rarely a positive thing) and historical conservation (which by contrast can be a wonderful thing, but not in the context of an activity which requires pressure testing, as that necessarily needs the flexibility to change and adapt as things evolve over time) rather than full contact resistance training: aikido is a case in point.
I really don't want to see BJJ make the same mistake, which is one of the concerns I have about the anti-competition and 'preserving the techniques of the Grandmaster' noises coming out of the Gracie Academy in Torrance (hence why I babbled at such length on the topic here), though in terms of actual instruction I remain very impressed by their recent releases.
Thanks you very much, slideyfoot, for your usual insightful commentary.
Indeed, I should have made plain that Fightworks poll asked if practitioners would describe themselves as martial artists, as you suggest, but I thought that the responses moved between personal identification and how to describe the discipline, itself, and were therefore relevant to my discussion.
I 100% agree with you regarding the stifling nature of codified ideology – and this is a big part of why I moved from traditional to nontraditional martial arts – and I'm also not a huge fan of historical conservatism and the anti-intellectual sentimentality and nostalgia often associated with such a perspective. I further concur with and share your discomfort with the 'Grandmaster noises' you mention.
I wouldn't put judo, taekwondo and karate in the same category. The big difference is training against full resistance: taekwondo competitions tend to limit the amount of contact, meaning that you are forced to pull strikes, and can even be penalised for striking too hard.
In BJJ, you can apply any technique fully, because unlike a strike, there is a point at which you can stop without limiting the efficacy of the application (i.e., whether you slam on an armbar full force or gradually, it will still have the desired end effect. To damage someone with a punch, you have to put in plenty of force).
I don't mean to argue that competition should be the ultimate end goal for everyone (after all, I don't compete: my views on competition are laid out here). I absolutely take your point that this would denigrate the abilities of those who aren't able to compete, for whatever reason, or whose physical attributes have declined to the extent that they can't perform at their former levels of athleticism.
Rather, my point is that competition's importance should not be de-emphasised. That's because, I believe, if you rule out competition – as the Gracie Academy in Torrance have apparently done – the next logical step is to rule out heavy contact sparring. First you might limit the contact, then perhaps the target areas, then maybe the number of techniques etc.
If you keep on travelling down that path, your eventual destination is compliant drilling, which would put BJJ at the same level of aikido.
Of course, the line gets blurred with the example of judo. Certain techniques have been outlawed, and severe limits have been put on newaza, which arguably waters down efficacy.
On the other hand, it is still full contact, and the opponent is still fully resisting. That means your ability to chuck someone on their head is still getting pressure tested, in a way that your ability to punch someone in the face in a point fighting competition is not.
So in short: training against full resistance is essential for a martial art to remain effective. Retaining a strong competitive element is important in that context, and it also ensures continuing evolution, as you are forced to test yourself against people from outside your familiar environment. Without that catalyst, BJJ would stagnate.
Thanks again for raising some thoughtful points, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your point of view, which I find balanced and well considered.
While I agree that pressure testing is vital for a martial art's vigor, I feel that the rules of competition inevitably pervert an art's efficacy and the examples of Judo, Karate and Taw Kwon Do do indeed serve as a prophetic warning of what BJJ could devolve into if training is geared towards competition; Tae Kwon Do did not begin as a point-sparring art that favours legs over hands regardless of distance to target. The parameters of competition can provide a helpful and relatively safe testing ground for individuals' technique, but I believe that the desire to win within these rules leads to training that does not encompass the widest range of technique.
Of the factors that concern me, I'll mention two important ones here. Firstly, emphasis; I believe that competition should serve as a complement to training rather than the end-game. In the same way as 'learning to the exam' discourages 'deep learning', so too a disproportionate emphasis on winning competition discourages a deeper understanding of BJJ. Secondly, strong emphasis on competition encourages egoism and competitive aggression, while there is a place for this, I feel this should be balanced by a high regard for mentoring and suppression of individuals' sense of self-importance.
I will be returning to this subject in parts 2 and 3 and I look forward to your responses.
Yeah, the difficult part is finding the right balance. Taekwondo, arguably, failed to do so. At present, I think BJJ has succeeded on that score, but could potentially be put onto the wrong path (as some might argue judo has been) if there were loads of rules changes, limitations etc (for example, say certain grips were banned, or you couldn't use chokes anymore, or you were only given twenty seconds to finish an armbar, or something like that).
The other balance is promoting competition as a positive – e.g., testing yourself outside of your academy, seeing how you do under pressure, helping your goal setting in class with that clear objective to work towards – while at the same time emphasising that BJJ is not all about winning and losing, but learning.
What worries me is when martial arts move completely towards the mystical angle, and forget about reality. For example, the quasi-religious nature of many martial arts schools, where there is never any proof of efficacy, only whispered anecdotes about the instructor's miraculous prowess, serving as the response to any argument.
That is something BJJ must avoid, and which competition prevents: after all, vague anecdotes about "yeah, I totally beat up ten guys outside a pub once, so don't question my 'monkey steals the peach' technique, grasshopper" become meaningless when there is a clear route to proving your claims in an open arena, either personally or through the successes of your students.
So glad you're writing this. I woke up yesterday with the realization that of the three reasons people walk into a BJJ gym (martial art, combat sport, self defense) that my motivation falls under only two of three…the art and self-defense. If I never compete (though I might one day), I'll be fine. I'm in it for the "do" and not so much the "jutsu" as a friend of mine put it.
slideyfoot, from one babbler to another, thanks again for your thoughts. I think our views are very much in parallel. I too wish to see a good balance in how the rules of competition influence the art and would, for instance, love to see more different types of competition such as the submission only tournaments in the States where time limits aren't in play. Likewise, I would like to see a much wider acceptance of the notion that competition is foremost about learning and while there are many folk out there with a positive approach I do think there can be quite a lot of negativity around the tournaments, but people are going to do what they do and it is not for me to dictate their 'tudes. Lastly, I am 100% with you regarding the imperative that all mystical death touch vibes be avoided and I think that BJJ's sparring culture really helps with that and I can see that competition can play a part there.
Like I suggest in my piece, I agree with the notion that comps should have about 30% of focus. Moreover, I would like a wider acceptance that while useful, competition is what it is – a safe, controlled, rule-based environment for testing your skills in against a similarly skilled/sized/aged opponent with a high level of resistance – it is neither more nor less than this. In other words, winning or losing shouldn't, to my mind, be an important part of how an individual's progress is judged and shouldn't play a role in promotion.
Hi Megan, thanks so much for your comment! I have a pretty relaxed attitude towards competing too and is nice to know I'm not alone. I would absolutely recommend competing to anyone, however, and do think it is a really valuable tool. The prep is so physically taxing and the day itself is so mentally challenging – I've learned a lot about myself under the pressure of competition and, injury/recovery willing, I would like to compete again every 6 months or so going forward. But, equally, the past two years that I've been working through some serious knee trouble and therefore not competing, I've learned a lot and my game has evolved and I'm very happy with how I've developed and my health and longevity in jits is the most important thing. If it fits with your journey, go for it, if not – no big thing.
Would love to hear more about your approach; does your club have a self-defence focus, do you guys drill old school Helio Gracie core basics/self-defence, do you have pressure from those around you to compete/not compete?
Wow thanks for the mention Meg. What an excellent post. I know what've been thru and while I couldn't tell you what my life would have been without BJJ I can tell you I really like having BJJ in it.
My pleasure, Part Time Grappler, it is a great quote that just about sums it up. I hear you, thank goodness for BJJ!
I guess I've not examined this much. Though I don't just think of it as self defense, because I want to get better at it for the sake of being better at it. To be honest, if I were just going for self defense I'd do krav maga and do as much damage as possible then get the hell away.
Yet I like the idea of feeling comfortable and knowing what to do if an unwanted man gets between my legs. heh. I like the idea of knowing that if it happens that I can think of myself as being in a controlling position and being able to sweep or armbar or choke.
Thanks very much for your considered response. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. I'm not sure what the semantic difference is between a 'martial sport' and 'combat sport', but I understand that you see traditional elements such as a gi and belt as trappings of a 'martial art' where the absence of these symbols suggests to you the fighting/combat sport side of things. I suppose my understanding of 'martial art' is less about traditional symbolism and more about one's motivations for training. While I embrace BJJ's less codified and formalised approach, I do see it as essentially about personal development, itself defined as giving up the ego and living as much for others as for oneself – this is entangled with love and loyalty. Indeed, this notion is further tied to a zen-like pursuit of something for its own sake, like you've written, where working through the process is pretty much the main thing; it's all about the journey, man. In terms of self-defence, I think that BJJ has superb and tested benefits in this area, though this was not the subject of my piece (though Slidey can't help but get himself worked up about this issue) and I'll return to this topic in forthcoming posts.
My hope, in this post, was to explain that while I do accept the value of competition for BJJ training and certainly see tournaments as an essential though not the primary concern of training, BJJ for me is much more about personal growth and development and an endeavour to conquer ego rather than to inflate it. Perhaps it is unfair of me to see 'personal growth' and athletic achievement as mutually exclusive, but I do conflate the notions of 'personal growth' and 'victory over the ego' and in this context I think it is fair to see sporting emphasis and personal development as conflicts of interest.
I loved competing as a white belt and it has been rather heartbreaking to me to have not had the physical fitness to compete as a blue belt; I am hoping my knee situation will be resolved enough in 2011 to allow me to make a few forays back onto the tournament mats as a purple belt. While my experience of competition is limited, I did find it tremendously valuable in terms of helping me to evaluate my training goals/progress towards those goals as well as teaching me about myself in unexpected ways and helping me to experience 'the now' in a very visceral and exciting way.
That said, competition is very much a selfish endeavour and ego-driven. The process of preparation is extremely narcissistic and is 'all about me'; what am I eating, how am I sleeping, how well am I training, how am I managing my fears and anxieties – me me me. The motivation for the process also has a strongly selfish undercurrent. While folk absolutely use competition to evaluate progress and to manage their goal-oriented approaches to training, there is, of course, an element of the desire to dominate others and to prove oneself as 'the best' at the expense of others. There is much good sportspersonship at tournaments, but equally there is a lot of very poor behaviour at tournaments, which gives evidence of the light and dark aspects of competition.
As far as competition's ability to 'keep it real', I think this is, in part, fallacious. Again, I accept the benefits of competition, but it is what it is, and with weight, belt and age bands and rules governing the techniques that may be applied it is a 'pressure test' within a very specific context. An important, but essentially rule-bound and restricted context. While every individual that puts themselves out there to compete deserves respect for doing something that is difficult (and scary!) and of course winners are owed their due for being most on top of their game on the day, I think that there is a worrying culture of swagger associated with medal-winning. I am of the opinion that, for instance, walking away with a bronze from a three-person division, or a gold from a two-person contest won on points, has very limited import in conferring 'badass credentials'. Again, absolutely well done for getting out there and giving it a go, but to me there is a loss of perspective that effects many (most?), though not all, competitors. This culture is further encouraged by those coaches who promote students in light of competition performance. While I can appreciate that this is one easy way to quantify a student's progress in a like-for-like context, I personally think that promotion should be base on attitude, attendance and ability. Perhaps competition can be one gauge of an individual's ability but it is not the full story and to me a strongly sport-focused approach to BJJ cheapens the entire enterprise. In the end, 'learning to the test' in any discipline may be an efficient way to quantify individual progress, it also has the effect of discouraging 'deep learning'; this is as true for school children as it is for BJJ practitioners.


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This year I will be hosting Christmas Lunch for my small family here, and I am looking forward to it.
I am all about colour, so I have decided on a rainbow colour theme.
As I am still on a recycling kick, newspaper will be used instead of wrapping paper.
I've used pages from my local paper and some of my stash of wool.
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How to watch $200,000 Apex Legends Twitch Rivals tournament - schedule, streams, format, players, and more
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UPDATE - The second and final day of the Apex Legends tournament has wrapped up for both the EU and NA regions, and you can check out the full recap, final standings, and bonus prize winners in our Twitch Rivals x Apex Legends Challenge recap.
Organized by Twitch Rivals and developers Respawn Entertainment, the Apex Legends Challenge, as it's called, features many of the world's most prominent streamers and a massive $200,000 prize pool.
The tournament is split between Europe and North America, with a $100,000 in total prize money made available in the tournaments of each region.
The Twitch Rivals Apex Legends Challenge features four tournaments in total - two for EU and two for NA, played on February 12 and 19 respectively.
The February 12 EU tournament was won by Team MANE, while the King's Canyon team of Ninja, KingRichard, and Dizzy won the NA event by the slimmest of margins.
The EU half of the second challenge will kick off at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM GMT on February 19 and will be followed by the NA half at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET / 9 PM GMT, also on the same day.
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There will be a central broadcast for this competition on the official Twitch Rivals channel, which we will include below, along with the streams of many of the competitors who will be streaming on their own channels as well.
Watch live video from TwitchRivals on www.twitch.tv
EU Final Standings
Team Solary narrowly got the win during the EU half of the February 19 Apex Legends Twitch Rivals tournament!
This competition features 60 well-known Twitch streamers - 30 from North America and 30 from Europe. The full list of teams and players for each region can be seen in the graphics below.
Since private and custom matchmaking is not yet available in Apex Legends, this tournament will be taking place in online public lobbies.
Each region's tournament will feature ten teams of three players separately loading into public matches over the course of two two-hour periods and trying to score as many points as they can.
Teams will have unlimited tries within the time periods, and the scoring system will be based on the following criteria:
Match Victory = 10 points
2nd or 3rd place = 5 points
4th or 5th place = 3 points
Kills = 1 points
The Apex Legends Challenge features a $200,000 prize pool in total, $100,000 going to each of the two regions. Since there will be four competitions in total (two for NA, two for EU), each tournament will have $50,000 in prize money.
Teams will be placed on a leaderboard based on the amount of points they manage to earn during the four-hour competition, and each position on the leaderboard has a designated amount of prize money that will be awarded to the players of that team.
In addition to the leaderboard prize money, there will also be monetary bonuses awarded to teams who manage to meet certain objectives:
Highest overall Legend Kill Count (if players are tied, who achieved it first is declared the winner): $1000 per Legend
First team to summon Nessie and win the game (Easter Egg): $3000
First team to win matches using every legend: $3000
Results of Feb 12 Tournament
Team MANE slayed out to take home the top prize of the EU side of the tournament.
NA Final Standings
King's Canyon, featuring Ninja, KingRichard, and Dizzy, narrowly managed to pull out the win.
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Journalists typically call the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists seeking advice about knotty ethics issues.
But not all callers are professional journalists. A lawyer called AdviceLine with a question that sometimes puzzles reporters, too: Does a journalist have a duty to inform an interviewee that his answers to questions will appear in an article, along with his name and title?
The lawyer said he was writing an article for a law review and gathering interviews as background. Part way through his research, it occurred to the lawyer that he had not told his sources that he intended to quote them in the article.
Would it be ethical, asked the lawyer, to quote his sources without their permission?
The AdviceLine ethicist saw this case as a potential dilemma in both journalism ethics and in academic ethics.
On the academic side, the advisor explained the definition of academic plagiarism, using the ideas or phrases of others without attribution. In that case, the lawyer "was certainly doing the right thing by citing his sources by name," said the AdviceLine advisor. In academic practice, the advisor added, permission is not always required but "it would be professionally courteous to do so."
The Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists team consists of two groups of advisors, including university professors who teach ethics and professional journalists. University professors answer the bulk of questions posed to AdviceLine. In some cases, like this one involving the lawyer, the ethics journalism ethicsprofessor asked a professional journalist on the team to join in answering the question.
Occasionally, journalists who call AdviceLine simply want to know how other journalists would typically handle a particular situation. In that case, it's more a matter of established journalism practice rather than ethics.
Interviewing sources is a key skill in journalism. In part, the lawyer who called AdviceLine seemed to be asking how a professional journalist would handle the question of identifying sources.
Professional journalists generally learn to develop a clear set of ground rules for interviewing sources. One of those rules is to say immediately that everything is on the record. That should be clear at the start. If there is any hesitation about that, it should be discussed before the interview begins.
"If somebody gets a call from a reporter asking questions, it should be assumed the reason for the call is that the information is likely to be published," said the journalist involved in this discussion. "I know it sounds like a given, but I've had a few cases, after an article was published, that somebody interviewed called back and complained that they did not expect to be identified or quoted. Ideally, the reason for the interview should be made clear at the outset, and maybe again at the end of the interview. The reporter could say something like, 'I intend to identify you and intend to use your comments in a story,' just to be perfectly clear, especially when dealing with people who are not accustomed to talking to reporters."
A mayor or other public officials would understand why a reporter is interviewing them. So this also is a matter of sophistication. A wise, ethical reporter should be more careful when interviewing members of the public and identifying them.
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Casey Bukro was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame in 2008 for outstanding contributions to Chicago journalism, after a 45 year career with the Chicago Tribune. Bukro retired from the Tribune in 2007 as overnight editor. He had pioneered in environmental reporting and in 1970 became the first full-time environment specialist at a major metropolitan newspaper in the United States and covered major developments on that beat for 30 years. He won the newspaper's highest editorial award in 1967 for a series on Great Lakes pollution. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Bukro its highest honor, the Wells Key, in 1983 for writing that organization's first code of ethics. He is a past president of SPJ's national ethics committee and a past president of the Chicago Headline Club. Bukro graduated with bachelor and master degrees from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. In 1998, he received the Northwestern University Alumni Association's alumni service award for 17 years of volunteer service to the university. He has lectured in environmental journalism and journalism ethics at Northwestern, the University of Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, Columbia College, Columbia University and others. Before joining the Tribune staff, Bukro worked at the former City News Bureau of Chicago and the Janesville Gazette, Janesville, Wis. View all posts by cbukro →
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