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Jean-Christophe Rolland, né le  à Condrieu (Rhône), est un rameur et dirigeant sportif français licencié à l'Aviron Union Nautique de Lyon.

Spécialiste du deux sans barreur et du quatre sans barreur, Jean-Christophe Rolland forme avec Michel Andrieux, pendant plus de dix ans, le meilleur bateau de l'histoire de l'aviron français. Ils montent sur tous les podiums internationaux entre 1993 et 2000, devenant double champions du monde en 1993 et en 1997 et champions olympiques en 2000 à Sydney.

Jean-Christophe Rolland est membre depuis 1994 de la Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron (FISA) dont il est élu président le  à Chungju (Corée du Sud). Il est élu membre du Comité international olympique lors de sa 131e session à Lima en  où il devient le troisième français avec Guy Drut et Tony Estanguet, rejoints par David Lappartient et Martin Fourcade.

Carrière sportive

Ses débuts
Troisième d'une famille de quatre enfants, Jean-Christophe Rolland s'essaye au rugby et à la natation avant de se lancer dans l'univers de l'aviron.

À l'automne 1980, à 12 ans, il s'inscrit au club d'aviron de Condrieu, suivant son frère qui a fait de même un an plus tôt. En cadet, il rejoint l'Aviron Union Nautique de Lyon, club qu'il ne quittera plus durant toute sa carrière sportive et dont il est aujourd'hui toujours licencié, tout en poursuivant ses études à Sainte-Marie Lyon. En junior et en espoir son niveau progresse rapidement lui permettant même de rivaliser avec les seniors sur certaines courses, notamment avec le huit de pointe.

Petit à petit il devient l'un des meilleurs rameurs français.

La rencontre de Michel Andrieux et les premiers podiums mondiaux

Le plus grand tournant de la carrière de Jean-Christophe Rolland va être la rencontre de Michel Andrieux lors d'un stage avec l'équipe de France en 1989. Pendant ce stage, plusieurs associations de rameurs sont expérimentées afin de voir laquelle fonctionne le mieux. Très rapidement, le duo Rolland-Andrieux se démarque des autres en remportant tous les tests du stage. Leur complémentarité et leur complicité vont permettre aux deux rameurs français de former le même bateau pendant plus d'une décennie.

Meilleure paire française en deux sans barreur à partir de 1990, associés en deux ou en quatre sans barreur, ils se classent 5e des championnats du monde de 1991à Vienne avant d'échouer au pied du podium un an plus tard, aux Jeux Olympiques de Barcelone 1992.

Après ces Jeux, diplôme d'ingénieur en poche, Jean-Christophe pense à arrêter l'aviron devant la difficulté de concilier parcours professionnel et vie de sportif de haut niveau. Convaincu par des acteurs du monde économique qui lui expliquent que l'association peut être possible, il décide de poursuivre sa carrière. Ce choix va rapidement devenir payant, puisqu'en 1993 il devient champion du monde en quatre sans barreur avec Michel Andrieux, Daniel Fauché et Philippe Lot aux Mondiaux de Roudnice en République Tchèque. À une époque où la France est loin de rivaliser avec les meilleures nations mondiales, ce titre marque les esprits. À partir de là, le duo Rolland-Andrieux ne sera plus jamais absent des podiums mondiaux et olympiques jusqu'en 2000.

Ainsi, sous l'impulsion de son président, Denis Masseglia, et du directeur des équipes de France, Eberhard Mund, la Fédération française d'aviron va se frotter aux meilleures nations et retrouver les podiums mondiaux.

La confirmation
 En 1994, Jean-Christophe Rolland et Michel Andrieux, invaincus au cours de la saison,  arrivent aux championnats du monde d'Indianapolis en favoris. Ils termineront toutefois deuxièmes, battus d'un fil par les Italiens lors d'une finale reportée en raison des conditions climatiques.

La paire tricolore obtient ensuite la médaille de bronze aux Mondiaux de Tampere avant de monter sur la  du podium des Jeux d'Atlanta en 1996. Cette médaille olympique est la première de l'aviron français depuis les Jeux de Tokyo en 1964. Dans le sillage du brillant duo, d'autres bateaux français seront également médaillés au cours de cette XXVI Olympiade: Samuel Barathay et Frédéric Kowal en deux de couple; Gilles Bosquet, Daniel Fauché, Olivier Moncelet et Bertrand Vecten en quatre sans barreur; Hélène Cortin et Christine Gossé en deux sans barreur.

En 1997, ils deviennent champions du monde sur le bassin d'Aiguebelette, en France,au terme d'un final exceptionnel contre le bateau canadien qui va s'écroulera dans les derniers mètres pour terminer .

Sydney 2000
En 1998, Jean-Christophe Rolland décide de prendre une année sabbatique et envisage dans le même temps de mettre un terme à sa carrière sportive. Après une mûre et profonde réflexion, il décide, en , de relever le défi des Jeux Olympiques de Sydney avec Michel Andrieux. Les choses sérieuses reprennent rapidement puisqu'ils décrochent une médaille d'argent aux Championnats du monde de 1999 à Sainte Catharines au Canada. Une seconde place qui va leur donner espoir à un an des prochains Jeux olympiques.

La préparation de Sydney 2000 va se faire dans la difficulté pour Jean-Christophe Rolland et son coéquipier avec une contre-performance lors de l'épreuve de Coupe du monde qui précède le départ à Sydney, à cause, notamment, d'un « excès » d'entraînement. En revanche,  la préparation finale sera très efficace leur permettant de retrouver rapidement de bonnes sensations sur le bassin de Penrith. Au point physiquement et techniquement, les courses avant la finale des Jeux démontrent leur potentiel retrouvé. Tout est prêt pour une finale d'anthologie pour le deux sans barreur français.

Avant de débuter cette course, ils savent que leurs rivaux attendent un démarrage dans les derniers 500 m. Finalement, ils prennent la décision d'accélérer beaucoup plus tôt, peu après la mi-course. On assiste donc à l'un des plus rapides  500 m de l'histoire, alors même que ce n'est pas leur point fort. Ils résistent ensuite dans le final au retour des Américains et des Australiens qui termineront respectivement  et . Les Britanniques, favoris de la course, ne termineront que .

Ce titre Olympique vient couronner une carrière sportive riche et réussie, il marque aussi la fin de la paire gagnante de l'aviron français… À 32 ans, Jean-Christophe Rolland décide de mettre définitivement un terme à sa carrière sportive avec 5 médailles mondiales et 2 olympiques, dont l'or à Sydney.

Son investissement au sein de la Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron (FISA)
Rapidement, Jean-Christophe Rolland décide de s'impliquer dans son sport en devenant un membre actif de la Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron (FISA).

Élu en 1994 à la commission des athlètes (8 membres), il devient en 2002 président de cette même commission. Ce poste lui permet alors d'intégrer le Conseil de la FISA.

De 2004 à 2011, il est également élu au comité exécutif mais ne peut conserver ce poste en raison du règlement de la fédération internationale qui limite la durée du mandat. Depuis, il est donc élu au Conseil au titre de membre coopté.

En 2013, il se déclare candidat à la présidence de la Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron plus vieille fédération internationale olympique. Sa candidature s'appuie sur deux axes principaux : promouvoir et accroître la pratique de l'aviron dans le monde et préparer la fédération à affronter les défis de demain. Il est élu à ce poste au premier tour de vote, le  lors de l'Assemblée Générale tenue à Chungju (Corée du Sud). Il entre en fonctions en

Membre du CIO
Il est élu membre du Comité international olympique le  à Lima, lors de sa 131e session, en tant que représentant des Fédérations Internationales, rejoignant ainsi Guy Drut et Tony Estanguet, les deux autres membres français de l'institution internationale.

Son parcours professionnel
Après le baccalauréat, Jean-Christophe Rolland s'oriente vers des études math sup/math spé. Il choisit l' ICPI et fait la classe préparatoire qui est sous la responsabilité de l'Institution des Chartreux. Il en sort en 1991 avec un diplôme d'ingénieur électronique en poche avant que l'ICPI fusionne avec l'ESCIL pour former la CPE. Il a marqué l'école par son passage : aujourd'hui un groupe de vingt étudiants a fondé une association d'aviron. Il est recruté par EDF en 1993, année de son premier titre mondial, afin de travailler à la centrale nucléaire du Bugey (Ain, 01). Un emploi du temps aménagé lui permet, en parallèle, de mener à bien sa carrière sportive jusqu'en 2000 et son titre aux Jeux Olympiques de Sydney. Il trouve un équilibre entre sa vie professionnelle et sa passion de l'aviron (5 à 6 heures d'entraînement par jour).

Après différents postes techniques à la Production Nucléaire, il migre à la Direction Commerce en 2004, d'abord comme directeur adjoint du segment des collectivités territoriales de la région Rhône-Alpes/ Auvergne, puis de 2006 à 2008, comme directeur ressources humaines de la même unité régionale (500 personnes). Il rejoint ensuite à Londres en 2008, l'équipe d'EDF responsable du partenariat avec le Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques 2012.

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques
  en deux sans barreur à Barcelone (1992)
  médaille de bronze en deux de pointe sans barreur à Atlanta (1996)
  Médaille d'or en deux de pointe sans barreur à Sydney (2000)

Championnats du monde d'aviron
  en huit de pointe avec barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1989 à Bled (Yougoslavie)
  en quatre de pointe sans barreur aux  Championnats du monde d'aviron 1990 à Lake Barrington (Nouvelle-Zélande)
  en deux de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1991 à Vienne (Autriche)
  Médaille d'or en quatre de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1993 à Račice  avec Michel Andrieux, Daniel Fauché et Philippe Lot.
  Médaille d'argent en deux de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1994 à Indianapolis
  Médaille de bronze en deux de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1995 à Tampere
  Médaille d'or en deux de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1997 à Aiguebelette-le-Lac
  Médaille d'argent en deux de pointe sans barreur aux Championnats du monde d'aviron 1999 à Saint Catharines

Championnats de France d'aviron
 Plusieurs titres en deux et quatre de pointe sans barreur.

Régates diverses
 Il remporte plusieurs régates dont, en 1994, le quatre de pointe sans barreur à la régate royale de Henley.

Distinctions honorifiques
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 Trophée Micheline Ostermeyer en  (statuette d'après la Discobole du sculpteur Jacques Gestalder érigée à l'Insep près du stade Gilbert Omnès).

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Amy Davis (pictured with fiancé Matt Jenkins) was 18 when she fell ill with meningococcal B septicaemia in 2011. Amy received urgent medical treatment which saved her life. During a long recovery period it was clear that septicaemia had affected Amy's arms and legs and she later had to have her left leg amputated below the knee. Amy has welcomed a University of Oxford study, supported by the NHS, to see whether giving a group B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine to teenagers could help protect all ages from the potentially fatal infection. Photo credit: Meningitis Research Foundation.
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The trial is voluntary and will be conducted through schools in at least 14 towns and cities in England, Scotland and Wales with each enrolling students to one study group. Students can give their own consent. The study will be recruiting over 18 months from April 2018.
This is a really exciting opportunity for teenagers to 'Be on the TEAM' and take part in this important study, which is being funded and supported by the NIHR. Participants will not only get a vaccine that reduces their risk of meningitis but also help us understand if we can prevent the bug being carried and potentially spread to others. - Dr Matthew Snape, of the University's Oxford Vaccine Group
Amy Davis, from Fleet, Hampshire, was 18 when she fell ill with meningococcal B septicaemia in 2011. She had gone to bed with what seemed like the flu but woke up in the night with severe aches and pains and feeling confused.
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Amy, now 25, said: "Meningitis and septicaemia is something nobody should have to experience. By taking part in this study young people will get the MenB vaccination.
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Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt was born on the island St. Thomas, then part of the Danish West Indies. His father, Peter Motzfeldt (1777–1854) was a noted military officer and father of the Norwegian Constitution who was stationed on St. Thomas from 1802 to 1809, Ulrik's mother, Ernesta Birgitte Margrethe Stenersen (1789–1848), was the daughter of the B. C. Stenersen, stipendiary magistrate of St. Thomas. Ulrik's younger brother Ketil was also a noted statesman. In addition, their paternal great-grandmother Birgitte Andrea Bull was a first cousin of Johan Lausen Bull and Norway's first Supreme Court Justice Johan Randulf Bull.

Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt married twice. The marriage with his first wife produced two daughters. Their daughter Marie Sophie Erneste married jurist and politician Ulrik Fredrik Christian Arneberg. Motzfeldt later married Anna Pauline Jørgine Birch, and the couple had two sons and one daughter. Their oldest son Ernst became a government minister.

Career
Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt enrolled as a law student in 1823, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1826. In 1829 he was hired as a lector at the Royal Frederick University (now University of Oslo). He was promoted in 1834, to professor of jurisprudence. His most important publications include Den norske Kirkeret (1844) and Lovgivningen om Odelsretten og Aasædesretten (1846). From 1842 Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt also served as a Supreme Court Assessor.

Motzfeldt was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1851, representing the constituency of Smaalenenes Amt (now Østfold). He was re-elected in 1854, but this time representing the city of Christiania (now Oslo). He was then re-elected in 1857, 1859 and finally in 1862. He served as President of the Storting from 1857 to 1858, and President of the Lagting from 1859 to 1860. He also served as mayor of Kristiania from 1853 to 1860.

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Stereotactic radiosurgery for WHO II and III meningiomas: analysisof long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes
Bruce Williams, David J. Salvetti, Robert M. Starke, Chun Pu Yen, and James P. Sheehan
Background/Aim: WHO grade II and III meningiomas are challenging tumors to treat, and the role of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in their treatment is not well defined. We evaluate our experience to better define its role and assess for clinical and radiographic predictors of failure.
Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of all patients with histological diagnosis of WHO II or III meningioma. Thirteen patients were included. The mean dose to the periphery was 16 Gy (12-20), the mean maximum dose was 31 Gy (13-40), and the mean isodose line was 49% (35-50).
Results: The median age was 48 years. The median follow up was 50 months (7-67). All cases had undergone at least one previous resection, and six patients had undergone external beam radiation (EBRT). The median pre SRS Karnofsky performance score (KPS) was 90. The progression free survival (PFS) was 92% and 31% at 1 and 4 years, respectively. Eleven patients required further treatment after SRS. The final tumor volume was decreased in 7 patients, stable in 1, and increased in 6.
Conclusions: WHO grade II and III meningiomas are aggressive tumors that will require multiple treatments. SRS may be a useful as an adjuvant treatment or for recurrence.
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Wall Street is getting wise to the bro-scams coming out of Silicon Valley.
Bro-scams are the shaky business plans created by good-looking, well-spoken and immaculately-styled people — mostly men — whose cocky charisma belies their lack of experience and convinces investors to cough up billions of dollars. These over-hyped investments in the "next Steve Jobs," though, often leave mom-and-pop investors losing money after the company goes public.
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann may have spoiled the bro CEO's magic forevermore. His long hair, T-shirts and pot-smoking on private jets certainly qualify him as a bro. The controversy surrounding WeWork's attempt to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange suggests the offering was not all that Neumann promised.
While WeWork is a legitimate company, Neumann's self-professed goal of becoming the world's first trillionaire by selling a company that loses a billion a year suggests he may have exaggerated his company's value for personal profit.
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Wall Street's professional investors agree with me, which is why they balked at its proposed $47 billion valuation. Wall Street's lawyers also rejected Neumann's attempt to structure the company so that he'd have no oversight.
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WeWork is in the office-sharing business. The company signs long-term leases with building owners, turns office space into coworking heaven and then signs short-term subscriptions or sub-leases with people and companies who don't want a long-term commitment.
Neumann's spin on this age-old idea was the application of mobile computing, contemporary interior decorating and aggressive marketing. Lots and lots of marketing.
When Neumann was looking for early-stage investors and venture capitalists for financing, he knew people in Silicon Valley had the big bucks. But that meant convincing them WeWork is a technology business, not a real estate play.
To get a super-high valuation, Neumann sold WeWork as the office equivalent of a ride-share company, like Uber, or a short-term rental business, like Airbnb. By all accounts, the man oozes confidence, and Neumann struck up a bromance with charismatic tech billionaire Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, which funds tech businesses.
Softbank invested $10 billion in WeWork, according to the Reuters news agency. The last $2 billion was handed over in June and valued WeWork at $47 billion. WeWork justifies that by claiming more than 400,000 customers around the world.
By comparison, General Motors sells 8.3 million vehicles a year and is valued at $53 billion. Airbnb, which is expected to go public next year, booked 91 million nights last quarter and was last valued at $35 billion.
Tech investors make their money on billion-dollar start-ups by selling their shares to the public. If you invested in a company at a valuation of $47 billion, you want pension funds, mutual funds and institutional investors to pay more than $47 billion for the company when shares trade freely.
Wall Street took one look at WeWork's Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork and gasped. The company is losing a billion dollars a year, there is no clear path to profitability and most of the business is managing real estate, not creating new technology.
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Neumann didn't help matters by selling a sizeable chunk of his WeWork shares before the IPO, structuring the corporation so he had absolute power and leaving the crew of a chartered Gulfstream literally holding the bag of marijuana he couldn't finish smoking on a flight to Israel, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Investors slashed WeWork's valuation to less than $20 billion, the IPO is on hold, and Softbank ousted Neumann last week. But more importantly, WeWork's obligation to pay long-term leases has many asking what would happen in a recession, when the self-employed and small companies dump short-term leases like day-old coffee.
Anyone who lived through the dot-com bubble knows that Silicon Valley's bro culture enables cool dudes to sell silly ideas. If a guy in a hoodie can get into a conference room, demonstrate a basic understanding of code and offer a vague plan for world domination, he can raise $10 million with the right pitch deck.
Uber's Travis Kalanick is a recent example of a CEO bro with a money-losing company that went public at a sky-high valuation. Institutional and retail investors who bought Uber shares at $45 on IPO day have only lost value since. Kalanick, meanwhile, can retire a billionaire at 43.
Almost every adult has met a charismatic person who ended up being an empty suit. Investors are especially vulnerable because they want in early on the next Google. WeWork should serve as a reminder that all that glitters is not gold.
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Q: How can I cancel a ColumnChanging event and have the bound control show the original value instead of the rejected change? I have a rather complicated form with several interchangeable sub-panel classes, each of which has several user controls of its own. One of the sub-panels has a checkbox that, depending on what options are selected in other sub-panels may not be allowed to uncheck.
Ideally I would handle this by making the checkbox readonly when it's not allowed to uncheck, but that would entail detecting any change that could potentially enable/disable the checkbox, calculating whether it should be enabled, and then telling the sub-panel to enable/disable the checkbox. It seems like it would be easier to detect an attempt to uncheck the checkbox, calculate whether the current state allows unchecking it, and then accept or reject the attempt.
The convention we're using is to attach an event handler to a page's data table's ColumnChanged or ColumnChanging event and then have that handler call appropriate helper methods based on which column changed. I put in the code below:
private void MyTable_ColumnChanging(object sender, DataColumnChangeEventArgs e) {
   ...
   if (e.Column == MyTrueFalseColumn) {
      CheckboxChanging(e);
   }
   ...
}

private void CheckboxChanging(DataColumnChangeEventArgs e) {
   if (!(bool)e.ProposedValue && MustRemainChecked())
     e.ProposedValue = true;
}

I also tried e.Row.SetColumnError(e.Column, "error message"), e.Row.CancelEdit(), and e.Row.RejectChanges() in place of e.ProposedValue = true and confirmed those lines executed, but the checkbox still unchecks without any indication anything happened behind the scenes. I also tried all 4 of those cancellation methods followed by MyCheckBox.DataBindings[0].ReadValue(), again with no success.
I've used breakpoints to step through and confirm that the proposed value is being set to true, but the checkbox still unchecks when the event is complete. What am I doing wrong?
Is the data column properly storing true but the checkbox doesn't update to reflect that? Is there something else I need to do to have the data column store the changed ProposedValue?

A: I eventually solved this by messing with the checkbox directly in the ColumnChanged event rather than the ColumnChanging event:
private void MyTable_ColumnChanged(object sender, DataColumnChangeEventArgs e) {
   if (e.Column == MyTrueFalseColumn)
      CheckboxChanged(e);
}

private void CheckboxChanged(DataColumnChangeEventArgs e) {
   if (!(bool)e.ProposedValue && MustRemainChecked()) {
      MyCheckbox.Checked = true;
      MyCheckbox.DataBindings[0].WriteValue();
   }
}

If anyone has a solution that only messes with the associated DataTable I'd be happy to accept that.

A: e.Row.CancelEdit();

This will cancel the proposed value from updating the the current row of data.


Learning is a process to acquire knowledge. It needs hard work and sometimes will make students frustrated and get bored, so that they lose their attention to a lesson. In this case, the use of media in teaching- learning process is needed to attract students' attention and to make teaching- learning activities more interesting and also effective. The use of media in teaching- learning process is not a new thing. Many teachers know that media will be helpful. Media give students something new, but not all of teachers know how to implement it correctly, so sometimes media disturb learning process instead of helping students in learning process.
Why we need media in teaching learning process?
Media are the means for transferring or delivering messages. Li-Ling Kuo states that a medium is called the educational medium when the medium transfers message for teaching (Li-Ling. 1996). He adds that the use of media is important and it is impossible to coordinate teaching with learning without using media (Li- Ling.1996). Media are flexible because they can be used for all level of students and in all subjects. Teaching media also can encourage students to take more responsibility for and control over their own learning, engage in joint planning of the syllabus, and take longer-term perspectives on their own learning (Masterman. 1999). Since media give many advantages, a teacher should consider a medium to be used in teaching- learning process. Edgar Dale theorized in his Cone of Experience model that learners retain more knowledge by what they "do" as opposed to what is "heard", "read" or "observed" (Dale 1969).
According these statement, we can conclude that media is very useful to makes the teaching learning process easier, more interesting, and more efficient. It could raise the students' interest of the lesson and media is important to lead students' attention. Besides that, Edgar Dale's research show that by using media student will be able to remember lesson deeper and longer than learning without media. So, media not only can increase student understanding, but also it won't makes students frustrated and get bored. Then, media can enhance their thinking skill in order they improve themselves from know nothing to know something, from know something to understand the concept. In addition, the teachers will be easy to explain their material because media help the teacher to give clear information to the students. Finally, we can use media in every time and everywhere.
Li- Ling KUO, Christine. 1991. The Importance of Educational Media in Teaching. Buletin of Social Education, Volume 20, pp. 61-88.


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28 Sep India vs Australia 4th ODI: 'Sporting wicket' awaits teams as SubAir system set to eliminate rain threat
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Virat Kohli plays a shot during the 2nd ODI against Australia in Kolkata | Reuters
The 22-yard pitch is often under the spotlight ahead of any international match. It was no different at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium before India-Austraila fourth One Day International. With heavy rains in the city over the last couple of days, fans are concerned about the fate of the contest tomorrow (September 28) and the state of the pitch. Virat Kohli-led India have already sealed the five-match series 3-0 with wins in Chennai, Kolkata and Indore.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), the host of the day-night match, however, is confident of a result-oriented game on a "sporting wicket" on Thursday. KSCA is expecting a full house despite tickets of Rs 5,000 and above denominations still available online on Wednesday (September 27) afternoon. "Rain has not hampered pitch preparations much. Our aim is to provide the teams a sporting wicket. The pitch will be hard," R Sudhakar Rao, secretary of KSCA, told International Business Times, India on the eve of the match. Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch had a history of assisting batsmen but that trend changed this year during the Indian Premier League (IPL). Home team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) struggled with low scores in IPL 2017. The playing surface for India-Australia game is likely to produce 260 to 280 runs, according to Sudhakar. "It is a hard wicket. We can expect a score of 260 to 280," he said. Due to showers, the outfield has slowed down and even if there is rain during the match, the SubAir system will help resume the contest in 20 minutes from the time rain stops. "Due to rains in the last couple of days, the outfiled might be slow but there is no threat for the match tomorrow. Even if there is rain during the match we can restart in 20 minutes from the time rain stops," Sudhakar said. In May this year, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were saved by the state-of-the-art SubAir system, installed at a cost of Rs 4.5 crore. Captain Gautam Gambhir had lauded KSCA as KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderababd (SRH) in a rain-affected Eliminater match.
How SubAir system works?
"The SubAir system automatically kicks into action the minute it starts raining, thereby not allowing any buildup of water on the outfield. It quickly removes standing water (36 times faster than drainage by gravity!) virtually eliminating the need for extended game delays or cancellations due to wet outfield conditions." "So in reality, it could rain at 2AM on the day of the match, yet, without any manual intervention, the suction system gets activated through signals from the remote sensors embedded in the field. Water begins to get evacuated at the rate of over 10,000 litres/minute, from the moment it begins to rain," said KSCA.


Social networking is all the buzz these days. Every second, unabashed users on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram share their most honest feelings, emotions, and opinions by posting comments, liking or sharing content, and engaging in discussion. Social networks facilitate open forums for discussing just about every aspect life, and it is no coincidence big brands find them invaluable.
Corporate movement into the social media space has been treacherous for big brands, though. U.S. Airways recently suffered the social snake's bite after a copy and paste gone wrong, and other big names like McDonald's, Nike, and Macy's have all endured social media storms. Here's the unfortunate truth for companies, public discourse in the social media space cannot be controlled, and virality cannot be calculated.
Corporations have little say in what trends organically or the nature of that discourse, but they can do their best to set the agenda with effective social media management. Here are five examples of companies who did just that with their social media.
Social media is social because it is intimate. We interact and communicate directly through comments, direct replies, direct messages. etc. Old Spice, however, showed brands how direct response could drive engagement and expand brand awareness overall. On the heels of the award-winning, Wieden+Kennedy produced "Man Your Man Could Smell Like" campaign, the legacy men's hygiene brand prompted consumers to ask their Old Spice spokesmodel, Isaiah Mustafa, questions in the comments section of their "Questions" Youtube video.
Wieden+Kennedy's creative team then drafted and recorded personalized responses for Mustafa, posting them on Youtube for the world to see which can be seen here and here. How the promoted discussion about Old Spice in the social media space was executed helped the brand break through a cluttered market of nameless, faceless men's hygiene products.
One of the most valuable elements of social media is its unpredictability. Social media managers never know what kind of comments or replies will come across their feed. The unknown can be scary, but it can also be a source for opportunity. Smart Car took advantage of a Twitter user's observation with an epic infographic reply.
Not only did Smart Car directly address the witty tweet, it promoted a key element of the product (see image courtesty of adtothebone).
Social media is also social because it is cultural. As communal creatures, just about every form of communication we use bears some cultural significance. There's no better way for big brands to connect with consumers than by immersing themselves in culture, spawning a culture of their own, or both. Oreo achieved both with its "Daily Twist" company. The sweets biscuits leader celebrated its 100th Anniversary by posting creative "twists" on the classic cookie for 100 days. Some executions featured familiar pop culture icons like Super Mario and Batman, while others celebrated events like the Daytona 500, National Cheesecake Day, and Elvis Week. The "Daily Twists" made Oreo relevant in discussion, promoted the product, and left a pretty cool cultural artifact for us to enjoy for years to come.
Product sales tend to be the end goal for corporate presence in the social media space, but the open forum makes it invaluable to non-profit organizations. Water Is Life showed just how useful social media is to non-profit organizations with its #FirstWorldProblems campaign. Implementing the killer hashtag strategy, Water Is Life took tweets using the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems, where Twitter users lamented about issues like dysfunctional seat-warmers, and produced Youtube responses featuring Haitians suffering from lack of clean water supply. The campaign put things into perspective, flipping the hashtag and bringing attention to a real issue. Over 1 million gallons of water were donated in response to this campaign.
Continuing with the successful use of easily shareable hashtags, we look to Starbucks. In the wake of McDonald's hashtag hang up, big brands were skeptical about using hashtags to spark conversation around their products and services until the social superstar, Starbucks, came back with its #sipface and #strawesome hashtags. Standing on the pillars of its brand promise, the never-ending "coffee break", Starbucks encouraged its followers to share pictures of their brewed beverage experience using the hashtags #sipface and #strawesome. The campaign was simple, but effective. It promoted the brand promise and further immersed consumers in the brand experience.
Each of these brands effectively managed their social media, resulting in some positive gain in public opinion, brand awareness or market share.


So, Jimmy Eat World, any one? And while I'm on what about Weezer and Saves The Day. Apart from Vapor Trails these three bands have given me my fave three albums of this year so far. Bleed American, The Green Album and Stay What You Are respectively are three perfect pop albums. Great sing-a-longs in the car.
I've got Bleed American. The first track is knock out. The rest a touch sappy for me but not bad.
Weezer seem really good. I've heard the odd thing here and there and I like them.
Check out American HiFi if you haven't already! They're in a similar area and excellent.
Thanks for the heads up. I work in a the Audio/Video department of a library and I know we've got some of their stuff in stock, so I'll take it home tonight and let you know what I think.
Forget about American Hi-Fi, what you want is to get yourself something by Nada Surf. I'd recommend either "The Proximity Effect" or latest album "Let Go". A fantastic band who I think are a billion times better than Weezer :P but they always seem to be compared to them ???
OK, I'll check them out too.


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Home/Boat tests/Kosi Cat 17 — by Natal Caravans & Marine
Kosi Cat 17 — by Natal Caravans & Marine
Tested by Heinrich Kleyn (January/February 2011)
Bill Harrison Tel: (031) 702-7291 • Fax: (031) 702-7209
E-mail: info@natalcaravans.co.za • www.natalcaravans.co.za
Length – 5.15m
Beam – 2.3m
Dry weight — 695kg
Min hp — 2 x 50hp 2-strokes or
2 x 50hp 4-strokes
Max hp — 2 x 90hp 2-strokes or
Power as tested — 2 x 75hp 2-stroke Yamahas
IT'S been a year since I first had the opportunity to test the Kosi Cat 17 for Bill Harrison from Natal Caravans and Marine. Just before the 2010 National Boat Show I received a phone call from Bill asking me to come and see him at the boat show as he want to introduce me to the new Kosi Cat 17 Walkaround.
Interesting, I thought. I really liked the Kosi 17 Centre Console, so was curious to see what the walkaround model would be like.
GENERAL IMPRESSION
At the show I was expecting to see a boat similar to the first Kosi 17, but I walked right past the new craft and had to look twice before I realised that this was the new 17ft Walkaround.
When I took a closer look I really liked what I saw. She's very simple, neat and spacious, with no fancy gadgets like fridges and other unnecessary equipment on the boat, but she's also totally different to any other boat of her class in the marketplace. She looks broad and bulky with more space on the deck and in the bow than on the CC.
In short, she looks as if she has been designed to suit fishermen. I couldn't wait to test her.
Eventually the day of the test arrived. Crazy, crazy, crazy, I thought as we radioed port control before leaving the harbour. There was lot of wind, and the sea looked like a hurricane had torn through it. There was a huge swell from all over.
To some extent, these were ideal conditions in which to test the new Kosi Cat 17 Walkaround to see what she was made of.
LAUNCHING AND TRAILERING
Bill and his crew had no problem offloading the craft from her galvanised breakneck trailer. Towing her behind the car was also easy, and she doesn't swing around which is a good indication that the craft's weight is correctly balanced on the trailer.
When we got back, reloading her was even easier: she ran straight onto the trailer, and was driven onto the rollers right to the front, with her keels perfectly positioned in the vees.
MOTORS AND CONTROLS
This test boat was fitted with two 75hp trim-and-tilt Yamaha two-stroke motors. The controls were binnacle mount with hydraulic steering. The motors were well-suited to the boat and the controls were smooth. Even though they were cable controls, it was still easy to slip her into and out of gear.
In comparison with the centre console craft which was fitted with two 60hp motors, I found the Walkaround to be much more lively.
This boat's performance certainly impressed me. I've tested the 16ft, 18ft and 17ft CC Kosi Cats, and I have to say that for me the 17ft Walkaround is the best by far, cutting through the water like a hot knife through butter.
She rides very proud in the water. Often when this happens the boat experiences cavitation, but not so with the Kosi Cat 17 Walkaround. She rides just like her sister, the centre console, but feels different because the walkaround console sits further forward.
I took her into the swell and she handled the pounding with grace. In that upside-down sea, I swung her around in all directions, making circles and accelerating after the turns, and didn't experience any cavitation. In a following sea she also performed awesomely, with no broaching. I think even Bill was really impressed with the way she handled the sea.
Although all of us were soaking wet, we were impressed with her ability to handle this kind of sea. I like to keep dry when I'm out on the ocean, but that would have been practically impossible on any open boat in this sea.
The Kosi Cat 17 has an impressive turning circle, one of the best I have been on, with no feeling of leaning to one side or making you feel that you are unsafe. I haven't experienced this type of performance with a 17ft boat in quite a while, and this is the type of boat I would trust in a big sea.
Eventually Bill asked me to test her with just one 75hp Yamaha. This is going to be interesting, I thought … Well, within five seconds we were on the plane with four people on board. Quite incredible!
She was running so proud that I didn't have to fiddle with the trims at all. Out the hole she climbed quickly onto the plane, and as mentioned, in a full 360 degree turn and out the hole there was no cavitation. All these characteristics make her ideal for surf launching.
Because of the way she sits and rides in the water, she ran very smooth. She was also very stable at slow trolling speeds, and in general she handled beautifully and with ease.
There are a number of features on the new 17ft Kosi Cat Walkaround that particularly impressed me. Firstly, they have raised the height of the gunnels and have also padded them so that they're more comfortable to lean against. There's also space in the gunnels where you can store tackle.
Secondly, upfront they have made seats on both sides of the anchor hatch, with tackle drawers on both sides too. The layout upfront also gives you easy access to the anchor.
The walkaround console has been fitted further to the front rather than in the centre, with some tackle drawers ahead of the console. She has a moulded fibreglass T-top which can be folded down when you're travelling, and stainless-steel rodholders are fitted to the T-top. In the front of the walkaround console there's a removable seat that can be left at home if you need more space.
Another great feature is the very handy livebait well which has been fitted in the transom — ideal for mackerel in 'cuda season. The Kosi Cat 17 Walkaround has spacious fish hatches on both sides, with the fuel tanks in the hatches on the deck behind the console. Indeed, it looks like a lot of thought has gone into the development and design of this boat.
FISHABILITY
Personally, I would be happy to take this boat out in all weather conditions and fish with her for marlin as well as any other gamefish. She is very stable, and with her high, padded gunnels, I think she would also be ideal for vertical jigging, dropshotting and bottomfishing.
She is very stable at a slow trolling speed and would be ideal for the type of gamefishing we do in KZN, the Eastern Cape and Moçambique. The amount of open space on this boat means she's also well-suited to flyfishing.
FINISH & CONCLUSION
It's clear that Natal Caravans & Marine have come a long way since they first introduced the 16ft and 18ft Kosi Cats to the market. It is also very impressive to see that, building on previous experience, they have vastly improved their product. The finish on this boat is of the highest quality and could easily compete with the top boat builders.
These days it's all about quality and customer service — before- and after the sale — and I believe Bill and his staff at Natal Caravans & Marine must be complimented on their impeccable service and products.
Whether you're a novice or a more experienced angler looking for a boat in this class, the Kosi Cat 17 Walkaround is a craft you ought to take for a demo test ride.
Kosi Cat 16 – A 5m craft by Natal Caravans and Marine


Orwell worked as an officer of the Indian Imperial Police in the late 1920's, stationed in Burma. It's there that he witnessed and assisted the execution of an Hindu man, one of many lined up in cells awaiting death via hanging. Whether or not the man was guilty or innocent was not Orwell's concern. Actually, he doesn't even bring up the legal justice (or flight from) anywhere in the essay, he simply observes the officers' behavior, as well as the man about to die. He suspends legal analysis and judgment. That may seem like an innocuous detail--even potentially harmful--but let me point out that if our modern culture so much as suspects a flight from legal justice, it reaches newspapers, websites, and blogs within an hour, despite hard evidence. That's not to say Orwell doesn't think about right and wrong, but in leaving the law to the side he creates the opportunity for a more direct human understanding.
On page 17 he writes, "It was about forty yards to the gallows. I watched the bare brown back of the prisoner marching in front of me. He walked clumsily with his bound arms, but quite steadily, with that bobbing gait of the Indian who never straightens his knees...And once, in spite of the men who gripped him by each shoulder, he stepped slightly aside to avoid a puddle on the path." This is the second time I've read this essay, and once again I'm struck by this passage. Why would the man heading for the noose care if he got wet? Habit? Dislike of the sensation? Or was he just so at peace with his fate that he'd continue to care for himself and his surroundings the way he did when he had the freedom interact with them?
It seems Orwell was affected similarly. He continues in the next paragraph, "It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man. When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle, I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in full tide. This man was not dying, he was alive just as we were alive...He and we were a party of men walking together, seeing, hearing, feeling, understanding the same world; and in two minutes, with a sudden snap, one of us would be gone--one mind less, one world less."
The essay came to a close with the police--including Orwell--feeling a sense of relief. So much so that several of the men laugh gaily, and all agreeing to go get a drink. Now these were not unpracticed men, and would be back within a week or two to execute another. It's not like America, where it takes years of being on death row. In Burma in the late '20's things were hurried along and cleaned up after to repeat. You had to move forward. Yet, Orwell was clear that as the event progressed, the Imperial Police were indeed affected by the execution but couldn't articulate it. He was probably the only one who saw past the flesh and cries. Still, the officers moved forward I suspect because all in all, they could. They saw how one snap of the neck separates our thoughts, dreams, and convictions from darkness.
The last line reads, "The dead man was a hundred yards away."
Well I think that what you have presented was in fact not at all what Orwell was getting at. To get to the point, Orwell is getting at life, death, and how we interact with those states. Insofar as when we are confronted with death, whether scheduled or not, one is relieved at not being dead. When death of another human being is directly witnessed the shocking fact is the aftermath in embracing life to almost the point of celebration no matter how inappropriate that celebration is. Thus Orwell makes the point of showing the ridicules need to laugh, perhaps at things that are not funny, and the drink of whiskey among the living only a hundred yards from the corpse.


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Congress, BJP slug it out over stalled work at Haldwani ISBT
dehradun Updated: May 19, 2017 20:00 IST
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A view of the Haldwani bus station.(Vinay Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)
The stalled construction of an interstate bus terminus in Haldwani has become a political tug of war between the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with each blaming the other for delay.
The work was stopped on May 11 after skeletons and graves were unearthed at the site on May 9, following which state transport minister Yashpal Arya ordered an enquiry into the matter.
Arya said the work was stopped due to irregularities in the cost of the project and shrinkage of land at the construction site.
During the previous Congress government's tenure the project cost has increased from ₹15 crore to more than ₹ 75 crore, he said.
The Congress, however, blames the minister of subverting the project that was started by the Harish Rawat-led government.
Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Indira Hridyesh, lashed out at the BJP government for stalling a major development project in the Kumaon region.
The project should be resumed immediately, she said.
Haldwani city Congress chief Rahul Chhimwal blamed the transport minister for stopping the construction, saying that the BJP is trying to delay the project for vested interest.
"They can't digest the fact that the important project was the brain child of the previous Congress government and now they want to stall it for their own personal interests," he said.
"The BJP government can conduct an enquiry into the allegations of financial bungling, but stopping of works is not justified."
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Second wave if infection runs at this rate for 7 more days
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People from all walks of life queue up for Covid-19 test at the Fever Clinic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Shahbagh. File photo: Mumit M/TBS
The Covid-19 situation in the country is deteriorating again, with the daily infection rate having been on a steady rise since 7 November according to health directorate data.
The number of infections has been increasing, so has the number of deaths.
Health experts say if Bangladesh sees infections at this rate for another seven days, it can be said the Covid second wave has started here.
In the past 24 hours till Tuesday 8am, 2,212 people were identified with Covid-19 infection. The detection rate against the number of tests was 13.83%.
During this period, 39 people died, which is the highest daily death in 57 days. Earlier, on 21 September, 40 people died in one day.
On Monday, 2,139 people were detected to have contracted the virus – highest in 70 days. The detection rate on that day was 13.57%.
Before Monday, the highest number of cases was identified on 7 September. On that day, the health directorate informed the media about 2,202 new cases. For a long time since then, the number of identified cases has remained below 2,000.
Professor Nazrul Islam, noted virologist and former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, thinks that if this infection rate continues for another week, it can be said the second wave of the virus has started in the country.
He said the reason for the increase in the number of deaths is that critical patients from outside Dhaka are coming to the capital. Many of them are dying.
"Patients are being brought to Dhaka as there are not enough ICU facilities in district towns," Prof Nazrul said.
In the 255 days since the first coronavirus infection was detected in the country, a total of 436,684 people have been diagnosed Covid-19 positive while 6,254 have died. Even after eight months, the situation has not come under control.
According to the World Health Organization, the infection is considered under control when the detection rate is below 5% for two consecutive weeks. But the infection rate in Bangladesh never fell below 5% since community transmission began at the end of March.
According to health directorate data, the infection rate fluctuated between 10% and 11% from mid-September to October. The infection rate has been increasing continuously since 7 November.
According to Johns Hopkins University and Worldometers, Bangladesh ranks fifth in Asia in Covid infections after India, Iran, Iraq and Indonesia.
"In Bangladesh, the emphasis is only on wearing masks to control the infection. That too is not being implemented well. Making masks compulsory as well as ensuring social distance, isolation, quarantine could reduce deaths," Professor Nazrul Islam told The Business Standard.
Dr M Mushtuq Husain, Covid-19 pandemic control consultant at the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said wearing masks is just a part of the infection control.
Isolation is not being ensured for all the infected, with focus being laid on isolation of passengers coming in only through airports. The benefits of isolation of returnees could be obtained only if there was no patient inside the country, he said.
Outside Dhaka, Narayanganj was the Covid hotspot at the beginning of the infection. The number of patients has also started increasing in the district recently.
Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner Jasim Uddin told TBS that the infection was a bit less in the past few months. Now patients are growing in number again.
"We are putting more emphasis on wearing masks to control the infection. Mobile courts are being conducted to implement the government's 'No Mask, No Service' policy. The number of mobile courts will be further increased," Jasim said.
Habibur Rahman, director of Management Information System (MIS) and DGHS spokesperson, said they are isolating patients in some cases. But social distancing is still on the loose.
People are not following the health protocols and the health directorate is no longer a law enforcement agency to take actions against this, he added.
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