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Drivers in the United States are seeing a new technological trend creeping into their vehicles: unlimited cellular connectivity and usage. Canadian drivers aren’t so lucky, at least for now.
General Motors and Jaguar Land Rover last month became the first two auto makers to offer drivers in-vehicle 4G LTE wireless with no monthly usage caps, both at $20 (U.S.) a month. The built-in services, which effectively turns cars into moving WiFi hotspots, are being delivered through AT&T, the second-largest wireless network provider in the United States.
While GM’s unlimited OnStar usage costs the equivalent of $27 (Canadian) in the United States, Canadian drivers are limited to choosing between one gigabyte for $15, 4 GB for $35 or 10 GB for $70. Jaguar Land Rover’s Canadian division confirms that no major carriers are offering unlimited data usage for vehicles, and the company doesn’t anticipate the situation changing any time soon.
“In the American market, it makes sense, but it’s unlikely we’d see anything like that here,” says Brahm Eiley, president of Victoria-based Convergence Research Group. “The wireless market in the United States is and always has been completely different than Canada’s.”
Both manufacturers said built-in connectivity is increasingly being used for a number of in-car applications and is rapidly becoming a key factor in new-vehicle purchasing decisions. Chevrolet, for one, said its customers streamed more than 17.5 million hours of video in their vehicles last year. Over all, data usage via OnStar 4G LTE tripled over 2015.
“We have contractors bidding [for] jobs in their Silverados, families streaming movies in their Suburbans and Malibus, and everyone tapping into the cloud for music,” said Alan Batey, global head of Chevrolet, in a statement.
The unlimited in-car options mirror what’s happening in the broader U.S. wireless market. AT&T and its three main competitors, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint have, in recent months, been engaged in a game of one-upmanship when it comes to data offers.
All four are trying to lure customers with offers featuring unlimited usage. Verizon is the largest U.S. provider, with approximately 142 million customers, followed by AT&T with 131 million, T-Mobile at 67 million and Sprint with 58 million, according to Jackdaw Research.
Canada, in comparison, has about 30 million total wireless subscribers, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Bell, Rogers and Telus control more than 90 per cent of the market, with each having roughly an equal share of customers.
Numerous studies have found Canada to have among the highest wireless prices in the world. A study by research firm Nordicity last year, for example, found Canadians paid, on average, $41.08 for an entry-level cellphone plan, or considerably more than the $17.15 subscribers paid in Germany.
Canada’s big carriers typically don’t offer unlimited data-usage plans. Rogers’s biggest offering for smartphones in Ontario, for example, is 60 GB at $375 a month.
The U.S. market is more competitive, Eiley says, because T-Mobile and Sprint are considerably smaller than Verizon and AT&T and are, therefore, more likely to rock the boat with consumer-friendly deals.
In-car connectivity, also known as telematics, looks to be lagging in Canada as a result. About two-thirds of vehicles in Canada this year will have embedded telematics, compared with about three-quarters in the United States, according to IHS Markit.
“There is a bit of resistance there,” says Colin Bird, senior auto-tech analyst for IHS Markit. “It’s not as robust.”
In the long term, analysts expect car manufacturers to effectively override wireless prices – regardless of market – in order to add features that consumers are seeking. Many drivers are demanding over-the-air updates of entertainment systems to keep them current; this requires connectivity.
Safety regulators are also increasingly requiring connectivity. The European Parliament, for example, passed the eCall mandate in 2015. As of 2018, all new cars sold in the European Union will have a module that will automatically dial a dedicated phone number and transmit its location to emergency services.
Car makers may eventually swallow the cost of wireless service themselves or pass it on to consumers in the form of higher sticker prices.
Either way, IHS Markit expects the differences in telematics installations between countries to level out over time. The firm sees 95 per cent of new cars in Canada having connectivity by 2022, compared with 98 per cent in the United States.
Frost and Sullivan is more conservative with its forecasts, expecting global installations of about 70 per cent by 2022. But the research firm also expects ubiquitous vehicle connectivity over time.
“It’s almost a given that most cars will be connected,” principal analyst Ronald Gruia says.
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Mary Meeker, leading technology analyst and partner at venture firm KIeiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), released her annual internet trends report on Wednesday. As usual, the lengthy compilation of Internet prognostications offers a comprehensive look at the current digital technology landscape and what tech trends to expect next. Here are a few highlights.
INTERNET GROWTH REMAINS STEADY
Meeker's 2018 presentation kicks off with an estimated tally of global Internet users. Two years ago, Meeker posited that there were 3 billion internet users worldwide -- or 42 percent of the world's population.
Now, more than half the world's population are Internet users, or roughly 3.6 billion.
"Internet usage growth is solid while many believe it's higher than it should be," Meeker writes in the report. "Reality is the dynamics of global innovation & competition are driving product improvements, which, in turn, are driving usage & monetization. Many usability improvements are based on data - collected during the taps / clicks / movements of mobile device users. This creates a privacy paradox.."
AMAZON EATS THE WORLD
Amazon's e-commerce marketshare has expanded from 20 to 28 percent over the last five years. Additionally, Meeker posits that 49 percent of users begin products searches at Amazon, compared to 36 through traditional search engines.
Meanwhile, the installed base for the Amazon Echo grew from 20 million in the third quarter to 30 million in Q4.
TECH SECTOR GROWTH
Meeker estimates that technology companies made up 25 percent of US market capitalization as of April 2018, compared to 33 percent at the peak of the dotcom boom. Meantime, six technology companies -- Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Intel, Apple, and Microsoft -- were among the top 15 highest spenders for R&D and capex.
China currently houses nine of the world's 20 largest internet companies by market cap, while the US is home to 11.
Read the rest of Meeker's full report here.
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Sleep aids linked to the deaths of 12 babies have been pulled from Tesco shelves.
eBay has also withdrawn the items from sale, but other British supermarkets and high street retailers as well online firms are still selling the baby sleep positioners.
Tesco and eBay say they have stopped selling the baby sleep positioners, which have been linked to 12 deaths in the US, with Mothercare reportedly following suit.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had previously advised parents not to use the products, and renewed its advice this week, re-emphasising its warning that the pillows can cause newborns to suffocate.
The sleep positioners, also called “nests” or “anti-roll” cushions, are supposed to help babies to get to sleep, but instead there are fears that they could cut off a baby’s oxygen.
According to the FDA, the deaths occurred when babies rolled from their sides onto their fronts before they stopped breathing.
The Lullaby Trust (www.lullabytrust.org.uk), a cot death charity which advises the NHS, offers an advice sheet which states: “There is no need to use any type of equipment or rolled up blankets to keep your baby in one position unless you have been advised by a health professional for a specific medical condition.
“It is much safer for your baby to be in their cot with just the sheets or blankets, and no extras which could be pulled over their face or cause an accident.”

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Deaths from strangulation show safety standards are inadequate, say US researchers.
Child are at risk of strangulation, according to the study. APTN
Window blinds with cords should be completely banned to prevent children being strangled, a new study has recommended.
Between 1990 and 2015, nearly 17,000 young children in the US were hurt by window blinds and almost 300 died, according to the study.
Most deaths occur when children become entangled or strangled by the cords.
Although the US study found no rise or fall in the number of child deaths or injuries from window blinds, it says the fact they are still occurring means current safety standards are inadequate.
Dr Gary Smith has called for a ban. APTN
Dr Gary Smith, one of the lead authors of the study, said: "A curious child can quickly get entangled in a window blind cord. This can lead to strangulation within minutes, and the parent may not hear a thing because the child often can't make a sound while this is happening."
The research, carried out by the US Child Injury Prevention Alliance, the Ohio State University and the Nationwide Children's Hospital, was published in the journal Pediatrics.
Researchers concluded: "Despite existing voluntary safety standards for window blinds, these products continue to pose an injury risk to young children.
"Although many of the injuries in this study were non-fatal and resulted in minor injuries, cases involving window blind cord entanglements frequently resulted in hospitalisation or death.
"A mandatory safety standard that eliminates accessible window blind cords should be adopted."
The study's results were based on data from 100 A&E departments in the US, which were used to make national estimates.
It noted that the dangers window blind cords pose to children had been highlighted as long ago as 1945.
"It is unacceptable that children are still dying from window blind cord strangulation," said Dr Smith. "We have known about this problem since the 1940s
"It is time to eliminate the hazard."
Cords have caused thousands of injuries. APTN
EU regulations introduced in 2014 mean new blinds must be "safe by design" or be supplied with appropriate child safety devices installed, such as ones that break under pressure.
However, many UK homes are still fitted with older blinds that do not meet these standards.
Research by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents shows that there have been at least 21 deaths across the UK due to looped blind cords since 2010.
In 2016, 16-month-old Bronwyn Taylor died after getting entangled in a window blind cord at her grandparents' home.
In 2010, Leah Edwards was strangled to death by a blind cord while in her cot next to her 17-month-old twin brother.


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Good morning Chicago Blackhawks fans! The Chicago Blackhawks are on a 5 game winning streak, and the question that has to be asked, Is Jonathan Toews back? If you ask me what was wrong with Jonathan Toews last season, my reply would be that Joel Quenneville couldn't settle on who to play along side Toews and Marian Hossa . Then when the Hawks did trade for Andrew Ladd they never really got any chemistry going, and in the end it was a Brent Seabrook shot that rang against both posts that got the Blackhawks eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs.
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Question: Man To Plead Guilty To Buying Weapons Used In San Bernardino Attack

Enrique Marquez Jr., 25, of Riverside, Calif., is accused of purchasing the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, and has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges.
Benjamin Gottlieb of member station KCRW tells our Newscast unit:
In his plea, Marquez admits that his friend, Syed Rizwan Farook, paid him for the assault rifles used to kill 14 people and injure 22 others in December of 2015. That's when Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik opened fire at a holiday party of Farook's coworkers at the Inland Regional Center. Marquez also admits he conspired with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to attack Riverside City College (RCC) — as well as commuter traffic on a major freeway in Southern California. Those plans never materialized.
U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker said, "While his earlier plans to attack a school and a freeway were not executed, the planning clearly laid the foundation for the 2015 attack on the Inland Regional Center."
Prosecutors say there is no evidence that Marquez participated in the San Bernardino attack or had advance knowledge about it.
He did acknowledge that he was a "straw buyer" when he purchased two high-powered rifles used in the San Bernardino attack.
According to a Justice Department statement:
"Straw purchasers are criminals who are the beginning of the chain of violence in our country," said ATF Special Agent in Charge Eric D. Harden. "It is purchases like Marquez's that led to the terror on that tragic day in San Bernardino. The crime goes beyond making a false statement on a government form. It puts guns in the hands of criminals who will victimize the community. In this case, the straw purchase is as reprehensible as the attack."
Mandy Pifer, whose boyfriend Shannon Johnson was killed in the terror attack, told The Associated Press that Marquez's plea agreement brought mixed emotions:
"It's a hell of a day to come out, Valentine's Day," the 42-year-old Los Angeles resident said. "I'm relieved that it won't be a long trial. If it'll be finished sooner, I'm all for it." She said she planned to speak at Marquez's sentencing about the impact her boyfriend's killing has had on her. In his last moments, Johnson huddled with a colleague under a table, shielding her from the bullets. "It is what it is," she said. "Nothing's going to bring him back."
Marquez is expected to formally enter his guilty pleas Thursday morning.
He has been in custody since he was ordered detained at his initial court appearance in this case on Dec. 17, 2015.
Marquez faces up to 25 years in federal prison.

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Good morning, here are our early stories:
-- Iran's Foreign Minister: Renegotiating Nuclear Deal Would Damage U.S. Credibility.
-- Border Patrol Agent Acquitted In 2012 Fatal Shooting Of Mexican Teen.
-- Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain.
-- Facebook Updates Community Standards, Expands Appeals Process.
And here are more early headlines:
Report: Confirmation Hearing To Be Delayed For V.A. Nominee. (Washington Post)
Suit Filed Against New Indiana Abortion Law. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Government Seeks E-Coli Source In Contaminated Lettuce. (Washington Post)
Despite Government Action, Nicaragua Protests Continue. (Los Angeles Times)
New Afghanistan Attacks Leave 9 Dead. (RFE/RL)
Ukrainian Agency Hit By Ransomware. (Reuters)


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Question: Forum tackles residential development in downtown Las Vegas

The under-construction Fremont 9 residential development site on 901 Fremont St. on Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017, in Las Vegas. ( Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Sam Cherry, seen in 2014, is a Las Vegas planning commissioner who is Sam Cherry Development’s CEO. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The key to giving downtown Las Vegas residential development a big boost might be thinking small.
Prominent developer Peter Cummings had that advice for a group of Las Vegans on Wednesday.
“Large is the Strip,” Cummings said. “I think there’s an opportunity to create a more intimate, organic, user-friendly kind of environment here.”
A panel of high-profile Las Vegans from real estate and development hashed out challenges and successes of advancing downtown residential development in a forum at City Hall on Wednesday, staged by the Downtown Vegas Alliance in partnership with the city.
“We couldn’t get lenders down here, we couldn’t get appraisers down here, I couldn’t get my friends down here,” said Sam Cherry, a Las Vegas planning commissioner who is Sam Cherry Development’s CEO. “That’s really flipped.”
Downtown Las Vegas has seen a lot of changes over the past several years, with The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the Mob Museum and a few residential high-rises going up.
Cummings said he loves developing near health care, educational and cultural institutions. He emphasized programming to partner with real estate, highlighting a halfpipe event inside Detroit’s iconic Fisher Building, an art deco skyscraper. The event showed that skaters, youth and people from any walk of life were welcome in the old building that was being brought back to life.
Several speakers Wednesday emphasized the need for a critical mass of residents living within walking distance of the heart of downtown to reach the level vitality other city centers boast.
The opening of a Whole Foods market in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood was a seminal moment for Cummings. It changed his view of Detroit from a blighted, distressed market to one where residents were underserved.
If the high-end grocery chain were to open a downtown Las Vegas location, many here would likely see it the same way.
But Christina Roush of HB Properties said that’s probably a way off because there aren’t enough people living downtown and there’s not enough of a nongaming employment base, said.
“It’s a vicious circle,” said Roush, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council earlier this year. “It’s a real chicken-and-egg issue.”
Hopes are high for downtown’s future. One anticipated downtown residential building, Fremont 9, is going up now, a stone’s throw from the Fremont East entertainment district.
John Curran, the Downtown Project’s real estate portfolio manager, said demand for microunits in The 211 property “boosted our confidence and has us feeling very bullish” about Fremont 9 and beyond.
Contact Jamie Munks at jmunks@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0340. Follow @JamieMunksRJ on Twitter.

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A committee featuring national politicians heard from local lawmakers in downtown Phoenix about how to tackle the opioid crisis in Arizona.


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Question: Here are the 5 best deals on Amazon right now

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These deals look great in your kitchen.
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Life is a little crazy in the online shopping world right now. Amazon just announced that their annual Prime Day will be held Tuesday, July 16, which means we all can start preparing for 36 hours of incredible sales. I know I am. But if you don't want to wait two weeks to snag a sale, Amazon still offers great deals and price drops each and every day. Note that they may not be as great as the stuff we'll see on Prime Day, but they're still good deals if you have a shopping itch to scratch. Whether you're looking for a way to upgrade your kitchen or just want to treat yourself, these are great products at a great price.
1. An upgraded Instant Pot
Summer cooking made easy.
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In the summer, it can be tough to muster up the energy to heat up the oven to cook dinner. If you don't already have an Instant Pot, you need to get one for easy summer cooking. This handy kitchen gadget has all the functions of a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, and more. Right now, the upgraded Instant Pot Ultra is at one of the lowest prices we've ever seen and is just $10 more than the most popular Instant Pot model. It even has a few more features that replace even more common appliances. The new central dial is really easy to use and it has new features like altitude adjustment, cooking indicator, and a steam release reset button to bring your Instant Pot cooking to the next level.
Get the Instant Pot Ultra for $109.99 and save $39.96
2. Our favorite affordable hair dryer
Get that summer salon blowout without the salon price.
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Summertime is hot and you don't want to spend too much time styling your hair in extra heat. Believe me, you will get more sweaty and your style will not hold up, so you need a hair dryer that takes limited drying time. After testing all the leading hair dryers, this one from Revlon really wowed us—and it costs less than $20. We loved this model because of its impressive drying time compared to the other hair dryers we tried and it was one of the lightest. Right now, it's down to nearly its lowest price ever, making it hard to say no to upgrading your beauty routine.
Update: The sale price has changed from $3 off to just $1.30 off. But considering how much we like this hair dryer, it's still a good buy.
Get the Revlon 1875W Infrared Hair Dryer for $16.69 and save $1.30
3. A fast portable charger for extra juice
Charge your phone wherever you are.
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While you're at the beach or at a summer concert, you don't want your phone to run out of battery. That's why you need a portable charger to juice up whenever you're in need. This one from Anker uses QuickCharge technology to power your devices 85% faster, can charge your iPhone up to nine times, and has three ports, so you can offer your friends some juice too.
Get the Anker PowerCore+ 26800 for $68.99 and save $18
4. An Echo Show for your kitchen
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To get you excited about Prime Day, Amazon is offering $100 their Echo Show models. If you don't have an Amazon Prime membership already, you can try it for free for 30 days (hey, you're going to want one for Prime Day anyway). I love having the Echo Show in my kitchen because I can easily see recipes, set timers, sing along to lyrics, and get visual updates at a glance for news, weather, and more. This is one of the better discounts on an Echo Show that we've seen, which is all more the reason to get excited about the Prime Day deals to come.
Get the Echo Show for $129.99 and save $100
5. The best affordable fast wireless charging pad
See your notifications at a glance.
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If you're constantly plugging in your phone, you might want to make things easier by investing in a wireless charging pad. This wireless charging stand from Seneo is the best affordable one we've ever tested because although it's not the fastest wireless charging pad out there, it gets the job done for a low price. Plus, it's stand-up design makes it super easy to check on notifications at a glance. Right now, it's down to the lowest price we've ever seen.
Get the Seneo 3-Coil Wireless Qi Charger for $15.99 and save $6
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Father's Day 2017 is this Sunday, June 18. There is still enough time to order gifts for your Dad online to arrive in time. Amazon continues to offer discounts on its own devices. Amazon devices like the Kindle or Echo are great tech gifts for Father's Day. Amazon offers today the Amazon Echo for $40 off and the Amazon Tap is discounted by $30.
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The savings on the Amazon Echo Dot are $10, bringing the price down to $39.99. The deals on Kindle ebook reader include a $20 discount on the Kindle and the Kindle Paperwhite. There are also many Kindle bundles on sale. All Amazon devices deals are featured on this page on amazon.com.
Also available still is the $100 savings on a bundle of two Echo Show devices. The Echo Show ships June 28, to late for Father's Day. Amazon has offered its devices on sale on a regular basis lately. It will be interesting to see how low the prices will go on Amazon Prime Day 2017 in July.
Amazon also features deals on other great Father's Day gifts including BLACK+DECKER 20V drill and Dremel tools on its daily deal page.
For Dads who love the outdoors and cool drinks, Amazon offers 54% off the YETI Hopper Portable Cooler today. Many more Father's Day gifts are featured in the Amazon Gifts for Dad guide.
Find out everything to know about Amazon Prime Day 2017 in our comprehensive guide. Read also our Prime Day 2017 deal predictions. Deal hunters will be able to use our The Tracker app to get notified when announced Prime Day 2017 deals go on sale.


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Question: Bruno Mars Releases ‘Versace on the Floor’ Video Starring Zendaya

By Jon Wiederhorn
Last week, Donatella Versace posted a video for Bruno Mars’ “Versace on the Floor,” which featured a whole bunch of glamorous models. Now, Mars has released his own video for the song, which stars Zendaya.
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Mars is shot in low light as sensual colors swirl around him. And in separate images, Zendaya looks stunning in a glittery, silver dress. Of course, both artists are wearing Versace, but considering how nice Zendaya’s outfit is, it probably should have wound up on a hanger instead of on the floor.

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Selena Gomez has released the music video for her new single “Bad Liar.”
The visual, which was directed by Jesse Peretz, features Gomez playing multiple roles including a high school student, her blonde alter-ego, and her own parents (both the man and woman).
The clip ends with a title card that reads “Coming Soon,” followed by the word “Fetish.” Is this the title of Selena’s new album or next single? Only time will tell.
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Check out the video for “Bad Liar” below.


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Question: Wishaw 24 hour biker Neil is back in the saddle after mental health battle

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For Neil Morrison the chance to compete in the 24-hour race is one way of raising awareness and removing the stigma surrounding mental health.
By his own admission, Neil endured a nightmare 2017 after suffering from depression and even a suicide attempt.
Now the Wishaw Mountain Bike Club (WMBC) Socialtrack ace is focusing his mind on competing in Northumberland in February as well as going all the way to the 24-hour World Championships later this year.
He said: “Last year was terrible for me. I had a few problems with depression and had a suicide attempt. This has really given me something to focus on.
“It’s great camaraderie when you are on the bike together.
“It can be difficult to talk about mental health sometimes but I’m hoping I can raise awareness and prove you can come through it.
“I found the best thing you can do is talk about it.
“I’m just using this a test event. I’m now planning to go to the World Championships in Fort William!
“It just shows what can be done.”
“I’ve never done anything like this before. I used to race BMX’s!”
Over the past few weeks Neil and the other members of the WMBC Socialtrack Team have been busy helping youngsters at Craigneuk’s new bike pump track.
Since the opening of the track, club members have also been involving schools with everyone revelling with the world class facilities on their doorstep.
Neil added: “We are just trying to help the young people out.
“We are doing something ridiculous hoping to prove to them that no matter how crazy your goal is you can achieve it.”

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He’s achieved more in his career than most sportsmen of his generation, but Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield considers it an honour to join the thousands of runners taking part in tomorrow’s Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon.
The all-time record points scorer for the Leeds Rhinos will join those hitting the streets of York tomorrow as the marathon marks its fifth year.
Kevin Sinfield with the Super League trophy.
More than 7,000 people have entered the event, part of the legacy of the late fundraiser and campaigner Jane Tomlinson.
It is the latest in a series of charity endurance events since the former Rhinos and England captain’s playing days came to an end.
Mr Sinfield said: “I’m delighted to be supporting the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Jane was a truly inspirational figure who showed what can be achieved if you have the spirit and determination. It’s an honour to be running for the Appeal established in her name.”
Former international cricket umpire Dickie Bird will start the race at the University of York at 9.30am.
As well as the marathon runners, over 4,000 people will also take part in the Yorkshire 10 Mile, with scores of teams entering the Yorkshire Marathon Corporate Relay, which splits the 26.2 miles into six legs of between three and six miles.
Among the runners is Lynda Gent, from Bridlington, who was in a wheelchair at 21 and broke her pelvis at 38 - and now at 50 is a first-time marathon runner. Mrs Gent will be raising money for cancer research after losing the majority of her family to the disease.
Diagnosed with fibromyalgia at 21, she came to rely on her wheelchair till her late 30s.
A broken pelvis in 2005 caused her to lose the mobility in her legs. Mrs Gent said she was excited but nervous.
“If I have to I will crawl, but I hope I don’t,” she said. “I always said I wouldn’t run a marathon because of (looking after 10-year-old daughter) Kayleith, but I got to 50 and thought - you know what: ‘Give it a shot.’
“I say to people: ‘If I can do it anyone can.’”
Paralympian Jade Jones, 21, and her fiancé Callum Hall, 25, will be among a group of wheelchair racers battling to cross the finish line first. Leeds-born Callum, winner of this year’s Leeds Half Marathon, was left paralysed in 2012 after stepping on a sea urchin while diving off the Greek island of Skiathos. He developed a spinal abscess which burst.
The couple were three minutes apart last year - both winning their respective races.
The wife of Keighley Cougars rugby league player Danny Jones, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game is running the Corporate Relay. Lizzie Jones and a group of her friends are raising money for the Danny Jones Defibrillator Fund, which helps community rugby league clubs and junior teams purchase defibrillators.
The event is being staged by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All team, which organises a series of 10K events, the Leeds Half Marathon and the Sheffield Half Marathon.
Mrs Tomlinson raised almost £2m for charity by tackling a series of endurance challenges, despite being diagnosed with incurable cancer.


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Nana Patole, who recently resigned from Lok Sabha and the BJP, today shared stage with Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi at election rally here and fulminated against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he “abused” senior MPs who had once gone to meet him. (Facebook)
Nana Patole, who recently resigned from Lok Sabha and the BJP, today shared stage with Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi at election rally here and fulminated against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he “abused” senior MPs who had once gone to meet him. Addressing the rally, Patole said he decided to part ways with the BJP because Modi failed to address the issues of farmers and went back on his promise to implement the Swaminathan Commission recommendations. The former MP from Maharashtra’s Bhandara-Gondia constituency also alleged that Modi snubbed him and abused elderly MPs who once went to meet him at his residence. “It has been more than three years since the Modi government has been at the Centre. Modiji had assured that he will implement the Swaminathan Commission recommendations, but the first thing he did was to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying he will not accept the recommendations, which amounts to betrayal of farmers,” Patole said.
There has been a rise in incidents of farmer suicide, he alleged.
“Once Modiji called a meeting of MPs from different states at his residence before the winter session of Parliament. When some elderly MPs rose to ask him questions, he abused them and asked them to sit down. He also shouted at me when I asked him about a separate ministry for OBCs,” he claimed. Patole accused Modi of playing the OBC card for political gains. He alleged the prime minister was playing with the future of children of OBC, SC and ST categories by stopping their scholarships. Patole, who had defeated NCP stalwart Praful Patel in the last Lok Sabha poll, claimed noteban was the biggest instance of “corruption.”

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2. Under-19 final: Manjot sparkles as India beat AUS to win a record 4th World Cup
Manjot Kalra scored a famous ton as India dispatched Australia by eight wickets to win the 2018 Under-19 World Cup at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand on Saturday. Read full report
3. 'Fake' Rajput outfit has withdrawn protests against Padmaavat, claims Karni Sena
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"Star Wars: Battlefront 2" fans could soon be flying fighters and bombers against other players as publisher Electronic Arts invites viewers to watch the multiplayer combat reveal for the game on Gamescom on Monday, Aug. 21 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Star Wars Battlefront 2/Electronic Arts A new gameplay mode is being introduced for "Star Wars Battlefront II" on the Gamescom event on Aug. 21, featuring new multiplayer space combat.
EA invited players to strap in and revel in a brand new trailer and live gameplay demo, as detailed in their blog post on their website. At the Gamescom event on Monday, Aug. 21, the publisher will be taking the wraps off the Starfighter Assault gameplay mode for "Star Wars Battlefront 2" as part of their promise for space combat in the coming sequel to their multiplayer combat title.
The gameplay reveal will be shown live by two teams of "Star Wars" Game Changers, who will put the new gameplay mode through its paces in a space battlefield based on the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
Through several stages of the battle, the teams will be dodging blaster fire in the "Fondor: Imperial Shipyard map," which promises an entire Imperial Star Destroyer with its host of capital ship armaments and escort ships.
The players in the demo will have an entire complement of agile fighters, lumbering bombers and iconic hero ships under their control for the whole segment, as aces of the Rebel Alliance duke it out against the top pilots of the Galactic Empire.
Along the way, the live stream will showcase starfighter combat much improved from the original "Star Wars Battlefront" system. Improved controls, more customization options and role-based squad-play will be revealed as the Gamescom demo streams on EA's official website.
This new reveal also adds another multiplayer map for the "Star Wars Battlefront II" beta on October this year, as the "Fondor: Imperial Shipyard" joins the "Theed Galactic Assault" map for beta testers. The beta access for the game starts on Oct. 4 for pre-order buyers and Oct.6 for everyone else.

Microsoft's E3 2017 briefing took place on Sunday. If you missed the show and want to catch up on the news, we've put together a roundup that puts all the news in one place. As expected, Project Scorpio was a big focus of Microsoft's E3 press conference, with the system being officially revealed as Xbox One X. There were also a ton of games shown off during the briefing.
Below, you'll find all of our coverage of the Microsoft event, and if you want to re-live the excitement moment-by-moment, you can read our Microsoft press conference liveblog or check out our roundup of all the Microsoft briefing trailers. For our complete coverage, head to GameSpot's E3 hub for all of our news, videos, and impressions.
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Anthem
BioWare's New IP Anthem Gameplay Revealed--Gameplay footage of BioWare's new sci-fi IP was shown at the Microsoft E3 press conference.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Assassin's Creed Origins Confirmed--Ubisoft has unveiled the first looks for the latest installment in the Assassin's Creed series, which will be set in Egypt.
Watch 5 Minutes Of Assassin's Creed: Origins Gameplay Here--The latest Assassin's Creed was just revealed; take a look at its first gameplay video.
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E3 2017: Black Desert MMORPG Will Come To Xbox One As Console Launch Exclusive--The popular PC MMORPG will have a console release, titled Black Desert, as an Xbox One console launch exclusive in early 2018.
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Crackdown 3 Gameplay And Release Date Revealed--Here's what Microsoft had to share about Crackdown 3 during its E3 press conference.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Officially Revealed--We got a first look at the upcoming Dragon Ball fighting game at Microsoft's E3 2017 press conference.
Forza Motorsport 7
Forza 7 Revealed, Runs At Native 4K/60FPS--Microsoft announces the next entry in its mainline Forza Motorsport racing series.
Check Out 5 Minutes Of Forza 7 On Xbox One X--The seventh installment in the racing simulator was announced with a bunch of gameplay footage.
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New Life Is Strange Game Officially Revealed, Release Date Announced--At Microsoft's E3 press briefing, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm was announced.
Metro: Exodus
Metro: Last Light Sequel Revealed As Metro: Exodus--Here's one of the big announcements from Microsoft's E3 press conference.
Minecraft
Xbox One Getting Cross-Play With Nintendo Switch For Minecraft--Microsoft announces some major cross-play news for Minecraft.
Check Out Minecraft's Upgraded Visuals Pack In Action--Mojang announced an enhanced visuals pack to take advantage of Xbox One X's power.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Coming To Xbox One This Year--The popular Hunger Games-like shooter is headed to consoles.
Sea of Thieves
Sea Of Thieves Delayed Until 2018--Here's what Microsoft had to share about Rare's new game at E3.
State of Decay 2
State Of Decay 2 Set For Launch Spring 2018, Xbox One and Windows 10 Exclusive--During Microsoft's E3 2017 press conference, we got a glimpse of State of Decay 2's new gameplay.


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TORONTO — The Latest on the incident in which a van plowed down a Toronto sidewalk, killing and injuring several people (all times local):
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The president of Invesco Canada says one of the financial company's employees was among those killed in when a van plowed into pedestrians in Toronto.
Peter Intraligi says the company's "thoughts and prayers" were with "all those impacted by this tragic event."
The company had earlier issued a statement saying two of its employees were affected.
A new statement from Intraligi says "I can now confirm that unfortunately one of our employees has succumbed to her injuries." He added: "Out of respect for her and her family, we will not be providing any further comments."
Police are trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says authorities see no national security element in the seeming attack on pedestrians in Canada's largest city.

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Several times during the day and sometimes at night, 77-year-old Jeong-Suk Cha has to put her 48-year-old son Alex in a sling.
She’s a shade under five feet tall, slight, maybe 120 pounds. He’s about 180 pounds and must be moved carefully.
Like countless other Ontario residents — so many a $100-million class-action suit has just been launched against the province — Jeong-Suk often has to work alone.
First she glides a lift over top of Alex, places colour-coded straps around his body, and pushes the button that lifts the straps and sling.
She then pushes him: to bed, from bed; to the toilet, from the toilet; to a lounge chair, from a lounge chair, to his wheelchair, from his wheelchair.
He spends a lot of his time in his motorized wheelchair, and when he slumps a bit too far, his mother has to reach from behind and pull him up. That recently gave her a four-month stint of bruised ribs.
“I used to say, only age is a number,” says Jeong Suk, her English slightly broken inside a soft Korean accent.
“But now,” she says about her struggles, “the age is right.”
Someone has to stay with Alex 24 hours a day, and despite considerable help from his sister Jin Cha, friend Michael Kerr, and personal support workers, the bulk of the work has fallen to the elderly Korean woman.
“I always talk to him now, ‘Before I die you have to . . .’” Jeong-Suk says but cannot finish because her face bows in tears.
Alex Cha, 48, is lowered to his bed by his mom, Jeong Cha, 78, and guided by his sister, Jin Cha, at their north London condominium on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (MIKE HENSEN, The London Free Press)
Alex, who has cerebral palsy and spinal cord damage, is on a wait list for a bed in a residential care facility.
Only in the most superficial ways can it be called a wait list. Or perhaps a wait list in the deepest of ways.
Those who run agencies supporting severely physically disabled adults call it the 50-year wait list. If there are 50 people on the list, chances are you’re waiting 50 years to get the support you need.
Years of frustration over waiting for services has boiled over recently, with calls for change in the Ontario legislature and a week ago, a class-action lawsuit filed by Toronto law firm Koskie Minsky.
The lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages for negligence, claiming the Ontario government denies services to developmentally disabled adults through wait lists administered in an “ad hoc, inconsistent and unreasonable manner.”
The inconsistency is apparent in the South West Local Health Integration Network that oversees provincial health-care spending in a region stretching from Tobermory to Lake Erie, and Newbury to Stratford.
If you’re a senior or an adult with moderate physical disabilities, you qualify for a personal support worker. Even in this category, there are 296 people in the local LHIN waiting for help.
If you’re between 18 and 21 with medically complex needs, you qualify for one of 12 beds available across the entire region.
If you’re an adult, not a youth or yet a senior, you have even dimmer prospects.
Officials with the South West LHIN acknowledge they don’t have a handle on the number of medically complex or developmentally delayed adults seeking residential care or how many spaces are available.
“The South West LHIN began working with our partners in 2014 to develop a more comprehensive assisted living model that could support people with more complex medical needs or fragility to live in the community. This type of model is far more intensive and requires 24/7 on-site staff with specialized training,” Michael Barrett said in a written response to questions.
“We do not yet have the fulsome monthly reports available to us to give us more detailed information on the number of referrals, client characteristics or wait list data.”
Last year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dube released a report critical of Ontario’s care of developmentally disabled adults including those with cerebral palsy. At the time, there were 9,700 people waiting for residential care across the province.
In the South West LHIN, London’s Participation House has 40 spaces available, and 60 to 90 on the waiting list.
That’s where Alex would like to go.
The brief outline of Alex’s story first came to light three weeks ago when London West New Democrat MPP Peggy Sattler held a news conference at Participation House, then raised the issue in the legislature. Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins promised to look into the matter, but acknowledged Ontario’s disabled residents need more help.
At the news conference, Alex’s sister and tireless advocate, Jin Cha, spoke for an allotted two minutes.
She invited The Free Press to take a closer look at the family’s challenges, in an effort to push for the province to provide more housing for adults with complex physical disabilities, like her brother.
“Alex has a sharp brain but he’s trapped in that body,” she says in interviews at the condo he shares with their mother.
Born with cerebral palsy, Alex was an active person for a long time. But he fell in 2004 while brushing his teeth, and suffered neurological and spinal cord damage.
He spent the summer in Parkwood Institute and after, Jin moved to the family house for a while to help her widowed mother look after him. They put a stair glide, porch lift and grab bars in the home to help.
They also put Alex on a wait list for a bed at Participation House.
Over the next 13 years, Alex suffered more falls, including one in 2015 that put him back in Parkwood and left him with a loose bone pinching on his spinal cord, the loss of almost all mobility, and the threat of one more fall killing him.
The family sold their home, and moved Alex and his mother into a condo apartment.
Jin lives in the same building, with her nephew, whom she persuaded to join in the family round-the-clock care.
“We do try to focus on the positive,” Jin says in a visit marked by laughter as well as tears. She often takes a break from telling the story to put a hand on her brother, tease him and confirm with him what she’s saying.
The doctors, the personal support workers, the people she’s been hounding at the LHIN are all kind, she says.
But looking after Alex takes a lot of work. Jin is the organizer. She has created a binder with 69 pages of photographs showing each step of his daily exercises. Another binder for personal support workers contains five sections, toileting (with 64 photographs and instructions), extra clothes to show where they are kept, getting him out of bed (37 photographs with instructions), washing routine (23 pages) and breakfast (five pages).
“He cannot direct his own care. He can’t verbally tell someone something.”
A full-time teacher, Jin figures she spends an average of two hours each day organizing personal support worker schedules, doctor’s appointments, regular blood tests and other chores. She’s the one who makes sure he continues to get the assessments to stay on the wait list.
Alex is allowed a personal support worker for 90 hours a month, although Jin has fought hard enough to get that bumped up to 140 until the end of April.
The only time her mother can get out of the house or take a break on weekdays is during a four-hour personal support worker visit. On Sundays, she rushes to church and back while the family helps.
The rest of the days, suffering from arthritis herself, Jeong-Suk has to do Alex’s physio and massages, wash his clothes — sometime soiled — make his meals, brush his teeth, turn him so he doesn’t get bed sores, scratch him when he’s itchy, shower him and on and on.
“I can’t get her recharged. She doesn’t know what that is,” Jin says.
As her mother ages, Jin has stepped up efforts to get Alex into residential care.
“We are a private family, but we can’t keep quiet anymore. We don’t have a voice.”
She has prepared packages of information for the LHIN and The Free Press, including his discharge documents from Parkwood.
“Client should receive total assistance for AM and PM routine (bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting) and feeding.”
The alternative offered to men and women like Alex is long-term care, with seniors.
Alex is not a senior. He spends hours online at night communicating with others.
“He has a sharp brain. Everything works. He tells really bad jokes but he thinks he’s funny,” Jin says, turning to smile at him and tap his knee.
When he was told he had to live in a seniors’ home, Alex wanted to talk to the family doctor.
Jin starts to cry when she explains why.
“What he’s saying is he would rather die than go into a nursing home. It’s a death sentence. It’s like I’m choosing my mom’s life over his.”
In the package prepared for the LHIN is a note from Alex, typed out slowly with the index finger of his one good hand, his right, on his computer.
The thought of going to long-term care: “I rather die if I have to go there. I really need help.”
But the note contains humour as well.
“My family members can’t take care of me because they got to work & to be honest their patience is nothing writing home about sometimes.”
In a short visit at his home, Alex’s humour often breaks through his damaged body.
It’s a sign of the life inside that his family wants to keep alive.
“It’s not your fault,” Jin says after detailing the strain on the family. “I’m just trying to be a voice for you.”
Alex tries to say something. I love you, perhaps.
“We’d come and visit you every day,” Jin promises.
Alex roars in laughter, reacting the same way every adult would at that thought.
“Oh God,” he says.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The same jury that last month unanimously found Dylann Roof guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church is returning to court to begin contemplating his punishment.
With the 22-year-old representing himself, the process is sure to be unconventional. But even if Roof is sentenced to death, it’s highly unlikely he’d be executed anytime soon.
While prosecutors plan to call up to 38 people related to the nine people killed and three who survived the June 2015 slaughter during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, Roof said last week he plans on calling no witnesses and presenting no evidence.
Roof was found guilty last month on 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion. A jury took less than three hours to return its verdict, and a judge dismissed the jury for a break over the holidays.
Typically in what’s known as the sentencing phase, defense attorneys call relatives and other witnesses to testify about their client’s unsteady state of mind before and during the crimes. Given that background, the defense hopes, a jury might be more likely to spare the defendant’s life and opt against the death penalty.
But Roof, who is acting as his own attorney, has said he plans to do no such thing.
In his journal, which was read in court during his trial, Roof said his doesn’t believe in psychology, which he called “a Jewish invention” that “does nothing but invent diseases and tell people they have problems when they don’t.”
Roof also seems to be determined to try to keep evidence embarrassing to him or his family out. Not only did he take over his own defense, but he asked the judge at a hearing Wednesday if he could file a motion limiting what prosecutors can introduce.
Roof also was adamant that a transcript of a hearing where he was found mentally competent not be released to the public.
“I know this is not a legal argument, but the unsealing of the competency hearing defeats the purpose of me representing myself,” Roof said at last week’s hearing.
Neither Roof, nor U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel nor prosecutors have given specifics on the evidence Roof is objecting to.
On Thursday, Gergel ordered another competency evaluation of Roof “in an abundance of caution,” after his standby counsel filed a sealed motion again questioning Roof’s mental ability to proceed. The judge’s order specified he saw no reason to delay Tuesday’s start of the penalty phase.
Roof’s lawyers tried repeatedly both to stop him from being his own lawyer and to work mental health-related evidence into the first phase of his trial, saying they feared Roof fired them because he feared the attorneys would present evidence that would embarrass him when trying to save his life.
Prosecutors objected at every turn, and Gergel wouldn’t allow any of it into court, ruling mitigation evidence is allowable during sentencing and not before.
Court papers show prosecutors are expected to present evidence showing that Roof picked his victims because of their race, killed them to incite more violence, showed no remorse and killed three particularly vulnerable people who were 70 years old or older.
Evidence speaking to Roof’s mental state, one expert argues, could make the difference between life and death.
“The Dylann Roof case is a classic example of the type of problem you can have when an obviously mentally ill or emotionally disturbed defendant is permitted to represent himself,” said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. “There’s a huge difference in the eyes of a jury between someone they perceive as evil or despicable and someone they perceive as being seriously mentally ill. … If you take mental health out of it, you are putting a thumb on the scale of death.”
Both the judge’s decision to allow Roof to represent himself and waive the introduction of mental health evidence are sure to be raised in an inevitable appeal, Dunham argued.
Roof also faces nine murder charges in state court, where prosecutors have also said they will seek the death penalty in a trial likely to begin sometime next year.
Whether he’s sentenced to death or not, it’s unlikely Roof would be executed anytime soon, in either jurisdiction. The federal government hasn’t executed anyone since 2003, and there are years of appeals between a death sentence being levied and carried out.
South Carolina’s death chamber hasn’t been used since 2011, due at least in part to a lack of availability for the drugs the state uses for lethal injection.
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Associated Press writer Jeffrey Collins contributed to this report.
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Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP . Read more of her work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/meg-kinnard/ .

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The FC crew preview the second-legs of the UCL quarterfinals, including Juve's stout defence stifling Barcelona.
Zinedine Zidane heaps praise on Isco after he sealed a brace with a 90th-minute match winner for Real Madrid at Gijon.
Sid Lowe finds Real Madrid to be a Champions League enigma, at times under-performing yet proving their brilliance.
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Can you tell me which two players have made the most appearances for Real Madrid in La Liga this season? I imagine the candidates are springing to your mind right away: Sergio Ramos? Toni Kroos? Cristiano Ronaldo? Keylor Navas?
No, only one of those names even makes Madrid's top-four league appearances list.
The fact is that Lucas Vazquez and Isco lead that list with 28 and 26 matches (not starts), respectively.
What's more, Lucas has the most total appearances for Madrid across all five tournaments in which Zinedine Zidane's side have competed this season. The winger has played 42 times across the UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Club, La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League.
And as Madrid sit with a clear advantage at the top of La Liga with just the same kind of steely grip on their Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich, Lucas' total so far is three goals and seven assists.
As for Isco, this is his most prolific season since joining the club, with nine goals and four assists, meaning that the two have contributed 23 goals between them in what promises to be Madrid's greatest season since Vicente del Bosque was in charge 15 years ago.
On Saturday, Lucas smashed the dugout interior in fury when he was substituted, only to claim afterward that it was frustration at Madrid likely dropping a point given that the score was 2-2 at that stage. Perhaps it was just that, rather than anger over not completing the eventual 3-2 win over Sporting Gijon. Who can say?
On Saturday, Isco scored the added-time winner with a long, raking shot that was celebrated at the end like a cup final win by him and his teammates. A massive moment.
So it's these two guys, as emblems, who help identify why it is that Madrid could tuck away a Champions League semifinal place this week and seal just their second La Liga title since 2008 while Barcelona look punch-drunk, unsure of themselves and vulnerable.
True, true: Nothing's over until it's over. Stranger things have happened than Bayern somehow winning 2-1 and then taking the tie on penalties (something I firmly doubt) or Barcelona using the Clasico mantra that "form goes out the window" in order to register an unlikely win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
But right now, it is the state of the two squads that tells the tale of the tape.
Isco celebrated his late winner for Real Madrid against Sporting Gijon like the end of a hard-fought cup final.
Madrid, with two trophies already this season, keep on demonstrating the worth of having a deep squad in which everyone still believes that the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. Just consume some facts about how they have come this far this season.
Zidane has an A team (called a "Gala XI" here in Spain) and everyone can name it: Navas; Dani Carvajal, Ramos, Raphael Varane, Marcelo; Luka Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Ronaldo.
Give or take the odd blip of form, then, if there was a truly big game and all of these players were fit, this would be Zidane's starting XI.
Spain's champions-elect have played 31 league matches. And it's eyebrow raising, if not quite shocking, that key footballers like Ronaldo, Kroos and Marcelo have started just 24, 23 and 21 of those, respectively. Further down the list are Modric, Bale and Casemiro with 18, 16 and 15 starts apiece.
So a big group of Zidane's most important footballers have been absent for large portions of anywhere from a quarter to a half of the side's La Liga matches. Yet Los Blancos sit three points ahead of the reigning champions with a game in hand, plus the home Clasico this weekend.
That's an achievement. And one that should not be undervalued.
I guess most people, jumping ahead, will reckon I'm trying to say that Madrid's "backup players" have had more important impacts in matches, particularly given that the league leaders have won by a single goal nine times this domestic season. And that is indeed one part of my argument.
Madrid's four most-often-used subs in La Liga are Lucas, Isco, Alvaro Morata and Marco Asensio. Between them, they've hit the net 24 times in the title chase. Never mind assists. A massive stat.
By contrast, Barcelona's four most called-upon replacements in La Liga are Denis Suarez, Paco Alcacer, Andres Iniesta and Andre Gomes, who, between them, have returned just six goals. Frankly, that's a horrible total for any team's "best" four subs to have amassed at this stage of a season.
Valencia's four most-used subs, by contrast, have scored 14 La Liga goals this season, Las Palmas' have scored 10 and Deportivo La Coruna's eight. Let's face the blunt truth: Even bottom club Osasuna's four most-used bench players have produced six goals.
Whether those goals have resulted from a player coming off the bench or when that bench player starts is irrelevant. These guys are not part of the regular first team, yet when they play -- from the start or midgame -- they score more (sometimes many more) than Barcelona's do.
"Hold on there!" you'd be quite entitled to interject. "Barcelona lead Madrid on goals scored, by a distance." However, Luis Enrique's team have drawn six times, meaning that a mere two goals (let's say from that clutch of talented subs) would have brought four more points.
Have Luis Enrique's first XI felt they need to look over their shoulders? That the coach has a luxury of choices? In a word: No.
In that hypothetical situation (hardly a dreamland when it's a margin of two goals), Barcelona would be leading Madrid by one point and would face this weekend's Clasico with the prospect of a win, meaning that Madrid's game in hand could be rendered irrelevant.
But I think there's a far more important function that high-performing backup players provide to a team, which is fighting on three or four fronts.
A realistic biopsy of Barcelona's season will, in the end, suggest that they fell to a number of minor flaws. However, the fact remains that if they were to produce two remarkable performances this week they would still be in line to win the treble. I think it's more likely to snow in Sevilla in July than it is for Barcelona to win the fabled triplet this season, but the point is that they aren't actually terribly far off being in notable shape. Not if you analyse with cold clear eyes rather than the partisan sniping that is increasingly tending to dominate the Spanish media.
Part of Barcelona's failure, particularly as shown on the road in Vigo, La Coruna, Malaga, Paris and Turin, is an inability to press and pass like they used to. If, say, they'd started the season with Marco Verratti in their ranks and he'd stayed fit, I think it's arguable that Barcelona might be muscular competitors to win a treble, rather than rank outsiders.
But that still isn't my main point.
Madrid's main backup players are, principally, more established at the club. Whether they have been there longer or went out on loan and had to fight their way back, they are at the Bernabeu on proven merit -- not speculative.
Moreover, Zidane has managed to achieve something at which Luis Enrique has failed: He has made his players feel that it's a meritocracy at Madrid. He's made them feel that when they merit a start they'll get one. Zidane has made his players believe that if they are intense in their attitude and work ethic every single day, the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts.
For whatever reason, there has been a different ethos emerging at Barcelona. I do not believe that Gomes, Alcacer, Aleix Vidal or Lucas Digne were governed by the same beliefs or feelings as Isco, Lucas, Morata or Asensio at Madrid.
Whether they doubted themselves, felt that their pathway was unfairly blocked, began to feel that nothing they did would get them a start -- whatever the causes -- this was not a group of players who believed that they could make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. What's more, when there's a clear hierarchy that doesn't appear breakable, training suffers.
I have no doubt at all that Barcelona's training work this season will look high level in review. They are good tactically, disciplined in terms of timekeeping and attitude and not lax. But will the first XI of "Gala" players have felt that they need to look over their shoulders? That their places are in jeopardy? That the coach has a luxury of choices?
In a word: No.
And that's something that leads to tiny, wafer-thin decreases in intensity, concentration and self-assessment, which, in turn, bring about the kind of performance in Turin that will see Barcelona departing the Champions League this week and kissing goodbye to the chance of a third treble in eight seasons.
As for Madrid, they'll march on. And their "boys from the bench" will be a big part of the reason.
Graham Hunter covers Spain for ESPN FC and Sky Sports. Author of "Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World." Twitter: @BumperGraham.

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Real Madrid have twice lifted the Club World Cup and are seeking their third victory in in the United Arab Emirates to pull level with Barcelona and become the first side to retain the trophy.
Real Madrid are in the United Arab Emirates looking to make history as the first side to defend the Club World Cup and pull level with bitter rivals Barcelona on three trophy wins.
The reigning champions face Al Jazira on Wednesday at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, in Abu Dhabi, before playing either the final or the third-place play-off on Saturday at the same venue.
Either Brazilian side Gremio, winners of the 2017 Copa Libertadores, or Mexico’s Pachuca, winners of the CONCACAF Champions League, will be eagerly awaiting a confrontation with Los Blancos, who triumphed in 2014 and 2016.
Madrid arrived in Abu Dhabi in improved spirits after thrashing Sevilla 5-0 in La Liga, after a disappointing start to the season which saw them finish behind Tottenham in their Champions League group and currently sit fourth in the Spanish table.
Coach Zinedine Zidane has brought his entire squad, including injured star Gareth Bale, who is expected to play some part in the tournament.
“We were really looking forward to getting here. Being here is a prize, we have the opportunity to defend this title and win it again,” said captain Sergio Ramos.
“It’s an opportunity to win another trophy for our fans. We’re really motivated after a great game against Sevilla and we’re on a good run at the moment.”
Standing in Madrid’s way are Al Jazira, who reached the Club World Cup as league winners in the host country, lifting the UAE title last season.
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Playmaker Romarinho scored the only goal as the game as they beat Oceania champions Auckland City in the play-off to reach the quarter finals and then Ali Mabkout pulled off the same trick against Asian Champions League winners Urawa Red Diamonds to fire Al Jazira to the semi final.
“We don’t just play as Jazira now, we play for the UAE,” Mabkhout told FIFA. “We know [Madrid] are one of the best teams in the world and this is incentive for all the players.”
Al Jazira’s experienced Dutch coach Henk ten Cate, a former Barcelona assistant, backed his side to go toe-to-toe with anybody.
“We might not have the best players. But in team spirit, I have the best team,” he said.
“They fight for each other, they challenge and they have a big heart. This is how we play, with a big heart.”
Upsets do happen in the competition and Madrid have experienced that first-hand, finishing fourth when they took part in FIFA’s Club World Championship in 2000, in the inaugural version of the competition.
Even last season the Spanish giants were taken to extra-time by Japanese side Kashima Antlers, eventually emerging 4-2 winners after the scores were level at 2-2 after 90 minutes.
However, Madrid are clear favourites to triumph and bring another trophy back to the Santiago Bernabeu, where they will have the opportunity to show it off in front of Barcelona before the year is out, with the December 23 Clasico fast approaching.
Should Madrid return victorious it might give them the momentum needed to kick their league and Champions League double defence into gear too.


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"['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'Several times during the day and sometimes at night, 77-year-old Jeong-Suk Cha has to put her 48-year-old son Alex in a sling.\nShe’s a shade under five feet tall, slight, maybe 120 pounds. He’s about 180 pounds and must be moved carefully.\nLike countless other Ontario residents — so many a $100-million class-action suit has just been launched against the province — Jeong-Suk often has to work alone.\nFirst she glides a lift over top of Alex, places colour-coded straps around his body, and pushes the button that lifts the straps and sling.\nShe then pushes him: to bed, from bed; to the toilet, from the toilet; to a lounge chair, from a lounge chair, to his wheelchair, from his wheelchair.\nHe spends a lot of his time in his motorized wheelchair, and when he slumps a bit too far, his mother has to reach from behind and pull him up. That recently gave her a four-month stint of bruised ribs.\n“I used to say, only age is a number,” says Jeong Suk, her English slightly broken inside a soft Korean accent.\n“But now,” she says about her struggles, “the age is right.”\nSomeone has to stay with Alex 24 hours a day, and despite considerable help from his sister Jin Cha, friend Michael Kerr, and personal support workers, the bulk of the work has fallen to the elderly Korean woman.\n“I always talk to him now, ‘Before I die you have to . . .’” Jeong-Suk says but cannot finish because her face bows in tears.\nAlex Cha, 48, is lowered to his bed by his mom, Jeong Cha, 78, and guided by his sister, Jin Cha, at their north London condominium on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (MIKE HENSEN, The London Free Press)\nAlex, who has cerebral palsy and spinal cord damage, is on a wait list for a bed in a residential care facility.\nOnly in the most superficial ways can it be called a wait list. Or perhaps a wait list in the deepest of ways.\nThose who run agencies supporting severely physically disabled adults call it the 50-year wait list. If there are 50 people on the list, chances are you’re waiting 50 years to get the support you need.\nYears of frustration over waiting for services has boiled over recently, with calls for change in the Ontario legislature and a week ago, a class-action lawsuit filed by Toronto law firm Koskie Minsky.\nThe lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages for negligence, claiming the Ontario government denies services to developmentally disabled adults through wait lists administered in an “ad hoc, inconsistent and unreasonable manner.”\nThe inconsistency is apparent in the South West Local Health Integration Network that oversees provincial health-care spending in a region stretching from Tobermory to Lake Erie, and Newbury to Stratford.\nIf you’re a senior or an adult with moderate physical disabilities, you qualify for a personal support worker. Even in this category, there are 296 people in the local LHIN waiting for help.\nIf you’re between 18 and 21 with medically complex needs, you qualify for one of 12 beds available across the entire region.\nIf you’re an adult, not a youth or yet a senior, you have even dimmer prospects.\nOfficials with the South West LHIN acknowledge they don’t have a handle on the number of medically complex or developmentally delayed adults seeking residential care or how many spaces are available.\n“The South West LHIN began working with our partners in 2014 to develop a more comprehensive assisted living model that could support people with more complex medical needs or fragility to live in the community. This type of model is far more intensive and requires 24/7 on-site staff with specialized training,” Michael Barrett said in a written response to questions.\n“We do not yet have the fulsome monthly reports available to us to give us more detailed information on the number of referrals, client characteristics or wait list data.”\nLast year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dube released a report critical of Ontario’s care of developmentally disabled adults including those with cerebral palsy. At the time, there were 9,700 people waiting for residential care across the province.\nIn the South West LHIN, London’s Participation House has 40 spaces available, and 60 to 90 on the waiting list.\nThat’s where Alex would like to go.\nThe brief outline of Alex’s story first came to light three weeks ago when London West New Democrat MPP Peggy Sattler held a news conference at Participation House, then raised the issue in the legislature. Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins promised to look into the matter, but acknowledged Ontario’s disabled residents need more help.\nAt the news conference, Alex’s sister and tireless advocate, Jin Cha, spoke for an allotted two minutes.\nShe invited The Free Press to take a closer look at the family’s challenges, in an effort to push for the province to provide more housing for adults with complex physical disabilities, like her brother.\n“Alex has a sharp brain but he’s trapped in that body,” she says in interviews at the condo he shares with their mother.\nBorn with cerebral palsy, Alex was an active person for a long time. But he fell in 2004 while brushing his teeth, and suffered neurological and spinal cord damage.\nHe spent the summer in Parkwood Institute and after, Jin moved to the family house for a while to help her widowed mother look after him. They put a stair glide, porch lift and grab bars in the home to help.\nThey also put Alex on a wait list for a bed at Participation House.\nOver the next 13 years, Alex suffered more falls, including one in 2015 that put him back in Parkwood and left him with a loose bone pinching on his spinal cord, the loss of almost all mobility, and the threat of one more fall killing him.\nThe family sold their home, and moved Alex and his mother into a condo apartment.\nJin lives in the same building, with her nephew, whom she persuaded to join in the family round-the-clock care.\n“We do try to focus on the positive,” Jin says in a visit marked by laughter as well as tears. She often takes a break from telling the story to put a hand on her brother, tease him and confirm with him what she’s saying.\nThe doctors, the personal support workers, the people she’s been hounding at the LHIN are all kind, she says.\nBut looking after Alex takes a lot of work. Jin is the organizer. She has created a binder with 69 pages of photographs showing each step of his daily exercises. Another binder for personal support workers contains five sections, toileting (with 64 photographs and instructions), extra clothes to show where they are kept, getting him out of bed (37 photographs with instructions), washing routine (23 pages) and breakfast (five pages).\n“He cannot direct his own care. He can’t verbally tell someone something.”\nA full-time teacher, Jin figures she spends an average of two hours each day organizing personal support worker schedules, doctor’s appointments, regular blood tests and other chores. 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We don’t have a voice.”\nShe has prepared packages of information for the LHIN and The Free Press, including his discharge documents from Parkwood.\n“Client should receive total assistance for AM and PM routine (bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting) and feeding.”\nThe alternative offered to men and women like Alex is long-term care, with seniors.\nAlex is not a senior. He spends hours online at night communicating with others.\n“He has a sharp brain. Everything works. He tells really bad jokes but he thinks he’s funny,” Jin says, turning to smile at him and tap his knee.\nWhen he was told he had to live in a seniors’ home, Alex wanted to talk to the family doctor.\nJin starts to cry when she explains why.\n“What he’s saying is he would rather die than go into a nursing home. It’s a death sentence. 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