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Official BBL Logo
Tournament format
Double round-robin and knockout finals
Number of teams
Current champion
Sydney Sixers (3rd title)
Perth Scorchers (3 titles)
Sydney Sixers (3 titles)
Chris Lynn (2,799)[1]
Most wickets
Sean Abbott (112)[2]
List of Broadcasters
2021–22 Big Bash League season
BigBash.com.au
The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. The competition has been sponsored by fast food-chicken outlet KFC since its inception. It is one of the two T20 cricket leagues, alongside the Indian Premier League, to feature amongst the top ten domestic sport leagues in average attendance. The winner of BBL 10 (2020/2021) was the Sydney Sixers who beat the Perth Scorchers by 27 runs in the final. The Sydney Sixers successfully defended the title after winning it in the 2019/2020 season, after defeating the Melbourne Stars.
BBL matches are played in Australia during the summer; in December, January and February.
Out of the eight teams in the tournament, six have won the title at least once. The Perth Scorchers and the Sydney Sixers are the most successful teams in the league's short history, both having won the title three times including consecutively for two years. The other four teams which have won the title are the Adelaide Strikers, Melbourne Renegades, Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder.
Before 2014, the top two teams in the tournament used to qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which was an annual international Twenty20 competition played between the top domestic teams from various nations; it became defunct after the 2014 tournament.[3]
A design contest was held in 2011 to determine the design of the Big Bash League trophy. The competition was restricted to Australian designers, with the final design, chosen by the public from a field of three, revealed on 13 December 2011.[4][5]
Expansion proposal
Perth Scorchers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the WACA in 2011
It had been proposed that the tournament would undergo expansion into more regional areas not supported by international cricket. The expansion was originally planned to be implemented in 2012. The proposed teams included: Newcastle, Canberra, Geelong, and Gold Coast. A New Zealand-based team was also mentioned as a possibility which would be based at Auckland or Christchurch, but this is unlikely to happen.[6][7] The expansion proposal was suspended, mainly because the proposed cities lacked the proper cricket hosting facilities.[8][9]
Shane Warne bowling against Sydney Sixers in 2011 at the SCG
In 2015, former Black Caps captain and Melbourne Stars coach Stephen Fleming suggested the expansion of the tournament to include New Zealand teams and become a trans-Tasman competition. He said an expansion into New Zealand would be widely supported by locals.[10] His views were also supported by Brisbane Heat coach and former Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori.[11] Melbourne Renegades chief executive Stuart Coventry also stated that he wants Cricket Australia to grant each club a fifth home fixture next season. Coventry said the BBL was ready to expand from 8 to 10 games, and adding matches would further establish the franchises.[12]
In 2016, Anthony Everard, head of the BBL, flagged the league's intentions to approach expansion through a soft launch. He stated the short to medium term goal was to schedule BBL games involving existing franchises in regional markets before potentially adding new teams after the 2017–18 season when the broadcast deal expired. He also indicated the regional markets of Canberra, Geelong and Gold Coast will likely host games during the soft launch period.[13] On 27 January 2017, Everard announced an extra eight matches would be added to the 2017–18 season and implored each existing franchise to look at new markets when considering where the extra games would be played,[14] although the lengthened season was not implemented until 2018–19.
In 2018, it was reported that the Gold Coast Suns were interested in securing a Big Bash League franchise if the competition was expanded.[15]
Main article: Women's Big Bash League
Former women's Test captain and Head of Brisbane's Centre of Excellence, Belinda Clark, revealed on 19 January 2014 that planning for a women's BBL was in its early stages but could become a reality very soon. She stated that the proposal was being considered due to the huge rise in television ratings during the 2013–14 season, and the rise in women's cricket popularity.[16]
On 19 February 2015, Cricket Australia announced that a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) would commence in the 2015–16 season, with teams aligned to the men's competition. It was announced that the teams would share the names and colours of the existing men's BBL teams, meaning that there would be two teams from Sydney and Melbourne and one team from Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, and Perth.[17]
The inaugural Women's Big Bash League was won by the Sydney Thunder against the Sydney Sixers. The Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets. However WBBL 02 and 03 were won by the Sydney Sixers.[18]
Christmas Day match
In December 2015, Cricket Australia revealed that they are looking into the possibility of hosting a Christmas Day BBL match in the coming years, possibly after the next season. If the proposal is passed, it would be a first in the history of Australian sport since no professional matches are played in Australia on Christmas Day. "It is something we have just recently started discussing, the possibilities of that. We're talking about playing a Christmas Eve match, we already play Boxing Day," CA's Executive GM (Operations) Mike McKenna said.[19] This has not yet occurred, but in September 2018, it was reported that Cricket Australia had struck a deal with the Players Association to play BBL matches on Christmas Day.[20][21]
Ben Cutting of Brisbane Heat batting against Melbourne Stars in 2014
Since the inception of the BBL in 2011, the tournament has followed the same format every year except the inaugural season.[22] The first BBL season had 28 group stage matches, before expanding to 32 in the following season.[13]
Since the 2018–19 season, each team plays all other teams twice during a season, for a total of 56 regular season matches before the finals series.
In previous seasons of the tournament, the group stage matches were divided into eight rounds, with four matches played in each round. Each team played six other teams once during a season, and one team twice. This allowed for both Sydney and Melbourne (which have two teams each) to play 2 derbies within a single season.[23] Each team played eight group stage matches, four at home and four away, before the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi finals.[23] In the 2017/18 Season, the format changed so that there would be 40 group stage matches with each team playing 10 matches before the semi finals.[24] The season was held over a similar time-frame thus resulting in more doubleheaders (one game afternoon, one game night) and teams playing more regularly.[25]
The final of the tournament is played at the home ground of the highest-ranked team. The only exception to this rule was 2014–15 season when the final was played at a neutral venue (Manuka Oval), due to the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[22][26]
In the 2018–19 season, the league introduced a 'bat flip' (instead of a coin toss) to decide who would bat/bowl first.[27]
The finals structure was changed in the 2019–20 season to include a fifth team. The structure was a hybrid version of the Page–McIntyre final four system with the addition of 'The Eliminator' being the difference between the original and the hybrid versions.:
Home team listed first
The Eliminator (Elimination Final)- Fourth v Fifth
The Qualifier (Second Semi-Final)- First v Second
The Knock-Out (First Semi-Final)- Third v Winner of The Eliminator
The Challenger (Preliminary Final)- Loser of The Qualifier v Winner of The Knock-Out
The Final (Grand Final)- Winner of The Qualifier v Winner of The Challenger
In order to give BBL a boost for the 2020-21 season, Cricket Australia decided to introduce three new rules—Power Surge, X-Factor Player and the Bash Boost. [28]
The competition features eight city-based franchises, instead of the six state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Each state's capital city features one team, with Sydney and Melbourne featuring two. The team names and colours for all teams were officially announced on 6 April 2011.[29] The Melbourne Derby and Sydney Derby matches are some of the most heavily attended matches during the league and are widely anticipated by the fans.[30] The Scorchers and Sixers have also developed a rivalry between them over the years and their matches attract good crowds and TV ratings.[31]
A single city-based franchise can have a maximum of 19 contracted players for a season, with the squad including a minimum of two rookie contracts and a maximum of six overseas players, although only three international players can play in each match from 2020 to 2021 edition. Each team can also have a maximum of two overseas replacement players, in case the original overseas players get injured or withdraw.[32]
Scorchers
Location of Big Bash League teams
Adelaide Strikers Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Oval Jason Gillespie Peter Siddle
Brisbane Heat Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground Wade Seccombe Jimmy Peirson
Hobart Hurricanes Hobart, Tasmania Blundstone Arena Adam Griffith Matthew Wade
Melbourne Renegades Melbourne, Victoria Marvel Stadium David Saker Kane Richardson
Melbourne Stars Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground David Hussey Glenn Maxwell
Perth Scorchers Perth, Western Australia Perth Stadium Adam Voges Ashton Turner
Sydney Sixers Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground Greg Shipperd Moises Henriques
Sydney Thunder Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Showground Stadium Trevor Bayliss Chris Green
Tournament season and results
The Perth Scorchers and the Sydney Sixers have won the title three times: the Scorchers in the 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2016–17 seasons and the Sixers in the 2011–12, 2019–20, and 2020–21 seasons.[33] Both of these teams have won the title in consecutive seasons.[34]
The Scorchers have reached the final of the tournament six times. Out of the eight teams in the tournament, six have won the title at least once. Only two other teams (the Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars) have reached the final at least twice[35] The other four teams which have won the title once are the Brisbane Heat in the second season (2012–13), the Sydney Thunder in (2015–16),[36][37] the Adelaide Strikers in (2017–18),[38] and the Melbourne Renegades in (2018–19).[39]
The WACA Ground has hosted the final on four occasions, the most of any venue.
BBL season winner
Final host
Final venue
Details Sydney Sixers
3/158 (18.5 overs) Sixers won by 7 wickets
Scorecard Perth Scorchers
5/156 (20 overs) Perth Scorchers WACA Ground
Details Brisbane Heat
5/167 (20 overs) Heat won by 34 runs
Details Perth Scorchers
4/191 (20 overs) Scorchers won by 39 runs
Scorecard Hobart Hurricanes
6/148 (20 overs) Scorchers won by 4 wickets
Scorecard Sydney Sixers
5/147 (20 overs) Canberra/Perth Scorchers Manuka Oval
Details Sydney Thunder
7/181 (19.3 overs) Thunder won by 3 wickets
Scorecard Melbourne Stars
9/176 (20 overs) Melbourne Stars MCG
1/144 (15.5 overs) Scorchers won by 9 wickets
Details Adelaide Strikers
2/202 (20 overs) Strikers won by 25 runs
5/177 (20 overs) Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval
Details Melbourne Renegades
5/145 (20 overs) Renegades won by 13 runs
7/132 (20 overs) Melbourne Renegades Docklands Stadium
5/116 (12 overs) Sixers won by 19 runs
6/97 (12 overs) Sydney Sixers SCG
9/161 (20 overs) Sydney Sixers SCG
Adelaide Strikers 6th 5th 7th SF (1st) SF (1st) 6th W (2nd) 7th KO (3rd) EF (5th)
Brisbane Heat 5th W (4th) 5th 8th 6th SF (2nd) 7th 5th 7th CF (4th) 7th
Hobart Hurricanes SF (2nd) 6th R (4th) 5th 7th 7th R (4th) SF (1st) EF (4th) 6th
Melbourne Renegades 7th SF (1st) 6th 6th 5th 5th SF (3rd) W (2nd) 8th 8th 8th
Melbourne Stars SF (4th) SF (3rd) SF (1st) SF (3rd) R (2nd) SF (4th) 8th R (4th) R (1st) 7th 6th
Perth Scorchers R (1st) R (2nd) W (3rd) W (2nd) SF (3rd) W (1st) SF (1st) 8th 6th R (2nd)
Sydney Sixers W (3rd) 7th SF (2nd) R (4th) 8th R (3rd) 5th SF (3rd) W (2nd) W (1st)
Sydney Thunder 8th 8th 8th 7th W (4th) 8th 6th 6th CF (5th) KO (3rd)
W = Winner;
R = Runner-up;
SF = Semifinalist;
EF = Eliminated in "The Eliminator" Final (4th vs 5th) (from 2020);
KO = Knocked-out in "The Knock-Out" Final (3rd vs winner of the Eliminator) (from 2020);
CF = Eliminated in "The Challenger" Final (2nd vs winner of the Knock-Out) (from 2020);
TBD = To be Decided;
(1-4) = End of league games table position;
The wooden spoon in Big Bash League is an imaginary and ironic "award" which is said to be won by the team finishing in last place in the Big Bash League.[40][41]
Wooden Spoon Season(s)
Sydney Thunder 4 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
Melbourne Renegades 3 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Brisbane Heat 1 2014–15
Sydney Sixers 1 2015–16
Melbourne Stars 1 2017–18
Perth Scorchers 1 2018–19
Adelaide Strikers 0 –
Hobart Hurricanes 0 –
Season-wise records
2011–12 Sydney Thunder 7 2 5 0 - 4 –1.250
2014–15 Brisbane Heat 8 2 6 0 - 4 –1.116
2015–16 Sydney Sixers 8 2 6 0 - 4 –0.330
2017–18 Melbourne Stars 10 2 8 0 - 4 –0.926
2018–19 Perth Scorchers 14 4 10 0 - 8 –0.502
2019–20 Melbourne Renegades 14 3 11 0 - 6 –0.348
2020–21 Melbourne Renegades 14 4 10 0 4 16 –1.727
KFC (2011/12 – present)
Wrigley Extra
BKT Tires
Apparel Sponsor
Nike (Team Apparel)
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Radio Australia (Outside Australia)
Macquarie Sports Radio
Crocmedia (1116 SEN)
The original BBL logo used up to 2014–15 season
The salary cap was initially $1 million, and increased to $1.05 million for the third season.[42] In February 2015, the salary cap increased to $1.3 million for the fifth season,[32] and to $1.6 million for the sixth season.[43]
Cricket Australia increased the prize money for the BBL to a total of $890,000 for the four finalists from 2015–16 season, after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament was discontinued with effect from 2015. The prize money will be split between the teams as follows:[44]
$20,000 – To the team finishing fifth in the season
$80,000 – To each losing semi-finalist
$260,000 – To the Runner up
$450,000 – To the Champion of the season
However, the additional cash increase of $600,000 will go to successful clubs and not their players. Up to the 2014–15 BBL season, a total prize money of $290,000 was awarded.[44]
Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes at the MCG on 6 January 2016
Average home crowds for the regular season are listed below. These figures do not include finals matches. The figures for the whole season average include the finals.[45][46] Post-Christmas matches have historically been the highest attended period for the League.[47] BBL has provided a platform to create interest in playing cricket among younger children, due to its big hitting, high scoring and entertaining nature of the game.[48]
The 2014–15 season saw record domestic cricket crowds in the states of South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and the ACT, including a record attendance of 52,633 at the Adelaide Strikers' home semi-final, which was then the biggest ever crowd at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval.[47]
In the 2015–16 season, attendance figure records continued to be broken across all the venues. Perth Scorchers became the first ever BBL team to sell out all of its home matches in a season.[49] On 2 January 2016, the BBL single match attendance record was surpassed, with a crowd of 80,883 watching the first of two Melbourne derbies between the Melbourne Stars and the Melbourne Renegades at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Big Bash League also entered the top 10 most attended sports leagues in the world with respect to average crowd per match in this season.[50]
Crowd average
Adelaide Strikers 21,986 13,319 23,703 36,023 42,437 41,275 [51] 33,951 28,095 25,139
Brisbane Heat 17,072 15,897 23,685 24,611 29,353 34,190 32,980 [52] 22,343 [52] 23,167
Hobart Hurricanes 10,517 12,107 9,552 13,776 16,640 17,570 [53] 13,536 [54] 11,197 [55] 8,298
Melbourne Renegades 13,324 13,184 21,929 22,324 29,010 30,033 [56] 28,315 [57] 19,881 [57] 15,528
Melbourne Stars 27,424 21,451 21,813 27,698 40,986 49,578 31,628 [58] 21,541 [58] 21,447
Perth Scorchers 14,905 11,539 17,380 18,825 20,273 20,567 21,511 30,133 26,586
Sydney Sixers 20,068 13,286 19,914 23,849 27,956 30,368 24,815 17,784 [59] 15,327
Sydney Thunder 18,423 10,278 14,866 17,938 19,333 20,688 [60] 15,432 [61] 12,461 [61] 10,888
Finals 15,222 17,568 15,286 27,920 42,182 25,642 43,330 22,854 12,691 25,295
Whole season 18,021 14,883 18,778 23,590 29,443 30,114 26,531 20,552 18,353 8,856^
^COVID-19 affected season
Australian television
BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia on free-to-air television by the Seven Network and subscription television by Fox Cricket. The Seven Network broadcasts 45 of 61 Matches including the Finals Series. Fox Cricket televises all 61 Matches including 16 Matches exclusively in 4K.[62]
The rights were previously held by Network 10, who in 2013 paid $100 million for BBL rights over five years, marking the channel's first foray in elite cricket coverage.[63]
Network 10's BBL coverage became a regular feature of Australian summers and attracted an average audience of more than 943,000 people nationally in 2014–15 season, including a peak audience of 1.9 million viewers for the final between the Scorchers and Sixers.[64]
The 2015–16 season attracted an average audience of 1.13 million for each match in Australia this season, an 18% increase on the previous season. A cumulative audience of 9.65 million watched the matches in Australia, out of which 39% were women.[65][66] The opening Sydney Derby match of the season attracted a peak audience of 1.53 million.[67] The last group match between Renegades and Strikers in Session 2 was watched by an average audience of 1.36 million, which peaked at 1.67 million.[68] The BBL Final was watched by an average audience of 1.79 million, which peaked at 2.24 million viewers. This was the first time that the ratings for a BBL match crossed the 2 million mark.[69] The KFC BBL|10 Final reached 2.5 million viewers on Seven and 669,000 on Foxtel, capping an extraordinary season in which as players, officials, staff and broadcast partners successfully navigated through the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.[70]
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Channels & Live Streaming
Australia Fox Cricket
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Canada CBN
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Europe LiveNow (2022–present)
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Middle East beIN Sports (2022–present)
New Zealand Sky Sport (2022–present)
North Africa beIN Sports (2022–present)
North America Willow TV (2022–present)
Pakistan Ten Sports[72]
South Africa SuperSport (2022–present)
South America LiveNow (2022–present)
South Asia:-
Sony Six HD[73]
SonyLIV (2022–present)
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport (2022–present)
United Kingdom Sky Sports (2022–present)
United States Willow TV (2022–present)
Worldwide Television Rights Seven Network (2017–2023)
Worldwide Internet Rights LiveNow (2022–present)
See also: List of Big Bash League venues
A total of seventeen grounds have been used to host BBL matches to date. Sydney Thunder moved out of ANZ Stadium after 2014–15 season and relocated to Sydney Showground Stadium for the next 10 years. From 2020, the tournament Final is played at the home ground of the team which wins 'The Qualifier', a finals match contested between the teams finishing 1st and 2nd in the League. The WACA Ground has hosted the final four times, more than any other venue. Manuka Oval hosted the final of 2014–15 BBL season as a neutral venue primarily because other major grounds were being prepared for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[26]
Optus Stadium replaced the WACA Ground as the home ground of Perth Scorchers commencing from the 2017–18 BBL semi-finals, where Perth's home match against Hobart Hurricanes (and a doubleheader WBBL match featuring the Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder) became only the second public event at the new stadium.
In September 2017 the Adelaide Strikers agreed to play one home BBL and WBBL match at Traeger Park in Alice Springs over the course of the 2017–18 season. In 2018, they announced that one BBL and two WBBL matches would be held at Traeger Park for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. Since 2017–18, the Melbourne Renegades have played two matches per season at Kardinia Park in Geelong, Victoria and the Hobart Hurricanes play multiple games at UTAS Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.
Panoramic view of the SCG during a Big Bash League match in 2011. It is the home ground of Sydney Sixers.
Name of the stadium
Current Grounds
Adelaide Oval 53,583 Adelaide Adelaide Strikers
Blundstone Arena 19,500 Hobart Hobart Hurricanes
Marvel Stadium 53,359 Melbourne Melbourne Renegades
Optus Stadium 60,000 Perth Perth Scorchers
Brisbane Cricket Ground 42,000 Brisbane Brisbane Heat
Melbourne Cricket Ground 100,024 Melbourne Melbourne Stars
Sydney Showground Stadium 22,000 Sydney Sydney Thunder
Sydney Cricket Ground 48,000 Sydney Sydney Sixers
Secondary Grounds
UTAS Stadium 21,000 Launceston Hobart Hurricanes
GMHBA Stadium 34,000 Geelong Melbourne Renegades
Traeger Park 10,000 Alice Springs Hobart Hurricanes
Manuka Oval 12,000 Canberra Sydney Thunder
Metricon Stadium 25,000 Gold Coast Brisbane Heat
Ted Summerton Reserve 7,500 Moe Melbourne Stars
Coffs Harbour International Stadium 20,000 Coffs Harbour Sydney Sixers
Former Grounds
ANZ Stadium 82,000 Sydney Sydney Thunder (2011–2014)
WACA Ground 20,000 Perth Perth Scorchers (2011–2018)
Records and statistics
Main article: List of Big Bash League records and statistics
Chris Lynn, the leading run-scorer in BBL history
Here is a list of Big Bash League records. All records are based on statistics at espncricinfo.com.[74] Brisbane Heat player and former captain Chris Lynn currently holds the record of scoring most runs in the league.[1] The record of taking most wickets in the league belongs to Ben Laughlin, who currently plays for Brisbane Heat. He has represented Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers in the past, and has played a total of 95 BBL matches since 2011.[2]
Most runs Chris Lynn 2,790
Highest average Brad Hodge 42.78
Highest score Glenn Maxwell 154* vs Hobart Hurricanes (19 January 2022)
Highest partnership Marcus Stoinis & Hilton Cartwright 207 vs Sydney Sixers (12 January 2020)
Most sixes Chris Lynn 172
Most wickets Sean Abbott 112
Lowest average Lasith Malinga 15.00
Best strike rate Haris Rauf 12.5
Best economy rate Lasith Malinga 5.40
Best bowling figures Lasith Malinga 6/7 vs Perth Scorchers (12 December 2012)
Best bowling figures by a debutant Daniel Sams 4/14 vs Sydney Thunder (19 December 2017)
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Alex Carey 51
Most catches (fielder) Glenn Maxwell 59
Highest total Melbourne Stars 273–2 (20) vs Hobart Hurricanes (19 January 2022)
Lowest total Melbourne Renegades 57 (12.4) vs Melbourne Stars (3 January 2015)
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^ a b "Big Bash League / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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^ New Zealand Could Field BBL Team: Vettori bigbash.com.au. Retrieved on 25 December 2015
^ Big Bash: Melbourne Renegades boss wants more games next season perthnow.com.au. Retrieved on 22 December 2015
^ a b Big Bash May Head to Regional Areas, bigbash.com.au. Retrieved on 6 January 2016
^ Big Bash League adds eight matches, as expansion plans for BBL 07 are revealed
^ Hamilton, Andrew (30 April 2018). "The Gold Coast Suns want their own Big Bash League franchise when the competition expands". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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^ "Scorecard: Final, Big Bash League at Melbourne, Feb 17, 2019". ESPNCricInfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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^ Includes one regular season home game played at Traeger Park in Alice Springs where the attendance was 3,906, 27 January 2018, etc.
^ a b Includes two regular season home games played at Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast.
^ Includes one regular season home game played at UTAS Stadium in Launceston where the attendance was 16,734, 27 January 2018, etc.
^ Includes two regular season home games played at UTAS Stadium in Launceston.
^ Includes two regular season home games played at TIO Traeger Park and UTAS Stadium respectively.
^ Includes one regular season home game played at Kardinia Park in Geelong where the attendance was 23,586, 27 January 2018, etc.
^ a b Includes two regular season home games played at Kardinia Park in Geelong.
^ a b Includes two regular season home games, one of which was played at Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast and the other one at Ted Summerton Reserve in Moe.
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The White Man's New Burden: Abortion and Population Control
By Chuck Colson
If I asked you who understood a country's needs better, its residents and leaders or some foreign technocrat who had never been there, you might think that it was a trick question.
Well, according to some Obama administration officials, you would be wrong. Not only that, but believing otherwise is proof that you are under the Vatican's thrall. At least that was the position taken by the American delegation at a recent United Nations' panel entitled, "Secure Human Development: Marriage, Family, Community."
The American delegation tried to persuade other countries to adopt a more "comprehensive" approach to development and population. By "comprehensive" the American delegation means fewer people. Their emphasis was on "family planning" and access to abortion.
To the Americans' consternation, the foreigners weren't buying. The representative from St. Lucia asked a good question: "How do we get our fertility rate to rise? We were told we needed to reduce our fertility rate - [but] now we have an aging population."
St. Lucia is not alone: After 40 years of population control propaganda and coercion, all of the industrialized and much of the developing world has below-replacement level fertility rates and aging populations, which in turn threaten economic development.
Nonetheless, this questioning of population-control dogma was too much for American delegate Laurie Shestak-Phipps to bear. Ignoring St. Lucia's problem with a declining population, she replied that, "It is detrimental to not have adequate family planning resources." She then asked, "Why is there a resistance to acknowledging access to family planning as a necessity?"
Actually, she already had an answer in mind: It's the Vatican's fault. Shestak-Phipps lashed out at the co-hosts: the Vatican and very Catholic Malta. To her, valuing "family, community, and marriage" means being able to "avoid unsafe abortion," having "access to the highest attainable standard of reproductive health, and [people deciding] how many children they should have."
It doesn't matter that what Shestak-Phipps thinks is good for countries like St. Lucia isn't what they need or want: She knows what's best for them and anyone who says otherwise, like the Vatican, is the enemy of human well-being.
This is not the first time that our representatives have gone after the Vatican. In a March meeting of the UN's Human Rights Council, the State Department misrepresented the Vatican's position on a proposal to add "sexual orientation and gender identity" to international laws against discrimination.
They told Latin American representatives that the Holy See had changed its position on the proposed addition when it had done no such thing. As a result, "several Latin American delegations" threw "their support behind the declaration after incorrectly believing the Holy See [supported] it."
Reading these stories, you might think it was the 19th century all over again: powerful western countries taking up, with apologies to Rudyard Kipling, the "white man's burden" and bidding famine and sickness cease. This time, however, it's simply by passing out condoms and family-planning literature.
From BreakPoint, April 26, 2011, reprinted with permission of Prison Fellowship, http://www.breakpoint.org.
Chuck Colson launched BreakPoint in 1991 as a daily radio commentary, providing a Christian perspective on the important news and issues of the day. Today, the BreakPoint broadcast is heard on more than 1,000 outlets by an estimated audience of over two million. In 2009, Colson launched the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, to allow visitors to dig deeper into Christian worldview teaching and application.

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Ovais Malik is a Consultant in Orthodontics at the University of Manchester Dental Hospital and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified with honours as a dentist in 1996. After a variety of practice and hospital posts he joined the Orthodontic Postgraduate Training Programme at Guy's Hospital, London. He was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Orthodontics, from University of London and awarded Membership in Orthodontics of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh. This was followed by entry onto the Specialist list in Orthodontics of the General Dental Council in 2003.
Ovais was then appointed as a Senior Registrar in Orthodontics at University of Manchester Dental Hospital and Hope Hospital, Manchester. During this time he gained the Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship in Orthodontics of the Royal College and accreditation as a Consultant Orthodontist. He is also an examiner for the Speciality Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth RCS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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Hamza Anwar
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After graduating from the University of Liverpool in 2011, Hamza gained experience in a variety of specialties working in both general practice and in various hospitals. He completed his MFDS qualification form the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2013.
He has since completed his specialist training in orthodontics and gained his M.Orth qualification from both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England. He has been awarded numerous prizes including the prestigious William Houston Gold Medal for the highest performance in the Edinburgh M.Orth examination in 2016-17. Furthermore, he gained an Master of Science Degree in Clinical Orthodontics from the University of Manchester.
Hamza has gained accreditation from Invisalign and Incognito to allow him to provide a wide variety of cosmetic orthodontic treatment options including lingual orthodontics and invisible aligner treatments.
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Dr Nadia Stivaros
Specialist in Orthodontics
BDS, MPhil (Orth), MFDS RCS (Ed), MOrth RCS (Ed)
Nadia graduated in Dentistry from the University of Manchester in 1999 where she received several awards including the dental alumni prize in dental sciences. Following her dental training, Nadia returned to the hospital service as a Senior House Officer to widen her postgraduate education in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Paediatric and Restorative dentistry. This included work at the Eastman Dental Hospital, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
In 2001, she was awarded Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.In 2003, Nadia began an orthodontic specialist training programme and was awarded an MPhil in Orthodontics from the University of Manchester three years later. In the same year, she also gained Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Nadia specialises in an extensive range or orthodontic treatments (both NHS and private), from the conventional metal fixed appliances to the more aesthetic ceramic brackets and friction free bracket systems. She is also an Invisalign certified practitioner.
Nadia has a strong research interest and is currently involved in undertaking a national research project and has published in both National and International Journals. She is on the General Dental Council Specialist list for orthodontics.
Sarah Anchor
Orthodontic Therapist
Sarah Anchor, qualified as a Dental nurse in 1990, and has successfully gain qualifications in, Oral health education, Radiography in dentistry, conscious sedation and orthodontic nursing.
In June 2010 Sarah qualified as an Orthodontic Therapist with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, she has worked at Salford Royal Hospital for the last 15 year alongside Consultant, Mr Ovais Malik.
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The astonishing 1/10 scale Toyota HiLux 4WD by Nikko in 1982, was the pinnacle of Nikko's range of R/C toys in the early 1980s. Large, realistic, and with a gearbox you could shift via the transmitter…this was a ready-to-run R/C model like nothing before it.
Quite a few of the people who've contacted this blog over the years, to ask about various old R/C models, have been fans of Nikko – and particularly enjoy collecting the early cars made by the Japanese company. And with good reason.
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But before I heap praise on Nikko (yet again) for the kinds of toys they used to make, I'm going to take a moment to criticize the stuff they make today. Did you know that Nikko still make an R/C Toyota 4WD? Here it is.
While not a terrible toy (it does have some reasonable body detail), this sort of thing is typical of the bland format that R/C toy makers have been releasing for the past 15+ years: tiny bodies, over-sized wheels, and those awful plasticky/shiny "tyres" made from something that isn't really rubber. I can't get past the cartoon-ish proportions and cheap materials. But walk into any toy or department store these days, and you'll find loads of these things.
Now, compare that to what Nikko was doing over 30 years ago. Such as their top-of-the-line model in 1982, the Toyota HiLux 4WD.
The Nikko Toyota HiLux 4WD was an R/C toy beyond the dreams of any kid alive in 1982…
At 1/10 scale and measuring about 43cm in length, the only similar product on the market was of course Tamiya's even more impressive, leaf-sprung, 3-speed 1/10 scale Toyota 4×4 Pick Up R/C kit model, released the previous year. It was undoubtedly the thing that Nikko was trying to emulate here. Tamiya's HiLux, along with it's later twin brother the 4×4 Blazing Blazer, took R/C kit modeling to a new level. Nikko's goal was apparently to produce something with similar appeal, but in ready-to-run form.
But if you think this meant Nikko produced a "cheap copy", then think again. In 2014, we truly understand what "cheap copy" means – it's the Chinese-made R/C toy landfill you'll find anywhere, much of which still apes the more refined toys created by Japanese brands some 20-30 years ago. Not everything manufactured in China, is crap. But where it witlessly clones other brands, it often is. And sometimes it's even dangerous.
Nikko emulating Tamiya, and trying to produce something similar at a lower cost back in the 1980s, was simply one legitimate toy company inspiring another – the former having the intention of releasing something a bit more "commercial", and that would appeal to both younger kids and those not ready to spend hours assembling a complex model kit.
And while Nikko may not bother to do anything interesting anymore, between 1980 and 1990 they created some undeniable R/C toy gold. One look at the golden box of the Toyota HiLux 4WD, and you know this was a product made with a great deal of care and pride…
In fact, the box exudes 'prestige', and the prominent 'Toyota' branding even makes it seem like an official Toyota promotional release, rather than a Nikko release. I've no doubt Toyota would have been happy to license out the rights to their brand, for this type of result.
Nikko's promotional materials of the early 1980s also made no secret of the fact that the Toyota HiLux 4WD was their pride and joy. Check out this great image from one of their early product catalogues, in 1983…
In Australia, it was available at some toy stores, and you can catch a glimpse of it running in this Uncle Pete's Toys commercial…
Assuming that price of AU$189 would have been about accurate when the model was initially released in 1982, that's like spending AU$609 in 2013 money. It goes without saying that this was a toy only the very luckiest kids had. It was about triple the price of my own off-roader at the time, the Tandy/Radio Shack Jeep Renegade.
But, with a good deal of luck and patience, I now have this brand new example to share…
Based on (I believe) a 1982 Toyota HiLux single cab + fibreglass Winnebago canopy, the real HiLux was a popular utility vehicle that led to later series for Toyota such as the HiLux Surf and the 4Runner. The HiLux series first originated well before the 1980s, and still continues to this day. But I think many will agree that 1980s HiLuxes have a certain evergreen charm – after all, this was the era when 4x4s really took off in popularity.
Nikko seems to have captured Toyota's design perfectly too – it's just a very well proportioned, neat, attractive, classic, 1980s off-roader. And just like the real thing, the Nikko model looks as good today as it did in 1982.
Looking at the little details like headlight lenses, grill and logos, this car represents Nikko at their very best in terms of realism.
But above all, the Nikko HiLux 4WD came with one killer feature that sets it apart from almost every other R/C toy of the 1980s, save for a few Tamiya models. And that feature is the ability to shift the car's gears via the remote!
Yes, this beautiful big transmitter that comes with the HiLux works by offering dual-forward/reverse modes. Simply shift the forward/reverse lever left or right, to then run the car in High or Low gear. The motor-driven gear shift mechanism inside the car will click into place, and in no time your HiLux has adapted to the changing terrain ahead without the need for you to bend down, pick it up, and flick a gear-switch somewhere on the underside.
When I try to think of other R/C toys that were capable of remote gear-shifting, either during the 1980s or today, I draw almost a complete blank. I can only think of a few high-end Tamiya kit models (the aforementioned Tamiya Toyota 4×4 Pick Up and the 4×4 Blazing Blazer), plus a few others. There was one very obscure 1980s R/C toy buggy that had the ability too. But that's it. So if any of you know of more vintage RC cars with this ability, let me know in the comments.
Remote gear-shifting clearly just wasn't a feature that most R/C toy makers either considered possible, practical, or worth the expense. Nevertheless, the Nikko Toyota HiLux 4WD is probably the finest ready-to-run model to ever use it.
To put this into a little "growing up in the 1980s" perspective… a feature like remote gear-shifting would have seemed "beyond cool" to me and my friends at the time. It was the sort of thing you might imagine having as a kid – running around, probably making "vroom vroom" noises as you drive your little car around the yard, and imagining that it's a real vehicle in a race or on a safari. But if I had been presented with a toy that could actually shift gears from the remote, to suit the terrain, I think I would have taken it to school and caused a crowd to form just to watch it. This was a "Rolls Royce" among R/C toys.
Aside from the High/Low gear shifting, there is still however a switch on the underside of this car that you need to flick manually – and that's the 2WD/4WD switch. Yes, much like the Shinsei Mountain Man, the HiLux gives you the flexibility to cruise at higher speeds (2WD) or crawl with power delivered to all four wheels (4WD) – just like a real Toyota 4WD. So in effect, by combining High/Low and 2WD/4WD, you have a total of 4 different modes of driving.
But back to the transmitter again, because on top of all that, the HiLux also has the ability to turn it's headlights on and off remotely…
Yes, on the top right of the transmitter, there's a button that activates the headlights.
Nikko also did something a little unusual and special with the vehicle's tyres. They're made from the usual high quality, semi-pneumatic rubber compound. But instead of opting for an obvious and popular tyre tread and side-logo like "Goodyear", they apparently felt it was important to keep the model as authentic as possible. Clearly they created this toy from a real vehicle prototype, and I bet the example vehicle in question happened to have "McCreary" tyres on it. McCreary is a lesser-known US tyre brand, but with a history dating back to 1915. The Nikko Toyota HiLux 4WD is possibly the only toy ever made (or at least, that I have ever seen) with scale-sized "McCreary"-branded tyres…
About the only thing the Nikko Toyota HiLux 4WD doesn't have, is suspension.
Suspension was still a pretty unheard-of feature in ready-to-run R/C models back in the early 1980s. Even some of the hobby kit models either didn't have it, or offered only rudimentary suspension. So taking this HiLux over rough terrain is going to lead to a fair bit of bounce, as those lovely tyres are altogether too "real" to really offer much in the way of impact absorption.
But that's ok. At the steady and realistic speeds the HiLux moves at, you're never going to be at risk of losing control. And let's not forget that you've got 4WD too. I've overlooked the 4WD aspect somewhat, due to the other cool features of this model, but having any type of R/C 4WD in 1982 was an incredible novelty – only a handful existed. It's possible that this car was Nikko's first 4WD, although they did release a few smaller 4WDs quite quickly during the 1982-1983 period (including the Unimog).
All things considered, this is one of very few R/C vehicles from 1982 or earlier that will have a serious go at driving wherever you want it to, in an era when most R/C toys were limited to pavement or gentle, smooth dirt.
In addition, the HiLux is a high quality Digital Proportional model with an included transmitter that can only be described as "near hobby grade".
The car is adorned with typical 1980s gradient pin-striping – a common style seen, particularly on Toyota 4x4s in that era. My Dad even had a Toyota Land Cruiser with very similar stripes to this.
There are also a few cool 3rd-party brand logos consistent with a road-registered Toyota 4WD, although it does also carry number "44" on the bonnet – suggesting Nikko wanted you to think your truck was race-ready.
Last but not least, is the ability to remove the rear canopy – great for carrying objects around, like action figures, rocks, or even your pet hamster (there'd be enough room inside for one, with the canopy on).
Needless to say, a large and realistic R/C toy of such a high calibre as this, would have opened up near limitless opportunities for play. I wish I'd had one!
Today, the Nikko Toyota HiLux 4WD is a pretty rare piece that I do not see come up for sale very often. It is also not really remembered by that many people among the general populace – no doubt because it was such a high-end item that few people could actually afford. If everyone had owned one, you can be certain they would be fetching prices of over $1000 today.
It was also available in a few releases in different markets (see the info box at the top of this page), but in my view the original release, with the basic Toyota livery, is the nicest and most realistic-looking.
In conclusion… if you're a fan of early Nikko models, then I would rate the Toyota HiLux 4WD as the #1 most impressive R/C model by Nikko in the pre-1985 years. In fact, it's probably the #1 ready-to-run R/C model from any maker in that era. If you ever have a chance to own one, don't hesitate.
Scale: 1/10
Drive: 2WD/4WD
Gearbox: 2-Speed (Remotely Shiftable)
Differential: Yes
Suspension: No
Digital Proportional: Yes
Batteries: 4 x C, 4 x AA (Car). 6 x AA (Transmitter)
Original price in Australia back in 1982: AU$189
What this would equate to, in 2013 money: AU$609 (calculated using this)
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I remember this one wow! now that was when Nikko had a name and sold quality, not like the c… they spew out these days. there were a bigger blue one too if i'm not mistaken that was even better hilux as well. anyone remember ?
Thanks Ravnsmod, and yep I totally agree 🙂 The blue version you refer to was not actually bigger in dimensions, it just had much fatter wheels/tyres.
Troy Bentley
That is the one I have. I got some tires from a guy I meet believe it or not, after sitting up in boxes for however, it still runs just fine. I would attach a video, but not sure how.
I need to replace tires on my truck. Where would I find them?
Tyres for this model were unfortunately never sold separately Troy. Your only hope is to find another example of the HiLux – ideally a non working one, but with decent tyres. And use those.
Bernd Knoblich
Hi and greetings from Germany! My brother got this one back in 1982, and a few days ago I've found it in our parents' attic. Asked my brother if I could give it to my kids, took the axles and gearbox apart (hey, everything is bolted together, no break-off-plastic clips), cleaned everything, put some grease on the gearwheels, put all together again and tried it first with some standard batteries. After 36 years, everything still worked! For more speed and endurance, I tried to replace the C batteries with two 26650/3,7 V accumulators (because they're shorter than two C batteries,… Read more »
Great comment Bob, and wow that is some attic – with the Hilux and Scorpion up there, just waiting to be rediscovered 🙂 Awesome to hear you're getting them both going again.
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I know this: If Bad Cam shows up for the 3:40 p.m. kickoff (Fox), and not Good Cam, Carolina's chances of winning diminish greatly. Brees doesn't have to play great. He just has to be himself, which oftentimes has been good enough, especially in home wildcard games. His record is impeccable -- 4-0, 10 TD passes and no INTs.
Conversely, for Carolina to prevail, Newton likely will have to put his team on his back as he did during his team's Super Bowl season in 2015 when he earned league-MVP honors.
He can't misfire on his first nine passes, throw three picks and post a career-low 31.5 QB rating as he did in a 22-10 loss in Week 17 at Atlanta, in part preventing the Panthers from overtaking the Saints and winning the NFC South.
He can't play like he did in a 34-13 loss to the visiting, then-winless Saints in Week 3, when he threw three interceptions, got sacked four times, posted a 43.8 QB rating and didn't look fully healthy from off-season shoulder surgery.
He can't play like he did in a shocking 17-3 loss at Chicago in Week 7, when he got sacked five times, posted a 54.9 QB rating, provided a helping hand in two Bears defensive TDs and looked more and more disinterested with each squandered possession.
Aside from Brees and Newton, there are other storylines and subplots to consider Sunday:
▪ Each team will have key players on the field who were not present in either game because of injuries: New Orleans rookie Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore (5 INTs), left tackle Terron Armstead, and Carolina big-play tight end Greg Olsen and veteran center Ryan Kalil.
▪ The Panthers defense led by indefatigable middle linebacker Luke Kuechly will have to find a way to neutralize the Saints' Boom & Zoom running back tandem of Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara, each of whom eclipsed 1,500-yards from scrimmage and combined for 26 TDs.
▪ Look for the Saints' vastly improved defense under coordinator Dennis Allen to bring pressure early and often and still be gap sound against Newton, who poses a threat to run under duress and on designed plays. The pressure starts up front with NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidate, end Cameron Jordan, who posted a career-high13 sacks.
▪ And, the spotlight will fall on two of the NFL's emerging young stars -- Carolina running back Christian McCaffrey and Kamara, who arguably turned into the steal of the draft as a third-round pick. Kamara added to his impressive resume this week when ESPN Stats & Information revealed that his 7.7 yards per touch is the highest single-season average in NFL history among players with at least 200 offensive touches.
But, for me, it all boils down to the play of the quarterbacks in this survive-and-advance game, and the clear edge goes to Brees and a defense that will tug enough times on Superman's cape.
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A: might fail working with link_directories, then add each static library like following:
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A: The simplest way of doing this would be to add
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The modern CMake version that doesn't add the -I and -L flags to every compiler invocation would be to use imported libraries:
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If setting the INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES doesn't add the path, older versions of CMake also allow you to use target_include_directories(bar PUBLIC /path/to/include). However, this no longer works with CMake 3.6 or newer.

A: You had better use find_library command instead of link_directories. Concretely speaking there are two ways:

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The previous evening, everyone in the Family got together to get the Thottil ready. It was decorated with Color Papers, Balloons all around. After the function was over, Adhruth changed into the dress given for him by his Athai. After that Maha (his Athai) wore him Bangles in hand, Kappu in Hand, Leg and a ring, Madhu's mother put him in the Thottil for the first time.
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NEW YORK — The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack, an auto parts chain founded more than 90 years ago, has agreed to be taken private by the investment firm The Gores Group for about $791 million.
The $15 per share offer is a 24 percent premium to Pep Boys' closing price Friday of $12.08. News of the acquisition sent the Philadelphia company's shares up $2.77, or 22.9 percent, to $14.85 in morning trading on Monday.
Pep Boys brand recognition as well as its moderate pricing appealed to The Gores Group, said Lee Bird, managing director of operations and consumer practice leader at The Gores Group, said in a statement.
"We are excited to help Pep Boys build on this vision," he said.
The auto parts company began in 1921 with the Naval buddies and original Pep Boys: Emanuel "Manny" Rosenfeld, Maurice "Moe" Strauss, Moe Radavitz and Graham "Jack" Jackson. Their first store opened in Philadelphia under the name Pep Auto Supplies, according to the company's web site. Its name was changed around 1923 after Strauss noticed during a trip to California that many successful businesses there used first names.
Radavitz and Jackson both left the company early on. When Pep Boys went public in 1946, Rosenfeld served as its first corporate president. He held the post until his death in 1959. Strauss served as president from 1960 to 1973 and remained a board member until he died in 1982.
Pep Boys currently has more than 700 locations in 35 states and Puerto Rico.
Last month Pep Boys reported that its fiscal third-quarter net income rose nearly 23 percent on stronger tire sales and improving service sales. At the time President and CEO Mike Odell said that the improved business was due in part to new marketing, lower gas prices and pent-up demand.
Auto parts suppliers have done relatively well during the recession and prolonged economic downturn, as many consumers have held on to their cars longer and sought out repairs instead of purchasing new cars. The average age of a car or truck in the U.S. hit a record 10.8 years last year as job security and other economic worries weighed on consumers' minds.
That's up from the old record of 10.6 years in 2010, and it and continues a trend that dates to 1995, when the average age of a car was 8.4 years, according to a study of state vehicle registration data released earlier this month by the Southfield, Mich.-based Polk automotive research firm.
Pep Boys has faced competition though from companies including AutoZone Inc., Advance Auto Parts Inc. and O'Reilly Automotive Inc.
The Gores Group deal for Pep Boys is worth about $791 million, based on the company's almost 53 million shares outstanding. The companies put the total enterprise value of the deal at approximately $1 billion.
The agreement includes a provision, which allows Pep Boys to seek and receive alternative offers for a period of 45 days.
Gores Group said that it has fully committed financing for the buyout, which is not subject to a financing condition.
Pep Boys said that Odell, as well as other senior managers, are expected to remain in their positions once the acquisitions closes.
Pep Boys' board unanimously approved the acquisition, which still needs approval from the company's shareholders. Pep Boys said it has suspended its quarterly dividend in anticipation of the deal.
The transaction is expected to close in the fiscal second quarter. Once the acquisition is complete, Pep Boys stock will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange.


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Hillhead triumph for Hill Engineering
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:32
Mega deals done at the show and new TiltRotate unit goes down a storm with visitors
As well as celebrating their 20th anniversary at Hillhead 2014, Hill Engineering launched two new products at the show – the new TEFRA Tilt Coupler and the new TiltRotate, which made its world-debut at the event. The stand was exceptionally busy with some significant deals being closed across all three days. Hill reported that customer feedback was exceptional, with more than 40% of enquiries being for the new TEFRA Tilt and TiltRotate (pictured).
Hill sold one TEFRA Tilt to RJ McKelvey building and civil engineering contractors based in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and are also close to sealing several deals with plant hire and sports turf companies.
The new TiltRotate was not for sale at the show, but Hill received seven requests for demonstrations of this unit once it becomes available. Mike Roby, Hill Engineering's sales director, said: 'The TiltRotate proved very popular, and once we have completed more field testing, we should enter this market with some momentum following the show.'
He added: 'Hillhead was an excellent show for us and we noticed a real step change in confidence from two years ago. People are now willing to make that commitment on large fleet deals whereas two years ago they may have held back.'
With regard to deals done, Hather Plant Hire bought 25 TEFRA couplers to go with a deal worth more than £1 million with Case, Caterpillar and Kubota; Cautrac completed a deal for 10 TEFRA couplers for their Cat 308E models; and civil engineering company D. Morgan concluded a deal for £3.5 million of new equipment and specified the award-winning Hill TEFRA hitch and buckets on all their excavators.
The new TEFRA Tilt coupler product takes all the advantages of the award-winning TEFRA coupler but provides the added benefit of increased productivity and versatility in multiple applications. The attachment will be available for machines sizes ranging from 7 to 55 tonnes and, like the TEFRA coupler, has been specifically designed to be almost maintenance free. It is also fully compliant with the proposed new global safety standard ISO 13031 expected later this year.
The heavy-duty motor is self-lubricating and there is no requirement to grease the tilt mechanism. In addition, Hill have reduced potential wear items so users have peace of mind regarding any wear on pins or bushes.
The new TEFRA Tilt coupler also boasts advance technology from German manufacturers HKS. The magic behind Hill's new attachment is said to be the XtraTilt power actuator. The robust design of the individual components of the XtraTilt, made from high-strength, surface-hardened materials, allows rotation almost without play, even after prolonged operation.
The swivel mechanism of the Power Actuators is based on the coarse-thread principle. The linear movement of the piston, when pressure is applied, is converted by multiple opposing coarse threads on the housing, piston and shaft to achieve a powerful rotary movement. If the hydraulic circuit is closed by the adjusting valve, which at the same time prevents movement of the piston and shaft, the attached coupler will remain in any required working position.
The new TiltRotate system supports hydraulic excavators with two new functions. The shovel is able to rotate continually and can tilt up to 110° (55° in both directions) allowing the operator to open up new areas of operation. Maximum benefit can be derived from this new attachment in applications such as track laying, because the freedom of movement of two-way excavators is very limited.
Hill also report that a major technical advantage which the TiltRotate offers, compared with other manufacturers, is its cylinder-less construction; the compact XtraTilt power actuator replacing the wider cylinder variant, which is liable to faults, with a maximum +45° tilt angle.
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UNC: Bateman, Dewitt won't return to defensive staff
Posted: Jan 7, 2022 / 12:12 PM CST / Updated: Jan 7, 2022 / 11:15 AM CST
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP)North Carolina's defensive struggles are leading to changes on Mack Brown's coaching staff.
In a statement, the school said Friday that defensive coordinator Jay Bateman and assistant Jovan Dewitt won't return to the staff next season. That comes after the Tar Heels have allowed more points and yards per game in each of the three seasons since Brown's return for his second stint at the school.
The school described Bateman's exit as a "mutual" parting after conversations between Brown and Bateman after the season. Dewitt had coached outside linebackers and special teams, and his exit comes amid "anticipated structural adjustments" to the defense that would change the position coach's duties.
Bateman joined Brown in Chapel Hill after a five-year stint as defensive coordinator at Army. The Tar Heels allowed 23.7 points and 373.2 yards per game in his first season in 2019, but those totals had grown to 32.1 points and 418.5 yards this season.
The Tar Heels (6-7) closed the season by giving up 301 yards rushing and 543 overall i n a 38-21 loss to South Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
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"Divorce was the best thing that ever happened to my children".
British actress Kate Winslet has said that her divorces have helped her children. This mother-of-three agrees, saying her husband leaving was the best thing that ever happened to her boys.
The author of this post is known to Mamamia but has chosen to remain anonymous.
Divorce was the best thing that ever happened to my children.
When my husband left me it changed the course of our family. I was four weeks pregnant with our third son and another baby was the last thing he wanted. And though unexpected, my unborn baby – and his brothers – turned out to be the only thing that I wanted.
There were threats of divorce if I wouldn't abort the baby.
I wouldn't. We did.
As many divorces are, it was bitter. Caustic words. Desperate, nasty times. For the eight months until our son was born I cried every night and held the warm bodies of my boys wondering why our world had collapsed.
Our two other sons were both aged under four at the time – if you have been through divorce then you will know what I mean when I say that they were my only concern. Nothing else mattered.
But it might surprise you to hear that now, four years later, they are my least concern because the divorce was possibly one of the best things that happened to them. I don't meant to be glib when I say that. It's the truth.
"The awful, terrible ocean of grief that washes over you when your marriage collapses is difficult to comprehend."
The awful, terrible ocean of grief that washes over you when your marriage collapses is difficult to comprehend.Your future together, shattered. Simple plans are now complex matters of management. Your lifetime together, yet to be lived but already formed in your mind, no longer exists and what will replace it is unimaginable.
I grew up with happy parents, married parents. A busy father, a stay-at-home mother, an elder sister. It was stable and solid and I never doubted it for a second.
But what we have given our children is stability. What they have too is solid – it's just a different type of family.
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Many might think proposing the 'benefits' of divorce seems insolent. When British star Kate Winslet told Harper's Bazaar UK this week that divorce was "good for her children" there were headlines and even feigned outrage from some areas of the media. But I can see where she is coming from.
39-year old Winslet, who has been divorced twice said that Mia, 14, her daughter from her marriage to Jim Threapleton, and Joe, 11, her son from when she was married to Sam Mendes learnt "how to struggle".
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Kate Winslet and daughter Mia.
"'I would honestly say that I wouldn't change a thing. Even all the bad bits. It doesn't matter how ***** times have been, they all matter, because those things shape who you are," Winslet told the magazine.
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In my own experience, my children came out for the better form our divorce. When their father lived with us he was barely present. His existence in the family was like an outsider. He was distant to his sons, he never engaged with them.
The first time I saw him read to our nearly-four-year old son was the first day he came back to visit after he walked out.
His leaving made him a better dad.
And what I never expected – his love for the son he never wanted – is overwhelming.
While I can't speak for everyone, what we have managed to do is make our divorce all about our kids.
Their dad comes to visit every weekend and stays as long as he wishes. We both agreed that for our children we would prefer they stay in the one home so they have no overnight visits instead he joins us on holidays and for Christmas. We even travel together. My ex-husband and I have become friends through our love for our children.
Of course being a single mother isn't easy there are times when my life is always "bad cop", their father got the good time role on the weekends. But it has made me stronger.
It's given my children a mother who is independent who can overcome obstacles, who can change a bike tire and mow the lawn. It has given them a father who is present when he spends time with them.
"It's given them a mother who is independent and can overcome obstacles."
They have learnt that not all relationships are easy sailing, but that our love for them is unshakeable.
I know others don't have it so easy. For victims of domestic violence there is often no coming back. For those who have betrayed its tough to put it behind you for the sake of the kids. I know that I am one of the lucky ones.
But when I look at the happy faces of my three boys, their kind natures, their fierce sense of loyalty and their remarkable capacity for love and I know that for us it has been the right thing.
My aunt and uncle stayed married 'for the kids' and didn't separate until my youngest cousin was 16. They were absolutely miserable and fought every day. My older cousin repeatedly told me that she'd be much happier if her parents would just separate already. Her dad is still a bit of a deadbeat dad but her mum is ten times happier, and more importantly, my (male) teenage cousin isn't being raised in an environment where it's okay for men to talk down to and belittle women on a daily basis. Sometimes divorce is absolutely the best solution for all involved.
Natalie 6 years ago
He stays at your house and holidays with you? Good luck, that won't last when he finds a new partner. There's no way a woman can or should expect to have her partner spend nights with his ex-wife, no matter what the reason.