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Anonymous donor contributes $50 million to Opus College of Business
Posted on January 24, 2008 By Opus College of Business
An anonymous donor has given $50 million – one of the three largest gifts to higher education in Minnesota history – to the University of St. Thomas' Opus College of Business.
The gift to St. Thomas' "Opening Doors" capital campaign will be used to increase the college's endowment. For generations to come, interest income from the endowment will be used for academic programs and scholarships.
"For a dean, a gift like this is a dream come true," said Dr. Christopher Puto, dean of the Opus College of Business. "Earlier gifts have provided us with new academic facilities that are the finest available. The $50 million opens the door to exciting new opportunities for our students as well as faculty."
For students, the gift will support scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It also will provide a whole new level of support for student activities outside the classroom, including research and participation in national conferences and competitions.
For faculty, the gift will make possible several new professional development programs, especially in the area of business research.
"Support for research and professional-development is essential to retaining and attracting the best possible faculty," Puto said. "We recently have attracted prized business faculty members from Northwestern, California-Berkeley, Stanford, Duke, Michigan State and the University of Minnesota. The kind of support this $50 million makes possible is a huge asset as we continue to develop our respected faculty."
The $50 million anonymous gift announced today equals the one made to St. Thomas in 2000 by Best Buy founder and chairman Richard Schulze and his late wife, Sandra. The largest gift, $60 million, was given to St. Thomas last fall by Lee and Penny Anderson. He is owner and chairman of the St. Paul-based APi Group Inc.
Opening Doors is an eight-year, $500 million campaign that was announced by St. Thomas in October. To date it has raised $317 million in gifts and pledges, an amount that includes the $50 million gift from the anonymous donor.
With the exception of contributions earmarked for construction projects, most of the campaign funds will build endowment for scholarships, endowed faculty positions and educational programs.
"This extraordinary gift will serve as a cornerstone of a capital fundraising effort that will afford St. Thomas students a whole new level of access and excellence," said the Rev. Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas. "The impact of a gift like this is enormous for St. Thomas and the entire region. We are deeply grateful not only for the size of this contribution, but for the donor's quiet but powerful commitment to the kind of education offered by our Opus College of Business … an education grounded in the liberal arts, in values and in ethics."
With 2,142 graduate students and 2,427 undergraduates, the Opus College of Business enrolls just over 40 percent of the university's 10,984 students. It offers undergraduate majors in 12 fields and master's degrees in eight, including day and evening MBA programs. The college's Center for Business Excellence enrolls another 7,800 participants annually in its continuing executive-education classes, and provides custom programs for 150 businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Classes are offered on the university's main campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as in Owatonna, Rochester, Bloomington, Maple Grove and Eagan.
The Opus College of Business also is home to nine centers and research institutes in the fields of health policy and medical affairs, ethical business cultures, entrepreneurship and small business, family business, nonprofit management and real estate.
Classroom facilities for the Opus College of Business include two recently opened buildings: the $22 million Schulze Hall that opened in Minneapolis in 2005, and the $25 million McNeely Hall that opened in St. Paul in 2006.
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The same rules apply for this puzzle as before: try to spot the play that kills the opponent this turn.
Many of these puzzles require a lot of thought to discover the solutions, so don't be ashamed if you need to pause the video for a bit. Most of these would be extremely hard to solve with the 90 seconds allotted during an actual game, and I doubt there are many out there who could. Instead, pause the video when the cards are up, and try to think critically through the possible outcomes. Every 10 seconds or so I reveal another hint, so you'll have a bit of time before deciding if you want to get some extra help or if you'd rather pause without reading the hints.
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The notable breadth of Erasmus' contacts all through his lifestyles is mirrored during this certain, informative three-volume biographical dictionary. jointly, those totally illustrated volumes will include information regarding greater than 1900 humans pointed out in his correspondence and different writings. Differing considerably from the nationwide biographical dictionaries which limit themselves to significant figures, those volumes mix the recognized with the vague: the Dutch pope, Adrian VI, looks subsequent to Adrianus, a messenger who carried letters among Erasmus in Paris and Jacob Batt, a train in Toumehem.
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Vivre de . ). This ''living from'' is an interaction with things that are other, but it is unlike the encounter with the other (autrui). Nourishment, as a means of invigoration, is the transmutation of the other into the same, which is in the essence of enjoyment: an energy that is other, recognized as other, recognized . . 42 Although Levinas means for nourishment to have a broader significance, the most apt examples are the literal nourishment of food and drink, where that which is other is literally grasped and absorbed, becoming the same.
Thus, the self must be described in terms of its egoist interiority before addressing the relation of the self to the other. This state, ''prior'' to responsibility for the other, is not to be interpreted as some sort of fallenness from which the self would return to the perfection of responsibility. 37 However, the encounter with the other does not take place in terms of need, but in terms of desire. Here the relation connects not terms that complete one another and consequently are reciprocally lacking to one another, but terms that suffice to themselves.
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The piano was the star of the show last Wednesday, Nov. 28 during the Piano Ensembles performance in the Music Recital Hall.
The 'Works for 2-10 pianists' concert, directed by Dr. Nadia Shpachenko alongside her ensemble class and working collaborators, produced the instrument's capabilities.
Alongside a hint of percussive instruments and other non-piano instruments as the supporting acts, the piano-centric show augmented its omnipresence due to its broad range of sounds.
"It's an instrument that can sing and that can sound like any orchestral instrument; we can do so much on the piano it can sound like any instrument that you can imagine; you can achieve any kind of sound and any kind of timbre that you can think of," Shpachenko said.
The musical instrument's versatility was showcased with manipulation of the grand piano on stage, such as the use of string piano method to create direct plucking and sweeping string sounds, rather than the piano's original hammered keys sound.
The piano four hands method of playing was common throughout the show.
This is when two players play on the same piano, creating more layers of sound between the bass and treble notes.
Beyond the singular piano instrument as the overall sound performer includes other pianos which led to dual piano pieces, which featured a piano battle-esque performance which the songs intended.
A combination of the dual piano and piano four hands methods of playing also took place for further sound possibilities without the aid of other supporting instruments.
First-year music industries studies student Tyler Deleeuw was one of the audience members.
The methods of playing present during the piano ensemble were joined by the supporting instruments as previously mentioned that had pieces giving the piano a more balanced or laid-back role to spotlight those instruments.
The violin was also present in the show that gives the piano more of a rhythm role with the violin as the melodic lead.
Tom Flaherty was one of the collaborators whose newest 2018 work, "Time's Up," was the opening piece of the show.
"It's a reflection of the times we live with a lot of turmoil and a lot disagreement and a lot of political upheaval, and the piece though tries to concentrate on the hopeful aspects of people coming together to try to solve those conflicts," said Flaherty, who teaches at Pomona College.
The technicality of the instrument was not ignored as the ensemble showcased a flurry of notes, trills and tremolo runs through the pieces during the show.
Other pieces included multiple movements showcasing the pianos in many playing styles.
Third-year music education student Marissa Aronson was one of the performers.
"It was pretty good. I had to audition; [the songs] were assigned to us," Aronson said.
Third-year finance major Jeffrey Sweede was also part of the show.
"['Rhapysody in Blue'] has a jazz style. I love playing jazz music and I'm part of the Jazz Ensemble here at Cal Poly Pomona and this classical piece is very in jazz style," Sweede said.
For more information on the Department of Music's upcoming events, visit its university website, cpp.edu/~class/music/.


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Exclusive Video | El Rey Network's 'Way of the Turkey' Kung-Fu Marathon
by Blair Marnell Nov 24th, 2015
In martial arts films, there is often the Way of the Tiger, and the Way of the Dragon. But this Thanksgiving, El Rey Network is once again embracing the Way of the Turkey!
El Rey's second annual Way of the Turkey marathon will begin on Thursday, November 26, and it will run for four straight days with 25 classic Kung-fu films shown back-to-back.
Shannon Lee – the daughter of the legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee – and Lucha Underground's Dario Cueto will be hosting select movies during the Way of the Turkey marathon. To get everyone in the Kung-fu mood, CraveOnline is proud to premiere this exclusive Way of the Turkey promo video from El Rey!
The Way of the Turkey marathon will kick off with Ten Tigers of Kwangtung on Thursday, November 26 at 6am before coming to an end on Sunday, November 29 at 4am with House of Traps.
Here's the complete list of the included films in alphabetical order.
"The 36th Chamber of Shaolin"
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge. In a short period of time he masters the deadly use of his fists, feet and palms, along with such weapons as swords, sticks, and lances. With his learning complete, he takes on the Manchus.
"The Big Boss"
Hosted by Shannon Lee & Dario Cueto
A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.
"Challenge of the Masters"
Teenager Wong Fei-hung is sent to train in the art of hung gar kung fu from his father's teacher, Luk Ah-choy. With training complete, Wong must fight an assassin and regain the honor of his school.
"Clan of the White Lotus"
A martial artist learns special skills to exact revenge from a group of fighters that killed his friends.
"Come Drink With Me"
A group of bandits kidnaps the governor's son and demands their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange.
"Crippled Avengers"
Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his idiot pupil.
"Executioners from Shaolin"
Hosted by Dario Cueto
A couple unite – she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Bai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from his father's training manual.
"The Five Deadly Venoms"
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung fu.
"Five Fingers of Death"
Promising young student Chi-Hao is sent away to train under a new master in order that he may be able to win a martial arts tournament and thus prevent the local thugs from getting the power and prestige that would come were they to win it.
"Fist of Fury (AKA The Chinese Connection)"
Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) has left his homeland of China and relocated to stay with family in Thailand. Chen, who swore to his mother that he would avoid violence in his new life and even wears a necklace to remind himself of this oath, is tested when he confronts trouble at his job. When he finds out the factory he works at is a cover for a drug ring, and his family members are murdered by members of the gang, he can avoid fighting no more and decides to confront his corrupt boss.
"The Flying Guillotine"
Chen Kuan-tai battles assassins that use a deadly, beheading weapon to kill dissidents. Based on true events, the film's weapon was completely fabricated because in real life, no one ever survived to tell what the weapon actually looked like.
Hosted by Shannon Lee
An actor (Bruce Lee) shot by gangsters fakes his death, has plastic surgery and seeks kung-fu revenge.
"House of Traps"
From the great Chang Cheh comes this highly sought after action spectacular about a team of skilled fighters navigating a house rigged with an array of ingenious and deadly traps.
"Legendary Weapons of China"
A band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens its existence.
"One-Armed Swordsman"
A betrayed kung fu student retreats to live a peaceful existence, until duty forces him to learn a deadly new fighting style and return to a world of violence and vengeance.
"Opium and the Kung-Fu Master"
Opium and the Kung-Fu Master is a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Tang Chia, who also serves as one of the film's action directors, and stars Ti Lung as the titular protagonist.
"Ten Tigers of Kwangtung"
Assassins stalk a group of martial-arts students whose fathers risked their lives to save a revolutionary years before.
China 1925, a man returns to track down a kill the men who murdered his brother.
"Way of the Dragon"
A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.
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Later someone looked smart and gentle personality, entered who was a tutor, when he started introducing himself, was an amazing guy. The way he expressed on topic, why people need to develop this public speaking skills is simply great. Even though, we were only three people in a seminar room, his power in voice is enough to influence us, smiling all the time, eloquently speaking enough to draw our attention. Two hours passed by, but felt as if to listen him on and on. He completely mesmerized us with his speaking talent and encouraged us to attend with his course costs fees and time tables.
I joined a class, and it had wonderful feelings to me. After first course, I am feeling a powerful person now. Training from a person makes a trainee more capable than reading from a book. I experienced a practice in front of a noble trainer, who was there to guide me. It was everyday two hours of speaking training, slowly the words and sentences started to flow better smoothly and always wait to chance to give a speech. He said to practice it every day to be a very good speaker.


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Sport is an important part of Paekākāriki School and includes swimming, hockey, tennis, rugby, football, netball, basketball and athletics. In addition, students are able to come to school with their bicycles, scooters and roller skates and ride them at lunchtime.


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Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup.

Personal and early life
Purav Raja grew up in Mumbai and began playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He cites indoor carpet as his preferred surface, with his favourite shot being the drop shot. Raja was educated at Millfield in Somerset.

Raja is very active in the Ananda Ashran orphanage and The Fellowship of the Physically Handicapped in Mumbai. He splits his training between Mumbai and Bromley.

Professional career

Early years
Raja turned pro in year 2005. He started with ITF tour finding negligible success in singles but continued to excel in doubles. In year 2007 he started emerging as a doubles specialist as he went on to win 4 ITF titles. He followed his success in year 2008 with four more ITF doubles titles. The same year he reached his first ATP Challenger doubles final at New Delhi Challenger 4 partnering with compatriot Rohan Gajjar. He won his first doubles ATP Challenger title at 2009 Karshi Challenger with his Australian Partner Sadik Kadir.

2010–2012
From year 2010 Raja started finding consistent success at ATP Challenger tour. In year 2010 he reached four Challenger finals and won a title at 2010 Dunlop World Challenge in Tokyo with partner Treat Conrad Huey.
In 2011 Raja reached three challenger finals winning one of it at 2011 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi.
His performance dipped slightly in 2012. He reached only two Challenger finals and could not win a title after three successful years.

2013: Breakthrough, First ATP world tour title
In February, Raja made his Davis Cup debut against Korea. He partnered with Indian doubles legend Leander Paes and won his debut tie.

2013 proved to be breakthrough year for Raja. He played most of the season with his most successful partner Divij Sharan. The pair performed consistently and reached 5 Challenger finals winning a title at Kyoto Challenger, Japan.
Raja and Divij found their biggest success by winning their first ATP world tour title at 2013 Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia. They defeated second-seed French-Dutch combination of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling in the finals.

They also entered qualifying draw at 2013 Wimbledon Championships and successfully qualified for main draw. They lost in first round to Nicholas Monroe and Simon Stadler. This was the first match at a Grand Slam event for both Raja and Divij.

As a result of good run Raja entered top 100 rankings for the first time in his career. He also finished year inside top 100 doubles rankings at 90.

2014
Raja's performance dipped a bit in year 2014. He could reach only two Challenger finals winning only one title. He won the title with Divij Sharan at Kyoto Challenger in Japan. His performance at ATP world tour level was also poor with his best finish as a semifinal appearance at Zagreb Indoors. As a result, his rankings fell out of top 100 and he finished year at 130.

2015
Raja started season on strong note. He reached to semifinals at Chennai Open. In February, he partnered with Fabrice Martin and made to the finals at Zagreb Indoors. This was Raja's second ATP world tour level final. They lost to second seeds Marin Draganja and Henri Kontinen in the finals.
But after strong performance at ATP world tour level Raja started to struggle with his form. He could make it to only one Challenger final in first half of the season. He made good comeback in second half. He won a title at Portorož Challenger and made it to the finals at Hua Hin Challenger. He finished the year at no. 93 ranking in doubles.

2016: Second ATP world tour title
2016 proved to be very good year for Raja. He played for most part of the year with compatriot Divij Sharan and together they reached 6 ATP Challenger finals winning 4 of it. They won titles at Manchester Trophy Challenger, Aegon Surbiton Trophy, Open Castilla y León and Pune Challenger. The pair also won their second ATP world tour title at Los Cabos Open, Mexico. They defeated pair of Jonathan Erlich and Ken Skupski in the finals.

In Grand Slams, Raja played his first ever match of French Open main draw along with Ivo Karlovic of Croatia. But they crashed out in the opening round of the men's doubles event. The duo lost 1–6, 2–6 to ninth seeded Polish-Austrian pair of Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya.

2017
Raja continued his good form in year 2017. He started the new season on strong note by reaching to his fourth ATP world tour final at 2017 Chennai Open with partner Divij Sharan. In an all Indian final they lost to the team of Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.

He reached three Challenger finals and won all of it. He won Bordeaux Challenger with Divij. In November, he won back to back titles in two consecutive weeks at Knoxville and Champaign with Leander Paes.

This was the first year in Raja's career where he played in main draw of all four Grand Slams. He played with Divij Sharan in first three slams of the year and partnered with Leander Paes for US Open. He crashed out in opening round at Australian Open, reached third round at French Open and lost in second round at Wimbledon and US Open.

In September, Raja played his second Davis Cup match with Rohan Bopanna in world group play-offs against Canada. But they lost to pair of Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil.

Raja reached his career best ranking of 52 on 17 July 2017 and finished the year with doubles ranking of 60.

2018
Raja registered his best result at Australian Open by reaching third round. His partner at the event was Leander Paes.

Raja reached four ATP Challenger finals in 2018. He won two titles at Amex-Istanbul Challenger and Wolffkran Open while finishing as runner-up at Play in Challenger and Bengaluru Open.

On ATP tour he reached only two semifinals and had first round exit at 10 events. At the lack of poor performance on ATP world tour, he finished year at ranking of 90.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Challenger finals

Doubles: 44 (21–23)

Doubles performance timeline

''Updated through the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
Indian male tennis players
People educated at Millfield

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Miles Okazaki (* 18. Dezember 1974 in Pullman, Washington) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazzgitarrist und Komponist.

Leben und Wirken
Okazaki wuchs in Port Townsend im Nordwesten der USA auf. Ab 1997 lebte er in New York City, wo er an der Harvard University, der Manhattan School of Music und der Juilliard School unter anderem bei Rodney Jones, Kenny Barron, Manny Albam und Anthony Davis studierte. Seitdem arbeitet er in der dortigen Jazzszene u. a. mit Stanley Turrentine, Lenny Pickett, Kenny Barron, Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Ohad Talmor und Jane Monheit (Taking a Chance on Love, 2004). Bei der Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition war er 2005 Finalist.

Ab Anfang der 2000er-Jahre betätigte er sich auch als Komponist für kleinere Ensembles. 2007 nahm er sein Debütalbum Mirror auf (u. a. mit Christof Knoche; in erweiterter Besetzung u. a. mit David Binney und der Vokalistin Jen Shyu entstand 2008 Generations). Bei seiner Produktion Figurations (Sunnyside, 2012) spielte er mit Miguel Zenón, Thomas Morgan und Dan Weiss. 2017 legte er das Album Trickster (Pi) vor. Ende 2018 veröffentlichte er eine 6-CD-Box, auf der er alle 70 Stücke von Thelonious Monk eingespielt hat. 2019 lieferte er mit einem Solo-Programm mit Monk-Titeln auf dem JazzFest Berlin eines der interessantesten Konzerte. Mitte 2020 erschien das Album Trickster's Dream, das er mit Matt Mitchell (auf dessen Album Phalanx Ambassadors (2019) er zu hören war), Anthony Tidd und Sean Rickman eingespielt hatte. 2022 legte er mit seiner Gruppe Trickster das Album Thisness (Pi Recordings) vor.

Zu hören ist Okazaki u. a. auch auf * Ohad Talmors Long Forms (2020), Amir ElSaffars The Other Shore (2021), Adam Rudolphs Resonant Bodies (2021) und Jon Irabagons Rising Sun (2022). Er lebt in Brooklyn.

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Hong Kong students holding slogans at Everest were stopped by tourists and alerted to the police
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According to Hong Kong media, most of the young people involved are university students. It is reported that the university has contacted their families to find out about the situation and try its best to provide assistance. HKU has also indicated that it is liaising with relevant departments for details and assistance.
A spokesman for the University of Hong Kong responded that eight of the 10 young people known to be involved were Hong Kong University students, one was a science student and the other was a student from another local university in Hong Kong. Principal Zhang Xiang has sent an e-mail to the relevant departments for inquiry. According to the relevant departments in mainland China, the safety of students is being investigated according to the procedure.


Mao Kai's painting embodies classic traits of the modern society of China; idealism, formed by a dynamic conflict of the conceptual gap between planned economy and market economy. Coming out of a career in the advertising industry, Kai is well versed in the pull between these two poles.
Whilst advertising is said to be genetically related to art, as time goes by, the two have gone in opposite directions and Kai uses his reflections on this to inform the direction of his oil paintings. If the production of advertising is still connected to artistic skill, originality in advertising is the expression of art as concept.
Whilst firmly based in the realm of Surrealism, Mao Kai purposefully downplays the often intense conceptual voice present in such a painting, preferring to express the conceptual side more subtly over series of works, as was favoured in the high-concept print advertising of previous decades.
For his first UK exhibition, Mao Kai presents a series of new portraitures entitled Superior Animals.
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Early Season Events
Random And Not-So Random Thoughts On Many 2012 Early Season Tournaments
By CDobbertean@ChrisDobbertean Updated Nov 7, 2012, 6:42pm EST
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Editor's Note: I interrupt this Olympic blogging with some college basketball content. Thank you.
On Thursday, much to my surprise (since there has been a bit more hype and even ESPNews special programming over the past couple of seasons), ESPN revealed the brackets for the early season tournaments appearing on its various channels during November and December. These announcements came just as I was wrapping up a post outlining how I'd bracket these events if I was in charge. (Yes, I realize that's even sadder than regular old Bracketology.)
Since those fields are out, I obviously had to chuck that post. While I updated the Early Season Tournaments and Events page almost immediately after the announcements, it's taken me this long to come up with some reaction. To replace the post I deleted, I've decided to modify the content to create a couple of entries that go through each event recapping the NCAA and NIT fates of each tournament's respective fields from last season, listing some facts about the 2012 fields, and sharing some thoughts on the teams to watch.
Today's first post focuses on the traditional eight-team (or 12 in the case of Maui) bracketed events. Post two will look at the campus-site/neutral-site hybrid events. Since a few of those tournaments' pairings have yet to be finalized, that entry will come at a later date and will likely feature a slightly different focus.
I'll run through the tournaments in rough chronological order after the jump, starting with one that released its bracket some time ago and will actually air on a Fox-owned network instead of an ESPN one.
Paradise Jam
Nov. 16-19: Charlotte Amalie, VI: University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center
In 2011: Two rather unique and unexpected things happened in the 2011 Paradise Jam. The first was an occurrence that should serve as an example to all bracketed tournaments that decide to allow teams to add a fourth campus-site game. Marquette won a home game over Norfolk State (remember them?) by 31. A week later, the two teams met again for the championship, thanks to Spartan wins over Drexel (without Chris Fouch) and TCU, with the Golden Eagles picking up a second win, by just one.
Secondly, the three teams from last year's Paradise Jam field that made the NCAAs all incredibly ended up in the same half of the West Region bracket ... and all of them lost to Florida. The Gators defeated Virginia in the Second Round, Norfolk State in the Third, and Marquette in the Regional Semifinal. So, really, my alma mater should be the true owner of the 2011 Paradise Jam trophy. (Kidding, Marquette fans.)
Drexel and Mississippi ended up in the NIT, where the Dragons' run ended in the quarterfinals at the hands of Massachusetts and the Rebels fell at the first hurdle, at home against Illinois State in overtime.
Field Facts: UConn returns to the Virgin Islands looking to repeat its 2008 championship. Thanks to the APR penalties imposed on the Huskies, this is the only trophy Jim Calhoun's team can claim this season -- except for the Big East regular season title. Iona also participated in four years ago, finishing sixth. Meanwhile, UIC finished in last place the season before.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): Mercer (A-Sun) vs. George Mason (CAA); UIC (Horizon) vs. New Mexico (MWC); Wake Forest (ACC) vs. Connecticut (Big East); Quinnipiac (Northeast) vs. Iona (MAAC)
Thoughts: Unusually for an event that features five teams below the Red Line, the organizers paired two Power Conference teams in the quarterfinals -- UConn and Wake Forest --which is a testament to how mightily the Demon Deacons are struggling at the moment. Favorites New Mexico and UConn, along with fellow 2012 NCAA team Iona, should all find themselves in the winners' bracket. George Mason should be favored for the fourth spot, but the Patriots will have a devil with a time against Mercer, who won the CollegeInsider Tournament title last season.
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Nov. 15, 16, 18: Bayamon: Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez
In 2011: The 2011 field featured three-quarters of the previous season's NIT semifinalists, all of whom bettered their postseason placing in 2012. Alabama, Colorado, and Wichita State joined Iona, Purdue, and Temple in the NCAAs, but only the Boilermakers and Buffaloes managed to win a game. The Crimson Tide topped Purdue for the championship, defeating Maryland and Wichita State -- the team they fell to in the 2011 NIT Final -- along the way.
Field Facts: The host Big East didn't provide a team in 2011, but the conference is back this season with Providence, who lost to Miami in the first-ever Puerto Rico final in 2007. Oklahoma State and Tennessee both participated in the 2008 Old Spice Classic but did not meet. N.C. State and Penn State were in the same half of the bracket of the 2007 edition of that tournament, but also did not meet. N.C. State will host UNC Asheville in this tournament's lone non-bracketed game.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): Akron (MAC) vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12); UNC Asheville (Big South) vs. Tennessee (SEC); N.C. State (ACC) vs. Penn State (Big Ten); UMass (A-10) vs. Providence (Big East)
Thoughts: This tournament is set up for a Tennessee-N.C. State final, though a Volunteer win over defending Big South champ UNC Asheville (ask Syracuse) on Thursday isn't a given, and a Friday semifinal win isn't a given either. UMass can serve early notice on an already competitive Atlantic 10 by performing well in the Caribbean, a definite possibility given the draw. They won't fear power conference strugglers Providence or Penn State, and N.C. State may not have point guard Lorenzo Brown, who is recovering from knee surgery, at 100 percent this early in the season.
Charleston Classic
Nov. 15, 16, 18: Charleston, SC; Carolina First Arena
In 2011: Just one team from last season's field made it into the NCAAs, and VCU needed to win the CAA title to ensure its place. The Rams didn't duplicate their run to the 2011 Final Four, but they did manage to top Wichita State in their opening game. Shaka Smart's club actually finished in 7th place in Charleston, defeating Western Kentucky by five before beating the Hilltoppers again in Bowling Green in a non-bracketed game three nights later. Tournament champion Northwestern, runner-up Seton Hall, third-place St. Joseph's, and fifth-place finisher LSU all ended up in the NIT.
Field Facts: Baylor was supposed to participate in this tournament in 2011, but decided to reschedule for this year. Murray State visits Dayton on December 22, so ESPN placed them on opposite sides of the bracket here. The Racers handled the Flyers handily in Kentucky last season. The College of Charleston returns to its home tournament for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2008. That marks a return for the host Southern Conference, who didn't enter a team in 2011. Auburn will face Boston College and Baylor will take on College of Charleston in a pair of non-bracketed games, so those four teams take advantage of the "four games for the price of one" portion of the exempt tournament rules.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): Baylor (Big 12) vs. Boston College (ACC); Dayton (Atlantic 10) vs. Colorado (Big 12); St. John's (Big East) at College of Charleston (SoCon); Murray State (OVC) vs. Auburn (SEC)
Thoughts: It would be a bit of a surprise if Baylor and Murray State, two of the three 2012 NCAA teams in the field, did not meet for the championship. The Bears' former Big 12 rivals from Colorado appear to be their biggest hurdle on the way to the showcase game, but the Buffaloes themselves face a tough test on Day One, as they take on a Dayton team that always seems to pull an upset or two early in the season. On the other side of the bracket, the Racers will get to see how much Tony Barbee's Tigers have improved in the quarterfinals before facing a test against either Steve Lavin's very young and very talented Red Storm or the hosts, always dangerous on John Kresse Court, on Friday.
Maui Invitational
Nov. 19, 20, 21: Lahaina, HI; Lahaina Civic Center
In 2011: If Kentucky (2010 Maui runner-up and 2012 NCAA champion) and Connecticut (2011 NCAA and 2010 Maui champ) had delayed their trips by just a season, 2011's marquee field would have been even more formidable. Still last November's edition was loaded with big names and in the end, Duke toppled eventual national runner-up Kansas in the final. Oddly enough, the Jayhawks and Georgetown were the only teams out of the five Maui NCAA squads that won a game in the Dance. Duke, Memphis, and Michigan all fell at the first hurdle. Tennessee earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT, primarily due to financial reasons, but ended up falling to Middle Tennessee --a participant in the inaugural set of "Maui on the Mainland" games -- in the second round. Take that NIT Selection Committee and your financially-biased bracketing!
Field Facts: North Carolina has won this tournament in each of its last three appearances (1999, 2004, 2008). Texas finished third in its last appearance, as the Longhorns missed a final date with the Tar Heels thanks to a one-point loss at the hands of Notre Dame in '08. Marquette and Illinois last appeared in 2007 when the Golden Eagles were runners-up to Duke and the Fighting Illini topped Oklahoma State for third. Illinois' best finish was second place in 2000. Butler and Mississippi State both participated in the 2010 Diamond Head Classic, but the two did not meet.
Of the four Mainland teams who will play in the on-campus round, Elon (SoCon) is the only one which will not play four games. As a consolation, the Phoenix will host Colgate (Patriot), Coppin State (MEAC), and Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt) for two days before Thanksgiving.
Bracket (Top to Bottom): Butler (A-10) vs. Marquette (Big East); Mississippi State (SEC) vs. North Carolina (ACC); Texas (Big 12) vs. Chaminade (Division II, PacWest); USC (Pac-12) vs. Illinois (Big Ten)
Thoughts: North Carolina will enter this tournament as a heavy favorite to make it four wins in four straight trips to Maui, but as Marquette shares the Tar Heels' bracket, the Golden Eagles will be hard pressed to better their 2007 runner-up finish. The presence of 2010 and 2011 national runner-up Butler, a team looking to make a statement after a difficult 2011-12 season, makes the top half of the bracket super-competitive. As for the bottom half, Texas looks like a good bet to cause some ripples after a rather mediocre 2011-12 campaign, while USC will look to show that last season's struggles are behind them, a feat that's possible thanks to an infusion of talent and the return of Jio Fontan and Dewayne Dedmon from injuries. Illinois, like Mississippi State in the top half, will look to impress its new coach, and any upsets those two can pull here will boost them the rest of the way. Chaminade, meanwhile, is Chaminade, a likely bet to go 0 and 3.
Old Spice Classic
Nov. 22, 23, 25: Lake Buena Vista, FL; HP Field House
In 2011: It was not a vintage year for the oldest of the ESPN-owned events, as not a single entrant qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Champion Dayton and runners-up Minnesota ended up in the NIT, where the Golden Gophers finished second. Who knows what Tubby Smith's team would have done the rest of the way (and in the rest of last season's final for that matter) had Trevor Mbakwe not gone down in the first half with a torn ACL.
Field Facts: Gonzaga, Marist, and West Virginia are all making return trips to Walt Disney World. The Mountaineers lost to Arkansas in the first ever final in 2006, while the Red Foxes finished third in the same event. Gonzaga won the 2008 tournament. UTEP topped Clemson in the first round of the 2011 Diamond Head Classic, and they could meet again on Friday in Lake Buena Vista. Gonzaga hosts West Virginia in the Tip-Off Marathon in a non-bracketed game, a rematch of the Bulldogs' Second Round NCAA win in Columbus. Davidson, Vanderbilt, and West Virginia all participated -- and shared a half of the bracket -- in the 2010 Puerto Rico Tip-Off, where the Mountaineers defeated the Commodores in a semifinal en route to a runner-up finish. In fact, all three teams finished with a 2-1 record. Those three will once again be in the top half here.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): West Virginia (Big 12) vs. Marist (MAAC); Vanderbilt (SEC) vs. Davidson (Southern); UTEP (C-USA) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12); Clemson (ACC) vs. Gonzaga (WCC)
Thoughts: As the Mountaineers now share a conference with Oklahoma and a West Virginia-Gonzaga game was already scheduled, this field was relatively easy to bracket. However, a third meeting between the Mountaineers and Bulldogs in a calendar year is a strong possibility. In the top half of the bracket, look for SoCon favorite and legit at-large threat Davidson to be WVU's biggest hurdle, as Vanderbilt lost quite a bit of firepower after last season's Tournament defeat to Wisconsin. As for the bottom half, Gonzaga will be challenged by a trio of teams that had middling seasons last year and who will be looking to pick up an early marquee win to launch themselves toward an improved 2012-13 campaign, and maybe even an NCAA bid.
Anaheim Classic
Nov. 22, 23, 25: Anaheim, CA; Anaheim Arena
In 2011: Much like its East Coast counterpart, the 2011 Anaheim Classic didn't quite live up to previous editions. However, fans at Anaheim Arena did see a pair of NCAA teams three times, as champions Saint Louis and fifth-place finisher New Mexico qualified and won a game each. Disappointingly, none of the six remaining teams even managed to qualify for the NIT.
Field Facts: St. Mary's is the only previous Anaheim participant making a return trip -- the Gaels finished in 5th place in 2008. Randy Bennett's team will be conference rivals with Pacific next season, and the Tigers will represent the host Big West in their final season in the league. Xavier was originally headed to the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, but a scheduling conflict -- the Musketeers face new A-10 rival Butler in a non-conference game during the Tip-Off Marathon -- sees them heading West. Drake and Drexel were both in the 2011 Paradise Jam, but they did not meet.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): Pacific (Big West) vs. Xavier (A-10); Drexel (CAA) vs. St. Mary's (WCC); Rice (C-USA) vs. Georgia Tech (ACC); Drake (MVC) vs. California (Pac-12)
Thoughts: The top half is a mid-on-mid crime spree waiting to happen, which could quite possibly damage the at-large hopes of the trio of teams that don't reach the final. I'm a bit surprised ESPN didn't vary things up a bit, especially as Rice and Georgia Tech, who both sit above the Red Line and in the bottom half of this field, are arguably not worthy of a semifinal place. That or they just gave the job of bracketing the event to Jay Bilas. Given its path, if Cal doesn't reach the final out of the bottom half, it would, in my opinion, be the most stunning result from any early season tournament. Winning the trophy will be a different story for the Golden Bears, though. Drexel, St. Mary's, and Xavier will all be looking to pull a November upset for their March profiles.
Great Alaska Shootout
Nov. 21-24: Anchorage; Sullivan Arena
In 2011: The days of power conference teams playing in Anchorage may have ended when St. John's beat Arizona State in the 2010 final, but last year's Shootout featured three NCAA teams, finalists Murray State and Southern Mississippi and third-place finisher New Mexico State. The Racers won a double overtime classic over the Golden Eagles to grab the trophy.
Field Facts: Surprisingly, there are plenty of teams making a repeat trip to Anchorage in this field of eight. None have won the title, but Northeastern lost to Iowa in the 1986 final, while Loyola Marymount fell to Cal in the 2006 championship game. The Lions finished sixth four years earlier. Texas State finished seventh in 1987, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State, and last in 2003 after losing to the hosts in the consolation semifinals. Oral Roberts finished third in 2005. Host UAA's best finish is 4th, most recently in 2010. Three teams in the field -- Belmont, Oral Roberts, and Texas State -- are in new conferences this year, while the Bobcats and Charlotte will be on the move in 2013-14. In fact, arriving Oral Roberts and departing Texas State just missed each other in the Southland this season.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): UC Riverside (Big West) vs. Northeastern (CAA); Belmont (OVC) at Alaska-Anchorage (Division II, GNAC); Loyola Marymount (WCC) vs. Oral Roberts (Southland); Texas State (WAC) vs. Charlotte (A-10)
Thoughts: Like the Paradise Jam, the Great Alaska Shootout does not air on ESPN (a major reason for its slide into relative obscurity), but after a few seasons of cobbling together a TV deal, the tournament moves back to a single channel, in this case the CBS Sports Network. As for the field, if this version of the Shootout was played last season, Belmont and Oral Roberts would be the clear favorites. They probably still are, but the door is open for the other six, as the Bruins and Golden Eagles both lost significant amounts of talent to graduation. Northeastern, which has a chance to surprise in the CAA this season, and Loyola Marymount, who caused plenty of headaches in the WCC in 2012, could be surprise finalists in this one.
Diamond Head Classic
Dec. 22, 23, 25: Honolulu; Stan Sheriff Center
In 2011: Three participants made it to the NCAAs. Xavier, who finished in seventh place, in no small part to the after effects of the team's now infamous brawl with Cincinnati Bearcats, actually got the furthest of the trio, as the Musketeers actually righted the ship and ended up in the Sweet 16. Champion Kansas State won its NCAA opener, while runner-up Long Beach State couldn't get past New Mexico in its Second Round game. Of the remaining five participants, none ended up in the NIT.
Field Facts: Host Hawai'i just moved into the Big West from the WAC and San Diego State will join them next year, as the Aztecs are preparing to depart the Mountain West. ETSU was a late addition to the field, replacing Texas Tech. Arizona set up a home-and-home with the Red Raiders after their withdrawal.
Bracket (Top To Bottom): Mississippi (SEC) vs. Indiana State (MVC); San Diego State (MWC) vs. San Francisco (WCC); Arizona (Pac-12) vs. ETSU (Atlantic Sun); Miami (ACC) at Hawai'i (Big West)
Thoughts: Arizona and San Diego State met last season in Tucson, will meet again next year at Aztec Mesa (see the schedule link in "Field Facts" above), and will be favorites to meet for the championship here. In the top half of the draw, the Aztecs stiffest challenge should come from NIT team Ole Miss in a potential semifinal, but Steve Fisher's team will have to get past a 20-win San Francisco team first. Miami, a potential ACC sleeper, will threaten Arizona in the bottom half, though the Hurricanes face the challenge of opening the tournament against the host Warriors, who have a 5-4 record in this event.
As a bonus, I'm closing this post with a projection for the yet-to-be released bracket for what should be the biggest early season tournament of 2012, the Battle 4 Atlantis. The official announcement will come Thursday.
Battle 4 Atlantis
Nov. 22, 23, 24: Atlantis Resort, Bahamas
Teams: Duke (ACC), Louisville (Big East), Memphis (C-USA), Minnesota (Big Ten), Missouri (SEC), Northern Iowa (MVC), Stanford (Pac-12), VCU (A-10)
In 2011: Harvard and UCF catapulted into the national consciousness with runs to the final, grabbing semifinal wins over Florida State and Connecticut Huskies, respectively. The champion Crimson joined the Seminoles, Huskies, and seventh-place finisher UNC-Asheville Bulldogs in the NCAAs. However, Florida State was the only team out of the quartet to win a game in the tournament. UCF fell in the first round of the NIT.
Field Facts: Since this event is only in its second year, history is obviously limited in terms of previous appearances. Note that Duke and Memphis avoided each other in Maui in 2011 and, Louisvilles visit the Tigers on December 15. Stanford drubbed Minnesota in the 2012 NIT final. According to Memphis', the event will add an on-campus round featuring mid-majors this season. The Tigers host Samford from the Southern Conference. I'm sure more teams will be announced
How I'd Bracket The Field: This field is the most loaded one of the season, as Duke, Louisville, and Memphis should be in the preseason Top 10 and the other five teams are all serious NCAA contenders, at least. Obviously the Tigers and Cardinals will be on opposite sides of the bracket, meaning Memphis will likely face Duke in the semifinals, provided both make it. Missouri would be an interesting matchup for Louisville on the other side. Given the quality among the rest of the field, all four favorites will be challenged in the quarterfinals. Northern Iowa would be able to make an instant impact nationally by upsetting Louisville; Missouri-VCU would be an entertaining matchup of two teams that play a similar style; Minnesota will have Trevor Mbakwe back to face Memphis (and potentially Stanford later in what could be the second consecutive NIT championship rematch in an early season tournament). Meanwhile, a Mike Krzyzewski vs. Johnny Dawkins quarterfinal was too good to pass up.
That means my projected bracket looks like this...
Which of these tournaments are you the most excited about? What teams do you think can make some early national noise? Who will surprise/disappoint?
Editor's Note: And now back to our regularly scheduled Olympics posting, at some point in the coming days.


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M2 MacBook lineup for 2022 leaked: Here's what you need to know
Published Feb 21st, 2022 7:31AM EST
Image: Christian de Looper for BGR
Various sources have claimed in the past few weeks that Apple will soon unveil the first MacBook Pro to feature the M2 System-on-Chip (SoC). The 2022 M2 MacBook Pro will launch alongside other new devices this spring, including the iPhone SE 3 and iPad Air 5. But despite getting the latest Apple processor for Macs, the new MacBook Pro will not outperform the 2021 models that launched with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips inside. It will not even feature the new "notch" design that Apple introduced last fall for the MacBook Pro series.
That might sound puzzling at first, but a new report from a well-known Apple insider sheds more light on Apple's Mac strategy going forward. The MacBook Pro will not be the only new Mac to run on the new M2 SoC this year. However, the most powerful M-series chips will still be part of the M1 series.
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Apple's switch to M-series chips
There's no question that Apple's pivot to its own silicon has been a significant success for the company. Apple announced about two years ago that all of its Macs would run on M-series SoCs in a couple of years. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman explained in his Power On newsletter how Apple plans to complete the switch from Intel to Apple M chips.
The M2 MacBook Pro will be just one of the Macs that Apple will launch this year, featuring a custom chip from Apple. In total, Apple plans to launch seven new Macs featuring M1 and M2 SoC variations.
To recap, Apple started in late 2020 with the first M1-series chip that powered the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The M1 performance and efficiency reviews were so good that Intel launched a massive anti-Apple ad campaign it ran for most of 2021. Then, Apple used the M1 inside the 2021 iMac and iPad Pro models.
In late 2021, Apple released the M1 Pro and M1 Max versions alongside the redesigned MacBook Pro models. These SoC are even more powerful than the regular M1, and they've been even more impressive in reviews. The arrival of the Pro and Max also indicated that Apple has a specific naming convention in place for the evolution of the Apple M-series chips.
Gurman's report further explains how Apple plans to use these SoC generations in its products. The M2 might be the next-gen chip, but it will not outperform the M1 Max and Pro. The latter will still be the SoC of choice for any Mac with a "Pro" particle in the name. All entry-level computers coming in 2022 from Apple will get the M2 SoC.
Apple MacBook Pro M1 Pro version. Image source: Christian de Looper for BGR
The M2 MacBooks and Macs coming in 2022
Gurman says that the MacBook transition to Apple silicon "will shift into high gear" in 2022, with the help of these M-series SoC versions:
A new M2 chip
Last year's M1 Pro and M1 Max chips
Super-powered versions of the M1 Max
Apple will likely introduce the first M2 MacBooks on March 8th, when the company plans to unveil the first hardware products of the year. At least one Mac will join the 5G iPhone SE and new iPad Air during the event. Also, Apple has already listed three new Mac models with the Russian version of the FCC. One of them is going to be a laptop.
Gurman listed the following MacBook and Mac models he expects Apple to unveil during 2022:
A new Mac mini with an M1 Pro chip
A 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip, to succeed the 2020 model and sit below the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro in the line
A Mac mini with an M2 chip
A 24-inch iMac with an M2 chip
A redesigned MacBook Air with an M2 chip
A larger iMac Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max chip options
A half-sized Mac Pro, the first with Apple Silicon, with the equivalent of either two
or four M1 Max chips
Apple MacBook Pro 2021 Notch. Image source: Christian de Looper for BGR
Understanding the M2 upgrade
Gurman said that he expects the current entry-level MacBook Pro and Mac mini to see upgrades to M2 first. The iMac Pro launch isn't too distant either, Gurman added. Previous reports said that Apple plans to bring back the iMac Pro all-in-one. But the new desktop will not necessarily launch during the March 8th event. Gurman says Apple might unveil the 2022 iMac Pro at WWDC in June and ship it in the fall.
The M2 MacBook Air will come with a brand new design. The redesigned MacBook should launch in late 2022, in time for the holiday shopping season.
Gurman explains that the M2 chips will be faster than the M1 series, but it'll feature the same eight-core CPU architecture. The GPU might see a bump from seven or eight cores to nine or 10.
The Mac Pro chips will come in two flavors based on the M1 Max chips. One version will double the M1 Max capabilities. The other will quadruple it. That means 20 CPU cores and 64 GPU cores for the former, and 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores for the latter.
The M2 Pro and M2 Max versions will only drop in 2023, Gurman speculates. Once that happens, a new M3 SoC might arrive. That SoC will likely power all Macs that aren't "Pros."
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Footballers seek compensation for "GDPR violating" performance data trading
Letter threatening legal action against 17 firms that use trade player data claims the practice violates EU data protection law
by: Bobby Hellard
Hundreds of football players have threatened to take legal action against companies that use their performance data, claiming this practice is in violation of GDPR.
850 players, led by former Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade, have demanded compensation for the trading of their data over the past six years, according to the BBC.
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The data is a mixture of statistics, such as goals-per-game and physical information like a player's height, all of which is being harvested and used by 17 unnamed data collection, betting and entertainment firms, according to letters sent by Slade and the players.
Slade has previously expressed concern around the collection of performance data, and his legal team said the fact players do not receive payment for the unlicensed use of their data is actually in violation of GDPR. This could fall under Article 4 of the legislation where "personal data" refers to a range of identifiable information, such as physical attributes, location data or physiological information.
Although the letter has been sent to an initial 17 firms, Slade's Global Sports Data and Technology Group has actually highlighted more than 150 companies it believes have misused this type of data. If legal action is taken and the group is successful, it could herald sweeping changes for a multi-billion pound industry.
Slade's work here seems mostly for the benefit of lower league players - those outside of the lucrative Premier League - with the practice potentially affecting both the men's and women's game.
"It's incredible where it's used," Slade said to the BBC. "On one player, and I'm not talking about a Premier League player or even a Championship player, there were some 7,000 pieces of information on one individual player at a lower league football club.
"There are companies that are taking that data and processing that data without the individual consent of that player. A big part of our journey has been looking at that ecosystem and plotting out where that data starts, who are processing it, where it finishes and that's a real global thing. It's making football - and all sports - aware of the implications and what needs to change."
Regardless of any legal action, footballers should invest in cyber security insurance with additional layers of data protection, according to Niamh Muldoon, global data protection officer at OneLogin.
"In reality, no footballer should be operating without it," Muldoon told IT Pro. "Along with employing a personal cyber security/data protection advisor who will alert them of the latest threats while they keep focused on playing football. This will help protect their data, as well as digital identity from misuse or abuse.
"A core component of this is having cyber security and data protection terms outlined in all contracts that their agent puts in front of them, allowing them to see transparently how their data is being collected, protected and used. This will aid them in making informed risk-based decisions when entering into contractual agreements."
This case raises interesting questions over what is personal data and to what extent can the individual protect it, according to Frank Jennings, a lawyer who specialises in cloud and GDPR-related cases.
"When a player in an organised club scores (or doesn't score), that becomes a statistic and is logged in the annals of the club and, for the more prominent clubs and players, is often reported as news," Jennings explained to IT Pro. "The fact a goal was scored is not of itself personal data, but it is when attributed to the player who scored. Organised clubs are usually played in front of fans and usually anyone can watch a match when they buy a ticket. Just because that personal data is in the public domain doesn't mean that GDPR doesn't apply. But player consent is not the only basis on which data may be processed. It may be possible to rely upon another ground such as legitimate interest or the exception of public interest. Players can usually prevent unauthorised exploitation of their image.
"We await to see whether they can protect statistical information too," Jennings added.


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Бородино — деревня в Кардымовском районе Смоленской области России. Входит в состав Берёзкинского сельского поселения. По состоянию на 2007 год постоянного населения не имеет.

Расположена в центральной части области в 6 км к северо-западу от Кардымова, в 8 км севернее автодороги  Смоленск — Дорогобуж — Вязьма — Зубцов, на берегу реки Хмость. В 9 км юго-восточнее деревни расположена железнодорожная станция Кардымово на линии Москва — Минск.

История
В годы Великой Отечественной войны деревня была оккупирована гитлеровскими войсками в августе 1941 года, освобождена в сентябре 1943 года.

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Explanation: In the left corner, wearing a red nucleus surrounded by blue spiral arms, is M81. In the right corner, sporting light stars and dark dust lanes, is M82. These two mammoth galaxies have been locked in gravitational combat for the past billion years. The gravity from each galaxy dramatically affects the other during each hundred million-year pass. Last go-round, M82's gravity likely raised circulating density waves rippling around M81 resulting in the richness of M81's spiral arms. M81, though, left M82 a messy pulp of exploded stars and colliding gas so violent it emits bright X-rays. In both galaxies, colliding gas has created a recent abundance of bright new stars. In a few billion years only one galaxy will remain.


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Cannabis Control Board tours cannabis farm in Erie County
Legal recreational sales of cannabis are expected to start in New York by the end of the year.
Author: Kelly Dudzik
Published: 6:35 PM EDT July 14, 2022
Updated: 6:35 PM EDT July 14, 2022
ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — With marijuana being legalized in New York State last year for recreational use, New York State's Cannabis Control Board has been working to create regulations so growers can begin their operations.
Now that those regulations are in place, we're getting our first look at a growing operation in the Southtowns.
Thursday, Cannabis Control Board members got their first look at some of the first product that will go to market when recreational sales are legal here in New York State later this year.
"When I heard Governor Hochul put it out there that the only people that can grow are hemp growers that did CBD, we sat with our team, which is my kids, this is a family business, and said we have a two year-window, we would be silly not to do it," state licensed cannabis grower Todd Giolando said.
Some of the cannabis at Giolando's farm will be ready for harvest in just five weeks, but it won't necessarily be able to be sold in five weeks. And that's because on Thursday, the Cannabis Control Board approved the application process for retail licenses.
2 On Your Side's Kelly Dudzik asked the Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management how the state is making sure the retail licenses are distributed evenly across the state.
"Part of the important work that the state is doing right now through our partners at the Dormitory Authority is helping to identify these locations, right? So they're going around right now identifying locations that'll be viable commercially and of course inherently incorporated in that is some dispersion of those locations so that everyone can be successful," said Chris Alexander, Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management.
The grower at the Erie County farm we visited on Thursday was growing hemp already, he still grows it, so he is hoping the same processor he uses for his hemp can be used for his cannabis.
Cannabis Control Board members told us on Thursday that they are still hoping the first retail sales happen before the end of the year.
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Is a New Bipartisan Bill Really a Blank Check for Endless War?
Senators Rand Paul, Bernie Sanders, and Jeff Merkley warn that proposed legislation to curb the president's war-making powers is woefully inadequate.
In other words, "everything except the power of military command resides in Congress," as the historian Jean Edward Smith has explained.
On Wednesday, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) held a hearing on the likely ramifications of Corker-Kaine, should it ever become law.
Last week's hearing by Sanders and Paul, as well as Merkley's proposed alternative, shows that, for now anyway, there are still lawmakers who take their role, and the Constitution, seriously.


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Šinjanga je jedna od 30 regija u Tanzaniji. Središte regije je u gradu Shinyangi.

Zemljopis
Regija Šinjanga nalazi se na sjeverozapadu Tanzanije, prostire se na 50.781 km². Susjedne tanzanijske regije su Kagera, Mara i Mwanza na sjeveru, Kigoma na zapadu,  Aruša i Manyara na istoku te Tabora i Singida na jugu.

Stanovništvo
Prema podacima iz 2002. godine u regiji živi 2.805.580 stanovnika dok je prosječna gustoća naseljenosti 55 stanovnika na km².

Podjela
Regija je podjeljena na osam distrikta:  Bariadi, Bukombe, Kahama, Kishapu, Maswa, Meatu, Šinjanga Rural i Shinyanga Urban.

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Regije Tanzanije


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Хосе́ба Андо́ни Эчебе́рриа Лиса́рди (; ) — испанский футболист, полузащитник. Почти всю карьеру провёл в клубе «Атлетик Бильбао». В настоящее время главный тренер клуба «Мирандес»

Биография
Хосеба начинал свою карьеру в другом баскском клубе — «Реал Сосьедад», после чего перешёл в «Атлетик» более чем за 3 млн евро в пересчёте на современные деньги. На тот момент это был самый дорогой трансфер игрока, не достигшего 18-ти лет, в испанском и баскском футболе.

В 1995 году стал лучшим бомбардиром молодёжного чемпионата мира, затем был взят в главную сборную страны, в составе которой играл на чемпионате мира 1998 года, а также на Евро 2000 и Евро 2004.

1 октября 2008 года Эчеберриа подписал новый контракт с «Атлетиком», согласно которому будет выступать за него в сезоне 2009/10 бесплатно.

15 мая 2010 года Хосеба Эчеберриа сыграл в своём последнем матче за родной «Атлетик» против «Депортиво», в этом матче он отличился голевой передачей, а позже на 77 минуте был заменён на Токеро.

Прощальный матч
25 мая 2010 года баски попрощались с легендой клуба Хосебой Эчеберрией — в прощальном матче ветерану «Атлетика» противостояли дети в количестве 200 человек. Несмотря на численное преимущество, дети не смогли одержать победу у игроков «Атлетика» и проиграли, забив 3 мяча и пропустив 5 мячей.

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Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте ФК «Атлетик Бильбао»

Футболисты Испании
Игроки сборной Испании по футболу
Игроки ФК «Реал Сосьедад B»
Игроки ФК «Реал Сосьедад»
Игроки ФК «Атлетик Бильбао»
Футбольные тренеры Испании
Тренеры ФК «Бильбао Атлетик»
Тренеры ФК «Мирандес»
Тренеры ФК «Тенерифе»


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« An archaic presidential qualification | 40-something Hillary Clinton should worry Democrats »
Dearth of 'systematic thinking' dooms debate
By Jon N. Hall
MSNBC host Chris Matthews recently asked Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton: "What's the difference between a socialist and a Democrat?" Clinton hemmed and hawed and groped for a response. Finally, Matthews restated his question, and Clinton then answered with this: "I can tell you what I am. I am a progressive Democrat."
If Matthews were nimbler and more of a journalist, he would have had a follow-up question: OK, what's the difference between a socialist and a progressive?
And the answer, of course, is…not much. After noting that Matthews had posed the same question to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hot Air's Ed Morrissey opined: "I'd be surprised if Matthews ever asks this question again in public, or at least if he asks it before the general election in November." (You can watch this exchange and find commentary at Hot Air, RealClearPolitics, and El Rushbo.)
What the Matthews-Clinton exchange illustrates is the inability, or refusal, to engage in "systematic thinking." Rigorous thought might take one where one doesn't want to go. This failing is particularly evident when TV's talking heads talk about the political "left" and the political "right." They don't appreciate that when one uses a one-dimensional model (left-right), one needs to be calibrating a single variable, a single characteristic. What Clinton might try thinking about is what is being calibrated by the political spectrum.
For ages, we've heard charges from the left of "right-wing fascism." That is an incoherent, unsystematic charge. But it's made with no fear of contradiction; who wants to get into a tedious debate about what's right and what's left? If, however, your mental hygiene on matters political is important to you, then check out the graphic of the political spectrum at American Federalist Journal. You'll see that it calibrates just one thing: Degree of Government Control.
Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist, once took exception to being called a "liberal" and said he was a progressive. The term "socialist" has been applied to many different government arrangements: communist, fascist, Ba'athist, Third Way, Clement Attlee's U.K., etc. What all such arrangements have in common is central control by the geniuses in the central government.
In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism (2011), Kevin D. Williamson maintains that the central feature of socialism is "central planning" by the central government. That seems fairly consistent with our little spectrum. (This terrific short video from Reason.tv features Nick Gillespie interviewing Williamson on the nature of socialism; Mrs. Clinton needs to watch it.)
In his Jan. 6 New York Times column "Up With Extremism," Thomas Friedman seems to exhibit a certain difficulty with systematic thinking: "The agenda that could actually make America great again would combine the best ideas of the extreme left and the extreme right."
Would that be the "best ideas" of communism/fascism on the left and anarchy on the right? (See our spectrum.) Friedman "calls for a nonpartisan extremist for president who's ready to go far left and far right – simultaneously."
Yeah, right. Why didn't I think of that?
In the wider spectrum of all political systems and isms, American conservatism is not right-wing and not extremist; it is centrist. Progressives like Hillary Clinton cannot truthfully claim to be centrists. The question that she should be required to answer is, what's the difference between a progressive and a totalitarian?
(NOTE: Read up on progressivism at Discover the Networks and at Heritage.)
Jon N. Hall is a programmer/analyst from Kansas City.


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André De Shields as the Gay Character August Wilson Left Out
Author: New York Theater Published Date: September 29, 2019 1 Comment on André De Shields as the Gay Character August Wilson Left Out
"A Hill On Which to Drown" actor André De Shields, director Zhailon Levingston, and playwright Kevin R. Free
Three generations of black, queer theater artists – actor André De Shields, 73; playwright Kevin R. Free, who is 50; and director Zhailon Levingston, 25 — are collaborating on a play about a black, queer character inspired by August Wilson's Century Cycle.
From the very first Wilson play he ever saw, a community theater production of "Fences" in the early 1990s, Free has had the same two reactions to Wilson's epic 10-play cycle, each play taking place in a different decade in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
"I love the productions I've seen, but have never really felt a part of the world," Free says. "The Cycle is genius, beautiful and resonant, but it features no fictional LGBTQIA* characters."
So Free set out to create one.
De Shields in A Hill On Which to Drown, a solo show written by Kevin R. Free that imagines the gay character that August Wilson never wrote.
Earlier this month, "A Hill On Which To Drown" was presented as a work in progress at the Commons Café in Brooklyn, as part of En Garde Arts' Uncommon Voices , a new developmental reading series. André De Shields starred as Ikoode Douglas, "the oldest, gayest, least magical magical negro ever," as the script describes him, who at 99 and on his deathbed tells his life story to his longtime friend and sometime lover. The play begins in 1997, in Pittsburgh's Hill District, and goes back in time, to each decade of his life, each scene punctuated by a song from the particular era. A blues singer, and then a cook, Ikoode lives a life of wonder, yearning and misery. "I was, you know, like they say now – 'out,' but not proud," the character says at one point. "Pride goeth before a fall. I couldn't afford to fall."
"A Hill On Which to Drown" is on its sixth draft, and maybe only halfway to a full production. Free began writing it years ago with a question: "If a gay man were to be included in the events of the Century Cycle, who would he be? Who would he know? How would he have lived his life?"
Free's early drafts placed his character, then called Balboa, directly alongside the situations and settings of Wilson's plays. Free created his play as a solo show "because I was writing for myself to perform it…. It was my way of creating work for myself, which is something I've always done."
He submitted the play to BOLD, a black women's theater organization that was putting together a Black History Week for Actors Equity. Zhailon Levingston had been hired to direct the new play readings for that week. Levingston found Free's play "beautiful." He had had a similar reaction to Wilson's work as Free had more than a decade before him:
"I was introduced to August Wilson when I was a teenager reading his plays. It was the first time I heard the sounds of my family come out of the mouths of fictional characters so musically. It was in one sense a brilliant reflection. On the other hand, once I got older I started to see the omissions. August was reflecting my family but not really reflecting me. My queerness was not a part of his cycle."
Levingston asked De Shields whether he would be willing to star in it.
De Shields agreed. "I was impressed with Zhailon's craft of cool head/hot heart, as he and I had recently worked on a TEAM project with Rachel Chavkin," he recalls. And in the character of Balboa, " I recognized a doppelgänger, the ghostly counterpart of my person."
Free was elated, eagerly ceding the role he had written for himself to such a prominent theater artist "Andre's casting was a bigger dream than I had ever dreamed. The play is Andre's now!"
The three were pleased with what they did for BOLD. "I think immediately after the reading," Levingston says, "we all felt that there was something to the play and something to the nature of the collaboration that felt very urgent and we decided to continue developing it."
They did a staged reading the following month. "It was after the second and decidedly more evocative reading that I became irrevocably convinced that the play was neither benefiting from its cross references to characters in Wilson's Century Cycle, nor was it advancing the author's efforts for the inclusion of "fictional LGBQIA characters" in the broader canon of dramatic literature by non-queer African American playwrights," De Shields observes. "With a radically transformed title and a much less derivative thematic arc, the long awaited metamorphosis of A Hill On Which To Drown took center stage" at The Commons Cafe this month.
"There's still tremendous work to be done," De Shields says. "However, in the collective embrace of We Three Kings" — meaning Kevin R. Free, Zhailon Levingston and André De Shields — "success looms on the horizon."
Levingston sees their project as part of a resurgence of queer characters on stage. "To be able to participate in extending this new landscape of storytelling across three generations is thrilling."
*Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual
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Kathleen Warnock says:
I'm proud to say that TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), NYC's oldest professional LGBTQ+ theater, presented a staged reading of this wonderful play with this trio of amazing artists as part of our Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project last year. Kevin is also a winner of the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, given to writers whose work is in the spirit of Doric Wilson, and who are leaders in the independent theater community!


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What a super dessert that's great for home entertaining or as a bring-along. Our salty yet sweet, light yet creamy recipe for Strawberry Pretzel Bars will stand out from the rest.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine crushed pretzels, butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar. Press mixture into bottom of baking dish. Bake 8 minutes; let cool.
In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add strawberries and chill until slightly thickened.
In another large bowl, with an electric beater on medium speed, combine cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in whipped topping and spread evenly over pretzel crust.
With an electric beater on low speed, beat gelatin and strawberries until berries are broken up. Spread over cream cheese layer. Cover and chill at least 4 hours, or until firm.
Although the strawberries need to be thawed slightly so they are not frozen solid, the colder they are, the faster the gelatin will thicken.
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I love this sweet and salty dessert bar recipe. I had a co-worker a long time ago who made this dish to bring to work potlucks. The first time I made it, it was a soggy mess, but I got better at it. Thanks for reminding me how much I love these bars. I'm printing the recipe to keep in my desserts file. This is a keeper!
Hello - You can most certainly use sugar free jello for a lightened up version!
Is there something you can do to keep the pretzel crust from getting soggy?
Yes, Yes,. You must seal the pretzel crust with your cream cheese layer. Make sure you take it all the way to the sides of the dish. This keeps the jello layer from making it soggie. Be very careful when pouring in your jello layer ;don't break the 'seal'. If you wait just a little while till the jello sets up a little it's better.
I love this receipe its sooo good. I am going to make it at easter for my dessert. I also add a regular can of crushed pineapples. Super tasty.
To make it diabetic friendly, can you use sugar free jello and sugar free whipped topping and Spenda for the sugar.
My grandmother gave me this recipe many years ago. My family loves it. They have to have it at Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Delicious summer dessert recipe! I love the combination of sweet and salty and so did everyone else who sampled my tasty treat! Thank you!
consider using pie filling for top.
I cheated all the way around, I used a graham cracker pie shell, so i wouldnt have to bake any at all. and i used pie filling for the topping. was great and a fast make. i will make it right when i have the time or want it right.
Made for Memorial Day. A big hit! My only suggestion is to not dump out the bottom of the bag of pretzels before crushing them, because all the excess salt comes out. The crust was a little too salty because of this. Or you can use pretzels with no surface salt. I am going to try that next time.
Barbara: Yes, the butter should be mixed with the sugar and the crushed pretzels. Be sure to use real butter and you shouldn't have a problem with a crumbly crust. Toonces: Although our Test Kitchen didn't find this step necessary, it does sometimes help to freeze your crust before baking. Hope that helps, thanks for cooking with us!
I am confused. Bruce says he freezes the crust AFTER baking, and FTTK thanks him for the suggestion of freezing the crust BEFORE baking. Which is it? If it's AFTER, does Bruce freeze the crust after baking, then takes it out and puts the toppings on it while it is frozen? Then what? Thanks.
Hi Bruce, thanks for the kudos, though don't tell your friend from church :) Love your suggestion about freezing the pretzel crust before baking - I will definitely try next time.
We've made this for years and called it "Pretzel Salad". I've also used raspberry jello to enhance the "berry" part of it. I'm thinking of ways to get pretzel part done as a loose component, and then throw the rest together on demand.
When I make the " pretzel bars ", I use raspberry-flavored gelatin with the strawberries.