While this website has made its name focusing on the lesser known youth of this beautiful sport, and combined it with a tinge of tactical flavour meant for the football enthusiast, we found a large gap to be exploited in terms of combining the two. This mini-series thus focuses on young managers (below the age of 45) and their tactical philosophies, deriving what got them here and where they could go. In this piece, Jack Coles studies the methods of the divisive figure that is Andre Villas-Boas.
André Villas-Boas is still only 37, but it feels like he's been a football manager for a very long time. Indeed, the 25th of October, 2015 will only be the 6th anniversary of Villas-Boas' first game in charge of a senior, professional football team, discounting a brief stint as Technical Director of the British Virgin Islands at the age of 21. Villas-Boas has taken first team management roles in Portugal, with Académica de Coimbra and his beloved FC Porto, then in London, with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, and he is now currently working for Zenit St. Petersburg, in Russia.
Villas-Boas' route into football was allegedly through Sir Bobby Robson. The famous anecdote is that when Robson was employed as FC Porto's new manager in 1994, serendipitously the English manager and his family became the Villas-Boas' neighbours. This apparently gave André the chance, aged 16, to ask Robson why his idol, Domingos Paciência, was on the bench so often. From then on, Robson is said to have encouraged Villas-Boas to take his coaching badges, orchestrated internships for him at Ipswich Town, and found work for him with the FC Porto youth team, where he climbed the ladder.
Villas-Boas left FC Porto for his short British Virgin Islands experience at the turn of the millennium (where he managed a senior side that lost 14-1 on aggregate to Bermuda), and returned to retake his position at FC Porto when he left his international post.
José Mourinho was unveiled as the manager of the FC Porto senior side in 2002, and within months of this appointment Villas-Boas joined the first-team staff. Villas-Boas produced detailed tactical reports on FC Porto's opponents for Mourinho, a job Villas-Boas continued to do, among other things, at Chelsea and Inter Milan. Villas-Boas left Mourinho's staff in 2009, and later that year set off for Coimbra in his first role in senior management, having celebrated his 33rd birthday 8 days prior to his first match.
Incidentally, Villas-Boas' playing career was modest, playing as a goalkeeper for two junior teams – Ribeirense and Ramaldense – and also in midfield for a side called Marechal Gomes da Costa later on. As a player for the amateur team, Villas-Boas was already working as an assistant in FC Porto's youth side and it was clear his future lay in coaching, not playing.
There are obvious themes to Villas-Boas' tactical preferences. He has never really strayed from using a back four, two wingers and a single striker as the main shape of his team. But the midfield three has shifted over time, from one holding midfielder, in his FC Porto and Chelsea days, to two holding midfielders – the double pivot – whilst with Tottenham Hotspur and Zenit. There have been very few exceptions. Villas-Boas, like Mourinho, places huge importance on transitions as well – the moment the ball is lost or won by the team.
Another consistent feature of every team Villas-Boas side is the high defensive line. This is the tactical distinction that defines Villas-Boas – and maybe not for the right reasons. At FC Porto and Zenit St. Petersburg, teams in leagues with little competitive balance, the high defensive line was rarely tested. But at Chelsea and Tottenham in the Premier League, a league with a higher level of competitive balance, the high defensive line was exposed too often. This is particularly true if the pressing from the front is lax, as it was with Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.
As Villas-Boas is a young coach, it's easy to split his career into two distinct eras. The watershed moment in Villas-Boas' coaching career was in December 2011. The first era, with Académica, FC Porto and the first half of the season with Chelsea was when Villas-Boas was more of an idealist. After December 2011, this gave way to a more pragmatic approach, predominantly, at Tottenham Hotspur and Zenit.
At Académica, Villas-Boas played an attacking 4-3-3, and this brought him results in the 8 months he was in charge. He took the club from bottom of the league to 11th place, and contested a Portuguese Cup semi-final against FC Porto, where they unfortunately lost. Villas-Boas transformed the team aesthetically that season.
With FC Porto though, Villas-Boas had the most talented squad he has ever managed. The ability of the playing staff at FC Porto in the year Villas-Boas coached them was frankly sickening. The likes of Nicolás Otamendi, Fernando, Beto, Hulk, Radamel Falcao García, and João Moutinho were in the squad, and younger players like Rúben Micael and James Rodríguez complemented the team, and with players in the form of their lives like Álvaro Pereira, Fernando Belluschi, and Fredy Guarín, the team won almost every tournament they entered, losing only four times all season. Villas-Boas' win percentage was a staggering 84%. FC Porto's 2010/2011 season was very close to perfect.
The tactical system was attacking, with the full-backs providing width, and with licence to go up the pitch to disrupt the defensive stability of the opposition, although Álvaro Pereira did this a lot more than Săpunaru, the right back. This was mainly due to the position of the two wingers – with the left winger a lot more tucked infield than the right. At their best, the midfield rotated as a three, also creating chaos for opposing defenders and picking up whatever zones they occupied if the ball was lost. The front three generally featured a striker (Falcao), a winger who stayed wide and cut inside (Hulk – on the right), and a winger who stayed tucked in, letting a midfielder or full-back break into the space out wide (Varela – on the left). Sometimes the two wide players swapped roles. Hulk was the difference when FC Porto found it tough to break down defences, with a focus on finding him with quick, direct balls into space, and Porto always made use of runners from midfield to play alongside Falcao in attack. FC Porto stuck steadfastly to 4-3-3 for much of the season.
Villas-Boas had changed his tactical focus to start the second era of his tactical compulsions. His focus on possession, the attacking 4-3-3 and the high defensive line subsided, and was replaced by a team that didn't prioritise ball possession, could sit back to defend, and could grind out results. Villas-Boas also occasionally introduced a second holding midfielder. After 22 games, Michael Cox wrote, 'Chelsea have been outpassed in five of their last six games – before that period, only twice in Villas-Boas' 16 games had Chelsea not dominated possession.' After 27 Premier League games, Villas-Boas was dismissed. Roberto di Matteo took over the team in 5th place in the Premier League, and it fell one place to 6th by the end of the 2011/2012 season.
The great contradiction of Villas-Boas' time at Chelsea was that he had been an opposition scout for arguably the most successful eras in Chelsea, Inter Milan and FC Porto's histories, yet seemed to pay absolutely no attention to the opposition's tactics as a manager. Villas-Boas also made some decisions around the club that seemed unpopular. He asked the youth team to leave the training facility used by the first-team whilst at Chelsea, and took down all the pictures around the training complex honouring the success Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea team achieved.
Villas-Boas' Tottenham tenure is still the longest he has managed a single club (you'd expect his time at Zenit to surpass this however). His first season was the best domestic campaign Tottenham have ever had in the Premier League. They got their highest points return ever, Villas-Boas won manager of the month twice in December 2012 and February 2013, and Villas-Boas still has the 3rd highest win percentage of any Tottenham manager. He made astute tactical changes, such as a switch from 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-3 in a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane against Manchester City, and clever substitutions to earn a 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. They beat Arsenal (with a high defensive line) 2-1 at home, and beat Manchester United 2-3 at Old Trafford, playing great defensive football. Villas-Boas appeared to have come of age.
Villas-Boas used the 4-2-3-1 a lot at Spurs. He also relied on the brilliance of Gareth Bale, as he did with Hulk at FC Porto. Villas-Boas maybe thought two holding midfielders would offer greater protection to his two centre-halves if they stayed high, and Hugo Lloris' sweeping ability could occasionally by relied on, but not always. Eventually though, in his second season, Villas-Boas was dismissed again after a 0-6 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool. Tim Sherwood took over from Villas-Boas, but did no better, suffering just as many thrashings himself against Manchester City and Liverpool again. As a political aside, there's fairly credible suggestions that Sherwood manipulated the press to help remove Villas-Boas from his post.
Zenit St. Petersburg were next for Villas-Boas, commenting he did not want to expose himself to the pressure of the English league any longer. Villas-Boas had picked up where he left of with the London club, a 4-2-3-1, which seems now to be Villas-Boas' formation of choice. Although the team have been very successful, ending Benfica's 51-game unbeaten run in all competitions (Benfica seem to have suffered the most by Andre Villas-Boas' managerial career), and winning the Russian Premier League in his first year, Villas-Boas has received criticism from fans and commentators over the team's style. With the sharp learning curve, Villas-Boas experienced when first coming to London, it's not a surprise he's evolved into a more cautious manager.
This game was the first major sign that it would be very difficult to stop FC Porto in the 2010/2011 season, having already beaten Benfica 0 – 2 in the Portuguese Super Cup a few months before. Porto remained unbeaten for the entire domestic campaign and finished 21 points above their perennial rivals. It was also the first sign that it would be very difficult to stop Hulk too, who enjoyed his best season under Villas-Boas. Fernando Belluschi too, was outstanding on the night. The game encapsulated everything that FC Porto did well that year. The game also relied heavily on some inept defending at left-back from David Luiz, and each goal Porto scored came from the right hand side. FC Porto won the treble that season, including the Europa League and the Taça de Portugal.
It seems a little harsh to highlight a loss as a defining game in Villas-Boas' career, but it perfectly captures his tactical short-comings during his time in England, and there's little evidence Villas-Boas learnt from this defeat.
Simply put, this was Villas-Boas' best result in England, and should be the performance he is remembered for at Spurs. Tottenham, on winning at Old Trafford in this match, recorded their first victory at the stadium for 23 years, and, it being Tottenham's 6th match into Villas-Boas' reign, gave reason for Spurs fans to be very optimistic. Gareth Bale's performance also indicated Tottenham would have a very enjoyable season. It could be argued the 2012/2013 was Tottenham's best ever Premier League campaign.
Gareth Bale – Villas-Boas could have benefitted from being in the right place at the right time with Bale, but the player's reaction when scoring a 90th minute winner at the Boleyn Ground as Tottenham Hotspur tried desperately to secure the last Champions League qualification spot for the 2013/2014 tournament showed the relationship between the Welshman and his Portuguese manager. Gareth Bale had his best scoring season under Villas-Boas, and went a long way to earning his €100 million move to Real Madrid under his tutelage.
Hulk – Hulk still plays for Villas-Boas at Zenit St. Petersburg, but at FC Porto in the 2010/2011 season the pairing was more potent – admittedly, Hulk was in better form. The two had issues early in the season when Hulk was substituted in two consecutive Europa League matches at home against Rapid Wien, and again against CSKA Sofia, away. When Villas-Boas was asked if he was concerned by Hulk's obvious discontent, he replied, 'No, absolutely not, as long as nobody hits me.' So often, in crucial games, Hulk was the deciding factor in the only season the two were together at FC Porto. Hulk was said to be very happy to find out that he would be reunite with Villas-Boas at Zenit, and the cries of discontent in Russia from the Brazilian have died down since he arrived.
Helton – Perhaps not an obvious choice of the litany of stars Villas-Boas has coached, but the young manager undoubtedly had a huge impact on Helton's career as soon as he returned to FC Porto in 2010. Somewhat surprisingly, Villas-Boas chose Helton to be the captain of FC Porto when he arrived at the club, overlooking other stars in the team, and Mariano González, already a vice captain. Helton had been shaky the season before, even being booed by the home fans, but the captaincy restored a lot of confidence for the Brazilian 'keeper and he had a fantastic season, and is still captain to this day, having joined in 2005.


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Q: Filtering a column for only Numerical values in Pandas I have a dataframe where a column is named as USER_ID. Ideally USER_ID should be of numerical No but the data that is coming from source is having typically some bad records which i want to discard in my final dataframe. For example the values in the column are like below
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But it seems this code is not acting properly. Any suggestion will be appreciated.

A: You can use isnumeric() to filter the numeric values:
df1 = df.loc[df.USER_ID.str.isnumeric()]

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CHRISTIAN THEATER WORKSHOP
LET THE CHILDREN SING
After hearing a group of children admonished for singing an inappropriate song, Elsa Johnson Bass thought how much better to teach them songs worth singing rather than to silence them. Subsequently, she wrote the title poem that became a song, that became a musical theater production.
From 1990 to 1993, the cast and crew of the Image Theater Ensemble toured schools, churches and other organizations in a production initially called Elsa! The title was later changed to Let the Children Sing. Composed of theater, music, dance and spoken word, this production celebrated the joy of knowing Jesus Christ and sharing His love to the world.Our children's chorus was comprised of children from across the Delaware Valley. Their energy and enthusiasm delighted audiences of all ages. One of our participants said recently "It was the happiest time of my life."
THE CELEBRATION 30 YEARS LATER
We are delighted to welcome several members of the original cast to help us celebrate this milestone. You will be thrilled to learn of their many achievements in the past three decades.
The program will feature musical guests Gail Jackson and David P. Stevens, and scenes from the original show. Memorial tributes will honor our choreographer, Ardie Stuart Brown and our musical director, Darryl W. Johnson Sr.
We love them and miss them deeply. Won't you join us as we lift our voices once again to "sing a song of hope and a song of love?"
PARTICIPANTS: Elsa Johnson Bass • Faith Dyson Washington • Desma S. Johnson • Zahmu Sankofa
CHILDREN'S CHORUS: Aaron Bass • Jared Bass • Angela Chapple • Shana Chapple • Elizabeth Duncan
Thomas Duncan • Darryl Johnson Jr. • Kristin Johnson • Sean Tripline • Victoria Trower
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Lock in a great price for Blommenhof Hotel – rated 8.6 by recent guests!
Wonderful indoor pool & entertainment place, excellent breakfast, clean room.
The game room, pool, lounging area near the bar and the artwork/design of the place.
Very cosy hotel with lots of activities. The feeling is like at home. Breakfast is healthy choice. Kids enjoyed a lot and asked to stay longer. Unfortunately we stayed only for one night.
The staff were very friendly and their english was very good! As my swedish was non existant.
Blommenhof Hotel had a great location on the outskirts of Nykøping, just 7 minutes drive from Skavsta Airport. The hotel was surrounded by a beautiful park with children's playground. The staff at the hotel were pleasant and seemed to do everything to make a great stay. The guest rooms were large and nicely decorated in a classic style. The bed was nicely made and the mattresses were good. The bathroom was simple but practically furnished. There was free wireless throughout the hotel. The hotel's breakfast was very good and consisted of a good selection of hot and cold dishes. Several of the dishes had local origin and were organic. Coffee and tea were available and free to guests 24 hours a day. The hotel had a great wellness and fitness area with pool, Finnish sauna and steam sauna. There were also several lounges, a library and several toys and games for children.
The location is pretty nice and calm. Free from loud neighbors and noisy people. It's easier to get around if you rent a car, but it's a nice location. The food was very delicious, and the staff was polite and helpful all the time.
The room was spacious and clean, the staff very friendly and helpful, the wellness and playroom exceeded all expectations. Huge like for the super bikes! Cozy, comfy - great place to stay if you want to explore the city and sorroundings.
Blommenhof Hotel This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
One of our best sellers in Nyköping! Located only 3.1 mi from Skavsta Airport, Blommenhof Hotel offers a range of relaxation options and Swedish-style rooms with free WiFi. Nyköping city center is a 7-minute drive away.
All rooms at Blommenhof Hotel include a work desk and cable TV. Some rooms include a bath.
Swedish dishes with contemporary international influences are served at the in-house restaurant, overlooking the garden. A buffet breakfast is offered every morning. Drinks are available in the cozy hotel bar.
On-site relaxation options include a sauna and an indoor pool. Guests wishing to explore the surroundings can borrow bikes from the hotel reception.
Nyköping Central Station is a 5-minute drive away. Ärila Golf Club is located 5.3 mi from this manor-style hotel.
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Includes an armchair, flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with shower and hairdryer.
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The free evening meal was a just a child's portion really. If you're hungry after travelling I would eat prior to arrival.. but then I guess it it free!
The cleanliness of the room could have been any better.
Slightly offset from town but beautiful for the nature.
We had booked Dinner B&B but were surprised that the dinner consisted of only one dish with no choice. Fine until you hit on something like "goulash soup " as the only dish. The Conference people ( and there were many) ate from a very yummy menu... we looked at them with envy !
Excellent facilities and food. The evening buffet was very tasty and we enjoyed the breakfast as well. Thank You!
The motorway did pass next to the house and there was lots of traffic also during the night. No air conditioning, the attic rooms were very hot. The waiters in the evening didn't do their Job very well, they forgot the orders again and again even there wasn't much guests.
Nice swimming pool and sauna in the house. Lots of things to do for the kids in the garden. Nice house and garden and great breakfast. In the evening you could buy some sandwitches. Parking place in front of the house. Short distance to the motorway. Nice family room with two adults and two kids.
Leaking shower tap in bathroom, this must have been reported by previous guests as a sticker stating "trasig" (broken, in English) had been stuck to underside of unit, but for whatever reason, the leak had not been fxed. Mould in shower, probably as a result of the constantly dripping shower connection. Bathroom fittings very old and of low standard. No air con, though two table fans available in room. About five channels on the telly, nothing in English. Decor old and not pretty; the whole place had a cheap feel to it.
Location was good, beautiful setting with Sörmlandsleden right on the doorstep.


73' Own Goal by Brandon Fleming, Hull City. Hull City 0, Derby County 3.
71' Substitution, Derby County. Max Lowe replaces Scott Malone.
71' Substitution, Derby County. Duane Holmes replaces Jack Marriott.
69' Substitution, Hull City. Max Sheaf replaces Daniel Batty.
59' Substitution, Hull City. Manuel Milinkovic replaces Todd Kane.
55' Jon Toral (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39' Goal! Hull City 0, Derby County 2. Florian Jozefzoon (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martyn Waghorn following a fast break.
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Hi friends! Today I'm back to talk more about social media detoxes, because well, I just can't get enough. You might notice I've been going kinda silent on social more and more lately and it feels dang good. It also seems like y'all love this topic based on this post and this one, too. So I want to keep talking about it!
I've already covered when you know you need a break from social and what going on a detox has done for me – but now I want to talk about the HOW. I think the WHY of subjects is so important, but without the tools to get through it, what's the point? I'll get right to it – here are 5 *secrets* I've used to do the detoxes myself. I hope they help y'all!
I mentioned in my previous posts about social media detoxes that sometimes they give me a bit of anxiety. Basically, not looking at social or posting (aka doing my job) makes me feel really behind. Mondays are a little bit tougher because I know I've been off for a couple days and so on. But I've learned that a little prep makes all the difference. Whether that's getting some graphics ready that my assistant can post when I really want to share something, or feeling like I've done enough sharing that week – it's nice knowing that I can take a break without it stressing me out.
My first experience with a true social detox was over a weekend in Austin when I was with #mysteryboy and I was distracted in the best way. We had such a fun weekend doing outdoorsy things and just livin' that social (and my phone) wasn't on my mind.
If it pains you to put away social media (no judgements!), try being distracted for a weekend. Maybe choose your first detox during a busy weekend or on a trip away. The holidays are the PERFECT time to do detoxes and just enjoy the downtime with family and friends. I promise Christmas morning is still special without sharing it with your followers or feeling like you need to follow along everyone else's day.
Personally, when I know I need a social media detox, I usually need a break from my phone entirely. From texts, emails, everything. And the easiest way to take a break from it all – and to ensure you're not tempted to check Instagram REAL QUICK – is turning off your phone or letting it die.
I'll usually put away my chargers or not bring them with me and literally let it die. I won't lie, this is kind of painful the first few times, but it gets more comfortable. After a few times, it's SO FREAKING RELIEVING! Airplane Mode would work too, but I personally am all or nothing.
Take inventory of your state of mind and burnout (and read this post) and wait until you're actually ready. Don't take a break just because I am or because I say it's good for you – wait until you really need it. It'll make the process much easier and successful!


On OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Void Linux, Manjaro, Debian, Fedora and more..
I read an article found here.
This article is written back in 2015, a wee bit old as pointed out by kungtotte.
kungtotte – @iah buyer beware if you want to use Windows ever and use the same editor. Vim8 works a lot better on that platform and it supports async now too. It's fairly trivial to turn an init.vim into a vimrc or vice versa though, so I guess it's moot.


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Q: jQuery post firing twice in Bootstrap site I'm working on a Bootstrap site, so I have to put all of my jQuery at the bottom of the page, not in the head.  I've discovered on some reading that this can cause a behavior where jQuery events fire twice.  What is actually happening is that the clicks are accumulating.  So the first click, the event fires once, then the second click it fires twice and so on.  What is causing this behavior?
The way this script is intended to work is it is designed to toggle user notifications by running a PHP script.  That all works fine.  So when the user clicks the "subscribe" link, it subscribes them and the link is rewritten to be an "unsubscribe" link.  This may be where my problem is happening.  I'm just not sure how to work around this.  Anyway, if the user clicks the link again, it toggles back to "subscribe" and so on.  Here is my code.
I found a tip elsewhere that I can use e.stopImmediatePropagation to eliminate this behavior, but it's not working.
$('.subscription').bind('click', function(e) {
         e.preventDefault()
         e.stopImmediatePropagation()

         var subscribe = jQuery(this).data('subscribe')
         var forumId = jQuery(this).data('id')
         var href = jQuery(this).data('href')
         var selector = jQuery(this)

         if (subscribe == 1) {
             $('#email-notifications').modal('show')
             $('.notify').on('click', function() {
                  var response = $(this).data('response')

                  if (response == 1) {
                      // subscribe the user
                      $.post('/discussion-boards/subscribe', { notify : response, forum : forumId }, function(data) {
                          // do nothing in the callback
                      });

                      // rewrite HTML and set subscription flag to 0
                      selector.html(' Unsubscribe from this Topic').data('subscribe', 0)
                  }
             });
         } else {
             $.post('/discussion-boards/unsubscribe', { forum : forumId }, function(data) {
                 // do nothing in the callback
             })

             // rewrite HTML and set subscription flag to 1;
             selector.html(' Subscribe to this Topic').data('subscribe', 1)
         }
     })

A: As requested, here is the final solution:
$('.subscription').on('click', function(e) {
         e.preventDefault()
         e.stopImmediatePropagation()

         var subscribe = jQuery(this).data('subscribe')
         var forumId = jQuery(this).data('id')
         var href = jQuery(this).data('href')
         var selector = jQuery(this)

         if (subscribe == 1) {
             $('#email-notifications').modal('show')
             $('.notify').unbind('click').bind('click', function() {
                  var response = $(this).data('response')

                  if (response == 1) {
                      // subscribe the user
                      $.post('/discussion-boards/subscribe', { notify : response, forum : forumId }, function(data) {
                          // do nothing in the callback
                      });

                      // rewrite HTML and set subscription flag to 0
                      selector.html(' Unsubscribe from this Topic').data('subscribe', 0)
                  }
             });
         } else {
             $.post('/discussion-boards/unsubscribe', { forum : forumId }, function(data) {
                 // do nothing in the callback
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             // rewrite HTML and set subscription flag to 1;
             selector.html(' Subscribe to this Topic').data('subscribe', 1)
         }
     })


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Luka Doncic: Bigger Court, 3-Second Rule Make NBA Easier to Score in Than Europe
Paul KasabianSenior ContributorFebruary 9, 2019
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Dallas Mavericks rookie guard Luka Doncic, who is averaging 20.6 points on 43.2 percent shooting, played three-plus professional seasons for Real Madrid of Liga ACB in Spain before he entered the NBA.
On Friday, he spoke with Spanish network Movistar+ (h/t Alex Madrid of Eurohoops.net for English translation) and explained some differences on the offensive end between Europe and the NBA.
"Here [in the NBA] it's easier to score compared to Europe, of course," Doncic said. "In Europe, the court is smaller, and here there is the three seconds rule. I think it's easier to score here."
An NBA court is 94 feet by 50 feet, while a FIBA (International Basketball Federation) court must be 28 meters by 15 meters (or roughly 92 feet by 49 feet). The NBA's defensive three-second rule was instituted in 2001.
Scoring has risen dramatically in the NBA over the past 15 seasons. In 2003-04, the league average for team points per game was 93.4. This season, every team is posting over 100 points per night, with the league average set at 110.6.
Doncic's ideas are among other reasons the NBA's seen a precipitous scoring rise. Hand-checking has been eliminated. The mid-range jumper is nearly archaic as teams shoot more three-pointers than ever.
The "Seven Seconds or Less" Phoenix Suns from the mid-2000s sped up a game that was painfully slow at the turn of the century. Positionless basketball has opened up the floor, leading to more fluidity and freedom of movement. It's also not as common to see big men run down the shot clock as they back down a defender into the lane before a shot attempt.
All of this leads to far more entertaining basketball than previous years when teams might've struggled just to pass 70 points.


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Europe aviation regulator orders new superjumbo tests
November 11 2010, 4:58am, The Times
The damaged Trent 900 engine on the Qantas AirbusEPA
Europe's aviation regulator has ordered airlines to conduct more tests on the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines used in superjumbos as it revealed that an oil fire in the engine of a Qantas A380 may have led to the mid-air scare near Singapore last week.
The European Aviation Safety Authority sent an order to airlines overnight, saying that the investigation into the Qantas Airbus "shows that an oil fire" in part of the engine "may have caused the failure" of a turbine disc in the engine.
It is the first indication that investigators suspect that an oil fire may have preceded the damage to the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on the Qantas jet, which was carrying 459 people when it made an emergency landing in Singapore…


As with general weight control, this is an area where I have done extensive study – further to my Psychology and Hypnotherapy training - completing a Diploma in counselling for Eating Disorders.
Clinical Hypnotherapy is particularly useful at breaking habits. With issues like Bulimia, it can make significant differences in helping people get out of damaging routines. It is also useful at giving people tools to improve body image and self-acceptance.
With cases of Anorexia, the desire to get well is very important. I work with the client to help them through the challenges of change and face issues around food and control. Sometimes sessions only involve talking, as people with eating disorders can be wary of hypnosis. However my experience is that the greatest benefit is achieved with a combination of both approaches.
Binge Eating is an area that can have many issues underneath the behaviour. I work not only with the routine eating but also with the driving forces behind it.
When using Clinical Hypnotherapy with Eating Disorders, control is a crucial issue – I do not hypnotise people to eat. I work with the client to harness their own resources and goals, to try and help them get healthier and happier.


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"Jerusalem Day serves as an important reminder that only under Israeli control has the rights of all ethnic and religious groups to enjoy the city's religious and cultural sites been preserved."
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein received an email Saturday night in which parliamentarians from around the world reaffirmed their support for Jerusalem as the Jewish state's undivided capital, in a letter sent in honor of Jerusalem Day.
The letter was sent by the chairmen of Israel Allies Caucuses in 20 countries on five continents, as well as by two US senators known for their strong support of Israel, Republicans Mark Kirk of Illinois and Ted Cruz of Texas.
"From our capitals to yours, we, the chairmen, members and supporters of Israel Allies Caucuses in the US Congress and in parliaments around the world, congratulate all inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Jewish people and the nation of Israel on the 49th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel," the signatories wrote.
The signatories wrote that they join with peace-loving people around the world over in wishing Israel peace and prosperity.
Jordanna McMillan, Israel Allies Foundation director of outreach and communications, said the letter was initiated due to recent international effort to force Israel to make territorial concessions in Jerusalem.
"When world leaders pressure the State of Israel to divide its historic capital, our network of international legislators stand with a united Jerusalem," McMillan said.
The signatories included the co-chairmen of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus, Republicans Trent Franks of Arizona and Doug Lamborn of Colorado, and Democrat Brad Sherman of California. There were also signatories from the European Union Parliament, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, Latvia, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Panama, Colombia, Chile and the Dominican Republic.


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1847 at the Stamm House
The Stamm House was built in 1847 and has served the Middleton community as a service station on the "Old Sauk Trail," which ran from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. By 1852 it was converted into a hotel and tavern and named "The Pheasant Branch Hotel." Guests roomed upstairs and corralled their horses in the back.
It has been restored to its original stone walls, ceiling and wine cellar, all with modern restaurant systems and now 1847 at the Stamm House offers lunch, dinner, Friday Fish Fry, Saturday and Sunday Brunch, as well as a full bar.
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The Stamm House, built in 1847, has served the Middleton community as a service station, hotel and tavern, speakeasy during the prohibition, supper club and now a staple Middleton restaurant. The building has since been restored to its original stone walls, ceiling, and wine cellar, all with modern restaurant systems. The Stamm House offers lunch, dinner, Friday Fish Fry, Saturday and Sunday Brunch, as well as a full bar. The restaurant has a banquet capacity of 26 but larger groups may rent the entire restaurant. The restaurant's "1847 Chef's Cave" also accepts reservations for private parties of up to 8 people. The chef creates a unique menu for each tasting booked in the Cave; private dinner parties may also reserve the space when it's available.
6625 Century Avenue Middleton, WI 43.1045005 -89.4945568
6625 Century Avenue
1847stammhouse.com
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Lunch with David Gyngell
'Lunch with David Gyngell' was an extraordinary day! The warmth, generosity and humanity we felt in the room was overwhelming. To all the companies that purchased tables and those organisations who kindly donated prizes: we are so grateful! More than $70,000 was raised in just 3 short hours. 100% will go to making dreams come true for cancer patients across Australia.
The Dream Challenge on the day and your support means …
Darren will renew his vows with the love of his life.
Ken is soon meeting his motor racing hero.
Bek will bring joy to her kids again creating precious memories on a famiy vacation..
Brad will soar above Cradle Mountain in a helicopter!
Wendy will leave behind a special gift for her 4 children.
Thanks to Anywhere Travel for providing a truly incredible raffle prize, Tinklers Wines for being our official wine sponsor, Coco Republic for generously providing the furniture and styling for Peter Overton and David Gyngell's interview and to A Team for getting it there. Thanks to photographer extraordinaire Wes Nel for the incredible photos. See them here:
David Gyngell
David Gyngell is an Australian businessman and former Chief Executive Officer of Nine Entertainment Co. Gyngell is widely credited with saving Nine from financial collapse in 2012 and bringing it back to the share market a year later.
Deep links to Nine date back to his father, Bruce Gyngell: the first man on Australian television. AdNews described him as the most "attuned and intuitively clever operator in the business…and usually the most entertaining, open about the need to take risks and doesn't fear failure"
Peter Overton
Peter Overton is an Australian television journalist and news presenter. His first prominent appointment was as a reporter for 60 Minutes- making him a household name.
Overton has also held positions at 2UE, SKY and Channel 7 Adelaide. In January 2009, Overton was appointed presenter of Nine News Sydney. In this role, Overton has seen the hotly contested 6pm news service rise to number one in Sydney from 2011 to 2016. Overton possesses a strong sense of community and is an ambassador for many worthwhile causes in Australia.
Erin Molan
Erin Molan is an Australian television presenter and sport commentator. She is most known for her role on The NRL Footy Show and was appointed host of The NRL Rookie in 2016. From December 2016, she was made permanent Friday and Saturday sport presenter on Nine News Sydney. Apart from her stellar career, Molan is also known for her work with many charities: including being a wonderful ambassador and long-time supporter of Dreams2Live4.
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336-508-4417 daliana@dalianadance.com
On-Site Classes
Daliana
Daliana is the proud owner of Daliana Dance, and prides herself in providing dance instruction to the community in a skilled, diverse and passionate setting she considers HOME.
Her classical dance training began in 1976 at June Claire School of Dance in Long Island, NY and began belly dancing in 1984. She was honored to be a member of both the Long Island Ballet Theater under the instruction of Robert Sean Christopher of ABT (American Ballet Theatre for 4 years while also performing with a professional international dance troupe in New York for 8 years. She also competed nationally in baton twirling for over 6 years with the USTA.
Daliana has judged dance competitions and scholarship events within the Dance Masters of America network.
Her quest for personal growth continues thru Teacher Training at the Dance Teacher's Summit and Classes at Broadway Dance Center in New York along with international dance and belly dance workshops and classes with instructors from all over the world. She is also certified in Acrobatic Arts as well as Progressing Ballet Technique.
She prides herself in bringing superior dance instructors to the Triad area to enhance further the skill set of her amazing and valued students of all ages!
She is also a professional model with Directions USA since 1995. Some of her work includes commercial print, web and film ads for companies such as Wrangler, Hanes, Spanks, belk.com, Playtex, Lowes Home Improvement just to name a few. On a side note Daliana is married, a mother of three and a grandmother!
She is also an active member of the following organizations:
NDA (National Dance Association)
BOCA (Belly Dancers of Color Association)
AAHPERD(American Alliance for Health. Physical Education,Recreation and Dance)
SESAC (Society of European Stage Authors & Composers)
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc)
Hayley McCraw
Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Contemporary
Hayley McCraw obtained a BA in Dance Studies with the education capstone, and a Psychology minor from Meredith College in 2015. She has the North Carolina K-12 Dance and Exceptional Children: Adapted Curriculum teaching licenses and is a NC Teaching Fellow. While at Meredith, Hayley was a co-manager, performer, and choreographer in the modern dance company Meredith Dance Theatre. She was also the historian of the Meredith College chapter of Nu Delta Alpha National Dance Honor Society and the vice president of the Multi-Cultural Dance Club. During College, Hayley studied at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. Hayley participated in Ashley Thorndike-Youssef's Now and Next Dance Mentoring Project as a student and a mentor. She graduated from Weaver Academy Performing and Visual Arts High School and was a dance curriculum completer. Hayley received her early dance training from Greensboro City Arts Dance, ANDA 5678 Dance Studio, and Walsh-Kelly School of Irish Dance. She also has notable training from Wilmington Ballet, NC Dance Project, and Duane Cyrus's Access to Art Academy. Hayley currently teaches dance at Parkview Expressive Arts Elementary School and has recently begun taking classes at Daliana Dance and performing with Troupe Bellysima.
Eleni Vetsopoulous
Acrobatic Arts & Tumbling
She has been teaching gymnastics, dance, cheer and acrobatics for 16 years. Since the age of 2, she knew she was destined to flip around for life!! Acrobatics is her number one passion! She discovered the art of acrobatic dance in 2010, and has loved it since! She has been a part of the Acrobatic competition network bringing teams to regional and national championships. She is also a Certified Medical Assistant for two Nurse Practitioners at a Family Practice in Randleman, North Carolina. Medicine is her second passion and it is definitely a handy skill when it comes to training her student she also hods a degree in Psychology that assists her catering to every student as an individual, and decipher how each child learns the best. She strive to have every child learn new acrobatic skills as well as life skills that they will remember for the rest of their life!
Mallory Idavoy
Acrobatic Arts & Tumbling, Modern, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Tap
Mallory spent 17 years as a competitive dancer, trained in many styles such as tap, jazz, ballet, modern, hip hop, gymnastics/acro, contemporary, lyrical and more. She proudly attended Florida School of the Arts as a dance entertainment major and had been part of different companies since.
She began teaching classes at her home studio in Florida as an assistant at age or 13, and had her own class full time by age 14. She has continued dance instruction throughout the years in addition to working her personal career full time. She relocated NC in April of 2018 and has found her dance home at Daliana Dance to share her passion for danc.
Thunder Nguyen
Thunder comes to us as true passionate hip hop artist. While primary self taught, he indulges in as many classes as are available to him as additional inspiration. Thunder is creative and innovative with footwork and body patterning. He is a dynamite choreographer teaching weekly combos to challenge the strongest of dancers while balancing simplicity for slower learners.
Melvin Martrice
Former Modern, Jazz & Contemporary (Relocated as Graduate Student University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA)
Hallie Morgan
Cheer and Tumbling
Hallie is Owner and Head Coach of Cheer Elite AllStars Greensboro. She is a member of USASF and NCA. She is currently a Kinesiology major at UNCG, a UNCG Spartan cheerleader. Her cheer experience includes all facets from Pop Warner and Middle School as well as High School Varsity Cheer and school competition winning the State Championships. She also competed Level 3-5 with All Star Cheer. Hallie was also a Miss NC Teen USA Pageant Competitor, and a National American Miss Pageant Competitor and Awards Recipient. She has also studied International Dance with Daliana since 1999. Hallie is First Aid, CPR, AED Certifird thru the Red Cross.
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Wendy Weeks
Core Barre Pilates
Wendy is a Certified AFPA Yoga/Pilates Instructor, Certified Absolute Core Barre Pilates Instructor, and CPR and First Aid certified. She has 5 years experience dancing tap, jazz, ballet and has studied bellydance with Daliana since 2005 and has been a Troupe Bellysima member and soloist since 2006. She has been practicing yoga since 2002 and weight training since 2004. Through these disciplines, she has lost and maintained a 40 pound weigh loss for over 7 years! Wendy has also been a bellydance fitness instructor since 2009. When she's not at the studio, she has her own photography business, www.wendyweeksphoto.com.
Sherona Sirkisoon
Marketing and Business Liaison
Sherona is a graduate student at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She is working on her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, concentrating on Cancer Biology. Sherona had no prior dance experience before taking her first class with Daliana in 2011. She has been dancing ever since and is also a member of Troupe Bellysima.
Lisa Negron
Lisa has practiced accounting full time for over 15 years. She began instruction of bellydance with Daliana in 2005, she is also a member and soloist of Troupe Bellysima and began teaching belly dance fitness classes 2009. She enjoyed Baton twirling in her youth along with high school cheerleading. She is a two time Breast Cancer SURVIVOR, she prayed and danced her way back to health!
April Vuncannon
April has 20 years of dance experience. She began with traditional dance genres of tap, jazz and ballet. A a child and was a member of her dance school's performance team. It wasn't until college, however, that April was introduced to Indian dance. She took a course on Bollywood movies and fell in love with the Art. Since then, April has traveled to India to learn Bollywood, folk and classical Indian dance. For the past 5 years, she has been part of a professional dance group based in Morrisville, NC. They have performed all over NC, including a mega dance show called "Classic Bollywood." April now choreographs her own Bollywood dances and performs at festivals here in Greensboro.
Emmanuel Malette
Former Hip Hop Instructor (Relocated to Atlanta, Ga)
Emmanuel began his dance training at the age of 13, taking summer classes available at his home church. As the urge to learn about dance arose within him, he joined Katura Productions Inc. in 2009. While there, Emmanuel received much of his training in hip hop taught by Kimberly Jones. In 2012, Emmanuel auditioned for the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. After being accepted, Emmanuel had the opportunity to perform with and learn from many great teachers such as: Duane Cyrus, BJ Sullivan, Janet Lilly, and others. Emmanuel has also had the opportunity to perform at the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, The Monticello, Vybez Showcase Atlanta, and at many other respectable places. Emmanuel has also worked with television networks, such as TLC, and has also had the opportunity to work with dance film makers from all around the world through the Experimental Films Virginia founded by Renata Sheppard. Today Emmanuel focuses primarily on inspiring everyone that he comes in contact with and whether it is performing, filming, or teaching.
Dom Sebastian
Hip Hop, Contemporary Fusion
Dom-Sebastian is a technically informed artist trained in various degrees of street dances, social grooves, and contemporary techniques. He holds a Dance BFA and Drama Minor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). As an adolescent, he learned rhythm & groove from his mother while dancing with her in their kitchen. He picked up beatboxing from his older cousin, and was very active in sports before making the transition to StreetDancer. Prior to studio training, Dom mimicked dancers from popular music videos and television programs like Soul Train, BET, and MTV.
Although routed in the south, he has been fortunate with the ability to share his talents, skills, and knowledge in amazing cities across the globe. "Teaching as a student and learning as a professional" is the code he lives by.
Robyn Hayes-Owen
Yoga and Pre School Dance
Originally from NY, Robyn danced competitively in Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz and Modern for 8 years, and studied with some of the finest choreographers from top NY City studios and Broadway. She is also a certified yoga instructor and will be sharing her 10 years of yoga experience with us. She combines elements of dance and yoga to create a class that is not only fun, but builds strength, flexibility and balance. She is CPR certified, and when she is not dancing or doing downward dog, she is a wife, a mom and practices Real Estate with Allen Tate.
Vasha Powell
Former Acrobatics and Tumbling (Persued Full Time Career in Management)
Originally from Long Island NY, Vasha was an Elite Level Gymnast. She studied at Liberty University, UNCG, GTCC with a focus on Early Childhood Education, and Behavioral Science. She is a certified USAGymnastics Coach. She coached competitive gymnastics for over 20 years (17 at Tumblebees), bringing athletes to State, Regional, and National Levels. She is also USASF Certified in Level 1-5 Tumbling and coaches Competitive Cheerleading at Cheer Elite All Stars. Vasha is the mother of two athletes, daughter Paige and and sonTyler.
Meredith Gaither
Ballet & Floor Barre
Meredith has studied under Daliana since 2010 with her primary focus on Ballet, however she maintained classes in all genres offered. She is currently attending UNCG as a nursing major and participates in teacher workshops in NY to enhance her personal and teaching skills in the dance classroom. She spends an average of 10 hours weekly continuing her study in dance. She is presented with quarterly reviews throughout the dance season and attends continuing education at Broadway Dance Center. She has attended classes with international hip hop artist Luam, Belly Dance Artists Amar Gamal and Kaeshi Chai, Musician and Folkloric Dance Instructor Karim Nagi and famed Contemporary dance instructor Tracie Stanfield. Meredith has a passion for dance and truly enjoys being a student, a menthe, and a mentor!
Chelsea Horton
Ballet & Reception
Chelsea has been dancing since the age of 2. She has done ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, tap and hip hop as a child/teen. Chelsea's mom loves to tell the story of Chelsea's first year of dance at 2 years old. Chelsea stood in class, refusing to dance the entire year, but the night of the show knew the entire dance and lit up on stage! Life took a hold and dance was put aside for years until she took a belly dance class in 2012. Her love for dance was sparked again and she immediately fell in love with this style of dance. Chelsea has been dancing with Troupe Bellyisma since 2012. Belly dancing is something new, but is now a love and passion of hers! Chelsea also continues her traditional dance classes at Daliana Dance.
Sasha Mallory
Guest Instructor, Contemporary
Sasha just completed her second world tour with Madonna, the Madonna Rebel Heart Tour, and she is already preparing for her next job. As the second place finalist of the 8th season of So You Think You Can Dance and accomplished dancer and choreography in the industry, she has been asked back this year as a mentor for the upcoming season, SYTYCD Next Generation.
Mallory's training began in her hometown of Bakersfield, California at the age of five and since then she has trained at the top Academy's and distinguished schools of dance around the world. Including, but not limited to, the Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.), the Civic Dance Center, the Ailey School Summer Intensive and Certificate Program, Boston Summer Intensive and the Houston Ballet Summer Intensive to name a few.
Her first major dance breakthrough was with Adam Lambert on his Glamnation Tour 2010. From there she went onto SYTYCD and was the runner up on the critically acclaimed shows' 8th season. Mallory has worked with a number of artists and companies in music videos, commercials, stage and live performances including Rihanna, Wayne Brady, Uh Huh Her and Budweiser. Mallory has choreographed a number of pieces and productions in a variety of styles. She teaches and judges on a number of dance conventions and competitions around the United States as her work schedule will allow.
Casie Goshow
Guest Instructor Hip Hop
Casie, also known as 'Tynee,' specializes in hip-hop and break dancing. She has worked in the commercial entertainment industry for years and now lives in Los Angeles. She has worked side by side with various artists and organizations such as Chris Brown, Lil John, Psy, French Montana, Beats, the NBA, Adidas and was a Las Vegas Finalist on So You Think You Can Dance? Currently she is touring around the country teaching kids of all ages at studios, conventions and competitions.
Meghan McHone
Guest Instructor & Choreographer: Contemporary
Meghan is a native of Asheville, North Carolina where she began dancing at the age of 3, training throughout grade school at Asheville Center of Performing Arts. She attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, graduating with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography alongside a minor in Media Studies. There she studied under BJ Sullivan, Duane Cyrus, Janet Lilly, Robin Gee and Jan Van Dyke training in ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, contemporary, improvisation, West African Dance, contact improvisation, and intensive course work in anatomy and choreography. Prior to graduating Meghan choreographed, costumed, lit and edited music for her BFA thesis "As the Stars Are Alight". Meghan was also a member of the UNCG Dance Team the "Spartan G's" for the 2012-2013 season, performing at many student body sporting events. Upon graduating Meghan relocated back to Asheville joining the WNC Dance Academy faculty, working with pre-professional and recreational students and continuing to explore her love for choreography through freelance. She served as a guest choreographer at many public high schools in the area, choreographing her first full length musical "Footloose" at Enka High School and working as a guest artist for the UNC-Asheville Dance Department creating her work "but the soft words, they are spoke so gentle". She is currently dancing as a member of the Ametista Collective Dance Company, collaborating with other dancers in the area to share the art form at a local level.
Lianna Solina
Guest Instructor & Choreographer: Acro
Lianna was born and raised in the Dance Capital of the World, New York City. With a true passion for dance, Lianne was honored to receive and train on a full scholarship at Ballet Hispanico under the Director and Founder, Tina Ramirez. She also expanded her studies at Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Broadway Dance Center. Lianne is a well-rounded educator today thanks to her extensive studies that included: Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acro, Hip-Hop, Modern, Limon, Horton, Martha Graham, Flamenco, Musical Theater, Salsa, Latin Jazz, & Afro-Caribbean. Lianne's natural talent was immediately recognized and she was invited to audition for "So You Think You Can Dance" Guest Choreographer, Maria Torres. Lianne was then selected to be a part of a performance with the Grammy Award winning Hip-Hop Group, OutKast. Additional Credits include: Britney Spears, Chris Brown, LL Cool J, and ABC's Hit Television Show "The View".For the past 10 years, Lianne has enjoyed teaching a wide variety of dance genres for all ages and levels. Remaining a student at heart, she continues to educate herself of the latest techniques and attending teacher workshops. Recently Lianne has Directed and Choreographed a large production with more than 70 dancers to perform for Showtime's Dance Challenge National Award Gala. As a successful result, Lianne's choreography was invited to be showcased at Disney Springs, which allowed her dancers to be Honorary Disney Cast Members. Currently, Lianne has been delighted to be Choreographing and Adjudicating for Dance Competitions and Workshops internationally. She also Certified with Acrobatic Arts. It is Lianne's mission in life to inspire and aid the next generation to continue to grow and reach their full potential!
Guest Instructor & Choreographer: Contemporary & Jazz Fusion
Angie Greene has been teaching and choreographing for 20 years. She began her teaching career as a studio teacher and later received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Art degrees in Dance Education from UNCG in order to teach dance in the public school system. Angie loves teaching jazz, contemporary, and West African. She has studied West African dance from world renowned teachers both here in the states and in Mali, West Africa. Angie was a performing member of Kambankofo, West African Dance Company under the direction of Mohammed DaCosta. Angie continues to teach in the private studio and public school settings
LaNeese Ray
Former Hip-Hop Instructor (Relocated)
LaNeese is originally from New York. She began dance classes at the age of 4 with The Ailey School. She later attended Edge School of the Arts (ESOTA) receiving instruction in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Hip-Hop, African, Pointe, and Musical Theatre. In 2005, she was accepted into Frank Sinatra School of Arts founded by Tony Bennett. Her high school years were spent studying ballet, jazz, modern, tap, ballet, kinesiology, dance history and dance notation. Her studies continued with American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, New York City Ballet, and Robert Battle. She has performed at City Center, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. She graduated Frank Sinatra in June 2009 with a high school diploma and an arts diploma. She continues her education at North Carolina A&T State University with a double major Liberal Studies (Dance) and Journalism & Mass Communications (Media Management). In 2009, LaNeese became a member of the E. Gwynn Dancers of NC A&T. LaNeese has worked with artists such as Lanelle Tyler, Caree Rajae, Donalija James, Evin Gibson, and Mundo. She has recently opened up for Jacob Latimore with artist Career Rajae. For more about Laneese: www.laneesechantel.com
Amar Gamal
Guest Belly Dance Instructor
Amar Gamal was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami Beach, Florida. She began her belly dance training at the Mideastern Dance Exchange at the age of 13, under the direction of dance legend Tamalyn Dallal. Amar is the double crown winner of Ms. America and Ms. World of the Bellydance (San Francisco, CA); winner of Bellydance Break Beats Competition (Los Angeles, CA); and first runner up Ms. Egypt competition (Cairo, Egypt). In 1998 Amar and her dance partner Kaeshi co-founded Bellyqueen, a New York based belly dance company. From 2006-2009 Bellyqueen toured the US, Canada, Western and Eastern Europe and Asia. Amar was a founding member of Bellydance Superstars, the world-renowned international belly dance touring company. Amar's elegant and unique style has made her a sought after performer and instructor worldwide. She has had the privilege to be an invited guest teacher and performer all over Europe, Asia, and North and South America. http://amargamal.com/
Karim Nagi
Guest Master Musician and Folkloric Dance Instructor
Karim performs primarily Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the Egyptian Tabla (goblet drum), Riqq (tambourine), Duff (frame drum), and Segat (brass castanets). Karim has authored instructional CDs and DVDs including the first DVD resource on Riqq technique. Karim was a faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music for 5 years. Karim leads the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble performing the classical Arabic instrumental and vocal repertoire. Karim travels the country presenting his education program called Arabic Music, Dance and Culture to school grades 2 up through the university level. Karim developed and currently performs Turbo Tabla : a music and dance show that combines traditional Arabic and Turkish music with modern Electronica and Techno. Turbo Tabla CDs are distributed internationally by Universal Records. Karim dances and teaches Dabka (Arabic Line Dance), leads the Zaitoun Dabka Troupe, and is the director of the Arab Dance Seminar, a travelling weekend of workshops for professional training in pan-Arab dance. http://www.karimnagi.com/
Avery Church
Teacher's Assistant
Avery discovered her true love for Dance when joining Daliana in 2010. Although she came with some dance experience, Avery has excelled in technique, stage presence, and theatrics. She is loved for her connection of body movement to sound that is a challenge for so many her age to parallel. She participates in all genres of dance at Daliana Dance and spends approximately 20hrs per week in the studio. She is presented with quarterly reviews throughout the dance season and attends continuing education workshops selected by Daliana in her off season at Broadway Dance Center. She has attended classes with international hip hop artist Luam, Belly Dance Artists Amar Gamal and Kaeshi Chai, Musician and Folkloric Dance Instructor Karim Nagi and famed Contemporary dance instructor Tracie Stanfield. Avery has special dance qualities to share as a student, class assistant and performer.
Becky Scoggins
BUTI Yoga Certified Instructor
Becky Scoggins spent over 15 years in marketing, advertising and public relations for large and small companies alike. Her journey with weight loss eventually led her to practice yoga which allowed her to draw on her previous competitive dance experience as a tween at Diane Guzetti's School of Dance. Five years after beginning her yoga practice, her passion for health and wellness enabled her to obtain her RYT-200 certification, which she utilizes to teach students of all shapes, sizes and abilities. Specializing in an innovative style of yoga called BUTI Yoga, which combines tribal and hip hop dance, primal movement, power yoga and plyometrics into a calorie-torching, insanely fun practice, she now empowers others to take their movement practice to new heights. Becky shares her love of yoga and dance by equipping her students to tackle any challenge in life with a no-frills, down-to-earth approach to each class or practice. She is currently the only BUTI Yoga Certified Instructor, and in 2017 will be the only BUTI Master Trainer in the state. She lives in Greensboro with her spoiled trio of boys; her husband, son, and chihuahua.
James Shover
Former Tap Instructor
Jim has over 30 years of extensive dance, theatre, and production training and instruction. He was a dance studio owner for 32 years, has been certified with Dance Masters of America for 25 years where he was also a board member and judged local, regional and national dance competitions. He has produced many State and National Dance winners. He is currently a dance, music, drama and journalism instructor in public schools and has been doing so for almost 20 years. He has crested, directed and designed fine arts programs within the public school system. He has held the title of Director, Actor, Dancer, and Choreographer for many shows.
Sunni Haralarka
Guest Instructor & Choreographer Tumbling, Hip Hop, Jazz
Sunni holds a bachelors degree in Psychology with a minor in Dance and Theater from UNC Pembroke where she was Cheerleader from 2007-2010 receiving Coaches award in 2011. She was also a Dance Team member and Captain 2009-2011 holding the title of All American Dancer in 2010 and is the Founder of "Expressions" a dance club at Pembroke. She is a former member of the Lady Cougarz Cheer and Dance Team to the Carolina Cougarz a semi professional basketball team. She has extensive training in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern Dance and is currently a member of Troupe Bellysima
Alaina Allred
Former & Guest Instructor Beginner Belly Dance, Bollywood
Alaina has been dancing with Daliana since 2007 and is currently a student as well as a Feature Soloist for Troupe Bellysima. She is gifted with natural stage presence and grace. She has wonderful vocal talent and continues her dance education with Daliana as well as participating in Master Classes and workshops. Her passion for Bollywood has blossomed allowing it to be an intergral part of Daliana Dance. WHen she was younger she participated in Cheerleading at five, served as co-captain in middle school and went on to varsity as well as competition team in high school. She began a successful run in the Pageant World at age 4 and some of her titles include Little Miss Randleman, Jr Miss Randleman, Miss Randleman, Miss Fall Festival, Miss Teen North Carolina, American Rennaissance, and The Treasures Queen.
Guest Instructor, African Dance
Wesley L. Williams Jr. is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Williams is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher of West African Music & Dance and African contemporary dance styles. Wesley has performed with "Jan Van Dyke Dance Company", "Ballethnic Dance Company"of Atlanta, G.A., and "North Carolina Black Repertory Company". Wesley Williams is a former dancer of the Chuck Davis " African American Dance Ensemble". He is currently the founder and Artistic Director of "SUAH African Dance Theatre" based in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Williams attended North Carolina Central University where he studied Psychology and received a full four year scholarship in two sports, football and track & field. Recently Mr. Williams was featured in the May 2014 issue of" Dance Magazine" as well as " Teacher Magazine". Mr. Williams travels all over the country sharing his gift to create dance works with all arts lovers. He has been invited to choreograph new works on several universities, such as, Radford University, Lincoln University, Stephens College, and University of North Carolina School of the Arts to name a few. He has also studied and perform with world renown teachers such as Youssouf Koumbassa, Mamady Sano, M'Bemba Bangoura, and Dr. Chuck Davis. His dream is to eventually set his work on a major company such as Alvin Alley Dance Theatre. Until then, he will nurture his own dance company with passion and love. Mr. Williams thanks Sherone Price, Gabrielle Williams and his dance family for such awesome support throughout his journey. " Love Life, Live Dance".
Leslie Williams
Leslie has been a registered Nurse for 15 years. Worked in Hospital, Home care, OB/GYN, Pediatrics.Employed as Registered Nurse with United Healthcare Heart Failure Program. She has two daughters currently enrolled at Daliana Dance and members of Troupe Bellysima. She is also a former Tap, Ballet, and Jazz dancer
Bill Jurney
Bill is a voiceover artist who lives in Los Angeles, CA. His long career in radio and voiceovers has seen him as Staff Announcer for CNN Headline News; Commercial voice for Disney Theme Parks, Ovaltine and Farmer's Insurance; Movie trailers for Miramax and Roadhouse Attractions; and Narrator for PBS and Reader's Digest.He's a fan of old-time and modern radio theater and has participated in The National Audio Theater Festivals. He studied English and Speech at East Carolina University and received a B.A. in Communications from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Originally from North Carolina Bill has worked and lived in The Carolinas, Atlanta, New York City; and now Los Angeles. Bill does much of his work from his own ISDN studio. Visit Bill's Website! http://billjurney.com
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How To Watch John Wick Streaming For Free Thanks To Lionsgate
By Dirk Libbey
Today, the John Wick franchise is one of the more successful brands in Hollywood. Each movie has become more successful than the last. As we sit and wait for the fourth chapter to fill our eyeballs with glorious action, anybody who somehow hasn't seen where it all began, or just wants to relive the beginning because you haven't already binged that franchise while in quarantine, can do so, free of charge, as part of Lionsgate's next Lionsgate Live A Night At The Movies. John Wick will be streaming on YouTube for free on Friday and will include a special appearance by Keanu Reeves among others.
John Wick will mark the fourth, and so far final, movie in the A Night At The Movies series, which is co-hosted by Fandango Movieclips. Previously, we saw The Hunger Games, Dirty Dancing, and La La Land and now John Wick will be available to view on May 8 beginning at 6PM PT/9PM ET. As the one R-rated movie in the series, the film will be age restricted.
The film will include a special introduction with appearances by Keanu Reeves, directors David Leitch and Chad Stehelski, Lance Reddick, and even Halle Berry and Asia Kate Dillon, who don't appear until the third movie. Viewers will be able to donate to the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, which helps support people in the motion picture industry.
We've seen a variety of different types of watch parties spring up while everybody has been stuck at home. In some cases, we've had the movie streamed in an easily accessible place for groups to watch together. In other cases, it's been a social media event where everybody starts the movie at their own home at the same time, and the experience is shared over Twitter or Facebook. In many cases the cast or crew involved in the film have joined the fun, providing interesting pieces of behind-the-scenes information about the making of the film.
Some of these have been so good, that I sort of hope that they continue even after we're all allowed to go back to movie theaters. It's a fun new way to engage with our favorite films. It might give some people a reason to see a film they missed the first time around or remember why they liked a movie thy haven't seen in ages.
And if somehow you haven't seen the original John Wick, you owe it to yourself. While the sequels have made a point to try to continue to outdo each other, and in some ways have succeeded, the first movie is still quite special simply for being the first one. The film does a remarkable job at world building without overwhelming the audience in details. The movie is still simple and straightforward. It's a revenge action movie, possibly the best revenge action move ever.
With this being the final of the four movies announced by Lionsgate, we'll have to see if the studio decides to keep this going. At this point, we're still a couple of months away from major releases opening in theaters, and that assumes that theaters are ready to open by then. While some smaller business are beginning to open in some parts of the country, there's no indication when movie theaters will be safe again.
Up next: Neo Vs John Wick: Comparing The Matrix And John Wick Movies
Dirk Libbey
Content Producer/Theme Park Beat
CinemaBlend's resident theme park junkie and amateur Disney historian. Armchair Imagineer. Epcot Stan. Future Club 33 Member.
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