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AP YSR Bima Scheme 2022: Apply Online, Eligibility, List
June 1, 2022 June 1, 2021 by Aayush
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The YSR government of Andhra Pradesh is launching several schemes for the welfare of its citizens. Recently, the Andhra Pradesh government launched an insurance scheme called YSR Bima Yojana. Today in this article, we will share with you all the important information related to this scheme. For example, the objectives of YSR Bima Scheme, benefits, facilities, eligibility criteria, the online application process, etc., and we will also explain how to check the status of YSR Bima by Aadhaar number, insurance number. If you want to get complete information related to this scheme, then read this article till the end.
AP YSR Bima Scheme
Details of the AP YSR Bima Scheme
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Benefits & Key Features of AP YSR Bima Scheme
Nominee of AP YSR Bima Scheme
YSR Bima Scheme Apply Online
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YSR Bima Scheme's Some Important FAQs
Who are eligible for the YSR Bima Scheme 2021?
Do the suicidal deaths comes under the YSR Bima scheme?
What should be the age group of the applicants for applying the YSR Bima Scheme?
Can we check the YSR Bima Beneficiary Details online?
YSR Bima Yojana is a type of insurance scheme that provides accident insurance to poor, non-union working families in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Under this scheme, in the event of death or permanent disability of the beneficiary due to an accident, the family member of the beneficiary will be paid the sum assured.
The Honorable Chief Minister has launched YSR Bheema Yojana on 21 October 2020 and has released a premium amount of Rs 510 crores to all banks and insurance companies on behalf of 1.41 crore families in the state of YSR Bima Premium. 100% of the premium for this scheme is borne by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. Let us tell you that the beneficiary of this scheme has to pay a premium of Rs 15 annually.
Name of Scheme YSR Bima Scheme
Launched By Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy
Objective To provide insurance cover facility
Beneficiary Citizens of Andhra Pradesh
Premium Amount Rs 15 only per annum
The main objective of the YSR Bima Yojana is to provide insurance cover to the families of poor and non-union working families in the state. Under this scheme, in case of permanent disability or death, the beneficiary's agent will be provided an amount of security. With the successful implementation of the scheme, financial assistance will be made available to the beneficiary family member.
In addition, the AP government has introduced the Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) to provide relief to the families of unorganized workers, causing great inconvenience to the families of workers with disabilities in the death or disability of the unorganized workers. All unorganized workers between the ages of 18 and 70 in the state are eligible to be registered as unorganized workers and enrolled as beneficiaries of the YSR Insurance Scheme.
First from age 18 to 50 years: – Rs 5 lakh insurance for accidental death and permanent disability.
Second from age group 51 to 70 years: – Accidental death and total permanent disability Rs 3 lakh sum insured relief.
Third from age group 18 to 50 years: – Rs 2 lakh insurance cover in case of natural death.
Fourth from age group 18 to 70 years: – Rs 1.5 lakh insurance in case of permanent disability due to accident and other causes.
YSR Bima Yojana is a type of insurance scheme that provides protection to poor, non-union working families in the event of an accident.
If the beneficiary dies, the candidate will be paid the sum assured.
The government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to implement this project successfully with a budget of Rs 510 crores.
About 1.14 crore citizens of Andhra Pradesh will be benefited from this scheme.
Under YSR Bima Scheme, 1.5 to 5 lakh rupees will be deposited in the bank account of the beneficiary's family member.
Under this scheme, the claim amount will be paid within 15 days of submission.
Immediate financial assistance of Rs 10,000 will be provided to the family member of the beneficiaries.
Under this scheme, the beneficiary has to pay a premium of Rs 15 per year.
The user will be issued an ID card which will contain the personal ID number and the policy number.
The user will be issued an ID card which will have a personal ID number and a policy number.
The claim amount will be credited directly to the bank account through DBT mode.
If the beneficiary encounters any problem, they can contact PDRDA to get a complaint about written or claim payment of the insurance.
The following persons can be nominated under the YSR Insurance Scheme:
The beneficiary's wife
21-year-old son
Single daughter
Widowed daughter
Dependent parents
Widowed daughter-in-law or her children
The applicant must be a permanent resident of Andhra Pradesh state.
Applicants should have a white ration card issued by the competent authority.
He/She should be registered under YSR Bima Scheme.
All primary bread earners belonging to BPL families in the state, between 18 and 70 years of age, are eligible to be enrolled as beneficiaries of the YSR Insurance Scheme.
White ration card
Certification of Income
Passport-size photo
YSR Pension Kanuka Scheme List
Beneficiaries are not required to register or apply for YSR Bima Scheme 2022. Volunteers researched door-to-door campaigns and verified white ration cardholders. Subsequently, the information collected from the survey will be verified by the Social Welfare Secretary and the beneficiaries will be selected.
Thereafter, the selected beneficiaries will be asked to open a bank account with the nominee and then the beneficiary will have to pay a premium of Rs 15 per year. For more information about this scheme, you can visit the Official Website or contact the authorities concerned.
If you want to check YSR Bima Beneficiary Status then follow these steps-:
A homepage will open on your screen.
On the homepage, you have to click on the Login option.
On the new page, enter your User Name and Password in the appropriate box.
Click on the Login option.
After successful login, you can search YSR Bima policy and check the dashboard.
YSR Bima App Download Here
District-wise Enrolment (Total) Click Here
Post Category AP Govt YSR Scheme
We have shared with you all the information related to YSR Insurance Scheme 2021 as if you do not need to register, the volunteers keep the whole process. If you are looking for the details of YSR Bhim Yojana in the Telugu language, read the local newspaper or contact the toll-free helpline numbers given below-:
Toll-Free Unique Short Digit Number: 155214
District-wise Contact Details of Call Centers: Click Here
The vulnerable sections of the people who are working in the unorganised sector are eligible to apply for the YSR Bima Scheme 2021.
No, suicidal deaths are not covered under the YSR Bima scheme.
Yes, the citizens can the Beneficiary Details Online on the YSR Bima portal.
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Go to a doctor or your favorite PT, if you feel pain. Don't try to run through the pain. If that is what's keeping you on your couch, then schedule an appointment.
Are you eating enough? Getting plenty of sleep? Is it stress? Depression? If it's something else then first focus on fixing the something else.
Routines can feel very… routine after a while. Surprise your legs and brain and find a new way to log your miles. Try trail running. Try interval training while you jog. Use short bursts of speed mixed with moderate pace jogging – or try mixing in lunges or other movement.
Start setting goals of where you want to end up so you can visualize obtaining the objectives.
Your friends are the ones who can get you to go out on a Wednesday night or to see a random band on a Tuesday. So invite some of them to join you during your training runs.
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Statistics of Primera División Uruguaya for the 1939 season.

Overview
It was contested by 11 teams, and Nacional won the championship.

League standings

Playoff: Nacional-Peñarol 3-2

References
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The little girl introduces herself in English. It is early evening but half of the family is already done with the day. Sanya's two younger brothers are deep in dreams — slumped by the road, inches away from the evening traffic.
The young girl lives at a south Delhi pavement. Her mother is a homemaker. The father, a papad seller, is awaited home though Sanya must soon go to sleep.
"Mummy wakes me up at 6am with anda and doodh and then I walk to the school… all by myself," she says in Hindi, shyly, all the time being prompted by her equally shy mother.
Sanya's ambitions are even more specific. She wants to teach English to her future students.
That may become possible one day though for now she can speak only a single sentence in that language — the one in which she introduced herself.
"My English is bad," she says, looking at her mother who protectively places her arms around Sanya's shoulders.
Soon afterwards the girl picks up her slumbering siblings one by one and moves them to a mattress her mother has laid on the safer end of the pavement.


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Congregation Ahavath Achim - Portland, Oregon
Congregation Ahavath Achim is Portland's Sephardic Synagogue. The community was founded by Sephardic Jews from the Island of Rhodes and mainland Turkey in the early 1900s and still maintains much of the traditional Ladino-Sephardic customs and traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Our congregation welcomes Jews of all backgrounds and is proud to include Ashkenazim in addition to Sepharadim.
Congregation Ahavath Achim is a welcoming synagogue with programs and events for members of all ages. We offer weekly classes, cultural and educational programs, as well as prayer services every Shabbat and all holidays. We offer services every Shabbat led by members of the community. Our prayer services are offered in the traditional Sephardic styles, incorporating melodies from Rhodes, Turkey, Morocco, Yemen, and many other Sephardic countries. A drasha related to the weekly Torah portion is given by our rabbi who infuses current events and practical applications to make the sermon more relevant to our lives.
Following Shabbat morning services, the community in invited to a lunch prepared by our Kitchen Committee which is accompanied by a discussion led by Rabbi Kaplan. Our Shabbats also feature traditional Sephardic community lunches following services that are open to everyone.
In 2017, the Congregation launched a new Sephardic Cultural Center dedicated to enhancing Sephardic community life in Portland. The SCC features new programs like a Sephardic Film Series, Sephardic guest lectures, international trip to various Sephardic communities, and more. We look forward to welcoming you!
Congregation Ahavath Achim
Main Location: 3225 SW Barbur Blvd. Portland, OR | Hillsdale Location: 6686 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, OR
Rabbi: Gad Levy
President: Ron Sadis
Treasurer: Richard Matza
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Listening to one of my many podcasts, the Drupalize.me podcast, I was introduced to a new initiative that really highlights what is so amazing about the Drupal development community. The Drupal Ladder project is an open and free site that encourages developers to start contributing to Drupal. The "ladder" component is a step-by-step progression to follow that helps break down the scariness and build the required skill sets to contribute effectively. Their mandate is to get 1% of the development community to contribute by 2014. The participation effort right now is around 0.1%.
Another amazing initiative is the core office hours, where experienced contributors will mentor those new to contributing and help them find something to work on. These two initiatives have definitely encouraged me to put more effort towards contributing back to a community that has certainly helped me. I will chronicle my efforts in this blog in the months ahead.


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The Avalon Theatre is located in the lower level of the Catalina Casino and features first-run movies.
Movies are shown nightly at 7:30pm. Adult ticket $15, seniors/children $13. Tuesday special: $10 admission for adults, seniors and children.
Rated R movies are Restricted and children under 17 require accompanying adult parent or guardian.
Open 11-5 Sun.-Thurs., 11-close Fri. and Sat. Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 3-5pm.
Avalon Tasting & Cultural Walking Tours run daily at 12 noon. Catalina Happy Hour Tours run weekends at 4pm. Advanced reservations required. Check online for availability.
Visit our website to learn more about activities offered on Catalina Island. Your #1 booking site for everything in Avalon!
We're open daily & serving hot breakfast starting at 5 AM in the Metropole Market Place. Gourmet coffee, tea, chai, smoothies, ice blended drinks & Avalon's ONLY fresh fruit fro-yo bar!
Open at 9am for breakfast.
Daily Happy Hour: $5 well cocktails, wine by the glass and tap beer, Monday-Thursday 4 to 6 pm, and Friday-Sunday from 3pm to 6pm. Signature starters also available from 3 to 5 pm.
Wine Down Wednesday: Half-off select bottles of wine from open to close every Wednesday.
Saturday & Sunday Brunch: 11am to 2pm Saturday & Sunday.
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Interview with Chloe Hart
November 7, 2015 October 15, 2011 by Neil Cheesman
Chloe has previously starred as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, performed in Chess at The Royal Albert Hall and in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre. She is back on the West End stage from 12th December when she joins the cast of WICKED at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
It was apparent at an early age that Chloe had a career lined up on the stage, as at the age of six, she would captivate an audience, singing Karaoke versions of Think Twice and The Greatest Love of All at a local venue.
Since attending theatre school in Cornwall and graduating from the Guildford School of Acting, Chloe's career has continued to blossom, and I am sure that she will be fabulous in Wicked.
Chloe recently took time out to answer a few questions about herself, her career and of course Wicked!
When you were a child your mum worked in a pub in a village near Truro in Cornwall, where at the age of 6, on Karaoke nights, you used to sing Whitney Houston and Celine Dion songs. Which were your favourite songs and what did it feel like singing in front of an audience?
We used to have a Karaoke man called Dexter Love who would dress up as characters such as Bob Marley, Mr Motivator and Mick Jagger, he was hilarious! I used to sing Think Twice and The Greatest Love of All but I would get scared of the high notes at the end and stop before I got to them! I loved it though, I've always liked being in the spotlight.
You were inspired at the age of 8 when you saw Elaine Paige on the CATS DVD. Was there a particular song that you liked and what was it about her that inspired you?
I always knew I wanted to be a singer but knew I didn't want to be a pop star, so when I saw the CATS DVD and saw Elaine Paige singing Memory, I knew that this is what I wanted to do. Sing, Act and Dance all at the same time whilst being a character. My love for musical theatre started there and then!
While at the Playrite Theatre School in Cornwall, you performed in their productions of Les Miserables, Summer Holiday and West Side Story. What are the highlights of your time in these shows?
Playrite was such a brilliant company, they really did their best to get us ready for the real world of Musical Theatre by being as professional as they could. I did Les Miserables when I was 14 and I played Factory Girl, but also covering Fantine and Madame T. My highlight would have to be the rehearsal process, learning all the music and making so many life long friends! Summer Holiday was such fun to be a part of. We performed it at the Minack Theatre which is an outdoor theatre in Cornwall, built into the side of a cliff and the backdrop is the ocean. It is absolutely stunning and such a great venue to perform in. Although we did get rained off once. You can't do Summer Holiday when it is pouring down with rain!
You subsequently trained at the Guildford School of Acting. What are some of your favourite memories of that time?
The amazing parties?! Haha. Only kidding. It would have to be when we started doing public performances at the end of the second year. It was so nice to put everything we had learned in the first 2 years of training into practice. It made us all realise how much we had all improved since we started.
While training you had the opportunity to perform in Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Can you describe that experience?
Well I had already booked tickets to see Chess because I have a slightly unhealthy obsession with Idina Menzel, so when I was asked to be in the West End Chorus I couldn't believe my luck! I think I actually cried a bit! Everything about the experience was just incredible. When we first sang everything through with the orchestra and the full cast I was in such awe. Adam Pascal blew me away. Its definitely an experience that will be with me forever.
Before graduating you were lucky enough to be cast in Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad at the Shaftesbury Theatre. What was your reaction when you found out you had got the part?
Well it was April Fools Day when I found out so I didn't quite believe it at first. Once I realised it was no joke, me and my very close friend and housemate (Tracey Penn) just broke down in tears, before running to our friend's house down the road. When they answered the door, they thought we'd been burgled because we were in such a state! That night we had a huge party at our house. It is a day I will never forget.
What was it like making your West End debut as a leading lady?
Terrifying!!! But also the most amazing thing in the whole entire world.
How did you cope with suddenly being put into the media spotlight as Tracy?
I was given a very good piece of advice about the internet before I started in Hairspray. To not read any of the forum posts about myself, or the YouTube comments of videos that I was in. I took this piece of advice and stuck to it. The reason being, although I am not a very sensitive person, if I read ten good comments and one bad one, the only one I would remember would be the bad one. It isn't worth putting yourself through it.
After Hairspray you joined Les Miserables in the Ensemble. What was it like joining such a different style of musical to Hairspray?
With Les Miserables being my first big musical when I was younger, it was another dream come true to be in it in the West End and playing the same role too. I loved playing Factory Girl because it was such a different character to Tracy. She is so mean! I will be honest though, I found the lack of dancing and the lack of smiling very tough!
From December you will be appearing in WICKED at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Where were you when you found out that you were going to be in the show?
I was sat at home on my sofa with my boyfriend. I screamed the place down. I have seen WICKED eleven times and even had an Emerald City birthday party for my 21st whilst at GSA. Anyone who knows me, knows that it is my favourite show of all time. I am a self-confessed WICKED geek. Maybe I shouldn't admit that now!
What do you think makes WICKED such a successful musical?
The music and the orchestrations are just phenomenal. It never fails to move me. Especially the song For Good. The lyrics in that song are some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written. I think it is a song that people everywhere can relate to. Another reason I think it is so successful is because the connections between the show and The Wizard of Oz are just so clever. When I first watched it I actually gasped when I found out about Boq being the Tinman and Fiyero being the Scarecrow. Just genius! One more thing (although I could go on for hours) is the fact that it is such a spectacle. The set and costume design is some of the best I have ever seen.
Do you have set routines that you like to do on the day of a show?
In Hairspray I had a routine which was that I had to kiss Liam Tamne and Adrian Hansel (my Link Larkin and Seaweed) before I got tucked into my Baltimore bed. If either of them were late for beginners, we would go up late because I had to kiss them before I would get into my opening position! Ha!
If you could perform on stage with anyone of your choice (past or present), who would it be?
I would absolutely love to perform a duet with Jennifer Hudson. She is such an inspirational woman and her voice never ceases to amaze me.
As well as being on stage you have also appeared on television on the Paul O'Grady Show, Strictly Come Dancing and a West End Christmas Celebrity Special of the Weakest Link. In order to further your TV career, if you could choose a TV soap to appear in which one would it be, and which character?
I would love to be in Eastenders. I watch it religiously and would love to play a bit of a loveable rogue character, like Stacey Slater. I would want to make a big impression with a juicy storyline. Other than soaps, I would like to play a housemaid in a period drama like Downton Abbey.
Do you have a favourite Diva and if you had to choose just one, which would be your favourite song of all time?
Celine Dion is just fantastic. I like that she is a bit crazy too. I have watched quite a bit of her backstage footage and she looks like so much fun. My favourite song of hers is probably It's all coming back to me now, it's so dramatic!
When not acting or singing, what do you like to do on a day off?
I love a good box set. 24 is my all time favourite. I have a huge crush on Kiefer Sutherland. I also like to go to the gym when I've got a spare couple of hours.
How would your best friend describe you?
A little bit crazy, a bit of a geek, happy and I hope they'd say honest, kind and loving!
What message would you say to any young person thinking of a career in the performing arts?
Be true to yourself and believe in yourself. And most importantly, keep your feet firmly on the ground however fast it may be going from around you. Never forget that you were just a kid with a dream once.
You can follow Chloe on Twitter @ChloeSJHart
Interviewed by Neil who you can follow on Twitter @LondonTheatre1
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US and UK accuse Taliban of massacring civilians
President Ashraf Ghani blamed Washington for deteriorating security as Afghan Taliban capture Radio Afghanistan building.
Afghan forces battled Monday to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of "massacring civilians" in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border.
Taliban fighters assaulted at least three provincial capitals overnight — Lashkar Gah, Kandahar and Herat — after a weekend of heavy fighting that saw thousands of civilians flee the advancing militants.
Fighting raged in Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban launched coordinated attacks on the city centre and its prison — just hours after the government announced the deployment of hundreds of commandos to the area.
The war has intensified since early May, with the insurgents capitalising on the final stages of the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces after almost 20 years.
Read more: Fawad Chaudhry slams Taliban's hanging of two child abductors
President Ashraf Ghani blamed Washington for deteriorating security.
"The reason for our current situation is that the decision was taken abruptly," Ghani told parliament, referring to the withdrawal of foreign forces.
Ghani said he had warned Washington that the withdrawal would have "consequences".
His comments came as Washington said that, in light of the increased violence, it will take in thousands more Afghan refugees including those who worked with the United States.
"The United States and Britain accused the #Taliban of committing 'war crimes' in Spin Boldak", writes @DefensePosthttps://t.co/L25gfRtMjq
— Christian Thiels (@ThielsChristian) August 3, 2021
Washington has already started evacuating thousands of interpreters and their families who worked with the US military and embassy over the past two decades.
Disturbing and unacceptable
The United States and Britain on Monday accused the Taliban of atrocities that may amount to "war crimes" in the town of Spin Boldak, which the insurgents captured last month along the border with Pakistan.
The diplomatic lashing comes after Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission said the insurgents had indulged in revenge killings in Spin Boldak.
"The Taliban chased and identified past and present government officials and killed these people who had no combat role in the conflict," the group said, adding at least 40 people had been killed by the Taliban.
Read more: Ex-Canadian minister blames Taliban fighters are waiting to cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan
"These murders could constitute war crimes," the embassies of Washington and London said in separate tweets.
Taliban leadership must be held responsible, they said, adding: "If you cannot control your fighters now, you have no business in governance later."
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken also slammed the militant leaders, saying the reports were "deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable."
An Afghanistan without a democratic, inclusive government would be a "pariah state," he said, adding that the international recognition the group wants will not be possible if "seeks to take the country by force and commits the kind of atrocities that have been reported."
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the Taliban attacks show "little regard for human life."
Read more: What is the possibility and future of Afghanistan as a neo-colonial state?
"If the Taliban leadership truly supports a negotiated solution to this conflict, as they say they do… they must stop these horrific attacks," he said.
Many are suffering
Fighting meanwhile continued in the Lashkar Gah overnight as Afghan forces beat back a fresh Taliban assault.
Resident Hawa Malalai warned of a growing crisis in the southern city: "There is fighting, power cuts, sick people in hospital, the telecommunication networks are down. There are no medicines and pharmacies are closed."
Medical charity Doctors Without Border said casualties were mounting in Lashkar Gah.
https://twitter.com/UKinAfghanistan/status/1421154792248913925
"There has been relentless gunfire, air strikes and mortars in densely populated areas. Houses are being bombed, and many people are suffering severe injuries," said Sarah Leahy, the aid group's coordinator for Helmand, in a statement.
Helmand for years was the centrepiece of the US and British military campaign in Afghanistan. The province's vast poppy fields provide opium for the international heroin trade, a lucrative cash source for the Taliban.
The loss of Lashkar Gah would be a massive strategic and psychological blow for the government, which has pledged to defend cities at all costs after losing much of the rural countryside to the Taliban over the summer.
Fighting also surged in some districts of Kandahar province, the former bastion of the insurgents, and on the outskirts of its capital.
Read more: How America lost Afghanistan after winning it?
In the west, hundreds of commandos were also defending Herat after days of fierce fighting.
"If Afghan cities fall… the US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan will be remembered as one of the most notable strategic blunders in American foreign policy," Australia-based Afghanistan expert Nishank Motwani told AFP.
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St. Patrick-St. Vincent High's Akil Edwards is…
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St. Patrick-St. Vincent High's Akil Edwards is Times-Herald Male Athlete of the Year
By Thomas Gase | tgase@timesheraldonline.com | Vallejo Times Herald
St. Patrick-St. Vincent High's Akil Edwards has always been loaded with athletic talent. After all, he had been part of a state championship team in football and basketball his sophomore year and the starting quarterback and point guard on the respective teams during his junior year.
But when Edwards stepped on campus for his senior year in the fall of 2018 there were many familiar things that he didn't see anymore. On the football field, no longer was Marshel Martin in the backfield. When he entered the Bruins' gym, he didn't see former teammate Chance McMillan on the wing and in the second half he didn't see junior center Dishon Jackson, who was injured.
So despite Edwards' ability to throw or run for the big touchdown or drive to the hoop for the vital layup, there was one thing the Bruin senior still needed to learn how to do — be a leader.
"Akil always had leadership abilities, but he had to learn how to be patient with some of the guys," St. Pat's head basketball coach Derek Walker said. "Some guys need verbal acknowledgement and some guys don't. He needed to learn to pick and choose his times to build the team up more."
Bruins' head football coach Lane Hawkins agreed.
"He led our team this year. He was the one that made us go," Hawkins said. "He was our go-to guy and very inspirational to our team. It was very evident when he there."
Edwards put the two teams on his back so much that he might has well have been given the nickname JanSport. The senior was more clutch in big games than a face-down ace at a black jack table.
And while there was great moments from Benicia's Nate Freeman, Vallejo's Rasheed Reason and Bethel's Noah Fiso and Jacob Sharp, to quote the film "Highlander," well, "there can be only one." This past school year that "one" was Edwards. He is the Times-Herald's Male Athlete of the Year for 2019.
Edwards is the school's third straight male athlete of the year following Marquel Johnson (2017), Martin (2018) and the fourth for St. Pat's during the decade (Robbie Herndon, 2011). Other winners this decade include Chris Mamon (2010), Ryan Bohnet (2013) and Jason Shelley (2016) from Benicia, Evan Austrie (2015) from Vallejo, Jomon Dotson from American Canyon (2014) and DeAundray Taylor from Jesse Bethel (2012).
This season it was Edwards' turn to shine and he used an old grudge from as far back as middle school to do it.
"I just like beating people," Edwards said. "When I grew up people would always step up to me when I was dominating in middle school. I guess they wanted me to think that I wouldn't be the same player I was before once I entered high school. I wanted to basically tell them that I not only would be a different player, I'd be better."
During his senior year, Edwards proved that he was indeed a better player. On the football field he rushed for 1,443 yards and 20 touchdowns, while throwing for another 900 yards in the air. He seemed to excel even more in big games, especially against St. Mary's. In his first game back from an injury Edwards had 259 yards rushing and 181 yards passing. He scored four touchdowns and added the game-winning two-point conversion to give the Bruins a 42-41 win in what Edwards would later call his "defining moment."
A few weeks later Edwards shined again against St. Mary's, this time in the playoffs when he had seven combined touchdowns (six rushing, one throwing) in a 55-34 triumph in the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs.
Edwards, who is headed to Weber State in the fall for football, said that even though he performed well in big games, he still got butterflies before the contests.
"I'd get butterflies, but not in a nervous or scared type of way, but more that I'm really excited and can't wait to play," Edwards said. "What I would usually do is take care of everything I had to do in school as soon as I could and then I would spend the rest of the day with earphones just trying to get relaxed, because honestly I was anxious and couldn't wait to get rolling. I was ready for the challenge."
Edwards helped take the Bruins football team to the next round but lost to Moreau Catholic three weeks later after numerous Northern California fires.
A week later Edwards was helping out the basketball team by scoring over 20 points in his first six games. Edwards said that going from football to basketball isn't that difficult since he plays AAU basketball over the summer.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent High's Akil Edwards goes up for two of his 20 points in the Bruins' 60-53 loss to Serra in the NorCal playoffs in February. (Chris Riley–Times-Herald file)
"The hardest part every year in playing basketball right after football has to do with your footwork. I feel that in the first four or five games I almost always get called for traveling more than I usually do," Edwards said.
Before his senior basketball season, Walker had a talk with Edwards and Jackson, saying they both had to do a little more scoring than they had previously done. Edwards handled the transition well.
"In the past Akil would look around the court and see a bunch of seniors," Walker said. "But now he was seeing a lot of younger guys on the court. There was no Tavian (Henderson) or Chance (McMillan) anymore. He had to learn how to be patient with some of the younger guys."
Edwards heard the advice and call from Walker loud and clear.
Walker said that although he went about leading the team in a different way, having BJ Standley on the team with him his sophomore year really helped Edwards.
"In practices we never had Akil and BJ on the same team," Walker said. "Those were some great practices those two going against each other and really helped us later in games."
Edwards was more of a facilitator his junior year, but with McMillan and Martin gone either to another school or having graduated, and with Jackson hurt for the playoffs and a part of the second half, Edwards needed to score more. He did just that against Vallejo, registering a school-record 41 points in a win at Bottari Gym.
He also helped encourage his teammates more.
"I had to rely on people that usually came off the bench," Edwards said. "I tried my best to tell them to not be nervous or scared. We had to do all of this together."
St. Pat's won playoff games against Rancho Cotate and Miramonte before falling to Campolindo. Edwards had 18 points in the win over Miramonte before getting 20 in an overtime loss to Campolindo.
"We made it to NorCal playoffs and Akil really elevated his play and had an incredible season," Walker said. "He's easily one of the more accomplished athletes ever to be at St. Pat's. And it's because he put in the work. He loves to win and has a huge passion for winning."
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Keek Raises $18M, Adds 6M Users In 30 Days And Looks To Expand Mobile Video Sharing Further Internationally
Darrell Etherington	@etherington / 6 years
Keek, the Toronto-based social video sharing startup that emphasizes communication over entertainment through bite-sized 36-second smartphone movie clips, today announced an $18 million funding round, led by AGF Investments, Pinetree Capital and Plazacorp Ventures, along with Cranson Capital. The new money comes after Keek added $7 million in new funding just a few short months ago in October, and is designed to help the network keep pace with what it describes as explosive growth.
Keek added 6 million users in just the past 30 days, the startup shared, and claims 200,000 new sign-ups per day. Engagement metrics on the network include roughly 8 million monthly comments and likes, along with 30 million monthly follows and subscribes. Keek founder and CEO Isaac Raichyk explained in an interview that his company is gaining ground where others like Klip and Socialcam have fallen out of the spotlight mostly because Keek's focus is on simple, quick and painless communication, vs. editing, feature overload and entertainment.
"We, from the beginning, have looked at video as a form of communication," Raichyk explained about how Keek's vision of what mobile video sharing means differs from the rest of the field. "It's a way for people to communicate with their friends, with the followers, with their fans, or whoever, but it's a way to communicate. We don't provide any beautification filters, no video editing, just point; shoot; upload; communicate."
Asked why Keek needs the additional $18M so soon after another raise, Raichyk said that the earlier round was more of a "friends and family" type of arrangement, and that this one brings on some big-name investors, and also girds the company for a massive infrastructure expansion, which he says has already been in process over the past six months to support Keek's international growth. Other efforts to help with internationalization include building an effective system for detecting a user's location and serving them top and trending content specific to that locale, so that the content they see in the welcome carousel in the app is actually relevant to those users.
Keek is on a roll with celebrities back home in North America, with famous users like Kim Kardashian, Adam Lambert and 2 Chainz driving engagement, but Raichyk said that kind of endorsement has come after ordinary users embraced the platform rather than driving new sign-ups, and he expects a similar bottom up adoption curve in international markets. Growth strategies for new areas where Keek still sees lots of room for audience acquisition, like in Asia Pacific, include mostly the same kind of word-of-mouth efforts that have managed to help it succeed in the English-speaking world, and recently make big inroads in South America.
Social video sharing still hasn't had its Instagram moment, I'd argue, but Keek looks to be convincing investors it is best-positioned to make that happen.