This summer, Commonweal afforded me the luxury to take a working sabbatical to engage in one of my favorite pastimes: Shakespeare! Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, one of Arizona's youngest theatre companies, is in its fourth season producing the Bard's plays in various gorgeous settings in the Grand Canyon State. In 2016, I met executive director Dawn Tucker (a former seasonal actor with Commonweal) and asked if there was any way I could get involved. After sending a taped audition this year, I was honored with two responsibilities in their company: three small roles in The Taming of the Shrew and the position of text and speech coach.
My task is two-fold. The first part is to make sure the actors understand the text. What do the words mean? What is the sense of a phrase, a line, a speech? What is happening in the scene? The second part is to make sure the audience understands the same text, but this time as speech. The difference between text and speech, though it may appear largely mechanical, is fraught with challenges. As text and speech coach, I must examine each actor's expressive output and evaluate its effectiveness, then help them to modulate or enhance that output when it is ineffective or its meaning unclear. That work requires an appreciation of the actor's gifts and limitations, an ability to adapt to their style of learning, and a thorough knowledge of the tools available to assist them in this quest to convey meaning.
I'm having a blast here, but I'm ridiculously excited to return this fall and begin work on Commonweal's fourth production of 2018, Dracula: Prince of Blood! I'll see you back in the 'boro!
Ben is currently in the performance run of The Taming of the Shrew in Arizona through July 27. Then, I promise, he will return east where you will see him next as Renfield, the delightfully sadistic pawn in Dracula: Prince of Blood opening Sept. 8.
To read Ben's thoughts on the value of a text and speech coach, visit Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival online.
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There are many facets to the life of an actor in the live theatre. One of those facets is taking on a role that you did not create in the official rehearsal process of a production. The theatre term for that is role sharing and it is the position that Lauren Schulke found herself in when accepting a spot in this year's theatre apprenticeship class. She would be taking over the role of Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for outgoing ensemble member Abbie Cathcart. In this edition of Drama Unfolds, Lauren describes this tricky process for her and what it means for the entire production.
I am so honored and excited to have stepped into the role of Marcy Park—an overachiever with dreams of underachieving—in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It has been an absolute pleasure to watch Abbie in the role of Marcy, and working alongside her to create my own version—or in theater terms, role sharing—has been a dream.
When I first got the call from Hal Cropp (Commonweal Executive Director) about my acceptance into the 2018-19 Commonweal Theatre apprentice class, I was offered the role of Marcy and a role in It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. I'll admit, I was ecstatic for the latter, but was slightly hesitant about the former. My early years of becoming an actor consist of a lot of musicals, but I really haven't been in one for the last 5 years or so. So when I Googled the role and watched the YouTube videos, I was a little nervous and worried I may be in over my head. However, much like Marcy, I faced the challenge head-on, and unlike Marcy, I decided to go all-in. I called up a recommended voice coach to work on the music and I got a copy of the script and started memorizing.
Moving to Lanesboro was a big change! But I'm grateful I had some time to see Spelling Bee and really feel settled in before I jumped into rehearsals. I worked with Abbie to learn my blocking and the dances and I worked with Stela Burdt, our music director on getting the music in my head and in my body. I watched the show like 5 million times and had a wonderful cast holding me up on my first night.
The adjustment into a role that had already been crafted by Abbie was a balance. It was hard to not feel as if I was just copying someone else's work and I found myself questioning some of the choices I was making. But after many conversations with Abbie, rehearsal with our stage manager, Bailey, and finally a few performances under my belt, I'm really starting to feel my own Marcy Park blossom. She's a misunderstood kid who uses a spelling bee as a platform to finally start to understand herself. The exploration of her character has been a wonderful journey and I'm excited to see where it continues to grow over the next 3 months.
Seeing Lauren make the role of Marcy Park her own is just one of the many great things to do in Lanesboro. CWL ensemble member Brandt Roberts has another idea to add to that list, Silent Movies in the Park sponsored by Lanesboro Community Theatre.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is currently playing through September 24th alongside The Clean House.
Get Tickets —> For Both of These Fantastic Shows!


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Lucia Simion (née à Milan) est une reporter et photographe scientifique italienne, installée à Paris depuis 1996.

Biographie
Diplômée de médecine, qu'elle pratique quelque temps en Italie, elle se tourne vers la photographie et le reportage scientifique après de nombreux voyages accomplis pendant ses études. Pratiquant la plongée sous-marine, elle débute cette carrière avec des reportages sur les fonds sous-marins des zones tropicales. Elle travaille pour Airone, un ensemble de publications de .

De 1996 à 1997, en s'installant à Paris, elle travaille pour l'agence Sygma avant d'officier pour Bayard presse et Time Magazine.

À partir de 1997, elle se passionne pour les îles sub-antarctiques et le continent Antarctique, notamment les expéditions scientifiques sur place. De fin 1999 à début 2003, elle est ainsi la seule à avoir accompli les trois campagnes d'été nécessaires à la construction de la base Concordia sur le Dôme C.

En 2004-2005, elle suit le cursus nécessaire pour obtenir le Graduate Certificate en études antarctiques de l'Université de Canterbury, à Christchurch, comprenant notamment un séjour sous tente sur la barrière de Ross, près de la base McMurdo, en Antarctique.

En , elle réalise des prises de vues en hélicoptère des îles sub-antarctiques françaises pour la réalisation d'un carnet de timbres pour les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, émis en novembre 2007.

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Œuvres et articles
Ses articles et reportages sont repris dans de nombreux magazines de vulgarisation scientifiques ou d'actualités dans le monde.

Ouvrage
 Antarctique : Cœur blanc de la Terre, éditions Belin, 2007, . Elle rédige un livre sur l'Antarctique illustré de ses clichés, ainsi que de clichés d'autres photographes dont Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

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 Site officiel (en anglais)
 Blogs de la photographe en anglais et en italien

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Personnalité italienne du XXe siècle
Personnalité italienne du XXIe siècle
Photographe scientifique
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Journaliste scientifique
Personnalité liée à l'Antarctique
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The Polyphonic Spree founder and frontman Tim DeLaughter has composed and performed the score for a new DVD art project entitled 'Wee See'.
The score accompanies images by New York visual artist Rolyn Barthelman, and was originally conceived as sensory stimulation for young babies, featuring basic shapes and patterns tailored to the developing senses of newborns.
Meanwhile, DeLaughter and wife Julie Doyle are currently working on new material for the band's fourth album which is expected to be released on their own Good Records label.
'Wee See' is available now at weeseeworld.com and select retailers.


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U.S.-India Maritime Security Cooperation
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Findings of the Track II Dialogue on Accelerating the Momentum of Defense and Security Cooperation in the Indo- Pacific, Washington, D.C. April 24, 2019
No area of United States-India defense cooperation holds more promise than maritime cooperation. India is increasingly concerned about the Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean, particularly when viewed through the prism of China's steady escalation of tensions in the South China Sea. Both the United States and India are critical responders in the region in case of humanitarian disasters. Both nations are active in counterpiracy initiatives in the Indian Ocean. The United States is a natural partner in helping India to expand its technological and planning capabilities; deepening this partnership will help the United States share the burden with India, reducing the strain on U.S. forces.
Despite the historical roadblocks to deepening defense cooperation that exist in both the United States and India, recent progress has been striking. The two nations established a baseline set of shared maritime security principles in the 2015 "Joint Strategic Vision for the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean Region." Recent agreements such as the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), the renewed Defense Framework Agreement, and the Communications, Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) are important markers of progress. The expanded Malabar naval exercises and the announcement of a new bilateral tri-services exercise are tangible outcomes of the deepening partnership. As former defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated, defense cooperation has become "the most significant dimension of our strategic partnership and as a key driver of our overall bilateral relationship."
With support from the Boeing Company, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Delhi Policy Group convened a series of five videoconference meetings among experts from both nations over many months, followed by a one-day concluding workshop on these issues in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2019. The event brought together public and private-sector experts to look at the pathways and impediments to expanding defense cooperation. After the discussions, the participants offered the following policy recommendations to the U.S. and Indian governments. Following the structure of the workshop, the recommendations are divided into three sections: defense and security challenges, in- theater operational cooperation, and defense trade and technology cooperation.
Section I: Defense and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific
Participants agreed that the Indo-Pacific faces serious security challenges that include humanitarian, governance, and, most critically, coercive, elements that affect all in the region. They also noted that these challenges cannot be tackled by any one country and will require a cooperative approach that is not limited to a security architecture but also includes political, diplomatic, military, and economic cooperation.
The participants articulated shared concerns about China's steady escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, and its implications for the rapidly expanding Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). They argued that given China's focus on blue water areas beyond its neighboring seas, a coercive challenge from China already has emerged in the IOR. They agreed that the United States and India do not have a joint structure to address such a coercive challenge. There needs to be a new structure that integrates the strategic, policy, and working-level engagement between both countries.
Participants also emphasized the areas of opportunity for collaboration between the United States and India in the Western Indian Ocean. Although they recognized that both countries define the geography of the Indo-Pacific differently, U.S. observers pointed out that despite this lack of alignment on geography, the United States does engage in the Western Indian Ocean from a Pacific vantage point. They referenced the deployment of naval troops to the Middle East, which often come from San Diego, rather than Norfolk, as a sign that the United States logistically engages this area from the Pacific. Participants agreed that, despite these opportunities and shared concerns, the United States and India are not coordinating thematically, and that there is a need for a comprehensive approach from both countries toward this region.
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
The governments of the United States and India need to craft a broad and comprehensive architecture for the Indian Ocean and the broader Indo-Pacific region to manage the coercive challenges emanating from an increasingly aggressive China and its proxies in the Indo-Pacific. Such a structure should look beyond the governance and humanitarian issues, focusing on challenges such as terrorism, underwater and underground cables, pipelines, sea lines of communication, and freedom of navigation, and take into account gray zone threats from a growing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean.
The governments of the United States and India should deepen intelligence cooperation focused on the Indian Ocean. There is a need to overcome existing bottlenecks and develop an effective mechanism that can leverage the CENTRIX system loaned to the Indian Navy and used by the combined maritime forces within the Fifth Fleet, or the Asia-Pacific Intelligence Network that facilitates the exchange of finished intelligence products.
India and the United States should take advantage of existing groups that promote maritime security cooperation. India has observer status at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium and should consider extending a similar observer status to the United States at the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium. Moreover, India should consider joining the South East Asia Cooperation and Training Exercise as an observer, where it can experiment and test standard operating procedures for maritime domain awareness (MDA).
The Indian Navy and the United States Navy should craft a memorandum of understanding establishing an institutional relationship between both navies. Such an institutional relationship should be further enhanced by the creation of an MDA working group that includes relevant staff at all levels. The institutional relationship also can include education and training, codevelopment and acquisition of underwater domain awareness, and joint acoustic processing.
The governments of the United States and India should jointly plan and design tabletop exercises that are aimed at sharing capabilities and monitoring sea lines of communication into and out of the Indian Ocean. Other tabletop exercises can be designed to deal with possible threats and challenges across the conflict spectrum, including potential closure of sea lines of communication.
Both governments should make strengthening the capacity and capability of littoral nations a key focus for their future collaboration. Such collaboration can be focused on developing effective mechanisms for inter-state cooperation on maritime law enforcement in domestic zones in the Indian Ocean. Opportunities for planning and exercises around Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/ DR) exist particularly with South East Asia, as it offers Indonesia, Myanmar, and other countries in the region a comfort level for engagement.
Section II: Areas of "In Theater" Operational Cooperation
Participants agreed that the emerging power balance in Asia over the next ten years will be defined by growing competition between the United States and China, particularly as it intensifies over coming years. They noted that China sees the period up to 2030 as a strategic opportunity to create a Sino-centric Asia through military and technological domination.
Participants emphasized that a key focus for China is to break out of its continental constraints and become a global power with a blue-water capability. The Indo-Pacific region faces serious, persistent threats that include humanitarian, governance, and, most seriously, coercive challenges.
Given this context, the participants articulated how emerging competition with China would be focused in the maritime domain. They shared concerns about repeated forays of People's Liberation Army Navy offensive platforms like submarines, including nuclear attack submarines, into the Indian Ocean; the likely presence of a Chinese carrier battle group in the Indian Ocean as early as 2021; and China's headway in securing access points and cultivating partnerships in the region. Participants pointed to China's progress in exploiting rising aspirations of states in the region by using economic tools and agreed that the United States and India needed to make long-term political, financial, and military commitments in the region to compete effectively.
Participants said that the United States and India should cooperate on MDA and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). On MDA, they called for greater intelligence sharing and geospatial cooperation, negotiation of White Shipping Agreements, and collaboration on underwater domain awareness. They recognized the importance of concluding a Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for deeper MDA cooperation. They also emphasized the need for both countries to maintain a dissuasive operational presence and effective logistics support in the region in order to facilitate a synergized response. The participants noted that the goal of such cooperation should be a combined qualitative military edge in the maritime domain.
Participants recognized the need for both countries to build reliability and overcome political pressures. One way forward would be to take advantage of established mechanisms for navy-to-navy cooperation, as well create new ones. New mechanisms should build on precedent, particularly reestablishing exercises that have been discontinued and focusing missions on areas identified in India's National Maritime Strategy of 2015. The participants noted that although the United States-India navy-to-navy relationship is relatively new, it has achieved much in a short time and that there remains abundant future opportunity. They reiterated that the focus should be on convincing Beijing that the United States-India relationship will counter China's coercive ambitions in the Indo-Pacific, particularly if those ambitions resemble those in the South China Sea and present revisionist challenges to a rules-based order.
The governments of the United States and India should update and expand a list of in-theater exercises and operations. These can include a bi-annual HA/DR exercise, the first of which would be a Non-Combat Evacuation Operations exercise, and the second would be an HA/DR operation to bring medical, material, and humanitarian aid for disaster relief. Both countries also should define combined patrols to interdict illicit weapons systems in the IOR and bring India into ongoing exercises such as the Cutlass Express to counter illegal fishing in the region.
India and the United States should conduct high-end exercises as a means of strategic signaling and optics. Such exercises should enhance U.S.-India defense cooperation in the Indian Ocean in maritime security, counterterrorism, counterpiracy, and humanitarian assistance and should expand the geographic scope of Malabar to include joint military activities between relevant U.S. commands and the Indian military in the Western Indian Ocean. Both countries also should consider launching a new amphibious exercise involving France and Australia in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) or U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of responsibility.
The governments of the United States and India should consider relaunching bilateral naval exercises held between both countries before Malabar, such as those on HA/DR, diving and salvage operations, explosive ordnance disposal, amphibious and submarine rescue exercises. Both countries should plan exercises on missions and tasks identified in India's National Maritime Strategy, such as MDA and anti-submarine warfare.
The governments of the United States and India should jointly pre-position HA/DR supplies, as well as launch a bilateral HA/DR working group to deepen coordination on planning, common doctrine, and standard operating procedures.
The government of India should consider negotiating a memorandum of understanding between Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and the appropriate counterpart Indian operational fleet to build an institutional and operational relationship. Such a relationship would include networking existing maritime operations, such as the Indian Fusion Center-Indian Ocean Region to the combined maritime forces and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), as well as appropriate counterparts in Singapore, Hawaii, and U.S. Naval Forces Europe (NAVEUR).
Both governments should employ international liaison officers in a more robust manner. India should place a liaison officer in PACFLT and host a U.S. liaison officer at the Indian Fusion Center-Indian Ocean Region.
The United States government should consider establishing an Indian Ocean Squadron based in the U.S. military base at Diego Garcia or expanding the Fifth Fleet to assume responsibility for the entire Indian Ocean. A secondary option is for both the United States and India to establish a Joint Task Force-Indian Ocean Region that is based at Diego Garcia or another mutually agreed location.
The governments of India and the United States should ensure more robust MDA coordination by leveraging the logistics cooperation agreements that India has signed to expand the reach of reconnaissance assets. Such coordination should include joint or coordinated patrols using the P-8I Neptune advanced maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare platform. India also should deepen MDA cooperation with France and Australia, which would involve sharing assets, information, and operating bases.
Both governments should focus on strengthening the capacity and capability of littoral nations. Such collaboration can develop effective mechanisms for inter-state cooperation on maritime law enforcement in domestic jurisdictions in the Indian Ocean. Opportunities for planning and exercises around HA/DR exist, particularly with South East Asia.
Section III: Defense Trade and Technology Cooperation
Participants agreed that significant progress has been made in concluding defense-related enabling agreements. The Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), and the Communications, Compatibility, and Security Agreement (COMCASA) already have been signed and are being operationalized. The participants emphasized the need for early progress on the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) and the Industrial Security Annex (ISA). They also noted significant purchases by India, such as military transport aircraft, helicopters, maritime patrol aircraft, assault rifles, and potential future acquisitions of drones, fighter jets, and naval utility helicopters from the United States. However, participants also noted that the United States and India needed to go beyond just a buyer- seller or a transactional relationship to ensure strategic and tactical alignment.
The participants stressed the importance of the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) as a mechanism. They noted that despite the previous impasse over trade preceding technology for the United States and technology transfer being a pre-requisite for India, there seems to now be an understanding to promote joint manufacturing and codevelopment, which would make DTTI the most functional mechanism and a silent enabler of the United States-India defense relationship. Participants cited the Aircraft Carrier Technology Joint Working Group and the joint working group on naval systems as the model for future cooperation. They also noted the success of these working groups, such as the approval of radars for the light combat aircraft and operationalization of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier I (IAC-1).
Participants recognized differing perceptions on technology and trade. They noted that the United States believed that the creation of a "major defense partnership" and the DTTI should give the U.S. industry preferential treatment on acquisitions, and that defense trade would be a significant part of the strategic relationship. India, on the other hand, expected that it would get access to major packages of technology and that interoperability would mean a military manifestation of political intent to work together rather than just purchasing common platforms. The DTTI should not be regarded as merely providing a privileged route for Indian acquisitions from U.S. industry. The participants underscored that overcoming these impediments and coming up with a set of common operating principles in defense trade and technology will be crucial to moving the relationship forward.
The governments of the United States and India should deepen ongoing efforts under DTTI. In particular, collaboration on the domain-based working groups, namely the Land Systems, Naval Systems, and Air Systems working groups, should be deepened since they have been making practical suggestions for future cooperation. The DTTI could consider long-term projects in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR), vertical lift enabling technology, and advanced technology for ground combat vehicles.
The governments of the United States and India should begin to discuss strategic technologies that have been banned, such as antisubmarine warfare, potentially leading to cooperation on nuclear propulsion technology, areas where India has had to look elsewhere.
Following the signing of foundational agreements, DTTI should work to equip already-delivered P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft or C-130 military transport aircraft with technology that was not available to India on initial delivery because the foundational agreements were not yet signed.
The governments of the United States and India should create a best practices guide on defense trade and technology cooperation under DTTI, based on project experiences. Such a guide should be offered to private defense companies in both countries, particularly after the signing of the Industrial Security Annex, thereby bolstering DTTI's industry-to-industry framework, especially DTTI's Industry Advisory Committee. The governments of the United States and India should expand the defense cooperation and trade presence in their embassies in New Delhi and Washington, D.C. Higher levels of day-to- day engagement from both countries should lead these offices to facilitate conclusion of pending agreements and initiatives.
India should develop a strategy on defense acquisition that prioritizes the purchase and induction of enabling technologies such as sensor technologies, deep-sea networks, and multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles to tackle key operational challenges. This path is preferable to a strategy of incremental modernization, which involves acquiring and integrating platforms over time and is too time-intensive given the challenges India faces.
India and the United States should institutionalize military-to-military training opportunities for Indian personnel whenever India purchases U.S. platforms, particularly by deputing Indian personnel to embed with their counterparts in the United States. One key opportunity is the acquisition of the MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, with Indian pilots training alongside U.S. MH-60 Romeo teams.
Aman Thakker is a former research associate for the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Brig. Arun Sahgal is a senior fellow with the Delhi Policy Group in New Delhi, India.
The authors would also like to thank the following individuals.
Amb. Hemant Singh – director general of the Delhi Policy Group.
Richard Rossow – senior adviser and the Wadhwani Chair at CSIS.
John Schaus – fellow in the International Security Program at CSIS.
Gregory Poling – director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and a fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at CSIS.
Lt. Gen. Anil Ahuja – senior fellow with the Delhi Policy Group.
Cmde. Lalit Kapur – senior fellow with the Delhi Policy Group.
This report has been made possible by generous support from the Boeing Company.
This report is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax- exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions. Accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in this publication should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).
© 2019 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. All rights reserved.
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Aman Thakker
Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
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We Have To Win The Cup In Brazil � Prez Mahama
President Mahama congratulating Coach Kwesi Appiah of the Black Stars during the courtesy call at the Flagsstaff House in Accra. With them are Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi (left), President of the GFA, Mr Ofosu Bamfo and some members of the GFA.
President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated the Black Stars on their qualification to the 2014 World Cup, and urged the management and technical team to build the team to win the cup in Brazil.
He particularly charged the technical team to build the tactical discipline and stamina of the players and also ensure unity in the team to be able to beat the highly ranked teams that would be represented in the tournament.
He assured the Black Stars of the government's resolve to provide the finance and logistics needed to enhance their participation in the World Cup.
President Mahama gave the congratulatory message yesterday when the management and technical team of the Black Stars called on him at the Flagstaff House.
The Black Stars secured their qualification to the 2014 World on the strength of their massive 6-1 first leg thrashing of the Pharaohs of Egypt in Kumasi despite succumbing 1-2 to Egypt in Cairo last Tuesday.
Before their clash with Egypt, the Black Stars beat Lesotho, The Sudan and Zambia.
The management and technical team members who were at the seat of government included the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, and the Coach of the Black Stars, Mr Kwesi Appiah.
The players were not at the meeting as they had emplaned back to their respective destinations.
President Mahama said the Black Stars' third successive qualification to the World Cup had made Ghana a permanent feature of the World Cup.
He tasked the technical team to take the players through rigorous friendly training matches to prepare them for the ultimate in the tournament.
He said Ghana acquitted itself well in the last two World Cups in Germany and South Africa, and thanked the Minister of Youth and Sports, the GFA, the technical team and the players for diligently accomplishing the mission of qualifying Ghana to the World Cup in Brazil.
The President said Coach Kwesi Appiah delivered the results while the management team was also able to manage the boys well.
He said the players had shown enough dedication, saying that "we can give them all the incentives, but if they do not show dedication, they cannot go far�.
"Every single dollar that we gave to the boys, they have justified it," he stressed.
President Mahama again commended the Ghanaian supporters for their continuous support for the Black Stars, and indicated many of the supporters used their own resources.
He thanked the sponsors, especially the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and Guinness, for their continuous support to the senior national team.
Speaking on behalf of the management and technical team, Mr Afriyie Ankrah thanked President Mahama for his personal interest, support and motivation for the Black Stars.
He again recalled President Mahama's personal intervention to get the Ayew brothers back to the Black Stars.
Mr Afriyie-Ankrah said the President�s dialogue with FIFA on the security situation in Egypt ensured the enhanced security arrangement for the Ghana-Egypt match in Cairo.
In a short interview with the Daily Graphic, Coach Kwesi Appiah said he had welcomed the President's call on the team to prepare for a big showing in the World Cup.
"I believe that with the kind of players we have, with little support and encouragement, we will get far," he said.
Source: Daily Graphic
Ghana Among Top Africa Seeds For 2022 World Cup Qualifying Draw


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Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla (* 1. července 1977, Edmonton, Alberta, Kanada) je bývalý kanadský hokejový útočník. Po svém otci je nigerijského původu, jeho příjmení značí v jorubštině "velký strom".

Hráčská kariéra
V roce 1995 jej v úvodním draftu NHL vybral klub Dallas Stars v prvním kole jako 11. v celkovém pořadí. Na led NHL se poprvé dostal v sezóně 1995/96 v dresu Calgary Flames. Tomuto klubu zůstal věrný až do 27. března 2013. Nyní obléká dres Colorado Avalanche. Na sezónu 2005/06 měl uzavřenou smlouvu s ročním příjmem 7 milionů dolarů. Stal se tak nejlépe placeným hráčem klubu a jedním z nejlépe placených hráčů v NHL. 7. března 2011 vstoupil do historie desátou třicetibrankovou sezónou v řadě zaznamenal třicátý gól v sezóně, čímž se stal desátým hráčem v historii NHL, kterému se to povedlo v deseti po sobě jdoucích sezónách. Ke konci sezóny 2010/2011 zaznamenal jako 77. hráč historie svůj tisící bod v základní části NHL, v následující sezóně překonal také metu 500 vstřelených gólů.

Dne 31. července 2018 oznámil konec hokejové kariéry.

Klubové statistiky

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Jarome Iginla získal v dresu Kanadského národního mužstva zlatou medaili na zimních olympijských hrách 2002 v Salt Lake City a v roce 2010 ve Vancouveru a stříbrnou medaili na mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji 2005 ve Vídni. Dostal se i do reprezentačního výběru Kanady na zimní olympijské hry 2006 v italském Turíně.

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Hráči Calgary Flames
Hráči Pittsburgh Penguins
Hráči Boston Bruins
Kanadští hokejoví útočníci
Kanadští olympijští vítězové v ledním hokeji
Mistři světa v ledním hokeji
Vítězové Kanadského/Světového poháru
Hokejisté Western Hockey League
Hokejisté Kamloops Blazers
Mistři světa juniorů v ledním hokeji
Kanadští lední hokejisté
Hráči Colorado Avalanche
Narození v roce 1977
Narození 1. července
Narození v Edmontonu
Žijící lidé
Muži
Hráči draftovaní Dallasem Stars