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D.A.V. CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, NARWANA
HARYANA - 126116
School Achievements
Principal Achievements
Co-curricular Activity
Library and E-Library
SUPW
Guide and Scouts
1. To develop among our pupils, a high sense of discipline, team spirit and courageous perseverance in the face of trying times.
2. To prepare pupil and teachers to meet the challenges of imparting better, updated and socially relevant education in the new age of globalization.
3. to create and disseminate knowledge in global content.
4. To cultivate human and spiritual values among pupil – teachers
5. To create best human resource reservoirs to produce world class citizens.
DAV VISION
In the modern times when the moral values are being fast eroded away in face of invasion by the materialistic attitude and commercial approach to life which leads only to dissatisfaction, rat race and depression. D.A.V. Jind is doing a sterling job of anchoring the youngsters firmly on to their age - old Vedic traditions through chanting of Vedic Mantras daily in the morning assembly, encouraging the children to perform Havana as per the Vedic rites, teaching the age - old Hindu traditions and customs of paying respect by touching the feet of elders & respected ones. Moral Education is an integral part of the school curriculum. Honesty & truthfulness is appreciated & generously rewarded. All these efforts transform young minds into strong and stable characters. The students in DAV school are provided the best facilities and infrastructure for education. Since profit making is not the aim, maximum funds are utilized to create a learner friendly ambience and environment in the school. There is an excellent library stocked with books which help the students expand their mental horizons and benefit the teachers as well. Modern infrastructure for science education and sports training enable the all round development of the learners in the school.
The DAV has a clear-cut vision:
• To continue expanding and exploring, locally and globally and be a knowledge leader and content provider.
• To muster strategies to become a global epicenter of knowledge, culture, skills, technology, research and service.
• To empower women through education
The vision of a powerful and enlightened India had been conceived by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati (1824-1883). He devoted his whole life to awaken the ignorant, illiterate masses of this country. He knew that it could be possible only through education and literacy. The vision and philosophy of the fearless reformer, Maharshi Dayanand, was given a practical shape by Mahatma Hans Raj, who led the educational renaissance in India. As his most important legacy, the Mahatma left behind a pragmatic and enlightened approach to education. One aspect of his approach was his choice of English- oriented Science-based education with a blend of Vedic values. Another was the great emphasis he laid on women education. Lastly, true to the egalitarian basis of Arya Samaj philosophy (as conceived by Maharishi Dayanand), Mahatmaji believed in equality for all students irrespective of their caste, colour or creed were welcome to join the DAV institution.
The DAV vision of education telescopes well with the National Policy on Education (1986) which lays great emphasis on developing a national system of education, with Education For All, keeping in mind the elimination of disparities in the educational system and provision of more facilities through qualitative interventions, empowerment of women, access to education to disadvantaged sections of the society, educationally backward minorities and the disabled. It also calls for greater rigour and discipline in academic pursuits, autonomy and accountability, experimentation and innovation and nurture excellence and modernization of processes at different levels of education. In order to accomplish the mission, the objectives laid down are as under:
• To provide a wide range of holistic education by homogenizing the western knowledge while remaining anchored to the Indian cultural moorings;
• To act as a catalyst of change by spreading education, and by dismantling the cobwebs of ignorance and illiteracy;
• To develop individuals who are morally upright, intellectually well-informed, socially concerned, emotionally balanced, physically well-developed and culturally accomplished;
• To stimulate a scientific temper by crusading against superstitions and out-dated customs like child marriage, caste system, female foeticide, dowry, gender bias, regionalism etc;
• To sensitize individuals towards social welfare and
• To nurture creative and resourceful minds who think big, think fast and think ahead, who care for the nation and the weaker sections of society, and are imbued with humanistic passions and values.
HOLISTIC EDUCATION
The DAV believes in a holistic approach to education for the all round development of personality of the child. DAV believes that every child should be given an opportunity to bloom, a right to explore, to touch, learn and enjoy, to experiment, to question, to think, to play and to shoulder responsibility. So different aspects are to be published for 'Holistic Education': Physical, academic, intellectual, social, spiritual & emotional development as well as creative expression and aesthetic appreciations. Our institution lays stress on curricular and co-curricular activities- personality development, building confidence, as well as developing life skills, communicative skills and scientific temper. Academic management involves fostering creativity, questioning & inquiry skills by improving the classroom climate, curriculum design emphasizing project-based, problem-based, interdisciplinary, integrated and thematic learning. A rainbow of creative activities covers different aspects like literary, art, music, dance, theatre etc.
Environmental issues like the reduction of pollution and sustenance of the environment have also been taken up by DAV institutions. Several projects like van-mahotsav, ''say no to poly-bags' campaign, 'say no to fire crackers' campaign, water-conservation and anti-pollution drives are regularly carried out by the DAV School in order to create awareness not only among the students but the whole community. Our students have carried out sanitation and cleanliness drives in the school neighbourhood also.
NATIONAL CONCERNS
DAV has always been a pioneer for any National cause specially- in the hour moments of National Crisis. Whether it be the earthquake at Pauri or Gujarat, the Kargil war, the Orissa tragedy or the Tsunami catastrophe -the DAV has always risen to the occasion by donating generously in the form of cash, kind and voluntary service to alleviate suffering.
FUTURISTIC CONCERNS
The main thrust now is on a well- planned expansion with global relevance keeping in view the revolution in the full of electronics, computers and multi-media. Global shifts towards increased deployment of IT has made the DAV also look through the lens of good governance and move towards E-administration and e-services. The use of IT has led to greater transparency, accountability and participation in the institution. The institution primarily is focusing on automation and computerization. The thrust has now shifted from manual processes to IT-enabled processes leading to increased efficiency in administration and service delivery, focus on teaching learning in schools with Internet access and computer labs and also by offering info-tech courses
MEANING OF DAV
D: DAYANANDA
The Great path maker of modern India.
A : ANGLO
Knowledge to conquer Space, learning to admire virtues, getting rich by acquiring wealth through pure means, aspiring to become a FARADAY by acquring scientific knowledge.
V : VEDIC
Wisdom to conquer oneself, aspiring to become virtuous, getting rich by renouncing riches, aspiring to become a Buddha.
We impart an education to build and an education to serve.
From Untruth to Truth
All efforts are directed to the achievement of the objectives of the Institution. We aim to provide the right opportunity and environment for a harmonious all- round development of students. The students are given holistic education exposing them to modern development in the field of the education blended with the cultural heritage of the country. We aim to instill in the students a sense of responsibility and initiative so that they turn out to be useful and dependable citizens. The need of providing sound education to young ones has been stressed upon by the education thinkers, philosophers and saints at all times. Maharishi Dayanand, the great torch bearer of Indian Renaissance of 19th Century, propounded a national system of education in his immortal creation the 'Satyarth Prakash'. Education, according to him is the main potent tool for bringing about national reconstruction and eradication of social evils like untouchability, economic inequality and superstitions. To propagate the thoughts and teachings of Maharishi Dayanand, D.A.V movement was founded in 1886, at Lahore, in the form of D.A.V School. Soon a chain of D.A.V. Institutions known for their enviable standards and programme of education with moral and religious concept as an integral part spread, all over the country.
D.A.V. CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL (SEN. SEC.)
KAITHAL ROAD, NARWANA, JIND, HARYANA - 126116
Contact No. - Principal - 9812381406,
Accountant - 9017581220,
E-Mail Id - dav_nrw@rediffmail.com
Website - www.davcpsnrw.in
© DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, NARWANA. All Rights Reserved.


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The Mission of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee is to make an effective, substantial and enduring contribution to the pan-European and international efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy by the sharing of professional experience and best practices. The Committee prepares proposals and submissions for the promotion of the most adequate legislation and practical enforcement techniques and practices on the fight against counterfeiting and piracy, mainly at European Union level, and the promotion of anti-counterfeiting awareness in a broader legal, economic, social and political environment.


Background: Osteoarthritis is a slowly evolving articular disease, which appears to originate in the cartilage and affects the underlying bone and soft tissues. OA results in pain and functional disability. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of isometric exercises and combined concentric-eccentric exercises in reducing pain and functional disability in patients with osteoarthritis of knee.
Methods: Forty individuals who were diagnosed as osteoarthritis by qualified orthopaedics and orthopaedic surgeons were chosen and were randomly divided into 2 groups Group A (N=20) and Group B (N=20). Group A was treated with isometric exercises and Group B was treated with combined concentric-eccentric exercises. The intervention lasted eight weeks and the physical activity was carried out for 3 days a week. Both the groups were assessed for pain and functional disability of knee joint by using WOMAC osteoarthritis index and VAS.
Results: Between group analysis of pre and post study data reveals that VAS and WOMAC osteoarthritis index revealed significant findings (P=0.00). Group B performs significantly better on both the scales after the treatment.
Conclusion: Both the groups showed significant improvement in decreasing pain and functional disability. But mean scores of Group B showed greater improvement in reducing pain and functional disability as compared to Group A in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Thus the results suggest that a combined concentric-eccentric exercise is more effective than isometric exercises in reducing pain and functional disability in knee osteoarthritis.


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What A Way To Go: Some Of The Strangest Deaths On Record by Peter Bowler
What A Way To Go: Some Of The Strangest Deaths On Record
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Village of Orland Park » News » What's New » Village Website Offers Email Subscriptions
Village Website Offers Email Subscriptions
Area residents interested in keeping up with all of the latest news in Orland Park will want to consider the village's "notify me" email subscriptions on its website at www.orland-park.il.us.
"The response to the village's new website has been very positive since it debuted in March of this year," said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin. "The site gives 24 hours access to local government, is very user friendly and a great source of village related information," the mayor added.
During its first year of public viewing, the village's website was visited 351,456 times with 3,302,138 page views. A majority of the visits, 89%, are from North America with 11% coming from other countries.
Those wanting to subscribe when specific information is posted may click the "E-Services" tab at the top of the home page, followed by the "Notify Me" option from the drop down menu.
"A number of village departments have set up notify options, enabling visitors to sign up for when new information is added to the village's site," said MIS Manager Mary Klinger, adding that all email addresses are kept confidential.
Email notices are available for Sportsplex specials, Recreation Department information, volunteer opportunities, bid postings, job openings, the village calendar, news releases and more.
"It's a sizable list that people can scroll through, looking for what they want to receive notices for when new information is posted on the website," Klinger explained. "And, if visitors decide that they no longer want to receive notices, they can unsubscribe very easily," she added. Klinger noted that subscribers' email addresses are kept confidential, that the village does not sell or share subscribers' email addresses.
"This is a great service for people who may not have the time to look up what they're interested in," McLaughlin said, adding, "The website's automated system will email the information --- all you have to do is sign up."


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Anushay's Point
Posted on February 19, 2013 July 12, 2015 by AnushaysPoint
Media Blackout: Why Is the World Not Acknowledging Shahbagh?
*This post of mine was also published in bdnews24.com & Huffington Post.*
When I was a little girl, I always wanted Bangladesh to be famous. I did not like that whenever people asked me where I was from I would have to explain, "Bangladesh, this tiny country on the East of India." Why could people not just know where my Motherland was?
At the age of 18 years when I went abroad for college, I discovered that Bangladesh was famous, at least in Charlottesville, Virginia: Famous for floods, cyclones, crippling poverty and dying children.
Now as a long-time resident of the States, I have found that Bangladesh is upheld as an ideal when it comes to development indicators such as reducing maternal mortality ratios, and allowing women to enter the workforce en masse, particularly in our garment sector.
Rising Up: Why Has the International Media Been Largely Silent on Shahbagh? Image Credit: Flickr
Speaking of the garments sector, there is apparently nothing the international media loves more, when it comes to Bangladesh, than factory fires that unfortunately almost regularly sweep through the country. Just look at the example of Tazreen Garments. Late last year when the story broke that major US chains, such as Walmart, manufacture their clothes in cheap labor factories tucked away in the outskirts of Dhaka, the Western press could not get enough.
This story about lack, or absolute absence, of fire safety measures in Bangladeshi garment factories, killing thousands of poor Bangladeshi workers almost annually, was gobbled up by the media. Not a day could go by when the Tazreen garment factory story was not mentioned in the news, and even major American outlets such as ABC and NBC were providing wall to wall coverage on the incident.
Is the West then only interested in press that perpetuates stereotypes of the 'poor, brown, exploited worker'? Do they not want to hear when we rise up against religious extremism? Why then when the Shahbagh story is unfolding before the world's eyes, the international media is looking away? Writer, Kachin Gupta ponders in, The Pioneer:
Shahbagh Protesters Hold Up Images of Bangladeshi Political Activist & Writer, Jahanara Imam, Who First Demanded to Try War Criminals.Image Credit: The Daily Star
Something remarkable is happening in Bangladesh which has gone under-reported, if not unnoticed, by newspapers and news television channels. What is a pity and a shame is that the international media, which goes into overdrive if 10 people gather at Tahrir Square or a bunch of lazy layabouts decide to 'occupy' Wall Street, has missed a story that tells more than one unfolding tale in a country with a bitter past and an uncertain future, a nation whose blood-soaked birth is unparalleled in recent history.
Many experts even state that the gathering in the heart of the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka is a "social revolution akin to the French Revolution." For over two weeks, thousands of Bangladeshi youths, organised largely by online activists and bloggers, have been leading a non-violent movement to deny religious fundamentalism a place in mainstream politics, demand death penalty for war criminals, and ban the student arm of the country's largest fundamentalist party. Bangladeshi writer, Saad Z. Hossain explains what makes the protests in Bangladesh so genuine:
…The significance of Shahbagh is that ordinary people have taken to the streets after a long, long time. This is not about legal arguments, or capital punishment morality, or political manoeuvring towards future elections. I believe deep inside, this is a visceral rejection of fundamentalism, and the end game which Jamaat brings to the table. On some level I think people realize that there is no room for us in the kind of world they want to build. Our people are secular at heart. Our women work. We love music, and dancing. We care about literature, and language. Even with thousands in Shahbagh chanting for death, there is, inevitably, pockets of song and dance and plays, outbursts of the sentimentality which is our national character. We were never meant to be a fundamentalist state. This Jamaat thing is alien, even when perpetrated on us by some of our own. Shahbagh is the silent majority rising up against the use of religion to bully, the issuing of bewildering fatwas, the adoption of Arab dress and Arab ways, the blatant distortion of the past, the peculiar assault on our culture.
No End in Site: Ordinary Bangladeshis Unite for Secularism. Image Credit: Flickr
The biggest story of an organic movement to resoundingly choose secularism over Islamic extremism is happening in one of the world's largest Muslim democracies, so why is the world not acknowledging Shahbagh? Why does the majority of international media continue to either ignore the swelling numbers of ordinary Bangladeshis joining the movement, or still wrongly label the gathering in Shahbagh, and across the country, as mass demands for capital punishment? Why as a blogger, and main leader of Shahbagh was hacked to death outside his home, and why as the Government looks to ban the country's largest fundamentalist party, is the world not paying attention to Bangladesh?
While in America it is sadly quite normal to have the press cover stories of hurricanes and lost pets over major stories happening in the rest of the world, sometimes even in place of wars, it is shocking to see the major global networks overlook Bangladesh's cultural revolution. Is it because the world is confused by a Muslim country rejecting outright the mullahs and war criminals who have eaten away at our society? Can the Western press only make sense of our movements when we are storming the streets demanding higher wages, or when we're running around as paid political stooges? Why is the media intentional missing out?
Shahbagh Protests Are Being Organized by Women & the Youth of Bangladesh. Image Credit: Flickr
Perhaps they cannot make sense of Shabagh because it smashes any stereotypes or prejudices the rest of the world may hold about poor, Muslim, 'developing' nations. Or perhaps they don't want to hear our call for justice, real democracy, and secular government.
Whatever shape Shahbagh takes, it is clear that, in the words of famous poet, Gil Scot Heron, this revolution will not be televised, because the world is busy watching other channels.
For now, at least.
*This post of mine was also published in bdnews24.com & Huffington Post.
This entry was posted in:Politics Not As Usual, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights=Human Rights
Tagged with:Bangladesh, Bangladesh 1971, Bangladesh Liberation War, Shahbagh Protests, War Crimes Tribunal
Written by AnushaysPoint
Political Journalist and Commentator based in Washington, DC.
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Najmin says:
The BBC have been quite good at reporting on Bangladesh. I have to say though, that your post seems a little one sided in that there's no mention of the protests and strikes held by those opposing secularism,those who support Jammat-e-Islami.
Still, I'm proud of Bangladesh right now, even though it shouldn't be too surprising given the history of its birth!
Shefta says:
I understand that Jamaat stood against independence, but I find the idea that the accused men actually committed war crimes very questionable..blind nationalism is the perfect excuse for the Awami League to lay into Jamaat. It's exhilarating to see Bengalis demand justice for 1971, but where are the calls for Pakistan to answer for their crimes?
Arv Singh says:
I am a relative of Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora and have heard stories about the struggle of Mukti Bahini. Its a shame that Pakistan supported Islamists are trying to take Bangladesh to Pre-1971 period. I hope the intelligentsia, students, and general public of Bangladesh will rise up and preserve their history. If Bangladesh becomes another Afghanistan ruled by Taliban style Islamists, the struggle of Bangla people in 1971 will be forgotten and lost forever …
Great blog, and totally agree the media ignores Bangladesh most of the time except for fires and disasters. My recent book 'Bangladesh Politics, Economy and Civil Society' (2012) tries to address this gap … I'm also writing a blog entry on the LSE site on Shahbagh right now.
Lobo says:
Lost me at the quote which says "a bunch of lazy layabouts decide to 'occupy' Wall Street". The Shahbagh movement has problems. They aren't demanding justice. They want blood. And while it maybe that the from a practical point of view execution is the only way from keeping these heinous men from eventually walking free, there are major problems with the Shahbagh rhetoric. Something is definitely wrong when little kids are shouting "Fashi!Fashi!" because their parents are telling them that's the right thing to do.


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Q: React Native - Check if Bluetooth is turned on, and if not alert the user? There is a way to check if the Bluetooth is turned on and if not, then alert the user? Thank you!

A: Try this:
Installation: npm install react-native-bluetooth-status --save
Link this plugin: react-native link react-native-bluetooth-status
import: import { BluetoothStatus } from 'react-native-bluetooth-status';
Check Bluetooth turn on or turn off code :
BluetoothStatus.state() is return boolean . if return true the bluetooth is ON if return false the bluetooth is OFF
componentDidMount()
{
   this.checkInitialBluetoothState();
}

async checkInitialBluetoothState()
{
const isEnabled = await BluetoothStatus.state();
console.log("check bluetooth on or off", isEnabled);
if(isEnabled == true){
  Alert.alert(
      'Bluethooth',
      'Bluetooth is turn on'
    );
 } else{
    Alert.alert(
      'Bluethooth',
      'Bluetooth is turn off'
    );
  }
}

react-native bluetooth status

A: You're going to have to create your own BT module and import it as a component.
The Native module will have to include the
#import <CoreBluetooth/CoreBluetooth.h>
to check the status of the BT.
// This delegate will monitor for any changes in bluetooth state

- (void)centralManagerDidUpdateState:(CBCentralManager *)central
{

    NSString *stateString = nil;
    switch(_bluetoothManager.state)
    {
        case CBCentralManagerStateResetting: stateString = @"The connection with the system service was momentarily lost, update imminent."; break;
        case CBCentralManagerStateUnsupported: stateString = @"The platform doesn't support Bluetooth Low Energy."; break;
        case CBCentralManagerStateUnauthorized: stateString = @"The app is not authorized to use Bluetooth Low Energy."; break;
        case CBCentralManagerStatePoweredOff: stateString = @"Bluetooth is currently powered off."; break;
        case CBCentralManagerStatePoweredOn: stateString = @"Bluetooth is currently powered on and available to use."; break;
        default: stateString = @"State unknown, update imminent."; break;
    }
  //stateString
  //do the react native thing and send the stateStringback or w/e you want. Maybe send an alert.
}

That's the jist of it. I'm not going to go through how to create a native component there are plenty of tutorials online.
Or when the state changes you can call the UIAlertView delegate, this delegate will allow you to send the alert to the user.

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This is a panoramic view of Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Obviously, some elements have been exaggerated.
When I first saw the view, I was awestruck by how many of my previous subjects fit into one scene. I have painted Harbour Center, the Lions and Crown mountains, the Pan Pacific sails, the "W", the cranes, the Ironworkers bridge, the Dominion building, Sun Tower, and even the Balmoral Hotel—but I've never painted them all together.
Downtown East Side Vancouver is full of stories of loss and redemption, but more often just loss. This narrative is reflected in the architecture itself. For example, one of the focal points in this scene is the "Save On Meats" sign featuring a cartoon pig holding a coin. It's a rotating neon sign and one side says "Save On" while the other says "Meats" as if there's an ongoing choice between the two. "Save On" is redemptive – keep on saving! – while "Meats" is something to be consumed. I chose to display the former over the latter. I also aligned the sign vertically with the Eye of the Wind turbine on Grouse Mountain and made the wind turbine resemble Brazil's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue.
Visually, the largest elements are clustered on the left (west) side and appear to be collapsing under their own weight. The eye-path moves left to right, west to east, along the canyon of Hastings Street. The mountains are a distant up-and-down EKG line. The foreground is shadowy darkness, the background is misty indistinct, and the sky above is fossilized and cracking. The elements on the end of this visual journey – the cranes, the Ironworkers – are longstanding motifs in my work for labour and effort.
There's an economic component to the word "redeem" which means "to buy back." There is always effort involved in earning anything. One doesn't simply get delivered from suffering by desire or prayer alone. You have to work for it. That's the story of ages: pain before pleasure and dark before light.
Meanwhile, the Army & Navy sign down the road proclaims, "You won't believe what's in store!" I don't think any of us really know what's in store, but finding redemption after darkness is one of the most powerful narratives in any work of literature, music, art, or prayer. The universal understanding of the story makes us better people, I think: less bleak, more hopeful, and ultimately far more forgiving. We all need that.
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From politics to sport and the corporate world, it seems that bribery and corruption has seeped into many aspects of society and everyday life.
The fallout from the Panama Papers has left governments scrambling to push for enhanced regulations over beneficial ownership of complex shell companies and trusts.
In early May, the Obama Administration announced measures to strengthen financial transparency, and combat money laundering, corruption, and tax evasion.
Among other steps, the White House says it is releasing draft legislation that will increase transparency into the beneficial ownership of companies formed in the US by requiring that companies know and report their true owners.
It has also called upon the US Congress to act to boost law enforcement tools to combat corruption and money laundering, which includes new legislation to strengthen the country's ability to fight transnational corruption.
The White House said, "The Department of Justice is sending to Congress draft legislation to enhance and strengthen our efforts to combat transnational corruption. This legislation would enhance law enforcement's ability to prevent bad actors from concealing and laundering illegal proceeds of transnational corruption."
It added, "It would also allow US prosecutors to more effectively pursue kleptocracy cases and prosecute money laundering as part of foreign corruption, and reinforce our role in the international community as a model for others in anti-corruption matters. The proposals would assist investigators and prosecutors in gathering evidence which can be used in prosecuting those who seek to hide and move illegal funds."
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The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that Nigeria imports cassava derivatives valued at about $600 million annually.
Mr Emefiele disclosed this at a meeting With State Governors of Cassava Producing States in Abuja on Thursday.
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He explained that the country was blessed with several varieties of cassava that could be explored to optimum potential.
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#29: TE, David Njoku, Miami
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Soda said:
You can call it whatever you want. I'm putting the logic you use to demean Jabrill to the test. It's terrible.
You call plays that stood and weren't overturned as "fumbles", you have to be reminded of plays the guy makes while boasting about anything he does that is something you could critique, and think the guy's facial expressions make him seem "entitled". It's one of the more obvious examples of the anti-Michigan rhetoric I've ever seen on a board not designated to the Buckeyes. And I'm a Buckeye fan myself. I'm just tired of letting this trash logic be absorbed by other posters without being called-out. I mean, were Njoku and Peppers playing in different conditions? That's the only reason I could see someone forgiving a dropped pass, but not a ball that slipped when the guy was falling out of bounds.
You can hold any opinions you want, but it doesn't make them legitimate.
For all the hype Peppers had at Michigan, he is an average pro at best. And he did fumble. And he did have a terrible fair catch. Look if Denzel Ward looked like crap, like Skrine or someone, I would call it out. Turns out he looks like an All Pro. Has nothing to do with his school. Even when he gave up a TD he had textbook blanket coverage. I'm not going to sit here and say that I only think Ward is better than Peppers because he is a Buckeye. He is flat out better. Period.
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Mr. Orange said:
For all the hype Peppers had at Michigan, he is an average pro at best. And he did fumble.
False. Check a box score.
And he did have a terrible fair catch. Look if Denzel Ward looked like crap, like Skrine or someone, I would call it out. Turns out he looks like an All Pro. Has nothing to do with his school. Even when he gave up a TD he had textbook blanket coverage. I'm not going to sit here and say that I only think Ward is better than Peppers because he is a Buckeye. He is flat out better. Period.
Disagree completely. You've had it out for Peppers from the start and have been consistent in throwing a jab at Michigan while boasting about his low-lights. Why deny something so obviously true? Can you not see it?
Also, this isn't about Denzel Ward v. Jabrill Peppers. That'd be moving the goal posts. This is about taking every opportunity to pan Peppers; it goes back to you needing to be reminded about his play last season against Cincinnati. Someone had to mitigate your criticism with actual statistics because you said he did nothing out there. I'll continue to poke holes in these double standards.
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Digging your heels in and calling it a fumble because you don't understand the rules of football is a bold stance this early in the year.
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Also, this isn't about Denzel Ward v. Jabrill Peppers. That'd be movingI the goal posts. This is about taking every opportunity to pan Peppers; it goes back to you needing to be reminded about his play last season against Cincinnati. Someone had to mitigate your criticism with actual statistics because you said he did nothing out there. I'll continue to poke holes in these double standards.
You can say whatever you like about the box score, but he fumbled. Only a shill for Jabrill would try to tell us not to believe our lying eyes.
I have not had it out for him from the start. I would love for him to improve. But let's take a look at PFF's end of year grade on Jabrill.
8. JABRILL PEPPERS, S, CLEVELAND BROWNS
2017 overall grade: 45.5
Coming out of Michigan, depending on who you asked and at what time of day, you'd hear a different projection on what position Jabrill Peppers would play as a pro. One of the positions you wouldn't often hear was "true free safety" – and ultimately that's right where Peppers ended up for the Browns. Peppers lined up as a free safety for Cleveland on 88.2 percent of his defensive snaps through the first 15 weeks of 2017 – he spent just 3.0 percent of his snaps at free safety for Michigan in 2016 – and the results were ugly, as he finished just three games over that stretch with an overall grade of at least 70.0. An injury to Derrick Kindred late in the year caused the Browns to shake things up and in Weeks 16 and 17, Peppers played more of the swiss-army knife role he was accustomed to in college, spending just 32.1 percent of his snaps at free safety during that two week sample. Peppers posted an 81.5 overall grade in Week 17 against the Steelers and in Week 16 he posted his best run-defense grade of the year (83.0). If Cleveland can keep Peppers closer to the line of scrimmage in 2018 his grade will almost certainly be better in Year 2.
So there you have it...I'm not "out to get him". PFF agreed. And they didn't mention his awful performance in the return game, one that he repeated yesterday.
I hope he improves. I really do. But shilling for him at this point is not a great look.
AZ_ said:
Dude, he fumbled. Just because he fumbled out of bounds doesn't take away from the fact that a QB tackled and stripped him. But that isn't even the point. Overall it was a good play by Peppers. I think he played ok yesterday except for his boneheaded fair catch.
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Um....
Honestly, you searching the web for information to support your bias does nothing for me.
It's probably best we stop interacting because even if I dug for posts of your bias, you wouldn't see it.
It's Business Time
Can you guys please take this to the peppers thread? I keep thinking some stats or something about njoku is getting posted and I'm just reading about peppers.
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For real. I am going to miss all the good Njoku drop footage with their bickering.
Ahhhh chachachacha
Dude he posted PFF stuff, which is a major website and something a lot of you guys use all the time. What do you want him to use?
"It's probably best we stop interacting" is something an 8th grader would say. The hell is this?
Some of you need to man the hell up. Frankly, @Mr. Orange says some dumb shit presumably to rile you up but you guys being unable to handle his criticism of Peppers, who really hasn't been particularly impressive his entire career is bizarre. He absolutely put that ball on the turf and he almost fucked the Browns after making a nice play. He also DID fuck the Browns with that ridiculous fair catch.
The lot of you need to be able to handle people criticism of your favorite Browns and coaches when they suck and make mistakes. And you should also be able "to handle interacting"
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Njoku sucked yesterday.
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This was the type of analysis I was expecting.
I'm trying to avoid this continuation. I would love to continue this conversation in the text upon which I brought it up; bring it to the Peppers thread.
@Mr. Orange put out some personal garbage and I called it because it's made-up. I've also called-out the same examples of the same shit from the past. It's been beyond obvious to anyone following the forum.
Bring it if you've got it.
I said my piece. The defense rests.
Thanks for the useful material.
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In 2004-2007 the European Union enlarged with the countries of the former Eastern Bloc, reunifying the continent after half a century of political and economic division. A consequence of the negotiations between the allies and the Soviets, who imposed after their rally to Berlin authoritarian regimes from the Baltic to the Black Sea, along the Carpathians, down to Pannonia and the Balkans to the Adriatic coast and up to Moravia and Pommerania.
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Six decades after its last King's forced abdication and the end of its democracy through the "stolen" elections of 1947, Romania became a member of the European Union. It took 12 years of negotiations and a hard transition and adaptation process. The country was accepted in the EU although it only almost fulfilled the accession criteria. The decision was fair, since the starting level was catastrophic in comparison with the neighbouring countries. Romania had to be released by the sacrifice of more than 1000 people in December '89, from a dictatorial regime that can maybe be compared with the one of Kim Jong Ung in today's North Korea and the EU accession perspective on 1 January 2007 was the only and strongest driving force for the legislative, administrative, social and economic reforms done. A miracle many would say, bearing in mind that in the '90s the post-communist establishment was not yet convinced that the West was the right direction and was still using diversions from the class-struggle manuals when it brought miners to Bucharest in order to violently repress protesting students and intellectuals.
Safeguard measures called the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (MCV) were set up at the accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007, since the EU considered that further work was needed in key areas to address shortcomings in judicial reform and, the fight against corruption. Ten years later, in 2017, progress was so significant that the MCV was considered as having fulfilled its mission and the Juncker Commission intended to conclude the MCV before the end of its mandate. Laura Codruta Kövesi had a decisive role in this progress as Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) between 2013-2018 and as the youngest Prosecutor General in Romanian history, between 2006-2013.
However, in 2018 she was dismissed by a Minister of Justice who is concentrating more and more power in his hands. His reasons were contested by the Superior Council of Magistracy and firstly refused by the President of the Republic who was then forced to sign by a Constitutional Court accused of being politicized. This is proof that rule of law reforms seem reversible in Romania when people with judicial problems abuse their political power. This dismissal followed an extensive offensive of the political parties who have the majority in the Parliament, aiming at changing radically the Laws of Justice and other legislation, limiting drastically the effectiveness of the fight against corruption, the independency of the judiciary, the separation of powers itself. This drove to impeaching investigations, invalidating definitive decisions of the Supreme Court, releasing condemned people from prisons since too crowded, etc. These changes observed by the last MCV report from 2018 culminated in the creation of a special prosecution department against magistrates which was placed by the recent Government "Emergency" Ordinance No. 7/2019 outside the control of the General Prosecutor, and thus potentially an instrument in the hands of the Minister of Justice. This measure generated an unprecedented and still ongoing protest by the Romanian magistrates.
Under these circumstances, two "coincidences" happened: the special commission summoned Laura Codruta Kövesi on the day of her hearings in the European Parliament in the selection process for the appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor and for a second time on 7 March 2019, the day on which the Conference of Presidents will decide the next steps to follow in the negotiations by the European Parliament with the Council of the EU. People fear that Ms Kövesi will face artificial corruption allegations in order to create controversy around her candidacy. This would aim at weakening the determination of the Parliament, whose LIBE Committee elected her as favourite candidate, in the negotiations with the Council. Here, the Romanian government who is holding the EU Council Presidency had allegedly a contribution to the designation of the French candidate in pole position.
It is unprecedented and against all diplomatic practices, against good sense, against any national interest, that a government does not support the candidacy of its own national who is running for such an important European function. Moreover, of the candidate considered by the technical selection committee as the best qualified for the position and who is depending on a political decision only. A notable exception is maybe the recent designation of Donald Tusk as President of the European Council, despite the boycott of a government who is diverting Poland from the European values, from the respect of democracy, rule of law and separation of powers. It is a shame that Romania, from a position of champion of the euro-enthusiasm of the commitment to European integration risks being deviated from its well deserved and painstakingly achieved European trajectory by a political leadership with neo-authoritarian and illiberal deviations and pushed in the camp of other opponents of the European project from the former communist states.
A famous Romanian journalist, Cristian Tudor Popescu, considers that the appointment of Laura Codruta Kövesi in this European position could represent a "Stalingrad moment" for the anti-European and anti-rule of law offensive of the Romanian ruling party. Even more than that: a strong signal to all Eastern neo-authoritarian regimes that Europe assumes a courageous option and appoints as guardian of its interests – be it financial, be it legal – a well-known and efficient defender of European values, with victories obtained in the hardest battlefields against corruption and against political pressure, in those countries where the these values are the most under threat.
Probably the easiest solution, the most comfortable for everyone in Brussels would be to appoint a noncontroversial person, a prosecutor with European experience, with diplomatic skills, with perfect knowledge of foreign languages, from a predictable, respected Member State who is at the heart of the European project, at the heart of the process who drove to the creation of this European institution itself. Opting for the candidate from an area of Europe where the news about the attachment to the European project begins to be contradictory, where not everyone can really understand the context, the recent history and what these people and their governments really want, might seem complicated.
But more than 146,000 Romanian citizens (European citizens) speak in favour of the appointment as European Prosecutor of Laura Codruta Kövesi, not only those who signed the online support petition for her candidacy initiated by the civic platform Declic and who were represented in Brussels on the day of her hearings in the European Parliament. Not only those 600,000 who were protesting and resisting on the streets in 2017 to block the intentions of the government and the Parliamentary majority to pronounce amnesty for people convicted for corruption, to mutilate the Laws of Justice and the fight against corruption. These people were shouting for the need to enforce the law even among politicians by the National Anticorruption Directorate led by Kövesi. Finally, not only the one million Romanians who signed the citizens legislative initiative "Without criminal offenders in the public functions" speak for her candidacy.
Most of all, the European interest itself speaks in favour of Ms Kövesi's appointment. It is essential in the current context of Euroscepticism that Europe acts with determination, courageously and that it recognises the efforts, the work and the sacrifice of a person who believes in European values, who believes in her country, who has proven the capacity to win combats for these values, no matter how big the "fish" were and how influential in the establishment. Most probably these fish might feel threatened today again, when Laura Kövesi was first ranked in the technical selection and was appointed by the European Parliament, the EU institution representing the citizens, as their favourite candidate for a supranational prosecution function. One should not forget that that in November 2017, following an OLAF investigation, "the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) accused Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the Romanian ruling party, of fraud with European Union (EU) funds, of creating an organised criminal group, and of misusing his position for personal gain". Maybe this is also the reason anti-European rhetoric appears more and more often in the speeches of the party leader and of his Prime-Minister Viorica Dancila (N.B. he is not able to carry out the function himself since he was sentenced definitively and irrevocably in 2016 for electoral fraud with suspension of execution of the sentence).
The appointment of Laura Codruta Kövesi as EPPO Chief would be a strong signal from Europe to the people of Hungary, Poland and Romania, who seem to be more sensitive to fake news and populism, given that in their history similar propaganda of the ruling parties has replaced the truth too much and too often. The signal for all European citizens who will vote in the European elections at the end of May and who still believe in the European Union should be that Europe is not abandoning its soldiers on the battlefield. Laura Codruta Kövesi is one such soldier since she is the one who had the most important role in making effective the EU requirements from the MCV in terms of the fight against corruption in Romania. Europe should be able to prove that it assumes its principles and is strong enough to defend itself when faced with the most severe threats in its history: the threats against its values, among which, the rule of law, legality.


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Your final year, year three offers the chance to develop a year-long cross-media creative project. Your student-led team will work with industry mentors through the key stages of planning, preproduction, production and postproduction. There is also focus on preparation for public screenings, exhibitions or presentations and developing your portfolio for career or postgraduate progression.
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BCMP is taught by people who know the industry, including former staff of Weta Digital, Weta Workshop, Park Road Post, TVNZ and the BBC.
BCMP tutors' film credits include: Avatar, The Hobbit, IronMan3, Planet of the Apes, Babe, Ocean Girl, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
View our Creative Media staff profiles (choose School of Music and Creative Media Production from the dropdown menu)
Massey's College of Creative Arts is ranked in the top 100 by QS University rankings, first in Asia Pacific for design concept. The College of Creative Arts is NASAD approved as Substantially Equivalent.
If you are an international student, please check out how to apply.
Massey High Achievers scholarships for school leavers
Massey University offers a range of scholarships for high achievers. More information about scholarships for 2019 coming soon.
Find out more details about this scholarship
How to plan your degree
There is more detail under the "Planning" tab at the top right of this page, and at creative.massey.ac.nz
All applicants must meet the basic requirements for university admission.
It is recommended that international students apply at least three months before the start date to allow for processing.
A good fit if you:
Want to work hands-on with projects across film and video, animation and VFX, game development, producing and directing, or creative technologies pathways
Want to learn from some of the best industry professionals, who bring a wealth of experience across all media platforms
Want to benefit from the College's extensive industry connections and from studying in a city recognised worldwide for its creativity and innovation in contemporary media brands and production.
Want to access industry standard production facilities, and develop expertise for your own portfolio, professional practice or event production.
Christopher Chalmers, Kate Lambert, Chris Bird, Matt Wilkey, Caitlyn Parslow and Emily French
Due to graduate in 2018
"I loved the fact the course I'm doing covered so much: film-making, game design, web design and a lot of viral media. For me, it's film-making. I started first in sound design and just gravitated to film. I like the writing process and coming up with the ideas and I definitely prefer to do this bit on my own…"
Prestigious short film festival Tropfest New Zealand receives hundreds of entries each year and is open to filmmakers of all backgrounds and experience. So getting shortlisted in your first year of film-making is no mean feat. Part of the Taranaki Arts Festival, Tropfest New Zealand is the Kiwi arm of the iconic Australian festival of the same name. It is a playground for filmmakers to hone their skills and a platform for them to promote work.
Into this fray went Massey University first year Creative and Media Production students Christopher Chalmers, alongside a team made up of Kate Lambert, Chris Bird, Matt Wilkey, Caitlyn Parslow and Emily French. The students developed stories that tapped into the skills they had just learnt, working together using industry standard equipment.
Two of their films, Timothy (or Hunting for the Dopplemonster) and John Squared, made the final shortlist.
Timothy (or Hunting for the Dopplemonster), produced by Christopher Chalmers, featured a mysterious yeti-man living in the woods and stealing people's lunches. An independent project, Chris says, "Going solo forced me to think my way round solving problems," he explains. "I made it easy on myself by using lots of static shots, important when you are also acting in the film as well.
"I loved the fact the course I'm doing covered so much: film-making, game design, web design and a lot of viral media. For me, it's film-making. I started first in sound design and just gravitated to film. I like the writing process and coming up with the ideas and I definitely prefer to do this bit on my own."
John Squared was a collaborative project and featured a young scientist who is on the verge of achieving his lifelong dream of genetic replication, when he encounters a problem: his clone believes he is the original.
Emily says that all five students tried a variety of roles in the film-making process. "We were so new to the whole process of film-making we each tended to do a bit of everything, the roles were fluid and extremely collaborative," she explains.
John Squared went on to win an award when actor Jordan Rivers, who played the main protagonist, scooped Best Actor at the New Zealand Tropfest Film Festival in February.
"Jordon wasn't there so we all went up on stage and it was an incredibly humbling experience to be a finalist and winner, especially with this audience and up against so many professional people in the film industry," says Emily.
"The great thing about Creative Media Production is that they are really chill with the equipment so we have access to book out everything we needed to make a film in a professional way," Emily adds. "In CMP classes we are provided with the opportunity to really push it."
The 21st century is all about cross-media and change. Games, apps, web, film, video, animation, VFX, audio - they are morphing rapidly. The Bachelor of Creative Media Production sets you up for the new world - with your industry experience, critical grounding and practical know-how, you'll hit the ground running when you graduate and have the flexibility to push the boundaries, re-inventing your craft and your media many times over the course of your career.
BCMP prepares students to enter creative media production jobs, including:
Interactive producer
Concept artist
CG artist
Motion capture animator
Digital effects artist
Special effect technical director
Games art director
Games developer
Web and mobile games producer
Audio producer
Sound recording engineer
Animatronics artist
Mechanisms producer
Modelling technician


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CONCRETE FIRM ON SOLID GROUND WITH £700,000 INVESTMENT AND CREATION OF 35 JOBS
Moore Concrete, a Ballymena based precast concrete firm, has created 35 new jobs as part of a £700,000 investment in its operations.
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Q&A with Sophomore Guard James McCann
By UCSD
Release: Dec 19, 2011
Courtesy: Jimmy Gekas/Sideline Studios
Averaging 7.5 points per game to go with his team-leading 43 assists and 21 steals, sophomore point guard James McCann has developed into one of the key components on the 2011-12 UC San Diego Men's Basketball team. Fifth-year Head Coach Chris Carlson is quick to sing the praises of the local product out of La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad. "James is a great floor leader and continues to grow and get better," says Carlson. "He has turned himself into a very effective player in our league and we expect great things from him in the future." With the CCAA season nearing its midpoint, McCann took time to discuss his playing style, this year's Triton team and some of his off-court interests.
Q-At 5-foot-10, you're middle-of-the-road in the general population, but in the basketball environment, you're typically the shortest player on the court. What's that like?
McCANN-I'm usually not going to be able to use my height as an advantage against my opponent so I have learned other ways to be successful. I use my quickness, basketball IQ, coordination etc. to be successful on the court.
Q-Basketball-wise, in what ways, if any, have you found your height to be an advantage?
McCANN-Aside from a lot of people underestimating me, my height helps me to be more shifty and elusive by being lower than the man guarding me.
Q-You've shown no fear driving the lane. What is your thought process and what are you trying to do when you get into the paint against some of the big front lines in the CCAA?
McCANN-My first thought when I get into the lane is how can I score. More often than not though I am able to draw two or more defenders and find an open man, so I am always keeping my eyes open for any option.
Q-What kind of responsibilities does Coach Chris Carlson expect his point guard to manage?
McCANN-Coach expects me to be a guy he can depend on as an extension of the coach and a leader on the floor. Some of my responsibilities are to take care of the ball, initiate our offense, defend, and make plays for others as well as myself.
Q-Along with doing the majority of the ballhandling typically comes the expectation of being a team leader. Is that a role you're comfortable with and how have you grown into that at UCSD?
McCANN-It's definitely a role I am comfortable with because it has been my responsibility since I started playing basketball. It is one of the most important responsibilities a point guard has. Since I arrived at UCSD not much has changed for me since high school in terms of being relied on heavily as a ballhandler.
Q-In what area do you feel you've made the most progress between your freshman and sophomore seasons?
McCANN-I think just having a year to learn the differences between the high school and college game has helped me the most. I've become smarter and better at being able to make adjustments depending on how other teams are playing.
Q-Talk about where your team is at this point in the season and where you think it can be by the end of the year.
McCANN-We are 5-6 right now and struggling a bit as of late but in no way am I discouraged. We have been practicing and playing really hard, we just need to tighten up a few technical things. Our goals haven't changed at all since the start of the season and I fully believe we are going to have a successful finish.
Q-When this team needs a big bucket, who is the guy you're looking for? Who's the most physical player on the team? Who's the team comedian, the player who keeps things light and relaxed in the locker room?
McCANN-We have a lot of guys that can score so I wouldn't say I'm necessarily looking for a certain guy, more along the lines of whoever is hot at the time. I'd have to say (Justin) Brue is the most physical guy on our team because often times he is going against guys with a couple inches on him yet he does more than hold his own. Tyler (McGrath), Mackenzie (McCullough) and I all have lockers next to each other and are usually the ones trying to keep the mood light in the locker room.
Q-Your back-up is Matt Bailey, another sophomore, who also plays significant minutes. How do your games differ and how do the two of you help each other?
McCANN- If Brue is the most physical guy then Matt isn't far behind. He uses his strength both offensively and defensively to his advantage. I can't usually out muscle my opponent like he can so I have to make better use of angles on the court. I think just competing in practice every day with Matt has really helped me develop as a player, and I'm hoping that I've done the same for him.
Q-What's it like playing for Coach Carlson? What makes him different from other coaches you've played under? What's his "go to" coaching cliché?
McCANN-Coach has been very important to my development as a player since I arrived here at UCSD and I've really enjoyed playing for him. He really stresses the defensive side of the ball, which is an area where I think I have greatly improved. I also really like how he is always trying to help his players off the court as well as on the court.
One of his most famous "go to" coaching clichés is when he makes a questionable call during practice his only response is "life on the road."
Q-You have two older sisters who both played collegiate soccer. Was soccer part of your upbringing and how did you end up playing basketball?
McCANN-Soccer was a huge part of my upbringing. Not only did I attend countless number of games but I also started playing at a very young age. I played for a nearby club program called Surf since about age seven and stopped playing my freshman year of high school. I only started playing basketball in seventh grade and been in love ever since. Because soccer and basketball are in the same season in high school I chose to stick with basketball, but who knows maybe I can use a fifth year to try and play for Coach Pascale at UCSD?
Q-Who do you consider the top three point guards in the NBA today? What do you admire about each?
McCANN-I think I would go with Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Derrick Rose (spoken like a true Boston hater). Each of them are successful in different ways but are similar in that they all have complete control over their respective teams and are the ones making big plays when their team needs one.
Q-You've listed the L.A. Lakers and San Diego Chargers as two of your favorite professional teams. How would you analyze the latest moves by both teams?
McCANN-It's been a bit rough lately because both teams have struggled: the Lakers getting swept by Dallas and the Chargers missing out on the playoffs. I would say that both franchises need to make significant moves to become championship contenders.
Q-Outside of sports, what do you enjoy doing with your free time?
McCANN-I love being around the beach when I am not in the gym. I grew up here in San Diego so I have been around it my whole life. I also really like to travel and hope to do more of it when I graduate.
Q-You're an economics major and although you still have another two years-plus before graduation comes around, have you given any thought to career options at this point?
McCANN-That is still a little far off for me so I haven't put much thought into it. I think business school may be an option.
Q-This is still a very young UCSD roster. Given that, what would you like to see the team accomplish this year and what do you hope to have on your basketball resume when your collegiate career is completed?
McCANN-We are still pretty young but I think we do have experience so there is no limit to what we can do this year. I believe we are going to make a run into the tourney. It's too early for me to be thinking about the end of my career. Right now I am just focused on winning.
Previous Q & A Articles
Emily Osga (Women's Basketball) December 19, 2011
John Butler (Men's Water Polo) November 28, 2011
Lauren Demos (Women's Volleyball) November 8, 2011
Cory Wolfrom (Men's Soccer) October 26, 2011
Ellen Wilson (Women's Soccer) October 1, 2011
Brian Donohoe (Men's Water Polo) September 4, 2011
Roxanne Brunsting (Women's Volleyball) August 19, 2011
Jon Pascale (Men's Soccer) August 4, 2011
Vincent Nguyen (Tennis) July 1, 2011
Patti Gerckens (Softball) May 26, 2011
Blake Tagmyer (Baseball) May 11, 2011
Theresa Richards (Women's Track & Field) April 27, 2011
Austin West (Men's Tennis) April 17, 2011
Drew Lawyer (Men's Crew) April 11, 2011
Keith Okasaki (Men's Golf) March 26, 2011
Matt Herman (Men's Swimming & Diving) March 12, 2011
Hanalei Crowell (Women's Water Polo) March 5, 2011
Camille Gaito (Softball) February 23, 2011
Tim Shibuya (Baseball) February 8, 2011
Carl Eberts (Men's Volleyball) January 31, 2011
Neda Nguyen (Women's Swimming & Diving) January 24, 2011
Amy Bianchini (Fencing) January 14, 2011
Lauren Freidenberg (Women's Basketball) January 3, 2011
Christian Hatch (Men's Basketball) December 24, 2010
Blake Langland (Men's Swimming & Diving) November 27, 2010
Sarah McTigue (Women's Soccer) November 8, 2010
Brandon Yee (Men's Soccer) October 11, 2010
Bryce Madsen (Men's Water Polo) September 23, 2010
Annette Ilg (Women's Soccer) September 9, 2010
Ricci Luyties (Women's Volleyball Head Coach) August 24, 2010
Kevin Messey (Head Athletics Trainer) July 7, 2010
Dan O'Brien (Baseball Head Coach) June 18, 2010
Christine Merrill (Women's Track & Field) June 14, 2010
Vance Albitz (Baseball) May 11, 2010
Erik Elliott (Men's Tennis) May 3, 2010
Kelly Fogarty (Women's Track & Field) April 23, 2010
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 15, 2010
Kirby St. John (Baseball) March 24, 2010
Dan Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
Calvin Ross (Men's Volleyball) February 20, 2010
Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
Steven Hardy (Men's Swimming) January 13, 2009
Frank Fritsch (Men's Volleyball) January 5, 2009