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NFL bettors like underdog Detroit Lions over Jacksonville Jaguars
Coming off a get more than the Ravens, Jacksonville is the beloved from the Lions
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As the NFL time marches toward its summary, bettors recognize which teams are superior, which teams are poor, and which teams have no shot of reaching the postseason. All of that will participate in a position in how betting strains are created, improve more than the system of the 7 days, and how they are guess on. Quite often, the favorites will get a majority of bets mainly because bettors comprehend which crew is greater. Nonetheless, often, an underdog squeaks by way of the cracks and gets the option to pull off an upset, but this time, bettors are looking at as a result of it.
In accordance to OddsChecker US, the Lions, in spite of opening up as .5-level underdogs at dwelling to the Jacksonville Jaguars, are getting 70 % of the bets in their favor. And actually, I continue to feel that range is minimal.
This would seem like an evident situation of "What have you performed for me these days?" With Jacksonville coming off a thrilling just one-issue victory in excess of Baltimore, oddsmakers appeared inclined to make the Jaguars the favorite in their next sport, in spite of having an terrible record of getting the preferred on the street. Do you know the past time Jacksonville was favored on the highway? Week 1 of 2021 against fellow punching bag Houston. The Jags dropped by 16. Jacksonville hasn't gained a sport on the highway it was favored in since 2019, when the crew conquer the Bengals, 27-17. Cincy concluded that season 2-14. Safe to say, this year's Lions are probably a small improved than people Bengals were being.
Detroit is contemporary off a 28-25 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. The Lions misplaced by three points to a Tremendous Bowl contender, but are the underdogs at house now? Which is recency bias. Yes, Trevor Lawrence led a terrific game-winning drive to conquer Baltimore, but you can not deny that the Lions have experienced significantly better outings as a complete. A three-stage reduction to the Eagles. A four-issue loss to the Vikings. A a few-issue loss to the Seahawks. A four-stage decline to the Dolphins. Wins above a scorching Chicago Bears squad, and the New York Giants. They held Aaron Rodgers to nine points! Jacksonville, on the other hand, shed to the Giants. The Jags misplaced by 8 to the Eagles, and Philly has been a lot less extraordinary as the season has progressed. Their only spectacular wins have been Baltimore and a 38-10 acquire around the Los Angeles Chargers…back again in Week 3.
Certainly, the Lions' defense is atrocious, but the Jaguars' is not considerably superior. Detroit ranks lifeless past in yards permitted (414.5) the Jaguars rank 24th (362.9). Both equally teams depend on turnovers to continue to keep their offense in game titles, and even though Jacksonville has secured additional takeaways than Detroit on the year (16 to 14), more than fifty percent of the Jags' takeaways came in the very first a few weeks of the time when they started out 2-1. Detroit, on the other hand, has forced at minimum one particular turnover in just about every game since Week 1. Certainly, Jacksonville has picked their takeaway game up in new months, owning pressured 6 in their past 3 contests, but the Lions' offense has fully commited only a few turnovers in their past 5 online games.
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On top of that, Amon-Ra St. Brown is going to be a difficulty for Jacksonville's defense. The Jaguars D surrendered 146 yards to Davante Adams three weeks back, and 134 yards to Michael Pittman just a several months prior. Receivers with large target shares in their offense are likely to do phenomenally effectively from Jacksonville's secondary, and St. Brown is ninth in concentrate on share (28.5 per cent) and 1st in targets per route operate. When nutritious, he's one particular of the most associated extensive receivers in the NFL and the Jaguars have not shown they know how to protect against somebody that dynamic. Considering that St. Brown's greatest strength is his YAC-potential, and the Jaguars have authorized the fifth-most YAC and accrued the 2nd-most skipped tackles in the NFL. That's just a lot more undesirable news for the Duval County Cats.
Soon after American bettors lost boatloads of funds betting on the U.S. Men's Countrywide Soccer Team to conquer the Netherlands in the Round of 16, it's superior to see more bettors coming to their senses and betting on the Lions, even if they're an underdog. Whilst nearly anything can occur on any specified Sunday, the Lions have been as well good just lately to permit the Jaguars to walk absent with an uncomplicated earn. I'm taking that +.5 line just about every day of the week.
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He also was special plenipotentiary of the Reichspropagandaleitung in Protectorate, and held the rank of Oberbereichsleiter der NSDAP.
Nice photo of Wolf with Jaroslav Krejčí (prime minister of government in Protectorat.
His full name was Martin Paul Wolf.
I've his DoB as 22-5-1908.
Place of birth: Arnoldsgrün in Sachsen.
From Fall of 1943 till ?? he was head(he succeeded W.W. von Wolmar)from the Press Group with the Cultural and Political Department within the Reich Protector's Office(RPO)from the Reichsprotector 'Böhmen und Mähren'.
After WW-II he vanished mysteriously and so he never stood trial.
Thanks for posting the great picture Goofy.
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Debenhams blames snow for first-half profits fall
By Gemma Goldfingle2013-04-18T07:50:00+01:00
Department store group Debenhams' pre-tax profits fell 5.4% to £120.3m in its half year as snowfall hampered sales in January.
The department store group warned the market last month that its profits would be impacted.
Debenhams' like-for-likes rose 3.1% while gross transaction value was up 3.5% to £1.53bn in the half year to March 2.
However, group gross margin was down 20 basis points over the half as the retailer resorted to discounting to recover sales lost because of the snow and also over the Christmas period, which it said was "highly promotional" across the high street.
Debenhams chief executive Michael Sharp said: "We made progress during the first half although snow in late January meant we did not achieve the profit outcome we had expected.
"We expect to make further progress in the second half despite consumer sentiment remaining weak and challenging market conditions. We are committed to the opportunities afforded to us by the four pillars of our strategy to build a leading international, multichannel brand."
Online sales were up 46% to £194.4m and now account for 12.7% of total sales.
Debenhams this month hired Argos multichannel boss Ross Clemmow to lead its ecommerce business. The retailer is working to improve its online proposition and will be able to offer next-day delivery by Christmas.
Debenhams said it had grown its fashion share by 10 basis points, according to the latest data by Kantar Worldpanel for the 24 weeks to March 17, while its beauty share advanced 50 basis points. It has recently introduced milliner Stephen Jones and men's tailor Patrick Grant to its Designers at Debenhams portfolio. It aims to build its Designer sales to £750m in the medium term.
International gross transactional value was up 1.6% to £280m over the half, although EBITDA overseas dipped 1.4% to £27.9m.
In Denmark, Magasin's like-for-like sales increased 9.8% in local currency, but its Romanian franchise partner closed six stores because of "an extremely difficult market". The closures resulted in a write-off of £3.8m.
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Department store group Debenhams is introducing a raft of new in-store partners as the retailer overhauls its space and offer.
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The pandemic has resulted in increasing popularity on OTT platforms. In order to fight off its competitors, Zee5 has come with a new yearly subscription plan on Monday called the Zee5 Club.
This plan allows the users to have access to 1000 movies, Zee Zindagi Shows, and over 90 Live TV channels without advertisements in Rs 365.
This came out as a counter to Hotstar's Disney+Hotstar Vip plan that offers limited content priced at Rs 399/year. Zee5 Club is priced much lower than its own all-access yearly plan at Rs 999 or the monthly all-access plan at Rs 99.
Rahul Maroli, Senior Vice President and Head SVOD, Zee5, said in a statement that, "We are a customer-obsessed OTT platform and the launch of ZEE5 Club is a result of the feedback we received from our consumers.
Zee5 Club will help us to board every Indian and provide them with a hyper-personalized and a seamless content viewing experience at Rs 365 year"
The amount of content available to users on OTT platforms is massive and therefore choosing one platform to watch their favorite shows becomes tough as each platform tries to overshadow the other with new plans and exciting shows.
Zee5 is slowly rising through the ranks and this plan will definitely help in increasing the traffic on their platform. With Alt Balaji, they have managed to target a particular demographic, i.e. the youth between 18-30. They are coming up with teenage dramas and thrillers to make their platform more youth-friendly.
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The Only One - Jose Mourinho
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Re: The Only One - Jose Mourinho
by Onyx on Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:53 pm
José Mourinho faces his third season leading Real Madrid. He does it "excited after two years in which this team has gone from strength to strength and has always won a title". One day shy of concluding the American tour, the White's coach reflected on the pre-season and analysed the campaign about to commence with the first fixture of la Liga against Valencia August 19 in the Santiago Bernabéu. "We're going to fight for each match and each title with all our might. You can't promise more because there are factors that you can't control. This sport is and always will be a game and games are unpredictable. I like reducing this uncertainty to an absolute minimum and having Real Madrid win many more times than not. We want to want to win titles again and return to Cibeles, which is the best end to a season you can have".
What's your assessment of Real Madrid's tour in the United States?
It hasn't finished yet, but it's going well. We worked hard and well in the first period and later the games have turned out how we wanted them to. The first fixture was against an American team that was more worried about playing well and allowing good play. The next match was more complicated, more competitive and intense, against a Mexican team. Later, we played a top level European team in a stadium that we new would bring motivation on the one hand and responsibility on the other. It was good for us and now we're going to finish by playing a team with a completely different profile that plays a British style of football. We're playing well, once again putting together the pieces of a machine that was already working well and trying to step up our intensity and confidence. We're preparing ourselves as best as possible to start well.
Many players have pointed out that this team is well established and that two years of work are paying off. Is this team really so united?
It helps when people know each other and get on well together. The players might have been together for a long time but if there's no empathy and pleasure in working together you have a bigger problem than when you're putting together a group. We all get along well, we know each other well both on a personal level and in terms of football. They know the way I work and my ideas and I know them, their great qualities and the small problems that always exist. We're excited about our third year after two in which we've gone from strength to strength and have always won a title. Last year's was more important than the one the year before. That's where we are and it's a shame that the national teams are leaving us in a complicated situation next week before the championship begins. That's the calendar. We knew about it months ago and we've tried to organise the pre-season in a balanced way so that the players can start, perhaps not all-out, but well.
Much has been said about the goal-fest against Milan and the play deployed by your team. Did José Mourinho expect Real Madrid to respond in this way at this stage in the preparation?
We played well. We won the match and I think that for the players the stadium was an additional motivating factor. The stadium was packed with fans and people that feel a special connection to the team because they don't live in Spain. Another motivating factor was the reputation of our rivals and we played all-out and prepared really well. The result is rewarding but not essential. What's essential is that we play well and we did it at a level at which we played many times last season. They are small factors that add to the confidence this team already has.
In the game against Milan, were we seeing the Real Madrid of Mourinho's third year?
I don't know. We played the first half well against a very closed team that came on with very defensive play and many players at the back. It made us think about our play. That's going to happen to us a lot with teams that are going to lock down against us. When we scored the second goal in the second half and they wanted to attack, the game profile changed. They played more offensively, leaving a lot of space for our transitions. It was a rich game in a tactical sense to train us.
There are many people that wonder why you enjoy coming to the United States so much for the pre-season. In New York, in the Yankee Stadium, we saw many reasons to do it...
The people that ask me that only do so once. The president asked me and after coming he's never asked me again. This time he came with us and we've loved having him. He's not going to ask me again why I want to come because he's going to enjoy coming back himself. With the exception of Philadelphia, where we knew what the temperature would be like, the climate is perfect for working. The organisation is perfect, the matches are good, the stadiums and the fans motivational. We promote Real Madrid in an important market, we promote football in a country where it isn't the top sport. I also think it's good for the club economically... It's also perfect for the players on the Spanish national team because they're going to stay and head from here to Costa Rica, which is much closer than if they had to return to Europe and it saves them some hours of travel. It's perfect for everyone and it's a great experience. I've been doing it for seven years and I want to continue because I like it a lot. Whoever comes never asks again.
They also like you a lot here. In the Yankee Stadium we saw a banner where they proposed you for president of the United States...
It must have been a friend of mine doing propaganda.
Lastly, what message would you send to the Real Madrid fans in your third season leading Real Madrid?
I hope that nothing changes, in the sense that my Real Madrid has always been a team that stands up to their rivals and has always fought every minute. Whether this team has lost, drawn or won, they have always felt a great responsibility in representing and fighting for an institution such as Real Madrid in every match. We're going to fight for each match and each title with all our might. You can't promise more because there are factors that you can't control. This sport is and always will be a game and games are unpredictable. I like reducing this uncertainty to an absolute minimum and having Real Madrid win many more times than not. We want to want to win titles again and return to Cibeles, which is the best end to a season you can have.
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/Actualidad_Primer_Equipo_en/1330112873963/noticia/Entrevista/Mourinho:__We_re_going_to_fight_for_each_match_and_each_title_with_all_our_might_.htm?
by Onyx on Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:00 pm
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, has surprised with statements to Lusa SIC television that has challenged the nickname the press gave him during his time in England. The Portuguese considered that no longer should be called 'The Special One', but should start calling it 'The Only One' ('the only').
"In England I was introduced as a 'Special One', but thank God things have gone well and like it or not just me who has won the English championship, Italian and Spanish . should start calling me 'Only One' , unique, "he jokingly said the Portuguese, who believes that over the years and the successes it has become a person" less selfish and egocentric. "
by Onyx on Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:53 pm
Mourinho interview on BBC:
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/166070.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
by halamadrid2 on Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:45 am
wow Mou ripped our team into pieces in post-match presser
"We have a squad of of 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers. Nacho will be part of the first team. Morata, Jesús and Nacho can play with Castilla, but they are first team players. They all give us solutions, they all give us options they are all are important to the team because we have a reduced squad".
The coach of the Spanish Super Cup champions offered his assessment of the how the match went: "I did not like the way the team was playing, we had little ambition and not very much pace or intensity. A week is a very short space of time to achieve something in if you compare it with other areas in society and we have to make good use of our time. It is not enough to just win, we have to play better than we did."
The´ 'Whites' coach wants to see the same level of commitment offered by the team in the match against Barcelona in every match: "I've seen a team that played to their limits against Barcelona from the first minute but in the league they have not done so. It is difficult to explain why. These are things that I have to figure out and work on. The team's ambition and motivation are not as high as they could be and last season we wanted score more goals and kill the game off as early as possible. If we scored a goal we wanted to go and get the second. I cannot say that any one player had a bad game or showed a bad attitude, because it is not true, but I want more. The team has to work harder and have more intensity, that's why I am not happy."
Mourinho spoke about Modric, who played his first game as a starter: "I am happy. He is not in a physical state to be able to play in other positions, so he takes a little more time to recover and does not work too hard in defence. He played for 45 or 60
minutes which was good for him. Now he will be the national team and it will be good if he keeps playing. Hopefully we'll be lucky and he will get lots of pitch time because he has had a long time without playing, but gave a good performance against Barcelona and it was hard to play today his best when his team didn't play very well."
He also had a few words to say about the Whites latest signing, Essien: "He has come on loan, he did know what he was going to get out of it, he came a bit in the dark, with the hope of helping out, to be useful and to try for Real Madrid to be able to keep him on at the end of the season. To me it is a fantastic move for the club." Another name that was mentioned in the press conference was Kaká: "Neither he nor anyone else is a dead-weight. Today we went in another direction, Benzema, Callejón, Modric played and we also wanted to give some stability to those that played against Barca. The three who were left out were the first choices, but a time will when Kaká will be an option."
Mourinho commended the changes to the squad made on the transfer market: "I have to reiterate the opinion I have about this president, the CEO and the board. This transfer period has been an example to society, demonstrating respect for the economic and social state of Europe, spending less than we have earned and doing two fantastic deals with Lass and Granero. They were in the final year of their contracts and in January they could have negotiated with another club. They could have turned down renewal deals and could left on a free transfer. We had the intelligence and acumen to make the most out of two players who have not wanted to renew."
Finally, when asked about the performance of the opposition Mourinho praised Granada and Anquela: "They are a team with a good coach and they are well organised, they are at the top level of football. Their team can play well or badly, with more or less talent, but always they are organised and know what to do on the field. They knew they had to play a more defensive match. Pepe and Marcelo played pretty well and they kept away from the goal. When we scored the second goal it became harder for them, but I think they are will do stay up in the end."
Man, the guy sounds very annoyed at our team atm, well he should be some players are just playing horribly bad atm
by Onyx on Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:30 pm
"We are talking about Barcelona and Real Madrid, two great teams. Pick any other team in the world, and they would not finish in the top two in La Liga," Mourinho told AS.
"And that's exactly why I joined Real Madrid. Because it's not easy to challenge Barcelona. It's very hard to be successful in this competition.
"Life's much easier in any other league. Any league where you are not locking horns with Barcelona is easier. Barca are the main reason why Madrid got to where we are now, because they set the bar very high.
"Barcelona's era of winning consecutive Liga titles is over, but their cycle has not come to an end yet. They are still a great team and so are Madrid.
"The rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona is a blessing for football. I don't have any figures but I'm sure the Spanish Supercopa had a bigger audience than many Champions League games last term."
by Onyx on Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:37 pm
Mourinho interview:
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/Actualidad_Primer_Equipo_en/1330117693757/noticia/Entrevista/Mourinho:__Modric_has_a_the_touch_of_class_and_magic_that_they_like_in_the_Bernabeu_.htm?
by the xcx on Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:33 am
Mourinho sues Marca editor:
Jose Mourinho has filed a civil lawsuit against Marca editor Roberto Palomar for making defamatory comments in an article about Real Madrid coach.
The journalist published an article on September 17, where he referred to the Portuguese coach as "the type of person who leaves after causing an outrage".
Mourinho feels Palomar has crossed the line with his choice of words, and has subsequently decided to take legal action against the Spanish newspaper.
"This expression is objectively vexatious and the use of it was completely unnecessary to achieve the objective of the article," a statement from Mourinho's legal representatives reads.
"Mourinho is fully aware of the importance of the right of freedom of expression, and has not and will never take legal action against rightful criticism."
The 49-year-old previously sued El Pais journalist Charles Bouvier for calling him a "Nazi Portuguese".
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by Onyx on Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:29 pm
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has launched a scathing verbal attack on the club and the behaviour of Jose Mourinho and Florentino Perez.
The 61-year-old left his post at Madrid in 2009 and was replaced by assistant Vicente Boluda, before Perez was later installed as his long-term successor.
But despite having severed his ties with the club over three years ago, he has been quick to give his opinion on a number of different incidents involving Los Blancos in recent months.
"I know many people inside the club [who say] that Mourinho and [agent Jorge] Mendes act as if the club belongs to them," he told Al-Watan.
"The problem comes from the strange silence of Florentino Perez, that is what really bothers me."
Calderon, who now works as a lawyer, then expanded on his apparent dislike for Perez and suggested his popularity is a result of his close relationship with the Spanish media.
"Mourinho or the players can be [criticised], but Florentino's strong relationships with the media prevents him from being criticised," he added.
"There are a number of journalists who have lost their jobs because Florentino Perez was attacked."
He concluded by giving his thoughts on the recent furore surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo's unhappiness at the club and advised the Portuguese international to concentrate on football.
"Cristiano, like all other human beings, is exposed to all kinds of feelings and sensations," he explained.
"Because of the comments he made to the press, everything is amplified.
"Why is he sad? The reason is unknown to me, but the important thing [for him] is playing well and scoring goals."
by halamadrid2 on Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:19 pm
this guy will he ever shut his fcking mouth???
Calderon, who now works as a lawyer
,......... lord forbid
by Onyx on Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:17 pm
Speaking ahead of Real Madrid's Assembly of Delegates on Sunday, Florentino Perez revealed that Jose Mourinho had some troubles settling in at Los Blancos.
The construction mogul underlined that the job of the head coach at the Spanish capital club is very challenging and requires adaptation on behalf of the trainer, which did not come easy for 'The Special One'.
"'Mou' took a while to understand what Madrid is. He's coached in Portugal, Italy and England but this is something else. This is Madrid. We understand our own culture. But those who come in from outside don't understand it," Perez told AS.
"When 'Mou' arrived, he clashed with the club, the people, the fact that the fans would whistle at some players or even the coach. That's even happened with some recently arrived players and they've got it wrong a number of times.
"But they've learnt. 'Mou' knows he's worked at a number of clubs at the highest level. But as I tell him, Madrid comes first, next and after that. That's the distance between us and the rest."
Perez also conceded that the club passed on the chance to sign Manchester City star David Silva before they opted to buy Mesut Ozil from Werder Bremen.
"I believe that we have best squad in Madrid's history. We could have signed Silva, but I preferred Ozil. Silva is a great player, and on top of that he is Spanish. We like great players."
The club president also had a word on Brazilian star Kaka, who has been linked with an exit from the Madrid club.
"Great players and Ballon d'Or winners like Cristiano and Kaka make it possible to make more revenue. In some cases, they have bad luck and suffer with injuries. We hope to have Kaka great again."
by Kuru on Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:58 pm
Jose Mourinho says Zinedine Zidane left his role as director of football at Real Madrid two months ago and rang him personally to make him aware of his decision.
Reports suggested that a rift had developed between the Portuguese
coach and the Frenchman after Zidane made efforts to distance himself
from the first team, a move which was supposedly against the wishes of
the Madrid coach.
later denied that he had fallen out with the former Chelsea and Inter
boss and implied that he was still keen on working for the club this
season, but Mourinho has now revealed that the 40-year-old has not been
involved with Los Blancos for some time.
"It has been
two months since he said goodbye to us, saying he was looking for
happiness, somewhere he would be happy," Mourinho told Marca.
"He has decided to be a coach and that's that. It's something public, that everybody knows.
"His integration into grassroots football has been made public and he is getting ready to coach in France."
Mourinho also stated that he did not understand why the story had only just been revealed.
"This story came out very late and I don't understand it. He made his decision more than two months ago," he added.
And he just drove out Zidane too, what a great coach!
by Onyx on Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:39 pm
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has claimed that people regularly insult him and his children when he attempts to socialise.
The Portuguese boss has developed a reputation as a controversial figure due to his outspoken nature, and his stay in the Spanish capital has witnessed several fierce battles with main rivals Barcelona.
And he has now revealed that he is routinely targeted by the public, who have also taunted his children when he is with them.
"I hate my social life," he told CNN. "I hate not to be a normal father who goes with his son to his football match and be there with the 20 other fathers watching the game.
"The people have to come for photos; the people have to come for autographs; the people have come to insult me; the people have to go behind the goal of my kid to insult a 12-year-old kid.
"People think they know me, but they don't. People know the manager, especially the manager during 90 minutes. And during 90 minutes, I'm not there to have fun.
"I'm there to do my job, I'm there to win. I'm there with my team to try to win. I'm there and I live the game. I live the match as if it was the last of my career.
"People look at me and see what they see. It's the other place where people know me."
Having ended Barcelona's stranglehold on the Liga title, Mourinho is currently bidding to bring home los Blancos' 10th Champions League title, but does not feel his spell at the club will be deemed a failure should he not manage to do so.
"Will I see my stay here as a failure? No. In relation to the Champions League there is an edge where the difference between succeeding and not succeeding is very narrow," he added.
"The world will consider it a failure because I won it so many times and brought so much success to my teams that everyone is probably expecting that."
by steve_vai on Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:01 pm
Mou is ready..
"I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet."José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix
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by Blue on Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:52 pm
by Onyx on Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:39 pm
Hopefully he delivers the 10th CL this season.
by eelir on Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:43 pm
Is it true what marca sais that he is leaving in summer?
eelir
by halamadrid2 on Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:46 pm
I wouldn't be surprised but no i don't think so
he has a very good relationship with Floro, it won't happen i think
by RealGunner on Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:58 pm
by Die Borussen on Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:01 pm
is that him? or some1 that has the same name and looks like him
Die Borussen
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by RealGunner on Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:13 am
it's him back in 1987 lol
by LeSwagg James on Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:41 am
@RealGunner wrote: it's him back in 1987 lol
My year of birth
LeSwagg James
by buddytaller on Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:00 am
Florentino spoke about Mourinho this morning at a socios meeting:
"We have the best coach in the World, he's been suffering unfair attacks, even some against his dignity as a person, so, José Mourinho, you have all my trust, my gratitude to your work and all my affection" (standing ovation from the Socios)
This is a big slap in the face of Marca and all the rumour peddlers.
buddytaller
by Pedram on Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:31 am
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2261210/Jose-Mourinho-allegedly-kicks-fan-Ronaldo-backs-boss.html
if it's true.
by The Sanchez on Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:03 am
Hope he gets charged for the sake for Madrid...
The Sanchez
by Nedved on Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:15 pm
@The Sanchez wrote: Hope he gets charged for the sake for Madrid...
You mean for Barcelona
by Donuts on Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:04 am
@Nedved wrote:
For the sake of Madrids already downhill reputation due to Mourinhos antics, why would Mourinho getting charged help Barcelona? I like him making a mockery of himself especially to Madrid's supporters but it is rather shameful, if all of this is true that is, which doesn't sound likely but not unbelievable.
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After the madness of knitting all of the book sweaters, and the travel of this spring, I was looking forward to cardipalooza like nobody's business. A sweater just for me? Sign me up!
Of course, it didn't hurt that I had a sweater's worth of Clara Parkes' new Cormo 1.0 colors waiting for my needles. I took time out from the production knitting schedule to swatch it as soon as it arrived, of course! So all through the end rush of the book I knew I had a beautiful textured cable stitch cardigan waiting for me.
The yarn lived up to its promise.
My goal was to produce an ideal sweater yarn, the kind of yarn that almost leaps off the skein and onto your needles while you aren't looking. I chose a heavier gauge to let Cormo's innate thick sponginess shine through. In fabric, I can't think of anything else I'd want to wrap around my body.
Me either, really. It's both comforting and lovely to look at.
The textured stitch pattern gives a beautiful weight to the front panels of the cardigan. The little 1×1 cabled stitches don't pull the gauge in perceptibly, but they do give the fronts a wonderful stability and structure.
The back and sleeves are in plain Stockinette and the edges are trimmed with 2×2 ribbing, all of which combine with the larger gauge to make the sweater a nice, easy knit. It's as relaxing to create as it is to wear!
As with all of my patterns now, Cushing Isle is available in one of two formats.
If you'd like to use CustomFit to create Cushing Isle, choose the Cushing Isle Recipe E-book for only $2.50. It will tell you how to create a pattern within CustomFit's custom sweater wizard that with a silhouette like Cushing Isle, how to eliminate the shaping on the fronts of your cardigan if desired, and how to work the Cabled Check pattern.
Jackie and Lauren will update you on their progress soon – but until then, thanks for your support! How is your cardipalooza sweater coming?
I love this sweater! It's next on my list to purchase. Must get back to my own Cardipalooza sweater – the back is finished but I have yet to cast on the first front piece. Wanting to get to Cushing Isle should spur me on!
I love this sweater! I want to be sure I understand. Don't I need to buy the recipe for custom fit in addition to the pattern? Also, I must make my gauge fit the pattern as written right? Or, do I provide my gauge details for the custom fit recipe?


CLEVELAND – Down 25 with 1:02 left to go in the third quarter, the Ohio women's basketball team (4-3) would score 29 points in the fourth quarter, but would ultimate fall by the final of 71-64 to Cleveland State (6-2) Wednesday morning inside of the Wolstein Center.
Amani Burke (Columbus, Ohio) would finish the game with 18 points, while Cierra Hooks (Dayton, Ohio) finished with 14 and a team-high nine rebounds.
Cleveland State would open the game on an 8-0 run before Hooks would get the first basket for Ohio at the 6:54 mark in the first quarter. After Hooks would get another basket before Burke would cut the CSU lead to 14-6.
After the media timeout, the Vikings would take a 12- point lead before Dominique Doseck (Athens. Ohio) would drain Ohio's first three pointer of the game. Ohio would then CSU scoreless through the final 1:37 to finish the first quarter down 19-10.
The Bobcats would get the first points of the second quarter when Katie Barker (Cary, Ill.) would hit her first three of the game, cutting the deficit to 19-13. Then, after CSU would take a 10-point lead again, Barker would hit her second three of the quarter to cut the score to 25-16.
The Bobcats would then go on a run after Hooks hit two free throws and then got another rebound to trim the score to 25-20 at the 3:58 mark. The Bobcats would be unable to score the rest of the quarter and Ohio would go to halftime down 31-20.
At the half, Hooks led Ohio with eight points and five rebounds. Barker added six points, while Burke and Doseck had three. Taylor Agler (Westerville, Ohio) would lead the team with three assists.
As a team, Ohio shot .206 from the field, .136 from three-point range and .750 from the free throw line.
The third quarter started with Burke connecting on a layup with 9:03 to go to cut the score to 31-22. Throughout the third quarter, Ohio would be unable to string together a run and with 1:02 left in the quarter, the Bobcats would trail 53-28.
At the end of the quarter, Alexis Stover (Solon, Ohio) would be able to hit two free throws and would go to the fourth quarter down 55-35.
The Bobcats would not quit and would battle through the whole fourth quarter. With 8:11 left in the game. Hooks would hit a three to cut the lead to 55-38. CSU would hit a free throw with 7:46 left to make the score 56-38.
Ohio would then go on a 9-0 run over the next three minutes to cut the lead to 56-47. The run would be capped by a three-pointer from Doseck with 6:01 left in the game.
It would take CSU until 4:19 left in the game to get their first field goal of the quarter. After the Vikings would make it 60-49, Doseck would drain another three, cutting the lead to 60-52.
After the Vikings would go up 11, Burke would drain a three and hit a field goal to cut the CSU lead to six with 2:14 to go. A little more than a minute later, Stover would hit a put back layup to cut the lead the four with 1:01 left.
Unfortunately, that was as close as the Bobcats would get and the Vikings would hit most of their free throws the remainder of the game and despite a three-pointer from Burke with 17 seconds to go, CSU would come away with the 71-64 victory.
Burke finished the game with a team-leading 18 points while Hooks finished the game with 14 points and a team-leading and a career high nine rebounds. Doseck finished with 12 points and Barker finished with 11.
As a team, Ohio was 21-of-75 (.284) from the field, 9-of-46 (.196) from three-point range and 13-of-18 (.722) from the free throw line.
Cleveland State would shoot 23-of-46 (.500) from the field, 7-of-17 (.412) from three-point range and 18-of-29 (.621) from the free throw line.
The Bobcats' bench outscored CSU, 20-4 while the Vikings out-rebounded Ohio, 42-41. The Bobcats were also able to get 15 second chance points and 22 points in the pain.
Ohio forced 20 turnovers, with 12 of those miscues coming from steals. The Bobcats were able to score 17 points off of those turnovers.
The Bobcats fall to 4-3 to open the season and now have a 16-9 overall record against CSU. The home team how now won the last eight matchups.
The Bobcats help CSU to two made field goals in the fourth quarter and the Bobcats scored 29 points, the second most in a quarter this season.
The Bobcats are back in action on Sunday, Dec. 10 when Ohio heads to West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Big Ten opponent, Purdue, Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. inside Mackey Arena.


LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Dauphin County, Pa.-- A Dauphin County fire company is celebrating a new addition to its family.
Linglestown Fire Company Number 1 held a dedication ceremony on Sunday for its new fire truck. The community gathered to be a part of the special event.
In following with tradition, firefighters joined together to back the new truck in and out of the station three times.
Organizers say they are thankful for the new piece of equipment and that they can finally put their 18-year old pumper out of service.
"It's a huge help, it's special for us, let's face it, it's nice to show up," said Fire Chief Bill Payne.
More than 100-people attended the dedication event.


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Gene transcription in virus-specific CD8 T cells differentiates chronic from resolving HCV
Early dysregulation of cellular energy metabolism appears characteristic of chronic hepatitis C infection
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have identified differences in gene transcription within key immune cells that may distinguish those individuals infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) who develop chronic infection from those whose immune systems successfully clear the virus. As they describe in a paper published in the journal Immunity, these changes appear soon after initial emergence of the T-cell response and long before conventional T-cell testing or clinical symptoms indicate whether or not an infection will become chronic.
"Our primary finding - that cellular energy metabolism is dysregulated at the transcriptional level very early on in chronic infection - harbors important clues for how we might want to think about the T-cell response to HCV infection and about T-cell exhaustion, in general," says lead author David Wolski, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the MGH Gastroenterology Unit, who performed this work during his graduate studies. "It gives us a potential avenue for finding earlier predictors of disease outcome and, more importantly, tells us what may be causing the failure of the T-cell response in chronic infection, giving us new opportunities to try and intervene before failure occurs."
HCV differs from other chronic viral infection such as HIV or hepatitis B in that the infection spontaneously resolves in a small but significant minority of infected individuals, around 20 percent, within 6 months of infection. While the adaptive immune system responds to HCV in individuals who develop chronic infection - producing CD8 and CD4 T cells specifically targeting the virus - the number of virus-specific T cells eventually diminishes, and those that remain lose their functionality, a phenomenon called T-cell exhaustion.
Acute HCV infection is usually mild and non-life-threatening, but the persistence of the virus can lead to chronic, potentially fatal liver diseases such as cirrhosis or liver cancer. Until recently, drugs to treat chronic HCV have had limited effectiveness, but the directly-acting antiviral drugs that have become available in recent years are able to cure the infection in more than 90 percent of patients. However, given the high number of infected people worldwide and the fact that successful treatment does not prevent re-infection in high-risk groups, such as those who inject drugs, development of an effective HCV vaccine remains extremely important.
Principal investigator Georg Lauer, MD, PhD, MGH Gastroenterology Unit, explains that the infection's unique property of naturally leading to two distinct outcomes - chronic infection versus complete viral clearance - inspired their investigation into the immune system factors leading to protection or viral persistence in human patients. This was only possible because of the availability of a group of 43 individuals diagnosed with HCV soon after their initial infection who provided a total of 78 blood samples - one to three from each - that were taken within 36 weeks of infection. Such patients are very difficult to identify, but the MGH group has one of the largest groups in the world, developed through the efforts of co-authors Arthur Kim, MD, MGH Division of Infectious Diseases, and Lia Lewis-Ximenez, MD, at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Of those 43 individuals, the infection resolved in 21 and became chronic in 22. Samples from participants in whom the infection persisted were further divided into two subgroups - "chronic" in which infection persists even though the CD8 T cells continue to recognize the circulating HCV viral strain, and "escape" in which the CD8 response is rendered "blind" because the virus has mutated in the region recognized by the T cells. Studying patterns of gene expression in these two populations of chronic-HCV-associated T cells enabled the investigators to distinguish between expression changes related to T-cell receptor-mediated signaling and stimuli related to an inflammatory environment.
The most significant differences in gene transcription in HCV-specific CD8 T cells among the three groups were in genes related to cellular metabolism - the process of converting nutrients into energy - and to the regulation of gene transcription via the chromosomal structure called the nucleosome. In chronic samples, expression of metabolic genes increased briefly after infection but soon dropped. This pattern, not seen in CD8 T cells from participants whose infection resolved, was observed long before standard T-cell analysis could reveal evidence of T-cell exhaustion, which has recently been linked to similar changes in cellular bioenergetics. Transcription patterns of the escape group samples shared features with both the chronic and resolved group, indicating the complexity of processes controlling the T-cell response.
Patient-related factors previously associated with the risk of chronic HCV infection - such as age, sex and the loss of HCV-specific CD4 T cells - also correlated with the early gene expression patterns of cells from the three groups. The researchers repeated their analysis in HCV-specific CD8 T cells from another 10 individuals - 7 whose infections became chronic and 3 in which it resolved - with similar findings, substantiating the original results.
An associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Lauer stresses, "This is not a final, definitive story about a single immune mechanism. Instead, we hope our overall analysis and our set of transcriptional data from virus-specific CD8 T cells in human HCV infection - which we believe is currently unique for its size and the inclusion of chronic responses not receiving T-cell receptor signals - will inspire and enable other studies into the molecular mechanisms that govern virus-specific and other T-cell responses. Our group is already planning more detailed studies of the metabolic requirements and the epigenetic regulation of T cells, and we're trying to define the specific cellular processes that are affected by patients' age, sex and the presence of CD4 helper T cells - research questions that warrant much greater attention."
Wolski adds, "Our findings highlight how paramount it is to move away from studying individual cell types in isolation if we want to understand the immune response to viral infections. While integrating transcriptional data from CD8 T cells with information on the presence of CD4 T cells and neutralizing antibodies is a start, future studies will have to examine multiple cell types simultaneously to understand how the complex interplay among cells orchestrates the induction of transcriptional changes and how epigenetic and post-translational mechanisms influence how these changes manifest at the protein level."
Additional co-authors of the Immunity paper are Peter Foote, Diana Chen, Jasneet Aneja, Pierre Tonnerre, Almudena Torres-Cornejo, Daniel Kvistad, and Raymond Chung, MGH Gastroenterology Unit; Catherine Fauvelle and Thomas Baumert, University of Strasbourg, France; Andreas Walker and Jörg Timm, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Sabrina Imam and Nicholas Haining, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and MichaelWaring, Damien Tully and Todd Allen, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. Support for the study includes National Institutes of Health grants U19 AI066345, U01 AI131314, U19 AI082630, R01 AI105035 and R01 DA016017.
Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH Research Institute conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the nation, with an annual research budget of more than $850 million and major research centers in HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, genomic medicine, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, photomedicine and transplantation biology. The MGH topped the 2015 Nature Index list of health care organizations publishing in leading scientific journals and earned the prestigious 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. In August 2017 the MGH was once again named to the Honor Roll in the U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Hospitals."
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2017.09.006


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class TNGraphMtx : public TMatrix {
private:
  PNGraph Graph;
  bool CheckNodeIds();
public:
  TNGraphMtx(const PNGraph& GraphPt);
  TNGraphMtx(const TNGraphMtx& GraphMtx) : Graph(GraphMtx.Graph) { }
  TNGraphMtx& operator = (const TNGraphMtx& GraphMtx) { Graph=GraphMtx.Graph;  return *this; }
  int PGetRows() const { return Graph->GetNodes(); }
  int PGetCols() const { return Graph->GetNodes(); }
  // Result = A * B(:,ColId)
  void PMultiply(const TFltVV& B, int ColId, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A * Vec
  void PMultiply(const TFltV& Vec, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A' * B(:,ColId)
  void PMultiplyT(const TFltVV& B, int ColId, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A' * Vec
  void PMultiplyT(const TFltV& Vec, TFltV& Result) const;
};

//#//////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Undirected Graph Adjacency Matrix represented as sparse {0,1} row matrix.
/// The class is used for computing spectral properties of graph adjacency matrices.
/// The class assumes that node IDs have the range 0...Nodes-1.
class TUNGraphMtx : public TMatrix {
private:
  PUNGraph Graph;
  bool CheckNodeIds();
public:
  TUNGraphMtx(const PUNGraph& GraphPt);
  TUNGraphMtx(const TUNGraphMtx& GraphMtx) : Graph(GraphMtx.Graph) { }
  TUNGraphMtx& operator = (const TUNGraphMtx& GraphMtx) { Graph=GraphMtx.Graph;  return *this; }
  int PGetRows() const { return Graph->GetNodes(); }
  int PGetCols() const { return Graph->GetNodes(); }
  // Result = A * B(:,ColId)
  void PMultiply(const TFltVV& B, int ColId, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A * Vec
  void PMultiply(const TFltV& Vec, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A' * B(:,ColId)
  void PMultiplyT(const TFltVV& B, int ColId, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A' * Vec
  void PMultiplyT(const TFltV& Vec, TFltV& Result) const;
  // Result = A * B
  virtual void PMultiply(const TFltVV& B, TFltVV& Result) const {FailR("Not implemented yet");} // TODO
  // Result = A' * B
  virtual void PMultiplyT(const TFltVV& B, TFltVV& Result) const {FailR("Not implemented yet");} // TODO
};

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// Graphs Singular Value Decomposition of Graph Adjacency Matrix
namespace TSnap {

/// Computes largest SngVals singular values of the adjacency matrix representing a directed Graph.
void GetSngVals(const PNGraph& Graph, const int& SngVals, TFltV& SngValV);
/// Computes the leading left and right singular vector of the adjacency matrix representing a directed Graph.
void GetSngVec(const PNGraph& Graph, TFltV& LeftSV, TFltV& RightSV);
/// Computes the singular values and left and right singular vectors of the adjacency matrix representing a directed Graph.
/// @param SngVecs Number of singular values/vectors to compute.
void GetSngVec(const PNGraph& Graph, const int& SngVecs, TFltV& SngValV, TVec<TFltV>& LeftSV, TVec<TFltV>& RightSV);

/// Computes top EigVals eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix representing a given undirected Graph.
void GetEigVals(const PUNGraph& Graph, const int& EigVals, TFltV& EigValV);
/// Computes the leading eigenvector of the adjacency matrix representing a given undirected Graph.
void GetEigVec(const PUNGraph& Graph, TFltV& EigVecV);
/// Computes top EigVecs eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the adjacency matrix representing a given undirected Graph.
void GetEigVec(const PUNGraph& Graph, const int& EigVecs, TFltV& EigValV, TVec<TFltV>& EigVecV);
/// Computes Inverse participation ratio of a given graph.
/// See Spectra of "real-world" graphs: Beyond the semicircle law by Farkas, Derenyi, Barabasi and Vicsek
void GetInvParticipRat(const PUNGraph& Graph, int MaxEigVecs, int TimeLimit, TFltPrV& EigValIprV);

namespace TSnapDetail {
double GetInvParticipRat(const TFltV& EigVec);
} // namespace TSnapDetail

}; // namespace TSnap


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A: Go to case object -> Button link action -> Email action -> Edit Layout.
From there you can add cc bcc fields as well.
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Olivier Andriès has been named Executive Vice President, effective September 10, 2020. He is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.
As initially announced, Olivier Andriès will succeed Philippe Petitcolin as Chief Executive Officer of Safran on January 1, 2021.
Olivier Andriès joined the Treasury department at the French Ministry of Finance in 1990, where he oversaw aerospace and defense companies. In 1993, he joined the cabinet of the Minister of the Economy and Finance, as advisor on industrial affairs. In 1995 he moved to the Lagardère group as Deputy Director of Strategy, and was named personal advisor to Jean-Luc Lagardère in 1998. Olivier Andriès joined Airbus in 2000, in charge of Widebody Aircraft Programs. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in 2005 as Executive Vice President, Strategy. He joined Safran in 2008 as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development. He was subsequently named Executive Vice President, in charge of the Defense and Security branch, and a member of the Management Board, in 2009. In 2011, Olivier Andriès was named Chief Executive Officer of Turbomeca (now Safran Helicopter Engines). In 2015 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Safran Aircraft Engines.
Olivier Andriès, 58, holds degrees from Ecole Polytechnique (1981) and Ecole des Mines de Paris (1984).
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Jean-Paul Alary has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Safran Aircraft Engines, effective September 10, 2020. He succeeds Olivier Andriès and is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.
Jean-Paul Alary started his career in 1991 at Snecma Moteurs (now Safran Aircraft Engines). After heading a business unit at Microturbo Limited (now Safran Power Units), he joined Hurel-Hispano (now Safran Nacelles) in 2004 as program manager, was named head of Aircelle's Large Nacelles division in 2007, then Vice President, Programs in 2008. He moved to Snecma's Commercial Engine division in 2010 as head of customer support. In 2013, Jean-Paul Alary was named Executive Vice President, Safran Electronics division at Sagem (now Safran Electronics & Defense). In 2015, he was named CEO of Safran Nacelles, and in 2018 he was appointed CEO of Safran Landing Systems.
Jean-Paul Alary, 54, graduated from the Ecole Centrale Paris engineering school (1990).
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Cédric Goubet started as career as a senior civil servant. In 2004, he was appointed advisor to the French ministers of the interior and the economy. In 2007, he was named chief of staff for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a position he held until joining Safran in 2010 as deputy to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations. He was named Vice President for CFM programs at Snecma (now Safran Aircraft Engines) and Executive Vice President of CFM International in 2011. In 2015 he became Executive Vice President, Commercial Engine division at Safran Aircraft Engines, and in 2018, he was appointed CEO of Safran Nacelles.
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Vincent Caro started his career with Labinal's automotive business, in a series of purchasing positions. He was named head of purchasing at Labinal in 2001, then Managing Director of the Casablanca, Morocco-based joint venture Matis Aerospace (between Boeing and Safran) in 2005. He moved to Snecma (now Safran Aircraft Engines) in 2008 as head of purchasing, then joined Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (now Safran Landing Systems) in 2013 as Executive Vice President, Programs. Two years later, he was named head of the company's Wheels and Brakes division.
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"A symbol of defiance in the gloom" is how CNN's anchor described the illuminated cross above the altar in Notre Dame cathedral. Both survived, as did the cathedral itself after what looked like a total loss yesterday. Almost 400 Parisian firefighters rescued one of the great Catholic churches of the world and one of the most powerful icons of French national pride.
Some of the Notre Dame Cathedral's most priceless treasures, including a relic known as the Crown of Thorns many believe was worn by Jesus Christ, have been saved from the massive fire that ripped through the world-famous church, French authorities said early Tuesday.
"Thanks to the @PompiersParis, the police and the municipal agents, the Crown of Thorns, the Tunic of Saint Louis and several other major works are now in a safe place," Hidalgo tweeted, along with a photo showing many of the artifacts carefully preserved in storage.
Thankfully, no one was killed in the inferno, although at least two firefighters and a police officer were injured. Notre Dame still suffered a tremendous amount of damage from the fire, and it will take an enormous effort to restore the cathedral. Two French billionaires have already come forward with donations totaling nearly $340 million dollars, while French president Emmanuel Macron pledged to commence the rebuilding project as soon as it was safe to do so. One major question will be how weakened the stone structure may be after the intense fire, and whether that will require additional support before any interior work can be accomplished.
The Paris prosecutor's office said it had launched an inquiry into the devastating blaze, with investigators working on the assumption for now that the fire was accidental.
Construction workers were questioned on Monday night, even as firefighters battled to contain the fire that was threatening the entire structure, some perched on cranes tens of metres off the ground.
Fire is a risk of renovation and restoration, even in more modern buildings. It's a more likely cause than deliberate arson under any motive, especially given that it appears to have started where the work was being done. It's best to avoid jumping to conclusions on breaking-news stories in general, and perhaps more so in this particular case.
What has been lost in the fire — especially the beautiful Gothic spire — is a tragedy for Paris and the world. We should be grateful for what has been saved, and what can once again be restored to its former glory. It may never be the same as it was a couple of days ago, but it has hope of restoration to something just as remarkable. Yesterday afternoon, it looked certain that the world had lost one of its great religious and cultural treasures for good. Today, it looks very much like a miracle that Notre Dame still lives.
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In Theresa May's perfect world, the Withdrawal Agreement would have been carried through Parliament by Conservative votes. It has failed to pass the Commons three times. So she has turned to Jeremy Corbyn.
In her next best place to this ideal world, the Agreement would somehow be supported by the bulk of both the main parties. Labour would settle for a customs union which isn't called a customs union but really is a customs union – in addition to the customs union already written into the Withdrawal Agreement, at least as far as any future Unionist government is concened.
Meanwhile, Corbyn would stop pushing for what he can't have – namely, guarantees that Labour-style future employment and environmental policies will be proofed against a fundamental of our unwritten constitution: that no Parliament can bind its successors. Instead, the Prime Minister would offer vague assurances. Meanwhile, Corbyn would block his party's push for a second referendum.
May would thus be able to wangle a short extension from the EU at this week's emergency summit – having persuaded Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron that she and Corbyn would shortly combine to drive the Withdrawal Agreement through the Commons. This would then happen. A Bill based on the Agreement would pass swiftly. Plans for British participation in the European Parliamentary elections would be scrapped. Britain would leave the EU before May 23.
Her Party would then forgive her for preparing for those elections; for whatever losses emerge from the local elections on May 5, and for all the trials, U-turns, humiliations, defeats and tribulations of the Brexit negotiation process. She would thus have room to execute a swift reshuffle in which her most likely successors would be moved sideways, marooned or sacked. There would be talk of bringing on a new generation of leadership candidates – to reinvent the Party for the future, along the lines which Onward and others are floating.
But it takes only a moment's though to perceive all this as the fantasy that it is.
May will surely not be granted a short extension. If the EU does not somehow plump for No Deal – which is improbable – she will be given a long one, with terms approved by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. British participation in the European Parliamentary elections will loom. Corbyn is unlikely to come to her rescue. If he does, the logic of her turning her back on her own Party, and approaching Labour instead, will work its way to completion. Most Labour MPs would vote for the Withdrawal Agreement. Many Conservative MPs would not.
Whether it passes or fails, the Parliamentary stage would be set for further seizures of power by the Letwin/Cooper axis, aided and abetted by John Bercow. The natural drift of the Commons would then be towards a second referendum. There is an outside chance that some form of Norway Plus scheme may revive. We would be on course for a softer Brexit, or else for No Brexit at all – unless the voters seem ready to put two fingers up to Britain's pro-EU ascendancy. In which case, expect talk of revocation to grow louder.
This takes us to the crunch. Ten Conservative MPs voted in favour of cancelling Brexit at the start of this month. Eight backed a second referendum. A hundred and eighty-seven opposed an extension in March: that number represented two-thirds of the Parliamentary Party, and included six Cabinet Ministers. In these circumstances, confronted by revocation or a second referendum or even Norway Plus, the Tory Party could split altogether. It is not impossible to imagine Corbyn winning a no confidence vote and the election that followed.
In the event of the Withdrawal Agreement having failed to pass, this new leader would want to begin all over again. He would propose a policy based on that set out in the Brady amendment – the only Brexit policy option for which the Commons has recently voted – and built on in the Malthouse Agreement by Nicky Morgan, Steve Baker, Damian Green, Simon Hart and others.
Whether the Agreement had passed or not, he would back a lower alignment rather than a higher alignment policy for the second stage of the Brexit talks. In the event of it not having done so, it would make sense for the backstop to be put in place for a limited period while "alternative arrangements" are thrashed out. This is more or less what the recent legal elaborations agreed with the EU imply.
If the EU rejected this approach, there would be No Deal. You will point out that there is no clear majority in the Commons for it. This is correct. Which is why this new leader would have to prepare for a general election later this year in any event.
Yes, such an approach risks some Tory MPs peeling off to the Independent Group – though, as we say, an approach based on the Brady amendment makes sense, since the whole Parliamentary Party, pretty much, was able to unite behind it.
But the alternative risks a bigger split, both in the Commons and among the grassroots, in any event. Expect soon to hear a new form of that old talk about a Conservative-UKIP alliance – this time round, of a Tory-Brexit Party pact.
Furthermore, there is even more at stake than the future of the world's most venerable political party: namely, whether the referendum verdict of 2016, carried by the largest vote in this county's political history, is to be upheld or dishonoured.
You will have spotted the fly in this unpalatable ointment. Namely, that the Prime Minister is unwilling to go. The 1922 Committee Executive has presented her with the obligatory glass of whisky and pistol. She has refused to pick them up.
Furthermore, there is no formal means of expressing no confidence in her leadership until December. The habit of suggesting indicative votes in catching on. But the 1992 executive is doubtful that these could produce a resolution.
That leaves the Cabinet. Its members are divided on policy, dogged by personal ambition, and daunted by the scale of the challenge before them.
To ask this dispirited band to come together, tell the Prime Minister to step down as Party leader, and stay in Downing Street until the ensuing leadership election is concluded – particularly when the options are so grisly – is a very big ask indeed.
But the driver of the car is taking it towards the edge of the cliff. True, it may crash if the Cabinet attempts to wrest control from her. But if they don't, it is set to career into the void, in any event.
For two years the European Union, personified by Michel Barnier, displayed a tungsten-like inflexibility during the Brexit negotiations.
It constantly rejected innovative solutions to difficult problems, insisting that only previously tried and tested models or existing templates could be considered for Britain's future relationship with the EU.
It was a rock against which many ideas, and successive Brexit Secretaries, foundered, and is part of the reason why we still find ourselves without an acceptable deal.
But it also made the EU's stance entirely predictable. It is safe to say no-one from the UK side emerged from any of the talks in Brussels surprised at Barnier's responses. All the unpredictably has come from our side of the Channel.
However, that has suddenly changed. As we head towards the latest crucial European Council Summit on Wednesday night, we cannot be sure how leaders of EU27 countries will react to the Prime Minister's request for an extension to Article 50 beyond April 12.
Publicly there are conflicting signals being sent by member states. And speaking privately to people at all levels in Brussels, it is clear those differences on the best way to proceed are real, if more nuanced than the sound bites might suggest.
Emmanuel Macron, the French President, is the most publicly outspoken member of any hard line squad, expressing his opposition to a further extension and suggesting that a clean break would be preferable to many more months of uncertainty as he seeks to implement his vision for the future of the EU.
"We cannot avoid failure for them," he said of the UK's inability to agree a way forward.
So what can the Prime Minister expect on Wednesday? My discussions here in Brussels suggest that member states and political parties are divided into three camps.
One group would like to let the UK go and use us as an example in their fight against rising eurosceptic forces within their own countries at May's European elections. They believe that the immediate disruption presented by a no-deal Brexit, for both the UK and EU, would be a powerful electoral weapon. This faction does not only include leaders like President Macron whose patience has worn thin, but reportedly also includes others who are usually more sympathetic towards the UK but now face eurosceptic parties in their countries.
The second group favours granting a long extension of Article 50 on condition of a second referendum in the hope this could stop Brexit altogether. Indeed, in the European Parliament, socialist parties have called for a second referendum since they believe that the result could be overturned.
However, a third group – including quite a few Christian Democrat politicians I have spoken to – ask what is the point of a second referendum if the UK votes to leave again? While they also think that the EU should grant the UK a long extension of Article 50, they believe that by the UK participating in May's European Parliament elections and leaving the departure date open-ended, the Brexit process would either eventually fizzle out, or events such as a general election would take Brexit off the agenda.
This lack of an obvious consensus from the EU27 could make the Prime Minister's task more difficult on Wednesday when she seeks the extension to Article 50 and means the outcome is difficult to read. On the other hand, one message comes across loud and clear from every capital, EU institution and MEP. No-one wants to be blamed for forcing the United Kingdom out. If a no-deal Brexit is to happen, they want to be able to pin the responsibility firmly on the us.
Consequently, no member state is yet ready to veto a request for a long extension. However much President Macron and others are tempted repeat Charles De Gaulle's famous "Non" to the UK, the prize of keeping the UK in, the desire to deny those in the UK calling for a no-deal Brexit and the need to counter eurosceptic parties across the EU, remain powerful incentives for not kicking us out yet.
After much of November and December were characterized by riots in Paris and various other cities across France, it looked as if peace was going to be restored when President Emmanuel Macron completely caved to the protesters' demands. A new, drastic increase in the gas tax was scrapped and higher wages for the working poor were announced. Having put the elitist president in his place, the angry rabble were then free to go home and take a victory lap.
French security forces fired tear gas and flash-balls after a march through picturesque central Paris went from peaceful to provocative Saturday as several thousand protesters staged the yellow vest movement's first action of 2019 to keep up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.
A river boat restaurant moored below the clashes on the Left Bank of the Seine River caught fire. Smoke and tear gas wafted above the Orsay Museum and the gold dome of the French Academy as riot police, nearly invisible at the start of the demonstration, moved front and center when protesters deviated from an officially approved path.
Police boats patrolled the river while beyond the Seine, motorcycles and a car were set on fire on the Boulevard Saint Germain, a main Left Bank thoroughfare. Riot police and firefighters moved in, and barricades mounted in the middle of the wide street also glowed in orange flames.
Since we tend to see these terms used interchangeably in the media too often, I should point out that these aren't actually "protests" going on in Paris. They are riots. Whether you agree with the sentiments of the yellow vest squads or not, a protest is just a demonstration. These people are setting fire to boats and buildings, smashing windows and, in at least one case, attacking the police. That's a riot by any meaningful definition.
Another thing that's missing from much of the American press coverage I'm seeing is the outrage over the police using tear gas and pepper spray on a regular basis. Aren't those "chemical weapons" and a violation of human rights? But I suppose when it happens in France in support of a socialist leader who is a liberal icon, it's just the way the world works.
What's unclear here is precisely what the yellow vests are looking to get out of the government. The original gatherings all seemed to focus on the gas tax, skyrocketing prices for food and common goods and insufficient pay. Macron has already given in on all of these demands. But the rioters are now calling for his resignation, claiming that he is a "president for the rich" and doesn't care about the working class poor. That may be true, but it seems unlikely that Macron will be packing his bags anytime soon.
Macron isn't facing any new elections until 2022, so he's got some time to patch things up if he's willing. Will the tenacity of the yellow vests last that long? If the president's reforms are rolled back and wages go up it's hard to imagine that they will. But he's definitely no longer the golden child and his public honeymoon is definitely over. Just as a closing note, Macron's approval ratings have tanked from above 60 after his election to somewhere in the 20s today.
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Michael Fabricant is MP for Lichfield.
One of the many old jokes in the Carry On films is: "where is all your get up and go?" The answer comes: "it got up and went." It seems, sometimes, that half the population feels that way, when I read some of the more depressing letters and articles about Brexit in the national press.
I travel to the United States three or four times each year – not for fact-finding at taxpayer's expense, I hastily add – but with and to see friends. I was part-educated at the University of Southern California (Go Trojans!) and still have a home on the east coast near where my business had a base in New Haven, Connecticut. So before I became an MP I travelled a lot to the US on business, too.
I'm there right now – in San Diego, southern California. But thanks to the internet, I was able to hear Woody Johnson, the US Ambassador to the UK, on the Today programme yesterday. He was clear that the present terms of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration will prevent the US (or any other major economy, come to that) from entering into a Free Trade Agreement with the UK.
But the main issue expressed by Johnson – and Americans that I meet over here – is the surprise at Britain's reluctance to let go of the apron strings that seem to tie us to the EU.
It's a lack of self-confidence that might be appropriate in a developing country, but in not the fifth-largest world economy, which can boast more Nobel Prize winners than any other country apart from the US; intelligence services which match those anywhere in the world, three of the world's top ten universities, with the top two places being British, and a major centre for biotech and space research. Why are we so timid in our dealings with Europe?
In Prime Minister's Questions a few weeks' back, Jeremy Corbyn claimed that the UK has "no leverage" with the EU. No leverage? We are the biggest export market in the world for the German automotive industry – bigger than the US and Chinese markets combined. And Emmanuel Macron knows that the ranks of the gilets jaunes would be increased tenfold if French farmers could not export to their number one market – the United Kingdom.
So why all this timidity by government and civil servants in dealing with the EU, and the fear of leaving the EU by so many in the British population at large?
Friends of mine working in the City for large American banks admit that they explored the possibility of moving to Paris, Amsterdam, or Frankfurt after the referendum. But they soon realised that continental Europeans neither have the financial work pool nor the work ethic to keep long hours deep into the night when the need arises. Those plans to move were soon abandoned.
Having been in business and travelled abroad extensively exporting broadcasting systems to some 48 countries worldwide, I can see the huge opportunities that will be open to us after a clean break with the EU.
It is unfortunate that many commentators on Brexit, including journalists and some politicians, never had the get up and go in the first place. The gung-ho spirit eludes them. We should not allow their lack of aspiration and gloom to frustrate the opportunities that are there if only we have the confidence to seize them.
No one should be surprised by the protests in France. The antipathy towards the government has been bubbling like some sort of concoction in a mad scientist's laboratory. The gas tax appears to be the one final volatile element needed to cause an explosion.
What an explosion it was! Protests. Riots. Tear gas. Emergency meetings of government officials and, finally, concessions. France won't do any tax or utility increases this winter – although it's still up to the French Legislature to get the bills to President Emmanuel Macron's desk for his signature.
The frustration is still palpable, and no one knows exactly who will end up benefiting from the protests.
American conservative commentators are trying to frame the issue as a rejection of globalism (whatever the blue cow it means this week). The reality is the anger in France started – much like the 2011 Arab Spring – as a rejection of government overreach into the economy.
The clash has been a long time coming and dates back to earlier this decade when the French government was controlled by Nicolas Sarkozy.
Sarkozy's government attempted major spending cuts and tax increases in 2011 – before he was replaced by the socialist Francois Hollande in 2012. Yet, Hollande discovered the harsh reality you can't tax and spend your way to prosperity and France's budget crisis refused to abate – while debt exploded.
This was the situation Macron was coming into last year when he won the presidency. He attempted some tax reform, but The Economist noted his budget was rather light on actual spending cuts. His gas tax proposal ended up being the spark which set off the protests and riots of the past several weeks.
Of course, the question is who will pay for these changes?
This is why de Rugy is disturbed by France's insistence on giving out more subsidies instead of trying to actually get their financial house in order – even with the repeal of the gas tax.
Hence why Macron's appeasement may not solve anything and, in fact, may exacerbate France's budgetary problems.
See previous statement regarding the fickleness of politicians.
The solution – which Macron and the French government seem averse to try – is to heed the words of eminent French economist and philosopher, Frederic Bastiat.
Bastiat's theory is obviously daring – but also completely correct. France and Macron would be wise to heed his words (and de Rugy's "buckle up" declaration) and enact more spending cuts – instead of trying to make everyone happy. He'd risk not being re-elected, but the alternative is more businesses leaving the country and France spiraling into even more chaos.
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How can communities deal with what have been called wicked problems – problems that are complex and difficult to resolve because they keep changing or where narrowly focused responses tend to create new problems? Wicked does not denote 'evil' but rather a problem resistant to being resolved.
In embarking on a second independent National Youth Commission (NYC) Inquiry, there has been a great deal of thought and debate as well as consultation with many people. In deciding on a focus on 'Youth Transitions' we believe that problems for young people completing their education and finding sustainable career pathways has become a highly confused and contested area involving a host of issues in both education and employment fields. Is it an economic problem of simply not enough jobs for jobseekers? Is it mainly an education problem because there are certainly serious problems for a significant minority of young people completing secondary school? Is it mainly a problem of employment and vocational preparation as some would argue? Is it mainly the responsibility of state/territory governments or our Federal Government? Our contention is that all these issues are interconnected in complex ways and despite a considerable amount of research on various salient topics, policy for addressing these issues is fraught. Not a day passes without news media coverage of education, education funding, university reforms, youth unemployment and associated problems and so on. There is clearly no cogent agenda for reform and no bipartisan perspective for addressing this bundle of inter-related issues.
Our experience with the first Inquiry demonstrated that given a constructive and positive way to contribute, many, many people come forward – various experts, professionals as well as families and young people. Also, there is a great deal of good advice and insight to be harnessed, especially from those most affected – young people themselves. Compassion and goodwill far outweigh selfishness, individualism and cynicism.
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Department Receives Harvard "Innovations" Award
Monday, April 09, 2007 | 07:00pm
Nashville, TN –Tennessee's Exemplary Educator Program is the recipient of a Top 50 Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University, Education Commissioner Lana Seivers announced today. The Tennessee Department of Education assigns veteran education professionals, referred to as EE's, to help under-performing schools and districts improve student achievement. These EE's are selected for their expertise in core subject areas or working with specific student populations.
"With Governor Bredesen's emphasis on improving education in Tennessee, it is rewarding to know one of the practices we have in place is among the best in the nation," Commissioner Seivers said. "We constantly evaluate which investments actually help boost achievement. This award reinforces our belief that the guidance of these experienced educators is valuable to the education of Tennessee's children."
With the assistance of EE's, the number of Tennessee schools deemed high priority has gradually decreased the past three years. Instead of a single approach statewide, the model provides a well-trained, experienced educator to coordinate an improvement plan that matches the school's areas of need.
"An in-house specialist dedicated to guiding change has been proven a highly valuable resource for schools," Director of Accountability Dr. Connie Smith said. "In Tennessee, it has allowed educators to individualize improvement strategies to have the greatest impact on classroom learning."
The Department partners with non-profit organization Edvantia, Inc. to interview prospective EE's and conduct extensive training on research-based strategies. An independent unit of Edvantia conducts research and evaluates the effectiveness of the EE program.
The IAG award is a component of the Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, which seeks to foster excellence in government to spread democracy. The Ash Institute is housed at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
For more information, contact Rachel Woods at (615) 253-1960 or Rachel.Woods@state.tn.us.
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