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Livestrong Anyway!
Make no mistake about it, Lance Armstrong is no Mother Teresa! If Lance is guilty of doping, what should we do? Take away his bike?
My message is less about Lance, the man and more about Lance, the messenger.
I am sure you have heard the expression, "Don't shoot the messenger!" Regardless of how you feel or think about the man, the message is clear, "Livestrong Anyway".
Recently my sister Kay was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thank God, she will survive, albeit after suffering surgery, chemo and radiation therapy. For Kay, amongst many untold stories, there is a long hard road ahead. Our family, myself included, has always been an advocate for the fight to cure cancer. We have friends and family members fighting Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer and MS. We are no strangers to the challenges life imposes upon all of us.
I maintain a good fiction writer could tell a story as good as the story Landis has told about allegations Armstrong was doping (In 2006 Floyd Landis was stripped of his title after testing positive for synthetic testosterone). Landis knew all the ins and outs of doping and he wasn't the only malcontent that had hung out with Armstrong, so the courts will need plenty of corroboration from cyclists who either were complicit or witnessed the doping. As soon as Landis came out with his story Armstrong should have sued him instead of dismissing him as a loser. There's too much at stake.
For my part, there are lots of questions. How many of us could have endured Armstrong's road to a cure from a tumor that had metastasized to his brain and lungs? How many of us could have endured the challenges of winning seven 7 consecutive Tour de France races, typically 21 days of racing and covers 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) championships? Is he less of a champ if he was cheating or only if he is caught? Could it be said he won fair and square since most likely everyone was cheating?
In 1998 the race stopped in protest at what the riders saw as heavy-handed investigation of drug-taking allegations.
In 1998 the Festina team was disqualified after revelations of organized doping within the team.
In 2006 Floyd Landis was stripped of his title after testing positive for synthetic testosterone.
In 2007 team Astana abandoned after Alexander Vinokourov was caught doping
In 2007 Michael Rasmussen was removed by his team while wearing the yellow jersey for lying about his whereabouts during a team training session in Mexico.
In 2008 Riccardo Ricco was kicked out of the race after testing positive for CERA
In 2008 Moises Duenas Nevado was kicked out of the race after testing positive for Erythropoietin
In 2008 Manuel Beltrán was kicked out of the race after testing positive for EPO
In 2010, Alberto Contador, the three-time Tour de France champion was provisionally suspended by the international cycling federation after a small amount of the banned drug clenbuterol was discovered in one of his samples by a laboratory in Cologne, Germany.
My message is Livestrong Anyway! LIVESTRONG http://www.livestrong.org/ has a life of its own.
Many good-hearted folks worry about the consequences of the weighty accusations and bad press about Armstrong which Livestrong and Armstrong must endure. A friend of mine, pictured here below has raised thousands of dollars for Livestrong and for a cure. She recently wrote, "It makes me nervous for Livestrong and the 28 million people living with cancer." So what happens to an organization built on the courage and determination of one man? The organization is built upon people who are dedicated to the fight against cancer; who have family members with cancer or who are cancer survivors themselves, such as Doug Ulman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Livestrong. Whatever the outcome, what the many volunteers and the organization Livestrong has done for cancer victims cannot be undone, which has all been great. Excellence survives!
In any case, I'm a much bigger fan of Mother Teresa.
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway!
If you do good, people will accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway!
If you are successful, you will win
false friends and enemies.
Succeed anyway!
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway!
What you spend years building may be
destroyed overnight.
Build anyway!
People really need help
but may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway!
Give the world the best you have
and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway!
Written by: Mother Teresa
Whatever the outcome, whatever Armstrong has done, what Livestrong has done for cancer victims cannot be undone, which has been all great. Even Mother Teresa had her doubts about her God, so why should we doubt Lance, the supreme being of cycling?
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Ron had been employed as a baker for Ray's Pastries and then Morgantown Insulation. He loved being outdoors, hunting, fishing, riding and working on his motorcycles.
Ron is survived by his son Stevie Flowers and wife Michelle of Morgantown, grandchildren Curtis Chipps and Maddie Dalton, great grandchildren, Brooke Chipps, Grace Dalton, and James Dalton, bonus grandchildren Aleece Fox, Trista Pervola and husband Joe, Anthony Fata and wife Adrianna, bonus great grandchildren, Joseph Pervola, Miss Ava Pervola and Gavin Aaron Shuff.
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Consumer spending on Google Play and Apple App Store Apps crosses $64 Billion in 2021 (So Far)
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Consumer spending has seen several ups and downs in the span of 2021, starting high and then declining at a steady rate. In the first half, the spending sum hit a hefty peak of $64.9 billion according to an analysis of the Google Play and Apple App Store by SensorTower. Both iOS and Android showed a noticeable increase in the purchases on apps as compared to last year.
Experts believe the change was due to the Covid-19 which was further confirmed when the pandemic came towards an end and there was a prominent decline in consumer spending in mobile app purchasing. Furthermore, there is little to no growth observed.
When compared, Apple had a far greater result than Android, rounding off to a figure of $41.5 billion in the first half alone while Android managed to secure only $23.4 billion. Android then covered up its losses by jumping to a 30% increase. This was due to the prevalence of mobile usage in the pandemic, hence the increase was noticed majorly in areas where there was a strict lockdown.
The most popular app which did bring in a lot of consumers, of course, was TikTok, followed closely by YouTube and then Tinder.
Since gaming significantly increased last year, it wasn't a surprise that gaming contributed the largest share, accounting for 44.7 Billion in the first half. The popularity of PUBG, Roblox, and Coinmaster skyrocketed in 2020 while mobile downloads significantly lowered this year-round.
It was also observed that new apps were frequently explored and downloaded last year, giving young developers a chance to earn but the rate majorly lowered this year as the growth of only 1.7% was seen.
Games were downloaded less in 2021 while users turned towards non-game apps (i.e. social media apps) more as work resumed. App Store observed that even these non-game applications saw a declining trend with a plunge of 10.9%.
Since iOS was dominant last year, Android flourished this year as the pandemic remained persistent in countries with an Android dense population hence both non-game and gaming applications made Google play beat App Store by being 3.5 times ahead.
TikTok was seen to invite the most users - 384.6 million new ones, a pretty big accomplishment for a non-gaming application. The top five also included Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, and Telegram. It should be noted that YouTube didn't even make it to the top 5.
2020 was a productive year for both Android and iOS while 2021 proves to be in Android's favor only as seen by the 22.8% fall of game downloads on iOS as compared to the 3.9% increase in Android in 2021.
We have yet to see how the pandemic rolls out and whether these losses will deem to be obstructive for iOS or Android.
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On March 6 1998, Madonna spent the day in Toronto, Canada conducting a press conference and various print interviews to promote her new album, Ray Of Light, released earlier that week. She ended the day with a live, hour-long interview on Much Music hosted by VJ's Master T (personally selected by Madonna herself after viewing reels of the station's on-air personalities) and Geneviève Borne (a self-proclaimed Madonna fan and VJ from Much Music's French-language sister station, Musique Plus).
The much-hyped event, which marked Madonna's first and only visit to the Much Music studios, was prefaced by the Canadian music video channel's second Madonnathon – a day of all-Madonna programming. The first, which featured her 1992 interview with Jonathan Ross and a then-recent press junket interview with The New Music's Jana Lynne White (and all of her music videos), aired in January of 1993 at the height of the Sex/Erotica/Body Of Evidence backlash.
After the appearance was announced, fans seeking a limited hot spot inside the studio for the interview were asked to call in and were queried a series of Madonna-related trivia questions to prove their worthiness, while others who didn't make it inside lined the streets of the Queen St W studios on the day of the event to welcome the Queen of Pop to Toronto.
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Despite some sad moments in the second half, Madonna started to feel happy again on Ray of Light.
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Madonna looked the best from 1997 to around 2012 when MDNA came out. I still love her music, but i don't think the new butt fits her body type and i hate those ugly grillz she wears. Just my opinion though 🤷!
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When the process of LTD registration is complete, you should receive a decree of company establishment from the court in Slovenia. This is the core document of the company. It states that the company is officially established and can actively start business in Slovenia.
Decree of company establishment in Slovenia, EU – what do you need to do to register the company?
Before you can receive the decree of company establishment, you need to start the process of LTD registration. A foreigner can register the LTD company if he/she presents the valid passports of all shareholders and representatives, a Slovenian tax number for all of them, a business address in Slovenia and 7500€ founding capital.
At our VEM point, we can prepare the act of establishment of the company, when the company owners and representatives present all of the abovementioned documents. The act of establishment will include all information on the company. It will include business activities, who will be shareholder and who director, where the business address will be etc.
With those documents you will then have to visit a bank in Slovenia where you would open the bank account and deposit the 7500€. Once you do so, the bank issues a certificate of deposit of founding capital. You bring this document back to the VEM point so that the consultant can submit all documentation of company registration to court.
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The district court in the town where the company has its business seat, evaluates the company registration documentation. If there are not problems with it, they issue a decree of company registration.
This decree includes the designated registration number of the company. AJPES (Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Record and Services) allocates the number to the company. It also inserts the company to the Slovenian business registry.
The decree also includes the designated tax number of the company. The Slovenian tax office allocates this number to the company and inserts the company in Slovenia's tax registry.
In addition to this information, the decree also includes the date of establishment, company name, short company name, seat of the company, business address, legal form (LTD or d.o.o. in Slovene language), founding capital, shareholder(s), business share(s), and representative(s) of the company.
Also, the decree includes the legal explanation that you can file a complaint about this decree within 8 days of receiving it. You can file the complaint with the district court that issued the decree.
Receiving the decree of company establishment in Slovenia, EU
The registering court sends the decree of company establishment to the address which the entrepreneur listed. Many entrepreneurs have also informed us that they did not receive the decree in physical form to the listed address in due time (for examples in about one week). This is why we have inquired with the district court what an entrepreneur has to do in this case. They have explained to us that it is sufficient to print out the electronic version of the court's decree or from the AJPES' website. The electronic version is the same as the original. It is sufficient proof to use when activating the permanent bank account at the bank.
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Ten Forward: June 2010
Every month we spend an evening scouring the pages of the latest issue of Previews and pick the ten titles we are looking forward to the most. This month it's the April issue of Previews which includes comics scheduled to ship in June 2010.
Writer: Grant Morrison
Art: Tony Daniel, Andy Kubert & Frank Quitley
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Tom P: Morrison strikes the pages of Batman again in huge, celebratory style. He's giving you all he can for your $4.99, packing in three Batman tales. One featuring Bruce, the second Dick Grayson, and last but not least, Damian Wayne, who Morrison's done a great job with in the fantastic Batman And Robin. The line up of artistic talent is also another massive selling point: the main reason I have to pick this up is to see Quitely's gorgeous art again; the last time he drew the interiors for Morrison it blew me away, especially the way he incorporated sound effects into his artwork. A real treat for this Batman fanboy.
HERCULES: TWILIGHT OF A GOD #1
Writer: Bob Layton
Art: Ron Lim & Bob Layton
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Matt C: I'm including this in my picks as I have very fond memories of Layton's original two Hercules miniseries back in the '80s (not so much the graphic novel) and they were instrumental in forming my love for the character in my teen years, a love that's continued as I approach middle age (bah!). I'm not actually convinced I will buying this yet, at least not in the single issue format as the $3.99 price tag is slightly off-putting. But, I'll keep my eyes and ears open, and if I get the sense that this project captures some of the old magic, I may just have to snap it up.
SEA BEAR & GRIZZLY SHARK #1
Writer: Ryan Ottley & Jason Howard
Art: Ryan Ottley & Jason Howard
Image $4.99
Stewart R: I like it when comics never try to hide just how 'bag of toads' crazy they are. With a title like Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark you pretty much know that you're in for an experience that will provide chuckles, guffaws and belly laughs aplenty. The brainchild of Image artists extraordinaire Ottley and Howard, SB & GS takes the two comics they wrote and began to draw and ink as part of 24 Hour Comic Book Day and smashes them together in an animalistic tour-de-force. According to both men neither had exposure to the other's efforts until both were finished - they had simply discussed who would get to draw each lethal creature. Apparently Robert Kirkman loves it. Heck, Image gave it the OK without seeing any of it. No way I'm going to miss this one.
ABE SAPIEN: THE ABYSSAL PLAIN #1
Writer: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi
Art: Peter Snejbjerg
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Tom P: Paranormal crime scene full of secrets? An ancient relic? A sunken Soviet U-Boat? Well, you need to call the B.P.R.D son, and I can think of only one Icthyo Sapain I would recommend for the job! Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D Agent. Hellboy's underwater buddy would be the perfect choice to lead a Naval crew to the murky depths, meaning it's another solo outing from one of my favourite Mignola creations. Add Peter Snejbjerg (B.P.R.D.: War Of Frogs) providing yet more creepy artwork and we're on track for another great Abe book and, after the excellent The Haunted Boy, that can only be a good thing.
SERENITY: FLOAT OUT ONE-SHOT
Writer: Patton Oswalt
Art: Patric Reynolds
Andy H: Still with the cries of "Joss! How could you?" running through my mind we get a chance to see Wash back in action. While Whedon himself is not penning them, we have three short tales from Wash's past to enjoy. As Wash was always a fun character it's probably no bad thing that comedian/writer Patton Oswalt is the choice to sit in the pilot's chair and explore some past adventures. Plus we are promised a Serenity cameo 'that will leave fans reeling' and some tantalizing hints about its future. Colour me intrigued!
BULLET TO THE HEAD #1
Writer: Matz
Art: Colin Wilson
Dynamite Entertainment $3.99
Matt C: I don't know much about this apart from it being another English translation of an original French comic book, and as my general cultural laziness prohibits me from learning the language I'm eternally grateful for any publisher who takes time and an effort to translate these books into words I can understand. What I do know is it's written by Matz, and as he's the guy responsible for scripting the excellent hitman thriller The Killer, well, that's more than enough incentive for me to pick up the first issue at the very least.
DUST WARS #1
Writer: Christopher 'Mink' Morrison
Art: Davide Fabbri & Paolo Parente
Stewart R: Apart from the interstellar conflicts that can be found in several comics out there, I've not really been exposed to ground-based, 'conventional' war in comics. That should change to a degree this June when I pick up Dust Wars #1. Set in Paolo Parente's alternative science-fiction universe where the Nazis were able to fight the Allies to a standstill thanks to the discovery of a trove of alien technology, Dust Wars focuses on the conflict escalating further in the 1950s when the Axis' arsenal of robot warriors, zombie soldiers and armed gorillas is finally countered by the Allies' own battle inventions. The over-the-top ingredients could throw the idea into something of a farcical read but the preview art actually seems to have a grounded grittiness, which certainly has me intrigued at this stage.
Writer: Adam Beechen
Art: Ryan Benjamin
Andy H: The Batman (of the future) is back! Hopefully this will be a worthy successor to the animated series that I loved about a decade ago. This certainly looks like it could have a darker edge than the previous incarnation of the comic, so that's a good start. When the Dark Knight's old foes are targeted, the young Batman and the now slightly wobbly Bruce Wayne must look for answers in Wayne's past. No word yet on if Ace the Bat-Hound will appear.
BOUNCER: ONE ARMED GUNSLINGER #1
Writer: Alexandro Jodorwsky
Art: Francois Boucq
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News Analysis Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video 11/21/2017
Three major regulatory moves this week are throwing the media and telecom world into collective hysteria.
First, there's the decision by the Department of Justice to file a lawsuit to block the merger of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX). The argument? That AT&T could use its control of Time Warner's programming to harm competition. (See DoJ Sues to Block AT&T/Time Warner.)
The ironic part is that the DOJ's decision to challenge the merger comes just after regulatory move number two -- a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to relax many broader media ownership rules. The FCC announced just yesterday that it's eliminating federal statutes that block media companies from owning both a newspaper and a broadcast station or a radio and a television station in a single region, and ones that make it difficult for a single company to own multiple TV stations in any one media market. On the one hand the government is holding back consolidation, and on the other hand it's encouraging mega media mergers.
But wait there's more! The moves by the DOJ and the FCC are also happening at the same time that rumors are swirling over a potential buyout of several Fox Broadcasting Co. -owned TV studio and international pay-TV properties.
After news that Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) was looking to make an acquisition, several outlets have since reported that Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are also interested in the Fox assets. Comcast is particularly notable as a suitor because it already owns NBCUniversal. The federal government did not block that deal at the beginning of the decade, which makes it more difficult to justify filing suit against the AT&T/TW merger today. Now, regulatory conditions on the Comcast transaction are set to expire, and it apparently wants to add to its media holdings with new Fox studio content. (See Does AT&T Deserve Time Warner?)
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On the political front, Sinclair Broadcast Group is finding that its backing of the Trump's administration and regulatory agenda has paid dividends. The loosening of the media ownership rules mean Sinclair can proceed with its proposed $3.9 billion buyout of Tribune Media Services Inc. without divesting of some of its existing TV stations.
However, AT&T isn't so lucky. Despite CEO Randall Stephenson's cozying up to President Trump both before and after the election, the telco still finds itself at the short end of the merger stick. (See AT&T CEO Hoping for a Trump Bump in 2017 and Cable, Telecoms Spend Millions to Fete Trump.)
That may be because the DOJ legitimately finds the acquisition of Time Warner too big to swallow. But opponents of the Trump administration believe the decision is due at least in part to the president's hatred of Time-Warner-owned CNN and the idea that a news station that's been critical of him could gain more market power.
The layers of irony are literally unending.
And then there's the third major regulatory happening of the week -- news today that the FCC is gearing up to roll back the 2015 Open Internet Order, a.k.a. net neutrality regulations.
Protest signs from a net neutrality rally held on Capitol Hill
This is the Holy Grail that Internet service providers have been waiting for since Chairman Ajit Pai took over leadership of the FCC earlier this year. Although some ISPs say they're happy with the rules that prevent blocking, throttling and paid prioritization on the Internet, the big ones are all vehemently against the FCC's decision more than two years ago to reclassify their services under Title II of the Communications Act. While the FCC said it would forebear from price regulations under the Title II designation, the change in classification opened the door for just such a possibility. And that's something most ISPs simply can't stomach. (See Net Neutrality, Here We Go Again and Net Neutrality: Before the Vote.)
The fight over net neutrality and Title II won't end with any new decisions by the current FCC leadership. The Open Internet Order was upheld in court last year, which means advocates have at least that legal standing for the battle ahead.
Well that and consumer outrage, which is already threatening to erupt in protests.
The pro-net-neutrality group Fight for the Future says consumers will march on Verizon retail stores in select cities and continue on to their legislators' offices on December 7 to demand that the Open Internet Order be upheld.
So who's thankful for industry regulation this holiday season? It definitely depends on who you ask, and when.
Phil_Britt 11/27/2017 | 7:24:15 PM
Re: Tech evolution & complaining to the right people Fully agree. I started in newspapers and it was always important to have both (or more) sides represented. Though we've come a long way from three networks, the concentration of media should always be a concern.
KBode 11/27/2017 | 7:20:53 PM
Re: Tech evolution & complaining to the right people The FCC is currently gutting rules specifically to make life easier on Sinclair.
And again, the current Trump/Pai plan is to largely gut FCC authority, then shovel any remaining consumer protection to an FTC that can't make rules and is so over-extended most telecom issues will get lost in the wash (the entire point).
Anybody that thinks the one/two punch of apathetic regulators and no competition ends well for consumers or small businesses needs a history lesson, frankly. We're treading down a very dangerous path here.
Phil_Britt 11/24/2017 | 11:11:35 AM
Re: Tech evolution & complaining to the right people As you note, there are plenty of technological advancements, but even so, people do tend to default for a couple of sources for their news, be it favorite online sites, TV or newspapers (there are still a few of us who like turning physical pages).
So the FCC can still have some power -- if it chooses to -- and block mergers when it means too much concentration in a market, like Sinclair/Tribune. Fewer editorial voices hurts all of us.
Re: Tech evolution & complaining to the right people "The FCC's role in consumer protection has become largely voided by technological advancement."
How so? There's total market failure in many areas, and the FTC's rule-making authority is limited. These rules provided some basic rules of the road in the wake of obvious bipartisan apathy to a broken broadband market.
Joe Stanganelli 11/21/2017 | 2:28:41 PM
Tech evolution & complaining to the right people The irony is resolved by the fact that we're talking about different agencies.
The FCC's role in consumer protection has become largely voided by technological advancement. The telegraph is dead, few people still get their news from physical dead-tree newspapers, and spectrum is no longer as limited a commodity as it once was. Antitrust considerations (which are inherently fluid; what Microsoft got beaten down for years ago is routine business practice today) are far different today than they once were.
Judging by his words (including his recent op-eds) and his actions, Pai's consequent philosophy seems to be that, because of these technological changes that have made the Internet an intrinsic part of our lives, the FCC should not overlap so much with the FTC on consumer-protection issues where Congress has expressly failed to legislate.
And from the perspective of democracy, it's hard to see where this philosophy is wrong jurisprudentially (even if one is politically in favor of government oversight to assure net neutrality). Protesters who are afraid of not being able to internet anymore are probably screaming at the wrong government officials. They'd be better off writing or calling their Congresspeople. Legislation is always more powerful than regulation. And, more pragmatically besides, enacting new law in this area is more realistic in the current political environment than promulgating new regulations is.


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Women's soccer in the United States has developed quite differently from men's soccer. Until the 1970s, organized women's soccer matches in the U.S. existed only on a limited basis. The U.S. is now regarded as one of the top countries in the world for women's soccer, and FIFA ranked its national team #1 in the world after its back-to-back Women's World Cup victory in 2015 and 2019.

The highest women's professional soccer league in the United States is the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which was established in 2012 as a successor to Women's Professional Soccer and was run by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) before becoming independently governed in 2020. The league began with eight teams and reached its current (and largest) membership of 12 teams in 2022, with the Los Angeles-based Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC being the most recent entries in 2022. The NWSL season starts with the NWSL Challenge Cup in March, with the final held in early May, shortly after the late-April start of the regular season. Each team then plays 22 regular-season games, with each team playing all others once each at home and on the road. After the regular season ends in late September or early October, six teams advance to playoffs that run through late October. This schedule may be adjusted in years of the FIFA Women's World Cup. The NWSL is the third attempt at a women's professional league in the U.S. and has been the most resilient, having played for more seasons than its two predecessors combined.

Early history
The first organized women's soccer league in the United States was the Craig Club Girls Soccer League, which consisted of four teams in St. Louis, Missouri, playing 15-game seasons in 1950 and 1951.

Women's soccer in the United States started to gain popularity in the beginning of the 20th century, much later than it appeared in Europe, which had women's leagues in the 1930s. The passage of Title IX legislation in 1972 made gender equality mandatory in education, including collegiate athletics, which led to more organized women's soccer teams and development. Collegiate soccer created more popularity for the game in the 1980s. However, there were few professional opportunities for women in the United States, and the first national women's league, the USL W-League, would not be established until 1995.

National team

The women's national team was formed in 1983, but would not play its first games until 1985. In its first years, it played in little more than friendly tournaments, primarily against European teams, as few competitions for women's national teams yet existed. After the first FIFA Women's World Cup was announced for 1991 and especially on the United States being awarded the 1994 FIFA World Cup increased investment in both the men's and women's national teams by the USSF led to the United States' team rapidly improving and winning the first women's World Cup. The popularity of the team exploded in the aftermath of the US 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup win as a result of penalty kicks in front of a sold-out Rose Bowl. The close win increased the tension, giving the team a more lively reputation as a sport.

Since then, the Americans have remained a force in international women's soccer, having finished third or better in every World Cup, reaching the championship game again in 2011 and winning in 2015 and 2019, as well as appearing in five of the six Olympic gold medal games, winning four. The national team also competes in other tournaments, such as the annual Algarve Cup. The primary source of young players for the national team is NCAA college soccer, which feeds players to the U-20 national team and eventually the full senior team. Because the United States often lacked a professional women's league, interest in the team peaked around major tournaments, and the team historically struggled to maintain interest between tournaments. The United States also faces increasingly competitive European national teams, many of which have well-established women's leagues in their countries from which to draw players.

League system
The success of the women's national team has not always translated into success for women's professional soccer in the United States.

History
Main Source:soccer Women's soccer was dated back to the 1800s in Europe. Overcoming adversity and change led to where soccer is today for women.

Amateur soccer: W-League and WPSL

Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international players. Starting as the Western Division of the W-League, the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) broke away and formed its own league in 1997 and had its inaugural season in 1998. Both the W-League and the WPSL were considered the premier women's soccer leagues in the United States at the time, but eventually fell to a second-tier level upon the formation of the Women's United Soccer Association in 2000.

Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)

A seemingly viable market for the sport became apparent after the United States women's national soccer team won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Feeding on the momentum of their victory, the twenty national team players, in partnership with John Hendricks of the Discovery Channel, sought out the investors, markets, and players necessary to form the WUSA, an eight-team league, in February 2000. The league played its first season in April 2001, and was the world's first women's soccer league in which all players were paid professionals.

The eight teams included the Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers, Carolina Courage, New York Power, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit, San Jose CyberRays (called Bay Area CyberRays for 2001 season), and the Washington Freedom.

The U.S. Soccer Federation approved membership of WUSA as a sanctioned Division I women's professional soccer league on August 18, 2000. WUSA had previously announced plans to begin play in 2001 in eight cities across the country, including: Atlanta, the Bay Area, Boston, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Diego and Washington, D.C. Led by investor John Hendricks, WUSA had also forged ahead on a cooperation agreement that will see the new league work side by side with Major League Soccer to help maximize the market presence and success of both Division I leagues.

WUSA played for three full seasons and suspended operations on September 15, 2003, shortly after the conclusion of the third season due to financial problems and lack of public interest in the sport.

Post-WUSA
With the Women's United Soccer Association on hiatus, the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and the W-League regained their status as the premier women's soccer leagues in the United States, and many former WUSA players joined those teams.

After the folding of WUSA, the WUSA Reorganization Committee was formed in September 2003 that led to the founding of Women's Soccer Initiative, Inc. (WSII), whose stated goal was "promoting and supporting all aspects of women's soccer in the United States", including the founding of a new professional league. Initial plans were to play a scaled-down version of WUSA in 2004. However, these plans fell through and instead, in June 2004, the WUSA held two "WUSA Festivals" in Los Angeles and Blaine, Minnesota, featuring matches between reconstituted WUSA teams in order to maintain the league in the public eye and sustain interest in women's professional soccer. A planned full relaunch in 2005 also fell through. In June 2006, WSII announced the relaunch of the league for the 2008 season.

In December 2006, WSII announced that it reached an agreement with six owner-operators for teams based in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and a then-unnamed city. In September 2007, the launch was pushed back from Spring of 2008 to 2009 to avoid clashing with the 2007 Women's World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics and to ensure that all of the teams were fully prepared for long-term operations.

Women's Professional Soccer (WPS)

The new league announced its name and logo on January 17, 2008, and was to have its inaugural season in 2009 with seven teams, including the Washington Freedom of the WUSA. The United States national team players allocated 21 players across the seven teams in September 2008. Also in September, the league held the 2008 WPS International Draft.

Unlike WUSA, the WPS attempted a more local approach and slower growth. In addition, the WPS attempted to have a closer relationship with Major League Soccer in order to cut costs. Most teams considered the first season a moderate success, despite many losing more money than planned. However, most teams began to see problems in 2010. Overall attendance for 2010 was noticeably down from 2009, teams struggled financially, and the WPS changed leadership by the end of the season.

The success of the United States women's national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup resulted in an upsurge in attendance league-wide as well as interest in new teams for the 2012 season. However, several internal organization struggles, including an ongoing legal battle with magicJack-owner Dan Borislow and a lack of resources invested in the league, led to the suspension of the 2012 season announced in January 2012.

On May 18, 2012, the WPS announced that the league had officially ceased operations after three seasons.

WPSL Elite
By this time, the WPSL and W-League were the two semi-pro leagues in the United States and had sat under WUSA and the WPS until 2012. Upon the disbandment of the WPS, they once again regained their status as the premier women's soccer leagues in the United States. In response to the suspension – and eventual end – of the WPS, the Women's Premier Soccer League created the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite) to support the sport in the United States. For the 2012 season, the league featured former WPS teams with the Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, and Western New York Flash, in addition to many WPSL teams. Six of the eight teams were considered fully professional.

Many members of the USWNT remained unattached for the 2012 season, while others chose to play in the W-League instead of the WPSL Elite.

National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

After the WPS folded in 2012, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a round-table discussion of the future of women's professional soccer in the United States. The meeting resulted in the planning of a new league set to launch in 2013 with 12 to 16 teams from the WPS, the W-League, and the WPSL. In November 2012, the USSF, Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) announced that there would be eight teams in a new women's professional soccer league to be funded by the USSF. The USSF would fund up to 24 players, the CSA up to 16, and the FMF a minimum of 12. Four former WPS teams – the Western New York Flash, Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, and Sky Blue FC (now known as NJ/NY Gotham FC) – were joined by four other teams for the inaugural season in 2012. One of those teams, the Portland Thorns FC, is affiliated with the MLS Portland Timbers and shares its ownership and facilities.

Each NWSL club is allowed a minimum of 18 players on their roster, with a maximum of 20 players allowed at any time during the season. Initially, each team's roster included up to three allocated USWNT players, two Mexico women's national team players, and two Canada women's national team players via NWSL Player Allocation. Mexico no longer allocates players to the NWSL following the 2017 establishment of its own women's professional league, Liga MX Femenil. Each team also has, as of 2016, four spots for international players, though these spots can be traded. The rest of the roster must be filled by players from the United States.

The Houston Dynamo of MLS stated interest in starting a women's team in 2013, and by December 2013 the NWSL approved the new Dynamo-operated team, the Houston Dash, for expansion in 2014. The addition of the Dash made the NWSL the first top-division professional women's soccer league in the United States to have nine teams.

After the United States women's national team winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the NWSL announced agreements for its first televised games with Fox Sports 1 during the 2015 season, airing games near the end of the season and during the postseason. The league reached another similar agreement with Fox Sports 1 for the 2016 seasons.  The league remained without a season-long broadcast deal, however, and streamed all of its games for free on YouTube.

After the media boom of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, MLS side Orlando City SC showed interest in starting a women's team for the 2016 season. On October 20, 2015, the NWSL and Orlando City SC announced that Orlando would host the Orlando Pride, which started play at the beginning of the 2016 season.

With the beginning of the 2016 season, the NWSL became the first professional women's soccer league to play a fourth season.

The 2016–17 offseason saw the league's first major relocation, with the Western New York Flash selling their NWSL franchise rights to the owner of North Carolina FC, then members of the NASL and now in the USL, who moved the NWSL team to NCFC's base of the Research Triangle of North Carolina and relaunched it as the North Carolina Courage.

Shortly before the start of the 2017 season, the NWSL signed a three-year broadcasting deal with A+E Networks. Under this deal, A+E's Lifetime channel broadcasts 22 regular-season matches as the NWSL Game of the Week at 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday afternoons, as well the league's entire postseason. The deal also saw A+E purchase a 25% stake in the league and receive two seats on the league's board. The remainder of the league's games were intended to be exclusively streamed by go90 in the U.S., but technical issues with that platform led to the NWSL also temporarily streaming these games on its own website.

Soon after the end of that season, FC Kansas City folded. The team was partnered with but not owned by MLS side Sporting Kansas City, and media reports indicated that FCKC was the unintended victim of issues that Sporting was facing with its United Soccer League reserve team, Swope Park Rangers. Kansas City's place in the NWSL was immediately filled by a new franchise to be operated by another MLS club, Real Salt Lake, which was soon unveiled as Utah Royals FC. Shortly thereafter, the Boston Breakers folded, dropping the league to 9 teams for the 2018 season.

The NWSL has since expanded to 12 teams. Utah Royals FC folded after the 2020 season, with its player-related assets being acquired by a new Kansas City ownership group. The new Kansas City side played its first season in 2021 as Kansas City NWSL before adopting its permanent identity of Kansas City Current at the end of that season. Racing Louisville FC also started play in 2021, and the Los Angeles-based Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC started play in 2022.

Notes

Folding of the W-League and creation of United Women's Soccer
The W-League served as a second-tier development organization and league for women's soccer in the United States for 21 seasons. However, the W-League announced on November 6, 2015, that the league would cease operations ahead of the 2016 season. In response to the folding of the W-League and instability in the WPSL, another second-tier league – United Women's Soccer (UWS) – was founded as a pro-am women's soccer league in the United States. The UWS had 11 teams in two conferences for its 2016 inaugural season, with Real Salt Lake Women, New England Mutiny, Lancaster Inferno, and Houston Aces joining from the WPSL and the Long Island Rough Riders, New York Magic, North Jersey Valkyries, Santa Clarita Blue Heat, Colorado Storm, and Colorado Pride joining from the W-League. The league doubled in size for its 2017 season, adding a Midwest Conference to go with its original East and West Conferences.

Tier system
The U.S. Soccer Federation is heavily involved in the creation and operation of the NWSL, but it did not initially refer to the league as a sanctioned Division I league. U.S. Soccer has now officially labeled the NWSL as a Division I professional league, and has added the league to its Professional Council. Unlike men's soccer, the USSF has not specifically designated tiers or levels below the NWSL. However, the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and United Women's Soccer (UWS) act as an unofficial lower division.

Amateur soccer
The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 55 state organizations as well as regional and national leagues. The USL's Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League are USASA-affiliated but are designed to promote a higher lever of competition than the state organizations. USASA also sanctions the Women's Premier Soccer League and United Women's Soccer league.

USASA National Women's Open
The USASA National Women's Open is an American women's soccer tournament run by USASA. It began in 1996, and from 2009–2012 it was known as the Women's Cup. Before the formation of the Women's Open, the Women's Amateur was the top national cup competition.

Historically, it has been contested only by amateur and semi-pro teams, as teams from professional leagues (WUSA, WPS, and the NWSL) are not allowed to enter the competition. However, in 2012, the Chicago Red Stars – then a professional club in the WPSL Elite – entered and won the competition. Similarly, the professional Houston Aces of the WPSL won in 2013.

USASA National Women's Amateur
The USASA National Women's Amateur is an American women's soccer tournament run by the United States Adult Soccer Association. It began in 1980 and was the top-level national tournament for women's soccer in the United States until the formation of the Women's Open in 1996. It is open to all USASA-affiliated women's teams.

US Soccer National Amateur Championships
First held in 2014, the US Soccer National Amateur Championships are contested between the league winners of WPSL, Open Cup, and Amateur Cup.

Hardships
High operating and travel costs, the lack of TV rights and sponsorship agreements and corresponding lack of funding for salaries and training and development facilities, and the lack of affiliation with profitable men's professional clubs have all hampered the growth of professional women's leagues in the United States. The NWSL, now the longest-lasting professional women's soccer league in the United States, pays salaries as low as $7,200 per year, an amount that falls beneath every government-recognized poverty line in the United States and is less than an equivalent Federal minimum wage job of 40 hours per week. When the NWSL started play, its highest-paid players who lacked a national team affiliation faced a maximum cap of $39,700 and teams were held to a salary cap of $278,000, while some players joined teams under amateur agreements where the players could not be paid even if they took the field or started the game. This was far less than the NWSL's predecessors, such as the WPS, where the average salary of $32,000 was almost double the NWSL's maximum average salary of $16,850. It was also poorly competitive with European leagues, which can readily pay salaries to players of the same talent more than $100,000 per year. This situation has been alleviated to some extent as the league has grown; the team salary cap in the 2022 season was $1.1 million, with minimum player salaries set at $35,000. While the maximum salary is currently $75,000, each team is granted $500,000 in "allocation money" (which can be traded) to supplement the salaries of select players. Also, the cap does not include team-provided healthcare, housing, and transportation allowances, effectively allowing even the lowest-paid players in the league a generally middle-class lifestyle.

The United States women's national team further highlighted pay issues, both in discrepancy with the men's national team and in fiscal hardships of low NWSL pay, in 2015 and 2016. The women's national team filed action with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on March 31, 2016, claiming they are paid 1/4 as much as the men's team despite generating more revenue for the U.S. Soccer Federation. The women's team also claimed that they are paid only if they win, and paid less for winning than the men's team is if they were to lose every game. Also, in order for the U.S women soccer team keep pace financially in order to keep up with the men soccer team was by performing at the world beating level and when it came to the victory tour money the women had to pay extra just to get it. However, in contrast to the men they would just get paid just for showing up. According to the recent four years and recent months in 2016 the women's national team played more games about 40 to 50 percent more and than the men and they have 88 wins and the men have 44. Also, the women's team said they are given inferior accommodations, with the men's team being housed in luxury hotels compared to lower-class housing for the women's team. In July 2016 during preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the women's national team sold T-shirts to support a NWSL player trust fund operated by the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Association (WNTPA). Before the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, women's national team player Abby Wambach and a group of other players file a complaint in Canadian court about the tournament's artificial turf playing surface. The players argued that the surface was a form of gender-based discrimination since the men's World Cup games are exclusively played on grass. The players' group abandoned the complaint before the tournament.

United States women's soccer players have also faced inferior accommodations and facilities to men's soccer at the professional club level. After a 2016 regular season NWSL game between the Seattle Reign and Western New York Flash was played on a baseball field smaller than league regulations considered acceptable, several prominent current and former players called out the league for allowing the game to be played. Former Women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, who used to play for the NWSL's Seattle Reign, published a blog post detailing several other examples of failures in hotels, facilities, and equipment while playing for the NWSL.

Another contributing factor is the role of women within American society, which includes relative equality (especially rejecting hardened gender roles) for women in the United States relative to many other countries. This is also reflected in official government policies regarding women in athletics, specifically Title IX, which requires college and public school athletics programs to support men's and women's athletics equally. By contrast, youth athletics in many countries – including most European countries, where soccer development is highly competitive – is focused on sports clubs, not on school-based programs. Thus, outside the United States, laws prohibiting sex discrimination in the educational system could have limited effect on sports programs.

Contributions to the game
America's approach to growing the game among women has served as a model for other countries' development programs for women at all levels. The relative lack of attention — and in some cases, restrictions — afforded the women's game in traditional soccer-playing countries might also have contributed to the United States' early dominance of the international women's game. For example, in England, The Football Association prohibited women's soccer from being played at professional soccer fields from 1921 through 1973. The German Football Association banned women's soccer from 1955 through 1970, and Brazil legally prohibited girls and women from playing soccer from 1941 through 1979.

See also
 Soccer in the United States

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Film/TV Dec 19, 2022 at 4:00 pm
A Movie That Feels like a Movie
Avatar: The Way of Water Is Peak Immersive Filmmaking
Tip: Definitely see this in IMAX 3D. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios
"You know my favorite thing about the movie is, like, it feels like a movie. It feels like, a real, like, go-to-the-theater film movie."
That vibey-ass Harry Styles press junket quote bounced around my brain while watching Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron's much-anticipated follow-up to the highest-grossing movie of all time. The Way of Water dared to ask its post-streaming, post-pandemic audience to still be invested in a story from 13 years ago and, furthermore, to sit down for more than three hours for it. After officially opening last weekend, it looks like Cameron's bet somewhat paid off. Early box office numbers look fine (not jaw-dropping), bringing in a cool $134 million.
In a sense, the science-fiction epic is peak "go-to-the-theater film" movie—immersive and cutting-edge visuals, original intellectual property, a blockbuster attitude, character archetypes out the wazoo, intertitles in Papyrus font for some inexplicable reason, a plea to save the environment. But it's also kinda smooth brain too—slick visuals and (mostly) hollow characterization, a lush imagination and a corny core. It's the best movie to see with your family over the holidays and the worst movie to ever bring up to a film critic. And while much can be said about the experience of seeing The Way of Water, a lot is left to be desired with, well, everything else.
Set more than a decade after the first installment's events, The Way of Water obliquely rehashes the same tensions as Avatar. Former human Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is fully integrated as a Na'vi, becoming leader of the Omaticaya and making a cute family with his partner, warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña). After an old threat from the Sky People (aka humans) threatens to destroy everything that Jake and Neytiri have built for themselves, they take their kids and flee the forest, seeking refuge among teal Metkayina reef people far away. But the wheels of fate grind in such a way that their brood isn't safe for long and, soon, the family and newfound friends must square up once again with those bloodthirsty humans to save the environment they call home.
The world-building is the most impressive part of the film. Much of the movie's runtime is devoted to exploring underwater parts of Pandora, which is stunningly crafted and imagined. Cameron and his crew basically invented a new way to film actors underwater (requiring most of the cast to learn how to free dive), became experts in hydrodynamics, and created dozens of species of freaky little sea creatures. Pandora's crystal clear oceans are teeming with strange whale-like animals, light-up butterfly-looking fish, and flying ocean dragons. There's such a veneer of reality to the way that the CGI water sloshes around and how light moves through it, that there's no uncanny valley to be caught up in at all. Suffice it to say, if George Méliés ever saw this, he'd definitely explode.
And, of course, Sigourney Weaver. In the original film, she played Dr. Grace Augustine, a human who died siding with the Na'vi. In this film, however, she plays her own half-Na'vi, half-human daughter, Kiri, impressively embodying the mannerisms of a sensitive alien teenager, as weird as that may sound. Unfortunately, the most compelling character from Avatar, Saldaña's Neytiri, is sidelined from most of the film's story, scream-crying on the margins. While The Way of Water is primarily focused on developing Neytiri and Jake's younger family members, the film's emotions leave a lot to be desired. The bad guy is doing bad things because he's bad. Jake is protecting his family because he's a dad. If only the inner worlds of these characters were as rich as the worlds they inhabit.
In a way, I think The Way of Water would make an excellent-yet-weird double feature with Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, the storied director's rumination on his deeply personal origins as a filmmaker. The Way of Water's production and themes feel like a giant mishmash of other Cameron productions—a little Titanic here, a little Aliens there, and a whole lot of The Abyss. Like Spielberg in The Fabelmans, Cameron leans into all the qualities that made him such a successful director—a penchant for big storytelling, pushing the literal limits of the medium, lacing stories with corny-if-not-regressive themes of family and duty. It can be tiresome at times, but it is well worth the watch if just for the underwater sequences alone.
Avatar: The Way of Water is showing at Admiral Theater, Regal Meridian, AMC Pacific Place 11, the Varsity Theatre, Majestic Bay, and more.
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With the closing of their Camden Monastery last month, the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary relocated to Elmira, N.Y.
Also relocating, but closer to home, are the Council Members of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic.
Since 1939 the Holy Rosary Chapter of Camden, made up of men and women, has met at the Dominican Monastery on Haddon Avenue.
When news of the closure came out, the lay fraternity's members hoped to continue their work in the Camden Diocese and met with Father Anthony Manuppella, pastor of St. Peter Church in Merchantville.
Thus, starting on Sunday, Jan. 19, the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic will meet on the third Sunday of every month, January-June, in the parish's Senior Center.
Formerly known as the Third Order of St. Dominic, the Holy Rosary Chapter of Camden is made up of men and women, singles and couples, who, since the organization's creation in 1939, have gathered in prayer and fellowship, joining lay Dominicans throughout the world in remaining steadfast in the order's pillars of prayer, study, community and apostolate.
According to the chapter's historian, Marita Grzechowiak, the Holy Rosary Chapter was founded by Dominican Father John S. Moran and officially came into existence on April 11, 1939. As one of the few chapters in the area, the early years saw members come from Philadelphia and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, and Trenton.
In the beginning, meetings were scheduled every first and third Sunday of the month. First Sundays were Blessed Sacrament Sundays, with exposition, rosary and benediction in the chapel.
The Third Sundays came to be known as Holy Rosary Sundays, where members prayed 15 decades of the rosary, with women wearing veils and carrying candles.
The members also took pilgrimages to the Marian Procession in Atlantic City and participated in day retreats.
In the recent past, the fraternity, currently with 20 members (at its height, it had nearly 40), has met every third Sunday of the month, starting with Mass at noon, followed by the Liturgy of the Hours and Litany of St. Dominic.
Dominican Father Anthony Cataudo, chaplain at the monastery and spiritual advisor to the lay order, then would present a reflection to the group, followed by formation lessons for new members.
To end the day, members prayed the rosary.
Father Cataudo will continue as spiritual advisor, for the order.
Virginia Whacker, of West Collingswood Heights, entered the order in 1993, after hearing a sermon on St. Rose of Lima delivered by Father Robert Pasley at St. John Church in Collingswood. Father Pasley is currenntly rector of Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin.
She met her husband, Donald, shortly after entering, and in 1998, after five years of formation, she professed her final vows.
The Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic, Holy Rosary Chapter of Camden, will meet on the third Sunday of every month, January-June, starting on Jan. 19, at St. Peter's Parish Senior Center in Merchantville. Formation sessions for postulants and novices begins at 11:30 a.m., and the General Meeting starts at 1 p.m. Inquiries and new members are warmly welcomed.


The world's rarest marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, has lost half of its population in one year.
Just last year, it was reported by the Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) that there were approximately 60 vaquitas left in the wild. Currently, CIRVA has estimated there to be just 30 vaquita porpoisesst left in the wild.
It was not always this dire for the vaquita porpoise. Sadly, their population has declined by 92 percent in just 20 years. The vaquita porpoise is the world's smallest cetacean (typically they reach about five feet in length and weigh around 120 pounds) and only exists in Mexico's northern Gulf of California.
The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) and the Mexican government are at odds over how to approach this critical situation. While the WWF is calling for an outright fishing ban in the Gulf of California, Mexican authorities, believing this to be too costly, have suggested instead placing several of the remaining vaquitas in custody, in hopes of preserving the species.
However, choosing to take the capture route in the case of the vaquita porpoise is dangerous and considered a last resort. With only 30 vaquita porpoises left, losing even a handful of vaquitas in the capturing process could permanently render the species extinct.
Mexcio has already banned illegal gillnet fishing near the vaquita porpoise's habitat. The government has offered $74 million to locals over two years in hopes that the compensation would supplement what locals who rely on gillnet fishing would lose from the ban. Despite this, many fishers are ignoring the ban, and are continuing to gillnet fish while eluding authorities.
Vaquita porpoises have died at such a rapid rate mainly because of something called "bycatch," which occurs when a marine species lives too close to a more sought-after marine species, and is caught in illegal gillnets set out by fishers who mean to catch the other species. In the vaquitas' case, they habituate the same area as the totoaba fish. The totoaba, which is also endangered, is pursued by fishers for its swim bladder, which is used in a Chinese medicinal soup believed to improve fertility. The WWF is also calling for the US and China to end the shipment and sales of totoaba-based products.


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08.07.2019Two new, exclusive model cars to the topic Stefan Bellofwww.stefan-bellof.de
Minichamps from Aachen is known as the most distinguished label in the field of manufacture model cars from the motorsports. Since 1990, the people from Aachen inspire their fans all around the world, that belong to the best in the quality of workmanship as well as in the finish of the details. We quote: "We are not only selling model cars – we offer emotions. History, dreams, memories – we live on that and every part of your collection stands for something of it. We can be there in your showcases, which makes us proud and grateful!" Keyword "Memories": The two new model cars in scale 1:18, which have just appeared after models of the year 1984, remind us of two great races by Stefan Bellof: The Porsche 956 in the Jägermeister-look of the 200 miles from the Norisring and the 956, which the factory had used in the Rothmans appearance at the Nürburgring only a short time later. A third place and a victory - briefly presented here.
Exclusively for the Stefan Bellof Collection, Minichamps has produced an edition of 444 units of the model of the Porsche 956 K, which appear, as mentioned above, in scale 1:18 and reproduce the racing car of Stefan Bellof, with which he had went to the start at the 200 Miles at the Norisring 1984 for Brun Motorsport. Bellof reached third place in the orange-colored Jägermeister Porsche in the DRM counting race and with the help of 470 kW / 640 hp in the customer vehicles, to which the model cars out of diecast remind to and which are available under item number 153846601. Of course, the miniatures of the Porsche 956, which is powered by an air-cooled six-cylinder boxer engine, match exactly the lines of the popular model with the chassis number 116 and slavishly reproduce every detail.
In the chassis No. 009, the driver pairing Stefan Bellof and Derek Bell achieved the victory at the 1000 kilometers on the Nürburgring, two weeks later. Minichamps dedicates the vehicle of the Porsche-factory team in the blue-white Rothmans-design a model, limited to 150 pieces, also in scale 1:18 and in the same first class finish as the Jägermeister-Brun-Porsche mentioned above. The Rothmans lettering was waived the provisions according to the race track, wo which the model cars with the item number 153846702 take account. The victory at the Nürburgring had been a very important step to the win of the endurance-world-championship in 1984 for Stefan Bellof. The sympathetic and popular man from Giessen had driven seven times to the highest platform on both racing cars, here miniaturized to models in this season.
Only the race at Silverstone in May is considered as a slip-up with 10th place. The Porsche 956 was also a winner, the motorsport history has written: The sports car prototype won from 1982 to 1984, all the titles of the FIA World Sportscar Championship, which were to win, both in the ratings for drivers and the brands. On the five-kilometer-long Hunaudières straight the Porsche 956 reached about 350 kilometers per hour. Only 3.4 seconds passed until the 956 reached tempo 100. For the development of the then completely new designed due to the new regulations Porsche 956 the engineer and project manager Norbert Singer was responsible, who is regarded as a fervent supporter of Stefan Bellof.
The key data to the role model of the model cars
Originally the Porsche 956 developed out of its six-cylinder with about 2.7 liters of displacement as well with the help of two turbo chargers and intercoolers 455 kW / 620 PS. That corresponded to a power of 172 kW / 234 PS per liter. The maximum torque was 630 Newton meters (Nm) at 5400 revolutions per minute and was passed by five-speed manual transmission to the rear axle. Basically, the engine was air-cooled, but the cylinder heads received supportive water cooling. Over the chassis, an aluminum monocoque, the plastic body was mounted. The empty weight was originally 820 kilograms. From model year 1983, the performance was raised to the above figures. The here presented, in the quantity very rare calculated model cars to this legendary sports car can be found in the shop.
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Porsche 956K Brun #1 3rd 200 miles Norisring 1984 Stefan Bellof
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President Barack Obama says he and the first lady are constantly reminding their daughters that they're growing up in a "slightly unreal environment" at the White House.
In an interview published online on Wednesday by Amazon's Kindle Singles, Obama lamented a shift in culture toward consumption and the focus on celebrity lifestyles.
Obama says when he was growing up, "Kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success."
Obama says his daughters, Malia and Sasha, have family members who are in the middle class or even poor, so they see that others struggle and that their life is "not the norm."
The interview is available for free download.


The Orville will not be coming back until December much to fans' dismay, but that doesn't mean Fox left them empty handed at San Diego Comic-Con.
Fox showed a preview of season two after last season's conclusion last December. While season one didn't end on an epic cliffhanger like the franchise it was parodying in Star Trek, perhaps it does appear refreshing there won't be any dramatic changes, more of the same fun as the Seth MacFarlane series enters its sophomore season.
The trailer opens with a shot of the top side of the Orville with Captain Ed Mercer (MacFarlane) narrating the importance of exploration in a banquet before revealing his "brilliance" to his first officer, Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) to be plagiarized from multiple sources before cutting to quick shots of the crew individually before a group shot.
The action then cuts to proceed for first contact before the ship experiences problems. We then see Lt. Alara Kitan (Halston Sage) in an arm wrestling match with ship's android Isaac (Mark Jackson) before seeing various shots of ship confrontations and battles.
We also get some brief interactions among the crew like when Grayson tries to get a reluctant Lt. Commander Boris (Peter Macon) to participate in his birthday party. There are away missions involving Mercer in the woods, Grayson and Bortis as prisoners, and multiple quick shots of the crew in action surviving peril and persevering.
The Orville stars MacFarlane, Palicki, Sage, Macon, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Jackson and J. Lee and returns to Fox on December 30.
Are you looking for the show's return? Sound off in the comments.


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News Around Illinois – July 21, 2020
Associated Press, Claudia Morell, Sean Crawford, Bill Wheelhouse, Claudia Grisales, Rich Egger
The latest news around the state, for July 21, 2020.
Photo: Jose Zepeda/Illinois Newsroom
House Progressive Caucus Weighs In On Madigan, ComEd
CHICAGO (AP) — Members of the Illinois House of Representatives' progressive caucus said Monday longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan must resign if allegations of a bribery scheme involving utility ComEd are true. The 12 caucus members said the allegations disclosed Friday by federal prosecutors in Chicago are "an unacceptable breach of public trust." They called on Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, and any other elected officials involved in the scheme to step down "if these allegations are true." – Associated Press
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Asks Trump Not To Send Federal Agents, Saying It Would 'Spell Disaster'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is asking President Donald Trump not to send federal agents to the city, instead imploring him to help the city address violent crime by cracking down on the proliferation of illegal guns across the country, according to a letter obtained by WBEZ late Monday. The four-page letter addressed to Trump Monday and signed by Lightfoot urges the Republican president to provide meaningful support — instead of playing "games." "What we do not need, and what will certainly make our community less safe is secret, federal agents deployed to Chicago. Any other form of militarized assistance within our borders that would not be within our control or within the direct command of the Chicago Police Department would spell disaster," the mayor writes. Lightfoot writes that she was responding to a letter he sent in June, but also to recent "statements from you and members of your Administration regarding offers of federal assistance." – Claudia Morell – WBEZ
Illinois Teachers' Union Wants Remote Learning To Start School Year
With just a few weeks to go before some schools are set to begin their fall semester, the Illinois Federation of Teachers issued a recommendation on Monday that called for students to begin the academic year learning remotely. It is part of a larger union statement on the new school year. IFT President Dan Montgomery said the rising number of coronavirus cases is a a cause for concern. Montgomery said some schools may be able to maintain safety measures like social distancing. "If that can happen, that's a good thing," said Montgomery. "That is an extremely rare occurrence in our experience." – Sean Crawford – WUIS
Kanye West, Leonard Peltier And Others File For The Fall Ballot In Illinois
Rapper Kanye West was among those submitting petitions for the fall ballot Illinois on the final day for independent and third party candidates to file. West said he is running for president. But he has missed the deadline to file in several states. While he was on time in Illinois, filing does not guarantee a spot on the ballot. Pettitions can be challenged for the number of signatures and their validity. West did not have a vice presidential candidate file with him. Another well known name among those filing is imprisoned political activist Leonard Peltier. He is a vice-presidential candidate on a third party ticket. Peltier is serving a life sentence for the killings of two FBI agents on an Indian reservation in 1975. The Illinois Libertarian Party and other third parties are fielding more candidates in legislative races this year. – Bill Wheelhouse – WUIS
Tammy Duckworth's Stock Rises As A Possible VP Choice After High-Profile Weeks
In combat and in Congress, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth has seen a lot of firsts. She was the first female soldier to lose both her legs in the Iraq War. She was the first Thai American woman elected to Congress. And she was the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. Now she may become the first Asian American woman nominated to be vice president for a major party in the United States. But she remains diplomatic when asked about the pressure Joe Biden is facing to pick an African American woman. "I think that even just choosing a woman is a powerful signal that Joe Biden has made," Duckworth told NPR's All Things Considered earlier this month. As Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, nears the announcement of his running mate, Duckworth's political stock has risen. – Claudia Grisales – NPR
Planning Continues for C.T. Vivian Center in Macomb
Local leaders held a brief wreath laying ceremony over the weekend at the property where the Reverend C.T. Vivian grew up in Macomb. The lot in the 700 block of East Adams Street is currently empty but there are still plans to use that space to honor the late civil rights leader. The idea of building a center of civic and social engagement was announced nearly two years ago, and Byron Oden-Shabazz, President of the McDonough County Branch of the NAACP, said that's still the plan. – Rich Egger – WIUM
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