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Aussie Jarryd Hayne Impresses in First Appearance with the San Francisco 49ers
By John McKeon on 08/16/2015@jtmckeon
Source: AFP
The former NRL superstar made a two-yard gain with his first touch of the ball but lit up the game with his second touch, a spectacular 53-yard run.
It was one of a handful of impressive highlights from Hayne, who announced his departure from rugby league almost 12 months ago to pursue his dream of playing American football at the highest level.
The 53-yard run was the longest rushing effort in the game. helped by some excellent blocking by the 49ers offensive line that cleared an avenue for Hayne to burst through with his trademark pace.
Once he was in space, Hayne put an expert left foot step to bypass one defender.
Though clipped, he regained his balance and continued to charge to the endzone, only to be collected by two Texans players and forced out of bounds at the 10-yard line.
Thumping his chest and hi-fiving teammates after the blistering play, Hayne announced his arrival to the NFL in style.
At the running back position, Hayne finished with five touches for a total of 63-yards, more yards gained than any other running back on the field in Houston.
Lining up on special teams, Hayne had two punt returns for an average 12-yard return and a long return of 13 yards.
But it was as a kick-off returner that Hayne had his other major highlight of the game. Receiving the ball at the start of the second half, Hayne caught the ball in his endzone and took it 33 yards upfield, showing his rugby league-esque ability to switch the ball between his hands while palming off defenders.
With cuts imminent ahead of the regular season proper, Hayne has given his chances of claiming a spot on the 53-man roster a massive boost.
The next pre-season game for the 49ers will be at home in Levi's Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday August 24 in the morning, Australian time.
John McKeon is a former professional and collegiate American Football player and coach now living and working in New York. His goal is to spread news, information, and opinion on the global growth of the sport he loves.
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Johann "Hans" Hoffmann (* 6. Jänner 1908; † 30. November 1974 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Fußballspieler, der in den 1920er Jahren zwei Meistertitel mit dem SK Rapid Wien gewann und 1929 einmal im Nationalteam zum Einsatz kam. In den 1930er Jahren gewann er auch Meistertitel in Deutsch-Böhmen und Frankreich.

Vereinskarriere
Hoffmann debütierte mit 17 Jahren im November 1925 als Mittelstürmer in der Kampfmannschaft Rapids. Er ersetzte auf dieser Position die Vereinslegende Richard Kuthan und konnte in seiner ersten Saison mit neun Toren auf sich aufmerksam machen. Auch in den beiden folgenden Jahren gehörte er zur Stammformation der Sturmreihe der Hütteldorfer, wo er gemeinsam mit Ferdinand Wesely, Franz Weselik und Johann Luef spielte. 1927 konnte er bei einem 3:0-Sieg im Finale des ÖFB-Cup über den FK Austria Wien seinen ersten Titel feiern. Im selben Jahr nahm die Mannschaft am erstmals ausgetragenen Mitropacup teil, wo Hoffmann in der ersten Runde gegen Hajduk Split vier Tore erzielte, jedoch im Finale, das gegen Sparta Prag verloren ging, nicht zum Einsatz kam.

Ab 1928 spielte Hoffmann vermehrt auf der rechten Läuferposition, hatte jedoch dort mit Josef Frühwirth und Josef Madlmayer starke Konkurrenz, sodass seine Einsatzanzahl entsprechend zurückging. In dieser Zeit konnte er mit Rapid zwei Meistertitel gewinnen und erreichte auch nochmals das Finale des Mitropacup, wo er zwar diesmal zum Aufgebot des Hinspiels gegen den Ferencvárosi FC gehörte, aber der 1:7-Niederlage auch nichts entgegenzusetzen hatte.

Nachdem er seinen Platz in der Kampfmannschaft verloren hatte, wechselte Hoffmann 1931 zum Zweitligisten SC Weiße Elf Wien, kehrte aber im Herbst nochmals zu Rapid zurück, wo er als Flügelstürmer zum Einsatz kam. Im Dezember 1931 meldeten die Tageszeitungen seinen Wechsel zum Brigittenauer AC, ob er dort jedoch tatsächlich spielte, erscheint zweifelhaft, einen Meisterschaftseinsatz beim damaligen Erstligisten konnte er jedenfalls nicht aufweisen.

Ab 1932 war er jedenfalls in der Tschechoslowakei für den DSV Saaz tätig. Die Saazer gehörten zu den stärksten Mannschaften des deutsch-böhmischen Teilverbandes und hatten eine Reihe von Spielern Wiener Vereine nach Nordböhmen geholt. Hoffmann spielte beispielsweise gemeinsam mit Josef Horejs, Walter Hanke oder seinen ehemaligen Rapidkollegen Franz Hribar und Johann Wana. 1934 und 1935 wurde die Mannschaft Meister des DSV und spielte in der Saison 1935/36 in der 1. tschechoslowakischen Profiliga, wo sie jedoch den Klassenerhalt nicht schaffte.

Hoffmann verließ wohl noch während der Saison die Saazer und wechselte in die französische Division 1 zum von Josef Blum betreuten Racing Straßburg. Dort spielte er in einer Mannschaft mit Oscar Heisserer und Oskar Rohr sowie seinen Landsmännern Karl Humenberger, Johann Wana, Anton Cay, Wilhelm Schaden und Franz Chloupek. Die Blauen erreichten in seiner ersten Saison den dritten Platz in der Meisterschaft, im darauf folgenden Jahr wurde die Mannschaft sechster, erreichte jedoch das Finale des Cupbewerbs, wo man sich dem FC Sochaux mit 1:2 geschlagen geben musste. Im Anschluss daran wechselte Hoffmann zum Finalgegner und holte mit der Mannschaft um Roger Courtois, Étienne Mattler, André Abegglen und Ferdinand Faczinek den Meistertitel.

Nach seiner Zeit in Frankreich kehrte Hoffmann nach Wien zurück, wo er für die mittlerweile drittklassigen Weißen Elf als Spielertrainer tätig war.

Nationalmannschaft
Hoffmanns einziger Einsatz in der Nationalmannschaft erfolgte im März 1929, als er bei einem 3:3 gegen die Tschechoslowakei als rechter Seitenläufer in einer mit Josef Smistik und Johann Luef zur Gänze aus Rapidlern bestehenden Läuferreihe aufgeboten wurde.

Erfolge
 2 × Mitropacupfinale: 1927, 1928
 2 × österreichischer Meister: 1929, 1930
 1 × französischer Meister: 1938
 2 × deutsch-böhmischer Meister: 1934, 1935
 1 × ÖFB-Cup: 1927
 1 × deutsch-böhmischer Cup: 1934
 1 Spiel für die österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft: 1929

Fußballnationalspieler (Österreich)
Fußballspieler (SK Rapid Wien)
Fußballspieler (SC Weiße Elf Wien)
Fußballspieler (Brigittenauer AC)
Fußballspieler (DSV Saaz)
Fußballspieler (Racing Straßburg)
Fußballspieler (FC Sochaux)
Österreicher
Geboren 1908
Gestorben 1974
Mann

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Lent 5 is called Passion Sunday because Mark's account of the Passion used to be read or sung on this day every year (Matthew's was always heard on Palm Sunday, and John's on Good Friday, hence their importance to composers; Luke didn't get a look in). Roman Catholics have jettisoned this title, or rather transferred it to Palm Sunday, because we no longer read the Passion on this day. But, with us, they have retained the option of veiling of crufixes and images on Lent 5, a powerful visual remembrance of the ancient lectionary provision.
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself'.
But this time the emphasis is on the second verb, and the translation 'draw' is deceptively weak.
The verb translated 'drag' is that used of hauling in a net, forcing an unwilling defendant into court, or the effect of magnetic force on iron. The last of these is the least violent image. But even it describes an irrestible force, a sense smoothed out by our accustomed rendering, 'draw', which suggests something more like succesful advertising.
The challenge for us is to recover that essential compelling attractiveness of the Gospel, of Christ, and to share it, especially when the institutional church, or even we, in our treatment of each other, fall short and devalue the currency. The cross is violent and brutal, as I was saying last week; the promise of new life meets that brutality head on and transforms it in a way that is intended to shake us up and 'compel us in', all of us.
God puts the cross before us as a wake-up call to reorder our priorities.
Those who are sick or distressed and who have asked for prayers: Asia Bibi, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, David Evans, Keith Bevan, Luiz-Antonio Neto, Judy Stewart, Jane Gadney, Sister Margaret Anne OHP, Roger Walker, David Eckland, Peter Brentnall, Hannah Laura, Yvonne Burgess-Jones, Frances Goodchild, Dave Kynnersley, Patricia Searle, David Webb, Stewart Lyon, Amy Eng, Patience Yartey, Jacqui Birt, Simon Ensor, Maggie Durran, Martin Hale, Jayne Forrester, Joy Wright, Barbara Schiefer, Rose Smith, Fr Graham Francis, Ken Hales, Beverley Ward and Sian Evans.
Those known to us recently departed: Caroline Farrer, Claire Cullinan Brown, Bill Cullinan, Harry Yardley, John Reddington, Joseph Goetz Pr, Hazel Gedge, Heather Humphrey Pr, Mark Moroney, Michelle Hanson, Matthias Winter, Janet White and Sr Marian Eva OHP.
Anniversaries of death this week: Evangeline de Fonseka, Jessie Thwaites, Edward Mann, Joan Mackintosh, Millie Cathcart, Christine Tagoe, Mary Steward, Hugh Wiley, Emily Pattisson, Margaret Baker, Charlotte Read, Olive Evans, Geoffrey Constable and Constance Kirk.
SUNDAY LUNCH will be available – Frances O'Neil is cooking a main course and dessert, with coffee. Tickets £6 from the Parish Shop before and after Mass.
including Ave Verum Corpus – Byrd, The Crown of Roses – Tchaikovsky, Tenebrae factae sunt – Poulenc, Agnus Dei – Leighton (Missa Brevis),Stabat Mater – Wüllner, Magnificat: from the Short Service – Byrd and for organ Bach's 'O Mensch bewein dein Sünde gross' BWV 622.
If anyone would like to contribute to purchasing flowers for the Altar of Repose and to place in front of the statue of Our Lady at Easter services, please give your donation to Fr Alan Moses or Fr Michael Bowie. If you wish your gift to commemorate an anniversary or to remember a loved one, please let them know.
Stations of the Cross 7pm, after the Evening Mass at 6.30pm.
Late Night Praying on Thursdays – please join us as weather warms up – new heating means Church is a very comfortable temperature! Church is staying open after Evening Mass each Thursday in Lent with an opportunity for Eucharistic adoration with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and private prayer. The evening concludes by participating in the ancient plainchant office of Compline (Late Night Prayer) at 8.30pm. Some fourteen people have been practicing with Tim Byram-Wigfield (Director of Music) and then enjoyed singing Compline in choir. Compline is a service of quietness and reflection before rest at the end of the day. All welcome.
Weekly meetings until Easter (excluding 28 March). Next meeting on Wednesday 21 March at 7pm (after Evening Mass) in the Vicarage. Bishop Stephen Platten will conduct the confirmations at the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil on Saturday 31 March.
If you want to come, or would like further information, please contact Martin Woolley on 07976 275383 or at m.g.woolley@btinternet.com. Rooms will be allocated in the order in which bookings are received.
Brian Gill, former Lord Justice General of Scotland.


It's that time again, where local magazines open their "Best of Virginia" contests. We are proud to have won "Best Cosmetic Surgeon" numerous times in the past. These awards underline our commitment to excellence in cosmetic facial surgery and mean a lot of me, my staff and our patients. It only takes a minute to vote and we would truly appreciate your support.
Click the picture below to cast your vote by selecting category #49 Best Cosmetic Surgery Practice, then type in Dr. Joe Niamtu.


"Now, more experts are beginning to believe we may have been thinking wrongly about cramps all along. A shot of spicy liquid—think wasabi or hot chilies—may be a far more effective treatment than an energy drink or a banana."
"HOTSHOT is the only scientifically proven formula to prevent and treat muscle cramps on the market."
"Athletes reported a quicker return to training when a cramp episode did occur."
"The drink's promise—no more debilitating, race-losing cramps!—seemed too good to pass up."
"If you're plagued by cramps on race day or during key training sessions, taking HOTSHOT could be worth a try."
"He (Craig Alexandar) also makes sure to beat cramping with HOTSHOT, a 1.7-ounce shot of organic ingredients that has been scientifically proven to prevent and treat muscle cramps."
"She (Tracy Evangelos) looked for a better solution (for cramping) and found HOTSHOT, a small, spicy drink designed specifically to treat muscle cramps."
"Building on past research, Bean and MacKinnon discovered that certain tastes could activate ion receptors in the mouth and esophagus, helping to calm those excitable nerves, thereby preventing the muscles from cramping."
"If I was a cramp-prone athlete looking for solutions, I'd go ahead and give HOTSHOT a try"
"Amy (Cragg) and I (Shalane Flanagan) use HOTSHOT, a sports beverage that helps prevent and treat muscle cramps by stopping them where they start — the nerves"
"Knowing we (Shalane Flanagan and Amy Cragg) won't have cramping problems if we take HOTSHOT is really huge in terms of performance."
"HOTSHOT is a formulation of organic ingredients that can prevent and treat muscle cramps by stopping them at their source: the nerve."
"My training partner, Amy Cragg, and I tried it prior to Trials and we felt like it made a difference. So, we take HOTSHOT before hard, long training sessions and before we race, she (Shalane Flanagan) tells Us."
"A new 'hot' sports drink could help prevent muscle cramps."
"All it took was a Nobel Prize winner experiencing some untimely cramps while sea kayaking a decade ago for people to begin to understand that the causes of muscle cramps may not have much to do with muscles at all."


Winter is more than just skiing or snowboarding. Some destinations are at their best during the winter season. If you are still looking for a nice retreat for the upcoming winter season for yourself, your family, or with your loved one, you may get lost with the great number of destinations that exist. We pulled together a collection of some winter retreat destinations that you may take into account. Here are eight winter retreat resorts to spend your next holiday.
Finnish Lapland is almost synonym to a magical winter vacation. The pristine Arctic wilderness in a snowy landscape is one to treasure. Spend your holiday in a log cabin complete with sauna and wood-burning fireplace. Don't forget to look outside as you might see the Nothern Lights.
In an idyllic location at the foot of Vajdahunyad Castle and surrounded by trees, lies the largest outdoor skating rink in Europe. Speakers provide atmospheric music while the inhabitants of the Hungarian capital glide across the ice. If it gets too cold, go to one of the thermal baths where Budapest is known for.
This huge ski area near Tignes and Val d'Isère is a guarantee for snow in Europe, because of the two glaciers that lie there. It is also one of the most varied winter sports areas, with opportunities for skiers and snowboarders of all levels – including facilities for freestylers. Go to Val d'Isère for a sophisticated atmosphere and great gastronomy, and to Tignes to stay in a cozy village of wooden chalets.
When thinking of California, a winter retreat doesn't exactly pop up in your mind. No, the state is primarily known for its warm climate and beaches, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any places to spend the winter. The slopes near the Mammoth lakes are an idea for wintersport activities including skiing and snowmobile rides.
It may be one of the coldest places in Europe, but there are enough hot springs in Iceland to heat up. The annual Winter Lights Festival, which takes place in February, celebrates winter in a spectacular way. Many of the cozy coffee houses sell the local delicacy rúgbrauð – a dark, sweet bread.
Are you a city person? Then Quebec might be your destination for a winter retreat. Stroll along the snow-covered cobblestone streets and enjoy the winter cityscape. Spend the night in the Hotel de Glace, Canada's Ice hotel made entirely of snow and glass.
No better place to catch the Christmas spirit than a good old Christmas market. Germany is world-renowned for having some of the largest and most magical Christmas markets. Enjoy the snowy landscape in one of Germany's finest cities and warm yourself up with a glass of glühwein or a hot sausage.
Few places are more pristine than the wilderness of Alaska. Highlights of the winter in Alaska are the famous Iditarod dog sled race or the World Ice Art Championship, but there is more than that. Go on an outdoor winter adventure with snowmobile or dog sled and look up the sky to witness the natural wonder of the northern lights.
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Q: How do I perform unicode normalization for password storage in VBA? I want to store and compare hashed passwords in VBA.
I've read How do I properly implement Unicode passwords?, but I have no clue about where to start.
How do I normalize a unicode string in VBA?
Preferably, I'd do this without downloading the ICU the linked post refers to, because I'd like my project not to be dependent on external code.

A: Windows provides a built-in for normalizing strings, the NormalizeString function. However, it can be a bit tricky to use.
Here is an implementation, based on the C example in the docs provided above:
'Declare the function
Public Declare PtrSafe Function NormalizeString Lib "Normaliz.dll" (ByVal NormForm As Byte, ByVal lpSrcString As LongPtr, ByVal cwSrcLength As Long, ByVal lpDstString As LongPtr, ByVal cwDstLength As Long) As Long
'And a relevant error code
Const ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER = 122
'And a helper enum
Public Enum NORM_FORM
  NormalizationC = &H1
  NormalizationD = &H2
  NormalizationKC = &H5
  NormalizationKD = &H6
End Enum

'Available normalization forms can be found under https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnls/ne-winnls-norm_form
'KD normalization is preferred(https://stackoverflow.com/a/16173329/7296893)  when hashing characters
'If you already have hashes stored, C normalization is least likely to break them
Public Function UnicodeNormalizeString(str As String, Optional norm_form As Byte = NormalizationKD) As String
    If Len(str) = 0 Then 'Zero-length strings can't be normalized
        UnicodeNormalizeString = str
        Exit Function
    End If
    Dim outlenestimate As Long
    'Get an initial length estimate for the string
    outlenestimate = NormalizeString(norm_form, StrPtr(str), Len(str), 0, 0)

    Dim i As Long
    'Try 10 times
    For i = 1 To 10
        'Initialize buffer
        UnicodeNormalizeString = String(outlenestimate, vbNullChar)
        'Get either the normalized string, or a new length estimate
        outlenestimate = NormalizeString(norm_form, StrPtr(str), Len(str), StrPtr(UnicodeNormalizeString), outlenestimate)
        If outlenestimate > 0 Then 'We got the normalized string
            'Truncate off the unused characters
            UnicodeNormalizeString = Left(UnicodeNormalizeString, outlenestimate)
            Exit Function
        Else
            If Err.LastDllError <> ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER Then
                Exit For 'An unexpected error occurred
            End If
            outlenestimate = outlenestimate * -1 'Use the new length estimate, try again
        End If
    Next
    Err.Raise 5000, Description:="Failure to normalize unicode string"
End Function

Once you have declared the normalization function, always run your password through it before hashing:
If SomeHashFun(UnicodeNormalizeString(MyPassword)) = SomeHashedPassword Then
   'We are in!
End If

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Jumping off a dock. Making bracelets. Singing around a campfire. For many people, overnight camp holds a special place in their hearts. It's a place where friendships form fast, silliness reaches new heights, and small things take on great significance.
But for camp counselors, the experience can be different.
Imagine watching 130 fifth-graders step off yellow school buses and then realizing that a dozen or so 10-year-olds are now under your watchful eye.
Up the stakes even higher. Imagine learning that many of the campers are from Title 1 districts—schools with a high percentage of low-income families where the needs and challenges are often the greatest.
That's what counselors from Lafayette faced during a recent Alternative School Break (ASB) program.
ASB is a student-led organization advised by Director of the Landis Center Amber Zuber. Working with various partners both on and off campus, students plan and implement five domestic service trips and one international service trip over interim and spring breaks.
Our counselors were at Camp Campbell, a YMCA camp nestled in mountains near the sleepy lumber town of Boulder Creek, Calif.
When the kids stepped off the bus, they were riled up—excited, rowdy, and not listening.
But our counselors were prepared. Excited even.
That ready-spirit came from Ariana Rothman '18, the student who planned the Camp Campbell trip. Planning happens in three phases: education, direct service, and reflection. Education meant meeting every week and reading and discussing articles about Title 1 schools and outdoor STEM education.
"We looked at issues and topics that would help us at the project," Rothman says. Sadly, after months of planning, she fell ill with the flu a few days before the students boarded a plane to the Golden State.
Rothman wasn't alone. Another student also fell prey to the flu.
The team was down to nine, and Emma Horan '18 jumped into the leadership role. Accompanying the team as a learning partner was Rebecca Brenner, coordinator of accessibility services in the Office of the Dean of Advising and Co-Curricular Programs.
Having lost a few participants increased challenges for the team, especially counselor-to-student ratio. But the team had superstars like Chris Ramprashad '20, who led a cabin of 12 boys by himself.
The intensity of the day's schedule made bonding easy.
Campers rose at 7 a.m. and were kept active until lights out at 9:30 p.m.
The counselors all nod. Seems the campers were always excited about the long, bright yellow invertebrates … often spotted on hikes.
Ramprashad remembers one hike as a highlight. It's not easy to get kids excited about a five-hour nature hike, but counselors made it fun.
"When we reached the top of a mountain, they were so surprised they climbed that high, almost unaware of the ascent," says Horan.
After dinner, evenings were made up of activities like a talent show, night hike, and carnival. On the final night, each cabin performed a skit. Ramprashad's cabin used the mythology of the camp's founding for inspiration.
While his group did a great job, he missed most of the other cabins' performances. As a good counselor, he was tending to a camper's medical needs in the health tent.
Each counselor had to learn roles a parent plays: healer, motivator, negotiator, and teacher. They took care of scary dreams, helped fight bouts of homesickness, and gave choices when behaviors fell short. They read storybooks at night, made up games, and feigned interest at each banana slug encounter.
Always being "on" can be a struggle, and counselors had to find a balance.
"Given the campers' varying backgrounds, I found it hard to balance the assertiveness of an authority figure with the niceness of a friend," says Horan.
"I had so much fun but felt like I was lecturing a lot more than I usually am as a 'parent'," says Brenner.
Despite the balancing act, they know the campers enjoyed themselves, and counselor evaluations had sweet comments.
Ramprashad was named Counselor of the Week by camp staff for his patience under pressure and ability to communicate with his cabin.
Since counselors' free time at camp never coincided, it's interesting to hear the ASB students reflect as a group.
"Nowhere else can you create such connections that demand emotion and presence as at camp," says Rothman.
And nowhere else can kids escape a label that hangs over them at home.
"We got to see them as new people in a new environment," says Horan.
"It was exhausting, but I would do it again in a heartbeat," says Ramprashad.
All signs that camp memories are strong even for counselors.


Torquay United Chairman, David Phillips, released a statement late last week providing fans with an update on the possible takeover of the Club and the redevelopment of Plainmoor or a new build stadium on an alternative site.
Aberdeen Football Club Chairman, Stewart Milne, has revealed plans for a new stadium and training facility at Kingsford, situated adjacent to the Aberdeen – Westhill road (A944) and just 200 metres from the new AWPR junction.
Forest Green Rovers FC has shortlisted nine stadium designs from almost 50 entries by architects based around the world in a competition to create the club's new home.
Cleveland Cavaliers' owner, Dan Gilbert, and Detroit Pistons executive Arn Tellem, have revealed plans for a US$1bn investment at Wayne County's unfinished jail site for a 25,000-seat Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium and other developments, including restaurants, hotel rooms and a commercial office tower.
Inspired by the rich nautical history of San Diego, and the beautiful Southern California coastline, the proposed San Diego Stadium and Convention Center has been designed from its inception to be one of the most comfortable and exciting stadiums in the world.
Cagliari City Council has finally approved planning permission for a new 21,000-seat stadium for Italian Serie B club Cagliari this week.
This 'yes' is the first crucial step towards construction of the new stadium, which the club is set to invest €55m (£44.5m/US$62.6m) into and in turn, hopes to sell the stadium's naming rights to recoup some of this investment.
When announcing approval of the project, the Council cited the huge amount of positive public interest in the proposal as one of the main drivers for green-lighting the new stadium.
Thanks to this week's vote, the project can now 'officially' kick off the process that will lead to the realisation of #lanostraCasa; an innovative project that focuses on the area, sport and the fans, and is notable for the redevelopment of the area, while delivering the highest standards of service, safety and environmental friendliness.
The club's current Sant'Elia stadium is due to be demolished in May 2017 and the new structure – be compliant with UEFA Category 4 requirements – to built in its place and delivered by June 2019.
Cagliari Calcio is aiming to develop a new, modern, safe and sustainable stadium, together with a commercial area, creating an attractive complementary area adjacent to Cagliari's city centre and the Mediterranean Sea. The stadium itself will include a fanshop, a museum, a ticketing centre, a dedicated kids area, Club offices, a conference centre, rooms for Cagliari Calcio youth players, some luxury rooms for first team players and one restaurant included in the hospitality area.
The hospitality area will be 4,000sqm, located in the main stand, which will also feature more than 15 skyboxes, as well as one roof-top restaurant with pitch views and one club (skybar) with sea views.
The additional commercial area development (c.15,000sqm) will include a shopping mall, a Cagliari Calcio-branded sports bar, a sports medical and physiotherapy centre with wellness area and a sports centre.
Moreover, in front of the new stadium's main stand, there will be: one training ground for 11 x 11 football, one for 7 x 7 football and one for 5-a-side football, together with two multifunctional sporting grounds for basketball, tennis, volleyball, etc., and a boxing and martial arts gym. These facilities will be available to the Club and to the local community.
New parking places will be created and the entire Sant'Elia area will be regenerated considering that the Municipality is currently pursuing multiple projects in order to improve the life quality of the neighbourhood.
Cagliari Calcio has developed the entire project with the support of B Futura, the infrastructural platform of Lega B, created precisely in order to assist Clubs throughout every steps of a new stadium development process.
B Futura works with a team of highly qualified partners providing advice in every aspect of the project. Those partners, all leaders in their markets, are: The Stadium Consultancy, McDermott Will&Emery, Repucom, Larry Smith, Eos Consulting Spa and Iniziativa.
The project of the new Sant'Elia stadium is the first in Italy that follows the new Law 147 of 2013 iter, a Law that provides defined and certain timing of every phase of project development. The Council approval represents an important signal in a country, as Italy, that wants and need to renovate its sport venues. The hope is that Cagliari stadium example will represents an incentive for the other projects B Futura is developing with the municipalities and football Clubs of Pescara, Avellino, Crotone and Como.
This YouTube video shows some stunning pictures of the planned project.
FC Barcelona has announced that the Espai Barça jury has unanimously selected the bid by Nikken Sekkei + Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes as the winner of the tender for the design of the new Camp Nou. The jury, made up of five FCB members, three members of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) and one member of Barcelona City Council, made its decision after a review of the different proposals by a technical commission in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations and requirements for the tender. The decision was made at a meeting held on Tuesday afternoon in the Ricard Maxenchs Press Room at Camp Nou.
The jury commented that the "Nikken Sekkei + Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes proposal stands out for being open, elegant, serene, timeless Mediterranean and democratic".
They also said that it is "notable for its relationship with the environment, providing depth, creating shadows and making members the stars of the facade and of the open area at all times".
The jury went on to say that the "proposal presents a very subtle attempt to intervene in the environment to facilitate circulation and achieve diverse urban usage in the Barça Campus and guarantees a clear and safe construction".
And in conclusion, they said "In short, it is a unique solution, reproducing the characteristic vision of the grandstand and canopy, from the inside out, a silent and powerful tribute to the stadium built by Francesc Mitjans in 1957".
In September 2015, the Espai Barça jury and technical committee selected, from the original 26 candidatures, eight teams for the definitive tender for the new Camp Nou. The teams had to be composed of one international studio and one local one, and had to base their proposals on the list of conditions published by the technical commission overseeing the tender, which was made up of the Espai Barça technical board, led by the director of the Patrimonial Area, William T. Mannarelli, and two architects from the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC).
The team formed by NIKKEN SEKKEI + Joan Pascual i Ramon Ausió Arquitectes was duly selected ahead of bids by: AECOM + B720 Arquitectes, AFL + Mateo Arquitectura, Arup Sport + Taller d'Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill, BIG + IDOM + BAAS Arquitectes, GENSLER Sport + OAB, HKS + COX + Batlle i Roig Arquitectes and POPULOUS + Mias Arquitectes + RCR Arquitectes.
Work on the new Camp Nou is scheduled to start in the 2017/18 season and end in the 2021/22 season.
The design criteria states that all seats must be covered and protected from adverse weather conditions, the new roof must measure more than 47,000sqm and all seats must have a perfect view of the pitch, with the first tier being made steeper. Hospitality facilities will also be improved and new hi-tech LED screens added.
The Japanese Nikken Sekkei company has been around for over 100 years and is one of Asia's leading architectural and engineering studios. This company designed the Saitama Super Arena, the Big Swan Stadium in Niigata and the Tokyo Dome, all in Japan. This team is working with the Catalan studio Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes headed by Joan Pascual and Ramon Ausió, who have a long and proven history of experience in Barcelona involving residential buildings, office blocks and hotels, such as Hotel Diagonal Zero.
The high-profile renovation is the biggest component of an ambitious €600m (US$651.9m, £467.4m) sports district called Espai Barça, which also includes the New Palau Balgrana multi-use arena, designed by US architects HOK.
FC Barcelona has presented its proposal for a new Espai Barça, which aims to provide the biggest and best sports facility that the world has ever seen in a city centre.
The New Palau Blaugrana was presented at the 1899 Auditorium, where the President of FC Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu spoke about the innovative project.
The current Palau is famous for its nights of glory and great comebacks, and so the Club President was quick to assure that the new stadium will maintain its terrific atmosphere.
The President said that "it is designed to remain a cauldron", which is a prominent characteristic felt by both players and fans alike in the current court. He also stated his delight with the final design as being "a global renovation project and improvement of the FC Barcelona facilities".
The New Palau will be "unique, innovative and an architectural jewel" which will hold everything necessary "to help us complete our objective of becoming the biggest sporting club in the world".
This is a project that will benefit all of the club's teams, said the President, "in order to maintain and improve their positions of excellence and their sporting successes".
Bartomeu also confirmed his pride in the construction of the project, saying that "we are building the Espai Barça with transparency and looking after the environment, for persons with reduced mobility and for the benefit of our immediate surroundings".
We want to make the New Palau daringly, but also sensibly and with common sense. The first thing we ask is that the atmosphere of the current Palau is maintained.
Therefore, until the New Miniestadi is built, work will not begin on the New Palau, which is scheduled for 2017. He also said that selling the naming rights of the stadium could fund the project.
The mass social interest in professional sports is high. Therefore, Moix believes "we have the sufficient facilities to cover around 10,000 seats".
However, the New Palau is designed to be flexible. Through retractable seating, it can reach a capacity of 12,000 spectators.
To maintain its famous atmosphere of the current Palau, Gascón from TAC Arquitectes, assured that they will work hard on the proximity of the fans and the acoustic effect.
We will create an arena with energy that provides a unique experience for European fans.
The bid by HOK + TAC Arquitectes is remarkably innovative with its concept of a multi-functional Palau, and is also outstanding for its permeability, flexibility and personality. With organic geometry, it offers a fine sequence between the Palau, annex court, ice rink and the FCB Escola facilities. The winning team is currently working together with the Barça technical teams and the Barcelona City Council to make further specifications and work further on the integration of the new installations with the rest of the Espai Barça and the city.
HOK Architecture is one of the most important firms in the United States in terms of architecture and engineering, with experience of all kinds of projects, all around the world. HOK developed the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the Nationwide Arena in Ohio and the Stockton Arena in California. The team also has the experience of being the architects behind the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
Locally, Eduard Gascón of TAC Arquitectes leads a solid team with extensive experience of the development of all kinds of projects in Barcelona, such as the award winning Parc del Turó de Can Mates, the Technology Centre in Manresa and different office buildings in Barcelona.
The HOK + TAC Arquitectes bid overcame fellow bids from Pattern Architects + Massip-Bosch Arquitectes, GMP + GCA Arquitectes, Make + BCQ Arquitectes, Francisco Mangado Arquitectos + Bach Arquitectes + R. Sanabria Arquitectes + I. Paricio and Wilkinson Eyre Architects + Alonso Balaguer Riera Arquitectes.
The NFL's San Diego Chargers announced the appointment of Fred Maas as Special Advisor to Chargers' Chairman Dean Spanos last week. Maas will advise in regards to the team's Stadium Initiative Project, following their decision to stay in their home city for the upcoming season.
Both the Chargers and Oakland Raiders had been eyeing a possible move to Los Angeles, as reported in the Showcase Special edition, as had the St. Louis Rams; now the Los Angeles Rams, following NFL owners approval for the team to move to the Southern California city for the start of the 2016 season, ending the League's 21-year absence in the United States' second-largest TV market.
The Rams, who have won one Super Bowl since leaving Los Angeles in 1995 for St. Louis, will play their home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum until their USD$1.86bn stadium in Inglewood, roughly 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles, is complete.
The Inglewood stadium project will be privately-financed, making it a steep buy-in for the Chargers; who will have an option to move in with the Rams next year. If the two teams cannot work out a deal, then the Raiders will be given the next option to work out a deal with the Rams.
Mr. Maas, the former Chairman of San Diego's Centre City Development Corporation, will advise Spanos and the Chargers on the Citizens' Initiative process, including the exploration of possible stadium financing plans that would be publicly acceptable, the drafting of the initiative document, and the creation of the campaign infrastructure necessary to give the Citizens' Initiative the best possible chance of success.
Mr. Maas will be working closely with an established team of legal, financial and land use advisors.
As for the Oakland Raiders, they announced last Thursday that they have reached a one-year lease extension agreement, keeping the team in the San Francisco Bay Area city for the upcoming NFL season.
Raiders Owner Mark Davis told a news conference that its agreement with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority also includes one-year extension options for the following two years to stay at the O.co Coliseum, which was built in 1966 and renovated for USD$120m in 1995.
Fredric Maas is currently the President and Managing Director of MRV Systems LLC, a manufacturer of marine robotic vehicles for the oceanographic, intelligence and defense industries, and is the Founder and CEO of Pacific EcoCompanies LLC, an investment and advisory firm focused on clean technologies and sustainable development. He previously served as a Principal in the real estate and land development business. In that capacity, he was a partner at Potomac Sports Properties, exclusive developer of the PGA TOUR's Tournament Player Club communities, and was the developer of Black Mountain Ranch in the city of San Diego, site of the Santaluz and Del Sur neighbourhoods.
He also served as the Chairman and CEO of the Centre City Development Corporation, downtown San Diego's redevelopment arm, for several years during its tenure, and served as Mayor Jerry Sanders advisor on a downtown sports and entertainment district. For the past 30 years, he has served as a consultant and advisor to numerous political campaigns for federal, state and local offices.
FC Barcelona has announced that the Espai Barça jury has selected the bid by the HOK + TAC Arquitectes team as the winner of the architectural tender for the New Palau Blaugrana. The jury, formed by five members of FCB, three members of the Collegi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) and one member of Barcelona City Council, made their decision after a careful study of the different proposals, carried out by a technical commission, in accordance with specifically established regulations and the requirements of the tender process.
The bid by HOK + TAC Arquitectes is remarkably innovative with its concept of a multi-functional Palau, and is also outstanding for its permeability, flexibility and personality. With organic geometry, it offers a fine sequence between the Palau, annex court, ice rink and the FCB Escola facilities. The winning team will now commence working together with the Barça technical teams and the Barcelona City Council to make further specifications and work further on the integration of the new installations with the rest of the Espai Barça and the city.HOK Architecture is one of the most important firms in the United States in terms of architecture and engineering, with experience of all kinds of projects, all around the world. HOK developed the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the Nationwide Arena in Ohio and the Stockton Arena in California. The team also has the experience of being the architects behind the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
The duo overcame rival bids from Pattern Architects + Massip-Bosch Arquitectes, GMP + GCA Arquitectes, MAKE + BCQ Arquitectes, Francisco Mangado Arquitectos + Bach Arquitectes + R. Sanabria Arquitectes + I. Paricio and Wilkinson Eyre Architects + Alonso Balaguer Riera Arquitectes. The jury congratulated all of the entrants for the high level and quality of the different bids presented for tender.
The work on the New Palau Blaugrana is expected to start in the 2017/18 season and end in the 2019/20 season. The complex on which it will stand is on the current site of the Miniestadi, next to the new Camp Nou station on Metro Line 9, and will have three areas that can operate independently. One is the huge multi-purpose pavilion, with the capacity for 10,000 spectators at sports events. The others are an auxiliary court with a capacity of 2,000 and the other is a complementary ice rink.
The capacity of 10,000 meets the requirements of the Euroleague basketball competition and the seats will be arranged to be right next to the court, thus fostering a veritable 'wave effect'.
The New Palau will have wide areas that are easily accessed and conditioned for all services that spectators might require, and will be fully adapted for persons with reduced mobility.
The requirements included the need for the main and auxiliary courts to be located on the same level, with shared locker rooms and services for athletes, with each sports section having its own compact area including all necessary services, and for there to be 18 VIP boxes and two 'skybars' with views of the court, one of which can also function as a restaurant. It also needs to have a 200 m2 pressroom with work areas and specific services, and for access to the court to be via three tunnels to assist with assembly and disassembly of operations for different matches and other events.
The presentation of the New Palau Blaugrana construction project will take place at a public event to be held over the next few weeks.
The FC Barcelona members unanimously approved the New Espai Barça, the project to transform the Club's facilities, including the Camp Nou, Palau Blaugrana and Miniestadi. 72.36% of members gave the 'green light' to the remodelling and construction of the FC Barcelona premises at this site at a referendum held on 5 April 2014.
The tenders to select the architectonic projects for the construction of the New Camp Nou and New Palau Blaugrana, which began last June 5, entered the second phase with the selection of the shortlist of candidates, and the period for them to present their architectonic proposals for each installation.
The jury selected eight teams which were mainly made up of one international and one local studio each, to prepare their proposals for the New Camp Nou, and another six teams to do the same for the New Palau Blaugrana, in accordance with the recommendations made by the technical commission, made up of the Espai Barça team and two architects from the COAC.
A total of 45 teams took part in the first round of the tender, who had to present their credentials and experience of similar projects. The jury and the Espai Barça technical committee then selected the finalists, who were presented with guidelines showing all of the information required to put their projects together, along with the regulations and criteria for the second phase and all of the documentation compiled by the Espai Barça during the last year of work.
Over the next few weeks, the jury is set to announce the winner of the project for the New Camp Nou. The eight candidates are as follows: AECOM + B720 Arquitectes, Arup Sport + Taller d'Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill, BIG + IDOM + BAAS Arquitectes, Gensler Sport + OAB, HKS + COX + Batlle i Roig Arquitectes, KSS + Mateo Arquitectura, Nikken Sekkei + Joan Pascual i Ramon Ausió Arquitectes and Populous + MIAS Arquitectes + RCR Arquitectes.
The Batlle i Roig Arquitectes studio won the tender for the New Miniestadi, which ended last May, and will be built at the Ciutat Esportiva training ground for a cost of 12 million euros. The Batlle i Roig Arquitectes studio, which had already taken part in the architectonic design of the Ciutat Esportiva, has designed a New Miniestadi in keeping with the requirements of the tender. It will have the capacity for 6,000 spectators, adapted to UEFA category III, with covered terraces, 600 parking spaces and independently functioning from the Ciutat Esportiva. It is scheduled for opening in June 2017.
Image of the inside of the New Palau Blaugrana.
Main image: Panoramic image of the New Palau Blaugrana.
According to the Sports Business Journal, the NFL's Washington Redskins have hired Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) to design the team a new stadium.
If this report is indeed true, this would signify the first step in the team's journey to depart FedEx Field (pictured above) in order to relocate to a new bespoke stadium somewhere else in the region.
BIG made headlines last year when it was selected to design Google's futuristic greenhouse-style HQ-campus in Mountain View, California. The firm is also working with the Smithsonian on a 20-year master plan for museums on the National Mall.
According to team sources, firms with experience of designing NFL stadiums were also considered, however it was BIG that won out in the end.
The Redskins have been trying to garner support from local elected officials for a new stadium location for the last 12 months; this is despite the fact that the team's lease at FedEx Field does not expire until 2027.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has pitched the team on locations in Loudoun County along the unbuilt second leg of Metro's Silver Line, and the team hired lobbyists from McGuire Woods to advance support for a stadium among state legislators. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) meanwhile has enquired with federal officials controlling the land beneath RFK Stadium about building a new stadium there.
According to a piece in the Washington Post, Christopher S. Dunlavey, President of the D.C.-based planning and architectural firm Brailsford & Dunlavey, which worked on Nationals Park, commented that the selection of BIG represents "a very interesting and different kind of choice" because of the firm's "splashy work on an assortment of other projects and only recent foray into sports".
People involved in building stadiums are usually very reliant on the firms who have demonstrated a strong record in understanding sports sites. BIG is known very well for very innovative architecture and design, but they haven't been known for that kind of expertise.
MLS side, D.C. United, have released new renderings of the Populous-designed soccer stadium on its Buzzard Point site. The renderings feature a partial roof over the stands, in a stadium that is expected to have a capacity of between 18,000 to 23,000.
Populous Senior Principals Jon Knight and Joe Spear have said that they "wanted to create a stadium that would bring fans close to the action".
The Club's new home may be several years away from completion, but the latest renderings show what can be expected from the Buzzard Point project; with the new stadium expected to open in 2018.
The new facility will be within walking distance of the home of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals and the Navy Yard Ballpark station of the Washington Metro.
The city and club announced in September that the city had filed for eminent domain to acquire several acred of land Buzzard Point to be used for the new stadium.
The Club has been playing out of RFK Stadium since its inception in 1996 and will continue to do so until the new stadium is complete.
Following a vote from National Football League owners, the NFL's St. Louis Rams have officially been approved to return to the greater Los Angeles area and will do so for the 2016 NFL season. The team had previously called Los Angeles 'home' from 1946-1994.
This has been the most difficult process of my professional career. While we are excited about the prospect of building a new stadium in Inglewood, California, this is bitter sweet. St. Louis is a city known for its incredibly hard-working, passionate and proud people. Being part of the group that brought the NFL back to St. Louis in 1995 is one of the proudest moments of my professional career. Reaching two Super Bowls and winning one are things all St. Louisans should always treasure.
While there understandably has been emotionally charged commentary regarding our motives and intentions, the speculation is not true and unfounded. I am a Missouri native named after two St. Louis sports legends who I was fortunate enough to know on a personal level. This move isn't about whether I love St. Louis or Missouri. I do and always will. No matter what anyone says, that will never change. This decision is about what is in the best long-term interests of the Rams organization and the National Football League. We have negotiated in good faith with the Regional Sports Authority for more than a decade trying to find a viable and sustainable solution. When it became apparent that we might not be able to reach an agreement, it was then and only then that we looked at alternatives.
We would like to thank the National Football League, its owners, and the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities for their diligence and dedication. We look forward to returning to Los Angeles and building a world-class NFL entertainment district in Inglewood.
The Rams could be joined by the Chargers, who have a one-year option to decide if they want to relocate and join the Rams in Inglewood.
According to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, the Chargers will have up until the conclusion of the owners meetings (March 20-23) to decide if they're playing in L.A. or San Diego in 2016. The window creates the possibility – however slight – that the Chargers could remain in San Diego. The city is hosting a June vote for USD$350m in public funding toward a new facility to replace Qualcomm Stadium. It is possible that the Chargers will put off a final decision until that vote takes place.
The Raiders – the third team that had L.A. aspirations – withdrew their application for relocation on Tuesday and will work with the League toward a stadium solution, most likely in Oakland. If the Chargers do not exercise their option to move to Los Angeles, the Raiders will have a one-year option to join the Rams in Inglewood.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said during a Tuesday night news conference that the league will provide USD$100m to both the Chargers and the Raiders if they remain in their current home markets.
AFC Wimbledon confirmed today that Merton Council has approved the club's plans to build a new stadium in the borough.
We are all absolutely delighted. This has been a momentous day for our club and the most important event since we reformed it 13 years ago.
Following the sale of our former Plough Lane site and the decision by the FA to allow Wimbledon FC's Football League place to be moved to Milton Keynes, our fans did something unprecedented in the football world – we decided to re-form the club, enter the football hierarchy at the lowest level and repeat what the old Wimbledon FC did with massive success, namely make our way up through the many leagues into the Football League.
We started with nothing, no team, no stadium, no manager, not even a strip to wear. But what was different this time was that the club was formed by and remains owned by the fans, in other words we are firmly rooted in our community.
We have never lost sight of that and so we have focused the majority of our community works on Merton because this is our home and we are delighted that we have been granted planning approval to return to Wimbledon.
On behalf of the club and our supporters, we would like to place on record our thanks to Merton's councillors who have demonstrated their support for our club and our work by supporting us to come home.
We are delighted to have received planning permission to redevelop this important brownfield site. Alongside AFC Wimbledon's new stadium, we will be providing 602 new high quality homes, a new squash and fitness facility and a retail unit. These new homes will make a significant contribution towards Merton's own minimum 10 year target for new homes and the regeneration of this part of Merton.


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WRC-23 Agenda Items — update from CEPT
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IARU was represented at the meeting of CEPT Project Team A (responsible for some aspects of the CEPT position for WRC-19), which has just finished in Prague. Of particular interest were discussions on two proposed Agenda items for WRC-23, concerning the sharing of the 1240 – 1300 MHz band with the Galileo navigation system and the proposal from France to study a range of frequencies, including the 144 MHz amateur band, for future aeronautical applications.
The output from PTA does not carry forward the Galileo proposal, but it is likely that further discussions will take place prior to the Conference Preparatory Group meeting in August. Meantime work on this issue will also continue in other specialist CEPT forums. IARU will continue to support this approach and it believes this will be the most efficient method for developing the sharing guidance required to protect Galileo operations in a timely manner.
Regarding new aeronautical frequencies (including 144 – 146 MHz), the proposal was not strongly opposed by administrations and has been carried forward to the higher level CEPT Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) meeting in August for final adoption.
IARU views with grave concern any proposal to include the 144 MHz band in the proposed aeronautical agenda item and will be making every effort to fully protect amateur radio interests and seek the support of regulators in this regard.
The band 144 – 146 MHz is allocated globally to the amateur and amateur satellite services on a primary basis. It is the only globally harmonised VHF band for the amateur and amateur satellite service. As such it is an important and widely used part of the amateur spectrum with a vast installed base of both terrestrial/maritime amateur users and systems and operational satellite stations including the International Space Station (ISS).
This heavily used band supports a large number of repeater stations, segments for weak-signal long distance terrestrial and EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communications, satellite and ISS usage, data services, as well as conventional terrestrial and tropospheric communications. The Primary status of the band has also enabled a number of amateur aeronautical uses including on manned flights and high-altitude balloons. Supporting all of this is a wide variety of commercial and experimental equipment, ranging from ultra-low noise preamplifiers for sensitive receivers, software defined radios and transmitting systems that can deliver high EIRP levels when needed to overcome high loss propagation paths.
Given the propagation to/from an aircraft at altitude, it is entirely possible that harmful interference to sensitive amateur and amateur satellite receivers will be caused over a 1,000 km radius of a single aircraft.
IARU will shortly be providing a brief to Member Societies and other interested parties, asking them to discuss the French proposal with their administrations well in advance of the August CEPT-CPG meeting.
It is possible that France will seek to introduce into other Regional Telecommunications Organisations (RTO) the same proposal to study the 144 – 146 MHz band for aeronautical use. IARU will provide a brief shortly to enable representations to be made to administrations in countries under those RTOs for protection of this amateur spectrum allocation.
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The Michigan Department of Transportation says it plans to close southbound I-75 over the Rouge River on Feb. 4, 2017. MDOT says it will take about two years to replace the bridge deck, which has been crumbling due to wear and age. Construction Engineer Bill Erben says the support columns underneath the pavement deck are sound.
Erben says the main detour will be westbound I-96 in Detroit to southbound I-275 in Plymouth Township. People who live in southwest Detroit and the downriver communities can also use Fort Street, Jefferson, and I-94 as alternate routes. Erben says MDOT will also replace several other bridges on I-75 between Detroit and Rockwood. The southbound side of the bridge will be replaced in 2017, followed by the northbound deck in 2018. Northbound traffic will be maintained at all times. Commuters can keep track of the project online at www.75rougeriver.com, and on social media, too.
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SB I-75 will be detoured onto WB I-96.


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This section includes information on the types of research funding available. This is split broadly between commercial and non-commercial (including internal funding):
The key aim of research charities is to generate knowledge that benefits the public good. Charities provide an important independent stream of research funding which complements the objectives of the Research Councils and Government departments. There are hundreds of research funding charities covering a wide range of aims. All are regulated by charity law and are required to adhere to certain obligations and restrictions on the use of charitable funds for research, e.g. the requirement to disseminate research findings and a prohibition on funding research for the purpose of commercial or private gain.
Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
The AMRC is a member organisation of the leading UK charities that fund medical and health research. There are currently over 100 members, including the world's largest charity, the Wellcome Trust, all with the common aim of improving human health by funding a wide range of research including basic, applied and disease specific. These charities provide funds in a variety of ways ranging from small pump-priming grants to substantial funds intended for programmes of research. Medical research charities can only fund research that falls within their charitable objectives, which may focus on a particular disease or condition, a range of diseases or more widely on improving human health through education and research.
Members are listed on the AMRC website.
UK Research and Innovation
UKRI, primarily through its Research Councils, invests approximately £2.8 billion per annum in research ranging from medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry, engineering, social sciences, economics, and the arts and humanities. The aim, scale and balance of the projects funded reflect the national research priorities agreed in consultation with Government and other stakeholders. UKRI is principally funded through the Science Budget by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
UKRI comprises nine organisations: seven Research Councils, which are organised by discipline, Innovate UK who support translation activities (often involving industry partners) and Research England, a funding council who support underpinning funding for universities:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Research England
UKRI also has its own funding streams:
Official Development Assistance (Newton Fund and Global Challenges Research Fund - Imperial also has its own page on GCRF)
National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF)
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
Talent - Future Leaders Fellowships (Imperial has an internal process for this scheme)
Place - Strength in Places Fund
The Strategic Priorities Fund is currently the newest stream of funding emerging from the UKRI NPIF and is primarily being strategically allocated at this stage. There may be open calls at later stages. A summary of the current status of this stream can be seen in the following table - UKRI does not group together calls for this stream in the same way as the other streams.
Open Calls?
EMBL- European Bioinformatics Institute
£45M
Additional QR
£16.3M
Ensuring the Security of Digital Technologies at the Periphery (SDTaP)
EPSRC/Innovate UK
PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things Systems Cybersecurity will manage a series of open academic funding calls throughout its lifetime, the first of which will be announced in summer 2019.
Additionally, Innovate UK is running calls:
Demonstrators addressing cyber security challenges in the Internet of Things
Living with Machines
£9.2M
No – funds committed
AI and Data Science for Engineering, Health, Science and Government
EPSRC/The Alan Turing Institute/ BBSRC/MRC/NERC/STFC
Beginning of this spend is already committed but there may be future calls open to ATI members and the wider HEI community for subsequent spend in this area.
Physics of Life
EPSRC/BBSRSC/MRC
2nd Open call expected end of 2019
UK Animal and Plant Health: understanding and countering bacterial plant diseases
BBSRC/NERC/DEFRA
Beginning of this spend is already committed but there may be future open calls
The Human Cell Atlas initiative
Landscape Decisions: Towards a new framework for using land assets programme
NERC/AHRC/BBSRC/EPSRC/ESRC/Defra
Landscape Decisions mathematical and statistical challenges small grants call
Landscape Decisions mathematical and statistical challenges LARGE grants call
UK Climate Resilience
NERC/ESRC/EPSRC/AHRC/MET Office
The Met Office as a delivery partner, has a funding opportunities page
Clean Air: Analysis and Solutions
NERC/EPSRC/ESRC/ Innovate UK/ MRC/NPL/Defra
No current calls open.
Constructing a Digital Environment
NERC/EPSRC/Innovate UK/Defra/Cabinet Office
Other UK Goverment departments
A number of Government departments provide significant funding for a wide variety of research activities.
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
DEFRA programmes on the environment, food and rural affairs.
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and QinetiQ
DSTL is an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). QinetiQ is Britain's largest independent science and technology company. They both supply scientific and technical research and advice to the MOD.
Department for Transport (DfT)
The DfT oversees the delivery of a reliable, safe and secure transport system that responds efficiently to the needs of individuals and business whilst safeguarding our environment.
Department of Health (DH)
The DH funds significant programmes of research and development in the NHS through the National Institute for Health Research. The national programmes investigate a broad range of healthcare matters including the provision of funding to support the training and education of future health researchers. In addition, DH spends about £30 million per annum through ad-hoc research budgets (held by Departmental policy branches) and through research undertaken by arm's length bodies including the Public Health England (previously known as the Health Protection Agency).
National Academies, including the Royal Society
There are four English-based National Academies, all of which have the same principal roles:
an independent fellowship of world-leading scholars and researchers
a funding body that supports new research, nationally and internationally
advocacy for their respective research fields
a forum for debate and engagement
The four organisations are as follows:
The Royal Society is a leading independent scientific body in the UK and the Commonwealth, promoting excellence in science by supporting scientists from postdoctoral level to senior professorships. They offer grants for a variety of purposes ranging from conference travel to the modernisation of laboratories.
The British Academy is the UK's national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. The British Academy provides a variety of grants and fellowships to support academic research, career development and wider engagement. Funding opportunities cover UK and international research from the postdoctoral level upwards.
The Royal Academy of Engineering is the UK's national academy for engineering and technology, bringing together the most talented and successful engineers to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of society. The Academy runs a programme of grants and prizes to support and celebrate the pursuit of engineering activities and to enable closer contact between academia and industry.
The Academy of Medical Sciences is the independent body in the UK representing the diversity of medical science, advancing biomedical and health research and its translation into benefits for society. The Academy is committed to supporting the careers of the next generation of biomedical and health researchers through a portfolio of grant schemes, a mentoring programme, career development events and careers policy work.
National Institutes of Health, USA (NIH)
The NIH is the United States' national medical research agency and consists of twenty-seven institutes and centres. It funds grants, cooperative agreements and contracts that support the advancement of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behaviour of living systems to meet the NIH mission of extending healthy life and reducing the burdens of illness and disability.
Comprehensive information on NIH policies, funding opportunities is available on the NIH website.
NIH Application Process Flowchart [pdf]
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORTER)
Further information: NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Policy
The European Commission's main mechanism for funding research and innovation in Europe is through Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) which offers a range of funding opportunities to UK HEIs.
Information on funding opportunities, application processes and details of support is available from the Research Office Europe team.
College's European Commission funding webpages
The UK Research Office (UKRO) is the UK's leading national information and advice service on European Commission funding for research and higher education, and their mission is to promote effective UK participation in European Commission funded research programmes, higher education programmes, and other related activities. This includes:
Supporting sponsors and subscribers through early insight and briefing on developments in European programmes and policies
Disseminating timely and targeted information on European Commission funding opportunities
Providing high quality advice, guidance and training on applying for and managing European Commission projects
Details on European Commission funding are also available at UK Research Office (UKRO)
Internal schemes
The application and award processes of a number of College internal funding schemes are managed by the Funding Strategy team in the Research Office on behalf of the Vice-Provost (Research). These include, but are not limited to:
Research Council supported Impact Acceleration Accounts
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowships
These awards go through the research ledger and are managed post award by Faculty Research Services teams.
Industry and private companies (national and multinational)
A wide variety of activities are funded by industry and the private sector. A good understanding of the market context is critical when entering into negotiation with industry. This includes:
Understanding the investigators' and Imperial's position within the wider market, i.e. retaining or gaining market share
Acquiring sufficient knowledge of competitors
Taking advantage of opportunities, e.g. gaps in the market
Minimising risks and threats
Relating supply with demand, e.g. reacting to funders' priorities, where appropriate
Understanding the funders' willingness and ability to pay
The value of the research to its business
Consideration of multiple services to provide a competitive edge
Imperial has faculty-based contract negotiators who liaise with companies on the terms and conditions of funding. The requirement to retain the academic freedom to disseminate knowledge and ownership of background and arising Intellectual Property is central to contract negotiations. Because of this, negotiation can be a lengthy process. Background information to the contracting process and associated policies is available in the Contracts section.


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China's tech power grab should ring White House alarm bells
Posted by Phil Muncaster
on March 06 2017
US president Donald Trump has, as on many topics, been pretty vocal about China. In typically understated fashion he claimed on the campaign trail that the world's second biggest economy has manipulated its currency in the past to make exports more competitive. Or, in his own words: "We can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing." Now, notwithstanding the fact that most presidential candidates talk tough on China before dialling back the rhetoric once inside the Oval Office, there are things happening closer to home that President Trump would be better advised to focus on.
Last month, Microsoft lost one of its top artificial intelligence (AI) experts to Chinese rival Baidu. While perhaps not remarkable in itself, it is symptomatic of a worrying trend for the US: that the nation could be losing out in a field vital to the commercial prosperity of its technology industry and the long-term strength of its military.
These are concerns not helped by the presence of a Baidu R&D centre in Silicon Valley, and of Beijing-linked VC firms wielding increasing influence in the tech heartland of America. So what's the new commander-in-chief going to do about it?
The power of AI
Qi Lu's defection to Baidu to become the search giant's new COO is not surprising. The firm has been investing serious sums in artificial intelligence in a bid to become a global leader. What has been surprising, however, is its establishing an AI Laboratory in Sunnyvale. The firm is now on a major hiring spree – presumably peeling off some of the country's top grads in the process. That in itself should be a concern for a president hell-bent on making America 'great' again.
But there are other implications. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in military applications. In fact, the US Navy has been testing a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile said to harness the technology to help it avoid enemy defences. China is already looking to match these capabilities, according to the New York Times. This is a concern for the Pentagon, given the close links between China's private businesses and the state. Suspicion of these links have in the past led to lawmakers banning Huawei and ZTE from competing in the US telecoms infrastructure market.
Last autumn, a US government report claimed the number of studies published by Chinese scientists referencing "deep learning" exceeded those produced by their American counterparts. As if that weren't concerning enough for the White House, Chinese government-backed VC firms are now putting serious sums of cash into funding Valley start-ups, according to The Information. It claimed:
"The funds typically don't advertise their links to Chinese government agencies. Complicating the picture, they have a bewildering array of corporate structures connecting them to the government. What's clear is that their limited partners are all either state-owned enterprises or government entities, whose funding is dependent on following Chinese government policy."
The funds are also being matched by the likes of Chinese web giants Tencent, Alibaba and others. It isn't all about AI, of course. But it's happening on a big enough scale to cause a few furrowed brows in the Pentagon and the boardrooms of Silicon Valley.
Time for change?
These concerns are part of the reason why a group of US Congressmen last year wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking to increase the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). This is the body that traditionally investigates the national security implications of any M&A deals involving foreign firms.
It urged the GAO to consider:
Does the scope of the CFIUS review capture Chinese angel/venture capital funds being established in the US or Chinese investment in tech accelerators and incubators. Is there reason to believe it should?
Whether the new leader of the Western world decides to make this part of his mission to revive the fortunes of a superpower on the wane remains to be seen. In the nearer term the Pentagon would do well to try and rebuild trust with Silicon Valley and its smartest computer scientists. That relationship has been decidedly frosty ever since Edward Snowden exposed the true scale of government surveillance in the US.
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Phil Muncaster
Phil Muncaster has been writing about technology since joining IT Week as a reporter in 2005. After leaving his post as news editor of online site V3 in 2012, Phil spent over two years covering the Asian tech scene from his base in Hong Kong. Now back in London, he always has one eye on what's happening out East.


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Boating Magazine Editor Randy Vance spends a day on the new Sea-Doo 230 SP boat in Orlando, Florida. See what he thought about the new model equipped with a new forward swept tower, seating for 12 and iTC, plus all the benefits of direct jet drive propulsion.
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