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Ben Barrett
By: Ben Barrett
Glovers' Ollie Haste
Pic From @yeovilcollege
Yeovil Town's Under-18s have progressed through to the final 16 of the ECFA's Knockout College Cup following a comprehensive 6-1 victory over Truro and Penwith College.
Two of the goals were scored by Ollie Haste (pictured) with two other scorers and an own goal getting on the score sheet as well.
The young Glovers will play Merthyr Tydfil College in the next round, matches will be played on or before February 9th, with a potential final at Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster just four wins away.
U18s @ytfcacademy progress into the round of 16 of the College Cup following a 6-1 victory over Truro and Penwith yesterday. Goals from Hodges ⚽⚽ Haste ⚽⚽ Bateson ⚽and an own goal helped complete the rout. Details on the draw for the next round to follow. #YTFC💚
— Yeovil Town U18's (@ytfcacademy) January 20, 2022
In: Latest Yeovil Town News, Player interviews
Dan Moss. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Former Yeovil Town loan defender, Dan Moss has told the Gloverscast he will be forever grateful for his time at Huish Park and would keep an eye out for their results and cheer on his former club.
In an exclusive chat with Ben and Ian (which you can listen to below) he said: "I think I'm a Yeovil fan for life now. Even on Saturday, the game got called off for Leyton Orient so I was sat in my room and I had the Yeovil game on the radio. I'll definitely be watching Yeovil's results in the future."
He spoke of the amount of learning he did whilst with the club, benefiting from his first loan spell in more areas that just on the pitch.
Dan Moss, Josh Staunton and Joe Quigley defend vs Weymouth
Credit: Weymouth Flickr
Now at Leyton Orient in the EFL he said how he'd look back on his time at Yeovil throughout his career and would be forever grateful for the support of the Glovers faithful.
"I can't say a bad word about Yeovil, I've loved every single minute of it, what it has taught me as a player, I cant put it into words. My first senior loan, I've learned so much"
You can hear our chat with Dan on the player below and in all the usual places you get the Gloverscast. We chat Weymouth FA Cup penalty shenanigans, having half of H̶o̶l̶l̶y̶w̶o̶o̶d̶ Wrexham baying for his blood as well as those huge FA Cup ties against Stevenage and Bournemouth.
All the best at Leyton Orient and beyond, Dan from everyone at the Gloverscast.
Headley returns to Huddersfield
Huddersfield Town left back Jaheim Headley has made his first appearance for his parent club since the end of his loan spell at Huish Park
Headley, who arrived on a 'short term' deal just before Christmas was named in a Huddersfield B side who took on Salford on Wednesday
The Terriers noted that his initial spell was due to run until January 15th but he was not included in either squads for the Southend or Needham Market games.
Headley started the FA Trophy game against Woking before being an unused sub against Torquay on Boxing Day as well as for the FA Cup against Bournemouth.
Whilst his return was never confirmed, I think it's fair to say his short stint in Somerset is over.
Thanks for the assist for Adi Yussuf's equaliser against Woking, Jaheim.
Sarll 'doesn't know' if he can recruit players
Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll talks to BBC Radio Somerset
Yeovil Town manager Darren Sarll admitted his "didn't know" if he would be able to strengthen his squad as his side crashed out of the FA Trophy at the hands of Needham Market on Saturday.
Speaking to BBC Somerset following the game, he admitted he would like to add more players, but that it wasn't up to him.
The interview showed clear signs of the boss' frustration at not being able to bolster a side which remains eight points off the National League play-off places with games in hand over teams above him.
He said: "I have tried to conduct myself with dignity because I am not an excuse maker.
"We showed Needham respect with the team we put out, the only one I rested was Tom (Knowles) having been out for a while.
"At this time of year, you usually get that nice influx of new bodies and new characters in the changing rooms, and today is probably the first time I have looked at it and thought we could do with some experience and character.
"I don't think Mark (Little) will feel like he's fit enough to really impose himself and Reuben (Reid) is probably the same.
"It's been a horrible week professionally and personally and it didn't get any easier today."
The Glovers were without (deep breath):
Luke Wilkinson – hamstring injury which the manager said today meant he was "two or three weeks away" from returning;
Dan Moss – recalled from his loan spell by parent club Millwall;
Joe Quigley – illness;
Charlie Wakefield – had not trained this week;
Jaheim Headley – loan expired today and (we assume) he is back with Huddersfield Town;
Dillon Barnes – missing from the last two squad and presumably returned to QPR after his loan.
Then there is also youth team players Ollie Haste, who played – and scored – for the Under 18s, and Toby Stephens who absence was unexplained, but who hasn't featured since his loan spell at Hemel Hempstead.
The absentees meant Sarll could only panne four substitutes against Needham Market, one of whom was defender Mark Little who was making his competitive debut for the club having been missing since pre-season.
Sarll admitted he wanted to add players of a certain calibre, but didn't know if he could.
He said: "These young people are going to have peaks and troughs, I never got too carried away on a winning run because I know how football can change quickly.
"The biggest disappointment in today's performance was the lack of personality, we have to keep working.
"It does need a freshen up with some new bodies and I'm sure if we can do that, I'm sure we will and, if we can't, we will carry on trying to improve what we have.
"I have not got the answers, I wish I did. It's something that will always go to board level. My job is to always ask for more and keep asking and reminding because no supporter wants to come and watch that standard of performance.
"When I can't be on the training pitch with them, there's been a continuum of poor performances when I have not been hands on and that is something I need to look at.
"I need to look at if there's an impact needs to be made in the backroom staff like (now departed assistant manager) Terry (Skiverton) made and whether we can punch it, it's just such a shame we have performed so badly after building some credit, we have thrown all that away unfortunately.
"Bringing in another young one is not what we need right now, we need someone who will leave a little bit of a mark in the dressing room where the players look each other in the eye.
"By next week, we will not have Luke (Wilkinson) back but we will have (Charlie) Wakefield back. We lack a real thrust when Knowles and Wakefield aren't out there and I've learnt that the hard way today."
It is also hoped that full confirmation of Sonny Blu Lo-Everton's loan extension will be confirmed this week as this FA Trophy tie represented the last of his current spell at Huish Park.
Gloversblog: Selection Conundrums
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Yeovil players celebrate Charlie Wakefield's FA Cup winner in Round 2
Here's a conundrum for you.
How do you cope with the injuries and illness that the Glovers have had this mid-season, in 'COVID World' whilst having a squad as small as Yeovil Town's, and yet at the same time have multiple selection headaches with multiple options in different positions?
That's exactly what manager Darren Sarll has not just up front with Joe Quigley, Reuben Reid and Adi Yussuf seemingly vying for one spot, but also now in goal.
First choice Grant Smith has been nothing short of fantastic between the sticks this season, and his post-match red card at Torquay on Boxing Day threw a spanner in the works for the upcoming games including last weekend's FA Cup tie against Bournemouth.
With the greatest of respect, the loan keeper from QPR, Dillon Barnes, was far from an adequate replacement. The 87th player to take his place between the posts for us since the end of the Second World War (we think) but not one to stick in the memory.
Dillon Barnes vs Bournemouth
Errors against both Torquay and the Cherries at key moments were killer blows in big matches and the team suffered.
Barnes is not a bad 'keeper, far from it in fact, he has played plenty of EFL games and a contract at a Championship club is a clear sign that he has qualities.
But he was clearly rusty, thrown into two big games with players he'd barely met and maybe, couldn't quite get up to speed in time.
The Glovers' regular back-up keeper Max Evans, with not a lot more than a single FA Trophy game behind him, had the potential to be a rabbit in the headlights in those games too, and I totally understand Sarll's choice to get in a loan keeper.
Max Evans
Evans will get his chance against Needham Market, but I am sure glad Grant Smith is back. A reliable pair of gloves has been the mainstay of successful Yeovil sides, see Tony Pennock, Chris Weale, Steve Mildenhall and Marek Stech in previous years.
We've had some great on loan goalkeepers – Begovic, McCarthy, Henderson, Steer – and some high quality back-up keepers down the years, haven't we? Gareth Stewart, Ben Roberts, even Wealey himself for a time. Malcolm Rigby, anyone?
Grant Smith might need to keep his composure and his hips slightly less thrusted at times, but his absence has only solidified his value to the group.
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Gloversblog; curious case of Alex Bradley
Alex Bradley in conversation with manager Darren Sarll.
Have you seen Alex Bradley?
The former Finland youth International turned a loan deal from Lincoln into a permanent one back in January of 2021.
It's probably safe to say the next year hasn't quite been what he imagined.
At the time he said; "My ambitions for the rest of the season are to play as many games as I can to the best of my ability and to help the team achieve what we are all capable of."
"To reach the play-off spots is doable and it's up to us as a squad to make that happen. I hope we can have a very successful remainder of the campaign and get this club back to where it belongs."
Those play off spots of course never materialised, and the reasons for that are complex and in no way, shape or form down to Alex.
In total, the defender/midfielder played 24 times in the 2020/21 season for Yeovil, mostly from the start and mostly at right back.
He was rarely absent through injury and only got sent off once right at the end of the season away at Aldershot.
Alex Bradley is sent off at Aldershot Town
Now, this season feels a very different story.
He has played in nine league games so far.
That's less than half of the matches, what's more alarming is that's he started NONE.
Using Soccerbase as a guide his nine sub appearances in the league have come in the following minutes of matches; 89, 76, 89, 86, 87, 88, 75, 81 & 89.
He did get nearly half an hour vs Yate Town in the FA Cup and started the Trophy game against Woking but was taken off after 73 minutes.
All of this means his last completed match was the defeat to Stockport on the final day of last season.
I've been scratching my head as to what's changed and why Bradley has been left out in the cold so often.
…and before you all start screaming "he's clearly fallen out with the manager"…
I'm not going to putting that forward as an argument, there's no evidence to suggest that and there might be more to it.
Yeovil signed Mark Little and then Dan Moss both would have been ahead of him in the pecking order for the right back shirt that he occupied so regularly last season.
But at Lincoln, he was predominantly a midfielder, playing as such in an EFL Cup game against Liverpool shortly before heading to Somerset.
The Glovers have moved to a 4-3-3 system this campaign for the most part and with the success of Gorman, Staunton and Worthington as a trio there means there has been little need to tinker with that – despite the little Mitch Rose experiment of which we shall not mention again.
It was suggested that he might be more suited to a standard right side of midfield position, recent talk of a return to 4-4-2 might have fuelled some excitement in the 22-year old of a potential return, but suggestions after the Southend loss are that a tactical switch might be on the scrap heap already have probably quashed that.
Alex Bradley. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Has he just been unlucky then?
He's done nothing wrong in his mini cameos, but even then he came on in multiple different roles.
He played left wing at Stockport replacing Tom Knowles, he played on the right of the front three for a few seconds against Stevenage in the cup tasked with just killing time and being a nuisance.
He went into a defensive back line made up of about 7 players at Solihull and at Wrexham too.
Maybe he has just been biding his time, a little like Morgan Williams who had to snaffle a chance as an emergency left back when the opportunity came.
Others, like Matty Worthington have had unexplained time out the side and come back to be a mainstay in the team, so I don't think his time at the club is coming to an end either.
It's all a bit confusing and this weekend's game against Needham Market might show us exactly where he stands in the respect of his involvement.
Despite Darren Sarll suggesting not much will change, he'd likely make a slight alteration or two.
We still expect Max Evans to play in goal (well, we don't think Dillon Barnes is going to play) and with a potential reshuffle of putting Staunton in defence and with Worthington recovering from illness it might give Bradley some space in midfield.
Or will the early departure of Moss and the slow integration of Little back into the side offer him the chance back on the right side of defence?
What do you think? Has Alex Bradley been unlucky? Will he get a chance this weekend? Let us know!
Smith: We just couldn't get going
Grant Smith. Picture c/o Mike Kunz
Glovers' goalkeeper Grant Smith spoke to BBC Somerset's Sheridan Robins following Yeovil Town's 2-1 defeat at Southend United and said that the game just didn't get going for the visitors.
"We struggled with their shape, we couldn't really adapt to certain things they were going, we tried to change it a little bit, but we just couldn't get going"
The former Chesterfield stopper was back in goal after a two match ban and said on a personal level it was good to be back, but that the team was focused on putting right a poor run of results.
"I think the main thing for us is trying to keep our heads, trying to keep it at 1-0, when we keep it a 1-0 we are always in the game, one chance, like today you never know what can happen, it can quickly change.
"When it goes 2-0 and 3-0, sometimes it's over.
"Bringing Quigz (Joe Quigley) & Reubs (Reuben Reid) on we wanted the ascendency to go in our favour, but unfortunately we got caught on the break… that's football
"We gave it a good push at the end, but it wasn't enough
"Every game we play, we want to win and come Saturday (the FA Trophy match at home to Needham Market), it's a big, big chance to put it right."
The 'keeper said he had only himself to blame for his enforced absence recently and that he'd learn from the experience of missing out on the big games and ended by saying he and the side were "never too high when we win and never too low when we lose"
I'm sure Gloverscast listeners will have spotted that phrase used once or twice.
Sarll: Fatigue on show in Southend defeat
Yeovil Town boss, Darren Sarll spoke to BBC Somerset's Sheridan Robins following the Glovers' 2-1 defeat at Southend United and said that his side looked 'fatigued' both mentally and physically.
The manager said: "It lacked balance, when I think of the story of the game, when I think of the front four first half in the comparison to the opponent's front three, that part of the pitch looked so unbalanced.
"We actually playing the system better, then we made the changes with the centre forwards as we had no real route to goal… then we whacked it at goal, for a good 20 minutes, everything was 'whack, whack' which shows some mental fatigue and shows some players out of form
"For the last eight minutes of normal time, plus the extra time, there was a bit of balance and we found the time when to pass and when to play into the front, and then I thought we looked a threat."
Yeovil had a goal ruled out through Max Hunt which Darren Sarll said "maybe" could have been given on another day, but despite the late rally, Southend held on.
The second Southend goal, scored by Tom Clifford has left the gaffer with his biggest headache.
He said: "The biggest disappointment is the second goal, it is like a car crash and that probably does show mental fatigue.
"I don't want to throw the chaps under the bus, because they've been outstanding as we know, but that's a huge learner."
Sarll said that the performance in the first 20 minutes was tough to decipher the formation, or the roles of the players and that comes down to him.
"That's really disappointing as a football coach… I know what they're trying to do, they're trying to start a run, trying to get that winning feeling, but that kind of 'razz' and that confusion, the chaos in their mind. That leads to silly decisions."
Ruben Reid comes on vs Bournemouth
Reuben Reid's late consolation goal wasn't enough as the Glovers now go four games without a win and will head in to Saturday's game against Needham Market searching for that winning formula.
Sarll confirmed that he would be reluctant to make too many changes as the Glovers seek progression in the FA Trophy.
"We have to feel winning again, this isn't 'participation football', this isn't grass roots football, and we have to try and taste winning again, we will give them the rest they need… and we might need to give them a bit longer, we do need to find that footing now."
Bournemouth FA Cup Highlights
In: Highlights, Latest Yeovil Town News
Yeovil Town's exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Championship leaders Bournemouth was captured by the BBC TV cameras.
The Cherries won 3-1 and the highlights, including Joe Quigley's 2nd half goal can be viewed below or via the Emirates FA Cup YouTube channel.
Chesterfield clash on the TV
Yeovil Town's match away at Chesterfield has been chosen for live TV Coverage on BT Sport.
The match a the "Technique Stadium" (fka, the Proact/b2net Stadium – catchy) on February 26th will now take place at the later time of 5:20pm.
The Spireites have won the last three head to head meetings, including a 3-0 win in North Derbyshire back in March, but Yeovil did win there back in 2019 thanks to goals from Myles Hippolyte and Rhys Murphy.
Seymour: I wasn't played in my position at Yeovil
Ben Seymour in action
Credit:Weymouth FC Flickr
Former Yeovil Town loanee Ben Seymour has been speaking to DevonLive about his battle with COVID, his run in the Exeter team and his loan spell at Huish Park.
He said that whilst it was nice to play a few games, it could have been better.
"Looking back, it was a good loan to get minutes,"
"But when I was there, I was playing as an attacking midfielder and not a striker, so not my position, but I got some game time and played some minutes."
The Grecians' front man said when he arrived at the end of September, alongside defender Jordan Dyer, the Glovers were not in a great place, having lost back to back games against Chesterfield and Boreham Wood.
"They were in a tricky patch when I went and they were down in the dumps, but good to see they have finally picked up and shown what they can do."
Seymour played four times for Yeovil, starting against Maidenhead in a 0-0 draw, coming off the bench in a defeat to Notts County and in a draw against Altrincham.
He also played in the FA Cup tie against W*ymouth and was one of two Glovers to miss their penalty as the Green and Whites progressed.
Gorman: Quick start could be key
Dale Gorman scores his penalty vs Weymouth
Yeovil Town midfielder Dale Gorman has been speaking ahead of the Glovers' FA Cup tie vs Bournemouth and says that a quick start could be a good way to get at their Championship opponents.
"We look to start every game fast, and that's been key to our success recently."
Yeovil have scored a divisional best six goals in the National League this season, conceding just one in the league during the opening 15 minutes of games so far, whilst the Cherries are yet to find the net away from home in the first quarter of an hour on in the 2nd tier.
"It might be a bit different (vs Bournemouth) with the way they set up, we don't know that until we encounter it tomorrow, but look, it's something that we've talked about and something we've got into a routine of doing over the past two or three months"
"So, we will be looking to start fast tomorrow and be focused and be ready to do our jobs"
Yeovil have scored a divisional best six goals in the National League this season, conceding just one in the league during the opening 15 minutes of game,
Gorman said that returning to working under Darren Sarll means he's now enjoying his football again and is proud to play for a 'great club' like Yeovil.
Where are they now? – Pereira joins Bradford
Dion Pereira in action against Notts County.
Luton Town midfielder and former Yeovil loanee Dion Pereira has joined League Two side Bradford City on loan.
The ex-Watford man was at Huish Park towards the start of this season, playing 90 minutes in a 2-0 loss to Notts County in October.
Following that single performance he was not seen in a match day squad again, with Luton boss Nathan Jones citing a slight injury the cause for his return whilst Glovers' manager Darren Sarll said the player was "massively fatigued" following his appearance.
On October 22, Sarll confirmed the player would not be returning to Yeovil.
Gloversblog – Staunton: the most important since Skivo
Yeovil Town captain Josh Staunton.
Josh Staunton is the most important player to the future of Yeovil Town Football Club since Terry Skiverton.
That's a statement isn't it? I've said it, heck I've written it down for you the humble reader of the Gloverscast.
You've read the headline, you've taken the click bait and now you're waiting to see what I have to say for myself.
Well, I stand by it.
Skivo hung up his playing boots in 2010.
Since then, the Glovers have been okay, been very good and been utterly rubbish sometimes all at the same time.
We hung around in League One, got out of League One, fell back through League One before treading water in League Two and eventually well, here we are a non-League club again.
During that time, there are maybe only a couple of standout moments and teams, the main one of course being winning promotion to the Championship.
I'd argue that, of course, the 2013 team was full of these incredible players, but for me, it felt like a team who had won the Lottery. Marek Stech in goal, Ed Upson, Paddy Madden, Luke Ayling, Joe Edwards, Sam Foley, Jamie McAllister and so on and so forth.
How many of those players, honestly, at that point in time had their next five years planned out at Huish Park? Arguably, none.
We'd have wanted them all to stay but they were snaffled up, pushed out, on too much money, sold for big bucks, given opportunities at clubs they could only dream of playing for just a few months before that group got together.
Josh Staunton rises highest to a header. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
My argument here is that if you said to me, Josh Staunton has signed a deal at Huish Park until the summer of 2026, I'd not only believe you and I'd know we'd be able to build maybe more than group around him. The last player we could honestly say that with… Terry Skiverton.
Skivo marshalled our 2003 side out of non-League, he led the rampage through League Two, and even that incredible 2007 side to the League One play-off final against all odds..
The Yeovil sides that dropped out of League One with a whimper or sleep-walked out of League Two had a couple of good players and maybe if I'd have written this at the moment of relegation in 2019, this blog would have had a similar feel to it about Carl Dickinson – but he wasn't exactly reaching his peak years.
Then there's that first non-League side.
I'm still staggered Darren Sarll found the group he did in less than a month after being appointed, but knowing that group as we now do, I'm not surprised he galvanised them to a play off spot.
It wasn't to be for Stuart Nelson, Luke Wilkinson, Dicko, Lee Collins, Charlie Lee, Rhys Murphy and Co., and, of course, only one of those names still plays for us.
Yeovil Town defender Luke Wilkinson.
Wilkinson isn't exactly old at 31, he's got a few more seasons left in him at this level, he could probably give the EFL another crack if the chance came along.
But, here again, Josh Staunton is just 26.
His best five or six years are just starting now.
He's a leader, a midfielder, a central defender, he's fronted up to the media after losses, and is right now the first name on the team sheet as something of standard setter.
Gloverscast CEO Ian spoke of how his arrival off the bench in the FA Trophy game against Woking from the bench– to protect the already booked Luke Wilkinson – helped change the game. We noticeably missed him in the only 45 minutes he wasn't on the pitch.
His comeback story from being given a "20% chance of playing again" last season is, quite frankly ridiculous – even our Hollywood friends in North Wales wouldn't write that script.
The idea of loyalty in football to the level Skivo has shown Yeovil is all but gone, it would be bonkers to think any player from this generation would be with this club until 2042 in some way, shape or form.
But in the following scenarios at the end of this season, with the next four or five campaigns in mind, does this current Josh Staunton not make every single one of them better?
We don't go up, we fall short by 15 points finish 12th and have to rebuild with most of the squad leaving this summer.
We don't go up, we lose the play-off final on penalties, we have to pick up this dejected young squad who would have never felt football anguish like it before.
We do go up, (yay!), but our best players are snapped up by rich non-League clubs and those more geographically suitable to their families.
We do go up (yay, again!) and we keep the bulk of this squad together.
In each of those four scenarios, Josh Staunton provides the on or off the pitch leadership we haven't really seen since… you guessed it, Skivo.
So, yeah, sure we've all made fun about how much I think of Josh this season and how much we clearly missed him last season.
But if we turn the year with a new owner, or start to plan for 2022-23 counting every penny in just the same way we have this campaign, the first signature we should aim for is that of our number 32.
Not just short-term either, let's set our stall out early as he is likely to be the mainstay of this side well beyond Wilkinson, Reuben Reid and Mark Little – the three elder statesmen of the group.
Staunton has (at time of writing) played just 24 league games for us, he's about half way to playing more games for us than any other side in his career.
He can lead this side for 100 more games easily, maybe into the Football League and certainly through rocky patches ahead.
There will not be many 26-year-olds at this level with 150 games already behind them and playing at the level where 150 more are perfectly feasible.
Sign him on. He's the present and future of our team, we cannot throw this chance away.
It has always taken a certain type of player to play for Yeovil. We've heard the stories of Staunton joining the other injured players last season in playing a key role in getting the side through the end of the campaign and we've seen him don the captain's armband on a few occasions this term too.
Qualities are not always easy to define, but you know what I mean. We've had loanees that 'get it' and some that don't, we've had plenty of permanent signings come and go without so much as a shrug of the shoulders, we've had short term flashes of brilliance… we haven't had all those positive attributes wrapped up into one person, one leader who can shape what this football club looks like for the next generation… since, you know who.
I cannot stress this enough, Josh Staunton is the most important player to the future of Yeovil Town Football Club since Terry Skiverton.
Editor's note.
I have gone back and forth with writing and publishing this, I'm fully expecting a level of ridicule and outrage, but the reason I've gone with it, is that, I want to start the chat about getting contracts sorted beyond this season and quite how our squad looks in the medium to long term and I believe Josh Staunton has every attribute Skivo had and we should everything in our power to harness that.
If Staunton isn't the most important player to YTFC, why? Who else has affected us (or will affect us) on the pitch in that same time frame?
Barnes signs from QPR
Yeovil Town have announced the signing of Jamaican goalkeeper Dillon Barnes from Championship side Queens Park Rangers.
The 25-year-old signs as the club have depleted numbers in the goalkeeper position, due to Grant Smith's two-match suspension.
The announcement from Yeovil refers to it as "a short-term deal" whilst the keeper's parent club confirms the loan runs until January 26.
Arriving with League experience, Barnes has made 25 appearances in the EFL in both League One and League Two for Burton Albion and Colchester United.
Last season, he spent a short spell in the Scottish Premiership with Hibernian, where made eight appearances in all competitions.
Earlier this year, Barnes made his full international debut for Jamaica, starting in a narrow 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
A quick check of the records shows that Barnes has come up against Yeovil twice in his career, both during the 2018/19 season whilst at Colchester.
A 3-1 Glovers win and a 1-1 draw at Huish Park, a game in which he was sent off, just before the hour mark.
After clashing with a Glovers player shortly after conceding… none of that kind of shenanigans please Dillon!
Everyone at the Gloverscast wishes Dillon well on his stay in Somerset.
Lo-Everton suspension confirmed
On loan midfielder Sonny Blu Everton has had his suspension confirmed by the FA following his red card vs Torquay.
The FA have confirmed that the 64th minute sending off has been classed as 'Violent Conduct' and as such comes with a three game, cross competition suspension.
He will miss games with Torquay and Southend in the league and also the FA Cup 3rd Round tie with Bournemouth.
The attacker is back for the FA Trophy tie with Needham Market on January 15th. His original loan deal was due to expire on January 16th.
Dan Moss suspension confirmed
On loan Millwall defender Dan Moss will be absent for the January 2nd game against Torquay United after getting his 5th yellow of the season on Boxing Day.
As expected, the FA's Club Discipline site has been updated to show the full back's upcoming spell on the sidelines.
He'd already been booked against; Wrexham, Bromley, Eastleigh and Solihull.
Following the match on Sunday, Manager Darren Sarll said;
"Mossy is always going to get five bookings in his season, he tackles more than anyone, that's a tackle, that's what he does, that's why we play him, because he puts in those tackles."
"That's part of the season of having Dan Moss, the other stuff, the two sendings off, if they are for what I think they are, we will deal with that internally."
The full back will be available for the FA Cup tie against Bournemouth the following Saturday.
Grant Smith suspension confirmed
Yeovil Town goalkeeper Grant Smith. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.
Grant Smith looks set to miss the upcoming games against Torquay and Bournemouth following his post match red card against Torquay on Boxing Day.
Multiple reports suggested the Goalkeeper was shown a red card following the conclusion of the 3-0 defeat, an incident which has now been confirmed as an act of "Foul and Abusive Language", something which Darren Sarll seemed to assume after the game;
"I don't know what happened with Grant (Smith), I can make an assumption that he has said something to the referee after the game. If he has and that is the reason why, then I don't condone that, I'm all for tackling, competing, I'm not great defending players for dissent, if it's dissent, but we'll find out."
We face Torquay and Bournemouth in the next two games which, unless there are any appeals, will see Max Evans (or a loan replacement) between the sticks.
Cheddar confirm SPC Date, Time and Ticket details
Yeovil Town may have Bournemouth and Needham Market on their minds in cup competitions in January, but in February, the Somerset Premier Cup comes back into the schedule with the Glovers playing away at Cheddar FC.
Cheddar have confirmed to the Gloverscast the expected date and details of the 3rd round tie which will be played on February 15th, squeezed in between Eastleigh away on Feb 12th and Dagenham at home on February 19th.
If anyone fancies a Valentines trip to the Cheesemen, details can be found below…
Cheddar FC v Yeovil Town
Somerset Premier Cup Third Round
Tuesday 15th February – 19:45pm
Tickets: £6 Adults, £3 OAPs, £1 Under 12s.
Bowdens Park
Draycott Road
BS27 3RL
From M5 Junction 22 follow signs for A38- Bristol Airport, turn right onto A371 signposted Axbridge/Cheddar.
Follow through village and club is located on the right of the A371 heading towards Wells.
From Wells follow signs for A371 Cheddar/Weston Super Mare, club is located on left just before entering village.
Staunton: "We lost our composure"
Josh Staunton.
Yeovil Town midfielder Josh Staunton fronted up to the media after the 3-0 Boxing Day defeat to Torquay United and couldn't hide his disappointment at the result or performance.
He told BBC Somerset's Sheridan Robins: "We weren't anywhere near our best today, but we were still competing for probably 65 minutes, and then we're disappointed at the ending, because we've been finishing games so strongly, the way we've come to the end of the run is really disappointing.
"I think it's important as a group, we don't feel like it's the end of the world, it gives us a chance to start a new run. We've got a chance to put it right after New Year's Day"
When asked about the impact of Sonny Blu Lo-Everton's red card on 64 minutes with the game still goalless, he said the team could have responded better.
He added: "I think that's where we have to take a bit more responsibility, remain calm, I think we lost our composure and that's something which we haven't done the last two months even when we've faced a bit of adversity, we've stood up to it, and today we didn't.
"We let the red card (for Lo-Everton) really affect us, not in terms of numerical advantage, but in terms of mentality on the pitch. It's something which we can't allow to happen again."
Staunton was questioned on what he and the side would take away from the defeat and he was adamant that the team would be stronger for it.
"You learn from every loss and every win, and unfortunately today, we've learnt the hard way. It's a good lesson for us as a group, in terms of – we went behind against Woking but managed to come back – but we just lost our composure and lost our cool and it just goes to show, at this level, you can't afford to have those days.
"Even for 65 minutes we weren't at our best, but still competing, and we were in the game. We didn't agree with things on the pitch and it's cost us today. It's important we learn those lessons that not everything is going to go our way, but we remain as a group and stand up and face them head on."
Attention turned to the reverse fixture with Torquay again in the Glovers' firing line, this time at Huish Park next Sunday.
"We take every game on it's merit, but it (playing Torquay again so quickly) adds a bit of fuel to the fire, because, just like when we played Weymouth (in the FA Cup) we've got a point to prove.
"It's disappointing, we haven't got the game on the 28th to have a quick rebound, so we have got to hang fire for a week, but it gives us chance to right some wrongs in training, work hard and get back to what we have been doing previously.
"The most important thing is that we don't get too down after today, because over a campaign you have ups and downs and today, we've had one of those downs."


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At several points round the semi permanent slot car track I have been putting together, there are custom made edges. These are to level the track with the curb so the car wheels do not fall off when drifting round corners.
Made from 9mm MDF cut to fit the curve of the track with a chamfered edge to drop to the 8mm track height. For those custom sections, rather than barriers to stop cars straying too far from the track I have fitted tyre walls.
I think these add a bit of extra interest and break up the monotony of having all the same barriers. There are other scenery items from the same supplier but at the moment I am not after creating a full diorama, but just a nice to look at and practical to race on track.
I have added a sheet of scenic grass matting under the entire track to break up the expanse of MDF. This is Woodland Scenics Ready Grass matt. I selected the Spring Grass 50"x100" roll. That was big enough to cover my 2.4m x 1.2m board in a single piece.
The track and borders sit on top of the grass matt. Perhaps in a bit of extreme safety consciousness, instead of fitting the tyre walls to the borders using a simple screw sticking up out of the MDF, I have used a loop of plastic.
My thinking is that if I lean across the track to recover a car I am less likely to accidentally put my hand down on something painful.
I hunted the shed for suitable plastic and 3mm diameter strimmer cord fitted the bill perfectly.
Cut to length, bent over and pushed in to two 3.2mm holes drilled close together, about the width of the inside diameter of one of the tyres in the tyre wall. Two loops per tyre wall.
The result holds the tyres perfectly and is very easy and quick to fit.


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Rabies in Idaho: Would you know what to do if you find a bat?
On June 8, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public Health1 Comment
Idaho public health officials have gotten reports of two rabid bats in Bonneville and Payette counties, which are Idaho's first for this summer. Would you know what to do if you found a bat that might be carrying rabies?
What should I do if I find a bat?
The most common ways people encounter bats are after a pet brings one into the home or a bat enters a home through a small opening or open windows or doors. If you can safely avoid the bat, open windows and close doors to the rest of the house, leave it alone and it will likely go away on its own. If you find a bat outside, avoid it and leave it alone and make sure pets, livestock and others also avoid it. If you are bitten or scratched, seek medical attention. Teach children to avoid bats and to let an adult know if they find one.
What if I wake up in there is a bat in the room I was sleeping in?
If you wake up to find a bat in the room and are not be sure whether you might have been bitten or scratched as you slept, a healthcare provider should be consulted immediately. Bats have very small teeth, and it's difficult to tell outright if you have been bitten or scratched.
What is normal bat behavior?
Bats are generally most active at night. You might see a bat during the day, but that doesn't mean they are sick. Bats migrate into Idaho every spring, and sometimes they just need to rest along their journey and hang out on the side of a building or a tree. Just leave them alone and they will go on their way when they are ready.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Vaccine for 12-15 year-olds
On May 18, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public Health1 Comment
When can a 12-15 year-old receive a COVID-19 vaccine?
Today! Or whenever it's convenient. As of May 12, 2021, adolescents 12-15 years old can receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines are given in the same dosage as for adults: two 0.3 mL doses of vaccine 21 days apart.
Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe and effective for adolescents 12-15?
Yes. COVID-19 vaccine has been administered during clinical trials to more than 1,000 adolescents ages 12-15 years old. None of the adolescents in the phase 3 clinical trials had unusual or severe reactions to the vaccine. Of those in the trial who received the vaccine, zero adolescents contracted COVID-19, while 18 adolescents in the placebo group contracted COVID-19.
What are the most likely side effects for adolescents?
The most common side effects of the vaccine among adolescents were similar to those for older adolescents and adults: sore arm at the injection site, swollen lymph nodes, headache, chills, mild fever, and fatigue. Over the counter medications can be given to adolescents after their vaccine to alleviate these symptoms, if they occur.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Traveling during the pandemic
On May 11, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public HealthLeave a comment
As summer approaches, and beaches and campsites beckon, it's still important to keep in mind that we are not out of the woods yet as far as the pandemic goes. Travel is possible, with a little homework ahead of time and adherence to precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19.
However, please don't travel if you were recently exposed to COVID-19, you are sick, you test positive for COVID-19, or you are waiting for results of a COVID-19 test. And please don't travel with someone who is sick.
Q: Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine while I'm in Idaho for vacation?
A: Yes – Idaho has lifted its restriction that people have to live or work in the state to get vaccinated. Everyone ages 16 and older can get vaccinated in Idaho, regardless of where they live or work. Vaccine eligibility is expected to be expanded to include 12-15 year-olds later this week,
Q: What if I am not yet fully vaccinated or vaccinated at all and must travel?
A: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) recommends delaying travel until you are fully vaccinated, because travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19.
For those who are not fully vaccinated and must travel, the CDC recommends the following steps to protect yourself and others from COVID-19:
Before you travel:
Get tested with a viral test 1-3 days before your trip. Don't travel if the test is positive.
While you are traveling:
Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
Avoid crowds and stay at least 6 feet/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anyone who is not traveling with you.
Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer.
After you travel:
Get tested with a viral test 3-5 days after travel AND stay home and self-quarantine for a full 7 days after travel.
Even if you test negative, stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days.
If your test is positive, isolate yourself to protect others from getting infected.
If you don't get tested, stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
Avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether you get tested or not.
Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms.
Follow all state and local recommendations or requirements.
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COVID-Q&A: Grant funding for mobile clinics is now available
In an effort to provide vaccination opportunities to everyone 16 and older where they live, work, and play, the Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) announced a new funding opportunity last week to establish and operate mobile, off-site, walk-in, and special COVID-19 vaccination clinics in underserved communities, including racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities, among others.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Vaccine safety
On April 20, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public HealthLeave a comment
Q: Can COVID-19 vaccine cause infertility in men and women?
A: There is no scientific evidence to suggest the vaccine causes infertility. In addition, infertility is not known to occur from natural COVID-19 infection, further indicating that immune responses to the virus, whether induced by infection or a vaccine, are not a cause of infertility.
Q: How did COVID-19 vaccines get approved so quickly? Are they safe?
A: Production of the COVID-19 vaccines began sooner than is typical. Normally, production starts after a pharmaceutical company completes the development stage for a vaccine, which includes rigorous testing for safety and effectiveness. Every vaccine goes through a series of reviews and approvals by the FDA and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), among others. In the case of COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government invested taxpayer dollars to encourage pharmaceutical companies to start production before the development stage completed.
The vaccines are still going through the same rigorous testing for safety and effectiveness, review, and approval process. However, because pharmaceutical companies began manufacturing the vaccine during the clinical trials, they were able to make the vaccines available as soon as they were given an emergency use authorization.
By all accounts, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe and effective. The recent recommendation for a pause on the Johnson &Johnson vaccine illustrates how seriously Idaho and the rest of the nation takes vaccine safety. Ultimately, vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious illness and hospitalization from COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Johnson & Johnson vaccine and severe adverse effects
Q: Why are Idaho and the nation calling for a pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
A: The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is recommending that Idaho vaccine providers not use the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until more information is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This recommendation was made after the department received information that the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are reviewing data for six reported cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot, combined with low platelet counts, in individuals who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Vaccine safety is the nation's and Idaho's No. 1 priority. The CDC and FDA have recommended a pause in administering the vaccine until additional information is available for healthcare providers about evaluation and treatment of this rare adverse event among people who have been vaccinated. The Idaho Immunization Program has notified Idaho providers.
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From DHW Director Dave Jeppesen: We are focused on sharing accurate and timely information related to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccines
On April 9, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Director Updates, Public HealthLeave a comment
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) spends time every day making sure we share accurate and timely information in various ways including: our weekly media briefings, our website, social media, and answering questions directly from members of the public and the media.
The reality is that telling the truth saves lives. When Idahoans have access to accurate information, they can make informed decisions about their own health and the health of their families and communities. We continue to remain dedicated to keeping the people of Idaho safe through accurate information.
I would encourage you to use trusted sources for information when sharing COVID-related information. You can find the latest and most accurate information on COVID-19 at the following websites, as well as on the department's social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter:
Where and when to get your COVID-19 vaccination
Idaho's Coronavirus Website
Idaho Rebounds Website
One.Idaho.gov
CDC Coronavirus Disease Website
The DHW data teams have worked diligently every day to make sure Idahoans have the data they need to make informed decisions during the past year. We have made some changes to how often the data on the dashboards will be updated to allow them to have weekends off. The new update schedule for the data dashboards is as follows:
The vaccine data dashboard is now updated by 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
COVID-19 cases dashboard is updated by 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Breakthrough cases and variants
On April 6, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public HealthLeave a comment
Q: Are we seeing cases of disease among Idahoans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19? How many of those people have been hospitalized? Have there been any deaths?
A: We have seen some "breakthrough cases," which is the term being used to refer to people who have been fully vaccinated, but who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
Breakthrough cases are expected since no vaccine offers 100 percent protection against illness. COVID-19 vaccines are the best protection we have against serious illness and death, in addition to the recommended guidelines. And the data bears that out. The good news, so far, is that people who develop COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated have experienced mostly mild to moderate illness.
Of the 105 cases reported as of today, only three have had to be hospitalized, and there have been no deaths. The three who were hospitalized had medical conditions that increased their risk for serious illness.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Idaho's COVID-19 Vaccine Pre-Registration System
On March 16, 2021 March 16, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public HealthLeave a comment
Join us at 10 a.m. Wednesday on Facebook Live when DHW Deputy Director Lori Wolff will discuss Idaho's COVID-19 Vaccine Pre-Registration System, and then will take questions from viewers. https://www.facebook.com/IdahoHealthandWelfare
Idaho's COVID-19 Vaccine Pre-Registration System allows Idahoans, and those who work in Idaho, who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to save their names to a statewide list that is available to vaccine providers who have open appointments and COVID-19 vaccine. People can add their names at any time, whether they are currently eligible or not, and a provider will contact them when it's their turn and there is an open appointment.
The statewide schedule for vaccines has been updated to our website and opens vaccine according to the following schedule:
March 15: Age 55-64 with at least one medical condition*
March 22: Age 55-64 general population
April 5: Age 45-54 general population
April 12: 16 – 44 with at least one medical condition*
April 26: Age 16 – 44 general population
Medical conditions are defined as "are at increased risk" and "might be at increased risk" per the CDC. Visit the CDC to see a full list of conditions that qualify as a medical condition. In addition, disabilities are also included as a medical condition.
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COVID-19 Q&A: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
On March 9, 2021 By idhwmediaIn Public HealthLeave a comment
Idaho received 13,300 doses of the Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine the week of March 1. We are not expecting additional shipments of the vaccine until late March, based on information from the manufacturer and the federal government. It was approved under Emergency Use Authorization on Feb. 27, 2021. On Feb. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended use of the vaccine in people 18 years and older.
Adding Johnson and Johnson's vaccine to our toolbox means more people can get vaccinated, which increases the overall population protected from severe disease, hospitalization, and even death.
Having different types of vaccines available for use, especially ones with different dosing recommendations and storage and handling requirements, can offer more options and flexibility for the public and vaccine providers.
Is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine an mRNA vaccine like Pfizer and Moderna?
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a single-dose recombinant (combined genetic material) vector (vehicle) vaccine. Recombinant vaccines use one virus to carry a small piece of genetic material from another virus to trigger an immune response in the body. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a modified adenovirus to carry the gene for the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) spike protein genetic material. The virus can enter cells but can't replicate inside them or cause illness. The body's immune system detects the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and generates antibodies.
It does not require ultra-cold storage, like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do. Storage and handling of this vaccine is similar to many other vaccines. It must be stored at refrigerated temperatures between 36°- 46°F (2°-8°C). It is easy to transport and store and allows for expanded availability in most community settings and mobile sites, as supply scales up.
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Before you start to write you next cover letter, take a look at these easy tips.
I once heard a career expert say that cover letters are a waste of time. I beg to differ. Although cover letters don't hold nearly as much weight as the Almighty Résumé, they are important to the job application process. It's a chance for you to encapsulate your skill set, explain why you are the right candidate for the job and show off your personality. Do not design a form letter. Instead, write a letter that offers a unique perspective with each company in mind.
Who are you? Explain who you are, why you are writing and what position you are applying for. Also include where you found the job posting. And don't get this easy info wrong. In one interview, I actually called the company that I was interviewing with by its competition's name. The interviewer said, "Excuse me?" Needless to say, that interview was over before it began.
What do you have to offer? What is it about your particular set of skills that makes you the right person for this job? Mention the skills, relate them to the position and give examples of how you can help the company grow, save money or streamline its processes. If you can't do this in the cover letter, then it will never come through on the résumé. Make sure your cover letter complements, not duplicates, what you've detailed in your résumé.
How will you follow up? Be very clear and concise here. Thank the hiring manager for his or her time and let him or her know that you will follow up via email the following week. Reiterate how you can be reached via email or phone in case there are further questions. Mention the enclosures such as your résumé, work samples and recommendations, and that's it. If it takes more than five minutes to read your cover letter, it's too long.
Before you press send, do a spell check, read the letter aloud and have a colleague with a good eye for language read it. The cover letter is often the first impression between you and a prospective employer. Make sure it's a lasting one.


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Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong
Route map of Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong
The olympic torch being taken through Hong Kong yesterday
Image: Baycrest.
The Olympic torch has returned to Chinese soil. More than 1 million Hong Kong residents and visitors ignored light showers on Friday to greet and cheer the Olympic torch relay. Hong Kong is the first Chinese destination to welcome the Olympic flame after its month-long journey across the world, spanning 19 cities.
It was the Hong Kong's first Olympic torch relay since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The eight-hour torch run included carrying the flame aboard a dragon boat across the Shing Mun River, and on horseback into the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue and Sha Tin Racecourse. Hong Kong, a co-host city of the Beijing Games in August, will stage the equestrian events.
"Today, the Olympic torch relay resumes on Chinese soil after its global journey across five continents. It is a great and solemn honor for Hong Kong, Asia's world city, to be the first in China to welcome back the Olympic flame on behalf of our proud nation," said Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang.
Another image of the torch in Hong Kong yesterday
The torch relay began at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre at Tsim Sha Tsui where 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist for windsurfing, Lee Lai-shan received the torch from Chief Executive, Donald Tsang. Lee then handed the Olympic flame to Olympic table tennis silver medalist Li Ching, who passed it to his doubles partner Ko Lai-Chak. Lee said, "It is one of my big moments and I am feeling the same excitement I did when I won the Olympic gold medal."
Early in the morning, a large number of people gathered on both sides of Nathan Road in preparation for the events. Many of the spectators wore red clothes to match the colour of the Chinese flag.
One hundred and twenty torchbearers carried the torch on a 26-km route. The torch bearers passed landmarks such as the Tsing Ma Bridge and the Avenue of Stars, before it was ferried across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong Island.
Asian Games champion cyclist Wong Kam-po was the last to the carry the Olympic torch. Wong carried the torch to the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai, where he lit the cauldron, pulling down the curtain and ending the Hong Kong leg of the torch relay.
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Reach and Rescue are award winners for the revolutionary innovation – the Reach and Rescue Pole System which has successfully saved many valuable lives all around the world. The system provides a flotation or other rescue device to a casualty with speed and accuracy and also keeps the rescuer out of the hazardous zone. A UK manufacturer, Reach and Rescue Ltd designed the system in conjunction with a leading UK Fire and Rescue division with the goal to speed up rescues massively whilst also keeping the operator safe in situations that involve water, ice, mud and flood related incidents.
The Reach and Rescue Pole is a unique rescue system that utilises a telescopic design that reaches up to a massive 17 Metres. It consists of a Carbon Fibre material to keep the weight low but ensures high strength and rigidity which is essential in rescues as you need to be assured the pole won't fail under harsher conditions. You also don't have to worry about the weight of the pole on the water due to the flotation collar buoyancy aid which allows the pole to be controlled easily, quickly and accurately to save lives in the least time possible.
Our goal is to increase the safety of the rescuers around the world, keeping the rescuer out of the hazard zone is a must in all of our endeavours. The existing Throw bag method is a popular way of rescuing all around the world and does indeed keep the operator out of danger. However, this is a significantly more inaccurate method of rescuing due to the many inconsistent variables such as; inaccurate throws due to harsher weather conditions, loss of time due to repacking of the bag for re-throw and the casualty also has to be conscious to be pulled to safety.
The Reach and Rescue Pole counters all of these variables due to its strength, rigidity, resistance to harsh weather conditions and also a versatile range of attachments which allows the operator to retrieve a casualty conscious or unconscious. It is time to adopt the new norm and rescue with confidence and speed.
We offer a wide range of unique rescue attachments used for many different rescue scenarios. The pole can be specifically tailored to suit the requirements of any rescue situation, emphasising the incredible versatility the system can offer. From Body Hooks to Window Smashers, our range will have something that will assist in any of your rescue situations.
One of our more recent innovations is the unique underwater search camera system which is used for inspecting/searching at heights or underwater at heights and depths of up to 17 Metres. With a battery powered camera complete with a colour monitor and record function, this system will assist massively in any search and rescue operations that require inspections at reach.
This unique method has now been adopted by 70% of the Fire and Rescue teams across the UK. The pole has also saved many lives all around the world. The telescopic reach pole method is becoming the norm for rescue operations that involve a casualty out of safe reach and minimalizing the risks in Rescue operations. This is an absolute must for our life savers around the world.


Here are 16 of my favourite images from 2016.
A yacht that had ran aground at Cart Gap on the Norfolk Coast. This one was captured the day sfter it had become stuck on a calm and misty morning on the coast.
A frosty morning be the river Stour on the Essex and Suffolk border.
A summer sunrise at Roydon Common in Norfolk as the Heather is in full bloom.
Here a straw bale can be seen on the beach at Covehithe on the Suffolk Coast following coastal erosion of the cliffs above.
On the way to shoot a property as part of a commission earlier in 2016 I couldn't resist stopping for a quick shot of this scene on the frosty marshes near Horning on the Norfolk Broads. Not a bad view to have in your back garden.
One fromRuka, Finland of the Northern Lights back in January 2016. Off to Norway later this month so I hope to have another go this year.
Last summer I made a few trips to the large area of Heather at Roydon Common. This is one from early September. I was drawn to the spiders web in this one.
A yacht that had ran aground at Cart Gap on the Norfolk Coast. This one was captured during stormy weather at the beginning of November and the boat was literally being smashed to pieces as I was there.


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Open: April - October... The Faros Village Hotel is situated in the area of Azolimnos, in a very beautiful location with View over Aegean, just 5 minutes away from Hermoupolis and the middle-age Town of Ano Syros. It is a modern built Hotel, 30 meters from the Beach.
Open All Year... Hotel Omiros ( Homer ) a beautiful 150 years old, Neoclassical Mansion, once belonging to the family of the famous late sculptor Vitalis and fully restored to its present state, is situated in an ideal spot, overlooking the beautiful Capital of Cyclades, Ermoupolis, the Island's picturesque Port and the Cycladic Islands of Myconos, Delos and Tinos.
Open : All Year Round .... Syrou Melathron was built in the middle of the 19th century (1856), to host some wealthy family of the time. It is undoubtedly a monument of the past, and its figure dominates the area of St. Nicholas, also known as "Vaporia", near the "Asteria" bay.


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Pitt hosts ACC foe Virginia in U.S. Soccer Spring College Program match on Saturday
The Riverhounds home opener is another week away, but if you want to check out some high level men's soccer in Pittsburgh this weekend, look no further than Ambrose Urbanic Field.
Pitt's men's soccer team will continue play in the U.S. Soccer Spring College Program while hosting Virginia for a 12 p.m. on Saturday.
The Panthers are one of just 13 teams competing in the Spring College Program, with squads split into North and South divisions. Boston College, Connecticut, Providence, Rutgers and Syracuse comprise the North Division, while the South Division is split into two groups with Georgetown, Pitt, Virginia and Virginia Tech in one, and Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest in the other.
In the South Division, each institution will play three matches and one playoff match against the coinciding seed from the opposite group. Each team in the North Division will play each other once, and the team with the most points will be crowned the division champion. The spring program will use a point system (three points for win; one point for draw) to determine seeding.
The rules for each game played in the Spring College Program will function similarly to U.S. Soccer Development Academy standards. Games will be played with traditional time keeping, seven substitutions over three moments in the game, and no re-entry.
Pitt's spring squad features 18 players from its fall team in senior Tom Moxham, redshirt junior Jacob Rooth, junior Alex Peperak, sophomoresAlexander Dexter, Edward Kizza, Marcony Pimentel, Jose Luis Sena Arbona and Chad Stout, redshirt freshman Tim Townsend and freshmen Rodrigo Almeida, Facundo Costantini, Anthony Harding, Johan Penaranda, Nyk Sessock, Alexander Steinbach, Alec Townsend, Chandler Vaughnand Jackson Walti.
Two of those returnees earned All-ACC accolades following the conclusion of the 2018 season in Kizza and Vaughn. Kizza collected First Team All-ACC honors after finishing the season tied for third in school history in goals (15) and ranking fifth in points (30). Vaughn was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team after appearing in 18 matches for the Panthers while making 15 starts and recording two assists in his inaugural campaign.
Pitt's spring roster also welcomes four newcomers to the fold in junior Braden Kline, redshirt sophomore Arie Ammann, sophomore Matt Bailey and freshman Luke Mort.
GCC's Luke Mort, three transfers among Pitt men's recruiting Class of 2019
Kline joins the Panthers after spending three seasons at Providence. Ammann comes to Pitt following three years at Penn State, while Bailey moves to Pittsburgh after two season at UMBC. Mort joins the Panthers after being an early graduate from Greensburg Central Catholic High School.
In the 2018 season, the Cavaliers compiled a 10-4-3 overall record to go along with 3-2-2 mark in ACC play. Virginia advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, where it fell to No. 13 Notre Dame in overtime, 1-0. Pitt collected its first ACC Tournament victory in program history against the Cavaliers in 2018, recording a 2-0 win over No. 7 Virginia in the first round of the tournament.
Kizza's brace leads Pitt to upset of Virginia, first-ever ACC playoff win
The Panthers finished the 2018 season with an 8-10-1 overall record and a 2-6 mark against ACC foes. Pitt collected two wins against ranked opponents on the year, including its first-ever ACC Tournament victory over No. 7 Virginia. The squad advanced to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, where it eventually fell to No. 8 Duke in a penalty kick shootout.
Pitt will close out its spring season with a to-be-determined matchup in the Spring College Program Saturday, April 13 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Plastic pollution is a major threat to the world that requires immediate and substantial action. Georgetown University must lead by example by encouraging reduced consumption of single-use plastics. Student organizations should go plastic-free, marking a commitment to shift Georgetown toward a more eco-friendly campus culture.
All Georgetown student organizations, clubs and teams — recognized and unrecognized, undergraduate and graduate — should commit to significantly reducing their consumption of single-use plastic at events by signing the Georgetown University Student Association's plastic-free pledge. In particular, clubs could contribute positively by implementing the pledge at social events, where plastic cups are ubiquitous.
Taking the pledge means encouraging event attendees to bring reusable water bottles and cups, using paper or compostable alternatives when disposable utensils are necessary, and reusing supplies when possible. We are working to design training sessions and educational materials to help student clubs implement the pledge holistically. Consistent with the Office of Sustainability's work to promote eco-friendly events, the pledge also lists additional recommendations such as ensuring recycling facilities at events, requesting compost from caterers and opting for digital advertising, though these ideas are not required by signatories to adopt.
The pope's call to action inspired Georgetown's increased efforts to pursue meaningful efforts to improve campus sustainability, but further action is needed. In response to this global environmental and health crisis, Georgetown University should do its part by reducing single-use plastics, which account for about half of annual plastic production in the world.
The plastic-free pledge will be available through GUSA's media accounts and promoted through Georgetown Environmental Leaders, a network of Georgetown organizations focused on sustainability. Groups will be able to sign on at the first training session planned for February 2019. These trainings, which will occur once per semester, require only one leader from the signatory group to attend, but they will also serve as a mechanism for disseminating the most up-to-date information related to campus recycling and waste policies.
This pledge will amplify sustainability conversations across campus. We will continue to push for policy initiatives to address excessive consumption and waste on campus. The Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network is already engaged with revamping Georgetown's recycling infrastructure and pushing for compost in Leo's, among other initiatives to address waste. Overall, we hope these efforts will help foster a culture of sustainability on campus.
Taking the pledge to limit consumption of single-use plastics requires effort, but it is an important step that the Georgetown community must take to protect our environment.
The future of our health and environment cannot be compromised for the expediency of single-use plastic. It is time for Georgetown to take a stance. Take the pledge; go plastic-free.
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The PulsePoint Verified Responder Pilot Program launches in Madison through a partnership of the PulsePoint Foundation, Madison Fire Department, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311, and automated external defibrillator (AED) manufacturer Philips.
In February 2015, the smart phone app PulsePoint was launched in Madison and Dane County to improve cardiac arrest survival rates by notifying CPR-trained citizen volunteers when someone is experiencing a cardiac arrest in a nearby public location. But nearly 74 percent of cardiac arrests in Madison occur at home, which is why the addition of Verified Responder is so important.
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The effort will gather important data from the City of Madison's pilot program, and will combine it with existing technology and clinical insights to inform future lifesaving strategies and products. During the pilot, King County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Seattle will assist with programmatic evaluation for potential expansion to additional communities. The pilot program runs through December 2018.


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U.S. Must Counter Putin's Ukraine Gambit
By Charles Krauthammer
Henry Kissinger once pointed out that since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year. All undone, of course, by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century."
Putin's mission is restoration. First, restore traditional Russian despotism by dismantling its nascent democracy. And then, having created iron-fisted "stability," march.
Use the 2008 war with Georgia to detach two of its provinces, returning them to the bosom of mother Russia. Then late last year, pressure Ukraine to reject a long-negotiated deal for association with the European Union, to draw Ukraine into Putin's planned "Eurasian Union" as the core of a new Russian mini-empire.
Turns out, however, Ukraine had other ideas. It overthrew Moscow's man in Kiev, Viktor Yanukovych, and turned to the West. But the West — the EU and America — had no idea what to do.
Russia does. Moscow denounces the overthrow as the illegal work of fascist bandits, refuses to recognize the new government created by parliament, withholds all economic assistance and, in a highly provocative escalation, mobilizes its military forces on the Ukrainian border.
The response? The EU dithers and Barack Obama slumbers. After near total silence during the first three months of Ukraine's struggle for freedom, Obama said on camera last week that in his view Ukraine is no "Cold War chessboard."
Unfortunately, this is exactly what it is for Putin. He wants Ukraine back.
Obama wants stability, The New York Times reports, quoting internal sources. He sees Ukraine as merely a crisis to be managed rather than an opportunity to alter the increasingly autocratic trajectory of the region, allow Ukrainians to join their destiny to the West and block Russian neo-imperialism.
Sure, Obama is sympathetic to democracy. But it must come organically, from internal developments, you see. Must not be imposed by outside intervention, but develop on its own.
But Ukraine is never on its own. Not with a bear next door. American neutrality doesn't allow an authentic Ukrainian polity to emerge. It leaves Ukraine naked to Russian pressure.
What Obama doesn't seem to understand is that American inaction creates a vacuum.
Putin fully occupies vacuums. In Ukraine, he keeps flaunting his leverage. He's withdrawn the multibillion-dollar aid package with which he had pulled the now-deposed Ukrainian president away from the EU. He has suddenly mobilized Russian forces bordering Ukraine. His health officials are even questioning the safety of Ukrainian food exports.
This is a message to Kiev: We can shut down your agricultural exports today, your natural gas supplies tomorrow. We can make you broke and we can make you freeze.
Kissinger once also said "in the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power." Ukraine will either fall to Russian hegemony, or finally determine its own future — if America balances Russia's power.
How? Start with a declaration of full-throated American support for Ukraine's revolution. Follow that with a serious loan/aid package — say, replacing Moscow's $15 billion — to get Ukraine through its immediate financial crisis. Then join with the EU to extend a longer substitute package, preferably through the International Monetary Fund.
Secretary of State John Kerry says Russian intervention would be a mistake. Alas, any such declaration from this administration carries the weight of a feather. But better that than nothing. Better still would be backing these words with a naval flotilla in the Black Sea.
The point is for the U.S., leading Europe, to counter Russian pressure and make up for its blandishments/punishments until Ukraine is on firm financial footing.
Yes, $15 billion is a lot of money. But it's less than one-half of one-tenth of 1 percent of the combined EU and U.S. GDP. And expending treasure is infinitely preferable to expending blood. Especially given the strategic stakes: Without Ukraine, there's no Russian empire.
Putin knows that. Which is why he keeps ratcheting up the pressure. The question is, can this administration muster the counterpressure to give Ukraine a chance to breathe?
Charles Krauthammer is a syndicated writer in Washington. His email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.


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Building the World
We Want to Live In
The ninth annual Citizen Participation University represented our biggest, most diverse school yet. Gathering under the banner of "building the world we want to live in," seventy-three participants came together from Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Participants called a training facility in rural Hungary home for a week-long program of intense learning, community building, and strategizing.
This year the planning committee divided the CPU program into distinct but interlocking subject areas, and worked in sub-groups to develop three thematic paths: 1) economic and racial exclusion, 2) popular education and/or critical pedagogy, and 3) political action. A plenary session was devoted to each theme, and the workshops, learning labs, and our full-group strategy simulator exercise wove all these themes together.
Gruia Bumbu, a leader in the Roma community of Romania, speaks about the spark of activism.
Birth of a citizen
She was riding home on the tram after her first ever protest in front of Budapest city hall when she was suddenly hit with the sensation of having become a "political being." In her keynote session at the CPU, Tessza Udvarhelyi told about her transition from being an academic trying to support activists from a studied distance, into realizing that she could not be "neutral" in the process.
She had to do something.
Tessza's work led her to found the City is For All, the only grassroots housing advocacy group in Hungary, and later to create the School of Public Life, which eventually became a space for learning across various sectors of Hungarian civil society.
...the role of critical pedagogy is to foster a process of learning rooted in doing, and to ultimately guide others to have their own awakenings as citizens.
The realization of being a political being had the quality of an awakening for Tessza–she likened it to being "born as a citizen." In her view, the role of critical pedagogy is to foster a process of learning rooted in doing, and to ultimately guide others to have their own awakenings as citizens.
On the other hand, she quite candidly shared her experience of working in a "cute NGO" for many years prior to her current role in movement making. It was a comfortable job with good co-workers. And yet it was an organization that carefully steered away from politics or policy making. Whether by choice or for lack of knowledge on how to intervene, these NGO's were choosing to remain "neutral."
Unfortunately, Tessza couldn't help but feel that by avoiding these fundamental facets of the world they inhabited, these NGO's were "reproducing their own powerlessness." Now as her government is cracking down on civil society, NGO's are having to learn how to "do democracy" at the same time it is disappearing.
Tessza Udvarhelyi leads a workshop on participatory action research.
Communities finding their power
The Roma were held as slaves in Europe for almost 500 years. They were only given full legal freedom in 1864. It was freedom in name only; their desperate economic situation led most of these freed people right back to working in the same jobs they had occupied as slaves.
Seven decades later, Roma communities were again decimated during the Holocaust. But despite all this, resilience has also defined these communities.
"For me this has been an opportunity to remember the spark of activism that drives me to do the work I do."
Gruia Bumbu, a leader in the Roma community of Romania grew up middle class and educated. It did not matter when it came to facing discrimination in school, or threats of violence in his neighborhood.
As he spoke during the second plenary session of the CPU, Gruia shared a story of his family's restaurant being threatened with attack by right wing extremists in 2005. From the personal stories he shared, one caught a glimpse of the pain that he and members of his community have felt for a very long time.
On the other hand, one also heard a key theme throughout all of Gruia's stories: resistance. His path to his current work of managing European funds to support the development of Roma communities in his country is, at its root, grounded in the dignity of a person who has decided to fight back against injustice.
Gruia concluded his powerful intervention thanking the the CPU for the chance to speak, "for me this has been an opportunity to remember the spark of activism that drives me to do the work I do."
Gruia Bumbu and Jess Campbell prepare for their keynote session.
Joining our liberation struggles together
In the same session with Gruia, we heard from Jess Campbell, a community organizer and the Co-Director of the Rural Organizing Project in the United States. She told about growing up working class in a predominantly white community, far from the prosperity of the big city.
Jess' first taste of activism came from a successful campaign she and her fellow students organized to oppose corporate advertising in her high school. (Because of underfunding, many schools in poor areas of the US have turned to showing students "news programing" prepared by corporate sponsors in exchange for resources for the school.)
That early experience taught her the power of a "bunch of misfits" coming together to challenge a policy with which they disagreed. However, what do you do when it is not a policy you are opposing, but an invasion of right-wing extremist activists into your community?
Jess shared that right now a neo-Nazi organization is trying to set up a store and gathering space on the main street of her hometown. What's more, Jess's home state of Oregon has become a staging point for the protest movements of national right wing extremist organizations, some of which openly carry automatic rifles on the streets.
Despite threats of violence against her, Jess has been working with rural communities to resist these nationalist organizations, and they recently published a how-to guide detailing their experiences. She pointed out that it sometimes only takes getting a small group of a few people together in a rural community to effectively say no to hate. She challenged her listeners at the CPU by observing, "People are hungry to belong to something. What are we creating for people to belong to?"
Sharing a moment on the CPU campus.
Building movements that can win
A key question that participants at this year's CPU wrestled with was how to widen our definition of what we mean by the word "politics." How do we challenge the notion that engaging in the political process is inherently "dirty?" How do we talk about politics as a common good?
Besides being a moment on the calendar when our broader societies are paying more attention–when we are "doing democracy," so to speak–elections are also opportunities for those of us in civil society to build the base of our organizations.
"Democracy is a trade...you have to learn it."
With this in mind, we return to Tessza's plenary talk. She outlined seven elements that she believes social movements in Hungary should have. We could easily imagine this as a list that applies to us all:
We need a clear vision
We need a democratic structure
We need to focus on building a base of people
We need a strategy
We need a conscious methodology
We need to build alliances across divisions of class, race, and social groups
And, we need to embrace tactics that can challenge power
All of this needs to be developed on a practical level–by trial and error. We need to deepen our theoretical understanding of the world around us, and we need to focus on skills to act collectively. As Tessza put it, "democracy is a trade…you have to learn it."
And that is just what we did at this year's CPU.


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Q: Writing the numbers as sum and products of units:is this an interesting result? Let's call elementary form of a natural number $n$ a way of writing $n$ that as a string constituted by the following characters, that has mathematical meaning:
$$1 \ \ \ + \ \ \ \times \ \ \ ( \ \ \ )$$
It's forbiddent to put two $1$ next to each other and to multiply by $1$. For example:
$$7=1+1+(1+1+1)(1+1) \ \ \ 7=1+1+1+1+1+1+1 $$
Let's call $\varepsilon(x)$ the minimum number of ciphers $1$ needed to write $x$ in this form(for example $\varepsilon(3)=3$). I managed to prove that if a number is not prime then:
$$\varepsilon(p_1^{\alpha_1}....p_k^{\alpha_k})=\sum_{i=1}^{k} \alpha_i \varepsilon(p_i) $$
Basically the more efficient form is the factorization. Otherwise if $x$ is prime then the more efficient is in this form :
$$\varepsilon(p)=\pi_1+\pi_2$$
Where $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$ are $2$ isolated string-product. Moreover if the we call $[\pi_1]$ and $[\pi_2]$ the value that we obtain by interpreting mathematically these sub-strings we'll have that $[\pi_1]$ and $[\pi_2]$   can't be prime. For example if I want to find $\varepsilon(13)$, first I have to write it as sum of 2 composite numbers:
$$13=1+12$$
$$13=4+9$$
Then we write the addends as elementary form:
$$13=1+(1+1+1)(1+1)(1+1)$$
$$13=(1+1)(1+1)+(1+1+1)(1+1+1)$$
So we'll have $\varepsilon(13)=8$.
I'm not saying that these are the unique ways in which you can obtain the minimum number of cipher $1$, I'm saying that these methods work always
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One of my aims for this year is to learn more about the special days of the year following the pagan calendar. I have always been interested in the changing of the seasons and the solstices, but I want to learn more. I plan to post on each special day this year with a reflection on what is happening in my garden and what I am up to. This is an extension of last years project, looking at changes in my garden each month.
Today is February 2nd – Imbolc. Today marks the midway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The days are visibly lengthening now and if you look very carefully, signs of spring are starting to appear. Bulbs are pushing their shoots up towards the light and tiny buds are beginning to unfurl. It is often the coldest part of the year, we had a scattering of snow a few days ago on my birthday. I am running in the mornings with the sunrise which is always beautiful and there is time now for the kids to have a brief play in the garden after school. I have lit a candle tonight and plan to enjoy this quiet part of the year planning my activity during the warmer months ahead.
The view down my garden today.
Noticing the buds on the clematis opening a little more each day.
Planning our trip to Norfolk in a couple of weeks time.
The branches of the ornamental plum-tree are looking fuzzy. This is always the first tree to have blossom in my garden. When it starts to look like this I love to cut a few branches and put them in a vase inside where the heat of the house makes the flowers open.
Tonight's dinner is a new recipe kfrom the 'Oh she glows' cookbook. I chose this for today to fit in with Imbolc as it is the colour and shape of the sun!
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With all the weapons grade howling coming from the left that their darling of prime time, John Campbell, could potentially lose his show there is barely any sensible discourse.
Luvvie state funded troughers like Russell Brown and Damien Christie are calling for squillions to be spent on public broadcasting, presumably only for their approved type of shows and people, with scant regard to commercial realities. I doubt they'd be keen on a publicly funded political show fronted by me for example.
One commenter at Russell Brown's recipe, music and arts blog is Robyn Gallagher…who refreshingly understands the real problem.
Serious question: who here regularly watches Campbell Live? And by that, I mean the full episode, live to air. Not occasionally watching a video someone has shared on Facebook.
I don't. I really like John Campbell, but I haven't watched the show since the 2000s, and if Campbell Live had been cancelled five years ago I wouldn't have noticed.
Campbell Live seems like one of those shows that people like the idea of in theory, but not enough people actually watch it for that theory to work in practice.
They might get a few thousand signatures on petition, or a few thousand retweets of pithy hashtags but the reality is people don't watch Campbell Live like they used to.
Russell Brown even wrote a post recently talking about how he doesn't want to be dictated to when he watches television…he records, format shifts and streams…and there is the problem right there.
Ardent supporters of Campbell Live and his pending sainthood just don't watch the saint in action, live. They just don't and that is why the show is doomed.
It is also why television is doomed too…now with my Amazon Fire Tv and my Apple TV and HBO Now and Netflix and Hulu an ESPN and everything else I can stream, I don't actually need Sky or any other television show broadcast in the traditional sense. Paradigms have shifted and dinosaurs eventually die.
The funny thing is this, on June 8 it will this blogs 10th birthday, the same year that Campbell Live celebrated its 10th birthday. His show won't get any older, but this site will.
Meanwhile enjoy the high pitched whining from the left.