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Why Rory McIlroy Wants To Postpone The Ryder Cup
Rick Arnett / Apr. 22nd, 2020
Rory McIlroy is one of the stalwart Ryder Cup players who isn't enthused about playing the event without the usual loud partisan galleries. So much in fact that he's rather postpone the event until 2021 than play with zero galleries. It's hard to argue as the best part of the Ryder Cup is the hometown crowds who openly root for the home team. The Guardian has the details.
"It wouldn't be a great spectacle, there'd be no atmosphere."
"I have a pretty strong view on this. I get the financial implications for everyone involved … there's a lot that goes into putting on the Ryder Cup that people don't probably know or appreciate – but having a Ryder Cup without fans is not a Ryder Cup.
"For me I would much rather they delay it until 2021 than play it at Whistling Straits without fans. And that's from a European going to America, knowing that I'm going to get abuse!"
McIlroy, who has previously said he felt more pressure playing in the Ryder Cup rather than in majors added: "Obviously it would be better for Europeans to play without fans because we wouldn't have to deal with some of the stuff that you have to put up with – but at the same time it's not a Ryder Cup.
Tommy Fleetwood, who went 4-1 at the last Cup chimes in.
"It doesn't seem right," Tommy Fleetwood, who went 4-1 in his first Ryder Cup appearance in 2018, said in an interview with the Golf Digest podcast. "It sounds strange to have a Ryder Cup [without fans], which I think so much of what makes that event what it is … you talk about guys that have played the Ryder Cup and they talk about not being able to put the ball on the tee, or the feeling that they have.
"Is the pressure the same [without fans]? I don't think it can be if nobody is there. That's what makes it. Sixty, Seventy thousand people watching and there are only four groups on the golf course. It's amazing, and it massively makes the Ryder Cup what it is."
Playing Tour events without galleries is a strange look but a Ryder Cup sans loud fans is just hard to fathom and takes out maybe the best allure to watch. In addition, it's currently scheduled right after the U.S. Open. How much gas will the participants have immediately after enduring the typically toughest setup for a major?
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Home > Inspired January 2016 > Roberta Dietrich: A Year-Round Passion for Helping Others
Christmas is long over, but Peoria resident Roberta Dietrich's efforts finding holidays presents for more than 75 children in LSSI's foster care program have begun.
"I have to restrain myself from buying too many sizes 3, 4, and 5," Dietrich said. "I always have an overload."
At Christmastime, Dietrich brings the gifts she's purchased throughout the year to her congregation, Peoria's Grace and Peace Lutheran Church. Congregants purchase a basket, wrap the gifts, and return them to give to the children.
For 40 years running, Dietrich has actively volunteered with LSSI's Peoria foster care office, fundraising, organizing food and clothing drives, and helping with mailings.
"Roberta has been a mainstay for our Holiday Hope Chest for longer than my 20 years of coordinating it," said Janet Davis, Program Director of LSSI's Peoria Foster Care. "She is forever eager to get started shopping for her little ones. Her added touch of hand-knitted hats and mittens for each child is very special."
Over the last 21 years, Dietrich has knit countless sweaters and hats, supervised the packing of school kits, health kits, and layettes and helped to construct over 2,500 quilts.
"Knowing I'm doing a good thing, and having people around me with a real passion for helping others," is critical, Dietrich said. "And I never sit with my hands still."
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President Obama is scheduled to attend a fundraiser hosted by the founder of "personal genomics startup 23andme," Anne Wojcicki, the Associated Press reports, noting that the event, "with 30 guests and tickets set at $32,400," could raise "nearly $1 million" for the Democratic National Committee.
Nowhere in the AP story, or in Mike Allen's Politico Playbook, which picked up the AP story this morning, is there any mention of the background that 23andMe recently had to stop providing its DNA test customers with health information after the Food and Drug Administration told it to stop. Ms. Wojcicki said in a company blog post on December 5, 2013 that her company "is committed to finding the right regulatory path for our customers" and that "our goal is to work cooperatively with the FDA."
I'm not a big campaign finance reform type or one to focus on the appearance of impropriety rather than actual impropriety, and a person certainly doesn't lose her free speech rights to participate in American politics just because the FDA sends her company a warning letter. All that said, you don't have to be a cynic to suspect that there may be a link between intrusive government regulation, or the threat of it, and lucrative political fundraising from the regulated entities. It's yet another argument for FDA reform along the lines suggested by Andrew Grove.


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The success of Glass Onion shows that we need more funny genre films
This article contains minor spoilers for Glass Onion: Takes the mystery out of the cutlery In her discussion of the need for more mystery films and other comedy/genre hybrids.
The new Rian Johnson mystery glass onionA tale of murder and the betrayal of old friends, it made me laugh out loud. I've seen some great movies this year, but it's really not enough Funny Like this, besides Everything everywhere at once and a Nicolas Cage movie about being Nicolas Cage.
It's always a matter of preference when it comes to humor, but Johnson really works to keep the subtle jokes flowing throughout the entire movie. Still, Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is fun to watch, with so many meandering speeches that it could totally fall apart in the hands of a lesser actor. There are also hilariously humorous bits here, like when Miles Bron (Edward Norton) welcomes party guests to his island playing "Blackbeard" on what he says is a George Harrison guitar, then carelessly tosses it as his friends approach.
Not every joke here is a home run. Dave Bautista's character, Duke, a men's rights live-streaming guy shooting from his mother's basement, is a pretty flimsy parody on paper, but he's still elevated by a Bautista fully committed to the bits. All in all though, glass onion is an effectively funny movie while still being an intriguing mystery. Johnson pointed out that Agatha Christie was a major influence on these films, and kept her funny and exciting mystery stories with strange characters at both ends of the investigation. You can't say Hercule Poirot wasn't just a little caricature, though that's probably the mustache doing the work.
We're not quite right when it comes to comedies getting a wide theatrical release, but funny, comedic TV shows about genre flicks are still making us laugh in 2022. It's so strange that it seems harder than ever. Comedy as its single selling point, and it's far from certain that a comedy will fill theater seats in the same way that a comedy film does Remnants Trilogy did years ago. glass onion It's estimated to have grossed between $12 and $15 million in its week-long theatrical run over the Thanksgiving holiday, leaving some critics baffled as to why Netflix left money on the table and didn't extend those shows.
As much as I miss the days of blockbuster comics, I can also admit that it wasn't a perfect system either. For example, the extended Apatow/Rogen cinematic universe has produced incredible movies but has also been somewhat lonely for a while recasting the same cast members. But we were about to get great new comedies from different perspectives, like 2018's funniest comedy. blockers Nobody talks about it anymore.
the Take out the knives The movies aren't anywhere close to the first funny murder mysteries, obviously; idea And many other films before that would like to get the word out. It's still at odds with the other extreme of detective stories you'll see more of nowadays on TV, or dad's favorite streaming app, BritBox. while the Take out the knives The mysteries are comic in nature and almost like old sitcoms at times. There are dark, gritty, suspenseful mysteries that take cues from other sources, including real-life murder and true crime content that's also very popular on the US and UK airwaves.
when Take out the knives Hitting theaters in 2018, it has reinvigorated people's interest in fun, action-packed detective stories, with more landing this year. even in Very bad Director Greg Mottola released a murder mystery this year. his movie Admit it, Fletch is adapted to Fletch Novel series by Greg MacDonald. Another dark comedy steeped in Christie's influence, See how they run Starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, it premiered around the same time as Fletch last September.
Admit it, Fletch In particular it was fun and buoyed by great performances, from Jon Hamm as the titular Fletch, to Marcia Gay Harden putting on a totally wild Italian accent, to Aiden Meyere's straight but bumbling detective. However, the tone suffered because not enough attention was paid to making the dark side of this dark comedy strong. There were plenty of scenes featuring funny supporting characters that would have made the mysterious night of the murder in question more meaningful, but they got strayed into meandering dialogue that felt like tense improvisation at times.
Right in the tagline, they tell you to get ready for some "disorganized" crime, but it was so disorganized that I was really stumped by the unfolding of the story and wasn't particularly satisfied when I learned what was predicted ahead of time. This movie was at its best with its hilariously funny moments and Fletch's impressive turnaround, and it could have benefited from a tighter list of cast suspects and a more focused mystery to tie the deception together.
This does not mean that there were no fragments of glass onion Which also felt complicated, but the balance was playing more effectively there. There were hilarious visual gags that were also pivotal to reveal in the story (Jeremy Renner's hot sauce, anyone?), and they let you howl over what's going on while simultaneously piecing things together on your mental plot board to advance the mystery. glass onion It works because at no point does Johnson sacrifice mystery for the sake of a joke or hold back the absurdity of the characters and story for the sake of his twists, too.
We probably don't need comedy as its own genre when it always thrives when mixed with other classic films anyway. If it makes it work to get people into theaters, I'm happy to see the filmmakers' quirky and funny perspectives on mystery, sci-fi, horror, and any other cliches. But still, the veneer of parody will only take you away when playing in these worlds. To pull off this satirical type of flick, you still need love and deep knowledge of the genre.
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Best Video Games To Remember From 2014
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Last year was monumental for video games, and what's about to come will be even greater. Video games have come a long way, and the good news is they're not going anywhere. Consoles are more powerful than ever, so it's only natural to expect greatness in the near future. Because we want to remember the good, let's check out some of the best video games that made history back in 2013.
Are you ready to shoot the neo-Nazi and annihilate whatever's lurking in the tunnels of the Russian metro? If you haven't played Last Light in 2013, it's never too late to give it a go. Upgrade your equipment and don't forget that your gas mask needs new air filters all the time. The first-person shooting game was hailed for its beautiful graphics and interesting story and some specialty websites claimed it was one of the most daring games of 2013.
Splinter Cell: Black List
The 6th installment of the Tom Clancy series managed to impress avid gamers with its storyline. The action adventure stealth game focuses around the main character, Sam Fisher – a spymaster – who must do everything in his power to complete his missions. Gamers really enjoyed the voice integration with their Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral – it allowed players to chat, distract their enemies, and attack.
Tom Raider was crying for a reboot, and thank God they made one. It proved to be one of the best games of 2013, and hands downs, the best of the all sequels. Seeing the iconic Lara Croft come back to life was like a breath of fresh air. Not many video games with female players can entice just as much as Tomb Raider did last year. As far as the actual gaming experience was concerned, gamers really liked that the character was realistic, strong, and not that sexualized like in other versions of the game. Combining desperate survival techniques, astounding fighting strategies, and killer visuals, we have to include the game in our best video games to remember in 2013.
The hack & slash video game in questioning is the 9th canonical entry of the series. Revengeance focuses its gameplay on fighting enemies employing multiple sub-weapons and a sword to perform combos and annihilate their enemies. Hailed for its intricate cutting system, the game was additionally commended for its story, action, and intense boss fights.
Beyond: Two Souls
Two Souls is like anything you've seen before in video gaming. The main character-player is Jodie Holmes – who is played by famous actress Ellen Page – an ordinary woman bound to a supernatural entity called Aiden. The video game favors cinematic insight over gameplay, and because of that Two Souls looks extremely realistic. The stellar performance of Ellen Page makes beyond so enticing, not to mention that Quantic Dream did a really good job with the graphics.
The Last of Us was one of the finest games of 2013. The survival action-adventure horror game focuses its attention on the player-character of Joel, who must ensure that young Ellie (the cure to a severe infection) gets to the resistance group safe and sound. Applauded by the critics for its voice acting, writing, level and sound design, and art direction, The Last of Us sold more than 1.3 million copies in 7 days after the release.
We certainly had a lot of fun in 2013, and now that 2014 is here, we can only wait for the games to be even more challenging. Avid gamers have great expectations from the industry, especially now that Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are creating such a buzz.
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My vote certainly goes to "The Last of Us". Amazing game!
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Q: Retrieve the HTML from an imported component Is there a way to retrieve the HTML from a imported component in Ionic2/Angular2?
So, for example:
import {A} from '../../components/a/a';

console.log(A.html());

Something similar to this - obviously there is no html method attached to the component here but I'm after something similar.

A: I've never done that, but if I had to do it, it'd be something like this
import { A } from './a';
import { ViewChild } from '@angular/core';

// ...
@ViewChild('A') a: A;

Then I guess, in that variable, you could retrieve your HTML.

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Deep-Rooted Racism, Discrimination Permeate US Military
The Associated Press has found that a deep-rooted culture of racism and discrimination still festers in the U.S. armed forces, despite repeated efforts to eradicate it.
By KAT STAFFORD, JAMES LAPORTA, AARON MORRISON and HELEN WIEFFERING, Associated Press
For Stephanie Davis, who grew up with little, the military was a path to the American dream, a realm where everyone would receive equal treatment. She joined the service in 1988 after finishing high school in Thomasville, Georgia, a small town said to be named for a soldier who fought in the War of 1812.
Over the course of decades, she steadily advanced, becoming a flight surgeon, commander of flight medicine at Fairchild Air Force Base and, eventually, a lieutenant colonel.
But many of her service colleagues, Davis says, saw her only as a Black woman. Or for the white resident colleagues who gave her the call sign of ABW – it was a joke, they insisted – an "angry black woman," a classic racist trope.
White subordinates often refused to salute her or seemed uncomfortable taking orders from her, she says. Some patients refused to call her by her proper rank or even acknowledge her. She was attacked with racial slurs. And during her residency, she was the sole Black resident in a program with no Black faculty, staff or ancillary personnel.
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"For Blacks and minorities, when we initially experience racism or discrimination in the military, we feel blindsided," Davis said. "We're taught to believe that it's the one place where everybody has a level playing field and that we can make it to the top with work that's based on merit."
In interviews with The Associated Press, current and former enlistees and officers in nearly every branch of the armed services described a deep-rooted culture of racism and discrimination that stubbornly festers, despite repeated efforts to eradicate it.
The AP found that the military's judicial system has no explicit category for hate crimes, making it difficult to quantify crimes motivated by prejudice.
The Defense Department also has no way to track the number of troops ousted for extremist views, despite its repeated pledges to root them out. More than 20 people linked to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol were found to have military ties.
The AP also found that the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not adequately address discriminatory incidents and that rank-and-file people of color commonly face courts-martial panels made up of all-white service members, which some experts argue can lead to harsher outcomes.
And racial discrimination doesn't exist just within the military rank-and-file. Every year, civilians working in the financial, technical and support sectors of the Army, Air Force and Navy file hundreds of complaints alleging race and skin color discrimination, according to an AP analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data.
In the fiscal year 2020 alone, the three services received 900 civilian complaints of racial discrimination and over 350 complaints of discrimination by skin color.
In February, Lloyd J. Austin III – a former Army general who now is secretary of defense, the first Black man to serve in the post – ordered commanders and supervisors to take an operational pause for one day to discuss extremism in the ranks with their service members.
Austin gave commanders the latitude to address the matter as they saw fit, but emphasized that discussions should include the meaning of their oath, acceptable behaviors both in and out of uniform, and how service members can report actual or suspected extremist behavior through their chains of command.
A recent poll from The Military Times showed the stand-down was received with mixed reviews. Some service members said their units went "above and beyond," but others reported their trainers made disparaging comments that undercut the discussions and that the sessions were short and non-interactive.
The Southern Poverty Law Center sent Austin a letter shortly after his order, applauding him for his decisive action but underscoring that systemic change on all military levels is urgent.
"Those who are indoctrinated into white supremacist ideology present a significant threat to national security and the safety of our communities," SPLC President Margaret Huang wrote.
The AP reached out to the Defense Department multiple times to learn what proactive measures it was taking to stamp out racism, discrimination and extremism, but did not receive a response by the publication deadline, even though the first outreach was May 5.
When Davis was medically retired by the Air Force in 2019 after more than two decades of service, she felt ground down by overt racism and retaliated against for accusing a superior of sexually assaulting her.
She noted how insidious racism can be to members of the ranks – service members entrust their lives to their fellow troops, and a lack of cohesion in a unit can be deadly.
"It creates a harmful and dangerous work environment," Davis said. "And a lot of us suffer in silence because we feel like there's nothing that can be done."
In the midst of last year's summer of unrest sparked by police killings of Black Americans across the nation, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, who is also the Department of Defense's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told congressional leaders the military cannot afford racism or discrimination.
"We who wear the cloth of our nation understand that cohesion is a force multiplier," Milley said. "Divisiveness leads to defeat. As one of our famous presidents said, 'A house divided does not stand.'"
Austin pledged to rid the ranks of "racists and extremists" during his confirmation hearing before Congress, which came on the heels of the Capitol insurrection.
"The job of the Department of Defense is to keep America safe from our enemies," he said. "But we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks."
It's standard custom for enlisted personnel to show their respect to higher-ranking colleagues by offering salutes that are held until the gesture is returned.
When Marine Maj. Tyrone Collier was a newly minted second lieutenant and judge advocate, he had a profound experience with that practice. Collier, a Black man, was at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia when he was saluted by a Black enlisted Marine. But even after Collier acknowledged the gesture, the salute continued. Puzzled, Collier asked why the Marine held it for so long.
"He said, 'Sir, I just have to come clean with something. … We never see Black officers. We never see people like you and it makes me extraordinarily proud,'" Collier recalled.
"You can imagine what it's like for a Black enlisted Marine who, for example, might want to consider becoming a warrant officer or a commissioned officer or who served under commander after commander and received so few opportunities to see people that look like them in higher ranks," Collier said. "Representation really does matter."
Though that prolonged salute took place in 2010, the racial picture has not improved much since.
At the end of 2020, the Defense Department's Diversity and Inclusion Board released a report aimed at identifying ways to improve racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. military.
Among the report's findings: The enlisted ranks of the active and reserve military were "slightly more racially and ethnically diverse than its U.S. civilian counterparts." But not the officer corps. Furthermore, it found that the civilian population eligible to become commissioned officers was "less racially and ethnically diverse than the civilian population eligible for enlisted service."
The breakdown of all active commissioned officers: 73% white; 8% each Black and Hispanic; 6% Asian; 4% multiracial; and less than 1% Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native. And the diversity gap widened the higher individuals moved up in the ranks.
The report emphasized the increasing importance of the representation of minorities reflecting the nation's morphing demographics, saying the Defense Department "must ensure that all service members have access to opportunities to succeed and advance into leadership positions."
Several Black officers interviewed by the AP said the culture must give way if they are ever to flourish.
While serving in Afghanistan, one Marine officer recalled being questioned by a white colleague about why he was conversing with fellow Black officers. "My response to him was 'I don't ask you why you're always hanging out with white officers,'" said the Marine, who asked not to be named because he remains on active duty. "Why can't they just be officers? Why the qualifier?"
Thomas Hobbs, an infantry colonel who retired after 27 years of service in the Marine Corps in 2018, was among the officers interviewed who spoke of the pressures of trying to blend into an overwhelmingly "white male culture," while also feeling the need to outperform white officers to negate racial stereotypes.
Hobbs said the Marines have done better than other branches of the service in recruiting Black candidates into the officer corps, but noted that "many of them don't stay in the military past their 10th year."
"At the moment, we have more captains than we ever had before," he said, "but our field grade levels are actually going down. Why don't they stay in? Because they're exhausted from having to act a certain way all the time and they can never be themselves."
The Marine who remains on active duty also called it "exhausting," adding "not only do you have to deal with your own things but whenever a Black enlisted Marine gets in trouble, they will come to you and say, 'Oh man, what's wrong with these guys?' Coming to you like you're the expert on everything Black."
Collier said he felt pressure to act differently from the first moments he was recruited, recalling an encounter at a formal dinner with a Marine major trying to bring him into the service.
"I was one of two Black men who were applying … and he and I were chatting, and the selection officer kind of mentioned to us, 'Hey, you guys might not want to isolate yourselves in this way because it might not look good,'" Collier said. "I mean, this is one of my first experiences involving the Marine Corps and I have a Marine major telling me I can't talk to another Black person without worrying about how people will look at us if we're purposely isolating ourselves from the group."
Other service members of color detailed incidents in which they said they were discouraged by superiors from openly embracing their cultures. Some said they were told to avoid speaking languages other than English to not offend their mostly white colleagues.
Former Air Force Master Sgt. Ricardo Lemos, who was medically discharged in 2019, said a superior once discouraged him from speaking to his mother in Spanish on the phone in the office "because people can't understand you."
And some Black women detailed the challenges they faced navigating a culture that often labels them as "aggressive or difficult" and their natural hair as unkempt or unprofessional.
DeMarcus Gilliard, a 34-year-old former Marine captain, told the AP that he felt an unspoken pressure to prove himself better than his peers when he entered the Basic School, where new officers learn the ropes, feeling like a symbol of Black Americans.
But he said he never experienced overt racism there and credits the Marine Corps for making strides toward diversifying its top ranks.
"It's a great idea, 'I don't see color,' but it actually is pretty dismissive. And I think not talking about issues of race actually exacerbates the problem and we need to be able to talk about these things," said Gilliard. "I think the Marine Corps would be a great place to do it."
The Basic School told the AP that sessions on diversity and inclusion are a core part of the training it offers, including "discussions about the negative impact bias has on leadership, decision-making and cohesiveness."
Last year, Gen. David Berger , who became the top general of the Marine Corps in 2019, used the occasion of the Marine Corps Association's annual Modern Day Marine expo to drive home the message that diversifying the service will save lives.
"I am absolutely convinced: Too much similarity, too much that we look all the same, think the same, got the same background – we're going to get killed because we're going to end up with solutions that we're all familiar with, but they're easy to counter," Berger said.
Racism in the ranks is not merely a modern stain. More than a half-century ago in 1971, Frank W. Render, a Black man who was assistant secretary of defense, resigned over what he viewed as unequal treatment of people of color.
That same year, the Defense Department created what is now known as the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute – the Pentagon's premier agency for education and training programs covering diversity and inclusion within the U.S. military.
One of its tools is an anonymous, voluntary "organizational climate" survey that offers a snapshot of a unit's institutional effectiveness and provides commanders with insight into diversity and inclusion issues within their ranks and how they are addressed.
"Racist, sexual and bigoted jokes are a daily occurrence in my 'work place,'" a Marine at California's Camp Pendleton wrote in one December 2017 survey. "Very little has really ever been done to prevent it." Another Marine said slurs were commonly uttered by officers and enlisted colleagues with no repercussions.
But not everyone is comfortable filling out the surveys or with being honest. Women assigned to Navy SEAL units, for example, fear they can be identified since the surveys break down demographics by gender, rank and race and not many women are assigned to special operation units.
Congress and the Defense Department have mandated that the surveys be conducted annually or whenever a unit changes commanders, but response rates vary widely across units, the surveys do not fall under the Federal Records Act and they are destroyed after three years.
Using multiple Freedom of Information Act requests, the AP managed to collect surveys for the past four years, concentrating on the eleven aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy fleet due to their large population size, which can mimic a small floating city with more than 5,000 personnel.
In surveys collected from 2017, 265 sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS George Washington, the USS John C. Stennis, the USS Nimitz and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower said they personally experienced racial discrimination. But in the fall of that year, the discrimination question softened, moving from pointed inquiries to broadly asking whether discrimination "does not occur."
Since that change, in 2019, the latest complete year obtained by AP, more than 1,600 sailors – or 1 in 5 – disagreed, saying racial discrimination did take place on their ships, with nearly a third reporting racial jokes, comments or slurs. Nearly 1 in 4 sailors said they could not use their chain of command to report incidents without fear of retaliation or reprisal, and 4 out of every 10 said discipline is unfairly administered.
Out of the 11 aircraft carriers, the George Washington, John C. Stennis and Abraham Lincoln performed worst when sailors were asked about racial discrimination and whether they could safely report harassment. In 2019 on the George Washington, for instance, 30% of sailors said unequal treatment occurred based on race, color or national origin.
The AP's request to interview a representative of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute was referred to the Pentagon, which did not provide anyone with knowledge of the workings of the command climate surveys.
In a statement, the Navy called diversity a "key component to maintaining our highest state of readiness," adding that "certainly our military is better served when it reflects the nation it serves and all of its members are treated with dignity and respect."
As a young airman, Nick Shands didn't initially think much of it when he received a request to report to the medical treatment facility on Mountain Home Air Force Base. But when he arrived, he thought it was strange that he saw only a handful of superiors and a large dumpster. His task: Climb in and sift through the garbage for documents containing personally identifiable information.
Shands, one of the few Black airmen on the Idaho base, was stunned by the order but clambered over the side for what turned out to be a nearly all-day task, as his superiors watched him search fruitlessly.
He said it was just one incident among several on the nearly all-white base where he felt singled out, including being told repeatedly that he wasn't "built" for the military.
"If it was for the purpose of to embarrass and to mentally break you, I guess that's what they tried to do," he said.
Shands said targeted racism and discrimination continued after he left Idaho and served on different bases, leading him to depart the military in 2018. He believes a tough road lies ahead for the Defense Department and Congress, which provides oversight, to address structural racism in the military and prevent other service members from suffering as he did.
But a round of sweeping changes to the National Defense Authorization Act – which primarily funds and lays out policies governing the Defense Department and military services – could present a unique opportunity to begin to turn the tide toward systemic change.
A bill that was passed earlier this year ordered the Secretary of Defense to devise a plan to remove all names, symbols, displays and monuments that honor the Confederacy, including the renaming of military bases such as Fort Benning and Fort Hood that honor Confederate leaders.
"Several years ago, they uncovered a cell of white supremacists down at Fort Bragg," U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn recalled in an interview with the AP. "Were they there because of the attitudes they brought with them or were they celebrating the fact that Fort Bragg is named after a segregationist?
"That's one reason those of us here in Congress feel that we need to get rid of all of the institutionalization and the celebration of these racist attitudes," Clyburn said.
Buried deep within the more than 1,400-page bill are mechanisms aimed at transforming the way the military addresses racism and extremism from within. It lays out tracking and reporting requirements for supremacist, extremist and criminal gang activity, and creates an inspector general to oversee diversity and inclusion efforts.
And it says the military must add questions to its climate surveys that explicitly ask about racism, antisemitism and supremacism.
In addition, Shands believes the military – like the nation it is sworn to protect – also needs to do some deep soul-searching.
Though he has moved on with his life, he carries humiliation and pain that he cannot erase.
Still, he will always cherish aspects of his military career. As a public health instructor with the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, he had a direct impact on students eager to make a change in the world. He also met his wife in the military.
After the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests that swept the globe, Shands finally confronted one of his former superiors – a white woman involved with the dumpster task more than a decade ago.
After the woman posted in a private military Facebook group that "Black Lives Matter," Shands reached out to remind her of the incident, telling her he hoped it didn't take the "murders of Black humans" to awaken her to the discrimination and racism that exists in both America and the Air Force – including the discrimination she exerted upon him.
The woman acknowledged she did not treat Shands well and had been "incredibly ignorant to acknowledging and/or recognizing many things, including systemic racism and the presence of it in the Air Force," according to the screenshots reviewed by the AP.
For Shands, the conversation was cathartic, as others chimed in to offer support. But it also brought home the dualities facing Black Americans and other people of color, inside and out of the military, who are trying to navigate a nation riddled by racism.
"You're not going to escape racism anywhere in this country," he said. "The best interpretation I've ever heard of being in the military, especially a minority or a person of color in the military, is that the military is a microcosm of regular society."
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Teachers Share Stories Of 'Red Flag' Students And What They Did To Help.
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Teachers do more than just recite the curriculum out loud to students. Sometimes, they're the first line of defence when something has gone terribly wrong.
This piece is based on an AskReddit thread. Link on the last page.
1/10. I had a high school student who was a well-known white supremacist wear a bulletproof vest to school one day.
I quietly called the administration to come take him from class. His father complained: "Where in the dress code does it say he can't wear a bulletproof vest?"
That was a big red flag. Later that year, this same kid was expelled for extorting money from other kids by threatening them with a screwdriver. A year later, that student got shot in the face and lost part of his nose. He's now in prison.
-MachineGunTeacher
2/10. I was teaching Freshman English. There was a very good student, female, 23 or so. Really bright and engaged. Frankly, it was nice to have someone other than 18-year-olds in the class.
She consistently participated and was the best part of the class for me personally.
And then one day, she actually totally vanished. Just stopped coming. Two weeks went by. Not a peep. Then one day she showed up, apologizing for missing so much time. By rule, she'd already failed the class, but I sensed something was awry, so I asked what was wrong.
She burst into tears and told me that her boyfriend had been abusive. She showed me the bruises on her arms and legs. It was awful. Of course, I talked her into letting me call the police and I sent her to university-provided counselling.
It got worse. I asked the jerk department-chair what to do about her grade. He ordered me to kick her out of my class. "Oh god, anything but that," I pleaded.
But he was firm. If I didn't kick her out, he would. "You're not doing her any favors by letting her fail," he said. And so, in one of the hardest conversations I will ever have, I told her to withdraw so I didn't have to fail her. She dropped all her classes shortly thereafter and disappeared from campus. (continued…)
A few years later, I was working a soulless corporate job in another city. My old English department secretary emailed me and told me a former student was trying to contact me. It was her. She'd finally finished school, and she wanted to let me know. It was a moment of pure joy.
And to give the guy his due, the department chair had been absolutely right. She told me dropping out had actually forced her to confront the issues in her life and fix them.
-eggre
3/10. I had a kid my first or second year of teaching so this was 1995-96 who was pretty scary. I teach English. He was just a jerk; had an excuse for everything, tried to bully other kids, when we had discussions about literature he wanted to derail the conversation into creepy territory. The kid was just off.
At parent conference time, mom came in, and I was careful to say some positive things. Him derailing conversations because "creativity," for example.
The Mom cried and told me no one had ever said anything positive about her kid, before me. She even wrote me a thank you note. I also covered the aspects of his behavior that concerned me, of course.
After high school he got arrested for theft, drugs, and assault and is now in jail. Just because you see the red flag doesnt mean theres anything you can do.
-Chickiepie
4/10. A bit different from some of the others, but I once taught a class of 30 "at risk" 4th graders. They were getting supplementary math lessons, as they were failing their regular math class, and it was rough.
It was one of those schools where they have metal detectors at every entrance. On multiple occasions I broke up rather terrifying fights. I was an untrained and unqualified teacher. I actually completely missed the "red flag." (continued…)
One kid, I'll call him Darron, was really well behaved. I never had to say anything to get him to sit down, stop hitting other students, stop throwing things, or any of a number of disruptive activities going on in the classroom.
In fact, he never did much at all. He spent most of the time dozing off or barely listening, leaning forward and resting his head in his hands. I didn't think anything of it, as the rest of the class was so much for disruptive and destructive, I was spending most of my time and energy just keeping them under control.
Well, it turns out Darron was quiet and sleepy during class because his house burned down at the start of the school year. The fire killed his grandma (who had raised him) and his dog.
He was sent to live with his cousins – 12 people who lived in a very small house with nowhere close to enough bedrooms to be legally occupied the way it was.
Darron had been depressed and having problems sleeping (sharing a room with his cousins) for the entire year, by the time I found out what happened. I only learned on the last day of school.
I'm sorry I didn't know, Darron. I'm sorry I didn't notice you were having problems.
-LatrodectusGeometric
5/10. I'm a 7th grade English teacher. Last year I had a student who I'll call Mark. I knew Mark had a lot of issues before I even met him by just looking at his record.
Mark was almost 16, learning disabled, and he had not one but two traumatic brain injuries. These injuries are the reason why I believe Mark had no common sense and no filter, but it in no way excuses the events I'm about to describe.
I did the best I could to prevent all this from happening, and it still makes me mad to this day that my warnings were ignored by the administration. (continued…)
Toward the middle of the year, Mark started "dating" a girl (let's call her Sue). They had me for the same class period, but they broke up after a few weeks. After Sue broke up with him Mark became obsessed with her, following her to all of her classes, harassing her on social media and in school.
I emailed the Principal and guidance counsellors about Marks harassment, and the school established a no-contact contract between them (sort of like a middle school version of a restraining order). But Marks inappropriate behavior did not end there.
A couple weeks later, I was out for a doctor appointment when I get an email from the Principal at my school saying Mark has been suspended out of school for a 10 days. A student only gets 10 days if they're about to be expelled, and I was freaking out thinking that he had done something to Sue.
Sue was fine, but Mark, as a "prank", had pulled down the pants and underwear of a kid in front of the entire class.
I'd had enough. I went to the Principal directly to write a statement about Marks escalating pattern of behavior to ensure his expulsion.
Long story short, the board decided not to expel him. They said it wasn't in Marks interest.
Flash forward about a month. One day Mark is absent, which is weird because he's never absent. Later, I get an email saying he's transferred to another school in our county. I'm wondering what happened to him, so I reach out to his other teachers to see if they know anything.
What happened was Mark was "playing around" with a kid and pushed him into a metal filing cabinet, causing head injury. We later found out this injury resulted in irreversible brain damage for this kid. He spent the rest of the year being homeschooled and is still in rehabilitation. After this, Marks mom immediately transferred him to another school to avoid his expulsion. To my knowledge, he's never faced repercussions for what he did.
I was furious. This poor kids life has been ruined forever and I blame the schools as much as I blame Mark.
-CoachKnope
6/10. I worked at an elementary school for a few years and there was this kid I swore was a sociopath. (continued…)
He was very smart and manipulative, but he also gave me the creeps. He would often find ways to hurt kids by getting other children to do his dirty work. He was so good at spinning this manipulative web of lies, that the children would blame each other, leaving him completely out of it.
Even when he was caught red-handed (which wasn't often), he would deny it. For whatever reason the principal had a soft spot for him, so he never got in trouble for anything that he did and the principal saw him as the victim. I won't be surprised in the slightest if I see that kid in the news some day.
There was one other red flag where for one assignment he wrote about how he was happy his dog died. That got shown to a counsellor and hopefully he got some help.
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7/10. I teach arts and crafts class. I had an 11-year-old student who was terrible at using scissors and couldn't thread a needle. She had very high grades academically but something didn't seem quite right.
I recommended she receive special assistance and a referral, and it turned out after testing that she had very little spatial awareness and almost no hand-eye coordination.
After calling the parents in, we found that her mother was paralyzed and in a wheelchair (only dad had come to parent interviews), and dad was very busy working to support them both. So no one had ever played any physical games or activities with her. She hadn't developed any spatial awareness, and was intelligent enough to hide these shortcomings for a long time.
Not a difficult fix (lots of time doing crafts, throwing and catching balls, that kind of thing needed), but something that could have really held her back in the future.
-Kiwireddituser
8/10. I had a student ask me if I had any old glasses frames she could have, because hers broke. I knew she was in the foster care system, so I asked her why her foster mom couldn't get her some new ones. (continued…)
She told me that her foster mom said she could only get new frames every four years, which made her sad because her real daughter had just gotten a second set of frames that year.
I had noticed several other things (the student asked me if I had any extra female hygiene supplies so she could have some at night, so I sent her to the nurse to get extras) that seemed like they should have been covered by the state.
I reported this, and it turned out that the foster mom was clearly not providing basic necessities for either of her foster kids. She was instead taking the money she was given for their care and spending it on her own family. I was really glad I went with my gut.
-Threwthelookingglass
9/10. Once had a parent find out that a) I'm gay, and b) I have some music industry contacts. They immediately offered me " unlimited, unsupervised access" to their 16-year-old son in exchange for helping him break into the music business.
I was 35 at the time. I reported them immediately.
-ufonyx
10/10. I was a 2nd grade teacher and I once had a little boy in my class who would go full 'redrum' and draw crazy things on his dry-erase board.
He would write things like "kill!" next to images of dead classmates. When I took him aside to ask the student why he was writing these things, he just replied with "she's telling me to do it, Miss."
The scariest part was that this boy was obviously absolutely terrified. He truly didn't want to write/draw any of these things but felt obligated by this "woman."
After talking with his parents (who frankly seemed embarrassed rather than concerned) I recommended him for a psych evaluation. It turned out he had severe schizophrenia, the poor thing.
If you don't speak up, you can't get people the help they need.
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Lecturer Praises Mushroom Meds
by Samira Chandwani Sun Staff Writer
The next time you peruse the produce aisles in your local supermarket, you may want to take another look at those brown, woodsy portabellas or those small, white button-like mushrooms. If mycologists, perhaps more aptly termed mushroom aficionados, are right, these oft-forgotten, lowly fungi may actually be on the cutting edge of cancer treatment, retroviral therapies and combating biological warfare. Scientists like Paul Stamets have spent years researching the medical and environmental benefits and features of mycelia; the medical community and even the U.S. government have just started to realize that mushrooms are a treasure trove. Stamets, designated this year to be a Cornell lecturer, gave a talk yesterday afternoon on the role of the mushroom in the greater scheme of the biosphere.
Prof. Kathy Hodge, plant pathology, who specializes in mycology, described Stamets asa champion of mushrooms, a guru, even ? known for his innovative edge. Stamets has published six books, owns several patents and founded Fungi Perfecti, LLC twenty-five years ago. The company specializes in supplying mushroom-growth equipment, products to aid in the more efficient production of mushrooms and mushroom-based nutritional supplements.
In 1997, Stamets won the Bioneers Award from the Collective Heritage Institute for his ?ethic of sustainability and ideas that can save the planet instead of depleting it.
In his lecture entitled ?Mushrooms as Ecological Medicines for People and Planet, Stamets spoke about the intensive research that he has conducted on the medicinal benefits of mushrooms, and their application to society. Stamets began his talk with a brief ?history lesson? of the mushroom; he showed slides of engravings done almost 2,500 years ago that depicted the Greek goddess Demeter giving Persephone a mushroom. Stamets also spoke about the psychotropic mushroom brews that ancient philosophers Plato and Aristotle imbibed as part of the mysterious Elysian festivals. Stamets showed an amber stone from the Dominican Republic with the fossil of a fungi that lived 15 to 20 million years ago embedded within it and said that fungi have been around since the dawn of time.
Emphasizing the role that mycelia play in recycling carbon back into the food chain, Stamets said, Without mycelium, there is no life.
Stamets spoke of the important role of mushrooms in environmental conservation. He grafts mycelia on logs and wood chips which provide a conducive environment for their growth; as the mycelia grows it disintegrates the wood and turns it into soil.
Mycelia are grand molecular dissemblers, Stamets explained. ?They break down plant tissues into soil. The plants [then] grow larger, stronger; we need fungal allies for the creation of soil.?
Mycelia also have important antibacterial uses. Stamets has perfected the same technique of growing special mycelia on wood into a technique which he calls mycofiltration; introducing the wood chips into water that has been contaminated with agricultural runoff reduces the choliform count. Mushrooms were also key players in the decontamination of a diesel spill which occurred in Stamets? home state of Washington. The Department of Transportation asked for his advice in clearing up the petroleum spill, and Stamets recommended the use of oyster mushrooms. The mycelia of the mushroom absorbs oil, and the enzyme which it produces breaks the carbon-hydrogen bonds and hydrocarbon chains in petroleum products.
Twelve weeks after he was allowed to demonstrate this technique on an experimental plot of contaminated soil, the ?pile became an oasis of life. [Eventually] insects came, birds came and plants grew,? Stamets described. Other piles treated with chemicals remained ?stinky and neutral? while the mycelia lowered contamination levels from 20,000 ppm to 200 ppm. ?Mycelia caused a domino effect giving bloom to other life.?
With the growing concern of biological and chemical warfare attacks, Stamets reported that certain species of mushrooms have been shown to have activity against chemical toxins, such as Dioxin, a feature which is of great interest to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Mushrooms have also been shown to have remarkable anti-carcinogenic benefits. A report in The Lancet claimed that, of 256 patients with Gastric cancer, those who received an extract of Turkey Tail mushroom as part of their therapy showed a 33 percent increase in post-treatment survival. Staments said that many people do not realize ?the immune system is ravaged by chemotherapy and radiation, but mushrooms can boost the immune system.
According to Staments, the button mushroom has been shown to inhibit aromatase, which can prove to be an effective therapy against breast cancer.
?Mushrooms are undervalued, but they can have a huge affect on your ability to combat carcinogens, Stamets said.
He concluded his talk by emphasizing that ?Mushrooms are underappreciated, but inspiring. The field of mycology has risen to a new level of appreciation and status ... You have among you the greatest of mycologists and they [and the work they do] should be honored.
Copyright 2005 The Cornell Daily Sun.


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As you read, ten thousand Chinese and Russian troops are currently attacking the Shantung Peninsula in Northeast Asia by air and by sea. Fortunately, they are not at war but conducting joint military exercises.
Nevertheless, these exercises are of considerable concern, as they are according to the Korea Times and many other sources, a precursor to the parties gearing up for greater military co-operation. From this, Russia – already China's biggest arms supplier – hopes to increase its sales of high-tech weaponry to the Chinese government.
In the high-tech weapons stakes, however, one of the hottest numbers is the unmanned combat aircraft, known as the UCAV or Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle. The next generation of these aircraft will probably replace the strike aircraft on most developed nations' inventories and the RAF fully expects the Tornado GR4s to be thus replaced when the fleet in retired in 2018.
Until recently, the British government was working closely with the US on developing replacements, in £10bn project called the "Future Offensive Air System" (FOAS). But, last June, without warning, the British government pulled out of the project, even though the "definition phase" was not due for completion until 2008. Sources are suggesting that the reason was the increasing reluctance of its US partner to transfer military technology. The MoD was unlikely to "get what it wants".
Meanwhile, working up to making its European Rapid Reaction Force operational by 2010, the EU has designated France, under the European Capabilities Action Plan the lead nation for the development of a European UCAV. With the participation from Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, it also has commenced a programme called "Neuron", which has been allocated €300 million by the French government for the first phase.
The British are not, as yet, part of this programme, but with it pulling out of FOAS, there are strong rumours that it is considering joining.
That much illustrates yet again the increasing detachment of the UK from the US, and its realignment with Europe, a development which has been much chronicled on the Blog. And bad enough though this is, the situation has taken a sinister turn for the worse.
Tucked into a story on Russian aerospace in this week's edition of The Business is a short mention that Airbus Industries has signed a "secret agreement" with the Russian fighter builder MiG. Analysts, says the paper, "believe the companies will develop unmanned combat planes".
Now this is serious. Airbus, better known for its airliners, is 80 percent owned by the European aerospace company EADS, and 20 percent owned by BAE Systems – and heavily subsidised by British and other European governments. Effectively, Britain is engaged with a major European company, of which France is a major partner, in a collaborative project with the Russians, in developing high-tech UCAVs.
Now join all the dots. The EU countries have tried and failed to lift the arms sales embargo on China, but are still very anxious to sell arms to China. On the other hand, Russia is, as we have indicated, the major supplier of arms to China, unhampered by any embargo. What better way for the European to circumvent the embargo than to do deals with the Russians who in turn sell the arms on to China? Given that this deal has probably been in the offing for some time, no wonder the Americans would not give the MoD "what it wants".
Either way, for Britain to be so closely involved with the French as partners in selling technology to the Russians, on highly sensitive projects like UCAVs, is not exactly the best way to impress the United States with our credentials as allies. Yet again, we are seeing another nail in the coffin of the "special relationship".


The Thief On The Cross Wasn't Baptized!
The thief lived under a different covenant and was forgiven under a covenant that ceased at the death of Jesus. Upon His death the First Covenant ended (the Law of Moses) and the Second Covenant was instituted (Hebrews 9:15-17; 10:9-10). The command to be baptized in water to obtain the forgiveness of sins is found following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Mark 16:16). Since the death and resurrection of Jesus, all who live, are accountable to the instructions found in the New Covenant. This is a universal covenant for all mankind (Mark 16:15; Matthew 28:19). Included in this covenant is the command to be immersed in water for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38; 8:35-38; 10:47-48; 18:8; 22:16; Ephesians 4:5; Colossians 2:12-13; 1 Peter 3:21). In addition, it is purely assumed that he wasn't baptized. He may have been baptized under John's baptism, for he knew about the Kingdom of God (Luke 23:42).


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Would the Pentagon Benefit from a 'Philosopher-in-Chief'?
In Philosophy
Would the Pentagon benefit from creating a position for a philosopher? Franz-Stefan Gady, an editor for the Diplomat, says yes.
It's an interesting question. My first thought was this: What would a philosopher actually do in such a role? Gady offers an answer:
The philosopher's job—true to the Socratic tradition—would be to ask "simple" questions. However, instead of focusing on essential issues such as the nature of Justice or the Good, the Pentagon philosopher would repeatedly pose questions such as, "What is a military?" or "What is victory?" His/Her job in a nutshell, would be a professional gadfly beyond anything red teaming bureaucrats and military analysts in the Office of Net Assessment could fathom.
Like Socrates, he/she would identify and question sophistry (much of Plato's writing is a critique of intellectuals who promote and capitalize on the "truth"). He/she would subject conceptual dogma such as the Third Offset Strategy, AirSea Battle, Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) to the skeptical examination of philosophical inquiry (e.g., if the Third Offset Strategy tries to offset the advantages of all of our adversaries, is it not also logically true that we will never be able to offset any one adversary in particular?). He/she would move beyond the confined analytical space of the Pentagon in which rules and ideas are applied to fit senior policy makers' thinking. In short, he/she would rigorously apply critical thinking free from bureaucratic confines to examine what is best for the military and the country beyond conventionally accepted norms.
In theory, the philosopher would slash through the bureaucratic structure of the Pentagon and operate as a balancing force against "the military-industrial complex." He or she would ask questions that would help the nation clearly define its mission and emphasize the telos of the military apparatus (it's a killing machine), which would help the U.S. avoid mission creep and unjust wars.
All of that sounds great. But while I wouldn't be opposed to the Pentagon adding a role for a philosopher, I have my doubts that a philosopher-in-chief would shape or influence the Pentagon in a meaningful way.
In our current governmental structure, it's difficult to imagine a philosopher having any real power. War-making power would still rest with the president and Congress. And if a philosopher-in-chief should prove meddlesome, he or she would be easily disposed of; the Secretary of Defense has broad powers under federal law, and the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president.
Gady seems to grasp this. Beyond asking questions to clarify what types of military adventures the government should and should not become involved in, he states that the philosopher-in-chief "would mentor the insiders by means of his trans-historical vision and his dedication to the possibility of truth."
Could generals, like almost anyone, benefit from the teachings of a wise philosopher? Sure. But color me skeptical of the idea that having a philosopher in the Pentagon would overcome realpolitik (or, for that matter, politics).
From the little time I spent in Washington, D.C., it seems far more likely that he or she would pull down a six-figure salary for showing up at meetings, offering advice, and doing the occasional interview with NPR.
What do you think? Would there be actual benefit in having a position for a philosopher in the Department of Defense?
Jon Miltimore is senior editor of Intellectual Takeout. Follow him on Facebook.


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UEFA Champions League: quarter-final first leg roundup
2008 UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester United vs. Chelsea F.C.
UEFA Champions League 2008–09: FC Porto kicked out of competition
European football: Real Madrid wins third consecutive Champions League beating Liverpool 3-1
2007/08 UEFA Champions League: Stuttgart vs. Barcelona
2007/08 UEFA Champions League: Rosenborg vs. Schalke
UEFA Champions League 2015-2016: Lewandowski scores twice in group stage match against Dinamo Zagreb
The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals were played out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Of the three English teams remaining in the competition, only one was able to earn themselves a win in the first leg, that being Liverpool. Draws occurred in the Chelsea/Valencia and Milan/Bayern games, while Manchester United lost on the road in Rome.
1.1 PSV Eindhoven 0 - 3 Liverpool
1.2 AC Milan 2 - 2 Bayern Munich
1.3 Chelsea 1 - 1 Valencia
1.4 Roma 2 - 1 Manchester United
PSV Eindhoven 0 - 3 Liverpool
Liverpool thumped Dutch side PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday, with Steven Gerrard, John Arne Riise, and Peter Crouch all scoring for the reds. The huge away win leaves Liverpool in the driving seat of the series, with PSV coach Koeman telling the press "we're as good as out (of the competition)."
For a full recap of the match, see: Liverpool defeat PSV 3-0 in Holland
AC Milan 2 - 2 Bayern Munich
In the other Tuesday night match, German side Bayern Munich travelled to the Guiseppe Meazza stadium to play Serie A side AC Milan. With both teams in good domestic form as of late, it was certain it would be hard to separate the two in the match, and as it turned out, that assumption was correct. Andrea Pirlo struck first for the home side, as his looping header evaded keeper Michael Rensing. Bayern eventually tied the match in the 78th minute through defender Daniel van Buyten, as his close range effort left no chance for Dida to make a save. A controversial penalty for Milan followed when a clean challenge by Lucio on Kaka was misjudged by the referee, and Kaka scored from the spot to restore Milan's lead. Bayern pushed back and were rewarded with a goal in the 94th minute, as van Buyten half volleyed the ball home with virtually the last kick of the game, earning himself a brace, and Bayern the draw.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Valencia
Spanish side Valencia travelled to London to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. Valencia went into the game several men short due to injury as well as suspension due to the brawl with Internazionale players following the round of sixteen match last month. Even without the likes of Fernando Morientes, Valencia took a lead after 30 minutes when David Silva scored a screamer from well over 30 yards out. Chelsea equalised through Didier Drogba in the second half as he headed home a long ball from Ashley Cole. The goal was Drogba's 30th of the season in all competitions. The draw means Chelsea will have to win in Spain during the second leg to advance due to the away goals rule.
Roma 2 - 1 Manchester United
The Stadio Olympico was filled with 77000 fans for this match between Manchester United and home side AS Roma on Wednesday. The first big event of the game was the sending off of United midfielder Paul Scholes after only 34 minutes of play. Scholes was yellow carded twice for dangerous challenges, and was subsequently red carded by referee Herbert Fandel. Roma would then use the man advantage to take the lead before the half time break when Rodrigo Taddei's shot deflected off Wes Brown and into the back of the net. It looked as if Roma was going to take full control of the game, but Wayne Rooney struck back after 60 minutes, ending his European goal draught. Christiano Ronaldo set up the play after breaking through three challenges and feeding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who crossed into Rooney. Rooney chested down the cross and slotted the ball past Doni tying the match, and giving United a crucial away goal. Mancini's shot on net was then punched instead of caught by United keeper Edwin van Der Sar, and Mirko Vucinic was in the right place to restore Roma's lead, and effectively win them the match.
Return legs will be played on the 10th/11th of April.
Graeme Bailey. "Roma claim narrow success" — SkySports, April 4, 2007
Andrew Scurr. "Chelsea held by Valencia" — SkySports, April 4, 2007
Tom Adams. "Reds rout poor PSV in Eindhoven" — SkySports, April 3, 2007
Alex Dunn. "Van the man for Bayern" — SkySports, April 3, 2007
Lewis Rutledge. "Koeman: We're as good as out" — SkySports, April 4, 2007
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Recently, whatsapp introduced voice call and some exciting features, and now, the company is about to release Video calls feature. See screenshot gotten from WhatsApp beta version, you can see the option clearly shown.
Some people that tested it said; when you try to place a call it confirms if it's a voice call or video call. While some have complained that the app gives an error message saying, "Video Calling is unavailable at this time". While some used the feature without any problem.
A source claims that the video calling has been removed in the latest WhatsApp beta. Whatsapp were just testing it i guess.
Let's just sit tight with a cup of pop corn till Whatsapp officially release the version.
Are you also anticipating this Video call feature whatsapp is working on?


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Gloria Vanderbilt dies surrounded by loved ones at 95, son Anderson Cooper says
By HAYLEY FITZPATRICK
Gloria Vanderbilt, mother to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and member of the storied Vanderbilt family, has died at 95 years old.
Cooper confirmed his mother's death on air on CNN, saying she died at home surrounded by family and friends. He said his mother was diagnosed with advanced cancer in her stomach earlier this month, and it had spread.
He also spoke about his bond with his fashion designer mother, describing her as the "strongest person" he's ever met.
"Her private self, her real self -- that was more fascinating and lovely than anything she shared the public," he shared.
Cooper also described Vanderbilt as a, "visitor from another world ... a traveler stranded here who'd come from a distant star that burned out long ago."
He said that throughout his mother's life, she suffered many "tremendous losses" but always kept on, even up to her death.
"Gloria Vanderbilt died as she lived: on her own terms," Cooper said.
Vanderbilt's life was often marked with controversy, starting in 1934 when she became the center of a custody battle between her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, that made headlines.
"For her entire life [she] has been replaying the events of her childhood, and in her artwork and her painting she has been repainting and restaging moments from her past, mostly from her childhood, in order to try to make sense of them," Cooper said about his mother while appearing on the "10% Happier" podcast with ABC News' Dan Harris in October 2017.
"She had as screwed up a childhood as you could have," he added.
The heiress was also known as a fashion and cultural icon throughout her life, creating the extremely successful Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans in 1976, which eventually grew into other areas in the apparel and lifestyle industry.
Vanderbilt also appeared on Broadway and on television and published multiple novels, including her 2004 book, "It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir."
Vanderbilt, who was the great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, appeared in 2016 documentary "Nothing Left Unsaid" with Cooper, the same year the duo's novel, "The Rainbow Comes and Goes" was published.
During an interview on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" promoting the novel that year, Vanderbilt spoke about her belief of the meaning of life.
"Love is really what it's all about, and it's all that we really have in the world and what's important," she said. "We have to love each other and be close to those that are related to us."
She kept famous company and was constantly in the public eye, counting notable names like Frank Sinatra, Truman Capote, Diane von Furstenberg, Howard Hughes and Marlon Brando as friends.
"She has friends like from all walks of life who are really fascinating people, and you know she's just a really compelling," Cooper told ABC News' Dan Harris in 2017.
Cooper said on CNN on Monday that although his mother wished for more time, "She was ready to go."
"She spent a lot of time alone in her head during her life, but when the end came, she was not alone," he said. "She was surrounded by beauty and by family and by friends."
"What an extraordinary life. What an extraordinary mom. And what an incredible woman," he said.
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British designers Daniel W. Fletcher, Nicholas Daley and Edward Crutchley, and Cmmn Swdn from Sweden were announced as four of the 12 global finalists for the 2018/19 International Woolmark Prize, which aims to highlight the versatility of merino wool.
The European finalists were revealed at a lunch at Somerset House in London, where judges including designer Roland Mouret, Tiffany Hsu, fashion director, Mytheresa.com, and stylist Catherine Baba chose Daniel W. Fletcher, Nicholas Daley and Edward Crutchley, and Cmmn Swdn to compete for the grand prize final, which will be held in London next year.
The International Woolmark Prize is now in its 7th year and highlights emerging talent using merino wool. Each of the global finalist will receive 70,000 Australian dollars for the development of their business and capsule collection, and over the next few months, they will work on their capsule collections featuring six looks, which will be judged at the February final in London. As well as the cash prize, the finalists will also receiving mentoring support from a global panel of experts, showcasing opportunities and a Woolmark licence.
They will join finalists named earlier this month in Hong Kong - Zhi Chen of I-Am-Chen from China, Mooyeol Lee of Youser from South Korea, Yohei Ohno from Japan ,and Angel Chen from China, and the remaining four will be revealed later this week in New York, all of which will have been chosen from more than 300 applicants from across 46 countries across the world.
The Woolmark Company managing director Stuart McCullough said in a press statement: "The International Woolmark Prize has evolved into one of the biggest fashion awards of its calibre and so we have restructured the program to ensure our nominees and finalists receive the highest level of industry support and guidance.
Edward Crutchley, a British designer who has been crowned the next big wunderkind by the industry, after launching his namesake label after working with Kim Jones at Louis Vuitton, took inspiration from how cultures express themselves through textiles and the role they play in the expression of identity. His collection features varied inspirations including French Breton lace, Javanese court dress batik prints, the embroidery-covered column-like silhouettes of eastern Europe and Japanese kabuki costumes, as well as biker culture.
Explaining his collection, Crutchley said in a release: "My goal in putting such a variety of inspirations alongside one another is to celebrate their uniqueness and, ultimately, our own connections to them, and to show the diverse nature of Merino wool and the myriad possibilities that become available with different construction and finishing techniques.
Up against Crutchley will be fellow British designer Daniel W. Fletcher who has taken inspiration from traditional British clothing, and with wool itself being one of the oldest fabrics in the world, he is focusing on technologically advanced iterations of the fibre, as he looks to offer a new take on the historical fabric. One of the most notable uses is in the sculptural scarves which were created by weaving thin wires into a lightweight Merino to reinforce it and give it a mouldable quality that can easily create dramatic shapes, whilst remaining light and easy to wear.
The final British designer through is Nicholas Daley, who took inspiration from his Scottish-Jamaican heritage and his parents' club The Reggae Klub to put together a capsule line that preserves the heritage of British craft as well as experimenting with wool fabrications. Daley has created a bespoke tartan check Merino wool fabric, using rubberised bonded merino wool and traditional mackintosh seam-taping techniques.
Completing the European finalists is Swedish label Cmmn Swdn, from designers Emma Hedlund, and Saif Bakir, which focuses on the use of unexpected pairings, where well-loved garments are recreated in Merino wool alongside technical base-layer seamless sheer knits. Such as a traditional Swedish twined knits 'mended' together with superfine Merino wool, bonding the layers using a needle-punching technique, while another design sees an oversized double-breasted trench coat revived with a water-repellent Merino wool coating.
"This is a huge opportunity that opens so many doors to work with some of the most respected manufacturers and suppliers in the world," said Emma Hedlund, one half of Cmmn Swdn.
The final Woolmark Prize awards will be granted to a menswear and a womenswear finalist, who will each win a further 200,000 Australian dollars, as well as further mentorship from international experts to help propel their business to the next stage, a Woolmark license, and the opportunity for their winning collections to be stocked in International Woolmark partner retail stores including Harvey Nichols, Lane Crawford, Mytheresa.com and Hudson's Bay Co.
The 2018/19 International Woolmark Prize final will take place in London in February 2019.


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College Football: Players from New Jersey to watch during 2019-20 bowl season
Here's a position-by-position look at notable New Jerseyans who'll be on your TVs over the next three weeks.
College Football: Players from New Jersey to watch during 2019-20 bowl season Here's a position-by-position look at notable New Jerseyans who'll be on your TVs over the next three weeks. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/college/football/2019/12/20/college-football-bowl-games-2019-2020-new-jersey-players/2699751001/
John Rowe, Staff Writer Published 5:00 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2019 | Updated 8:54 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2019
As the 2019-20 college football bowl season kicks off Friday, New Jersey will be well-represented throughout the postseason bonanza.
From award-winning running back Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin and all-Big Ten Conference safety Jordan Fuller of Ohio State, players from the Garden State will be competing in some of college football's biggest games.
Here's a position-by-position look at notable New Jerseyans who'll be on your TVs over the next three weeks:
Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee
Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano (Photo: The Associated Press)
Gator Bowl vs. Indiana, Jan. 2: Guarantano, a redshirt junior from Lodi, directed the push that earned Tennessee a spot in the Gator Bowl. The Vols started off 1-4, but finished 7-5. The former Bergen Catholic star threw for 1,937 yards and 16 touchdowns and had a quarterback rating of 149.3.
Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
Quick Lane Bowl vs. Eastern Michigan, Dec. 26: Pickett, a junior from Ocean Township, threw for 10 touchdowns and 2,737 yards.
Nick Patti, Pittsburgh
Quick Lane Bowl vs. Eastern Michigan, Dec. 26: When Pickett was injured, Patti, a redshirt freshman from Hillsdale who played at St. Joseph, passed for three TDs.
Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor (Photo: Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Rose Bowl vs. Oregon, Jan. 1: Wisconsin's trip to the Rose Bowl includes a lot of highlights by Taylor, the junior from Salem. He's the only running back in the Football Bowl Subdivision to amass 6,000 rushing yards in just three seasons.
John Lovett, Baylor
Baylor running back John Lovett (Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports)
Sugar Bowl vs. Georgia, Jan. 1: Lovett, a junior from Burlington, ignited Baylor's success. Lovett is the Bears' top rusher with 100 carries for 637 yards and five touchdowns.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Iowa
Holiday Bowl vs. USC, Dec. 27: Smith-Marsette, a junior from Newark Weequahic, has 42 catches for 676 yards and four TDs. He leads the Hawkeyes in all-purpose yards.
Hasise Dubois, Virginia
Orange Bowl vs. Florida, Dec. 30: Dubois, a junior from Irvington who played at DePaul, had 65 catches for 979 yards and four touchdowns.
Juwan Johnson, Oregon
Oregon Ducks receiver Juwan Johnson (Photo: Troy Wayrynen, Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports)
Rose Bowl vs. Wisconsin, Jan. 1: Johnson, a senior from Glassboro, has 25 catches for 401 yards and four TDs for Oregon. He transferred from Penn State.
Frank Darby, Arizona State
Sun Bowl vs. Florida State, Dec. 31: Darby, a redshirt junior from Lincoln of Jersey City, has 28 catches for 597 yards and eight touchdowns.
Mark Michaud, Georgia Southern
Cure Bowl vs. Liberty, Dec. 21: The former Paramus Catholic standout has 14 catches for 218 yards and four touchdowns.
Maurice Ffrench, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh wide receiver Maurice Ffrench (Photo: The Associated Press)
Quick Lane Bowl vs. Eastern Michigan, Dec. 26: Ffrench, a senior from New Brunswick, has 84 receptions for 685 yards and three TDs.
Tanner Cowley, Virginia
Virginia tight end Tanner Cowley (Photo: The Associated Press)
Orange Bowl vs. Florida, Dec. 30: Cowley, a senior from Manasquan, is a complimentary receiver for Virginia, with 25 catches for 251 yards and one touchdown.
Henry Pearson, Appalachian State
New Orleans Bowl vs. UAB, Dec. 21: Pearson, a sophomore from Ho-Ho-Kus who played at Paramus Catholic, is mainly a blocking tight end. He has eight catches for 75 yards.
Offensive linemen
Steven Gonzalez and Will Fries, Penn State
Cotton Bowl vs. Memphis, Dec. 28: Gonzalez, a senior from Union City, and Fries, a junior from Cranford, have been mainstays on Penn State's line for several seasons.
Cesar Ruiz and Jon Runyan, Michigan
Citrus Bowl vs. Alabama, Jan. 1: Ruiz and Runyan are anchors on Michigan's line. Ruiz, a 319-pound center from Camden, was a second-team all-Big Ten selection, and Runyan, a 321-pound tackle from Moorestown who played at St. Joseph's Prep, is following the path of his father, who played at Michigan and was a perennial Pro Bowler as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Ben Petrula, Boston College
Boston College QB Anthony Brown (13) looks to pass as Ben Petrula (64) and AJ Dillon (2) block during a game this season. (Photo: The Associated Press)
Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati, Jan. 2: Petrula, Boston College's graduate student from Freehold, was a second-team all-ACC tackle.
Matt Hennessy, Temple
Military Bowl vs. North Carolina, Dec. 27: Hennessy, a junior at Temple who played at Don Bosco, is ranked as one of the best centers in the country.
Defensive linemen
Justin and Jayson Ademilola, Notre Dame
Camping World Bowl vs. Iowa State, Dec. 28: The Ademilola brothers, who live in Jackson and played at St. Peter's, are some of the young talent Notre Dame is developing. They've combined for 36 tackles.
Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Notre Dame
Camping World Bowl vs. Iowa State, Dec. 28: Jean-Baptiste, a redshirt freshman, has 14 tackles and 1½ sacks. He starred at Bergen Catholic.
Tyler Friday, Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal) vs. Clemson, Dec. 28: Friday, a sophomore who played at Don Bosco, has seven tackles and one sack for the Buckeyes.
Sean Adesanya, Central Michigan
New Mexico Bowl vs. San Diego State, Dec. 21: A transfer from Illinois, he is Central Michigan's best pass rusher. The senior from Rahway has seven sacks and 15½ tackles for loss.
Ray Ellis, Florida Atlantic
Boca Raton Bowl vs. SMU, Dec. 21: Ellis, a graduate student from Egg Harbor Township who played at Holy Spirit, is Florida Atlantic's enforcer, with 4½ sacks and 8½ tackles for loss.
Linebackers
Najee Clayton, Western Michigan
First Responder Bowl vs. Western Kentucky, Dec. 30: Clayton, a senior from Paterson who played at Paramus Catholic, is a Rutgers transfer who upped his game at Western Michigan. He has 23 tackles and two interceptions.
Juwan Mitchell, Texas
Alamo Bowl vs. Utah, Dec. 31: Mitchell, a sophomore from Newark who prepped at Mater Dei, has 34 tackles and three sacks.
Saleem Brightwell, Pittsburgh
Nov 2, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers linebacker Saleem Brightwell (9) congratulates linebacker Cam Bright (38) after a fumble recovery against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the third quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Brett Davis, Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)
Quick Lane Bowl vs. Eastern Michigan, Dec. 26: The Paterson resident who played at Paramus Catholic is the centerpiece of Pitt's defense with 54 tackles and 1½ sacks.
Shaun Bradley and Chapelle Russell, Temple
Military Bowl vs. North Carolina, Dec. 27: Bradley, a senior from Mt. Holly and Rancocas Valley, and Russell, a grad student from Jackson, have combined for 142 tackles (79 by Bradley).
Vinny DePalma, Boston College
Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati, Jan. 2: The former DePaul star is one of Boston College's best prospects. He has 29 tackles.
Cornerbacks
John Reid, Penn State
Oct 5, 2019; University Park, PA, USA;Penn State Nittany Lions cornerback John Reid (29) looks on during the second half against the Purdue Boilermakers at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Jonathan Jones, John Jones-USA TODAY Sports)
Cotton Bowl vs. Memphis, Dec. 28: Reid is the leader of the Nittany Lions' secondary. The senior from Mt. Laurel, who played at St. Joseph's Prep, has accounted for 34 tackles, one sack and two interceptions.
Harrison Hand, Temple
Military Bowl vs. North Carolina, Dec. 27: Hand, a junior who played at Cherry Hill West, has 59 tackles for the Owls.
Ja'Sir Taylor, Wake Forest
Pinstripe Bowl vs. Michigan State, Dec. 27: Taylor, who is from Asbury Park and played at Brick, starts at Wake Forest and is responsible for 25 tackles, one sack and two interceptions.
Jordan Fuller, Ohio State
Ohio State's Jordan Fuller (4) (Photo: The Associated Press)
Fiesta Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal) vs. Clemson, Dec. 28: Fuller, the former NV/Old Tappan star, was Ohio State's all-Big Ten free safety.
Kevin Brennan, Navy
Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas State, Dec. 31: Brennan, who lives in Westfield and graduated from Don Bosco, is having a solid sophomore season. He has 78 tackles and two interceptions.
Brad Hawkins, Michigan
Citrus Bowl vs. Alabama, Jan. 1: Hawkins is Michigan's 218-pound safety. The Camden native has 53 tackles (30 solo).
Tyrone Hill, Buffalo
Bahamas Bowl, Friday: Hill, who lives in Passaic and played at Don Bosco, has 65 tackles, third on the team.
2019 College Football Awards Show
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow speaks to the media after being awarded the Maxwell Award for being college player of the year. John Bazemore, AP
LSU's Ja'Marr Chase poses with the Biletnikoff Award after being named the nation's top receiver. John Bazemore, AP
Minnesota place holder and cancer survivor Casey O'Brien poses with the Disney Spirit award. John Bazemore, AP
Ohio State's Chase Young poses with the Chuck Bednarik trophy after being named college defensive player of the year. John Bazemore, AP
Former Georgia running back Herschel Walker poses with the NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award. John Bazemore, AP
Georgia placekicker Rodrigo Blankenship poses with the Lou Groza Award for being the nation's best placekicker. John Bazemore, AP
Oregon's Penei Sewell poses with the Outland Trophy for being the nation's best interior lineman. John Bazemore, AP
LSU's Grant Delpit poses with the Jim Thorpe Award for being the nation's best defensive back. John Bazemore, AP
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow poses with the Davey O'Brien Award for being the nation's best quarterback. John Bazemore, AP
LSU lead coach Ed Orgeron poses with the Home Depot Coach of the Year Award. John Bazemore, AP
LSU's Grant Delpit poses with the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award for being the nation's best defensive back. John Bazemore, AP
Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor poses with the Doak Walker Award for being the nation's best running back. John Bazemore, AP
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney jokes with LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley as they pose with the College Football Championship trophy in Atlanta. Ryan Day of Ohio State was unable to attend. John Bazemore, AP
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