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With solid proof from last season, Tampa Bay still has one of the league's best backups in Ryan Fitzpatrick. Unfortunately, it also has one of the league's toughest early schedules.
The NFL appears to have found enough evidence (by its standards) in the investigation into the alleged incident to keep Winston from playing for (by its standards) a random amount of time.
This is a critical season for Winston, and his not playing out of the gate is a bad start. Although he has shown steady progress in http://www.officialsraidersfootballonlines.com/Nike-Jack-Tatum-Jersey.html each of his first three seasons working with head coach (and former offensive coordinator) Dirk Koetter, it's no longer a given the first overall pick in the 2015 draft will become the NFL's next highest-paid quarterback Jack Tatum Jersey when he receives an extension beyond the final year of his rookie deal in 2019. He needs to go out and earn that money with consistently stronger play.
Manning went on to explain how hard last season was for Beckham and how he's looking forward to the new season.
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From 2014 to 2016, Beckham posted three straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons and scored 35 touchdowns.
Beckham recently told reporters that he would attend the team's mandatory training camp next month, but reports have since surfaced that the wide receiver is apparently still mulling a holdout if contract negotiations with the team continue to lag.
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In two games, Foster has one rushing attempt, for four yards. He also has five receptions out of the backfield for 44 yards, including a clutch 12-yarder on the next-to-last play against Jacksonville to set up Phil Dawson's 57-yard game-winning field goal.
Foster said he wants to move on from that play, but admitted he's been anxious to get time ever since signing off the Patriots' practice squad back in early September.
In my mind, I wanted to get on the field as soon as possible but I understand the business side of it and that's not always possible, Foster said. Coming in, I knew I'd have to earn my spot.
The other crucial catch on that field-goal drive was made by Williams, who cracked a couple of ribs in the game but kept going.
I knew my ribs were hurting, Williams said. I didn't know to what extent. I was definitely pretty sore. But hey, you have to be out there. And if you're out there, you have no excuse then. You've got to make that play.
The Cardinals' situation: The offense has been revamped, as Sam Bradford is the new quarterback while guard Justin Pugh and tackle Andre Smith have been inserted onto Bradley Chubb Youth Jersey the right side of the line. There is no doubt Bradford is a talented player, but his extensive injury history and short-term contract open the door for a draft pick to be an understudy before Dontae Johnson Jersey taking over the reins. The offense is in transition after the retirement of quarterback Carson Palmer and play-caller Bruce Arians, and Keim could address several different spots beyond quarterback in the draft.
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Landon Collins Jersey Celebrity Softball Game
One thing is certain when members of the Giants square off against former Giants greats in the Landon Collins Celebrity Softball Game: One team will be trash-talking about Super Bowl rings.
Most of the members of the team captained by two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Jacobs won one or two rings with the Giants earlier this century. With a few exceptions, the Collins-led current players are looking for their first rings after enduring a 3-13 season.
It's true, and if Matt Nagy and Co. pull it off, that will mean very good things for the backfield pairing of Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen. Chicago already knows what it has in Howard, a strong runner (4.6 yards per carry in his first two years) with limited pass-catching ability. Cohen is the wild card. Last season, his electric playmaking ability stuck http://www.brownsfootballofficialprostores.com/john-greco-jersey_c-402.html out like a sore thumb on the otherwise drab Bears offense. What if Nagy unlocked the best of Cohen while continuing to get consistent between the tackles production from Howard? No tandem will deliver a 1,500/1,500 season like Ingram and Kamara achieved last season, but Howard and Cohen ooze potential under new leadership.
Definitely the Browns. Their uniform re-design in 2015 was a total misfire and the club has been in talks about another re-design come 2020. Team owner Jimmy Haslam didn't run from the mistake during a chat with the Akron Beacon Journal back in April:
We've had some mechanical difficulties with our uniforms, which has been very frustrating for the equipment guys, so I can definitely see that from a mechanical standpoint, we have to fix that, Haslam said. From a design element, that's really up in the air.
Linebacker Rashaan Evans should replace former starter Avery John Greco Womens Jersey Williamson, who signed with the Jets. Harold Landry should contribute heavily. Former Arizona defensive back Dane Cruikshank could provide depth at cornerback.
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Aaron Judge keeps up with Yanks OF mates by uncorking 100.5 mph throw, laser from corner
The Yankees boast three of the most powerful outfield arms in the major leagues with Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. Judge showed off his arm Friday night in the Bronx.
In four appearances since his 105-mph outing, Hicks has seven strikeouts and zero walks — zero! — in 5 2/3 innings. He's thrown 19 sliders in that stretch. Sixteen have been for strikes — six swing-and-misses, five called strikes, three foul balls and two in play — and only three have been balls. Only one of those two put in play wound up as a hit.
I can't help but to think back to that conversation after the Royals game.
This is my first time (as a reliever). I'm experimenting, still, Hicks told me. I think that has something to do with why it isn't as sharp as it is now. I feel like it's a really good pitch right now. I'm excited going forward. More strikeouts are going to come.
Guess he knew what he was talking about.
Happ (9-3) allowed four runs and six hits, walked none and struck out eight. The veteran left-hander is the first big league pitcher to record four starts this season with at least eight strikeouts and no walks.
He's got good life on his fastball, Atlanta's Nick Markakis said. He's always been a thorn in the side.
With Toronto well behind in both the AL East and the wild card standings, Happ could be a candidate for a midseason trade to a contender.
I know he's in demand and I can see why, Toronto manager John Gibbons said. If we were on the other end of it, I'd want him, too.
Happ is in the final season of a three-year, $36 million contract.
I signed to play here and try to help this team get to the playoffs, Happ said. I know there may be rumors out there, but I like it here and my focus is here.
Happ improved 4-0 with a 2.72 ERA in nine career starts against the Braves.
We knew going in it was going to be a tough ride, Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said.
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The Eagles think he can be a major contributor, and he's moved around the secondary in workouts, in the slot as well as outside.
And Barkley seems to appreciate that. He said what has surprised him most early on in his NFL career is how welcoming his veteran teammates have been. He heard how it was not going to be the same atmosphere as a college locker room, but firsthand experience has changed that outlook.
That's what's really surprised me, it's shocking, said Barkley, who spent the morning watching film of Le'Veon Bell's blocking, trying to enhance that part of his game. To be able to have that coming into this locker room and have that team, I think it's something real special that's bigger than what people http://www.officialsunsproshop.com/authentic-34-charles-barkley-jersey.html think.
But having good teammates doesn't mean they all have to lavish him with praise, and Barkley has been quick to be one of his own biggest critics.
The rookie was asked Wednesday about his pass-catching ability, how it's improved and if he's even dropped any balls in practices since he's been here. There was one drop, Barkley Charles Barkley Youth Jersey said, and he pinpointed Authentic Kyle Emanuel Jersey the exact sequence and what he had done wrong.
Because the alleged incident falls under the umbrella of MLB's domestic violence policy, Osuna could face discipline no matter the legal status of the case.
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Osuna has nine saves in 15 appearances this season with a 2.93 ERA and 1.109 WHIP. He was an All-Star last year when he was 3-4 with 39 saves and a 3.38 ERA.
It was an angle route, throwback, caught it right here [on my hip], I looked up before I tried to catch it, tried to go score, he said, seemingly still disappointed in himself about the drop. Gotta lock it up.
Barkley has impressed his teammates and coaches with his speed, with his cuts, even with the size of his quads. But he appreciates the mistakes that he's made in between those highlights, because of what they can do for him.
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If Shohei Ohtani Jersey needs Tommy John surgery, that would be a major blow to baseball
The best story in baseball got an abrupt and most unwanted ending with the news that two-way star Shohei Ohtani will reportedly http://www.winnipegjetsofficialonline.com/Adidas-Mark-Scheifele-Jersey miss the rest of the season, and probably all of the 2019 season, with a UCL sprain that will require Tommy John surgery to repair.
On the mound, Ohtani is 4-1 with a 3.10 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 49.1 innings. With the bat, he's slashing.289/.372/.535 with six homers and an OPS of.907. Add it all together and he's been worth 2.0 WAR so far, according to the Baseball Reference http://www.officialpanthersfootballshops.com/YOUTH+CHRISTIAN+MCCAFFREY+JERSEY formula. What he's been doing is pretty much unprecedented in modern baseball. Once the Christian McCaffrey Youth Jersey shiny newness wore off of Ohtani around late April, a lot of fans stopped paying attention.
Also, starter Masahiro Tanaka left the game in the sixth inning after suffering tight hamstrings scoring on a sacrifice fly. He'll be evaluated again Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Mets (27-33) have now lost seven straight, and 12 of 14. Injuries have taken a toll on the Mets since they opened the season a promising 11-1, and the team shared more bad news Friday. Ace Noah Syndergaard, who has been on the DL since May 29 with a strained ligament in the index finger of Womens Mark Scheifele Jersey his pitching hand, was expected to be activated from the disabled list Sunday to start against the Yankees. But the club announced he will not start, after experiencing swelling and discomfort playing catch.
And the club also placed closer Jeurys Familia on the 10-day DL with right shoulder soreness. Every club must deal with injuries, but the Mets have had more than their share of medical ailments. Catcher Travis d'Arnaud (elbow) and outfielder juan Lagares (toe) are out for the season, and many other players, including Jacob deGrom, Yoenis Cespedes, Todd Frazier, Wilmer Flores and AJ Ramos, have spent time on the DL.
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Pete Carroll 'disappointed' Thomas skipping minicamp
The Seattle Seahawks kicked off mandatory minicamps Tuesday, but took the field without their senior presence on defense.
Given the league's well-earned reputation for putting the almighty dollar first — and the potential to horn in on the billions of dollars that illegal sportsbooks are believed to rake in yearly in America — it hardly seemed unreasonable.
But while the NBA and MLB have already partnered together to introduce legislation in several states that, if passed, would allow them to get a cut of those profits, Sportscorp Ltd.co-founder Marc Ganis — whose sports business consulting firm has worked closely with the NFL and its owners for years — told Yahoo Sports that America's biggest sports league is wise for eschewing action at the statewide level in favor of a more holistic approach.
Roger Goodell and the NFL have asked Congress to enact 'four core principles' for sports gambling.
More Federal legislation is by far preferable, rather than having to debate this in each state legislature,said Ganis, who is so respected in league circles that he's jokingly referred to by some as the league's 33rd owner.
Ingram also said: It's not added pressure. I was taught you've got to speak stuff into existence. If you want to do something, you've got to say you're going to do it and then you've got to go do it.
I find this stuff entertaining, but there's no question that if the Chargers don't reach the Super Bowl (and I think there's a chance they do), Ingram will be reminded of this quote.
One question that some players have asked me: Why didn't the league use its tremendous PR skills and ability to sway public opinion to defend players when their protests first started, namely Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid?
It's something that's been discussed privately by players and team officials alike for months. The belief is the league could have done a much better job explaining to fans exactly what the players were protesting and avoided a lot of this mess.
The league did all it could to restore Ray Lewis to prominence. To rehabilitate his image. To put him back in a terrific light…after he PLEADED GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN A MURDER CASE. I saw first hand how hard the league worked at this (featuring him in promotional spots, painting him in the most favorable light, etc.). I never understood it then, I don't understand it now.
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Move over, Lauren Duvernay-Tardif and J.J. Watt. There's another doctor in the NFL. Duvernay-Tardif, the Chiefs guard, became the first active NFL player to hold a medical degree when he graduated from McGill earlier this week. A day later, Watt received an honorary degree from the Baylor College of Medicine. Now, star Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has gotten in Jake Muzzin Youth Jersey on the action.
A steady stream of runs supported Gray, whose underperformance has fueled speculation the Yankees will try to add a starting pitcher before the July 31 trade deadline.
Greg Bird's RBI triple the first of his career — put the Yankees ahead for good in the fifth inning.
Center fielder Adam Jones misplayed Bird's long fly ball, letting it hit his glove as he jumped and http://www.officialusahockeys.com/Usa_Ryan_Mcdonagh_Jersey_Shirt.html hit the wall. Bird, maybe the slowest player on the team, made it to third without a problem.
Brett Gardner scored and it was 2-1 Yankees.
He accounted for five total touchdowns in each of the next two weeks — a blowout win over Tennessee and a close loss to Kansas City — and then threw for three more touchdowns in a straightforward win over Cleveland. In his final start, at Seattle, Watson lit it up for 402 yards and four touchdowns through the air and 67 yards on the ground. But he also threw three interceptions, and the Seahawks prevailed, 41-38. Watson, 22, finished his rookie year with 19 passing touchdowns, most ever for a player in his first seven games.
Hopkins was on the receiving end of seven of those scores. Watson is coming off a torn ACL. Just when it seemed that everything was coming together http://www.shopcanadahockeyjersey.com/authentic+jake+muzzin+jersey.html for the Houston offense, Watson tore his ACL in practice ahead of Week 8. The team Ryan McDonagh Jersey turned back to Savage and lost five of its next six, ultimately finishing the campaign 4-12. Watson still isn't taking part in 11-on-11 drills in practice, per the Chronicle.
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Fast forward 24 years from the heyday of the bank and it is worth exactly €1, to the dismay and horror of hundreds of thousands of shareholders who have lost everything, literally overnight, victims of a bank that suffered terminally from the uncontrolled lending that financed the previous construction bubble.
Santander Bank was ordered by the Single Resolution Board (SRB) -an independent agency set up by the European Commission in 2015 and charged with winding down banks- to take over Popular for a symbolic price, €1, a rescue that has been free from cost for Spanish taxpayers.
But the terms of the takeover of Popular are likely to be challenged in court; whilst shareholders dub the EU-sponsored operation 'expropriation', 'confiscation' or 'daylight robbery', several peripheral law firms (larger firms are always on banks' payrolls) are lining up to grab a piece of the impending litigation cake.
For its part, the largest Spanish consumer group OCU sent a letter to the Bank of Spain and the Ministry of Economy demanding that Popular's 300,000 retail investors should have claims heard quickly, rather than the years that it normally takes to resolve.
And on the firing line Santander bank, universal successor of the disappeared bank and the Spanish authorities, allegedly responsible of a gross supervisory failure to warn the public of this disaster.
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Besides tourism, Santa Barbara's economy is fueled by many technology companies, large and small, as well as a thriving medical community. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital just underwent a $40 million renovation and is now the largest and most state-of-the-art medical facility between Los Angeles and San Francisco. One of the other largest employers in the city is the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Other local institutes of higher learning include Antioch University, Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara City College, and Westmont College, which is nestled in the affluent area of Montecito. The Santa Barbara area is also known to be home to many former and current entrepreneurs, which has resulted in a thriving sector of technology start-ups.
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9 Artists from 2009 Who Pushed Boundaries in the 10s
Jose Lopez-Sanchez December 19, 2019
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A decade is a long time, particularly when it comes to our tastes in art. There's an innate desire for novelty, growth, and change that affects artists as much as their audiences. Although our minds gravitate to the familiar, the same trick over and over will only get you so far; after a certain period of time repetition becomes boring and uninspiring. That being said, reinvention for its own sake is no guarantee of success – particularly in music, where trends come in go in waves that are equal parts unexplainable, invisible and somehow irresistible; it's the only way my brain can make sense of the brief success of both Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers, two bootleg versions of the Fleet Foxes.
With that context, it's only fair to recognize those musicians who were around at the end of the last decade but really shone over this one. To qualify for this (completely subjective) list, these artists must have released an album before 2010 and put out work that I think significantly evolved – and improved – their sound and reputation in the public eye in the years since. Without further ado I present to you 9 Artists from 2009 Who Pushed Boundaries in the 10s.
In alphabetical order.
Justin Vernon's transformation from lovelorn, reclusive folk singer into pioneering champion of the avant-garde is one I certainly did not anticipate. The Wisconsin native has used his platform to shine a light on the wide network of friends, collaborators, and artists in his orbit who inspire him. That he does this in his capacity as a bandleader makes a degree of sense; that he has taken an active role on promoting the wider arts – beyond musical performance – shows that he's one of the few who can see the entire artistic landscape with clarity. The indie singer-songwriter label has been too small for him for many years – after all, this is an artist whose voice and distinctive sound became the cornerstone a decade ago for Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, one of the greatest rap records of all time. Given the fact that he has his own music festival, sits on the board of Pioneer Works, is involved in industrial light and stage design, and work in grassroots political activism, calling him just "musician" is beginning to seem limiting as well.
All the signs were there from the start, weren't they? The man born Aubrey Drake Graham and best known to fans for his role as Jimmy Brooks on Canadian teenage soap opera DeGrassi had that burning ambition from day one; he even told us as much on "Successful". The third track off of his breakthrough mixtape So Far Gone laid it all out: Drake was here for the money, the cars, the clothes, and the women.
Over the the last decade Drake has become rap's version of Galactus, Destroyer of Worlds, seemingly hoovering up every aspect of popular culture, hamming it up for the camera during the first seven years, and collapsing unto himself over the last three. That curdling could easily be interpreted as the lashing out of a man hurt by the changing tides. Drake's ascent took him from rap underdog to bullet-proof charmer. Recent years have taken some of the gloss off: the revelation (and initial denial) that he had a son with Sophie Brussaux, the middling reviews – but mega sales – for a few of his projects, and finally, allegations of his habit of "striking up friendships" with underage actresses have all put a dent in his once-sterling reputation. But ask any casual fan of rap or pop and Drake was probably the biggest name on the planet over the last decade.
By the time 2010 came around, Kanye had just finished restoring his reputation for the first time. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a record so lush, so opulent, so different that critics fell over themselves to tell us how Kanye's genius justified his behavior. And candidly, fans and casual listeners alike bought it; if we are looking at rap today, you can't deny that album's impact. The rest of the decade brought us some highs (Yeezus, "Kids See Ghosts", Kanye's forays into design – particularly footwear and the set for the Saint Pablo Tour) and some lows (Ye, Jesus is King, MAGA Kanye) but what is tru is that whenever Kanye did something over the last decade it was on everyone's lips.
It all started with that verse on "Runaway". Pusha T had always been known to hip hop fans as one half of The Clipse, the hard-rapping, weight-moving, Virginia Beach natives closely associated with Pharrell and The Neptunes. But the retirement of his brother Malice, who left hip hop for religion (and changed his stage name to "No Malice") led many to ask what would happen to Pusha – a question he emphatically shut down with one of the standout verses on an album chock-full of star turns.
The relationship between Push and Kanye would blossom from there, leading to a series of hard-hitting cocaine rap albums that rattled your ear and your trunk. Pusha T was named as president of Kanye's GOOD Music label and used his ever increasing skill and clout to aim for a spot at the top of rap's hierarchy. It all culminated in the release of "The Story of Adidon" – breaking the news of Drake's son – and the subsequent album Daytona, an album that was short, brutal, and fun as hell. With that one-two punch, he rightly justified the King Push moniker.
Enigmatic as ever, Rihanna completed her transformation from pop starlet to full-on global business maven. Seriously, think about it: Rihanna has only released four albums in the last decade, and none since 2016's critically acclaimed Anti. The record marked a new direction for Rihanna, one that was much more candid and confessional and showed a side of her that wasn't afraid to be vulnerable and comfortable. It helped round out her public persona, reflecting the self-sufficient woman she is today on her own terms, as opposed to through the prism of her relationships to her exes or collaborators.
Anticipation for her next album is at a fever-pitch, although it's unlikely we'll get any more music by Ri-Ri this decade. Throughout the same period, she's built up Fenty into a cosmetic and fashion empire aligned with her exquisite taste and fierce independence. I can't wait to see what the next decade holds for Rihanna.
Solange's first album was released in 2002, while she was just 16 years old, but she had been around showbiz for much longer – first as a backup dancer in Destiny's Child and then as an artist in her own right. And while she had a breakout single in 2012 with "Losing You", it wasn't until the latter half of this decade that her genius received wide acclaim and recognition.
Some records are bigger than just the music. A Seat at the Table was released in October 2016 – slightly over a month before Trump was elected president – but it seemed to be steeped in prescience about what it means to suffer, and celebrate, being a minority in the United States under this administration. Like Janus, it told us the future by looking at the past. Since then she's served to both set the agenda and continuously push it forward.
Annie Clark had already ventured out by herself into the great unknown of a solo career at the start of this decade, and with considerable success. She showcased her chops as a guitarist and witty lyrics in a way that caught attention and turned heads on on Marry Me and Actor, her first two records. But it's been her work since that firmly established her reputation as a one-of-a-kind, iconic presence of the New York music scene. Each one of Strange Mercy, Love This Giant (her collaboration with David Byrne), St. Vincent, and 2017's Masseduction peels back yet another layer to St. Vincent, the artist, yet she remains as enigmatic as ever. These transformations – in subject matter, instrumentation, and approach – have provided me with great joy and surprise over the past ten years. I can't wait to see what face she shows up with next time.
It would be easy to dislike Sufjan's music. It can come across as overly wrought, dramatic, and precious, and if seen in just the right light, you can catch a glimmer of the flecks of hubris speckled across the surface. However the truth is that the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist pours so much sincerity and emotion into each of his songs that they somehow feel immune from these criticisms.
When Sufjan sings, be brings us into those memories with him in a way that makes us feel as if we were sitting alongside him as they were formed. His complicated relationship with, and estrangement from, his mother gets wrapped into our own complicated dynamics with our parents; his battle with mental health and fight for happiness becomes our own climb towards wellness. Sufjan only released two full-length albums this decade, but each one of them tugged at heart strings in ways that blurred the lines between audience and artist.
The biggest band in the world today isn't really a 'band' and hadn't even released a full-length record when this decade started. Nonetheless, Tame Impala make it onto this list as the musical act that has made the biggest splash – and impact – on popular music in the past ten years. Though it's hard to pinpoint exactly when they reached a higher gear, it's often cited as coinciding with the release of Currents in 2015 – the moment when an excellent band discovered synthesizers and became even better. The album had such a stronghold on popular culture that Rihanna even covered the closing track from it less than a year later.
Starting off as a psychedelic rock project, the Perth, Australia natives' sound has been influenced by hip hop and electronic music over the last few years, while simultaneously also leaving its imprint on wider popular culture. Frontman and principal songwriter Kevin Parker has been heralded as a genius, and now is frequently brought in to collaborate with leading rappers, including Travis Scott and Kanye. Tame Impala closed out the decade with another global tour and a steady drip of four new singles in anticipation of their next record, The Slow Rush. I can't wait for February 2020.
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Antitrust regulators at the European Commission are threatening to block the $165 billion merger of Time Warner and America Online, as both sides prepare to negotiate a possible settlement over the next week.
European officials in Brussels have drawn up proposed rejection language, according to a person close to the discussions, arguing that the merger could choke off competition in the distribution of music and entertainment over the Internet.
The move by the European Commission, the day-to-day administrative arm of the European Union, is to a great extent procedural and the basis for the bargaining that is expected to take place. People on both sides have made it clear that they are ready to talk.
But the commission's threat to block the merger is not just a negotiating strategy. By forbidding combinations of European businesses, the commission has the power to effectively stop big corporate deals even if the parent companies are not European. On previous occasions, including mergers of two American companies, European regulators have used that power to make companies divest themselves of businesses or change their conduct.
In an antitrust review related to the Time Warner-AOL deal, European officials are coaxing concessions in the merger proposed between Time Warner and EMI, the big British music distributor.
EMI executives said today that they would offer proposals to the commission on Tuesday, though they refused to say what compromises they had in mind.
Amelia Torres, a European spokeswoman on competition issues, would not confirm that officials had proposed a rejection of the AOL deal.
Last week, European officials circulated a similar draft rejection of the merger between Time Warner and EMI. Among other things, they are concerned that the EMI deal will reduce the number of major music distributors worldwide to four companies from five now.
With AOL and Time Warner, officials are worried that the combined companies' store of entertainment programming and access to online customers will give them unparalleled bargaining power with both producers and consumers.
The AOL merger is related to the EMI deal in European minds because AOL has its own agreement to distribute music from the Bertelsmann Music Group.
European officials are already hostile to a merger that would unite EMI with Warner Music. They are even less happy about adding Bertelsmann to the mix.
Investors seemed unfazed by the European Commission's threat. The shares of both companies rose on the New York Stock Exchange today, with Time Warner up $1.44 to close at $81.25, and AOL rising 41 cents to $55.56.
The Federal Trade Commission in Washington is also skeptical about the Time Warner-AOL deal, but its concerns differ from those in Europe. American officials are primarily worried about the ability of America Online's rivals to gain access on Time Warner's cable television networks as cable systems are more heavily used as high-speed links to the Internet from individual homes.
The two companies have pledged to provide open access, and have argued that is in their interest to carry all popular content providers on their networks.
But other media companies, led by Walt Disney, contend that the merger would further strengthen what Disney executives call the ''walled garden'' of AOL's proprietary part of the Internet.
European officials are primarily worried about the overwhelming power the companies could have through the linking of three of the world's five big music distributors -- EMI, Warner and Bertelsmann.
The European Commission is required to issue a final decision on the EMI merger by Oct. 18 and on the AOL deal by Oct. 24. Under the commission's rules, EMI must submit proposed remedies on antitrust concerns by Tuesday and AOL before next Monday.
Mario Monti, the European commissioner for competition, has already prevented several big mergers. Earlier this summer, he blocked the combination of WorldCom and Sprint. In March, he stopped the proposed $7 billion merger between Sweden's two big truck manufacturers, Scania and Volvo. And the same month, he blocked the merger of three major aluminum companies.
Of the deals involving Time Warner, many experts think that the one with EMI faces the tougher resistance, because European officials seem intent on forcing EMI or Warner to sell some important record labels.
AOL executives have suggested ways of limiting their agreement with Bertelsmann Music, though the proposals so far have not impressed European officials. But if the Europeans block the deal with EMI, AOL executives think that their marketing link with Bertelsmann's music arm will appear less threatening to competition.


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Equity in Regenerative Agriculture Collabathon Wraps Up
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From September through the end of October we ran our Equity in Practice in RegenerativeIn biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes cells, organisms, and ecosystems … More Agriculture Collabathon in partnership with Open Rivers Consulting Associates and Terra Ethics. Over the course of five weeks, the participants worked to build new skills and create the outline of a toolkit for viewing their work through an equity lens. Much of the discussion focused on how a better understanding of ourselves and others can help bring equity into our daily work, projects, and organizations.
Equity, as contextualized by the OpenTEAM Equity Working Group, is defined as a proportional representation (by race, class, gender, etc.) in opportunities. Equity refers to the fact that different people have varying needs of support and assistance and strives to achieve fairness in treatment and outcomes.
The Collabathon covered a variety of topics needed to guide this equity work in the agriculture space. This included discussing concepts of value, understanding principles of equity, sharing historical context, learning various leadership tools, and developing ways to drive change.
Foundational Concepts
The co-leaders from Open Rivers and Terra Ethics began the Collabathon by defining and discussing foundational topics that would guide participants throughout the sessions. These concepts centered on recognizing inherent and equal value. This opposes a value-gauging perspective where value arises from social constructs, such as status and wealth, and must be acquired. Racism is based on this value-gauging of individuals.
This session also defined equity in practice as everyday engagement to ensure equity is upheld in our system, recognizing that any project or initiative must have equitable foundations and begin with an equitable perspective to avoid using the label of "equity" only to satisfy societal expectations. Participants further discussed allyship, defining it as an active and consistent practice of using power and privilege to achieve equity, collaboration, and justice while holding ourselves accountable. The conceptualization of power and privilege was explored through a discussion of positionality, which requires people to identify their own degree of privilege. The goal is to uncover hidden bias and understand behaviors that cause harm. It was important to spend time defining, discussing, and understanding these key concepts to work towards a larger understanding of how to then put these principles into practice.
Providing Historical Context
Co-leaders also shared various resources such as Regenerative Agriculture Needs a Reckoning and a video on the History of Racism in U.S. Agriculture by Dr. Marcus Bernard, originally aired during "Field to Market's Cross-Sector Dialogue on Racial Justice," to provide context for why this Collabathon was happening in the first place. This article and video, among many other resources that were provided, tell the bigger picture of issues of racism in agriculture in the United States and the foundations that still hinder progress.
The group then learned about and practiced applying a variety of tools to become better leaders. By being a stronger leader, participants can learn how to best lead institutional and organizational change around equity. These tools focused on self-reflection and self-awareness. Understanding your own values, asking the right questions, and connecting with others in a meaningful and productive way are the underpinnings to this work.
For example, the influence model is used as a tool for approaching change and includes conditions for changing mindsets. First, role modeling emphasizes demonstrating the behavior we wish to see. Understanding and commitment then addresses that we must have and share knowledge of the proposed change to understand the 'why'. Reinforcing mechanisms offer structures and processes that support the desired change, skills required for that change, and ensures that all parties have access to the expertise needed going forward. The group discussed ways to use these conditions to better engage and understand others in order to drive change. This model is currently being used within OpenTEAM to develop new ways of collaborating amongst each other and supporting HubOpenTEAM Hubs will serve as a primary testing ground for the OpenTEAM platform, and their experience and feedback will i… More and Network farms and ranches, ultimately actualizing the change we want to see organization-wide.
Using leadership tools, the group began to build out a toolkit for bringing equity into their daily work. The emphasis of this toolkit is to recognize yourself, identify your motives and values, and evaluate how you interact with others before trying to change an organization or society as a whole. This structure brings together the leadership tools that participants learned to provide a three-level framework of understanding yourself, engaging with others, and finally leading change. This ties into all aspects of the Collabathon by utilizing foundational concepts and history as context for how these leadership tools can be applied to drive equitable change forward on an individual, organizational, and societal level.
Throughout these five weeks, participants discovered that institutional change starts from within. To recognize your privilege and position in the space you are working in is key to putting equity into practice. Such work takes time, a better approach to change is slowing down rather than rushing to have an output. By prioritizing the need to recognize yourself, engage with others, and ask the right questions instead of jumping straight to trying to lead change, we lessen the risk of perpetuating harm.
All of these learned concepts, principles, and tools will be shared through a toolkit that can be used widely to help other organizations within OpenTEAM and beyond to start centering principles of equity and driving forward positive change throughout their projects and organizations. The toolkit will take this framework and weave together the fundamental concepts, leadership and interpersonal frameworks, project planning, and implementation tenets into a living, applicable document.
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A 2014–2015-ös Ekstraklasa (szponzorált nevén T-Mobile Ekstraklasa) a lengyel labdarúgó-bajnokság legmagasabb szintű versenyének 81. alkalommal megrendezett bajnoki éve. A pontvadászat 16 csapat részvételével, 2014. július 18-án indult és 2015. június 7-én ért véget.

A bajnoki címet a Lech Poznań szerezte meg, mely a klub történetének 7. bajnoki címe. A Zawisza Bydgoszcz és a GKS Bełchatów kiesett az élvonalból.

A bajnokság rendszere
A pontvadászat 16 csapat részvételével zajlik, a csapatok a őszi-tavaszi lebonyolításban oda-visszavágós, körmérkőzéses rendszerben mérkőznek meg egymással. Minden csapat minden csapattal kétszer játszik, egyszer pályaválasztóként, egyszer pedig idegenben. Az alapszakasz végeztével a mezőny ketté válik. Az első nyolc helyen végzett csapat a felső, míg az utolsó nyolc helyen végzett csapat az alsóházban folytatja. Ebben a szakaszban már csak egy alkalommal találkoznak az együttesek.

A pontvadászat végső sorrendjét a 30 bajnoki forduló és a rájátszás mérkőzéseinek eredményei határozzák meg a szerzett összpontszám alapján kialakított rangsor szerint. A mérkőzések győztes csapatai 3 pontot, döntetlen esetén mindkét csapat 1-1 pontot kap. Vereség esetén nem jár pont.

Azonos összpontszám esetén a bajnokság sorrendjét az alábbi szempontok alapján határozzák meg:
 az egymás ellen játszott bajnoki mérkőzések pontkülönbsége;
 az egymás ellen játszott bajnoki mérkőzések gólkülönbsége;
 az egymás ellen játszott bajnoki mérkőzéseken szerzett gólok száma;
 a bajnoki mérkőzések gólkülönbsége;
 a bajnoki mérkőzéseken szerzett gólok száma;

A bajnokság győztese lesz a 2014–15-ös lengyel bajnok, az utolsó két helyen végzett csapat pedig kiesik a másodosztályba.

Változások a 2013–2014-es szezont követően
 Búcsúzott az élvonaltól
 Widzew Łódź 15. helyezettként
 Zagłębie Lubin, 16. helyezettként

 Feljutott az élvonalba
 GKS Bełchatów, a másodosztály győzteseként
 Górnik Łęczna, a másodosztály ezüstérmeseként

Részt vevő csapatok

A bajnokság végeredménye

Alapszakasz

Eredmények

Felsőház

Eredmények

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Eredmények

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 Eredmények, tabella és góllövőlista a 90minut.pl-en
 Eredmények, tabella és góllövőlista az Európai Labdarúgó-szövetség (UEFA) oldalán
 Eredmények, tabella és góllövőlista a Soccerwayen
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