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Jacksonville is home to a number of professional sports teams, and the city has a long history of athletics. The Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) compete at the major league level. Additionally, the PGA Tour is headquartered in the suburb of Ponte Vedra Beach, where it hosts The Players Championship every year.

In addition, Jacksonville has a number of minor league and semiprofessional sports teams. These include the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp baseball team, the Jacksonville Icemen ice hockey team, the Jacksonville Sharks indoor football team, the Jacksonville Axemen rugby league team, and the Jacksonville Giants basketball team.

Jacksonville is also home to two universities, Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida, which compete in NCAA Division I. Several college sporting events are also held in Jacksonville annually.

Professional sports
Jacksonville is home to one major league professional team — the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League — and several minor league teams.

American football
Football is by far the most popular sport in the Jacksonville area. The city is home to the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). The only major league-level sports team to play in Jacksonville, the Jaguars currently play in South Division of the NFL's American Football Conference (AFC).

The Jaguars joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1995, along with the Carolina Panthers. In 1990, the NFL had announced it would expand by two teams, and Jacksonville entered the bidding war. Jacksonville was the smallest market among the bidders, and was considered the unlikeliest choice. However, in 1993, after a series of negotiations, the NFL announced that the second franchise would go to Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Jaguars play at TIAA Bank Field in downtown Jacksonville. The Jaguars have won four division championships, in 1998, 1999, 2017, and 2022, and they have made eight playoff appearances.

Jacksonville hosted Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. As the smallest metropolitan area to ever host a Super Bowl, special accommodations were necessary, such as the use of cruise ships as hotels.

Jacksonville also has a number of amateur football teams, including the Jacksonville Dixie Blues, a women's football team in the Women's Football Alliance, and the Jacksonville Knights of the Florida Football Alliance.

Expansion efforts: 1960s–1980s

The success of college football led to interest in bringing professional football to Jacksonville, which began in earnest in the 1960s. In 1966, the New York Jets and the expansion Miami Dolphins played an exhibition game in the Gator Bowl, and this was followed by preseason games with the Boston Patriots facing the Miami Dolphins in 1968 and the Denver Broncos in 1969. In 1967 and 1968, the city hosted the American Football League All Star Game at the Gator Bowl. Jacksonville was the only non-AFL city to host the game. It was presumed at the time that this was a prelude to Jacksonville getting an AFL expansion team, but when the AFL merged with the rival NFL in 1970 expansion plans were scrapped. The city also hosted a number of NFL preseason games throughout the 70s and 80s.

Jacksonville's first attempt at professional football came in 1926, when former Stanford University star Ernie Nevers organized the Jacksonville All-Stars to play exhibition games against traveling NFL opponents. The All-Stars faced the Chicago Cardinals and their star Red Grange on January 2, and the New York Giants on January 9; however, both games drew meager crowds, and the All-Stars subsequently ended operations. Jacksonville had its first professional football team in 1974 with the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League, a short-lived attempt to establish a rival to the NFL. The Sharks' financial troubles led the league to fold the team; the franchise was revived the following year as the Jacksonville Express. However, the WFL folded before the end of the 1975 season. The Jacksonville Firebirds played in the American Football Association, a spring minor league, for three seasons, 1979–1981. In 1984 professional football returned with the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League (USFL). The Bulls set many USFL attendance records, including the only two sell-out games; however the league ceased operations after the 1985 season.

The success of these earlier attempts generated interest in bringing the NFL to Jacksonville. Several NFL teams discussed moving to the city over the years, with the Baltimore Colts  and the Houston Oilers making the most serious offers.

Baseball
Minor League Baseball has been played in Jacksonville nearly every year since the early 20th century. The city's current team are the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, who currently play in Triple-A East since 2021. Two teams named the Suns have played in Jacksonville since 1962: A class Triple-A International League team from 1962–1968, and a Double-A team (renamed to the Jumbo Shrimp in 2017) from 1970 to 2020. They play at 121 Financial Ballpark in Downtown Jacksonville.

Hockey
Ice hockey returned to the city in 2017 when the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL were announced for the 2017–18 season. The team came from Evansville, Indiana, after a one-year hiatus and is the second ECHL team for the city of Jacksonville after the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ceased operations in 2000.

Indoor football
Jacksonville is home to the Jacksonville Sharks, an indoor football team, who started play in 2010. From 2010 to 2016, the Sharks played in the Arena Football League (AFL), the top indoor football league in the United States. They left the league prior to the 2017 season and joined the National Arena League, a newly formed league with no association with the Arena Football League. The city was previously home to the Jacksonville Tomcats, who played in af2, the AFL's developmental league, from 2000 to 2002, at which point the old Jacksonville Coliseum was demolished to make way for the current arena.

The Sharks won one AFL championship, defeating the Arizona Rattlers 73–70 in Arena Bowl XXIV.

Soccer
The Jacksonville Armada FC was Jacksonville's professional soccer team who began play in 2015 as an expansion team in the North American Soccer League (NASL), which was the second tier of the second tier in the American soccer pyramid at that time. As of 2016, U.S. Men's National Team's Tony Meola took on the role of head coach. The Armada played their home games at University of North Florida at the Hodges Stadium in downtown Jacksonville. After the 2017 season, the NASL ceased operations and the Armada temporarily joined the amateur National Premier Soccer League while looking for another professional league. The team went on hiatus after the 2018 season.

Golf and tennis
The Greater Jacksonville area is at the top level of professional golf. The PGA Tour is headquartered in the suburb of Ponte Vedra Beach, where it hosts The Players Championship every year. The championship is one of the major stops on the PGA Tour, and is regarded as the most prestigious non-major tournament on the tour. St. Johns County is also home to the World Golf Village and the World Golf Hall of Fame.
The Jacksonville area has around 64 golf courses, of which 18 are public, 18 are semi-private, 15 are private and 13 are resort courses. Several PGA Tour players make the Jacksonville area their year-round home.

Professional tennis is in town each year when the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) holds the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island Plantation near Fernandina Beach, just north of Jacksonville. Additionally, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has its American headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Semi-pro and amateur sports

Australian Rules Football
The Jacksonville Saints were formed in 2018.   They train at Alexandria Oaks Park in San Marco and play matches at Willowbranch Park in Riverside.   In 2021 they won the inaugural Florida Cup and the Magnolia Cup.

Basketball
The Jacksonville Giants have played in the new American Basketball Association (ABA) since 2010. They play their home games in the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

Rugby league
Rugby league football, has a unique presence in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Axemen, founded in 2006, are one of the most successful rugby league football teams in the United States, both on and off the field. They currently play in the new USA Rugby League. They previously played in the American National Rugby League (AMRNL) from 2006–2010, advancing to the playoffs four times in five years and winning the championship in 2010. Beginning in 2011, the Axemen oversee a reserve grade competition, the Southeastern Rugby League Championship, contested by three feeder teams, including the Jacksonville Hatchets.

The Axemen play at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida, which has also hosted a number of international matches and training camps. UNF hosted the Rugby League Atlantic Cup, a tournament between emerging rugby league nations in North America, in 2009 and 2010. In 2008 the school hosted the "Australia Day Challenge" between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Leeds Rhinos, which featured Rabbitohs co-owner Russell Crowe and drew nearly 13,000 spectators. The New Zealand Police Rugby League team has also played at UNF against both the Axemen and a South Eastern Rugby League team. The Axemen began fielding a women's side in 2021 and have had players represent the US on the national side in 2022.

Rugby union

There are multiple amateur rugby union clubs in the city. Jacksonville Women's Rugby Club was founded in 2006 and have played women's division 2 since its founding. The men's team, Jacksonville Rugby Football Club was founded in 1972 and play FL division 3. The UNF Deadbirds is a club team at the University of North Florida, consisting of UNF students and other college students in the area. The HS U19 boys side won the state championship in 2019.

Soccer
The Jacksonville Armada U-23 is an amateur soccer team in the National Premier Soccer League. The team originated as the Jacksonville United FC in 2011 and won the 2011 NPSL Championship. In 2016, the United were replaced by the development team for the professional Jacksonville Armada FC. The U-23 team was temporarily replaced by Armada FC when that team took part in the 2018 season, but returned as the NPSL team in 2019 when the professional team suspended operations while looking for another league.

College sports
The city has long supported college football. Florida's first college football game was held in Jacksonville in 1901, between Florida Agricultural College (a predecessor to the University of Florida) and Stetson College (now Stetson University). Jacksonville newspaper The Florida Times-Union recorded the state college championships and awarded the Championship Cup in the early years. The annual Florida–Georgia game between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the University of Florida Gators has been played in the city nearly every year since 1933.

Jacksonville's football bowl game, the Gator Bowl, began in 1946.  The Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs have played their annual football game, informally known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", in Jacksonville every year since 1933, save a two-year hiatus caused by the razing of the Gator Bowl Stadium and construction of the EverBank Field. The Florida State Seminoles have also held individual regular season games there, and in 1964 Georgia Tech and Navy played a regular season game there. The latter game was notable because 1963 Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach played quarterback for Navy. Georgia Tech won the game 17-0. On September 2, 1989 Florida State played Southern Miss in the regular season opener at the Gator Bowl. Southern Miss quarterback and future NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre led his team to a 30-26 upset of the heavily favored Seminoles.

Jacksonville was the host city for the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship games through 2007. In March 2006, Jacksonville was a host site for the first round of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The games were held at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The eventual national champion Florida Gators emerged from the Jacksonville regional.

Jacksonville's two universities, the University of North Florida (UNF) and Jacksonville University (JU), compete in NCAA Division I.

The University of North Florida's sports teams are known as the Ospreys. From 1993–2005 the Ospreys competed in NCAA Division II. In 2005 they began the transition to Division I, which was completed for the 2009 academic year. They are currently members of the ASUN Conference. UNF's varsity sports are, in men's sports, baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, tennis, and golf; and in women's sports, basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Women's golf was added in 2012.

Jacksonville University's sports teams are known as the Dolphins. The JU men's basketball team became notable in the early 1970s, when they made the NCAA Championship game with future American Basketball Association star Artis Gilmore. Like UNF they are members of the ASUN Conference, a non-football league until the 2022–23 school year, for most sports; JU fielded a football team in the Division I FCS Pioneer Football League until shutting down the football program after the 2019 season. JU's varsity sports are, in men's sports, baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, and tennis; and in women's sports, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.

The Edward Waters Tigers, representing the historically black Edward Waters University, currently compete in the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, a conference consisting mostly of historically black institutions. EWU started a transition from the NAIA in 2021.

Florida State College at Jacksonville BlueWave, members of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) began competing in 1967 as the Florida Junior College Stars. Later the college became Florida Community College at Jacksonville and was later rebranded as Florida State College at Jacksonville FSCJ). FSCJ fields NJCAA DII teams: Men's and Women's Cross-Country, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's Baseball, Women's Softball and Volleyball.

Defunct teams

Baseball
Jacksonville hosted Major League Baseball's first-ever spring training in 1888, and hosted spring training camps for several teams through the early 20th century. According to the Baseball Almanac, the Philadelphia Athletics trained in Jacksonville in 1903 and 1914–1918, the Cincinnati Reds in 1905, the Boston Beaneaters (later Braves) in 1906, the Brooklyn Superbas (later Dodgers) in 1907–1909, the Brooklyn Robins (later Dodgers) in 1922, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1918, and the New York Yankees in 1919–1920.

In 1904 the city got its first known professional minor league team, the Jacksonville Jays, who played in the South Atlantic League until 1910. Subsequent baseball teams that played in Jacksonville include the Jacksonville Tarpons (1911–1916), the Jacksonville Roses (1917), the Jacksonville Scouts (1921), and the Jacksonville Indians (1922). Beginning in 1926, a number of teams known as the Jacksonville Tars played in Jacksonville. The origin of this unusual name is unclear. The original Jacksonville Tars played in the Class B Southeastern League from 1926, following the city's acquisition of Durkee Field. They folded in 1930, and were replaced by a new Tars team in the South Atlantic League in 1936; except for three years during World War II, the team continued playing until 1952. During this time the Jacksonville Red Caps of the Negro leagues also played in Jacksonville for three seasons, in 1938 and 1941–1942.

In 1952 the Jacksonville Tars franchise was reorganized as the Jacksonville Braves. The Braves were much more successful on the field than the Tars had been. In 1961 an ownership switchup caused the Braves' major league affiliation to change; they were replaced by the Jacksonville Jets for the season. The original Jacksonville Suns team started play in 1962.

Basketball
Jacksonville previously has had a number of other basketball teams. The Floridians of the original American Basketball Association played some of their home games in Jacksonville in 1970 and 1971. Originally called the Miami Floridians, the team became a regional franchise for the 1970–1971 season, playing home games across the state in Jacksonville, South Florida, and the Tampa Bay area. Poor attendance caused the Floridians to drop Jacksonville and other cities from their schedule; due to their recurring financial issues the league disbanded the team in 1972, prior to the ABA–NBA merger of 1976.

Jacksonville has had a number of minor league-level basketball teams as well. Teams playing in Jacksonville have included the Jacksonville Jets (Continental Basketball Association, 1987); the Jacksonville Hooters, later the "Jacksonville Shooters", (United States Basketball League, 1990–1995); the Jacksonville Barracudas (USBL, 1996–1998), and the Jacksonville JAM (2006–2008). The Jacksonville Jam played one season in the American Basketball Association, from 2006–2007, and transferred to the rival Premier Basketball League the following season, where they were briefly known as the Jacksonville SLAM; however, they did not survive the transfer and folded before the end of the season.

Hockey
The city has had an intermittent history of minor league hockey since the 1960s. The city's first hockey team were the Jacksonville Rockets, who played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1964–1972. The city's other teams were the Jacksonville Barons (American Hockey League, 1973–1974), the Jacksonville Bullets (Sunshine Hockey League, 1992–1996), the Jacksonville Lizard Kings (East Coast Hockey League, 1995–2000), and the Jacksonville Barracudas (2002–2008). The Barracudas played in the World Hockey Association 2 and the Southern Professional Hockey League winning titles in both leagues. They initially played their home games in the city's arena, but lease increases forced them to find another venue; they went on a self-imposed suspension of operations in 2008 and did not return.

Lacrosse
The Jacksonville Bullies indoor lacrosse team were scheduled to play in the inaugural season of the North American Lacrosse League in 2012. After a dispute with the league, they played part of a season in the Professional Lacrosse League that year before canceling the rest of their games in October.

Soccer
The Jacksonville Tea Men played both standard and indoor soccer from 1980 – 1984. Their outdoor games were played at the Gator Bowl Stadium downtown. The team was moved from the Boston area, where they were known as the New England Tea Men, and initially played in the North American Soccer League. They later played in the United States Soccer League and the American Soccer League; they won the 1983 ASL Championship, but folded the following year.

The Jacksonville Cyclones played in the A-League from 1996 to 1999 and folded in 1999. The FC JAX Destroyers had men's and women's teams in the United Soccer Leagues from 2011 to 2012: a men's team in the USL Premier Development League and a women's team in the W-League. FC Jax Destroyers dissolved in 2012.

See also

 Sports in Florida

References

References and further reading
James B. Cooks, Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story, from Civil Rights to the Jaguars, University Press of Florida, 2004.
Buddy Martin, The Boys from Old Florida: Inside Gator Nation, Sports Publishing, 2006
John Oehser, Jags to Riches: The Cinderella Season of the Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Martins Press, 1997.
Daniel Schaefer, From scratch pads and dreams: A ten year history of the University of North Florida, University of North Florida, 1982.


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Home Football English Football Jose Mourinho Claims Raheem Sterling 'Did Not Have Good World Cup'
Jose Mourinho Claims Raheem Sterling 'Did Not Have Good World Cup'
Chris Kelleher July 15, 2018
Manchester United's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho holds onto the ball as Manchester City's English midfielder Raheem Sterling tries to retrieve during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on September 10, 2016. / AFP / Oli SCARFF / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)
Raheem Sterling, sometimes through no fault of his own, has been a major talking point at the World Cup.
Sustained tabloid criticism prior to the tournament led to public rows over the coverage of the Englishman, and his appearance at the World Cup has been heavily scrutinised as a result.
While he was unable to score with a lack of clinical edge in the final third and some poor decision making despite starting six games, the Manchester City star was undoubtedly a thorn in many an opponent's side.
His work and ability both on and off the ball meant that he was a constant presence in England's attack, gaining widespread praise at home. This was something which was highlighted once he was brought off against Croatia and replaced by Marcus Rashford, who was unable to contribute to a similar degree.
Many fans disagreed though, and the 23-year-old routinely finished bottom of the BBC's player rating poll.
Now Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has gone in on the forward in his punditry work for Russia Today.
He admitted his 'surprise' at seeing Sterling's name in the team for the third place playoff loss against Belgium, which saw five changes made from the Croatia defeat.
"He didn't have a good World Cup," Mourinho stated.
"He didn't have a good enough World Cup, in my opinion, to be chosen for a match ahead of [Jamie] Vardy, [Danny] Welbeck, [Marcus] Rashford. People with probably better condition from a physical and psychological point of view."
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Yesterday I crossed over 1000 blog posts. Sometime in the next month I will (hopefully) cross 100K subscribers. It has been a long journey and with many twists and turns. My original intention was to "become an expert" on online communities – hence the URL. Sometime over the next few years, my focus changed to be more about technology in general, building a thought leadership profile, talking about entrepreneurship and finally about investing and startups.
On a good day, my blog gets 24% open rate from my subscribers, and most days less. On average 40% of the subscribers are in India and 34% are from the US. I did some work with full contact API data and found that about 60% of subscribers have "founder" in their title on LinkedIn.
There have been many folks who have been inspiring and helped me along when I was not exactly sure why I was blogging or for whom. There have been a few role models who I consider the best in the business and are people I think have a day job, and still have built a strong brand around their work. They have been doing it consistently for years, so I dont consider them "flash in the pan" type overnight successes.
I wanted to call out 6 of them who I have been reading and trying to emulate, and if you are into blogs or reading online I think you might know them all. I dont tend to follow a lot of publications and media blogs like TechCrunch but individual bloggers.
Horace Dediu of Asymco: If there was one person who writes with more authority and is very data driven, I'd say its Horace. His graphs and charts are worth putting on a picture frame at times. I am a huge fan.
Ben Thompson of Stratechery. I have been following Ben only for the last year and he is very insightful, I wish I had the ability to see things around the corner like he did.
Jean-Louis Gassee of Monday Note. I first met Jean-Louis about 15 years ago, after he left Apple. He is possibly one of the most authoritative voices on Apple, more than any of the others who are "insiders" or into Mac media culture.
Neil Patel of Quick Sprout. Another long time writer and essayist, his posts are very actionable, which I admire. Few people can push you to do something immediately about something the way Neil's writing can.
Mark Suster of Both Sides of the Table: Mark's pretty authentic. There are 2-3 of his posts that I ready every month – Lines not dots, is still my most recommended piece to new entrepreneurs.
Tomasz Tunguz of Tom Tunguz. Relatively new on my radar, Tomasz writes very well researched pieces and is quite possibly an expert in the SaaS space by sheer ability to write so much after a lot of hard work researching the topic.
If you look at the highlighted / bold words – data driven, insightful, authoritative, actionable, authentic and well researched are what I aim for. I dont end up doing that with every post, but that's my goal.
Even without meeting me, these folks have been mentoring me with their writing. This is my thanks to them.
I wrote about how the cloud migration represents a large opportunity for Systems Integrators such as Accenture and Infosys, among others. Many customers are moving their existing applications to the cloud and using SI's to enable that migration. This is largely being driven by lowering the cost of infrastructure for their existing applications.
The other big opportunity that I am starting to see for systems integration companies is the development and introduction of internal employee facing applications, which so far has been only been developed by pure play SaaS companies.
All applications built by a company fall into two categories – those that are used by employees and those that are used by customers / partners / suppliers etc.
The customer facing applications that are "business critical" and revenue producing are the ones that companies are starting to build themselves. The ones that are internal, employee used are the ones they are buying from SaaS vendors.
If they were to build applications in-house they need to hire people, and hiring developers for any company right now is very tough. That might change if a lot of coding schools end up producing more developers, but you can never be too rich, too thin or have too many good developers.
Many of the internal application purchases are increasingly being bought directly by the business team instead of asking IT to procure. Thanks to cloud and SaaS, it no longer takes 3-6-12 months to buy, install, customize and deploy a solution, so business teams with the need (HR, Sales, Marketing, etc.) are directly buying software (usually that's being done by someone who needs it, not by the head of the business unit) that's needed by employees to be productive.
Thanks to the lower cost and subscription pricing models it is cheaper to buy than to build. Many companies are also realizing that internal applications are no longer "the competitive edge" that they thought it was in the 80's, and 90's.
So, where is the opportunity?
Although many businesses are buying these applications via a SaaS model, SI's are usually the first to know about the need as they scan the market for potential partnerships and vendors.
They also have a clear idea of business needs for these internal applications. I am surprised more system integrators are not offering products and services they have built for one customer "as a service" to others.
Currently if a customer needs an internal application – they put them into 3 buckets – a) those for individual use, b) those that are departmental and c) those that are to be used by an entire organization or across multiple organizations.
The ones that are for individual use (e.g: SEO optimization software) are usually purchased by the person with peer reviews and feedback.
The apps that are departmental (e.g. Collaboration software) involved one early adopter who gets 2-3 folks in the team to use them together and that spreads virally among others.
Finally the ones that are enterprise-wide, or multi-department or department-wide in usage (e.g. HR software, Email, etc.) are the only ones that go through the RFP and purchase process. These also have many customization requirements and fall into two categories themselves – 1) those that are standard off the shelf and 2) those that are custom and specific to a company / industry, etc.
The off the shelf products can be purchased from SaaS vendors, but I think the opportunity for the systems integrations to turn their businesses from consulting and services to Software as a Services is in the custom applications – being developed as a subscription style offering instead of consulting and billable hours.
Yesterday I had the chance to talk to 2 startups. One has been around for 2 years and has raised $2 Million in seed funding and is in the B2B SaaS (Marketing) space. The other is older, has raised a series B and has over 47 people in their company.
Neither of them have a single person in "IT". They both have over 40+ applications they use and everyone of their employees is using notebooks, phones, etc., but they dont have a central IT team.
I asked the CEO's at what point do they see themselves getting an IT team and the answer from both of them was "Why do we need an IT team"?
That reminded me of Nichoas Carr's piece, 12 years ago, in which he claims IT does not matter. He was subjected to a lot of ridicule many year's ago, but he's proving to be right.
I started to read about what all IT does actually in any company. You can break it down into 5 main priorities.
Support the business with computing – notebooks, devices, etc. Turns out most new startups, (which will grow into larger ones later), have mostly a BYOD policy or let their employees choose their own machines, which focuses on the support, maintenance and upgrade of the machines to the employee. So, that's mostly not needed.
Provide the business teams with internal applications (Build, Buy or Outsource)- Email, Collaboration, HR systems, ERP, etc. Most new companies are buying SaaS products and are letting the business teams (HR, Sales, Engineering, etc.) make their own decisions on which applications to buy.
Build, buy or outsource external customer / partner facing applications – These are also being moved from IT to the business teams. They directly engage with partners, agencies or buy off the shelf SaaS applications, bypassing IT to directly buy to their requirements. In fact over the last 10 years, according to Gartner, 50% of IT spend on applications is being managed directly by the business teams, bypassing IT. That's in the large companies. In the small companies, it is 100%.
Supporting, managing and assisting internal users via a help desk on problems they have with IT systems. Most users are bringing their own devices and building their own applications, so the help desk is largely eliminated.
Operationally support the applications built with DBA's, system administrators, operations managers, etc. With the rise of DevOps and the cloud, all of these external facing, customer applications, which are developed internally are being deployed, managed and supported by the developers who built the applications in the first place.
The only remaining portions are vendor management (if there are many suppliers to IT) or outsource partner management, which is starting to get managed by the business teams.
While, many of these startups are saying they dont have an IT team, what's really going on is that many of the functional elements that IT did before are being given back to the business teams.
The two entrepreneurs who I spoke with foresee a day when they might need a person to help them with integrating their different "apps" which the teams bought, but that's much later, and a highly specialized role.
Maybe in 20 years only 10% of large companies will have an IT org, and that's when they have multiple locations, need to make sure all the offices have connectivity to their VPN and need an intranet (which can also #SaaS), but that's going to be rare.
After you decide which startup to join if you are considering switching jobs, one of the key questions becomes how to negotiate a package. I get a lot of questions on % of stock ownership, vesting schedule, preferred vs. common stock etc. I am not a qualified lawyer, so take this as pointers and suggestions not as advice.
Depending on the stage of the startup you are considering, the "complete pay package" may be skewed more towards cash or more towards stock. Most startup founders have realized that to hire great talent, there is not just one thing you need any more. There is a need for meaningful work, great pay and benefits and an awesome culture.
I am going to skim over culture, and meaningful work for this post and assume you have figured out a company that offers both, but now need to negotiate your pay package. Most startups are not going to offer great benefits that bigger companies offer, so you are going to work with a fewer set of variables such as pay and stock options.
First, the pay. There are 3 stages that I am going to consider at startups. First, the pre-seed or seed round, second, post some seed round, before the series A and third, post series A.
In almost all of these cases, I have seen that good startups will end up offering a lower base and salary (80% of the chances are it will be much lower than your current pay) but "try to make it up with stock options".
In many startups, salaries tend to be a fixed range with little room to negotiate. If you are making a lot of money at a larger company, expect to take a cut in pay. If you are working at another startup, expect to be marginally in the same range.
There are exceptions for extremely well funded companies and the post series A stage, but that's rare. There are fewer than 20 companies in India and about 100 in the Silicon Valley who can offer salaries that match Google or Facebook, Microsoft or Accenture.
There are 3 important elements to the stock option package – The number of shares, the exercise price and the vesting schedule. The secondary negotiable elements are the type of shares – common vs. preferred, change of control provisions for early vesting and early exercise to save on taxes.
If your startup is at the pre-seed / seed stage, and you are fewer than 20 employees, you can ask for the total outstanding shares of the company, so you can determine the % ownership. A senior executive (VP Engineering, VP Marketing) can expect in the 1-7% range and folks more junior can expect 0.1% to 1%. This is likely the only element you can negotiate in most startups. If you are looking for unreasonable percentage ownership relative to contribution, expect to get some push back.
The earlier you are at the startup, expect a larger % relative to later stages.
The price of your stock is determined either at the previous round or in some cases at the board meeting (exceptional cases) when an inside round has been completed. After the backdating stock option scandal of the 2005's no CEO will help their new employees get stock at a lower price, so there's not much to negotiate here, other than to know the price.
Finally the vesting schedule tends to follow a pretty standard pattern – usually 4 years, with a 1 year cliff. Meaning, after one year at the company, your shares will vest monthly. What you want to learn about is the option to buy your shares and if there are "claw-back provisions" if you leave before an exit.
Most employees dont stay until the exit of the company (or rarely do) and if there are claw-back provisions, you want to be aware of those.
The secondary considerations are important as well. If your contract can specify that your shares will fully vest in the event of a change of control (meaning your startup gets bought) you should seek that.
If your company offers early exercise I'd ask for that option. You might not want to exercise early (since you cant tell if your company will do well or go bust), but it is a good option to know about and negotiate.
Finally, most employees are usually given common stock. You want to know if the founders have as well, or have they, like other investors for example, been given preferred stock if that exists and what the benefits associated with preferred stock (in terms of what the liquidation preferences are).
A typical week for me is about 15-20 introductions to entrepreneurs and VC's. I love that part of the job, in fact. If I could do more, with less time, I would any day, but I am getting more judicious lately.
There are 3 primary reasons why I am slowing down my "warm" introductions.
First, even though I know both the parties well enough to make the introduction, turns out many things change in 3-5 months that I am not on top of. One of my friends at a VC firm, decided to focus on B2C later stage instead of B2B. After 2 introductions, which I made to entrepreneurs, I found that out and also found out that he was "forwarding" my emails to his colleague. What I thought was "helping" was actually creating more work (useless and unnecessary) for him.
Similarly, an angel investor wanted an introduction to an entrepreneur who was looking to raise money a few months ago. Turns out by the time I made the intro, the entrepreneur had changed roles to be the product guy, got a new CEO and also had finished raising money. Again, creating more work for him was not my goal but I ended up doing just that.
Second, in many cases the entrepreneur or the investor is not a good fit at all. Take a case this week. A very smart investor is a hugely sought after lady in my network. Not a week goes by, when I am asked to make an intro to her. I was asked this week by a good friend and entrepreneur to make an introduction to her. I like the team, so I was willing to help. Turns out, the investor had already looked at the company and decided to not engage because she has a competitive deal in the space.
Now, I had obligated her to find a way to "help" my entrepreneur friend in some way. That's negative brownie points for me, even though I wanted to actually help them both.
Finally, there is a power dynamic in play with most situations. The "requester" of the introduction and the "recipient" are not sure in most cases who will actually benefit. Neither am I am very clear about who needs who more. In most cases, when entrepreneurs ask for an intro to an investor it is clear, but in many cases when I have a "hot" entrepreneur in my network, it is not unusual to have 3-4 investors seek my help for a warm introduction.
While making introductions is a critical part of the role that I play, it is becoming clear that the work that it generates for me is becoming onerous.
The best approach is to email the person who is the recipient of the introduction if they'd like the introduction, then wait for their response and then respond back to the requester of their response.
So one email introduction now becomes at least 3 if not more in some cases. Multiply that by 15 a week and I am spending close to an hour making introductions. There has to be a better way.
What do you suggest? I like the connecting and the introductions, but the work involved in doing this is getting to be too much.
In the last 3 years at Microsoft Ventures, 7 teams have been "acqui-hired". 2 were from India, 5 in the US. I had a chance to be up close and see the action, the challenges, the frustration, the joy and the sigh of relief that the entrepreneurs face with these deals.
Acqui-hires fall into 2 buckets – those that save face and those that are incrementally progressive.
While many of the acqui-hires seem like a face-saving opportunity for the founders, they are pretty traumatic for the employees and almost always a poor deal for the angel investors, with exceptions.
The incrementally-progressive ones land the early employees great jobs in the new entity, provide a small return for the investors and allow the founders to get a small win under their belt.
I think about acqui-hires with the focus on the 3 main constituents – the early employees, the advisers and investors and finally the founders.
You could debate who comes first and who should be considered later, so this is only one model for thinking about this.
1. Return on Risk (ROR) for early employees. Most of your employees (if you hired great folks who were already in other great companies) have taken some form of risk to come and join your startup. Assuming that many left opportunities that were considered less risky than yours, I suspect they would expect a sufficient return on the risk taken. Most good employees, will get an offer from your acquirer, which, I think is the main reason why they are acquiring your company in the first place. The best way to give them a return on risk is to help them "true up" on their salaries they forwent.
2. Return on Time (ROT) for the first few hires. In most acqui-hires, I have seen that the acquiring company does not value the product / service that has been built, but instead likes the team. Building a new team who work well together takes time and energy, which is why they chose to acquire a team instead. A good way to help your early employees a return on their time spent (and you as well to hire, recruit and build the team) is typically via a "sign on bonus" for the entire team.
3. Return on Investment (ROI) for your early investors: If you take money, it should your responsibility to return it if you make some money. While many founders feel that angel investors fully know the risk they undertake when they invest in startups, the responsibility to return money does not go away when things dont work out. What I have found is that most founders will end up going back to being founders again and if you leave a trail of destruction or burn bridges when you do your first startup, it will get much harder to raise money for the next one. If you can help investors get as much money back or return their invested capital, then you will go a long way in terms of building credibility for your next venture.
4. Return on Equity (ROE) for advisers. Early advisers dont invest money, but typically their time. While you might feel less responsible towards them since "they did not lose money", they did give you time, some connections, advice and mentorship, I think you should try and get some for of return for their Sweat Equity. I have seen one or two founders, taking a portion of their "earn out" to buy out the adviser shares that have been vested. You dont have to do this, but it does help.
5. Return on Opportunity (ROO) for founders. While most founders are relieved just with any exit (given that many acqui-hires were to save certain closure) I do think that founder return is important. If you do get an opportunity to get a good package of stock options and sign on bonus from your acquiring company, I'd highly recommend you negotiate for that.
I have found that in 4 of the 7 deals that happened, the acquiring company would have gladly paid an extra $100K – $250K just so the various parties involved would be "made whole". In many cases the founders just did not ask since they were desperate to get the deal done.
My only suggestion to you as a founder is to ask if you can. If there is a good alignment with the acquiring company and they wish to keep all the employees for a longer time, they would gladly negotiate some more money to help make the deal more attractive to all parties.
The reason for the $100K to $250K number is simple. If your team is 3-5 people, the cost of hiring a team alone will be covered at those numbers. So, in most cases, it will be a win-win for the company.


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Why is visual merchandising for site search important? Site Search in your online store is the most important conversion funnel. Visitors with intent use the search funnel and a data-driven site search engine that predicts what products will sell is a minimum requirement to get the best conversion rate. This is what Tagalys Search was back in 2017 when we used data to predict the best products for any search query. Then why did we add a visual merchandising panel if the engine is supposed to optimize conversion?
All site search engines rely on data collected from the e-commerce store to make sense of it. Think of data as fuel to the engine and the main differences across various engines like Klevu, Nextopia, Sli and the others is the duration or the amount of fuel used in the engine and the engine itself. The limitations of search engines based on historical data are it does not tell you anything about this moment, but makes predictions only based on past behavior. Today matters because sometimes marketing campaigns are based on immediate trends and not something that happened 2 weeks back. For example and this happened at a fashion retailer we currently work with. A certain celebrity was found wearing a palazzo & top from this designers collection and it because of a rage online. Now almost everyone at the online store was trying to find that product as it was trending across Twitter, Instagram & Facebook. But none of these trends are passed to the online store programmatically and that SKU was not the first product visitors saw when they search for "Palazzo" or "tops". This is when our customers & product team realized the shortfalls of only using historical data.
Tagalys provides retailers with a visual panel to instantly choose products for a search query and ensure they positioned such that the visitors find them.
As soon as we launched the visual merchandising panel, retailers & their stylists started using it changing the sort order of products in multiple searches. The freedom to control products displayed empowered retailers to a point where sometimes it started to negatively impact the conversion rates. We realized that merchandisers started promoting products based on gut and not only data. The purpose of the panel was to promote products that matched external data trends that were not part of Tagalys, but it was being used differently. Hence we then added real-time product insights for every product, so retail teams could consider historical product performance before making a merchandising decision.
A merchandising panel for site search by itself is not going to boost conversion rates. We recommend our clients to only merchandise the searches that have external trends not part of the store. Typically that is usually less than 5% of the overall unique search queries, hence the final impact to the conversion rate is less than 20%, depending on the total number of searches for the merchandised search terms.
For the client shared in the above example, the merchandised search itself generated over $77,000 in revenue as the external trend lasted over 4 days.


Chinese hot and sour soup is an easy recipe ready in 15 minutes! The spicy and tangy broth is lightly thickened with cornstarch and eggs for a luscious texture. Each spoonful is packed with shiitake mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots, and chicken for a hearty appetizer.
Hot and sour soup is a classic Chinese appetizer with authentic flavors that deliver just the right proportion of spice and tanginess. It's invigorating to the taste buds when done right. You'll be surprised that the soup really isn't spicy from chilis, but rather the white pepper gives it the characteristic invited burn.
The funny thing is, I never really enjoyed this soup when I was younger because I was always turned off by the intense vinegar taste. Well, it turns out that after testing this recipe, I'm realizing that what I may have had in the past just wasn't properly balanced which makes a huge difference. So put the takeout menu down and lets cook!
What is in Chinese hot and sour soup?
The base of hot and sour soup consists of ginger, garlic, chicken thighs, and chicken stock. In addition, sliced shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and soy sauce add umami flavors that quickly infuses into the stock.
Chinese black vinegar creates a unique flavor and depending on the brand, may contain onions, sugar, tomato paste, carrot juice, and spices. It's similar to Worcestershire sauce but with a stronger vinegar taste.
White pepper is the one ingredient that you must use that cannot be replaced. It has a unique sharp peppery bite and slightly smokey taste. It's added at the end of cooking because the taste can become bitter if overheated.
How do you make Chinese hot and sour soup?
Saute ginger and garlic, followed by chopped chicken thighs.
Simmer mushrooms, bamboo shoots, vinegar, tofu, and seasonings in chicken stock.
Add cornstarch slurry and cook until soup is thickened.
Turn off heat and drizzle in whisked egg, stirring until strands appear.
Serve soup hot garnished with green onions and chili oil.
How do you make vegan or vegetarian hot and sour soup?
To make the soup vegan or vegetarian you can swap out a few things. Do not add the chicken, and perhaps add in different types of mushrooms like wood ear or oyster. Use vegetable stock or broth instead of chicken stock. Omit the eggs, if needed you can add more cornstarch slurry for a thicker soup.
Nothing beats a warm bowl of hot and sour soup. It's the ultimate Asian comfort food you never knew you'd love so much. Adding in extra protein like tofu or pieces of roasted chicken, plus mushrooms make it a one-pot meal that you can enjoy alongside a bowl of steamed rice and stir-fried vegetables. I like to drizzle some hot chili oil on top to give it a different kind of heat.
Can you substitute Chinese black vinegar?
Black vinegar gives the richest flavor and most balanced tanginess to the soup, but other types of vinegar can be used. I recommend distilled white vinegar or red wine vinegar. Start with 1 teaspoon so that you can gauge how strong the taste is, then gradually add more. Soy sauce can help balance the pungent flavor with savory notes if needed.
Chinese hot and sour soup packed with shiitake mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots, and chicken for a hearty appetizer ready in 15 minutes!
Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil, once hot add the garlic and ginger, saute for 30 seconds.
Add sliced chicken, saute until cooked through, 2 minutes.
Add chicken stock and turn heat to medium-high, bring the stock to a simmer.
Add mushrooms, bamboo shoots, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, honey, and salt, stir to combine, simmer for 5 minutes.
Add tofu and cook for 1 minute.
Whisk together cornstarch and water in a small bowl. Gradually add to the soup, stirring constantly until the soup is slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat and drizzle in the whisked egg. Use a spoon to stir the soup using figure-eight motions, until you see strands of eggs appear.
Add in the white pepper, stir to combine. Taste soup and adjust salt, pepper, and vinegar to taste.
Garnish the soup with green onions and chili oil if using.
MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: Substitute gluten-free tamari or coconut aminos for soy sauce. Use red wine vinegar or distilled vinegar if you are unsure that Chinese black vinegar is gluten-free.
Black Vinegar Substitutes: Distilled white vinegar or red wine vinegar can be used; add 1 teaspoon at a time to gauge how strong the taste is, then gradually add more as desired.
Taking this apart, it sounds like 1 T. balsamic vinegar & 1 T. red wine vinegar = 5 T. Chinese black vinegar.
If this is correct, how much of this 50-50 mix of vinegars substitute the 2 T. needed for this soup recipe?
OOPS! I now see that you've already covered substitute suggestions for Chinese Black Vinegar! Please ignore!
It was a perfect cold day to try this recipe and it was so tasty! I didn't have the black vinegar but used the distilled vinegar and it was still very good. My soup was whiter in color and was wondering if its the black vinegar that gives it a darker color. I'll have to try it and maybe some chili oil!
Hi Christine- Yes, the black vinegar gives the soup a more brown color. Next time you could add a little bit of balsamic vinegar if you want it darker or a little more soy sauce.
My wife liked this dish. I didn't have the Chinese Black vinegar, so I was going to use the red wine vinegar. However, what I had on hand was Red cooking wine, would that have worked? I was used apple cider vinegar instead. It worked out well, just had a really bad smell! Hahaha.
Thanks for your feedback John! No, the red cooking wine is just alcohol so that wouldn't have provided the aditity. Yes, apple cider vinegar is stronger in odor, maybe rice vinegar if you have it next time? Thanks for making the recipe!
Hi Jessica. Just want you to know I love this recipe. Substituted distilled white vinegar for Chinese black vinegar. So deliciously warming on a chilly winter evening. It was excellent! Thank you so much!


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Remembering Joshua Kuntz
Vaccine Exemption Rights Threatened – Amendment of the Ontario Immunization of School Pupils Act
Vaccine Choice Canada at the Total Health Show – April 21-23, Toronto Convention Centre
It is with great sadness that we let you know about the passing of Joshua Kuntz, the son of our Vice-President, Ted.
Joshua Anthony Kuntz July 25, 1984 – February 16, 2017
http://www.lifenews.ca/announcement/7150281-kuntz-joshua-anthony
Joshua Kuntz was a gentle soul that touched many hearts during his thirty-two years. In his soft and quiet way he engaged people with the sparkle in his eyes, his radiant smile, and his invitation to hold hands. Josh lived with significant challenges due to an uncontrolled seizure disorder that began with his vaccine shot at five months of age. In spite of his health challenges and physical limitations, Josh enriched the lives of many with his courageous way of being in the world.
The Age of Autism published Ted's letter in memory of Joshua, Tell This Grieving Dad Vaccine Injury Isn't Real.
Ted spoke at a recent Partners for Planning event at The Art of Belonging in Toronto. His talk, "How Disability Saved the World", is a wonderful tribute to Josh. You can view the 18 minute video here.
In case you missed Ted's article published in the Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics titled, First Do No Harm, about Joshua, you can read it here.
In honour of Josh Kuntz, The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge (IPAK) has announced the creation of the 'Integrity in Vaccine Science and Medicine Fellowship'. This is an award to encourage and reward integrity in vaccine science and medicine. The Vaccine Safety Science and Science Integrity Conference is taking place in Pittsburgh, PA June 15-17, 2017 To apply for the award or to donate please visit the IPAK website.
Ted and family, we are all so very sorry for your loss.
Vaccine Exemption Rights Threatened
As many of you already know, the Ontario government is in the process of amending the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) for the specific purpose of targeting non-vaccinating families and to narrow parents' access to vaccine exemptions. The amendment will also require medical personnel to submit children's vaccine records to public health officials, a violation of medical privacy rights. The ISPA amendment is listed as Schedule 1 of Bill 87, the Protecting Patients Act 2016, an omnibus bill which also contains four other legislative amendments unrelated to vaccine exemptions.
As expected, the 2nd reading of Bill 87 (including "education session" amendments to the ISPA) has passed in the Ontario legislature 52 yes 44 no, and has now gone to a legislative committee that will hear submissions from the public. Members of Vaccine Choice Canada plan on making both oral and written submissions voicing our opposition to the proposed changes to ISPA which we have articulated in our Summary of Concerns document. These submissions will become part of the legislative and historic record of growing public alarm over government abuse of our informed consent rights and medical privacy laws. Heather Fraser's submission to the Committee on April 12, 2017 can be read here.
Since 1984, ISPA has provided parents in Ontario with the legal right to exempt their school age children from any or all vaccines for reasons of conscience or religion. Once Bill 87 passes 3rd reading and the amendments to ISPA become law, no matter how well educated parents already are on the pros and cons of vaccination, they will be forced to complete an "immunization education session", prior to being allowed to file a conscience or religious based vaccine exemption for their children. At this point in time, no one knows the content of these "education sessions" or how they will be conducted or the kind of coercion parents will face.The second aspect of the ISPA amendment that raises serious concerns is that doctors, nurses and other vaccine providers will be required to provide the medical officer of health (public health official) with the vaccine records of every child they have vaccinated. Disclosure of patients' medical records without the patient's knowledge or consent is a serious breech of medical records privacy laws and must be contested. In Ontario PHIPA, the Personal Health Information Protection Act is the legal instrument that protects people's right to privacy of their medical records. As explained in this summary document patients have the right to "refuse or give consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal health information", except in certain circumstances such as emergencies.
You have the right to make a voluntary and informed decision about medical treatments that carry a risk of injury or death. This includes vaccination. Your right to decide is protected by Canadian Medical Law and Ontario's Health Care Consent Act, which uphold the right to Informed Consent. The supreme law of the land is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which protects your right to "freedom of conscience and religion" and your right to "security of the person". Your body. Your health. Your Right!
Now is the time to speak up for our most basic human right – the right to say NO to unwanted medical treatments like vaccination. Now is the time to take a stand to protect the right to make voluntary and informed vaccine choices for you and your children. Now is the time to reject this overt move toward mandatory vaccination laws. We urge you to make your voices heard!
We encourage you to present an oral or written submission to the legislative committee. Information on how to register to present your statement is provided at this link.
Total Health Show – April 21-23 – Toronto Convention Centre
Vaccine Choice Canada will be at the Total Health Show again this year at booth # 334. We'll have books and DVDs and other reprinted information to share with you. We invite you to come and chat with our volunteers who look forward to meeting you and sharing with you the latest news in "vax world". Vaccine Choice Canada is proud to announce that Heather Fraser, author of The Peanut Allergy Epidemic will be a speaker at the Show this year. Heather will be speaking at 5pm on Sunday, April 23 about the link between vaccines and life-threatening allergies and how the Ontario legislative amendment to ISPA threatens our health freedom and informed consent rights.
A reminder to our subscribers – we post the top vaccine related news items from at home and abroad daily on our Facebook page. It is the best place to go for up to the minute breaking news at: www.facebook.com/VaccineChoiceCanada/
The Truth About Vaccines – Free access to new 7-part documentary miniseries starts April 12
Parent Gives National Post a History Lesson on Vaccines by Ted Kuntz
TVOntario: Science or Scientism? by Ted Kuntz
Infant vaccine schedule endangers the immune system
Paul Thomas MD discusses the problems with the CDC vaccine schedule
The Health Impact of Today's Most Prevalent Environmental Toxin – Troubling Research Revealed at 12th Keele Conference on Aluminum by Celeste McGovern
Vaccine Papers – The science behind aluminum vaccine adjuvant toxicity: (excellent site – cutting edge analysis of published science)
The Vaccine Safety Debate by Judy Wilyman
Did Chinese Scientists find Missing Link to Autism's Missing Puzzle Pieces? by JB Handley
The MMR vaccine: why it's sensible to worry about the way it has been regulated
How the anti-vaccine movement threatens us all
Mark Blaxil on Africa study re DPT increases mortality from other causes: "all currently available evidence suggests that DTP vaccine may kill more children from other causes than it saves from diphtheria, tetanus or pertussis"
Laura Hayes: Parental Perspective on Improving Health & Reducing Costs
DPT vaccine associated with 212% increased infant mortality
New vaccines still cause autism & the U.S. government know it
Metal Debris Found in Vaccine Supply
On Vaccines: the media is protecting us from ourselves and we should be thankful
Do you need a third mumps vaccine? Experts stuck on answer
Merck has some explaining to do over its MMR Vaccine claims (from 2014)
The full story about Zostavax – The shingles vaccine
Merck sued in Philly over shingles vaccine
Vaxxed Shown in a School
EU Health Chief & 1700 cases of narcolepsy following H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Stop health authorities claiming that vaccines are safe
Vitamin D protects from flu
Sharks Believe Double Dose Vaccinations in 2014 Will Keep Team Mumps Free
Devastated dog owners call for routine booster shots to be banned after pets die
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Sybil Fawlty è un personaggio della sit-com inglese Fawlty Towers. È interpretata da Prunella Scales.

Descrizione del personaggio
Sybil è la moglie di Basil Fawlty, il proprietario dell'hotel di Torquay, ed è l'unico personaggio della serie che si riferisce a lui chiamandolo con il suo nome di battesimo. Sybil è una lavoratrice molto più valida del marito; lei sa gestire le crisi con calma e fa soggiornare gli ospiti dell'hotel. Nonostante la sua efficacia come lavoratrice, comunque, è nota per essere estremamente pigra, in quanto preferisce di più parlare al telefono con l'amica Audrey mentre gli altri impiegati lavorano attorno a lei. Basil è completamente terrorizzato da Sybil, descrivendola nell'episodio I muratori come se avesse "la capacità di uccidere un uomo a dieci passi con una sfera della sua lingua". Parecchie volte, Basil ha fatto infuriare talmente tanto Sybil al punto di subire dalla stessa della violenza fisica.

Sybil è caratterizzata da un tono acuto e da una risata loquace. Spesso Basil si rivolge a lei con vari epiteti offensivi che lei ignora.

Sybil e Basil hanno una vita sessuale molto repressa: infatti, nell'episodio Ricevimento di nozze, si scopre che dormono in due letti separati. L'unica volta in cui Basil dimostra amore verso sua moglie è nell'episodio L'anniversario.

Sybil è l'archetipo della moglie fastidiosa. Spesso corteggia gli ospiti dell'hotel, ma si arrabbia quando Basil corteggia qualcuno.

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Personaggi di Fawlty Towers
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Erick Hawkins, bürgerlich Frederick Hawkins (* 23. April 1909 in Trinidad, Colorado; † 23. November 1994 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Modern Dance-Tänzer und Choreograf.

Biographie
Erick Hawkins, geborener Frederick Hawkins, studierte Philosophie und Literatur an der Harvard University. Gleichzeitig studierte er Tanz an der Schule von George Balanchine. Mit Hawkins kam 1938 der erste Tänzer an der Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Martha Graham verliebte sich in den viel jüngeren Tänzer und sie lebten acht Jahre zusammen, bevor sie 1948 heirateten. Die Ehe scheiterte kurz darauf an Grahams Alkoholkonsum und hysterische Zusammenbrüche. Im Jahre 1951 eröffnete er seine eigene Tanzschule (Erick Hawkins School of Dance) in New York und entwickelte eine neue Tanztechnik (Erick Hawkins Technik). Diese hatte das Ziel Tanzverletzungen zu vermeiden und die natürliche Schönheit des Körpers und der Bewegung zu betonen.

Auszeichnung
 1994 National Medal of Arts

Literatur
 Renata Celichowska: The Erick Hawkins Modern Dance Technique, Weltbild (2000) ISBN 0-8712-7213-X

Weblinks

 The Erick Hawkins Dance Company (engl.)

Anmerkungen

Choreograf (Moderner Tanz)
Tänzer (Vereinigte Staaten)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1909
Gestorben 1994
Mann


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Home / News / Jeff Schultz Is a Stanley Cup Champion; Will He Get His Name Engraved on the Cup?
Jeff Schultz Is a Stanley Cup Champion; Will He Get His Name Engraved on the Cup?
Mr. Nasty meet Stanley. Stanley: Mr. Nasty.
Early Saturday morning (east coast time), the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers 3-2, winning their second Stanley Cup in three seasons. But most importantly– and I need to shout this next part:
JEFF SCHULTZ IS A STANLEY CUP CHAMPION!!!
For the record, that's 55-point text. Double nickel size.
What started as an awful joke, is now a reality. I feel like I'm going to puke rainbows at the headline photo right now.
Next question: Will Sarge get his name on The Cup?
The answer, via Wikipedia, may upset you.
A player must have played at least half of the regular season games (usually 41 in current league format) for the championship team (provided the player remains with the team when they win the Cup) or played in at least one game of the Stanley Cup Finals. However, since 1994 teams have been permitted to petition the NHL Commissioner, to be considered on a case-by-case basis, to engrave a player's name on the cup if the player was unavailable to play due to "extenuating circumstances". For example, the Detroit Red Wings received special permission from the NHL to inscribe the name of Vladimir Konstantinov, whose career ended after a car accident on June 13, 1997, on the Stanley Cup after Detroit defended their title in 1998.
For those who hate blockquotes: to get engraved on the Cup you must play 41 regular season games or one game during the Stanley Cup Finals.
Sarge played in seven post-season games with the Los Angeles Kings and none during the regular season. He played for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs.
No, Jeff Schultz will not get his name on the Cup.
But he is totally on the Kings official Stanley Cup Final t-shirt!
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— RMNB (@russianmachine) June 14, 2014
Here's Mr. Nasty actually holding up the cup above his head (via Mike J. on our Facebook page) pic.twitter.com/lgk7yjWQCT
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— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) June 16, 2014
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OK Washington, THIS one is for you pic.twitter.com/clOyXxoxcL
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Fire officials aren't sure if the man died from the explosion or the fire.
The fire happened in a bedroom of the house Tallmadge D'Elia lived in, and that is where his body was found. His body was 45 percent covered in burns, according to authorities. Investigators told the Tampa Bay Times that the man had facial injuries consistent with an explosion near his head.
Information on the accident is still scarce. It's uncertain if the man died from an explosion or from the fire — or from some other cause. There is no official cause of death yet, but the Pinellas County medical examiner is expected to weigh in after an autopsy is performed.
Fire officials are still investigating the incident too. But Lt. Pete Fire & Rescue deputy fire marshal Lt. Steven Lawrence, told Tampa TV station WFTS that he thinks the man's vape device exploded and led to his death.
Explosions of vape mods is unusual, and serious fires are even more uncommon.
The 38-year-old D'Elia had recently moved to Florida, and was living in his parents' home. According to his father, he had been a technical supervisor at CNBC's headquarters in New Jersey.
None of the news stories about the fire describe the vape product D'Elia was using. Explosions of vape mods is unusual, and serious fires are even more uncommon. As we recently reported, an FDA study of the issue found that typical vaping fire or explosion injuries are caused by mishandled batteries.
RJ Reynolds Vapor Company recently recalled 2.6 million Vuse Vibe units because of faulty internal batteries that the company says could cause a fire risk. No fires or injuries had been reported. Changing the design of a vaping product introduced before August 8, 2016 is not allowed by the FDA until the manufacturer submits a premarket tobacco application (PMTA) to the agency and receives a marketing order. No vaping product has had a PMTA approved by regulators.
Other electronic devices that use lithium ion batteries have also caused explosions and fires, and occasionally deaths. There are credible reports of cell phone users dying from injuries caused by explosions, mostly in China or India. But the number of phone battery deaths is dwarfed by the number of cell phone users killed texting or talking while driving. A 2010 study claimed that distracted driving caused by cell phones killed 16,000 Americans between 2001 and 2007.


On account of the synthetic leather covering, this soccer ball by Mikasa is soft and kids can safely enjoy it as they practice soccer drills and play on and off the field. Soccer can be a vigorous sport however, you can rest in knowing that little to no injuries will be as a direct result of this ball. Due to the high quality durable stitching, this Mikasa Serious Soccer Ball will last your young boy or girl for years to come. Furthermore, after several years, when it is time for a replacement ball, it will not be too expensive due to the cost effectiveness of this soccer ball for kids.
Now you know that there are total 5 variations in ball size. Buy the appropriate size as per your requirement. Some buyers who don't know these differences, make a mistake while buying. For example, if someone is looking for an official match ball, but they purchase a size 3 ball by mistake or because of lack of knowledge. If you also do this, surely you are not going to be satisfied with the purchase.


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• Is there any conflict taking place amid your ministry activities that spotlights opportunities for relational growth?
• Are there any changes the Holy Spirit is calling you to make to give priority to relational formation?


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People who undergo therapy often report significant improvements in the quality of their relationships, increased confidence and self esteem as well as a growing ability to take opportunities and appropriate risks to make changes in their lives.
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