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MATTY Wilkinson has turned down approaches from clubs in the upper reaches of the Betfred Championship to remain loyal to Oldham.
That's the latest good-news story to emerge from the Roughyeds camp as the club looks forward to its 2019 Betfred League 1 promotion season's Awards Night in the Vestacare Stadium on Friday.
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New head coach Matt Diskin has since praised the hard work and ambition of club chairman Chris Hamilton in getting new deals for quality players over the line, especially those with an opportunity to move elsewhere.
"In some instances he's faced a lot of competition, but we look to be getting a well-balanced squad together and I'm really pleased at the way things are going,"
said Diskin.
Leigh-lad Wilkinson (23) joined Salford as a boy and went out to North Wales Crusaders on dual reg in 2016 and then to Halifax on a similar arrangement in 2017 before joining Oldham half way through that season when club captain Gareth Owen was ruled out long-term by a freak and very unusual foot injury.
Usually coming off the bench, Wilkinson has been explosive from dummy half over the last two and a half seasons at Oldham, scoring 21 tries in 54 appearances overall.
In last year's promotion campaign he scored 10 tries in 20 games to finish the year as the club's fourth highest try scorer behind Danny Langtree (18), Zack McComb (16) and Ritchie Hawkyard (12).
Asked if it was an easy decision to stay at the Roughyeds, he said:
"To be honest I had a few options, some from clubs which are well placed and well established in the Championship.
"It caught me on the hop and took me by surprise because I didn't think Championship clubs of that standing would have been keeping one eye on what was happening in League 1.
"It was flattering, but I wanted to stay at Oldham and we're going to be in the Championship ourselves anyway.
"It's going to be tough, but it's where we all wanted to be and now we're there we want to make a good fist of it.
"Some of the other Championship clubs who were interested were what I would call big clubs and I certainly didn't expect that sort of interest.
"In any event I wanted to stay at Oldham and stick with the lads who got us up. We won promotion together and I want us to have a crack at the Championship together.
"There were some games in League 1 that weren't too demanding, but we know it won't be like that in the Championship."
Diskin, himself a hooker of high repute in a 12-year career with Leeds Rhinos at the top level of the sport, said of Wilkinson:
"He's been fantastic coming off the bench, displaying speed and energy when jumping out of dummy half.
"He's a great prospect with a lot more to offer yet. I can see a lot of improvement in him. I'm looking forward to working with him.
"With Gareth Owen there as well we've got a lot of quality around the ruck and the whole squad is coming along nicely with other announcements due to be made soon."
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Graffiti BBDO launched a new campaign for Pepsico, for their Adrenaline brand, that was already signaled by many for the executions in Bucharest Subway .
As Lavinia Florea, Account Director Graffiti BBDO, explained, "Adrenaline is a brand that 'talks' to you, through its name, from the 1st moment you hold the product in your hands. It is a powerful and intuitive name that we worked easy with and that had something to say during the creative process. 'Live', the concept behind the launch campaign, was a simple step forward in shaping the brand and its positioning in the category as 'The Experience Igniter' or the impulse you need to go beyond your limits".
The campaign started from an insight related to the situations when you are facing a dare, as explained by one of campaign's strategist.
The communication campaign included more components TV Adrenaline teaser of 10 seconds and TV revealing ad of 20 seconds, OOH consisting in 3D stickers in Bucharest's subway network – Unirii and Victoriei stations – and posters in student campuses and universities (exposed in frames of 70×100 cm), guerilla actions including stickers with contextual messages in Universities, student campuses, walking areas, subway or buses. The campaign is also declined online, on a dedicated website and a Facebook page.
Graffiti BBDO: Mihai Gongu – Creative Director, Roxana Cristea – Copywriter, Ela Ciorita – Art Director, Stefan Chiritescu – Head of Strategy, Alecsandra Roman – Strategic Planner, Lavinia Florea – Account Director and Cristian Gomoi – Account Executive.
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Eating tomatoes on a kidney diet can be a little controversial. It doesn't have to be. I talk about why people choose to eat or not eat them.
A lot of people ask questions about tomatoes in renal diet. It is one of the first foods that doctors or nurses tell you not to eat and a lot of people want to eat tomatoes that they want to know what exactly is wrong with tomatoes.
Tomatoes and kidney disease. The big problem with tomatoes is potassium and potassium levels. Tomatoes are considered high potassium food. It just depends on which one that you are eating, how much potassium is in it. But the bottom line is this, if you don't have a potassium restriction, that is not a concern. So, if your doctor has not told you to limit your potassium or control your potassium then there's no reason to worry about potassium with tomatoes.
The other problems with tomatoes are the amount of sodium in them. So a regular tomato has 5 – 6 mg of sodium and that's not the problem in your diet. You can eat fresh tomatoes and those are low sodium food but its when they can them or make them into sauces that you have to be careful if you're watching the amount of sodium that you eat which you probably are if you have kidney disease then you want to buy the low-sodium version of canned tomatoes or you want to try to like if its whole tomatoes you want to rinse them off, pour out the juice, that type of thing. Limit the amount of sodium, read the back of the can, read the nutritional information.
The other thing with tomatoes is potentially with dialysis. It might be a fluid restriction. Tomatoes have a lot of water in them and they can be considered additional fluid so you just want to be careful with that. But tomatoes in general, if you are in kidney disease diet, the main concerns are potassium and sodium.
If you are eating a whole fresh tomato and you don't have a potassium restriction, tomatoes are just fine. You can eat them because they are nice fresh fruit, they got fiber and they're healthy so don't worry about that.
If your doctor has told you to watch your potassium, then you need to probably need to eat them less often or not at all.


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Sanctions are defined as penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations. In a foreign affairs context, sanctions are generally imposed by a group of countries (the greater the participation the more effective sanctions can be, and in many cases without strategic involvement sanctions can effectively be useless) in order to influence a political/military/economic outcome abroad. Sanctions allow countries to show their dislike of a particular course of action without infringing on the sovereign rights of states and without military intervention. Sanctions are often used in the face of gross human rights violations. Prominent examples of sanctions in use today are North Korea, Iran, and Syria (covering both the government and the opposition).
Despite the ability to hold powerful interests accountable, sanctions are not a unanimously popular foreign policy instrument. One reason, as stated before, is that without strategic agreements (neighboring countries, trade partners, ideologically aligned states) sanctions will be ineffective. They can lead to the formation of black markets, giving criminal organizations even more resources for nefarious activities. The main concern regarding sanctions however is in regards to their human rights implications.
Although sanctions are often meant to end human rights violations, their existence can actually exacerbate humanitarian crises, especially in the short run. While each sanction is uniquely tailored to the situation it is trying to influence, the indiscriminate shortages that sanctions generally cause affects everyone in society (and arguably vulnerable / marginalized groups the most). Because of this, the practice of imposing sanctions has evolved towards the imposition of "smart sanctions". In essence, smart sanctions are more targeted sanctions (think freezing financial assets as opposed to a complete embargo), meant to put pressure on strategic parties while considering and sometimes providing aid to compensate for human rights issues that may arise.
Smart sanctions are the topic of today's lesson. I am referring specifically to recent changes made in sanctions against Iran and Syria.
Iran: A little background, Iran is currently facing sanctions which are attempting to deter Iranian nuclear capacity development, which Iran has insisted is for peaceful purposes (medical), but the Western world has strongly opposed.
Iran is also in presidential campaign season, and preliminary reports do not look good for denuclearization and human rights interests:
"Mr. Jalili, known as Iran's unyielding nuclear negotiator and a protégé of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is emerging as the presumed front-runner in Iran's presidential election on June 14, an unsettling prospect for future relations with the West. Mr. Jalili, 47, who many analysts say has long been groomed for a top position in Iran, is by far the most outspoken hard-liner among the eight candidates approved to participate in the election."
"He has been featured in flattering terms in recent weeks in the semiofficial Fars news agency, which is connected to the Revolutionary Guards, as well as in dozens of Web sites and other news outlets. By contrast, the other candidates now sometimes discover their campaign appearances canceled for unclear reasons and often find themselves under sharp attack in interviews on state TV, while Mr. Jalili gets softball questions."
"If he gets elected I foresee even more isolation and conflict, as he doesn't care about foreign relations, the economy or anything," the analyst said."
To make matters worse, lack of transparency has marked previous Iranian elections.
"Iran's presidential elections, lacking independent opinion polls and subject to manipulation, are notoriously unpredictable. In 2005, Mr. Ahmadinejad came out of nowhere to win. In 2009, millions of people took to the streets to protest what they said was widespread fraud in the voting that returned Mr. Ahmadinejad to office over the more popular opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi."
In order to prevent against corrupt election practices, and possibly to help organize opposition to Mr. Jalili, the U.S. today announced it will repeal sanctions on mobile devices and communication software / equipment.
"The change is intended to help Iranians communicate through social media, text messaging and mobile-phone videos in order to overcome some of the media and communications restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities.
The action "aims to empower the Iranian people as their government intensifies its efforts to stifle their access to information," according to a Treasury Department statement."
"Providing the democracy movement in Iran with access to the latest social media organizing tools will strengthen their efforts to bring about positive change to a government that fears information it can't control," Democratic Representative Jim Moran of Virginia, who has sought such action, said in an e-mailed statement today."
"The U.S. has supported attempts to boost democratic movements and stepped up efforts to stop regimes such as those in Iran and Syria from blocking social media through what Obama has called the "malign use of technology."
In November, the administration imposed sanctions on Iranian officials –including the nation's communications minister — and government agencies for blocking Internet access, mobile-phone lines and satellite-television channels to stifle free speech.
The Treasury named today additional individuals and entities for "contributing to serious human rights abuses committed by the Iranian regime, including through the use of communications technology to silence and intimidate the Iranian people." The State Department issued visa restrictions on about 60 Iranian officials linked to human rights abuses."
This story highlights the importance of media independence and transparency for effective democracy. The use of social media has been instrumental in "The Arab Spring" revolutions, enabling the dissemination of information, while overcoming collective action problems that tend to allow powerful interests to remain in control to the detriment of society as a whole. Communications technology also has positive uses for healthcare, education, and e-governance. But in this case, it is clear that the U.S. is trying to allow more liberal Iranians to communicate, in hopes of challenging Mr. Jalili's candidacy. Additionally, mobile devices make it easier to report political rights abuses, such as coercive measures at polls and other means of election-rigging.
At a recent ECOSOC Partnerships forum I was lucky enough to attend in my capacity as a UNDP intern, Mr. Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Datawind, called access to affordable mobile internet access a human right–I agreed with him, and it seems the Obama administration is of like mind. These smarter sanctions should help uphold electoral integrity in the upcoming elections, and should help improve the average Iranian's opinion of America.
Syria has now been engaged in a civil war that has lasted over 2 years, claimed over 80,000 lives, and lead to over 1 million refugees and internally displaced people in the Middle-East. The civil war and refugee flows have threatened the already tenuous stability of the region, and a full blow humanitarian crisis has enveloped the entire country of Syria.
Gridlock in the U.N.S.C. has prevented direct international military intervention. Russia and China have repeatedly vetoed international intervention, championing Syria's national sovereignty despite undeniable human rights violations committed by the Assad regime. As the fighting continues, and Western support has lagged compared to Russian military support of the Assad regime (with no signs of slowing down, as Assad has apparently just received a new shipment of Russian arms), the Syrian opposition has turned towards extremists groups for support, which has further complicated international involvement.
Recent actions show that the EU is reconsidering its position on it's Syrian arms embargo.
"Divisions among European Union foreign ministers on Monday prevented the renewal of the arms embargo on Syria, raising the possibility of a new flow of weapons to rebels fighting to bring down the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
"While we have no immediate plans to send arms to Syria, it gives us the flexibility to respond in the future if the situation continues to deteriorate and worsen," William Hague, the British foreign secretary, said after more than 12 hours of stormy talks."
"The ministers did agree to renew all the economic sanctions already in place against the Syrian government."
"There were also fears that Russia, which already sends arms to the Syrian government, would feel freer to send more."
"The only effect you could have — let's be realistic about this — is that it will stimulate the Russians to provide even more arms," he said. "But they've been providing so many arms that I'm sure even more will not make much of a difference."
While nothing will change immediately, it is significant the Europe has left the door open to providing military aid to the Syrian opposition in the future. The fact the Europe is taking the lead on this is encouraging. It also makes much more sense, as Europe is geographically much closer to Syria and it's main ally Russia. While I am sure any coordinated European effort would have American support, it is nice to have the spotlight off American foreign affairs for a change.
There is also some concern that increased arms flow will undermine proposed peace talks in Geneva, which would include the Assad regime, the Syrian opposition, the U.S. and Russia among other participants. This is also a legitimate claim, although I see this as more of a measure to ensure the peace talks do bear fruit. European leaders are putting pressure on the Assad regime to negotiate a political transition by signaling their willingness to further aid the rebels should the peace talks break down. Syria has been in a hurting stalemate for sometime now, perhaps European powers are giving the Assad regime one more chance at a political transition to end this war before pursuing a military end.
These two stories are linked, as Mr. Jalili, a hardliner and supporter of Hezbollah, would likely step up support to the Assad regime if elected as Iranian president. Perhaps the Assad regime is just trying to buy time with "peace talks" until it has a stauncher ally in Iran.
There has also been the issue of whether Iran should be allowed to participate in Syrian peace talks (if you have been paying attention, the usual suspects are backing the sides you would expect them to in this dispute).
Sanctions are getting smarter, as human rights considerations gain more recognition as the cornerstone of the modernization process. Will these "smart sanctions" help achieve the desired outcome without exacerbating human rights violations? Lets be cautiously optimistic; be sure to check back for regular updates on these evolving and inter-related issues.
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This monster of a machine has a wooden frame on a castor base, measuring five foot in height and eighteen inches square with a black and white veined marble control panel to the front. The panel contains a shut off lever to engage the power and various knobs and levers for variating the current that would be applied to the patient.
The machine is topped with a central discharge ball with a direct connection point for the various attachments and five other connection points around the outer edge. To the right side of the control panel is a recessed section containing holding clips for storing the attachments which would be used for applying the current to a patient. A number of these attachments remain with this machine including two retractable pulleys which allow the physician to extend them to the patient.
These machines were known to have been fitted variously with either Tesla or Oudin coils and this particular example given the manufacture is likely to have been fitted with the latter as Oudin's work was largely a development upon D'Arsonval's original experiments with electrotherapy. The discharge ball at the top can be unscrewed and the tapered wooden shaft removed to reveal a wax covered induction coil which would have facilitated the AC power required.
The top of the machine has an additional plate stating, "D'Arsonval Ulatraviolet" which gives some useful insight into the age and intended use of the machine. The French scientist Jaques-Arsene D'Arsonval (1851-1940) was a French physician with an interest in the effects of electricity on the human body. From 1889 he undertook early research on the effects of alternating current and discovered that electrical currents with a frequency of over 5000Hz did not cause muscular contractions which were the result of earlier electric shock treatments. The application of these high frequency currents were known as "D'Arsonval Currents" and were later used for diathermy, the application of electrically induced heat and in some cases sparks, for the purposes of therapy. The use of the word ultraviolet suggests that this machine would have also have been used for the applying low pressure gas electrodes which would emit ozone and ultraviolet light for the heat treatment of skin ailments.
This machine would have been reserved for physician's surgeries, a higher powered and more serious version of the home kits which were sold during the period.
The manufacturer, Victor Electric Corps of Chicago was founded in 1893 by Charles Samms and Julius Wantz and began their business by supplying the dental industry. With the discovery of X-Rays in 1895 by the German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen, the partners quickly saw an opportunity to diversify and became one of the earliest US manufacturers of X-Ray equipment. By 1916, the company had merged with three of their competitors making Victor Electric Corps one of the biggest players in the international market.
In 1920, they agreed a merger with General Electric and were renamed as the Victor X-Ray Corporation with Samms and Wantz maintaining overall management of the organisation. Things did not however work favourably for the enterprising pair and the company was all but subsumed into General Electric and by 1930 had been renamed as the General Electric X-Ray Corporation. It still exists today under the guise of GE Healthcare.
Diathermy as mentioned above, was first discovered by D'Arsonval in the late eighteen eighties and early eighteen nineties. It was used experimentally for the next ten years and was popularised in around 1908 by the German physician Karl Franz Nagelschmidt who is considered to have coined the name of the treatment. It saw its heyday in the 1920's and 30's but still remains in use today.
With the reference to D'Arsonval and the trading dates for The Victor Electric Corps, this early machine of its type would have been manufactured between 1900 & 1910. An extremely scarce and historic piece of electrotherapy equipment.


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Buckeyes Sweep Boilermakers in Series, Win 67-49
Written February 8th, 2014 by Eric
The Boilermakers visited the Buckeyes this evening in Columbus for the return match of their two game series. Despite a slow start, and a bit of back and forth play, the game was all Ohio State as the Buckeyes secured the 67-49 victory. Surprisingly, LaQuinton Ross led the Buckeyes in scoring with 17 points, closely followed by Lenzelle Smith Jr. with 16. For the Boilermakers, Kendall Stephens put together 12 points off the bench, while AJ Hammons and Rapheal Davis both earned 11 a piece. The win gave the Buckeyes their third straight in Big Ten play.
Things started from a defensive perspective. Both teams demonstrated good movement against the offensive motion, and forced a number of turnovers early. The first points weren't even scored until two minutes had elapsed, and Purdue was able to net the first three buckets of the game. The Bucks simply struggled to find good shots on the offensive end, and weren't able to score until the fifth minute of the game on a Sam Thompson ally-oop.
The momentum changed in a hurry following the first TV timeout. The Buckeyes went on an 8 point unanswered tear to put together a 10-0 run and claim their first lead of the game. It was only ended by a Kendall Stevens three pointer after four minutes had ellapsed. Things had changed as the Buckeyes settled down in their attack, focused on getting the ball low against Purdue's man defense. OSU also worked harder on the boards and began to balance the rebounding numbers.
With both teams locked into the game, they settled down into a steady back and forth battle. For the most part, it seemed that when one team was locked in defensively, so was the opponent. If one them started to pick up on the offensive end, it was reciprocated on the other end. That said, there wasn't much in the way of offense through the first twelve minutes. The Boilermakers shot 5-20, while the Bucks hit only 7-18 by the third TV timeout.
Tags: Aaron Craft, Amir Williams, Boilermakers, buckeyes, LaQuinton Ross, Lenzelle Smith Jr., Matt Painter, Ohio State, Purdue, Sam "Slam" Thompson, Thad Matta
Categories: Analysis, Basketball Analysis, College Basketball, Ohio State Basketball
BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Purdue Part 2
Purdue returns the favor this evening, joining the Buckeyes in Columbus for a little Shooty Hoops action.
The game is scheduled to tip off at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on the Big Ten Network. Come chat with all of your favorite Buckeye bloggers and friends! Go Bucks!
Tags: 2014 LiveBlogs, Boilermakers, buckeyes, Ohio State, Purdue
Categories: Basketball Live Chats, College Basketball, Ohio State Basketball
WBB: Boilers Hammer Buckeyes 74-58
Written February 6th, 2014 by Ken
Ohio State braved inclimate weather to travel to West Lafayette to grab a win and sweep the season series with Purdue. In their win, Ohio State shot 56% from the field, 64% from 3-point range. In OSU's win against Purdue on January 2nd, in addition to a scorching offense, they kept the turnovers fairly close, committing 19 to Purdue's 17.
Things were far different tonight, as a pretty good defensive effort was in vain as the offense turned in an absolutely abysmal offensive performance. Let's put it this way, when you hold your opponent to 35% FG and force 10 turnovers, and still get beat 74-58, your offense isn't doing you any favors. This loss drops the Buckeyes to 14-12, 4-6 for the season.
The Buckeyes were led by Ameryst Alston's 26 points. Raven Ferguson, held to one point in the first half, contributed 13 points and 8 rebounds. Raven's problem was that she was 3-15 from the field.. Martina Ellerbe had another solid night with 8 points and 8 rebounds. For the game, OSU shot 34.5% from the field, 23.5% from the perimeter and 67 % from the freethrow line. And, the fouls shooting made the difference. Both team were whistled for a similar number of fouls, OSU 19, Purdue 16. While OSU was 14-21 from the line, Purdue was 27-29. The Boilermakers were 20-20 in the 2nd half.
As in the first meeting, Purdue placed five players in double figures: Courtney Moses (18), Liza Clemons (14), April Wilson (12), Whitney Bays (12) and Dee Williams (10). The Boilermakers shot 35.5% from the field, including 27.3% from the perimeter, and 93% from the foul line.
Ohio State trailed at the half 33-24. In the last 6:34 of the half, Purdue went on a 10-5 run due to Ohio State not having a field goal in that stretch; the Buckeyes were 0-7 from the field during that time. Neither team shot well; Ohio State was 32% (8-25) from the field while Purdue was 34% (13-38). From the perimeter, OSU was 1-6 and Purdue was 0-5, so not much good going on there. You may have noticed that Purdue had 13 more FG attempts in the half. Well, that's because they had 10 offensive rebounds. That is a lot of quality (close to basket) possessions that went in Purdue's favor. In contrast, Ohio State had 2 offensive boards. The turnover "battle" was won by Purdue; committing only 5 to Ohio State's 10.
The Buckeyes were led at the half by Ameryst Alston (11 points) on only 3-9 FG's, but she did make 5-6 free throws. Martina Ellerbe and Ashley Adams had 5 rebounds each. Unfortunately, 6th man Raven Ferguson was as cold as ice, with 1 point at half, going 0-5. Although Purdue's April Wilson led the team in scoring wit 7 points, Liza Clemons really led them with 6 points and 6 rebounds, 3 boards at each end.
I'm sure that Coach McGuff had a few halftime words, um of encouragement, because in the 2nd half, by the under-16 timeout, OSU had 4 offensive rebounds for the half, doubling their entire 1st half performance. The came out of the locker room much more aggressive in their play.
However, midpoint in the half (9:51 mark), Purdue had outscored Ohio State 18-13, to extend their lead to 14 points, 51-37. At the under-8 timeout, a brief spurt by the Buckeyes closed the gap to 10 points, 53-43. Basket-trading then took place, and at the 2:19 point, OSU trailed 65-53.
McGuff better have his team work on some hooting drills, because their next opponent will be a still challenge. The Buckeyes' next game is Sunday, February 9th as they host Penn State. In their first meeting, PSU won 66-42 (OSU's lowest offensive output for the season, as OSU shot 30% from the field. Tip-off is 2:00 PM EST with television coverage provided by ESPN2.
Tags: Ameryst Alston, Ashley Adams, Coach Kevin McGuff, Courtney Moses, KK Houser, Liza Clemons, Martina Ellerbe, ohio state women's basketball, Purdue Boilermakers, Raven Ferguson, Whitney Bays
Pregame Glance WBB: Purdue II
The Ohio State Buckeyes (14-11, 4-5) travel to Mackey Arena to try to sweep the season series with the Purdue Boilermakers (15-7, 5-5). Since the beginning of January, including a January 2nd home win against Purdue, the Buckeyes have been basically alternating wins and losses. Meanwhile, the Boilermakers had a four game win streak to close out January, but have now lost two straight games.
Here's their Profile
School: Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Student Population: 30,147
School Type: Public, coed
Division: D-I
Conference: Big Ten Conference
Arena: Mackey Arena
Seating: 14,846
Built: 1967, renovated 2011
Head Coach: Sharon Versyp
Year: 8th
Tags: Ameryst Alston, Coach Kevin McGuff, KK Houser, ohio state women's basketball, Purdue Basketball, Raven Ferguson, Whitney Bays
MBB: Ohio State defeats Iowa, 76-69
The Buckeyes rolled into cold, snowy Iowa City to avenge the January 12th loss to Iowa, 84-74. A win would get them to .500 in conference play and hoist them into a tie with Northwestern, and maybe Wisconsin, for 4th place. Well, the Buckeyes played a solid game and won 76-69, moving their record to 18-5, 5-5, and giving them consecutive road wins.
Ohio State was led by five players in double figure;sAaron Craft (17), LaQuinton Ross (13), Amir Williams (12), Lenzelle Smith, Jr. (12), Shannon Scott (11) and Sam Thompson (9). Ross also pulled in 6 rebounds while Craft had 6 assists and 6 steals. Iowas was led by Gabriel Olaseni (14 points, 6 rebs) and Mike Gesell ( 11 points, 5 reb).
Iowa's defense, as expected was a blend of an aggressive man-to-man, extending the perimeter, then switching back to zone. The Buckeyes shot 51% (25-49) from the floor, including 44% from 3-point range (7-16), so whatever Iowa tried, it didn't work that well.
The 1st half ended with Iowa holding a 33-31 lead, in a half with a couple runs by each team and some helter-skelter play at the end of the half. Iowa was 42% from the field (42%) and an astounding 1-11 from 3-point range. They were led by Olasebe off the bench with 8 points in 4-4 shooting, and he pulled in 4 rebounds. The Buckeyes were led by Aaron Craft's 14 points; 5-5 from the field (2-2 from 3-pt range) and 2 F'T's. He also craftily had 4 steals.
OSU had a 9 point run spanning the 7 minute-5 minute marks, to take the lead 26-17. However, the tables turned rather quickly, as Iowa outscored Ohio State 16-5 over the last 5 minutes of the half.
Evidently, Thad told his troops to mentally break he 2nd half into four segments, one for each television timeout. Consider these segments as battles, and the object is to "win" each battle. In the 2nd half, play was back and forth, and at the under-16 timeout, Ohio State held a 39-38 lead. Lenzelle Smith had 5 of OSU's 8 points in the half.
Proceeding to the under 12 mark, OSU's lead was 47-43. At the 10:30 mark, or so, Ohio State was in a bit of a "situation" with their frontcourt; Williams, McDonald and Thompson all had three fouls. At the 9:32 mark, Trey picked up his 4th foul. A flagrant foul on Gabriel Olaseni on Amir Williams at the 8:50 mark led to two Williams' free throws and a FG to move OSU's lead to 54-47. Moving ahead to the 4:09 mark, OSU still led 58-54, so things had stalled a bit for both teams.. Thad took a timeout with 2:17 remaining, and Ohio State with the lead 63-57. In the last minute of play, there was some trading of OSU free throws and the occasional Iowa field goal to bring the final score to 76-69.
Ohio State's next game is against Purdue in Columbus. The game is Saturday at 6:00 PM EST. Television coverage will be via BTN, check your local listings. Live Chat will be at The Buckeye Battle Cry, approximately 30 minutes before tip-off. Please join us.
Tags: Aaron Craft, Gabriel Olaseni, Iowa Hawkeyes, LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State Men's basketball, Roy Devyn Marble, Thad Matta, Trey McDonald
BBN Basketball Liveblog: Iowa
The Buckeyes are playing basketball amid the cornfields against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes got the better of the Buckeyes in Columbus a few weeks ago, and have generally found themselves above the disaster that has been the rest of the conference.
The Buckeyes and Hawkeyes will tip at 7:00 PM Eastern on ESPN. Stop by and chat with all of your favorite Buckeye bloggers and friends! Go Bucks!
Tags: 2014 LiveBlogs, buckeyes, Hawkeyes, Iowa, Ohio State
MBB Pregame Glance: Iowa Hawkeyes Redux
Written February 3rd, 2014 by Ken
The Ohio State Buckeyes (17-5, 4-5) travel to Iowa City for a Tuesday evening game versus the Iowa Hawkeyes (17-5, 6-3). Ohio State is coming off an exciting, down-to-the last shot win over Wisconsin 59-58, while Iowa dispatched Illinois 81-74. This is the return engagement where Ohio State will try to get the win that they missed the last time these teams played.
School: University of Iowa
Arena: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Head Coach: Fran McCaffrey
Categories: Analysis, Basketball Analysis, College Basketball, Miscellaneous, Ohio State Basketball
Ohio State's Sunday Woes Continue at Wisconsin
Written February 2nd, 2014 by Charles
Raven Ferguson came off the bench to lead OSU with 17 points but it wouldn't be enough in Madison.
After dominating Illinois in their best offensive game of the year, the Ohio State (14-10, 4-4) women's basketball team traveled to Madison looking to put together their first set of back-to-back wins in the Big Ten this season and to get above .500 in conference play. Wisconsin (9-11, 2-6) had struggled for much of the season but had given Michigan State a scare in East Lansing on Thursday in a 71-67 loss.
Neither team got off to a good start offensively. A free throw and then a layup by Darryce Moore gave Ohio State an early lead but then pretty much anything resembling offense disappeared as both teams struggled to make a basket. A three pointer by Wisconsin tied the game three and a half minutes into the game. The Buckeyes take a 5-3 and a 7-5 lead over the next two minutes but then the Badgers got their offense going and scored 10 straight points to take a 15-7 lead eight minutes into the game. A Raven Ferguson layup finally broke the Wisconsin run but Ohio State couldn't get an closer than six before the Badgers scored 6 unanswered to stretch their lead to 23-11 just past the midpoint of the half. A timeout by Kevin McGuff seemed to get things going for the Buckeyes who quickly got four points to cut the lead back to single digits only to see the Badgers push it back to double digits, 30-17 with five minutes to go in the half. The OSU offense showed some improvement in the final three minutes of the half and managed to trim the Wisconsin lead to 36-28 as the buzzer sounded.
Shooting was the big difference in the first half as Ohio State struggled with their shooting and even with improvement in the closing minutes of the half, the Buckeyes only shot 36% from the field while going 1 of 7 from three point range. Meanwhile Wisconsin was hard to stop at times as the Badgers shot 43% from the field while going 3 of 9 from outside. A major surprise for the Buckeyes was that Ameryst Alston, who leads the team in scoring on the season, was limited to only four points in the first half.
Tags: Ameryst Alston, Cait Craft, Coach Kevin McGuff, Darryce Moore, Martina Ellerbe, OSU Women's Basketball, Raven Ferguson, Wisconsin
Categories: Basketball Analysis, College Basketball, Ohio State Basketball
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Welcome to the first of our Dinner Party Recipes feature. We've created a few super simple plant based recipes which are all dairy/gluten free so suitable for everyone, easy to make and are full of flavour. We cooked these dishes for a group of friends recently, with a few men who are real meat eaters, and they completely loved them all so we hope you do too. Do let us know if you make any and please tag us at @maia.wellco in any creations you post on Instagram as we'd love to see. Happy cooking!
1. Boil the corn on the cob for 3 minutes. In the meantime, melt the coconut oil in a pan on a low heat. Squeeze the two limes into the coconut oil mixture and then add the chipotle chilli flakes.
2. Take the corns out of the water, dry off and place on a griddle pan on a high heat. Cook until the corn starts toasting nicely (before burning it).
3. Place corns in a bowl and mix through the coconut oil mixture evenly so it coats the corns in the delicious marinade.
4. Place corns on a separate place, adding sea salt for seasoning and chopped parsley if you wish.
5. Get your hands messy and enjoy!
1. Slice the Romano peppers into long thin strips. Drizzle with olive oil and chopped garlic and pop them in the oven at 180 degrees for approx. 1 hour until roasted and soft.
2. In the meantime, chop the mint, slice the spring onions and crush the pistachios. You can also make the dressing as well in this time using 6 tbsp olive oil, 1 heaped tsp pomegranate molasses and 1 tbsp white wine vinegar.
3. Five minutes before the peppers are ready, heat up the freekeh grains in a pan.
4. In a large mixing bowl, add the rocket, the freekeh grains and mix through the cooked peppers. Then add in the pomegranate, mint and spring onions. Drizzle over the dressing, sprinkle the crushed pistachios on top and season with sea salt and pepper if desired.
1. Cut up the sweet potatoes into chunks, drizzle olive oil over them and roast in the oven until golden brown (approx. 1 hour).
2. In the meantime, make the dressing by mixing 3 tbsp tahini, 1 tbsp squeezed lemon juice, 3 tbsp water and 1 crushed garlic clove. Whisk to the consistency of honey, adding more tahini/water if preferred.
3. Drizzle the dressing over the sweet potatoes and add some chopped fresh parsley and sea salt to serve.
Welcome to the first of the series of our Wellness Travel Guides, the first of which is all about beautiful Bali.
Our WTG's are a curation of individual premium wellness-focused destination guides with top tips and secret discoveries from our travels around the world.
You can expect recommendations for the most beautiful rooftop yoga and pilates venues, delicious and nourishing must-visit restaurants, holistic wellness retreats or spas, our favourite boutique hotels, gorgeous interior shops and our can't-live-without products for each trip.
We asked if you wanted the recipe and almost all of you said yes, so here you are! This is our favourite supergreen veggie fritter recipe (inspired and tweaked from the one and only Mr Jamie Oliver) - perfect for batch cooking and popping in the freezer for those lazy days when you want a quick and healthy dinner. They are super easy, completely delicious and full of all the good stuff. They are naturally gluten and dairy free (if you don't add the side of greek yoghurt to serve). Also delicious with a side of wild salmon too!
Chop up the courgettes into thin slivers / small pieces. Add the kale and chopped courgettes to a pan with coconut/olive oil to soften.
In a separate pan, fry the shallots, then add the garlic for the last minute once the shallots are turning golden. Take off the heat when cooked.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the greens, shallots and garlic. Add the chopped spring onions, chopped mint and sea salt. Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl and then add them to the green mixture.
Place a large frying pan on a medium heat and add a generous dash of coconut/olive oil. Once it's hot, add the heaped patties to the pan (note: they may feel like they're falling apart here, but once they start to cook, the egg will hold them together).
Once one side is looking golden brown, flip them over - this should be after approx. 2 - 3 minutes, until the egg is cooked through.
Add your choice of toppings: we love them with toasted pine nuts, a dollop of natural yoghurt and a squeeze of lemon.
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The body needs to move in order to survive, whether it's through an active lifestyle or through exercise. Movement is linked to every function and process in the body, and the benefits are undeniable. Our bodies were built to move, not to stay sedentary in the way they can often be found today. Years ago, our basic needs would be met through movement, whether it would be hunting, foraging or fighting for our food, partners or against predators, and without the ability to move, our lives would be in danger. Despite us generally not having to physically fight for our partners or prey nowadays, the same principles still remain in that without movement, our health and wellbeing is compromised and can indeed be at risk.
Movement is critical in maintaining the function of our bodies in their entirety, everything from the functioning of our heart, our joints, our muscles and our brains. In terms of our physical wellbeing, movement helps with the maintenance of our cardiovascular health, bone density, immune function, weight management, digestion, joint and muscle functioning, whilst supporting the prevention of chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, metabolic disease and diabetes.
Equally as important is the benefit of movement upon our mental wellbeing. Movement influences our mood, thoughts, feelings and impacts the inner workings of our brain. It can even be thought of as a meditation in motion. When we move our bodies, for example during mindful movement practices such as Pilates or yoga, we are wholly focusing our minds and our bodies on the movements we're engaging in and our breath work. We are empowering ourselves with increased energy, strength and vitality, whilst encouraging blood and oxygen to flow around the body and to our brains. This creates those feel-good hormones known as endorphins, leading to increased happiness and decreased stress, tension and anxiety.
The world of movement and exercise can often revolve around aesthetics and weight loss, which can lead to feelings of fear, apprehension and judgement. However, we must remind ourselves that we are all unique; we have different lives, careers, backgrounds, genetics, heritages, bodies and minds, and what works for one person may not work for another. In the same instance, one persons goals or reasons for their choice of movement may be different to those of another person and these should not be compared or competed against. Whatever exercise you do, remember to do it for you - listen to your body, be perceptive of how it makes you feel and most importantly, enjoy it.
Hello and welcome to the MAIA well co. blog. This is a space to share updates and news on all the things we love, including healthy recipes, pilates, wellness travel, events and any ideas or recommendations of new healthy restaurants, gorgeous studios or other lovely places to visit in London and around the world.
We're in mid-March and it's been snowing this week (I mean, really?!), so I thought I'd share one of my favourite healthy, nutritious and delicious snack recipes which you can enjoy warmed up with a cup of your favourite tea by the fire. Many of the 'healthy' snack bars you may find in supermarkets are often filled with hidden sugars and other unnecessary ingredients, so as always, we recommend making your own at home so you know exactly what's inside them. And these take only 5 minutes to prepare so no excuses! Hope you like them and as always, we'd love to hear your feedback.
Now, before we go into the recipe, I wanted to share a few details of our first MAIA well co. Pilates event!
Monday 30th April, 6-7pm. We will be running a balancing and restorative Pilates class in a secret location in central London. There will be plant based elixirs to enjoy after the class, healthy nibbles and some natural face masks to take home with you. There will be very limited spaces available, so make sure you put the time in your diary and we will be announcing tickets on our Instagram page soon (@maia.wellco).
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Melt the coconut oil on the hob until it turns to liquid. In the meantime, chop up the banana and mix/blend in food processor to form a paste.
Mix the banana paste with the oats, chia seeds, coconut, cinnamon and sea salt so all the oats are evenly coated.
Add the melted coconut oil to the oat mixture and mix, again ensuring all oats are coated.
Mix in the nut butter (I use the Coconut & Almond butter from Pip & Nut for a bit of sweetness).
Line a baking tray with coconut oil and then pour in the mixture, pressing it down flat so the flapjacks are approx. 2cm in height.
Put the tray in the oven for approx. 20-25 minutes - you want them to go a nice golden brown colour, so keep an eye on them and leave in the oven for longer if required.
Let them cool down and cut into granola bar size.
Serve with a drizzle of nut butter on top and enjoy!


My stomach is already churning in anticipation of tonight's Little League World Series game featuring Philadelphia's Taney playing Las Vegas's Mountain Ridge. Taney's last game (against Pearland, TX) was a complete nail-biter…and way more stress then I wanted on a Sunday night. I screamed so loud when Tai Shanahan hit that grounder sending Zion Spearman home for the game winning run, that my husband came downstairs to make sure I was okay. I couldn't help myself. It was a great release after almost two hours of holding my breath.
Of course the Taney phenomenon has taken on epic proportions across the country in no small part due to their star pitcher Mo'Ne Davis. It is not just that she is a gifted athlete—she is also by all accounts a strong, self-assured, intelligent young lady. And now she's the cover girl of Sports Illustrated, the first Little League Player…ever…and she is NOT wearing a bathing suit. We locals were simultaneously proud and mortified of a potential SI cover jinx. But we'll think positive…Philly pride all the way baby!
The block that I live on in downtown Philly is dominated by the Palumbo Recreation Center: my home is often bathed in the illumination from the playing fields; we hear the crack of the bat and the roaring crowds; and we fight for parking spaces during practices and games. You would think I would consider this a nuisance, especially since I am a middle-aged woman with no children. But I don't. I love the energy. There is a playground for small children and a basketball court that is always hopping the moment the doors open. As I write this I hear the earnest young voices of children at play echoing down my block. It is a reassuring sound. All is well.
And I think it is just that, the potential. And the ability to bear witness when you see their hard work and dedication pay off. And it's all made more special by the fact that this team has been created and supported by a special group of parents. I loved learning that the coaches are all self-taught, that these were parents who just wanted to create opportunity for their children. They have banned together, helped each other through the stresses of daily practice and the expense of the game, saw each other through major illnesses, and family tragedy, and bonded on a level much deeper than any of them could likely have imagined. We have been told that the team goal is less about winning, and more about learning how to be part of a structured team. The respect is quite evident. Coach Lott has been quoted telling the players that there is no need to worry as "somebody will pick you up." That's a wonderful gift for these children to learn. How lucky they are to be a part of a community that has that sort of support on and off the playing field.
The Taney Dragons represent the best of how we see ourselves as Philadelphians. They are smart, fearless, poised. But more importantly, they represent the untapped potential of ALL of our city kids. And here is the thing I think about when I watch these wonderful kids playing baseball: These are the lucky ones. These are the ones whose parents are fighting for their opportunities. These are the ones who have been admitted to top-tier Philadelphia schools. These are the ones who have a chance to achieve their dreams. And what I know is that far too many Philadelphia children don't have these advantages. They don't have "somebody to pick them up." Our new school year is set to start despite gargantuan budget cuts. Our children will have fewer resources. Our children will have less opportunity to discover what makes them special. Our children will have less opportunity to discover their own passion.
Last week gun fire rang out right in front of the Palumbo Rec Center, piercing our normal bubble of peace. We all counted ourselves lucky that it was late at night, and while two teenagers passing through on bikes were shot by an unknown assailant, no one was seriously injured. A shooting in this location illustrates just how fragile the balance is between opportunity and misfortune. Anything can happen. And while we celebrate the best of who we are, we need to keep in mind that we could be doing oh so much better for our city kids. They are all dragons. And they all deserve our support.
Happy Birthday Sandra Bullock…and Happy Birthday to Me!


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Bill Lichtenstein Collection
2 boxes 3 linear feet
Part of: WBCN and the American Revolution Documentary Collection
Bill Lichtenstein,1973. Photo by Don Sanford
In 1970, just fourteen years-old, Bill Lichtenstein began working as a volunteer on the listener line at WBCN-FM in Boston, moving up to become a newscaster and announcer and helping to pioneer the station's innovative on-air sound with montages of actualities, music, and comedy. As his media career developed over the next forty years, Lichtenstein built a wide reputation as a journalist and documentary producer for ABC News, working as an investigative producer on shows such as 20/20, World News Tonight, and Nightline, and since 1990, he has operated as president of his own production company, Lichtenstein Creative Media. With LCMedia, Lichtenstein has received more than 60 major broadcast honors including a Peabody Award, U.N. Media Award, eight National Headliner Awards, the Cine Golden Eagle, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his documentary West 47th Street was selected as winner of the Atlanta Film Festival. A graduate of Brown University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Lichtenstein has served on the faculty of the New School University (1979-2005) and he writes regularly on media, politics, and health for publications ranging from the Huffington Post to the New York Times, the Nation, Newsday, Boston Globe, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, and TV Guide.
The Lichtenstein Collection consists of a growing array of materials gathered in preparation of the documentary film, WBCN and the American Revolution, which explores the cultural and political impact of WBCN. These include audio tapes of WBCN broadcasts, news reports and stories, photographs and ephemera of social change in Boston during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and two WBCN documentaries: Danny Schechter's Jamaica: An Island in Crisis (1976) and What Is News (1973), produced by Schechter and Lichtenstein.
Alternative radio broadcasting--MassachusettsBoston (Mass.)--History--20th centuryJamaica--History--1962-WBCN (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Schechter, Danny
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Related collections: Journalism, Media, Social justice
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Q: jQuery Selector for all descendants of a element I have a <div id="rptViewer"> that has multiple div and tables, which in turn can have multiple div and tables.
I need a jQuery selector to select all the div or tables under "rptViewer" either directly or indirectly(nesting).
I am trying the following jQuery selectors.
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("[id*='rptViewer'] table").each(function(i, item) {
             $(item).css('display', 'inline-block');
            });
            $("[id*='rptViewer'] div").each(function(i, item) {
                $(item).css('display', 'inline-block');
            });

            $("[id*=rptViewer] table").attr("width","");
        });
    </script>

But when I am checking it using firebug, I found that only the direct child of 'rptViewer' are getting 'inline-block' CSS

A: If you would like to include a class for all table and div inside of rptViewer.
You can do this way:
$("table, div", "#rptViewer").addClass('someStyle');

But if you would like to include a class only for real children of rptViewer.
You can do this way:
$("#rptViewer > table, #rptViewer > div").addClass('someStyle');

A: Instead of adding styles in JavaScript, add a style via CSS:
#rptViewer div,
#rptViewer table {
  display: inline-block;
}

You can use the [id] selector, and a comma separated list of selections:
$('#rptViewer div, #rptViewer table')...

If there are more elements you'd like to select, you might want to use .find():
$('#rptViewer').find('div, table')...

Given that you're using rptViewer as an [id], I'm going to assume you're using ASP.NET, in which case you should add a class to the element to simplify selection:
$('.viewer').find('div, table')...


Bought two more tickets for Saturday's main rollover draw.
Added the "large balls" to the individual Euro Millions pages. Also started to look at opening a Euro Millions section soon (yes, I'm generating the various pages, but they're all "wrong" at the moment).
Added Euro Millions "mini balls" to the home page, though I bet you've spotted that I didn't use a star shape for the two Lucky Stars balls. Two reasons for that - one is that the balls are drawn with X Windows primitives and I didn't want to work out the triangle angles needed for a star and the second reason is that the so-called "Lucky Stars" balls do not have a star on them in the real draw (and yet virtually every Euro Millions Web site out there is using a star to represent them).
Whilst I was lurking around the mini balls code, I finally shifted the number inside all home page mini balls one pixel to the left, cos the alignment had been fractionally askew literally for years.
Completed phase 1 of support for Euro Millions - auto-inclusion on the home page and auto-generation of the individual lottery page. Phase 2 will be to add the ball graphics that those two changes need (it's trickier than it sounds, because there's a star graphic I've got to come up with of course and do I label those "Lucky Star 1" and "Lucky Star 2" in the graphic (probably just "Lucky Star") ?
Bought four more tickets for tomorrow's double rollover draw, but was amused by the Tesco counter staff who didn't seem to know if tonight's Euro Millions would be televised or not (it is, live on Sky One at 9.00pm, but don't bother looking in your weekly UK TV magazine for it, because it won't be listed there due to the "rush" of getting approval only a week before tickets went on sale for it !).
The Euro Millions draw TV show was a bit of a damp squib - 4 mistakes by the presenter and no audience made it a bit anti-climactic. Camelot took 2 hours to issue the full results and even then had them completely wrong (figures in the wrong column, which also caused individual prizes to be divided by the number of winners, plus prize amounts rounded to the nearest pound, when they should be rounded down to the nearest 10p in fact).
Camelot updated their official site layout to accomodate Euro Millions (and, it appears, Christmas Millionaire Maker, albeit about 6 weeks late !), which duly screwed up my auto-grabber for the Daily Play winning numbers. Camelot changed the Draw History pages to use a pop-up menu to select the game and then when the winning numbers are displayed for Daily Play going back 6 months, there is a dash ("-") between each number with no spaces (there was a space and a dash previously). I duly adjusted my code to cope with this and the auto-grabber now works again.
Bought two more tickets for tonight's rollover draw. Finally received the Euro Millions Rules and Procedures booklet from Camelot today.
Did some more Euro Millions FAQ updating after I discovered the official French site's pages on the game and, of course, Google's hilarious translations courtesy of the useful new "Tools -> Translate Page" menu option in Mozilla 1.6. Also did a bit of news.google.com searching and found a handy Times article that amazingly revealed that there is no minimum age for purchasing a lottery ticket in France !
Constructed the new data file to hold Euro Millions results and it brought up the question of how many ball sets there are (Camelot didn't tell me last week on the phone despite me asking them, so it's another question they need to answer tomorrow). Apart from that, the large number of tiers and the need to store the ticket price per draw (because it changes and I'll need it to work out how many physical tickets were bought) make this the longest data line per game of any of the current Camelot games.
Yep, it's the fourth consecutive day I've phoned Camelot about the shared jackpot prize pool (I was still having a hard time believing that it wasn't shared, otherwise where does the word "Euro" fit in to the game name ?). It turns that that the Camelot phone line staff had been wrongly briefed for the 3 previous days and the jackpot prize pool is shared amongst the 3 countries. Bizarrely, though, the lower tiers are not shared, which still mostly makes this game 3 separate national lotteries (except for the 1 in 76m people who may manage to win the jackpot).
Picked up a Euro Millions playslip and leaflet today and neither of them mention that only the jackpot prize pool is shared - it's a bit sneaky of Camelot to keep the fact that the game is really a national lottery (all tiers except the jackpot are funded by the respective country's ticket sales only) with a very remote chance (more than 5 times worse than the main UK Lotto) of winning a combined Euro jackpot.
I panicked a bit when I checked the official Camelot site this morning because they'd not only finally put up some info about the new Euro Millions game (only the day before they start selling tickets for it !), but they also claimed that "there is one massive prize fund to share between all three countries". I was going to phone Camelot yet again this morning to triple-check on this prize pool thing, so I duly phoned up and, yes, got Alison again.
She absolutely confirmed to me that the prize pools are separate for each country and that she'd been fielding calls from disgruntled (and, quite frankly, blatantly ignorant) people saying "I don't want to play Euro Millions if some French or Spanish person is going to win using my money". It would be great if there was a shared prize pool across countries - the UK would have the most players and win the most jackpots and when they do win those jackpots, we get to keep the money given to us by French and Spanish players (making the amount we'd win much larger too).
Got some info on the machines and ball sets, confirmation that there will probably never be a subscription service because of the ticket price fluctuation and I requested a Rules and Procedures booklet on the game, because the prize calculations look complex and there's a "trust fund" shared across the 3 countries that I need more info on (this fund is for paying out jackpot prizes if they exceed ticket sales). I've updated the FAQ on this stuff, including some provisional info about the trust fund.
The BBC News Web site had a Euro Millions article just after 10.00am this morning, so I phoned Camelot at 10.20am and caught poor old Alison sitting down reading the "bumpf" she's been given w.r.t. Euro Millions. She kindly answered all my questions, but wasn't certain on the exact price the tickets would be initially sold at (probably £1.50, but could be £1.40).
The big shocker was when she told me that the prize pool isn't shared across all UK, French and Spanish players (each country has its own prize pool only contributed to by each country's own ticket sales) - I was utterly staggered by that and asked her to absolutely confirm this (she did). It effectively means we now have two UK national lotteries - "main UK Lotto" and the "UK Millions" game (well, that's what it really should have been called because any pretence it's "European" is a sham).
I phoned Camelot and they seemed fairly clueless about the Euro Millions game (doesn't help that the official Camelot Web site doesn't have a word anywhere on it about the new game either) and told me to phone back tomorrow.
I walked into my local Tesco store tonight and was surprised to see a "Play Euro Millions Here" poster by the lottery counter. I asked the woman at the counter if there were any playslips or leaflets and apparently there weren't (well, that's made them liars by putting up that poster then!), but the woman said the first draw would be on Friday 13th February (yes, an unlucky date...). It turns out Tesco were very naughty and shouldn't have put the poster up until Saturday !


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Northern Stories
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The Mannville Arms
The Mannville Arms circa 2008
The Mannville Arms was without a doubt my most favourite pub/venue in Bradford and was very much a cornerstone of my youth. It was the first place I truly felt at home and I met many lifelong friends in there. It was about 1992 when I first started frequenting the place. The landlord at the time was Bob McQuade. He was a lovely fella but he didn't take any nonsense and kept all of us (very young at the time) rockers in check.
In the early 90s, The Mannville was a pub with a great jukebox and an amazing atmosphere. No DJs or live bands. It didn't need it. People would travel from miles around to have a night out in Bradford and it wasn't unusual to see coach trips on a regular basis. The pub played host to many different types of people from rockers, punks, heavy metal fans, goths, indie kids, students, bikers and even the odd pensioner who loved the atmosphere. I still remember old Ted who used to sit in the Tap room watching TV all day every day chewing on half a pint of Tetleys for hours on end.
In 1995, Tetley brewery decided in their wisdom to change the pub entirely and re-brand it as one of their Scruffy Murphy's chain of Irish theme bars. Despite being presented with a petition of 1500 strong, the refurb went ahead and killed off everything we loved about the place. It would never be quite the same again. Over the next 12 years, the pub changed hands through various pub cos and breweries and changed its name to The Head. It was a fairly generic student bar, which was OK but it lacked the culture of its glory days.
In 2007 Steve, the guy who was running the place started playing rock music again in there for the first time in years and a guy called Mick Dunn was working behind the bar. We all got chatting about days gone by and how much we used to love the place. Mick got the bug and decided to buy the lease for the place along with his brother Billy. Within 6 months or so, it was renamed back to The Mannville Arms and hosted regular live bands and DJs. The jukebox was also back and the atmosphere, although not quite the same as before, was brilliant.
I became involved initially as a DJ, doing a monthly Friday slot as well as other bits and bats. In May 2008, I organised my first all day event called "May the 4th be with you" and was a charity event in aid of a local drama group with learning difficulties called "The Seedlings". In August 2008, my friend Tom, who organised the gigs had decided to leave the pub and so I became in charge of the full entertainment roster. We had been itching for somewhere new to play in Bradford for some time so I grabbed the opportunity with both hands. I became quite literally obsessed. I lived and breathed The Mannville and spent every waking moment making things happen for it. I amassed quite a list of contacts and had bands from all over the country falling over each other to play. It was quite remarkable really considering we were a fairly small venue with not much more than a vocal PA. However, when it worked, the atmosphere really was very special. We had bands from many genres from the sublime to the ridiculous and almost always original material. We tried to aim for a "something different every time" approach. It was heartwarming to see people regularly turn up to see what we had on each week.
In May 2009, an old friend of mine passed away. His name was Stan and was well known and loved around town. He was an old aged pensioner who could literally out-party all of us. In his final days, we chatted about getting an all-dayer together so he could watch his favourite bands from over the years for one last time. Some of them had not played together for quite some time but reformed in a breath as soon as they got wind. He was such a popular man. The event was called Stanfest and was an event to raise money for Manorlands, which was the hospice where he spent many of his final days. Stan sadly passed away on the day of the event so never got to be there. This made the day all the more poignant. There were unprecedented crowds through the door on that day, streaming in to celebrate the life of Stan. He really was quite a character and is still sorely missed.
The pub continued throughout the summer and into autumn until in October 2009, Mick and Billy's tenure at The Mannville was terminated by the brewery. The reasons for this were many and varied and much went on behind the scenes which we never knew about. I was absolutely devastated and I felt like my heart had been ripped out. We saw the pub out in style with one final big gig on halloween. This gig saw the reunion of Bradford doom band Chorus of Ruin, who's contemporaries were the likes of Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema in the halcyon days of the West Yorkshire doom metal scene of the early 90s. Joining them were Officium Triste who traveled all the way from the Netherlands to play and local screamo band OpenFire opening up. It was a very noisy and very busy swansong.
The following week, we took the operation across town to a venue called The Zuu Bar. We assumed that the Mannville was to close down for good.
A couple of months later, The Mannville underwent a refurbishment and reopened. The new leaseholders were a young couple called Steve and Jade, who had both worked for the pub whilst we had been there. After a confusing and shaky period for me, I started frequenting the place again but it was strange not to be involved.
Since Stanfest, many people had been asking me if there was to be a repeat of it the following year. I really was at odds with the idea for a while because I didn't want to detract from the meaning of the event. After some persuading, I eventually conceded and put a bill together for Stanfest II. This was again to be held at The Mannville Arms. It was an awesome day but after that I decided that to try and do any further Stanfest events would be too contrived and disrespectful.
In the summer, The Mannville closed its doors for the final time never to return. On the site of the pub now is a corner shop/mini-market. On the rare occasion I walk past there now, I still feel an air of sadness but remember all of the awesome years I spent in there. I have even used the shop a couple of times, which was a very strange experience.
The once thriving Bradford University area nightlife has all but died and the many pubs and clubs I frequented around there in the 1990s have pretty much all long since disappeared.
Farewell All My Thorns
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