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A legacy bolstered by a unique double triumph — social justice leadership and his fourth title — has regressed into dangerous tweets, geopolitical hypocrisy, an ankle injury and whining about a play-in format, all as the Lakers struggle.
He never grew up. That is the only explanation for how LeBron James, so astute last year in campaigning against voter suppression and protesting the murder of George Floyd, has become such a social failure in 2021. I called him the Sportsperson of the Year as recently as December.
Today, he has morphed into someone I don't recognize or respect, as if his identity has been hacked by … wait, is this the work of Al-G's Goon Squad in the upcoming "Space Jam 2'' production? Regretfully, it is not.
James appears to be suffering from megalomania. He is so driven by his newly acquired power and influence, he acts via impulse, like a child, instead of thinking through the potential consequences of his statements. The police officers who've protected him throughout his very public life, such as when racist graffiti was sprayed on the gate of his Los Angeles mansion, now want NBA commissioner Adam Silver to investigate him. And why not? When James tweeted, "YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY'' — beside an hourglass emoji and a photo of Nicholas Reardon, the Ohio police officer who fired the shots that killed a knife-wielding Ma'Khia Bryant — he struck me as a quick-trigger activist using a hand-held device to incite violence against police.
The fact he quickly deleted the tweet suggests James lacks the maturity and gravitas to be a responsible crusader. When O.J. Simpson displays more common sense, asking James to "pick his battles'' and wait for more details before tweeting, it's clearly time to minimize LeBron as an American leader. Wrote James, after removing the tweet: "I'm so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate — This isn't about one officer. it's about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY."
I am desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY from James, who should be emphasizing peace and calm amid the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. As it is, he comes off as a brand-fixated hypocrite, refusing to condemn China for human rights violations because he sells a lot of sneakers there and knows "Space Jam 2'' awaits distribution this summer across a country of 1.45 billion people, give or take a few political prisoners. Remember when front-office executive Daryl Morey, then with Houston and now in Philadelphia, supported Hong Kong in its rebuke of the Chinese government? James attacked Morey, saying, "I believe he wasn't educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke. And so many people could have been harmed — not only financially (but) physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and say and we do, even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there can be a lot of negative that comes with that, too."
It's difficult not to laugh at the utter disingenuity here. Not educated about the situation at hand? So many people could have been harmed? Be careful what we tweet and say? Each claim also can be made about James' "YOU'RE NEXT'' tweet. Blatantly, and embarrassingly, he contradicted his own advice. The National Fraternal Order of Police certainly noticed, posting this tweet: "@KingJames, with his vast resources & influence, should educate himself and, frankly, has a responsibility to do so, on the facts before weighing in. This is disgraceful & extremely reckless. The officer saved a young girl's life. No amount of gaslighting will change that fact."
Nor did James do himself favors in Los Angeles, where a union representing LAPD officers wants to know if he violated league policies. There is no chance Silver, the free-speech champion, will address the matter publicly and irritate his meal ticket. But the local goodwill generated last fall by LeBron, who led the Lakers to a championship in the Disney Bubble, has subsided in a market that generally views him as a rented mercenary after Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and other legends played entire careers with the purple and gold.
Little has gone well for James since the start of the new season, which tipped off only 72 days after he won his fourth NBA title. Stubbornly, rather than plotting strategic early rest like other superstars, he insisted on playing every night — and suffered a high right ankle sprain that cost him six weeks, while title-tandem partner Anthony Davis was missing nine weeks with a calf strain and Achilles tendinosis. Both returned, but the Lakers are woefully out of sync as the playoffs approach, their chemistry in tatters as multiple losses mount. Once atop the Western Conference at 21-6, they might sink so far in the standings that they'll have to win a play-in series — the league's new device to curtail tanking and maintain interest in more markets — to avoid elimination.
Of course, Mr. Impulse fired away again, this time whining about the league.
"Whoever came up with that s— needs to be fired," James said of the play-in format.
Whoever would be Silver.
A title repeat looks impossible at this point, with guard Dennis Schroder out 10-14 days due to COVID-19 protocols. It's unlikely James and Davis will stay setback-free through a postseason that won't end until late July, with James sitting out the final six minutes of a Sunday loss and Monday night's back-to-back against Denver with soreness in his problem ankle. Wisely, he'll rest two more games this week. Just as he should accept Nikola Jokic as the presumptive league MVP, James should prioritize health over record and expect a play-in assignment against, oh, Steph Curry and the Warriors. Or Gregg Popovich and the Spurs. Or Ja Morant and the Grizzlies. Or, if the Lakers do keep the No. 6 seed, a matchup against Jokic and the Nuggets.
In all scenarios, James won't be the sentimental favorite.
"I definitely want to get healthy. Not only for myself, but for our team," he said. "I need to make sure my ankle is where it was before the injury. I've got to be smart with it. It doesn't matter at the end of the day if I'm not 100 percent or close to 100 percent. It don't matter where we land."
Seems Kyle Kuzma, his younger teammate, has a better perspective at the moment. The Lakers are disjointed, with veteran Marc Gasol upset about reduced playing time after the signing of big man Andre Drummond. "I just don't think we're connected right now. I think we're unhealthy and just not good enough," Kuzma said after successive home losses to Sacramento and Toronto. "We're just not together as a whole — team, staff, everything. … I don't know, man. It's just very tough. It's just an unfortunate situation. It's tough, man. It's just tough, very tough. I'm not sure what to do."
Said Davis, whose big buckets allowed the Lakers a breathing-room victory Monday: "The only way is up. We really can't get any lower than this.''
Is there a leader in the house? "Our team,'' coach Frank Vogel said, "is a little shook.''
For now, LeBron James has landed in a manure pile of his own doing. A legacy that never had looked shinier — a pandemic championship wrapped around a social justice triumph — now is smeared in pablum. It wasn't long ago when he was sprawled outside a locker room in central Florida, soaked with champagne and smoking a cigar as he spoke to his mother via FaceTime. As detailed by NBA writer Ben Golliver in his new book, "Bubbleball," James told her on the call: "Mama! Mama! Hey, Mama! I had to leave the locker room. They're going crazy right now. I had to get away. There's nothing that can stop me because this s— is nothing compared to the s— you had to go through."
"God is good," Gloria James replied.
"God is good," her son said. "God is great. I hope I continue to make you proud, Mom."
It's stunning how quickly his world flipped in a matter of, what, six months? At least he has the new movie.
Er, never mind. It isn't an original, having been made a quarter-century ago by Michael Jordan, who won six championships in six Finals tries and never let maniacal political leanings twist his life into undoable knots.
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Is the network's only other option Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett?
Several years ago, the NFL objected to NBC wanting to employ Mike Tirico as the lead play-by-play voice for its Thursday Night Football broadcasts. The league preferred Al Michaels because he was NBC's No. 1 NFL play-by-play announcer and wanted the TNF telecasts to carry the same prestige as Sunday Night Football.
Following the network's heavily-criticized broadcast of Saturday's Wild Card playoff game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars, the NFL may want to impose its authority again and insist that a top-tier broadcast team call the action of an important postseason game.
Not the most enthusiastic call from Al Michaels on a thrilling NFL playoff finish: pic.twitter.com/XbP3i3kYBa
— Clips & Quips (@Clipselberry) January 17, 2023
The consensus among fans and media watching Saturday's broadcast was that Michaels and analyst Tony Dungy were surprisingly low-energy for an NFL playoff game, let alone one that became so exciting with Jacksonville rallying from a 27-0 deficit for a 31-30 victory on a last-second field goal.
Such a lackluster broadcast led to questions of whether or not Michaels was now past his prime after a season of calling subpar TNF games for Amazon and what initially appeared to be another snoozer when the Jaguars fell behind by 27 points. Pairing him with Dungy, who was a studio analyst all season, certainly didn't help.
Dungy was as basic as a game analyst could be, typically narrating replays viewers could see for themselves while adding little insight. Worst of all, he demonstrated no enthusiasm for the action, leaving Michaels to fill most of the airtime. The veteran broadcaster showed that he can no longer carry a broadcast by himself. He needs the energy and back-and-forth that Cris Collinsworth or Kirk Herbstreit provide.
So how did NBC get here?
Most football fans know that the network's top broadcast team is Tirico on play-by-play alongside analyst Cris Collinsworth. But they had their own assignment during Super Wild Card Weekend, calling Sunday night's Ravens-Bengals match-up. With the postseason field expanding from 12 to 14 teams, resulting in six games being played on Wild Card weekend, NBC was awarded one of the additional playoff broadcasts.
Thus, another broadcast team was needed for that second Wild Card game. Fortunately, NBC had a renowned play-by-play man already in place. Michaels finished out his final season as SNF's lead voice by calling Super Bowl LVI, part of a powerful one-two combination for NBC Sports coming toward the end of its 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics coverage.
Ending his legendary career with a Super Bowl broadcast would've been a wonderful final note for Michaels. That appeared to be a natural path when Tirico moved from ESPN to NBC in 2016. Network executives admitted that a succession plan was in mind for Tirico to take over SNF eventually. At the time, Michaels also likely thought he would retire by then.
Al Michaels began the Super Bowl with a nod to an apparent departure with NBC, saying to Cris Collinsworth:
"Come slidin' in here for one final time."
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But when confronted with the possibility of retirement, Michaels realized he wasn't interested. He was still enjoying broadcasting the NFL. His skills were still sharp. And perhaps most importantly, he was in demand. Amazon wanted Michaels as the lead voice for its Thursday Night Football broadcasts, bringing instant credibility to a streaming venture that drew some skepticism. ESPN considered him as its Monday Night Football play-by-play man.
As it turned out, ESPN made a bold move for MNF, swiping Fox's No. 1 NFL crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. That left Amazon for Michaels, and the streaming giant paid him a commensurate salary with the top broadcasters in the industry as part of his three-year contract.
Yet Michaels wasn't done with NBC either. After his agreement with Amazon became official, NBC announced that its relationship with Michaels would continue in an "emeritus" role allowing him to broadcast the network's Olympics coverage and that additional Wild Card playoff telecast.
NBC can't have been happy that most of the social media chatter afterward focused on the broadcast, rather than the game result. Especially when the discussion centered on how poorly Michaels and Dungy performed in what turned out to be a thrilling playoff game. That's a pairing that the NFL probably doesn't want to see again.
Al Michaels seemed legitimately confused about whether or not Jaguars were attempting a 2-point conversion: pic.twitter.com/8kDa1jI2kB
Michaels will likely call at least one more Wild Card playoff game for NBC since he intends to work on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. He's also under contract with Amazon for another two seasons unless he decides to retire before that deal expires. So perhaps the simple solution is keeping Dungy out of the broadcast booth and giving Michaels a better partner.
But can NBC drop in another analyst who hasn't worked with Michaels all season? Anyone would arguably be an improvement over Dungy. Is it at all possible for Herbstreit to be hired on for a one-off playoff broadcast, thus ensuring that the broadcast team will have some on-air familiarity and chemistry?
Otherwise, NBC's only other option may be its Notre Dame broadcast team of Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett. (The network tried that last season with Tirico and Drew Brees, only for Brees to wilt under the harsher NFL playoff spotlight.)
The pair also called USFL broadcasts for the network, so at least there would be familiarity rather than trying to figure each other out during a telecast. Yet Collinsworth and Garrett aren't terribly popular with viewers. And as with Brees, that crew will face intense scrutiny with a larger playoff audience.
Unfortunately, NBC appears to be stuck here. Unless the new Big Ten broadcast team of Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge gets a shot. That might be the best option! Other than Notre Dame or USFL games, where are the other opportunities for NBC to develop a No. 2 NFL broadcast team? No one wants to put Al Michaels through Chris Simms in the broadcast booth, right?
Ian Casselberry is a sports media columnist for BSM. He has previously written and edited for Awful Announcing, The Comeback, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, MLive, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation. You can find him on Twitter @iancass or reach him by email at iancass@gmail.com.
Al Michaels Has Options But He Has To Make a Choice
"It does all of us in the sports industry well to remember 99% of our audience would gladly trade places with us."
I don't ask much out of game announcers; get excited when appropriate, get the simple information correct, don't get so caught up in your shtick you put yourself above the game. Al Michaels has been doing all those things well for the better part of half a century and few would argue that he's not one of the best to ever do it. That doesn't mean he can't lose his fastball.
Before you read any longer, I am not here to say Al Michaels has lost his fastball. What I am here to say is Michaels has all too often this season seemed upset with and disinterested in the game he is calling. That isn't entirely surprising when you consider some of the Thursday night action he called on Amazon Prime where the average margin of victory was almost nine points per game.
On top of that, the Amazon schedule had a dreadful two week stretch with Colts 12-9 win over the Broncos in Week Five and the Commanders 12-7 win over the Bears the next Thursday. It was in that Broncos-Colts game Michaels asked Herbstreit if a game "can be so bad it is good?" Herbstreit's answer was "No", by the way. It was the full 15 game schedule that Michaels told The Athletic's media critic Richard Deitsch was like trying to sell a used car.
All of that is fine, the inaugural Amazon Prime season was not a smashing success. The streaming giant missed audience projections and will lose advertising revenue because of it. The lackluster schedule did not help that. But Michaels was given a second life; he was the NBC play-by-play announcer for the Saturday Night Wildcard Playoff game between the Chargers and Jaguars. It initially looked like Michaels might be the problem as five first half Jags turnovers had them in a 27-0 hole. But the home team staged a nearly unprecedented comeback for the win.
It was the performance by Michaels and, to a lesser degree, his analyst Tony Dungy that has led to criticism. Criticism might be too soft of a word, Michaels was roundly dragged for his lack of enthusiasm during the comeback and specifically on his call of the Jacksonville game winning field goal. The enthusiasm of the call of the game winner had a mid-3rd quarter of week four feel to it.
Me telling Al Michaels how to do play-by-play of an NFL game would be the equivalent of me telling a physicist how to split an atom. So, this isn't just a Michaels criticism, few things bother me more than hearing a game announcer complain about the length or quality of a game as if he'd rather be anywhere else. It does all of us in the sports industry well to remember 99% of our audience would gladly trade places with us.
How many NFL viewers would sit in the seat Michaels, or any NFL announcer occupies, for free? They'd feel like they won the lottery if they also were getting the money those announcers are getting paid to be there. The guy that works a 12-hour Thursday construction shift just to get home and crack a beer for the NFL game probably doesn't want to hear how tough that game is to announce.
On top of all of that, Michaels was given the gift of one of the wildest NFL Playoff comebacks you'll ever see and, at times, sounded as if he was completely disinterested in being there. Pro tip: the best NFL announcer in those moments is Kevin Harlan (see: Miami at Baltimore from earlier this season. That has nothing to do with my lifelong Dolphins fandom). Michaels' lack of enthusiasm was compounded by the exact opposite from Mike Tirico on the very same network for the Bengals-Ravens Wildcard game Sunday night.
Tirico, like Michaels, has a sterling resume of play-by-play accomplishments. The difference is Tirico sounded like he was having the time of his life on Sunday night.
To be fair, their two styles are different. Michaels has a very old school, Pat Summerall approach. Summerall, Vin Scully and Dick Enberg came along at a time when announcers were far more likely to let the pictures tell the story. More new school guys like Harlan and Tirico approach it differently.
Look, Al Michaels helped us believe in miracles. His place in the Sports Broadcaster's Hall of Fame has long since been cemented. Being a hall of fame inductee doesn't mean your style will forever be accepted by the masses. That leaves you with a few options; you can continue your style and accept or ignore the criticism or you can ride off into the sunset and enjoy the fruits of your decades of labor.
Al Michaels has what we all want; great options. He can choose any of them and be a winner in the game of life. It doesn't matter if he enthusiastically embraces them, or not.
Ryan Brown is a columnist for Barrett Sports Media, and a co-host of the popular sports audio/video show 'The Next Round' formerly known as JOX Roundtable, which previously aired on WJOX in Birmingham. You can find him on Twitter @RyanBrownLive and follow his show @NextRoundLive.
Bernie Kosar Was the Victim of a Policy That Doesn't Work Anymore
"The NFL has bigger fish to fry than Bernie Kosar. Hell, it has more pressing issues in Cleveland alone."
One week ago, Bernie Kosar lost his job on the Browns Radio Network for placing the first legal sports bet in the state of Ohio. Kosar, just like Jets coach Miles Austin weeks earlier and Calvin Ridley last year, violated a league policy that forbids team employees from placing a bet on any NFL game.
The integrity of the games still matters. The belief that what we are all seeing is being fairly contested is what gives those of us that like to have a little vested interest in the outcome the desire to lay our money down in the first place. I get the league's discomfort with a coach on the staff of a team in the middle of the playoff hunt making bets. I get its fear of the message it sends to have players making bets.
Roger Goodell and the 32 team owners are well within their rights to object to men that can potentially control the outcome of a game or postseason seeding doing anything that even appears to jeopardize its fairness. Even perceived impropriety can compromise the league's tremendous value.
But Bernie Kosar doesn't have that kind of influence on the outcome of a game. He is just a broadcaster and not even a game analyst. He is part of studio coverage.
I am far from the first to point this out, but in 2023, the NFL has three official sports betting partners. Just last week, it approved the first ever in-stadium sportsbook, which Fanatics is set to open inside of FedEx Field. If the NFL is comfortable enough with the reality that its fans like to bet to make those things a reality, then Kosar losing his gig is absurd. It is the result of nothing other than "well, that's the way we've always done it" thinking.
Maybe Kosar was terrible on the radio and the team was looking for a reason to move on. I don't live in Cleveland and I am not a Browns fan, so I have no idea.
How many times have we heard that NFL owners hired Goodell to "protect the shield"? I'm not even really sure what it means or when it applies anymore. If I had a vested interest in the public perception of the league, I know that I would want someone to do the PR math on this situation.
Bernie Kosar isn't an addict that can't watch a game without the high of winning or the emotional distress of losing everything at stake, at least not as far as we know. This was a bet made through an advertising partner, to benefit charity. He even said on his podcast this week that the purpose of making the bet was to generate some money for former players in need of help.
This is like Disney threatening daycare centers with lawsuits for painting Mickey Mouse on a classroom wall. The NFL has bigger fish to fry than Bernie Kosar. Hell, it has more pressing issues in Cleveland alone.
Surely you have seen Garrett Bush's impassioned rant on the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show about the obstacles facing Damar Hamlin because of how many hoops the NFL makes former players jump through in order to get some kind of pension.
On January 2, we were all united in our concern for a guy that hadn't even completed his second full NFL season. We didn't know if he was going to live, but if he did, we all knew that the NFL had done everything it needed to in order to protect itself from ever having to pay a dime for his medical care. Less than a week later, Bernie Kosar was fired for what amounted to a charity stunt that was meant to raise money and attention to very similar issues.
At both the league level and the team level, there was incompetence that lead to a man unnecessarily losing a gig and to the Browns and the NFL looking horribly out of touch with reality.
Are we acknowledging that people gamble or not? Are we acknowledging there are responsible ways to bet on football and are interested in generating revenue off of it or not? Because it doesn't seem to me that the same league that just gave the thumbs up to open a sportsbook inside of a stadium is really that concerned with people that cannot affect the outcome of games betting on those games.
Has the NFL come out and said that it is going to cover every medical bill for everyone that has ever played the game? We know that this is a brutal game that leaves a physical and physiological impact on the men that played it. Why would we make it harder for someone that knows that pain to help others do something about it?
I feel awful for Bernie Kosar. Whether he needs the money or not, it is embarassing to be at the center of a controversy like this, particularly because in the NFL in 2023, there is no reason for a controversy like this to exist.
Demetri Ravanos is the Assistant Content Director for Barrett Sports Media. He hosts the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas. Previous stops include WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos and reach him by email at DemetriTheGreek@gmail.com.


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UC Santa Cruz's Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) hosts a farm apprenticeship program that trains aspiring farmers in organic farming. A subset of past and current apprentices participate in a group called the Farmers of the Global Majority, and they invited me to informally speak at the farm.
It was a treat to see the beautiful rows of weed-free crops that lead to an ocean horizon. Before our informal meeting, I ran into apprentices who came to the Small Grains Field Day and my EcoFarm presentations. They showed me their wheat trials, and we nerded out about tillering and maturity stages.
I had a moment to walk the gardens that reflect curiosity, biodiversity, and social justice.
Unfortunately, I was developing bronchitis and felt my head was in a vice, so when it came time to talk I spoke mostly of difficulties and what work needs to be done. I left regretting not saying more of what is being done and what can be done, of what we might do together.
So, for the first time, I committed myself to articulating what I'm working towards. It's difficult to look past day to day efforts, past trouble shooting, and anticipating someone else's next move. Moving through the world that way is defensive, not proactive. It allows others to make decisions that you respond to. What if we decided?
I wrote them a letter, and I think it's worth sharing with you, too.
I deeply appreciated the chance to visit with you and see the abundance of life you've nurtured. I'm particularly grateful to Leigh for coordinating my visit and to Mo for taking care of me — bronchitis was the culprit after all!
A part of me regrets that our time centered so much on travails and less so on solutions. You and I already know that this system does not work for us, does not mean to include us. People of color in America's farming system are dehumanized and dispossessed of land, knowledge, seed, skills, product of our labor, and political power. We know and have experienced that our whole lives.
So, I think it's important for us to think about the world we want to create. Our conversation brought up how to connect urban-rural, increase food sovereignty- and security, support our communities, and, at the heart of it all, gain power to thrive. I spent July 4th considering America's history, mortality, and potential — typical birthday thoughts!
What I'd like to share is a vision of what's possible: Imagine you're in a city and you want to buy food for cooking. You walk into a grocery store and find a produce section stocked with amaranth leaves, pea shoots, chrysanthemum greens, huauzontle, okra, makrut limes. The deli offers injera, fuol, mitmita, banh cuon, tamales made by people in the neighborhood. It turns out the whole store is made by neighborhood residents. It's a food co-op like where the members and employees live in the area, decide on what food to carry, and create a workplace that provides a true living wage.
With your goods in hand for a killer curry, you wonder how the store had so much food diversity. That's when you pass by a community farm with bounteous biodiversity of annuals and perennials. The annuals come from the community's seeds that are steadily grown out to eventually go to farmers who can grow them on a larger scale. The city provides protection from cross pollination from GMO crops. Those farms have secure seed and customers — the co-ops, cooks who make culturally-relevant food for the deli, schools, and restaurants. The perennials capture environmental toxins and atmospheric carbon to store them deep in the soil, while bearing fruit for passerbys.
Passing by is someone who stepped out of their cooperatively-owned home. The low cost of entry enables low-wage workers to secure a home and be protected from landlord evictions. The local credit union, a cooperative bank, works with residents to finance homes, businesses, and community investments. This neighborhood has resilience, continuity, and sustainability because it connects farmers, eaters, workers, everyone.
We can create a food system that provides quality jobs, promotes health, uplifts cultural foodways, secures homes, and encourages democratic ownership of our basic needs. As we build an equitable food system, we need to protect it in policy. We have been purposefully pushed out of voting centers, district zones, and political education so that we cannot institutionalize our social movements. Our political involvement would create policies by the people and for the people — all the people. True democracy is what this society is most afraid of.
Whatever you do after CASFS, I hope we will stay in touch. I'd love to hear your vision for the future and work with you towards a collective good.


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Yemen government reshuffle reinforces Saudi influence
May 20, 2017 at 11:29 am | Published in: Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Supporters of Legal Government hold the portraits of Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi during a protest against the Yemen peace plan proposed by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Ma'rib, Yemen on November 3, 2016. (Ali Owidha - Anadolu Agency)
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi is expected to announce a new government reshuffle that will reinforce Saudi influence and increases tension with the UAE, The New Gulf reported on Friday.
Citing Yemeni news websites, The New Gulf said that Hadi is expected to choose the former prime minister of what was previously South Yemen, Haidar Abu Bakr Al-Attas, close to Saudi Arabia, as a senior aide. This will in turn damage Ahmed Bin Breik, who is close to the UAE and who recognised the Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist movement looking to revive South Yemen.
In response to the announcement of the Transitional Council, Al-Attas clearly announced that he is rejecting any measures aiming to divide Yemen, saying that the battle is currently with the Houthis and their ally, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Al-Attas is expected to be chosen as a second deputy for Hadi in order to contain the current crisis in the south of Yemen, anonymous informed sources said, according to a Yemeni news website.
Al-Attas' nomination is said to have pleased Saudi Arabia and increased tension between Hadi and the UAE, which has accused Hadi of getting closer to the Muslim Brotherhood in the country.
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Below is a bibliography of extremely useful and readily available books.
Biological Contaminants in Indoor Environments, ASTM STP 1071.
Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in Environmental Samples, AIHA.
Fungal Contamination in Public Buildings: A Guide to Recognition and Management (Canadian guideline: Health Canada).
Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments. New York City Department of Health.
Manual of Clinical Microbiology (excellent for bacteria). 6th ed. Patrick Murray (ed.), American Society for Microbiology Press, 1995.
Manual of Environmental Microbiology (chapters on aerobiology). Christon J. Hurst (ed.), American Society for Microbiology Press, 1997.
Microfungi. Suzanne Gravesen, Munksgaard Press, ISBN 87-16-11436-1.
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 19th ed.. Andrew Eaton, et.al., APHA, 1995.
Understanding Microbial Contamination in HVAC Systems. National Air Duct Cleaning Association (NADCA) 202-737-2926.


Ashley Roberts has vowed to give it her all in the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final despite viewers criticising her previous dance experience.
The singer and her professional dance partner Pasha Kovalev landed in the dance off last weekend against actor Charles Venn and his partner Karen Clifton.
Ashley was asked on It Takes Two on Tuesday whether she felt viewers didn't vote to keep her in because of her previous dance experience in the girl group Pussycat Dolls.
But the Ashley brushed it off, saying she was going to focus on the routines for that weekend, which will include a Paso Doble.
She told host Zoe Ball: 'I don't know. I don't know what people are voting for. I hope it's just enjoying the performances.
On Sunday Ashley and Pasha were saved when all four of the judges voted to keep them in over Charles and Karen.
And Pasha said the vote of confidence from Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli gave him a boost.
Pasha said: 'It reinforced your opinion about yourself because you do doubt yourself. It's normal. We all go through that.
Meanwhile Charles broke down in tears on It Takes Two after his elimination.
'It is a weird bittersweet feeling, that's how I feel. I don't get to spend quality time with their wonderful woman and teacher,' he added, speaking of Karen.


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Candystripe Holiday playschemes - each playscheme has organised sports, games and in-house activities.
Our holiday playscheme normally runs from Candystripe Cottage, behind the Toby Carvery, 201a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 3PT. This centre is dedicated to children and includes a fully equipped playgym, indoor and outdoor play.
For all kids aged 2 – 14 with new area at rear for 2-4 year olds.
Organised trips to local venues, including climbing wall, farms, parks.
Each playscheme has organised sports, games and in-house activities. We also offer a quiet area, with internet connections (where available). On a daily basis, children are offered the opportunity to meet new friends and have lots of great adventures with a whole range of activities.
Sports training; football, cricket, netball, tennis depending on the season.
Themed arts and craft activities.
We are one of the biggest private providers of out of school childcare in Leeds! We pride ourselves on being the best but don't take our word for it. Come and see for yourself! We run a number of holiday play clubs across the Roundhay area, and we run all the year around except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Bank Holidays. We offer a variety of holiday playschemes, some are dedicated to just a week at a time - for example our cycling week - but we always offer a place for your children to play.
We also aim to trial our first ever Teen Hub Playscheme for 2 weeks this summer 2018. This will cater for 12-15 year olds and offer a milk bar style playscheme hub for them to chill out, sign themsleves in and out of and get involved in activities led by them and days out of their choice. More informaton will follow about this soon, watch this space!
We aim to be committed to providing the best quality playscheme we can be but at affordable price.
As some of our adventures could take us into the woods, or park, even getting wet. It would be best to bring old clothes and a packed lunch with your favourite foods to give you the engergy you need.
We are Ofsted registered and work towards their good practice in a play environment.
We offer your children, breakfast and snacks throughout their stay with us. We endeavour to provide healthy snacks, which change on a daily basis. We ask that children bring a packed lunch with them. This allows us to eat it in the park or on the go - wherever our adventures take us.
We operate with fully qualified staff, who are dedicated to play and supervise the children whilst playing. All are staff have experience and we operate on a 1:8 ratio.
To reserve your place just fill in a registration form for each child. We need this form fully completed and returned before we can offer a place. Registration fee is £15.00 per family. New familes joining after 1st July will be charged £20.
Our opening times are from 7.30am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday.
There is a block booking discount if you book in advance. You can still turn up on the day and if we have places available, you are welcome. The price is more expensive if you turn up on the day however. The price is £30 per day on the day!
We need 2 working days (48 hours) notice to cancel your place. There is no refund for unplanned absence including illness. You may however, swap your days if available.
Please not if your child does not attend and you have not given the requisite 48 hours notice you will be charged for the full day/days.
Payments are due on the day in advance. We accept all major credit and debit cards or cash. Cheques can be used by the discretion of the staff. We can accept voucher payments in advance, if not received in advance a credit card will be asked for in advance in case payment is not received.
We ask that you pay at the beginning of the week for each week and thank you in advance for you support in this.
** discounts will be given on the discretion of the Main Duty Manager, Planning Manager or Director and if not agreed that they fall within set criteria they can be witheld. The limit for this offer is 6 half days discounted to the value of £90 capped.


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Kate is a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, veteran health journalist, and author. One of her most notable ghosted books is Effortless Healing (Random House) by Dr. Joseph Mercola. Books in her own name have been published by National Geographic Books (A Year of Daily Calm), Adams Media (Stress Less) and Globe Pequot Press (The Anywhere, Anytime Chill Guide and The 28 Days Lighter Diet).
Kate's three decades in book publishing began in the early 90s in San Francisco at a tiny publishing company founded by Shirley Jackson's son. From there, she spent two decades honing her ability to connect with a mass women's audience, first as a producer of websites and books for iVillage.com and then as a freelance writer, where her work has appeared in dozens of national publications, including REAL SIMPLE, Whole Living, Yoga Journal, Natural Health, Playboy, and on behalf of a who's-who of corporate clients, including the Cleveland Clinic, Duke Integrative Medicine, Citibank's Women & Co., and Sesame Workshop.
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The moon blowing up isn't the worst thing that happens in space station sim Ixion
Bonus harian di Keluaran HK 2020 – 2021.
So. You just test-fired the experimental engine on your brand new orbiting space station and, well… it kinda blew up the moon. But somehow that's not even the worst bit of news you'll get today. In colony sim Ixion, you're managing a space station and its crew as things quickly go from bad to worse to utterly unthinkable.
I recently got to see the first half-hour or so of Ixion, which serves as a tutorial and sets the stage for the calamity that will change everything. You're the administrator of the space station Tiqqun (pronounced "tycoon") orbiting Earth, charged with getting things up and running: managing the power supply, maintaining the hull integrity, setting up supply lines, and building supplemental structures like crew quarters and science labs. It's like a little city orbiting Earth, and you're the mayor, but you won't be orbiting much longer.
You'll also build a data listening service, which will eavesdrop on your crew so you can measure their morale, which sounds pretty draconian but not too far-fetched in the age of megacorporations that can afford their own space stations. The crew will also directly communicate with you to let you know what they need, such as more housing, infirmaries to deal with their workplace injuries, and other requests. Keeping their trust in you is paramount to success, and just as important as keeping the station's hull in one piece.
(Image credit: Bulwark Studios)
And you'll construct the massive Vohle Engine, meant to transport the station to distant solar systems so humankind can find a new home, now that the Earth has been rendered nearly uninhabitable due to pollution, global warming, and a shortage of resources. But when that engine is ignited for the first time, something goes horribly wrong and it shatters the Moon, turning your mission from an exploratory venture into humanity's last hope of survival. It's a good, sci-fi premise, one we've seen in books like Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora.
The new Ixion teaser video you can see above gives us a closer (if sadly brief) look at the inside of the space station we'll be managing. You can see some of the buildings you'll get to place in the station, and enjoy the detailed animation of each. There are rows of green algae farms you'll need to make food for your crew, shuttle bays for the science and cargo ships you'll be able to deploy, and the supply lines you'll have to lay down in the cramped interior. You begin the game with only one sector of the station available to build in, but as you progress you'll unlock new sectors that will give you more room to expand. Plus, you're gonna have to fix that pesky Vohle Engine to make sure you don't shatter any more moons when you move between different solar systems.
As we saw when Ixion was announced earlier this year at the PC Gaming Show, there are some pretty strong Frostpunk vibes happening here. Though you're in space instead of on Earth, you still represent the last hope of humanity as you search the galaxy for a new habitable planet. You'll constantly contend with shortages of resources, having to scour locations around the solar systems you visit to salvage parts, discover new technology, and even add to your crew by finding cryogenic pods with frozen astronauts inside. If your station's crew get unhappy enough with your decisions, they'll go on strike, and if their trust in you doesn't improve they'll actually remove you from power, ending your game, similar to how you're thrown out on the tundra in Frostpunk if your citizens lose too much morale.
Another element that reminds me of Frostpunk: the act of charging up your interstellar engine to jump to new star systems will draw so much power from your ship that you'll essentially be in blackout mode for several minutes, and you'll have to scramble to keep everything running on limited power until the engine fires. It makes me think of the harsh blizzards that would periodically sweep through your city in Frostpunk, those tense times where you held your breath as you tried to survive adverse conditions through a period where new resources couldn't be gathered.
Oh, and by the way: the destruction of the moon isn't even the extent of the catastrophe. When your engine fired that first time, your space station, rather than traveling through space, actually moved through time. You're still orbiting the wrecked moon, but you're now several decades in the future. That is a serious engine problem! What happened on Earth and in the rest of the solar system in all those decades you missed? And what went wrong with the Vohle Engine in the first place? In Ixion, uncovering the mystery of the catastrophe and searching for answers is just the beginning.


Dental disease is one of the most common problems seen by vets, it is also one of the most overlooked.
The health of your pet's teeth is crucial to its happiness and quality of life.
Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) in pets is painful, and can cause teeth to rot. The symptoms can be easily missed because our pets will often continue to eat normally despite dental discomfort, making it seem like they are not in pain and in some cases leaving the dental disease going un-noticed.
Why do our pets suffer from dental problems?
Our pets are living longer and as a result, vets are seeing an increase in dental problems.
The breed of a dog can also have a big impact, small snub nose breeds such as the Pug and Llasa Apso often have teeth overlapping in their mouths as their jaw is too short to accommodate all their teeth.
This can lead to food becoming trapped between the teeth which eventually causes plaque build-up. Some breeds are also pre-disposed to dental disease, grey hounds and some cats can often suffer from gingivitis as well as those that are on a high carbohydrate diet.
Dogs and cats were designed to eat meat and chew bones. However, with advances in nutrition, this has contributed to the lengthening of our pet's lifespan. Whilst they cannot obtain a 'complete' diet with meat alone, you can help a little by feeding good quality foods and treats containing higher meat content and fewer carbs.
My pet is eating normally, so how can I tell they have dental problems?
It can be very difficult to diagnose dental disease in some pet's if they will not let you look in their mouths. Just lifting up the lips on either side of the mouth and checking along the gum line can give you a lot of information. If there is a line of soft yellow plaque then this means that your pet's teeth need attention, but you can often improve things simply by brushing. If there is a layer of thick brown plaque over some or all of the teeth, then this is hard calculus and your pet needs immediate dental treatment. This calculus can often hide loose or rotten teeth. If left un-treated plaque and calculus can lead to spread of infection up the tooth root and teeth will fall out or worse develop an abscess at the root.
Obviously, some rescue animals or animals with painful teeth may not let you look in their mouths, in which case it's best to ask your vet for some help. If dental disease is suspected, for example, if your pet's breath is very smelly, your vet may recommend that they are sedated to check.
Can dental disease really cause other illness?
Apart from being painful and leading to potential abscesses, dental disease can also cause more serious health problems. Large levels of bacteria in the mouth can spread into the blood stream and lodge in small blood vessels in the kidney causing kidney infections, especially in cats. If your pet has heart disease it is even more important that their teeth are kept clean as bacteria can lodge on damaged valves and cause an infection in the heart which is a life-threatening condition.
The best way to ensure success with teeth brushing is to start when your pet is young. Even cats can be trained this way. Start with a small finger brush and a tiny amount of toothpaste, you can get different flavours for cats and dogs. Always use specific pet toothpaste because it is fluoride free, fluoride is toxic for our pets if swallowed.
The idea initially is just to get your pet used to the brush and not to brush their teeth.
o Keep sessions short and always reward with a treat at the end.
o Just place the brush gently over the canine on one side of the mouth and then the other and reward. Some pet's will accept this more readily than others so progress at a speed which is comfortable for your pet. If your pet shows discomfort at any point, then back track and take things slower.
o Once you can move the finger brush right to the back of the teeth on both sides you are ready to use a proper toothbrush on your dog or cat and start brushing.
o Pet tooth brushes have specially designed heads and longer handles for ease of brushing. Initially just brush over the canines and once your pet is happy with this then progress to the rest of the teeth.
o Concentrate along the gum line to remove soft plaque. Do not worry if your pets gums start to bleed. If you have not brushed their teeth before this will often happen and is a sign of mild gingivitis, the first sign of dental disease.
o Keep brushing regularly and the gum health will improve.
I can't brush their teeth – What else can I do?
Some pet's, especially cats, no matter how slowly you progress will not accept brushing. Do not panic there are things that you can do. For animals that suffer from gingivitis and plaque build-up, a regular scale and polish by your vet may be required. Though this may seem expensive it will be cheaper than extensive dental work if damaged teeth need to be removed.
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If the late Chris Whitley was often his harshest critic, one of his final sessions yielded a group of recordings that has begun to please fans and observers as much as it did Whitley in his final days.
Released April 3 by Rounder, "Dislocation Blues" is the fruit of Whitley's April 2005 recording session in Melbourne with longtime friend and fellow singer/songwriter/slide guitarist Jeff Lang. Recorded two years ago this month, it finds Lang and Whitley reinterpreting their own material, cutting new songs and capturing such covers as Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece."
Since a chance meeting in 1993, Lang and Whitley had discussed collaborating in the studio for years. But logistics and cost prevented Whitley from making the trek to Lang's native Australia until just seven months before he died of lung cancer at 45.
"It was a spontaneous suggestion of Chris' that initiated the recording," says Lang. "I was doing a run of shows with him in Oregon, Washington and Alaska in October 2004, and after my set on the first night in Portland, Chris was standing in the hallway at the back of the stage and started right away talking about us recording a duo record. We discussed some of the songs that we'd tackle, and even recorded rough hotel room versions of a couple of songs."
The "Dislocation" sessions yielded a little bit of everything, from spontaneous creations to genuine magic, says Lang. "The recording of the song 'Underground' was striking, as it was written out of this long, wild jam," he says. "Also, the version of Dylan's 'Changing of the Guard' was intense. None of us wanted to even breathe at the end of the take in case we wrecked the mood."
During the session, Whitley showed few signs of his impending demise. "He was a bit frail, physically, which we just chalked up to him having had quite a big weekend of drinking immediately before the sessions," Lang says. "In hindsight the signs were there that he was actually in really bad shape, but apart from the fact that he didn't look after himself there was no apparent cause for concern. No one knew that he had lung cancer at this stage."
Never trusting his own opinion of his work, Whitley had asked Lang to mix and produce the disc. About eight weeks before his death, and just three weeks before he would be diagnosed with lung cancer, Whitley called Lang raving about the final mixes.
"He was a bit drunk," Lang says, "and he called me up to say how much he liked the record. He had it blasting away on repeat in the background for an hour-and-a-half as we spoke and he sounded in great spirits. He said that when he left Australia he wasn't sure that he'd contributed anything of value to the recording, but now listening to the final thing, he was so relieved that it had come out so well. Now that he's gone, I take some heart from that."