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Under 19 League Round-up
Jack Keaney Sligo Rovers
Week three of the Under 19 league has seen Sligo Rovers take the lead in the Northern Elite Division, while in the Southern Elite Division its a tie at the top as both UCD and Cobh Ramblers are top on seven points.
Sligo boss Brian Dorrian, "Delighted to get our first away win of the season. It was a good start to the game as we put pressure on from minute one, and took the lead after 20 mins from a set piece which Shay Doherty converted. Jack Keaney then had us two up after 26 min from an effort from all of 25 yards. Shay Doherty put us 3-0 up when he shot home from a corner. Drogheda did have their chances too but our keeper saved very well."
"Then directly after half-time Drogheda were awarded a soft penalty in my eyes which they converted. We then had John Mahon sent off to a second yellow on 56 min and had to play out the remainder with 10 men. Drogheda put us under serious pressure and we cut out a pass and Keaney ran the length of the pitch and crossed a ball into the box which Martin Walsh converted on the half volley."
"Drogheda got their second goal on 76 mins when we failed to clear the ball. To be fair it was backs to the wall for us then. I thought our lads defended fantastically, and created a few more chances on the counter attack. It was an all-round good performance from us with the uner 17's doing really well in Keaney, Mahon, Feeney, Higgins and Mcginty in goals also doing well.We move on now to next week with a home fixture against Cavan/Monaghan which will be equally as hard a game."
Drogheda boss Derek Boyle told us, "Disappointed with the result but more importantly in how we started the game. We started very slow. Sligo were much better team in the first half. They played with very high intensity and won the every first ball and second ball. We were second best to them."
"In the second half we started much better. James Carroll who is involved in the irish international schools team won a penalty, which Stephen Meaney converted. Stephen scored a great 2nd goal, rolling the centre back and slotting passed the goal-keeper. That's 4 goals in 3 games and he has really impressed since coming in this season."
"Sligo scored a cracking 4th goal to put an end to any come back. Overall a. disappointing first half, much better second half from ourselves which we have to bring into the start of the game against dundalk next week."
UCD and Limerick played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in Belfield. The students had a 1-0 lead at halftime courtesy of a Barry Cotter own-goal. It was 2-0 straight after the re-start with a strike from former Limerick striker Yousef Mahdy.
However Limerick struck back with goals from the aforementioned Cotter and Aaron Fitzgerald. Mahdy again had the students in front just minutes later, but a penalty from Ger Barry levelled things up just twelve minutes from the end as the game ended all-square.
Here's Barry Cotter's goal;
https://twitter.com/limerickfcie/status/849174261839405058
Limerick's manager Tommy Barrett told us, "Yeah, a decent game, an even first half. I thought UCD had a couple of half chances as did we, and they scored when one of our centre-backs headed off the back of one of there lads. I travelled with an injury depleted squad and made two enforced changes at half–time bringing on two U-17's. Our former striker Yo Yo Mahdy scored 1 minute into second half with a decent team goal."
"We worked our way into it again and Barry Cotter got a very good header from a Ger Barry corner. Aaron Fitzgerald equalised with a 30 yard screamer. UCD got another before we then got a penalty when our full-back Sammy Ogundare drove into the box and got upended. Ger Barry put it away I was happy with the performance, as we ended the game with three U-17s on the pitch, and only two lads in there final season at U-19 level, so a very inexperienced side out. It was a real good team performance with Aaron Fitzgerald really impressing with his willingness to defend as well as his bravery when in possession."
UCD boss Maciej Tarnogrodzki thought his side could have won the game saying, "After the match, it felt like we dropped 2 points especially when we were leading 2-0 at the beginning of the 2nd half and controlling the most part of the match."
"First 20-25 mins of the match were quite even from both teams, but after that we started to dominate and created a couple of clear cut chances from which we should have scored the goals. Limerick created one good chance during the first half but our goal-keeper Sean Prenter and centre-back Joe Manley did well to prevent a goal. We were leading 1-0 at half time and based on the performance I think that it was the least that we deserved."
"We didn't have our two U-19 goal-keepers available for selection (Conor Kearns with 1st team and Finn McGowan out sick) but U-17 keeper Sean Prenter was very good during the whole match."
"At the beginning of 2nd half we scored a brilliant goal, through great link up play between Conor Crowley and Yoyo Mahdy who finished very well. Limerick was mostly direct throughout the game with long diagonal balls from their centre-backs for wide players or the striker, and they were always dangerous on the counter but our defenders defended very well in these situations. We conceded their 1st goal from a corner and unfortunately straight after that the Limerick player scored an unstoppable goal from 25 yards into the top corner."
"After that we created a. couple of clear cut chances before we got the third goal through Yoyo Mahdy again. I thought we were going to finish the game off or possible add another goal as we were always creating in the final third. Unfortunately, we made a couple of mistakes and gave a penalty away."
"Overall, I'm very happy with how our team performed. The way we play require lots of composure and skills and I'm proud of our players and how quickly they learn and bring things from training into matches. The way we kept the ball, building up actions from the keeper, centre-backs into the middle and arriving into final third, plus creating plenty of chances to win probably two games. It was very encouraging to see even when the opposition tried to press us high up the pitch, we still kept our composure and possession of the ball. We did make couple of mistakes that we need to correct but I think we deserved to win that match based on our performance but in football that is not always the case and also we need to give credit to Limerick for coming back from behind."
"We have a great group of players who compete and push each other and through hard work together with the staff we'll get stronger as the season goes along."
Here's Aaron Fitzgerald cracking strike for Limerick;
Limerick FC U19s: Watch as Aaron Fitzgerald scores a screamer against UCD last Saturday! @LOIDOTIE @ExtratimeNews #LimerickFC pic.twitter.com/2Yl0u2iXBC
— Limerick FC (@LimerickFCie) April 4, 2017
Longford manager Graham Kane was delighted to beat Monaghan/Cavan 2-1 saying, "Happy to get the 3 points. I felt we controlled large periods of the game but credit to Monaghan they made it difficult for us in the 1st half."
"They were setup well and were a danger on the break which they scored from. We adapted slightly in 2nd half with changes and controlled the game, and got an early equaliser through Sean Bragazzi from a set piece."
"We got a foot-hold in the game and the 2nd goal came from good anticipation from Jerry Idahor who tapped in the rebound. We worked hard in the 2nd half and felt overall we deseved the 3 points.
"Stand out players for us on the day were Sean Bragazzi who played at centre-back in the 1st half and who we moved to left back in the 2nd half and he was a threat going forward for us. Aodh Dervin another standplayer for us. Very good in possession and kept us ticking from midfield, but also his desire to encourage the team through the game. He covers a lot of ground in games breaking up play and also starting attacks for us."
The Monaghan/Cavan coaching staff said, "Yeah very disappointed not to get something from the game. We created a lot of chances in the first half but only went in 1-0 up at half time and should have been further ahead. Longford were stronger in the second half and we let them back into it."
"We made some simple Mistakes and didn't take our chances which cost us. Nonso Nzewi and Dylan Mulligan and Michael Junaid were excellent for us. All of them were in the first half but a couple of injuries cost us."
St Patrick's Athletic side that lost to Shelbourne
Shelbourne beat St Patrick's Athletic 1-0 with a goal from Brandon McCann.
St Pats boss Garrett Dodrill told us, "Yeah a poor performance all round from us. We didn't move the ball quick enough and players made poor decisions all over the pitch. Shels worked hard and deserved their win scoring from a super strike from Brandon."
"We have a lot of lads who stepped up from our successful U-17s team last season who are learning the hard way that the U-19s level is much tougher and they need to sharpen up quickly."
"Cian McMullen was our most attacking player on the day but could have done better with his final ball at times. Aaron Molloy was excellent at centre-back for Shels, as he won his headers and tackles when needed."
Shelbourne boss Wayne Groves was very pleased with the win, "To be fair everyone played very well. We were very good in the first half, created some really good chances, while St Pats were very dangerous on the break."
"Ross Coyle and James Browne were very good on our right hand side. It was a very high intensity game with lots of pressure from both teams."
"In the second half Pats kept us penned in our own half with us sitting deeper and counter attacking. We had some great chances on the break, with Josh Scully, Dean longhi, Brandon McCann and Jordan Kelly breaking at pace which lead to our goal."
"After some great passing down our left with josh Scully then putting in a great cross for Brandon McCann to finish. From that moment on Pats came at us with everything. From free- kicks and corners our goal keeper Ryan O'Neill pulled of some great saves. We held on for what was a very good win against a very good pats team."
Finn Harps beat Bohemians 3-0 in a pulsating encounter in The Curragh. However the score-line does not reflect how tight the match was throughout.
Harps got of to a great start after 5 minutes with a cracking strike from Ryan Finn. Neilis and McCroary combined down the left to set up Finn, whose showed his qualities with a fine strike.
Harps dominated the remainder of the first half with Finn, Ryan and Doherty controlling the middle of the field. Good chances fell to McGroary and Carolan.
Bohs also created a couple of chances, through fine build up play and good possession forcing Lee McCarron into a number of fine saves, including a quality a free-kick from Nolan.
The impressive Bohs attack of Fay (who scored 4 goals last week) Kavanagh and Nolan were held at bay by the under pressure defence of Brolly, Kelly, McCready and the tenacious Nelis.
Bohs opened the second half in determined fashion and pressed hard for the opening 20 minutes in the second half until BJ Banda doubled the lead after good wing play by Nelis.
Harps regained the initiative following the second goal with Doherty hitting the woodwork twice with substitute Odhran McConnell creating a tap in for Liam Walsh to make it 3-0.
Bohs continued to press and Harps can thank Mc Carron and the post for not conceding.
The match was a great advertisement for the U-19 league with both teams delivering high quality football and no shortage excitement.
Bohs boss Graham Lawlor told us after, "A very dissapointing performance and result from Bohemians today. Finn Harps well deserved the 3 points."
"I felt they adjusted better to the condition of the playing surface and their direct play was more effective in these conditions. It's a really difficult place to go to and over the course of the season I think Harps will pick up a lot of points at home. For our young players today was a good learning experience"
Shamrock Rovers beat Bray Wanderers 2-1 in the Carlisle Grounds..
Bray boss Marc Kenny said, "Really happy with our performance today, as I honestly think we deserved something from the game."
"We Scored a great goal that was disallowed and had more possession in the 2nd half creating lots of chances."
"Having a team like Shamrock Rovers coming to the Carlisle Grounds wasting time in the corner flag is a huge compliment to our boys."
"In saying that Rovers scored two really good goals. Special mention must go to Shane Heffernan, Dion Agbonze and Dylan O'Connor"
Cobh Ramblers U-19 side
Cobh beat Waterford 1-0 to remain unbeaten this season. Their manager Declan Coleman said, "I'm quite happy with the result, especially having has to grind it out in the second half. We controlled the first half and could have been a few more goals ahead."
"Their keeper made some very good saves including a penalty save in the second half. In the second half we sat a bit deeper and invited pressure on to us, so we're going to have to learn from that and try to keep our composure a bit more in future games as we probably panicked a little bit as the game wore on."
"In saying that, we still created a couple of chances in the second half and apart from them hitting the post late on I can't remember any other clear cut chances against us, so our defending was solid enough."
"I was delighted for Eoin Davis to get his first goal of the season having battled back from injury and he really worked hard today. Keane Buckley, Gordon Walker and Ryan O'Regan had good games as well for us. We were unlucky to lose David Hurley in the first half to injury but it seems like it is only a knock and won't keep him out of action for too long"
Dundalk were the weekend's biggest winners, despite playing with 10-men for most of the game, with a 6-1 win over Athlone Town. Jack O'Keeffe with a superb 4-goal haul.
Dundalk manager Martin Connolly said, "Obviously we're very pleased with the way we played and the result, especially after having a man dismissed so early in the game (Emmet Hughes sent off after 13 minutes). We defended strongly and took our chances when they appeared. In the last game against Shels we created plenty of chances and didnt convert any so it was pleasing that we finished them this week."
On their aim for the season Connolly said, "Our aim as it always has been at this football club is to be as competitve as possible in every game and to develop these players as best as we can."
"So far in the league we have been competitive in every game we have played and we have had some really good individual performances from Jack O'Keeffe (he scored 4 yesterday, 2 penalties), James Woods, Jake O'Connor, Dean Watters and more."
"Even though we have 4 points from a possible 9 we are happy with our start as we can see in this league it is really tough and every team is capable of beating one another."
Dundalk's Jack O'Keeffe
On their 4-goal striker Jack O'Keeffe, "Jack is a technically gifted footballer. He is good at holding the ball up for us and bringing other people into the game. His first touch is great and normally helps him to get away from players."
"He is a great reader of the game which helps him to be in the right place at the right time. Jack has benefitted from being involved with Stephen Kenny and the first team squad this season."
"This is Jacks second year with us joining us last season from local rivals Drogheda."
Athlone Town manager Michael Dolan said, "Obviously very disappointed to have lost the game by a 6-1 margin, given that Dundalks left back was red carded in the 15th minute for an off the ball offence."
"Dundalk are a very good side with a strong balanced squad but we committed far too many basic errors in our own half in the first half while in possession and Dundalk capitalised fully on those errors to score 3 times before half time. I made 3 changes at half-time but we conceded 2 very stupid penalties early in the second half which were both converted. We got a goal back from a Kevin Fitzgerald penalty after a foul on Callum Brummell."
"We have a very young squad with only 3 U-19s and 3 U-17s also and need to learn and adapt very quickly to compete at this level and will continue to work hard in training to improve our performances."
Wexford lost 3-2 to Cabinteely after being 2-0 up early on.
Wexford manager Thomas O'Connor said, "We started the game very well, Yaw Aboagye scoring with a beat finish on the back post after 5 minutes. We were in control of the game from here and scored again trough Jack Bates who finished off a well worked team goal."
"We conceded off a little bit of sloppy defending against the run of play and Cabinteely got the bit between their teeth and went at us and scored again with a fantastic over head strike from the edge of the box, shortly after Cabinteely were reduced to ten men."
"In the second half we struggled to break down a well organised defensive unit and while pushing for the winner we where again punished by a well worked free kick, and from there cabinteely continued to see out the game well."
"Overall it was a poor result for us and a frustrating game for the players, with some strange decisions made which effected both teams."
"We will learn a lot from today's game and will not repeat the same team errors in the future, the lads know it was a game we should have won and they are hurting after it. Danny Doyle was a constant threat for us today and like the rest of the team learned some valuable lessons today."
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Opinion filed June 2, 1999. Rehearing Denied July 28, 1999.
Appeal pursuant to Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(i) from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Daniel L. Perry, Judge.
James Frederick Allen appeals the summary denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The trial court denied Allen's motion on the ground that it was procedurally barred as raising issues addressed on direct appeal and in a prior motion for postconviction relief. Although the trial court referred to specific attachments purportedly supporting this conclusion, those attachments were not included in the record. Normally, this would require us to reverse. See Wilson v. State, 724 So.2d 189 (Fla.1st DCA 1999); Driver v. State, 695 So.2d 1318 (Fla.2d DCA 1997). In this case, however, the record conclusively shows that Allen's claims are without merit. We accordingly affirm. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(i) (requiring reversal unless record conclusively shows that appellant is entitled to no relief).
Allen claims that his sentence, imposed on May 22, 1992, is illegal on two grounds. He contends that his written sentence as a habitual offender on five offenses conflicts with the trial court's oral sentence as a habitual offender on only one offense; he also asserts that his scoresheet erroneously includes habitualized offenses as additional offenses at conviction.
Allen's first claim is refuted by the transcript of the sentencing hearing which he appended to his motion. Although the trial court failed to address Allen's second claim, we find it to be facially insufficient. Since Allen received a habitual offender sentence, he was not entitled to a guidelines sentence.See § 775.084(4)(e), Fla. Stat. (1991) (exempting habitual offender sentencing from sentencing guidelines procedure). Hence, the fact that Allen's guidelines scoresheet may have improperly included habitualized offenses as additional offenses does not render his habitual offender sentence illegal.See Robinson v. State, 654 So.2d 1302 (Fla.5th DCA 1995) (affirming denial of rule 3.800 motion based on claim that sentence was illegal due to scoresheet errors where defendant had been sentenced as habitual offender and was not subject to sentencing guidelines).
THREADGILL, A.C.J., and GREEN and CASANUEVA, JJ., Concur.


Paris, 18 October 2013 - Under the Russian Presidency, the first FATF Plenary meeting of FATF-XXV was held on 16-18 October 2013.
Approving and publishing follow-up reports to the mutual evaluations of New Zealand and the Russian Federation.
Approving and publishing the Best Practices Paper on the Use of the FATF Recommendations to Combat Corruption.
Approving the procedures for the 4th Round of Mutual Evaluations.
Receiving an update on AML/CFT Improvements in Morocco and Nigeria.
Reviewing the voluntary tax compliance programmes in Argentina and Belgium.
The FATF will continue to explore options for a possible expansion of membership.
Follow-reports to the mutual evaluations of New Zealand and the Russian Federation.
The FATF has approved and published the follow-up reports for New Zealand and the Russian Federation1. These countries were placed in the regular follow-up process as a result of partially compliant and non-compliant ratings for certain core and key Recommendations in their mutual evaluation reports of October 2009 and June 2008 respectively. Both countries have since taken sufficient action to address these deficiencies and have therefore been taken off the regular follow-up process.
The FATF Recommendations target money laundering and terrorist financing, and are also powerful tools to combat corruption. When effectively implemented, the FATF Recommendations facilitate the detection, tracing and confiscation of corruption proceeds. Although mutually reinforcing, AML/CFT and anti-corruption efforts are not always brought together effectively. The G20 Leaders' Declaration from the St. Petersburg Summit highlights that leveraging AML/CFT measures to fight corruption will remain a significant area of growing cooperation between the G20 anti-corruption experts and the FATF. This paper is an important step, giving guidance and best practices to policy makers and practitioners on how to use AML/CFT measures to combat corruption.
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The project team used data provided by experts based in five West African countries where there have been serious and frequent incidences of terrorism: Burkino Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. The report provides case studies, from which key indicators and red flags have been generated, and provides Recommendations to West African countries and regional/international authorities and development partners to improve their AML/CFT efforts. The report aims to help policymakers, regulatory and enforcement authorities as well as reporting entities to gain a better understanding of the nature and dynamics of terrorist financing in the West African region.
Hawalas and other similar service providers (HOSSPs) arrange for transfer and receipt of funds or equivalent value and settle through trade, cash, and net settlement over a long period of time. what makes them distinct from other money transmitters is their use of non-bank settlement methods. This typology reviews three major types of HOSSPs: pure traditional (legitimate) ones; hybrid traditional (often unwitting) ones; and criminal (complicit) ones. Distinct ML/FT risks apply to each. there are several reasons why HOSSPs continue to pose a money laundering and terrorist financing vulnerability. These include a lack of supervisory will or resources; settlement across multiple jurisdictions through value or cash outside of the banking system in some cases; the use of businesses that are not regulated financial institutions; the use of net settlement and the commingling of licit and illicit proceeds. While the settlement through value or trade that masks the individual fund transfers is a source of vulnerability, the most significant reason for concern is lack of supervisory resources and commitment to effective regulation.
The FATF and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units collaborated on a typologies research project to identify the ML/TF vulnerabilities and risks of the "diamond pipeline", which covers all sectors in the diamond trade: production, rough diamond sale, cutting and polishing, jewellery manufacturing and jewellery retailers. Based on research conducted, analysis of case studies collected by the project team and after consultation with the private sector, the report concludes that the diamonds trade is subject to considerable vulnerabilities and risks. The closed and opaque nature of the diamonds markets and the high value of diamonds combined with a lack of expertise in this area on the part of the authorities have left this industry susceptible to abuse by criminals. The case studies included in the report demonstrate the creative methods that criminals have used to exploit diamonds trade for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing. This report aims to help build awareness with the regulatory, enforcement and customs authorities as well as reporting entities about risks and vulnerabilities of the diamonds trade, and how to mitigate them.
The FATF congratulates Morocco and Nigeria for the significant progress made in addressing the strategic AML/CFT deficiencies identified in their action plans agreed with the FATF. These countries will no longer be subject to the FATF's monitoring process under its on-going global AML/CFT compliance process. These countries will work with their respective FATF-Style Regional Bodies as they continue to address the full range of AML/CFT issues identified in their Mutual Evaluation Reports.
The FATF heard reports on the voluntary tax compliance (VTC) programmes of Argentina and Belgium. Belgium's programme was found to be consistent with the FATF's four basic principles on VTC.2 On Argentina, while some provisions of the country's VTC legislation appears to limit the application of AML/CFT measures in the country in relation to the exception of tax evasion and customer due diligence (CDD) requirement, the country has issued regulations for implementation of the programme to ensure all AML/CFT measures are in place and informed that financial institutions in the country have continued to apply AML/CFT measures, including CDD and STR reporting. The FATF, while continuing to monitor the implementation of the programme, urges all countries to apply all AML/CFT measures to their VTC programmes in accordance with the FATF's four principles on the VTC. The country committed to ensuring that the VTC programme is consistent with the FATF Recommendations and principles on the VTC.
 Discussion of the follow-up report by the Russian Federation was chaired by the Vice-President, Mr. Roger Wilkins of Australia.
 The FATF's four principles on the VTC: (i) the effective application of AML/CFT measures during the implementation of VTC programmes; (ii) the prohibitions on exempting VTC programmes from AML/CFT requirements in the FATF Recommendations; (iii) domestic co-ordination and co-operation between relevant competent authorities; and (iv) international co-operation, i.e. mutual legal assistance. See also the FATF's best practices paper, International Best Practices: Managing the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Policy Implications of Voluntary Tax Compliance (VTC) Programmes (available at: www.fatf-gafi.org).


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Matildas not the only Aussies waving the flag at the Women's World Cup
When the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup begins in France this Friday, the Matildas will not be the only Australians hoping for the game of their lives.
Robert Kidd
7 Jun 2019 - 7:05 PM UPDATED 7 Jun 2019 - 7:05 PM
In December, FIFA revealed the list of 27 referees and 48 assistant referees who would officiate at this year's tournament. Three Australians were on it.
W-League referees Casey Reibelt and Kate Jacewicz will be two of the women in the middle, while A-League official Chris Beath will be a Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Reibelt, 31, got her first taste of refereeing filling in as an assistant referee for her brother's matches. She fell in love with the vocation after completing a refereeing course aged 15.
"My first reaction (on being selected for the Women's World Cup), I'm not afraid to admit, involved a few tears," she tells The World Game.
"It's most definitely a dream come true. To be selected and given the opportunity is wonderful, and I'm looking forward to giving it everything I've got."
The trio follow in the footsteps of other Australian football officials including Tammy Ogston, who refereed at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Women's World Cups. In 2007, Ogston became the first Australian – male or female – to referee the final of a World Cup.
Reibelt and Jacewicz were both identified as potential World Cup referees in 2016, when they were selected for the Women's World Cup Candidates Program. Two of 10 referees selected from the Asian Football Confederation, the pair had their fitness monitored, received psychological analysis of match demeanour and were tested on the laws of the game.
Later that year, Reibelt refereed at the U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, including a quarter-final match. While Jacewicz became the first Australian since Tammy Ogston to referee the final of a FIFA tournament. She was in charge for U-17 Women's World Cup final in Jordan, between North Korea and Japan.
With the eyes of the world watching the showcase event in women's football, FIFA is ensuring its officials are physically ready for the demands of keeping up with the world's best players.
"We are fortunate enough that we are provided with programs from FIFA to cover all fitness aspects of an elite match official: speed, endurance, strength, agility, etcetera," Reibelt says.
Mental and technical preparation is also crucial. While the physicality of the role is clearly different, Chris Beath, 34, says his preparation for a match where he is a VAR is "almost identical" to a match when he is on-field.
"I study the teams, their previous matches, team tactics, playing styles, key players and any other important factors," he tells The World Game.
"We work very closely with the on-field team in terms of preparation to ensure we operate as effectively as possible. We also meet as a VAR Team (VAR1, VAR2, AVAR2 and the Technology Operators) to ensure that our VAR Team works as best we can."
Reibelt says she will prepare mentally for a Women's World Cup match as if it is any other match – even if it is likely the biggest of her career.
"I will try to keep my routines as much as possible," she says.
"It's important for us to trust everything we have done so far, and to show what we can do. We have the benefit of a large group as well as support staff, so some of the main differences would be our access to practical training which involve players, which is difficult to replicate back home.
"I like to listen to music before the match. If I feel really nervous, I will try to slow things down, and do some breathing exercises, and then get refocused on what I need to do that day."
In the VAR Room it is a different type of pressure, but one Beath is used to. After refereeing two group games and a semi-final at the men's Asian Cup earlier this year, Beath was the Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR) for the final between Japan and Qatar.
"I've learnt to embrace the pressure as a part of the game. I really enjoy working in that type of environment," he says.
"Often there can be more pressure with VAR as we work to the VAR philosophy of 'minimum interference - maximum benefit'. This can often be challenging as accuracy and speed don't always work hand in hand."
With the A-League an early adopter of the VAR system, Beath was one of the first match officials in the world to become a qualified VAR.
However, the technology – which will be used at the Women's World Cup for the first time – has not been free from controversy.
In the final of last year's men's World Cup, between France and Croatia, on-field referee Néstor Pitana gave France a debatable penalty after being alerted by the VAR. It was the first-ever World Cup final penalty awarded with the help of technology.
"I think VAR has changed football refereeing to some degree, however, it is important to note that it is just another tool that referees can use when required," Beath says.
"VAR is making football cleaner and gives the officiating team a second chance at an important decision on the pitch. That said, the game still requires excellent referees regardless of the technology available."
Even with the addition of VAR, those making the big decisions are human, so the odd mistake is inevitable.
"It's not a nice feeling (to make a mistake on the pitch), but I try to put it into a box in my head and file it for later," Reibelt says.
"I try to go back to basics, stay present and in the moment and make sure I'm ready for my next decision. Once a decision has been made, and play is restarted, I can't change it, so I try not to think about it until after the match."
She will soon be working on the world's biggest stage for women's football, but Reibelt is not a full-time match official. She juggles a full-time job teaching maths and physical education at a high school near Brisbane and says refereeing is a "part time passion for most in Australia".
Usually focused on keeping teenagers in line, this month Reibelt will be in charge of the best players on the planet.
"I've always been someone who tried to push themselves," she says.
"I think when you have a passion for something, as well as the mindset to learn and improve, it can take you anywhere."

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A left-handed specialist, Peña posted a 2–1 record with a 5.21 ERA and one save in 48 appearances, giving up 34 runs (27 earned) on 49 hits and 42 walks while striking out 40 in  innings of work.

Peña also played in the Pirates, White Sox, Red Sox, Rangers and Rockies minor league systems from 1995 to 2003. He went 22–41 with a 4.45 ERA and 39 saves in 300 games, including 229 walks, 448 strikeouts, and 481.0 innings pitched.

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and see what is implies for the network's design.
we use today runs on data center networks.
by collecting data from the web, and processing it.
big science applications, such as climate modeling.
being moved around inside data centers.
like a web search query, might work.
it hits a server in a data center.
which further might communicate with other servers, and so on.
and the final search response is sent to me.
and then you're gathering the results.
of server to server interactions within the data center.
from a search query looks like.
So the query comes in here at the top.
which further might be split into sub-requests and so on.
So you can see the scatter pattern in play here.
to fulfill the search query.
closer to the end of this graph.
are gathered and processed together.
which is sent to the user.
is not exclusive to search.
internal requests in processing a user request for a page.
of 521 distinct requests on the backend.
you require 1740 items to be fetched.
and make it available to these web applications.
can move massive amounts of data around.
when they're running these applications?
even though it seems like a cop-out is, it depends.
at some of the published data.
and is the majority of traffic that these servers see.
a bit more than six years which is on the X-axis.
And on the Y-axis is the aggregate traffic volume.
the data volume grows by 50 times.
Google has noted that this e-traffic doubling every year.
than what goes out to the Internet.
and it's growing quite rapidly.
So what does this traffic look like?
throughout the data center or such?
that goes some way towards addressing this question.
As you can see roughly 13% of the traffic is within a rack.
40 machines seems to be quite common.
which stays within a cluster but not within the rack.
So this traffic is across racks within a cluster.
but it not cluster local.
between multiple clusters in the data center.
This is actually larger than the rack local traffic.
So locality in this work load is not really high.
More data at rack locality comes from Google.
is data from 12 blocks of servers.
so a block might have a few hundred servers.
but a larger granularity than a rack.
so that is non-local traffic.
so most of the traffic goes to other blocks.
Now there are 12 blocks here.
which is exactly what this graph shows.
from how Google organizes storage.
they spread data around different fall domains.
you lose everything in that block.
you might still have the service be available.
but is bad for locality.
and five commercial cloud networks.
and one of the authors works at Microsoft.
have a few hundred to 2,000 servers each.
While the cloud data centers here, have 10 to 15,000 servers.
but cloud four and five run more MapReduce style workloads.
the amount of rack-locality here is much larger.
for Google and Facebook measurements.
There're many possible reasons for these differences.
For one, the workloads might be different.
Not even all MapReduce jobs are the same.
run large MapReduce tasks which do not fit in a rack.
of organizing storage and compute.
between the publishing of these measurements.
or people have changed how they do these things.
How many flows does a server see concurrently?
25 concurrent connections on average.
the numbers are much smaller.
is the number of correspondents for a server.
So a server talks to six other servers in the median.
Contrast that with the 25 in Facebook's workloads.
all have different numbers of concurrent flows.
are not created the same.
is, what is the arrival rate for flows?
How soon do new flows arrive in the system?
so a-less than a 10th of Facebook's rate.
if you had a 1000 server cluster, for example.
at a very high frequency, as a whole.
are quite small in Facebook's measurement.
or last longer than 100 seconds.
but data is only exchanged sporadically.
Also of interest are heavy hitters.
that move most of the bytes?
For this set of measurements, the answer seems to be no.
the heavy-hitters in the next time interval.
that are also small or short, less than 25 seconds.
stands surely from application level load balancing.
you will see roughly similar flow sizes.
What does data center traffic look like?
We don't have a definitive answer.
And right now not a whole lot of data is available.
of these different data sets.
is quite big and increasing.
Two, we have very tight deadlines for network I/O.
for applications, like web search in particular.
and problems like TCP incast.
that are running in these data centers.
because of the large flow rates we are seeing.
So let's talk about each of these in more detail.
and in a cheap and scalable and fault-tolerant manner.
and efficient routing to achieve high capacity.
we also want to do this at very small latencies.
Just looking at this Bing query workflow tires me out.
Let's take a small candy break.
Here, I have a bunch of candy I've collected.
And I'll drop in this, washed and cleaned, stone into it.
as the individual pieces of candy.
I'm highly likely to end up with candy.
I have the rock now.
This makes an important point.
It's a simple point about probability.
with one of the undesirable objects.
in a lot of objects you are choosing from.
in terms of how web requests work.
and their response times are quite small.
the issue response is in 10 milliseconds or less.
they take an entire second to respond.
This is an example I'm stealing from Google's Jeff Dean.
or be slower than that, are just 1%.
the odds are 63% that you'll have to wait a second or more.
Just like choosing a handful of candy from that box.
they make lots of small requests.
63% is very poor odds.
You do not want your service time to be such large numbers.
And as these services expand, the problem only gets worse.
in just takes the one that returns faster.
leading perhaps to congestion, and a problem called TCP incast.
and we look at solutions to do that.
we will see very poor quality of service.
these applications from each other.
are, after all, sharing the network.
could be very difficult to scale.
of tens of thousands of servers.
possibly with some centralized tinkering.


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Q: Exception thrown in awaitResult when an app is submitted to Standalone in cluster mode with port 6066 I am working with spark.2.3.1. A Spark app is submitted to a Standalone cluster spark://10.101.3.128:6066 in cluster mode. The app does not work. There is an ERROR in the driver's log file stdout under work directory.
2020-04-15 15:30:34 ERROR TransportResponseHandler:144 - Still have 1 requests outstanding when connection from /10.101.3.128:6066 is closed
2020-04-15 15:30:34 WARN  StandaloneAppClient$ClientEndpoint:87 - Failed to connect to master 10.101.3.128:6066
org.apache.spark.SparkException: Exception thrown in awaitResult:
        at org.apache.spark.util.ThreadUtils$.awaitResult(ThreadUtils.scala:205)
        at org.apache.spark.rpc.RpcTimeout.awaitResult(RpcTimeout.scala:75)
        at org.apache.spark.rpc.RpcEnv.setupEndpointRefByURI(RpcEnv.scala:101)
        at org.apache.spark.rpc.RpcEnv.setupEndpointRef(RpcEnv.scala:109)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.client.StandaloneAppClient$ClientEndpoint$$anonfun$tryRegisterAllMasters$1$$anon$1.run(StandaloneAppClient.scala:106)
        ....

There is no more information. The master does work on the port 6066, since the app has been submitted. Why here it cannot be connected.
I find a workaround. I use spark://10.101.3.128:6066 in submit script, but spark://10.101.3.128:7077 in Spark config property file. There will be no problem.
Is it a bug? I want to know if this issue has been fixed in Spark in any release or will be fixed in the future.
Thanks.

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LONDON (AP) - Sienna Miller's spokeswoman says the actress and Jude Law have split up for a second time.
Publicist Tori Cook said Wednesday that 29-year-old Miller and the 38-year-old "Sherlock Holmes" star are no longer in a relationship.
The couple met on the set of "Alfie" in 2003 and later became engaged, but separated after Law admitted a fling with his children's nanny in 2005. They resumed their relationship in 2009 and had been living together in London.
Law has three children with his ex-wife, actress and designer Sadie Frost. He also fathered a child in 2009 during a brief relationship with model Samantha Burke.


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Situational Statistics: This Year's Point Guard Crop
Matt Kamalsky
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We took our time in crunching the numbers of this year's point guard crop, since it should prove to be the deepest and most talented position throughout the draft process. It also provides the most unique story lines, with the likes of Ricky Rubio, Brandon Jennings, Stephen Curry, and Tyreke Evans vying for position, with each featuring a completely different playing style.
-Situational Statistics: This Year's Center Crop
-Situational Statistics: This Year's Power Forward Crop
-Situational Statistics: This Year's Small Forward Crop
-Situational Statistics: This Year's Shooting Guard Crop
As we've done in each of our four previous pieces, we'll be utilizing Synergy Sports Technology's Quantified Player Reports to see how this year's point guards stack up against one another from a situational perspective.
Unlike the other positions we've evaluated, this group is headlined by two international players and has a dearth of underclassmen that would be ranked closer to the top of our rankings in many other seasons. Considering our current mock draft has 6 point guards going in the lottery and has 11 slated to go in the first round, it isn't difficult to see why NBA teams searching for lead guards are looking forward to draft day and doing their homework on these prospects. With that said, we'll do our best to paint a full picture of what each player can bring to the table moving forward.
• There is a bigger disparity in the roles point guard prospects play than exists at any other position.
Looking over the 24 prospects we have on our list, there is such a vast stylistic gap from one player to the next that it isn't difficult to infer just how differently point guards are used in the array of systems these prospects honed their crafts in. From an NCAA perspective, the spectrum of roles range from big combo guards like freshman Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday who did as much scoring as they did passing, to guys like Stephen Curry, Eric Maynor, and Lester Hudson, who were relied on almost exclusively to carry their teams to victory, to hardnosed defenders to Tony Douglas, to facilitators from elite programs like Ty Lawson and Darren Collison. That range doesn't even take into consideration the five international guards on our list, or the lower level prospects who weren't necessary standouts.
There may be no better example of how many different roles point guards fill than the gap between our top two PGs. Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings both saw major action in the Euroleague, but have little in common outside of that. Rubio was a creative playmaker that stood out while running the show almost exclusively in a leading role for DKV Joventut, while Jennings was essentially a spark plug off the bench for Lottomatica, asked to do very little, but still managing to show off awesome athleticism and ability in the open floor. Clearly, this group features a lot of unique talents, and that requires teams to do their homework more than other positions do.
Ty Lawson looks as good as anyone from this perspective, regardless of position.
As we put this data together, we weren't surprised that Ty Lawson excelled from a situational perspective, as he did play for the most potent offense in all of college basketball, but we didn't expect him to look this good. He ranks first in a number of key categories, including overall FG% (52%), Points Per Possession [PPP](1.13), pull up jump shot FG% (47%), and %shots he was fouled on (16.1%). Though his teammates did a lot of scoring as well, Lawson functioned seamlessly as a complementary scorer. Looking past his efficiency as a shooter off the dribble, he was second in catch and shoot field goal percentage at 48%. From a purely statistical sense, no player on this list scored more efficiently than Lawson.
We thought that UNC's transition offense might have given Lawson a decided advantage over some of his counterparts in terms of efficiency, but that wasn't entirely true. He did get 10% more offense in transition than any of the other players we looked at (an outrageous 38.6%), but his transition PPP of 1.2 is the same as his PPP in spot up situations and not as far above the average as his PPP in pick and roll situations (1.19 PPP, +.29) or on isolations (1 PPP, +.16). Lawson was an incredibly prolific transition player (which is quite an advantage in itself today's NBA), but he was comparatively better in other areas as well. When you consider that he only turned the ball over on 13.8% of his half court possessions (5th best) and can drive left and right equally well, it seems like Lawson could be an excellent offensive fit on virtually any team, regardless of tempo.
Ricky Rubio doesn't have overwhelming stats, but he's the youngest prospect on our list playing against by far the strongest competition, and thus isn't as weak in some areas as people may imagine.
Considering his frail frame, lack of awesome leaping ability, and level of competition, it would be fairly reasonable to expect Rubio to struggle around the basket. Even though European prospects (and veterans for that matter) tend to have a lower PPP than their NCAA and NBA counterparts, Rubio actually falls right around the average of this group as a finisher at 1.11 PPP. His ability to transition that part of his game to the NBA is going to be very important when you consider that he takes under 2.5 jump shots per game, has made only 5 of his 25 logged pull up jumpers, and is still gaining confidence in his improved catch and shoot ability (1.1 Pos/G, 41%, 9/22).
Always better known for his creativity and playmaking ability, it doesn't come as a shock that Rubio looks good in transition. He is shooting 69% on his transition opportunities on just 13 attempts this season –which is a bit misleading since he doesn't take many attempts more because he knows when to give the ball up than because he isn't pushing the tempo. In contrast, his limited isolation possessions are indicative of some issues, as he's not going to produce a ton in pure one-on-one situations. Fortunately, Rubio, like most European point guard's we've evaluated, is effective on the pick and roll. With 27% of his touches coming from the two-man game, Rubio could have a mutually beneficial relationship with the post players he is teamed with in the NBA, since they'll likely make his life just as easy as he'll make theirs.
Obviously our sample size is a bit limited for two reasons: Rubio simply doesn't use that many possessions as a scorer (9 Pos/G), and he missed a good portion of the season with a wrist injury. We were on hand for one of his first games back in December, and while he's shaken off some of the rust as the season has continued, his wrist is still limiting his production, but not to the extent that it was initially. Evidence for that can be found in the observation that Rubio drives left nearly 74% of the time he looked to go to the rim, the most of any player on this list by over 5%. His injury is also partially accountable for the fact that he turned the ball over on 28.5% (1st) of his halfcourt possessions. The team that drafts will need to make sure that they get him back on the right track as a shooter and help open up the floor to get him back in the swing of things to make up for all the time he lost this season.
AAU basketball and high-level European basketball are worlds apart. Brandon Jennings got to experience the difference first hand and it shows in his numbers.
Jennings has the second lowest usage on this list at 7.6 Pos/G, and his .77 PPP is the worst. The rigors of international basketball aren't kind to the average eighteen year old, and considering he threw himself to the wolves in signing with a team playing on the highest levels in Lottomatica Roma, he struggled as expected. His athleticism let him make some plays from time to time, but his inexperience was constantly apparent in his shot selection. He took 2.1 pull up jumpers per game, but only hit 21% of them. He shot under 25% from the field when running the pick and roll and when isolated as well. The fact that he was fouled on merely 6.2% of his halfcourt shots didn't help his PPP in those areas either. Jennings was at his best in spot up situations, but his 1.07 PPP is still only a bit above average –though he did put up 1.39 PPP on open catch and shoot jumpers. News isn't all bad for Jennings, as he turned the ball over less than average (15.2% of halfcourt Pos), but at the end of the day, he scored on merely 29.7% of his possessions. Jennings' struggles may make any point guard considering the jump from high school to the top level of Europe think twice, as it's likely just too big a jump in competition to overcome in a minimal role in a single season.
Tyreke Evans has the scoring tools to be productive, but needs to improve his perimeter arsenal to be efficient.
Evans was the top player on our list in possessions used per game as a finisher at 8.8, and his PPP of 1.14 lands him a bit above average. Unfortunately, his overall PPP was .88, which lands him slightly below average and exposes the biggest weakness in his offensive game: his jump shot. His PPP in open catch and shoot situations was a paltry .86. Couple that with only .69 PPP on jump shots off the dribble, and it becomes abundantly obvious that Evans is far from a complete package offensively. His PPP of .54 on isolations is a bit disconcerting as well, but it shows that he's opportunistic enough to find his way to the rim in other situations, while also displaying his tendency to force the issue in one on one opportunities. Getting fouled at an average rate and not being too turnover prone, whichever team drafts Evans needs to take the time to develop his jumper to help the transition of his dribble-drive game to the NBA.
Stephen Curry had little opportunity to be efficient, since he was doing enough shooting for three people at Davidson.
Curry's 31.9 possessions per game is highest usage of any player in the draft this season. Its 50% higher than any other point guard not named Lester Hudson. With that in mind, it is important to take his average .94 PPP with a grain of salt, since it is representative of the load he carried and not the role he will play in the NBA. Curry took 5.4 catch and shoot jumpers per game, and his 1.15 PPP with a hand in his face and 1.33 PPP when left open both land him well above average. In terms of his shooting off the dribble, Curry took 11.6 pulls up jumpers per game, more shots than some players took in total.
Projecting him to the next level, Curry is an interesting case. He's likely to do a lot of his damage in spot up situations in the NBA, but got only 8.9% of his possessions off of spot ups last seasons. He's not likely to use a lot of one-on-one possessions, but he used 8.6 per game last season (1st). Averaging 8.3 isolations per game (68.3% Left), Curry probably won't sniff half that number next season. In terms of guard play, his 41% shooting in transition ranks second to last, showing how hard he was pressing to score, but his 1.3 PPP on the pick and roll is excellent—which leaves a lot of room for optimism. He did use 2.6 possessions per game as a jump shooter running off of screens, so he does have a nice base of experience there, but it is notable how far apart Curry's role in the NCAA was from the role he is likely to play in the NBA.
Jrue Holiday didn't stand out in any one area, but he's similar to Tyreke Evans in how he needs to develop a jumper to complement his finishing ability.
Not super efficient overall (.86 PPP), Holiday has the lowest usage of any NCAA player on our list at 9.7 possessions per game. He played a small role on a very slow-paced team, which he'll like to tell you all about if his recent interviews are any indication. He got about a third of those possessions as a finisher at the rim, where he posted a PPP of 1.2 that places him well above average. He scored 1.34 PPP in transition on limited touches in UCLA's system, but showed that he can get to the rim and make plays in the open floor.
Unfortunately, the good news ends there for the most part. Holiday shot only 28% from the field on his catch and shoot jumpers, landing him second to last, and his .75 PPP on pull up jumpers leaves a lot to be desired as well. His inordinately large percentage of possessions coming from spot up shots (27.8%) indicates that he spent heavy minutes off the ball –usually when Darren Collison was on the floor. Couple that with his questionable jump shot and you have a clear-cut recipe for disaster, which is exactly how he'd likely describe his first (and likely last) season in the NCAA.
Jonny Flynn was fast enough to compensate for his size on the NCAA level.
Flynn was a standout in two areas: his ability to get to the rim, and his one-on-one skills. Thankfully for him, those are two skills that the NBA values dearly. Clearly, his productivity is grounded in his first step. Flynn got to the rim 8.8 times per game, which accounted for a lot of his scoring, but his 1.24 PPP in unguarded catch and shoot situations and .94 PPP on pull up jumpers are both very respectable. His 4.3 possessions per game on isolations are amongst the best amongst big-conference players, and his 41% shooting on those plays isn't awful. Couple those tools with his capacity to drive in both directions and his ability to draw fouls (16.1% SF), and it becomes hard not to think that Flynn could be, at the very least, a high quality backup if he improves his efficiency, especially once he masters the pick and roll (.84 PPP).
Darren Collison looks like an awesome backup point guard.
Collison ranked third in overall FG% at 50% and his PPP of 1.02 lands him well above average. The second best finisher in our group at 1.26 PPP and very capable shooting off the dribble (.99 PPP), Collison can score in one-on-one situations (1.02 PPP) and utilize the pick and roll (1.14 PPP) to get his shot off. Able to score at a high rate when he puts the ball on the floor, Collison could still stand to improve his catch and shoot ability, but could be a great backup point guard in the NBA since he doesn't seem to force anything and his offensive tools are conducive to success in most situations. The question now is whether he can translate that to a higher level of competition.
Eric Maynor falls somewhere in between Stephen Curry and Darren Collison in terms of his numbers, as he was a very high usage point guard, but still was able to remain fairly efficient—which is a very good sign. His 21.2 possessions per game place him 3rd in that category, but his overall PPP of .99 ranks a very respectable 6th. Maynor's best quality appears to be his short range game, he got to the rim 8 times per game and posted a PPP of 1.12 as a finisher. That's slightly above average, but few players on this list utilize the same mix of floaters and scoops that Maynor does, and those types of shots have a much greater degree of difficulty than the average layup. Maynor didn't fall below the average in nearly any category, usually hovering around the middle of the pack, and his isolation PPP of 1.01 stood out amongst this group. The team that drafts Maynor will be getting a player that obviously knows his limitations and can play a number of roles well, but might not stand out in any one area immediately.
Nick Calathes was the second best finisher on our list, posting 1.26 PPP around the basket. For player who is often knocked for his lack of strength and athleticism, Calathes more than compensated for any shortcomings in this area last season. He did turn the ball over on 19% of his used possessions, but he was also one of the better spot up players on our list (1.17 PPP). That should help him in the NBA since he won't be asked to do as much playmaking in the lane, but will be able to initiate the offense and still contribute.
Toney Douglas, was one of the most efficient players on our list, using over 20 possessions per game (20.7). His overall PPP of 1.04 was the second best of all players, while his PPP as a finisher of 1.22 was sixth best. As a jump shooter, he scored 1.41 PPP on unguarded catch and shoot attempts, and 1 PPP on pull ups. A gifted off the ball player who scores 1.23 PPP (5th) shooting off of screens and 1.14 PPP in spot up situations, Douglas is only an average shot creator (.85 Isolation PPP), but he doesn't turn the ball over in the half court almost at all (9.7%, 2nd), has experience running the pick and roll (5.3 Pos/G, 2nd), is an excellent defender, and seems like an ideal complement to a taller ball-handling guard. His stock has risen in recent months, and will be interesting to how his limitations as a distributor (he ranks dead last in amongst all passing metrics amongst draft-eligible PGs) factor in to where he's selected on draft day.
•	Patrick Mills had the lowest logged shooting percentage at 36%, and the fact that he took 3.3 contested looks from the outside per game (1st) may have played a role in that. All the three pointers Mills attempted certainly didn't help his efficiency on the college level. For as fast as Mills is, he got to the rim at an average rate and really struggled to convert once there. He also ranked last for the percentage of possessions he was fouled on—just 5%.
•	Real Madrid point guard Sergio Llull's 1.81 PPP on unguarded catch and shoot attempts rank first in our database and are representative of what he can bring to the table once he gives the ball up. He wasn't great on the pick and roll (.88 PPP) and doesn't get to the rim much (2.7 Pos/G, last), but when he can set up in the corner, he's a dynamite spot up player (1.31 PPP).
•	Lester Hudson was Tennessee Martin's go-to-guy and then some, using 28 possessions per game. While there isn't a lot of video on him right now, he's a known commodity after declaring for the draft last season. His play over the next few months will be exponentially more important to his stock that what he accomplished this season.
•	Rodrigue Beaubois came on extremely strong for Cholet in the last couple months, but more than any player on this list, the sample size of what we're looking at doesn't offer much. His logged games were easily his best, so it doesn't paint the most accurate picture of his body of work, but his ability to get to the rim (22/32, 69%) is an accurate representation of his overall quickness. His teammate, Nando De Colo, is the loser in this case, since his good games didn't always coincide with Beaubois'.
•	Duquesne's Aaron Jackson tied Ty Lawson for the best logged shooting percentage on our list at 52%, thanks in large part to his 64% shooting in 8.7 possessions per game as a finisher. His jumper leaves a lot to be desired at this point (1.6 catch and shoot jumpers per game), but he's a guy with a couple tools and clearly defined weaknesses that he could work out over time.
Ricky Rubio PG
Brandon Jennings PG
Stephen Curry PG
Tyreke Evans PG/SG
Jrue Holiday PG/SG
Eric Maynor PG
Lester Hudson PG/SG
Ty Lawson PG
Darren Collison PG
Jonny Flynn PG
Nick Calathes PG/SG
Toney Douglas PG/SG
Patrick Mills PG
Sergio Llull PG/SG
Rodrigue Beaubois PG
Nando De Colo PG/SG
Aaron Jackson PG


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How Europe's history seduced its Jews
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By Special to NJJN November 2, 2015, 12:00 am Edit
The old Jewish Cemetery in Prague — a metaphor for Jewish history in Europe.
As the child of two Holocaust survivors, I am always troubled by this not-very-simple question: Why didn't my parents just run away? Why the hell didn't everybody just run away?
My mother's sister's future husband left Poland; instead of Auschwitz, he slaved in the salt mines of Russia, eventually finding his way to Israel. Why not my parents? Why not everyone?
Like all not-so-simple questions, there were several simple answers proffered to me over the years — all perfectly true, perfectly understandable, but unsatisfying.
"We lived in a different world — no radio, no electricity. We still used outhouses!" my late father once told me. "If we ever got a newspaper it was weeks old by the time we got it and half missing anyway. Probably from having been used in the outhouse!"
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My mother was a child, barely a teen, and simply had to do what everyone else in her family was doing. Her family stayed, so she stayed, and was eventually deported from Sighet, Rumania, in March 1944 (in the same transport that included Elie Wiesel) — she was interned in Auschwitz and then Bergen-Belsen until the liberation in April 1945 — but my father was a fit young man in his late teens with a keen eye that had long been fixed on the United States.
My father's father, a farmer and builder, strong and ramrod straight even into his 70s, dismissed the entreaties of his brother-in-law, a successful immigrant to the United States. Uncle Abe traveled home to Eastern Europe just before the war. "Now is the time to leave," he begged my grandfather, "before things get worse."
"And what do I do in America, at my age?" my grandfather asked. "Here I make a living. There I'm just a burden to my children."
Four of my father's nine living siblings did leave with Uncle Abe and with Grandfather's blessing. My father stayed behind. Then the war began and America was out of the question.
There had already been one close call in 1943. A thousand or so people in Bilke (part of Czechoslovakia when my father was born, it became part of Hungary in 1943; it is now in Ukraine) had been rounded up, my father and his family among them.
They had been taken to the railroad siding under the guise of a recently enacted Hungarian law that demanded deportation of any persons not able to substantiate their citizenship for several generations. Only Jews were rounded up — but they were saved by the courage of a local priest who swore he knew the parentage and citizenship of each and every one of them.
Refusing to wait for another close call, a friend of my father's fled, gone to Russia, perhaps, although what became of him is entirely unknown to us. Whatever his fate, at least he met it on his feet. He begged my father to go with him.
Why didn't my father escape? Why didn't everyone?
"We didn't know, not really," he would tell me. "Nobody really knew how bad things were." But there were wild-eyed escapees and deserting soldiers passing through who saw, who knew, who said in no uncertain terms what was, at least to my father's young ears, just crazy, impossible. Jews by then were being rounded up again, and this time taken away.
My father refused to believe what sounded like the ravings of the insane. "People seemed to think we would be sent to a work camp; that's what I thought." Such a camp would not be very dissimilar to the Czech Army work camp he visited to bring food and supplies to one of his brothers. "I believed," said my father, "we all believed we would stay together as a family. I thought I could do the work; I'd help my parents, my brothers, and sisters survive."
When he was finally forced on the train that would take him to his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Birkenau, the sliding boxcar door seared into my father's mind the reality that before had seemed insane. The look of it, the smell of it, an instant understanding: This was no work camp, this was no family camp. Few would get out alive.
A few years ago, I was preparing a presentation for a group of middle school students in the Bronx. One of the teachers I was working with asked me to talk about my parents' experiences as survivors, which I had done a few times before. In such talks, I mostly avoid the actual experiences they had in "the camps" and speak mainly of their lives before the war and after.
I was asking myself the same old question when I suddenly realized what I had actually seen in Prague's Jewish Quarter the year before, when I had gone to visit my son, who was spending a semester abroad.
In the Old Jewish Cemetery, ancient stones lean against each other. The grooved carvings washed nearly smooth by weather, by time, by the darkening of age, ghostly dominos waiting to fall one onto the other. In an area originally designated for 1,000 graves in the late 1500s, 12,000 stones now weigh down the dirt above the leveled coffins of what may be many thousands more.
After years of peace and freedom for the Jews of Bohemia, the reign of Maria Theresa in the 18th century brought with it a royal shift. The Jewish Quarter became the Jewish Ghetto. New laws forbade Jews from acquiring more land. The Jews of Prague dug their graves deeper, burrowed in, their adaptability reflected in the layers upon layers of ancient lives joining their progenitors. It would not be until 1890 that a large, new cemetery could be opened which would eventually receive the bones of such modern Jews as Franz Kafka.
That Old Jewish Cemetery, I realized, was also a metaphor for Jewish history in Europe. I'd seen etchings of the expulsion from Spain and sketches of pogroms in Russia, and remembered the ghettos of Venice, the mass movements from country to country, the royal shifts and ordinary everyday struggles, the English expulsion. It occurred to me, suddenly, that the entire history of the Jews in Europe could be summed up with seven little words: Things get bad, but then they get better.
In that moment I think I finally understood, with a sigh, that this is perhaps in the DNA of my parents and Jews all throughout Europe, if not the world, all throughout history. This is why they stayed; this is why they all stayed: Things get bad, but then they get better.
How bad things could get my father could not have then imagined. Perhaps today, confronted with the same choices, in this changed world, he might have left. Perhaps they all would.
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Hard Sell: Advertising, Affluence and Transatlantic Relations, c1951-69
Sean Nixon
Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2013, ISBN: 9780719085376; 240pp.; Price: £65.00
Dr Peter Gurney
Dr Peter Gurney, review of Hard Sell: Advertising, Affluence and Transatlantic Relations, c1951-69, (review no. 1555)
In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe's ground breaking 1958 novel, television is a metaphor for mass consumerism and the resulting growth of a more privatised, home-centred working-class in post-war Britain. For Sillitoe, as for so many other commentators across the ideological spectrum at the time, television – especially commercial television – acted as a soporific, debasing popular culture and corroding community life. Commercial television had been introduced, following the fraught passage of the Television Act, in 1954, the same year that rationing of consumer goods finally ended, and in the second half of the decade higher wages and more easily available credit brought the material goods made possible by capitalism's golden age within reach of more and more workers. Commercial television changed advertising profoundly, brought it directly into people's living rooms and heightened anxieties about its purported effects. Given all the heat advertising generated, it is surprising that there is a paucity of good historical studies of the industry and its practices, particularly for the post-war period. Terry Nevett's Advertising in Britain (1982) is still, remarkably, the most recent general work and it is superficial and very weak on later developments; Winston Fletcher's Powers of Persuasion (2008) is an unscholarly account by an insider.(1) Nixon's book is therefore to be warmly welcomed as a timely contribution to a much-neglected field.
Although he does not cite it, Nixon takes his cue from an essay by Frank Mort on transatlantic commercial culture, which criticised the Americanisation thesis, suggesting that the influence was not all one-way.(2) Focusing on the London office of the US owned advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, Nixon argues that the British operation was modified to suit the national context: 'US advertising methods and approaches were, in many instances, adapted, hybridized and indigenized' is how he puts it (p. 3). More straightforwardly, we might say American selling techniques were considerably toned down, and the book would have been better entitled "soft sell" rather than "hard sell", though this might not have proved as attractive to potential readers. Many employees of JWT London were British, male, public school and Oxbridge educated (p. 27). The company had a British senior management team from 1946 and the London office enjoyed relative autonomy from the parent company, though the latter was undoubtedly more powerful (p. 43). Advertising agencies in Britain came to be dominated by American companies in the period discussed in the book, which fuelled fears of an American invasion; by the end of the 1960s six out of the top ten advertising agencies were owned by companies in the United States (p. 30). The overall response of advertising agencies to the coming of commercial television in Britain was ambivalent, which was hardly surprising as many of the smaller agencies were heavily dependent on newspaper and poster advertising and were consequently reluctant to embark on new ventures (p. 97).
British business was also often slow to invest in advertising because it tended to be production oriented, while car manufacturers agreed to limit their use of TV advertising. The 1950s and 1960s witnessed the phenomenal growth of the domestic consumer goods industry and the re-invention of the modern kitchen, though the fantasy frequently outran the reality, as Nixon observes, since many lived in sub-standard homes throughout these decades (p. 126). Nevertheless, the ideal home was the chief target for early television advertisers. The biggest spenders on television advertising were multinational corporations such as Unilever and the Beecham Group. Working for these clients, advertising agencies made major efforts to 'assemble' or 'mobilize' the housewife as the archetypal consumer, which meant ITV was 'dominated by the advertisers of packaged goods aimed at the mass-market housewife' (p. 24) More sophisticated ways of tapping into consumers' desires were developed, though Nixon usefully stresses how JWT London drew on different sources of knowledge about the consumer in their advertising campaigns, employing the legacy of home grown documentary film making, as well as sociological approaches that were grafted onto motivation research pioneered in the United States by advertising gurus such as Ernest Dichter. As in other respects, the British operation, 'selectively appropriated and reworked elements of US market research' (p. 70). Nixon focuses on particular campaigns – for the Pin-Up home perm, Brillo soap pads, Persil washing powder ('Persil Washes Whiter') and Oxo cubes – the last of these [I presume] featuring a 'slice of life' series of television advertisements that starred Katie and her perfect suburban family. Katie was supposed to represent the ideal housewife, a domesticated yet still feminine and sexual creature who understood implicitly that 'Oxo gives a meal man appeal' (p. 80). The close discussion of advertising practices and campaigns is a major strength of Nixon's work, though one wonders how he is able to tell the story without occasionally balking at the speciousness of it all.
Commercial television was a disruptive force, generating a protracted debate across both culture and polity. Advertising agencies played a careful game, publicaly distancing themselves from the brasher forms of advertising that characterised American television and working behind the scenes to further their interests. Thus professional bodies such as the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) backed the commercial subsidy of television rather than the system of sponsored television that had been adopted on the other side of the Atlantic; stations were responsible for producing programmes and creating audiences in Britain (p. 99). The importance of preventing advertisers from having direct influence over programme content was written into the Television Act and the number and length of 'spot adverts' were regulated so that television advertising took up a maximum of 10 per cent of the broadcasting day. As Nixon underlines, the IPA eventually negotiated a deal with the Independent Television Contractors Association that allowed its members to effectively monopolise television advertising; agencies conducted 94 per cent of the business by the early 1960s (p. 101)
The popular press was also divided about television advertising; the Daily Express was against, for instance, while the more working-class Daily Mirror was in favour. Consumers had mixed feelings too, liking some aspects and disliking others, such as the way advertisements often interrupted programmes at inappropriate times. Nixon uses surveys and qualitative studies undertaken by advertising agencies, as well as letters from individual consumers, to explore the reception of advertising campaigns, particularly for Oxo cubes. On the basis of the letters in particular he argues that although consumers sometimes had critical things to say, commodities frequently got under their skin and concludes that 'for many of these correspondents, Katie and Philip were real presences in their lives, knowable in the same way that real people were knowable' (p. 156). The increasing salience of advertising prompted attacks from intellectual and political elites and this controversy prompted government scrutiny by various committees of inquiry headed by Sir Harry Pilkington, J. T. Molony and Lord Reith. These made recommendations and managed to curb some of what were perceived to be the worst abuses such as 'advertising magazines', which mixed product promotion with fictional narratives and which were banned following the Pilkington Report in 1963 (p. 111). After the Molony Committee reported, the Advertising Standards Authority was established to further strengthen the policing of television advertisements. Critics emphasised the 'irrationality' of advertising and the way in which it 'trade(d) on human weakness' as the Pilkington Report put it (p. 172). However, puritans underestimated the emotional and symbolic appeal of goods to consumers, according to Nixon, unlike advertising people who understood these aspects very well indeed, which was why their vision won out. By the mid 1960s, therefore, advertisers felt 'that they had the wind of history in their sails' (p. 181). Sounding a cautionary note in his conclusion, Nixon ruefully observes how mass consumerism has generated contradictions that continue to trouble us today, especially the reduction of the idea of the good life and individual freedom to the acquisition of material goods.
Nixon's work undeniably raises many vital issues. However, his treatment of them is somewhat partial and rather slight at times. The influence of the British documentary tradition is a fascinating suggestion, but is not adequately demonstrated in the text. The focus on JWT London is understandable but more detailed consideration of the response of other agencies to commercial television would have been useful. Nixon wrestles with the intractable methodological problem of consumers' reception of advertisements and this is to be welcomed, though the sample of letters on which he draws (35 in total) is too small on which to base any conclusions. Moreover, to properly make sense of them we need to know how they were elicited. Were they sent to JWT London in response to a promotion, one wonders? I find it hard to believe that correspondents were not writing tongue in cheek, and for a purpose – free gifts perhaps or a year's supply of Oxo cubes?
Beyond these particular points, I have two major criticisms of this book. The first concerns its chronological framing. Many of the trends Nixon draws attention to – such as the emergence of the modern kitchen and the modern housewife, for instance – had their roots in the inter-war period, as he acknowledges himself at various points in the text. This deeper context would have been worth discussing at greater length, particularly in light of recent research in this field.(3) More importantly, however, Nixon chooses to ignore the influence of the Second World War on advertising and consumption, and this omission is disabling. For sure, the war years do intrude occasionally. For example, a fascinating telegram sent in autumn 1945 by Bill Hinks and Douglas Saunders, chairman and chief executive of JWT London, to Stanley Resor, co-owner of the company in New York, is quoted, emphasising the importance of the London operation keeping their account with the British Overseas Airways Corporation: 'This account vital to us and whole company STOP ... All here have been through much since 1939 and have struggled desperately to keep business going and we cannot build proper cooperation unless all there are made to feel that it works both ways STOP.' (p. 48) One would have liked to know much more about how JWT London 'struggled desperately to keep business going' and how this coloured their later outlook. Advertising was seen by many as deeply unpatriotic during the war, potentially undermining the national interest and the war against fascism. Denys Thompson's damning indictment of the profession and its methods, Voice of Civilisation (1943), might be regarded as an extreme view but it was not unusual; after all, only months before its publication advertisers were literally helping to poison people with dangerous quack medicines until the Pharmacy and Medicines Act of 1941 made their sale illegal. The immediate post-war period witnessed a regrouping by the advertising industry but the environment remained extremely hostile until the Conservative Party regained power in 1951. For example, in 1947 Glenvil Hall, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, had been booed when he declared to the Advertising Association at Margate that the week after 'a real conference is being held there' – meaning the Labour Party conference. Later that year Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, threatened briefly to impose a heavy tax on advertising expenditure. The Daily Express compared Cripps's proposals to the taxes on knowledge in the early nineteenth century and roundly condemned the plan: 'Goods that are returning to the shops after years of absence must be brought back to the public notice ... Advertising has an immense part to play in maintaining a healthy and hopeful home market'.(4)
My second major criticism concerns Nixon's handling of the politics of 'affluence'. In short, and notwithstanding important recent research on this theme by Lawrence Black, Mark Jarvis and others (duly cited but not engaged with in the text), Nixon presents a generally depoliticised account of the triumph of post-war advertising. There is no discussion of Conservative thinking about consumption or the party's espousal of the discourse and ideology of 'choice', despite its resonance for us today. Bevan's famous attack on the industry at the Advertising Association's conference at Eastbourne in 1953 is quoted – 'one of the most evil consequences of a society which is, itself, intrinsically evil' – along with its rebuttal by advertising practitioners (p. 164). But Nixon overlooks Reginald Maudling's speech at this event (he was Economic Secretary to the Treasury at the time), which emphasised the centrality of choice to Conservative economic thinking. Maudling, a leading mover of the 'bonfire of controls' after 1951, backed the individual consumer over the 'gentleman in Whitehall' and pledged support for the industry as an intrinsic part of a revitalised capitalism: 'Advertising is an essential part of the machinery of competition which, I and the Government believe, is the best protection of the consumer and the best assurance of industrial efficiency'.(5)
Commercial television had strong support in Conservative circles for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it dovetailed with a general belief in the benefits of empowering individual consumer choice. Conversely, the organised working-class consumer, in the form of the co-operative movement, was shut out of commercial television. Nixon notes that the IPA was 'troubled' by rumours that the Co-operative Wholesale Society had been offered recognition by Independent Television companies, but this lead is not developed (p. 101). However, the period witnessed protracted struggles over markets for particular goods; a 'soap war' raged, for instance, between Unilever's 'Persil' and the CWS's brand 'Spel'. Nixon also fails to relate his findings to recent work on advertising and the reconstitution of the political domain and the machinery of political parties in post-war Britain. He notes 'the growing role of marketing people over the presentation of politics' (p. 165), most apparent after the 1959 general election, the first television election but, once again, there is no proper consideration of this issue.(6) Finally, advertising was bound up increasingly with a 'Natopolitan' world view and this shaped the language and ideology of advertisers. The Advertising Association contested the Reith Report's recommendation to establish a National Consumer Board to protect consumers paid for by a levy on advertising. This they claimed would reduce product range and also 'deny the public the right to exercise adult judgement in spending their money. Even in communist countries, the Advertising Association's statement continued, 'it is now being found necessary to offer consumer choice' (p. 180). As well as the domestic political context, the shaping influence of Cold War politics is also missing from Nixon's account, despite important recent work on this theme.(7)
Nixon does discuss contemporary debate but foregrounds liberal moralists such as Richard Hoggart, who had condemned the presumed enervating effects of commercialised forms of popular culture in his influential work, The Uses of Literacy (1957), and who played a prominent role on the Pilkington Committee. However, there is no discussion of the trenchant critiques of advertising made by New Left intellectuals at the time, especially Raymond Williams. Unlike Williams, Hoggart had no systemic understanding of advertising, no general grasp of capitalism or how advertising might help shore up capitalist social relations and ways of thinking, and his moralistic, high-blown rhetoric was often little more than a thinly-disguised form of snobbishness. Williams in contrast tried to analyse what he called 'the magic system' so that it might be dismantled as a necessary part of making a more egalitarian society.(8) This overall failure to grapple with the most difficult issues means, for this reviewer at any rate, that (despite its valuable insights) Nixon's work, like many of the commodities it considers, in the end promises more than it delivers.
Terry Nevett, Advertising in Britain: A History (London, 1982); Winston Fletcher, Powers of Persuasion: The Inside Story of British Advertising 1951–2000 (Oxford, 2008).Back to (1)
Frank Mort, 'The commercial domain: advertising and the cultural management of demand' in Moments of Modernity: Reconstructing Britain, 1945-1964, ed. Becky Conekin, Frank Mort and Chris Waters (Ann Arbor, MI, 1999).Back to (2)
Peter Scott, The Making of the Modern British Home. The Suburban Semi and Family Life between the Wars (Oxford, 2013); Judy Giles, The Parlour and the Suburb: Domestic Identities, Class, Femininity and Modernity (Oxford, 2004).Back to (3)
Daily Express, 20 May 1947, p. 2; 27 November 1947, p. 2.Back to (4)
The Times, 2 May 1953, p. 3.Back to (5)
Joe Moran, 'Mass-Observation, market research, and the birth of the focus group, 1937–1997', Journal of British Studies, 47, 4 (2008), 827–51.Back to (6)
Stefan Schwarzkopf, 'They do it with mirrors: advertising and British Cold War consumer politics', Contemporary British History, 19, 2 (2005), 133–50.Back to (7)
Raymond Williams, 'The magic system', New Left Review, 1, 4 (1960), 27–32.Back to (8)
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