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Simultaneous preference estimation and heterogeneity control for choice-based conjoint via support vector machines Julio López, Sebastián Maldonado… Pages 1323-1334
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How banks are looking at the rise of fintech and their use of blockchain technology

Why banks are testing new technologies

When new technologies were initially being developed it was with a view to create a method of keeping records that wouldn’t require a third party to oversee its regulation. By giving multiple users access to these shared digital databases via a distributed ledger and utilising up-to-date securities that would make entries and the information it held unchangeable by outside parties it created a new, transparent and labour free way to record financial transactions. As the blockchain technology gathered momentum it became the underlying system that has given rise to the world of cryptocurrency – Bitcoin and the rising range of altcoins has started a revolution in digital currencies we can choose to use over our current and limited typical fiscal currency options.

A secure and labour free system

Creating this secure and efficient method of registering transactions blockchain has become an obvious move towards how we should be organising our banking, reducing inefficient human contribution and error, making the transaction effortless, immediate and in effect cost-free. Reducing cost is what is going to make the blockchain system highly competitive in today’s financial market, so much so it could put the banks out of business if they don’t follow suit and join the revolution.

That’s why nearly all banks are investing heavily in fintech research. Blockchain obviously is the primary concern but it’s not the only tech the banks have to consider, they now have to examine every new technology that offers up real competition and to make important changes to keep in line with where the future of our finance is heading. There has been much published research by many of the global banking giants reporting their own research on blockchain technology but very few so far have constructed a blockchain based system of their own to replace current methods, despite having started to patent their own devised blockchain technologies.

It’s so much more efficient

The main advantages of the banks such as Cambr Banking implementing blockchain tech have been outlined above; it’s so efficient it will reduce the costs associated to current methods and save them huge amounts of savings. Santander has said that through their research they estimate savings of up $20billion per year by switching over to a blockchain system. It’s not only the ease of the transaction being handled by the technology instead of being processed by human operation but the amount of regulation issued by the government over the banking industry will also be handled autonomously by its own software processes.

Healthy competition – but for who?

The rise of the fintech companies who are already using blockchain systems to handle such things as international payments, savings programs, financial remittances and more, means that the banks aren’t the only players to consider now, and for the consumer that means they aren’t beheld to one set of costs but now have not just another option to choose from, but many. All of these choices are great for us, the saver and spender, but for the banks it means a much smaller slice of the pie in future – or no slice at all if they can’t cut costs and compete.

It also means that with the banks investing in new technology solutions it doesn’t just leave the door open to the fintech start-ups being the only ones to disrupt the banking industry; the banks themselves are getting into a position where they too can create new systems and business models using data solutions and artificial intelligence to organise those new advancements in their own industry that has so far been implemented by the outsiders and newcomers to the finance world.

Where next?

The blockchain tech is primarily aimed at reorganising an outdated system with a highly improved and technologically sound upgrade. But just because we can reorganise the way we monitor and transact with our current financial currencies by no means will the use of this technology end there.

With the introduction of blockchain technology the rise of cryptocurrencies has indeed been its main application, and even despite their rollercoaster rise to mainstream use they are now an established way of organising your wealth. Aside from it being a fashionable tech opportunity this new system has also been offering itself as a marketplace to trade in, giving its users an alternative way to make profit from their finances to challenge the banks steady decline of their interest rates applicable to your savings from their traditional investment methods.

Banks are going to need to continue their development if they’re going to keep up with the new fintech kids on the block, whether they work independently or join forces to pool resources and forge new ways ahead together, they simply can’t afford to get left behind.

The future for banks looks gloomy with research projecting that the new technologies could be responsible for a loss of revenue of up to 40% by 2025 for banks and between 15% and 20% of US banks could have fallen or been consolidated into the new fintech companies as soon as 2020.

However, it’s not all doom and gloom for those who are willing to keep up. Analysing the effects of fintech on the banking industry the consultancy McKinsey have forecast that progressive banks could innovate and introduce new technologies to compete that could increase revenues from new offers by 5%, revenues from new products and digital sales by 10%, and also lower their typical current costs by automated processing with digital transactions by 30%. Adding all these factors would give the bank willing to move into this new area a possible profit of over 45% that would translate into a much higher and competitive financial success rate.

It’s an important time for banks to assess and continue to re-assess their business operations – from their high street branches through to how they manage every product and service on offer. The traditional methods of banking are founded on the cornerstone of a branch their customers can attend to fulfil their needs. The fintech alternatives are very much automated online systems cutting out the need and the expense for high rents and staff costs. How the banks are to manage this change in trend is just as big a question they will have to ask themselves as how to change their technology systems.

The future for banking is changing, that there is no doubt, but who will come out on top, in charge and in profit, is something we’ll just have to wait, watch and see.

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Katie van Schaijik

#1, Jan 28, 2012 12:20pm

Thanks for this helpful explication, Scott.

For myself, I never imagined for a moment that the teaching "love is an act of the will"—as it is all too often given—was anything like a true representation of St. Thomas' views.  (Nor have I ever heard it attributed to St. Thomas.)  It is impossible that a thinker and saint (and poet!) so great as St. Thomas could be so stupidly unreal and reductive.

My own difference with the Thomistic account that you here sketch out is in its ommission of the heart. I think von Hildebrand has immensely enriched the Catholic intellectual tradition by showing that the heart is a spiritual faculty on a rank with the intellect and the will.

I bet St. Thomas (now) would agree. :)

The die-hard Thomists I know usually counter that the heart is fully accounted for in Thomas' meaning of the will.  And on that point I think they're mistaken.  Von Hildebrand's analysis of the heart really does add something to the philosophia perennis that had been missing, or at least underdeveloped.

Jules van Schaijik

#2, Jan 28, 2012 7:35pm

It seems to me that the "love is an act of the will" view Katie is criticizing is Kantian in ethos, not Thomistic.

Kant had a deep aversion to anything that was not perfectly rational and in control. But love, especially during the "season of singing," has a tendency to sweep us of our feet. It disrupts our plans. It makes us vulnerable. For Kant, as for the stoics, this sort of thing threatens our moral autonomy and personal dignity.

Scott Johnston

#3, Jan 29, 2012 4:18am

I agree, Katie.

It's relevant to note that in St. Thomas' day, the categories of thought and the language used to philosophize in a deep and focused way about the interior subjective life of the person (as well as compelling reasons to do so) didn't exist. It wasn't a big interest or concern for them at that time. Whereas these things are very much more so issues of interest for us.

It's certainly possible that St. Thomas might have been intrigued by and appreciative of DVH's understinding of the heart.

I do think that Thomas' understanding of the will is far more complex and subtle than is sometimes assumed. But, it's probably stretching things too far to say it fully incorporates all that DVH means by the heart.

Scott Johnston

#4, Jan 29, 2012 4:26am

Jules, that makes a lot of sense. I think you're right. In light of this very good point, I would also suggest that the sort of individual (perhaps an "ultra-traditional" sort of Catholic?) who is eager to make the sort of argument as the apologist Katie mentioned in the courtship portal (putting an overemphasis on a rather cold, cramped idea of love as exclusively an "act of the will") probably thinks in some vague way (without having a clear notion of how) that they are channeling the teaching of St. Thomas. When, as you say, in reality, they are actually and in fact probably being much more influenced by Kant, yet without even knowing this.

Ann B

#5, Feb 1, 2012 4:57pm

I found this article immensely interesting. I have such an allergy to the phrase "love is an act of the will." To me that sounds very cold, calculating and condescending. I suppose I too had the Kantian version of it in mind. I have been struggling to understand what this off-putting sentence really means.

Katie, could you explain briefly what you think Dietrich von Hildebrand's analysis of the heart added to Thomas' understanding of the will, or where I should start reading on it? I have read a little of DVH, but not much.

Katie van Schaijik

#6, Feb 1, 2012 5:08pm

Ann, the best thing to do is to try to get your hands on von Hildebrand's short book, The Heart.  It's philosophy, but approachable, accessible philosophy.  Or, you could join the courtship class. :)

In last night's lecture I touched on the issue briefly.  I develop it more fully in the next class, on Valentine's Day.

Meanwhile, here are two articles I've written that at least start to address the question.

Conjugal Love is not an Act of the Will

A Catholic Critique of a Current Notion of Courtship

Ann B

#7, Feb 1, 2012 10:25pm

Katie van Schaijik, Feb. 1 at 5:08pm

Or, you could join the courtship class. :)

Done! I can't wait! Thanks very much for the articles, too.

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Sebastian Vizcaino

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Born: 1550

Died: 1615

Vizcaino spent a good deal of time in Mexico seeking his fortune there first, before giving up and expanding his search further north into lower California in 1596.

In 1602-1603, Vizcaino explored and surveyed the Pacific coast north of Cape Mendocino. He discovered and named Monterrey Bay along the way, and sent a vessel to the mouth of the Columbia River at the northern tip of Oregon.

Although Vizcaino was not the first one to explore California, he did offer detailed information of the area that was not improved upon for more than 150 years. From 1611 to 1614, Vizcaino sailed to the Orient, taking missionaries to the Philippines and trying, without success, to establish trade with Japan.

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One more Cat as Leatherbury scores on Ben’s Cat day

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Classic Wildcat won at Laurel Park. Photo by Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club.

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Call it symmetry. Or a passing of the torch.

On they day they laid Ben’s Cat to rest, King T. Leatherbury’s The Jim Stable showed it’s very much alive, and the distinctive orange-and-white silks that Ben’s Cat took to the winner’s circle 32 times in his distinguished career made yet another visit Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park.

Perhaps fittingly, it was an old-timer — like Ben’s Cat, an 11-year-old — who did the honors. Classic Wildcat, an aged Forest Wildcat gelding who was a main-track-only entrant in the fourth race, a $7,500 claiming sprint originally slated for the grass, looped the field on the outside and went on to win by a length-and-a-half under jockey Jevian Toledo. Classic Wildcat —  like the horses that have provided most of Leatherbury’s nearly 6,500 wins — arrived in the barn via the claimbox, now has 26 wins in his career, and paid $6.40 to win.

It felt like an the inevitable outcome on a day that was billed as a Ben’s Cat celebration but, in light of the Cat’s passing earlier this year, was tinged with more than a bit of sadness.

Just a few hours prior to Classic Wildcat’s win, Leatherbury and others had laid the other Cat to rest.

In a ceremony attended by approximately 150 horsemen, jockeys and fans – and breeder, owner and Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury – Ben’s Cat’s remains were lowered into the ground on the northeast side of Laurel’s historic paddock. He died from complications following surgery earlier this year.

“Ben’s Cat was an amazing, magnificent animal,” said Leatherbury, who bent down to rest a dozen orange roses – the color of Leatherbury’s and Ben’s Cat silks – in front of the gelding’s final resting place.

Ben’s Cat won 32 of 63 races and earned more than $2.6 million in  his career. Leatherbury bred and trained him, and his The Jim Stable owned the gelded son of Parker’s Storm Cat.

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Published: 04 February 2009

Experience Hip Hop history in the making as supporters from around the country gather in Seattle to  celebrate and experience the 5th Anniversary of 206 Zulu, Feb. 13-16.
In only a few short years 206 Zulu, a Hip Hop-based community organization, has received nation-wide recognition for the precedence it has set in community building, education, media, outreach, activism, and artistic excellence. Since its inception in 2004, 206 Zulu and its 70+ membership has taken the UZN motto of "Peace, Love, Unity & Havin' Fun" to another level for the next generation.
206 Zulu will be celebrating it's 5th Anniversary and Black History Month with four days of true-school Hip Hop, showcasing some of today's emerging artists from the Northwest and beyond. The majority of events will be held at the Seattle Center and are free to the public. Festivities will include musical performances, a Hip Hop film festival, a graffiti art showcase, educational-orientated workshops, a break-dance competition, after parties and more.
Youth workshops will begin at Seattle's premiere all-ages venue the Vera Project, Saturday from 2-4pm with a range of breakout sessions that will include: Hip Hop History, Emceeing & Songwriting, B-Boying & B-Girling (break-dance), DJing & Audio Technology, and Graffiti Art. Doors open at 1:30pm and the orientation starts at 2pm. Walk-ins are welcome and there are no registration fees. If you have questions or would like to register your student or community group, please contact coordinator BeLoved at beloved313@gmail.com.
Later that afternoon Real to Reel: Hip Hop Film Festival demonstrates the power of Hip Hop culture and community as an outlet for social change from local to global perspectives through this three-day interactive multimedia showcase. Films include Bringing Hip-Hop Back To The Hood: Seattle Grassroots Organizing Shorts, Masizakhe, Let Us Build Together, Coolout TV Presents, A Beautiful One Man Show and more. Show times and further information is available at www.206zulu.com/realtoreel.html
The Graff Expo will take place during the entire day and will encompass live painting, a writer's bench with black book sessions, and an art gallery, which will remain on display for the month of February. Artists include Sire One, DVS, OneSevenNine, Sen One (NYC), Charms Won and many others.
Saturday's festivities will culminate to a live concert with performances by One Be Lo (Detroit, MI), Dim Mak of Oldominion, Khingz, D-Black of Sport-N-Life, Siren's Echo (Portland, OR), DJ Mark Luv (Los Angeles, CA) among other emerging artists.
Mighty 4, an internationally-famed touring break-dance competition will be held the following day on Sunday at the Experience Music Project Museum and will consist of 3 types of battles (heats), 3-on-3, Bonnie & Clyde, and Footwork with cash prizes totaling $4000. Special guests include Mighty 4 founder- Paulskeee, judges Trac2 (Hartford, CT), Alien Ness (New York City), Orbitron (Seattle, WA), Poe One (LA, CA), and Remind (Monterey, CA). Musical performances by Dyme Def, Orbitron and They Live. Breaks will be spun by veteran DJs Soul One (DVS), DV One (Rock Steady Crew), Bles One, and Tecumseh. Hosted by Kutfather (San Diego, CA), Lord Yoda X of the Legendary Crash Crew (NYC), Rob Nice and Free (Circle of Fire). Registrations will open at 2:06pm at the EMP's JBL Theater. There is limited space, it is strongly recommended to come early.
The event is sponsored by the City of Seattle, Rane Corporation, KBCS 91.3 FM, Hip Hop Congress, Festival Sundiata, Mighty 4, Beacon Skillz, El Centro de la Raza, Platinum Records, Spoons Apparel, Mint Factory, Driver4Hire.biz, Seattle Drum School, Hidmo Eritrean Cusine, the Vera Project, EMP/SFM, Bamboo Beats, Wicked X Productions, MADK Productions, Coolout Network and Umojafest P.E.A.C.E. Center.
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Pablo de Blasis’ 64th minute goal helps Mainz 05 beat Darmstadt 98 3-2 in this Bundesliga clash on 2 October, 2015. Stefan Bell (15) and Yunus Malli (24) had put Mainz 2-0 ahead before Heller (27) and Sailer (57) brought Darmstadt back level. Sandro Wagner with a late missed penalty for Darmstadt

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Slovakia v England Highlights- 95th minute Lallana strike gives England unconvincing win

Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana scored the first goal of his senior international career, and the first in the new Sam Allardyce era, as England turned in an unconvincing display against Slovakia away from home in their World Cup qualifying opener.

Before the game started, Allardyce had said that he would have been happy to begin his reign with a 0-0- Slovakia after all did hold England to a goalless stalemate in their Euro 2016 group clash, but the dismissal of Martin Skrtel in the 57th minute made it imperative that they come away with more from Trnava to spare their new gaffer a media backlash.

Indeed, it took until the 65th minute for England to even register a shot on target- Slovakia had the Three Lions easily contained till Skrtel’s dismissal. The hosts were even worse- they managed just one shot all game, and even that wasn’t on target. Jan Kozak’s men were content to play to park the bus and England looked feeble and unpenetrative for most of the game.

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Slovak keeper Matus Kozacik made a string of decent saves to keep England at bay, but failed to save a straightforward Lallana effort in the 95th minute, and when that shot trickled in, the relief on Allardyce’s face was palpable.

It was the Liverpool star’s first international goal at any level in more than a decade (following his strike at U18 level back in 2006)

Wayne Rooney made his 116th international appearance for England, making him the Three Lions’ most capped outfield player. He is second on the all time list behind goalkeeper Peter Shilton, who has 125 appearances to his name.

The questions behind Rooney’s best position on the pitch continue and it is a telling stat that he did not receive the ball EVEN once in the opposition penalty era.

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Allardyce even had this to say after the game

It’s not for me to say where he’s going to play. It’s up to me to ask whether he’s doing well in that position and contributing. If so, great

That may look like a vote of confidence by a manager in his captain, but there will certainly be some fans who will feel uncomfortable by that statement.

England are expected to comfortably win Group F in World Cup qualifying, but on the basis of this performance, few will regard them as automatic shoo-ins for Russia 2018, despite having the likes of Lithuania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta as opponents.

Allarydce’s next test is a simple one- against minnows Malta at home in October. The Maltese were hammered 5-1 by Scotland in their opening qualifier with Robert Snodgrass netting a hat trick for the visitors, and England should coast this one.

England XI: Hart, Cahill, Rose, Walker, Stones, Lallana, Henderson, Sterling, Dier, Rooney, Kane

Subs used: Alli (for Henderson), Walcott (for Sterling), Sturridge (for Kane)

Unused subs: Heaton, Smalling, Jagielka, Clyne, Drinkwater, Vardy, Antonio, McCarthy

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Little Discoveries

If you've been following along on my SnapChat adventures recently (MikkSalamatin - go follow me!), then you know that this past week has quite literally been "Hell Week". Yesterday alone, I had three exams, three meetings, a career fair to attend, and an event to help run.

I have traversed the whole nine yards in terms of sleep deprivation, sessions of binge-eating (I finished my first whole pizza on Wednesday night!), and lack of mental presence. To say that I am beyond excited for sleep and Netflix this weekend would be a severe understatement.

For the record, the picture above is not the pizza I binge-ate Wednesday night in between meetings. This is a bacon and clam pizza from a health restaurant on campus that is wow-that-was-surprisingly-tasty-and-satisfying kind of way.

Ariana Grande's Impressions On Point Once Again | Pretty much everyone and their mother now knows that Ariana Grande's impressions of various celebrities are absolutely amazing, but every single time, no matter what, her Celine Dion impression gets me every time! Also, side note: another Fallon must-watch.

The New Girl on New Girl | Zooey Deschanel is still on maternity leave (wah, brb slight crying), but that also means there's a new roommate showing up for a little while and the network just released who: Megan Fox! So excited to see how this goes!

A Timelapse of the Universe: To Scale | You're in the middle of the desert with a bunch of friends, what do you do? If you're one of these scientists, you make the world's first timelapse of the universe that is actually to scale. Crazy nerdy cool.

Naming Your Autobiography | I absolutely LOVE Katie's blog and this is one of my favorite posts from her, ever. I'm not too sure what mine would be - maybe something like So Busy That Sleep is a Dream or Sneaky SnapChats Are My Thing.

A Little Something to Warm Your Heart | This dad "built" Lightning McQueen for his son - he turned his cherry-red mustang into the beloved Disney race car. This is seriously one of the cutest things I have ever heard of!

Exam Study Tips | Have a few exams coming up? I recently wrote a Freshman Five on some of the study tips and strategies that I have personally found to be helpful and effective. I haven't read some of these anywhere else yet so I thought I'd share them here!

Hope y'all have an amazing weekend! What will you be up to?

Catch you next time.

  1. I love these articles!!! They're all so fabulous:)
    Grace Anne // http://totallygraced.blogspot.com/

  2. That pizza looks so good! Yay for you for getting through the week! I love Ariana's impressions. Her vocals are amazing! Her range is unbelievable.
    Mikayla | A Seersucker State of Mind.

  3. That pizza looks insanely good! I wouldn't mind a slice right now!

    Hope you have a fun weekend!
    Something About That

  4. That pizza looks AH-mazing, and I'm currently reading your links :)

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  5. Wow - I hope you get your much deserved rest. Thanks for sharing your lovely week.

  6. This pizza looks delicious! !Love or hate Ariana Grande, no one can deny that she is talented.

  7. I feel ya on hell week. Glad you made it through though and I hope you enjoy your weekend! The nerd in me is loving that universe timelapse!

    My Pop of Color

  8. That pizza just looks amazing!
    I'm starving right now so that probably doesn't help.

    xoxo, Jenny || Breakfast at Lillys

  9. That Lightning McQueen car is seriously just the cutest! I love dads like that.

    As We Stumble Along

  10. My toddler would flip out about a Lightning McQueen car--she is OBSESSED with that movie! :)

  11. Okay, that Lightning McQueen car is just about the cutest thing I have seen!! What a sweet dad!

    xo Ashley

  12. That pizza looks amazing! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!!

    xoxo A

  13. I had a great, relaxing weekend! Not excited to Monday tomorrow though. :(

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  14. Loving ALL of these links! Such a great roundup! Hope you had an amazing weekend :)

    XX, SS || A Little Seersucker Sass

  15. Wow that timelapse is so neat!

  16. I'm so excited for Megan Fox appearance on New Girl!!

  17. I didn't even know there were more episodes of New Girl! Seriously need to catch up!

  18. I'm so behind on New Girl but I can't imagine the show without Zooey! I'm interested to see what Megan Fox will be like!

  19. Ariana Grande's impressions are hysterical -- she's so spot on its almost scary!!

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  20. Oh my gosh! I watch New Girl and I didn't know Megan Fox was coming! I'm going to have to catch up!

  21. Ariana Grande is ON POINT for these impressions! So good!!

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Mourinho Believes Mkhitaryan Gives Him Advantage in Sanchez Derby

Prior to Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Stoke City tonight, manager Jose Mourinho gave an update on the status of Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Mourinho explained that he had to drop the Armenian because his player’s mind wasn’t as focused on the match, and instead fixated on his future, which could be with another club.

That club is Arsenal of course, with Mkhitaryan consistently being linked in a deal for Alexis Sanchez. After the match, Mourinho implied that he believes the attacking player could be a key piece in getting a transfer deal done. The United boss also maintains that Mkhitaryan gives him an advantage over other clubs in the race to acquire Sanchez, although Mourinho did not say Chelsea specifically.

Today brought news that Man City have dropped out of the race for Alexis, and Chelsea jumped in.

“We have a feeling he is an Arsenal player, he can stay there but also a feeling he can move, and if he moves I think we have a chance. But most probably a player like him has other big clubs interested,” Mourinho said on the topic of Alexis.

“I think him [Sanchez], Mr Wenger [Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager], Mr Gazidis [Ivan Gazidis, the Arsenal chief executive] – they are the ones who know what is going to happen. If he stays it’s great for Arsenal, if he comes to us, great for us, if he goes to another club, great for them.”

Regarding Mkhitaryan, Mourinho offered this:

“Is it possible he’s going to be involved in the deal? It’s possible. It’s also possible he stays. I didn’t select him because I wanted players fully focused and I understand that with so much talk and speculation it’s not easy for Mkhitaryan to play.”

He then added that he wished the January transfer window closed tomorrow, and not 15 days from now.

“So I prefer to protect him and the situation. If he stays here he is a very good player that started the season very well and then came a little bit down, but last season he did amazing things for us. Let’s see what happens. It’s a pity the market closes on January 31. Maybe if it closes tomorrow [we’d] finish with everything.”

One thing is for certain- with so many big clubs, high profile players and big money involved in this transfer saga, it won’t be closing tomorrow, or the day after that. Between now and the 31st, there will be at least a couple more plot twists.

Mourinho, when asked his feelings about the possibility of a Sanchez deal getting done, said he wasn’t confident, but also added that he wasn’t not confident.

Paul M. Banks runs The Sports and TheBank.News, which is partnered with News Now. Banks, a former writer for the Washington Times, NBC and Chicago, currently contributes regularly to WGN CLTV and the Tribune company’s blogging community Chicago Now.

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Top 10 College Football and Basketball Rivalries

College football season begins tomorrow night! The first full slate of full games follows two days later. In the spirit of the season, we present the ten best rivalries in the game, and give you the corresponding date to circle on your calendar.

This is a football centric list, but we have the best college basketball rivalries on here as well.

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Big Ten football power rankings: lipstick on a pig edition

During Big Ten football Saturdays like this, how do you spin what happened? How do you put lipstick on these pigs? And even though Northwestern out-gained an AWFUL Western Michigan team by just 126 yards, they’ve still earned the second slot.

You can argue that a different Big Ten football team deserves to be there. But my argument is pretty solid for NU. Also, Illinois gave up 615 yards and lost “at home,” and yet they move UP not down this week.

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Indiana Hoosiers #1 seed overall- still deserving?

Despite the loss last night, you’ll still hear Indiana Hoosiers #1 seed on Selection Sunday. It would take a major collapse by IU to prevent that from happening. However, should we see Indiana Hoosiers #1 seed overall this March madness? Future NBA PF Trevor Mbakwe had 21 and 12 to help the Gophers topple an Indiana Hoosiers #1 team last night, the seventh time the AP poll’s top team has lost a game this season.

Cody Zeller and the Hoosiers were beat up on the glass 44-30 last night, but the Big Ten leaders still look like national leaders. The Hoosiers (24-4, 12-3), have held the No. 1 ranking for 10 of 17 polls this season including the past four.  Who else is there to take their place, Gonzaga? Duke? Miami? the Wolverines? On a side note, who else other than the Illini have beaten both the polls’ #1 team Hoosiers and the #2 team Gonzaga this season? But we’re not here to discuss Illinois’ resume, we’re here to think about the #1 overall seed when the brackets are filled out.

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Hoosiers Cody Zeller is apparently a hydroelectric engineer, on Twitter

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The #3 Indiana Hoosiers defeated the #1 Michigan Wolverines 81-73 as Cody Zeller scored 19 points.

It’s the third time in school history that the Hoosiers (19-2, 8-1 Big Ten) have beaten the No. 1 team at home, and the first time they’ve done it in back-to-back seasons. The win gives Indiana a five-game winning streak, sole possession of the Big Ten lead and likely the top spot in the country again when Monday’s rankings come out. But was this worth storming the court? How can IU fans storm the court after a game in which they were favored.

In addition to Michigan’s defeat, No. 2 Kansas lost 85-80 to Oklahoma State.  But let’s get back to Zeller and his Twitter account.

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Indiana Hoosiers Cody Zeller becoming a rock star

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The Indiana Hoosiers Cody Zeller could end up achieving the same trifecta as Anthony Davis at Kentucky did last year. The Wildcats big man from Chicago won a national title, took home the college basketball player of the year award, and became the first overall pick in the NBA Draft.

Zeller may do the same this year. For those who do some online betting, the Hoosiers are the favorite, topping all the preseason polls. And Zeller looks like #1 material in many NBA mock drafts. This is why Zeller is getting so much pub; gracing the cover of ESPN the magazine for their college basketball season preview. He’s not nicknamed “the big handsome” for nothing.

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Indiana Hoosiers, Cody Zeller lead strong Big Ten basketball outlook

The Big Ten has been pretty weak in college football this season. That’s obvious. But as down as football might be, Big Ten college basketball is up just as much, perhaps even more. The league has three of the top five in the coaches poll, and five teams in the top 25. The Hoosiers are number one in the poll, with the Buckeyes number four and the Wolverines number five.

Today was the conference’s media day, held right here in Chicago. And here’s who the media picked for to finish at the top of the league, and to make the all-Big Ten team.

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Indiana Hoosiers have another strong class, led by Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell

The Indiana Hoosiers could be the preseason #1 next year. If instant impact freshman Cody Zeller and hero of the Kentucky game Christian Watford return, and former star wing Maurice Creek is the same player he was before injury, IU is going to be a juggernaut.

They have a very solid core returning, and  the 3rd rated recruiting class coming in. The Hoosiers have five solid incoming freshmen, one at each position, with Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell leading the way.

Yogi, in Chicago for the McDonald’s All-American game, is the headliner of this class.

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Video: Kentucky Wildcats “300” movie spoof, revenge vs. IU Hoosiers

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The top overall seed Kentucky Wildcats lost to the Indiana Hoosiers earlier this year on an iconic Christian Watford three pointer, but this video says they won’t let it happen again. We’ll see tomorrow night.

Check out this “300” movie spoof featuring Anthony Davis as King Leonidas telling (Davis is much more articulate here than in real life) the Hoosiers that he is out for revenge for the previous loss. At Coach Cal’s command, Davis finishes off Watford and the Hoosiers to avenge the first game.

Ashley Judd also makes an appearance in this clip, because ”This is UK!” She has to.

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2012 Big Ten Tournament Preview & Predictions

The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off Thursday, March 8, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Heading into the tournament, the Big Ten continues to lead all conferences in the RPI and Sagarin ratings and is the only conference in the country with five top-15 teams.

So you could easily say it’s the toughest conference in college basketball. But it doesn’t mean the games will be the prettiest; in fact you might see a couple ugly ones.

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Hoosiers Cody Zeller is Superior to Illini Meyers Leonard

In the Big Ten, there are two centers 0f attention that have separated themselves from the pack. And that makes sense as there are just fewer and fewer true centers these days; especially at the NBA level. And where would the NBA get such beings? When college basketball is seeing the decline of the big man too.

The two main big men in the Big Ten are Cody Zeller at Indiana, and Meyers Leonard at Illinois. And as we saw Thursday night in the way the Hoosiers handled the Illini, (not to mention the individual matchup) you can see which one is the highly rated recruit, and which one is the McDonald’s All-American.

Illini Coach Bruce Weber gave a very candid description of Leonard, and described what Zeller has, Leonard lacks.

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Hoosiers’ rivalry with Illinois moving more towards Indiana’s Favor

Overshadowed this week by UNC-Duke, the best rivalry in college basketball and Syracuse-Georgetown, the greatest in the Big East, is Illini vs. Hoosiers, a great rivalry in itself.

The all time series was tied at 83 entering tonight. However, Illinois was 5-1 in their last 6 versus IU. And that one loss in Bloomington last year was extremely fluky to say the least. After tonight, with Indiana winning 84-71, you can see the rivalry going more the way of #23 Indiana.

“Indiana just kicked our butts tonight,” said Illini guard D.J. Richardson who led the Illini with 19 points.

The Illini haven’t beaten a ranked team on the road since 2010.

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Foster + Partners design London’s tallest residential skyscraper

Architectural practice Foster + Partners have submitted plans for a 73-storey skyscraper for London’s Canary Wharf, which, if approved and when completed, will become the tallest residential tower in the UK.

The building is part of a major investment and re-development plan by British property developer Berkeley Group for the South Quay Plaza area that will also include a 36-storey tower and provide a total of 900 new homes. In addition, the proposal includes 6,000 square metres of public spaces, as well as shops, cafés and restaurants.

The planning application was submitted to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in early April 2014 and a decision is likely to be made later in the year. If planning permission is secured, construction is expected to start in January 2015.

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This is a few pages of a much longer article, titled Christ the firstborn-The righteous judge I published it to our website this past week. Those interested in seeing the whole thing can access it on our website, or write my full name Leith Lyman Cunningham in the search space and click on it.

To my veteran comrades, on Monday 6/19/2017.

I know we are each of a different religious persuasion. We believe different variations of what is and what is not the truth. My aim is not to offend anyone, but to let God know I believe His Word and am not ashamed to follow His admonition to preach and teach His Word to all the world. Within my monetary and physical ability. “It is free to all”.

With the internet combined with the spiritual information explosion available on it, false religion, hence, the Babylon of confusion crowd are losing their pray and pay, fear religion ability, to control the minds and hearts of their naïve flocks. We have become computer educated now and are able with effort and determination, to seek and search out the real truth of God, apart and separate from the Babylon of confusion.

With just a little click of my computer mouse, I am able to put the truth of God in front of the eyes of an astronomical number of my yet unknown brothers and sisters in Christ, all around the world in which we live. Giving them the opportunity to accept or to reject as their understanding dictates, or in the manner in which God is electing to call them. Either now, or at a later time.

Our website has listed down other dedicated individuals that could no longer tolerate being steeped in an endless force-feeding process of spiritual gobbly gook and hog wash, disguised and passed off as being the truth of God. We recommend our viewers take a look at some of these websites too. There is enough actual spiritual truth on our website and all of the other websites we have listed there also, that one could easily search through them and learn from them for the rest of their lives.

I am not by any means expecting any praise or glory for teaching the truth of God. Christ has already told me that in John 15: 17-19. This is My command to you: (to me) Love one another. 18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, (of the Babylon of confusion) it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.… (of the Babylon of confusion) Please notice this is not old goofy Cunningham ranting and raving about things he knows nothing about, Jesus Christ confirms it to be true.

Gods own people locked into the Babylon of confusion spiritual lies, receiving their spiritual watered-down religion from their deceptive ministers of Satan disguised and appearing as angels of light, refuse to accept and to believe that Jesus Christ is exactly whom He claims to be, the Savior of the world, the Savior of all of mankind. The same people of God, His people, whom two thousand years ago, killed him through beatings and the most cruel and painful way imaginable, by way of crucifying Him.

Why did they do that, you might ask? The answer is, for bringing them the truth of God. What has changed? NOTHING, nothing at all, except hatred for the truth of God has only gotten worse, much worse. His people, do not want to hear His truth today any more than they did two thousand years ago. They are all blissfully happy and content to continue hearing the rank and rotten paganized teachings of the custom, ritual and traditions of deceived men, as the doctrines of our God. Jesus Christ would not be welcome to preach and teach the true Word of God within any of their deceived churches on earth today, any more than He was welcome to, two thousand years ago.

Therefore, I am not under any illusion of grandeur in thinking or believing that the people of God will flock to our website in hungering and thirsting after more of the truth of God. But if in the grand finale of things to come, I have through the Spirit of God, been able to help some other person into a true understanding on just this one most awesome, inspirational, beyond miraculous, truth of God being in the process of reproducing Himself in mankind, all of mankind, that Christ has revealed to me, then I am doing as directed by God in Colossians 1:27 NIV.  To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.… Think about this for a moment. It should not take some sort of wizard, magician or one of great intellect to understand these easy to understand words that a little child can easily understand. Yet, that is what all of the Babylon of confusion with highly qualified and college educated ministers fail to understand, fail to believe and refuse to teach it in their churches of deception.

Not being able to understand such simple words of truth, it makes it easy to understand why, according to the Word and way of God in Thessalonians 2:11-12. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. God having sent them (the Babylon of confusion) strong delusion that they should believe a lie, coupled together with 2nd Corinthians 4:4. The god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ should shine onto them.

There is no way to get around the truth of the matter here, it is as plain as anyone individual or everyone looking at it can see that is operating without a closed and deceived mind. All of those with a closed up and locked tight shut mind and heart that continue on accepting as the truth, that God will fail in Saving all of mankind, is openly calling God a liar to His Face. God whom cannot lie says He sent Jesus Christ to save mankindmankind people, that is, mankind my friends, all of mankind. Does your deceived mind refuse to let those true words come into your heart or out from your mouth?

The Babylon of confusion all around the world, within their forty thousand plus different churches, congregations and splinter groups; continue to preach and teach that God cannot nor will not save all of mankind. They openly serve their own false god. It cannot or should not be avoided, to tell it like it is, to be able to make a judgment call on this blatant, mind boggling perversion of the awesome truth of God. All of those in this category, of being in denial of the truth of God, all of them, are worshiping a false god. Unless repented of, the same all will one day hear this. "In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandments of men".

I do not fear or hold back in any fashion, to stand up for the truth of the God of all heaven and earth. My conscious is clear, as I exercise my God given authority to defend His wonderful gospel truth. I remind the reader here, I have not judged you to eternal death or threatened you with an eternal fiery hell as you may be used to hearing from your deceived church. Your salvation is sure and it is certain, God loves us all, we may all take different routes on the road to salvation, but take heart and be glad, we are all going to be immortal, spirit beings and have life the same as our older brother Jesus Christ, and God have life. God is reproducing Himself in all of mankind.

Since I have come back into this site to tweak it here and there, I feel compelled to make some qualifying statements. The terminology I use in my writings often may appear harsh, dogmatic, possibly self-righteous and lack empathy, sympathy, compassion and love for my fellowman. It however, is not how I feel inside. Like the apostle Paul made mention of during his life time. Paul was concerned that after preaching and teaching others the truth of God, that he himself might fall short of the mark, and be rejected from being in the elect of God to rule with Christ for a thousand years here on earth.

In like manner; myself, as a government hunter in the U.S.Army, whose job it was as an infantry machine gunner, to hunt down and kill like a predator animal, my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, identified as my enemy on the battlefield. I know about my past and what it has consisted of. Then at that moment, feel at times like the biggest sinner ever. I care about and love my brothers and sisters stuck in the Babylon of confusion, locked into a false teaching that leads folks away from God, while claiming to be leading them to God.

The least of the awesome truth of God is so much superior beyond the best that Babylon has to offer; I have an urging from Christ, a deep desire to pass it on to others, that others have passed on to me. I do not have an axe to grind with anyone, no matter whom you be. Your salvation is sure, it is definite, it is certain. I am doing the job that I never asked for, I am doing the job that God has trained me to do.

I believe it will be an eternal work in service to God the Father and my brother Jesus Christ. Often long hours, demanding at times, but always rewarding and fulfilling, to know that I am being useful to my God and King of all that exists.  An assignment I take seriously, a part of my worship to my creator.  I appreciate and do it to the best of my ability. It is a labor of love to be an active part of the Word, the purpose and plan of God.

My scorn, disgust, anger and righteous indignation for the most part, is being aimed at the preachers and teachers that keep them locked away from the awesome and wonderful truth of God, in what I would call "Fear Religion 101".  Taught to accept as the truth and believe whatever is being expounded upon within their own twisted, pie in the sky teachings. Either accept it and believe it and go to heaven, lay on your back and do nothing for a trillion times a trillion years. Or go to hell and be tortured unmercifully, day and night without even a drink of water for the same trillion times a trillion years, forever.

How sad, how discouraging, how it sucks out all of the good thoughts from within oneself. It is emotionally painful and hurtful to be an enlightened soul that I feel that I am, having received the actual truth from our Father God and His Son Jesus Christ. Realizing the future in the coming kingdom of God and much of what it entails, looking forward to all of the wonderful things God has planned for all of His children whom He loves unconditionally, then in a moment being jarred back into reality and being a witness and watching all around the world to see with our own eyes and to hear with our own ears what is being taught, accepted and believed as the truth of God by the Babylon of confusion.

Which teachings in reality can be narrowed down and identified as the Catholic church and the Protesting Catholic church known as Protestants. Multiple billions around the world now marching arm in arm in deception, in lock step like sheep to the slaughter in their headlong rush over the cliff of lies that Satan has planned in advance for them. This group through unbelief of Jesus Christ being whom He claims to be, along with teaching for doctrines the commandments of men, has relegated themselves to come up in the second resurrection, known as well as the great white throne judgment.

One claiming to be a follower of God and Jesus Christ, while having been in denial of Their truth will all be saved after the thousand-year rule of Jesus Christ during the great white throne judgment here on the earth. After their repentance, after learning and accepting the truth. All of mankind to be saved, it is good news my brothers and sisters. It is good news that your church has not told you. It is good news your church has lied to you about. It is good news that I am through Jesus Christ revealing to you, here and now.

You my deceived brothers and sisters are being held in spiritual bondage, Jesus Christ paid the price for your freedom and your life. You have chosen to follow the teachings of the god of this world. You are turning your back against the Word of God. You will in due time be forgiven. Jesus Christ is a Savior, that is what a Savior does, He saves. He is not a make believe or partial Savior, He is the Savior of all mankind and all of creation. It is not too late, you have time yet to come out of the Babylon of confusion which God commands that we all do in Revelation 18:4 Come out of her my people. Ask Yourself! Do you consider yourself to be- His people?

As a very important side note to consider as a way of understanding as we read the Word of God, is this. The Word of God IS Jesus Christ, it should not be taken lightly. It would serve us well to internalize that concept in our minds, as we read the Word, imagine being admonished and spoken to, directly by Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus Christ, the One that died once for all. That died that we might all have life eternal, and to accept and to believe it, that He not have to be (symbolically) crucified all over again and again because of our unbelief.

Equally important is the concept and image we all conjure up in our mind, when we hear, read about, or visualize "The Church". It runs the gambit all the way from the Norman Rockwell, little country church image, surrounding itself in the cotton wood trees, with its white picket fence, and little birdies fliting here and there singing their sweet songs all day long, where the gentle breeze and sunshine along with the aroma of lilacs waif in the air with little children in colorful dress playing "Ring around the Rosie". Frolicking along together, wading in the little crystal-clear rippling brook, with tiny fishes nibbling at their toes. Dancing and laughing to their little hearts content, while running around all eager, happy and excited looking for the bunny rabbit that lays their Babylon of confusion eggs.

Or on the other hand, the ever so impressive giant Mega, gold and silver adorned churches like the Crystal Cathedral and others by the hundreds that spout off equally blasphemous messages of pray and pay as you send God your money by-way of whatever name their church goes by. Their coffers bulging at the seams as the faithful continue flooding their mail box with money by the ton. Getting richer by the second as they hawk their false message booklets by way of the internet, to the naive and gullible flocks in attendance attempting to either pay their way into heaven or out of hell, or hopefully both.

It has all been put into place by the movers and shakers that control the minds of humanity. You have to check your mind along with the hat check, as you enter the church door, there is no room here for logical thinkers, we don’t question God. There is no possible way the truth of God is going to survive and grow here. The ministers of Satan masquerading as angels of light have a pat answer prepared ahead of time to put the one asking for a truthful answer, made to look stupid, while they hang their embarrassed head and sit back down, feeling worse than if they had just been gut shot.

Is it any great wonder, why God tells us to come out of her my people? We do however have a choice, we can actually find ourselves being taught the truth by Jesus Christ Himself. We just have to be more selective, alert, open-minded, and educated upon, how to learn what the Church that Christ is building here on earth looks like, how to find it, how do we identify it? First, know this, the church that Christ is building, is known as, The Body of Christ. It is not some physical building, it is in His body. He places His called-out ones in His Body, the church. A body of believers that accept His truth. Those having been called and chosen, make up the corporate church, the body of Christ.

It doesn't require that anyone go around looking for a church they like the looks of or the sound of what they teach, or does it fit their life style? It doesn't ever require a person to darken the door of any of the brick and mortar churches of this world, where custom, ritual and traditions of men only, are taught and accepted as the truth of God.

Knowing this much, moves us a step closer to finding out where the church that Christ is building is located. Seeing where His church cannot be found is half the battle, in finding out the truth of the matter. I am going to make finding the church that Christ is building here on earth short and sweet, and easy to understand. Then all that is lacking for a sincere person with a desire to learn the truth of God to be able to locate His church becomes a whole new ball game.

It becomes among other things, a process of elimination. Mark this statement well, chisel it in the granite of your mind, it will instantly eliminate all of the Babylon of confusion churches on earth; They will in no way, shape, form or fashion be the church that Christ is building here on earth. If your church does not accept, believe and teach that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all mankind and all of creation, it IS NOT the church that Christ is building, there is no truth in it. Instead it is the church that God commands His people to come out of in Revelation 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, come out of her, (the Babylon of confusion) my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Any church on earth attempting to pass themselves off as followers and believers of God and His Son Jesus Christ, but deny the fact that the purpose and plan of God is, was and always has been to save all of mankind through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. That deny the fact that the shed blood of Christ has already accomplished its purpose. That deny the fact that the debt for sin has been paid in full by that blood sacrifice. That deny that Christ is whom He and His Father God claims Him to be, The Savior of all of mankind. Any church failing to teach this truth, any church in denial of these truths. Any church believing, accepting as truth and/or all teaching as the truth of God, contrary to this truth, can be identified as, “The Babylon of Confusion”.

Leith Lyman Cunningham                                                                                6/19/2017


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by Rodney Pienaar

With the Brave Warriors having won the second game in their group B match at the current CHAN championship against Uganda, analysts are optimistic the boys are in for a decisive victory.

 The Villager spoke to sports analysts and experts on the performance of Brave Warriors in their lasts victory match against Uganda.

Former Brave Warriors player and HopSol Youth League founder, Collin Benjamin has applauded the boys and said that other teams have noticed that the Namibians are a  force to reckon with.

“Technically one could say they had instructions and basically played according to the instructions. I think the instruction was not to allow their opponents behind them and to always have the ball in front of them. And to have a win in the group match is encouraging. Our boys have been playing the defensive ball. It was definitely a good performance from our boys. I am very proud of them,” he said.

He added that there is no need for the team to score many goals because winning with one goal counts and that the boys are determined to win regardless of the number of goals they score.

“As a soccer man I think that the coach is very happy right now, so is the nation. We just need to do the same to the Zambian team when we play them in the next match. We will defend and score at our pace,” Benjamin said.

Sports analyst and reporter, Jessy Jackson Kauraisa said, “It was a strategic performance by the Warriors. It's clear that their game plan was to defend at first in the first half of the game and only to attack when the opportunity presented itself. They did very well and I believe that the nation will agree with me.”

“By now the coach knows his players well and he obviously believes in the team that is why he looked so relaxed just waiting for the ball at the back of the net. The performance of the team was outstanding but they must not relax now and be more aggressive on defense for the next game,” he said.

He added that in order to win the next game, the coach must select the same starting line up because they have proven to be technical and aggressive defensive players and that the team has to start attempting shots-on-target when they get the chance.

However, Sports analyst Silver Cock has said that the previous game was tough for the boys as the opponents came with a storm to win.

“The game was very tough but the boys did well. We have seen real defensive play from our boys. They protected the goal post with all they got and there is no doubt that the boys really have what it takes to be champions. This is the same team we have seen winning several games last year and I believe that by now they are playing according to the game plan they have mastered. I will tell you that if they keep playing like this then I guarantee you we are on our way to the finals,” he said.

He added that the boys have to pull up their socks for the next game as the Zambian team is one of the best teams in the tournament.


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Disability under a GOP Majority: The Case of Texas

Last week I ran a piece on life for PWDs under the GOP majority in Kansas, where the waiting lists are endless (and that's not even counting the people who have given up and aren't even on the lists!).

Let's talk Texas:
More than a year after lawmakers originally ordered it, Texas announced Monday it will enact significant cuts to the money that it pays therapists who treat vulnerable children with disabilities in two weeks.
Medicaid reimbursement rates are used to pay for pediatric therapy services provided to disabled babies and toddlers. Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the state's Health and Human Services Commission, said that Texas will apply cuts on Medicaid rates on Dec. 15 in attempt to achieve savings directed by the Texas Legislature in 2015.
"The most important job we have is making sure kids have the services they need and that we are responsible with taxpayer dollars," Williams said in an e-mail. "We will monitor the reduction of rates to ensure access to care is not impacted and that Texans around the state receive the much-needed therapies required to improve their lives."
In magical thinking budget land, you can cut funding but not impact services. Many of these services, in fact, are pretty cheap, applying early intervention to kids who then don't require more expensive services later (I wrote about Rauner's attempt to do these kinds of cuts in Illinois).

Note: The House Speaker vows to reverse cuts. I will believe it when it happens.

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Magical-thinking budget land where less doesn't mean less because a lawmaker says so, without studying the issue, is dangerous to people with disabilities.

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Born September 10, 1917, in Midland, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Felicia Tonti and had been a resident of Midland all her life. She was a faithful member of the St. Blaise Parish family, Midland, and was a member of the ISDA and Christian Mothers.

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Distance today = 50.85 km; Total distance = 14,575.15 km; Location = Balde (13 km west of) – 33 24.073′ S, 66 45.477′ W; Start time = 0917, Finish time = 1702

I am now running on the Ruta 7, the main highway between Mendoza and Buenos Aires. Despite very long straights through vegetation that resembles mulga scrub, I quite enjoyed the day, running strongly.

The weather was near to perfect – sunny, about 28C, and with a cooling breeze. After 11 km I reached the state border, crossing from the province of Mendoza to San Luis. The Argentineans love their check points, as the border involved three different gates to pass through. I had a nice conversation with one of the border guards, Daniel, who was quite interested in what I was doing.

Soon after, I entered a straight that was about 25 km long. I could see the end of it, as the elevation rose about 200 metres – only a very gradual incline, but it was still all up hill. From there I turned slightly into another straight. I have run about 15 km downhill on this one, but I have about another 40 km to go on it tomorrow, and much of that is back uphill. Amazingly, the topography is such that I could see the whole 55 km of the straight from the western end.

Tonight we’re staying at a very nice little hotel, in the town of Balde – a great little find, with a very helpful manager, Emmanuel.

One thing I’ve noticed about Argentina is that the restaurants usually don’t open till 9 pm. It’s a very different situation to that of rural USA where, for example, we arrived at a Pennsylvanian retaurant one evening at 7:10 pm, and were told the place closed at 7 pm. We asked why, receiving the reply that “No-one wants to eat after seven”, as we were surveyed with contempt for wanting to eat “so late”. While 9 pm is fairly late for a restaurant to open, I think I’d prefer that to one that closes at 7 pm.


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Amount: 1 diameter part (Ø dia- part) of angle
Equals: 57.30 minutes (' , MOA) in angle

Converting diameter part to minutes value in the angle units scale.

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Convert angle measuring units between diameter part (Ø dia- part) and minutes (' , MOA) but in the other reverse direction from minutes into diameter parts.

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1 diameter part Ø dia- part = 57.30 minutes ' , MOA

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First unit: diameter part (Ø dia- part) is used for measuring angle.
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International unit symbols for these two angle measurements are:

Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. short brevis ), unit symbol, for diameter part is:
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Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. ) brevis - short unit symbol for minute is:
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One diameter part of angle converted to minute equals to 57.30 ' , MOA

How many minutes of angle are in 1 diameter part? The answer is: The change of 1 Ø dia- part ( diameter part ) unit of angle measure equals = to 57.30 ' , MOA ( minute ) as the equivalent measure for the same angle type.

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