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Score one for Ducati. With naysayers expecting Ducati to be down on power as it transitions to equal footing with Honda and Yamaha in MotoGP this year (i.e., no extra fuel or engines, and no in-season engine development), Ducati proved them wrong in Qatar with impressive top speed on the long straight. Indeed, Andrea Ianonne broke the MotoGP top speed record with radar catching him at 218.2 mph!
Since engine development is frozen for everyone except Aprilla and Suzuki, Ducati would appear to have a power advantage for the remainder of the year. But is that power usable, and offer good grunt out of corners? According to Casey Stoner, the answers are yes and yes.
Crash.net quotes Stoner following his post-Qatar private test as having this to say about the Desmosidici GP16 engine performance: “It’s very, very quick!” Stoner said during his private test at the same Losail circuit on Monday. “It’s something fantastic – we’ve got a very fast engine, very rideable with great torque. It’s a complete package.”
Stoner went on to say that development focus will be on other areas this year, but Andrea Dovizioso’s performance in the Qatar race (where he finished second) indicates Ducati’s handling, including corner speed, is already at a high level. Dovizioso and Ianonne (who crashed out at Qatar while running near the front) might have a bag full of podiums coming their way this year. We can’t help but wonder how Casey Stoner will do on the GP16 if he chooses to race as a wild card once, or more, this season.
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jeremy davies hockey is another great example of how to use that concept to the maximum. This particular video is one of the reasons I wanted to start this blog on a hockey topic and it works so well.
The entire jeremy davies hockey video is a series of short clips that show davies, a hockey player, getting his ass kicked by the opposing goalie. The whole video is very impressive in that it uses a simple idea to really show off the game. It doesn’t feel like there is a whole lot of story or exposition in it.
In short, the game is broken into 4 parts, each of which takes a different approach to the game. The first is where the puck is at the point of attack. The second is the transition to the point of attack, and where the puck is at the point of shoot-out. The third is the shot at the point of attack and the fourth is the final point of attack. Each of these four parts is broken down into sections that can be played in any order.
All that said, the game is still very much worth your time. It’s not a very long game, but it takes so much skill to play it at anything like the level of the other games. It’s a great hockey game to play, and the depth of the game really comes into its own once you start playing.
The reason it’s so fun to play is because each of the four parts has a different style of play. The first part is the puck. It’s a fast-paced, arcade-type game where you just try to dodge the puck as best you can. The second part is the shot (which is much more difficult than the puck). The third part is the final shot and the fourth part is the power play.
The third part of the game is the hardest part of the game. Your goal is to try to get the puck into the net as quickly as possible. The power play is where you actually get to play a real hockey game. Its very simple. The final part is the most fun and involves all four parts of the game together.
The game is actually quite easy. It’s just you have to get the puck through the net, hit the shot button, and then do the last thing. The only thing that’s difficult is deciding which part of the game to do. If you can just get the puck through the net (which is relatively easy), then its the power play. If you can hit the shot button, then its the power play. If you can hit the last thing, then its the power play.
Most of the other parts of the game are pretty much the same, but the first part is all about the goalie, which is actually the hardest part of the game. The goalie is actually a rather large part of the game. The goalie is the guy who can actually stop the puck itself, not just the shot.
Hockey is actually one of the few games that actually allows you to score even without being an attacker. While the goalie doesn’t actually have to work very hard, it is still a huge part of the game. In hockey, the goalie can make a lot of saves, so the goalie is a big part of the equation.
I would like to say that goalie is one of the most important thing to any hockey game. It affects team’s success a lot especially in the playoffs. In case of a high scoring game, the goalie would be the guy who stops it all for you. In most team games, the goalie is not the best player, but he could be the most important. And that is why you should always save the goalie.

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The European Commission today (3 September) fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung €138 million for fixing the price of smart chips used in mobile phones, bank cards and identity cards over a 24-month period almost ten years ago.
The Commission was informed of the cartel by Renesas, a joint venture between Hitachi and Mitsubishi, which received immunity.
Infineon was fined €82.8m, Philips was fined €20.1m and Samsung was fined €35.1m. Samsung’s fine was reduced by 30% as it co-operated with the Commission during the investigation. Settlement talks with the companies broke down.


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Can You Answer These Three Retirement Questions?
“Countless questions arise as you’re planning for retirement. How much do you need to save? Could you be saving more? When do you plan to retire? Can you actually retire at that age and live comfortably?”
Retirement planning can be downright exhausting and overwhelming. As Motley Fool’s recent article, “Don’t Even Think About Retiring Until You Can Answer These 3 Questions” explains, this can also frequently result in people just avoiding these questions and hoping that all their retirement concerns will simply work themselves out.
Can you believe that just 38% of Americans say they have a long-term financial plan, according to a recent survey? There are plenty of questions to be asking yourself before you retire, but there are three that can significantly decide if you’re actually ready to say goodbye to working. Let’s look at these three important planning questions.
When to claim Social Security. Many people think that retirement and claiming Social Security benefits occur at the same time. However, they don’t have to. You could elect to retire at age 60, but wait to claim your benefits until you reach 65. Remember that the amount of money you get in benefits, is linked to the age at which you start claiming them. Age 62 is the earliest you can claim Social Security. However, if you do, your benefits will be reduced by up to 30% of what they could be. For every month you wait, you’ll receive slightly more with each check up to age 70. Your full retirement age (FRA) is the age when you’ll get 100% of the benefits to which you’re entitled. Waiting can have its advantages, but there’s no single right answer for when you should start claiming. It all depends on your personal circumstances.
Will your retirement savings last? Take a look at how far your savings will last during retirement. To determine how far your money will go, calculate the amount you’ll need each year to get by during retirement. With a number in mind, you’ll be able to better determine how long your current savings will last. You might realize that you need more than you anticipated, especially if you’re going to be spending several decades in retirement.
Paying for healthcare costs. Healthcare costs are one of the largest expenses in retirement. Know that the average retiree spends about $4,300 per year on out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. A total of two-thirds of that is spent on premiums. It’s important to understand that Medicare will help cover many healthcare expenses you’ll face, but it doesn’t cover everything.
It’s hard to know the perfect time to retire, and you may never be 100% certain that the time is right. That’s all right if you’ve thought it through and can answer these important questions you’ll face during your retirement journey.
Reference: Motley Fool (October 9, 2018) “Don’t Even Think About Retiring Until You Can Answer These 3 Questions”

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Selectivity and Poisoning
A number of terms will be given to describe some of the concepts of selectivity and poisoning in heterogeneous catalysis and then a few examples will be presented.
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This World Mental Health Day, people across the globe are taking a moment to reflect on recent trends in teen mental health, and the way adults can support young people in a changing world.
Adolescence is an awkward and emotional time for most people. However, for many, it also marks when they first began to struggle with a mental illness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 50 percent of lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14. While this phenomenon isn’t new, teen mental health has gradually worsened in recent years.
Since October 10, 1992, World Mental Health Day has served as an opportunity to open up conversations about mental health. These conversations can be especially important when it comes to vulnerable and struggling populations, like adolescents. This World Mental Health Day’s focus is teen mental illness, the factors that contribute to it, and the ways that parents and adults can best support the young people in their lives.
The Current State of Teen Mental Health
While adolescents are often dismissed as dramatic, entitled or lazy, today’s teens face unique stressors that previous generations didn’t. Young people’s lives are steeped in social media. This keeps them closely connected to their peers at all times, which can leave them vulnerable to cyberbullying. It also means that they’re often the first to hear about the latest school shooting or international tragedy.
It’s no wonder that teen mental health is on the decline. A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that the percentage of teens who reported experiencing a major depressive episode in the past year rose from 8.7 percent in 2005 to 11.5 percent in 2014. Data from the National Institute of Mental Health revealed that 6.3 million teens, or 30 percent of all girls and 20 percent of boys, grapple with an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. These numbers likely don’t convey the true extent of the problem, as a significant portion of teen mental illness goes undiagnosed and untreated.
These new set of challenges, along with rising rates of adolescent mental health disorders begs the question: how can adults help protect their teen’s mental health in a changing world?
How You Can Help
Navigating parenting in this social media era can be difficult. Fortunately, there are some concrete steps you can take to help support your teenager and their mental health, and connect them to professional resources if necessary.
1. Model Healthy Habits
No parent is perfect, but you’re more likely to support your son or daughter effectively when you work toward being the best version of yourself. Taking the following steps can help maintain your own mental health and set an example of healthy living for your teenager:
- Practice healthy substance-use habits. Adolescents look to their parents to learn how to cope with life’s hardships. If you frequently overindulge in alcohol or other substances to blow off steam or relieve stress, you could be sending the message to your teenager that they need to use substances to cope with their feelings. Substance use, especially during one’s adolescence, can exacerbate pre-existing mental health issues.
- Limit screen time. While social media isn’t solely to blame for the recent rise in teen mental illness, it is certainly a factor. However, excessive phone use isn’t a struggle unique to teens — many parents also have a problem with it. Studies show that the longer teens spend on their phones, the more likely they are to report feeling unhappy. While it can be difficult to control your teenager’s technology use, you can take steps to monitor your own. According to a report by the Pew Research Center, 51 percent of teens say they often or sometimes find their caregiver to be distracted by their own cell phone when they are trying to have a conversation with them. By being mindful of your screen time, you can show your teen how to have healthy boundaries with technology, and make time for meaningful interactions with them.
- Seek professional help for yourself, if necessary. It can be difficult to model psychological wellness for your teenager if you yourself struggle with a mental health condition. Reaching out to a professional when you’re feeling overwhelmed and engaging in self-work can help you be better equipped to support your son or daughter.
2. Watch for the Signs
The teen years are tumultuous for everyone so it’s difficult for many parents to tell the difference between normal adolescent angst and the early signs of mental illness. The symptoms associated with different mental illnesses can also vary widely.
Generally, the following behaviors could be signs of a mental health issue:
- Persistent feelings of anxiety or worry
- Sadness or withdrawal that lasts longer than two weeks
- Disobedience or aggression
- Frequent stomach aches or headaches
- Insomnia or nightmares
- Significant, persistent decline in academic performance
- Dramatic changes in behavior or personality
- Extreme difficulty concentrating
- Significant weight loss or weight gain
- Signs of self-harm, including cuts, burns or bruises
- Substance use, including alcohol, tobacco and marijuana
Yearly doctor’s visits can be an important part of catching these signs early. The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends depression screenings for all young people between the ages of 11 and 21. Make sure your teenager’s pediatrician provides these screenings as part of their wellness checks.
While these screening measures can be helpful, in the end, you’re the one who sees your son or daughter every day. You know them better than anyone. If you have a gut feeling that something is wrong, listen to it.
3. Start a Conversation
If you notice your teen exhibiting any of telltale signs of mental illness, it’s important that you don’t ignore them. Opening up a conversation about their experience is the first step toward understanding what they’re going through, and getting them help if they need it. However, while it’s crucial not to ignore signs of a deeper issue, it’s important that you don’t broach the topic in a confrontational, judgmental or overly emotional way. While you might be frustrated with your teen’s behavior, don’t get angry or resort to punishment immediately. In all likelihood, if your teenager could easily make themselves feel better, they would. Their struggle likely goes deeper than simply making the decision to cheer up or snap out of it.
Gently ask about what your teenager has been experiencing and try your best to understand them, instead of jumping to criticism or critique. For example, instead of accentuating the negative aspects of their behavior and asking, “You haven’t hung out with your friends lately, why is that?” say, “It seems like you’ve been feeling down. Is that true?” This opens up the opportunity for your teenager to talk to you about their feelings, instead of putting them on the defensive.
4. Locate Professional Resources
Tragically, lost adolescents who struggle with mental health issues don’t receive proper care until adulthood, if at all. A 2015 report from the Child Mind Institute found that only about 20 percent of young people with a diagnosable anxiety disorder and 40 percent with depression get treatment. Currently, the average delay between the onset of mental health symptoms and professional intervention is between eight and ten years.
Because of this, it’s important to try to connect your teenager to the help they need if they’re struggling. However, teens will only truly benefit from therapy or treatment if they undergo it willingly. Unless they are in immediate, life-threatening danger, it’s important to not force or coerce your teenager into seeking treatment.
If your teenager does open up to you about a mental health struggle they’re having, try not to avoid offering quick solutions. Instead, let them know that you’re there for them, and explain that professional care may be able to help them feel better. If you personally have participated in therapy, sharing your experiences can help encourage them to agree to seek help.
However, if your teenager is suicidal, it’s critical that you reach out to professional resources, like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, immediately. Quicker interventions may also be required if they are abusing drugs or alcohol or dealing with co-occurring mental illness and addiction.
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Arsenal are set to offer Jack Wilshere a new deal despite the player’s loan deal to Bournemouth and interests by other clubs to sign him permanently.
Arsene Wenger sent Wilshere on a season-long loan this summer even though he said he wanted the player to return to the Emirates.
Wilshere would not appear against Arsenal this week due to loan rules but he has played every Premier League game for Bournemouth since his move. Wenger seems happy to allow the player continue under coach Eddie Howe particularly due to how he is being managed being injury prone.
Wilshere’s current deal is set to end in 2018 but Wenger has revealed that there would be a new deal for the player.
“Of course,” he said when asked about a new deal.
“Ideally we have to plan around the new year. I ask every week how did he play but I haven’t spoken to him. I leave him to talk to his manager. When I can watch him, I do watch him,” Wenger added.
Wenger said Wilshere was getting stronger every week and that it was a good decision to send him out to get regular football. The French coach said the new deal for the player would solely be for football reasons not to protect value.
Wenger explained why he sent the player out, citing the options at the club and his fitness concerns.
He said: “I let him go this season because we bought Granit Xhaka, we have Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey, and I thought if he doesn’t play regularly and wasn’t fit enough to be in the position to start games…so I let him go.”
Wenger revealed that Wilshere could return to the club if he returns “back to his right level.”


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Meet Lin and her pet dragon!
When the dragon mysteriously disappears, Lin sets off on a journey to find her best friend . . . and readers set off on a journey of learning and discovery.
By ingeniously integrating written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, Christoph Niemann has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. The Pet Dragon is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere.
You are invited to join Lin for an adventure you will not soon forget!
Christoph Niemann is also the creator of the picture books "Subway", "The Pet Dragon", and "The Police Cloud", as well as the blog Abstract City at www.newyorktimes.com. He has illustrated covers for the "New Yorker", the "Atlantic", and the "New York Times Magazine". The artist lives with his family in Berlin, Germany, and New York City.

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At this time of the year, families in Massachusetts are enjoying the time with their family. Unfortunately, one family is now mourning the loss of their loved one after he was hit by a car while crossing the road. He later died. The driver of the car has since been charged with drugged driving.
The accident happened one evening in mid-December. Reports indicate that the 71-year-old victim parked his car across the street from the Christmas tree lot he owned. As he crossed the street, he was allegedly struck by a car driven by a 33-year-old man.
Because of the serious nature of the injuries he suffered in the accident, he was airlifted to the hospital. Unfortunately, he later passed away. The driver of the car is said to have stayed at the scene. A drug recognition expert examined the man and reportedly determined that he was on drugs. Although the man has been charged with drugged driving, some officials anticipate that there will be additional charges added due to the serious nature of the incident.
Unfortunately, many people who are hit by a car are unable to recover from their injuries. Many of these incidents occur through no fault of the victim. In these fatal incidents, the surviving family members have the option of suing the party or parties believed responsible in a Massachusetts civil court. If negligence can be proved, the court could order that a defendant pay monetary damages stemming from an accident. These losses can include funeral expenses, medical bills and lost wages, among others.
Source: wcvb.com, “Stoughton Christmas tree lot owner killed in crash, driver charged“, Cody Shepard, Dec. 13, 2015

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Mathew Purvis scored one Virden goal and set up the other to lead the Golden Bears to a 2-1 victory over the Vincent Massey Vikings Friday in the Westman High School Hockey League.
In other games on the last day of action before the WHSHL Christmas break, it was: Neepawa Tigers 6, Dauphin Clippers 3; Glenboro/ Carberry/Baldur Wildcats 5, Killarney/Wawanesa Raiders 4; Major Pratt Trojans 8, Melita/Waskada Devils 6; Deloraine/Hartney Colts 3, Boissevain Broncos 1; and Rivers/Elton Rage 7, Hamiota Huskies 3.
At Virden, Zachary Roach rounded out the scoring for the Golden Bears (3-7-0), while Bradley Schoonbaert replied for the Vikings (4-4-0).
Logan Roach won the goaltending duel against Vincent Massey’s Reid Stallard.
Tigers 6, Clippers 3
In Dauphin, the Tigers ran their league-leading record to 11-0, thanks in part to Kyle McDonald’s hat trick. Bryson Kaye added two goals for the winners, while Riley Kolesar chipped in with the other Neepawa goal.
Kyler Allard scored twice for the Clippers (8-2-1), who opened the day in second place but slipped into a tie for fourth. Mike Kostyshyn also scored for Dauphin.
Wildcats 5 Raiders 4
In Carberry, Adam Wright’s second goal of the game, with 4:30 remaining in the third period, proved to the game-winner for the Wildcats (7-4-1). Jordan Robertson, Andrew Johnston and Mykel Steen had the other goals for the Wildcats.
Tanner Pugh replied with two goals, while Paul Ross and Graeme Hore added singles for the Raiders (3-8-0).
Trojans 8 Devils 6
In Melita, Bret Nahirniak and Landyn Cochrane paced Russell’s Trojans (9-1-0) with two goals and two assists apiece. Jory Dunn, Ashton Rittaler, Reid Boryskavich and Jim Choy also scored for Major Pratt.
Wes Meggison led the Devils (3-7-1) with a goal and four helpers. Reid Sambrook added a goal and two assists, while Will Brown and Jessy Kobs also scored for Melita/Waskada.
Colts 3 Broncos 1
In Boissevain, Nial Mills scored the first two goals for the Colts (8-1-2) and assisted on Derek Hainsworth’s tally.
Carter Cowlthorp opened the scoring for the Broncos (5-7-0), before the Colts bounced back with three unanswered goals.
Rage 7 Huskies 3
In Hamiota, Cole Lawrence had three goals and added an assist for the Rage (2-11-0), while teammate Ryley Weir potted two goals and set up three others. Jason Kozak and Jacob Heapy also scored for Rivers/Elton.
Braden Dereniwski, Theoren Hunter and Logan Clark replied for the Huskies (0-10), who got two assists from Riley Boles.
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A family was hoping to finally fly home last night after TUI cancelled their flights home from Cyprus "several times". They were originally due to come home to Bristol on Saturday.
Glenda and Stephen Powell said the situation was an "absolute joke" and had left their six-year-old daughter in tears. The couple, who are police officers, and their two daughters missed any issues when they flew out on May 21, but have not been as lucky on the return leg, reports BristolLive.
TUI has apologised and claimed to have been in contact with passengers to advise of new departure times.
Mrs Powell said she felt sorry for those people having to reschedule their holiday plans but said "there's a large bunch of us stranded in Cyprus and we can't get home". Mrs Powell took to social media on Sunday, where she shared an image of her 'exhausted' six-year-old daughter crying because she is unable to return to the UK.
"2nd attempt to get home... So our Manchester flight is cancelled... Literally got off the coach at the airport to be turned straight back round to go back to the same hotel/room... Absolute joke... #tui this is the face of a six-year-old who is exhausted from travelling to an airport at 10pm and just wants to go home we were supposed to get on our flight 24 hours ago," she added.
Mrs Powell told Bristol Live of what she witnessed at Cyprus Airport - from armed police patrolling to what she describes as a lack of TUI representatives leaving many families "completely stressed out". She added that Mr Powell was due to attend a three-day trial at 9am on Monday morning to give evidence at Bristol Crown Court, but had been forced to cancel.
"We were then told by email we would be put on the 1.20am flight to Manchester on May 30 with a coach transfer to Bristol. Families were checking online themselves for the status of said flight and rumours were going around that it was cancelled.
"Sure enough, when we arrived at the airport and unloaded our luggage we did not even enter the airport as the information board displayed that our flight was again cancelled. My daughters burst into tears with the anxiety and just wanted to go home," she added.
The 40-year-old said they were then told their flight had been changed to 7.15pm on Monday evening instead, but was not convinced "until we lift-off".
A TUI spokesperson said on Monday: "We’d like to apologise to customers travelling on flight TOM6677 from Paphos to Bristol which was unable to depart as planned on Saturday, May 28, due to operational issues. All impacted customers were offered welfare vouchers, overnight accommodation and meals while we worked through a new flight plan."
It continued: "We were in regular contact with customers and advised them of their new departure time as soon as we could. Customers are now due to arrive in Manchester this evening and transport back to Bristol Airport will be provided. We’d like to thank customers for their patience and understanding during this time."
Last week Friday (May 27) Bristol Airport announced that 300,000 customers are expected to travel this week in light of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
More than 30,000 customers will be flying on some days between May 26 and June 5, the airport has said, as it again asked customers not to arrive early as check-in and security may not be open. The airport has said it is seeing travellers arrive five hours prior to flight departure which adds to the congestion in the airport.
In recent weeks, there have been long queues and delays at Bristol Airport as the airport experiences "huge pent-up demand for travel". People have had to wait for hours to collect their bags while hold-ups at security earlier this month saw passengers queueing outside the airport.


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FUEL Ambassador, Alastair Seeley rounded off a wonderful weekend at the famous Assen TT race circuit in Holland, with a double race victory in round 11 of the BSB Championship.
FUEL Brand Ambassador, Alastair Seeley goes “Double Dutch” at Assen
The famous old Assen race circuit, known as “The Cathedral”, is notorious for its quick changes in direction and because of its grassy banks and grandstands, making it a favourite for fans from all over the world for superb viewing of races. It’s also a favourite for the riders, not just for the technical demands on competitors, it’s renowned for its festive atmosphere during race meetings.
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By Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu
God, in his wonderful mercies, has made me witness many dramatic and historic events in my life. But nothing prepared me for the cataclysm of Saturday, April 12, 1980. As another Saturday, April 12 comes on us, 34 years after 1980, it is yet another time to have a flashback of the events of Saturday, April 12, 1980, and the enduring lessons we must continue to learn from the social and political upheaval that rocked Liberia that day.
The bloody military coup that took place in Liberia on Saturday April 12, 1980 did not only reverberate across the country’s borders but it is the one singular event that Sierra Leoneans have rued for decades and will forever curse, because it was the event that set adrift a devastating sequence of events that led to our 11-year rebel war whose effects we have still not recovered from, despite our best efforts. It is therefore a day that we will never forget and time and again we will re-examine its salient lessons so that it does not happen again. When a nation sneezes, the neighboring country catches cold. This is one of the lessons we must never forget.
As Sierra Leone continues to make dramatic progress under the productive governance of President Ernest Koroma, we must also learn from the Liberian experience not to ever trample our pearls under foot as the Liberians did. We must appreciate a good government that is producing tangible socio-economic and political developments, whatever its challenges. We must never cast our pearls before swine as Liberians did on Saturday April 12, 1980 and have lived to regret.
Saturday April 12, 1980 was indeed a day like none.
I had woken up early that torrid Saturday morning to take bath and prepare to go downtown Monrovia to conduct regular Saturday remedial classes for my students at the then Charlotte Tolbert Memorial Academy. My students were preparing for the forthcoming high school students’ national exams. As I crossed the street over to the landlord‘s house overlooking Stockton Creek, where the bathroom was, a heavily-armed soldier hurrying past asked me where I was going. In those days, Liberian soldiers were so harmless (They were mostly used for parades) I had no fear talking with one bearing an AK-47 in the darkness of dawn. Resting my bucket of water on the ground, I told him I was going across to the landlord’s place where the bathroom was, to bathe, as I had to go downtown to conduct Saturday classes for my students. The soldier looked at me incredulously and sucked his teeth and said “Ma meh, you’re not serious. You better go back into your house” and without explaining why he just continued heading towards the other end of Stockton Creek.
It was indeed very early in the morning , around 5 am, but I wanted to get an early start on the Douala buses , which were becoming scarce since the political situation in Liberia started escalating, with President William R. Tolbert and the pressure group, the Progressive Alliance of Liberia ( PAL ) engaged in a war of words and wits everyday on national TV, radio and the newspapers, especially since the arrest of PAL members and the PPP party loyalists the government had locked up after they called on the President to resign . I also had to set the desks and chairs under the foyer of the school building in readiness for the class, which was a lot of work. Usually, some students arrived early to help me but I did not like taking chance.
After leaving the bucket of water in the bathroom, I had gone back to get my soap dish and towel when my friend, Osman Bangura , who lived in the landlord’s house , rushed across the street and barged in on me, whispering: “They have killed the Pa ! ! ” They have killed the Pa!! ” . I thought it was the landlord, Old Man Lahai Johnson, who had been killed, because there had been quite a frightening number of ritual murders lately and Caldwell Road then had the inglorious distinction of being one of regular haunts of the ‘Heartmen’ (Ritual murderers who terrorized Liberia then. “Heartmen” extract human parts from unfortunate souls to use to make “Sumu”–Juju). Three of them had even chased me and the very Osman by the bushy part of Caldwell Road late one night on our way home from accompanying to the Douala bus halt a colleague teacher, D.D. Borbor , who had visited us and we had stayed up very late enjoying refreshments in a nearby shop , owned by a Nigerian businessman we called Lucky’s Pa ( He had a daughter called Lucky ).
No, they had not killed Pa Lahai Johnson, our landlord. They had killed the President of the Republic of Liberia and Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Dr. William R.Tolbert jr , one of the men I loved so dearly in life because in the Africa of those days he was the most progressive and democratic Head of State, though he stood accused of not doing enough to stop the settler Congo people from oppressing and denying the indigenous countrymen and women their rights. The once-docile soldiers of Liberia had killed him.
We rushed to the radio in the living room and tuned it on. Coincidentally, the National Anthem of Liberia was being played. Almost to the middle of the first stanza, it was interrupted and we heard a somebody speaking in broken English, saying: “We want you’all to know we finish killing Tolboh. De meh not our President no more. In fact, he dead” It was a soldier, we would learn later and because he was having problems expressing himself, in English, his fellow soldiers were whispering to him: “Speak in your dialect. Speak in your dialect”. They did not even know how to operate the radio and their background conversation was being broadcast. I guess it was before they captured one of our former students, Gabriel Nimley, a broadcaster (According to rumours), and frog marched him to the studios to show them how to broadcast. Another soldier then came on the air and spoke profusely, but nervously in Krahn, continuously mentioning the names Tolboh and Master -Sergeant Samuel K. Doe.
As we stood there stunned and paralyzed, the radio broadcasts in Krahn continued by the still nervous soldiers. Osman and I continued to whisper to ourselves in the dark parlour whether it was really true or whether we were dreaming. Liberia had become unstable since the previous year’s chaos–The April 14, 1979 rice riots. But frankly, soldiers of Liberia were the last persons any one would have expected to stage a coup. Because it was not known then that they were ever benefiting from professional combat training and because as an institution they were marginalized, seemed to lack capacity and exposure to the necessary weapons or abilities to stage an intricate task like a coup and the opportunity to mobilize , nobody ever dreamt that they would have ever committed the cardinal sin of African soldiers of those days–overthrow a government.
Gradually, Stockton Creek started waking up and news of trouble downtown soon started hitting the rumour mills. Everybody was rushing to their radio sets but initially all we could get was the National Anthem and frenzied, nervous and uncoordinated statements in the local dialects. Heavy gunshots in staccato bursts were re-echoing across the city. Then as anxiety heightened and the street began to be filled with worried and concerned people wondering what was going on, radio broadcaster Gabriel Nimley came on the air and read this stunning announcement, which I have never forgotten all these years: “Liberia’s President and Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Dr. William Richard Tolbert jr has been assassinated in a coup staged by enlisted men of the Armed Forces of Liberia”. The announcement went on to say that a full statement by the People’s Redemption Council (PRC) would soon be made and it advised citizens and foreigners to remain calm, as the situation was under control. The announcement, which finally confirmed the rumours that there had been a coup and President Tolbert had been killed, threw the whole town and Caldwell Road vicinity into confusion. People stood in numbers talking and everybody wondered what had befallen their nation.
Then we started seeing trucks carrying heavily-armed soldiers speeding by from Logan Town heading for the city. Other trucks of soldiers drove in from the city and took positions on the Caldwell Bridge, setting up a checkpoint. Many public officials lived in the upscale township of Caldwell and it was obvious the dragnets had already been cast for them. Some armed soldiers on foot materialized and confirmed to us that indeed, “We finish killing Tolboh ” . “Tolbert is no more”.
“Our new chief is Samuel K. Doe “. The name sounded so obscure to many, though it rang a bell to me as I will explain later. People were wondering who this Samuel K. Doe was, while some others kept saying that he was a Krahn. The name was so unfamiliar.
Before long, kids and youths in commandeered trucks from downtown were seen passing and singing : “Tolboh f—up ! ! Who f—- up? Tolboh f—– up ! ! ”. My first thought was that these kids and youths were too brave. What if the coup got reversed? The war of wits, ideologies and political sloganeering between the Tolbert Government and radical forces in the country led by Gabriel Bacchus Matthews, George Boley, Oscar Quiah , Boima Fahnbulleh, Togba Nah Tipoteh, Marcus Dahn, Chea Cheapo and others had got the whole nation petrified that trouble was stalking Liberia but nobody expected that it could have boiled down to this –a coup in which the President would be brutally killed . People used to say Liberia did not have a fighting army. The soldiers were only used for marching and parading during public functions. Nobody ever expected the army to deliver the final blow to bring to an end the ongoing rift between Tolbert and the reformers who had been staging street and beach rallies and only two weeks ago had publicly called for the resignation of the President , for which their leaders were in jail when the soldiers struck.
Soon, barely dressed women, faces painted with charcoal and blue and waving palm fronds, materialized from Douala dancing and rejoicing. They were “Contry” women rejoicing for the overthrow of the “Congo ” (Kongor ) Government. The Congos were descendants of ex-slaves from the United States who were brought to Liberia. The jubilation would later spread throughout the nation and last for months –valuable months that were wasted dancing “Country Devil” all over Liberia for a coup that even saw 13 members of the overthrown government executed by firing squad after a sham trial for rampant corruption and misrule.
Gradually, Stockton Creek too exploded into joy, but for some of us, we remained circumspect. First of all, I never understood what the coup was all about. Even the periodic chaos was surprising to me because frankly speaking, Liberia was a far better nation in terms of socio-economic and political circumstances than most of the countries in Africa. The Liberian economy was most buoyant; In fact, it was the strongest economy in West Africa. Liberia paid far better salaries than most West African countries. Employment opportunities abounded, with large companies like MESURADO and Telema fishing companies, LIBTRACO, Bong Mines, LAMCO, Firestone, Guthrie rubber companies and the government providing lucrative jobs, evidenced by the huge influx of aliens in Liberia from all parts of Africa.
When I arrived in Liberia in 1978, I found, to my great surprise, a country that could be rightly decribed as a paradise on earth. The economy was booming and prices of food and basic commodities, including clothes were so cheap, compared to Sierra Leone that I wondered why there was such a huge gulf between the two countries.
I often argued in class with my Liberian students who had become very militant and hostile to the Tolbert Government. They could not accept my characterization of their country as a paradise, compared to other West African nations. One of the students, Joe Wylie, who was one of the most militant students, describing himself as a freedom fighter, accused me of suffering from a “Subservient colonial mentality”. Joe was a radical individual who would go on to play a leading role in the political metamorphosis of his country. He took part in the 1985 Quiwonkpa abortive coup and was one of the rebel leaders during the war. He served as Deputy Minister of Defence in the transitional government led by Gyude Bryant in the early 20002.
But back to Saturday April 12, 1980. Despite the jubilation going on , there was always that glimmer of hope that an announcement would soon be made by the Government saying that the radio announcements about a coup were false and that Tolbert was still in power. The great and unconquerable True Whig Party (TWP), which had been in power for over a hundred years, certainly would not go down without a fight. As a matter of fact, the very last program on ELTV the previous night was a SPECIAL FEATURE showing President Tolbert meeting with a high-powered delegation from Cape Mount that had come to the Mansion to pledge their loyalty to him. They were following the examples of similar strong delegations from other counties which had been marching to the Mansion every day to pledge their loyalty in previous weeks, in the process interrupting our classes at the Charlotte Tolbert Memorial Academy, which was situated at the foot of the hill between the Mansion and the infamous Barclay Training Centre (a military barracks by the sea that hosted the notorious Post Stockade Prison) . It was not a good season for learning at CTMA because living close to the Mansion, the Temple of Justice and the military barracks, we were always caught up in the maelstrom of political events, parades and demonstrations by contending parties in Liberia’s volatile and deteriorating political crisis. Curious students would dash to the windows to watch as each delegation passed with its own sets of microphone-wielding orators, masked dancers, clowns and men and women with painted faces.
In that TV program the night before the coup, President Tolbert had talked tough as he had been doing in recent times on TV and in the newspapers, threatening that Bacchus Matthews and others would never be allowed to prevail in Liberia with their socialist and destructive ideas. He threatened to deal severely with troublemakers. He assured the Cape Mountonians that the nation was safe and they should return to their farms and vocations in peace, assured that the TWP Government would do whatever it took to protect life and property . His Minister of Justice, Mr. Jefferson Chesson, had also been staging his own media spectacle daily on TV, when arrested reform-advocating elements were brought to his office for chastisement before being bundled to the Post Stockade Prison. I remember him taunting a handcuffed Oscar Quiah and George Boley and threatening them that they will never succeed in their quest to bring down the government and that those fighting the government will perish .He put fear in the men before they were taken away to jail. It turned out that it was Chesson who perished as he was among the ministers and government officials tied to stakes by the seaside and executed by firing squad few days after the coup-one of the most heartless and wicked acts of the so-called redeemers.
It turned out also that Tolbert was really gon, as the soldiers bragged to us. He did not come back. Guinea did not send troops to put down the coup, as some people expected, acting on the letter of a defence pact signed between both nations the previous year, after the April 14, 1979 rice riots. Doe and his men had stormed the Mansion overnight and murdered the President. Monrovia exploded with jubilation and trucks of people rejoicing and heading for the city kept speeding past. Throngs of men and women painted their faces and held palm fronds celebrating their “Redemption “. Not until November 12, 1985 when Doe himself was overthrown by fellow coup-maker Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa for many hours before he foiled the coup did I see Liberians rejoicing as they did that day. But with the jubilation interspersed with looting , rapes and other atrocities that accompany African coups, it was a redemption they had lived to regret as Samuel K. Doe turned out to be the worst political monster of our times, committing horrific murders and other atrocities and turning the then Paradise of Africa into a nation of horrors.
Saturday, April 12, 1980 holds no fond memories for Liberians and should not for Sierra Leoneans either. It was the day that the seeds of the instability that led to the Liberian war were planted. Many Liberians would point beyond April 12 to the day the ex-slaves from America came to Liberia and set up a political, social, and economic system that marginalized the indigenous people. But whatever the case, April 12, 1980, played a significant role and it revives the age-old argument about military coups and undemocratic changes of Government not being the solution for African countries.
The April 12, 1980 coup promised Liberians so much. It promised them paradise but it only delivered a theatre of horrors in a once peaceful and progressive country. In his first address to the nation, the new military leader, Master Sergeant Samuel Doe promised the Liberian people: “Our dear Liberian people, let us assure you that this new government is in the interest of all our people … The Government shall undertake to bring about equal economic and social opportunities for all …There will be justice for all without regards for social status or place of origin.” The complete opposite happened as the new military government turned out to be the most corrupt, ineffective, useless, oppressive, economically clueless and tribalistic government in the history of Liberia . It divided the nation on both tribal and regional lines and murdered its citizens and packed its prisons with people whose only crime was expressing their opinions. The soldiers became a danger to life and property and brought a once-flourishing nation to its knees.
Anybody who has followed the history of Liberia and Sierra Leone knows that April 12, 1980 was the day our political and economic doom were sealed in Liberia and Sierra Leone;
It was April 12, 1980 that destroyed the best economy in West Africa and caused the most indescribable suffering in the land, destroyed tourism, investments, education and every social, political and economic institution and led to the polarization of the whole nation on tribal lines that resulted in a most calamitous war that spilled into Sierra Leone, leaving in its wake almost a million dead people and infrastructure in rubbles. It was a day of grief, infamy and shame for our two countries which suffered the worst civil wars ever in the continent as a result of conditions set in motion by that bloody April 12, 1980 coup.
April 12, 1980 killed a progressive and democratic President, saw his cabinet executed and their dead bodies trampled upon like mongrel dogs. Such bestiality by the soldiers would come back to haunt the very initiators as it enthroned the notion that the best treatment to mete out to one’s political enemies is not dialogue but physical decapitation. Doe’s forces decapitated Weh Syen, Nelson Toe and others by firing squad; Podier was decapitated by Doe’s soldiers when he tried to re-enter the country after leaving for exile; Quiwonkpa was publicly decapitated when his 1985 coup was crushed. Doe himself was decapitated when he was captured by rebels seeking to overthrow him in 1990. The evil that men do lives after them.
For us in Sierra Leone, the lesson we must learn from Saturday April 12, 1980 in Liberia is to always appreciate a good government that is delivering socio-economic and political developments. When a nation has a productive President and a government that is addressing the welfare of the people, listening to extremists and radicals who promise the pie in the sky is never a wise decision. They will always disappoint and fail to deliver. There will always be extremists and radicals with utopian ideas and promises but we must view them with suspicion, because they have the capacity to take the people for a ride. Political and economic vampires must never be allowed to take control of a country.
No government is perfect and nobody is saying that a government that is performing in the interest of the people will not have challenges. There will certainly be challenges, but overthrowing it is never the solution. President Tolbert had his challenges but one thing that is now certain is that if Liberians had appreciated him and allowed him to continue ruling them, their country would have been sitting on top of the other West African nations in socio-economic developments .Liberia was moving fast to the top and would have been one of the most developed African nations today.
Democracy, political tolerance and dialogue should always be the best option to address national problems. Violence does not pay. If the Liberians had relied on these methods to solve their problems. Sierra Leone too would have been a better nation today.
We hope our people in Liberia and Sierra Leone have also learnt their lessons from Saturday April 12, 1980 that the most -criticized civilian government is always better than a military or rebel government. Only a civilian government has the moral will and the capacity to respect fundamental human rights and the Rule of Law. Nobody can pinpoint any African country that ever prospered from a coup or war. We must continue to support the sanctity of the will of the people through the ballot box.
With both nations soon to become oil-producing countries, the future is bright for Sierra Leone and Liberia. But we must avoid the mistakes of the past and continue to embrace democracy.


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Being empathetic is always thought of as a great trait, but nobody talks about the dark side of empathy and the risks it can have for mental health.
Empathy is a virtue that is associated with emotionally intelligent people. It can make us better in our social life, and also at work. However, when this channel for feeling and identifying the emotions of the other is very wide, it can affect us, block us and finally incapacitate us. So, too much empathy can hurt you?
Getting too involved in other people’s problems and making poor decisions is common in people who feel a lot of empathy, so yes, it can be a problem. If you feel this is your case, read to the end to find out what to do.
Our friends appreciate having someone who can understand their emotions and problems so precisely. They all love an empathic BFF!
However, not everything is rosy. For example, with many medications: a controlled dose helps the body recover. Too high a dose can do us a lot of harm. In addition, it can be a very high specific dose, but also too large or frequent consumption.
Empathy is often associated with a feeling of universal justice. This belief places empathic capacity as a moral value, making people believe that their decisions based on empathy are the justest and correct. However, it is not always so.
What to do when empathy starts to hurt you?
The discomfort that empathy causes have a wide spectrum, from physical pain to emotional contagion. Although this is not a negative thing, it can become a problem and even interfere with the normal performance of daily life.
In general, too much empathy causes me an emotional drain from absorbing other people’s feelings or solving problems that are not mine. Therefore, here I bring some tips to limit empathy and not suffer the pain of other people.
- Focus on your needs
It may sound selfish, but your mental and physical health can deteriorate if you usually put your interests on the back burner to prioritize those of others.
Therefore, before considering whether to help that person, check if you will be able to manage that help. This is one of the main reasons why empathy causes us discomfort.
It is not bad to put yourself as a priority. If you are not in a position to help someone, you will not be able to do it, and you will only wear yourself out more.
2. Their problems are not yours
The intensity of the emotions that empathy arouses can make you take on the problems of others unconsciously. Sometimes distancing yourself from a person helps reduce the intensity of empathy and makes it easier to think of more helpful solutions.
Reducing personal contact with these needy people is a good method for this since empathy is activated mainly through what you see and what you hear. Sometimes you can help more through text messages than talking in person.
3. Don’t take it so seriously
The idyllic thing would be to have a switch that turns empathy on and off for those moments when it becomes too intense. Unfortunately, this is not the case, but the feeling can be alleviated by not taking it seriously or even using humor.
In this way, a line is established between the emotion and the observation of it. This also reduces compassion fatigue.
4. Set limits
Being very empathetic is a gift when it comes to knowing the reality of others and connecting with them. The suffering and joy that empathy causes are genuine, not a reflection or an idea.
Emotional vampires, narcissists, angry or very self-pitying people are examples of profiles to avoid in interpersonal relationships if you have no choice but to deal with them, set limits that don’t allow them to take advantage of your ability to put yourself in their shoes.
5. If empathy is hurting you, find space for yourself
Solitude and tranquillity help to recharge the energy that has been escaping through empathy throughout the day. Reserving a time or a place for it is not at all selfish: if you prevent your battery from draining, you will have more capacity to take care of yourself and others in the best possible way.
As you can see, empathy can be very harmful to your health, and it is not always the superpower that everyone talks about. If not carefully regulated and limits set, we become the emotional punching bags of the people around us. Before you know it, you carry all these emotions, pains, and worries that are not even yours.
You should not stop being empathetic. Although it is rarely a decision, do not allow this to wear you down. Your own problems are valid, and surely you don’t need more of them.
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Emiratisation: Recruiters now have better understanding on what they need to do to increase their Emirati intake
Source: Private companies tweak policies to attract Emiratis
Sharjah: Emirati youth looking for jobs at the 19th National Career Exhibition indicated that though they still nurture a preference for working in the government sector, they could consider the private sector if they are offered better pay and flexible working hours.
On the other hand, recruiters from non-governmental companies are now better at understanding what they can do to attract UAE nationals. For example, a few companies have worked on creating a ‘Emirati working-hours’ policy, reducing working days to five a week, and introducing better pay and development opportunities for Emiratis. But the challenge of retaining Emirati employees still remains, recruiters said.
The annual National Career Exhibition, one of UAE’s largest employment events, a three-day event, was inaugurated on Wednesday by Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and has attracted more than 70 leading government and private entities seeking to hire Emirati graduates and professionals.
A majority of Emirati jobseekers professed to being drawn by the appeal of shorter working hours, holiday entitlement and guaranteed retirement benefits offered by the public sector. Fahd Al Mail, 26, who has a degree in International Affairs, told Gulf News, “Working with the private sector requires more effort and patience [due to the longer working hours]. If they are ready to offer flexible working hours, by letting us leave when we are done with the work for the day, I think I would consider a job with them.”
Rashid Bu Melha, 23, also a graduate in International Affairs, said, “I do understand the need for having nationals working in the private sector, but we can always get better pay in the public sector. It would be disappointing if I worked in a private company for many years and earned a lower salary than a fresh graduate working in a government job.”
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How the heck did KU NOT win the title?
JayhawkRock78 last edited by JayHawkFanToo
Just for fun-since many may have spare time this week.
wissoxfan83 last edited by
I saw the same list. Pretty depressing, Of course, I think the biggest how the heck didn’t we win the title in my 30 years of KU fandom was in 1997, which didn’t quite fit the since 2000 parameter of his article.
I’d have put the 03 team on top of the list instead of 02 because I thought Maryland was a more formidable foe than Syracuse.
1986 deserves mention as well.
JayhawkRock78 last edited by JayhawkRock78
The VCU was tough on me. I took my son over to San Antonio for the Richmond Game which was fun. Skipped the VCU game because we were getting the house ready for a bunch of guests heading our way for the Houston final four.
Next to that was losing to Arizona when we had Pierce and LaFrenz playing together. At least Arizona went on to win it all for Lute.
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03 is a pretty easy one to put #1 on the list since we were actually in the title game and playing well. The 2011 VCU loss to me is obviously #2. We were amazing all year for starters. Then we get a f*cking play-in game winner in the Elite 8 to go to the Final 4. A Final 4 that was maybe the weakest since 2000 and we blow it. That was the dream scenario and it didn’t work out. I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the VCU game often. Even though the Michigan loss in 2013 was far worse feeling in the moment the VCU game hurts more for me as time goes on as I was 100% sure we were going to cut down the nets.
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2003 is my third. At the time I lived in SoCal and went to the KU - Duke game at the Pond.
I took my time looking into flights from LA and the price was outrageous. I passed on the final four because of that and had been to the SuperDome for a football game- knew the seats would be terrible unless you spent a fortune for seats close in.
So two of these three are on my list because was at games late in the tourney. Luckily I got smart and flew my dad in for the 2008 games in San Antonio. He was a HUGE KU fan and we got to attend those together.
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SB Nation is an ingenious website. By every form of hook and crook, they have managed to fool lots of folks into thinking they were the real deal. But, they’re not. They are a website that puts up college basketball blogs, writes some fluff on each team, and attempts to generate hits by writing ignorant steaming piles of horse s*it such as the “rub it in KU’s face” story you reference. They have no affiliation to KU at all, yet they provide a KU bb website where no nothings write tripe about a team they know nothing about. They do the same thing with a slew of other teams. If there was an internet death penalty, and I was King Poobah…off with their heads!!! Sorry…I get a little steamed with some of their posts…lol.
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The 2003 loss to Carmelo and the Orange was the most painful for me. I really loved that team and felt we were easily the best team in that FF.
McNamara was on fire from 3, and Anthony just found ways to beat us, including dishing out a season-high seven assists because his back was bothering him and the Jayhawk defense swarmed him when he caught the ball.
I’ve never liked Carmelo Anthony since that game.
I’ve been getting a kick out of the floundering Knicks just because of Carmelo. He is a great scorer, but too much ball hog for me. He doesn’t play enough team ball to win a championship in the NBA, and never will. I won’t cry a single tear on that.
They all not only hurt but absolutely suck. As well we should not forget TexAss Western. That one was over the top for me as a young kid. JoJo was in !!! I was as pi$$ed as I ever remember. The BP is way up just on the thought.
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1957 is also outside the parameters of the article, but would be at the top. I wasn’t around then, but age improves my appreciation of historical occurrences outside the realm of my personal experience.
Triple overtime? Wilt freakin’ Chamberlain? From what I’ve read of his dominance in college, there’s no way KU shouldn’t have won everything, all the time. What a heart breaker.
I must disagree about Carmelo and Syracuse beating us in 2003. We lost that game at the FT line.
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@brooksmd I agree, still don’t like him, but Cole is doing great on that team!
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@brooksmd Yes, 12 of 30. Missed 18 free throws and lost by 3 points. Just hitting 50% would have tied. Horrible.
That game taught me that free throws aren’t free. They are actually rather costly. Probably worth practicing.
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True dat. And how many of those were the front end of a 1-and-1?
I remember throwing a pillow at my tv. Luckily it was only a pillow.
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Interestingly enough, some one did an analysis of the missed free throws a while back and KU got a fair amount of rebounds off the missed free throws that resulted in points, so the missed free throws did not hurt KU as much as it would appear; I was surprised too. I will try too find the story and post a link.
@JayHawkFanToo I have referenced that article in the past and people have disputed the facts. I could not find the article. I recall that the conclusion was that we were not beaten by missed free throws…we were beaten by 3 pt shooting.
@joeloveshawks The only thing about the VCU game is that I never thought we were going to win that game. The Michigan game hurts me worse as we outplayed them for 37 1/2 minutes only to implode the last 2 1/2.


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An Accra Circuit Court has today, April 1, 2019, set April 15 to commence the prosecution of the bus driver and his mate who stands accused of assaulting a police officer.
The Circuit Court at Weija in Accra set the trial date after prosecutors tendered in evidence they intend to use against the two and furnished the defense team with same.
The two first appeared in court on March 18 where they were charged with four counts including assaulting a police officer. They were remanded into police custody until April 1; but last Friday, a team of lawyers, led by Martin Kpebu secured bail for them.
A member of the defense legal team who spoke to Joy News’ Joseph Ackah-Blay noted that they will follow up on an allegation of brutality against the suspects by police while they were in police custody.
“…once we have the necessary evidence, then we will advise on the steps to take,” Cynthia Nimo Ampredu said.
What have other lawyers said?
Human Rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu who visited the duo while they were kept in Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) custody confirmed that they had been subjected to abuse.
He said evidence could be seen in their demeanor that the abuse had taken a psychological toll on them. “You can see the fear,” he said.
Other persons who visited them said physical evidence of abuse could be seen on their faces.
“We are happy they have been transferred from police custody to BNI custody,” one of the lawyers said.
Meanwhile, the defense team says it is working to assemble a host of eyewitnesses of the altercation to testify in court.
Some of such eyewitnesses who have spoken to the media say the police officer chased down the driver in his sprinter bus and accused him of jumping a red light and assaulted the driver repeatedly.
After the driver had enough, he returned the beatings, assisted by his conductor (mate).


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Surrey pop-rockers Seasonal have revealed the first video from forthcoming EP Bloom (May 19).
Vocalist/bassist Matt Truseler says; “We decided that we wanted to keep it simple and with the same theme that has gone through everything from the album artwork into the band photos. Focussing on Matt singing in the forest, cut with band performance, helped to keep the idea and imagery of isolation and loneliness. This is a key theme, whilst featuring in it gives viewers an introduction to our band.”
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Zoar Road Gun Club Fish Fry is Saturday, November 11th; doors open at 6PM. All-you-can-eat-fish, fries, hush puppies, onion rings and cole slaw. Live gun drawings, raffle prizes. Soda and water provided. Lucky X Meat Shoot will take place on Sunday, November 12th. Sign-up at 9AM. Lunch available.