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BOOK REVIEW: PAT NEVIN ~ FOOTBALL AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT (2023)

If you’ve already read PAT NEVIN's first memoir, THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER, since 2021 it's likely that you’ll have been eagerly awaiting him continuing on with his footballing career post Chelsea & Everton in a follow-up.

A couple of quotes on THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER, a Sunday Times Bestseller:

Graeme Le Saux

“the biggest influence of my professional career both on and off the pitch”.

Sebastian Coe

“I used to walk miles to see Pat Nevin play football and I’d do the same now to read his thoughts. Always challenging, always entertaining”.

So here we go with Part Two from the (now Tranmere Rovers player) called FOOTBALL AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT, which includes the following front and back cover quotes:

Roddy Doyle

“a thrilling read - funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human”.

Henry Winter

“honest, raw, revealing and very funny. How to live a life and career to the full . (An) Insightful book about the most successful outsider inside football ever...”.

Pat played 193 games for Tranmere Rovers, scoring 30 goals; 34 games for Kilmarnock with 6 goals and 58 games for Motherwell and 2 goals.

Once again, in his unique music playlist style, Chapter titles are listed in order 1-26, not shuffled, not repeated and there's no reason to Fast Forward the contents either! Just press play!!

It's not all been easy for Nevin. For instance, when he was first a player then promoted to Chief Executive at Motherwell during the collapse of ITV Digital (and troubled financial markets generally) which meant, without rivals, the likes of Sky no longer had to pay "top dollar" for covering Scottish football - big money clubs like Motherwell were banking on.

It's all gone into in RIP IT UP (Chapter 23 named after the Orange Juice indie-pop hit from 1983) which sees Pat Nevin dealing with cash flow problems at Motherwell.

As a prescient picture annotation states...

"signing for Motherwell with owner John Boyle right at the start of the most tumultuous period of my career and life".

and rounding off Chapter 23...

"the ramifications would be huge in the game, but at Motherwell, without exaggeration, matters now tipped over officially into a full-blown crisis. We hadn't invested with the expectation of a £60 million deal (even given the Old Firm's anticipated £48 million lion's share of that) but JB, myself and all the other clubs had banked on there being at least some television revenue increase. Scottish football hadn't merely shot itself in the foot; it had blown its legs off with a rocket-propelled grenade, and we had been caught in the blast."

So not all Fun, Love & Money during a period of administration but overall an entertaining update with Pat Nevin still doing his brilliant DJ-ing thing and giving his honest opinions as co-commentator on BBC 5 Live and on other football media outlets.

Rating: 9/10

Crafted and published by MONORAY in hardback, 1 June, 2023 (namely: Megan Brown, Leanne Bryan, David Eldridge, Mel Four, Matthew Grindon, Giulia Hetherington, Katherine Hockley, Jouve, Jake Lingwood and Ian Preece).

My review for THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER:

BOOK REVIEW : PAT NEVIN ~ The Accidental... - Reviews (tumblr.com)

Mark Watkins, Dare radio, 21 July, 2023.

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randomlicious00-blog · 5 years

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Car vs Drones TCP

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The Car vs Drones film is focused on visualizing the concept of Speed and Agility set within a cinematic battle of superiority between two nimble machines, a Holden Astra and a fleet of custom-designed Quadcopter Drones. Working with Vice and The Creator’s Project from the inception definitely influenced the treatment, lending the aesthetic more to a transparent lab experiment than a hyper-polished film.

From the initial brief, they wanted all the components of the exercise revealed, from the Drone Pilots to the various Technologies on set, exposing the Lighting setups, the Camera rigs and Computer Monitors displaying each machine’s trajectory during the film. They wanted the film to be an entirely honest rendition of the experience the team went through during the filming process; and to the naked eye if a person entered the studio stage everything they would see was captured in the final film..

From a stylistic standpoint, it was a natural choice to infuse Munko’s favorite medium into the equation, the element of Illumination. Light can be interpreted over time as a lateral, striking way to show speed when captured as a long-exposure — it’s the equivalent to a motion path in an animation program, it’s how we can quantify speed and maneuverability in an easily digestible visual representation. So they outfitted every machine in the film with addressable LEDs which allowed them to play with this exciting ingredient of light painting and the ability to manipulate their motion constructs, fully exploring form and composition which paved the way to an array of seductive visuals.

These various techniques of light manipulation positioned this entire exercise more towards an art film than anything else, allowing the dramatic, abstract competition between the drones and the Astra to create a beautiful dance of light, form, color, performance and technology..

Car vs Drones Credit List

AGENCY: VICE

EDITORIAL & CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Royce Akers ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Georgia Field PRODUCER: Ramona Telecican PRODUCER: Katy Roberts HEAD OF ACCOUNT SERVICE: Damien Miller MANAGING DIRECTOR: Myki Slonim

AGENCY: AJF

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Glenn Dalton CREATIVE DIRECTOR: George Freckleton

PRODUCTION COMPANY: AIRBAG

DIRECTOR: GMUNK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Robert Stock LINE PRODUCER: Kate Merrin CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST: Steven Nicholson TECH CHREOGRAPHER: Nick Wright VFX SUPERVISOR: Travis Hogg

PROD. MANAGER: Justine Pitcher DP: Ed Goldner 1ST AD: Eddie Thorne CAMERA OPERATOR: Chris Child 1ST AC: Jesse Minter 2ND AC: Michelle Marchant DATA WRANGLER: Ellery Ryan Jnr VTR OPERATOR: Michael Gibbs 2ND UNIT DP: Travis Hogg GAFFER: Con Mancuso BEST BOY: Antonio Argiro ELEX: Gene Van Dam GRIP: Robbie Hansford GRIP ASST: Jason Hansford GRIP ASST: Jacko Panagiotou SFX HAZE: Tim O’Brien SAFETY OFFICER: Adrian Kortus WORK EXPERIENCE: Georgia Conheady WORK EXPERIENCE: Darcy Newton PRECISION DRIVER: Davin Taylor BTS DIRECTOR: Alex Watkins BTS ASSISTANT: Ben Helweg AERIAL CAMERA OP: Chris Lansell DRONE PILOT: Sean “Radar” Kane DRONE ASST: Josh Gray BTS PHOTOGRAPHER: Mia McDonals UNIT MGR: Richie Young CATERING: Fringe Benefit PRODUCTION ASST: Rob La Terra PRODUCTION RUNNER: Dyllan Corbett PRODUCTION RUNNER: Annelise Hickey PRODUCTION RUNNER: Bridie Connolly

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EDITOR: GRAEME PEREIRA COLORIST: CJ Dobson MUSIC / SOUND DESIGN: Rohan Rebeiro

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DRONE CAPTAIN: Nick Jaffe DRONE PILOT: Paul Paws DRONE PILOT: Gavin Nash DRONE PILOT: Alex Benn DRONE PILOT: Tony Matulic DRONE PILOT: Alex Doucas DRONE PILOT: Dale Pearce DRONE PILOT: Justin Power DRONE PILOT: Ben Van Deventer Likes: 1044 Viewed:

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Book Review: Leaders of the Pack (A Werewolf Anthology)

Leaders of the Pack is a Werewolf Anthology released in January 2020 and brought to us by the good folk over at Horrific Tales Publishing.

Since the dawn of time, across almost every culture, there have been legends of shapeshifters. Men who turn into beasts and prey upon anyone unfortunate enough to cross their path. Of the shapeshifter tales, none invokes as much terror as the legend of the…

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markwatkinsconsumerguide · 8 years

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Consumer Guide / No.42 / independent film-maker Sharon Woodward with Mark Watkins.

MW: Sharon, why is promoting awareness of Ataxia-telangiectasia important?

SW: I am very lucky to be able to work in this film-making world that I love, Mark. I also feel I have some responsibility within that to explore areas and issues that are not given mainstream airtime.

With regards to this subject particularly, I wasn’t at the time aware of A-T (Ataxia-telangiectasia). I was commissioned by the CEO William Davis. He contacted me a couple of years ago with this idea about giving a voice to the individuals with the condition rather than it coming from a medical perspective. I ended up making two short films both around 4 minutes each. With a third film being a longer 10 minute project.

The 10 minute film has been shown at the FERFILM International Film Festival (Open Air Cinema). It was broadcast in November 2016 on a number of Freeview Channels via the wonderful Community Channel. Also shown at the 23rd International Independent Film Festival, PUBLICYSTYKA, in Poland.

The social work course and the health and well-being course at Northampton University are also using the film as a resource for discussion and debate.

The condition and the manner in which it manifests is varied and only hit me at the beginning of the year. Rupert, one of the main characters interviewed in the film, speaks candidly and at length about having Ataxia-telangiectasia. Sadly he died aged 31 in January 2017. I didn't really know him : we met during filming.

Yet, when editing an interview over a long period of time you listen and watch what people say and how they say it. You start to feel like you know and understand them. I didn’t know him and I can’t possibly comprehend what it must be like to have this condition, but all these people opened my eyes and made me aware of it. I hope I never stop learning.

MW: How reflective are you as a creative person? How does this trait manifest itself when producing film projects?

SW: I think this is hard to answer. I do feel I have a responsibility as I indicated before. I do think about the world, the way we live, how we treat each other. Perhaps at times I overthink and would be wise to let go.

Growing up, I never felt in my wildest dreams I would ever be given the opportunity to make films. It was a pretty dreadful environment and I was damaged greatly by it and the experiences I had. My saving grace was going into care. I later met some wonderful people - kind, caring - and, I also received help and support. So when the film-making presented itself to me I ran at it. This was a fantastic thing to have happen and I want to at least try and make a difference by using these skills.

I am clear that I have a belief system and trust it attracts like-minded people and organizations.

If it is only about money, then quite frankly, unless you make the big time you are more likely to make a profit and earn more doing something else.

MW: What was your involvement at Tyne Tees TV?

SW: This was an incredibly long time ago now (1988/89). I had been training at the BBC in Wales (cutting rooms) outside Cardiff. This was before, and after, I graduated from Newport Film School.

It was just another Trainee/2nd Assistant Editing job. Most of us (graduates at the time) realized that we were no longer going to be offered places in the industry. Permanent jobs were giving way to short term contracts : we were all going to be freelance. I was offered a feature film (I knew the director as she was a mentor for me). The film ‘Women In Tropical Places’ was funded by the BFI (British Film Institute), Film 4 and Tyne Tees who were offering facilities and housing the production. I was taken on as a freelancer for the production. During this time I also assisted the 1st Assistant Editor in the cutting rooms with a Tyne Tees documentary.

This was not a glamorous job as you were at the bottom of the pile. I was running around after people, sharpening Chinagraph pencils, getting coffee and Twix. I did a lot of what they called rubber numbering which you had to do on film. So when you cut the clapperboard off you could keep the film in sync until it went to the Neg Cutters. So logging footage : labelling up film cans. It was a low-level position but it was fantastic for learning about putting a film together. I always say to students try and get some work experience with an editor because the learning covers everything.

MW: How did you get your first big break with Channel 4, Sharon?

SW: This was by accident, Mark. I’d been a drummer in a punk band ‘Limited Relief’ and a youth performer in a drama group ‘Teenage Zits’. All this resulted in some of us from the drama group making a video called 'Not A Girl Anymore'. Maybe now this isn't so unusual, and perhaps seen as a natural progression for youth groups? However, back then, you had three TV Channels until Channel 4 came along. Video was not the accessible technology it is today. We raised funds via The Prince’s Trust.

Back then, in the early 1980s, we had no idea. I didn't even know about editing. Just thought that you set the camera up and everything just happened including the music and credits. Very naive by today's standards. If Google had been around it would have been a case of looking it up on-line.

The film had already been shot when commissioning editor Rod Stoneman decided to take it on for the youth series.

It was filmed in 1983 ; first broadcast in 1984/85 ; and again in 1986/87 as part of the Channel 4's youth series 'Turn It Up'. The production standards are not high and Channel 4 didn't have the same set up and criteria it does today. However, I was bitten by the film-making bug and from that point on I wanted to know more.

MW: How did you come to collaborate with ska band Symarip on your new film project?

SW: I first made contact with Monty Neysmith and Roy Ellis back in 2008 when I used a song 'Skinhead Girl’ by the Symarip in a documentary I was making called ‘Thank You Skinhead Girl’. It was about teenage identity and the song was just right as the theme.

I had the idea about the Symarip story then, but put it on hold at that time. Eventually, after a number of failed attempts at interviewing anybody from the band, I revisited the idea once more in 2012 (after a brief conversation with Roy Ellis prior to a gig he was doing in the UK). The filming began at Club Ska (100 Club) in London. We recorded Roy performing with The Moonstompers. This turned out to be an amazing night, much more than I had expected as Neville Staples showed up and we captured them on stage together.

I was very fortunate to interview four of the original Symarip band members, that’s Roy Ellis and Frank Pitter (face-to-face) and Monty Neysmith and Mike Thomas (via Skype).

I also have a number of other artists as well as fans and also interviewed the late Graeme (Goody) Goodall who sadly passed away in 2014, Co-founder of Island Records & Doctor Bird.

So a wonderful documentation of history - both social and economic - as well as a film for the fans.

MW: Tell me your overall plans for 'Ska'd by the Music'... including funding / promoting...

SW: Well it is near completion. I’ve been working on it for five years and I’m aiming to finish around July/August 2017. I had no financial backing. It was a difficult project to get funding for, and therefore I’ve been making it around my commissioned film work. This means what available time I’ve had has been spent on this production. All those involved: musicians, promoters, the narrator, researchers - everybody who helped me - they all put time in because they wanted to contribute. I’m extremely grateful to all of them for supporting this project.

The technical side has been another matter i.e filming, logging, uploading, editing etc. not to mention negotiating with music publishers. This is all time consuming and labour intensive and still ongoing (by myself). So has taken over my life quite a bit. I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to take this story out to a wider audience. However, as I have already said it will be nice to have my life back.

Obviously there are somethings I have to fundraise for. I can’t clear the publishing rights of the music or get DVD duplications processed without money. So I will be crowdfunding. This will enable me to raise funding to complete the project. Those that contribute and also meet certain criteria will receive a copy of the film (those interested should look out for the crowdfunding page all information and criteria will be clearly explained on the page).

The plan overall is to complete the film, first and foremost. This will be achieved by fundraising, clearing publishing rights, sorting paper work etc. The absolute date is still to be confirmed. However, I would say the end of this year at the latest. On release of the film copies will be sent to the funders/donators to the crowdfunding page, they will receive a limited edition of the DVD.

I will set up a Facebook page for ‘Ska’d by the music’, so that those interested can follow what is happening. The film will be entered into film festivals so dates of screenings will be posted so interested audiences will be aware of when and where it is being shown.

Distributors - Concord Media (they distribute other work of mine) are an educational ‘Not for Profit’ organisation, so I’m expecting that they will be interested in distribution. The Community Channel is also interested so a possible UK broadcast as well.

Synopsis: Ska’d by the music (Symarip story)

The creators of the ‘Skinhead Moonstomp’ album. The Jamaican band that engaged a generation of working class teenagers.

They were known as The Bees, Seven Letters, the Pyramids and Zubaba. In 1969 they would head straight into the British music charts with a Ska anthem to be remembered.

Not the first group of black musicians to appeal to a predominantly white audience. But this was different; Symarip were appealing to council estate kids.

Following the Nationality Act in 1948, many Jamaicans migrated to Britain in the hope of finding work. The outcome is well documented and not all found the country as welcoming as they had been led to believe.

However, leading into the mid to late 1960s, through working alongside each other in factories and visiting the same dance halls and clubs, white working class teenagers saw their own alienation and lack of opportunities, echoed in the young Jamaican counterparts.

MW: What sorts of ska / two-tone treasures can be found in your own record collection?

SW: Originally a lot of my records were on vinyl and like many of my generation I have the ‘One Step Beyond’… and The Specials, The Selecter, Bad Manners, The Beat as well as ‘The Dance Craze – The Best of British Ska...Live!’ album. Much of this has also been purchased on CD and downloads as well.

You will also find Prince Buster, Dandy Livingstone, Desmond Dekker, The Pioneers and of course, Symarip. I do love the originals and many of the covers. What a brilliant first album UB40 created with ‘Signing Off’. However, you can’t compete with Tony Tribe singing ‘Red Red Wine’.That first guitar string, like the strings of your heart. Always sends shivers down my spine.

MW: What's the best thing you've ( a ) read ( b ) watched and ( c ) listened to recently?

SW:

A) Read – I’ve found with the ongoing and non-escaping political scene at the moment I have been sent further into the world of fantasy. I do love vampire novels and science fiction. I am now on the final book of the Deborah Harkness All Souls Trilogy ‘The Book Of Life’. I got hooked on ‘A Discovery Of Witches’ because I know many of the buildings in Oxford that she writes about in the book. The idea of this history professor being a witch amused and appealed to me. So I’m on the last book in the trilogy, but haven’t been able to read as much as I would like.

B) Watched – I’m into boxsets. I have just finished watching the final of series six ‘The Walking Dead’ and found it very disturbing. Having said that, Andrew Lincoln is truly fantastic and I also love the strong female roles such as Danai Gurira’s stunning sword swirling Michonne. If you speak of fantasy often people just think you’re a nerd. Which of course I am, but wasn’t sure about this series in the beginning, it has grown on me. My husband had originally been very keen on watching it and zombies have never been my thing. However, what has engaged me is the concept of how society, humanity could, and let’s face it, would, probably break down. I find all the characters very believable, complex and scary as hell.

The other boxset recently watched was volume three of ‘House of Cards’. Amazing performances by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in this tale of corruption in the political arena. You begin to wonder about art imitating life, or visa versa.

Films I watched quite recently ‘Europa, Europa’ directed by Agnieszka Holland. Based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel (he also appears in it right at the end) it’s the story of a German-Jewish boy who escaped The Holocaust by masquerading not just as a non-Jew, but as an elite "Nazi" German. It is very intense at times, but also has dark humour. One dreamlike sequence shows Stalin and Hitler dancing together.

C) Listened to – Occasionally I listen to ‘The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show’ on BBC Radio 6 Music and ‘Elaine Paige on Sunday’ on BBC Radio 2. Otherwise, it’s Classic FM in the car but I don’t listen to much radio. I admit though that I started tuning in to ‘The Archers’ on BBC Radio 4 when they had the Helen and Rob storyline going, but I often forget!

MW: How do you see the future of film making for independent production companies such as yours?

SW: I’m a freelance individual not a Limited Production company. So fortunately I don’t have to worry about employees.

The nature of funding has changed, smaller film agencies getting moved to bigger under one roof organisations. This signals regional film-makers missing out more and more on funding. Many film-makers are moving towards crowdfunding and other ways of finding support for their projects. Also technology is constantly changing, so I think how we watch films will also impact on the film-makers themselves.

MW: Aside from 'Symarip', any other film making projects in the pipeline?

SW: I am still pushing to get ‘Ska’d by the music’ completed so will be a while before I think about another personal project. However, I’m always looking for commissioned work and have a keen interest in history so we’ll have to see what the future holds.

MW: Where can we find out more on Woodward Media?

SW:

http://sharonfilmblo1.blogspot.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/SharonWoodward

https://www.facebook.com/woodwardmediacom/

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Latham & Watkins Advises HPS Investment Partners, LLC in Providing US$1 Billion Senior Secured Credit Facility to Bombardier

Bombardier, a global leader in the transportation industry, has announced that it has successfully closed the previously announced three-year US$1 billion senior secured term loan facility with HPS Investment Partners, LLC, acting as administrative agent, collateral agent and the lead lender for a group that included investment funds and accounts managed by HPS Investment Partners, LLC and Apollo Capital Management, L.P., or their respective affiliates, and Special Opportunities and Direct Lending funds managed by Ares Management LLC.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented HPS Investment Partners, LLC in the transaction with a team led by New York partners Stelios Saffos and Peter Sluka, with associates Aaron Franklin, Simon Cooke, and Patrick Nicoll. Advice was also provided on structured finance matters by New York partner Graeme Smyth, with associate Sam Kwak; on collateral and security matters by New York partners Eugene Mazzarro and Conray Tseng, with associates Jonathan Goldberg and Matthew Issa; on German corporate and finance matters by Hamburg partner Torsten Volkholz, with associate Jan Heuer; and on tax matters by New York partner Jocelyn Noll.

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EFL Championship Match Previews – 19th October Saturday

Brentford v Millwall

Alas, the Championship returns following the international break and there is a London derby which I like the look of in the form of Brentford versus Millwall. Now we have to be fair in saying that neither of these clubs have had the start to the season that they’d have wanted. Brentford are actually closer to the bottom-three than they are the top-six, whilst the fact Millwall have already changed manager is an indication of their form.

We’ll start with Brentford however, a team where plenty was expected of them in pre-season. Granted, they have lost star striker Neal Maupay and he most certainly has not been replaced; which is of course easier said than done. Ollie Watkins however has stepped up as best as he can in the central striker role, despite the suggestion he is more effective out wide. Only Fulham’s Mitrovic has more goals in the league so he is doing something right!

As mentioned, Millwall saw Neil Harris departed prior to the Leeds game, with Adam Barrett taking over and then overseeing a fine home win over the league leaders. They are actually unbeaten in their last three league games, with trips to Luton and Huddersfield anything but easy. Harris nevertheless felt a change was needed as it was mutually agreed he would move on, perhaps believing he has taken them as far as he can.

The first thing which jumps off the page looking ahead to Saturday is the goals column and that is where our selection will be based from. Well, we’ll let you know that now, as Under 2.5 Goals has to be the play, all things considered.

What have we considered? Firstly, we have to acknowledge the fact that goals just are not flowing in Brentford’s matches, much to the surprise of everyone. Just two of their 11 league contests this season has featured over 2.5 goals, with their games alone averaging roughly 1.60; by far the lowest in the division. Millwall’s figures aren’t exactly much higher either, with just 3/11 seeing at least three goals, averaging around 2.20.

The slight fear about backing this selection comes in the form of the Expected Goals numbers. Both of these teams would actually be positioned in the top-eight if Expected Goals was the only consideration. That therefore suggests they are created chances, but not taking enough of them. I have resisted the temptation to believe that will change as Brentford have actually failed to score in six league games, with six of their nine goals scored coming across two matches alone.

Asian Total Goals Betting Recommendation: Under 2.50 goals at 1.950

Hull v QPR

Hull against QPR certainly has an attractive look to it when glancing across the Championship fixture card this weekend. Both teams experienced a managerial change over the summer, with Grant McCann and Mark Warburton implementing their own philosophy on proceedings. Early indications are largely positive, but each side looking a great threat going forward compared to last season.

The Tigers rather frustratingly for them only have three Championship wins to their name this season. One defeat in their last six is generally good form for a mid-table side, but that 3-0 setback did come last time out away to rivals Huddersfield, who had only won one game all season prior to that. McCann no doubt would have wanted a quick game after that to get it out of their system, but they’ll undoubtedly have worked hard over the break, although several were away with their countries.

Warburton certainly has a reputation for his team’s playing quite a bold, offensive style of play and in the early weeks of the season they scored some excellent team goals. When they click, they can certainly give any side in this league a run for their money. Two defeats in three derails their progress to a degree, but they did hit four past Blackburn before the break to get them back on track.

We again look towards the Expected Goals column ahead of this game as it really does provide rather intriguing reading. Hull find themselves 16th in the table entering this round of fixtures, but they should be in a play-off position based on the quality of chances they have created thus far. End product must be improved upon. QPR however are roughly where they should be given the opportunities they’ve had, but they are one of the highest-scorers in the league on 18.

The issue with QPR is that clean sheets are in short supply as they also have one of the leakiest defences as they’ve conceded 19 goals. That means their games are averaging around 3.40 goals; the highest in the division, and eight of their 11 contests featured over 2.5 goals. Goals, goals and more goals are just the name of the game when QPR are involved.

It therefore comes as no surprise for me to nominate Over 2.5 Goals as my selection for this game. Even when we considered Hull league matches, they have averaged 2.70 goals, but more important, 7/11 contained over 2.5 goals, proving that goals aren’t ever too far away when they’ve around, either. The fact of the matter is that both Hull and QPR will play to win this game, and it has the makings of a more open contest as opposed to a tight and cagey affair.

Asian Total Goals Betting Recommendation: Over 2.50 goals at 1.670

Luton v Bristol City

Luton Town against Bristol City is another game on the weekend card which has the potential makings of an exciting affair. What we do know for certain is that both coaches will set up their respective teams to win, simply because they don’t really have any other way of playing.

The Hatters are probably still adjusting to life back in this league, but having a new manager in the form of Graeme Jones has certainly contributed towards this as he himself admits he is learning about the players all the time in what is his first outright managerial role. Two goalkeeper errors largely contributed to their loss to Derby before the international break, with many now suggesting James Shea will be recalled ahead of club record signing Simon Sluga at Kenilworth Road this Saturday.

Lee Johnson’s team on the other hand have only suffered the one league defeat so far in 11 matches. The frustration however is that they may possibly have one or two more draws than they’d have wanted. Five in total. Having said that, whilst drawing three of their last four may seem a bit of a pain, trips to Brentford and Preston plus a home clash with Swansea means they’re anything but bad results.

Nevertheless, those will be games Bristol City played to win, and Johnson will be making hard on the fine details to try and make those sort of fixtures two points extra in the future. Luton away fits into the category of the sort of game they’ll certainly target the win from, whilst Luton definitely will as Jones has stamped a real offensive approach, especially at home.

This has contributed to Luton’s league contests averaging around 3.20 goals and 8/11 featuring over 2.5 goals. Goals are also a regular occurrence, but the concern is that they themselves haven’t scored in three of their last five in league and cup. Two of those were at home, and they’d always back themselves in front of their own supporters to be positive and take their chances.

They sit 18th, but the Expected Goals tally places them in the relegation zone so they really need to be doing more in relation to creating better moments for themselves to test the opposing goalkeeper. Bristol City are over-exceeding in their case, as they’re 6th in the table but should be 14th based on the chances they’ve created. That therefore places a big emphasis on being clinical, but the good thing on Saturday is that Luton are very open and generally concede chances. Bristol therefore should create more goalscoring moments than normal.

That is ultimately why I am happy to back Bristol City 0 on the Asian Handicap. They’re clearly tough to beat and I feel they are much more advanced in comparison to Luton in terms of being competitive in this league and ultimately being effective in both boxes.

Asian Handicap Betting Recommendation: Bristol City 0.00 at 1.980

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thegaydirectory-blog · 6 years

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The first room in King Charles Street, the home of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, named after an LGBT+ diplomat Graeme Watkins.

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Analysis: ESMA and the Professionalisation of the Retail Industry

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It is been substantially much less than 4 months thinking about that the European Securities and Marketplaces Authority (ESMA), a regulatory whole physique whose recognize is most likely to ship shivers down the spines of retail brokers, announced its new limits on contracts-for-discrepancies (CFDs) and binary choices.

By now, most males and ladies in the retail marketplace are typical with the regulation but, for these of you who have been residing underneath a rock, ESMA’s edicts are continue to worthy of going much more than. Beware, this will make for scintillating stuff.

Binary options are out. Extended gone. Kaput. Finito. ESMA has decided to prohibit the marketing and advertising, distribution, and sale of them. This is effortless to recognize offered that the behaviour of chosen industry gamers has led many to consider that the antonym of ‘scrupulous’ is in easy truth ‘binary possibilities broker.’

Fewer effortless to recognize, at minimum from the viewpoint of many in the sector, are ESMA’s restrictions on CFDs investing. From the 1st of August of this 12 months, brokers will only be permitted to supply clientele with leverage of 30:1 on CFDs in essential forex pairs, 20:1 in indices, non-key forex pairs and gold and two:1 in cryptocurrencies.

Owning go via the guidelines, and recovered from their preliminary shock, some brokers have created the selection they will not be capable to continue becoming in organization if they stay in the Aged Continent. As a outcome, many are transferring offshore or shutting up shop completely.

Finance Magnates

The regulation is not just a problem for lesser gamers each. Even although they forecast a return to profitability in the up coming year, IG Group, one particular of the greatest corporations in the retail broking space, admitted in its most modern day financial report that the new laws are most likely to outcome in a slump in its revenues.

Aside from fleeing Europe and settling in, to place it kindly, a a lot much more broker-pleasant state someplace out in the Pacific or in the midst of the Caribbean, brokers do have one particular much more generally signifies of limiting the impression of the regulation – reclassification.

ESMA’s regulation only applies to retail traders. That suggests if a broker’s client decides to reclassify as a certified trader, none of the leverage limitations will implement to him.

Proper following in depth investigation and conversations with a range of leading brokers, Finance Magnates has situated that, whilst it will significantly reshape the sector, ESMA’s regulation may possibly not harm some broker’s revenues as a wonderful deal it would to start off with seem.

Bringing in the pros

Two weeks ago, Moreover500, one particular of the leaders in the CFDs retail trading industry, introduced a trading update for purchasers. The organization was optimistic, stating that it seems set to have a stellar functionality in Q2 of the existing fiscal yr.

Contained in just the assertion was one particular much more attractive piece of information. The CFD broker pointed out that of its current customer-base, 12 % would attainable be prepared to reclassify as Elective Certified Shoppers (EPCs).

Considerably, the traders that constructed up that 12 % ended up reliable for bringing in 75 per cent of In addition500’s revenues. The implications of this had been becoming constructed distinct by the organization itself.

“The Board thinks,” talked about the broker’s assertion, “that the Group’s EPC featuring puts it in a potent posture to sustain income from these shoppers pursuing the implementation of the new ESMA policies.”

Not on your personal

In addition500 is not the only firm to have a tiny phase of its clientele delivering it with the bulk of its revenue. Finance Magnates spoke to a quantity of brokers who proposed that a comparable proportion of their traders had been furnishing the thoughts-boggling bulk of their revenue circulation.

Graeme Watkins, CEO, Valutrades

“The industry has a sort of 90/10 rule,” stated Valutraders CEO Graeme Watkins, “where we say that 10 per cent of your clientele create 90 per cent of your revenue. I would say that quite a lot all brokers, invariably, will create most of their revenue from the key conclude of their organization.”

Two other firms that Finance Magnates spoke to, OctaFX and InterTrader, agreed. Even though they did not expose their have numbers, the two stated that brokers could anticipate roughly 20 % of shoppers to create 80 % of income.

In a modern day announcement, IG Group also noted that 3800 of its clientele, who are labeled as certified, knowledgeable contributed 35 % of its leveraged trading earnings in the prior quarter. The organization added that it is now sifting by way of 15,000 applications from retail purchasers who want to be reclassified as knowledgeable traders.

Similarly, in its gargantuan yearly report, CMC Marketplaces stated that it “is in the method of examining shopper requests to be treated as elective specialist clientele.” The firm added that it has a “strategy of attracting and retaining superior cost and professional clientele to mitigate some of the impact [of the ESMA regulation].”

Our eager eyed guests will have realised that most of the earlier talked about figures match neatly with the Pareto principle. This is the believed that roughly 20 % of a group participating in a specific activity, irrespective of whether or not it be shelling out taxes, proudly owning land or committing crimes, will be accountable for 80 per cent of that workout.

The adjust in this predicament is that, ideally for brokers, their very best 20 % of traders will no lengthier be topic matter to the exact same guidelines as the other 80 %. How fast that will be to apply is dependent on a variety of variables.

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In order to reclassify a client as a skilled, brokers have to jump via a quantity of regulatory hoops. Shoppers have to to start off with point out, in creating, that they want to be labeled as a knowledgeable.

A broker getting these a ask for should then evidently recommend to the customer that they will drop all regulatory protections and payment legal rights. Following this, the shopper ought to state in crafting, in a new document, that he is knowledgeable of the penalties of dropping this sort of protections.

Finance Magnates

Simple, perfect? Other than the program does not close listed right here. Just following this, a broker will have to give the customer a take a appear at that demonstrates he is capable of generating his private investment selections and has an understanding of the dangers involved. How this examination is made would look be at the discretion of the broker.

More than the program of this exam, a attainable client ought to also satisfy two of three difficulties. If they do not make an ordinary of 10 trades of “significant size” per quarter, shoppers ought to have a portfolio truly worth €500,000 ($586,000) and much more than a year’s worth of functioning knowledge in the fiscal sector.

These principles depart some wiggle region for unscrupulous behaviour- how huge is a trade of “significant size” for occasion? – and some brokers at the moment seem to be getting obtain of the them.

“We’ve heard that a quantity of brokers are trawling by means of LinkedIn, obtaining shoppers with some tenuous hyperlink to finance, and telling them they need to truly reclassify.” Talked about Watkins. Other folks have noted a comparable sample but truly do not think the trend is attainable to quite final.

“In the preceding, the FCA hasn’t taken in depth to react to new regulation.” Stated Christian Rolando, founder of Lugano Associates, a London-centered regulatory specialist to brokers, “at some phase they’ll come looking and, if brokers are not behaving appropriately, they’ll consider about enforcement action.”.”

Switching approaches

Irrespective of any backhanded options, many brokers are rather open up about the reality that they will be encouraging their purchasers to reclassify as specialist.

“We will not only persuade the most crucial traders which are eligible for reclassification,” explained George Pantzis, a manager in OctaFX’s study division, to Finance Magnates, “but will also permit them to create into added knowledgeable by signing up to our educational study course and by becoming a member of a purchasing and promoting academy.”

Other corporations are not remaining relatively as explicit as Pantzis but the moves they are generating nonetheless recommend they are obtaining comparable actions. As popular, IG Group and CMC Marketplaces are equally heading as a outcome of customer requests to reclassify as expert.

CMC Markets has even introduced a new provider to cater to a added substantial-conclude clientele. In April, the broker released CMC Expert, a new help constructed to preserve a consumer-base that trades with higher leverage.

A additional broker, InterTrader, has performed the quite exact same factor. At the beginning of July, the broker confirmed that it was going to commence providing a certified help to traders.

“The trading earth is altering and we’re switching with it.” Claimed the firm’s CEO, Shai Hefetz, “Our state-of-the-art purchasing and promoting program is tailor-created to significant traders who demand from clients key investing gear.”

Professionalisation

“There is generally a misunderstanding that the marketplace is hugely saturated, but this is not the situation at all,” ActivTrades’ CEO Alex Pusco explained to Finance Magnates this June, “we are just at the beginning.”

There appear to be two meanings to the this statement, one particular is genuine and the other is not. The retail industry is not just starting, as most persons searching at this quick write-up are informed, it has been about for decades.

On the other hand, we may possibly possibly in truth be at the beginning of a new phase inside the lifecycle of the retail investing sector. In reality, the modifications we are seeing may possibly recommend it is no longer even appropriate to refer to the sector as ‘retail’.

The behaviour of brokers so significantly suggests that ESMA’s regulation has pushed them into concentrating on wealthier, professional shoppers. This is illustrated by their emphasis on generating skilled products about the previous six months and their encouraging of specific, earnings-constructing shoppers to reclassify as skilled.

A number of in the field have predicted that ESMA’s regulation will push out the lesser, significantly much less professional brokers but the identical could be true for brokers’ clientele. If these brokers no lengthier devote any vitality to retaining or onboarding purchasers that truly do not qualify as professional traders, the choice of genuinely ‘retail’ shoppers may possibly possibly shrink substantially.

That would imply we are left with only substantial brokers and skilled traders. Is that nevertheless the retail organization? Possibly, but undoubtedly not as we following realized it.

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13th Floor photographer Grace Watson headed down to the New Zealand Music Awards on Thursday evening and returned with these pix:

Click on any image to view the photo gallery:

You’ll find all the winners and nominees listed here:

VODAFONE NZ MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS 2017

VNZMA 2017 Finalists (by category)

1. Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year Winner: Lorde – Melodrama Aldous Harding – Party David Dallas – Hood Country Club Fazerdaze – Morningside LEISURE – LEISURE SWIDT – Stoneyhunga

Vodafone Single of the Year Winner: Lorde – “Green Light” David Dallas – “Fit In” Ladi6 – “Royal Blue” MAALA – “In My Head” SWIDT – “Player Of The Day” Theia – “Roam”

Best Group Winner: SWIDT Devilskin LEISURE Shapeshifter

THREE Best Solo Artist Winner: Lorde Aldous Harding KINGS Nadia Reid

Breakthrough Artist of the Year Winner: Aldous Harding Fazerdaze Nadia Reid TEEKS

Best Rock Artist Winner: Devilskin Clap Clap Riot Graham Brazier

The Edge Best Pop Artist Winner: Lorde Mitch James Theia

Best Alternative Artist Winner: Aldous Harding Fazerdaze Nadia Reid

Best Soul/RnB Artist Winner: Ladi6 TEEKS Tommy Nee

Best Hip Hop Artist Winner: SWIDT David Dallas KINGS

Best Roots Artist Winner: Israel Starr Sons of Zion Tomorrow People

Best Electronic Artist Winner: Truth Chaos In The CBD K+Lab

Te Māngai Pāho Best Māori Artist Winner: TEEKS Alien Weaponry

Best Worship Artist Winner: Curate Music Josh & Amberley Klinkenberg Juliagrace

Best Classical Artist Winner: NZTrio Jenny McLeod Te Kōkī Trio

Vodafone People’s Choice Award Winner: Lorde KINGS MAALA SWIDT Theia

Artisan Awards

17. NZ On Air Best Music Video Winner: Joel Kefali – Got It Bad (LEISURE) Dan Watkins (Reel Factory) – Her (Shapeshifter) Sam Kristofski – Lucky Girl (Fazerdaze)

Best Album Cover Winner: Henrietta Harris – ‘Otherness’ (Grayson Gilmour) Dean Poole & Tyrone Ohia (Alt Group) – ‘Stars’ (Shapeshifter) Jamie Robertson – ‘String Theory’ (Fly My Pretties)

Massey University Best Producer Winner: Ben Edwards – ‘Preservation’ (Nadia Reid) LEISURE – ‘LEISURE’ (LEISURE) SmokeyGotBeatz – ‘Stoneyhunga’ (SWIDT)

Best Engineer Winner: Clint Murphy – ‘Be Like The River’ (Devilskin) Ben Edwards – ‘Preservation’ (Nadia Reid) Chris Chetland – ‘A Place to Stand’ (REI)

NZ Herald Legacy Award Sharon O’Neill

Vodafone Highest Selling Single KINGS – “Don’t Worry ‘Bout It”

Highest Selling Album The Koi Boys – Meant To Be

NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year KINGS – “Don’t Worry ‘Bout It”

International Achievement Lorde Opetaia Foa’i

Additional Tuis presented in 2017 26. Best Pacific Album Winner: Aaradhna – Brown Girl KINGS – KINGS EP Unity Pacific – Blackbirder Dread

Best Country Album Winner: Jody Direen – Shake Up Hamilton County Bluegrass Band – These Old Hands Phil Doublet – Endless Highway 28. Best Folk Album Winner: Guy Wishart – West By North Luke Thompson – Hosts Graeme James – News From Nowhere

Best Jazz Album Winner: Jonathan Crayford – East West Moon Mike Nock Trio & NZ Trio – Vicissitudes Myele Manzanza – OnePointOne

Best Children’s Album Winner: Anika Moa – Songs For Bubbas 2 Claudia Gunn – Little Wild Lullabies Itty Bitty Beats – On The Move

New Zealand Music Awards Photos 13th Floor photographer Grace Watson headed down to the New Zealand Music Awards on Thursday evening and returned with these pix:

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BOOK REVIEW: THEMES FOR GREAT CITIES by Graeme Thomson (2023)

THEMES FOR GREAT CITIES is a book of brilliant things with compiler Graeme Thomson shining a terrific light on Scottish rock band SIMPLE MINDS in a NEW HISTORY.

SIMPLE MINDS were fired like a bullet onto centre-stage thanks to prime-time TV/radio and pop press coverage, more so around the time of their Live Aid appearance in 1985. Front-man Jim Kerr, sweating, dancing, arms-aloft, stepping in and out of the spotlight but always on mic with message and purpose.

This brand new red paperback out now on Little Brown features insightful interviews with Kerr, Charlie Burchill (guitarist) and other relevant others. Key players of course include top producers, John Leckie (Magazine, XTC) and Steve Lillywhite (U2, Ultravox), plus a master of graphic design, Malcolm Garrett (Duran Duran, Heaven 17).

As a teenager, the first two SIMPLE MINDS 45's I bought were 'Waterfront' (UK No.13, 1983) and 'Speed Your Love To Me' (UK No.20, 1984). I loved their heavier sound, which it seems they’d been darkly developing since their 1977 punk days, perhaps even flirting sonically with U2, who also had progressed from making lighter notes work much harder for them by the mid-80s (and then -likewise - beyond / ongoing).

That said, in 1982, the trio of UK hit singles: ‘Promised You A Miracle’ (No.13), ‘Glittering Prize’ (No.16) and ‘Someone Somewhere In Summertime’ (No.36) were all unusual sounding and that made them more wonderful compared to some other run-of-the-mill records on the charts; and for me, it’s still hard to choose between their (suggest) best album’s, New Gold Dream (1982) and Sparkle In The Rain (1984). Both inventive, and marvellously imaginative.

In 1985, I saw the Breakfast Club (film) and never forgot the part SIMPLE MINDS played in its commercial success, and in 1989 was just one of the 200,000 record-buyers who helped 'Belfast Child' to the No.1 spot (their first and only UK No.1 single. However, their albums regularly made No.1 or close to and worldwide).

Since their beginning, the band searched for a sound like nothing else around town and through perseverance and inventiveness have obviously succeeded, capturing perhaps the biggest city of all, Néapolis (1998).

THEMES FOR GREAT CITIES is produced with much love by a passionate fan, and gifted writer. As it says on the cover, "An Uncut And Hot Press Book Of The Year" and I can only endorse those and other such sentiments which sparkle in their reign.

Rating: 10/10