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Three comedians walked into an archive. Not the beginning of a joke but a new collaboration between the Glasgow International Comedy Festival and the Alasdair Gray archive which they hope will result in some original – and funny – new material. "I think Alasdair Gray's art is so comedic," says Ashley Storrie. "There are so many different stories and faces and he archived all the idiosyncrasies he saw in a way which made sometimes daunting things seem quite funny." Ashley – daughter of comedian Janey Godley – plans to focus on Gray's murals which she remembers seeing as a young child. "I grew up in the east end of Glasgow and I think my parents were scared that I would be invited to a ball or a banquet and wouldn't know how to eat, so they'd take me to the Ubiquitous Chip in case I ever found myself in a situation where I had more than one knife and fork. And I'm sure I met Alasdair Gray in those weird times." Stand-up Christopher Macarthur-Boyd also recalls bumping into Alasdair Gray and asking him to sign his copy of Lanark. "I remember thinking this was serious, weird, sexual, nightmarish dystopian fiction and then you realise it's all around. "It's in Hillhead Underground and Oran Mor. There are traces of him everywhere. "I am over the moon to be collaborating with the archive because he is one of my favourite artists in the world. He makes me proud to be a Glaswegian. He makes me proud to be Scottish and he makes me proud to be speccy." Although Alan Bissett also met Alasdair Gray, he's chosen to base his work on another encounter. The archive includes a photo of Billy Connolly and Alasdair Gray at the launch of his landmark novel Lanark in the Third Eye Centre in 1981. "I've always been fascinated with that moment, two incredibly important Glaswegians who both take Glasgow as their subject matter but give them completely different treatments." "How did Billy end up there, waiting to get his copy of the book signed, what did they talk about?" The absence of social media means we'll never know so Alan intends to create a work which imagines what might have happened. He'll play both characters himself in a short stage piece. All three of the pieces will be performed at Oran Mor in March beneath Gray's celestial ceiling artwork. The event marks the 850th anniversary of Glasgow and what would have been Gray's 90th year. Comedy festival director Krista Macdonald says she believes the stars have aligned. "I'm not sure anyone else would have taken a chance on an event like this. It's another link in that chain of making it feel like something that's really meant to be happening. "Glasgow is known for its comedy and Alasdair Gray is a titan of Glasgow culture. And this will be delivered in a way that we'll have to wait and see - and that feels very Glasgow too. Alasdair Gray died in 2019. Sorcha Gray, the custodian of his archive at the Whisky Bond in Glasgow reckons he'd be tickled by the comedy connection. "I guess he always wanted the focus to be on the work," she says. "But I can imagine his booming laugh at whatever they might come up with and I think he definitely would have been chuffed." Gray Matters: A Laugh For Glasgow's 850 Years is at Oran Mor on 23 March 2025 The Glasgow International Comedy Festival runs from 12-30 March 2025kfc jili777 login 。

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is facing calls to be dropped from after a worrying run of form was compounded by a moment to forget on day three of the first match against India in Perth. Labuschagne's LBW for just three - after he failed to offer a shot off the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah - compounded one of the worst days in recent memory for the Aussies on home soil. India piled on the runs to ram home their advantage, with Yashasvi Jaiswal hitting a stunning 161 and with an unbeaten century to see the tourists stretch their lead well past 500. The Indians then struck three times in the final session to leave Australia reeling at 3-12, still 522 runs in arrears of the rampant tourists. Bumrah was almost unplayable at times in the first innings and he showed no let-up in the second innings, striking early to remove Test debutant Nathan McSweeney for a four-ball duck. Skipper Pat Cummins sent himself in as a nightwatchman late in the final session but he was out for two, edging one off Mohammed Siraj to Kohli in the slips. That brought Labuschagne to the crease and the out-of-sorts batter would have been hoping just to get to stumps and put a disastrous day for the home side behind them. However, things got even worse for Labushagne and the Aussies when the 30-year-old failed to play a shot at a superb ball from Bumrah that swung in and hit him on the pads, plum in front. Labuschagne consulted with Usman Khawaja briefly before sending the umpire's LBW decision up for review, but it seemed out of desperation and hope more than anything. Perhaps that could have been expected from a batter who had averaged less than 30 in Test cricket since the start of last year's Ashes series. Both the eye-opening review and Labuschagne's decision not to play at a shot against the relentless accuracy of Bumrah, saw the 30-year-old come under intense criticism from fans and cricket analysts. And after a painful first innings where Labuschagne toiled for 52 balls before being dismissed for two, many insisted the Aussie was simply not in good enough form to remain in the Test side. “Inexplicable cricket from Marnus Labuschagne in that situation,” veteran cricket journalist Peter Lalor said on SEN radio. “How do you not use your bat when you’ve seen that this ball is skidding through?” SEN host Gerard Whateley said Labuschagne was batting like a man whose confidence was shot and that a stint back in Sheffield Shield might do him good. “It’s a scrambled mind, it’s a lost technique," Whateley said. “You cannot go out there without the intention to use your bat. It’s so symbolic of where he finds himself in his game. He’s going to have to be relieved of his place in the team.” Lalor added: “Without a doubt, I don’t know how you can pick him for the next Test.” Former Aussie fast bowler Damien Fleming was also gobsmacked why Labuschagne chose to leave the delivery from Bumrah without even offering a shot and said it was simply "not good enough" from the Aussie batter. “You can handle paying a shot to a good ball and getting an outside edge,” he said. “That type of dismissal is just not good enough from your number three in a tough battle. It was a good length, it was just outside off stump, it didn’t do anything extreme.” Labuschagne's last 10 innings make for shocking reading and only back up the calls for him to be dropped. He's scored 10, 1 not out, 3, 5, 1, 2, 90, 6, 2 and 3 for an average of just 13.66 across that period, with reserve batter Josh Inglis waiting in the wings for the Aussies if selectors decide to swing the axe. "Marnus' first innings was as painful as anything I've ever seen. He needed to be there at the end yesterday and he got nothing. "He cannot be left in the team to find form. Send him back to the Shield." says it's time to drop Marnus. — Vossy & Brandy SEN 1170AM Sydney (@VossyBrandySEN) What an absolutely disgraceful challenge from Marnus. Utterly selfish and egotistical. Needs to be dropped — Ronny Lerner (@RonnyLerner) Marnus is gone. Has to go. That’s the worst day of Test cricket we’ve had in 20 years — Nat Martin (@NatMartin30) Marnus needs to be dropped — Lockie McKinnon (@lockster247) Marnus has to be dropped, that's two dreadful dismissals from him. There's only one Shield round before the hit and giggle too. It's going to be a long ass summer. — Anthony Kernich (@AntJKernich)SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will miss Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers with a sore throwing shoulder. Purdy injured his right shoulder in last Sunday's loss to the Seattle Seahawks . Purdy underwent an MRI that showed no structural damage but the shoulder didn't improve during the week and Purdy was ruled out for the game. Coach Kyle Shanahan said star defensive end Nick Bosa also will miss the game with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Left tackle Trent Williams is questionable with an ankle injury and will be a game-time decision. This will be the first time Purdy has missed a start because of an injury since taking over as the 49ers’ quarterback in December 2022. Brandon Allen will start in his place. The Niners (5-5) are currently in a three-way tie for second in the NFC West, a game behind first-place Arizona, and have little margin for error if they want to get back to the playoffs after making it to the Super Bowl last season. Purdy has completed 66% of his passes this season for 2,613 yards, 13 TDs, eight interceptions and a 95.9 passer rating that is down significantly from his league-leading mark of 113 in 2023. Allen has been mostly a backup since being drafted by Jacksonville in 2016. Allen last started a game in Week 18 of the 2021 season for Cincinnati and has thrown just three passes the last three seasons — including none since joining San Francisco in 2023. Joshua Dobbs will be the backup on Sunday. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL

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Revealed: How bikies are using Pacific islands to smuggle cocaine into SydneyBy Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) – Logility Supply Chain Solutions, a maker of artificial intelligence-powered software that helps companies manage their inventories and supply chains, is exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company, which was previously known as American Software and has a market value of about $400 million, is working with investment bank Lazard to gauge takeover interest from potential buyers, which include private equity-backed technology companies, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential. The deliberations are at an early stage and the sources cautioned that no deal is guaranteed. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Shares of Logility jumped nearly 11% to touch a 52-week high after Reuters reported on the sale process on Wednesday. Logility provides software and technology tools that help large companies manage their inventory, manufacturing processes and supply chains. The company has more than 550 clients in 80 countries, according to its website. Its customers include large corporations including discount retail chain Big Lots, Twinkies maker Hostess Brands, underwear brand Jockey International, industrial giant Johnson Controls, and aerospace supplier Parker Hannifin. On Tuesday, investment firm 2717 Partners sent a letter to the company’s board, pushing them to explore strategic options. In October, the company rebranded itself as Logility and started trading under a new ticker symbol on the Nasdaq. Earlier this year, Logility eliminated its dual-class share structure, which previously allowed co-founder James Edenfield to control the company through his ownership of the special class of shares. Edenfield stepped down from his role as executive chairman of Logility in February. 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Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );Diljit Dosanjh’s highly anticipated concert in Pune faced an unexpected challenge when the Maharashtra Excise Department canceled the liquor permit for the event just hours before its commencement. The decision came after significant opposition from local political leaders, residents, and organizations who raised concerns about the potential consequences of serving alcohol at the venue. The event, held at Suryakant Kakade Farms in the Kothrud area, was met with protests led by the youth wing of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and senior BJP leader Chandrakant Patil. The opposition was rooted in fears of noise pollution, traffic congestion, and what they described as a threat to the cultural fabric of the area. Advertisement Local groups also expressed frustration over the potential disruption to daily life, citing loud music and the sale of alcohol as primary issues. CB Rajput, Superintendent of the Excise Department, explained that the liquor permit was revoked following an objection from the venue owner. A post shared by DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) The application highlighted concerns about allowing alcohol at the event, prompting authorities to deny permission. Rajput stated that the organizers were promptly informed of the cancellation. This left the concert to proceed without the previously planned alcohol service. Deepak Mankar, NCP’s Pune President, emphasized the party’s stance in a press note. He criticized the event for its potential to cause public inconvenience. He also argued that it could lead to undesirable consequences for the neighborhood. He warned that if the concert continued as planned, the NCP would organize a protest against the event’s organizers. Echoing this sentiment, Chandrakant Patil, a BJP leader and local MLA, strongly opposed the concert. Patil called it a “pest in society.” He cited traffic issues, noise disturbances, and the sale of alcohol as reasons for his objection. Patil even issued directives to the Police Commissioner, the Excise Department, and the District Collector to halt the event. He further warned of a large-scale march against the concert if his concerns were not addressed. Despite the controversy, the concert proceeded with heightened security. Police personnel were deployed at the venue to maintain law and order amid the protests. The event also faced scrutiny from environmental activists who raised concerns about sound pollution caused by the installation of loudspeakers. The Pune incident occurred just weeks after Diljit Dosanjh made headlines during his Ahmedabad concert. There he commented on the contentious issue of alcohol in society. Addressing the audience, he pledged to stop singing songs about alcohol if India were to declare a nationwide ban. Highlighting the revenue generated by alcohol sales, he questioned the priorities of authorities. He raised concerns over COVID-19 lockdown when liquor shops remained operational while most other businesses closed. Despite the setback in Pune, Diljit’s ‘Dil-Luminati Tour’ continues to attract attention across the country. Upcoming performances include Kolkata on November 30, Bengaluru on December 6, Indore on December 8, Chandigarh on December 14, and Guwahati on December 29. Advertisement

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More than 40,000 local participants engaged in various sports across Sutherland Shire during this year's winter season. or signup to continue reading Football (soccer) had the most number of registered players (20,280), followed by rugby league (6108), netball (4642), basketball (2065), athletics (1683), Oztag seniors (1550), baseball (1433), AFL (1175), water polo (1066), rugby union (655), hockey (391) and archery (154). A Sutherland Shire Council report said the figures were provided by local sporting associations via a participation survey issued in August 2024. The reported earlier this year that female participation in soccer in the shire had skyrocketed. More than 6000 girls and women playing soccer in the shire, amounting to 36 per cent of all players - the highest female participation in Football Australia. In 2024, there has been an increase of 39 girls only teams for u/6 to u/11, an increase of 32 teams in Youth Women's and an increase of 11 Senior Women's teams. An example of the popularity of the sport was sisters Casey 29, Jaime, 26, Cleo, 24 and Amber, 20, Cottrell-Dormer playing in the same team for Cronulla Seagulls. The council's Sports Services 2024 Winter Season report said a total of 84 sports user groups had submitted 150 requests for sports field useage, resulting in 136,000 allocated hours. The report said fields were closed for an average of seven and a half weekends due to rain events, which included several significant rainfall occurrences. May was the worst month, with fields closed for 12 days. "Despite these challenges, the facilities achieved an impressive 81 per cent open rate throughout the season," the report said. The council was successful in securing funding through four grant applications, totalling $345,000 and had supported six clubs with their grant applications. Cricket Australia provided a total of $120,000 ($40,000 for each site) for practice net upgrades at The Ridge, Glenn McGrath Oval and Anzac Oval, Engadine. The NSW Government Office of Sport provided a one-off Grant $225,000 for a floodlighting upgrade at Gwawley Park Sports Field. Unsuccessful grant applications were made to the state government for floodlighting upgrades at Captain Cook Fields ($615,000 request) and Buckle Reserve, Menai ($200,000 request). The 2024 Winter Season report is the first undertaken by the council. Going forward, these reports will be produced for both summer and winter seasons, providing valuable comparisons, insights and updates on the management and utilisation of sports facilities. 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But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. 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A MUCH-LOVED football store is the latest to shut its doors to customers after almost two decades. Everything Buckeyes, located in the Eastwood Mall in Niles, Ohio , is set to close for good in March. Until then, customers can enjoy discounts of 30 per cent, with deals across most of the retailer’s products. Owner Jeff Lyda said the company had decided to shift gears and focus on their other store, Party On!, according to local news station WKBN First News in Youngstown. While the retailer is remaining open for another few months, it has requested all gift cards are redeemed by the beginning of February. A sign posted on the store’s wall thanks customers, reported WKBN. The speciality sports shop was founded in November 2006 and has been open for 18 years. Read more on closures It stocks licensed Ohio State and Cleveland Browns merchandise for adults and children, including hoodies, T-shirts, jackets and pants. According to the website: An Ohio State fan can outfit him or herself with sophisticated dress casual shirts and sweaters or show their true school spirit from head to toe with a scarlet and grey wig, face paint, and Buckeye beads. “Beyond apparel, EverythingBuckeyes.com sells furniture and accessories that can transform any room in your home into a scarlet and grey heaven.” In response to a post about the closure on the Everything Buckeye’s Facebook page, the retailer said it was time for a new chapter. Most read in Money “Back in 2019 we expanded our main store called Party On! at the Eastwood Mall complex. “Our website and balloon decor has grown a lot over the last few years and we have decided to focus more on those projects. “We will be expanding our offering of Ohio State merchandise at Party On! in the coming months.” STORE CLOSURES Everything Buckeyes is the latest retailer to announce its closure in the past few weeks. The retail landscape in the US is set for big changes following news that Big Lots is permanently closing all of its remaining 963 stores , after filing for bankruptcy last September. Another major player, Walgreens , revealed it is shutting three of its California locations before the end of January. The term has now become common usage to reference the downfall of physical stores as online giants grow. The term "retail apocalypse" was used by Dennis Dick, a trader at Las Vegas -based Bright Trading LLC in May 2022. At the time, Walmart's quarterly profit fell 25 percent, missing Wall Street expectations, and Dick told Reuters : "This is a little bit of a retail apocalypse." Dick added: "It was Walmart, and everybody thought it was a one-off." "Now that Target missed earnings [by] a lot more than Walmart even did, they're scared that the consumer is not as strong as everybody thinks," said Dick. The stores are three out of at least 1,200 that are due to be axed , as confirmed by Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Tim Wentworth last October. Other popular chains that resorted to mass closures, as reported in the US Sun , include CVS , Family Dollar and BuyBuy Baby. By November 2024, there were 7,100 projected store closures, which marked a 69% increase compared to the same time frame in 2023, according to Newsweek . This is the largest surge in closures since the Covid pandemic . Read More on The US Sun Meanwhile shoppers in Somerset, Kentucky, were dismayed to learn their local Subway had shut down. And the news that Aldi is possibly taking over a Winn-Dixie location in Luling, Louisiana sparked indignation on Facebook.This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Anmol Dutta, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Western University Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s new film, All We Imagine as Light, won the prestigious Grand Prix award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May. The film exhibits an Indianness that is distinctive from the one most frequently represented globally. Within mainstream Hindi cinema, India is often presented as a homogenous Hindu, upper-caste, middle-class Hindi-speaking nation. In western popular imaginations, on the other hand, India is often seen as exotic and over-the-top, or poor and backward. All We Imagine as Light tells a story of two migrant women from the southern Indian state of Kerala, Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and Anu (Divya Prabha) as they struggle to build a life in Mumbai. The kind of Mumbai shown in the film is one that has almost never been explored in Indian cinema. In the film, we see its characters contend with cultural and social isolation, gender inequalities and the challenges of Hindu-Muslim love in India. In this sense, the film does not try to appeal to the non-Indian, western gaze. Instead, All We Imagine as Light depicts a nuanced, complex migrant reality that touches on issues of gender, religion, caste, class, language and access. The refreshing portrayal of Mumbai, and largely of India, reveals an aspect of the nation’s cultural identity that has not been explored within the global space. Disrupting the ‘city of dreams’ All We Imagine as Light premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. It then played at the South Asian Day celebrations at the Forest City Film Festival in London, Ont., where I was a guest speaker for a live Q&A following the screening. The lyrical, almost lulling pace of the film offers the unfamiliar viewer the time needed to adjust to the foreignness of this world. While it remains foreign to the viewer, it is the politics of the every day — the human yearning for light — that affords the film a humanistic vision, making it cross-culturally accessible. One of the primary themes in All We Imagine as Light is disrupting the trite romanticism of Mumbai as a city of dreams. Migrants from across India who come to Mumbai to live a better life experience a kind of disillusionment that is rarely, if ever, addressed in Indian popular culture. Instead, it shows Mumbai as what one of the migrant voice-overs in the film calls a “city of illusions.” All We Imagine as Light starts with disembodied migrant voices in different regional languages such as Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali, among others. A montage of the city plays on-screen as viewers hear a voiceover of migrant workers expressing their disenchantment and the “otherness” experienced in Mumbai. A man says how, after living in Mumbai for 23 years, he still can’t call it his home. This feeling of un-homed in Mumbai is experienced through Prabha and Anu, who work as nurses in a hospital and are also roommates. The idea of being un-homed is most sharply portrayed when Prabha’s colleague and friend, Parvaty, is evicted from her house. As a widow, Parvaty has no paperwork to prove ownership of the shack she has lived in for years. In another scene, we see a billboard that promises a “new Mumbai” featuring a light-skinned, hence presumably upper-caste, upper-class, heterosexual couple photographed next to a luxury tower. Parvaty and Prabha helplessly stare at this billboard, eventually hurling stones at it, thus physically resisting everything that the billboard is representative of. As two women navigating life without husbands or any other male counterpart, this scene is significant. It becomes an active distortion of societal expectations and heteronormative ideals. Kapadia also uses Mumbai as a site to engage with the challenges of interfaith relationships in India. The panned shots of Mumbai’s busy streets show Muslim Shiaz following Hindu Anu through crowded streets until the couple find a space where they are not at risk of being seen together. The expectations and limitations the couple must navigate showcase the societal surveillance over Hindu-Muslim relationships in India. The politics of language in Indian cinema Cinema in India is considered to be one of the most significant political and socio-cultural spaces. While multiple regional cinemas exist within the nation, the most popular domain continues to be mainstream Hindi cinema, or Bollywood, which problematically assumes the universality of Hindi within the nation. Whenever most Indian films gain international attention, the implicit assumption is that they are a part of Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in Hindi. A recent example of such assumptions that every Indian film is a Bollywood film or in Hindi was seen when Rajamouli’s Telegu-language blockbuster, RRR, won an Oscar in 2023. The implicit language expectation when watching an Indian film is that it is in Hindi. It is important to note that while Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in India, there is no national language. Mumbai is home to Bollywood cinema, and therefore oftentimes presents Hindi as the chosen language. Kapadia does not conform to these mainstream expectations of language. She instead showcases the politics of speaking different regional languages in Mumbai. Malayalam, which is widely spoken in Kerela, is the film’s foremost language. Prabha, Anu and her boyfriend, Shiaz, speak Malayalam. Kapadia uses language as an effective tool to further convey the feeling of un-homed in Mumbai. In a conversation with Prabha, a doctor at the hospital, who is also from Kerala, addresses the discomfort that speaking in Hindi causes him; Malayalam, he says, offers him refuge. Viewers see how most characters are compelled to speak Hindi within the public space, furthering their alienation to the city. Speaking in Malayalam thus becomes a safe harbour for Prabha and Anu in All We Imagine as Light. Kapadia skillfully employs Hindi to denote the characters’ alienation. Malayalam, on the other hand, becomes emblematic of home. All We Imagine as Light is an example of a different kind of Indian cinema: one that goes beyond mainstream narratives, and offers viewers an insight into an India they often don’t get to see. The film’s success indicates that there is potential for an alternate cinema that tells a variety of stories, in a way that is attentive to cultural nuances, and still able to serve as a cultural ambassador around the world. ___ Anmol Dutta does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. ___ This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read the original article: https://theconversation.com/payal-kapadias-all-we-imagine-as-light-disrupts-popular-narratives-of-mumbai-242579 Advertisement AdvertisementMore than 40,000 local participants engaged in various sports across Sutherland Shire during this year's winter season. or signup to continue reading Football (soccer) had the most number of registered players (20,280), followed by rugby league (6108), netball (4642), basketball (2065), athletics (1683), Oztag seniors (1550), baseball (1433), AFL (1175), water polo (1066), rugby union (655), hockey (391) and archery (154). A Sutherland Shire Council report said the figures were provided by local sporting associations via a participation survey issued in August 2024. The reported earlier this year that female participation in soccer in the shire had skyrocketed. More than 6000 girls and women playing soccer in the shire, amounting to 36 per cent of all players - the highest female participation in Football Australia. In 2024, there has been an increase of 39 girls only teams for u/6 to u/11, an increase of 32 teams in Youth Women's and an increase of 11 Senior Women's teams. An example of the popularity of the sport was sisters Casey 29, Jaime, 26, Cleo, 24 and Amber, 20, Cottrell-Dormer playing in the same team for Cronulla Seagulls. The council's Sports Services 2024 Winter Season report said a total of 84 sports user groups had submitted 150 requests for sports field useage, resulting in 136,000 allocated hours. The report said fields were closed for an average of seven and a half weekends due to rain events, which included several significant rainfall occurrences. May was the worst month, with fields closed for 12 days. "Despite these challenges, the facilities achieved an impressive 81 per cent open rate throughout the season," the report said. The council was successful in securing funding through four grant applications, totalling $345,000 and had supported six clubs with their grant applications. Cricket Australia provided a total of $120,000 ($40,000 for each site) for practice net upgrades at The Ridge, Glenn McGrath Oval and Anzac Oval, Engadine. The NSW Government Office of Sport provided a one-off Grant $225,000 for a floodlighting upgrade at Gwawley Park Sports Field. Unsuccessful grant applications were made to the state government for floodlighting upgrades at Captain Cook Fields ($615,000 request) and Buckle Reserve, Menai ($200,000 request). The 2024 Winter Season report is the first undertaken by the council. Going forward, these reports will be produced for both summer and winter seasons, providing valuable comparisons, insights and updates on the management and utilisation of sports facilities. 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Diversity statements will no longer be used in University of Michigan faculty hiring, promotion and tenure, a move applauded by critics who have called the practice "litmus tests" that limit diversity of thought while diversity advocates said the process was "preordained" and dishonest. Provost Laurie McCauley announced the decision Thursday based on a recommendation from a UM faculty working group to end diversity statements. But the recommendation is "deceptive," coming after the regents rejected a previous recommendation to keep the diversity statements, a faculty leader said. Diversity statements are documents written by faculty job candidates that let applicants explain to a search committee the distinct experiences they would bring to the university along with their commitment to diversity. The statements help search committees identify applicants "who have professional skills, experience and/or willingness to engage in activities that would enhance campus diversity and equity efforts," according to a University of California at San Diego statement referenced by UM's Center for Research on Learning & Teaching. McCauley's announcement came hours before the Board of Regents is scheduled to meet and a protest is planned beforehand at UM President Santa Ono's house. Many in the UM community are concerned the regents may dismantle a multimillion dollar diversity, equity and inclusion effort built after the school was at the center of a decade-long national debate around affirmative action in higher education, and DEI programs have been under attack across the nation.. "Diversity, equity and inclusion are three of our core values at the university," McCauley said in the University Record, an internal UM publication for faculty and staff, in announcing the end of diversity statements. "Our collective efforts in this area have produced important strides in opening opportunities for all people. As we pursue this challenging and complex work, we will continuously refine our approach.” But there is more that happened in this process, UM Faculty Senate Chair Rebekah Modrak wrote on the University Record page under the announcement. After the regents called for diversity statements to be banned last summer, McCauley formed a faculty committee to review diversity statements in the spirit of shared governance that came up with a different recommendation, Modrak wrote. "My understanding is that the committee’s first report recommended that the use of diversity statements should be up to each unit, a recommendation that honors our decentralization, independence, and academic freedom," Modrak wrote. "The Regents rejected that report and central leadership didn’t support their own faculty committee. Sending a committee back to work to give a second report with preordained results is neither honest nor respectful of faculty expertise. The University Record’s erasure of the Regents’ autocratic hand in this process is also deceptive." Regents will not vote on the provost's action, but may discuss it during the meeting, said Regent Sarah Hubbard, one of two Republicans on the eight-member UM board. "I applaud the provost for ending the practice of requiring diversity statements," said Hubbard. "This policy change removes a barrier to diversity of thought on campus by eliminating the ideological litmus test." No action is expected during Thursday's meeting around other DEI issues, added Hubbard, who previously said the regents have been looking for a long time at the university's DEI efforts and want to realign funds closer to student scholarships. Any budget decisions wouldn't happen until next year when budgetary decisions get made, she said. Even so, hundreds of students, faculty and staff demonstrated on campus earlier this week to show support for the university's DEI programs, and others are planning to attend the protest organized by UM's Black Student Union before the regents meeting and show up to the official meeting. UM's decision to discontinue diversity statements came after the statements were also eliminated in May at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in June at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In June, UM's provost charged the eight-member faculty working group to examine diversity statements, though the university did not have an institutional policy on the statements but units did have the discretion to ask for them. The working group recommended the end of the statements after reviewing other policies and surveying more than 2,000 faculty members. “Critics of diversity statements perceive them as expressions of personal identity traits, support of specific ideology or opinions on socially-relevant issues, and serve as a ‘litmus test’ of whether a faculty member’s views are politically acceptable,” the working group wrote in its report. “Thus, as currently enacted, diversity statements have the potential to limit viewpoints and reduce diversity of thought among faculty members.” The working group said it acknowledged the concerns. "But, well-written diversity statements do not necessarily require expression of one’s identity, and they need not express one's beliefs or stances on socially-charged issues," the working group wrote. "Instead, well-written diversity statements contain reflections of how identity has shaped a faculty member’s approach with their students, how they work with their colleagues, and how they interact with society. These are desirable features of current and future U-M faculty members, and this information should be considered when potential faculty are hired and current faculty are promoted." The work group also offered two other recommendations, including that the university "can and must" incorporate of content about DEI into teaching, research and service statements. "Through this incorporation, the problematic features of diversity statements can be eliminated, while the useful and necessary information that exists in diversity statements can be saved and placed where it more naturally belongs," the group wrote in its report. However, UM did not adopt those recommendations. UM's decision to discontinue diversity statements followed other steps the university has taken in recent months that supporters said will create an environment that expands diverse views on campus. They include the regents' controversial adoption last month of a policy on institutional neutrality that prohibits some officials from taking public stances on political and social issues not related to the internal governance of the university. Last month the Faculty Senate passed a resolution censuring the Board of Regents and accusing the regents of "increasingly exhibiting authoritarian tendencies, and silencing free speech. ©2024 The Detroit News. Visit detroitnews.com . 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There were many memorable outdoors-related events in 2024. In no particular order, hereis a look back at some of them. Bill Reichart presented with Mayfly Award Bill Reichart says his first ever “conservation project” was when he was 8 years old and agroup of locals tried to pump out the lower level at Auburn Desilting Dam in 1956 tosave the fish before they pumped the dredged material into the lower level when the damwas dredged. Since then he has spent his life dedicated to promoting clean water projects, including theworks of Schuylkill River Greenway and promoting efforts to improve the SchuylkillRiver Watershed. Some of his efforts that have had the most impact in our watershed are:Understanding, educating people on, and addressing water quality issues – especially inthe upper watershed; Leading the Porter Floodplain restoration project and associatedSchuylkill River Trail–Auburn Bridge connection that fills the gap in the SRT betweenBerks and Schuylkill counties; and The Schuylkill River Acts and Impacts YouthExpedition. This year Reichart was recognized for his lifelong work by the Pennsylvania AbandonedMine Reclamation when it presented the Schuylkill Headwaters Association presidentwith its annual Mayfly Award. A symbol of clean waters, the award is presented annuallyto someone who focuses on maintaining the health of local waterways. Anglers owe a debt of gratitude to Reichart being instrumental in getting a significantamount of fish habitat into Sweet Arrow Lake near Pine Grove. He got 100 porcupinecribs built and sunk, got many tons of rock installed by the Pennsylvania Fish and BoatCommission, had hundreds of posts for clusters installed and coordinated a mile of fishhabitat/stream bank improvements in Upper Little Swatara Creek. Martz’s Gap View Preserve recovers from Avian Flu outbreak to celebrate 70 years As the third-generation operator of Martz’s Gap View Hunting Preserve, Mike Martz hadbeen living the dream following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father. Unfortunately, that dream turned into the nightmare this year when Highly PathogenicAvian Influenza hit the business. HPAI was discovered in one of the pheasant pens at Martz’s, necessitating the ceasing ofall activities – including field hunts, Continental hunts and trap shooting. It was thehardest event to unfold on the third-generation farm, which caused the PennsylvaniaGame Commission to adjust its late-season pheasant stockings to help safeguard theagency’s pheasant program and better ensure it will continue next year in the 2024-25hunting seasons. Over the summer, however, Martz’s rebounded and opened for its 70th year of business inSeptember. It is now once again providing field hunts and Continental hunts, as well astrap events. Steve Smith appointed new Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director Steve Smith, who had served as deputy executive director since February, was appointedto his new role of executive director by the Board of Game Commissioners in executivesession. Smith replaced Bryan Burhans, who served as the agency’s executive directorsince 2017. Burhans resigned his position, which was accepted by the board. “This is a critical time for the Game Commission and the future of hunting, trapping andthe conservation of wildlife,” Smith said. “The work we do now will have lasting impactsfor the generations to come, and ensure they will enjoy the same opportunities we havefor centuries. It is an honor to serve in this capacity.” A Berks County native, Smith graduated magna cum laude from West Chester Universitywith a degree in Political Science. He then received a law degree from the Penn StateDickinson School of Law. Smith joined the agency in 2008, after several years ofpracticing law. Hunters Sharing the Harvest continues to set record donations For Hunters Sharing the Harvest executive director Randy Ferguson hunter donations ofdeer this fall and early winter has created good news with another record on the horizonto the extent money is needed to pay processors for their role in the record-breakingnonprofit charitable organization. At the conclusion of last year’s hunting seasons Pennsylvania hunters broke their recordfor venison donations with 261,672 pounds of ground meat from 6,905 deer and six elkstatewide. That record resulted in more than 1 million individual servings of lean, high-protein venison, and Ferguson expects that record to fall again when the 2024-25 huntingseasons end. Hunters pay nothing to donate a deer at one of HSH’s 100-plus participating processorsacross the state. Instead, the organization reimburses those processors for every deerdonated, and last season, those reimbursement costs reached an all-time high ofapproximately $500,000. “While helping HSH feed more families, crop damage deer are the driving factor inHSH’s rising operational expenses, and a cause for increased financial need for theorganization,” Ferguson said “When I started in this role almost four years ago, we sawacouple hundred deer a year that we could identify as crop damage related. “Last year, that number was nearly 1,300 deer, and the crop damage category of donateddeer is doubling year over year. Deer donated during the regular archery and rifle seasonscontinue to grow at a healthy and manageable pace.” Swatara Cooperative Trout Nursery celebrates 25 years Bob Evanchalk, whose farm houses the Swatara Cooperative Trout Nursery, has spent 25years raising trout which are stocked in Sweet Arrow Lake and local Pine Grove Areastreams. In 25 years that comes to 139,866 trout — or about 5,600 trout per year. In 1999 a 50-foot long, 4-foot wide concrete raceway was constructed after thePennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission deemed the water source and site acceptable to house the nursery. The Schuylkill Conservation District applied to the Fish AmericaFoundation and was awarded $5,000 to make the nursery a reality. Sweet Arrow Lake and the main branch of Swatara Creek were two of the primarystocking locations as they were not on the PFBC trout stocking list. Later, the Upper (akaRoedersville) and Lower Little Swatara (aka Rock) Creeks were added. The PFBC supplies fingerling trout and technical assistance, and the nursery must findvolunteers and finances for expenses to raise the trout. Thanks to Evanchalk and somestalwart helpers the fish were in good hands, and the nursery was expanded to 90 feet in2000 and was covered with a metal lid to keep predators like herons, kingfishers, mink,snakes and other critters from enjoying an easy meal. Dietz-Schneck Memorial Fishing Event major attraction at Sweet Arrow Lake Planning is already underway for the 2025 Betty Dietz and Bruce Schneck MemorialFishing Event at Sweet Arrow Lake. Dean Skinner Ney has taken over administering theevent from Craig Morgan and Dean will also coordinate the food stand. Pioneer Pole Buildings last year of sponsorship is 2025, but Bob and Diane Green haveagreed to commit four more years at $2,500 per year match money. Also, the Friends ofSchuylkill Parks & Recreation have committed $5,000 in the past in matching funds. The Swatara Co-op Trout Nursery received $3,000 from the Sportsmen’s Advisory Boardlast year and this donation helps stock 2,000 really nice fish in the lake. The event is not a fundraiser, and it continues because of community support andparticipants, plus what Tevis Energy and Modern Comfort provide for Mentored YouthDay. DEP denies enhancement project for Sweet Arrow Lake In 2022 the outdoors page of the Pottsville Republican Herald ran a feature article thattold of plans to enhance fish habitat and angler access to the resource at Sweet ArrowLake County Park. Since then, PennDOT was contacted about safer access through theguiderails, but the agency said nothing could be done. Also contacted was the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Lake Habitat Management sectionfor assistance. An on-site meeting and boat tour of the lake produced an updated fishhabitat improvement plan that included a number of stone deflectors which also improvedangler access to the resource. The Schuylkill Conservation District submitted the GeneralPermit-1, Fish Habitat Enhancement Structure application to the Northeast Office of theDepartment of Environmental Protection for review and approval. The permit was denied, although the original fish habitat plan for Sweet Arrow Lakeapproved in 2011 included stone deflectors. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commissiondesigned and many partners have installed hundreds of sawtooth deflectors inPennsylvania lakes. These sawtooth or stone deflectors are approved and used at lakes all over Pennsylvaniato prevent shore erosion, which according to DEP is not evident at Sweet Arrow Lake.However, DEP’s denial states that these deflectors are not approved for use in lakes.Clearly, this seems to be a case of double standards, especially when stone can be placedon lake banks to prevent erosion. PGC makes changes made in purchase of antlerless licenses When Pennsylvania resident hunters began purchasing hunting licenses this summer theywere able to also purchase their choice of antlerless licenses because of the changes madeby the Pennsylvania Game Commission. At that time antlerless licenses were availablefor only three Wildlife Management Units where demand is highest – WMUs 1B, 2G and3A. Licenses in these WMUs were sold on a first come, first serve basis until the allottednumber of licenses sells out, and only Pennsylvania residents may purchase antlerless licenses initially. Three days after sales opened on a Monday, antlerless licenses for theremaining 19 WMUs went go on sale to residents. Guaranteeing an antlerless license to a resident hunter for any other WMU from June 27 Bill Reichart was honored with the Mayfly Award in recognition for his lifelong serviceto conservation. DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Dedicated flintlock muzzleloader deer hunters are willing to brave the elements to takepart in the special season that is in its 50 th year. DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHER Hunters are once again able to enjoy pheasant hunts at Martz’s Gap View Preserve whichovercame an outbreak of Avian Flu early this year. DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHER Anglers crowd the shore to find their favorite fishing spots on the opening day of theBetty Dietz-Bruce Schneck Memorial Fishing Event. DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHER Bill Reichart was honored with the Mayfly Award in recognition for his lifelong serviceto conservation. DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER to July 8 largely eliminates the need to stand in line, allows demand to be spread out overmore than a week and gives hunters greater flexibility to buy at a time that’s convenientfor them. Even then, there are sure to be plenty of licenses left in most WMUs. PGC tables plan to reintroduce American martens In a split vote the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the board of game commissionerstabled plans to reintroduce American martens into the state by a 6-3 vote. Voting fortabling the plan were commissioners Bob Schwalm, Scott Foradora, Allen Di Marco,Kristen Schnepp-Giger, Stanley Knick and Todd Pride, with commissioners DennisFredericks, Michael Mitrick and Haley Sankey voting for the plan. Schwalm, who represents Schuylkill County, said he still has questions about the merit ofthe plan even after PGC staff developed an American marten reintroduction andmanagement plan for Pennsylvania that outlines a long-term, 10-year strategy totranslocate the species back to the state. This would be followed by long-term monitoringto evaluate the reintroduction and includes strategies on communications, partnerengagement, costs and timelines. Flintlock season celebrates 50th year Pennsylvania remains the only state with a flintlock-only muzzleloader deer season, andthis is the 50th year. According to Dave Ehrig, one of the people who wrote what becamethe Pennsylvania Game Commission regulations for the flintlock season and currenteditor oft he official National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association magazine “MuzzleBlasts,” the season came into existence without celebration and not a whole lot of interestin 1974 when the first year of this primitive deer hunt was held, being almost anafterthought. Just 65 deer – including four bucks – were taken with flintlock rifles in that inauguralyear of 1974 compared to 3,909 deer – including 1,572 bucks – taken by bowhunters.Back then there were only 30 State Game Lands statewide open to flintlock hunters, sothey were concentrated into specific areas where archery and rifle seasons had reducedthe available number of deer. In 1980 the season was one week, and flintlock stamp sales continued to rise.Pennsylvania was fielding 145,144 flintlock-only deer hunters, who took 8,069 deer–including 490 bucks. Flintlock season was then reduced to four days in 1982, and it wasadded to the end of the December 15-18 antlerless season. The current statewide season began Thursday, Dec 26, and runs through Saturday, Jan.20. (Dietz is a member of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association) Contact the writer: outdoors@republicanherald.com